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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15

Beasc was inaugura;ed az Governor OF
South Carolina for the first lime on Janu-
AIRY l6. 1911. lie was a candidate for tho
nomination OF United states Senator IN
the primary this summer and was over
whelmingly defeated By Ellison Durant
Smith, the incumbent. who was reelected
In the November election.
Members OF the House were not grieved
over tho announcement OF the Governors
resignation. Cheers sounded as the mes
sage was read and the Speaker was forced
TO pound his desk for minutes before order
was restored
large majority OF the members OF the
House and Senate have been opposed 70
Blease's policies. More bills have been
passed over his veto than over shat of any
other Governor the state ever had.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DULL.
Government Credits Have Eject on
Commercial Bills.

nulneSs prevailed in the foreign
exchange market yesterday and tho
business done was small in volume as
compared with earlier in the week.
Offerings OF commercial bills fell on,
owing TO the fact that much of the ex'
port business is being financed through
credits established here by European
Governments There were almost no hnc-
tuations III the prices of exchange on the
financial centres OF Europe.
Demand was unchanged at f.sSh and
cables at 4SiI. Franc cables were I'M
changed at 5,1SA and checks were slightly
higher, at 5.19h. against 5l9& Mark
checks and cables were unchanged at
Sis and S7h.
There was retired yesterday at the
local Sub-Trcasury sl962,600 in emer-
gency currency, bringing the total retired
10 this city to date up to Sl65,9si. 325
uf the amount retired yesterday $l,OOO.OOO
hss for the account OF New York banks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15

Paris. Mr.. Munsey when he was In Eu-
rope contributed $4,000 to the American
Hospital in England. This Is the second
contribution OF $4,000, the other donor
being William X. Vanderbilt TIE total
OF the contributions has now reached
S29e.Oe46s
In connection with its work on the field
at the branch hospital established by
hrs Harry Payne whitney at Jouilly
and az the base hospital In PARIS the
hospital has an ambulance corps OF about
eighty automobiles with skilled American
drivers.
Fourteen volunteer drivers have sailed
and 1t is expected that at least ten more
will go on the Rochambeau next Monday.
Contributions for tho fund yesterday
were $4,000, including Mr.. Munsey's
S2b 1000
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
GOV. BLEASE RESIGNS AND
STATE LEGISLATORS EXULT
Lawmakers Are Glad That He
Quit Five Days Ahead
of Time.

COLUMBIA. s. c.. Jan. 1l-Coleman
Livingstone Blease, for nearly four years
Governor OF South Carolina. retired to
private life to-day. and Charles A. Smith
Licutenant-Gove for the same length
OF time. will be Governor Of the State
for five days.
Richard 7. Mannin will he inaugurated
as Governor next Tuesday. At the same
time Andrew J. Bothea will become Lieu.
tenant-Governor
The resignation OF Blease was a big
surprise. The House and Senate were
In Joint assembly at noon to elect a Judge
OF the Fifth judicial Circuit and the news
shook the dignity OF the two bodies.
The message from the Governor TO the
General Assembly announcing his resig-
nation was received at 2:30 O'clock
The Governors resignation. which was
addressed to the Secretary OF State, was
written in red ink on a sheet OF white
paper. and was IN the Governors own
handwriting. II said:
Hon. r. NJ. McCown, Secretary OF
State:
hereby resign my office as Gov
ernor OF South Carolina.
CoLE l.. BLEAsE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
ST. CLAIR JURY DISAGREES.
Discharged After Deadlock In Case
Against Actress.

jury that for eighteen days heard
testimony IN tine trial of Miss Edith St
Clair, an actress, for perjury reported to
Justice Davis in the Supreme Court yes
lcrday morning that IT could not agree.
The Jurors were discharged. They had
tccn out since the afternoon before. II
was reported they stood eight to four for
acquittal II il doubtful IL Miss st. Clair
VIII be tried again.
The Indictment OF Miss 81. Clair camo
ai'"r she made an affidavit to William
1ravers Jerome that she had given false
testimony against Abraham l.. Erlanger,
" theatrical manager. at the suggestion
"' Max d, Stcuer, lawyer. Miss 81,
'IaIr had sued Mr.. Eranger for breach OF
contract, and with interest the Judgment
amounted TO 22.50O. Later this Judg-
,ne't was set aside on the application Of
'lH jerome, counsel for Mr.. Erlanger.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
CHARGE HE OFFERED
A$tO,OOO BRIBE
Gas Attorney Arrested, Accused
Of Attempt to Buy Com
missiOner's Vote.

