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ASHEVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 4, 1912.
PRICE THREE CENTS
RUSSIA DEFIES
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Notice Is GivW Berlin That
Threatening ii , de of
Chancellor "Will Not Be
Admitted." -
ALL SERVIAN SUBJECTS
CALLED TO STANDARD
Signing of Armistice Fails to
Relieve the Growing Ten
sion Among the
Powers.
By Auodatei Pre.
London, Dec. 4. Cannon and rifle
were silenced, on Balkan battlefields
with the signature of the armistice
last evening or at least they will be
as f oon as word of the truce can
reach the more Isolated combatants.
The .diplomatic tangle among the
great powers, however, persists and
becomes even more accentuated us
the days pass without the discovery
of a means of unravelling It.
Russia has retorted to what she
terms the "rattling of the German
sword," by saying that a repetition
of the methods resorted to at the
period when the occupation by Austria-Hungary
of Bosnia and Herze
govina caused a crisis will not now
be admitted. The prominence given
by Chancellor Von
Bethmann-Holl-
wcgg to the Idea of war was resented
by the newspapers of St. Petersburg.
The general trend of their comment Is
voiced by the Novoe Vremya this
morning, which says:
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. History Is repeating Itself but it
Is not so easy now to force Russian
diplomacy Into a faint-heartud re-j
treat. Such intimidation will frighten ,
nobody." ..;., ; ' " ' i
vviin war mi uea in uuin AUHinti
Hungary and Russia in the saddle,
i.ny untoward act on Servla's part
might start the Austrlans In hostile
motion whifh soon would Involve Rus
siu. Diplomat realize the breadth of
the crisis that arose from Servla's
demand for an Adriatic port .and ef- j
forts to bring about an ambassadorial
conference have been renewed. While
Greece, it is anticipated, will ulti
mately adhere to the armistice, yet
the practical consequences of her re
fusal are not considered likely to be
serious, as the Hellenic leaders intend
to participate in peace negotiations In
London.
Servla yesterday issued a decree
calling up for service all the men in
the country capable of bearing arms,
according to a news agency dispatch
from Sofia. ,
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Sofia Bulgaria. Dee. -The peace
plenipotentlarie. represent ng Turkey '
, .u, u . r
begin their work in London on Friday
of next week.
The armistice signed at 8 o'clock
last evening at the village of Bagtche
took the revised form drafted by Dr.
K. Duneff, speaker of the Bulgarian
parliament. It contains the following
conditions
The bei'lgerent armies shall remain
In the positions they at present oc
cupy.
The besieged Turkish
fortresses
.
shull not he revlctualled.
The revlctuallins; of the Bulgarian
army in the Held shull be carried out
by way of the Black Sea and Adrlan
oplc, commencing; ten days after the
signature of the armistice.
The negotiations for peace shall be
gin In London on December 13.
It Is officially announced that the
Greek plenipotentiaries at Baghtche
did not definitely reject the terms of
the armistice but reserved their de
cision for 24 hours. Even In event of
her declining to approve the armistice
protocol, Greece will participate in the
pcuce negotiations in London.
M'ALLISTER SOUVENIRS
TAKEN BY THIEVES
ItfllcH or Prliun of Wales' Visit,
"Kwan Pinner" aiul First Now
port cotillion Dinner Missile.
Bv Associated Press.
Rtimmlt. N. J., Doc. 4. The theft of
a large quantity of valuable silver
from'tho home of Heywood McAllister
here became known today throughtho
nctlvlllcs of the police In endeavoring
10 trace the burglars. Tne roooory
took pluce early yesterday.
Heywood McAllister Is a son of
Ward McAllister, for half a century
tho leader of New York and Newport
Society, and the stolen articles Include
many relics and souvenirs of such
events as the Prince of Wales' visit,
the fumous "swan dinner" of 18S4
nnd the Urst cotillion dinner ever held
by Newport The thieves took such
a quantity of silverware that they
are believed to have used an auto-
mobile.
Ncliool IjiikI Title; Affirmed.
XliVMif In The flmelle-Nevs.
