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THE WEATHZIV
STAR BUSINESS LOCALS
Local showers Friday and probably,
Saturday. '
Brine together buyer mud seller, landlerd
and tenant, employer .and employe, loser
and .finder. They do an enormous amount
of work ' at a ridio.lvnnly small price.
They teach thousands : daily. Ererybody
reads them. . . ,
VOL. XCII NO. 343.;
WITAIINGrTOK, N". C, riilDAX MpEOTNGr, SEPTEMBEB 5 ,1913.
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TRKM hW M )l IS H A lCir. RV v , TUAIH TACr.
WJiUl
Dispatches Unfold Amazing Devastation Throughout
Northeastern Carolina Lives Reported Lost and ;
Millions of PrbpVrty , p
Wind ani WavS I j
BRID6ES OVER PAMLICO AIID
Boats and Water Frontsr Business Houses, Residences, .Railroads, Telegraph
and Telephone Wires Wrecked, and
ton,
Newbern, Beaufort, Wilson, and
-Fear 500 People on
Disturbance
t ,
- f - .
Sweeping in from the sea in the aarly hours of Wednesday, a storm su
as Coastal North Carolina has not seen in many, years, perhaps never in -his-
ton. roared over northeastern counties with a velocity that reached: 100
miiP?in hour, wrecking all things in its path, and causing a proper ty loss
milw . -
that will amount to millions of dollars. - - . ."-
Reports of the loss of life vary from five to 500. ut in onlv a few instan-
have the reports "been confirmed. With all communication cut off from
IC
the devastated section, only an inkling
trophe was received by theoutside world Wednesday, night; but last night
with a Trire here and there restored, the dispatches began to copa through
revealing the tale of one of the greatest calamities that has visited any
portion of North Carolina.
The disturbance extended up the coast ast far as Maryland, and in this
State swept on in land with diminished intensity until it epent itself in the-
Bhie Ridge country- - ; '
" Little news has been received from the sea, owing in some instances to
the fact that wireless communication was not possiblev Last, night the rev
enue cutter Seminole received orders to leave this port forDiamond Shoals,
to render assistance to the schooner Annie R. Heidritter, reported drifting
with her rudder broken and topnast and'jibiboom gone. "
Washington. N. - C, Sept. 4r Be
tween one million 'and a million and a
ialf dollars' damage to this town and
two million to" Beaufort county . was
isuined yesterday morning by the
terrific wind and Tain storm, Wind
racked a velocity of 90 to 100 miles.'
jer-our, this town so fax .as itnsiness
fe roncerned;- -is'-piHSvctically. out -, of
wmmission: Only a- - few v business
louses escaped. . Electric wires - and
telephone exchange . are - ruined,
bridges washed away," practically all
boats in the harbor sunk, this tella
the story. ' ' - . :
A Pitiable Sight
The business portion of Washington
presents a pitiful . sighL . Goods of ev
ery Jescriptionare piled up all over
the streets, water "is standing several
feet in cellars; - "trees are uprooted,
concrete pavements broken, andthe
citv is in total darkness.
The Norfolk Southern bridge span
ning Pamlico river, a distance of a
mile or more, has been swept away
and two other bridges belonging to
the company crossing Jacks . Creek
and Runyans Creek are a total loss.
These bridges are on the main line
of the Norfolk Southern between
Washington and Norfolk. ' The . com
pany also sustained heavy loss by
freight sheds and .freight located in
the water front being swept away.
Trains from Raleigh cannot reach
here, and have to : stop at Chocowin
ity and the train from Norfolk cannot
get any closer than ; Weelentown, a
distance of several miles.
Norfolk Southern Losses
The railroad officials estimate their
loss at least $150,000. The Atlantic
Coast Line Railway is also a heavy
loser the bridge crossing Tar river
at the west end ' of town on the
branch road from Washirfgton to Van
demere, as well as the trestle running
several miles through Chocowinity
swamp are swept away, as is the en
tire roadbed for a, distance of 30
miles. The company has also sustain
ed heavy loss in the way of water
sheds, freight, etc, entailing a loss
of $100,000.
County Bridge Gone
The new steel bridge recently built
y the county over Pamlico river, at
a cost of $30 000 is gone. The Nor
folk Dredging" CoV doing government
ork, in the riverK - sustained -iieavy
damage, two of their tugs, Carolina
and Chowan, are sunk and one.
oredge, Reliance, on bottom near the
failroad bridge. They lose at ' least
440,000.
