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11)1111 V I Ml 1 11 1 11 III I II
THE ONl,Y NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY.
. VOL. XV.
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3. 1913.
NO. 1.
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MEMS
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, MmIImii Count ,
Established by th Legislature) let
Jon WO-'H. .
Population, S0.13S.
County BsaL MarsbaU. "
104 foat above sea level ' ' "
Now and modern Court Home, cost
3S.000.00, - '
New and modem Jail ooit $15,000.00.
New and modem County Home, cost
110.040.00. .. -'- , - .' -, :..
, . : Officers.
. Hon. Jas. U Hyatt. " BenalofT" S3
District, BumivlUe, N. C. .
Hon. J. C. Ramsey, Representative.
Marshall. N. C.
W. H. Henderson, Clebk Superloi
Court, Marshall N. C.
' W. U. Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall
N. 0. - i - - ,
James Smart, Register of Deeds.
Marshall, N. C.
C. r. Runnlon, Treasurer, Marshall
N. C, R. r. D. No. .
R. U Tweed, Surrey or, White Rock.
n. c.
Dr. J. Hf Balrd. Coroner, Mara Hill
N. C.
. Mrs. Eliia Henderson, Jailor, Mar
thall N. C. j
John Hoheyoftt Janitor, Marshall
N C
Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician,
Marshall N. C.
James-Haynie. Supt County Home,
Marshall, N. C.
Home located about two miles south
west of Marshall.
Courts.
. Criminal and Civil First Monday be
fore First Mpuday In March, Com
mencing Feb. 2th, 19)2.
Civil Utb, Monday after First Mon
day In March, commences May 20.
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Criminal and Civil, First Monday
after First Monday In Sept Com
mences SfpL 8th, 1912.
Civil 6th Monday after First Mon
day In September. Commences Octo
ber 14. 1912. ,
BOARDS. .
. County Commissioners.
W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall
ft. C. '- "
C. T. Caasada, Member, . Marshall,
N. C. R. F. D. No. 1. ,
Reubln A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel N. C.
G B. Mashburu, Atty, . Marshall.
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Board meets first Monday in every
month. '" . .' : .
.. Road CommlfSloners, :, - ,
Bryan. Chairman, "Marshall, K.'
C, R. F. D. 2.
J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mara Hill,
N. C R. F. D. 2.
Sam Cox, Member, Mars Hill, N. C
R. F. D. No. 2.
O. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C.
Dudley Chipley, lload Engineer.
Marshall N. C.
George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marshall
N. C.
Board meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each year.
Board of Education.
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek, N. C.
Thos. J. Murray, Membor, Marshall,
N. C. R. F. D. No. . .
W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C,.R. T.
D. No. I.
Prof. M. C. Buckner;, Supt. of
Schools. Mara Hill N. C, R. F. D.
No. 1
Board Meets first Monday la Janu
ary, April, July and October each year
Colleges and High Schools.
Mars Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore.
President, Mars Hill, N. C. Fall Term
begins August 17, 1911. Spring Term
begins January 2, 1912.
Spring Creek High School. Prof.
0. C. Brown, Principal Spring Creek,
N. C 8 Mo. School opened August
1. 1911. -
Marflson Seminary Hifth School.
Prof J, M.. Weatherly, Principal Mar
shall, N. C.-R. F. D. No. S. ' 7 Ho
Sohool began October 2, 1911.
Bell Institute. Miss Margaret E.
; Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N. C, 8 Mo.
School began September 9, 1911.
Marshall Academy. - -
Anders, Principal, 'Marshall, N. C f
Ma School began Sept 4, 1911.
Notary Publics. '
3. C, Ramsey, Marshall N. C. Term
expires Jan. 11. 1912.
A J. Roberts. Marshall N. C, R. F
D. No. 6, Term expires May 30, 1912
Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C.
Term expires August 10, 1912.
C. C. iirown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex
plres December 6, 1912.
J. A. Leak, Revere. N. C. Term ex
pires January 10, 1913.
