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CTUrlNADVAMCE t ATQL. XXXII. PITTSBORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. -N. C WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1910 NoT
COTTON CROP REPORT
Georgia Ranks Fourth in Con
sumption of Staple
FOREIGN GOTTON IMPORTED
The Report Sliowt Increase in Amount
of Cotton Consumed by Cotton
Growing States.
Washington, D. C The financial
Murbances of 1907, which have al
ready become history in the United
States, have not entirely disappeared
among the cotton manufacturers of
Europe, according to a statement o
Daniel 'c Koper ot the bureau of cen
sus, in his report on the- supply and
distribution oi cotton for tne year
ending August 31, 1909, just publish
ed. At the close oi 'the season, He
savs a number of mills were run
nin on short time, with little pros
p?ci of an early resumption of full
time. He attributes this not alone
to the business depression generally,
but also to the short crops produced
in the European countries and a very
marked falling off in internal demand
throughout Europe, consequent to the
high prices brougnt on by the short
crops.
.Notwithstanding this, however, the
I'uited States exported to Europe and
otiier foreign countries about two
thirds of her crop, only about one
rfiird being consumed by the mills
of this country. The value of the
manufactures made from the Ameri
can cotton crop for the year ending
August 31, liK9, was about 2,000,-
OlK'.'-'OU.
Massachusetts still is by far the
leading state in tiie consumption of
cotton, as shown by his report, con
suming about 25 per cent of the total
crop of l'Ju9. North Carolina was
next, with South Carolina third. Geor
gia racks fourth in the amount of cot
ton consumed, consuming about 1U
per cent of the entire crop.
The report shows a remarkable in
crease in the amount of cotton con
sumed by the cotton growing states
over 1908. These states consumed
2,553, 797 in 1909, as against 2,187,09j
in 190S.
Savannah holds her place as the
third port in the number of bales ex
ported, being led only by Galveston
ana .ew urieans. During tne year
covered by Mr. Ropers report, Sa
vannah exported almost a million
bales, while her net receipts were
over a million and a half, Savannah
has more than doubled the amount of
lit cotton receipts since li75.
Yrt. Koper calls especial attention
to tie tact that we shipped more than
three and a iialf million bales of cot
ten to the United Kingdom in the
jtar 1909, though a considerable part
or this was re-shipped to other coun
tries.
it is interesting to note rrom ms
report that there were about 160,000
tales of foreign cotton consumed by
the nulls of tne United States, most.
of which was Egyptian.
When we remember that only a
very few years go the seed rrom cot
ton were considered of very little
value .except a smail portion of them
for re-planting, it is. little less than
astounding to note that during tne
season of 190s-1909 nearly three hun
dred and fifty thousand bales of cot
ton were ginned from the seed by the
cotton seed oil mills while preparing
the seed for their use.
During the season "which the re
port of Ir. Kcper covers, there were
Wiu.OJO farmers and farm laborers
employed in the production of cot
ton; there were about l,uo0,0C0 other
wise engaged in the handling of the
raw material in the United States,
and about 2,000,000 foreigners found
employment on account of it.
One of the most encouraging fea
tures of the report to the south is
unmarked and continuous growth of
tte cotton manufactories in the cot
ton growing states. From the year
w, when the south had only 1S0,
active spindles, the number has
greased with leaps and bounds so
"at now she has nearly ton and a
h minion in active operation, and
consumed 2,353,797 bale dv.ring the
season of 190S-09
mere were more new spindles put
t, deration during this last year
Jr .e Souta than she had altogether
Iu 1870 the Xew Eajfiand
l-es consumed about ten times as
cotton as did the cotton growV
m! . es wMle tho south consumed
er 4U0.000 rr.ore bales during the
W " fg AUU3t 31. 19C9. tQan did
JIr. Roper s rpnnrt id -filial nritl.
inJ u hlch show tne Phenomenal
S whIch the soutn. already
tandmg supreme in its production, is
UI--nj; iblo it3 own as tv, o-otcr-
tacturer of the worlds
One Square, one lnertIon
One Square, two insertions....
One Square, ene moath ,
For Larger Advertise
ments Liberal Contracts
will be made.
ERADICATION OF CATTLE TICK.
The U. S. Bureau, of Animal Industry
Makes Interesting Report.
