Newspapers / The News & Observer … / Oct. 31, 1913, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
TJie Weather Washington, tKt. SO. For Morth Carolina: fair Friday and Saturday. Hlgbewt temperature, fO; lowest, ti) precipitation, 0. SLifilCL NORTH CAROLINA'S GREATEST DAILY .i - PRICE, 5 CENTS. VQLXCVIIL NO. 97. RALEIGH, N.- C.f FRIDAY lORNINQ, OCTOBER 31t 1913. CENTRAL BANK IS RIHTER SEEKS TO ALSE ALARM IS i l r v v x s ' v r w TEACH THAT GOD IS" RESIGFJftTIONS OF I I OF ATTITUDE HTED STATES With Respect to Elections Held Oct. 26th; Regarded as - V Unconstitutional V ' WAITIAK3 for affairs TAKE DEFINITE SHAPE No Positive Information of U.S. Government's Future Course Has Been Divulged at the White House. " MAKE IT KNOWN BY ACTION When the time Comes, Is a Strong Probability -Presi . dent Wilson at Work On His New Plan' By Which He Hopes to Solve the Troubles ' of Mexico Against the In- - f -0i.;il in. IIU6UIC wi uip wot6iiarvi - terests" in Latin-American Affairs,, and - Devotion To Constitutional Government. " " (8, m tmttm$ rnm. Washington, D. C. Oct 10. Presl- . sent Wilson let it be known today that ha wag waiting; foraffalrs to taka defl- nit shape In Mexico as a remit' of tha election laat 8unday and that the ' United States government -would not act until Informed In' detail of what took place at the polls. ' Has Officially Informed Mexico. -Recently the President In a note to ' the. Mexican foreign offr, transmit . ted by Charge O'Bhaughnessy, de tiered that tha election of October 2 " would not be conUdered constitutional by the United State, - How long the Vnlted State will wait for the return . U not known. - It la believed that aev oral days, perhaps weeks, will elapse before the Huerta government, handl- cappea vj auncuiuee or oommunica tion, will be able to officially record the result, though November 10 waa - the day aet for counting the ballot Future Course Not Yet Divulged. No poaitiv information u to thia , government's future course was dl vulged at the White House, the Pres ident Informed those who discussed ' the situation with him that he had not decided whether the next step would be made known by words .or action, . He la, at work on a plan from which ' ie hopes to solve the troblea of Mex - ice. - v--- One of its feature Is a formal statement of the aims ami purposes of the United States, Ita aland against the influence of material interest in latin-American affairs. Aim devotion to the cause of constitutional govern ment on this hemisphere, and its be lief that a fair and free election which safeguards and guarantees must be held In order to establish ..legal authority In the Southern re public. i .' : . Statement to Be; Printed. ' This statement of the government's attitude, already outlined in the Pres , Ident's speeches at .'Mobile and . Swarthmore. in all probability will be . communicatee: to Ataxic and a. copy x of these views transmitted to foreign governments generally M an expres sion of policy by the Washington ad ministration. - '-'-' - ,. Whether the statement of the gov .... rrnment's policy will be addressed to .John Lind or Charge O'Phaughneasy for presentation to toe Huerta ad ministration Is not apparent It has ton auaaasted that future comnutnl ration also may be addressed-In some way to tbe constitutionalists thereby recognising -them aa a factor in the problem of pacification. lamination of Hnerta a Sine Quo Nob In official circles there was no defiV . rite information current on, the ad ministration's plans. Many convers ant with the situation Insisted that any new plan must have as ita funda mental basis some method of eliml- . riatlng Huerta. before the;constltu tionshsla would even consent to talk lug peace or elections. . Kuropeaa Powers Not Committed. The attitude of the European pow- ers m as "explHlned as awaiting the L pulley the I'nlted mates. Inquiry sjnti whether the foreign ' govern- tnents had assured the United States l . "of their co-operation brought the re ply that they- had " not committed themselves, but at the present were ; 'Hot standing m the way of the Amen ' Bryan Continues to Keep- Mum. fiecretary Brjsn, before departing today to sneak In the jiolittcej cam rslsn In New Jersey, declined to com . .