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r PAGE TWO THE ASHEVTLL E GAZETTE-NEWS Saturday, January 17, 1914 SPECIAL FEATURES TODAY rikMto "MYSTERY OF WEST SEDGWICK" .............................. (In Two Parts) Edison Drama by Carolyn Wells. Come and see Unravelled ttbis Splendid Mystery Story. "SKELLY'S SKELTON" ............... .................... Biograph Farce Comedy THE POPULAR PRINCESS FiVE-PIECE ORCHESTRA fJ. C. B. I LEAG U E Directors to Meet in Greens boro to Consider Opening Date and Schedule. The board of directors of the North Carolina League of Baseball clubs will meet in Greensboro next Monday morning' for the purpose of fixing the opening dale of the league season and to heap the report of the schedule committee. Secretary T. M. Duckett of the local club received & letter this morning advising him of the meeting and he will leave here next Sunday afternoon to attend. Last year, the first of the league, the season was opened on April 2. but it is understood that several of the directors are in favor of opening the league at an earlier date this year, in order that more games can be played and to arouse the fans of the state to the support of the teams as early as possible, although It is possi ble that the season will open even later this year than it did last, aa sev eral of the managers want to give their men as much practice as they can before the season opens. At any rate all this will be threshed out at the meeting and some definite date de cided upon by the directors. The schedule committee has been at work for some time on the schedule for the league and they will report to the directors at the meeting next Mon day. No advance Information has been given out as to the schedule and it is understood that none will be - given to the public until the directors : have looked over the schedule and approved it The meeting promises to be one of the most interesting yet held by the directors, since the season closed last year, and it is expected that all the directors will be in their places when the meeting Is called to order by the president. TELEPHONE SITUATION NOT EXACTLY CLEAR MEETING MONO i' Chicago, Jan. 17. Though the ! 1 American Telephone and Telegraph ! company notified the government that U would open Its long distance t;le ' ,' phone lines to all Independent tele ' ', . phone companies no method of co , ', operation has been suggested, and the situation is far from being clear to the independents. It was made known today. "There are many matters to be made plain before we can consider ourselves on solid ground," said F. B. " MacKinnon, secretary of the National Independent enunciation. "For in stance, the Bell lines reserve a vir tual monopoly of long distance busi ness In a GO miles radius of one of their own exchanges. There are num erous other questions that will have to be made clear before we will know what this proposal really amounts to." WOOD'S FAMOUS Brimmer Tomato. The Peer of all tomatoes for large, uniform size and superior table qualities. Market growers tell it at mora than double the price of ordinary tomatoes. V.'cci's 1914 Descriptive Catalog : Ives reports from customers, i '.owing large profits from grow i x variety. Wood's Cats. ! s also tells about all the best farm and Garden Seeds. ! i i tlie thirty-fifth year of its issue 1 i moT valuable than ever. JcdfrerV Write tor it .v;.v;ccdgcc;;3. :; !:r.c3, - r.l.!.r.cr.3, V. PRINCESS LICENSED . EULA BDNNEY DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Wife of Recruiting Officer Died This Morning Funeral Arrangements. Mrs. Eula Bonney, wife of Sergeant Ell W. Bonney, local recruiting of ficer for the United States army, died yesterday at 11:50 o'clock, at her home, 91 Woodfln street, after an ill ness lasting Bince last Sunday. The deceased was thirty years of age, and a native of Baltimore, and was married in this city about four years ago to Sergeant Bonney. She had resided in the city for about six years and was well known by a host of friends, who will learn of her pass ing with deep sorrow, She was a wo man of many lovable traits, of char acter and made friends wherever she went Surviving- are the husband; the father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Dixon of Baltimore; two slsterawdfriKaltlmore, Misses Neva and FloreiK. Jtmd three brothers, Victor and J Iron si W. Dixon of Baltimore