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PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1914.
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BRYAN EXPLAINS
TOLLS OUESTEON
SECRETARY OF STATE BRYAN DE
FENDS THE REPEAL OF THE
EXEMPTION CLAUSE.
DEFENDS THE PRESIDENT
In Lengthy Statement Mr. Bryan De-
fends the Policy Pursued by
President In Tolls Fight.
Washington. Secretary Bryan In a
statement lengthily reviews the Pan
ama tolls questions, and in the course
of the statement declares, that the re
peal of the tolls exemption in the
Panama canal act "cannot be con
strued to be a construction of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty," but is "simply a
, refusal on the part of the United
States to raise that question in that
way."
Mr. Bryan discusses various features
of the subject the limiting of debate
In the house of representatives, the
Baltimore platform and the effect of
repeal on the treaty.
Claiming that the opponents of the
repeal had seized upon the charge
that the president was "surrendering
to England," Mr .Bryan declared that
the opposition to the repeal had at
tempted to appeal to "prejudice rather
than to reason."
"What has Great Britain done," he
asked, "to justify the accusation that
she is trying to dictate to this coun
try? She has simply called attention
to the terms of the treaty, and asked
for arbitration of the question of con
struction, in case this government dif
fers from the British government in
the construction to be placed upon the
language. The very men who are so
Insistent upon construing the treaty
to permit free tolls delayed for months
the ratification of the treaty with
Great Britain because of their opposi
tion to any arbitration of the subject,
In other words, they construed the
treaty to permit discrimination, and
then objected to allowing any Interna
tional court to express an opinion on
the subject. If, as a matter of fact,
the treaty grants the rights which
Great Britain claims, is it a 'surrender
to Great Britain' for our nation to re
peal a law that raised that question?
The repeal of the law cannot be con
strued to be a construction of the
treaty. It is simply a refusal on the
pari of the United States to raise that
question in that way. In the contro
versy over the Welland canal, Canada
withdrew a discrimination which she
had made in favor of Canadian ships,
"in order that no cause for friction
with the United States authorities in
regard to the matter should exist.!
Why canot the United States with
draw a discrimination for the same
reason? When the treaty involved was
before, the senate for ratification an
attempt was made to so amend it as
to perm't a discrimination in favor of
coastwise vessels, but it was voted
down by a decided majority. With this
record to support them,' is it strange
that foreign nations question our right
to make an exception in favor of
American vessels?"
GOVERNMENT FORCES WIN
San Domingo Rebels Are Defeated by
Government Forces.
Satno Domingo. Rebel forces that
have occupied the citadel at Santiago
have surrendered to the government.
Another rebel force under Gen. Mauri
cio Jiminez, military chief of the in
surrection, which occupied a fortified
position at Las Vegas, also has sur
rendered to federals under Tancredo
Savinon, who has been appointed gov
ernor there. President Bordas, heading
1,500 men, is on his way to Santiago,
having taken the field against the in
surrectionists a week ago. The; gov
ernment is virtually in control of the
republic and peace prevails, except
in the northeast portion.
Red Cross to Prevent Floods.
Washington Plans are being per
fected here for beginning work on the
immense reclamation project In China
fostered by the American National Red
Cros sto relieve suffering from flood
and famine in the Huai and Yellow
river districts of China,
Monument to Union Veterans.
Americus, Ga. Information received
nere was that the New York delegation
of veterans and prominent citizens
coming to Andersonville national cem
etery April 30 for dedicatory ceremo
nies of the New York state monument
will come directly to Americus, going
titer to Andersonville. Five hundred
New Yorkers will constitute the par
ty, and they will be entertained while
in Americus with a program arranged
while in Americus with a program ar
ranged by the Americus chamber of
commerce.
JOHN NICHOLAS BROWN
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John Nicholas Brown, the richest
boy In the world, photographed on his
return with his mother from an ex
tended tour of Europe.' His home Is
In New York.
REVENUES TO PAY EXPENSES
INCREASED CUSTOMS HAVE PRO
DUCED MORE REVENUE
THAN EXPECTED.
