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ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARYS, 1913,
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WTLLRESUME
; 4R TONIGHT
Allies to Make Concerted At
tack on Adrianaple, Mere
Holding the Turks in
Check Elsewhere. ,
SERVIANS WORSTED
IN ALBANIA FIGHT
Great Britain ' and Germany
Strongly Urge Allies Not
to Force the Fight
ing. J3y Associated Press,
London, Feb. 3, The war between
Turkey and Bulgaria, Greece, Monte
negro and Servla will begin again at
7 o'clock this evening unless the last
leaco- efforts of the powers should
succeed or Turkey , decide at the
eleventh hour to surrender.
. ' It has even been decided who shall
flro the first shot, as Turkey has stat
ed she will allow her adversaries ti
take the aggressive.
The Immediate object of the allied
armies Is the capture of Adrianople,
which has hitherto presented such a
firm front to its besiegers.. Upon this
fortress the combined Bulgarian and
Servian armies, the latter well sup
plied with' siege artillery, will con
centrate their exertions.
For the present the Bulgarian gen
erals will simply try to hold the Turk
ish troops at Tchatalja.
King Nicholas of Montenegro has
started again for the Turkish fortress
' of Scutari. The king himself will
tuke the direction of the renewed at
tack. He hopes by capturing the city
and thus establishing an. accomplish
ed fact, to obtain a better chance of
keeping definite possession of it when
peace finally comes. 'V.
In the western Turkish province of
Kpiraa, which touches the Grecian
' Tordr,;-th' GrteK troops under com
mand of Crown . Prince Constantino
have great' hope of breaking down
the splendid defense which the Otto
man army has thus far offered.
. , Uprising In Albania.
, The Servian ;armles have completed
their campaign and have now placed
many of their troops at the diaposal
of their comrades. Some, however,
must be kept In Albania, where a ris
ing against the Invaders has been or
ganized. ' - - " - . ,
It Is declared that the Albanians
with HO.OOO rifles under the command
of Austrian officers are taking the field
and It is rumored that they have
fought a hattle at Dibra, whero the
Etonians lost "heavily. .
The Albanians are said to bo greatly
Irritated by the wholesale arrests of
those suspected of having Interest In
the provisional government
While the possible renewal of the
war may put a strain on the co-operation
of the European powers, they
have thus far worked In harmony and
the departure of Prince Hohenlohe
Waldenburg Schllllngufuerst from Vi
enna with an autograph letter from
the Emperor Francis Joseph to the
Emperor Nicholas of Russia gives
additional hope that they will do so
until the end.
The Turkish government like that
of Bulgaria, will not allow newspaper
correspondents to accompany the ar-i
mles In the field, Hahmoud Shefket
Fashn, the brand Vuier, stated em
phatically today that he would not
How any correspondents within 29
miles of the linns.
Turkey Running War PreiaraUon
Constantinople, Feb. . The out
come of the representations made by
the British and German ministers at
the Bulgarian capital was awaited
here this morning mith tenneness. Al
though the armistice was scheduled
to end at 7 o'clock In the evening the
Ottoman officials had not yet lost hope
that a resumption of hostilities would
be avoided. .
The German communication, to
Bulgaria was even more direct in Its
terms than was that of Great Britain
In urging a peaceful settlement Ger
many declare! she considered the new
, Turkish proposals as adequate, while
both Great Britain and Germany In
timated that Intraetlbillty on the part
of tho Balkans was not approved by
the powers. -
In the meanwhile Turkey has not
been neglecting precautions for all
'eventualities. The . movements of
troops and war stores have been in
reiwant during the part week, while
the hospitals at the front have all
been cleared and their patients re-
' moved to Infirmaries In this city.
Cold Wave Moves
South nnd Hnst'.
By AsMoelateri Press.
Washington. Feb. 3 The cold wave
which hue driven the mercury below
tlio er.l ruaTk between Minnesota and
North laknta Is about to move eifnt
wiird and, the weather bureau says,
will be frit over tho territory between
tHxtirn MonlHtia. western New York
ii n 1 I'rttnsvlvaiilu snd us ftir Mouth an
Tol-iiiht II ib'i'lilerl drop In tile UM
I:.' t. " I' i' I'M.i mi'l M If; I
MI
ASSAILANT
DIES
ASYLUM
J. J. Gallagher, Who Shot New
York Mayor, Victim of
Paresis.
ssajj pajBposev Xa
' Trenton, N. J., Feb. 3. James J.
