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TRADE COMMISSION
BILL MADE PUBLIC
MEASURE APPROVED BY WILSON
AND McREYNOLDS IS MADE
PUBLIC.
SUPREMEIN PUBLIC MATTERS
Measure Approved by Republican as
Well as Democratic Members of
the Committee.
Washington. The interstate trade
commission bill, bearing the approval
of President Wilson and Attorney
General McReynlolds was made pub
lic, following many conferences among
the members of the house interstate
commerce committee. Democrats ex
pect this measure to command sub
stantial Republican support, and an
effort probably will be made soon to
bring about concerted action between
the senate and house on this phase of
the administration program of com
merce regulation and anti-trust legis
lation, i
The new bill was unanimously
agreed on by its framers, a subcommit
tee of Democrats and Republicans,
headed by Representative Covington of
Maryland, and it is approved by vir
tually the full committee. :
"The whole theory of the creation of
the commission," said Mr. Covington,
"has been to make it an efficient, in
dependent body. In most of the mat
ters of publicity it has entire control
of the facts gathered. Publicity is left
to its discretion, and the bill contains
ample authority for it to prevent the
disclosure of those necessary trade se
crets valueless to the public in pro
moting lawful competitive business,
but which when disclosed simply af
ford opportunity for injurious use by
competitors. Powers of investigation,
safeguarded by proper constitutional
limitations against unlawful searches
and seizures, are taken under the con
trol of the executive and given t this
non-partisan body."
The bill would transfer all the pow
ers and duties of the bureau of cor
porations and the commissioner of cor
porations to the proposed commission
of three members, presidential appoin
tees subject to confirmation, whose
salaries would be $10,000 annually
each. Only two of the commissioners
could be from the same political par
ty. TEXAS RANGERS ON GUARD
Conlqiutt's "Army". Consists of Only
Fifteen Men.
Austin, Texas. The entire force of
Texas Rangers, totaling at present fif
teen mounted men, was assigned to
duty on the 800 miles of Texas-Mexican
border with the arrival of two
: rangers at Raymondville, Texas, in
response to an appeal from fiff-three
persons there for protection against
cattle thieves andd esperadoes.
Along with news of the rangers' dis
position, Gov. O. B. Colquitt made pub
lic a lengthy list of the Texas border
troubles on which his appeals for more
, power to protect the boundary have
Vi been' based and which explain the na
' .ture of the rangers' activities.
These incidents show the rangers
as peace officers; not as an armed
power which might cause the United
States government embarrassment.
The timely arrest of a cattle or a
horse thief before he has time to es
cape into Mexico has warded off more
serious consequences, such as the kill
ing of.Clemente, Vergara, the Ameri
can, which grew out of h6rse stealing.
The records indicate also that while
. many of the lawbreakers have come
across the border in raids from Mex
ico, sone mischief-makers have been
residents of American territory in sec
tions where the Mexican population
, is large and have used Mexico as a
refuge.
Worid's Record by Coast Artillery.
Tampa, Fla. Announcement was
made here of what is believed to be
a new world's record in night target
practice. The Eleventh company of
the Coast Artillery guard at night fired
seven shots at a range of 4,000 yards
in one minute and fifty seconds, each
shot taking effect. Captain Borebeck
claims that the ime consumed in mak
ing the seven effective shots is the
shortest known in army practice.
Wave Whelms 1,000 Persons.
Ekaterinodar, ijRussia. More than
one thousand persons perished in the
inundation of tlie towns of Stanitza
and Achtyrskaja by a tidal wave from
the sea of Azov. ; The wave struck the
towns during a violent hurricane, that
swept the province of Kuban. More
than one hundred and fifty persons
also were drowned in flood3 in Yasen
kaja. A dam collapsed in the town
of Temryuk on the Taman peninsula,
98 miles northwest of this city, flood
ing the greater part of the city and
drowning many persons.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Mr. Phillips has been selected to
succeed Dudley Field Malone as third
assistant secretary of state, a position
he has filled before. In 1912 he re
signed to become secretary of the Har
vard university corporation. He has
had considerable experience in the
diplomatic service. f
TROOP ORDERED TO BORDER
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TROOPS WILL RELIEVE CAVALRY
AT EL PASO AND AT
LAREDO.
