North Carolina Newspapers

NeM TEH ASSOCIATED , , PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. IL Weatliw rorecast: , FAIR. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 5, 1911. 5c PES COPY 1 V' . .'.,. . - - VOL. XVI. Wf;i,0 , :(::.:.-.:. : . . " II READY TO BUY G.D.&Q.? Urge Bond Issue May Mean the Purchase of the Burlington '. Route by Great North ern Railway. OUTLET ON THE SOUTHERN COAST PROBABLE OBJECT Plausibility It Added to Report of Knox vllle-Asheville-Greenville Connec tion Statin of the Oliver j . ' - Unet. . Gazette-News Bureau, , :. The Hotel Raleigh,' Raleigh, June 5.,.' SOME3 months ago The Gazette News printed a local story to the effect that there were many Indications that the J. J. Hill Inter ests, as represented, in the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy railroad, would seek a southern terminus, probably at Charleston, S. C or Savannah, Ga. . At that time some were Inclined to regard the story as mere speculation, but it was lent added plausibility last week when announcement was made by J. J. Hill, the western railroad man, that the Great Northern Rail way company had authorised the Is suance of $600,000,000 first and re funding mortgage 4 per cent gold bonds. The financial world sees in this the purchase and entire control of the Burlington by the Great North ern. The Northern Pacific Is at pres ent Interested with the, Great North ern ' In Burlington securities to the amount of $222,400,000, according to Mr. Hill's statement, and the general Impression is that this obligation la to be transferred entirely to the Northern Pacific, which In no sense Is a competing line with the Burlington, but a very essential connection. ' This Burlington bond Issue does .not be come dne . until 121, but it is sup posed thai a transfer will' tuke place about thajirat Of tho. coming year. The Great Northern would then have complete control of the Burlington." -Of the $600,000,000 of bonds of the Great Northern, only $20,000,000 will be issued this year and the remain ing bonds ere divided as .follows; held In treasury of the company, $26. 000,000; reserved to retire existing obligations, $112,162,0001 reserved for general corporate purposes, acquisi tion of new lines, purchase or ac quisition of stocks and bonds of other companies, $122,38.000; reserved for acquisition and construction of new lines, terminals, etc., at not exceed Ink $2,000,000 per year, $100,000, 000. These figure are from the financial statement of Mr. Hill. Now for the story. The Burlington road now comes as far south as Metropolis City, 111., which Is just across the river from Paducah, Ky. There are only about 60 miles of road to be built from Paducah to connect with the . Tennessee Central railroad at Hopklnsvllle, Ky. There hi a per sistent rumor In certain quarters to the offect that it Is the Intention for the Burlington to acquire the Ten nessee Central and connect it with the Burlington,. This would put this system Into Harrlman and there Is now tinder construction a line from Harrlman to Knoxvilte, called the Harriman, Knoxvtlle Eastern rail road, which Is suppotd , to have omethlny to do with the Tennessee Central. From Knoxvllle the route to Savannah or to Charleston would He through Sevlervllle, up the Pigeon liver, through Ashevllle and to Green ville. Savannah. It is said. Is the ob jective point and the fact that Savan nah has gotten recently $400,000 for river and harbor Improvements is an interesting Hem. Ollvpr-Iattmon Connection. Should such a deal be put through. . there are many who believe It would be In conneatlon with the roads now cwned or projected by W. J. Oliver of Knoxvllle. and W. H. Patterson of Atlanta. Mr. Oliver now has the Knoxvllle, Beviervllle Eastern run '.. nlng from Knoxvllle t BevlervUle, and proposes to extend It to connect with the Greenville & Knoxvllle, which has been built by the Patter sons from Greenville .about 20 miles toward Brevard. A linking up of the two system would be In order. Near Huvannuh Mr. Oliver