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ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY -MOHNIXO, JUNE 29, 1913.
i iyOL. XXIX, NO. 249.
PRICE FIVE (EOT
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DEMOCRATS HURRY
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(Senatorial Caucus Has Con
sidered Nearly All Sched
ules in the Bill
LITTLE FRICTION
MARKS CAUCUS
Simmons Believes That Cau
cus Consideration of Bill
Should End Thursday
. WASHINGTON, June 28 Impa
tlent at the delay in getting the tariff
i bill before the senate, administration
leaders, spurred the democrats to ac
tion today In the tariff caucus, and
.'tonight consideration of all the sched
' ules practically had been completed.
. During the day the caucus approv
ed the wool manufactures, silk, .paper
l and flax hemp and jute schedules and
j tonight took ,up sundries and the free
Hst, to 'be followed on Monday by ron
,'sideration of the administrative fea
tures and income-tax section. . ,
' Surprising to many of the senators,:
j the caucus passed through the com
mittee amendments' today without
much friction and no changes were
! made In any ' of the ' schedules, al
though a few Kerns of the wool sched
ule were referred back.
' t. Action Approved.'
The action of the committee , In
transferring raw hemp, flax and jute
'to til free list was approved by the
caucus without discussion The com
mittee changes' in the silk schedule
also were approved and no changes
were made in the ' paper schedule,
print paper valued at not more tjian
3 Mi cents a pound being left on the
'unrestricted, free list as In the bill
which passed the house. 1
Early In the day the only enliven
ing discussion occurred upon an
amendment by Senator Ashurst to
put on the free list all woolen goods
In general use, such as doth, women's
and Children's drew . goods, ready
made clothlnp, stockings and the like.,
It wu argued that the democratic
platform Justified placing all clothing
on the free list. Members of the fi
nance committee strenuously opposed
such a -wide- rdastt'i,1 limn in; Mia
tie Ashurst amendment ' w as - voted
duwn by a large majority.
Simmons Talk.
Senator Simmons tonight declared
the caucus had at last shown a dls
. ' position to hasten Its work and he b'e
.lleved the bill could be completed by
Tuesday at the latest. As amended
,by the finance committee, 'reducing
the normal income tax exemption
from 14,000 to $3,000 for single per
sons, the revenue to be derived is es
iUmated to be about the same as the
estimated revenue under the house
(bill 480,000,000. Reduction of the
. general exemption. It was figured,
would be about equalized by the ad
ditlonal exemptions for married men
'or women and for children dependent
i apon th Income of a parent,
j At soon as the caucus) completes the
JM It will be passed upon by the full
finance committee, the minority mem
'fcers then getting their first official
'. look at the measure. The bill will be
, . n committee not more than two days.
' In any event It Is Improbable that tVt
jean be reported to the senate In time
;for general debate to begj- -fore
Julf 4. ' '"I1
'SECRETART 111100 HIS
IN THECUSTOMS SERVICE
tBSSBSSSSSSSSSSlSSB
Jone Hundred and Thirteen
Lose Jobs by Abolish
ment of Offices.
THOSE NAMED
'WASHINGTON. Juns 28. Secre
tary McAdoo today designated the
collectors and deputy collectors of
customs who will have charge of ports
of the United States after the reor
ganization on July 1.
One hundred and thirteen collectors
lose their 'lobs because the offices are
abolished. Hereafter there will be
only forty-nine collectors.
In most cases the present collectors
will be retained In charge of the dis
tricts. The secretary has designated
deputy collector to take Immediate
charge of each port and generally
that designation was the present spe
:lal deputy collector,
i Floyd Hughes, the present collector
of customs at Norfolk, Va., will be
the collector for the Norfolk-Newport
News district, with offices at
both, ports. Collector Fred Reed, at
Newport News, goes out of office.
The deputy collectors for Virginia,
South Carolina and Florida will be
Vimwnced later.
In North Carolina the deputy col
lectors In charge will be:
Newborn, J. Albert Patterson;
Beaufort, M. H. Marshall: Elizabeth
City, Miss Catherine B. Davis
ACTIO
OM TARIFF
ALMOST
FINISHED
APPEAL FOR FUNDS
NETS $115,000 AT
M. E. CONFERENCE
Remarkable Scene of Enthusiasm
and Outpouring of Money Follow
Appeals by Bishop Hendrix and
Dr. W. W. Vinson.
(By Ronald B. Wilson.)
