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THE CHATHAM RECORD H A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising On Square, on insrtioa $1.00 One Square, two kiMrtioM - $l9 - On Square, one montji ' $7 fit) For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXV. PITTSBOrtO CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., JANUAKY 8. 1913. . NO. 22. BRIEF NEWS NOTES FOB THE BUSY MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest Prom All Parts of World. Southern. United States Senator Jeffries Da vis died suddenly of apoplexy at his home in Little Rock, Ark., aged 51. In 1907 he was elected to the United States senate, and his term would have expired March 4 next. Senator Davis aroused-the senate on numer ous occasions by his verbal attacks, most of them being made against the money trust. An earthquake of sufficient violence to cause a number of chimneys to topple over was felt throughout the Piedmont section at South Carolina at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon of New Year's. The trembling of the earth continued for five or six sec onds and caused people to run out of their houses in alarm. In the open country a low rumbling noise was heard. Reports of the earthquake have . been received in Spartanburg from many places within a radius of 100 miles in all directions. The shock does not seem to have been distinctly felt at points more distant. Seven men were killed and the lives of several' others are believed to have been lost when a westbound Chesapeake and Ohio railroad freight train crashed through a weakened bridge across Guyandotte river, at Guayandotte, a suburb of Huntington, W. Va. When the train was near the center of the structure the bridge crumbled. The heavy train crashed into the water, and the train wreck age was covered by the bridge debris. Members of the train crew and iron workers not caught . beneath the wreckage struggled through the water to the shore. Following the disclsoure that the city's important tax books and other records for the past thirteen years were found to be missing on the day following the funeral of Thomas Nail, aged 74 years, and for thirty-eight years city clerk and treasurer of Grif fin, Ga., came the startling announce ment that Nail had died by his own hand and not by apoplexy, as had at first been given out. General. George Hardsook, a laborer, un earthed $37,500 in gold while digging a trench for a pipe line near the vil lage of Oglesby, six miles east of Nowata, Oklahoma. Precedents of year's standing were Ignored and others created during the inauguration of Wilson Sulzer as the Democratic governor of the state of New York. All the pomp and dis play usually incident to such occa sions were lacking; this at the gov ernor's own request. "The people know thaj; an ounce of performance is worth a ton of promise," said tho governor, "and they will judge my administration not by what I say now, but by what I do hereafter." The new year was welcomed in Chicago with the usual uproar of horns, whistles and bells; the streets down town were crowded with singing and shouting merrymakers, and in hotels and cafes champagne flowed freely, in spite of the fact that a committee of clergymen and social re form workers had protested against Chief of Police McWeeny's order that cafes and hotels might sell liquor up to 3 a. m. and had threatened to post detectives in the principal cafes to note law violations, the celebration seemed louder, longer, noisier and less restrained than ever. Suit to enjoin the Mississippi river commission and levee board of differ ent states bordering on the Missis sippi river from building and main taining levees was filed in the Mem phis, Tenn., Federal court. The bill asks a process of court, which, if it is granted, will do away with the river commission and various levee boards. Dayton, Ohio, probate court officials have a plan to stop "scheming wom en" from marrying veterans at the Soldiers' Home there in order to get their pension money. Hereafter, the court attaches declares, applications by veterans and young women for li censes to wed will be referred to the authorities of the home. "The negro race in this country v.-lli be extinct in 2.122," said Prof, liliam Benjamin, thjs noted scientif ic lecturer, who has made a study f the negro race in New Orleans, in an address. Eugene A. Poole, 72, widely known as a painter of autumn landscapes, is dead at his home in Pittsburg, Pa. There will be no band of Suffragists marching behind President Wilson and Mr. Taft in Washington, March 4. The plan has been dropped, it is announced in Chicago, by the of ficials of the National American Wom an's Suffrage association. 