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V. THE WEATHZR. " ST AS BCSliuSS LOCALS Local rains Saturday, and probably Sunday ; light td 1 moderate ' " east winds. ' ; Bring together buyer and Uer, landlord and' tenant, employer- nd employe, . loaer and finder. They do &a cnormon amount of work at a ridlooloaxly . small - price. They reach thousand . dally.. Everybody read tbem. . , - i r" VOL. XCH NO. 144, WmMINGrTON, K. C, SAT MOBKINGj SEPTEMBER 0, 1913. WHOIaEJ !NTTHBEB 13,4 2 2, . . ANGRY FLAKES SWEEP CITY Thirty Blocks V of Business District Reduced To v Ashes. Estimates of Loss Range From Six to Teh Million; Dollars. -"' T - WIND AUGMENTS F1BE Governor Will Order, Out Militia : to Patrol Burned District Last Reports Indicate Flames Still Uncontrolled . Hot Springs,. Ark., Sept 5. Fjre, which started in a negro's cabin aT 3:30 o'clock thii afternoon, is slowly dying out at the foot of West Moun tain, the southern f extremity of Hot Springs, at midnight, after reducing to a gmouldering mass of wreckage an area more than a mile in length and from seven to ten blocks wide, in the eastern section of the city. An accu rate statement of the monetary loss is not possible tonight, tout it is rough ly estimated at ten million dollars. Governor Hays 'J. arrived ; -in Hot Springs late .tonight, and will proba bly order a military patroLrf the "burn ed district tomorrow moraYng. . United States troops are expected from Little Rock, to add to the- guard on trie mili tary reservation. " ' :V Hot Springs, Ark., . Sept . 5 . At 10 o'clock indications . are . that the firej which is sweeping uncontrolled through the eastern' portion : of Hot Springs will burn itself out atxtbe foot of West Mountain, -after destroying the greater part of South Hot Springs' resident district. ; .Various -, estimates d the probable monetary , Joss range . from six to ten million dollars.'. At-10; 'clock the wind : was MyJngr "tf owfc Hot Springs, Arki" Sept.-1 5-.-More Han 30 square . trioiks xtt tne eistern1 edge of the business district-: of Hot Springs had been swept clear at 9 oclock tonight - byL a fire . which, at that hour, threatened to" eat its way to Central avenue, the main business thoroughfare. A':-,'high ' wind' as blowing, and the Hot Springs and Lit tle Rock fire departments the latter hurried to this - city : aboard special trains, had made but little headway in checking the flames. . - v , Spread Rapidly '- At 9 o'clock Sudney Dillon, com missioner of public utilities, estimat ed that at least $4,000,000 of property had been destroyed,- - - . The fire originated in - a negro dwelling on Church street near. Mal vern avenue,' just east of. the' Army and Navy Hospital,-' shortly afters 3 o'clock this afternoon, and : spread quickly to the south and east. A number of small dwellings, dry as tinder, as a result of an extended drouth, were easy prey for the flames, which within a few minutes were be yond control of the local fire depart ment. From this region the fire spread to a manufacturing section, then to a more pretentious residence and hotel district and at 9 o'clock the shifting wind threatened to carry the flames to the - west, and the main business section. . ; : " A supreme effort' was .made to di vert the fire toward the. suburb of South Hot Springs .when it was appa rent that efforts to; control it would Ae unavailing. At 9 o'clock this appa rently was meeting with some suc cess. . . j. , The Buildings Destroyed v'-' Among the buildings destroyed ere the city's light, water and pow er plants, the county court house, the Park, Jefferson, Princess , and Moody hotels, city high school, Iron Mountain Kailroad station and shops, Ozark sanitarium. People's Laundry, Crystal ineatre and Bijou Rink, besides? a nundred or more smaller ; business puildings and many. residences includ ing some of the best in the. city.. - v fatilities have heen reported.' ' ruteen minutes-after the fire start u .ltc,waa beyond, the control of . the not Springs fire fighting force, and aid was asked of Little Rock. Special 'rams brought .abundant .apparatus irom that city, but water, dynamite an.i every available means of fighting nre has failed to1 check the flames wx hours after the fire started. The. 