1 __ I Bridge Keepers At r|Bk er Matters For th Passed Upon. L ; The Board of County CoolmUetcmI or* met tt the Court Uouee lot Mm * 1? N&333 were present. The following business i &S ** transected for- the month* Ordered that Thos. Smith, colored, < " of Township, be allowed $3 per month regular. (Old age.) < Ordered that Henrietta GeyJord, i " 'i Seolored, hi allowed 51 ;>H p?>r niyiutr - for two months. ^(Burnt hand.) I . Ordered that Gilbert Lucas be iK < lowed $2 per month regular. (Blind.) 1 Ordered that Luke Peed and wife be allowed $2 per month regular. vOld age). ? -Annie William*, thu mother of i Rosa and Joele WlUiatas, 'who wasp k this day bound to Charles 81ade by ' ftk Mr. Geo. A. Paul Is now In Jail r \ Messrs Thos. Wharton and M. M. 1 ? \ Leggett presented their resignation , Br as fence eommlealoners from Wash- I g^ lhg township, which wan accepted by l the board and it was ordered that i Messrs. M. D. Leggett and J. T. Wil- { ^ tms be appointed to fill the mean- i HEb ?-> * - ~ i E. Toler was appointed keeper : iilount's Greek bridge at a salary t t?15 per month. The Board the the right to discharge the said 1 UAt the end of any month' If the ( ojfer of keeping said bridge Is not < al factory; V-' J. W. Cmwley waa appointed keepM ot the Bath and Back creek brldg^*4^7 os at a salary ot fit par month and. ; the board reserves the right to dls- ; ^ rharge the said Crawley at the end { w of any month if the manner of keep- , W ^ lug the bridge Is not satisfactory. i J h. KSecU waa appotntad-keeper j orthe~PaBtego-Creek bridge at a sal a 1 ary ot $25 per month and the board L. resorr*. .the rlghttg. aUeh*rge U? I i.Id Keech Kt the end of *117 month { a II hi. *??? of keeping the e*id i bridge 1* not eiUmctnrr . V. W. Darts waa appointed keeper of the Pa ago Creak bridge at a sal 7 ary'of ?nOB0i and tho^boardf < W reserves the right to discharge the ] said Davis at the end of any month if his manner of keeping the said | T- tirtd^a la mmt aaHafsmarr j For satisfactory reasons tne do am relieves Islsh Alii good, Sr., of Long i Acre township, of the tax on property mined at $50. Amount 46 cents. McJfcy Waters, of Long Acre townrfhip', Whs 'relieved of noli tax. Amount ft. (Physical disability). L? |riVt Adams, .of Pungo, was al ! * mntith ^l?r (Physical disability). Be it resolved by the Board oB County Commissioners of Beaufort County: * That we respectfully request our senators and representative in the ^ General Assembly to vote to repeal that section of the law known as the i jlj W^ri^mliiirii IfaiblMiy1 Aifr in ^ rstit j \ en'co to the listing of property for ' taxation and the manner in which it Is listed. ~~ Ordered tlht thB Uidwi fur laying 3 off road in Pantego township, which was passed at the December session and that all property owners contiguous to said road as outlined be notified to agree upon the JondB line when the matter may sgaln be taken up.. ' ??tl appearing to the satisfaction of the hoard that persontt-qjroperty valued at |1Z3 was listed for taxes v.ih tit a- qtah1..j w tsr a Woolard and it further appearing that?.W.A- Wooltrd ti the owner of said property, it la ordered that ? A, g Woolerrl he revered of said tax. Amount of relief, $1.11. It wu ordered that Q. H. Walker, .X",, .... a mtttor of ^e Pfeeodtt tclrooiate .iSmraF -- TIE chip urn Then will be regular aerrlcea at ' the Christian church tomorrow, morning and evening at the usual hours, to whteh the general public nag a rordlai invitation to attend. The pastor. ?av. Robert Hope, will preach at both services. Good music. Seats f"?1 ***?V* The doctor charges two dollars a visit; the undertaker is chsap at a . . hundred. Call the doctor tor the ja. child's aore throat and you wdn't j(r need the undertaker. ? - IfllTOI V OEOOIflN mm utiuutQil jpointed and Othe Past