E ASHEf ILLE CITIZEN
TIT
T TRY THE CITIZEN WANT ' t'
THE WEATHER
J WEDNESDAY RAIN.
fW
ADS THEY BRIN j RESULTS "
Vol. XX No. 3.
ASHEVILLE. N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER, 28 1904
Price Five Coents, ,
pnly Associated Press Newspaper in Western North Carolina
"BARKED UP WRONG TREE,"
SAYS TEDDY TO DONNELLY
This Saying Slaps Mr. Fair
banks In the Face
VICE PRESIDENTIAL MAN
GETS ECHO OF BIG STICK
Fairbanks is Held Up In Colo
rado to Explain
MINERS' JOURNAL GOES ' AFTER
THEODORE ROUGH-SHOD
ON ACCOUNT OF RE
CENT LETTER.
I :i 1 1 ! . Mont.. Sept., -7. When K.-n-:
, t , . , I'nribunks .mil Ills parly arrived
li.i.- tlcy finiriil I he Itcpublloati leul
ti much excited ovrr the publication
in the Minrrs Magazine, issued :il
li.iner by tile Federation of Miners uf
wliil purported to be a deiuinrl.il Inn
uf lilmr 1 1 tiio i) K by President Koosi" It
ami i ' it.-ii Ial of authority .by Hie pivsi-
il nt . The presidents denial xxas sent
II litor. I.ee Mtintlo, .'Hlil In us fol
io. X
"While House, Washington, Sept., L'll.
..ill- telegram received. The let
til n leri eil In purport ing to be dir
ected by nie to Michael Donnelly :inil
r . r . i r . . iii Hie .Miners Magazine of
".t.toinber, 22, is, of eoinse, absurd
in I inipinlent forgery. I have writ
t. ii no such letter, nor .my letter even
i. ciubling it to Mr. Donnelly, our :my
Ise. I have written Mr. I lonncl-
U r. .pieMing to know if ho has re
i.ix.d :iliil Klleh leller Mini requesting
Inm if '( to :it once lay it befme the
ill mi. I attorney of ( 'hlcc-o to lind mil
nhetlii-i il is possible to discover and
punish the forgters.
"ii i i:t )D irk nnosKVKi :r ."
'I'lie leller In which die president
is i ipiesenleil to have made his attack
ininii labor WHS addressed to Mloh-
:i I Donnelly of Chicago, president of
tin' liiitehers' and Meat Cutters' union
Tie- d'" uinent given in full, with
Pi.-id.-nt koosi'veH's iiMirii' nltiehed.
leu xxilhoiil dale, and il is slated thai
ii vims written in response to an ap
.. il b Donnelly to him, to interfere
fin the settlement of the lale butchers'
s n i I. . I.olloxviug are some extracts
trmn il:
"Barking Up Wrong Tree."
. "I 'I ind ready to do. as my llluslrl
tue: predecessor, drover ('lowland did.
and .insert the fiower of this nation
against all local niillifiers.
Last summer I felt Impelled to wide
a letter calling upon my countrymen
to pui down lynching, but labor union
I'M!1"! ism and crime are as great a na
limi il menace .as lynch law.
' 'I. el me tell you that the first duty
uf il fleers of the law, whether
tli- he sheriff, constable, municipal
elll. , is, mayors governors or the pres
ident himself, Is to maintain public
oi.fer and put down the mob with tin
Iron hand." j
"Won't Like My Hand " I
Alter advising Donnelly to put a j
stop In the strike, the president Is rep- j
resei, ted as saying: !
"In any case be assorted I wjll kc.-pt
my h inds off until your folly brines
ymi into colllssion with the laws of the
I'niieil States when my hand will k"
mi in a way you will not like. So far
as ( am concerned you have harked up
tie uronj tree, I am not to be either
xx I led or freightcned into meddling
Willi uhat is none of my business."
MEXICO AVENGES THE
DEATH OF AMERICANS
Murders of Way and Latimer ' Dealt
With by Government Accord
ing, to Hoil.