Washington, D. C. . T(he average
price of southern cattle sold in the
northern markets-has been increased
13 a head as a result of tick eradica
tion, making a gain .for the year from
this source of $3,000,000, according to
Br. A. D. Melvin, chief of the Unit
ed States Bureau of Animal Industry.
The sections of the south which have
have been freed from these pests and
relieved of all quarantine restrictions
have been benefited in many ways,
In a rcent report on this work, he
says;
"More cattle are being raised, and a
better grade of breeding stoci is be
ing introduced; calves grow faster,
and cattle put on flesh more rapidly
during the grazing season and go into
the winter in better condition because
of the absence of the ticks,; they
caai be marketed without quarantine
restrictions, and higher prices are be
ing obtained; dairy cows give a
larger yield of milk, and values oi
farm lands are enhanced. Aside from
its own observations, the bureau has
received from persons in the released
territory numerous letters and other
expressions confirming the foregoing
facts and testifying to the great bene
fits following the extermination of the
ticks.
"The difference between the prices
realized for cattle from the tick-infested
region and the prices of cattle
of similar grades from above quar
antine line ranges from $2.25 to $5 a
head at the principal northern li,ve
stock markets, witnout taking into
account the improvement in quality
and weight of cattle because of the
eradication of the ticks. As more
than 1,000,000 cattle from the quaran
tined area are annually sold in tu
markets, it can easily be seen that
the extermination of the tick means
an annual increase of at least $3,000,-
000 in prices obtained for southern
cattle sold in northern markets. In ad
dition to this, the increase in prices
of cattle sold locally in the soulh
would represent a large sum. ThTis
local increase has already been found
to amount to from 3 to $15 a head
in the territory recemJy freed from
ticks. An agricultural official cf one
of the southern states reports that
calves in the tick-free area bring just
double the price that can be obtained
for similar calves in the tick-infested
reino.
"Heretofore, it has been impracti
cable to improve tue quality of south
ern .cattle by introducing fine breed
ing animals from ether sections, be
cause such animals were liable to con
tract Texas fever and die unless pro
tected by inoculation. Furthermore, it
is impossible for animals to attain
good growth and thrive when they are
neavily infested with ticks. With the
eradication of the ticks, however, the
southern farmers are enabled to pro
duce good breeding animals and to im
prove the grade of their stock."
CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES Jh
Big Railroad Men Say It Is Drif
of Population to the Cities.
POTENriALlTiES OF SOUTH
Back to the Soil Is the Slogan of Men
Like Hill, Carnegii and
Yoakum.
U. S. CHANtiES FKumblflUN POLICY.
Government to Aid States in Enforc
ing Prohibition Laws.
Tcpeka, Kans A complete change
of policy of th,e federal government
New York City Big railroad men,
great captains of industry and high
government officials have joined hands
to get at the solution - of - the high
price problem In a businesslike way
Men like J. J. Hill, J. P. Morgan, B
P. Yoakum, W. W. Finley and An
irew Carnegie have taken up the sub
ject and while there has been no c
ionization of these men as yet, it is
said as a fact that they have been in
consultation not only among them
3elves, but with President Taft and
ather high officials, both state and na
tional, as to what is best to be done
It is the opinion of men of affairs
that the whole trouble lies in the
steady drift of population to the cities
and the consequent cutting down of
the relative productivity of the farm
In other words, there is a steady
growth in the consumption demand
without a corresponding increase in
the supply of the necessities of life
These financiers and railroad men
are not taking up this question in a
spirit of pure philanthropy. They real
ize that the agitation is bad for busi
ness ; that it is bringing about an in
flamed public opinion highly inimical
to big business, which, if not checked
is almost certain to lead to what they
deem ill-advised legislation, which
will cripple industries. Believing, as
they do, that natural causes have
brought about the great increase in
prices, they .are determined to use
their great power, not alone of money
but of conservative ability, to apply
the proper remedy and start the tide
of population back to the country
and to increased population. As James
J. Hill sums it up:
"Sixty-five per cent of our people
are living in the cities. In 1800 4 per
cent were in the cities and towns, and
in I860 only 15 per cent of the entire
population were living in the urban
communities. Now the condition is rp
versed, and only 35 per cent of our
people are tilling the soil.
