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THE ASSOCIATED DISPATCHZ3 . - : AA LAST EDITION. 4:00 P. IL Weather Forecast: Fair, voider. VOL. XIV. NO. 260. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 8, 1909. Sc PER COPY THE CEN Si; S BUREAU TELLS OF THE CO'iXGINNED, 1 Snapshots in Washington: Figures of Prominence mm ill Figures Show 8,878,277 Bales of Cot'on Were Ginned from lhis Years Growth to December tl 0. THESE FIGURES COUNT ROUND AS HALF BALES The Proportion of the Last Three Crops Ginned to That Date Giving in the Re port K New York, Dec. 8-The K census bureau's report, show- X R ing a decrease in the cotton H It ginned ln,s Jar, compared K R with lat, caused Increased ac- H R tivity and excitement In the S R cotton market, with May con- R tracts selling up to 15.29, or 17 ! R points above the closing figures H R of last night, and a new record R. R fur the season. R R RRRRRRtRtRRttRRRRRR Washington, Dec. 8. There were 8,S78.?77 running bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1909. to December 1. ns compared with ll, OOS.iltil for 1908, according to n con sus bulletin, issued today. These figures count round as half bales, and exclude linters. Th pro. portion of the last three crops ginned to December 1, Is 84.1 per cent, for o. 75.5 percfit for 1907, and 77 2 for 190ti. Round bales Included this yeur are l:: 3,9 19 against 201,480 in cluded for 1908, and 154,636 for 1907 Sen Inland bales Included are 77,776 for 1909. 68,396 for 190s and 55,93 for 1907. Distributing sea-Island cotton for 1909 k: Florida, 25,906; Georgia, 43.118: South Carolina, 8,762. The total cotton crop for 1908 was 13,- flS.O0fK and, for. .1901, -".11.057.822 Corrected utatlstk of the ouolity of cotton ginned this season to November 14. elves 8.? 12.1 9 9 bales. The cotton ginned from 1909 growth, to Decern ber 1. In the following, states: Flor. iila, G!i,9r.8; Oeorgla, 1,677,232; North Carolina. 530.163; South Carolina, 998,340. J1E PLEDGED BY MOB Promised He'd Sentence Negro to Die in 30 Days, and Did So, After Trial. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 8. Whether the extraordinary circumstances of the trial and sentence to death at Wiiliamstown, Ky., yesterday of a ne gro, Kitrl Thompson, will make the proceedings illegal was the subject of discussion In Kentucky today. A mob which met Thompson at the train when he was brought from Jexlngton to answer a charge of criminal assault on a white woman exacted a promise from Judge Camack to sentence ' Thompson to hanging within SO day. Camack delivered a pledge to this effect from the Jail steps. Thompson was tried and found guilty while the mob overran the court chamber. Thompson entered a Plea of not guilty. The Judge fixed the hanging for January 1. HELD RT WHITE HOUSE The Tafts and Others in Con fab, Probably Discussing i . Ohio Situation. Washington, Dec. 8. Great political significance ! attached to confer ence at the White House this after noon of the President. Charles P. Taft, former Oovornor Herrlck, and Arthur Vorys. . i ' ' Although nothing to divulged fol lowing the conference, It Is believed to have been focused on the Ohio situation relating to the selection of a strong candidal for the republican gubernatorial nomination. . The republicans conclude that Gov ernor Harmon will be renominated by the democrats and. If successful, will be a leading factor for the presiden tial nomination In 1(12. s Vrges Increase of Nat si Forres. Washington. Dec. 8. An Increase In th enlisted strength of navy of 1004 enlisted seamen and 1000 apprentice seamen, making a total force of 47,. fcOO. Is urged on the house committee on naval affairs by Captain Usher of the bureau of navigation. . , HOW SUGAR TRUST 1Y BE REACHED Senator Clay, Who Knows a Great Deal About Sugar, Says Tariff Must Be Revised. WARNED COUNTRY LAST SUMMER THAT IT WAS BEING ROBBED lie Says, In Course of Interview, That Investigation Would lie a Futile nml Cm'1cnm Thing. Special to The Onsette-News. Washington, Dec. 8. Senator Clay. of Georgia, who In a speech that was a feature of the tariff debate Inst summer, declared that the sugar trust was defrauding the nation out of mil lions of dollars. Is of the opinion that a congressional investigation of the sugar frauds would be a futile and useless thing. The Oeorgla senator, who is regarded as the best Informed man In congress on the sugar ques tion, believes that the proper way for subjecting the sugar trust to the man date of the law is by immediate revis ion of the sugar seliedules of the tariff law. A congressional investigation would amount to little or nothing," observed Senator Clay tonight. These invest! gntions are usually expensive and pur tlsan, and do not get at the bottom of frauds. If the courts and the ex perts will do their whole duty these frauds can be fcrretted out much better than by a congressional inveHtl- gation. I am not in tho least sur prised that the treasury and the do pnrtment of Justice have ascertained that the government has been annu ally swindled out of a large sum ns the result of underwelghing. 