'remen many times' endeavored to aestroy buildings yet ' untouched .but r,? names swept over them and bepke t in half a dozen places. ; . ,.! ' Qi r .w'nd Augments Flames , quirting wind currents changed the course of the fire three times. ia V lmes early in the night the gale kbh a velocty of 40 miles an hour, ana three times the shifting wind firl changed the course of the. Hb1SInes distWcWHhe last time fr J ,,clure a o ciQCK, wnen oy tne intKghtms force supcoeded In divert Hnt c c!ourse of tJfe fire toward South "ot Springs. .. -K , - - t . . . - Patrol Burned r District kittle Rock AHr an t ct. nor George W. Havs lft fnr Wnt Spri hp an,, ie lonigni neiore-leaving ilfrc Ini. x. . atPiv urcea tnt he would Immedi l.urnpr? ou mllltIa to Patrol the SUSZK necessary; de- Marblehead Mass.,. Sept, 5. -The 'urtn in the r' T f this Iftyacht raceft was ca"ed " off afternoon because of Jack' f SPRINGS -V CAMIIIETTI GUILTY, SAYS JURY ... . - P Defendant In, Notorion; y White I Slave ;Cse, ;rConvicted on One Count v : of the Indictment Released . ' ; on Bail. - San Francisco; Sept. 5. Farley Drew Caminetti, son of the commis skmer ? general of " immigration was foiyad guiliy late, today ot one count of .the 'indictment charging him with the, violation of he Mannwhite slave ac t . , .. The jury was out three hours, and took eight ballots. '.' Prom the Jlrst the voce stood ten to two ior conviction, and finally the : jury reached a com promise verdict of' guilty, on one of the four counts . charged. - . vuaii m tne sum or SlO.000 waa fur nished. Sentence will be nronounced aepremDer lotn, the xlay set for sen tencing Maury ,1. Diggs. jointly indict ed' with1 Caminetti and ' convltftrt wi four counts. Exceptions to the charge of Judge Van Fleet as 'a whole, and- in parti were taken by counsel, and a petition for an appeal will be niea, us was.annpunced in the case of 'XJaminetti took" the verdict liehtli. smiling a forced smile and 'nudging his brother-jocularly. ' First, he: lifted nis aaugater Naomi who was playing in her mother's lap.,- Then he shook hand's with his lawyers, and with" Digger who had. been sittins: nearby. . ?:His mother and. -wife - showed no emotion.' rCaminetti and Maury I Diggs, former" State architect of Cali fornia, were jointly indicted on six counts, and Diggs was found guilty on four of them, the jury being unable to agree on the other two." Because o the -j special . circumstances- surround ing -Caminetti's Individual part in : the flight from Sacramento, CaL, to Reno, Ner.; .wlth ; Marsha v Warrington and Lola'Norris.the' government elected in the, second - trial 'to press only - four rbounts. iDiEres-' is liable to a. maximum sen tence of 20 years imprisonment, and $2O;0OQ fine' -sand Caminetti to five years and $5,000 fine. . The 'finding .of the- ury- was that Caminetti. was guilty on the single roiint of-trjinsTMirtSitinn. and - sldfn? ia itraa snortinf Lota,';- Notri J:o trt t trassnhrHniF'. lkttt'Mirfa;vi-, fin friimmoral -BWfteBsIt did no. stder rrhlm n responsible for Marsha Warrington's , elopement, and it re fused to : belfcte- that -Miss' Norris had been--enticed 'into agoing. " - '" There," remain over the heads of both Diggs and Caminetti indictments charging conspiracy to violate the act and- Diggs has still a third Indictment hanging over -hlnu - With Charles B. Harris, of Sacramento, his -former at torney: he is-accused of subornation of perjury. ' " -. The perjury trial- will-be called be fore Judge yap Feet Wednesday. FUNERAL OF MR. RUSS : , Was One bt Clarkton Best and Most Highly Esteemed Citizens w (Special Star-- Correspondence.) , Clarktdn, C, Sept. 5. This community lost one of its most highly esteemed and most interesting citizens In tne death ox -Mr. Joe S. Russ, whose "remains were laid to rest in the ceme tery here Wednesday. He was born near Bladen Springs, this county, and married Miss Janie Graham, a daugh ter of the late Dr Neill Graham. He was a consistent; member of the Pres byterian t church having served as elder in churches at Mt. Horeb. -N". C, MeRae, Ga., and Montlcello, Fla., hav ing been. a resident' of these- places.. -He and his estimable family nave been: living here for the past four years- and have made many friends who deeply, sympathize with them in their .sad loss. - The surviving mem bers of his family are Mrs. Jane Russ and four daughters, Misses Bessie, An nie. Bell, Janie and Mary Russ. of this placet' and one son, Mr. Neill Russ, of Wilmington.