VOL. XCI NO. 89;
WELMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY OENINel JANUARY 8, 1913.
WHOIiE NUMBER 13,21 5.
JUDGE GRILLED BY
SEN ATE MEMBERS
Question After Question Fir.
ed at Archbald to Clear
up Some- Points'
r.V;
tbh:xmj :::? all hi
1
Charge Involving Jurist's Correspond
ence With , Louisville ' 4.: Nash- ;
: ' , vil !e Attorney .Subject of
V Lengthy Inquiry.
Washington, Jan. 7l The improprie
ty of a Federal. Judge writing to an at
torney on one side of a case had been
argued before inf ormatioiy :.. or argument,-
to'dear - up doubtful points be
came the point around which members
of the Senate today, fired question af
ter question at Jiidge'Robert W. Arch
bald, of the' United States Commerce
Court,' under trial by impeachment for
alleged violation ' of his Federal oath.
Cross examination of the accused
jurist begun; by Representative Ster
ling, one of the, House managers con
ducing the prosecution virtually was
. takftn out of his hands when that
charge was h reached? involving Judge
" Archbald'fc correspondence with Attor
ney Helm Bruce, of the Louisville &
. Nashville Railroad., .
Members or the" Senate demanded
of Judge . Archbald .again ' whether he
did not think it improper and unfair
to the other parties in a suit, to re
- auest of one attorney an; explanation
or correction of-evidence without giv
ing like privileges to the other side
" Hp. insisted he thought there was
, - - : nothine: improper in his conduct.
' Judge Archbald . held the witness
stand for nearly four hours. All test!
mony now has been given and there
remain only closing" arguments ' and
- th vote of the Senate as to whether
-Judge Archbald is guiltyof any of the
- The Senate; jdetermined.-tib' devote j
---threears:ir,1ja the time
to be equallydivided. ; It is' expected
at least five House managers will par
. ticipate, opening - at' :I o'clock - tomoiv
The ' Louisvilie Nashville charge
centered about Judge . Archbald's re
quest of Attorney Bruce for informa
tion as to a certain point ;in the so
called 'Montgomery xates cases, which
had been "argued before the Commerce
. Court. Judge - Archbald said he had
. . differed with-the balance of the court
and in writing adissenting opinion,
he asked Mr. Bruce to clear up a con
troverted question about whether cer
tain rate changes v violated the old
Cooley arbitration agreement. .
He declared the correspondence be
came of no consequence 4ecauselater
other members of the court, except
Judge Mack, took, a -view similar to
his own and Presiding Judge Knapp
finally wrote an opinion favorable to
the railroad. .
"Was it not due to the argument by
writing Mr. Bruee that the court re
versed his earlier position and gave, a
decision favorable to the Louisville- &
Nashville?" .asked Representative'
Sterling. v
"Absolutely not," said Judge Arch
bald. .. ' ". V..'"; ':- :
Senators Penrose; Pomerene, Cul
berson, Shively,-; Nelson, Hoke Smith
and others blied him with questions
- as to his intent and as to the proprle-
ty of his act. ' " '
"Why did you hot give the attorneys
for the other side' a chance to present
their viewst? asked Senator. Reed.
"The Domt. amounted to so little
that it did not affect the decision of
the case." replied Judge Archbald.
"You set out, did. you notto write
an nninirm tn faVdr at the railroad
and you wanted'. Mr. Bnico to fortify
you in this ??asked Senator Nelson.1:
"No. I don't. think what I did could
be characteried'in; that way,' replied
Judee Archliatd.W
"Why dM yo6t? give the Bruce
letters to voufassociatea ' : on the
bench V asked Senator Culberson.
"Because' they : did , not practically
enter into- the case' at all," said the"
judge. v -v;,'-';TVrV - . '
"Did vnn secure Mr. ' Bruce's as
sistance in preparing a dissenting opin
ion ?" asked Senator Hoke Smith : ."and
bring the other members, of the court
over to your viewwithout-disclosing
the corresporidehceT t - Hf i j
"No,, I reached my; decision without
Mr . Bruce's Assistance - and . wanted
his view onJthe onofnt," said Judge
"When did you decide that this cor
respondence with ,Mr :i Bruce was not
material to the decision?',' asked Sena
tor Reed. ' -P ' --l ' i - - -- .
"In talking the matter over with
Judge Knapp I saw there was no occa
sion to dwell on that point" answerea
Judge Archbald., .
