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8 A IJSIt UK T EVENING POST, SAL1SEUKY, ,N. C, JANUARY 9, 1917. i
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mam
C V.hoJiia Tornado r Carried Off
School Building and Took '
- Toll, of Elenir , fives.
F0U2 0TIim3 ARE SAID
TO E3 FATALLY HURT
WILL PROSECUTE
; . praflHME
Attorney General is Today Lay
ing: Plans for Criminal and
- Ciril Aetion in Paper Case.
TRADE COMMISSION WILL
REPORT TO CONGRESS
. V
WOfl DECLARED.
CrJy. Two of the Inmates of the
School Ilottse - Blown Away
Were Uninjured..'
(By Associated Press.-
Muskogee, Okie.,, Jan. t.A total
of eleven dead end1 the injury of a
number of others who are not ex-
pected to live is the report today, rn
the cistrict awept by tornado on
yesterday. , All the dead are - school
.. children ranging in age from 6 to 18
years. 1 ,
The loss of life and the "pfroperty
damage occurred ift Vireton, Oklah
ma; .reparations were roeinr maae
1 to dismiss the school for the noon
CHIEF BENEFICIARY
Hearing on the Pea Note 'Leak'
Resumed Before ! the1 House ,
( . .'Rules Committee) Today.
Tumulty Immediately Demands Aa . .-. -. ;
President Wilson is Reported to
be Actively Interested in the .
Critical Situation.
HARRISON SCORES ' WOODS
. FOR NOT INVESTIGATING
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, - Jift. ';' 6. Attorney
General Gregory has in-his harfos to
day the fruits of the federal trade
commission's investigation into ths
news print industry with the inten-
tou of instituting civil and criminal
action against the paper combine as
formed. ',-''.' :
"I know, of course,' wrote the ati
torney general to the Federal trade
commission, "that a Serious cJnoitSofl
hour when the tornado struck the .! ,n, V "d ' lr le!
io rf mpuj it uiv taw mum. ms jpncu
at once,
lage. The school house, was carried
j off it's foundation and .' screaming
children and timbers were hurled
through the air fcy the wifci', The
bodiea were picked up ': -a , hundred
yards away from where, the. school
house stood, having been Mown ac ro'js
' a ravine and well upon thf .side of a
hiiiaide. - -.,:,r
Of the 29 persons in the house 'on
ly two escaped injuryr and of the Jn
' Jured it is believed that, four way
, die. - ' ' ,t ' ' ' :.xA " -A v;.:
Mugkogee.'Qkla., 'Jan, 4. :Elevien
school children were billed, four pro
bably fatally hurt and eight Berious-
ly iniurert when eWrnado wrecked
1 the Viretoft . rural , achoo', hoiiM,
-' , known as the Lee.BUldfm school,
neai Blosker, Okl.,Moday. i.f
, .The school tmilding, a Baptist In
dian mission 'a quarter 'of t mile
away, 'end four farm houses are in
rutns and, nut- aoxen oiner Jiarra
t houses, wre lifted from. tHeit .foun
dations by th storm, which spt a
narrew pathfofr a distance of six
, niilcs.- ; -yk ' . , . '
,i The storm struck first t RichVille,
;. seven miles southwest qf Vireton, tbut
did ;n6t. further damage itlK within
a quarter of a mile of -the school
' building.'' ' V . - . . .
Tearing up the valley for nearly a
. mile the storm then ripped the school
building from its foundation and hurl
ed the children down the hillside and
across th4 ravine, soma of them being
iV picked up 100 yards' from the site
of thi, building. "k
- " 3nly tw children of-.'. 28 in- the
building, .escaped .uninjured. ' ?
President Wilson is said to be ac
tively interested in the paper situa
tion. ' The , federjil ' commission ex
pects to report to Congress within a
a few days the rf suit of it's inquiry.
WIWETAXLAW
ONEY PRODUCER
Congressman rTuff, Wlie Framed
- Uw, peclarM It Will Bring $250,
000,000' l,ito Treaaufyr Will Double
, Last Year' Collecdona. . . !.
