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COm SHO W .ND ARFS EXHIBIT: NOVEMBER tiih, 12th AND 13 th eOME THE WEATHER. Rain and "cooler Tuesday;' probably fair Wednesday',' .-' ..:- J-.-;u V NEWSPAPER ABTEBTISIMO 1 i V. : . Waa Invented one hundred and one year before the first steam en cine was lntroduc-' ed in America. It baa stood the test of time, and stil stands among the world's greatest-inventions. , - v VOIi. XGQI ETO. 3J WTIiMINGrTOlT, N. C, T U JSSp4Y; MOBNIKG , OCTOBER 28, 1913. 5 WHOIxB NUMBEE 13,466. ENGLAND MA MEXICAI Dispatches Received at Washington State That Great Britain's Formal Presentation of Papers to the Huerta Regime Re- ; cently4Vas Only Binding Until the Day of Election. She is Now Free to Consider New Policy. Hi-. Mexico Cky, Oct.27. -There is no indication tonight as - to what has been the result of . the elections. The" hope is held out ;tha: tJies?yunamieutoTa . body resembling In some, small de gree a board ' of aldermen, will"' have prepared its report for the federal district by the end of the week. 1 From the , experience of the last Presidential; election, -vwhen the means of communication was . much 1 better and the countrylr was' more nearly in a state of peaceit Id- regarded as too much to expect. "that the "results throughout the 'country will be learn ed before ; the: expiration of several weeks. At the headquarters of the Felix Diaz party no-headway has been made to ascertain' the . strength 'of that party's tote. The Catholics have promised.an,.jarly statement es-: timating the vote for Pederico Gambpa ' in the Federal district. i V " Reluctance to go, to. the polls was general. Besides a lack of experienc?e in such affairs, there was said to be generally felt a fear that some 'evil consequences would follow should the voter choose "a losing, candidate. 5 ' - ' Less than 7 j?err cent of the, regis tered voters casfc-aVballot at Ensenda de Todos - Santos,v Lower California. Of this a large part. was. composed of soldiers. The vote was practically unanimous for Huerta, and Blanquet. Votersi Frightened Away. ' San Luis." Potosi,' jVMex., Oct. 27. Posters announcing the candidacy of Huerta and Blanquet . and calling lip on the people - to vote for "Men of steel" and to - beware of being misled in these critical , times' kept most of the voters away t from the polls in yesterday's elections" here. ' Of the few votes-Federica Gamboa, candidate of the; Qathhoiic party, re ceived the majority. Postera-alsonjaq a new arty.tlieItAntWntferdtk)n ist power a-ere .prom Dit- ciot o in in tat ' J- '-rtf'.---;--' ed under, threatB of artest sm News fom thd:ltufbinding jcountry indicated that a huntbet of marauding parties has not4 diminished. Rahch ers are flocking, to tfie city in terror: The boldness of -the tebels is increas ing, apparency - eficouraged "; by "the success at;Torreoii. Huerta Ltadsai Vera Cruz. Vera Cruz, '.r Oct 27. Provisional President. Victbrlano Huerta obtained 1,500 of the :'2,v00 vdtes cast in Vera Cruz at yesterday' selection, accord ing to the official returns. General Felix Diaz polled 300 votes and the remaining 200 were scattered among other-candidates. Piedras NejrH:for Huerta. Eagle Pass, Texas," Oct. 27. Offi cial returns of. the-Mexican election in Piedras Negres showed Huerta poll ed 3,765 votes;.' Felix -.Diaz 122, and Ferdico Gamboa r;three,- ' ; , Catholic CUIta Victory. - Mexico City,. Oct -27. Out of 978 polling places in the Federal 'district, the Catholic party . .leaders claim " a majority in 920 for their Candidates, Federico -Gamboa - and General Ras con. This claim, they, say, is based on returns reported by the party watch ers at the polish ;tV " - : The returns frbm Celiiha, : Guadala jara and various. matter towns also in dicate Catholic., - majorities. Huerta and Blanquet received majorities rin a number of places . ' It is believed by many politicians that enough votes have been cast for the Huerta-Blanquet ticket to fnvali u ate the ' election; 'tn view of 1 Gen eral Huerta's declaration that Con gress may declare these votes illegal The Ayuntamihto Jias been called to rceet November 2nd to pass upjjii the ballots for Senators and deputies. DisDatchev- from England Washington, Oct . 