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0 'j-'- : --:.- r?..v ; ;Vh-.y .,." -: ;.'. i-JJil.;;;. 5 . '- J - JO 6, 1908 MM V W- .' f t . V' THE POffiRS ARE 0 0 f II E fl ! i f I C E To Frame a Cddo of Laws For Naval NWarfaro L t Formation of the jtnternatlbnal lrlxo . Court Recommended br the Hague :. . Congress 1 AnothiT Object off the Conference Whicli:j Opened Yelter day At German; Suggestion! the Powers' SubmiifThelr View i American, Great Bfitlan and Japan -' , Ar Agreed in Prt4dplet "at Leatv , . .ij - ' : V V(By the Associated Press.) London, Dec. 4.-The conference of the pavers called by Xlreat Britain! for .the framing of a code of laws for - naval warfare and I fpr the formation if the International iPrize Court, tree?, . ommended iby , The . Hague congf-ess, v was ooened at tfre preign Office tolday. At the reo.uest of thfe British goverh J ment the, powers whiph accepted Invi tations to the conference, have ffor-r- wii rded a list of subjects which ;. they ' consider should be discussed. ? ' I . The United States la represented ybr -Hear Admiral Charlea H. StocktomaJ . nmf r.enrea Grafton - wiisonj 01 Ilrmin T'rtlversltV. ! . i ;t Commander John M. Giblons,: jtaval i attache at the L,ohdpn: embassy, 'Hot asjaide. "' ' ; ' ';' At th Riie-creatlon of Germany wjll the T owers have submitted their views oa various -I points.? Th United' States, 3rat Britian and' Japan are agread-on prinjf irt. at leastJ on the moRt i 4m .orlant proposals, ! and they-jnayibe peited -to -work n accord, wltlt the rrrfcable support lofi France. . . Their wlde differences Of opinion between tlhese powers and Jlhe other six ciun- i- tf ifi n presented. Orfcat Britlan sttinda aloe in supporting the Tlghtsi pt a lolllsfrent to search neutral - pier rftantmen proceeding to an enelmy s 1 Pi rt under the escort of a; warship i'-'niy the same fiag. , v I ' Great Britain Is desirous ot aboish contraband entirely; 'Americaland M j an do not go so far, but they Would 'v- reo if only munitions of war should i be declared conttraband. J- i - The cpntiaental-itpowers . -will furge tfo c ontinuation of the present syjstem r dcr which the beJUgerentsj declare i . what Is contraband. . v 'J ! .Great Britain. America and Japan 1 rontend for-" the , right to seize bock i Cc runners at any; time or placef-?. --S' :. ; The conference will differ on th re , rrcnsibllity of a. neutral power for ft f ikp leaving. one of its ports as aimer chantman and . af tervifards being tins forisied into a - mannof -war as j til the rase of the Alabama. ; -The flnited .states naturally supports' the YiewJ that thf nowtral powerii is. responslblelery N Strongly, -y- y: ': II I ;, 1 he risht of belligerent , ships to coal in neutral ports also has divided the conference Info two factions. America, Great Bri(tain.Frinci mnd j Japan- contends "i triat";shlp should make but one ylsi$ o a neutral j port, and., be given only , isufflclenti cclal to carry her to'a hom port: the bther . . powers, however; hold that. a ship . . should be allowed fo visit a nsutral port' and fill up with coal as oftn as .she can.: .y-i',,''---M:'-':::-'.''-, 2.- BOLD ROBBERY AT WIL Lady's" Bedroom filtered at Four( f O'clock in the Mornlnsr and a TvTilte Man Xamed Frank McCormli kJ Stole I ' Articles" Right Before -Iler ifyes Was Soon Locatet in Negro Hotel- . Sow In Jail Goods Rewvered. . (Special to News land Observer.) I Wilson. N. C.,. Dec. 4. Earli. this i morning Just after the town Iclock struck four. Mrs. F. S. Marsh. who boards with her-father at thqj Im- perlal HoteL- was awakened from her : slumbers by hearing the scratching of a match in her roam, on looking iup ; she saw a white man standing! over her, and she asked what he wasgdolng - in her room. - "Beg pardon, lady." said the fellow, "I 'made a mistake it was not my intention to disturb you."i . Well." replied Mrs. Marsh. iVyou lave this room, . and be squick aboutit." !: . f ' '-The fellow, in starting to make his r exit opened a wardrobe ' and! took therefrom a gentleman's cravenette overcoat and two ladles' jackets, and ; made! his escape. ' , ' ' i'. I ".' Mrs. Marsh notified her vfather of : the" occurrence whot in turn called up .police headquarters Officers, "Warren, s Felton and Barefoot were detailed on the case and soon -Tun the .culprit to earth i The fellow was . located and pulled from his U bed in the tnion Hotel) on the "East Side" which Is run by a negro.ii jn the roomf with the thief was a negro sleeping on an i i other 1 bed, who sa3d that the' I white i fellow had ust , come in a few min I iJtes before the arrfval of the officers, v The premises were! searched bt the stolen property failed to show! up :; ; but lust . after court ,. adjournef " this , morning the belli bby at the Imperial i went 1 to the Unlori Hotel and f found the articles hlddeti: behind the! bath tub, -1 ! - J iti;!.:- 1 -.r : 1 IIKIR TO VALUABLE PROPERTY. ft-ii.y- : r ' S ; Slessrs. 