The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, January 21, 1915, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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The Weather.
South Carolina: Fair Thursday and|
Friday.
Ain't long 'til ground hog day.
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Regular swine; slaughtering weather.
l-et us hope there will be no nuts|
In tim now crop of colonels.
Elimination ts the watchword in|
Mexican affairs Just now.
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. It's great fun watching your paper I
every morning to see who is Mexico's |
latest president.
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Didn't hear of anyone being de
nounced as ailar or a,scoundrel from'
Columbia yesterday.
Caption of Sparitisburg Herald edi
torial: "Waich SpartaJtburg grow."|
-Smaller?
Greenville's new master lu equity
named Inman. Yes, In-man youl
\t ore.
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"Daughters Keep Birthday ot Lee"|
reads a headline. Keeping (to them?
/ selves) birthdays comos natural.
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a?iould you hear of our new goyer-l
nor out nutting. Just put it down he's|
t: -nt looking tor colonels.
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And Une. Andy Carnegie Insists that]
; he wishes to die poor. 'Pears to us]
taking lt out lu wishing.
j . A howl has been raised in Chicago|
account of cruelty to heps. Chlck
;i cn hearted folk.
Col. Ebbte Watson probably figures|
;.L.. At-*.J-- "* - n T ft* miltie iittfl B
?nab ?u?s Run??jl ul n>"'u mu ??.}
him a benediction of grain.
Now that Cd. Bbbl? Watson has]
undergone successfully tho atra?a of j
his inauguration, wc shall expect to
r moro of the "Gospel of Grain.?,
Tho fellow who skye' "I had mtherl
be right than president" ia thinking
of this job in Mexico.
I And tho Whtto House baby has been I
named after ila own father. Now wei
shall always know tho name of thc
president's ?on-in-law.
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Volo for the rorid issue, regardless
of your likes or dislikes tor tb0 city
ad ?ii tn la trallon.
The snow king wanted U?ftt|jl
' deraon with a mantle of whlto ml
hast, but when he sew how much
teriat lt would take to hide this mud
he throw u?? the Job.
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. t A ' movement has - been started th I
Mexico to eliminate both Carraa?I
and Ville. r;hat proceas ot elimina
tion bids fair to continue ttntll eV?ry
L^Hpc ot thb republic has been baa?
imo wc thought t&'aMH
here comes a report
at has been started io
both Car ran &a and Villa,
ting around cont|uucth.
rhes state a movement is
ty tn eliminate both Carran**
a. That word elim?nate: 'he?
?oings la Mexico. FoV in
Green ville voters
? for onurte botts
tile Itnprov <sm*nt in
??Kl not he ga had
cgainst that
ofBee heron ft o
H
THE I'AYIXJ t?JLMIHHION
In tin- ncwH columns of The Intel-1
llgcuccr this morning !? printed an
Interview with a taxpayer who con
tends that tho paving commissioners
hould he elected hy popular vote and
not appointed ty city council . Ile
speaks of them, or rather of those Coun
cil member* on the commission, as j
self-appointed authorities." The per*
son interviewed seca defeat of the pro
posed bond issue unless tue matter
of selecting the paving commissioners
ls placed In the hands of the people.
Tho interview ls printed for what lt
ls worth, and* not as any indication of
trow The Intelligencer feels on that
H cor e. Of our own position on this
matter we will speak at some later'
day.
lhere are two sides of th questionJ
of the wisdom of naming the paving
commissioner? by popular vote. For
the sake of argument, taking the aide
of tho man who is opposed to the com.
missioners being dioses by popular
vote, let us ask the one who would
hive these committeemen chosen by
ballot of the people what assurance
have you that In selecting a commis
sion by popular vote you would elect I
men more competent to discharge the ?
duties of paving commissioners and
inch any more acceptable to the free
holders at large than a majority of]
those constituting the board recently!
appointed?
You might say that tho majority, of I
tho peoplo chose the commissioners
so elected, and that the voice of the
majority should rule. Well enough In
principle, but we know of Instances |
wh'ere the majority, makes bad choices.
There are some.questions which have
to be decided by popular vote, beca?so
11 ..?!S.(?BL*??-?PP??* of them
otherwise.
It a paving commission has been
I selected which ia not acceptable in
j its entirety to the people, we believe j
that it Is not too late for changes to j
] bo made; and that objectionable mem
< I ors of the commission can be Induced j
?to withdraw and their places filled by
men who will be acceptable to all the 1
[people.
