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IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In the South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs. Domestic T. R. Watson, a bank president, was found guilty of murder and sen tenced to 99 years in prison by a jury in the district court at Waco, Texas. Two trainmen were killed, two passengers seriously hurt and sev eral others received minor injuries, when the northbound Winsted ex press from New York, over the New® York, New Haven and Hartford rail road ran into an open switch and struck a freight train on a siding near Beacon Falls, Conn. New York city’s fight to reduce the high cost of living began in earnest with a boycott on eggs by thousands of housewives. Virtually every branch of the mu nicipal government of New York city is at work in an effort to find a solu tion to the food problem. John J. Dillon, commissioner of New York state for foods and markets, stat ed before the Wicks legislative com mittee.in its investigation into the high cost of living, that sixty-five cents of every dollar paid by the consumer for food goes to the middle man. Guilty of murder in the first degree, with a recommendation that the death penalty—hanging —be imposed, was the verdict of a jury in the Madison county circuit court, which has been sitting for a week in the trial of Da vid D. Overton. A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says that twenty thousand miners in Ala bama are affected by general wage in creaess given by the Alabama Coal Operators’ association. The immedi ate effect is to increase the payrolls about $50,000 a month. President Wilson’s plurality in Cali fornia is 3,773 xotes, according to semi official figures announced by the secre tary of state. The figures include the vote of a hitherto questioned precinct in Orange county. Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain, widely known suffragist and welfare worker, died in a hospital at Los An geles, Cal., after an illness of ten weeks. She was only thirty years old, European War The Russians continue aggressive ly their offensive against the Austro- German lines from the Carpathians to southern Transylvania. The Russians admit a repulse to the southwest of Vakarka, in the Car pathians. The entente allies are ready to be gin the debarkation of troops at Pi raeus, the port of Athens. The Greek government has retaken control of the postofflces and tele graph lines at Athens, expelling the French control officers. The allied authorities have deport from Syra to Malta, G. G. Dallagio, the German consul, and Suleyman Bey, the Turkish consul at Syra. A German official statement on the air raid on England says that one air ship was shot down and that another did not return from a raid on England. The entire line of the Alt river in Roumania, running north and south through the country from the Tran sylvanian Alps to the Danube, now is in the hands of the Teutonic allies. In all directions the invaders are con tinuing to make progress with Buch arest, their main objective, daily com ing nearer. In Macedonia, in a big battle ex tending over a front of about seven teen miles northwest and northeast of Monastir, between Trnovo and Makovo, the entente allies, according to Berlin, have met with a severe de feat through the failure of an attack launched against the line of the al lies of the central powers. Turnow, the new Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States. The British cruiser Lancaster, sta tioned 15 miles southeast of Sandy Hook, sent out by wireless a general warning to all steamers flying the flags of the entente allies to beware of German submarines on the Ameri can side of the Atlantic. It is reported that the provisional government of Greece, headed by Veni zelos, has declared war on Bulgaria. Constantinople dispatches say that Turkish administration of affairs has been completely re-established as it was prior to the Turkish Italian war, in Tripoli. An Athens dispatch says the first delivery of arms demanded of the Gre cian government by Admiral du Four net consists of ter. batteries of moun tain guns. In the Carnia sector of the Austro- Italian theater and east of Gorizia the Austrians are vigorously shelling the Italians. Aside from reports of the repulse of the Bulgarians by the Serbians and of continued progress for the Italians west of Monastir, the entente allied war offices record no important en gagements on the Macedonian fronf. Arabs under Chief Halil Ben Asker are reported by Berlin to have defeat ed a force of Italians near Desibat, on the frontier of Tripoli and Tunis, according to a Constantinople dis patch received in Berlin. Considering the swiftness of the ad vance of the Teutonic allies through Wallaehia, comparatively few prison ers have been taken. The English foreign office has sent American Ambassador Page a note definitely refusing to grant a safe conduct to Count Adam Tarnowski von The southern and eastern drive in the Alt region has brought the Teu tonic forces across the Topolog river, while to the south between Rochi de Vede and Valeni their line has been drawn considerably nearer the Rou manian capital. Mexican Villa bandits are reported loading trains with loot from the stores and residences of Chihuahua City and pre paring to follow these trains west on the Mexico Northwestern railroad. The remnant of a Carranza army that fled from Chihuahua City after a battle with the Villa troops are in camp on the plains south of Juarez. They brought -with them the story of the evacuation of the city after four days and nights of fighting. The dead were piled high in the streets when they left and had been covered with oil and burned. Refugees in Juarez say that between the cemetery at Chihuahua City and Santa Rosa hill the dead covered the streets. It is stated that in their flight from Chihuahua City the Carranza caval ry abandoned their horses in order that they might leave the city on the troop train. Washington Following the receipt of a communi cation from the German government admitting that a German submarine torpedoed the British horseship Ma rina with the loss of six Americans, Secretary Lansing conferred with