I'.nsti.n, Kept. 27. William T. Wiy. of
llns 1 it y xvas informed today by .Ib-i -I'll
11. . Peirce, third assistant sec
retary of state, that the Mexican :iu
thiuiiies had passed s ntence upon the
I'i-iiiis concerned in the murder of
Mr. Way's brother, Clarence, and K.l-
ar, 1!. Uitimer, another Ani.-i iao
citizen. The rnitoil Slates i:-u I at
Ma.atlan, reiiorted to the stal patl
tneiit that Francisco flastro had been
sent, .,., to ,)cath; Hennolao Torres,
Ha Alcadc of AfTUaO Culcielle dr Waco,
the town where th- tragedy o. cutr. d.
'" ten months imprisnntnent and u tine
of
!' and Fidelio Cjrrasio to el;-hi
monihs' imprisonment. Way and Lati
mer were killed July 19.
IOWA HAS SCHOOL
TROUBLES HERSELF
Mount Ayer, Iowa. Sept. 27. Sainu. 1
KKly is dead, and William Kline. !d:'
s If-.onfessed slayer. Is in jail today
the result of a qinrrel .oxer the
siliooi i;,xyS. I'oth are directors and
bad met 011 school husiness xvhen the
Jimi-ulty arose. ' Eply threatened to
s'rikc Klinor with an axe anil the, latter
sh"t him through the heart. Self-de-tense
la the plea.
IRON MOUNTAIN
HAS BAD WRECK
Nine Seriously Hurt in Spread
ing of the Rails
THIRTY ONE WERE MORE
OR LESS INJURED
"Hot Springs Special"' Goes
Into Ditch in Missouri
LEVEL COUNTRY SAID TO BE
ONLY REASON FOR ESCAPE
OF MANY OF THOSE
ON BOARD.
SI. I ,i hi is, Mm . ttepi. .'v. - :'prea.lin
ails I "day as -. I a i . a on I he St.
Louis. Il"" A I i i 1 1 . ! :in and Suillholll
Kailioel, near y-l.-.m. Mo , 12.", lailo
ti'iMi lei., in ixbru Ihiity-i'lie persons
xx . r i i j ii i - I . si : i rioiisly. The train,
a southbound pass, r know u as II";
"I l"l Spl inc.: : .e, i.il" p;,, e; .11
ee ell nrs e i.ilisly.
Hei ioiisly iajin . I .
I'.il Mailin. I'... .ilii.ht i;:. Ark.
W. V. Stioi her-. 1 11 s ,rc. Ark.
Dr. S. Dak-,-, ,i.., Ark.
II. S. II i.-.-. i-ax.-iie, M,,.
Mrs. .1. W. Mieh.i I-:, I. it He Do. k.
Ark.
II. II. l:d. I.itile l;.i U. Aik.
Il w as staled sil He- ""ii r.il ..tli
"I' lliejnui Mouiil'iin route t -1 1 i 1 1 f
th.ll tin. ne. ;,h nt w is caused by ll.e
1 nt le a vy 1 a ins. The t va in Is .1 fast
sjieeial and was innnini; well tip in
srhcilul (hue when the accident oe.
1 1 1 if. .I. Th" Ivie.ivi'.'e inn! chair cars. .1
day roach ami a sleeper let! the r nls
and ov.-rlui Hi'il. Al He1 1 a a. " c. here
til.' a ' id' Cl o. 1 lin ed 1 he I r 1. k is on .1
I'Xel will! the Sill lolll'dlic; C"llll'l . .-a
that Hi" il.T.iiliic .:11s .III not i"ll
down an null : ; 1 . 1 1 1 nt. and I" 1 his is
ntliiliilled th" I'aet that 11 v.. 1 c
killed.
A special It 1 i 11 brought lie injured to
t. fiuis rind they were t.ij. en t" ti".:
pila!" or to th" homes nf I'll 11. Is
they desired. I'hyslcians wlm a. ."'.
1 anil d the reli-d train staled I " a ' . : 1 1 1
that in their opinion none of tin- in
jur, d would die.
