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rnE CHATHAM RECORD H: A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $I.0 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates-of Advertising One Square, on- insertio $100 One-Square, two insertioM $t3 On Square, one month - 12 SB For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXV. PITTSBOHCX CHATHAM COUNTY; N .G.; JULY 23; 1913 , NO. 50. ' ' - : "' - " - ', BRIEF NEWS HOTES FOR THE BUSY MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLEX IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happening of Greatest Interest From AH Parts of World. . Southern. The heat wave under which the Southwest has sweltered the last few days pushed the mercury to 97 de grees in Atlanta, Ga.f making a record for the year. The minimum through the day was 76 degrees, higher than it has been this year. Reports from points throughout the south Atlantic states indicated intense heat from Vir ginia to Florida. The highest temper atures were recorded in Georgia towns. No deaths were reported. Charleston, S. C, fell behind other southern towns with a maximum temperature of only S9 degrees. Pinned beneath an overturned loco motive, Huston Fleming, an engineer, put an end to his torture by cutting his own throat when spectators of his plight refused his request to kill him. Fleming, with Floyd Hamlin, an air inspector, was testing a new. loco motive in the Louisville and Nashville yards at Decatur, Ala., when it was hurled from the tracks by a switch en gine and overturned. T. Sambola Jones of Louisiana, com missioner-at-large from the United States of the Panama-Pacific exposi tion to be held at San Francisco, Cal., in 1915, addressed the general assem bly of Georgia extolling the merits of the great exposition and of the Pan ama canal and urging that a proper showing be made by the state New rules requiring cotton bales for export to be of uniform size and condition are said to have preyed on the mind of Joseph Settegast so that he committed suicide at Augusta, Ga. He was found in his bed with a bullet hole in his right temple. He grasped a revolver in his right hand. The new rules regulating bales would have forced him to change his methods to such an extent as to cause him big financial loss. The first scouting party sent out from Georgia by the United States gov ernment department to meet and study the deraded approaching cotton boll weevil, make a study of him so that he can be identified, and learn how the people of Mississippi and Louisi ana are handling the situation this insect enemy to cotton is creating, will be projected from Athens, Ga. For the murder on May of Aaron tampDeii, nis youtniui son-m-iaw, ana J. H. Campbell, the father of Aaron, at Bishopville, Lee county, South Car olina, with a shotgun, M. L. Garrett went to his death in the electric chair at the state penitentiary at Columbia. Garrett was surrounded by blood hounds and with his daughter, whom he forced to accompany him to the swamps, was saved from lynching by the sheriff, eluding a mob by the qulCK use of an automobile. The man request ed prison officials to kill him quickly. General A party of United States marines and sailors from the reserve fleet, most of the sailors wearing the name bands of the cruisers Colorado and Califor nia, started to "clean up the town," as they expressed it, by attacking the Socialist and Industrial Workers of the World headquarters in Seattle, Wash. A second party of men from the Pacific reserve fleet attacked the big industrial workers' headquarters in the southern part of the city. The contents of the buildings were dragged into the street and a bonfire made of them. A provost guard of fifty men was hurried ashore in cutters to arrest all the men ashore. Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, professor of political economy in the University of Wisconsin, has been selected for min ister to China. Doctor Reinsch is a writer of recognized authority on Ori ental topics and far Eastern politics. His works on those subjects have been translated . into Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and German. Doctor Reinsch was born in Milwaukee in 1869, was educated in Berlin, Rome and Paris and began his college career in the University of Wisconsin in 1899. Miss Inez Milholland, the New York suffragist, was married in London to Eugene Boissevain, a wealthy Dutch man, whose home is in Amsterdam. Inez Milholland is the daughter of John Milholland, a wealthy New York lawyer, and is herself a practicing lawyer with offices in the financial district, New York. She has been prominent in woman's suffrage work since her graduation from Vassar. She has 'apeared In her professional ca pacity in legal -cases affecting the con dition of working girls. A plot .to assassinate President Huerta, General Felix Dias and Gen eral Blanquet, the war