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MEXICAN CONGREb TO CONVENE t6dAY Huerta's Message Will Defend gress No Reference to International Relations is Made- Read and Discussed at Meeting of Cabinet -Washington Considering Serious Matters AfFecting Mexico. Mexico City, Nov. 19. Speculation as to what Presidents Wilson intends to do in the face ;of Mexican diffiulties was increased today by the knowledge that the American charge d'affaires, Nelson. O'Shaughnessy,, had received new instructions from Washington to wait at his post for further instruc tions and that f important matters were under consideration. ' ; The announcement "that -JBritish squadron is coming to Mexican waters created keen iatefes, but the?. effect, upon the Mexican inind was-reassuring rather than otherwise, ."because t he Mexican people "continue to look niion Great ? Britain asa friend, fn ' . , . r.- jfv.-. Official quarters , the dispatch- Of the squadron was . styled as an act "of' courtesy. . The foreign colonies" in the Mexican selves in the event. of. disturbances in' the city and particularly should the final settiement.be'.:' left to the-Mexl-: cans themselves. - ' Both Sir Lionel Carden and Admiral Von Hintze, the British and German, ministers, respectively,' have suggest ed to their nationals .the advisability of perfecting some sort or a defense organization. 1 .,r - - Xo such advice has been given to the Americans, but - committees are quietly working out a plan of defense and it is possible that there will be formed a general . organization em bracing the American,'" British, . Ger man and Austrian residents. : : The American charge, today attend ed a reception given to the diplomats by Gen. Huerta afiChapultepec castle. It was an elaborate affair and was held there because of the , restricted facilities of the . President's town and suburban . homes. ? . " - ; "Gentlemen, and..;you of the diplo matic corps, I ask. yon to drink with me the health of : tbe . American, peo--pie." -. ''v -;' - In this pointed manner, Gen. Huer between. tha-AirwrjflaiiWgQvrnment4 aud Am;tmiVi;Mr JIrs, . .O'-. J Shaughnessy ,were-;greetedreffuslTelyl by the tresideiitt tne recepuon at1 Chapultepec Gen."f Huerta embraciiig the charge, v - . ; '. Huerta's Message.-" Mexico City, November 19. -President Huerta in-bis message to Con gress Thursdays afternoon will quotes Napoleon in justification of his arbi trary dissolution of the old Coiigress and he serves notice that, he will ask. the new Congressto grant him 'apo litical bill of health. ; , Not even a reference to the interna tional relations is made in the mes sage which General Huerta has "pre pared. The document was rea'd and nriefly discussed 'at a meetingf the ahinof Ai1ir Ka rnlnlofara o irr n or with their, chief that .he? had done iteell in not attempting Co.-coyer too inuch ground. . . : . i ' ' The President confines ' himself en tirely to a' reviewf of the incidents leading to the dissolution of theold Congress and Justification for his act. What may be regarded as a bint of the delicate situation which Mexico as a Nation is occupying, appears in the conclusion-bf the message, jwhen he reminds the Congressmen that. the moment is a solemn one, and possibly-: decisive for the future of the Nation. In this connection the;President; says that the eyes of all the people of Mex ico as well as those of the civilzed world are upon them. The messagecloses with an expres sion of the hope that soon all Mexico may be united and; that - all may Join in the task of National reconstruction.. Lack of Harmony. " Attention is called to the alleged lack of harmony existing between the' executive and. judiciary on - the one hand and the Chamber of Deputies on the other, prior, to the .'dissolution, charging that Hhe - chamber attempted to frustrate the, executive. The mes sage also explains that the executive did all in his power' to prevent -a rup-. ture and to ' maintain relations vrith Congress. -..