the polk county news. (columbus, nc) 1914-12-18 [p...

ON GGMMITTEE CARffllZAAIISWS MRS. WINSTON CHURCHILL CAPT. H. GIBSONon DISREGARD FOR THEammtMt 11 iiu VJUiiuuuMiiwMail '

OLD CONFERENCE WITH VEILED THREAT GANAL ZONE LAWS

HGOHE TAX REPORT

- IS MADE PUBLIC

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COLONEL GO ETHALS WANTS TOR-PEDO BO-A- DESTROYERS FOR;

BAYS HE WILL CONSIDER ACTION

aTNACO UNFRIENDLY RE-GARLE- SSOF MOTIVE.

jlEN FROM THE SOUTH DISCUSS-

ED PLANS FOR USE OF

LOAN FUND.

FORTY-FOU- R PEOPLE WITH NET

ANNUAL INCOMES OF MIL-

LION OR MORE. "

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THE BIG WEALTH CENTERS

New York, Philadelphia, Chfeago, Boaton, Detroit, Wealthiest Cities

- of The Nation.

Washington. The first completecompilation of returns under the in-come tax law was made public in theannual report of commissioner of "In-ternal revenue. It showed returns forthe collection year of 1913 by 357,591Individuals as follows:

. ' Net Number,.. income ' . returns.

$1,000,000 and over . . 44500,000 to $1,000,000 91400,000 to , 500,000 44

- 300,000 to 400,000 84250,000" to ; 300,000 , 94200,000 to 250,000 145150,000 to 200,000 311

. . 100,000 to V 150,000 " "78575,000 to lOOjOOO" . 99850,000 to . . 75,000 ' 2,618

. .. .. 40,000 to ' 50,000 ' 2,42730,000 to 40,000 , 4,553

' 25,000 to 30,000 4J6420,000 to 25,000 - 6,81715,000 to ; 20,000. . ' : 11,97710,000 to ' 15,000 - 26,818' 5,000 to 10,000 101,718.3,333 to 5,000 . : 114,484

. 2,500 to . 3,333 79,426

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COLLIERS AND OTHER CRAFT

Th.se Vessels Leave Without Clearance Papers. Few Have Health " :'

:- v ' Certificates.Panama. Col. George W. Goethals,

governor -- of the Panama Canal zone,announced ; that his request that twoswift-America- torpedo boat destroyers be, stationed at the en trances v ofthe -- canal" was, prompted by recent ac-tivity of warships , and colliers of thebelligerent European nations in thevicinity of the waterway. -

The action of the Australian collierMallina in leaving Balboa withoutclearance papers and f' the fact thatother,; colliers have shown a disposition ot disregard canal zone shippinglaws convinced- - Colonel Goethals thatdecisive --measures should be taken topreserve fthe neutrality of the canal. ,: Nearly; all the colliers in 'canal wa-ters arrived without health certificatesand in . several instances sailed with-out clearance papers. It is presumedthe steamers met said coaled the Aus-tralian and English fleet which con-centrated recently in the vicinity: ofthe iPeral Islands, which lie B0 milessoutheast of Panama .City. v.X Th torpedo ; boat X destroyers

the governor are expectedia. do patrol duty and overhaul bellig-ere- n

craft attempting to disregard thecanal- - regulations. ; -

Alleged violations of the ;! Canalshipping laws are said to .have beenth subject ot cofnp.laint to Sir ClaudeJC, MaUett, British; minister to Pana-ma- and also; having resulted In orders Ith4Zoztlfications prevent unneutralcolliers'" remaining . in ports, ; on v thezone In disregard' of the orders ' ofcaAal .authorities. . .:: ;

In 'the case of the collier Mallinait is stated that she arrived without

- T., . t .. . Icaie una wun no coat or supplies, one.1attempted to buy $30,000 worth of sup--,plies,'. consisting' 'largely articles in-tended for Christmas dinner for alarge force. She was refused the sup-plies and was ordered to ; depart be-cause she refused to state her. desti-nation, as required by the .Canal, Zonelaws. The collier Protesilau is point--

L ed to as a similar case. " ' . .It is stated that there has been

much wireless interference In panalwaters on the part of eight collierswhich were recently in the vicinity ofthe canal and 'also by large warshipsfleets, reported to be within 25 milesof both ends of the canal.

CONGRESS PUSHES WORK.

No Extra Session for Next Summer.'. Is Spur. ';'...

