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- -r THE WEATHER. 1 SANTA CLAPS Fair Saturday ; and Sunday. Is in Mdlns last arofcnd the corner. - It' np to yn to tip the people off that he wIU make your stove - beadauartora. - Ton eaa talk to 1,000 of them theongh She Star. s J&CXUNDE Da86y v r VOL. XCni NO. 73 , WTLanKGKTON, N. C.,:SATUBDAY MOBOTNGr, DECEMBER 33; 1913. WHOLE NUMBER 13,506, I TP IT I i Nf Jl Inl In; REAR ADMIRAL FLETCHER THREATMIS TO OPEN FIRE ON Commands Both Factions to Cease lighting, With Promise of Shells From the Gunboat Wheeling, if His Demands v i Are Not at Once Complied With. " ' FOREIGNERS ARE TOLD TO GO ABOARD SHIPS Or Seek Refuge on Water Front, Wherfe Guns of His Ship Could Afford Them Protection Will See That Citi zens of All Nations Are Protected From Firing ., ; of Both Northern Federals Surrounded. v Federals Hold Center of the Town But Several of the: Suburbs Were in the Hands of the-Rebels When the Order Came from American Admiral to Cease All Warring Should Rebels Fire Oil Tanks City Wojld be Destroyed. M exico City, Dec.; 12. Rear Admi ral Fletcher, commander of the Amer ican -naval forces "in Mexican waters,: today ordered. the'-rebels and Federals fighting at Tampico' to cease firing, threatening to . open upon them with the guns of the gunboat Wheeling if his order is not obeyed.' Both sides complied with the order. ? ' r . ".' This information' is contained in. a dispatch received tonight by Sir Lionel Card en, the British minister, v from Rear Admiral Sir Cnrisiopher Crad dock, of , the ' British, cruiser Berwick, which is lying off Tampico.. The Federals hold the, center of the town of Tampico aria the water - front. Rear Admiral i Fletcner has ' ordered foreigners to taK.e?-refuge..-0tt- board, ships or to congregate on the water front s.where- they wijli.bevnder- the protection of his guns. - . - No Message to Washington, ,vr Washington, Dec 12 .-Instructions to Rear: Admiral -Fletcher had been of a general character and he has- been expected to use.his. discretion, in--pro teeting foreigners and their;-property. Secretary Bryan Jiad retired when 'the press dispatches itellmg : of Admiral Fletcher's action at..Tampico -were received..- . Up to midnight no significant wire less messages had. been received from Rear Admiral Fletcher by the Navy Department. - . ' , ' Confidence in Fletcher. Baltimore, Dec. -12. Secretary of the Navy Daniels, a guest at the din ner here tonight of the North Carolina Society, when shown , .the . - dispatch from Mexico City said he had received no word from Admiral Fletcher and would make no comment1 until he did. The Secretary said Admiral Fletcher had been kept in Mexican waters be yond his time because President . Wil son and the Secretary had utmost con fidence in the admiral's discretion.. t Federals Awaiting Advance.. Mexico City, Decemher. 12th. Two thousand Federals at fampico protected by the shells of. the gunboat Bravo, more than by their own. efforts, were waiting late today for a forward movement of the rebels' or some othereral Salvador Mercado. Huerta's com- uiciutiuvre mat migui, uei;iue ti-io j-cilo of the seaport. &The fighting which began two days ago; was, then, contin uing, and the best indication's were that it might last another day, or even longer;. : J - How many rebels-are-engaged in the attack is not known; but. it is . estimat ed that the number Aa at least twice that of the Federals and their opera tions indicate - that they expect rein forcements from Victoria on the north. The rebels in possession of the rail road vards and shops and large stores of material and equipment liave de tailed from their" lines : sufficient men to undertake spreading their lines north and west from Tampico toward Victoria.- :-; y:e - - 'r-z '- " ' Repairs to the. road, southward from Victoria, alsov are being rushed, and it. is not improbable that the rebels will be able to". - transport fresh troops and additional - artillery supplies to Tampico' before "-the government can get reinforcements to the port. ' Occasional shells fell in the' heart of Tampico during the day and bul lets from rifles and machine guns wero numerous enough v to make it advis able that all residents not engaged in the operations seek cover. For the most part the firing was limited to the artillery of t&e rebels and the guns of the Bravo. : The rebels hold the area between Tampico proper and the coast; includ ing Dona Cecilia --and Arbol ?Jrande, suburbs, where are located the storage oil tanks of the WatersPierce t Com pany, the Cowdray interests and the riuasrae Company.