4 Flannlgan, of States rllle, . ti . Smiled Upohy Fortune;! f , ; Statesville, N. -a.'? Dec ' 4. Messrs. - James P., John P.I nd Robt I pianl . gan, of Statesvill&f have fallen! heirs ' to some valuable! property In Florlda.- October I6th Mr.i Jt C Flannigap died. at his home at Palmetto, Fia., af point In the western pirtf of the State ieavr iner valuable property In the shape, of an orange. lTn0ft and grapel fruit farm, containing! about 50 acres. As ' Mr. Flanigan left ho will. the prfoperty goes to his inly heirs, James P.J John , P .ahd.R. Ill Fisnjlgan. all of States i ville,Mare first IcOuslns of : the ?de ceased. The fruit;; farm is saldfto be one of -the! mostHproductive 14 that section ' of 'Florida and . is xvery valu ,able. 1 Mr, John p Flanigan haf been - to Florida to look after the property. but 1 as vet no disposition of t has been made. , It is stated thaf the Urloja. popper amines at Gold Hjjll, Rowan cbunty, which were oldsedja year ago on ac count of a big drop In - : jthe , iopper . market? will repehs with 200 employes and will run on full time. ; . 1 . HELD Oil ARcps&tlcaol 2CD Ycpra . ? v i Uck. ol vcry bohla of ginuint Gold Llcdol Haarlem Oil WoaM It bt poIblr-fdr thbjWjghlf efficient yA rclibU household remedy to be told and endoned is every cfvllUed country unlese Kpouemd unittttum Mrntritr Cemlnly not. , There ere oieny worthier end Injurious Imitation on the market, o be Mire you elwaye get the Gold Medal Brand. It i the only For ilvser, kidney, op bladder trouble It le sot equalled by any known remedy.; EnpecutUy irood tor bilUowineni, fravei. dytpepela and cramp. The name "Gold Medal' Is on every bottle ot the pnutoe. . j , . Capsulss box of 30 25c BOUUUO ESICKX CO, SeUjaserteft, Senates, Pa, AT ALL DIll'G STORES. What the Federal vCouncil Hopes to Accomplish 2 Federal Council of the Churches of Christ, In AmcrlcWl Adopts Rcsolu tlons Placing Itself on Record as Favoring Active viak In tlie Inter est of tlio Lahor( Mari and Or canlzed Labor Dr. MeKcftvay - -1 - Si peaks. V By the Associated Press.) '' Philadelphia, Dec. '-At A clear cpn- Wntlnn (of nhtt th.Fdral Oounpil of the hurches of Christ in America hope to accomplish hrough church unity, was conveyed through the Ac tions of the body in session here to day, in I adopting resolutions placing on record as favoring active work in the Interest of the laboring man and organized labor, and also urging a better distribution of churches and the home missionary workers. Re v. Charles Steltzer, of New York, superintendent of the department of church and labor of the Presbyterian pWirch Aflaret that thA relation of the laboring man to the church was one that dared not be ignored. He said that topics must be introduced to inteerst the worklngman in the church. and keep: him away f from so- clalism. He declared that f socialism had taken the lead from the churches In taking up the fight for advance ment in behalf of labor.? and placed himself on f record as. favoring or ganized labor. No matter' what the evils ot the ' labor Organizations, he said, they were necessary In protectlnic the workingmen against organized capital. i . . . "This," he said, "is the common era. The laboring man is going to victory. and he Is being led by the socialists?' Rev. A.. J. McKetWay, of New Or leans, secretary r for1 the Southern States of,, the National Child Labor commission, declared that the' great est :shame . of . the country was child labor, aftd that the greatest sharne of the church IS Its disregard of this Industrial and social problem. MEMORIAL TABLETS HECK1VKD One. to Memory of the Indian Boy Who Furnished Information to Prevent Massacre of Virginia Set- tiers and One to All Colonial Gover ' 'nors ol Vnglnla. s " (By the Associated Press.) . Richmond., va.. Deel 4. At a meet ing here today of the Virginia Society of colonial Dames, the committee in charge, reportedf that, two bronze tab- .ets, one to Chanco. the Indian boy. who furnished Information to the set- 'rs which prevented the massacre of air on the Island, and another to all of the colonial governors' of Virginia, dVvalls of the - Memorial building at The tablets will be unveiled in the spring when approprate "exercises will be hci4 ? ,- tJ':. .