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-. j. yT -;-- r , A- -.TV.-" -.5 .i".. .. l- "- 1 --' VOL. XCVNO. 63. WftMEgTOK, N. C AT tJB-DY MOBSTIGU DECEMBER 19, 1914 WHQLEOTMBER 13,854. 1 TTLE CARRIERS WIN PARTIAL VICTORY IN RATE CASE CELEBRATED A T BERLIN AS A IS INGPjO DECISIVE GERMAN VICTOR Y .r-! ,V- : - , ; , ; . . .;, ,i ;V;;- : 1 - . . , " -J "the weather j . . T7 7m TS (O m a' '-llbvil! r,oudy and warmer Saturday, Sun- : ' ' J - - "A" -C I 1 A lltS5 : l l "TV War or no war. ffOOd moBeyfls being " probably rain. - ' ? " V - W (SSAV l 'NmF 1 -1 D&l 'KJSbA V . I iVfc spent daily in th great American ho . .. . , d V . JLL.;JLlto JLLmmta bLiS' sM--iiEl iQlf33 'P AgBSgrK.' i XnVJlv- 'day rush: -Are .you eeutn ywr? 'If' - ". I ' J - " - ' W ' "? fj ' - - not. there's a reason. 1 1 ; - . - ' 1 ' 1 1 '. . a 0STERY SURROUNDS B A FRENCH I&URY LEAD STILL DROPS ON AflERICllfl HOUSE GOES INTO HIGH GEAR ON BILL SHAPE jjttle Doubt as to Retreat of the tion of Great German Victory is Lacking from All 1 Sources Report from Petrograd Eagerly' ' Awaited by the Allied Nations. GERMAN PAPERS REPORTED BECAUSE NAMES AND Amsterdam Dispatches Quote That Name of Battle and Other Details Not Given by German Official Statement Allies' Offen- ? sive in West Progresses Slowly. t Loudon. Dec. 18. Although there, seems no jioifbt the Russians ire retreating, and that for the present any expeetatioristhe Allies y have held of an-early invasion considerable mystery surrounds the ory ivhieh Berlin celebrated last night. Vienna gives a few details of-fighting in the East. The claim is made that the Russians have been i the Carpathian mountains from indicate that part of the southern in the hands of the Austrians and that Piotrkow and another central Maud town have been stormed, but silence is maintained as toNbrth tod, where the German victory is said to have been achieved. The German official report dismisses this battle with-the statement hai ''in Poland we are still pursuing the enemy, who continues to Amsterdam dispatches serve to Berlin papers received there today lie fact that no names of battlefields results of the fighting are disclosed and that no lists are given of the wber. of captured guns and prisoners. , . ' v "fSome disappointment is expressed jait the silence of the Russians d advices from Petrograd are awaited eagerly. ' Hie Allies' offensive in the West' continues to progress slowly, ac mhg to the Paris communication, ; altnough the aggregate gains fMned during the week indicate a considerable advance in Flanders udin the vicinity of Arras, where the Allies seemingly are making their greatest efforts in the belief V -1 1 "l v aw would compel a general merman i matter of siege warfare in Belgium macks' of the Allies are being repulsed with heavy casualties which j - - . -sj " . "I 11i1"411 ! are increased when the Uerman mine trenenes wmcn tne -Allies arei impelled to evacuate. The admiralty denies the German raided the east coast of England troyers. saying no British ships were In reply to a request from the corporations of Hartlepool and West Hartlepool to investigate the raid, frill not be necessary as the government is m possession or all the fids. ' . ' The oroners of the three bombarded towns still are holding in- quests over the bodies of victims, 'low as iniiirpfl nersons succumb' to 1 j As a result of the bombardment: posters reading: "Avenge Scarborough.! Up and at em now. NF.W SULTAN NAMED. lakiug Kgypt Under Her Wing En Sland Makes Certain Promise London bee. is A British protector ate over Jigypt was proclaimed to- 'l.V. Prinze lliianntn TTamnl llOB ll ft f 11 "Ppoffiu fi .Sultan and has accepted. He an unf.i(i of ADbas Hilmi. until now Khedive. - " ! The Frt-nch s-nvurnmsnt has reCOg-. tized the British nrotectorate overj ?vPt. In which Prance formerly had Uch iinportant interests and in - re lrn irt-at Britain has given notice nat it .'Uteres to the France-Moorish of, 0 912, which gave France a Wot ectorRte over Morocco. . Ir vitire Prince Hussein to accept the 'ipheinf t Ali, most worthy to occupy, '"e Kh.,!!v, ' :V. U. titltt d "tyie of Sultan of Egypt," Mr. ePtham ti. no TOi of thp territories under the new "au. that all Egyptian. subjects will BritWtitlr'flto Protection by Great 0 a'n. th.it. with the disappearance of 0rran nizereity the restrictions acei . v,y Turkey upon the numbers '"lorn.,;...:.