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THE ASSOCIATED - , PRESS , DISPATCHES LAST EDITION. 4:00 P.M. Wt&er srorccajsv : . Warmer Toinorrmv. VOL. XIV. NO. 311. ASHEVILLE, N. C.j MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 7, 1910. fir!: So PER COPY 1 OF THE Tfftb - i IE M COlj, Cltjr Wood ' Products Furnish.. 64.2 per Cent; of All Outgoing 1 ' Freight in' Western N. Carolina. IMPORTATIONS HEAVY IN ALt OTHER LINES Forests Apparently the People's Main Source of Wealth And When They Are Gone, What , 'J '..,5:.'': . 1 ' -4,, ,"'' The lumberln(f 'mtl8t,v of Western N'm th Carolina Ik by far the moat Im portant source of freight, for the Southern railway company; it fur nishes approximately one-fifth of all the freight which originates in this section, as shown by figures which are monthly compiled by A.. K. Orr, division freight agent. And this oner fifth includes only the lumber dressed and undressed which is shipped from points In this territory to various points in all parts of the country; Jf to this were added the number of cars of products. In some manufac tured form or other, like pulp, furni ture, etc.; it will be readily seen that the wood industry the products de rived directly from the forests of this section of the state furnishes more Hum three-fifths of all the freight which originates in this western part of North Carolina. Thus It may be Men what an Important problem the pinervation of the forests and the conservation of the natural resources i'f I In' Southern Appalachian moun tains becomes. Forty-Two Car of Lumber Day. Actual figures have been, obtained from the division freight office which bear this out. Out of a total Of 5134 cars of freight shipped in December from points embraced by the Ashe vllle Traffic division, which Include the lines from Ashevtlle to Salisbury: Ashet'ille to Spartanburg, ,iul. :.. the "JNirphyiHvtoioH, 104Z wer' loaded with lumber. This Is an average of nbout 41 cars 'of lumber dally, for Six lays per, week which Is regarded as a very vheavy - double-headed freight train on the Ashevllle-Salisbury line. And the lumber business during De cember, owning to the holiday season, wa)a not up to the present months. During November 1146 cars of lumber wore handled; October, 1125; Septem ber. 12H2: August, 12000; and July, 1005: ami to shdV that the ratio of lumber to other .shipping la about constant under normal conditions, the total number of cars of freight orig inating In this division during Novem ber was 5303; October, 6400; 8eptem ber, 64t; August, 6207; July, 456. V 84.3 I'er Cent. Taking the month of December, which is as seen from the above, showed less freight business than the proceeding Ave monts, the actual figures show that all kinds of wood products. Including the rough : and manufactured products furnished, by actual count. (4.1 per cent, of-all the freight which originated. In this sec tion. ; ' ,. I. .,:.!. i '' ' Besides the1 W42 cars of lumber handled from this territory, the rail way company handled 1494 cars of wood, practically all of which went to the champion Fibre company at Can ton or was chestnut, wood for other tannic extract plartu. Other products of the forest handled during Decern ber Include 300 cars of furniture, 105 cars of tannic acid, 3( cars of tannic acid bark; 11 cars of tannic acid re fuse; 13t cars of building jnaterial; 3ti cars of pulp and rough paper from the Fibre company; 30 cars of box "shocks," or knocked down boxes and barrels; 10 cars of wagons; mak ing a total of . 3290 cars of wood pro ducts out of a total originating freight movement of 6134 cars, , ' The Tannery Business. Many other very Interesting facts ran- be gathered from the detailed statement of outgoing- freight The list Includes CI cars of eotton and 102 ears of cotton fabrics and manufac tured goods. An Industry which Is perhaps larger than Imagined is the tannery business, one ' which de pends directly upon the forest prod' ucla for ita tannic acid. During De comber 50 cars of leather were ship ped from this section, an average of about two cars of finished leather per working day; while, the shipment of iwelvj cars pf native hides to tanner les in other parts of the country Is significant; it shows In a measure the number of cattle that have been alatiKhtered here recently besides the 11,400 or more which were shipped out since last August. ' f Ml nom. I Shipment. , ' The shipment of 20 cars of kaolin : a pure white clay, large deposits of which exist' in Swain county brings to attention an Important industry of this section. This