-.. According to General Huerta's mes sage, "Congress became, in fact, the center of revolutionary activity, a sort of open aeencv lor Northern rebels en gaged with armB -in slaughter and pill-1 i 1 s ; tH age, auu, wnu.ib wuiee buii, iix ,uic task of bleeding the fatherland, to ex pose it in its t weakness and poverty to danger from abroad; took an atti tude of opposition against the govern ment in the wofk it was attempting and invaded, aggressively, not only the province of the judicial power but also that of the. executive, in-order to sec ond in this manner, the nefarious ac tivity of the rebels. . ; ' --' "- General Huerta says that he choose not to vacillate under these conditions and resorted at last to the ; extreme measure of dissolving Congress, using. tieiicate situation, and caiiea new eiecM tions. Defending his action, - General Huerta says it always will, be a ; tipbie act and argues that in any' ease it is preferable to save the Nation, even at the sacrifice of - principles, than ito i preserve intact, at the expense, ox tne people the rigid, inert precept of jus tice, the utility orwmcn mayoe open to controversy.;-.' . Quote Naooleon. fn th'is connection he quotes :Na-, poieon to tne enect mat tne law is net violated when you save the father land." . ' - ' He promises later to give Congress a detailed report of his acts in con-1 nection with the, taking over of the di rection of, the departments ordnance, interior andywarr-yyy. " - Congress Is informed that if it con siders the : President's, act as honest, patriotic and of, service, it will give him its supreme sanction. .But if not it is invited to place the responsibility on him who deserves1 it, with the as surance that neither the President nor any of his secretaries will, evade any V His Dissolution of Former Con responsibility, since alt had agreed to any .'sacrifice necessary v in behalf of the welfare of the country. . A telegram from Secretary of State Bryanvis reported to have reached the American embassy this morning. It is said to contain information that a "mJatter of. a serious nature" is under consideration in Washington in refer ence "to-Mexieo.". '.--" Charge O'Shaughnessy declined to giVe any further intimation of. the con tents of the" message. A - " - -'- ; f : L. Delay Justified. ? Washington, November 19. While on , the surface "there was a; lull in the negotiations 'between the Huerta gov ernment and the United States, it was apparent that messages were - passing tb l arid f rdih Charge O'Shaughnessy paying -the "way for future steps by the 7Pn3ted "States, lit was said by high tSKu-u, ' that, th' nnnarant dplv.wns justified but the circumstances were not 'revealed. :The meeting of the Hu erta Congress was awaited with much interest, and it is thought possible here that the next "move may be based on action taken by that Congress. It has been expected that the Congress would nullify, the recent Presidential election and "arrange for a future election and perhaps vote on certain concessions. Suen action, in view of . the announce ment of the American government that it -would "not recognize any acts of the -Mexican Congress might move the sit uation a. step furthers The recent parleys between General Carranza and William Bayard Male at Nogales are .still cloaked in secrecy. Officials minimize the importance , ot these negotiations. .The fact that they hate been ended1 was regarded here as meaning merely that Mr. Hale had ob tained all the information ' desired about the character of the Constitu tionalists' chiefs, their programme and purposes. -' 5 - . . ' Formal recognition, such as the pre sentation of credentials might involve had friot been" consideeed, the mission of Mr. Hale being wholly unofficial. I The attitude' of high officials, is . tQ place more -stress, "on the affairs at 4 U&$!&;.tt&-3<. la' oointed Otttrthat edtiatioh& of a Veiyiennite character iMth3hjabJCotitwdnlSBtf could T only "lie of valuta after Hperta f lmie Interest hovwu -' j Twol events connected with the milif tary-and naval situation in regard to Mexico today gave, a faint tinge of in-. terest to-a. aay otnerwise unmarKea by "developments. - Early in the day General Bliss, com matiding the American troops on the. Mexican border, -was authorized to de tain indefinitely the Second Cavalry Regimentfet -Fort Bliss, and theFifth at Fort Huachuca. They-were to have come north as soon as they were re lieved by the two regiments recently ordered to Texas-for that purpose. Senator Sheppard and Representative Henry, pointing to the danger to which their people at- El Paso and other points were exposed by the re ported approach of a large force of Mexican Federals intent on revenging themselves upon the: troops of General yilla for the capture of Juarez, had urged the War Department to keep all four regiments on the-border. News that three big British cruis ers' had been ordered to proceed from West Indian port's to Vera' Cruz,- create ed seme comment in official. '..circles, where if was-recalled that recent Lon don .dispatches, had ' indicated thaf .the British: government' would entrust, the rtBterest of their subjects in Mexico to the United fitates. It was pointed out, however, taat. the Washington govern menthad welcomed the appearance of fo'reigh-'watahips 'in : Mexican - waters aid: that the gathering of British, Ger mail, Japarfese and French vessels bT the . coast mieht indicate to General .Hnerta growing lack of confidence, on tne?part OL roe powers in ms- aouujr together to maintain himself 'and in sure the safety of foreigners in ; Mex ico: -.'