- .. I.. - in St) -""'m ' ion or ipe army wm u' Dofv'ar' tbat ,he relations with foreign ers uin be conductea by a British :?.rem-tive irl ciaArn. and that the '"'glOliS- - -IT. Tvin he r Aneff or! ariinnlousl V. 111 ''oiiMfotmn- with his letter the fotniv "sh io !;,., j a statement tonight ma; 1 deciaring Egypt free from B;. ' Constantinople, Great i:li.,;d has D,-en animated by no nosi tv lo,Vil"l tlie Caliate and that in fo " to strengthen and nn- w if-'honiedan institution, the an will have the government's The Droiniao in mode thaf.afy thf hi ' . ... ireatles will be revised fr. 1 Mn Buen measure as the der S.ni; ""srhtenment of public opin ii. oi pudiic opin- Russian Armies But Confirma AS COMPLAINING NUMBERS ARE OMITTED Berlin Papers as Disappointed .of Germany must be dismissed, reported decisive German vic- driven from their positions north Krosno to-Zaklicsyn, which would line of railway in Galicia again is heighten the confusion by quoting as expressing disappointment at are mentioned, that np; tangible that penetration of the German! 1 a T 1 i Ml ' 1 ! retirement, ir is smi, nowever, and Prance. Berlin says many report that German ships which Wednesday sank two British de- lost. the admiralty has replied that this . - ' trie numbers 01 wnom continue to their wounds. ' the, kingdom has been flooded with be associated with the task of govern ment. . Many here express the opinion, that a clearer definition of Great Britain's position in Egypt will- accelerate pro gress toward self government in that country. 'Abbas Hilmi arrived In Vienna to day, according to advices received in London. BERLIN STILL REJOICING Cblneldence of Naval and Military Ac complishments Are Lauded. . Berlin, Dec. 18 (by "Wireless). The official 'press bureau today gave; out the following items: . . .. -The coincidence of the expedition to the English coast and the victory in the ,J3a8t continues to cause - gen eral rejoicing. Although the . head-, quartet's report . lacks details theVe is general Expectation that, the Russian defeaj: will prove to. have been com plete. "From details already available It . seems: safe to say that the victory has freed Germany for a long period from possible menace of invasion from the- '.East. ----.The1 Austrian appear to have done their- wfork quite as -thoroughly.- The political effect of the vic tory is. likely, to be advantageous. . "Vienna's repqft indicates that ; the Russians stfil are maintaining the ag gressive in the Carpathians but de clares that they Vai-e , retreating else where. ' '"-"T -r "A dispatch from Geneva reports that . representatives of different of the Earyptian national party have pointed out to representatives of the -Italian , government- maume msyp tians would be loyal' to Italian Tripoli tania and would be better neighbors for Italy and the British. "In" the German raid ;on the England East coast two British destroyers were destroyed nd one ; was damaged. mineral weiitenKo, ine . iucro.. . i -- -Two) ?V--J Financial Situation in France , ' is of the Best. IS OFFICIAL REPORT Minister of Finance f Malte Detailed -Report to Chamber of Deputies Can Continue War for IOnsr .Tlme if JVecessary. Paris, Bee. 18. An optiriilstic report of the v condition of the treasury and of the general financial ' situation in Prance wajs made to the appropriations committee of the chamber of deputies today by M. Ribot, minister of finance. The minister declared the nation's financial reserves were such that "we can regard ; without anxiety the pros- 1 pect of prolongation of hostilities." i M. Ribot appeared to explain the ; 1915 budget. He' told the committee ! that the government had advanced to other countries these sums: To Bel gium 250,000,000 francs ($50,000,000) ; Servia 90,000,000 francs; Greece 20,- 1 100,000 v francs; the Bank of Montene- Carothers, special agentff the; Ameri arro rooooo frnrS can State Department,. apti.ve;d today at The treasury on September 1, had in circulation . 