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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS.
. Mr. Dooley says It occasional
ly smashes in the door take a'
look, aver the Business Local
columns of today's paper.
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VOL. I4XXXV NO. Ill; M
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THE BLACK HilIlD
III
Ten Members of Nefarious
Organization Are Sent
" to Prisoni.
TRIAL LASTED EIGHT DAYS
Leader Given Sixteen Yeart, Brothei-
and Brother-in-Law Ten Years
Each Will Rid Middle West
of Black Hand. '
Toledo, O., Jan. 29. Following con
viction and sentence In Federal court
this morning, ten members of a Sicil
ian black hand organization, were
hastened this. afternoon to the Federal
prison at Leavenworth, Kan., o servo
! entences ranging from two to sixteen
years. ' . ' -. ' ; , ;.
One other, Antonio Vicario; aged 20,
the youngest member of the band,
was taken to the reformatory at El-
mira. N. Y. Three other, defendants
were convicted, but granted new tri
als. Two indicted members of the
band 'are in hiding in Italy.
The defendants-tried on the charge
of conspiracy to use the malls to ex
tort money from; Italians living in
Ohio, and Indiana! were members of
an organization Hnown as the "Socie
ty of the Banana and Faithful
Friends," the headquarters of whica
were in Marion, Ohio. . '
This is the first conviction of an
organized band of black hands. With
this result the government officials
believe that they (have effectually
broken up black hand operations in
the middle west, and taken a Jong
step toward putting a quietus to Ma
fia methods throughout the United
States. The defendants were hurried
away immediately after sentence, to
guard against any outbreak of which
some intimation ;iad : been , given.
Attorneys for . the principal defend
ants said ' today that they ..intend to
file petitions in error in the Unite I
tte.ClreUiirCauv.iEAppeals-. rfrZ .f?
Heavy sentences were Imposed - by
the court following the report of the
grand, jury this , morning, t Salvatore
Lima, of Marlon, ' the. chief of ihe
band, was sentenced to 16 years" im
prisonment. ' -
Sebastian Lima, his brother and Gi
useppe Ignoffo, his brother-in-law wer
sentenced to ten years imprisonment
each. All of these lived at Marion,
where the headquarters 'for the oper
ations were maintained. All of tho
fourteen defendants were found guil
ty, but the court granted new trials
to Agosti.no Marfls of Dennison; Vi
cenzo Arrgo, of Clhclnhati, both fruit
dealers and Salvatore Rlzzo, a-section
hand living at Marlon.
The defendants received conviction
and sentences with the same appa
rent imperturbility as marked tneir
conduct throughout the trial.
In sentencing Lima; Judge Taylor
said: "You seem to have been the
moving sDirlt in this nefarious bus
iness, Sebastian Lima seems to have
borne a somewhat less ."part; than
his brother, and Ignoffo has been a
part of, the heart and conscience. ,
The case has been .regarded by gov
ernment officials as the most import
ant criminal prosecution in Federal
court In recent years. They oenevi
that the conviction and penalties im
posed will break the backbone of the
system throughout the country.
The investieatlon beean a year ago
when letters turned over to the postal
officials by John and Qharles Amicon,
wealthy commission merchants of Co
lumbus gave them the first tangible
information of use of mails by-the
black hand band.
Several months' search for evidence
showed, that most of the. susuected
mail was from Salvatore Lima, in Ma
rion. His arrest was effected June
Sth last, and from the hundreds of
letters and other documents obtained
in the raid of bis house,, the inspec
tors established the connection of tho
organization in other cities. , vy
The arrests followed prompuy anu
y the time the grand jury, met; ths
postal inspectors, postal authorities
and Attorney' Day and his assistants
were able to present evidence of 'the
actual attempted victimizing of four
teen Italians living in Ohio and In
diana. - ; ' " . -
Fn four instances it was found that
actual payment of . -money had been
made. Other persons ' who had . paid
tribute to the band according to. In
spector Oldfield had destroyed the in
criminating, letters or feared to testify,
so that they were not.called into the
case. The Irlal lasted eight days. u
DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHIP f-t
Specualtion in Washington as to Col.
Skinner's Reappointment.
(Special to News and Observer.).-Washington,-
D. C . Jan." 28 Al
though the commission of Harry Skin
ner as district attorney in the.East
"i n District expires next Tuesday, the
'resident does not seem to be in any
''iirry to fill the office.