- Three sisterB are Mrs. C. A. x Marsh, of Morganton; Mrs. E. A. Hawes of Atkinson, and Mrs. Milt Ro&Lasbn, of - Elizabethtown. Three brothers are Messrs. w. H. Russ, uia deff Springs; J. M.. Russ, Eliaabeth town'ahd J. "W.1 Russ, Kinston. Owing- to- thei absence of his pastor, Rev. R. A. Lapsley, Jr.. the 'funeral ser vicer were held 1y Rev. W. W. Mor ton, of. Whiteville. . . DUNCAN M'lVER DEAD Weil 7 Known ' Sanf ord Lawyer Died - Yesterday in Minnesota Uvi,tf- (Special Star Telegram.) Sanford?N.: C.. -Sept. 5. Tele grams received here this afternoon conveyed ? the sad news that Hon. Duncan Evander Mclver, of this city. 4led -at .-Rochester, Minn, ' today at 1 :S0 o'clock.-. : . . .. - ; , 1 Mr8. v Mclver -and her brother, Dr. Chaa.L.. Scott, were with him. Mr. Mclver had .-been, in declining health for-' some months and was taken to Rochester Mipn . aboutr four weeks aero .to undergo an operation. The operation was . successful and hopes were "entertained for his recovery up to Monday 'of this week - when his strsneth 'seemed Xo fail and he grew rapidly worse. He is survived by his Wile, nve - SOUS,' iw uauguiers aim one-; sister Mrs. Newton H . Smith, of " Faytteville.-The body is now en route home and should . arrive - Sun day ' or Monday. The details - of the f.mral.will erfi3ven as soon as defi- iiite arrangements can be made. ' V NEGRO -.BAPTIST. CHURCH Severtteentb AnhUaf Foreign Mission r - v: Conference Aajourns xiToaMnirton. SeDt. 5. The 17th annual convention of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign. Mission- Convention, attended by delegates frdm negro- Bap tist Churches -in IN ortn-.ana ouutii v,.r-no- vii-Hia , Maryland and the District of .Columbia, adjourned here tonight after ttaieigu, iy. v,., uu hi .aoiutPii aa nhe next -place of meUng- i AU;Q the officers were re- eiectear; - ' ; - I(E PEOPLE Storm Swept Up the Sound y and Did Not Strike . Island Directly. SOUND STREWN WITH DEBRIS Much Damage Was Done to-Property on North Carolina Banks, but No - Los of Life is Reported Wind . 95 Miles HouVj Cattle Lost. (Special Stir Telegram.) Kins ton, N. C, Sept. 5. At 7:40 to night over a long distance wire from Beaufort came a message assuring the ; safety v of a thousandY people at Ocracoke and Portsmouth, .isolated places ; on a . long strip of jbanfts bor- idering the sea coast. V jQrave fear? were had that the vil lages, - located on . the lowest places on fAe coaiat, "and many miles from .the niaih land, hadbeen swept, away by the storm" tide from Wednesday's gale. '. Every reasonabledoubt that the set tlements ;ouldvetand the gale was had because of the fact that the 1899 tide from a lesser storm, - did great dam age. With 10. feet of water in the streets of towns as. far inland as Wash ington and Newberri, it was consider ed probable thaf.onry a 'bare beach remained on the sites of the little banks towns. - V Ocracoke, historic - and -beautifu soot, is ' where the first white men Handed on. North American main land and has- been the scene of Pirate Teach's carousals. It is a day's trip by boat from Washington of Beau fort. The 95-mile wind Massed over Pam lico Sound and directly : by Ocracoke and ' Portsmouth, and providentially failed to strike the beach, but contin ued on south and west. 'and spent' its force on the main land at Atlantic, a few' miles south of Portsmouth, where considerable damage was done,- but no liyftS, lOSt. .j;V . ; PamlTcjo Sound is reported strewn with , wreckage of small rraft," trees Lirntt rfarl animals frtm Mf njairr alfid. but notipy4:: . .r; Ti riBaccments People Escaped, but Damatfe Done Morehead City. N. C Sept. 5. Boat men arriving here this afternoon from Atlantic- state that reports of the de struction of wie and proper- at ocra coke and Portsmouth are greatly ex aggerated. The storm and flood did great - damage . at noth places, ootn being1 submerged, but it is practically certain triat no lives were lost. Many houses - were swept from their foun dations and boats were swamped and torn from - their moorings. A large number , of cattle were drowned and the, property damage will extend into the thousands Ocracoke being an exposed point. grave fears were felt for the safety of the Inhaoitants. btrt it seems tney es caped the main fury of tne gale, tne wind sweeping up the Sound, instead of directly across the island, and thus saved --the neoDle from Derisning. forts tiave been made all day to get into cammfunicatlon with the life sa.v ing Station at Oape Hatteras, but have