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C, TUESDAY piOBOTEe, MARCH 18, 1913. v WHOIjE STJMBEE 13,274,; QA AUE OUT P: uninuL iiuiiiiKU AT NUEVO LAREDO Carranzistas Repulsed By Federal Garrison After Fierce Battle REBELS CLOSING IN ON NJi) Nearly 2.000 State Troops Are Return-J ing to Scenes of Recent Defeat and Are Intent Upon Acting" ; Without Delay Laredo, Texas, March 17. The streets of Nuevo Jaredo, the Mexican town opposite thiscity, were the scene of a -battle lasting an hour, and a half today in which 20 Carranzistas and 1 5 Federals were : killed. Nearly 50 soldiers were woundedr The Carran. zistas retreated to the; hills- south-of Xuevo Laredo after"; the battle. " They stole into Nuevo Laredo under cover of darkness, 200 strong, and at daylight raria stubborn fight with the 350 Federals defending Nuevo Laredo. The fighting part of the time was near the Rio Grande, river, 'glimpses of it being visible from Laredo. Apparent ly it was a cruel fight. One rebel sol dier was seen to fall as if-dead, but when the charging Federals reached him he raised his head. v A Federal levelled a rifle, blowing off part of the top of-the wounded man's head, whereupon several Federals kicked the body out of the "way until it rolled down th steep embankment of a little arroyo. It was reported that I tho Federals received orders to ex terminate the Carranzistas. ., The small band of Constitutionalists, in a run ning fight, drove headlong into Nuevo Laredo past the customs house to - a lard factory v where they made a stand. This occurred between 4 A: M. and dawn. At daybreait the Federals -deployed around the lard factory, appa rently taking .care to draw the rebels' fire in a line parallel to the xRlo Grande bo that no bullets should fall in Laredo., The. lard factory '4 & : abo'fit 'M feet frqirr 'the river: bankJ -After a sharp fight here the rebels retreated in good order into, an 9pen area where they deliberately halted and checked the Federals' pursuit.. The Federals thereupon divided-. one "detachment, swinging around to the. flank of the Carranzistas. The - flank movement brought the Federals directly between the rebels and Laredo,- so that the rebel fire was directed at this city. The close range of the battle, however saved the American city, only one. bul let crossing the river, having been re ported several hours after the battle. Tliis missile pierced the roof of a ga iT.ge a mile from, the fighting, but did no-, damage- Most' -of the . rebels 'bul lets as, well as .those of ' the Federals, apparently were stopped 'by the bodies of the fighters themselves in this brief flanking movement. From Laredo men could be seen dropping everywhere on the little battlefield. The worst havoc was in the rank's of ;the Carranzistas, who quickly broke into a disorderly re treat, getting5; ptit of Nuevo Laredo on n, dead run . The Ffterals did not pursue them beyond the. city limits: The Federals estimated their wounded at 1C and the rebel wounded at more than 20. After the battle American Consul Garret at Xuevo Laredo;- telephoned to Laredo, requesting American physicians to cross into the Mexican town to care for the wounded. The Carranzistas had encamped last night about five miles from Nuevo La redo. . . - -.-Trooj)s Hurrying to Nac'o Naco, Ariz., March 17. Nearly "2.0Q0 State troopsv are closing in tonight on the little -Mexican .border A town op posite this port. 'After their defeat Saturday,- when " General Ojeda's 450 Federals routed nearly 1,000 Consti tutionalists, the insurgents are intent on acting without delay. . Especially fitter is thtf feeling over the execution cf prisoners ',toy the Federal general's' orders. -' ': . : . It was learned today that Colonel Tuan Cabral with 750 State troops is moving by rail from Negates over the 'ranch line which 'circles south from Xogales to Del RfcO and north again to Xaco. This force commanded by one of the chiefs who tooik Ndgales last week, is ih addition, to. other groups moving from the east and west. From the direction of Agua Priejta,. Colonel Calles and Prefecto Bramonte, defeated in the first battle below Naco, me moving westward and on the way sre re-organizing their scattered forces which originally numbered 950. From Nogales directly s along the torder 20 nifkprl "tiiniii hrnvp? arel tune with the other