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CURRENCY REFORM
GOES TO THE FRONT
WIDELY DIVERGENT VIEWS ARE
HELD BY DEMOCRATS ON
BANKING REFORM.
MANY CHANGES SUGGESTED
With Tariff Out of the Way, Demo
cratic Leaders Will Center Es-
forts on Money Legislation.
Washington.—Political Washington,
relieved of the long drawn out con
sideratipn of the tariff, will focus its
attention on the second of the Dem
ocratic reform measures — banking
and currency legislation.
Though the administration currency
bill easily passed the house, its path
way in the senate is admittedly full
of obstacles. At present the senate
banking committee has not yet be
gun consideration of the bill, intend
ing for at least ten days more to hear
prominent bankers and finance ex
perts. Predictions at the capitol are
general that for a month thereafter
the senate committee will be at work
on the measure, considering- numerous
amendments.
While there was unanimity of prin
ciple on tariff revision, widely diverg
ent views are held by Democratic sen
ators on banking reform. A strong de
sire for a single bank with branches,
under government control, instead of
a regional reserve system of banks
has made its appearance in the infor
mal discussion. Other changes of a
far-reaching character are being sug
gested and it is regarded generally as
doubtful if a bill satisfactory to the
senate banking committee can reach
the floor of the senate before the
middle of November.
At the white house there is a con
fidence that the bill will be passed this
session or be placed on the statute
books, at any rate, before the first of
the year. The president wants thor
ough consideration of the currency bill
and any improvement that the senate
can make upon the measure, as pass
ed by the house, will be welcomed.
His disposition, however, is to oppose
strongly any undue delay, for he be
lieves prompt revision of the banking
and currency system is necessary to
meet the commercial expansion which
he expects will follow the operation
of the new tariff.
The president’s view of the effect of
the tariff is in accordance with expres
sions from Representative Underwood
and other Democratic leaders that
while reductions in some cases will,
be immediate, the general benefits will
not be apparent at once. Even though
the tariff laws might bring many im
ports Into this coutnry at low rates
or free of duty, the evils of price fix
ing, underselling and other discrimi
nations in retraint of trade might, in
the president's opinion, defeat the
fruits of tariff reform.
EARTHQUAKE IN CANAL ZONE
Isthmus Rocked by Earthquake and
Buildings Severely Shaken.
Panama —Another earthquake oc
curred on the isthmus. It was almost
equal in Intensity to the former shock,
its duration being from 10 to 15 sec
onds.
Buildings were severely shaken,
but apparently no damage was done
beyond the falling of plaster and the
opening of slight fissures tn a few
structures.
Reports from the canal zone offi
cials indicate that neither the locks
nor any part of the canal suffered in
any degree whatever.
The recording instruments indicat
ed that the shock had about the in
tensity of that of the former, and
covered practically the same area,
with the central point of the disturb
ance about 110 miles from Panama
City.
Colon.—An earth shock lasting four
or five seconds was felt at Colon. The
canal officials at Gatun report no
damage to the canal. As in the pre
vious case, residents were much
alarmed over the tremors, many of
them seeking safety in the streets.
The massive walls of the Panama
railroad freight house, built in 1857,
were cracked in several places as a
result of the earthquake. A concrete
building in the course of construction
also was damaged.
Woman Gored to Death by Cow.
Eatonton, Ga.—Miss Sallie Arnold
was gored to death here by a cow. A
dairyman had turned his cows loose
to graze. Miss Arnold had left her
home to visit a neighbor. In passing
the cows one of them which had a
young calk attacked Miss Arnold. She
called some little boys to her assist
ance, but they could do nothing with
the infuriated animal. In a short
while the angry cow had torn her al
most to pieces. Her brother, John
Arnold, who came to her rescue, was
also hurt.
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TROOPS RUSHED TO BORDER
CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY TO
PREVENT DESTRUCTION OF
INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE.
Rebels Are Being Driven and Destroy
ing Property — Hundreds Cross
River at Eagle Pass.
San Antonio, Texas. —Two squad
rons of the Third cavalry, one ma
chine platoon of the Third cavalry
and battery C of the Third field ar
tillery, under command of Lieut. Col.