W. T. Davis, Hot Springs, N. C.
Terra expires January 10, 1913.
J. H. Southworth, Stackbouse, N. C.
. Term expires January 18, 1913.
N. W. Anderson, Paint Fork, N. C.
Term expires February 6, 1918.
J. HJ Hunter, Marshall N. C R. F
D. No. 8. Term expires April 1, 191?
J. F. Tilson, Marshall, N. C. R. F. D.
No, 1 Term expires April 3, 1913.
- a J. Ebbs, Marshall, .N. C. Term
j expires April 21, 1913. ,
3. W, Nelscn, Marshall N. C Term
expires April 25, 1913.
' Roy I Gudger, Marshall N. C.
: Term expires May 3, 1913.
Geo. M. Prltchard, Marshall N. C.
Term expires May IS, 1913.
Dudley Chipley, Marshall N. C.
Term expires July 29', IMS.
Vf. 6. Connor, Mars 41111, N. C. Term
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S. M. Davis, Commander.
J. H. BnHsrd. Adjutsnt
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HOW PARCEL POST
RATESARE FIXED
Charges Are Regulated Under
the Zone System.
BIG ENTERPRISE LAUNCHED
Eleven " Pounds la the Limit In
Weight for a 8lngle Package
Anything That Will Not In
jure Other Mail Can
Be Sent.
By EDWARD B. CLARK.
With the coming of the New Tear
the United States government will en
ter into a new field of enterprise
the transmittal of merchandise by
what is known as the parcel post.
For years there has been a demand
for such a ' system of Inexpensive
transmittal ' of packages. The camps
tf . favor; and diBfavor. of the parcei
post scheme have been about equally
divided. Finally at the last session
of congress a bill was passed which
will put the plan Into operation, . but
Only it must be said in little more
than an experimental way.
It Is the Intention of Uncle Sam to
move rather slowly in the parcel post
matter. He wants to find how popu
lar it will be, bow much it will cost
the government, and whether there Is
to be a profit or loss at the end of
each year. If it is found that the
plan Is successful from the point of
view of the people, which means the
government also, the parcel post will
be extended until finally it reaches
the proportions which its proponents
say they believe it is destined to as
sume. Zone System Explained.
It Is no exaggeration to say that
thousands upon thousands of. inquir
ies have been made of the postmaster
general as to Just what the parcel
post will mean to the people. It "was
the law of congress establishing the
system which made provision .for
division of the country Into zones
and Into 35.000 units which are to be
used as centers in describing the cir
cles which mark the boundaries of
the sones. There has been no clear
understanding, apparently, of this
sone system, but really It is a very
simple matter.
The accompanying' map Bhows the
country divided into zones from the
unit in which Washington la sit
uated, as the center. Accompanying
the map Is a table showing the rate
of postage per pound for parcels from
Washington to places within all the
zones. ".: " .'
, Each nnlt contains an area thirty
miles square. Now each unit is a
center from which the zones are
drawn and bo every unit in the coun
try no matter where it is situated will
have zones drawn from it Just exactly
aa Washington has them drawn from
It For instance, take Keokuk, : la.,
which. is In a unit in the fifth zone
From that will be drawn circles ex
actly as they are drawn from Wash
ington and they will be numbered from
Keokuk as number one, Just as they
are numbered from .Washington as
number one. Of course. . however,
Zone Six will have a different geo
graphical position as related to Keo
kuk than it has as related to Wash
ington, but as the radius of the circles
drawn ; from Keokuk la the same
length as the radius of the circles
drawn from Washington, Keokuk's
Zone Six will be Just aa far from its
center as Washington's Zone Six Is. .