groups of State troops. Hearing; of the approach "of their tribesmen, k few of the Yaqui members of Ojeda's command have de serted, depleting the already-smfcll iorre of the Huerta -garrison her e. With the return of the State troops ' greater numbers it . is douhtful if fieneral Ojedav will, dare venture out " be did Saturday to meet an enemy 'ur times his'strength. Colonel Guilfoyle, commanding the Xjnth Cavalry, today notified General (jeda that the - Federal commander would be held responsible for atay .dan gers to Americans on the Arizona. side rf the line. Col. Guilfoyle has nine 'roops of cavalry, including troops of 'he Ninth from Douglas and the Fifth WOULD: PRESCRIBE FASHIONS Bill Is Introduced in Ohio Legislature : to Regulate Attire Worn by-Wo- : ' men in Public Places Cause . v- of Immorality Columbus, Ohio, March 17. Declar ing that the immodesty cf the attire worn by! women on the streets" and in public places is the cause of "a great wave- of immorality now sweeping over tbe country," 'Representative Car pelle, o of) Cincinnati, this evening in-: troduced a bilV in the lower House of the Ohio Legislature providing for. the appointment by the Governor of a com inission'to "prescribe the fashions to be worn by women in ;the State of Ohio." - Introduction of the" measure result ed from a charge filed with -Governor Cox-today by woman who did" not sign her name, that "immorality 1 is liracticed .my married' men in the of fices of the State House and else where: in the State of Ohio." , : Under the provisions of the bill the proposed - commission would be com pelled to fixe - limits on decollette dresses so that "not more than two inches of the neck below the chin shall be -uncovered ' N Another clause of the measure" pro vides "that transparent stockings shall not. be displayed or,, worn in public places.", v... .",;. . . - 4 - v "Another -prqvision of the bill states that "it shall be unlawful to. display or wear anw outer garment trimmed or cbm'bined with lacej' insertion ::..or any . kind of embroidery meat or net through which the color or texture" of the skin may be distinguished without having the lace or . other . .transparent material hacked with opaqiue mate rial." 1 . .-- ; Members of the proposed commis sion, according to the bill, would have to be between 30 and 50 years of age Not ; more than two of theiri . would have to be married men and of good moral character. One would be a min ister, one a parent, of not less than three children and the third a social settlement J worker. v The commission would be authorized to "prescribe rules and regulations for the designing and manufacture of wo man's . clothing and to prohibit such styles and patters of garments as . the commission,, : after, hearing shdlL deem $a.e'. detrimental ,to virtue and chasr tjty;" -. " -"-.'r 7 The -bill goes so far as" to prohibit department stores ffom? displaying un draped artificial figures. The bill makes a violation pt te act punish able by a fine or not less than $25. : BRIBERY CHARGED. Members of N. H. Legislature Alleged s to Have Offered Votes for Sale. . Concord, N. H., March 17. Gordon "Wloodbuf'y, who was a candidate for United States Senator in the contest Lthat ended last Thursday with the choice of Henry F. Hollis, charged be fore a legislative investigating com mittee today that a "member of the Legislature had offered to sell'his vote and deliver three other votes for $1, 000. - Two other witnesses ;'' testified that" they had been improperly ap proached, during the prolonged ballot ing. -. . .: v . Woodbury was an anti-Hollis . Demo crat, and the support he received pre vented for a time the election of Hol lis. ' r' " - ' " He testified that, -a Representative, whom x he named, 1 called -at his office and said that If -Woodbury would pro duce the money he could have - four votes then being cast against him. The witness ," said - that he replied that he was not interested and showed the man the door. ' 'i William .D. young, a : business asso ciate, of Woodbury, ttld-the committee that the man mentioned by his part ner, had said to him that he and two others would vote for Woodbury for $200 each. ,. , .' Representative John S.