Among the largest losers reported .is
the Kugler Lumber Company, $60,000;
J'Oss Plaining Mills, $20,000; S. R.
Jowle & Son, $50000; Washington
fuggy Company, $10,000; Haven Grist
Mill, $20,000; Haven Oil Mill, $30 000;
?nm , Cooperage Company, "$10,-
tift'A-r Uliam Bragaw & Company,
XJ OA AAA . T X
Jxon & Co., $5,000 to $10,000. : r-
Water Front Devastated
at a sinSle business house oh the
ater front escaped damage and
e amount of loss ' sustained cannot
5 fae estimated. For the past 24
?uj;s Washington has been cut off
'rom the outside world, as both the
estern Union and Postal wires are
? and win be several days before
ti, , can De repaired.
1 Oe InS5 tr nn -V ..-IJn.t - J.V.- -(..
Will cavii icsiucul ui cue titjr
run frnm tr.ft . o aaa
tim "lan lost the savings of a life
"uie- He had Seeretf-d in his hnme
to m tn $4 000 and 500 an due
and I water thi& was washed away
of Pv not Deen recovered. Boats
the harboreSCriPtin are 8Unk aU OVer
Sevpr?ie10Pted Lo" ot L,fe
ed h,,f l.have Deen reported drown
over Ik hls- cannot- be verified. All
housPO , Clt7 ees are uprooted,
te s?Lroofed- wlre down and wal
as thp o a h0U8e i9 Practically rined
i a ine0ntlr! nd caved in, entail
er lif 8 of 1Q.ooo.
nment asl 24 a". the fire de
ng om nJn3 De?n engaged in.pump
ln5s lC ft in business portions.
sme of the buildings the water
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mmiAY'S BIG STORM
NEUSE RIVERS SWEPT AWAY
Crops! Wiped Out Around . Washing-
Other Towns by Unprecedented
Ocrtacok. Island Are Drowned. ,
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of the enormous extent of the catas
KILLED Ifi AEROPLANE CRASH
Lieutenant Love, of U. S. A. Signal
CofpgristantlxKUIe4, When
Aeroplatee- JP lunge Thte . , . y
- ' Hundred Feet .,-'.?
-San Diego, Cal., Sept. 4. First
Lieutenant Moss L. Love, Signal
Corps,-TJ. S. A., was instantly killed
roday when his aeroplane plunged 300
feet tQ the ground at tne army avia
tion school near here.
Shortly before the accident he be
gan to descend from an altitude of
apprbxim"ately 2,000 feet. When 300
feet from ' the ground, watchers say
they saw a puff of smoke on the ma
chine and it dropped like a shot.
s Love was the .son of Judge James
M. Love, of Fairfax, Va. He was
about 33 years old and unmarried..
: , The exact cause of the accident was
not ascertained. Witnesses say the
air was - absolutely still at the time,
insofar as they could tell and the
machine was gliding to the ground.
The aeroplane was wrecked.
The lieutenant was assigned to duty
with the first aeroplane squadron last
April.
112 Victims This Year
Washington, Sept. -4. Eleven avia
tors have been killed in the army and
navy ' service since experiments . were
started with heavier-than-air ma
chines in 1908 ten in the army and
one in the navy. In aviation the
world over. 333 persons have been
killed since 1908, 112 during the pres
ent year. -
Narrow Escape of Woman Aviator
Santa Anna. Cal.. Sept. 4 . Flor
ence Seidell, of this city, narrowly es
caped death, while flying her . aero
plane "over Newport bay: The machine
dropped into the bay. Caught in the
wires she was tnrust under tne water.
Rescuers - in motor boats extricated
her- after 4 she had ; been submerged
three minutes. She was taken, ashore
and resuscitated.
TRUST COMPLIES WITH DECREE
Coal Tar Trust - Now. Considered Le-
' gaily Dissolved by Courts
New York. Sent: 4. The Federal
court here was notified today , that the
so-called coal tar trust nad complied
with its decree in the government dis
solution suit, and the combine now is
considered legally, dissolved. John C.