WAYNBSVIUiE, June J8.(Spe
cial) The. keen Interest which has
been, manifested vy the thousands
here In attendance upon the General
Missionary conference of the Southern
Methodist Church, culminated this
afternoon, when ver $115,000 was
subscribed for thlf mission . work of
the Church.'
The general needs were presented
at the close of the morning session by
Dr. V, W. Pinson, one of the execu
tive secretaries, and then Bishop E. BM
Hendrix took Charge and began an
urgent appeal that quickly resulted in
subscriptions from all parts of the
great auditorium. A the bishop con
tinued to urge the needs of the Church
In the several mission fields, the sub
scriptions continued tobe sent for
ward until it had reacted the grand
total named. x ' ,
Thin is more t!han douMe the
amount that was raised t the first
general missionary conference of the
Church; which wa held In New Or
leans several years ago, and which has
since stood as the record of the
Church for contributions received at
one time. It is expected that further
subscriptions will be made tomorrow
that will bring the total amount up to
the $150,000 mark.
Night Session,
Tonight at the close of what has,
been the busiest day of the conference,
there was only a short session 'held.'
At this there were seve-ral brief ad-,
dresses made by missionaries telling
of the work that they are doing. The
feature was a prepared address by a
native of China, who is the son of a,
native Methodist preacher, In which
the effect of Chrlatianity upon the
change of the Chinese government and
the general awakening of that countrjr
was very Interestingly shown.
Morning Session.
The fact that mny of the ministers
of the Methodist Church who have
been attending the missionary confer
ence here' had to get bk to their
homes for 8unday caused a lessened
attendance at Lab Junaluaka this
mernlmr, and at the meetings In the
atflfernoon the .rteirdanoe was stlTT
smaller. At the same trm at least
two thousand people were In the big
auditorium for the lectures at th
morning session. The features of the
session were the addressea delivered
by Mr. J. Oampftell White and Mr.
W. T. Ellis, two of fhe most distin
guished ray workers In America.
Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson, the
senior member of the College of
Bishops, appeared on the platform flr9t cnno,uslon of tnB Chinese" was
this morning for the first time ASthat ether f ,heM ,e om
the veneraWe prelate was assisted to, , , , 1L
his seat by Rlshop Hendrix the great ' tfc nythln when they themselves
crowd spontanensly broke Into
hearty applause. Bishop Wilson Is
scheduled to precede at the session I
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BLUE UNO GRAY CLRO
MEET mBETTYSBURG
Coming from North, South,
East and West to
Attend Reunion
MANY VISITORS.
GETTYSBURG, Pa., June 28.
Coming from as far west an the state
of Washington and from as far south
as Texas and Oklahoma, civil war
veterans by the hundreds are pouring1
Into Gettysburg tonight by regular!
and special trains which are also
bringing scores of friends snd visitors :
for the opening of the battle anniver-'
sary celebration next week. The town j
wiiii iia pouiauon or ,ou up to tnls
time, has offered ample accommoda
tions, News received at the office of the
Pennsylvania commlswlon tcld today
of the passage by the legislature of
the 1 35,000 additional apiropriuUnn
to provide for the extra 10,020 vet
erans expected and later further ad
vices were received that a carload
of tents, cots and other equipment
wouli' arrive from Philadelphia dur
ing the night. They will be distribut
ed quickly tomorrow and when the
camp opens at 5 o'clock in the even
ing everything will be In readiness to
receive the veterans.
A telegram from Hncral J.
Thompson Brown today places at 3,T
000 the prewnt enrollment of Vir
ginia old veterans who Intend coming
to Gettysburg with constant additions.
Four troops of Pennsylvania state
constabulary are here patrolling the
streets of the town and establishing
traffic regulations. The squadron of
cavalry which arrived Thursday from
Fort Myers was given instructions to
protest all monuments and other gov
ernment property,
Oeneral Hunter IJtfgett, of Wash
ington, to be commandant of the
camp, will arrive Monday. Final ar
rangements at the big camp were
completed today The 'assignment of
space for the correspondents was
made and newspaper men from ail
'Parts of the country will find accom
modations there
tomorrow afternoon, the last to be
held, and at that time will address
fhe conference.
The morning session was presided
over by Mr. John K. Pepper, the
banker of Memphis, Tenn., who has
found time to devote the greater por
tion of Jils time to Ohurdh work along
with his money, and who is 'largely
responsible'tor the financing of the
proposition that has made the great
assomibly grounds here possible. H
this morning had the pleasure of In
troducing for brief fraternal remark
distinguished lay workers from ths
Southern Presbyterian Church, the
Episcopal Church and the United
Presbyterian Church.