Washington. - Congress continues."work of the winter session determinedto complete, its tasks March 4 so thatno extra . session will be necessarynext summer. '. '

Democratic leaders pi both housesagree with President Wilson that thecountry should have a rest from ; na-tional legislation. Right "of way willbe given appropriation bills with con-servation . measures . the - Philippinebill and ; the government's purchasebill . following. . '- 'While' nb special investigation ofmilitary preparedness seems in pros-pect, much attention will, centerabout investigations before reguarhouse committees. The naval .com-mittee will resume consideration ofthe appropriation biUV at once . withSecretary Daniels againvon the stand.vl The immigration bill, with its lit-eracy test for aliens, will again "beunder debate in the senate while thatbody waits for the appropriation-bill- str nnma frnm tha "hnneo - Its enn. !porters insist that ; it will be ; passedalthough it was not included in the'President's outline of legislation. ;;;t "

Conservation measures the water-powe- rsite and the mineral " leasing

bills . probably will be reported frpmthe senate committee on public landsearly in January. .-

, Mines Were German. , ;VLondon. The Swed-

ish forign, minister: in' a' statementregarding the sinking of . the ' threeSwedish steamers by mines . in therGulf of Bothnia said: "The Germans"declares the mines were Russian, asno German mine-layin- g had been doneup to the time" of the disaster. - Offi-cial investigations by. Finland disclosethat several groups of anchored mineswere, German and not Russian andthat, they had - been laid during thewar in the Gulf of Bothnia. No float-ing mines had been found." Ts

0ISPATCHES REPLY TO NOTE

Repudiates Blame For Firing AcrossBorder. Expresses Hope of "Good

, - ' . . . ' Friendship.".

Vara Cruz. "If the United Stateemploys force to stop the firing tyMexicans across the internationalboundary line at Naco, it will be con-sidered an unfriendly act, - notwith-standing the friendly . motives cloak-ing th:actv H'-v- V;A

r In this maimer ICarranza made an-swer, in a statement to the AssociatedPress to the formal notice served bythe "United States on both ProvisionalPresident Gutierrez and Gen. Car-ranz- a-

that unless such firing ceased,force would be employed to protect

'American; territory; - -

Carranza's reply to the Americannote,' repudiated responsibility forshots that have crossed the line anaclearly, set" forth that he and nisi gov-ernment will regard Intervention atNaco as , a hostile act. At no r timesince the receipt- of Secretary Bryan'snote calling attention to the repeateawounding and killing or,' residents olteh American town has Gen. Carranzaappeared perturbed r.but he haa, hadlong, conferencesVwith those close, tobim, "and, ja framing - his reply jt. Is Xsaid he has- - been careful not to lethimself sta,nd In any uncertain light,v "Gen. Hill,;, constitutionalist coni 'gander "cthe; iroopMt Jacols on

.Gen. Car-ranza, "and, since , his back was tothe line, it Is difficult to see how hecould be . responsible " for j,the ifiringirnect iBthat jxaytorens,'e jmn havobeen . attacking .and therefore ttapp.eaTSf reasonablely clear that they, andonly they, could have been to blamo.

."As a maUero4 fact4"d-6"no- t knowi'herighf s of -- American citizenshave been violated. It seems to. mthat it. would be well --ibT. the sta;

hiepdrtment to investigate the question in order to flex the responsibility.

"I remember similar instances - atfcl Paso, when the Madero forces wereattacking there. ' In that case thoseshots 'were for the most part theim-- iprudent, and curious Individuals whoflocked, to -- witness the" fighting as Ifit had been a spectacular show stagedfor their benefit. ,t ; -

SERVIAN ARMY VICTORIOUS.

FrenchCut German Line of CommunIcatforts Nears St. Mihiel.

London. Both the German andofficial reports contain evidence : thttthe . Allies offensive movement is beginning to eather . Impetus and " Ismeeting with stphborn --resistance.The French have - 'been particularlyactive m- - the Woevre. region.

; At severar points the Germans havemade counter, attacks which theFrench clal mhave been repulsed.

The GeVman report shows that Gen- -grat jonres men nave, rreacnea apoint . midway between St. Mihiel and;Pomta-Moussoi- which would Indi-cate- ;

that they- - had crossed the tGer--man line of communications. In, theseoperations -- the French, lost heavil3r:,v

The battles in Poland continue almost without intermissibn and, whileboth' Russians and Germans announcesuccess, apparently no decisive resulthas been reached. . JThe Germans stillare delivering heavy blows aV theRussian center, where they assertthey took 11,000 prisoners and 40 machine guns. South of , Cracow theRussians claim - the capture 4,000prisoners, four guns andt s'efen machine guns. r ;

Another .Russian force , Is holdingthe passes of the Carpathians "preventing ; the nAtistrlatns : from sendingrelief to their Galician army. ThereIs no news of the. German troops advancing south of Mlawa, with the object of attempting to turn the Russian right.. The rehabilitated Servianariy continues victorious in the Balkan area of the war.

