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THE ASSOCIATED PEES3 DISPATCHES LAST ZDITIOl 4:00 P.M. Weather xorecast I'UlUv Cloud)'; WuriiMi I VOL. XIV. NO. 301. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 26, 1910. So FEB Vanish, Comet!" Said Moon; i ft Mi- And thelSlew Comet Vani shea FRANCES FLOOD DISASTER " TS CONST anttv annwTKm Has Reached Proportion of National Calamity Loss Estimated $200,000,000. SNOWSTORM IS ADDING TO PEOPLE'S MISERY Prices Soar to Famine Figures Fine Example of Pluck in the Way the People Face It. P A It I , AIMS, Jan. 26.-r-The floods throughout France have reach- (I the dimension of a great nation.. I calamity. The otlirlnl estimate of the losses is $2011. mid. olio, or one-fifth as much as the war indemnity paid by France to On many, fireat sections of the French capital are under water, six niu-ire miles of the' historic Bol8-De-Boulogne being submerged, while the river Sei-ie Is still sweeping over Its bank?. ( Wort Hourly. Tin- situation grows worse hourly. At !) n ( Royal this morning that racing torrent, the Seine, was 27 (vet and eight Inches above low wilier mark, and was rising ut the rate of one Inch an hour. Tomorrow morning the flood is ex pciieil to reach a maximum of 31 feft. a height greater than reached by the disastrous flood of 1802. A blind Inn snowstorm raged today, coupled with the hitter cold, and general con Meruatiiin. Is the suffering and misery of the ;ioor and homeless. The People Are 1'liu-kr. In the face of this national disaster Frame in giving a tine exhibition of pluck and solidarity. Powerless to conquer the raging elements, those In tuthority have devoted themselves to the work of rescue and to providing , iMter and food for the homeless. , fls is beginning to feel the pinch of nuuift-r. i M lunniv 1 1 1 n i en iu Yen- tUNes Is railing. Prices are soaring to famine figures. Premier Rrland and Minister Oochery. after consultation today, tstimate that the It t losses would exceed two hunched million dollars. Paris has been divided into Ave leetlunM, each In charge uf a military commander who will control the relief and resume work. The Seine continued to rise today inl the situation grows worse. The victims of the flood number mure than 100.00U and the monetary 1'ixs is incalculable. Thousands of lmr are hopelessly ruined and are fleeing to Paris. The government by urgent measures has requisitioned army and navy material to house the sufferers, and boats for the rescue of the stricken, as well as those Impris oned in the houses In the flood cen ters on all sides of Paris. Itrgton of Inundation. The region of inundation Is steadily enlarging and villages, In scores of places are completely submerged, the people fleeing for their lives and abandoning everything. In many eases the soldiers have been "obliged to use force in compelling the inhab itants to evacuate their homes. Hun dreds of them refused to leave, clam oring only for food and water. In Paris the situation is rapidly In-coming worse, the floods sparing neither the rich nor the poor. The flood Is Insidiously invading the completely built area on either aide of the winding Seine, undermin ing the residences and public build ings and forcing the evacuation of many houses. All the street In the 1 southeastern section are running rlv t. Every hour helps to complete the tie-up of the telephone, telegraph and railroads. . The subways and tram service are diminishing, and In every section gas and electric lights are ruling. Paris Is practically cut off south and west, and if the uresent con ditions continue, the question of food aupplies will become menacing. The senate yesterday unanimously adopt ed an appropriation of $400,000 for national relief and various societies are tending out calls for aid. Presi dent f'allleres heads tht. lost with M.000 and other glfU aggregate $40, ooo. The entire population of Ivery-Bur-Helne and adjacent places, wrjlch are completely covered with water, are In a desperate state. Only the tops "f the houses at Alfortvllle are visi ble, the water averaging 11 feet In the streets. At this place 8000 per sons have been rescued by boats, and Asquith ls Re And Promptly Mobhed Suffragettes Charge in Attempts to Reach the Premier, and Have Several Skirmishes with the Police Be- i . - a fore He Is Rescued. London, Jan. Sfl.