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A V"^. r ...i>^- / PRESIDENT HAH JOB FOR GOETHALS WILSON WANTS GOETHALS TO BUILD THE ALASKAN ROAD. DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE HIM ?r Colonel to Be Made' Civil Governor of Canal Zone?New York Move Opposed. Washington.?Col. George W. Goethals will be made civil governor of the cannl zone, and when he gets through with his work there an effort will be made to have him construct the proposed Alaskan railway. This was the opinion exprcssesd by several persons close to the administration, COL GEORGE W. GOETHALS Ab a reward for his service in Panama it is reported Colonel Goethals will be placed in charge of the construction of the Alaskan railway. commenting on reports that the chief engineer eventually would become the commissioner of police of New York City. Mayor Mitchell of New York is expected here to speak at a banquet of the University Club, and it is likely tlint he will talk with President Wilson 011 the same day ubout the status of Colonel Goethals. It Is believed the president will tell Mayor Mitchell that he Is desirous of keeping Colonel Goethals, that his engineering ability may not bo lost to the United States j URGES SCHOOLS IN SUMMER j Commissioner Claxton So Urges?Prac- J tice of Closing Termed Primitive. Washington. ? Characterising the i practice of closing public schools in summer as "primitive and preposter- . ous" and declaring the most "import- ' ant problem of today was to keep city boys from three months' contain- I inatlon in the streets." P. P. Claxton, commissioner of the United States bureau of education, approved a plan ; which would mean continuous Bchool t .?? sessions and through which two mil- v lion children might be enlisted in voca- s tlonal work. t A program for summer vocational r work of public school children was submitted to the . commissioner by c * Clyde Alison Mann, secretary of the t American Society for Thrift, r "Tho teachers should teach naturo c study and the principles of horticul- < lure," said Mr. Claxton, r "Public schools of the country rep- j ,resent an investment in buildings, t grounds and equipment of nearly two billion dollars, and this investment i stands idle about one-quarter of the time for no other reason than that I In primitive days both teachers and t pupils were needed on the farms three \ or four months in the summer. I Duehay Will Inspect Federal Prison. Washington.?Francis H. Duehay, the newly appointed superintendent of prisons, will shortly visit Atlanta. Ga., to inspect the United States penitentiary there. His appointment is a personal dne of Attorney General McRey- , nolds. and ho does not have to be < confirmed by the senate, so he will enter upon his new duties at once. Mr. Duehav declined to mako an comment upon the charges of Julian Hawthorno aftd others affecting the conduct of Warden Moyer. Rebellion in Haiti. Port Au Prince.?Tho revolutionary movement in Haiti grows stronger day by day. Several towns in the north are in arms against the government and soveral of the most important places have been captured by revolutionists. In the south, Petit Goav, on the north shore of the southwestern peninsula, and Mirogoanue, on the eouth coast of the bay of Gonaives, 60 tnileR from Port Au Prince, have j joined in the movement The situa- , tion ?t Port Au Prince is tranquil. | Lm I *" ^*" GEN. LOUIS BOTHA General Botha, premier of the Union af South Africa, seems to be standing Firm against the labor agitators and has proclaimed martial law In reply to the order for a general strike. IAPANESE MAKE PROTEST JAPAN IS STILL GROWLING AT THE UNITED STATES ABOUT CALIFORNIA. Japanese Foreign Minister Says American Attitude on Alien Land Laws Is Unsaticfactory. Washington.?An address by Baron N'obuaki Makino, the Japanese forilgn minister, to the parliament of lapan, outlining the status of negotlalons over the California alien land eglslatiou and declaring that the Japincso government "had come to see lie necessity of considering some otli;r ways for solution of the question," jecause the replies of the United states had not been found satisfactory, vas cabled in full from Tol.io to the lapanese embassy here. The address, which was not comnented upon in official circles, anlounced that the third r\pie of protest iresented to Secretary Bryan by Ammssador Chinda on August 18 remain;d unanswered. It also revealed the act that the ambassador, under initructions from Toklo, saw President (Vilson on March 5, the day after the iresldent's inauguration, and asked hat he make an effort to