AD of which bringa us to make the
?point that If you are B?t pleased with
i alt the members ot the paving com
[ mission, do not sit silent and then re
cord your disapproval of tho person
nel of the committee by voting against !
tho bond issue. If you do that, then
you arv shooting at one object but hlt
j ting mother; or you ate firing at th? i
j mouther of the commission whom you
don't like but killing the bond issue.
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THE OHAIN ELEVATOR
lo %hie morning's i?sue of Tho ln
liigtncer ls printed ea extract rrmn
a bulletin issued by Prof. W- W. Lon,*,
Btu'.?- agent of the Fanners' Cooper
ative Demonstration Work, In wh'ch
he voices the opinion that grain ele
vators are, not needed tn this section
of the country just at thia time. On
the other hand, h0 advises the erection
of mills for the manufacturing of our
wheat into flour andi thc establishment
of corn shelters tor putting our corn
into marketable shape.
Tho Intelligencer does not care at
this time to espouse the cause of thc
elevator, nor say anything that would
tend to binder the movement which
seems to have beeb fairly well start
ed here looking toward" the erection
ot such a plant. Tho committee of the
Chamber of Commerce which ia in
vestigating the advisability ot this
ven?oro in all probability,knowe what]
ills about.
Hut, we cannot tCRtst the tempta
tion to call the committee's attention
to tho words of Prof. Long, and ask
that they bb given earnest etmsidor
atlon. Did we not know tho ataio
agefot to be the intensely piftetietl,
that ho is, we would probably
> so ready lo ask the committee
e his Views their most careful
:^ShS the past two or three do
.dades Anderson has had numerous
enterprises that were Wtf*M less
along the line ot an IfcaWfctton when
??cy started. Wj> haye in mind a shoo
fti:tory. hosiery mills, suspender inc?
tortes, handkerchief.and shirt factor
gad iathers that have lobe' since
to esist New enterprises are.
ce?irse, always good for a town, or
least so long ns they keep going.
m^lMHBOpV^b see a grain <
tor erected here, but wa?
i vast d?al mote to see ons J&BOM
been started
its career.
In starting any new enterprise.in
a community ty? should look far
ahead, sad far to either side and. in
fact In all directions, including both
MEntd down, and give a great deal
ot ?tody to the ' enterprise he 'would
inaug?rete, to determine if he can
make change* in conditions that ara
likely t? be brought about that w\>uld
have a bf arina: on the success of that
?m?tes, he undertakes. We trust thc
oommitiee .?ul give deep thought te
#?|'o elevator preposition before
ibby decide finally io ere?t;..*ncV
niant h Ti
'go under" later on In
TU(W, ROHAN ROAOS
n
Tho reporta of the Italian earth
quake hx lude Ute hewe that road?
built 2,000 years ago by ?he Homans
of the empire were badly damaged by
Un- upheaval.
A considerable part o{ tito whsdou
of the HomaiiH was their recognition
of the imoorlance of roods tn thc
scheme of military strategy. The
transportation' of troops by other
means was then unknown on land.
Nowadays roads are still of great Im
portance as a means of moving troops,
but evs?i more necessary as a means
af moving freight
Modern Europe baa saved' millions
of dollars hauling farm producta to
market over roads made twenty cen
turies ago by Rome. The example baa
been a sufficient hint to the wise and
modern Europ?en nations have spent
Immense sums for systems of public
roads which compare favorably with
the roman roads and are built ai less
expense beear/e of Improved meth
ods.
Nowhere hag a county unit system
of road building, or Its equivalent, re
sulted in a solution of the road prob
lem. The Roman empire, tho BritiHh
empire, ii.o German empire and the
French republic provf.de good . ex
amples of the reduction of the farm
er's freight bills, the increase of the
business of railroads and the increase
of pleasure travel by vehicle through
the agency of funds laid out for mak
ing smooth highways. The British
have put down first-rate macadam
highways as far away as Ceylon. In
dia, and the Straits Settlements.'and
the Singhalese peasant can haul
twice as much with bis ox cart ond go
twice as far in a day as he could In
the days when hhs country waa an in
dependent kingdom.
The Roman roads were made expen
sively at a time when it was consider
ed necessary to put down a. large
amount of stone as a foundation be
fore laving tho crushed stone aa a sur
face. The discovery of macadam, that
crushed stone. laid upon the earth
would "bind" under the wear of traf
ile and form a compact mass,
put a new aspect upon roadraahlng,
bat graft and incompetency in Ameri
ca, especially where counties have
been the roadbullding units, have of
ten combined to make roads aa ex
pensive as those of the Romans with
out giving them the wearing quali
ties.
