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BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL.
VOL. XII.
WANT GEORGjA TRADE
Jacksonville, Fla., People Are
Urging Naval Stores Bill.
TOOMER AIDING FLORIDA
Taliaferro Bill, It U Said, Will Divert
Naval Stores Traffic From Savannah
to Jacksonville.
Washington, D. C.—The bill to pro
vide for federal Inspection of naval
stores was urged for adoption by a
delegation from Jacksonville, which
appeared before a subcommittee of
the Interstate commerce commission
of the house. The Floridians have
been in Washington for some time
working zealously for the passage of
this measure. The Savannah dele
gation, which was hore to appear at
tha hearing before the senate com
mittee have gone, but the supporters
of the bill remained on the scene, and
have continued the light vigorously.
A bill similar to the bill introduced
by Senator Taliaferro in the senate
was introduced fn the house by Mr.
Sparkman. Its passage is being urg
ed at both ends of the capttol. While
on the surface it provides for federal
Inspection, its real purpose is to di
vert from Bavannah to Jacksonville
the tremendous naval stores products
now handled through the Georgia
port.
The principal speaker ws,.the hear
ing was W. M. Toomer of Jackson
ville, formerly of Waycross, Ga. The
delegation was accompanied by Rep
resentative Frank Clark of the Jack
sonville district.
The greatest interest is being shown
in this bill throughout the pine belt,
The naval stores industry amounts
to nearly $30,000,000 a year.
GIANT STEAMERS CRASH.
White Star Liner Republic and Ital
ian Liner Florida In Collision.
New York City.—The palatial ocean
steamship Republic of the White Star
Line which was in collision with the
Italian liner Florida. ofT Nantucket,
Mass., went down while she was be
ing towed to this city. No one was
lost. Her passengers had been trans
ferred to the steamship Baltic.
The Republic was in tow of the rev
enue cutter Grosham and the derelict
destroyer Seneca, proceeding to New
York. On board was Captain Sealby,
with a volunteer crew of fifty. The
crew was taken off by the Greßham,
which sV'od by until she sank be
neath the waves.
The Florida steamed slowly to New
York, convoyed by the American liner
New York,
That there was loss of life attend
ing the collision was not known until
some time after the accident. The
wireless which has had its great trial
and proved its utility, brought the
news that Mrs. Eugene Lynch of Bos
ton and W. J. Mooney of Langdon, N.
D had been killed, and Mrs. M. M.
Murphy of Grand Forks, N. D., and
Eugene Lynch of Boston, injured. It
was reported, further, that four mem
bers of the Florida's crew had met
death. . , , , ,
The bodies of the dead and injured
were transferred to the Baltic.
JEFF DAVIS’ BODY (iIiAHD
Answer. Last Roll Call-Wa. Pris
oner in Washington.
Atlanta, Oa.—Roblu W. Cauble, a
Confederate veteran and one of Pres
ident Jefferson I)avls, bodyguards, Is
dead at bis home in this city. Mr.
Cauble was aged 73 years, and was
a native of Charlotte, N. C., where
he resided for twenty-five years.
Mr. Cauble enlisted with the Con
federate army when the war began.
He was transferred from the army
to the navy yards of the Confeder
acy where he was a pattern-maker
and’ machinist for two and a half
years Near the close of the war he
became one of Jefferson Davis' body
guards- and, when the president was
captured in Irwin county, at the sur
render, by the Yankees, Cauble was
nlaced under arrest also, aud was
taken with President Davis to Wash
ington and thrown in prison.
He made a fine record as a soldier
and did much for the south as a skill
ed pattern-maker In the navy yards,
and was proud of the honor of being
the president’s protector.
TAFT HAS SAILED.
President-Elect Leaves on the Cruiser
North Carolina.
Charleston, S. C.—After a round of
entertainments by his friends in
Charb ston, President-elect Taft sail
ed *Yom this port on the United
SUt<*s cruiser North Carolina for the
Uthmus of Panama.