Seventeenth Infantry at Fort McPher.
son and Ninth Infantry Ordered
in Readiness.
Washington. Two regiments of in
fantry were ordered by the war de
partment to the Mexican border. The
seventeenth, now stationed at Fort Mc
Pherson at Atlanta, and the ninth, sta
tioned at Fort Logan H. Root, Arkan
sas, will go to El Paso and 'Laredo,
and relieve the cavalry nov there.
Col. John T. Van OrsdrJe i3 eligi
ble for retirement and his successor
has not yet been named.
Lieut. Col. Henry D. Styer will.be
temporarily in command of the ' regi
ment. Colonel Van Orsdale's number
will fall to Col. George W. Mclver,
now stationed at Manila, P. M.
The explanations given for, the trans
fer of the seventeenth and ninth regi
ments to the Mexican border are said
to be these:
To prevent Mexican marauders from
crossing over into Texas;, to prevent
Texans crossing over Into Mexico; to
repay Senator Morris Sheppard of
Texas for his support of the Wilson
administration in opposition to Gov
ernor Colquitt.
Senator Sheppard wanted the addi
tional troops sent to patrol the bor
der. Since the dash of the Texas
rangers across the international bor
der to recover the body of Clemente
Vergara, the American ranchman,
there has been uneasiness in admin
istration circles. Serious conse
quences 'might follow a dash by Texas
into Mexico or Mexicans into Texas.
Secretary Garrison issued this state
ment: "To allay as far as possible the
fears of the people on the border, the
president took up with me the question
of sending some additional troops
there. As a result, I have ordered that
the seventeenth infantry and the ninth
infantry be sent there. The seven
teenth infantry is now at Fort Mc
pherson, Georgia, and the ninth in
fantry is now at Fort Logan H. Root,
Arkansas, and Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
They will be stationed at present at
Eagle Pass and Laredo, and the caval
ry now at those places will be relieved
for more extended border work."
The orders for the dispatch of two
more regiments to Texas will result
in the assembly in that state of nearly
18,000 troops, more by 3,000 than the
entire force of the regular army that
Shafter led into Cuba. Nearly 11,000
soldiers are in camp at Texa3 City,
under command of Brigadier General
Funston of Philippine fame. The oth
ers are scattered along the border from
Brownsville, Texas, to Nogales, Ariz.,
Flying Kite Makes Atlanta Dark.
Atlanta. Boys flying a big cord kite
with a long tail and cutters on the
end of it, put Atlanta in darkness for
more than forty minutes and threaten
ed to tie up traffic It was between
3:30 and 4.30 o'clock when the lights
went out. Investigation by inspectors
of the Georgia Railway and Power
company showed that the switches at
the Ashby street station were burned
out, possibly because ot the extra
heavy load thrown on them when the
kite pulled down wires in the neigh
borhood of the Davis street school.
REMARKS III JEST,
SAYS AMBASSADOR
ASKED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
BRYAN FOR AN EXPLANA
TION OF SPEECH.
CLAIMS HE WAS MISQUOTED
Declares Condensed Report Caused
Americans to Misterpret
Meaning.
London. Ambassador Walter HInes
Page received from Secretary of State
Bryan notification of the resolution of
the United States senate In regard to
his speech on the Panama canal and
the Monroe doctrine delivered before
the Association of the Chamber . of
Commerce.
The secretary of state requested the
ambassador to cable an explanation of
the speech, and Mr. Page immediate
ly began the preparation of his re
ply. i After reading fuller accounts of the
proceedings in the senate, Ambassador
Page came to the conclusion that the
senators had been misled by the ex
cessive condensation of his remarks
in regard to his interpretation of the
Monroe doctrine.
