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THE CHATHAM RECORD It A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance " : : THE CHATHAf.1 RECORD Rates of Aerticing Om Sqnar, on mMrtioa - t-00 On Square, to msrtioM On Square, on noalli S2Q For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts vtftJl ba rasde. VOL. XXXV. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N JG., JULY 16 1913. NO. 49. IRIEFNEWS NOTES FOR THE BUSY MAN MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS- OF THE. PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From All Parts of World. Southern. . Harry Stillwell Edwards' resignation as postmaster at Macon, Ga., has been called for by the postoffice department, and Curtis Nottingham will be nomi nated as his successor. This "'is the home town of Senator Bacon, and, ac cording to established senate prece dent, he is entitled to fill this office just as Senator Smith will select the postmaster at Atlanta. What virtually is an ultimatum in the militia controversy was served on Governor Blease of South Carolina, and the militia authorities of that state by officials of the war depart ment. The action was taken because of the governor's refusal to instruct the militia to conform with the re quirements that entitle state troops to federal aid. Joseph A. McClane, United States Senator Davis Elkin's manager during the tatter's campaign in West Virginia last winter, was a witness in the trial of Rath Duff for alleged bribery. "A vote for senator is worth $6,000 and $100 a day expense money," Mc Clane said Duff told him. John Dobson, a farmer, aged 50, re siding near Central, S. C, died from wounds received in a pistol duel with his 17-year-old son. It is said that the boy attempted to aid his mother, whom Dobson is alleged to have been mistreating. Dobson, returning the fire, mortally wounded another son who had taken no part in the difficul ty. After the shooting the elder boy escaped and surrendered to the sher iff. Dobson was shot' four times. General ( Having failed in her hazardous coup, Bulgaria is now showing herself anx ious for peace. No formal armistice has yet been arranged, but it is believ ed hostilitites are virtually ended. It is feared, however, that the settlement of peace conditions will prove a long task,, many new elements having en tered to complicate matters. Russia is already taking steps in the Balkans to arrange for a cessation of hostili ties. Thirty-three years ago Adolph Olson, nine, years old, was detained at Ellis Island, N. Y., while the immigration au thorities made sure that his parents were in Nebraska, and that he had a home to -which he might go. Now this same Adolp Olson, now Gov. Adolph Everhart, is striving in New York to aid Alois Lormer, 15 years old, a German lad, who is detained at Ellis Island. The lad was on his way to the home at St. Paul, Minn., of his uncle, Thomas Neuman, when detain ed for lack of funds, and because he was unaccompanied. Carl Huffman, his wife and . three children and his aunt, Miss Missouri Huffman, were killed almost in front of the old San Gabriel mission, near the city of Los Angeles, Cal., when comotive. A fourth child, .a little girl, leaped from the motor car just before the crash and escaped with minor in juries. The condition of William M. Mc Combs, chairman of the Democratic national committee, is declared most satisfactory by the surgeon in at tendance. His progress toward re covery from the operation for appen dicitis he underwent was said to be normal, but in view of his deli cate constitution, it was stated he would require several days of com plete rest. Plans for the federal government to raise a barrier against the boll weevil of the Southwestern cotton states invading the Atlantic coast states are being drafted by. Senator Smith of South Carolina, Secretary Houston of the department of agri culture having given the proposition his tentative approval. The plan is for the federal government, with state co-operation, to prohibit the growing of cotton ,in a belt which would sep arate the Atlantic coast states from the Southwestern states. It has cost cotton raisers in the Southwest mil lions of dollars annually. After having been unsuccessful in three attempts to have John Mitchell, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, made state labor commissioner, Governor Sulzer of New York has sent to the senate for con firmation the appointment of James M. Lynch of Syracuse, president of. the International Typographical unino, for the position. Mr: Lynch is now com pleting his seventh two-year term as president of the Typographical union. The police of Los Angeles, Cal., sent to the state authorities of Ohio a copy of the remarkable "confession" of Simon P. Heflensteine, aged 52, who said that he killed Pearl Bryan and commjtted