Knli-lgh. Dec. 4. Title to nearly
l'.O.OUO acres of swump land whs
affirmed by the Supreme court when
In n opinion todny It held that the
it'ile board of education owned the
bind. W. IV Iteinlck nnd purchased
Hie property on condition that the tide
DELEGATES JARRED
BY TAFTS POLICY
President Tells Rivers-Harbors Congress He Favors Spend
ing 50 Millions to Relieve Mississippi Floods and
Nothing Elsewhere, Unless Need Is Urgent.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 4. President Taft
today told delegates to the NUtlonal
Rivers and Harbors congress In ses
sion here that he personally was op
posed to any scheme of Improvement
for the Mississippi rivef which did not
contemplate as a primary object the
prevention of floods.
He favored the expenditure by the
United States government and the
stales in the Mississippi valley of be
tween 40 and 60 million dollars for
the Mississippi improvements. He said
that before all other considerations
must be placed the Idea ot preventing
floods like those of last spring, which
caused great destruction from the
Ohio river to New Orleans. He de
clared that his endorsement o Im
provements would be forthcoming
only If the work were placed In the
hands of army engineers. So far as
other water oroiects were concerned.
I the president said, his approval would
I be lacking unless their backers could
show us good a case and as dire a ne
cessity as could the Mississlpp states.
I "Well," concluded the president, "1
I guess 50 million dollars is enough for
Will Retire Diplomatist
WhoWeds Foreign Woman
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Dec. 4. The entry of American-born
wives into the German dip
lomatic corps is forbidden from now
on, under a ruling of the Imperial
chancellor, von Bethmann-llollweg,
who has restored the regulation made
by the late Prince Bismarck prohibit
ing German diplomats from marrying
foreigners. In the course of years the
regulation had fallen Into dessuetude.
Former Imperial Chancellor Prince
Bernhard vou Buelow, with his Italian
wife, Princess Maria Beccadelll dl
, neaded ft servlce which was
l el d AmeHean brides,
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OF TUFFTS IN COURT
Evangelist Sued by First Wife
Who Seeks Annulment of
Divorce.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Dec. 4. Another chapter
In the marital difficulties of Gorham
juttta, evangelist and faith healer,
wag brought to light today, when the
nled by his first wife, Mrs. Mary
y tQ have the e
ted , February,
1910, annulled on the ground that it
' htoI, ,M1,Hi.nHv. j.
had been obtained fraudulently, was
placed on call for hearing.
Tuffts, after obtaining the divorce
from his first wife, married Mrs. J.
Henry Scranton Rose, owner of large
tracts of land in Texas and California.
She Is said to have a personal fortune
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m connection with the handling of her
estate- He 18 belng held at Los
Anceles pending an appeal to a higher
court on the embezzlement charge,
ELEVEN DUO, 5 INJURED
III REAR-END GQL1SI0N
One Coach Telescoped When
Passenger Trains Crash
Near Zanesville.
By Associated Press.
Zanesville, O., Dec.4. Eleven dead,
one probably fatally Injured and four
others -seriously Injured was the toll
' nt a. renr.end collision lost night be-
tween Cincinnati and Muskingum Val-
L,y passenger train No. 43 and Cleve-
Hnd Akion and Columbus passenger
trH,n v- i2B. In which the rear coach
ot tne Cleveland, Akron & Columbus
tnin W1 telescoped.
.
CHRISTMAS TREE SHIP
AND HER CREW LOST
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Dec. 4. The Schooner
Rouse Simmons with Captain Herman
Hchuenemann and crew of IS has been
given up as lost
i The schooner left Thompson, Mich.,
November 21 bound for Chicago
with Christmas trees. It is believed
'she went down in a lake gale.
IbYgcr Issues Valedictory.
B Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 4. Forecasting
an Industrial pnnlc that "will break
up the solid south and cause riots anil
dlsturlwnces," Victor L. Berger, the
sK.'iullHt representative In congress
from Milwaukee, who failed of re-
one morning."
Thousand Delegates Present.