stop the hrentencd legislation in California, vhich since has been enacted. In >art he said: "In the Btate legislature of Califorlia tlio bills ot anti-Japanese chnracer regularly liavo been introduced at ts sessions for more than ten years jast. Thanks to the good offices earnestly exercised liy the United States government and thanks also to iroper steps opportunely taken by the >eople and government of Japan, nothng of serious moment did fortunately >ccur, but at the fortieth session of he legislature which assembled last rear a bill known as the Webb bill, timing at prohibition of ownership of eal property by Jnpanese was passed jy an overwhelming majority. HITS "PURER DEMOCRACY" :ormer President Attacks "Impractical Reformers" and "Demagogues."-Phlladelphia. ? Former President Tuft called a halt in the movement oward "purer democracy" and greater locinl and Individual freedom, in u ipeech at the commencement exorcises of a local business college he ar- , -algned "impractical reformers" and 'demagogues" who seek to arouse < lass consciousness. He took issue with lie tendency to inject more dentoc- ( acy into educational metliods, and de- i darde the spread of "lubricity" in lit- i jrature and on the stage, and i ectly in education, was a danger to roung men und women of the coun- i ry. ] Mr. Tuft admitted the benefits of ( nany modern crusades, but added : i 'Tho people nro sufficiently aroused. ] -low let common sense prevail to dis- ( inguish between what is practical and vhat is luring but deceitful in its prom- ' se." Job Landed for Roberts. Washington.?Judge W. T. Roberts sf Douglas, Ga? former solicitor generil of Tnllapoosa circuit, has been nam?A by Secretary of Commerce Red field is special attorney for tho bureau of corporations. This Important position was landed for Judge Roberts through the influence of William J. Harris, director of the census whr? to the secretary of commerce. Mr. Harris and Judge Roberts served In the state senate together and occupied adjoining sents. Judge Roberts was chairman of the Judiciary committee. rtellcs of Davis Given to Heirs by U. 8. Washington.?Jefferson Davis' two hieling pistols, a double barreled pistol and appurtenances, seized by Unon troops near the close of the Civil ivnr and which have been in the cusody of the war department nearly fifty years, will be turned over to Joleph A. Hayes, of Colorado, whose wifo a the eldest daughter of the former president of the Confederacy. The ihawl and raglan, belonging to Mrs. Davis, said to have been worn by Daris when he was captured, were not ncluded among the articles. m THE FORT MILL TIMES, T* GINNING REPORT. SHOWS INCREASE 13,589,171 BALES GINNED PRIOR TO JANUARY 16? INCLUDED WERE 97,034 ROUND BALES. NINTH REPORT IS ISSUED Half Million Bales Increase Over This Time Last Year ? Ginnings by States and Comparisons. Washington.?The ninth cotton ginnnig report of the census bureau for the season announced that 13,589,171 bales of cotton counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1913 had been ginnned prior to January 16, to which date during the past seven years the ginning average 97.5 per cent, of the entire crop. Ginnings prior to January 16 by states with comparisons for last year and other big crop years ginned prior to the date in those years, follows: States. Year. Gllnnlngs. Alabama 1913 1,475,642 1912 1,307,738 1911 1,638,699 Arkansas ... .1913 967,729 1912 741,282 1911 797,597 Florida .... .1913 65,754 1912 57,321 | 1911 88,177 Georgia 1913 2,316,304 1912 1,781,232 1911 2,657,9S4 Louisiana . . . .1913 420,094 1912 369,076 1911 357,758 Mississippi . . .1913 1,176,626 1912 952,520 1911 1,061,859 North Carolina. JD13 784,402 1912 876,493 1911 696,988 Oklahoma . . . .1913 825,112 1912 965,752 1911 915,563 South Carolina. .1913 1,369.434 1912 1.192,574 1911 1,636,085 Tennessee . . . .1913 358,297 1912 252,890 1911 386,293 Texas 1913 3,718,725 1912 4,509,220 1911 3,964,620 Other States . .1913 11,052 1912 83,831 1911 114,176 The glnnings of sea island cotton, prior to January 16, by states, follows: Years. Florida. Georgia. S. Car. 1913 . . . .25,356 42,650 8,176 1912 . . . .21,085 39,543 6,629 1911 . . . .39.340 65,577 4,950 1909 . . . .27,883 51,072 13,231 BANDITS ROB MAIL TRAINS Three Amateurs Believed to Be Responsible for Train Robbery. Chattanooga, Tenn.?Three men, believed to have been rank amateurs, held up Southern railway train No. 41, local to Tuscumbla, at Facklers, Ala., at about 8:20 at night. Ascording to the best authority in this city, there was nothing of value in either express or baggage