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V. -. " " " ' : : : : . . - ' x . .. . . T GROWING NEW TE NEWS NIGHT 1 Greater Char 1t t e 1 s Home Newspaper PAGES TODAY 66 EDITION 99 SPAPER -IN NORTH CAROLINA I . T . . ;:,;:,,1um!: Drily. 1888-Snnday 1910.. CHARLOTT Vc, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1914. pricc; Da-,iy 2c; Sunday oc. T - - 1 "Bi I - i I. )r. W. Shot M H. Wooten And Killed By unroe Jetton HI,, : nine Excited Over Homi- r I I j. yj:x uccurrea iasi About 7 O'clock Shot in Jetton's -Died in Few Minutes Passes Near Heart. Mv H:;ra Was Being Invad ' 6r.iv Statement Made by piioi: - Both Men Promin .oi Vjorion Brouqht to Char- Later: (By 'Phone From Davidson by News' Special Representative.) intte This Morning. n , :: . .; Ten, a prominent phy i ! m. was shot by Mr. ,. . i urominent citizen ... , -.:c;fet of Davidson last " . n'c'oclv and died ia 15 1 x :a!l from Mr. Jetton's :.f;-.-"!i the heart. "He in - was the statement .1-: ion a few minutes . . , ratal shot: Dr. Woot . -aiv Jetton home. The .. . ,., .-t.-n present beside the two J?;tou, a bride of sis . . months. After firing Mr. , " ,-, :w. UHiahbors and request , ; i , t .-'-f- that the wounded r .neudvi! to. To these neigh ,r ;jiv rjiis reason for shooting v.. . . . .vri".i. iii'.-h was that he, Woot f. i. -invading-' his home. The . uis immoned and gave per .voi! n'- '1r Wootea moved to ', hw. H rlied about 7:45. Mr. ;,.., r,-, ?ix .- ibmitted to arrest. He ?!,-'!' .. the house of a friend f - .-.:.! I'tii'.-er. and guarded there j.;. ,-? r,r inquest was begun p.r:- :' .'.!.!. (his morning and ;.. )'' tb. first edition of The y--- ' hi session. He Wrecked My Home. ?tj.i: .uessasc from The News' :. - , orre!- at. Davidson at 12:30 . : - ret.-, as stated by C. M s . ;' i -on to reach the Jet- i ijii n...i, iit rii the shot, but heard !.. a-! Mr. Jeiioti calling for help. v r: 1 tivrc 1 said "What in the '-j :)-. mean?" '! .' "Chanie, he has i: ! i'( rki.'d my home and I 1 i -!..'. who lives second door 'vv.'i iv;is the second person 'I ti nt when he reached the i: What does this mean?" '' '"pit- 'i "Ho ruined my home ' ' iiin:." ''- incl wiu were on the front icr:b h.-a ! came up. Mrs. Jetton fa'd 'Miinrnf. fJon't say that.' He re fH. ! will say it for it's true.' She t.ii'l" in r'Miiy.r' Dr. Wcoten's Statement. '!t r,i,tpn s;n"d. 'he did not give "ar:cr. bu 1 could so OHsilv I'lahteti. Mrs. Jetton was show h'.r new dress she had just e! Oh! If 1 had only another l urmng to those around him ""mi to live a good life and ' 'i said 1 can not live long. ii internally." He died Coroner Hovis and his jurv will not render a verdict until after' an autop sy is performed at 3 o'clock. The jury eonsists of: F. A. Goodrum, C. D. Bi-ad ford, S. T. Caldwell, F. o. Johnson J. Lee Sloan, C. D. Walley. Besides Messrs. Christy and Styles two other witnesses. Dr. J. W. McCon nell and T. S. Lotherey were examin ed. They made practically the same statement as the two first witnessps both quotins: Dr. WootPTi as '-I'm Xn-r, i , . ". ' uvuc iui, i m muoueni, i couia have explained she was showing me uer new aress. Mrs. Jetton is pros trate. She is in bed and friends are with her. The autopsy will Te held at : o'clock to decide on the course of the ball. Business is suspended and there is an intense tension of excite ment. People stand in groups about the streets talking. The Jetton home and the Wooten home are about 300 yards apart on South street. Mrs. Wooten and Miss Sarah Wooten, a student at Queen' College, are grief stricken. The Jetton and Wooten families are connected by marriage and Dr. Wooten and Jetton were formerly great friends. Jetton is a son of the late J. L. Jetton, county commisisoner of Mecklenburg and repre sentative of the county in the lower house. His mother is living, her home being in the country, near Dav idson. Jetton has three brothers, Mes srs. John, Will and Ranson, and a sis ter. Miss Essie Jetton, who live in Dav idson. Dr. C. S. McLaughlin, county physi cian will conduct the autopsy. The day and hour of the funeral have not been decided upon. i- tn'M W,,rlt, 1.1 i (rr., tnr! I1) " ' ---.!