Month Was ^ trtet. be relieved of poll tax AmoMl A. H. Hollowell waa allowed to list ibc lota in Weat Belh&ven. valued at 1160. for two yeara ($6001. Amount Jt fcx fS.76. H?D>4XH1U was appointed keeper of the ^Washington bridge ?t alalary ot fSS par?month . and the. Lite said Hill at iht md of auy ?nth hoard reserves the right to dlsefcariA a-hen his manner of keeping the said bridge "Ta^SKrsatisfactory. . Theresa at the January session 1912 of the beard an order wee pa? ^.directing the chairman and clerk' lo*.borrow the amp Of I8.9<0" frOm the Farmers and Merchants' Bank of tVllliamaton. N. C., for a period of IS months and pledge the credit of the county for the payment thereof, and whereaa the said sum Is now due Ihs county Is unable to pay same and It la necessary to renew aatd loan; ah'w. therefore be it resolved, That :he chairman and clerk be and they* are authorised to extend and renew laid note At maturity for a period of IS months or from time to time noli the same is paid. The following jurors were drawn for the February term of Beaufort bounty Superior Court, which is tb ronvene on February 17: First Week. H. H. Thompson. T. M. l>aw, V. W. Ayers, Jesse R. Woolard, W. W. Weat^erlngton. W. L. Capps, W. E. Mixon, C. C. Walker, J. E. Banks, E. 3. "Moore. William' 6. Peed, &. H. lones.JA. A. Holiday, Edward S. McOowan, W. E. Bwain, William C. Kilhr. Dav^ E. Waters, Hardy H. WooJSeron<l Week. Jp. Aycock, 8. O. Carty. EL M. Carter, J. N. Edwards. E. M. Hooker. J. H. Bullock. William A. Neal, r. T fllarfc- Thorn. C, riavsnport.JL W. Hayes, A. C. Gurganus, W. Edwards, Jr., 8. C. Hodges, W. R Cay Ida. W, R. Galloway, N. L. podley, Josh Sklttlethorpe, S. E. Paul. The county superintendent of health's salary was named at $500. per year. " Messrs. T. Harvey Myers and 8. K. Clary were named as cotton weijihers for the city of Washington.^ Resolution. Be It resolved by the Board That we enter our solemn protest Commissioners of Beaufot Crounty: against any increase In the salaries of the Recorders 'and Clerks, of the Recorder's Courts in ueaufAFl LUI1Dty as recommended by the committee provided by the last Democratic Connty Convention. That we believe that the salaries recommended by the committee, fixing $75 per month for the Recorded and $25 per month for the Clerk of w.tMnirtnn District, and $$5 per month for the Recorder of the Pantego District, and $25 per month for the Recorder of the Aurora District, anv <ncrease in said salaries will make the offices heeome a burden on the County, and cause a heavy expense to the tax-payers. That we recommend that the costs remain the same that are In the pres costs that there will not he sufficient revenue to pay the above named aalarla, and that the Courts will become County charges. That a copy of this resolution be sent to the Hon. Oeo. J. Btuddert and- a the Hon," :from thla County. * Thla 7th day of January. 1913. BISHOP STRANGE KRE ~ SUNDRY. JANUARY 19 Rt. Rev. Robert Strange, D. d/ biahop of the dioceae of East CaroS Una, will pay hla official viait to 8t. Patera Episcopal church, thla dty^ on 8unday January It. At the evening pervfoe the hlahop will administer the rite of Confirmation to a class. The entire ci{y irr?oecttveof denomfnaUon Is looking forward to the coming of thla dlstngnJshed pulpit divine. ^ V! Sixteen to one. An ounce of prevention la equal to a pound of cure. .VV *.. . %' L ' ' ' 'ik ] ' V WABHXN3TON. WORTH fair Tom, Competitive T^W/j Atong Line - WHa*t*a. J?. muilil^ ton* lh? lln?." nnnnnrnrt Ch?tr- ! Iidftrwood of the ways and means committee, Democratic leader "i on the earth, earthenware and glassWare "schedule today. Mr. Underwood had been hearing argument! aimed at securing a low- i erlng or the tariff 56 and 60 per cent ' china, earthenwgru. porcelain, stone < and crockery ware, including clock < cases, steins, lamps and a host or < similar articles taxed at the higher i rate in sections 61 and 45 of schedule "B\\ of the Peyne-Aldrloh tariff ' iaw. "It looks to rite." Mr. Underwood < said, "as if schedules 83 and 45 are more competitive than most of the < That Is my judgment subject to res- 1 ervatlon If any information is 1 brought out that might develop to > tho. contrary." 