ELKS OUT OF THE
PALE SAYS JUDGE
Madison, Wis., Sept. 27 The .aiiue re
court rendered a d eision Imlilitiu thill
i.iclcr Wiscnisin laws 1 he It. v.Vnl
and l'lolrrtixe ( ir.lcr of laics "I Vio. 1 -i.
a. is not a In 11. xa.lcnt nrfi.i nial ion
and 1 li.'i ('. ii- any pioporty it holds is
1 1, it . .x. nipt from taxal mil under the
statuary pi ovisions exe'ptiii". Ii!tev.
olent orca ni.a t ions.
CORPORATIONS SQUABBLE
I'hi. a-". S' id .7 - Coniuiitle.-s rei'tc
S'lliiner th'' 1 intral l'r. ittht aSsoci.il io;i
mi.) the Wesieni TaritT association mi I
today and disruis-'si th advisability of
1 hau;:irc; tin- b'sinc. point for rim in
.nil niaia I'loiluet: from l.he Missis
sippi ,i',. i , I'hic :'... The eislein
men are all in fax or "! lb" move; esl -era
iialiic men ar- .lixidrd on the suh-
ject.
FAIRBANKS CLAWS
FUR AT ANACONDA
Ihltlr. M"' '
Speech at A c
dt. -s 111 1" '
I.e. d hi- ran
party ass..,: I
stone cnipiti x
1 rnsri nx; ! he .
riving at Du't
-7. With a
lay and an ad-
lor l-'ai: banks
' Montana. Tic
I pp.'I Vell.UV-
1 ; . il. ilia 'atl y.
I id.- and ar
. ,f.t sell, .lul '
-I lb:'"' sli.cis
t ih:; Timber
, II Th" entire
,1 t ai ia d out l.i
. ;,!. ntial caiuO-
t mi'
At .
I xxrie made
I I.ivincston
population
wol,
(late
mi,
till
BISHOP POTTER
DinRliand" ; N.
an address l f":
thi.- city ton: I. i
l.rohibiti '
s lid that no' i;
mil. h too l I'" i :
as Disb p I'' 1 '
cons T'.lal t )..!:." b
attention to ':
ponor tral'tc . -done.
COMMENDED
S-pt . 27. - In
1 lUdiem e in
lias Swallow,
! 1 president
oxer done as
a.hiiioti cause
.Hon of a
has railed
1 a i.-ss of t he
: , No has ever
DONNELLY CAN'T BE LOCATED.
t i, I,.:. ! I hinnelly.
,1, b. is and Meit
l in hi. aiio to
,1 p. I.e 011 a rait
i,. l.etxx.'.ni St.
". II, IlethtVl.
t hicai'". S'-l 1
president of ;.
rutins I'niui.
niuht. H" i' ?,:
road train "'u
I.ouis and ( he :
Cnited Statis d
-. In
a, act attorney, state I
Mini .!-
tonight that I," had heard noimng 01
the letter albe'.J to have been forged.
"OURS MUST BE
A WORLD LIFE"
President Greets Scientists;
With Above Phrase !
AND HE SAYS ALL OF US
' MUST DO OUR SHARE
.
International Congress Stops
.....w
10 OpCdK Willi lUUUy
HE SET FORTH FOOD FOR FRAG
MENTARY THOUGHT, AND ALL
AGREE THAT HIS IS A
GOOD IDEA, ANYWAY.
Washington. Sepl.. 27.- 1'ie; Icii
Ito.e eVell received ill tile K...:; l.i II
t the Wldte House today about s. x
1 nly-live members of Hie liil.au 1
lioiial ('impress of Arts and SHon. .
headed hy the president of the i'...i
.i.-ss, I'rofcss.u' .cxcoinhe and I'm
lessor Huk'ii .Munsterliui'K. M tny I al
ies were present .
The president said : "I. el ic ,-hi.
tic ' l.tii.ii : I wish lo say tliii I p.
tullilriy alipleciatc tin. Kiei'lia.
this body. I'erhniis the huppioa fa
lure of our modern xvorid life i- lb.
I
steadily lneiv:rinK recognition "I t!i-
fail that it must be a world I 1 - -; !
'hat no 11 ition can hope for Hie I idlest !
