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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
CURRENCY TIED UP
EXTRA SESSION RAN OVER INTO
THE NEW.

Washlngton.-Subjected to an all-day
wrangle in the conference of Demo
cratic senators, the administration cur
rency bill progressed slowly in its prep
a%lation for final consideration on the
floor of the Senate.
Practically ne change was made in
the administration draft of the bill as
presented by Senator Owen and the five
administration senators of the banking
and currency committee, but for several
hours the conference discussed a tech
meal Interpretation Of the provision of
the bill relating to the retiring of the
new currency to be issued. Senator
Reed of Missouri criticised the wording
of the section.
Tho Democratic programme for day
and night sessions of the Senate until
the bill is disposed Of probably will be
delayed until the conference concludes
its work. The principle upon which the
committee split, the public ownership
and government control of the proposed
regional banks, was not brought before
the conference, and that administration
plan for regional banks capitalized by
enforced subscriptions of the banks and
controlled by bank-selected directors was
indorsed. 1t was provided, however,
that the federal reserve board should
have the power to remove all directors
of the regional banks.
The conference passed over the pro-
vision of the bill fixing the number of
regional banks. At the instance of the
conference, Democrats of the .currency
are framing a guarantee of
bank deposits provision which may be
written into the bill.
Whether the conference would adopt
a binding resolution to put all of the
Democrats behind the Owen bill as a
party measure arose, but the leaders did
not hurry to force an issue upon it. Sew
eal Democrats have taken the position
that while they favored the bill gener-
ally, they desired to be free to vote fol
any amendments. Senator Lewis of Hi
nois, Democratic whip, said he expected
to present a binding resolution.
Two great projects have held the at
@tention Of Congress and the country
throughout the unprecedented work of
the year. One of these, tariff revision,
cryAtallized into law in September. The
currency reform, still is the chief
of legislative interest, and will
remain so until disposed Of in the rcgu-
lar session.
The extra session, opening a month
after the Democratic forces took COM
plete control Of the government, began
with a reorganization of party leader
ship In che Senate, which overthrow pro-
and brought the so-called Pro.
forces into control, and through
out the contests on tariff and currency
the session has been marked by solidi-
of the Democratic ranks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
CATFISH GET SWEET WATER
Nine Hundred Bags of Sugar Slip OF a
Barge at New Orleans

New orleans.-Mississippi river cat
fish in the New Orleans harbor wer.
accorded a $4,000 surprise and given
the privilege of swimming about in
Refinery wharf was loading the sugar for
gar slipped of the deck of a steel barge
into the water. A negro Waterman who
was on the barge has not been accounted
for. A steamer at the American Sugar
Refinery wharf was lotding the sugar for
New York. Wharf officials say the cur.
rent caused the cargo to shift and tir
the barge. The cargo was insured.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
FLOODS CAUSE AT
LEAST THIRTEEN DEATHS
Territory 200 Miles Long and 100 Miles
Wide Inundated-15,000 People
Rendered Homeless.

