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i ! 7 HE FASTEST GROWING NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA r 1 ES TODAY AO GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" d: Daily, 1S3 Sun "OK CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1914. Price - Daily 2c; Sunday 5c, '. NIGHT EDITION f &WHBwai : J :s hi y 1 xnrlnlto fZn&Q Ajtei The Reserve Ban II ouse Association and 8G00 ISLANDS HAVE Oraanizations United PROSPERED UNDER Efrrot to Win Out in Con- j U. S. ADMINISTRATION L'rti- Roninnnl Ran! For. Washington. Jan. 14. Numerous? is- is CitV. landers which have come into posses- - FIM DQ PronoroH tn sion ct" th(? United States have greatly UO'eCuWOii Vblil DU riLpaieu IU 1)roSl,ered under their new adminis ir f G Charlotte's AuVan- tration, according to a report received Tnmnrrrw Roforo b-v t,K National Geographic Society ;,5J-Jo lUH'WIO. OCIiJJ 5 !cday. There are S,00 islands under i':fiiV;rn':ttee SOmethillCI Of Americal rule and they support a pop- --. , -vnol Ronl Plan i ulation of ten million persons; their hO'!iO.!dl PftHrt, rldll. I commerce exceeds $300,000,000; Amer- Jican capital invested in them is about v. i.;. Brenizer. president ot $.ioo,UOO.OOO and their commerce with :al National Bank, left the United States amounts to about -, for "Washington to make 5-00. OOOJU with the balance, of trade and look ait( r details at-j about equal. , : r . a the visit of the geneial) Fifteen years ago. says the report . ' jr, representing the Chanotte when Porto Rico came under the Amer i louse Association and the . ican flag there was only one building n n nmn i in n n 482,188 SLcii i COTTON i DEGJ THE WEATHER. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 14. Cotton con sumed in the United States during December amounted to 482,198 run ning bales including 13.206 bales of foreign cotton and 22,114 bales of linters, the census bureau announced today. Cotton on hand December 31 in man ufacturing establishments amounted Forecast for North Carolina: Fair, slightly warmer tonight; Thursday, fair, warmer. . i WIRELESS GALLS BRING FIRST SEWS nr nntnossin nmnn census en PRESENTS COTTON SUPPLY FIGURES Unprecedented Cold ave Sweeps American And European States to 1,801,283 bales including- 50.446 Washington, Jan. 14. ine supply bales of foreign cotton and 73,312 ad distribution of cotton for the four ,. . . months period ending December 31 an- bales ot linters; in independent ware- nounced bv the census bureau today houses 3,371,36;-! bales including 2,047 r-l bales of foreign cotton and 31,109 bales of linters. December imports of cotton were 15,812 bales of 500 pounds each; ex ports of domestic cotton for December were 1,230,830 running bales. Active spindles during December number 31.001,664. Of the cotton consumed in Decem- i., . ? . i - , j Charlotte, wnicii leaves to- on iue isiauu crecieu iui scuow yui yu a; 7: so for the Capital City 1 ses. Today there are 1,200 such build i Federal Reserve Rank ings and 175,000 pupils are enrolled. km Committee Thursday at . The island's commerce has been mul-,-.mt Charlotte will make a tiplied five times until it amounts to ; i supreme effort to secure 1 nearly $100;000,000. The report tells ivuiona! reserve banks fori of similar progress in Hawaii. I "The Alaskan islands and mainland'' " Uv subject was the sole topic 'says the report, "cost us $7,500,000, , , i -1 i i; j v ,-Hiii .(.jiuns vx. nem m inaepenaent warehouses in fnd a great degree of pub- Quite unjustifiable; yet tor many years cotton rowing states was 3,208,195 was displayed m the move-.the annual value of tne canned salmon b , ilBS i t . . ! -f,,,- I ' i , ' - i 1 1 1 o -jiro- O 172111- ! ,-, hriiig a regional reserve uuuu bkiii us uum .