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BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL.
VOL. XII.
PROHIBITIONISTS WIN
Tennessee Legislature Organized
By “State Wide” Adherents.
BOV. PATTERSON OPPOSED
Majority of Member* of LefUUtue ui
in Favor of Driving the Liquor
Interest* From the State.
Nashville, Tenn. —The Tennessee
legislature, which convened here, was
organized by advocates of state-wide
prohibition, Wiliam Kinney of Hay
wood county is*speaker of the senate,
while Hillsimui Jil. Taylor of Gibson
county presides over the house. Bout
belong to the anti-administration fac
tion of the democratic party.
This action is a defeat for the ad
herents of Governor Patterson, who
are opposing the proposed enactment
of state-wide prohibition laws. It was
brought about by a coalition of repuo
licans and anti-Patterson democrats.
The latter in both houses, along
with other democrats, had signed
calks for a caucus, but beyond or
ganizing the caucus of senator) did
not materialize. The state-widers ab
sented themselves, and when the sen
ate met, Kinney was nominated and
elected, receiving 17 votes, including
his own, which was necessary for
election.
The house democrats met in caucus
and nominated H. T. Stewart of Can
non county, a state-wider, but also a
friend of the administration, tempo
rary chairman, 33 to 30 over H. M.
Taylor. The house, after much s pai
ring, during which Representatives
Carden and Burbage of # opposing
wings of the democratic membership
came very near to blows. Taylor was
elected. His was the only name pre
sented, and be received 63 votes
Speaker Taylor of the house is a
son-in-law of United States Senator
Robert L. Taylor, and a son of Colo
nel R. Z. Taj lor, who made a sen
sational escape from night riders on
the night they hanged Captain Quen
tin Kankin at Walnut Log, Reelfoot
Lake.
INAUGURATION -OF GILCHRIST.
Attended by Pomp and Pageantry
Tallahassee.
Tallahassee, Fla. The inaugura
tion of Governor Albert W. Gilchrist
as chief executive of the state of
Florida was attended by the pageant
ry and pomp which are usually made
a part of the ceremonies oiy the oc
casion of the administration of the
formal oath of office to the jflrst mag
istrate of the commonwe-Ph
Tallahassee had made j elaborate
preparations to receive the j new gov
ernor and visitors from aIL ever the
state who came to attend tfhe inaug
ural exercises. The oath of /office was
administered at high noon i#i the pres
ence of a vast concourse of people.
The ceremonies took plat-jo at the
east entrance to the capltol jon a plat
form erected especially for that pur
pose. There were loug civic and mil
itary parades that passed in review
before the governor-elect j and the
present governor, Broward.
“KING OF mj OBBES."
Invites All the Unemployed to Meet
Him in St. Lout*.
New York City—Friends of J.
Eads How, familiarly known as tbo
“king of hoboes," have received a let
ter from him at St. Ixmis, in whicn
he extends an invitation for a gath
ering of the unemployed in that city.
How left New York about two months
ago and his whereabouts was not
generally known until the receipt of
the letter. In which he says:
“Realizing that this is going to be a
hard winter and that, there are all the
way from 36,000 to 100,OOP men out of
employment in all the large cities of
1 the country, we have decided to call a
i convention of delegates from the dif-
Iferent centers to meet in St. Louis
Un January 22, 23 at) I 24. The object
a_of this convention will be to attempt
oroployroent for all those
work and a"d to aii.-mpt r<>
BffigSfif,-ports mi or 11:; •-: 11; 1 ' >;■• ' 1
their jobs."
for CHtAF POSTAGE.
Bfters Must Be Marked Via New
York to Secure Low Postage.
York City—The t* o . <-n; po-'
iA, agreement arranged lx' l * 1 ’""
■IR ( , and States and the German postal
Faulhorities recently is now in effect.
