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BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL.
VOL. XII.
CALL TO SOUTHLAND
So G. GrorroiMr DMgn*t Re
cant Sovthern Congreaa.
A CHEAT ME BUILDING
This H.iildiag >4 Im Haas* of a Fer
al Ikaia m 4 AAraa<l
Moniaoatrry, Ala. —That tins clarion
call to th# soaihland, awakening .t
to anew are of laduvtry and oom
merolal progress, bee been sounded
through tits recent southern congress.
Is the oplaiaa of O Grcevenor Da we,
director general of the congress. Mr.
Daw a, La an Inter? lew with a repre
sentative ot --tha Associated Press,
ssM:
'The Southern Commercial Con
gress was a stupendous project with
a complex purpose. It was designed
to make the south know Itself; to
tnako the south know and utilize the
most fitting moment for such a con
gross that has never oocurrod in
American history.
The spirit of the congress was not
to boast that the south was moro gift
ed than the north, nor to stir up ani
mosity, but simply to declare that the
south, with Ms possessions, needed de
rslopment In order to bring the na
tion to Its proper development. The
clarion call of tbs congtess to tlio
men ot the south was for them to
lire at the south because the nation
nebds a greater south.
“Hence the stupendous plan of the
congress naturally led eager and able
minds to evolve a still more stupen
dous plan and one that is just as
sound and as sane, but which could
not have been possible except as an
outgrowth of the congress which sug
gested it. The project is a great of
fice building and auditorium in Wash
ington, a cHy ha which no satisfac
tory auditorium ran be found and in
Which office room Is at a premium.
This great building will be the homo
of a persistent southern propaganda
at home and abroad, and Its rental
will be devoted to the furtherance of
commerclai project* In the south
that will aid In bringing that section
Ulto a parity of development with the
rest of the United States. There will
be maintained there an exposition of
resource* arranged In such a way
as to bring Immediate result*.
“In a room devoted to health con
ditions would be the great facts of
the south's advancing sanitation,
thua demonstrating the celtineßS of
present fear* as to the south. With
similar perfection of detail the whole
project will be carried out.
•*Wa are fully aware that many
men lor many year* have rendered
many sarvloaa to the south by compil
ing statistic*, by promoting develop
ment along special lines of railroad
aad by pushing Individual enterprises,
but never before In the history of
the south has there been a long, care
fudy sustained co-operative efTort
among the leading business Interests.
Tfcl* now promises to come Into be
ing, and $150,000 Is already in sight
for Cfcs purpose."
RULES FOR SEA WARFARE.
Power* Agree on Code of Law* for
tK* International Prlxe Court.
London, England.—'Tho views of
the ten powers, the delegates from
which are assembled here to decide
upoe a code of law* for the inter
national prise court provided for at
the last The Hague conference, make
a decidedly bulky volumo. Some of
tha powers, Ilk* Japan, have submit
ted their proposal In the briefest
form, while others, notably Great
Britain, support their views with ar
guments and references to decisions
which British naval courts have giv
In historical naval cases.
The United States, too, has gone
Into detail on the various subjects
wbtoh she thinks should receive con
while Germany has sub
mltted a draft code of laws.
The suggestions of the Unltod
States are: Warships of the United
States of America can aeek asylum
during war la a neutral port subject
tfi the limitations prescribed by the
port authorities.
Such ships must conform to the
regulations of the port authorities re
garding length of stay and interval
to be observed before going to sea in
pursuit of any enemy or after depart
ure of the enemy’s ship.
Merchant ships, yachts or neutral
vessels carrying or picking up bel
liferent wounded, sick .or shipwreck
ad. should not be captured on ac
count of such acts, but should still
he subject to capture for any viola
tions of neutrality they may have
committeed. Merchant snips under
escort of warships of their own na
tionality should be exempt from the
right of search on proper assurances,
being given by the commander of,
the convoy. i
Great Britain and Japan agree with
the United States on the majority of
points.