27 Reports, from tho D.Uich fniisiM. : Vo4 firoat I RritaiT, wn.,i itn fint)ifnr tn thi ican situation . now - that the election bad been held in the Southern repub lic without consultation with the Unit ed States aroused- .interest in official circles here today and added strength to the persistent; intimations that the American government plans a note to the powers which inay result in ! a con certed Mexican policy for the future. Secretary' Bryan , "when shown dis patches from London which asserted that Great Britain's recognition of Provisional President Huerta was giv en to extend only Juntil the elections, stated that such had been the under standing . here' alii1 the : time. .When asked if a note. w.as - in preparation which would open the way; for negotia tions with the foreign powers, he said, no intimations along this, line could be given at this time : ; ' Spme officials said today that should the election for President be declared void and Huerta -continues in . power, Great Britain's recognition would nec essarily continue- to be binding. Others maintained, however, that the recog nition extended oy Great Britain was intended to hold only until the; time of the election last tSmiday,-no matter what might be the reshit. On this ba sis, it was contended that Great Brit ain now was free;io. listen to any pro posal that mighty be .; made by the United States .fori the formulation . of a general Mexican' policy. .. . Nothing Definite Known. .. rV ; In the absence from: Washington of President . Wilson nothing definite could be learned about the plans of the government, but" it ' was generally " as serted that nothing would .be done un til there was official announcement from Mexico City on the outcome of Sunday's elections;- - - . - . Secretary Bryan: stated tonight. 'that no such communicatidn; had been re ceived. ii was we- general oeiier, now ever, in official oirclesthat the Presi dential election would be declared in valid and Huerta agaih ehosen" provi sional President. Whatever happens; 7A Y RECALL REgQGNITION hQweyer, the United States is bound by its. declaratien not to recognize the government as it will be constituted. Secretary Bryan plans to consult with President Wilson on the subject as soon as the latterreturns from Mobile. The President's speeches of the last few days with-relation , to a general Latin-American policy, gave rise to expectations of important develop ments before many days.: Most of the information to the de partment from Mexico during the day was routine. One dispatch, dated Oc tober 25th, stated that after " three days' fighting in Monterey quiet had been restored and that the Federals at that- time still held the city. No Americans or. other foreigners had been reported killed or injured., Reports, from the embassy at ..-3x-ico City stated that no violence oc curred during the election Sunday; and that the vote cast was light, -due to general apathyx - Throw Out Huertas Votes. : . Mexico City, Oct. 27.. The Mexi can minister of the interior, Manuel Gaza Aldape, was asked today if the few - votes ' cast in the i Presidential election Sunday in Mexico City might to. taken- as an indication of how much 'voting had been done elsewhere in the rrubiic and iff in view of the small t. umber - of- votes cast, the . election would be declared null by Congress, t The, minister replied that the point wb?ch"Will decfde the legality of the e' ections- apart from the absence of fraud will uot be whether "a majority of the voters-in each electoral district voted; it being immaterial for. in stance, if only ten thousand people iritbe capital cast their ballots. . - "The essential thing," Senor Aldape explained, "is that the returns come in from,' a . majority of the electoral districts, and that : the elections held jtherfc hv been fair, even though bnly la smailpropbrtion of the voters may haye availed -themselves of the priil- ege of - voting. - ' - : ' t 1 with regara to tne vote ior . rro VI have no news jt.any . .greatuni-1 betc-" volet"-havmg been, cast for Huerta ana Blanquet; Those which mayr have been casr ior Huerta win be thrown out as illegal - on - the ground of unconstitutionality in ac cordance witn tne resiaent s aeciara tkn.! - - :" -. ' ' !