- . Property Hot Damaged. According to; reports received here the rebels hhve noviiamagedany prop-, erty, but the i firing endangers the tanks and the refinery of the Waters Pierce Company. .,-.- v . . ' 1 Trains entering Tampico from, the west cross ; a draw1; bridge which the Federals are keeping open. No rebels have yet appeared on that-side of the city. Two train loads of refugees were taken out of the town today. -Failure of the rebels to throw out of commis sion this line, which extends to San guis Potosi,- enabled the government to materially "strengthen the fortifica tion of Tampico. - ' ' Reports received here today said to be on good authority that Tampico had been taken by the rebels. The war and . interior offices; deny the report. - - . - . , None of the' foreign legations, the oil companies. nor the shipping, compa-. nies have communicated-with Tam n 1 a. 1 1 A. Alt 1 FIGHTING pico since the fishtine beean The. government declared that the Federals had blown up the bridges over the river between Tampico and Dona Cecelia and Arbol Grande, oc cupied yesterday by rebels. The Fed erals also were said to be still return ing the long range artillery fire of the rebels. . - . r ' Rear Admiral Fletcher, the Ameri can commander at Tampico, has -declared; according to reports here, that there shall - be no bombardment by Mexican warships of Tampico proper. " - Sending More Troops. At ;the -Mexican war office it was announced ,that additional troops had been dispatched from Vera Cruz and San Luis Potosi to -Tampico: ' - 7 -e Spanish minister to ' Mexico made a demand todav on -thB nrovis- ionajt foreign minister, for 4he protec- xiob -orqto spanisnr suojectsva'ef ugees ixom Chihuahua, who ;are trying to t,ju.i4.iuiiru.Ti uv oyaniarasT' accora iifg to the Spanish minister, were'' or-4 dered, but of Chihuahua- by rebet lead ers uhder threat - of death..-' , The for eign .minister promised . to send a de4 tachment of troops to rescue tne way f arers. - .r- ;'.;-. The Mexican gunboat Bravo is play ing an important part in standing off the rebels who are attacking Tampico, directing its fire from the river at the ir surgent positions on the other side of the .town. :. In spite of the heavy firing" of" both the Federals and rebels in the Tam nico battle, little damage has f been done to the city, according to private advices here. : General Torres, rebel leader in the San Luis Potosi district has notified the American consul that the death penalty will be exacted from any rebel failing. to respect American lives and interests. Federals " Are Surrounded. ' dinajara. Chihualiua.TVf ex.. tjr: 1f The full strength of the rebel army is reported, to be approaching .Ojinaga with the purpose of starting a siege and possible attack. From three to five thousand rebels are in the vicin ity -.. awaiting ; reinforcements -under General Francisco " Villa- who , Is to start from Chihuahua; - . ... The 4,000 Federal troops under Gen- . J - A I 3 1 . . mander-in-chief in the north is menac ed by rebels on three Aides, while oh the other the "river separates . them from the United- States. They have taken . every possible precaution ; to prevent -a : surprise. ' General Mercado was present1 from the fort" all day, however .having left with 1,000 sol diers to escort more refugees en route from Chihuahua, It was reported that the rebels were trying to cut him off from the base. .; A - rebel report sent ) from Presidio to Juarez, said: . General Orozco' is anxious as to the fate, of General Mercado. He fears that Mercado has been, cut off by the Jebels and will be unable ' to return to Ojinaga." Since . the Federal troops, including the volunteers . under General Ojozco have been supplied with food from the - United States they ; have shown confidence in the prospect of resisting the rebels; although some of them shouted across the river to the Amer ican side that they would desert if at tacked. TV ' .', ' " More refugees crossed to Presidio, Texas, today and more provisions were brought-over from the American, side. . .