-, , r . , .'; ' : : , j x RIO GRANDE TOMISSISSDPPL Construction of Inland Waterway the J Object of Interstate Waterways' : League In Session Ot New Orleans. ' r (By the Associated Press.) New, Orleans, Dec. A. Between 200 and 3 OOf delegates gathered i here to day in attendance upon the fourth an nual convention I of the Interstate Waterways'' League which has for its object the construction of an inland waterway i from the .io Grande river to the Mlssis8lppt. It is planned to connect and dredge, to sufficient depth all of tne rivers and7 bodies of . water lying, Jystj inside:' the Louisiana! and Texas ,doasts. A government appro priation! has resulted In. a? portion of the . work being completed. already and a further appropriation wllL be asked of Congress. ' : t:j Weekly Interior Cotton Towns. New York. December 4. ;.; Towni " Tone, Mid. . Recipts. 759 Ji-tjiXtlj ' t Athens .'. . i . . , Steady 8 15-16 Atlanta . .Vv,.' ' 5,552 360 1.317 5,707 2.515 3.781 4.304 767 1154 2,898 2.407 3.339 5.864 8,343 514 2.361 1,203 689 335 6,592 3,750 4,790 5,159 Brenham . . . i 1 , - gharlotte . i. . olumbla . . ... Steady . 9 Columbus. . Ga. .. .Quiet Columbus, Miss . . . . , Dallas J . . ... .... Eufaula ''"L Greenville i . f. , . . Greenwood,' Sf ; C . . v;. Helena. . . . . , .i,4 Little Rbck . . .Steady Macon , I . . '.: , ; Meridlaii m i .. , . . .. . Montgomery . . . .Dull Nashville . . .1. .Firm 8 8 11-16 8 8 Natchez Newberry Raleigh Rome . . Selma .Kuiet -ee .. ' . .Easy . j ... 8 Shreveport j . Vlcksburg L Yazoo City . j,V (J j-'CottonReptsUj .... . (By the Associated Press.) New York Dec- 4. The following are the jtotal net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1st: ! I Galveston, 1,884,706; New Orleans, 868,247; Mobile, 191,780; 'Savannah. 902.971: Charleston. 128.910; Wllmlng torv258900: Norfolk, 287,679: Balti more, 40,179; New York, 4,870; Poston,- 16,558; Newport News, 454; Philadelphia. 1.68CTJ7 San , Francisco, 16,328; I Brunswick, ) 151,666 Port hur and Sabine Pass, 25,336; Jacksonville. 17.24T; ; Eagle Pass. Texas. 160;" El paso. Texas, . 6 0 ; Laredo, 1Q0: Texas r City. 20.456; minor" pbrts, s 114. Total, 4,885.017 pales. v 3 1 New Ban! Ank Klects OfHoera. Vppeeal to Nw And '- Observer. T Elizabeth f4ty, N. Q Dee. 4. Direc tors of the new MewsntHe Bank met this afternoon and Selected eo. M. Scott, president, and John Q; A. Wood, vlce-pregldent. I C Blades was em ployed to act as secretary to board un til election of cashier, which wiU take place in ithe next few days. THROUGH GPGH UIIITY THE PBIZtS PEESEflTEO Sunshlners At The News and Observer Office : Miss Elizabeth Hill and Mr. Brmc JoncN Receive Prizes for Wrtlng Uw Rest Btorles About the RunJUnerH Outlhg at Beahfort, Last Hummer. A happy event occurred last night In the News, ami Obnerwr ofiloe, the occasion being the presentation of the prizes, two five dollar gold! pieces,' the boy and girl who wrote the, bttt stories about the 'outing of th ' Hun shiners at Beaufort last summer, This paper annually, off em thes prists, open to contest among the 950 mem bers of the brightest organisation In North ; Carolina. . Col. ' Fred A. olds' Sunshlners, The winners" this year were Miss Elizabeth Hill,.-daughter of President D. H. Hill- of the A. and Mr College, a Raleigh High School pupil; and Mr. Bruce Jones, a WHke Forest College freshman, a former pupil of the High School. - v A pleasant surprise was the presen tation to) Colonel Olds by Mr. Winder Harris, lone of the oldest members, life behalf of. the Sunshinera. of a beauti ful gold scarf pin, specially designed, with . a Llarge "S1 at the top, "1908" in the center, and an engraved- fish underneath. ' Colonel Olds . presided. He Is the founder: of the Sunshlners, whose ob-et- is to have and- give' pleasure and irap. inesa and to; be joyful and make others tovful. l Colonel Olds stated that the organi sation was over five years old. . Its members, have made 3.100 visits. rtnalnly to the sick and poor, and they have disbursed 1 810. Over 700 dirrerr ent homes have been visited. The ac tivities of the Sunshlners have been everything, he said, from a rabbit hunt,, not meaning to be Irreverent, to paying the last sad offices to people not able! to do so for themselves, and gentle girls have spread flowers over the graves. During the past . year Colonel Olds has sent five boys to or phanages and he will send two others to an orphanage within a few days. The Sunshlners work ini co-operation with the Associated Charities, reliev ing distress, satisfying want, lighten ing the heavy hearts of burdened souls. I-;---.'."'-.