Hr. Taft had no statement to make
regarding the conferences which he
held here with Senator Philander C.
Knox and Frank H. Hitchcock, both
of whom arrived here, in response to
telegrams from Mt. Taft, requesting
them to meet him in Charleston.
YELLOW SCARE lF CALIFORNIA.
Raised in Interest of Navy, Claim
Congressmen.
Washington, D. C.—Whatever the
Californians may think of the Jap
ane war scare, the war bugaboo has i
been exposed in the house. It is an
exploded balloon, a worn,out devios to
stimulate public support of the ad
ministration's naval program.
Congressmen from California are
claiming that the controversy between
that state and President P.ooseyelt
over tfte proposed anti-Japanese leg
islation aims at the sovereign power
of that state to control its domestic
affairs and furthermore, is a racial
problem in which the sympathies of
the south should be enlisted.
Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of Banks County.
HOMER. BANKS COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 28, 1909.
DRY MEASCREVETOED.
Bat the TmniHM Legislature Override
the Governor.
Nashville, Tenn. —Governor Patter
son has filed with the cleric ot the
senate a message vetoing the state
wide prohibition bill, .which last week
was passed by both houses ot the
legislature.
The governor's action followed ad
journment of the senate, after It had
passed on third reading the bill pro
hibiting the manufacture In Tennes
see of Intoxicating liquors.
The bill prohlbitiug the manufac
ture of liquor was amended so as to
become effective January 1, 1910.
With the two laws on the statute
books, property worth many millions
would be made practically worthless,
vast revenues to the state, certain
counties and cities would be cut off
and anti-prohlbltionists claim that
taxes would necessarily become bur
densome. Nashville, Memphis and
Chattanooga are the only cities that
would be affected by the bill prohib
iting the sale of liquor, as local op
tion laws are already In effect prac
tically through the state.
In his veto message, Governor Pat
terson charges that such legislation
Is against the democratic frlatform
and the doctrine of self-government;
that It sets aside the recorded will
of the people; that experience hRs
taught that no arbitrary prohibition
law was ever obeyed and its enact
ment brings no settlement of the
questien; that It destroys property,
reduces state revenues, increases tax
ation, takes money from the people
to send it elsewhere, foments discord
impairs the dignity of tho common
wealth; fosters hypocrisy and invites
evasion and deceit In the people.
Over the veto of Governor Pattex'-
son .both houses ot' the legislature
passed the senate bill number I,which
prohibits tho sale of intoxicating li
quors within four miles of a school
house In Tennessee, and is in effect
a state-wide prohibition act. It Is ef
fective July 1, 1909.
Tho vote In the senate, which came
at 2:45 p. m., stood 20 to 13, the ?amo
as on the original passage. The house
acted at 5:40 p. m.. the vote standing
01 to 36, the original vote there hav
ing been 62 to 37. In each house the
passage was effected through a com
bination of republican and state-wiae
democratic strength.
The action of the legislature prac
tically brings to a close one of the
bitterest and most sensational poliu
; cal fights in the history of Tennes
see. State wide prohibition was the
main issue in the recent contest
RtPIiBLIC OF LIBERIA
In Tottering State According to Re
ports Received in Washington.
Washington, D. C. President
Roosevelt has transmitted to con
gress, with his approval, a letter from
Secretary of State Root, asking that
authority be given for the appoint
ment of a commission of three Amer
icans to go to Liberia and assist that
republic In strengthening its hold on
the reins of government. The presi
dent, in his endorsement of the
prposition, asks for an appropriation
of |20,000 for the payment of the
expenses of the commission.
Mr. Root says that the condition of
Liberia is really serious. The forty
or fifty thousand civilized negroes,
mostly descendants of colonists from
the United States, find it especially
difficult to control the native tribes,
or, because of lack of education, to
conduct their own government in ac
cordance with modern requirements.
Ihild Labor lonterence.
