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full a::cciated pnrc3 DISPATCHES By Leased Wire. .(ift LAST ISDITTO 4.00 P. A. Weather Forecast FAIR AXD WARMER. VOL. XVII., NO. 288 ASHEyiLLE, N. 0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 13, 1913. PRICZ THREE CUIUS mm. ' ' "IjsISod Much Livestock Drowned and thousands of Persons are A Made Homeless in Coun try and Cities. ' EFFORTS BEING MADE TO RELIEVE VICTIMS No Loss of Life in Torrent Which Breaks all Records Since the Early 80s. ' By Anocialcd Pmu. Cincinnati, O., Jan. IS. The Ohio , river continued to riso stourilly but more slowly hwa today, the stage at " , o'clock being (1.2 feet. The gov- crnmunf forecaster predicted that the rise would continue today and tomor row and that probably a maximum stage of 63 feet would be reached. . This prediction was made on the as sumption that there would be no more rain In the next two days. It was estimated today that 3000 persons had been driven from their homos in Cincinnati and the cities of Covington..; Newport ,, and Dayton, across the river in Kentucky, Many factories have been flooded and hun dred of persona thrown out of work. The authorities In the four cities nre doing all In their power for the flood tii.Torers. In Cincinnati Dr. Otto P. Gulcr of the department of chari ties and corrections has, been placed in charge of slh relief work. He has a . opened soup houses and inaugurated ,' other means or succor. Mayor Hunt has Issued a proclamation asking fur .' funds to aid sufferers. In addition - ho will ask council to approve a 120, 000 fricctHl bond Issue which Is to be -added to the fund. -., In Kentucky cities, churches, school : houses and police stations are ahelter lns the homeless. Large -Area Is Inundated. ' Evansville. Ind., Jan. 13. With the rise Increasing at the rate of three- tenths of a foot an hour on the sec- 'i rnrr I W 111 B)r fiTm unt. PtK- . urd it's hesvv ralns,-the Ohio river - here passed 3.S feet Joday. Hundreds of square miles In : the bottom lands between Lawrenceburir, Ind., and Caie-ln-Rock, Ills., are In ' undated three to 20 feet deep and . property loss will run Into a high figure, because of the Inability of the lowlRnders to get their Ih-estock out In time. Tugs and steamboats hero have been lending assistance to the flood-Btrlcken dwellers In the bayous, and in some cases arrived just In time to save severe suffering. .'"''. No loss of life has been reported ' and it la believed all persons Iri the Hooded district areaccounted for. A rise In temperature today brought a ' happy disappointment to the ma rooned flood sufTerers. The local weather bureau today predicted that the crest of 4 feet would reach here Wednesday morning. This stage is lh record since the memorable flood ytars of 183 and 1884. when the river exceeded 48 feet. ' Cold Check Rise at Fmluea.li.. Paducah, Ky.. Jan. 1J Cold weath er hurt checked the menacing rise In the lower Ohio river today and It was believed the flood stage would not be exceeded at this point. This morning the gauge read 40.2 feet, a rise of uiVn. tenths of a foot during the .i.m tii. treat was expected to reach here Tuesday. u-mtlii-r liurcau' Bulletin. Washington.' Jan. 13. The weatlici flood bulletin today says The Ohio river la fulling at I'ltU . i,u..h Km) continues to rose bolow. . a. il...innuti Mundav morning the .it . t feet. 11 feet below fined stage. Flood stage will le reached at I'nirn almut Wednesday. Th weather will be generally fu'r t...ll,l unH TmtSflav SOUth Of the Ohio river except along the South At "i..i.. .., where rain i probable North and cast of the Ohio river the wether will be unsettled wun me. snows tonight or Tuesday. Tempera tures will rise somewhat 11 mtii.irtt for Menuilils Vlnnlty. Memtihls, Tenn., Jan. 13. With the prediction that the Mississippi river will reach 38 feet at this point by Frl l..v ami a nnulhlllty that a 40-foot stage will be attained by the time the i.r,,.i nt ih. nresent rise Is reacneo ih. l,l weather bureau Issued flood nrninL'i tnrtftv for Memphis and VielnltV The maximum height is expected euilv ni trok and nil lowlands not protected by levees between Cairo and Vli-kn!iirar will lie flooded. ,1 lucent to the White rivrr In Arkunima are under water and there hHS been some loss of live stock mid HliKht damage to property. Major K. M. Markham, I'nlle Slates t-nKlnwr for this district, re port ull levee In good condition. The Arkansas river continued rltte tmli.v with 1 I feet at Uttl Ifo k and 35 fct ml l-'nrt Smith. Mct:iitiliy Hiijs Wotcrn Clnb. N. J., Jin. 13. J"e Mo li.inr h roriHi'ii nons figure ih II In tin ll. I.n le goodbye Ih, In I t.