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THI ASSOCIATED PKZS DISPATCHZS LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weattwr rortcut: FAIR AND WARMER. VOL. Xv?fe VJB8. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 10, 1911. 3 CENTS I life- EDITOR WHITEHEAD ? U IT I CENTRAL INK M GENERAL SHAK M MR.MQRGAN BALKS I - ' - .At..' 1 PROPOSED . - r . Takes on Some Aspects of a Na tional Issue President Is In terested Fears Another Party Division. LORIMERJHE "BLOND BOSS" A MAN OF CORRECT HABITS He Evidently Regards the Whole Pro ceeding as a Uieless Annoyance of Gentleman Who Is Very - Popular at Home. I Gazette-New Bureau, i Hotel Hamilton, v Washington, Jan. 10. 5 rpHE Lorlmer cane- that Is, the ?i I case of. Senator William Lorl f a mer, under the charge of hav Ing got his seat by corrupt methods I Introduced In the Illinois legislature hus taken on some of the aspects of a national issue. Tho president Is now said to he interested. Senators must J - concur In treaties, confirm important :(.- nominations, and otherwise be brought in touch with the chief executive. Therefore the president would not llnd such association agreeable so ;. long as a member of that body is '.' there by virtue of votes known to , have been purchased. The president, ':' who is the head of his party, Ih ap '; prehenslve lest Ihe country fail to draw the flue distinction, mnde by the committee, as to whether the Illinois senator actually needed tho votes of the men who have confessed they were bribed. Still again, tho Insur J. gent senators are against Lorimer, along with a number of democrats, and the president fears another dlvi f, slon will ft rise In Ms party similar to that which resulted In dividing the counsels when the Payne-Aldrlch T tariff issue became acute; he fears the I breach may bo reopened Just as he 8 hild begun to hope that It would soon 5 be closed In face of the evident og- K Rrt!jssiou of the. common enemy . .' A Very Live Inwie. : i In some sections of the wejst the horimer Issue Is the livest thing In , iHilltics. Senator Gamble of Bouth , Dakota, who signed the report exon- UltLllll I.IIIIIICIl llllVBtvll.M f defeat. Home mart has come out 2 against him, with the declaration that there have always been too many "system" senators; that the country has Just retired a number of them, anu inai me jiiiuwia wimiwr, wnu i laiwilled among the friends of the In- I terests, should be sent home. The ; somewhat sensational conduct of the colonel, who declined to sit at the ' 1 1 ... ., M,l.u Ifa Tj..lmu ill Chicago, has doubtless had a great deal to do with shaping the hostile attitude of tho west toward the man under tire. Recent developments, r, chiefly the opposition of Beverldge, Is : providing considerable vindication for I CoV. Roosevelt. IjorlmcT an Englishman. i Mr. Lorimer Is not Irish. He is an Englishman, born In Liverpool, but i after a fow years spent In this coun I try he married an Irishwoman, and , took to American city ward politics with an avidity and enthusiasm which '. has caused most of his acquaintances to autumn that he came from Dublin or Cork. In Chicago they call him the "blond boss, because he so fair, and In. many respects his life Is as fair as his face. His friends and ,. of course he has thousands of them, ); who now feel he Is being persecuted I say that ha never smokes, chews, drinks or uses profane language, ana that he never falls to lend a helping hand to the needy. Mr. Lorimer sits ' In his seat while his case Is under dis cussion and wears an Injured look. What If a few votes were bought for his benefit by friends? He probably feels that any gentleman wouw have ' done the same thing, and he doubt- less wonders what all the fuss Is ? about The North Carolina senators will probably feel constrained to vote against Mr. Lorimer. Senator Over man has already taken the position,' openly, that he cannot .vote to ap prove the committee report with the present lights before him, 'and It ' Is not expected that a further. Inquiry, will help the defense very . much. Domocrats generally are likely td give the Beverldge .minority report '.the w,,i,,n i.r iho iimitit In the end. be cause tho rejection of the to-catled whitewash, at turn d ted by the commit .., r whl.h Senator Burrows Is .hultm.n will throw lust that much more confusion Into the republican ranks. iianntnp Himmnni. who remained In the state after the holidays for. the celebration at Beaufort, Is now here and will -probably be at the Hamilton riurlnr tho remainder of the session. Mrs. Simmons will Join the senator l.itur. Congressman CowlA has Just returned, and Is expected to liven things up a bit In tne patronage una W. A. H. Laxl Day for lk-fcnse In Tobacco Dis solution Case. Washington, Jan. 10. This wss the last day for the defense In the legal .battle before the United States