"You cannot fix the prices of prod
ucts by statute. If a farmer can get
65 cents a bushel for his corn, he is
not going to feed it to hogs and have
then: die of cholera. Consequently the
price of meat is going up, and the
wage-earner will have to turn to the
breadstuffs for his food. This is true
throughout the world."
President Taft is thoroughly with
the movement, and will aid it in ev
ery way possible.
The governors of the agricultural
states, the states which need agricul
tural populations, will help, and an ac
tice campaign of education is to be
carried on in New York, Chicago and
other great centers of population.
In this city, B. F. Yoakum, the
in prosecutions" for violations of the
internal revenue liauor laws has been I multi-millionaire railroad builder and
ordered by Attorney General Wicker- partner of Edwin Hawley in the Haw-
sham, on instructions from President ley-ioanum system, caiiea upon me
Taft, at least sa far as Kansas is con
cerned.
The letter follows:
"My attention has been called to
the attitude of the department with
respect to prosecutions of offenses
-,..st tue internal revenue laws,
and much complaint has been made
by reason of the fact that in states the
policy of which forbids the traffic in
iiquors, the United States government
is clearly aiding and abetcmg in the
violations of these laws by compro
mising proceedings tor the enforce
ment cf the internal revenue Jaws by
the mere payment of money penal
ties. "Thi3 seems a just subject of re
proach. Governor Stubbs has brought
the matter to the attention of the
president, who feels as above indicat
ed with respect to the matter. You
are, therefore, instructed in the fu
ture, in prosecutions for violations of
the internal revenue laws as a gener
al policy to refuse to compromise all
liability by the payment of money
penalties and to endeavor to secure
conviction and imprisonment for some
reasonable time in punishment of this
class of offenses."
Wages increased.
Lynchburg, Va. The wages of the
car men of the local traction com
pany were increased to a maximum of
21 cents an hour. This i3 an incerase
of a cent an hour. The increase
came as a surprise to the men.
Roanoke.Va. The Roanoke Rail
way and Electric company announc
ed an increase of one cent an hour
in the py of conductors and motor
men. The increase was unsolicited.
NJ TAKlrf W.lR.
United states nd Germany Have
Reached Agreement,
toth !, 'n2ton, d. C Concessions by
ia,I l mtedtates and Germany
WVened a"threatened tariff war.
tS, Tlons have beeu concluded be
tke r, t two countes which settle
"sum , on -of miniaium and maxi
t5e 7lth the exception of the
as Pit;' dreased n-eat issue, which
ationnfld.ir ?rese T
weaft.., - wiu De pursued
resentatioan Sepanite diplomatic rep-
M? to 11 if the neti-tions agreed
es fnr angG African minimum
list of German
C0Wtwno 19 WIVES.
06 SdLef.T"-rVon ,1ue"er Has at
w Ycric Twenty-Five.
?s desk RJL C,ty "tarried?" asked
MueliPrgeant aa he booked Emii
. bro " t ; s iunI1 vo er Ha-
; aragJeVwrthfm LS ADeleS'
. yes" u.'th bigamy.
timers?,. ElUl1 coy1 "n :
count n , Jrthcr Effiil hs sij
or tLthe,fieures J- the.pos
JateMhL pollce hve been in-
" yearr3eotd25- Vn Mueller is
Erglish Mills Coming to P. S.
New Orleans, La. An English cot
ton buying firm gave out an informal
statement that several cotton mills
will soon move from England to Mis
sissippi as a result of the election
In the British l3les. England's refus
al to impose a tariff is said to be the
chief factor in influencing the remov
al of the mills.
Mississippi towns will bid for the
location of the mills, and two or
three towns are considering the plan
of sending agents to England to in
vite the industries here.
President Wediein, of the Progres
sive union cabled several Englisn
mills to move to New Orleans.
people to get back to the farm
Speaking of conditions he said:
"The attempt to estimate the large
amount which will be added to the
national wealth when the agricultural
potentialities of the south are devel
oped almost stagger the imagination
It is a mistake to think that increased
agricultural products would lessen
the proceeds of the farmer. Instead
this would multiply the profits of the
farm owner
"Nothing would do more for good
citizenship and our industrial stabil
ity than scattering the surplus popu
lation of our cities into the tarming
regions of the south and southwest,
such states as Georgia, Tennessee,
Alabama, Texas, Florida and LouiSia
na offer unrivaled opportunities.
