North Carolina Newspapers

ya' The Weather For Sortli Carolina: Vm.it, warmer - ThurUjy; . Irlilny fair, viraitr eat port km. Highest temperature, 38; Inwrttt, SO; preciptutkin, 8. met NORTH CAROLINA'S GREATEST DAILY. 1 VOLXClX NO. 5. ALEIGH;N.C.1 THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1914L PRICE: FIVE CENTS. JIERE'S THE MAN WHO EPiTOME-OF-THE IS -TRY1NG-TO -BUvST Much Benefited By ris Restful Follows Suspension of the Pay ment of Jnterest EUROPEANS7 AND MEXICO Meets Approval of Many of the President Wilson Announces To Keep Resources of Alaska Famine Gives the Government - Vacation in N. c. Lawmakers I His Position . 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' (Br Uh Aammttd Pm.1 Washington. Jan. 14. Formal no tice from thq City of Mexico through the American Charge today that the suspension of the payment of Interest on the Mexican National debt covers a, period of aix months only, waa not regarded here, as conveying much en . eouragement to holders of Mexican bondH. State Department officials do not doubt that If the-revolution still li In progress at the end of six montha there wID be another default. Muttering pf discontent among European ben d holder, It waa suggest ed today, forebodes a renewal of pre sure upon Upa United State to take tome decld&l action to safeguard the interests of citizens of European gov ernments In Mexico. " Some admtnbrtratton efnclalsbeliejve General.il uerta has deliberately held up these interest payments to force in' ' "tervntln If possible - In their view. the provisional president prefers to yield to the I'nited States government . AO.aUv.eiier. apd tjyu-,e,ty, nytriyrixa ' himself in the " eyes" of the - Mexican people rather than to surrender the - -reins of power to- the, rebels. - Secretary " Bryan conferred with . President Wilson on the Mexican slt - -uatton -today, f ThwewerW hw, no Indications of any change in policy as a result. FEDEllALS TO FOUT BUSS. Han. Mcrcado Gives Reason for Coin tog Over and Wilt Not be Returned -to Mexico at I'remnt. Presidio. Tex., Jan. 14. When in formed that the War Department at - Mexico City, would, request the United (States to return to Mexico all Mexican soldiers driven Into this country by the rebels at OJlnaga, "Mexico, General Salvador Mercado said: tien. Salvador Mortwilo's Statement. "We are In the hands of the United elates. It never was our purpose - merely to retreaj to this country for 'safety and then return to fight again as soon as we had been fed. I order' ed our soldiers to cross the river on the grounds of humanity. We had no ammunition. For Women and Children's Bake A thousand women and children were among us. To have remained in Ojlnega would have meant massacre, What the United States will do to us I don't know, but 1 shall be glad to conform to the wishes tit my govern - ntsnt. I and my men are sttll sol diers." I'lnns for the transportation of flenersl Mercndo, the 5,352 Mexican soldier and officers, and the 1,347 women and children refugees to Kurt biles at El Faso where they are to bo held Indefinitely were rushed today. They will be put on trains at Marfa for El Peso. General Hugh JL, Scott Informed Major McNamee, commanding the border patrol here that a permanent camp had been provided al Kl Paso. THE. DAY . IN C0NGRES& ; Washington, Jan. 14. Senate: Met at noon. Democrats of Interstate Ctmmerce Commission discussed trust question with President Wilson.