-rilny urn! In on Nortliw.'- 1... 'i SENA TE JUDGE GUILTY BEGIN TO SEVER THETWO PACIF1CS Directors of Both System Re sign from One or the ,' Other. By Associated Press. New York, Jan, 13. Directors and officers of the I'nion Pacillc railroad ho also are directors of the Southern "acllic, tendered thuir resignations to day as the first step in compliance with the decree of the Supreme court dissolving the two roads. Inversely, directors of the Southern Pacific also connected with the Union Pacific, re igned. - - " Julius Kruttschnltt resigned as di rector of maintalnance and operation of the Union Pacific and was elected chairman of the board of the South ern Pacific, succeeding R. & Lovett, resigned.' Judge Lovett, Mortimer L.' SchifT and Frank A. Vanderlip also resigned from the Southern Pacific executive committee and were succeeded by Robert Ooelet, James N. Wallace and P. Swcnson. From the Southern Pacific board of directors In addition Judge . Lovett, the following re signed: v Otto HV Kohn, Churles A. Peabody, , U SchltT. Frank A. Vanderlip, R. W. Ooelet L. J. Spcnce (vice-president): and Marvin Hughltt. v ; In their stead the following were chosen: '. " ' James N. Wallace, Horace Harding, W. P. lillss, C, N. Bliss, G. H. Leigh ton, J. N, JftiTie. C. H. Kelsey, and P. Swenson. 1 . : V FOR THE. CABINET 'dembers of the General As- . sembly Urge Editor for Wilson's Consideration. Special to I7i Gatette-Snct. . '" Rateign, Jan, js. ine general as sembly today Indorsed Josephus Dan iels for the cabinet and Invited United States Forester Graves to address the body Thursday night., Representative Kellum Introduced a resolution re questing an Investigation of the sale of the Atlantic & Yadkin Railroad company, known as the Cape Fear nd now operated .by the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern from Wil mington to Mount Airy. He klleged conspiracy by the two roads and vio lation of the Interstate commerce act Senator Stubba of Martin Intro duced a resolution for a constitutional convention. Senator Lovlngood of Haywood In troduced a bill to place light and power companies and water systems under the control of the corporation commission. AT TAFT'S ORDER Takes Action to Annual Decree Putting Postoffices on Classi fied last. . Washington, 1. C. Jan. 13. An amendment to the postotllce appro priation bill to annul the executive or der which placed fourth class post masters and assistant postmasters and clerks of first and second class post offices under civil service was adopted by the house today, sitting as a com mittee, of the whole. It was ofTerea hv Renresentatlve CullocH of Indiana .! iii have to come before the house again when It finally passes on the hill. All republican refrained from voting. GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP DATES ARE SELECTED malcur Meet, tiorden City In Sep tember: Open t'liiiiloiiKlilp llriMikllne, Mass. June 4-fl. 1DQRSE DftrllELS ISEIiSBLOl By Associated Press. New York. Jan. 13 The executive ,-ommlttee of the United States Holf association, following out tl.e Inatruo ttens given It ns the annual meeting of the spol iation on Saturday night. hn IHcil the dales for the three na llon.il rhumplnfiHlilps for the year HI. h nre published today. The ama ,, ,. ,-.,H,.ioristill will be h'-M l"r ,, f.,e .'-.nr.' w-k "f S. .l..n.l.. . , .1 C..v. U I ; . i. .I"".' 4 i.T.I .'