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Welds ZJonrnnl VOL. XI. PEACE CONFERENCE ; MAYNOTPUTEND TO WAR OF CHINESE J Rebels Are Reported to Be Massing Forces to March Toward North and Renew Hostilities at Early Date PEKING. Dec. 23.—1 n government cir-' ctes here there seems to be little doubt that the conference at Shanghai be- ’ tween the representatives of the im perial government and the revolutionary A party will prove a failure. The belief prevails that the revolu-1 tionar’es are preparing to advance to; the north byway of Pukow, which is in their possession Negotiations between the group of international bankers jind the imperial Chinese government for a loan are sus pended for the present. The ministers i of the four interested nations, the Unit ed States. Great Britain. Germany and France, for political reasons invited the F . Japanese and Russians to con/!d»r whether they would co-operate In the loan. The Russian charge de affaires showed no inclination to do so, and the ' representatives of the other powers fear ed that a boycott of foreign merchan dise would result. While all agreed that the n*oney should not be advanced for military pur- 1 poses, certain of the ministers argued that there was only one recognised gOK enrment. which would soon be without funds and when that occurred further lawlessness wpuld result, including a grace possibility ot the imperial irmy eing disintegrated into plundering K bands. * Several American missionaries sta i tioned in the province of Honan have replied to a communication from the j i American legation here that they see no I reason necessitating retirement from : their post, all the towns being peaceful Tha American legation is not taking such drastic steps as the British con-1 J sulatea which are arresting British | L missionaries who refused to leave the ! Interior when ordered. May Break Armistice; Troops Are Reinforced NANKING. China. Dec. 21—The pres- • ent temper of the revolutionary troops in thia vicinity gives ground for the fear * that the armistice now existing between the two forces may be broken and that a serious encounter may occur in the terri tory to the north of the town of Pukow. .Within the last two weeks Chang Haun, who was formerly in command of the imperial government troops at Nanking, and whs was incorrectly reported to have been killed, has received heavy reinforce- . rnents, both of men and guns With these troops be has advanced to | the south as fsr as 8u Chow An. retaking many towns and living upon the country as he marches. In the meanwhile the revolutionary i forces have advanced northward to Linh , Wei Kwan with strong supporting col umns of .roops to the left and right, oc- > cupying the best positions. Chang Hsun has commandeered the entire northern section of the Sien Tsin- PBa Pukow railway, including the whole of rolling stock. The revolutionary forces, on the other hand, hold the south- • Xn section of the railway. ■fche Chang Hsun force is about 10.000! strong, while the army of the revolu-' tionarles number about la.'KO A distance [ of less than 100 miles separates the oppos-1 ing forces Chang Hsun declares that he will retake Nanking, while the southern. I or revolutionary forces, are keen to ad-. vance on Pekin. The revolutionaries, b h officers and men. a re firm I y convinced that the con-1 ferenco between the delegates of the two . parties now taking place at Shanghai is ' merely a ruse to afford Chang Hsun the ' time to concentrate bis reinforcements and to enable the imperial government ' forces to strengthen their positions. Conference Will Take Several Days’ Recess SHANGHAI. Dec. It-The peace con ference between the delegates of the im perial government and the revolutionaries will not resume its sessions for several > days. Tang Shao Ti, who came to the ■ conference as the representative of Pre-1 mier Tuan Shi Kai. is occupied In ex changing dispatches with Peking and in •receiving callers. He has not received Pre mier Tuan Shi Wai's conzritutionai an swer. * ’ j Tang Shao Y1 says that the armistice is now almost perfect. Within the pas: few dsys the economic situation in the interior of the country has greatly improved Telegrams and tetters from all points show that while lawlessness continues in the oatlying country districts, the local government officials have succeeded in establishing a decided niprovemer.t in the general i condition Premier Would Settle Differences by Wire | PEKIN. Dec. 3 -Premier Yusn Shi Kai r continues to exchange frequent tele-1 I grams. It is understood here that Yuan | Sh! Kai desires to have all the differ- | ences settled In advance of the formal sittings of the peace conference, so that the sole business of the delegates of the imperial government and of the revolu tionary party will be to sanction the de cision already arrived at. Government officials here insist that the throne will be retained, but there is I a difference of opinion as to what form the monarchy will take in the future. Yuan Shi Kai has been endeavoring to propagate the view that foreign interfer- ' ence will be detrimental to both pe-r.es, evidently hog ing that his action will bear weight during negotiations at Shan ghai. TWO SLIGHTLY HURT IM SOUTHERN WRECK. rridTXMBIA. S. C.. Dec. 23.