1 This view was radically divergent from the presentation of the Import- 1 erg-came by M. S. Pltcalrn of New 1 -York city, whose protest against the "exorbitancy of the present tariff and 1 portrayal of the details of the business of bringing In fingllsh earthenware and other products, led to sharp colloquies with Representatives Payn of New York and Longworth of Ohio. Mr. Pltcalrn said that under the present tariff earthenware la*porta tion were steadily going down. Mr. Payno suggested that if the witness' Statementb were true, the ^importers would go out of business in 3D days. Mr. Pltcalrn'cited what he said were actual transactions and Mr. Payne attacked them. "Do you* doubt ' the integrity of those statetnents?,r"sjicuted the witness^ Mr. Payne persisted and the witness said he could produce the entries from Mr Payne replied that even the Treasury Department could not "produce miracles." Mr. Pltcalrn said that 90 per cent of earthenware Imported Is Brlt-"| IB 11. ? ? -Eliminate the English earthenware," he contended, "and you wW- * have no competition lu earthenware in this country.*' He suggested a 35 and 30 per cent ad valorem on these products and changes In the jn "the two sections Involved and in the administrative part of the bill. Mr. PltcalrA said he had heard of undervaluations at New York but knew nothing of them. He* had no knowledge of any associatldfT of French JiiuwiUmjiiU rtit'thi Importers hall to sell their goods here at 60 per cent higher prices than American products. 8everal other importers of * other products urged lower tariff, while retention of the present rates was the slogan of "representatives of American manufacturers. ? ?1 *T Ma#? nt r-fBldent of an association of window glass workers, pleaded for the present tariff protection on window glass to guage the Belgian products. He told of conditions among Belgian labor, citing contracts that Belgian working men have to sign. Some Of I the committee were disposed to be-1 lleve ne had been seut tu Washing f FIRST yriW SUNDAY NOTICES The usual services will take place | at the First Methodist church 8unual hours, conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. xx. Broom. The subject of the morning sermon will be: "Prudent Stewardship." At the evening hour,the pastor will apeak from the toptcf"X'Satan's Estimate of Job." Sunday school meets promptly at 3 o'clock, conducted by-Mr. E. R. Mixon^ superintender.* Good?music. All cordially lrvited to attend. m iHOT A 11 nnpirrnp 4tf lllOIHI'b ? , PRESBYT")'^ CHURCH A service of unusu-*) Interest at the First Presbyterian cvurch tomorrow night. The d?beor*-r ret, Messrs. R. L. Stewart and W .1 P!ppen, wt!l he j ordained to their work, and formally Installed by the noatolic rite of prayer* and the -Tirg on of the hande Of the Presbytery it the syr=_ ice to morrow night A sermon saltable for,the occasion wi'l be preached hy the pastor. s?d sneefal music will be furnished hy the efloiemi choir of this ehurch. f.. v-'. ^ '.11 ' tOBL ta Window Glass Association ftftr Bimilgwrf?b^t he laid he campZhl the instance of his worklngmen~?aaisatlon. The imoilatloh did Tour expense*. he IU Miked. 1 "AbOolutelABDt," he replied. He aafd twftirlff protection ghould it leant be a little more than wnough .0 repreeentme * difference in the xwt of labor jms -the American. winlow glass workers, though working jnder httWibidiUoM than abroad, it ill had w^tea that were too low. 