Guy Carlton, were rushed in three
special trains over the Southern Pa
cific lines to Eagle Pass. The first
special departed at one o'clock and
the other two followed as soon after
as possible. No definite reason was
given out here at department head
quarters for the movement.
Piedras Negras, Mexico. —Terror has
gripped this city, the provisional capi
tal of the Constitutionalists, with the
victorious northward march of the
Federals and the arrival of hundreds
of refugees from the surrounding va
cated country.
Consul Blocker’s warning to for
eigners to quit Piedras Negras was in
anticipation of rioting should the Con
stitutionalists be forced to abandon
their provisional capital. As the Rebel
army is being driven northward by the
government troops under General
Maas the Insurgents are setting fire
to the villages as they retreat and re
ports from the front indicate that the
Federate are closing in on the town
of Sabinas, from which the Constitu
tionalists will fall back on either Mat
amoras, across the boundary from
Brownsville or to Piedras Negras.
COTTON CONDITION DECLINES
Average Deterioration of 4.3 Points In
dicated by the Journal of Commerce.
New York. —The condition of cotton,
as compiled from nearly nineteen hun
dred replies of special correspondents
of the Journal of Commerce bearing
an average date of September 28, is
67.1 per cent., conipared with 71.4 per
cent, a month ago, or a decline of 4.8
points. This compares with 70.3 per
cent, a year ago, 70.8 in 1911, 65.7 in
1910 and 59.5 in 1909. The ten-year av
erage is 68.2 per cent., while the av
erage decline for the same period is
5.3 points. Deterioration occurred in
all states, but was most severe in Lou
isiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri
and Oklahoma,
1913.
Oct. Sept. Diff. 1912.
N. Carolina. . .74.3 80.2 50.9 70.8
S. Carolina. . .74.0 77.5 3.5 66.7
Georgia. . . .75.8 79.0 3.2 65.8
Florida 77.9 79.4 1.5 66.7
Alabama . . .68.2 73.6 5.4 69.0
Mississippi . . .68.0 73.6 5.6 66.7
Louisiana. . . .62.4 72.4 10.0 69.1
Texas .... .64.0 65.1 0.5 73.6
Arkansas . . . .67.0 77.6 10.6 71.0
Tennessee . . . .68.0 81.0 13.0 70.2
Missouri . . . .52.8 66.8 14.0 72.0
Oklahoma . . .50.5 60.2 9.7 75.0
Average . . .67.1 71.4 4.3 70.3
Cavalry Regiments Move on Capital.
Winchester, Va.—Historic Shenan
doah valley witnessed scenes which
recalled war days as a line of caval
rymen, fully three miles long, riding
two abreast, wended their way over
the country roads starting on their
long march across country to Washing
ton. The troopers, comprising the
Tenth, Eleventh and Fifteenth regi
ments of United States cavalry, had
been in camp near here for several
months working out war problems in
accordance with a program of the gen
eral staff of the army.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
ROOSEVELT STICKS TO PARTY
SO HE DECLARED AT DINNER GIV-
EN ON EVE OF DEPARTURE
FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
He Warns His Opponents That the
Fight Has Just Begun for His
Principles.
New York.—Theodore Roosevelt
bade his friends farewell on the eve
of his departure on a journey to un
explored regions of South America,
at a dinner given in his honor by the
Progressive national service and the
Progressive service of the state of
New York. Addressing some two
thousand men and women who gather
ed in his honor at the New York Roof
Garden, the colonel apparently thought
to put a quietus on published reports
that he intends to return to the Repub
lican party.
“I warn our opponents that the fight
has only just begun,” he said, his voice
breaking in his earnestness. "I will
never abandon the principles to which
we Progressives have pledged our
selves.”
The wildest enthusiasm greeted his
assertion. Waving bandanna handker
chiefs and napkins the diners jumped
to their feet and cheered for l»alf a
minute. Only once during the evening
did Mr. Roosevelt receive a greater
ovation. Toward the close of the ad
dress, of Gifford Pinchot the toastmas
ter, there were cries of "We want Ted
dy!” Raymond Robins of Chicago, head
of the Progressive national service,
leaned across the guest table. “Yes,
we want him, we want him—we want
him as president," he shouted. Then
the crowd let loose, rising from their
seats to applaud. Mrs. Roosevelt was
a witness of the tribute.