has a road of somo length called the Savannah, Augusta ft Northern, and this would probably be connected With the other at Greenville. Such a line would form a great railway system from the far northwest to the southeast and many thlnns Indicate Mr. Hill may have an eye to such a proposition, Such a road would connect the cot ton fields of the south, the timber ' regions of the Appalachian regions the finest to be found In America and the coal fields of Tennessee With the manufacturing regions of the middle went, the corn and grain sec ' Hons, and the Canadian timber sec- tlone. The opening of the; Panama ' canal mltiht not lie a small Induce ment for th Brent railway system to el the Atlantic border. From Mr. Hill's statement of the npport li Ih'IiiI Ix ( llllH'l V H II t .ninent or the Grat orthern ue. It can fc seen that ma il. i l.ei'ti provided that would . :uv Inke rare of tlie propn i . ' Hll"whm ri'!i"nr,;iM i'i t'.f i r i nt ( "hi til '. - : . . boyd Would Enforce High Court's Ruling United States District Judge Instructs Grand Jury That the Anti-Trust Law, as Recently Defined, Should Be Vigor- ' ously Applied in This Judicial District. The Tobacco Company Case. Special to the Gazette-News. ' G'EENSBORO, June 5. In the United States court ' which opened here today for the reg ular June term, with; Judge Boyd pre siding. Judge Boyd said, in charging the grand Jury, that if within the territory of his court there are found any agents or representatives of. the American Tobacco company engaged in unlawful practices, they are guilty Cotton Leader Brown Is Bullish on New York, June 6. The appear ance of.W. P. Brown, one of the prominent New Orleans bull leaders, on the floor of the New York cotton exchange this morning was the signal for rumors that Brown had come here to take charge of the end season of the bull campaign! somewhat similar to that In w.hJch he figured last year when cotton during August sold for 20 cents a pound. Mr. Brown refus ed to discuss the possibility of a bull campaign but expressed confidence In much higher prices for old crop cot ton. "He said:' "I .am very bullish on the old crop. Supplies of raw material Effective June 12 Train No. 18 .Will Be Returned to Its J. Former Schedule. - Another change In the schedule of train No. 1$ on the Murphy division of the Southern Railway will become effective June 12. This schedule was changed May 28, making the train arrive In Ashevllle from Murphy at 5:50 p. m. Instead of 6:65 p. m. as heretofore. Now the time of the ar rival of the train has been changed to the old schedule and on and after June 12 No. 18 will leave Murphy at 11:20 a. m. and arrive In Ashevllle at 6:55 p. m. No. 18 will stop at Ashe vllle. Following Is the schedule an nounced for train No. 8 between Lake Toxaway and. Terrell: Leave Toxa way $ p. m.,' arrive Ashevllle 6:10 p. m.; leave Ashevllle 6:20 p. m., arrive Terrell 7:10 p. m. Return ing, No. 4 will leave Terrell at T:i0 m., arrive at Ashevllle at 8 a. m.; leave Ashevllle at 8:16 a. m. and ar rive at Lake Toxaway at 11:40 a. m. This gives a splendid through service from Lake' Toaway to Terrell and also conveniences patrons of the Southern who desire to come to Ashe vllle for the day and return. The 'Southern Railway has thus early In the season Inaugurated a part of Its summer Pullman car ser vice. Effective yesterday the first through New Orleans-Ashevllle sleeping car line via Chattanooga went Into effect while the first car out of Ashevllle for New Orleans via Chattanooga leaves tonight at 10:80 o'clock. ' The first New Orleans-Ashevllle sleeper via Atlanta and Spartanburg left New Orleans today. Eectlve Sunday the first through Memphls-Ashevllle car started for the Mountain Metropolis while the first through car from Ashevllle to Mem phis left Ashevllle today at 2:05. ' The Macon-Ashevllle Sleeping car line Is also In effect today. The entire summer schedule of the Southern railway will become effect ive June 12. ebibery iidiciiints retue::ed at cqlumbus Eight True Bills Presented by Ohio Grand Jury Legislator Is ' ,. . Given Heavy Fine. Columbus, O., June S. The grand Jury today reported eight bribery In dictment It In not known how many are against members of the leiclala ture. Representative Evans of Ktark county pleaded guilty to soliciting a bribe of one hundred dollars. Evans wws fined Ave hundred dollars by Judge Klnkead. Would Ilcvl Cotton Tariff. Washington, June 6. Revision of the cotton tiirlff will be undertaken nt Hi !h Bt'MHlon of conrre( ni'i'nnllni? to l..