and ifctersetDixon of Ashevllle. She i lav consistent member of the FultonTrntnue Baptist church of Bal timore. N The funeral services will be held from the residence this after noon at $ o'clock, with Rev. Dr. H. F. Campbell, pastor of the First Presby terian church, officiating. It is possi ble that the Interment will follow In the Bivemi'le cemetery. MISS SHQNTS TAKES Daughter of New York Street Railway Magnate to Spend The Winter Here. Miss Shunts of New York, daughter of Theodore D. Ehonu. multi-million aire and street railway magnate of that city, who has been in the city for a short time, a guest at Orove Park Inn, has taken the house of Dr. Carl V. Reynolds. In Edgemont park, for the winter, the deal having been closed yesterday through the real es tate firm of Forbes and Campbell. It It stated that other members of the family. Including Mr. Shonts, are ex pected to arrive In the city shortly to spend a part of the winter season here, at least. Sis More Signed. New York. Jan. 17. The Brooklyn baseball club has announced the receipt of signed contracts from six more players, bringing the total en rollment for the coming season up to fourteen, Including Manager Robin son, Zack Wheat and Pat Ragan sign ed for three years; O'Mara, Stengel, Rlggsrt and Atchison one year each. Ooxe lieutenant Dead. Washington, Jan. IT. Carl Browne, chief lieutenant to "General" Coxa In the march from Masslllon, O., to the capital In 1114, dropped on the street yesterday from acute Indigestion and died soon after In a hospital. The Contemplative Warm, From a series of experiments con ducted by Professor Yerkes of Har vard college the professor bas become convinced that so angleworm can tUluk. Knowing that an angleworm will always crawl out of a lighted place Into a dark one, the professor put tbe worm which bs was experi menting on Into a glass dish In which wers two dark boles. The right band bols wss merely a regular earth cavi ty. The left band one, bowever, con tained a mildly charged electric bat tery, the object of which la to give tue worm a saoek in case It should enter. The world soon learned Us lesson sod always went to tbe right when it was put into the glass dish. PHOTO - PLAYS SHO WN EXCL USIVEL Y Y. HA. C. A. FUND IS STILL SHORT 900 Campaign Will Be Continued Until Full Amount is Raised, However. Following the reports today at lunch of those who are participating in the campaign for funds for the local T. M. C. A., It was announced that the sum of $900 is still needed In order that the work of the association may be carried on during the present year. The committees are enthusias tic over the campaign and feel little doubt but that the full amount will be raised. A number of them will continue to work this afternoon and tomorrow. On Monday the committees will continue the campaign, and " '0 o'clock Monday night there will be a supper at the association building, when there will be final reports. If there Is still a shortage in the amount needed the work will be gegun again Tuesday morning and continued until the full amount is raised. It is hoped, however, that the people of theJclty will respond Immediately to the needs of the association and that all neces sary funds will be pledged ty Monday night HAS GHEATLYIMPRDVEO Physician States That Pern Cassada Will be Out Again in a Week. The condition of Pern Cassada. the small son of Mr, and Mr. II. E. Cassa da of South flpruce street, who was stabbed by Herman Wilson at the Orange street school several days ago. is reported today as being very much Improved and It Is believed by Dr. Whittlngton, who is attending the boy, that he (will be able to be out again In about a week. The case against the Wilson boy was called In Police court the day fol lowing the fight and continued until January 20, to await developments In the case of the Caawula boy. Young Caasada was stabbed In the right side, Just above the abdomen, the wound being about two Inches long and was thought at first to be a very serious cut, but the doctor has now decided that It was hardly more than a flesh wound. General A. Cog Dead. Toronto. Can., Jan. IT. Senator George A. Cox. who was rated In 190 as "one of the it millionaires who are tho basis of Canadian finance," died yesterday. He was 74-vears old. He was president of several In surance companies and director In many corporations. He had con