-- In; conclusion Colonel Olds spoke appreciatively of the public spirit of Mr. JoSephus Daniels in offering the annual prizes to the Sunshlners. Supt F. M. Harper, of the city schools, declared that Sunshlners are needed in this age more than money or anything else is needed, young peo ple to spread good cheer and happi ness.; , The person who lives and doesn't enlov life, he said, doesn't know how to live. He told of a peM son of culture, who was devoted to music anJ arts, and in early life de termined i to acquire a great fortune and then retire from active business to indulge his cultivated tastes. He lived to old age making money, then turned toward real life. He travelled abroad, but the pleasure he looked for he did not experience. He permitted his love for the two passions of his life, music and .art, lay dormant .so ong that they died. Try spread sun- hine and good cheer, said Mr. Rar er, is a noble task. He had devotea is life to work among the children ecause he loved them aoand one of he redeetning features of his life, he declared was his pleasant - relations with the Raleigh children. Prof. ?J..H. King. J principal of the Wiley school, spoke brieflir, saying that the height of his ambition was to have the children oO Raleigh think as much of him when he leaves this city as they now think of Colonel Olds. . . . - Mr. Josephus Daniels said that some people can't be happy and gay unless the sun is in the sky. and some always have sunshine in their hearts radiating light. and happiness. If peo ple would look at theworld with a smile the world would smile back at them: If they frow& at the world the world will frown at them. He said that heyould rather ha7e the good will of tne Sunshlners than, the regard of the grown-up people. The prizes of fered by the 'Paper, he stated, were meant to be a little Incentive to young people to write. Writing, he said, was a great accomplishment. - and people never learn to do anything well unless they begin as a child- He advised them to write letters, deploring the fact that letter-writing "as an art had fallen from the high place it held in the golden times of literature. He said that he expected to see more from the prize winners, and predicted that young Jones, a Wake. Forest student, would learn how to speak at that great institution and in some future debate see him "lick the earth up" with his opponent.' . . After the exercises rousing cheers were given for Colonel Olds and the News and Observer. i ; HOPE IIFLIi CONSIDER WEIX. Citizens of Wilson Offer Inducements for .Rev. G. W. Belk, ot Albemarle, to Locate in Their Midst. (Special to News and Observer.) Wilson, N. C. Dec. 4. It is the pur pose, of Rev. G. W. Belk. of Albemarle; who has been doing Synodlcal Evan gelistic work to locate at some point In Eastern North Carolina. Hearing of this determination, citizens of Wil son, so we ars informed, have offered inducements, for this excellent gentle man to make Wilson his future home. He! preached in the' Presbyterian church here last Friday night and left a fine impression on all who were bo fortunate as to hear him. ' ! j , . FARE DEMURRER OVERRULED . Two-Cent Rate Suit Now Ready -for Trial In West Virginia Courts Charleston. W. Va.. Dec. 4. Judge Burdette overruled the demurrer j of the plaintiff In i mandamus - proceed ings brought by the Coal and Coke Hallway against Attorney -General Cuhley and Prosecuting Attorney Avis to prohibit-these officers from enforc ing the 2 -cent fare law. ;., J With! all preliminaries disposed of. the case will now be tried on questions of facta. The railroad eompany com plains that the 2-cent rate is confls catory. Mrs. Fannie Manler Craig Dead. (Special to News and Observer.) Statesvllle, N. C., Dec. 4. Mrs. Fan nie Manler Craig,; widow of the late T. N. Craig, died yesterday morning at the home of her son-in-law and daughter. Chief of Police and Mrs.! C. W.. Connor, on West Front street. Mrs. Craig .had been In falling health for some time and. her condition had been critical ; for several flays, i Funeral services were conducted at the resi dence this morning at o'clock and the ' remains were taken to Bethle hem church, Shiloh township, for in terment The funeral -services were conducted by Revs. J. B. Branch and H H Bobbins, pastors of Front Street Presbyterian church and Rase Street Methodist church, respectively. Mrs. Craig was a member of the Presbyte rian church. 'j v '; , ' . . .1 CDII6RESS Themo of Discussion at Last Night's; Session E LETTER Interesting Feature of Ijast NlgitH L Kcftslon - of 1 tlie American Mining Congress at Mttsburg Was a Letter From tlie Distinguished ' : Delaware Judge on Arbitration In Connection With Industrial v Dlspntes Other Address by President T. lu Lewis and Carroll D. Wright - (By the Associated Press.) Pittsburg, Pa.. Dec. 4 Arbitration was the theme at tonight's session of the American Mining Congress. President T. L. Lewis, of the United Mine Workers of America, made the opening address, taking, the stand that arbitration In which a third party or outsider had to be utilized.' was un satisfactory and failed to bring about permanent settlement, but that arbl t rati on irt which employer-and em ploye got together and between them selves adjust their differences