- IHectlon committee took up case of iter, or Maryland. Resumed debate on Alaska Railroad w. - Senator Ashurst's resolution of In vestigation of Michigan copper stajke referred to labor committee. ' Considered nominations In execu tive scsHin.: Adjourned at 6:13 p. m. to noon Thursday. ' House: Met at noon. Alaskan railway bill under debate. Representative Mondell Wyoming, introduced bill to provide for leasing of coal lands In Alaska. Sub-committee of the judiciary .committee In the ease of Represents tlve MCDermott, wno ngurea in a is closures of the Lobby investigation. Passed- Senate bill pi-escribing stan dard barrel for fruits aad vegetables shipped in Interstate Commerce. AdlMimad- at- :0s p.m. .lanosa Thursday. riNKHt'RST GOLF1 Final Players . Who WUl Fjitcr To day's Ncml-Ftnals In Annnal Tour uimeiil of Winter tiolf Ieague. . l'lnehurst, Jan. 14. The four play ers who will enter tomorrow's semi finals In the annual tournament here 'of the winter golf league, are:- it. it. Mamlock, of Foxhllls. U I., who today defeated L. A. Hamilton, of Knglewood, ,N. J, H. M; Purvfa, of Woodland. Ma'js., who won from J. J. Hasen, of Oak lend, L. I. T. A.. Ashley, of Woodland. Mas., who took his match with W. J. Mac .. Donald .of . Jhe . Calumet Club, of Chicago, and' Harold Slater, of Fox hills, L. 1 wlio eliminated Z. T, Mill er, of Dunwoodte, N. Ti- - Mamlock Is matohed with Purvaa wid Ashlfy with Slater. Mrs. Herbert 1. Jillnon. of the Beth lehem Country Club-. N. H., today won the final round- of the woman's charn jlilonshlp '.division, . from Mrs. H. B. Urmabee. of Brooklyn. Kurvtvors In the first division eon solution of the men's tournament are: ileorge C. Putton, of Belmont, Mass.; V. B. Boyd, of Bellerleve, "t. lx)ule; J. D, Plummer. of Springfield, Masa : and Thomas T. Rushroor. of Garden cwjf, I. 1 More Could Be Utilized On Farms Watts' Janitor- Turk Won't Allow Christian To Become Cotfsul In Syria. N. C. News at Washington. (By W. E. T fcLVERTO ) Washington, Jan. 14. A commit tee representing the Chamber of Com meree of Wilmington will receive a hearing before the House committee on rivers and harbors next Monday, The committee will ask that the ap propriation for the work on the low. er Cap Fear river be increased from $111,000 to $100,000. and that Inland waterway work in the territory, be pushed. A new problem In building the locks and dams above Wilmington for which the last Congress appropriated $416,000, has been developed. When work was begun on' the' dams It was found that quirk-sands underlie the proposed locations and Government engineers say that It will require $1, 111,000 to do the workv Members of the committee require a pretty good araument . before aoproDriatlng the attiotirifn'eedeiT.'and 'tinlees the lore iople -set- busy It may mean the death of the nrolect. ""The" date for Wilmington' i ""people" to appear before the committee was arranged by Representatives Oodwln and Small, ami all the orsuain !o- iftifS-wta 6:liroiign.t.W MW.'W'Wi committee to grant the additional amount needed to overcome-the un forseen difficulty of the quirk-sands. The engineers recommend that the present bill carry liA-OOQ to , begin the work.' Luke Lamb, of Wllliamston, son of Hon. Wilson CI. Lamb, was today noti fied of his appointment us special at torney In the department of Justlee He Is to report here Immediately for his work. -Mr. Lamb's appointment makes the fourth from North Caro lina in this department. Mayor Charles A. Hland and Capt. A.' J. Breniaer, of Charlotte, are here as the advance guard- of the bMl which Charlotte will wage In the Treasury Department "tomorrow for the location of the Federal reserve bank. Albert L. Cox. of the Kaletgh Chamber of Commerce, Is here repre senting Raleigh; but Ralelghis influ ence has been pledged to Richmond The Charlotte boosters..therefore, are counting on the support of the entire North Carolina delegation in their cause tomorrow. Representative Webb was busy all day today In seeing the Tar Heel Congressmen and hopes to (Continued on Page Eight.) Terms of New Currency Law - Agreeable -To-Nearly-AH Large Banks in, the Country. ifi- aw AMirttm pmw - . - Washington, Jan. 14. Copies ' resolutions adopted by the hoards of atrecyrs or i,si national banks, scattered throughout every State the union accepting provisions of the new currency law. had been received tonight by the Treasury Department. The acceptances, it was said. -Included nearly all of the largest banks In the principal cities and the list Isi bein increed-itUTly-by--ntiflcattorv from State -banks noting their -Intention 4o nationalise. ' Of the total applications received, 114 are from New England Stales; 416 from Eastern HVatest lit .from Southern Htates; 522.' from Middle Htates; Its from Western States and 84 from Pacific State. Pennsylvania lead with 226 appli cations; Ohio Is second with lJ;New 'York third with 11 and Indiana fourth with ldo. Fifty-three have been received from Oklahoma To Hack Richmond's Claim. Richmond, Vs. Jan. 14.