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- - ' . -. - . ' - - ; - - , . . . . : - . - - .. . - - - y : . , - ., , ' : . . - . . . , ; U ; A' v W rr, THE WEATHER. . - I Increasing cloudiness, rain by Thursday night and on Friday, moderate temperature; " east to southeast winds. , , r ', 1 VfhOfKO- l??T)i l ir V vfr Moli? SJ ITPf -A I V Say a good word for WUmlng- 1 -i" kffS l mill UMWKv.vNf I) ton. Don't knock-you' can't a ' l-VnSl S m SSTP" k ' ' - -,8 wood with a hammer. VOL. LXXXV-KO. 9G. WHITE SLAVE BILL PASSED IH HOUSE Drastic Measure Looking To ward Suppression of Ne farious Traffic STATE PHASE ACTED UPON More .Than Dozen Members Denounc ed Slave Traffic During the De bateMann Surprised De- , fenders of Bill. Washington, "Jan. 12. Drastic ac tion looking toward the suppressing of the "white slave" traffic in the Unit ed States was taken today by the House A bill was passed under whicrf, II adopted by the Senate, it will be un lawful for any person to provide transportation from one State to ano ther for any person who engages In prostitution or , other immoral prac tices. The mere purchase of a ticket for a woman whereby she would be "enabled or assisted" to go from State to State for immoral purposes will vender the purchaser' liable to ten years imprisonment and a $5,000 tine. Immoral alien women are to be de ported whenever they are discovered and their procurers.are to be excluded deported and punished. "It is indeed necessary that this n'easure shall be drastic." declared Representative Bennett, of New" York, in charge of-the measure, and co-author of it. "This infamous 'white slave' traffic must be broken up and the immigration committee believes the pending measure will survive ev ery constitutional test to which it may be subjected." " , . , . Chairman Mann, of the committee on inter-state and foreign -commerce, who stated yesterday that he was not opposed to the bill, sprang a surprise upon its defenders by moving to re commit the measure. The motion was 1 lost by a vote of 36 to 174. - u Whatever ' opposition, .there Twasto certain sections ; of- the- pending: hilt few members seemed anxious to Tiave-4 themselves placed on record as voting against it, and only an oral vote .-was taken on its final passage. s ' ' More than 12 members -availed themselves of , the opportunity to de nounce the "white slave" traffic while the measure was in debate. ' . . House Against Amendments. The House, today refused to concur in. the Senate amendments to the so called Pinchot-Ballinger resolution and decided to ask for a conference. The Speaker named the following confer ees: Representative Dalzell, of Penn sylvania; Smith, of Iowa, and Fitz gerald, of New York. The Senate joint resolution Is a compromise measure, the" basis of which was the Jones Humphrey reso lution. A portion of the resolution reported from the House committee on rules was incorporated In the meas ure, and this included all of that part which provided for the compulsory attendance of witnesses and the pun ishment of those who refused to obey the orders of the Investigating com mittee. It provides for the election of the House members by the House It self in accordance with he wish of that body expressed by a close vote. The sending of 'the resolution to con ference is a mere formally . and .indir ates that the contest over the form of the resolution is near at hand. . . When the action of the tlouse was reported to the Senate it agreed to the conference. Senators Nelson, Clark, of Wyoming, and McEnery were named as conferees. FIVE SEED CORN MEETINGS' Meetings to be Held in Congressman Godwin's District. (Special Star -Correspondence.) Washington, D. C., Jan. li: Repre sentative Godwin' has arranged with 'he Agricultural ' Department here, through Dr. Knapp. of the Farmers' (o-operatlve Demonstration Work, to hold five seed corn meetings, or corn judging days, at the county seats of the five counties in. his district where demonstration work is now being car 'led on. The dates for holding these meetings have not as yet been finally arranged, but they will be held some time in February at WhTteville, Lum herton. Elizabethown, Fayetteville, and I-illington. ' It is the intention of Mr. Godwin a:'-d the Department to make these 'meetings interesting and of much 1'iofit. to the corn growers of Nthese