Dallas.-Late reports from flooded dis
tricts of Central Texas brought the
death total to thirteen and added new
stories of suffering and hardship from
the stricken sections. A still greater
number was reported missing, and it was
feared the final count would mark the
Hood a real disaster in the history of
the state.
In addition to the five members of the
Polk family drowned at Bolton, two
men were drowned near Dallas. Hearne
Lyton persisted while trying to ford a
swollen stream on horseback near
Brentwood, three unknown men were
lost at Austin and two negroes drowned
at Marlin.
Vernan Hayes, a rural mail carrier out
OF HillsbOrO, has not been heard of Site
he left N his route.
Five miles south of Marlin an Inter
national & Great Northern passenger
train was marooned by high water,
which swept the car steps. One hundred
and fifty passengers were aboard and
rescue parties had been unable to reach
them with boats.
Fear wal expressed for the Bryan
levee on the Brazos river, which if it
broke would flood three counties-Burle.
son, Brazos and Washington.
nN
The territory affected covers three
river basins, occupying a district about
200 miles from north to south and more
than 100 miles wide, with Waco, where
the flood is most serious, nearly at tie
In this district IT is estimated that
about $4,000 persons had been driven
from their homes, several thousand of
them by creeks scattered all through the
districts and which ordinarily
can be waded the year round. FATAL.
ties were confined to five at Bolton. with
rumors of drownings near Waco.
SO sudden were some of the rises, how.
ever, that isolated families were driven
nto trees, from which their neighbors
them, sometimes hours later. In
the Leon river bottoms, heal Temple.
men, women and children after
spending twenty-four hours in the trees.
were still undertain when improvised
boats could be navigated through the
swift water. They were hungry and ex-
hausted. Near Dallas boatmen rescued
4 dozen persons from trees in the Trim.
.ty river bottoms, and boats picked
up refugees off trees near Waxahatchie
and at other points.
Railroad communication rapidly broke
At Terrell officials of the Texas
Midland, a l00-mile-long line built by
ictty Green between Ennis and Paris.
their entire system stalled, with
over the tracks in some places for
niles at a time. Creeks in that section
lad broken all records and it was still
The town of Hetty, on this
Dad, was one to three feet under water.
most of the inhabitants moving into
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
HUERTA FORCESI IN
NORTH SURRENDER
SEVEN FEDERAL GENERALS PETT.
TON FOR PEACE.
CHIHUAHUA CITY DESERTED
Several Thousand Persons, Including
Some of the Richest Families in
Northern Mexico, Said to Be
Fleeing Toward Border.

Juarez.-Seven generals OF the Mex
lean regular army are ready to surren
der and the backbone of the Huert;
dictatorship in the north has beer
broken. A peace commission arrived il
Juarez bearing terms Of the surrender
The commission was headed by Odilor
Hernandez and came from Chihuahua
bearing a proclamation signed by Gen
Salvador Mercado, Huerta's military gov
ernor and commander of the federal
forces in all the north. The proclama.
ton stated that the Huerta government
is bankrupt and unable to pay its sol
diers.
The simultaneous evacuation of other
federal st~rongholds in the north is be-
lieved by the rebels to be the result of q
concerted decision to abandon the whole
Of Northern Mexico.
The peace proposals were sent by Gen.
Mercado to Gen. Franciscan Villa, rebel
leader, through Federico Moye, civil gov.
ernor of Chihuahua State. Along with
it came an appeal signed by all the for.
eign consuls in chihuahua, calling upon
Villa to give police protection to the
citizens of Chihuahua City. Gen. Mer-
cado's proclamation read:
Under the circumstances which have
existed in Chihuahua it has been deemed
necessary for the federal troops to evac-
uate. l leave in charge Federico Moye,
a person who is net identified with poll
tics and who is therefore qualified to
give full protection to foreigners. 1t is
impossible to remain here longer, as
there is no money with which to pay
the troops"
The generals who have signifed,
through Gen. Mercado, their willingness
to surrender, but who, nevertheless, are
to the United States border, are:
Gen. Salvador Mercado.
Gen. Pascual Orozco.
Gen. Jose Ynez Salazar.
Gen. Marcello Caraveo.
Gen. Jose Manzilla.
Gen. Blaz Orpinal.
Gen. Landa.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
The Economist.

Mitchell Kennerley, the Com.
stocked" publisher, was defending a
"Comstocked" novel in New York.
THE book" he said, makes for
righteousness. 1t shows the fallacy Of
the various excuses for woman's fall
the excuses Of overwork. of u~nderpay,
and so forth.
Yes, the book shows that we all
have a glib defense for ourselves. W.
are all like the extravagant typewr
girl. whose employer said severeI
Miss That's, are you putting any
thing BY for a rainy day?'
"'Oh, yes, Mr.. Naybobb,' the girl re-
piled, I never YEA my silk stockings
In clear weather."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

~Chicago.-An elevator in the criminal
curt building dropped six stories with
a full load of attorneys, political leaders
nd men under indictment in the alleged
vote fraud cases recently investigated
by the grand jury, The men had been
in Judge Bretano's court seeking a
change of venue to Judge Walker. The
elevator fell, it is said, because the men
engaged in a scuille as soon as the door
closed on them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
lackawanna Fined $4,000.

