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ZO.Hew York vanirora who recently asked the State ddpartment's advice as to the best means of protecting the Mexi can bonds, amounting to about $150 000,000 which they hold, hive been informed that the department has no suggestions to offer. The depart tnent called their attention to the fact thai; President '"Wilson already ha said jU would not recognize any fcct'of General Huerta since he be came dictator, or by the- congress which he has installed. London, Jan. 20 Lord Stratlie ona, high commissioner for Canada died at'l :55 o'clock tbu morning. Lord S)ratheona's life-ipanned near ly a century and nia active., career a full three-quarters. "Jhe best way to .live to an.vxld riage,' he; explained when found at work at his desk in London oa his 93d birthday anni versary on August gfaslfejby'itot thinking about' age'1 at "ail but ust going oq aoing youf wqrit. r ivm his 18th year, when as Donald Smith. a sturdy Soot, he Ha Jed for, Can aHa, to his 99th year, which would have been ' complete he,xt August be lived up to his maxim qf work. Milwaukee, "Wis., Jan. I 20. rThe Wisconsin eugenio law, which;' pro vides for the issuancof' marriage licenses only upon . a wrtjfloatft 'of a clean bill of health, wa Jhis after noon declared (uncohsfitotonial by Judge F. C. Eschweyler, of to circuit court. The case will go to supreme oourt. Judge Eschweyler 1.11 . . . ' ' - . . - M neia inai me eugenic law was i unreasonable statutory limitations .so far. asi physicians' fees were con cerned, and that it -was an unreason able and material impairment of the right of persons to enter into matri mony. New York, Jan.; 20: Mrs. Julia Gertrude Lyle's chimes on her es tate at Tenafly " will remain silent at night until Vice Chancellor Lewis in Jersey City ' decides whether or not the bells are a nuisance and really give Mrsj -Alice Mary Bailey nervous indigestion. Chauncey G. Parker, counsel to Mrs. Lyle, pro mised -that Joseph Kennedy. ihe ibellringer, shoold hoi play, the ehimes; 'between 7 p, m.&ad 8 M pending ueumm. on me motion ior an n Juction to silence the fbtoiwyph, 4were erected in' 'memory ofj, JohnS. , W v.'f . r'''":,'':'. "3 $x Bix It's pretty hvfr maa-to md work after be'aJuV ia-jai ' D,Tes, 'nl6.a beV chauffor. J '- "- v TM' .i .., v,... :i" you beguiio oo5n;at night, ;.i8t when -joa -pevto-isleepf.Do Ton bave a tickling throkVaiilBeps' you awake! Just take Foley's Honey nd Tar Compound. rIt 31 enoct the eough a. stop thetielding' seh ation at once. T-eW ppi -upset, the stomach, W best for c-oldren "and xmf ons. J. E. Hood & Co. SPEER VICTIM OF DRUB HABIT? Witnesses Testify That Accused Judge Used Cocaine He Loved Newspaper Notoriety Fine Black Janitor and Charwoman. Macon, Ga., Jan. 20. -The trend of the investigation here of charges of official misconduct against Judge Emory Speer, of the United States court, southern district of Georgia, by a sub-committee of the judiciary committee of. the house of represen tatives shifted again this afternoon. The committee examined two wit nesses regarding the alleged use of drugs by Judge Speer. L. E. Pellew, a local druegist, testified that about 10 years ago a prescription was filled by him for Judge Speer. The prescription was a one-or two ounce, three per cent. solution of cocaine, he said. Once or twice a year for the past decade, he said, he had refilled the original pre emption. Dr. J.yM. Little, a Maeon physi- cian, who faid he had been for the past three, or four years in occasional attendance on Judge Speer, stated thatthe-had one or possibly two occasions given Judge Speer a hypo dermic injection of morphine. At the time the jurist' wafj ; 'suffering from a sqvere attnek of indigestion. lie said in 'hi! -opinion Jiiilge bpeers peculiar compiexioii was due to organic disorder. Another, new Urie'of inquiry touch ed on during the day's proceedings was Judge Speer's alleged love of newspaper