car, which were looted, the robbers (hiding only Der ishable articles of food, a lot of trunks and a pile of sacks containing second class mall. The train arrived at Facklers at 8:20 and while standing at the station was boarded by three masked men. Two miles west of that place two of the men entered the express car nnd took possession of the pouches and safe. At a given signal, or in consequence of an understanding, he compelled the engineer to stop the train while the others uncoupled the two cars in the front, one of which was a baggage car containing federal pouch mail, mostly newspapers, and then forced llie engineer to run twelve miles into the country. Chicago.?With the assistance of two reluctant but badly scared porters, a lone bandit held up four passengers on the rear sleeper of the Michlgnn Central passenger train due hero from Detroit. The robber entered the train at Jackson, Mich., and left it about fifteen minutes later, when Lewis Thombs, one of the porters, signaled for tho emergency brakes. Mrs. Wilson Gives $1,000 to School. Rome, Ga.?A feature of unusunl In terest at the celebration of the twelfth, anniversary of tho fftmous Martha Berry school here was the announcement of the endowment by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson of the Edward W. Axson scholarship of $1,000 from money obtained from the sale of her pictures. The scholarship was in honor of her brother, who was drowned near Rome, the old family home. Many alumni from Georgia and Alabama attended the exercises and most of them made interesting talks praising the school. Captain Relieved of Command. Washington.?Capt. Harry A. Field, commanding the battleship Louisiana, has been found guilty by a courtmartial of "hazarding his ship by navigating without a chart," when the Louisiana grounded on a reef off Vera Cruz, Mexico, last August. Secretary Daniels made public the findings of the rourtmartlnl held recently at Norfolk with the announcement that because four of the seven members of the court had urged leniency, he had modified the sentence by a reduction from ten to five numbers. - " -"ir PBT MILL, SOUTH CAROLlHi BARONESS DE PALLANOT 8jEjk BaronesB May de Pallandt, once of Chicago, la being sued in London for $20,000 by Dr. Ernest Vllliers Appleby, | Tormeriy connected with the University of Minnesota, because she defaulted In payment of notes given for the purchase of pearls and indorsed by him. The baroness was May Du- J gus when she was married in 1893. She was separated from her husband in 1901, and two years later John D. Kllpatrick, a wealthy New Yorker, I committed suicide because she refused to get a divorce and marry him. WILSON'S MESSAGE LAUDED REPUBLICANS AND PROGRESSIVES JOIN DEMOCRATS IN ENDORSING WILSON. ) G. O. P. Leader Mann and Senators Kenyon and Galiinger Endorse the Message. Washington. ? President Wilson's suggestion to congress in liis trust address that the government and business men urc ready to meet each other half way "in a common effort to square business methods with both public opinion and the law," fell on attentive ears and struck a responsive chord in representatives of differing ; political parties. The atmosphere of co-operation and ' "accommodation" in the message; the reforms proposed, expressed in terms of conservatism, and the spirit of friendliness to supersede antagonism in dealing with big business, which dominated the president's thoughts, uroused expressions of approval from all sides. Few discordant notes were sounuea in comments from members of the congress who are to pass upon legislation urged to prohibit monopoly and hold men of business within the law. LORD STRATHCONA IS DEAD One of the Most Noted of the Builders of Canada Oies in London. London. Kngland.?Lord Strathcona ; and Mount Royal, high commissioner for Canada, died here. Death was due to prostration, the result of a severe attack of catarrh. He had been ailing, however, since the death of his wife last November, i which proved a great shock. Lord Strathcona's life spanned near- , ly a century and his active career a full three-quarters. "The best way ! to live to an old age," he explained, ! when found at his desk in London on his ninety-third birthday anniversary on August 6, last, "is by not thinking nbout age at all, but just ! going on doing your work." From his eighteenth year, when, as Donald Smith, a sturdy Scot, he sailed for Canada, to his ninety-fourth year, which would have been completed in next August, he lived up to bis maxim of work. For the past six years he hnd been periodically reported as aooiu 10 