proved unavailing, Yesterday , afternoon the Newherr division of tne Naval Reserves .ert on the training ship Elfrida and crossed the Sound within a mile of OcracoKe. The ship encountered much wreckage, several capsized boats and many drowned cattle. They were unable to pick up the village of Ocracoke witW glasses, on account or tne neavy mist hanging ovex the water. The wireless outfit on tlje' ship is out of commis sion and they were unaoie to get into communication with any nearby wire- ess station Newbern. N. C Sept. 5. According to the information brought to - More- head - City this afternoon by a boat man from -Atlantic, N. C, tne reports regarding the destruction of life and fCorttIrn on Paeo Eisrht- Two Killed When Auto Racer Crashes -Jackson, Mich., Sept. '5. Harry Endicdtt, -of Anderson, Ind., a broth er of farmer "Bill" Endicott, the not ed automobile racer, and Mary Sarata, of Jackson, a ".10-year-old spectator were1 killed and " three persons injured here' this afternoon, when Endicott's autombbile . crashed through '.: a ; fence at the race track - when one of the front' tires blew up. The - injured fare George. Benedict; of ; Lbs Angeles, who was acting as Endicott's-' mechanician -Mrs. Mabel Walters ; and Frances Hall, 13 years bid, both of Jackson. .Benedict's con- dition is serious. Neither. Mrs. Walters nor the Hall girl were seriously hurt. .. Endicott was. driving a : 100-horse-power car, preparatory to an exhibi tion , racCi against Benedict t here to morrow, when , the accident occurred. Benediefwas-at his side. The ma chine, tttrhed:. a sharp r curve .-'as : it swung into the "home stretch.and with a re port:, like, a pistol-shot the tire burst. Before the crowd, which lined both sides of 'the .track' could realize what had" happened ' the machine s'kid ded about 20 feet, swerved and plung ed directly.. . at ,a flimsy fence to the side .of fthe. ; eourse. isnaicott was crushed to death, against a,n iron rail- ng. Benedict was hurled from the car and one of the rear ;wheeB passed over his-body., a The Sarata girl was instantly killed." The car bounding from, a road scraper crushed her. An nquest wiUyoe neia -uere luesaay. OGRAGO ESCAPED 6 111 GASH Masked , Robbers ;Holdip:.Men With - Money. Intended to Meet Payroll. .i and Make Good Their Escfper ' Columbia, -S. Civ Sept. 5. Three men each armed with two, revolvers late today held-upj a deputy sheriff and two employes of tbe J . G . White Construction Company at Parr Shoals 20 miles from here, land., took, from them 16,000 in currency which had been intended- to - meet the' payroll of the company, which is . building a nuge. power aam mm . . Tonieht- 700 employes of - the com pany, together with the sheriffs and deputies of four counties -with blood hounds are hunting for the robbers J. C Joyner, the deputy' sheriff, re sisted the bandits ana -was shot; the bullet taking efiectlin rthei thigh. His wound is not serious. - The robberv occurred ilist after Pav master Maher. with fted Bultman. assistant cashier, .and jDeputy Joyner naa taxen xne money iroin tne. ex press office at Parr Shoals. -To -reach the construction company's office- where the money was to be distribute ed. they had to. go down the railway- track through a rather, deep cut. As tne three were passing, a box car which was standing" on the railway track a trio" of men,' their faces black ed to disguise them stepped out and covered the" ?money-bearinc party Deputy Joyner leached '" for. his gun and the, robbers 'opened fire. ; Joyner leli, snot througn tne uiign, and the others realizing the i futility of resists ence with their assailants: in so' strong a position yielded. The robbers took the sack containing the money and made on into tne woods: - The White . Construction Company has offered a reward of $600 for the capture of the, three bandits, but so far tne officers are wifnout a clue. " JUDGE UNDERGOES OPERATION Harnett Court AdjoUrned on- Account of Judge Daniels' Illness ; (Special Star Correspondence.) x- r. Dunn, N. C.; Sept.. 5. Harnett Su perior Court adjourned Wednesday atternopn on. account or judge Daniels navmg. tovgo to tne nospitai. uor a slight operation. ? This' was. to have been a two weeks session, but as soon as tne criminal docket was" cleared Judge Daniels asked the bar if ft would he agreeable txadjottrn as his physician had advised that ' while the operation was not a -serious '" one it ought to be done as soon as possible It was hoped .to jgetJ Judge Webb, to hold - court ; next : 'eek, but . he could engagement. a , Judge Daniels ' charee to the grand Jiiry on last Monday was one of the finest ever delivered in Harnett coun ty and will be long remembered . by th6se who were fortunate enough to l, v.: . - uccti uiui. At a meeting of the Harnett County Good Roads Association held at Lil- lmgton last Monday, a resolution was adopted and a committee was appoint ed to ask-the county commissioners to appropriate $2,000 each to five nronos- ed roads : running xo - different parts or tne countyvf rom :Lillington- joining with the. good roads of the adjoining counties, on; condition that, the com munities through which the. proposed roaas would run would raise $1 500 to supplement this amount:. The com missioners will meet on Monday, Sep tember 15th. to hear this committee and citizens interested. New cotton has begun to come in at a lively rate. Over .30 bales have been sold on- the local market. The first new cotton brought" twelve and one-half cents per pound last week. A. & M. FILLING UP. Large Numbers of Students Register ing at state institution. (Special Star Correspondence.) West Raleigh, N. C, Sept,- 5. Yes terday and . today was registration time tat the A. & M and a steady-line of students has been pouring into the registrars office for. two days., and tney are still coming. So far, the number of new students is . something over 300, and it is ex pected that by the .time everyone has matriculated the number, of new-men will te around 400. and the total num ber about 750. Last year the total number of students during the year was Got), and this years increase marks the largest number of students that have ever entered A. & M. In order to tajke care of the overflow seven small wooden buildings have been constructed just south of , the Y. M. C. A. building, as the " present. dormitory space is. not sufficient to take care of them all. Each of these wooden structures contains six rooms, making it possible to accommodate 84 students in all. These are only tem porary, as it is hoped that ah appro priation will 'be made to build another handsome dormitory to take care of the rapid growth of -the leollege. O U T lrl N E S Harry l Thaw will be -produced before the full . King's beneircat Mon treal, on September 15thr ; His coun sel have obtained & double writha- beas corpus and prohibition and he has thus been able to block-deportation again, j ... - .. ; ' . , ; Parley "Drew Caminetti was found guilty on one -count of the indictment charging him. witn violation;.; of the Mann white slaveiact. He- was re leased' on bail, and sentence will be pronounced on September. 10th. - The personal envoy of the Huerta government, De Camocano, is now en route to Washington, and further de velopments in the Mexican situation are pending his arrival. Negotiations may be resumed between the United States and' the republic on the south. The towns of Ocracoke and Ports mouth on the North Carolina : banks which, it was feared,r had been'' sub-- merged during : the great storm Wed nesday, are reported as. safe, no loss of life occurring. v - " New York markets: ... Money on call firm 2 to 3 per. cent; ruling rate 3 ; closing bid 2 to 2 1-2. Flour steady. Wheat easy. , Corn steady. Rosin qWet. : Turpentine quiet. , Cotton auiet:. middling uplands 13i middling gulf 13.25; sales 700 bates,. BANDITS! 0ETS16.QQ0 STArOF PROCEDURE W Will Be Produced Before King's. Bench on Sep- : tember 15th. LAWYERS GET DOUBLE WRIT Fugitive's 'Cqunsel Block Deportation by Appealing From Decision of Spe ; cial Board of Inquiry. 'Jerome ' ' Springs a Thrill on Natives. Coaticoani, Que., Sept. 5. Harry, K. Thaw will be produced before the full king's bench,. appeal side, at Montreal, on the morning of September 15th. ' Two of "his counsel, J.