- - Deny Carden's Statement. London.r Oct. 27. "The British minister to Mexico did see some jour nalists, Tut in the course of the interT view he made no reference of any sort' or kind to the intentions or the policy of the United States in regard to Mexico." The foregoing is an autnorizea statement today issued at the foreign office, where - the officials have heard at length from the minister, Sir Lio nel Garden upon the divergent re ports relative' to his . recent interview. j f . Described as Farce. liondon, Oct. 28.-Comimenting on the result of the Mexican elections The Chronicle finds much resemblance between the present aspect of affairs in the United. States and that which preceded the Cuban war. The Daily News describes the elec tion as a farce and says: ' "Huerta's - hope of embroiling the United: States -with the European pow ers is futile. There is a fair degree of 7- ignorance and folly in European foreign offices, but they are not likely to quarrel with the United States for Huerta's 'beautiful eyes.' Time tells against Huerta,, for the rebels are marching from victory to .victory and after ' President Wilson's speech of yesterday no power can doubt that he is seeking ' neither conquest nOr con cession' but only tne good of Mexico itself.'' , The Daily Grapci soys: "Gen. Huerta must be a shallow man if he ' thinks that the trick, he nlayed'on the United States will mod-: 11 J . Uie - 81111 if y the attitude of the Washington mbt-fcaDinet. A" the dilemmas he may devise for the United . States will not availvhim." - - ' - Aopealed for Help. Mexico City, Oct. 27. The French minister has appealed to the American charge Nelson O'Shaughnessy for aid for the French colony at Santa Igna cio. State of Sinaloa. The place is said to have been taken by rebels and (Continued on Page Eight.) Josephus , Daniels Speaks at Mobile '. Mobile, Ala., Oct.' 27 Conceding the vast benefits that will accrue . to commerce thrbugh the opening of the Panama Canal, Secretary Daniels told legates to tle. Southern Commer cial Congress tonight that the opening would: not double : the efficiency of the navy. - He' denied claims that the fur thered' mobility ;of the . fleets would add so, much to tne sea power or tne United - States. He acknowledged, however," -Ijhat such mobility ' would render the "navy much more efficient. "During the long campaign to in duce the American people to pay the millions necessary to construct an isthmian canal," said the Secretary, "one of the strengest arguments, for the large expenditure was . that such a canal would double ; the efficiency of the. navy. . Wie were told also that it" wquM make for efficiency, in : the army and make the United States the dictator Of the Western .Hemisphere! ana tne mistress or tne seas. . - "Now" that the' canal is neariher "com pletion and: the day is near at handH when ships- will' sail from San Fran (Continued on Page Eight.) . . L " J MEETING OPENS ' ' Southern Commercial Con- (gres Begins Session at 7 : : ;; Mobile, Alabama. MANY NOTABLE SPEAKERS Wilson, Underwood, Daniels, Fletcher, ; Taylort'.iO'Neaf and Numerous- 5 . v ' Other' Men. of Fame De-: liver Addresses. vAobileV - Ala.; Oct. ' 27. A busy six hour stay "of" President Wilson in MoJ bile- speeches .by Majority Leader Os car Underwood, Secretary- of the Navy Tr- . . ' x , a i l uameis auu many ocners marKea. tne openlpg of the seventh annual South ern; Commercial Congress , here, today. Delegates from all sections of:-the South, heard President WUson utter distinctive statement: of. a '.-ftew'-. arusle of the policy of the United States o- wara;.LatinL. America, heard r Mr. Un: derwood advocate upbuilding of Amer ican -mserchant marine as . the besi method : of 'gaining commefce believed to- be ; due the South- because of the opening'-, of the Panama " - canal and Other speakers tell of the opportunity' that awaits "Dixie" when the canal is opened to trade. ' , .vThe programme early, in the day. as far as it affected President Wilson was delayed; and instead of the. dele gates hearing him speak twice-as had been planned, he delivered only one address because of lack of time. The President t let it be known that this administration -' would look to moral rather than - material interests for pacifying our. southern, neighbors and this stirred the delegates to a line of thought unexpected. - As the late Senator Morgan, of Ala banian -was one. of the. early advocates of a. canal across the Isthmus. Gov' ernor Emmet O'Neal, of Alabama, took for the-v slogan .of his .address intro ducing President Wilson "Alabama . - - - -Y:,;: ... . .