CHARLESTON. W. Va, Jan. ia Leo
We'll. attorney for the Manufacturers
Heat and Light Company, Is held under
$4,000 bond on charge of having at
tempted to bride Charles II. Bronzon. a
member of the state Public Service Com
mission.
II is alleged that We'll at recent hear
ing OF his company before the commission
offered Mr.. Bronzon $4,000 to vote for an
increase in the rates charged by the COM
pany. which supplies number of West
Virginia cities and towns with natural
gas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
STRONG TONE IN LONDON.
Canadian Pacific Up Full Point
American stocks Inactive.

LoSpoN. Jan. ia strong tone was
pgan displayed In the House. Business
was comparatively small. but the markets
showed signs OF broadening under the In
Ncstment demand Home rails were in de-
r'and and shipping and oil shares were
something Of a feature. Foreigners and
mines were somewhat irregular, but ruo-
Der shares rose on good trade reports.
The American department was quie'
and inactive Baltimore and Ohio was
sold Canadian Pacific again displayed
strength, rising a full point.
PAGIs, Jan. lf.---Rentes closed 10 cen
times higher at 70 francs 10 centimes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
Rock Island Distribution Soon

The distribution of the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific Railway shares 10 the
holders of the old collateral trust bonds
will begin, 1t IL expected, tomorrow or
Monday. formal announcement Is
looked for to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
smith Becomes Governor.

The observation-disclosures was presld-
ing over the Senate and he went At once
to the Supreme Court room In the Cap
ltol, where on motion OF Assistant At
torney-General Fred II. Dominick Chief
Justice Eugene g. Gary Of the Supreme
Court administered the oath OF office to
Charles A. Smith as Governor.
Ex-Gov. Blease gave no reason for his
action and wild speculation was INDUCED
In after the announcement Before re-
signing as Governor to-day Blcase is
sued twerty seven pardons, paroles and
combinations. The list included eight
murderers. two homicide convicts and
two convicted OF criminal assault
Blease's grand total or pardons, paroles
and combinations was i,70S.
This total does not include the blanket
pardon OF all who had been paroled during
good behavior last week. This action was
estimated to have covered total OF about
1000 cases. Tonight there are less than
100 prisoners in the South Carolina pen!-
Tertiary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
Theodore Roosevelt

Under the direction of the Interchurch I'm
employment Committee of the New York Fed
Grafton of Churches, with the hearty endorsement
of the Mayors Committee on Unemployment.
Tickets, $500, $2.5o $I.5o, $Ioo and 75c
Boxes, $1oo and $35, on sale at the Metropolitan
Opera House Box Office
In the unemployment crisis before this coun-
try to-day every person with an income
position is being called upon to help needy
neighbor, friend or family. You may assist in
this work directly by purchasing tickets for COL
Roosevelts lecture. Every dollar will go to the
needy poor.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-15