RIGHT OF APPEAL
For Government Asked by Attorney
General Bonaparte.
Washington, D. C—That the United
States should have the right of ap
peal to the supreme court of the
United States as a matter of right,
whenever a conviction is reversed on
appeal by the defendant to a circuit
court of appeals, is the opinion ex
pressed by Attorney General Bona
parte In his report for the fiscal year
ending June 20, 1908.
In this connection he cites the case
of the reversal of the fine of more
than $29,000,000, in which an applica
tion for the allowance of a writ of
certiorari has been made to the su
preme court.
Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of Banks County.
MUE Of FARM PRODUCTS.
important Figure* Given Out by the
Agricultural Department.
Washington, D. C. —The production
lo 1904 and farm value on December
1 of important farm product*, accord
ing to the anal revised estthmlea of
the department of agriculture, is as
follow#:
Corn, 1,000 bushels and
farm value $1,6145,145,000.
Winter wheat. 417,008,000 bushels
aail $4X),580,000.
Spring wheat. m,084,000 bushels
and Jiv6.486.000.
Outs, 807,166,000 bushels and $381.-
171. COO.
Harley, 166 766,000 bushels and $92.-
412,000.
B'igures for other crops inciwdv:
live 21,661,000 bushels and $23,-
435,000.
Buckwheat, 16,874,000 bushels and
$12,004,000.
Flax Seed. 25,805,000 bushels and
$20,577,000.
Klee, 21,800,000 bushels and $17,-
771,000.
Potatoes, 278,985,000 bushols and
$197,088,000.
Hay, 70,798,000 tons and $686,423,-
000.
Tobacco, 719,061,000 pounds and
$74,130,000. __
POPULAR VOTEJFOB PHESIDEMT.
Complete Figures on National Elec
tion Have Been Compiled
New York City.—-The total popular
vote of the various presidential candi
dates at the last national election was
made known in an official form by
the filing of the last of the official
vote, that of Michigan. The total
shows the following votes cast:
Taft, republican . . .7,637,676
Bryan, democrat . .6,308,182
Debs, socialist . . . 448,453
Chafln, prohibitionist 241,252
Hlsgen, independence 83,186
Watson, populist . . 33,871
Gilkaus, social labor. 15,421
Total 14,852,239
This grand total exceeds by 1,341,-
531 the total number of votes cast
in the presidential election of 1904,
when the grand total was 13,510,708.
Compared with that election the
candidates of the republican, demo
cratic and socialist parties increased
their vote this year. The reverse is
true of the candidates of the prohibi
tion, populist and socialist labor par
ties
The biggest difference in a partv is
shown in an Increase for Bryan of 1,-
315,211 over the total vote cast In
1904 for Alton B. Parker, the demo
cratic candidate. Taft received 14,-
190 votes more than were polled for
president Roosevelt In 1004, and Debs
ran 45,368 ahead of Ulb predecessor
on the socialist ticket.
The heaviest loss Is shown by the
populists, who, with the same candi
date, registered 83,212 votes less this
year than In 1904, when their total
was 117,182. The prohibitionist can
didate, Chafin, ran 17.284 rotes be
hind the 1904 mark of his party, and
Gllhaus, the socalist labor candidate,
received only about 50 per cent of
the vote given to Corrigan, which was
31,249 In the previous presidential
race.
ELtVfcN SOLDIER! DEAD.
Methyl Poisoning Resulted from
Drinking Columbian Spirits.
Washington, I). C —General Lasker
H. Bliss, In command of the force in
the Philippines, has reported the
death of eleven enlisted men of the
eighteenth regiment, stationed at
Camp Keithley, Mlndinao, from meth
yl poisoning, resulting from drinking
Columbian spirits.
Plan Air-Ship Express.
