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VOL. XCI NO. 9.
WHiMlNGKrON, N. C, SUNDAY MOKTDSre, JANUARY 19, 1913.
WHOLE NUMBER 13,225.
CABELL WILL NOT
SW FISHER Hjjffl
IMPORTANT BILLS
III LEGBLHiE
TURKEY WILL NOT
CEDE ADRIANOPLE
Decision of the Porte Will
Lead to Resumption of
Hostilities
Paid Duty on Dogs,
Flower Girls at "Aunt Helen's" Wedding,
STAND GRILL
I
Refuses to Submit to fc.j
ination in Alleged WtriV
key Fraud Case
INSTRUCTED BY MAGVEAGH
Commissioner Hitt Ordered to Take
Cabell's Deposition and More
Latter Won't Talk
Washington, January 18. Further
complications are threatened in the
fight between United States District
judge Boyd, of Greensboro, N. C,
and Royal E. Cabell, commissioner
of internal revenue, in an alleged
whiskey fraud case in North Carolina,
by the commissioner's refusal today to
submit to direct or cross-examination
before Commissioner Hitt, of this city,
who was ordered by Judge Boyd to
take Mr. Cabell's deposition.
The commissioner's attitude was
based upon written directions of Sec
retary MacVeagh that he offer the
court without question aa to its au
thority, a certified copy of the Treas
ury Department's record in the case,
and decline to answer questions in con
nection with it. The case, which is
directed against D. C. Foster, a dis
tiller, and N. Glenn Williams, said
to have been the purchaser of the
whiskey in question, also is being in
vestigated by the House "Committee
on Expenditures" in the Treasury De
partment. The pending issue in court involves
an order of Commissioner Cabell that
the whiskey now at Williams, N. C.
be transfered to a general bonded
warehouse at Louisville, Ky. Judge
Boyd enjoined the removal and ap
pointed a master to .Sake testimony.
By the courts order Commissioner
Hitt was authorized to .taRe the de
positions or Mr. im yi
rials of the Intern! Revenue-
Fletcher MWXWC, sfclteitor of internal
revenue; P. S. Talbert, chief of the
law division, and W. H. Hubbard, Jr.,
chief of the assessment division, sum
moned before Commissioner Hitt, tes
tified that they had advised the com
missioner of internal revenue to issue
the order for the removal of the whis
key. When Mr, Cabell was placed on the
stand he presented a digest of the
Treasury Department's record and of
fered as soon as the full record was
obtainable from the House Committee
which .now holds-it, to supply the court
with a certified copy. Attorneys for
the owners of the whiskey wanted to
know why he issued tie order of re
moval. He declined tp reply, pointing
to the written instructions of Secre
tary MaeVeaeh.
The commissioner contended that
while his reasons do not appear in the
record, he was controlled in issuing
the order by his legal power as com
missioner of internal revenue and not
called upon to divulge his reasons to
the court. The attorneys protested
and are understood to have threatened
to ask Judge Boyd for an order com
pelling him to give the answers.
Mr. Cabell also refused to answer
questions propounded by United States
Attorney Holton, of Greensboro who
attended the hearing.
Will Wait for-Judge to Rule
Washington, D. C, January 18.
Little progress was made today in the
hearing before Special Commissioner
Isaac Hitt, who Was appointed to take
testimony in the N. Glenn 'William's
liquor controversy. Commissioner Ca
bell, when called to the stand, stated
that he had received a letter from
"his superior onideV' in which he was
authorized not to answer any ques
tions propounded 'by counsel for Wil
liams, and Mr. Cabell adhered close
ly to the instructions of his superior
officer. Mr. Cabell said, however,
that should Judge Boyd personally de
sire to see the papers', in the case, he
was authorized, by Mr . MacVeagh to
recommend that the jurist be allowed
to see them After asking half a
dozen or more questions in which Mr.