Mr. Skinner, who was in 'Washing
ton this week, left here under the
i ni pression that ' he stand a goo 3
chance of re-appointment. The attor
f.v general was encouraging in the
fonversation he had with Mr. Skinner,
National Committeeman Duncan who
was here yesterday, declines to dis
Css this appointment., but those who
"now him best say he will put Sea
well in the job, - -.v v c
BLOW
1(1 60LDSB0R0
Farmer Robbed of $500 Another Vic
tim Left In the duttetwPoljce
on TraH of lylenWith no
" . Success. . '-
; (Special Star Telegram.) r
. Ooldsboro; N. C., Jan: 29.The'bold
est robberies in the,' history of Golds
boro occurred tonight when three men
were sandbagged by. several masked
men, who relieved v them of their
watches, money and every thing else
of any value. Each of the victims
was held up separately in different
parts of the city. .
Mr. Phil Howell, a prosperous farm
er of this county, ;was . the heaviest
los?r, his loss being. $500 and he was
badly bruised about the head and oth
erwise severely used by the bandits.
Mr. Howell states that he was on his
way home and passing . through the
southern part of the city, when several
masked men suddenly appeared In his
path and demanded that he throw up
his hands and that before he could
comply with their request one. of the
highwaymen struck him a blow be
hind his head -which rendered him un
conscious and when he revived found
that he had been robbed of everything
on: his person .of any value, .
The second - hold-up - was reported
from' the northern part of the city
when a negro, man "was found in an
unconscious condition by a party ,-who
happened to see him lying in the gut
ter and 'when -he regained conscious
ness he. told about the" same 6toy as
Mr. Howell; that he, had been sand
bagged by a crowd of, masked men
and robbed of his valuables!' - c " .
The third hold-uD . is reDorted from
near the union station but at this hour
full particulars cannot be learned, it
Is thought by the police that the rob
beries were." committed by one. band
who are beyond a doubt professionals
and the boldest bunch of crooks that
ever operated in this city. . The rob
beries have caused a good deal of ex
citement and the entire police fore
is now on the trail but up to 11 o'clock
no progress had been made, towards
landing the. highwaymen.
BISHOP CYRUS D. FOSS DEAD.
Suffered Stroke of Paralysis Well
UJKnovviV Jl ethodl tt '.Prelate I L
Philadelphia; Jan, 29. Bishop Gyrus
D. Foss; retired, of the M. K Church,
one of the best known clergymen in
the' country, died at 8f40 o'clock to
night in the Hahne- Mann hospital
rrom a stroke of paralysis, which seiz
ed him while riding in a trolley car
on January 18th.
After he was stricken the bishop
improved but he took a turn for the
worse early today and became "uncon
scious. All the members of his'family
were . at his bedside , when the end
came. . . , - .
Cyrus David Foss was born in King
ston, N. Y., in 1834 and was graduat
ed from Wesleyan -.University 20 years
later. . . ' - ' -: -
At the general conference of the
Methodist church in 1880 he was elect
ed, a bishop. From 1880 to 18888 Bish:
op Foss' made his home in Minneapo
lis. In 1888 he came to Philadelphia.
In 1900 Bishop Foss was retired from
active work. ; . .
The Bishop was a widower for, ten.
years. He leaves a son and a aaugn-
ter. -- ;''... .
WARDLAW SISTERS ARRAIGNED.
PJead Not Guilty in New Jersey Court..
. .Trial in April. J
New-York, Jan. 29. Miss-Virginia
Wardlaw, Mrs. . Caroline B. Martin and
Mrs. Mary Snead, charged with the
murder - of Mrs. Ocey W. M. Snead,
were1 arraigned in court today and
pleaded not guilty. - ,
Chief Justice Bummere5 announced
that he would preside at the trial 'of
the case, which he set for the. first
Monday in (the April term and. he ask
ed that: all -the lawyers who appear
in thef'..case be attired in black while
in court? 4 This is a revival of an old
custom in New Jersey courts which
long ago fell into disyse. '.;. 1
. Ocey Snead was found dead in an
unfurnished house in East OrangeN.
J., . which shei and Miss Wardlaw had
occupied. Her life had been heavily
insyred. Mrs. Caroline B. Martin was
her mother, and Mrs. Snead and Miss
Wardlaw were her aunts. ; " .
THE PROHIBITION MOVEMENT.
Atlanta is Made; Headquarters for the(
Southern States. .
Atlanta. Ga.; Jan. 29. "We have de
cided -to make Atlanta the -headquar
ters for the prohibition movement In
the Southern States." . ,i y -1
"Every. State but Mississippi. is. in
line and we mean to fight to win." v
"We" are coing to put a ticket in
the field In Georgia as well asthe oth
er States for the next : ejection. We
are going, to direct the campaign f rom
Atlanta and in 1912 we are going to
bring the National Prohibition .conven
tion here.' .'.- :.-.:;, - : '.':'-')
. The above statements . were;, given
out here today following a conference
of National and State prohibition, lead
ers. Among those present were Eu
eene Chafin. late" prohibition Presi
dential candidate; and Charles ; R..
