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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 One Square, on msrtioa $1.00 One Square, two mttHom ' ttEO -On Square, one moath S20 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts wtU , bomade. vol: xxxvi PITTSBOrtO, CHATHAM COUNTY. N AUGUST 27. 1913; NO. 3. B IF NOTES FOR THE BUSY IN 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. While on her knees, pleading piti fully for her life, Mrs. Ethel Denson of Key West was shot to death on the street by her husband, Benny Den son. Two negroes were eye-witnesses to the tragedy, but were afraid to interfere. Denson, who "followed his wife from Key West to Tampa sever al weeks ago, discovered her working ia a restaurant. He threatened to kill her if she did not return with him. The twenty-five guests at the Reid hotel at Union City, Ga., narrowly es caped death when fire was discovered in the building. Within a few min utes after the fire call was sounded, the hotel was a mass of flames, and nothing but a few personal effects were saved. Valiant work on the part of the volunteer fire department saved the office building of the Farm ers Union, a two-story $10,000 brick structure. The county commissioners of Floyd county, Georgia, have instructed the county clerk to take up with the Geor gia delegation in congress the ques tion of securing a branch of the pro posed Johnston-Sherman highway through that county. The present plan makes the nearest point to Rome, Kingston, in Bartow county, which is 17 miles away. The historic fact is, however, that while Sherman's army did not visit Rome, other troops were frequently in and out of that section, and for several months made that point their headquarters. The government lock, about eight miles from Rome, Ga., on the Coosa river, will be finished about Septem ber 20, and boats will then pass through. The work was started in 1910, and $271,000 has been expended on its construction. Senator Bankhead of Alabama, after conferring with other . members of ti e senate, has concurred in the de i .and on the governor of Alabama to ! the legislature together and not : anger the tariff bill by the absence .' ne Alabama senator. As the Dem- .itic majority in the senate is only t -. owing to the defection of the 1 uisiana senators, and as a senator i ' very ill and likely not to be pres- t -.it seems that the situation imper- a :vely demands some action to fill ti e vacancy caused by the death of Senator Johnston, and hence this ac tion is solicited. General. Cole Younger, the former bandit, a member of the James Boys gang, became a member of the Christian church at a revival meeting at Lees Summit, Mo. W7hen the evangelist, after finishing his sermon, invited per sons in the audience to join the church, Younger was one of the first to go forward to the altar rail. At the conclusion of the service the evangelist said that those in the aud ience who cared to do so might re main and shake hands with Younger. A deadly charge of dynamite, three 10-inch sticks and two halves with a fuse and detonator, was discovered near Mayor Gaynor's office window in the city hall. The bureau of com bustibles found that the explosive was 40 per cent, dynamite, the regulation blasting proportion, and the amount would, if, exploded, have wrecked the city hall. Mayor Gaynor evinced little interest when told of the explosive's proximity and remained apparently undisturbed at his desk, while police officers hurriedly drew a cordon about the dynamite to keep back an excited crowd. With Edward E. McCall's accept ance of Tammany Hall's designation as its candidate for mayor; and John Purroy Mitchell, collector of the port, already picked to lead the Fusionists. Mayor William J. Gaynor was placed in the list for re-election on an In dependent ticket by "his friends for mayor of New York. Mayor Gaynor had issued a statement indicating his willingness to be a candidate, Envin Tungren; a stationary engi neer at Index, lined up five persons against the wall of the Gray hotel at Everett, Wash., and, after robbing them, fired a fusilade from two pis tols, killing Miss Dorothy Dunbar, pro prietor of the hotel, and wounding two others. Tungren escaped. He had re fused to leave the hotel "when Miss Dunbar asked him to go. Instead he drew two pistols and ordered her to stand against the wall. Four men in an adjoining room were called out and lined up with her. .v Twenty-five or more passengers and seven members of the crew of the Pacific Coast Steamship compa ny's steamer, the State of California, perished in Cambier bay, 90 miles south of Juneau, Alaska, when the vessel struck an uncharted rock and sank in three minutes, with many passengers imprisoned in their state rooms. The steamship left Seattle for Skagway and way points.. The purser