. ' I FINDS Adverse Verdict on the First Count' Alleging He Used Office to Get Katydid Property. . . - " DECISION REMOVES ' ARCHBOLD FROM BENCH He is Convicted on Several of the Remaining Counts and -Acquitted in Others. By AtiNtciatpA frmt. Waxlilngton, Jan. IS Judge Robert W. Aivlibald of tlio Commerce court was1 found guilty today by the senate fitting an a court of Impeai hmcnt, of n lug miuMcl his office and power as a Judce for hla personal gain. The penalty Is . removal from his high office.' : ; ;,-:'-s . Archbalil was convicted on the first ' ronnt of the 13 the house of represen- totlvcs brought against lilm. It cliarged lie, had used his position as a j judge to perKtiatlc the Erie' Railroad I mmpany to give lilm and E. J, W 11-! llama of STanton. Pa an option on a coal dump at a price probably $30,- 0(M less tlian its real value. ' , :- j On tlilH, the first charge, the sen ate voted G8 to 5 for his conviction of "high crimes and misdemeanors." Although the verdict Insured Judge ArclilmliTs reinoval from the bench , and the wnlce of the United States courts, the senate proceeded to vote.' on the other 12 counts of the articles of Impeachment. i ' Acquitted on Second Count. Not guilty was the verdict on the second article of Impeachment, which charged Judge Archbald with having attempted to secure a fee by settling a case between the Marlon Coal com pany and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad. The vote was 46 to 26 In the judge's favor. On the third charge the senate found Judge Archbald ffulltv. This charge 'emrhoiMecl'alfeged'undtie'lnflu ence on Lehigh Valley railroad offi cials In a coal dump deal. The vote on the third article was 60 to 11. Corresponded With Railroad Attorney. The vote on the fourth article of Impeachment, charging secret and wrongful correspondence with a rail road attorney on a case pending be fore him, again resulted In Judge Archibald's conviction. The vote for conviction, was 63 to 20. The fifth yote resulted in another verdict of guilty, this one on the charge of unduly Influencing Philadel phia and Reading railroad officials to grant a coal land lease to Frederick Warnke. : The vote for conviction warn 6 to . The Impeachment proceedings against Judge Archbald were started early In 1912, when complaint was made to the lntorstate commerce commission and later to Attorney- General Wlckersham. and President Taft that Judge Archbald had been concerned In influencing railroads to grant him certain favors In connec tion with coal land deals and settle ments Inwilvlm properties. . ' The house called upon President Taft for a copy of charges against the commerce court Judge and In May, 1913, It began an investigation through the Judiciary ' committee which ended In the recommendation that Judge Archbald ba Impeached. Scores of witnesses testified to the house, Judiciary committee before It adopt' d the' articles of- impeachmont and the majority of them again gave their testimony before the senate dur Ing the trial that has Just closed. The Charge lreferred. The house voted to Impeach Judge Archbald July 7 and the impeachment was laid lief ore the senate July lb. The trial did not begin, however, un til December ". The charges accused hint of having used his Judicial Influ ence to secure favors from railroads that Were litigants or possible litigants berore hlin; of having accepted favors from lawyers who practiced In his court and of having been guilty or other misconduct as a 1udge. Judge Archbald admitted practically all of the facts as to his negotiations for culm proiwrtles, but in each case he maintained that the business transac tlons were negotiations In themselves and that he had. In no way used his Judicial power or rendered himself subject to Impeachment or Indictment under the law. ' Briefly stated the thirteen charges brought against Judge Archbald were as follows: 1. That he Influenced officers of the Erie railroad, then a litigant In his court, to grant him a favorable option on Its share of the Katydid culm dump near Soranton, Pa. Judge Archbald acknowledged his part in the negotiations, but denied "he wil fully or unlawfully or corruptly or otherwise took any advantage of his odlflal position" to Influence the rail road officials. 