Jones, of Chicago, National chairman.
: Wednesday, February 2nd. .
All depositsvmade with The People 8
Savings Bank, on or before .Wednes
day. February , 2nd; will draw 4 per
cent.- interest from February 1st. , ;
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Last week of .Clearance Sale. J. W.
H.Fuchs. - . - ' " - . A ,
ANOTHER CHARGE
AGAINST HASKELL
Republican Minority Leader
in Oklahoma Legislature '
, i Brings the Count.
DEPARTMENT ALSO IIIVOLVED
Mismanagement of State Funds Jo be
Investigated by Committee Gov
ernor Courts the Inquiry Em- ?
pbymnt'of Detectives.
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Guthrie, Oklaj, Jan.' 29-In addition
to the sworn charges filed "i agairist
Governor Haskell alleging, misapro
priation and misuse of State - funds
late ; today, accusations similarly at
tested were filed with the . Legislative
investigating committee against the
School Land Department by "Repre
sentative Humphrey, of Atoka.'
It is declared that 1205,920 of the
funds of the School Land Department,
Ed-.O. Cassidy superintendent, hzz
been . misappropriated and used cOn
trary to law. .This is based on the
official 'report of State Examiner and
Inspector Taylor and opinions .of At
torney General West. '
Governor "Haskell said ' tonight , he
was glad the. charges had been filed
as the people j of Oklahoma at . last
would "have a. chance to learn th?
whole truth." ;. -
The charges against Governor Has
kell were filed today in the Lower
House of the Legislature by Repre
sentative ' L.- Al Morris, representing
the Republican : minority. .
In general the charges. against Hasv
kell are that' he mismanaged the pub
lic ; funds under his . control in . whole
or" in part, and has wilfully "and de
signedly authorized 'the misappropria
tion of . said funds. : . -V -'
The last Legislature appropriated
$5,000 r to : be expended under the di-
rection -of the- governor in the audiN
ing. of territorial ;aceounrs..Tn '"..his r kit
that Governor Hasktyl paid nearly $2,;
100 of ;this fnnd to a:priyate detective
wno, - Alans iurtner cnarges; . is . noi
an accountant. 1 The "Legislature - also
appropriated. $3,000 tobe , used by the
governor in paying for ; investigating
committees and the traveling expens
es of delegates to .various v National
conventions. The governor is charged
with . paying the sum to the private
detective also. . - . ' ; '. "'' - -
Representative Maris calls attention
to public '.'money paid" by . Governor
Haskell to O. T. Smith; his law clerk.
in addition tothe iatter's regular sal
ary which Mr: Maris charges . was not
for iState purposes, b,ut. in the private
interest "of the 'governor, . Attention
is called in the affidavit to an alleged
similar payment of $500 to W. T.
Hutehins. a Muskogee lawver. indicted
with" Governor Haskell in the town
for lot fraud cases.
W. " B. Anthony, the governor's pri
vate secretary, is also a member of
the Legislature- and Representativt
Maris asserts in his affidavit thzt it
is contrary to the State; constitution
for Anthony to hold the , two -.positions.
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- BILTMORE POSTOFFICE. '
Postoffice Inspectors Arrive-to Inves
tigate The-Meat Boycott.
' jr (Special Star; 'Telegram.) ,
Asheville. N. C. Jan. -29. Govern
ment. secret service men from Wash-I
ington today began an investigation
here of-the Biltmore postoffice 'affair
and it is presumed they will go fully
into the whole matter, including charg
es .of bribery lodged by, Congressman
Grant, his wife and daughter, against
Mrs. . Reed, deposed -postmaster; also
the Txgan and Greenwood affidavits
charging bribery. 'Mr. Grant -arrived
here from Washington and is worried
badly. Another set of "detectives are
investigating a matter:, also or great
importance to Grant;'; that of certatn
letters which the Congressman is al-j
1 a - 1 r in 2 1
legea TO; jiave - wruien cuuuei uuig me
Saluda postoffice in which - alleged co
ercion of government., official is said
to have been made! Open sessions in
the Biltmore investigation . will , be
held Monday, . . , " .
-The meat boycott situation is warm
ing up here. With about-1,500 signers
pledging abstinence from . beef for ' 30
days, labor union" men . declare ." they
will begin a house to house canvass
on Monday.. Meat dealers claim the
have, no trust, are making no 'exhobl-
tant profits, and , are willing to -sell
their markets, at a sacrifice to anyone
who ; wants to ry the meat business
SHERIFF SHIPP.OUT-OF JAIL.