lost all of his records and it is not possible to give a complete list of the missing. .The uninjured survivors were taken to Seattle on the steamer Jef ferson. Five motorcycle riders crashed to gether at Milwaukee, Wis., during a five-mile race at the motordrome, and as a result Fred Bowen of New York City is in the hospital with a broken- shoulder and serious internal injuries and four .other riders are suf fering from severe cuts, bruises and minor injuries. Emile Ollivier, premier, of France under Napoleon III, died at Annecy, France. He was born at Marseilles July 2, 1825, and came into interna tional prominence when he was chos en by the emperor as arbiter of the differences which arose relative to' the isthmus of Suez, and it was upon his report that the final decision was founded. Fifty thousand business men and farmers of western Missouri, it was es timated, burnished their picks and shovels and - prepared to shoulder them to take part in Missouri's two good road days, the slogan for which is "Pull Missouri Out of the Mud." Harry K. Thaw is under arrest at Coaticook, Quebec, and will be held until the Dominion government de cides what can be done in his case. Thaw said the authorities had no right to hold him and that there was nothing for which he could be extra dited and sent back to New York state. .Deputy sheriffs and private guards were thrown about the Pocantico es tate of John D. Rockefeller with in structions to keep a lookout for stran gers and to watch the movements of several new employees. The reason for the precaution was the discovery of a quantity of inflammable material near the Japanese tea house. Several weeks ago incendiary fires caused much damage to buildings on the es tate near Tarrytown, N. Y. An explosion on a gondola loaded with dynamite on the tracks of a street j car company in a thickly set tled portion of Tacubaya, Mexico, a suburb of the capital, killed or injured more than one hundred persons, chief ly women and children. Thirty bodies already have been taken from the ruins of the houses. Scores of wound ed are lying in the streets. The dis aster was said to have been caused by a collision between a car loaded with iron pipe and a dynamite car. For a radius of 500 feet from the explosion scene not a house was left intact. Most of the dwelling are of adobe construction. Washington. The Huerta administration in Mex ico may reconsider its rejection of the American proposals to restore peace in Mexico and arrange a new basis for negotiation with the United States. Strong intimations to this ef fect reached official Washington along with the information that the financial condition of the Huerta ad ministration was such that a crisis was imminent. Should the Huerta gov ernment decide to enter into a new basis of discussion, President Wilson, in all probability, will not read his message to both houses of congress, as he intended. It is reiterated that the United States will continue to in sist upon the resignation of President Huerta. Federal Judge Emory Speer of Geor gia, charged with official misconduct in papers filed with the house com mittee on judiciary, may attend any hearings that the committee may have to take evidence in the case. He telegraphed td' Representative Hughes of Georgia, a life-long friend and college classmate, asking that he arrange for his appearance at the proper time. Mr. Hughes immediately conferred with Chairman Clayton of the committee, and later notified the judge that he would be permitted to be present with counsel. Intimations are contained in Provi sional President Huerta's reply to the American note presented by John Lind that President Wilson is not backed up by congress or the Ameri can people in his1 stand against recognition- of the Huerta government. Huerta holds that the Democratic par ty's power is temporary, and argues that the recognition of his government is a partisan question in the United States. He intimates that he reaches his conclusion on private advices from Washington. The complete note is not yet at hand, First deposits of the government's $50,000,000 fund to aid crop move ments will be made in the Southern states in August and September. All deposits in all states will be made in tw equal allotments. In a state ment Secretary McAdoo has outlined the treasury department's require ments. Commercial paper may con sist of first class business paper, exe cuted by individuals, firms or corpo rations of good standing. No commer cial or business paper will be approv ed by the secretary. until it has been unanimously approved and recom mended by a committee appointed for that purpose, to consist of six mem bers. Representaive Adamson introduced bills to appropriate $60,000 each for postoffice buildings at Greenville, Bue na Vista and Talbotton, Ga. Repre sentaitve