427,000,0J)0 francs of treasury bond?. This was increased before .the end of November to 940,000, 000 francs, the total authorized under .the government's' decree of October 1. However, the government on . Decem ber; 3 authorized : an increase to a to tal of l,400,0j00,00.0 , francsi The total of national, defense 5s subscribed for now exceeds f 1,000,000,000 francs. Money . Borrowed. -. The finance minister- explained that the Bank of France advanced to the government for "mobilization expenses 2,900,000,000 francs. The Bank of Al geria' advanced. " 100,000,000 fra'ncs. This proved insufficienf and in September the government': called, upon- the Bank of France to increase Its advances . to an ultimate total of 6,000i000,000 francs. ,M.V Ribot pointed out that, the "gold holdines of the bank on December lot werP siiihtly relclgi wer.e sliehtly held just before the beginning Of the war, which was 4,141,341,663 francs. Efforts ' "are being maide to Increase this stock. . . ' M. Ribot .also called attention to the comparatively, small' increase in note circulation which in the last two months and a half had' expanded only 687,00.000 francs. . ' ; ; ' STATES KEEPS DIMDTO PI tAD nC II uliiniu ULLnil . . of British 6 ... - ! rress as to violations. . . ' . - British Papers Make Broad Hint That I'nele Sam Should Protest to tier many Againnt Bombardment " 1 - of Tndef ended Town's . Washington,- Dec, IS Determined that the United States shall continue uninvolved in . controversies that have arisen between European belligerents over alleged , violations of The Hague conventions,' Piesident Wilson and Sec retary Bryan will 'make no" representation- to Germany' concerning the Ger man naval 'raid; on. the English coast. Suggestions from the British press that the United States should protest to Germany against the alleged infrac tion of an article of The Hague con ventions which prohibits "naval, bpm-bardment- of -undefended towns" iias met with no response from Washing ton. No formal communication has come from Great "Britain but sugges tions in the press" developed an informal-discussion among high officials here for the American government af ter' which the President and Secretary Bryan renewed their determination not to interfere. - - - . ' The fact that German officials have already taken issue with the British contention that the English, coast towns bombarded were undefended has em phasized to .officials here the contro versial nsrture of" the case. While the attitude,, of the Washing ton government is chiefly.--due to a de sire to keep, from entaglement in the j war's controversies,- . its course also has been - influenced largely - by the feeling that during the conflict pro " ! little avails though they will be taken Testa . itum c v J i jtcui., x.i.. LjwvcAocLicvLr intoifull account -when a final reckon ing is made at the conference of pow ers to discuss .peace terms. CREW OF FOINDERED ' STEAMER IS RESCUED British Trader Reports Having Rescued ' ' , Crew Landed in Bahamas. Key "West, Fla., Dec. 18. Rescue, of the crew of the British-steamship Riv ulet,' which foundered at sea; was re ported at San.d Key, . Fla.,. ' late - last night by the British 'steamer Alton, Captain. Harrison; 'Captain Harrison said that the crew' of. the Riyulet is now at Abacco lighthouse, Bahamas. He added that no lives were lost when the Rivulet foundered. The Rivulet was-I enroute from Naples to Gulf port and left the" Italian Port about No- vember 16. No further; details, are konwn -here.--: vya- tt'0' - I ID U liiill Five Bullets Fall Near Shel ter Built for Soldiers CARdTHERSi ON SCENE State Department Repireaentetlve With. Genera 1 Villa AxtjStu at Camp of Besiegers and Goe Into Conference. Naco, Ariz., Dec. 18-Five bullets! Washington, Dec. 18. With, its ma from the Mexican noting; around Naco$ ! chinery at high speed the House today Sonora, struck today neap shelters built by United States troops f on the border, Many other shots fell oti United States territory. 'f-r- Flank 'camps east and west of Na.co, Ariz., were estabfrshedV today by the American troops. The sixth brigade of infantry and three batteries of " artii , .v - - lery en route are expected here, tomor row. Ammunition arrived today. Intermittent firing onjthe Mexican side continued all day. fill's Carranza troops, defending Naco, f seemed to . be doing most , of the shooting. : George C , mo v-ttiiit uv me ucbi egflnit. ;ne w en i ni- 1, . e 4-1 1 ' TT to conference with Governor Mayto rena." . . ' .' '' '. . . Carothers broached the subject of the , thorizihg experimental substitution of coming visit of Brig: Gen. Hugh L. contracts for the salaries of rural car Scott. It is understood Maytorena fa- rier system in one county of eath state vored meeting General Scott at the in-j and providing for organization chang ternational boundary. es. The rule was defeated 148 to 131, After returning to the American many Democrats opposing it. side Carothers talked -"With Brig. Gen. I Chairman Moon, of the nostoffica Tasker H. Bliss and tehir. left for El Paso, Texas. He probably will rejoin general Villa. 