- -.Send More Vessels, r Washington, Dec. 12. Orders went from tlte War Department to Brigadier General Bliss, today to dispatch imme diately the -army transport Sumner from Galveston. Texasy'to -Tampico, to take aboard Americans and other for eigners endangered ; - by fighting .Der tween - the Mexican Federals' and rebels. ; The vessel will carry 10,000 rations, two medicalJ(oflicers and a hospital 'cprps. : ?C ? i .;' - V" -Secretary -Garrison" acted .at there oueit of Secretary Bryan. . Rear. . Ad miral Fletcher, at : Tampico, had just retorted to the Navy Department tnat all American, German and British ves sels in. port were filled with retugees and that there still were many for eigners ashore. ' - ; ' : r V - -'Accommodations will, it is under stood, he needed for not less than 500 persons," said secretary Bryan s re ouest. "and for these it is probable that lodging and food will be required for several days." . . . The order to General buss directed that" Captain - Aloe. quartermaster corps,-be sent in charge of the Sum ner, -and Aaaea: -' ' - t : "On arrival .pi. snips, report at once to admiral, commanding American squadron with a view to tuii co-opera: ticm in the matter of furthering refuge to such people as may "he indicated by authorities representing xnat poi i. MEXICANS BURNED TO DEATH Miss Fossie Barnes, of Max ton, Victim of Flames Nuie in Maxton Hospital Breathes Flames That Devour Her Cloth ingWas Well Known in ) f . Robeson. . v , f. (Special. Star Telegram.) : . Maxtoil,- Ni.- C, Dec.1 12. This- morn-1 ing at 1 o'clock, Miss - Fossie - Barnes,' a - nurse -in . the ' Maxton hospital, - was burned to death. She- had bjeen pacfe ing her trunk preparatory to a trip to Richmond, . and after preparing . for bed-was standing . before the fire warming, j - Her night clothes r became ignited and before help could .reach her they had been burned - off. - - ;' When, she noticed the fire, she lost her presence of mind and ran scream ing about the-hospital and the other nurses could not catch her and smoth er, the J&ames. Jt. A. B. Croom, resi dent physician, was called, but. she had breathed the flames and died in great agony in a short while. - Miss Barnes was an. orphan and was raised by her uncle, Mr. Alfred Britt, of Buie. She is survived: by a brother, who . is a medical student at Wake Forest College, and by several other relatives. Mr.- Britt came up from Buie this morning . and carried the remains to Pembroke, from where, awaiting- the arrival of her brother from Wake For est, -they :. will be carried to. Barnes ville", her old home, for intermentl Tbe .funeral- services will . take place tomorrow from the ;home .of, her - un cle,. Mr.; R. R. Barnes. Miss Barnes was about 23 years old and only last September received her: diploma ; as . a nurse-- . '.vV-'.-t-- - -c,T.-; Miss. Barnes was well known In cen-" tral and, southern Robeson; where she had & host of friends. She was a girl of charming -personality and.. by .her S&iable,, and always cheerful disposi tion, jtnaoe inenas, ot au with wnom she came in contact. She was a daugh ter of the late Owen Barnes and his wife,,1 Dora Britt Barnes. Her father died when she was little more than - a baby and her-mother followed him to. the- grave a few years ago. She is survived by a sister," Mrs. Ambrose Townsendr: of Buie, and a brother,. Mr. Furman Barnes, of Wake Forest. Her parents were representative of two of Robeson county's leading families. FlllilL COTTOH ESTIMATE Thli: Year's Crop Amounts to 13,677,' 000, With North Carolina Rais ing 765,000 Bales. Washington, Dec. 12. A crop of 6,; 542,850,000 pounds of cptton, not in cluding linters, was produced in the United States during 1913-14, the .De partment -of Agriculture announced, to day This Is third in size, that of 1911, which . amounted .to 7,459,904,000. pound's being the ' record, and that of 1a$t year when. 6.851,710,000.. pounds were grown; being second. ; ; . sThis yearns crop probably will be the most. valuable ever- grown : in the Unit ed ; States.; At the average farm value of cotton on November. 1st which .was 13 scents a pound, it is worth $850,570,-, 500 for the lint alone.: To this about J125.000.000 nrobably will be added by value of seed and , linters." The pre--vious most valuable crop was that of 1910 ; valued at $820,320,000 . and with seed and lint at $963,180,000. - All States except Mississippi, Louis ianaMissouri and Oklahoma produced crops better than the five-year aver age. Georgia, AiaDam-anu soutn Car olina" oroduced their- second largest crops and Texas its third largest. Washington, uec. iz rne Ameri can cotton- crop for the season of 1913-14 wiir amount to 13.677.000 bales of 500 pounds, (not including linters) according to the first estimate .made by the government this year through the crop reporting board, Bureau of Statistics, Department of Agriculture, and announced this afternoon. . This compares with 13,703,421 bales of 500 pounds, exclusive of linters,.. produced last 'year.