That the former German- - cruiserGoeben, - now owned , by Turkey, wasnot so seriously damaged as was reported in her . brush - with Russiancrulsersyyis shown, by the fact that shetook part in the' recent attack onDatum, the Russian fBlack Sea; port.According to a Russian statement thebombardment ''; did little damage. '

Bulgaria, "according to a Paris re-port, has expressed to the Powes olthe : Triple Entente her desire to remain neutraL Tls is taken to meanthat Rouinanfa, if she so wished, couWJoin the Allies without fear jot beingattacked by Bulgaria. ., X-

WILL REQUIRE REDUCTION

Estimated That $70,000,000 at' Leastof the $135,000,000 Pool Will Be

Applied for by Growers.

Washington. The $135,000,000' cot-io- nloan fund plan to finance the sur?

plus cotton crop, was approved unani-mous If by representatives of committ-ee which will aid in handling thefund in Southern States. - The represe-ntatives held an all-da- y conferencewith the cotton' loan committee whichlas final supervision of the fund.

Although no definite statementsere made at the meeting as to hoW

much cash will be drawn from thefund to carry the surplus crop, esti-mates ranged from $10,000,000 to $70,-000,0- 00

and members of thj&- - cottonloan committees :wi5Vcb1ttnScfehf hund-reds of applications for loans wouldbe forthcoming before January 1.Most of those present believed thatbetween 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 balesof cotton must be carried over untilnext year. It as estimated' tha about$150,000,000 w6ul'd be-- heeded ' to takecare of this cotton,J and it , was : thegeneral opinion 'that unless" there isa natural expansion of credit throughout the South the loan . fund will beused to aid cotton producers.

There was evide.nc-thatiaian- y , Ofthe state committeemen agreed withthe idea advanced by officials herethat cotton producers.;nxe;muficut meir cuuuii yrouHj;uou,n lue uuiIUU iuau Will 1 UHCC , rr txx U.OO Jmeans to convince growers of, the ne-cessity of curtailment. . . ' ;'The representatives Irc.ilOtatCTincluded: . ,

Moorhead Wr&TOtisa&V-J- tMaddox, Georgia; Sol" Wexler, Louisiana: Z. D. Davis, Mississippi: JosephG. Brown, North Carolina; A. 'uTrumbo, Oklahoma ; R. G. Rhett,South Carolina; Henry DLindsley.Texas; E. L. Rice, Tennessee fanArState Senator Milton, Florida.

The cotton loan . committee was Irepresented by W. P.. G. JHardingt-an- CPaul M. Warburg, of the Federal Reserve Board; J. P. Forgan of Cblcago, Festus J. Wade of St Lo'iila, AlH. Wiggin, New York, and Levi Rue,4 uiittupiiiat 0 0 ,

DANIELS FAVORS NORFOLK.

.8 Place for Dry DockRecommenda.tion to the Committee.

Washington. Formal, announcement of successful naval tests of coaLifrom government-owne- d fields : inAlaska was made by Secretary' -- Daniels before the naval committee of thehouse. Trials by the cruiser.. Maryland about 10 days ago, Mr. Danielssaid, had demonstrated that the .Matanuska coal was as goods as any to befound. . . .' : .; ".

Three recommendations were :madeby Secretary Daniels. They were;

Appointment of all second lieuten-ant- sin the navy hereafter as " "act

ing second lieutenants" so that thpse- -"who do not measure up to . requirements after appointment may ,bedropped. - v" ' ,v-."- .

Graduated system in retired pay ofnaval officers on the basis of theirlength of naval service and the extentof their disabilities, 'isXX XX

Authority for uslnsr nart of a $40,,v" -- wiiuugem lunu w, protect- - uonavy's rights and property oh its oilland reserves. - ;

i he secretary said the navy wastrying to put its yards on a businessoasis with industrial managers, tryingwe plan at New York, Norfolk andPerhaps some other plants. ..T.v ":

"The Philadelphia navy yard is inExcellent shape," he added, "and has5at as many evils card systems andotner paper work as "they have: , inome of the other yards. We are go- -

to put a 'construction officer incbarge at the Norfolk vard." -

Mr. Daniels has spent his last daywerore the investigating committee.

French Gain New Advance.Pari? The following official com-- .

