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COMMITTTEE
0F AGRICULTURE FORCES
VIGOROUS ACTION.
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DISPATCHES FROM RALEI6H
Doing* and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple Gathered Around the State
Capitol.
Raleigh.
The joint committee of the State
Department of Agriculture and the
Trustees of the A. and M. College
doesn't think well of the plan being
agitated by some members of Congress
to refuse any longer to use money
donated by John D. Rockefeller for
the farmers' demonstration work now
being carried on by tne United States
Department of Agriculture. The com
mittee took emphatic action in a
meeting held a few days ago, adopt
ing the following resolution:
"The Joint committee of the State
Department of Agriculture and the
Trustees of the North Carolina Col
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts would deplore any interference
with or discontinuance of the farmers
demonstration work now being carried
on by the National Department of
Agriculture. This work is enormous
ly benefitting the farmers ef North
Carolina. These two bodies hereby
appoint a committee consisting of the
Commissioner of Agriculture, presi
dent of the college and Mr. C. C.
Wright, of the Department of Agri
culture, to take up this important
matter with our Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress and earnestly
recommend that provisions be made
to carry on this work in case the
money from the General Educational
Board is withdrawn."
The joint committee, which was
appointed to prevent duplication of
work by the State Agricultural Ds»
partment and the A. and M. College
held a meeting here recently and
transacted much business of import
ance to the agricultural interests ot
the state. Full reports were made
by Maj. W. A. Granam, Commissioner
of Agriculture, and Dr. D. H. Hill.'
president of the A. and M. College,
an dthese indicated that there Is now
and these indicated that there is now
were understood to be fully satisfying
to the committee.
To See That State is Represented.
A permanent organization was
perfected a few days ago by tbe
special commission recently named
by Governor Craig to see to it that
North Carolina is adequately and
creditably represented at the Panama-
Pacific Exposition next year, Gen.
Julian S. Carr of Durham being se
lected chairman and Col. Fred A.
Olds as secretary, the meeting was in
the executive offices of Governor
Craig, who took part in the deliber
ations.
Important committees were ap
pointed and Governor Craig agreed to
make the trip across the Continent
in June, leaving here June 20, to San
Francisco for the purpose of selecting
the site for a North Carolina building
In this building there will be Installed
the exhibits to represent the indus
trial, agricultural and other activities
of the state, and there will also doubt
less be a special moving picture
equipment that will give to the great
throngs of visitors from all parts of
the world illustrat'ons of the indus
tries, the scenery and other attractive
features.
The following committees were ap
pointed to get busy on the prelimi
nary arrangements:
Executive S. Carr,
George A. Holderness and John C.
°rewy, Raleigh.
Prank Hogue, representing the ex-
Position management, was present
a ®d gave the commission the benefit
much information as to just what
tke representation of the state will
require and details as to general con
ditions. After the conference the
members of the commission were the
guests of Mr. Hogan at dinner.
T ° Excluie Egyptian Pink Worm.
A special from Washington says
Korth Carolina cotton manufacturers
*ere represented at a hearing by the
Agricultural Quarantine Board on the
Question of excluding the Egyptian
wnk worm by J. O. White and J. H.
of Gastonla recently. It is
the purpose of the department of agri
culture to exclude Egyptian cotton
a "d cotton-seed so far ad the South
em tSates are concerned. The seed
J"ay be excluded entirely and the lint
6 admitted only to Northern States.
Revenue Collections For April.
.. . monthly revenue collections in
e kluliM ville distict continue to ex
the half-million mark. The
J, ords in Collector Watts' office show
r e ctions for last month as follows:
'? C,;la l tax $48.75, cigars $2,449J2,
tobacco and snuff
,ists a total of
.186.27. Collections on spirits
Zl Pro ,^ ably a thing of the past for
hr' Uquor in the district having
een paid and removed from the
arehovxse, the N. Glenn Williams
or being the last, to g,.
THE- HICKORY DEMOCRAT
Decisions of Supreme Court
Tho Supremo Court delivered opln-
Irecently in 23 appeals, one of the
most notable being that of City of
Gastonla vs. Bank of Gastonla In
which SIOO,OOO bond Issue under un
usual conditions is sustained. Tbere
* special act authorising bonds
i for streets, schools, waterworks, sow
erage and lights, no election being
i provided. The commissioners issued
$59,000 bonds for the purposes, ex
cept schools, issuing none for the
i schools. The bank, as purchaser of
tae bonds, questioned their validity.