Chicago, 111.—" Keep the child out
of the factory.” This was the con
sensus of sentiment at the opening
of the fifth annual national child la
bor conference. The plight of the
poor child who is taken from school
to become the support of parents, the
: unnatural and unheallhfui surround
ings of a child in the factories of the
big cities and in the cotton mills of
the south, were all described by so
cial workers of national repute, as an
argument for more legislative protec
tion for children.
Didn’t Like “Rebel Yell.”
Augusta, Ga.—The Taft banquet
here was a grand success. John D.
Rockefeller attended and was hav
ing a rare old time until one of the
guests proceeded to give the “rebel
yell’’ on any and all occasions.
At first the Standard Oil magnate
laughed, and then became peevish
and glanced ferociously at the man
! who heeded him not.
Japanese Praise Roosevelt.
Tokio, Japan.—Japan Is sinking the
praises of President Roosevelt again
'as a result of his protest against the
proposed anti-Japaneses legislation
|in California. Leading Japaneses be
lieve the president’s second interfer
ence will bring to an end adverse leg
islation and that it never again will
jbe brought up.
Last of Criminal Havens.
Washington, D. C—' Through the
ratification by the senate of an extra
dition treaty with Honduras, steps
were taken to break up the last re
maining asylum of persons who com
mit crimes in the United States.
When this treaty is proclaimed by the
president of the United States, extra
dition of criminals will be possible
with all governments of the world.
Judges’ Salaries increased.
Washington, D. C. —After much dis
cussion the senate voted that the
compensation of the twenty-nine cir
cuit judges be increased from $7,0u0
to $9,000, and that of eighty-four dis
trict judges from $6,000 to SB,OOO.
MODEL LIQUOR LICENSE
Asks for Regulation But Not Pro*
hibition of Whiskey.
WHAT MAYOR ROSE THINKS
Denounces Intemperance, the Saloon
Loafer and the Unprincipled
Keeper ef Dive*.
Louisville, Ky. Denunciation of
prohibition as insincere and fallaci
ous gave way to a taking of the
sense of the delegates to the secoud
annual convention of the National
Mudel License League upon the ques
tion of regulating properly the liquor
trade of the country, This census
resulted in the approval of one of
the strongest seta of resolutions along
the line of self-government advanced
by tradesmen of any particular in
the United States.
The resolutions were adopted with
great enthusiasm by the several huu
dred delegates from all parts of the
United States who are attending tho
convention.
The principal address of the day
was delivered by Mayor David A. Rose
of Milwaukee. In introducing him,
President Gilmore of the league caus
ed something of a sensation by stat
ing that among the men who had
been invited to the convention were
many ministers, all of whom endors
ed the purposes and methods of the
league, but said they were afraid to
come as they might be misunder
stood.
"We will consede absqlutely,” said
Mr. Rose, "that if prohibition in fact
prohibits; if it operates to promote
the well-being of the people; if in
truth it is elevating to society and
is beneficial to humauity, then prac-
I tlcal considerations should be set
aside. Whatever the result to vest
ed interests might be, whatever loss
it might produce, all should be sac
rificed in the interest of the general
welfare, just as the buildings may
be blown up or razed to prevent the
spread of ihe conflagration. But, If
the opposite of these is true, then
not only should prohibition be re
fused as an ethical proposition, but
questions of investment of capital,
business profits, employment of labor,
consumption and markets for farm
products, municipal, state and federal
revenue and tbe many other elements
so inseparably connected with them,
should weigh in the balance in favor
of the other remedy.
"But we cannot reject prohibit!'’;)
as the remedy unless we can offe?
something better, and with the think
ing, the query is, What shall It bo?
■ My experience as the official head
of a city of 400,000 Inhabitants for
ten years, as well as my observation
of the conduct of other large cities,
wet and dry, and the study and in
vestigation 1 have prosecuted to gain
the fullest information upon the sub
ject, teaches me to begin to believe
that regulation is the remedy."
The following rules were suggest
ed by Mayor Rosa;
“License should never be granted
to an unworthy person.
"License should never be granted
to keepers of illegal places or to per
sons who could permit-open or secret
gambling.