Bu- preme court over the proposed dlsso lutlon of the American Tobacco cor poratlon under the anti-trust laws. Delaneey Nlcoll concluded the open ing statement for the defense. John (. Johnson di'llveretl an address on bi'hnlf of his clients. Sought Senator's Vote for Lorlmer Be cause Lorimer Had Voted for Duty on Lumber. WILMINGTON EDITOR WAS AT ONCE DISMISSED BY SENATOR Affair Caused Considerable Talk AlMMil Cupitol Asheville Cannot Get a Kccouiit. Gazette-News Bureau, Hotel Hamilton, Washington, Jan. 10. Editor Whitehead of the Wilmington Lumber Journal caused a stir In the Marble room by importuning a south ern senator to vote for Lorimer be cause the Illinois senator voted for duty on lumber. The senator, whose name Is being withheld for the pres ent, dismissed Whitehead from his presence. The affair Is causing con siderable talk about the cupitol. Asheville Can not Get Recount. The director of the census today told the Gazette-News rcpresehtative that a recount at Asheville could not be allowed under any circumstances. The time fore such action has passed since the figures already announced have to be reported to the house and will be used as a basis for the new apportionment. UK NEWS TOQ LITE TO F. P. Radcliffe Killed Himself While Friend Was Seeking Hint to Tell of Success. New York, Jan. 10. While, a busi ness UHHOclate was seeking him to tell of the successful outcome of a big business deal Frederick f. nadcllffo, aged sixty, a rt-al estate broker living at the Putnam Court Apartments, No. 150 West ()nt Hundred and Fourth street, despondent over financial wor. rles and falling busineHS, committeil suicide In his office nt No. 9 Herri man avenue, Jamaica, I I. When he was found a revolver lay on the floor by his breast. On the desk he had left a letter ad dressed to his wife. It read as fol lows: , "Life is just one damn thing after another. Insurance policy in my bu reau drawer. Tell Fred to pay out what Is necessary. Jan. 6: My dear est Joe, I am writing this In the dark, 6 p. m., so you may not be able to read It. Ask God's forgivenness for my act, but I am no good to you or any one.. You have been the best ever. Don't mourn. Don't wear black. Take care of yourself and think only of our happy days. God's blessing on you, Fred, Elsie find Eliz abeth. Devotedly, PERCY. Joseph Gray, a fellow real estate broker, saw Mr. Kadcllffe at 4 o'clock on the afternoon preceding the sui cide. Shortly afterward he closed B deal which would have lifted from the man's mind the great load which hits business troubles had forced him' to carry. Gray -tried to get Into com munication with him at his home but failed. Had he succeeded. Mr. Gray Is confident that Mr. Radcliffe would not have taken his life. Although up to six months ago Mr. Radcllffe'a business had prospered. It had latterly fallen off to a degree which made even the payment of the rent a difficult matter. This financial trouble, added to sickness In the fam ily and other worries, made Mr. Rad cliffe despondent. He killed himself while sitting in a tow leather chair. He had spread a fur coat over his knees and wound a muffler around his throat - I TRIAL IS SELECTED Great Crowd Surged About Court House Today to Hear Famous Polion- ' ' ing Trial Wheeling W, Va., Jan. 10. With the Jury completed progress began this morning In the trial of Mrs. Lau ra Karnsworth Bchenk, for the allog ed poisoning of Her millionaire hus band, John U. Kchenk, a pork packer, several months ago. The prosecution witnesses, many of them physicians called In to diagnose tlchenk' ail ment, were called to the stand. Two hours before the doors opened at :J0 o'clock, an Immense crowd surged about the court house, addl tlonal police were necessary to pre. vent an overcrowding of the room where the famous case la being tried Chattanooga, Jan. 10. Fire of an unknown origin, starting In a mall car of the Chattanooga-Nashville pas- server train standing under a shed of the Nashville-Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad station this morning destroyed Ixilh train and sited. I PREVENT SUICIDE j 1125, BUD. IN DIAZ REPUBLIC Resignation of Gen. Manuel Gonzales Cozio, Minister of War, Followed Long Conference. REPORTED THAT MINISTER OF FINANCE HAS ALSO RESIGNED Diaz Dcsiml Young Man at Head of Army Handling or Soldiers Severely Criticised. Galveston, Tex., Jan. 10. Advices from Mexico City announce the resig nation of General Don Manuel Gon zalez Cozio, minister of war, following a long conference at which the dis pleasure of President Diaz was ex pressed at the poor showing the army is making in suppressing the revolu tion. President Diaz said the recent disturbances seriously reflect upon the army and that there should never have been anything more than a rout ing of the rebels. President Diaz reviewed the rebel lious outbreaks and severely