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. . - . .- v . - - v. . v . :.:"' v-..;; i ..'-..;.':..-. . . .. ",v v v . .'.'.. THE WEATHER. SANTA ClAVa Fair Wednesday and Thursday. 1 In hldlnr Jnat around the corner. It's up to yon to tip the people off that he will make your store -headquarter. You mo tal to 10,000 of thorn through The altar. N. C, WEDESpAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1913. WUOLE NTJMBEK 13,503. CALLS NEW ELECTIONS Recent ' Presidential Election in Mexico Nullified. DATE SET FOR NEXT JULK Huerta Is Retained as Provisional President Until New Elections Are Held and His Successor Inaugurated Into Office: ' Mexico City, Dec. 9. The Mexican Congress today nullified the recent Presidential elections. New elections are called for next July. Congress, . according to this action, expects General Huerta to remain in the Presidency for at least seven months more and if the time neces sary for the selection and installation of his successor is taken into consider ation, it will be well towards the end of September next year, before h yields his power to another. 1 he deputies fixed the first Sunday in July, lal4, as the date for the new. election. They also confirmed the, po sition of General Huerta as Previsonal Prfs'dent until then. The action of the deputies was ac companied by ! no debate. : The com mittee's report was approved without a dissenting vote. - ?: ' . " It was not until the last clause of the article was read, referring to General Huerta as Provisional President, that the chamber gave evidence other than that of a well-trained organization. When the reading clerk stopped some one began , applauding and then in stantly me deputies ; were shouting "vivas" for Huerta." - " - ., ; The presiding officer was finally able to remind: them that enthusiasm was all very well,-but that it was nec essary to ratify .the enthusiasm; toy voies. . .r f ; Elect New. Congress. The measures - taken tonight also provide for the" election of a new Con gress, since the one elected to take tue place of that dissolved by Huerta is to servs out an unexpired term which should terminate - September - 15tn.: : The reason, giyenfor nullifying the elections was the insufficiency of the number of votes cast'Jt was stated that . th'eear&?limberf-"? t; voting places in the republic is 14,225 ; and that returns were received fronvH). It was noted that the Catholic depu tipa nriKpntpfl thpi-mRplves from to-'. nisrht's session. - . . The action of the new. Congress was no surprise to most people since it v as but a reiteration' of Huerta's re peated statements. It serves to re assure doubting , qne that the acting President retains his grip on the po litical situations JV There has been a rumor, however, that General Huerta may retire from the Presidency because of pressure from abroad and the advance of the rebels from the ;horth. Respect Foreiqn . Property. The Constitutionalists are within 14 miles of Tamplco, according to infor mation received at the capital by rep resentatives of . the oil interests in that district. A band of American hunters located the outposts of the rebels at Altamira. Information received by the hunters, led them to believe that an attack on the city would be inau gurated shortly and that the rebel cpirTtiander was sending forward one cf the heaviest forces -yet employed in the campaign in that part of the re public. The - Americans were assur ed by the rebels that foreigners need have no f ear so t ar as the Constitu tionalists were concerned, thatwhen the citv was attacked the rights of all foreigners would be respected. Fighting between Federafs . and rebels in the ? vicinity-of Hultzilic, be tween the capital and Cuernavaca. con tinued today, but it was indecisive. There was unconfirmed reports that Cuernavaca, capital of MorelOs State, has been taken by the rebels. ; The War Department gave an emphatic de nial to this. ' -Mutiny Is Threatened. Presidio, Texas, Dec. 9r With Gen eral Salazador Mercado's northern di vision of the Federal army in bank ruptcy and with the soldiers threaten ing mutiny unless they are paid, ev ery restraint was enforced today to prevent a general rush of the Federals across the- river from Ojinaga in Unit ed States territory. Driven from Chihuahua City . the army representing the strength , of the Huerta government in the north reach ed the border with an empty treasury. The future of the army was said to de pend upon the nature of responses to urgent demand for money sent to Mexico City. ' , y The United States troops here, rein forced by other troops along the bor der, were prepared for any emergency, having been informed that the. Mexi can troops purposed rushing across the border. ' - - : , Meantime civilian and Federal refu gees from Chihuahua continued- to pour into Ojinaga.