six other murders. Ac cording to Heflensteine he killed Pearl Bryan at Toledo, Ohio, and took her body to the place where Jackson and Walling, the men who died for the murder, dissected It. The Bible societies of English-speaking countries distributed 14,308,595 Bi bles throughout the world during the Jast year, according to figures com piled by the American Bible Society. Supreme Court Justice Daniel F. Co halan of New York was exonerated from the charges of misconduct prefer red by the grievance committee of the Bar Association of New York. This was the culmination of a four days' trial before the senate and assembly judiciary committees. The findings were reached by a practically unani mous vote. The Italian , consul In New York is advised that two agents of the Italian government are leaving Italy for this country to get Porter Charlton and take him back to Italy to stand trial there for the murder of his wife on their honeymoon at Lake Como on June 7, 1910. The authorities of the Hudson county jail in Jersey City have been directed to turn the alleged mur derer over to the Italian agents in ac cordance with the recent mandate of the United States Supreme court. During the progress of a" dispute near Carnegie, Okla., in relation to his title to a six-foot row of beans, D. A. Dodington shot at A.' S. Jones, his neighbor. The bullet went wide and struck and killed Mrs. Dodging ton, thirty feet away. Unaware of the result of his first shot, Dodgington emptied his pistol at Jones, this time seriously wounding Benjamin Robin son, a bystander. Forest fires are . blazing fiercly on three sides of Mount Tamalpais, a landmark near San Francisco, Cal., and playground and park of all the cities clustered about San Francisco bay. Three village's are threatened. The mountain was cloaked with a mantle of white smoke, which stream ed across the bay like a wind blown scarf, but as darkness fell the moun tain blazed above the bay and ocean like an enormous beacon, illuminating the sky for miles. Lieut. Loren H. Call of the United States army aviation corps was killed instantly by the fall of his aeroplane just north of Texas City, near Hous ton, Texas. He had started his flight from the aviation field in the Second army division mobilization camp. The dangerous thing known to aviators as a "warm air current" is held re sponsible for the death of Lieutenant Call. About two hours after sunrise Lieutenant Call, making practice land ings, had risen from the aviation field, which borders the Gulf of Mexico, had turned his biplane northward, away from the water, crossing the brown tented army city, and was flying over the level . treeless section Washington Secretary Garirson has ordered Col. Edwin P. Brewer of the Fourteenth cavalry at Fort Mcintosh, Texas, to demand the release of five Americans, together with 350 cattle and thirty horses, held by the Mexican revolution ists at Hidalgo, Mexico. Secretary Bryan requested the. action. President Wilson has sent the fol lowing nominations to the senate: Am bassador to Germany, J. W. Gerard of New York; minister to Spain, Joseph E. Willard of Virginia; deputy com missioner of pensions, Edward E. Tie man of Missouri. A lobby investigation of extraordi nary scope was authorized by the house to supplement the senate probe already under way. With the adoption of the Henry investigation resolution a special committee, of seven mem-1 bers was appointed by Speaker Clark, with Representative Garrett of Ten nessee as chairman. The committee will make plans for the institution of the probe. While the house investiga tion was prompted largely by the al legations of Col. M. M. Mulhall re garding the legislative activities of the National Association of Manufac turers, the resolution is drastic. . A hair-raising story of hand-to-hand conflict with spear-hurling Moro sav ages in a battle to the death on an isolated mountain top, with no quar ter given or expected, was cabled to the war department from the Philip pines by Major General"Bell. It was the commanding general's report on the campaign of Gen. John J. Per shing, which resulted In the extermi nation of the last considerable band of rebellion Moros and the complete disarmament of this warlike tribe. None of the Moros would surrender, some escaped, but the remainder were killed during the engagement. The year just closed established a record for the United States bureau of fisheries in the number of eggs taken and later planted. It ran to the enormous total of 3,640,000,000, which broke the record made in the previous year by 173,000,000. The largest num ber of any one kind was in flat fish; of which 800,000,000 eggs were jlant ed. To increase the supply of lob sters along the New England coast, the bureau is considering the estab lishment in Rhode Island of a plant for lobster breeding. Total yearly revenues of the corpo ration tax and the income tax section of the new tariff bill as revised by the senate were estimated at $106, 625,000 by . the commissioner of in ternal revnue in statistics prepared for Chairman Simmons of the finance committee. The corporation tax is expected to yield $37,000,000 and the income tax cannot operate for the first two months of this year, the total revenue of 1913 will be decreased to $95,000,000. General plans for the descent of women suffragists on the capitol were agreed upon when officers of the Na tional Woman Snffrage association de termined that the "attack" on the na tional legislature would be marked by a monster automobile parade. 