counties. ' : : ? INCREASE , PRICE OF SHOES Demanded by .Trade Conditions Says President Hanan. - New York, Jan. 12. xrade condi ' 'oris demand an ' increase in the .re tail price of shoes. Retailers probably ill increase their prices from 10 to '2 per cent, before the close of the 1'iesent year. .This in effect is what 'resident-John N."" Hanan said today aa he addressed the sixth annual con vention of the National Association of I'Oot and Shoe Manufacturers. The convention adopted a resolution 'ailing for a' re-ad justment of prices m 'U lines anu grades, of .shoes on ac fnint of the increased cost of mate rials during the last two vears. ' A special committee' was appointed ' declare war nn ahnnrmal stvlos In footwear, among them "college hooks" x uin'r bizarre designs. , IlilESTIGATIIiRHE .WRECK Corporation Commission Inquiring In vnin .mn on ooutnern Near GreensbonwGreat Array of Witnesses. " v Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 12. For the in vestigation of the cause of the South ern Railway accident at Brown Sum mit, near Greensboro, ast month there were before the t Corporation Commission here today Coroner W. W. Wood and his, Jury, or Greensboro, who inspected the scene of the wreck immediately after the accident, and quite a number, of officials and em ployes of the railroad Intimately con nected with that section of the main line on which the accident occurred. Corporation Commissioners Frank lin McNeill and S. L. Rogers presided, Commissioner Aycock being detained at his home by sickness. The weight of tbe evidence presented by the rai! road company was that the accident was due. to the splitting of a rail at a point where there had been left In it from the rolling, a gas bubble that caused the split. The evidence was that the Southern is a member of the American " Rail way Association and conforms close ly to the regulations of , this associa tion In maintaining the standard of the main Jine road beds and that the defective rail was put down in Octo ber, 1908, the life of a rail in a sec tion such as it was a part being eight or ten years. - Coroner Wood and his jurors, E. A. Brown. T. J. Cox, J. S. Phipps, C. C. MsLean, V. C. Sergeant and Z. V. Con nors, of Greensboro, was practically the same as that 'originally reported In their Investigation at the time of the wreck. The split rail, the cross- ties and some other "relics" of the wreck, were exhibited in court for the examination as showing that the acci dent was due to the defective rail, the tlefect in which it would have been impossible to detect, and that ' the wreck -was, therefore, unavoidable. ; Southern Railway officials and .em ployes, here for-the healing were; Col. A. B. Andrews, yice president; Alfred P. Tbom, general counsel;' W. D- LumV chief engineer-. maintenance,, of; way; A. H., Westfall, general - superintend-, ent; P. Cri.-Walton .superintendentIJ.: W. Miller:' assistant to; first Wicelpres ident;" Thomas t Bernard, engineer,1 maintenance or way; . u. ,K.nignt, roadma3ter," Danville Division; C. H. Anderson, superintendent of track, Danville! division; N. L.-Hall, super visor bridges and buildings, Danville division; B. A. . Osborn, section mas ter; also C. M. James, chief engineer. maintenance of ways, - Atlantic Coast Line, and A. W. Thompson, chief en gineer, maintenance of ways, Balti more & (Jhio Railway. .' -SIMON B. CHAPIN SUSPENDED. For Participation in Manipulation , of Rock Island Stock. New York. Jan. 12. Simon B. Chai- in, head of the New York and Chicago firm of S. B. Chapin & Company, was. suspended from the privileges of the New York Stock Exchanze todav for a period of CO days for participation in the kock island nasco or uecemoer 27th last, when alleged ill manged ma nipulation 'sent the common shares ol the Rock Island Company from 50 to 8.1 ; and back again in a period of 12 minutes .. F. D. - Counties, one of Mr. Chapin's partners, and the only other boar J member, of the firm, was also sus pended for 30 days. . " Notwithstanding all the present ru mors concerning the Rock Island deal Involvine the name of Daniel G. Reid, chairman of the board of directors of th Rnck Island Company, for whom, ii is said, Chapin & Company execuU ed their buying oraers, me veriuci oi th stork exchanze eovernors indi cates that the infractions of the sus pended members aro