Cabell was questioned closely in re
gard to newspaper interviews given
out by Commissioner Cabell, Attorney
B. J. Justice, of .Greensboro, tolJ
Commissioned Hitt that there was no
use to question Mr. Cabett further and!
asked that he certify to Judge Boyd
whether Mr. Cabell would.be required
to answer questions Relating directly.
to tne case.
If Mr. Cabell is ndt to be
.,.!.. )c, viQ
d to answer attornevs what is the
imrpose of this hearing?" demanded
Mr. JustiQe. "Until Judge Boyd rules
whether he will compel Mr. Cabell to
r'Ply to questions I refuse to interro
gate him further in this case."
Commissioner Hitt said he would,
ask Judge Bdyd to rule and the hear?'
ing was adjoufhed until the Federal
jurist rules as to whether Cabell can
he made to answer questions.
P. R. A.
y j 1 ;
For bargain in clothing, shoes, hats,
millinery, silks, dress goods, under
wear, cloaks, furs and coat suits, visit
Rehder's great clearing sale.
(Advertisement.)
Ball bearing roller skates at J. W.
H. Fuchs Department Store.
(Advertisement.) -
I S&K mm
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(Mrs. Robert Wood Johnson.)
New York, Jan. 18 Before she could
by the customs officers upon ner
it arrival at New . xorK irom
Mrs. Johnson was compelled to
20 per cent, duty on Prince aad
Princess. Beppo, a very aristocfallc
couple. They are thoroughbred Pome
ranian dogs.
WILSON'S LINES OF ACTION
President-elect Will Consider Ail Dem
ocrats Progressive Till Other
wise Convinced No Hurry
to Distribute Pie.
VWilmington Star Bureau,
V 23 Wyatt Building.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 18. Demo
cratic leaders of House and Senate
now have formed definite conclusions
as to the lines of action Which Presi
dent-elect Wilson will follow when he
takes charge March 4th.
He will start on good and equal
terms with' every. Democrat in both
branches of Congress. There is no
black list. He considers them all "pro
errfissives." Only when performance
convinces him will be write, down this
or that Senator or Congressman a re
actionary. He looks rorwara to tne
special - tariff session as . involving Test
No. 1 He will keep close tab on the
mil calls, in the tariff voting. These
roll calls, he .thinks, will separate the
wheat from the chaff the "progres
sives" from the "reactionaries." -
His Policy being as stated ,the Pres
ident-elect . is not mixing into the or
ganization fights of either House. He
i&. confident,, however, the control oi
the majority macninery in ootn nouses
win be "progressive."
He has little sympathy for the pie-
hungry. Her will reach the matter of
fliUnp thp inhs in regular order. There
will be no wholesale removal of Repub
lican office-holders either in wjasnmg-
tori, North Carolina, or elsewhere in
the country, iinmediately after March
4th. As -terms expire, new men will be
named to the offices. . They will be
Democrats. . Wilson desires that the
patronage go to loyal Democrats. Rut,
he will be in nourry to hand out the
spoils. It f$m possible at he will not
seriously take up the -question of, fil
ling vacancies, until 7 after the tariff
session. Offiee seekers will gain little
hv.rtoiirfner 'ftftrt Washington in March.
Wilson is committed te tne civil ser
vice principles;. He expects to adhere
to it. 'The civil service rules will not
fbe set ' aside by him, simply to reward
compell-jpomicians; 1,
The above is the substance of an in
terview which Mr. Wilson had with
one oC the leading progressive Sena
tors who conferred with htm this weeK,
and is authentic insofar as it forecasts
the President-eiect's vies at 'present.
New York, January 11. By court
nrderi it was learned today. Conerefes-
manlect Timothy D- SullivJtn, who
long has been a prominent ngue in
New Yorki legislative affairs, is to be
formally committed to a private sani
tarium in Yonkers.
TheNannual January Clearing Sale
starts Monday, January 40, ai o'clock
at Behder's, (advejfeemnt.)