--icv..f:iiitive Kiiliiiy of Illinois. , l ,,i ,.( ii... i. it, mil I.-.- of V,- according to the recent decision of the United States Supreme court Judge Boyd said the Supreme court, in making its recent decision, naa lata down a rule for which peo pie had been waiting and which made it possible for the court to to take some action. He said that it 'be' comes the duty of the lower . courts under this decision, to enforce v the law strenuously, r - ; , . the Old Crop and manufactured goods at the end of the s'BBon will be so small that both will practically corner them selves and next year a very large crop will be absolutely necessary for actual requirements and to . till up holes. The new crop in nearly all sections is needing rain and the gen eral public seems of the opinion 'this crop is an early one, which Is not the case. South Texas, south Georgia, south Alabama will get some early cotton. , The rest of the territory is from normal to later and the present droughty condition over almost the entire belt makes already a late crop later. . . BANK OF LAGRANGE ED Loss by Improper rLoans and Excessive. Qyrdiftav. ! -Oasette-Nwwa Bureau, ( The Hotel Raleigh, ' " ' ' Raleigh, June 5. The corporation commission has closed the Bank of LuOrange at La Grange, Lenoir county, "on account of Improper loans and excessive over drafts. The loss Is 214,536. The bank had 110,000 capital, $2,600 sur plus with total resources of $53,652, Depositors are probably safe. There may be other developments. PRESIDENT WILL GOME ; : SOUTHJEXJ AUTUMN Taft Accepts Invitation to Visit the Ap- pahehian Exposition at Knox- -- - villein September. ' :; Washington, June V 6. President' Taft today accepted an invitation to visit the Appalachian exposition at Knoxvllle, Tenn., sometime between September 12 and 20. He thus will begin his western trip by a swing into the south. ' BY Washington, June 8. Joseph Oar- rand, U. 8. A., commanding the cav alry post at Fort Meyer, Va., was to day reprimanded by the secretary of war under orders from President Taft fo reporting adversely a soldier's ap plication for right to take an exami nation for promotion to the commis sioned grade on. the ground of tine applicant's Jewish parentage. " The president said It was hard to deal with the matter with patience and without condemnatory words that had better not be written. TO FURNISH INFORMATION REGARDING SUGAR TRUST Washington, June 5. President Taft has ' promised Representative Hard wick of eorgla, chairman of the special house committee Investigating the sugar trust, that all the In forma tlon regarding, the trust, now In pos- esalon of the executive department of the government, would be put at the dlapnnal of the committee. I lard wick said the Investigation would begin next week. The commit tee, he said, Intended to probe deeply Into each settlement by the govern ment with the sugar trust. Church Conference at St. Joseph. DOORS ARE GLOS -t. Jnii ph, Mo., June 5. Ten thou I ii 'I" tire 1, .