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EXCITING RUNAWAY
Carriage Wrecked and Oc
cupants Injured Yesterday
in Raleigh.
Mrs. A. B. Andrews and Daughter-ln-
Law Hare Harrow Escape From
Instant Death Escape
Serious Injury .
-Raleigh, N. C Dec. 16. An escape
1Trom death that seems almost a mir
acle was the good fortune yesterday
afternoon shortly before two o'clock
that came to Mrs. A. B. Andrews and
lier daughter-in-law, Mrs. John H. An
drews, who only lately returned from
3ier bridal trip, having been Miss Ma
lei Young.
The two ladies were thrown from a
carriage, the horses becoming excited
and running away, dashing the car
riage against an iron telephone pole
near the Confederate monument. Mrs.
Andrews was painfully hurt, but was
reported late last night as getting on
well, her injuries consisting of a se
verely bruised shoulder, other bruises
being about the head and face. Mrs.
John H. Andrews escaped with only
some slight bruises about the face.
The two ladies had been visiting on
Hillsboro street and were coming east
on that street, being in a victoria
driven by Colonel Andrews driver, a
negro by the name of Freeman. The
two horses shied at a pile of brick and
lumber on the street just east of Mc
Dowell street, and swung to one side,
striking the curb of the sidewalk ana
throwing the driver from his seat. The
Worses then dashed ahead without a
driver, and at a rapid gait made a
long swing around the corner of Hills
boro street' into South Salisbury
street.
Here the serious accident occurred,
for as the horses dashed around the
corner they went far over towards the
Capitol grounds and the front left
wheel struck an iron telephone pole,
breaking off the wheel and axle and
throwing the two' ladies ' out on the
granolithic sidewalk. Then the horses,
the victoria still having three wheels,
dashed across the southwest corner
of the Capitol square into Morgan
street, went flying east on it, and only
finally stopped of their own will, after
getting into the open gate of the city
cemetery. The victoria was a com
plete wreck.
A number of people saw the rush
of the horses, and as the two ladies
were thrown to the sidewalk from the
victoria, they ran to their assistance,
among the first to arrive being
Messrs. Frank W. Gunter, J. B. Young,
Baxter Durham and Mr. Robert Simp
son, who ran across from his drug
store. But before any of these ar
rived Mrs. John H. Andrews was on
her feet, her face slightly hurt and
was giving attention to Mrs. A. B.
Andrews, who was unable to rise.
The young men took her up and
carried her to the Simpson drug store,
physicians being summoned, and at
the suggestion of Miss Jennie Coffin,
librarian of the Raney Library, -who
had seen the runaway from a window,
Mrs. Andrews was taken into her resi
dence rooms on the first floor. Dr. J.
R. Rogers first arrived,, followed
closely by Dr. Hubert Haywood, and
these were joined later at the An
drews residence by Dr. A. W. Knox.
Word had been sent to CoLA. B. An
drews of the accident and he arrived
quickly in an automobile, in which
the ladies were taken to their . home.
Every attention has been given Mrs.
-A. B. Andrews by the physicians and
at a late hour last night it was re
ported that no bones were broken, the
most serious injury being to the
shoulder, though there are many other
bruises on the face and body which
are painful. Her condition was re
ported to be as well as might be ex
pected and the entire community will
hope thai there will be no serious re
suits, but that very soon ,she will be
rmtnTA wniniu'red to nerf ect and
complete health.
TO UNLOAD PHILIPPINES.
Representative Burgess, of Texas, In
troduces Resolution.
Washington, D. C, Dec-15. Repre
sentative Burgess ,of Texas, today in
tro'duced in the House a joint resolu
tibn declaring that the United States
'shall cease to exercise sovereignty
over the Philippine Islands, and by
treaty with foreign nations set up and
maintain there a free and independent
government. The resolution requests
the President of the United States to
consider the expediency of opening
negotiations with Great Britain ,Ger
many, France, Russia, Spain and Ja
pan tor a joint treaty, providing for
the recognition - and preservation of
such a government.
THE GREAT PLUNGER SAYS
AYOID ALL GAMBLING
John W. Gates Makes a Kinging Ad
dress to the Annual Conference
of the Methodist "Church.
Galveston, Texi, Dec. 15. That the
seventh annual conference of the Gulf
division of the Methodist Church se
lected Port Arthur for a four days'
meeting is due largely to the efforts
of John W. Gates, formerly of Chica
go, who practically owns that com
munity. He is scheduled ' as one of
he principal speakers.
