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VOL. VL. NO. 49.
MBER 30 1914.
RECANT OEMINDS
the Currency Rer
GREATEST WAR
WILSON ADVISES -SHIPPERS TO
KEEP SKIRTS CLEAR TO
HELP ITUATION
OTHERS TAKE SAME TACK
Blate Department Believes England
Will Have to Pay Enormous
Damages at the End of
the Present War
By Asorlated_Prees .
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 29.-
President Wilson today appealed to
American shippers of non-contraband
goods not to allow their cargoes to
be-mixed with contraband articles.
The ‘government, he annorheed,
could deal confidently with all dif-
ficulties which have arisen in the
treatment of American commerce by
Great Britain, only if supported by
absolutely honest manifests.
The statement followed a discus’)
sion by the president and his caM- -
not today, of the general shipping
situation; also of the note dispatched
yesterday to Great Britain protest-
ing against the British policy of pro-
longed detentions of cargoes and
other interference with American
____________... ___________treme left; then John Skelton wul- Parker Willis, the secretary, W. "
... ___i The members shown here are AS llama, controller of the currency and
It is perhaps follows: William G. MeAdoo, see- also ex-officio amember:
This is the first photograph of the control of all the national banks
Currency Reserve Board in session
and doing business. 1. ... - -------- -—.—, — ------—— • , —.
the most Important body of the kind retary of the treasury and ex-officio around from left to right, Adolph C. Charles S. Hamlin, the governor of
in the federal government, for it has member of the board; on the ex- Miller, Frederick C. Delano, Dr. H. the board.
and
0. Harding, Paul Warburg, and
member of the board; on the ex. Miller, Frederick C. Delano, Dr. H. the board.
All Er
477
NO
Surprised And Aston
Which They Believed Would Cause
Friction Between Nations 7
Act
TAKEN OF NOTE
RUSSIANS REPORT SUCCESSES IN GALICIA AND POLAND
AND CLAIM TO HAVE CAPTURED SEVERAL THOUS-
AND PRISONERS, ONLY FAILING TO CRUSH RE-
TIRING FORCES ON ACCOUNT OF ALMOST
IMPASSABLE ROADS—CONFLICTING
REPORTS IN THE WEST
trade.
The publication of a synopsis of
the note, the contents of which the
state department confirmed, aroused
much interest in diplomatic circles
in congrese, and In official quarters
generally, Europeans and South
American diplomats who sought in-
formation were promised a memor-
andum on the subject.
The confident feeling in diplo-
matie quarters that steps will be
taken by other leading nations of
this hemisphere and some European
neutrals to point out their acqui-
escence in the American viewpoint.
In some quarters there is talk of
possible reprisals by the United
States In case the British fleet did
not accord hotter treatment to Amer-
ican cargoes.
One idea, advanced in Congros-
sional circles, and discussed in ex-
ecutive circles, was the possible en-
forcement of an embargo against
shipments to the Allies of products
which the United States considered
legitimate articles of trade, but
which the British have prevented
from rourhing Germany an” Austria.
In Whitehouse circles, however, the
“belief is confidently expressed that
these measures will not lie necessa-
ry. ns Crest Britain will take steps
to ameliorate the conditions protest-
ed about.
The State Department has ventured
no guess regarding the size of dam-
the detentions of American eargoes,
but President Wilson predicted that
millions in private indemnities will
eventually have to be paid by Great
Britain If the correctness of the
American position is maintained.
The British Ambassador, sir Cecil
Spring Rice, declined to comment
on the situation.
FARMERS.UNION
IEENEN FAVORS FARMERS UNION
BETTER METHODS ON MONEY LOANS
CO-OPERATION IN HANDLING
PRODUCE WOULD SAVE
MONEY TO FARMERS
WANT FOREIGN INSURANCE
COMPANIES TO GIVE ASSUR-
ANCES OF PLANS
ENE
ALONG BORDER
ANNUAL REPORT
GENERAL MLS I OncEs FIND
THEMSELVES SURROUND
ED BY VAQUIS
REVIEWS TRANSITION IN BANK-
ING AND MAKES SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS
GENERAL LEE’S SUGGESTION
BEARS GREAT FRUN.