Roman road builders would, In ail
probability, have been banged hy
.their .thumbs, bolled in oil, or per
forated with white-hot Iron bars If
they had wasted money KS It is wasted
In this, county. Local self-govern
ment ls, g great thing, but there are
times when lt frits to get results that
would be easily accomplished by an
untrammeled tyrant.
THE EARTHQUAKE J* ITALY
As the evidence accumulates ot the
widespread destruction wrought by
the earthquake in Italy, it is seen to
be easily the worst seismic disaster
except Messina that modern Europe
has known. Extending from below
Naples to Ferrara, it has rocked the
kingdom irvin ?ts '"heci1" tc thc Fa.
and as respects the range of its de
structiveness it has apparently ex
ceeded any earthquake in Italy of
which there is record. The convulsion
of nature of which the ancient Ro
mans stood in dread has : now curious
ly ooma to pass, to tho>terror of their
descendants, and. ominously enough,
from the point ot view of the super
stitious, at the very time of tho World's
greatest cataclysm of war.
Whether 60.000 persons have been
killed and injured or double or half
that number, the total loss of life is
destined to attain proportions that
would be staggering if it were not for
the confusion of- mind caused by ob
vious comparisons with the loss of Hie
through human passion on Europe's
battlefields. As it ls, lt occurs under
conditions that accentuate man's
greater destructiveness than, nature's
both in th? taking bf human life, and
I the levelling ot historio monuments.
For against the havoc in Italy there
is the devastation in Belgium.
Thc civilised world, while regret
ting thc dead in the earthquake, may
rejoice that Home waa spared a worse
visitation than by Goth v>r Vandal.
Italy herself will have cause for Batis
faction it this "act or God" Hps tho
scale of indecision and keep? the na
tion from going to needless wa?. Mer
calamity at home, with Ms havoc com
parable to that v>t war. is enough to j
cngago all her. attention.--New York 1
World. ,t , V'. ...
?.?no ?a,a e.* aa,*.*.?,? a ? *
! ? ?W* JMBfcY. WUK y a
l*'> .
The Thing* Weih?.
(By Margaret E. Bangster.)
It Isn't the thing you do, dear;
It's the thing poa leave, undone
Which gives you a bit of heartache. -\
At the Betting v>f the ana. . " ,JT
The tender word forgotten,
Ike flowe?yo???^ dear.
1 Are pttr- haunting ghosts to-night.
The stone you might have lifted
Out of a brothers woy.
The hit ot heartaomc counsel
^You werc hurjrted too much to say,
TO* Roving iou+h of the baud, dear,
^Thatgeniu and winsome
That sm had no time nor thought (er.
With troubles enough of your own.
The little acte ot kindness.
Those; chencas ta, ha angels
ThT^t^TlTffiiaS s&ce
?ac?S5ll? reproachful wraith-?
When hope ls faint gad flagging
\ad a bllgfet has dropper on faith.
For life is ali too short, dear,
And sorrow is ?ll too great:
Se sager ?a* great compassion
That torrie? until roo late;
And it's not tho thing yo? de. dear ?
It's the thing yon leave undone.
Which ?ivor you the hit of bsaitaen*
Ac tho settler, of the san. '
TO ESCAPE TERRIBLE
DAYS IN TRENCHES
Practice Said to Be Particularly
Prevalent Ansons E**t
Indiana.
ARMEXTIEKS. France, Jan, ia.
bee of the .American ambulance work
rs who hae been with the British in
b? neighborhood of thia town for a
[?oath, ?aye the attitude of the British
Dodler is uncomp.'ehenBlble to the
henchman who is fighting beside him.
"To the French," he says, "the Brit
ta seem to take the way as a sport,
Lad talk of their losses like scores at
(ricket or football.
"? bear you lo?t two guns the other
ay," I heard one young Engltsn
|aptain say to another, he continued,
yes rotttn luck," waa the reply "but
ceil lost ten you know."
I have even met officers who
eemed to take pride in their- lack of
nowledge of military matters. In in
uired of ope such how matty guns
lhere are in a battery. "I really
.ouldn't say, you know," he replied,
I'm of tho Lancers."
He says the many cases af bad feet
re due not so much to the cold as
standing about is ino water, which
auses the foot to awe;!.
