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CONGRESS SETTLES DOWN TO BUSINESS COMING ANTI-TRUST LEGISLATION LOOMS LARGE BEFORE THE MEMBERS. WEBB STARTS THE ACTION North Carolina Members Introduce Bill and Amendments Putting Teeth in the Sherman Law Many Other Bills Are Introduced. Washington. ? Congress settled down to its long regular session after a recess dating from the passage of the currency reform bill just before Christinas. The coming Administration anti-trust legislation program loomed up as the big business of the winter; both houses turned actively to other matters. In the house, return to work was celebrated by prompt passage of the first of the annual supply measures, the District of Columbia appropriation bill, and the introduction of the usual opening day batch of miscellaneous measures. The Senate began debate on the Aalaskan Government railroad bill. Anti-trust experts In both houses began a period of extraordinary activity, to end when the anti-trust program is written into law before the close of the session. Actual committee work will be delayed pending President Wlson's ndtlress. A rough draft of the address was brought to Washington by the President and later in the week Chairman Clayton of the House Judiciary Commltee, and Chairman Newlands of the Senate. Commerce Committee probably will he called Into conference with the President and Attorney General McReynolds. Meantime Chairman Clayton and Representatives Carlin and Floyd of the house committee are reviewing the loug list of anti-trust measures already before the committee." It is not prohuhle that any of these bills will be accepted as part of the administration plan, hut all the Ideas embodied in them will bo considered. Senator Newlunds of the senate commerce committee expects to take up the antitrust program. In the house Representative Webb of North Carolina introduced his bill to strengthen the Sherman law by declaring ellegal every contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint o* 'any part" of trade or commerce, including agreements, oral or written, designed to reach so-called gentlemon's agreements or understandings. His hill would shift to the defendants the burden of proof as- to whether Buch combinations, contracts, conspiracies or agreements injure competitors, act as a detriment to the pubUlc or whether they are not unreasonable. As a ranking member of the house judiciary committee which will tnke up the question tomorrow, Mr. Webb purposes to fight for action ulong the ?~ ? - .linos of hla bill. Representative McCoy of New Jersey, another Democratic member of the jv?lldary committee introduced his bill to prohibit interlocking direcJtorates among hanks and trust companies. Fire in Charlotte. Charlotte.?Shortly after noon a fire which started in the residence of Mr. C. R. James on Pegrnm street in Belmont, wiped out over half a block of residences including one store-room and hut for the prompt "work of the city fire department a much greater section of Belmont would have been reduced to ashes. h Bp Orders Trooos Retainer* W Washington.?All tho Mexican FedF eral soldiers, now in the custody of the i United States border patrol forces at Presidio, Texas, will be transferred to Fort Bliss and Interned there indefinitely. Secretary Garrison ordered the transfer, with permission to the refugee women and children to accompany the soldiers if they desire. Bf| Thaw Wins Victory. Hk Concord, N. H.-^arry K. Thaw, H| elated by the report of the federal HI court commission that his release on |^B bail would not endanger public safeHgH ty, remained in his apartments here, H receiving messages of congratulations and planning a series of visits within tho state in the event that Federal Judge Ah!rich allows him his freedom under bonds. BB The next move in the case will be filing by Thaw's counsel of petition ^^BH asking that tlyi amount of bail be fix ed, and a dute for a hearing. ^^B Mrs. Grace Said Nothing. Philadelphia.?Mrs. Daisy Ulrich Ople, whose husband, Kugene H. Grace, died at Newnan, (in., from a bullet wound inflicted nearly two years ago, declined to have anything to say regarding his death. Mrs. Grace could not be seen at her home in West Pliiladelphta but sent out word to inquirers that she would not make any stateH ment M Mrs. Grace has l>een living here since she was acquitted of the cltarge of the atempted murder of her husm B ^B_. - - f .* W'' : 77*''*^ ." - - - .'