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i r THE WEATHER. Fair Tuesday and probably Wednes day. Y PM "iMirr vS&r xfYx CffiiS v? -abb you a member t I h i i . , , ; . WAyIl ISSSS: LM!rSf lSI IV l .-T-r r , eih xo tl Ad4M,.' . - 1 r M " 4tV5 N8? J? SIK ' m m&nL ' i NT l'xAYI Hv"1 down andt lub... St., .dvertUtn, wll, ' " ! :J I j Tf - 1 gygggjg j'y fljK J pvl Pt you in the p-i4olii4p dub. ' VOL. XCni NPS7. MINERS WITH GxERXTMENT Statement Given Out Declares Officials Miscolor- : ed Facts. AFFIDAVITS FALSE Wine Owners Declare That Publish ing of Commission's Report at This Time Was to Color Strikers' Complaints. Boston, Mass., Jan. 12. President Quiney A. Shaw, of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company, in a state ment issued tonight, takes issue with the report of the government commis sion, made public last Saturday -on the strike in Michigan, in which the Calumet and other mining companies are involved. He questions the mo tives of the investigators in making public the report at this time and in timates that it was, colored in favor cf the strikers. Mr. Shaw said:. After Secretary Wilson's speech, in Seattle it was to be expected that his subordinates would make a report which would be highly colored in t&- vor of the strikers. The publication of the report is also well timed to as sist strike leaders in arousing false sympathy through misrepresentations. So far as it contains information given by the companies the. report could have been published months ago, if there was any genuine desire to have the public know, the condi tions under which the men worked. "Extracts from . thje r report which, appear in the papers, if accurately quoted, contain many misstatements. "Since December 1st, an elgh hour day has been in effect underground and in all places where work is con tinuously conducted, for 24 hours. All cthrrTTiTTJloyes have a nine hour day. The companies in which I am inter ested did not post a notice that the hours of labor were 8 3-4. ; Affidavits False. . "Directly after mentioning the Calu met and Hecla Mining Company's name, it is said, that 'two men made affidavit that at the point of a gun they were compelled " to go-from Su perior to Calumet and "then-work at some other camp These : affidavits are fajse if theyraTaftednT-action on the part of either the Superior .or the Calumet companies. We have evidence of false affidavits secured by the Federation. "The report states, 'a number of strikers have been killed and others injured in the use of arms in the pos session of Waddell men.' This con victs the Waddell men before their trial. The record, of those killed to date is as follows: "Two strikers, who are said to have resisted dejuties; one striker who was connected with the brutal murder of Deputy Polloik. On the other hand three non-union men were shot to death while lying in bed. "The report states that 'the profits have been extremely large' namely: $!21.ornj.ooo in dividends. It would probably be equally interesting had the report stated that in addition to the dividends the company has paid for labor, supplies, lands and taxes, rouehly an additional $220,000,000. "The report is grossly unfair when it states that so-called 'strike break ers' have been or are being imported. There was serious shortage of labor in all the mines for a year previous to the strike, and to make up this short ape and to take the places of men who have left the district we have employment for hundreds of men who will retceive wages and work under renditions as good as. if not better than in any mining district in this country." Fourteen Eviction Suits. Houghton, Mich.. Jan. 12. Fourteen fresh eviction suits, coupled with a uhzzard and the first break in the un 'on ranks at Ahmeek village caused " astern Federation of Miners' lead ers to shake their heads dubiously to day. Union stores were crowded all day and numerous . requests for in creased food and fuel supplies had been met. , Dan Sullivan, president of the dis trict Federation counsel said the clos mg of the winter was something for which he and his associates were any thing: but anxious. . ' This means we must keep on get ting busy." he said. "Wte have feared many men would feel like quitting the struggle if we got an old fashioned touch of snow and ice. Thus far the elements have been good to us." v - insertions at Ahmeek village were l.m number and half a dozen other "nion members were reported to -have t' rned in their cards to the manage ment of the Mohawk mines. This dis trict has caused most anxiety to ope rators and the last of the State troops Wt only this morning. Fears that ricts might result from theovithdraw of the military and. that non-union nen mrht be afraid to continue work nil i?1 the moral support of the bayo net . had been . expressed by officials ?l Keweenaw county. The blizzard, noever, solved the question for to- fiiTI1? Miction suits heard today were n,ed by the Copper Range Consolidat