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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
THE FLEET NEAR STORM CENTER.
PLAN OF ADMIRAL DEWEY
Fighting Vessels Have Been Assigned
to Various Places on the Cont.
nent-Plan Approved.

The navy department has contrib
uted the most important develop
ments In the Venezuelan situation In
the form of a cablegram from Ad.
iral Dewey announcing the proposed
Itinerary Of the vessels CT his fleet
during the Christmas holidays. The
plan provides for no undue concen-
tration of ships along the Vene-
zuelan coast and so prudenly and
advisedly have its details been drawn
up that Secretary Moody cabled to
the Admiral the departments ap.
proval of his orders. This will set
at rest the rumors that the United
States contemplates complicating the
Venezuelan situation by dispatching
large naval force to La Guaira as
an Offset to the allied fleet. Admiral
Dcwey's cablegram, dated San Juan,
Is TO this effect: Proposed itinerary
of vessels for Christmas holidays.
"Kearsarge, Alabama, Massachu.
setts, Iowa, Scorpion, TO Trinidad;
Illinois, Indiana, Hist, to St
Thomas; Texas to Polnte-a-Pitre; ;
Chicago, Newark, Eagle, to Chicago;
San Francisco, Albany, Wasp, to
'le. tugs, torpedo boats, to San Juan;
Cugoa, TO Mayaguez and San Juan;
Olympia, Nashville and Machias, to
st. Kits; Detroit, to Antigua; May
flower and Vixen, to Puerto Rican
waters and vicinity, and Dolphin to
Antigua and vicinity" In reply Sec
retary Moody sent the following ca
blegram: Garry out proposed itin-
erary. Merry Christmas" According
to the approved plans. the principal
fighting ships of Admiral Dewey's
fleet will rendezvous at the Island Of
Trinidad. right off the coast Of Vene.
zuela. and at st. Thomas. Rear Nd
miral Higginson. commanding the
North Atlantic squadron. will have
command of the battleshlp fleet at
Trinidad In his flagship Kearsarge.
with Rear Admiral Sumner com.
mandlng the South Atlantic squadron
on his flagship Iowa as second in
command. The fleet at st. Thomas,
which includes two battieships, will
be under the command OF Rear Ad
miral Crowninshield, commanding
the European squadron, on his fiag
ship Illinois. The fleet of cruisers
anu SmailSr NcsScio "uiCh VIII inCi'
at st. Kits will be In command OF
Rear Admiral Coghlan. commanding
the Caribbean division, on his flag
ship Olympia. Admiral Dewey will
retain the converted cruiser May
flower as his flagship. and will spend
most of the ten days holiday at San
Juan. It is stated at the navy de-
partment that the delay In the de
parture of the battleship Wisconsin
from San Francisco for the Puget
Sound naval station at Bremerton,
Washington. where she Is to be fitted
out for service on the Asiatic sta.
tlon, was in order to await the ar.
rival of her new commander. Captain
y. II. McCalla, who was ordered from
Washington for that duty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
[MEN OF MONEY TOS1AND TOGETHER
TO MEET EMERGENCIES
$50 00O, 900 Pool Has Been Formed to
Meet Any Extraordinary
Monetary Demand.

A $50,00O,O00 pool has been formed
In Wall street for the purpose OF
providing enough money to meet the
legitimate demands of business be-
tween now and January 10 Of the
new year. The pool Is headed by j.
=. Morgan. 1t is distinctly stated
that the bankers who arranged the
syndicate do not consider that CON
ditlons at present demand any ex'
traordinary ao,ion on their part.
They have canvassed the situation
and find that every important house
In the street Is In sufficiently
strong position 10 tide over any emer-
gency. They have informally arrang
ed, however, to provide a sum which
shall be available II any extraordi-
nary demand arises during time
when the banks are pursuing a con-
servative course, with view towar
meeting the enormous requirements
Tor January, which will this year ap'
proximate s200,O00,000. The Presi-
dent of one of the banks which is u
member of the syndicate. said; at
merely amounts to an understanding
among number of the strongest
financial institutions In Wall street
that they may be depended upon to
provide certain sum of money ii the
situation should demand II. The
situation up to this time does not call
for any extraordinary action. Moth
ing more definite has been worked
out than that the leading financial
institutions of the city are prepared
TO efford what monetary relief may
be necessary to prevent anything
like extraordinary high money rates.
For instance, In case of any sudden
advance In money rates, this syndi-
cate would go into the market AMI
lend money on n scale downward un-
I'll the call money rate has been hNed
at q per cent. The members Of the
pool are: J. =. Morgan 4 Co., sj,-
100000; National Bank Of Com
merce, S5.000,0OO; Chase National
Bank. $5,000,000; Washington Nation
nj Bank, S5,0O0000; Park NHtiona!
Bank, s50O0,000; First National
Bank, $5,O00,000; National City Bank,
S5,0O0.OO0; Corn Exchange Bank
s2,5OO,0o0; Chemical Bank, $1,000.
600; other city banks, Sll 100000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
CABLE FLASHES.