Judication was issued by the war. of--:"in Belgium several attacks by

e French troops have "resulted inProgress along the Ypres canal - and

est of Hollebecke. Several violentcounter-atack- s have been repulsed byur troops. The railway station of

ommercy (Department of Meuse)'as bombarded by batteries firingdaT a great distaace. Insignificantfen?? Was done- - In Alsace an ofno!!6 movement resumed by thewwuny has been repulsed.

New photograph of Mrs WinstonChurchill, wife of the first lord ofthe British admiralty,, who U herselfactively enaaged in aiding the Brit-- "Ish soldiers at the t front.;,; "'"X- -

DANIELS TELLS HIS PLAN

IOWA REPRESENTATIVE SAYS

SQUIRREL SHOOTERS': CORPS; ;

COULD PROTECT COAST

Daniels Favors Four Fighting ShipsAn nual ly I listead of Twp jAuiary '?"

Predicts"

World . Conference; ' s y

'Wasnington, Military preparednessof the' nation was again: the, tiominantsubject of Congressional Htteatlonsecretary uanieis, oerore me ' nouse'Naval ; Committee, defended? his ;

.construction rpro- -.'gram-iand- .r aiijclaf ed --thrshtlmentf 6f... - - i - -the people of the United States oppos-- ,ed - turning the country; Into a greatmilitary power.--' Meantime a free-for-a- ll

national defense debate; occupiedthe house itself; ' -2LMr. Daniels, during an all-da- y examination, said this country already hada powerful navy, and that while "withabundant revenues" he might favor thegeneral board's four-battlesh- ip plan,he thought the twobattleship program adequate. Pressed for-an opinion as to the world military, situation'at the close of the European war theSecretary predicted an internationalconference on armament.

"When the war is over," he: said,"those countries will be so exhaustedIn', their-resource- s and burdened withdebt that there will be a ; great revul-sion against war. I expect the revul-sion will be so great i that we willhave an. international conference onarmament more possible now. thanever before and that we will getsome action, by which the navies ofthe World Powers will be used onlyto carry Into execution the agreementsthe countries reach:" -

Representative Gardner precipitatedthe' military discussion on the house.floor ' with a speech criticising theadministration for "laying the coldhand, of death" on his proposal forspecial investigation of military andnaval conditions. He assailed theRules Committee for refusal to granthim a hearing and the Naval andMilitary Committee for failure to sum-mon before them former Cabinet officials and other witnesses he wanted--examined. .X;"-X- 'XX'-.--

"If war were to break out today,said Mr. Gardner, "it would 'be foundour coast defenses have not sufficientammunition for an hour's' fighting."

Representative Fitzgerald of NewYork replied briefly and promised tomake ; a complete statement .laterwhich would make "notoriety-seekin-g

less anxious to' discuss, the national, defense. Represen--tauve JJies oi iexas riiucuieu jiubthought of impending (danger , of" attack. Representative Sisson of Mississlppi - charged . the "war propaganda to the manufacturers of war material."

1 Representative Pouty of Iowapleaded for international disarma-ment, arbitration and. an international police; declared a force of trainedsquirrel-shooter- s could prevent :.thelandings of a host!1 e force on Ameri

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i.FINAL COTTON ESTIMATE.

RecordCrop of All -- Previous Time Is; X: V X:

'' ' Grown. VWashington. The ; United States

this year, has produced the .fgreatestcrop of cotton in ; its history. Morethkn sixteen million bales ,or "1566,--000 bales of lint cotton and iinter cotton, unofficially "estimated: at from600,000 to 6$0,0000 bales constitute thecrop. -- , " . . - ' ' -

Captain Gibson is the commander ofthe submarine K-- 5, one of :he latestadditions to the United States navy.

WATERWAYS CONVENTION

ADVOCATES OF BIG APPROPRIA-

TION MEASURE GATHERED

IN WASHINGTON.

Senator Ransdeil Says Charges WereMade That South Was to Unduly

:. .. Profit by Bill.

: Washington. Advocates of.: : waterway improvement from all. parts ofthe country met in the eleventh an-nual convention, of the National Riv-ers and - Harbor x Congress. " SecretaryBryan f welcomed. -- the delegates,, pre-Idictin- g?

percentage: ofathecountry?s ; traffic would be drawn towaterways soon because of .. cheap-ness of- transportation.

Vigorous replies were made to criti-cism of the last river and harbor billas a pork barrel measure. ; SenatorRansdeil, president of the .congress,made this attack the theme of his an-nual" address. Albert Rettinger ofCincinnati, 'defended the , measureagainst the same criticisms and Rep-resentative J. Hampton" Moore com-pared the small appropriation of thelast 40 years for waterways improve-ment with the large sums spent for thearmy, the navy and for pensions. Sen-ator Fletcher of ' Florida, expained theclaims of'the Oklawaha River for at-tention in reply to - criticism of theQklawaha item in the bill.