"Conditions of food supply and ad
vanced methods of agriculture work
are beginning to have their effect up
on the neglected opportunities in the
south."
"It has taken 10 years with a steady
increase in the price of foodstuffs to
reach the present level of prices that
are prohibitive for the poor. This
shows that increased production is the
hope, the only, hope, for lowering
prices and bringing the cost of living
within the existing wage scale. Were
the south's representatives in con
gress as alert and' aggressive as many
of those from the west and north
west have been, we should soon en
list the support of the federal gov
ernment into the development of the
ereat enterprises for draining mil
lions of acres of swamp lands that now
nroduce nothing, but wnicn would,
when brougnt under cultivation, pro
duce sufficient to have a general ef
fect upon foodstuff prices.
One
Poultry
Cold Storage Plant.
Nevy York City. There are 36,000,
000 eggs enough to j provide eight
eggs apiece for every man, woman
and child in New York City and all
its boroughs in one I cold storage
warehouse in Jersey City, according
to information placed before the Hud
son county, New Jersey, grand jury,
in its investigation of the big packing
and other concerns which maintain
extensive warehouses on the other
side of the Hudson river. The eggs
have been there since last March, it
was learned, together with 100,000
pounds of poultry, stored since April
last. .
Prosecutor Pierre ,B. Garven of Hud
son county, has subpoenaed the man
agers of the cold storage company,
in whose warehouse tiie eggs and the
poultry are said to be stored, and of
ficers of other large refrigerating com
panies to appear before the grand
jury when the- prosecutor hopes to
trace other large consignments of an
cient meat and produce.
The whole investigation is directed
against the cold storage concerns as
a basis for determining the cause of
the high cost of meats and - other
household necessities.
THREE MINE HORRORS
79 Men Killed in Colorado; 35
in Kentucky; 68 in Mexico.
MINE AT CHERRY OPENED
Pitiful Scenes When Illinois Charnal
House Is Opened No Bodies
Have Been Recovered.
CROWD HOli BULLtTlN.
Official Proclamation Issued on the
Ground Hog Weather.
Punxsutawney, Pa. Ground Hog
Day was the great day of the yea
in Punxsutawney, the home of the
ground hog. The people, attired in
their Sunday best, assembled m the
public square at noon to hear Burgess
Freese issue the official bulletin trom
the ground hog weather works, while
the Stars and Stripes were haunted
to the breeze and six more weeks ot
winter was announced. Here is the
official bulletin:
"The official shadow was cast across
the official ground hog hole at 8
o'clock this morning. The shadow
was tangent to Canoe Ridge, 23 de
grees, and stood square on the east
gable of Miller Stoops' barn. This in
dicates blustery weather until St.
Patrick's Day. , There will be good
fox hunting February 22. Prune your
apple trees February 15 and set your
Buff Cochin hens March 29. Dig your
sassafras now. The robins will sing
in B flat on St. Valentine's Day and
the swallows will appear April 27."
This is considered a fine proclamation.
Unique Way to Pay City's Cent
Bridgepc t, Conn. That he be in
sured lor an amount between $2,000,
000 and $3,000,000, the city to pay
the premiums and receive the bene
fits under the policies at his death,
is the novel scheme for paying the
city debt which has been presented
by David S. Beach to the Bridgeport
council for its consideration. He stip
ulates in return that the city erect
to his memory a monument with a
suitable inscription acclaiming him
ori&'nator of municipal insurance. ; ,
FLORIDA F1UH1S VEGATABLE RATES.
Alleged That Charges By Railroads
Are Unreasonable.
Washington, D. C. Unreasonable,
excessive and discriminatory rates on
fruits and vegetables from Florida to
various destinations in the United
States are alleged to be charged by
northern and eastern railroads. The
allegations were brought by the Flor
ida "Fruit and Vegetable Association
against several interstate carriers. Ar
guments in the case were submitted
to the interstate commission accom
panied by briefs. The case involves
tariffs on all rail transportation of
fruits and vegetables from Florida
points to every other part of the
country.
East India Cotton Imported.
