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THE WEATHER. 8AXTA CXAUS Fair Tuesday and Wednesday. '.1 vol. xcni no. 73, FEDERALS.,TRY TO SURROllliiFt!;. , Fear Expressed for Safety of Scattered Rebels. MESSAGES FROM JAUREZ Mexican Congress Adjourns Until April the. Second Next Year. Tampico Conditions Satis factory to Government. . ' Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 15. While rebel headquarters in Juarez today was sending urgent messages to- Gen. Francisco Villa, the rebel commander at Chihuahua, telling him he was in curring the displeasure of foreign countries in his actions toward Span iards and other foreigners and asking him to modify his attitude, Gen. Villa himself was said to be seriously con cerned over renewed Federal activity. Reports Were' that Federals were advancing toward Chihuahua from Torreon, about 200 miles south. Villa has scattered his forces by sending troops to ' surround the Federals at Ojmaga, on the border, while garri soning Juarez and Chihuahua. This was said to offer the Federals an op portunity to strike at Chihuahua. Fed eral troops were also reported on their way from Monterey with a view -of strengthening the, position of the Hu erta government in the interior. An attack ! on Chihuahua, which is not regarded as imminent, would cut Villa off from any base on the border. It was conceded by rebels that the first act of the Federals, should they arrive in the vicinity of Chihuahua would be to . stop all telegraph and railroad . communication. Thus the Federal evacuation of Chihuahua, which occurred two weeks ago, and enabled Villa to enter the State capi tal without a . battle, would prove to be a military trap out of which, the rebels would have to fight their way. The plan which the rebel forces think the Federals possibly are trying to work out is to draw as many as possible of ' the rebels toward Ojinaga while Federals- from ' the -south reach Chihuahua.; " Others -believe the Feder al &c,ti?itys$u&3ra preparation-to chefcKVVilia. projected march on Torreon. ' -; ' ' ,r .:. Villa Selling Dry Goods. ,. The situation at Chihuahua on ac count of the - protest of Spaniards against their; expulsion from Mexico was less critical . today. It was un derstood arrangements were made for the sending of an official inquiry from the American - government s to . Villa through Consul Letcher. Villa was making progress with the disposal of goods which he seized from the. Span-J lards. All the foodstuffs and cloth ing in the Spanish retail stores were sold at less than half prices and Con stitutionalist money was accepted. Word came that Luis Terrazas, Jr., for whose release from prison an ap peal was sent to Secretary of State Bryan, already had - granted forced loans to Villa. This took the form of checks in small denominations, ag gregating $250,000 and the checks were being used as currency. One expanation given-by Gen. Be vadives, commander . at Juarez, re garding Villa's acts in Chihuahua was that Villa had been consistent to his own idea as to what warfare was, but had been without advice in regard to the "rights of foreigners. There was no fighting today at Oji naga where Gen. Mercado, the Fed eral commander is. camped.. Congress Ad journs. , . Mexico City, Dec. 15. From now until April 2nd, President Huerta will be obliged to conduct the government without Congress ' as that specially created organization was formally, ad journed today, its most, important acts during the session were the rati fication of the' President's assumption of power . over the various depart" ments of - the government after dis solving the preceding congress, and re-granting to the President this same power, which gives Gen., Huerta until congress convenes again, practically the sway- of a dictator. Altogether the new Congress : was unobtrusive, interfering not at all with the executive's ideas of govern ment. Its most notable act, aside from those directly connected with the executive plans, -was the ratifica. tion of a concession to a Belgian syndicate to construct 5,000 miles of narrow gauge railway. . The rebel Gen. Villa's treatment of the Spaniards at Chihuahua has arous ed the keen sympathy of the colony here. The Spanish minister, Senor Cologan y Cologan,--sent to Washing ton today through the American Charge Nelson O'Shaughnessy,.