-' veiopmcnts. : ., , . In response to inquiries today from Rear Aclmlrsl Fletcher, Acting Secre tary Roosevelt, of tlH navy; issued in structions that General Felix Dlax snd his party now on board the bat- t!ehit lxtilsiana at Vera Crus, be put ehourd a Xew York and tub mall ?',, ., .ff; The shriftius -not- tffWfie ! lr1 It ! exnected the transfer to th liner will tshe plaie after ths ... r t-A-'i (i "in 4'rrrr!o at a out v f i ,,-, r,ij. ..it-. Trwnxfer of th Takes Jt for Granted He Will Be Continued in Power r MEW MEXICAN CONGRESS Just What It Will Do, With Ref erence to Elections4 No One Undertakes to. Predict Di vergance of Views in Mexico Flight of Diaz Has Never Cut Much of a Figure. S. 1ST Uw ktmrtuM rnm.) Meilco City, Oct. I.--Wtth the election of General Victoriano Huerta and General Aurellano Slanquet al most a foregone conclusion according to-official returns thus far received the question as to what Washington promises to do, la now keeping the foreign residents and tha majority of Mexican m a state oi painful sus pense. Oh the surface at least the administration is giving little con sideratlon to the subject .seemingly taking the ground that the Mexican people have declared in favor of Huerta s continuance In the., presi dency. . . . . Work of Official Pressoro. . Although It Is openly charged In many quart ere that it waa official pressure that reaulted in the rolling "P the majorities for Huerta and iBlajiqat;r7irolchr - i o'fl-1 daily reported from all parts of the oountry where, the election forms were observed, the fact remains and it is pointed out that there is no pos sibility of going back of the returns, that there is no thought that any other candidate polled nearly enough votes to place the Huerta-Blanquet ticket in Jeopardy. In view or Wash lngton's previous representations on the subject the . next move of the American government la awaited here with no. little misgivings. ' Americans Packing Their Luggage, Many Americans already have pack; ed their portable belongings,- preuara tory to flight axid are facing the ne cesaity of leaving their household ef facts to fate. They exprejp little hope of finding anything left upon their re turn. The inadequate storage laclll ties already are overtaxed and . most of those -who contemplate flight ex uect to leave their homes la charge of Mexican care-takers aa the only ai Uernetive.- aj.-cs-... What the new- Mexican 4:6agret will do; with referenue to the' elections no one unaenjuaes ui preuiui, aiuiouan the statement made recently by lienor Moheno, Hiniater of Foreign Affairs, is regarded aa reflecting Uie. execu tive's desire. The) Huerta plan. 8 en or Moheno asserted that In the event of Congress finding that a ma jority of the vote were cast for Huer ta ana Blanquet. the votes cast lor Huerta would' be declares void ny reason .of his Inelegibtllty under the constitution to aucoeed himself and Blanauet would assume the vlce presidency and the acting presidency. pending the calling o( new, elections, Ijawjrert nu issue-aa ie inai. Mexican attorneys lake' issue- with the Foreign Minister on this point. declaring that if General Blanquet is adjudged elected to the presidency it will bo for the unexpired six-year term which waa begun by Porflrlo Dlas in Uecemoer, ana conun ued by Francisco De La Barra, Fran Cisco Madere). and General Huerta, and not for a temporary period, since there -would be no occasion for fur ther election until the regular con stitutional period of 11. v Flight of Dlas tuts small rig are. The fight of General Felix Disk, which never aroused great. Interest In the capital, practically hag ceased to be a subject of comment. uis can dldacy was regarded by many Mexi cans as a mere incident i ine cam- nalen add waa never token seriously. Federlvo Oamhou, Manuel Calero and David De La Fuente appear to have conceded their defeat. To the impartial observers it only remains for Congress to be recon- irur.tf.ri and announce the election of the administration ticket this to be followed by Huerta s proclamation renouncing the votes cast Tor mm. , . (CONTINUf OS PAS I TWO.) KKVATK: i" . X ": - Three new bill to seguiata opium traffic referred to a sub-committee, ' Banking committee continued work tng on currency bill in executive see slon. '':: '-;. ' '.