3. Thai he attempted to effect a settlement between the Marlon Coal company of Scranton and the Dela ware, Iickawunna and WVstern rnll roiul of a caw then pending before the Interstate commen-e comnilM.Nion on a bawls that, would have given him a slmre of the fee earned hv i'r.' IV. WalHon. attorney for the V n ('onl (ollimnv. Jinl :.' Al'i li! I V I h- iii-i- i. .1 in if.- ' f, ,, i. 1 ..r ! I-.- I-' ' ! i KM BATES HUE DISCUSSED Representative of North Caro . Una Association Vigrous- 4: i ' ' ly Opposes Free List- ing Project. COMPETITION IS KEEN IN INDUSTRY, HE SAYS Assert3 Margin' cf ' Profit Is , Low and that Farmers - - - - . . . Own Half Stumpage - - in State. v-. By, Associated Press. ... ; Washington,' Jan! 13.-The lumber and Hills schedules of the' tariff were the. issue 'in testimony today before, the house ways and means committee. There waa no . democratic bill for these, schedules at the last session as in the case of the chemicals and iron and steel, to' afford a- tentative plan for the committee, j ' ; , , , Schedule , "D" of fW present law covers timber ' boards, posts, slap boards, laths, 'pickets, casks, boxes, blinds, cabinet furniture and so on, at ad .valorem -duties ranging from 10 per cent en-'postg, thirty per cent on boxes, barrels, ' casks and hogs heads, to 45 per' cent on willow fur niture and a variety of rates on vari ous classes of lumber. ; A- Schedule "L". covers silk, . velvets, chenilles, ; handkerchiefs, : ribbons, laces, yarns, and threads. Bilk no fur ther advanced than carded or comb ed, Is assessed 85 cents a pound; spun silk or silk yarn a a sliding, scale with a minimum of S5 per cent ad valorem and silk manufactures 50 per cent The Silk Association of Amer ica was among the organizations rep resented today. , , I - . The free list which 'President Taft vetoed . lnclyded ,.,h.;wjt, and, squared timber, shingles, laths! fence posts and rough or dressed lumber. - ... William Uptegrov of Brooklyn, N. Y today asked the committee to re strain the present tariff of 15 per cent ad valorem on sawed boards, planks and cabinet woods not further manu factured than sawed and 30 per. cent ad valorem on veneers. , . Charles Manke of New. York asked a rdgher tariff than the present 45 per' cent ad valorem on manufactur ed willow products. . . "We have promised the people to put lumber on the free list, said Rep resentative James of Kentucky, dur Ing the testimony of George W. Jones Of West Virginia, "and if we fail to put It on the free list. It seems to me w will break that pledge." Mr. Jones, represented the North Carolina Pine association and speak. Ing for saw mill producers in Vlr ginla and the Carollnas said that If It wore necessary for democratic party In carrying out Its purpose of revl slnn to make the lumber manufactur ers the victims of a "vicarious sacri fice" he would acquiesce but he be. Ileved that lumber was In a class by Itself on a revenue Instead of protec tlve basis. He said he would not op pose removing the duties on lumber If the duty were removed on articles lumber fills have to use. . "Take the tariff off and we can still dispose of our lumber," he said, "hut we are already selling some of our low grade lumber at less than cost." . Mr. Jonea thought trusts had been hullt up under a protective tariff but that waa not true or the lumber in. dustry where competition was keen. "Isn't It true." asked Mr. James, "that In the west all the stumpage is owned by two great concerns?" "I am not familiar with the west Rut In North Carolina halt the stand ing timber Is owned by the farmers." The witness said that lumber had already been generally discriminated against "I understand that the democratic platform Intends to make the lumber Industry the goat," he said.