The first address after the devo
tional exercises thisa morning was de
livered by Mr. J. 'Campbell White, of
New York city. Mr. White was for
ten years a worker In the missloHi
fields of India and has spent con-
BIUCI CLUIO UlltO 111 V.1UI1H, dVmJl tUllJ
other Oriental countries. His them
today was "The Layman's Place In
World-Wide Evangelism," and with
the force of Jils remarks he held the
strict attention of his audience. He
pointed out the fact that the preach
ers and the women cannot be expect
ed to do all the work, either at home
or abroad and showed what a large
place In the work of the Churches the
laymen can fill if they simply will,
The examples set by Ennls, Pepper,
Ellis, Rowland and others, was "cited,
the speaker showing that consecrated
laymen are needed, 'both personally
and by the aid of their representa
tive, furnished by their funds.. Here
the speaker took occasion to say that
there Is no use hoarding money to
be a handicap for the children to
come, for In most cases it pToves
more of a curse than a blessing. The
fact that one man In North Carolina
last year supported the work of thir
teen missionaries in one district of
Korea, was given to show what a man
feeling the weight of his stewardship
to God can accomplish. Stress, was
also laid upon the need for co-opeTa-tlon
In the work of the Churches, and
the fact that ths laymen can beat get
tosetner ,to pnn cms ootit. . uemuru-
national linex are almost lost sight of
in the foreign mission field, Mr. Whit
said, and necessarily so, for the
heathen cannot understand why there
are the distinctions which exist In this
country. For Instance, the Northern
Methodist Church established a mis
sion in the southern end of a Chinese
city and the Southern iMethodlst
Church established a church In the
nAfMiorrt MHnHnn nf 4ha ci rvi rHttr That
aid not Know me airrerence in the
(Continued on Page Ten.)
SIX PEOPLE MURDERED
AND HOUSE SET ON FIRE
TO GOn THE CRIME
South Carolina Farmer, His
Wife and Four Children
Are Victims.
NO CLUES TO DEED
COLUMBIA, 8. C, June 28. That
John D. Jacobs, a farmer, living near
Peak. Ijexington county, together
with his wife and four children, were
murdered, the house being afterward
net on fire in an effort to conceal the
crime, was the conclusion reached
late today by :he coroner's Jury after
an inquest which lasted all day.
Early this morning a milkman dis
covered denne smoke issuing from a
Sf') e where the Jacobs residence was
located. Investigating he found the '
house almost entirely destroyed, snd i
his further searvh disclosed the pres.-
ence of several charred bodies among,
the ruins. The lnqiet developed tho ;
fa.t that, Jacoba, hit wife,, his daugh
ter Kllie, ared 23, and three sons,
aged 13, 14 and 10, were ail dead.!
The; bodies of all except that of the
oldest son were found lying In their '
teds, uk If they had been murdered
vhlle they slept. The body of Irf-slle
Jacobs wan found before the ilrvpluce,
with a shotgun beside It. A gun was
also found beside the charred body
of Mr. Jacobs, and an axe near the
body of :.ii.ther of the boys.
The fk lis of Mr.. Jacobs and the
dattghtT iv,re crushed as if by heavy '
blows and blood whs found beneath ;
tie other Indies, The mattress upon '.
hkr ihe youngest boy lay was j
soaked w'th blood. No arrests have1
been made md there Is no clue to aid
the officers in their searvh for the
murderer. The verdict of the cor
oner's Jury was that the dead were
sialn by pfm.ns unknown.
THK WKATHET..
WASHINGTON, June 2. Fore
cart: North Carolina: Local thunder
showers Sunday; Monday, probably
fair. -; '
The
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PRESIDENT WILSON APPROVES
ATTORNEY GENERAL MREYNOLDS'
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I PLAN REGARDING UNION PACIFIC
V
Plana Negotiated by Attorney General and Railroad Attorneys Designed to Prevent
Government Receivership of Dig Road -Will
I' in Court Monday Morning.