- Wheeler, of Manchester, testified that the alleged briber met him on a railroad train and, exhibiting a large roll of bills, offered to put the witness in the way of mak ing $800. or $900 at the Legislature. : rThe, Committee adjourned tonight for a week. - VIOLATED MANN ACT? Warrants Issued, Against Prominent - , Californians. . . San Francisco, March 17 Federal warrants charging violation of the Mann White Slave Act were issued to day -against ' Maury : I. Diggs and F. Drew. Caminettir both of "Sacramento. Diggs was formerly State architect Gaminetti is ason of State Senator A. A.' -Caminettl, cbairman of the last Democratic Sfate convention and rfow under consideration by President Wil son as. an applicant for the position of United States Jand commissioner. tsoui.juuug meu ai iJJa-1" "" ton,' soeiety girls, 19 and 20 years of age, tQ Reno; Nev., where all four Were arrested and brought back to Sacramento. . - . ' ' v i The two girls are now in their homes under' bonds of" $1,000 to appear in juvenile-court, charged with contribut ing to the dependency of the children their companions deserted." The young "husbands are in the county jail. from : Fort Huachuca-' on the border near this point, t, ' " By order of .Colonel Guilfoyle. work men late today began the construction of, a 'bullet-proof adpbe building here to -be used as refuge for the women and cbildren, SESSION P BEGIN APRIL 7TH. Sixty-Third "Congress." Will StartWork on Nothing - - 1 . Exit Tariff DATE SATISFIES LEADERS Underwood Says Ways and Means Committee Will Have Tariff Bilis Framed by That Date r Committees. Washington, ' March 17. The extra session of Congress, called by Presi dent Wilson today to assemble April 7th, will begin with nothing but the tariff revision bills before it. This fact was made clear in a statement today by -Representative Underwood,- chair man of the House Committee on Ways and Means. Until tariff legislation is well under way in the House no gener al committees' will be named and no other legislative subjects will be tak en up. - f - . Thek President specified no subject for the extra session in his" proclama tion; but " It is fully understood that his message to Congress at its open ing wilL dwell upon the heed of tar iff revision. If currency, Philippine independence, Alaskan affairs, woman suffrage -or other - pressing questions are finally f orced upon the attention of Congress,, ifill be only after the Democratic leaders of the two houses and the President are convinced that the success of tariff ' revision is assur ed, i N , The 'date 'fixed for the tariff session was accepted by Congressional lead ers with satisfaction. Senate com mittees are organized-for work and will take up the preliminary stages of much general legislation early in April, a genera; . agreement exists, however,, to keep general subjects out of active discussion while , tariff legis lation is under way. " , a JHouse leaders will be -ready--to. go ahead with tariff : revision as soon: as the' session ' convenes.- s"The .datefixed by President Wil son is satisfactory to us," said Repre sentative TTnderwood today. "The tar iff legislation will be ready for presen tation to the House by that time and we should be at work upon it in the House within three or four days after the House convenes. "Of course, before work is begun it -will, be necessary to organize the House. The Ways and Means Com mittee, .acting ' as the Committee on Committees, will prepare a slate of committee appointments to be present ed to the caucus. The plan is to or ganize only the committees necessary to conduct the organization business of the House, Rules, Accounts, Mileage and Enrolled Bills.' "I will confer later with Chairman Fitzgerald, of the Appropriations Com mittee, .as to tney necessity of re-organizing his committee to handle the appropriation bills which failed at the last session. These will be the only committees organized prior to the be ginning of the tariff work. The oth ers will go over until later in the ses sion." '-" - The tariff legislation now being com pleted by the Ways and Means Com mittee will be submitted to the Demo cratic caucus before the session opens. The President's Dronouneemftnt to day was brief and followed form close ly, it stated merely that "Whereas, public Interests require" Congress would be convened in extra session bv order of . the executive. Originally Mr. Wilson had fixed up on -April 1st as the