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" WEATHEB. 'ilSa1 If Fair and w arm er Friday; Saturday " " "J 7" kSf JT 7' ii J"" rHE advertised article is best, because both the manufact urer and the dealer are not asham ed of it, and will stand behind it. VOL. XCIX-HO. 77 SUBMARINE IS AGAIN LOOMING f: AS A SERIOUS iMUE Germany Accepts Responsibility for Sinking of Liner Arabia Without Warning. jUSTOOK STATUS OF SHIP? Submarine Commander is Said to Have Taken Vessel to be an Auxiliary Warship. REGARDED A WEAK EXCUSE Information Received Shows Ship Was Peaceable Vessel. AVasliington, Dec. 7. Ger many's acceptance of responsibil ity for the sinking without warn ing of the British liner Arabia with the explanation that her submarine commander took the vessel for an auxiliary warship, has brought the, issue over submarine warfare to a more serious and clear-cut basis than anything that has happened since the threat of the United States to break diplomatic rela tions after the torpedoing of the 'channel liner Sussex last April. Such information as the Ameri can government now has shows the Arabia to have been a passenger ship of the Peninsular & Oriental Line, passing through the Medi terranean on a regular voyage.' Among the many passengers vas an American citizen, who was rescued. '' Would Express Regrets. The German note, which was made public today by the" State .Department, says if official data is furnished show ing that the vessel was an ordinary passenger steamer, "this then would be a case of regrettable mistake from which the German government would promptly draw the appropriate Conse quences." It is assumed here that the consequences would be an expression of regret and offer of reparation for any injury or danger Buffered by the Americans on board. The note has been referred to Presi dent "Wilson who is considering per sonally a review of recent German sub marine activities to which the Arabia case comes as a climax. There proba cy will be no prompt action, as th State Department first must clear up beyond Question the exact status of the liner at the time of the attack. Then It will be for the President to decide the COUrSft to Via fnllnwpfl. Explanation Regarded Weak. In official quarters the German expla nation is regarded as weak and unsat isfactory, no weight being attached 10 'fie statements that the Arabia was Painted like a transport and was fol lowing a route usually taken by trans ports, and that the submarine comman- ier sav.- many Chinamen but no women and children aboard her. It is real ized, however, that if official data final ly establishes the innocent character of the vessel, in view of the Sussex case virtually only one action remains ner to the United States, ana - that uli not be taken until every possi ble consideration had been given Ger many's position. - Mneh Anxiety Felt.' While lUfed all Publication of the note, it is kn. fJWn authoritati-irel-w tViat finrmanv's fdmission in the Arabia case, her simi "r admission in th TVrnritia case, when Slx Americans v.-pta rlrnwnprl anrl thft ai"!y facts in the sinking of the Ameri n steamer Chemung, have combined create much anxiety.. The -tempora-J quietude in the submarine opera Su"? Which followed the pledges in the r ,s.sex case apparently has been dis lipf iaml omcials are recalling the be- then .uinnnnrtA onKm r tti ariare is "utterly incompatible with Principles- of humanity, the long of af,llshf- and incontrovertible rights neutrals and the sacred immunities '"liiiiatanis. - r FOR A "DRY' WASHINGTON "flu Win .... . - .... . r irst ii;iiort ot rronioi- ...... ... ,, asVllnr-tn- r-, Tion Leaders in Congress -First efforts of ""tuition i 5 esui, . 1 VUUglBBS ill 11113 the -" J ' 1 irt TO ha 1 ; 1 a . national capital dry. The initial - wuctLeu. iuwH.ru niaiviug ""Jve win v. - . . " pUr(1 y1' maae by senator Shep- f ir. Ads, ana Senator Kenyon, , l0 a. win i 1 n. . : irom iu wnaiiipiuii Lilts meats ure republican side. FOUR VESSELS SUNK Oh. ,e Danish and Norwegian Steamer and Lo?n,! Schooner Torpedoed. Mm-, ' , ec" 7- The Danish steamer im -c r ' lunB; tne -Norwegian Hari i.A. and the Danish schooner The r,lt e been snk by submarines.. "toampp ,. Were landed- The Spanish kve reeier0na 403 t0ns is reorted P QUESTION : A, oiS VOTE 10- RAISE $100,000 Endowment Resolution Introduc ed by Rev. M. T. Plyler is Adopted by Conference. UNIFICATION IS ENDORSED Four Conference Boards to Appropriate 9400 Each