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V A ill HOLIDAYS OVER, The live business man turns hi at tention to constructive -work for the New Tear. Adopt your policy of a sys tematic advertising: campaign now VOL. XCT-NO. 76. WrLMIXGTOK", C, I'RI DAY MORZSTN'G, JAXL'ABV 1, 1915 WHOLE NTJMBEft 13,8.67 NEW YEAR FINDS ARMIES OF THE BELLIGERENTS LOCKED IN LONG,DESpERATE BATTLE OBTm NOm SENT ENGLAND iRRFflT YFAR AHUM IMMIGRATION BILL WINS ON TEST VOTE A W jtww - :VW4 - - i Ul 11-11 I IL.IIII IIIII-IIU . REDFIELD SHIPPING CONDITIONS PUBLISHED the weather . v ' ''ftyrjr Til -'irV A TTtN I Far Friday and Saturday. ; " , f zj LNlj r - Wext SAYS MR I- X fx I I V I Fighting as Sternly as When the War Began Five Months Ago, Forces on the Great Battle Fronts Seem Determined to Fight to a Finish -Seemingly No Prospect for Victory for Either Side Soon, from Outlook. ARMIES OF RUSSIAN AND STILL FACING EACH Lull in Fighting in Flanders and France, With Occasional Ar tillery Duel, Infantry Attack or Counter Attack Last of .German Islands in Pacific Has Been Annexed by Australian Forces, is Report Received. London, Dec; 31. The New Year finds belligerent Europe after five months of war fighting as sternly as at the beginning, but seem-iijgly-without prospects of innnediate big victories. The Austrians again haves been driven out of the greater part of t-Jalicia, and, according to a Vienna statement, the Russians have cross ed the Carpathians for the third timer but in Poland, where a more im portant battle is in progress, the armies of the Russian and German rmperors are still, fighting for the banks of. the rivers which intersect the country between the upper Vistula and Pilica rivers. In Elanders and Prance there has been a lull in the fighting on the most of . the front, disturbed occasionally, ' however, . by artillery fhe, infantry' attacks and counter attacks. The French tonight an iiounced that they have carried 'half of the village of Steinbaeh, in Opper ALsace, whiph, while of little or no importance, itself, stands at the" dotof a';Tiill which commands country. 1 he Argotine Rid , It is m tius region,.as.;in: tne vicinity ot isoyori Tact oetween on tue mgn seas, taxen mio am.ia their offensive with, the greatest force, and where they claim to have made the most progress. " - Along the Belgian coast fighting is confined to artillery bom bardments. Westende and many other little towns which long ago were deserted by the civilian populations, have been made the target for shells of the Allies. Walfish bay, a British possession on the coast of British South west Africa, which the Germans took at the commencement of the war, has been retaken by the Union of South African forces, while the Australians have annexed Bougainville island, another of the- Solo mon Islands, over which flew the German flag and about the last of the German islands in the Pacific. In London New Year's eve was celebrated by the usual dinners and dances at hotels and restaurants, but with less gaiety and on a much smaller scale. At the large hotels, however, there' was a large attendance of officers n leave or waiting to go to the front, many French and Belgians who were driven from their homes by the war, and a large number of Americans. The list of New Year's honors offered by King George on the recommendation of the Premier and the Foreign and Colonial offices, was short, and contained no new peerages. At the head of the list dre the Earls of Derby and Chesterfield, who received the Order of the Garter for their services in recruiting, and Baron Lovat, who re ceives the Order of the Thistle for the same reason. The Earl of Ab erdeen, whose retirement from the Lord Lieutenantcy of Ireland is ex pected, is raised to the rank of a Marquisate. ' h xtkvix' nnnRR ESTABLISHED. t ' Georse of England Institutes Order of ; : The Military Cross." j London, Dec. 31. King George has ; instituted a new decoration, "the mili- ; tary cross." The decoration is of sil- i ver and bears the ijnperial crown on i each arm and in the center the letters j "G R. I." (George Rex-Imperator). J Commissioned or warrant omcers in the army who distinguish themselves in time of war are eligible to "The Military Cross." It takes precedence over all decorations and medals except the Victoria Cross. The Gazette an nounces that Captain Garnt and Com mander Barr, both of the auxiliary cruiser Carmania, have been appoint Pd companions of the Bath for services in sinking the German steamer Cap Trafalgar off the South .American coast in September and