How Rates Are Fixed. .. "
it can be seen from this readily
enough that the postal rates ; from
Washington to its particular sone will
be the same as the postal rates from
Keokuk to its particular zones. Each
unit being about, thirty miles square
will of course contain in most cases a
number of postofflces, but each office'
In the same nnlt Is considered as be
ing the center of the circles from
which the zones are drawn. The
rate of postage are fixed from the
nnlt In which the tending poatofflce Is
situated, but the price to every place
In any son Is Just the same. To ff
luetrrta. It will cost exactly the same
amount to sertd a parrel from Wash
ington t( I :' Fa., tt it cr's to
send It to A .. ' s t '., I
and n't y
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zone. The rates therefore are fixed
from the unit In which the postoflice
Is located, but they are the same
from that office to any point in any
one zone.
It will be seen by reference to the
table of rates of postage that It will
cost more per pound to send a pack
age a long distance than it does to
send It a short distance. The rate In
creases for a package weighing one
pound at the rate of one cent for
each zone. No . package weighing
more than 11 pounds can be sent un
der the new parcel post law. It
should be said right here that on the
long baula the parcel post may not
be able to compete with the express
companies, but that on shorter hauls
It can so compete. It was the ex
pressed desire of the legislators and
of the postoffice officials that the par
cel post system should be made of
particular use to persons having farm
and factory products to transmit to
customers. It is probable that pro
ducers must study the rates of post
age and the convenience of trans
mittal and compare them with the
coat and convenience under- present
methods before Individually a man can
determine whether, he is to profit or
not by the change. - Then there Is an
a&im .J!iinp i3 v. 'oe'nitiUwe and
I which only can be known definitely
when fuller regulations have been
made to specify exactly what kind of
things can be sent by parcel post It
can be said In a general way that any
thing can be sent which is properly
wrapped and which will not Injure
other mall matter with which it may
come in contact.
Copy Foreign Countries.
It is probable that the government
will adopt a means of transportation
for certain kinds of its merchandise
much like those which . have ' been
adopted in parcel post, countries
abroad. What the English call ham
pers, basket-like arrangements, prob
ably will be adopted, and as these can
be kept separate from the ordinary
mail matter it is believed that the
regulations as finally adopted will al
low the sending of eggs, butter, dress
ed poultry, live poultry, honey, fruit,
and other products of the country.
The 11-pound limit for a single pack
age may work at first againBt any
very extended use of the parcel post
for some of the articles which have
been named. Of course, more weight
can be sent if it Is sent in different
parcels, but the cost In that case
would be heavier because the In
crease per pound on a single package
is not great up to 11 pounds, and
probably it would increase at no great
er rate if the government were to
raise the limit of weight which is now
fixed To make it simpler. It will
cost more to send two packages of 11.
pounds than it would to send one
package of 22 pounds If the govern
ment eventually should allow a heavi
er single package to be carried and
should charge in proportion Just what
it does now for one package of 11
pounds weight.
Every postmaster In the United
States will have a parcel post map
like the one which is here reproduced
except that the zone lines will be.
shown with the unit of his postoffice
as a center. All that a postmaster
will have to do when a parcel is pre
sented for transportation 1b to find
out In what zone the destination Of
the package lies. His table will show
him instantly the rate per pound from
RATES OF
Parcels weighing four ounces or less are mailable at the rate'
f AnA onnt tnr o-jMi nimr.p nr fraction of an ounce, reaardless of (
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distance. Parcels weighing more
at the pound rate,as shown by the
at this rate any fraction or a pouna
1st
2d . 3d
zone- zone
rate. rate,
zone
Zone
rate.
$0.05
.08
,11
.14
.17
.20
.23
Wt.
Lbs
1.
2.
3.
4.
Local
rate.
..$0.05
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.. .07
.. .08
.. .09
5.
6.
..' .10
7.
,. .11
.12
.. .13
'8.
9.
10.
11.