-'" '- -' Adjourned, at p. m. to noon to morrow. - . - . nepresentative Gray. Democrat, of Indiana, objected to members of the House subscribing to a wedding gift for President Wilson's daughter, Miss Jessie. . - Adjourned at 11:4 p. m. to noon Friday. Discriminations Against N. C intfrotcstcitApftiisrBe f Qfeir-Ci Commission, '- (Br .Iss-ameliiel Cm.) Washington, D. C, Oct. 10. An at tack waa made today before the Inter state Commerce Commission upon existing freight rates for the transpor tation of flour and other grain iro- m iaJ iraima. Wart VUglaia and Maryland to dxtunatlona ( in Nurtn Carolina, Sooth Carolina, CJeorria and Tenoeswee. ' fhlppers in action srhIos; i!ter1 In t'! K-iit heatrB.ej rltnr; - ; v. ,,-h.., n. "! a ti -.; i .-!ir I----- THE DAY IN CONGRESS "' . .i ii n immm I VT . ... Gill PRODUCTS . FREIGHT RATE I And Again Prevented Progress - On Currency Bill - TIE VOTE STILL, DIVIDES Senate Committee On Banking, and Day Ends Without De cisive Action on Several Im portant Features - Argu ment On Disguised Central Bank Scheme." (Br th aanaiiue rnw.) . "Washington, Oct. 10. The proposed government control In the central bank plan again today prevented prog In' ths Senate committee's consld eratlon of the administration cur rency bill. After an all day discussion of the number of regional -banks An be created to administer the proposed new system the committee adjourned tonight without taking a vote on a single proposition. Committee mem be re said a decision was expectef to- Ten to Twelve tbe limit. Discussion of the question involved any number of regional bank from three to fifteen. Senator Owen, lead littt the administration adherents on the committee proposed that the num her he curtailed from twelve to ten. Thia waa reararded as the extent ts which the PieaiUent Is willing to gu4 In his concession that the number be reduced. senator K'elaon proposed In a resn lution Ihftttheniumher ba -fixed -at four. Senator O'Gorman proposed Ave and after a lengthy argument it was MiMteed to vote on a resolution fix ng me numoer ii iour. Agreed to Vote But Didn't. Before the vote could be taken. however, another proposition brought the committee back to ita original ground of disagreement, the proposed central bank, on which the memoes are equally divided. It was .proposed that regional re serve branches be established in each of the 47 reserve cttlei throughout the country with as extensive powers as ... ... , . vunni i iiw. - t- - - oVnotlier . Central ,, Bank tSt'beiM tn These banks- would be - supervised by 4he Federal reserve board which wmild locate a. repional - bank m Waavtoixma a.at a cieannx Jioose, a reserve center and a bank oi issue, for all the regional banks. - Administration' supportem declared this was but a disguised central bank scheme. The - argument continued until ths committee adjourned. Administration ' Wants ttevretary of Treaaury on Board.' The committee did not take up the question of eliminating the Secretary of the Treasury- from the proposed Federal, reserve " board "Which -was passed over when the Secretary of Agriculture and the Comptroller of the currency were taxen on yesier- itav.' The administration is understood to T ... , k. UUT. oppose vigoroiiijT ul-iiiitths .-y.-nttarvtof tha Treasury of a place on the board and the committee will go over the matter later. The plan te create a clearing nousc in Washington and regional hanks In each of the reserve Cities was present ed bv Senator Keed. of Missouri. Ben ator Reed ia one of the six Democrats who have supported the aamwisira tion regional bank plan as agalnat ,a government-controlled central Dana There was considerable discussion to night of the possibility of supporters , the central bans: tneory lenning their aid to Senator Reetf'e propoei tion. Thle 'would give the Keed aeheme a dear majority in the com mittee, which so far has been evenly divided. Mrs, Eaton,' Grateful, Wept for . First Time During Trial When ' She" Met Jurors. ; . I II j Uw Aswolsud rrwi.) Plvmouth. Mass., Oct.