- Jones said Canada timbering was under a different system. Exports of timber cut from crown lands are pro hibited In some Canadian provinces and the lumbermen pay registration fees covering a maximum of the tim ber cut and there are other distinc tions. Mr. Jones contended that while the labor 'cost In eastern Canada .was about the same as in the United Slates, It was much less In western Canada. "I assume," he said, "that they em ploy Chinese labor 'In western Can ada." "Yes." said Representative Harris of New York, "I know that they pay $3 a. day for even the most primitive labor." " Mlllcrand Quits French Cabinet By AssoclHtml Press. Paris, Jan. 24. Alexandre Mlller anil, who won a reputation at home and sbroad as a grt-st war minister, resigned from that olllcn yesterday. M, Li'lirnn, mlnlMti-r of Colonies, hns I. ,.en niM'olnted mlu!...i,-r of war snl M . I . .n;n'!, nn'b-r-f i i-larv of tln- i . s I ,i M. I .in. the mill, r .. IP t of I . Gould-Sheppard Wedding . Is to j : - ,Vr I 4 S:,,S:a:S,j;ji, -.if, ; By Associated Press.- New York, Jan. 13. The date f or t he marnlaira of Miss Helen Miller Gould to Flnley J. Sheppard of St Louis has been definitely set as Wed nesday, January 22, at was said by h er friends here today. The ceremony will be performed at Miss Gould's country place in Tarrytown, at noon, and will be witnessed, only by a small gathering of relatives and IntP mate friends. An orchestra of 40 pieces has been engaged to provide -an elaborate musical program but otherwise the wedding will be simple. The ceremony will be followed by a seated .breakfast but other details have not yet been settled. ' '','' ' Miss Gould's brother-in-law and s later, the Duke and Duchess de Tally rand, sailed from Liverpool last nigh t on the Maurentanla to be present at the wedding. Kidnapped by Says Foraker Emissary Man Employed by Senator in Stolen Letters Case Says Chica go Gangsters Took Him to Examiner Newspap I '- er Office and There Robbed Him. B Auoontrt Ptsm. .,-t Washington, Jan. 1 3, A story of how copies of letters from John D. Archbald Ito former Senator Foraker and other public men were tuken from the Standard Oil company offices at 2 Broadway, New York, by W. .W. Wlnkfteld,' and Charles Stump, negro mossenceni emnloved by the company. -was told to the senate campaign fond investigating committee today by Gil christ Stewart, a negro law clerk. ' Stewart said he was employed by Mr. Foraker to lnveatlgato whether certain alleged photographic copies of letters published were forgeries. Wink field was found in Chicago, Stewart said, and told him a story of how ho and Stump took copies of lettera from the Standard Oil files and disposed of T A Railway Shows No Disposition i to Grant Raise and Short- er Hours. OAlSTTg-SEWH BVRXA Tt, H' Y ATT HI ll.lil SO, Washington, Jun. 13. ' H. G. Aluxander of Greensboro, gen erul chairman of the Southern rail way telegraphers, and a committee of telegraphers representing the entire Southern railway system, who have been In conference with the Southern railway' officials here for some time, have received Utile em-miniHmm-nt n their demand for pay Increase, of eS Pol' cent and a 10-hour Instead of 12-hour (lay i't offices where one man Is em ployed. - Mr. Alexnh'li-r wnnM n,,t h . v H t .1 Biiiki. voir lias l.,n I 'i. I .1 li i. I nnv n ll.., I It i i - ,. , Occur January 22 Hearst Men them to a representative of the New York American. . While In Chicago on December 21, Stewart declared he waa kidnaped by "gangsters," taken to the office of the Chicago Examiner and robbed of a number of letters and papers, Includ ing two letters to him from former Senator Foraker. The. witness gave a circumstantial account of his efforts to escape from i the "gangsters" who had searched the! house In which he was stopping and a hotel, and of the alleged scene In the Examiner office. Then men who kid-' naped him, he said, told him they i were policemen, exhibited what pnr-1 ported to be warrants, and attempted I to make . him believe the Examiner office was a police station. DIM IS LIKELY 111 TEHRE5SEE LEGISLATURE Balloting Will Begin at Nash ville Tomorrow for the Senatorship. Ily Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., Jam 13. Confer ences will be held tonight by the va rious factions In the Tenne-isee leg Inlnlure to prepare their plans for to morrow's balloting on the senator ship. There Is believed today to be little likelihood of an election tomor row anil probably not for several iIm.vm, ns the close friernln of the sev eral i-nntllilnl.K will ilcHlre a try-o'it lor thriii. There n re laj voi.