WASHJNOTOf, June :,-r-Preal-dent
Wilson tonight approved the
plan negotiated i by Attorney-General
McReynolds an$ the railroad attor
neys for the dissolution of. ths Union
PacJlflc merger,! tender the Sherman
anti-trust lawj directed 4y ths su
preme court of the United States so
as to avoid a receivership for the
groat Comblnatllrt. O. Carroll Todd,
Jtfscia' assists tt''tW .attorney
generafTTeft here tonight for' Si Paul
to represent the government and to
announce Its approval of the proposal
when It 4s presented to lh United
Btates court there Monday. He was
accompanied by II. W. , Clarke, of
counsel for the railroad, who will
submit the plan to the court.
Will Quail Ty Approval.
The government will qualify Its
approval of the plan. It Is said, by
asking the court to grant a reason
able tame within whu'h the attorney,
general may make objections to the
proposal If further study develops It
will not meet the requirements of the
Sherman law In all aspert.
This latest attempt uf the many
made to dismember thu combination
provides for the disposition of the en
tire 1 26,650,000 of Southern Pacific
stock held by the Union Pacific.
While no official announcement has
been made, It Is understood the plan
as one step provides for the exchange
of $38,293,400 of Southern Pacific
stock for the Pennsylvania's hold
ings In the Baltimore & Ohio, which
are approximately of the same value,
The remaining t88.357.600 of South
ern Pacific will be disfranchised and
placed In the hands of a trust com
pany as trustees and agalimt this
sto'k will be Issued certificates, with
T
TIKES LIPEBlfOROlISC
George Townsend of Chicago
Throws Himself in the
"Big Muddy"
KANSAS CITY, June 28 George j
Townsend, the wealthy Chicago rail
way promoter .id brother of 'otj
gressrruin Edward TnwiiHend, of New
Jersey, committed suicide, by throw
ing himself ;n' -h" Missouri river si t
Kansas City, Kansas. Th Information
was disclosed otiiKht by the finding
on the river bank of Townsend's hat,
his coat, and a note-book contalnmg
a letter In Townwnd's handwriting
saying he would kill himself In-ause
he "feared the madhouse."
Mr Tewnsend. years old. dlsao-
reare from a local hotel early Tues-
day morning. Tho note named "
' "' ''' or brokers and end -
"f fear the madhouse again.
est;Us should have enough for my
,,.,. "
wife and others.
Ueorire lownwiid came to Kansas
. , . , . .
( ity hist Monday snd was to have:
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hold iin important business confcreni e;
u--- ,n. Bt-- u.l
..-.V . ur"ii, i o.. f i iivi'in linn.: ,H3
diruipjiearance the ptdlce, squads of
boy scout and the mall carriers of
both Kansas CHy, Mo., and Kansas
City, Kan,, have been searching for
him.
HOT AT "ST. IOI IS.
BT. IIUIP, June 28. The temper
ature here at 7 o'clock this morning
Was 5 degrees, five degrees hotter
than at the same time yesterday. At
oVlock the thermometer registered
90. This was on degree botter than
Uu unii hour yesterday
Old Swimmin" Hole.
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f . S)..1k
Turn backward! Turn backward! Oh, Time, I pray,
And make ra e a child again, just for today.
no voting power, to shareholders of
the Union Pacific. The plan provides
fur the sale of these certltlcates with
in definite time, and their exchange
(or ths) stock under conditions, it la
declared, that it will be Impossible for
stockholders of ths Union Pacific
to acquire a substantial proportion at
Southern Pacific stock; . . ... v , ,
Similar IYopossi. ., .:
This new p'"p, U immwtf" -e'mJlfT
to one, of till proposals suumtuod to
the court a month ago, but it Is said
to b more definite In form snd sur
rounded by greater safeguards to pre
vent the Southern Paciflo stock from
going to t Union Pacific shareholders
or remaining under the control of the
L'tvlon Pacific railroad for an unlim
ited time.
Cnder the supreme court's mandate
the plan must hu presented to the
Judges of the United Htatei court for
the eighth circuit by July 1, although
there is no limit within which the
court must enter a decres of dissolu
tion. !t the' court approves the plan the
alternative of receivership will be
avoided. Attorney-General Mcllcy
nnlds lute today received word that
Circuit Judijes tinnborn and Smith
would be In Bt. Paul Monday to re
reive the pltin. Judge Hook has not
been heard from and It Is not known
whether he will he present.
Ilavp liwn In Accord.
Officials today declared that Presi
dent Wilson and Attorney-Qencral
M::Keynolils had been In perfect ac
cord all along to reach an agreement
fur the dissolution provided a plan
could be evolved that would meet the
deirvands of the Hherman law. It was
'declared that while there had never
FILL I
STEAMER f ROM
More Than Double Number
Boat Can Provide Accom
modations For Robbed.