7 More than fifty per cent, of those who took ' the examination for school teachers failed to answer the ques tions, "Who wrote 'Home, Sweet Home?' and 'What is the last stanza in America?' " MAN Nine cowboys were killed and fourteen- severely wounded in a desperate battle on the Spanish frontier with a band of smugglers, who, by the daring and fierceness of their attack, routed the herdsmen and. captured $90,000 in cash, the proceeds of sales of cattle, in Valenca do-Minho, Por tugal. Two men are known to have been instantly killed and more than a score seriously injured, some of whom may die,- when a New Orleans, Mo bile and Chicago passenger train, bound for Mobile, crashed through a trestle at Leaf, Miss. The engineer and a woman passenger were killed. Thirteen negroes were badly hurt when the negro coach plunged from the trestle to the swamps below. Representative W. Wedemeyer of Ann Arbor, Mich., wTio suddenly went insane at Colon, Panama, at the time of President Taft's visit to the isth mus, jumped overboard from a ship on which he had been taken at Co lon. His body has not been recov ered. Four Chicago automobile bandits smashed in a jewelry store window and escaped with a tray of diamonds after a running revolver fight with the police. Their escape was aided by a fashionably-dressed woman who apparently fainted into the arms of a policeman as he started to draw his revolver. As soon as the thieves were out of sight the woman recov ered herself and disappeared. The men abandoned their automobile, which had been stolen just before the robbery, and disappeared in a crowd ed section. The strength of the organized mili tia of the United States at the time of the last annual inspection was 9, 142 officers and 112,710 enlisted men, an increase of 3,864, says, Brig. Gen. A. L. Mills, chief of the division of militia affairs, in his annual report made public. He finds existing or ganizations better armed, uniformed and equipped, better instructed and better officered than ever before. The infantry of the organized militia con sists of 6,216 officers and 91,267 en listed men, organized into 139 regi ments, eight separate battalions and fourteen separate companies. A special train carrying the thirty three labor union officials of Leaven worth, Kans., left Indianapolis over the Pennsylvania railroad. Strung along the sidewalk were the wives and friends of the convicted men. The husbands lifted their hats to their wives and told them to be of good cheer, and to wait patiently the ex piration of their terms. The congregation of All Souls' Unitarian church, of which President Taft is a member, has decided to be gin at once the erection of a new building to cost $300,000. Efforts will be made to lay the cornerstone before' March 4, so that President Taft may officiate at the attendant Masonic ceremonies before he leaves the White House. Dr. William B. Craig, president of a veterinary college, who, with Alon zo. M. Ragsdale, an undertaker, was indicted in connection with the mur der of Dr. Helene Knabe on October 23, 1911, appeared in criminal court and was released finder $15,000 bond. Ragsdale was in Columbus, Ind., but probably will appear in court and give bond. Craig was indicted for murder and Ragsdale as an accessory after the fact, being charged with having concealed evidence after the murder was committed. After a fortnight of sparring and feinting, Turkey has finally shown her hand in the peace conference. Me diation by the great powers is the Ottoman scheme for emerging from the war with the best pact for the nation and for the plenipotentiaries, which the situation will permit. Washington. Restoration of the army canteen and enactment of legislation for the elimination from the United States army of unfit officers, are among the principal recommendations of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff, in his annual report. General Wood likewise recommends the concentra tion of the army on strategic lines, and in areas where it can be more economically maintained, and would transfer all the personnel of the staff corps excepting 'engineers, medical officers and chaplains to the line, increasing accordingly the number of general officers and line officers in the different grades. President Taft's last New Year's reception at the white house attract ed one of the greatest crowds that has ever gathered at the executive mansion. Clear skies and late fall weather brought out the general pub lic in extraordinary numbers, and a new record for attendance of private citizens probably was established. Surrounded by his family, members of his cabinet and a distinguished company, the president received offi cials and citizens of high and low de gree, and when the last caller had been greeted Mr. Taft had shaken hands with more than seven thousand