'The sklllejlj workmen." he aald, 'average 9 iff* week for the whole rear, and thdpnsklilfd workmen 910 i week." It The wltneA was warned b/ Demjcrattc members not to accept too 'rfeoly--UM? flfteraaat that great linwruiluus?ur fmelgn?piuduuiouB would lessen American wages. He 'eplied that 1 sraa a vital matter to lis organlxaJt tn and that If the tarff was made ifllclent to enable them, to maintain heir organization they would look a ?r the wage question. "You pros se that, do you?" aaknr-sir.-Krtru: t. "Yes, we s 31 do that." The witnec > added that the only way we can p$t any thing from an American mahufaciurer Is to either itrlke or cohvfnce the manufacturer :hat "lfre arekble to get what we akJl?lln djj 111ii __?la?a workers had BO complaint against he present tPrtff. A charge tot a photographic trust nrlsts in thlyonntry was made in he teatlmon* of Wm. O. and <3. C. 3ennert of NH^York city, who con e^aea mat life Uistman Kodak Company controlmdy^even-eighths of the business in .tirery branch of the In-, lustry in th? country. \V. O. Geni?'ir said th^t .Independent rompaalesJiore could jLPt successfully compete with the Eastman Company. "Would thq removal of 4 5 per cent luty open the! American market , to Iho foreign fflinmerce?" asked Rep esentatlve Harrison, of New York. "It would enable us to compete," replied tho witness. "The proiitS or Ihe.^astmnn^'ijlfppny are so enorm-, >us that it would hardly be possible \o state the point at which it could lot afford to sell a camera at a muflt." ' The witneRsnaidTbat putting cameras on the free list would benefit everybody.. : Henry B. Graves of Geneva, N. Y? wanted the duty on lenses retained u? at present. Representative Palmar reminded Mr. Graves that the American Optical Company paid really 200 per cent profit on its actual investment. Mr. Graves disagreed, laying that he understood it was reiliy but ten per cent. ArthuB W. Sewall, of Philadelphia, asked to have the tariff of asphalt, removed and described the operatlona of the Barber Asphalt Company, which he represented, uennis Hayes of Philadelphia, representing the glass bottle blowers' association, wanted the tariff on bottles maintained. The committee will today hear representatives of the iron and steel industries on the proposed PWMMl nf the metal schedule. WILSON AGAIN. / The town of Wilson claims the donor of starting the first negro sanatorium In the country for the treatment of tuberculosis. Now the town la taking another Btep, and abolishing all old, open surface closets within tfie sewered "district, and reqOTrlhg" safiltary closets elsewhere throughout the city limits. North Carolina people aro rapidly cultivating a"violent distaste for the condiments carried an the feet of flies, and one by one< the ivarious towns vote "dry" on the By and filth question. If your town if in vi an niH fl"' yet ruaCJltlll IDiH stage and need a little encouragement or education. Just request the Btate Boar dof Health to send them a leaflet on this subject, together with suggestive ordinances applicable to any North Carolna town. Besides the fly's impolite tricks, there is very great danger that his impoliteness may give us typhoid, or the baby Intestinal troubles. Furthermore. there is with us the fever present danger of hookworm infeotion. The real'7 dangerous side of this o'd open cloeet riutsaneo should be suffllcent to appeal to most of as. but aside from that, there is also the* nnefethetlc side. COTTON MARKET. Lint Cotton; 11 l-4o. Bead Cotton. It BO to ft.tO. f Cotton feed. Iff per ton. - *.- ~f ?' 