1' '"-("railway AMERICANS AND XATIOKALS . OPEN iHCHBOlLB MKKTI.NtJ French Llek Springs the Seene of Gatfc f ering Sale of j. Sew Trk Team. French-Liick,--Ind.,-tee.-48. The 1915 schedule meeting pfthe American and iNaiipnaii leagues opeped here today. ; ' Vrr"lrrr ll2Z' "0' r considering the: echedules,but tonight rerusea to discuss the meeting. John son, however, volunteered the' informa tion that negotiations for the sale of the New York. Americans Would be re sumed . tomorrow. - . . Col. Jacob Ruppert, who. with T. L. Huston is negotiating the purchase of the New Yorks said tonight: ' ! "I shall - not start with - a tail end team and try to make a pennant win- ' ner out of it. I ; have made up ' my ' i-mind what- to do if it is agreed to giye me new players and a manager, s to the Federal League proposition, I am not . considering it- at all. If . I go into baseball, it will be with the Yankees." Colonel Ruppert said negotiations for the sale of. the club might not be ! concluded until December 23. War News at a Glance still hanks 1 A' cloud of uncertainty over 'operations of the! belligerent ar mies in Poland. No official German report has been issued to stamp as accurate unofficial claims to a German victory over the Russians wliich Thursday aroused en- thusiasm to "a' high .pitch throughout the German Umpire., . - The latest German statement on the j situation is laconic. In Poland,: it says1, "we ' continue to ! pursue" the retreating enemy." . - ! Austria is more communicative than ' Berlin; for Vienna declares the Russian j main forces are being pursued on thei entire battle front of some- 250 mfies j from Galicia tp. that point in Poland northeast of 'L.owicz,-where the Bzuria river empties into'the. Vistula. j As regards part, at least. of ..thi.; t n the ill-starred little(coun- statement Petrograd takes issue with . f -Vienna, asserting that on the left bank i try. of the Vistula an almost complete 1-ull "It is enough for America that seven in the fighting prevails, but that all the ; millions of humanity are in the hop attacks made against the Russians j , passing between two" gigantic have been repulsed. It is added, how- ... . - . , ' , ever, that in connedtion with the ad-) millstones, .said die speaker, vance of part , of the Russian troops ' Mr. Hoover spoke , at a - luncheon toward the Bzuria and because the J given .members of the commission, by Austrians are reinforcing in" the Car- American business, mem Introducing nahians' "wft have thought fit to re- ! him, "' Ambassador Page gave high arrange the positions of some of our army. "The Allies, according to Paris, con tinue to gain.. .ground in Belgium and! France o(.in 'hnvvir a!t!prti that1 uerun, nqwever, asserts tnai , the; German operations have resulted in repulses - to 'the Allies - at various places in some instances with heavy Casualties. rans sajs iue xejicn ni - .j tillery has destroyed two heavy .bat-1 teries in the region of Verdun. . The, British protectorate over Egypt! v.a.c Koon flolnrorl. in all.thfi s-arriinnt towns bv the firing' of .a' salute -of 101 .. - - r o i . ... i guns and the'Tlsing.'of the:.'Brltih ag..:i8tan '.Seioretary -Brecfeihrrdge, a spec- ap- j pointed""Sultan of Egypt. M. Ribot, the French v minister of finance,' has "informed the --appropriations commfttee of the chamber of dep uties . that- France. -'will not lack re sources to continue 'the war to a finish without faltering.- -x- . . "A news agency dispatch says Turkey has yielded to- the representations of the United States,-Italy and Greece and will permit the departure' from Syria of consular.' representatives of neutral 'countries.- '-. -7 '.