President Wilson, and it was decid ed that no action would be taken by the American government until it could be definitely established wheth er the Marina was a private vessel or a belligerent transport. It is understood that Germany is ready to acknowledge error and make offers of settlement if it is establish ed that the Marina was not in the British transport service. Acting on its own behalf the United States government has informed Ger many anew of its deep concern over the deportation of Belgians from their own country by the German military authorities. This action has been tak en as a result of information about the deportations gathered from dif ferent sources and after fruitless in formal efforts on behalf of the Bel gians fade by American Charge Grew at Berlin. Information in the hands of the state department on the Belgian sit uation is that over one hundred thou sand Belgians have already been de ported to Germany. President Wilson has accepted an invitation to attend a conference of governors in Washington December 14, 15 and 16. He will probably make an address. Military rule has been proclaimed in Santo Domingo by the United States navy to suppress existing po litical chaos in the little republic and pave the wage for guaratneeing quiet by establishing there such a financial and police protectorate as the Ameri can government now exercises over Haiti. Eighteen hundred American ma rines will maintain order in Santo Domingo for the present, and at least until elections are held in January, 1917. A dispatch from London recites that the Greek government has sent a re ply to Vice Admiral du Fournet, defi nitely refusing his demands, accord ing to a dispatch from Athens receiv ed in London. In an address to the eGrman reich stags, Washington hears that Chancel lor von Bethmann-Hollweg again an nounced that Germany was ready to end the war by a peace guaranteeing the existence and future of the na tion. Nation-wide redistribution of box cars is required by a new order agreed upon bv the railroad conference com mittee on car efficiency in its cam paign to relieve the car shortage, which is holding up all freight ship ments in many parts of the country. The order becomes effective immedi ately. A Tokio, Japan, dispatch states that 130 young soldiers were killed in a collision of a freight train with the train on which they were being con veyed to Aomori, a seaport on the north coast of Japan. A London dispatch says that the American steamship Chemung has been sunk. The crew of the Che mung has been landed at Valencia by the Spanish steamer Giner. The ship went down with the stars and stripes floating at her mast. The German commander gave orders that the Amer ican flag should be lowered and Ger man sailors prepared to put them into effect. The American capital refused to haul down the colors, saying that if the ship had to be sunk it would be with the flag flying. A piece is demanded by the country, is the opinion stated in the annual report made public by the di rector of the United States mint. A Geneva, Switzerland, dispatch, says Emperor William of Germany will send to President Wilson as a Christmas present a de luxe set of American authors, specially prepared, printed at bound at the government printing works in Berlin New representations are about to be made to the German government by the United States concerning the deportation of Belgian ci'dlians for la bor in Germany. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA. WILSON’S MESSAGE TO THE CONGRESS Senate and House in Joint Ses sion Hear Address of the President. HE MAKES FEW SUOSESTIONS Further Legislation for Settlement and Regulation of Railway Labor Dis putes Held Imperatively Neces sary by the chief Magistrate. Washington, Dec. 5. —The senate and house met in joint session today and heard President Wilson's message, which was as follows: Gentlemen of the Congress: In fulfilling at this time the duty laid upon me by the Constitution of com municating to you from time to time Information of the state of the Union and recommending to your considera tion such legislative measures as may be judged necessary and expedient I shall continue the practice, which I hope has been acceptable to you, of leaving to the reports of the several heads of the executive departments the elaboration of the detailed needs of the public service and confine myself to those matters of more general pub lic policy with which it seems neces sary and feasible to deal at the pres ent session of the congress. I realize the limitations of time un der which you will necessarily act at this session and shall make my sug gestions as few as possible; but there were some things left undone at the last session which there will now be time to complete and which it seems necessary in the interest of the public to do at once. In the first place, it seems to me im peratively necessary that the earliest possible consideration and action should be accorded the remaining measures of the program of settle ment and regulation which I had occa sion to recommend to you at the close of your last session in view of the pub lic dangers disclosed by the unaccom modated difficulties which then existed, and which still unhappily continue to exist, between the railroads of the country and their locomotive engineers, conductors, and trainmen. Railway Troubles First. I then recommended: First, immediate provision for the enlargement and administrative reor ganization of the interstate commerce commission along the lines embodied In the bill recently passed by the house of representatives nnd now awaiting action by the senate; in order that the commission may be enabled to deal with the many great and various duties now devolving upon it with a prompt ness and thoroughness which are, with its present constitution and means of action, practically impossible. Second, the establishment of an eight-hour day as the legal basis alike of work and of wages in the employ ment of all railway employees who are actually engaged in the work of oper ating trains in interstate transporta tion. Third, the authorization of the ap pointment by the president of a small body of men to observe the actual re sults in