that Capt. John Glos sip, of the Australian cruiser Sidney has been rewarded In a similar manner for the sinking by his ship of the German-cruiser Emden. GERMANY STILI UNITED. New Year's Resolution to Stand and Fight Sent Out by Wireless. London, Jan. 1. The following offi cial communication ''from Berlin has been received here by wireless: ! "Since the war began and up till the nd of the year we still stand firm on the old German Watch, waiting what the future has in store for us. "We are still united. No enemy can force us in spite of rage and hypocrisy. ' "In the East as well as the West may victory ever attend you. Germany over ,illf - ' I "The whole world learns what we ran do-when Ave are attacked and that German pluck rings throughout the world. ' , : "Main headquarters reports tonight ( Thursday) that our troops fighting in Foland have made over "36,000 prisoners in the region of' .pdz and Lowicz and besides have .taken, many-guns. , "The totfVjnuniber of prisoners tak- GERMAN EMPERORS OTHER IN NORTH POLAND a large part of the.; surrounding an aiiiAA Via 11tli nf "V- t:i vv V, n iitf a to 136,000. Over 100 guns and 300 ma chine guns also have been captured." ! GREECE: IS PREPARED. Premier Tells Chamber of Deputies ' Condition of Defences. Paris, Dec. 31. Havas' Athens 'cor respondent sends the following excerpt from a speech delivered by the Greek premier, M. Venizelos, during a discus sion hf the budget in the Greek cham ber of deputies: "All the necessary measures to as sure the national defense have been taken since the outbreak of the war. I can assure the chamber and the coun try that at the present moment Greece is ready to mobilize at any hour and on every point of her territory all the contingents of her army." AMERICAN'S HONORED. Offlcer of "Christmas Ship" and Con sul General Are Decorated. Washington, Dec. 31. Foreign office dispatches from Vienna to the Aus trian embassy today announced that Lieut. Com. Charles Courtney, com manding -the American naval collier Jason, the "Santa Claus ship," and United- States Consul General Jones at Genoa, had' been decorated with the Red Cross badge of honor, first class. The dispatches denied reports that large numbers of Austrians had fallen into the hands of the Russians. . "Especially the number of officers," the foreign office said, "is immeasur ably exaggerated." TURKS TOWARD SUEZ. Large . Force Reported to be Headed " That Way Treatment of Allies. Paris, h Dec. 31. -A, Havas dispatch from Athens says: "The Turks have, sent important forces, commanded by German officers toward the Suez according to members , . (Continued on Page .Two) entheMS wiisfaiiig ferKs'fey TtnetTBAttsi k'alVortt.tes'.-'inir- Diplomatic Representation Made to Great Britain Concerning Treatment of American Vessels and Cargoes on High Seas By British Cruisers Publishedin Washington and Lon don by Mutual Consent df Two Governments. Washington, Dec. 31. By agreement between the State Department and the British foreign office, the text of the note sent by the United States to Great Britain, insisting on an early improve ment in the treatment of America commerce by the British fleet, was made public here today.- It follows: "Washington, D. C, Dec. 26, 1914. "The Secretary of State to the Ameri can Ambassador at London. Depart v ment of State. "The present condition of American foreign trade resulting from the fre quent seizures and detention of Amer ican cargoeM destined to neutral Euro pean ports has become so serious as to require a candid statement "of the views of this government in order that the British government may be; fully in formed as to the attitude of the United States towards the policy which has been pursued by the British authori ties during the present war. "You will, therefore, communicate the following to his majesty's princi pal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, but in doing so you -will as sure him that it is done in the most friendly spirit and in the belief that frankness will better serve the contin uance of cordial relations between the two countries than silence, which may be misconstrued into acqueiscence in a course of conduct which this govern ment can not but consider to be an infringement upon the rights of Ameri can citizens. . Viewed With Growing: Concern. "The government of the United States has viewed with growing concern the large' number of vessels laden with American goods destined to' neutral ports in Europe wtrifch have been seized ing the early days of the war this government assumed that the policy