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STgjCILY 1H ADVANCE y VOL,. XXXII. PITTSBORQ. CHATHAM COUNTY. N. a, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 32, 19
WORLD RENOWNED ROOSEVELT
, RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE LAND
NO. 45.
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RATES OF ADVERT1SIIJ6:
Oa Square, one laertIon......$f. ,
One Square, two lnertkms.... 1.9
One Square, ene month.. .f
For Larger AcMcrtis
ments Liberal Contracts
will bo made.
Cordial Reception Given to
first Citizen of America
THE SPEECH OF A PATRIOT
Thousands of Friends and Admirers
cfila Ex-President Demonstrate
Their Joy When He Cqcies Back
Home Gladness of the - Mighty
Man Expressed Just Like a Boy.
Summary of Tour Made by
Roosevelt.
March 2, 1909 Sailed from
Kew York on the S. S. Hamburg
accompanied by his sou Kermit
and ir.eiubers of the Smithsonian
Institution expedition.
April 4, 1909 Arrived at
Naples.
April 5. 1909 Embarked on S.
S. Admiral for Moinbassa.
April 21, 1909 Arrived at
Mombassa, terminus of Vganan-
da railway, where they started
for Nairobi. -....
April 24, 1909 Spent first
night under canvas at Kupiti
Plains.
April 2G, 1909 Established
camp at Xairobo and plunged
into junsle.
December IS, 1909 LeftNairobi
on the second stage for journay
into interior of Africa by cara-
van.
February 17, 1910 Arrived at
Gpndokoro, after completing hunt
in Belgian Consro.
February 2fi, 1910 Hunting
expedition practically over. Party
leaves for Renk.
March 11, 1910 Arrived at
Renk, where the party boards
steamer for voyage down Nile
to Khartoum.
March 21, 1910 Col. Koose-
velt meets his wife and daughter
in Khartoum.
March 24, 1910 Reaches Cario,
where he stayed one week and
mad? famous anti-Nationalist
speech. -
March 30,-1510 Sailed from
Alexandria, Egypt.
April 2, 1910 Arrived at
April 3, 1910 Makes public
correspondence in which he re-
fused audience at the Vatican.
Arrives in Roine.
April 12, 1910 Meets Gifford
Pinchot in Italy.
April 14, 1910 Entertained" by
Emperor Franz Josef.
April 23, 1910 Delivers lee-
tare at Sorbonne in Paris.
May 4, 1910 Delivers Nobel
prize at Christiania.
May 26, 1910 Receives degree
of doctor of philosophy.
May 10, 1910 Meets Emperor
Wilhelm of Germany. -
May 12 Delivers leeture " at
Berlin university. Receives de-
rree of doctor of philosophy. "-
May 2(3 Acts -as special am-
bassador of the U. S. to the
funeral of King Edward VII. -
May 26 Receives degree of
doctor of laws from Cambridge
university. - "''''
May 31 Receives freedom of
city of London and delivers fa-
mous Guild hall speech.
June 7, 1910 Delivers last
European lecture at Oxford uni-
versity and receives degree of
doctor of civil law. -
June 10, 1910 Sailed for
home on Kaiserin Auguste Vic-
toria.
June 18, 1910 Arrived in New
York.
A hundred .thousand "welcomes.. I
could weep,
And I could laugh! 'I am light and
heavy; welcome; ' . .
A curse begin at every root..; of Jris
heart ' .- . ,
That is not glad to see thee!
Shaks. : .Coriolanus, act 2 sc. 1.
New York, Special. " This beats
Africa and Europe," said Col. Theo
dore Roosevelt as he stepped briskly
UP the gangplank from -the revenue
cutter Manhattan to the larger cut
tor Androscoggin, as it lay off quar
antine. A shout and a cheer greetedthe
ex-president as he came aboard the
Androscoggin, and was welcomed by
Chairman Cornelius Vanderbilt,
President Elbert H. Gary, of the
Steel corporation, and scores of men
prominent in the world of finance,
industrial and politics, who composed
the large reception committee.
."Well, this is just, bully," con
tinued the colonel, who, with his silk
tat in hand, was soon engulfed in a
swarm of admiring friends and poli
tical associates, who hastened him
to the after deck of the Androscog
Rip, where the first reception of the
day was held. Chairman Vanderbilt
presented Mr. Roosevelt with a wel
coming medal on behalf of the city
of New York, and Mr. Roosevelt -re-.