'.xelopn.elll if It lolib'les it -ell e - ,
clllsixady witllill its oxx II boliu.la 1 ies :
that i-iro,i,-re.::: iiiiisl conie from a Ii auk
o.miilion of tlh' fart that each na-
Hon can is Ip oliieis and can be help-'
d by I )ii-iii . I feel that not only do .
issoci.il ions and -rat hei'iii"s such as 1
this mean minh for th" scieiitilic. flic
iii.ai. , the in 1 die. dual development
f all H'e 11 1ti.1i.:: taking iart in Ih. ni.l
but 1 feel al"" that these "i t hei 1 1 1 - s I
Help In prep Me 111" Wtl.V for tllejnl'
ii xx hen rlehl and m ii i t y shall pi "-I
il aiimiir, Hie nations exactly as Ih-y
now, iii hicbly i v i II :-. countries, it e
xail anion;; individuals. I xxclcomc
xiui here I fee that vnii are doiut; a
ae.it xv,m !. mil Hen it is an honor
ui b"h dt' of th" American Itvpuhlic
lo pi eel oil .
I'll" delegates, .llllelli; XX ll O tl I HIT.'
niaiiv ol th" nies! distin pushed s. i"ii-
tists ol Km . and America. xxcrc
then inlni ''lee l to the pi. -si. lent by
I'rof.'ssor X.'xc.onbe and I'rnfossor
Xluiisi.-i Inn a. .
GEORc'lA FINDS THE REAL
MEXICAN BOOL WEAVIL
loxiimPiit. Ha., .-'.pi. 27. An insect
snpp.-d-tn b' a Poll weevil has been
teiitid in this eonntx. on the plantation
..f I.. !. Duke. I'barles (1. Smith sub-
j, . led the insect I" a microscopic en -;i
mill , t ion and compana! it to an cn
latc.ed pictute oi the bull weevil Issued
1.x the deparliiietit of agriculture, atid
I, tin ds it to b" practically ideal ica I j
xxilh the Kciiiptie Maxiran hull weevil.
The Bcai I do hope that old man
Russia dors not expect to be able
-ui0) tM3xj -paifituo q im uedtr
I ' - : i
JOINT DISCUSSION
,s P0STP0NED
CONGRESSMAN Cl-TiGn
HAD
UPPER HAND, Of DESATE
AT WEBSTTR.
tSpeclil to Th. ' 1 i n 1
W'elisler. Si'pt., 2T. 1 :e Joint c.ill-
essimial debati' ' Is . . '..:.iv l.etx-.eea
in;icssn:,!u liinii e: 1,1 J.niue Kw -
,'-
'.nt ia irke.l the sa - I,, ,,f 11,,.
1 i , : ic siou until 1)1 ' 1 IT xx hen It
u.ll he resumed Wax nesx-llle .
! : " ' ''Xart (leclme,! , Mr.
Ci ljc, until that tin -
As usual Coitgivssiiiai: 1 ..1. met- mane
an able udillVSH. II. brought f"llll
hold .ipiluuse from 1 1: bundle. Is of
n ople xx bo heard him. la .xny point
of ai -;tiiiicnt he h e! 1 a. upper hand
of In:; opponent.
The Judce was p.. 1 ..1 Pi: dlstiict
re! f died to tiring Pen. ,x.u a hand-
I ip. He xvas e,,;ii i. 1. Ix torn to
pieces oil ill IliatlelS lll.ll XX.'le 'liS
. lis, I.
AS THEY SEE FIT
NEW YORK POLICE JUSTICE CAN
SEE NO WRONG IN AN
AUTC0mLE.
N.-xx York, Sept. 27. Women may
si,, .. . :,.s ihey chose xx bile ridiiic; in
,, 1 1 1 . , , , ..biles, so far as Hie police de-
p. , I I icelit is COUC I'll. I. .i.'olilil:S 10:1
.1 miiiiici . meiit made ,.,y b.x Dole -
1 a, 1,11, lis: loner McAil"". This announce.
ui.-'il ranic after 101c Ii m-xx spa per
1 oou t had folloxx. d an H ie d of a
member of ell automobile parly Sine
day ixoninr. th arrcsliic; poll, ems :
tel. in:; orcsion to labirie- a voinan In
the automobile for sue. Liu . ia public
"The su.oklnt, xvas i.'ilv an incident
, . ; tl,. eocrally ,h a.uc rlv eli.ir.'lcl.-r
these ill Hie :: 1 1 1 nil lob i I e, " Slid 111'
trains: bun r toiay.