-HPremler Asqulth, Wras reflected to parliament In to- following the election of , Premier Axjtilth, the premier was mobbed 30,000 others have found safety by their own efforts. In many towns along the rivers the houses are col lapsing and the wreckage is whirled off In the stream. The rescue work at Alfortvllle was hampered last night by lack of light. Hut the rescuers had more to contend with than turbulent waters. Croups of Apaches hud gathered and soon were engaged in the work or piracy. They seized several of the boats and robbed rescued and rescuers alike. In some cases they entered the houses and carried on their depredations. Fi nally a force of soldiers drove off the looters. fuses of Drowning. Tlu'ie were many cuscs of drown ing and death to the aged and sick as a result of shock and exposure. Two instances of death were particularly pathetic. Aged and inlirm, and find ing themselves unable to move, a man and a woman hanged themselves to a bed post. A hospital containing 2000 patients Is surrounded by water and grave results are feared. President Fallleres ami Premier Ttriand made an automobile trip yes terday afternoon through the flooded districts in the eastern section of Par is. They walked through some of the streets, knee deep with mud and wa ter and saw the crowdB fleeing, men tugging at valises and trunks, and weeping women burdened with child ren and all sorts of household belong ings. The conditions are appalling, and the president and premier has tened away to seek means of relief for the suffering people. 2:1,000 Still on Housetops. Churenton, France. Jan. 26. The Hood situation here Is appalling. Ivoy and Alfortvllle are especially affected. the streets being under water. Thous ands of residents have been rescued, hut 23.000 still remain helpless on the housetops. Southern Members Declare the Bill lo Be Unconstitutional, Among Other Things. Mann Washington, Jan. Hi. Attacking the Mann "white slave" bill as uncon stitutional. Representative Adams of Georgia, opposed the measure In the house today. He claimed the morals of every state could be more care fully guarded by the state's own laws. Opposing the measure on similar grounds, Representative Itartlett of Georgia, offered an amendment strik ing out the requirement that keepers of immoral houses should report to the commissioner general of immigra tion the presence In such house of any girl within three years from the time of her entry Into the United titatcs. It In Passed. Washington, Jan, 36. Dy a viva voce vote the Mann (white slave) bill today passed the house, practically as Introduced bv Mann. DID HOT SEE ONE Sperry Makes Statement Showing De plorable State ol Our Mer chant Marine. Washington, Jan. It. The deplor able state of the American merchant marine was mad manifest In a letter of Rear Admiral Bperrj". commander- in-chief of the American balttleshlp fleet ,during the, world famed cruise, and read at today's session of the na tional board of trade. Bperry stated that during the cruise.' covering all the Important porta outside of north em Europe, he did not aee an Ameri can flag at sea. . : i'-Yj-si.-.-!"-. r-c t j - Ehcted militant surfraaettes. The women. In a body, charged In attempts to reach h. ml.ter . There were several .klrmlxhea with the police before Mr. An.inlth wn conveyed to a pim-e ARE OPPOSED-TO WHITE SLAVE IL AMERICAN FLAG bylra'cty REPUBLICAN PARTY IS DEMORALIZED -ELIHU ROOT. Washington, Jan. 2fl. .Senator 1'Jlihu Hoot, ut a din- j tier here lust night, declared the republican party in the 4 Empire state is In u demm-al- J. isscd condition. J Democrata in Washington are elated becaiiao one of the A recognized leaders of the re- 4 publican party has admitted 4 that the outlook for the par- 4" ty's success at the polls next fall is gloomy. 