.26
.29
.32
... .14
.. .15
Fcr a
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:irc;tCu!ia.
full ex;
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the unit In which bis postofflce lies
to the zone of the package's destina-
tions, the price as has been explained
before, to every postoflice in any one
zone being the saint). The parcel post
will take nothing but fourth-class mat
ter. Printed matter Is still In the
third-class designation. Therefore
books cannot be rent by the parcel
post system. This the postoffice au
thorities seem to think Is In a way
unjust and may work a hardship: It
may be that in the future the law will
be changed so as to include all print
ed matter. It seems to be certain that
an attempt will bo made to bring
about this change as speedily as pos
sible. Postmaster General Hitchcock has
ordered that postmasters be advised
that parcel post packages cannot be
accepted for mailing unless they bear
a distinctive parcel post stamp and
have attached to them the return card
of the sender. A series of distinctive
stamps la now In. course of prepara
tion for this class of mall as required
by the la creating the parcel post
system. Consignments of these
stamps will be ready tor shipment to
all postofflces in ample time for the
establishment of tLe new system on
New Tear's day. . y-
'VThe pootuloo (ieptftment has given
Instruction to every postmaster In the
country to enlighten his patrons as
much as possible on the general sub
ject of the parcel post and especially
on the use of the special stamps and
the necessary attachment of the re
turn card. The law requires that all
fourth-class matter mailed ser Jan
uary 1, 1913, without parcel post
stamps attached shall be treated as
"Held for postage" matter. Parcel
post packages will be mailable only
at postofflces, branch postofflces, let
tered and local named stations, and
such numbered stations as may be
designated by the postmasters.
Rate on 8eeds Not Affected.
It should be said that the act of
congress which puts a parcel post plan
into operation does not In any way
affect the postage rate on seeds, cut
tings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants
as fixed by section 482 of the postal
laws and regulations. '
The classification of articles mall
able as well as the weight limit, the
rates of postage, zone or zones and
other conditions of matlablllty under
the act of congress. If the postmaster
general shall find on experience "that
they or any of them are such as to
prevent the shipment of articles de
sirable, or shall permanently render
the cost of the service greater than
the receipts of the revenue therefrom,
be is hereby authorized, subject to the
consent of the interstate ; commerce
commission after investigation, to re
form from time to time such classifi
cation, weight limit rates, zone or
zones or conditions, In order to pro
mote the service to the publio or to
Insure theJ receipt of revenue from
such Bervlce adequate to pay the cost
.thereof." ,
Through many years different mem
bers of the house and senate have
been interested In promoting parcel
post legislation. Among the men moat
active in securing the legislation
which soon Is to go Into effect as
law are Senator Jonathan Bourne of
Oregon, Representatives David J.
Lewis of Maryland and William Sul
zer of New York, who has Just been
elected governor of that state.
POSTAGE
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than four ounces are mailable
following table, and when mailed
is consiuerea a iun puunu.
4th 5th 6th
zone zone zone
rate rate rate
7th 8th
zone
rate
$0.11
zone
rate
$0.12
.24
.36
.48
.60
.72
.84
.96
1.08
1.20
1.32
.10 .12" .14 .16 .19 .21
.14 .17 .20 .23 .28 .31
.18 .22 .26 .30 .37 .41
.22 .27 .32 .37 .46 .51
.26 .32 .38 .44 .55 .61
.30 .37 .44 .51 .64 .71
134, .42 J50 .58 .73 .81
.33 .47 .56 .65 .82 .91
.42 .52 .62 .72 .91 1.01
.43 .57 .63 .79 j 100 , 1.1 1
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the rates postage
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APPROVES - RULES
FOR PARCEL POST
Postmaster General Issues Reg
ulations Governing System.
WHAT MAY BE SENT BY MAIL
Gives American people Opportunity to
Send Farm and Factory Products
by Mall From and to Any
Point In United States.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
Just approved the regulations which
cover in detail the articles which may
or may not be sent by parcel post
These regulations are now being
turned off at the government printing
office on a "rush order" and they will
be distributed as rapidly as possible.
The rules as to what can be sent
and what cannot be sent and the In
structions for the preparation of mall
able articles with other "official ad
vice" are given here as they have Just
been prepared by the postoffice de
partment in Washington.