In selecting a subject for discussion,
Mr. Gates chose "Speculation and
Gambling," and preached against" all
such get-rich-quick schemes.
The address was ftnpressive in
warning the young churchmen to fol
low the straight and narrow path and
shun gambling in every form, from
dice throwing to speculating with the
markets and dealing in futures. .
Mr. Gates told his audience that
$100 earned by honest manual labor
was worth more than $10,000 won at
gambling, whether it be at stud poker
or trying to corner the food supply of
he country by dealing in wheat that
had not been planted.
WANTS JIM CBOW CARS.
Representative Heflin Introduces Bill
Applicable to District of Columbia."
Washington, D. C, Dec. 15. Repre
sentative Heflin again introduced his
bill today making it mandatory for the
treet car companies of the District of
Columbia to provide "Jim Crow" or
separate street cars for whites and
aegroes. His Dill provides a -nne 01
$100 ' for permitting whites and ne
groes on the same cars. Mr. Heflin, a
e'ew years ago, had an altercation
with a negro, on a Washington street
oar, as a result or wmcn ne arew a
revolver and. shot the negro.
To yisit Porto Rico.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 15. Mr.
Dickinson, the Secretary of War, ac
companied by his private secretary,
Mr. Pedigo, and General Clarence Ed
wards, chief of the insular bureau of
the War Department, will leave here
next Tuesday for a ten days or two
weeks' visit to Porto Rico.
The object of the secretary's visit
is to gain at first-hand a knowledge
of business and governmental condi
tions on the island.
THE EMPTY STOCKING FUND.
To Provide a Yisit From Santa Clans
to Every Poor Child in the Com
munity Who Might Otherwise Not
Snow the Unspeakable and Un
fathomable Child-Joy of Christmas
tide. Again we open our wonted "Empty
Stocking Fund," wherein opportuni
ty is afforded all who hold Christmas
as the peculiar joy-feast of little chil
dren, to contribute towards making it,
indeed, Joyous for every little child
in Goldsboro who by reason of the
poverty of parents would otherwise
not know of the passing of the so
gracious festival in their humble
homes.
To those especially whose homes
are blessed with affluence and with
children, the spirit of this "Empty
Stocking Fund" should appeal strong
est the .very name of Christmas
should prompt them to a generous
remembrance of those for whom this
fund is intended. Christ lived for oth
ers not for Himself, and to that Di
vine Love we owe our Christmastide,
with its manifold peculiar graces and
heart joys.
There are always with us with
every community poor children, in"
varying numbers, whose holiday sea
son will be cheerless, who will not
know the nameless joy and unfath
omable child-wonderment of Santa
Claus unless those more fortunately
circumstanced remember them. So,
while your own hearts are made glad
by plenty of good cheer at Christmas
tide do not turn deaf ears nor blind
eyes towards the poor, in whose be
half the blessed Saviour Himself has
reminded us "we -have always with
us." v And, too, by doing something
for the happiness of others you will
be happier yourself.
Contributions
Mrs,
Mrs.
Mrs
B.
H. Griffin.. $2.00
F. K. Borden j. 1.00
John L. Borden li)0
Rowena Borden ......
Virginia Borden ..,
Margaret Borden
B. . G. Thompson . . . ,
Mrs. Fannie Kornegay
Sarah Borden
Eleanor Crabtree
.50
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5.00
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1.00
The Chinese . mission is - off -the
docket. William J. Calhoun, of Chi
cago, has it unless he is recalled just
as he is going up the gangway in San
Francisco,
SHEMWELL A FUGITIVE
Forfeited Large Bond and
Officers now Looking
for him.
Was Sentenced to Four Months in Jail
for an Assault With Pistols
on a -Southern Railway ,.,
Conductor.
Raleigh. N. C, " Dec. 16. When the
case of Baxter Shemwell, the reputed
wealthy citizen of t Lexington, ' was
called In Guilford county court Mon
day morning, the defendant failed to
answer, and forfeited two' bonds, one
in the amount of $2,500, the other
$1,000. Shemwell had been convicted
of an assault on a Southern Railway
conductor and sentenced to four
months' imprisonment. Jn this case
he appealed and the Supreme Court
recently in a decision sustained the
judgment of tlie Superior Court. The
other charge against Shemwell was
for carrying a concealed weapon, to
which he pled guilty. His bonds were
called out and entries of ni sci fa and
capias ordered. When the ease was
originally called in court -Shemwell
failed to appear and his bond was for
feited, but at the next term he an
swered and was convicted in the case
in which he did not plead guilty.