4 THE INQUIRY IS El Glavis, Former Agent of the Land Office, the First Witness and May Pave the Way for Mr. Pinchot. Washington, Jan. 21!. The investi gation of tlic liulllnger-Pinuhot con troversy by a Joint committee of con gress begun this afternoon when U R. GlavU, the agent of the general land office, who lost his position by executive order, because of charges ho brought against Secretary liullin ger, was the first witness. His testi mony. It is expected, will lay the ground work for the calling of Gilford Pinchot, former government forester, O. W. Pricje.,fnrmertaB8latant fdrester. and Alexander Shaw, former, law offi cer of the forestry department who were removed from the service by President Taft because of their alleg ed activities in the controversy. The Joint committees met yesterday and arrunged nil of the preliminaries for the opening of the official probing of the Interior department and the forest service. Senator Nelson of Minnesota, who was elected chairman of the Joint committee, reported that he had con ferred with Messrs. Pinchot. Price and Shaw and that they had said they had agreed Jolntt upon George W. Pep per of Philadelphia to act as their at torney. Mr. Glavis appeared berore the committee and announced that his counsel would be Ixiuis D. Ilran diss of Hoston and Joseph IJ. Colton of New York. Mr. Glavis was in structed to report with his counsel for examination toduy. Secretary Italllnger has Informed Senator Nelson that he does not care for an attorney to look after his In tercuts, that he feels that the commit tee will muke the Inquiry broad and complete. If that Is dono he said he wants no lawyer to defend him. it was agreed that regular sessions shall be held on Fridays and Satur days from 10 until 1 o'clock, and from 2 until 6 o'clock. Other meetings will be held at such times as can be agreed upon by the members, TIIK Ml'XKJI'AMTV Or' LIMA DDKS HONOR TO T1IK HIIY.WM William J. In Given Mlal anil Mrs. Hrjail One fUiHMnl With Diamonds. Unm. Jan. 28. The municipality todav presented to William J. Bryan a gold medal, and gave Mrs. Hryan a medal studded with diamonds. President Iufia attended a great hall luit night In honor of Mrs. Hryan In Sotwlon In KU AugiuUJnc. St. Augustlno, Fla., Jan. 2. The International League for Highway Improvements, which was organized a year ago, began Ha first annual con vention in this city today, with dele gates In attendance from many states. The convention will remain in session two, days. - Corporallon Tax CniiHtltntlonallty. Washington. Jan. 2. With the tight over the constitutionality of (he corporation tax provision of the Payne tariff act Inaugurated last week, four more suits Involving, the same point were enrolled on the docket of the Supreme court of the United State today. IJUIe Clutnge In Deadlock. ' Jackson, Miss., Jan. 16. The with drawal of W. U. Anderson from the race was the only change In the dead lock In Mlmlulppia senatorial race The two Anderson votea went to Var- daman. On the last ballot Vardaman received aeventy-seven votes. Fplm-opal Dlocewe of Georgia. Amerlcui. Oa., Jan. IS. Rlshop F. P. Beeae presided today at the initial session of the annual convention of the Episcopal diocese of Georgia, neb-gates from many parts of the state were In attendance. ' fJOW UNDER WAY PATTERSON SAYS SOUTH-HOLDS KEY Governor of Tennessee Says People in Cities Who Are Hungry Should Come This Way. A BIG MILK CONCERN ANNOUNCES A REDUCTION People of New. York. Owing to !glla lion Over IVU-gs. lnj -el Some Things a lil Cheaper. New Vork, Jun;!!:. Governor Pat terson of Tennessee, here on a visit, declares the woutia hold.i the Key to lovvcr food prices. He inserts: "If the millions of poor people in the ctowded sections of the east could be scattered over the agricultural lamia of the south the problem of the ex cessive cost of living would soon be solved." Cow ant! Chickens. St. Louis. Mo., 4Jiin. i2fi. Governor HnUlcy believes the cost of living problem" can only be solved by every family keeping a " and chickens. "I keep three cows and some chick ens. You'd be surprised what a sav ing they make in