-. his thanks for the efforts made ,by the government to. relieve his countrymen at that place. . The situation around Tampico is declared by the government to be sat isfactory. Late railway reports indi cate that the rebels in their retreat took away only four locomotives and enough cars-to make up four trains. Reports from other parts of Mexico eoncern the usual number of minor engagements and rebel depredations Diaz in Washington. Washington, Dec; 15. A man slip posed to be Gen. Felix Diaz, who rer cently fled from Vera Cruz to Havana, arrived in Washington tonight and registered at a local hotel as Gen. F. Diaz, Havana. He is said to have come from New York and carried very little baggage. . Efforts to sge "Diaz" were without avail as he immediately retired to his room. At the Mexican embassy ft was stated that they were unaware of the presence here of Gen. Diaz. They said Gen. Diaz was still in Hanava when he was last heard from, await ing trial on "a charge growing out of an altercation with a 'Spaniard. No News at Washington. Washington; Dec -1 5 . Except , for a telegram from - American Consul Letcher telling of threats of expulsion of Spaniards and confiscation. ""of their (Continued on Page Eight) V v nPtrrrrr. JL JHlnJ WILSON RESENTS Withdraws His Acceptance of Membership in Carabaos ORDERS IB IflVESTIGATIOH Army and Navy Officers Use Sarcasm in Reference to Administration Plans' for the Future Gov- - ernmenl of -Philippines. Washington, Dec. 15. President Wilson tonight formally withdrew his recent acceptance of honorary mem bership in the military order of the Carabao, composed of regular and volunteer officers of the 'army and navy who served ,in the Philippine islands during the four years succeed ing the 'Spanish-American war. . " Earlier in the day the President had ordered an investigation of various satires auu travesties on the adminis tration's policy towards the Philip pines, as portrayed at a banquet of the Carabaos. in Vv ashington last Thurs day night. The affair was attended by -secretaries Redheld, Daniels ana Postmaster General Burleson, Justices McKenna and VanDeventer, of the United States Supreme Court, many members of Congress and hundreds of army and navy officers. The demand for an investigation, together with intimations from the White Hotise that court martials and severe reprimands would not be sur prising. as a result, caused a sensation in army and navy circles. The incident first came to the Presi dent's attention when . he read ac counts of it in the newspapers. - Through his- secretary, he commun icated with various members of the cabinet, expressing his indignation that 'officers of the army and navy should" sing songs containing profane epithets toward ia people whom the United States was endeavoring to as sist to self -government and civiliza tion. No effort, according to White House officials, had been made to keep the, banquet- a private . iaffair, copies ;Of .the songs vand? descriptions of ; the travesties showing opposition to the administration's PMUnninaixilT IcyVbeing given to the. press generally in advance. - -. - .;. - -- Thrusts -Deeply-Resented. It. was -.made plain at the White House that while a general burlesque of the Administration's peace policies and thrusts at Secretary Bryan and others were deeply resented because they came from , army and navy offi cers, the chief objection was to the spirit of hostility shown to Philippine independence as being worked out by the administration. ' Secretaries Daniels and Garrison conferred at length on the subject and called on Rear Admiral Thomas T. Howard, U. S. N., and Major Gen, (Continued on Page Eight.) REFUSE TO RATIFY SALE Board of Directors of Cincinnati tionals Object to Terms of Tinker Sale. Na- Cincinnati, Dec. 15. Two players J a: pitcher and an: outfielder together with $15,000 in cash, are now asked from the Brooklyn club by the, Cincin nati club in exchange for Shortstop Joe Tinker instead of the straight sale of the player to the Brooklyn club for $25,d00 as had been arranged by Presidents Herrmann and Ebbets. This action was decided on today after the board of directors of the Cin cinnati club had overruled the action Of President Herrmann in making the deal. After the receipt of a telegram from President Ebbets. in which he ex pected the Cincinnati club to fulfill its end of the agreement, Mr. Herrmann wired that the directors weer not sat isfied with the sale of Tinker and ask ed for a choice of Pitchers Ragon and Yingling and Outfielders Moran and Stengel with a cash bonus of $15,000. Cincinnati, Dec. 15. - The board of directors of the Cincinnati baseball club today refused to ratify August Herrmann's sale of Joe Tinker to Brooklyn for $25,000. President Herr mann immediately sent a telegram to President Ebbets. of the Brooklyn club, telling him that the deal insofar as cash alone was concerned was off, but that another deal that would in clude Yingling or Ragon and Moran or Stengel with a cash consideration might be considered. Herrmann asrreed last week to let Brooklyn have Tinker for $25,000 cash, with the understanding that Cincin nati should; give Tinker $10,000 for signing with Brooklyn. " .Herrmann today was informed