—Engineer James G. Price and Baggageman R. Cain Mellett. both of Columbia, were slightly injured, but nobody else was hurt, when a local passenger train of the Southern Railway, due here at 11:40 a m.. from Spartanburg. S. C.. was de tailed 40 miles north of Columbia, be tween Shelton and Blairs, at 10:10 o'clock this morning The baggage car turned over down a fill, but the day coaches remained on the track. Passengers are being brought te Columbia by a relief train The Cin eionat I-Charleston train known, as the Carolina Special. is being detoured via Charlotte and Columbia The track wi.. te cleared early this evening. PERSIA ACCEDES TO OEMANOS OF RUSSIA; SHUSTERLOSES JOB Czar’s Threats Prevail and Persia Gives Verbal Assur ance That All Demands Will Be Granted TEHERAN, Persia, Dec. 22.-The Per sian cabinet has given to the Russian minister. S. Poklecski-Koziell, verbal as surances of its intention to comply with the demands of the Russian ultimata n. Early this morning official notice* were posted on the wails of the city, ordering the people tc abstain from/political meet ings of any kind witho/t having pre viously obtained police sanction. It is &aid this order was issued by command of the cabinet as the question of the Rus sian ultimatum was being discussed and was likely to be settled amicably. Report Is Confirmed By British Miinster LONDON. Dec. 22.—The British foreign office shortly after noon received official confirmation from the British minister at Teheran that Persia had yielded before the Russian threats and had granted all the demands contained In the Russian ul timatum of November 29. These included the dismissal of W. Mor. gan Shuster, the American, who has been acting as treasurer general of Per sia since June last. It is believed in official circles that' Russia's demand that the appointment of foreign advisors to Persian government should hereafter be subject to Russian and British approval, has been found with some slight modification agreeable to both parlies The Russian ultimatum to the terms of which Persia has now acceded was de livered to the Persian government on November 20. It demanded, besides the dismissal of Mr. Shuster, an apology from the Persian government on account of its interference with the property of the Persians under Russian protection, and also the payment of an indemnity to Russia for the expenditures she haa Incurred in sending troops on to Per sian territory. Violet Buehler Found? ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23. A girl who regis tered as Miss Beulah Drake, and Austin Graham were arrested early today at the hotel La Salle and are held at po lice headquarters awaiting orders from the Chicago police, who believe Miss Drake may be Miss Violet Buehler, the heiress, who has been missing from her home in Chicago nearly a month. ONLY 93 DAYS FROM PRINTING TO PICKING COTTON Ninety-three days from the day of planting .to picking cotton is the re markable record which has been achiev ed upon an experimental farm In Stew-' art county, operated under the direction of Dr. E L. Worsham, state entymolo gizt. Dr Worsham states that In ad dition to having this dotton mature in this record-breaking time, it is also a resistant id the ravages of the black root disease, so common and so costly throughout Georgia. He states this record was made after three years of experimenting, and he now feels confident that the department has secured a cotton seed which will mature in this short space of time and which will be resistant also. Between 400 and 600 pounds of com mercial fertilizer to the acre were used In producing this splendid result. Dr. MAN OFFERS SELF FOR SALE TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY (By Associated Press.) NASHVILLE. Ga., Dec. 23.-The Ban ner today was handed the following no tice: ’ MAN FOR SALE. “On Saturday, December 23, on the public square at Nashville, Tenn.. I will offer for sate myself to the highest bid der bv the hour, day. month or year to suit the master who makes the purchase. I am 40 years old, sound of limb and mind, good carpenter, fair machinist or good subject for dissecting. Sale at 3 o'clock Children must have bread. (Signed) "A SLAVE.” The man proposing to offer himself for sale is 13. F. Collins, who lives Just outside the city limits. He proposes to SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF TAFT IN HIS MONEY MESSAGE r In hi s message on the financial condition of the treasury, needed bank ing an«j currency reform and departmental questions, President Taft in dorses the national