Statement by Treasury Department
Showing Operation of the New
Tariff Law.
Washington. Figures were made
public in a treasury department state
ment showing that customs revenue
during the fiscal year which ends on
June -30, 1914, almost certainly will
meet and probably will exceed the
estimates made when congress passed
the new tariff law,.
The statement, prepared by Assist
ant Secretary Malburn, in charge of
customs, said:
"It was estimated that the receipts
from customs for the fiscal year 1914,
wrhich included three months under the
tariff act of 1909 and nine months un
der the present tariff act, approved
October. 3, 1913, would amount to $270,
000,00, resulting in a los sof 149,000,000
from the customs receipts of the pre
vious years.
"The total customs collections for
the nine months just ended amounted
to $225,500,000, showing a loss for the
nine months' period of $24,750,000 com
pared with the collections for the- same
period during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1913. As this loss is only
one-half of the estimated loss for the
whole year, it is probable that the re
ceipts for the. fiscal year ending June
30, 1914, will exceed the estimate.
WILSON FOR LOCAL OPTION
President Doesn't Believe Prohibition
Should Be Part of Politics.
Washington. President Wilson is
for local option on the liquor question
and does not1 believe 'prohibition
should be made -a part of a party pro
gram. Since the order of Secretary
Daniels was issued prohibiting the
use of liquor by officers in the navy,
persons in a position to obtain the
president's views have learned that he
will stand by his letter written in
May, 1911, while governor of New
Jersey, to the Rev. Thomas B. Shan
non of Newark, N. J., in which he
said:
"I am in favor of local : option. I
am a thorough believer in local self
government, and believe that every
self-governing community which con
stitutes a social unit should have the
right to control the matter of the regu
lation 'or the withholding of licenses.
But' the questions involved are social
and moral and are not susceptible of
being made parts of a party program."
Secretary . Daniels told friends the
purpose of his order was in no way
to give a political aspect to the "sub
ject of prohibition or to commit the
national administration, but "only to
promote efficiency in the nivy. The
president looks on the order as a de
partmental matter, Secretary Daniels
having acted on his own initiative.
Empress Eugenie's Maid Dead.
Tampa, Fla. Miss Philippine Pan
ger, who was a lady in waiting to ex
Empress Eugenie when Napoleon III
ruled France, died at the home of
Gustavus Ward here. She was 89
years old and had been in the Ward
family more than forty years. Fol
lowing the overthrow of the empire,
Miss Panger came to America and be.
came mafd to Mr. Ward's mother at
Nashville, Tenn. She was German,
and letters in her possessiqn show
that she was related to families of the
nobility of that country.
RESERVE BOARD
SSUES STATEMENT
COMMITTEE OVERWHELMS DIS
GRUNTLED CITIES WITH AVA
LANCHE OF FIGURES.
REPLY MADE TO CRITICISMS
Atlanta Was the Favorite of the Ma
jority of the Banks Asking for
Membership. 1
Washington. Replying for th first
time to the criticism vented upon them
by the disappointed cities of New Or
leans, Washington and Baltimore, the
federal reserve bank organization com
mittee gave out a formal statement
Quoting from the official records in
the comptroller's office the committee
showed that the Atlanta member
banks, which were mainly national
banks, had more capital and surplus,
more loans and discounts and ( more
individual depositors than either Dal
las or New Orleans.
More significant even than this su
perior showing for last month was
the tremendous advance shown to
have been made by the Atlanta (banks
in ten years. The national baiks of
Atlanta increased their capitajl and
surplus between September, 1904, and
March, 1914, 256 per cent.; Dallas, 120
per cent., and New Orleans onlyi8 per
cent. -
-Particular attention was given to the
committee's reasons for choosing At
lanta, Ga., and Dallas, Texas, In pref
erence to New Orleans; for selecting
Richmond, Va., instead of Baltimore,
and for naming Kansas City instead of
Denvef, Colo., Omaha or Lincoln, Neb
The committee called attention to the
fact that since thirty-seven cities were
applicants and only twelve named,
twenty-live had to be disappointed.