Washington.). Jnn .' S. Reprsssnta
tiv Cordell Hull,' of Tchuessee, who
framed: the income tat lew today
Says the Indiana Representative
Should Have Made Effort to
Learn Something of Curtis.
, (By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 6. Representa
tive Chippcrfleld, of Illinois, a mem
ber of the rules committee in the
House, declared todcy before the
"leak" investigation , hearing that
Thomas V. Lawaon, of Boston, hud
been the chief beneficiary of the
markeK decline which followed the
peace note and that his earnings ag
gregated ?,100,000.
Harrison Closely Questions Wood.
Wnehington, Jan. 6. At the be
ginning of today's Hearing Represen
tative Wood, of Indiana, author of
the leak inquiry resolution, was re
called to the stand. Representative
Harrison, Democrat, asked him why
he hat not satisfied himself as to the
identity of "A. Curtisi" who wrote the
lei-tor giving alleged information.
Mr. Chipplefield objected to this line
of questioning. ' . ' v
"Rttprasentativ Wood is not the
author of the charges under inquiry
here," aid Mr. ChipploJleld, "and his
j motive cannot he imtpugncd. I thinft
we are losing sijiht oif the fact that
these scandalous charges were jpade
ty Thomas W. Liason, of Boston,
an-J it is rjy understanding that Law
son was the chief .boneflciary of this
fall of the market. His transactions,
I am toli, aggregated $300,000 on
this market. I think that Representa
tive Wood would have been derelict in
his duty if he had not brought this
Apology;
Washington, Jan. 6. When Secre
tary Tumulty learned that Repre
sentative Wood hud mentioned his
name ho1 issued n formal statement
demanding public apology and de
nying flatly that he even knew of
the President's peace note before it
was made public.
'.'I have not been at the Biltmore
in a ydsf. never talked about peace
with Mr. Baruch before or after the
peace note was sent, and never
lunched with him in my life," Mr.
Tumulty declared. "I think Mr.
Wood owes me a public apology for
mentioning my name at all merely on
hearsay and rumor,"
indicted ' 'that ."S2G0.O0O.OO0 will be
coIlectMl Cy. ,the!- Federal government ! natter to the attention of the House, hji
from. taxes' OH- ihtfiYtHaJ incomes ant w. tronu is miu ir. tnr a .hum
corpbraiOitVthtk year tinder the new charges. If anybody is it is Lawson."
rate prqvidwf in the emergency fev- .Representativs Harrison replied
emls measuf' passed by Congress last ; that Woctd's fast resolution was intro-
IS
SLVED
Self Deatraction of Bernard W. Lw-
. is, f Pittsburg.' I Atlantic . City,
atiafies Detective He Murdered
'; the Womaa. ; -t ; " ;
Philadelphia, .Jan." 5. Detectives at
; police .headquarters here ' jmnounced
today that the suicide of Bernard W.
Lewis, of Pittsburg; in Atlantic Cty
. last ' night solves the mystery . sur
rounding the murder ' of -Maixie Col-
' bert, whose body was .foumi in her
i apartments here last Saturday-night.
The only thing remaining to f;e done
was to find the motive. . i
' "Lewis suicide fits in well with all
of the cirewmstanees connected ith
the case," said Captain of DeCte'ctives
Tae, "and there is no "question fcut
that Lewis is the. man who . did the
killing." i " -4 ,
The police clo hot believe the trime
was premedlateS. They ,say the
tragedy probably was the result era
. quarrel either over Jewelry or money
or jealously arousedJy the attentions
of other-men. 'i.
miAT WILL REPS. DO.?
Senators of This Faith Hold Caucus
td Decide on Course m Peace Note
-' rndorseittent
" Washington,. Jan.- fl.--fienate Re
mablicana caucused today -on-whether
to take, party action in relation to tho
; endorsement of the sending of Pres-
ident Wijson'a psace jiote or whethct
to further oppose tfie adoption otf the
- Hitchcock Resolution and prevent sub
stituting representation of - Republi
cans1 views. The (conference aiijourn-
i ed without taking tfofinite action.