Spooner, as attorney for the defend
ants made tne announcement, ana As
sistant United States District Attor
ney Thompson .did . not dispute his
statement v - - . ;
BURGLARS , FOOLED
Get Coin From Cash Register but Miss
' Big Bank Roll
" La Crossej Wis., Sept. 4. Automo-.
bile-burglars stole $1,000 in currency
from the store of -Albert Chapewsky
at Newburg's corners, 18 miles, from
here, today but they did not know
it. Entering", the ; store they made off
with the cash ' register. Down the
country road, half a mile they stop
ped and opened the register, taking
therefrom $50 in silver but failing to
notice $1,000 In paper money in the
currency department in plain sight.
' . . FEAR EVIL RESULTS.
Whites in India to Bar American Wo
, man who Oancs in Scanty Attire.
Calcutta British India, Sept. 4.
White residents of India are appre
hensive over the impending profes
sional tour ; of an American woman
who dances in scanty atire, and-it
appears probably police will prohibit
hi TnrnmTro here.
. tv.- -o-. fa vnrRsed that tne at-
t,-o--t,- -; o.-whitAv woman, on mentions :
stage under 'hho& conditions ;will en--
daneer the brestige of white women
in the eyes of the natives, ; , - - .
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ANNUAL COTTON CROP REPORT
Figures Show Oecrease of 1,971311
" Bale's in Crop of. 1912-13 Under
That of Last Year Grade
- ;v Has Been Better
New Orleans Sept. 4. Secretary
Hester's annual report of 'the cotton
crop , issued today, says the crop of
1912-13 is 14,107,115 bales, a decrease
under the cron of 1911-12 of 1.971.311
bales." and an increase over ' that of
19.10-ir of 2,047,020 bales. .
say a iiiai me crop oi iexas,
which ,s 53a,000 bales over last year
lis .the largest . ever grown in that
-i State,, but that the Texas increase , has
been more than offset by a falling off
Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ok-
.JJS&tStn
, off -49G.000 bales and the group of
Atlantic States, including Alabama,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
ffie$2$ .oKle?!
f The weight of the crop, Mr. Hester
I inn ni a - 1 1 .
heavier the increased weight being
equivalent to an. additional 118,000
bales of last year's growth, and prac
tically every vestige of the crop has
been used and the mills have had to
trench on- the visible and invisible
supply left over from last season to
the extent of 726,000 bales.
Grade Better This Year
- In,-grade the crop has been better,
averaging middling to strict middling
compared -with an average for last
year -of strict law middling to mid
dling, t
. Mr. Hester puts the average . price
per pound .for middling for the year
at 12.20 cents, compared with "10.16
last year, 14.C1 year before and 14.37
in 109-10 ,and the average commer
cial value per bale at $63.59, against
$51.45 last year and $75.69 the year
before..
The value' of the crop, including the
seed is placed at $998,425,059, against
$937,280,764 and attention is called
to the fact that for a crop embracing
1 971,311. bales less cotton and 893,000
tons less seed the South received over
$61,000,000 more in money.
" - Approximately the- actual srrowtir
wa.4,o3,uoii;, bates- or 74,000 less
than the commercial crop. -
Report by States
The report of the crop by States fol
lows in thousands of bales:
Alabama, 1,390, against 1,738 last
year; Arkansas, 820, against 941 last
year; Florida 62, against 95 last year;
Georgia 1,920, against 2 878 last year;
Louisiana 390, against 403 last year;
Oklahoma 1,051, against 1,036 last
yea Mississippi 1,042, against 1,221
last year; North Carolina 974, against
1,194 last year; South Carolina 1,281,
against 1,732 last year; Tennessee
375 against 573 last . year; Texas
4,862, against 4,327 last year. Total
crop bales 14,167, against 16,138 last
year. - " - -
'-JM1H'. Remarkably Active
; Mr. Hester says that American
mills .-have had another year of re
marabltr; activity both North and
South;-tno number of bales used hav
ing been greater than ever before and
aside from mention in some instances
in necessity for more labor there has
been a singular absence of complaints
of any kind. .In the South, which has
been the most active, mill replies, as
a rule have contained the stereotyped
statement of "full time."
y Southern Mills Increase
An increase of 545,000 spindles is
shown in ..Southern mills in operation
and seven mills, in course of construc
tion with liberal additions of spindles
to old concerns embrace a total of
exceeding 300,000 additional spindles,
most of. which may come into piay
in the near future.