Washington.-The L~ackawanna rail.
road must pay a $4,000 fine for trans,
porting its own hay to feed its mules
IN a mine, That in the opinion of the
supreme court was II violation of the
commodities clause OF the Hepburn law.
and a conviction in a lower court wa
sustained.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
GIVES LIFE TO STOP TRAIN
Brakeman on Texas Road Uses Body
for Red FLAG.

Mineola, Tex.'-R. II. Thomas, q brake
man, guarding the rear of his standing
train, literally ueed his body instead of
n red flag to stop an approaching train
near here. He stood m~otionless on the
track at a curve until a freight train
ran him down and killed him. No reason
for his action is known. He was n
brakeman on a Texas and Pacific work
train.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Invitations to President.

Washington.-President Wilson has
under consideration invitations to spend
his Christmas vacation in Columbia, S.
G., Augusta, Ca, or q place neal Corpus
Christi, Texas. He will not decide
which to accept until just before he 10
ready to go.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Bandits Get Ss7 900

Verviers, Beigium,-Thieves took ss7..
500 in German bank notes from a safe
in the mail car of n Brussels. Cologne ex.
press train. The money was consigned
by the National Bank. of Belgium tc
a Cologne bank.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
FLEET PASSES GIBRALTAR
battleships From the Mediterranean Sea
Start Across the Atlantic Ocean.

On Board the U. S. Battleship Wyo,
ming at Sea by wireless, via Cadiz).-
The United States battlcship fleet passed
Gibraltar. The weather was perfect.
The battleships which have been on the
Mediterranean cruise joined forces to the
south of Cape Gaia. The Connecticut,
Kansas and Ohio are bound for Mexico;
the Others are returning to the United
States.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
UncalIed-For Alarm.

OHCdTeu-F OF Alarm,
Senior Partner (returning from va
cation)-"Who brought dot ting in our
store? Take it oud. right avay!"
Junior Partner-"Vot's der matter?
Dots a e patent water coler ]
bought last week." Senior Partner
(much relieved)-"Oh! Dots qvite
difertn! ! thought 1t was a fire eg.
Observation-Disclosures.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Aigrettes Are Barred.

7. Washington.-Aigrette will not be
admitted to the United States either on
hats or detached, according to a final
ruling sent to all collectors Of customs
Game birds will be admitted with feath,
ers. but the feathers must be DESTROYED
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

"PF0NIIH"UIUH IFIUVVS 10 dCVWdI
growth, exclusive of ~linters, re-packss
and similar additions. Correspondents
report that farmers have sold freely. as
a rule, though they are inclined to hold
whenever a sharp decline occurs. A
considerable part of the crop is of low
grade and its spinning power will con-
sequently be distinctly less than the nor.
NAL.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Folk Gets Assistant.

Washington.-Fred X. Nielsen. of
omaha, Neb., was appointed assistant
solicitor of the state department with
authority to act as solicitor in the alb
scnce OF Solicitor Folk. He has been
in the state department since 1904.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
$4,000 Mail Pobha-

South Bend, lnd.-Mail valued at be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, stolen fr,m
an %eastbound Michigan Central Railroad
train near powagiac, Mich, was traced
to South Bend, where the empty ma
pouch was reported found.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Whitlock to BE Minister.

Washington.-The nomination of for.
mer Mayor Brand Whitlock of Toledo to
be minister to Belgium was prepared at
the White House for the senate.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

Washington.-Raw wool went on the
free list under the provisions that prob
ably 100000 worth of wool was in
bond in New York alone awaiting ad
mission free Of duty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

Washington.-Mrs, Woodrow Wilson
and Miss Margaret Wilson attended a
meeting for the formation of a local
branch OF The Society for the Prevention
OF Useless Giving.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
The Great Dancer.

She-Has Jacks auto got him into>
any serious trouble yet?
He-Well, understand he has be-
come engaged to the girl he's been
taking out in it.-Boston Transcript.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

Rome.-Cardinal Luigi Oreglia, the
last of the cardinals created by Pope
Piux IN, is seriously i'll with pneumonia
Cardinal 0reglia was born in 1928.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
COLDS & LaGRIPPE

8 or s doses 666 will break any case
Of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe:
1t acts on the liver better than Gallo
mel and does not grippe or sicken.
Price 25c.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Peace Plan Drafted

The Hague.-ln the lower house tho
foreign minister announced that a draft
OF a treaty based on Secretary of State
Bryan's peace plan has been sent by
the government to Washington.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
TIM%ES.DEMOCRAT ESTIMATE
lS,ee0,0 00, Exclusive Of Linters and
Re-packs.