"Minors should be excluded from sa
loons, and sales to minors should be
prohibited.
"Habitual drunkards should be de
nied." .
He also said that loungers should
not be allowed In a saloon.
LEIiISLATOK INDICTED.
Immune from Arrest Under South
Carolina Laws.
Columbia, S. C. —Granted Immunity
from arrest by the constitution of the
state during tie sessions of the leg
islature except on charges of felony
or breach of the peace, Joshua W.
Ashley, prominent as a member of
the lower house, who was indicted by
the federal grand jury, in session
here, oil a peonage charge, continues
to occupy his seal in the house. Mr.
ABhley says he is not worried ir. the
least by the action of the grand Jury,
attributing the indictment to spite
work of some of his enemies.
Mr. Ashley is perhaps the most
wealthy member of the lower house,
and District Attorney Cochrane says
he is not in the least apprehensive
that he will attempt to evade arrest.
FREE PRESS IS NECESSARY.
Senator Tillman Alarmed at Poaaibil
ity of Success in Libel Cases.
Washington, D. C. —Declaring that
“no patriot can contemplate, without
great alarm, the possibility of the
president’s success" in the Panama
libel cases, now ibetng investigated
by the grand jury in this city and
in New York, Senator Tillman of
South Carolina, in a statement, sound
ed a strong note of warning on the
question of the freedom of the Amer
ican press.
WASHINGTON’S SWORD
Presented to Mt. Vernon Association
By J. B. Morgan.
Baltimore, Md.—J. Pierpont Mor
gan the New York banker, has pur
chased from Miss Virginia Lewis of
this city the sword worn by General
George Washington, when he resign
ed his commission as commander-in
chief of the Continental army in 1874. j
Mr. Morgan will make a contribution
of this historic relic to the Mount
Vernon association.
The price paid for the sword wlii
not be divulged, although its value j
may be determined, from the fact
that a few years ago the United
States senate passed a bill appropri
ating $25,000 for its purchase.
TO SAVE COUNTRY'S RESERVES.
Rsport of the Committee on Conserva
tion Seat to Congress.
Washington, D, C. —President Roose
velt has transmitted to congress the
report of the commission of conserv
ation of the national resources.
He gives it the sweeping designa
tion of "the first inventory of its nat.
ural resources ever made by any na
tion.” Every recommendation is cor
dially Indorsed, he stresses the duly
of the national posterity and the com
mon sense side of the conservatism;
and recommends that $56,000 be ap
propriated to perpetuate the work of
tho commission, since the present re
port may be viewed as only a tenta
tive survey of the nation's assets.
Opening with the declaration that
“the duty of man to man, on which
the integrity of nations must rest, Is
no higher than tho duty of each gen
eration to the next, tfce report refers
to the marvelous mineral, land, for
est and water resources of the coun
try, and the manner in which they
have been prodigally wasted.
The awakening of the public to
the importance of conservation is viv
idly pictured.
The report cites present wasteful
methods of treating al lour resources,
and declares that in their conserva
tion "our dual system of government,
state and federal, should be brought
into harmonious co-operation and col
laboration.”
LOLATLU BY A TEAPOT.
How American Consulate at Messina
Was Found.
Washington, D. C.—lt was by a
battered teapot, the property of Mrs.
Cheney, wife of the American consul
at Messina, at the time of the recent
earthquake, both of whom lost their
lives, that Stuart K. Lupton, vice con
sul at Messina, succeeded, on the
morning of the catastrophe, in fixing
the location of the American consul
ate.
In a letter to the state department,
Mr. Lupton says that immediately af
ter the terrible shock he started for
the consulate.
“1 had not proceeded more than 50
yards when 1 found myself walking
in water up to my knees in a place
where it should have been eight feet
above the water level,” he says. “At
the place where I supposed the con
sulate to be there was nothing but a
heap of ruins, iron beams, splinter
ed wood, bricks and stone in hapless
confusion, I was not sure of tbe
spot and climbed over the ruins to
e i if i could find anything familiar.