-Mlovemor Mann heads a delegation representing the Virginia Legislature which left for Washtnin on a special train to. night to ba'k Richmond's claims for Are.flefjH Kfa-jnMlJeft:CTkn.iL The legislators are: Senators fck-h-ols. Staunton; Hart. Newport News; Thornton. Fairfax. DelegatesMon tague, Richmond; Chalkley, Hig Stone Gap: Pitta, Scottsvttle; Mtlstead. New port News: Easier, Lynchburg. iOVKNMENT OPKRAHOX OF UtNU P1ST.NCE PHOXK Opposed hi Kesolntion Adopted by IiHtrfieiMk-nt Teleiihoue AseutrlaUoa Chicago, Ills., Jan. 14. Govern ment operation of long distance tele phone service was opposed today in t resolution adopted by the National In. derendent Telephone Association, in convention here. The resolution also declared for laws prohibiting any cor poration which furnishes the . tele phone servio, engaging in the manu facture and viile of telephones. A commit lee. wasnamed to meet with the - American - Telephone and Telegraph. Company to arrange a proposed working agreement, whlcn It was said had been. Seclared-sailg- factory to the Federal government. x TtHiotas K. Gonde. Oulfport. Mies., Jan. 14, Thomas R Goofle. aged (T, a telegraph oner ator in the service' of the Confederacy during the Civil War, dlerlthere thU afternoon of pneumnnla. . Ue was a member of prominent faauilet 1st Xl abaina and Virginia.'' ACCEPTANCES ARE STILL POURING III 'rcpare Bills On Subject, With Various Sites Suggested; All Give Secretary Power to Appoint Board Committee Soon To Take It Up. Simii to Tlw Dm and Otetmr.) Washington, Jan. 14. Secretary of I the Navy Daniels' proposition to build a Government armor plant Is meeting l wttn tne neany ana eninusisnio 1 proval of many members of Congress, I If the number of bills Introduced la the House on this subject can be tak en as a criterion. ... Fifteen Bills Already. Fifteen Congressmen, with more to follow, have Introduced bills .having for their purpose the location .of the proposed plant in tbelr districts. It Congress should grant the petitions of all its members, the Government would have, to build armor-plat fac tories In the following cities: Brook lyn, Ash'aud . and . Paducali, Ky, Evansvllle. Ind., New London, Conn Moundsvtlle and rarkersburg, W. Ta Tuscaloosa, Ala., Bteubensvllle, Qhlo, Camden, N. J., Richmond. Va., H. mp ton Roads. Vs , I'hlladelphla, Fa., Baltimore, Md., Jersey City. N.'J.. nd Rock-Island. 111.-- - " " " bmnUM- la . iHMWiit. MuhiI Selajril hecretary ApiH.rt noaml txm.l All of the bills now pending before the Naval Affairs Committee on pro- plftf-fl 1e.fh.itt of Vh KTmor Tttew give the Secretary or the Navy the author ity -to ' auoolnt a board, to be com posed of three Officers;' the head of which la to be a rear-admlraL which board to. Investigate, the sites In .he several' localities and report" Upon' those best suited, for such a plant as will meet the 'needs of the Navy. To Appeasi Betorei Cuaiailttoe Secretary Ianlels will appear be fore the Naval Committee next week, when htTwill recommend to the com mittee that a favorable report be Uovemment armor plant proposaU with an amendment to each bill to the effect that one committee ur three of fleers, be dlrecte to look over; jOI the I sites mentioned in the bill. This will do away with the naming of fifteen or more separate commit tees Not (Single-MliMlod on 6ubJct. The Secretary has no