"With so many conflicting claims,"
said the statement, "somebody had to
judge. Congress constituted the com
mittee a court and gave the federal re
serve board the power to review. Dls
appointed competitors should seek a
remedy through the ordinary process
the law prescribes.
ARREST AMERICAN MARINES
Apology Demanded for Insult to Amer
ican Flag at Tampico, Mexico.
Mexico City. A launch from the
United States gunboat Dolphin, carry
ing the paymaster and a small detach
ment of marines, put in at Iturbide
bridge at Tampico. The Americans
were after a supply of gasoline. They
were in uniform, but unarmed. The
launch flew the American flag.
Colonel Hinojosa, commanding a de
tachment of Mexican federals, placed
the paymaster and his men under ar
rest. They were paraded through the
streets and held for a time under de
tention. '
Admiral Mayo made a vigorous rep
resentation to the authorities and the
men were released. Gen. Ignacio Zar
agoza expressed to Admiral Mayo his
regret.
President Huerta, in an official state
ment to American Charge O'Shaugh
nessy apologized for the unusual zeal
ousness of the Mexican commander
at Tampico.
TREATY EFFECTS TOLL FIGHT
Colombia Granted Free Use of Panama
Canal for Warships.
Washington. Free use of the Pana
ma canal by Colombian warships, troop
shins and navy supply vessels is pro
posed in the new treaty between the
United States and Colombia signed
at Bogota to seal the breach between
the two countries over the separation
of Panama. Secretary Bryan announc
ed with the explanation that the clause
in the convention was identical with
One .in the Colombian treaty negotiat
ed by 'Secretary Root in 1909, with the
nnroval of Great Britain and ratified
by the United States senate though
never accepted by- Colombia.
Woman Sentenced to Hang.
Pensacola, Fla. For the first time
in the history of Florida, a white wom
an, "Sis" Hopkins of Calhoun county,
has been found guilty of murder in
the first degree and sentenced to hang.
Governor Trammell will set the date
for the execution.
Florida Citrsu Crop Reported Injured
Ocala, Fla. Hail and wind storms
accompanied by as harp drop in tem
perature did many thousand dollars'
damage to vegetable and citrus fruit
crops in central "Florida. Orange
groves and melon and tomato fields
suffered most severely. Southern Flor
ida, however, where the bulk of the
peninsula's citrus fruits are produced,
experienced only a cool rain. Frost
in the state was confined to the north
western section, where crops were not
sufficiently matured to suffer.
MME. P0INCARE
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This Is a new photograph of Mme.
Polncare, wife of the president of the
French republic It Is reported that
she Is expecting a visit from the stork
In the near future. Mme. Polncare Is
forty-six years old, and has no chil
dren. COLOMBIAN JREAIY -SIGNED
UNITED STATES AND COLOMBIA
DIPLOMATS SIGN IMPORTANT
DOCUMENT AT BOGOTA.
$25,000,000 Paid South American Coun
try for its Interest in Panama
Canal Zonefcl
Bogota, Colombia. The treaty be
tween the United States and Colom
bia settling the Panama controversy,
was signed at the state department of
Colombia by the American minister,
Thaddeus A. Thomson, and represen
tatives of the Colombian government.
The ceremony of signing the treaty
was an impressive one. The American
minister was accompanied by the sec
retary of the legation, Leland Harri
son. The Colombian signatories were
the Colombian minister of foreign af
fairs, Francisco Jose Urrutia, and
members of the advisory committee,
Marco Fidel Suarez, first vice president
of the republic; Nicholas Esguerra,
former minister of state; Senator Jose
Maria Valencia, Senator Rafael Uribe
and Antonio Jose Uribe, president of
the house of representatives.
The signing of this treaty is looked
on here as a momentous event In the
history of the foreign relations of Co
lombia and marks a new era for her
future. It is pointed out by those sup
porting the treaty that the friendship
of the government and the people of
the United States i3 of incalculable
value.
Washington. Signing of the treaty
of Bogota was the outcome of nego
tiations that had been in progress
since soon after President Wilson took
office.
Details of the agreement have not
been made public in Washington.