'Suffra gists from many states have advised the committee of their intention to take part. The woman will gather at Hyattsville, Md., on the morning of July 30. A reception will be held there by the local committee and, after forming in procession the long line of j motor cars will charge upon Capitol Hill. I STOCK DOESN'T PAY FOR GQNVIGT LABOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFSTATE'S PRISON OBJECTS TO AIDING RAILROADS. PENITENTIARY FUNDS SHORT The Cash Now on Hand is Insuffi cient For the Running Expenses. Authorities Would Accept -.' Money Contracts For Convict Labor. 1 Raleigh. If the wishes of the board of directors of the state's prison count for much, railroads in search of con vict labor will have to go elsewhere than to the North Carolina 'peniten tiary to secure it. In their report made, public recently the directors and Superintendent Mann insist that Article V, Section 4, of the State Con stitution forbids state aid to railroad construction unless approved by the vote of the people. The council of state, however, stands firm on retaining the system as to fulfilling present contracts .where the promoters are meeting the terms required by legislaive acts for such aid. The position of the directors is sim ply that the railroad stocA' &; oulred through hiring of convicts fails to bring Jn the ready cash, and has of ten failed to bring any. They do not want to turn down offers of cash for the prisoners' labor and run behind on prison expenses, as the present situation threatens to force them to dp. The prison directors report that the prison is now absolutely without funds except the railroad stock that is pronounced worthless. The run ning expenses of the prison amount upwards of $15,000 a month and witl no revenue except this railroad stock for labor in sight until far into thf fall, the state will probably have to put up $93,000 or more for prisor maintenance by January 1. On the other hand, there are numbers o' applications for convict labor a $1.50 cash a day that would quickly created surplus at the prison,' if the railroad stock contracts were terminated. A lengthy report by.Supt. Mann gives in detail the conditions at all these railroad camps. It pronounces the Atlantic and Transcontinental op erations a "sham and pretense" at the same time crediting Its promot ers with honest intentions. Education Board Holds Meeting. The Iredell county board of educa tion held its first meeting severa1 days ago under the new administra tion which dates from July 1 and the members of the board Messrs. J. H Hill, J. L. Bradley and W. G. Nichol son and the new county superinten dent, Mr. R. M. Gray, all took the oath of office. The work of appointing new school committees was begun. It is announced that a number of ladies will probably be named as members of the school committees. Storm Does Damage in Halifax. A severe storm passed over Scot land Neck and vicinity doing much damage to the crops. While the storm was not severe, at Spring Hill there was considerable hail and a terrific wind and the rain fell in torrents for a few moments, t is said the hail did but little damage, but the wind blew and twisted the corn and cottor badly. At Hobgood, a few miles south of here, there was a severe electric wind and rainstorm. I Meets Death Under Southern Train. Fred L. Smathers, for the pas' three years a switchman of thf Southern Railway Company, met in stant death on the Asheville yard: when he . was crushed beneath a re frigerator oar, which was overturned The deceased was horribly mangled and when physicians arrived an ex amination showed that he received in ternal injuries which resulted in hi death. Wood is President of N. C. R. R. Governor Craig announces a new directorate for the North Carolinr Railroad Company and names W. H. Wood, prominent banker and busi nes man of Charlotte, for president and J. P. Cook of Concord, state sen ator, for secretary-treasurer. The new directorate follows: L. Banks Holt, Alamance; W. T. Brown, For syth; J. M. Allen, Franklin; W. H. Wood, Mecklenburg; C. S. Tomlin, Ire dell; John P. Yount, Catawba; J. Q. Gilkey, McDowell; J. R. B. Carraway, Haywood. Mecklenburg