CBy Benjamin Franklin Fly)
 Chairman Fleming, of the local board of costs review, is permitting no grass to grow under his feet in his efforts to eventually arrive at a fair and impartial verdict as to the stability of the work done on the Yuma project, as we'll as to arrive at the proper cost of the work.
 He reached Yuma late Sun day night. Bright and early Monday morning he and MT. Teasdale, together with Mir. Mcconnell, of the local U. s. R. S., visited important parts of the work on the Bard unit. Yesterday morning was de- voted almost exclusively to a visit with Acting Manager Priest in the latter's office at Reclamation headquarters.
 Later in the day, Chairman Fleming, MT. Teasdale and MT. Priest made a trip to addi- tional important points of the Bard unit and, naturally, he piled many questions to the acting manager, as to why this or that was done, and how much it cost, etc., all of which goes to show that the chairman of the local board is determined to familiarize himself with even the small est details connected with the Yuma project.
 Early this morning, Chairman Flem- ing took a notion he wanted to see the rock quarry from which much of that 100000 cubic yards" of rock and
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-15
COST BOARD COMM|TTEEMEN
 EXAMINE ANNUAL REPORTS

limestone dust has been extracted. On this trip, MT. Teasdale, who is familiar with the quarry, did not accompany the chairman. He watched the method of blasting the rock and loading the cars with much interest.
 When I asked him at noon today what he thought of it he said it would not be proper for him to make con- ment, either favorable or otherwise, at this time, showing that he intends to maintain a position of strict neu- trality," from the very start.
 At l o'clock this afternoon, Chair man Fleming and Mr. Teasdale were again slated to visit headquarters, where they were to join MT. Priest, and the three make another inspec- tion trip over the Bard unit. But they didn't go. It is certain that if they had gone they would have picked diff ferent route from that taken yesterday for they got stuck in the sand for about an hour and probably would have been there yet if it had not been that all three of them worked like trojans to extricate themselves.
 It can be seen that Chairman Elem ing, like his fellow member, Teasdale, is "a real live wire" and the manner in which he has grasped the situation is certainly indicative of the fact that he knows what to do and how to do it.
 Go to it, Mr. Chairman! More power to you!
 What Yuma wants is an early and just settlement of this vexatious ques- tion; nor can it ever be settled until it is settled right. Keep up the good work, both you and MT. Teasdale, re- gardless of who the third member may be- The people of the Yuma project are with you, and they have right to- expect much at your hands.
 All this afternoon was spent by the two members of the board examining: annual reports and trying to get all ready for the formal meeting of the board which certainly will not be de- ferred much longer.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-15
"OFF AG'|N! 0N AG'|N! GONE AGrN!'' LAWSON WILL NOT SERVE

Chairman Fleming and MT. Teasdale, and, to their surprise, the word was flashed back that the third man had not yet been appointed, but that the appointment would be announced in day or two.
 So, there you are!
 Funny, isn't it? Seems like some body tried to slip one over' on Chair man Mead, and that he wouldn't stand for it. Can you blame him? Well, guess not.
 It looks very much like "bureaucra- cy." so boldly inaugurated under the Ballinger-NeWen regime, is just about on it's last pegs, if, indeed, it has not already been kicked squarely in the um- bilious. All of you will remember that a week or ten days ago the prediction was made in these columns that the rattling of old dry bones soon to be heard would remind you of a tin-can, filled with rocktied to country dogs tail.' That prediction still goes!
 Secretary Lane knew exactly what he was doing when he ordered these public hearings in order to ascertain what has been going on throughout the Reclamation Service.
 Thus far only two out of the 32 pro- jects have been thoroughly investigat- ed-Carlsbad and Phoenix. with Ele- phant Butte now holding full sway in Ell Paso. The findings of the board at Carlsbad were so stringent that they may well be called sensational The management had been so rotten down there that the board recommended a refund to the water users of about one third the money charged against the project. At Phoenix the investigation developed the fact that the overhead charges" amounted to about one-third of the many millions that have been spent on the Salt River project! Just what the recommendations to Secre- tary Lane were, no one yet knows, for the findings were in the nature of sealed verdict It is common report, however, that several millions of dol lars will be saved to water users.
 Down on the Rio Grande project the board is still wrestling with the Ele- phant Butte dam problems, the project MT. Lawson, through the attorney apparently fight ing every inch of the ground and daily sparring for time in order to try to offset the damaging testimony con- stahtly being recorded at the public hearing.
 And now comes the Yuma project!
 What it promises is a plenty. Sec retary Lane is aware of that fact; but he wants the truth, nevertheless, and so does Dr. Mead, the man nearest the throne From all outward as we'll as inward appearances this is to be the
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-15
(By Benjamin Franklin Fly)