But it should he home in mind h>
correspondents wishing to avail them
selves of the cheaper postage that
their letters must be marked as in
tended for steamships sailing direct
from Xew York to Germany othei
wlse their letters will be sent by way
of England and France and the old
postage union rate of 5 cents will be
ter writers that letters from this
countrv reach Germany quickest by
wav of England, and consequently if
speed is their object the old o cent
rate must be paid.
HIGH PRAISE FOR PRESS.
Judge Wells Gives the Newspapers
Credit for Restoring Order.
Frankfort. Ky.-From -Indg e A _ J.
G Wells, Calloway county, it was
learned that he regards the Associat
ed Press as one of the strongest m
diums that aided him in restoring or
der in Calloway county and to defeat
the night riders
••Without the support of the news
papers,” said Judge W ells, i_
have been Impossible for me to ha.e
bested the night riders, but the sen
timent created by the reports sent by
the Associated Press to its newspa
pers was so strong that the night rid
ers saw- their only salvation was tj
stop their method of warfare.
Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of Banks County.
HOMER. BANKS COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 7. 191)9.
AID FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS.
U. S. Congress Appropriate* SSOO.OOO
for That Purpose.
Washington, D. C. —In answer to
the message from the president the
house appropriated SBOO,OOO for the
relief of the earthquake sufTerers in
Italy and Sicily. The bill, which was
passed, gives the supplies on board
the Celtic and the Culgoa, valued at
about $300,000, and also appropriated
$300,000.
The senate agreed tt> the resolution
passed by the house, appropriating
SBOO,OOO for the relief of Italian eartn
quage sufTerers and this amount be
come* immediately available. ,
The message in full is as follows/
To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives:
The appalling calamity which has
befallen the people of Italy is follow
ed by distress and suffering through
out a wide range among ihousancis
who have escaped with life, but
whose shelter and food and means of
living are destroyed. The ordinary
machinery for supplying the wan,3
of civilized communities is paralyzed,
and an exceptional emergency exists
which demands that the obligations
of humanitv shall regard no limitation
>f international lines.
The immense debt of civilization
to Italy, the warm and steadfast
friendship between that country and
our own and the affection of their na
tive land felt by great numbers of
good American citizens who are im
migrants from Italy: the abundance
with which God has bleated us in our
safety; all these should prompt us to
immediate and effective relief.
Private generosity Sr responding
nobly to the demand by contributions
through the safe and efficient channel
of the American Red Cross society.
Confident of your approval. I have
ordered the government supply ship
Celtic and Culgoa to the scene of
disaster, where upon receiving the
authority which I now ask from you
they will bo able to dispense food,
clothing and other supplies with
which they are laden to the value of
"about $300,000. The Celtic has al
ready sailed and the Culgoa is at Port
Said’ Eight vessels of the returning
battleship flee! are already under or
ders for Italian waters, and that gov
ernment has been asked il their ser
vices can be hade useful.
1 recommend that the congress ap
prove the application of supplies
above mentioned and further appro
priate the sum of $500,000 to be ap
plied to the work of relief at the dis
cretion of the executive and with the
consent of the Italian government
I suggest that the law follow the
form of that passed after the Mount
I'elee disaster In 1902.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
Paris. France. —The Figaro pub
i the following dispatch from
"As each day goes by, the disastei
appears more horrible, terrifying and
immense. 'lt is without precedent .u
the history of the world. In the early
dispatches I spoke of over 150.000
dead This number doubtless will be
exceeded, for now it Is conservatively
limited that 200,000 persons perish
ed miserably in this staggering catas
trophe and the worst Is not ye
known. The scourge has not yet
done Its final work. ~
“The tremblings of the earth con
tinue with sinister rumbling; and at
times lets of boiling water surge
from the crevice*
“Jn spite of herculean efforts, the
succor still is Insufficient. In the more
remote regions the unhappy Injured
are dying for want of food and medi
cal treatment. Dogs and swine, en
raged by hunger, spring upon the
wounded and devour them. '
No news of the death of any Amer
icans. excepting A. S. Cheney, the
American consul at Messina and his
wife and the members of the Pierce
family has been received from any
quarter. J. H. Pierce was formrly
American consul at Messina.