date. Representa tive Underwood, Democratic majority leader, having informed him that the tarm Dills to wnich.it was agreed Con gress should give immediate attention would be ready on that date. Mr. Un derwood found, -'-however, , that the Ways and Means Committee would need another week to draft the tariff schedules, and today's proclamation is in deference to the wishes of Leader Underwood and House leaders. The absence of any sDecific reason for-the calline: of the extra session is explained by the, fact that Mr. Wilson's statement immediately after his' elec tion declared that he would call an ex tra session 'to revise, the tariff. President Wilson nln specifically his, wishes for the extra session in his first message, in prepa ration. -'.This, it is known; from talks the President has had with members of Congress, will outline the adminis tration's Idea of how the tariff should be revised and just what schedules should be taken ud. The belief is strti- eral that the entire messaepf will . ho taken up with a discussion of the tar iff, with the exception of the last par- agrapn or two, wnicn will draw atten tion to the need bf currenev leerisTa.- tion 'at the earliest possible moment, and will indicate the purpose of the President to send later a sDecial mes sage on that or other subjects, which he. believes should be taken up by the new Congress. .- ; . - The tariff nlan .will be submitted first 'to': a, caucus and. then directly to the House -by the ways and Means Committee " - The maioritv of : the . Wavs and Means Committee today began taking up the . administrative teatures of the new tariff' There will be no attempt - tuonunuett on page Height.; , '": 1-'. -. - 1 " " - - ' '- .--V DO 51QRE WORK FOR SAiVIE PAY .'... rx Sortte of Eastern Railways Have I n crease'd .Tractive .Power of En . gines 100 Per Cent, But Have , Raised Wages Little Nev York, March: 17. Some of the Eastern railroads have increased the tractive capacity of their locomotives 100 per cent and more during the last 11 years, but the firemen doing some times as much as50 per cent more work than formerly have received but slender increases lot; pay. William J. Lauck, an expert statistician, so testi fied in behalf-of tie Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen" and Enginemen at today's hearing ; in the . arbitration proceedings -between the firemen and 54 Eastern railroads. The New - YorkNew Haven and Hartford Railroad had paid out $8,000 in dividends for ..every $1,000 paid in wages to its firemen during the 11 years. The capacity: of its locomotives had increased 64 5-10 per cent, the efficiency, of its firemen 28 7-10. per cent, its gain in freight revenue ex cee'ded $10,000,000, but gave the fire men an increase of only $l52,G0O. The La'ke "Shore and' Michigan Southern, he continued, had increased its locomotive tractive power 168 9-10 per cent and its total train miles near ly 55 per cent, but had increased the number of its firemen only. 13 per cent. Each fireman was thus required to handle more than 40 per cent more coal than formerly." The firemen, he thought, should have received 22 per cent more wages than they did. The Erie Railroad, he stated, had increased the tractive power of its lo comotives 101 6-10 per cent and each fireman -had increased his efficiency 45 -10 per cent. Wages of firemen had increased about 38 per cent since 1902,' he admitted, "but this in his opin ion, was inequitable, inasmuch as $4,- 000 had been put into the reserve fund and 'betterments for every $1,000 paid in wages to the firemen. Accuracy of the reports filed by the Erie with the Inter-State Commerce Commission, upon which Mr. Lauck based his evi dence, Was questioned by President Carter, ' who '-said that x the apparent increase of 38 per cent in the firemen's wages was incorrect. 