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VOL. XCVIII. NO. ,132.
RALEIGH, N. a, THURSDAY MORNING, DEC 11, 1913
PRICE-: FIVE CENTS.
M(5 IBWS:.
...., - r -. v.":. T ' . ' ... . ...... A.
Demanding National Prohibi
tion By Amendment to U. S.
I Constitution
TWO THOUSAND IN LINE
In Two Phalanxes Men and
Women March From Down
town To Capitol East Front
at Washington
HAND PETITIONS TO HOBSON
Liquor Traffic the Great Home
Destroyer and We M Know
It, Says Mrs. Stephens
AMENDMENT INTRODUCED
. (Br Km AModttrt Fim.)
Washington, Dec. 10. Two thou
Mo men and women representing
the Anti-Saloon League of America
,and the Woman' Christian Temper
demonstration' at the Capitol against
- th liquor traffic.
'.!.. $m&&tticmtitfH.:-iz
Iotwo phalanxes tne men and wo
men marched 'from the downtown
tecTIoW -ni"Hty 16 the" Eat7 front
of the Capitol... Each bore.. petition
""tffcmanflltii. "SattoWa" fffWRi'Wfihn ""by
- ' constitutional amendment ' " The peti
tions were rtrrtrttl by. Represents-
ttve Richmond Pearsun Hobson. of
Aiafiama, author of such ,a. proposed
amendment and by Senator Morris
Bheppard, of Texan,. After presenta
tion of the petitions, which were filed
In the Senate and House, several pro
hlbition speeches were delivered!
The Only Hope.
Speaking for the Anti-Saloon
League tore, Ernest H. Cherrtnuton
of Westville, Ohio, declared that the
;fny M meh7"iftIdeo:T)y th W. C. T.
U.. were "stockholders In the great
institution or American jBoctety,
pleading for nation-wide prohibition
" fcr constitutional svraendTnetit aath
only hops fop the speedy solution sf
mu" growing liquor problem In our
(real center of population.
Sale Forbidden in Nihe States.
"- Malcolm- It ftteYwmfotmWtWv'f
emor of Tennessee, aid:
"The manufacture and sale of llq
our la now forbidden in nine States of
the Union, either by general leglsla'
tion or constitutional amendment of
the organic law, and In others It will
be forbidden a soon as the people
have opportunity to vote on the ques
. tlon and have their will recorded In
...proper. form. -
Great Things at Stake.
"Civilization and character, Chris.
tianlty now demand another consti
tutional amendment to be presented
to the States that the voles and aov
ereignty of the people may be exer
cised In a decisive and supreme teat
to determine -whether or not tha man
ufacture and sale of Intoxicating
. drink exists with or without th coo
sent.Qf government"
The W. C. T. V. and Its KIToctive Work
Mrs. Lillian L. N. Stevens, of Maine,
president-general of the W, CTrU.
declared that the women of the Na
tlon "know that the liquor traffic
the great home destroyer," that the
women of the nation long ago had he-
gun the fight to overthrow the liquor
business and that its end was certain
to come. After , the meeting many
of the delegates sought out their
congressional delegations and urged
the passage or tne necessary resoiu
tlon for the submission of the pro
posed coneKatlfmaI amendment to
" the. States for ratification.
-AMENDMENT DfTRODTJCEB
Senator Slicppsvfd TresMrted Measure
In Upper nrandr of Congress Last
Night
' ' Washington, Dec 10. Senator
Sheppard Introduced the . proposed
-onnHiutlonal amendment In the Sen
ate late in the day. His address In
iimmrt of the amendment was punct
iiairA hv manv outbursts of applause.
"Prohibition will embrace the whole
United States within a comparatively
short time," said Senator Sheppard.
The movement Is so strong that
nothing in the world can prevent 1U
ultimate cempw1"! ':"'
ftenainr Thompson and Owen loin
ed In the enforcement of the proposed
amendment. . . .
to come, but Just when, I cannot tell,
AerlAred Senator Borah, of Idaho, In
meeting here to
night, to further the campaign for
t h!r "E ntc no nvsft t
Senator Borah urged hi hearer to
keep up the fight and said ne womu
lend hirirapport. . .
Representative M. Clyde Kelly, of
Pennsylvania, said he was In entire
ymra'hv with the movement Tor. a
constitutional amendment. John O.
WftevdcA the fnovemeMt aa-
"drest,ed the meeting
TARHEEL COLD WATKB ENVOYS
to the KmW of Score and More In
Washington 101'' Brigade.
, (By W-E YELVERTON.)