Many of the delegates were startled
by the president's speech. So far as
they knew it was the first time he
had said appropriations for waterway
improvements were contingent upon
flood prevention. In spite of the fact
that it apparently did not meet the
views of scores of delegates, the
speech was warmly applauded at sev
eral places.
When Senator-elect Joseph E.
Randsdell of Louisiana brought down
his gavel Informally opening the con
gress he faced more than 1000 dele
gates from the United States and Can
ada. The congress will be in session
until Thursday.
President Taft was the first speaker
to welcome formally the enthusiasts
for rivers and harbors improvement.
Following him on the program were
the Peruvian minister, Frederic A.
Pczzet and Col. W. P. Anderson, chief
engineer Qt the Canadian department
of marine and fisheries. A feature of
the day's program was the address of
Mr. A. Ilarton Miller, of Charleston,
S. C.
who included Lillian May Langham of
Louisville, Ky.; wife of the late Am
bessador Speck von Sternberg, and
June Luckemeyer of New York, wife
of the present German ambassador at
Washington, Count Johann llelnrich
von Bernstorff, and other ambassa
dbresses. Dr. von Bcthmann-Hollweg has now
informed the members of the German
diplomatic service that the decision of
an official of the German diplomatic
corps serving abroad to marry a for
eigner will hereafter be regarded as
an expression of his wish to retire
from the service.
Resolution Introduced by
Bristow for Amendment to
the Constitution.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 4. The initiative
and recall of Judicial decisions as
amendments to the federal constitu
tion were proposed today by Senator
Brlstow in resolutions laid before the
senate. The first resolution would
permit the president to submit to pop
ular vote as a congressional election
any measure he has recommended to
congress and upon which no action
has been taken for six months. The
second -would provide that "If the
Supreme court shall decide a law en
acted by congress Is In violation of
the provisions of the constitution of
the United States, the congress at a
regular session held after such deci
sion, may submit the act to the elect
ors at a regular congressional elec
tion."
Under each amendment it Is pro
posed that the question submitted to
the people must have a majority of
the popular vote in a majority of the
states as well as In a majority of the
congressional districts of the nation.
PARIS EDITOR SHOT
M. I)u ret, Suspected of Being an In
former, 1 Hlully Wounded by
Anarchist.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Dec. 4. What is believed to
have been an act of-vengeance on the
part of a surviving member of the
notorious Bonnet gang, which once
terrorized Paris, occurred In Monte-
murc toduy, when an anarchist burst
into the bedroom of M. Ducret, editor
of the Free Idea, a newspaper of an
anarchist tendency, and shot and fa
tally wounded Ducret The anarchists
alleged that Ducret had turned In
former while the Paris police were
hunting down and exterminating the
bund. Ducret, as he lay dying, ac
cused an anurchlst numed Lecome of
being the assassin.
FREE LUNCH SAVED
Los Angeles Kood vemnunt Or
gaiilJitlon Utterly Knitted when
It Attacks Institution.
By Associated Press.
Los Angeles, .Cal., Dec. 4. -Citizens
of Los Angeles awoke to find With
certainty today that ithey had no new
city charter and that the saloon free
lunch was left to them. Both propo
sitions were voted on yet-terday.
This was the first defeat suffered by
the good government organization
since It amumed control of the city's
affairs with the control of Mayor
Harper four years ago. The charter
proposition was beaten about two to
oris. The anti-free lunch ordinance
loot In about the same proportion.
Tho harbor sone of the city rejected
FAVORS REGALUNE
COURT DECISIONS
GREAT MEETING
IFMMPTISTS
Reports of Committees Show
Progress in AH Lines of
i' -
Church Activity in the
.' State.
DR. WALLER PRESENTS
HOME MISSION REPORT
"Worldly Amusements" . Cen
sured in Committee Report
After Discussion Inter
esting Sermons Heard.
Special to The OateUe-New.
Goldsboro, Dec 4. The eighty-second
annual Baptist state convention
organized last night by electing
Charles Durham of Lumberton presi
dent, N. B. Broughton of Raleigh and
C. E. Brewer of Wake Forest, secre
taries, and J. M. Stoner of Asheville,
vice president.