notoriety. T. J. Simmons, managing editor of the Macon News, testified that Judge' Speer had fre- Juently sent him articles for publi ej'tion." " 'Henry, G. Tucker deputy United States marsfiaf7 read entries from a cash book kept by himself, showing that fines of $1 each had been col lected ,t?om Kerney Wright, janitor, and Emma Powers, charwoman, by order of Judge Speer. It was claim ed thafcs these fines were, not as sessed in open court. ' The committee spent a consider able portion of the day's session probing the" alleged delay pf Judge Speef in making the mandate of the supreme court of the United States the judgment of the lower court in the Jmison habeas corpus ase. Counsel outlined the contention of the" defense that Judge Speer acted only after Jemison had exhausted every resource of the state courts, and that he had not defied the au thority of thev higher tribunal. URGES INQUIRY OF DISASTER "Brutal, Assault on Mover Evidence of Lawlessness by So-called Ex ponents of Law," Says White. "May Remove Convention. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 20. Two attempts were made late today to remove the convention of United Mine Workers of America which opened this. morning from this city, but both failed. Two delegates, Samuel Montgom ery, of Montgomery, W. Va., and W, R.' Fairley, Pratt "City, Ala., Started for - Washington this after- ponwork; before pgrcss for th resolution ieamgedeal investigation of the, .copper strike in Michigaa anf the-coal); srik.in wiojca fine jijp .was, knm on ' tbe'ChH9tBl4s disaerer if CWu met,' Mcb.: nti'-.ti ?eporftion ' Charles ID Myer.1r - Tl ia. to be hoped aH Presi deat -White that: horrible dZs iuiter Christmas eve"W CabjnlBt- wiU be , ttoroughly d-rt&res tigated and wgvwj Pj,-, 64 'Tbe brutalWult oii'pres.dent ; Moyer if uwner ewuce. lawlessness pructicea oy so-cauea, cxponenw ox w viucx. bp a resolution tco?1,111!".1 uaaiubusIyV' Vf ' .President WbJt' Snc - - fair dam - - Faint praise uer.wooj Till!!! ANGERS GOV.'BLEJISE Freak Executive of Palmetto State Publishes ; Personal Letter and Legislature Orders investigation of a State Institution. Columbia, S. C, Jan. Z0. In vestigation of the state hospital for the insane was ordered today by the following the receipt of a sensation- til message froin Governor Cole Blense, inclosing a copy of a per sonal letter which the governor said was written by United States Sena tor B. It. Tillman and mailed under a government frank. The order di rectintr the investigation was em bodied in a concurrent resolution. Governor Bleasc said in his mes sage that Senator Tillmun in his let ter referred to an alleged attempt to oust Dr. J. W. Babcock, superin tendent 'of the hospital, by "Gov ernor Blease's underlings and satel lites." A bill authorizing the sale of the hospital now is pending in the house. The value of the prop" erty involved is said to exceed $1, 000,000. . ''All the facts will be brought out if an investigation is ordered, as I hoe will be. An effort will be made to smirch Dr. Babcock and his lady assistant, Ur. Saunders, Ins these men must have tuch excuse' .you know, and are not at all scrupulous," readsTthe letter alleged to h'ave been sent by the senator. Tillman Won't Discuss It. Washington, Jan, 20. Senator Tillman tonight declined to discuss South Carolina general assembly, Governor Blease's message to the South "Carolina legislature other, than to say tHat' he 4iad written Ucb ,(S letter as : tne governor had trans mitted to the legislature. "Yes, I wrote, the letter," he said. "It stands fo' itself and explains itself. That's, all I haye to say." CONGRESSMAN AND ATTORNEY Johnson, of Kentucky, irt Affray With John (Shields, Washington Lawyer Representative Called for Revolver After Thrashing Op ponent. Washington, Jan. 20. A fist fight between Representative Johnson, of Kentucky and John R. Shields, a Washington attorney, troke up a meeting today of the house commit e