-!! I.) niii'inl th .ii t n.t.t i ' of t i ram wis ElilSII Senate Committee Startled When Member Tells Publisher Mis Statement Is an Abso lute Falsehood. STONE AND EAILEY REBUKE THEIR ANGRY COLLEAGUE Move That Hie Remarks Be Stricken from Records Ridder Tells of Print . Paper ' : Trust . ABHINQTON, June 5 The senate finance ' committee to day resumed its hearings on the Canadian reciprocity bill, . Her man .Ridder, ointQ recently president of. the American Newspaper Publish' ers association being called as a wit ness. Ridder. had not proceeded far when Senator JlcCumber of North Dakota startled committee by chal lenglng One of his statements as an "absolute falsehood."' . McCumber's action brought a quick protest from Senators Btone and Bailey, who de dared that witnesses should not be insulted. Ridder made the statement that the newspapers', of the country and the Publishers 'association had not attempted. to suppress facts or color stories sent from Washington on the subject of reciprocity, when McCum ber Interrupted . with his ' charge of falsehood. ? " HevAral senators .Insisted ihnt Me. Cumber's remark be stricken from the records. "If any witness appear ing before this committee," said Sen ator Bailey, "implied that some sena tor told a falsehood l would Insist that the statement be stricken from the-record.". '" -.-i -v; -.- Senator HcCumber agreed to have his remark changed, to,. make It read that what Ridder said was. ''unfound ed." 'J-.V:-V i Ridder in reply to question' from members of the committee declared that he, as president of the Publish ers association, sent . out word to members of the associatloh telling them that the reciprocity agreement was of vital . importance. . "But I would not have favored agreement," added Ridder, "'If I had not thought It would be of good to the whole country Independent of my Interest in It as a newspaper publisher." Rid der ' declared that 'while he favored reciprocity as a whole, his reason as newspaper man for urging Its pas sage was that he might get out of the clutches of the "paper trust," which he said was robbing, the news paper publishers of the country. Have you ever made an effort, asked Senator Railey, "to have thi paper trust punished by the depart ment of justice?" - , Yes," replied Ridder. I had 52 paper-makers in New York Indicted and they paid $2000 each. , These were manufacturers of various kinds of paper, although It has not been possible as yet to prove legally that white paper trust exists." , "Would you be satisfied," . asked Senator Heyburo, "If the paper trust were punished In some other way than bv the passage of the reciprocity agreement?" i Iwant help during my life-time, said Ridder. "I , have not yet seen any trust magnates go to jail, I favor the measure so that I may buy paper In the open market. I do not Intend, If I can help it, to let the . 'paper trust' dictate to me what I must pay for paper." Ridder said he was opposed to all trusts. ... THREE LIVES ARE LOST IN MICHIGAN WINDSTORM Detroit, June 6. Three lives were lost ss a result of .an electrical storm which swept through Michigan last night. Wires are down In many directions. Here the wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour. FIVE INJURED WHEN CAR LEAPS DOWN EKSANKMENT New York, June S. Five passen gers were hurt when a Long Island train lumped the track at East Brldgehampton Junction today. The tender and the combination car went down an embankment. The day coach left the rails but remained In the roadbed. TWO-KONTHS-CLD CA3Y GIVEN PALATIAL HOUSE kins of Atlanta, Ga., I'onsul-general to Panama, today purchased a million dollar house on Klfth avenue for hU hnby son, John Randolph Hopkins, who was born two months ago at the Hotel St. Regis. Hot Wave In KoutlivtcMt. Kanmis City, June 5. With hlgb lemperHtures prevailing and no llmne- liiitf niln prospects, Hit eniire Htiuth "t Ii ."' t II. I'ii' T i t II i,i !.,, !( tn ' I i' t'll,, ' 1 .,iw - ; I v . -i SCHEIB SENT BACK TO CELL IN TOMBS Little Girl Six Years Old, Chief Witness Against Alleged Wife-SlayerTalked With Him Night Before Body Was Found Chauffer Declared He Had Not Been : . ; ' Around House Since April 25. "SM5y A. SCHEIE. PELPASPn om war uami fcY JUSTICE bTsCHOFF - JSXANDE! KARLIM HENRY A. SCHEIB LEAVING N't. NEW YORK.. June 6. To trengthen the slender threads circumstantial evidence con necting Henry A. Scheib, the chauf feur, with the supposed murder of his wife, whose body was found last Mon day In the bathtub of their apartment at No. 511 East Seventy-eighth street, the police Saturday