-'-"t'u.';;' mm , ' r- t . tCEicaa UrFJetcher.of Flo- rMUTmvnis annual address told . or whatithe Coheifess had done in the pas.t 'year and: what was expected of it, during the next. Amtong other speakers' at the morning session was Congressman G. W. Taylor, of Ala bama, who welcomed the delegates to Albania.-0 . , . ; Immediately; preceding . Mr. Under wood at night was the address of Clarence Owsley, of Fort Worth, Tex as who. recited the enormous loss to the. -Southern planter through waste in handling. and marketing the cotton crop . Hfif said this amount was about $5 a bale of an estimated total of $70,000,000; this season. Methods of eliminating-this waste already advo cated.: were reiterated ' by him with the, statement that this elimination would'work as great a good to the South - as 'what was expected of the opening of " the canal. iMMry-r Underwood emphasized the poin that without shipping controll ed by the United States this country never could gain the increase in trade it expected4 from the opening of the canal. .He, pointed out that now about 10 pel - cent of the material imported and exported. into and Irom the Unit ed Stales, was carried in American bottomSv Iafostering American ship ping f:layvthe-- best chances of gaining through-the opening of the canal, said Mr. 'Underwood. One "Of -'the principal " addresses of the night," but which was not deliver ed until fateV was that of Secretary of the ;Naty Daniels, who spoke of "The Relation of Our Navy to the Panama Canal.?', v- v .., , . ,, .;. : The nf ternoon session was taken up with?-ftve, speeches on various sub jects?; tvThose who spoke were Emery R; Johnson;"' commissioner of Panama traffic; and ;tolls ; Lieut . Col. William L. Sibert, member of the Isthmian Ca nal Commission; A. H. Baldwin, chief of tbtr-bureaU: of foreign and domestic commerce Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Growers' As sociation, 'jW'ho spoke ' on "The Oppor tunity for increasing and -Maintaining the Demand,' for , American Cotton," apdP.V;P. :Claxton, -United States commi8siotteir; Of education, i' ; . Features, of the Congress tomorrow will be ji-tnemiorlal to the late Senator JobniT;UVIorgan, of Alabama -.and the beginning tot:-the convention of the women s auxiliary of the Congress. Gonior Felker -ffjlted Request SEVE In : rHmy ; cRocibeVN, H., Oct. ;27. Govern or lker-ifter hearing both sides to day;gt'fintfed;"the request: of Harry K. Thaf for vfurther continuance in ther ertradlon. proceedings,,, setting Novembef:th as the final date' on which; h'ia -tjdyneys may file a supple neiitilief i bearing Son the oon- spiricyidl6tnint returned against tbir :liiiijbi the New York county "gmndjluiv-;.; -:'Jrl:" -J;::. , -VA continuance of two s weeks had been requested, : William -Travers Je rome who. opposed the delay, will be allowed; two days to answer the new 'brief. v?i'43?'-'J - -'''' '' -'- ?- ' Bobahly.?3,006 persons gathered at the city nail t6 see Thaw and many crowded . Into . the room , where the hearihg-;s.; 5held. It was a - Thaw crowd and vwhen ' former -- Governor Stone, of nnsylvania, who appeared for, Thaw, .declared that the senti ment of t the people of New York, and New Hantpshire . was that, his client had ibeen" sufficiently ; punished, there wag a. demonstration of approval '- so noisy thaVj the Governor ordered the - . .-(Continuea. on Page Eait.) - ;.' - PRS. EIITpI! IAIN fj WITNESS STAND Cross Examination of Defend ' ant WUl 'te Continued Toi dayTPenieai Testimony. SHOWED SIEiNSflOF FATIGUE Most of Day. Taken ;tlp Telling of For mer LettisiVVj,sltteii Concern- ing . Mfrnuspanor-vouia Not tftrd erstand' Gbssi p. - Plymouth';-' .,Ma6si-.pct:'', 27. The cross examination c. Mi Jennie May Eaton who - fe cvn trial charged with f poisoning her hi3b and, Hear Admiral Eaton, v was ratal uncompleted when court adjourned nnfi":' She Jiad then been 0ni5;tlie stand 12 hours, six hours under irect emiaition 'Satur day and six hours in the Jiands of Dis trict Attorney Barker today. ' -' . Hilnotl tnmAlilnut fl Tl HL ItI t iPtk f Inn S Wflfft ' till WlUUllWV that she would be witness for . at least another day tor at adjourn ment, the district attorney : had not questioned her at all regarding he death of Admiral Eaton or incidents surrounding It. f The witness showed? signs of fa tigue. She answered questions-readir ly, however. . Much of the examina tion today had' to be with ..numerous letters writtet il by the-defendant. Be garding one okHhese,i writtenin .109 the witness saidx "? fy:li -'A :, ' "The' Admiral's btain -was full of drugs He was almost childish at times and should have been operated upon. If he had- been; he would have been alive today." ;. ' Mrs. Eaton repeatedly: contradicted testimony , given. by witnesses for the prosecution,, iluded iS that , of her daughter Dorothy, vwh had said that her mothers gave the Admiral- jnedl-. cine .in ls" tea. andjother- beverages. Mrs. -Eaton admittedKthat she had slons. , Once- -she satd she toldj the 4 Admiral about it,- ahdgaver it to Mm with his knowledge, 3but: the other time she did not use it. ' f'l never- could have " deceived Ad miral Eaton. S expert was he in medicines that lie would have de tected it immediately," she said. Ate the Medicine. . Some of the medicine: she got for the Admiral he liked so well that he "ate it like peppermints she declared. Explaining a phrasei in. one-of -ber letters which referred to; the ' "rotten ness of the navy," Mrst; Eaton said she believed the Admiral's, mental condition was due in a large measure to his life abroad while in the navy. "I was very fond of the Admiral and pitied him deeply," she replied when asked regarding testimony that -she had endeavored to have Eaton put away. She explained that she merely wanted to have him put in a sanatari um for three or six months as she believed it would cure himi ' "Did you ever see the Admiral use drugs?" "Yes. Dozens of times" was the re ply. "He would eat drugs from the palm of his hand and almost imme diately his eyes "would set and be come glassy ,anH?.he would appear as though intoxicated.". Admiral Eaton -was ashamed of his drug habit, the witness said: and often she had known him to sprinkle whis key on his coat and even cathis mous tache in'-order. torsive the-impression that1- liquor was --responsible : for ; his condition. , - . ' Going into details regarding neigh borhood gossip About, affairs of the Eaton family the witness- said : ' "I came from an exclusive family and I cannot understand all thia;; gossip. I sit and gasp at the dowdiness of New Engl and wom en. : : Southern women would be clever enough to know, which of two parties was short of brains;" Under the questioning of the . prose cutor, Mrs. Eaton repeated . her story of Saturday regarding her early life, and of her meeting with Admiral Eaton. ' .- - , The Admiral was very intemperate, she "said. "It was .- only when I saw that" he was going to kill himself that I decided to marry him," she said. "Then you married him to save his life?" asked Mr. Barker. f'Yes, I married him to save his life,"- replied Mrs. ' Eaton. : ; - sjAttorneys for Harry ..TEaw were given until November the 4th to pre pare a brief to present to; the Govern or of New Hampshire. v T :-i ;" : Mrs. Eaton was-again placed on the stand in her own defense yesterday. She-denied, the . testimony of hfir youngest daughter and of several oth er witrG6SSs. . . The first day of executive, conside ration of the currency bill developed into a, hearing behind closed- doors. Prof. Jenks was the witness -. in a speech before the Southern Commercial ' Congress in session in Mobile, Ala f President Wilson clearly defined the policies of - this ' country with the Republics of South America. He - carefully avoided all. mention of Mexico. .' . i u--- " : Dispatches-from! Mexico City state that voting was light at the Presiden tial election because of general apa thy. England's recognition of the gov ernment in that country was" binding only until the day of the election. She is now free to consider with the Unit ed States some definite Mexican pol icy. - o:-.