It is said that the defendant, now a
fugitive from justice, is in a sanita
rium in Virginia or Tennessee, No
affidavit to this effect was exhibited in
court Monday, His counsel recently
made an application to Governor
Kitchin for a commutation of the sen
tence to a fine. This the defendant
could pay to a large sum, but the
Governor has not yet acted on the ap
plication. -
News dispatches from Greensboro
state that it is the belief tfcere that
the case will rest where .i is, and
that Shemwell will not be' brought
back to justice, Others are hnfident
that the law will be executed and that
the wealth of the man will aot pre
vent his punishment. It will be re
membered that Shemwell drew a pis
tol on a Southern Railway conductor
in an effort to force him to stop a
train at Lexington, Shemwell having
boarded the train in Virginia. The
conductor refused and Shemwell later
pulled two revolvers on the conduc
tor at the same time. . The train was
stopped at Lexington and there no
one molested the man, who left the
train threatening the conductor, de
claring that he would yet get even
with him. Some years ago Shemwell
figured in a sensational shooting
scrape. -
There is considerable public inter
est in the case and the people are
watching the developments. The trial
udge, Hon. B; F. Long, was the same
judge who, in 1907, sentenced a city
ticket agent of the Southern Railway
to jail for violating a law of the State.
In this case he sentenced a lawless
passenger to jail for a crime commit
ted on a Southern Railway train
against one of the railroad's employes.
In both cases he executedthe law, but
in one only was there swift justice.
Shemwell had large means' and left
the State. A citizen speaking of the
case, said yesterday: "It is up to the
State to get Shemwell and to get him
quick. To permit so outrageous a vio
lation of the criminal law to go un
punished would do more to discredit
the laws and weaken respect for them
and confidence in their administration
than anything else that could happen;
The fact that the -fugitive is wealthy
should not deter the officials in bring
ing him back to the State at once as
aless fortunately circumstanced man
would be. Many men are brought
back to the State every year to an
swer for crimes far less serious than
those of which Shemwell is guilty."
To return Shemweil to North Caro
lina the step to be taken is for the
solicitor of the district in which the
Crime was committed to fii a certifi
cate, with the governor for a requisi
tion, as it is not believed that'Shem
well would return if arrested without
the requisition on the governor of the
state in which he should be found
The Greensboro Record says edi
torially of the case that Shemwell "is
acting very strange for a man of his
reputed intelligence," and that "his
idea probably is to forfeit his bond,
thinking this will be the last of it,
but he may find himself mistaken."
TODAY 'li COTTON MARKET,
New-
York Futures.
" Open.
1492
..... 14.94
. . . . . -15.36
Close
December ,
January .... .
March . . . - . . .
; Local spots, 15
14.82
,14.95
14.31
Congressman Sulzer has joined the
Philander Knox brigade in this war
against Zslaya. .
Will Be General Passenger Agent of
the Georgia and Florida.
Raleigh News and Observer.
It will be learned with regret in
Raleigh and throughout the Seaboard
Air Line jlail way territory, that Mr
Charles H. Gattis, now. the district,
passenger agent of the Seaboard, with
headquarters here, is to leave the Sea
board service,, and the State. With
this regret there is also pleasure la
that he goes to a higher and more
lucrative position in railroad service.
Mr. Gattis resigns his position with
the Seaboard to become the general
passenger agent of the Georgia and
TT"lrr1r1a 'n.11rrsi.rt . nnrl -with hpadniiar.
. s in Aurusta. G w11 take - his
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The Georgia and Florida Railroad is
now 305 miles in length and extends
from Augusta into southwest Georgia,
passing through a fertile section of(
country and giving railroad facilities
to many important and flourishing
places. The president of the road is
Mr. John Skelton Williams, and the
general manager is Capt. J. Mr Tur
ner, formerly of Raleigh.
The Georgia and Florida Railroad
is a fine piece of property, and it kis
a road that is to be extended. In se
curing Mr. Gattis as general passen
ger agent that road is to be congratu
lated, for he is a resourceful, ener
getic, suceessful and fully equipped
railroad passenger maai a fact that
has been clearly demonstrated in his
career with the Seaboard.
KNOX ASKS FQR TIME.
Will Be Abie to Give Better Informa
tion As to Nicaragnan Situation.