Mr. Hester says- last year the mills
as a whole did not reach their maxi
mum, consumption .until the last half
of the Jtear. This year while the ag
gregates have varied, there has been
no let. up from month to month and
early indications of record consump
tion were sustained as the season
progressed'. : -
The report puts the spindles in the
South at 42,819,333 including old, idle
and not completed, against 12,318,3561
last year: . ?
. The consumption of American cot
ton by Northern and Western mills is
put at 2.617,000, against 2,481,000 last
year. North and South, the aggregate
consumption was 5,587 000, while they
used '218,000. bales of "foreign cotton,
making ? a '- total consumption of all
kindsof 5,805,000, against 5,433,00u
last year.- " : !
World's Consumption
: ! Mr.Hester puts : the world's consumption-of
American cotton at 14,-903,000,-an
increase over last year of
388,000 afcd- an increase over the year
before last of 2,849 000.
"In the South Mr. llester makes the
consumption 225,492 bales over last
year and 05,943 over the year before.
.Of thev total of 841 mills 804 .have
been in operation including one exclu
sively; on foreign; 30 were idle and 7
in course W construction.
- ,The- year's consumption- is divided
Dy tne report as ioiiows:
In- De
State ---:'--"
AlabamT . : .
Arkansas . . .
Georgia'". .
Kentucky
Louisiana-. . .
Mississippi: v.
Missouri . V.
Bales '
301,561
10,373
655,281
27,016
crease crease
39,102 ....
1,099
63,905
1,515
V- ,15,748
. 33,717
24,110
876,202
r 781,786
. 82,518
' 6,348
8 637
91,532
1,091
2 742
4'421
34,361
48,789
6,280
14,932
,2,622
7,653
N. Carolina
S. Carolina
Tennessee
Texas v . .u
Oklahoma v
Virginia r .
Totals 2,969,559
227,007 1,515
Washington; D. C, Sept. 4. Presi
dent .Wilson today made these nomina-
Charies, J.- vopicka. or nn-
nois. 'inliil&ter - to Roumama, -Servia
and Bulgaria; Thomas H. Birch, of
New Jersey,, minister to Portugal.
THAW CASE lILL
BEBESUliilDflV
Prisoner Was Njat "Railroad
ed" Across border as v
Predicted. ; , j
MANY WITFJESSES EXAMINED
General Belief That Prisoner Will be
Deported Today Thaw's Lawyers
Now Plan to Resist Extradition
in Vermont Jerirne tmpatient
4-
Coaticook, Que., Sfcpt. 4.- Harry ,K.
Thaw was not "railroaded" across the
border by the immigration authorities
today, as his counsel had. predicted.- A
special board of inquiry sat on his
Case from 10 o'clock in the , morning
until late this afternoon, and then ad
journed until half past 9 o'clock to
morrow morning, when the prisoner
will be recalled. ' ''.
Thaw was on the stand most of the
day, and made a good witness. - His
inquisitors gradually worked into the
question of his sanity,, and though his
counsel violently objected, it was oi
no avail, and this line of interroga
tion will be resumed tomorrow. ,
Though staving. olf deportation " for
the day, Thaw lost in two particulars.
His attorneys were denied a ;writ of
prohibition by 'Bup'erior Judge cHutch.
insn, at Sherbrooke, the same judge
who sustained the writ of habeas cor
pus which cast Thaw out of the Sher-Prooke-
jail yesterday,- sand he failed
to establish before theboard ,the con
tention that he had --entered Canada
as a tourist, and, lWas "Jack" John
son, should be allowed o continue his
journey.
He had a ticket to .Detroit, but, un
fortunately for Thaw,! it had "been pur
chased iat Coaticook,
Entered by Stealth.
Unable to show that he had come
into the Dominion at any recognized
port of entry,' Thaw practically .-was
convicted of . entering by stealth, and
on this charge alone he can be deport
ed, -ut on this, charge, he -could ap-.
peal ; to, 4he MiniBte';5f ; the. Interior,
while -no appeal would, lie should he
be found insane-at the present time,
or to have been in an insane asylum'
within five years. If found of un
sound mind now, the board could de
port Thaw direct to the New York
State line. This would mean swift
return, to Matteawan. Conviction on
either of - the other two charges would
mean deportation to Vermont.
