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- . ' ; I . .. t - . - ,. s - . . -. . - . - J . . . , . . V-'-: ; : ; . ' -t . 'X . V- THE .WEATHER. , .;f'!ii Fair Friday; fc'nd probably Saturday. ; ,V,v -:r- liffi - a 1 'i VOIi. XCniNO. 52; IS SLOWiY CRUMJ3 So TTiinksVasKiibn OpiJsNo foyes Mde to Forcibly Drive Pvisibnal President ers Ing Message tp Congress , Last, Night, in Which He Denni' Reasons for Jailing' Cnamber' of Deputies. Mexico Cityv 'Nor4 20.--Histf &c$ showing none of thatiWhimsical humr which, sometimes TCharacterizsrliim, President Huerta. this evening appear ed before the : new "Mexican Congress and read hjs message.,;. Few Mexican Presidents have read, at. the 'formal opening sessions of J Congress skbrter messages and. few have confined them selves so entir;jj'6ne ubjettij'.T-j was nothings'more ".than1, a terse i ex- planation of his; motives for dlssolymg the old Congress; most of theemt hers of which .are nbw in .the;, peniten tiary accuse of sedition. - , '. ' The Senate" and j Cllimber -of ;t)pu ties met in joint..sesaion" and Cohgreiss was formally - declared convened at 5:30 o'clock in'; the evening. President Huerta. jcame to "the Con gress through Jinea of troops and the small crowds ' which ? gathered were not demonstrative There were jio extraneous, frills . to the session. It was more in the iiature of a little business "meeting of vtho President anf - the . men- inverted into law makers during the recent so-called elections. The message General Huerta bore them 'was in its essence an admonition. The -incident he re lated to them of -the dissolution of the previous Congress was one . by which it was intimated the chamber might be guided. , . . .-'v T he reply of the speaker, Eduardo Tamariz, was brief, Not all the Con gressmen were present. Twenty-seven of them f ailMA to put i in. an appear ance, and most;- f -Oiese were mem bers of the 'Catholic party, to which Tamariz belongs; Mt. had been " - an r ounced that the Catholic members had held a meeting jand decided &at to participate to the. session, ahd -this gave rise to the f baseless rumor,. tha the speaker himself would not "pre side. -,. Ka;- faces ajniarrii,tber days t)t For firio IMaz-&. much? so that: the, .exUea r.iio. wrtiiM-fiflVft. felt -entirely, at liome had he stepped" Into ,the chamber. The J Congress is composeu iur me part of ajqtiiet lot of men, repreaenta: tive of the -older .'and more conserva tive element- and General Huerta. ap peared to realize this while reading to them his meesiage in a grim straight-forwardinanner, such as had net been witnessed in the chamber on recent years. vr - ' " ' -: " He indulged inT -no elocutionally-effort but now nnd, then used a -.characteristic little-gesture' with one band, nor was he1 interrupted by applause. He was applauded only-upon ms -arrival and departure, when the-members of Congressv and the spectotor arose to their feet and added Vivas to the handdapping- One young deputy more ; enthusiastic than tne rest, called forM cheer "for the man. who is maintaffiingi the National ,dig- niGeneral Huerta drove from the. pal ace to the chamber; through files; Oj soldiers, most-qf whom were detailed from the crack 29th regmient, irhose men participated lh the coup de-fetatat the palace in Pebruaryri Ole . entered the building . whiles the bands , Were playing the Nationafrair,; v -'jcXLa Acknowledging the; plaudits and vivas of the: Congressmen and. spec tators as he moired down the aisle by a series of mUitary; salutes insteadof grave bows Which characterized his old chief, PorfotioDiaz, General Hu erta looked a stern figure. . Lilse the Congressmen he -was in evemngdress, the only touch of 'rink being, fba tri color across his breast, . . , The only eountrytot represented the diplomatic gallery was the JJnited States! Nelson-;-G'Shaughnessy,, f the charge d'affairesv; ng'-pder .in structions . waftf Absent At least two diplomats did not see-fit to -follow the advice and thexexanjple of the United cfotoc Tho p.yiflrees , oi t.uua and 'reminded : ,by Mr. nDkn..i.inisc(iv i-rtiii5 their had not recognizedthat of . Huerta, and suggested,tbat-they remamwiy. It was a carefullf;eelected aulence. Tickets were necessary topass into the building nd.; a. f air part of .the snace was occUpied by, police and piainclothesmenY;; . Technical .Wa'--?eJK-Sr ated commentJ;5General Huerta staff filed in wearing side arms. ; i.1! SeJifiSllyoyidedfc that rcaed of the House and custom has ordaeJ 0annnarinK : in . uniform must do so wim tfTt Vfee Outside the building throughout te session a strong-force - of soldiers guarded all the approaches; .'Prols ?ode the streets or'seyerajL, blocks around and stiU Other, troops veeresta tioned in- small eChments Jurther out. None of thCse, bowever, had trou: ble ewith the crowds-- 'JA .il-.c From time torttWjt Htt erta drove hack-through' the lines.of troops there v was v handclapping. bnt ncthine in the way of an ovation.