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Mexico City, Dec. 28.?The war of Aea today admitted that It had receiv? ed application* from fifty Japanese officers for position* In Huerta's army, it la stated that while the government appreciated the proffer, no immediate i.ctPn would be taken. Friendly re? lations between Mexico and Japan ? re being strengthened in every way possible. Small sk:t m,she* with Rebe's In Federal districts were reported today. KADI I'M MAY NOT CURE. Koelety Wnrm 1'ersons Not to Put ton Much Valth In New Canxrr Cure. New York, Dec. 27.?"Don't put too much faith In radium cures tor cancer." Is the warning issued by the American Society for the Control of Cancer today. The society Issues tho warning, it Is explained, for the purpose of off? setting; new hopes that may be raised in sufferers fn?m the disease, only to lead to disappointment, such as has been the case with many of the re? cent tuberculosis cures. The socb ty fears that the wide publicity given to the radium cure for cancer will also act In this manner. WAS ILL TREATED s\Ys MOYER. Beaton. ThreaU'iM'd With Hanging and Then Forcibly Placed on Truln Oreen Hay. Wis., Dec. 27.?Presi? dent Moyer of the W.v.m JV,| ralnm declares he was forcibly placed aboard a tfaln. after being beaten, fired at and threat* ro d with hanging. Mov? er's head was bandaged. It*- h id been In a conference with representative nun* operator* earlier In tho even? ing and stepped outside when hu \% is ?( reed by u gang if men and rushed through 1 k acn?ss the l.ri lue in? to Houghton. Here hs was foffctb I plaoed aboard u train bound luff ' hi CSffO. TKY To iETIU vnUKE. Mlaee* ArooHod by 1>e|M>nutl >n <f President Moyer. Calumet. Mich.. Dec. 27.? Kfforts tonttnue todsy to settle the Copper Miners' strike. Konenfment was stirred up. how ?ver, ain?iR fh.? miners boeavse President Moyer of the Westen. Mm ?r's Federation Wmm deported bis. nicht. Tb.-, etsmtged that 11m Cltl ?en's Alliance kidnapped Moyer and ejected him. Several wagon loads of provisions started out this aiorning from the Clt Isens' Alllsno* headquai (er* to the hoiros of strioteii miners. Maill refus? d i i? iring leaf the Fed erstion wan preparlag to oars for then, %VssWEIffi^BierYg.?-?ni^^ anese military officers, through the Mexican special embassy now In To? kio, have requested permission to en? list for service In the Mexican army, according to advices to the war office here. It is being given consideration. It is reported that In a five hours' skirmish today between Federals and followers of Zapata on Capolln Moun? tain forty-five rebels were killed and the others di. pened. RETURN*, FOR FISCAL YEAH. Corporations Need Not Use Calendar Year Hanls Under Income Tav law. Columbia. Dec. 28.?The federal in? come tax law provides for corpora? tions making the r return, based up? on their own fisoal year Instead or abrltrarlly upon the calendar year as heretofore under the old corporation tax law, and therefore corporations desiring to reader their returns based on their flsca'. year should notify the intornal revenue cfflco In Columbia at the earliest possible moment, accord? ing to D. C. Heyward, collector of in? ternal revenue fur this Sttae. For example, If a corporation, in accordance wdth its bylaws, closes its fiscal year on April 30, then notice within not later than 30 days there? after should be filed with the collector so that the records can be changed ac eordingly ami trouble, both to the corporation's and tho collector's office, be avoided. DESPERADO <i.\\<; AT HAY. Hendrickson'* llcslcgcd In Coal Mine Afler TeTrozliig Town. Plneville, Ky., Dec. 27.?State troops and Deputies today eornored the Hendrickson gum who are charged with killing two men, wound leg a Deputy and terrorizing Four Mlh Kentucky. The gang was driv? en int * im ah: ndoned eoal mine and a si? ko beg.u . The hei)drtcllSOn'l are heavily Rimed and declares they will never be t; k? n alive. It is known that they have no provtalons, Dl AVI Y 7? YEARS <>F AGE. Ileajtssl Celebration of lilrthday by .\p psjsjftel Early at Work. Washington. !>??< . It.-?OsOTgS DSW ey, admiral of the navy and hero of Manilla Hay. began celebration of hin 7?