.Visit the greatest sale of tike season.
Starts Monday at Render's.
(Advertisement.) t -
Uncle Sam Co. and Indians
Prefer Charges Against
the Secretary
MATTER (IKED IN CONGRESS
Interior Department Head Refused to
Approve Ceases of Osage Lands
And Removed Members of
Tribal Council
If
Washington, January 18. The fight
between the Interior Department, the
Uncle Sajpa Oil Company and members
of the Tribal Council of the Osage
Indians, whe were deposed recently by
Secretary Fisher and whose actions
have been referred to the Department
of Justice for investigation, was thrust
upopjfche attention of Congress and the
courts here today
Representatives of the oil company,
whose leases upon Osage lands in Ok
lahoma were not approved by Secre
tary Fisher and representatives of the
deposed tribesmen, spent the day be
fore the Indian Affairs Committee of
the House presenting charges against
Secretary Fisher and other govern
ment officials. Early in the day some
of the deposed members of the Osage
Council secured from the District
Court a mandamus against Secretary
Fisher to compel him to show cause
next Tuesday why they 'should not be
reinstated-
The basis of the charges against the
Secretary of the Interior -was that he
aided the Standard Oil Company's in
terests in refusing to approve the
Uncle Sam leases. A bill is now be
fore Congress to validate them. In a
counter statement, mailed to the com
mittee when the hearing began, Sec
retary Fisher declared that the actions
of the officials of the Uncle Sam Oil
Company and the Council of the Osage
tribe in negotiating tor trie leases were
sCfttnat'tr'ffad been referred to the
Department of Justice and for this
fact he could not discuss them pub
licly
The Department of Justice late to
day, through Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Knabel, transmitted to the Unit
ed States district attorney at Guthrie,
Okla.. the reports and documents from
Secretary Fisher, alleging" that "un
due influence" had been used upon
the deposed members of the Osage
tribe in the negotiation of the leases.
If the investigation by the district at
torney warrants such action, the case
will be laW before the grand jury in
Oklahoma-
Albert L. Wilson, attorney for the
Uncle Sam company, in a five-hour
session before the House Indian Af
fairs Committee, attacked the atti
tude of the Interior Department, the
courts and the Postoffice Department
towards his company. ;
Mr. Wilson made a lengthy argu
ment reviewing the career of the Uncle
Sam company, its difficulties with the
Postoffice Department in connection
Kviih its transactions with stockhold
ers, its trouble with the courts, in bank
ruptcy proceedings and finally with
what he termed "the prosecution" by
the Interior Department in the pres
ent case.
Under examination by the commit
tee, Mr. Wilson said that Secretary
Fisher objected to the royalty on oil
offered by the Uncle Sam lease. He
said the lease offered the -Indians a
royalty oi one-eighth of the price re
ceived ff.r oil, while, the secretary as
serted, the royalty should be one-sixth.
Mr. Wilson declared that the rules
and regulations framed by Secretary
Fisher to cover the leasing of the Os
age lands were formulated after the
Uncle Sam leases had been negotiated
and that under these rules no com
pany or individual could take over a
large acreage out of the 800,000 acres
open for development, and be assured
of a reasonable return on the invest
ment. The committee desired to know
just how Mr. Wilson connected the ac
tions of Secretary Fisher with the
Standard Oil Company.
"Every attempt to keep the Uncle
Sam Oil. Company from securing a
supply pf crude oil," he replied, "aids
and assists the Standard Oil Company.
If we cannot get a good supply of oil
for . our refineries 'they will be able to
crush us'.
Mr. Wilson was emphatic in his de
tailed discussion of the pitfalls that
had beset the path of the Uncle Sam
company. Among tnose criticised In
a lengthy brief he filed with the com
mittee, for their attitude toward the
company were :
Judge -John Pollock, of the District
Court of Kansas; Judge John F. Phil
ips, of the District Court for Missouri;
Samuel Adams, assistant secretary of
the interior; R. P. Goodwin, assistant
attorney general for the Postoffice De
payment; David W. Mulvane, of Kan
sas, and various other officials.