-. "hristy and Styles rJ ':;e Jetton house Jetton still - K-1'-'!. a ;:s calibre. He took lino i,hc rciom where Dr. '; ";- !in on the bed. Point :t .' -'fun repeated, "He ruined 0 NEWS FM TIE POTOIC By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 11. The navy tug Potomac with a crew of 36 aboard, lock td in the ice in the Bay of Islands off the coast of Newfoundland is safe, at a place near Rocky Point, according to information received at the navy de partment today. Curling, N. F., Feb. 11. The crew of the United States naval tug Potomac are reported "all well." Part of the crew is said to have ar rived today at the Lobster Head light station. INTENSE IN IN HOME RULE 1 P R 0PSIT10N! , i TEHESTiSGARLET FEWER GGULD NOT STOP THIS WEDDING By Associated Press. London, Feb. 11. Whether- home rule for Ireland should include Ulster was aaain the center of imprest in the house of commons today. Sir John Simon, the attorney general, attacked the Unionist amendment to the reply to the King s speech. The amendment declared "that H would be disastrous; for the house to proceed further with the government for Ireland bill until the measure had been submitted to the judgment of the country." The attorney general said: "The real purpose of tlm amend ment is to tear up the parliament act. Even in the event of a general elec tion returning the liberals to power it would be a new parliament and tne house of lords would be free to block the home rule bill for another three sessions." Sir Edward Carson, head of the "provisional government" of Ulster, said: "Never before in a speech from the throne has a statement of such un paralleled gravity been made in ref erence to the domestic relations of the fellow citizens of Ireland as was made by King George yesterday. "The words put into the King's mouth by the cabinet ministers are a condemnation of the home rule bill and a confession that it has utterly failed to furnish a solution of the Irish question. There is small wonder in view cf this confession that the gov ernment shirks the idea of leaving the decision to the voice of the people." By Associated Press. Cincinnati, I Feb. U, Swathed from head to foot in antiseptic wrap pings. Milton Newman and Miss The resa Peyser werp married here last Sunday '-wording o an announce ment made here today. The wrau- i pings i-onceaieu one tronv. The other .during the ceiemony which was per- tormeci by a rabbi bundled up to keep out scarlet fever germs. The wedding date had been set for last Siinday at rhe home cf a friend in this r-tty but last week Miss Peyser became ill with scarlet lever mid was quarantined. Newman in sisted that the wedding be carried out as planned and was givea per mission by the board of health A "health officer and a nurse were the only witnesses. Immediately al ter the ceremony the bride was taken to a hospital. Today she was said to be well on the road to recovery.- LDDV NW W 1 i, - a i- o 1 1 the tvegr. .V ' ' m Co Hi l.rj. i, , ; - a-Tirrj jr, t'ri 5 Wi;!!. M.l(! ye;; "'ook "fleet in Dr. Woot arcing the heart. Jetton H' neighbors, giving them jr "-.Looting Dr. Wooten, ' 'Ik.- latter be attended -iiui Mr. jetton are both in Charlotte and news of j-t oight caused no little -e of Clarkton. -; a native of Clark ' -a a student at Dav being in the I- U. Alexander, of J : i : 1 1 f-( j Dr. Wooten re i;i"'.yry department but "Jivum that to become : lliedif'l ilf-tiu rtment i ts oi nge. He married , ,i -, a daughter of the Potts, of Mecklen family living here ;i-'. He had a daughter, ""r"'i in Queens College. '' lioioe by automobile DT ELECTROCUTED? By Associated Press. New York, Feb. 11. Hans Schmidt was sentenced today to die in the electric chair during the week begin ning March 23 for the murder of Anna Aumuller. Schmidt was found guilty of murder, first degree, ac his second trial after the jury which first tried him had failed to agree. Schmidt's lawyers pleaded insanity for their client but the prisoner -rould not aid them and said repeatedly he wanted to die. CONCERN T m& im mm n k Special to The News. Raleigh, Feb. 11 A charter was is sued for a new corporation for the construction and operation of a rail road 14 miles from Beaufort to Cape Lookout. The name is the Seabeach Railroad Company, principal office, Ral eigh. Capital $275,000 authorized and $15,000 subscribed by C. J. Becker, of Wilmington; George Westervelt, of New Jersey, and other Northern capi talists. The company is understood to be one of the forces for great develop ment of Cape Lookout as a shipping point and seaside resort. WHEN FWE LOST THE GEM BURNED By Associated Press. New Oreans, Feb. 11. Five persons were drowned