New Orleans, Lathe Times-Demo-
crat herewith presents its correspond
ents' final reports on the cotton crop of
1913. The consensus of opinion points
to the following results:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Sacrileae.

Sacrilege.
D. A. RI have the drum that my
neutrality-suspicious. carried all
through the revolution"
The Flippant One-And when he
saw the enemy, did he beat it?-Puck.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
II Sometimes Happens.

Baron Sans Dough-What do you
think Of my family tree?
Mr.. Muchgold-The tree may be O
good one, all right, but looks to me as
If the crop was a failure.-Judge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

Avoid Dangerous Nostrums. Take Deans
Mentholated Cough Drops. They have reall
value-5c at all good Drug Stores.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

Walters tips are not the only things
n the world that are won by waiting
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innamma-
Nowadays pain,cures win collie, sc . b~ottle-Les
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Needy.

Needy.
'Ts Jones a friend in need?"
"Yes, he's always in need"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

DR.. Peery's vermifuge Dead Shot" kills
and expels Worms In Q very few hours.
Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

We wouldn't mind being awkward
enough to fall into a good thing
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
The Menu.

The Menu.
did you have a homily when your
minister came to dinner?"
mo, we had fried chicken"
The Holly chieftain., 1913-04-25
WIDOW LEFT $1,000, 10000, MUCH
REALTY, AND 10 INSURED
OF sioo.ooooo INCOME.
TO SON
DAuoHrERs GIVEN 5000 900 EACH
AND TWO soNs-iN-lAW BE-
ouEArHED e1,ooo, 10000

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York; commit my soul into
the hands OF my Saviour in full con-
fidence that. having redeemed and
washed it in His most precious blood,
He will present 1t faultless before the
throne of my Heavenly Father; and |
entreat my children to maintain and
defend, at all hazard. and at any cost
Of personal sacrifice. the blessed doc
trine OF the complete atonement for
sin through tho blood Of Jesus Christ,
once offered. and through that alone
This is the extraordinary and strik-
ing utterance which begins the last
will and testament Of John Pierpont
Morgan, who died at Rome on March
31st last, whose body, hesped over with
Europe was, fortnight later, brought
back to his own land and borne to lis
last resting place at Hartford
Morsan's VIII In Brief.
After making a number of bequests
the residue of the estate. estimated at
100000. 900. is left to the son, ]. p.
Morgan.
To the widow is beqroathed $1,000
900. an assured income OF 100000 an
nually, country and town house and
large amount of personal property.
The three daughters inherit s3,000,-
900 each and the two sons-in-law ST.
100000 each.
About "a dozen friends are remem-
bered with gifts ranging down from
q $4,000 annuity.
Scores Of household and business
employees are substantially remcm-
bered with annuities of cash gifts, in
no case less than $1,000
No specific disposal is made of the
great art collection. worth mahy mil
lions. but Mr.. Morgan. expressed the
hope that his son would carry out his
intention of making It available to the
American people. '--Ne,rra
The chief bequests to charity
are 100000 fund to st. Georges
Protestant Episcopal Church in New
York City. the income therefrom to
be used in the support 1t the min
istry; 100000 endowment of the
Episcopal mission stations in the state
Of New York and 100000 gift to
the Home of Rest for Consumptives.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-04-25
GEN ERAL.

The population of New York city Is
5,332,000 persons.
Supreme Court Justice Cohalan de.
cided that the present laws of New
York permit trial marriages for wo-
men less than eighteen years old.
Stephen A. jerks. president Of sew
eral textile companies, and son Of the
inventor of the spinning ring which
revolutionized the industry, died at
Burlington, R. l.
An air blast generated by the fail OF
100000 tons of Gaping at the Miami
mine. seven miles from Globe, Ariz,,
killed three miners and injured a hun.
dred others, four probably fatally.
Charges of offering to sell his vote
preferred against Representative Cliff
ford A. Snow of Manchester were up.
held by the lower house of the New
Hampshire Legislature and he was or
dered expelled.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars for
fractures of his left leg was awarded
Joseph Lauzon, a brakeman, by a
jury in the Supreme Court at White
Plains, N. Y. 1t is the largest verdict
of its kind ever heard of there.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-04-25
WASHINGTON.