- ; It : was regarded here today as'-not entirimpslWthatu having, througllsf-rottflt100.,0!? new Congress reUeVed himself from . the de? of eing.ftalled to account of his actsbyrsome-vfutujer adminis tration, might be brought tc theotot of self-elimination, though the, efforts of tne foreign- powers , supportmg the United States government. . . - -ii...-o .1 nk m .Power. ' ' - r wa chin o-tnn r 20. The WashH ington government believes the power of the Huerta y government is slowly crumbling and dsihtegraing.';? . No positite step ;.haVe ,been taken by the adminfstratfon-ere within Nthe last few days to compel a compliance with the demahds-f or 'the,' elimination of Huertai;--; ; r-.':- No Dreoarations ? -have, been "made for a blockade on'. Mexican- ports such ar a blockade on-Mexican-ports such -"v 1 ',Hvtv S3 From tii Jol---Huerta Deliv- as fiave' been variously reported. - foreign interests generally will be firotected by the united States and at Tuxparri 4'n particular, effort will be iriade to protect their interests pend ing the' arrival of the 'British: crui-' sers. "-The sending - of the EnghK . ships is in line witn previous notifica tion , to the -United States fcnd isvre garded as a normal move taken in emergencies such as exist at uuxpanij It is intended to have a .sobering eft feet on those constitutional officers rho, -according to official . reports, ave announced ;tbeir hostility . to English Interests. . r . . ; The landing of marines has not been found, necessary thus far, ho instruc tion :tb. that effect shaving been sent, nor hasvlhere been request for suchl-Instructions. : In the . meantime Admiral ".Fletcher Iwill be expected ; to take whatever steps he7 deems neces sary t to. protect all, foreign interests. The parleys with the. constitutionalists have' tTaeen carried on in no formal way. but merely for informative pur oses...... ' . .-.. ' :i rTha administration, though riot con doning the -inhumanity of the armed, strife generally in Mexico, is inclined to -view, with some complacency the reprisals- 'by constitutionalists and Federals' on those officers or men who have Tieen deserting from side to side. . - direct From President. " -ffhe foregoing. salient facts were ob tained - from . those with whom Presi dent; Wilson discussed the Mexican situation,- today. ; The impression tnat - the Huerta government, is' last losing its control over territory hitherto, dominated by it,', is i based on; the dispatches to the State Department which show also thatdiplomatic pressure trom without is having much to do with weakening rthe - resources ; of the provisional gov ernment:, , v;,;' .. ,.;.There. -was some... . emphasis in the denial emanating - from the White House- that any steps- of a summary character had been taken through in structions to . Charge- G'Sbaughnessy within- tho last-few days. The" Ptesi- rdeiJmade. ,it elair ithafe-4hereAere' no loves in the situationi asv aar as the : -Chlted . ..'States .was-concerned, CContinued on Pasre Eight,) ' Rain Cboled Down War Path Indians Encamped . oh Top of Mountain Bad 1 : Weather Finds Them Unprepar- -" , ed to Withstand It. j . Parmingtoni N. M., November 20. The poslition of the recalcitrant Na vajo Indians encamped on Beautiful fountain, was made very trying to day by la steady rain. The ardor ?f their sympathizers also Was material ly cooled. " These, conditions gave en couragement to the Shiprock Agency officials who have been trying to se cure a1 settlement without, nioodsned, 'The" hope . was. expressed that con tinued li nhf avorable J weather would cause th Indians to weaken in- their avowed determination, to fights if an rattempt as made to capture the seven Draves r waniea , ay., tut ni icu s cdurt in New Mexico: " ; ' ,-' : i.; Another hopeful sign was the ; sur render of one of the accused, Indiana, to 'Indian Agent VW- . T. Shelton, M Shiprock. The Indian .was - confined in the county jail.. That, order wui De restored" and the differences adjusted with little actual resistence was the opinion expressed by Agent Shelton. , The present incipient uprising de Vftloned from filing with Agent Shel ton in : September of -charges of mur der,--bigamy and statutory; offenses against- a numuer oi inaians in a re mote part ot; tne reservation Known as the Black Hills. It is" said the informa tion oh ; "which