persons. Secretary MaceVagh ordered a rev olutionary change in the business methods of the treasury department in handling the income and expendi tures of the government, which is ex pected to lessen interference by the treasury - with the fiscal operations of the-country, make the government de posits in United States depositories more active and obviate the payment of exchange on government cheques. Effective v February 1, accounts of the Federal disbursing officers will be placed with the treasurer, and all dis bursing officers' cheques may be cashed by any national depository. , PROSPERITY WAVE IN NORTH CAROLINA WAS THE BEST CHRISTMAS THE FARMERS OF STATE HAVE EVER HAD. OTHER INDUSTRIES GROW The Crops Are Short in Many Places, But the Prices Are Much Better. Many New Enterprises. Education Also Makes Stride. Raleigh. Better farming throughout North Carolina, large yields and good prices for farm products have created a wave of prosperity during the year 1912. The wave ,has been growing steadily for the past three or four years. Every other- industry than that which employs four-fifths of the state's population has profited by the prosperity of the farming four-fifths and the review of the year that shows steady progress in all lines must be attributed to agricultural prosperity. The steadiness of growth is observ ed best and most accurately in the state departments in Raleigh, which form a clearing house for the state's condition at all times. These depart ments are in the midst of reports for the year, some of which have been is sued. Others are in the hands of the printers. Without exception, the pros perity note is struck, and the state faces what is .expected to be the most prosperous year in its history. "This has been the best Christmas the farmers of the state have ever had," said Commissioner of Agricul ture Graham. "Not all crops have been up to the mark by any means, in fact there have been decreases in more than one, but prices have been good and total receipts have brought up the total to the most satisfactory point yet reached." The cotton crop in the state has been less than that of 1911, the record cotton year all over the country, but at that it has not been alarmingly less. The number of bales of cotton ginned to December 1, 1911, was 913, 000. This year the nmber was 920, 000. Increased prices for the staple have wiped out the deficit, and it may be that final figures will show that the receipts for farm products in the state have been much larger than those of 1911, in spite of crop short ages in several products. The corn crop was approximately 20 per cent short. A wet spring de layed planting in lowlands; a dry summer burned up the highland crops. The wheat crop was as good as that of the previous year, but the quality was not. North Carolina New Enterprises. Three charters, one of them carry ing the right to run a newspaper, were granted by Secretary J. Bryan Grimes. The Rocky Mount Transcript Company starts with $1,000 authorized anad $520 paid up capital. It will run a newspaper and job printing plant. The incorporators are R. H. Conger, F. E. Winslow and J. A. Greene, Jr. The Maxton Auto Company, of Max ton, is given the right to deal in and manufacture automobiles, bicycles, do plumbing, buy and sell live stock and is capitalized at $50,000 with $15,000 paid in. Relatives Make Good the Shortage. State Bank Examiner Hubbard re ports to the corporation commission that he finds the shortage in the Citi zen's Bank of Burnsville to be $33,200. Also, that the relatives of J. B. Hens ley, the defaulting cashier, are mak ing arrangements to make the short age good. In this event the bank is to be reopened by the directors. Petition Has Been Filed. The corporation commission has filed with the interstate commerce commission, a' petition asking that the Norfolk & Western Railway be compelled to give the same sates from Winston-Salem to Roanoke and from Durham to Lynchburg as pre vail from those Virginia towns to the North Carolina . points named. Expects No Hostile Action. Chairman Poe of the North Caro lina Child Labor Committee says that he expects no hostile action as to the program of the legislation agreed upon by the committee and repersentative cotton mill men in re gard to proposed compromise meas ures regulating labor of women and children. The statement was by way of comment on attacks of some cotton mill men upon the proposed compro mise to be offered to the incoming legislature. This measure proposes to leave the age limit at 13 years. Wake Is Third To Take Step. With the purpose of becoming the third North Carolina county to re ceive the benefit of the Rosenwald million dollar appropriation to the cause of agriculture throughout the country, Wake county men wilj, or