Washington. IX C, Dec- Jt-W
two dosen North Carolinians are
among the envoys from the Anti-saloon
Leagu of America, and the pro
hibitionist have taken the Capital by
"Instead of the committee of 1.000
which was uppd to have com,
we have from 8,600 : ..
; H. U Davis, amperlntendent of th
North Carolina Antl-Baloon League,
tnniirht - I '
"The Nbrlh- Carolinian are catter
tered as most of the hotels' are crowd
ed, but w are her Just the am.. A
Cwntinued 00 Tg Two.) v
resia'enrSerTOusly- Consider
: ing the Subject
WORKS IN SOME COUNTRIES
Then Why Not In U. S.,to the
Benefit of Citizensr-Confer-ences
With P.-M. General
Who Will Discuss Subject in
His ReportAttorney Gen
eral's Opinion.
(Br lh Anodatrd Fiwi.).
Washington, D. C. Dec. 10. Gov
ernment ownership of telegraph and
and telephone line Is being seriously
considered by President Wilson. Con
ferences between the President and
Postmaster General Burleson have
led to- a gathering of Information
about practical working of govern
ment ownership in those nations
where such a system Is In operation.
The subject will be discussed in the
Postmaster General' annual report
though It Is not assured that he will
make any positive - recommendations
Though bills have been drafted
looking to government ownership,
none has been agreed upon as an ad-
mintstrUoh.roeur...., -
i.m. i - 1 -1 . 1.1 . f I..,
i nere is no uuuui. sum ini . oui-
lesos today "that the Inauguration of
the parcel post and the postal savings
system has given-a tremendous lmp-
-tnr tothedestre-of people Hevrth
country, to have the government be
ccm the means of communication
prr rrwhe-rer'- tftr y-rohTT-tiriromnrt
two or three hundred million dollars
tny -ruootnrawaauw -unut i..artr ao
tolutely sure tax .ground.
It is said that the plan will not
jnaet the unanimous .. Approval . . pt
rresldent Wilson's cabinet It U ne-
Heved in official circles Attorney Gen
era! McKeyholds, for one, would show
his aversion to such a plan. Within
the next few weeks, the Department
of Justice will announce Its own plan
for relief In conditions accompanying
Interstate- telephone" "business. The
Attorney General and G. C. Todd, ths
assistant In -charge- -of trust -prosectt'
tlon a have been seeking to work out
with officials or the American Tele
phone and Telegraph Company plana
which, they hold will Avoid any neces
sity for talked-f litigation in the
court, but which will relieve the situ
ation. One suit against th Paclflo
eoast arm of this concern 1 already
tn the United State Courts, and.
pending; tt determination, the depart
ment has tipt been ihxlous to be
gin further litigation.
In his dealings In this case. Attor
ney General McReynolda has followed
hi oonvlctlon that It la better for his
department to get so called trusts to
agree to his terms after a, few weeks
of friendly conference than to take it
into' the courts and wait for several
years before securing anything at all.
with the possibility always of losing
everything.
Callers who have discussed au
Hons of regulation of trusts with Mr.
McReynolds, are of the opinion tbst
he believes the Sherman act a suf
ficiently powerful weapon with which
to better conditions. They understand
his position to be that It is better to
break up a combine eo there shall be
competition: that if that can't he
done, it is better to regulate It. Itx its
prices, and if that la not possible then
reluctantly, ao tne only thlnr left.
acquire the offending trust and run it
under the- government . protecting
wing.
DR. VON IICCK REPLIES
To the Charge Affecting ChiMrcn of
. t. Baptist urpnanago and Othem.
Asheville. N. C. Dec 10. Replying
to the charges made by Frank Steph
en, of Philadelphia, at the anti- Vivi
section, congress now In session at
Washington,-; i)r. Karl" Von .Ruck.- of
this city, tonight tsgued the follow.
Ing statement:
"In regard to. this accusation I de
sir to tat that Mr. Stephen 1 ' in
no wise Justified in it. and IS entirely
in error. He could easily have be
come cognisant of this fact had he
read the reports of Dr. C. A. Julian
and my own reports; or. having read
them, had 'he not misrepresented the
subject tor the purpose of prejudic
ing the public" '
'Not Experimental In Any Sensed.
"The facts are that the children of
the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasvllle.