1 * I )N, JANUAKT If:'Ml*. row Colder glCBARft KING DIES AT -M^ASSMI JOTAL Mr, Richard King, ot Greenville, W?0 IU bjwught Ui ilia Washlngton Hopsltal several days ago ror trifctagnt, AM .it'.1 Uml iMtltutloaearly thlh morning ol.abceft on the brain and Hpinal menlngitia. The deceased was shout flfty-llvo years of age and one of Pitt county's profhlnent and useful citisens. At one time his county honored him wlth?Vn election to the sheriff's office and for a number of years lie filled the posllion_pf rlgButy snerlg. He also held other high positions of trust?all of which he filled faithfully and well. He leaves a widow and five children, besides a large number of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. The remains were taken to Greenville this afternoon on tho Norfolk Southern Lenin, accompanied by H. T King H K King." V I, Tliosvu. C. C. Vines, John King. Mrs. Richard Klr?~ nn?r Mr a UnfKor. W?><?.. TV.. funeral will take place in Greenville ' Sunday. Inasmuch as Mr. King was a member cf the Masonic fraternity in good standing his remains were escorted to the train bjr the members of Orr Lodge No. 104. A. P. and A. M., this afternoon. ALIENS FILE APPEAL VA. SUPREME COURT Richmond. Va., Jan.^1.?Speaker R. E. Byrd and associate counsel for < Floyd and Claude Allen, who are in the penitentiary here awaiting elec-1 trocutlon January i7Ch for their part | in murdering court officers at Hills- j vflle March 14. 1912, this morning I presented to the State Supreme Court j briefs arguing for a new trial for the i convicted men on the ground of error I and tJf ufter-diseevered^-evidence. | The court declined to hear oral ! argument, a ruling which deeply disappointed the friends of the Aliens. Accompanying the petition were affidavits from persons declaring that j iBitniftMaa win Hofnr? the trial that Clerk Bexfer Goad began the One affiant declares he was promised immunity by the murdered prosecuting attorney If he would get a gun and kill Floyd. Another avers the prosecutor told him a~day before the shooting that he would get a pistol ancf be ready to kill Ployd and Sidna when the Jury convicted Floyd. Still another says the prosecutor and' murdered sheriff told him before the shooting: "We have the Aliens where we want them at last." ST. PETER'S CHURCH . NOTICES FOR TOMORROW Tn.mrrow at St. Peter's Episcopal church promises to be a day out of the ordinary and no doubt a large congregation will attend. At the 11 o'clock service the rector. Rev. Nathaienl Harding, will preach from the topic: "Conversion." and the Sacrament of Baptism will be administerd. o'clock the rector will again fill his pulpit and will use* as his subject: "Confirmation." TRRATS CITY HOUSES. | Mr. W. Car-Skaden has Just completed treating the teeth of the city horses recently ordered to be done by the Board of City Aldermen. Those who have sen the work pronounce it 'jTWrHt^cTasi JoTy. which goes to show that Mr. Car-Skaden knows his work as a veterinary. HIGH SCHOOL BOY KILLS POLICEMAN IN SELF-DEFENSE. Bluefleld, W. Va.. Jan. 11.?Blaine Massey, hlghVchool boy, yesterday Shot and instantly Villffl PrcHr??mnn James Keiser, after the officer bad struck the boy and followed him rrm? bin home. TO HTARf ORCHESTRA. Prof. Will E. Smith wants to start an orchestra of about 35 to 4 0 pieces. All persons who desire to Ilearn to play any Instrument should call to see him. An orchestra will | be a great addition to Washlgnton. iThiB !a a great opportunity for beginners to learn. v Here are a few good suggestions concerning coughs and colds: Don't neglect a cold. If your cough contin)m nnd juu du nut get well saonT consult your doctor. Never cough, sneese or breathe Into another person's face. And to avoid having colds, get all the good, fresh air you . . . ..... . t \ :V* e " ' RodM^Frir - - WXR w) MRS. U. AT HOSE TUESDAY LAST On Tuesday afternoon of this week Mrs. John O. Bragaw, Jr. entertain- g ed at euchre at her homo on Main Cl street, in honor of her siBter, Mrs. f, Cam W. Melick, of EHsabeth Ciiy. tJ The first prise