He added that xhis conversation. wa3
after it had been." decided that the de
cision favorablei to the Louisville &
Nashville road: represented the' views
of the ' majority, of 'Jthe Commerce
Court. .-''".."--
Bingham, Utah, Janl 7. Ai the risk
of their lives, relays of miners are
working to reach t Wo. possibly three
of their- comrade who were entimbed
early today in the .United States Min
ing Company's :copper mines. Jhe
mines, which ."are'v four t miles up the
canyon, 'are. cut- off Irpm wire com
municatlon.. s , . ,
HAVE -RWHFELlER EMMEto
Money Trub te in Executive
Session MaiQovfor Dealing '
- With RetuV?:?$nes-'
nesses Hw-sT -
Washington, Jan. 7. The House
Money Trust Committee, in executive
Session tonight made plans for deal
ing with two reluctant witnesses, Wil
liam 'Rockefeller, and George Henry,
of the firm - of Solomon & Company,
Bankers, New York. City.
Chairman Pujo announced that the
committee decided to procure the ser1
vices of a- competent specialist in
throat diseases to examine Mr. Rocke
feller and -verify . the certificates of 111-
ness filed today by M"r. Rockefeller's
physicians.- " ' -
In the case of 'Mr. Henry the com
mittee proposed7"Tbrni8 to be submitted
to the ' full committee charging him
with c'onterapt. - '
Mr. Henry refused on the stand to
day to ' reveal the names of . National
banks and National bank officers al-
loted a share in the syndicate flota
tion-of the -California Petroleum Com
pany. The bank officers made a profit
of . $50,000 and ' the banks a like am
ount, Mr. Henry said, without putting
up any money or even taking stock al
lotted to them. The v syndicate, he
said, simply offered , them the stock
and they sold it at a profit. . ,
vThe full committee will be asked to
certify the case to the . Speaker, with
the request that he certify it to the
district attorney for the District of
Columbia, who wilt be asked to take
it. before the grand jury. '
At today's, hearings the committee.
besides hearing of the flotation of the
petroleum company, heard of the af
fairs of the Equitable, Mutual, New
York and Metropolitan insurance or
ganizations ' with officers of each . of
the institutions. The fact was devel
oped that in the mutual companies the
policy - holders show little inclination
to control the affairs " of the compa
nies and exert practically no power in
the election of " officers. Samuel Un
termyer, counsel for the committee,
examined the witness as to securities
held by the companies mentioned,
1 which under the New York State law
x were; ordered- in 1904 .to- dispose of
taeir noiajngs -or siock? . witnia-y: nve
years.i-'ThQ' tfme "since; has "been x-;
tended five'Tcars. ' 1 ' ?
( In this connection - Mr.- Untermyer
examined Charles A." Peabody, of the
Mutual, and Judge 'W. "W. -Day, of the
Equitable, -regarding the sale of stock
in the National Bank of Commerce to
James. Stillman and George F. Baker,
after Mr. Baker and Mr. Stillman had
acquired, through the purchase of
Equitable stock by. J. P. Morgan, a
contingent interest of one-fourth each
in the control of the insurance socie
ty.: Mr. Day said he did not know Mr.
Morgan, Mr.- Stillman and Mr. Baker
were interested in the National Bank
of Commerce prior to that time.
The sale by. the Equitable to Benja
min J. Strong, Jr., of the Bankers'
Trust Company,, of a. block of stock
in the Mercantile Trust Company, lat
er absorbed by the Bankers'. Trust,
also was taken up with Mr. Day. He
said he ; knew nothing of the voting
agreement ' Under which the Bankers'
Trust had operated in which one of
Mr. Morgan's partners was a trustee
at the time of the sale.
CARRIE WIN SLOW LOST.
Party Aboard, Including Captain's
. Wife, Rescued by Syndic.
Philadelphia, Jan. 6. Thrilling sto
ries of the manner in which they had
been rescued from the bark: Carrie
I'Wflnslow as that vessel, every seam
split asunder by the waves of . three
storms, was rapidly-. sinking beneath
the raging sea were told here tonight
bjr Capt , Carlson, the commander of
the ill-fated bark, his young wife, the
'mate and eight sailors.-.