tributed liberally to Methodist chari ties. ' Sterne's Destitution. v Laurence Sterne, the writer, wss tbe victim of tba lntensest poverty. A lit tle time before bis death, being In s stats of destitution, bs went one even. Ing to borrow 3 from bis friond Gsr rick. Upon arriving bs beard music snd knew that a party was going on. He beard the merry laughter and, gently replacing tbs uplifted knocker, retraced bis steps. Ws never feel our miseries so keenly ss when contrasted with tue Joys of others, snd It is only then that wo realize Wordsworth's picture: And homelaae near a thousasd hemes I - stood And near a thousand table pin A for food. Encbange. Geo Time. Nell Did yon bare a r" 1 t'me at the wedding? Hells Ten, In ' 1. Ev erybody cried. Philadelphia 1 i" urd. UST TRIBUTE PUD TO MRS. ALICE C. RAY Immense Gathering at Funeral Services Held Here Today. ; The funeral services over the re- who died Tuesday afternoon at her I home, Ramoth, following an illness of four years, were conducted yester- j day at noon from the First Baptist . church. The services were In charge of Rev. J. S. Williams, chaplain of the Mission of the Uood Samaritan. : cemetery. Attesting the love and respect held for the deceased by the people ofj ."AT. ...I ......... " " . .uF . " i ... ,.,., ..... . i tH. jjjt at the grave ever seen In the city. The floral tributes were magnificent, sent In alike by rich and poor, attesting in a small way the appreciation of those sending them for the life service and love that characterized Mrs. Ray always. AH surviving members of the Six tieth regiment of the Confederate army were honorary pall bearers, and the services were largely attend ed by Confederate veterans of the city and county. The active pall bear ers, all nephews of the deceased, were Edwin L. ' Ray, Herbert Millnrd, Charlton Millard, D. Ralph Millard, Harry M. Roberts and William B. E ADOPTED BY GRAND LODGE MASONS Delegates to Session at Ral eigh Have Returned F. W. Kenny Honored. The delegates from Ashevllle and this section of the state who attended the sessions of the Grand Lodge of Masons In Raleigh, which opened Tuesday evening of this week and , closed Thursday afternoon, have re turned to their homes. About eight delegates attended the eesslons from this section and they report a most successful meeting. One matter of es pecial Interest to Masons Is that the new code, with certain amendments, was adopted. Another matter of Interest here Is that F. W. Kenny of Blltmore, dis trict deputy of this district, wss named 'as one of the directors of the new Masonic and Eastern Star Home at Greensboro. Prior to the sessions of the Grand Lodmge In Raleigh, a reception was held at Greensboro In celebration of the opening of the home, and this event la reported aa naving oeen a great success, over 700 having been present. S. AFRICA STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK Cspetown, t'nlon of South Africa, Jau. 17. Dispatches from all parts of the union report that strikers are re turning to work and that victory has been won by the government In the struggle with the federation of trades. TI:zit3 7 """ m I'scJ V.3 t .'. r.'i CVei O AIws remember tia full eame li)T t! I'gnaluis oa ttery box, RE OPENING PROGRAM. TWO TWO-REEL FEATURES. "SILAS MARNER" Edsion Drama From Famous novel by George, Eliot "THE PENALTY OF CRIME" Lnbin Melodrama DON'T MISS THESE EXCELLENT PICTURES E CHANGED TO FINE Governor Craig Commuted H. F. Claudius Sentence of 12 Months to $200 Fine Jude 6Pcar8 RenoId returned to the city Thursday from Raleigh where he has been In the Interest of Henry F. Claudius, who was recently convicted ty a Superior court jury land gven 12 months on the county roads for the alleged misrepresenta tion of the valuo of some property to 'Frederick KuUedge & company. Judge Reynolds sn.vs that Governor Locke Craig chnKed the sentence to one of a fine of t:oo and the costs and gave the defendant a respite of 10 days. IKVSrt "to S get p the line and costs. Claudius was convicted several months ago of obtaining money un der false pretense, It being alleged that he sold to his mother-in-law a house and lot in Ashevllle for ((.BOO, for, which he claimed -to have re ceived $1600 in cash and Ave notes for $1000 each. He is then alleged to have taken the notes to Frederick Rutledge Co., who discounted them, the house standing as the security