-r ' '*'-' " " 13,333,074 BALES COTTON GINNED CENSUS BUREAU REPORT OF GIN- I NING PRIOR TO J1N1IADV I FIRST, 1914. COMPARISONS BY STATES Compares with 12,907,405 Bales, Which Were Ginnfcd in the Year of 1912. Washington.?The eighth cotton ginning report of the census bureau for tlie season announces that 13,333,074 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1913 had been ginned prior to January 1, to which date during the past seven years the ginning averaged 93.4 per cent, of entire crop. Last year to January 1, there had been ginned 12,907,405 bales or 95.7 per cent, of the entire crop, 14,317,002 hales, or 92.1 per cent., in 1911, and 12,465,298 bales, or 95.3 per cent., in 1908. Ginnings prior to January 1 by states with comparisons for last yeur and other big crop years, follow: States. Year. Ginnings. Alabama 1913 1,467,943 1912 1,288,227 1911 1,618,510 1908 1,302,338 Arkansas 1913 933,389 1912 732,118 1911 786,329 190S 910,423 rlnrl.lo 1(11') *r. o/?n a ?WI >Vil? . !.?!.? Uil^Ui; 1912 56,042 1911 86.421 1908 66,855 Georgia 1913 2,276,477 1912 - 1,756,834 1911 2,623,917 1908 1,930,783 Loufsiuna . . . .1913 1,143,067 1912 366,402 1911 352,503 1908 453,210 Mississippi . . .1913 759,664 1912 857.1S9 1911 1,047,299 1908 1,522,160 North Carolina. .1913 759,664 1912 857.189 1911 975,223 1908 647,505 Oklahoma 1913 804,457 1912 947,452 1911 900,409 1908 525,610 South Carolina .1913 1,342,988 1912 1,173,216 1911 1,508,753 1908 1,176.220 Tennessee . . . .1913 354,549 1912 248,503 1911 381,281 Texas 1913 3.668.0S0 1912 4,461,746 1911 3,926,069 Other states . .1913 107,105 1912 82,25.7 1911 .110,298 1908 67,777 The ginnings o? sea island cotton, prior to Janunry 1, hy stutes. follow: Years. Florida. Georgia. So. Car. 1913 . . . .25,166 41,768 7,386 1912 . . . .21,1)85 39,543 ?,i{29 1911 . . . .38,091 63,099 4,798 ANTI-TRUST LAWS DRAFTED Sweeping Reforms Proposed in Bills Drawn Up. Washington.?A general outline of the tentative draft of anti-trust legislation prepared by majority members of the house committee on the judiciary for action by the full committee, subject to a conference with President, Wilson, bus ueeome known here. While members of the committee talked with the president some weeks ugo the proposed hills so far have not the administration stump, and they will be discussed nt a confex*ence between the president and the committee Immediately following the president's return. The bills, drafted after conference between Chairman Clayton, Representative Carlin of Virginia, chairman of the trust sub-corn rti it tee, and Representatives Floyd of Arkansas, McCoy of New Jersey and others, cover these three main points: 1. Interlocking directorates. 2. Trade relations and prices. 3. Injunction proceedings and damage suits by individuals. 4 United States Seamen Drown. Norfplk, Va. ? The capsizing In the battlenhlp Wyoming, flagship of the Atlantic fleet, resulted in the loss of the lives of four seamen of the Wyoming's crew. . The accident occurred near the very spot where a launch from the battleship Minnesota went down In 1907 wltlj. the lops of eleven lives, mostly young midshipmen returning to the Minnesota, in a storm after midnight following a social affjtfr -at the Jamefctown Exposition grounds. . v Three Dead and 25 Hurt. Mncon. Ga.?1 hree lives were lost and more than twenty-five persons injured, six of whom are seriously hurt, in a wreck of passenger train No. 3, on the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad, 60 miles south of Macon. The wreck was on Gum Creek trestle. After the locomotive and baggage cars passed over a broken rail, the day coach appeared to have been lifted skyward, then over the embankment and a heavy Pullman plowed into the rear of it. V THE FORT MILL TIMES, F( UNCLE SAM'S_f f A Pl/M PEK ?- ir^&LLION Don. \\ pKOPucr OF vie \Sl* ttlL-UOM ./. ^ I li?*Lt-V^^? CHICAGO INTH-OCt*Wj| POWERS REACH AGREEMENT UNITED STATES MUST ASSUME CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS IN MEXICO. Free Hand for the United States So Long as Lives and Property for Foreigners Are Guarded. Washington.?Frequent conferences between ambassadors and ministers here are tending to unite them on a line of conduct regarding Mexico, which, while conforming to the plans of the United States, involves an understanding ns tn ohllcntlnno tli? American government will be expect- | ed to assume as the result of non interfereuce by foreign powers. This common understanding has not taken the form of direct pressure, but the state department is kept informed through the medium of individual representatives of the expectations of the European powere. Generally these relate to the protection of financial interests which citizens and subjects of the powers have in Mexico. No intention to bring in the political sido of the question is indicated. Moro than one diplomatic representative here has informed the department that his own government was interested in preventing financial loss to its citizens, and beyond that did not care what the United States did in Mexico so long ns it was informed in