1 Mr. Lauck will be cross-examined to morrow. ; L A -. SeECJAU. SEIQNMpjpilRNS; ... ( Senate Confirms All Appointments Ex cept Dr. Chas. P. Neill. Washington, March 17. The special session of the Senate, which began immediately after the inauguration of Vice President Marshall, March 4th, came-to an end early this afternoon. Democratic HSenators had not complet ed their plans f6r dividing Senate pat ronage and arranging committee quar ters and the party caucus that has run through two weeks was continue until .tonight. Completion of arrangements will be established as soon as the special tar iff session assembles, April 7th.. President Wilson notified Senators Kernsapd Gallinger, who were appoint ed to call upon him, that he had no further business that would keep the Senate- session. The committee "waited" on the President over the tel ephone, and were informed that he was content to let further appoint ments go to "the extra session of next month. The Senate wound up its work at 2 : 09 o'clock and adjourned on the motion of Senator Tiern. In a short executive session the Senate today confirmed all civil appointments made to date by President Wilson, with the exception of Dr. Charles P. Neill, com missioner of labor statistics. OUTL INES A bill was introduced in the Ohio Legislature yesterday to regulate the attire worn by women on the streets and in-public places. Carranzistas and Federals fought for an hour and a half in the streets or Nuevo Laredo yesterday, the insur gents being repulsed after a .bloody battle. , ' . . The extra session of Congress,, call ed yesterday by President Wilson to convene April 7th, will begin work with nothing but tariff revision bills before it. "Golden Rule Chief" of Police Fred Kohler, of Cleveland, Ohio, was yes terday found guilty-of gross immorali ty and his immediate discharge recom mended by the civil service commis sion. President Wilson yesterday turned his attention to the political situation in New Jersey, where the Democratic party is divided over a jury reform bill, and the Senatorial situation in Maryland. A statistician formerly employed by the Tariff Board, testifying in behalf of the Eastern firemen, yesterday de clared , many of the railroads had in creased the tractive power of their locomotives over 100 per cent., and the fireman's work 40 per cent., while the increase. in pay was very slender. With assets said to exceed liabilities by $4,000,000, the American Naval Stores . Company, of Savannah, yester day announced they had suspended business. This action was forced -upon them, says the secretary of the cor poration, by the contraction of their credit as a result of persistent prose cution by the government, v , : New York, markets : Money on call firm, 4 1-2 to 5 per cent; ruling rate 4 1-2; .closing "bed 4 3-4 ; offered at 4 7-8. ' Spot cotton closed quiet ; mid dling uplands 12.60. Flour' steady. Wheat barely steady ; . No. 2 red 1.09 and 1.10 1-2. Corn easy, -55 1-2. - Tur pentine and rosin easy. JERSEY POLITICS INTtREST ItSON President Turns His Attention to Party Division on Jury Bill. SENATORIAL CONTEST IN W. William L. Marbury, Requested to Be come a Candidate, Calls at White House McCombs Accepts - Ambassadorship Washington, March 17. : President Wilson today turned his attention chiefly to the political situation -in New Jersey, wherthe Democratic party is divided ou the question of a jury re form bill, and the Senatorial . contest in Maryland, where" William L. Mar bury has begun a campaign against Senator John Walter Smith,, seeking re-election, on the ground that- Mr. Smith is . not a progressive. . - The President listened ' also to a committee of woman suffrage leaders, who urged him to- recommend at the extra session of Congress adoption of an amendmenet to the Federal constitution-giving the ballot to women.Mr. Wilson indicated that while he might not make such a recommendation at the extra session, he did not wish his attitude now to be construed as op posed to woman suffrage. He made it clear that his mind was open on .the' subject. - The President threw hfs influence into New Jersey politics to have pass ed the bill empowering commissions appointed by the Governor rather than sheriffs to draw jurors. He persistent ly advocated this measure before he resigned, but since that time an amendment has been attached to the bill providing for a referendum of the question. ' Holding that the object of the refern- dum is to delay the issue and event ually kill the reform. Mr. . Wilson has saidiie" feels -thattfoe'pbpalready; have, approved the idea by electing, the Democratic legislative ticket on a plat form pledged to jury reform. While the President himself has made no statement as to the purpose of a tele gram he sent today to Governor Field er and J. . Warren Davis, Democratic majority leader