Jerome Impatient.-
William Travers Jerome spent an
impatient day waitings for something
to happen. s chief othe New York
forces, he hoped to have Thaw across
the border tonight His automobile
stood all day near the Grand Trunk
railway station, in the second story of
which Thaw is held, and all day Je
rome strode up (and down the station
platform. Twenty other automobiles
were ready -for the border chase nine
miles away.
Resents Question as to Sanity.
Thaw resented keenly the question
as to his sanity. If this was to be ta
ken up, he contended,' he would be al
lowed to have alienists present.
Two physicians for the immigration
authorities, Drs. Gurd and Beauchamp,
were present.
When asked point blank if he was
sane or insane when he killed Stan
ford White, Thaw quoted with re
markable show of memory from1 the
conflicting opinions of the many alien
ists identified with his case, and la
cctaically suggested that jthe board
take its choice. He bridled "when ask
ed about his mother's condition just
prior to his birth, and said that per
haps she was 'better qualified to an
swer. To Fight Extradition.
The Thaw lawyers, despairing of de
feating deportation,, have at last be
gun to maike plans for resisting extra
dition in Vermont, and unless Thaiw is
sent, or "kidnaped" to the New York
State , line, the lawyers hope to fight
on in the States. . .
T. R. E. Mclnnes, of Ottawa, one of
the fathers of the imfmigration law,
joined the group of Thaw lawyers to
day. From now on ne will seek to
find! a loophole, in the statute he help
ed to create.
The belief was general tonight that
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OUTLINES
Lieutenant Love. Signal Corps. U. S.
A., was instantly killed when his aero
plane plunged 300 feet to the -ground,
near San Diego, Cal. v
. National Farmers' union hxed. the
price at which members will sell this
year's crop of cotton at 15 cents.
Colonel .Roosevelt advised Governor
Sulzer to make a "full and straightfor
ward explanation, i and answer in ref
erence to charges" hkn resulted in
the Governors impeaenment.
; Harry K. Thaiw -was not deported'
'across the Canadian border yester
day, but a special board of inquiry sat
on his case, most of,the day. The hear
ing-will be resumed! today.
Since the elimination of Victoriano
Huerta from the Presidential - race in
Mexico seems certain, -.Washington of
ficials believe that the first step. to
ward the establishment of peace in
Mexico has been accomplished.
- What " may prove : tobe the worst
storm ever known iniEastern North
Carolina occurred Wednesday, when a
northeast gale jf rom Hatteras swept
inland, destroying several millions of
dollars worth of property and possir
bly many lives'.
New York markets: Money on can
firm 2 3-4 to 4 1-4. ruling rate 2. 3-4,
closing 3 to 3 1-2. . Flour quiet. .Wheat
hrm.x Corn .strong. Kosm quiet. Tur
pentine steady. Spot cotton- quiet;
middling uplands : 12.25; gulf 13.50,
No ales. ,
BRIGHT PROSPECT
OF MEXICAN PEACE
Huerta's Elimination " From
r Presidential Race Now'
, Seems Assured.
BBYAN AND WILSON PLEASED
Washington Officials Believe That the
Fi rst Step to Secu ring an Ami
cable Adjustment Has Been
Accomplished. -V -
Washington, Sept- 4. President Wil
son and Secretary Bryan have adopt
ed, the attitude that the elimination
of Victoriano Huerta from the ' Presi
dential race in Mexico is assured, and
that the first step toward, the establish
ment of peace in .Mexico has been ac
complished. "-'"-:..'-
This was the authoritative declara
tion today 'of administration officials
who also let it be known:
JThat oral assurances had been giv
en " Nelson O'Shaughnessy, Charge
d 'Affaires of the American embassy of
Huerta's intention not to be a candi
date in the approaching elections;
.That the United States wquld con
strue literally, the argument In the
second note of Federico Gambba, Mex
ican minister of foreign affairs, who
pointed out at great length that a pro
visional President in Mexico is ineli
gible to succeed himself;
That any effort on the part of Huer
ta to circumvent the Constitution by
resigning in advance of the elections
in favor of another -provisional Presi
dent would be regarded by the United
States as a breach of faith before the
world.