-uaoao i ombiv j -lott.?. and every man who has is twice as much as the entire pos i into the spirit" of the work is ' session cost."' :i . optimistic and believes that I shows: Total supply 14,457,953 bales, made! up of stccks at beginning of period, 1, 598.43S bales; cotton ginned 1 ,533,438 bales; 1 inter production to December 1st 289,11. c bales; and net imports 36, 422 bales. The distribution was: Consumption 1,977,471 bales: exports 5,180,173 jales, and stocks at end of period were held ber that used in cotton growing states' as follows: In manufacturing istablish was 219.S35 bales and in all other ments J.S01.2S5 bales; in independent states 232.363 bales. 'warehouses 3,371,303 bales and quan- The cotton held in manufacturing i titv held elsewhere (amount arrived at establishments December 31 in cotton growing states was 955,914 bales and in all otho states 845,371 bales; that holds a fair chance of win ui'iz prize. Large Delegation Going. i-.i sedition to Mayor Bland and Ma jor Brt'.nzer. who left last night there vvi', b- n tine delegation of represen tative oi izens and bankers who will i on to Washington tonight to Wei! the number, of the committee tr-nr iviii appear before the Reserve '3nk Organization Thursday. Anions those who will make th trb touisriit will be Messrs. H. M. Victor. . C. Wilkinson, W. H. Twitty, i. u. Aiexanuer, cuaumiau iuC By Associated Press. cHegi.'-ion. l. i. Vinson, ui. x. u Kit .an-ick, W. S. Creighton, A. 13. MOTH DECREES SilSPEi! OF INTEREST RSTE mvon' Morrison. W. J. Chambers. Payment of interest for the next six, Washington Jan 14. Aiming to at . .. .. ! ;mnntho nn hnnds nf thft internal ana .- . .. Mexico City, Jan. 14. Provisional President-Huerta's decree suspendin bales. Active spindles in cotton growing states duiing December numbered 12,- 153,399; in all other states 18,8. T.765. Exports of domestic cotton included 473,028 bales to the United Kingdom, 326,938 bales to Germany, 161,074 bales to France, 80,621 bales to Italy and 204,169 bales to all other coun tries. Imports included 11,388 bales from Egypt, 1,324 bales from Peru, 67 bales from China and 2,533. bales from all other countries. bv deduction) 2,127,661 bales. TESTIMONY OF AUDiTOB PLANT NOW COMPLETED 3y Associated Press. St. John, N. B., Jan. 14. Faint "S. O. S." calls from the missing steamer Cobequid, picked up n the bay of Fundy at lu o'clock this morn ing, revived hope for the safets' ot the vessel and the 120 people on board. The wireless was not sufficiently strong to give the Cobequids loca tion but indicated that she had sur vived a tempestuous night and that there was still a chance for her passengers and crew. The Canada Northern liner Royal George caught the cry of distress three tiroes and heard the steamer Lady Laurier re plying. German Steamer to Rescue. Xew York, Jan. 14. The North Ger msn Lloyd liner Kronprinzessin Ce cilie, reported yesterday to be one of the vessels racing to the stranded steamship Cobequid, was passing Nan tucket at 4:30 a. m. today and should reach her pier here this afternoon. No word had been received this morn ing from her commander as to wheth er he received the Cobequid'a wireless calls. Royal George Catches Signal. St. John, N. B., Jan. 14. A tele phone message from the Canadian Northern steamer Royal George in port here announced that the Royal George had just caught S. O. S. call from the Cobequid. Efforts to ascertain the stranded steamer's position failed as there was Cold Wave Reaches New England Boston, Jan. 14. The crest of the cold wave passed over New England sho. y before midnight when the winter's lowest records were reached. The coldest point was Northfield, Vt. where 28 below zero was registered at 10 p. m. Nantucket was the warmest place with a minimum of 2 below. $75,CQ0 Damages. Honolulu, Jan. 14. A terriffic north west gale at. daybreak had caused damage to piers and buildings on the shore of this island estimated at $75, 000. The tug Helen with a crew of six men was reported in distress near the island of Mauri. I Temperature in New York Drops to Five Degress Below Zero at 2 A. M. This is The Lowest Felt in Fifteen Years; Later Rose Gradually. Similar Wave of Below Zero; Weather Sweeps Over Eii-i rope Drift Ice in Danube! And Parisian Business is ati Standstill. Special to The News. Raleigh, Jan. 14. It