The court declares that while this
court has settled as a fact thai
schools are no part of the necessary
expenses of a corporation, the school
system being founded with statewide
laws governing them, there is no rea
son why the bond Issues actually
made by the Gastonla government
should not stand.
The full list of opinions follows:
I Thurston vs. Southern Railway, Ala
mance, (four cases) affirmed; Hol
ton vs. Moore, Alamance, affirmed;
Starr vs. Cotton mills, Gastonla, new
trial; City of Gastonla vs. Bank of
Gaston, affirmed; Wilson vs. Manufac
turing Company, Lincoln, affirmed;
State vs. Wellman, Rowan, no error;
Ray vs. Peterson, Hoke, error; Alex
ander cs. City of Statesvllle, no error;
Cooper vs. Southern Railway, Cabar
rus. new trial; Tester vs. Horner
School, Cabarrus, no error; Pharr vs.
Commissioners of Cabarrus, no er
ror; Land Company vs. rioyd, Cald
well, new trial: Boger vs. Lumber
Company, Burke, affirmed; Tucker
Pope Company vs. Aluminum Com
pany, Rowan, affirmed; Bowman vs.
Blankenshlp, Catawba, no error; Lit
tle Vs. Telegraph Company, Ruther
ford, no error; McKlnney vs. Street,
Mitchell, reversed, Deaton vs. Lumber
Company, Henderson, no error. Coop
er Vs. Express Company, Henderson,
error; Bolick vs. Cline, Catawba, no
error; Sigman vs. Shell, Catawba, no
error; Michael vs. Leach, McDowell,
no error; Byers vs. Express Company,
Buncombe, ho error.
State Sells 2300 Acres Land.
A deal was closed recently betweeh
the State Board of Education and the
Tidewater Power Company of Wil
mington conveying to the Tidewater
Company the state's title to 2,250
acres of marsh and overflow alnd
about Wrightsville and Greenville
Sounds, the deal being a preliminary
to extensive developments on foot by
the company. The state gets SLSO
an acre and a percentage of profits
in the development
Much summer resort development
is contemplated. The company pro
poses to fill in and drain much Of
this property and will conatrOtf an
electric belt line and automobile xoad
that will extend from Wrightsville
Sound over to Wrightsville Beacn,
much as the present electric line
runs, and then up the beach beyond
Lumina and back across the sound
to Greenville Sound, connecting near
Greenville station with the present
line running to Wilmington.
Watson's Portrait Presented.
Chief Justice Walter Clark, of the
Supreme Court, declared in accepting
the oil portrait of Hon. Cyrus B. Wil
son of Winston-Salem, to be placed in
the Supreme Court library among the
paintings of distinguished lawyers of
the state, that while there is no su£a
duely created position as leader of the
Bar Association, there would be no
invidious distinction in declaring that
if there were such a position to be
filled the eyes of the profession and
of the people of the state would turn
with groat unanimity to Cyras B. Wat
son as that uncrowned king.
New Charters.
The American Fire Appliance Com
pany, Gastonla, was chartered with
$50,000 capital authorized and $2,000
subscribed by J. S. Gray, J. H. Sea
park and M. F. Henderson. The com
pany will promote and sell chemical
and other fire-fighting appliances. ,
Certificates of dissolution were filed
with the Secretary of State for the
Swannanoa Drug Company, Ashevllle,
and the M. B. Nicholson Company,
Osborne, Richmond County.
Governor Grants Commutation.
Weldon Horton, Franklin County,
was granted a commutation of sen
tence recently by Governor Craig. He
has served since last October on a
two-year sentence for criminal assault
on Mamie Williams. The Governor
gives as his reason that the guilt of
the prisoner is doubted.
Committee is Named.
A committee consiting of Commis
sioner of Agriculture W. A. Graham,
President D. H. Hill of the A. ft M.
College and C. C. Wright of the board,
has been appointed by the joint com
mittee of the A. ft M. College and
the tSate Department of Agriculture,
to urge upon the Federal Government
that there be no discontinuance of the
farmers demonstration work now car
ried on through the state and the Fed
eral authorities, nor any interference
with its work as now carried on.
Forestry Btudent Visits N. C.
Mr. Ralph Harvey, a young forestry
student of Pennsylvania State College,
who has been touring the South on
an Inspection and instructive trip
through North and South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida, has been in the
city the past several days as the guest
of Mr. J. G. Yon, a member of the
Raleigh baseball club. He left for
Petersburg, Va., where he will Join a
party of other students. The party
from Pann. State College have been
inspecting the big lumber plants and
mills in these Southern States.