ELEANOR WILSON TO WED
President's Youngest Daughter and the
Secretary of Treasury to Marry.
Washington. "The president and
Mrs. Wilson announce the engagement
of their youngest daughter, Eleanor
Randolph, to Hon. William GIbbs Mc-
MISS ELEANOR WILSON.
She Will Be a June Bride.
Adoo. This announcement was issued
at the white house by Secretary Tu
multy after a , da of speculation in
capital, official and society circles over
the prospects for another white house
wedding in June. " '
The youngest of the family, Miss
Eleanor, is said to be her father's pet.
For weeks there have been rumors
that the president's daughter and the
secretary of the treasury would be
married soon, and there" has been no
denial that an announcement could be
expected. , The exact date of the wed
ding is not known, but it is generally
believed it will be in June.
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Hunt for Pirate Gold.
New Orleans. Hunt for the treasure
the pirate, Jean LaFitte, is supposed
to have buried in the swamp lands of
Louisiana during his successful oper
ation on the gulf coast has been re
newed and this time by two parties of
gold seekers. Charles Tenney Jack
son, a novelist, and Frederick W. Mc
Kenzie form one party which left for
the swamps where they said they
would try to find the treasured A sto
ry accredited to Jackson is that In
1911 he met an old man who gave
him a rude map showing the location
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woman in France, Is now making a
tour of the United States and ex
presses herself as being delighted with
the country.
WANTS MORETRADE FOR U.S.
MARITIME TRADE IS NEEDED BY
THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
Secretary Redfield Pleads for More
Liberal Laws in Regards to
Transports.
New York. Secretary of Commerce
Redfield, in an address before the
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci
ences, urged the enactment of more
liberal laws to permit the United
States to regain its maritime trade.
"The success of American-owned
vessels on the Great Lakes has been
remarkable," he said. "It is a fact that
more vessels pass through the river
and canal which unites . Lake Huron
and Superior than through the Suez
canal.
"In all that has been said about the
Panama canal, one great factor has
been forgotten. The canal will make
it possible for vessels to make profit
able a continuous journey around the
world. In other words, precisely as a
train which may empty and refill it
self several times en route, operates
at a special profit, so vessels that may
circumnavigate the globe, loading and
reloading, may find special profits in
the process.
"The carrying of our exports had
provided golden harvests for the for
eign ship owners; If we can apply
to ocean transport the same American
ideas In specialized ships which have
been such , a brilliant success on the
Great Lakes, there is little doubt of
our doing as well on the sea
FUTURE CONTRACTS LEGAL
New York Cotton Brokers Win Suit
for $16,000.
New Orleans. The United States
court of appeals at New Orleans hand
ed down a decision in the case of Ha
ven & Clement, brokers on the New
York cotton exchange, against D. W.
James of Blakely, Ga.
This suit was brought by the New
York brokers in the United States dis
trict court at Columbus, Ga., some ten
years ago, and has ever since been
stubbornly litigated through the vari
ous United States courts, reaching,
finally, the circuit court of appeals in
New Orleans.
The opinion is of general interest for
the reason that it sustains, in effect,
the validity of the New York cotton
exchange contract system. The plain
tiffs obtained a verdict for 16,000 in
the -court , below, which was taken up
rfo the higher court for reversal by the
defendant, Mr. James, on the proposi
tion chiefly that it was a New York
futures deal transaction, and there
fore void. The decision in favor of
the plaintiff therefore in effect sustains
the validity of the future contract sys
tem of the New York cotton ex
change.
Linters to Be Barred.
Washington. Future annual re
ports of the census bureau on the
quantity of cotton ginned will not,
as heretofore. Include the quantity of
linters in the total production of cot
ton for the crop, but will relate only tc
lint cotton. This change in the meth
od of publishing the statistics of cot
ton was announced by Director Har
ris of the census bureau, and will be
effective beginning with the next re
port on March 20. Information as to
the production of linters will be given
in a foot-note.