."V '' .- 7 ' . . '.,--"--v. Surprise Expected. 'Army reports greatly minimize the strength . of; the" contending forces at Juarez last week, 'indicating that Vil la's rebel command did not exceed 1, 50o ; while the Federal garrison was only about'600 strong. The staff offi cers are -inclined -to believe that , the apparently aurprising apathy" of the Federal commanders can be explained only upon tie theory that, they are en deavoring to -take the rebels by sur prise and Will unexpectedly appear in great iorce-'at -some point, where they expect to rtfflict a telling blow. - White House 'officials" would ..make no comment ;tday on dispatches from Nogales saying-. the Constitutionalists had: asked William .Bayard. Hale .for forn'alcredentials'beforerphrsuing.-iie-. gbtiations. - -." . - " j-" ' ' :j - One OjBcial described, the wh.ole sit uation as metel ' "incubatingJ : .:r ' Chairman 'Bacon.pt the Senate For eignelatfons' Oonimtttee; discussed, the Mexican : situation with, the Presi- .- y 33ver: at: Nogales..; - NfyealeS.' OSonora.' - November- ,19.-r Npgaies ijonora, r oyemoer-.y?'; General Vennstlano ;; Carranza, r civil and; military head of the Constitu tionalist revolution, left late .todays on a special train-for the, Soujh;. Earlier, in the day William Bayard Hale, who has .; acted as -President Wilson's per sonal spokesman in the diplomatic exr l nhan es aunne tne : last wees, naa 1 taken his departure from Nogales; Ari zona, tlius enamg tne aeanngs oetween the Mexican insurgents, and the Amer; ican government. . - - : The special train whicn conveyed General Carranza,' his staS officers and newspaper correspondents, stopped for the night at Magdalena, in-order that Carranza might: give a -ball ' to - the townspeople in return for one tender ed Jitm recently; It was said the train would proceed tomorrow .to .Hermol SillOj T-;i; o'-- ':'." ' " . ' -I-' ---i ':' '.'"-: British Vessels to Mexico. 1 V i Bridgetown, Barbados, Nov -. 19 . The - British cruiser, squadron 'in - West Indian waters- 'has received peremp tory orders to proceed to Vera ' Cruz .- --y ' (Continued on Page - Bight) LABORERS TOf Oil POLITICAL PARTY Time Not Ripe at Present, but -., .( ?-.- t ... . ... . --. Unionists Must Look For ward to its Birth. , RESOLUTIONS WERE ADOPTED Many Speakers Express -Views" Upon .. Different Subjects Matter of v -; 1 PoUt"c Takes Most of Time ' ' During Sessions. Seattle- Wash;, November 19. That the time Is not ripe for the formation of a labor party but that trade uion- ists should look forward to increasing political activity, was affirmed ;.todr as the position of the American Fed erationVof .Labor, in convention here, which -adopted by a vote of 193 to 15 a declaration of principles as follows: "While political - developments are encouragingly v progressive -and should be continued and further developed in the "future we belfeve the time has not arrjved when with due regard for the economic movement, still young and' hopeful in organization, a distinct labor political party should be form ed. ' . "We, are' confident that 'when our present political activities have suit ably matured a new political party will be the logical result a party in which. will be amalgamated the reform and kuinanitarian forces which will represent and stand for the protection and supremacy of human rights, giving legislative expression to the sound economic, and political ' position that the producers of . wealth are entitled to their full share of - the value there of and as opposed to a party in which may be found the forces representing and holding supreme the. so-called rights of. property and whose legisla tive goal - would be the guarantee of continuation of ,the system which puts the :dollar above humanity. 1 :.