ganize for a campaign to raise 91,000 to be duplicated each by the depart ment of agriculture and the Rosen wald fund. The ultimate object is to support a county commissioner of ag riculture.' For that purpose it "is de sired that $3,000 be In hand and that provision be mad for three years, &0RE RAILROAD TALK HEARD The New Line Proposed is to Be Built Between Durham, N. C, and Dan ville, Virginia. Raleigh. Application will be made at once for a charter for a new North Carolina railroad thsJ: has great pos sibilities for penetrating and develop ing splendid territory between Dur ham and Danville aad Mount Olive and Jacksonville, Onslow County, with Raleigh as a pivotal point in the construction and operation of the line. James H. Pou, F. K. Ellington, Daniel-Allen and others of this city, are to be the nominal incorporators and there is no indication as yet as to just what railroad interests are be hind the movement, although Mr. Pou insists that it is not the Coast Line or Norfolk & Western, or either of the roads now operating into Ral eigh. In fact, he says it is thus far an independent movement. It is to be a legislative charter, and contains the right to have municipal ties and counties and townships to vote bonds. It will provide for tap ping the Norfolk & Western in Dur ham, or Person' counties and building to some point in Halifax, Nash, John ston, Harnett or Cumberland, on the Atlantic Coast Line, via Raleigh and later extending to the Virginia ' line on the northeast and to some point on the southeast coast or to the South Carolina line. Report of State Penitentiary. Superintendent Laughinghouse of the penitentiary reports that the dyke of the state farm on Roanoke river, on which the convicts have been at work since last August, when not busy with the crops, will be completed about February 1. He says it will reclaim 2,000 acres which have been overflowed for 10 years. The oldest inmate of the penitentiary is a white woman who has been there 'for 34 years. She would be pardoned but for the fact that she has no home. On the second floor is the "penitentiary baby," Thomas Ncell, who was born in Rowan county jail, and is nearly two. years old. He had a Christmas tree and this was a great delight to him and to the women, too, most of the latter being murderesses. Caldwell 'County Poultry Show. The first poultry show ever held in Caldwell county has just closed and the enterprise was highly suc cessful from every standpoint. It was not known there were so many fine chickens in the county until they began to come in for exhibition. There was at least 325 specimens on exhibition and some very fine birds. The officers " of the Caldwell county poultry association, which was organ ized less tnan two months ago, did some fine work in launching this movement and it is their intention to have a larger and better show next year. The judge, Mr. Joseph Wardin of Charlotte, pronounced the enter prise one of the best initial shows he had ever attended. Inauguration of Craig Soon. Wednesday, January i5, is the date which now seems certain for the in augural exercises when Hon. Locke Craig takes the oath of office as gov ernor of North Carolina. This date, it is found, will be the most convenient in the week after the general assem bly convenes, in order that parties from the west" can be in Raleigh in force. The inaugural ceremonies, it is the belief, will be held in Raleigh's great auditorium, though this is a matter which will be finally settled by the inaugural committee . of the general assembly which will be ap pointed immediately after the legisla ture meets. Victory For N. C. Furniture Men. One of the most important opinions for North Carolina ever handed down by the interstate commerce commis sion was given out recently at Wash ington. A decision in favor of the North Carolina furniture manufactu rers against the Virginia territory, which runs clear to Michigan, is the substance of the' opinion. Attorney R. H. McNeill who, with Mr. E. J. Jus tice of Greensboro represented furrl ture makers of North Carolina, said that the victory for the Tar Hell man ufacturers is far-reaching and means thousands of dollars to them. Not Entirely Accidental. Developments in the shooting sev eral days ago of young James Home, a white boy of about 15 years of age. seem to indicate that the shooting was not entirely accidental. Pending further investgation and the result of the injuries to the boy, Frank Wade, also white, and about 14 years old, is in jail and Mayor Dickenson, before whom the warrant was issued, refuses to allow bail. The reports are to the effect that there has been trouble between the boys for some time. Charged With "MoonShining." Josiah Gillespie, of Madison coun ty, was arrested by Deputy