in ?m"an" against 14 families. . v As i" al other court cases, the men al iov;Pd the plalntiff to take judgment d Herman Wieder, circuit court ' ommissioner, fixed appeal bonds at ice the yearly rental, the bonds r-ngmg from $96 to $150 each. u- Senate May Investigate. v;.ash'ngton. Jan. 12. Thorough in- V fatlon of a11 conditions in the cmgan strike district is proposed wL resoltion introduced today by Senator Ashurst. i he resolution would direct the Sen ' e committee on education and labor 10 ascertain: in t and accurate facts concerning I'- t history and present relations of ."'Pioyers and employes In the min t o :sectloI insofar as they relate to rPLlreu?nt troubles; the justice and dlmona,bllness of the minimum wage Inand of the employes; reasonable- (C a tins 4 Page Btskt.) . - ; . , m XVr . , , . ... , . .. : : r L IKE WEEKS To Complete Hearing on Intra state Rate Bill. Most of First Day Taken Up With Evidence . Presented by Southern Railway to Show "Unrea onable" Effects. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 12. Chai rm an M. H. Justice. Of th Intm.fitatfl ta Commission, vbelieves . two or three weeks will be required to complete the hearing of all the railroads on their exceptions to the reduced rates prescribed in the-. Justice act of the special session of the Legislature of 1913. Having completed the preliminaries and hear GeneraLCounsel A. P. Thorn, of the Southern1 Railway Company in posftion to the reduced rates, during a. ecuerai ouume -or ms. company's op- the opening session, the definite entation of evidence on the part of ue ooumern to establish "confisca tory and. unreasonable" effects of the penaing rates was begun. Vice President and Auditor A. H. 1'iani, or tne . southern, spent two nours on-tne stand presenting a com parative statement of the freight bus iness and rates" bv the five nrinHrml railroads of Minnesota and the South ern Kaiiway lines in this State. The showing was that -there are wholly different conditions and that in the rates on products and manufactures mostly handled in this State, the rates are actually lower now than in Minne sota. Mr. Plant's statement is a mass of figures principally. He will not complete his statement until some time tomorrow. Then he will be cross-examined by Attorney General Bickett and his associate counsel. I HAVE TRACED FAKE V WIRELESS MESSAGES. - . . ''.' . -v ; - Washington, JanT:12. Govern ment investigators ' have , traced the fake :Wireless" calls rwhich more than a month affo- sent revenue ' cutters and. liners hur 4 Tying to the aid' of the Mallory liner Rio Grande at S. O. S. messages, telling of a fire aboard, until they think they have placed the responsibility between two private stations. Three years' imprisonment and $1,000 fine Is the law's ' penalty for a fake wireless message. The investigators expect to close up their case very soon. I"I"M"I"!"I"I- I-I-I-I- -I-I-I-I- UNITED MISSIONARY CONFERENCE CLOSES. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, January 12. The inter-denomination conference of the United Missionary Campaign closed tonight with an address on "Life and Leadership" by President W. J. Mar tin, of Davidson College. He pleaded for lives of service kept ever under the best Influences and declared the most successful life to be that which is the largest channel of good to fel lowmen. Rev. W. B. Beauchamp, D. D., of Danville, Va., delivered an address on "The Pastor and Missions." "Our Main Business on a Business Basis," by Prof. E. E. Gaines, of Richmond, at the afternoon session, was a special piea ior oesi Dusiness methods to apply to the cause of mis sions. HOUSTON MAY BE APPOINTED Secretary of Agriculture is Slated for Membership of Federal Re serve Boar"d. Washington', Jan. 12. It became known tonight that serious considera tion will be given. Secretary Houston, of the Department .of Agriculture, in choosing members of the new Federal reserve board. Mr. Houston took an active Interest in the framing of the currency act and with Secretary- Mc Adoo makes up the reserve bank or ganization committee which lauch reserve banks and select reserve dis tricts and cities. He has been talked of amonr bankers as a probable mem ber of the reserve board and mem bers of Congress -interested say they would not be surprised to see Presi dent WHlson name him. .Among other prominent men mentioned in. Wash ington for places on the board are Paul M. Warburg, of Kuhn, Loeb & Com New. York; James G. Cannon, or the iourtn isauonai rauts., i i'en York, and George M. Reynolds, of the Continental & Commercial National Bank, of Chicago. With the return of the President tomorrow it Is ex pected his final decision will be made on the appointment of a comp troller of the currency, who is ex officio a member of the reserve board. It was regarded more probable . than ever today that the President would nominate J. S. ' Williams, who Is as sistant secretary . of the treasury. Among Secretary McAdoos