not regarded very seriously. They were found gull- ty as announced, oi acis aeirimenuu to the welfare-of the exchange." Contrary to general expectations no other members of the exchange are to be punished, though it is known that th Investigation of the special committee appointed by the governors brought out racis suppuseu , tu uac Involved several other firms. The sessions of the investigating committee were executive and the "inside" of the entire transaction is thus kept from the- general public. As Wiall street has analyzed the sit uation however, S. B. Chapin & Com pany, acted for Mr. Reid or others in the purchase of Rock Island stock, while a looked for selling jorder was not forthcoming, thus nipping-an -intended "match sale" which would have threatened a corner. The firm nf iS. b. Chapin & Com panf was organized in the latter part Of 1901. Their main offices are in Chicago and their : connections have always, been of a powerful and profitr able character. The firm's clientage is .largely from the West, y- LiyncnDurg, va.. ou "'r burg Y. M. C. A. five out-clashed the , . xt r -k rnilao-o basket Dall team ; here tonight in a hard fought game, the score being 0 to 16. i ne local team had the best of the game at all stages. , . . -; : HiTklKiMirTta' All stralla. Jan. 12. Stan 1V1CIUUUUV, - - ley Ketchel has'sent a cable message 4.' tiv. TUTntnsh the fieht promoter, that he is willing to meet Tommy ii. . rrvA -rv n Ttfn- Burns, in Australia. ably will be made, and the fight take lis QnHnev about ' Easter. . Boer IJ lO. - - Fitzsimnlons will train Ketchel. - YILMlNGTOX,''K. C.; FIGHT TO SETTLE NICARAGUA AFFAIR Provisionals Rapidly Advanc . ing on Managua For De cisive Battle. ENTS OF .THE TROOPS Last Struggle Expected Within the Next Few Days Unable to Tell Strength of tfie Enemy Gov ernment's Soldiers. . . Bluefields, Nic, Jan. 12, General Chamorro telegraphed that a decis ive battle will be fought at Acoyapa. His message now made public, was sent on -Monday last. At that tim'? 3,000 provisionals with 20 cannons and eight rapid fire guns had been concen trated and were moving on the gov ernment forces entrenched at Aco- yapa. Earlier-reports that General Mena had - occupied Acoyapa unouuosed were erroneous .and grew out of th'j fact that an advance guard of 400 pro visionals reconnoitered In that vicin ity. They did not enter the town. The recent official statements based ou messages from Granada to . the effect that there were no Insurgent 'troops in the State of . Chontales. within which Acoyapa. is situated, annea? to have been promulgated in order to deceive the enemy into believing thai the provisionals were inactive." Th9 correspondents who left for the front today were informed that the expected battle would not take place probably before a week or ten days. Chamor ro's message . came as a surprise to those who are thoroughly1 Informed of the situation. There is high authori ty for the statement that Chamorro expected to march unopposed to 'Man agua. V;- ' ' - The movement of the troops culml hating In- their, concentration- before Acoyapa , began three ; weeks ago im mediately after ,the -battle; of Recreo , . GsteraL. Mena-with, ii .Oj5A. men-1 nro- cefedvd "up. the - Rama river Generals Masld and Corro struck into the wesi following the MIco' riverr while Gen eral, Chamorro moved up the . Siqula river. - ; Both sides of these rivers were scouted as the roops proceeded. Gen eral Chamorro' emerged at the towj of Lamanga while Masis and Correo made their way to LaLibertad. "This maneuvres with that of General Mena. accomplished the object of ascertain ing that the country afforded hundreds of head of cattle. General Chamorro recently telegraphed that he needed no food supplies from Bluefields as ample subsistence was obtained along the line of march. Good roads lea.1 from LaLibertad and Lamanga to Aco yapa and then to Manague. It is a three days march . only, from Acoyapa to Managua. Knowledge as to the strength of tht enemy is not had here.. Advance on Manague. Washington. Jan. 12. The advance on Managua is as good as victory in the ; opinion .of the Central Amerlcar diplomatic-, colony here. The strate gists were, pointing out tonight that Chamorro will probably next, advance on Granada the second important city in, Nictragua and that city they be lieve will be