The report of the hoard of mission
Sunday schools today by Livingston
Johnston of Raleigh showed the great
gain of more than $47,000 raised for
state missions and , over 200 Sunday
schools organized. Gifts for all pur
poses by the convention were $75,000,
The report on laymen's work was pre
sented by J. T. Henderson, southern
secretary, and Hhat on home missions
Was presented by Rev. Dr. Calvin B.
Waller of Asheville, showing 22,000
churches and over two and a quarter
million Baptists in the south and
more than $36G,000 contributed for
evangelizing- the south.
John E. White of Atlanta, formerly
of North Carolina, ably addressed the
convention on the "Home Mission
Task," pointing out the dangers from
foreign classes In the cities and " ig
norant negroes" to social life in the
soulh. There Is a, largo attendance,
including 400 delegates and many
visitors.
Tjast Night's Session
TTttrc'onverttlort wiistilltea to order
Inst evening bv the president. Rev,
Charles H. Durham of Lumberton
after devotional services led by Rev.
J. Clyde Turner of Greensboro and
the annual sermon by Rev. T. C. Davis
of Murfreesboro, who spoke to the
theme, "The Expectant Christ."
The president announced the com
mittee on enrollment, ne follows:
V.. W. Sike. S. W. Oldhnni, R. T.
Allen, C. W. Wilson, Edward Long, J
M. McMichael nnd C. M. Murchison
The president Introduced the host
of the convention, Rev. George T.
Watkins, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Goldsboro, who In turn pro
sented D. H. Bland, to welcome the
convention to Goldsboro. Response
was made by ReV. C. A. Jenkins of
Clayton. Nearly 400 delegates were
enrolled last evening and the com
mittee was continued.
The Church and Worldly Amusements.
The relation of the churches to
worldly amusements was discussed
bv the pastorr conference yesterday.
Rev. A. A. McClelland of Maxton saw
he had been requested by the commit
tee on program to give specific atten
tion to dancing and card playing for
prizes. In his discussion of "The
Church and Worldly Amusements.
He was opposed to both . cards and
dancing; both result in injury to the
Individual and to the church. Three
Judges had advised him, he said, that
there could be no conviction for play
Ing for prizes except where the play
ers put un the prizes; as for himself,
he could see no difference between the
parlor game of cards and a negro
game of craps in a back alley.
Stalls
tics were oresfnted to show that 75
per cent of fallen women trace their
downfall to the ballroom. The marked
indecencies of modern forms of danc
Ing were denounced. "Playing the
market and trading In futures the
sneaker considered equally as damag
Ing as cards to religious life and the
church. He plead for consistency, re
ferrlng to "hot-headed preachers and
deacons" who single out dancing
to the neglect of consideration of
other forms of evil. Mr. McClelland
urged that constitutional Instead of
local remedies be employed; tne nai
ural seeking for amusement cared for
by the provision of amusements not
hurtful, the pastors showing the peo
pie the Joys and rewards of consecrat
ed living. After discussion a com
mittee. consisting of Rev. T. J. Taylor,
Rev. W. C. Tyree and Rev. James
Long, presented a report which was
adopted, setting forth that moderate
drinking, the habitual use of narcon
drugs and drinks, are unquestionably
wronn: dancing, card playing, theater
going, injurious to piety, spiritual
growth and religion; churches and
pastors Bhould do what they can to
suppress such vices and worldllness
bv building up the peoples spiritual
life by wise and loving admonition, by
nrovidlnur as far as possible social
privileges, and by discreet, prayerful,
patient and gentle cnurcn aiscipnn
Rev. W. J. McGlothlln, D. D.. pro
fessor of church history In Louisville
Theological seminary, addressed tn
conference, taking as his subject "Th
Vital Ideal In the Ministry," which
he found to be ministering unto the
world, an ho gave the ministers
standard of measure of their preach
Ing, "what does it contribute to the
life of the Deonle who hear It?" Rev,
W. P. Campbell, , Baylus Cad
and W. R. Cullum were named
as a committee on organization
of a North Carolina Baptist Mln
lstura association. Other addresser
were made by Rev. -W, S. Tyreo of
May Star t Movement Soon
To Popularize Auditorivm
Certain Citizens Would. Have
Inaugurate Prices in Reach of All Might
Take Time to Develop. .