- . Mra Jennie May Katoh was acquitted of the charge of murder of her husband, Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton, by the verdict of the Jury rendered early today. The Jury retired at o'clock last hlght. Notwithstanding that there seemed little prospect as tha night wore on of a verdict before morning a. crowd of nearly two Hundred per sons sat out the, tedious night. Mrs, Eaton awaited the verdic composedly and ' smiled when she heard - - the , foreman 1 of the Jury pronounce her . "not gull ty. She. . had . sat up In a private room at tha -t courthouse . until o'clock this morning. Then she Was ttermltted to go to the Judge's lobby, where she waa left on a couch until awakened at 4:10 and summoned to the court room. After the foreman had announced the verdict Chief Justice Aiken warn ed the Jurors u keep secret ths pro. ceedinrs lit the Jury room . After Mrs. Ualon had left the court i.!omah,ejJurprj;hro.ue;h man, asked,. that .they be allowed ertW.t psrmlsslort Wstiffitf ed and Mrs. Eaton thank orb them In dividually. As she did so the burst Into tears for the first time Since her "trial started.,.' - r Vt' A title later Mrs. Eaton -gave out the following statement: "1 am glad most of all because of my aged mother and my lame child, both of whom need the. I hope that a,new life will be opened tn me and that the trials and tribulation! Which have been mine in the past are ended. Hecause of the prominence of ReaRta I'ink dealer. i-t-nl'j! Fat on th I Wif-, EflfM From Exercising Functions Of Gubernatorial Office SAYS PEOPLE DOtf'T RULE That Government in New York Has Passed Into Hands of Few Tolittcians Throws Sulzers Conviction Into Fed eral Court Intends to Go to U. S. Supreme Court. ' (It la Amritiirt rww.l New Tork, Oct 0.WUllam Sul sera ctwivlctlon by the high court of Impeachment and his removal from office as governor of New Tork waa thrown into the Federal courts for re view today by William H. Moore, a printer. ? in a remarkable pennon Moore ai leges that the control of the btate government, has passed from the peo ple to a small group ot cltisens ana consequently Ne" York ts no longer eniovlns a Renublican form of gov eminent as guaranteed by tbe Federal constltutlan. Moore seems to have the court en- Join Martin H. Olynn from exercising gubernatorial functions, prays for J he restoration of ofTlce to 8ulzer, attacks the assembly foe arroganting to itself power to convene in extraordinary ses sion and pass articles of impeachment andrpetill6ns for an audit of Slate I booka - Members of - the court of Impeach ment. Governor Glynn. Attorney Gen eral Carmody; SecretaryTif State May and Suiter are named as defendant Why Sulzer was made a defendant ts not clear. Buhcer, - engaged In the heat osrcampaign for election to the assembly expressed surprise at tne filing ot the ault- - ' Moore disclaimed any motive for tha action other than It was inspired bv the fact that he waa a cltixen and a tnx-paytr. The petition chargea a certain group of men consisting partly of the defendant and partly of men unnamed with 'having obtained con trol of the State. Us many offices .and vast funds for. their sole use and ben InMriuto to Taka t'aee to I. S. SBprome. More denied th was any politics behind his suit. He Said he and his at toenail Anha tt-sV-ejMeeeed the Idea.