Gallagher, the man who shot Mayor
Gaynor of New York nearly two years
ago at Hoboken, died here today In
the Jersey State hospital for the in
sane. Death was due to paresis. He
had been at the state hospital slace
January 18, 1912, having been trans
ferred there fronl the New Jersey
state prison, where he had been sen
tenced to serve 12 years on a charge
of assault upon Street Commissioner
William Edwards of New York city,
who was with Mayor Gaynor at the
time. "
Gallagher was never prosecuted for
shooting the mayor. This as Mayor
Gaynor's request.
5
TO
Cattle Dipping Demonstrations
and Illustrated Lectures
Continue This Week. ,
By Associated Press. ,
Columbia, 8. C, Feb. 3.-The sec
ond and last week of the fifth national
corn exposition opened today. ' The
Dhow will continue through Saturday.
The first week of the exposition was
such a Brent success and it has been
sg well- advertised throughout the
country "that It Is expected1 thai 'thou
sands will attend the show this week.
The features of the exposition which
proved so popular last week tho cat
tle dipping demonstrations Illustrated
lectures by government experts, the
band concerts, etc., will be continued
through the last week of the exposi
tion.. . Besides many additional feat
ures will be added to the program. -
The Tuilroads entering Columbiu
will run special trains here this week
from various points of the state and
some trains scheduled to leave Co
lumbia in the early afternoon will be
held for the convenience of visitors.
Today . is "Wlnthrop College day"
and Is featured by the attendance of
the faculty and between 600 and 700
young ladles from the state's normal
and industrial college at llockhlll, 3.
C. A special train brought, the stu-
denlB here. They return to Rockhlll
tonight
Tomorrow will be "corn day" and
Interesting addresses relative to this
cereal will feature the day. Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday rural life
conferences will be held ana Baiuraay
is the closing day of the first great
i.i 1 1 .1 in li , , 1 1 1 h
corn exposition evo, uctu ... ...
IS IN HANDS OF J1I
Arguments Completed Satuf
day and Judge Fouchee '
Charged Jury Today.
fi i- ml. flAMrta. Vsrui.
waVnoRviiiit. Feb. 8. The Mc-
trial.' In which the de
fondants are charged with the kllllng-
of Lee Wells, came to a cioso uua
morning at 11:20, wnen juoge now
a a i-nnirhM orave his charge1 to
the Jury. The charge was ft fair and
Impartial one, and juoge ruuuner
.... hnur and twenty minutes In
delivering It. Argument In the case
were finished Saturday, the session of
iuutina- until late that night
Hon. Felix Alley closed the arguments,
speaking more than two hours. While
Judge Fouschee was delivering his
...,. i ih lurv. Mrs. Rogers sat
hy her husband and both gave the
closest attention. Mci racKen s iamer
was with him tnrougnoui me cna..
i . nrAwria ittaniled the night ses
sion of court and were present mw
to hcar ,ude row
charge.
Bath Tub Suit iletrlal.
n,r AMfielatAfl Prepn
rw.nit vtieh . Vh. I. Retrial of
the government's criminal suit ugalnst
the so-cslled bath tun irusi was Be
gun In I'nlled Mate DIMrlrt court
h,.r. truluv. The nfevious trial of the
iime resulted In ft dlnnifreemnnt of the
jury (,n Mnr-h 14, 1912. On Novem
ber 1H the fulled Hinted Hnpreme
.1 ,l..el,l.,i1 U elvll Hllll-trilBt BUM
., . . ,, :( nH, H.uie lll-fi-tl'IlllllM In fnv
..( I i I I " I ei'ivl' I 1
HS BANDITS
PllTI TRIAL
French Gang Accused of Kil-
ing 22 Persons and of
. Numerous Robberies
Arraigned.
THREE YOUNG WOMEN
AMONG DEFENDANTS
Case Probably Will Last for
Weeks--Two Police Offi
cers Among Their
Victims.
B Associated Prat.
Paris, Feb. 3. Paris was on the
tjpotoe of expectation today await
ing the beginning of the trial of the
gang of 22 automobile bandits who
terrorized the French capital and its
environs a year ago. They commit
ted many murders and audacious rob
beries until their leader. Jules Bon
not, "the demon chauffeur" was kill
ed In April after a fierce battle with
police and troops.