resign' tl<e post of high commissioner for Canada, but it was death and not his resignation that terminated ills work. Eugenic Law Declared Void. Milwaukee, Wis.?The Wisconsin eugenic law, which provides for the issuance of marriage licenses only upon a certificate of u clean hill of hearth, was declared unconstitutional by Judge P. C. Escliweiler of the circuit court. The case will go to the supreme court. Judgo Esehweiler held that the eugenics law has unreasonable statutory limitations so far as physicians' fees are concerned, and that it is an unreasonable and material impairment of the right of persons to enter into matrimony. Girl S*?s Her Lover Shoot Father. Mobile, Ala.?"1 have killed her father," said C. King Morse, an automobile supply man, as he walked into police headquarters here, with Miss Kleonora Freadhoff and harided the desk sergeant a revolver, one chamber of which contained an empty shell. Miss Freadhoff corroborated the story which iter lover told the police that her father, Charles FreadhofT, had suddenly appeared before them with a revolver when they were walking near the girl's home about eleven o'clock, *-/'* w-'j ' V* " '^-' .. 1 * L PACIFIC COAST SWFPT RY RTflRM W ( ! 1 W I W W I I III SNOW AND RAIN ARE ACCOMPA* NIED IN SOME PLACES BY HIGH WINDST GREAT DAMAGE IS DONE Five Deaths Are Recorded by Flood j From Mountains Caused by Cloud- J burst.?Much Damage Done and All i Communication Crippled. Seattle, Wash.?A severe storm ! iwept the Pacific Northwest, snow I i.nd rain being accompanied by a high ; wind which at some places attained a i velocity of 60 miles an hour. The storm on Puget Sound was the most severe recorded since the establishment of the weather bureau here. The j wind blew 60 miles an hour at Cape j Flattery aud 54 miles here. A portion of Kugene, Oregon, was flooded by the overflow from Amazon , Creek. Telephone and telegraph lines ' between Portland and Salem were , crippled. At Salem the storm unrofed a portion of the State Insane | Asylum and at Baker, Ore., the court house was damaged and many houses ' wereu nroofed. At Junction City, * i- w? A - ' (jir., inw water tower supplying tlie 1 city was blown down. Sante Barbara, Cal.?Louis Jones- a wealthy retired banker and his wife, ' whose lionie was in the millionaire col- j ony of Montecite, were drowned in a | flood from the mountains caused by a cloudburst. Half a dozen houses in this city i were wrecked and nearly every j bridge in the county was washed , away. Telephone wires were completely out of commission and a single telegraph wire badly crippled, was the > city's only communication with the ! outside world. Estimates of damage ranged be- ; twecn $250,000 and $750.0000. San Francisco.?A rain and wind j storm which swept the Pacific coast i from Southern California to the British Columbian border, caused much damage to shiping though no serious miships at sea have been reported. Wurni rains have melted the snow in the mountains causing rivers to rise Los Angeles. ? Three men were drowned, a boy was reported to have lost his life, many persons were driven from their homes; buildings wer damaged, and steam and electric railway traffic was either tied up or seriously interrupted in Southern California as a result of the rain which deluged this section in 24 hours. Damage to highways in Los Angeles county alone is estimated at $500,000. Organize "Boys' Pig Clubs." \\ asmngton-'-Orgatiization of "Hoys' Pig Clubs" In the Southern States is the latest step taken by the department of agriculture as a means of reducing the high cost of living. The department is trying to interest the young Southern farmer in the breeding of good hogs. It is asserted that pork can be produced so. as to sell much cheaper than beef. "A shortage of beef" says a statement issued recently, "means an increased demand for pork and it seems reasonable that there should be a steady demand for all the available supply. Express Profit. Chicago.?Charles M. Secrist, manager of the Pacific Fruit Express, testified at the interstate commerce commission investigation of private car lines that his company had made a profit of $1,500,000. The Pacific Com- i pany, owned by Union and Southern i Pacific railroads. Is the first private car company to report any consider- I able profit to the examiners. A J* /\r?ivfu ii ii puoi or me railroads j would ho better than private service, the witness testified that some profit which now goes to the private lines would go to the railroads. Union Station Burns. Raleigh.?The union passenger station and Seaboard Air Line freight