particular "site In mind for the location of the plant. and he has not recommended any. If Congress will give htm the authority I to appoint a board to select a site, hei will be aatumed with its choice In the matter, It Is understood. "y. Arguments By Advocates of I - Rival - Cities - for - Reserve Bank Before Organization Committee. i Br Uie-AanaiHd r - - - - Washington, Jan. 14, Baltimore and Washington, rlvsJn for a Federal Reserve Bank, made their arguments today before the reserve bank organ isation committee. Washington bank era emphasise the Jtolnl., that a re serve bank here would coma tinder the direct supervision of the Federal Reserve Board which is to have Its offices In the capital. The Baltimore spokesmen presented that city as the natural trade "center for much of the Eastern seaboard south of Philadel phia. .. - Waldo Newcomer, of the National Exchange Bank of. Baltimore, outlined a duitnct or wnicn ne tnougnt Bam- more should be the financial center. It included sections of Pennsylvania. Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, sections of Alabama and the District . of Columbia. He disagreed with the Ideas expressed by New Tork bankers that a large reserve district should be created In the East tta yew Tort? ai Us Cenfeiyand e- pressed the opinion that slnoe all the reserve banks were to be closely. al lied there was no necessity for a bank of preponderating capital and Influ ence. The committee, will listen tomorrow to the claims of bankers and 'business men from , Richmond, Wheeling, W. Va. Raleigh, and Charlotte Ni C Ml'ST SIGN CP TODAY For Throe Years nr Indianapolis Fel- erai ijeague vmo vtui tail on se - a . ... ...... .. .. . J gotlatloiiM. ' (W the swictMad rnw.) . Indianapolis,' Ind., Jan.- 14. -Five major league baseball players who for two months have been. negotiating with the. Indianapolis Federal club, must sign three year contracts tomor row or negotiations will be ended. Manager William, Phillips of the local team announced tonight The men are Owen Bush, shortstop; George Dauss, pitcher and Pat Bsuman.' lnflelder of the- Detroit American League club, and Otto Miller, catcher, and Elmer Brown, Pitcher, of the Brooklyn Na tional League team. All of the play ers live In Indianapolis. 'Manager ' Phillips announced that George Mullin, formerly of the De trolt club, had offered to sign a ene vear contract to play with the Indian '.apolls Federal Leagu team. FOR BALTIMORE . AND Bill Unless the "Rider" Exempting Assistant Postmasters From Civil Service Is Eliminated To Inform House Leaders Soon. 1 B' Uu UmlM I'NM.) ' Washington, Jan. 14. President Wilson let' it be known today that he opposes Return of the "spoils system' of post offlce appointments UIH will rto the post 'office appropriation bill now 'before the House unless the ridger" n It .exempting lnunt postmasters front the classified service la eliminated. Holt Called On Alleged Attempt to Hreak Down Mint System. The President, Il ls understood, has decided to call a halt to what has been charged by civil service advocates as tendency lUConsress to break down the merit. system. . He was confronted In the tariff, currency and the urgent dsHojicy blthj-with the elvll sen-ire problem; but In signing these meax urs took the position that his power of placing employes In the classified service had not been weakened and that the merit system could be ap plied. T -"- What The Kldcr" Wotild Do : " -The-' rider" In-the poet ofnee an " "friinll ui ll wiiuiu Ifivc Hie pm- rfy,..,, -th .t. ,tt ,.revok.e X. Lilt M -J . ..A lthA.ani.., armit Af sim.i nIunt n. master "and appoint his successor at his discretion." " rmftmter"t3wertfl '"BUfTfesUt! "r6- cenrly wrotB ltetiresenTa.ttVB 'Mtion; c'halrman of the rnst Ofllce commit tee, opposing the proposal, but . wjis not withdrawn. . The President is ex Pfxttad Jte teforin Hus. leaders f hi views, ' miOT ANt KIU;KJ KEU Chicago, Ills., Jan. 14. Isaac