Berlin, Germany—The newspapers
of Berlin publish details of the plans
of a German company, with headquar
ters at Frankfort-on-tbe-Maln, which
purpose* to build seven airships and
maintain regular sailings between
twenty-four Garman cities. A number
of capitalists and sporting men are
said to be Interested. The papers,
however, treat the Idea with scepti
cism.
Mutiny on British Warship.
London, Eng.—The third mutiny
aboard a British warship within the
last few months took place recently
on the cruiser Amethyst, where the
disaffection of the crew culminated In
the men throwing the gun fittings ov
erboard. The admiral stopped the
shore leave of the Amethyst’s men.
Emperor William a Teetotaler.
Berlin, Germany.—lt Is semi-official
lv announced from Pottsdam palace
that Emperor William has pledged
himself to abstain from alcoholic
drinks for the rest of his life.
He -will have a special drink with
the sparkle of champaigne. absolute
ly non-alcoholic, for use on state oc
casions.
t
Cashier Short $85,000.
fiomersworth, N. H.—An unexpect
ed visit of Bank Examiner N. S. Bean
at the First National bank here un
covered a defalcation estimated by
the examiner at $85,000 and immedi
ately following the discovery Fred M.
Varney, cashier of the bank, was ar
rested v
Elected President ot Haiti.
Port au Prince, Hayti.—General An
toine Simon, the leader of the last
revolution In Hayti that resulted In
the flight of President Nord Alexis
from the capital, and who made his
triumphal entry into Port au Prince
ten days ago has been elected presi
dent of the republic
HOMER. BANKS COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1908.
TAFT APPOINTS KNOX
Former Attorney General An
nounced as Premier of Cabinet.
ramT-MT WELCOMED
By August IM—Lest m Twm ia laopaet
ia Geif Course ard Preueunssd
T&rsa Fism.
Augusta, Go. William H. Taft,
president-aieet of the United States,
announced the appointment of United
States Senator Philander C. Knox of
Pennsylvania as secretary of state
in his eabinet.
The announcement followed the re
ceipt by Mr. Taft of a telegram con
veying the information from Mr.
Knox that he would accept the pre
miership of the Taft cabinet, Mr.
Taft, without delay, made the an
nouncement that the matter was set
tled.
In giving the details of the nego
tiations, he said that the offer was
made to Mr. Knox in New York; that
since the offer he had not hoard from
Mr. Knox until the telegram he re
ceived upon his arrival here.
"I feel that I am to be congrat
ulated in securing the service of Sen
ator Knox In my cabinet,” said Judge
Taft, in making the announcement,
and making the statement with the
understanding that he was to be quo
ted. "In selecting a secretary of
state, I wanted first a great lawyer,
and, second, a man who would fill the
public eye, not only here, but abroad,
aB a man who stands out pre-eminent
ly as a great American.
“Mr. Knox was a great attorney
general; he was a prominent candi
date for tire presidency, and is rec
oguized In the senate and elsewhere
as one of the great lawyers of that
body."
Judge Taft also feels that from a
political viewpoint the selection of
Mr. Knox is most happy. He explain
ed that there was often a fueling that
the state of Pennsylvania, with its
aaeured republican majorities, often
was Blighted in the mntter of recog
nitloe In the high councils of the
party.
Senator Knox’s first appearance ns
a notional figure was when he en
tered the cabinet of William McKin
ley as attorney general, In 1901, to
succeed John W. Griggs of New Jer
sey. He was continued in tho same
office by President Roosevelt, aud
continued to serve until he resigned
In 1904 to accept the appointment of
United States senator from Pennsyl
vania.
The arrival of the Taft family in
Augusta, with the exception of Miss
Helen, who Is to reach here later,
caused no small amount of Joyous ex
citement and demonstration on the
part of the residents of the city. The
reception accorded the president-elect
was ample In expressing the feeling
of cordial southern hospitality.
Judge Taft lost no time In getting
out to tho golf course, and pronounc
ed It much to his liking, although he
said he would have to get familiar
with tho sand greens, which wore a
little difficult after his play on the
grass,
DINNERS ISSUE ESTIMATE.