adopted by the British government was due to the. unexpected outbreak of hos tilities' and the necessity of immediate action to prevent contraband . from reaching the enemy. " "For this" reason it was not disposed to" judge this policy harshly or protest it vigorously, .although it was manifestly-very injurious to American trade with the neutral countries of Europe. This government, relying confidently upon the high regard which Great Bri tain has so often exhibited in. the past for the rights of other nations, con fidently awaited amendment of a course of action which denied to neutral com merce the freedom to which it was en titled by the law of nations. "This expectation seemed to be ren dered the more assured by the state ment of the foreign office early in No vember that the British government was satisfied wiui guarantees offered by the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish governments as to non-exportation of contraband goods when consigned to named persons in the territories of those governments and that orders had been given to the British fleet and customs authorities to restrict inter ference with neutral vessels carrying ROOSEVELT SENDS A GABLE TO EARL GREY Relative Centenary of Peace to be Celebrated I an Augury- for the Future of the Peoples of the tVorld is Express- . ed in Message to Britisher from "Teddy." New York, Dec. 31. The belief that the Century of Peace between the UniteJ States and Great Britain is an augury for the future of the peoples of the world is expressed in a cablegram sent" today by Theodore Roosevelt, hon orary chairman of the American Peace Centenary; Committee to Earl Grey, president of the British- committee. Col. Roosevelt's message, answering a - re cent communication expressive of good will from the British committee reads: "Earl Grey, London: "On behalf of American Peace Cen tenary Committee, ijbeg to, acknowl edge your cable on i behalf of ' British Peace Centenary Committee. We most cordialjy. reciprocate sthe feeling there in expressed. We believe the hundred years of peace between the two na tions are an augury for the future not only as far as they are cbricerned but for the future as far as the 'peoples of the-world are concerned. ' It is in deed a happy circumstance that the two nations are able to cefebrate in this fashion the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Ghent. . "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." -' Lynchburg, Va, Dec- Sl.Henry E. McWane, ' president of the . Lynchburg Foundry; company,; killed himself here today, probably; because of ;" ill health. He was "54 years old. ' . vv.:" such cargoes so consign d ; to verifica tion of ship's' papers a&d. cargoes. Matter of Deep llegret. "It is therefore, a njkjtter of deep regret that, though -nearly? five months have passed since the ,w.af began, the British government have liot material ly changed their policy a.i-4. do not treat less "rigorously ships and- Cargoes pass ing between neutral ports Sn the peace ful pursuit of lawful commerce which belligerents should protect, rather than interrupt. The greater 'treedom from detention and seizute liich was con fidently expected to result from con signing shipments tov definite con signees, rather " than '16 06 is still awaited. . . "It is needless to poinfVout to his ma jesty's government, " usually the cham pion of the freedom of? fhe seas and the rights of trade, that-peace, not war, is the normal relation between nations and that the commerce, Jbetween coun tries which are not belligerents should not be interfered with by those at war unless such interference is manifestly an imperative necessity to. protect their national safety and thu only to the extent that it is a .necessity. "It i swith no Ia,ck"p appreciation of the momentous naturV of the strug gle in which Great Britain is engaged and with no selfish: desite to gain un due commercial advantage that this government is reluctantly forced to the conclusion 'that the present policy1 of his majesty's govervimeht toward neu tral ships and cargoes' exceeds the manifest necessity of -"sjL belligerent and constitutes restrictions upon the rights of .American citizens on the high seas which are not juTstifiecl by the rules of international law -or.'' required under the principal Of. sefipriservation. "The government :f.. "of ; the United Sta'tes does riot inter t at; this time' to discuss , the proprit jH ; the including certav;artcj lute an2t conditio na contraband which" have been proclaimed by his majesty. Open to. objection