when the river packet Gem was destroyed by fire last night opposite Hahnville, 40 miles up the Mississippi river from New Orleans. The dead: E. J. Comeaux, 20 years old. son of Captain R. J. Comeaux, and clerk of the boat. W. E. Barr, one of the best known river pilots in the New Orleans dis trict. A negro steward, a negro roustabout and a negro woman passenger. Those who succeeded in swimming ashore from the burning vessel were brought to this city by train at ten o'clock- today. Captain Comeaux of the Gem was badly- burned. He was taken to hio home in a serious condition. New York, Feb. 11. Hans Schmidt, the former priest who was convicted last week of murder in the first de gree for the killing of Anna Aumul ler came into Justice Davis' court to day to receive sentence of death. Alphone G. Koelble, his attorney, expressed confidence that Schmidt would not die in the electric chair. He sent a cable dispatch to Schmidt's mother in Germany to the effect yesterday. It read: "Do not worry. Your son will never die in the electric chiar." Mr. Koelble said tcday that Schmidt had made an im-j portant statement but tnat ne wouia not say at this time what it was. NTEHSTATE TRA COMMISSION BILL ISGUSSE By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 11. The inter state trade commission bill and many amendments to it proposed by repub licans and democrats alike were dis cussed today between President Wil son 'and members of the senate com merce committee. The president spent an ho.. with the senators after which Chairman. Newlands said an amendment pre scribing the powers of the commission to proceed in its investigations only by due process of law and according to the established legal rule of gath ering evidence was the main topic be fore the conference. Senators Lippit and Oliver were the only republicans who attended. It was understood that Senators Cummins and Clapp declined to accept the invitation of Chairman Newlands to go to the white house. Senators Lippit and Oliver told the president they would continue to co-operate with the dem ocrats in framing the legislation. New Orleans, La., Feb41. At. least five persons are believed to have lost their lives when the packet Gem burn ed late yesterday near Hahnville land ing, 4() miles up the Missisippi. De tails were not available here today. According to reports the flames start ed in the miscellaneous cargo of the Gem and spread rapidly. The packet's crew and several passengers carried by her are said to have been quick ly forced to the water. The. exact num ber lost probably can not be learned for several days. The packet was valued at $10,000 and was owned by the Comneaux-Lan-dry Packet Company. She. plied be tween New Orleans and Hahnville land ing- TRIAL OF T Dl i. uinn IS BEGUN By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Feb. 11. When the trial of Osmyn Berry, capt.in of the Merchants St, Miners' steamship Nan tucket, charged with nenligence in the collision with the Old Dominion liner Monroe on January :;o beu.ui todav beiore tne I'nited S?atp lo-:ii in tors of steam vessels it was announced i that the scope o! the inquiry would not De limned to the restonsibility of the Nantucket's commander. The inspectors stated "every phae" of tiie collision onld be invetisutel. noi. 'only (o establish .esponsibility hut also with the view of securing the enactment of legislation to guard against similar " acririeiita Tim inn. struction of the vessels, coa luct of crews and passengers, safety ap pliances and rules of the sea" arp among the things that will be inquired into. When Captain Berry was called he pleaded not guilty. Among the charges are that he did not reduce speed dur ing the fog and did not tak timely action to avoid the collision: that he did not ascertain whether the wire less operator of the Nantucket was c.u duty and that he was careless in not giving orders to the wireless operator to ascertain the proximity of other vessels. The charges stated that he did net shut down his engine until one rimute berore the collision. Forty one persons lost their lives in the collision which occurred ott Vir ginia. The trial is being held before ueaiord Sargent, inspector of hulls, and David H. Howard. Inspector of boilers, for the Philadelphia district. Captain Berry was represented by John F. Lewis of Philadelphia, an ad miralty lawyer. Albert Lee Thurman, solicitor of the department