experience of the adoption of the eight-hour day in railway trans portation alike for the men and for the railroads. Fourth, explicit approval by the con gress of the consideration by the In terstate commerce commission of an increase of freight rates to meet such additional expenditures by the rail roads as may have been rendered nec essary by the adoption of the eight hour day and which have not been off set by administrative readjustments and economies, should the facts dis closed Justify the increase. Fifth, an amendment of the existing federal statute which provides for the mediation, conciliation, and arbitration of such controversies as the present by adding to it a provision that, in case the methods of accommodation now provided for should fail, a full public investigation of the merits of every such dispute shall be instituted and completed before a strike or lockout may lawfully be attempted. And, sixth, the lodgment in the hands of the executive of the power, in case of military necessity, to take control of such portions and such roll ing stock of the railroads of the coun try as may be required for military use and to operate them for military purposes, with authority to draft into the military service of the United States such train crews and adminis trative officials as the circumstances require for their safe and efficient use. Renews His Recommendations. The second and third of these rec ommendations the congress immediate ly acted on: it established the eight hour day as the legal basis of work and wages in train service and it au thorized the appointment of a com mission to observe and report upon the practical results, deeming these the measures most immediately needed; Unusual Experience. “Man,” remarked Sandy, “I did a thing last nicht what I've no dune this twenty year. I went to ma bed pairr fectly sober, but I'm richt thankful to say I got up this mornin’ none the waur!” Few Beggars in Panama. Although the city of Panama is a nost cosmopolitan place, practically every race being represented in its 60,- 000 inhabitants, there are no beggars, except a few blind men. but It postponed action upon the other suggestions until an opportunity should be offered for a more deliberate con sideration of them. The fourth rec ommendation I do not deem it neces sary to renew. The power of the in terstate commerce commission to grant an increase of rates on the ground re ferred to is indisputably clear and a recommendation by the congress with regard to such a matter might seem to draw in question the scope of the com mission's authority or its inclination to do justice when there is no reason to doubt either. The other suggestions—the increase in the interstate commerce commis sion's membership and in its facilities for performing its manifold duties, the provision for full public investigation and assessment of industrial disputes, and the grant to the executive of the power to control and operate the rail ways when necessary in time of war or other like public necessity—l now very earnestly renew. The necessity for such legislation is manifest and pressing. Those who have intrusted us with the responsibility and duty of serving and safeguarding them in such matters would find it hard, I believe, to excuse a failure to act upon these grave matters or any unnecessary postponement of action upon them. Not only does the interstate com merce commission now find it practi cally impossible, with its present mem bership and organization, to perform its great functions promptly and thor oughly, but it is not unlikely that it may presently be found advisable to add to its duties still others equally heavy and exacting. It must first be perfected as an administrative instru ment. The country cannot and should not consent to remain any longer exposed to profound industrial disturbances for lack of additional means of arbitra tion and conciliation which the con gress can easily and promptly supply. And all will agree that there must be no doubt as to the power of the execu tive to make immediate and uninter rupted use of the railroads for the con centration of the military forces of the nation wherever they are needed and whenever they are needed. This is a program of regulation, pre vention and administrative efficiency which argues its own case in the mere statement of it. With regard to one of its items, the increase in the effi ciency of the interstate commerce com mission, the house of representatives has already acted; its action needs only the concurrence of the senate. For Control and Operation. I would hesitate to recommend, and I dare say the congress would hesitate to act upon the suggestion should I make it, that any man in any occupa tion should be obliged by law to con tinue in an employment which he de sired to leave. To pass a law which forbade or prevented the individual workman to leave his work before re ceiving the npprovul of society in do ing so would be to adopt a new prin ciple into our jurisprudence which I take it for granted we are not prepared to introduce. But the proposal that the operation of the railways of the country shall not be stopped or inter rupted by the concerted action of or ganized bodies of men until a public investigation shall have been instituted which shall make the whole question at issue plain for the judgment of the opinion of the nation is not to propose any such principle. It is based upon the very different principle that the con certed action of powerful bodies of men shall not be permitted to stop the in dustrial processes of the nation, at any rate before the nation shall have had an opportunity to acquaint itself with the merits of the case as between em ployee and employer, time to form its opinion upon an impartial statement of the merits, and opportunity to con sider all practicable means of concilia tion or arbitration. I can see nothing in that proposition but the justifiable safeguarding by so ciety of the necessary processes of its very life. There is nothing arbi trary or unjust in it unless it be arbi trarily and unjustly done. It can and should be done with a full and scrupu lous regard for the interests and liber ties of all concerned as well as