I first visited the trenches" he cou
Bnqed. ''beyond Laventis, 16 kilo
peters south of Armentieres. La
entis is now a mass of tulnS, having
teen ?helled by the Germans in the
rat week in December. The popu
ice left in a mad rush, leaving bed
lothes hanging out the windows and
air-eaten meals on the tables . For
rly a mile from the trenches there
I a? hardly a sign of life. lt con
tained many dead anima? of all kinds,
'oks. sheep, horses and ejren cata.
?early every farm house was a wreck
nd tho farm lands were marked by
normous shell-holes, ,
"I remember seeing one grave of a
loldler wno, was killed on December
ocond. The name could not) ko de
iphered. but I. made out a little tag
hat be belonged to the East Lanca
hlres. The crosses becanke more and
lore frequent, then we came to
bandoned trenches full of caps,' can
eens, and the coats' of men who had
leen hastily* burled.
Finally we came to the mud plas
tered fellows in the trenches and tor
l?verai weeks I have lived with them..
Niere is an average of one man to
\vry ten feet of trench. The nearest
elnforcementn are at La Gorgue. and
?stalr?. The first day I wAlkodvftbout
bur. miles along the trenches'and be
;an to realise the Hignlficaiuce'jof a
emar- that I'had heard msJev that a
nan from the English ChanuW'UtaSL
if Fr en ce to Switzerland without
oowing his head above the 'grSund.
."Anybody who is hit in the trenches
lowadays ls usually hit in the head
a bullet coming taronga a loop
ole and that means hui death. Pur
December in thia part of the Imo
?here bave been very few wounded,
lost ot the hospital eases are the
ceded bad feet. When a man's kit
s taken away, as lt ia when they *re
rought to the hospital, it ls pathettc
? see what little souvenirs they savr?
ut of them. In some instances, it will
.e a photograph, or some, old letters;
pe fellow clutched a half loaf - ot
tread for which he had paid a franc
ind he would not give it up.
"A major Of the medical corps told
oe It was scandalous how many men
lad snot themselves through the hand
n order to get out of the trenches. ?
?ersonally saw some ot the se casca at
3cthuue among the Indian troops. I
aa told, though do not know thatJl
true; that several men'guilty of this
been taken out and shpt before
fellows. On.th? main road from
taire to La Basse wo met O - not
ier wtv^se hand was swathed in a
kicod stained bandage., He said* his
'We had gone off accidentally and the
Millet had pierced his hand, but 'he
sss-under arrest end escorted by a
.ompanion with fixed bayonet.
**I was in the trenches when news
?as< received ot (lie singing of tho
Jermun ablas of the Falklands. A
aegaphone was made ol wt*appla?
?aper and the report' shouted to the
>nemy whose trenches were not over
gritty yards away. I am afraid ttlfaa'
tot believed..oven it the Englisa was
indcwtood; for the night bet?r? tim
Jarmans had announced in simtrar
MPlon a great victory for their finer
- the North Sea. There is a fratenral
trlt here when in a shooting bax,
ks one target at rifle practico."
Supper aa Luncheonette.
^9t of The Intelligencer:
' IW* vkfttfn* the pity of Anderdon,
vhjrh l consider .oas of tko ppftjSr
prae south, ,snd whian I cnn
boat* of to,Oeor?ian?s, > had tbs nleas
ele ot having a delightful supper at
tho Leach annette cate.
|jJn ?fact*, the proneleto* invite* *M
the Bijou, after the peetornmac? ku*1
night to supper with him. Those-So
an Joyed, this repast were: Mrs. Faat
Ine Wilson of Manoa} Mr: Burt Wilsou ?
Of Atlanta; Mise Som Hamilton ot
Massachusetts; Miss Alice Gentry of
ft E. Huchlngson of Augusta.
We will be glad to return to your!
etty next fall.
Yourg. trply.
n. E. Huchingson.
130 Era street. Augusts
i+a--->... .. ._ii.- ?
Vf ant Faasengrsr Fares lacreasen
DEiWafe Col., Jan. 30.-Hafr Hold
en, j^o^nt of th? Chicago*
?iog$on ead Quincy r>?lroad,
douaesd, ?odey that th* we? r
wonld ask the interstate eo?m>rce I
?of?Mulssion about February I tn
crease lutarstate pasaeoger rarefaga*'j
of rfc Missiasippl to two. and ofte-haW i
cents a rall? in State? which now nave
iwo-tfer.t rares.