-' "If I 1n- the district court,' l Mid. "I expect to appeal and lay tbe whofe impeachment ques tion betoie the Supreme Court. ' Moore confirmed Bulser's statemen that Sulner knew nothing about the auit before It was nied. i v More was a 'candidate for appoint ment by Governor Sutler aa i State Labor Commissioner. Publisher of the New York World said that al thouah Moore Was one of their em ploy es the newspaper was in. no way b. onnw;icu win nui.a - ri'rflimlnary Injunction to Be Asked - Ieary said tonight that he. would apply next week for a preliminary in Junction In the case returnable In i week or ten daysTr This he anticipated probably would be denied by the court without prejudice, which would give him an opportunity for-an Immediate appeal to the I'nlted States Court. A-nry explained that Hulxer had been made a defendant in the t ass In order to give him an opportunity to Join in the prayer of the complainant and also on tne ground mat tne complain ant was ' entitled to relief against Hulaer for . abandoning the duties . of his olnce. &o fonnevtlon M'lth Prmling Election "The filing of this action at thia time," said Mr. lieary. "has no con nectinn with the fact that election Is imminent. It ia not a political move We waited as lung as we did In order to give onverpor Sulzer an opportu nity to take such action on his own initiative. f , 1. told him metre than a week ago that Mr. Moore Contemplated this suit but thalShe would withhold It If the Uovernor intended to mane any mov of his own. Wlat Su!mt Saya tof If. Mr. Bulier eald-he was In the hands of his stt'-rneys and thft they- had edvlsed irrmtnat mere waa no eppea beyond the court of Impeachment iht II" Is tint a Question of tineal. but as to whether the people W this Htate, or any State, can be placed at the mercy of a combination pf office holders. This Is a question that can be reviewed wnly by the Buprem Court of the United States. 1 hope Mr. Suiter wlU Join In this action and if he dneat-wiil gladly sup aeid and permlthle attorney, to ronduct mm mw, - 1m Plaintiff 1.' '-William M. Moore. Is a member o the Typographical Vnlon No. . afld was responsible, according to Lary, for ths defeat of a resolution proptieed at a rent meeting of the organisa tion thankina tlovernor tslynn for the appointment of Jamea M- Lynch as Ihor Commissioner. -v v Moore proposed a counter re sol u tion holding that Sutzer was governor and thanking him lor Having ongtn ally sought te appoint Lynch to the position. Tne matter was ismeo oy a large vote: Leant said. . I,F.FT WA WAMOtCTOJfc Secretary, of Kavy oephns Daniels ' After Two iays' atii tiocae- t Sei retary of the . Navy Josephus Daniels left this morning for Wash ington, having spent two. daya here on. matters of business connected with his paper. The News and Observer. Secretary Daniels has , tieen away from Washington since last Sunday, mWM'JlfWl!''iH " JxmbmmUmkct. 80. The Inter- ing of the Southern Commercial Cop gress. " Old FVigatC Saate Srai-lted. - ' , IBsUie-aaedaud tarn.) ',. ' Bostonr Mast., Oct. 19. Stripped of all her fittings, the famous old frigate Santee was beached todav on Oovnunfi Islnnd. where she will be fium4 tWTherei'Ppel fVstewlwse usud tn her construction. The frigate re cently was sold by the government to T he Hjintee wa- ismous rrnn our his the Need of the Hour Jn - American Society FOR EUGENIC MARRIAGES Subjects Which Featured Clos ing Day of Congregational Church National Conven tion Addresses by Dr. Hillis, Gov, -Baldwin and Others, ( Om atMdtttd Pww.1 -Kansas City, Mo Oct. 10. A plea for eugenic marriages by Governor Simeon E. Baldwin, of Connecticut, and an address by "Kev. Newell Dwlght Hlllla, of Brooklyn. N. Y., on th new social obligations of the he church brought to an' end the fifteenth triennial council of the con gregational .churches In the United Statea . Governor Baldwin urged tha pass age of lawa by state legislators that will enable ministers of religion to determine whether or not parties to the marriage contracts are lit before th ministers perform tha ceremony. tie said: . Dr. Hillla aald tn part: The great eat need of this hour ' in American society la the need of ministers and parents who will teach this generation syealth Is an obligation to poverty; and that from those who have receiv ed much, muoh will be required. "Theresa not-on--tndustrlal -prob lem that would not be solved py the reappearance of the puritan type In our great railways, banks and mines.' The National council today select ed New Haven; Connecticut, for the lslS meeting place. Other business