for the notes. It was claimed at tbe trial that the property had been proved to be worth not more than 11800 or $2000; that the -ale by Claudius to his mother--In-law was merely a "sham" sale, de signed to give value to the notes and protect Claudius from recourse when the notes were due. He was convicted by a Superior court Jury on this evidence and given a road sentence of It months on the Buncombe county roads. His sentence I was to have commenced on January first, but he was granted respite of ao days by Governor Locke Crelg, in order that he could be given a chance to prepare petition for a par don. Judge Reynolds went to Ral eigh several days ago and was In consultation with the governor, af ter which it was announced that the sentence had been changed to a fine of 1 2 00 and the costs. If Claudius pays the fine and costs within the time given him by the gov ernor, tcji days, then this will be the Unal chapter In one of the most not ed cases tried In Buncombe county In a long time and one that has attracted attention all over the state. It Is stated that the money, claim ed by Mr. Rutledge to have been lost In the transaction, has already been returned by Claudius. FEDERALS OFFER COBB $60,000 FOR 5 YEARS Chicago. Jan. 17. "Ty" Cobb was offered a live year contract at IU.000 . vmp In a telegram sent to him at Auvuata. vesteroay uy -rvsiam u mors of the Federal league. The telegram was written and given to a messenger In the presence of news tiRDer men after Gllmore had said that he had learned that Cobb had not yet signed with IXtroit for tbe 1114 senium. Gllmore s telegram offers to pay Cobb his first year's salary In advance and put the remaining 140,000 in s crow. SI 6.000 for noil. Utlca, Jan. 17. F. M. Jones of Clinton hss completed negotiations for the purchase of Pontlae Cornuco pi . a Holsteln-Krlealan bull for which he will pay $18,009 to Colvln Deshane of Richland, X. Y. This Is a new re cord price for a young bull. Cold lit Cnm Df Look SIo. ROAD SE T C GALAX URGES inilEMEHT OF AT flORFDLK, VI. War Department Recommends Appropriation of $1,244,000 For The Work. Washington, Jan. ' 17 Extensive Improvements of Norfolk, Va harbor and vicinity Is recommended to con gress in a letter from the war depart ment suggesting an appropriation of $1,244,000. This would make possible the widening of Newport News chan nel to 600 feet, at a cost of $270,000; a 'substantial wldoning of Norfolk channel to cost $840,000; a 36-foot anchorage opposite Lamberts point,. $99,000; and a 12 -foot anchorage near Pinners point. $$5,000. "While this covers the widening of the lower part of the south branch to ,460 feet only," stated the report, "It is believed that the projected width should be 600 feet to meet pos sible future necessities. The first ap propriation should be $400,000, and subsequent appropriations ahould be made with a view to completion of the work in three years." . i ' i "The department recommended leg islation authorising the secretary of war to set aside suitable anchorage space in navjgable waters ' of the United States whenever he deems It necessary and to promulgate regula tions for tfrelr use. The nlan for the Norfolk channel. Is to Increase the width to too feet as far ss the mouth of the southern branch, thence 460 feet wide up that branch to the lower end of the navy yard, 600 feet along part of the navy yard front and $00 feet wide along the upper end of the navy yard front as far as the belt line bridge. SOME MARVELOUS DISTANCES The 8ttller Universe ss We Know It and What It Means In the Matter o Milts to Reach Its Boundaries From he Center of Our Own tun. It Is worth while making an effort to picture to ourselves tbe vast extent of tho starry system in wdicd we rernue. Having gained some fulnt notion of tbe sxteut of ths lesser solar system. hlch occupies a small corner of the stellar system. rs must work outward from that beginning. Let ns taks for our unit of measurement tbo space which separates tbs cartel from tbe sun apd let ths 02.OU0AO0 miles of tbls distance be represented In onr minds by a slugls Inch. In proportion tbs sun Itself must bs pictured by a tin; ball less than one hundredth part of an Inch In diameter, wtitls our earth must be a mere speck less than ons ten-thousandth of sn Inch In diameter. And this little sun snd 'this minute earth must bs Just sn Incb ssunder. Following out tbe same Idea, Mer cury and Venus, being closer to ths sun tbsn we are, bars to bs less tbnn sa Incb away from blm. wbtls Jupltet will bs (Its inches off, Saturn will b ten inches off, TJranns will bs orei nineteen Inches off. 