They reached here today on the
British steamer. Syndic, volunteers
from whose crew braved the heavy.
waves in the only remaing life boat to
effect the rescue. ? -
. -The. Carrie Wlnslow, loaded with 1,
0.67'tons of coal, cleared from this city
on December, 20th f or Fernandina Se
vere gales werfe encountered soon af
ter: passing Cape Henlopen. Heavy
storms raged on Christmas Eve and
on late Friday and Saturday. , About
midnight Friday the gale reached hur
ricane - force v; and the foremast - fell,
tarrying away one of . the two life
boats. ( The bark soon began, to list
"heavily to port and it was discovered
that there was more than four, feet of
water in the hold. '' ; ' - v '
'. The entire crew manned the pumps
and worked heroically throughout the
night. ' At : daybreak ; Capt.- Carlson
strapped himself to the ; peak of - the
remaining mast and started a lookout
which was finally rewarded by the
sight - of the Syndic, which responded
to signals of: distress and endeavored
to launch a life boat, v The little craft
was smashed like an egg shell against
the side of the steamer' and further
attemp ts at j rescue s were abandoned
fori thel tinie being in the hope that
the storm would subside.
After standing by - from 9 A.- M. un
til 4 o clock in the afternoon it was
seen that-.the Wlnslow would be una
ble to withstand another night. A last
desperate effort was made, ana : tne
only life boat which " remained umn
jured on' the Syndic was launched and
succeeded In reacning tne wmsiow.
Mrs. Carlson,. a bride of only. a few
months, was the first "to be taken off.
TTwo other trips were required before
Capt. Carlson, .'the last . to . leave the
bark, was brought off. It was 7 o'clock
before he was landed aDoara tne yn
die, r - .
INTERVENTION BY
POWERS PROBABLE
Will Take a Hand ih Balkan
Situation if Agreement
Isn't Reached
EXERT PRESSURE ON PORTE
Ambassadors-Discuss the Aegean Is
f lands and Greek Premier Gives :
Reasons for Their Annexa- -tion
- to His Nation
v. London, January 6. Sir Edward
Grey, the British secretary of foreign
affairs, made this statement in the
House of Commons today regarding
tlie ; possibility of intervention by the
powers should the - Turkish-Balkan
peace plenipotentiaries fail to : reach
an agreement: j
"This subject is in course of receiv
ing the attention of the powers, but I
cannot make -any public statement as
to their views of decisions, .except such
as niay be made by common consent."
The Balkan delegates r were unoffi
cially informed today that the ambas
sadors at Constantinople were contin
uing to exert pressure on the ; Porte,
to find the best way -to come to terms
with the Balkan States. Some diffi
culties are-beingVmet at the ambassa
dorial conference in London and the
question pf the frontier of Albania has
been -abandoned for the moment as it
has been found impossible to recon
cile the desires of Austria, for an ex
tended Albania, with the suggestions
of Russia' for narrowing the boundaries
of the new State. ! i -
The - ambassadors today began dis
cussing the Aegean Islands. They
examined a long detailed memoran
dum, prosented by the Greek premier,
M . . Venizelos, in which he enumerat
ed all the racial, historical geographi
cal, and cultural reasons in favor of
t'he, annexation of' these islands . to
Greece.V Furthermore, . he pointed out
Greece had suffiienV jen ajyi- (money
toonquer the ' archipelago and the
Greek colors are now- flying over all
the islands except those temporarily
occupied by Italy.
In the memorandum, Premier Ven
izlos expressed the belief that the prin
cipal reason why the islands should
be annexed to Greece lay in the fact
that by this means it would be impos
sible .to conclude with Turkey a peace
that was really permanent and would
not be disturbed by further Greek aspi
rations, while on the other hand if
some of the islands where the Greek
element predominates remain in the
hands of ..Turkey, or are detached
from Greece in some autonomous form,
agitation would not end : until all were
united to the fatherland.
,$he Servians and Montenegrins also
are preparing memoranda which will
be -presented to the ambassadors at
the end of the week. Servia will ask
t6 be allowed to occupy the eastern
part of the San Jak of Novizasar and
the whole region eastward from the
river, Drin - to Lafce Ochrida, besides
Monastir. wnicn tney capturea.
" Montenegro's memorandum will ask
for promises to occupy the 'western
part of the Sanjoko Nazipar Peek and
the districts of Djakova and Scutari,
with about 20 miles of . the coast of
the Adriatic to the mouth of the river
Drih. . " -' : "!" !