Plied: . ' ,
"I can't tell you how deeply I
apprecite this welcome." . -
To Captain Crosby, of the Rough
Riders, who introduced ium to tne
reception committee as the various
members passed, he said:
"This is just the bind of linn
I expected. I am so "pleased. This
is all so fine and magnificent," mean
while waving his hat at a fleet of
steam - yachts and vessels, the rau
cous cries of whose steam whistles
nearly drowned his words.
Gen. George W. Wingata, who .V
a distant cousin of -the sirdar of
Egypt, was warmiy welcomed by the
returning hunter, who, - seizing ' Gen
eral Wingate by the haiicV said:
"By, George! The sirdar Wl rae
to be sure to give you h's regards!"
Jacob Riis, one' of the colonel's
closest friends, was seized by both
hands, Roosevelt saying:
"Oh, Jake, I'm so mighty glad to
see vox 1 had a del-ghtf ui- revel
in Denmark. In fact, I had a delight
iui lime all around." -
The welcoming committee set up a
-fiurr "ini
pest shout when ' Dr. Lyman Ab
bott, editor of The. Outlook, with
whieh Colonel Roosevelt is now asso
ciated, stepped forward and grasped
Mr. Roosevelt's hand. Colonel Roose
velt sarted a laugh by saj'ing;.
"Well, by George, partner, this is
the real thing," whereupon some one
in the rear cried:
"Don't talk circulation," and Mr.
Roosevelt quickly taking advantage
of '.ths point, cried aloud: "Well,
may be you think we are getting
up a pink sheet sporting supple
ment." To former Secretary of the Treas
ury the colonel said: . . - '
"Oh, George, this is just fine of
you to come out here and meet me."
A young student of the Universi-ry
of California stepped up to tha ex
hunter, who greeted him, saym:
"You ought to be here to welcome
.me. I have given an elephant to your
university and all I can say is it is
not white."
Congressman William S. Bennet, of
Brooklyn, as he stepped up to grasp
the hands of Colonel Roosevelt, was
drawn close while the hunter said:
' ' I got something to say to you,
but I can't say it before these news
papermen." - "Oh, this is just fine," said Col
onel Roosevelt as he edged hi3 way
through the crowded companienway
to the deck, where he was escorted to
the grand stand at the battery, where
Mayor Gaynor officially welcome!
him.
When Roosevelt met the . Rough
Riders at the battery he arose in his
carriage and called out to them :
"I certainly love all my boys."
Roosevelt's Responsive Speech.
Replying to Mayor Gaynor 's
speech of welcome, Colonel Roose
velt said: "I thank you, Mayer
Gaynor. Through you I thank your
committee and" through them I wish
to thank the American people - for
their greeting. I 'need hardly say I
am most deeply moved by the recep
tion given me. No man could re
ceive such a greeting without being
made to feel both very porud and
very humble.
"I have been away a year and a
quarter from America and. I have
seen 'strange and interesting things
alike in ' the Theart of the frowning
wilderness and In the capitals of the
mightiest- and most highly polished
of civilized nations. I have through
ly enjoyed myself and now I am more
glad than I can say to -.get home,
to be back in my own country, back
among people I love. And I am
ready and eager to do my part so
far as I am able in helping jsolve
problems which must be solved If we,
of this, ;the greatest democratic re
public upon whieh the sun has ever
shone, are to see its destinies, rise
to the high level of our hopes and
its opportunities. '
- "This is the duty of every citizen,
but it is peculiarly my duty, for any
man who has ever been honored by
being made president of the United
States is thereby forever -after ren
dered the debtor of the American
people and is bound throughout his
life tn remember this-as his prime
j obligation, and in private life as
mUCD as ill puDllc nxe bu tu wuuuvii
himself that the American people
may never have cause to feel regret
that once they placed him at -their
head."
BOOSTING THE, SOUTH.
Southern Railway Maintains Southern Inlus
trial ExJubit in Washington, D. 'I
Washington, D. C In a i constant
ffort looking toward the upbuilding
)f industries in the south and the att
racting of homeseekers and settlers
who will -make desirable citizens for
Jie- country along its lines the South
Jrn Railway Company, through its
Land and Industrial Department, witn
fflces located in this city, is doing a
work which has been and is ot vast
xnportance in the great progressive
movement In the south.