--when the totaf crop inclu sive .of; linters was 14,313,000 bales of 500? pounds;-15,692,701 bales in 1911, which including lmters amounted rto 16,250,000 bales: li.eos.uuu: bales in 1910, which including lihtets amount ed to 12,005,688 bales;' 10,00449 bales in 1 909 - whioh including lmters am ounted to 10,315,382 ; bales ; " 15,241,709 bales' in 1908. whieh including linters Pamounted.to 13,587,000; bales, and 11,- 107,000 bales in 1907, which including linters amounted" to 11,375,500 bales. The average or tne .crops xvv(-li was 12,331,000 bales,, exclusive or linters. The : averaere total production.' ' ex clusive, of linters, . for the five years; from 1907 to 1911 was 12,331,000 bales. The value of the crop, including seed, for .the same period averaged $803, 460.000. --while the 1912 crop, line, and seed, -was valued at $920,630,000, the value of; the lint being $792,240,000: the 1911 record crop, $859,840,000, the lint being valued at $7o2,420,000; and the; 1910 crop, $963,180,000, the most valuable ever produced the value of the . line being $820,320,000. . The estimated production, exclusive of linters and ? stated in 500 pound bales, by States, with comparisons, and the aggregate value of the crop with linters nd seed; follow: . Virginia: Total . production, 25,000 bales, compared with 24)398 bales .last : t (Goaued on Page Eight) - : i MUG ml HE BilADES Shortstop Joe Tinker is Sold to Brooklyn for $25,000. AT MEETII16 Other Changes Will;, Put New Blood in Several ? Old : Teams Tener Appoints Committees on New Julest. i New York,: Dec 12.-r-Three of the most j important baseball trades made in" the' National r League , in . recent years: j wempnsummated- -v here to night.'." i'- r- Joe? Tinker recently deposed as Cin cinnati's manager; , -was '-bought by Brooklyn fer.$2S3P0. ITlie; agrees to play with thatv team he -ill receive ? 19,000 of -the sum, the 'Remainder go ing to the Cincinnati chm; ; " Charley - Herzog, third taseman, and Grover Hartle fcatchar, ' New York, go to- Cincinnati I In "exchange for "Bob" Bescher,--outfielder. Edward " Kohetehy,. first baseman: H. H. Mowryy; third baseman, an4 bod Harmony picaer, . or at. l.ouis, go to Pittsburg,: in exchange for John Miller, first baseman j.; J. o. Wilson, outneldfr; Arthur Butler, vinflelder; Albert Dolan, third baseman, - and J,. H. Robinson, pitcher-- : The-trade were the outcome of ne gotiations "carried on by- National League club owner$ during the recent annual meeting.- x-vi .... The sale of. Tinker,- whose services had been eagerly soughrrby . at least three major-league; clnbs, disposes of an llth-hourmmor that-A-ugust Herr mann, " president- '-of the -Cincinnati club, had changed his mind about let ting the famous shortstop go. The acquisition of '-Herzog' -means in all probability:ithat he. rtl i be selected to manage the Reds tnext season. This ; was.. not, announced definitely, howeveri Herzog : recently was quot ed as rsayingihe jvould Jiot play in Cincinnati .unless lie could fee man ager. .. "r--1 ''"'- ':jv.-: -; - Tinker to Get itiOJmt--:; .. , WhthBr4r!i3coiKentto play dent Charles HV" Ebbetts .believed that the $10,000 consideration offered to the shortstop will alter his an nounced determination not to play anywhere except in Chicago "or Pitts burg. . The- $ 25,000 offer for Tinker, if ' consummated, would.be the largest outright cash, amount ever paid for a baseball player. It is also the first recorded instance in which a player (Continued on' PtegOTBIghfc) ACCIDENT Oil BOARD VERMONT Battleship Returning to Hampton Roads With, Three Compart ments Flooded. Washington, Dec. 12. With her starboard main shaft broken and sev eral of her compartments flooded, the battleship Vermont is limping toward Hampton. . Roads on her- retufil from the Mediterranean cruise, under con voy of the .battleship Delaware, and the colliers Orion and Jason. The ac cident - occurred at 3 :45 A.