-- ' v '. : - -" :: ; . - New York markets: " Flour firm. Wheat strong; No. 2 red 96 to 97 1-2. Corn , strong, 79 3-4. Rosin - steady. Turpentine steady. Money on call steady 2 7-8 to 4 per cent; ruling rate 3r closing 3 1-4 to 3. l.JSpot cotton closed quiet ; . middling uplands 14.50 ; Middling gulf 14.75r sales; 1,300 iales. OV TLINgS: - 1 " 1 f'TT,ra,li!gIg!!!! ' 'i T,r ' . Special Envoy to Mexico. - s John Lind, the man who represents President Wilson in the Southern Re public, is right on his job.e has faithfully carried out the instructions of tne tresment, ana nas aone all' in nis SOUTHERN BEAUTY KIARRIES Miss : Katheririe rtnc ,.fciins,ijjo4ow vortfcirati ator Stephen. jfHKThfjq o CUrffy Sil I .inmittee f-; Late Senator Weds American SvyeQtHeart y;. in Preference to Royalty. ; Elkms, W. Va., Oct. 2 7. Although intijnate friends and the family -had expected it for two years, the wedding of Katherine Elkins, daughter " Of ;jthe 'late United States Senator 'i Stephen B; Elkins, to William. F. RHittbf Washington, this afternoon 'was sur prise throughout this section.- Not s even . the mother of the bride was aware that preparations for '"the wed ding had been made by the couple un til several hours before it took place. , The ceremony was witnessed only by ' the immediate family, at Halley hurst, the, Elkins home here; Former Senator Davis Elkins was the attend ant of the groom and Mrs. Blaine Elk ins, sister-in-law of: the : bride," was matron of honor. Rev. F. Rv Barron, pastor of the Dav?s Memorial Pres byterian church here, was the. clergy: .man. - ; . - ' . "IS:.: ': ;:?, 7l The bride is also a granddaughter of former United States Senator Henry G.v Davis, and while they married v at 2 o'clock, so quietly had arrangements been made, that even- he, too,' was -unaware of the event in prospect until noon. "' : ! . William F. R. Hitt is a son of. the former Congressman fromIllinofs, and for some years has male : his home with his mother in Washington; 'During the' past three . or fourC years he has frequently been a guest 'fif ths Elkins family at Halleyhurst for, weeks at a time and on 'several occasions-ac? companied "Mrs. Stephen B :Elklns and the present Mrs. Hitt on - trips abroad.--- - '' iT?.'':,--- Owing to the' suddenness of the whole affair" no attention was paid- to dress and the ceremony was most ha-" formal. It is said Mr. Hitt's mother residing1 in Washington, D; iG., vW&s apprised of the marriage by, telegram this afternoon. The wedding-tfoUnd members of both families andvfriends linnrenared as to cifts. ' ?:; Mr.-Hitt met Miss Elkins irir, Wash ington society about ten years ago. Friends Are SurDrisedv - - . - - Washington, Oct. 27. Diplomatic and society circles in- Washington heard of the marriage of Miss Elkins to William F. R. Hftt with; Vbaiusual interest. The; news came as , a.' com plete surprise ; although it . wasnown that the .wealthy young Washingtonian had been an ardent - admirer " of -Mis Elkins for many years.- . . A few. years ago. capital society; was Certain that Miss Elkins" would v wed the famous Duke ,De Abruzzi, ' member of the Italian , royal Jamily. naval offi cer -and 'explorer.- About the" i3me the Duke1 came to America in command of the'-Italian Jleet that participated : in the - international renaezvous at ; - ine Jamestown Exposition his attentions, to the West Virginia heiress attracted attention. . : Then for several years there: were periodical semi-authentic announce ments Of an engagement. ' It was r said that the Duke's family objected fand th. Miss "fiJlkins had rejected the.' at iA tention of her royal suitor. .- i:'v7? t Denials followed reports but. all the time most people believed: that. in-th6 d the wedding ; would take place. Finally the Queen Dowager of Italy was said to have interfered. -At any rate; the Duke went on a two-year cruise: and nothing more was jheafd about the. romance. " - . v-t-vv, ,; ' - - i ' .-: 1-? ': Dawson. N.'- M-, " Oct. -27. Thd blai " number of bodies recovered from Stag Canon "Mine No .2, which was wrecked by an explosion - last- week, ,:was. In creased tonight to' 201. .-Normal -conditions are being restored, rapidly-. i power to restore peace in the disturb- BILL AGAIN IN HEARING - ...ueveiapsinto t.nacug e- - . - hind Closed Doors. Washington, Oct . 27. The first day set for executive consideration of the 'administration currency . bill . by the Senate Banking Committee resolved itself -into a hearing held behind clos ed doors. Prof.