N. C, and other children were treat
ed because they were subjects of
manifest or of latent tuberculosis as
was established by .the ordinary clin
ical method or effection. or because
they had been exposed to tuberculo
sis Infection. Tha remedy used for
their treatment was one that had be
fore that time been abundantly tried
and tested, representing an Improved
preparation of similar ones used by
the medical profession for more than
twentX-ye-"" . The method employed
In. the treatment or tn children, to
which Mr. Stephen refers, "Is there
fore not experimental In any sense;
but represents an- improvement over-
remedies -of the same kind, to a de
cree that the desired results were
obtained, without a single exception.
bv the administration of one or two
WHY RlTCHIE-aaCBPKY
EIGHT WAS POSTPONED.
Naxnt AhweiW Nccnmltatcd Operatkm
That Took Riulile to The Hos
pital. (Br tt Ae rmr' i
' San Kranclcai, i CaL. Dee t l
nasal abscess necessitating an oper
.tiM tdav on Willie Ritchie, light
weight clmp!m, resulted in calling
off -the seneauiea su-ruunu iikmi i
nlght between Ritchie and "Harlem
Tniitmt" Murphy. ,
The two fighter met and went
through the formalities of 'welgnlng
In to eonrorm wiui k wimnyju.
v.h tinned the scale at lit pofchda
i..hi then announced that he had
v... r.rtd on. but In spite of this
lfot and a drizzling rain, he was wil
ling that tne ngnt iiuiu
The pruluoter. however, declared th
FE ATU H ES 0 F TH E
SI
Scope of President's Program
Is Defined i
DEFINITION OF MONOPOLY
n Its Various Forms .Which
Will Be Deemed Unlawful
Result of Conference Be
tween Mr. Wilson and' Six
Democratic Members of the
House Judiciary Committee.
(Br Ik JkMMUtod, Pna.)
Washington, -Dea 10. The scop
of President Wilson's program of anti
trust legislation became fairly well
defined today at the end of a confer
ence between the President and six
Democratic, members of theHduse
Judiciary Committee that is to pre
pare the administration bills. The
measure to be advanced at this ses
sion will aim at the following re
sults: Definition of the various forms of
monopoly and restraint of trade
whichl would be- "conclusively - deem -
ed unreasonable and unlawful. Plac-
ng upon the defendant the burden of
proor that there is no "unreasonable
restraint of trader
Prohibition of Interlocking dlreo
torates between large corporations.
Kstabitshment -of am Interstate trade
commission, to exercise regulatory
powers, make original investigations
and aid the courts In carrying out
dec6s -ot dissolution.
TwillsUt-Zone. of Corporation .AcOvl-
tles.
The details of, legislation were not
"rked out-rtwar'Jcmtwtrpgr trfir
was a complete unnersianqing reacn-.
e ftS' W'ffle- vffumtieF o"f fiillsj tobe
WKir.';: e'-r rwii!Bt"wiv iirar
however, that h .favora legislate
along, the general line or. Uib Ua.
root-LsTKollett bill which ha been
lie'torei 'Congress1 ' since last June, and
wrych was designed to clear up the
twilight xone or corporation activi
ties. ,
This measure was the' subject of
much of the discussion and members
of the committee will take up Its
prtivtglon tor "further - consideration:
It would define by law nearly a dozen
forms of contraetSr- agreement. re
straints, price . cutting. . and the like.
the " reasonableness" of which la now
left to the; courts. V
TaXks With Attorney-General and
Other. .
President WUsW trust conference
of the last-two weeks have included
long talk with Attorney General Mc
Reynolds, Senator Newlands th chair
WMf'thlFStejGmeFe.Oe'-'
muwton, Secretary Redfleld, of the
DepaiewAnt Of Commerce, Represen
tative Vtyton and Joseph B. Davis,
Commissioner' of Corporation. The
President is to confer again In a few
day with Senator Newlands and other
member of the Senate Committee that
will handle trust legislation.
Tha House committee will begin
work at once .an the preliminary draft
of trust bills, but the member will
from time- to time seek runner a is
cusslons with the President over the
form of the measure
NeresMltr of Lrcal Bound.
The President emphasized in the
conference today the need of legal
bounds for business activity that will
place the smaller business man upon
an equality with the larger: ana mat
will rive a clear legal definition , of
the form of combination that are
unlawful.
8enator Newlands bill for an Inter
state trade commission. Introduced in
Coneress early last summer, Is ex
pected to be the basis for legislation
along that line. Tne resident
understood to favor many features
this proposed law. It would establish
a commission with power to regulate
corporations doing Interstate business,
to aid the 'attorney general In the
nrraemtlnn of those accused of mo
nopolistic actions, and to carry ouf 1
th dissolution or trust .tnat nave
been held Illegal by the courts.