- M. - yes terday. -At 8 o'clock last night the Vermont was 1,100 miles; from Hamp ton Roads - an&6O0 miles from Bermu da, y . - - . : ; A radiogram to the Navy Depart ment from ReariAdmiral: Badger, commander-in-chief ; of the Atlantic fleet, describing . the accident; said " there was .no oause or alarni: The Vermont is proceeding; to: Hampton v Roads un der her- port engine making eight knots in Comparatively smooth sea. Admiral Badger says the skin of the ship and the propeller strut appeared uninjured. The Vermont and her con voys should arrive at Hampton Riads about December 17th, or 18th. , .The battleships Wyoming, Arkan sas, Florida' and Utah, of the return ing . Mediterranean squadron, are con tinuing toward New York," where they are expected to arlve next Monday. The Connecticut, : Kansas .and Ohio are. proceeding toward . Guantanamo, en route-to Mexican waters. ; OUTLINES 'j- The battleship ' Vermont.' - return in z from the: trip to foreign ports, hap pened to an accident. She is-limping toward Hampton Roads with her main shaft broken rand severaL: compart ments filled with" water. A V - Senator , Newlands in the-- debate oh currency, -defended the Democratic caucus "as the only method to success fully tpass. administration measures. ' The final, cotton cro nestimate by the government: issued yesterday gave a boost : to the price of the staple. In New. Orleans the price advanced two dollars a bale."-- . Rear Admiral Fletcher, in charere of the American fleet in Mexican waters. yesterday, demanded both the rebels and Federals fighting at Tampico to cease firing. Promising that if his de mand was not immediately complied with . to open nre upon ootn parties with the guns of the gimboat, Wheel in sr. Foreismers - were .'warned - either to take refuge aboard ships or on the water front where .they would be un der the care of his guns. New York markets: - -Spot - cotton quiet, middling uplands 13.40, gulf 13.65. Money on call easier 2 1-2 to 4 1-2. ruling rate 4 1-2, closing 3 3-4 to 4.. Time loans steady. .. Wheat barely steady. No. 2 red 100 to 101, No. 1 Northern Duluth 98 1-2. Corn' easy. Flour.- firm. . Turpentine- steady. Rosin quiet. UNOIIIIGEO HE EVIDENCE GIVEN OF GRAFT Officials of Construction Co. : Tell of Contributions. "HIGH COURT AT ALBANY" Contribute Large Sums to the demo cratic State Committee to Keep Contracts'From Being Held Up and Pay Blocked.. New York Dec. 12.-:-James E. Flood and : John , B. . Davis, president and , treasurer, respectively; of the Flood & Van Wirt : Engineering & Con struction . Co., of : Hudson' Falls, - N. Y., testified - today s at the J Ohn. Doe in quiry into highway i graft - that' their corporation had ; given'. $4,500 . to the Democratic .State committee because they. . feared that . contracts, the con cern ; had t with; the . State Highway commission and the canal board would be held up.- . The commissioner of high ways "who was then l;. Uordon Keei, and the su perintendent of public -orks. Dun can W(. Peck, were described by Da vis as the high court at Albany." Flood and Davis were called to sup plement previous testimony by Dud ley : E.. Van Wirt; ; vice, president of the concern, that at the solicitation of Ev erett P. Fowler, alleged Tammany bagman , ' he sent contributions amounting to $3,000 to the. Democrat ic State committee and one of $1,500 at the request of William J. Morrisey, deputy . saperintendent of public works. . - : ' Davis said Van Wirt had told him that Morrisey had "advised" him to make . the $l,a00 contribution " in Oc tober,1912. r - . . - "You "regarded is as a , demand, didn't: you?" asked District -Attorney vvnitman. .-v . . "Yes," said Davis. -"Why did you give?" i "To give is strong with the parties over. 'us the Democratic State? com mittee.? . ..vv.vi v ; . ' l:-- Flood's Evidence. ; " .. .i Flood - gave similar testimonyft -He added: "we were airaid?-our-;estt mates would be' held un." ? '..tt ".r:J ' Several bther rbatt- builders itestl-' fied today that they ." gave cdhtribu-r tions in connection with their1, con- tracts. ' : v - . John - C. Bradley, of Corning. " told of having been asked by Jerry Lynch of Glens Falls, to give $1,500 to the Democratic, state committee in -1908. Charles' S. RauBer, of Rochester, of Whitmore, Rauber & Ciclnus; Ihc., (Continued on Page Eight.) NATIONAL G. 0. P. COIIVEIITIOII Congressional Campaign ' Committee Favor Holding One to Reorgan ize Representation. : ' Washington, Dec. 12. The Na tional Republican Congressional - cam paign committee went on record here today' as favoring a special - National convention of . the Republican. Varty next year and suggested "the" plans for re-apportionment of delegate ..represen tation to future conventions ;' " It- was resolved by 'the . committee that in its judgmentr ": r -: A special National cohVentioh. of the Republican party should be? held as soon as practicable, for the purpose of taking action relative to tne-apportionment' of delegates to the .. National nominating; conventions- of. the, party; to tne unit ; 01 representation ; to tne full recognition.. of the primary -.laws, of the various States pertaining to the election of delegates and- members of the National committee, and the, time when the latter shall take office and to such other matters; as may . seem desiranie." v:-,...v-:.