consisted of the adoption of several resolutions and the aeUotlon of stand ing eommitteea . At a meeting of the church bull Ing society held tn connection with the convention Dr. Luolen C. Warner, of New- York, spoke 'tis "business principles In church work." liiii FRENCH COLOHIST Acting-Sect'y of Navy Roose velt Issues Orders Command er 'of Squadron on Subject, Washington, Oct ,10. Acting Sec retary. Roosevelt today instructed Hear Admiral Cowlea, commanding the American squadron on the west count of Mexico, to proceed as lai as he deemed it practicable la pro tectlng French colonists air id to bn In peril, al San Ignacio in Lower Call fnrnla. Karllsr instructions by the State Department were, baaed upon information that the French colony waa In San Ignacio. Sinaloa, but It be came known today that-th refugeea who desire protection are In lxiwer California and that the. nearest sea port Is Santa Rosalia, where the ar mored cruiser California, Hear AO miral Cowlea' flagshlD. is now eta tioned. The Navy lepartment' has not been advised as to the basis, ot the fears of the French colony. W.C.T.U.SCHOilL Preliminary to Opening 40th Session of Union at Asbury -Park Today. 41 uw IwrliKd Fm . Asbury Park, N. J., Oct 0. The Department school of Methods of the National Woman's Christian Temper ance L'nlon met today preliminary to the formal opening of the fortieth annual convention of the union here tomorrow. Mrs. Deborah K. living- stonjkald in her address: Fif-st and fotemost. we want the ballot as a weapon against the liquor trafno and we-do not hesitate to sa; SO.? j .... .-i ..-..,. , Mrs. Louise C. luhngton. of Mas sachusetta, urged the women to watch the laws of their own States with view, of barring the teaching of Eugen ice IZT the public schools. - Haroness DaLavele.ye.' of Belgium, niada a brief plea ' for th establish menof places of healthy amusement whetj temperance refreshments could be obtained, to offset tha dance halls. , . ; ' '. i iiiii' i-iiMiiva rnxtinvxn. N . . & M ...---" - v. - Acts In Favor of National Agricultural Itescarch Coimnisfuon. , , (By tfc Aotmt4 Tim.) ' '' .nstirmiLldrv -farmtrnf - cougresa In sion here' adopted retftflationi "'"totlay urging the appointment of a national ssiii-ultural research commiKSion and the appropriation of 1.50,000 by the I'nlted States to provide ' runds for the proposed, commission. The reso lutions suggest that the commission be composed of nine members' and a resident secretary who would report within two years the exact statue of ...,l..L d.lnnm.til in the tnlted Ktateo. , , , Wiohta. Kan., was selected tod y 11 the lU meeting pUoe. Prescot Aril., I;udapest, Hunssry, snd R'clba OF METHODS IVIET n North Carolina To Be Called v For at Once MAKE WAY FOR NEW MEN Whom Simmons and Over.man are About to Appoint Over man Turns Loose the Ashe- boro Tangle -to Committee, Senators "Seen'! In Interest of Many Applicants, ; (By W. K. YKliVKRTON.) Washington. D. C, Oct- 10. Sena tors Simmons and Overman today gave notice to tha Atforney-Generat tnat tney win ne reaay wnnin s w days to submit their recommendations for Democratic District Attorneys and Marshals la North Csrollne, and were alven to understand that the Attorney General wtlkaak for the resignations Of the incumbents right away. Overman Turns Loose AaUcooro Tangle. Additional-allUlavlts. pro and eon on the Asheboro postoflice case, have been filed with the Senate Committee on Fostotflpes and Post Koada une of tbe affidavits made by a woman waa succeeded by a later affldavlt. saving that she had signed ths first statement upon representation that if Auman was allowed to be confirm ed. as postmaster she would be sum moned to court to leewy ana migni have to koTo Washington. Tne writ ten statement was brought to her by two or three men, one of whom, she savs. Is a prominent Randolph county omclaLThcatertttdavlt discounts the flratv. ' .