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MORE TERRITORY 18 FREED FROM
CATTLE TICKS THROUGOUT
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VESSEL IS RAMMED AT SEA
Many Unable to Leave the Stateroom.
No Time Was Given to Adjust
, . Life Preservers.
Department of Commerce
Orders Probe of Wreck.
Washington. A thorough
InvPfctinatlon of the clreum
Ntunccs resulting In the colli.
Hi( it between the Nantucket
unil jMonrou whs ordered by
the department of commerce,
AKHlMtant Secretary Hwuel
Instructed the atoumhoat 111
ipertloii servlre to make an
exhaustive Inquiry.
Norfulk, Va. Tha story of bow 4.'1
souls went down to distil In the rhlll
water of the Atlantic when the liner
Nantucket rammed and Hank the
suiikcu snip
passciiKi'ra, rescued and brought to
shore by the Nantucket.
It Has a story cf awful and sud
den deaih, sweeping out of the dark
and fox, and taking unaware the
doomed halt hundred with the heavl
liens of sleep still upon them. It told
how the stricken Monroe, with her side
gored deep by the knlfe-IIke steel prow
of the Nantucket, filled rapidly, rolled
over on her side, and In a few mln
utea turned completely over and then
plunged (n the bottom, carrying with
her the Ill-fated passengers and mem-
bers of the crew who had failed to lot
clear of tho wreck.
Thrilling are the stories told by
those rescued from the Jaws of death
when the Old Dominion Steamship
company's steamer Monroe, bound
from Norfolk to New York, turned
turtle at sea within ten minutes after
she nad been in collision with the
Merchants and Miners' transportation
company's steamer Nantucket In
dense fog off the Virginia coast. Re
vised lists put the loss of life at forty
three, of which number nleteen were
passengers and twenty-four members
of tho Monroe's crew. It was as if
they had corao from the dead when
eight of the Monroe's passengers,
whom wireless reports had put In the
list of the lost, walked or were borne
from the steamer Nantucket when the
latter landed the rescued at Norfolk.
There, were notable deeds of heroism
by Assisting Engineer Oscar Perkins
and First Wireless Operator Ferdinand
J. Kuehn. Perkins when the Inrush
of water put on the main dynamo and
left the Monroe In complete darkness,
rushed below and put to work an
emergency dynamo. He la among the
rescued.
' Wireless Operator Kuehn gave the
first S. O. 8. call and after adjusting
a life preserver which would doubt
less have saved his own life, removed
this from his body and put it on a
girl. Kuehn was lost. His assistant.
R. L. Etherldge, was scved, and walk
ed into the arms of his wife, who stood
to greet him as the Nantucket docked
with tho rescued.
C. W. Poole, en route from Gray, Va.,
with his wife and two and a half-year
old boy to visit In Massachusetts, had
his wife and child washed from his
arms over the roll of the sinking Mon
roe. Poole, completely crushed, told
the story of his great loss and sor
row- He will return to his Virginia
home.
Ed Gorman of New York' told of
harrowing scenes of women's scream
ing for help In the cabin of the Monroe.
Walking upon the side of the careen
ed sinking ship, Gorman met a girl
whom he begged to Jump with him Into
the sea. The girl refused and perish
ed. - Gorman was at the place picked
up by a passing lifeboat
J, Galtley, second officer of the
Monroe, gave bis life preserver up to
a lady who had none, and after being
washed Into the water saved himself
by grabbing a floating ladder.-
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$10,000 In Bill Left en Car Seat
Macon, Qa. Conductor Walter Lit
tle picked up a package In a seat of
i a Central of Georgia railway car at
' Columbia, Ala., which later was found
to contain 110,000 In bills. The name
of J. C. Kounu appeared on the pack
age and It was found that the money
bolonged to a Dothan bank with which
Mr. Kounts Is connected. The money
was in possession of a messenger, who
left the train at Columbia. It was re
turned to the bank. The money, along
with several other packages, had been
placed In a hand grip. :
U. 3. ti Exhibit Model of Canal.
Washington. A model of the Pana
ma canal which probably will be more
than five' hundred, feet long will be
the government's largest and most
'elaborate Individual exhibit at, the
' Pnnama-Pacinc exposition at '.. San
iranclsoo In IBIS. From this model,
It is sold, the visitor -will be able to
got a clearer and more comprehensive
Idea of the canal and of Us workings
than by aa actual visit to the canal
itself. Almost at a glance one will get
from tho huge model a bird's-eye view
of the canal in an its details. , ,
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OPPOSES f REECAKAL TOLLS
PRESIDENT HOLDS EXEMPTION
TO AMERICAN COASTWISE VES
SELS VIOLATES TREATY.
Question of Panama Canal Tolls
Subject Dlacuaaed About Capi
tol In Washington.