Eporial to The Newa.
NEW YORK. Dee. Jfl.—A snggen
tion made by the great Southern war
hero, General Robert E. Lee, In
1867, has resulted In the adoption by
over 40 universities of courses in
journalism. When the annual con-
ference of the American Association
of Teachers of Journalism opened
here today representatives from near
ly all of these universities wore in
attendance. Professor James M. Lee
director of the departmental jourual-
ism in New York University, is sec-
retary of the association, and in con-
ference with Prof. Talcott Williams,
director of the Pulitzer School at
Columbia University, arranged the
programme which attracted so many
visitors.
Professor Lee, in commenting on
the origin of the movement for col-
lege study of journalism, stated that
General Lee is believed to have been
the first individual who advocated
the establishment of a school hi
which journalists might be trained.
“It was in 1867, or thereabouts,
— that a correspondent of a New York
paper visited General Lee for the
purpose of retting his estimate of
General I S. Grant. General Lee.
whil" refu ing to be interviewed
along theser lines, turned the tables
and interviewed the reporter,* quiz-
sine him as to his knowledge of
journalistic training and his views
Thereon it was then that General
Ler got forth his, belief that univer-
should establish a course of
English that would fit the student
for newspaper work.
The result of this was seen a year
later when Washington College an-
maunced 60 scholarships for students
who would be eligible for journal-
instruction in “printing" as it
then called, which term applied
all newspaper work. A feature
n course of practical study in
the shop of Laferty * Son, at Lax-
eanVa The first actual school.
I ihink may be laid to the credit
L Prof Merili Thorp, then of
weachingion University, and now *r
Anveraity Of Kansas, who in
tea- st th» first named institution,
emramished the tils comprehensive
cowran of newspaper making in its
, eatorinl.acromme for the erosions,
The ’will also be held tomorrow
whietnursay, consists mainly of
#MLTH "Tresses on varying phase
"fuCaper making by well known
en na business managers. The
Ceer Herald has placed its
MM TnTe nt the disposal of the
went. OwlThe visitors will make
“fern, inspection of the New
R.mmewspapors and magnates.
Special to The News.
PRINCETON, N. J., Doc. 29.-
Co-ordination in distributing com-
modities will do much toward redue-
Ing the coat of living and bring great-
er profits to the farmer. Dr. Royal
Meeker, United Blates commissioner
on labor statistics, told the members
of. the American. Economic AssoBla
tion in convention here today.
While Mr. Meeker admitted that
farmers doubtless hadlost money
through dealing with unscrupulous
marketmen mony losses were attrib-
uted to failure to acquaint themselv.
es with market conditions before
shipping.
The great majority of cases in
which farmers have shipped produce
to commission merchants and here
received little or nothing in return
are not cases of dishonesty at all,’
he said. “In most Instances the loss
is due to ignorance of market eondi-
lions, bad packing, bad selecting and
grading or poor transportation ar-
rangements. There is an almost per-
fect lack of co-ordination in distribi-
ting commodities. The resulting
waste is stupendous.
“Cantalopes were shipped last
August into Washington in such
quantities that—commission mer-
chants' refused to handle them. On
one day fifty eight carloads of peach-
ea were dumped into St. Louis, which
ordinarily can absorb about fourteen
to fifteen carloads a day during the
peach season. One hundred sixteen
carloads of apples struck New York
City one day last month. The mar-
ket was so glutted that apples from
North Easton, Penn, netted only
about seventeen cents per bushel.
At this time the consumer was pay-
ing $1.60 to $2.00 per bushel for
bad apples, while the producer WAS
receivinig from fourteen th seven
teen cents per bushel for good AD
ples.