caiiers today were several memoers oi me Senate, Finance committee, andit was reported thatMr. McAdoo is de sirous of finding out just how Demo crats on that committee look, upon Mr VKlHams ' Secretaries McAdoo and Houston will bold their first public hearing here Wednesday, devote three day to that work, and leave for the West Saturday. . - - :- ' if TOLME luLVLIIL ULlLLflllU Temperatures Far Below Zero in North and West. STORM WARNINGS OH i GOAST Ferry Boat in North River Collides and Several of the Passengers Are Slightly Hurt Wind 74 Miles An Hour. NewYork, January 12. A cold and blustery northwester, traveling at times 74 miles an' hour, tying up con siderable shipping, injuring dozens of persons, smashing plate-glass win dows, levelling signs and playing freakish pranks upon pedestrians, to day gave New York and its vicinity its first real touch of Winter. The mercury; fell gradually until at mid night it had reached 12 degrees above I with- Predictions that it would go still lower. The coming of the cold wave was heralded by a flurry of snow, but the high winds soon brushed away the clouds and throughout most of the remainder of the day the sun shone brightly. The wind and resultant strong tides were responsible for a col lision in the North river tonight be tween the Erie Railroad ferry boat sunern ana a Pennsylvania Railroad car, noat. . Eight hundred passengers aboard the Sufferh were thrown into panic. Many were bruised and cut. Though badly damaged, the Suffern reached her slip safely and landed her passengers. The Red Star steamer Lapland, in ward bound from Antwerp with about 70o passengers, anchored oft quaran tine owing to the gale. Farther down the bay, off Sandy Hook, the lumber laden schooner, Thomas Winsmore, lay tonignt witn ner nose stock, m a mud bank : and heavy seas sweeping over her. v Amouiance surgeons- today, were called upon - to. treat persons - through out' the city for scalp wounds and minor bruises. ; - . s In- outlying, .districts much -damage was done by. the wind: Down the bay tonight all vessels found it necessary to throw out double anchors to escape being driven ashore. Severest of Winter. Washington, January 12. The first severe cold snap of the present Winter was spreading generally today over extreme western Minnesota, and ad vancing eastward. The temperature was 30 degrees below zero at White River, Canada Low temperatures were predicted tp continue in the South, with frost to night as far as Miami. Fla. The cold wave is expected to advance eastward rapidly, reaching the Atlantic coast by tomorrow morning. Generally fair weather is predicted, but storm warn ings are displayed on the Atlantic coast from Hatteras to , Eastport, Maine. Blizzard Conditions. Syracuse. N. Y.. January 12. Bliz zard conditions prevailed tonight throushout central and northern New YorK. ine snowian was me neaviesi in years and showed no singns. of abatement. Local and interurban trolley traffic was operated with difficulty and rail road trains generally were late. High Wind Does Damage. Cleveland, January 12. The cold est weather of the Winter came to Cleveland today on the wings of a gale which blew 60 miles an hour from the northwest. The mercury stood but a few degrees above zero. The wind smashed plate-glass windows an over (Continued on Page Eight) MUNICIPAL DANCE HALLS Advocated Before National Conference on Race Betterment by Prof. Johnson. Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 12. Mar riage selection, education for race bet terment, and especially along lines of eugenics and the dependent child, were some of the principal topics of discus sion at the closing session tonight of the National Conference on Race Bet terment. Among the speakers were : Prof. Roswell Hill Johnson, of the University of Pittsburg; Prof. Winfield Scott Hall, of Northwestern Univers ity, and. Dr. Gertrude E. Hall, of the State board of charities of New York. Prof. Johnson urged the widest pos sible range of acquaintance for young peopie. claiming that the' school and church do not offer sufficient advant ages in ; that respect. He suggested the municipal dance hall as a benefi cial step, in that direction. Eugenics seeks improvement in botvh mental and physical racial qualities of future generations, he said. "Eugenics does npt eliminate ro mance. We Eugenists believe - ro mance should be retained," said Prof. Johnson: "Thrbugh the past romance has proved a good thing. In fact, we believe thav it has been a powerful fac tor in the building up of the most valu able human traits in man1! evolution. "Most people" believe we are at tempting to produce 'the perfect phys ical baby. Physical perfection nas a certain importance, of course. But physically perfect babies may be found frequently with inferior minds. Eugenics seeks the improvement in racial qualities both mental and physi cal in future generations of men. By racial; we . mean inherited qualities. . "The superior stock we