the charges are based wjere secured from Navajos who were held at: the -agency for their protec tlo'nC During, Shelton's absence, a doz en Indians, including the accused men, visited- the agency, overpowered the police -land - carried away the - women prisoners., vi- . - - r Agent, Shelton's efforts to induce the leaders; to' surrender were unsuccess fulvand the: cases were taken to the United' States District Court for; New Bfexico.Ti Indictments - were returned and warrants placed in the .hands, of UniteaStates'iMaTshal-'Hudspeth- : . ix NAEmtiaiions ; conducted by 'Marshal Hudspeth, and "Agent SheltonJ through mediators .secureo- a promise uiai tu men .wjanted would surrender. Novem-berl3th?''Mashal.iHudsi.th"--TetTirned to 'SabtavPet where he received word from 'Agent Paquette; of the Defiance Agency, that be? had positive inf orma trohf that thelndiansl werO on . their way- to Sbiprock td demand absolute pardon for all-the braves, failing in in -this they - planned to ; attack the lagency. f' v V;? ; " i,..-.- 5 The,'cniei- Oirine - recaiictraiitB ? im taken sick, and the, expedition delayed, giving Marshall' Hedspeth time to reach ttheragency with . a - force r suffl clent;l.tQ'. resist . the ' promised attack. The renegades then retired, to Beau tiful Mountain and negotiations were reopened- for .their surrender. Three were finally turned over to the authori oc th rpmainder continuing obdu rate", but today a , fourth surrendered, j v Albuquerque,; m irtov. "irww "eral Hugh Lu Scott ordered to Gallup, N: M f. to conduct peace parleys ? with the recalcitrant Navaja Indians now encamped on-Beautiful Mountain,, was expected to readh Albuquerque . some time -6night;:Arra'ngements wer cpm ni.fC j-A-f- ft 4 axiflimediate 'departure forGallup Thetwo troops :of i thej 12th . Cavalry v are not expectea o reach' Gallup 'before Sunday.: ' : EXPOSITION OF REBEL VIEWPOIIIT FonoierLeader of Mexican Representatives Tells Why , rCarranza is Fighting. ... ii rvmn niu" it nnurrnrnnr iicaiuu ufli fli uunrcncHoc Absence of a Middle Class in Mexico is Responsible for Present Con-v- Addition in That Country - : Now in - Formation. Worcester,. Mass., Nov. 20. An ex position of, ; the point , of view, of the coijstitutiohalistsr opposing Presiaehr fluerta in Mexico was givejfe. at the Clark University Conference on. Latin America - today- by Luis eafitrera,- for mer leader-of the Mexican . House of Representati ves, - Mr. Vabrera ad dress was the first of a s.eries "wbich made, this "Mexico Day" at the con ference. yMr. Cabrera said: ' n "i , "The , reason for the. instability of Mexican conditions is the absence of a middle, class, witnout tne middle class here is no real social equilibri um, nd" peace and no democratic form of government. The.. Constitutionalist movement tends toward the formation of a middle' class through the-creation of favorable -conditions of life for the masses.-'; v ..t. --.-- -- "The 'colonial policies of Spain in Mexico contributed largely to, the creation-; of. privileged classes. Large tracts. Of lands .were granted to sol diers,: conquerors and to - the church. The independence ,of Mexico in 1810 did not ' materially change the condi tion of the masses. The great landed estates . owned . by wealthy families still remain in their - possession and are responsible for Mexico's, economic crisis. y..l ' r t "Owing to the dictatorial . personal powenTexercised- by Gen. Diai from 1876 to 1910, the people of Mexico have not been given -an opportunity to ' test ., their- co"nstltutloh,r but study and trecentiadeyelopmeiits .havejraYx. tea certain places- the constitu- tion of Mexico 5is not fitted -for the needs ofjthe people.- - - '. "The problem nbw confronting 'the Constitutionalist . party, is ,-the - promo tion of x conditions creating a. -stable middle - class. . . This must be accom plished by political, reform measures as well as by the enactment of agra rian" laws.;, to ""equalize taxation be tween -the small farms and large es- ltates.r - . - , - Opposite "Views of tne- influence - or Porflritf Diar on Mexican life and National-development were expressed by S., W; 'Reynolds, former ( president of the -Mexican -Central Railroad Co., and Prof. L. C. Wells; of ClarkCol lege, who. have - traveled extensively in Mexico. Mr. Reynolds extolled Diaz for hiftr accomplishments in restoring peace to the -country and . interesting foreign -capital in industrial -and eco nomic development. - , Prof. Wells declared that Diaz, al though be "accomplished much, gave a "lopsided administration", the development- of the. country under his regime being almost entirely economic in