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Tn-ssday, Janoary 27, 19U PAGE TWO THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS Tu i ' ISIS ,. 1,5 1-1:!; ft': I in . ; r rj Mi ' 4 5 !:l'-:- "-! M MM a it. I'! v;;' ! i!'- ;; Express Rates Effective February 1, 1914 In conformity with the order of the , Interstate Commerce Commission The following table is the differences between Between Asheville and the fol lowing points 5 lbs. Exp. Insured New Old Kates Rates New York Chicago Atlanta Jax'ville. Tampa N- Orleans 32 70 32 27 30 33 34 70 40 60 70 75 Food Products Carried Express Service Means HIGHEST CLASS OF TRANSPORTATION FREE INSURANCE UP TO $50 00 A RECEIPT FOR EACH SHIPMENT RESPONSIBILITY SAFETY EFFICIENCY Telephone or Write to Your Nearest Kxpress Office. FUNERAL SERVICES AT IE 3ervices Over Remains of An thony L. Parker Were Largely Attended. Funeral services over the remains of Anthony I Parker, who died of pneumonia at his home, 67 Chestnut street, Saturday afternoon, were con ducted from the residence Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. Dr. R. F. Campbell, pastor of the First Presby terian church, officiating. Interment followed at Riverside cemetery, where the service were' In charge of the Mount Herman lodge of Masons, of which the deceased was secretary. Both sen-Ices were largely attended by the many friends of the deceased und the floral offerings were many und beautiful. A special communica tion of Mount Herman lodge was held Just prior to the service and the Ma ions attended the services at the grave In a body. The honorary pal! bearers were: Dr. J. H. Williams. V. F. Randolph. J. A. Wagner. J. A. Nichols. W. A. James, Jr., and Capt. It. L. Fitzpatrick. The active pall bearers were: Wil liam A. Ward, C. F. Wood, Oorge E. Brown, R. E. Currenee, J. W. Grimes and Dr. B. K. Halt. PIG C108"JNTHE SOUTH , Latest tSep Taken For Reduc tion of High Cost of Living. Washington, Jan. 17. Or, -nation pt "bora pig clubs" tn tha southern tats la to lateat atep taken by tha department of agriculture as a meana f reducing tha high cost of living. The department la trying to Interest tha young southern farmer In tha t reeding of good hogs. It la asserted that pork can ba produced so aa to "II much cheaper than beef, a Ibzra la Only Ono "Br onto Tl.zt la loizatlvo Bronw Quinlno Utad thm World Ovp to Alwtjt ttmmbar the fall name. Look f r tl signature- oa titrj box. SSo. illustrative of some of the new and old rates 10 lbs 20 lbs Exp. Insured Exp. New Rates 69 68 47 60 72 77 Insured New Old Old Rates 120 125 60 100 120 '130 Rates Rates 44 44 33 40 46 48 90 100 50 75 90 100 at Still Lower Rates. shortage of beef," says the statement ! just issued, "means an Increased de j mand for pork, and it seems reason i able that there should be a ready de ! mand for all the available supply. This means mone; in the pocket of the boy hog halser." j The object of the pig clubs Is to demonstrate how better and cheaper ! hogs may be produced by employing ; improved breeds and the growing of , forage crops. Boys from 10 to 18 years i old are eligible for membership In the pig clubs. Each must possess at least ;one pig. Valuable prizes are to be : given by the department to champion boy pig raisers. THE MAJESTIC PRESENTS "AT RAPATnnn srDna j For the entertainment of Its patrons ! during tne first three days of this j week, the management of the Majestic ; theater has secured the musical com i edy. "At Saratoga Springs." The I leading role In this musical production j is carried by Miss Marie Miller, said ; to be the highest paid prima donna 1 In vaudeville tabloid. The comedy ; parts are carried by Pete Curley, "the tout, rormerly with Blanche Ring, and Bert Rose. "At Caratoga Springs" is advertised as a real laugh producer and has cre ated a most favorable Impression wherever It has been presented by this company. The chorus has a reputa tion for beauty and the management guarantees that the music and comedy are especially good. One of the feat urea will be the work of the four "Tango Girls." LAND IN ROME FOR MEHODIST E. COLLEGE New York, Jan. 27. Tlev. Dr. Ezra Z. Tipple, president of Drew Seminary speaking of tha announcement from Home that his brother, Itcv. Bertrand M .Tipple, psslor of the American Methodist church of Home had bought land thera on which to erect a mod ern college, said the purchase was made for tha board of foreign mis sions of the Methodist church In America. This was tha first step, h said tn the board'a founding of a college tn Rom for boya and young men. The Institution as planned Is to ba primarily for aecular education but will have a religious motive. No