to Christian Advocate. One Preacher Quits Mlnis 1 try i Questions Answered (Special Star Telegram). Purham, N. C, Dec. 7. The adoption of a resolution authorizing the Joint Board of Finance to present a plan for the raising of $100,000 endowment fund for 1917 was the important act of the second day's sitting of the North Caro lina Methodist Conference. The reso lution was introduced by Rev. M. T. Plyler, pastor of Grace church, of Wil mington, and had. the unanimous en dorsement of the assembly. Revs. N. H. D. Wilson and John H. Hall were joint signers with Mr. Plyler as author of the resolution. The Wilmington district and church es occupied center of the stage in to day's deliberations. Rev. M. T. Plyler introduced a resolution requesting the Conference to instruct the Boards od Missions, Sunday Schools, Education and Extension to subscribe $400 each to tide the. Raleigh Christian Advocate ov er the exigency of high priced print newspaper. The fund thus raised would be $2,000. Other direjetprs signing the resolution were Editor il fiCTMassey and Rev. R. B. John. r Question 22 "Are all the preachers blameless in their life and official ad ministration?" was called and success fully passed in all the districts except the wymington charge. Presiding El der L. E. Thompson, when asked this question responded, "Nothing except R. R. Jones has quit the ministry and -left his work." He was ordered on the discontinued list. Bishop Kilgo ren dered this dissertation on the unpleas ant incident, "No place for anything except stalwart men. I am glad th time has come when preachers are pressed out who have not the iron to stay through." Unification Endorsed. Rev. L. S. Massey, editor of the Ra leigh Christian Advocate, presented a resdlution, which was adopted, favoring-the unification of the Southern and Northern branches of the Methodist church. The tentative plans as drawn up at the Oklahoma General Confer ence were sanctioned, wherein twenty five men from each branch are to meet in Baltimore to perfect plans of unity. The resolution adopted here today said in part: "The North Carolina Conference glor ies in the marvellous growth of its church and we rejoice that no set of men has done more to spread the scrip tural teachings over the land. But the conditions of differences in North ern sftid Southern Methodism have pass ed away. It is a new day. We must rise to meet the new conditions." The joint commission had the prayful solicitation of the conference that pow er might be granted its strong arm. December 31 has been designated a"s a day in North Carolina when "Watch (Continued on Page Two.) M'GORH IS. GUEST AT THE WHITE HOUSE t President Gives Dinner in Cele bration of Victory. Members of Democratic Committee and of tlie Progressive Committee, Including Two Women In Attendance. . Washington, Dec. 7. Praise for the man who managed his campaign was voiced by President Wilson tonight at a dinner given by him at the White House in honor of Vance C. McCormick, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, to which were invited Dem ocratic and Progressive campaign workers and their wives. After ' dinner the President - made a brief speech in appreciation of the ac tivities of the campaign leaders, and in turn proposed toasts to Mr. McCormick, Senator Walsh, Western Democratic manager, and Bainbridge Colby, of New York, member of the advisory campaign committee of Progressives. Senator Walsh, -Chairman McCormick and Mr. Colby . responded with brief speeches congratulating the President and each other on the successful out come of the campaign. "In addition to Mr. 'McCormick the diners . included . Homer C. Cummins, vice chairman; Carter Glass, secretary; Wilbur- Wl' Marsh, 'treasurer; Senator ; (Continue on Page Eight), -: METHOD WILMINGTON, SST. GREAT EDUCATIONAL GAMPA1GNLAUNGHED Baptist State Convention. Will Close Today One of the Best Sessions Ever Held. TO MEET NEXT IN DURHAM Missions Theme of Discussions Yester day, Dr. Mull ins Featuring Heroic Statue of J. II. m'hIb to be Erected at Thomasville. (By Rev. W. M. Gilmore). Elizabeth City, N. C, Dec. 7. The present session of the Baptist State Convention, which closes Friday noon, though not so largely attended as oth ers, 345 delegates, will go down in his tory as one of its very best sessions yet an epoch making session. . It meets next year in Durham. llev. Bruce Benton, Rockingham, was' ap pointed to preach the convention ser