1 charg ed on the floor of the senate during the last session of congress that the government had been swindled out of more than ten million dollars by the American Sugar Ttclinlng company commonly known as the sugar trust and presented facts to prove the state ment, but It was utterly Impossible to Induce tho senate to give the infamous sugar schedules the attention they deserved. It Is amazing to mo to think that In the framing of the tarill schedules no change was mndei in the Dlngley rates that affect sugar. The sugar trust can never be destroyed un til the government permits competl tlon from abroad. At the time of the passage, of tho Dlngley law, 90 p cent of the unrefined sugar came from abroad and was subjected to a duty of 168 per hundred. Consequently the sugar trust had to pay this rate of duty on all raw sugar purchased Since the Dlngley law became opera tlvc we have annexed Hawaii, the Philippines and Porto P.lca, and we have cut tho duty on sugar from Cuba 20 per cent. Thus It is the sugnr gets all its raw sugar free, save that which comes from Cuba. And ell the whll the tariff has remained the same on refined sugar. The trust has been enabled to purchase Its nigar at low rates without reluelng the price to the consumer. Refined sugar, on which there Is n tariff duty of 195, is barred from this country, anil the trust is practically without competi tion. lti'Diictl Kiignr. "The price of refined sugar to the consumer Is Increased nearly one half on account of the present tariff rates. The profit of the trust is so great It now practically controls the sugar re fineries of the United State. That the trust Is In partnership with the Mormon church, and a powerful fac tor In the politics of the United States, Is an admitted fact Take Moody on Trusts, and he demonstrates that the profits of the sugar trust have more than doubled each year. Yet this trust was not satisfied with what It made, and went to work to steal from tho government to make more. "With all this Information before the senate no change was made In the sugar schedule. This is the astound ing thing to me. How congress could refuse to reduce the duty on refined sugar surpasses my comprphenslon. "The sugar trust has been In the hands of a lot of thieves almost from the time of Its organisation, and It de serves n" mercy at the hands of con gress. In my Judgment it cannot be crushed until the sugar schedules are revised Jy congress, and a strong, healthy competition given In the su gar Industry. ine, omcera or ine sugar trust the big fellows and not the underlings should be prosecuted for the frauds practiced against the government and should be sent to the penitentiary. "When congress refused last session to properly revise the tariff on this schedule, an irreparable wrong was Inflicted upon the American people. The sugar schedule was In the hands of those whose states were Interested In the beet sugar Industry, but the schedule was left so as to protect and foster the Interests of the trust." Mlsslsslpiit library Association. Jackson, Miss., Dec. I. At a meet ing her today -plans were perfected for the organization of the Mississippi Library aaoclatlon. The membership of the association will embrace rep renentntivea of leading colleges and schools as well as the librarians of cities and towns throughout the stato. Lmom. -J l $tV.& ' f ' , ' W. YZ . BORAH etynMOHT y 1 IP ' ' ' ,''' "" I .owdamo MARCONI TO SHIRE IN NOBEL" PRIZEij It Is to Be Divided Between Him and Prof. F. K. Draun of Strassburg. Stockholm, Dee. S. It is learned from u reliable so ire e that the next Nobel prize for physics will lie di vided between Slirnor Marconi and Prof. I'enlinund Karl Ilruiiii or Strnss burg university. Itltllelnl announce ment of the awards for the year will lie made by the Norwegian Struthiiig day lifter tomorrow. The honor will come to SiKiior Marconi, who Is equally well known on liotli sides ! the Atlantic, in recognition i his nchieveniellts with Wireless tclcgru- phy. l'rof. ISraun Is to sliare the hon or, it is said, because of his invention of various Improvements In