County's New Jail. That Mecklenburg county will have a thoroughly modern prison at nr distant date seems to have been as sured as the result of the meeting of the board of county commissioner? several days ago. At that time the board practically agreed to accept the plans submitted by an Augusta archi tecural firm provided it found a purchaser for this county's bonds ir a sum between $95,000 and $110,000. The representatives of the firm ex pressed a belief .that a purchaser would be provided. PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM North Carolina Will Do Its Share To ward Meeting the Increase De- N mand For Aluminum. Raleigh. A special from Washing ton states -that the officials of the United-States geological survey believe that this statejwiill during the year 1913 do a great part in meeting the grow ing demand for aluminum, through the formation of the Southern Aluminum Company, which has commenced oper ations on the Yadkin river, in Stanly county. -- '': In a report of the production -of aluminum- during the year J912,' issued recently, the survey states that last year there was a notable increase in the use of that meal, more than 65, 0000,000 pounds being consumed, com pared "with 46,125,000 pounds in the preceding year. Not ' only ,wa3 there an increase in the domestic produc tion, states the report, but there "was a decided growth in the imports of the metal. In commenting on the formation of the Southern Aluminum Company in this state, the report of the survey states: "To meet in part the growing de mand for aluminum, the Southern Aluminum Company, with a large cap ital, has acquired 'a water-power site on Yadkin river, in Stanly county, North Carolina, and Is now engaged in the development of the property. The projected operations of the com pany and the additional fact that the importation of foreign aluminum is being stimulated by a keen demand promise a sufficient supply of the, met al in the future. North Carolina New Enterprises. The Interstate Stores Company, Greensboro, is chartered for the es tablishment of a chain of department stores. The charter specifies that the company has the power to do a gen eral department store business. The capital is $200,000 in $10 shares of preferred and common stock. The in corporators are L. J. Shaw, Carter Dalton and Dred Peacock. Another important charter is to the Carolina Bridge & Iron Co., Lexington, capl tal $125,000 authorized, of which $10,000 is eight per cent preferred stock and $115,000 common stock. The incorporators are J. R. Hoffman ' of Burlington, G. F. Hankins and J. C. Bower of Lexington. There is also a charter for the Catawba County Farm ers' Union Warehouse Company, New ton, capital $25,000 authorized and $1, 050 subscribed. Commission State Guard Officers. Commissions are issued to officers in the North Carolina National Guard by Adjutant Gen, Young as follows: J. I. Brown, Kinston, captain of Com pany, B, Second Infantry; J. O. H Taylor, lieutenant, William A. Faulk ner, second lieutenant, Kinston; R. E. Stevens, second lieutenant, Com pany I, Second Infantry; A. C. L. Hill, Kinston, captain and quartermaster; S. E. Winston, Youngsville, captain and quartermaster, Third.. Infantry; William Westmoreland, captain, Com pany E, Statesville; W. D. Holland, Dunn, first lieutenant, Company M: Second Infantry; Cf. D. Loane, Ply mouth, lieutenant junior grade naval reserves; V. E. Everett, Plymouth lieutenant naval reserves. Women on Guilford School Board. The Guilford county 'board of edu cation in appointing school commit teemen did not take so very enthusi astically to the new proision of the legislature that permits women to be made members of school commitees but went far enough to give it a trial. Four women were appointed in various parts of the county, as fol lows: Mrs. W. fe. Dick, McLeansville high school; Mrs. Laura Davidson Stockdale high school; Mrs. R. O. Gamble, Summerfield high school; Mrs. W. L. Gibbons, Colfax school. All of these are very Intelligent and capable women and with one excep tion, college graduates. Hookworm Campaign in Rowan. . The Rowan county board of com missioners has decided to put on a hookworm campaign In this county and appropriated $250 for the prose cution of the work, which will be un der the direction of Dr. G. T. Leon ard of the North Carolina board of health. . Tayloe to Succeed Watts. Joseph F. Tayloe, of Washington, N. C, who 'will be clerk of the senate fi nance committee, succeeding A. D. Watts reached Washington, after hav ing spent two days in his home town making ready to take up the work. Senator Simmons said that his deci sion in Mr. Tayloe's appointment would not have the effect of hasten ing announcement of ' other appoint ments in Eastern . Carolina. He said" that he has no idea when selections for