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Washington. How to dispose of the
Panama canal tolls question was the
subject uppermost in discussion about
the capital when the attitude of Pres
ident Wilson, outlined to the senate
foreign relations committee, became
public. The president's position was
asserted to be that the provision of
the Panama canal act granting toll
exemption to American vessels is In
violation of the Hay-Pauncefote trea
ty, which proclaims that the canal
shall be free and open to all nations
"on terms of entire equality," and
that "charges of traffic should be just
and equitable." .
Three courses are open to congress.
Great Britain, which persistently has
opposed the toll exemption for Ameri
can ships, has offered to arbitrate the
question as to its being a violation of
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The ma
jority In congress, it Is believed, oppos
es this, maintaining that the United
States should settle the Issue for itself.
Another course Is to carry into effect a
resolution submitted by Representative
Adamson, which would suspend, for
two years, the operation of the pro
vision exempting American ships from
the payment of tolls. Should this be
adopted, diplomatic negotiations could
continue In the meantime. The third
proposal Is that congress repeal the
free toll provision.
WHITE TEACHERS BARRED
By Measure Paaaed by South Carolina
Houae of Representatives.
Columbia, S. C. The lower house
of the South Carolina general assem
bly passed to third reading a bill pro
hibiting white people from teaching
In negro schools or negroes In white
schools Under penalty of a fine of not
more than $500 or Imprisonment for
not exceeding twelve months. The
passage of the measure was recom
mended by Governor Blease
The bill was amended to Include the
"Intimacy of the races In bouses of
ill repute."
Another amendment provides that
the bill shall not be regarded as pro
hibiting the teaching of the Bible to
negroes.
Sensational speeches were made.
and at times the discussion became
most bitter.
In urging the passage of the bill Mr.
Fortner of Spartanburg declared:
"The negroes have their Booker T.
Washington. Let the negroes run
their own business and their schools."
Probe of Strike Ordered.
Washington. A sweeping Investiga
tion of strike conditions in the coal
fields of Colorado and the copper dis
trict of Michigan was authorized by
the house. By a vote of 161 to 16
the house adopted the resolution of
Representative Keating of Colorado.
empowering the mines and mining
committee to make Inquiry as to con
ditions in Colorado and Michigan In
which the federal government might
be concerned. Hearings will be con
ducted In the strike regions by a sub
committee, or sub-committees,
Comber Leaped 380 Feet v '
San Francisco, CaL The highest
seas known on the Pacific coast since
it was charted by the United States
government were recorded. The light
on Trinidad Head, near Eureka. Cal.,
was put out last week by surf that
smashed the thick protecting panes
of glass surrounding it . Trinidad
Head rises 380 feet above the sea level.
The light te perched on a shelf of
rock about half way up, and the lens
200 feet above the margin of the
suit-
M flllS THE JAILS
ALLEGED PLOT TO OVERTHROW
THE DICTATOR DISCOVERED
IN MEXICO CITY.
Many Prominent Mexicans Arrested,
Money Sent to El Paso to Pay
Soldiers.
Mexico City. The police authorities
say that they bare broken up a con
spiracy which had as its object the
overthrow of the administration. Sev
eral prominent Mexicans, Including
Col. Vlto Alesslo Robles, are among
those arrested. It Is alleged that Qen.
Eugene Rasoon, military governor of
Oaxaca, and Gen. Fernado Gonzales
were In somo way Involved In the plot
They, however, have not been placed
under arrest
The ex-minister of the Interior, Je
sus Flores Magon, returned from his
conferences with' John Llnd at Vera
Crux. He declined to discuss the na
ture of the conversations.
El Paso, Texas. Although they are
to be sheltered and fed Indefinitely by
the United States government, the
Mexican soldiers from OJInaga who are
Interned at Fort Bliss received from
their own government some of the
pay due them for fighting before they
crossed the Rio Grande.
An official census Just completed by
Col. Frederick Perkins, shows there
are now 6,295 soldiers and refugees
to be provided for by this government
Besides the six generals there are thir
teen field officers of the regular Mexi
can army and fifteen volunteer field
officers. Other officers total 204. The
women number 1,237 and the children
662.
WRECKED FRISCO IS LESSON
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Shows How System Was Obliterated.
Washington. Financial operations,
which Included the acquirement of
Unes through syndicates which prof
ited to the extent of more than $8,.
000,000, some of which was pocketed
by the road's own officers, are cited
as among the underlying causes for
the insolvency of the St Louis and
San Francisco Railroad company, In
a report to the senate by the Inter
state commerce commission on the
Frisco line's receivership. No recom
mendations are made by the commis
sion, E. E. Clark, the chairman, stating
in a letter of transmittals addressed to
the president that they were not call
ed for In the resolution adopted by the
senate last summer, directing the in
vestigation. The report shows that the funded
debt of the railroad May 27, 1913, when
the receivership was ordered, amount
ed to 82.8" per cent, of the total capi
tal liability, the total capital at that
time amounting to $296,633,933.72,
Boy Kills His Father.
Natchitoches, La. Fearing for the
lives of his mother and other members
of the family, John C. Clark, Jr., aged
13, shot and killed his father In their
home at Natchitoches, according to tes
timony before the coroner's Jury.