‘ The differential is enormous but
it represents wastes rather than
profits. The fault is due mostly to
n lack of co-ordination in our eco-
nomic system, and scarcely at All to
the dishonesty of individuals. The
solution tan be achieved neither D
prosecution of commission men nor
by elimination of them, but by or-
ganisation of the market, but the
law can effect some improvement by
Alcencing and bonding commission
merchants and subjecting them to
federal inspection.
“A more important step in to or
manize the farmers into local co-on-
era live associations. The federal De-
partmerit Of Agriculture is doing
goon service to encourage the for-
mation of such marketing assoia:
tions, of which there are about 500
at present In the United States. The
objects of such associations shontd
be to determine the crops to ae
grown, to insist on proper methods
of’growing. to standardize and guar:
autee the quality . to superintend
gathering, grading and packing, to
arrange for transportation and ter-
minal facilities, and to bargain with
railroads for fair freight rates.".r
Reduction of transportation ehare-
en on perishable food-stuffs also was
advocated by Mr. Meeker.
Closing Helped Situation
PRINCETON. N. J.. Dec 29.—The
closing of the Stock Exchanges as an
emergency measure during the first
few months of the war proved their
great value, according to Prof. Heny
C, Emory of Yale whose paper was ”
feature of the discussion at the
morning session of The American
Feonomie Association follay on Spers
station on the Stock Exchange and
Public Regulation of the Exchanges.
Speaking of the elaborate at-
tempt made in Germany to regulate
stock speculation, he pointed out
that not only had the government
repealed the act after ten years’*
(Continued no Page Five)
Special to Tie News.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 20.--
W. D. Lewis, president of the Far-
mers‘ Union of Texas, today gave
out the following statement:
“I understand that the next Legis-
lature will be called upon to amend
By Amnoclaten I'rean. _
NACO, Arizona, Dec. 29.—Gener
al Hill’s. Carranzistas in Naco, Bono
ra, began firing again tonight after
sending out scouts woo reported be-
ing driven back by, Taquls. Thear
are believed to be part of the guard
which Maytorena threw around the
town last night to prevent Hill's
troops leaving hefere General
Scott's peace plan was finally ac-
reprod. w. ciitoulua
row around the
the Robertson Law so that the For-
eign life insurance companies may be
pedmitted to lend money In Texas
without suffering the pains and pen-
Nee Farmers Onton favors the
free and unlimited lending of money, ..-------. -..--..
and every farmer whoever rode a By Amnoerated Prims.
bile of cotton to market knows that I CAS - *
the volume of a product offered has Fifty American citizens repelled an
largely to do with controlling the
price, but if not asking too much,
we would like for the foreign "re
insurance companies that are
knocking at our door to take the
stand and say whether or not they
will lend money on farm property:
what amount is available and at what
rule of Interest Perhaps the latter
is a hypothetical question, but they
can at least give the present rate at
interest they are asking on farm
"While the subject of life insur-
ance loans is np for discussion. I
would like to ark the Home Life
Insurance Companies what per cent
of their loans is on firm property
and what rate of interest the farmer
pays for the use of it? Let those
who seek to reply to the inquiry ob-
serve that I have asked what the
farmer pays —* not what the insur-
ance company gets for the money.
All this talk about six per cent
money sounds like a fairy tale. By
the time money is loaned to the
banker, to lend to the broker, to-
lend to the real estate agent, to
lend to the farmer, the transaction
looks like ‘the house that Jack
built" and does the farmer about
as much good. We have all the 10
and 15 per cent money in Texas we
need.
“We ask only for information. But
when the Robertson law is up before
the Legislature for discussion, the
Farmers’ Union will be heard from
adn will see to it that the farmers’
interests are protected." 4
before
General
Americans Itu pnise Noh
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 29 —
attack by a mob of a hundred’ and
fifty Mexicans nt Oakville in Live
tonight, when an at-
- - a-rate, Ysidor
Oak county
tempt was made to liber
Gonzales, convicted and sentenced to
hang today, and Frederico Sanchez.