I /naliy, 1 came across a battered tea
pot, which 1 recognized as the prop
erty of Mrs. Cheney, and, remember
ing the spot where it had stood, was
able to get my bearings.”
STUART IS DEFENDED.
John 3. Mosby Explains the Famous
Cavalry Leader’s Action.
Richmond, Va. —Colonel John S.
Mosby, who has been 111 In Washing
ton, but whose recovery Is now pre
dicted, holds a unique place in his
tory. While he bears a strong re
semblance to the famous cavaliy
raiders of revolutionary times, and of
the civil war, tho fact that instead
of raiding Into tho enemy's country
he operated nearly always in the
northern neck of Virginia, within
sight of Washington, and In the rear
iof his enemy's grand army, and often
In the midst of it, distinguishes him
1 from the merely dashing and cour
! ageous cavalry leaders.
He has recently finished a labor of
love, in a book concerning Stuart’s
cavalry In the Gettysburg campaign,
defending J. E. B. Stuart from the
S charge of being absent impiopeily
! from the battle of Gettysburg. It was
Stuart who gave him the opportunity
| to establish an independent command,
and it has been a life-long effort of
his to clear the memory of his ben
efactor from the blame which soma
military writers, following General
i Lee’s report of that battle, as they
understood It, have placed upon it.
131,000 BALES TO BE GINNED.
National Ginners’ Association Issue*
an Estimate on Cotton Crop.
Memphis, Tenn.—The National Gin
ners’ Association places the number
of bales of cotton ginned to January
16 at 12,628,000 bales, and estimates
that 131,000 bales will be ginned dur
ing the remainder of the season.
The amount is apportioned jy
states as fololws:
Alabama, 1,314,000, amount ginned
to January 16; amount yet to gin, 4,-
000; Arkansas, 922,000; 22,000. Flor
ida, 68,000: 1,000. Georgia, 1,942,000,
4 000 - Louisiana, 462,000; 2,000. Mis
sissippi, 7,544,000; 21,000. Missouri,
54 000; 3,000; North Carolina, bsJ,-
000- 5,000. Oklahoma, 614,000; 31,-
000.’ South Carolina, 1,189,000; 8,-
000; Tennessee, 319,000; 5,000. Tex
as 3 526,000; 25,000. Vlrglnla-Ken
tucky, 15,000; • Total, 12,628,000;
131,000.
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS^
That one person in every twenty
in England and Wales is a pauper,
is the appalling fact brought out in
the first three weeks of the old age
pension law. In London the ratio
is one in fourteen, and the figures
gathered tell such a story of nation
al poverty that the government is
believed to be in danger. More than
500,000 persons have been found eli
gible for old age pensions, and it is
expected this total within the next
few months will reach 600,000. Fig
ures compiled within the last few
weeks give a population to England
and Wales of 34,934,600. The number
of paupers is 1,709,436, while 2,209,-
436 receive government aid.
UNCLE SAM’S PAY ROLL
Expenses Next Year Will Smash
All Former Records.
SENATE REQUIRES $750,000
Home of Representative* $3,000,000
and the Presidential Household
Annually Costs $125,000.
Washington, D. C. When Uncie
Sam cast up his accounts preparato
ry to stock-taking after the holidays
and began business for the year 19u0
he found that ho had a most expen
sive establishment in the three
branches of his government —execu-
tive, legislative and Judicial.
Some Idea of what tho people will
be called upon to expend during the
year may be had from the bill making
appropriation for the three brancu
es of the government that have Just
been named.
For the compensation of the sena
tors of the United States there wul
be required for the next year $690.-
000, and for mileage they will also
receive an additional $47,000, not in
cluding any of its various officers m
any way.
Capitol police will coat the people
$77,950, while thoy are preserving the
lives of senators and representatives.
To pay the members of the houso
of representatives for their services
there must be expended a total of
$2,980,000, and for mileage they will
receive an additional $154,000.