the household ex penses. If you don't believe it, ask Mrs. Dudley." ; Pl'U-FM Go Down. One of the big milk loncerns in Brooklyn has announced Ihut on Feb ruary 1 it will cut the prici from nine lo eight cents a-art. . Many retail griAir,nd butchers in Munhnttun uit'Uj'iJJ'luct'tons of live cents a dor.en on fresh eggs and five cents a pound on the best cream ery butter. The retailers paid that the prices to them had been cut and that ihe wholesale people explained the reductions as a concession to public agitation. When big wholesalers were asked about this they declared that no changes in prices had been (piotcd by them since last Saturday, when butter fell on' two cents u pound from purely natural causes Secret or Reduction. "The secret of the retail reduction on eggs," ?ald one big wholesaler, "is that grocer uml butchers have been selling storage . ggs a strictly fresh for 60 cents a dozen. They arc begin ning to lose nerve In the face of the public turmoil. "For Instance. Ti.flOO cases of eggs entered the New York market yester day and not more than BOO cases were fresh eggs. The stork of fresh eggs received In the New York market that duy would hardly keep six big hotels going. Tet you can go Into anv retail store and get the Strictly fresli pro-; duct. The trouble is that retailers j have been charging the public for fresh eggs and giving them refriger-; ator goods." The news of Hie one cent reduction ; In milk reached District Attorney Whitman's oilier ust as it wa-s round ing Into final shape the evidence on the m'lk business that la to be sub mitted to the grand Jury. The Alex ander Campbell Milk company Is tin one that will skim a cent off. So fur as was learned vesterday onlv those ' h" ""' hi'i' "'iillk " ,,t',1,r . . ' .7 . T :','"', Loton Morton, president of tho Hhel- nem r-nrms concern, saiti msi ihkh thut hla company contemplated no reduction, I Whether the fall was caused by the j Salt Uiko City, Jan. I'll. Whether hullabaloo about the cost of living uml (. j,-n ro s-Jobnson ngbt will be the Impending investigation Into prices; lu( lul(, wU, ,..,.,,., ,,.,, . and reasons or whether It was simply! ... . . because well behaved cows may be I ' I"-'"'" w' "'l' ,'"v"rll"r expected to do the right thing by the "Spry will issue a statement which market now that the back of winter is! w dually end the matter. about to be brok-n made no difference! . to the district attorney and his staff ; They felt thul things were pointing! right at any rate. - As vo the possibility of any Investi - gallon Into the cold storage business : (hs ,.Myi tM ,ieHd. aged 74 years. Kem the district attorney was of the opln-1 ..- ,, ,)li8l grand muster of the Ion that to prove there was anything Illegal about it uu intent to keep com modities off the market until high prices prevailed would have to bo shown. Also it would be necessary to show that there was a conspiracy retire tne loousiune rrom tne maraei . a rM,luH,e uf the University of Vlr when they really were needed. Mr. j Knl( H Kug a ,ro,iu.r of. Edward Whitman was of the opinion that,M K(.mieri altitor of the Southern mere w uw crime. i" mw iuiumii wi concern to till an order or to All It only In part for the purpose of holding out on the market. i WI-Jk Hlateineiit. Washington, Jan, 16. Explaining that he desired to obtain a compara tive statement of food products prices on the farm and In retail markets. Senator1 MeComber presented a reso lution today directing the senate com mlttee on agricultural to make such an investigation. Taken to Richmond. Roanoke, Va., Jan. 16. Howard Utile, convicted of murdering Mrs. Ketsy Justin and nve members of the Meertuwe family, was removed to Klehmond penitentiary today. He will be electrocuted February 1,1. VE3JUS . 