- . ':, 'T Re'afnrm Recommendation. "For tne present,- we recommend rftvictioir:addeveepaeat-f44abor non-partisan political,: position, name-. -v that "the programme and. policy de clared by the American Federation, of Labor as authorized by the convention through the' executive council, and the organized workers throughout the country,? be reaffirmed,, and we urge that - this programme and policy be pursueddn subsequent campaigns. ' "To our fellow -workers and fellow citizens all over North America we alsoiurge that organized labor's slo gan should live in deeds .'stand faith fully .by our friendfl and oppose our enemies' rand that members of trades unions in the nominated - and elected to municipal, county. State, - Federal and dominion offices." ; The principal speakers on the'decla ration were Max Hayes, Socialist floor leader,- and James Duncan, first vice president, -, favoring it, and George L . Berry,1-president of the International Printing Pressmen's Union, opposed. Two resolutions that brought up the religious question, as influencing the formation: of Christian ' trade unions in Europe,, were speedily defeated. Among.resolutions adopted were the following .- - - r : -'' '' . "Jhstruc'ting tlte executive council to seek enforcement of the new tariff "provision against convict-made goods. , rinstruoting the president and exe cutive council to Work or .employment of Tennessee , convicts on. roads . and abolition of prison contract labor in. that State,"- : v : ; :V Parish. Nov.. 19. The French government-today accepted . President Wilson's invitation to send some rep resentative French ' warships tQ Hampton-Roads to join in the .cele bration of. the opening of the Panama Canal. : -. . " ' THE WATERWAYS G0HVEIITI0I1 Coastal Canals Would Greatly Help Country In Time of War, as Well as "Peace -Protection x fori Life a ndy Property from . Storms. ; Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 19. Bene fits to 'Se derived from an inland water way, along. the Atlantic coast, both in times jot peace and in the exigency of war, ; were 'descrjbed by speakers who ajpeared today and tonight before the isiit'h' ahnval convention, of the Atlan tic.' Deeper Waterways Association. ?vfCaptaia" Jacob, uf the United -States Revenue : Y Cutter ,-service, principal speaker," today, .dwelt upon the ad van? tages tthaiteuch ha waterway would affOrrcoastwise" Shipping, should the Atlantic "coast be threatened by a for navyi He also pointed out that much of the present loss of life land property in .storms: along ithe 'shore Would be obviated . by;ian - inland canal. v ..' Greetings from the Mississippi to the Atlantic -Waterways Association were presented f to 5 the convention tonight. The association which s yesterday closed - its , annual "convention at Pa latka; Flav," and sent a 'large delega tion to attend the meeting here, hearts ilyendorsed the proposition of a coast alanaU, v - - - a ' WasWfigton'n rNbvember : 19 .The city of Charlotte, N. C, and the Char lotte Shippers and Manufacturers' As sociation -today - filed " complaint- with the Inter-State Commerce Commission against f the . rate - of $3 a ton on ; cast iron pipe used in water and sewer, sys-:. tem wdrk.'?- The rate from jthe iVir-., giniaTpdmtfhamea to Atlanta and Au-jJ gustai,: oa.v- is $3.25 a ton, ana cnar- 1 lotte , complains this is discriminatory. 1 PROPOSE FEDERAL - - mAtld Gifford Pinchoty Former Forr ester, Leads Fight Before Conservation Congress ' BRYAN TO MIKE ADDRESS Forestry Matters ta be Discussed To day Until, Resolutions Commit-, . tee Ready ta. Make "Report on v Watei Pwer Control. - ; a ' ' . t - " " - Washington, 1 November 19 .Pro ponents of Federal .' control of water power rights ledy Gifford Pinchot, former chief forester; Henry L. Stimf sea, ' former -ecretiry oJ War, ; and Walter L. Fisher and James R' &arw field, former 'Secretaries of the Inte rior,, won a victory .today . in the 'Na tional CohseiryationCongress here in the first testf8trth):'thellHa' mount issue of the assemblage. ; By a "vote or?43to :i5ra motion td refer to the'rResotutions Committee that portion of. the report of. the Com mittee -on .Waterways which was uuan- imous, was voted down-and. the report subsequently -was adopted, without: a roll call. The Vote followed a day of lively debate m-: which the issue clearly defined was Federal oriState control of waterway , development in the future. '. The result did not finally determine the policy, however as divergent: re ports from . the; committee .on water ( Continued' on ' Page Eignt.) - : Discrimination By M J 1 AS ' L.oai uomDanies ' Philadelphia, Nov. . 19. Declarations that the anthracite carrying railroads uiscrimmate against ' tne -inaepenaeni companies shipping! hard coal - to 'ithe rcalled' railroad .scornlu companies' and that this alleged discrimination leads the independents, to seek- more profit able markets," thus creating anrtHi cial shortage on the fuel in the Fall and Winter months, were made today at the Inter-State Commerce Commis sion's inquiry into anthracite freight rates. They were made by C: A. Eastman, of the. Eastman Barber Com pany, who also is - interested In coal companies in Indiawu.. 