taken-without a battle. It is the stronghold of the Chamorro family and the seat cf the conserva tives, who are' behind the revolution. Acoyapa - is only two days from Granada and three days from Mana gua." Chamorro's probable line of ad vance is expected to be upon Granada and then to Managua. Once - In yos session of Granada he will be subject to attack from one side only as back of Granada are the river and lake. The Central Americans here expect to'hear soon r of the joining of thn. two sections . of the; insurgent army. The recent advance on Grey town they believe was a "feint. From Acoyapi, the .insurgent army', will march through a friendly country where trav el is easy and food plentiful. - GEN. RUFUS N. RHODES DEAD. President of " Publishers' Association "and Well Knbwn Southerner. Birmingham, Ala Jan. 12. General Rufus Napoleon Rhodes, president an l editor of the Birmingham News, a di rector of the Express and president of the Southern Publishers Associa tion, died today after .a lengthy ill ness-"of Brights . disease and . arterial trouble. - : ..' General Rhodes was bbnf'at Pasc goula. Miss.; June 5th,' 1850. He mar ried Miss Margaret 'Smith, at Clarks ville, Tenn., in 1882.- He read lav in Clarksvllle ( and served as city at torney of that place from 1877 to 1881, was a member of the Tennessee Legis lature 1881-82 and also practiced - law four years in Chicago. " - . " ','": General Rhodes founded the Bir mingham News in 1888 and has. been prominent in public life In this city and State ever since. , He was a dele gate at-large from Alabama to the Na tional Democratic convention -in 1892 and 1904. He was named a brigadier general of the State troops in 1898. ' General Rhodes is survived by his widow, , his "mother, a "sister and a brother. . r - i ' - " The funeral will take place Thurs day, afternoon from the Church. of the Advent Episcopal, interment vto be at Elm wood cemetery this" city. THUHSDAYORNXIsrG, LA1II11 GREENS Oi CITY Opening Sessfon of Great Convention jField There i Last JJight DELEGATES Off EVERY TRAIN Already More ThanvT Thousand. Regis tered Promise oa Great Session During Threes Days Pro-. gramme rfpeakers. (Special Star1 Telegram.) -Greensboro, N. C ,, Jan. 12. The North Carolina Con' ention in the Na tional campaign of ie Laymen's Mis sionary movement , Began in this city tnis evening, with tie presentationr'of a programme that was full of . interest and inspiration to. larger work for the cause of foreign.: missions. . The presiding ofricfer of the copven-tion,-Rev. D. Clay LfHyf D. D , who is field secretary of iiie National Lav- jmen's Missionary. "Movement, called the convention to order and lad the responsive scripture jlesson and the opening prayer, then requested Hon. A. M. Scales, of this city, to preside. The speakers this evening were , Dr. George B. Cronies, secretary of the movement in the Lutheran church; Rev. C. A. R." Jauvierf of Philadelphia, J who has spent, mosti. of his life as a Presoyterian missionary in India, and Mr. C. H. Pvatt, secretary of the move ment In the Southern "Presbyterian Church". -' . -. - .There'is a very large attendance of delegates, already more than a thou sand having registered - and - others coining on every train. No other con vention of a religious nature has brought together. so many men In this State. Most of those here are laymen, but.- a .large ; number jot ministers are present also. The delegates repre-. sent every vangelic,al denomination in the State and they? have come from all parts of . North' Carolina. s . Three session of tlfojiyention will WTTeTof tolnorFow aiid three on Friday, adjournment being taken after the close of the Friday evening session. Thrs convention 4a the first in the cam paign which the Laymen's Movement will'hoJd in the South and West within the next few weeks, making an itiner ary of about 20 of the leading cities and holding conventions in each of these. The Laymen's Movement has arous ed a great interest un tae cause of foreign missions and in every denomi nation waere the-movement is organ ized, the contributions to foreign mis sions were increased last year by more than 25. per cent, over those of the previous years. ' The successful arrangement and conduct of these conventions is due in a large degree to the faithful work of Dr. Lilly, who is devoting himself untiringly to this work and who is an invaluable leader in the Laymen's Movement.