Montgomery, Ala For the first
time in the history of the Montgom
ery cotton market fifty bales of East
India cotton arrived here for an Ala
bama mill. '
Rockefeller uives to Southern Colleges
New York City. John D. Rockefel
ler has made conditional gifts of $75,
000 towards $3t0,000 to the Salem col
lege for women, at Winston-Salem, N.
C, and of $25,000 towards $100,000
to' the Georgetown College, George
town, Ky.
BURROWS MARRIAGES LEGAL
Over Tiiree Thousand Marriages in
Bristol, Tenn., Declared Valid.
Bristol, Tenn. In the test divorce
case of Steele vs. Steele in the cir
cuit court at Blountville, Tenn., Spec
ial Judge H. H. Smith declared in ef
fect that the three thousand two hun
dred marriages performed by the Rev.
Alfred H. Burroughs at the Bristol
Gretna Green within the last twenty
years, are valid. H. F. Steele sought
to be divorced from his wife, Lula
Steele, upon the sole ground that the
license was procured through a
deputy in Bristol instead of from the
clerk of the court at Blountville. The
complainant alleged that under the
lav the deputy had no right to issue
such a license. Judge Smith holds
that while the practice deserves to be
discouraged, he is unable to find
facts to warrant a decision against
the validity of the marriage. Ho
therefore refused to grant the com
plainant the relief sought.
Augusta Doctor Shot to Death.
Augusta, Ga. Dr. Charles Hick
man, one of the most prominent phy
sicians in the south, brother of Tracy
Hickman, president of the Granite
ville Manufacturing Company, was
found dead from gunshot wounds on
the streets in Summerville, the fash
ionatle suburb of Augusta. The
Hickmans live in Summerville, and
Dr. Hickman has been at his brother's
home. The pockets had been rifled,
and Dr. Hickman's watch had been
torn from his vest.
Packers Fail for $37,OCO,C0O.
New York City. The Mexican Na
tional Packing Company, a New Jer
sey corporation, controlled by Eng
lish investors and operating a string
of slaughter houses in the Republic
of Mexico, under concessions from
the Mexican government, failed with
liabilities,' including stock,, of approx
imately $37,000,000. The assets were
not announced, but it is estimated
that they are in excess of the liabili
ties. The company will continue to
operate its plants as usual.
Newsy Paragraphs.
The wholesale meat dealers of New
Yoork city announced an advance ol
a cent a pound in the price of beef
as a result of the decreased demand.
It was announced at the state de-
nartment that Ambassador' Calhoun
will leave for his post at Pekin Marcu
8, sailing from San Francisco on tne
steamer Mongolia.
The German Kaiser from his pri
vate purse makes a grant amounting
to about $15 on the of an. eighth
son in any family, the same fa
ther and motner. The Kaiser also
promises to stand as godfather to the
lucky eighth son.
The epidemic of cholera in Russia
for this season is officially regarded
as closed, the last cholera patient
having been discharged as cured
from the St. Petersburg nospitals
For several weeks there have ben
no new cases. Totals compiled by the
sanitary bureau show that since the
outbreak of the epidemic in August,
1908 there have been 16,594 cases,
and 6,666 deaths, of which 1,631 cases
and 2,660 deaths occurred during th
year just closed.
A new ministry ha3 been form
in Norway to take the place of that
which resigned several days ago and
of which Gunner Knudsen was pre
mier. The premier of the new cabi
net is M. Knoow. The minister ol
foreign affairs will be J. Iregeins, the
present, minister to Great Britain.
As the result of a sudden fright
from a swiftly closing typewriter
desk, Miss Christine Canfield, of Min
neapolis, Minn., 21 years old, is totally
blind, and medical experts are baf
fiort over the case. Miss Canfield
a stenographer.
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a MINE SLAUGHTER RECORD A
a FOR ONLY THREE DAYS A
a Monday .75 A
a Tuesday ....... 35 A
a Wednesday ... 68 A
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Laredo, Texas One of the greatest
iisasters in the history of Mexican
soal mining,, which has heretofore ex
perienced several chushing blows, re
sulting in a tremendous loss of hu
than life, took place in the Palau mine
at Las Esperanzas, Texas.
The toll of human life which paid
the penalty of negligence on tne part
Df some miner is officially placed at
sixty-eight, while the list of injured
aumbers nearly as many.