OLD VESUVIUS WEAKENS.
N'aple-?, Si-jd. t Th "ruption o!
Mount X'esuxius I i-i ereully diuiinislc
. .1. Th. stoic s i. tc from Hi" cn.te,
do not no xv lis' '".on.l a Ii i:;hl of I "
f (. Th.- a nth. iii -s have r.l a. d lb.
reslrl. linns p' I on llv u;l.tir xx h c
I In i i in a i. in at its height ami my
no is peinP ' to ascend th" moun
tain. Manx a- l ists arc malxin:; I he
Iriii hi insp. i i th" volcano in s. dan
cha it s.
COLONEL COLSON DEAD.
Middlesboi" Ky., Sept. 27. '..l..i
D. i. Cols-oi'. 'einier collar, ssnia n frnai
the Kltihl b .Ii ' a i .m,i ( -,, buicl i-f the
.',,urlh K
a i regiment duiina th -
Sp aiiisli-A i". ii xvnr died here lo.lav
ill' xxas talc a add. Illy 111 last lilc.h!
with iicixnu - i t ration and sank tap
Idly to t b i fli't w as one of th"
most" protni
slate.
lti'iiublica ns in the
Time will '.T-e me!
to do much .innnst Japan until next year
'
TO RUIN HULL
OF CONNECTICUT
Battleship Said lo Have Had
Narrow Escape
LAUNCHING ENTERPRISE
MAY I5E POSTPONED
Obstructions Placed on the
Ways at Navy Yard
FOUND AT ALMOST LAST MO
MENT AND NOW GREAT CARE
IS BEING TAKEN
BY ALL.
Xexx York., Sept.. 27. The Ibiild
lonioiaoxx xx ill print the folloxxin".:
"Will the ill l el 1 1 ion of I'll in 1 1 114 tin
hull ol th.. battleship Connecticut
xxhich will be launched at the Ncxx
i oi ti n ivy yard I huts. lay, some per
son or persons placed an ohst in, I Ion
in Dm ways. When It xvas placed
there, or by whom, it Is not knoxx n
An ex 1 1 1 1 i i i , 1 1 ion was made this exen
i.c; as a matter of precaution and III,
niHioiities xxetc informed Hill an oh-
struition ji'ni been placed on Hi" xxays
that xvoiild haxe destroyed (he work
it months.
"Waxy yard otllcial xxouhl not dls
ii. -: the mailer, and it would have
.ml become known had not an extra
;uald of txxo marines been placed al
In- si. Ill of the vessel with lustrue
I ons to lite at any one x ho approacb-
d Hie hull by land or xxalcr. Il is be
lieved the obstruction wan bioiu;hl lo
lie yard and placed in position from a
it . As is usual
I. inn. bed divein
that the xxays
nt duxxn for the
befnl
la rue ship
xxcrc sent down to
were clear. They
tlrst time on Sat
urday and since the obstruction xvas
found they have been making the
most careful examination and were
xxorkint; there yesterday afternoon.
TtieX' xx ill be sent doxi'll for Hie last
i me I oi nort oxx' moi'iiim? before the
ship is l.auurheii. an.! Xax.rl Colislrllr
"! Pixl.r. ho his chare,.. ol the
i'lurliiim, will I." sal islic.l I hat every
thn is all iii;bi before he Rives the
siun-il which xxill send Hie battlesliip
into the w iter, or the taunchlii!, xv ill
he postponed." ,
NO MORE NEWS FROM
SENATOR HOAR'S ROOM
V a
tor. Mass
epl.
lo
no
1 :.'!u this inornin"; Iher had
be
nexxs issued from Senator Hoar's room
since the eveiiinir bulletin which said
that the senator was xxcak.r than at
any previous time, but might lixe two
or thro: days.
By that time it is expected that
WESTBROOK
GETS OFF EASY
Chief of Police of Albany Came
Out Ahead of Minister
LATTER MADE PULPIT
CHARGES WITHOUT PROOF
Commission Overlooked Fight
With the Preacher
FOUND THAT OFFICER HAD
BEEN DRINKING AND HE
WAS FINED "BUT
EXONERATED."