required a couple of hours today to complete the testimony of vicep resident and Audi tor Plant o the. tooutnern Kauwav ,no reSponse to the Royal George's Company, betore special intrastate , queries. U.S. ARMY AS CAREER IS TITLE OF PAMPHLET OF WAR DEPARTMENT By Associated Press. , ooii and others. months on bonds of the internal an tract recruits to the army the war department has published a pamphlet entitled "the United States Army as a Career. . ,T 1 Tv,ii ho com that external debts of Mexico is as fol- :-nv.. oiuv win tUe Clearing House Asso-. lows: . "In view of the abnormal circum- Vrtd. Uut nu; liie'city of Chanotte stances in which the country is placed, j It nictures the American soldier wid aiso rave a large representation, its ordinary income is no enough to har(J at Ms trade of war or making movement one or coer tne expenseb uauneu oj ready for war. Major General Wood, nd attention, and not work of pacifying the nation and. m ; cMef of gtaff Qf tfae a t freight rate commission. He testified today as to methods of keeping ac counts of the Southern, as to the val uation of properties, first and supple mentary cost of various lines, the records of bonded indebtedness, ana profit yielding and non-profit yielding 1reported scene of the wreok of the expenditures in maintenance exten sions. He declared that there are im mediately ahead of Southern non profit yielding expenditures in this state aggregating $3,412,000, and on whole system-c $6,240,000 including increased (Station facilities, new de pots and . the like. The total expen ditures have been $63,500,000 within the past 5 years, and the Southern Railway Company has sold bonds since re-organization, net bonds com mand 72 to 73 per share on bond market. tin;? ksHj f or.n;,-? ! to i;i nnanciai imerebu -"- 7, : lie will be Dersonallv resDonsibl for ; sarv to continue these expenses unm . P , . A Aldermen Respond. lie 'oavd ot aidermen responded tne result pronueu oy iue 5- . tne paraphlet whicn wag prepared by ment has been accomplished the ex-1 Captain Tnomag F Ry&n of the prcmrtjv to tfc call of the movement ecutive, Dy virtue ol me auiuunuui. , , branch iiisr niiiat at their regular meeting conceueu uy uuusicao ast. iCwuuv vhtn an appropriation of S100 was (the authorization to direct the af- ataue to 3 ira v e --noises of those at- fairs of the departments of war, fi I'Tid-na tue Oieeting trom this city, me nance ana tne mienow, uewecs matter -vas presented to the board following: hy Mr T. T." Ainson who stated the1 -'Article 1 There is suspended for sreat aavaatags! wnicn a regional six monuis iu bw uj. uowuu. THREE KILLED AND THREE INJURED IN KANSAS MINE By ssociated Press. Mulberry, Kas., Jan. 14. Three iank v-. o- d mean tor Charlotte and debt wi'..i thft understanding that tne the city fathers were quic to respond sums which during this time shall be- Jn the mine Qf the Spencel Coal c ut 17 ' i- niouii yiovcu t--y- .an. 1.U111C uuc m-i - " j pany was aroppea iuu teet bv the nation nearly belore tne board and same rate as the obligation to which j v,reajjing cf a cabie today. -'i' inio some oi tne eietans oi wnai tney correspona. 'lie ier';.' :;ai bank will mean to Char-j "Article 11 From the date of the lone, ?!ici the taik was not without1 promulgation of this decree the custom - r':e: (duties will be paid in cash to the re- res-eraays ivieeimg. sDective ieuerai uiutc. afternoon a meeting ot aiid citizens was held at the Will Request Return of Mercado. Mexican City, Jan. 14. Formal re- i.ri'on .Nauotial Bank in the directors quest for the return to Mexico ot uen oom. ?i the situation up to that erai Salvador Mercado who command a.s thoroughly gone into, and e(j the federal troops at Ojinaga to charce which now oners itself to either with his comrades who crossed FRANK SMITH WITH BALTIMORE FEDERALS AMENDMENT CASES BEFORE COMMITTEE By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 14. The senate committee on privileges and elections heard arguments today on one of the cases that grew out of the constitu tional amendment providing for the direct election of seriators. Lady Laurier Catches Signal. St. John, N. B., Jan. 14. It wTas also r' ported that the steamer Lady Laurier had caught the Cobequid dis-! tress ca. The Lady Laurier should have been nearer Brier island, the tors. SUSPENDED INTEREST BRINGS DROP IN MEXICAN BONDS Royal xvldil liner when the latter's call was heard. The Lady Laurier went out from Halifax yesterday to take part in the search and ought to be near the "wreck t6day.""Belier prevails that the Cobe quid struck on one of the Grand Ma nan ledges. Weather conditions were a little mo.