The explosion occurred in the No.
3 shaft of the coal mine of the Esper
anzas Mining Company, and is attrib
uted to the ignition of gas from the
flame of a miner s cigarette who was
smoking contrary to the rules.
The miners consisted principally of
Mexican and Japanese.
Urakesbcro, Ky Nineteen corpses
removed from the Browder mine, ten
bodies in sight in the workings and
six others known to be dead, was the
count in the death roll resulting from
the explosion of gases in the mine.
Nearly a score or men were man
gled by the explosion and many of
thes will probably die.
The bodies recovered were horri
bly mutilated, and some of them
past identification. Because of the
accumulation of gases in the entry
where the explosion occurred, 170
feet beneath the ground and 700 feet
back from the mine shaft, it was im
possible to begin active rescue work
until six hours after the disaster oc
curred. The concussion tossed the bodies
distances of many feet. The remain
ing missing men were in entries, but
a few feet distant from the workings
where there was the greatest known
loss of life, and the searching parties
have been unable to locate these entries.
Primero, Colo. Fighting madly to
escape through the narrow, partly
choked air shaft, trampling over their
fallen comrades in their struggle for
life, more than half of the 149 miners
employed in the Primero mine of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
wrecked by an explosion, were over-1
come uy sua auu inc. iuc uuu
were found in heaps along the bot
tom of the air shatt, where they had
fallen in the desperate "truggle.
One hundred and forty-nine men are
known to have been in the mine when
the explosion occurred. It is stated
that 79 are dead
Their bodies are torn and charred
almost beyond recognition, and
has been impossible to identify the
dead.
Tne cause of the disaster is still a
mystery. Several theories are ad
vanced, but definite information as to
the cause is 'not expected until the
mine is cleared and an official inves
tigation made.
Cherry, Hi. Work was resumed in
the St. Paul mine by scores or men,
following the removal late of the her
metic seal that had kept the subter
ranean passages closed lor two
months. Strong efforts will be made
to clear the mine of noxious vapors,
wall in any smouldering fire and re
cover the160-odd bodies of miners
who have lain entombed in tne lig
nite labyrinths since the lire broke
out on November 14.
It was a tedious task to remove the
tons of cement and steel rails from
the mouth of the shafts, but many
women stood riveted, staring blankly
at the workmen as they uncovered
the shambles.
There is much to be done before
many bodies can possibly be recov
ered. No one in charge of the work
will venture a definite estimate ol
when the corpses can be found.
BATTLE WON; LOSS HEAVY.
Nicaraguaa Government Torce De
feated fcy Eevolutionists.
Bluefields, Nicaragua, By Cable.
Dispatches received here Saturday
iescribe the engagement which took
place between the provisional forces
under Gen.,Mena and the Government
troops. In an official dispatch, Gen.
Mena says that be defeated six hun
3red of the enemy, commanded by
Gren. Garrida, a Guatemalan, at Las
3aritas, which is midway between La
Libertad and Julgalpa.
Mena completely routed the enemy,
lapturing many prisoners and . rifles.
The losses to the Madriz forces were
heavy, while the provisionals suffer
id but slightly.
Gen. Mena is pushing forward to
join Gen. . Chamorro at Comisam,
which is well along the way to Man
agua. Chamirro in the last few days,
in his advance upon the Capital, ex
ecuted a flank movement, thus evad
ing the Madriz troops, who expected
to engage him at Acoyapa. Comoapa
is one and a half days from Teus
iepe, in Manaugua province, with a
jlear road from there to Granada.
The Madriz forces, the dispatches
say, have retreated to Santa Domin
go, directly to the north of Teustepe.
3ren. Chamorro holds all the lines to
;he interior, and the enemy behind
aim is completely cut off. Gen.
A.urelio Estrada, brother of the Pres
ident of the Provisional Government,
las 1,200 men in the hills six miles
from Managua, having successfully
organized a rising some time ago
3irectly under the nose of the admin
istration, and he will join Chamorro
and march on Managua.
INVES
I
IGATE I S
Congress to Begin Investiga
tion at Once.
tHE WEEK'S PROGRAM OUTLINED
To Complete Postal Savings Bank,
Statehoid and Other Important
Matters.