of com merce, was in attendance. Philadelphia, Feb. 11. Detail of the collision between the steamships Nan tucket and Monroe were recited by witnesses at the trial of Captain uswyn jjerry. commander of the Nan-: tucket, which began here today be fore members of the United States; ooara or steamship examiners. Passengers and members of the jcrew rescued from the sinking Domin ion liner and every one iho as aboard the Nantucket have been sum moned to appear at the trial. The charges against C.ptdin Berry are negligence and violation of the rules of the sea and were made as a result of a preliminary' Investigation conducted by Captain R. apley. head of the United States steambcrt inspectors at Norfolk. . Keller Shoots Self Through Head At Rock Hill Home SEVEN MILIT1 ITS ARE SENTENCED By Associated Press. l.ondon. Feb. 11. even milium i uflfraRPttps were senteuced todav to four days imprisonment each for ol- struction ana -sult" in connection with the police attempt last night to arrest Mrs. Erameline Pankhurst. The women Informed the magis trate hat their demonstration of yes terday was a protect against the x ciusion of the question of vote tor women from the king's speech at the opening of parliament. The women declined to furnish sureties to keep tne peace Tor six month. Another group of suffragettei were sent to prison for a wek on their re fusal to pay small fines while others wer remanded. Thewompn were arrested In connec tion with the attempt to arrest Mrs. Pankhurst and in connection with dem onstrations near the premier's resi dence and at Scotland Yard. A forc-M of police kept close watch all night on the house in Kensington, where Mrs. Pankhurst took up her residence on her arrival from Swluer Death Followed an Hour After wards No Cause for the Rash Act is Known Was One of Rock Hill's Most Prominent Citizens. Had Talked Pleasantly With Friends Only a Short While Before he Killed Himsell Doctors Hurriedly Summon ed, But it Was too Late. Special to The News. Rock Hill. Feb. 11. Cart. John J. Keller, one of the toon widely knou and oae of the moft opular cuiien? of Hock Hill, fchot himself through lh head yeeterday afternoon t 2:"C o'clock, death following an hour after wards. Mr. Keller was neter co:v pcious after firing the kuol No reason can be assigned for th actiou. His business affairs were in good shape and there were no troub'.ci of any other chractei, m far t known to his family and lionet friend?. Wbeu i-rpn uptono au hor before the t-cd s committed h in hi usual jovii tpints. Mr. Keller returned Tucuay morn ing from Columbia. He land. Large quantities of provisions! y 'u kk had been laid in there during tne nat V , . 'sK0d waters 3,;l two days and it wa Ih-Hpv to inV-S 'J? ca' T 1 A"" . ? rai V" cute that the militant leader a ..re- f ,ripala.r.d l ui nd o.i paring for a long siege. LUTHER BOMS ENDS HIS ums unui aiipr o clock n th' at .ernoon and jollied with several -h.U on his way home. Arrhir.g at Lb icsidnce io S!mj :Mft ho alksd In and i:an-d o . li- i-;ir jar-l. voiii ib- ouiijoi here he l.t-pt hi ambulance ah I irr' rfce an-U lately afurmardt. hU I ILL jw.fe heard a pistol -hot and uoinc on I IJ I jlo-JUd him lying in a pool jf Ms I,Pk1 11 beside one of the hears s. llo.nfj-i I N infliiTiin Rnnniin 1 11 I I ft! f H i! lift I 111! II I I III I MiUl t I THER NEW YORK FACTOR! BORNEO New York, Feb. 11. Six hundred men. women and children were c'-iven to the street in the snow by a fire which wrecked a fire story factory" building in east 34th street early today. The building is in the heart of "Cor coran's Roost" and surrounded by tene ments, all of which were emptied. The loss was about $100,000. RESERVE COM MITTEE IT IS THIS BABY WEIGHS TWENTY OUNCES. tt II,. foil before marriage UP of Gulf Port, occurring last 'ipp visited in Dav Hi ere that she tind sifter of Mr. Jet- Thomas Mr.Cnv nf ''l'.';oy is a brother-in-!:wi Greshani, proprietor -a h;. . "' - i:2:3 last night ';'u. .uis, wuoieii M,-f!. w- N. Thompson, ::t Hi Sin Bad Fire in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., teb. 11. tire; early today destroyed the cotton seedj house of the Farmers and Ginners' j cotton Seed Oil Company here, cans-: ing damage estimated at $140,000. i SENATE TAKE 51 EMMELINE'S FOLLOWERS II v Associated Press. Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 11. & Mrs. John Doe gave birth to a O twenty ounce child Friday. Newspaper reporters refused to ) take the announcement seriously i'? I -1!