-e favorable for the search for the Cobequid today. The snow storm ha. passed but the temperature remained several degrees below zero and a thirty knot northwester whip ped the sc". Hope for the vessel rests chiefly on the efforts of the "United States re" enue cutter Woodbury and the Canadian government steamer Lady Laurier. The Woodbury was thought to be close to Grand Manan. Royal Mail Offices Hear From Agents. New York, Jan. 14. The local -toyal Mail office received the following mes sage this morning from its agents at Halifax: Extremely blustering and cold. Anxious as to passengers and crew of Cobequid. Have sent steam ers in search. By Associated Press. New York. Jan. 14. From "i heiow ALL DEPOSITORS OF zero at 2 a. m., the lowest temper - PENSAC0LA BANK Uture recorded here in 15 years, the) VJW I ft FT RFIIMn mercurv climbed slowty upward in! ew York today, reaching six above By Associated Press. at 11 o'clock. The backbone of the Pensacola. Fla., Jan. 1.4. Every cent cold spell appeared to be broken The of the $1 600,000 due depositors of the death list s the t u d ' First National Bank here, which clos- . , b ' ed its doors a week ago, will be paid iner co,( was seven, back according to a statement today! 'e' York, jan. .14. While tempera by National Bank Examiner Goodhart, tures hovered about zero or below in charge of the bank. Mr. Goodhart in the eastern and New England states declared the bank's financial condition this morning, yet relief from the two' is good with the exception of the half days' siege of cold weather is prom-' million foreign loan and that the lat- ised tonight or tomorrow. ter is partially secured, lie expects . Reports from the West indicated' to exhibit all resources of the First that the rising temperatures which' National and to effect a consolidation brought relief there esterday would1 with one of the other local national reach the lake regions today and! banks in order to protect stockhold- weather forecasters i,av thev are ex-! via ui tue ciu&eu iusuiuiiuu. j.h tending eastward. event that this is impossible, Mr.) While the cold wave has been uooanart saia ne vvoum nquiuaie me sweeping this country Europe too has bank's business to pay the deposi-jSuffered. Vienna, Berlin and many otner e, -rman cities report unprecen dented drops in temperature. Drift ice is running in the Danube river and iu Paris business for the past 21 hours h.is been at a standstill. In London recent harsh weather condi tions a-e held responsible for a ser ious rise in the death rate and an epi demic of influenza. Cabled dispatches last night from Milan s ated that heavy snows were wiling id the Ali)3""aM' that the in tense cold had. di'lven wolves to prey on cattle. - j In i,ew York state the lowest tem ' perature reported 43 degrees below zero was at Harrisville. Few towns it il . Myazaki Japan, Jan. 14. Refugees uoruiern anu western sections ' , . , i j v o i 01 the state reported temperatures from the stricken island of Sakura ar- higher tuan 2Q ldegvees bei0w "ero rived hr -e today. They reported that early today. The reading in New York the in baants of 300 houses compris- city touched u record mark at min ing, the village of Seto lost their way niShf at. four- degrees beljw. The n u i n... number of dead officially recorded last m trying to reach the seashore and niglu was nilje but polce and hea,t,, probably all perished. The refugees ofiicials believe the total will greatly declare that hundreds were drowned in exceed that figure. Hund.