THE WEATHER VOLUME L WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINAjj MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 11.. 1909 REP. MOORE TALKS ABOUT WATERWAYS Has Made Investigation He is President of the, Atlantic ^Deeper Waterways Association, . - Whose Second Convention is to be Held in Norfolk Soon. Washington, D. C-, Octo'uer 11 (Spe cial).? Bepresentatlvq >. Hampton Moorfe', of Philadelphia, president of the Atlantl?*?>eeper Waterway# Abbo cjtlon, whose second annual conven-; tlon Will be held In Norfolk, V^., No vember 17-20. has spent his vacation In an examination, -pot only of the waterways of the Atlantic coast, but of mld-contlnental United States and the Paget cound country. Last year Mr. Moore ;jngde a careful and sys tematic study, of the waterways of Europe in order thatOie might Intel- .! llgently present hls^f conclusions to the association of phlch he Is presl equfpplng himself to pass ^ liT "Judg ment upon the waterway problems which will confront C^ffcreas, at the forthcoming session, loading? up to the lntrodUctlonHrnd passage of a riv er and harbor bill, Mr. Moore fias not only gone over the route of the pro posed Inside water course from Bos ton, Mass., to Beaufort, N. C.. and the Florida Keys, but he has Inspect ed the upper Mlssourf;\the Snake and the Columbia rivers.- 'As a resuR of these Investigations, the congressman : ? ^*s pronourrT^ls the power of railroad managers to obtain new capital to build new roads. For some reason or other, there is strong opposition in Washington tp the opening op of the waterwa>s as competitive means communication. How long this opposition will be able to thmrnw* TT>? nnnJltV ntHlM ? -txriia seen.'- Congressmen are begln mand facilities for the shipment of " commodities, and that they want bet ( ter and cheaper transportation. -Br the time Congress convenes in De cember, we will all be better able to ? Jufrffe this situation, for the Presi dent's trip down the Mississippi will have been completed, the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association will have met at Norfolk fcnd various con ^_ventlons. representing different secj tions of,.the country will have given expression To thB *4llH try upon this important subject. ways Commission will have returned from Europe .and we will probably -J from them some comprehensive LIONANDfBEAR FIGHT IN CAGE Bruin Was No iftatch for Quick er Antagonist and Suffered Severely. Suffolk. V?.. Oct. 11? ? TTrllily'torn by four jagged teeth wounds on Us sliuulileiB. and hearth# smaller trace* of talon trenches on_ otUer_parts of its body,*a polar bear belonging t<> a" carnival company shows many marks of a conflict w^ilch occurred Saturday morning betVeen 'the bear and a big trained lfon. The lion and boar occupied diffe# ent ends of the same cage. The wood en partition was battered down and the beast-battle began between 9 and 10 o'clock a. m. and according to the showmen raged fovtf^mrutesr The bear was no match for the king* of beasts. Firearms, hot irons and sharp^ hooks had to be applied some minutes before the Hon would let up, on its antagonist. ^ The lion, when finally gotten out of the cage, was unruly for awhHe. Its trainer har him all the time. ' READY-TO* WEAR DAY. Thursday will be ready-to-wear day at the popular emporium of James E. Clarlc Company. This firm has made numerous reductions in their prices for this satoSntf the ladies of Wash jngton no doubt will take advantage and select man* of the bargains to their ad. on the fourth ^page.~~ i OPERATED ON EYE. Mr. John McKwl WJtf operated on, Saturday by Dr. H. W. Carter, the oculist, for eye trouble. The opera tion was very successful, and Mr. McKeel is fretting on as well as could be expected. APPRECIATION OP MR8. OVER MAN'S ARTICLE. to thank Mrs .WMllaw ii, Owian 4or her ready championship of the splendid work ot -our late lamented Margaret Arthur Call. The Washington Grays Chapter Children -Call, Octobe# 9, 1897, has the honor of being the second of Its kind In the entire 8outh ae well as the first in North Carolina. Who that remembers Mrs. Call leading her beautiful baq?. of . rouo* patriots on those fair May morningB can fall to honor the memory- of this .deyoted^woman. Would that one llfr tie spark of her enthusiasm might kindle In the hearts of those she has originated In this State may net lan gulsh and die here" In the town she lored so ' will not- some SPINNERS ARE WORKING FOR UNITED ACTION To Down Price Cottoft Club in Boston Representing ^4, 000,000- Spindles Sends Out a Form of Agreement? Action in South Afso! Boston, Mass., Oct. 12.? A gigantic movement born of unrest of long standing In the progress throughout the leading cotton textile districts of the world, looking toward a general curtailment of production during the remaining Tncmth?