Clark, Sr.,- It was testified, came home
under the influence of Intoxicants and
threatened to kill members of his
household. Mrs. Clark fled. When her
husband started to attack their 16
year old daughter, young Clark shot
his father down. A wife and nine chil
dren survive,.: , .
Beast Terrorized Whole Section.
Lyerly, Ga. The weird walls of a
wild beast roaming the forests of
fnorthwest Georgia, resembling; the
8 creams of a terrific woman, has caus
ed many an unpleasant hour for per
sons traveling during the night hoars
along the lonely roads through the
country. -The animals, which no one
seems to recognise, has been seen sev
eral times, but still, after seeing lti no
one can give much of a description of
it other than It. Is like a dog, raw
and lanky, and -does cot have' any
particular place of abode.
TENNESSEE ENTIRELY FREE
Over 17,000 Additional Square Miles
In Eight Southern States to Be
Released From Quarantine.
Washington. The territory in the
South freed' from cattle ticks and re
leased from quarantine has been In
creased by 17,106 square miles by an
order issued by the acting secretary
of agriculture, effective February 16,
1914, releasing additional portions of
Virginia, 'North Carolina, Tennessee,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Okla
homa and Texas. This action has been
taken as a result of further progress
made In the extermination of the ticks
which spread splenetic or Teas fe
ver of cattle. The total area released
since the beginning of the work In i
1906 now agrei;utes 215,903 square i
miles, and amounts to about per
cent, of the territory infected at the ,
time the work was undertaken.
Tennessee Is the drat of the states 1
quarantine.
The portions of 'he several states
to be released from quarantine on
February" 16 under the order mentioned
are aa follows
In Virginia: The county of Sussex
snd the balance of the county of
Oreenesvllle.
In North Carolina: The counties of
Moore, Hoke, Scotland, Robeson and
New Hanover.
In Georgia: The counties of Mor
gan snd Franklin.
in Tennessee: The remainder of
Marlon county.
In Alabama: Portions of the coun
ties of Jackson and Sumter.
In Mississippi: The counties of
Clay, Jasper, Smith, Scott and Le
flore, the remainder of the counties
of Lowndes, Holmes, Madison, Attala,
Rankin, Noxubee, Chickasaw, and por
tions of the counties of Claiborne, War
red, Yazoo, Sharkey, Bolivar, Newton,
Grenada, Leake, Monroe, Jones and
LaFayette. ,
in Oklahoma: The county of Cot
ton and the remainder of the counties
of Tillman, Grady, Craig and Ottawa,
and portions of the counties of Mc
Claln, Osage and Delaware.
SENATOR CULL0M IS DEAD
He Had Represented Illinois In Con
gress for Fifty Years..
Washington. Former Senator Shel
by M. Cullom of Illinois died here af
ter an Illness of more than a week.
during which he hovered between Ufe
and death. His last words were a
wish that he might live to see the
completion of the national memorial
to Abraham Lincoln, who was his
personal friend. r
Since his retirement from the sen
ate last March, Mr., Cullom had been
resident commissioner of the commis
sion created by congress to build the
(2,000,000 Lincoln memorial.
Shelby Moore Culloin's death ended
fifty years of continuous publlo serv
ice that bad made him a figure In
American national life and brought
htm Into official relations with every
president from Abraham Lincoln to
Woodrow Wilson.
As a plowboy driving his father's
oxen over the fresh prairie of Illinois
he had known and talked with sur
vivors of the revolution and on the
rugged foundations of a life begun in
pioneer hardships of a family of twelve
children had built a career that took
him to the Illinois legislature as a
member; speaker of the assembly, two
terms in the governor's chair, service
In the national house of representa
tives and thirty consecutive years in
the United States senate.
Esrthquake Shocks Cause Panic ,
Buenos A ires, Argentina. - Earth
quake shocks at Mendoza caused a
panic. Mendoza is the -capital of the
province of Mendoza, lying about six
ty miles distant from the volcano of
Aconcagua. : ' In 1861 Mendosa was
overthrown by an earthquake.
Taft Warn Against Plutocracy.
Toronto, Canada. "I sincerely hope
our experience may give you warning
and cause you to take prompter meas
ures to prevent, plutocracy reaching
the danger point" said former Presi
dent William H. Taft here In an ad
dress before the Literary and Scien
tific Society of the University of To
ronto. The former president had
dwelt on the industrial expansion of
Canada and the probability that its
people would come face to face with
conditions of corporate control exist
ing In the United States.
Contempt of Court Laid to Ministers.
Pretoria, Union of South Africa.
Court proceedings against the minis
ters of Justice, defense and Interior,
because of their action In deporting
the South African strike leaders, be
gan promptly here. . The supreme
court Judge, : Sir John W. Wessels,
granted an application for leave to
apply to attach the three ministers
for contempt of court The Judge de
clared that It he had possessed Infor
mation he would hare granted an in
junction restraining 'the government
from deporting the men. I . v i
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