kaolin Is mined . washed and dried, after being thor oughly ground, and much of It Is shipped to plants in Ohto where It Is t manufactured IntA all kinds of dishes. eta. The North Carolina kaolins, are mid to be about the purest that can be found anywhere. One "car of talc, probably to be manufactured Into sweet scented talcum powder; and one oar of rnlra completes the list of min rai v-hlpments during the month. Thii vegetable and fruit shipments ; during the month wtre practicall nothing compared with the fall month when this class of fronds on tvt-i iino'd on imjr the. Weather Man's Cheerful Pre dictions-Coldest Wealher "J of Winter In Some Sec tions Last NlghlX WHOLE ATLANTIC SEABOARD FEELS WINTER'S ICY GRIP Five Below at Boston, 20 Below at Plattsburg, N. Y., 10 Below in West Virginia,' ' Etc: Washington, Feb. 7. Almost every state on the Atlantic Seaboard rrom Maine to Florida Is today, experienc ing the coldest weather of (he win ter. The temperature In the west and northwest is growing warmer. The cold extends far Into the south. Tonight frost will be felt as far south as northern Florida. . Cold in New York City. New York, Feb. 7. New York, city struck the minimum winter tempera ture, acompanied by discomfort and suffering, today. , The temperature was two degrees above-"" zero this morning. , Twenty Decrees lk-low. All the state today is experiencing extreme "cold. At Plattsburg the thermometer is iO degrees below zero. Intense cold, driven to tho bono of man and beast by a cutting wind, gripped the east last night. In this ity, tempered as it is by surrounding water, the mercury stood at one de gree above zero at midnight, equal ling the low record for the season. A 40-mllo gale swept New Tork nd vicinity throughout the day and night, driving pedestrians , tndobrs nd causing great suffering to those. who are exposed. The city streets were practically deserted at night. An unidentified man was frozen to death at Boston r a fisherman met a similar fate at Buffalo, while off Atlantic City a tramp steamer - was forced to ouichoi because of. the gale, Tbe cold area, moderating as it ex tends .south, reached as far as Flor- Mda.where frost-was reported. West Virginia Shivering. Pittsburg, Feb. 7. West Virginia is experiencing ' the 'coldest weather of tho winter. The. temperature ranges from 3 degrees above zero to 10 below. Three Below at BomIoii. Botron, Feb. 7. All New England is shivering In a cold wave. The minimum' temperature here Is 3 de grees below zero. Two Above In Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Feb. 7. Pittsburg has experienced ' the coldest day of the winter. The thermometer recorded a minimum two degrees above zero. Aslievllle Weather. The minimum temperature In Ashevllle in the past 24 hours was 13 degrees above zero. The forecast of the weather burenfu is: . Fair and continued cold tonight; (Continued ei Pag fix.) MISTRIAL IS ORDERED IN MBS. FORD'S EASE Jury Could not Agree, as Some Did not, Believe the Testimony of '.' ' . Warrinen, . ' ' Cincinnati, Feb., 7. "Sickly senti mentality that make It impossible to convict women," declares Prosecutor Hunt, Is the reason the jury failed to agree In the trial of Mrs. Jeannette Stewart-Ford, accused of black-mailing Charle U Warrlner, the convict ed Big Four treasurer.. The prosecutor asserts that the second trial of the woman will occur within three weeks. After 14 hours deliberation, the jury was unalile to reach an , agreement and was discharged. . John Bwlnk said after he dismissed the jury that that he had been In formed that on the last ballot eight jurors had stood for , acquittal ' and four for conviction,.. The unexpected end to the sensa tional case was explained by two of the. jurymen as duo to the fact that a majority of their colleagues refus ed to give any credit to the testimony of Warrlner. They, asserted that a man. who had confessed to embes- slement for li years would not heM tat to perjure himself against sv wo man who he believed had been the cause of his exposure, ' STRANDED NCIIOOSTER WIM. BE FLOATED AT HIGH TIDK Norfolk. Feb. T. Following a Heres night on the coast, with a maximum wind velocity of 41 miles an hour, tho thl je masted schooner, Carrie A. Nor ton, from Jacksonville to New Tork, lumber laden, which stranded at False Cape, Va., during a fog, will be floated as soon as the wrecking tug Reacu is able to work at high tide. i Rtt. Roevc Stewart Dealt ( rrlmeton.