7 Mr. Eastman's' testimony came' after counsel for the commission had con cluded examining operating officials of the Erie, Reading and Lehigh Val ley railroads regarding the handling of coal. He took the stand voluntari ly. Mr. Eastman testified that the freight rate on aathracite from the mines to Buffalo for shipment to points in Ohia, Indiana, Michigan, cer tain points in Illinois and all lake points is $2 a ton, while the rates from the mines to Chicago is $1.75. He further testified that on account of the differential in freight rates on coal going in the same direction there is a chance for manipulation of about 60 cents per gross? ton. "As a shipper in Chicago', Mr. East man said, "as long as we- purchased anthracite coal from what are known as the railroad coal "companies, 25 cents a ton .was handed:; back - to us when the coal- was consigned to points that take the-$2 rate." Independents, he said, :could not af ford to do this. ' The witness testified that through the alleged '1 control of the so-called railroad coal companies by the car rier these coal companies realize more-.f or. their coal at the mines than the independents. ' Continuing, Mr. Eastman said: V --- The result has heen that there has been built up in Chicago, ?n connect tiOn with some anthracite coal roads, a very large retail organization 5 that is gradually,, eliminating all competi tion.." . O UT LINES The British government' has ordered three -battleships to Mexican waters. McGuire, of Syracuse, was again put on the witness stand in the John; Doe proceedings in - New York yesterday. He was a very unwilling witness. ' Former I Judge . Thomas H. Sutton, a native of Wilmington, died yester day at his home in Fayetteville. " : ; r The special intra-State freight rate commission will hold its preliminary meeting in Raleigh Monday. - Negotiations between Carranza and Hale are Over..; Carranza left on a spe cial train for the South while Hale will probably return to Washington; - Gifford Pinchot before the .National Conservation ' Congress.1 in session ; at : Washington, led a fight for Federal control of all - water power. ? . . ' v .-- Both factions of the currency com mttteehave about finished their drafts and will get together this morning to prepare1 a report, to be made to the: senate. . , - William F. McCombs refused to take charge of Tamman'y Hall to re establish it and to oust Murphy. " He went -to Washington to lay the -matter before iPresident-Wilson. y The investigation of charges that of ficers -of the. 'Frisco had -gone in part-' nership vwith owners of subsidiary roads that later sold out to the larger system, were continued at St. Louis yesterday. . -': ,z :;', . . :'--' 4 New York .markets: Flour quiet. Wheat steady. No. 2 red 97 1-2 to 99. No. 1 North era Duluth 95 1-2. Corn steady 83. . Rosin - quiet, turpentine steady. . Money on -call easiers 2 3-40 3 per cent; ruling raters-3-4 ? closing 2 3-4 to 3. Spot cotton - ouiet, mid dling uplands 13.70, gulf 13.90.- - : nnnfDni:ncj uunmuLui i.-HiLn BOTH DRAFTS ARE r - - k nrsn nnninirTinn inc nun Widely Divergent, Two Fac tions of Committee" .to ! Hand Them to Senate :, FULL MEETING THIS MORNING Democratic and Republican Senators Gather Today to ;Form : Report for the Senate Steering , Committee Meets, Washington,! 'November 19. With two widely-divergent . drafts 1 of the ad ministration currency - bill practically completed .a programme for the ' con sideration of the currency legislation in. the Senate . will be arranged by Senate leaders tomorrow ; The Demo crats of the Banking and Currency Committee and . the Republicans and Senator Hitchcock were about through tonight with the framing of their re spective drafts. -. A meeting of the full committee will be held tomorrow morning to -decide on what form the report ta the. Senate . wui taxe. i he suggestions of;the Re publicans that the committee1 report itseir evenly oividea ana . unaoie to agree and file the two proposed: bills as amendments to the House bill may; be adopted. A meeting of the Senate Steering Committee will . take up the currency situation : before the ..Senate meets tomorrow and also will consider: the possibility of an adjournment .of Congress, although leaders have, prac? tically abandoned that idea.