-eds have trying to swim across the gulf of received treatment at aopitals and ir v. rrv,,r th-, h& vni tnousands of homeless men and wo- Kagoshima. They add tha. the vol- h ,n u,, , REFUGEES FROM sium pour into mm By Associated Press. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 14. Frank Smith, a pitcher on the Montreal In ternational league baseball team last season, yesterday signed a three years contract with the Baltimore Federal j leaeue. according: to advices received I hurl'MIO ivau iln nloiniv inrilfatf1 A n.;nnn t-orrHnrv io t.- VlP. maflP. T3i 1.,..-U ' ' iiumij miO ii.lllcLiK.au. itnuuij licio iuua; 11 KJ 111 1 ILWUlUgU. rhi-; meeting developed a large amount t0 tne United States by General . o; e-ntnusiasm on the part of tnose Aureliano Blanquet, Mexican minister i r-jnr and alter several briet talks, 1 D war according to an announcement ;r. votd r'nat Major Brenizer and Dy. today. 'syor Biaiid should go ahead of the Washington, Jan. 14. The forthcom ru R' delegation, leaving last night v reaut of General Blanquet for ; r Wn.hington. to pave the way for tne return to Mexico of General Mer-1 ;'aritig, while the meeting also . cado and tne Mexican troops who, ''''-ht M!i t i'uliv the iaree amount of n Tovaa frnm Oiinasa is not: ' "'ri,.;n: T.!on that has been created ijkeiyto receive serious consideration. -r rr, hrii,g the regional bank to. At" a conference between officials ' J:! of the state and war departments ' r.e- 'linkers, the Clearing House As-' WQen jt was decided to detain the ." Greater Charlotte Club, Mexican soldiers at Fort Bliss, Tex., iriMX Shippers and Manufacturers j wag pointe(j out that to permit the A-.-".4.iario'.i, Charlotte Merchants' As- to reCoup in the United States and others, have united in . then retUrn to Mexico would con : :'(. with the cieany denned titute a violation of neutrality. :,'''4' be-fore them of succeeding in. By Associated Press. Berlin, .Jan. 14. Suspension of in terest payments on the national' debt by the Mexican government caused a heavy drop in Mexican bonds here to day. The newspapers express the opin ion that the situation calls for inter vention by the European powers. Nearly all the Mexican bonds are listed in Germany where the holdings are Very large, especially in the south, but there has been much unloading since the beginning, of the revolution. E. P. COX CHOSEN SPEAKER VIRGINIA By Associated Press. f-'outheastern section will come :'.riitte. The whole city, every i.'-isinessf. finance and commerce, e;r,e together on this proposition ''e prospects of success are ac brightened and brought -" l! ''' they were 24 hours ago. Mr. Creighton's Map. ; the various arguments to -ijtPfi to the Reserve Bank O'-- ' ioi; Committee will be a care ' Uorts. and it is now more than . da II UfAY i'ehyble that the regional bank ALAbKA nAILVVMI BILL MAY PASS SENATE NEXT WEEK Washington, Jan. 14. Supporters of the bill providing for the construction nf a government railway in Alaska expect it to pass the senate by a non-1 partisan vote prouamy eany uwi week. nphate was continued today by Sen- -.eouterI map bv Mr. W. S-' ator Walsh, who asserted the bill did to". Tli in map will shbw the not in any way involve government :, advantages of Charlotte, ownership of railroads in the ordina 'vill ap)ear the various cities ry sense. Senator Walsh insisted that e li-rritory to be served, and the building of a line for the develop 'ot;,nce or each from Charlotte i ment of a territory where no ade i - time required for jn letter to ! quate privately owned lines existed r-e distance between each city 1 could not be likened to the construc 'gion, ' and Charlotte as cen-' tion of government railroad in set- map, as prepared oy Mr. j tied communities. '.7tr,r,iH. will be authoritative and a tangible proof of the ' -'ivaiitages of this city as com ,; ''ith Richmond, in the contest i! regional reserve bank. ' K' - of preparing this map - .