-.N. Green- shields and N. ,K. , LaFlamme, today obtained a double writhabeas corpus and prohibition at Montreal, and whirled in a special train -to Coatl- cook, where not long before the -im- migrauon autnorities nad ordered Thaw's, deportation from the Domin ion to Vermont, from which State he came into Canada. ; : . .There were cheers when, the writ arrived, and more cheers whenever Thaw appeared at the window of the detention - room. There was more cheering when the news got- abroad that for Thaw -the new move meant ten days' delay. Not only by the writ secured in Montreal, but. by the ac tion of . his attorneys on appeal, did Thaw today -block his deportation. in addition, be bad tbe pleasurable knowledge that his old enemy, Wil liam Travers Jerome, had been arrest ed, charged with gambling- Coaticook Center of "Sensations-" If ever a little town produced "sen sations, Cbatkook did today. First came Jerome's arrest, and release on bail, on a charge that he had played, poker yesterday on railroad property with some ' newspaper men. - Then came word that Thaw's lawyers had obtained, in Montreal, the writ de manding his production in court there Meantime,, the -special board or in quiry - ordered Thaw's deportation to Vermont';. under tw.o clauses of -the im migration Act, namely: That he. had entered Canada by stealth, and had. within, five- y gars beea an-.4nmate:.pt an institution ior tne insane." dtohi both these decisions Thaw's : Jawyers appealed. - ,,, - ' - . , Public Sentiment Pro-Thaw. - Jerome's arrest was not prompted in any way 'by the Thaw lawyers. One and all, they expressed indignation at the move, and said hey were.ready to aid him. The arrest really signified that the state of public opinion here is decidedly . pro-Tnaw.' and more de cidedly anti-Jerome. Another factor is a split in, the town council over Chief of Police John Boudreau, Thaw's original captor and subsequent peti tioner for" tbe writ of nabeas corpus which forced Thaw out or Jaiil-at Sherbrooke into the hands of the im migration authorities. " Some of tbe aldermen contend tnat Boudreau was .influenced, and acted unwisely in the habeas corpus matter, and should resign. Among his oppon ents is A. A. Hopkins, chairman of the rjolice committee of the-council. Hopkins emsploys in his grist mill-Mil- lord Aioricn, tne compiiainanx - against Jerome. Aldrich says he acted as a zealous citizen, and his, contention was sustained by A. C. Hanson, v Crown rosecutor. who caused the warrant to be issued. -. , Jerome Shocked the Natives.. "We were hsocked," said Hanson, 'to see Mr. Jerome playing cards, for money in public, and it was our. duty to arrest him. Little cnuaren saw him. and were talking about it. We nave never naa an arrest luis nmu here. If Jerome tries to leave this urisdiction, he will be arrested.' Mr. Jerome left town in nis auto mobile this afternoon. . it was -ex plained that he "had gone for a ride." His case is - set ior neanng; oeiore a magistrate tomorrow morning. Punishment on conviction oiigamn ing on railroad property may, range, (Continued on Page Eight) - Selling Outburst In Cotton Market - New York, Sept. b. The announce-. ment that the Senate caucus had agre ed to tax coton futures one-tenth, of one cent--per pound was tiie Fignal for an outburst of selling orders in the cotton market this afternoon such as rarely has been witnessedTsince the Sully days. It drove- prices off fully ?2 per bale, and completely -de moralized the upward movement: . When the news ' reached Z- outside .points there was atreshwavt -of . sett ling orders wmcn came into tne local market just at the close, when the most violent decline occurred. - For ten minutes after the close the- qota-: tion clerks were . busy putting up sales that had been made at or before o'clock and overlooked m the ex citement : . y r ; -.- j- y-f. The trade generally has expressed the belier that if . the Clark , amende jnent should become - a law without considerable modification, i it - wouid practically eliminate future-trading on the cotton exchange of this counts ry.. - : AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN Joseph EWillard Already Confirmed - as Minister to xne rosx .- . Washington. Sept. 5. Joseph- E. Willard,: of Virginia, already nominat-: ed and confirmed as minister to Spain,' was nominated to be ambassador to day to meet' the 'action of .Congress which recently raised. .the legation at Madrid -to an embassy. - - y: Ex-King Happy Groom, v "-v 0 1 ' ' " ' jr A iftw ' Manuel of. Portugal The deposed King of Portugal who on Thursday was married to .Princess Auguste - Victoria,. dauJiter of- Prince William, of Hohenzollern, at Singma ringen, at Hohenzollern castle, which dates from the beginning of the Chris-' tian Era. : Among , the royal person ages who attended the .. wedding were the Diike of G6noa, representing- the King of Italy r the Infantas Don Carlos and Louise,'! representing King' Alfon