on District bf Columbia. After the two men had clashed and several blows were struck. Repte shouting: "Get m0 my pistol; I'll kill him." x ' ' ... During the encounter Mr. Shields was knocked down by rapid blows from the tall Kentucky congress man. Clerks of the District commit tee dashed into the arena and with several spectators tried to quiet the combntants. Two clerks held John son for a few moments but be got the better of them and broke away, shouting for his revolver. lie was restrained . The clash between the two men came after a hearing on a bill to increase the salarjes of crossing policemen " in Washington.. Mr. g Jfc for the 1 policemen... Alter bnields 1faa presented' bis case Johnson declwed thaf he 'Hi teard that Mr. Snialda had'coUecied if large ItBtfe. , - While attempt wM binod to adjount the meeting bields'e manded an. opportunity td f'jefftj-M false stalements." . : The-i ncuiter. resulted. Y , , . U Colds to be Taken. Seriously.!, j' . Intelligent people realize that'eom-J nton colds ihbaU betrteated prompt- y ,f -4, , ibiffi. Ms wift iarsenes tickling throat . -j;- -b mmt ht of roieyfi ndbey and Taf Com o -- of o m . ,u i.-i-j-;, to taia, cneccs-ft coia ana stops me i t.:l JZ a ' - - - . - ... ,, i noil til wuicii cauaca iuod ui bicxilj auu , s. ... K.. i lowers the? vital resistance. -J. E. Ilood & Co. - ? (adv WILSON BEFQRETHEGONSRESS Tells Hearers That Government and Business are Ready to Meet Half Way Proposals Received With General Approval. : Washington, Jan. Ht). President Wilson's suggestion to congress to day in his trust address that the government and business men are reudy to meet each other, half way in a common effort to square busi ness methods with both public opin ion and tho law, fell on attentive ears and struck a responsive chord in representatives of differing poli tical parties. , The atmosphere of co-operation and "accommodation" in the. mes sage ; tfie reforms proposed, express ed in "terms of conservatism, and the. spirit of friendliness to supersede antagonism in dealing with big bus iness, which dominated the Presi dent's Thoughts aroused expressions of approval from all sides. Few discordant notes were sounded in comments, from members of the con gress who are to pass upon legis lation .urged to prohibit monopoly and hold men of business within the law. .;' . Throughout the delivery of. the address the assembled senators and representatives listened 'intently to every word, applauding frequently when the President began enumera tion of evils which be believed need ed remedying. His proposal for an interstate trade commission to facilitate bus iness Hind keep it in the straight path;!; the recommendation of laws to prohibit inter-locking directorates and holding companies; suggestions foV ulhjrity. to regulate railroad seurftie for an. act-that would flXgnJtb-upon indivdunls instead of pnnishng business and that the courts be opened to individuals harmed by illegal business all these were received with general approval evidenced by enthusiastic applause 0B0ZCO IS CALLED A COWARD By Mercado, Who Defended Ojinaga, He Details Reasons Alleges Sala zar and Rojas Were. Cowardly Under Fire. ,V.- El Paso, Tex., Jan. 20 General Salvador Mercado, commander tof the Mexican Federal soldiers who fled into the United btftt aoiu Ojinaga, Mex., nrd -.via were,, in terned today at Fort Bliss on the footing of prisoners of wa, Uo- night defended bis abandonment of Ojinagu and charged General Pas- insubordination. . '' I General Mercndo detailed hr rea sons for taking aslyum in this country. He said Orozco repeatedly had robbed the Federal provision train, had become arrogant, had re fused to attack the rebSs, had abandoned his own troops and had run away under fire to give the im pression that he heroically would remain, on the Mexican side to fight more battles, whereas Qrozco was afraid . to cross into the - United States !lecause -of tin indiictment