that Ebbets, on the strength of this agree ment considered Tinker the 1 property of : Brooklyn regardless of the action of the Cincinnati board of directors. . "I will nave nothing to say- on the subject; until I hear personally from Ebbets,'- was Herrmann's comment. New York, Dec. 15. "No action of the directors " of Cincinnati can rescind the sale of Tinker to Brook lyn,": said Charles H. Ebbets, of the Brooklyn club today, -"and I consider Tinker as much a member of the club as Daubert, Wheat, Rucker or Robin son. ' : "-. ' " , . ' Herrmann, as president of the Cin cinnati club, had the same right to make the deal for his club as I did for Brooklyn. Having announced Tink er's acquisition to Brooklyn fans, I don't propose to be made- a laughing stock of the baseball world." ;; Chicago, Dec. 15. Charles -W. Murphy, president of the Chicago Na tionals, said today he was still in the market- for Tinker and; would . make an efforts to get -him. ; IMPROPER SONGS EOUNDE WTLMIKGKrON, N. FIRST TEST VOTE Substitute Offered by Hitch cock is Tabled by Senate BEED REPLIES TO ROOT Attacks New York Senator and De clares He Told of Dire Things That Would Happen and Didn't Tell Why. Washington, Dec." 15. Administra tion forces in the Senate were vic torious today in the first test of strength on the currency reform bill. The vote, forty to thirty-five, tabled a substitute offered by Senator Hitch cock ..for section two of the adminis tration-bill proposing Va system of four regional : banks, with a possible in crease to eight, the regional bank stock to be owned by the public. ' The defeat of this amendment prac tically assured the adoption of the Owen plan which provides . for" from b to 12 regional banks, with the stock owned by the National banks that oe- come members. Democratic leaders claimed that the 'result of the test vote, involving one of the most im portant features of the fight indicate the complete success of the adminis tration measures. Efforts to get an . agreement forv a time to begin final voting on the bill were not successful today; but lead ers on both sides looked forward to an early termination of the debate and for final action before the end of the week, - Reed Makes Reply. When the Hitchcock substitute had been tabled, Senator Reed made a speech vigorously defending the Owen bill and replying to Senator Root, who on Saturday attacked the measure and called Secretary Bryan the "dominat ing influence'-' behind the : proposed new currency system. Replying directly to Senator Root's predictions, that undue inflation and a financial panic might ensue if the cur rency bill were passed in its present form. Senator Reed declared' no infla- tion- of jtae iarreney -could osear vn- less- the sound money men-who run the banks" brought it about. "This is a workable bill," he declar ed., "It is not surcharged with de struction ta business. If added checks ought to be put in, I for one, am will ing to put them in. The Senator from New York spent ' his time telling of the dire things that would happen and spent but little time explaining his own proposed amendments. "No on,e has the right to stand on the floor of this Senate and under take to alarm the business interest of the country when there is no just cause for it. I doubt tne nign patriot ism of the man who will stand hers and cry 'Wolf, wolf,' when there is no wolf; who will take this chance of injuring the multitude who may be misledby such a cry." The Real Reason. Senator Reed said a "typewritten document" proposing Senator Root for the Presidency had been prepared and given to the press before he made this SDeech. "It is not difficult then to understand why the secretary of State was brought in." wnen tne vnice of ambition is calling to higher honors it is not difficult to understand that men will sometimes let their in terest overcome their spirit . and fair ness and candor. "If we ever have . inflation of the currency, under this 'bill, it will be caused by the bankers of the country and by no one else. Even If Mr. Bryan was all that he has been painted by his enemies; even if he favored infla-. tirm nf the currency, which . no one has the right to charge; even if his influence was to stand DacK 01 mis proposed Federal reserve, board and tn nrmtrnl the men who will be ap pointed by the President; that board cannot put out one dollar of additional currency until there has been a call made upon it by the rigional banks, whose boards will be controlled by the 'sound money men' who run the Na tional banks." Hitchcock's AttacK. Sonfltnr Hitchcock made a sharp at tack on the proposed control of the regional reserve banks by the bank ing interests of the country. He de iarori this feature of the bill would turn over the country reserves to the use of