so, of Spain, and the Prince of Wales, representing Ahe King of . England.. One of - the ; striking features of the ceremony t. was that, -while it was) wit-, hessed by. an imposing' array Qf royal ty no actual rulers- of real '.importance: .were . numbered among ,'thepruest-- fNJURE SOUTHERN INDUSTRY Tax . on ' Bananas v. Would - Operate . Against Southern Cotton- Trade t With Central America Grow- J; : ers Lodge Protest - ; . v (Sepcial . Star Telegram.) Washington, D; G.j Sept. 5. It de veloped h.ere today that the Central American .countries; have protested ' to the State Department', against ' the levying of a tax' oh bananas as pro vided C inv - -,the Underwood-Simmons tariff, bill. They claim : that if : this provision of-the bill is ; not-amended tnat it will seriously ettect tne cotton goods trade with tbese - countries. It is claimed - that last year these people purchased - Dver $ 12,000,000 worth ' of cotton goods of the class which is manufactured in the South This trade has been bui't up at conr siderable cost by the Soutnern cotton manufacturers during the past four years. The effect: of the tax on. the banana growers would have the same affect as a tariff by - Jingland -on raw cotton would have on the Southern, farmers and would result1 in' retaliation- against cotton goods . according to representatives of the Central Am erican countries. -.';' Inquiry at the State Department to day developed the-fact that the South 'eri Central American, countries have discussed, the mater with- officials of the department" .Further than to, admit, that a protest had been made by these countries,' the State De partment would talk of the matter'for publication. But enougn nas been learned that .it is the belief in Cen tral America that the imposition of a tariff on bananas, which are ad mitted free to all ports of the world, would, materialy injure our commer cial relations with these people. Representative page nas recom mended Claud Campbell for Post master at McConnell. Moore county. The following fourtn-ciass post masters were appointed today; James F.. Garot &t Aquone, Macon" county ; Grover Crisp , at Wantahala, Swain county ; - L.uia i uain at wenutty, Cherokee county;, John - McCallum, Raynham, Roberson county. . De Leon Carlton, one time mayor of I Marion, N. has been .. made an assistant attorney in the Postoffice De partment, at ,a; salary of $2,750. FIREMEN PARADE. Column Two Miles Long Swings - - 'Trough Streets of Gotham. New Yor. 1 Sept. 5. A !. column ot firemen two miles ' long swung into upper Broadway, this afternoon, and in lines Of eight, marched leisurely to One . hundreth street and Riverside Drive. Powerful ... motor 1 appratus, its sierens stilled,' loafed, lazily in the marching ranks. The. finest, horses of j. .the local department, -sleeked to the pink of condition, also participated.- '- : ' The annual firemens iaarade, was a feature of , the closing -hourSi of the convention of - the International As sociation., of i Fire Engineers here to day. ; ,v -V - - . . At the forenoon session New . Or leans was selected as the convention city for 1914. " Thejf following officers were elected: - ' President, Thdmas Haney, Jackson ville, Fla.; First Vice President Phgo Delphs, Lansing, ;r Mich.; Secretary, James McCall,--Roari6ke, Va.; Trea-. surer George Knowfflock, Mansfield, Ohio. .-', . NEXTSTEP DEPENDS Oil BAN ENVOY Huerta' Personal Represen. T - tative Now En Route to ' M , Washington. . MAY RESUME. IIE60TIATI0HS Officials Undecided ' Whether They . Will Receive Mexican. Represent- , n ative .Unless Certain Conces sions Are Made. Washington, Sept 5j Developments In the Mexican situation probably will await the ' arrival in Washington of Manuel De Camacona - Y . Inclan, ' per sonal envoy of the Huerta government, ta inntlmiA ' rof1t X7 o aVt ir art rr as?..1 ministration the negotiations begun by. John Lind, personal representative of President Wilson In Mexico. 