pending 'against him here. He said Orozco had demanded monej and had placed: drunken officers fa the the heai otitis forc8;;p: f QevL jMercado charged ;thftQen." -Tne lalar an4. .ni. sAuooio Boja-'vifoilntesr comisaslers, frrtt cowardly under Nfiw.;.and rthat,tliey the: rebels Mppeareiiis tt-&ii Gener 'Merr ada. id .be fyii ready to' gv to Mexico 'City to stand trial by", court martial . f , - l Gtfn. Mercado, wbeo his .eoldiere tumbled off the trains) that brought them f fromMarfa, ' Texas, still was commander of hi., troops, bn his authority was subordinate to that of the AVerioan officers.. He worked directly'.; under Brig. Gen..: Hugh -L. Scott,: of the United .States army i i ii ... ana eaoweu bis. Kniuuun - ivr m - , . treatment of himself and, his men j - - . -r i by cautionmg the Mexican soldiers - " (Contbued on page 4) . ASKS THE COASTER TO RETRACT Legal Process to Be Served Upon Editor and Owners of Morehead City Paper That Attacked Dr. Ira M. Hardy. Papers have been sent to More head City by counsel for Dr. Ira M. Hardy to. be s'erted upon R. T. Wade, editor of the Coaster, a weekly newspaper, and the publishers of the Coaster, demanding retraction of statements declared to be defama tory to Dr. Hardy's character recent ly made in an article on the paper's editorial, page. The arraignment of Dr. Hardy by the Coaster was that paper' defense of the ' governor's attitude in the controversy which en sued; when trustees of the North Carolina School for the-Feebleminded sooght to remove Dr. Hardy from the superintendency of the institution here but were prevented by legal technicalities, friends of the superin tendent claiming that the chief exe cutive bad appointed partisan trus tees and gave the anti-Hardy faction of the board a majority. A strong array of legal talent has been em ployed by Dr. Hardy, including O. V, Cowper, Rouse & Land and E. R. Wooten, local attorneys. Superin tendent Hardy says Wade met him at Morehead City and admitted that the Coaster had done him an injustice and promised retraction. The re cantation, however, (wajinot forth coming and Dr. Hardy will insist upon this. The demand was expected to be served today. "rull retraction and apology" w required, and it is further demanded in the nrooess that copies of the edi tion containing the abjuration oe sent to "each and every subscriber," all exchanges, and more particularly "the ..Greensboro NewsRaJeigh, News and Observer, New Bern Sun and New Bern Journal", and "every person ..to wh,om a- copy of the Coaster of Jan uary 3, 1914 was maiiedf bjif i,3po direction." It is stated that "it you fail to: make said retraction an apology within the time, allowed ;.by law,' I will hold you responsible I there for," and that if the article emanated from another than the editor or pub: lishers the name, of th;uH9 Bhl be disclosed. The article in . question, head 'Weighed and Fputtd -VtfOi,'0t tacked Dr. Hardy, THE .FREfi PRH.S.3, the Snow HM Sq.uai:e Deal and the local correspondent, of 'st papers, calling cnticisms of the gov ernor hy the three latter "puerile, silly and vicious." The Coaster do dared the superintendent "unfitted," that he. "has done nothing and has a very lame way of talking about it," charged that he had expended money with poor judgment, and made the statement that be has "foisted him self upon the state and finds it im possible to sustain his ambition by merit." Mr. Hardy, interviewed today, said that he would not be called a "quit ter" and would strive as zealously as ever for "a fair deal" and reap pointment by the board of trustees in February, to which time the mat ter of electing a superintendent wi aeierrea wnen me eaons to oust nun failed - 'v'., '- ' i CpURT QUITS FOR SMALLPOJt Diseasi Prevaledt In Cloldsboro and tfjudge Adjourns Supjerior CoyrtH V? wldoro, Jan.; 21f Because Mff taepreyalenue it smallpox in this y06 cftoty superior; court was adjourned by Judge Peebles late yeterdiy.' But two days of a two weeks .Criminal-civil : term bad i ex pirvtf. .jTaere axe more tfaaa 200 cases' of the disease. . Hooday made a holiday ' because of- it beuig Lee's" birthday, and yesterday ftfter all jail cases had bee disjpesed of the:' judge ordered a postponement of H other business until the next term.' 