these bankers ana wouia legal ize the methods and the combinations of control against which the country has long protested. Quoting tne speecn 01 senator tune Saturday, in which the latter attack ed A. B. Hepburn and Frank A.'Van fierlip, of New York, and Milton Ailes of Washington, as representatives ' of o .laoa rf hankers who were fighting effective currency reform, he ms.ated that under the Democratic bill the con trol of the currency system of the country would be turned over xo inese and other bankers. . If the Vanderlips and tne Aiies are going to control." interrupted Senator Stone, It is remarKaDie mai mej- sub rtTwiaiTur thia whole system. " They have been down here fighting it. They are fighting it yet. - They are invoking every agency to defeat it. They want to get a central bank." . Williams WOW8 odrcasHc. TWmnM'atic Senators renewed the criticism of Senator Root's speech at the night session of the Senate. . Sena tor Williams referring to the Presiden tial boom, launched for Senator Root by Senator Gamnger, aeciarea 11 was "wonderful v what wreck can be wrought in' a sound mind by a Presi dential bee." He declared tne -plutocratic press," had Jieralded Senator Root's speech as a great attack on the currency bill, but he, insisted that Senator Root s premises were entirely wrong. No inflation of the currency could result from the new- proposed low- rio flfl A. before the restraining influence of the Federal reserve board. Chairman Owen, of -the banking committee, challenged th& statements ? ? (Continued on page max.) OWEff FORCES WIN C, TI UESDAV MOKNIKG, THE IPOBEIGffi PLAIT National Committee Not to Decide Important Question MAY fJOT GALL CONVENTION Must Have More Motive for Wanting to Win Other Thana Desire to Defeat Democratic Party and Gain Power. Washington," Dec. 15. Although the Republican 'National, Committee will not decide the question of whether It shall call an extraordinary party con vention until fits formal : meeting to morrow, many; otr the arguments for and against"' such action were, made tonight at a:-dinner" given to the' com mitteemen by the chairman Charles D. Hilles. - In- a speech to the diners that preceded, .the discussion' of the merits of the question. Mr. Hilles outlined at length the matters with the committee and a -convention if called, will be asked tor settle, gave some of the arguments, on each side and declared that in any event the Republican party should get together. "This conference," he-, said, ."is not a counsel of - despanvv Republicans have every reason to feel hopef ul' The National chairman , did not dis close his personal views on the advis ability of an extraordinary convention, but called .upon 'other committeemen to debate its merits. : "In order that we may again tri umph," said he "we must have some motive others than a desire f to .; win. For the sake of mere success at the polls we must?-sot discard ' or under mine the sound principles which our predecessors taougnt out and fought and wrought out. : Republicans and former Republicans can go .very far in a protocol of union if a surrender of principles is not involved. -Abnormal Meeting .. Mr. Hilles referred ; to the meeting of the National committee as ""abnor mal but directed , , by the executive committee and waraoted , iy. condfc tions. -He announced jth&t five impor-tant'-questioi committee tomorrow involved tne rec ognition o State -laws as to the man ner of choosing delegates; minimiz ing the number of contests for seats in conventions ; terminating the ten ure of committeemen automatically upon the election of tneir successors, ' (Continued on Page Eight) Thousands r See Sign Turned On PEOPLE PACK THE "BULL CITY" STREETS TO READ "DUR HAM, RENOWNED THE WORLD AROUND." (Special Star Telegram.) Durham, N. C, Dec. 15. Thou sands of people packed the streets tonight to . see a big electric slogan sign turned on. -Excursion trains from various, points brought additional hun dreds. . Electric arches every 60 feet up Main street made the-business sec tion as light as day.- " The city was decorated in gala at tire for the holiday and a general mas querade parade of hundreds of partici pants- infested the city, before the court house stage had been erected; There were speeches by :, prommnt men of the city and State. The big slogan sign, "Durham, Renowned The World Around." is 60x40 feet, erected on a prominent 'building, and is an im pressive sight for miles. , OUTLINES The Kovernment crop report shows that this year's results from . tilling the soil is the most valuable yet ex cept the year 1911 The battleships wnicn nave been visiting in Europe returned home this week. Except for the accident on the Vermont the trip was "made in perfect order. The fleet weathered a five day gale on the return at an av erage speed of 15 knots. The Republican executive .commit tee will decide today -.whether to call an extraordinary 1 convention of that party for next summer or not- . President Wilson nas witn drawn his recent acceptance of honorary membership in the. Carabao,: an organ izatien consisting of officers of the army and ' navy -who were in the war . . . . . . T-r 3 a - ' 1 witn cpain.