was won by Mrs. ft( J^ppie m. Moore, the Twenty-Hanth jj prise by Miss Hatch well, and the consolation prize uy MIbs Lizzie Hill. A guess'prize was presented by the bos- e( tess to ilr^ Melick. if Those invited were: Meadimefl e| George Hackney, Jr.. Frank W. Cox. g, D. T. Tayloe, Geo. J. Studdeet. E. M. ol -fL?Warrm. -H- M. Jenkins, A, M?p, Dumay. John l). Gorbant. A. L nowera, B. F. Bowers, John C. Rodman. Geo. T. Leach, D. E. Taylor. John H. jy Small, Junius L>. Grimes, John K. u, Hoyt. J. B. r'owle, C. W. Melick. B. j, G. Moss, J. K. Doughton. F. C. Kug- ft ler. C. M. Brown. Jr.. H. P. Bridg- tt man^JJA&llin H. Harding. J. F. Randolph. Thos. H. ClarTT FredericTiH. ai Pratt, W. C. Rodman. H. W. Carter, d< C. B. "Bell, VV. L. Vaughan, W. L)-ITGrlmes, F. H. Harding, J. D. Briggs. j John G. Blount, C. L. Carrow, F. H. Rollins, Harry McMullan.^^A. Mobs, i rc C. E. Leens. Apple Moore, Norwood ifr Simmons.?Jamas Fliisoiu J.Jti.jin Hodges.oH. C. Carter, Jr.. Louis If. IhI Mann, Waiter S. Wolfe. J. W.'tli ChaiMea. E. R. WIndley. J. L. Nlehulson, C. _D. Parker. MisBes Mary Ti Clyde HasMell. Conley, Knight. Elisa- A> beth Warren,. Margie Blount. May j in' Belle Small. Katherine Small. Mnry.tli Carter, Isabelle Cartty Frances jo1 Satchwell, Caddie Fowle. Harvey.] Taylce, Waddy, Bragaw, Wet more, I Jane Myers, Penelope D. Myerr, Mar-;th cia Myers. Whitney. Fannie Whitney, pc Beaa Conoley, Hoyt, Haughton, F. B, Lamb llaugbton, llurbank, WIndley. ni Olive Gallagher, Lizzie Hill, Wlni- dl Ifred Nicholson, Hodman. Sal lie G. H.|Cfl Myers, Ava Bell. Mary llill, bear! js" t'ampbcii, Rebecca Simmons, Olive | ^ Uurbaalc, Koua Harding. Mottle Grif-!0, fin. Mary Virginia Bonner. I M 1 aft Prejudiced Rt - Failure o lBy Clyde H. Tavenner.> Washington, Jan 11.?President itl Taft-4?-his Now Yo r k * * reoTgantza- T tion" speech, declared in fine sarcasm tliaj those disoati^icto with his admin- ni istration demanded "an ideal statfcjo! in which the poor and oppressed are 1t< to acquire property and c'eaae. suffering." a This and similar statements of the President, indicate why his admin- \\ lsiraiion was Ulipup'Jtnr Hr ir^s ? prejudiced against any kiud of reform. His 1s the same view that Ik n held by Morgan, and Rockefeller, u and the other money kings who have tt made their millions as a result of si federal laws which gave them mo- p nopolies of "American markets with w power to charge the people for trunt o products any price that tlielr greed dictated. p Morgan and Rockefeller oIbo be- a lini-n flint ill Tihfk nrr. nnt Kalitifiod a with the old conditions?the bribery b of United States senators by the oil t< trust, the failure to send guilty truBt si magnates to jail as the poor are sent o: the infamous Payne-Aldrich tariff g laws which permit the big industrial p combinations to be ever boosting Si prices and increasing the cost of liv- | n ing?Morgan and Rockefeller and si Taft bolieve that all who complain- m of these things expect and demand M "an ideal s*ate in which the poor and \ oppressed are to acquire property j ie auu cease suffering. i la lo HBiieri that because the people de- p| Riarnl tariff revision to reduce the'el cost of living, that.they expect or s< demand "an ideal state." jel In asking for an income tax which j bi will compel the rich to bear a fair; ri proportion of the burden of taxation.' f< which they are not now doing U In requesting tho election of Unit- t< od States senators by the direct vote tlon by bribery: In demanding enforcement of the criminal provision Qf the Sherman antl-trnst law. which is not now being enforced by an attorney-general ii who was formerly a sugar-trust law- j yer: t In desiring legislation, safe-guard- t - 4ng legitimate business from the _ He evils of stock-gambling: In expecting effective regulation of * child labor, an employer's liability 1 i law and protection of women wage- i earners: /v . tr~ REATENS "!