It Is understood that a number or
prominent Asheville citizens will start
movement shortly to induce the
board of ajdermen and other city au
thorities to take over the Auditorium
and to popularize Ji. for the benefit of
the people. The idea is to bring only
the highest Class attractions here that
ill be educational and entertaining
and to put in vogue prices that would
make the attractions In reach of al
the people.
The process as contemplated will
possibly be a slow one and it may
take a few years to develop it fully.
One of the ideas embodied in this
plan Is to organize a big choral so
ciety here, and if necessary, for the
ity to appropriate a certain sum to
bring a professional conductor here
to train it. There Is no question tluit
there Is excellent material here for
the organization and perfection of
uch a society, and It Is believed that
the people of the city would be suf-
ciently interested in good music to
patronize concerts given by such a
society at a smull admittance price.
This price would go to the c;ty in re
muneration for the outlay.
Then there would be another mit
ral development following this the
nstilution of a musical festival on a
!an similar to the one in Spartan-
urg. The annual festival in this
small South Carolina city Is quite an
event and attracts people from all
over the south, as the best musical
talent is secured and a local chorus
has been built up that has a wide rep
utation. If Spartanburg is able to at
tract so many people by such a festi-
Says Roosevelt Said
He Will Not Rim Again
By Associated Press.
Boston, Doc. 4. Theodore Roose-
veU was quoted, ,u saying , that ha
woutu not be a candidate again ror
the presidency, by Charles S'umm-r
Bird, defeated progressive candidate
for governor, In an address at the
Progressive banquet here last night
BEST SHOW, IN QUALITY,
T
Judging Fowls Nears Comple
tion Attendance Has
Been Very Good.
The attendance at the annual poultry
and pet stock show of the Asheville
Poultry and Pet Stock association
now going on at the old armory bulld-
ng has been very good so far, and
all who have seen the birds think that
so far as quality is concerned, this is
the best show ever held here.
The Judging, which began yesterday,
has been going on all day and will
probably be finished In the poultry de
partment tomorrow morning. . The
Judging In the dog department, which
Is attracting no little attention will
be done tomorrow.
The following is a list of some of
the awards:
Barred Plymouth Rocks E. F.
Mumford, Rldgecrest 1st cocke, 2nd
and 4th hen, 2nd pullet; Des-Rena
Poultry Yards, Greenville, S. C, 3rd
hen; Dutch Fork Truck farm, Colum
bla, S. C. 1st hen. 1st and 2nd" cock
ercl; C. L. Fclmet Asheville, 3rd and
4th cockerel, 1st, Srd and 4th pullet, F,
Stikcleather, Jr., Asheville, 1st hen;
Wm. Wllllnms, 2nd hon.
White Plymouth Rocks Highland
farms, Clover, Va., 2nd cock, 1st cock
erel 1st pullet; Paul P. Brown, 1st
cock, 1st, Srd and 4th hen 2 cockerel.
2nd, Srd and -4th pullet 1st pen.
Buff Plymouth Rocks S. B. Dll-
lard, Spartanburg, 1st cock, 1st, 2nd
and 3rd hen, 1st cockerel, 1st, 2nd,
3rd, and 4th pullets; J. J. Thompson,
Morrlstown, Tenn., 1st pen.
Partridge Plymouth Rocks W. V.
Felmet, 1st and 2nd cock, 1st Srd and
4th hen, 1st and 2nd cockerel, 1st,
3rd and 4th pullet, 1st pen; Klrkwood
farms, 2nd hen, 2nd pullet
CABLE NOT WORKING
Prcttldont-elcct Wilson Is Therefore
Cut off from Direct Communi
cation with America.
By Associated Press.
Hamilton, Bermuda, leo. 4. (By
way of Kingston, Jamaica.) President-elect
Wilson Continues to enjoy
his holiday here. Communication di
rectly with America by cable Is cut
off and there Is no prospect of the de
fect being repaired for some time.
Town Sloved Four Miles njr Ilall.