Letters Fron
EDITOR THE INTELLIGENCER:
Through letters from friends and |
by reading The Intel l igen cor, I learn
of conditions j in my native State.
I am very glad, to see the interest I
being taken In trying to relieve tito
suffering among the poor. Truly "the !
poor ye have always with you, and.
when ye wHl ye may do them good.'*
It is no time to inquire into the rea?
sons for such.poverty until it has been
relieved. It is also no time 'to raise
the race question. "\Ve all regret to J
find others In such dire need, but, "It
is more blessed to give than to re
ceive." More blessed, possibly, to be
able to give rather to be so poor as tp
have to accept the gift The present
crisis affords an opportunity for tear
ing down the wall of strife that han 1
been raised. between the rich and tho j
poor, labor and capital: by tbose
who have accumulated, aiding their
less fortunate neighbors with hearty
good cheer and right liberally, thus
showing friendship-Christian friend
ship. By this means the poor may
find. their friends among those they
had learned to envy and possibly
.bato. And the givfer may find among
Jh?jwTwlo receive the gift some far
superior to their preconceived iducs.
Krery gift from <h? heart in ? doii-'
ble bles'slng-blesr .ng the recipient by
relieving hunger, or shutting out cold, j
and blessing the glv?r hy his growth
la grace and his Inward joy thai is'in
describable. Let every one improve
this opportunity:
I regret beyond the power bf words j
to expresB, that horrible affair at Fair
Play., I yet hope that the truth, if it
IB ever told, will not leave the picture
in such dark colors. Lot' Justice he |
dono-even though it hurt our best;
friends.
Tho best thins I've soen in -tho pa-^
WILL ISSUE WAR
RISK INSURANCE
Virtually Decided After Confer
ence Between Director Delnnoy
and Sec. McAdoo.
(Br AxaodaW Press.)
, WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-After!
conferences between Director De- j
tanoy, of tho federal war risk burean,
and Secretary McAdoo, it was virtual
ly decided tonight to issue, a war
risk insurance policy on tho cargo-pf
cotton which the steamship .-. Dacia
will undertake, to carry from .Texas
to German, ports in the face of warn
ing that the British ?vexent will
regard .tho ship as a lair prize. It
waa indicated that no poRey would
that^tter^eter of ?uV}
WArd1rV?Br?tung wa* bifide. TJjjg I
Sirl^n ^ahien U.ia?i8Prcompluted to-1
morrow. The rate la. expected to be
Oficiala reiterate their hcUef^ttjg
iiie ship wi? have a jrocd cake ..fcef?rV
a jprlze court, as the department has
been convinced of the genuine?*csa of
the pu rebane.
Another shipping case in which ,ip
?eresv centers just no*;,b'that of Wi
firRish cruiser aadTomsm?d, ?hrce.
days. The UnlteA^^?i^,
;?K$s explanation, particularly of thc
ttnenbrier's captain's complaint that
'wJMWtW flag ca nb'vessel wac
hauled down and replaced , by the
Bri?B? ensign.
? The Greenhrier yes boarded ?De
namher so, fear' ?aH^?MB^E?MS^f
I Stare* i had . daJpatcSbd a - strong pro
test against just auch deaawMev?gw
faadttiea* Slowly JmprevJag. -
/aehtngton, zo.~r>osa.eathw
ineas and railroad conduit
today to President WiVton as
proving by Frank Trumbull,
?s beards ?t the ewin? 1
?ad Ohio and. tho Missp^rtJ
1 ead. Texrailroads. . r4r.
i said he did "rt. itaTryjjl
great business bootu, hut tha? s gras- j
aol improvement' Of conditions van]
noticeable throughout the country.
t takes courage <xn? n
uch perfect suits-all tl
st styles-but it's bettej
he goods over.
fou are offered unrest?,
choice of our $25.00 sui
Order br parcels ?
! ^_llt>nip??MillmjJLL
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"The Sic
e
pera lately was a headline in a daifcy
papfr thal .read thus:' "Governor or
South Carolin? Resigned. Resignation
Promptly Accepted-" And that head
line referred to my own State. Cole.