- REPUBLICANS JOINT CAUCUS Selected a JMew Congressional Com mittee -A Mild Session. - -Washington, Jan. 12. The joint Re publican caucus of the Senate and House tonight selected a new Congres sional committee and adjourned af ter a perfunctory session. None of the interesting, issues came up which it was predicted, might be injected into the proceedings. The meeting was in the hall of the House of Representa tives and was presided over -by Sena tor Hale, of Maine. . The only recognized "insurgents" on the committee-are Woods, of Iowa, and Hinshaw, of Nebraska. Among . the new Congressional commission by States for the South so far as named: Kentucky, John W. Langley; North Carolina, J. M. Moorehead; Tennessee, R. W. Austin; Virginia, C. B. Slemp; West Virginia, James A. hughes. OUTLINES. .Drastic action looking toward the supressibn of the "white slave" traffic in this country was taken by the House yesterday" in the passage of the so-called slave traffic bill President Brown, of the-New York "Central Rail road, in an address in Boston last night sounded a note or warning on the. present increased cost of living, saying that there must be an increase in production or the country will face an unrentless certain day of need 1 Louis Paulhari, a French aviator; as cended 4,000 feet at the aviation meet in Los Angeles' ' yesterday, - breaking all records for altitude-From ad vices received through . Bluefields it is predicted that a decision - battle will be fought in Nicaragua between the government ana provisional forces within the next , few days -Three people perished tiii a fiye- earlr yester day, morning at the-Jamestown Expo sition grounds-'--General Rufus N.' Rhodes, president of Southern Publish ers' Association, jdied yesterday at Montgomery, Ala. New York mar- ets: Money on call firm 3 to 5 per cent., ruling rate; 4 7-8, closing bid 3 1-4, offered at 4; spot cotton closed quiet 30 points lower, middling up lands 15.00,-middling gulf 15.25; flour steady and about; quiet; wheat steady No. red 1.33 elevator domestic, and 1.23 f. p. b. afloat nominal; corn spot strong,No. 2, 74 3-4 elevator domestic 75 1-2 delivered and 73 1-4 f o. b: afloat nominal; rosin and turpentine steady: -joats spot strong, mixe 51. -v JANUARY 13, 1910. NATION WILL FACE RELENTLESS DAY Unless Production is Increas ed to Meet Demands of The Country. NOTE OF WARNING Caused by Steady Increase in Cost of Living Must Devise More Intelli gent Method Address of President Brown. '. Boston, Jan. 12. "We must increase production per acre by more intelTt gent methods or we must face the re lentless, certain day when we shall not produce fcod enough to supply our own necessities," said President William C. Brown, of the New York Central Railroad, In an address to night before the New England Club. The wages of Ubor, he declared, must continue to advance in fair ratio'wlta the steady increase in the cost of living. Many . representatives, of New Eng land railroad interests were gathered about the banquet tables at Hotel Somerset. . Governor Eben S. Dran er also was a principal guest - and speaker. President Brown's speech; coming as it does at the height of a new flood-tide of national prosperity, was intended for "a warding of , the most serious import. It gains added fores by -its reiteration of the recent ad monitions of, James J. Hill, another great railroad man as well as those "Jf." visitiuq; students of our internal affairs; and it is especially timely in view of the fact that the employes- of all the . railroads east of the MissisJ sippi are formulating demands for an increase 'In wages, based on .the "in creased cost of living. ; Mr. Brown said. "in part: -. : .' Y. - "Tbe mr6t , portentious cloud dis cernible upon the ppurical or econom. Tc Horkon "nt 'tins" time is" the" "Stead yV relentless Increase -in ipriCe of every thing" that goes to make up the cost of living. " "With a Succession of bountiful" har vests the price of grain has steadily advanced until the prices of 1908-190S show increases over those of 1998 as follows: . "r " "Corn, an increase of 111.2 per cent; oats an increase of 85.1 per cent; wheat, an increase of 59.5 per cent.; potatoes, an increase of 70.5 per cent.; hay. an increase of 49.7 per cent. "With