M. Jordan, a lawyer, son-in-law of for mer Federal Judge Peter 8. Urostcup, shot and killed himself In- the Palmer House here today. Jordan Is thought HUr? y" b..vv...b himself. - He was ii years of sjre. Alexander H. Heyman, Jordan's law partner said he believed the suKtde was the result of Jordang despondency over his di vorce. RecctvrT r'or Iitimncr Fpirtlng Firm Tens&cola, Fla., Jan. 14. R. ' M. Cary and Augustus Eltzen today were appointed by Federal Judge Hheppard as receivers for the Keyeer Mulden Company, lumber exporters, who yes terday filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy. J. T. HIDE 0FIHEI1S Henderson Man Last Night Chosen to Head the Order For Next Year DR. F. M. WINCHESTER HIS ONLY OPPONENT Fund Provided For Sending De- servlng-Masons-To State " Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Montrose New Masonic Code Passed By Big Major ity at Session of Grand Lodge Yesterday Morning. Important Sessions Are Yet To Be Held During Today. After three ballots had been taken, consuming a considerable length, of time, Mr. J. T Alderman, stiperln- endcnt--nf the -publtc -schools of ttrr- derson, was last night by a big ma jority elected Grand - Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of North Caro lina for the coming year. The elec tion came after the supporters of Dr, F. M. Winchester, of Charlotte, had made a hard fight for his re-election tor a second term as head of the or der in North Carolina. There was a strong sentiment among the members for a discontinuance forever of the old , 1UI m uiBvuutni a.va tj - 1 custnm of giving two terms to a sin gle man, and this sentiment, after a hard struggle, nnauy prevailed ana won out last night The first ballot was almost evenly divided between Ir. Winchester, end Mr. Aldermsji though Mr. Alderman ebowed a slight lead on the second vote,, ana won ar ter the ballot had been counted for the third time. The sew Grand Master is superin tendent of the public schools of Hen derson, and is prominently Identified with the educational interests of the State. - lie has been ft member of the Masonie fraternity for many years. and Is widely known in- Masonie cir cles. Before he was elected to the highest Dosttlon in the gut or the (hand Lodge, he was serving In the rapacity of Deputy Grand Master of the order."- . ' ', ' .' (Continued raga Kight,.. Mm MASTER Bills Are pending, Which Would Enable Governmont to Sup ply7 Navy On the Pacific Old 'lobby of Pirates" at Work. IB? Ui Aamtt4 lna, Washington, D. C. Jan. 14, Con gress learned much of the resources ofMlaka today, both Houses dewot- mg most of their time ttt deiiate en puis tor a uovemment niiirosa. irorn i the coast to the Interior of the terri tory. With mts and pointer. Sen. ator Walxh, of Montana, held the floor in the Senate, supporting the Cham berlain bill while Delegate Wicker sham, of Alaska, championed in the House a similar measure lntrodu-ed by hlmslef. rir tSovpmnmm-tfwivd Mramsliln Lsne. Supporters of the project thought tonight the bills would pas both Houses, probably early next week. Home delay may be raueed. however, by an amendment offered by Henator Norrls to provide for a Oovernment owned steamship line from AlasKa to Pacific coast ports, and to the Atlan tic via the Panama Canal, This pro posal was not touched upon to-day. Disposition of the coal lands with drawn by executive order of-Presidenl Roosevelt, entered Into the Senate de bate. ' t7)TrhYh-'nfInff ''ipi'n 'pVinltng Cllts providing Mr the ifSfinji rf at imst a portion ni thtsv, .Kenstor Wnih jumU Apruw:ti.ttie tirsvity of a t rime. "The wlthnrsvial "ordir WWl merits unlversnl rommendation. but 4' Awe 'Hiw - wa jr;? P!;s?r. un imw pinrnr me gravity or .a crime. ltjniutin . ihuX the 'Wnerntutnl would, need aX-JeaaL. JtUlLuOU-iuiis al roa.l annually, on the I'ariiir for naval of transporting this qiinntity of roal from Atlantic ports would amount to more than $1,000,000, the greater purt of that sum going to foreign ship owners. With the building of only twenty-flve miles of railroad to the Bering fields of Alaska, this could be saven. he said, and the cost of eon- utruction repeld In one year's economv. Williams Against (Jnvemm(nt Owtier- Shin. " Senator TVniuims declared' imiir against the bill because he satd It was the berlnnlng of Government owner ship of railroads and no man could tell where it would stop. jjeiegate wickersham told the House that lobbyists fur the nii!