- - tie ua oi uerea an in vestigation which nay result In court martials and reprimands. . The board. of directors of the Cin cinnati " baseball? club have refuspd td ratifv the sale of- Joe Tmkervmade to Brooklyn by the president of the club. The, administration iorces won tne first test in the currency bill debate. The substitute offered by Senator Hitchcock . to the second section of the bill was - tabled .by a good ma jority. . The new Clyde J-ane pier in unaries ton - was destroyed by fire yesterday. The property loss will be several hun dred thousand dollars. , Hans Schmidt was shown to have attempted to take out " insurance for the girl he murdered before she was killed. New Yorks markets: Wheat steady. No. 2 red 1.00. to 1.01; No. 1 Northern Duluth 99 3-4. r Corn steady 77 1-8. Flour quiet. Kosm quiet. Turpen tine easy. Money on. call . easy 3 to 4 per cent l ruling rate ,4 closing-3 1-2 to 4. Spot -cotton quiet? middling- up lands 13.00; middling;gulf 13.25. - " DECEMBER 3 6, 1913. j ' T NEW MURCHISO BUILDING CROP 4Uk To be erected for Murchisou National 8. ;- ' r? I S 1? rv t-" 'h iS-J i i .if; 1 V x timtl -n i i 1 I ;-1i'mTmUm in 11 U" ""I" ' .. Mirucuuu ; siuk roor; steam neaung; a eieetric elevators; cost xzio.WO; architect, Ken neth M. Murchisou, New York ; construction bids opened soon. SHIPS RETURN Weathered Five Day Gale Under 15 Knots Speed Highly ; Complimehted Upon Appear . a nee and Conduct of Fleet at I rfge WWte siting -r' ' ; ropeDesertldhs. : " New York, Dec. 15. The battle ships Wyoming,- Arkansas, Utah; and Florida' came into port today out of the teeth , of ; a five days .. gale -that marked the end of a voyage of 9,000 miles. They were a part of ..the fleet that left Hampton Roads October 25th for the Mediterranean on a pleasure trip for Officers and-men and to dem onstrate that a squadron of "United States battleships can cros the At lantic and return without having re course to foreign ports for supplies. There were in all nine battleships In the fleet and not -an ounce of coal, oil, or provisions was purchased dur ing their more than seven weeks ab sence from American shores. This is a record in the United States navy the officers said today. Three ! col liers and a provision- ship carried all necessary supplies, enough to have .sustained the fleet muqh longer, if necesary, it was saaid. ' ' Of t-e rest of the fleet, the Ver mont is bound for Norfolk i with a broken shaft, and the Deleware ; ia with her, the Connecticut, and Kansas are on their way to Mexico, and the Ohio to Guantanamo, ' with two small pox - patients on board, who will be landed there. After disinfection ; and proper quarantine, she also will pro ceed to Mexico. " . v ; ;. The' snips that' came' in today were somewhat battered from their? en counters at 15 knots with mountain ous seas, but no serious defect' was reported. It was the first- storm that the superdreadnaught Wyoming, Ad miral Badger's flagship,- had been called upon to weather, and while the seas did slight damage to parts of her superstructure, her officers said her behavior was all ' that could be desired. With the exception of the accident to the Vermont, the officers expressed satisfaction because at no time ; had there been trouble with engines ; or machinery and -no necessairy of slow ing down. , . , ; - - They were pleased also; they said, to have been complimented at every port on the fine appearance of the ships and the behavior of the men on shore leave. At Naples, Genoa, Ville Franche, Marseilles and Malta, which were all visited by one- or more of the ships, the. most . hospitable wel come botht official and popular was extended. . -: " The sailors were ; given the maxi mum of shore leave, long enough to permit them to take extended sightseeing- trips through France and Ita ly. Out "of a quota of neearly 10,000 men there were only five- desertions, an unusual record, it was said. : he serious illness of Capt. Freder ick L. Chapin, of the Wyoming, mar red the pleasure of the home-coming on the flagship. He was taken ill a week ago with kidney . trouble and was removed to the marine .hospital on the arival of the Wyoming at the Brooklyn navy - yard. - Tonight his condition was reported to be critical. UPHOLD STATES' RIGHTS Insurance Companies Must. Come to ' Time in Montana.' - Washington, Dec. 15. The power of a State to tax net receipts ;f