a normal increase and no dis ease to deplete our herds, values, have increased marvelously. Notwlthstand ing the advent of the automobile, horses and mules show an increase in value of more than 1G0 per cent The products ofe forest make an equally marvelous showing. Anthra cite and bituminous coal have advanc ed 29 and 42 per cent., respectively; lard 113 per cent., pork 82 per cent., and tallow 55 per cent. ' This unusual phenomenon of stead ily rising values in the face of a long succession of bountiful crops is one of the most important and well as in teresting problems that confronts the political economist today. The crop grown in 1908 has been almost con sumed. The coal mined last year has been burned, but the gold .produced year .after year piles up and as it ac cumulates it takes more gold to buy a bushel of wheat, a suit of clotnes, a. pound of beefsteak, a sack of flour or any of the other necessities of life. "Another force working for higher, cost of living, more insistently, more powerfully and with a sinister signi ficance compared with which all oth ers become negligible factors; and this is the alarming rapidity with which consumption of the products of the nation's farms is overtaking pro duction. . -. "Statistics show that the failure, to increase the product of our farms In anything like the ratio of increase in consumption is exerting more than three times the effect upon cost of living that the increase of gold is hav- 11 "If - the converging lines of produc tion and consumption in the United States continue to approach each oth er as they have during the past ten years, before the middle of the decade upon which we have just entered has been reached, the last vessel loaded with the agricultural products pf this country will have left our shores, the ril,C rMin elevators in our sea- bcS cies will stand -empty-and this great nation,- iwa :inoB oi "cQ";r world will be looking for. a place .to v,r thp necessaries of life. ' There is no alternative we mus. increase production per acr intelligent methods, or we must fac9 the relentless, certain day when, we shall not Produce food enough to suP ply Our own necessities. REMAINS IN DEADLOCK. Unable to Selept Successor to McLau- rin "Dark Horse" Rumor... ' TacksoT Miss; Jan. I2.r-With three more Sts taken today the deadlock in the Senatorial caucus to name the 1 m iv. lata Senator A. J. Mc- successor ui i" - . Laurin was not broken. a S ven trrfav showed the candidates with ? about the same strength as yesterday. .Chief Justice Whitlteld and Speaker Street were again talked of today as "dark horses.. THE GRAND LODGE OF MASONS Officers Elected For Ensuing Year In spection of National Guard Char ters Issued Other Raleigh ' News Notes.l (Special Star Telegram.) 1 Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 12. Tbe North Carolina Grand Lodge of Masons this afternoon elected Richard N. ( Hack- ett, former . Congressman, of Wilkes boro, as Grand Master; W. B. McKoy, of Wilmington, Deputy Grand. Master; F. M. Winchester, of Charlotte, Senior Grand Warden; John T. Alderman, of Henderson, Junior Grand - Warden; Leo. D. Heartt, of Raleigh, is re-elected Grand Treasurer and Jehn C. Drewry, of Raleigh, Grand Secretary. . The Grand Lodge adopted a resolu tion to place a marble bust of Gover nor Samuel Johnson in the rotunda of the State House, he having " been the first Grand Master of this jurisdiction. The sum af $7,500 is appropriated to ward paying off the temple indebted ness. Last year $10,000 was appropri ated for this purpose. The temple fi nances were reported in fine condition. The Grand Lodge this evening ap pointed a Board of Trustees and set about the work of establishing a Ma sonic and Eastern Star Home for aged and . infirm Masons, their wives-; and daughters. Members of the Board are F. M. Wdnchester,. chairman,' five year term; M. W. White, four; L. M. Clymer, three; A. J. Parker, two; W. H. McLean, cne year. This board will be expected to report definitely in de tail at the next annual session of the Grand Lodge. . In Federal Court today Eben Cagle, the noted blockader of Richmond .and Montgomery counties, .submitted to a charge of blockading and was senten ced to 14 months in the. penitentiary ac Atlanta. ' , " Official announcement is made by Adjutant General Armfield ; that . the annual inspections