ILLINOIS WOMEN VOTE "DRY'
More Than One Thousand Saloons
Closed by Women of Illinois.
One Thousand Saloons
Voted Out of Existence.
- Chicago. Conservative estl-
mates based on actual reports
from townships show that more
than one thousand saloons were -fr
voted out of existence in the
state of Illinois outside of Chi-
cago.
Chicago. Illinois women swarmed
to the polls in nearly three hundred
townships and as a result of their
activity at least twelve counties have
been added to the thirty which now bar
saloons.
The country districts saw the great
est gains in anti-saloon territory. Of
the larger cities the following voted
from wet td dry:
New York "Gunmen" Must Die.
Albany, N. Y. Governor Glynn re
fused to either commute the death
sentence of the four gunmen convict
ed of slaying Herman Rosenthal or to
grant them a reprieve until after the
second trial of former Police Lieuten
ant Charles Becker. They must die
by electrocution in Sing Sing prison
some time next week. It would have
been a miscarriage of justice to have
granted a commutation and an improp
er exercise of executive power to
have granted a reprieve, the governor
said in a statement
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SCHEIE
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CARRS OF DURHAM EVOLVE
UNIQUE SCHEME TO PROTECT
MILL WORKERS.
KEEPS FROM LOAN SHARKS
fashioned After the Morris Plan
Bank Giving Privilege of Getting
Money Without a Grinding Rate of
Interest Usually Demanded.
Durham The Carr boys of Durham
make announcement of a novel and
practicable plan for putting their Em
ployes' Fund into operation in their
Durham Hosiery Mills, fashioned af
ter the Morris bank.
There is lacking only one feature
of the bank and that is the depositor.
The general scheme of protection is
there and its special virtue Is that it
takes the small borrower from the
loan highwayman and gives him the
privilege of getting money without
the grinding rate of interest demand
&d by the bonus lawyer and usurer.
The plan is to be tried out in Dur
ham Hosiery Mill No. 1, the oldest
and biggest of the string of six. Three
years ago the mill started the profit
sharing scheme. It took th'e lead
there as it has done in providing dis
trict nurses, night schools and the
banishment of the illiterate by the
diffusion of knowledge. In the child
labor agitation before the general as
sembly, the owners of these mills
stood squarely with the people.
The latest plan for aid to their em
ployes is the work of Julian S. Carr,
Jr., president; C. McD. Carr, treasu
rer, and W. F. Carr, secretary and as
sistant treasurer. The first two are
brothers and the third a double first
cousin. The spirit of Julian S.Carr,
Sr., "Jule" Carr as he would say, the
father of the hosiery mill business
here, Is seen in the plan which has
all the elements of the finer philan
thropy, that. which helps, men and
women rio help themselves.
Charlotte Announces Prizes.
Charlotte. Prizes to be given to
participants in the parade on the
Twentieth of May, when the 139th an
niversary date of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence will be
clebrated were announced recently.
The prize list will be published in a
booklet to ncotain a variety, of infor
mation about . the celebration, and
will be sent to probable entrants in
the competition. The list of prizes
offered is given here:
Municipal float Silver loving cup.
All cities except Charlotte will be
considered by the judges.
Decorated automobile Silver lov
ing cup.
Township float First prize, $50;
second prize, $25.
Fraternal order float First prize,
?50; second prize, $25.
Industrial float First prize, $50;
necond prize, $25.
Labor union float First prize,
$50; second prize, $25!
Demonstrator for Gaston County.
Gastonia Gaston county-is to have
a farm demonstrator. The board of
county commissioners, after having
the matter under consideration for a
month, made the necessary appropri
ation of $600, which is supplemented
by a like amount from the United
States department of agriculture.
Through E. S. Millsap, district man
ager of the demonstration work for
Western North Carolina! the board
has secured as demonstrator B. P.
Folk, and the latter has arrived and
is preparing to enter actively upon
his duties. Mr. Folk is a Clemson
College man and has been in the gov
ernment agricultural service for the
past three years. Recently he has
been engaged in work in Lousiana.
He comes highly recommended.
Western High Schools to Meet.