- . -. The Democrats of the Banking and Currency . Committee, today adopted an amendment providing for, the refund ing of the outstanding;Jpo ; per cent; bonds and . the . IssuandW Of ithree per cent., bonds for them. The' three per cent, bonds would be 'purchased and held by the regional , banks toy be used in maintaining the gold reserve. The Republican, bill' provides rof the issue of one-year . three - per cent.notes in lieu of the two per rceptvdfor4 similar purposes. vTne Kepuoucans nnauy - re1 vis ed their. requtrBmentft ftk-4thrShifrvi' ing of reserves 'to the newaystem. xhey provided that the resery.es aqouiu be turned over to the-: regional f our per cent. of the country banksand five per cent, of city banks should, be de posited. ' J This plan was devised to relieve any. strain that the sudden shifting of large reserye funds might cause. v ,, , TO HOLD EXA1.VI I NATIONS. . For Fourth Class . Postmasters ; in February. . . y Washington, Nov. 19.-xamlna-tions for appointment as fourth clasf nostmasters. the - civil - service com mission announced today, will be held during January in Deieware, '. New Mexico, New Hampshire, ' yVermonf, i- lorida, Virginia and WybmingjtThe examinations . will be conducted ; , in those postoffices in which the 'presen incumbents were not appointed under the civil service regulations. -- .;7; Announcement also was made -that the proposed examinations in : North Carolina in January liad been 'post poned until February, the exact date to be announced soon. :' HELPING OLD SANTA- '. ,7 ' People Urged to Mail Christmas Pack- - . . ages ' Early, y - , - -;" Washington, Nov.' 19. Aid to Santa Claus, who in this case meand - the overworked Christmas season iinajl clerk and carrier, was extended todiy by Postmaster General Burleson. He ordered sent to the 60,000 postontces throughout the country conspicuous placards requesting ' everybody " ;to mail their Christmas parcels ekrjiy, wrap them securely and address' them plainly. .' :-. '. v-r" .. . y JUDGE JH0S.H. SUnOtlDEUD 3 :.sy - Native of WllmlnNgton, Formei:."JurIst, Leading' Practitioner,- Hifetoriah;4 and Legislator Passes at His-..;: - Home in Fayetteville. - -fc . (Special Star Correspondency.) "-'ijjit. -. x ayetteville, N. CV Novembei 18.--Former Judge Thomas H , Suttoh . d'd this afternoon at his home heitfviire he was brought yesterday- by; his son, Wallace , W. Sutton,' from Wfeavrs ville, where he has been f s0jonrhfng on account of his health. ! ; h&rg , Judge Sutton was born in WiimiiSg- tbn and; moved here from Elizabeth town to practice law in 1874.THe was a member of the General Assemblies of 1887, 1889 anr 1897, and!:waSjn 1897-8. judge of Superior Court.- in which position he displayed great abil ity,." In the prime of his power, he was considered one of -the ablest criminal pr!ctitioners in North - Carolina.- Me served during tne civil war -as a: member of the "Wilmington Rifle Guards of the 18th North Carolina Reg iment, one 01 the cracit regiments of Stonewall Jackson s army and" which. with the 15th Virginia, fired on Jack son, at Chancellorsville. He was his torian of that regiment Judge Sutton was one of the historians whoi contro verted the i story, of Barbara Freitchie as contained in Whittier's poem. ; - He 'was among tne uonieoerates ; . wno marched through Fredericks CitF and treated this subject in ClarH's . North Carolma Regimenta . ; -'rj; ; : : In addition to a sister, Mrs:y wv:-ii Shaw, of Wilmington, and his - wife, who was Miss Ida Cromartie, he leaves five sons and daughters, W. W; Sutton ."Rowland ; Thomas H. Sutton Jr., wno is on nis weuuuig 11 ip lu.iue onu Mrs: Charles Rankin, Miss DeilSutton and Miss Kate Sutton. , 1 - iiinn uu JURE AGAIN Oily WITNESS STAND John Doe Inquiry Into Crook edness of Tainmany Dur- ing Late Elections. LOOXIIIS BID TOR MURPHT Weak and Pale Man Who Was Made to Tell the Truth by Threat of indictment,, Tells Some Things; Not "Others. New York, Nov. 19.;George H, Mc Guire, of Syracuse, pale and often weak of memory,- whispered corrobo ration of charges,, made by John A. Hennessy against alleged grafting politicians, in a irelentless three 'hour ordeal' of examination this afternoon by District Attorney. Charles . Whit- man McGuire was the day's sdle witness in -the : John Doe inquiry through which Mr.' Whitman is seek ing to bare corruption- among pemo- cr atic and Republican collectors of campaign contributions from 300 or -more contractors On State barge ca nal and highway work. ' , Hennessy, investigator of graft for ex-Governor- Sulzer; sat- in the court room -and heard the district attorney force 'the unwilling witness to con firm charges of corruption made by Hennessy during the moyoralty: fight in New York City. Of none of these. charges, however, could the witness speafcvor -his own Knowledge, rney had come to. hfm-in the gossip of con-? tractors and small talk of politicians. McGuire testified that he had heard 40 or more, charges pf contractors be ing" forced to malte contributions; would , not give the district: attorney the name of a single person who nad given him information.