'Neptune will be slmost thirty Inches off. Then tbs so lar system ss a whole, leaving only out of ths question certalo comets which travel farther, will be inclosed In a circle less than two yards In diam eter. Tbs question srlses next, What will bs ths proportionate sire of ths stellar system oo this same seals of measure ment? If tbe solar srstom Is to be comprised with a boip not two yards 'across bow wlds a space should we allow to tbo surrounding system of stars, "our onlrerseT Uow near will bs tho neorest of outlying stars? And tbe onswer Is sufficiently startling, it the sun Is reckoned to be ons Inch sway from our earth, If Neptune Is reckoned to bs less than three feet sway from the sun, tboa ou tbs sams scale ths star which lies closest of sll outer sure to tbs whols universe to us, Atphs Centaurl by notns. most bs reckoned ss lying st s distance of shout three and t half miles. And be tween ths two-nothing; st least noth ing In the shape of a sis v. Aa occs tlonal comet may Ing slowly along In ths darkness, Qndlng Its wsy f-itn one a 1 sun system to another, and dark bod- les; ' cooled suns, may possibly flost here tor there unseen by us, but of stars radiant with heat and light noat Is found In that wide area. Astronomical writers sometimes talk of stars "In the vicinity" of tbe sun, and tbls is what Is meant by "vicin ity." Think of the distances Implied. Our whole solar system is first brought down Into a small circle two yards across every inch in those yards stand ing for more than 80,000.000 miles and then on every side and above snd below Is at) encompassing void of three and a half miles, every inch of tbose miles again representing more than 60.000.000 miles. And then we come upon one gleaming star. Only one quite so near. Another star in tbs sun's "vicinity," known as 01 Cygnl. would lie at a distance of seven miles, and. the brilliant Blrlus would bs over ten miles off. Others must be placed at distances of twenty miles, fifty miles, 100 miles. It Is easy to start with a list of these figures. It is not cosy to soy where one ahould stop. That the starry system bas limits we do not doubt, but to define tbose limits is not possible. On sucb a scale aa Is given above those limits certainly would not He within a distance of 100 miles nor of 1,000 miles. It Is believed that some dim stars, barely to bs detected, may be 10,000 times as far away ss our sun's nearest neighbor. Alpha Centaurl. and this at once gives, even on onr much reduced scale, a line from the center of 35,000 miles. Suppose that the limits of the stellar system lay somewhere about there. Thirty-Ore tbonssnd miles each way from tba center would mean a di ameter fur tbe whole of 70.000 miles. Imagine a starry system 70.000 miles across from side to side, escb incb In those miles representing 02,000.000 of real miles, and somewhere in tbs midst of It our small solar system. Just two ysrds across, separated from all other stars by a wide blank of three or foar miles. That would be stupsndons enough. But we bare no reason whatever for supposing ibnt tbe limits of onr snt terse do lie there. The true boundaries of tbe stellar system may be twice as far. four times ss far, ten times as far. We do not ersn know wltb certainty that oor solar system is placed snr where near Its csnter. though this seems rather likely. - Far off ss tbe boundary reaches In one direction, it rony reach much farther In another di rection. Chambers' Journal. An Ant Illusion. Tbe ides of mutual sld among ants la pronounced by M. Cornets, a French entomologist, to be an Illusion. In bis observations, a single ant drags a load rapidly toward ths nest but wbs others take bold of tbe object ttief pull In different directions, snd slot1 progress Is merle. Tbs gain of lying Is nothing else bnt not to be trnsted any more, nor to bs believed when ws any tbe trutb.-Blr Walter Rcott ' Tee Suspicious. Why are you ao angry with, tbe doc tor?" asked Mr. White of his wife. MBscsuse,H he replied, "when I told htm I bsd a terrih!r tired feeling b told me to show my tongne."-Llppln-rett's. 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