TKitrs ni.iPixos .
ASPHTX1ATED IN HK1N8.
September. The ftiw insome tax law
beicame effective Monday, and will ap
ply, to individual and corJRwation in
comes for the ycaif .1915', " . f '
Approximately $125,000,000 was
collects! Itfet year1, undei? the Income
tax Iww, , The 'new income tax rate is
just double th old rate, anil' white
the. nation in 1015 enjoyed a Period
of unprecsdented prosperity. Repre
sentative .Hull doe not believe the
returns fill eftceed $250,000,000, a
turn doulble the amount collected last
year. . Under tjie new tax lavs, effec
tive . yesterday, it is estimated that
approximately, $750,000,000 will bs
the amount of internal revenue re
ceipts for1 the current fiscal year, the
greatest atttoqht ever collected f-y
Uifcle San .' under his 'direct tax"
system. "".., '
The tax, on war munitions will
bilng in about $50,000,000, am; the
inheritance tax is expected to yield
$60,000,p00. , "
The total internal menus collec
tions j for the last fiscal year were
$12,000,000,. Which stands as a rec
ord to date. ' -j ."
are your REAL
. - , HEAD Ot FAMILY?
'Washington, Jan. 8.-Are you thi
head of family? - If fn doubt con
sult . the following official e'eflnition
of whom constitutes the head of a
family, prepitetf bjK the ponderous
advrce cf government counsel to en
able Income tax collectors to know
just who is Entitled to income exemp
tion up to $4,000. 1
: "Tlie head1 of a .family is held to be
a person who actually supports an!
meintikins one or mors individuals
who are closely connected " with him
by 'slood relationship;. relationship by
marriage or by adoption and whose
right to exercise family control and
provide for these dependent, individ
uals is based anon some moral of
legal Obligation." , .
Does it fit?
BEST INDIVIDUAL RECRUITER.
Manila,. Jan. 4--Three : Filipino
firemen from-the naval collier AJax
w hich is moored at Cavite, were, as
jhvx'atej folloSjig -confinement jn
uins for ser.rral hours -in roopi
j ve the to'.krs of 4hs ship.' They
v.cre being p'jnished for mutinous
Ijct. Lieptenant ' -Commander
'i,:l Foley bts assumed exclusive
;ct'on in the case but tn ' ia-
::on Is being .conducted iby the
. b ...iLoritics. ' . J ' ,- I , --
i I ' 1 Not Write Letter. -.
r'ass., Jan. 5. Allert Cur-
v;a'l Street firm of Curtis
S wha is in Boston, said
i no !!. r ito Woods and
nickted with any one
' j-.-ct under investiga-
Waahington, Jart.-6. Vina C. Mil-
linix, postmaster at Wilder, Tcnn.,
was the anmy'e est individual re
cruiting igent n , Deeemfjjr. ' Under
the section of the National Defense
Act appointing postmssters as re
cruiting agents he obtained six re
cruits for the regular service from a
town of 500 population, ' The govern
ment pays $5 per man.'- , "
'It one twelfth of the number of
postmasters" available as recruiting
t gents had, done likewise," a war ds
pertment statement says, "the regu
lar army would now be considerably
in excess of its authorised strength."
' Belgian Chief of Staff. Deed.
Havre, France, Jan. cv Onera!
Maxlmillian Wieiemans, chief of the
BelgiansUIf, is dead with pneumo
nia hich . he contracted in the
trenches..' . : ;
Indimapolis' lost' Out in the lai
bar.k' distribution, end of course will
attrT:ute U'to the recent polictical
upheaval
Herald.-
in the Hoosier State.
f 'i rct Cset Hot AfTset The Rost
ml i nri Us1W Pfti-ct. I.AI
JUd SHOMOOi'lMkU btfTth OfxiiMtr
C ? T-me nn-i rtx cat c nrrpousn g r
r ;,pf In h-4 . f.riamtm lk n-w1
'( tut Ut aaai mi . W. U&C'ViL i'
duced before Mr. Lawaon made any
statement. ,
The committee by a p arty vote sus
tained "the decision of Chairman Hen
ry that Henderson's line of question
ing was proper.