'The docket waa-aPsligbt one-' . Tbe court was 'sitting in s down town' office building, a new courtr honso being in course of erection On tbfl site- of the old one.- 1 . LD NORTH STATE NEWS FROM MURPHY TO MAI TEO AND BETWEEN 1 TAR HEELHAPPENINGS OFA DAT Many North Carolina Items , Cm densed in Brief Paragraphs ftr Benefit of Busy People Good & Bad News from all Over Statt. Wilmington, Jan. 20. The finding of the body of a white baby, appar ently, fully developed, in a traeh ' barrel at the incinerator late this ' afternoon caused quite sensation and an investigation i to be started by tbe chief of potior and coroner that may. result. In one or two ar rests. They hav found from whose -house the barrel Was 'taken- and other facts are "expected to develope later. . . . Statesville, 'Jan. 20. Geo. . Ton L. Meyer, distiaguished citizen, ar rived in Statesville yesterday from Washington ' City and went from here in an automobile to Houston ville, where ha" will spend a week or ten days shooting quail on the presen'oa 'of the Houstonville Hunt ing Club. Mr. Meyer has been coming to Iredell for -several winters to shoot quail. He has the distinction of having held 'the high positions of Postmaster . General of the United States and Secretary of the navy. Asheville, Jan, 20. Following al leged pranka in which a new student at Bingbam.ibad his head 'shaved and- WBswhippecHiy; tither students when ,he furnished .theauthontw vf , the scbobl witS"- the names of his alleged assailants, three (Bingham carets toda' Were fln,ed for assault ' a the otfurt of a-'local magistrate ad announcement was made at the school fonight that 'four Btudents ' had beenexpelled fprp) haling, The authorities . at .Bingham refused to disclose the identity of .tho r f out students wno wereexpeU:' s Winston-Salem,' Jaq. 20.Th -vestigation , made under the direc tion of Superintendent J, MBennett, of m this division : of thJ. Southern Rauwavi' regUrdiair 'the derailment of tbe engine of passenger train No. Id, 'on the .Taylor8Vilfe division,' at Davidson, Sunday night, reveajs the information1, whicn is regarded au thentic, that a nine-year-old , white boy named Hall who was walking either on or along the' railroad track, in ' company' 'with Ma two' sisters, the age of one being eight years and the other eleven, placed a spike on the rail and that this alone- was ' responsible for the derailment," which resulted in th edeath of Engineer J. ii. Curlce and Fireman Avery Wil son, of tbe ill-fated engine.',; Raleigh, Jan. 20. Both the charges of confiscatory and un reasonable effect of the Justice act rates and the ruinous consequences of the application, of section 0, the 'long and short haul clause1 of that act were the special burden of the protests of . the short lines of railroad doing busiaessin this state before t$e. ; intrastate rate commia7 sioal todayi , this was, ,shortfine day and alt : were theafd, only - the Norfolk .and . Western Remaining have ' its J hearing next Jfriday thererwiQ ant throflghy inony on preparatory fortr ?s examining the & . M . i.; at M recess lor uiree weens f-f 1. iircoonsel for. the sta;te'haVecgo.n t. fthe- gieafev majssv fptesti- . t,tb part t.t 'ih. railroad 'lPiX. nave oeea suDmiwea.? ? ; v - x i.-v Stole Whiskey By Whoiaie. ' New Bern,- Jan.' SlSeorge Hy- f'vf manv and , William -'ilidgett : 'were ; , bound c-cr by iue TJ. commission-' et ; herejfor steaUDgrlB 'cases ' of . , whiskey from the ,-t'ichu Southern "A oflico 'on .S. . Front, street' V Vdo-'ars " rrocs. V The pe'r could not fvvc i d. '0 m -i1 ir 1 ly the i fc;, s ing U .-' SA- - a lit ' . . 1 SWt7 r 'V '" f sel.