HICKORY, N. C.. THURSDAY. MAY 21. 1914
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Like your pocket-book it growing fat. From The Hickory Democrat; .
Juit write up an ad, Theif advertisers' way
And 'twill make you glad, It to do what the? say, ' ■
If you put it in The Democrat. Doesn't differ where you are at, •
For it goet before You thotfld I think,
All the folks galore, Take your pen and ink, V//;''
Like the hand bills which are free, And greet the editor with cheer, •/.'
And what it contains - And send him a dollar '////*•
Has been written with pains, \ To buy him a collar,
And is worth your time to see. And seud you the paper a year. "/
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It should be our desire / ! ' '
To fry to inspire,
And keep tfre editor gay; /• V ,
If you pay in advance, V /v.
It wilt give him a chance, .'7. ...
And the paper won't fade away i '
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The paper akind • Ai
That Democrats like to read.
It gvx us the news,
And other folks' views, ' '
Which is just the thing we need, m
—J. M. FREEMAN }
West Hickory, N. C. • ■ V,
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The Position of the Farmer.
Hitherto we have referred to
the uneasiness among farmers
who are looking to Congress to
enact some sort of rural credits
egislation, and to the dissatisfac
tion of the President over the
egislation thus far proposed.
Farm and Home says, "at this
writing the joint committee has
not yet reported the bill for farm
finance, but if that measure is
not enacted into righteous form
before Congress adjourns, our
rural people will revolt at the
polls next November against the
powers that fail to make good.
The flood of letters received
proves the readiness of the peo
ple of every state for co opera
tive finance." But Farm and
Home said in its issue of two
weeks ago: "Farmers have not
joined with labor unions in ask
ing exemption tinder federal or
state anti-trust laws. Farmers
have no sympathy* with special
privilege. They refuse to be
misrepresented in Congress on
this issue. The help question is
serious enough already without
subjecting our farms and homes,
to the unrestricted exactions of a
specially privileged labor trust."
We have taken it for granted
that the thinking people among
the farmers aie not looking for
special privileges and favors of
any kind. The President has
taken the position that certain
features of the pending bills are
too paternalistic. It is therefore
likely that most farmers will be
inclined to blame their too zeal
ous friends in Congress for the
failure promptly to enact this
legislation, rather than the Pres
ident.
There ought to be some way to
enact the necessary rural credits
legislation that would be fair
and equitable, and let it go at
that.—Greensboro Daily News.
Presbyterian Church Notes.
Rev. J. G. Garth is at Oakwood
church near Lenoir conducting a
meeting with Mr. Harper Brady,
a Union Seminary student, who
is in charge of several churches
in Caldwell county for the sum
mer. Mr. Garth will be absent
all this week, but Rev. C. T.
Squires will preach here next
Sunday morning and evening.
May 31 is our children's day
for foreign missions. Special ex
ercises will be conducted at the
Sunday School hour and the pas
tor will preach to the children at
11 o'clock. We want all the child
ren down to the tiny tots to re
main to both of these services.
Sid Finger to Be Electrocuted.
Sid Finger, the negro who, ac
cording to his own confession,
committed at Barber Junction on
the 24th of February three of
the four crimes tor which the
death penaltv is imposed in this
state—murder, burglary and
arson—was this week taken to
the State prison, where he will
die oirthe 19th of June. After
he was arrested Finger told stor
ies implicating other negroes in
the crime. All were able te prove
their innocence without g6ing to
trial except one, Floyd Alexander
and he was. discharged in Rowan
Superior Court this week on Fin
ger's testimony, the latter de
c aring that he alone committed
the terrible crime at Barber
Junotion.—States villa Landmark.
KILLED AT SAW MILL.
Correspondence,
Statesviile Landmark: A horrible
accident occurred yesterday af
ternoon about six o'clock at a
saw milt belonging to B. A.
Troutman and C. A. Freeze, on
Latta Johnson's place, a mile be
low Mayhewtown, when Mr.
Fred Brotherton was killed. Mr.
Brotherton was fireman and for
some unknown purpose crawled
under the running saw, which
split his skuli and resulted in his
death 25 minutes later. It is
supposed he went there to remove
some sticks or pieces of bark
which might have collected but
this is mere supposiMfm. There
was a running chain for this pur
pose and the sawyer, Mr. James
Mayhew, states that so far as he
knows nothing had collected at
this place. Even if it had been
so it was not the fireman's pkce
to remove them, so he stated.