SAN DIKfjo, Cal., Juno 2. With
accommodations for fifty luisM-ngers,
the Mexican steamer Benito Jtiarei
arrived here today from Mazat'.an and
Ouaymas, Mexico, with 115 refugee, j
Kmall pox was rawing In (luayinae,
the, price of food was pmhlbltlve mid
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j M"'n "T Americans, the refugee , ,
, dared.
P)ve members of a party of thirty-'
fjve AmeriW)ll wh wa)k(,a M miipH
t f,u()irmi!1 h tho
arrived on the steamer. They amlj
td t WWfl W:orted lnt0 (iuitymH,
' ,v r.,,l.a r,,l,f,..l ,.t nil tl,,.l ......
unit 1.,'t lei uhLft f.r Ihi.,.,..!,,... A...
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M to.ritr to tbeii count thr were
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about J.fiOO reliels In the territory
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tbroi.gh wlni b they psan ,
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Thirteen women and children of the
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' b rri fam.ly of Oimymtui, said to bo
the weaMhieBt on the went, Mexican
toapt. ,'irnved for an indefinite stay In
the lil d States They arid the
spread of the smallpox epidemic caus
ed tliLtu to ieani iuii'iaa
JlliMI'IfIS M'l IAI. WKI'X'KKl.'
BIMOTO! Va.-Ttnn., June 2S.
NVw York and Memphis Limited, No.'
25, was wrecked near flreenvllle, ,
Tenn., on the Houthern railway ati
5:30 o'clock tftls afternoon. Three;
coaches left the rails but no one was,
seriously Injured. The train was d-j
Uvxl until lat tonlghf I
ft ?,
Be Presented
been any tendency to plac obstacles
In ths way of an agreement the ad
ministration had Insisted on an "ad
quats dissolution."
The plan volvd, It Is believed.,
will accomplish It, but ths goernment
take the precaution .'.of asking for a
Umltiiu Urn within which to mak
objetttop so that ,lo case Jutiilo dis
cussion of the proposition and furtihr
study by officials shows, any., week?
jumss,.4J 4m4 ef the administra
tion will not be tied.
As th plan of dissolution does not
provide for Uhs separation of th
.tkMtt'hern and Central Pacific, officials
of th department of Justice today re
iterated that Attorney-General Mc
Keynold later on would bring a civil
anti-trust suit under ths Bherman law
to accomplish that result
IIZZUNO AT MOimiMS. "
rJORroLK Va.. iun J.Norfolk
and vicinity Is In the grasp of the
hottest pel of the summer. Whit
th official report show the ther
mometer to have registered 99 degree
today in some places it went to 100.
There was one death In Hampton.
Richard Oliver, 47 years old, fell out
in Queen street In that town tonight
and died before a doctor -- reached
him. This was the second death in
that section In two days.
WHISKBrtOOM WIXNEIl.
BKIiMONT PARK, N. T June it.
Whlsbroom II. won the Kuburban han
dlcap hern today. I,a More was sec
ond and Meridian third. The time
foT the mile and a quarter was two
minutes flat, a new record for the
distance. The old record was 2:02 4-5.
HEAT SPREADS RAILS
USED BIS CO.
"Fast Flying Virginian"
Goes Into Ditch While
Going 40 Miles an Hour.
rnrtir, Ind., June 20. The Intense
heat which caused the rails to spread
Is blamed for the wreck ,tI. CUssa
prako and fiblo passenger train So.
6, known as th0 "Fast Plying Virgin
ian," in which twenty-flvo persons
were Injured ntsir l"ulton,'; twenty
miles northwest of here this afternoon.
Two I'ul'.man cars and a diner turned
completely over. The tralq was mak
ing about 40 tnllis ar. hour. Among
tho inlured was Oordor Hmlth, of
CharlottfiSVlllo, Vs., collarbone ' and
arm broken.
Tiip injured were brought to Peru
.hospitals where It was afild tonight all
would recover.
CHICAGO, June 2S. After swelter
ing throughout the night Chicago
found Itself -confronted hy another
day of Intense heal and suffering.
Th.) weather forecaster declares no
relief is In sight. Hear skies and a
hot breeze from tlio west added to
th rliy's discomfort.
Charily organisations distributed
tons of free Ice in the tenement dis
tricts today,' every public bathing
beach was crowded, and several hun
dred thousand persons fled to sum
mer resortr In 'Michigan and Wiscon
sin, The official temperature at 9
o'clock was 88 and numerous pros
tnJJ 4 raoortad.