-h In the l.tnt cm nil ion. I'll o I if-t I , i i , il ll f ., i,,n -I I :, i ,. an I, , , ; -.. ..r ; ; . -.- i ! Ti ll MIT TO GET IBIS? Constantinople Newspaper De clares that the Turkish Cabinet Has Decided to Resign. FINAL DRAFT MADE OF NOTE TO PORTE After Its Transmission the. Is sue of Peace or War Will Rest with Turkey Say Powers. s . v.. B Aitociaiei Press, ' : London, Jan. 13.-The Turkish newspaper Easflr-I-Efkiar says the Ottoman cabinet has decided to re sign, according to a disptch today from Constantinople). This is believed to indicate the predominance of the' influence- of the war party. The Issue of peace or war will rest with Constantinople after the final drafting of the note to the Ottoman, . government' which will be settled at today's mectjng of the ambassadors at the British foreign officev The.ambus sador will today decide also the mode and time of presentation of the docu -ment to the porta. . The; convention of . the Turkish grand council is considered a sign for peace. If Turkey were ready for war. the calling; of the council would bo unnecessary. -Like that of 1878, at the time' of the Russo-Turkish war, ; the present grand . council appears destined to share with the Turkish cabinet the responsibility of making peace, on this occasion by yielding the fortress of Adrianople. This, how- , ever. Is not the view held by the. Otto man peace delegates here, who per sist in the opinion' that nothing, can possibly Induce the porte to renounce the historic Mohammedan capital. Envoys of the Balkan allies express thebpln!on thaf "the- note drafted by the European powers would acquire greater weight If presented to the Ootoman government collectively by all the i European ambassadors in Constantinople. . They think if It should be presented by the Austro Hungarian ambassador in hla capacity as dean of the diplomatic corps. It might lose importance owing to the Austrian embltterment against somu of the Balkan states. Negotiations continue between M. Jonescue of Roumania and Dr. S. Daneff, leader of the Bulgarian peace delegation. It seems that Bulgaria questions strongly Roumanla's neu trality and It la declared that she is about to prove that Bucharest allowed (00 trucks of war material from Ger many to pass through Roumanian ter ritory on the way to Turkey. DIE VESSEL FAST STICK All the Uranium's Passenger's Safe, but the Steamer May Be Lost Halifax, N. 8., Jan. 13. The steam ship Uranium, which terminated her voyage from Rotterdam by piling up on a rock reef ten miles below Halifax In a fog, remained fast early today with Captain Eustace and crew aboard but with 'til the 800 passengers safe ashore here. Whether the vessel could be saved was problematical. The steamer Is stuck bow down with li fathoms of water under her stern. The bow plates are ripped open and the hold is water-filled. The rescue of the Cranium's passen gers was accomplishes by lifeboats from Chebucto Head and by transfer to the government steamer Lady Laurler. There was no panic notwith standing that most of the passengers were foreigners and among the num ber were many women and children. There wore many thrills but no seri ous accidents and all of the paFBengorM were landed here during the night. STATK MFK 1XKIRANCK PLAN CONS1D1 KU IN S. CAUOUVY By Auwiiatri Treit. Columbia, 8. C, Jsn. 13. Conn! eratlon of bills providing compulo education, establishing a sysw-m state life Insurance, ami revlaing I prohibition laws are expected to f, ture the coming annual -n of i South Carolina legl8lture, with li c venes here Tucsiiay. All no-inh. . ; democrats. Vnlted Btnti-s Sonalor i: ni u Tillman, demo, rat, is expe, t, I i,. re-elected, having bferi rxin.h, 1 succeed himself Nt tr e re, . -democratic prima rv. Two KIHi'll. M
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