in the State Senate, intimations from the White House are to the effect that the President wishes to put the various candidates for the Governorship on their mettle in the present situation. He has not commit ted himself to any of the candidates who will run for Governor in the pri maries next September, but it is very probable his alignment will be deter mined by activities the various can didates manifest now for or against what 'he considers a piece of progres sive legislation. The issue as to progressiveism like wise was brought out in the visit to the White House of William L. -Mar-bury, of Baltimore, who in- a public statement recently declared that the President had requested him to be come a candidate in the approaching primaries against Senator John W. Smith. Many Maryland leaders have been to see the President, 'but noth ing definiteihas come from the. White House to indicate whether .Mr. -'Wilson has sanctioned Mr. Marbury's fight against Senator Smith, v "There is no change in the situa tion, Mr. - Marbury announced as he left the executive offices. As the special session of the Senate adourned today no appointments are expected - until the extra session of Congress, beginning April 7th, though there is a likelihood of recess appoint mentsin urgent cases.. The Senate did not confirm the nomination of Charles P. McNeill to be commission er of labor statistics and' it was not in dicated at the White House whether there would be a recess appointment in his case. It became known during the day that John Bassett Moore had accepted the post of counsellor to the Department of State to succeed Chandler Ander son, and that National' Chairman Wil liam F. McCombs virtually had" decided to be ambassador to France. His nom ination ' was to -have been sent to the Senate today, but it was held up, pend ing more definite word from Mr. Mc Combs, who was late today reported to 'be wavering on account of business reasons. He probably will not make his decision finally until the extra ses sions begins. .- - ' - Norman- E. Mac& chairman "of . the Democratic National Committee and at present National - "committeeman fromNew York, talked over Federal appointments in the Empire State with the President. Mr. Mack has been of ten mentioned for a diplomatic post. He said, however, this subect had not been discussed. v ' . ;T . National Committeeman "Fred B. Lynch, of. Minnesota, urged the Presi dent to' appoint. F.-A.; Day conrmission er of the general land office. At the same time he talked .with the Presi dent - about the promotion of agricul ture throughout-, the countryi ' :Mr. Lynch said the President's idea Hvas to bring the agricultural college to the farmer by means- .of" the experimental farm rather-than toy -b'ringingJthe farm er to the agricultural college.- . Onyx "hosiery, v the bestvmadei'sold byC. H. Fore & Co. : (advertisement) 'GOLDEN RULE' CHIEF GUILTY Commission Recommends Discharge of . Fred Kohler for Grosslmmoral- . ity Cleveland's Chief of - Police 10 Years Cleveland, Ohio, March 17 . The civil service commission tonight an nounced that they had found Fred Kohler, "Golden, Rule" chief-, of po lice, guilty of "gross immorality, con duct unbecoming an officer and gentie man4 and conduct subversive to good order afid discipline in the police de partment?' -and "immediately discharg ed him from office. - - .The charges were filed by Mayor Ba ftier and the trial of the chief occupied the whole of Jast week.- The charges involved alleged visits of Kohler to the home of Mrs. May Schearer jon February 2nd, May 23rd and June 5th, 1912, in the absence of her husband. On .the last named date Schearer testified in the trial that he surprised Kohler and his wife in the Schearer home. ' Kohler attempted to prove alibis for the first two ; dates and declared his mission "on the night of June 5th, 1912, was an innocent one." Schearer got a divorce from his wife in a suit in which Kohler was named. "We should add to the sentence a permit to this officer to receive a full pension, to which a retired officer is entitled, in view of the term and char acter of his service, but we are with out power to do' so," said the commis sion. In a statement issued last night, Kohler indicated his willingness to re sign if allowed to receive his full pen sion of $125 a month. If