iRopresentativo " Woo..' 1 explained
that there was nothing in the letter
from "A Curtis" to indicate hi? ad
dress and he answered by addressing
tho letter to "A. Curtia Wall Street,
New York." He did not know wheth
er Curtis had received it'. " '
"Dent you think that' If tef mak
ing the charges which you did in
your resolution" 9ked Mr. Harri
son. '
"I have made no charges," Woc
interrupted.
"Well, wo may have a different op
inion a'bout that," Hanisdn replied,
ut don't you think after you intro
duced your first resolution in insist
ed upon it in a second resolution that
you should have made an effort to
ascertain who this iwsn 'A. Curtis'
was and the soundness or genuineness
W his standing in New York or wher
ever he lives?"
Representative Wood explained
that he questioned several Congress
men and had been informed that there
waa a stock broker in New Yom nam
ed A. Curtis.
Representative Harrison declared
that in his opinion Representative
Wood should have made further in
quiry and stated that the identity of
Curtis had not yet beif '.'inclosed.
"lh9 committee has been led to be
lieve," said Hawison, "that Wood had
information tending to : show that
soune high official of the government
had 'leaked.'"
"His first resolution was introduced
before he ever heard of Curtis," said
Harrison.
Woods stated that his second reso
lution was entirely separate from
the .first one arid wes based on new in
formation and statements made by
iViomas W. Lawson.
Trend of Investigation Turns.
Washington, Jan. 6. i- today's
"leak" investigation the trend turn
ed to the investigation of Wall Street
ticket service which supplies news
tips to briketage houses. Seven m?n
employed by'Wall Street Journal anil
Central American which furnishes
service to another Wall street finan
cial newspaper were subpoenaed and
ordered to bring their records with
tl.em , The jnan&gers' of the t o pa
pers were also summoned . and to
bring all dispafches sent the two pa
pers by their Wat h In g ton correspon
dents on Dacember 20th, the day of
the market crash. ;
Representative. ,Harrfon declared
he Relieved the so-called leaflc was
through representatives of those pub
lications who with seven newspaper
men had been informed eouldenialty
by Secretary Lansing that a note had
be?n dispatched to Europe.,'- Secre
tary Lansing, however, at that time,
declared the note did ' not concern
peace but would not disclose its con
tents. : ''.::
Representative Gardner cf Iliss
chosetts put in the records today tha
! dispatch sent over the Dow Janes
tveker fortcasting a peace note ten
hours before it wae -published.; He
detlaroi that the re anion in th? ttck
market Eurtnattons at the same timo
when the ticker dispatch w received
through proved there wts a leak.
Representative Gardner said he
T
House of Representatives at Raleigh
Pass Resolution Relative to Bond
Matter Getting Down 1o Legisla
tive Business at the State Capital.
Ralcifth, Jan. 6. The legislature
Baltimore, Jan. t. During the
holiday season there was scarcely any
cessation of announcing plans for
Southern, developmental enterprises.
Throughout the entire Southern
States,' from Maryland to Texas,
manufacturers and capitslists told of
plans for new organizations as well
as ifox adding to the activities of those
already established. Today's Manu
facturers Record presents Interesting
and timely data regarding these
Southern propositions, together with
considerable otfter infoflffatlon re
garding Southern resources and their
development. All the variod avenues
of business life are represented in the
news mentioned, and attention is call
ed to the most important, both as to
character and extant of investment,
among the numerous reports made
pufolic.