By Associated Press.
Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 4. The town
of Cold Springs, in Kiowa county, wai
moved four miles south yesterday in
compliance with an order of the state
corporation commission. Ths frame
buildings were transported on flat cars.
Two rival town sites have fought over
tho location "e town for several
City Manage Playhouse and
val, then, it is argued, Asheville should
be able to do much better, since this
is already a resort city the year
around, and the visitors here could
enjoy a vacation and good music sim
ultaneously. A large number of people have ex
pressed themselves as being heartily
in favor of such a plan of populariz
ing the Auditorium attractions of all
kinds. The only objection raised,
which is really not considered an ob
jection, is that it will be a big under
taking. It is a matter of fairly com
mon knowledge that a number of
cities in the United States have play
houses that are municipally owned
and operated and have had success,
not only from an educational and en
tertainment standpoint, but also from
the financial end of the game. These
cities have invested money to start
fka r.n..,.l..t..nlt Inn r. n .1 V. , , A 1,,.,
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mdu7w brth. ft t
it was all for their benefit and also
realized that attractions were being;
jiresented at popular prices that
tore had been presented for high
prices.
The situation as nrmied hv those in
favor of this movement is that at ajann"al report submitted today- that
popular price the Auditorium will be , the federal government, as long as
filled to capacity for good attractions, i the present scheme exists, will be ex
the attendance increasing sufficiently j clusively responsible for the commer
to offset the difference in price. I clal, industrial and social disasters
Another argument advanced for the i which flow from panics and attack,
change is that attractions may be pre-j directly or Indirectly, every home in
sented under such a system the en-1 the nation.
tire year, and high class forms of en- - The present system promotes and
tertuinment provided for the visitors ' develops panics and legislation Is urg
here. The city in the past has had a'ent, declares Mr. MacVeagh, In outlln-
dearth of entertainment of this kind.
for tourists, and it Is believed
that
this would fill a long felt want
Mr. Bird conferred with Col. Roose
velt recently in New York. At this
conference, according tQ Mr. Bird, tho
former President said that he no
longer desired to lead the party but
that he would continue to support Its
policies with the rank and file of the
party.
OF
D1MITERJ0 ESCAPE
Iron Workers' President Ad
mits Union Spent Thousands
to Save O'Donnell.
By Associated Press.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 4. Charges
that Frank M. Ryan, president of the
iron workers' union, and Frankle
Webber of New York, a union of
ficial, helped an accused dynamiter to
escape were made In the cross-examination
of Ryan by the government
at the dynamite conspiracy trial to
day.
It was brought out that George
O'Donnell, an Iron worker, after an
exolosion on a bridge at Somerset,
Mass., in June 1908, was convicted of
attempting to kill and that after his
release from tine Denitentlary ne c
caped service of papers charging hiin
with dvnamltlng.
District Attorney Miller charged
Ryan and Webber with helping O'Don
nell to make a "getaway." Ryan de
nied the clmrge. but admitted the
union paid thousand dollars to O'Don
nell, employed lawyers In his behalf
and conducted orrespondence to steal
a march on them when O'Donnell got
out on the first charge."
"Why were you anil WeDDcr so
anxious to have O'Donnell escape?"
asked Mr. Miller.
"We felt he was being persecuted.
That was all," answered Ryan.
DIVINITY STUDENT
KILLS YOUNG HAZER
By Associated Press.
Springfield, Dec. 4. Byron Crane,
IS vears old. son of Dr. T. V. B. Crane
of this city, died today at a hospital of
two knife wound in the abdomen in
flicted Saturday following a hazing
party at Morrlsxllle college. Millnrd
Conr land, a 26 years old divinity stu
dent. Is under arrest charged with the
stubbing.
After tho haslnjr of Copelaiyl he Is
said to have attscxea irane.
, Peter Ian BoM for $100,000.
By Associated Press.
Lexington, Ky Dec. 4. Peter Pan
James It. Keene's preat stallion, was
sold vesterdav for 1100.000. It is re
norted that agents of George Gould
purchased ths horse but It Is positive
ly known that he will be shipped to
France sometime next week.