reserve plan of financial reform as opposed to the central bank as a means of preventing panics. He also demands legislation to prevent the merger of banks Into a great national money trust, after the establishment <Tf the national reserve associ ation. should this reform be inaugurated. He recommends that local government offices be filled under civil service rules,/instead of by appointment upon recommendation of the president. He asks that a council of national defense be authorized to promote security against invasion. The following other demands and recommendations, some of which were previously made in past messages, are set forth: , Six-year term of enlistment for soldiers, the men to be in active serv ice for three years on the reserve list for three years, pay to extend over the entire period. ’ Laws fer the naturalization of Filipinos. Laws to allow the Immediate sale of the Friar sugar lands nl the Phil ippine islands in any amount. Government appropriations to further project navigable waterway from Lake Michigan to mouth of Illinois river. That the president be authorized to remove clerks of federal courts for cause. Immediate enaction of an employers' liability bill. Extension of power of the United States supreme court and regulations of lower courts to prevent -unnecessary delays and costs. Immediate establishment of parcels post over rural free delivery postal routes, for which >150.000 is carried in postoffice appropriation recommenda tion. Steps to secure enlistment of 4,00) more United States sailors. Pension plan for superannuated government employes. President Taft says he is unalterably opposed to any plan which does not Involve contribu tions from the employes while they are still in the government service. , . Under .the. head of rivers and harbors- improvements, the president urges that $2,000,000 annually be appropriated for the improvement of the Missouri river between St. Louis and Kansas City, instead of $600,000 as proposed. . ... . ' 1 ' NO PREFERENCE FOB AMERICAN VESSELS 15 CRYIN LONDON Taft’s Suggestion That Pre ferential Treatment Should Be Accorded Ships of U. S. in Panama Canal Resented (By Associated Press.) LONDON. Dec. 23.—The treaty of 1902, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Unit ed States is quoted today against Pres ident Taft's suggestion in his message to congress on December 21 that prefer ential treatment should be accorded to American ships passing through th* Panama canal. After reproducing the clause of arti cle 3 of the treaty relating that the ca nal shall be open to the vessels of all nations on terms of entire equality m respect of the conditions or charges•ot traffic or otherwise, the Pall Mall Ga zette comments on President Taft’s pro posal as follows: •'lt might be good business for the United States if she gets over the tri fling difficulty that she has solemnly undertaken that she would do nothing of the kind. We trust tiiat Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, will take steps to make the British view per fectly explicit and that even British Am bassador Bryce at Washington will for once show some vigilance on behalf of .our com:.ierclal Interests.” Clause I of article 3 of the treaty re • ferring to —e Panama canal, which w is proclaimed on February 22, 1902, is tex tually as follows: ' "The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic er otherwise. Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable." The rules referred to are substantlxl ly those embodied in the convention of Constantinople, signed October 28, 1888, for the free navigation of the Suez ca nal. Fight ‘Sugar Trust” SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23—Subpenas have been received here demanding the presence of officers of the Western Sugar company to testify in the fed eral court at New York. John D. Spreckels and a half dozen of the mi nor officers of the company 'must in consequence spend their Christmas I season en route to the east tn response | to the government’s summons. ( ’tf'orsham states that through the use of large quantities of commercial fertilizer and attentive cultivation, similar results can be secured throughout Georgia. In this way both the boll weevil and the black root would be avoided. It has been found that it Is the late varieties of cotton that suffer greatest from the boll weevil. • Georgia dqring the past season in creased the use of commercial fertilizer over 17 per cent above any previous year and the indications are that more com mercial fertilizer will be used in this state during 1912 than in its history. The record breaking crops of cotton, corn, grain and vegetables produced in Geor gia 1911 bear splendid evidence of the fact that fertilizer means more than anything else toward securing success ful crops. / take this means of getting employment to support himself and four dependent children. Previous to the sale he will mkke a talk on existing labor conditions. He says he has been out of work two weeks and has applied to 200 men for employment. 