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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-12
Issues Pardon For Two,

Governor Craig recently pardoned
Dixie Johnson, of Durham county, who
was convicted four years ago of in
fanticide in Durham county and SEN
fenced to a term of five years, and
Green Oliver, an old man, of Caldwell
county, a retailer.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-12
Reward For LyerIy's Slayer.

Governor Craig recently offered a
reward for the capture of the man or
men who killed Preston Lyerly at
BARRIERS Junction and set fire to the
store in which he worked Rowan
county has offered a reward of 500
and citizens are expected to contrib
ute. Solicitor Hayden Clement is in
vestigating the case now.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-12
DECLARES HIS WISH THAT MEN
WOULD SPEAK BEFORE
ACTION Is TAKEN.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doinas and Happenings That Mark
the Progress Of North Carolina Peo-
pie Gathered Around the State
Capitol.
Raleigh.

Governor Craig a few days ago went
over the petitions in the Walter Shell
ton case and in searching for opposi-
ton to his course in committing the
death sentence to life Imprisonment,
found but one letter and that an I'M
signed one.
e"I have been criticised by some
of the papers for committing Shelton's
sentence" Governor Craig said, land
I wanted to make certain that there
was no real opposition to my course,
which think was just and merciful
and one that l should unhesitatingly
repeat in similar. circumstances. Here
you see these petitions, letters and
by whom many of them are signed,
numbers of them being affidavits to
the effect that Shelton is of doubtful,
if not of unsound mind.
The notice of application for pardon
was put in the Reidsville papers. It
had to be put there according to law.
Ample announcement that such
course was contemplated and every
chance was given for opposition to
Shelton's communication. If 1 under
stand the situation, the condition of
Shelton prior to- the murder was not
brought out in court. I considered the
absence of opposition to the clemency
shown him evidence at least of will
and decide it on it's merits as they
appeared to me.
There was just one letter in oppo-
sition. It came from man who did
not sign his name and I have no idea
who he was. Hundreds of names of
good men, apparently, accompanied
the petitions. Many letters were writ
ten. I acted with these before me.
Il have just this to say of the crit
icisms: They would appear to me to
be far more just and certainly more
generous, if those making them had
spoken to me before I acted. My
critics mean we'll known and want to
see me do right, but why one wishing
the best thing for the community,
should wait until I had done what he
regards the wrong thing before he
gave me the benefit of his knowledge
or his advice when he knew / was
about to act
Zone of these criticisms I appre-
ciate. 1t said made mistake but
censured the people for petitioning me
to commute Sheltons sentence. That
was at least dividing the blame. But
even then, I think it would have
looked better had the writer of this
rebuke spoken OF the people and to
me before either had acted finally
Confederate Veterans Meet June 10.
The North Carolina Confederate
Veterans Reunion this year will be
held in Raleigh and the date is June
10 when the monument to the Women
of the Confederacy will be unveiled
on Capitol Square. President John
c. Drewry in behalf of the chamber
OF Commerce and city Of Raleigh ex-
tended the invitation for the reunion
In this city and the acceptance from
Maj. Henry A. London was received
a few days ago.
In accepting the invitation Mai.
London states that on account of the
occasion the largest crowd of Con-
federates who ever attended an an
nual gathering will be present in Raj
elgh on June 10. Preparations are
now under way to make the reunion
one of the best of the past several
years.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-12
WILSON'S MESSAGE
ON CANAL TOLLS
PRESIDENT TELLS LEGISLArope
EXEMPTION CLAUSE VIC.
LATES TREATY.
CONGRESS- TO HEED REQUEST
Wilson Indicates That Failure to P.
peal May Cause Trouble About
Other Matters.
Majority in Both Houses
Ready for Flat Renea]

"dJ0IIty III D0HH TIO0SSS
Ready for Flat Repeal.
Washington. - Members of
the house and senate who will .
aid in the repeal fight announc- .
ed they had adopted a poll of
congress and that large ma &.
jority in both houses was ready q.
to vote for a fiat repeal meas /.
ure Immediately.
In the house there was quick !
response to the presidents ad- l
dress, the committee voting Is !
to 3 to favorably report the 1
Sims repeal bill. Absent mem .
bers who were recorded made !
the vote II to 4.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-12
suffragettes Engage in Riot.

respondence made public.
, 1914-10-01
Railroad Men Out Of Work.