as some of these seem to this government, the chief ground of present complaint is the treatment of cargoes of "both classes when bound to neutral ports. Don't Apply Their Own, Rules. "Articles listed as absolute contra band shipped from the United States and consigned to neutral countries, have been seized and detained on the ground that the countries to which they were destined. have not prohibited the exportation of such articles. . L'nwarj ra-nted as .such detentions , are, in the opinion of this government, American exporters are further perplexed by the appaent indecision, of the British au thorities in applying their own rules to neutral cargoes. . "For example, a shipment of copper from this country to a specified con signee in Sweden was detained because, as was stated by Great Britain, Sweden had placed no embargo on copper. On the other hand, Italy not only prohib ited the export of copper, but, as this government is , informed, put in force a decree that shipments to Italian con signees or 'to order, which arrive In ports of Italy can -not be exported or trans-shipped. , The only exception Italy makes is of coppir which passes through. that country in transit. to an other country. "In spite of those decrees,, however, the British foreign office has thus far declined to affirm that .copper ship ments consigned, to Italy will not be molested on the high seas. Seizures are so numerous and delays so prolonged that exporters are afraid to send their copper to Italy, steamship lines decline toaccept it, and insurers refuse to is sue policies upon it. In a word, a legitimate trade is . being greatly im paired through uncertainty as-to the treatment wrhich it may expect. at the hands of the British authorities. What May We Expect. "We feel , that we are abundantly justified in asking for information as to the manner In which the British government propose to carry out the policy which they-have adopted, in or der that we may determine : the steps necessary to protect ouif citizens en gaged in foreign trade in their rights- and from the . serious losses to which they are liable through ignorance ofl the hazards to which their cargoes are exposed. . r "In the case of ' conditional contra band the policy of Great Britain ap pears to this government to be equally unjustified by the established rules of international conduct. As evidence of this, . attention, is directed to the fact that a number of the American car goes which have been seized consist of foodstuffs and other articles of com mon' use in . all countries which are ad mittedly relative contraband. In spite of the presumption of innocent use be cause destined "to neutral terrtoryt the British authorities made these seizures and detentions .without, so far as 'we are informed, being in possession of facts which warranted a reasonable belief that the shipments had in real ity as belligerent destination, as that term., is used in international law. . "Mere suspicion is not evidence ,and doubts should be resolved ih" favor, of neutral commerce, not against. The ef fect upon trade In" these articles be tween neutral nations resulting from interrupted voyages ard detained car goes is not entirely -jcured by reim bursement of the owners for the dam ages - which I they have suffered, - after investigation has failed" to establish, an enemy destination.. The .injury is to American commerce , with neutral coun tries as a whole.1 through, the hazard of the v enterprise., and " the "-repeated . di version of goods from established mar kets: '-rw'i-.-jHi'i. . -'It also-appeats that cargoes of this character have been seized by the Brit ish authorities because of a belief that, though not originally so intended by the shippers, they will ultimately reach the territory of the enemies of Great UllbUlU. -fc. L lino l.V-l.V. J. l reduced to a mere fear in view of the embargoes which have been decreed by the neutral countries, to which they are destined on the articles composing the cargoes. "That a consignment 'to order' of articles listed as conditional contra band and shipped to a neutral port raises a' legal presumption of enemy destination appears to be directly con trary to the doctrine previously held by Great Britain and thus stated by Lord Salisbury during the ScAith Afri can war : Lord Salisbury Quoted. "'Foodstuffs, though having a hos tile destination, can be considered', as contraband of war only if they are for the enemy forces; it is not sufficient that they are capable of being so used; it must.be shown that this was in fact