character with little attention -to social uplift. ... - , Don . Federico Alfonso Pezet, the minister . from . Peru s spoke this even ing; ; .r,'-. ' V-:' -r ORAIj TESTIMOriY FINISHED lnve8ttaation of Receivership of the Frisco Road , Being Held at St. v Louia Closed .Yesterday 99 ' - . Names Given.'' ; Stv tbuisr November 20 .The tak ing of Oral .testimony in the investiga tion 'of the: receivership of St. Louis & Sah Prancisco Railroad by the" Inter state ; Commerce Commission closed here today with the filing by the St. IxjujsXXJniifki Trust ICompany of the names of the: 99 members of. the syn dicate ;that 'made a. profit of $3,000,000 in the S It iLoUis, Brownsville &- Mex ico Railroad and its sale to the 'Frisco Among those who invested in the syudicateaccording ' to the list filed today, were:;" T ' " ; ' B. .'. F. .' Yoakum, chairman of the 'Frisco directorate until ..receivership, 1300,000. ",?,;ri;,: - .-? y? W;.f fev Bixby,.naw one'of the receiv ers of v. the AVabash ;, and ; a , director of James Campbell,- :form er vice "presi dent "df the .'Frisco .mnd president Of the North. American Company, which filed th,e receivership -suit against the lFrisCOr $3 34,000, .-' v '...Robert 8:. Brookins, ' president of the board of trustees -of Washington Uni- versity;v$19M0:-:;:iv,vi-: i 1 " ' 'ri St. Loui s Union Trust - f Company. $216,000, CThomaa H. West, head of this company, is one of the 'Frisco re- ceiyet:s.4--.:v.-:: r;r.: - r:.-; v F;V Htriamilton, : treasurer of the Frsco, $15,000. . , , : . S : W.s. Fordyce, $124,000. (Mr For-: dyce i recently., was elected' a director ofthe Frisco.) ATlPerkins, $22,0001. Mr. Per kins was; ,aj member "of y the stockhold- ers'v cdmmittee-" that recently waged a successful rfight for proxies, thereby placing, tha control of, the new direc torate, inthe hands; of St.' Louis men.) L. F. Parker, former counsel of the 'Frisco, $3.7,000. . x . ' v . -The , total- investment in the syndi cate was. $3,980,999.20. - Most of those. wnose names- were given m tne list are active ;i9 the -business lift of St. JLouis. -Jj;-, a - : ' , AN. GETTING W lOBlilfiflEE : i fir -. - Administration Currency ;Re form Bill Goes Before the :'" Senate Saturday Next THREE BILtllPRESENTEO Bbth . the Bills ' Will Allow' Country : Banks to, Make One-Year Farm XT Loans Secured by. Mortgages -Debate Next Week. Washington .November 20 . Final preparations were made. today' for the battle over rte administration cur rency refornt bill on ihe;: floor of the Senate which ' will . begin Saturday. Three separate, and distinct' currency bills, all based upon th45ame general theory will be laid ;betore the Senate by the divided Banking and Currency Committee. v-- ; I '. Unable tqagre,e o.n amendments the committee wil present., the Qlass O wen biii, as. originally; endorsed by the administration arid passed' by the House. The measure with amendments assumed to be acceptable to; the Presi dent will be submitted by Chairman Owen and five-other -Democrats of the committee, Senators Pomorene, Hoilis, Reed, O'Gorman and Shafroth. A bill materially changing" the struc tuje Of the House measujre. will be pre sented by the Republicans. Senators' Nelson, Weeks, Bristow.. McLean and Crawford and Senator Hitchcock, Dem ocrat." " . .., : r . . All three of the proposed bills'- con template . the' issuance 'Of. a. Currency secured by the prim commercial pa per held by the banks ofrthe .country. Each proposes the establishment of, re serve banks, which will issue the cur rency in exchange for: commercial, pa per to. the banks, which will hold the reserves behind their. jiepositsjmobiliz ed for use- in any V eaaergency and which will re-discount the; oaper held by banks in the' systenvthus keeping. available always ample cueflit ana cur- frencr for- usetcrradaff a; financial on sis. Caen- bill jpfeposes toiput the entire system ; under the control of a Federal reserye. board to be appointed by the President. . Three Plans Differ. Although - agreeing as to - the pur pose to be accomplished by the prcA posed legislation, the three plans differ in alnfcst every point as to means' pro vided to carry out these purposes. Ai it passed -the House the Glass-Owen bill proposed the creation of twelve re gional banks. ,ThertDemocrats of ' the Senate Committee cut that down to eighty the minimum number the Presi dent was willing to accept. -The Re publicans reduced the number to four, holding that. the smaller number could more effectively concentrate the re serves of the country. ' . ; . The twelve, regional banks proposed by . the House bill would be owned by the banks, through compulsory ' sub scription to