have is mar rying at an alarmingly low rate., in (Continued on Pag Eight) 13, 1914, REFUGEES ARE 10 60 TO FORT BLISS Captive FeeniF Others Make Trfp Afoot MORE IHUNfflMSIIII) WOMEN Sixty-seven Mile Trij Overt and Will Take Several ; pas Troopers ; Prepare CampVfor Large Host of iexfeams. ,. J ' Washington Janrt2;Ul :the Mex ican Federal soldier!, :bw In the cus tody of the United, Istates ljorder pa trol forces at; Presidio, Texas, will be transferred to Fort (Bjiss and intern ed there indefinitelySecretary Gar rison ordered the. transfer late today, with permission to the refugee women and children ' to accofnpany the sol diers if they desire. ;C ' . : About 3,008-Mexican J officers . and men fled across the " Rio rande when the victorious Constitutionalists en tered" Ojinaga and with; them, besides many women and children are some 1,500 civilian refugees? : The civilians are not prisoners and will be allowed" to go -where they -wishi though those desiring to remain' in, American terri tory will have to satisfy the immigra tion officers. With Presidio 0 miles from the nearest railroad, it will, be difficult to get the army of prisoners to its ha ven. Brig. Gen. Bliss - will march his visitors northward i to Marf a - and there put them aboard trains for Fort Bliss, near El Paso. ,The LOO0 or more horses ' brought over.TQbably will be used on the journey oi'five or six days as there will have "to be; wagons for the sick and wounded. women and children and the baggage. ! - Hours. Consultation. Secretary tJarrisofi determined; to hold the refugees after an hour's" con sultation with Counsellor Moore, of the State Departmefat,: Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. chjef, of staff, end Brig: Gen. Crowder. judge advocate general of . the, aiinjyHis. atjmx is inj Continliation''- of the"policy i adopted months ago in disposition of Federals who crossed into Arizona from Noga- les, Sonora, and into Brownsville, Texas, from Matamorasv Tamaulipas. Some of the Constitutionalist soldiers who were -driven across the line at other points were disarmed and allow ed to filter back into Mexico when' the coast was " clear. For the present, however, there will be no more 'fil- tering back" Secretary Garrison an nounced, either, of Federals or Consti tutionalists. The secretary decided that w "en and children" who accom pany the soldiers into Texas should be allowed, to remain with them in the detention camp and that their im mediate wants in the matter of food and shelter should be provided for by the army. It was expressly stated that this policy is intended ,to meet an emer-n gency and might be changed at any time. At present the United States will pay for the keep of Mexican sol diers and adherents, but later on the Mexican government will be asked for reimbursement. Today's order followed a telegraphic report of the situation from Gen. Bliss. Ready for Long Trip. Presidio. Texas. Jan. 12. Six Mex ican Federal generals,. 3,300 fugitive soldiers and 1,500 refugees, driven out of Ojinaga by Gen. Francisco Villa's rebel forces, were put in readiness to day for -a 67-mile march afoot to Mar- fa. Texas. The soldiers will be in-, terned at Fort Bliss indefinitely. Among the civilians are 1,207 wo men, as officialy counted by Major McNamee. They also have 1,000 Fed eral army horses and mules. Major McNamee sent cavalry men along the road to select and provision camps at the points where stops will be made. JFood supplies will be issued througr my. The whereabouts of Gens. Pascual Orozco and Yinez Salazar, command ers of Federal volunteers, who fled from Ojinaga with 700 cavalrymen, had not been learned tonight. The arest of Rafael Flores, Orozco's secretary, on the road between Pre sidio and Marf a gave rise to the be lief that the general was on this side of the river. Gen. Mercado, of the Federal regulars, charged Orozco and saiazar with cowardice and the ren (Continued on Page Eight.) OUTLIN ES Before the. Race Betterment Asso ciation in session at Battle Creek, Mich., municipal dance halls were ad vocated as places for young people to become better acquainted. Owners of the mines in. Michigan whose operators have been on 'strike for the past several months, issued a statement last night in which they de clared the; report., issued by the com mission investigating the strike for the Department of Labor was. a series of misrepresentations. The owners took direct Issue with the government. Congress is again hard at work. The resident's anti-trust message not be ing ready, attention was given to oth er matters. The message will be de- ivered next week. President Wilson is speeding back to Washington to take up his official duties where he left them when he eft for Pass Christian two weeks ago. Gen. Villa, in charge of the rebels n Mexico, is (preparing for his ad vance on Mexico City. New York markets : spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 12.50; mld- dluing gulf. 12.75: no