lid more for the betterment of the mining Industry than any other agency, A letter on arbitration from Judge George Gray of Delaware, was one of the interesting features of tonight's session. " JUDGE GRAVS LETTER. Arbitration as a Means of Securing Industrial Peace. s Judge. Gray's" letter in part says: Since my recent letters , to yourselves and to : Dr. Callbreath, secretary, ex plaining the impossibility of my com plying with your and his kind -sug gestion that I should attend the- com lng session of the American Mining Congress, December 2-5. and say something1 on the subject of arbitra tion as. a factor in the mining Indus try, it I hag occurred to me that I might add to my former letters "some expression of my interest: in the occa sion and in the general subject of ar bitration, as the means of assuring in dustrial peace, rt-' - " I glad ly recognize i the Increasing public interest in this subject No real advance in the civilization of modern times has been madeunless It be the result of aroused public attention and that intelligent and free discussion for which popular . institutions - give the greatest opportunity. Such results must - needs be of slow i achievement; and human nature hr so constituted that time and t use ', are - necessary to intrench : thejrt in the 'hearts of the people and. make them part of , our social structure to, be accepted with out chalenge or. Question, We have, then, no reason to be - discouraged. much less to despair of the progress made in very recent times in the cause of arbitration fore the. settle ment '6f 5 industrial controversies. We have lust cause, as-' American citizens. to be proud that our, country has led the way In commending international arbitration to the family of nations as a substitute for war in the settle ment of international difficulties. Our. example; has slowly, but "measureably! influenced thejdiplomacy of the worlds and I believe "we can confidently look forward to a fast approaching time, when resort to the world's tribunal at The Hague would, be the first and not the last thought on the occurrence of international difficulties. 4 ? ,i v . It seems amazing: that when we take a backword glance at the history of even modern times,- that humanity should have been subjected to the suffering and; material 'and moral havoc wrought by what now seem un necessary wars,, and ' we rejoice that much of this is now made impossible by the clearer recognition of the truth, that there are few international diffi culties that cannot be - more satisfac torily adjusted by peaceful arbitration than by resort to war. ' j The analogy between international arbitration and Industrial arbitration is not an unnatural I or forced one, The wide-spread suffering, material loss x and moral deterioration, wrought by obstinate and uncompromising In dustrial strife in comparatively recent times, are caused by the same obsti nate pride of opinion, the same cruel tyranny exhibited In Ithe desire of 1 in dividuals or classes to work their ar bitrary will upon others and the. same blind disregard of all Interests save those of the parties to the controversy as have characterized most Interna tional wars. In the one case as In the Other, and Intelligent men must agree that a settlement of the difficulties whic$i were the origin of the war .or the strike by the arbitration of an Im partial and intelligent tribunal; would have been indefinitely more satisfac tory 'to the parties' -concerned, - and would have in addition saved all the frightful cost, bothi moral' and ma terial of the other alternative. I ' In most cases I wil not say in all objections to arbltratlon;ln the settle ment of industrial ' -controversies; spring from the baser not the nobler passions and feellngS"pf":o'ur nature. Arbitration is an appeal, to reason and conscience; its alternative, an ap peal to brute force. " To the latter no American willingly submits. A Just cause need jiot fear to submit itself to the judgment of intelligent and impar tial men. The maxim that no man is a good Judge in his own cause is as true In labor controversies as it is in other human affairs. But whether jthe cause on either side Is Just or whether justice lies not altogether on one side Or the other, can never be determined Y fort, and a sober pybllc opinion will never be satisfied or conciliated by such determination nor lathe large majority of ., eases- by the refusal of either party Ho such a controversy to submit to fair and impartial arbitration.-. . . -; , ,;v : '.? . .,;','; Carroll 5 D. Wright, president of Clark College. Worcester. Mass., for mer United States commissioner I of labor, prepared an address-to be de livered tonight but was unable. ;to.be present-He sent his address however, which was giveh to the public through the secretary of the congress. .. !.