(Montenegro will declare that the
permanent occupation of Scutari is a
question of life or death;1 that public
oDinion in Montenegro! is so stirrea
that. It will be impossible to persuade
the peoplo to renounce what they con
sider, their just right. The memoran
dum will give the ambassadors to un
derstand that if Scutari is not award
ed to Montenegro, revolution will fol
low which will result in the fall of the
monarchy and the union of Montenegro
and Servia, " -
The i, tension between! Austria - ana
Russia has lessened as a result of an
exchafiae of explanations regarding
the military- measures both have tak
en. Austria is said to have convinced
Russia - that her- present military
strength vis less than that of either
Russia or Germany. '
: , '. Rations Short w i
London. January 7. A Sofia dis
patch gives facts f rom Adrianople say-
ing that -rations in . the Unvested .town
have beeri - reduced to one-fourth.
Eighty1 thousand persons are sick,
without "medical aid or f the means of
obtainihgvarmth. ! : f r
On Monday the Turkish and Bulga
rian delegates met toi discuss terms
of capitulation'. The Turks demanded
that ,they:-be allowed to retain their
arms, the' Bulgarians refused to grant
tnis.- - --- : t -
A message from headquarters, adds
the dispatch, requests that 30 civil ser
vants "be: Bent immediately to occupy
the - principal public posts at Adrian-
Ople.te?vf'5;;;4''-'':"-: - .' ' -"
. jNo . Fresh Proposals v
Londbn January" 7. The Turkish
government!' has firmly decided, not to
make )iny new proposals on peace, ac
cording to av dispatch from Constant!
nople,N.. ;:; j t "- :
Nashville, Tenn.,; Jan! 7 At the: re-
auest of attorneys lor tne complain
ants the case, of the College of Blsh-
ods vs. the Board of Trust of Vander-
bilt University Involving control of the
university' was : today continued - by
Chancellor ' Allison until January 27th
at - which time the arguments of attor
neys will be resumed.
TAKING "SILENT TBEftTMENr
Rockefeller is a Very Sick Man, Ac
cording to' Affidavits FUed With
..; Money -TrtrtJt Cdmmittee.
(Unable lo-Testify
. ; ' " -
Washington, Jan. 7.-r-Affidavitsv that
William Hockefelle haa"gout, inflam
mation;, of- the larypxeahd., windpipe,"
which has necessitated six operations,
the lasfTof a serious nature?' rwere re
corded with :tiieV:lj jus6 Money Trust
investigation ,-uamauuee today as evi
dence why : the mh sought s oil mag
hate should not -Appear before ; the
committee. . .. - f- ;:
The affidavit of falter Fr Chappele,
Mr. Rockefeller xjtaysieian, said Mr.
Rockefeller cannotl speak above a
whisper and m'usttake . the so-called
"silent treatment1 - ,
.Dr. Chapelle sw4re 'that 'to force
Mr. Rockefeller to:' estlfy ;would : not
only be an act of Ij httmanity, but ac
tually would endanger his life."
Another affidavit by Samuel W. La1
mont was: much to i' the same : effect.
When the affidavits! . were 'put before
the money trust, coalmittee; 'Chairman
Pujo announced tbitt . the committee
would investigate - the situation
through Its own agencies. -'
. , Cannot be Interviewed.'
Nassau, N. P., Jan. 7.Efforts made
to communicate with William Rocke
feller, who has been staying at a hotel
here since - his arrival January 31st,
from Miami, Fla.j have - proven futile.
Inquirers . at the : hotel today were in
formed that Mr.. Rockefeller was "not
well enough to be,, interviewed about
business affairs." . . ,-v- - ; .'
The financier will remain at Nas
sau,, it is understood,' for , " several
weeks. No intimation as to nis inten
tions with regard .to appearahce , be
fore the House . Money Trust Investi
gating Committee at Washington can
be obtained. 7 v. -
CONDEMNED IN TWO HOUBS
Death Sentence Pronounced on Florida
Negro Preacher Assaulted Woman
Ocala, Fla., January 7. The - death
sentence was pronounced upon J. J.
Johnson, a negro preacher, hefe this
afternoon after., hist conviction 1 for
criminally assaulting the wife of a
prominent orange grower Saturday
near Citra, Fia. - Barely iwo L hours
were required, for thexflaLv
Johnson was arrested nearly Sunday
after-bloodhounds had guided a sher
iffs posse from the scene of the as
sault to the preacher's home. t
A local company of militia was call
ed out Sunday afternoon to guard the
negro m the Marion county jail trom
a mob which collected when news of
the arrest was made public.
- A score of militiamen and deputy
sheriffs escorted the prisoner to and
from the court room today- Fully 2;-
000 persons had assembled . about the
Court House, but were not admitted
to the trial. .
ANSBERG SUCCEEDS HUGHES.