sales. Money on call steady 2 to 2 1-3; ruling rate 2 z; closing 2 1-4 to 2 1-2; time loans steady. Wheat firm: No. 2 hard win ter 97 1-2 to 99; , No. 1. , Northern Du luth 1.00 3-4. Corn steady TO 3-4. lour quiet. Rosin steady. Turpen tine steady., ' ' PRESIDENT IS iW HEAR WAS Chief Executive Back on His Job After Vacation. WORM NILE EN ROUTE I ts Met at Charlotte by Delegation Rep ' resenting Schools Anti-Trust Legislation is Taking Up All of His Time. On Board President Wilson's Special Train, Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 12. Anti trust J and rural credit legislation are considered a paramount and immedi ate importance by President Wilson. Though the influence of the executive will he exerted in behalf of other mat ters as well during the pesent session of Congress he indicated in a conver sation with the correspondents aboard his train today that in, the immediate future these two subjects would oc cupy the forum of bubiie attention. : The President showed clearly that these reforms in particular had been on his. mind during his vacation at Pass Christian, Miss. Besides sketch ing his trust message, which will be characteristically brief the President caretuiiy studied the report of the commission that went abroad to study rural credits. He examined also bill on the subject prepared by Sen ator Fletcher, chairman of the com mission and said that he had : just written the Florida Senator asking him to , confer with him about it at the White House -when he got back. .'. ' -i Bui seemed sound. The President remarked that . the bill seemed sound in the main, though he thought some additions ought to be made. In giving his attention now to the trust and rural credit questions, the President feels that he is carrying out not only the promises made in the party platformr but is fulfilling at the same time ait informal understanding with members of the .Senate - and House who sought to "bring . the sub ject -of rural - credits into . the discus sion of the currency bill andlto Tro? other trust evils by provisions in both the currency and tariff bills. It was only after the agreement among Dem ocratic leaders that all phases of the trust -and rural credit problems would be handled separately that they were men eliminated from consideration. While conrerences on these ques tions have not all been arranged, the Pesident is planning to devote the re m'ainder of the week to consultation with members of his cabinet and lead ers in Congress and will read his trust message to a joint session next Monday or Tuesday. The President said he was unadvis ed on any late developments in the Mexican situation, and seemed some- whta annoyed that Charge O Shaugh nessy should have been drawn into the limelight recently in press reports that he was not in harmony with John Lind and the Washington ad ministration. The President had pointed out pre viously that when Mr. Lmd visited him, the work of Charge O'Shaughnes- sy was mentioned only in tne most favorable terms. Restful Train Ride. The train ride during the day was a restful one for -the President, and his family. Few stops were made, but at many of the towns and cities, the spe"cial was run through slowly while the President stood on the back plat form and waved his hat in response to the cheers. At Calhoun, S. C. the old. home stead of John C. Calhoun, eight nun (Continued on Page Eight.) fl LULL BEFORE THE STORM Quiet Reigns in South Africa Trouble Is Expected at Most Any Minute. But Cape Town, January 12. Quiet throughout South Africa tonight was considered a lull before the storm. In coming ballots from various centers make it virtually certain a general strike will be voted. ThejEeeling in Johannesburg is that the situation is. growing more serious. The Cape Town harbor workers have been officially called out by the union but 'their response will not be known until tomorrow. If a general strike is called it will be out of sympathy for the strike of railway employes, many of whom have abandoned their posts. Their strike Is said to be due to, the policy of re ternchinent put into "effect by the South African Railway in pursuance of which hundreds of employes in Pretoria. Bloemfontein. Durban, Salt River and elsewhere have been. dis missed. - The most hopeful feature of the sit-H uation tonight was the extraordinary success attenaing tne mooiiizanun uj. trnnns Tt is estimated that zu.uuu armed men are on hand, most of whom have come prepared for the kind of a nmnn em that, made the Boers so long the despair of the English generals. The government is withholding the proclamation of martial law until the last moment. - . Key West, Fla., Jan. 12. The light house tender Mangrove, on ner - re turn to port here today, reported hav ing released the American schooner Celia F., from a perilous position -on the North Key Flats, Tortugas. The epiimiTiftT hnifnfl from Mobile for Car denas, Cuba, lumber laden, was float ed with- great difficulty, and