Collector T. D. Shelton, jDeputy Marshal John Jordan and Special Employe Reuben McBrayer on the charge of "moon shining." The report made to In ternal Revenue Collector R B. Sams of A,sheville stated tnat the officers captured a large distillery running to full capacity when they arrested Gil lespie. The still, according to the story told by the officers, was located near Gillespie's home, and was in op eration when discovered. E THE MILL MEN OF THE STATE DO NOT WANT THE LABOR LAW ALTERED. BIG MEETING AT CHARLOTTE Cotton Manufacturers Demand Com pulsory Educational Law A Com promise Agreement With the Child Labor Committee is Voted Down. Charlotte. In point of attendance, vested interests represented and top ics discussed and acted upon, the spe cial meeting of the Cotton Manufac turers' Association of North Carolina which wah held in this city recently, was perhaps the most important since the organization was formed many years ago. The meeting was called for the purpose of hearing the report of the legislative committee, which, in view of the fact that the general as sembly is to convene in biennial ses sion within a few weeks at which time labor legislation is apprehended, was regarded as very vital to the future of the- industry. After having been in session throughout the day and af ter having heard the address of Mr. W. H. Swift, secretary of the North Carolina Child Labor Committee, in advocacy of the compromise agree ment on legislation reached at a joint conference held last May between a number of leading mill men, acting individually and the child labor com mittee, the resolutions committtee, to which all such matters were referred, submitted the following report, which was ratified by a vote of 67 mills for and 1 against: "The resolution committee of the North Carolina Manufacturers Associ ation begs permission to submit the following resolution to the associa tion for its consideration as a substi tute for the several resolutions of the members submitted to it. "The association, in the face of the meeting of the state legislature, re solves : "1. That the pre33nt child labor laws of the state are just and fair and should not be changed in any way. "2. That we recognize the great advantage of education and recom mend that as soon as adequate school facilities can be provided throughout the state, that a satisfactory compul sory education law be passed. "Signed) R. R. Ray, chairman, and S. B. Tanner, W. C. Ruffin, J. W. Can non and John L. Patterson, commit tee." Work Against Hookworm. Raleigh. The 1912 report of Dr. John A. Ferrell, as state director, to the Rockefeller sanitary commission, j on the progress of the campaign against hookworm infection in this state shows that for every day in the year except Sundays an average of 434 persons were examined micro scopically, making a total of 135,867 persons examined and to the 43,132 found infected 96,176 treatments have been dispensed. In addition to these 1,700 physicians have sent in reports showing .that they have treated 15,859 persons. Roster of Members of Legislature. Raleigh. Secretary of State Grimes has issued a leaflet containing the rotser of the members of the legisla ture, which is soon to meet. The Democrats, Progressives and Republi cans are all indicated. The senate is mighty nearly all one way, the Repub licans having only three senators and the Progressives having none, while in the house there are five Progres sives and 13 Republicans. Corn Exhibits in Anson. Wadesboro. At each school in An son county a corn exhibit will be held on January , 10. Each exhibit is to consist of ten ears of corn, to be se lected by the pupil and taken to his school. On January 11 a big event will take place in Wadesboro. On that day many of the schools are planning to come in decorated wagons, as they did on the ax handle day. Many prizes are to be given. Report of Road Commissioners. Hickory. A statement showing the disbursements of the Hickory Town ship road commissioners, who are building the sand-clay roads, was is sued. Flagman Was Run Over. Waynesville. Flagman Walter Messer, one of the crew of a west bound freight train, stepped from a moving car on the main line and. was run over by the Goldsboro passenger train that was backing up to the station. Liquor Question In Vance. Henderson. Vance county will have a word to say to the Legislature about shipment , of liquor from "wet" terri tory into "dry." As a result of the pre-Chirstmas shipments and it is stated that 1,700 packages of intoxi cants were distributed here within 24 hours just previous to Christmas Day public sentiment has been aroused to the extent of circulating a petition which states that the undersigned .fre holders of Vance do not think that the prohibition law now in force has met the demands. OPPOSED TOGA LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. Wilson. Wilson county farm land still brings good prices. Mr.