Much stress was laid' by the officials
upon the withdrawal by Senor Gam
boa in his second note of the original
demand for. recognition by the United
States through the exchange, of an
bassadors. .
That the Huerta government has",
in effect, -withdrawn its demand for
recognition is now v wld iy aaay
Washington official notwithstanding
Senor Gamboa'S declaration in the
same note that- he would' "always
stand on the unavoidable " conditions
which ,he declares, are in reality the
ad interim Constitutional 'government
of the Mexican republic. - . :
It was pointed out that one of the
peculiarities of the situation is in the
fact that, while the Washington gov
ernment refuses to recognize Huerta
as the Constitutionally chosen provis
ional President of Mexico, at the: pres
ent time, it is willing to interpret Gam
boa's argument on the Ineligibility-of
Huerta as a satisfactory answer to the
chief American proposal that Huer
ta shall not be a candidate in the com
ing elections. The Washington gov-
ernment does not disclose exactly, the
nature of me oral assurances given
Charge O'Shaughnessy that Huerta
does not intend to run tor the Fresi-
dency. - . "
In contradiction or these assurances
however, significance is attached out
side of administration circles to tne
concerted boom for Huerta's candida
cy launched in official and semi-official
Mexico City newspapers immedi
ately after the publication of Senor
Gamboa's second note. ' :
Today's dispatches from the Mexi
can capital stating on high authority
that Huerta would resign soon in ia-
vor of General iJeronimo Trevino, so
as to be an eligible candidate for the.
Presidency, also attracted wide atten
tion. v , - , t
John Lind, President Wilson's per
sonal envoy, will remain in Mexico in
definitely. Should an opportunity pre
sent itself for carrying' forward -negotiations,
on other points in" the first
Amjerican note, he is- empowered to
go to Mexico City to confer further
with the Mexican officials.
William Bayard Hale, close friend
of President Wilson, today gave the
latter the benefit of his three months
of observation of Mexican affairs.
White House officials stated that
Mr. Hale sad merely presented-the
facts and had made no recommendar
tions. .. "s ' . . N : : -
CONGRESS CONDENSED '
Summary of a Day's Work in House
' and Senate -
Washington, Sept. 4. Senate; Met
at 11 A. M. - ' --. "
Senator Weeks introduced resolu
tion to defer final action on currency
legislation until December, term bf
Congress. : Y
Resumed consideration of tariff bill.
Banking committee resumed his
hearing of bankers. ''
West Virginia coal strike investigat
ing committee continued-to hear ope
rators' stories. i'-T
; Senator Bristow, discussing Mexi
nan BihinHnn. declared constitutional
ists should be permitted to buy arms
and ammunition inv United States.
Adjourned at 6:58 P. M. to 2 P.
M. Friday. . f .
House: Met at noon. "v.V-v w.
Began consideration of UrgentDe
ficiency bill.
Cross-examination of M. Mi- Mul
mall continued before Lobby Investi
gating committee. - " ' :'r-i.'i
V ..ij X I 3 1 V. . -. .1
xiepresemauve Limuumgu, iiupucu
amendment, to currency bill to permit
Federal reserve banks to operate on
fif tv rer cent of their . reauired $5.'-
000,000 capital paid in. - , . v .
Representative eni- -miroqucea
joint resolution for appointmentCof a
nAmm'.oinn tn . TppniTiinetiil Tilan for
government-owned explosives, factory.
Adjourned at u f. m. to noon iti-
day. : i i ' ' '; " " ::- - : vv
? Duluth, Minn.; Sept. 4. The. heavi
est, rain storm in , the history of the
local? weather bureau occurred ! today.
The cfBcial - guage showed a fall ot
1.22 inches, being .06 more than dur
ing the entire month or August r
111 AWtW
GOVERNOR JAMES COX
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 4. The
news that Governor James Cox, of
Ohio, had written a sympathetic let
ter to Governor William Sulzer, rela
tive to the tatter's fight to retain his
position as head of the government
of the State of New York against
Lieutenant Governor Martin H. Glynn,
has been greeted with glee on the part
of political enemies , of Cox. In the
event of Governor " Sulzer being oust
ed from office Cox's enemies declare
the letter will be used against the ag
gressive young Governor in the next
campaign.