Evidently in his attempt to re
move something Mr. Brotherton
must have lost sight of the pres
ence of the saw, Mr. Mayhew
stated that when he first saw
brotherton his head was almost
touching the saw and to speak to
him would likely cause him to
look and cause certain death.
Only a second later the unfortu
nate man did raise his head with
the horrible result given. The
saw entered his head crosswise
just behind the ears and almost
severed the back from the other.
He lived about 25 minutes and
talked rationally for a few min
utes.
Notice to Farners.
Your attention is called to the
fact that the county has employ
ed a competent and practical far
mer to give his services free of
charge to any farmer in the
county who wishes his advice and
assistance in anything concerning
the management and proper
handling of his soils, crops, stock,
etc, While it is impossible for
any one man to know everything
connected with farm operations,
the county has arranged to have
the man employed to work in co
operation with the United States
Department of Agriculture at
Washington and the State De
partment of Agriulture at Ral
eigh. Therefore all the bulletins
and other sources of information
sent out by these Departments
are available for the use of the
man employed by the county.
Every farmer in the county is
urged to take advantage of the
County Commissioner of Agricul
ture and call upon him at his
office in the County Court House
or address H. K. Foster, Newton,
N. C., or telephoe to residence
Newton, N. C.
W. J. SHUFORD,
J. W. ROBINSON,
H. P. LUTZ,
Agricultural Committee.
Newton, May 15, 1914.
Keep Bowel Movement
Regular
Dr. King's New Life Pills keep
stomach, liver and kidneys in healthy
condition. Kids the body of waste, im
prove your complexion by flushing the
liver and kidneys. "I got more relief
from one box of Dr, King's New Life
Pills than any medicine I ever tried says
C, B. Hartfleld/of Chicago 111. 2Sc.,
at your druggist.
West Hickory Items;
West Hickory, May 18. —The
work at the Ivey Mill is moving
on fine. All the departments
have plenty of heip all the time.
Capt, W. H. Warner, the super
intendent, is having a lot of
painting done at the mill and al
so a number cf other improve
ments on the grounds around the
mill which will aaJ greatly to the
appearance.
Mrs. Roy Lowman is spending
several days at Rhodhiss with her
sister, Mrs. Bessie Chester.
Mrs. Geo. Smith has been very
for several days but she is
getting better.
Rey, W. N. Cook is attending
he Southern Baptist Convention
at Nashville, Tenn. V"
J. B. Abernethy attended the
old soldiers' reunion at Lincoln
ton last Saturday, Mrs. Aber
nethy is very sick at Present
Mrs. Fred Fry ana eon, Mur
phy, of Charlotte, are here visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
J. Drum.
Mrs. Gaither Sharpe, of Rock
ingham, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. H. T. Perdue.
Sidney Abernethy, of Long
Shoals, visited his sister. Mrs.
Waiter Abernethy, last week.
Mrs, A. F. Speagle, of Hickory,
R«l, was here Saturday and Sun
day visiting the family of J. C.
Pendleton.
Dan McKenzie, of Rock Hill, S
C., has been here several days
visiting his brother, Make Mc
Kenzie.
Miss M. J. Poteat, of Drexel,
has been here several days visit
ing Misses Minnie and Carrie
Berry.
In Style by Accident.
He came home just before din
ner and hung up his hat. She
failed to meet him at the door,
as was her custom, so he wan
dered out to the kitchen. At the
door he halted, somewhat discon
certed.
"What's this, Isabel? Green
nair?"
She was bending over the fry
ing pan and didn't deign to no
tice him.
"And purple eyebrows!"
The slice of ham in the nan
squirmed, and she- stabbed it
viciously.
,4 Why, Isabel," he went on
whimsically, "I didn't know you
went in for these extreme fa
shions!"
She tossed back one rainbow
lock and fixed him with a baleful
eye.
"Look here, you!" she hissed.
"I don't want any funny talk
out of you! I'm all worn out
dyeing Easter eggs!"—Wm. S
Adkins, in Judge.
Coughed for Three Years
"I am a lover of your, godsend to hu
manity and science. Your medicine,
Dr. King's New Discovery, cured my
cough of three years standing ," say
Jennie Flemming, of New Dover,
Ohio. Have you an annoying cough?
Is it stubborn and won't yield to treat
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New Discovery to day* What it did for
Jennie Flemming it will-do for you. no
matter hrw stubborn, or chronic a
cough may be. It stops a cough and
itosp throat and lung trouble. Relief or
money oack. 50c. and $lOQ,»t your
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Buckles'i Arnica Salve for PimpJat.