To Live as Christ Lived.
Cleveland. Ohio.—A movement
which has been tn the course of prep
aration for -gveral weeks was put
into effect here when one thousand
eight hundred young people pledged
themselves to "live ns Christ would
tiave lived” during the next two
The pledges were made at the Bp
worth Memorial church and the plan
was set forth In a sermon by Rev. W.
B Wallace. .
In a general way the minister de_
scribed the proper course of tne
voting people as consisting of cheer
fulness. justice, steadfastness and
kindness.___ ,
Breathing Right During 1909.
Chicago, 111—The city health de
partment celebrated the new year by
issuing a special bulletin on im
portance and value of correct breath
‘"a noted physician is quoted by the
bulletin as saying that only those
who are too lazy to greathe have con
sumption.”
Jewish Chaplains tOr U. 8. Army.
New York Cfty.-The Federation of
Jewish arganizatlons of New Y° rk
adopted a resolution petitioning Con
gress. the president and the secretar
ies of war and naw to establish the
office of chaplain in the_ army. and
navy of the nation for the religious
comfort and spiritual well-being of
Hebrew citizens' in the army
and navy of the Lnited States.
Korean Murderer Sentenced.
San Francisco, Cal.—ln W'han
Chang, the Korean, who shot and kill
ed Durham White Stevens in this cRT
last March was sentenced to twenty
five fears in the state penitentiary at
San Quentin.
FINE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Financial World is Cheerful on
Threshold of New Year.
CREDIT HAS BEEN RESTORED
A* a Remit There it Good Investment
Demand for Capital Flotation*.
, Large Resource* at Hand.
New Y’ork City.—Satisfaction with
the solid achievement of the year and
confidence in the promise of the m
ture are the feelings of the financial
community on the threshold of the
new year. The effective expression
of this feeling is found in a level of
prices of securities near the highest
for the closed year and higher, in
fact, than for twenty months past.
The depth of despondency from
which the financial world, was but
barely emerging a year ago, neeas
only to be considered in a general
way to realize the wide progress to
wards betterment which present con
ditions represent. Asa register of
the measure of this past achievement,
the stock market possesses less in
terest than in Its function of antici
pating by speculation the course of
events to come.
That the past achievement is fully
reflected In the extent of the advance
of prices, which has occurred, is the
accepted opinion of all competent ob
servers, the problem of the market
turning rather to the question of how
far the improvement in conditions
justly to be expected in the future,
lins already been covered in the spec-
I ulatlon.
The brightest hopes nre based on
the complete restoration of credit,
which has occurred, and the resulting
good investment demand lor capital
flotations. The rapid absorption of
now bond issues and the large demand
in the open market for older bond
issues of all grades, Is the substan
tial evidence of this condition. It is
a condition of vital importance to
the further work of rehabilitation to
be done before the full measure of
former prosperity is
With the excellent demand for in
vestment now established and the
abundant, money market resources,
which are looked for early in the new
year, very large resources are expect
ed to be placed at the command of
the great railroad and Industrial cor
porations for resumption of suspend
ed and postponed outlays. The quick
ening effect of this influence is ex
pected to be felt throughout the world
of industry and business in enhanced
consumptive demand for all giades
of products And merchandise.
The extent to which the revision of
the tariff in prospect may serve to un
settle business and halt demand for
products in expectation of price
changes Is a subject of some uneasy
conjecture. The European political
outlook Is not left out of considera
tion, owing to the current of uneasi
ness, lost, with the opening of spring,
the unquiet conditions in the Balkans
may cause an outbreak. The condi
tion of winter-sown grains Is not fully
satisfactory and brings into view the
always important influence of tho
coming . year's agricultural product.
There is feeling that the property
losses of the Italian calamity mav
call for future adjustments In the fin
ancial markets. The situation thus
briefly summarized shows the inevi
table ambiguity at all times existing
in a financial prospect.