Indicted for the murder of Jailer
Hinton four days ago. Gonzales was
tried and convicted today, and San-
chez will be tried tomorrow
The jailer was, killed while he
slept. A third man charged as being
implicated was Iypch 5 by a mob
when captured soon after Hinton
wa killed.
of Jaller
while he
COMMERCE COMMISSION
MODIFIES, RECENT RULING
By Associated Prow 1 1 9
WASHINGTON D. Th Dee. 29.4
The Interstate Commerce Commit
sion today issued an order modifying
its recent order in the advance of
freight rain case, because a strict
compliance with the previous order
would destroy a relationship of
rates, long existant between the cen-
tral freight association territory and
the southwest and would result in
breaking up the method of grouping
points of origin, which has existed
for years,"
onto COAL BAROvs
THREATEN MANY EVIC TIONS.
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, Dec. 29.
Notices were made one here today
cuffing on approximately 2,500 fami-
lies of striking miners in Jefferson
County to pay the coal companies
ten months’ house rent they owe by
Jan. 16 under penalty of eviction.
Outwitted Bank Robber
By AmePeated Press
BINGHAM, Utah, Dec. 20.—A
man giving his name as Bert Hroit 1 it is expected the officers of the
ed who held up the cashier, two men T'nited Mine Worker will take action
and a boy at Bingham State Bank to restrain the companies from this
today and took eighteen thousand action.
dollars in gold and currency was ---------- ------
arrested without resistance soon aft- SECRETARIES WIl L FAVOR
erward.
His quick capture was due to the
cashier who escaped from the vault
where the three were locked by the dence of inadequate erran trins-
robber, by using a screwdriver, portation facilities and “unressona-
which he said he always carried for ble and exorbitant” increases in rates
such an emergency. He gave the since the European war, were com
alarm and a policeman caught the -
robber with the money in his eloth-
Ing.
NATIONAL MERCH ANT MARINE
Bly Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.-
Comptroller Williams of the Curren-
cy Bureau submitted his annual re-
port to Congress today. It covers
the beginning of the transition from
the old National banking system to
the new Federal Reserve system, as
well as the operations of more than
7,000 National banks which have ber
come part of the new system since
bin lost annual report was made. €
Aside from reviewing the provis-
ions of the new bank law and the
steps by which it was put into oper-
ation, the Comptroller makes some
recommendations for new legisla-
tion. They are:
An amendment to require uniform
by-laws for national banks. In that
connection the Comptroller declares
many bank directors fall to direct
and says any director who does not
attend a majority of board meet-
ings in a year should be ineligible
for re election.
An amendment to permit signa-
tires on national bank notes to be
printed instead of made with pen
and ink. which would permit the
bills io be washed and restored to
circulation.
That National banks be required
to limit their deposits to ten times
their combined capital and surplus.
That the Comptroller be empower-
ed “to remove, with the approval of
the Secretary of the Treasury, any
director or officer of a national bank
guilty of violating any of the more
important provisions' of the bank
law and direct that suit be brought
against them in the name of the
bank to recover for the results of
any malfeasance In office.
Of the Federal Reserve act and
what it is expected to accomplish
for the finance and commerce of the
country the Comptroller says:
“The Federal reserve art is de-
signed not only to cure weaknesses
and defects of the currency system
under which we have struggled, and
sometimes staggered, in the past, an
we have outgrown the conditions
and passed beyond the circumstances
which it was especially provided to
meet, but to offer to the people of
this country many new advantages
and opportunities, while emancipat-
ing business from many evils, diffl-
culties, and troubles with which it
has been burdened and from which
it has found no escape,"
NT some length tho Comptroller,
recounts the activities of governmen-
tal agencies to aid the financial and
business world during the stress at
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS)
LONDON, December 29.—The American note, protesting
against the British treatment of American commerce and insisting,
upon an early improvement, came as a complete surprise to the
British public. There has been virtually no intimation that any Me*
tion had arisen between the two governments.