criticised the handling of the soldiers, and Gen eral Cozio announced that he would resign and would watch some of the young officers direct affairs in the army of which he has been a soldier and officer for half a century. General Cozio is nearly 80 years old, and President Diaz is known to favor a younger man at the head of the war department and will announce his successor within a fortnight. Following rumors which have been clrculuted for two weeks of a general shake-up in Mexican government de partments, including the cabinet, comes a report from official circles that the minister of finance, Senor Limantour, will or has resigned. He is now in France and will muke his home in Paris. Senor Enrique Creel, once in that post, is to be the new minister of finance and will soon go to France to negotiate a foreign loan for the Mexican government. Senor do la Barru, Mexican minis tor to .the I tilted States, has been offered the portfolio of foreign affairs and will go to Mexico very soon to confer with President Diaz and give his answer. It is reported that the vice presi dent, Senor Corrul, Is suffering from serious throat trouble and Is to resign and go abroad for treatment. It is known he is going abroad to place himself In the care of a specialist, but his resignation as vice president is not confirmed. The new minister of war has not bei-n announced, but half a dozen pos sibilities are mentioned. THE "NEVER AGAIN" . CLUB HIS CHARTER Only Those Who Have Previously At tempted Suicide Eligible Forty Members. . Trenton, Jan. 10. Only persons who have previously attempted sui cide are eligible for membership In a club chartered here for uplifting de- spondent fellowmen. The club has 40 members. Its motto as embodied In the charter Is "Never Again." FORTY LIVES WERE LOST IN GREAT LANDSLIDE IN SPAIN Laborers Were at Work When a Mats of Earth Fell on Tlicm Five Injured. Castro Urdiales, Spaln, Jan. M0. Forty persons were killed and Ave in jured in a landslide which over whelmed a laborers sjang, burying them all beneath a mass of earth and rock. .AERONAUTICAL FEDKRATION . CANNOT WITHHOLD REWARD Decides That Protest Against Award ing Balloon Trophy to Hawlcy and Post In Irregular. fur!i. Jan. '10. The international Aeronautical Federation has decided it had no authority to consider a pro test against the award of the Inter national balloon trophy to- Alan R. Hawley and 'Augustus Post, Ameri cans, on the ground that the protest made was irregular. Ryan Appears as Breeder of . Rare 1 Horses. Now York, Jan. 10. Thomas For tune Ryan, the multi-millionaire of New York and Virginia, appears be fore the racing publlo for the first time as a breeder In nomination" for the futurity of 191 J. He has been purchasing stallions and brood mares with the object of entering racers on the track. Commander Lubln Die at Sea. Washington, Jan. 10. Commander John F. Lubln of the protected cruiser Des Moines died aboard that vessel January I, In the vicinity of Capo Verde Iiilsnds. The navy department was advised of Commander Lubln'i death In a dispatch received from the executive vltlcer ot the Des Moluea. Sigmon of Burke Wants New County Out of Portions of Watauga, .Mitchell and Caldwell Counties. HOUSE APPLAUDS EWART'S ROAST 0FJWARI0N BUTLER Henderson County Representative Has Bill Thanking Rhode Island for Refusing to Acsept Fraud ulent Bonds. Gazette-N'ews Rureau. Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Hollemon Building. Raleigh, Jan. 10. HE general assembly in joint ses sion at noon today canvassed tho vote for suite officers, T formally declaring Colonel W. H. Wood, state, auditor, and H. C. Drown and W. T. Lee, corpora tion commissioners. In the senate, SlKniun of I'.urke In troduced a bill to create Avery county from portions of Watauga, Mitchell and Caldwell counties. Senator Hag- gette introduced a bill to require rail road conductors to pull mileage on trains. The bill providing a commission form of government fur Greensboro passed second reading without oppo sition. In the house, Kwart of Henderson introduced a bill making passenger fares two cents and to require rail road conductors to pull mileage on trains. Connor of Wilson introduced a bill on uniform bills of lading. Roberts of Buncombe Introduced a bill to prevent the detention of wo men In houses of prostitution against their will by means of debt or other wise. Snalnhour of llnrke offered a bill to divide' the sJA Into four circuits tinder the present '.district conditions nnd to have n rotation of judges with- it these districts. Committee assignments thus far for Buncombe's representatives are Wllluwns, finance, appropriations and Judiciary; Roberts, banks, currency and judiciary No. t. House Applauds Roast of Butler. A resolution . by Ewart of Hender son in the house expresses the appre ciation of North Carolina for