Democratic -Caucus Names Ohio Rep
resentative for Ways and Means.
Washington, January 7. The Dem
ocratic caucus of the House today
elected Representative Ansberry, of
Ohio, for a place on the Committee on
Ways and Means to succeed William
Hughes, of New Jersey, who resigned
from the House to seek election to the
Senate. .. ,
The caucus approved all the recom
mendations of -the Ways and Means
Committee to fill vacancies," Including
thosa of Representative Flood, of Vir
ginia, to succeed Governor Sulzer, as
chairman; of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, and Representative Humprf
J 3 n r
reys, or ; Mississippi, to succeeu n.
Flood at I the bead of the Territories
Committee. , . .
OUTLINES
Thirty-one members of the crew of
thetankl steamer Rosecrans perisneo
y!ester4a when their steamer was lost
oft the Oregon coast, during a furious
storm. . , .' :
Wm. Rockefeller is too ill to appear
before the House Money Trust Invest
igating Committee, according, to affi
davits of the millionaire's physicians,
filed with the committee yesterday,
The Money Trust. Committee, in ex
ecutive session last night, made plans
to deal With reluctant witnesses, and
will have Wm. Rockefeller .examined
to determine if he is unable to testify.
. Intervention in the Balkan war will
likely -toi resorted to by the Powers,
if the allies and Turkey fail to reach
an agreement The Turkish govern
ment has firmly declined to make any
fresh proposals, i
Public I hearings on the - chemical
schedules of the revised tariff were
closed yesterday, and the bill will like
ly be little changed from the one that
passed both- houses of Congress and
was vetoed last year. . .
Joseph PurcelV a representative of
a-iarge coffee .importing firm, testified
yesterday before ' the sHouse1 'Merchant
Marine Committee that his company
is now, receiving 10 per. cent, deferred
rebates from- the shipping combine.
Members of the . Senate ' put Judge
Archbald through a "grilling cross-ex
aminatibn yesterday in ' an . effort . to
clear up some points in regard to the
accused i jurist's correspondence with
an attorney of the Louisville & Nash
ville Railroad .
? New York markets : , Money on call
easy 2 1-2 to 3 per cent.; ruling rate
and r closing bid 2 3-4 ; offered at 5
Snot cotton closed steady. - -.Flour
steady, " WJieat easy; No. 2 red 1.06
1-2 to 1.07 1-2. Copn steady, 5&
Turpentine firm. Resin quiet.
EICON
SPEAKER OF HOOSE
'
Wilson Man Selected by
Democratic (paucus at
Raleigh Last Night v
MATTERS TO BE- CONSIDERED
4
I mportant Legislation by General As
sembly in Prospect Minor v
Clerks ,and Officers for" '
Session Elected. . '- .
Raleigh, N.C., Jan. 7. The Demo
cratic members-of the North Carolina
General Assembly in caucus tonight
selected George W. Connor, of Wil
son, as speaker, of tthe ' House. ; As the
House consists . of 107 Democrats - to
nine . Republicans and four'1 Progres
sives, 'Mr. Connor will be elected to
morrow when' the session begins. ..
Retiring Lieut. Governor Newland
will preside over the Senate for a
Week, when Lieutenant Governor Et
L. Daughtridge will succeed him. '
The principal matters of legislation
will be concerning a- better system of
taxation; a State-wide primary and
corrupt practices act; better child, la-
oor laws ; a rural credit system and
perhaps a constitutional convention. -
" ' Proceedings in Detail.
Raleigh, N; C, Jan. 7. The Demo
cratic caucus of the members "of -the
House , of Representatives tonight
chose Hotf. Geo. W. , Connor,- of Wil
son, unanimously for speaker. E. M.
Koonce, who had been an avowed can
didate, withdrew early, in the after
noon and J. Frank Ray, of Macon, who
had also been mentioned, made the
motion for the election to be : unani
mous. ' V. .- -. , .
Mr. Connor was presented to the
caucus and expressed gratitude for
the honor, declaring - that .this assem
bly is meeting at a time when' the
Democratic party in the State" ind1 Na
tion is especially, on i triaL . The. po-
pie Of the State,' he saldate.' looking,
to the.' assembly," for . wise, progres
sive and safe legislation. He appeal
ed to the members to not disappoint
tne people. Mr. Connor s name xiad
been presented to the caucus by Rep
resentative E. R. Wooten, of Lenoir,
tne seconding speech being, by W. H
Witherspoon; of Scotland.- - '
T. G. Cobb was elected principal
clerk without opposition. For reading
clerk Alfred McLean; of Harnett., was
chosen with 61 votes and vW W, Wil
son, or waKe, received 35. For ser-
geant-at-arms J. H. Moring, of Wake,
was cnosen, receiving 51 votes; Geo.