Mr. Wilson said when the company
endeavored to get petitions from citi
zens all over the country asking Presi
dent Taft; to order Secretary Fisher
to approve the Uncle Sam leases, on
July 4th 1912, that Secretary Fisher
on July 3rd, "gave the Associated
Press the false information that said
leases had been approved." As a re
sult of the publication of this informa
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Representative Justice Would
Apply Initiative, Referen
dum and Recall to State.
CM
FOR COMPULS
Ocean to Ocean Highway Furthered by
Governor Craig Additional Com- .
mittees Named In House.
The Proceed Inge.
(By J. Martin.) . -Raleigh,
C., Jah; 18.-- resolu
tion to provide for the initiative, refer
endum and recall wait introduced in
the House topdayju by Representative
Justice, of GuSford. The cojjjjpulsory
education bill said tl
be the official
measure, also was int
duced- by Rep-
resentative Ray, of M
jon. It firovides
for six months schoo
each year for
children, 8 and. 14 years, and firee text
books for those too poor to buy them.
Governor Craig today forwarded in
vitations to the Governors of 14 South
ern and Southeastern States to send
delegates to Asheville, N. C, February
12th, to consider the advisability of
building a trans-continental highway
to connect with the proposed ocean-to-ocean
highway. The project was
launched recently in California.
Representative Stewart offered a
bill in the House to make separation
for two years ground fpr divorce. One
year after divorce is procured either
party can petition the judge for right
to' re-marry.
jn Mr. Mason's compulsory school
law teachers are required to report
all violations to clerks of courts and
solicitors are required to indict and
prosecute.
The House passed on final reading
the Wooten bill to allow Kinston to
vote bonds for the State School for
Feeble Minded, located there.
' Speaker Connor announced addition-
standing committees th cJrairman as
follows: Manufactures and Labor,
Koonce; Expenditures of the House,
Bunn; Justices of the Peace, Corn
well; Appropriations, Doughton; Li
quor Traffic, Miller; Roads and Turn
pikes. Griffin.
In the Senate a bill was introduced
by Council, of Catawba, to Amend Sec.
3242, of the Revisal so as to prevent
multiplicity of indictments.
A bill introduced by Gilliam, of
Edgecombe, to promote the manufac
ture of anti-hog cholera serum is to en
large the work now carried on by the
Department of Agriculture.
Among bills passed on final reading
were those allowing the people of
Winston-Salem to vote on the consoli
dation of the two towns, the bill for
the creation of a highway commission
for Forsyth; the House bill to author
ize the city of Asheville to fund its
floating debt; the Senate bill to vali
date the elections in Craven and in
TOwnship No. 11, Craven; for bond is
sues for a farm life school, the Senate
bill to amend the charter of Greens
boro and require notice before suit;
the committee substitute for the Sen
ate bill to permit the drawing of jurors
from other counties than the one of
trial. ,
The Republicans of the General As
sembly, three in the Senate; 15 in the
House, in caucus have named former
(Continued on Page Eight)
OUTLIN ES
Representative Humphrey yesterday
introduced a bill in the House to bar
trust-owned ships from the Panama
canal.
Winter is in hiding somewhere and
is bound to come yet, said Willis L.
Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau,
yesterday.
Several hundred women, members of
the striking Garment Workers' Union,
fought the police in New York yester
day with hatpins and umbrellas.'
The Turkish Council of Ministers
which yesterday received the collec
tive note of the powers decided not to
cede Adrianople and the war-wpl be
resumed this week.
President-elect Wilson has made it
known that he will treat all Demo
crats as "Progressives" until he learns
anything to the contrary and will put
no one qrf the blacklist.