, The crimes committed by the no
torious gang were of a most daring
character and frequently were car
ried out in broad daylight The first
record of their operations deals with
the theft of a large quantity of guns,
revolvers and daggers from a shop
in Paris in November, 1911. Then, In
rapid succession followed r.ibberles
and murders. Several suburban
branches of banks were raided and
even the Bank of France did not es
cape their efforts, for they made an
attempt to rob it of $200,000.
The police iwere special marks for
their. hatred. They murdered a pa
trolman at midday opposite the prin
cipal railroad terminus in Paris. They
killed Assistant Superintendent Jouln
of the Paris -detective department and
at the same time wounded Chief In
spector Colmar. :
The list of accusations against them
Include 22 murders.,
' Of the accused .brought jip. for trial
today, three were young women An
na Maitrejean, Marie Vuillemln and
liarbe Leclerc, who were closely con
nected with the bandits in all their
operations.
The' trial is expected to continue
several weeks.
DUNNE DECLARES FOR
IPAIOK
Illinois Governor Would Give
Cities Right to Operate
Public Utilities.
By Associated Press.
Springfield, 111., Feb. 3, Immodlate
enactment of legislation giving all
cities the right to build or buy and to
operate their public utilities and an
amendment to tho constitution to gain
the Initiative and referendum were
recommended by Governor Edward
F. Dunne In his inaugural address to
the legislature today. , 1 ;.
Governor Dunne aald that most
cities may not be ready as yet to op
erate other than water works. To
carry out the plan of municipal own
ershlp, cities should be empowered to
Issue bonds subject to a referendum
and reasonable safeguards. 1
"If such rights are given." says the
governor. "It will force private cor
porallons now furnishing these utlll
ties to give decent service at decent
rates, or face the alternative of pub
lic ownership. Important aa It la to
give cities the right to manage their
own public, utilities, It Is also impor
tant to give to state and local bodies
large powers of regulation of the
public utilities that remain In private
hanur "
BEGIN I'UF.PARATIOX OF BILL
FOB REVI8IOX OF TARIFF
' AMoeMtml Prts:
Washington, Feb. 8. Democratic
members of the house committee on
ways and means today began prepara
tion of the bill for tho revision of the
tariff, with the plan of holding daily
executive sessions until the work is
completed. It Is expected this result
-will be effected about March 6.
Ijogare Laid to Kent.
By Associated Press.
Charleston, 8. Q, Feb. 3. Funera
services over the body of Congress
man George 8. Legare of South Caro
Una, who died at his home here
Thursday night, were hold at the see
ond Presbyterian churrh In this city
yesterday. The seating capacity of
tho church was taxed to the utmost.
Rev. J. K.- Fraxer, pastor of the
rhureh. conducted the ceremony. In
terment took place at. Magnolia rem
tery.
Wants to Know Whether Trxa
IiwH linont Were llelil I'p
Washington, D. C, Feb. ' t. Rep
resontatlvo Garner of Texas Introduc
ed a resolution in the houwi toda
iHlUng on Attornny-Oenernl Wicker
ahum to xiilmilt a statement lift t
Win-tiler lie ll i-1 llH'l 11 Tev.'iB lll.ti, t
in, nit I-: Mill-.! J.-lm I I A r. Mm-I I In-
ALSEUM;
PAIi, DEATH
" i r, . ""
Girl Imprisoned in. Ticket
Booth Forced to Witness
Struggle in Which .
Women Were Killed.
' ' By Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 3. A prisoner In
the little ticket booth at the Houston
street moving picture theater where
the explosion of a film and cries of
fire" started a panic among tho 400
spectators last night, Rose Siegel was
forced to be witness of the struggle In
which two women were trampled to
death and a . dozen others persons
badly injured. ...
'I heard a cry from the inside, then
a rush," she said. ''There was a crowd
of person In front of my booth seek
ing to enter the theater when those
inside rushed out.! There was a crush
against the doors; little girls, boys
and men and women all seemed to
shoot out together. My little brother,
Ned, came running down the steps in
front of the first fush and I saw him
get safely around the corner of tho
entrance, 1 .
'The first half dozen or so got down
the steps all right and then they began
tumbling. As soon as they struck the
bottom landing others were on top of j
them and soon there was a large
semi-circle of bodies on the pavement
over which the mother persons ran.
More fell and at one time it seemed
as .though the pile was seven fet deep.
I couldn't get out of my booth be
cause the doors opened Inside. I just
had to stay there, helpless, and hear
the cries." - -" ,
The panic was- caused by a boy
crying "fire," when a film burned. It
was a false alarm, for the blaze did
scarcely a dollar's damage and was
put out in a lew fieconas. rne nasn
which the spectators had seen, how
ever, was enough ito terrlfly them.