their destination at the time of their seizure.' - 'With this statement as to condition al contraband the views of this govern ment are in entire accord, and upon this historic doctrine, consistently maintained by Great Britain when a belligerent as well as a neutral, Ameri can shippers were entitled to rely. "The government of the United States readily admits the full right of a bel ligerent to "visit and search on the high seas the vessels of American cit izens -or other neutral vessels carry ing American goods and to detain, them when there is sufficient evidence to justify a belief that contraband arti cles are in their cargoes; when his ma jesty's government, judging by their own experience in the past, must real ize that this government can not with out protest . permit American ships or American cargoes to be taken into British ports and there defined for the purpose of searching generally for evi dence of contraband or upon presump tions created by special municipal en actments which are clearly at variance with international law and practice. "This government believes and earn estly hopes his majesty's government will come to the same belief that a course of conduct more in conformity with the rules, of international usage, which Great Britain has strongly sanc tioned for many years, will, in the end, better serve the interests of bellig erents as well as those of neutrals. "Not only is the. situation a critical one to the commercial interests of the United. States, but many .of the great industries of this country are suffer ing because their products are denied long established markets in European countries, which, though, neutral, are contiguous to the nations at war! Pro ducers and exporters, steamship and insurance companies are pressing, and not without reason, for relief from' the menace to tans-Atlantic trade which Is gradually but surely destroying their business and theratening them with financial disaster. "The government of the United States, still relying upon the deep Continued on Page Eight AMERICA'S PART IN THE COST OF EUROPEAN WAR 1 4 Decrease in Exports Over Three Hundred Million. Department of Commerce Makes Pub lic Figures of Exports Up to the First of December Three Countries Increase. Washington, Dec31. The European war had cost the United States $382, 831,172 in decreased exports up to De cember 1, according to a statement issued today by the Department of Commerce. Exports to all countries for th Pleven month period endinsr with, November aggregated $1,867,991,- 'ioo' VZtt 899 RRA. for tho lilro period.in 1913. Despite that showtng, however, the November trade balance in favor of the United States $79,411,271 and for the eleven months period $193,372,036. November showed its greatest gain in crude and manufactured foodstuffs sent to Europe,, th 1914 total being $73, 049,036 against-$38,787,688 in 1913. . The most striking effect of the war shown by the statement is the decrease of Germany's $48,072,784 consumption in November, 1913, to $42,136 in No vember this year. ' Exports to all countries except "Aus tralia France, India, The United King dom and Italy fell off during Novem ber from 1913 figures and for the eleven months' period only Austra lia Italy and Russia increased their American purchases. While- the United Kingdom was t,he largest customer, taking $69,589,297 in American goods during November and $515645,990 dur ing the eleven month period, the latter figure shows a decrease of approxi mately $11,000,000 from the 1913 to tal. Italy showed the greatest increase in 'i November,- taking $17,031,754 last month against $7,771,113 in, November, Secretary of Commerce Sends New Year Greetings NO GROUND FOR GLOOM Bids Merchants, Manufacturers and . Planters to Do More Work Than Planned and Cheer Up Cheer fulness the Key Note. Washington, Dec. 3L Heartened by months of close study of the nation's business outlook. Secretary Redfield, of the Commerce Department, today wrote a new year's greeting to merchants and manufacturers bidding them reach out for the prosperity he sees within their grasp." There is no warrant, Mr. Redfield declares, for gloom or despair. His message follows: "If you want prosperity, do your own share to bring it and do it now. Get that addition on your shop going; it will cost you, less today than six months hence. Is trade a bit dull in the works? Get those improvements begun. Prices are low and likely to rise. "You've been thinking of that, con tract work, better start it yourself be fore things get the start of you. Distress