the stock and. the banks would - elect six of the nine directors of eaoh regional institution. This plan was retained by the Democrats of the Senate .Committee although it was further provided that if the banks did not furnish enough capital to run the system, the stock mightr: be sold Jo the public On. this point Senator Hitchcock - and , the Republicans -departed from the administration theory of creating a !Bank of Banks,", and materially changed the btiL- They pro vided that the reserve banks' capital should be subscribed by th public, the banks taking 'whatever part the public would not take, and that the govern ments through '. tie -'Federal resFve board should appoint five of the nine directors, of each regional bank. This was the proposition which split the Senate Committee. . Reserves Cut Down. Each of the bills materially reduces the present reserve" which National banks must holdragainst deposits. The House (bill would fix the reserve. at 12 per 'cent.- for country banks -- and 18 per cent, for banks in present reserve cities. These rates' were retained by the. administration forces in the Sen ate Committee -but the Republican wing, cut down the reserves, of the city banks to 15 per cent. : ; vIn the ..House bill the paper made eligible for re-discount and as a basis for currency ;4n. commercial paper, based On- actual merchandising trans action maturing in -not 'less; than 90 days. This provision was retajhed by (Continued ion Page Eight) : O U INES - The Inter-State. Commerce Commis sion's hearing of the anthracite coal roads matter was adjourned-ihdefinite-ly - yesterday because : of - the . serious illness of Commissioner Marble, wb.o was presiding, ; ?7 - . A The "final staging of the: currency bill will be pulled off Saturday when it will be presented "to the Senate in three parts. Argument in the Senate is ? planned for next week. . " . , Oral testimony in the -investigation of he receivership for the 'Frisco road has closed. , A list of 99 names were given, tne commissioners. . .-. . The National Conservation Congress before' adjournment yesterday voted as being against private monopoly of water power as well: as favoring Fed eral control. The Arkansas delegates werer incensed and ' left the meeting in a body. n ' The 'Mexican Congress convened - at 5 : 30 yesterday- afternoon and com menced.; business .; Provisional Presi dent- Huerta arrived at the - hall of Deputies, a little' after sixto deliver his message. ; k"-j:f-: New York markets:- Flour steady; Wheat firm; No. 2 red 97 1-2 to 99 No. 1 Northern Duluth 96 1-2. Corn steady 83. Rosin steady? Turpentine - quiet. Money on ; call easier, 2 3-4 to 3 , per cent: : rulih.g;;ratef2 -3-4,. closing, bid 2 3-4 to 3." Spot ' cotton ; quiet : mid dling uplands 13.60i gulf 13.85. ; s JEW INTERSTATE RATFS ARF TIFI1 IIP Intervention o Virginia Cities Causes ; Indignation and Talk of Bpycdt C GRAIB AND TRAVIS GQHFER Petitions- From Virginia Filed"-' With Inter-State Commerce Commia- r ; ', sio,n 7 Against Reduced.' ; Rates Agreed On. ". ' x (Special, Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 20. Governor Craig and Chairman E. Lv , Travis, -of the North , Carolina Corpdration Com mission,' held a long conference today relative to the .status of "the proceed ing before the Interstate , Commerce Commission for procuring the (apprbyf; al by the Inter-State Commerce Com mission, of the reduced .. inter-State freight rates einbodied'.in the proposal of the interrState carriers ' that , the special sessio of the Legislature ' ac cepted, the' special concern", of the Governor" and Chairman Travis being as to the intervention of the - Virginia cities through filing exceptions- to the petition for the approval of the pro posed.' rates by the, inter-State ,v coni; mission. : .. , ' : , t.' Advices from Washington are to th effect that the actloii bv the rvireinia cities- can but' tie up tne, application- oi tne new rates several mauiua in stead of approval being secured with in a few weeks and - the rates being in effect by the-new year, as Chairman Travis -'and others had expected. Goy ernor Craig land, the Corporation o ., mission propose to get right1 V.hind the matter and press the "case, through just as. speedily as possible. : . v . - indignation expressed. 'A number of the State officers., and othfirn 'here a.rfi p.xfirp.sKinef- ndnRider- able.-indignatlon-- as t&;the;aBtjonof exTnsir, rattemphngf tocbo this freight rate advantage from Car: olina shippers, in. view 'of : tbo jnach more reduced rates these pities nave enjoyed for so many years and of the great, volume of business they enjoy from the Carolina dealers Some are suggesting : now that it is , up to vthe North Carolina Just Freight Rate As sociation, in conjunction, .