- ebcause of the family name. ' i':- Physicians tcday substantiated i? j the report. The baby is claimed i j X to be the smallest healthy child j within the knowledge of local ? medical men. It will be named X Woodrow Doe. X u New Orleans. Feb. 11. Hanking v. I commercial representatives of several southern cities today expressed to the organization committee of the federal reserve system their view., as to where one of the regional banks should be located. Secretaries IcAdoo and Houston, composing the organization committee arrived here today. Yilliams Joins Committee. ! Washington, Feb. 11. Coinptrollr of the currency John Skelton Wil liams expects to leave Washington lo-j night for Atlanta to join Secretaries' McAdoo and Houston and to accom-' pany them on the final stage of th"ir t trip as the organization committee oi the federal reserve bank sys'ein. Mr. ; William is an ex-officio member ol the organization committee. Three territorial propositions were advanced by So! Wexler. president of the Whitney Central National Hank, who made the principal argument for New Orleans. He said a regional bank In New Orleans should take over the business of Texas. Louisiana, Missis sippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and part of Tennessee. Another proposition was to take from this territory that part of Texas lying west of Austin. Another plan was to take Georgia from the origir I territory. Special to The News. Concord. Feb. 11. Lutht-r C. lioyles took his own liTc Saturday night by firing a pistol ball from a Llg Colt's pistol through his brain. He was alone In hiH room in the Corl building on West DejKJt street, no one heard the shot and the time the tragic deed was committed Is not known. Mr. Hoy 1 es wa found -1th his bead Jesting on a pillow near the foot of the bed and his feet were on the floor. A few inches from his head was a pistol and near this was an in surance policy In the Woodmen of the World for $1,000. Just above the right eye was a bullet hole and at the bacL of his head another, the bullet going en tirely through bis hpad and lodging in the wall. HI health ia said to he the cause of his taking his life. Mr. Hoyles was li year of ase. He was a widower irtid is survived br bis ant position by unanimous vote daughter. Miss Lima Hoyles i e .-.Mi.ii'.oia d imv. Via n, Wn lb; Sound no'lm.jr ;n,.! !. don-. ll ha.i i'la.i the icioImt. a S-calii re Colt Aijiij, ajra;ntl his i-miJe i'-t;4.! had gone thiouzh ar.d struck a t-cant ling on the oppoMte title a." th ronwi. As he hnd une out Into ttv rJ Mi Keller ha I all I hun to 3innpr nm4 lo replied lhal In- oild ! in in minute. TteKo were ihe y c'l he ec uttered. Mr. Keller a of the firm of J J. Keller and Company, tontracloi1- and builder; also undert-iker and ha liner. His firm has erected Mn imps In all parts of this and adjoin Ing states. At present the flrtn i erecting the dpw hiph s b'jol buMd Ing "here and has Just Vompleled i laree addition to the Central h'v. buildinz. The deceased moved to Rock 1 1 ill from Yorkrille ow s year ao. and bim-e i tat time has U--n one of lb most prominent uien of Rock 1 1 ill Since its vieation lie was a tnembet of the Public Work CommUtlou and as Kiirb has r ndrcd ihe -iti-ni- lt. tnot efficient Txr: He a onl lst month re-elected to this lnori CRARLOTTE TO BE THE NEXT MEETING PLACE ' a 1 .Ml. 1 d"bo.-n.- Mr . , No!,:; I-It-T r- . Hmse! r0r Jetton. ii'isler and .Tiule. F I '9-' r- 'cri retxlne.i us j lljll. , .. O DCl- "eiton R t 'ill; 'ruitu ucjht to Charlotte. " brou.aht to Charlotte - ";d is with a special ofli- ''' I ic hntf.U- I I., :.. ....I . '"') is undpr the r - V. Ll. 1 w yji U: '-J'r- J- v- M unroe. Hewas ' ""'oi.te by Constable J. '-mason, it s thnneht writ of habeas ''i'l'iy for ''"t'li,: wiff. is a first cousin UP GOOD ROADS BILL By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 11.- By Associated Press. London, Feb. 11 Mutiny broke outj ; today in the socalled "people's army" the Fast End of London by Miss Sylvia Pankhurst arter her secession from the Woman's Social and Political Union. Some of the men started smoKing pungent shag tobacco in clay pipes at a meeting of the army. When told to desist the men retorted "if we are not allowed to smoke we will not come here again," and quit the meeting. -The Shackel ford gool roads bill authorizing the secretary of agriculture to spend $25, 000,000 annually for the maintenance of rural post roads in states which appropriate funds equal to the sums apportioned to them by the federal government was before the senate to day. It is not expected that the meas ure will meet any serious opposition, as there apparently is a decided sen timent in favor of its early disposition. THE WEATHER. 