Washington, D. C, - U'ic. 15. Sec
retary of State Knox hSs requested
the Senate committee on toreign rela
tions to postpone the suggested in
vestigation of the Nicaraguan situa
tion until sueh time as JShings shall
have eventuated so as to enable him
to give to the committee a clear un
derstanding of Central American af
fairs.
The committee was cafred together
today by Chairman Cullc;n with the
idea of having Secretary 'Knox make
some statement" vvhicuwcffrhl acquaint
the members with the exact situation
in Nicaragua. The secretary asked
for a postponement of the meeting for
a week or more and the committee
acquiesced.
Because of the request by Secretary
Knox the resolution introduced by
Senator Rayner in connection with
the execution by order of President
Zelaya, of the two Americans, Cannon
and Grace, was not taken up today.
KITCHIN INTRODUCES BILL.
Would Regulate Removal of Cases
From jState to Federal Courts.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 15. To
make it impossible to remove from
the courts of a state to those of the
United States an action brought by
an individual or corporation against
a corpoi aticn of another state or for
eign country, maintaining offices or
agents in the state in which the suit
was brought " wa sthe object of a bill
introduced today by Representative
Kitchin of North Carolina. The bill
is in line with the laws of many
states.
FATAL R. R. WRECK,
Southern Passenger Train
Goes Through Bridge
South of Greensboro
Fourteen Passengers Killed and Many
Injured Among the Dead Are
: Two -Prominent Southern
- Railway Officials.
A passenger train on the Southern
Railway today went through, the tres
tle at Reedy Fork, nine miles -south
of Greensboro, between that : city and
Reidsville, and the result is that four
teen . passengers were killed outright
and many others more or less seri
ously injured.
Among the dead are H. C. White;
traveling auditor of the Southern; A
B. Cohen, of Richmond, a division su
perintendent; John .G. Broadnax, for:
merly of Greensboro, a Pullman conr
ductor, N. E. Holcombe, C. .B. Nolan,
Ed. Sexton and F. W, Kilby.
We have been unable tp learn fur
ther particulars at this hour, as in the
consternation of the awful catastro
phe everybody is busy doing - what
they can for the relief of the injured. v
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and one of the best makes. Will
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12-13tf
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY
Secretary Dickinson Before
The Society of New
York.
iMost Interesting Comments on Men of
North and Sonth Who Served
on "the Other Side"
Daring the War.
Secretary Dickinson in an address
before the Southern- Society of New
York made most interesting comments
upon the men of the North and South
who served on "the other side" dur
ing the war. The Baltimore Sun
says:
"He commented interestingly upon
the fact that men of Northern birth
achieved distinction as officers in the
Confederate Army. Seventeen briga
dier generals, four major generals
and one lieutenant general who fought
under the flag of the Confederacy
were born in the North. On the other
hand, one of the ablest and bravest
of the generals on the Northern side
was Thomas, a native of Southamp
ton county, Virginia, whose gallantry
and firmness in battle earned for him
the sobriquet of 'The Rock of Chicka
mauga.' Farragut, the greatest sea
fighter of the North, was born in Ten
nessee. Twelve of the officers com
manding ships in Farragut's fleet at
the battle of New Orleans were born
in slaveholding states. Kentucky
gave the country Abraham Lincoln.
Thus Secretary Dickinson concludes
that there was reciprocity the North
and South each contributing to the
cause of the other officers who ren
dered valiant and distinguished ser
vice.
"But in one respect, and probably
the most important, there was" not
reciprocity. In the armies of the
North were many thousands of sol
diers recruited from the Southern
states. Some of the best fighting ma
terial in the Federal army was drawn
from Southern sources- West Virgin
ia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The Con
federate Military History estimates
that 278,000 white men enlisted in the
United States Army from the South
ern and border states. These men of
Southern birth were a tower of
strength to the North. They fought
with steadiness and courage on many
battlefields, and the triumph of the
North was due in no small measure
to their valor. The South, weakened
by the loss of these men, could not
draw recruits from the North. It was
bottled up and dependent absolutely
upon its meager resources. Secretary
Dickinson might have added to , the
value and importance of his illuminat
ing address if he had touched upon
tirs phase of the subject."
CAUSES DEBILITY.
Here Are Facts Backed Up by a Strong
Guarantee.