of the. companies constituting . the North Carolina Na tional ' Guard will be held between February 15th and April 2nd by an In spection on the part- of the United States War -Department , and the' State inspector., The , dates , are: Raleigh, February .15;- Lumber Bridge,' 16; Fay etteville, 17rWilson,;i8; Wilmington 19;.Ciint&n1 ;l;JK&, Mount, ;22X .io;usuoro a. aiMi & i ; iviustou, Newbern,, 26 ; Edenton, 28 ; Washing ton March, 1; Tarboro, 2; Weldon, 3; Warrenton, 4 ; Oxford, 5 ; - Henderson, 7; Louisburg, 8; Frahklinton, 9; Dur: ham, 10; ButJington, 11; Lexington, 12; Reidsville, 14; Thomasville, 15; Winston-Salem 16; Mt. Airy, 17; Greensboro, 18; Salisbury, 19; High Point, 21; Concord, 22; Charlotte, 23 and 24; Wadesboro, 25; ; Shelby, 26; Dallas, ,28;, Statesville, 29; Hickory, 30; Asheville, 31, and April 1; Waynes ville, April 2. The Tarboro Knitting Mills Co., changes its name to the Runneymede Mills No. 2. George Howard is presi dent Charters are issued for J. C. Marsh Co., Marshville, capital $12,000, and to The Edgecombe Automobile Co.r Tarboror capital $50,000 by W. A. Hart and others. The bond of J. E: Smith, the young Wake county farmer who swindled Barbee Co., cotton brokers here, out of over $400 by raising a cotton weigh er's certificate so as to. show 11 in stead ,of one bale weighed, and pro curing a check for the larger, number, was called out as forfeited In Wake court today, the statement being oiade that the young man had fled the State. Smith was arrested some weeks ago while in a Pullman car with his wife starting to Atlan a. He admitted the fraud and relatives arid his wife ar ranged to refund the loss -sustained by Barbee & Co., and to put up $2o0 cash bond for him. It is this bond that he now forfeits instead of carrying out his 6tated purpose of asking the mercy of the court. Major W. A. Guthrie, Durham, ap peared before Judge Connor this morn ing and procured the continuance for the term of the : case from Durham against the Norfolk & Western Rail road Co., charging the violation of the act of Congress making it $100 fine for trains to be moved when there are au tomatic couplers out of fix. Thevcon tinuance was to the May term be cause of the crowded condition of the docket, Major Guthrie informed the court that a case on allfours with this one was already pending in the Unit ed States Circuit Court of Appeals. l Deputy Collector M. u. wooa or me internal revenue department . whose territory is in Bertie and adjacent coun ties, says that, blocka. a distilling has increased at least 100 per' cent in the past year, compared with the previous year. He says, too, that it is far more difficult to get information that will lead to the location of these stills. Deputy Internal Revenue Collector R. J. -.ewis, here from Franklin coun ty, reports the breaking up of one la gallon and one 10-gallon blockade 'still recently. " ' . The reprieve . granted to Walter Morrison, of Robeson county, and to John Atkinson, of Johnson county, on account of the failure of electrical ap paratus tparrive from NewYork, is to March 18th, at which time both will be electrocuted on the same day. KU KLUX LEADER DEAD. Judge John Calvin Reed, Noted Geo-, gian, Passes' Away. - Montgomery, Ala.,. Jan 12. Judge John Calvin Reed, of Atlanta, Ga.. not ed as a lawyer, author and. scholar, died here today aged 73. He grau uated from Princeton in the class of '54' and saw . service throughout the Civil war in the 'eighth 'Georgia Vol unteers. He was an active leader In the Kq Klux Klan. - "WHOLE NUMBER 13,190. AVIATOR mm Louis Paulhan, Ascends Over. 4,000 Feet, Breaking All Records. 1 SUCCESS OF AVIATION MEET Paulhan's Thrilling Flight. Made 'Him Idol of the Crowd Last Night.' Curtis Made Several - Flights Spectators. -J Aviation Camp, Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. .12. Louis Paulhan, French avia tor, broke all official and unofficial reci ords for altitude in & Farman Si-plane . todajr by flying to a height jpt more thanv4,0p0 feet and descending safely after 50 minutes and 46 1-5 seconds in the air. ' ' : ' i. The exact height reached is not known, but it is certain that; he ex ceeded the 'recordof 3,600 feet.Y The instrument on Paulhan's machine reg istered the greatest height ' at 4,600 feet.' " .' -n - . .'" V- The -judges record of Paulhan's al titude which is yet to be sanctioned officially, was 1,540. metres,: approxl- mately 5,000 , feet. The ; time of. the descent was 7. minutes, 30 seconds. , : Paulhan is the idol of the crowd to , night. He' made his recorfi shortly after losing the speed record of the course to Glenn H. Curtiss.