Give hundred thousand railway
men in the West are out of work."
according to the statement of Fred
l.. Feick, representing the Bro
therhood of Railway TIainmen
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission. "Men who have been
engineers and conductors of ten
years service have been set back
to breaking, something that has
never happened BEFORE" declared
Mr.. Feick. "Many employees have
been dismissed and retrenchment
is general in all departments. In
many cases, wages have been cut
from 10 to 20 per cent and the
hours of employment of %thousands
of employees have been reduced"
Mr.. Feick is a Democratic can
didste for the Indiana legislature,
so his statement can not be taken
as made for political purposes.
, 1914-10-01
Ready to Build Hatchery.

Washington, Sept. Ex-senator
Warren has been advised by the
United States Commissioner of
Fisheries that plans and specifics
tions have been completed for the
hatchery, and dwellings for the
superintendent and fish culturist
at the Saratoga station, and that
competitive bids will be asked for
the construction of the buildings.
The appropriation for the hatch
cry WIS obtained several years ago
by Senator Warren and his col.
leagues on the Wyoming delega-
ton, Senator Clark and Represen-
tative Mondell. The site at Sara
toga was selected by the Commits
sioner of Fisheries, who pronounc-
ed it one of the best in the Unit
ed States. The site was donated
to the Government, but there has
been some delay in adjusting til
ties, the matter having been final
ly Strengthened out by Judge W.
L. Kuykendall, United States At
torney Ridgely and Assistant At
torney Mullen before they left the
Government service,
Senator Warren has been assur-
ed by the Commissioner of Fish
cries that work will be pushed
with vigor.
, 1914-10-01
Serious Accident.

Sunday evening as Mrs. Henry
Jones and Miss Clara Purvis were
leaving town for the Jones ranch
after a day in town, they were
thrown from their rig by their
team which became frightened by
a motorcycle. The motorcycle
came over the hill south of town
at an estimated rate of about 80
miles per hour and instead of its
rider slowing down, he ran right
past within a few feet of the team
The team lunged and broke the
neck-yoke loose from the tongue,
and when the tongue stuck in the
ground at the next lunge of the
team, Miss Purvis was thrown to
the ground, and the rig passed
over her body just above the waist
breaking one rib. When the team
broke clear of the rig Mrs. Jones
was thrown out. The buggy was
nearly a total wreck, but for
tunately the team did not run far.
Mrs. Jones was not badly hurt,
, 1914-10-01
Stock Report.

Kansas City, Sept. 2S.-Cattle
movement from the grazing sec
tions continues at high tide today,
$4,000 head coming in. Prices de-
clined on grades below the best
last week from Is to 80 cents, par
ticularly on stockers and feeders,
and there is the same tendency
today, the general market called
steady to ten lower. Almost one
half the supply since the first of
last week has been stockers and
feeders, shipments to the country
last week aggregatieg $1,000 head,
out of 75,400 cattle received. Fea-
lures in the last week we're new
top price for prime steers, HOO,
and the easing up of the money
situation to permit a pretty free
movement of stock and feeding
cattle to the country. No prime
heavy steers are here today, the
top price being paid for yearlings,
1925. Demand for heshy feeders
continues, some Kansas steers sell
ling today at 8 As to Illinois men,
weighing 1245 lbs. The Marshall
& Hill Greenwood County steers,
1893 lbs. average brought 8.25 to-
day. Colorado beef cattle are sell
ling at 100 10 ITO, odd head up
to $50, Colorado feeders 100 to
7.50, COWS 5.75 to 6.75. Pauhan-
die beef steers are improving in
quality, and range from CTS to
S.35, stockers and feeders SIS to
$50, stock calves 100 to 8 so, veal
calves up to 10 so. Quarantine
receipts are largely light weight
plain steers, at $50 to CTS, and
cows at Ats to SIS. Quarantine
cattle got the small end of the de-
cline last week. Kansas and Mis-
souri, are heavy buyers of stockers
and feeders, especially those Sec
tions where the wheat acreage is
large.
, 1914-10-01

but had Il bruise on the nose and
forehead, but she did mention in
no uncertain terms, about motor
cycle riders and their given
amount of brains. Mrs. Jones
says: 81 think that it is high time
the town of Saratoga enforced
some of her speed laws so that the
lives of women and children are
not endangered" We informed
that lady that we had to have Off
GERS before one can expect to get
endorsements.
Miss Purvis is improving and
will soon be able to go back to
the Jones ranch, where she is fin
ishing Miss Anna Doggett's term
of school. No action has been
taken by either the town or the
people concerned.
, 1914-10-01
Lecturer Coming.