In Arkansas the commissioners of
a crainage district decided upon
building a drainage system which will
cost several million dollars. This dis
trict intends to reclaim 280,000 acres
of land, and engineers have .been en
gaged who are now preparing splchs
and specifications for the BOO miles
of canals and other construction
is getting organized and ready for j wyi be required. At Baltimore
business, with a numner or local iills j there will be approximately $5,000,
being poured into the hopper for ! 000 expended for an extensive lam."
hasty baking. j development to bring into existence
Upon receipt of a message ifrom J an industrial residential city for em
the Governor canveying the infor
matlon that the President of Cuba
hid adviset Senaior Overman that
the repudiated bond suit was being
dropped .the Hout-e passed suiUbb
resolutioni, whfeh approved of the
course taken by Senator Overman in
this matter.
Senator Brcnizerti Resolution.
Raleigh, Jan. 5. Senator Brenizer
of Mecklenbung contributed to the
legislative hopper today one of the
most significant and important reso
lutions yet offered at this session, in
volving tho State's financail policy
as to the amendment of its institu
tions. It would be supplemental to
e Oates usolution passed yester-
tay far a special committee to inves
tigate as to the advisability of creat
ing a central state purchasing ag?nt
or board.,
Mr. Brenizer would have this com
mittee to also investigate and report
as to the advisability of "the creation
and establishment of a special board
Of appropriations to which all appli
cations for appropriations by the in
stitutions and departments of state
shall be mide and which shall make
such recommendations in regard to
such applications as it May deem pro
per,
And also upon the advisability of
the creation and establishment of
State board of eontrol with powers to
supervise all State institutions. If
this committee, decides to report fa
vorably u.pon the advisability of such
tenia ifor such tpurpoaj and r;ort
them to this seseion."
The Breniier resolution passed all
its readings in the Senate without
opposition and was s ant to the Houe.
Lieutenant Governor-elect Gardner,
who is selecting the Senate commit
tees, has named James AJ Gray, Jr.,
cf Winston-Satem, as chairman, of
the finance committee and ne is or
ganizing for a careful 'ministr.ition
of the committee woifr, the most im
portant of the. ' Assembly. Others of
this committee are: Scales, Holder
neas, Matheson, Wwrren, slue, Ever
ett, McCain McNider, Gough, John
son, Person, , Tucker; Pollock and
Deweese.
ployes of the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration, now investing from $30,
000,000 to $40,000,000 for additions to
the steel plants, shipyards, etc., at
Sparrows Point, near Baltimore. At
Norfolk there J will be a $300,000 to
$500,000 investment lor builiinp and
equipping a chain-manufacturinfi;
plant by a New England corporation,
which oans vnrious large 'plants in
different cities. Near Birmingham,
Ala., a woll-kndwn coal and coke cor
poration' hSa begun developments for
an additional mine with a .c'uily ca
pacity of 3500 tons of coal about
$300,000 to (be the cost of opening and
equipping this plant.' At Buchanan,
W. Va., a $250,000 company lifts been
incorporated to develop coal land3 in
West Virginia and Ohio. At Wheel
ing an establiahsd tile company has
added $200,000 to ta capital and will
build a plant for manufacturing elec
trical rorcelaiu products. At Macon
there will be a large p:ant built by a
$100,000 company, which will install
electric-driven machinery for a daily
capacity of CO tons of firebrick, hol
low bloeks, silo block ami tile.
Just a feWof the other announce
ments are included in tho following
irif items:
Empire Graphite Co., Ashland,
Ala., incorporated with ?10CT,000 cap
Hal to develop graphite deiiosits.
Electric Smelting Corporations,
Baltimore, incorporated with $100,000
capital to manufacture electric fur-
naves for melting copper, brass and
other metals.
Scdalia-Lcbauon-Nowata Lsad and
Zinc Co., Nowata, Olila., chartered
A CONGRESSMAN
IMS OF LEAK
Congressman Wood of Indiana
Says That Report Coupled Tu
multy's Name With Broker.
A WASHINGTON FIRM ALSO
.PROFITED BY THE FLURRY
The Congressman, However; Said
That His Information Was On-,
!y Heresay Evidence.
.-. ,.
Washington,. Jarirt fi When
Secretary Tumulty learned that
Representative Woods had link
ed, his name with the "leak"
matter he.issucd a forme! state
ment demanding a public apol
ogy and denying flatly he even
kuzw of the peace note before
it was made public.