TO REGULATE TRUSTS.
This Liquor Makes a Man a Burglar.
Pontiac, Mich The police say tnai
they have traced nearly fifty burgla
ries here in the past three years tc
the peculiar effects of whiskey in one
man. This man is James Monroe, a
hotel proprietor, who, the police , say.
has confessed that he committed the
burglaries. A few drinks of whiskey.
he said, produced in him an irresist
ible impulse to steal.
$4,UUU,tjU0llt MERGER.
Atlantic Ice anu ow. Co. Puts Fnish
ing Touches on Gigantic Deal.
Macon, Ga. The ' Atlantic Ice and
Coal Company; a corporation charter
ed under the laws of the state of Vir
ginia, with head offices in Atlanta
Ga., purchased the plants of the Cen
tral City Ice Works and the Empire
Coal Company of Macon from A. &
N. M. Block, for a cash consideration
of $425,000. Negotiations for plants
in seven other cities of Georgia and
Tennessee were also consummated,
embracing an outlay of approximate
ly $4,000,000. Plants were purchased
in Augusta, Dublin, Athens, Rome.
CoIuiudus, Atlanta and Chattanooga.
Tenn.
Waiter Cohen heieased.
Philadelphia, Pa. Ferdinand Co
hen, the hotel waiter, who is charg
cd with kidnaping Roberta de Janou,
the young heiress of this city, wa
released iiom prison in $l,5uo bail.
Monday a Bill to That End Was In
troduced in Congress.
"Washington, Special. No corpora
tion in the United States will be per
mitted to purchase, acquire or hold
stock in any other corporation, ac
cording to a bill introduced in Con
gress Monday provides for the for
mation of corporations to engage in
interstate and international trade and
commerce. This applies to corpora
tions organized under the act or un
der the laws of any State or foreign
country. Nor shall any of these cor
porations have banking powers.
Celebrate Tor Ten Days.
Tampa, Fla., Special. "With British
Ambassador James Bryce and Mrs.
Bryc-e, Vice President Zayes of Cuba,
Admiral Dewey and other notables in
attendance, an aviation meet with the
most notable aviators in the country,
entered, with no less than six eon-.
ventions m session and a large com
plement of United States calvary,
artillery and infantry commands and
a portion of the South Atlantic fleet
in the bay, the Panama Canal cele
bration will open here next Saturday
for a period of ten days.
To Vaccinate in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. Every man,
woman and child in Atlanta, whether
they believe in it or not, will have to
bare their arms to the city physicians
within the next ten days. At an ex
tra ordinary session of the board of
health Saturday it was decided to
start the compulsory vaccination on
Monday.
Needs More Men.
Washington, Special. A second
special examination will be held
March 5 throughout the country to
hll appointments on the additional
office force of the Census Bureau.
The eligible register resulting from
the examination held October 23 last
is inadequate. The scarcity exists
chiefly in some cf the Southern and
Western States.
Commits Sextuple Murder. .
Fergus Falls, Minn., Special. Wm.
Ruckheim, a farmer, aged 35 years,
murdered his wife and four children,
and shot himself at Parker's Prairie.
Ruckheim is believed to have been
temporarily insane.'
Meet in St. Louis Next.
Indianapolis, Ind., Special. The
convention of the United Mine Work
ers of America adjourned Thursday
morning. A coalition between the
western metal miners and the unit
ed coal miners Avill be attempted.
The convention will be held at St.
Louis.
Paris Reassuming Normal Appear
ance.
Paris, By Cable. The river Seine
was Saturday more than 13 feet be
low its flood maximum and the city
has begun to assume its normal ap
pearance, the streets are clear oi
water and the wreckage lett by the
flood is rapidly disappearing.
Another Mine Horror.
Indiana, Pa., Special. Ten Hun
garians and one American is the death
toll of a gas explosion Saturday in
the No. 2 slope of the Ernest mine
of the Jefferson & Clearfield Co., five
miles north of this place.
i Washington, Special. Whether the
Senate and House will conduct rival
investigations into the causes of the
high cost of the necessaries of life is
a question that concerns the political
leaders more deeply than any other
problem now before Congress. If
both bodies conduct an examination
they fear that different conclusions
may be reached and that such differ
ing reports, on the eve of the Con
gressional elections, would be likely
to prove embarrassing to the Repub
lican majority. Nevertheless the Re
publicans of the Senate apparently
are determined to order such an in
quiry and conduct it with ' the ut
most dispatch regardless of the view7?,
of the House leaders on the subject.