life insurance companies . in each county was ' upheld today by the Supreme Court- in a case where the New York Life . Insurance Co. resisted 1 the t col lection of a tax by Deed Lodge coun ty, Mont. .The : company contended vainly hat .the ' action of the . State was an interference with interstate commerce. Justices Hughes and Van Deventer dissented, . IJK?.". .1 Courtesy Maiiufacturers Record. Bank; 63x106 feet; 10 stories; fireproof con- F Senatorial Fight Between v Them All Off They Dinei Talk arid. Laugh "Together ")' 4-pdt 'Hearing. ' ' (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Dec. 15. It's all off. That is, there is hot going to be any senatorial fight in North Carolina between former Governor Robert B. Glenn and Senator Lee S. Overman. The two are now good friends and, judging from the way the two were laughing and chatting when they din ed together at the Raleigh tonight, the former governor now thinks Overman will make a good Senator for " another six years. The cause of this change of heart, it is said, is because it was stated at the White House soon' after the for mer governor reached Washington, that the President had definitely de cided to give Glenn a job on the Inter national Boundary Commission. Hence according to report, Glenn will sup port Overman for the Senate. The President intends to fire for mer Senator Turner, of Washington State, and nominate the man who played baseball with him when they used a paddle as a bat and an air filled piece of rubber as a ball. The1 job pays ?7,500 per year and is com monly called the "roost for lame ducks:" The biggest thing to the place is the salary. Lighthouse Depot. Col. J. VanB. Metts, H. L. Hunt and E. P. Bailey, of Wilmington, and Sen atorvOverman and Representative Godwin appeared before the ' Com merce Department and urged Secre tary Redfield to establish the light house depot at Wilmington. The de pot is to be moved from Charleston, S. C. The Secretary showed keen in terest in what the delegation said and Representative Godwin said tonight he thinks he has a good .chance of winning. Hammer at Washington. W. C. Hammer, who came here last night at the request of Attorney Gen eral McReynolds, did not get an au dience today. He and Senator Over man will call at the department to morrow and talk over the , alleged charges which have been filed against Hammer. . Should Hammer fail of appointment, an interesting situation would devel op. Charles A. Webb, of Asheville, who has been recommended for the marshalship, although he was never a candidate for the place, would prob ably press his cause for district at torney and likewise Manley McDow ell, of 'Morganton, who wanted to be marshal, might become active for the place now slated for Webb. Representative Godwin has appoint ed John Byrd postmaster at Harnett. The Sixth District Congressman says W. P. Field, a government ex pert, will be in Lumberton tomorrow to select a site, for the public build ing. ; p. R. A. .- PURCHASED BY BONDHOLDERS. Fayette ville Street Railway Bid in at $70,000. Fayetteyille, N. C, Dec. 15. The property of the . Fayetteville Traction & Power Company, including street railway and power lines, equipment and electric power plant at Manches ter, was sold at auction here today under order of the Superior court. Col. H. T. Detchert, of Philadelphia, Pa., for .the bondholders, bid in the property for- $70,000, ; subject to ap proval of the court. The traction company was placed In the hands of a receiver in October. ' ' T ... Our advice Ms' to do vbur shODoinsr early 'and Ylate, and ;buy . from C. H. Fore & Co (advertisement.) GLENN OR QVERMA Is in hidlnr last around tbe corner. It's up to Too to tip tbe people off that be will make your store headquarter. . Tea oaa talk to 15,000 ot them through Tbe Star. . - 7 WHOLE KTJMBEB 13,508, REI BELOW AVERAGE Shown By the Final Govern merit Estimates DF YIELD AND PRICES PAID Yield Per Acre of All Crops Combined Smaller Than In Any Year of the Past Decade Except in 1911. Washington, Dec . i5 .-With the most valuable crops of corn and cot ton ever produced, and' the second most valuable oats crop, the Rvalue of the Nation's fourteen principal farm crops this year aggregates the enor mous total of $4,940,301,000, the De partment of Agriculture announced tc- day. in Its final estimate of acreage production and value, This is an in-, crease of $182,958,000 over last year, and of $350,772000 over 11911, . based on the prices paid to farmers on De cember ist. ; ' v The acreage jf these crops la equivalent to a farm one-seventh the size of continental United States. The exact area planted to these 14 crops, which is more than 95 per cent, of the total of all crops, was 299,433,000 acres, an increase of almost 5,000,000 acres over last year, and of more than 2,000,000 over the 1911 area, More than one-third of the total , acreage was planted to corn. .. - . - . ; For the crops as a whole the aver age production per acre was valued at about $16.50. The corn crop' aver aged $15.96 per acre; cotton, $22.19; sugar beets, $59.64; ; wneat,. fiz.v; oats, $11.44; sweet potatoes, $68.60 ; rice, $26.68; potatoes, $62.10; tobacco, $100.39, and rice, $12.84. , ; . ., Washington, Dec. . 