The Hon. NJ. j. Tanning of
Philadelphia will arrive here next
Monday, and will give his famous
patriotic address "Render Unto
Caesar" at the Presbyterian church
that evening, Oct. 5th. MI. Fan
ming is a worldwide lecturer and
one of the best of the day, and it
will be a treat to our people to
hear him. While he is a reform
lecturer, yet he is very discreet,
and will be well worth hearing.
, 1914-10-01

6eigiurs four miles east Of Ant.
werp and otter clashes sixteen miles
east OF Client. Results are not
known.
Great Britain has asked the United
States to investigate who was re-
sponslble for sending the American
ship Lorenzo with coal to the Ger.
man cruiser Karlsruhe In British
West Indian waters The Lorenzo
was cavrht by a British cruiser.
The densrtnents Of commerce and
Justice will determine who NAV be
prosecuted under the neutrality laws.
, 1914-10-01
Extracts From MondelI's Speech

eff this great loss of revenue
were beneftting the American
people by a reduction in the price
they pay for sugar, thus reducing
the cost of living, we could we'll
forego the revenue and secure it
in some other way; but the fact is
that no dollar of this loss of rev.
enue has gone to the benefit of
American consumers. On the con-
ttary, the greater part of it has
gone directly into the pockets of
the refiners, a little of it to the
Cuban planter and the small re-.
mainder to the wholesale dealer.
Sugar on July 30-before the Eu-
ropean war-and for some time
before that, was higher than it
was when the duty was reduced.
"Does anyone know of any good
which has been accomplished as a
result of Democratic free woolP
I will yield to any Democrat who
knows of any one on u side of
the Atlantic who has been benefit
ted. l know of no such. l could,
however, fill the Compression Rec
ord with accounts-all before the
European war-of foreign mills
and factories running overtime to
supply goods for the American
market. while 80 to 80 per cent of
our wool manufacturing machin-
cry stands idle. How long will
the American people stand for a
policy producing such resultsP
During the first six months of
the year 1913, January to June
inclusive, under the Payne bill
our total exports of domestic
goods amounted to the enormous
sum of 81, lac, 1927, O7s. During
the corresponding period in 1914
under the Underwood bill our to-
tai domestic exports were $l,O47,-
us, 1854. This was a decrease in
our exports of domestic goods OF
sos, 54S, TIA, a loss in foreign bus
mess of over, half a million dol
lars a day for every day of the
period. Let us not loose sight OF
the fact that this tremendous loss
of foreign trade and foreign mar
ket occurred under the bill under
which we we're promised we were
to secure the markets of the
world"
, 1914-10-01
War Taxes Entirely Unnecessary


Washington, Sept. 29-"With
the industries of the country
largely paralyzed and labor out of
work, it is no time to impose adj
ditionsl taxes, and taxes, too, that
are entirely unnecessary" declar-
ed james R. Mann, Republican
minority leader of the House of
Representatives, in a statement a
few days ago.
Congressman Mann's statement
is regarded as an important utter
ance in view of the fight the Re-
publican minority is making in
both House and Senate to prevent
the Democratic majority from i'm
posing a so-called "war" tax on
the people in addition to their
other burdens of taxation, at a
time when this country is at peace
with all the world.
"There is no need to put new
taxes ON the people at this time"
Mr. Mann asserts. "While there
may be a slight falling off in GUS
toms receipts during the Europe
an war, that a easily be more
than met by proper governmental
economy. The wsr in Europe may
be over DON and the treasury can
meet the expenses of the govern
ment without difficulty for a long
time to come if it draws on the
government money now deposited
in the banks. Much of the money
already appropriated need not be
used for the present if the Presi-
dent will direct the departments
to practice economy. There are
many things that can wait over.
Temporary delay in-msny cases
will be no injury.
For the sever months of this
year ending with July 81, before
the war began, our imports from
foreign countries we're 100 million
dollars more than they we're for
the same period last year, while
our exports were 126 million dol
lars less. This is caused by the
Underwood tariff. The balance
of trade in our favor for these sew
en- months in this year was 60 mil
lion dollars. For the same seven
months last year, the balance of
trade in our favor was 30S million
dollars. This shows a falling off
in the balance of trade in u ia
vor in seven months before the
war commenced of 24S million
dollars. That is equivalent to a
demand on US of 248 million dol
lars in gold. That is one of the
main troubles with the country
now and is the result of the new
tariff law.
"If we were manufacturing the
goods we use instead of import
ing them, we would have prosper
ity, and if we had a sufficiently
high import duty on the goods we
bring in from abroad, we would
have sufficient revenue without
question. What we need now is
economy and not new taxes. What
we have under the Democratic sd-
ministration is extravaganza and
additional taxation"
, 1914-10-01

Frank Stockwell, of the rs ranch,
north of Walcott, was over from there
Friday and Saturday.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
SWISS MILITARY SYSTEM.
Australia's Also Based on the Idea
of Universal Training.