The Lodge resolution, which was
reported from the Senate committee
on finance, has been amended so as
to provide, for a committee of seven
Senatirs, and it probably will" be
reported from the Senate committee
on tontingent expenses. The
enlaged committee will give Sen
ator Elkins opportunity to serve
as one of the investigators, if he
cares to do so, and will unite the
Republicans in favor of the inquiry.
There is a possibility that the in
vestigation proposed by the House
committee on ways and means may
no be ordered, but no decision has
thus far been reached. ,
It is reported that President Taft
desires the effect of the tariff upon
necessaries of life to be determined
by the inquiry, however, it is con
ducted, and that he will not "tolerate
any effort to gloss over any ill effects
that may be disclosed. He has not
expressed himself publicly on this
subject.
Appropriation bills will continue to
occupy the attention of the House
during the week but in the Senate
an effort will be made to complete
the postal savings bank bill in order
to have a vote nit later than Thurs
day or Friday. Of the President's
policies it is likely that the State
hood billnext will be considered by
the Senate.
Practically no interest is being tak
en by either branch of Congress in
the committee hearings on the ad
ministration bill for the creation of a
court of commerce and amending the
railroad rate laws. Open sessions
have been held but few members of
Congress have taken the trouble to
investigate the progress, and even the
members of the committee have not
shown the interest usual to such
legislation. There is a disposition to
pass the bill in about the form in
which if was presented by Attorney
General Wickersham. The hearings
are little more than perfunctory.
CHEAPEST IN SOUTH.
Meals and Lodgings Average $1 to
$2.50 a Day.
. Washington, Special. The differ
ence in the cost of living for the
traveling employes of the Department
of Agriculture in the different sec
tions of the country, has been shown
in testimony just submitted to the
House committee on expenditures in
the Department of Agriculture by
Chief Disbursing Officer Appone . of
that department.
In the South the expenses for lodg
ing and meals as shown by their
own expense statements averages be
tween $1 and $2.50 a day, in the far
West $2 and $3.50, in the central
West $3.50 to $4.50, and in the East
$4 to $6.
Indict City Officials.
Chicago, Special. Four true bills
charging city hall officials with con
spiracy in connection with the' $45,
000 ' ' shale rock ' ' scandle were re
turned by the county grand jury
Saturday. The men indicted were:
John Ericson, city engineer; Michael
H. McGovern, contractor; Paul Red
ieske, former deputy commissioner of
public works and Ralph A. BonnelL
former assistant city engineer.
Suit For $375,000.
Cincinnati, O., Special. A suit for
$375,000 damages has been filed in
the United States district court here
by the Dueber Watch Case Company
against the Keystone Watch Case
Company of Philadelphia and other
concerns alleged to be members of an
illegal combination within the mean
ing of the Sherman law.
Dedicate Peace Palace.
Washington, Special. Thf new
building of the International Bureau
of the American Republics, costing
$1,000,000, will be dedicated Wednes
day, April 6.
To Auction Off Carload of Babies.
New Orleans, La. Bids on a car
load of Labies were begun nere. Of
ierings are not in money. Guarai
tee3 of care and support arc reckons.
an.ciig uie teri3 oi acceptance. Tu
babies will come here from a .New
J York asylum. ,
Noted Feudist Surrender.
Roanoke, Va., Special. A Blue-
field, W. Va., special says Jim Dan
iels and his five sons, noted Kentucky
feudists, surrendered to the sheriff at
Pikeville, Ky., Saturday, and were
placed in jail. Old man Daniels said
he was tired of cheating justice and
having got religion he was ready with
his sons to take their medicine.
Virginia May Vote on State-Wide
Law.
Richmond, Va., Special. In pur
suance of the plan of the Virginia
Anti Saloon League, Senator Strode
Saturday introduced a bill providing
for an election by all the qualified
voters of the State on the subject of
State-wide prohibition to be held
whenever petitioned for by a num
ber of voters equai to 25 per cent of
the number voting at the preceding
general election.
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