DISMISSES ApPEAL
. .0
By Associated Press,
WasliliiRtorv Feb. - 8. Tho Supreme
court today dismissed the appeal of
Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, In
dicted In Chicago on charges of vio
lating the federal white slave ait,
from the uocIhIoii of the federal court
of northern Illinois.
Johnson's appeal was from, the Illi
nois federal court's refusal to sustain
a writ of habeas corpus by which the
lawyers sought to test the constitu
tionality of the white slave act In vio
lation of which Johnson was charg
ed with transporting ' in interstate
commerce Belle Schrelber from Pitts
burgh to Chicago. .
Justice Lamar announced the deci
sion of the court, which held that a
person was not entitled to raise the
constitutionality of law on habeas
corpus unless other means of testing
its validity had been exhausted. In
the meanwhile, the court pointed out,
Johnson had been released on ball.
The court did not pass on the con
tiUtlloiiullty of the law In any par
ticular.
NEW BOMB OUTRAGE
i '-.-
MYSTIFIES POLICE
Slayer of Mrs. Herrera Believed to Be Person Who Killed
Mrs. Taylor and Sent Infernal Machine to Judge
y Rosalsky.
By Associated Press.
New- York, Feb. 8. The police to
day made extraordinary efforts to find
the perpetrator of last night's bomb
outrage in the Bronx because they be
lieved if they succeeded they would
solve also the mystery of the death
of Mrs. Helen Taylor and of the at
tempt to kill Judge Otto Rosalsky, of
the Court of Special Sessions. They
have dlscoveded that the Infernal ma
chine which killed Mrs. Madeline Her
rera last night in a Bronx apartment
Turkish Troops Demand
Execution of Slayers
Of Nazim
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Feb. 8. Home Indication of
the trouble which the young Turks
are having with the Turkish army l
round In the despatches received here
today. The army appears to be seeth
ing with revolt because of the assassi
nation of Naalm Pasha,. Its beloved
commander-in-chief.
Enver Bey, the young Turk leader
who took such a prominent part in
recent events In the capital, today
went In ah automobile to the head
quarters of the army at Hademkeul, In
oriler to win the support of the troops,
hut the soMltrx fin-M,ly prevented
him fr,,m nMi.-htlm.- it Ii rernnleil
-.V !-- t--o lute to H---1I t:--- It-s'.m--'--
COURT UPHOLDS
"SH0EJ1ST"
Government Meets Its First
Big Defeat in United
Shoe Machinery Com
pany Case.
THE "TYING CLAUSE"
IS NOT CONSIDERED
Court Declares Sherman Law
Doesn't "Contemplate
Doing of Business by
Smallest Units."
By Associated Presa
Washington, Feb.. 3. The govern
ment today suffered its first big de
feat in the recent-antl-trust campaign,-
when the supreme court held that the
officials of the United Shoe Machin
ery company had not violated the
Sherman anti-trust law by organizing
that company. The court however.
did not pass upon the legality of the
system by which the company leases
machines on terms that "no indepen
dent" machinery may be used. ;.
The action of the Supreme court to
day grew out of the Massachusetts
federal court annulling one of two
Indictments brought against the shoe
machinery company officials. The
Massachusetts court took the position
that the indictment did not state an
offense under the Sherman law. The
government appealed to the Supreme
court, by virtue of the criminal ap
peals act of 1907, on the ground that
it did state an offense.
The government in the indictment
alleged that Sidney W. Winslow, Ed
ward P. Hurd, George W. , Brown,
William Parbour and Elmer P. Howe
violated the law, first by organizing
the United Shoe Machinery corpora
tion and second by a system of leas
ing tholr inac nines, whereby patrons
were compelled to promise not to. use
any machinery made by independents,
'land to use only, that mady'tvtthe
ircoiih',.'r-,w:"
The charge was that the shoe ma
chinery corporation took over the
business of the Consolidated and Mo
Kav Lasting Machine company manu
faclurlng 60 per cent of all lasting
machines; the McKay Shoe Machinery
company, manufacturing 70 per cent
of all heeling machines and 80 per
cent of thu business of manufacturing
shoe machinery Into one concern, and
that being an "undue proportion" of
trade, was a violation of the law. It
did not claim that there had been
unfair competition, as In the Standard
Oil or Tobacco cases.