With Two Co-Defendants ' He -Leaves
. ' .Washington for Tennessee.
Washington, 'Jan. - 29 Finishing
their sentence, of 90 days,. Jess the reg
ular commutation for good behavior,
Imposed vupon them - by .thf-i'.Supreme
Court foe contempt of that tribunal in"
connection with the lynching Of the
negro ; Johnson. I Sheriff . Joseph . F
Shlpp- and his ' .two. co-odefendants.
Nick Nolanand Luther Williams, ear
ly this morning cast: a farewell glance
at' the brown-stone walls of . the Dis-
ttrict jail f-wnicn , ,nad. ; been .. between
I A 1. J -til " . . 1. av .
iueiu auu liueny ior .aimosi , u aays
and were sped away in -automobiles,
During: the day the men -were enter-
itained by friends, v They left at 10
:p ciock lonigni lorvunattanooga. v
ARRESTED AT ROCKY MOUNT
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Former Young Raitroad Man Wanted
on Multiplicity of ; Charges by
V. Southern, Coast Lin and Ex-r
press Company-RCCOPCft : - -
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vV Rocky Mount, N,C, Jan. 23. After
having baffled the police, railroad Spe
cial - agents and 4etectiv.es: over the
country for more ;'thau a"year, J. N.
Catoe,1 alias Jamesr Jvr. Cates, alias J.
A. Wilson, was-; taken in custody , by
the police herethls morning ion six
warrants charging: that he fraudulent
ly secured $1,900 from the Atlantic
Coast ' Line,-; aboutv half that amount
from the Southern:Railway and about
$L000 from ' th( Southern Express
Company, by which, he was employed
at different times and places.
.The young man bad made his home
here the,T)astl two-; months' with his
wife, and was a chauffeur at the gar
age of L. D. BuIIoc'k tinder the toame
of J. A. .W ilson. .5" Having suspected
that the nian wanted was here, Spe
cial Agent T. J- Watts, of the South
ern Express. Company came here yes
terday and in co operation: :with, Po
Hceman J. M. Reams and. "J. S,! Davio
arrested Wilson at i the garage this
morning. ; The . prifebner is a young
man of good appearance, about ; 20
.rears old, well educated, an adept" at
figures, an expert telegrapher; stenog
rapher and typewriter,' with also a
fine knowledge of the mechanism of
the automobile.- W$ employer was'Ut
terly astounded at': his arrest today.
He married -Miss Mary E. Wilson, of
Society Hill, S. C member of a.promi
wv-ui, . (.v fA.. j 1. k 1 . ia uiuvu. trou
bled - over . her hysbiand's arrest. 'After
the arrest this morning she, was tak
en to the Rick HoteL where" much
sympathy for-her is expressed, ''. v
The majority of the. $3,000 charged
against the yoimg hiah is said to be
shortage In his accounts , when check,
ed up and turning ty elsewhere under
a new name. His irst . work was in
this State with the Coast Line wher.
his true name was given as J.TN. Catei
He was first-employed as an operator
and then a station agent.'- After ' a
year and a .half of senice he was
checked " short and . disappeared. 'Sev
eral months later he turned up. and
aslced for a positioi' with the-South
ern,. being statknied at Kanapolis, near
ixincord; then giving; his name as
JameaJ NEaiet -ii'had xclu&i
charge . fQihe Southfenk andvalso hani
died the express.. He remained at Ka
napplis. forvabout s eight months c'gain-
ing , the confidence of everybody" and
was several times commended for' the
able discharge of his ; duty. - The "of
fice ."was allowed to go without 'rigid
checking but finally ',whenv an auditor
did appear' on the scene, it was founl
that the iSouthern was over $1,000
short and th; express . company " an
equal amount. 'It is-charged' that he
not only destroyed C. O. D.; waybills
but used the mails for fraudulently
obtaining, goods which he appropriat
ed. ..When .he left ICanapolis at night
after the auditors appeared inrthe af
ternoon. he is said to hhve, punched
a couple of 1,000 mile books in his
own favor. Since that time he has
successfully evaded arrest until today,
while . detectives have been scouring
the country for him. He was arrested
and held 'in. jail at Bainbridge, Ga.,
aitej the diamond robbery at Southern
Pines some ,flnie ; ago. b.ut he proved
to the satisfaction of everybody- that
he was noi the man wanted and was
released On one occasion-he was. ap
prehended while fishing on a lake in
Morida artd the officers coming up on
the other bank. ' they called -'to him.
Hewound up- hjs fishing tackle . and
said he would come to them, but he
seized the "oars in hisboat and pad
dled, awajv making gcod his escape.