-. ' y. "How did you learn this?" Mr. .Whit man asked repeatedly. - v ' - j "I heard r it," was McGuire s invaria ble -answer. ;' . S. ; . - stock -answer was: I don't recalL" . enxiy .-: naou, weaxenea mucn since j pe collapsed on the Witness stand Oast week-when-forced to admit the falsity of nreyious testimony., her recalled when i on the stand before. This he corrected by reading into the . record a 12rpage typewritten statement. . In this' he flatly contradicted much;of his previous testimony especially his de nials or having torn iennessy any thing concerning the alleged "sand bagging" contractors. Hearsay evidence. What McGuire had heard included charges that 4. contractors had been forced' to make campaign r contribu tions to politicians in 1912; and that Everett Fowler, of Kingston, now un der Indictment on a charge of extor tion had been appointed at a meeting between C-Gordon.. .Reel, former, su perintendent of highways; Norman E. Mack, Democratic State chairman, and JohnyA.Dix, then Governor of New York, to make some of these col- ections. r ' What McGuire khewdefinitely was that he and his brother. James K. McGuire, for six years mayor of Syra cuse, had; profited by . .commissions on the sale of asphalt,- and '.oil to r the imitate and c to contractors -x on state work:' The. commissions, - he said, amounted to between $41500 and $5,000 of which" $1,300 had been paid. . : The witness corroborated his pre vious testimony ,, that- he had: given $3,500 "to William Sulzer when he was Governor. Of this sum, he said, $2, 500 was given "out .of sympathy", last June "when the -Governor sent for him and told him he needed money.. "After I had given the $2,500," Mc Guire further, said. "I got to thinking it over and concluded it was a larger contribution than I, could i afford, so I went to Arthur, Jonnson-hevwas the Barber Asphalt Co.'s agent. I . told him I wanted him . to ', reimburse me for some of it, if he felt that he could. As well as I recall it, Johnson said he would pay half. In any event, I got a check for $750 from, him a few days later." ' "isn't it the trutn, demanded Mr. Whitman, "that Governor Sulzer sent for -you and told you that the. Barber Asphalt Co., was making money out of the sale of its alphalt to the State and that you had to come across to him with some of the profits?", "No, sir,", McGuire answered quick y The hearing will be resumed Fri day. ' 'iy. ;---'V.-y': .v . y?; .,. r ,. , , District Attorney.,: Whitman -questioned McGuire: closely concerning his stock in the Barber Asphalt Co.. Mc Guire was ah unwilling witness. He finally admitted that yhe owned 100 shares of 'stock iln the. company. He had not mentioned .'this fact to former Governor Sulzer, but -he did tell the Governol that the State was not get ting - good asphalt : : on its contracts. jThe asphalt of which the witMss compiamea. was soia oy a- cumytjn tor of the Barber company. .. y . ; ' ' "I kpew, that - the v specifications were not being-'enforced." McGuire said. ' "f-thought the . State was enti tled to its money's worth. So I told the Governor." 1 ' ' : From January 1. 1913. McGuire tes tified, he and his brother James. K. McGuire, of Syracuse -got a commis sion on every dollar's worth of as phalt sold by the Barber company to the State of New York. v - . y fSKS FOR AUTHORITY. Burleson Wants Money. Orders Good i at am unices. , Washington.. Nov.. 19. Postmaster General Burleson today decided to ask Congress for authority-to make post- office money orders "payable - at , any postotnee ; rather than ; only at some specined office as is now the case. A commission? which Mr.y Burleson ap pointed .-some time asO : to. study the question made this recommendation to mm. , ' - ,: . -' - i DISCUSS CURE OF, ,UIAL FEVER Doctor Advocates Use of Io - dine in Abdominal Opera tions Others Averse. - OR. MIUIBE HiDIGIIAIiT 'v. Declares He Would Shoot, Any Man r and Pouring Iodine In the Cavity If No Other Way to Stop Him. ". Lexington Ky. Noy, '.l9.