- General Salazaf, cne of the seven generals who lett their garrison, was temporarily in com mand of the little frontier village to nieht, while General Pasqual Orpzco and General Mercado were still out s)ue the post bringing in the rear guard of the caravan. - Reports brought -by the. refugees were that the rear of their coluinrfln its progress on foot, was continually harrassed bv rebelsj The latter, how ever, were in such a small number i hey could do no more than hasten the pace of the retreating Federals. Rebels Gathering In Numbers. . General Francisco Villa's detach- nt, sent out in an effort to over take the Federals, was unable to ac comolieh its purpose. Another factor which now compli cates the predicament of the Federals Is a fear that the rebel forces; which hold sway over a great section Of the north, will not long let Ojinaga stand unmolested. Unless the troops can be re-provisioned at once they would be in sufficienuy provided against a rebel attack. It was reported, that the rebels (Continued on Page Eiffht) - G0N6R ESS SUPREME COURT MAY T.E IN 7 Judge Aldrich WiU Not Tacjde Important Questions. SUPREME" JUDGES DIFFER Judge Aldrich Declares Constitutional " Questions Are too Important for Lower Courts to Handle Jerome Starts Trouble.. Concord, N. H.f Dec. 9. Judge Ed ward Aldrich ruled today that the mental- condition of Harry K. Thaw must : be determined in the Federal courts.' The court's" announcement was made at the hearing on Thaw's petition for bail. , Attorneys , for Thaw, who are at tempting to prevent the extradition of their client through habeas corpus pro- ceedings in the United States District Court." ' and eounsel for- Npwv Vnrt State had agreed that the charge of lV 7 r ." iiayium Nai Manewan, w. Y., was a bailable whtn' tKo n'0'ct w uauapie qnense when the question Of whether the wisoner. if admitted to bail wnnlil h: o toV iTrmiiitv . wna t i o'i 5i To1! iiTo nT t tT. rome, special deputy attorney &cu -We have very radical objections to tnrnine Thaw nn thn rnmmiinitv tn wni?rS woSd bS a nerirsaidVe- wiiiui. ue woiua oe a pern, saia je- rome. Tnt amw.), i"mage his speech and then the argu- question of bail was decided it would mentswoyld be closed and the vote 2rtf StateS iguVesos "The consUtutional question involv- : 20 :clik toniSat .co"ntf : of ed in this case,'" ne added, "are of te: ake? at ten-minute intervals, such importance that I shall not pass showed far less than a quorum and upon them myself, but shall forward In the -majority of cases more Republi them as promptly as possible to! the:cag8 than Democrats Present. ; r- : : snnnm. nn.. nf f.a TTniH Senator Owen charged directly that The constitutional questions i are the calls for a quorum were made to concerned: with Thaw's extradition; his cause delay. He presented a list of status in New York, and his status in more th, n a score ol waiting legisla, New Hampshire itive subjects, with the: declaraton ; Opinions from Washington, v that Congress as denying the country . Washington.' December ' 9. Judge relief while it filibustered oyer the Aldtich's statement, today - that ,'he-currency bill. " t ' . ' would not pass upon the constitutional 1 K there is any Jnea Senator who questions involved jut: the Thaw case, wastes the time f this Senate, without but "would forward, them "promptly to rhyme or reason, It is the Senator from th0iSuprm&CQ hetms to?jed us States, waanot taken v in - Supreme lecture on our. duty?;declared . Senator Court circles as meaning that the case Gallinger. - V t, 7 ' ; would x;ome to the highest court with- Senator Galhnger intimated- that out at least the form of a decision by Senator Owen had been derelict in his Juage Aldrich on .the pending habeas ' duties as a member of the approprla corpus application. - I tions committee of the Senate to which .Only the Federal Circuit Court of . both Senators belong. , t Appeals, it was pointed out, may certi- j "If my only opportunity to see him fy questions. of law to the Supreme had been in the work of the 'ppropri Court for answer before they have ations committee," he said, "I would acted themselves and this can be done not have