for the permanent interests of society itself. Other Legislation Urged. Three matters of capital importance await the action of the senate which have already been acted upon by the house of representatives: the bill which seeks to extend greater freedom of combination to those engaged in pro moting the foreign commerce of the country than is now thought-by some to be legal Under the terms of the laws against monopoly; the bill amending the present organic law of Porto Rico; and the bill proposing a more thor ough and systematic Regulation of the expenditure of money in elections, com monly called the Corrupt Practices Act. I need not labor my advice that these measures be enacted into law. Their urgency lies in the manifest circum stances which render their adoption at this time not only opportune but neces sary. Even delay would seriously jeopard the interests of the country and of the government. Immediate passage of the bill to reg- Most Fishermen Have Done It. “Simple Simon went a-fishing in his mother’s pail.” “Not so simple, at that,” declared the amateur sportsman. "I've spent time and money getting to a place where the likelihood of catching fish was no whit greater.” Nothing New. “I see some scientific sharp has dis covered a substitute for bread.” “He needn’t think he’s so much. Our cook has been turning that out for years.” ulate the expenditure of money in elec tions may seem to be less necessary than the immediate enactment of the other measuras to which I refer; be cause at least two years will elapse before another election in which fed eral offices are to be filled; but it would greatly relieve the public mind if this important matter were dealt with while the circumstances and the dan gers to the public morals of the pres ent method of obtaining and spending campaign funds stand clear under re cent observation and the methods of expenditure can be frankly studied in the light of present experience; and a delay would have the further very se rious disadvantage of postponing ac tion until another election was at hand and some special object connected with it might be thought to be in the mind of those who urged it. Action can be taken now with facts for guidance and without suspicion of partisan purpose. I shall not argue at length the desir ability of giving a freer hand in the matter of combined and concerted ef fort to those who shall undertake the essential enterprise of building up our export trade. That enterprise will presently, will immediately assume, has indeed already assumed, a magni tude unprecedented in our experience. We have not the necessary instrumen talities for its prosecution; it is deemed to be doubtful whether they could be created upon an adequate scale under our present laws. We should clear away all legal obstacles nnd create a basis of undoubted law for it which will give freedom without permitting unregulated license. The thing must be done now, because the opportunity is hero and may escape us if we hesitate or delay. Porto Rico's Needs. The argument for the proposed amendments of the organic law of Por to Itico is brief and conclusive. The present laws governing the island and regulating the rights and privileges of its people are not just. We have cre ated expectations of extended privi lege which we have not satisfied. There is uneasiness among the people of the island and even si suspicious doubt with regard to our intentions concerning them which the adoption of the pending measure would happily re move. We do not doubt what we wish to do in any essential particular. We ought to do it at once. There are other matters already ad vanced to the stage of conference be tween the two houses of which it is not necessary that I should speak. Some practicable basis of agreement concerning them will no doubt be found and action taken upon them. Inasmuch as this is, gentlemen, prob ably the last occasion I shall have to address the Sixty-fourth congress, I hope that you will permit me to say with what genuine pleasure and satis faction I have co-operated with you in the many measures of constructive pol icy with which you have enriched the legislative annals of the country. It has been a privilege to labor in such company. I take the liberty of con gratulating you upon the completion of a record of rare serviceableness and distinction. Cut Trees by Exploding Dynamite. Instead of an ax and saw to remove the tops of trees that are to be used as masts in logging operations, dyna mite is used to shoot off the tops. After the branches have been removed, a rigger climbs (he tree, with a set of irons, to the point where it is neces sary to cut off the top. Here the trunk is usually about 12 inches In diame ter. The rigger ties a string of dyna mite cartridges, fastened end to end like sausages, around the trunk at this point, inserts a blasting cap with about 20 feet of fuse in one of these sticks, lights the end of the fuse, and de scends? before the explosion takes place.' The tree top pumps into the air with the explosion and the trunk is left ready for attaching the rigging for dragging in and loading the logs. —Engineering Record. All He Saw of Battle. The bluejacket had been in the bat tle off Jutland, and in the railway com partment every one addressed him re spectfully. Incidentally he was the recipient of numerous tine cigars. He conducted himself with becoming dig nity, and when the foreign-looking gen tleman who had kept silent went out at a roadside station the audience set tled down to hear the yarn. Nodding his head toward the dark stranger on the platform, the bluejacket remarked with a grin, “ ’E thinks ’e ’as lost some think ’e'd like to hear, ’e ’as. But hall Hi saw of the bloody battle was coal — nothing but coal. Hi’m a stoker, you see, that's what Hi am.” —London Mail. Not to Be Thought Of. “Now, these fashionable dames don't mind talking freely about the efforts they make to reduce weight.” “That’s true.” - “But they would feel deeply humili ated if anybody suspected them of try ing to reduce expenses.” Unsatisfactory Remedy. Heiny—A doctor tells me that if a man works steadily he never worries. Omar— Pshaw! 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