-.' Thie British' fleet in the" Pacific has been reinforced by the arrival at Cal-lao- of the ' Australian Toattle cruiser Australia. "" - ' ' ; , The British admiralty denies 'that any British warships were sunk during the German , raicl on the east coast of England. . It says however, tohat , two men 'were killed and-1 l,wotmded "aboard ltteAtxwmw& tb-e ' jitjroya-fHAi'tty Legislative, Executive and Ju dicial Appropriation. PASSED IN THREE DAYS - . . . - WItt 1 jttac)iiiiery at Hik . Speed, Loner Houae of Congress ' Adopts Measure and Tarns Attention to Postoffice Bill. f turned out the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill and be - gan consideration of the postoffice ap propriation bill. . f The legislative, executive and judicial bill, cawying $36,000,000, was passed , : 1 alter less tnan tnree days actual con- slderation. Provisions for an agricul tural census to cost . $2,286,000 and a proposal to re(duce members' mileage from 20 to 5 cents a mile was. stricken OUt. : f ; : . , .. - . Postmaster General Burleson's plans for departmental changes were block ed. when the House voted down a spe- cTaT7ule"to make in order new legisla tion, redu'cing the pay of postmasters, revising the ' railway pay system, au- . committee, criticised 'Democrats who! j voted against the rule, asserting that influence has been hard' at ! work to defeat provisions of this bill revising the railway pay system." He declared the defeat of the rule was a "betrayal of Democratic principles and a betrayal of the Denrocratic adminis tration by the majority on the floor." Representative Henry interrupted to assert that the only opposition to the I rifle in the rules committee was ex erieu oy rauroaa inieresxB. ''Xftw -them. Leader Mann. , The House was in turmoil for a few moments and whe.n tne tumult subsided Henry shouted: "I can .name them. I say here and now "that the railroad interests tried, I to defeat this bill "in the rules com mittee." : . j . ... .. , HOOVER MAKES REPLY TO CRITICS OF RELIEF Starving in Belgium Get Aid from America Regardless. Denn! Would Have Resulted la Thou sands -of Canes Had CoitamisHlon Waited for Moral ResponMt billty to lie Placed. London,-. Dec. 18. Critics of the American Commission 'for - Relief, in' ; , , J'--, , 'Belgium, who have - asserted that an ! flttitufiP of' imnartiaittv ' would hVP 8urde n ef "car in gifor the starv- j . . -.- , ,;. -I Belgians to the belligerent power j responsible , for their' condition, - were answered "to.day by Herbert C. Hoover J chairman of -thei oemmission, in ' an i " , TT . , , . . " : address hera' He declared that before, ! the a.uestion ot moral j was settled ' starvation respons nsibility and violence would have finished war's work of t fha .wnrli rf tlio riYi rh i ai on 'He said it was the only link between the great-belligerent nations and the .farmer of the Mississippi Valley. . ir. DnniT.. .o 51 - 1aminmr -.- o.v. ...j. j . . .iccinn on,i v, lowu wcinctii me- vvuiuitoowt.. . national ; committee in- Belgium. - ' f PRIVATE BOARD PROBES INTO COAST 'DEFEXSES And ' will Make Suggestions to Con- gress as to Appropriations . w .HHnn.: T.' . 1 K 1-fes.ded hv As- - - . . .--.r? . ial board of army officers has been in session at .the War .Department for j Indiana, aroused Mr. Gardner's resent- JoTil and the meeting broke up ab- ticularly the military-situation in the iruptly. , canal zone. -h j Representative Gardner vigorously Proceedings of the board are secret j resented Avhat he said was an imputa- but - the fact" that it was sitting be-i tion that his ramiiaien for investis-a- came- known tonight. It is expected that- it will recommend to- Congress that-, funds be proyide.d to develop plans for the improvement of coast de fenses probably based on some meas ure of developments ofvthe siege opera tions of the European war. - Major General- "William. , V. Wother onAAn , irn rl v pari tw 1 - oo frfT r r I : i . a. x-j-..,.. . Stan was present ai umay e nieeuiiff. t . New York,, Dec. 18. Iee Magee, for nler St. Louis National' League has signed a contract . to manage the Bropkiyai Fed era Is next., year, it was announced, tonight by .George ;S...ard, "vice president of - thetBrboklyii cliib.: Decision Handed Down by Interstate Commerce Commission in Petition for Five Per Cent Increase in Freight Rates by Eastern Railroads Grants Request With Lim-itations-r-Certain Heavy Commodities Are Left Out of Advance- Two Dissent. I Washington, Dec. 18. Further in- Washington, Dec. 18. Further in crease in freight rates were granted to the Eastern railroads today by the In terstate Commerce Commission in a decision from