-ot _thJs_ year and In 1910. The principal reasons ad vanced for" the movement are the gradual increase. In tjie cosfcof raW; material and the failure of* the dry goods markets to respond in a way which Vduld assure continued profit to manufacturers during the Mlt lJ months. In Lancashire the yarn 6plnnenT have been running their mills on. flhnrt ttma ,fnw tarn ninwlli. n?i A H | cently many other English mill own ers voted to shut tures representing several million! spindles. The proposition calls for the sus-J pension of work for 224 working. hours between the date 1 mefat and August l. 1910, to become effective when j^ot less than seven' million spindles have been signed up.". Reports from different sections of New ?n*land the prfcp-^ osltion of the Arkwrlght Club is' meeting with an encouraging re- J sponse. Such curtailment, however, Is not likely to become effe^H^ in ( this State in the immediate ^future'., as many of- the mills that will sign an agreement will be unabte-to fill present orders without-steady run-' nlng until wellinto January. 4 manufacturers, are, as a rule, willing to curtail production, providing that they are not called upon to withhold goods while outside centers oontlnuo to run in full. 1 ; great Interest In New Bedford and other places where the operatives have been refused a restoration of a 10 per cent cut In wages made in 1908. It* is suggested that If the -New Bedford manufacturers are in sympa thy with the thirty ila^clgsing move- , ment- fho nfT.^rr cf n ntulhr Cltv would l>. im rl i n 1 1 v n?lllf?>H The curtailment has also been tak en' -up by "the Southern cotton mill owners. Saturday the board of gov-| ernooff of the American Cotton Man- ( ufacturers* Association at a meeting, held In Charlotte, N. C., adopted res-' -olutions setting forlK-thelr claim that 1 the present disparity between the' price of cotton and cotton goods pre-) rtades flnrpoBBtbiltty OT 'the success- [ ful operation of Southern mills. ,v late a curtailment agreement which j everyjntfli In the South will be urged ' to sign. ' In certain cotton producing and selling centers the claldi 1b made that) the preeeirt curtailment movement is largely an attempt to hold down the price of the staple. The officials. 6f the operatives unions In sever*! New England cities profess to see In the campaign at attempt to avord an ad vance In wages, but the officials of the Arkwrlght Club tfwT that Question has anything to do with the existing plans. __ ? - The cotton mills of New England, Including yarn mtils, fcmpk>y upwards of 100,000 hands. You don't have to run a boarding house in order to board a train. MAY PROTEST !NA Tokyo Hears That dfe United States OBJecO to theManchu rian Pact ,^rvnkvo. Orf if. Sperl^^ll^patchea the ?alted States U pgfrparlag to make a vigorous protest gainst the recent agreement betweenlChina and Japaai in relation to ManAurian af fairs. _ ? Information has reachml the War I Department In Washington, from Ma nlla^whlch indicates that of 'the Chinese government in that city have a peculiar bug effective! method of dealing \ylth olj&ctlonable characters of tfceir own ripe. Some weeks ago a number of Cnamen, it appears, were seized andThipped to Arnoy without the knowle&e or con sent of the United States At It was explained that Chinamen were bad characters, levy prosper- | uccom Lhreats of I tag blackmail on their mi ous countrymen, frequ panylng their demands by personal violence or death ininiJiii The situation Is said tob*c become] intolerable and that the CBnese con sul In Manila finally took ^ie matter | le officials ithorltles. -deported PP twelve 1 1* the dead othet* Chinamen rounded of the worat offenders and L Of night put them ? aboard n ?h>p . bound for China. , \4- > Nothing further has bee^ heard of the matter, and it Is not expected that anything will be heard, exofcpt in the event that an effort Is madelo force a return of the Chinamen, wMch is be lieved to be improbable. Ayreportod here, the community is wef very .bad element, which L preying on the well-to-do ?hlnamen } for some months past. "* Crane I? Not Wo... An interview In which V Crane, the new minister ta .