-ii-sted by Mr. C. C. Hook to '' " e-omniittee when it was ascer tat Mr. Creighton had already ' work on the same, and today " .'"eight on devoted much c his MORE DEVELOPMENTS IN RITUAL MURDER. SEND IN YOUR 6'd WANT AD 99 JINGLE St. Petersburg, Jan. 14. M. Chap linski, public procurator, of Kiev, wha was prominently associated with the prosecution in the sensational trial of Mendel Beiliss for "ritual murder" was created a Knight of t- 3 Order of af ctoniss nf the first class and ap-! ,'irt0H n spnator and Drivy concillorll Time is limited. At six o'clock Thursday evening your chance to win two tickets to the Grand Opera at The Academy of Music Saturday night is over. Sev eral very good jingles have been sent in but yours may be better. Take a try. Not more than 12 lines that is three 4-line verses or less and you, no matter where you live, privileged to compete. The winning jingle will be published in this space Friday and tickets delivered any tmie after 12 o'clock Sat urday. Get busy now, send in your jingle to The Want Ad Man. PRINTED YESTERDAY A TOTAL OF 1061 SINCE NEW YEAR If you want to buy, sell or rent, want a position or room and board, a News "Want Ad" will deliver. Everybody reads1 'em Cost one-cent-a-word always on page eight use the phone 115. 'Nuf 'Ced. cano or &aKura-jnna uas cuuipje'-eiy aiJ(j municipal lodging houses. A six changed its form, several new craters ty-miie gale blew ail of yesterday, not having opened I abatinS until late last night. Because Tho h--, ne ashps CPased here todav'of the needs of Por for coal 'lu coa! The h I o, ashes ceasea neie toaa. teamgters wno have been Qn strike ye(J. after lasting 36 hov-;. terday, returned to work, agreeing to The postoffice was one of the first leave their demands to arbitration, buildings to collapse in Kagoshima at' from Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod re- house of delegates s.t of he .rti,,n?k.. The, - srd ? ia,rr dlc"u 1 "& 1 wrecks and taking many lives. Sev- mf? t . f,,, v,oi ' eral schooners were said to have been Kagoshima is protected from loot-. w wireless call ers by patrols of police and 1 roops yesterday stated A l Americans who were m gteamshi Cobequiwas fa3t cmity are safe. Several American. Manan. It is missionaries were stationed at Kagosh- feared yesgel and UQ perfiOM OQ ima- , - ,lf f it ' board are lost as a gale in the bay of Sakura-Jima at the hejght of its prevents rescue vessels reach- eruption is pictured as a terrifying ' mouniam ui inc. w vw wn(raTUi votorHav rn io, By Associated Press. Richmond, Va., Jan. 14. Edwin P. Cox, of Richmond, unanimous choice of last night's democratic caucus, was elected speaker of the House of Dele gate!', without opposition when the legislature convened today for its bi ennial sixty day session. Lieutenant Governor Ellyson called the senate to order. Governor Mann's message was read' after the appointment of clerks and around is thick with ashes anc smo ke other officials. It deals chiefly with finance and tax reform. He recloni- ! mends action to avoid the necessity for a special session of the legislature to discuss taxe aggregation, equaliza tion and collection. 1 Senator James Cannon, of Rich mond, offered a joint resolution to send a legislative delegation to Wash ington to ask that a regional bank reservoir be located in Richmond and also to endorse John Skelton Williams cf this city, for comptroller of the currency. JAPANESE FLEET ADMIRAL DIES IN 71ST YEAR ine . p- ?"UJS Suffering was reported in Boston and soon aner we 7?,"" , p other cities. Schools and factories are many rescues nuui mo Sakura. closed and several cities are without electric light and power. Three deaths due to cold were re- The people at first did not seem to realize their danger and were s low in ed frQm Philadelphia wh four trying to escape It is tared that d eg aove zero wag registered . many were killed before reaching the night Qtber tg .q peQQ seashore. Thousands, pursued by a ,vania Xew Jers and Maryland ram. or nery stones .ue.t vu reported zero weather and intense beach, half