General Nord, having been ac.
claimed president OF Haiti by the
army took possession of the national
palace at Port Au Prince, Decem.
ber IS.
The army under General Alexis
Nord has occupied the arsenal and
the fortiflcations at Port Au Prince.
Haiti. NJ. Numa. an adhorent OF NJ.
SeneQue. has been elected president
OF the Senate.
Advlces of u somi.oflclal character
nave been received that the Colon.
bian army officers at Panama and
Colon are steadily but quietly making
ready for an invasion Of Nicaragua
to seize canal routes.
President Castra has given Herbert
w. Bowen, United States minister at
Caracas. plenary power TO effect a
settlement on bebalf of Venezuela
with Great Britain. Germany and
Italy.
The Dutcn cruiser De Runtjen,
which 1t was purposed to send from
The Hague to the West Indies, has
heen ordered to proceed TO Vene-
zuela to protect Dutch interest Is
there.
The German government has not
yet replied to President Castro's offer
OF arbitration in Venezuela, being
still in correspondence with the
British government on the subject. IL
is intlmated that Gcrmany's reply is
not likely to he ready for some days.
General Botha writes from Holland
Delarey propose To visit the United
States after they have conferred with
Chamberlain in South Africa fIe
says nobody In the United states Is
authorized to collect money for the
lioors.
The city OF Andiian, Russian Tur-
kCstan, a community of 10000 iuhabi.
tants was Totally destroyed by IN
earthquake. IL is not yet known how
many lives We're lost. Shocks wore
felt In New MaTguelan and the SIR
rounding villages, aId the railway 1T
Andijan was destroyed for u consld
cradle distance.
The Belgium Claims against Veno-
Zuela amount ca several million
francs. They arise chiefly from the
non-pay ment OF interest on Venezuel.
an government bonds issued as pur-
chase money for che waterworks al
Caracas. which was promoted by q
Belgian company.
The under foreign secretary. Lord
Cranborne, denied in the House OF
| Commons that the British comman
der was responsible for the sinking
| of the Venezuelan ships. He said
| that his majesty's government lad
been informed that the German com.
modore found 1t necessary to slnl
two ships. but Great Britain was not
responsible for this.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
rhe peeadence Of France.

At the beginning of the modern
era the French nobility resolutely
ftted its step to the forward march
of the country, and In tho struggle
against oppression II fought with the
same courage and renunclation II had
always shown on the field of battle.
And when, In 1914, through the down.
fall of Bonaparte, the French revolu.
tion seemed to have spoken its last
word, IL was to her nobility that strick.
en- France committed the task of up
liftment. Every unprejudiced mind
must recognize that he two men who
then delivered her from the nightmare
OF invasion were Talleyrand and the
Due de Richelieu, both of the highest
lienage. In 1914 as IN 1880, the notit
ity was at the head Of every emancipa
tory movement. II even held the first
place in letters, the Chateaubriand, q
nobleman, was enlightening the age
with rays of his genius, while Lamar.
tine and Musset, noblemen beth. were
fitting themselves to add theirs TO his
and to make that union one immense,
dazzling splendor. 1902 All Is chang.
ed, The mobiles are nowhere--not in
power. not at he head of the army or
OF any movement, political or intellec.
tual. At the most, they remain shut
up in the few chateaux that remain
to them where, in their imaginations,
they exercise a prestige which no one
except a few snobs with q passion for
triyialities can perceive the existence
Of Nobility is slowly but surely de.
veloping into collection OF objects fit
for a museum.-Translate from la
Noblesse Franchise" by the Marquis
tie Castellane
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.