At the headquarters of this depart
ment, which occupies a three story
iuilding on Pennsylvania avenue,
;here has been collected a display of
;he agricultural manufactured, min
ral and forest products of the souta
which in jthemselves constitute a . com
prehensive, permanent exposition ot
:he territory south of the Ohio and
Potomac rivers and east of the MIs
iiesippi. This is open at all times to
;he inspection of every one, it has
aeen visited by thousands and has
been the means of interesting many
prospective settlers in the south and
oringing to this section, the most de
sirable class of citizens. . This perma
aent exposition as a nucleus makes
:t possible for the Southern Railway
through its Land and' Industrial De
partment to make attractive exhibits
it fairs and expositions -in the north
md west which make a splendid
showing for the south. No matter how
short notice the department may have
!t is ready and able to make a credit
able display of the vastly varied pro
iucts of the country covered by the
lines of the Southern Railway. In
;his particular line the Southern Rail
way Company has done a great work,
laving made very elaborate and at
tractive exhibits at all notable exhi
bitions for many years past and this
has Involved very considerable ex
penditure on the part of this com
pany in each instance.
In addition to this exhibition of
southern products and manufactures
there has been collected a great mass
af information about the south, which
aas been classified and arranged In
such a manner that at a moment's
notice the most detailed facts can be
given as to the products and re
sources of any county through which
a line of the Southern Railway pass-
J es. This compendium of information
about the south, which is without an
equal, represents the work of years of
intelligent and persistent labor in
studying the south and gathering
those facts which will properly show
to the world its attractive features. .
With this information in hand the
department has labored unceasingly
In the special work of locating in
dustries at all points along - the com
pany's lines and in inducing desira
ble 'settlers in the north and west
and in northern Europe to turn to
ward the south to make their homes.
Public Land Bill Passed.
Washington, D. C-The public land
withdrawal bill was passed by the
senate, after a debate upon that meas
ure which covered an entire session.
Just before adjournment the state
hood bill was laid before the senate
3s the unfinished business, thus insur
ing its consideration during the pres
ent session. The land bill was so
amended as to provide for the issu
ance of $30,000,000 worth of certifi
cates of indebtedness with which to
complete irrigation projects.
Washington News.
After overruling the recommenda
tions of its conferees on the naval ap
propriation bill by agreeing to senate
amendments that one battleship
should be built In a navy yard and
not more than one of them should be
constructed by the same contractor,
and agreeing to have a 51,000,000 col
lier built in a navy yard of the Pacific
coast, the house approved. the report
of its conferees on -that measure.
Further disagreement was ordered
upon the senate amendments author
izing four submarine torpedo boats to
cost ?2,O0O,O0O, five submarines to cost
$2,500,000 and six torpdoboat destroy
ers to cost $750,000 each.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
Issued instructions for the promotion,
on July ; 1, of nearly thirty thousand
postoffic clerks and. city letter car
riers. This action was taken under
the authority conferred on him in the
postoffice appropriation bill passed at
the present session of congress.
More than a million dollars has
been paid into the treasury on account
of the corporation tax. Receipts for
June ; have aggregated $342,642.
Twenty-seven million" dollars in as
sessments have - been levied against
the corporations pf the country under
the corporation tax law. The tax is
payable on or before June 30. Most
of the corporations whose assess
ments run into the hundreds of thou
sands will wait, in all probability,
until the last moment before paying
up, thus utilizing in other directions
the tax money. .
What is commonly designated the
plumbing trust Is under investigation
by the department of justice. The so
called combination has various rami
fications, and one feature of it . has
been popularly called the. hardware
or the bathtub trust. Numerous com
plaints have been made, alleging gen
erally the existence of a combination
to maintain prices. One of these
was to the effect that as a result .of
the operations of tie trust jobbers
who sold to retailers at cut prices
were cut off from plumbers' supplies.
Discouraged in his attempt to In
duce congress to increase the num
ber of officers in the army, Secretary
Dickinson has taken steps to recall
officers if rem detail stations to the
line. - ' . ..