The shoe machinery officials declar
ed the supreme court could not re
vtew the action of the Massachusetts
court because the criminal appeals
act was repealed by not being In
eluded in the Judicial code of 1912
and also claimed that the organlza
tlon of the corporation was a normal
trade development They further
urged that the groups consolidated
Into tho corporation were non-com
petlng and that the leasing system
Continued on page three.
.
house and wounded her husband and
a woman boarder, was like those sent
to Mrs. Taylor and Judge Rosalsky.
All three bombs were In boxes con
structed so that raining the lid closed
an electric circuit and caused the ex
plosion. John P. Farrell, assistant Janitor of
the house where the Hedreras lived,
was held today a a material witness.
Both Herrera and Miss Sarah Fught
man, the third victim, are In a serious
condition. .
Pasha; Revolt
The Kurdish cavalry stationed In
the Asiatic section of Constantinople
and In the great Beltmye barracks to
day mads a formal demand for the
execution of the murderers of Nailm
Pasha. The men refused to obey the
war minister's command to return to
their homes.
Rhukrl' Pasha, the Turklnh com
mander at Adrianople, has caused an
Inquiry to be made Into the circum
stances of Naxlm's death and has an
nounced his Intontlon of going to Con
stantinople after the roiK lunlon nt the
war to avenge the imiiM't of hir
friend. He has elxo guilt- i 1 liil'or
itintlon about a lurise riu nt r -f oi i
--in ttlmrn h expert to hm U l- t
t 1 e intit r of f.!inn.
AN INCOME TAX
MADE LAWFUL
ABYSSINIAN KING
IS REPORTED DEAD
London Hears Menelick Has
Passed Away and Another
Reigns.
By Associated Presa
London, Feb, 3. King Mcnelik of
Abyssigla is dead, according to a dis
patch received here from Addis Abeba
today. His successor. Prince LidJ
Jeassu, one of his grand sons, entered
the capital on Sunday with great
pomp.
No official confirmation has been
received here of the death of Menelik,
who has on several previous occasions
been reported dead.
Prince Lidj Jeassu who is said to
have entered the Abyssinian capital as
the new emperor, is only 1 7 years old.
He was selected some years ago by
Menelik himself as his successor. He
is a youth of great intelligence, son of
Ras Michael, a powerful prince and
governor of three Abyssinian prov
inces, whose wife was ; Menelik's
daughter. LidJ Jeassu speaks Eng
lish, French and German and has
been instructed by European tutors.
There have been many rumors dur.
Ing the past five years . of Menelik's
death. It was reported at one time
that the fact was being suppressed,
and that the empress was conducting
the affairs of the Abyssinian kingdom
until LidJ Jeasau was old enough to
take the government into his own
was reported to be paralyzed below
the waist and since then, there haa
been uncertainty as to whether he
was really dead or alive.
The kingdom of Abyssinia has - a
population of eight million and pos
sesses a powerful army. r. The political
institutions are feudal in character.
There is a sort of state council which
possesses very little authority and a
council of ministers with all the usual
portfolios. Menelik became the su
preme ruler in 1889.
HOUSE BILL TO PLAGE
Weatherspoon Would Make
Remuneration $2000 for 15
Weeks of Service
Sonetol to The Oasette-New:
Raleigh, Feb. 3. Both branches of
the legislature convened at noon.
Jn the house Weatherspoon Intro
duced a bill to put all solicitors on
salaries of $2000 for flteen weeks,
with a hundred dollars for every week
additional Of court Stewart intro
duced bills for uniform game laws
and regulating the taking of oaths
with the Bible. Cox, bills by the state
department of health tor the inspec
tion of sanitary conditions in rail
road stations, coaches, hotels, cafes.
Kellum introduced a bill to require
vestibules of street cars to be enclos
ed. The house passed a joint resolution
for the legislative committee Immedi
ately to investigate the South Atlantic
& Western railroad as to the advisa
bility of the state continuing to sup
ply convicts In exchange for the stock
and the charge that the laggard com
pany Is needlessly blocking an Impor
tant mountain pass through which
some other railroad would gladly en
ter the territory.
The senate set the house bill to In
crease the number of Superior court
Judges and districts from 16 to 20 as
the special order for Tuesday noon.
TO KEXT PRESIDENT
By Associated Press.
Trenton, N, J., Feb. 8. Joseph
Tumulty will bo private secretary to
the next president The president-offered
Mr. Tumulty the secrete rah I p s
week ago and the latter accepted to
day. Tumulty has been associated
with Mr. Wilson since the gubernator
ial campaign three years ago. He be
came his private secretary when Mr.