-n. nMm interests in Alimka had hoen in wasmngton working asratnst the naas. age of his hill. "There never has been an effort to do anything, for AlHkA our wnat tnat same tmnch of plratcn nae neen nere monying agaln-it l.p' he said. "I know them well. 1 have seen mem nere for ten years " Dr. Drinker Re-elected Presi dent and Frisco Choseo as Next Place of Meeting of the Association. . ... U MM AUKKtlterf Pits. J vtssnmgton. ,lan. 14 With Hie election of ofllrers and (lie auoptiou of a" platfu'rin, announcing poiici to be advocated on the regulation of National, State ana private forests, the thirty-third annual meeting of the American Forestry Aesm-tation closed nere today.: Dr. Henry Wurgls Drtn Ker,iiioufn Lietnieiitm, re-elected president and Suu Francis co, (.'al., was chosen for the 1815 coo ventlon. To emphasize the prime mfportanee of the timber Industry 'statistics were made public showing thil the forests supply more than one and a ipiHiler nilllnn doiis.rs worth of products sir nually, and that the Industry employs fso.uue persons, pays f S7,UUO,nt)o yearly In wages and til Mixes f.0,00 000 acres iiniuilel fof, agriculture. The asanclHtion pledged support to tne f ederal government In the sdmin istratlon ttnd management of the na- tlonnl forests and unci adeiiuat ;i propriatlon for proper care of the timber resources. , Federal co-opera tlon with th States, especially- m forest fire iirotcf-tion was indorsed. Among (he -vif-e-pfetttnte elected a-ere: Asbury F, I-ver, South faro Una: Y.lfl'ord Plnchot, Washington Oscisr W. 1'nderwood, Alabama David F. Houston, Missouri; C.eor.ge K, Van derbilt. North Csrollna. MARTHA WAKHIXJTOV WILL Hill Iutnidiiced In ilrglnia IrfnrlkUt tw Ut Ret-rive It By 1-gal I'ro- cexlun. - fBr ttM AMPaUfi lkrnw. I Richmond. Va., Jan, 14.- Senator R, K. Thornton, of Fairfax county; promptly after the Virginia LegiS' lature ' was opened here today, of fered-a bill providing for legal steps to be taken by the Slate to recover from J. P, Morgan, of New i ork, onnoiseur of curios, the will of Mrs. Martha WaMhlngtoh," Stolen from the records-st Fairfax court house m the Confederate war. SCHOONKR DFJiTKOYFD. Tha- Fata of IU ( splaln and Cn-w l -ot lieantra. (gVT'U AiMirliMI rtwtf Seattle. Wash., Jan. 14. A wire less from the tug Tatoosh reports that the schooner William F..Garms, which waa sighted walef-togaea lest Wfnnes day southwest of i upe Flattery, ashore on Vaneouver Island. ' The fate of Captain Turloff and his eleven men ,j)as not been learned. FORESTRY MEET-. FINISHES IRK ... 'usiissawiiiH mill . , -v-Msjags - f - - I ' -was V & ( 'ff;-W a J. CG1UMORE Jmt C- illmure. iraiui,i of the new Federal Mast-hail L".ieue. In iiiet now the most talked, of man In Amer ica's nHtlonal snort. Gil more bm tin- lertaken to bust organl7d l.-ehail or, rslher. has taken up the task l renting a new major baseball league that all! be run independently of the tti4iar tiaseriH wnn,?n!iM - H hn alrvady signed . up- iuany.-firou.lnent piavers from the Nix-onsl una Amer TSYf Iugut end I'hV i-o'iiTflry" U In one of .the bitterest baseball .wars ever waged '" ' ' " Who Entist as U. S. "Federal Reservists" RESPOND TO PRESIDENT When He Calls Them Out for Duty, Either Within U. S. or Abroad Annual Appropria tion $14,500,000 Thirty States Agree. " ' tV ktmOua Pi.. Washington, Jan.. 14.