To all of the Indian reservations
through the west car loads of farm
ing implements of the most modern
type have been sent, marking the first
steps in a great work which the In
dian office has undertaken that of
making a successful farmer of the In
dian. Expert farmers in the employ
of the Indian service will soon begin
making visits to the agencies, in
structing the Indians Slow to use the
implements. The work has begun in
omect and it is ioDed that its per-
ICtkluvwv -
, ection will be a long -step toward
k i 2 1 1 a a a Vln
I making the maian respousiuie ivi ma
'own welfare. , v :
COTTON DEALERS INDICTED;
Bills Returned Against Patten
iand Seven Other Factors.
INDICTMENT CHARGES CONSPIRACY
Alleged Many Southern Cotton Mills Entered
Into Contract to Bull Cotton Market.
Fire Counts Are Mentionel
New York City. The government
came"1 out ..in the open in its attempt
to. prove that manipulating r the ; cot
ton market is against the law. James
A. Patten of Chicago and seven les
ser figures in the speculative field
have been indicted!, charged with" con
spiracy in restraint of trade under
the Sherman anti-trust law. The 'in
dictment was returned by a special
federal grand jury and handed up be
fore Judge Hough in the United States
circuit court. Five of those indicted
Patten, Eugene B. Scales, Frank d.
Hayne, William P: Brown and M. H.
Rothschild gave bail of $5,000 as re
quired through counsel. .For the oth
er three who were neither present
in court nor represented by lawyers
bench warrants were issued. They
are Sydney J. Herman, Robert M.
Thompson and Charles A. Kittle.
Immediately after the indictment
was announced there was an excited
break on the New York cotton ex
change. Five counts are embraced in the in
dictment which is in blanket form and
contains 10,000 words. The first count
charges that the defendants unlawful
ly did conspire with certain corpora
tions not herein indicted to . "demand
arbitrary, excessive and monopolistic
prices for cotton." The firms men
tioned as co-conspiratorB, though not
included in the indictment, are as fol
lows: Alabama Avondale Mills, Birming
ham; Central Mills, Sylacauga; Enter
prise Mills, Enterprise;" Montgomery
Cotton Mills, Montgomery; Prattville
Cotton Mills, Prattville.
Georgia Anchor Duck Mills, Rome;
Catton Cotton Mills, Canton; Elm City
Cotton Mills, LaGrange; Exposition
Cotton Mills, Atlanta; Flood Cotton
Mills, Rome; Grantville Hosiery Mills,
Grantville; ' Habersham Mills, Haber
sham; Lawrenceville Manufacturing
Company, Lawrenceville; Lois Cotton
Mills, Douglasville; Milstead' Manufac
turing Company, Milstead; Newnan
Cotton Mills, Newnan; Roswell Manu
facturing Company, Roswell; Sybley
Manufacturing Company, ' Augusta i
Scottdale Mills, Atlanta; Trion Manu
facturing Company, Trion; Unity Cot
ton Mills, LaGrange.
North Carolina Cannon Manufactu
ring Company, Concord; Heriett Mills,
Caroleen; Mecklenburgh Manufactur
ing Company, Charlotte.
South Carolina Aiken Manufactur
ing Company, Bath; Belton Mills, Bel
ton; Brandon Mills, Greenville; Capi
tal City Mills, Columbia Easley Cot
ton Mills, Easley; Glenn Lowery Man
ufacturing CompEny, Whitmier; Gran
burg Cotton Mills, Columbia; Green
wood Cotton Mills, Greenwood; Greff
del Mills, Greenwood; Jackson Mills,
Iva; Lancaster Cotton Mills, Lancas
ter; Langley Manufacturing Company,
Langley; Monaghan Mills.Greenwood;
Olympia Cotton Mills, Columbia; -Ot-taray
Mills, Union; Pelzer Manufac
turing Company, Pelzer; Piedmont
Manufacturing Company, Piedmont;
Richland Cotton Mills, Columbia; Riv
erside Manufacturing Company, An
derson; Saxon Mills, Spartanburg ;
Seminole Manufacturing Company,
Clearwater; Toxaway Mills, Ander
son; Union Buffalo Mills Company,
Union; Williamstown Mills, Williams
town; Woodruff Cotton Mills, Wood
ruff; Woodside Cotton Mills, Green
ville. Describing the inside workings of
the alleged conspiracy, the indictment
says that the conspirators were to be
come members of and engage in an
unlawful combination in the form of
an agreement, under which they were
severally to " purchase for shipment
from the south to ship to New York
all cotton not directly absorbed by tn.
demands of foreign and domestic spin
ners and manufacturers in the ordin
ary, business course in other words,
as much as they could purchase from
day to day without seriously enhanc
ing the price, but nevertheless to such
an extent that together they would
long before the end of the crop year,
have so much cotton In their posses
sion in the city of New YorS that they
could, "by reason of the abnormal and
artificial condition thus produced in
said trade and commerce, severally
demand arbitrary, excessive and mo
nopolistic prices."