Wilson wss elected governor, but re
signed last November to become clerk
of the State Supreme court at a sal
ary of 16,000, a position to which ht
was appointed by the governor.
el Men Take Law lCxamhtatlon
Tty AHoelHted Preiw,
Pnli-lnh, Fell. 3. Slxtv-two no
h.iini one n-i'io, t-M.ti tho i-i-im
- n I . f ,- ' - ; I t
r i ,t-i .
Wyoming's Ratification Adds
New Provision to the Con
stitution of the United
States.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
ARE DRAFTING BILL
Plans at Once Made to Put the
New Revenue Raising
Possibility in Use.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 3. -An Income
tax Is now one of the provisions of
the constitution of the United States.
Wyoming's ratification today of the
Income tax amendment the sixteenth
change in the constitution and the first
since the reconstruction completed a
list of 86 states three-fourths of the
union which have approved the pro
vision, -'v. ' " '
With the final ratification, of the in
come tax constitutional amendment,
democratic leaders in congress were
today completing their plans for a
law to make it effective. It la expect
ed a draft of an Income tax law will
be introduced in the house before the
end of this session and will then be
reintroduced, and passed soon after
the extra session commences. '
The democrats have been confident
of ultimate success of the Income tax
amendment and have made their tar
iff plane with this in view. Represen
tative Hull of Tennessee, who pre
pared the excise bill which congress
failed to pass last session. Is working
upon the income tax provision. When
finally introduced the Income tax will
be designed to take the place of both
the existing corporation tax law and
the proposed excise tax.
The new law probably would super
sede the corporation tax and provide
for a tax on all Jncome above $5000, '
although there haa been some senti
ment in favor of making the limit as
low as S4000. Congressional leaders
who have been preparing for the final
ratification by the states, estimate an
Income tax would . bring in about
(100,000,000 a year to the govern
ment. "'- '.(,!'
-. Now that the tax is provided by the
constitution the proposed excise tax
framed by democratic house leaders In
1912 to meet the Supreme court's de
cision which held a former income tax
unconstitutional will be dropped and
some of its provisions may be includ
ed in the new law.
West Virginia ratified the amend
ment lst week. One house in New
Jersey and one In New Mexico have
approved It Wyoming's ratification
was wholly unexpected at this time.
MITCHELL ON RETIRED
LIST AS AN ENSIGN
OAZETTE-NBWS BVREAt?.
WYATT BUILDING,.
Washington, Feb. 5.
The senate today passed the resolu
tion introduced by Senator Overman
to allow Stanley Mitchell of Ashevllle
to be put on the retired list of the
navy, rank of ensign, This will allow
the young man an annual salary of
11275. ...
$1,500,000 Fire at Savannah.
By Associated Press.
Savannah. Feb. 0. Plans are al
ready under way for the rebuilding of
that section of the water front burned
Sunday morning. The Merchants and
Miners' Transportation company,
whose wharves were destroyed, nan
made arrangements for a temporary
wharf and the Ocean Steamship com
pany and Central railway which own
ed much of the destroyed property
will at once begin its re-construction.
Savannah, Ga Feb. 8. Destruction
by fire yesterday of the wharves of
the Merchants and Miners Transpor
tation company and the Planters Rice
mill on the waterfront entailed a lom
estimated at $1,600,000. The fire
started at 1:45 o'clock and raged for
four hours before It finally was
brought under control. No lives were
lost
Park In tlie Pines Burned.
By Associated Press.
Aiken. Feb. 3. Park In the Pines.
Aiken's picturesque tourist hotel, was
A Antrrtvi.fi hv flea In n nhnrt time Yes
terday, the guests having to flee for
their lives, leaving most of their per
sonal effects behind. All escaped In
lufety, but Col. A. K. Diik, manager
of the hotel, was overcome hy smoke
and was dragged from the burnlni;
building Just before the flumes reach
ed him. The loss Is estimated at
1250,000.
Taft to Nominate More Jiiilcr.
By Associated Prerni.
Washington, Feb. I Ueforc
quits office. President Tuft rxiuv
send to the eetiate the nomitui'ii
five more federnl Jlldi;e, tnnK!
total of 114 during hi nbnhi
tlon, s record im-'inn ' ho t
Hvnllahln (locninrn'H lMv. I.
olher pre-ihl lit. in I n- ; i i
Itilf H..--,. tn el
v.