0; LAST ills coi night was a ideal winter ighl i I and ciiso. tint warm ntnist to the recent severe I weather. The atmosphere whs so clear that one hail a sense of seeing i lor thousands of miles into the blue vault; but the liliriicst lleece of cloud j hung here and there. ) As the shades of evening c;inie nn i the new wonct, announced i:s the dis ' covcr of Pro!. Iimess at Johanns t burg, last week, slow iy revealed itseli F hanging ju-l over Pisgab ;.nd be llow and to the northward of Venus. "Its tall." as one v, riti-r has recorded. , "was sevcinl ards long." and that is agreed lo. if one may be permitted to I add "and several thousand niiles.'' Scientists marvel at the whiteness of ! this nebulous appendage, which seems Amount for Four Months Period. Ending December 31st, 10.791.454 Running Bales. Washington. Jan. 2ti.-- Aei mi ding to III'' leiisiis report toda tile total supply of cotton ho- the four months i period, ending liecembcr ;ilst, was 1 0,7!t I A'A running bales. This was made up as follow s: 1 . 1 .::..". s .". held September 1st. IIMi'.i; giiiied during period !i. J. ".'.i.ii sr. bales; net imports 4 N. 7 s t . In the distribution of enilon it was reported that during the hun mouths' period 1.771.214 bales were consumed: ,'7 1.1 i I were eMiuri d. 1 . .". P 7 . 1 7 bebl in mills. . IS.7IU le-ld In inch -pendent warehouses. w bil other sti imoiints to I.IJ:: HE WILL SETTLE Governor of Utah Will Make Statement! With Reference to Proposed j Jeffries-Johnson Fight. C'apt. Ki-iiiht 1-uiI. i Alexandria, Va., Jan. 2ii. Cnpiain i lvoucluuko Kemper, former mayor of Masonic fraternity in irglula, and prominent throughout the state In Masonic circles.- A nutlve of Warron ton, Kemper Joined the Confederate army at the outbreak of the war und tow,rve(1 at t.OTt rtumtFr, g. c, ne was i .aUxvy. rYull Men IMwunh I'roblems. Spurta, Ga., Jan. 2. Georgia fruit growers met here today and opened the thirty-fourth annual convention of the Btate Horticultural society, which will last two daya. The pro gramme Includes reports, addresses and discussions on horticultural top ic Young tilrl Aiemultotl. Hot Pprlnga, Ark., Jan. 16. I-cna Adams, ten years old. was the victim of attempted criminal assault by an unidentified negro while the child wae returning from school. It Is be lieved the negro will be lynched when captured. P. fl-S.-- SUPPLY DF COTTON EI1IEN IN 'REPORT FIGHT QUESTION comet to be a new style in comet tails. Venus, which is doing duly now as our evening star, and the new comet that 'ol. Albright insists is 1-lalley's had the stellar parts, so to speak, in a magnificent heavenly spectacle. There were comparatively few- stars out: wbut there were shone with a b-'auty ami brilliancy i;-;insccnding the diamond and with an added heavenly warmth and cheer. I!ut Venus out shone them all; a great, inagnilieent gem. tie- iiueen of the nest and the wonder and admiration uf countless wnrlds. The darkness increased, well on to ward T o'clock, the comet growing the brighter and more wonderful. Its body but a soft, yellow-white glow, in contrast to the clearlv -ilelined evening star: its tail. nearly perpendicular. Asserts That Ashevillc-Knoxvillc Route Is Shorter Via Way ncsville. The t :a-,etle-.e s i'all'eail. The ;on Air. Wayiicsville. Jan. H. Keliewed ellolls ale to be made by the county commissioners of Haywood county, 4-o-operatltig with the com missioners of r.uiicombe and other counties, towards building the Asln--v ille-KnoNvillc highway. II is show n that by coming through Canton and a nesville the road Is nearly hall way Macadamized in this state, and tie- distance is about '.7 miles shorter di.-iii any other route out of Asln - . I lie. follow inn what is known as the obi stale road from Asbevllle to Turn pike, the route is nearly all the way Macadamized. . he co issioliers are going to begin work coi tin- loan I loin Turnpike to Canton right awa. The route most likely to be taken from Wayiicsville towards the Tcti iieas. i line Is know n as the ,Sevb-r Mb- I If iu l.tllv ! ,-Ollt i llll.