Washington, Jan. 5.Thciamcs ot
Joseph P. Tumulty, the President's
with $100,000 capital to develop lead j private secretary and Bernard Bar-
ana aine, property.. ! uch. a New Yorlt Bloolf hmW .r
Harrisosn Bros., Mobile, Ah., plan
to buili $75,000 marine ways with ca
pacity of 1500 tons.
McCorkle Lumber Co., Nora, Va.,
incorporated with $50,000 capital to
manufacture lumber.
Charleston Cooperage Co., Charles
ton, Miss., incorporated with $50,000
capital for manufacturing cooperage.
Lindsey Lead and Zinc Co., Joipiin,
Mo., inxuiporated with $50,000 capital
to mins lead and tine.
Tifton Packing o., Tifton, Ga., or
d;red plans and specifications ifor con
struction of plant with daily capacity
for killing and packing 350' hogs and
r0 cattle.
LOCATE A STILL
CAUSE OF PELLAGRA
Spartanburg, S. C, Jan. 4. Dr.
Joseph Goldenbergor, surgeon of the
United States health service, and rec
ognised all over the country as the
greatest livinc: authority on pellagra,
was in Spartanburg thia week on a
visit to the United States Pellagra
Hospital, located in this city.
While here Dr. Goldehbcrger was
asked what he had to say in regard
to the statement recently made bv
the' Postgraduate Medical School of
New York in which the claim was
made that pellagra is caused by a
lack of sanitation, and his r?py was:
"I have nothing to say concerning
that, but I dare say positively and
emphatically that pellagra is caused
entirely toy an unbalanced diet." He
said that a lack' of sanitation had
caused many diseases, and would con
tinue to for years to eome, but that
it would never cause a case of jpella-
Dr. Goldocrger's formula for-pre
vent ion or cure of pellagra ia as fol
lows: "Eat plenty of beans and peas
dally, plenty of eggs and meat if
possible, and as much milk as one
can get. Do this and the chance is
you will -never have pellagra, and a
diet like this will cure you, provided
the disease haS. not progressed too
far." i - .".-''
- He say's that the increased cost of
foodstuffs will probably cause an in
crease of the 'disease. -
H. R. Huston, editor of the Cheto
pa, Kansas, Advance, received a whis
key circular urging hint to buy "4
full qusrts forThankssivinB nd get
a pocketbook as a premium. Huston
wrote -back that the felloes who in
vested in booze wovldn't have ' any
use for a pocketbook.
SUBSTANCE NEAR BIN
Cause of Growth in the Human
Body Is Located ' by Scientists at
University Of California "Tthe
lin" Is Its Name and it is Located
in the Pituitary Body.
(By Associated Press.)
Barldi, California, Jan. 6. Scien
tists at the University of California
liate discovered a substance that pro
duces growth in the hAiman body, it
was announced today. Tethelin is
what they call it and it is located in
Get the Stiil and Later Get the Beer
in a Barn Ready for the Making of
the Wegal ArticleMasons Invited
to; Norwood.
Albemarle, Jan. 5. Officer J. D.
Love and Sheriff G. D. Bhlock made
a raia on yesteraay into wnai was
thought to be a blinO tiger section
about eight miles west of Albemarle.
From information which they had the
officers expected to locate a still in
full running order, hut when they got
to the spot where they expected to
find this equipment it did not seem to
te there, but they found the (furnace
showing that a run had been made
.l-ti n fft'ir .Intra fto-n. TtlaV W'fl' th cfnftlA rv Iti.wiAn
about to return to Albemarle whe-nJ Announcement of the discovery was
one of the officers suggested that they ' made by Dr. T. B.. Robertson, progea
make a little more careful investiga- sor of biochemistry in the university.
tion. Thereupon they went into
neanby abandoned house standing in niini UlSTimn A lAfft
a field partly . filial' with hay and
straw which !ooked rather of a Vis-j
picious character, digging down about
five feet under this hay they found
several barrels, of beer ready to te
usd in the .manufacture cuf whikey.