-'.-' - Mr. Lewis spoke on "Arbitration as a Factor in the Mining Industry j He said arbitration has done more than strikes to promote the welfare of the miners and to give stability to the Industry, but stated that arbitration had failed to permanently settle the Issrea In the anthracite fields and ! In Alabama. -,.;-:--- - -V'h. H Thp coneTew ; adopted a resolution opposing the free Importation of tine oits into thls-country and urging a duty sufficiently high to protect Amer ican producers, also expressing sym pathy for the surviving dependents of the victims of the Marlanna mine dis- Ofl IBITMTIQil JUDE GKftY'S 1 j! . It FEWER I- Campaign of War Department Meeting -With Success if ' . - "f: ..-'C t-. ; Report of Adjutant General Alnsworth Shows fTliat the Desertions From the 1 Army During the Fiscal Year Was Relatively! Less Tlian In Any Year Since 1001 White De x serters Relatively More Numerous Huiii Colored. j (By the Associated Press.) ; Washington, D. C.,1 i Dec. 4. The campaign j of I the War Department against desertion from the army is meeting with success, according to Ad jutant General F. C. Alnsworth. U. S. A., who stated In his annual report to the Secretary of War, made public to day, that the relative number of de sertions was less in 1908 than in any other fiscal year since 1901. The desertions during ! the fiscal year 1908 jwere 4,505, or 4.0 per cent, of the 'Whole number of enlisted men in the service, in the army during that year; In j 1907 the per centage was 5.6 per cent.' and.. In 1906 it reached the record of 7.4 per cent. Every branch 'of the service showed a. de crease in 1 the liumber of i desertions during . the year, with the single ex ception of the hospital corps, where there was a slight increase. The report says that the fourteenth cavalry had the largest relative num ber of desertions of any Organization in the service, while the! third infantry came second and the! fifth cavalry third. In troop G of ; the 1 fourteenth cavalry, the desertions amounted to 21.18 Der 'cent of the whole number of j enlistment contracts that might have been j terminated by desertion. Boise Barracks. Idaho, enjoys the no toriety of having the most desertions of my post, the number there reaching 16.5 per cent, while Fort William Henry Harrison, Mont, Fort Brady. Mich., Fort Duchesnes. Utah, and Fort D. ! A.nRussell, Wyoming, proved un attractive in the order enumerated. v General i Alnsworth points out the significant fact that of the white troonal 4.75 per cent were reportedas deserters, while only .57 per cent of the colored men In the service de erted. Another fact that - General Alnsworth has demonstrated Is that "in thi spring a young man's fancy lightly1 turns away from the army. leading to more desertions In April. May and June, at least In 1908. than In any other months of the year. He says nationality is not an important factor in the Question of desertions. BRAD STREET'S REVIEW. Arrival of a Cold Wave Following Un seasonably Mild Temperatures, Has Stimulated Retail Trade North, West and East j (By the Associated Press.) J, New York, Dec. 4. Bradstreet's to morrowwill say: ' r j Weather coridltlons ' have been irregular,-but the arrival of. a cold wave following unseasonably mild tempera tures, has stimplated retail trade North West and East and even helped business at the South at some points. though holding of cotton and low prices therefor, have tended to check bulinsr in the cotton, belt as a whole Cdllectlohs have shared iti' the Irregu- larlty In trade, and there is noticeable more complaint as to these than as to : Dusiness, generally; more particular ry at the south. Heavy ; wearing apparel, shoes -and coal have been helped by climatic de velopments. Holiday trade, too. shows signs of expansion.; and comparisons with a year ago. -in all lines, are nat urally in favor of current business. In some lines . of wholesale ..trade there are evidences of; more quiet condi tions.- Thus, in. raw wool, leather and some lines of cottons and iron and steel, there9 is rather less doing, partly because of large business recently booked, partly .because of a desire to see what the next month or so will bring forth and also because of recent advances lh many, prices. Many early spring trade wants have, in fact been filled and there is still some con servatism as to buying ahead, -more particularly as the tariff situation is stui a subject of congressional inquiry. In j. manufacturing there are no evi dences of halting in the tendency to ward expansion of output previously noted, and the preparations made, or making, in this line give signs of a large , trade being looked for in 1909, Business failures in the United States for he week ending December Srd, number 222 against 193 last week. 72 In the like week of 1907; 216 in 1906; 203 n 1905. and 231 in 1904. COL. ANDERSON TRANSFERRED. -i.