minister, has been frustrated by the arrest of one deputy and ten others of prominence. It is said the intention was to use bombs at some opportune . moment "when these officials were driving through the streets. Documents were found on the prisoners identifying them as supporters of Zapata and set ting forth an outline of the plot. Sev eral of the prisoners have confessed. In a building somewhat remotely lo cated they had practiced the. throw ing bombs, studying the effect. MM Four thousand rebels from Nan King (province of Kiang-Sue, China) who had crossed the Yang-Tuo-Kiang, to at tack the northerners, met defeat at the hands of 2,000 loyal troops near Suchowfu, in the northwestern part of Kiang-Su province, a short distance across the northern border of Anhwei province. Doctor Sun Yat Sen, former provisional president of the republic, finally, has take sides in the revolt by openly proceeding to Nanking, where the southerners are much dis heartened by their defeat. Both Turkey and Roumania are rap- Idly pushing the occupation of as much Bulgarian territory as possible. not ostensibly with a view to perma nent occupation, but In order to pro cure for themselves a weightier voice in the final settlement. King Charles of Roumania has gone to join his army headquarters. In response to appeals from the in habitants who reside along Duck Creek, Ohio, covering an area of from 15 to 30 miles, a carload of provisions was sent from Marietta, Ohio. Hun dreds of persons are homeless in the Duck creek valley. According to In formation received, about one hun dred homes were washed away fol lowing the cloudburst and heavy rains. The streams are all receding now. Rcihard Allen, aged 58, said to be a prosperous farmer of New Madrid, Mo., is in jail at Louisville, Ky., and will resume his journey to the -state penitentiary at Frankfort to serve a two-year sentence pronounced upon him twenty-six years ago for killing Deputy Sheriff Charles Tucker at Liberty, Ky. After his conviction twenty-six years ago, Allen escaped from the jail at Liberty and had not been heard from until recognized re cently in Missouri by relatives of Tucker. Accused of buying pretty Anna Gor zo, 16 years old, from her mother for $30 and then shipping her to Phillips burg, N. J., Henry Herzog and Paul Boy were arrested charged with con tributing to the delinquency of a mi nor. Mrs. Margaret Gorzo, the moth er, asserted that the men who board ed at her home so poisoned her mind against Anna. that she was willing to sell the girl. v Later Mrs. Gorzo re pented and went to the police with her story. Henry A. Agena, an ordinary sea man, was fatally scalded and James Leary, a first class electrician, was badly injured when a steam valve blew cut in' the dynamo room of the battleship Nebraska in the dry dock at the Charleston navy yardr Boston. Agena was working as an electrician's helper with Leary when the accident occurred and was immediately remov ed to the United States naval hospital at Chelsea. He died later. Washington President Wilson ended a lot of spec ulation by sending to the senate the name of Joseph S. Davis of Albany, Georgia, as marshal for the southern district of Georgia. Ever since Senator Bacon announced the selection of Mr. Davis for this place there had been very positive predictions that he would never be accepted by the department of justice or the president. A large number of nominations of consular officers will be transmitted to the senate soon. The list will in clude many of the names contained in the slate which failed of confirmation at the close of the Taft administration. It Is said this list will be the first dem onstration of the purpose of President Wilson to continue the application of civil service principles in the consular service, as many of the officers named for promotion are either Republicans or of unknown political affiliations. The American reply to the last two Japanese notes on ' the Californian alien land law was delivered by Sec retary Bryan to Ambassador Chinda, who at once cabled it to Tokio. As in the case of the preceding notes, contents of the latest one were with held from publication. There is some expectation in official circles that the delivery of this last note will conclude the negotiations on this subject be tween the two countries, for the pres ent at least, if not altogether. The result has been reached through the exchange of five notes, negotiations beginning May 8, last. Administration officials at Washing ton admitted that the situation in Mex ico and diplomatic inquiries oyer Eu rope as to what the attitude of tlis country wouia De toward its neighbor on the south were engaging their deepest attention." - Secretary Bryan had a conference with President Wil son and the foremost subject before them was the Mexican problem. Ear lier at had been discussed at length at the cabinet meeting. It