Commissioner of Internal ReVenue
Royal E. Cabell yesterday refused to
submit to an examination by Commis
sioner Hitt, of "Washington, named to
take his deposition in the alleged
whiskey fraud cases.
Daniel Dillon, commissioner appoint
ed to take evidence in the suit filed
by the Attorney General to bust the
alleged meat packers' combination
from Missouri, reported to the Su
preme Court yesterday that he found
six companies in an agreement to con
trol prices.
Representatives of the Uncle Sam
Oil Co., and deposed members of the
Tribal Council of Osage Indians, ap
peared in Congress yesterday and pre
ferred charges against Secretary Fish
er, of the Interior Department, alleg
ing that he aided the Standard Oil Co.,
by refusing to approve leases negotiat
ed with the Indians.
New York markets: Money on call
nominal. Wheat firm; No. 2 red 1.09
and 1.10. Corn easy, 56 3-44 Turpen
tine quiet. Rosin quiet.
Of EDUCATION
The young daughters of Frank Gould, and favorite nieces of Miss
Helen Gould, who will be flower girls at the latter's wedding to Finley J.
Shephard on; January 22nd.
FROST KING SORE TO CALL
Balmy Breezes and Sunny Days Can't
Last Always, Says Chief of Wea
ther Bureau Conditions
Are Unusual.
Washington, Jan. 18. Balmy breez
es and sunny days which are making
folk think it is Spring are to continue
for some time, but Chief WHlis L.
Moore, of the Weather Bureau, is out
with a warning thmfr g0i.- kid! ag
somewhere and is sure to'lSmeRisP
ports of, most unusual weather condi
tions.telling of flowers in bloom, trees
budding and birds and animals ventur
ing out from Winter quarters, are com
ing in to the Weather Bureau.
"With high pressure over the Middle
Atlantic and low pressure in Alaska
and the Northwest, such as has been
general for the last two months," said
Dr. Harry C. Frankenfield, chief fore
caster today, "we can have nothing
but warm weather. To get a change
these conditions must be reversed,
that is, the pressure must become high
in the Northwest and low over the
Middle Atlantic States. This change
will cause an eastern movement of
cold air from the Northwest, When
this will occur, however, I don't know."
So far this month two weather rec
ords have been broken. One was. the
low temperature record of California
and the other the low pressure record
of the Southeastern States. -
The temperature has been more
nearly normal in Minnesota and the
Dakotas, while it has been generally
normal elsewhere, especially in the
Atlantic coast States. Today the
above-normal cities were New York, 23
degrees; Washington, 26; Boston, 28;
Philadelphia, 24; Pittsburg, 22; Chi
cago, 10; Cleveland, 26; St. Louis, &;
Denver, 9.
Heavy Snow in Oregon.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 18. A mantle
of heavy wet snow setled over the
Wllliamette valley last night, cutting
off for several hours practically all
wire communications between this'
city and the outside world. Railroad
trains, however, arrived on scheduled
time.
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FATAL WOUNDS FOR SIX
Two Famjlies of Glen Alpine, N. C,
Fight Fierce Duel
Charlotte, N. C, January 18. A spe
cial to The Observer from Morganton
tells of a fierce pistol and knife duel
which took; place at Glen Alpine, a
small place six miles from there to
night, in which six men received what
is thought to be fatal wounds.
The fight is alleged to be the result
of a fued that is said to have existed
between the Pitts and HenneBsee
families and which culminated in the
conflict tonight.
Friends of both families rushed to
the scene and were themselves soon
engaged in the bloody battle, some of
whom received fatal 'wounds.
Dr. E. A. Henhessee, a prominent
physician of Burke county, was one
of the combatants and was shot
through the head and lungs and can
not live through the nighL M. Hen
nessee.and Abel Pitts, two others; en
gaged in the affray, are reported mor
tally wounded, while Gorman Pitts,
Ervin Pitts and Sam Bennett, the lat
ter the policeman of the village, are
seriously if. not fatally shot- Others
engaged in the affray are more or less
seriously wounded.