, Senator Ransdeil said that attackson river and harbor legislation "wereunfounded practically without meritand many of them devoid of even- - avestige of truth." v He vigorously de-nounced attacks on the bill in the lastsession of congress and the filibusterthat resulted in the practical defeatof the measure's purposes.

Critics of the legislation, he added,had been unable to suggest a bettersystem than the one they criticise..

. Senator Ransdeil said that underthe present method of waterway legis-lation the nation's I waterways lhadbeen greatly improved, commercof os-tere- d,

freight movements facilitated,and transportation rates cheapened Incompetition with . railways. ' ;

"Attacks were made on the - lastriver and harbor bill," declared Sena-tor Ransdeil, "during the debates incongress and particularly during therecent campaigns , on sectional andpolitical grounds and it was - freelycharged that favoritism had 'been(shown tr the. South. These attacksare unworthy of their authors."

U. S. CAN MATCH NAVIES

Admial Fletcher Says Only EndlandHas a Better Navy

Washington. The ability oi the? American navy to successfully meetthe ' warfleet' of. any nation exceptGreat Britain was' asserted by RearAdmiral Fletcher, commander-in-chie- fof ihe Atlantic fleet, Before the housenaval affairs committee. : The possi-bility of conflict with Great Britainwas so remote, the admiral said, thathe did riot believe In - & navl policydesigned to control the v oceans asagainst that country.

German Cruisers Destroyed.'London. The victory off the Faulk-lan- d

Islands where the British squad-ron sank the German cruisers' Scharn-hors- t,

Gneisenau and Leipzig, and thesuccess of the Indian' troops on theGulf of Persia, where they compelled

f surrender of a Turkish army, have forthe moment, overshadowed so far asEngland is concerned, . the largerevents which heve taken nlac.

Returns were made by 278,835 mar-ried "persons, 55,212 single men and25,551 single women. The normaltax of 1 per cent on all taxable4 in-comes produced $12,728,038. Incomesof" more than: $20,000 a year andsubject ' to sur-ta-x , produced $15,525,-497.--,

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individuals with large net" Incomeslive in districts near, the cities of NewYork ".Chicago, PhiladelphiaV Bostonand Detroit. More single women, aswell as more single men paying thetax were' found in New York than any-where else. Married women madeseparate returns In every collectiondistrict except in the Fifth North'Carolina. '

THAW ENTERS COURT AGAIN.

Attorneys Fight Extradition on theGrounds That Insanity Was Proved.

Washingtoni. The request ot thestate of New York for extradition ofHarry K. Thaw from New Hampshireto answer an :. indictment chargingconspiracy to obstruct --justice by. es-caping from Mattewan Asylum wastaken under consideration by the Uni-ted States Supreme Court after oralarguments. ',. ' ',

Members of the court asked Thaw'sattorneys many quesitions about ? va-rious points in their contentions. Theydid not interrupt Williams Travers Je-rome, however, during his ; argumentthat Thaw was a fugitive from justicenor challenge the argument of FranklinKennedy, Deputy Attorney General ofNew York that the law under whichThaw was committed : to Mattewanafter-th- e killIng3of Sanford White was

' " "constitutional. i

Germans ' Close to Warsaw. .y' v . ' v 11..' a a mAa.Xjonaon. ui iue uYeBBuy-uciiua- ucolumns- - which for some days appear-ed to be making steady progress, intheir Invasion of Poland, three havesuffered Checks, according to officialreport from Russian headquarters.

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stroke from Mlawa on the East Prus-sian' frontier, reported in one dispatchfrom Petrograd to be within 15 miles '

of Warsaw,; was repulsed after anenergetic offensive and under counter-a-ttacks from the Russians wascompelled to retire at some points.

The attacks of the main Germancolumn which had its front on the .line between Lodz and Lowicz andwhich came down diagonally

" fromThorn, were delivered, with greatforcei but according to the Russianaccount were " repulsed with heavylosses to the Invaders, ' ,

XX- Carnegie . Visits White House.Washington.--Andre- w Carnegie, a

White House caller expressed decid-ed opposition to. a Christmas truce inthe European war. It would be unc-hristian-like and; Immoral he said tostop fighting arid then resume it Headded he did not 'believe any nationwhich adopted such a suggestion wasdoing it sincerely. Mr. Carnegiegave it as his opinion that the militarycaste in Germany was responsible forthe war. and that at the timehostIll-tle- s

broke out the Kaiser, was ill and.UUL'Bdf tu s49 n