----CiHermyeteVorkiB; On- .Mfctf
Samuel untermyer, or New Tor.
who acted as counsel for the "money
trust" committee of the Huse, has
Met members of the House Interested
In .trust legislation several times re
cently and Is working npon the pre.
paration of bills that probably Will be
closely studied oy tne commute. .
Sect'y Bryan Expresses Belie
. One Can Earn Million in
Life Time.
New York. Dec. 10. Secretory of
State William J. Bryan, speaking to
day before the clerical conference of
tfte New' York Federation of Churche
on the sabject of "Futidamentals,1
tto.000 a year for a lifetime-of Itr-t
Sruin.nK ysar. or a million dollar
a iiieum ,
. Secretory Bryan mad this declara
tion, in discussing man' relation to
the society, which, he aald,. waa on
of the three thing fundamental in
human life. Other fundamental he
mentioned were "one's relation-do the
government uder which, he live and
to hi Ood." - W-
Th meeting was attended by min
ister representing, fifty rellgiou de
nomination , ... '".'.- .
Comparing tb weajt of thrich
est American, which he estimated, at
$600,000,000 Serf-retary Bryan declar
ed' his, belief that Thorn Jefferson,
and Abraham Lincoln render f -services
to the World 1 that wer Worth
Immeasurably more than that. (What
th world need, he added, I not th
merf who amass money to give away
when they die. but ,men who give
themselves to society. r ; , I
RllTF
THE DEMOCHATIC
mpjisBEiiSEESiraie
argely Responsible For the
-5rowth .of Denomination
.---'- .4 '--
CONVENTION AT SHELBY
Features of Second Day's Pro
ceedingsReport of Board
ofv Missions and Sunday
Schools 3,600 Addi
tions and Large Increase In
Church Building.
SBBSSSBSStSIISB) "t
(By MAMIE BAYS.,
Shelby. Dec. 10. According to the
summary of denominational statis
tics recorded In the annual of the
Southern Baptist Convention, North
Carolina stands fourth In ' numerical
strength of the Bute Included Ih the
convention. ""Th greatest stronghold
of the Baptist denomination Is In the
South and no other denomination 1
grcwlng so rap.ui:' In the fi.u.h a
th Baptist. Several cause a. are
Dromlnent factors In this rapid
srowth of -the denomination. "One or
these causes is the democratic spirit
In the srovernment of each church.
which 1 emphasized by Baptists
more than is true of any Other de
nomination. There la .much, wetllh,. lucliUed -In
the membership of Southern Rapt 1st
and on the othWr hknl amom the
hief irlorle Of the denomlnatlonv is
the .large number of poor people In
the- church membership snd xne nun-
dreda -aivd. .thousands of . men . and .1
women from working cl.issos which
ar- Vt'ns added to t.tM-rUp. gf-Chutrfc
membershio every year.
Th dernomttei-wrtrtr' wf th"ew
rmjneimoi.,' WWJ
la-jrWtWfc:feMesBUWnS.
peal-to hrtHuses sJltttnlttienc therrt
tn large 'hum b l -fiavor -of t he
Baptist denomination. In' addition to
the,inan3( ,sho ecme Baptist vry
year as tne oiren result or tne wora
of pastors and other evangelistic
agencies of th churches, the large
sums of money contributed to the
various causes of th convention is
emphasized, because of ih large num
btr. of the poor anf thoe from
among what U. known is the mldTle
classes and known to be those of mod
erate means Included in the mem
bership: - .The rtmtrtmitlon tt th
cause, increase rapidly every , year.
Second Day's Procexxllnjrs. -
The Slate convention cutivened at
pin o'clock, thl momtws; lor th
morning Bessfoa of ths second day of
th convention.
Rev. R, D. Cross, of Brevard, coh-
i ucteT-! t tt : . de vutl onai jeruU: e , , wit b.
which th session pecan.
Rev. t lias. 11. Durham, president.
called the convention to order. The
minutes of the session of Tuesday
evening were read and were approved.
The first item of the order of bustne
for the session this morning was the
report of the board of missions, and
Sunday school This report was
read by. Livingston Johnson., corre
spondlng secretary. The first Item of
thl report., emphasize wajthat 01
Stated mission and the following is
the summary of thl report:
Beat Report of Mix Ion and Bonder
Schools.
We rejoice that the report we sub
mit today la in many respects the heat
report ever presented to the conven
tion
We have had 158 missionaries this
year. These labored in forty-two as
sociation Herewith is submitted in
regular tabulated form, a summary
of their work:
Summary of the year work:
Number of sermons preached, 10,100
churche and outstatton supplied
120; baptisms, 2,1 ST.: added by letter.