Just now the president is receiving
$50,000 a year for his services, and
his official family is an expensive
one to maintain, and is made up as
follows: One secretary, $6,000; two
assistant secretaries $3,000 each; two
executive clerks, one at $4,000 and
one at 4,500; sixteen clerks and door
keepers, at $30,000; nine messengers,
a chief steward, to look after the gas
tronomical wants of the president s
family, watchmen, laborers, etc., cost
ing approximately SIO,OOO.
In addition to this the president’s
stable comes in for an extra appropri
ation if needed, ns well as the execu
tive library, and for these purposes
an additional $25,000 that the nation's
lawmakers have provided sometimes
come in handy.
After the wants of the legislative
branch of our big government ma
chinery are provided for and the ex
ecutive taken care of, it must not
be forgotten that there is Btlll anoth
ery and very important division —the
United States supreme court. In or
der that the chief Justice and his
eight associates, who are called upon
to decide the big legal questions of
the day may bo properly considered
In a financial way the lawmakers put
them down at $13,000 and $12,500 a
year, respectively. Then there are 29
circuit courts, the Judges of which
receive $7,000 each: 84 district courts
with a salary of $6,000 for each of
the Judges; the district court for Ha
waii, $5,000.
These are Just a few of the biggest
Items in Uncle Sam’s expense account
from year to year, which may be said
to be fixed charges. Inasmuch as no
account is taken of the various ap
propriations that may be made by
congress from time to time for in
slance as a $50,000,000 river and har
bor bill, or an $80,000,000 public building
bill or similar measures
In addition to this there are all the
big cabinet places, the head of which
receive $12,000 a year for their serv
ices, their assistants $5,000, and so
on down the line.
With an ever-increasing population
demanding extensions of the govern
ment service In every quarter there is
apparently little opportunity for the
watch-dogs of the federal treasury to
do much economizing any time in the
near future.
MUST POST HATES.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Modifies Regulations.
Washington, D. C. Regulations
were issued by the interstate com
merce commission in modification of
the requirements of the act to regu
late commerce with respect to ex
press companies. The companies are
given the option of complying strict
ly with the law or accepting the mod
ification suggested by the commis->
sion. ,
The regulations, in brief, require
the companies to afford to express
shippers every reasonable opportuni
ty to know what the tariffs are and
to give them facilities through post
ing tariffs in the stations and the sup
plying of flies of tariffs by agents
that will enable the shippers to know
in advance just what any offered
shipment may cost. These files must
be accessible at all times to shippers
so that no misunderstanding may
arise over the tariffs. By the terma
of the order compliance is required
not later than July 1, 1909.
A similar order affecting the Pull
man company and other sleeping car
companies also was issued by the
commission. i .
GRANTEDONttENfIjAMAIiES.
Montgomery Advertiser Must Pay to
Gov. Comer That Sum.
Birmingham, Ala. After a trial
lasting exactly one week, the Jury In
the case of Governor B. B. Comer
against the Montgomery Advertiser,
in the city couft here, awarded dam
ages of 1 cent for libel. The govern
or claimed $25,000 damages for an
advertisement printing during 1909,
when he was a candidate for railroad
commissioner. The advertisement
was an affidavit made by E. A. Df
kert, in which it was stated that Mr.
Comer had offered to pay him per
sonally for work done at his mills by
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company.
NO. 44.
LATE NEWSNOTES.
General.
The receivers of tho Seaboard Air
Line railroad In Norfolk, have
awarded contracts for rolling stock
aggregating about $900,000.
The Chinese harbor boat Samstuf
fired two shots at the British steam
er Chenpo for fouling a wood raft.
This angered Captain Lewington, of
the Chenpo, who, arming himself
with a revolver, boarded the Samstul
in a small boat, arrested the com
manding officer and turned him over
to the captain of the British gun
boat Robin. The occurrence is now
being investigated by the captain of
the Robin and tho British consul.