been able to recognize the only in cases where the decisions of Senator from Oklahoma tonight." the circuit courts of appeals are final. I Senator Smoot denied emphatically The only way in which the v Thaw that Republicans were attempting In case may come from the District Court 'any. way to impede work on currency, to the Supreme Court is said to be by On the contrary he said, they were way of appeal from a decision render- attemnting to hasten consideration of ed by Judge Aldrich. In several cases the bill. in recent years, however, where disj Actual consideration of currency re trjet judges considered the cases be-'form tonight was limited to speeches fore them of such importance that the 1 by Senators McLean and Crawford. , RimrfiTTift Court would be asked to re-1 Senator Crawford, a Republican view the matter, the judges have not considered at length and passed. upon th intricate noints raised, but have promptly.' nanded down decisions from which appeals might be taken. As recognized constitutional ques tions are involved in the. Thaw pro ceedings an appeal from the District Court may go directly to the Supreme Court instead of first going to the Cir cuit Court of Appeals. SOUTHERN FIELDS TRIAL8. Annual Derby of Hunters in Alabama . Finished. Letohatchie, Ala., Dec. 9-- The com pletion of -the annual derby in the Southern Field Trials Club here this afternoon resulted in the following ; First Willie J, handled by Garr; Hnnv Medium, hmdled by Lockhart; ; third, Lady Mohawk Whlt stone, handled by Avent, and Frank's Rambler, handled by uisnei, uea. v. -Vi. A11 A tret 1 stake : SIX urates v mo were run today. THE AliTI VIVlSECTORS Opening Session of Congress Bearing That Name is Held in : Washington. . Washington, Dec. 9. Cruelty to ani mals, by. viyisectors and needless in fection of pain in any other form, were "vigorously denounced at the op ening session here today of the Inter national anti-vivisection and animal protection congress. . The -speeches ranged from a bitter attack by Ed ward H. Clement, of : Boston, presi dent of the Congress, : upon the Rocke feller Institute experimenters, to de nunciation by Ernest Thompson Seton against cruel methods. of trapping ani mala. - - Dr. Hamilton F. - Biggar, of Cleve land, - personal physician of John D. Rockefeller, -. spoke in favor of re striction of vivisection to smallest possible A proportions. "Scores -of dogs,: he, said, "are slaughtered in laboratories of medical colleges fpr no other object thatn grand-stand ex hibitions, with nC beneficial results to medical science." . - Miss Llnd-Af-Hageby, of London, famous English worker in the move ment, declared that anti-vivisection-ists were not; sentimentalists or ene mies of science or medicine, but that thev -wanted to - cleanse science and medicine of some of their mistakes. "Medical history," she declared, "is one -vast structure of mistakes.;. We believe that" what is morally Wrong cannot be scientifically right." "Ernest Thompson , Setdn said there was no good reason- why skins of ant . , (Cntinud om Fa Wht) t. THAW CASE DEBATE Leaders Hope Thirteen Hour Programme Will Help. Senators ,Owen and Shaf roth Defend ed ttie Administration Bill Banks Would Not Enter the System. "Washington, Dec. 9. Charges by Sen.:tor Owen, chairman of the bank ing and currency committee, that the Republicans were trying to, delay the. currency bill and waste time by insist ing upon 'the presence of a quorum, broke into the smooth progress of cur rency debate in tbe, Senate tonight.- V For an hour and a half a wordy bat tle waged across the c." rty dividing line of : the chamber, threatening, at times to break the bounds xl senate proprieties. v:The RepubLcans; endeav ored to. show ; that Senator Owen him- se" ad : occupied time 4 "uselessly" in demand and that the Democrats had r5i?iAn.rr??S-"" repeaieaiy Dseniea inemseives irom the Senate and ignored its business ' I "Tlav' flftAr dav la nspri nn- hern in 'Idle debate," declared Senator Owen, t i? SJJfJ: ' 11 lue senator irom usiauoma i b his WSL?" retorted Senator Gallinger, fm , -0 0M0 ha wAnid member of the committee, who joined in preparation of the H'tchcock bill, urged tne adoption or tnat measure. He intimated, however, that he would vote for the bill fin lly agreed upon by the Senate, even though his sugges tions were not accepted because he recognized the necessity of Improving existing laws. Washington, Dec. 9. Leaders hur ried the currency debate along In the Senate