1,60; meetings held. 260: profession
of faith, 2,088: churche building,- 41
churches finished, 16. -
Financial: Paid on salaries, f SB,
14. 41: paid on church building, I4,
061.17; State and assoclatlonal mis
sions, tS,tt.7t; foreign mission 12,
151.00; home missions, 12,111.15: or
phanage, - - t t.MS. ! educational.
IJ2S.75; Sunday ' school. I20T.85
ministerial ....relief.,. 1501.17: other ub
Jec's, tl.4t8.. Total 1106,814.21
--Sundaf eehoetsi Nnmnber -- of
srhools, 277; number of .pupils, tl,
010: conversion in school, 020
Contributions: School expense,
14,280.70; orphanage, I1.IS1.2S; State
missions, tilt. 20; home mlsnon 171
4; foreign missions. 1211.15.
ImTPsise In Chort4i Building'!
"A comparison of this year' figure
with those of last year ahows advance
ment, as fcWIows: . Baptisms 630, by
letter lit, total Increase in addition
over last year 040. -We are building
more than twice as many new church
ea and have completed three- mora.
than th report pf tyaat yisajr how
There naa Been aa increase In totkl
contribution of til, S07.lt. The
financial advancement has been chief.
ly In amount' paid pastor and In
church building. The increase to
church building waa t21.022.K0 and to
Dastor' salaries' 18.450.07. The build
frigs being erected on mission fields are
more numerous, and more expensive
than ever vnmv.
The rennrf nf the Ttonrtt of Fdi.o
tlin was read by W. R. Cullom, of
wake roresi -.-ouege. -The
Need of Ijeadmhtp,
This report urged first the recoml
tion of the fact that next, to th work
for th miiw4niphssthw
progress offrWtfeft52
Uige' degree ' upon leadership, I thus
emphasising, the- need for capable,
tialhed men in the ministry; it pre
sented th further argument that. If
the church Is to grow and meet ih
reeds of th day, ther must be able
men In the ministry. Referring W tho
deereas in the number of men who
are entering th ministry .at thi 11m
compared with former year, the re
port called attention to th fact that
thtt 1 dtre.parUy to the lack nf desire
upon the Vrents of today for their
sons to entsr the' ministry, thl lack
desire reaching even to the minis
ter and their wive concerning their
son . . ; ' !. ..' '. ( ,
Over 100 Baptist Mlnfetcrlal Stadent.
The report howed that at thl )ime
one hundred and twelve, young men
in North Carolina are preparing to
,(Cont!Dued en Fage Sevea.)
SENATOR OVERMAN
Arid Latter Will See Attorney-
General Soon
NEW BERN. POSTMASTER
Senator Simmons Will Decide
On Basnight's Successor
Next Week Dr. Faisonrs
Activity in Smith's Behalf
Goldsboro CasT I rgued N.
C. News at Washington.
(By W. E. YELVERTON.)
Washington, Dec, 10. R. E, Smith,
New Bern poetofflce clerk,- -was-re-In
stated today, according to advice
from the Postoffice Department, and
Representative Falcon says he shall
stick hereafter or else the Congress
man will resign hi seat In Congress.
Dr. Falson wehTThrough ther Trport
of the Inspector, on Uaanlght and
Smith this afternoon, but both he and
the department declined to make
known what wa In th report.
The Inspector had to Investigate
charges against both Smith and Has
night, the deposed postmaster, and It
has not been stated whether .or not
Smith was exonerated In the. lnspec
tor. 'report. His re-lnstatement was,
of course, only temporary, because
barges -have -been - fHed " against ".him.
It is expected, however, that these
charges will be found to have been
Inspired by malice and they will
hardly hold.
Senator Simmon expect to dectd.
.ott..i)Mnihi' .uceajr.JtarJy...Bext
week. The department .ha asked
hlro lo .decide M.sQonM
delegation renresentlna John C.
Trnfmlutr-rfftriSl rft'P'pTreatiC"w1M tBSSf
WaJJ-lkw w
Capitol- -rodwT -after-r-vWt-on- -eitval.
businesi t Aehebor, WliUe there he
saw W. C. Hammer, prospective dis
trict attorney. . but -, vh did. n
have an opportunity to discuss .wil
Mr. Hammer the charge which have
been filed against htm. Mr. Hammer,
he says, made light of the charges and
will come to see the attorney general
aa soon a h can get away from hi
work in the court.
The case of lty- of Ooldsbora.-V.