Marion. The second annual meet
of the state high schools of the west
ern division, including 19 counties,
will be held at Marion, April 17. Con
tests in declamation, recitation, com
position, spelling, and track athletics
will he engaged in by representatives
of the 32 high schools included in this
district. .Already more than 30 en
tries have been made, and more are
coming in daily.
Building Operations at High Point.
High Point. The large city reser
voir outside the eastern incorporate
limits, the Christian church on the
xwner of Cascade and Tryon streets,
the large Co'er station west and
south of Main street and the South
ern, the $05,000 Methodist church on
Main street, a commodioun fire-engine
house on Rankin and Commerce
streets are some , of the building
operations now in course, of construc
tion and planned for High Point In
the immediate future.
NEW i
EBEN S. DRAPER
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Ex-Governor Eben S. , Draper, of
Massachusetts, a manufacturer of
cotton mill machinery and widely
known in the South, died at Green
ville, S. C, after a brief Illness. He
was on his way to his home in Boston
from Florida when afflicted. The re
mains were carried to Boston for
burial.
TRADE WITH LATIN AMERICA
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Southern Railway Names Expert to
Aid Southern Merchants in New
Fields.
' Washington, D. C To aid South
ern merchants and manufactuers to
extend their trade with Central and
South American countries an dthe
West India Islands, particularly the
new fields to be opened by the Pana
ma Canal, through South Atlantic
and Gulf Ports, President Fairfax
Harrison announces that te South
ern Railway, the C. N. O. & T. P.,' the
Alabama Great Southern, and Mobile
and Ohio have appointed as South
American agent "Mr. Charles Lyon
Chandler, who has been South Ameri
can Commercial Expert in the Consu
lar Bureau of the State Department.
His office will be at Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Mr. Chandler has had years of ex
perience in 'Latin American coun
tries and is thoroughly acquainted
with their markets and the needs of
their peoples. He will advise South
ern merchants and manufacturers as
to where wares can be sold, will aid
them in the preparation of letters
and circulars, and advise as to the
methods of packing required for dif
ferent markets. Mr. Chandler will
keep in touch with commercial bodies
in Central and South American coun
tries and their diplomatic represen
tatives at Washington and will be
able to give Southern business men
the earliest possible information in
"egard to government and other large '
contracts to be let. He will also im
mediately' begin a campaign in Latin
American markets calling attention
to good3 that can be supplied from
the South and the advantages of ship
ment through Southern ports.
Mr. Chandler is admirably equip
ped for this work. A. Harvard gradu
ate, he studied international law at
the University of Buenos Ayre-s, Ar
gentine, and was for many years in
the consular and diplomatic service
of the United States, the greater part
of this time having been spent in
Latin America. His services will be
at the disposal of Southern mer
chants and manufacturers without
any charge to. them.
Shriners WilrFiock to Atlanta.
Atlanta,) Ga. "Away down SouNi
in de land ob' cotton" will -soon be a
tune familiar to all Shriners' ears
for they are Dixiebound.
Atlantaj .the Gate City of the South,
will be the scene of the annual con
vention of the Shriners of North
America May 13-14.
Every state in the union and many
sections of Canada will be represent
ed. Over 30,000 Nobles are coming,
and they will be entertained with old
fashioned hospitality, famous since
ante-bellum days.
"Dar's buckwheat cakes an' Injur
batter,
To make you fat, an' a little fatter."
There will b Southern sunshine
and sm.fes of welcome from the
Southern girl the Peachtree girl
with raven tresses and flashing eyes.
Her brother's a Shriner, you bet, and
she'll be wearing a white fez in May.
Then, there's that fragrant mint
bed! ... '
It is being kept under "itensive
cultivation" for the Shrine.
In fact, evers-thing that Atlanta can
do, she is doing to make the gather
ing a magnificent success. And it's
as a doer that Atlanta shines.
The city will be literally transform
ed for the convention. P.y permission
of the mayor and city council the lo
cal Shriners' entertainment commit
tee," heaueu .-fcsPotentiate Forrest
Adair, rf Yaarab Temple, will take
full control for the time of the whole
street lighting system of Atlanta.
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