Howard introduced a bill to appropriate $100,000 for a government building at Decatur, Ga. Georgia's internal revenue taxes for the fiscal year, which ended June 30, 1913, amounted to $523,632, according to the figures of Commissioner Osborn, made public. The wealth of gold and silver and paper money filling the vaults of the federal treasury is due in no small measure to the record breaking drinking, smoking and card playing of the American people. The 143,220,000 gallons of whiskey and brandy consumed during the year brought in the enormous sum of $157, 542,000, and the 64,246,000 barrels of beer, porter and ale netted the gov ernment $65,246,000. FU FOR MONEY FOR HIS DISTRICT FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WATERWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS STATE. HAS INTRODUCED MANY BILLS One For Site and Federal Building at Morehead. Another For Monument to General James Moore. Other Improvements to Be Made. Raleigh. A special from Washing ton states that Representative Faison introduced a number of bills provid ing for public buildings and water way improvements in his district, most of which were re-introductions. A new one was an appropriation of $60,000 for a site and postoffice build ings at Morehead City. Other bills were: An appropriation of $10,000 to erect a monument to Gen. James Moore of the Continental army at Moore's Creek. $5,000 for the establishment of a weather bureau observatory at New Bern. A survey of Neuse river between New Bern and Goldsboro, cost not es timated. $5,000 for a survey for proposed canal from the navigable waters of Goose Creek to the navigable water of Jones Bay, in Pamlico county. It is provided five canals shall carry a depth of eight feet at low water and a width of 100 feet or more. Another bill would provide for two terms of the United States district court to be held in Goldsboro each year, the first week in March and1 the first week in October. The bill pro vides five judges shall appoint a resi dent of Goldsboro as clerk of the court. Still another bill asks for an appro priation of $20,000 for repairing or re building the roadway to the national cemetery at New Bern. None of these measures can be pass ed at the present session of Con gress. They can be considered at the regular session, however, without a re-introduction. Arrange Program For Assembly. The program committee of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly will be he'd soon to arrange the pro gram for the assembly when it meets here in November in its annual con vention. The chairmen of the sev eral divisions constitute the program committee. President A. C. Reynolds, of the Assembly; Prof. M. C. S. No ble, vice-president; Miss Mary E. Wright, of the association of kinder garten teachers; Miss Edith Royster, of the primary teaoners; Mrs. Milli ken, formerly Miss Mabel Tuck, of Durham, of the grammar school teach ers; R. H. Bachman, of the city su perintendents; Robert Bingham, of the academies and colleges; Wade R. Brown, of the association of music teachers, and A. Vermont, of the high schools, teachers and principals, will put the matter on the program. Halifax Game Law Being Violated. The game law applying to Halifax county, which makes a closed season from March 15 to November 15, is be ing flagrantly violated and people liv ing near the woods are reported to be killing the young squirrels by the wholesale. This has been brought to the attention of those who obey the law, and they held a meeting in the office of Ashby Dunn recently and or ganized a vigilance society, and pledg ed themselves to report every viola tion coming to their knowledge. Farmers' Institute in Guilford. On historic Guilford Battle Ground "the embattled farmers" of another generation met, but it was in a dif ferent capacity from that in which they gathered a hundred and thirty two years ago. One of the farmers' institutes for the county was held in the magnificent park and was largely attended by farmers of Guilford. Lane Guilty of First Degree Murder. The jnry returned a verdict of mur der in the first degree in the case against Grady Lane, for the murder of George McCain last October. This was an unusually interesting term of court. The case against Lane, con suming four days, was one of the most -interesting ever tried in this county. All the evidence was circum stantial, except for an alleged con fession by the prisoner to another prisoner in the same cell. The case was further complicated by an alleg ed confession by another prisoner. New Hanover Bonds Not Sold. Because of the condition of tfxe bond market due to the money &.j""u gency, not a single bid was received by the county commissioners for all of the $125,000 road and school bonds offered for sale. The Murchison Na tional bank of Wilmington put in a bid