Further search was mad but no still
was found. The furnace discovered
was on the land of Neil Burleyson and
the house in which the Seer was stor
ed under the hay was also on Mr.
Burleyson's lanO. What developed
from the discoveryil not yet known,
but deputy Marshall McKenzie, of
Salisbury came into Afbemarle and is
on the 8CJ119 of the discovery at this
writing, and it is expected that acme
thing will happen in Mr. Burleyson's
community in a day or so unless
some one decides in the meantime
that Stanly county is not enough
to hold him.
The local Masonic Lodp;e has re
ceived an invitafon to attend nn
oyster supper to be given &y Norwood
LOdgo on next Thursday ni:rht. and j
cor-for tne thira degree on a canal
date. Stanly Lodge No. .113 has an
excellent degree team and no doubt
most of them will attend the Norwood
meeting.
linked togqiher today by Representa-'
tive Wood, of Indiana, author of the
resolution providing for an investi
gation into the reported "leak" of the
President's peace nte.
"I am informed," Mr. Wood testi
fied, "that Baruch had information
about the Lansing note to the Euro
pean nations two or three days be
fore it was sent and that he lvas in
conference with Mr. Tumulty about
that time at the. Biltmore hotel in
New York.
Wood qualified his statement by
stating that his information vyas . only
hearsay. Baruch's office, he stated,
was fitted with private wires run
ning to various sections of the coun
try. , ;' " , ' I
Wood also said that a Washington
firm of brokers, Conncrly & Co., of
which Mr. Boiling, a orother-in-law of
the President is a member, hnd pro
fited by stock transactions during tho
flurv. ' ' ;
Wood offered strenuous objection,
to testifying in public, what informa
tion he had regarding the socalled
"leak." ho said, being only hearsay,
he felt that the making of it public:
would interfere with getting witness
es to testify.
A Sensational Session.
Washington, Jan. 5.---Smou!tlorinjr
rumors that somfcody made money in
the stock market with "leak" infor
mation about the sending of President
Whlson's peace note b' lazed up at a
sensational session of the House riles
committee today at the Jirst hearing
on Representative Wood resolution
for an investigation. -
Specifically declaring that ho made
no 'cbarpres against any one and was
CUBA WITHDRAWS
THE BONO SUIT
HAD A BUSY YEAR
Only Two Previous Years Exceeded
the One Just Past in the Building
of Vessels Here Exceeded Only by
Creat Britain. - ?
" ' (By Associated Iress.)
Washingrton. Jan. 6 American
shJp yards in 1916 put out tonnage
exceeding. but" twice twfare. A bu
reau statement shows the construe
tion cf 1,163 merthant vessels with a
tonnage of 520,847 and SO vessels of
40,000 tons for foreign flags. - 1
In- 1903 the tonnage was '0;4,000
and in 1855, when the American mer
chant marine was the largest in the
world, American vftrds turnd out
590,000 tons of wooden ships.
H A.VA7 BIIU1T . 1.114, WtC UIUICU
states is leading ail the worlv in shi)
building-except Great Britain and
American yards - are crose fcehind
Britain. ;. - v
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ramsay hfVe
returned from a short biidal trip .t
Lynchburg alt" Washington, and have
apartments in the Kress building.
Senator Overman's Refolution in the
Senate ia Largely Responsible for
the Actten Taken by the Republic
Further Light Wiil Come Out of
the Transaction.
Washington, Jan. 5.-Dr. Chirks
Manuel Cespedce, Cuban minister to
Washington, formally notified Sena
tor Lee S. Overman, of North Caro
lina, today that the republic of Cuba
had revoked the decree allowing cer
tain pels in Cuba to sue the stite
of North Carolina on the repudiated
carpetbag bond3 and the case which
was to have been heard in the United
States Supreme court Monday will be
strickeri from the records daroppa'j
for once aiid ail times.
Credit is given senator Overman,
of North Carolina, (for settling thi3
great suit. But for the senator's res
olution, calling for an investigation,
and his forceful spee.h, delivered in
the senate this weak, the suit would
probalbly have been presed and had
the court decided against the state,
other suits would have followed which
wofflHt. have agzTegated something
like $43,000,000 and interest.