re ligious discrimination, however, will be allowed. Dr. Tipple said. The purchase price of the land, Dr. rippie said, would approximate iso.ooo, Quinino" Ourm a Ooid In Omm Dy F WRECK OF THE FRISCO mWM REPORT Sale of Securities When Insol vency Was Apparent Is Condemned. Washington, Jan. 27. Financial op erations not ordinary railroad diffi culties caused the receivership of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad system, according to the Interstate commerce commission's investigation Just reported at the direction of the senate.? The report declares, referring to the sale just before the receivership of $3,000,000 of five per cent bonds, French: series, at 78 to Speyer and company of New York, "that the sale of securities to the investing public through bankers at a time when every appearance indicated the insolvency of the Issuing company. Invited ajid warrants the condemnation of all who assisted or participated In each sale. "Speyer and company should have been aware of the poverty of the 'Frisco and of iti difficulties in obtain ing funds." The Insolvency of the "Frisco, the report says may be attributed to vari ous causes, among them: "Disproportionate capitalization. "The acquisition of new lines. "The financing by the 'Frisco of the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico rail road and other south Texas lines. "The desire for an entrance into Chicago. 111., resulting in the, assump tion of heavy fixed charges in the ac quisition of the stock of the Chicago end Eastern Illinois railroad. "The sale of Its securities at prices so low rs to Indicate a deplorable weakened credit, or an extravagant arrangement with bankers to whom large profits accrued in the purchase of the bonds and the subsequent sale of same to the public.'- SAYS RT ORDERS ARE TAKEN OVER T President of 0. R. T. Charges 40 Per Cent of Roads Permit Practice. Washington, Jan. 27. Forty per cent of the railroads are permitting trainmen to take orders by telephone when they should not do so, H. B. Perham, president of the Order of Railway Telegraphers yesterday told a house commerce committee at a hear ing on bills to limit trainmen to six teen continuous hours a day and that of tlegraph and telephone operators to eight. He added that he knew of stretches of railroad 200 miles Jong where trainmen had displaced opera tors for transmission of orders and added that on some Interurhan rail roads trainmen copied orders from the train dispatchers on their cuffs. He explained that his organization did not oppose the telephone but declared Its use should be safeguarded. SHATTUCK SCHOOL DEFEATS BINGHAM Washington, Jan. 27. With Its de feat nf the New York Military acad emy by the score of 937 to 913 the Bordentown Military academy is stni In the lead In the International rifle shooting competition for the military school national trophy. In the second contest fihattuck school, Faribault. Minn., scored 745 against Bingham school, Asheville, N. C, 687. NAVAL TfO SENT TO TtESCTT. FISIfERMAV FS ICE FIELDS Washington, Jan. 27. For the sec ond time the big naval tug Potomac has been sent from Norfolk to the rescue of the adventuresome American fishermen caught In the Ice tn the Bay of Islands, New Poundland. While the vessels are believed to be In danger If not towed Into the open sea, It Is not thought that the lives of the fishermen are In peril. TO rERPETVATE MEMORY OP WASHINGTON, THE MASON Alexandria, Va., Jan. 27. The memory of "Washington, the Mason" Is to be perpetuated by the erection of a permanent temple here. Plana for the memorial are to be outlined at a meeting here February 22 of tha George Waahtngton Maaonlc Memo rial association at which many grand jurisdictions throughout the country win be represented. 120 CASES OF SMALLPOX REPORTED AT NIAGARA FALLS Niagra Falls, N. Y.. Jan. 2. On hur.dred and twenty two rases nf smallpox has been recorded In vi.. gara Kalis today, when an offclal of tne atate health department reached her to help local authorities fight the epidemic To Refer Bills. Washington. Jan. 27. Bills nrohlb Itlng the employment of children un der 14 years of ag in any factory or mine, products of which enter Inter net commerce and barring women from working more than eight hour day in similar Induatrlea will be re ferred to a aub-commllte of the sen ate education and labor committee, tt a announced. Ill TO SECURE VISITS OF SRIEBS Asheville Board of Trade and Oasis Temple Sends Out Invitations. Following a meeting yesterday of several members of the Asheville board of trade, a telegraphic Invita tion was extended to Osman temple of Ancient Arabic Nobles of the Myst ic