He was taken by the afternoon "train
today by 'Special Agent Watts, to Ka
napolis where he will be . placed in
jail, awaiting a hearing m the lower
courts. The young man acknowledges
that he is guilty, though he staunch
ly declined to jnake any confession
when first arrested this 'morning'.
The Coast Line is. hauling gravel in
front of the. passenger depot,-gratly
improvinfi conditions there, during,
rainy weather. ,
OUTLINE8.
The flood began to slowly recede
m France yesterday- bringing, relief
to the people of Paris; 40.000 people
have been forced to reave their homed
during the critical period Glavis
concluded his testimony "at the Con
gressional inquiry yesterday;-inteiest
of the day v' was centered in his at:
tack: -on Commissioner Dennett
Ten members of a "Black. Hand" . or
ganization -were convicted at" Toledo
Ohio, yesterday, and sentenced. to th.e
penitentiary The Wardlaw -sisters
was arraigned in New Jersey : yester
day; charged. with1 the murder of Ocey
3ned. and plead not guiltyr-rManly
inompson shot; by canons : pt .Korr-
land, Oregon, 'yesterday, formerlyliv
ed. in Asheville and belonged , to a
North Carolina family Bishop Cy
rus D,' Foss, Vetlred, one of the' best
known clergymen in ,the country diec
yesterday in . Philadelphia- The sec
ond decisive battle in Nicaragua Is ex
pected to take place within the . next
two -weeks. '- . ' - . ' .-r'-'
'ew York markets: Money -on call
nominal ; spot cotton closed quiet 20
points lower.7 middling uplands 14.3a
middling V gulf 14 S0;t flour ; dull ; and
about steady iwheat spot - steady, No.
2 red npminal,,elevator domestic ; and
steadyNo. 2, 71 .1-2 elevator ?doines
tic, 175 delivered- and 73 ' 1 2 f ; 'o. :b.
afloat nominal oats quiet mixed nbmir
' This is your last chance . Sale end?
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GREAT DISTRESS
a- - f
ALL OVER FRANCE
Thousands Driven From Their
Homes by. Fearful Flood
' ; : of Seine:
,
.y -
WATER IS SLOWLY . flEGEDIIIG
V
Conditions, in , 'Paris . I morovl no-
Seine Carries 30 Tihies' flts Usu- .:
al Volume of Water-Num ..-' .
- "ber of Ircldeht8. v I 'rJ.:
Paris, Jan.. 29. Slowly very slowly,
the swollen waters of the Seine which
reached their high mark at 2; o'clock
this morning, are subsiding and . at
midnight the fall-measured about four1
and a half inches not much, but
enough to bring a sense of relief to
the desolated and distressed city.
The danger of. some calamity: such
as has been predicted now seems over,
although .the situation, seems to be
critical at many point's wrthih the city.
particularly in the neighborhood of St.
Lazare station where the entire streets
and solid blocks of buildings threaten
to sink through the crust into the wa
ters beneath.
.The effect of the removal of ; the
water pressure has"- been . to weaken
and causes the greatest" anxiety. Be
sides' there will be thousands of acres
to be cleared or 'repaired when the
water .has receded and there is also
the possibility of an epidemic breaking
out. ?-'."o ' . ; - ''
It is generally believed I that ' the
breaking of the dam at Gennevilliers
appreciably hastened the climax by rei
leasing an immense amount of water,
but the . consequences below are ap-:
palling. " Gennevilliers and Qolombes,
having - 30,000 inhabitants,, are com-,
pletely submerged, the water reaching
the ' tops - of the . houses , In the., lower,
sections, while, the flood is hacking up-
into, the very -centre of .'Asnieres. 1
. Certainly 40,000 have .been - driven
from their homes by. the. flood In th
vauey .01 me- aeuie- to tne - nospitais
and other buildings which :'have'( beeif
placed .at.the..4j3isposition;-of -the- refu
gees.' ' "' - ;. ;"-'" '.'M:"Vf';JV" '- ' . v
Such despatches, as have reached
here from' the provinces indicate a
general improvement in conditions,
except in the lower valley of the
Seine. ' , : -.
President Fallieres and Premier
Briand traversed the inundated 1 dis
tricts on the left bank of-- the river
this afternoon in ah auto-boat, giving
particular . attention, to the' region
around the foreign office, after which
they passed around the Eiffel tower
into the Javel district. The premier
gave a categorical denial to the I re
port's that the government contemplat
ed proclaiming a state 01 siege in the
city. ; 1 ' ' .-.,' -.' ' ..kW
The French War Cross, the Societe
Des Dames Francaiases and the Soci
ete des Femmes de France are render
ing Immense assistance to the. authori
ties in'the'relief of the sufferers.