- N, J Feb. T. Rev. llpi ve Stewart of Detroit, dled eud di rily tol. ' Hi" was SO years bid, and widely known as a Jrcturer. THE DEATH OF Had Gone to Baitimbre to Have Part ridge Bone Removed from Throat, but Death Resulted. . The Gazette-News Bureau, Chamber of Commerce .Booms, Hollcmon Building, Raleigh, Feb. 7. ' ' Former Chief Justice James 12. Shephord left here Saturday for Balti more hospital to have removed a par tridge bone from his throat A tele gram this morning announces his death at the age of 64 years. The Supreme court met toduy and is examining 53 applicants for licence as attorneys. Rev. Alvin Betts, a retired Baptist minister, died suddenly at his homo here this morning. , Died at UoHpiuO. Baltimore, Feb. 7. Former Jude James E. Shepherd of ' the Su preme court of North Carolina, died today at a hospital here. Since retire ment from the benqh Judge Shep herd has engaged in the practice of law at Raleigh. . . The announcement of the death of Juuge Shepherd was received with deep regret by friends In this city tills morning. The news came as a distinct shock, as It was supposed that he was In the very best of health. Judge Shepherd was one of the state's most distinguished lawyers and ju rists, and was for several years chief justice of the North Carolina Su preme court. Since retiring rrom tne Supreme court bench, he has Iwen engaged In some of the most impor tant suits In the state and federal courts; among the most notable ones being the Rockingham Power com pany litigation and the famous rail road rate hearings about two years Formerly a professof of law at the University of North Carolina, his name was prominently mentioned In connection with tie position of denn of the law. department there which Was made vacant by the doath Inst full of Judge James Cameron Mi-Run. The selection to nil this vacanry 1 Is expected to be made at tho- meeting of the trustees Wednesday. , i . ... 7r- 't i- IX) POSTPONE OPEHATIOJf j i OF CORPORATION TAX LAW 'Sir, Oveniiun Introduces Dill lb, Hold ,i Jt l'u I'nlH Supreme Court Passes on II. Washington, Feb. 7. Benator Over man of North Carolina, today Intro. duced a bill providing for postpone ment for te days of tho date when corporations are required to make re turns and assessments under the cor' poration tax law. The delay proposed will give the Supreme court time tu pass upon casi-s .brought td test the constitutionality of the tax. PolloMnm 'Accused of Housebreaking Norfolk, Feb. 7. Deputy Sheriff Huybert today swore out Warrants charging housebreaking against Po licemen Phelps Hall and. Williams Dunn of the Portsmouth police- de- JUSTICE SHEPH ED lrtment. ' ,. ' , ; - 4WHAT ARE WE ROOSEVELTS LIKED MEATS VERY RIPE Or at Any Rate, That' Is the White' House TableSteward. Would Hang up a Quarter Beef Until Nearly Ready to Drop Off Bones. Waxhinglon, I'eb.' 7. Tlutt bud beri, some of it ready to fall to pieces, was served at the White' House during President House velt's occupancy ,is the testimony of Food Inspector Dodge today, before tho house committee In vestigating high living in the District of Columbia. MARKET IS WEAK; 0 ManyWeek-end Orders to Sell at Market) in Brokers' Hands This j Morning. New York, Kcb. 7. Another exhi bition of we.ikuoas in the stock mar ket with the resumption of business for the wctik set conjecture to work in the financial district. Commission houses found themselves In receipt m large selling orders over thu week end. ! ( Buying demand proved languid. Selling orders In many cases were for execution ot the market, or without restriction on price. Values crumbled rapidly Under these conditions without a very large volume of transactions. Some stress was laid on nows from Washington on the Intended introduc tion today of the administration bill for federal corporations. PARIS. INTERESTED French Critics Unite in the Opinion That Rostands New Product Is . i a Masterpiece. PariSt Feb. 7 Rostand's "Chantl uleer," which had, Its dress rehearsal iait night at Porte St. Martin theater, la the leading sensation vf the hour In Paris. Critics are unanimous that, as a poem of lyrlckeautyj "Chanticleer' Is unsurpassed. Many pronounce It Rostand's masterpiece. - oliii It. Core Dead. Norfolk,' Feb. f John H. Core, aged 71, one of the wealthiest men of eastern Virginia, and the largest Indl vtdiml holder of rea I estat In Nor folk, died tod.iv following brief III' BUYING CHANTICLEER HERE FOR 'Way ' It Was Served on ; the Dodge staled that it was the custom of the steward at the White House In buy a quarter of bief und hung it up until Ii was ripe, or "ready to fall to plec'," as the inspector described It. when it would be cut up and served on the White House table. Members of the committee express ed disirust over Dodge's revelation. BELIEF FUND FOR French Cabinet Asks Parliament for Four Million Dollars Additional More Cave-ins Today. Paris. Peb. 7. The cabinet decided oilny to ask parliament for 44.000,- ' iioo as the aditionul credit ueccssury lor tho relief of. tho victims of the Hood. Foreign subscriptions to the Hood relief fund exceed M0. 