Shrine, St. Paul, to visit Asheville; en route to or returning from the an- I nual convention of the order, which is to be held In Atlanta May 10-13 of this year. The Invitation was ex tended today because the itinerary of the temple is being fully arranged for the trip. The St, Paul Shrlners will travel to Atlanta in a special train and it is understood that the party will com prise about 150, ': This party will be joined at Cincinnati by another spe-' clal train carrying an equal number of Rochester Shrlners to Atlanta Tor the convention, and if the St. Paul temple is induced to stop over for a short visit in Ashevile, the Rochester wearers of the Fez will be here at the same time. It is the aim of the board of trade and the local officers of Oasis temple to have as many as possible of the Shriners of the country to stop over here for a few hours' stay since it is believed that If they could get one glimpse of Asheville and the moun tains of western North Carolina they would be sure to return for an ex tended visit. : With this idea In view. Secretary W. F. Randolph, on behalf of Dr. Chase P. Ambler, potentate of Oasis temple, has written to every Shrine In the country, over 150 In all, to pay a short visit to this city In connec tion with the visit to the national convention and similar Invitations have been extended by the board of trade. Answers have already been re ceived from a few of the Shrines. The Almas temple of Washington will go to Atlanta in company with the temples of Baltimore and Bridgeport and a letter from the secretary states that an effort will be made to take advantage of this invitation to see Ashevile. ' 58 CHILDREN, 16 WOMEN DIE IN MOVING PICTURE HOUSE PANIC IN INDIES Bavatta, Dutch East Indies, Jan. 27. Fifty-eight children, sixteen women and one man were killed yesterday in panic during a fire at a moving pic ture show on a plantation In the Dutch residency of Surahaya. Most of the victims were trampled to death or suffocated. COM) IN NORTHERN ITALY; SPRING WEAT1IEU IX ROME Rome, Jan. 26. While northern Italy was suffering severely from rrost today, Rome enjoyed spring like weather wth a temperature of about fifty degrees. Reports from Turin say the tem perature has fallen to nearly zero In the Alps. At points throughout Lom bardy and Venetla, the low tempera ture of five degrees above zero was recorded today. Fatalities Among Alpinist. In view of the fact that e7cry mtn or woman who walks up a mountain with alpenstock in hand Is a climber In the eyes of the public, it Is not at all strange that the appalling annual fatalities In the Swiss Alps ore laid at the door of one ot tbe noblest of sports. The truth is that these fatali ties there were 105 last yenr-nre rel. atively few and fr between In tbe ranks of gennine alpinists, tbe ama teur and professional ino,iiitnlueer. Tuey who climb with Ice ox Instead of alpenstock are cautious firoi, lost and always. Considerinc the risk taken, few of them lose their lives. Most who meet this frightful rtonth In the Swiss mountains have always boon either tin thinking or downright revklsw tempt ers of fate. With a complete disregard of common souse, these unfortunates go where they hare no business to go save In charge of an experienced guide, and sometimes tbe mero reach lng out for a coveted wild Cower scuds them to their doom. -Spur. London's First Bank, Banking, seeing that It flourished Id tbe ancient world-ln (jjoei. at Rome and at Babylon must so far as Eng land Is concerned, be regarded as a comparatively modern business. During the so called renaissance banking reappeared n Italy. From Italy the bnslness of bonking spread to France, then to Holland, and It was introduced Into England by out Francis Child, who established the first bank In London In 1013. . Hitherto London merchants bad de posited their cash tn tbe mint of the tower of London. But wbra Charles II. took It Into his bead to borrow trad ers began to lodge tbelr superfluous rash wltb tbe goldsmiths In Lombard street Francis Child was one of thete, and In a few year Lombard street became foil of banks. Tbe Bank of England was founded In 1C&4. -London (Jlob. Will Dtecribcd. "Pa, what's a theatrical angeir "A man whose money bits wlng, my son." Judge. PRE-ICING ORDER UPHELD 'ft BUS. SUPREME COURT Charges For Cars Limited Other Decisions Render ed by the Court. ' Washington, Jan. 27. The order of the interstate commerce commission requiring transcontinental railroads to permit California orange shippers to pre-ice ami pre-cool their fruits to eastern '-villes and limiting the. charge for the uae of the cars during the pre-, cooling stage, to $7.50 has been upheld by the