Sixty relief stations have been es
tablished .in . Paris as well as camps
for the free distribution of soup and
elothing in the outskirts pf . the inun.
dated towns and villages, along the
river. ' , . " . , ' "'" -
The r local government ' authorities
are displaying great devotion and zeal
in the work- of salvage and rescue.
Nevertheless, ' the conditions especial
ly in the country districts are.pitifu.
The houses of the. farmers are: sub
merged to their roofs, and : in ; many
cases the inhabitants have . lost every
thing including their live stock.
It is estimated that the Seine is now
carrying. 30 times the 'usual volume
of . water at a speed of .20 miles an
hour. During "the last - few; jJays
thousands of visitors and. -residents
have left for.London or the ReViera.
A number" of deplorable' Incidents
have been reported.-' Several shop
keepers, who attempted to . . charge
quadruple . prices have . been mobbed,
while --a groceryman, who was driven
to the upper story of his house by an
angry crowd fired a revolver, wound
ing a woman. Rowdies have attempt
ed to pillage many of the houses, and
at several of the towns they have been
driven off by the military.. .
Cause of the Flood. . ..
The explanations of the floods given
by. French scientists are of especial
interest Etiennetanisms. Meuniere,
the eminent geologist, considers the
phenomenon to-be more of. a'geologi-1
cai man a. raeteoruiosicai , uatuf e. - a
reaction of. the water n thestrata be
inw thft surface, he declaresv 'the soil
I of the entire Seine and other big riv
ers or France nan - Decome.impercepu:
bly filled to the point . of .complete"
saturation during the proceeding three
months of gentle rains' with moderate
temperatures,", which retarded evapora
tion When the heavy rains came last
week the ground . yras absolutely , im
permeable and the water ran off: as if
from a cement floor.'- M.J Mounter's
conclusion Is that re-forestation is the
only natural remedy.
J- TRAGEDY AT FLORENCE.'-
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Quarrel Over Cake,at School Festival
, . Caused FataL Affair. v ;
Florence, S.'C, Jan. 29. In. a quar
rel over the price of, a cake sold at
auction at a school, festival, near here
last night, Lofton Poston-was -fatally
stabbed by Mossa Bazen and died five
minutes later. " ,' Both young: men were
I well known iocai;y. .y ;-:r.- , i
FORCES PREPARE TO FIGHT
'Second Decisive . Battle . Expected , in
; Nicaragua Soon American May x
.'Join Estrada's 'Army in Bat
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J Monteroso, Nica., Jan. 26. (By Cou
rier nd military telegraph to Blue
fields, Jan. 29.)- The second decisive
battle of the insurrection, is expect
ed to take place in the next fortnight,
probably; near LaLiber tad,v v according
to General Mena, who joined ' the pro
visional troops here, today. ' li , ' f i
It is possible that the battle ground
may yet be Acoyapa, although Gen
eral Chamorro, who 4s now at. Santo
Domingo, nine miles from LaLibertad
reports that the Madriz forces have
advanced north, apparently Intended
to fight, in the hills around LaLiber
tad. , . ; j , .. ..'.:.'-'" ..'.'- '.-''
.The ' end of the weelfr will see Gen
erals Chamorro, - Mena ; and Zeledon
with . 4,000 men facing, the enemy.
The season .has been ' dry , in , this
section and s the men as a-result are
in good, health. " . 1 -. V .'. U .
The' advance of the provisionals has
been retared .for a. week by the bad
condition of the" trails. I There is en
thnslasm" in ' the ranks, even greater
than that before Recreo, as it is be
lieved "that this battle will 'end the
war.-." ' . ' " -
San Juan, del Sur, Nica.', Jan. 29.-
Owing to. the proximity of -the con
tending, forces it seems 1 impossible
that' another day can pass without' an
engagement being fought. The re
ports .from Bluefields 'that a battle
already has taken place at, LaLiber
tad are not true. : There his been noth
ing in the way of an engagement in
that vicinity except outpost , skirmish
es. : Powerful government forces have
been sent to, the Western departments
to watch any attempt at invasion from
Salvador Or , Honduras. According to
reports there large numbers of volun
teers are leaving . Leon and Chinan
dega for the front. ; y ,
Panama, Jan. 29. During the past
week several Americans have left the
Isthmus for Nicaragua.' It is said that
they have gone for the. ostensible pur
pose of joining Estrada's army. .
AFFA1 RS IN RALEIGH.'