-- Sermary (Jarrlpnn ami silliittint generals rep- reweritiiig initio mil (lunrtls of rnore than thirty Stuti, todity agreed on terms ofih pripoied mililia pay bill, under which the Fed ere I mtvern- inenl would provide for militiamen. who tn turn would enllm n "Federal reservwis" mihiwt n iht' cull ir the President to duly either within the I ntted Stntei or shroud. It Is propnju'd that the 'militia bill hluill provide an hii riii.il itpprcpna lioti of. 1 1 4.&II0-UOH. (if thiK M.0MU,- one 'wTT'd t.e- tnr ncNmptysert and'' maneuvn purpofis: S.uK).0'iO fr home service pay and I... 500. null for sriiiuinerii mill euiilpment. Sfcreiaiy liarrimn will lav a draft of the tneas urn beforo I'resldeut Wilson, with an explanation of Just what the Federal government tsy erfpeet-.tn-retunffor the money ttpproprtatf d. Tf the Pres ident gives his emlorKement the Mil will go before -Cnngresa as an ad nilnislratlnn measure. The committee that conferred with Secretary i!tmm today composed P.rlgdler lieneral Martin. Texai: Brig, -General Stesmrt, Pennsylvania': lfrlg.-Ueneral Hndlrr, NeW- Jrsev, and Brlg.-Oeneral Truing. Illinois. Hriga dler (leneral I'rowdcr, Juilxe AilVo. rate. OeTieraf'Wf 'b army and Hn gadier fienerel Mills, chief of . the division or. militia affairs, were prex- enl. - ' " ' " " I - ( ONI KNTIO.N OF NATION l, LF.-(1 F COMMIShlOX MFIU IIXM McmlwTH From Many htaim Am end 0ieiling Swion at .lacLiumvllIc, FbirUla. ) Hy Uif Saci'aiint IT. I Jacksonville, Fla. Jan. I. Mem bers fro tu many Htutes attended the opening here today of the Hrinual con ventlvn -of the Natlotutl lieague of Commission Merchant liuucaJi t.. Fletcher: I". 9: Senator from Florida, addreMied l he mtwtliiH uu llic sulilect I (rf Ullf1 f'f-.JIl- - ' R. S. r rencb, luiKinefc manager ot the lieague. In hie aiitinui report caus tically reviewed measures now pend ing before Oongrrw and c'eral State leglHlnturea for reiiiilnlion of the com mission, cold storaKe and transports. Hon (rpoiation". i;x;inf:fk drowm-.O When t'aiiHlrmtion Klcsuicr of lec Turneil Turtle 'ta'K- Key Wot, Flu.. Jan. tl - The To. In mli la. a congtructls-.i sicnmer of the Flagler system, turned turtle at I'unch Orassee. a Florida key sixty mllea from Key West last nuht. according to a report to the local otlice of the system today. Chaees Seymour the second . euameer . aoa. drowned, io ether details of the accident were given ln-the report Boats Containing 'Cotimmw IVmntl, Valpraiso. Chile, Jan. llTwo toataci)ni'aTtilng tKe corpses of the second mate and two sailors of the Merman steamer Acllla were found to day in Agulrat Bay, Tlerra lel Fuego, The Actlia left Tncupilla. Chile, early in October and- later called al Corral, Chile, whence she, sailed for Ham burg on October 27. No report of an accident to the Acllla had been re ceived. -4. ' - 1 All Americans in Vicinity Safe Thick Atmosphcce Interferes With Wireless Kumamata Shrouded In Ashes Ex change of Cablegrams. - tn,- im aawrtstei pMent TokJo, Jan. 1 . flfflrlal reports to night of the earthquake eruptions III. Japan brought out the following gen4 ; erat features: The small inland of Sukura is cov. ered with a lavrr of lava and ashes, under which lie many corpses whost umber probably will never be known. - Any estimate of the dead must include; a la rife number of refugees drowned! while trying en swim to safety. i Kagnehinia, la ft week a prosperous twwti of O.fltM). is In ruins, The eruptions of Sknr-Jlma isi '," gmdu.illj subsiding. The entire inland of Klutihiu. sn ara f I.DilO stjtiare miles. Is covered! WitT volcanic ashe. "' . ' ' " - . H-omiMiit acie.iu.ists deetared. tbe - eruption had er-ed as a vent for an, acute subterranean activity, and proh-j ably had saved the country from even1 m4re disastrous earthquake. At Kumainolo. north of Kagoshinuu., more than 1,000 refugees have ar rived. Ttie tiuthorltir face , the dltfi- , , culty of housing and feeding the ettt i - ; l2i'Q Y-,"-" J -J.-T'-JV" r" n Tokwi nwt By ( ) liMie. - -Tottj, st mile from the "otranifl' " UiaLUXbaacoa.. Uaa.