Progressive leaders, men and wom
en, including former United States Sen
ator Beveridge, Senators Bristow and
Miles Poindexter, Gifford Pinchot, Mrs.
Frances A. Keller, Mrs. Charles S.
Bird and John Purroy Mitchell, were
seated at the guest table.
BOY KILLS SEVEN PERSONS
Lad Enraged During an Argument
and Ran Amuck With an Ax.
Nantes, France. A boy 15 years
old murdered with an ax seven people
in the village of Basbriage-en-Land
reau, in the department of the Loire-
Inforieure.
The lad, Maree! Redureau, was em
ployed as a vine cutter. He and his
employer. George Mabit, were press
ing grapes when a discussion arose be
tween them. Redeureau, angered, seiz
ed an ax and cut Mabit's throat, kill
ing him instantly.
The boy hurried to his employer’s
house, dashed up to Madame Mabit
and slashed her throat till she was
dead, then killed a servant.
Still carrying his dripping ax, Mar
cel proceeded to another room, where
he dispatched to his employer's moth
re, then killed three of Mabit’s chil
dren. He spared a fouth child, aged
4, lying by their side.
Redeureau went to bed and slept
calmly till next morning when the
bodies were discovered by villagers.
New York Ravaged by Storm.
New York. —A rainstorm that reach
ed almost cloudburst proportions de
scended on New York, establishing a
record precipitation that flooded the
streets, tied up the subway, hamper
ed surface and elevated traffic in
city and suburbs for several hours,
and caused property loss that can
scarcely be estiinated. Two persons
were killed and several injured. Four
men were buried in a sewer cave-in,
but were rescued. Lightning played
above the city, and struck an elevat
ed train and several buildings.
PRESIDENT WILSON
SISNS MIFF BILL
ONE GREAT PLEDGE OF DEMO-
CRATIC PARTY REDEEMED
AFTER STRUGGLE.
THEMEASURE BECOMES LAW
Their Work Being Completed, Support
ers of the Bill Give a Sigh
of Relief.
Washington.—The one great pledge
of the Democratic party has been re
deemed. The Underwood tariff bill
is now an accomplished fact, and is
now the law of the land.
The last official act to make this a
realization was. the signature of the
president of the United States, which
was affixed to the bill. This was the
most impressive scene enacted along
the entire stormy and troublous route
of the bill from the ways and means
committee of the house to its final des
tination —the white house. In the pres
ence of the vice president of the Unit
ed States, the members of his cabinet,
Senator Simmons and the members of
the finance committee, Mr. Underwood
and the ways and means committee
and the members of the press, the
president signed the bill.
Those who had been the most active
in its construction and in the fight to
preserve it from the various contend
ing interests who sought its defeat and
impairment breathed a sigh of relief
when they beheld the Inst official act
which completed their labors.
A happy group of legislators, mem
bers of the cabinet and friends encir
cled the president as he smilingly sat
down, slowly affixed his signature
with two gold pens.
He presented to Representative Un
derwood the pen that had written the
word "Woodrow" and the one which
had completed his name to Senator
Simmons, both of whom bowed their
appreciation.
In impressive silence the president
rose and delivered in easy natural
tones an extemporaneous speech that
brought prolonged applause. The pres
ident declared that the journey of leg
islative accomplishment had only been
partly completed; that a great service
had been done for the rank and file
of the country, but that the second
step in the emancipation of business
was currency reform. He earnestly
called upon his colleagues to go “the
rest of the journey” with fresh im
pulse.
The small but distinguished audi
ence that heard the president’s speech
crowded about him afterward with
congratulations. Leading figures of
the Democratic party -Speaker Clark,
Secretary Bryan and Representative
Underwood stood together, sponsors
with the president of the first business
piece of legislation that had been ac
complished in the Democratic program
of reform. They gave the president
their personal congratulations, and
reiterated promises of support.
The bill, accompanied by the confer
ence report as agreed on by the sen
ate, came into the house as soon as
that body met. For over an hour the
house debated as to what action it
should take, some of the parliamentary
experts arguing that no further action
was necessary, while others insisted
the house must recede from its com
promise cotton futures tax.