which Chairman Harlan and Commissioner Clements dissented .vigorously. Except on lake and rail traffic,-coal, plaster. On these Commodities no ad coke, iron ore and certain other traffic I vances were permitted by the decision upon which the commission ' heretofof e j of August 1st. . " ' I aDie a" raliroaas operating in tne (territory between, the. Atlantic sea - hofir(1 n(1 th- MlsBis?sinni north of the roiomac ana uniu rivers were auuweu the flat five per cent. increase for which they have been asking for four years. The railroads hoped to get increases which would1 add to the annual reven ues some $50,000,000. The commis sion's decision is expected to give them additional revenue aproximating $30, 000,000. The roads east of the North and South line drawn through Buffalo, Pittsburg and Charleston, W. Va., won by today's decision the increases other than upon the " traffic excepted, j supplemented by increases through wliicli were denied them in the com- j out official V-lassiflcation territory, mission's decision last August. The t Whatever the coneeciuences of tlie war roads west of this line, which got par- j may prove to be, we must recogniM tial advances in the August decision, j the fact that' it" exists, the fact that received further advances; so that j it is a calamity without precedent. now -all the roads in what is described as official rlnasiflcation territorv will ( enjoy uniform advances- in, both class i and- commodity rates. The majority of t))e commission held that the roads had established in the latest hearings a- greater need of additional net income than ever before. This was. due. the decision held to emergencies arising out Of the war and to an aj ready,; existing necessity for additional .revenues to maintain railroad properties. Harla Dlent ,--In hla dissenting opfn IwvrneltirtKai been given the roads by1 the August decision and that the findings of the majority1 were "moraily wrong." i Commissioner Clements based bis ( Freight Association territory on ce dissent upon what he regarded as the I ment, starch; brick, tile, clay and plaw ina"bility,' inlkw of the commission to j ter. On further consideration in the take cognizance of anything in the I light of -existing, situation these rates making-of sales other than their jus- may be increased throughout official i tice and reasonableness. ! -In administration circles the out- come of the case was welcomed as i of Vast importance. President Wil- J son issued no formal statement but tno White House olncials said he was j greatly pleased ove'r the decision and expected.it to . have an immediate ef- river on the. other may be- increased feet .upon , the country's economic sit- j not to exceed 5 per cent, of the di uation. The President had made no ! vision of the rate" ricciiring to the cb.r secret of his belief that improvement j riers' in official classification territory' pf conditions, generally was. dependent, I If tliese increases involve a cha.u'g'? to an extent,, at leasi, upon additional ! in . the relationship under the. 'long and revenue being" provided ih some way ' short .haul- rule between intermediate for the - railroads. Traffic on. which no increase .was al- lowed represents about' 55 per cent, of ' relief from ,the fourth - section of the tlie entire volume of freight . handled j act mu.t first ..be; secured on regular by the roads. Coal, coke and iron ore, application. . however, are bulky commodities, talc- j " "Interstate rates to . and. from New i,ng-lower rates, 'consequently the re- . England from - and: to points, in. trunk venu derived from them is relatively i line or ..Central Freight ; Association small. i territory, where, .necessary .to .preserve In, the Eastern district 10 per cent.) (Continued- pn .Page TVo) i. ' UPROAR ENDS HEARINGS AS TO NAVAL AFFAIRS v . " . - - - '- , Caused by Demands of ; , ... i. .' Members of House Naval Affairs. Committee Brings Session to an Abrupt Close Witherspoon of .Mississippi Leaves Committee Room in a Passion Gardner Soon Gets Angry. Washmgton, Dec. 18. Public hear- I ; fm. tUc Ur.i,.o narnl nnmrnit. ! t' ended t0day in an uproar when ; . ' -' Representative Gardner, of Massachu- antt-ei ' -n- ifaci ilsmonHsrl that fnrn. oono, .4...., v. v. ..... , ... . . ... , mmee memoers -say wneiner iiiey que8ti0ned ' data he , had submitted to prove the nation