= quoted freely, was pubUslwd yester day In Chicago. In nart; frr Crane 1 isrles R. China, la I e aid: "I am In the dark so, as con-| cerns the nature of thla^ajtfSl. I got] a brief mettRage di recting me to reporTst ~W?Shl n ?Ton once more -l?efore~ sailing for China. "J do not think the summons is for the purpose, of giving -the State De liart mentTpopgrty nltj tO' crlticise^re cent pubftb utterances of mine. It is most probable that thing* have come up whfih necessitate consultation and conference. It Is generally under stood that the situation la'ffie Far ?3?ast is &t &-d?ln*atp Conferred With Taffc "The papers have pointed ou? that Secretary Knox may wish to advise against a repetition of such speeches ?' dflK-nrftrt navigato th? mn chlne. Having delved into most other American inventions Minister Wu Ting Fang of China saw his first aero plane flight today and absorbed all Ine niforofAiion dTOnnable "from-" a rapid fire of questions directed at Mr. Wright and officers at the government aeroplane shed. Mrs. Wu a<^ompan ied Dr. Wu to the field, but! 'she did not ask any questions. It was the engine that puzzled the Minister. ^"Where's the he? in o il liud. He ^ w a ^ tQl^? ' n g about internal | Minister Wu Impressed. "Can you fly to Ne* York?" he asked Lieutenant Humphreys. ^"1 probably could, but I would not like tn try." rp;iMprMui ???> W* ir-T? .x.VF.TCf rw-rnmi pression with the mlnteter-that-iT did not go high enough to be out of dan ger in time of war, and that it made too much noise. "That's fine. Mr. Wright," he ex claimed, _as. the aviator returned from ? ,i. .ft before Mayor Sterling. He was bound over to the next term of court I in the sum of $50. Failing to give the| bond he was commltteed to jail. Hearst Will Make Race New York, Oct. 12. ? William Ran dolph Hearst at 12:15- o'clock this ;?*inrrtjnt delicious^ be a good program and yoil can go to or baring your pockets robbed, or baring dirty handsful .of confetti rubbed in your fae* Orchestra m\?lc and coupon, (or th? mt'i rrttm to ..... .. | CO&TLY PRODUCTION. Miss Eugenia Flagg. who is the Portia of the Edouard D.Oize produc tion of~"The Merchant of Venice," is an actress of exceptional ability, ^er youth, beauty and rare comprehen sion of Portia combine to make her of the flesh demand^ it>g Jew a matter of common accep tance wherever the play .has been pro duced this seasnj:. It is not always tl'.f good -fortune of a star of Mr. D'Olze's exceptional ability to be bo ?TTiTTrtrr' V' -rr " Mi?s Flagg well placed, but the entire cast" as well. The occasion of the one evening's engagement at Brown's Oj:??ra House or. Kr(daj^_October 15. should fill the theater. The play la far beyond the common performances of "The Merchant." It being a produc .T;nn snrh n* 's tritium si't?n mutglde nf mi ljyppy veetige of scenery and equipment is carrleS by Mr. Gregg, the manager, the house '."drop" being the only bit of drapery that will give local ??color:" all else, comes with the production . Mt. Gregg says: "I bring the atmosphere of -Tefilce" to" your -theater and my players furnish the action superbly In accordance with true tradition." STORM WARNING. ricane warning HrjTi. fa. Mobile" PenBacolar, Panama City. Apalchlcola, Calrabelle, Cedar Keys, Rockwell, Tampa, Pentagorda. Punt* Rasa, Key West, Jupiter, Jacksonville, Savan nah, Charleston. hurricane of marked Intensity central just west of Key West going north. . Shipping northward to Hatteras and westward, to Mobile warned tq take refuge. M06RE. TK* ? ? There wm shipped u>ur TH6 Atl&n llc Coast Line today ten car loads of cotton. The value of -the shipment *'111 aggregate near I2S.000. N?w Advertisements ' ? ~ - Today's News. Gllhooly's Irish Liniment. J. K. Hoyt's Ladiee* Black Sateen Petticoats. Ja?. E. Clark Co. ? Ladle*' iky Theater ? Motion Pictures "f and Orchestra. * w. ?*. ?-? . ? m Fnll and Winter Bulhs. Oownn's Pnenimmla Cure. Hlck*s i SV*