Placards posted by the evening papers were given over exclu-
sively to the American note, and papers gave it the largest headline
of any news of the past month. Consequently the British people re-
gard this as one of the most important occurrences of the whole war.
Nothing of the kind since President Cleveland’s Venezuelan message
has produced such a sensation.
The first impression on the public is that the nala may create
friction, and perhaps some unfriendly feeling, although the newspa-
pers point out specifically that the representations are made in a
friendly spirit The Washington note had not reached the foreign
office this afternoon, but could not have been dealt with, had it ar--
rived there since Secretary Sir Edward Grey is away.
Even war news was allotted a secondary place in the news col-
umnu, though that from the Russian front is highly gratifying to thees
Allies. There has beon a slackening of the fighting in Northern Poi.
and between the lower Vistula and Pilica rivers, where the Russians,,
have eablured the German trenches, prisoners and guns, have indi-P
cated that the German frontal attack on Warsaw is definitely"
checked.
In Southern Poland, the Russians have also recorded some sue-
cesses; in Galicia, they have apparently defeated the Austrians al.
most as seriously as that sustained in Servia.
Since their latest offensive movement the Russians have taken
50,000 prisoners and captured many guns according to Russian of- 1
ficial reports. Muddy roads have interfered with the pursuit of the
Germane.
French and German reports are in direct conflict concerning the
fighting in the west. The French claim they have occupied the vil.
lage of St. Georges, and the Germans claim to have gamed ground
near Nieuport. St. Georges is two miles from Niueport. Heavy fight*
ing is reported in the Argonne region.
AMERICAN CAPTAIN MADE NO THREATS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.—The commander of the
United States cruiser North Carolina has notified the Navy Depart-
ment that it was the Russian cruiser Askold, and not an American
vessel that recently threatened to use its guns at Tripoli, Syria. The
North Carolina was not in port.
FRENCH ADMIT LOSS OF SUBMARINE
PARIS, December 29.—The Minister of Marina has maned mi
announcement confirming the loss of the French submarine Curie, in
Austrian waters as previously reported.
Michigan’s New Park System.
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 29.—Fifty-
WASHINGTON,
Dec. 29.4- Evi-
two smaller Yellowstone parks, 52
spacious forests where the native
plants and trees of America can
flourish and the native birds and
beasts of the region can be protect-
ed. will he established in Michigan.
The 52 parks are in different coun-
ties, and are all to he under the 91
pervision of the Public Domain
Commission, beginning January 1
No more state land will be sold, on ,
the 600,000 acres remaining are all
needed for the new system of
parks
COAL MEN PROTEST
REMOVAL OF SOLDIERS
By Associated P—.
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 29.—Repre-
sentatives of three of the largest
coal companies of Colorado, tonight
protested to Governor Ammons and
Gover nor-elect Carlson against the
removal of Federal troops from the
coal fields on the ground that the
strikers have not been disarmed
while the operators had. They urged
that soldiers either confiscate the
strikers' arms, ete., or return those
of the operators.
DEB MOINES WILL CLOSE
SALOONS IN FERRUARY
e, Amgoelated Premn
DES MOINES. Iowa, Dec. 29.-
All saloons will be closed after Feb-
rnary 15, according to a resolution
limiting their licenses, adopted by
the city council. Eighty-six saloons
will be affected
municated to Renate today in a re-
port by Secretaries Redfield and Me
Adoo to h« used by champions of the
pending Government Ship Purchase
bill in urging the Senate to act fa-
vorably upon the me uro.
Ahnarne Rests White.
NEW YORK Dec. 20, — Joe
Saugrue of Jersey City, outfought
Charley White of Chicago in a ten-
round bout at Madison-Snuare Gar-
den tonight. Shngrne had the better
of seven rounds. The fight was clean
and fast. . •
169 WCATHitE
Washington Forecast .