is stated that European diplomats stationed in Mexico have sent to their respective governments identical notes in which the United States' position is declared. Representatives of the 80,000 con ductors and trainmen of Eastern , rail ways who have voted to strike for higher wages and managing officers of the, railroads agreed at the white house in Washington to submit their differences to arbitration under the provisions of the Newlands-Clayton act which President Wilson and congres sional leaders promised to make law. After a ten-year contest the govern ment has granted permission for auto mobiles to enter Yellowstone National park, and army officers are now work ing to widen the approaches to the loop,", which constitutes the main thoroughfare through the park. As the work is being done under the direction of the war department, Secretary Gar rison will visit the park in connection with his forthcoming trip of inspection of Western army posts. The approach es which are to be widened are those leading to the . "loop" from the south, to east and west. Thus ends a long- drawn-out controversy. i VETO POWER GOVERNOR LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION KILLS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO , CONSTITUTION. ARE FOR SPECIAL TAXES Governor Craig Pleads For Property ' Segregation For ' Government Rev enue. Clark Urges Initiative. Oth er Work Being Done by Committee. Raleigh. In session several days Ago the legislative commission on constitutional amendments passed on final reading, ready for favorable rec ommendation to the legislature, pro posal No. 2, relieving the general as sembly of consideration of local, pri vate and special acts; No. 9, on rev enue' and taxation, including; require ment that poll tax "shall" and not "may" be levied; proposal No. 14, as to judges and courts, with the bar as sociation amendment that the legisla ture may provide for immergency judges, proposal No. 17, making pos sible establishment of one or more ap pellate courts, and defeated proposal No. 5, to give the governor veto power. This leaves. 10 proposals remaining to be passed upon, on final reading. Governor Craig, it was stated on the floor, has asked the commission to have its report completed for him as soon as possible and the commission will work to this end. It is understood tnat the governor has in mind the possible early issu ance of a call for the legislature to meet in special session in compliance with the act creating the amendment commission. The commission first, took up pro posal No. 5 as to veto power for the governor and defeated it 9 to 7, after a lengthy discussion. Senator Ward favored some form of veto power, but was convinced that the commission should vote down half or two-thirds of the 14 proposals that have thus far passed second reading, this more especially because a multiplicity of proposals submitted to the general as sembly and the people at the polls would tend to complicate matters and endanger the final ratification of even the most important such as the pro posals fo rtax reform. . . Cannot Be . Charged With Arson. "-- J. C. Holly, who has been held in jail since his acquittal on a charge of murder to answer tea charge of ar son, wiH not again be tried for a capi tal offense growing out of the old Rock Springs hotel affair. Judge Roun tree in superior court held that arson is the setting fire to the dwelling of another, while Holly was charged with burning his own property, con- ftituting only a misdemeanor. It was uggested that a new bill e drawn charging house burning to gel; insur anqe, and that this be sent to the grand jury. This was done. The first two weeks' of the cam paign for the eradication of hookworm disease in Cabarrus county produced encouraging results. Doctor Jacocks and his microscopist, Mr. Riddick, have held two dispensaries at Rimer, Kannapolis, Mount Pleasant, Flowers Store and Concord. There have been 1,166 examinations, with 150 infec tions. Encouragement has come to the directors because of . the enthusi astic advertising done by patrons and visitors. Gain in Durham County. In going over the lists of the taxes made for the new year, the county commissioners found that there has been a net gain of $295,462 in the county. In Durham township the tax values for the year amounts to $19, 891,649. There has been a decrease in three of the outside townships, and a gain in two of them. Cedar Fork shows the biggest gam, there being something like $10,000 gain in the per sonal property of this township. Governor Grants Pardon. Governor Craig pardoned Robert Lee, of Johnston county, who was serving five years for attempted crim nal assault. Governor Craig gives these reasons: "It "is recommended by the judge, solicitor and many good citizens. It seems that the character of the prosecuturix since the trial 'developed' to be very bad. The soli