The Atlrfhtlo Coast Line was argued
today before the Supreme Court
Judgr R. W. Winston for. the city and
F. B. McKenney for the railroad,
were the attorney
Mayor R. HV Htgglna, of Goldsboro.
eras her as a-.Deotjtor.-
Several official and - attorney of
railroad ' which operate In North
Carolina met her today and began a
conference dealing with the - coming
hearing In the State before the In
terstate - Commerce Commission ana
the sueclal committee appointed by
Oovernor Craig. Heyond stating tne
DurDose of the conference in a gen
eral way, the officials declined to dis
cuss the meeting.
Among those here from North tar
nllna are: Walter EL Moore, or Wen
ster; R. A. Brand, vice-president of
the A. C. L.. Wilmington: J. W. Per
rln. Wilmington; 8. Vy ("oilier, or tne
South Hound, winston-riaiem, ana j.
C Buxton. Winston-Salem.
E
Compelled to Decline Engage
jnent to Speak at Rochester
Banquet Last Night.
(Br Dm AMOdtud rrnt.)
Washlneion. D.C.. Dec 10. Prei
dsnt Wilson' cold t still troubling
him. He found that it hd' so weak
aned hi voice that he had to cancel
his address- over the telephone tonight
to a banquet of.the cnamDer or win
meree of RocliieBCef. -'IT.7-vTifevPri1
Ident Marshall speaking In his place.
The president stint' the following
telegram
to th Rochester diner;
'I not oly deeply regret, but am.
greatly chagrined to find myself at
terlv without voice this evening be
causr-of avag cold against which
I have beeoi fighting for several day
I nursed my vole all day, but this
fnfternoon wa obliged to use it at
meeting; of the Red Cross and ther
finished it completely. I send you my
deep regret and my humble apolo
glea"
Th presidents" difficulty tn speak
ing was apparent at the meeting of
the- Ked cross, nts vote naroiy oar
rylng to the --corneirs of the small
room. ,.
South' OaroUna Baptteta,
tni th aMiMtiiud Pms.1 - fa
Bennettsvlll. S. C. Do. 10. To
day' session of the Southrrarollna
Baptist Convention were taken up
with report of committee and the
board or tniBtee or tn cnurcne. cot
lege In thi State.
Th night session was given over to
consideration t foreign mission ana
aMJtkr '' "muumxj
SI sunt secretary of state of on of the
Chinese province. "
Th convention today received n
offer ot property at Beaufort, valued
at 110,000, for the establishing of a
home for agad minister A committee-was
appointed to consider the
proposition. ,'H""waS decided to"nold
next year' eonveVitton in Charles ton. ,,
-. i ' ' 1 ' ,
-Meeting Aboard Spanish Ship.
CerbereT FrahceT Dec." 1 0.Th en
gin room worker- and firemen of the
Spanish steamer Alfonso XII, of the
Trans-Atlantic line,-' mutlned and at
tacked th officers on the voyag from
Corunnao Cadi, according to a des
patch reoelved. her today, y Th men
were overpowered after a desperate
fight. "Several wer wbunded,:Th
mutineer -wer placed under arrest
at Cadi. , , . v- .
PRESIDENT'S COLD
KEEPSKIM AT. HOM
News Observations
.L'Uiew. inlOtoffwKlnv--
New Observations Bis Head . . . . I
decided - x a- tu i -
Santa Monica- eors- oil -February Xf 1.4-
New TorkjJh.dlrectors of th
ew York. New Haven and Hartford
Railroad, announced tonight that they
eemed it -inadvisable to declare a
dividend at thl time.
New York. Th unfilled tonnage
of the United Stat Steel Corpora
tion on Nov. 10 totalled 4,!9.I47.
ton a decrease of 117.420 ton from
wviuber. "
Charleston. W. Va. Counel for E.
Graham Wilson, a wealthy farmer re
cently convicted, of assaulting Miss
Kate Turner, began arguments today
In an effort to secure a sew trial. A
decision 1 expected tomorrow.
Jfw York. Reserving the right to
call two witnesses tomorrow, the gov
ernment thi afternoon rested It
case against officer of th Radio
Wireless Telephone Company, on trial
for misuse of th mails with Intent
to defraud.
New York. Mis Jessie B. VoCann,
the Brooklyn Social worker who dis
appeared last week, la likely to return
to her home soon, according to tnior-
matlon which reached Her irund to
day. They apparently are satisfied
that' no harm ha befallen her.
San Francisco Th M-round bont
between Champion Willi Ritchie and
Harlem Tommy Murphy, scheduled
for tonight, wa postponed. An off!
clal announcement aald thl action
was taken on account of rain.