-n ' j . .. .x -.- ,i Ordered to -Assume Command of Mili tary Post and Artillery District of Savannah. ji (By the Associated Press.) Wa.8hlhgton. Dec. 4.' Col. George L.1 Anderson, coast artillery corps, acting Inspector u. general, has been ordered, to! assume command of the military poBt and ithe artillery district of Savannah, with headquarters at Fort Scriven; Gav . He will go to Fort Sdriven immediately upon , being re llefved from duty in the department of California, I v. , " ' i .- Movement of Cotton. (By the Associated Press.) New York,: Dec. 4. The following statistics on xthe movement of cotton forj the wepk ending Friday, Decem ber 4, werelcomplled by the New York potton Exchange. I Weekly movement This Year. Last Year, Port receipts 459.291 373,627 Overland to mills I and Canada 62.351 100,000 26,237 20.762 59,000 Southern mill tak i inn 4aD Gain, of stock! at in tenor towns 30,320 Brought into Wght- i for the week . . 647,879 483,709 Total crop movement- I Fort receipts .. . .4,862,395 3,708,332 Overland to mills -v ! and Canada .... 463.884 186.381 Southern mill tak- i . , j 1 lngs (est.) ..... 628,000 560,000 $tock at interior ; towns In excess of Sept. 1st .... 647,197 344,785 Brought into slgHt j thus far for sea- ' , son ..... i . ... 6, 6 0 1 , 4 1 6 M99.504 aster and also for the company that had done so much to make its mines safe. . ;';). j .' ' : - There was a general discussion on conservation! the prevent waste and the prevention of accidents. -! , Governor Dawson, of West Virginia, ln,;a resolution advocated more care in ! firing1 shots In the mine and the employment of experienced miners in stead of foreign -wprkmen who never saw a mine before, coming to tms DEStllTID S country." r i t K The Road to Road You Want to Take j 1 "Those Left at the Stake r : are those who do not possess up-to-date ' vehicles. Those .who are riding in j "carry-alis" should waKe up to the modern way of travel in order to neep up wnn tne procession. t , ; . teaches strictly up-to-date business methods and those who, wish to lead in the race ; for success should get in training at this institution January First and start the new Write for Free BoolUet and Catalogue:' Address; Raleigh, NjC or OF E Malsters Urge Free Trade mm ty-K. 111 oaiioy .; House Ways and I Means Committee Considers varioos Sections : of the Tariff and Mlscellaneoas Sfauersf Several Make Their Wants 1 and , WLshes Known. (By the Associated Press.) ' J Washington. D. C." Dec. 4. The various sections of the tariff and mis cellaneous matters were; considered by the House Ways and Means Com mtttee today, i ..m ..::;:. .; Charles ; , L. Feltman. representing the Buffalo Malsters Association, ap peared before - the committee to urge free trade in barley. : v "You Would be lucky if- we com promise and gave ; you j a j duty of ten cents . per bushel instead of free' en try," f said Chairman Payne; "that would give ithe government good revenue..' " !-; ;-.-.; j--1 :::; . j i Frank S. Henry, of Buffalo. asked that the ' provision for; the ' drawback on wheat and .nour. be extended. Meyer C. Goldman, of New York, de sired that theatrical scenery be speel Ileal ly mentioned in the tariff law. . Director' North, " of the j Census Bureau, who notified. Chairman Payne that he 'would. gladly. appear to testify under oath regarding his connections with tariff legislation, was Invited to appear before the committee 'today or tomorrow. He replied that he would rather appear when -t the committee shall - have secured authority to ad minister oath. --j' Comparative Cotton SUtefnent. (By the Associated Press.) ' New York. Dec " 4. For the week ending Friday, December 4: Net receipts at: an united states p riiirlnp urV ASS S99 l-nar rsAslnt. all United States ports same week last year, 382,379; total - receipts since September 1st, 4,885.017;-- total re ceipts to same date last year.' 3,696,- 506; exports for Jthe week. 363.547: exports ..for . same . week- last " year. 343,541; total exports since Septem ber 1st, 3,29 6.61&; total exports same date last year, 2,721,251; stock i&t all United States ports. - 1,106,755!; stoclk k mi unueu aiaiea 90ns same time last year, 837,130; stock at all interl towns, 8 92.0 27 d stock at all Interior towns, same ! time last year,- 456,029; stock at Liverpool same time last year. 683.0.00: stock of American afloat for ureai tsritam same time j last year. MAJOR E. Jj. DUBARRY DEAD Was for Eight Years Superintendent ' of Terminals of the Norfolk' and Western at Norfolk. ; CBy the Associated Presa) Norfolk, Va Dec. 4. Major .E. Ik