-, " . , The Frenchman, using an , engine that had just arrived from Paris, haa been on the course all afternoon. He -1 had clrcted th ; course again , and ; again, skidding and dipping and swing ing, corners in a 'daring fashion that made his wife shiver with . fright.. . , The ' sun' was 'low toward the , sea andthe shadows had begun to gather when Paulhan decided to go higher'- in the air than any man in'a heavier-than-air machine ever had flown. i v-TThe s wind barely -stirred. ' Panlhan V made a -short- circle io,ver .t the . 50,000 , siectatorsM .Ciijiss- had ; previously tiitd the highercurrenta-Uandr. .come -. "''pauihan'polndTnbh;-wnt--ir - -w 1,000 feet' passed over the center of1 the field again, then turned north and up again. ' - , v 1 The crowd grew breathlessly intent as the Frenchman and hls air machine - rapidly became a speck "In-the gath ering swihght , - At a height of 1,300 feet Paulhan described a great circle to feel the Currents. When word spread that he had ' beaten Hubert .Latham's ' record of 1,800 feet, the vast throng became . frantic. After the aviator was as near out of sight as he could be without disap- i pearing, Paulhan began to descend! He came down easily In front -of the grand stand after having risen to -the plane of the mountain peaks. Paulhan gave ; the . crowd another - treat earlier in the afternoon in his Farman machine rising' in a wide cir- fl -tn-a. heifi-ht. hf fiOO fppt sallprl a or more over the adjacent fields. Then he swept hack- to earth. ; The -, third lay of the international aviation '. meet was perfect. .The .. spectators numbered 50,000. - , . Is: . ,i - Stretched ' out before the eyes of these fascinated people was a plateau dotted with the newest designs In air - jcraft.1 The big white tents of the a via-, tors were in the foreground. The morning passed "with no move-. ment from the tents. " Toward noon Miscarol in a Blerlot monoplane flew down the far end of the course and whetted the appetite of the crowd. Paulhan, shortly after noon began preparations, in earnest. His new en gine tested to his : satisfaction. He called his mechanicians and took his seat .' Paulhan waved his hand gaily, lifted .his arms as though he were about' to fly without any aid, but -his own daring spirit, and the -skids left the ground. . ' ' . ; Over the bumps and rough field for a few .yards, then a faster whirr from the machine and a lift that earned him into the upper currents. Curtiss, keen and silent, and Paulhan, boyish and ..daring, represent the great con-, tests of the meet - After his first flight Paulhan' hardly gave his engine - time to cool' befora . he .tried' another flight, taking Maisson , ... as a passenger. ; Apparently the flight was as easy as the first, but did not' . rise as high. . ; At 2 o'clock the balloons and the dirigible driven by Kflabenshrfe" and.. Beachey - crowded over : the course. Two. Curtiss machines were dragged to" the starting place. . ., . . Then Curtiss took his seat and gave " the'. Signal., After a short trial flight he increased" his speed to the rate of 43,1-2 miles 'an hour, i The time for the course of slightly more than a mile andUa half was 2 : 13 3-4. No sooner had Curtiss alighted and strolled away than Pahlhan's manager announced . that the Frenchman would , seek to take the speed honor yrom the Amejjh, can.' . .' The Vourse was cleared with diffi culty and Paulhan started. His en- , gine "had less power- His turns.were hot so sharp. The result of the sec ond lap was the one timed, was 14 sec onds' slower than Curtiss record. The. "Frenchman kept circling the course - six times,' but. he did not equaj Cur- ' tiss' record,' though he . covered .more ; than eight miles in the flight. Pleased " with his victory Curtiss q went up 'vto feel out the air .curents i for a high flight At the height of 100 feet he circled twice around the course HIGHEST 'i i. "1'T V' if. il ii' V 'J. IH.- n 4' 1M 1 ft f it s V: ? : V, Hi .f- 11 k i ) 4 X"' M it t I J: a- V - 1
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