200 COAL MINERS HAVE CLOSE CALL IN ENGLAND WIGAN. England. Dec. 23.—Ths Cross Tetley coal pit. near here, was flooded to day by a sudden Inrush of water Two hundred miners were below in the work ings at the time and it was feared that many of them wo il<V lose their lives, but all were brought safely to the surface. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1911 JPi ~ / / / t \ x \ 7 '// 1 \ \ ■ i UNDER ! THE MISTLETOE ! OBIK ON MIO HMD, HE SHOOTS MIN TO DEATH When Reuben Miller Drives Frjjm Woods, H. L. Stow Kills Him i GAINESVILLE, Ga., December 23. | H. L. Stow, while driving along the pub- ' lie road, just about one mile beyond New Holland, in this county today, stood j up in his wagon and shot and killed Reuben Miller, just as he was coming from the woods Into the public road with a wagon and team Not a word, was passed between the men, but they have recently had some trouble about a land line or wagon road through lands near New’Holland. Stow used a double bArrelled shotgun on his victim. AMERICAN SCIENTISTS TO MEET IN WASHINGTON Structure of an Atom to Good Road Building Will Be Discussed WASHINGTON. Dec. 23,-The largest convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ever held Is expected to be that which will meet here next week, beginning Wed nesday and lasting through Saturday, when several thousand members of the organization- and affiliated bodies will be present. There are eleven sections of the as sociation and thirty affiliated scientific societies. Frequently more than 20 meet Ings will be going on at .the same time in various places. > Numerous reception and social events, including a special cavalry drill at Fort Myer, have been arranged. Trips to Mount Vernon, Alexandria and other places of historic and general Interest have been provided for the ladies. ! Every possible phase of scientific in | vestigation. from papers on “the struc ture of an atom" to "the Asteroid prob i lem.” and from discussion of "the cause of high prices” to that of “road build ing with convict labor.” will be con sidered. President Taft will make an address of welcome at the opening general ses sion of the convention Killed by Fly Wheel, COLUMBUS. Ga.. Dec. 23.-The body of Marion Davidson reached Columbus from Dothan. Ala., yesterday and the funeral took place from the Catholic church, the Interment following In the Linwood, cemetery. The death of inis i young man came after a long lingering' iu agony with one-fourth of his body I completely severed. Young Davidson wars, caught in a fly wheel of a gasoline engine at Wetappa. Fla., some 10 days ago and fearfully mangled. ♦ ♦ ♦ SEES BBOTHBK, THOUGMT ♦ ♦ DEAD, ON PICTURE EILM ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ BOSTON. Dec. 22.—After receiv- ♦ ♦ ing word recently that a long lost ♦ ♦ brother was dead, Mrs. John Doyle, ♦ of East Boston, saw him stalk out ♦ ♦ on the canvas screen of a moving ♦ ♦ picture/ last nulght. The figure ♦ stepped out from a crowd in a na- ♦ val scene, looked toward the audi- ♦ ence, waved a hand and disappear- ♦ ♦ ed. An effort will be made to trace ♦ ♦ the source of the film. ♦ ♦ ♦ SCARCITY OF LABOR CAUSES PROBLEM ON BROOKS FARMS QUITMAN, Ga.. Dec 23.—The majority of the Brooks county farmers are facing a serious situation in regard to adequate labor for the fabms. They have been behind with their farm work ever since the cotton picking season began last Au gust. A long season of rainy weather at that time delayed the cotton and later when it did open alj nt once the available labor was unequal to the task of gath ering it. The diversified farming prac ticed here makes one crop tread closely upon the heels of another, so to speak, and this getting behind with the cotton made the cane-grinding schedule late also; some farmers are making syrup now whereas the syrup making is usually fin ished by the first of December. The serious feature of this is the delay of the winter oat crop which is always planted early in December and is usual ly up by this time. Oats planted here as late as January make a stocky forage crop with very little grain; they have to be sou r., ezriy in' December to make a heavy grain yield. The farmers are Just getting in their oats and the heavy rains this week are adding to, the delay. E. J. Young, a large farmer, says the delay is chiefly due to the scarcity of labor, particularly during the harvest season. He spoke of the numbers of negroes EIGHTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MAN SAID TO BE HIGHWAY ROBBER CHICAGO 7>ec. 23.