Kilpatrick, of Lenoir, 39; and D. H.
James, of Guilford, 5. E. 3. Jenkins
was elected assistant sergeant-at-arms
and M. D. Kinsland, of Haywood, re
elected engrossing clerk. The House
caucus was presided over by T. C Bo
wie, oi Asne; j. a. Long, Alamance,
secretary. . . - . - ,:
'Hon. Harrv StUDbs. of Martin was
chairman of the Senate caucus. ' Se
nator Pharr, of Mecklenburg H Was
elected president pro tem.; W.JA.
Hooks, engrossing clerk; W. G. Hall,
Cumberland, sergeant-at-arms; Geo.
W. Hinsley, Anson, assistant; R. 'M.
p nimps, reading -clerk. Both caucus
es adopted motions for a formaj joint
caucus to be held at the proper time
for deciding for whom the vote of the
party shalL be cast for United States
Senator; a formality leading, utr to the
election of Senator F. M. Simmons, m
compliance with the results' bf the par
ty primary at the general election;
New York, January 2.- James Ma
ture, 'of Denver, increased his lead to
nearly a 100 pdihts over Alfred DeJQro,
the world's pocket hjlhardv champion
in the second night's play, for title ho
nors," tonight, with the local score
standing 400 to '308. Tonight's Score
was 200 to-120. The final block will
be played tomorrow night. . ,
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS
t Senate
Colonel R. M. ; Johnston, of
Houston,- Texas, sworn in as
Senator' to succeed Joseph . W,
Bailey, resigned. ,
Appropriations suD-commit-.
. JJ - - ...jIA -
er appropriatibn for continuV 4
A ing United States Commerces
4- Court. . , 'r.
4 5 Consideration of Omnibus r
claims bill, was resumed. .
4 Senator Swanson introduced ,;
4 - bill . fbr $25,000,000. apprbpria-;4
4 tlon to aid States for good 4
roads. : , . ,. ..i;.,-.t
v House 4 ; . .
- Resumed consideration . of
Indian appropriation bill. .
4-
"Money Trust" Investigat-. a
ing Committee continued'
hearing, " probing ' ' stock .; ex-' 4
change sales. ", ," : ; V;',"'.;' '4
'v Bankers and financial ex-
4-.
4-
4-
perts heard by ; currency sub- ;'4
committee f on J proposal f or f 4
new currency system, fi'
Investigation of alleged,;
steamship trust begun by,.;
Merchant Marine . Committee:-
1 Manufacturing , interests, are 4
heard ty Ways ' and Means .4
Committee on revision & of 1 4
Schedule -A of the tariff! -i?4
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H"!"!"!-!' 4-M-I-I' I"I"4'4-4"I'"I;
GFORG
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31 MEMBERS OF GREW PERISH
Only Four Men Saved From, the Tank
Steamer . Rosecrans, VfrWch
Foundered on Coast of :Ore
gon Ill-fated ' Vessel ,
: 5'. ' i ' - -:;
- Astoria, Oregon, Jan. 7. The oil
steamship Rosecrans, . Captain L. F.
Johnson, 'from -Monterey, -"Cal., . .for
Portland, "Oregon, ran aground early
today on Peacock Spit while crossing
mto the Columbia river during a 55-
mile gale and later sank with 31- mem
bers of her crew of 35.
One survivor of the wreck was re
ported to have reached shore at Tioga,
Wash., six miles from the zone of the
disaster and the Point Adams life sav
ing crew, which with the crew from
Fort Canby had been at work since
early morning, rescued three other
men late today. The Jatter had taken
refuge in the rigging vwhen the ship
went down. - For many hours they
clung there, the waves breaking 'over
them repeatedly. Late today the wind
died down somewhat and the life sav-.
ers were able to reach "them. Two
men were taken from their perch,
while the third who had leaped in the
sea when the life boat neared the spot
was taken from the" water. Owing
to the thick weather, the plight of the
Rosecrans was not known for several
hours. . - ' v
A Hard, Luck. Ship :
San Francisco, Cal., January. 7. '
The Rosecrans, owned by the Asso
ciated Oil Company, has been an ill-
fated' vessel. While loading oil at
Gaviota on , August 27th, 1912, she
caught fire and was . burned to the
water's edge. On March ,12th of the
fame year, she was driven on the rocks
at Gaviota and two of -her crew were
lost. . '". ' ' -
Built at Glasgow in 1883, he Rose
crans was 335 feet long and' registerd
2,976 tons gross. f . . -
She formerly was a United States
army transport. -
At the office of the company it was
said the vessel and her cargo was val
ued at about $200,000.