15. 'Final ' esti mates of production and value of 14 of the important, crops . which form a part . of the enormous grand total, ag-i.. gregating approximately $9,0Q0,000,Q0O, " of : wealth, produced on farms-through UTOI the soil and farmers; ;liv stock durmg ;.. ;. : t , 1913 wejtanncwdMoajr by i.tke . -f crop reporting- board. Bureau of Sta- s ;; tistics, - Department olt Agriculture... Ja The figures are . the official govern ment estimates of acreage, produc- '. . :. tion and value, based on prices paid . ... ( to farmers' on December 1st. These,.. . 7 .,; : 14 crops are onoly a portion of the r "4 production of the soil which approxi mates $6,000,000,000 in. value each,; ? ; " year. The total value of the animal ., . . products of the farm Is estimated at ,.;;'. ;' ; about $3,000,000,000 annually ' - v ; : ; ; n " Ta production , or crops m tne United States in 1913 was materially below the average," Jthe' Secretary of : , Agriculture, David F. Houston, an nounces,, "tne yield per acre 01 an crops combined being smaller than in any year of the past decade, with tne , exception of 1911. This-shortage was caused by a severe drought, accom panied by excessive heat- during the summer months, in an important por- ' tion of the agricultural district of the United States, and particularly - in." Kansas. Oklahoma, Missouri and ad jacent States. Inasmuch as crop production or 1912 was unusually large. a greater proportion than usual has been 'car- , ried into the present crop year, which r,tv should mitigate somewhat the effects -of the shortage of x this year's cropa,;-,- "The corn crop, the most valuable farm product of this country, is small er than: any crop since 1903. Wheat ; production is the largest ever record- ' ed in this country. The crop was prac- iii tically matured before the drought became effective. The oat croD is r- the third largest of our history. There has been steady expansion of the area Y of this crop. The hay crop is smaller t than the large crop of 1812. Rather- liberal rains in the late summer ana fall have produced - good pastures. , The cotton crop will perhaps - rank . . fourth or third in size'. ' - ? . "The acreage devoted to these five crops, (corn, wheat, oats, hay and cot ton), comprises about 90 per cent of the area in all crops, and therefore has a predominating effect upon the general average condition of all crops. Nearly an tne minor 'crops were ma terially smaller this year than In 1912 and the per acre yields : below their average. . - ; . To the producers the lessened crop production this year is - largely com-; rensated by the Increased prices re- ofened for their produce;, for, although -tiie total crop production is approxi mately 12 per cent smaller than last year's production, the average level of prices is higher than last year." - Tne final estimates of ..today for ;. leading crops, with comparisons for' iyiz and 1911. loiiow: - . : Corn: area harvested 105.820.000--1- ' acres, compared with 107)83,000 lasts ?efr? year and' iuo,zo,uuu acres ,in jlii.- Acre yield 23.1 bushels, compared witn 259.Z bushels last year and 23.9 ; bushels in 1911. Production 2,446,988. 000 bushels, compared with 3,124,746, 000 last year and 2.5311488.000 in"191L Farm -value, December, 1st, per bush el 66.1 cents, compared with ,48.7 last year and 61.8 in 1911, Total value ot . the crop $1.692,052,000 compared with' $1,520,454,000 last year and $1,565, 258000 in 1911. .;,t ; ?. V Potatoes: Area harvested 3.668.000 acres, compared with $3,711,000 acres last year and 3,619,000 acres in 1911. Acre yield 90.4 bushels compared with. 113.4 last year and 80.9 in 1911. Total production 331,525,000 bushels, com pared with 420,647,000 last year and 292,737,000 in 1911.: Farm value De-. cember 1st, per bushel ' 68.7- cents, compared with 50.5 last . y ear and 20.9 cents in 191L Total value' of crop $227,903,000 compared with $212,550, 000 last year and $233,778,000 in 1911. sweet .: .potatoes -Area. . narvestea 625,000 acres compared with 583,000 last year and 605.000 in 11911." Acre yield 94.5 bushels, compared with 95.2 last, year and 90.1 in 1911. , Total pro- 4duction 59,057,000 bushels ' compared i witn-&&,47,ouo last year ana 54.&3S,- -000 in' 1911.' Farm value. December ; (Continued onPage Sight.) ' i :' --1 ' vp;.V.."Vfc., ":V-- :. .v i ." 3? r .