proceeded uninjured. - TITANIC DAMAGES TO BE CONSIDERED Supreme Court Will Decide Just Compensations. TOTAL OF THIRTEEN MILLION Should It be Found That Owners Were at Fault for Disaster If Not Responsible Will Collect Only $3,000,000. Washington, Jan. 12. Compensa tion for the loss of life and of prop erty when the liner Titanic went to the bottom of the ocean will be up for consideration tomorrow by the Supreme court. On the outcome of the argument of some of America's leading admiralty lawyers will depend whether the Oceanic Steam Naviga tion Co., owner of the Titanic, must face the payment of . some $13,000,000 of claims or whether its liability is -to be limited to some $90,000. ; The steamship company seeks to have the court hold ' the admiralty laws and rules of the United States applicable to the case, and thereby limit the liabilities of the company to the salvage from the wreck and the passenger and freight money received on the voyage. Claimants seeking to recover for loss of, lives, baggage and freight have sent almost a score of lawyers to the Supreme court with briefs In their behalf. Claimants contend that the Ameri can law . does not apply, because the disaster occurred on the : high seas. Furthermore, it is contended that the American law contemplates limitation of liability only when the disaster re sults from the collision of two vessels and not when it occurs from striking an iceberg. ' Should the British law be held ap plicable and should it be found that the-disaster occurred without the owners' fault or privity the -damages recoverable by the claimants,- under British law, it. is said, would be about. $3,ouu,000. Should it be held the dis aster, occurred through; the owners' fault -.pritym-would 11 J . . . i a j i i. full damages; now claimed to be about $13,000,000.,., ..-..., .a, REFUSED TOLMAN A PARDON. Money Lender Must Serve His Entire Sentence in Pen. Albany, N. Y.j January 12. Gover nor Glynn today refused finally to par d3n D. T. Tolman, the convicted New York money lender, when District At torney Whitman refused to say he fa vored an absolute pardon. The Governor said the amount of in debtedness which would be cancelled by the notes Tolman promised to de stroy if released and the number of people who would be benefitted would be based on guess work. "The acceptance of such a proposi tion would open the way for men of means to obtain pardons that is not open to poor men, the Governor said. TWO NEGROES LYNCHED. Were Thought to Have Killed Promi nent White Man. Tampa, Fla., Jan. 12. Authoriktles here today received reports of a dou ble lynching near the Mulberry phos phate fields, a short distance from Tampa, late last night. The victims were Lewis Peck and another negro whose name has not been learned They were suspected of a murderous attack upon a wnite citizen . ot Mul berry. Washington, January 12. Secre tary .tsryan returned today from a ten- day speaking tour throughout the Mid- dlewest. CAUSE OF THE FAILURES Proprietors of Seigel & Company Bank Helped Themselves to Cash Without Securities. New York, January 12 . Henry Mel ville, 'receiver for the Henry Siegel & Company Bank, . told the committee on banKs or the senate today tnat "whenever any of the proprietors telt the need of any loose change to the amount of a few dollars he went to the bank and took what he wanted, without giving any note or security of any kind. Mr. Siegel himself, the re ceiver said, borrowed $754,191 without security except a written agreement pledging 34,000 shares of the common stock of the Siegel stores corporation against these loans. The hearing was held by tne senate committee to get testimony for use n revising the State banking laws In relation to the privileges or private banks.' The whole day's session was spent investigating the affairs of the bankrupt Siegel enterprises. The Siegel bank, according to the receiver's testimony, had deposits of $2,550,333 distributed among 15,000 customers of the Fourteenth street store in this city. Mr. Melville said thi smoney was lent also to the two Siegel stores in New York and one n Boston. The actual assets or . tne bank, he said, were $14,000 in cash. $25,000 in anks and a casn pond ot $100,000: . 1 NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. Of Postmasters at Smithfield and Bryson. (Special Star Telegram.) Washington. D. C, January 12. The Senate in executive session this afternoon confirmed the nominations of A. M . Sanders and W. A . . Gibson to be postmasters at Smithfield and Bryson x;ity, respectively. WHOIiE NIJMBEn 13,532. CONGRESS AGAIN IQ UAPn AT lu iiniiu ni President's Anti-Trust Mes-i sage Coming Next Week. . WEBB BILL INTRODUCED Return to Work Celebrated by Prompt Passing of First Appropriation Bill to be Considered by Lower House. . Washington, Jan. 12. -Congress ; settled down to its long regular ses- : sion today after a' recess dating from ', the . passage of the currency reform bill just before Christmas. The