-Jeremiah W. Jenks, of the University of the City of New York, was on the stand. Prof. Jenks at the request of mem bers of the committee, came to Wash IngtOn'to-present a plan he had drawn tor tne estaDiisnment ot a government controlled central bank to dominate the financial system. , Today he endorsed the central bank plan proposed last week by Frank-A Vanderlip,-of New York, and declared that the Vanderlip plan in many of its details was more nearly an ideal cur rency scheme-than his own proposal . Prof. Jenks' plan contemplates the establishment of a central Federal bank . under, the control and manage ment of government officials with branches established in various parts of .the country. With this organiza tion to take the place of the 12 regional reserve banics proposed in the admin istration bill the Jenks' plan folltfws closely the Owen-Glass,: measure in the working out of details. '. The committee discussed with the witness a possible amendment which would maintain the regional -reserve bank form proposed by the admlmstra tion bill . but ' which . would ' eliminate the control of the regional institutions by the banks. ' Such a plan would in sure, government control of tne entire system as contemplated in a central bank olan and would maintain the lo cal character of the' institutions, in this connection the committee discuss ed. informally the opening of the stock of the regional banks to public sub scription or providing for capitaliza tion of the banks oy tne government, in- order to obviate forcing the banks to subscribe. , Members of the committee said that the expected executive consideration of the bill wOuld not be further delay ed by hearing, witnesses except as ex perts are called in to pass on propos ed amendments. : : :, VANDERLIP MAKES STATEMENT. Regrets Glass Thinks He Used Red - Herring., V New York, Oct. 27. Frank A. Van derlip, president of the National City Bank, issued a statement this after noon In reply to one given out in Washington yesterday by Carter Glass, "chairman, of the House Banking and Currency Committee. - ' -fr'r regret," says the stattment, "that the chairman of the" House Committee on Ban-king and - Currency feels that l have drawn a red herring across the path of currency legislation. If a plan for a government controlled central bank is a confusing factor in the po litical situation, the men who are re sponsible for it are' members of the Senate " Committee" on Banking : and Currency- I have been merely acting at their request to draft a polan which would - embody principles which they firmly held. - -:- ." : ('The principle of a government con trolled bank giving to. all borrowers the same rate originated with mem bers of .the Senatoe Committee, not with me. Nothing can pe turtner rrom my-purpose than to conTuse the legis lative situation. My whole aim is to be co-operative and to, do . whatI can to help out a plan that will be both sound oconomicaiiy .Ano meet every political" tenet that the - dominating party holds J. . TO GOtlVEIITIOII - v . ... "'. ' Tells of Relations of This Country With Republics of South America. NO REFERENCE TO MEXICO "With Moderation and Without India-cretlon"-Presjdtnt Outlines to Southern Commercial ' Con-' . gress Policie Mobile, Ala., Oct, 26.- While avoid ing any mention specially ?of Mexico or any European influence ; connected with the Mexican situation. President Wobdrow Wilson' delivered, a speech here today ' which appeared ' :to bo freighted with significance "and which served to point with further directness the policy of the 'United States not only toward Mexico but toward all Central and South - American repub- ' lies. :- . r'-,.. ..- '.V'. Mr. Wilson spoke before the South ern Commercial Congress and the big ' audlencewnich heard him constantly was swept with cheers and applause. The President smilingly took his hear ers Into his confidence when he ex- plained he must speak,"with modeia' tibn'and without indiscretion.'' ;A score ' of Latin-American diplo mats sat .just behind the President while he spoke and many of his re marks were addressed in conventional tones to them: There, were 'those in the audience who thought the Presl-... dent might take advantage of the' op portunity, afforded by his, speech here- : - v n to say something regarding the Mexi- -. '. can crisis. Mr. Wilson however, spoke - i only in-general' terms, but 'many of K. , " his ,. sentences