mon, or his alternate, Rev. R. A. Mc Farland, Scotland Neck. The entertain ment will be on the Harvard plan as for the-past two years. North Wilkes boro made a strong fight for the next session of the convention. The movement launched by which the Baptist hosts of the State are to gird their loins for a great educational campaign to be under the direction of the Board of Education, the trustees of Wake Forest, Meredith and Chowan Colleges, one representative from each of the high schools, together with Wal ter N. Johnson, Raleigh; B. C. Henning. Elizabeth City; D. L. Gore, Wilmington; W. M. Vines, Charlotte, and W. H. Weatherspoon, Laurinburg, is consider ed "the most important action of the convention. Missions, in its various phases, has been the 'theme of all the discussions today. Dr. J. F. Love, Richmond, cor responding secretary of the Foreign Mission Board, spoke on the "Supreme Necessity of Baptists Greatly Enlarg ing their Mission Programme." Dr. T. W. O'Kelly," Raleigh, was elected the State vice-president of the Foreign Mission Board. Dr. Liouis B. Warren, of Atlanta,-represented the-Home Mis sion Board. The convention adopted the recom mendation of the Board of Missions, that it lay out its work for next year on a basis of $140,000 to tr raised by April 30, 1917. Of this amount $55,000 is for foreign missions, $37,500 Is for home 'missions and $47,500 for State missions. The board was also authoriz ed to re-organize its ' office force ' so ;that complete systematic records of all contributions can be kept. The outstanding feature " of today's programme, as it has been of each day, was the masterly address of. President Mullins, of the Louisville Seminary, on "A Worthy Baptist Programme." Secretary E. L. Middleton, B. W. Spil man and W. C. Barrett represented the Sunday school work. Secretary J. D. Moore represented the Baptist Young People's work. Rev. J. Clyde Turner, of Greensboro, made an eloquent appeal for woman's work. Rev. Baylus Cade, of Lenoir, offered a resolution, which was adopted by a unanimous vote of the convention, that a statue in heroic bronze of John Haynes Mills be erected upon the grounds of the Thomasville Orphanage, of which he was the founder and gen eral manager for many years. The statue is to have two figures, representing Mr. Mills standing erect and holding a shield over the head of a desolate child. The committee to whom this matter was entrusted is T. J. Tay lor, Warrenton; E. F. Aydlett, Elizabeth City; Chas. E. Brewer, Raleigh; Gil bert Stephenson, Winston-Salem; Judge E. W. Timberlake, Wake Forest, and Livingston Johnson, Rocky Mount. The Laymen's Movement was the (Continue on Page Eight). NEW YORK GITY WILL Wants Southern Commercial Con gress to Meet There in 1917. Advance Guard of Delegates From the Metropolis Reach Norfolk- Sever al Southern Cities Also to Make Bids. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 7. Upon the arriv al here today of the advance guard of the. New York delegates to the eighth annual convention of the Southern Commercial Congress, which meets here December 11, headed by W. S.' Mc Kean, of the Merchants' Association, it was, announced that a. determined eff ort is to be made to capture the 1917 convention for New York City. Mem bers of the delegation already here have letters from Mayor Mitchell and Governor Whitman inviting the con gress there. As several Southern cities also have announced their candidacy, there prom ises to be a spirited contest when j'ie matter is taken up officially. Delegates to the convention and the meeting of the House of Southern Gfifrnors will number several thousand, sixteen' Southern states being; .represented. - Secretaries Daniels and Redfield, John Skelton Williams, W. P. G. Harding, Frank ' A . J Vance rlip, J.. Hampton ,i (Continue a Page Eight). ., J BID TOR CONVENTION C, TBIDAT MOBNING, FURTHER LIMIT ON : TRADE WITH RUSSIA New Restrictions Placed on Amer ican Shipments Through Swe den by Great Britain. PROBABLY A RETALIATION Step is Believed to be the Outcome of Conflict in Trade Policies Follow- ' ed by England, Russia and Sweden. Washington, Dec. 7. New restric tions on American trade with Russia were announced today by the British embassy in a circular setting forth conditions to govern shipments pass ing through the blockade lines into Sweden, through which country most American exports to Russia are hand led. Aside from goods destined for the Russian