Wtaen minister Ce?edes read what
Senator, Overman said about the suit,
he asked the North Carolina senator
to carl at his residence. . He said
the republic of Cuoa had been gross
ly imposed upqn and urged him to de-!
lay action on his resolution until he
could cable his government. Senator
Overman was .willing to do this and
today 'Minister ''Cespetfes- received a
cable from Cuba advising him that
the decree had been revaxed and that
the suit would be dropped.
The cablegram from the Cdrnn
government, which by the waj is a
long one, is now being translated by
clerks in the Cuban legation, and a
full and complete copy will be deliv
ered1 to Senator , Overman tomorrow
or Mcndey. At the same time it is
expected that Dr. Cespa" will, give
Senator Overman informationy-indced
if not the name or names cf the gen
tlemen ho have 4een peddlin the
bonds. ' '' . ?. V v.. '," - -V -
the pituitary body at the iasc of the
brain and by letardin- or accelerat- presenting only information comin-
" 113 xuucwwns lb may ce .posswie, h m. Mr. Wft4 hr.injrhfc in Ot
according to the scietnists, to control naaTle 0f Secretary Tumultv: a "Mr.
Boiling," a brother cf President Wil
son's wife, whom he id not f'jrtiwr
identify; Bernard Earac'i, a Now
York stock operator; OHo H. Kahn,
of Kahn, Loet'j & Co.; Thompson &
McKillon, and Lamson Bros. & Co.,
ChicasTo brokers; F, A. Connelly &
Co., local brokerage housa in which
Woods said the Mr. Boiling referred
to was a partner, and F. Hu.tton,
of Hutton & Co..-. New. York brokers.
Much information, Mr. Woods said,
had come in a letter from- Arthur
Curtis, independent Ne- York stod'.c
oarator.
Woods disclaimed any intention of
giving th impre3ion that he believed
Setx-etary Tumulty or any one else far
that matter profits' ty the socal':-'
"leak," but wa3 merely statin-jf whft
had come to him; that :ie realised the
danger of makin? such statement in
public and if a that) reason .preferred
to make the statement in a secret
session which the committee denied.
At the conclusion of today's session
Chairman Henry announced that S'ec-,',
retary Tumulty would appear without
subpoena and that sftbpoeras hnd '
ccen ordered for Curtis and Baruch.
Representative Gardner, of Massa
chusetts, who joins i Representative
Woods ,n an agitation for investi
gation, will be heard toniorrow and
Thomas W. Lawson on Monday.
Only .One Curtis Known.
New York, Jan. rj.The only "A.
Curtki' 'known to the New York
Stock Exchange is Allen Curtis, of
the firm of Curtis and Saunders of
New York and Boston.
IATII
TO DISMISSAL CUBA SUIT
Reported That the Bonds Were Do
nated to Cuban - Hospital Doubt
Regarding Authority Given to At
torneys to Bring Suit.
There's 'some difference- fcete'en
th Spain of 1898 and the Spain which
last week induced ' Germany to re
turn 300 deported Belgians. Indisn-
apoiis News.
(By. Associated Press.)"
Washington, Jan. 6. Negotiations
are in progress here looking to the
dismissal of the Cuban suit In th
Supreme Court against) North Caro
lina to collect uron the $2,18C,000 of
railroad .bonds issued by State officers '
during reconstruction f days and re
pudiated as fraudulent,' - "
The bonds are reported to ,- hav
been donated to a Cuban hospital and
i there is doubt, regarding authority '
havin been given, to attorneys to
bring suit.. ; ;' J:
tnes Cured In 6 to 14 Days v-
Yonf dn-rrHt ltl trfowl money U ATC
OfMTXFNT Uit to f jtt arta-c of luhme, 1
D!inA,Blcl,norPrflrnd(TMr Piles in StoUir. f
Xkc SiK appiwuioa sivca ise and Uet. jde