*.th birthday toda) by appearing early at his other to dlaeharge the duties entailed Upon him iih president of the navy gem rnl board. He received many birthday nifts and eongratulatory telegrams from all parts of the country, and spent part of the day visiting with his sons, who eamo from Chicago for tho occasion. There will be no formal celebratlou? The shipment wag found and imrae diately quarantined, fumigated and: such other precautions taken to make it reasonably harmless until a thor? ough investigation could be complet? ed. The investigation showed that the, shipment contained 4 36 sacks of Al-. k n long staple cotton seed grown at Port Fibson, Miss., and shipped by S. Dernheimer & Son, Port Gibson, to A. M. Matheson, Hehnettsville. The car was routed over the Y. & M. rail? road, Port Gibson to Memphis; Frisco railroad, Memphis to Birmingham, and via the Atlantic Coast Line rail? road to Rennettsvillc. It was ex plained that the detour was made to reduce the freight rate. A portion of the seed had been delivered to dif? ferent parties in the county. All of the seed was collected and stored with the original shipment and upon ex? amining the sacks after a tremen? dous fumigation with carbon bisul? phide the weevil condition was such that release was not considered safe, ] and the option was given the owner i either to have the seed shipped back to Mississippi or ha\e them destroyed. After the owner refused to reship the seed the entire consignment was care? fully removed to the Bennettsvllle, Light and Power company furnaces and burned. Other shipments having arrived in the county were also col? lected with the exception of a small Quantity which wa.s burned, The com? plete records of these coses are In the crop pest commission tiles. All suspected cases were exhausMvcly in? vestigated, and in the collection of contraband seed, the weights of the ?eed were carefully checked to bal? ance with the weights given on orig-1 inal lading bills." ACCUSED OP KILLING. White Man Taken to Alken by Ru? ral Ofllecr. Aiken, Dec. 26.?This morning Rural Polieomab Atkinson brought to Alken Hob Kltohings, white, charged With killing an unknown negro near Deulah Church, on Christmas day. about noon. Very little is known of the killing. it seems that Kltehlngi picked up the negro some miles from bis borne and drove on home, and when In the back yard he claims the negro tried to take hi.M team and he refused tho negro. Kltchtngs says that the negro then struck him and he pulled hla pistol and shot the negro through the head, The white man told some one that be tied shot the negro and the police? man went to arrest KltChlnga, The negro was not found lust night? but this morning he was found sitting In the buggy, dead. The coroner has gone to the aeene and an lnc|Uesl will be held today. Mixson and'Mr. Mizelle had gone to pay a visit at the home of friends about two miles away when Main and i the negro arrived at the Mixson home. I Magistrate L. H. Williams held an! inquest yesterday and the jury ren? dered a verdict that the deceased cnme to his death by the effect of a gunshot wound inflicted by Mrs. Susie Mizelle. Main, who was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Main, was about 35 years old. He leaves .a wife and six chil? dren. He was an inoffensive man when sober, and his act is undoubted ly attributed to his being unbal? anced at the time. If he had told Mrs. Mizelle who he was she would not have hurt him, for she knew him well. It is probable, however, that he did not know where he was when he stopped at the Mixson home. HILLS ON COTTON FUTURES. House Committee on Agriculture Will Take Testimony on Antl-Gambling Measure. Washington, Dec. 26.?Legislation to regulate stock exchange transac? tions and prohibit dealings In futures will be the subject of hearings before the house committee on agriculture early In the year. Action on various bills will be asked. Chairman Lever of the committee purposes to press a bill of his own dealing broadly with the subject. Representative Ferris of Oklahoma has a bill to prohibit gambling trans? actions in grain and cotton; Repre? sentative Heftlfl (Alabama) has one to regulate cotton futures, and Rep? resentatives Harrison of Mississippi, Byrnes of South ''arolina, Foster of Illinois and Goodwin and Oldfleld of Arkansas have anti-option bills pend? ing. HL1//VHD IN NEW YORK. Thirteen Lives Lost ami Millions of Dollars Worth of Property Destroy? ed. Xew York. Dee. 27.?With thirteen lives lost and millions of dollars worth of property damaged, the terrific wind, hsll, rain and .snow storm whloh con* tinned for two days is abating today, leaving a cold snap in its wake. The temperature* is sixteen degrees above zero today ami growing colder. The storm covered five states. SECRETARY M'ADOO ILL. Has Fever Due to Overwork on Cur? rency legislation. Washington, Dec. 28.?Secretary of the treasury McAdoo was too ill to leave his home today. He is Buffering from a slight fever believed to be the result of overwork during the cur? rent > legislation. among those undermined and badly damaged. Seventy