(By BenJamln FTdnKIln Fly)
 "Off ag'in! On ag'in! Gone ag'in!" but not "Flannigin," for this time it is the local board of costs review!
 There is again a vacancy on the board!
 After all that has been said, it now develops that former Assistant Manager Lawson is not to serve on the local boardl
 This information comes like a clap of thunder from a clear sky, and yet it is never theleSS true, for 1 get the in- formation direct from Chair man Fleming, and he got it from Dr. Elwood Mead, chair man of the general board of review, now looked upon as the real head of the entire U. 5. Reclamation Service!
 It is more than likely that there are two reasons why MT. Lawson is not to serve as a member of the local in- Quisitorial body-first because he did not want to shoulder the burdens of the former manager, and second, be- cause he was chosen by the Denver officials of the U. S. R. S. without consulting pr. Mead, they evidently still laboring under the delusion that whatever they say gOes." It looks to me like they woke up the wrong passenger"
 At any rate, MT. Lawson is not to serve, and the interesting and import ant question now is, who is to be the new man? First it was Manager Sel- lew. He was very unceremoniously bounced off the job, as we'll as out of the U. S. R. s. Then MT. Baldwin was named; but a few days thereafter he was relieved of the task and assigned to other duties. It was from him, while he was here on recent visit, that I got the information that the of ficials in Denver had informed him that MT. Lawson was to take his place.
 Chairman Fleming has been here since Sunday in company with Everett P. Teasdale, as the second member of the local board, impatiently awaiting the arrival of MT. Lawson so they could get down to actual work on the Yuma project affairs. No later than yesterday morning a telegram came from Mr. Lawson saying that it would be ten days before he could reach here. Dr. Mead, as chairman of the general board of costs review, was immediate ly communicated with by telegraph by
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-15

etc., to facilitate them in their investi- gation. Armed with some of these maps, the two members of the board and MT. Priest spent yesterday after noon on tour of inspection of the Bard unit
 At noon today I used the tele- phone and asked MT. Priest if he knew who was to take MT. Lawson's place on the board of costs review. He said:
 "No, sir; l haven't the slightest idea"
 So you see it's "off ag'in, on ag'in, gone ag'in!"
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-15

hum-dinger of them all! Dr. Mead may yet insist that Mr. Baldwin get back OF the job and stay on it till the last cat is skinned He was here long enough last week to learn a good deal, and, while I have no means of know ing it, yet it is almost a certainty that he examined the ''book accounts" pretty thoroughly, for when I asked MT. Priest if he had copy ready for the Examiner, Mr. Baldwin smiled, and then winked the other eye.
 A good portion of yesterday was spent by Chairman Fleming and MT. Teasdale at Reclamation headquarters in company with Acting Manager Priest, suggesting to him what they needed in the line of maps, records,
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-07-15

Get your new magazines at Shorey's
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-09
COTTON IS
 CON7RADAND

Washington has been informed, un- officially. that the allies propose to de. clare cotton contraband of war. There is little doubt of the right of the allies to declare cotton a war contraband un- der present conditions. when cotton is the prime essential in the manufacture of smokeless powder. To the declara ton that cotton is contraband of wal this country could take no serious ex- ception. provided that there were nc further departures from the rules o1 international law regarding trade ir contraband of war.
 For example. a neutral country such as the United States. when 1t sells and attempts to deliver contraband of war to be1ligerent takes the risk that the cargo may be seized in transit But it has the same right to sell contra band of war to another neutral nation that 1t has to sell noncontraband. anG such cargoes are not proper subjects of seizure by belligerent.
 This country will not be heard to complain If England seizes a cargo od cotton bound to a German port What it objects to Is the seizure of cotton en route to the ports of neutral coun tries of Europe. It is our right to trade with neutrals not with belliger. ents. which Is the germ of our dispute with England.
 There have been many irritating mat ters In connection with the persistent attempts of England to interfere with or to regulate our trade with neutra countries. Not the least of them is that while England has seized American cotton bound to neutral countries, yet England has itself sold large quanti- ties of American cotton to those same countries. taking the profits of our trade In our own products to itself.
 In the unofficial statement of the in- tention to declare cotton contraband article there is the further statement that England proposes to determine what amount of cotton each neutral country normally requires and to pen init this country to sell them that mucl and no more. This assumption of a right to regulate our commerce with neutral countries Is one which can hardly be acknowledged. Besides, it is open to the serious objection that it is impossible In operation.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-09