GUN-MAN HUNTS PRESIDENT.
Man With Big Gun Arrested by the
White House Police.
Washington, D. C A muscular man
over six feet in height, called at t!r
executive office of the white house,
and asked to see the president. - He
was immediately recognized as the
same , man who visited the executive
wansion June 17 of last year, and
when arrested at that time, had two
big pistols in his possession.. -
- Taken . into custody again, he wa
again found to be armed with a 44
caliber pistol. The man gave his
name as James Stricklin.
The man claims various persons are
persecuting him and he wants the
president to put a stop to it.
FLORIDA DRAINAGE CANAL.
Ditch 184 Miles Long to Drain Florida
- Swamps. '
Tallahassee Fla-The trustees r
the internal improvement fund have
awarded the - contract for digging the
drainage canals to a construction com
pany of Baltimore. - A check was giv
en by this company, which means
that they obligate themselves to be
gin work within fifteen days , and tr
complete it at an estimated price o:
11 cents per cubic yard. The lengtl
of the canal is 184 miles.
ADVICE TO FARMERS.
Ten Things That Should Done On the Farm
" ' . raring This Month. . -
1. Keep the cultivators going. Lejrel,
shallow, frequent cultivation .is what
the crop3 need at this season. Don f
cut the corn and cotton roots by deep
plowing. :
2. Plant cowpeas, soy beans, velvet
beans, peanuts some legume that wil
work twenty-four hours a day for you
gathering nitrogen, making r money
and building up the land. Put in a.
stubble lands not otherwise employed
as soon as the oat or wheat crop lb
taken off. ' " -
3. Save all the crimson clover seed
possible. If no clover huller is avail
able, the seed can be beaten out by
hand and sown in the chaff.
4. Get the mower in good . running
order. See that all bolts are tight,
the ' knives sharp; ' the guards on
straight and the bearings well oiled.
A mower is a splendid weed - killer
as well as a necessity in the hay
field. ... - :
5. Plant late corn and potatoes.
Keep up a succession of garden crops;
beans, tomatoes, sweet corn and oth
er vegetables should be planted this
month. Fresh vegetables are cheap
er and better than meat or . store
bought foods. . ; r
6. Spray the apple trees again with
Bordeaux and Paris green and the late
peaches with lime sulphur. Plow out
the first year strawberry beds an,
plow up the old ones. -
7. Look after the work stock.- Cut
out seme of the corn these hot days
and: substitute cotton seed meal, oats
or. peavine hay. See that there is
enough shade and water as well as
grass in your pasture.
8. Fix up a bathroom of some sort,
eo that you can free yourself from
dust and perspiration at the close of
the day. It will prove invigorating,
add to your sense of dignjty and en
able you to do better work.
9. Keeep up the warfare against
flies and) mosquitoes and so help ward
off typhoid fever and malaria. Screen
tile doors and windows, drain the
stagnant pools and look after the
breeding places of the flies.
10. Prepare for the Farmers' Insti
tutes in your section, and if there are
no Women's Institutes in your, state,
keep" after your officials until they are
started. Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive
Farmer and Gazette.
BIDDING FOR EXPOSITION.
New Orleans and San Francisco Want
Canal Celebration.
Washington, D. C. 'Both San Fran
cisco and New Orleans must raise
$7,5C0,00O before they can hope to
receive government endorsement for
their expositions in celebration of the
completion of. the Panama - canal.
The house committee on foreign af
fairs decided not to invite foreign
nations to participate until these con
ditions were complied with.
Prior to the executive meeting of
the committee a representative of San
Francisco argued that his city has
raised more than $6,000,01)0 by public
subscription and wanted to raise the
limit on the Kahn resolution to $7,500,
000. A member of the committee hur
ried outside and talked with Repre
sentative Estopinal of Louisiana.