U. S. BATTLESHIPS AT SUEZ.
Fleet Arrived There Two Days Ahead
of Schedule.
Suez, Egypt.—The United States
Atlantic battleship fleet, completing
two days ahead of its schedule the
next to the longest run of Us world
girdling cruise, arrived here from Co
lombo, a distance of 3,440 knots, from
which place the fleet sailed on Decem
ber 20th. The loss of a seaman from
the battleship Illinois, who fell over
board, and was drowned, as previous
ly reported, vyas the only accident to
mar the voyage from Colombo. The
Illinois remained on the scene to
search for the sailor, and Is a little
behind the fleet. At Port Said the
crews will coal the battleships with
all possible speed, :;o as to be in po
sition to go promptly to Messina, if It
Is finally determined to send them
there.
BANK EA/iMhtKS 111 LOSE FEES.
They Will Be rui on Salary and Ex
pense Basis.
Washington, D. C. —National bank
examiners will be put upon a salary,
or per diem and expense basis, and
the present fee system will be abol
ished if recommendations made by
Secretary Cortelyou, Comptroller Mur
ray and Deputy Comptroller Kane of
the treasury department, are carried
into effect. Members of the national
monetary commission, who will trans
mit the suggestions to congress, tor
enactment into law, believe that the
proposition will meet with favor.
TO FiOtff HIH STATEHOOD,
New Mexico and Arizona Will Renew
Their Effort*.
Washington, D. C.—New Mexico
and Arizona are preparing for anoth
er brilliant dash for statehood. This
time they will co-operate, but the ef
fort will be for two states, instead of
one. Both territories are hopeful of
success. New Mexico has been try
ing for almost sixty years to get into
the union, and Arizona for almost
half of that time. At the beginning
of a session of/feongress their labors
are renewed. So far they have been
disappointed owing to the feeling
among conservative eastern senators
and representatives that the territor
ies are not prepared for statehood.
T BRILLIANT ASSEMBLAGE
Wa the New Year'* Reception t the
White House.
Washington, D. C. President
Roosevelt and over 6,000 people, rep
resenting every land and' every stale
and territory in the union exchanged
happy new year greetings at the
white house. For three and a half
hours the president stood receiving
his gusest and when the reception
was ended last year's record of at
tendance had been broken by over
700. Many men and women distin
guished in the official and social lite
in Washington were present.
The brilliant court dress of mem
bers of the diplomatic corps gave a
picturesque aspect to the annual
function, which throughout was mark
ed by an absence of formality. Tho
number of small children who were
brought by their parents to shake
hands with the president was unpto
cedentod.|
Contrary to the custom of recent
years, Mrs. Roosevelt and the ladies
of the cabinet remained in the red
room throughout the function.
A shadow of sadness was cast over
the company by the recent terrible ca
lamity which has fallen upon the Ital
ian people, whose ambassador was
present as the dean of the diplomatic
corps and by the absence of the rep
resentatives of the emperor of China,
who is wearing a badge of mourning
for the late emperor and dowager
empress of his country.
The descent of the presidential par
ty from tlfe private rooms to tho bine
room was one of the most picturesque
features of the day. As the presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt started down
the staircase, followed by others of
the receiving party, a flare of trum
pets resounded throughout the man
sion. The Marine Baud, in brilliant,
scarlet uniforms, was stationed In the
stately hull. The strains of Hail to
the Chief" greeted the president a3
he reached the main floor and turned
to enter the blue room.
Chief Justice Fuller and the asso
ciate justices of the supreme court
of the United States led the entire ju
diciary present, after which came sen
ators and representtatives In con
gress.
Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell,
chief of staff, led the army, which was
very fully represented, all of the of
fleers being in full dress uniform. The
navy also was well represented.
* WARCLUUDS IN SOUTH.
Nicaragua and Honduras Are About
to Clash.