Catarrh causes debility. In our
opinion, most people suffering from
general debility have catarrh. Such
cases of debility cannot be completely
cured by medicine not designed to
eradicate catarrh. In every case
where our remedy fails to give entire
satisfaction we will not charge a cent
for the medicine employed during the
trial. Now, surely no one should hes
itate to believe us or" to put our claim
to a -'-practical test under such condi
tions. We will take all the risk; no
one else can lose anything by the
transaction. " -
We make these statements and this
offer because we know and have time
and again proved that Rexall Mucu-
Tone rarely fails to do as we claim.
It is not a cure-all prescribed to cure
very disease that flesh is heir to. It
is intended for one purpose, i. e., to
cure catarrh by assailing the diseased
condition in a reasonable, scientific
way, which is to employ agents that
have been found to have the tonic and
alterative power to correct faulty
metabolism (tissue change) and to
stimulate and help nature overcome
the cause or causes of catarrh. This
being done, appetite increases, nutri
tion improves, weight is gained, com
fort of body is attained and life's work
taken up with the zest natural to the
perfectly healthy individual. '
We want you to try Rexall Mucu-
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si7.es. 50C and $1.00 a bottle. Sold
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J. H. Hill & Son. -
Ex-President Roosevelt fears .din
ner invitations in Europe more than
he did lions in the junl. -
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THE LURTON NOMINATION,
The Senate Judiciary Committee Re
ports Favorably.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 15. The
Senate Committee on Judiciary voted
unanimously today to report favora
bly the nomination of Judge Horace
H. Lurton, of Tennessee, to be an as
sociate justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States. Some members
of; the committee expressed the opin
ion that it would have been better to
have named a younger man. Judge
Lurton is in his sixty-sixth year.- But
there was no general opposition to
him, or any criticism except as to his
age. ' The report will be made on
Thursday by Senator Bacon.
It was stated that there may be
some opposition to the confirmation ol
Judge Lurton in the Senate, and h
was thought advisable to let the appo
sition appear there rather than by
delaying a report. It was pointed out
that Judge .Lurton had had twenty
five years' experience on the bench
and the general opinion among mem
bers of the committee was that he
was entitled to the courtesy of prompt
action by the committee.
DR. COOK AGAIN.
Dr. Cook may be a fraud, but there
must be a better proof of it than the
affidavits of the two rascals who
swear that they agreed to accept mon
ey to join in the plot. That Dr. Cook
had any dealings with these self-confessed
crooks is bad enough, but we
incline to the very fair and rational
view expressed by the New York Tri
bune on the subject. It says:
"A pair of precious scoundrels, af
firming that they were cheated by Dr.
Cook, have furnished the New York
Times with a long account of their
own elaborate rascality. They de
clare under oath that they engaged in
a plot to convince Dr. Cook that he
needed their help in concocting rec
ords which would be found sufficient
by the University of Copenhagen to
prove that Dr. Cook discovered the
north pole on April 21, 1908.
According to the tale they tell,
these men, one of them an insurance
broker and the other a master, pilot
and navigator, secured Dr. Cook's
confidence and made a bargain with
him to produce what he lacked.
Thereupon the master, pilot and navi
gator supplied him with a lot of nau
tical literature and diligently forged
for ,his benefit various . observations
and calculations designed to complete
and fortify beyond the possibility of
disproof Dr. Cook's own meagre and
worthless record of his Arctic, travels.
For this work the swindlers were to
get $2,500 before the records left this
country and $1,500 more if the Danes
accepted them as the truth. But Dr.
Cook having failed to pay them, they
thought the next best thing was to
show themselves up as two of the
greidiest knaves in existence, inci
dentally proving that Dr. Cook was
noVetter. '
TViere is no need disputing the
valuation which the insurance broker
and the master, pilot and navigator
have put upon themselves; but while
we are a long way from holding a
brief for Dr. Cook, we must say that
thus far the case is by no means so
clear against him. He can make any
one of a number of plausible replies
and thereby retain the .confidence of
those who still believe in him, at least
until Copenhagen has been heard
from. Our impression is, however,
that the insurance broker and the
master, pilot and navigator will find
without much delay that their occu
pations are gone."
ZELAYA'S SCHEME.
The reported scheme of President
Zelaya, of Nicaragua, to form an al
liance with Japan, by giving them a
canal route through his country, will
of course not be seriously considered,
but it follows close on the heels of Mr.
Taft's declaration regarding the Mon
roeDoctrine, and it recalls the fact
that a great many able men thought
that this country made a mistake in
not taking the Nicaragua route when
the Panama canal was started.