Bales of Cotton Ginned Amount to
11,872,000 on Dec. 13.
Memphis, Tenn.—-The National Din
ners’ Association estimates the
amount of cotton ginned to Decem
ber 13 at H 1,872,000 bales. The esti
mate by states follows:
Alabama 1,270,00?
Arkansas .... 843,000
Florida ..... 64,000
Georgia 1,847,000
Louisiana .... 436,000
Mississippi. , . . 1,446,000
Missouri 50,000
North Carolina , . 624,000
Oklahoma .... 504,000
South Carolina , . 1,130,000
Tennessee .... 300,000
Texas. 3,347,000
Virginia and Ken
tucky 11,000
Total 11,872,000
GENERAL ZIMMERMAN APPOINTED.
Named to Bucced Gen. Carlisle aa
Commander of 8. C. Div. U. C. V.
New Orleans, La.—General William
E. Mickel, adjutant general of the
United Confederate Veterans, by com
mand of General Evans, commander
in-chief, issued a special order, offi
cially announcing the death of Major
General Thomas W. Carlisle, com
manding the South Carolina Division
United Confederate Veterans, and
naming Brigadier General Zimmer
man as his successor.
General Zimmerman Is directed to
take charge and to place in command
of his brigade the next ranking offi
cer.
HELD FOR LIBEL
W. R. Hearst’s Publisher, Sued By
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
New York City.—A charge of crim
inal libel, made by John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., resulted in the arrest of
S. 8. Carvalho, president of the Star
Publishing company, publishers of
Hearst’s New York American.
Mr. Calvalho was paroled until De
cember 26, for examination.
Mr. Rockefeller’s action resulted
from an article appearing in the New
York American of December 17, un
der a Chicago date line, headed, "J.
D. Rockefeller, Jr., Originated Peon
age in Stockdale, It is Said." He held
that this was libelous and calculated
to Injure his good name.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
Metiers of Importance Before th
National Lawmakers.
After passing a bill granting to tho
Southorn Pacific Railroad Company a
right of way across the Fort Mason
military reservation in California, the
house of representatives Saturday ad
journed until Monday, January 4,
1909.'
A brief session of the senate Sat
utady was devoted to routine busi
ness. Several messages of minor leg
islation were received from the pres
ident, and bills and other measures
were introduced. The senate then
adjourned until January 4, 1909.
Because of the general exodus of
mouthers for their homes for the
Christinas holidays, the attendance in
the house of representatives Friday
was far short of a quorum. Never
theless, a good deal of business was
transacted. This consisted mostly of
the passage of war claim bills, some
of them giving rise to considerable
discussion.
The house of representatives
Thursday by unanimous vote adopt
ed a resolution requesting the presi
dent to supply it with any evidence
that may be in his possession that
will Justify the statement in liis last
annual message in relation to the
attitude of members of congress to
ward appropriations for tho secret
service of tho government.
Senator liayner of Maryland intro
duced a resolution Thursday and ask
ed that it be referred to the commit
tee on naval affairs, instructing that
committee to consider the president’s
orders transferring the marine corps
to the arnty; whether the president
has the authority to issue the order,
and if so, if tho efficiency of tho
corps has not been curtailed, and
whether congress can prepare rules
that will bind tho president as com
mander-in-chief. A mes.nge from the
president was read, advocating a
change of method In the government
of the District of Columbia. Tho
president favors government by a sin
gle commissioner to be appointed ,by
the president Instead of three, as at
present. Senator Bourne introduced
a bill to Increase the president's sal
ary from *50,000 to SIOO,OOO, and the
vioe president’s from $12,000 to f25,-
000. The senate adjourned until Sat
uurday.
Tho senate Wednesday decided to
enter upon an investigation relative
to tho portion of the president’s an
nual message, which criticizes the ac
tion of congross in prohibiting the de
tail of secret service men to duty in
other departments. It was decldod
that Senator Aldrich should stand as
apCnsor for the measure, and the
Rhode Island senator presented a
resolution authorizing the inquiry.