government, only 34 commodi ties can be sent to Russia under the regulations and rigid conditions must be complied with before letters of as surance for the shipments will be is sued. The step is believed here to be the outcome of a conflict in the trade poli cies heretofore followed by Great Brit ain, Russia and Sweden, and is under stood to have as its object the limita tion of Russia's imports through Swe den to necessities, particularly war goods. Sweden, smarting under the British blockade and rationing ' meas ures, is said to have taken steps to re taliate which resulted in the more stringent regulations announced today. List of Goods. The list of goods for which the Brit ish embassy will Ipgue letters of assur ance to American exporters to Russia and Finland, includes'the following, for which such assurances are given under the present regulations: Binoculars, medicaments and ther mometers, sulphur tartaric and citric acids, dyes, varnishes, photographic plates, phosophor, machinery, except lathes, carbonate of ammonia, blue copperas (sulphate of copperas); veg etable seeds, parafflo, oils, tar. " wax, colophany (rosin); Attreriestrt" cotton, salt and rice. The remaining articles on the list have not been subject to such regula tions before, and officials are uncertain what will be the effect of their inclu sion in the group which may be shipped under letters of assurance. Most of them are produced from raw material, usually exported from Great Britain. They are: Metals, except lead, rubber, leather, castor oil, graphite, jute sacks, wool, twine, shellac, cocoanuts Egyp tian cotton, woolen materials, and pep per. Letters of assurance will he granted only if the goods are consigned to the Aktiebolaget Translto, Stockholm, which arranges all Swedish transit li censes. STRENGTHENS DEMAND FOR THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT SYSTEM One of Results of Election Frauds Probe in Buncombe County. Asheville, N. C, Dec. 7. Asheville politicians, in company with the great er portion of Asheville' citizenship, are of the opinion that the investigation into alleged election frauds in this county has come to a definite stop, for this year at least. That a commission will be appointed to carry on further probe of the alleged use of money and other illegal practices In the recent election is regarded as unlikely." The probe did some good, at least, and served, in "a way, to demonstrate that there are some men in the county who are interested enough in dodging such investigation to remain away from homes and businesses for severJ days. It has also given a decided impetus to the demand of the people of this county that their representatives in the Gen eral Assembly work for the passage of a bill requiring the use of the Aus tralian ballot in this State. RETIRE DISABLED FEDERAL JUDGES AT THE AGE OF 70. Hoke Smith's Bill Passes the Senate by Pary Vote of 33 to 25. Washington. Dec 7. By a party vote of 33 to 25 the , Senate today passed Senator rfoke Smith's bill authorizing the President-to-appoint an additional Federal circuit - jodge in any district where the. incumbent has reached the age of 70; has served ten years and is sufferings fronv mental or physical dis ability of a permanent character. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BILL. First Administration Measure to be Taken Up by House Saturday. Washington, Dec. 7. The first of the administration measures to be consid ered in the House at this session, the vocational education5 bill, will come up Saturday. It would provide aid for state schools teaching agriculture, trades and industries to boys and girls under 14, the states being required to make appropriations from their own funds equivalent to the amounts they received from the Federal government. CARDINAL MERCIER 'IMPRISONED" Is 'Said to be Confined to His Palace by German Authorities.' Amsterdam, via London, Dec. 7 Car dinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, is confined to his. palace Tjy the German authorities, according to the frontier correspondent- of the . Telegraaf , who says he hears this on good authority. The reason given : is the action taken by the; cardin&V agalndt the deportation of Belgians. ; yy,,; : , .,' DECEMBER 8, 1916 RUMANIAN ARMIES EAST OF BUCHAREST STILL FALLING BACK ALL ALONG THE LINE Russian Attacks Against Austro-Germans Fail to Make Any Impres sionArtillery Doing Greater Portion of Work on the Vari ous