-'--: - A-:--?a . -.-v This resolution will be submitted to the. .Republican National committee which meets here next Tuesday, to gether with the plans for re-apportion- niemVof the delegates. , . v . . : - The present' apportionment of dele gates provides' for four delegates-at-large from each State, two delegates-at-large forj each: each representative-at-large in Congress", ana two dele gates from " each Congressional 4 'i dis-i trict. w- :;-; The present delegate representation is 1,062. . . ' :: ., 7-: j,:v-.:' The first suggestion of the Congres sional committee which' would - make the ' total j delegate representation 1, 044, is as follows:' . . i;:' : ' For each of such districts in which the vote cast for the Republican can didate for Presidential electors- m 1908 was hot more than 40 per cent. of the total -vote cast for Presidential electors in : such district in such elec tion, rone delegate for' each - Of such distnpts ; in ; which such .Republican vote was 40 per cent, but not , more than 60 per cent.,' two delegates for each of .such districts in - which such Republican rvote was more ..than 60 per . cent., three delegate's. - In- any State, where a re-apportionment act has not been passed to provide the full number , of Congressional v . districts, such State shall be entitled to s dele- gates-at-large for each representative-at-large in Congress at the above ra tio, comparing the full vote of the State with the total - Kepuoncan1 vote in the State." : - ' - Unon this basis representation- from the Southern States- will be diminish ed. For- example, Alabama i would , be reduced from 24 to 15 delegates; Geor-. gia from 28 to 18 : South -- Carolina from 18 to - lij ana- otner ..- soutnern States accordingly. . V ''-r -New York would be increased from 90 to 102 ; Massachusetts from 36-to 44; Illinois from 58 to 61 and so oh.'. (Continued oft Page -Bight.) ' - DEFENDS .CAUCUS AS ONLY METHOD Senator Newlands Makes Vig orous Reply to Hitchcock. FULFILL PARTY PROMISES - 1 ' -:: ' ' Heated Debate Over the Currency Bill Now Before the Senate Twelve Men Control the Finances of This Country. i Washington, Dec. 12. A vigorous defense of the Democratic caucus as the only method of carrying party promises into; : effect, was made by Senator Newlands during the curren cy debate today in the Senate. Re plying to the severe arraignment of the caucus made last night by Sena to Hitchcock, Senator Newlands de clared the caucus was the instrument by which ' administration measures" representing the results of party counsel could be effective. Senator Borah assailed the -administration bill' vigorously. He quoted George M. Reynolds, of Chicago, as having said he was one of 12 men who controlled the finances of the country. "It is into the hands of these 12 men that Senators now propose to place, the control of the issue of cur rency," declared Mr. Borah. The is sues and control, of .currency, the. Sen ator -declared, should not be placed in the hands of private institutions. -' Senator Stone charged that the con ference of bankers -at Boston, and Chicago which proposed : substantial changes in the plan were controlled by the "Wall Street group." -t-- "The great banks," he said, .have built up a great financial aligarchy which , we propose to destroy by this bill." , . ... "s:- , - 1 Proposes "A'mejridments. ,h--v'JSenator 'Cummina- proposed amend mBntSi to the-Owen, bil, providing that, the j m,ember banks of the- Federal, re servjevbankfl' should jelect .four Instead of six directors, and thiEt1'the Federal rev.boaMdttld-elect.fivefttaf tetead of eight." He safd he helfeved the . people instead - of the banks, 1 should be given more power over the money of the country, v To provide for an . emergency curr rency, Senator Cummins would give authority to the government