The house Wednesday defeated by
89 to JO3 the Garrett amendment to
the penal code bill penalizing the
transmission by mail of any adver
tisement or information having ref
erence to dealings in futures whero
the delivery of the article bought can
not be made. Although two meeting
of the special committee of the house
to recommend action on the presi
dent’s reference to the motives of
congress in laying a limitation on the
use of the secret service force were
held, the committee) was unable to
reach a unanimous agreement
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
The record Christmas gift of tho
soason was made when David T. Han
bury of San Francisco, Cal., turned
over to his wife property
valued at four million dol
lars. Although Mrs. Banbury as
sumes legal possession of the vast
holdings, she will not exercise abso
lute control until after death of her
husband.
President Kellogg of the Metropol
itan Psychical Society, an organiza
tion which holds that all ghosts aro
piffle and less, has written a letter
to Dr. Isaac Funk offering to pay Dr.
Funk *5 ,000 if he will produce a
ghost—any kind of a ghost, so that
it is not a frazzled thing of phospho
rus and nun’s veiling, living in a
medium’s cabinet.
Mrs. W. A. McGuire of Chicago
who lost a bag containing money and
valuable papers, advertised for the
property In these words: “Finder
may keep half the money, o>, if vir
tue is not its own reward, keep all
the money, but please be human
enough to return persona] belongings
that can be of no service to other
than the owner. Do not adopt the
creed finders are keepers."
The British admiralty has decided
that in future all small naval craft
shall be constructed to use both coa)
and oil fuel. The oil-burning system
has been used for a considerable
time, and many of the destroyers and
torpedo boats aro designed exclusive
ly for the oil-burning system. All the
modern battleships and cruisers of
the navy are also constructed to use
either coal or oil.
Dr. Birdsong pleaded guilty in court
at Jackson, Miss., to murdering Dr.
pitts and was sentenced to life im
prisonment. The plea was the result
of an agreement between counsel.
Between one thousand eight hun
dred and two thousand union miners
on Paint Creek, Kanawha county,
West Virginia, quit work In obedience
to the strike order by President Ben
Davis of District 17, United Mine
workers.
Governor-elect Lilly of Connecticut
hao named Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
of Thompsonville, Conn., as a major
on his staff of military aides-de-camo.
In making the appointment, Mr. Lilly
says, he was influenced by his ac
quaintance with yonng Roosevelt
and admiration for his many sterling
qualities.
CASTRO’S RULE OVER
Infuriated Mtb Loots Caracas
Deatroying Valuable Property.
PICTURES OF CASTRO BURNED
El Comti tucionai; the President*'* Offi
cial Organ ha* Suspended Publication.
Castro Don’t Believe it.
Caracas, Venezuela. —The people of
Caracas arose against President Cas
tro. An infuriated mob, unhindered
by tile police, swept through the city,
wrecking the property of his hench
men aud hie closest friends. The
people rounded up all the statues and
pictures of President Castro from the
clubs and other semi-public buildings
and burned them with rejoicing on
the Plaza Bolivar. Castro’s rule in
Venezuela probably is ended.
In spite of Holland’s warlike activ
ity on the coast there have been no
demonstrations against the Nether
lands; they all have been directed
against President Castro aud Acting
President Gomez.
The first building to be attacked
and looted was that of the lottery
monopoly. The officers of tho state
enterprise that has enriched itself at
the expense of the people were ran
sacked and pillaged. Furniture was
broken and thrown into the streets
aud thousands of lottery tickets were
destroyed.
The crowd then moved to the print
ing office of El Constituclonal, the or
gan of President Castro, of which
Gumersindo Rivas is editor, and pil
laged it completely. A steam laun
dry belonging to Senor Rivas also
was wrecked.