New Orleans, La. —The Times-Dem
ocrat publishes a story based on re
ports received from Central America,
which are to this effect:
Nicaragua is marching troops from
the frontier into the vicinity of Cho
luteca Honduras, to overthrow the
goveipiment- of Miguel Davilln, presi
dent of Honduras, it is reported that
the Nicaraguan, Dr. Arrias, has re
cently received almost $40,000 for
army supplies, medicines, etc., ship
ped by secret agents of Zelaya in this
city, and that all preparations are be
ing made for a long campaign.
The informants of the Times-Dem
ocrat stated that it was generally un
derstood that the revolution was a
four-cornered affair, with the Hondu
ran malcontents attacking the Zalaya
forces, backed by supplies and men
from. Salvador. It is also alleged that
the Guatemalan government Ipid sup
plied men and arms.
RELEASED ON $25,000 BAIL.
Jury Failed to Agree in the Beach
Hargis Case.
Irvine, Ky.—Beach Hargis, charged
with the murder of his father, former
Judge Jatpes Hargis, was ordered re
leased on $25,000 hail by Judge J. P.
Adams, the jury at the first trial of
the defendant having disagreed.
Airs. Louellen Hargis, widow of
Judge Hargis, and mother of his slay
er, and her two brothers, Floyd and
John Day of Jackson, signed the bond.
A number of wealthy citizens of Estlil
county also signed it. Young Hargis
has been released.
LAST FLIGHTS BY WRIGHT.
He Carries With Him Members of the
Aero Club.
Lemans, France.—Wilbur Wright,
the American aeroplanist, gave his
last demonstration here carrytng with
him in four different flights members
of the Aero club of Sarthe. Mr.
Wright is preparing to proceed to Pau
where he twill remain a month, giv
ing instruction as to the handling of
his machine. He then goes to the
United States.
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
Fire destroyed the saw mill ’’plant
and large basket factory of the Love
lace Lumber company at Brewton,
Ala. The estimated loss is $200,000
or $250,000, partially insured. The
plant was one of the largest and best
equipped In the south.
A meeting was held at Bath, Me.,
of friends of Banker Charles W
Morse in an effort to aid Morse se
cure anew trial. Bath Is Morse’s
native place.
The department of agriculture and
commerce of Japan Is being prevailed
upon to grant a sparrow-destroying
subsidy. In some parts of this dis
trict the English sparrow is becom
ing a pest, having devoured the rice
crop.
With a balance of $397,267.25 on
band, the relief corporation which
had charge of the distribution of the
fund donated to San Francisco at the
time of the fire of 1906, will turn this
money over to the various charitable
organizations and go out pf existence.
During its existence the corporation
distributed $9,553,140.76.
RECEIVERS FOR A..BJ A.
H. M. Atktnson and P. S. Ark
wright are Appointed.
SUIT IS A FRIENDLY ONE
Panic One of the Cause* of the Receiv
ership Proceedings—Condition*
Only Temporary.
Atlanta, Ga.—The Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic railroad, the
creation of Harry M. Atkinson, a
trunk line with a terminus in Atlan
ta, another at Birmingham and yet
another at Brunswick, with steamers
and docks at the Georgia soaport
town, is now Ui the hands of two re
ceivers, H. M. Atkinson, piesldeut of
the line, and Preston S. Arkwright,
its vice president, being named by
Honorable Don A. Pardee, judge of
the United states circuit court.
Because the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic could not pay Interest
due on bonds the first day of tho
present month the owners of the road
decided it were better for all inter
ests concerned to ask that the prop
erties be placed in the hands of a re
ceiver.
The papers show a suit by the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
against the Old Colony Trust com
pany of Boston, trustee, and is of a
friendly nature, as is shown in the
answer of the Old Colony Trust com
pany by Its attorneys, Richard Olney,
secretary of state under Cleveland,
and Guy W. Currier.
This means that the financially crip
pled condition of the company —a
temporary condition which It Is re
cognized cannot prevail long—will
not be permitted to render it a prey
to creditors and bondholders, and
that the operation of Its system, will
continue uninterrupted until It is
once more on Us feet, economically
speaking, and is able to meet all Its
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
Attorney General Coldwell of Tennes
see Fired Upon by Night Riders.