citor states to me that In his opinion the defendant should not be punished by imprisonment, upon . testimpny of this woman. Defendant has served about three years In prison." Fix Iredell County Tax Levy. At' a meeting of the Iredell county board of commissioners recently the tax levy for this year was . fixed as follows: State tax 25 cents, general county, 20; schools, 27; roads, 25; all special, 5; total,' $1.02, ah' increase of nine cents over last year. The in crease is seven cents for schools and two cents for roads. The increase in the school tax; is , made necessary by the state law for a six-months' term. The increase in the road " tax brings it back to the same figure it was up to two years ago. THE CONDITION OF FORESTS In North ; Carolina. - Co-operative "Study to Be Made by the National Forest Service. Raleigh. A special; from Washing, ton states that a co-operative study of forest conditions , in the Eastern Piedmont" region of North Carolina is to be made as the result of an agreement' just reached by the state and Secretary Houston. The National Forest Service and the State Geologi cal and Economic Survey will do the work, each paying half the cost. The study will determine the distri bution and proportion1 of forest- lands and Jhe relative Rvalue of lands for timber and - for agriculture:. It will take into account the present status of lumbering, the causes and effects of forest fires, and . will recommend a system of fire protection and of forest planting. - The study just arranged supple ments two already completed In the more mountainous regions of . the state. The first, a study of forest conditions in the Appalachians, . has been published as a state report. A study of the ' forests of the western Piedmont region was completed re cently and the results are being pre pared for publication. . When the study of the eastern Piedmont re gion is finished it is planned to pro ceed to a similar study of the coastal plain region, so that eventually the entire state will be covered by a for est survey. North Carolina New Enterprises. New firms chartered to do business by the secretary of state were the following: The Reedy Fork Roller Mills , Company, of Brown Summit, Guilford county, to operate a flour and grist mill, with a capital stock of $50,000, with $600 subscribed. The subscribers are: J.' L. Haynes, C. A. Bray and J. P. Sanders, of Greensboro. The First National Taxi-Typewriter Company amended its charter so as to change its principal office from Greensboro to Wilmington. The Model Mill Company, of Altapass, Mitchell county, amends its charter so as to provide .for issuance of $50,000 pre ferred stock in addition to the $50,000 capital stock. The board of directors of the Charlotte Medical Journal Com pany, of Charlotte, changes its:har ter so as to provide for the crea tion of 2,800 preferred stock. The lo cation of the principal office of the Virginia-Carolina Lurnber Company is transferred from Elizabethtown, In Bladen county, to Greensboro. Will Move Case To Another County. Out of a special venire of 75 . men not a single one could qualify as a ju ror in the case of the State vs. Nancy Kurley, charged with the murder of her grandchild, Roberta Putnam, last February and in consequence Judge darland S. Ferguson, who is presid ing over this term of Haywood supe rior court, ordered the case moved to Swain County where it will be tried at the first term. The Kurley woman left the home with the child, presum ably to take it to the county home. It is alleged that she placed it in al hole in a cliff and, left it to die from starvation and exposure. Just Freight Rate Association. At a meeting of citizens held in Commercial Club rooms, Statesville, the Iredell Just Freight Rate Associa tion was organized. The organization followed addresses by Hubert Ram seur of the North Carolina Just Freight Rate Association, Mr. E. Mor rison and others. The local associa tion is a branch of the state associa tion. Mr. E. Morrison was elected president, Mr. W. B. Gibson vice-president, Mr. W. L. Gilbert secretary and treasurer, Messrs G. E. French an I R. L. Poston, members of the execu tive committee. Many Candidates For Mebane. Representative Stedman has receiv ed application and endorsements from nine candidates for tne office of post master at Mebane. There may be others. Those so far eiiterea are P. M. Cheek, H. E. Wilkinson, W. S. Da vis, E. Y, Ferrell, "James T. Isley, Wil liam Satterfield, George E. Holt, J. S. Vincent and James T. Dick., J. A. Spence, of Asheboro called on Repre sentative Page in the interest of E. L. Auman, candidate for postmaster. Fogleman Released on Bond. John E. Fogleman, the young white man who was convicted at the last term of court of second degree mur der and was sentenced to 30-years im prisonment by. Judge R. B. Peeples, was released from jail. " He was convicted of the