district attorney, collector and marshall will be made. Brings Suit Against Convict. Speculation as to how John A. Cam eron will conduct his defense in a $25, 000 damage suit -while he is serving a 20-year sentence for second degree murder was started . at Greensboro when the complaint in the suit was filed with the. clerk of superior court. The plaintiff Is H U. Oaks of High Point, administrator of the estate of the late P. C. Oaks of Raeford. The deceased was killed August 31 and Cameron is now in penitentiary serv ing his sentence received after plead ing guilty to second degree murder. THERE IS HO CHANGE THE APPOINTMENTS OF POST MASTERS FOR NORTH' CARO LINA STILL DELAYED. MEN ARE UNSATISFACTORY Senator Simmons Holding up Nomina tion of Postmasters at Laurinburg, Marshall and Reidsville. His Rea son For This Action Given. Raleigh. A special from Washing ton states that ''there has been no ma terial change during the past tw.o weeks in the situation regarding the appointments of postmasters at Laur inburg, Marshall and Reidsville, where the men named by congressmen are unsatisfactory to Senator Simmons and he is having their nominationf held up. G. H. Russell, who was recommend d for appointment at Laurinburg by Congressman Page was in Washington going over the situation with his friends, and seeking advice as to the best way to overcome Senator Sim mons' objection. He did not call on the senator. Senator Simmons said that he had not seen -Russell and indi dicated that it would be useless for Russell to call, on him, as he was In tent on having E. H. James, appoint ed postmaster at Laurinburg, and did not believe he would change his mind any time soon. It is understood that Russell's friends in Washington advised him to take up the matter with Senator Sim mons through a mutual friend of both, in an effort to reconcile the senator to the appointment of Russell and the defeat of James. Senator Simmons has filed no charges against Russell either at the postoffice department or with the senate postoffice commitee, and in fact it is not a question of his being opposed to Russell or hav ing' anything in particular against Russell, but he wants James appoint ed and will not let any one else have the office. " At Marshall, Madison county, the appointment of J. R. Swann as post master, on the recommendation of Congressman Webb, is being held up in the postoffice department by Sena tor Simmons. The charges brought against Swann, and on which his ap pointment is being held up, are that he has talked, too freely In an -uncomplimentary way of a number of prominent North Carolina Democrats Offer Reward For Murderer. Raleigh. With the family of the murdered officer offering a reward of $50 the, sheriff of Wake county $50 and application to the state to add the sum of $100 for the apprehension of Henry Jenkins, the negro slayer of James Glenn, a white man in the northern section of Wake, concerted efforts are endeavoring to effect the capture of the desperate character in brief town. Citizens from Barton's Creek township in attendance upon court here brought the news that 4C farmers were In search of the negro, and every home in which suspicion hovers that the negro might be har bored there Is being searched. The Tobacco Crop Good. Raleigh. Raleigh people who have visited the Wendell section of the county within the past two weeke say that the tobacco crop has the brightest outlook for being better this year than for the past five years. To bacco in that section is unusually ma tured for this time of the year and unless there is a visitation of some destroyer the crop will be of better quality and also quantity. In some places the .weed is waist high and al read topping. Contribute to Central Highway. Lexington The board of county commissioners held a very busy ses sion of two days. Of the important matters that came before the board at this meeting may be noted the revis ing of the jury list, which took up practically all 'of a day, and the ap propriation of Davidson county's share of the state automobile license tax tc the Central Highway. W. H. Hipp Succeeds Himself. Ashevijle. County -Superintendent of Education W. H. Hipps was unani mously elected to succeed himself, at a meeting of the Buncombe county board of , education. His name was the only one placed In nomination. Mr. Hipps has been superintendent of the ' schools of this county for the past year,, having been elected in 1912 to succeed A. C. Reynolds, resigned. H has met with a great deal of suc cess during the time that he has been at the head of the Buncombe county school system. County Board of Education Meets. Yanceyville. The county board of education, n session here several days ago elected George A. Anderson coun ty superintendent of public instruc tion. This unopposed re-election makes the beginning of Mr. Ander