—The oldest man ever arrested here and the police be lieve, in the world, charged with high way robbery, was taken into custody Ely, with a much younger man, en last night He is William H. Ely, 33 years old. tered an Englewood real estate office and attempted to hold up L. S. Jamieson, WILL WIDEN LOCKS ON RIVER AT LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE. Ky„ Dec. 23 Work of widening lock 41 of the Louisville and Portland canal from 80 to 200 feet, the ultimate purpose being to make the en tire canal a uniform width of 200 feet, as began yesterday under government contract of approximately $1,000,000. / The work will not interfere with ship ping through canal. The contract for the construction of lock and dam 48, six miles below Hen derson, has also been let, at a cost of $1,400,000, the work to be completed in five years. JOHN BIGELOW GOES TO FINAL RESTING PLACE NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Funeral serv- for John Bigelow, who died Decem ber 19 at the age of 94, were held todav in St. George’s Protestant Episcopal church. The pall-bearers were J. P. Morgan, uoseph H. Choate, I. T. V. Randolph and Scott Foster. Patents for Georgians WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Patents is sued to Georgians: J. C. Calhoun, Mid ville, fence post; D. T. Singleton, Wil lard. attachable lamp protector; J. C. Williamson, Dudley, clutch for stump pullers. » loafing around town knd said .he coaid not get them to work at any price. Thia fail he has offered these negroes $1.25 a day to rake hay, When the usual price has never been over 60 cents for this work, but the extra pay was no induce ment to them. He said he would have been glad to have paid 20 negroes the ad vanced price for the last two months and could rtot get them. The average negro laborer is getting more than he ever had before and It Is notoriously true that he will not work when he has money. Mr. Young said a negro tenant came to him the first of this year SIOO in debt; he has made enough this year to pay the SIOO, haa paid Mr. Young for his year’s supplies, has 125 bushels of good corn in his crib and seven liogs made up into bacon, and SIBO in cash, all of which he has made renting a one-horse farm. This is more than he ever had before and when he saw how far ahead he was coming oat at the end of the year he slacked up with his work and deliberately let one bale of cotton ruin In bis fields. Thf Nr. Young thinks, is the attitude of the average negro laborer, and the more am bitious negroes own their farms. This problem of adequate labor is be coming more acute here every season and with R the farming interests are more important each year and represent more money to the county. a revolver at the clerk directing him to hold up his hands. , Jamieson obeyed, but while the young er man was searching the office for money, the former sprang at the old man and wrenched the weapon from bls grasp. The young man fled during the commotion and Ely was overpowered and locked up. a clerk. Ely Is alleged to have pointed GOERGIA POSTMASTERS GIVEN MORE MONEY WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.—The postof flee at Butler, Ga., will be advanced to the presidential class January 1 at a salary of $l,lOO. and that at Fayetteville at a salary of SI,OOO. Masons Name Officers MARSHALLVILLE. Ga., Dec. 23,-Hun ter lodge No. 134 F. and A. M., held a meeting recently when officers for the ensuing year were chosen. & Davis Baldwin, was elected worshipful master, succeeding Dr. James O. Booton; R. L. Jolly was chosen senior warden; W. E. Lester, junior warden; E. L. Sam mons, secretary; F. J. Frederick, treas urA-; Jesse Doles, senior deacon; J. P. Lester, Junior deacon, and John McKea zie, tyier. Believes Son Innocent SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 23.—Dr. J. Harvey Hill, of Baltimore, father of one of the young men in jail here on the charge of robbing a Seaboard Air Line train ten days ago, spent almost all of yesterday afternoon at Hardeeville, the scene of the crime, and returned to Sa vannah at night more thoroughly con vinced than ever of his son's innocence. It is understood that some of the post office inspectors who are working up the case are in nowise thoroughly con vinced of the guilt of Hill and the man under arrest'with him, • i RUSSIA PLANS RAISE 'i IN TARIFF SCHEDULE ON AMERICAN GOODS Proposal Made to Increase Ex isting Duties by 100 Per z Cent and Tax Goods Now Admitted Free ■ (By Associated Press.) J ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 22.