Albany, (la.. Sept. 27. -The trial of
Chief of police Weslbiook on sensa
tional charges (list pr I'ericd by Dr. I.,
tl. I ti oiichion. ,,f Atlanta, In a sermon
hero three months iiko. and folloxxin";
whlcb th
the chief,
e preacher xxas cowhide
was concluded lute this
1 by
vea-
iK.
(if the seven speclilc charges pre
ferred the chief xvas found uuilty of
two, viz: Drinking while on duty and
ill uniform, and visiting- bar-rooms
xx bile on duty and lolleriiiK at such
placed. The commission Imposed a line
of $27, for each of these offenses, and
. xoneiateil blm on all other chaises.
( f the charRo of assault on the mlM
IMcr the commissiouei's said:
"We llnd Chief Weslbrook Rullty of
this chart;,', but in our opinion the pe
culiar circumstances .Instilled him as a
man in pui'siiiio,' Hie course hi' did."
The verdlcl Is rcKiiril'd by West-
brook's friends as an exoneration us
he xvas not found K'lHly of either of the
most serious charges.
A feature of the trial was the devel
.pmoiit of the fact that 1 r. liiounhtoii
lid not have allblaxlts to sustain his
'hai'nes as he rlalinc.1 to have at the
time he made his pulpit attack
TRIPPLE MOVE IS
EXPECTED AT ONCE
laps Will Probably go After
Russians Aggressively
IT IS BELIEVED THREE
PLACES ARE SCHFDUI
!
News From Port Arthur Is of
Slow Variety
CZAR'S MEN GET BUSY MAKING
PLACES TO CAMP NEAR OLD
MUKDEN MOBLIZA
TION GOING ON.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 2S. Indications
point to the imminence of a forv.ntd
iiiiixi'iiii'iil ol the Japanese armies
against the liussiaiisat Tic Pass, Sin
inintin and Mukden, (iencrul Kuroput-
kin is fortifying leukoma n, northeast
f Mukd ti, in order that he may be
prepared for the contiency of the
evacuation' of Slnmintln.
Itepot ts of a naval engagement with
the southwestern extremity of Sakha
lin are not verilled: to the contrary it is
b.'llevttd that the Vladivostock squad
ron remains in the harbor.
Tl'ere is no news from Port Arthur.
MOBLI2ATION GOING ON.
St. Petersburg. ' Sept. 2S.--'J:'l."i a. in.
The war commission adjourned early
last evening xxithoiit issuing further
nexxs from the front.
The Mukden Id giam to the p.erlin
I.okal Anzeiger, repoillnn that the .1.'.,
l aiiesehad crossed the Hun river, fifty
miles above th, u . x . i
I r to si out il ig pa ' If
XX hose pl'eseli, ,- t here
the Associated I'l ess
September 2'..
The niox emeii I of .1 i
I he T iao ri v, r xx hieh
a dispatch from ( Jen
lie
d I.
of Japanese
,as recorded lu
dispatches o;
forces
(Ot 1 e.l
tkarolY
the general statf on S
the more signilleant.
II'. I rt I ha t t he I tussi;
l-'a koina n, t xx-ent - lix
of Mukden, shows th
pat kin is proparim; P
eptelllbel' 2'; is ,,!
Th" atllMUili. -ns
at'" I'm 1 it'yii'g
mil. -: ii.m th,
1 1 leer 1 1 K uri i
, eh. ek the tlauk-
1'ass from the
ing movement on Tl
west in case Siiimintin
hou!d have to
be evacuated.
The entire abseti. of n- .vs from Port
Arthur, It is felt. h. f s a ehuer
1 l"i kad- th re Half i to dlsp.it. bes
fiolll (ieli.'tal Sto. s-'. I have been rout
ing through s.tiii-xx ekiy.
A telegram r. iv.- l her" from l!a
toiini r i.oitini; th it r, setvists ;irc be
ing transput ! I a-long the ( 'aiicaslaii
const bring tie lirsl intimation that
troops there are being mobilized.