Prof. Lester F. Ward, eighty-one,
recognized as one of the foremost
American social philosophers, geol-
ogist of note and author of many sci
entific works, is dead.
Secretary of State Bryan told an au
dience of men in the second of Sc.
ries of Sunday afternoon Christian
Endeavor meetings, that there never
was time when faith was needed
more than at present.
The name of Edward s. Harper of
Denver has been taken under consid
Grafton for appointment as deputy as
sistant United States treasurer, ac-
cording to information received from
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-04-25
CONGRESSIONAL.

Representatives Keating, Kindel
and Seldomridge of Colorado voted
with majority for free wool.
Caucus voted down all amendments
tc lower or increase the duties pro-
posed in the cotton and flax sched-
ules.
Democrats in caucus voted to sup
port the wool schedule Of the Under
wood tariff bill. placing raw wool on
the free list.
Senator Thomas presented and had
printed In the Congressional Record
the memorial of the Colorado General
Assembly urging the enactment of
the bill creating the Rocky Mountain
National park.
The tariff revision bill, which is
making rapid progress in the Demo
cratic caucus of the House, was con-
sidered also by conference of the
Republican representatives who
agreed to propose amendments and
Democratic Leader Underwood pre-
dicted that the bill would be brought
up in the House soon.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-04-25
THE LATEST IMPORTANT Die
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PRooReeo o.
gvEHrs IN ouR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Otto w. Brodie. professional avia-
ior, was killed by fall of his ma
chine from height of forty-five feet
at the aviation grounds in Chicago.
An ordinance prohibiting the dis
play of picture of an undressed per-
son was recommended for passage by
the judiciary committee of the Chica-
go council.
Three men are dead at Salt Lake as
result of as many quarrels and fights
In which women played leading parts.
Two men were shot to death while the
third died from knife wounds inflicted
IN fight.
Enginer F. Manuel, who left Hachi-
Ia N. M. in charge of the engine of an
extra east-bound freight. fell from his
engine or was scraped off by some
cattle cars and instantly killed, few
miles west Of Noria, N. M.
John E. w. Wayman, former states
attorney for Cook county, fired two
bullets into his body at his residence
in Chicago, and died several hours
later. The cause ascribed was ner-
vous breakdown due to Ill health.
Governor Carranza Of Coahuila has
been named provisional president of
Mexico by delegates from Sonora. Chi
huahua, Coahuila and some other
Mexican states who have been having
a conference in Monclova, Mexico.
James Ryan, wanted for so-called
completely In a swindle by which two
women claim to have been fleeced out
out $26,5O0 in Chicago last November.
has been arrested at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
according to telegram received by
the police.
L. A. Arnold of Denver was elected
first vice president of the National
Association of Accredited Commercial
Schools when the permanent organi-
cation was perfected at Chicago. B.
F. Williams of Des Moines, Iowa, was
elected president and H. E. Porter of
jamestown, N. Y, secretary.
The body of John Tornow, the out
law killed in battle with three depu-
ties at his cabin in the mountains at
Shelton, Utah, after two of his pur-
suers had been slain, looked more
like that of wild beast than of u
human being, according to members
of the posse which found it. Tornow
had been hiding in wild, remote re-
gion for nearly year. since the mur-
der OF his twin nephews.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-04-25
WILSON ADVISES CARE.
California Legislators May Amend
Allen Land Measure,

Washington-Prcsid Wilson and
Secretary Bryan, following the prece-
dent of previous admiEistrations, have
made known their views on the inter
national character of the legislation
now pending in California by which
Jauanese would be prevented from
owning land in that state. In a tele-
gram to Governor Hiram w. johnson
Of California, made public both at Sac
ramento and Washington, Secretary
Bryan expressed the view Of Presi-
dent Wilson that the, California AS
sembly bill might be construed as VI
oiation Of treaty obligations with
Japan, while the Senate's measure as
drawn would not be Objectionable il
alien land legislation is to be enacted
at all.