time to take precautions for the protection of the lives of 'its citizens; 75 LABORERS MEET DEATH Flatboat on Which They Were Being Transported Was Wrecked. Winnipeg, Munitoua.?Dashed to I death on the rocks in the Eraser rlv- I er, British Columbia, or swept to their doom by the swift current, was the fate of 73 laborers employed by the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad, according to Angele Pugliese, one of 25 who managed to escape when the flatboat in which they were being transported across the river was wrecked on a rock. Pugllese reached Winnipeg and says the 25 who escaped were all injured. The tragedy occurred in liritish Columbia, west of Fort George. Pugliese says a change In locution of the work necessitated crossing the Fraser river. The 100 laborers put away from shore in a frail craft, which became unmanageable. It was dashed to pieces on a rock. Man Who Arrested Czolgosz Dead. Kansas City.?John McCauley, who arrested Ueon F. Czolgosz, ufter the latter had shot President McKinley at Buffalo, N. Y., died here. At the time of the assassination McCauley was a police sergeant in charge of oleven patrolmen who were to assist secret service men in guarding the president. Until recently he had been connected with the Kansas City police department. American Athletes Break Records. San Frauclsco, Cal.?According to cables, Power of the Boston Athletic association and Templeton of the San Francisco Olympic club, members of the All-American track team, broke records in the meet at Wellington, New Zealand. Power established a New Zealand 880-yard record with 1 minute 58 seconds, a fifth better than the record made by Burke in 1905. Templeton broke the New Zealand and Australian pole vault record, leading 11 feet and 2 inches, which disrilaofia t HA fiM'tMot1 1 4 * x |/>uvvo mo ivi iu*3i Attain, ui 11 leet. 24 Men Doomed to Pen. Chicago.?Sentences of twenty-four of tho labor union officials convicted in Indianapolis of conspiracy to transport dynamite were coufirmed by the United States circuit court of appeals cf the seventh district. Six of the thirty who apepaled were granted new trials. Counsel for tho twenty-four within thirty days will petition the court of appeals for a rehearing on new legal points. If that Is denied they will take the case to the federal Suprome court PI - * 7--;. ^ "' ' -*% -*'~. - ' -" )RT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA IRST ASSISTANT SOME INCOME TAX RULES FORM TO BE USED AND REGULATIONS TO BE FOLLOWED ARE SENT OUT. Every Citizen Who Has Income of $3,000 or More Liable for the Tax. Washington.?The form to he used and IMrillnUnnu In lin fnllnu-n.l K?, I ~ dividualB lu making returns of income. subject to the neve federal income tax were sent out by the treasury department. Every citizen of the United States, whether residing at home or abroad, every person residing in the United States and every non-reBident alien who has income from United States investments of $3,000 or more, must make return. For the past year, 1913, specific exemptions will be.-$2,500 or $3,333.33 in the case of a married person, and in fature years $3,000 and $4,000. Where the tax has been withheld in part of the income on the source, or where part of the income comes as dividends upon stock of a corporation, taxable under the corporation tax section of tlio law, the regulations set forth that such income shall be deducted from the individual's total net income when commuting tho amount, of which he is taxable. The lnw imposes a tax of 1 per cent, and provides that individuals who have an income between $20,000 and $50,000 shall pay an additional tax of 1 per cent, on such amount; on all between $50,000 and $75,000, 2 per cent., $75,000 to $100,000, 3 per cent.; $100,000 to $250,000, 4 per cent.; $250,000 to $500,000. 5 per cent, and all over $500,000, 6 per cent. BATTLE CEASES ON BORDER Dead Bodies of Soldiers Lying In T renches. Marfa, Texas.?Fighting between the northern division of the Mexican federal army, defending Ojinaga, Mexico, opposite here, and General Ortega's 0,000 rebels ceased as suddenly as it began a week ago. Without any federal activities to provoke his move, General Ortega withdrew his army seven miles to the west, along the ltio Grande, supposedly to await the arrival of reinforcements. Although both armies, after six days of fighting, had been rating. General Ortega suddenly divided his army info three formations and started to move along the border away from Ojinaga. General Buckner Dead. Lexington, Ky.?Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, formerly governor of Kentucky and candidate for vice president on the old Democratic national ticket in 1886, died at his horn ein Hart county. He died at his home at Glen Lily, near Munfordville. General Buckner's body will be buried in the state cemetery at Frankfort. General Buckner was the last surviving lieutenant general of the Confederacy. Wilson Benefited by Vacation. Pass Christian, Miss.?The president looks forward to a busy week. in wnicn work and exercise will be carefully balanced. Mr. Wilson Is now as well as ever. He reveals in his countenance the glow of health and the vigor with which he executes long, perfect drives on the golf links testifies how fully he has recovered from his recent illness. His return to normal is best indicated, however, by his assiduous work. He is disposing of a number of important matters of official routine. Lost Money and Killed Himself. Athens, Ala.?Henry Warten, the wealthiest and one of the most prominent men of this county, committed suicide by shooting himself through the left temple. The shooting occurred at his home, death being instantaneous. He was a heavy dealer in cotton futures, having made a fortune in a corner on the staple in New Orleans last August. Recently he has been losing heavily, and his son in New Orleans had Just told him over the long distnnce telephone that he had heen closed out in hie futures there. 25 P? < ? : *.--y~* L_ * UNCLE SAM'S ARMY NOW UNPREPARED UNITED STATES SHY OF FIELD GUNS AND ALSO OF AMMUNITION. ARE NOT READY FOR WAR General Wood Paints Doleful Picture of Army .to Congressional Committees. Washington.?Explaining that his judgment was not influenced by the Mexican situation, Major General Wood, chief of staff of the army, has advised committees of congress that they should appropriate $3,000,000 for field guns and ammunition for the regular army, and $3i000,000 for the militia. * "If you sent our troops into war as they are now, without guns or ammunition, it would be absolute slaughter," the general told the house military committee. "If called into the field suddenly, we should have to go with a small allowance of ammunition, and we should have neither guns nor ammunition enough for our field artillery forces." General Wood, in a written statement, said: "We neither have guns nor ammunition sufficient to give uny general commanding an army in the field any assurance of success if attacked by an army of equal size which is supplied with its proper quota of field artillery. "It is my belief that no modern warl.etween first class powers will last for one year, and unless private manufacturers are encouraged to manufacture ammunition for our guns, after war is declared, they will not be in a condition to do so until after the war is finished. "The war department believes after f?Y tnrifloH ctiulv fhlt in oocne nf tuna with a first class power, an army of 600,000 men will* be needed to give this country any chance of success against invasion, and that this force will be needed at once." The general suggested that the United States regular mobile army should be organized into three infantry and two cavalry divisions with an aggregate war strength of about 75,000, requiring 54 batteries, or 21C guns. TO MAKE FIGHT ON PELLAGRA Secretary McAdoo Asks for a Pellagra Hospital for the South. Washington. ? Secretary McAdoo asked congress to appropriate $47,000 for a pelalgra hospital at some t'outhern point. Secretary McAdoo in his letter to the speaker pointed out that pellagra has imposed great financial burdens on communities in which it prevails and that while investigations of pellagra have been systematically carried on at the marine hospital at Savannah for several years, and important bacteriologic and epidemiologic studies are being carried on from that station, that institution has no facilities for the conduct of metabolic and physicochemical studies. The latter studies nre necessary at this time, according to the public health service, because of the suspicion of the association of the disease with diet and metabolism. Secretary McAdoo added: "A number of food products are under suspicion, thus implicating several important industries, and it becomes important from both sanltnry and economic standpoints to determine once and for all what bearing, if any. foods llflVA nil t )?<? f?nntinitQn/?n ' -II#. .... - w w- ?..v ww.?v.4.?..*??vv> V/J IIIO Uinease. These studies necesasrily will be of a highly technical nature, requiring special facilities to guard against the possibility of error creeping in during the experiment. Biography of Great Evangelist. Winona Lake, Ind.?While Rev. Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist, was resting hero recently, after a strenuous campaign in Johnstown. Pa., he received word that the new biography, "The Spectacular Career of Rev. Billy Sunday," was off the press. It is the work of T. T. Frankenberg and the evangelist says it is a truthful account of his life. Assert Thaw Is Not Dangerous. Concord, N. H.?The release on bail of Harry K. Thaw would not menace public safety, two of his custodians declared at a public hearing before the commission appointed by the federal court to pass upon Thaw's mental condition and its relation to his liberation under bonds. Holman A. Drew', sheriff of Coos county, and piark D. Stevens of the local police force, who have had Thaw in charge since September, favored his admission to bail. Thaw and his mother were present I with counsel. Millionaires 'o Build Club. Brunswick, Ga.?The purchase by Edwin Gould und associates of Latham Hammock, and the filing of a petition for charter in the Glynn superiot court for the incorporation of the "Latham Hammock Club," probably | means that Glynn county is soon tc j have another club composed of milI lionalres, similar in many ways to the famous Jekyl Inland Club, which has j been known for many pears as the richest organization of thn kind In the country, being composed 3( on? hundred millionaires. 0 mm HUNTS ALLIGATORS I IN LOUISIANA LUKE Creole Wins Title of Champion in Battle With a Giant Saurian. ^ UC UllllTC AT llinUT nt numo mi munit In a Small Craft Called a Pirogue, With a Bicycle Lamp on Hia Head and Primitive Weapons, He la Most Successful. New Orleans, La.?Daniel Treadway, who has charge of the government light off the entrance to liayou Lacouibe, a stream emptying into Lake Pontchartraln, is the champion alligator hunter. Treadway 1b a typical Creole, and when not engaged in attending to his lighthouse duties ho hunts 'gators. In telling of these hunts, one of Treadway's friends said: "Night is the best time to go after gators," says Hennessey. "Treadway invades tl^r swamp homes armed in the most primitive manner. In addition to a small craft called a pirogue, i resembling a canoe, he is equipped i with a blunt hatchet slung to his belt, and a ten-foot pole with a keen knife fastened to the end. A bicycle .lamp ndjusted on the top of his head completes the outfit. This light illuminates the dark recesses of the swampnnd exerts a hypnotic influence on his prey. "On the night that he encountered his prize trophy, Treadway had spent J several hours in unsuccessfully paddling his pirogue through the many ' small streams that intersect the swamp adjacent to liayou Lacombe. I He was on the noint of civinc un tho i hunt when his attention was suddenly attracted by a loud splash a short distance ahead. "Lowering his head bo as to permit his lantern to shine on the dark water In front, the Creole glided softly into the darkness. As the light awept the surface he noted the ponderous hulk of a saurian as it swain across the stream. Treadway gave his pirogue a lusty shove in an effort to intercept it. Hy this time the 'gator was aware that an enemy was near. First it swam around in a semi-circle, and then without a moment's warning. ' headed straight for the approaching pirogue. "This was an unlooked-for maneuver and the hunter scarcely had time toturn his craft before the monster swept past. Bringing the bow of the Swam Around in a Circle. 1 pirogue around, the Creole awaited tlio charge that was not long in coming. Kneeling in the bottom of his I chaft, he endeavored to keep his light focused in the eyes of his quarry, but In this instance It only served to accelerate the 'gator's movements. Gathlng all its force, the 'gator headed for the boat, and although the occupant skilfully evaded the shock, the tali swished out of the water and Bent him sprawling into the stream. "Standing waist-deep in slime and water, the hunter caught hold of hla half-sunken pirogue and held It before him. His light still burned and ho saw the 'gator preparing to resume the fray. As It neared the pirogue tta hulk fairly rose out of the water, and Its yawning jaw,# caught hold of ono side of the vessel, crushing it to splinters. The musky breath wa? near enough to sicken the hunter, but he managed to summon enough sirengui to deliver a crushing blow with his hatchet. It caught the 'gator squarely on the top of his scaly head, inflicting a gaping wound, but having no effect upon the reptile's furioua spirit. "Then the 'gator drew off to make a final attempt to crush ite terrified opponent. Holding on the fragment of his pirogue and keeping his light i In the blood-shot eyes of his enemy, the Creole decided to make an effort to gain the bank and escape the impending rush. Backing cautiously through tho slippery footing he managed to gain the laud, hut before ha was able to get out of the water h? was obliged to brace himself and meet the 'gator's onslaught. "Fortunately, the blood streaming from the wound in the 'gator's head served to blind his vision, wnd th? coup do gram was administered