The coal famine is affecting the
government buildings. Some would
have to be closed if blizzard weather
ordered.
Secretary Hay has cabled to Am.
bassador Tower at Berlin TO asl, the
German government to define for this
country exactly What II meant by Il
peaceful blockade"
Lieutenant Colonel II. j. Foster
commanding the Royal Engineers on
the Island Of Guernsey, has been ap-
pointed military attache TO the Brit.
ism embassy at Washington.
The arrangements for the funeral
Of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow OF
the former President, will not be
made until General Frederick d.
Grant. one OF her sons, arrives from
the West.
Whie on his way TO the White
House Postmaster General PaynC
suffered an attack OF acute indiges.
tion. He was taken to his hotel and
Two physicians We're summoned, who
afforded him relief.
General Tasker II. Bliss, who was
sent to Havana to aid Minister
SQuires in drafting reciprocit,
treaty between ;ho United States and
Cuba, has delivered TO Secretary Has
the treaty signed ia Havana.
The Italian ambassador informei
Secretary Hay that Italy had Joined
Great Britain and Germany in the
operations against Venezuela. Hc
requested that Mr.. Bowen assume
charge Of the Italian interests IN
Venezuela.
The President sent 10 the Senatt
the reciprocity treaty recently nego
tiated between the United States an6
Cuba. The treaty was received b,
the Senate in executive session an(
was referred to the committee on for
eign relations without being read.
The State Department has been
notified that the French claim is that
France should be privileged to come
into the combination and divide
Venezuela customs receipts or what
ever other means of revenue might
be selected on even terms with Other
nations.
The President nominated LLOYD c
Griscom, Of Philadelphia, now min
ister to Persia, to be minister {,
Japan. and Richmond Pearson, o
North Carolina, to be minister /,
Persia. w. H. Bishop was nominate,
10 succeed Mr.. Pearson as consul gen
cral at Genoa. Italy.
The state department has receive
from United States Consul Heimro
at Apia, Samoa. report that on Nc
yember 2 last two supposedly extinc
craters In the volcano OF Manga
Apia, ON the Island Of savaii. broiI
Into violent ernptions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
WAS INSURED FOR $4,000
Death Of a Louisville Man May Have
Been an Accident.

Y. c. Whayne, who was found dead
at Louisville. KY, in the vicinity of
Jacob Park, with gunshot wound in
his breast, carried life insurance of
s3i0.000, and had applications pend
Ing for 100000 more. Coroner Kelly
says the case will require exhaustive
investigation. Near Whayne's body,
but on the opposite side of wire
fence, was shotgun with one bar
rel empty and the other loaded and
cooked. His friends and family de.
clare his death was due to an accl.
dent, and that the gun was discharged
while he was climbing through the
fence. There is no suspicion OF muir
der, but he may have committee sui
eide. as he was a sufferer from rheu-
matism.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
FLEET AT PRACTICE.
Admiral Dewey Preparing His Tars
for Great Evolutions.

Admiral Dewey, commanding the
battleship fleet has sailed from San
Juan, Porto Rico, for Culebra, to en-
gage the vessels in tactical evolli
tions. These cvomtions are prellmi
nary to the great exercises which are
to follow the holidays. The details
of blockade problem are announced
The torpedo boats inside of Crea,
Harbor will steal out and attack the
bavleships lying not less than two
mi }ts distant. Judges will be appoint.
~ to determine which side is vic.
tfrlous. The value of torpedo boats
will thus be demonstrated and tho
commanders are confident that the
prejudice against this type of vessel
will be swept away as a result of
their behavior.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
NINE OPERATORS PLAN OUTLINED.
WAGE STATEMENT DOUBTED.
Testimony Of the Workers All in, and
Owners Began Their Fight Before
Strike Commission.