TO HOLD COTTON AT 15 CENTS
National Farmers' Union Urges Every
Wlemeber to Hoid Crop Until
Price Reaches Figures Set
.Present. Price. 12 Cents.
Salina, Kas., SeptVTI-e-'-iigh cost
of living will - be higher as a result
of the. action of the National Farmers
Union here today in fixing the price
at which will sell this year's crop of
cotton at 15 - cents a pound. The
present price is aproximately 12 cents.
The action of the convention bids
every memeber of the Union to hold
his cotton until the market reaches
the figures set. Although in the past
repeated efforts have been made to
have a similar resolution passed by
the convention the advocates of the
proposal always failed to muster the
necessary votes. This year there was
no opposition to the plan.
Several of the leading cotton grow
ers wanted the minimum figure fixed
at 17 cents, or 18 cents pointing out
that owing to the tightness of the
money market, and the unsettled conr
ditinns in EuroDe and this country,
prices of all products wouhlsoar, and J
cotton would uring tnat pnee u me
members of : the union held . out. Ex
perts employed by the Union estimate,
this year's yield at 14,074,500 - bales.
Last year, itwas 14,200,000 bales and
the price averaged 12 cents.
There are nearly two million mem
bers of the. Union who are cotton
growers and leaders in thejnovement
say-their neighbors who are not mem
bers of the organization will jom in
holding, the crop until it can be mark
eted at 15 cents a pound.
The minimum price at which cotton
seed 'Will be sold was fixed, at : $30
- i j.
a ton, ana memDers are pieagea 10
hold out for that figure- Last year's
price ranged around ?26, which is
approximately the present . market
figure.,- ... . ,
Consolidation, or rural scnoois as
the best, method of imnroving the
educational system in rural communi
ties and';-thus make farm me .more
atractive, was endorsed in a resolu
tion which also called for an increase
in the length of -the rural school term
and compulsory attendance. Other
resolutions urged greater protection
for animals and birds and a chair
of . marketing in the agriculture de
partments of state universities. Ed
ucation throusrh imDroved schools,
lectures and the press was endorsed
as the formost factors in the advance
ment of the farmer.
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TO REORGANIZE SERVICE
Director of Census Bureau Appoints
Committee for the Work
Washington, Sept. 4. Director J.
W. Harris, of the Census Bureau, to
day appointed a ebmmittetf to reor
ganize : that service. He named Dr.
Si M . North and William'M . Merrian,
both former directors of the bureau;
Professor - Walter F. Wilcox, of "Cor
nell University; : W.- S. , Rossiter, a
business man ot Boston, and Daniel
C ., ; Roper, first assistant postmaster
general. -
Director Harris in a statement an
nouncing the appointments character
ized the condition of the work in the
Census Bureau as "unsatisfactory."
The - committee- among other things
will make recommendations for the
completion or abandonment1 oi tne re
mainine work of the 13th census and
on publication of statistics which have
been freely criticised adversely. .
. GEORGE M. COHEN INJURED
Well Known Actor and Party, in Auto
;: mobile Accident -Hartford.
Conn,. Sept. 4. In an au
tomobile accident near here today.'
George M. Cohen, the actor, suffered
a fractured snouider .hiade ana proD
ably . internal injuries, and 'his daugh-
ter, Georgia, a probable fracture of
the skull. . Wallace Eddinger. Cohen's
leading man, and . Francis X. . Hope,
another member of the . Cohen com
pany, were less seriously hurt.
SULZER ADVISED TO
TELL 10LE STORY
Should Explain and . Answer ;
v Charges Says Colonel y: .
, Roosevelt
CAMPAIGN PROBE CONTIIIOES
Former President Replies to Commun
ications Regarding Governorship
.Tangle Sent by Impeached .
Executive of New York
Albany, Nv Y., . Sept. 4.. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt has advised Gov
ernor Sulzer ' to make , a 4"full and
straightforward explanation and an
swer in reference to the charges"
which r resulted in the Governor's im
peachment. In a letter replying to two communi
cations relating- to , the gubernatorial
situation' sent by the Governor to the
former -resident while he was . travel
ing in the West, Colonel Roosevelt
says:
"You owe It to yourself, and to all
those who have supported you to take
the earliest opportunity to answer
the charges made against yon-."