Dubarryi aged 68, for eight years ui perintendent of terminals of the N011" folk and Western- Rallyway here, and i amoerts rpmu aied taaay as in result of a w stroke of 1 anoplexy su talned yesterday.: He had been . wit the Norfolk and Western railway fo over .25 . years, and had been a rail- road man for 50 years. He was once uitK fh& Pann.trlvanlfl rallwav ... i Small : Fire in Male Academy. ' (Special to News and Observer.) Stateaville. X. C. Dec. 4. A small f.re at the Statesvllle Male Academy last eevnlng caused considerable ex citement and commnt About 6:30 o'clock persons living near the Acad emy discovered a small blaze - In a room of the building and the alarm wa sglven at ionee. A number vof neighbors gathered at once and after forcing an entrance to the builqlng extinguished the flames with little trouble -and before' any damaee of co? sequence resulted. , k r DAY Drdy One -KICMO QUZUXZ.- that U I Ceres a Cc ' 1 la Ons Dav. Cra3t:yV Success is The road to success is a rough road to those who are not prepared for the journey. Those who have the 'rubber tire" vehicle as put in runninrj order v by King's Business College malle the journey in 2.40. V V I - in the Race for Success,, year 1909. right. ; Charlotte, N. C. WHftT IS YDUR GREDIT? Raleigh Merchants ta .F.!ake Rata Book Want Norfolk and Southern to Como m. Into Union Depot, I'roDose to Fit ; Up Rooms Or, K; and vrpl, Hafe . v j Banquet "After nolldays. How do you ' stand with the men front Whom you buy goods?. Are you in debt and fail to luke notice of it? Wilt you pay up and be good? are some of the things the 'merchants who give credit ln this city want to know from the delinquents. And 'more than thjs. - It has been de termined by the membership of the Raleigh Merchants' Association that it will have a rate credit book and In it will be rated the! men who pay up. P. Q. thpse) who ajre of the terrapin movement and those who quit the 1 game at the post Just after the start When their desire 'tCharge if has been 1 an accomplished fact. : , v , 'f I This matter was settled at the meet ing of the Merchants' Association last night, and a letter has been drafted to be sent to each of theslow ones to v pay, asking that thfy give the matter of their debts due members of the as- - -soclatlon a. consideration, and adjust these, so as to get ( a rating that will give a boost to thioir credit. The amounts past due $re named In each letter, v and the receiver is assured that It will do'-hlun a service if 'hel gets busy and getsi the matter ot the -moneyhe owes Infshap to suit the man or the Arm tbatf has been good ; tO him. I I ...' ; ; i t A gentle prod was also given to the , " Norfolk f and Southern Railway, .which deposits1 its passengers at the corner j . of Saunders and Jones streets. A com-: mlttee was appointed to see the-officials of that road and to ask them to arrange to have their passenger-trains arrive and depart j from the Union : SUtlon. f-The traveling public will sar Amen": to this for it has been long felt that the Norfolk and Southern, with an 1 opportunity at hand to use the Union depot, should use this, and not. cause unnecessary, expense to the people who travel, j - v . : ;The association also appointed a com mittee to confer with the Chamber of Commerce looking to the proper fit ting up of the roorns Jolntlyoccupled by .these two bodies, so that they might f,. be put in proper shape; a committee 1 .was likewise appointed to confer with 1 the Carolina Light and Power Com- ' pany to arrange for the illuminating ot Jthe. city, during the holidays and until after the inauguration of Hon. W." W Kltchin as Oevernor. . , ; As to the banquet which the asso-' elation proposes to have, this was de- ferred until after the Christmas, holi days. 1 u : ;.;: -. m : -; ' -J'y'yy ,r:f ' ' Fined for Selling Quail. !' (By the Associated Press;) ' ; ! - Charleston, S. C.,' Dec 4.-Two hotels and one restaurant keeper, td day.plead guilty , '(.to v violating the state game law In ! selling qual and were fined, The cases were brought by the secretary of the State Audu bon Society as part .of an active cam paign for the protection of birds, and are the first cases brought in Charlea- , ton. Cortelyou and Coolidge In Wall Street :m- 'm-jm --j .:v'f (By the Associated Press.) ; I New York. Dec. 4. Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou and Assistant Secretary Coolidge were In the finan cial district today J consulting with Danxing interests in connection wlth tomorrow a Issue of 130.000.000 Panama canal, bonds. i A girl sleeps with a love-letter un der her pillow so she won't be ' abi to8leep for wanting to get "up and cn every i 't: : . , . i r, f i'f-t,-.l".'i I J amy- mm 1 . -t Ji - - .'1 ' i -Hi r :- Mm 1. 1 . . k ' -v 7 J