for a block of $10,000 of the bonds at par with accrued interest but this was all. The commissioners discuss ed the advisability of raising the rate on the bonds from 4 1-2 to 5 per cent and readvertising for bids but no action was taken at this time. E. A HENNESSEE NOT GUILTY Burke County Physician is Acquitted of Murder of Gorman Pitts of the Case. -Story Morganton. After having been out for over 36 hours the jury in the Hen nessee case returned a verdict of not guilty, acquitting Dr. E. A. Hennessee of the ' charge of murdering Gorman Pitts at Glen Alpine January 18. This trial was not to show the part the various parties took in the affray but the trial of "Doctor Hennessee for his life was on the grounds that he premeditated and personally brought on the conflict which resulted . fatal ly to Gorman Pitts and nearly so to several others, including nimseif. This was not established and evi dence tended to show, that both fac tions were equally guilty, and both were ready to fight and did fight to a finish, Hennessee being too much for the other side. Hennessee made no denial of being armed to the teeth and having inflict ed the wound that caused the death of Gorman Pitts and of injuring others, but said that at the time he was being cut and shot to pieces by his antag onists. The participants in the Glen Alpine fight will be tried for an affray at the next term of court. Pitts was killed in a fight at Glen Alpine in the early evening of Satur day, January 18. Hennessee himself was so badly wounded that it was not thought he could live and four oth ers were at first reported to be mor tally wounded. However, Gorman Pitts was the only one to die. First accounts were meager. The whole section was too excited to think or report clearly as to what had hap pened. The two families were among the most prominent of western North Carolina and their connections num bered up into the hundreds of people. May Call Second Extra Session. Governor Craig has received from Captain Thorn, general counsel for the Southern Railway Company, a note to the effect that President Fin ley of the Southern is abroad just now and will not be back in the Uni ted States until September 1, and that he Is sure that on his return Presi dent Finley will be glad to take up with the governor any matters bear ing on the differences between the state authorities and the railroad offi cials as to interstate freight rates. Governor Craig says that, while he is very much in hopes that the legis lature can dispose of both the freight rate and the constitutional amend ment matters during the 20-days limit of the extraordinary sassion called for September 24, still he has the author ity to call an additional special ses sion of 20 days to immediately suc ceed the one already called and that he will not hesitate to do this in the event he finds it is necessary in order to give ample time for attending to the important business to come up. Officers Capture An Illicit Still. Deputy Revenue Collector J. M. Da vis and W. D. Davis returned from Alexander county, where they were on a "moonshine" raid. The federal officers were accompanied on this raid by Sheriff Matheson and Deputy Sher iff Poole, of Alexander, and a genuine blockade distillery outfit was destroy ed near Bentley postoffice. There was no one on the distillery premises when the officers arrived, but while they were busy with their work of destruction two men appeared near a house on a hill some distance away and called to the officers to come tc the house, declaring with oaths that the officers were cowards and wers afraid to come to the house. But when the officers started for the house the men who had so boldly de fied them hastened off to the woods in another direction. The house was searched but no one was found. North Carolina New Enterprises. Two charters were issued by the secretary of state. One is an inde pendent telephone company and the other an auto sales stock company. The Paw Creek Telephone Company, of Paw Creek, Mecklenburg county, was chartered with authorized capital of $2,00, but it may. begin with $20 The incorporators are Plummer Stew art, F. A. Wilkins, G. L. Neal and others. Another Man Charged With Murder. Another man has been placed be hind the prison bars in Stanly county under a charge of murder. George Coley of Albemarle shot and instant ly killed Lawson Hatley near George Tucker's home, 10 miles west of Albe marle in the Bloomington community. A 22-caliber revolver was the weapon used, one ball taking effect just above the right eye and another in, the neck. There was oaly one eyewitness to the shooting, but others were near enough to hear the shots fired and it is said that three shots were fired. Old Man Killed By Train. As the result of injuries which he sustained while crossing the tracks of the