to issue United States notes for a definite per iod. These notes could be issued by officials, he said, organized into a bu reau of the treeasury, or into a cen tral bank, the latter being preferable. Senator Smoot denied the charge that-the banks of the country were "curtailing business in order to bring financial distress. "It is unfortunate," he added; "that a political platform declares against the central bank. I feel certain that a majority of the Senators are con vinced that a central bank would set tle financial problems : for 100 years to come." The Night1 Session.; The Senate made fair progress to day and tonight in the debate of the Currency bill, but no further steps were. taken toward reaching. an agree ment for final vote. Senate leaders were still in hope that speeches could be concluded and amendments dispos ed of in. time for. a vote on the pas sage of the bill next Wtednesday. - To day was spent .in listening to set speeches by Senators Hollis, ; Cum mins, Stone, Newlands and .Borah. . Senator Hollis, a Democratic mem ber of the Banking , committee, who joined in the preparation of the Ow en bill, defended the regional reserve system and bankers . ownership - of stock. ' - . ..:, c , , "The time may J come," : he said, "when we may wish to incorporate a great Federal bank: with stock owned by people in general, dealing directly with the people, and competing with our present banks. But at present we are not addressing ourselves to that problem. We are attempting, J.o pror vide institutions in which i existing banks may place their reserves with safety and ,yet,. have ihe jise of them to a reasonable extent. If people in general are permitted to take all tlQ, stock there will be noigpecial committee has-the work in responsible ownership upon which 'an enlcient double liability may be used. Since the government deposits are to be . entrusted to the reserve banks, this responsibility should be" compell ed. , The argument of a TBank of the People' sounds most attractive. - but every National bank is that already." Efforts are to be made -by the Sen ate leaders to have general debate concluded as nearly as possible . by Monday. - . , FOUR NEWBERNITES CALL ON SENATOR, SIMMONS. Basnight is to Pay Smith's Salary for Time. tie was uux. . ( Special Star Telegram.) r Washington. D. C. Dec. 12. A dele gation of four Newbernites called on Senator Simmons : today to advance the candidacy of John Thomas for the postmastershlp.. : senators, Simmons will make a Selection early next week. J. S. Basnight, former postmaster at Newbem, has been ordered to pay the salary of R.1 E. Smith, whom Bas night discharged. Smith was out ten days and the money will be taken out of Basnight's personal funds. ' : - Senator Overman said today that he welcomes any charges that any one has to file against Wt C. Hammer. "If they have anything against Ham mer, -let them file their charges with the Department of Justice," he said. - - , P. K. A. Washington. Dec! 12.. Representa tive Edwards, of. Georgia, in a bill in troduced today, . proposed that. ' the government .refund ..the . .cotton - taxes collected during and just, after the Civil War.. , BAPTISTS REFUSE TO BAR FOOTBALL Resolution to Abolish It at Wake Forest Defeated v IIEXT COIIVEIJTIOII AT RALEIGH Discussion of Temperance, Aged Min" isters' Relief and Obituarjes Fea- , tures Afternoon Session at Shelby Yesterday. ... fX INTRODUCED.-. PROTEST I. - Shelby, N. C, t Dec. 12.-Two ! 4 live issues were .introduced in 4 the Baptist State Convention A. 4 iiere today-'just -before it . ad- ! 4 journed after, having chosen' Ra-1 ? lelgh as the next place ; of meet-. ing. . une .01 tnese was a. pro-, test against the' method of pro-' cedure in regard ; to- reports of - college ' trustees and the other a 1 ' resolution calling , on the .trus- tees of Wake Forest College to 4 abolish football. , After a spirited attack on the ? custoA - of adopting the college ! reports without debate, in which 4 it is proposed to treat the de batable sections of such, reports v - : just as all other convention re ports are treated, the advocates of the change dropped the mat ter, stating, however, that the attack would be renewed at the 1914 meeting. ' (By T. W. Chambliss.) . - T Shefbyr N. dirt Dec. ; 12. The x ses-' ; . ' sion -this afternoon of the 83rd annual ' contention of North ' Carolina 4 Bap :' , tists was given' over to the discussion: . . - ; of temperance, aged ministers' relief t.i , and obituaries. : The reports were read. I '. V and adopted, The aged ministers'. re4 1 v?l '"' lief fund has been increased the pas h Z; if.": veair but atill - lareier Offering's .are" neb x & essaryjf the. proper :rjief is given thd, - ,. ifeged -men. p" '-ryf'v- V'a-:'.