The crowd then turned its atten
tion to several drug stores belonging
to Senor Thielen, a son-in-law of Gen
eral Tello Mendoza, and turned them
inside out.
The statues and pictures of Presi
dent Castro were made into a huge
bonfire on tho Plaza Bolivar. Iko
crowd cheered as the flames complet
ed the destruction of theßo effigies of
tho dictator.
Numerous inscriptions setting
forth the virtues of Castro and extoll
ing his powers next attracted the re
taliation of the mob, aud every in
scription bearing Castro's name was
hacked out and erased.
Some of these legends were carved
on the public buildings of the city.
El Constituclonal has suspended
publication and Caracas is practically
without a newspaper.
Berlin, Germany. President Cas
tro of Venezuela, maintains his com
posure in the face of alarming reports
which have been published here re
garding the disturbances in Venezue
la. When dispatches were shown to
him that the people of Caracas had
arisen against him, burned the pic
tures and statues of the president in
the public square, and had made an
attack on a number ot buildings, in
cluding the stores of several of his
warmest adherents, and that several
persons had been killed, Castro said:
"1 don't believe *it. I have had dis
patches from Caracas, but they said
nothing of the kiud.’’
U. S. MAY SUE N. Y. WORLD.
In Special Message to Congress the
President Demands Redress.
moro emphatically denunciatory than
ever before used in a similar docu
ment, President Roosevelt excoriated
Joseph Pulitzer, editor of The New
York World, for attacks on the ad
ministration in connection with tho
Panama canal purchase.
Mr. Pulitzer’s charges aro charac
terized as scurrilous and libelous, ami
the president brands him as a villi
fler of the American people.
Repeated peals of laughter greeted
tho reading of the opening paragraph
of tho president’s message to con
gress on the Panama canal charges.
He asserts that the government will
proceed against Mr. Pulitzer for li
bel. Tho message is considered one
of the most merciless denunciations
ever administered by a president of
the United States.
The message elicited the greatest
interest in the house. The members
gave close attention during the reading
of the document, and there was a rip
ple of laughter over the president s
characterization of Joseph Pulltzor,
publisher of the New York World.
The message, with its accompanying
papers, was referred to committee.
New York City.—The World, In the
course of its answer to President
Roosevelt’s references to that paper
in his special message to congress,
"Mr. Roosevelt is mistaken. He
canent muzzle the World.
"So far as the World is concerned,
its proprietor may go to jail, if Mr.
Roosevelt succeeds, as he threatens;
but oven in jail the World will not
cease to boa fearless champion of
free speech, a free pi ess aud a free
people.”
millions savedlkom sea.
Life Service Saves Many Lives and
Much Money.
Washington, D. C. —The report of
General Superintendent Kimball, of
the life saving service, shows the ser
vice now comprises two hundred and
eighty stations.
Disasters to documented vessels
during the year were three hundred
and eighty-six, with three thousand
seven hundred and forty-nine persons
aborad, of whom only sixteen were
lost. The estimated value of the ves
sels was *9,776,725, cargoes $3,133,-
190, making the total value of the
property endangered *12,911,915. Of
this amount, $1,855,110 was lost.
NO. 39.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Ascending In an airship in order to
bo able to scatter money among the
people with more quality is the ex
perience of E. H. Oscar Hart, a min
ing man of Skiddoo, Caff. At an
amusment park iu Los Angeles, Cal.,
Hart ascended for twenty minutes in
an airship while he threw handsful
of money to a crowd of two thousand
peoplo below. He Is said to have dis
posed of a considerable sum.
With two hundred and sixty seal
skins taken nearer the Bouth polo
than any sealers have been before,
tho sealing schooner Agnes G. Dona
hue has arrived at Duuban, Bouth Af
rica. The Agnes G. Donahue
left Hallbax, N. S., September 1 on
what is to be the longest sealing
cruise ever taken.