Southern Railway Company at Candler by being struck by a passen ger train, Foster Howell, an ac-tf resident of Canater, died at an Ashe ville hospital. Mr. Howell was 8C years of age and had spent his life at Candler. He had been employed as mail carrier between the trains and the Candler postoffice. It was while he was in the performance of these duties that -he sustained injuries that resulted in his death. GET NO IRE PLUMS I " FAR HEEL CANDIDATES FOR DIP LOMATIC SERVICE MUST WAIT AWHILE. A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES Failure of These Men to Secure De served Recognition Has Caused Considerable Resentment on the . Part of the N. C. Delegation. . Raleigh. A special from Washing ton states that disappointment is in store for a large number of candi dates for positions in the diplomatic service from North Carolina because the Old North State stands charged up with two important foreign ap pointments, wfcich makes it impos sible for any more plums to be pluck months or longer. ed for the state for" perhaps six Among those whose candidacy has become known and there are a num ber of silent candidates are White head Kluttz, of Salisbury; John Un derwood, mayor of Fayetteville; Phil lip S. Henry, of Asheville, and C. W. Worth, of Wilmington. Kluttz has been a prominent candidate x for any diplomatic or consular office which he could hold from a financial stand point, not being in a class with White law Reid or any of the millionaire ambassadors to European courts who have annually spent about ihaif a mil lion in excess of their salary. Mr. Henry being more than well supplied 'with this world's goods has been un der consideration by the state.depart ment since March for a diplomatic office, preferably on the continent Mr. .Worth's candidacy did not become known until recently when It was learned that he wished to be consul general to Shanghai. Mr. Underwood has for some time been seeking ap pointment as consul general to Cana da, but owing to his being mayor of Fayetteville ,his candidacy has been kept secret. The failure of these men to secure well deserved' recognition has causd considerable resentment on the part of the - North Carolina delegation in Washington against the administra tion charging up to the state the ap pointment of Walter Hines Page as ambassador to' Great Britain, which was a personal appointment by Presi dent Wilson, and the appointment of Major E. J. Hale of Fayetteville as minister to Costa Rica, which was the outcome of a long standing friendship of Secretary Bryan for Hale. Nance Retains Same Composure. Rockingham. In the jail here Geo. S. Nance, charged with the murder of his wife In Hamlet, retains the same composure that has characterized him since the crime. At first glance, however, the visitor to his cell can not but recognize in the wistful eyes and care-worn face tragedy tragedy that had its beginning back in the years previous to the crime. When questioned about his wife and the crime, the prisoner smiles and with a faraway look replies "I loved my wife. I love her memory. Convicts to Work on Railroad. Raleigh. Twenty-seven convicts have just been sent from the state's prison here to Hickory Nut Gap to work on the turnpike there, and 18 are being transferred from the South Atlantic & Western Railroad to this Hickory Nut Gap work since the council of state has cut off the con vict aid of the South Atlantic and Western. This gives 45 convicts for Hickory Nut Gap atf once, and the number will be increased to 50 right away. Farmers' Institute at StatesviMe. Statesville A large crowd of farm ers and farmers' wives assembled at the State Test farm recently for the farmers' instiute and picnic. Three of the speakers on the institute program failed to fill their engagements, these being Mr. A. O. Nelson of Minnesota, Mr. W. J. Shuford of Hickory and Mr. D. T. Gray of Raleigh. Notwithstand ing the absence of these, there was plenty of good speaking: Accidentally Shoots Daughter. Rockingham. Miss Ruth Liles, one of the most attractive, young women of this city, was accidentally shot by her father, Mr. S. F. Liles, as he was aiming at sparrows with a shotgun. The accident occurred at the Liles home. Mr. Liles was on the back porch intending to kill some sparrows which were on a chicken coop. Miss Liles, in coming around the corner of the house, was hidden from her fa ther, who was on the end of the porch resting the gun on the railing to .shoot. Many Take Examination. Statesville. Ffity-six applicants for positions in the federal customs and revenue service attended civil service examinations conducted here recent ly. Th number was so large that the examinations were conducted at the graded school building instead of the federal building as is customary. The examinations were in charge of Sec retary