afternoon ' pro duced Eileen McComble, six years old, as the principal witness so far found against the prisoner. Her statement that she saw Schelh in the immediate vicinity of the Seventy-eighth street house on last Sunday only twenty-four hours be fore the discovery of his wife s body was made Is in direct contradiction nf the prisoner's assertions to the po lice that he had not been near tho house for more than a month beforo the Janitor of the house found Mrs. Schelb's body. Until late yesterday afternoon District Attorney Whitman TWO-INCH HAIL STONES FULL IN STAUNTON. VA. Thouiande of Dollars Damage by Wind and Rain and Hall Other Places Suffer. Staunton, Va., June I. Thousands of dollars damage was done here Sun day by a wind,, rain 'and hull storm which wrecked buildings, broke win dows in nearly every house in the city and blew down hundreds of trees. The Rruce building, occupied by N. Harrison, John Crosby and Frank Crafton, whs demolished with Its con tents, the roof being blown a square away, and the church of the Brethren was wrecked. Hall stones two Inches In diameter battered the city, break lng windows and stripping trees of their leaves. . , , , , , . ; .. , Great Damage In Toledo. Toledo, O.. dune 6. An electrical storm, followed by a deluge of rain, struck this city Just at noon Hunday, doing much damage to both telephone and telegraph companies. Freight Cars Kwopt Off Track. Detroit, Mich.,. June. 5. -A severe windstorm swept lower Michigan Sun day night TelegTaph and telephone wires are down throughout the state. At I-ennon, Shiawassee county, four teen moving freight cars Were- swept off the track. No one was Injured. Thousands En Route, to London, . Chicago, June 6. With the corona tion of King George and Queen Mary of Great Urltuln less thn twenty davs away, Chicago hotels are II lied with western ople en their way to lndon. . Five thoosand residents of Chlcngo will attend the coronation. Gives Itirtli to Four ( Itllilrrn. til ill' V'. Jllll' R Mr cw . w v t, 1 1 tin n hi tr :,r , rp f j i i lil, v-i vM st f A c 01; M . r -v. van .'Hw-i!tjj. i m um si COURT l-ILUAN SCHEIB was fearful that the age of the girl would render her incompetent aa witness. He decided her story, would prove or the greatest value after sev eral of his assistants bad questioned the child and were convinced that, If she had seen Scheib in the street she would not have been mistaken In her recognition of him. Whliu these facta were developing Scnelb was arraigned before Magis trate Corigan, In the Tombs court, to answer to the formal charge of mur der preferred against him by Inspector Russell, of the Detective Bureau. His previous plea of not guilty again was Interposed in his behalf by his lawyer. and at the district attorney's request the examination was postponed until Tuesday. , V Little Girl Knew Scheib. Until the police found the McCom ble girl, as told In yesterday's Herald, they had been unable to get trace of (Contlnaeo. on page 4) DUEL TO THE DEATH IN GIRL'S PRESENCE Wake County Youth Fatally Shot by Hit Sister's Admirer The Slayer Surrenders to Officers. Gaiette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, June 5. 111. "Buck" Robertson, aged 21, the son of George E. Robertson, a ' wealthy farmer of Knightdale, Wake county, was killed last night by a man named Montague. Robertson Is alleged to have insult' ed Montague, who was driving with Robertson's sister. , Robertson . open ed fire and Montague, sitting beside Miss Robertson, returned .the shots with deadly effect. , . Montague surrendered. ; . ' t , E- B. J. ENTOMOLOGIST TO SPEND MONTHS IN THIS STATE Will Msko Collection ' North "aro Una Insect for the New York MiMcum. New York, June 5. William Rente' miller of the American Museum of Natural history, leaves this week on four months expedition Into the Black mountain, of North Carolina In search of new bugs for the museum's oollec tlon. The expedition Is financed by Samuel V. Hoffman, president of th New York Historical society. Research In the southern field waa aturted by Hoffman's father, the lato Itev. E. A. Hoffman, of the Ceneml Theological seminary. Plot to DyiuMtiltn Kullan? Siiloni. n, Turkey, June 5 ! ,.!' : ,,,!',' W Cr t ' ITIIIBTIC Runfl mutt Great Gathering of Citizens of Madison County Today in In-' lerest of the Proposed I Central Highway. UNANIMOUS VOTE TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX FOR ROADS Levy Will Be 50 Cents on $100 Worth of Property and $1.50 on Poll;' Scout Party at Hot Springe . ' Asheville Program. Special to The Gasette-Mews.