"Will New Orleans meet - that
amount?" asked Estopinal.
"Yes," replied Estonjinal, "we have
already raised $6,000,000, and,-can ea
sily obtain the lest."
If both cities raise the sum at the
same tiaie-the question is 'then to be
presented to the president for his de
cision, in which event it is not "Im
probable that he will designate both
cities to hold expositions.
CHILD LABOR itEPORT,
Use of Child Labor in Cotton Mills
Worst in South.
Washington, D. C. The bureau of
labor of . the department of commerce
and labor has completed its investiga
tion of the subject of the employment
of . women and children In the. cotton
textile industry of the country as
carried on in six southern and four
New England states .
The total number of cotton mills
investigated was 198, located as fol
lows; Maine, 7; New Hampshire, 7; Mas
sachusetts, 22; Rhode Island, 10; Vir
ginia, 4; North Carolina, "59; South
Carolina, 36; Georgia, 31; . Alabama,
13, and Mississippi, 9.
These states had in 1908 85.8 per
cent of the total cotton . spindles In
the United States, Among the south
ern operatives the concentration . of
the lower age groups is more striking
in New England, because of : the em
ployment' of children at ,10 and 13.
Of the 143 establishments visited in
the five southern states, having child
labor laws,, 107 employed children un
der legal age.
These 143 establishments employed
9,156 children under 16 years of age,
and ot these 753, or 8.3 per cent, were
under 12, thev4egal age. This was
1.64 of the total Tiumber of employes.
SOUTHERN EUROPE
SWEPT BY FLOODS
Many Villages Were Destroyed
By the High Water.
PROPERTY LOSsjill BE GREAT
Deaths Estimated at From 800 to 1,000 and
Growing as News Arrives 20,000
s People Are Homeless.
Charlotte Gets Farmers' Meet.
Texarkana, A rk Secretary Davis ot
the National Farmers' Union announc
ed that the next convention of the
union , would be held at Charlotte, N.
C.,-September 16 of this year.. St.
Louis, Atlanta, Denver, Memphis and
Atlantic City were among tho other
cities which bid for the convention.
Professor Harris Acquitted.
. Manassas, Va. "Not guilty," wan
the verdict of the Jury, rendered in
the case of Professor J. D. Harris,
former principal of the Warrenton
High School, who was. tried here on
the charge of having murdered W. A
Thompson, associate editor of The
Warrenton Virginian, on the streets
of Warrenton, Va., in April, 1909.
Smuggled Chinamen Found.
El Paso, Texas. Seventeen Chiua"
men believed to have been smuggled
into this country from Mexico, were
found by emigration officers at San
Majcial; hidden in a car loaded .witlj
hay. They will be held pending an
investigation. .." ' - -
Senate Approves Raiiroad Bill.
Washington, D. C. The senate has
placed its final stamp of approval on
the . administration railroad fciiL by
adopting tiie report of the conference
committee on that measure. -
Vienna, Austria. Southeastern Eu
rope is flood-swept and reports receiv
ed indicate that the death list is be
tween 800 and 1,000. Whole, villages
have been destroyed and ; fertile val
leyB are lakes. The property 1 dam
ago cannot be definitely estimated,
but meager advices already at hand
show that it will surely be in excess
of $2,500,000. -
In the entire region affected, it is
believed that more than 20,000 per
sons are homeless. .
. Belgrade, Servia. In a proclama
tion to his people, King , Peter ol
Servia, at the head of the relief work
in the, flooded Moravia valley, reports
that the situation is not as bad as ai
first believed, but is nevertheless ser
rious. He asks that the nation pray
for the afflicted.
Geneva, Switzerland. Melting
snows increased the seriousness ot
the flood situation in Switzerland and
Bavaria. Four towns on the borders
ot Lake Constance are under water.
Constantinople, Turkey. The gov
ernment began efforts ' at relief work
in the Sooded districts of European
and Asiatic Turkey. It is estimated
the number of dead will be 500 in
Armenia alone. . The western Euphra
tes and the Pasin Areas rivers are
flooded and several villages have been
swept- away. The situation is almost
unprecedented.
Budapest, Hungary. A dozen towns
are under water, 5,000 persons are
homeless and fully 75 have been kii?
ed as the result of floods in "Hunga
ry. Advices received say that the
towns of Titel and Opova are under
several feet cf water, and efforts to
rescue many of the inhabitants by
boat have failed.