Arrangoments have been made
looking to the establishment in Pa
kin, China, of an American branch of
the International Banking Corpora
tion. This Is the first American bank
in the east to Join the group of Brit
ish, B’rench, German and Japanese In
stitutions which has been in exis
tence here since 1902. Tho purpose
of the Pekin branch is to test the op
portunities for American capital, es
pecially in connection with tho devel
opment of Manchuria.
"Insanity grows three times aa
fast in proportion ub the increase in
population iu the United Statos." Dr.
David Paulson, president of the antl
cigareet league, mado this statement
In Chicago recently. “China,” he con
tinued, "used twenty-six grains of op
ium last year for overy man, woman
and child. Tho United States usod
fifty-six grains. There are at least
one million opium users in this coun
try.”
Tho people of Chicago are suffering
from melancholia because they have
too few amusements and too much se
verity in life. They ought to get all
the wholesome fun possible out of
life. This was the view ex pressed
by the Rev. Johnston Myors, in an
address to Baptist ministers of that
city. Tile speaker made a plea for
tile theater, the dance and a more
tolerant application of religion.
Tho city council of Bessemer, Ala,
has included an Item in the annual
license schedule of that city imposing
a tax of *SO a year on bachelors ovor
tho ago of thirty.
Washington
Under authority of the rocent Riv
ers and Harbors Congress convention.
Representative Randßell of Louisiana,
has announced the appointment of a
committee to prepare measures to be
Introduced In congress providing for
an Issue of $500,000,000 bonds for
financing the national waterway pro
jects and to create a commission to
Investigate the waterways here and
abroad.
It Is not feasible and desirable at
the present time for the government
to purchase, to install or to operate
pneumatic tubes. This is one of the
moat important conclusions reached
by a commission appointed by the
postmaster general to Inquire into the
question of the feasibility and deeiP
ability of tlie government purchasing
and oporating pneumatic tubes in the
eitiee where the service is now in
stalled, which was transmitted to
congress, by Postmaster General Mey
er, the conclusions of which he ap
proves.
Secretary Strauss has referred to a
special committee In the department
of commerce and labor the advisabili
ty of calling together important la
bor leaders, publicists and directors
of big Industries to consider several
questions of Importance throughout
the co. '-v. He suggested that the
meeting u. I"A at the department of
commcrco and labor about January 2.
An order has been signed by Post
master General Meyer advancing two
hundred fourth-class postofflces to the
presidential class, effective January 1.
Postmasters of the presidential class
are allowed salary of from SI,OOO to
$1,500 in place of the fourth-clasa
stamp commission.
The president has sent to the sen
aato the following nominations: Mem
ber of the Isthmian canal commis
sion, Lieutenant-Colonel Harry F.
Hodges, corps of engineers. Captains
to be rear admirals: William P. Pot
ter, Newton E. Mason. Register of
land office: Harry H. Myers, at Lit
tle Rock, Ark.
In his report to General Marshall,
the chief of engineers of the army,
Captain G. R. Lukesh, who was sent
to Pine Bluff, Ark., to ascertain
whether additional funds are neces
sary for the work at that place on the
Arkansas river, says the balance of
the $19,000 fund available at the be
ginning of the present emergency Is
insufficient for the protection work
needed for the safety of Pine liluff
against the high waters of the com
ing winter.
Portraying Augustus Saint Oaud
ens as a great sculptor, whoso works
will stand in the very forefront
among the masterpleoes of the great
est periods and the greatest people,
Prerddent Roosevelt at an exhibition
of St Gaudens’ works at the Coroco
ran Gallerp of Art, under the auspi
ces of the American Institute of Arch
tects, paid eulogium to that artiste
mastery of his craft.
In announcing that the new 10-cent
special delivery stamp would be
placed on sale In Washington, the
postofflce department called attention
to Its opposition to discontinuing its
use of that stamp. This Is despite
the authorized practice of affixing
the words “special delivery" writton
or printed on the envelope. In addi
tion to the ordinary postage