Steamer Cheslake Wrecked
. Vancouver, B. . Cv, .January. 7. The
steamer Cheslake, owned , by , the Un
ion Steamship Company, of -Vancouver,
was wrecked today-off Van Sand,, on
thecoast of VancouverlWireless- mes-
sages sar taree passengers and a mem
ber:of the;- crew perighed.- The- other
passengers and seamen were rescued
by the steamer Cameosun, of, the same
line, which reported the disaster. The
Cheslake plied between this port and
Texada island, 75 miles north.
MONETARY SYSTEM WRONG
,' .
Radical Changes Necessary, Agrees'
Witnesses at Hearing t
: Washington, January 7. That there
is something radically wrong with the
American monetary System was agreed
to today by .jL witnesses before the
Glass sub-committee of the House
Banking and ; Currency Committee,
which began a series of hearings for
the purpose of devising a currency
scheme. to be recommended to Con
gress. All the ""witnesses told that
what the country needed was a more
elastic currency and a concentration
of reserve funds, but .opinions as to
how. these ends could be accomplished
were variant. , .- -. :
A Barton Hepburn, chairman of the
board of directors of the ;Chase Na
tional Bank, of New; York advocated
a central bank similar-to the one pro
posed by the National Monetary Com
mission,-51 per "cent of . the stock Hoi
be owned iby the government if ne
cessary. - ' l
Victor Morawetz, director of the fi
nancial affairs of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad proposed a sys
tem of regional reserve banks to (which
thej power of issuing currency should
be limited, while Paul Warburg, of the
banking firm- of Kuhn, Loeb & Com
pany, of New Ybrk, r insisted that . the
central reserve organization differing
materially from a' central bank was
the only-feasible remedy. Both Mr.
Hepburn and .Mr. Warburg vigorously
denounced the government guarantee
of bank' deposits idea. ; , : - - -l"
Chairman Glass announced at the
outset that inasmuch as the -; Demo
cratic platform declared . specifically
against- the Monetary i Commission's
central bank plan the majority mem
bers of the committee felt it was their
duty; to seek a substitute.
YACHT HUNTRESS WRECKED.
Three of Crew Lost in an Explosion
Off Florida Coast: .
Titusville, Fla., Jan. ' 7. Upon the
arrival, here today of Ulxi and Mrs. F.
W. Chesbrbugh,' of New York, it be
came; known that their, private yacht
Huntress was wrecked and ; threes ot
the crew lost in an explosion which
occurred off Cape '. Coronel yesterday.
The ,Chesbroughs and . four jmembers
of the - Huntress crew took- refuge in
a small row boat in which they; made
their way to Cape Cavanral. ' " ; ...
The . accident occurred- at. 4 o clock
Monday morning while the - Huntress
was . en route to 'Miami from - New
York. ? - The2 details of the explosion
cannot be learned. . The cook, stew
ard and seaman were killed in an ex
plosion' and their bodies were hot re-?
covered. : Before the Huntress sank
the small power . boat ; Was launched
and the survivors -hurriedly- left" the
yacht; without ; saving any 'yaluables
They: arrived at Cape' Cavanral today
and were; brougnt nere. Mr. -and Mrs.
ChesbrouKh left tonight for -Miami.
The yacht Huntress was about 90
feet long and valued at $30,000. , Mr.
Chesbrough is ' the youngest son of
Robert 'Chesbrough, : the. New. York
manufacturer.-
BIG COFFEE FIRM
RECEIVES REBATES
Representative of Importers
Tells of "Ship Combina
. tionV Methods
f
INDEPENDENTS FROZEN OUT
Several. Lines -Forced to - Go' Out of
Business pn Account of 10 Per
Cent Deferred Rebate, Wit
- nesses Testify
Washington, January 7. -A system.