Kief, Germany. Floods are raging
through the principal valleys of Lit
tie Russia, and great damage is re
ported, particularly from the prov
ince of Poltava. The Dnieper, the
Savrian and Lutz rivers, according to
advices received, have flooded a score
of villages and the property loss will
be immense. Hundreds are bomeless
and several deaths are reported.
GROCERS DENY WRONGDOING
President of Southern Grocers' Asso
ciation Makes Statement. -
Jacksonville, Fla. J. H. McLaurin,
president of the Southern Wholesale
Grocers' Association, expressed great
surprise that federal prosecution
should be taken against the associa
tion by the federal authorities. He
was aware that several parties in
Washington were trying to interest
the attorney general in the prosecu
tion, but he stated it was evident
that the attorney general did not real
ize the true reasons for the activities
of the parties trying to bring on the
suit Mr. McLaurin believes that the
sole purpose of their action was to
further individual litigation now pend
ing in the courts at Birmingham and
elsewhere, in an effort to influence
public sentiment.
"The allegations of the present com
plaint of the United States as report
ed in the newspapers," continued Mr.
McLaurin, "are wholly incorrect and
can be proven so. The Southern
Wholesale Grocers' Association is
simply an association for social and
legitimate business purposes, like the
National Wholesale Grocers' Associa
tion, which covers the northern states,
retails grocers' associations, cotton
growers' associations, fruit growers'
associations and like associations
which exit in practically every busi
ness and occupation in the country,
and unless they are all held to be ii
legal and in violation of the acts of
congress, I do not think - that the
Southern Wholesale Grocers' Associ
ation will be held to be so."
TO REVIVE BULL-FIGHTING.
Cuban Congress Will Allow. Gambling
to Attract Tourists.
Havana, Cuba. A bill legalizing the
revival of bull fights was favorably
reported from committee to the house.
The bill gives a company, the capital
of which is principally American, the
exclusive concession for 30 years to
operate a Monte Carlo, at wbich the
attractions will be gambling games,
bull fights, cock fights, horse racet
and, other sports. The object of the
bill, it is declared, is to attract tour
ists to Havana.
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GREAT FRAUD DISCOVERED.
United Wireleess Officials Allged to
Have Cleaned Up Vast Fortunes.
New York City. United States post
office inspectors raided the handsome
Broadway offices of the United Wire
less . Telegraph Company and caused
the arrest of Christopher C. Wilson,
president of the company, Samuel S.
Bogart, first vice president, and Wm.
W. Tompkins, president of the New
York Selling Agency.
It is charged that the price of the
company's shares has been advanced
by manipulations . to fictitious values
and that individual officers of the
company have sold out their stock
to the general public at a profit estl
mated at. ten million dollars.
North Carolina IVIills Curtail.
Charlotte, N. O The most signifi
cant feature of the annual session of
North Carolina Cotton -Manufacturers'
Association-, was the failure . of the
mill ' men to take any official actioi
on the matter of curtailment, as had
been advertised.. It is understood, un
officially, however, that probably all
of the ' members have agreed to a
complete curtailment in' August. The
association passed resolutions con
demning the rules of the New York
exchange encouraging speculation.
(SOCIETY WOMEN DISCUSSED.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe Shocked By Actions
ol Social Leaders.
Boston, Mass. Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, the grand old woman of Amer
ica, authoress of "The Eattle Hymn
of the Republic," who h&s Just pass
ed her ninety-first birthday, discussed
the part American womanhood is
playing In. the twentieth century life.
Mrs. Howe believes that other wom
en could live to be 91 quite easily If
they shun the fast life of society and
look with old-fashioned horror on the
insidious and invidious evils. Her
ideals are not 6o old-fashlonedas her
precepts for living. - " -
"Times and conditions have certain
ly changed since I was a girl," said
Mrs. .Howe. "Some changes have been'
for good; others for worse.-We were
all shut in and I can go back in my
memory and see myself like a dam
sel, of olden time shut up in the cas
tle of my home.
"I have been shocked to" hear of
the prevalence of drinking among so
ciety women today. The, iTocktall hab
it, as I believe it is called, is the
curse of modern society. That is one
of the phases of fast life in society.