'Administration officials had! not de cided tonight, whether they, would re-" ceive- Senor De Camacona, unless he brought positive' assurances of Hu- erta's elimination, from, the President ial election in Mexico, and "was ready to act . upon' the other, points in the. American proposals for. the establish-: anent of peace, v Some of the Washington officials feel that the. United states has made its position sufficiently 'dear through the parleys , conducted by Mr. Lind, and the address- of President Wilson to Congress. ' There is," however, a " disposition to receive Senor. De Cama--cona, in view of the "courtesy shown Mr. Lind. 1 Senor De Camacona's chief connec tion with the Mexican government t in the past has been in financial matters, and his mission is said to contemplate , hot only the furtherance of the nego-; tiations looking toward peace, but: tbe Oatlng of a loan-that would be. en-' couraged by (the - American igoyerni; ment- He has managed Mexico's fin-1 ancial affairs in . . Europe heretofore, and .during- his stay ' here as" ambassa dor to the United Statesr in'1911. be-: came widely- known, and popular with- tbe diniomatic-corns. ? - v t: ;,- . - from Vera Cruz yesterday took Wash ington ' tnTicials - aaanewhat by jaurprifle,. for while the BuggeBtlon . had. i been ttaade to thein by .-tfie Huertai . govern-' ment that, he mightibe ent to Wash-' mgton io conduct further negotiations. the Huerta administration ordered him to proceed to the United ' States without, awaiting the ;anawer of the ' American government . This phase of : the situation created , a feeling of op timism here,, for it was interpreted as ' meaning that the Mexican government understood that the ' United States considered the - elimination of Huerta ' from the Presidential race as having ' been assured in Senor ; Qamtboa s sec ond note, and was- ready to take up . the suggestions .of, help in '. financial ' matters offered by -Mr. Llhd. . it is known that the administration ; here has under consideration the draft- ! ing of a rejoinder to Gamboa's second note. It would accept Senor Gamboa s contention 'that- Huerta is ineligible for the- Presidency - as an implied pieage mat ne wouia not enter iub, lists in October. Putting this view -point on record, it is vbelieved here would permit the United States to go forward -with Its suggestions for the arrangements of an armistice, and the x holding of a free" and. constitutional election. ,; "'''.):',-' . BANKERS VIEWS 6N ; CURRENCY ' ... .. i '."'--rr " '., V Senate Committee Aastired that Mone- , tary Problems Can be Solved . ; Washington, Sept. 5: Prominent bankers assured the Senate Banking , and Currency committee , today . that they thought any problem of credit ' contraction resulting - from -enactinent of the pending administration currency " bill could 'be V worke.d .out" .so that . the country's business j would" not be ' A possible contraction- of $1,800,- , 000.000 in the present structure of . bank credits was given by . James B. Forgan president of ' the Tirst Na tional Bank of Chicago, as his estl- . mate of the reduction: that : would have to be made hi present loans to meet changed conditions; "I do not want to scare any one," he added. "This doesn't mean that the thine nnnot ho wftrlrori nut. Thla is simply the amount . of ' contraction ' that would seem to have taken' place to continue the banks On their present , condition of credits.". - Mr. Forgan, George M. "Reynolds, . of the Continental - and Commercial Bank or Chicago, and rormer. Repre sentative E.' J.- Hill, ot : Connecticut, took part in the presentation of the bankers' views- throughout-1-the day. Mr. Hill emphasized what he . called a "fatal defect." the fact that the bin did not make the banks responsible for the . issuance of notes, and - relieve . the government of liability. Mr..Rey- ' compulsory membership in .the. re- gionai reserve names;-, compulsory .re-' J I a. i A. lU .f 1 - t . . and the failure to give' the banks rep resentation on the - Federal reserve board. Mr. Forgan gave figures. to demonstrate that under present bank ing conditions $8 '. of credit is given throughout the country ' op each $1, of actual money reserve-- He--estimated that if one-thirdof the present reserves were transferred tO' the re gional reserve banks', regional banks loans, and credits would have to be reuucea . oy i. ouu.ouu.uuv to main tain tYCk arlatino" i-arHltx tr-'r9 fi f r ' ?1- - - -' - ' , Mr.: Hill said no' other fiation had attempted to make-' itself liable ' for the payment of ' notes . lBsued by the banks, and insisted the,-government' would find it impossible" to secure an adeauate reserve for f the purpose while in its attempt td supervise the issuance of all notes It in effect would become final judge as the; individual creditor . bank borrower-In , the ooun- . try.; , . - : -';'- ' ...