War Fronts Explanation of Military Action of Greeks Demanded by Allied Ministers. The Rumanian army at last reports was still falling back all along, the line east of Bucharest from the Transyl vanian Alps to the Danube. Just where it will stop and, with its Russian allies, make a stand against the Teutonic Al lies, has not yet become apparent. On the Moldavian west frontier and farth er north along the Bukowina border the Russian attacks . against the Austro German forces have failed to make any Impression. An official communication from Ber lin says that Bucharest was captured without any fighting except by the Ru manian infantry north and west of the capital. This resistance was quickly overcome, it is stated, and the invaders entered the town from all sides, being received enthusiastically by the popu lace and decorated with flowers. Aside from Rumania the greatest in terest still is centered in the political crisis in Great Britain. David Lloyd George has formally accepted from the king the post of prime minister and first lord of the treasury, a fact which is considered as indicating that he will be able speedily to form a ministry. The probable make-up of the cabinet has not been announced. On none of the fronts is.;a sanguin ary battle in 'progress. For the most SHOT BY BANDITS Was Killed on His Ranch Near San Pablo de Mecqui, Says Message Reaching Border. AMERICAN MINER HANGED Murder of Hovrard Gray, at Parral, Confirmed by Foreigners at Kl . Paso Carranza Soldiers' Ears Cut Off. El Paso, Texas, . Dec. 7. Guillermo Snyman, a son of the late Gen. W. D. Snyman, of Boer war fame, was shot and killed by Villa bandits at his ranch near San Pablo de Mecqui, ac cording to a message received by his friends on the border today. Snyman was the owner of a big al falfa ranch near Mecqui, between San ta Rosalia and Chihuahua City. His father died recently in Philadelphia, where another son lives. Snyman was said to have been a British .subject. Howard Gray, an American mining 'man, was hanged at Parral by Villa bandits when they entered that town November 5, according to a private tel egram received here, and later sub stantiated by. two foreigners from that place. Other Americans there were re ported to be safe and it was said Amer ican property had not been harmed. Government agents here today re ported to Washington today that an American hacienda superintendent named Foster, had been mutilated and then buried at the stake by Villa ban dits operating near Torreon. The re port was brought to tne border by ref ugees ,who also said they had seen 60 Carranza soldiers near Torreon whose ears had been cut off by the bandits. They added that Foster's son had wit nessed his father's execution. Villa ordered the Palmillo Mills of the Alvarado Mining & Milling Com pany's plant, at Parral, dynamited af ter an effort had been made to operate it, arrivals here today said. Jose Ynez Salazar, Villa's second in command, protested and they were closed down. These refugees said one of the three Iwonsky brothers who are Germans, was arrested and taken to the military headquarters of Villa but was later re leased. SAYS HOWARD GRAY WAS- UNDOUBTEDLY HER BROTHER Emporia, Kas., Dec. 7. Mrs. L. G. Webster, of Emporia, said tonight that the Howard Gray, reported killed in Mexico, undoubtedly was her brother. "My brother went to Mexico 30 years ago," she said. "He was superinten dent of the shipping department of the Alvarado Mining & Milling Company and frequently quantities of silver ore and bars were secreted on his ranch. It must have been that he was murder ed to get possession of this silver." BREMEN LOST IN STORM t President Lokmann, of Ocean Naviga tion Company, Makes Statement. Amsterdam, via London, Dec. 7. From a statement made by Alfred Lohmann, president of the board of di rectors of the German Ocean Naviga tion Company, In which he declined to say -anything about tne German mer chant submarine Bremen except that the vessel was neither torpedoed nor captured, the Cologne Gazette infers that the Bremen was lost during a storm in the Atlantic. BRITISH A C M part the artillery wings of the bellig erent armies are doing the greater por tion of the work. Berlin reports that the Bulgarians have forced back the British in the Struma river lowlands, near Seres in Macedonia, and that the Bulgarians and Germans nave compell ed the evacuation by the Serbs of posi tions they had previously captured near