Speaker Clark finally upheld the lat
ter convention, and the house quickly
voted the cotton tax out of the tariff
bill. The last vote was reached at
1:23, at 1:25 the speaker had affixed
his name to the completed bill and
within ten minutest-Chief Clerk Jerry
South had carried it to the satiate,
and it had been signed by Vice Presi
dent Marshall. Clerks of the senate
then took charge of the bill, and con
veyed it to the white house.
Chief Takes His Own Life.
Griffin, Ga. M. F. Morris, who fc
many years had been at the head of
the fire department of this city, com
mitted suicide here by shooting him
self in the temple. His body was
found in a barn on the premises im.
mediately after the shooting was
heard, death resulting in about twen
ty minutes. Although lie did not re
gain consciousness, his self-destruction
is supposed to have been caused by
despondency, under which he has been
laboring for some weeks.
Want Good Roads Man in Cabinet.
Detroit, Mich. —Declaring the loss
by reason of bad roads, which every
where lessen the profits of industry,
increase the cost of living and burden
business enterprises, amounts to mil
lions of dollars annually, the Amer
ican Road congress, now in session in
Detroit, adopted resolutions favoring
the creation of a national department
of public works, directed by a secre
tary who shall be a member of the
president's cabinet. Other resolutions
adopted favor state highway commis
sions and state aid.,
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION. GAS
“Pape’s Diapepsin” cures sick,
sour stomachs in five minutes
—Time It!
“Really does” put bad stomachs in
order—“really does" overcome indiges
tion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in five minutes —that —just
that —makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator in the
world. If what you eat ferments into
stubborn lumps, you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid; head is dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated; your insides tilled
with bile and Indigestible waste, re
member the moment “Pape’s Diapep
sin” comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing—almost marvelous, and
the joy Is its harmlessness.
A large fifty-cent case of Pape's Dia
pepsin will give you a hundred dollars'
worth of satisfaction.
It’s worth its weight in gold to men
and women who can’t get their stom
achs regulated. It belongs in your
home —should always be kept handy
in case of a sick, sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest, surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world. —Adv.
Hard to Please.
A typical “mover” of the ultra
shiftless type was passing a few days
at a cow camp in Arizona, prepara
tory to going into the desert on a
prospecting trip. His wife, a tired
out, faded-out creature, complained
to some of the cowhands of the hard
ness of her lot; and the foreman
took it upon himself to remonstrate
with the husband for his shiftlessness
and his indifference to his wife's wel
fare.
“The old woman ain’t got no kick
cornin’!" said the husband when he
had heard the foreman's remarks.
“She ain't got no kick at all. Why,
stranger, when we wuz fixln' to camp
of a night many a time I’ve drlv’
the team half a mile out of the way
go’s wood and water would be handy
fur the old woman to fetch!” —Sat-
urday Evening Post.
FRUIT LffIIIIIE
FOB SICK CHILD
“California Syrup of Figs” can’t
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.
Every mother realizeq, after giving
her children “California Syrup of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out griping.
When cross, Irritable, feverish or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give a
teaspoontul of this harmless “fruit
laxative,” and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have a well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic —remem-
ber, a good “inside cleaning” should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep "California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 50-
cent bottle of "California Syrup of
Figs,” which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Sensation.
Upon returning from the city, Far
mer Green said to his friend:
“Say, Aaron, I had a ride in my
cousin’s automobile while I was up to
the city."
“Wa-al,” replied Farmer Green, “it
seemed a good deal like failin' Into a
mighty deep well, only ye dropped
straight ahead Instead of down'ards.”
His Little Fiction.
“You said at the social table, Mr.
Oberforster, that I had given you a
kirs. That Is not true.”
“Don’t worry, I^na. Nobody be
lieved me!” -Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Chills and Malaria,
no matter of how long standing, will
yield quickly to DR. R. A. ARMIS
TEAD’S FAMOUS AGUE TONIC. In
sist upon this remedy as results are
marvelous. 50c and SI.OO bottles. —Adv.
Labor.
Knickei —I understand Jones does
night work?
Bocker —Yes, he explains to his
wife where he has been.
Needless Alarm.
He —I wonder if we’ll get the ref
erendum here?
She —I hope not if it's catching