Freer Nominated Governor of Hawaii
Rw Asaofllatrtd Press.
Washington, Dec A. President Taft
today sent to the senate the noml
nuiinna nl Walter IB. Frear to be gov
ernor. and Ernest A. Mott Smith, tft
be secretary of the territory of Ha
waii. For postmaster: Wllllum A
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MacVeagh Declares Govern
ment Alone Is Responsible
r rt x a. - v . i
it" UUIlbldnt JjldDlUiy
tO raMCS.
THE PRESENT STRAIN
INSTANCE IN POINT
Congressional Action "Afford
ing Flexible and Elestic
Currency and Reserves ' '
Is Insisted on.
By Associated Press.
Washington. Dec. 4.-S'rongly urg-
ln radical reform of the 'unreasoned
and unscientific" banking end cur-
be-;rency system of the United States,
Frankli MaeV h ( secret ory of the
treasury, freely warns congress in his
ing his Idea of the necessary general
provisions of an adequate relief meas
ure. Aside from affording flexible and
clastic currency and reserves, such a
revision, he says, should bring the
banks into organized co-operation and
provide for a central agency through
which they could work together, free
of political or trust control.
Deficit Is Foreseen.
According to ithe estimates of the
treasury department the secretary
foresees a deficit of $22,556,023, ex
clusive of Panama canal expenditures,
for the fiscal year ending Juno 30,
1914, the first fiscal year of President
Wilson's administration. Including the
canal expenses, the deficit Is estimated
at $52,730,465. The canal expendi
tures, he adds, however, may be paid
under the law from bond sales. The
estimated receipts for that year are
$710,000,000, while the ordinary ap
propriations are estimated at $732,
556,023, and the canal expenditures at
$30,174,432, Undoubtedly having
probable tariff revision in mind, the
secretary announces that these esti
mates are based upon present condi
tions and laws.
For the current fiscal year, ending
June 30, 1913, Mr. MacVeagh esti-
ates that here will be a surplus of
$40,200,000, exclusive of Panama
canal expenditures, and a deficit of
$1,800,000 Including the canal trans
actions. He estimates receipts for this
year at $711,000,000 and ordinary dis
bursements at $670,800,000.
In connection with financial reform,
Mr. MacVeagh says the people are
helpless, under existing evils. The
present system never permits free ac
tion at any time, because Its liability
to sudden constraint and restriction is
always a part of the nation's financial
consciousness.
"There never Is a time," continues
the secretary of the treasury, "when
there Is any long look ahead; except
when we are in the midst of a panic
when there Is a long look of disaster
ahead. There Is never a long look of
ease and convenience and prosperity
ahead."
Lesson ef Crop-Moving Demands.
In the crop moving season, Mr. Vac
Veagh points out there la a special
stress and restraint and the secretary
found an object lesson in ithe condi
tions during the post autumn when
the banks were called upon to finance
the movement ot record breaking
crops, necessitating the employment
of nearly all of their available re
sources under our constricting sys
tem." This relief which Is so urgently
needed by the legitimate business and
enterprise of our people, he adds. Is
not relief from a financial situation
built up by a financial world itself,
but Is from a system and conditions
superinduced by the government; and
forced upon tho business community
and upon American society. The
banking and currency system Is the
product of federal law; and there can
be no relief from h until congress
acts. And this is why congressional
action is urgent"
TO GIVE THE FARMERS
A "FAIRY GODFATHR"
Department of Agriculture In. tho
Market for a Msn to Plan Hurul
Buildings.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Vm 4. Ths depart
ment of agriculture today announced .
that It was on the market for one
"farm architect" who could assume
the duties of an sgrlcultural ."fairy
godfather" to ths farmers of the coun
try under the direction of the bureau
of plant Industry. The "farm archi
tect" must be capable of Investigating,
In the language of the department's
specification, "ths dwelling require
ments of forms, farm families and
household work under varying agri
cultural, climatic snd economic con
ditions." He will also Inquire Into
and report on the adaptation of avail
able materials and architecture to lo
cal requirements.
Aspirants for th" place nr warned
to have their applications ! before
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