were, pointed with a meaning bo clear ' as , to : leave littlej . -dbubt of their intent. -v:; : i " "Material interests" a :nbrasevmuClwVV ' MisinXernationally of "late , in char i stcterizing rtii'jlocetgiL'jaa - .... V CJ.i tlons tbwa?d cMexi&&Wrequently' a employed ! by -J the : President. He de clared the v Anrerican : republics j long a - - had suffered from the hard bargains forced upon them ;by: concessionairs I seeking "material interests" in . the . J countries affected. ' The President de-. clared that through-motives of- "mor- . j ality and not exDediency" the United. : - States desired to help the Latln-Amer- ican republics to an .emancipation from -the subordination-which has been in- . evitable to foreign enterprise." . Constitutional Liberty. The President's. speech was uttered with a confidence which bespoke the . ' dominant part the United - States ex- pects to play in the - .future of the American republics;: hot through any v idea of "materiai; interests," he care fully explained, but, through a love of the principle of constitutional liberty. "The United, States will never again seek to obtain one. additional foot of . territory by conquest," - he - declared ' amid applause. -w .;' .' - - Mr. Wilson spent six blisy hours In Mobile. He arrived early in the morn ing and was taken jointly in hand by the members of the Southern Commer cial Congress and . citizens of the city. He was breakfasted, -'.driven about the city in automobiles, was given a sight seeing expedition in ; tbV harbor and started back to ; Washington with cheers ringing about hiat. Special train.' The President was in tearing rush from the moment Unreached the city until he left and if 4nyydlfpatches of State reached him, they were deferred . until he reached the' seclusion; of his train. ..'--fv,' .v:-! ' - in his address Mr., Wilson-spoke of his interest in all things-Southern. . , "But today I do not need to speak of the South," he added.. "She has . perhaps acquired the gft : ol. speaking for herself. I come because l want to speak of our present; and prospective relations with our ; neighbors to the South. I. deemed it aVimblic duty as well as a personal pleasure to be here to express for myself and rfor the gov ernment t represent, " the : Weldome we all feel to . those who., represent the Latin-American States?; The future is going to "be very different for . this hemisphere from the past. ' ' "These States lying to the South of lis, which have always been our neigh bors, will now be drawn closer to us by innumerable ties, &nd, lhope, chief of all, by the tie of a-common under standing of each other.--r ;? Ties of Commerce;:. "Interest does noti 'tie nations to-. g'ether. It sometimes separates them; but sympathy and understanding does unite them. And I believe that by the new route - that is justtAbout to be . opened, while we physically cut two , continents asunder,; we spiritually unite -uiem. This .is a spiritual end which we seek.' I wonder if you real- ize.vl wonder if your: imaginations have , been filled with the significance of : the-ties of commerce, "p??a-t- ; v "These srreat tides wnich have been running along parallels of latitude will, now swing southward.- athwart' paral lels of latitude, and that opening gate at the Isthmus of Panama -Will open the world to a commerce that she has not iknown before a commerce of in telligence, of thought'anar sympathy between North and South; and the Latin-American States;iwhich, to their disadvantage, have been" off the main lines will now be. on -the1 main lines. ' I feel that these gentlemen'Jionoring' us with their presence today will pres ently find that some partr at any rate, of the center of gravity of the world,' has shifted. Do you realize :that New York, for example, will be nearer the , western coast of South i America' than she is how to the eastern- coast of South. America? ; r- - r ' ; . ; "There Is one peculiarity about tne ..... history of the Latin-American States, which I jam sure they are jteenjy aware of. You hear of concessions to for eien caiiitalists in Latin-America. You do not hear of concessions to for eign capitalists in the. United - States. - i. 1 4: -I i.-'s
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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