the re fusal of Governor Pothier of Rhode Island to accept from a bond syndi cate a donation of North Carolina fraudulent bonds and characterized the actions of such as ex-Senator But ler In seeking to harass the state as "pernicious and perfidious." The reading of the severe stricture on Butler In the resolution by a repub lican member brought a storm of ap plause. Ewart also offered a bill to amend the constitution by adding three judges to the Supreme court and pro viding that these may hold special courts. Another by the same member provides for a pardpn board. y df POLE IS 1 That Is What Peary Says in Calling His Feat an "Attainment" No Road, No Sign Posts. Washington, Jan, 10. There Is no real road to the north pole and no sign posts to mark the way, accord ing to Captain Robt E. Peary, arctic explorer, before the house naval af fairs committee. He declared the data collected on the dash of the Pea ry expedition to the top of the world would be practically valueless to oth er aspirins; polar explorers. . "Then, the north pole Is as much lost as ever," Inquired Representa tive Gregg. . 'The discovery of the north pole Is a misnomer," rotorted Peary, "It Is an attainment." He acknowledged that he had made no official report to the navy department PUBLIC REPRIMAND FDR coLU-UianpLW. s.sims Naval Officer Who Made Unguarded Speech In London Must Taki Consequences. Washington, Jan. 10. President Taft has decided that Commander W. 8. 81ms, the United States tieval offi cer who, at a recent dinner 'given In London by the Lord Mayor,, declared If Great Britain ever . was seriously threatened she could depend on "ev ery man. every 4";(t; and every drop of blood In this k4ul.tr-," should he publicly reprimanded. Financier Refuses to Be Won Over to the Plan Proposed for Mone tary Reform. DINNER GIVEN BY MR. TAFT TO BANKERS OF THREE BIG CITIES Monetary Reform and u I'owlblc Bond Issue Were the Subjects Most I'Vecly Discussed. Washingto, Jan. 10. J. P. Morgan of New York Is not one of the par tisans of tne central bank plan of monetary reform for the United States. This fact has developed fol lowing the dinner given by President Taft to presidents -of national banks In three of the largest cities in the United States. They discussed mone tary reform and incidentally the pos sible bond Issue which long has been contemplated by the administration. One of the stock arguments of the statesmen from the west against this plan for monetary reform has been that under it Mr. Morgan and Wall street would be better able to control the money supply of the United States, whereas Mr. Morgan not only is not uldlng the central bank plan, but he steadily has refused to be won over to Its support. There Is no connection whatever hetwecn the situation created by the closing of the Carnegie Trust com pany and the bank failures in New Vork which preceded it and the com ing of bankers from three of the largest cities ill the United States sim ultaneously to Washington. Fear wis expressed at the dinner given to the bankers und others last night that this rumor might get abroad. Neither did the bankers come to Washington as a committee nor singly to prod the Monetary commission Into an early report. They expressed themselves as satisfied with the work which the commission is doing and Its manner of doing IL They were here upon the invitation of members of the Mone tary commission. When President Taft learned of their presence he asked them to dinner., , Since Senator Aldrlch, uliulwuau. of the commission, was unable to be present nt the dinner, little was ac complished. There was discussion of a possible bond Issue, which has been contemplated. President Taft, ac cording to one of the bankers present, expressed the conviction that the re port of the Monetary commission should be made as early as possible. He is not optimistic over the possi bility that monetary legislation can be obtained from a democratic con gress, it was the opinion that it would be useless to attempt legisla tion at this session. OF COAL BARGES DROWNED Two Life Crews Stood on Sands Power less to Save the Fourteen Men. Highland Light. Mads., Jan. 10. Fourteen men, comprising captains and crew of the coal barges Corbin, Pint Forest and Traverton, bound east in tow of the tug Lykens, were drowned. The barges were driven ashore on Peaked Hill bar and within a few hours went to pieces. Two life crews stood on the sands powerless to launch a boat or reach a barge with a life-line. SHIP MAY GO TO PIECES BEFORE TUGS REACH HER Atlantic City, Jan. 10 Signals from the Barnegat life saving crew at sea established' the identity of a vessel stranded off that station as tho Har old B. Cowsends. bound from Port land for Washington. The schooner carried a crew of seveq men. It Is feared the vessel will go to pieces before the wrecking tugs reach her. MANY