Democrat and Press* Consolidated 1905
STATE ITEMS!
OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH
CAROLINA PEOPLE.
N. C. Bankers Meet
• The preliminary welcoming cere*
monies for the eighteenth annual con*
vention of the North Carolina Bank*
ers' Association took place with a
recork breaking attendance of nearly
300 and great numbers of other bank
ers were on hand for the business sos*
sions. President George A. Holder*
ness of Tarboro, pres'ded and there
were addresses of welcome on tho
part of the state, the city, the com
mercial organizations and a fitting re
sponse by Hon. Walter E. Daniel of
Weldon on the part of the bankers.
Hon. J. Bryan Grimes welcomed the
bankers for the state. He paid trib
ute to the wonderful growth of tho
banking interests the past 10 years,
more especially the increase, being
over 400 per cent, which he declared
to be only a token of the ever increas
ing confidence the people have in the
bankers of the state. He recited tho
noble manner in which the bankers
came to the relief of the state finan
cially four years ago when the state
was refunding her bonds and the "Re
pudiated bond" interests North was
hammering on the foreign credit of
tho state.
•tats Electricians in Raleigh.
A rejjjvination of Jovlans was in
progress in this city for two days with
electricians who constitute the mem
bership from all the principal towns
bt the state and from other section*
of the country, from Baltimore to St.
Louis and Atlanta. The affair was
tinder the direction of a local commit
tee heanded by Statesman at Large N.
L. Walker and Statesman J. S. Ham
mack of Raleigh. The Jovians met in
initial session in the city auditorium
for the welcoming ceremonies. Mayor
James 1. Johnson welcomed them on
the part of the city, Albert I. Cox in
troducing him. The response to this
address was by Statesman at Large
N. L. Walker. There was also an ad
dress of welcome on the part of the
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce by
President John C.- Drewry. To this
address there was a response by W.
N. Matthews of St. Louis, who occu
pie sthe supreme position of Jupiter
| for the order throughout the county.
Carolina Mayors Meet
With an attendance of municipal
officers from all over North Carolina
from Ashevllle to Beaufort, the sev
enth annual convention of- the Caro
lina Municipal Association two busy
and Interesting sessions were held, in
Charlotte. The first feature v on tho
program was tbe parade which left
the city hall shortly after 10 o'clock
and traversed several of the principal
streets, of the city, passing through
Dilworth, Mayers Park, Chatham Es
tates and other- prominent suburban
sections. Forty automobiles were
placed at the disposal of the members
of the convention and these with the
various city departments including
police, fire, health and school, made
a most creditable showing as they
autoed through the city behind the
Steel Creek band. They meet next
in Ashevllle.
Funeral Directors Meet
The funeral directors and ambalm
ers of Nort Carolina met In annual
convention in Winston-Salem. An ad
adress of welcome was given by May
or O. B. Eaton, to which a response
was given on behalf of the association
by J. M. Harry of Charlotte. The
reminder of evening was taken up
with the appointment of committees
for the convention by President J. K.
Willis. The annual address of tbe
president and the reports of officers
were presented to the association at
the morning ession. They met in
Hendersonville.
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.
The work on the new hosiery mill
at Durham is going forward rapidly
and within the next few days the con
tractors will be ready to put the roof
on the warehouse part of the new
construction.
Wilmington newspaper men will
bold a meeting within the next few
days to perfect arrangements for the
entertainment of the North-Carolina
Press Association, which will meet in
annual convention at Wrightsville
Beach June 24th and 25th. There
will be a number of pleasing features.
C. B. Ross, poultry agent for North
Carolina, was in Iredell recently lec
turing before the poultry elubs ot the
county. A large club was organized
at the Feimster school, in the north
ern suburb of Statesvllle a few nights
ago.
Col. Walker Taylor recently took
charge of the office of collector of cus
toms at the Wilmington port to suc
ceed B. F. Keith, his commission
having arrived a few days ago. No
formalities attended the event. The
retiring collector wasn't In the city
and Col. Taylor just walked in nad
began his official career.
Mount Airy township will now be
gin the construction of good roads in
earnest for the highway commission
has authorized its chairman, A. E.
Smith, to award contracts for the con
struction of the Low Gap, Old Hollow,
and White Sulphur Springs roads.
Fred Brotherton, a young man at B.