- Senator Overman says, he will Dave nothing to do with the case, leaving the committee to decide it There la no quorum ot tne committee in waan inglon, but it is believed Auman will bfeiconflrmed aa soon as the full com mittee meeta V IMimr Tmi nmnwiB , v.,. .. .. rtevertil North Carolinians have nem eenterences with the senators today on natron aae matters,. Henry 'A, Fage, ot Aberdeen, talked with Hen ator Overman about the Auman case end about the candidacy of K. 11. Roes (or Marshal: J. Bis Ray and tills Gardner, pt Huynsvllle, were here In connection w mm air. usroor i daev far-Assistant Stats HanK fcxami ner.-- Corporittioit Commlsatoaw Ueo. t. Fell saw Senator. Overman In be half of Kemp Doughton, of Sparta, who wants the position ot pang ex aminer. Want Hank Kxamlneara fTarei. J il Miu hell, of Wlnton. and 8. L. Hosier, of Manteo, are here. Kemp liouchton la said, to have an excellent chance eventually to get the place he Is after. He naa naa experience as tula nMmliiH under the Governor. and hla father Is a warm friend of the two Tar Heel sen?nra Dr. Lewis J. llattle. originally a Raleigh, now practicing physician la U'nshlnaton. Is a candidate for tne po sition ot health officer tn the District of Columbia. The place pays I4.S00 a veas. . Representative Godwia la securing Ihe endorsement of the North Caro lina delegation for u. k, urantnam, oi Dunn, who wants to a member of Governor Craig s railroad- rate com mission. - Nalva For UisaiHtoInted Applicant. A. M. McLean wired Representative Godwin today that he would decide by Minidav whether or not he Will ac cept the It, 600 attorneyship in the Interior, department which haa been ofteredhlm by Senator Simmons and Mr. Godwin. -Mr. McLean was a can didate for assistant district attorney In ihe east. Representative Hmsll has asked the other member of the. delegation to accompany him and George T.-Btud dei t. of Washington, N. C. to tha Mtata department tomorrow, Mr. Stud dert, Slate senator," Ta endorsed by the North Carolina Legislature for consul at Dublin or Belfast and will be here tomorrow to push his claims. Lnmherton I'. U. Hllo. lleurosentative Godwin was Inform ed at the Treaaury department today that the department will proceed to. the purchase at once ot a sue for tne l,umlerton poet omce 'i ne TQwnaenq site, eorner Seventh and Kim streets. will be the favored one. Mr. God win hopes tbe site will be ready by December-1- so ne can gat an appro prlatlon of I75.0UO for the building. He hopes this winter to get I8&.000 also for a site ana ouuning at ininit IV. V. 'PoMtum For l'mldent. Joe Ksrrow. of McFartan, who last week gent t 'pemim t Senator 8im. mona has sent one also to president Wilson, describing himself as an old slave-time dargey. He suggests In his letter that the 'possum be served with -the huge sweet potato which waaxecently sent to the President by Mra. Anthony, of Shelby. "The po tato,' which haa been hilled under the expert direction of Tom I'ence and Howard Ban as, is reaay lor lis amy. Commander A. T. Long, ef states- vllle, commanding tbe battleship Dea Moines, left today for North Carotin Ha will visit ex-Sheriff J. W. Black welder and other relatives in Hickory during his week s leave. - Commander lying was the first to put into effect Secretary Daniels' tfain ine- shit idea, having put If Imt (I Ten tative operation even before the sec retary a order was issued. Judge George Pell, . of Raleigh, was a visitor at the Navy department today. " ' A BREAK OF $2.50 PER BALE OCTOBER COTTON IN NEW YQRK (Sj lit Aaiifi'lC'nSir)"""" ' New Tork Oct.. 0. There was break of J2.60 a bale 1 if October cot ton here todayln liquidation by scat tering longs. This helped unsettle the general market which, also was tnflu enred by talk iof easier spots In the South, reports that a Mississippi bank waa In -trouble ana , rumors tnat prominent -"authority-'- estimated th crop "at H.50Cnt,9' ?es, '' "" There was a heav;- jrenersj Ilrmlda tion and the rttsrket closed t iy at . net loiss of 5' Coin' on Octnrie 1-1,1 fi.mi J7 f S ''l-- 'HI OF BIG BftfiK tliu n Attempts to Point Out Some Alleged "Fatal Defects" of AHmlnictpflHfin niirTPnrv ' r Measure FRANK A. VANDERLIP ' AND JAMES J. HILL: Raise the Hunger FIa Ma Sipping Champagne at'Ban-, quet Investment Bankers ,0NE YEAR