today, hoping. the 13-hour ses sion8 would force . a vote before : the Christmas holidays. - . Senator Hitchcock, : leader .of the anti-administration bill wing of . the Banking committee, resumed the fight for his bill. He insisted npon keep ing a quorum of the Senate and at half hbur intervals forced roll calls to bring Senators into tne chamber. Senator Bristow assailed, the ad ministration bill, and . urged the adop tion pf the Hitchcock plan to have the proposed regional banks: owned by the House and controlled by the gov ernments' Senator Hitchcock precipitated a general . argument over the provision of administration bill giving the num ber of banks control of the directory of the regional banks. He was sup ported by Senators Weeks, Bristow and Clapp in' the contention that this provision ..would give wide opportun ity for the monopolizations of credit ny big financial interests. They urged the adoption of the Hitftcock plan for public ownership and government control of the regional banks. Senators Owen and Shaf roth . de fended the' administration measure declaring that the banks would not enter the sy stem, and furnish the funds for regional banks unless they were given control of these institu tions. : ; ' " ' : -: ? GOLDSBORO VS. A. C. L. SUIT BEFORE U. S. SUPREME COURT To Be Argued by R. W. Winston SimmOhs Gets Another ; Honor.; CURRENCY ; : -SV (Special Star Telegram. ) v c Washington; D. C. Dec . 9 ; R. W . Winston, of Raleigh, will appear, be fore the Supreme Court tomorrow' for the city of Goldsboro in its suit against the Atlantic Coast Line and other railroads to compel: the railroad to discontinue tile practice oL-standing cars on its tracks in the heart of the business section of the city during the day time and also to compel the. roads to lower its tracks in that section and pave the street between the rails. . Senator Simmons was unanimously elected chairman of the . Senate Com merce Committee today to act in the place pf Chairman Clark during his absence. Senator Clark will be out of Washington until April next. Major - Stedman will recommend R S. Montgomery to be postmaster at Reidsville, ; John Oliver: having -withdrawn from the race. . l? : J6htr O. Ellington and C. "G. Wal lace, of Fayetteville, are here. -- - . , ' P.-Ri A. ; FIND OR GSAFT , 1 Rllll lift llll I fj AhihlAijrmfl i : : Commissions on Contracts Split With Politicians. BROTHER-IH-UW. OF MURPHY John Doe Proceedings . in New York Exposing Rotton Conditions in Tammany Circles Corporations Make Contributions. New. YorJJpea: 9.-James . Gaff- ney, brother4nvlaw y f Charles F. Mur phy, 'andvJjblDv:;iCarroIl former treasurer of -Tammany ilaiy split Sll,- 000 in cpmmjfesions with irpa ving com pany -c gent -usder:' an oral agreement by which thegtwereto nse-their politi cal infiuenc&jfcor pbtain jajhtracts for the company.with : the State . highway departmental .according ta : listimony today at District c Attorney Whitman's John Doe inquiry vlfto State highway graft.": .; ; it . : .- ,-: Two thousand dollars more of the commissions went, "according to the testimony to George M. Palmer, ch." ir- man 01 ine democratic . state commit tee in resDonse to a request for a cam- 1 paign contribution made by C. Gordon Keel, deputy, highway; commisiosner, through whom the contracts were ob tained. This contribution was not re ported: r:-' v: ' x - The agent was John M. Murphy, rep resenting Warren Brothers, of Boston, (Continuedton fi&Q Uht) S V - i "Quit Fmploying Counsel to Misrepresent 1 hem. Virginia Cities in Their Opposi tion to Reduced Rates for North Carolina. (Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. C, JDec . 9. Chairman E. L. Travis, of the Corporation "Com mission, in an .interview this after noon, attacked the position of Virginia cities in their opposition to-the appli cation of the new reduced: inter-State freight rates for North Carolina. He says he notices that representatives of the Virginia cities are denying that they oppose the proposed reductions for North Carolina. "If this is so," he says, "then they ought to quit employing counsel to misrepresent them before the Inter State Commerce Commission." " But for the opposition of the Vir ginia cities, he says, reduced rates for North Carolina would probably have gone into effect without the formality of a hearing.