discharged his pension would be $65 a month. Kohler is 49 years old and has been a member of the police department for 24 years and chief for 10 years. His policy of ''Golden Ruling" first offen ders and, minor offenders has , made him one of the best known ' police chiefs . in the country. The title of "Best chief in America" was conferred on him by Theodore Roosevelt on the- occasion of one of the former Presi dent's., visits to Cleveland. - The commission's decision praises Kohler's work as police chief and says that. "while in other cities, police of ficers have been guilty of corruption and extortion, Frederick Kohler. is a poor m&n.'i f- Three years ago Kohler waet J4r4eil&8p& "ited:ltthe vslsil service commission on cnarges 01 drunkenness and personal misconduct in office. ; , WOULD TREAT THEM FREE Dr. Arthur Friedmann Resents Treat ment, of His Brother New York, March 17. Dr. Frederick F. Friedmaniris ready to treat without charge all sufferers . from tuberculosis, according .tovhis brother, Dr. Arthur Friedmann, wno declared today it was a crime not to permit him to do so DrV Friedmann has been refused per mission by the medical authorities of the city to give his treatment except in connection with certain hospitals. Since his arrival - here hundreds of sufferers have besieged him to aid them. ' . - "Many of these people have come from out of town and they cannot be taken into the city hospitals because they do not live here,". Arthur Fried mann declared. He told of a victim who had laid siege for Dr. Friedmann at his hotel for 1.0 days. 'This man," he continued, "has a temperature of 104 and 105 and is walking about the streets. He may drop dead in the street,, but we cannot help him. Dr. Friedmann can -treat only cases under the care of govern ment physicians. There are hundreds of physicians whom! he wants "to give his treatment to for the benefit of hu manity, but his hands are tied. He is eager to treat these patients, rich and poor alike, without charge. It is a crime not to allow him to do so." A dozen patients suffering from pul monary tuberculosis received . Dr. Friedmann's treatment at Bellevue Hospital this afternoon. All of them were in an advanced stage of the di sease. Some of the scores who waited outside in the vain, hope that they might be given the treatment came in automobiles. All were turned away andonly the cases previously selected came to his attention. R ECU ED THREE SEAMEN Capt. Burrus Saved Crew of Schooner .Alonzo Tauline 'Elizabeth. City, N. C, March 17. Cap1rin Burrus, of the schooner, Ham let, rescued three seamen, the crew of the schooner Alonzo Tauline, from the bottom of the craft in Croatan sound last night, while it was very dark and the wind blowing a hurricane. Cap- tain j- C. Craddock, A. C. Guard and E. O. Hooper, of the Tauline, were en route to Elizabeth City from Hatteras. When in Croatan sound they encount ered a hurricane the like-of which the oldest seamen have not' experienced in many year's past. The craft was borne down on her beams and turned turtle in an instant, barely giving the crew time to crawl to the high side. Cap tain Burrus discovered their plight and rescued 'them .from their perilous po sition, i r V . . . Boulder, Colo.,. March 17. A - fresh strike in the Northern Colorado coal field began-today when 1,000 miners, employed by -the American Fuel Com pany inTBoulder .county, failed to re turn io work as a result of meetings, of local .branches of. the United Mine Workers of America on Sunday. Fine 45-inch voile flouncing, $1.00 and $1.50 peryard. C. H. Fore & Co. - " v (Advertisement.) - L STORES CO. QUITS Forced to Suspend Business on Account y of Govern ment Prosecution CREDIT PRACTICALLY RUINED Assets Said to Exceed Liabilities by $4,000,000 Corporation Blames ' Destruction of Credit to Anti trust. Suits 1 Savannah, "Ga., March 17. With as sets said to exceed its liabilities by $4,000,000, the American Naval Stores Company today announced, that it has -suspended business. In a statement ' given out by G . J. DeLoach, secretary . of the company he asserts that the fight the government has made upon the company and its officers has prac- . tically destroyed the company's credit and has made it wise to discontinuo operations. - . A meetingTf the creditors -of the company has been called for Friday -of this week at a local hotel. The ; creditors are - m6stly banks, - number ing over sixty. The loans of' the Sa vannah banks are secured by ample rcollateral. It is 'believed by leading creditors that means will ;be: devised by which, the business of the company will be ' carried on without loss of -more than, a few days. . v .. ' News that the company would sus pend came without forewarning, as there had not been an intimation in the . trade that such a course was im-' pending. t A meeting of the Savannah bankers interested in the affairs -of the Ameri- ; can Naval Stores Company was held here - tonight and the ; situation was r carefully canvassed. . Afterward it wasj stated that all of the loans were fully7 secured, as explained in the statement ' issued by Secretary DeLoach, ia: pa,rt ' as follows; : ' r ! vv-' 1 iTbe-iAjrneranaxi Com pahy,hass 'been;:;freScsp9n.d.r TKfi? ' company has not lost a dollar. and its ; .; assets at conservative preseht values', exceed its liabilities by about $4,000,- -000, but the credit of the company has slowly become contracted,, due almost entirely to the persistent and contin- . ued assaults made "upon the construe- . tion and contractual relations of the corporation by the government in . its suits under the antitrust laws. '.' "With two of its "executive officers now awaiting the final determination of their case by the United States Su preme Court and the government ; pressing a civil suit for the dissolution of the company and1 the destruction of its business, a business which it has taken 30 years of Intelligent work to ' construct, and which has opened up to the producers of naval stores the markets of the world, it goes , with- ' out saying tbat the company is in, no . position to solicit "new capital and must depend entirely upon its present resources. These resources, although : large and valuable, with the company's credit contracted and with the market- r ing of the new crop of naval stores al most at hand, are insufficient to meet its financial requirements. This situa- tion has recently become still more acute by reason of the prevailing finan cial stringency . throughout the entire ' world; thus closing to us almost at the last moment avenues for relief which ordinarily would have been at our disposal. . ; "The loans of the American with - its seven or eight "Savannah banks ' have always been, and are now, secur- -ed by ample collateral, which is well margined and no. one bank has any ex cessive amount of . paper.-' There Is, therefore, no possibility of any ; loss. Our largest indebtedness is in New, York and the East. : ;- "The American Naval Store Com pany is among the first victims of an insensate crusade against the big bus iness of the country. "This is the only - statement that will be made toy 'the company until- after the meeting of its creditors.' The company's assets consist large- ly of immense . stocfes - of naval stores . at various points in this country and abroad. The company" engages exclu sively in selling and exporting naval stores. . - -' " -', Both on the , civil and 'criminal side of the United States Court the Ameri can Naval Stores Company, or its offi cers, now has interests Waiting to be adjudicated.- - In Washington - before the United States 'Supreme Court, Judge Samuel B. Adams will tomorrow argue an ap- ; peal from the lower courts in the case where two of the- officers of the Ameri can Naval Stores Company were sen- fenced to jail for six mo'nths and fined $5,000 each for violation of the Sher- man anti-trust law. .1- ' The civil case, which, was filed lasj Sununer; seeks to dissolve the Ameri can Naval Stores Company on the the ory that it is a "trust.'V This case was- ; filed here, and ; later . was ; transfered so as to be 'heard toy Judge Hardee In Atlanta. Only recently the defendant s answer was filed in this cause. In its answer filed in the United States Court a week a?0 the company reiterated the claim It has often made that it had not done anything contrary to the laws-of the nation. r . v . ... : The suspension of -operations and the liquidation of the company's assets K (Continued on Page -Eight.) 1 ' 1 J li.'i ; v 1 .!!( -1 .1!';! :'. -. 7-.-' y ... " -. ..v
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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