TO POORHODSE Unless Glass-Owen Bill I'zYzi Way for Their Central Bank y Plan Scheme ? f SCOLDING THE CONGRESS Enormous Accumulated 7ca!'Jf f4 PiMintmi Thau AffftnA I-" vi vvuuuji i lit j rtiibycy m Not Available for Purposj, of Consumption VThe Hu man; Machine Itself Would Presently Cease to, Operata :.v and -a: Dead , World .Would Only Remain as the Monu ment of Defeat" Would "Manufacture k: Sentiment:' for, Benefit of U. S. Sens tvs ' (BT-nhs asMisMI riaa.) Chicago, 1UV Oct. H. June J, Hill and Frank X" TanderMp, sta- era lonigni mi im nuitiiiH mat ckwdu the convention' ef tha Investment Bankers Xaeociation. of Amerw, earib, sounded a nets of warning to ths business Interests of Uie oountry. Mr. Hill, whose subject waa "Rail road Financing of tha future," de clared that "the country is - water logged with -bond, ' i ' ', "Confidence cannot be restored," '"he said, "until the name 1ond has won. back something of ita old standard." Mr. Vanderilp, speaking; of tha -pending hanking legislation. Insisted, that Congress was In danger of ssd-i dllng on tbe oountry a ruinous-policy of Mat money. ' ' AUca-ed -Fatal Drfeot." V "The fatal defect of the Glass.' Owea blU," he aald, "la that It starts the country on a Issue of flat cur rency. The notes proposed are flat notes.- They have bo reserve what-, ever provided by the government andJ they are to be lent without, limit t tha number of . bunks, m ', "There la ho ease tit all hltrtofr W liri , t nuva nmm Wi V. t-t. mm mmnm' of Hat money that tha result has not been a complete breakdown ot that financial s ye tern of that oountry.". ' '" Fur Central Bank, of Couiba. Mr. Vanderilp urged Instead of re-.' glonal banks a single central bank, owned y tha people and under gov.' eminent control. regional nanus were dangerous aa local climate and crop stresses would affect the entire region. Competition for reserves. among regional banks and forced In vestment by national banks In region-' al bank seouritiea were sJeo fatal ob jections, he declared. "1 believe tha intellectual Judgment of every mem ber ot tha Senate committee approves such a plan," said Mr. VaaderDp "But ths fact that tha House la aom-j mltted to a regional system la a se rious obstacle. . (The disposition of tha President not to even discuss anvi other, plan than the Ulaaa-Owa pill! la an obstacle. Tha declaration of the Baltimore Convention against a central bank Is a difficult Were-it , not fog taeee three thing I have ne 1 doubt that the Senate committee, would he well on their way today to-; w-rrf MmnU'nl tha bill ior SIU:h a central Inatitution." jresuioo os rsinw uiiinsm, - The hope for the removal of thee ,, - i . I ... ....... ,L.,n 11 miiA Mr. Vanderilp. lay-In the creation of a public opinion that would be felt by the Senate. ;"It tha true story of all municipal Indebtedness now eoncealed bhlnd various temporary makeshifts so aa to maintain an ostensible oredlUjand help push out the annual crop of new said Mr. HI1U "It would shock the coyntry and give pause even to the advocates of unlimited expenditure for public purposes. "" " -: :t. v ... j i....i-j.rTiAiii.-- 1 "The situation with regard to bondi generally spoken of as 'Industrials' ts worse. Tbe field is so large and so diverse as to defy atatlstK-al tabula tion. Hundreds of millions of bond have been Issued to promote consoli dations, these securities being part of the purchase price of the smaller con cern! to ununited in one big corpora tion. Other hundreds of millions have lands, irrigated lands and even ordi nary real estate,, where many ser. rate holdings ere combined ta tit handa of an active selling or develop ing concern. ' These are of- vsryin. degrees of soundness; from the bnn'i with property behind It tht woui i fetch face value at a forced le s. any time to more speculative plf-i!?'--t M g - future.- teaUaatitm . oi ir,ci : ttiat is little liuer tnin a Kin t . ally, there Is the Kinn-i.nn 1.1.. -c, ( ended only l-t-ts'v nn-l v . t a -'
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 31, 1913, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75