Trnovo, in the Cerna river sector. West of Lutsk, in Volhynia, the Teu tonic Allies have captured Russian po sitions and successfully withstood coun ter attacks. The Vienna war office reports that the Italians, after a vigorous bombard ment, launched two attacks on the Car so front of the Austro-Italian theatre but that both of them were repulsed. Artillery duels and exploits by raid ing parties continue on the fronts in Belgium and France. The Germans and French are engaged in a spirited artil lery battle in the region of Hill 304, northwest of Verdun, where the Ger mans Wednesday gained some ground. An explanation of the military ac tivity of the Greeks has been demanded by the British, French, Italian and Russian ministers at Athens, according to an unofficial dispatch. WILL PROCLAIM BLOCKADE OF THE PORTS OF GREECE Paris, Dec. 7. The official journal will publish tomorrow a decree pro claiming a blockade of Greek ports.. TAFT ADDRESSES t C. NEWSPAPER MEN Traces Development of America as a World Power and Points out Some Dangers IN FOREIGN RELATIONSHIPS Says There is a Liability in Them Which We Ought to Consider. Monroe Doctrine Demands Force Back of it, He Says. Chapel Hill, N. C, Dec. 7. Hon. Wil liam Howard Taft today traced the de velopment of America as a world power and poirfted out some of the dangers besetting these world relationships in an address before the State newspaper men gathered here. "There Is a liability in our foreign relationships which we ought to con sider," he said, after reviewing Ameri ca's growth from a small nation nearly isolated in Washington's administration to a great nation with tremendous re sponsibilities and many points of con tact with other nations. He showed from the purchase of Alaska to the present Mexican situation our foreign relations had become more and more in volved until now the United States had to have adequate preparation to meet the emergencies that might arise. Mr, Taft spoke of the Philippines, of Cuba, of Mexico, "our international nuisance," and showed how each gave us greater responsibilities. The Monroe 1 Doctrine in itself de mands force back of it, Mr.' Taft said. In pleading for adequate preparedness, he stated his belief that "the nation has been led. into a position where we are now making reasonable preparation. But not all changes have been made that we need to make." In conclusion, Mr. Taft argued for a league of nations to enforce peace af ter the war is over. He agreed with President Wilson that the "position of a neutral in a modern great war is al most unbearable." TAFT DELIVERS SPEECH AS DINNER GUEST IN RALEIGH (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 7. Insisting that the United States government must, in order to anything like adequately meet the responsibilities that devolve on this country, espouse the cause of the in ternationalreadjustment following the great world war, proposed by the League to Enforce Peace, Former Pres ident .William U. Taft, " as a dinner guest with more than 100 citizens this afternoon, spoke especially on the sub ject: "After the War, Then What?" The burden of his -speech was espe cially, the part that the United States should play in the world readjustment following the war. Features of the League to Enforce Peace recounted by Mr. Taft were an international court, commission of con ciliation, machinery ror enforcing ob servance of compact and decrees of court and commission, and internation al congresses for enactment of interna tional laws. Mr. Taft believes the un dertaking of the league to be entirely constitutional and that it is the best solution of future peace problems.. He agreed with President Wilson that America could scarcely remain out of another such world war as the present one and that an agreement such as the League proposes between the leading nations of the world would most sure ly avert another world war disaster. Mr. Taft was the guestof the Raleigh chamber of commerce for a dinner In his honor. WHOLE NUMBER 39,788 HIGH PRICES TO SOME EXTENT TO SPECULATION Federal Investigation Points Witlf Increasing Directness to This Conclusion. BELIEVED TO BE CRIMINAL Special Attention Now Being Giv en to Alleged Manipulation in Coal "Corner." Washington, Dec. 7. Information gathered from many sources by gov-. . eminent officials conducting the nation-wide inquiry into the high cost of living pointed with increasing direct ness tonight to the conclusion