Jas. F. Harbin of the local civil service board, assisted by Mr. Chas E. Echerd. Some of the applicants came quite a dis'ance to stand the examin ation. . , NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. Weldon. Halifax county organized a strong branch of the State Just Freight Rate Association at an en thuiastic meeting held in the court house in Halifax. Hickory. Deputy Sheriff Burns re turned from Wilmington where he went to deliver to the army post at Fort Caswell Henry Killian, a na tive of this county, who deserted the army at Fort Sam Houston, . Tex. Raleigh. A. L. Blow, clerk of the United States court, appointed Sam uel B. . Collier at Wilmington; Harry T. tJreenleaf at Elizabeth City, and Arthur Mayo at Washington, deputy clerks in their respective districts. Each one of the three succeeds him self. Asheville. Because of the incom plete conditions of several tof "the city school buildings which are being improved for the use of the students during the coming year, the members of the city school board have post poned the opening of fJie local pub lic institutions of learning until Sep tember 15. Wilson. Recently Before 'Squire Wv R. Wood, George Parker, of Spring Hill township, a baritone player in the Third Regiment band, was tried on the charge of seduction under promise of marriage. He was held for probable cause for his appearance at' ,the September term of Wilson supe rior court in a, justified bond of $500. Concord. The jury in the case of Cooper vs. Southern Railway returned a verdict awarding the plaintiff $2,100. The jury was out several hours on the case. The- plaintiff alleged that he was arrested without cause by the defendant company while employed at the Spencer shops and claimed $5,000 damage. Washington. The local force cele brated the return of Chief Howard from his annual vacation by making a wholesale raid under the search and seizure act. Chief Howard and Mr. McDevitt visited J. E. Bonham on South Market street and came away with three dress-suit cases and a pack age full of whiskey. Durham. The new secretary of the Merchants' Association of Durham is laying plans for a complete reorgani zation of the rating of all of the members of the buying public in Dur ham, so that when he has completed this any member of the association will be enabled to telephone to the as sociation office and find out the rating of almost any man in the city. Washington. The effort by Sena tors Simmons and Overman to ap point district attorneys and marshals for the Eastern and Western districts in North Carolina has been apparent ly halted by the declaration of the senate Republicans that they will op pose the confirmation of any such of ficers who are nominated to succeed Republicans holding these offices whose terms have not expired. Salisbury. The board of aldermen of Salisbury passed for the first read ing what is believed to be the best set of ordinances of any city in North Carolina. Mayor W. H. Woodson and City Attorney T. H. Vanderford, Jr., have been working on the new. ordi nances and the production is a re sult of six months' hard work. When adopted the ordinances with the new city charter, will be printed for distri bution. Statesville. Mr. Marvin Bunting, a young man from New Hope township, was knocked down on the streets of Statesville and run over by an auto Harmony the accident occurring in mobile driven by Mr. J. A. Maiden of Harmony, the accident occuring in the 'business district at a time when, the street was filled with vehicles and people. Bunting was assisted to a drug store where his injuries were dressed by a phyiscian. Raleigh. Attorney General T. W Bickett has held in a recently sought opinion that hotels that serve whis kies and wines on their menu are vio lating the law. This case came up through Rev. R. L. Davis, state su perintendent of the Anti-Saloon Lea gue, who was in Rocky Mount August 10, when the pulpits of the town were being filled by men who were preach ing temperance. Mr. Davis was at a hotel and saw wines and beer served. Fayetteville. According to a tele gram received here, Charles Mc Gougan, nephew of Dr. Vance Mc Gougan, of this city, was shot and kill ed by a negro at his turpentine camp at Perry, Fla., and returning the fire, killed his slayer. Both men died about the same time. Kinston. Terrapin husbandry is destined to become a great industry in the sound country lying east of here, and already, encouraged by the government's successful experiments in the culture of diamond-backs, one duly organized and iicorporated com pany is preparing for business. Henderson. A serious fire occurred here recently resulting in the destruc tion of the stables and carriage house of Mr. I. J. Young two fine horses and provender. However, one horse and five bales of cotton and carriage were saved from the burning building. The origin of the fire is unknown. Wilson. The streets of Wilson and the five warehouse floors in this city are alive with . tobacco planters from far and near. However, all of them did not bring with them the golden ) weed, but came to watch the market to see how the cat jumps as to the price of the product. 