the Mar coni system of wireless telegraphy. No authoritative Intimation has been given as to who Is to receive the peace prize or the annual awards for literature, medicine or chemistry. The Nobel prizes, nuinlieriiig live, of the average value of $40,000 each, ure given annually to those who have done the most useful work during the yeur in literature, physical science, chemistry, physiology or medicine ami for the propaganda of peace. The Nobel Koiindatlon, which has the. awurds in charge, was established by the Inventor of dynamite, the Swedish scientist. Alfred ttcrnhard Nobel, In a will which he made in 1895. The Inventor's fortune of $, 000,000 was devoted to capitalizing tho prizes, and the administration of the foundation and awards of prizes are In the hands of the Swedish learned academies and, for the peace prize, a committee of the Norwegian Storthing. The prizes were first awarded in 1901, the distribution tak ing place annually on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death. The prizes rnay be divided and may lie given to women, Mme. Curie being a former winner of the chemistry prize. In 190S President Itoosevelt was awarded the prize for the propa ganda of peace In recognition of hit efforts In bringing to n close the war between Russia and Japan. FOR STEALING A MILLION Deposed President of the Phoe nix, However, May Not Live to Stand Trial. New York, Dec. 8. -Oeorge II. Hhel ton. the deposed president of the Phoenix Insurance company, who Is critically III at his home, was Indict ed by the grand Jury today for grand larceny. In connection with the al leged looting of the nre Insurance company's treasury to the extent of a million dollars. There Is a shortage of something like $1,000,000 In the accounts of his enmnnnv for which the state super intendent of Insurance declares him responsible. Falsification of reports for at least ten years, the Illegal as sumption by him of full control of the resources of the company In disre gard of the rights of the other di rectors and of the finance committee, the maintenance of a speculative ac count with company's money for his own benefit with a Wall street bro kerage firm, and loans to Insurance of ficials over a period of years as the price of lax scrutiny of the company's condition furnish the main counts In the Insurance department's Indict ment of him. ' , i GROHCI. W. r on Trades Strike Is Becoming Serious House Dynamited, Soldiers Fire on Strikers, Non-Union Men Beaten Strike Has Been on for Five Months, over Large Area Things Gradually Getting Worse. Pittsburg. DftrvfX. Tlie strike or the Amalgamated Association of iron. St. el and Tin Workers against the American Sheet and Tin Plate com pany, n subsidiary of the I'nited Stah s St.i I corporation, which lias I. ecu in priigri'ss during tin- past live months in Ohio, West Virginia and I'eiins.vlvani.'i, Is gradually assuming s Hons proportions. Developme nts in the labor dispute THE SNEED CASE Police Believe Mrs. Snead Was Chloroformed and Then Drowned in Bath Tub. New York, I lee. 8. Mysteries piled up today In the bath tub murder case. The question of whether chloroform was used in murdering the oung southern girl. Oecy Snead, looms up. is a result of a druggist's story that iv woman resembling one or .mis Sneiid's relatives sought to buy a bot tle of chloroform a day or two before the body was discovered In the Kusl orange house. Ilo refused to sell the drug without a presctlptlon. The po lled believe Mrs. Snead was chloro formed mid then drowned. Another complication Injected Is the disappearance of Mrs. Martini Wnrdlaw, grandmother of the victim. The woman who died so mysteriously ivus burled today. No friend or rela tive nttemled the funeral. Miss Vir ginia Wardlaw. the victim's nunt. is tlll locked up. charged with murder ing her niece. FOR NEW WAGE SCALE Increases Range From 10 to 100 Per Cent No Thought of Strike, Says Murdock. New York, Dec. 8. Demands for In creases In wages formulated for pre sentation to the railroads will call In some cases for a raise of 100 per cent.. Vice President James Murdock of the , Ilrotherhood of Kallroad Trainmen - . uecmres. The Increases ask for range from 10 tier cent, to 100 per cent." Mur dock said, "as some of the eastern roads are actually paying men 60 per cent, less than Is being paid by west ern roads." "There Is ho thought of a strike In connection with the dcmand.' IVtllcr Shop Men Walk Out. Richmond, Dec. 8. Over 100 men In the boiler shops of the American locomotive works walked out today, following an order changing the sys tern of pay from .tho