^ LTH BULGARIA WK?HAKUiV l>KAni4M't J? .J VKT IMWUUS?IlKKH?(M?- M London, Jan. 11.?Roumania prao tally delivered an ultimatum to Bularla yesterday by demandiag *he 'fri fusion of tfilistria an dthe terrttarj > the north of a line 8tretchi&S-?ftMil iero -to -Kararna <m-the Ulaeh flea, ?cordlng to a news agency dispatch gl om Soda. Paris. Jan. 11.?Koumanla deal# '"^39 1 yeaterday to mobolise her army she does not obtain within fortyght hours satisfaction from Bulnrla In regard to the rectlGcaUon r her frontier. ae<*ortttTrg tori* dia? atrlf fronr-Hntrhaifyt-to the T-jasge. /] Salonihi, Turkey. Jan. 11 ?Tho ish^h of the Greek trcops fighting " sainst the Turks In the virinii* ? - - * in til a fiave been very heavy. To date ie;r have lost no fewer than Mreii lousand killed and wounded The sixth division of the Greek rniy left Ticro'yesterday tttith'i 01 ? ?rs to assist in the subjection tho urkleh fortreKK of Janlna. Constantinople. .Ian. 11.?Tli?- Bw- 'jjfc ipean ambassadors in the Ottoman ipltal yesterday succeeded in drawc aip a.-colarleaa.note v. It kit iH^b X >ly will l?e presented on Monday to io Turkish government. The document guardedly , a J vines urkey to yield on the -quest t?>a of . drlanople. bu> cm suggestion is ?* ade of pressure being brought by io powers to insure the acceptance this advice. London. Jan. 11- The meet:at? of :?? ambassadors of tTTc "European >wers Llilii- ulLurnomi-iu dist ties, the alkun situation concluded without iv deliuitit results. The diplomats scussed the deadlock of the peace inference and conferred as to posbie solutions for two hours lifter liich they decided to rvj/fi the >j ?i 19 raised. Lo lliuir re?pn?*iiv*. g-rar- ? ? nmentv. They w ill meet again on onduy. zason for ? f Administration s^, In demanding and expecting lhet?o tings tlie public is not. as President cttt ^ayB. and as Morgan and Rockc ? Her pretend to believe, either de-^ landing or expecting "an ideal state f which the poor and oppressed art* ) acquire property!" The' people are simply asking far square deal at tho hands of those public servants" they have sent to >'ushington lo represent them ftlUilinn IK win limloiu. Manuel L. Quezon, resident cob tissionfr of the Philippine Island** ? the United StateB. who boa just re- . trnedtp Washington from Manila, lys TTiat every town in the archi elago has endorsed the Jones bill, hlch he hopes will bo passed at tk? xtra session of Congress. The bill purposes ko establish a rovisicmal government, more liberal nd autonomous than at present, for probationary period of eight yeara oginning July 4, 1913. and that af?r July 4, 1921, the United Stateu hall relinquish all rights of so? reignty over the Philippines aad rani to its inhabitants full and comlet# independence. The United Lat?ia would retain sovereignty over - ecosaary naval and coaling station t#8 and terminal points for cables, ot including the bay and harbor anlla. The Jonea bill would vest the leglative power of the Philippine Ia-ndB in a Congreaa of the PhilipInea, a Senate comprising thirty ght members and a House of eighty-^ 1 ven members, both branches to be lectlvc. The executive power would* o vested during the probationary, p^ 2J od in a President, appointive foTf >ur yeara by the President of tht hited States and after July 4, 1121, ) he elective by the Filipinos. * 'jSj . DEAR PKOPIiR. If yon have got any relatives tlsiiag in your home this week and that- .?j| ou would like for them to leave! heir IJkeneas with TdU while they reurn home. Bring them down to my itodlo. win more than thank ?ua 1 or bo doing. We will give yoar tiend such good work and treat him vhere the place is. BAKER'S 8TUDIO.

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