s military unprepar- ; edness. . ... j Mr, Gardner's insistence so angered Representative Wi thef spoon,' of Missis- ! . Si . etnm .tnfl t 1 1 1 1 t T rn nommiiiea room. - .".7" 7 I A series of questions put immediately ; atterwaras oy nepreseniauve way, . i . -i T-v - a. a. ; tlou of the military situation wns in ; letter to every cnamner oi commerce,, the interest of manufacturers of war : in the land, telling them to bring it be-, materials. He called upon Mr. Gray, j foro the meeting, od enclosing a copf who was questioning him, to "get up 1 of rny speech. In the -South, partlcu and prove his facts" but ; the latter had ! larly -North Carolino. several of them nothing further to say, and the chair- ' i not approve ;-of it. man declarel the hearing ended. ' ' llo many of -these, letters did you Tlie committee, will meet '"Monday to j write?" . - . . ' A ! i-nrntilcte . the naval aDnronrfation bill. - . - - nlan beine: to renort jt. if possi- ble, before the holidays. , - Mr, Gardner;? statements today were h sed la re elv on . the testimon y of the admirals ayd others before the com- mittee.tand report. 'of tho navy gener- ' al. bosrd.-The ;war of. words cameaf- of the entire volume of freight is t tracite, 31 per cent, bitumenous coa), 5 per cent, coke .5 per cent. ores. The coal roads In the opinion of the com mission already are profitable. Other Advances Allowed After further consideration the.com mission permits advances to be made on cement, starch, Jjrick, tile, clay an8 , cation territory and territory soutn ot j the Potomac and Ohio and east of the' ! Tficnninni mr v h im.r-ca.oH nnt t i eiceea o per cent. Interstate rates to and from New ; England also may be increased ,not to exceed Ave per cent. ' v While present existing differential!, among various Atlantic ports are pre-'' . served the rates between any two ol them also "may be increased 5 per cent. The decision says: ' "While we. differ as to the reativo importance to be attached to the' var ious considerations presented, w agree in the conclusion thai it is nec essary that the carriers revenues be i and the focf that bv it tKe commerce of the world lias been disarranged and thrown into confusion. The means of transportation are fundamental and indispensable agencies in our )ndun trial life and for the common wealth should be kept abreast of public re--ciuireme.ntR.' ;- -. Carriers will-be required - to keep an account of the additions to their revenues frdni increases in rates sub sequent to July 29,-1 914, and from new charges, and to report separately thereon to the commission at the end lot 1 3. aijd 24' mohths respectively".' ' - clsion proceeds: -? ' , "In - our- original - report we declined to allow increased rates in Central ; classification territory under the llmi- tayipns herein s-if forth.. j - ' Joint Haiem Aflfeeted "Joint rates between official claiin "j cation ;torritOry . on .' the one hand, -a.il d ; ?5outlieastern territory, the Southwest nd points on 'or .east of tlie Jflssoa! points and .more .distant points, oit- side of oil'-cial clansiflcatioir - territory ,J - -r1 - - '. ' , ... . ; , T Representative Gardner Upon ter. the witness had finished the vSlatiio llient ' an SUDIllittefl tO .'l lOUfT CrOM I I no ; la( examination. Mr: Gardner said he did ot want his statements challenged ter in Congress and sought an imme- rtiHtt" fitnriiinn froifi the cotnmltt v.- - riiemhofa . - 1 i . . - , ' - - - " -Ontrngeon " , x Renresentative AVithersnoon deciar e(J sharDly that the reauest was "out- I rageous." . . '. , : , , ; .x nscni": : '"? ! , If ,? f f.f , .live. i Am xnea or mis oiurage. ! . . vnairmao 'x-augen asked him to withdraw the motion, but he persisted. n rl All' I Jo yri n a Ana ir Art h l ti f&niiAer. ;'". .- ."V ; an; expression oi opin.on, ..en in. j yoa write Any ietter to"y i mercantile organisations over the j counter asked Mr. Gray when quiet had been restored. i "I hired a marivto send out a .printed I do not know. I gave it to one ot thi imhlicltv fllniv" . tnese puDiicuj reiiows . v - . - . . i , "What organizations .did you employ r that PPose?" persisted Mr. Gray. I - "lJo J'ou mean to say -Am I in ,alll- ' anee with tins manufacturers ot jnater - lair I am i ayhigv everyccnf myself.: , ;k ' , (Continued ort vPage ; TwgJ ?'!' Iti m ' : t .Li. w 1 1 .. ' ft i .van 4 l "-j iernitt". Xh