Not Known. -' "This country slows down a bit now and then, but it never stops growing and it always moves up and not down. We don't know what it means in most of the United States to have real gen eral distress. Think of Belgium and Poland, O, man with a grouch, and slink into your hole and pull it in af ter you. There think" of your sins and your blessings, and come out with your courage in working order. "There are lots of good American examples of pluck. Do you remember San Francisco and Galveston and Chi cago, Charleston, Baltimore and Dayton and many others like them? Remem ber Thomas A. Edison and lots of oth ers df your fellow citizens who showed pluck when things were hard. N "Nothing's the matter with the man with a grouch, except an absentee heart and missing nerve. Cheer up, go to work, do your level best, quit talk ing misery. The war's over yonder not here. Men are slaughtered yonder they are llviivg. liere.k It's all clouds there clear day here. - . - . "Get out and sell some goods. Plant some more acres, do more work than you planned. Talk cheerful and you'll find this country of yours a pretty good place' after all." APPEAL. FOR CLEMEN C Y ' FOR LIFE TERM PRISONER Governor of Georgia Takes Application Under Advisement. Atlanta, Ga., jDec. 31. Hearing on an application for a pardon for Thomas Edgar Stripling, serving a life sen tence at the State prison farm for mur der was held here today by Governor Slaton. The application was present ed by several relatives., of Stripling and an attorney. In 1897 Strinline: killed W. .T. Corbett. ! in Harris county, Georgia, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He es caped before he began serving the sen tence. Fourten years later Stripling was found at Danville, Va where un der the assumed name of R. E. Morris, hewas chief of police. He was brought back to Georgia and sent to prison. The present application is urged on the ground of the prisoner's poor health. Governor Slaton took it under advisement. Relatives and friends a few years ago applied to Joseph M. Brown, then governor of Georgia, for clemency in the prisoners' behalf, but the governor refused to act. Recently various peti tions were presented to .Governor Sla ton. Aside from physicians' certificates which indicated the prisoner was in ill health testimony was introduced tend ing to show mitigating crcumstances connected wth the crime, it being al leged that Cornett was shot because he had insulted Stripling's sister. Stripling's wife was a witness today. TWO CABINET MEMBERS IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY Secretary Daniels at Goldsboro and Bryan at Asheville. Washington,- D. C, Dec. 31. Two members of President Wilson's cabinet will spend New Year's in North Caro lina, these being Secretary of the Navy Josephus Ddniels and Secretary of State W. mJ. Bryan. Secretary Daniels left tonight ljpr Goldsboro, to spend New Year's with his mother, Mrs.- Mary C. Daniels. Secretary Bryan left Washington to night to spend New Year's at Asheville. He expects to return Monday. Mrs. Bryan is at the home of William Jen nings Bryan 'Jr., in TUcsori, Ariz. ABLE EDITOR QUITS JOB George W. Ochs, of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Resigns. - Philadelphia, Dec. 31. George W. Ochs resigned today as editor of the Public .Ledger." He retains a consid erable holding in the underlying se curities -of that newspaper. It was said he might join the New York Times company- of which his brother, Adolph S. Ochs,- is president. In a formal an nouncement Cyrus H. K. Curtis, presi dent of the Public Ledger company, stated, the resignation was due to an "entirely amicable but irreconcilable difference of views" between himself and Mr. Ochs as to the policies of the paper. Mr. Ochs. has been identified with the Public Ledger for 12 years. Lynchburg, Va.,' Dec. .31. The trus tees of the proposed, Virginia Episco pal Schools for. boys, today purchased a site for a boys' - preparatory school nere. .The board hopes to begin build ing in several -months. Efforts to Strike Out Literacy Test Failed. AFRICANS PROHIBITED Amendment Denying Negroes RIfthti f Admission to United State is Adopted Expect Vote on Measure Saturday Washington, Dec. 31. Efforts , ti strike the literacy test from the pend ing immigration bill failed in the Sen-' ate today. Senator Martine's motion to eliminate 'the provision was defeated 47 to' 12. This was considered vote on the bill itself, which Senate leaders expect to pass Saturday, Amendments were voted on in quick succession. Two