--A num ber of ills that man Is heir to were figuratively put through the' third de gree 'here today , before . the sections of the Southern Medical Assocfation's convention. Malaria, that ancient en emy of the race;; ": pellagra, a more re cently' catalogued : fo$, 'and,' various pathological '.conditions were dragged ' out into "the open and Examined , in papers and addresses .as to their caus es, their prevention and, their cure. made before the medicai section came from Dr. W. A. Dearman, y of Long Beach, Miss. He said, that extensive experiments, had convinced ' him that pellagra ; is a parasitic infection . and . that its prevalence ' in many nouse holds is chargeable to the ! bed bug,. and the flea. . When monkeys - and r' bits are innoculated with the virus of pellagra, he said, they exhibit symp toms,' similar to these thatUndicate the presence of the disease in man. Corn Not ' Responsible. Dr.' Seale Harris, of Mobile, secre tary-treasurer of the association and editor in chief of the Southern Medi cal Journal, in discussing ; the diges tive symptoms of ' pellagra y said -that . the elimination of milk from the diet for several days at a - time .appeared to have a good' effect and. that takindr the patient's -mind y 0fr;hisv nialady ap-. 01 envwonmenssaiso naa prov ed 'henaial:; i.-id 'fVirthflr -lia 7 had any'thine" to do with ithe. origin' of- peuagra nan Deen exploded and tie xe- ierred to the numerous . experiments being carried out in. following up th' general belief that the disease is nar- asitic. .-' ' ! In the surerical section - Dr. Matthew J. Shield, of Washington, D. C., told of the application! flrsti aid to the . injured principles in mine accidents. He outlined the methods now in use - at all well regulated mines., y ir. jonn it. watneh, ..-of. Louisville, Ky., described the operation for goi tre, and Dr. Stuart McGuire, ' of Rich mond, Va., read a-paper' relating to pathological gynecological conditions. uiscuss Malaria. ; Lexington, i Ky.il No vyr 1$. Malaria and its treatment - occjjpied the atten tion 01 xne medical section of the Southern; Medical' Consrresa for a larea part of. its session today. 7 .Dr. . C. C. laass, 01 iNew: oneansv-m. a paper on "The Prevention andure of Malaria dealt extensively with the subiect. Dr. H. H. Booth, of Drew, Miss.; Dr. R. H. Von Ezdorf, of Mobile, -and Dr. H. H. Shoulders, of Nashville, Tenn., also Contributed Dauers :in' various nhasnn of the disease.; ; , - - . . In the discussion that" followed, de bate centered '.on .tits- manner of. ad ministering- quinine to those . ill of ma- aria.' ' v i ...... . - - o- Preponderance .o, oninlon favored its administration, by- . mouth. x Dr. - Bass supported this contention. Others ex pressed their preference for adminis tering it in hypofdermic Injections. : The ? use of creosote mhd collarsrold treatment of pneumonia and bronchi-. us was discussed by Dr. .1. L.: Van- Zandt, of Fort Worthy Texas. Dr. w. ,-.w Haroer.x of - Selma. Ala.. predicted favorable results from the -use of a new German vdruer that is soon to be placed ii . the 2 American market. - '.s.-v- Papers on the treatment of malaria were .read today ,.ty ' Dr. W. S. Thayer. of .Baltimore; Dr. W.:S. Leathers, of tne university ot Mississippi,- and Dr. j. ass or New Orleans. -Dr. C. W. Stiles, tof the United States public health serviice, read an interest- ng technical ' paper Ott the method ox discovering . whethef a person has eat- en food contaminated, with human ex creta.' . . ; -'''':-y :'?!'-v 1- 7-1 uiscussion urows hieated. Dr. J. A. Crister. of. Memphis., Tenn.. created a stir among the surgeons at tending, today's session of the surgical section wnen-ne advocated the; use or iodine in abdominal operations. Vigor ous exception was taken .to his recom- mendation,, Dr. Stuart M McGuire, of' , . ., ,. tiVO. ' ' ' - I; I would shoots any i urtteoh who stood over my sister, operating upon her stomach: and offering' to pour io dine into the cavity,, if I eould not stop mm any otner way,"- Dr. Mcuuue de clared. y .; - : " 7s f : - ' ' Dr Josenh - Graham, of : Dorham. N. C., -characterized Dr. Crister's; theory as revolutionary, saying, r it should first be tried on the dog." r;- - : -Drr Louis Frank, ot Louisville. Ky.. challenged several of ,Dr-Crtster's con clusions. - Dr. Duncan : Eve. professor of surgery in Vanderbllt University; came to Dr .Crister a, support, citing a case in which Iodine vas , of, great ' oenent wnen so used. v ' u Dr: Crister gave arex:6rd;of his. in which he had used iodine in opera-, tions , in the 'stomach, -saying that its effect was ito-destroy bacteria to ster- llze the unaffected parts, and to ab sorb the toxins entirely,: '- . v : ' : Charleston, WJ Va:: .Nov. 19. " Charges of. conspiracy in r restraint of . trade against John Pi-i-Whlte, '.presi dent - of the; United 1 Mine Workers of 1 America,' and '17 "Other ''officials of the miners' organization, - tbday were con- tinued until the June term of the Fed-, eral court by agreement of counsel. y -rT7 :y : V r-:.:: :-.J"i, 'ii'-.- " ; 1
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