dnjly wage sys tem to the time or bonus system. i MYSTERY III VICKT.WSHAM.ATTORNBY today (leiiion.vtratecl the temper of the pi'Vtlclpanls. A house occupied by non-union men at Struthers was dy namite! rmd sewn persons were in- Jured: soldiers opened lire on Ihej tinkers at I !ridgeMii, wilhtiut effect, 1 however: non-union men were severe- I ly beaten at New I'aslle, Pa. The authorities at Wheeling ami Martin's Kerry are preparing for trouble, momentarily expected at the mills. TO BEDE5PEUTE Passengers from Nicaragua Tell of Conditions That Ob tain in the Republic. Panama, Dec. X. Passengers from Nicaragua slate that people In the republic are kept in Ignorance of the happening'! o; the country, because of Zelava's Htrici censorship. Honduras' pn siib nt Is reported to be an ally of Zelaya's. Oeniral Toledo has been lii seiged et tir-ytown. surrounded by land and mi It v Insurgents. Foreign newspapers are not allowed to enter Nicaragua. Tin. situation in the in terior Is desperate. !.! kxuiv h" .ix.w.vs t.ki:s i ii:i.i ,m;.ixst iiim I'liriner PriMili'iil t'nrdciins. Whom HcOiMcil. Headed for Managua With Ml" Men. New Orleans, Nov. K Former Pres ident Curd i nas of Nicaragua, over thrown by Zelava in 1 S 1. has tiken the Held against his old enemv, bead ing an expedition from Costa Iticti Into Nicaragua, according to advices re ceived hire. Cardenas is nt the head of about fiOO armed men, the advices says, and Managua IS their objective point. DIXISIVK II ATTIilO KXPKCTKD TO T.Ki: I'leXCH TOMOItltOW Zcttiyn Has Ifc-cn Making l iitllc Al- li'inpts lo Incite Aiitl-Ainerlcnii Demonstration. Washington, Dec. 8. Senor Cnstrll lo, representative of the revolution ists, has received cablegram from Minefields signed Kstrada, stating the Initiations were thsr a decisive battle between Zelnya's forces anil the rwn lutlnnlsts will be fought tomorrow nt llama, ' President Zelays, recognizing the growing sentiment In Nicaragua fav orable to the revolutionists and to the part the I'nited States Is 'playing In the contest, has recently been mak ing every possible effort to Inolte the people to anti-American demonstra tion. This Information was received at the state department today from omclnl sources, together with sla.e rmnts that Zelava's efforts had been utterly futile. A Judge Ilcsigns. Honolulu, Deo. 8. Oeorge W, Woodruff, a federal Judge of the ter ritory of Ilnwall, today cabled his resignation to President Taft. S TO T 0 SI CONTRACT LET FOR LI W. F. Edwards and 0. E. Blythe Will Build the Peoples' National Bank at Nendersonvillc. tlazette-News lliireau. Hotel (biles, llcmh-rsouvHIc, lee. T. t'ontract for the new People's Na tional bank building was awarded here yesterday to W .' " V. ' fid wards; ami ll. K. lllythe. both ofrthis pluoe. The contract price Is understood t.i be mar IJ.'i.oun, and the building' Is to be of reiiilureed cniicrete structure v i 1 1 1 stone I runt. Work will begin in i ti short w hile ,. tearing dow n the , prcscnt stone building on the site I w here the handsome new luiil.iinir will I be erected. Messrs. Smith and Curler of Ashe villi', the architects who planned this building, give out that it will be one of the prettiest bank buildings In the state when completed. The time of completion ns per contract Is July 1st, 111 10. S. J. Justice Is making a survey of the town for the purpose of designat ing the necessary grades to he used in putting down cement sidewalks. The property owners will be lint i lled by the town authorities thirty days beforehand, that If they do not have their cement sidewalks placed themselves, then the town will put It down for them. It Is thought that many of the land owners will place ceincnt sidewalks In front of their own houses, Instead of having the town contractors do it. The work of cementing will hard ly bet in before spring as It is unsafe to put It down during cold weather .Mrs. W. C. Strailley has gone to Si'mpler. S. C, on a visit. II. C. Perkins, who lias been on an extensive visit out west, has returned to the city. Cnssius S. Itiulger of Asheville was in the town on business yesterday. II. S. Anderson spent yesterd.t Asheville. In IN SIXJIIf RAGES Thousands of Spectators Wit nessing Bicycle Races in Madison Square Garden. New York, Dec. 8. Still ahead of all records, lenders In the six-day bi cycle race today sot tho pace In low ering existing marks. Early this morning thousands of spectators wit nessed the sprint by teams at a ter rific pace, one tenm losing a lap In the wild scramble. Walthour nnd CoIIIiih In l ourtli Plsee. "Hobby" Walthour of Atlanta and his team