son's fifth, consecutive term of office A statistical report of the school work in Caswell shows an increase over any previous year of 351 in en rollment and 189 in average of at tendance. .This record was made in the face of a smallpox epidemic dur ing .the term. LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. Kinston. Will Ferrell and Jack Temple, well known yoUng men of this city, miraculously escaped death when- an automobile in which they were riding turned a complete somer sault down a 14-foot embankment on the road leading south from Kinston Mooresvllle. A very quiet election was held here to determine the issu ance of bonds to the extent of $65,000 for sewerage, water extension and street improvements. All three meas ures carried by an overwhelming ma jority. Concord. The first week of the hookworm and sanitary campaign end ed recently. At every , point in the county the dispensary was a centre of interest and a large number of peo ple made preparation for examinations at future visits. Greensboro. The Normal colleg' authorities are making preparations to receive a large crowd for the Home Makers' and School Improvement Conferences to be held here during the last week of the summer session, beginning Monday, July 21, and ex tending through Saturday, July 26. Dunn. At the regular meeting of, the chamber of commerce the ques tion of a union station to be built by Durham and Southern and the A. C. L. was brought up,' and. as usual in towns of this size, the people are divided so on the matter that there seems no hope of unity of action, as to where it should be located. Wilson; Passengers from Kenly tell a story that causes ' one's blood to boil, viz: An unknown negro at tempted to criminally assault a mar ried lady near Micro, in Johnston county, but failed in his purpose. He was tracked and caught at Bagley and taken to Smithfield and lodged In jail, where he. is heavily guarded. Durham City Electrician Whitaker with his assistants went over the en tire numbeirof pull-boxes, 32, and gave them a thorough cleaning and oiling. Following this a new .coat of red paint was applied "and now the alarm pull-boxes are not only In much bet ter shape, but present a good appear ance. Asheville. A company of eighteen players will arrive in Western North Carolina within the next few days for the purpose of securing moton pic tures, among the mountains of this section of the state. The moving picture actors will spend their time near Bat Cave, where four reels of pictures were taken last fall. - Raleigh. Joe Womack, or his dou ble, was caught on Nash Square and is in the city prison on a charge of murder. The big black man denies both the murder and his identity. He says he can establish an alibi. He will be tried at the criminal term of court in the near future If the case doc not turn out to be mistaken identity. Charlotte. Red Men in Charlotte and elsewhere were much Interested ,in the eighth district' meeting of the Improved Order of Red Men, which was held at Dallas, Saturday, July 5 with .visiting tribes from Chester and Yorkville, S. C. A large crowd was present, estimated at 5,000 to partic ipate In the exercises of the day. Thf principal speaker of the day was Governor Blease of South Carolina. Raleigh. The state board of educa tion has adopted a resolution to th effect that the state will in no way a' any time undertake to revoke the agreement entered into recently witl the contractors who are to undertake the installation of the drainage sys tem for Mattamuskeet releasing fif teen thousand acres of the land in volved from a mortgage that the state holds for balance due for the state's holdings In the drainage district. Statesville. The board of aldermen is seriously considering the matter of rescinding the franchise of the Statesville Gas Company, which it ir believed has been legally forfeited by failure of the company to give the town gas service. The matter was discussed at a meeting of the board and Mayor Caldwell and City Attorney Thompson are now looking Into the matter with a view to making recom mendations to the board. ... Greensboro. The board of educa tion of Guilford county was in ses sion here recently. School committee men for the next two years were ap pointed. Plans were outlined for en forcing the compulsory attendance law for the county enacted by the recent general assembly. Salisbury. The Rowan county com missioners in session .several days ago extended the time for paying state and county taxes to August first without costs being added. The limit had been set for July 7, but the exten sion was made for various good rea sons. Wilson. Wilson township voted " f subscription to $30,000 second mort gage bonds of the Virginia & Easterr Carolina Railroad, which is projected to be built from Henderson to Wilson There was little opposition