- William Daniel has sold 13 acres, located two miles from the town, for $100 an acre. This land is mostly timbered. The purchaser was Mr. J. T. High and he also purchased 13 acres from Mr. J. T. Draughn and paid $1,080 for the plat. Durham. During tee year that has just closed the Durham recorder's court had 17,157 cases on its docket, 133 more than ever before. More than $2,500 was collected in costs, which paid the expenses of the court and had several hundred dollars left and contributed $6,000 to school fund in fines. Salisbury. Mr. P. B. Beard . and Mayor F. M. Thompson have received letters from the secretary of the North Carolina Forestry Association appoint ing them as delegates from Rowan county to the annual convention which will be held in Raleigh Janu ary 15th. They were also requested to appoint five other delegates each. Durham. Dave Renn, son of Matt Renn, farmer, of Bragtown, died as the result of injuries received in a boiler explosion ten miles east of the city. Renn was working about a saw mill when the boiler exploded. The boiler was blown 150 yards, Renn being very badly hurt, though death was hardly expected. One other man was slightly bruised up, but not seriously injured. High Psint. One of the most im portant matters confronting High .Point is an adequate safeguard against fire. A reservoir with a capacity of two and a half or three million gal lons is agitated by some. Certainly this would relieve to a great extent the city's pumping station. Then a motor steam fire engine, operated by a salaried fire-fighting company, is ad vocated. .. . , Charlotte. A conference was held between the Mecklenburg Drainage Commission, a committee appointed at the mass meeting held in the interest of drainage and the members, of the State Legislature from this county, in an effort to effect legislation that will be fair and satisfactory to all parties concerned in this nature of improve ments. There is a decided opposition to the present method of taxation. Dunn Public sentment seems to.be rapidly crystalizing on the question of having a new county with Dunn as the county seat. Dunn is situated in the corner of Harnett, only a few hun dred yards from the corners of John ston, Sampson and Cumberland, in one of the richest farming sections of the South. The section is thickly populated and people have to travel from 18 to 28 miles to get to a court house. Raleigh. Commissioner of Insu ance James R. Young has served no tice on the Grand Aerie of Eagles, for the United States, at Pittsurg, Pa., to show cause January 10 why the license for the company to do business in North Carolina should not be cancelled for failure to comply with the state insurance laws. There are lodges with large membership and social clubs with social club features in many principal towns. Kinston. The Sheriff's office here is working on a case to which a deal of mystery attaches, that of James Quinn, a foundryman who was shot on Christ mas Eve night in the neighborhood of East .and Gordon streets. Quinn main tains that he was fired upon, and the fact that no powder burns, which would have certainly resulted from a shot at close range, were evident upon his face removed the belief tha his in jury was self-inflicted. Fayetteville. Suffering from delir ium David A. McAllister, a prominent merchant of Wade, escaped from his bed and after wandering forr miles on the railroad track was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line train and se riously f injured. When found beside the track his left lung w.as punctured. He was brought here on the Palmetto Limited and taken to the Highsmith Hospital, where he is being attended by Dr. J. V. McGougan.. Atlantic Coast Line surgeon. His condition is said to be precarious. Charlotte. By rolling up a grand total of $166,615.98 the Charlotte post office in 1912 forged ahead of all its previous records by the neat margin of $12,319.78. The increase alone would be considered a brisk business by many an ambitious town. The fig ures for 1911 were $154,296.20. Charlotte. The litigation between the Mecklenburg Mills and the Norfolk Southern 'Railroad as to the price the latter should pay the former for a right-of-way through the mill property in North Charlotte was resumed and concluded. A decision will be render ed within two or three days. Wilmington. The final survey foi a car line from Wilmington to Caro lina Beach, a distance of 13 miles, is now being made for the New. Hanover Transit Company, which has consider able holdings at the resort. Kinston. Marvin McGee, about five years of age, is in the hospital here