000. Tho river Seine hns fallen 18 feet from its enwt. More cuvc-lns In the streets and falling houses are report ed as tho receding waters withdraw. France's Permanent Natal Strength. The cabinet today approved the project of a new law fixing the per ninncnt strength of the French navy as follows: Battle fleet, st name- ships, 10 m-out ships, 52 sengoing to- lieOo boats, s4 liub-mnrlnes, two mine layers, for distant foreign service, ID Hill IS. ASHLEY HAMILTON ItOMKNETT ON TRIAL IN COWLICK CASE Boston, Feb. 7. The second of the Women Coinrt-Martials" opened at the Charleston navy yard today, when Past Assistant Surgeon Ansley Hamil ton Ilobenett was put on trial for alleged participation In the expuUtlnn of Dr. Kdward S. Cowles from a dam December 11. , Much the same evi dence presented in tho trial of pay. master Auld. was expected to be used in the proceedings against itobenett KILLED HIMSELF THOROUGHLY Alameda. 41., Man Flrra Four Hut IctM into Ills Head ami ' Then Hangs Himself, . San Francisco, Fell. 7. After nrlng eleven bullets Ir.to his head from revolver, Roman Prltschoff hanged himself at his home In Alameda. Three) Are Irrjnred. Lt Cross. Wis., Feb. 7.--Two through mesnengesr trains . on tlte Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy ra.l road collided In a head-on today nanr Deante, thirty mile south .of-. La Crosse. Two wall clerks and a -porter were injured. ..- . , , , FLOOD VICTIMS x I ADMINISTRATION 'S BILL INTRODUCED No Corporation Will Be Allowed to Hold Stock in Another, It Provides. Washington, Feb. 7. No corpora tion in the I'nited States will be per mitted to purchase, acquire or hold stock in any otner corporation, ac cording to a bill Introduced in con gress today to provide for the forma tion of corporations to engage In in terstate and International trade and commerce. Tins applies to corpora tions organised under the act or un der the iawi ot any state or foreign ountry. Nor shall any of these cor porations have banking powers. Introductions of the bill were made by Senator Clark of Wyoming, and Representative Parker of New Jorsev, chairman respectively of the senate and house judiciary committees. This bill represents the combined thought and work during several months past of Attorney General Wickersham, President Taft and the rest of his cabinet advisers. As a, re sult of frequent cabinet meeting dls- -bkiIoi.s of the bill, the present draft differs greatly from that originally presented by Attorney General Wick- rshain to the president's considera tion. The president believes that the careful consideration given to the bill liy trained luwyers of his cabinet his produced a measure that will stand the test both of congressional discus. kIod and of Supreme court decision. Forfeiture of Charter. forfeiture of charter may result If any corporation organised under the art shall enter Into any contract or combination or engage In any con spirucy against Interstate or foreign trade or commerce or shall monopolise or attempt to monopolise any part thereof contrary to the provisions of the Sherman act or shall otherwise violate the laws ot the I'nited 8tatea. The charters of all corporations are made subject to alteration, suspension or repeal by congress. The attorney general Is given power to bring for feiture proceedings and the court may appoint a receiver. Annual reports must be filed with the bureau of corporations and the commlsHloner of the bureau may call for special reports. Ten days after tho declaration of any dividend a fin anclal statement showing the amount of net earnings must be filed with the commissioner of corporations. At least a majority of the directors of the corporation are required at all times to be citlsens ot the United Stales and bona tide residents therein, Transfers of Stock. Stock-may be paid for In cash or In pruperts. but every certificate of stock Issued In poyment for property must contain a statement that It Is so Issued and before any stock Is so Is suM a full statement, sworn to1 by a majority of the board of directors, must be filed In the bureau of corpora tlons, setting forth a full description of the property, the number of shares to be Issued In