Houston. Texaa Th Breso river
flood hs practically spent itseu to
night, although several mait , towns
in the river' delta were mil over
flowing. By morning th tfm w
expected to be falling throughout it
entire tsngthr -f
General resumption of railroad r-
vicis i expewe wtrmn -m dyior"tWa
if rMecMchburg .:rrqm Tlaihurr tir
WiWltMn went agtotl.nd jin tha Tni
ihg -l ad Shoal last night, .: fttV -w9
the Revenue Cutter Seminole reach
ed her . at three o'clock this more
Ing she had floated again and need'
ed -no help.
SDartanburg. 8. C. G. 8. Gibson,
examiner for the Interstate Commerce
Commission, today began taking testi
mony here tn a suit brought by th
I Btiartnluiix..CIBte.tJ9?. Commc
against ? T . eastern raiirpaos ana
steamship companies to obtain lower
freight rates for Hpartanourg. vir
tually "every Important railroad east
of th Mississippi river 1 named as
a defendant. --- - v -
Manila. Many official of th Phil
lppin government threatened today
.4.10 in tneir .resignation in con-
sequenoe of the passage by the as
sembly of an appropriation bill by
v eCgimtimies amounung ..
006.000 In the government a expendl
tnr re affected, cnieny ny tne re
duction of aUrIei " It I expected
the Philippine committee will modi
fy the measure."'
New Yorlu Dec, 10. Th National
Leajrue Baseball Club owner In an
nual session here, deferred settlement
of ah of the Problem r&ctng tnem
today untu tney eouia reern im n
f their newly elected president, uov
rnor John K. Tener. of Pennsylvania,
whose address on the occasion of hi
installation early this arternoon con
tained an assurance that he would
wnrk to nut the national gam 00
higher plan than ever, during the
four year of hi term.
Calumet. Mich. About 11.000 per-
anns oartlcloated in demonstration
todav at Calumet and Houghton for
the reetoratlon ot order tn tne copper
strike district The parade and
meeting were under the auspices or
the Cltiaen Alliance. utriaer naa
been reauested to kep in the back
ground by William Moyer, president
ef th Western Federation of Miner
However, at the Qulncy mine striker
attacked deputy heriff whtiw a di
vision of .the Houghton parai wa
forming and three of the officer wre
wounded. .
Lexington. 8. C. Charged with con
ipiracy In the shooting of J. Milton
Mite, a prominent ciumd 01 nurr
huriTr near here. Mr. Bit Dell TOW
hi wife, last night wa lodged In the
Lexirigtoh Jail where Walter E. Our
sanus. charged with doing the shoot
ing, has been held since Saturday
nieht. Mr HUe refused to make
statement Hlte, who I In a hospital
in Anrusta Ga. Is in critical con-
mtinn The shnotlns: occurred la
Hlte's home at Batesburg. Hlte, hi
wife and Gurganus are said to nav
been the only occupant la th room
at theuUm.
Miami. Fla, The body of William
Deertng, pioneer harvester machinery
manufacturer. . who died nere last
niaht will b taken tu Evanston, 111.
today. Funeral service will be held
there Saturday or Sunday. Mr. Deer-
ing was brought W Mimt-il week
ago in a helpless condition and waa
ticken to hi country home. He never
milled. Death wa caused by paral
v.i Mr. Deerlna' name stands at
the forefront in the development of
harvesting machinery. Me staked his
fortunV thirty year ago on the auto
m.tic 'binder deMce for wheat hr-
vetera Its success revolutionized th
method of harvesting the crop.
inint Commission. and In. a .few
month legislation probably will be
recommended to Congress and to the
Canadian parliament looking to th
prevention of water pollution along
t.000 mile of the Northern lnternt
ionaJ boundarysr ' Th' Investlgatloa
authorised hy th treaty of 1014 be
tween the United State and Canada
wa begun last spring and ha cov
ered tke territory that tie between
the-fied -of Lake Superior and the
point wheW the St Lawrence Hver
leaves th boundary line. - ,.
. Britkdi Bubmarin Slnka ,
Plymouth, England. Dect 10. The
British ubmarln C-i ank Jn" Ply
mouth sound today a th tesult of A
collision. , ' V -
Th rw wa rescued. . -
ortant - sanitary-' . BTnms.ii.' . , . , , , -. w
Ken Efu&a V b? 3nternk(lonalllroopa Two bahS.-nd ;af.ff''.i
STOP FIGHTIHG
HJfl
fUDlFEEEHTIi
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Conservative Element of Mexi
can Federals Woulr Malce.