-l I ion ol ' !!;, obi stale Im. -'ifle--ll lulbs of itiis toad is now in good condition. having been Macadamized a few ears i. i..i-.ii i, I nl V 1IIM IIIMOII-k. I I. .11 n. I ..w 1.. tlo. ,-le,-t oil o a 1 rout, fl Vsbcvilb- to Know I", yet ! i he commissioners n ! I la v wood In genera n.l citizens ol I nr.. uolm; to make a move towards convincing the committee in charge that the most j inolilahle route that could be select- ed would I through Haywood conn- ly and not ii Un r.......h l.fou.l river. as lias I, een advocated by Some. HAYWOOD COUNT! WANTS H1GHWAK HE ACCUSES TAFT, ALSO ROOSEVELT Charged by Delegate Wickersham That They Maintan an Alaskan Lobby in Washington Wickersham Says Officer Threatened Him. Washington, Jun. 2. Charges by Delegate James Wlikershum that resident Tuft and former President Koosevelt mnintalned In ' Washington an Alaskan lobby In the peruana or former Governor iloggalt and Major lllchardson, an army officer, are re vealed by proofs, made public toduy. of the executive hearing before the senate committee on territories. Scrambling for advantages In mat ters of Alaskan legislation has culmi nated In a demand by Delegate Wick ersham that Hecretary of War Dickin son order out of 'Washington, back to Alaska or to military duty, Major Klvhardson, who Is chairman or the Alaska road commission, whom he charges with "exerting too much In Ituence upon congressional commit tees, r .Whllf the Alaskan legislative bad no clearly defined ending, but blended into the azure vastness, and none could say where It ceased. Hut what radiance is this that spreads over the top of the sky. and causes the comet bodv to pale Whose beams of beauty flash across from the east to the uttermost west 7 It is the ijiu.en of Night. Dazzling, lull-orbed, she Ibials majestically upward from behind the sunset range, her moun tains and bir continents, her man, her woman and her dog outlined like etching on polished silver. Her magic suddenly tills the world. line turns to look at the comet. Venus, sunk to a minor role, still twinkles bravely; but the comet is not to be seen neither head nor tail nor hide nor hair of it. It has vanished. "PANAMA LIBEL" SUIT DISMISSED Judge Hough Rules That the Federal Courts Have no jurisdiction in the Case. New Vor!;. .Ian. '.'. .lodge Hough today granted' ; it Ion to dismiss tho cioiinal libel suit against the pub lishers of the New York World ill the I'aiininu canal case on the ground that t In- federal courts bad no Juris diction The bulge ordered the indictment, chuigbig criminal libel quashed. At tin- opening of the case counsel lor the ib-li use characterized the Hull as iinpreci dented in the history of tiio I ii. i-d States government. It wus iu jligaled by Theodore Hoosovclt dur ing bis presidency and charged that 'n sii, -in Talt Douglas ItobiiiHoii, n of Mr. lioosevell. la-otleT-lH-law- i 'buries Talt, a brother of tho William .WIhoii Cromwell president. ami Theodore Hoosovclt were crimi nally libeled l:i connection with publl ,., nous in the bill of l'.IOH relating to Hi-- purchases of tin- franchise, ma , lunerv and other rights, of the l-'rcnch I 'annum 'anal comp i n . Mr. Nb-oll said that be should In- .. 1. ,h . , 1 1CI c.s. (o ik-m-ii!" n. o..--. ;ether out if whether SI I me nsai .io.--.i..o Ibis s a libel or not. We shall plead 1 just ilica t ion. and secondly, excusable libel. iii the second ground I propose to show." he continued, "u set of facts and circumstances leaning to me i" - I el that when we orltllcu mono niu- . f w. believed them to be true." council bill iw In-rore the senate committee on territories, Delegate Wickersham declared that Major Hlehardson was in Washington claiming to he the adviser of congresa oil h II matters relating to Alaska that he was In fact lobbying In. behalf or special Interests, mentioning among others, the Guggenheim Interests mid endeavoring to perpetuate himself ns the chairman of the road commis sion, and at the same time legislate himself Into the office of the commis sioner of the Interior, the otttce ere- ated by the Alttekan legislative coun cil at a salasy of I7&00 a year. In his letter lu the secretary' of war Mr. Wickersham says that - he was met by Mr. Hlehardson as he came from the committee room and In an angry tone threatened by the Army officer for what he had said to Continued on pngo five. !M : r. , ..- $ '' - u . . : j f Jf" J
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