It is alarming. ,,
"Imagine the regret with whicn I
have heard that some women have
even acquired the 'breakfast cocktail
habit' am I right in that? I am told
it is a habit of drinking before break
fast in . the morning in order to ac
quire an appetite. I shudder to thlnx
of the harm which is done to wom
an, not only physically, but morally,
by this custom. Even the 5 o'clock
teas which were once so staid and
decorous have changed and liquor Is
associated with the delicious and de
lightful tea which gave the name to
the fashionable repast.
"Society will change with the equal
enfranchisement of women. In recent
years the wealthy matron and ' girl
have had no way in which to spend
their time but in frivolity. Their idle
ness led to mischief. Tte ballot will
impose a duty upon women which will
give them something to occupy their
thoughts with. They will not have
so much time for silly and harmful
pleasures. Much of the 'fastnesB' will
pass from smart society.
"Happy old age conies only from
health and a clear conscience. Health
can only be kept by simple and quiet
living. I do not decry society at all;
only some of the phases of it which
have grown up in the past twenty
years.
"The old-fashicned ideals are the
best. Every woman who attains a
certain age comes to realize this and
preaches its doctrines. Give us again
the old homo with its cozy comfort
and its tranquil air of perfect peace
and domestic happiness. No divorces,
no sudden voyages to Europe upon
the merest whim.
"Perhaps great wealth has done
much harm to American society. I do
not know. Wealth ha done some
harm in the manner in which it has
caused men and women to become
dissatisfied with their homes. It
makes them seek the gilded hotels,
where one can have his bidding done
merely by pushing a button. The ho
tel life of today is very harmful. It
makes people lazy. It removes dem
ocratic obligations.
"Some day it will be all changed.
Some day all people, rich and poor
alike, will realize that tho old-fashioned
ideas are the best after all."
NO ICE TRUST INVESTIGATION
Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation
Not to Be Probed at Present.
Washington, D. C. No report will
be made at this session of congress
on the resolution of Representative
Clark of Florida, directing the depart
ment of Justice to make an investiga
tion into the "acts and doings" of tho
Atlanta Ice and Coal Corporation. -
In' explaining the object of this res
olution, and his reasons for asking
congress to take action in the premi
ses, instead of making complaint di
rectly to the department of justice,
Mr. Clark said: "Robert Gamble of
Jacksonville, Fla., appealed to me to
take this action to keep him from be
ing crushed by the Atlanta concern.
It seems that Mr. Gamble was. given
the alternative of joining the Atlanta
combine and accepting stock in the
Atlanta Ice and Coal Corporation, or
have them as competitors in his own
field. He asked to be permitted to
examine the books of the Atlanta cor
poration, to aid him In making a de
cision. This was refused him, and he
was told he must accept stock for
his property to the amount of its val
ue, as -appraised by Mr. Woodruff.
Therefore, he decided to fight the com
bine which is trying to crush him."
Newsy Paragraphs.
In New York the report was pub
lished that a $100,000,000 corporation
was being formed to combine some
sixteen companies engaged -in making
bathtubs and to be known as ' the
"bathtub trust" Jobbers already
have signed contracts, as the compa
nies control 95 per cent of all bath
room fixtures.
About $10,000,000 worth of diamonds .
are smuggled into the United States
annnallv. according to a statement
issued by the Importers' Protective
union, which has Just offered to pay
rewards of S2.500 and uo for informa-
tion leading to the arn:st of offenders.
Robert Hunter, the noted author of
"Poverty," who married into the
wealthy Stokes family of Norton,
Conn., has accepted the socialist nom
ination for governor in Connecticut
and bv he will conduct an aggres
sive campaign, with speakers of na
tional requtation. Stimulated by his
party's success in Milwaukee, Hunter
says: "It is not a far cry from a city
. . . . i irn
to a 6tate, ana me success in Milwau
kee will be duplicateed- in many states
within the next few years.
The Canada . government has now
definitely reserved the entire eastern
slope of the .Rocky mountains from
the American line northward to tho
fifty-fourth parallel a3 a forest pre
serve and to protect .the water supply
of the vast' prairie section. Its area
is about fourteen thousand, square
miles. '
William S. Porter, who ranked near
the top of the chort-utory writers In
the English language under the pen
name of "O. Henry," died in a hos
pital at New York, where an opera
tion had been performed.