Governor Sulzer made the; Roose
velt letter public today without com
ment. Asked -if he wotiid follow the
former President's suggestion the
Governor referred his interrogators to
his general' denial of the charges is
sued hy advice -of his counsel August
10th, three days' prior to the adoption
of the impeachment resolution by the
Assembly. . ... -. . . - t
My explanation will -be given at
the impeachment trial," the Governor
declared. - ' ?
The Colonel's Letter
Colonel Roosevelt's letter In part
follows:
"On my return ' from -'Arizona ; I re-'
ceived. your, two iletters. ,. I: believe'
thoroughly understand the ,- assault-
now being made .uppn you'. . I have.
yet;tb meet a single person , -w$o be
lieves or ;t even? nretendd to - believe. -
that a singlehottst- fibtlyl6,'lta .ani-:
mated the proceedings of your antago-
nists. From Mr. Murphy himself' to"
the legislators who. obeyed his direc--tions,
there' is ' no po'ssfble question'
that all your assailants' were the ene
mies of the public and that their aim
is to acfliuire the fevil domination of
the State government;, and that the
conspiracy against - you' has" not one
saving impulse behind it that can in.
the remotest - degree; be .ascribed to
patriotism or' civic -spirit' ,or to any-;
thing save the 'basest 'impulse of
crooked politics. We; have never seen
a more startling -exanjpi of the power,
of the invisible government under the,
present system. v
"The extraordinarythlng ' is that
the 'conservative ' upholders of thia '
present system, should have witness
ed the decrees of : the in vipible gov
ernment carried out-wtthin 24 hours-.
and fcho- nevertheless . denounce as
revolutionary our proposal for, changes '
in the form of government . whereby ;
. . 1 1 t . ' . x ' . A 1
tne aeiiDeraie juagmemv. orme ma-.
jority of the voters may . be executed
within a space of time no shorter than
that required for the execution of
their deliberate judgment ' in- the .
choice of a President. of .the .United
States. ' ' ' '. .
"Let me add one thing, .my dear .
Governor. You owe it. to. your self and
to all those who haver supported you
to take the earliest opportunity to
answer the charges made against you.
That' the -purposes'-of .those bringing
the charges are wholly evU, . I am surfc
that all honest men -feet :
"Moreover, I - am sure that honest
men feel. that the assault made upon '
you by your foes is due to your having
stood up for the principles : of good
government and decent-citizenship,
even when it was necessary to defy '
the will of the bosses ot the two par
ties and especially of your own, and
to stand in the way of the success of
the corrupt schemes of the party ma
chines managers." -it X : ...-'
Probing Sulzer .Campaign
New York. Sept. 4. -The . legisla
tive committee investigating Governor :
Sulzer s finances delved today into
his State-wide campaign ' ofr direct "
primaries. The committee establish-
ed that the campaign cost $17,084. It
also sought to shbw-that ' aome of the
expenses borne by the. State had also
been paid by Sulzer's friends.
It was asserted that, the Governor-
had violated the law in exceeding his ,
appropriation for printing by S7.005 ,
and that the ; State, controller had
spent $2 000 in postage to circulate
Sulzer literature. . '.' : , ;
AFTER DISABLED SCHOONER
Cutter Sent to Aid the Annie R. Held- -
ritter Off Diamond- Shoals v
Washineton. Sent. -4; rThe reven&e
cutter Seminole today was sent to the
assistance of the schooner Annie K.
Heidritter, reported drifting' helpless
ly eight miles southwest of Diamond
Shoals, with her rudder -broken and
her fore topmast and - Jibboom - gone.
Two members of the' scnobner8 crew
have, been seriously injheed. . The rev
enue- cutter Seneca i today began
searching for the dangerous : derelict
in the path ' of commerce 125 miles
east of Cape Cod. ..:'..;;' : - .
WOOD PULP AN 0' PAPER
To be Admitted Free to United States
from Certain Countries .
Washington, September A: Wood
DulD- and paper, destined :f or the Unit
ed States but transshipped at some
intermediary point, will be admitted
free of duty from all Ehtropean coun
tries having "favored nation" treaties
with the united states.; Assistant
Attorney General Denison.' ' passing
upon, a question raised by-. Norway and
Sweden, today advised that ? such a
shipment would be a direct one within -the
meaning of the law.. .,-. ;-
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