The minimum rate will be five cents
for the first pound and three cents for
each additional pound to any point not
exceeding fifty miles from the office of
mailing; the local rate, which is five
cents for the first pound and one cent
for additional pound, applies to all
parcels the delivery of which does not
involve their transportation on rail
way lines. The rates increase for
each successive one of the eight zones,
the maximum rate being twelve cents
a pound, which will carry a parcel
across the continent or to any of our
possessions. Parcels will be limited
to eleven pounds in weight and. six
feet in length and girth combined.
Mailable Perishable Articles.
Butter, lard and perishable articles
such as fish, fresh meats, dressed
fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries and
articles of a similar nature that decay
quickly, when bo packed or wrapped
as to prevent damage to other mall
matter, will be accepted for local de
livery either at the office of mailing or
on any rural route starting therefrom
When inclosed In an inner cover and
a strong outer cover of wood, met
al, heavy corrugated pasteboard or
other suitable material and wrapped
so that nothing can escape
from the package, they will be ac
cepted for mailing to any offices with
in the first zone or within a radius of
60 miles. Butter, lard, or any greasy
or oily substance intended for deliv
ery at offices beyond the first zone
must be Bultably packed. Vegetables
and fruit that do not decay quiskly
will be accepted for mailing to any
zone if packed so as to prevent dam
age to other mall matter. Eggs will be
accepted for local delivery when se
curely packed In a basket or other
container. Eggs will be accepted for
mailing regardless of distance when
each egg is wrapped separately and
packed in a container.
There la no restriction on salted,
dried, smoked or cured meats and
other meat products, but fresh meat
in any form will be transported only
within the first zone.
Parcels (containing perishable arti
cles must be marked "PERISHABLE,"
and articles likely to spoil within the
time reasonably required for trans
portation and delivery will not be ac
cepted for mailing..
Manufactured Articles.
Manufacturers or dealers Intending
to transmit articles in considerable
quantities are asked to submit to the
postmaster for approval a specimen
parcel showing the manner of pack
ing. When sharp pointed instruments are
offered for mailing, the points must be
capped or encased. Blades must be
bound ao that they will remain at
tached to each other or within their
handles or sockets.
In- Powders, pepper, snuff, or other
similar powders not explosive, or any
similar pulverised dry substance, not
poisonous, may be sent when Inclosed
In cases made of metal wood or" other
material to render impossible the es
cape of any of the contents. Flour
of all kinds must be put op In such
manner as to . prevent the package
breaking or the flour being scattered
in the mails. ,
. Queen Ba and Nursery Stock.
Queen bees, lire lsecta, and dried
reptiles may be mailed In accordance
with the regulations that now apply to
other classes of mall-
Seeds of fruit, nursery stock, and all
other plant products for preparation
may be mailed under the same con
ditions. Confectionary and Soap.
Candles, confectionery, yeast cakes,
soap In hard cakes, otc, must be in
closed In boxes and so wrapped as to
prevent Injury to other mall mat
ter. Sealed original packages of propri
etary articles, such as soaps, tobacco,
pills, tablets, etc., put up in fixed
quantities by the manufacturer, and
not in themselves unmailable, will
be accepted for mailing when properly
wrapped.
Millinery.
Fragile articles, such as millinery,
toys, musical Instruments, etc., and ar
ticles consisting wholly or In part of
glass, or contained In glass, must be
securely packed and the parcel stamp
ed or labeled "FRAGILE."
Unmailable Matter.
The following matter is declared un
mailable by law:
Matter manifestly obscene, lewd, or
lascivious; articles Intended for pre
venting conception; articles Intended
for Indecent or Immoral purposes; all
matter otherwise mailable by law, the
outside cover or wrapper of which
bears and delineation or language of
a libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or
threatening character. All such mat
ter, when deposited In a post office or
found in the malls, shall be withdrawn
and sent to the divisions of dead let
ters. Intoxicants, Poisons and Inflammable
Materials.