to the issue. ' Wilson. The receipts at the Wilson postoffice for the month ending June 30, amounted to $1,907.38, against $1, 405.49 for the corresponding period in 1912, an Increase of $500.42. For the quarter ending June 30, the receipt' were $5,630.24, against the quarter ending June 30, 1912, $4,527.62, an In crease of $997.38. WANT RENEWAL OF MONEY TRUST PROBE THE HENRY RESOLUTION WOULD GIVE THE COMMITTEE IN QUISITORIAL POWER. TO AID IN LEGISLATION Representative Lindbergh Makes At tack on The Democrats For Consid ering the Glass Bill In Secret Con ference.' . Washington. . Currency difficulties broke out along two. different lines in the House with the introduction of resolutions directing investigations. The first, by Representative Henry, proposes a renewal of the investiga tion of the "money trust" as an ad junct and aid to the banking commit tee In Its consideration of the admin istration currency. -The second by Representative Lindbergh of Minne sota, Progressive member of the com mittee, proposes an investigation to determine whether the Glass bill would not create "a monstrous mo nopoly controlled and operated by pri vate interests." Representative Henry's resolution would give the committee plenary and inquisitorial powers over National banks and interstate corporations. In a statement accompanying his resolu tion Representative Henry declared that It was introduced "solely with a view to aid and expedite considera tion of pending banking and currency legislation." He declared that the recent bank failures in Pittsburg emphasized the need of knowing directly "how these great institutions use their office boys, stenographers, porters ' and dummies to wreck and (loot banks and rob in nocent depositors of their trust funds. We need to dig deeper into their manipulations, schemes and con spiracies in order to understand why they so greatly dread the eye of federal scrutiny." Representative Lindbergh's resolu tion contained a sa preamble an at tack upon the methods of the Demo cratic membership of the banking com mittee in considering the Glass bill in secret conference. Greeks Protest to Civilized World. London. King Constantine's pro test to the civilized world against Bul garian atrocities destroys the last hope of those who bjilieved that Rus sia would succeed in inducing the bel ligerents to accept arbitration. The spectators of the struggle have been confident throughout that Servia would prove amenable to the coun sels of moderation in view of the ap palling losses she sustained from Macedonia, but were less hopeful that Greece woud listen to reason, as her people and army are obviously intoxi cated by the victories over the dread ed Bulgars. Placed in Embarrassing Position. Washington. The War Department officials have been placed in an em barrassing position, it became known recently, by a request from agents of the French Government for assistance of the Department's Ordinance Bu reau in perfecting the smokeless pow der now used by the French Army and Navy. A series of. unexplained x disastrous explosions in the French magazines aboard ship and ashore Is. said to have led to this request, which is quite unusual in view of the con sistent efforts made by most Nations to protest the secret of their powder preparations. Four Killed, Score Hurt in Collision. . Cambridge, Ohio. Four persons were killed, a fifth probably fatally In jured and a score of others hurt when. Baltimore & Ohio passenger train No. 15 crashed into Cambridge & Byes ville interurban street car at a cross ing in East Cmabridge. The accident was caused by a terrifflc storm which was passing over this section. The street oar conductor had stopped his car and gone forward to the crossing and signalled the car to come ahead. Ambassador Protests to Mexico. Mexico City. The American am bassador, Henry Lane Wilson, has protested to the . minister of foreign affairs against further anti-American, demonstrations, but as yet no ans wer has been received at the embassy, and students who are planning to hold a demonstration assert they will not be troubled by the authorl-. ties. In his note the Ambassador de plored that the youth were to be per--mitted to Indulge Jn public manifesta tions which were calculated to. result in violence to Americans. Mutiny on British Steamship. . Newport News, Va. Fourteen' Chinamen, stokers and firemen on. the British steamship Norman Men arch mutinied about 180 miles off this port, and attacked the ship's officers with knives, -crowbars, hatchbars and other weapons. The chief engineer, third engineer and boatswain are ly ing near death as the result ' of the fight that followed. Upon the arrival of jthe vessel in this port the China men were placed under arrest by act Ion of the immigration authorities.
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