The arguments of the coal opera.
tors were outlined before the strike
commission at Scranton. Pa, after
the mine workers had closed their
case, December II. Former Congress.
man Simon p. Wolverton. counsel for
the Philadelphia 4 Reading Coal and
Iron Company. said that the large
operators would attempt to prove
that the United Mine Workers of
America are attempting To form n
monopoly of the labor supply needed
In mining of coal, that. after the set
,lcmcnt of 1900, there was n concert.
cd effort on the rart of the miners
10 restrict the output In order to
prevent the producers from accumu-
lating a stock of coal TO meet emer-
gencies. such as floods and strikes;
that the rate of wages in the anthra-
ritc region Is actually higher than
that In the soft coal region: that the
system by which coal Is weighed al
present Is the only system practical
ble and that the miners and laburcrs
40 not work eight hours, but ordi-
narily less than six hours. The inde.
pendent operators in their statement
discriminate against or refuse to
work with ncn-mion men, and that
the wage question must he subjected
To an examination Of conditions at
each colliery. In regard to the wage
question the statement says: I'VE
think the commission, before taking
any action. looking 60 an increase Of
wages, should carefully consider upon
whom such increase must fall. OF
course, any increase in cost of pro.
duction ultimately rests upon the con.
sumer. There Is no authority TO tax
one class Of the poor In order to con
tribute TO the comfort Of another"
The attorneys for the miners took eN.
ccption to the wage statements hand.
Cd TO the commission by the Pennsyl-
Vania Coal Company. The alleged
unfairness of the wage statement
came to the notice of the commission
as a result of its inquiry into the child
labor question. Several little girls
testified that they worked all night
in a silk mill in order to help their
fathers along, who were employed in
the mines and received poor pay
Everett Warren, who represents the
EllN Company. NUlfh tOlAiblS tllf
Pennsylvania Coal Company. handed
TO the commission q memorandum
showing that one father last year re-.
ceved about 81 400 FOR himself and
laborers, and that the other father re-
ceivei $1,000 for himself and labor.
ers. The miners placed the two
parents on the stand, and they swore
mat tho earnings mentioned was di
Nided among from four to six men.
In reply, General Manager w. A. May
of the Pennsylvania Coal Company
said: THE company does not keep
a record OF the individuals in n con-
sract or the number. II only keeps
the names Of the man in whose name
the place is run. II can be possible
that In that place there are more men
than the company has any cogniz
lance of, but that is entirely outside
its province. The company, he said
does not pay the laborer, is only pays
the man in whose name the place ap-
pears"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
BIG STEEL MERGER.
U. S. steel Corporation Takes Over
the Union Company.

The deal merging the Union Steel
Company and its recently acquired
Sharon Steel Company properties,
with the United States Steel Corpora
tion has been concluded. Judge Il
II. Gary. chairman Of the executive
committee OF the United States Steel
Corporation, announced officially that
the company had been taken over
and that 1t would be paid for by a
bond issue OF S45 900, the bonds
to be issued against the properties
of the new companies and guaran
teed by the parent corporation, both
for principle and interest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
REVIEW or TRADE
Orders for Products OF the Mills and
Factories Run Far Into the
Coming Year.

r. @. Dun & Co.'S weekly Review
of Trade" says: Holiday trade has
exceeded the most sanguine expecta-
tions and retail dealings In all staple
lines of merchandise are we'll main.
tained, with the better grades of
goods In brisk demand. Wholesome
conditions prevail In most sections Of
the country, although in parts of the
Southwest the season has fallen be-
hind the average. Even In these cases
reports are encouraging for the fu-
ture. Industrial plants are well EN-
ployed. orders running far into the
future, and labor controversies are
rare. The only adverse feature Of
the season is that supplies of fuel are
utterly inadequate. both for house
bold and manufacturing use, and
show increasing delay CT deliveries.
Railway earnings thus far reported
for December exceed last years by AZ
per cent, and those of 1900 by 10.4
per cent. The largest producer of
iron and steel has over 5,2S0,OO0 tons
of unified orders on It's books, and
work Is being pushed as rapidly as
supplies OF fuel and material will per-
nit. Two events Of Importance have
occurred In relation TO the leading
manufacturing industry. The United
States Steel Corporation has greatly
extended its scope by absorbing out
side plants and certain desirable rail-
way connections. The other was the
announcement of advanced freight
rates, to take effect January |, show
ing an average increase of about 10
per cent on products of iron and
steel. Otherwise the situation is
practically unchanged. Supplies OF
coke do not increase and many fur
naceg are idle. Contracts for bridge
work and track elevators are freely
| offered by the railways and accepted
only on condition that the exact date
Of delivery shall not be specified.
Despite the fact that rail mills are
sold close up to the end of next year,
new business is offered and urgent
buyers are compelled to go abroad
New England producers of boots and
shoes are not seeking new business,
which comes forward moderately In
the form of supplementary orders.
| Prices firmly held, but no further ad-
vance Is reported. A reduction in
| quotations OF leading lines of bleach
cd cottonS stimulated trading. This
division Of the textile market is now
IN good coalition. In the wooden
goods market there is fair volume
of orders, in many cases exceeding
available offerings. Failures for the
week numbered 2G7 In the United
States, against 265 last year. and 16
In Canada, compared with q year
ago.
Bradstreet's says: Wheat. includ.
ing flour, exports for the week ending
December Is aggregate 3.256,037
bushels. against 3,76l ,0i7 bushels last
week, 4,432,S bushels this week last
! year. ana 4.12S,350 bushels in 1900
| Wheat exports since July | aggre-
gate 1913, ,7GS .533 bushels, against no.
63f,213 bushels last season and 90-
l3l.353 bushels IN 1900. Corn ex.
| ports aggregate 1,526.1l1 bushels,
| against 1,S01,2S6 bushels last week,
S3O.94l bushels last year and $685.
| 57S bushels in 1900 For the fiscal
| year exports are GGS6,327 bushels
against 20,125.909 bushels last sea.
son and 90,371,97 bushels in 1900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
Bloodless Suruery,