-within Merchants' Association andi ' other commercial bodies interested, to start a, boycott of the Virginik cities be-j cause or tne part tney are now, mov ing to take in this matter;' vvi ;Sj yfy Remarkable Attitude. e Others are pointing out : th8 'fdet that this State is placed in. a. very re markable attitude before the inter State Commerce Commission-ifi that the Leerislature.is on record in a sUe cial resolution declaring it ,thev Qxed policy of tne state tnat tne wiong and short haul clause" of Federal rate regulation should be . rigidly "enforced and m the same time theStae anq the railroads are joining invpetition for the Inter-State Commerce Com mission to allow the violation of this clause in application of the Carolina inter-State rates specified -in : the. pro posal sought to be applied v& this state. .Tnere is every indication. now that there is a long delay ahead -in the effort to apply the new tates, tfr y KEITH WOULDN'T To Hand in His i ResignatiorVjf Mc Adoo Should ;Ask for Itfentt Lets It. be Known He '-ia'-t"--:i" Not Out of Race. r fSnpoial Star TelAfiTMWi'V.-" .Washington, D.5C, Nov. 20?'f ain not inviting SecretarycAdod ,td aBH; for my resignation but if he asks' for. it, I wm.hand it in immediateii" Said. Collector Keiths . of Wilmington at the Raleigh hotel today. ; -1 1 . "I came to .Washington: to- attend the ' Conservation' Congress," vcontih- ued the Wilmington ' man. "While here I called" on my personalJfriends among them: Secretary of ' State Bry an, Secretary McAdoo and John' SKel-.' ton , Williams. . I attended the";Piiichot reception and' stood - in . the receiving line with Mr. Bryan." a - - a ,Mr. Keitn .declared vtnat - the1; only nterest he has in the appointment &t his successor, is that a good businees man be named jto succeed him.- "1 hope. President Wllsdn will hotihaniS ; a seasoned politician," he said. Mr. Keith said he was not . nere-to ask for any ;job. .;,Ho is av closet ;r sonal friend of. Secretary Bryam and always calls on the Nebaskan-jj?hn Hi Wiasmngton, ,i;. Gouveneur a Candidatefr-f y That M . ' F: H. Gouvernetiris - a candidate forythe position now 'held by-Keith was the statement- mado tov night by Thomas E (Jooper, vicepres ident of the American National, Bank,' of Wilmington, v v v Mr. Cooper stated that the Woodrp Wilson Club of Wilmington, is square ly behind Mr. Gouverneur and f-thata batch of endorsements equal , id that filed by Col. A; D. -Watts willfAb presented to Secretary McAdoo; to- morrow, t Mr.-, cooper win neaa,. tne delegation that will present the let ters. . i --'.k:' ',-; '. '-v. Glenn.- Not Out of It. ! v." : ? That -former Governor - Glenn "has not fully decided that he will hot run for the Senate against; Senator Ovefi man became certain tbday w wheh- it was learned that the former Governor is sending - throughout, the State Met-; ters to prominent Democratic leaders "sounding; them,", indeed if not actual ly, asking them to suuport.nim in, tne coming -: -senatorial . jac&v -.'Bevet&I -promineht i men - in .Washington' -this HESITATE CO K L 0 f' WAT E R National Conservation Con gress in Session at' AjVash Cvihgtoii Has Adjourned. ARKANSAS DELEGATES f.lAD Leave Convention in Body and , Try to - Make , Others Follow Want Staters Control Jointly With 'v'? Federal Government. ' Washington! November 20 . Monop clistic . control of, water : power in pri vatej-hands,! was denounced today by tne jNationai uonstrvatron Congress, wuica aajourneu nere iate toaay., "Ac companying this denunciation t was a declaration that no whter power rights owned by the public ever should be removed. .from public ownership. " The climax of the water power fight which , had agitated the Congress' for several aays came arter tne" committee on resolutions to which, had been r'er f erred divergent reports from the wa terways committee, submitted that the matter had been taken from its hands by action of .the convention yesterday m . aaopting general principles - upon which : 'the waterways , committee agreed. . No jnention of the. majority; or minority reports, which differed as to state ana Federal control of power hprojects was made in-.the resolutions committee report to the committee Wnen the report had been read Gif ford Pinchot,- former, chief forester of tne United states, moved as- an amend ment declaration of principles on wa terways control similar to the ideas in the minority: waterways report signed b yhimself. former Secretary - of War Henry.L; StimsOn; and Joseph N. Teal 1 oi Oregon; . xms amendment -was adopted by a vote of 317 to 96 after one ordered by Representative Burnet. of Alabama, 'which . .injected into ; the resolution the . matter of . the State con trol of -waterair adjects- had been de featea 87&to The Pinchot .amendme reneated 'attempts -were made to i ad-- lournTjy some soiitnern' atfd' We'stern- ( Continued on Page Three. Horace art the Patterson Cup President Few and ; Prof. Home Ad dress Literary and Histori-.,'-- cal Association. ' : ; ! (Special Star Telegram.)