Sheriff Berry left immediately upon
being notified of the tragedy to make
an investigation.
FIGHT COPS WITH HAT PINS
Several Hundred Women Battle With
Police In Fiercest Riot of Gar- )
ment Workers' Strike
Agreement Denounced ;
New York, January 18. With hat
pins and umbrellas, several hundred
women fought the police today in
one of the fiercest riots since the be
ginning of the Garment Workers'
strike.. A lone;j.pUowna.MI:
to protect male strike-breakers -was
severely beaten. '
The policeman arrested one woman,
but had to summon 12 more blue coats
before he could get his prisoner to the
station house. The police accomplish
ed this by forming a hollow square
which was beset on all sides by the
battling Garment Workers.
Five women were arrested in an
other riot which started when the wo
men assaulted a truck driver, deliver
ing mattresses for the use of strike
breakers. f
The strike of dress and shirtwaist
makers, one of seven trades invdlved
in the walkout, was settled at nOoh to
day and most Of the 37,000 workers
will retur n to the shops next Monday.
The difficulty had threatened a se
rious shortage in thet supply of Spring
garments. ..
The terms of the agreement include
a general increase in wages, shorter
hours and a permanent system of arbi
tration. ; These terms did not satisfy some of
the workers, however, and a big meet
ing, called to ratify the agreement,
broke up- in confusion. When the
strikers learned that the advance of
wages amounted to a maximum of 10
per cent, many declared they would
not return to work and rushed from
the hall while the leaders pleaded
with themto remain.
The Oarment Workers' strike proper
continues with about 150,000 workers
involved.
Many pf the strikers who heard tjhe
settlement agreement, announced sim
ultaneously at 27 mass meetings show
ing that the maximum wage increase
was only 10 per cent, rushed from the
hall in protest, asserting that they
would not abide by the agreement
Some of. the strikers denounced the
protocol as a "frame-up" in favor of
the manufacturers. Impatient strik
ers held an impromptu meeting late
in the day and appointed leaders to
organize a new union which they said
would seek affiliation with the Indus
trial Workers of the World. Doubt ex
ists tonight as to whether the strikers
will accept the conditions, s,
Ephriam Kaufman, business agent
of the United Male Workers of Amer
ica, gave, out a letter he said he had
received from Cohgressman'-elect
Francis O. Lindquist, of Michigan,
scoring wholesalers and manufactur
ers in the clothing trades and declar
ing that he Intended to devote his
energies in Congress in the interest
of the consumer and in behalf of the
Garment Workers of New York.
Chicago Workers May Strike
Chicago, January 18. Forty thous
and Chicago Garment. Workers may be
called on to strike next week in sym
pathy with New York strikers because
oftlcials of the United Garment Work
ers are said to have discovered that
Eastern manufacturers are sending or
ders here to be filled.
The union men say that unless man
ufacture of such goods is, stopped at
once a general strike will be. ordered
in the shops controlled by the Employ
ers' Association. i
. New corduroy, new silk ratine, new
stripe crepe, new silk bouche, all on
special -sale during the clearing saie
at Rehder's. (advertisement.)
Ball bearing roller skates at J. W.
H. Fiichs Department Store.
. (Advertisement.)
FIGHT. TO THE BITTER END
Allies Will Wait Two or Three Days
and Present Ultimatum to Tur- -key
Armies Are in Better
Shape Than Ever.