From the Newark Evening News. -r-,.
The republic Of Switzerland furnishes
an example in the way of military pre-
paredness we'll worth study. 1t has no
standing army. and yet every man is
a trained soldier, and can at any time
be called upon to defend his country.
There has been no violation of Switzer-
lands neutrality, not only because her
topography is unfavorable for invasion,
but because neighboring nations have
a wholesome respect for the trained
valor and thorough equipment of her
citizen soldiery. Military training in
Switzerland begins at the age of eight
years. From the ages of seventeen to
forty mine service is compulsory at the
call of the state. All males not inca
FACILITATED serve thirteen years in the
aufzug, twelve years in the landwehr
and six years in the landsturm. From
eight years to seventeen the boys re-
ceive military instruction in the pub
lie schools, and when they enter the
aufzug they are prepared for actual
training in arms. In the first year of
their service they spend from sixty
seven to ninety-two days in camp or
maneuvers, depending upon whether
| tillery or engineers. In each subse-
quent year they serve thirteen days.
The total service for the thirteen years
is 141 days for infantry. 146 for engi-
| neers, 160 for cavalry and 163 for ar
| tillery. This makes a total Of less
| than six months for the thirteen years,
but the training is that of actual war
| fare and the product is trained and
| seasoned soldiers.
| This Swiss force can only be called
| for defense against invasion. For an
offensive campaign new army must
be raised by volunteering.
Australia has q similar system, sup
plemented with small regular army
of 1854 men. Boys begin training at
| twelve to fourteen years, senior cadets
| from fourteen to eighteen and then
| comes the national guard. embracing
all ab1e-bodied men between the ages
of eighteen and twenty-six years.
Senior cadets get sixty-four hours
training each year, but do not go into
camp. The national guard has sixteen
days training each year for six years.
This law was passed in 1911, and 1t
| is expected that by 1919 there will be
100000 senior cadets and 12S,000 militia
| In training.
There is not the same thorough prep
aration and equipment in Australia as
| in Switzerland, but in both the result
| is to have d large body of trained and
disciplined soldiers, upon whom the
government may call at any time, in
stead of being compelled to rely upon
volunteers, ignorant of the very rudi-
| nents of a military education, undrilled
and undisciplined.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
Horses in Demand.

WLaaa. the American horse nsst become
European war? Experts in Washing
ton prophesy that during the next dec
ade, and possibly for a longer period
the equines of America will be sent in
ever increasing numbers to the coun-
tries which are now engaged in COM
bat.
They declare that the destruction
among horses Is of such q magnitude
as to be incomprehensible to citizens
of this country. They urge farmers to
pay increased attention to the breed
ing of horses, even at the expense OF
farming. and promise a big reward in
diers lay down their swords and return
to the soil.
They estimate the total number OF
horses In the nations row at war Is
Evening star., 1914-12-27
NEW STEAMSHIP LINE.
Steamer Thurlow Starts Today From
1850 Baltimore Via Canal,

The steamship Louis X. Thurlow,
owned by Crowell & Thurlow of Bos-
ton, but under charter to a San Fran
cisco firm. is to be one of regular line
Of steamships that will ply between the
Chesapeake and the Pacific coast, via
the. Panama canal. She is expected to
make her initial sailing from Balti-
more today.
The Thurlow is one of the fleet of
steamships that has brought phosphate
rock from Boca Grande. Fla. to the
Alexandra Fertilizer and Chemica
Company. She discharged a cargo of
rock at Alexandra few months ago.
She will take cargo of soft coal from
Baltimore to San Francisco for her
first trip.
A number of big steamers that have
been carrying coal to New England
points from the Chesapeake are going
into the Pacific coast trade through
the canal. There is In consequence
an increased demand for big coasting
schooners for the New England coal
trade.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
NEW TENDER FOR ARMY POSTS.
Steamer Capt. A. NJ, Witherall Re
places the SWartWout.