of deferred rebates 'granted by the so
called "ship combination," to shippers
who dealt exclusively with' its mem
bers, was described today-to. the House
Marine Committee by a representative
of a firm who had received rebates for,
four years. - - , 1
The representative was Joseph Pur-
cell, of Hard & Rand," of New York, '
one of the largest importers of Bra-
cuuee lo iae umiea scales, he
said that for shipping its icofCee ex
clusively ; by the Lampert I and Holt'
Line, the Prince Line and S the ; Ham- :
burg-South 'American Line bis concern
is given a maximum rebate- of 10 per
cent. ., ' ' ' - . "
Mr. Purcell's statement came as the. .
climax, of a day's testimony? hinting at
the existence of such rebating . sys-.
tems. " J. J. Slechta, New York agent ':
forHhe Lloyd Brazileiro Line, owned v
and . operated by the Brazilian govern- -mentxbetween
New York .nd Brazil...
had just testified that his company
in the last six vears in attenrnitlnfir to
compete with the "conference" lines",
had lost $6,000,000. He suggested that -ther
failure .'of. his cpmpanyi to get .bus-
iriess-'was a defeYred Vebaflng system.
Sydney Storey, of New Orleans, tes
tifiedvthat an attempt to jstart an in- -dependent1
isteamshfp liner 'from New ' -Orleans
to Brazil lasV Shimmer had I ,.
resulted in failure becausefnot a pound
of freight could -be obtained in South v.
Ameiica-Jor-a , &tttrarJ$'.:fc Mstos
suspected deferred rates were -the ,
cause of- this;' Mr Purfcell .testified .
that the rebate- system :was started in ; ,
1908, and with-modifications made in .
1908 or 1910 existed today. r.
that "the conference' lines had ,raised .
the rate since October, pl2, from 40 ;
cents to 50 cents a .bagbut that an
offer by his line to Hard & Rand to
carry their coffee for 2j ents a bag
had been declined. 1 '-. J '
When Chairman Alexander, of the v
House Committee, - asked 'Mr; Purcell
to explain t this the- ' witness .testified ,
that had the offer, been! accepted . his
concern would have lost their deferred
rebate only to get & service that for .
regularity and efliclency Was not sat- ,
MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION.
Important fMatters Were Taken Up at
High Point Yesterday.
Hieh Point: N; Ca XJan. ; 1 At a ,
meeting of; the North Carolina Munici
pal Association, which convened here .
this morning In Its nitn annual ses
sion steps (were taken by? the organ!-
zation toward legislation affecting cit
ies and towns that majf come before
the General Assembly it the session
which opens thisweek. f ;
; It was decided to forward a letter
to the Speaker of the House of Repre- V
sentatives i of the approaching Legis
lature asking that a conference with '
the" municipal association and the .
State Chamber of Commerce be grant
ed before the committee on cities and
towns is named. It was further de
cided to ask that all bills relating to
cities and towns be published in the
Reading newspapers of the State be-
tore tuey vulcu. ujjuu. x
i At this morning's Session the fea
ture was. an informal discussion ' of ,
the commission ..form of- government
and the ' equalization.' of taxation, be
tween cities and coUtities.?;; : ;, .
Capt James D. McNeill, of Fayette
ville, chairman o thelegislatlve com-. .
mittee. will arrive this afternoon and,
make' a report on needed legislation.
The next jmeetingbf . th0 association
willt'convene In Raleigh on January
HJth,; when the- association will hear
an address from uovernor i;raig. ut.
Charles U Raper, of the University
of North Carolina, ;wiil deliver an ad- i
dresi" on itaxation." Dr. Joseph Hyde
Pratt; State Geologist, ! wijl also be a
speakfer. vMr.t J; C. Clifford,; of Dunn,
will talk On the enfdrcement. of the
law ind -T. J. Murphy,bf Greensboro,
will speak; on commission form of city
government. ., " i . "
The, North Carolina Miiniclpal Asso
ciation was organised tin Charlotte in .
1908 under the administration of for
mer' Maydr T. S. Frahklln.
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DIPLOMAT DIES SlibbENLY
. .
Paul-Nash, U. S. 0JMUl General at
r-.i.-3'--'-;:-.J Budapest, Passes .
London,' January 7. Paul. Nash,
United States iconsul geperal at Buda- 1
pest, - olied suddenly ! at a otel ; here
early today. Although it Was apparent ,
that death was due to natural causes, -flti
inauest will be necessary- as in all
leases of sudden death. Mr. Nash was
35 years bid and had seen, diplomatic
service atf Venice, Vladivostok, Rheims
and Budapest. While consul at Venice ,
UU IXLCblAlU tixv jjm-wv- : -. j.
of 'Piedmont.- Mr. , Nash was -a nauve
aIa; VTtV Qfntd