London, Jan. 18. Turkey's decision,
as indicated by dispatches from Con
stantinople tonight, refusing to cede
Adrianople and the Aegean Islands, it
is believed here, will lead to a resump
tion of the Turkish-Balkan war within
a week. '
The Balkan allies after considering
the whole situation among; themselves
earlier in the day, already had, decided
to wait until the middle of next week
for the answer of the Porte to the
joint note of the powers, and If then
the reply was not received or was un
satisfactory, to address a communica
tion to the Turkish delegation in the
from of a definite ultimatum, allowing
Turkey 48 or 72 hours for a final de
cision. Should Turkey at that time be una
ble or unwilling to come to the allies'
terms, the Balkan plenipotentiaries de
cided that rupture, of the peace confer
ence was inevitable. Sofia, Belgrade
and Cettinje would denounce the ari,
mistice, and four days later the war
would be resumed. '
The allies don't admit, or to be more
exact, do not see the possibility of
such proposals from Turkey or the
powers as would allow of a resump
tion of negotiations, . unless the Porte
openly declares its readiness to give
up Adrianople. So, far, instructions of
the Bulgarian delegates are categori
cal on this subject and do not admit of
a discussion of the proposal that Tur
key retain Adrianople even to the dis
mantling of tne
tinuing negotiations otr tttbter condi
tions, leaving the question of Adriano
ple to be disposed of last.
Servia, Montenegro and Greece all
support Bulgaria in this attitude. The
success of Bulgaria would mean an
easier accomplishment of their wishes,
especially in the case of Greece, which
in the conquest of Adrianople by Bul
garia sees the Greek occupation of Sa
loniki less likely to be disputed. In
addition, the allies feel that the time
will never before favorable for them to
act.
From the reports received, it is evi
dent that the Turkish resources are
not in the best of condition. wMi on
the otfter hand the allies as the result
ot their long preparation are nerved to
a high pitch. The seven weeks armis
tice has restored their armies and they
have been gathering their forces at
the important points.
Throughout, all tha Rnllrnn StotDi,
w tUWOf
according to the plenipotentiaries in
London, trom the largest towns to th
humblest hamlet, only one cry goes
up: "War to the bitter end until nnr
eternal enemy is driven out of Eu
rope tor ever!
Must Retain Adrianople.
ConstantinonlA. Jan 18 o Tm,t.
ist foreign minister, Noradunghian Ef
fendi, tonight submitted tb the council
of ministers a draft of the reolv to 'th
note of the powers. It is understood
mat it insists upon the retention of
Adrianople for these reasons:
, mrst, beeause the Bulgarian -inhabitants
are in the minority in Adriano
ple, not only in comparison with th
'Moslems, but as compared With other
unristians; second, because of the
splendid garrison of the foTrenn-
third, the loss of Adrianople, out of the
tempies or Kaliphs would ruin the
prestige of Islam; fourth, the loss of
Adrianople, which is the gate of Con
stantinoDle. would endanepr the. aia.
ence of the Empire.
"The Porte therefore nrnvn " non.
tinues the reoly. "that th nnwprs tar
consideration of the vital necessities
or tne Empire and make representa
tions to the Balkan' StAtata with a
of peace. Turkey sincerely desires to
una a common ground of understand
ing with every consent to fresh sacri
fices." Regarding the Aegean Islands thn
reply declares that Turkey refuses to
aoanaon tne islands, near her coast,
but is readv to continue nnnrnarUra
respecting the distant islands.
Noradundhian Effendi han tnatmAt.
ed the Ottoman ambassador abroad
again to sounor tne powers with regard
to Adrian on! a 1 The aiinairfnr
X W
of war han hanlori tho AArihnii .r
' vuu,ii.ii VJL Ull U
isters a report on the military situa-
'ALL-STAR? CORN GROWERS
Southern Champions Will Be Enter
tained at the Capital
Washington, January 18." Details
were completed today by Department
of 'Agriculture officials for the enter
tainment of the "all-Star crop-growing
Doys from the South and North, who
will spend all next week lh Washing
ton. Their progranfme includes a vis
it to President Taft, the receipt of
diplomas from the Secretary of Agri
culture, visits to the government de-
paiuiiuins. auu yrouauie appearance
before the Agricultural Committee of
the House of Representatives.
I- . . . ...