DIR. Adolf Lorenz. Of Vienna, con.
Quoted his second clinic In New York
city at the Polytechnic Medical college
and hospital Two young sufferers
from congenital hip dislocaticn were
operated on by DR.. Lorenz. One ol
the children was suffering from dis
location of both hips. The left hin
was reduced In four minutes and the
dislocation of the right hip in eight
minutes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
PARENTS TO 7h
Factory Inspector Claims That Per.
Jury Was Committed.

Factory Inspector Campbell at lIar.
risburg. Pa, has received report
from Deputy Factory Inspector Il.
w. Bishop. whom he sent to Scranton
to ascertain II the girl employees of
the silk mill told the truth when they
testified before the coal strike com
mission that they We're under ~
years of age, and yet were allowed
20 work. Mr., Bishop reports that he
secured the certificates sworn TO by
the parents of these girls before the
children were allowed TO work, and
all showed that the parents repre-
sented their age to be over the legal
limit
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
Michigan farmers Wife Killed While
Alone laborsr Arrested.

Mrs. Robert Garrison, middle
aged woman. wife of farmer near
Bedford, Barry county. Michigan. was
murdered. and John Brantlinger, who
has been employed on nelghboring
farm TO the Garrlsons, since last fail,
was arrested Mt Battle Creek. charged
with being Mrs. Garrlson's murderer.
Mr.. Garrison. the woman's husband.
q short time ago sold his farm for
s1,iOO. and It Is supposed that rob.
berry was the primal cause OF the
murder.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
Hvndmar Bank Closed.

Comptroller OF tho Currency Ridg-
ley has closed the National bank OF
South Pennsylvania. Hyndman, Pa,
and has appointed Walter r. Mason,
hank examiner, receiver. The fall
ure of the bank is said to have been
due to losses sustained through loans
made to officers aud directors.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
New Trial for Howard.

The court Of appeals at Frankfort
KY. has granted a new trial 10 James
Howard. who is under a sentence Of
life imprisonment for the murder Of
Governor William Goebel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
Looted a Bank Of $1,000.

The bank at Clarence, H., was
robbed of $4,000 by sang who cut
tho telegraph and telephone wires to
prevent an alarm being sent. Clti.
zens were awakened by the explosion
AMI chased the robbers, but they es.
capped Oh a hand car
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
Round House Collapsed.

The roof ard supports of the
roundhouse in the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company West Philadelphia
yards collapsed, burying more than a
score OF workmen and 81 locomo.
tives. A fire broke out in che ruins
but the flames were quickly eXtin.
guishcd. Several of the injured sus-
tanned broken limbs, but none were
seriously hurt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
To Improve Immigrants.

The manager and executive com.
mittee of the Sons Of the American
Revolution met in New York and
plans were marked out for the edu-
cational committee In movement To
Americanize the foreign immigrants
to this country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
Guarding Our Rlonts.

Minister Bowen cables from Cara.
cas- that the guns Of tho allied feet
which bombarded Puerto Cabellc
were directed entirely at the fortih.
cations AMI not At the town.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
Limit for OtAoe-ticiders.

Senator Scott, OF West Virglniu,
introduced bill In Congress amend.
ing the civil service law to provide
that all persons employed in the
classified service shall serve six
years and shall be eligible TO another
six-year term only.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-12-24
Passes Pure Food Bill.

The House Friday passed the pure
food bill by vote Of 72 to 2i. 1t pro
hibits interstate commerce In any
article OF food OF any drug that Is
adultcrated or misbrsnded