JVInce Svi
,rtn undid
Svi.ilopolk-Mirsky xxas recelv-
e today by the emperor.
The prliic. will assume charge of the
ministry of the Interior on September
29.
COTTON MEN
UP TO TIMES
At St. Louis Growers Mak(i
Necessary Provision
AT CHARLOTTE SPINNERS
MAKE SCALE OF PRICES
Between the Two Fabric Men
Should Pull Even
GROWERS URGE FRATERNITY TO
HANDLE MIDDLING GRADE
CAREFULLY SPINNERS
MAKE PROVISION.
I M
St. Iriils. Kept. 17. The Southern.
Cotton (! rowers association held the
foiu luilliiK session of the convention
today. With a. view to maintain a la--Id"
market and fair pries for the cot
ton crop of the south, the association
adopted the plan of organising: a eor-'
poratlon to be composed of the cotton1
uroxvers, the business men nnil bankers
of cotton ki'ow'Iiik states, which corpor
ation should build warehouse! where-'
ever feasible for the purpose ot Storing:
the product and preventing a glutting
of the market. The plun adopted ftr
xx hat Is known ns the Waco plan.
The association also adopted a- reso
lution urliiK cotton grower to withhold
from the market all cotton of the mid
dling grade unless 10 cents a pound cad
he secured for It. Also that th cotton
crop be marketed as slowly aa poMlbt
during the mouths of October and No
vember. ' !,:'
The ollUiers elected by the association
follow:
1 'resident Harvle Jordan, Montlcello,
C.a. . '
Vic -President Eugene Wtlllami,
Waco, Texas. .
Secretary-Treasurer John R. Alli
son, Concord, N. O. , ,
An executive committee composed Qf
one member from each groxvlng state
was appointed.
The next meeting will be held at tha
cull of the executive committee.
SPINNER8 MAKE SCALE. .
Charlotte, N C. Sept., ?T. Puriu
ant to a recent call by lending eiiton
mill men acting Independently of any
organization about spinners renrejent
Ing a total of 477,494 spindles engaged
In the manufacture of hard yarns In,
North Carolina met here today and
agreed upon an advanced aeale ot
prleees.
The committee will keep In elps
touch with market condition in IK
I Interest of the manufacturers and .an
to arrange and Issue a correred sched
ule of prices fro mtlme to time.
JUDGE PARKER
AGAIN IN GOTHAM
SLIPPED IN UNANNOUNCED AND
HAD MORNING TO LOOK'
AFTER AFFAIRS. ' "
New York, Sept. 27. Judge Parker
today met and conferred nt length with
Democratic politicians from half a
dozen states covering territory aa fir
east as Connecticut and west to Cali
fornia. His visit to New York Is the
third of a series. He arrived at 9:30
a. m. from Kxopus and will not return
before Thursday noon at the eurlleat.
In accordance xvlth his custom, Judgw
Parker prohibited broad circulation 'Of
his plans for his New York vlHit and aa
a result had the forenoon eIHr to re
ceive such persons as come by appoint- ,
incut. During the afternoon he saw
number of delegates who learned of thft
judge's pies m e through the Demo
xralic national committee.
FARMERS IN SESSION
AT WORLD'S FAIR City
1
Sept. 27 The twenty
n al I'arir.ers' congress open
.: th" wnrid's fair grounds.
::; xvas called to order by
dan of Montlcello, (Ja. P.
, ehi f of the agricultural
the world's fair, delivered
of
welec. ig address, to which B.
moron of Slatesvllle, N. P., and
dma Strange, of Marion, Hid., re
in. led. Kollowlng the president's ad
ss. I-:, s. Peters, president of the
xas Cotton (Jrowers association,
id a paper.
LAUNCHING PARTY
ENDS DISASTROUSLY
Milford. Del., Sept. 27. Two hundred
persons were thrown from a platform
mid fell 30 feet at the launching of tha
schooner Charl s M. Pumas today.
Fifteen persons xvere seriously Injured.
A spike xxhich held the platform gave
way and the entire structure fell. Phy- '
Klcians from Milford were summoned
and with nurses and others Who Vol
unteered their services, attended to th4l
Injured. -