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WRECK
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IN I
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III
SEE
Each Wants To Be United
States District Attorney
In This Section
HAMMER SEEMS
TO BE THE WINNER
D. L. WIndley Recommended
for Postmaster at Belhaven.
Tar Heels at Capital
(By (Jt'o. II, Manning.) r
WASiii.suiO.V, U. 0,',' June i
(Special.) Closely following thai
coming to town yesterday of Charles'
A. Webb, of Asheville, in company
with Crtl. J. P, Kerr, private secre
tary to Governor Cretf, and Captain
W. T, Mason, of Ashevllle, In connec
tion with th scheme to drain Matta
muskeet lake, W. C. Hammer, of
Asheboro, arrived today. Kerr and
Mason returned home this morning,
lioth Nc Overman,
Webb and Hammer have been
prominently oonneoted Vlth discus
ton of a probable candidate for
IB AND
1
ftACUIillPTriM
HN
overman
United States attorney for th west
ern district. Both called on Senator
Overman during tho day and dl .
cussed the appointment at length. . .
After being closely in touch with both
candidates throughout th day th
correspondent sees, no reason to re
tract the prediction muds some week
ago In these dispatches that, "the In .
dictation's at present point to the ay
polntment of Hammer." .
Hammer's appointment seems mora' .
probable now than at any former .
uine. . ..,..
In a democratic preferential pri
mary" fur the selection of a postmas
ter at Helhaven, last Thursday, D. U
WIndley received a majority of first
choice votes, getting ISO out of HI. -
A. D. Mile was second with 105,
Congressman Small today . reeoin
mended Wtnaiay's appqlntsnt n
Congressman Wsbb wns lNfrml
today that, hi effort to have. a board
of examining surgeon of the pension
bureau established at ftpruc Pin
ha been successful and wm,4i 4UtCu..
In operation shortly, v-i , ,
' H Mas recommended Ihe appoint :
ment of Doctor C. A. Peterson, of
epruce Pine; R. K, Slack, of Karkers
vllle; and t. W, Brudshaw, of Relief,
to compos the board. This will b
a great convenience for. the North
Carolina old aoldlers, who have pre
vlously gono to Johnson City, Tenn.,
for examination. .'
"I'm certainly proud of our North
Carolina- folk in Washington," said
Editor Varner, of Jjexlngton, today.
"Senators Simmons and Overman are '
doing all the real work in th tenat
her, and Secretary Daniel la ac
compllahlng mora than any other
member of the cabinet. Yes, air,
our folks are making history," :
J. M. Maupin, of Salisbury, an
Paul Garrett, of Weldon, are her.
Wires Governor Tener Tha
He Will Be Present at
Celebration.
WILL MAKE SPEECH
WASHINGTON, Juns . Presi
dent Wilson tonight decided to attend,'
the fiftieth anniversary celebration of
the battle of Gettysburg on the Fourth
of July. II telegraphtM ' Governor '
Tuber' that he had reconsidered his
prAious, declination and would mak
a brlfrf BiiCfi'h to the veterans. -T.hu
president's dDtision fulluwed a' ,
conference with Iteipresentatlve A. M.(
Mitchell rainier, of Pennsylvania,
Tho president h taken the position;
previously in declining to go that h
would Im breaking his ruin, esta-b
IWhed months ago, not to leav
Washington for any speechmaklng
waHlon while congress was in ses
sion. j
Mr. Palmer pointed out, however,',
the Importance of the Gettysburg
celebration Us nation-wide signlfl
ciuR-e and particularly the spirit of
H'-ctlonal sympathy that would result
from a. speech by a southern-born
president at the reunion of the north
and south. .
The prcMdent had Intended to leave
Tuesday for New Hampshire to spend
a few days with his family but ths
trip will necessitate' a rearrangement
of plans. Mr. Wilson' probably will
be at Gettysburg only a few hours
and II ha not yet been decided
whether he will go by motor or by
train. His plans probably will be an- ,
nounced on Monday.
Secretary Tumulty gave out this
statement for th 11 resident:
"The president has Xult constrained
to forego his chance for a few days
of much-needed rest In New Hamp
shire this week because tie feel It
bis duty to attend th celebration at
Gettysburg on Friday, th Fourth of
July, . ' - '
PRESIDENT JILS01 WILL
ATTEi iillERSART
AT GETTYSBURG, JULY 4