Enquiry of Gen. Carranza
REBElgS-JTO- PARTICIPATE
L ' .
With Carranza,-Supposedly, a
Candidate, and Catholic .
and Others Having Noml
nees In Field c
BLOWING UP . TROOP TRAINS
n the Meantime Continues it
popular pastime witn
Villa's Rebels
HUERTA ASKS MORE POWER
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Mexico aty.'Dec iO.Preslicfflf
Huerta has asked Congress again
to. ,yc$t . him... with. . fuirexecutitw -
powers to conduct the iffalri of!
the department of wai; financea
auu mc intcnor. .
A bill to this effect was fatrbif
duced Jn. the .Chambex todaj.O'hA.:
deputies approvedva measure: au- - .
etvctjritlofceto
TSihwa& U.btt thc:fet 4t g'MZZZT
ries of five loans, and aijorovkTof'7"""'
the PreslieBt'S Ttqtiest fot power : '
over me unance deDartmenr
would enable him to put out the"
remaining fo!Tr without further
formality. .
I hat the reactionary Catholic
party dement in Contrress has
been induced to see tilings" TruuXz!!.::
the President's point of viewrwas
indicated, rjy a speech in Congress
toda. b$rff ancweo- Ptsaud Gzrf r
cla; leader of the party. W&?:'
dared that he was, convinced of . -the
necessity of the country being: - -ruled
by a dictator, but he believ-.
ed the acts of the dictator should . :
bp subject to Congressional ap
proval. .-liS.
How About an Election?
Mexico City, Dec. 10. Tentative -
efforts were made today by the con
servative element iff the Mexican sov-
emment to induce Provisional Presi
dent Huerta to ascertain if Oeneral
venuatlano Carranza would be will
ing to cease fighting for the purpose
of holding an election at which the
Constitutionalist leader would b a.
candldat fof the presidency of tha
Republic or would nam hi cholc
for that offlc. -
It I assumed In pollttoal circle
that Oan. Crrsnsa would have a op
posiuon in tn prsidntil rac can-
dldate named by the Catholic-and 1
other political partiea , -
OONFISCATIOV Or PROPKRTT '
OF FOIUCIJ.bS IN HEJUOrj
Under a lvy "Made Xpcr weary to Pay,
Off Troop" Investigated By Uk
America Charge D' Affaire. .
Mexico City, Dec. 10. Th AmerU
can Charge d' Affaires. Nelson,
O'Shaughneaey, recently notified -Washington
that the property of for
eign resident 'hi the Slats of Sin-
loa, wa in Imminent danger of con
flscatlon. bp Federal authoritle av
war measure. The Charge ba r
ceived instruct ions to lnveUt- th
constitutionality of Th act, and If h
find It 1 not sanctioned by law. to
register a protest with, the Mextcsmri
government '
Ta Arbitrarily Impound. , .'
The confiscation of property ha ' ".'
been threatened In default of payment .
of a fiv per cent tax arbitrarily im-s ; .
posed by the Governor of Plnaloa,
whose headquarter Is now at Masai
lan, the only large city In the Stata
till under- government control. For-
eigner generally have appealed
through their consuls to th dtpto ,
matlo representative in the Mexican
capital The- French Minister ha re-
ported to hi government, asking for - -instructions;
but the Englasd and
Berlin Ministers have advanced their
nationals at Maratlan to pay the-tax "
under protest The American Charg
has prepared a memorandum for pre
sentatlon to Senior Moheno, the Met-
lean Minister of Foreign Affair
Tag MRceardlMB of Nationality."
t-The order of th governnLrequirea jl .
th payment of a tax on all real and
peslonal property, jregardles of tha
nationality of th owner and a warn- .
Ing 1 issued that unless the tax is ,
paid by ' December 18. confiscation -will
b suramary- ---- rr.z, .
Consular ,rpwrt say tbej gttverner-
mereiaH houses already have, closed
their door and tha cundltion of th .
people generally Is becoming desper .
au from lack of money.
' The acting head of the finance de
partment told theT'French minister
that f or-tho-Central government to ht-v
terfer would be an infringement of
State rights. He aald. however, that
he had suggested moderation. ;
Business houses, - including those .
Under foreign ownership, already hav
contributed 1 1 5,000 : pesoa't 157, 800 1
to a fund for th troops, according to
consular advice
lmporejrislied Condition of SmaH
- ... Town. .-...!..". ' t
K parade of 204 young women Into
the capital today reflected the impov
erished eonditton to which many of
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