WASHINGTON, D C., Dec. »• -
West Texas— Fair Wednesday and
Thursday 0 19S
Maximum .20M amum ..42
1913 Max. ...22 **W--'4‘
the outbreak of the European war.
He covers practically the same
ground as Secretary McAdoo did In The wild creatures of the woods
hits recent report to Congress. The the elk, the antelope, many kinds of
remainder of the Comptroller’s re- deer, down to the wild turkeys and
port is given over to statistics, the quail, are nil to be brought back,
There were 36,275 banks report- protected, and allowed to increase
ing to state and federal officers in
the United States at the close of bus-
iners on Juno 30. Those banks, in-
eluding all kinds, had aggregate re-
sources of $36,971,398,031 showing
the quail, are all to be brought back.
and flourish in the state parks. The
zoological parks of other sections
will not be followed, but the state
an increase of more than $1,200,
000,000 in the year. There were
772, more banks reporting than the
year previous The banks showed
loans and discounts amounting to
$15,288,357,284 with individual de-
posits subject to check without no-
tice amounting to $9,539,573,744.
They held gold coin and gold certi-
ficates totalling more than $912.-
000,000. Within the year ended
October 31, 1914, the Comptroller
says, 319 applications were received
from persons wishing to organize na-
tional banks Of these 926 were
approved.
*5=
Fine Season in Briscoe.
Special to The News.
SILVERTON, Texas, Dee. 29,—A
fine rain followed by snow last week
put a fine season in the ground.
Farmers are jubilant over the pros-
poets for a record-breaking wheat
and oat crop next year.
parks will be reforested and put in
their original condition so that the
native animals and birds will thrive
as they did before the settlers, hunt-
ers and lumbermen drove them off.
The first step in the now work is
the shipment of 25 elk from Yellow-
stone Park to Roscomman County
Park. The elk formerly abounded in
this section, and the animals will be
given another chance.
Jersey Lawyer Accused.
TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 29.—Today
is set by Chancellor Walker for the
hearing of arguments in the case of
Samuel Schleimer, to show cause
why he should not be disciplined for
alleged irregularities in connection
with a divorce case. Ernest Kinder-
vatter complained to the chancellor
of the alleged failure of Schleimer to
prosecute his divorce case after he
had accepted a retainer for so doing.
The lawyer was cited to explain his
action in the rare, and the hearing
was set for today.
Unique State Spelling Bee.
SPRINGFIELD, III., Dec. 29.-
Illinois is today holding its long-
heralded spelling bee, in which the
champion dictionary sharps of each
county in the state are matching
their bumps of knowledge in the
Food old fasahioned way. The old
time spelling bee is coming buck
with Ica ns and bounds, andtoday the.
spellers came from over a hundrel
counties in the state to compete. The
big contest opened at ten this morn-
ing, in charge of n committee of
County superintendents. State Su-
perintendent Francis G. Blair has
sanctioned the spelling bee idea Jr.
enthusiastic terms. To provide for
medals, each county is contributing
two dollars lu cash. In preparation
for today’s event, county spelling
Lees have been in progress, to decide
who should represent the various
counties.
Missouri College Entertainers.
Sporial to The News.
ST LOUIS. Mo., Dec. 29.—The
Washington University musical club
consisting of 36 musicians, will open
at Springfield, Mo., tonight their se-
ties of concerts on their tour of the
state. Entertainments and dances in
honor of the college boys have been
arranged in nearlyever y town they
will visit.
SALE OF. NEW YORK .
AMERICANS COMPLETED
By Neenrlafod fir a.
NEW YORK. Dee. JO.—The clon-
ing of the proposed deal for the
transfer of the New York Americans
to Colonel Ruppert and Captain T.
L. Huston is believed tonight L
to
have been effected. It In stated un-
officially that a definite annonnee-
ment of the sale will have been made
tomorrow morning.
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