families are home? less. 1 The damage done to property is es? timated at $1,000,000, most of it borne by Seabright and other points along the northern section of the New Jersey coast. ! A change in the wind came to Seabright's relief late tonight and ma? rine observers expressed the belief that the worst was over. Lifeboats from the two barges wrecked near Seaside park were swept ashore tonight. One had been pounded to pieces by the waves. STARTED HOME TOO EARLY. Military Attache Was Ordered to Re? main at St. Petersburg. New York, Dec. 26.?Major Charles H. Hagadorn, military attache of the American embassy in St. Petersburg, was found guilty by court-rnartial to? day of disobeying orders and sen? tenced to a mild reprimand. Major Hagadorn was tried for "wilfully" disobeying the command of the Pres? ident of the United States to remain at St. Petersburg until further orders. The court changed the charge to read "had failed to obey," and of this of fenco found him guilty. Major Hagadorn decided that to the foreign service by President Wi\~ ' son. After a month in St. Petersburg hll health failed and about six weeks ago be called the war department for ; permiss'on to reium. Permission was granted, hut after tho officer had cheeked his baggage, bought his rail road ticket and started for the station he received a message telling him stay in St. Petersburg, provided he had not "already started." Major Hakadorn decided that to all intents and purposes he had start? ed for home and three weeks later he walked into the war department at Washington and reported to the chief of staff. Gen. Harry today wrote the follow? ing reprimand: "The fact that Major Hagadorn bad been brought to trial and the incident publicity of the offences with which he is charged is deemed a sufllctent reprimand, and it is hoped it may have the effect of causing him in the future to strictly comply, Without evasion at any time, with orders zt his superiors." SOUTHERN FLORIDA WARM. Cold Prevail* Over All Other Pari?, of Ute Country. Atlanta, Dec, M.?Gold weather continued today In Georgia, ice was formed over the northern part of the State. The weather bureau says that cold weather prevails all oxer the country except In Southern Florida. ' m i trPe! tjic^rm^^ri^^^^^io?^ mem hers belong to the Citizens' Alliance, an organization combating the live months* strike of the Federation. The relief committee was informed that the Federation had forbidden its members to accept any portion of the $25,000 raised for relief of the panic j victims. A section of the committee thereupon was delegated to confer with Mover. The session was warm. The Citizens' Alliance men told the union executive that his attitude was "against all dic? tates of humanity." They demand that ho retract statements attributed to him, saying that the cry of "fire" which started the panic was raised by a member of the Alliance. Moyer, it was said, refused to make i retraction satisfactory to the commit? tee. A short time later he and John Ta.nner, of California, organizer for the Federation, were observed on a j street car going from Hancock to Houghton. At Houghton they boarded a train bound for Chicago. They w* re accompanied by three men, who appeared to be guarding them. BOY KILLED BY SISTER. Edwin Childress, Aged Threes Ac? cidentally Shot by Nine-Year-old llora. Greenville, Dec. 26.?Christmas brought only gloom and great sorrow to the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Childress of the Calhoun neighbor? hood, for their family suffered a be? reavement, seldom surpassed in sad? ness. Little Edwin, the 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Childress, was accidentally shot and instantly killed by his 9-year-old sister. Flora. Bailey Childress, 16 years old, had run a rabbit into a stump hole, and leaned his shotgun against the ttump in order to get the rabbit out. His young sister and brother were looking on. Flora picked up the gun, and ac? cidentally discharged It, the load striking Bdwln in the head, tearing away one side of his face and the top of his head. The children kicked up the body and bore it to rheir home nearby, where the father was awaiting the return of his wife from Williamston. she having gone there to purchase gifts for her children. May Exhume Rampolla. Home. Dec. 27.?It is vaguely ru? mored here today that Cardinal Rampolla's death was not due to natural causes. The body may he ex? humed for postmortem. Shot By Tenant Chesterfield, Dec. 27.?Sidney Fer? guson, a wealthy planter was shot and killed last night by one ^>f his tenants, Fred Grant. The cause of the killing is unknown. Grant has fled.