To take the place of the steamer Gen.
Robert Swartwout as tender to the
army posts on the Potomac, the small
quartermaster department steamer
Capt. A. NJ. Witherail has arrived at
Fort Washington and will at once go
in service on the route.
For the past six months the Potomac
forts have been without a tender eN-
cept for such service as the power
yacht Lieut.. Wilhelm could render.
Most of the freight to and from the
forts was carried on the river steam
ers.
The Capt. \. NJ. Witherall is a screw
boat Of seventy-five net tons register,
and is s6 feet long, 20 feet beam and
1O.1 feet deep in the hold. She has a
steel hull and was built at Newburg
N. Y. in 1907. She carries a crew Of
two officers and six men.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
Personal to River Men.

Capt Albert Curiey. master of the
bay schooner Sodonia Curley, at Alex
andra, is at his home here to spend
4 few days with his family.
Chief Engineer Burdett Seiectman OF
the District tug Louise. who spent
Christmas with his family at Occoqusn,
Va, has returned to duty.
Capt. X. I. Fowkes. master Of tbs
tug NJ. Mitchell Davis of the Taylor
fleet. who has been spending a day or
two at his home here. left last night TO
return to his steamer at Philadelphia.
Capt Ollie Crowder. master of the big
Washington owned tug Advance. is at
his home in this city for short vaca-
tion from his tug III service at Provt-
dencc, i. l.
Capt. Frank Taylor of A. J. Taylor e.
Bro. LEFT last night for Ph!iadelphia
to join the tug Davis. which is to be
brought from Philadelphia to the
Chesapeake.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
History of the War.
rom the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
when the history of this war comes
to be written" is constantly recurring
journalistic phrase, as if the story OF
this great conflict could ever be writ
ten. You may be fairly certain that
no one under the rank of an archangel,
in close touch with omniscience. will
ever write the full histiry of the world
war. Down below there isn't the
knowledge, and there isn't the time.
There will come sectional accounts. But
if in the fullness of time a world syndi-
cate succeeds in getting some million
tons of print within covers, the public
will Zone hopes) be thinking of some
thing else.
Yet the literature of the war as a per-
sonal drama Is the domain of the pri-
vate soldier. and the best letters from
the front have been written by the pri-
vate soldier. On that side of the litera-
ture CT war the editor of the Book
Monthly has his eye. He is special
list on the "Epistles of Atkins" and al
ready he has been gloating and cleaning
with some thousands of soldiers letters
before him.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
irresponsible Aims Collectors.
From the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
Even with the most genial point of
view it is not easy to hold that many
of the street collectors we have in our
midst are not a nuisance, and the
brusqueness of some of the approached
pedestrians may be due In some meas
ure to recollections of a recent police
case in which it was contended that
the refugees got only a ludicrously
small proportion of the amount put
into the street collection boxes. Glas-
gov has moved, and London may fol-
low. That city has quite a rush of
what the magistrates describe as "ir-
responsible persons" anxious for per-
mission to collect on the streets, and
no such permission is now given. ex-
cept to public representative bodies.
In London il would seem that ane one
who has mind to rattle cash box
for aims is at liberty to do SO.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

ed in the river off Quantico: schooner
L-ottie Thomas wis yesterday after
noon reported Off Cobb point. Md, with
oysters for the market here; schooner
Mary Lee has been laid up at Ratti-
more until ice conditions on the Chesa-
peake improve; schooner Halle X.
and sloop Enola are on their WAY to
this city from the Blackstone Island
beds with oysters for this market
schooner May and Anna Beswick is ice
bound at Blanfield. Na.-was loading
lumber for this city: schooner j. p
Robinson has arrived in Upper Macho-
doc creek from Alexandria with mer-
chandise
Evening star., 1914-12-27
Wood in AeropIanes.

MAN persons are wondering these
IVA days what material Is being used
In the construction of aeroplanes of
the warning European nations Con-
slant fiying-service which continues
day after day-has caused a belief that
metal has supplanted wood to con-
siderable extent
AS a matter of fact the flying ma
chimes are made almost entirely of
wood. The propellers of the aero
se.ected ash. which. in addition to be-
ing strong and light. will not split un-
der vibration or shock. Built up lay
ers of spruce with mahogany centers
are also in use. Spruce is used in the
construction of the frame because of
its markedly straight grain and free
dom from hidden defects.