were adopted, one' to exclude all immigrants of ' African blood, or the , black race, and another to strengthen the prohibition against believers in polygamy. All amendments to the literacy te 't were voted down, including tho:i which would have added to its exemp-' i tion persons-fleeing from religious per secution and those who might seek asy lum from political or racial persecu tion. On the motion to eliminate th'o literacy test senators who vote for it were Brandegee, Clark, of Wyoming; LaFollette, Lippitt, McCumber, Lewis, McLean, Martine, O'Gorman, Ransdell, Reed and Walsh. Africans Excluded. Senator Reed offered the African ex clusion amendment which was adopted 29 to 25. Senator Williams, of Missis sippi, debated this proposal at length, declaring there were enough negroes in this, country now. Statistics were given to show that only 8,000 people of African blood came to this country last year. . Another amendment by Senator Reed to exclude all but persons of the Cau casian race was defeated, but not with out considerable discussion relating to the Japanese. Many senators declared it would affect . treaty relations. "Of course the amendment will in clude the Japanese in its' effect," said Senator Reed, "but if there is any diffi culty about the treaty,- I will co-operate in a further amendment to post pone the operation of this clause until treaties may be changed. This bill as now drawn violates the spirit if not the letter of our treaties. We prefer to do by indirection what we .have- not the courage to do by direction. Wo propose to pass an exclusion bill but to do it by means of an educational test." The vote against the. amendment was 47 to 9. Spirited debate arose when Senator Reed moved to substitute in the 4exclusive section for the words "those who admit their belief in the practice of polygamy" the words "those who believe in, advocate or practice polygamy." Concerning Polygamy. Senator Smoot, of Utah, declared the Mormon' church abolished the practice of polygamy since 1890, and that Presi dent Smith, of the Mormon church, had public re-affirmed this at a meeting of. the church in 1904. j "This amendment is objected to," I said Senator Smoot, "because if Mor mons coming to this country should be asked if they believed in the Bible, they might technically be excluded be cause the Old Testament teaches polyg amy. If the President of the Mormari church wanted to re-establish polyga my in this country today he could not dtf it." Senator Works and Senator -jBoralt challenged Senator Smoot's assertion that the Bible taught polygamy. When the roll was called every sena tor voted "aye" on the amendment. Senators Smoot and Southerland re maining . silent. Senators Hughes, of New Jersey, however, rose at the end. of the roll call to vote "no" stating that he did so because he did not be lieve religious belief of any kind should be made a test for admission to this country. Senators Smoot .nd Sutherland thereupon voted no ' alsor The vote on the amendment was 47 to three. FEDERAL INDICTMENTS RETURNED AGAINST TWO. j Wealthy Man Charged With Violation ! of Mann White Slave Act. $ ' Chicago, Dec. 31. A Federal indict ment ' charging Charles Alexander, a wealthy resident of Providence, R. I., with violation of the Mann White Slave Act, was returned here today to gether with an indictment charging attempted bribery against Miss Jessie Elizabeth Cope, of Los Angeles, the woman he is alleged to have trans ported. Alexander is charged -with havirfg transported Miss Cope from Los Angeles to Chicago, on January 23, 1913. The document also mentions a trip from Chicago to New Orleans. It is specifically charged intlie c.i.w of the woman that she offered IDnton G. CrUbaugh, Chicago superintendent of -the Department of Justice, $25,000, if he would aid her in'extorting $50. 000 from Alexander. . Arrests in both cases were made three weeks ago. Miss Cope is in cus tody here and Alexander, who in at liberty under bond, has signified his willingness to come here for trial. STRUCK BY S. A. L. TRAIN. Raleigh Man May Have Been Fatally : Injured on Yard. , rsnpeial Star Telegram.) Raleisrh. N. C. Dec. 31. J. W. Col- V U lier, of Glenwood, was seriously injur-" i ed in the Seaboard Air Line yards "i; north of the city today by Deing- strucic-,;; by a moving train. He was found iyinv..r hcRiHo th track with his head badlivr'.'!. bruised and '-he may have sustaine serious Internal injuries. v He is in a stupor, and his injur may ,jroye fatal. r f
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