DEAD IN GUNPOWDER FACTORY EXPLOSION TODAY Explosion Occurred In the ftnn Martin Works In Argentine Twelve Bodies Recovered. Buenos Ayres, Argentine, Jan. 10. Many fatalities were caused by an ex plosion In the Ban Martin gunpowder factory. Twelve bodies were extrl cated from the ruins soon after It was blown to pieces. Search for other dead continue. , - Ponterene Is the New Senator from Oido, Columbus, O. Jan. 19, Lieutenant Governor. Attellee Pomerene ts elect' ed United States senator by the legis lature by the vote of every democratic member of the body. In the senate Pomerance received II votes and In the house 70. The two houses meot Wednesday to complete the election. arbitrary rules affegtashevilLe Census Superior Norwood Says City Loses 5,000 to 10,000 in Count, on Account of Regulations. BUT PROVISION IS NECESSARY TO SECURE GENERAL ACCURACY He Says He llad No Co-operation from Democrats, or People and Officials of City, hi General. The Gazette-N'ews has received from John W. Norwood of Waynes vllle, census 'enumerator tor this dis trict, the following letter, In regard to questions that have been raised as to the accuracy of the enumeration of the population of Asheville: As the Ashevillie papers have con tained considerable relating to the census of your city taken under my direction ,and as some of the com ment evidences a careless disregard for my reputation for efficiency in the work, I beg leave to submit a few re marks. The Gazette-News stated Saturday: "sometime ago it was learned that there wero somo 4000 to 5000 in the city at the time the census was taken who were not counted upon the ground that they were not residents." It was the undersigned who told this to Mr. Stockton of The Gazette-News. TheBe can never be counted In the government census, for they are counted at their permanent homes. Asheville suffers from this arbitrary rule, because she has an average of rrom 5000 to 10,000 of this class of transient residents the. entire year. When olio goes another comes. But the rules are made for the entire na tion and the resort cities of Asheville's class are few: so I believe the rule Is tho best that could be adopted for accuracy and general satisfaction. It is the only way if these transients are not to be counted twice in this grand total a thing the census department must use every effort to avoid. At any rate supervisors have no choice In the matter but to observe the rules laid down. As to tho comparisons of tho gov ernment venaus with the city direc tory that Is foolish. The same firm which made your directory made one for Waynesvllle. It contains many names unknown to the undersigned likewise unknown forevermore to the tax assessor and the "oldest Inhabi tant." The boundaries of Asheville were never confused as alleged. It was the ward division This Is directly due to the failure of the city engineer office and the tax assessors' office to furnish correct information. With Mr. Vonno L. Gudger I made two at tempts to procure maps and correct Information as to the ward divisions. 1 stated that I was supervisor ot the census for this district and that I was anxious to get the divisions correct so that Asheville would get full jus tice. 1 met with very Bttle encour agement. The old ward divisions were given me and, with Mr. Gudgers help, I divided the city, using maps which he purchased in Asheville. The new divisions were established recently, but I received no Informa tion of this until Hon. Marcus Erwln cited the act to the director of census after the work was done. Then names were checked and corrections made In order to show the population of the different wards; but this did not efTcft in any way the figured for the whole city. It simply took from one ward and gave to another. As to the criticism of my appoint ments. I wish to state that I sent a list of all the applicants to a well known city official of democratic faith, requesting him to aid me by recommending the most suitable men on that list. I sent similar lists and similar requests to leading republi cans and to the best of my knowledge to other leading democrats. The democrats Ignored my request. Not single reply did I receive. They either assumed that the appointments would be made for political reasons only or they did not want to take the trouble to give me the requestea as sistance. In au or the communica tions I stated that I wanted the rec ommendations made without regard to politics. One hundred names wore forward ed to this office, by tho Citizen, of people who claimed they had not been counted. This was while the re ports of enumerator wero being su pervised In my office. I had them carefully checked. The name of all but three of the people who alleged they had not been counted were found on the lists. I believe there are permanent resi dent In Asheville who have not been