warehouse was burned at Apex, 14 miles soutii of ^Raleigh. Loss, $5,000. Shooting Still a Mystery. Savannah, Ga.?The condition of Xeal Pnlmrc. vlio was mysteriously mounded at Tmindrrbolt recently, remained serivd?, w! o Mrs. E. J. Anclroau is sti" in custody. No specific charge had .Men entered against her. Palmer was said to have added a new version to various stories of the shooting. This was to the effect that he accidentally received the wound while scuffling with Mrs. Andre**!! for possession of a pistol. Previous narratives of the shooting which Mrs. Andreau and Palmer told, conflicted. Orange Shippers Gain Suit. Washington.?The order of the interstate commerce commission reperrait California shippers to pre-lce and pre-cool their fruit shipped to Eastern cities and limiting the charge for the use of the cais during the pre-coolinsr stage to $7.50 was upheld by the supreme court. The commission issued the order requiring the railroads to permit shippers to pre-lce when the railroads withdrew the privilege after tho commission had reduced charge for pre-lcing from $30 to $7.50. Justice Lamar rendered the opinion. I i 'MiV"7iTi i 'ft , ** *7* . -?*' *" jc > , ' BEAR HUNTING WAS RIPPINGJLD TOP Also Shortage of Food, and AIT / That Sort of Thino. Added to Excitement. I LUCKY KNIFE THRUST I Returning Traveler Brings a Good H Story From the Lofty Peaks of the H Himalayas?Party Was Attacked I By Band of Savage Men. New York.?Hero's a tall one from I the towering peaks of tho Himalayas. as told by ono Frederic S. Rowen of Boston, jute merchant and sports- 1 man. who at rived here the other day 011 tho steamer Lapland after five years in India. Among the narrator's favorite pastimes while in India was the pursuit of the smatl but husky Himalayan black bear. On bis last trip to the great mountains, accompanied by two army officers and a native guide* some remarkable things happened at an altitude of 15,000 feet. "We were having bally bad luck.'*" began Mr. Bowen, whose long sojourn amid the Britishers has lent a new: touch to his original Bostonese accent. "No game, you know, shortage of food, and all that sort of thing. Then we ran smack into a cluster of hillmen, savage fellows, who didn't like our looks, but were most eager tn PPi rilir emia OtlH "We gave them a bit of u battle, | but being outnumbered, decided to retreat. Our guide said he know where there was a ripping old cave where we could hide until the party of hillmen got tired of looking for us and went on about their business, y' know. .Vo clambered down a lot of precipices over a zigzag trail in the dead of night and found the cave. My friend nnd I entered, and were shocked to hear a loud growl and find ourselves attacked by a savage female black bear and her vicious young cub. "We succeeded in killing them both, handily, thus replenishing our larder considerably. We lny close to the cave for two days, when in walked old father bear. "The hillmen were in our neighborhood by that time, and we did not dare to shoot. So we invited the "Ho Closed With Me." bear In, as It were, and sat perfectly still, rte came in, looked us over and then sniffed at the hides and pieces of meat that told him what had become of his wife and little ones, y' know. "Ho appeared quite frantic -with, grief, and I was on the point of feeling very sorry for the old chap when suddenly he turned on me and attempted to bite off my leg. Pity turned to hate, as it were, and drawing my hunting knife I slashed the old chap in the throat. He closed with me, and would have done considerable damage but for a timely thrust of the knife in his heart. "Wo lived on bear meat for a week, and got beastly sick of eating it?eating It half raw as we did. Yoif see, we could not build a fife, but we cut mo meat in small pieces and singed it a little with matches before chewing it. "At last our guide reported the hillmen gone and we made our way to our base cainp and fed up on canned goods and copious cups of tea." Gave Up Live for Girls. Pana, 111.?Caught on a long trestle sacrificed his life saving his sister. Ton Liuenanch, twenty-two years old, sacrificed his life saving his sister. Miss Carrie Liuenanch, and his sweetheart. Miss Lulu Sloat. George Smith. the fourth member of the party, jump- ^ ed and escaped Injury, making no ef- * fort to save any of his companions. It Is charged. Gould Lost Gaiter. New York.?George J. Gould's nameis signed to an ad for the return of "one brown spat or gaiter, lost on Fifth avenue." Gould explained he'd have to discard a whole suit if tio didn't get the gaiter hack. They match.