10 AUGMENT I RCE ALONG BORDER LINE MAKING PLANS TO LARGELY INCREASE- DIVISION UNDER GENERAL CARTER. THE RANKS ARE DEPLETED Heavy Drafts Will Have To Be Laid Upon the Eastern and Western De partments For' 14,000 Men. Form Military Unit. Washington. With only three Am erican soldiers available for the pro tection of each mile of the Mexican border and certain knowledge that quantities of arms and ammunition are being smuggled across the line, con sideration has been given in military circles to the dispatch of fresh troops. The possibility that as a result of the steady northward movement of Federal troops in Mexico the numer ous Constitutionalist bands may be tempted to cross into Texas and Ari zona to escape capture has also been taken Into, consideration and though no orders have been Issued, plans of the Army have been fully developed to largely increase the maneuver div ision under General Carter. .The augmented force would thus be in a position to deploy in strength along the northern border of Mexico or in case of need could form the military unit of a successful expedi tionary force. Owing to the considerable number of troops sent to Hawaii and the Canal Zone the detention in China of some military force, and the main tenance of an Army of about 12,000 men in the Philippines, the total strength of the mobile Army remain ing in the continental United States, over -and above the complete Army force, which must be maintained in their posts, is only about 32,000 men. Of these 1,000 are now under General Carter in Texas and to bring the strength of his division up to possible requirements heavy drafts would be laid upon the Eastern and Western department, aggregating 14,000 men. Arms to Huerta Government. Washington. President Wilson has, granted permission for the exporta tion of 2,000 rifles and 850,000 cartridges- to the Huerta Government. All but 1,000 rifles which go to Vera Cruz from New Orleans w.ill be ship ped from El Paso via Juarez. Some of the latter already have gone. Al together it was the first permission granted since June 25, and many ap plications have been turned down, it was declared no change had been made in the Government's policy and officials pointed out tnat tne neutral ity proclamation permitted the Presi dent to authorize shipments in hit discretion. Crop Moving Fund Forwarded. Washington. The Government's $50,000,000 crop moving fund is being rapidly forwarded to the various cit ies in which the National banks have complied with the conditions imposed by the Treasury Department. Banks in several Southern cities already have sent their list of securities to the Department for approval and these are being examined as to their ac ceptability. While the exact amount of deposits already placed has .not been announced at the Department, it is understood several hundred thou sand dollars have been sent into the larger Veserve cities in the South. Foreign Pressure on Huerta Regime. Washington. Great Britain and Ja pan are among the Nations which have interposed their influence upon the Huerta Administration In Mexico in support of the efforts of the United States to bring about a peaceful set tlement of the revolution. While the Administration officials were sflent regarding this phase of the publica tion there was a lively Interest mani fest in diplomatic circles here as to the probable effect of foreign pres sure on the Huerta Government. Venezuelan Revolt Crumbles. Caracas. The cruiser Des Moines, which is in Venezuelan waters to pro tect American lives, is steaming to ward Coro, a town in the state of Falcon, recently recaptured by Gov ernment troops. ; The Venezuelan Government announces that General Jurado, the Federal commander, had captured the remaining Castro revolu tionaries in the State of Falcon. The official statement adds that the revo lutionary bands in the State of Tach ira have been driven across the front ier where they were captured. Rapid Progress on Tariff. Washington. Rapid progress on the tariff bill was made in the Senate. The wool schedule was disposed of so far as it will be considered by the Senate and a deep inroad was made into the free list. Though no vote was taken on free raw wool, the show ing on that having been deferred un til the bill comes from the committee of the whole, the Finance Committee rates on wool manufactures were agreed to without amendment and there was indications that raw wool would remain free. '
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