- . .Raleigh,: N. C, Nov. 20. An audi ence of distinguished North Carolin ians - tonight greeted the officers of the State Literary and Historical Asso ciation m tne. auditorium tor the nrst session of the fourteenth annual meet ing jf the (Association. Dr. Wi lliam P. Few president of. Trinity College, as president of the:association, delivered an ; annual - address, treatmg Literary Work: and .Its5 Adequate- Recognition! that was. pronounced a" literary s gem, and was listened, to with intense, inter- -A New Metnod of Historical inves tigation was the theme of a forceful address.' by Prof. Herman; H. Home, of .the chair of History, University of New Yor.to, a native North Carolinian and nephew .of the late, Hon. Ashley Hornej ; His was a -most valuable and comprehensive! address that - pointed the way -to the utility of history and the making of it a ftmction in lifeHe wanted contemporary problems treat ed and developed in .the -light 'of. their antecedents in all ages, ; the , lamp of oast experiences pointing. the .way to the choosing of the best course for the future in all the avenues of hu man experience. He suggested a num ber of topics for. historical research in North ; Carolina problems and - history that might be developed, these includ ing: ' u nder What Social Conditions Does Literature Best Flourish?" ' "How Has it Worked inhe Past to Sevise and Amend State ' ConstitUr OnS?" - . ' 'f ' - ' ' ' - : v.' . VWhat System of Taxation is Best as Shown -by the Working' of All Sys tems?". .' -" . -, ' - "" -.'.' . "Has the. Law's Delay , In the ; Past Resulted in More ; Social Injuries? or Benefit ?"rj ! ? . .r"i .V3:Q.; .Prof. Horne! lauded the men of ''for ward looking :minds," who would gath er and marshal the experiences, of -the past f or . pointing the ; way for thefu- - Announcement- Of .the award of -the Patterson cup -for ..the .best literary production of the year in ; North Caro lina ewas "made Xby .- Prof. - Fultod, ? of Davidson .College, for ? the committee of award and It went. .to. Mr. Horace Capartv of Bryson City, who ia' the. author- of-'Our Southern ' Highlanders." Mr; Capart was prevented by sickness from being , present to-;- accept ' the awardr'but a note -was received- fron him, conveying graceful and earnest appreciation for the award. He - is a native of Pennsylvania, and has lived in the - State for nine years, spending most of this time in the mountains of WesternvNorth Carolina.- week declare , they . have received these letters, and have talked ; with others who ; have- received them, v, : Notwithstanding this fact, it is generally- understood - around .-the;: Navy Department and'the White .House that Mr. Glenn will be offered a place, on the Jnter-St'ate -Commerce t Commis sion; ." ic-'X-;-'--.' A -V.i ; : ' In conversation with The-Star cor respondent at the home -of Senator Simmons a - few days - ago - Mr. Glenn declared that he would - rather- be United States - Senator than to have any other, job in the land. : - P. ,R. A. Cap ; TOOLE lHJ30dfeB 13,487, EVERGLADES LMJD TRIAL III KANSAS Lawyers : for ; Defense : Declare His Clients Were .; Fooled by Florida State Officers. RELEASED ON $5,000 BOND Land Agents Represented It to Would be Purchasers' Just as It. . as Represented .to Them by State Officiais. . Kansas City MoNov. 20. -"If my clients have misrepresented 'the lands they, are selling,; it was, because they -were 'misied by . officials of the State : of Florida , and 'officials of ' the United ' -' States Department ' of t Agriculture, Herbert S. Hadley, attorney,, for J. ' Martin and J.. F. Borders, agents of - the Florida Lands Company declared tonight. , '''-' ' ' . " ' Martin and Borders with . six' other company , agents were indicted by the Federal grand jury here today, on charges, of conspiracy to use the' mails to defraud in connection 'with the sale, of ' 180,000 acres of.