payment thereof and whether, such shares are to have par value or not; the names and ad dresses of the vendors of the property. the statement of their connection. If any, with the company; the terms of anv agreement, verbal or written, with respect to the transfer of the property full details as to price; all amount (Continued engage 1) Motion Was' Made on Ground That a Material Witness for the Defense, Kr. Adams, Is not Here. PROSECUTION WILL MOVE FOR REMOVAL OF CASE Give Notice Thereof Counsel Argue ; Sharply Judge Orders Next Trial of Case Set for April ! Term. During the morning session of Su perior court, which convened here to day for the trial of criminal cases with Judge M. H. Justice of lluthor-. fordton presiding,, counsel, for F. C. Wivtkilis of Black Mountain, the town constable who, one night lust siimmer. shot and killed Johp 11. Bunting ; of Wilmington nt j tho .Gladstone' ' hotel and seriously wounded Paul V. Col lins of Ilillsboro, moved fur a contin uance of the case on the ground one of the defense's Important w)t-"i nesses, Mr. Adams, could not be pres ent at this time on account of 111 health. The prosecution resisted thn . motion for continuance saying that the case was Important und should be " Irled a.t this time. Iji tho course of , argument by counsel for and against a continuance Thomas Settle of conn- '' se for the private prosHutlon stated ' that if tho case was not tried at this.: lime the state would usk for h re moval of the case to some other coun ty. This statement brought Locko Craig of counsel for Mr. Walkins ti his feet, who said that the position of tho state seemed to lie thjtt if It could try the ease in the absence of the defense's witnesses it was n,ll right to try tho case here, but otherwise It could not get a fair trial and wanted to remove. This brought forth sharp replies from counsel for tho pnwecu- : lion and there was wiiih further ar gument. The mater ended with Judge Jus- -ttte 41 hNfettW 'thsit -the se -4 sfs.-eeA- down Tor trial at tho April term. No-" tlco wnrf given by the prosecution that, a motion for removal would be filed during the present term when sucli j a motion will bo urgued. It Is ex pected that the affidavit of the prose cution for a removal will be tiled thin week. It is understood that the de fense will resist the motion for re moval. Mark of Rchikn-I for Juduc SlH-phcrd. Shortly before time for aujourn-i ment for the noon recess the death of Judge Shepherd was announced to the court and on motion court ad- ourned out of respect to Judge Shep herd's memory until 9:30 o'clock to- morrow morning. On motion tha court appointed a committee com posed of Locke Craig, Judge J. 11. Merrimon and Thomas Settle to draw suitable resolutions to be presented to the court during the term. With the convening of court this morning the selection of a grand Jury ' was the first buslnees to claim the at tention of the court officers. . G. l. Carter was selected foreman of tho grand Jury for tho term, while tho other 17 members of the, grand Jury are: I. P. Ward. W. IP. Johnson, M. McElrath. It. A. Pickens, W. 11. Waters, John McElrath, 1. , Henry lluckner. G. W. Ingle. A. U JUrren, T. W. Hawkins. W. 8. West, H. r.. Ward. Z. V. Crawford. J. T. Gurrison. W. A. Cole, J. M. Hawkins and F. O. Garrison, Judge Justice s charge to the (rranu Jury was of some length ami inter esting. He charged the body spe cifically in Instances as to their du ties as grand Jurors and in clear aim concise manner Instructed them us to the 1 w generally. Aside from disposing of the Wat- kins case there was little doing during the morning session, two or three submissions being entered anil lino Imposed. .i- urn Rex Given City's Keys-Great Honors Being Paid to'Aviator Louis ' Paulhan. "I ; ,T. New Orleans, Feb. 7. Preceding the expected (lights or louis Paulham today, Franco-American i-lUnens united In paying furthor tribute to I lis aviator In receptions an social events. Hailing Rex. king of thu Carnival, New Orleans today approached, the climax of the Mardl Oras festivities. Sirens of river craft and cheering thousand on shore welcomed the mon arch: the formality of turning over the keys ot the rlty to him and his parade followed. EsVsd After Capital. New Orleans, Feb. 7. With a view te Induclni; capital to enter Nicaragua, an edict lias been Issued by General Esteems, nomlna'.!; jrovlelonl pres. blent of Nicaramia. permitting thu free entry of mining machinery and nistertHl. ....hf ti k, i "v'V -. ".'V ; t' : ''I : , 'a . .V, it
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