Spirituous, vinous, malted, ferment
ed, or other Intoxicating liquors of any
kind; poisons of every kind, and arti
cles and compositions containing poi
son, ponsonous animals, insects and
reptiles; explosives of every, kind; in
flammable materials (which are held
to Include matches, kerosene otl, gaso
line, naphtha, benzine, turpentine, de
natured alcohol, etc.), infernal ma
chines, and mechanical, chemical or
other devices or compositions which
may ignite of explode; disease germs
or scabs, and other natural or artifi
cial articles, compositions or mate
rials of. whatever kind which may
kill, or in any wise injure another or
damage the mail or other property.
Pistols, Animals and Birds.
PlBtols or revolvers, whether in de
tached parts or otherwise; live or
dead (and not stuffed) animals, birds,
or poultry, except as elsewhere pro
vided; raw hides or pelts, guano, or
any article having e bad odor, will
noi -ba admitted to tb malW -wry-
Treatment of Undellvsrable Parcels.
Perishable matter will be delivered
as promptly as possible, but If such
matter can not be delivered and be
comes offensive and Injurious to
health, postmasters may destroy it or
the Injurious or offenBiv vortion
thereof.
Parcels Improperly Packed.
Postmasters will refuse to receive
for mailing parcels not properly in
dorsed or packed for safe shipment
When parcels on which the poBtage
is wholly unpaid or Insufficiently pre
paid Is deposited for local delivery
and the sender is unknown, notice of
detention need not be sent but such
matter will be delivered and the defi
cient postage collected from the ad
dressee by the carrier. If the ad
dressee refuses to pay the postage
the matter will be sent to the Di
vision of Dead Letters.
Insurance on Parcels.
A mailable parcel on which the
postage is fully prepaid may be in
sured against loss in an amount equiv
alent to Its actual value, but not to
exceed $50, on, payment of a fee of
ten cents In parcel post stamps, such
stamps to be affixed.
Forwarding of Parcels.
Parcels may be remailed or for
warded on the payment of additional
nostasre at the rate which would be
chargeable if they were originally
mailed at the forwarding omce, in
which case the necessary stamps will
be affixed by the forwarding postmas
ter. Payment must be made every
time the parcel Is forwarded.
Preparation for Mailing.
Parcels must be prepared for mall-
ine in such manner that the contents
can be easily examined. A parcel will
not be accepted for mailing unless it
bears the name and address or tne
sender preceded by the vqord "From."
In addition to tne name ana aaaress
of the sender, which Is required. It
will be permissible to write or print
on the covering of a parcel or on a
tag or label attached to It the occu
pation of the sender, ana to indicate
in a small space by means of marka,
letters, numbers, names or other brief
description, the character of the par
cel, but ample space must be left on
the address side for the full address
In legible characters and for fue ne
cessary postage stamps. Inscriptions
such as "Merry . Christmas," "Please
do not open until Christmas," "Happy,,
New Tear," "With best wisnes," ana
the like, may be placed on the cover
ing of the parcel In such manner as
not to Interfere wltn tne aaaress.
Distinctive Stamps. '
The law requires that the postage
on all matter must be prepaid by
distinctive parcel post stamps amxea.
Postmasters camot receive for mail
ing parcels tha,'. do not bear such
stamps. - '
Parcel post stamps are not valid tor
the payment of postage on matter of
the first second, and third classs,
and when used for that purpose, the
matter to which they are affixed hall
be treated aa "Held for postage." ,
. Mapa and Guides. . -
Parcel post maps, with accompany
lng guides, are to be told to the pub
lio at their cost ?B cents, through the
chief clerk of the post office depart
ment In ordering maps i care
should be token to specify the post
office from which the postage rate
are to be determined. .