submerged in water, ind ' . gesticulated wildly to the steamers a wuuiy lu tut, --1 Amone the fatalities reDorted 'was and fishitg "pats tor aia. one 1 iu 1 tbat of-charle Eari 16 years oId steamer saved dOO persons while the , whQ wag frozen tQ death jQ &n oygter other ocats aisu , bQat on T)eIaware bay jIis fatherf work. The cruiser Tone reported es-; 1npnnsriniIS from fixnoslirfi. iav hesid terdav that Sakura-Jima had beeoi en-j tirely evacuated. Thick atmosphere tor tne moment unconscious from exposure, lay beside the lad's body when rescuers picked up the boat. Fifteen teachers of the high school Bv Associated Press. "Tokio, Jan. 14. Count Yukyo lto, fleet admiral of the Japanese navy, died this morning in his "1st year. Count lto had more to do with the development of the Japanese navy than anv other man. He entered the ' service in 1868 and studied for a considerable time in the united Ptates. In the war between China and Japan in 1894 he commanded the of th wireless reports. Ot- illLCi J.L1 vm " ficial advi:-s fr yesterday, reporteu mat f ? "- rode sev ' as usual attend nuito. w t . frowai)(ia pa vesterdav snent spv- firial advi:-s from Kumamoto, dateu v,nilPI. 1.c,BtnriT.0. 10,, rillr,ila om uw'u;n ,er3l hours restoring 12U pupils who ted that place shroud-!, . . iibiioY ,f ed with ashes from the eruption 01 , dasses The chiidren were numb with Sakura-Jima. Energies there are qi-; cod several fainting when they en rected toward the repair of the rail- tered warm rooms road so tnat water auu 1 New England shipping Still Endao- spnt to the hungry refugees near Kagoshima. President Wilson Sends Message gered. Boston, Jan. 14. Although the northwest gale had abated somewhat Washington, Jan. 14. An exchange today terrimC Seas continued to laeh cablegrams Detweeu "M'ucul the New England coast and shipping aELVcLu. HI Ao7 u. vuiuuiauucu - - - TaQn v -1 " combined squadrons of the Japanese Wilson and the b Emperor of -Japan wag e dan red Xothins had been fleet which fought the battle of the, over the Sak mJima s.. learned early today as to what be- voii.- aPa afterwarrl destrovine the made puohc today. President W ilson s ame of tne crew of S1X mfen vho Yellow sea, afterward destroying the Chinese fleet. He was then appoint ed chief of the naval general staff. During the Russo-Japanese war he was chief of the naval general staff and contributed greatly by his strategv to Japan's victories. REFUSES APPROPR! YTION; PARLIAMENT Dl .SOLVED. By Associated Press. Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 14. The Bul garian parliament was dissolved today by the premier, Dr. V. Radoslavoif, be cause it refused to pass a provisional appropriation bill. A new chamber must be ' elected withi- two months according to the constitution. j message stated: 'abandoned the schooner John Paul in "To his Majesty, the Emperor 01 Nantucket Sound. Japan: j The revenue cutter Acusbnet spent "Having learned of the unprece- a DUSy day yesterday assisting- dis dented disaster that has visited your. tressed vessels. It stood by the country through earthquake and tidal sch0oner G. M. Porter, Xew York for wave, I beg to assure your majesty- Calais, through the night. The Porter and the Japanese people of my deep was ashore on - Kills Pond bar aft svmpathv and that of the American Bass rjVer. people. I The British steamer Greta which "WOODROW WILSON-"' ! disappeared after she bad raised sig- President Wilson received the fol- cais of distress near Half Moon shoal lowing reply from Emperor Yoshihi- Monday night was still missing today to- 1 as was the Nantucket fishing schoon- "Prav accept my sincerest thanks er Two Brothers, caught in the storm for thp smvpathetic message sent oy Monday off Sankaty light, yourself and American people for the , The temperature remained below j terribe disaster." ! Jzero throughout New Englan i r H mm 111 ;,?tl:;., 1 ' 4i mm 'I 1 A it 1 VI V i : ' Uio finishing of the map. lCoutin':d on Page Nine,) . 4!f- - A3
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