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ON EREIGRT RATES
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM
MISSION GRANTS APPLICA
TION OF STATE.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple Gathered Around the State
Capitol.
Raleigh.
Special from Washington, says the
.nterstate commerce commission
granted the application of the South
ern Railway, Atlantic Coast Line, C.
& O., Norfolk & Western and Sea
board Air Line to establish through
rates to North Carolina from Ohio
river -crossings and St. Louis, to take
the place of rates now in effect to
the eastern part of the state based
on the through rate to Virginia cities
to North Carolina; ana to the western
part of the state basea on the through
rate to Paint Rock, a. point on the
Southern Railway on the state line
between Tennessee and North Caro
lina cities.
The commission in its decision
states that the proposed rates will ef
fect reductions averaging 10 per cent.
The commission ddfcided, however,
the rates proposed through the Mem
phis gateway will be established as
proportional rates only, applicable on
business originating in territory west
of the Mississippi riveT, and so limit
ed in their application as to prevent
increase or discrimination against in
termediate points of origin. .
This, while not giving the exact
rates desired, was declared to be sat
isfactory by both the 'state commerce
commission and attorneys for North
Carolina shippers and the Tailroad3
when the suggestion was offered by
the1 commission at the hearing.
Officials of the Southern Railway
declared that they : believed they
could arrange to put the new tariffs
in effect within 60 d?.
This would requlr' publication
)f the proposed new rates and their
filing with the commission within 30
days, as the -hyw requires 30 days'
notice of new rates.
Tobacco Sales For February.
. . Loose leaf tobacco sales on the
North Carolina markets dwindled to
9,912,700 pounds for February, this
year, a big reduction from the Jan
uary sales, but more than twice as
much as the total sales for February
of last year, which totaled only 4,
354,145 pounds. Winston-Salem led
with 2,851,990 pounds and Durham
was second with 961,427.
Other notable sales follow: Rox
boro, 735,077; Oxford, 782,077; Reids
ville, 641,294; Henderson 648,708;
Rocky Mount, 442,936 Wilson, 454,
169 ; Walnut Cove, 301,503 ; Warren
ton, 265,732; Mount Airy, 275,758;
Madison, 236,085; Mebane, 184,766;
Lbuisburg, 184,689; Creedmoor, 150,
7,39; Greenville; 170,866; Stoneville,
131,174 pounds.
Medical Society Cannot Change Date.
The executive committee and other
officers of the North Carolina Medical
society conferred at length as to the
possibility of the society changing
the dates of its annual convention
here in June so as not to conflict
with the date of June 17, that tne
Democratic State Executive Commit
tee has chosen for the State Demo
cratic Convention, and finds that It
is impossible to change the dates
from June 16, 17 and 18. This means
that it is up to the State Democratic
Executive Committee to get together
at least a "proxy meeting" and name
another date, probably June 24, for
the state convention.
Corn Clubs in Wake County.
Wake colinty at the present time
has 215 boys enrolled in the corn
club who will compete for prizes this
year. This number is more than fifty
more than any other county in the
state, Richmond and Buncombe com
ing next in the order named. There
are now more than three thousand
boys enrolled in th ciubs over the
entire state.
Short Line Railway Men Meet.
There was an all-day conference
uere a few days ago of the North
Carolina division of the Short Lines
Association of the Railroads of the
Southeast that was formed a year
ago at a preliminary meeting in At
lanta, John E. Hancock of the North
& South Carolina Railroad, Hamlet
to Pee re, being the vice president
for this state. Thfr conference select
ed H. B. Edwtrds of the Atlantic &
Western as secretary of the North
and South Carolina division. There
are 33 railroads that are members.
Committee Choss Conflicting Dates.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee a few days ago elected
Thomas D. Warren of Newbern chair
man to succeed Charles Ai Webb of
Asheville, resigned, and elected June
17 as the date for the state conven
tion and Raleigh as the place. Other
business of importance to the party
was transacted during a three-hours
session.