—A legisla tive proposal to provide for tariff war' schedules applicable to the United States at the expiration of the Russo-Amert can treaty of commerce and navigattotef of 1832 has been introduced into the duma | by ex-Presldenf Guchkoff and other sign-' ers representing the Octoberist and Na»- tiotjallst parties, which .control ths ma-' jority of the duma. The bill proposes to raise existing Russian duties by 100 per cent and also to Impose a duty of 100 per cent on ar ticles which are admitted free under the present Russian tariff. Besides these impositions the bill proposes also to levy double the gross weight tax established by the law of June 21, 1901, on merchan dise arriving by sea and to levy a dou ble tonnage tax. Should the present American tonnage tax be raised to the disfavor of the Russian vessels, then the Russian tonnage tax will be correspond ingly increased. It is said that the schedules are to be applicable to ail countries which do not grant to Russia the most favored nation treatment in commerce and navi- -i gation. The proposal will be submitted to a financial committee. The necessity for the proposed legisla tion is explained in an accompanying declaration in which it is stated that the regular American tariff schedules which will be- applicable io Russian goods at tlie expiration of the treaty of commerce and navigation of 1832 will be so high as to have a prohibitive character and that they greatly exceed the Russian , normal tariff and rkvigation taxes, which will be naturally applicable to Ameri can goods in the absence of the treaty. DUMA’S POWER LIMITED. The province of foriegn affairs lies out side the competence of the duma and treaties are not subject to its approval, nor is the minister for foreign affairs answerable to the duma on the state of ! foreign relations. Nevertheless, the duma exercises through the budget an influence on foreign affairs and relations.,; ■■- In the long declaration accompanying J I the bill the signers deal fully with the I Russo-American sltuaton and receount the formal sfeps taken by the president > of the United Stites. "The abrogation of the treaty between Russia and America has a direct con nection with the annual Russian declare- tion which has been energetically con- / ducted In America for readmission of American citizens of Jewish faith. Article 1 of the treaty establishes the mutual rights of entry, tut contains a stipula tion for the observance of internal laws. Deeming, in spite of this stipulation that j the enforcement of the general Russian laws in regard to foreigners of the Jew- | ish religion, in the case of American Jewish citizens, constitutes an infringe ment of the treaty, the house of repre sentatives veted.a resolution for its obro gation. •-;« ••VIEW UNFOUNDED." "There cannot be any doubt that this, view is unfounded. Tite Russian govern ment and its r jprw.entatives abroad can not but fulfill the requirements of the Russian law contained tn paragraphs 213 to 235 of the passport statute and para- <■ graph 819 and the following ones of the law on social rights, as long as these remain in force. "On the other hand the question of admission or no admission into Russia of categories of foreigners belong to the jfi-ovince of internal legislation upon the general principles of international law as well as on the strength of the article 1 of the ti eaty of 1832. "Thus the I nlted States has enacted very, strict regulations seriously limiting the rights of entry of foreigners and there is no doubt that the federal gov ernment would ward off any attempt to dispute the legal! y of those regulations from an international point of view.” STRICT ON RUSSIANS. The declaiatlon then quotes textually article II of 1 le federal immigration law of February 20, 1907. and continues: 1 "If we tai e into consideration also that ■ the American law imposed a head tax on the whole line of the forlegners seek- / ing American shores, it becomes clear how stern are the restrictions to which Russians arriving in America are sub jected. We do not question the right of the federal government to apply any im migration laws which are dictated by reasons of state, but we must note for that very, reason that the motive for the abrogation of the treat> of 1832 adduced in the resolution of the 1101186 of repre sentative is unfounded. ' LEA IS OPPOSED TO PENSION BILL CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 23.—Sen ator Luke Lea, of Tennessee en route to ~ Nashville for the Christmas holidays to night. expressed his unqualified opposi tion to the Sulzer pension bill. He said: , "I am strongly opposed to the Sulzer pension bill and when it comes to a vote I shall vote against it. There is a great following behind the measure among A* senators, and, d?ubtless thet<» be a strong fight. I am opposed to jt because I think that it is a needless appropria tion. We have been taking care of the old soldiers well and they seem to be satisfied, and I can see no need for an increase in the amount. The needy fam ilies are well looked after under present conditions." DROPS DEAD READING PAPER TO COMMISSION BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 23.—John W. , Danforth, a prominent manufacturer, dropped dead while reading a petition to jhe public service commission here lata yesterday. After completing the context of the document, Danforth began to read the signatures. Chairman Stevens re quested him to file the papers and names, but Danforth i efused. He had reached the third name, when he tell forward on Ji NO. 28.