-: Virginia cities are con sistent in that they never: fail to re sist any reductions of rates to North Carolina points. : " 1 : He says that in their protest against the- rates for North Carolina a s inter veners,, composing 135 pages, they gave less attention to any rcorrespond ing reductions lor themselves than they do to several other points, par ticularly to a contention that the 'rail", roads do not set forth any legal rea son for the reductions that would justi-" fy the Inter-State-Commerce Commis sion in aut horizing them; to put the rates in effect. - :. They bring in. matters that in no way concern them. -For Instance, they insist-that reductions to Asheville and related points.tought not 'to be allowed because they would be unfair to Knox ville and other Tennessee points: Ten nessee people have not appealed to the Virginia cities, says Chairman Travis, to become their guardians. The Corporation Commission is pre paring an answer, says Mr. Travis, that will effectually dispose of the Vir ginia cities' attitude. OUTLINES The report that Constitutionalist leaders in Mexico -are not: in accord was denied by Carranza yesterday; He stated that all rumors of that nature originated jn theKtatmp of the enemy. Mrs., Paijkhurst i was released . from prison and is now In France. She is visiting-her daughter in. Paris; and an nounces her 'intention of returning to London where she - is slated to speak Friday night. - ' Governor Tener of Pennsylvania was elected presidentof the National Base ball League yesterday. j .' The -rase of Harry Thaw will go to the Supreme Court of the- United States. The trial judge fn the lower court declared that he would at once dispatch the constitutional questions to that body. . Prohibition forces from all over the country are gathering in Wachington for a might V' demonstration there to day in behalf of legislation. Over two thousand people, both men and women will take part in the- demonstrat'on -: A steamer is reported to be ashore on Frying Pan Shoals. The cutter Seminole was ordered by wireless to go to her assistance last night. New - York markets: , Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 13.40; gulf 13.65. Wheat steady No. 2 red 100 to 101 ; No. 1 Northern Duluth 99. Corn steady 78 3-4. Flour steady; - Rosin DEI 1 quiet. Turpentine -.steady.' Moneyon circles, died, in Jacksonville; Fla., to caU firm 5 to 6 per Cent.; ruling rate day, following a short Illness. He had 5.. closing bid 6 ta&r l-z -- Time loans flrm . . j PROHIBITION GATHER ISS CASE Against Dr. Craig for Murder in Indianapolis Trial Judge so Instructed Jury Late Yesterday State Did Not Have a Case Murder Remains Mystery Unsolved. - Shelbyville, Ind., Dec. 9. Judge Alonso Blair today instructed the jury to dismiss the case against Dr. Wil- liam Craig, charged with the murder of Dr. Helene Knabe, at Indianapolis, 82SS5T tSdcase11wasT madTy1 fense yesterday when the State con- eluded its evidence. " Henry Spaan, counsel for Craig, in declared that the State had failed to connect Dr Craig .with vthe crime in any way and also had failed to estab lish; any- motive, for : the crime.- Dr. Helene Knabe was one of the most prominent women dactors in'the State and at OneUime was connected with the State board of health. She was found dead in her apartment in In dianapolis on the morning of October 24th-, 1911. The police reported that Dr. Knabe committed suicide. Coro ner Durham returned " a verdict of murder by persons unknown. The third grand jury which considered the case returned an indictment against Dr. Craig. A. M. Ragsdale, an under taker and administrator of the Knabe estate, was indicted as an accessory after the fact. Indianapolis. Ind.. Dec. 9. The in dictment against Alonzo M. Ragsdale was nolle prossed touay. r WARRANTS FOR ARREST OF c v :. UNITED fMNE WORKERS. Placed in Hands of Officers and Ar rests Will Follow. Denver. Colo.. - Dec. 9.-Warrants f or, the arrest - of the .United Mine Workers of America officers and mem Oers indicted by the Federal grand jury at Pueblo last Week : were placed n the hands of .United States Marshal Dewey C.: Bailey .today. , -. - saiu iney i wuuia-ere Berrea "at once ana the cases would be prosecuted in the niten States district ccrrt,. notwith standing Washington dispatches sav :ng that Department of - Justice ofll- cia's were to determine whether the cases should go to trial. I have received no order from the attorney general since the indict ments were returned." Mr.Kelly says, 'and I have been given a free hand n the matter." MrGraw. international organizer of the United Mine Workers of .America who succeeded Adolph Germar as di rector of tne strike in this district after the arrest of the latter, was ar rested by the military authorities to- aay m connection with the investlca tion into the killing of ' three mine guards and a chauffeur near Laveta on November 8th. PANKHURST IN PARIS. British Suffragette Visits Her Daugh- . ter in France. Paris. Dec. 9. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst arrived here this evening to visit her daughter, Christobel Pank hurst. Although - looking very tired and; weak, Mrs. Pankhurst expressed her "determ.ition, to return to Lon don to keep her engagement to speak at a meeting Monday. On the arrival of the train the suffragette leader was assisted to a taxicab In . which she drove to her daughters 'apartments. Christobal Pankhurst said .her math er's health' had been greatly benefitted by her trip to the United States and for that reason she was able, to stand three ; days privations inExeter jail better than, might have been , expected. London, . Dec. 9. Mrs. Bmmeline Pankhurst' when she left today for Paris,- said she would spend there the remainder of the seven days leave granted her by the authorities. A de tachment of police were at the rail way station, but did not interfere with the departure of Mrs; Pankhurst. Mrs. Pankhurst arrived from the sanitarium in an ambulance and was carried to her train on a stretcher. SJEAMER SUNK IN NEW YORK HARBOR Loosened Shaft KnodVs Hole in Ves- - s4.'s Bottom. New York, Dec. 9. The freight steamer Zulla, of the Red D Line, a nk in 25 feet of smooth harbor waters to rv; the v'ctim of a - freak accident. The cost ; of . salvaging her cargo and the loss Is estimated at $100,000. ; . The Zulla lay in the East river last night trking oni freight- for Caracas, Venezuela, when a, Jorged steel shaft eighteen feet long broke from Its hoist ing slings and pierced the ship's bot tom.' For seven hours the Crew tried in vain to stop np the six-inch hole and fight the inrushing deluge with pumps, then gave up the struggle. " A wrecking - tug-: took : the Zulia In tow and started for a dry dock, but the steamship,, sank 400 feet, from shore. No one was aboard.- v-; v u i ' MOTION OVERRULED. To Quash Indictments Against Lieut. Gov. Bilbo. ,.'. .. i;, Vicksburg, TIlss.. Dec. 9. A motion to quash the indictments charging Lieut. Gov. Bilbo and State Senator G. A. Hobbs with soliciting a bribe,1 was overruled - here late today by Judge Mounger immediately after at torneys, for the defense finished their argument. The court did not hear from the -prosecution: . - Knoxville, Tenn:. Dec. 9. J. F. Good son, of Morristown, -aged 63 years, prominent in East Tennessee. business been at the head f a large wholesale TO DISM house for 25-years , FORCES AT CAPITAL Mighty Demonstration to be Made There Today. 1 MEN OF MERIT Hi MOVEMENT Resolutions to be Introduced in Both Wings of Congress This Morn ing Favoring Amendment to Constitution. L m6lu UCu .-r.uuiu.u loreB "u,m urJ' 77 gathered in Washington tonight, pre- pared for a mighty demonstration to- morrow fcef0re the National capital. More'than 2,000 men and women, rep- resenting the Anti-Saloon League of America, and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, will march in sep- aiatc uvulae . ljlli? vt vma petitions demanding that National prohibition be effected by constitution al amendment. ' . . Disagreement as to the 'part each organization should play - in the .pres entation of the petitions threatened today to cause a split in the temper ance forces, but it was said tonight that all differences had been smoothed out. - As a result the .committee of 1,000 men representing the Anti-Saloon League forces, will be received at the Capitol first, after which they will withdraw and . the women win make their plea. Big. Gen. A. S. Daggett will act as grand marshal of the men's proces sion, while the women wilj be headed by Mrs. Lillian M. Stevens, of . Maine, president general of the W. C. T. U. The: demonstration will take place at 10 o'clock at the East front of the Oapitol. Representative Hobson, of Alabama, author of the proposed con stitutional amendment, will receive the petitions on behalf of the House of Representatives, while Senator Morris Sheppard,- of Texas, will act for the Senate. Addresses will be made on behalf of the committee of 1,000 by Ernest H. Cherrington, of Westryille, O., editor of the official organ of the AntiSaloon; League and by Former Governor M. fRi Patterson, of Tennessee; Afterwards the treason ; ior Al;eontutionaaa.enmeiit-'f foui tTna wnmoii ii BtniflnrlTit will ha isret- sented ' by Mrs.' Ella Ar; Boole, ofl 3rooklyn. N. Y.t president of the Nev York State W. C. T. U. and Mrs. Mary Armon, of Georgia. . . Committee of 1,000 'Men. Plans for the demonstration were naugurateu at a meeting recently at Columbus. O.. of the Anti-Saloon League of America, when the commit- .tee of 1,000 appointed to urge con gress to adopt a prohibition amend ment to the constitution. A sub-committee tonight completed the draft of a joint resolution propos ing such an amendment. Representa tive Hobson and Senator ShePDard will, it is understood, Introduce the resolution m the two houses of Con gress tomorrow. . The preamble recites that "exact scientific research has demonstrated that alcohol is a narcotic poison, de structive and degenerating to the hu man organism and that its distribu tion as a beverage, or contained in food lays a staggering economic bur- 'j : 11 -i 1 j 11 1 aen upon me snouiaers 01 me peopie, lowers to an appalling . degree the average standard of character "of our citizenship, - thereby undermining the public morals and the - foundation of free institutions, . produces widespread crime, pauperism and insanity, inflicts disease and untimely death upon hun dreds of thousands, of citizens and blights with degeneracy, their child ren unborn, threatening tbe future in tegrity and the very life of the Na tion." ;V- ' .''.,. v . The resolution would propose a constitutional amendment to forever prohibit the sale, manufacture for sale, transportation for sale, importa tion, for sale and exportation for sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, but empowering Congress to provide for the manufacture, sale, importation and transportation of in toxicating liquors for sacramental, medicinal and similar purposes. PERSONNEL IS CHANGED Of the Receivership and Directorate of the St. Louis & San Fran cisco Railroad. St. Louis, Dec. 9.- The personnel of the receivership of St.; Louis & San Francisco railroad was separated to day from the directorate and officer ship of the road. W. C. Nixon and W. B. Riddle, receivers, resigned as president and vice- president, respec tively. They , also resigned as direc; tors. . ., .:" .---- '. ... Thomas' H. ' West, chairman of the board . of directors of the St. Louis Union Trust. Company, which financ ed many .'Frisco affairs before the re ceivership, and is a director of the road, already had vacated the office of receiver, his resignation having been accepted yesterday. Today James W. Lusk, a, retired banner of St. Kaul, who previously had -not been connect ed with the road, succeeded Mr. West as receiver.' ' ' The resignation of West as receiver and the retirement of Receivers Nixon and Biddle from their railroad offices was due to the Investigation conduct ed by the Inter-State Commerce Com mission. This as conveyed in the let ter of Judge Sanborn yesterday, in which he accepted the resignatipn of Mr. West and . in the joint - letter of resignation sent today by Messrs. LNixon. : and - Biddle. . "In order to be free to. treat all interests at all times fairly and impartially," says the let ter, "we have concluded to resign as president . and - vice- president' respec (CpntiBU4 oa Pf BIrtt.) BEtE MOW AGAIN RE-ELECTED ; ' - : i t i : " ; j "V i President of Baptist State Con-, vention Third Time! UNUSUAL HONOR BESTOWED Congressman Webb Presents - Gave! From King's Mountain Battle Ground Other Officers ; -Elected Throngs. : , (By T. W. Chambliss.) ' , Shelby, N. C, Dec. 9. For the third , time in the history of the Baptist de- . , nomination in the Old North .. .State, delegates from Baptist churches gath- ered tonight; in the; meeting house of , . the Shelby Baptist church. For the third time in successive years the , Baptist State ; Convention honored ' it-' s ' . j self, the denomination, and the cause : in re-electing by 'unanimous, vote Rev. Chas. H. Durham, now of Lumberton, ' but a native of Shelby, as-the presi- v , dent of the convention. There was deep spiritual influence felt in this commodious building to night, when 1,200 peopie stood ana united their voices in the oid . hmn , H of praise, "Coronation." This hymn I marked the. opening - of the 83rd an- nual session of the - North Caroana Baptist fetave Convention. The entire , -bunding is . filled with peop.e. The Sunday school room, the class rooms, , . and every available chair is needed to : accommodate the throng of peopie. President Durham formally caLed the convention to order and asited President R. T. Vann, of Meredith Col- lege, Kaleigh, to lead the , opening prajer. The chair appointed the fol lowing as committee on enrollment:'..