Union City, Tenn.—An attempt to
assassinate Attorney General Cald
well was made near his home here.
He was followed from the depot by a
man, who shot at him twice as he
neared Jtls home. Union City is not
well-lighted, and, as the map ran af
ter firing the shots, the attorney gen
eral could not Identify his assailant.
A little behind the attorney general
was the local Associated Press corre
spondent, who shot twice at the
would-be rffurderer, but missed him.
The attorney general was on his
way boine for the night, accompanied
by the newspaper men, when they
noticed they were being followed.
When the reporter dropped behind
his companion, a shot was fired, and
(hen another, botn, however, going
wide of their intended mark. Tho cor
respondent fired twice at a shadow
skulking In the street opposite, and
Mr Caldwell fired once, but none of
their bullets took effect, the shadow
disappearing.
■he town*is full of people of tho
lteelfoot l ake 'o-don, the stronghold
' - night riders, many of whom
have been drinking, but the town is
being patrolled, and no further trou
b.e is anticipated.
PALEOLITH FOUND IN UHIO.
Medina County Was Once Home of
Paleolithic Men.
Akron, Ohio.—The discovery of
what is claimed to be a paleolithic
stone near Wadsworth has led Pro
fessor Frederick Wright., geologist
and president of the State Archeo
logical society, to declare that Medi
na county was the home of paleolitu-
Ic man.
Professor Wright and Professor
Bronson of Oberlin college, declare
that the finding of the paleollth at
Wadsworth is one of the most impor
tant discoveries made in America in
fixing the age of htfman life on the
American continent.
The paleolithic stone is an eliptical
shape flint weighing half or three
quarters of a pound, and is a fine
specimen of one of the instruments
used by man during the glacial pe
riod. ;
BIG TOBACCO DEAL MADE.
15 OCO.OOO Pounds of Dark Tobacco
Sold.
Hopkinsville, Ky.—After an all
night session between representatives
of the Imperial Tobacco Company,
and the Independent buyers and the
Planters’ Protective Association,
terms were agreed upon which will
result In the sale of 15,000,000 pounds
of dark tobacco. The Imperial had
hitherto objected to close packing
in the hogshead and the association
agreed to put no more than 1,500
pounds In each hogshead. This is
the first considerable sale of Ken
tucky's dark crop, and will be rati
fied shortly.
Saloons May Test Law.
New Orleans, La. —Steps have al
ready been taken to test the consti
tutionality of the new liquor laws in
Louisiana and prohibition law in Ala
bama, and if possible throw these
states wide open again to saloon men.
A report from Montgomery says one
of the largest law firms in the south
has been engaged to demand saloon
licenses in Alabama, and will test the
of the act under which the
saloons were closed.
Servian Cabinet Has Resigned.
Belgrade, Servla. —The entire Ser
vian cabinet has resigned. No explan
ation is offered for this action, but It
Ik believed to be due to an Increasing
demand for a more aggressive policy
against Austria.
NO. 41.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
A petition has been sent by the rep
resentatives of twenty thousand union
workmen of Wilkesbarre, Penn., to
President Roosevelt, asking him to
pardon Messrs. Gompers, Mitchell
and Morrison, who were last week
sentenced to prison by the supreme
court of the District of Columbia for
contempt in tbe Bucks Stove and
Range case.
When an old trunk, was opened by
the coroner at Cincinnati,Ohio, in an
attempt to discover the relatives of
John Ferd Vanx, aged 73 years, who
dropped dead In that city, currency,
government bonds and bank securi
ties worth more than $14,000 were
discovered. There was also found a
letter from Harriot C. Splnelo, 1013
South street, Bernard street, Phila
delphia, who seemed, from its phras
ing, to be a cousin of the dead man
and a telegram was at once sent her
notifying her of tho death? 1
One hundred men armed with axes
and dynamite blew up the chapel of
the “Holy Rollers" at Jefferson, N. H„
and ordered Joel D. Wright, leader of
the sect, to leave town.