- : ARSHALU June 5. A very en thusiastic meeting was ' held . here today in the Interest of the central highway at which were present the members of the scout par ty and officers of the highway, several delegates from Ashevllle and many of the people of Madison. Tho crowd more than filled the court honse to listen to the speeches and it. was evi dent that the Interest Ih the cause of this road and all good roads was at a high pitch. , There were speeches by , Mr. Varner, Dr. Pratt, Dr. Ambler. E. Chambers of the visitors, and Thos. J. Murray made a talk as the repre- rentative of the Madison people. There was a resolution adopted almost unan imously to the effect that t:ie county commissioners should levy a special tax of SO cents on the $100 on prop erty and $1.60 on the poll to be used by the commissioners for the con struction of roads. The party leaves this afternoon for Hot Springs and will return to Ashevllle In the morn ing. ' . , - .. ..... , . At the meeting which is to be held at the court house tomorrow at 1:30 o'clock, R. C. Chambers, trustee. of the ; venirai xusnway ana presiueni ox me uunruiuoe (jaunty uooa Koaas asso- ; elation. Will mu.ka m- tnr luienint re. marks. - He will be followed by Hon. Locke Crair. - There will be talks by H. R. Varner,' president of the high way, and by Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt. There -wHl be other short talks of an extemporaneous nature. - The imnnlA nf Madison county Mice ' this road. The Madison county neople ' have had some fears that the road might be laid out through Haywood and went to a great deal of trouble to have an enthusiastic meeting. After the meeting here tomorrow the party will be driven over the Burnsville road to Htocksville, a distance of about 11 miles, one of the best Macadam roads In Buncombe. The trip through Madison county will not be made with automobiles on account of the rough roads. They will leave Ashevllle Wednesday morn ing and go to Madison, where a good road meeting will be held. Several meetings will be held at towns be tween here and Salisbury. , The run to Salisbury Is for the pur pose of deciding what route the road will follow from Salisbury west. Ac cording to Dr. Pratt there are sev eral counties in which more than one route Is available, and ha stated that the people of the counties themselves will make the decision. It is said that there are three routes in Madi son county which could be used to the Tennessee line; Hut. whatever route may be chosen through Bun combe there will not be much work to do ,;" 30,000 MILL OPERATIVES RETURN TO WORK TODAY Providence, R. L, June 6. After a hut-down of ten days the Atlantis Worsted mills resumed operation to day with practically the full force of 3600 employes. . Manchester, N. H., June S. The Amoskeag cotton mills, which have been shut down for eight days, resum ed work In all departments today. Twenty-five thousand operatives re turned to work. ' Blddeford, Me., June 6. The York rdtton mills resumed work today af ter a week's shut down. Two thou sand five hundred operatives are em ployed. RELIGION FCr.CQTTEN IN F.'.CT.EY-Q'JLoT, EAY3 CnY,! Now York, June 5. In pursuit of pleasure and dollars, American hoou; life and religion are neglected, in serts William Jennings Uryan. "!. Bryan's views were given yeatenlny from one of the !ocal pulpit. "We are too busy hunting a . i time and making money. Home n religion are) . neglected," said i ni. ) Uryan. lo.vlU- V v.;:::; Attn,, nmi'in I n ,1 f-.