with one eye shot out and the loss of the other threatened. The boy, an un usually bright and attractive little fel low was rushed to Kinston in an auto mobile from Snow Hill, his home. His injury was. received wtiile the lad and a companion, seven-year-old Bailey Cannady, were pranking. DIVIDED FEELING AS TO ARBITRATION SENATORS EXPRESS DIFFERENT VIEWS REGARDING PRESI DENT'S DECLARATION. IS THE TREATY BINDING? Som Members of Committee Think So Others Say That the Monroe Doctrine Forbids Calling in Tribu nal. Matter Thoroughly Discussed. Washington. President Taft's dec laration that he intends the Panama Canal controversy with Great Britain shall be submitted to arbitration "as soon as we get down to the point at issue," again brought out the sharp division that exists in the Senate over the obligation of the United States under the arbitration treaty. Senator Bacon, the leading Demo cratic member of the Foreien Rela tions Committee; Senator Hitchcock, Democratic member of' that commit tee, and other prominent members of the Senate expressed, their convic tion' that the United .States was bound by its treaty with Great Britain to submit to arbitration. ' Senator Root holds the same view. y ; Senator Suther land has previously expressed the be lief that the subject is a domestic one and not one the United. States is com pelled to arbitrate. Senator Bacon, in a. statement based on President Taft's announcement, suggested that the United States, if it submitted to arbitration, could prop erly ask for a special tribunal so con stituted as to insure an impartial judg ment. "I think the question Great Britain raises," said Senator Bacon, "is one that arises .upon the interpretation of the Hay Pounceforte treaty; and we have a treaty with Great Britain which specifically provides that we will sub mit to arbitration any question grow ing out of the itnerpretation of treat ies, provided they do not affect the vital interests, the independence or the honor of the two contracting states, and do not concern the interests of third parties. "The question of free tolls for our coastwise vessels does not affect the vital interests of the United, States and does not fall within either Jbt the other exceptions. 'Vital interests means something affecting the life of the Nation. I voted against the Hay Pauncefote treaty, because I thought it did bind us to do what Great Britain now. claims the treaty requires us to do and I was unwilling for the United States to be bound in that way. Union Officials Secure Gail. Indianapolis, Ind. As an immediate step toward procuring, bail for the 32 members of the International Associa tion orBridge and Structural Iron Workers now in the Leavenworth prison, J. E. McClory, acting secretary treasurer of the union, departed for Leavenworth taking with him blank bond applications. McClory did not discuss his plans other than to say that he was taking blanks to the pris oners for their signatures. -Rivers and Harbors Appropriation. Washington. The amount to be carried in the rivers and harbors ap propriation bill at this session of Con gress will be decided at a meeting of the House Rivers and Harbors Com mittee. It has been planned to keep the bill to about $30,000,000 but pres sure has been brought to Increase the amount to $50,000,000. The National Rivers and Harbors Congress has en dorsed an annual expenditure of $50, 000,000 for rivers and harbors. National Rifle Meet Soon. Washington. The National Rifle Association will meet here beginning Thursday to consider arrangements for the target matches to be held at Camp Perry, Ohio, next Summer. The association matches will be held from August 18 to 23 ; the National matches from August 25 to 29 and the inter national matches from September 1 to 9. Castro Will Give Bond. New York. Gen. Cipriano Castro, former President of Venezuela who has been detained at Ellis Island since his arrival, is willing to give bond that he will obey the orders of a Federal Court while visiting the U illicit owaiuo avvuiumg au amuu v x which he signed. This affidavit will be presented to the Federal Court at the hearing of his writ of habeas cor pus demanding thaf the Immigration authorities show cause why he should not be permitted to enter the country as a tourist. Arrested at White House. Washington. The peculiar actions of Anthony Hunt of Chicago, an attor ney and a member of the University Club of that city, while at the White House in an effort to see President Taft caused his arrest by the police. He is being held for examination as to his mental condition at the Gov ernment hospital for the Insane. When he appeared at the White House ex ecutive "offices, Hunt 'told , the officers persons were persecuting him and thai he wanted the President's aid.