A serious “no rent’’ campaign has
begun in Tipperary, Ireland, owing
to the refusal of the landlords of sev
eral estates to sell land to the ten
ants under the land purchase act of
1903. The judge, in Issuing decrees
against thirty-six recalcitrant tenants,
said that the landlord was maklug a
mistake in not selling the lands, as
it would involve all the old troubles
of evictions and martyrdom to ten
ants. The priests and the public gen
erally are supporting the tenants
strongly and are raising funds for
their defense. The struggle promises
to be severe.
In an effort to stenT the Increasing
number of "affinities and make mar
tial infidelity a thing to be shunned
by both husbands and wives,” Sena
tor Dennis J. Harte of New York Is
to introduce a bill In the state legis
lature providing a twenty-year pen
alty for such offense.
An increase In the number of
moonshine whiskey stills destroyed
In Alabama, Florida nnd Georgia dur
ing the past six months, as compared
wtlh any previous six months, was
reported by the United Slates inter
nal revenue department at Atlanta,
Ga. Three hundred and ninety-seven
illicit stills were destroyed in the
three states and about two thousand
gallons of whiskey seized. Eighty
per cent of the stills destroyed were
In Georgia.
New York will furnish the bath
tub to be used by President-elect
Taft on his trip to Panama. It was
made especially to accommodate Mr.
Taft. Efforts were made to secure
the tub In Norfolk, Va„ but there was
none to be had of the required capac
ity and New York was appealed to.
The tub Is to be Installed on tho
cruiser North Carolina.
Washington.
The collection and publication by
the director of the census of statis
tics of stock of baled cotton In the
United States, to bo summarized as
November 1, December 1, January 1
and March 1, in addition to the cot
ton reports, is proposed In a Joint
resolution presented in the house by
Representative Lever of South Caro
lina.
Lydia ICamekaha LUiuokaJani,
former queen of the Hawaiian Is
lands, who Is in Washington making
an appeal to congress for compensa
tion for the crown lands which sho
lost when the islands were annexed
to the United States, said in an In
terview that although fifteen years
had passed since she yielded her au
thority over the kingdom to avert
bloodshed, she yet believes congress
will make some reparation for her
great financial loss.
General James Allen, chief signal
officer of the United States army;
Major George O. Squire and Lieuten
ant. Lahn appeared beforo the sub
committee on ordnance and fortifica
tions. General Allen has asked for
$500,000 with which to carry on the
aeronautic branch of the signal corps
service.
The erection of a monument in
Washington to the memory of Abra
ham Lincoln is recommended in a
resolution introduced by Senator
Dick of Ohio. The monument It Is
provided, shall "be worthy of his
great fame, his service to humanity
and to his country and fittingly com
memorUte the grandeur of character,
the nobility of life and epoch-making
career.’’
The Italian relief fund of the Amer
ican Red Cross Society has passed
the $900,000 mark.
In reporting the naval appropria
tion bill to the house the committee
on naval affairs fixed the amount
needed for the maintenance of the
naval service during the fiscal year
1910 at $136,662,888, as compared
with the $122,662,485, the present ap
propriation.
A remonstrance against a further
increase of the United States navy
signed by two hundred and twenty
four clergymen of various denomina
tions In Boston, Mass., was received
by congress. It Is the belief of tho
ministers that naval preparations
have grown so enormously as to be
come a distressing burden upon the
richest nations and an actual me
nace to the peace of the world.
The senate has passod the bill per
mitting the use of the pension office
for the Inaugural ball In connection
with the main inauguration of Mr.
Taft. Senator Scott, in charge of
the measure, explained that it con
tained the usual provision for special
police, etc., “to provide for the pick
pockets and others who come here
on occasion of inaugurations.”
The story of the striking economic
features of the German steel and Iron
Industry developed in the face of nat
ural advantages, is told In a report
of special Agent Charles M. Pepper,
made public by the bureau of manu
facturers of the department of com
merce and labor. An Increase from
7 000,000 tons In 1900, to 12,000,000
tons In 1908 Is noted.