Allegations of unfaithful adminis
tration of her father’s estate are
made against Mrs. Emma F. Sully,
wife of Cotton King Dan J. Sully, in
a suit tiled at Providence, R. I„, in
behalf of Horace B. Knowles’ Son3
against Mrs. Sully’s surety.
That the shipbuilding industry in
Maine is gradually -Increasing iii vol
ume to its former great proportions,
is believed to be indicated In the sta
tistics of the Maine yards during the
past year.
President Roosevelt and his entire
cabinet, the governor of Ohio, the
governors of all southern states, Gov
ernor-elect Joseph M. Brown of Geor
gia, Senators Bacon and Clay, the en
tire Georgia congressional delegation
and prominent southerners have been
invited to attend tho dinner to be giv
en by the Atlanta chamber of com
merce on the evening of January is,
at which President-elect Taft Is to
bo the guest of honor and chief
speaker.
Washington.
Cabinet officers are submitting to
President Roosevelt their reports in
answer to the Aldrich resolution, as
to the secret service, and it is consid
ered probable that the President will
have ready to submit to the appropri
ations committee of the senate all
these reports soon after the re-as3em
bling of congress. It is the presi
dent’s intention to act promptly in
tills matter.
Mrs. Elia Rellca, a clerk in the sig
nal office, will be the next social sec
ret arv at the white house and Miss
Elizabeth Hagner, who now dictates
the social lists of the president’s
wife, will he given a position in the
surgeon general’s office, according to
an unofficial announcement. Mrs. Rel
ica is prominently connected with
the social set in Washington. She has
"allied a certain distinction through
her efficiency as a whist player and
has made a little pocket money by
giving lessons in .bridge.
Postmasters will not in the future,
on the naln of dismissal, lie allowed
to solicit the mailing of matter at
their offices by persons living or do
ing business within the delivery of
another postofflee, according to an or
der issued by the postmaster general,
amending the postal regulations. The
order further provides that, fourth
class postmasters are Instructed not
to claim credit for cancelling post
ace stamps on matter diverted from
o.thor offices to their offices for mail
ing.
The president has invi'ed the fol
lowing engineers to accompany Pres
ident-elect Taft on his trip to Pana
ma: Arthur P. Davis, chief engineer
of the reclamation service, Washing
ton, D. C.: John R. Greeman, Provi
dence, R. I.; Alien Hazetl, New York
City; Isliam Randolph, Chicago;
.Tames Dlx Schuyler, Los Angeles,
Cal.; and Frederick P. Stearns, Bos
ton, Mass. Alfred Noble of New York
citv was the first engineer Invited by
the president, but he was unable to
leave his present work. It was on his
recommendation that the engineers
announced were selected.
'•'neteen mnlion pupils of all
grades and classes were enrolled in
the public and private schools of the
United States a year ago, according
to the statistics in the annual report
of the commissioner of education, El
mer Ellsworth Brown. During the
past fiscal year ’ie commissioner pre
dicts that the number of seekers af
ter learning have substantiality In
cren-pd. although figures on ’ their
numbers cannot now be corrected.
Discussing the new education Idea
In the south, the commtssoner says It
has been largely brought about by
the combined efforts of a remarkable
group of educational leaders, some of
whom have now been in active co
operation in behalf of the desired Im
provements for a goodly number of
years.
There Is to be a big slump In the
American caviare market, with cor
responding raise In prices in the near
future, due to anew fisheries treaty
hat has been drafted for adoption by
the United States and Canada. It Is
intended to control the fishery Indus
try on the Great Lakes, a matter that
has been the sublect of international
negotiations for many years.
No American steam vessels entered
the port of Buenos Ayres during eith
er August or September of this year.
Consul Alban G. Snyder reports from
that port that during August a steatn
tonnage of 211.166 entered the port,
and during September a tonnage of
330,340: In each month the British
flag floated aver a little more than
half of the vessels entering Buenos
Ayres.