mate, Collins, wonderful sprinters, slid tip to fourth place. The disttincn covered thus far I 1,181 miles. The score: llutt-Stol, McKarUnd-Clnrk, Daw- son-Dcmara, Walil.our-Colllns, Hott- Kogler, Mitten-West, Cameron-Kerbs, Hnistead-liwrmce. Pye-Hehlr, Anderson-Vanont, Hill-Hteln, Calvin Keegu.ii, Oeorge-Oorget, Herman-Car-a pes si. THE WKATHEIt: Forecast until 8 p. m., Thursday, for Asheville and vicinity: Fair, cold er tonight, with a minimum tempera ture of about Z0 degrees; Thursday fair, continued cold. OIK BUILDING N LD SCRAMBLE flFTERTHEPLACE T. E. McCreary Is a Candidate for Position for Which Mr. Logan Has Been Endor sed by Mr. Grant. THE CENSUS SUPERVISORS TO BE CONFIRMED AT ONCE Senator Cummins of Iowa Dissents from the Program That Is Favored by Presi-. dent Taft. Special to The (Jazette-News. Washington, Dec. x. T. IS. Mc Creary of Lexington, who wants the western marshalshlp, is here. Ho hopes to be presented to the president tomorrow. Nominations tor census supervisors In North Carolina, which were sent to the senate yesterday, will lie eonllrmed at once. Senators Overman mid Simmons will not Inter fere with the contliMiations, though asked to do so. James K. Teague lias been appoint ed postmaster at liryson City. Mr. Webb has introduced a bill for holding; a 'Ydernl court at Morgan ton. Judge lloyd will not oppose the measure. Sp- lit 1 McHgCM. Within the next ten days President Taft will semi two special messages to congress. One will he on the conser vation of natural resources and the other on Interstate commerce legisla tion and the Sherman anti-trust law. The president lias informed callers that he will give his views on these subjects to congress within that time. and lie has made it plain also that ho does not purpose, for the present, at least, to have the anti-trust law dis turbed. The president, it was made known, had considered mentioning his desire for amendments to the interstate eom nieree act. in his annual niessnue. hut - vcfraitkcil. 11 Was became lit' th tact that the subject was too big to be dealt with lii company with the muny others contained in that document. In the special message on the interstate commerce legislation the president 11 ill III......UI ..r t.A . . . . . Altornev-flenernl wiekersham have outlined as neces- sary In s dies during the autumn. 'r,,u creation of a commerce court of of five members will be suggested. It was said by those who have talked with Mr. Tail. He will also ask that the Interstate Commerce Commission be given the power of Initiative In rate cases. Sir. Taft will tell congress that power should be given the commission to hear complaints against unjust clns sllieatlon of merchandise for trans portation. The (iliestlon of whether or not railroads should he compelled to dispose of any stocks or bonds which they liohl In competing lines proba bly will receive much attention. The president. It was stated, believed that railroads should lie barred from ac quiring any stocks or bonds of com peting lines In the future He was doubtful about requiring lines which now hold such stock to dispose of them within a stated time. Unless Mr. Taft finds that the subjects are too complicated he will make hut one message for interstate and anti-trust law topics. The bitter. It was under stood, will not be disturbed, but the president will refer to it In general fashion. Mr. Cummins Dissent. Senator Cummins of Iowa, who, was I Invited by the president to Join In the Informal conferences nt the White House to consider amendments to the interstate commerce act, bus express ed bis dissent from the program of tlie president. Senator Cummins Is op posed to the president's plan for an interstate commerce court. He be lieves that the present commission should be strengthened In the matter of powers and will Introduce a bill conferring on the commission power to make and publish freight rates whlih shall be binding on all Inter- state carriers. y IN THEIR MUFFS Women of Aurora Protect Themselves Against "Jack the Slasher." Chicago, Dec. 8. The women of Auroru who have to be on the streets after dark without escorts, are carry ing small revolvers tucked In their muffs as a means of protection against a mysterious "Jack the Slash er" who made vicious attacks on five women recently. COOK RftCOKIM WIMi 1IK CIXISKLY GUARDED . Copenhagen. Dec. 8. Dr.' Frederick A. Cook's north polar observations reached here today, and were placed in the university vsU. The papers will be guarded until the-. eifttnlnlng -1 committee begins Us work. I E
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