L. Please has heaped upon the State
all the odium he could think ot, and
more than one. would have thought
was possible from a native son. Let
the ? gt Jd citizen forget the name of
such a man. If I were permitted to
dictate the future record it would be
something like this: "Cole. L. III ease
ts dead." Though he might live to
a ripe old age, I do not think another
line of public notice should be given
him. ti
The. Intelligencer's suggestion for
the Immediate enactment of a strong
Statewide prohibition law without re
ferring it to a vote strikes me as the
best possible thing to bc done by the
present legislature and I hope they
will do that very thing.
iain glad, to see so much interest
Og shown in the cause of educa
tion in Anderson County.
I waa especially glad to see such a
clean-up in the city. In which The In
telligencer took such a noblo ctand.
?*p man has had a better oppo-t'jnl
tippap talla .Jo the lot of Governor
Richard I. Manning. He frill n?ake
good, to the delight of Ila many
friends and adorers
I look for wonderful progress
throughout the South during the next
few]years. No section has greater
poBHibllltlcs.
Here's wishing the State a long era
of prosperity and the .county and city
of Anderson a place Jn the front
ranks along ever, line bf progress.
Very truly,
C. WARD LAW.
Powell. Wyo., Jan. 15. 1915.
YILLA FORCES ABE
3USAY?X6 MJEXIt'O CITY
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.)
out the previous consent ol the - cabi
net.
Tho Carranza agency hero tonight
issued .the following:
"El Paso reports that advices from
tho south statu that Villa ls concen
trating his forces on Torre?n, ana
that the Zapata troops are concen
trating at Cuerna vaca, Morelos, aouth
of Mexico etty. General Benavtdes,
with i.ooo men at 8a;? Luis Potosi
)ibr-.declared for Carrtnza. Alberto
do Tuent es, former treasurer of thc.
convcatlbniats, has boen shot by Vil
la's order.
"juere?o reports that .Genera} Fort
unato ?uasua with a strong Constitu
tionalist looe le .advancing on Sal
tillo. General Germino AlTlvrez. YU
TO? governor of San Late Potosi,
|r|U? S??farce oT4,o?O men. bas em
braced the Constitutionalist A-auSo/'
The !<f?te department summarised
d' &toTl^*n*tog there appear to
- ' ,..^.^L-^-~ ?? ...
3Je?4g||4d .'to combine great durabl
vertaten powers.
ticalty iadcs^Ctlbk). No ?eating?
-I-.. . . ll . .
$25 Suits
rat $17.95
erve to cut prices on
ie tip top of the new
r for us than to carry
icted
ts at
[tost; wo prepay.
ve-with a Conscience
TODAY
"Exploits of Elaine9'
delayed and wHI not be exhibited
ont?l Saturday.
Four good reels including: the
Hsarst-Selig Weekly will be
.bown. _
COMING FRIDAY
Theodore Roberto
"THE CIRCUS MAN*'
bo a general belief that tue forces of
General Villa soon would occupy th?
territory surrounding Piedras Negras.
Tim. statement continued :
"The denartment la in receipt ot a
telegram from Tampico stating that
there ls no chango ip the situation, lt
ls stated that in compliance with the
recent oii decree prtfolvusi coiapaii?ss
have closed down field operations.
.The department interprets thia 'to
mean construction work begun *ttd
hot completed, such as the drilling of
new wells,. as it would appear from
previous advice,, that wells already
under production will not bo Interfer
ed with. The number bf Americans
out of employment in Tampico ls said (
to be increasing daily,"
CAUCUS FEBRUARY 14.
Big Fight Over 'Selection of Ways and
Mean" Committee.
\- Washington, Jap. 20 -House Demo
crats who will be members of the next
Congress will,organise the houao at
a caucus February 4.
ChamPiClsrk alli be relect?d speak
er; Claude Kitchin, of t?crtk Caro
line, win he presented for Democratic
floor leader without apparent oppo
sition i Rpbort B. Gordon; of Ohio, for
mer, representative in Congress, will
be chosen sergeant-at-an??; 8qut?
Trimble, pf Kentucky, clerk ot tao :
{house, and Jantes J. Sinnett, of tho
District of Columbia, doorkeeper of
thc house, without opposition, it go-,
pea red today.
The big fight will bo over! tho selec
tion of members pt the ways ' a*d
means committee. Half a doscn mem
bers of .the cpjnmUtce will not be nJ6m?
:be^>fr thinest house. Thc South has'
a number" of caadMates,. t&oiudiua,
Oldftfkk of Arkansas;' Park.Tjlff$?P
?laiH?rtSjp, of ?Obrale, and Barkley,
Kentucky. 7
IKE HARROWS
Itty with light draft and complete pul
possible number of parts, po cuffs or