murder ' of W. H. Tucker. His bond of $5,000 in the murder ; case was made by D. E. Thomas and W. S. Shaffer and C. B. Wilkerson stood security) for a bond of $2,500 required for "nis appearance for trial on a number of retailing cases. ., " A Troublesome Question Decided. A rather troublesome question of patronage was decided when Ernest Xi Auman was recommended by Rep resentative' Page r as postmaster at Asheboro. Although the office is a third class one," it now pays $1,900 with an allowance for clerk hire -and not a few of Mr. Page's constituents had designs on the job. The contest recently narrowed down to Mr. Au man, Frank McDowell and Hal M. Worth. The friends of the candidates went to no little trouble to get en dorsements for their favorites. NEAR ITS SOLUTION RAILROADS AND STATE OFFI CIALS HAVE ALMOST REACH ED AGREEMENT. NO FIGHf IS EXPECTED The Conference to Be Held at , Old Point Comfort, Va., " in the Near Future Will End Controversy It l ." Thought. Raleigh, Further progress was made by railroad officials, the corpor ation commission and Governor Craig in an effort to reach aq amicable set :lement of freight rate discrimmination against North Carolina shippers and the corporation commission and traf fic managers will 'work out a joint, schedule for-final agreement in con ference at Old Point Comfort in the near future. . The counciKof state participated in the conference, which was a sequel to the three conferences held; recent ly between th railroad officials and corporation commission. Gov. Craig and members of the council of state, as well as the commission are much pleased w.ith the progress made, and all are much more hopeful of early settlement without a legislative fight. Presidents and others of the high est officials of the railroad were here for the conference which was held behind closed doors. , Governor Craig made a. five-minutes talk, opening the conference, in which he reiterated the position of the state in expecting complete re lief from discriminations and his de termination to exhaust the resources of the executive department in an . f fort to obtain relief. Chairman Travis of the corporation commission reviewed recent efforts at agreement and the demands made in the interest of Carolina shippers mak ing it clear that nothing less than 25 per cent reduction of present rates, these reductions to apply to the most-generally-hacdled classes of freight, could be seriously considered by the state authorities. There was a response to these statements by General Counsel Thorns of the Southern Railway, In which he presented the matter from the viewpoint of the railroad companies. One Brother Shoots Another. , Wilmington. Following a general disturbance which he Is said to have made at the home of nis brother, on Wrightsville Sound, Archie Hanby was fired upon by ftouis Hanby and wounded in the calf of his leg. Three shots were fired; but one took effect and that only slightly. Louis Hanby surrendered to Justice Harris and was recognized for his appearance. The brothers, are prominent citizens of the section. It is claimed there has been a controversy between them with reference to the division of their tfa ther's estate. Must Leave State if Released. Asheville. Upon a promise that he would leave the state of North Caro lina and would never return to this state, Albert Hastings, a resident of Ohio, who has been spending several weeks (at Black Mountain for his health, was released from serious charges instituted against him, by Su perior Court Judge Frank Carter sev eral days ago. Hastings was arrested on a warrant sworn out aginst him and has been held in the county jail without bond since that time. Stacy Has Instituted Suit. Wilmington. W. P. Stacy, receiver of the States Trust Company, institu ted suit in superior court here against the Merchants National Bank of Ral eigh for $1,500, which it is alleged the Raleigh institution agreed to lend to" the company for which Mr. Stacy Is receiver, but after receiving the note, properly executed with $4,000 collateral attached, refused to make t,he loan and is holding the collateral to; apply to an overdraft of, $251, de clining to return it on demand. Inspection of Sand-Clay Roads. Fayetteville. On a tour of .inspec tion of the sand-clay roads of this part of -the state, 15, Goldsboro busi ness and professional men, trustees of the Wayne County Good Roads As sociation, rode Into -Fayetteville re cently, spent .the night here and left the next morning for Jackson Springs by way of Raeford. These men are Interested in road-building in their own county and are making a special study of the sand-clay roads, used so much in this section, . notably In Moore county. . Board of Equalization. Greensboro. The Gujlford county board of equalization f taxation as sessments met recently to hear1, the compalints regarding the assessment. Only one complaint