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Death of Maj. . Crenshaw rCharterfr-'
. . v v RiflePractice Other Nbtes,. v
- Haleigh; - N.v C, Jan. 29r-iJoniutited
from- his stately, old . 'colonial- fresi
dence, -three miles from Wake. Forest
College,, the funeral of .the late Major
John Martin Crenshaw-was held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock Rev. W. B. Roy
all. D. D., officiating. Major Cren'
shaw, who was the -first student who
ever matriculated at Wake , . Forest
College," having entered in1 1834, was
In the 89th year of his age when
he-passed '.a way - yesferday after a
brief illness. The ball-bearers were
selected from among the members of
the vPhilomathesian Literary iSociety
of the college. A ' great number, of
people went -from Raleigh for the fun.-!
eral. " He . leaves-, an - estate of prob'
ably '"'$106,000. 'He had no children
and is survived by his -wife, who was
Miss Louisa JAMorman, of this coun-j
ty .'"" - ' "-" - --
The Dunn Plbw Co., Wake Forest,
received a charter today with $25,000
capital 'by W.1 B and J. G. Dunn, W.
C. and J. M. Brewer," D. E. Gill, and!
tthers for making agricultural imple
ments and -vehicles of all sorts. An
other charter is to The Warrenton
Automobile Co., capital $10,000 by T.
D. Beck ' and others. There is an
amendment to the charter of the Flint
Manufacturing Co increasing capital
from $150,000 to $200,000.. .. '
"General Order No. 2, Issued today
by' General Arnifield Xo companies of
the ' National GuarJ directs all com
manders to have the.enlisted men per
form .gallery - rifle ""practice . as often
as possible dung' February, Jarch
and April. , They-must first, see that
the range is safe and all firing done
under the supervision of a commis
sioned officer, the soldiers to be taught
the nomenclature of the rifle, sight
ing, position and aiming especially
before they tbegin actual firing at tar
gets. After practice the proficiency
test is to be applied,' the soldier firing
at ranges of' 50 and75 feet, standing,
kneeling, sitting and prone,-one min
ute' being allowed for each shot and
a percentage of ; 80. , being ; required.
Those passing successfully the proflc
iency test each month are to be. re
ported to the regimental Commander.
Kew rural school libraries are au
thorized and the State appropriation
paid for . two each in Cleveland and
Scotland counties " and one each in
Nash; Pender,. Lee, Chatham and Cur
rituck. ? r ' : .': - . v.-.,; -i''
LIBERALS IN BETTER' HEART.
At Their Gradually Swellfnjj cTktal
. V ' The British Voting :- ;
London, Jan. 29. The .week, closes
with the Liberals in better heart as
result-of their gradually swelling total.
They "Emphasize; the fact' that with
the Laborites the government's purely
British majority will.be 40. The fact
that Premier Asauith and Chancellor
Lloydeorge ate taking a brief holI-;
day alter a snort conference muaj ia
further reassuring to' the ministerial
Ists Who see in this act evidence of
further harmony in the cabinet. It is
notable also' 'that th,e more moderate
opinion whiph'. a, few days ago ecnoea
the : conservative . suggestions of . a
question' on-the subject of the HoUse
of Lords, has now come into" line the
extremists declaring .that ItMs, the 'gov
ernment's first duty to pass ' the bud
get at once and then take up the mat'
ter of the Lords. V . X, - v
The position of the. parties today Is?
finvernment coalition) f Liberals ' 272.
Irish Nationalists 80,' : Laborites - 40.
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GL!K ATTACK
Oil DENNETT
Featured Concluding Day of
His Testimony at the
. ' Inquiry. v c- ;v-'''
DECLARES HE WAS CROOKED
Evidence Developed Animus Between ;
, Land Office arid Forestry Bureau.
': Dennett's Letter , Read ,
' . -; Interest Taken.
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Washington," Jan. 29'. Louis R. Gla y
vis concluded, his testimony before the- ,.
Ballinger-Pinchot Congressional inves- .
tigation committee late today. Ho
will be recalled' at the resumption of
the hearing Jtfohdajr . afternoon V for '
cross-examlnation by . any ! of the per-
senes against whom! he has 0 made v ,
charges. ." ' ;" ' "" ; W ' r," ,' 1 '
Glavis' last day on the -stand was '
full of interest. It developed the ant-
mus which long had existed between
the land .office and the forestry bu- -reau,
and the resentment 'the Tand '
office people ifelt when ' Glavis called '
in "the forestiy" as they termed It. r"
The witness also declared that Rep-'
resentative '" McLachlm, of California,
and Representative Kinkaid, of Ne-
braska, were - interested in Alaskan
claims and' that Mr.1 Ballinger, after
being commissioner of the land office ; '
had acted as attorney for Mr. Kinkaid.'