- land in the Everglades district of Florida, i Judge A. VanVaiKenbureh fixed-bond at 5,- 000 each, which "- Borders and Martin gave. The other indicted: men were not present : - Mr. Hadley said In his. statement: The. nrooosition for the sale of. the land was .begun in. 19109 and consum-7 mated in March, 1911. -The company's , sales agents, Mr. Martin aid. Mi, Bor- V ders, . - both - entering the prdposuuo held -conferences ; with ".the . Governor of Florida, the attprney general of tnat state, ana; ttu&tees or the , inter- J national Improvement . Association Of - 4 . . the State; ; Governnient reports on, the - ; ; -t :: lanos aiso'were consulted. : v. -; , -.':? "In selling the lands.. my clients : : .; , : made no representations i to possible ; : 'K-: purchasers, except twhat they nadise- -; --LitM-, cured from Florida State" officials. 'V' 'x. P. A-:year a'go; thlJniteidAS'tates iDer-, rtmentrof -JnatfeeHonaQmlainr bt4--'-: people 'wbo hada prfy ate ; contTotewyC?;;;",. with .Kitjhard j Bolles, mnyestigated tne -company. . We ? as k-fed a hearing; x before Atfornev-General I Wickersham. . ; ; 'S--T' This- hearing' was , held in: January, 1913. The attorney . general decided, there was hot even a point for a grand - jury investigation." jyrl ' ; rne present controversy was brought dii bya disagreement between f v . Florida f!oneressmri tJiLnA ' Senators, - and officials of, the State of Florida' over the, drainage off lahids. The mat ter was placed before. 'Attorney Gen-. eral McReynolds.' and havihsr hlr- represented" Mr. Boites; in the previous inquiry, ne, deciderd, because of ms , own position that the, matter should be mvestigatedibZ aJ grand juryi The government prosecutor and a judge of the Federal court refused to ' permit my clients-to go before the grand jury and give their- side of the case. Instead I the i.mdictments were returned on the . evidence of a few . witnesses. . . . :.":. . . ' xx ' A mistake I in engineering , is the 1 reason the lands have: not been, drain- ( -.-'.". ed. The Str.e startea to drain the lands approaching froth" the sea, but the grade . was such thatthis.Dlan wa3 not practical; Then r tfce: State was . ... forced to go - to Lake Okeephobe and .- -drain ' downi. ! This has ' not; been en tirely successful. Otherwise the land . ( would be tinder cultivation-today.". . . Besides' "Martin and Borders those named inhe indictmehtsare Kiciisrd- , a. uones, jacKsonviiie,!-na.; . ueorge . : A,: Paddock,- Chicago; V Jesse W.? Bil- . ' lingsley; Jacksonville and ; John Ma- ' thews, i Edward C. Chambers and A.' ' . - , l). Hart, of Kansas, City.t '- 1 ' ,v . ;; Tne Florida Fruit Lands Co., or ganized four years ago,-is said to con- ' trol nearly 500.000 ; acres Vof i land In . . the- Everglades. :' . ;'ixf.xix x--:-' -x'r. I" FACING GRAVE: CHARGE. s . " -.:..-v v; Begin Trial of Married Manfor" As- . sauit on. ojn. Charlestown. W. Va.. November 20. The trial of E. Graham Wilson i a wellT known" and wealthy y'ouhit farmer, ac cused of assault by Miss .Kate Turner,; a friend of his wife and a guest at the Wilson home last? June, . moved slo w-ji rv tod a v.- ' - v ;- u -.1 -v -' The cross-examination Of. Miss sTur- - , ner, wno took the stand yesterday was completed; by "hodn . today. Her sister, Miss Emma Turner; - and an' aunt, Miss Ora Tomlinson. explained . that Miss Turner afters returning to her home from thV Wllsdn farm, had ,' told them-of Wilson's-alleged assault, Dr. William. Neil, the woman's physi cian, testified ;toJ finding bruises oa -Miss Turner's .body Dr Neil was cor- ' robqrated' by. thre,e other doctors. On her cross-examination.- Miss Turner's . story of Uhe alleged assault-remained . . unshakeh.. ' She. said that 'Wilson ', in- vited. her to . accompany hiih to a re- -.-mote na' of his farm 'to. .look over some blooded cattle and there attack- ed her- xL rW . : - : - RE-OPEN NAVY YARD. Roosevelt Will " Recommend . New Or leans Yard Re-Openedt. Washington. Nov. 20 Recommen dation is expected to be made by Act ing ; Secretary Roosevelt r ,tOf re-open the New Orleans navy yard for. the i repair of the navy s ngnter arait ves- : seis. - Mr. Kooseveit returnea irom a Southern inspection trip today. ; -: vi ne XNavy uepartmenc t nas . oeea known for some time to favor tne pro- x ject of the repairing, of smaller ;ves- ' sels on duty in bouul. Atlantic waters -in some Southern . yard.? Mr. -Roosevelt said the machineryat the New , Orleans yard Is in 'perfect cohditionV' ; Mr.' Roosevelt also visitfed the Pensa- cola, Fla., station. The Navy Depart- . inent has decided to send-about 800 marines to Pensacola at :the conclu sion of the' base maneuvers, at Cule bra and Guantanamor'Later the Pen-r, sacola . station will be developed . into ' an important . - concentration - station v for -advanced base operations. , " s x,. t if h : 1 1 1 : 'Ml ; ii '.- .A- X A -
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