com ing administration anti-trust legisla tion programme' loomed up as the big business of the winter, but with the prospect of waiting -until next week for the President's - message both houses turned actively to other mat ters.. , ' . '.. ' . , .In tbe House return to work was celebrated by prompt passage of the ; first of the annual supply measures, the District of Columbia ' Appropria tion bill,, and the introduction of the usual opening day batch of miscellan- i eous measures. The Senate began debate in Alaskan government rail- V road bill. Anti-trust experts in both ; houses began a period of extraordina-: ry activity, to end when the anti-trust programme is written into law before the close of the session. Actual com- ; mittee work will be delayed pending President Wilson's address. . A rough draft of the address will be brought to Washington by the; President and later in the week' Chairman Layton of the House Judi ciary, committee and the chairman of-" the Senate Commerce committee pro bably will be called intox conference -with the President and Attorney Gen eral McReynolds. Meantime Chairman Clayton and Representatives Carlin and Floyd, of the; House committee are reviewing ; the long list of anti-trust measures al- ready- before the. committee. , It is not muiiu "Svlll x I - . . i T i a j i ' be accepted as-a part of the adminis tration's plan,-; but all the ideas em- r bodied in them will be considered. Senator Newlands, of the Senate coil-' merce committee, exnects to take up ' the anti-trust programme Friday. Webb Bill Presented. - Jn the House Representative Webb, of North Carolina, introduced his bill to strengthen the Sherman law, by declaring illegal every contract, com bination or conspiracy in restraint of any part.' of trade or commerce, in cluding argreements, oral or written, : designed. to reach so-called gentle men's agreements or understandings. His bill would shift to the defendants the burden of proof as to whether such combinations, contracts, con spiracies or agreements injure com petitors, act as a detriment to the . public or whether they are not unrea- -sonable. As a ranking member of the House Judiciary committee, which will take up the question tomorrow, Mr. Webb purposes to fight for action along the lines of his bill. Representative McCoy, of New Jer sey, another Democratic member of the Judiciary committee, introduced his bill to prohibit . interlocking di rectorates among banks and trust companies. ; Senator Overman, chairman of the .;. committee which conducted the lobby inquiry last year, introduced a bill to regulate lobbyists. Senator Overman said the bill represented hf si Individual views. It' would require the registra- tion of all persons appearing before Congress as "legislative counsel" or , agents, the registration to disclose ; the interests they represented and the . legislation in which they were con- , cerned. The bill would make it a crime for anyone to attempt, by cor rupt methods, to influence legislators, -or promote or defeat legislation. . No person would 'be permitted to act as a legislative agent whose .com pensation was -in any way dependent upon the outcome of proposed legisla tion., The bill would require all individu als or corporations to file with the secretary of the Senate, or clerk of the House, within 30 days after the adjournment of each session, a com plete account of all expenditures in-. curred in, the operations of legislative , agents berore Congressional commit tees. . ." Thomas Addresses Senate. Senator Thomas addressed the Sen ate in support of his resolution for an international commission 'to fix a par ty of exchange between gold and sil ver- standard nations. He declared that fluctuations In the gold prices of silver bullion embarrassed trade rela tions with South American and Aciat ic countries. Matched orders and wash sales would be prohibited and the use of the mails, telephone or telegraph lines would be barred to fraudulent , or "harmful" stock exchange transac tions by a bill introduced by Senator Owen, chairman of the banking com mittee. - No"transactions of any stock exchange would be considered proper unless the exchange were incorporat ed and governed by regulations under 1 direction of the Postmaster General. HON. J. T. JUDD DEAD. Former Member' of Legislature . From wake. (Special Star Correspondence.) Fayetteville. N.- C. January 12. The Observer this afternoon says: "Dr. J. Hi Judd received a message today from his brother. Xftv J. ' M. - Judd, at Varina, that their father. Hon. J. T. Judd, had died this morning at . New Hill, Wake county, in his 71st . year.- Deceased was a prominent citi zen . of Wake county and an 1 active and valuable member of the State Legislature during a recent session. His death was sudden. " "Dr. J. H. Judd left here today to J attend the funeral. r -! A T.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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