The roll-call of the committee mem
bership showed 52 members present
in person or by proxy.
Next morning the people of Ral
eigh and remaining delegates awoke
to the realization of the-fact that the
committee had been allowed to name
a date for the Democratic State con
vention, June 17 that is in direct con
flict with the State Convention of the
North Carolina Medical Society that
will have 600 or more delegates here
June 16, 17 and 18.
The managers of the hotels insist
that it will be impossible to take
care of both conventions at the. same
time and the representatives of the
Medical Society here insist jthat it is
next to impossible to change the date
for their convention on account of all
arrangements being made for ' the
state board to hold the examinations
for medical licenses at that time and
all stationary and other arrange
ments are made with relation to Na
tional and other related organize
tions.
The remedy for the tangle' that
seems most likely is one suggested by
C. A. Webb, retiring state" chairman,
who suggested to Chairman Warren
that he write to all the members of
the State Democratic Executive Com
mitteed for their proxies to be used In
a special meeting to fix another date
for the state convention, this , to be
most likely June 24.
Chairman Warren and his advisors
would look into the matter of dates
and name the one deemed most gen
erally satisfactory. Some suggest that
it be held Thursday, June . 11, the
daj after the unveiling of the Horne
monument to the North Carolina Wo
men of the Confederacy. No definite
announcement can be made at this
time, as everybody seems completely
"up in the air" in regard to the
matter.
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The State Historical' Commission
has just gotten from the press a
North Carolina Manual 1913 that is a
valuable publication of 1,053 pages
substantially bound in cloth and ad
mirably indexed and with subdivisions
running up to "Part XVI." Some of
the most notable features of the sub
divions are "The Legislative Depart
ment," "Executive Department," "Ju
dicial Department," "Administrtion
Department, Boards and Commis
sions," "State Educational Institu
tions," "Register of Colonial Officials
1663-1776," "Register of State Officials
1711-1813," and "North Carolina in the
Federal Congress." There are also
grouped the names of North Carolin
ians who have held Federal office
from this state and those native
North Carolinians who have held
such offices from other states.
Three North Carolina Men Promoted.
Special from Washington says the
Secretary of the Navy recently sent
to the President with approval the
reports of the examining board, rec
ommending promotion of three North.
Carolinans from the grade of com
mander to captains, Victor Blue, chief
of the bureau of navigation; Thoma3
Washington, member of the inspec
tion board, and Archibald H. Scales,
commandant of naval training sta
tion at Norfolk.
These three North Carolinans oc
cupy three of the most important po
sitions in the naval ervice. Com
mander Blue, who is head of the Bu
reau of Navigation, ranks as an ad
miral and is carried now on the lin
eal list as a captain. He is an extra
number because of distinguished ser
vice in the Spanish-American war.
Some New State Charters.
The Doughton Mercantile Co.,
Doughton, Wilkes County, capital
$50,000 authorized, and 6,000 sub
scribed by J. T. Miles, G. W. Lyon
and others.
The Cabarrus Union Supply Com
pany, Concord, capital $25,000 auth
orized and $5,800 subscribed by J. L.
D. Barringer and others.
The Snow Mutual Telephone Co.,
Alamance County, capital $5,000 au
thorized and $1,200 subscribed for
telephone lines in Alamance and ad
jacent counties.
The Waynick Taint & Oil Co.,
Greensboro, capital $50,000 authoriz
ed, and $5,500 subscribed by J. M.
Waynick, L. A. Wachler and others.
The Royal Land & investment Co,
Charlotte, capital $75,000 authorized,
and $20,000 subscribed by M. G.
Hunter, W. D. Wilkinson and others,
The Deep Ford Rod & Gun Club,
Lake Toxaway, chartered without
capital by W. E. Breece, Charles E.
Orr, J. W. Tinsdale, Jr., and others.
The Rosebud Mercantile Co., Rofee
boro, Sampson County, capital $20,
000 authorized, and $1,400 subscribed
by W. H. Howard and others.
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