Supreme court. The com mission issued an order requiring the railroads to permit shippers to pre ice when the railroads withdrew the privilege after the commission had re duced the charge for pre-tclng from $30 to $7.60. Whiskey Decision. Washington, Jan. 26. How whis key In bond varehouses may be sold was decided today by the Supreme court when it held that the guagers certificate of .the deposit of tthe whis key with the government pa'sses good title to those to whom the certificate Is transferred by pledge or sale. Land Decision. Washington, Jan. 26. Litigation between the Chapman and Dewey Lumber company and others and the St. Francis Levee district of Arkansas over title to a large area of "sunk lands" was . decided by the Supreme court holding neither side had pro cured title but that it had remained in the federal government. Mrs.- Ernst Wins. Washington, Jan. 26. Contest over the will of Edward W. Burbank, who committed suicide in Temple Tex., on May 10, 1910, leaving property worth $100,000 in Louisiana, was decided by the Supreme court in favor of Mrs. Josephine Ernst of New Orleans. She appeared on behalf of Mary Springer Burbank, only child of Burbank. PLAN TO CREATE PARK ON BULL RUN FIELD Washington, Jan. 27. Advocates of the plan to create a national park out of a portion of the field on which You don't chew your food enough don't create saliva enough. You'll suffer indiges tion unless you chew the clean, pure, healthful WRIGLETSk after every meal. It makes the digestion aiding saliva that your gulped food needs. Enjoy this delicious BMI I aid to digestive ease. f It brightens teeth iCsTxf I Bl and purifies breath I .sp V besides. IMsm ) Be SURCU's W risk CCV SPIRITED YOUNGLADY ' WRITES OF HER HAIR AND HEBPICIDE Few ladles realize how much an untidy head of i hair detracts from their personal appearance. It also In dicates an undesirable trait. Unkempt hair simply shows that while they may be scrupulously neat In every other way, they are careless about their hair. Thin, scraggy, wispy hair generany indicates dandruff and dandruff ' Is caused by a germ. Newbro's Herpiclde will eradicate the scale-like accumu lation and keep the scalp as clean and healthy as can be. This permits the hair to grow naturally and luxur iantly. That- terrible Itching ' which goes with dasdruff stops with almost the first application. the first battle of Bull .Run was fought will renew their campaign with Increased vigor, it is announced. The project is backed by members of the grand army of the republic and veterans ''of the confederacy. Repre sentative Carlln of Virginia has pre pared a bill which he will Introduce probably this week which would pro vide for the establishment of the park by the government. There re main upon the battlefield many his toric buildings, which might be pre served and can only be properly pro tected, It -is urged through establish ment of a park under federal super vision. COMMITTEE FAVORABLY REPORTS NOMIXATTdN Washington, Jan. 27. The senate ju diciary committee has voted to report favorably the nomination of Francis ID. Winston to be United States at torney for the eastern district of ! North Carolina and Wilson A. Hill to ;be United States attorney for the northern district of Mississippi. Mosboy Ranger Drad. ' Washington, Jan. 26 Word was received here today of the death of Captain E. F. Thomson, a member of i the famous Mosby's rangers during the War of the states, at Clarendon, Va. Captain Thomson was 7 6 -years old. Burial will be In Washington.' ' tO street fakirs, fcwAV;'-iTv--;y f wine m oiiu i tent BiorcsL Refuse them! Be SURE it's WRIGHTS. 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Moyer, . president of the Western Federation of j Miners, had charged that "If the strike . of the copper miners In Michigan Is lost It will' be due directly to the inactivity of the executive council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor," the con vention of the United Mine Worker of America voted to request Samuel Oompers to explain the council's atti tude. . Moyer declared that two appeals had been made to the federation exec utive council for aid and that so far no action had been taken. RELIEF FOR RESIDENTS IX MEXICAN DISTRICTS REPORTED Washington, Jan. 27. Relief for residents in two Mexican districts from oppressive forced loans has been reported to the state depart ment. The governor of Collma who proposed to levy an involuntary loan, has been removed.. From Brogreso on the remote Tu ca tain coast word was received that loans exacted January 12 had been regarded to tha contributors. CflUTIO.'l! 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