counted, but I also believe there are as many who have been counted who should have been left out This Is the case In ever! census. The other cities have the same disadvantages and Asheville does not suffer thereby. Other than the omission of Ashe ville' visiting population I believe she ha received substantial Justice; but I am sure a more accurate and satis factory census could be taken It the Asheville people would co-operate with the authorities. Whether the result would be mora satisfactory to Asheville boosters 1 a serious que' tlon. I believed at the outset that Ashe ville would raise a kick felt assured of thl before a single person was enumerated. The ruling In regard to visitor convlnoed me that there would be dissatisfaction. Consequent ly I made several extra trip to that city to divide It properly and Instruct enumerators. I also swured the as ' (Continued oa pa( ) 1 11.087,442 BALES COTTON GINNED Report Issued Today Shows That Amount of Cotton Ginned Is Million and Half Bales More Than in 1909. - COMPARED WITH 1908 REPORT SHOWS OVER MILLION SHORT Amount of Sea Island Cotton Ginned to January 1, 1 9 1 1 , Is 7,000 Bales Short of 1909 Ginning by States. w ASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Cot ton of the 1910 growth gin ned prior to January 1, a shown by the census bureau report issued this morning was 11,087,442 bales, compared with 9.647,327 from the 1909 growth; 12,465,298 from that of 1908. The per centage of the last two crops ginned to January 1, was 95.8 for 1909, and 95.3 for 1908. Round bales included this year are 109,296, compared with 143,949, for 1909 and 230,572 for 1908. Sea Is land bales included are 82,422 for 1910, against 89,611 for 1909 and 86, 528 for 1908. Ginning by States. Ginning by states follows: Ala bama. 1, 1 ti 1 ,506 ; Arkansas, 726,738; Florida. 63,057; Georgia, 1,761,814; Louisiana. 240,225; Mississippi, 1,131, 038; North Carolina, 701,426; Okla homa, 893,355; South Carolina, 1, 155.696: Tennessee, 291,317; Texas. 2.888.479. All other states, 71,151. Distribution of Sea Island cotton from the 1910 growth by states was: Florida. 27,636; Georgia, 43,636; and South Curollna, 11,150. SECRETAHY WIEYEB SEEKS TOEXPLAHJ Governor of Arkansas Misunderstood Him Denies There Was Any . Discourtesy. Washington, Jan. 10. In response to what he characterized "a rather acrimonious communication from the governor of Arkansas," Secretary of the Navy Meyer Issued a statement yesterday explaining the Impractica bility of postponing the launching of the battleship Arkansas In accord ance with Governor Donaghey's sug gestion. Governor Donaghey complained In his letter that the navy department ignored him and the official of the state of Arkansas In the preparation for the launching of the Akiisa and charged the secretary as "being guilty not only of gross discourtesy to the representative of a sovereign state, but that he had "subjected himself to criticism In an official communication from the representative of a state to an officer of the foderal government." Secretary's Statement. Secretary Meyer In his statement regrets "the misunderstanding under which the governor of Arkansas seems to labor and hope that the state will And ample opportunity later to express Its appreciation of the act of naming the battleship for that state." Governor Donaghey had announced that the state would take no further responsibility for the ceremonies ot January 14. Secretary Meyer believes that Gov ernor Donaghey Is unfamiliar with the customs surrounding the launch ing of a battleship and declare that the navy department Is "merely an Intermediary between the shipbuild ing company and the state or city for which a battleship Is named In the matter of obtaining a sponsor to christen the ship and the attendant ceremonies." Secretary Meyer assert that when he was notified by the New York, shipbuilding company that the battle ship Arkansas would be launched on January 14, be Immediately tele graphed Governor Donaghey to name a sponsor. The governor replied that "on consultation with Senator Clark we have decided to perform the christening ceremony after comple tion and before the battleship is put into commission" adding that too short nutlce had been had to make arrangement for the launching. "As It was Impossible to postpone tho (Continued on page 4) Comptroller (alls For CootUtjou of National Banks. Washington, Jan. It. Tho comp troller of the currency this morning Issued a call for a statement of con dition of all national bank at the close of business Saturday, January 7. liquor Issue la 8. C. Subordinate. flColumbla. 8. C Jan. 10. The liquor Issues are subordinate to other tine of legislation at the sente'on or the general assembly convened todav. This condition ohtnln fr the llr-i time In 20 years.
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