was made .by prop erty owners and that was about a small matter. The board heard sev eral -reports, from listakers 'about property they thought assessed at too low a rate. The biggest increased as sessment made was the adding of $10, 000 to the valuations of the merchan dise of the Bee3on Hardware Com pany of High Point. : " LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties.' Washington. Downingsville and Whitelake, both in Bladen county, be discontiiued as post offices July 31. Brodie, -Warren county, will suf fer the same fate. Newton. Thomas Edwards . has sold five hundred dozen ears of corn from one and one-quarter acre of land. He, will have 300 dozen more from the same field. At fifteen cents per dozen this amounts to $120.- -"Rateighl The Nortli.Xjarolina' His torical committee has received from Maj, E. J. Hale of Fayetteville a com plete file of the Fayetteville Observer from 1825 to 1864, Major Hale's fa ther having been editor during a por tion of this period. High Point. Guy McCullum, color ed, is dead as a result of being struck by a motor cycle ridden by J. K. Greer. Greer was riding along the road from High Point, to , Jamestown, near the negro's home and ran into him. ... ' ' - Raleigh. The state board of osteo pathy, has licensed four new practi tioners for North Carolina. They are Charles J. Alexander, Burlington; Floyd J. Swift, High Point; Richard E. Brindle, Waynesville; F. L. Jor dan, Elizabeth City. Winston-Salem.--Morris Kelly, col ored, while at work on a trolley flat car came in "contact with a live wire and was almost instantly killed. One of the bulbs pf a light circuit was broken and Kelly caught hold of a beam where the circuit had been ex posed. ' ; Benson. Darry Allen,- of this place, charged with receiving 120 pint bot tles of beer recently, was tried before Recorder F. H. Brooks, at Smithfield, and convicted. He was fined $100. The officers here are taking advantage of the search and seizure act and are keeping a close watch on the "boys." Salisbury. Near Whitney, W. C. Parker, foreman for the H. B. Harda way Company, was attacked -by one of the negro laborers and was forced to shoot in self-defense. Five shots are said to have taken effect in the negro while he was-cutting the fore man. x Henderson. While walking on the main line near the Seaboard Air Line station, Richard Foster, colored, at tempted to avoid an approaching freight and left the track to be caught under a switching engine coming in the opposite direction, resulting in the loss of his foot and a broken leg. Salisbury. The Fourth Company Coast Artillery Corps is taking spe cial Instruction under Sergeant Holt of the United States army in range, finding and artillery drills. This is preparatory to the encampment at Fort Caswell, to which place the company will go 70 strong August 4 for a 14-days' practice. . Henderson. Chief of Police Par rish, Policeman . Champion and Sher iff Royster ran down and captured the king of the local blind tigers of this city, when armed with - search and seizure warrant they raided the res taurant of Lewis Allen, colored, down on Garrett street, near the Southern Grocery Company. Weldon. At a largely attended meeting of leading business men of Weldon recently a Just Freight' Rate Association was organized for Weldon with the following oTIcers: Presi dent, W. T. Shaw.; vice-presidents, E. Clark, A. C. House and D. R. Ander son; secretary-treasurer, W. A., Pierce. Wfnston-Salem. J. B. Christian and Dr. E. R. Carter, both colored, who conduct drug stores in this city, were convicted in the municipal court on the charge of keeping Intoxicating li quors for division and distribution among others. A The judgment of the court was that each of the defendants serve a term of six months on the roads. r - ' ' ; , " . China - Grove. The second of Aug gust will be a great day for China Grove, if the citizens carry out their program. On this day a .farmers' in stitute will be held. The citizens have' contributed liberally and they propose to furnish music and amuse ment for; the farmers. A publicity committee is at work advertising to get thousands of people to come. Asheville. At the coming tourna ment of the North Carolina Firemen's Association, the department of this city will be" well represented and the local laddies are practicing daily for going upon the track at the state meeting of the smoke-eaters. Elizabeth City. The teachers in stitute for Pasquotank, Camden and Currituck counties began here recent ly. A large number of public school teachers from these counties are in; attendance upon the institute which is being conducted by Prof. Griffin and Miss Boyce. The institute will last two weeks. " Waynesville. After being out two hours, the jury found Hardy Sorrels, who killed his cousin, Henry Sorrels, on, Easter Sunday, near Fairview church, guilty of murder In the sec ond ' degree. 