BITTER FIGHT Oil
N WESTE
RN STATES
PROBABLE THAT ILLINOIS MA
ELECT TWO DEMOCRATIC 8EN
' ATORS. , M
HAVE ARRANGED PROGRAM
The Indiana Legislature Involved In
Scrap Over Speaker By Taggart Fac
tionWhat Will Be Done In Other
States of the West V
Chicago. Illinois wilj hold the cen,
ter of the stage among the 12 middle
Western States whose Legislatures
in regular session beginning early in '
January. With two United States Sen
ators to be elected under the first
State Democratic Administration in 20
years, with a band of 26 legislator
from the Progressive party fighting
either house or on Joint ballot It seems
certain that the forty-eighth General
Assembly, which will be called to or- .
der January 8, will become one of the
most notable that has met at Spring
field. Not only is a deadlock in connec-
tlon with the senatorships. almost a
certainty In Illinois, but a bitter con-. -
test over organization of the Legisla- ''
ture, which may delay the regular
work of the session for weeks, is said '
to be imminent. ,'.
Wisconsin probably will attract
greatest attention by the work of its :
Legislature. Wisconsin has mapped
out a comprehensive program of "so-
clal betterment"- legislation for the
year 1913. Efforts to establish a sys
tem of rural credits to aid farmers, a
system of land colonization that will
make possible the "back to the land" . ,
movement for the man with money; a
mother's pension plan and a minimum
wage bill are a few of the measures
that will be considered. . ,
Besides Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Ne
braska, South Dekota, Minnesota,' and
Kansas, each will elect a United
State Senator, Indiana, Missouri and
Wisconsin will not elect a Senator.
Indications point , to the election"'
.from these se ren states four JUpuill; . -can
Senators, at least twtr, and poa-V
aibly three Democrats and one Pro- '
gressive. Illlinols may choose two
Democrats, or name one Democrat '
and a Republican, or other party mem-;-
ber, to fill the short term- opened by , .
the refusal of the United States Sen- '
ate to consider William Lorlmer's
election valid. -..- "
Both Are After the Office.
Paris. Great interest attached to
the meeting between Premier Poincare
and ex-Premier Riboftwo of the can
didates for the presidency of the Re
public, They were closeted together.,
for an hour at M. Ribot's house, but '
nothing concerning the conference was
made public except the statement that -.
the general situation both at home and
abroad had been discussed. M. Rlbot,
however, consented to say that bis in-
tentions with regard to his candidacy
were unchanged as a result of the in- 1
terview and from this it la inferred -i
that both Premier Poincare and M. v
Ribot will continue as candidates for,
the presidential office.,; "vr -, : .
Peace Prospects Appear Brighter.1'
London Notwithstanding apparent
ly insurmountable difficulties attend-.'
ing the successful issue of the peace
conference, the prospeots at last ;r-'
port look brighter, more because jt :
the changing atmosphere of the con
ference than on account of any new" ,
facts.- In the first place; it is stated
on good authority that the. Turkish.,
delegates will present modified terms
better calculated to afford a basis toj -negotiations,
and, In the second place,? '
the Allies appear more anxious to
come to real business, if it is at all .'
'possible.
Steamer Appears Undamaged. -
Montevideo. An inspection of the
Prince Line steamship Austrian
Prince, which sank the steamer Ama
sis in Montevideo harbor,, shows that
she was not damaged. ':
Last of Maine Dead Laid to Rest.
Washington. With full : military ,
honors, another unknown, the last of,
the Maine dead, has been laid to rest -at
Arlington national cemetery. ; .Al-
most fifteen years after the, blowing '
up of the battleship, and many months
after the other victims were followed ,
to their graves by a mourning nation,
the bones of another victim Were dis
covered in the bow ..of the wrecked
warship. When the Maine was de
stroyed the bow was torn off and lay
separately in the harbor after the hull
was towed to her sea burial. . , '
To Probe the Railroad.
Washington. Whether the House
Committee on Rule will recommend a
rule to bring up the O'Shaunessy reso
lution to authorize a special invest!:
ting committee to inquire into the al
leged monopoly' of the transport a;: -.
facilities In New England, win -'
termlned at a meeting tn the n r
ture. The) Indictments- ret
against the heads of the New 1
and Grand Trunk systems for :
violation of the Sherman r
law have injected a new hac
situation.
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