1V Forecast for North Carolina: x Fair tonight and Thursday; X colder tonight in extreme west X portion. Moderate northwest -7,- W 1 11 VJ O . l The News' Want Ad Page Is Alive. Thirty to forty new ads appear daily in THE NEWS' Want Ad Page. . Sometimes more than this number, sometimes less, are "killed" daily having done their work and passed on. This is why THE NEWS' Want Page is an interesting page to every body it is new daily and a profitable page to many more than 800 individuals used the page in January and over 300 so far this month. 976 ads have appeared to-date (not including today) this month 2651 in Jan uary 3627 since New Year. Everybody is reading 'em more people using 'em. Page Eight 'NUF 'CED. EARTRUAK E FELT AT HAVANA was ever activ in any work that tend el to upbuild the rlty and conjmtint le wan a loa1 metuW cf i. John MethodUt church. He n hImj a i Macon and a Rhriner. Cam. Krl'er was captain of the com miliary Flrt Redment. S. C. N. C, . in which be .i-erved with distinction. The funeral anangement hare not been complev ed. but the funeral will be held la Rock Hill, probably Thursday. The deceaM-d Ik mrvi pJ by hii wife, formerly of Durham. N. t.: hi prmi. Mr. and M!h. J. . KelVr. of Henrietta. N. C; two brother. W. jM. Keller, of Rock Hill, and Worth Special to The News. Keller, of Henrietta: two aUterg, Mr. RaJeiftb. Feb. 11. The North Car-!1- RiprstafT. of tlreenville. S. olina Cnderwrltprs" Af9ociatlon In an-:.nd i,r- H'n Webb, of Henrietta, nual session here venter lav helctedj- c ma' " Sari of ase. Charlotte as 1p place Tor the next -Mr- Keller was known to man m meeting and elected as t.Ulcers tb fol-, Charlotte. Mr. II. A. Moffalt a s lowing: jtpecial friend of bis. Prtident. J. P. Quarles of Charlotte:' vice president. J. E. Mcllwaine of T0 RESTORE AMERICAN Charlotte: secreiary, T. S. Franklin of MERCHANT MARINE. Charlotte. The principal addresses were by Aoc'ated Pre s. Comr-issioner of Insurance James R.I iniston. feb. 1L Pr 5id nt Wjl Youn? and H. M. Willett of AUaata.,bn lo.M Senator netchr. president ,l who is chairman of the executive com- ,ne. BO?l"r . commercial congref. nu a ocieation irom mat or?mza- on. today, that the 'juestln of re- litorinc the American merchant marln j would be taken uii with other non-iar- 1 tisan questions as soon after thM . measures in Congress were dltpOKd .cf. Clarence J. Owen. R rnard M. IUk r ,and- Senator Fletcher outliti-! plan tor developing trane with Latin Amer- mittee of the national association.1 that meets in June at Cincinnati. . After the meetiDg there was a ban quet at the Yarbrough. 1 By Associated Press. Havana. Cuba. Feb. 11. A strong earthquake shock felt at 2:30 this morning at Santiago de Cuba created great excitement . among the popula tion. No reports of damage were received. NEW WORLD'S ALTITUDE RECORD MADE. By Associated Press. Johannisthal, Germany, Feb. 11. Robert Thelen, a German avia ns tor, today made a world's altitude record for a flight with four pas-- sengers. He attained a height of 9,350 feeL CLOSING HIS CAMPA Ua, and emphasized the importante of the merchant matine, with which they found the president in heartr c ' i By Associated Press- Washington, Feb. 11. Represent tive Vnderwood of Alabama, demo cratic leader of the House, has prac tically closed his senatorial campaign so far as his own speaking tour is concerned. The primary election at which Ala bama voters wiliYboose between Mr. Undprwood and Representative Hob sou will take place on April C. Mr. Undprwood docs not intend to jto south again before that time but will re main iu Washington at his post. I 8 NjMEXIGAN MINISTER r ii hi or nrr nun Paris. Fb. 11. AdoWo tie La Ijima. Mexican minister of finance, failed to day for New York. "I am retuniins to Mico.' he -aid. "to devote meJf to ProlMonal lrfi dent Huerta's administration. I hav a piau to meet all the Mexican ratio'. obligations and I aui tjnuncd lat the plan will aeooraplUh its p'lrj'ose." J t : i t i i. t t . t; 1': t ' t - r t . i 4