-J,n ,wnt - Urt b patt twentv-four hours bv miniature ' '.cclons,.ci-etja ihfc, belief. Xbst tb capital was reeling some of the effecl tonight. - 1ti- Tsnnne nn the northern 'part' (if the Japan continue to giva tb go--' tLHiuieut jiiuch alarnjujinil relief m.eas.4 -urea on a tremendous scale will bei hecessary. " .'' - H. ljuiii, a Japanese statesman whoj lives in Kagoshlma. has informed thai foreign office 'that ten persons have,' teean killed' end thirty Injured there," v ' He alo stared that great confusion prvailed In the city. Km-gnlhlrcs la pr4c4ed fmm boot. - - ere by patrola of police and troops. All Americans who were In the vi cinity are saf. Several American rnlssltiTiHrte jvere stationed, at, iialo- ihlma. . . . ; The people at first did not seem to realize rheir danger and were; slow in. -trying to escape. It is feared thai many were killed before "reaching the , seashore. Thick atmospliure interferes Willi " wireless report. -4Jdicial advteest----. from hiirnamoio, dated yesterday re- polled that pine- xhrondnd with asliea from the eruption of Hakura-.flma. An oirlclal dispatch from Mlvako uojo says that a Volcano at Kirlshl'ma. northeast of KagoMlilniM, broke Into eruption mi January li. throwing the vicinity into complete darkpeas. Ash es fell to the (input of an inch In tuei surrounding dinlilct. riUMDF.XT AND I.lil'l.ttOH Kxclutngn Cablegram Over the !)l atti r. Ten of Wllann's Meeeaga. Washington. Jan. 14. An ejcohSngei of cablearsrns between I'resldervt VVII. wnn and the Fmperor of Japan, oveii the Sakura-Jlma di,iaiter wus madw public today. I'restdent Wilson mesas ge stated: , "To His Majesty, the Emperor of Japan: Tf.nvtnr-rmtrnstr'or Tfle-nrTpreceM T ented dlsanter that has vislfed your country through eartho.un.ke and tidal! wave, I beg to euie Your Majesty, and the Jauanese people nf mv d sympathy and that of the American, people, '-OOrKOW WILSON Ihe Knipcror'. Reply. ('resident Wilson received the fol lowing repbr from KmpeVr Tfiuhl-' hitoi ' "Fray 'accept mv sincrtrest ' thankV fur the sympathetic message sent by yourself ami American pertple (or the terrible dinastcr." Secr-tary of State Iji-an cabled the American UnibBssy j.t.JuJllo aa. JUt lows: - "Fxp-re. tn Rnrnn-Makino-tflllri ter of Forelitn AffaiiHl mv itrofntinU . eyiipathy on account of the dlsasier in Ksgoshimi." The lied Cross today sent the De partment of State the following me eases to the .lapnnexe Red Cross: Sympathy and Money Off rtvi by AttM-rlcan Itml Crows. , "The American lied Cross desires to extend its moat sincere, sympathy -to the people of Japan for the great and terrible dlKaMex that has Just oc curred in the Inland of Kyushu. T the Japanese lied Cross Is tindertak ' ing relief work the American Red Cross would like to give expression to this-sympathy liy a I'onirimitkm - for relief purposes, should thi be ae. cepfaWs., .... The American missionaries; station', ed at Kagoshlma in the. Island of, Kitixhin, Jftpmi, all of wnom are re. ported by the American consul at Na tafakl to have escaped safely from the dlMiHter. are; Miua 1 Al.ice Flnlu.M. , Methodist 'Kplscopal ("hurch (East conference). headiuarters in New rcrk; MlsS Har riet M. Ianalng. and Mies Jessie Nord. buff. Reformed Church in America (Dutch!, headquarters New York, and 1 Kev. l, V. Medling and wife. Southern HnptiHt conference, headquarters In , Ktchmond. Va. STY8 WITH PIIILLrES. ' IKmmii Will Continue Doing Business at th4 it Stand. ; v I'hiisdelphis, I'a., Jany-14. Charleir ft. rootn, mansgrr of the Philadelphia, National basebell club for four sea sons, today signed a contract to con- tinue as a player and manager for ar-othMf year. The amount of- sal-ay- was -not- announced. tl'AKTEB MILLIOV. lr Federal Iigiie In City of t'ltt. ctnnatl. Cincinnati. CWiJan, - 14.- A ""local business man announced tonight thai he and others had obtained IIS0.00 to place a Federal Laaguo club Hi thlg ait. 7