A. Troutman's sawmill on . Jim John
ston's place, six miles west of Moores
ville was instantly killed recently
when in moving saw dust from the
mill, he got beneath the saw in a
stooping position and raised up, tho
saw striking him on the top of !*•
head, splitting it wide ope-
rms is a live totvn,
Advertise here and
get busy, -o- -o- -o-
COLORADO READY
FOR THE FUTURE
•TATI LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZE
ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR EX
PENSE OF MILITIA*
TO END THE STRIKE TROUBLE
Difficult!** Will B* Taken Car* *f In
th* Future Without th* N«e***ity
of Fodoral Aid.
Denver, Col. —Despite the fact that
President Wilson asked for action the
Colorado Legislature was on the
point of adjourning.
Governor Amnions In a message to
the President said that -as soon as
bonds, opposed by the Assembly*
could be, authorized the Legislature
would adjourn.
President Wilson warned Governor
Ammona that the state of Colorado
I must be prepared to maintain peace
in the coal miners strike districts
without Federal aid. The President
said Federal troops would remain in
th* troubled district "only until the
•tat* of Colorado has time and op*
port unity to r*«ume complete eover
•lgmty add control."
"I cannot conceiv* that that stats
to willing to forego her sovereignty
or to throw herself entirely on the
Government of the United States/'
•aid President Wilson.
I In response Governor Ammons tel
egraphed the President that an extfa
session of the Legislature, just ad
journed, had provided a $1,000,#00
bond issue to cover past and futur*
expenses of the state militia. The
Governor expressed confidence that
aa soon as these funds are available
the state will be able to control the
situation.
"The Colorado mine districts have
been under virtual martial law fof
months. Previous to the arrival of
Federal troops three weeks ago the
miners were guarded by the state
militijL. After the militia and strik
ers participated in a battle at Ludlow
on April 20 when 21 were killed and
after other serious conflicts th*
militia was replaced by Federal
troops.
Of >ths $1,000,000 provided by the
bond issue referred to by Governor
Ammons, $€91,000 has been spent in
past expenses of the militia.
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MEXICAN GUNBOAT SUNK.
Acpniral Mayo Reported Vessel W*nt
to Bottom of Panueo River.
Washington.—Admiral Mayo report
ed that the Mexican Federal gunbot
Vera Cruz previously reported to have
been abandoned, was sunk in the
Panueo River at Tamos.
Admiral Craddock commander of the
British naval forces at Tamplco, call
ed upon General Gonzales command
er of the Constitutionalist troops.
Admiral Mayo said he bad arranged
to call but with the understanding
that the visit would be informal.
The American admiral added that
business of the port of Tamplco is
being resumed slowly. Two oil ships
cleared. No banks are open and
money is extremely scarce.
Rear Admiral Badger reported from
Vera Cruz that the cruiser Chester
had aailed for Puerto Mexico to join
the three other American war vessels
there.
Move on to Baltillo.
Hlpollto, Mexico. —General Villa'*
Army was astir in preparation for its
advance against Saltillo. The men
were in excellent spirits. News that
a Constitutionalist party of 300 men
had surprised and routed 400 Federals
near Paredon flittered through the
ranks, putting the men in good humor.
General Villa realizes the effect of
music on the spirits of his men and
the organization of' hands and chor
uses has been encouraged.
Exposs Interests in Bteamship Lines.
Washington.—The Senate passed a
resolution empowering the Interstate
Commerce Commission to call upon
the railway lines for data regarding
■their interests direct or Indirect in
steamship lines. The resolution w as
introduced by Senator Sheppard.
Reserve Bank Reprsssntativss Meet.
Washington. Representatives of
the five member banks in each of the
12 Federal reserve bank districts met
in their respective reserve cities to
prepare certificates of organisation of
the reserve banks. Certificates of or
ganization were to be forwarded
promptly to Washington. They will
be handled by the Reserve Bank Or
ganization Committee, pending the
announcement of the FtdersJ Reserve
Board. It may be 10 days or two
weeks before the President name*
the Reserve Board.
Naval Acadeimy Examinations.
Washington.—That the tests requir
ed of candidates for admission to the
Naval Academy are not so severe as
to be beyond the* aspirations of the
average American boy, is the asser
tion of the Navy Department in a
statement issued referring to the en
trance examinations held at Annar
polls on April 21. In support of its
claim the Department calls attention
to th* large number of successful
candidates at that time. The state-
BMOt Is in th* nature of an an«w*r to
«THI*ISSM qf th* *xamiaatlons.