The Nicaraguan route was the one
first agitated and doubtless a "canal
could have been constructed there at
less cost than at Panama, but other
considerations prevailed and the Co
lombian route was selected.
Zelaya Is In bad straits and his
bluffs will come thick and fast, but
there will be only one inter-oceanic
canal on the South American isthmus.
and that will be the Panama canal un
der control" of the United States.
5 The saloons are with the Lords in
their A political fight, because the
brewers own them, and the brewers
belong to the beerage
Instead of : moving that- Congress
work at' night only, - Senator Bailey
should have asked that . it- work day
and night, for its salaries have been
increased. - '
BILL IS HOIV THE LAW
Railroads Most Provide Uni
form Equipments and Re-
part Accidents Monthly
Opposition to Section
Railroad Bill Was
Four of Escli
Unavailing,
Bill Beeonies Effective v
At Once,
Washington, D. C., Dec. 15. Sitting
mtil after nightfall, the House buck--ed
down to business today, passed the
J3sch bill requiring railroads to make
mil monthly reports to the Interstate
Jommerce Commission of all acci
lents and a measure giving the com
jaission power to compel railroads to
provide uniform equipment for their
jars -and then took up for considera
tion the Mann Panama Canal bill on
which the general debate was con
cluded before adjournment. .
Considerable opposition developed
co section four of the Esch bill, pro
hibiting the admission as evidence of
he use. in any action for damages of
che reports of the Interstate Com
merce Commission of investigations
of accidents provided for in the meas
ure, Chairman Mann urged that it be
allowed to remain in the bill una
mended in order to encourage railroad
companies to giv ethe commission the
benefit of their fullest inf ormation of
accidents.
Several amendments calculated to.
modify or destroy the section were
defeated. The bill becomes effective
immediately.
When the Panama canal bill was
reported by the committee on inter
state and foreign commerce, the
House immediately resolved itself in
co the committee of the whole for its
consideration. Its author, Represent
ative Mann, of Illinois, explained its
provisions, after which general de-
oate was begun.
The abolishment of the Isthmian
Canal Commission and the centraliza
tion of responsibility and autohrity
for the construction of the canal zone .
under the President, in a director-
general, were bitterly opposed by sev
eral representatives. It was contend-.
ad that Congress had no power to del
egate legislative or judicial authority
to the President and Representative
Harrison, of New York, charged that
President Roosevelt had assumed the
role of "dictator" and urged authority
on the canal zone he did not possess.
Representative Olmstead, of Penn
sylvania, rushed to the ex-President
with a defense and insisted that Mr.
Roosevelt had not . exceeded his au
thority. Mr. Mann also declared that
in acts, of Congress and in the treaty
oetween the United States and Pana
ma could be found justification for
.vlr. Roosevelt's actions.
The section of the bill relating to
the judicial power on the zone, which
as amended. by the committee confers
that power in one Circuit Court and
such inferior courts as the President,
may constitute, also , was the . object
of attack.
Representative Sterling, .of Illinois,
endeavored to show that there was
work enough for the three circuit
udges now on the zone and Repre
sentative Parker, of New Jersey,,
chairman of the judiciary committee,
aid he did not approve of that section
of the bill as H had been amended by
the committee.
Before the House rose from the
committee of the whole the reading of
the bill had begun with the under
standing that it would be taken up
again soon- after the holidy recess.
SITUATION AT MANAGUA.
The Anti-Zelaja Demonstrations Are
Confirmed by Yice-Consnl Caldera.
Washington, D. C Dec. 15. Yes
terday's dispatches conta ing an ac
count of the anti-Zelaya demonstra
tion in Managua were confirmed by a
telegram received at the State De
partment from "Vice Consul Caldera.
From this dispatch, which was, dated
yesterday morning, it- appears that '
some of the demonstrators were ar
rested by government authorities, but
who the people placed under arrest
are is not "indicated.
The dispatch also . says that Zelaya
has published a statement promising
to resign the presidency of Nicaragua
in favor of Madriz, who, as Zelaya'a
candidate, is not the choice of the
people there. Mr. Caldera in speak
ing of the demonstration the night
before, says that large crowds .sur
rounded the American legation cheer
ing the government and the people of
the United States. "."
Congress' is in session, and thia
means that, the- board of atrategy In
every cross-roads - general store will
at once get down to the problem on
"hw t ru the government."
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