that the soaring prices of certain- necessities of life were due, to some extent, at least, to the manipulators of food and other speculators who had combined to force quotations upward. . These combinations are believed by the government investigators' to have been criminal in character, rather spas modic and rather short lived. , Special attention is being given just now to alleged price manipulation in the so-called coal corner, which recent ly resulted In sending prices to a panio level. Investigation of the high prices of coal, hardly yet begun, has already convinced some officials that there was no warrant whatever for $12 coal in Boston and New York other than the activity of these alleged combinations. Whether men who profited most can be punished under Federal laws is said to be still under consideration. Every Federal agency with even a remote relation to the situation was called to play its part in the Investiga tion. A mass of material has poured into the Attorney General's office, all of which will be studied and utilized where available. At the same time officials made clear their conviction that no small part of the rise in prices was due to natural economic causes. These Include the in ternational' balance of trade and the amount of currency in circulation,- hav ing a direct bearing on the situation, although not generally understood. United States Attorney Anderson, of. Boston, in charge of the inquiry to day conferred with officials in the de partments of Justice, Agriculture, Com merce and Labor and had a long confer ence with Chairman Meyer of the In terstate Commerce Commission with reference to Interstate shipments of coal. Mr. Anderson shortly will visit Chicago, where a Federal grand .Jury is conducting an Inquiry, and hopes to visit Detroit, Cleveland Kansas City and Minneapolis. Present activities of the department's investigation are understood to center about Chicago. Trade boards, butter and eggs exchanges, produce, sugar, coffee and other food exchanges, it was authoritatively advanced, have not been investigated. Primarily the general investigation by the government will be confined lo foodstuffs and coal, it is said, but if leads are uncovered indicating that other commodities, such as leather and clothing, are affected, they will be fol lowed. The investigation has shown, say officials, that flour would be much higher were it not for the unusually large hold-over of wheat from last year's crop. The advance In the price of beans nearly 300 per cent In some Instances Is said to have followed un usually large shipments of canned beans to Belgium by the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Butter has ad vanced to a price to wiiich it might normally be expected to advance, but eggs are said to be unwarrantably high. Eggs in 193 storages reporting De cember 1, amounted to 1,784,740 cases, compared with 2,787,802 cases In the same establishments a year ago. Hold ings of creamery butter in 189 stor ages totaled 58,627,236 pounds, against 71,848,767 pounds on December 1, 1915. The indicated decrease in holdings during the month of November was 40.6 for eggs and 23.9 per cent for but ter. REPUBLICANS SPENT 997,285 Democrats in West Virginia Spent Only 98,220 in Recent Campaign. Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 7. The to tal expenditure of the West Virginia Republican executive committee dur ing the recent campaign totalled $97, 285, wfrile those of the Democratic state committee were $8,220, or about $70 more than the total contributions, ac cording to statements filed with the secretary of the state here today by the treasurers of both 'organizations. The Republican report showed that 372 contributions were received, the Re publican National Committee giving $25,000. TWO STRIKERS CONVICTED. Motonnen Found Guilty of Dynamiting Street Car in Atlanta. Atlanta, Dec. 7. J. , L. Wilson, a striking motorman,' was convicted by a Jury In the superior court here late today of dynamiting a street car on November 7, lastt in which several persons were injured. The jury recom-y mended mercy. J. R. Gunter, another striking motorman, was convicted on a similar charge last night and a seal ed verdict opened in court this m6rn-. lng. The men will be sentenced tofnor-1 row, . ; it". .1' n if'- isrf flip. ii ijit -' .Id I 4! k 1 1 . .A !1 A, 1' 111 V I'. 'J i ,1 ' i - V h -J - J i " , 9-,
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