-:.: v v in thiaprniiig-se&siott tho tedtfven ?!'ft: ' promptly and practically by' a' IZ' i unanimous vote tabled - a resolution tan :"v .1. ( ask- the board of trustees of Wake : Forest College to abolish football The 7 -' v, resolution was not discussed ' at any. : length. ' The sentiment . was entirely ' J 7 ' .f too strong against theadoption. : V : Sunday School Secretary -Middleton .. , ; ' peaking'to the report Of ,-the Sunday ' school committee; - urged the organi-' V"" t zation of the : distinctively Baptistic ? ' - Bible classes as ' provided for in' the v " ; . report. These classes -are a part of " , the distinctive denominational 7 pro-. ; ! gramme as mapped but. for the future - c . Sunday school work. In the United States the Sunday school enrollment ; is less than 50 per tent, of the mem- ' J ; bershio of Baptist' churches. In the v , - s territory of the Southern Baptist. Con-v : . vention, the percentage rises to 55. '--;.' ri - P per cent., but in North Carolina tne. ;- : i Sunday school enrollment is 75 per '::"P::"l cent of the church membership. Frof . J. Henry Highsmith, of Wake Forest ' 1 College, presented the importance of , , the Baptist Young-. People's work iAi t , ; a splendid address. ;: , . . ( ' . r ; i -" The session of the: convention ..for " ... i 1914 will be held' with the Baptist, V - ! churches of Raleigh; the ' . ..invitation --- , ;-. 1 from' those churcheB:.having been ac? -.; . cepted. f' The annual sermon will be . - , preached by Hey. E. T. Carter,-D.. . -. D.. of 'Newbern, and Rev. G. -T.- y i Lumpkii, of Oxford, will be the alter- . . nate, . -. . :-' '. .---ir:'-'- :: . The Judson Fund. ! . v ..,:'. , Southern Baptists are at work, rais : . ing a special fund, known as the Jud- : son Centennial Memorial Fund and tov-.;j . amount, to $1,250,000: This fund is to, ;. ' be entirely separate from the moneys V , given for current eipenses in foreign I mission work and will be expended in f the equipment of foreign mission sta-c . ' ; tions. Churches, homes for mission- - U ariea, chgpels, hospitals and other perr A 7 : f - 1 maueni wui.ki - win ; u uuuts vmu mo . t money raised as the memorial to: " ; ; ; ; Adoniram Judson. - . . - 1 : North Carolina has been asked to v . . contribute $100,000 to this fund and a ' . , ; charge amrRev. G.'.-T Lumpkin is in the field for the committee. The re-, port made to the convention shows an v increasing interest in the . movement and up to this time the churches and individuals of the State have contrib-:....-uted $60,000. .'-"''. '.'n'i)'X ": . - Misleading - Newspaper Report. ' Leaders in the denomination : regret- . the publication- in the 'Charlotte Ob- .. . server of December litn. or tne state ment that the movement to put Chris- . tian Education in the budget of benev olences was in any sense the result of a "fight."' .The . movement has been -coming for several years- but was di-, :. rectly the result ot the action taken v V" by the convention at Goldsboro In 1912, when direct control of Wake For- . , est Coiee, Meredith V College and -: , Thomasviue jdrphanage'Tmssed to the ; :i convention; fThe collegesi before the amendment of their charters this year . V were controlled - by .': self-perpetuating trustees. Now . the trustees must be -v f: approved by the convention. This ac-' tion - hastened the advanced step of placine -Christian education with mis-. sions and the orphanage In. the bud-' ' get. JThere was absolutely no opposi tion to the measure and it was done .. by unanimous vote. The . discussion was entirely as to the methods and the' time of making the." change. The - V Observer stated "it is a fight that nas been gaining momentum starting some , ' few rears ago. The advocates or tne - plan have been gathering forces -until ".' they felt that tonight was the time. .. to place it before the convention and . let them fight It out." ... ; One of the most: prominent men m j - the denomination. said today that it was - to be rearetted that -such publi- i cation had beenr made especially in - view of the fact that there was abso- . 1 i ! i. If i. V, 1
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