'Sentence has not yet been passed. ' Salisbury. rThe, city of Salisbury has supplied the policemen of the town with stop watches to be:used In determining the speed of automo biles. Drivers making a block In less than 37 seconds will be carried before Judge Klutz, of Rowan court, who is determined to keep down tne speed in this city. PLAN EXTENSION OF PARCEL POST THE IMPROVEMENV IN SYSTEM AND REDUCTION IN RATES ANNOUNCED. ' v . ' , IS A LONG STEP FORWARD Postal Experts Estimate That The . Proposed Changes Will Add to Rev enue of Department 'First Step To ward Universal Extension. . Washington. Plans for the exten Blon, improvement and' reduction in rates of the parcels post were an nounced by Postmaster General Bur leson. The changes, which are to be come effective on August 15, include an' increase from 11 pounds to 20 pounds in the maximum weight of parcels; a material reduction in the postage rates in the first and second zones, and the abandonment of the parcel post map as a means of com puting, rates and the substitution for it of a rate charge individualized to every postoffice in the United States. The pmns contemplate the purchase of a large number of automobiles to be used exclusively ror the delivery of parcel post matter. While, for the present, the maxi mum weight limit of 20 pounds and the reduction in rates will apply only to the first and second zones, from "any given postoffice a distance of about 150 miles the change directed constitute the first long step towards a universal extension of the system and a general reduction in the rates of postage on parcel matter. III! 1 ii-J J T t said Postmaster General Burleson, "that eventually and it may be 15 or 20 years the ' postal service will handle practically-all of the small package transportation business in the United ' States. The maximum weight limit, extended now from 11 to 20 pounds, I expect to- see increased v to 100 pounds and experience may demonstrate the practicability of handling the parcel business at even lower rates than we now propose, i "In the 'makings of extensions and reductions of rates It is necessary for us to proceed with caution, so as to afford ample opportunity to prepare for the Increased business. !For that reason we have made the changes prbposed apply only to the first and second zones. I appreciate fully the sentiment for an increase in the weight limit and a reduction in rates to all zones, but it is necessary for us, in a sense, to feel our way." National Policy Toward Nicaragua. Washington. A new policy toward Nicaragua involving the actual con trol of affairs of that republic by the United tSates through a protectorate similar to that exercised over Cuba, was outlined by Secretary Bryan, at a private conference with members of" the senate foreign relations commit tee. Mr., Bryan's proposal, coming as a complete surprise to most of the members of the committee, has been taken by many senators as the first pronouncement of a general policy on the part of the administration to extend American control over the countries surrounding the Panama canal, and to assure that stability of Central American republics and the domination of the United States of their relations with other greal. powers. , Quiet HasvBeen Restored. Seattle, Wash. Quiet has been re cored in the streets through which sailors and marines of the Pacific re serve fleet swept wrecking the-headquarters of thr Industrial Workers of the World anc radical Socialists and the police were confident there would be no serious renewal of the disor ders. A number of men from the fleet were ashore supplied with mon ey, 40 having been permitted to draw pay, but with the sailors also came ashore a large patron, under com mand of one . of the captains of the fleet, prepared to round up the meD if any disorder was reported. Simmons Defends New Tariff Bill. Washington. Debate on the tariff began In earnest with Chairman Sim mons proclaiming the new bill a sat isfactory answer .to the demands for downward revision and Senator Cum mins speaking from a progressive Re publican standpoint, predicting that it would carry the Democratic party to defeat. Senator Simmons replied to contentions that the bill discrimi nated against the farmer. Senator . Cummins asserted that the Demo cratic party had treated the farmer as an outlaw. ' . The Attitude of Japan. 'Tokio Disappointment is felt ia Japan in connection with the Ameri can reply to the last tw.o Japanese notes on the subject of the California, alien iand ownership legislation. This does not accept any of the Japanese contentions that the bill violates the Japanese-American treaty. The situ ation has reach a deadlock. Japan has not decided on her next, step but is desirious of maintaining friendly re lations that it is not believed she will adopt retaliatory measures.
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