Glavis asserted that Mr. Ballinger had 'y
suggested - to him not to pursue an in
vestieation'. against Congressman Mc
v. 1
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Lachlin, saying- there had' been" "too :. , s
mucn or tnat sort or tning in tne past. ; ; j
Glayls said he- did hot see Represent ." '
tative ' McLachlln. '" Glavis was asked 5 ; r
the direct question If .be thought Sec-. v i- : -
retary, Ballinger and Commissioner of ' ! , - 1 ,
the General Land Office Dennett were v ' '
in league to do'wrong in Ihe ''Alaskan' ; . ..
CAse," he ''replied? "-;-" .t ;';;v-'"':':;'."' -t
rWell,v I thought the Caseswould, be i .
better protected with them out of , the ' ' . '', " 1 '.
Giayis'attaceemeCh t?"
more ioaay upon, commissioner uen-; . . , .
nett ' He said, be .became5. convinced ' L
in the Summer of 1909 tht Dennett1 , - ' -
"was crooked", and took" steps to se-r
cure carbon copies; of letters Dennett
was writing. back to Washington. Sev- '' '-'.-'',," '
eral of these letters were introduced. . . j-.
One of those introduced in evidence . !.-k
was, from the Commissioner tof H. H. , f
Schwartz, chief of -the' field . service, '. 1.1
It was dated -July 20, 1909, at Seattle, T
and said among other things:
My Dear Schwartz: The worst-
situation 'on the line is the one I find
here.. Our friend, GlaVIs. He regard- : .
ed me with suspicion and , after- talk--. , ; V
ing awhile showed me your telegram - '
assigning. the coal cases to Sheridan. t
Now, I figure that Glavis is prepar- '
ing-to make a cushion for himself to
fall back on, and also putting himself
in shape to have a great story in case ' ;
Sheridan does not make good and sue- . .
ceed in .. cancelling, the Cunningham . - v
cages. ' : ' -'. ' ; .-.''' !'
"While he looks Innocently at me,;
yet I can see that his heart is bad,
though why it should be I cannot tell '
except that he waited to drag the case ' v
out. He may, be sincere, of course, in (
his idea that he . has not been , given . :
time-and opportunity. He asserts that ;
he will help Sheridan all'he can,, but .
it is not human nature, orat least his 1
human nature. -.The atmos'phere is not .; .
good at all.- . ? ; . -
''That he Is playing r the forestry b ;
there Is.no questioning the innocent 4
look he gave me when I told him he
was dragging1 in Shaw, etc., wh,en ;.
there was no necessity was beautl- ', .". '
ful. He has also talked conservation , ;
very strongly. . Glavis talking conser-' : ",
vation!' All 'round he is ugly and he..:
is preparing to be as unpleasant as ,
he, can least that is my solution of the ,
situation. r :' 1 . '..-,
"Glavis. - professes the greatest. ;
friendship to you and I -think .you :
know him better than anyone, else and. V , i
this is certainly the worst situation we ;
have. He will make about 40 f avora
ble and about 50 unfavorable reports.;- "i '
the way things .will commence to drop .
will be amusing'. ' - ,- . i
The mornfng session had not pro-,
ceeded very far when Senator Nelson - , 1 1 f
clashed with Glavis, who had intimat- V
ed that attempts had been made to - - , !
hinder him. inr the-investigation of the V.
Alaska cases during the period from K"
October, 1908fc and. March, 1909. . - J. r , l-
"ta any of your talks with Land . ' : -! '
Cpmmissloner fbennett -or others was a x ' j
there as a matter of fact any attempt V ; f .
to hinder you in your workT" asked
the chairman. . 1 - .
; "Yes, they did," replied Glavis.
uiavis weni into some aetau aoout .: ,k
the visit of Fred DennetL'CmrmilRR'nn. '''.. , r
er of the land office, to Seattle In July, g
1909. .Variotls letters were read in this
connection in which Dennett and Gla- .
vis both Bpoke of - each othe in any
thing but complimentary terms. ,v . .. t'-'
- At one pomi uiavis in nis testlmo--- --.
ny.saf , he had "heard JJennett was- 1
writing "some peculiar" letters back J '.' r.,
to .-Washington and. had , made an' ar
raugement with' the man acting as J '':.'. ; j
Dennett's stenographer to save a copy ' " , -
of all letters for him.'' 1 . "' '
, "I thought he ' was' crooked,!' said -?, ' . t
Glavis. "and when I went to see him 7 .
I asked the stenographer to take1 down .'. 'K v
all I said and all Dennett -said' to me." - '' . - .
Glavis said he had also ftold F. ,J. ; -' v f
Hejney of his ; suspicions regarding ;
Dennett
ifl Tiew Ql ail I iaa Aeara ftDOUt Mr.
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