Don't forget the big special sale at Holt's Cash Store.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-09
WHAT SAVED
 ENGLAND

Lord Welby has written a lengthy article in the London Economist, which meets with the hearty approval of the New York Post, to the effect that the war has shown the great value of the free trade policy of England The tariffs Of the protectionist countries of Europe broke down at the precise moment that 1t became necessary to secure the larg- est governmental income To get in supplies they had to suspend their duties on foodstuffs, while England has had to suspend no revenue duties.
 The simple fact is that the free trade policy of England would have put her out of the war before this had it not been for her navy. and that alone If the Germans had had a stronger navy than England, had defeated the En- glish navy and blockaded the English ports as the German ports have been blockaded. England would have had to sue for peace within a month after the naval battle was over.
 It was because Germany, naturally poor country of limited resources had through policy of intelligent protec- tion, built up industries of every kind and character, that she survives the loss of her entire foreign trade and the practical blockading of her ports. She can feed herself. She can provide all that she needs for the sustenance of her people and the prosecution of the war.
 Taking the case of the United States, the only substantial injury which was done to this country industrially by a war which suspended for a time our foreign trade and which absolutely cut nj industries which had not been pro- tected in this country and which con iy to supply our domestic needs. The countries which approach the more closely to industrial independence are those which can be hurt least by a suspension of trade with the outside world England suffered no such sus- pension of her trade with the outside world. If she had, and her navy was the only thing which saved her, she would have been starved out long ago.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-09
ORDER MINING EDITIONS

The forthcoming number of the Nome Nugget Mining Edition is progressing nicely. It will undoubtedly be more interesting than any previous editions and will contain many subjects other than mining--in fact a magazine de- p.cting the entire peninsula. An in- creased edition will be published this year and there will probably be enough for all, but to insure receiving your copies 1t would be best to send in your order at once, soc per copy, or $500 a dozen. Postage cents per copy.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-09-09
ALIEN PLOTS
 EXPOSED

The New York World devoted a large share of a recent edition to reVei- ations concerning the activities of Ger man agents in this country, supported by A mass of corroborating documents including letters which have passed be- tween the parties to what it terms gigantic conspiracy. The story Is so complete so circumstantial and appar- ently so we'll supported by the accom- panying documents that it is impossi- ble to disregard it.
 The story credits these German agents with a most astonishing variety of ingenious plots. They include the forging of passports, the damaging of goods destined for the allies, the fo- menting of strikes, the lavish use of money in establishing and maintaining newspapers and press bureaus in the German interest, the development of comprehensive and irritating spy sys- tenn. a crusade to prevent the allies from securing assistance from Amer can banks. plan to involve the Brit ish navy in violation of neutrality reg ulations, and the promotion of a plot by Huerta to embroil this country further in Mexico
 The main question to which an in quiry should be directed is whether. with the direct use of money furnished by the German government and distrib- uted through it's official diplomatic rep resentatives, systematic campaign has been carried on in this country to influence public opinion against the administration, it's foreign policies and the stand which it has taken in sup port of American interests. If there is substantial proof of the charge madt that the German government, through it's representatives in this country, is using money and other means to in- fuence our domestic politics, or tc bring about change in our national policy, there is nothing proper to be done save to invite those German rep resentatives to leave the country.