- ' Revs. C. S. Cashwell, S. L. Morgan, J. ; , V. Devinney, C: M. Beach, J. W. Caw . thorn, E.--A. Butler, L. T. Reed, C. C, . Wheeler. . . .. . . - ; ' : - Representative C.': J. Woodson, of Shelby, was- recognized by President Durham, and in a few ; appropriate re- marks Mr. Woodson 'presented Attor-' , ney O. Max - Gardifer; - who eloquently welcomed the convention to the hearts iandvhbm'es:-tJmby?fteviJrW; M- 'J " v-'iiirivH:5, Teppuuucu'm be half of tbe -convention. ' - ' f f"-t-The committee on enrollment re ported 364 delegates present, th.s number being seven , less than the -number present at the first session , , last year.. -...'. 4 x 'Secretaries N. B. Broughton and C. . E. Brewer, were re-elected by unani mous vote. ' ' Gavel From King's Mountain. v; Congressman E. Y. Webb, recosniz- ' ed by President Durham,' surprised the convention, when after a happy ' , reference to the "Battle of King's Mountain" and the loyalty of the men of this section to American principles, he presented to the president of the convention a gavel. This gavel was made from the wood of a hickory tree . from the heart of King's Mountain' battle ground. The gavel was present- y ed in behalf pf King s Mountain Bap tist Association, representing. 7,000 Baptists. Following this feature, the conven-J . ; ' -tion completed- the organization by- - ' ' ; -electing the following officers : Vice presidents, Congressman E. Y. Webb", ' C. F. Meserve. John A. Oates: cor-" responding. secretary, Livington John son; auditor, VH. JBriggs; treasurer : Walters Durham ; trustees, W.' C. Ty' ree, Noah tiiggs, W. N. Jones; -D. L. Gore, H. C. Bridger. : The; organization being completed, the order of the night; the annual ser mon was preached' by Rev. W. ,N. ' ; Johnson, pastor: at Wake Forest. ' ' Annual Sermon Impressive. -The most intense stillness seemed to hold the; vast audience tonight -when : Rev. Walter N. Johnson an nounced the subject of the annual ser- mon. The text was in Revelation -2, 1 7th verse, "He that hath an ear, let 1 him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." 'Mr. 'Johnson announc- ed his theme as "Independent Church- es ' in An Organized Age, ctr Baptist Principles Applied in North Caro lina." , i The very appearance of thev preach- , er seemed to indicate a coming event.- Mr. " Johnson discussed the dangers resulting from the independence of ' Baptist churches, and yet he declared that this independence was scriptural and necessary to their vitality. ' The Baptist peril," said the preach-" er, is the thousand rattlesnake ; churches that coil 'and most of. the-, time strike with deadly suspicion at v organized agencies. Baptist people stand for unorganized Christianity.' 1 and we are going to be ground .be- 1 tween the mill -wheels if we - don't: - mind. The great Baptist need of the time is an organization .that applies ; the needs of this life." Continuing , the discussion,-Mr.- Johnson said that . the Southern Baptist Convention was hovering over - a smoking v- volcano. Here in North Carolina 'we-are not : much better off.. :;With 250,000 mem- bers, more than - two-thirds are doing : nothing. We need to change our meth' . od8.- -We should quit this organlza- -, tion of 'field for. pastors and organize -pastorates. Our district associations need life and they are either picnics with no life or cut and dried affairs ,; with nothing but programme, i- Thfs convention is no longer rep- resentative. We need to face facts. ' We shout victory when we raiseSoO.- 000 for State missions, when the fact' is that we are doing less than we did 20 years -ago. North .Carolina Baptists must con centrate - on three things nd stop. -these special appeals: Missions, so- cial service and educational ..work. . These three things reach the soul, the ' body and 'tbe mind of men, linking man to the tnune uod v Following up this- argument, the preacher pleaded for co-ordination In -the matter of building up the educa- . tional institutions and -urged thes Bap-; tists to sustain. . the denomination's , schools. "The secohdary schools must be raised to higher standards," he said. - "Tb e ' programme - m ea n s mon s t
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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