- THE WEATHEE;
VOL. XXVIX, NO. 78.
DEFYING DEATH AN
H8YEAR-0LDY0UTH
FLIES OVER OCEAN
Jimmy" Ward iWIns $5,000
QPrize By Daring !n;a Cur-JJ
tlss Aeroplane
CROSSES TWO RIVERS
AND FORTIFICATIONS
Boy Hitherto Unknown, Star
Qtles Spectators By Covering
25 Miles In 54 Minutes
CHARLESTON, S. C Jan. 6
Jimmy Ward, the 18 year old avia
tor, tn a Curtis 20 horse power aero
plane today made a during- flight
across twio rivers, the harbor and out
over the Atlantic ocean, breaking the
world's altitude record for low pow
er machines, winning a prize of J 5,
000 by circling over two of the strong
est fortifications on the Atlantic
coast, demonstrating the efficacy of
the aeroplane as a scout In time of
war. Landing gracefully on the beach
In front of Fort Moultrie on Sulli
van's island, he handed a note to
Colonel Marah, which the latter
tigned. Ward then re-entered his ma
chine, rose from the beach and flew
back across the harbor in a direct
line to .the aviation field north of the
city. He covered a distance of about
5 miles In 64 minutes.
Few fcpretators
Very few people saw Ward begin
his flight from the aviation field, but
many roofs In the city were packed
'when he made his return flight. Leav
ing the aviation grounds he flew first
to the navy yard on Cooper river,
then down 'that river about five miles
to the city. Turning eastward he
crossed the Cooper and Wando rivers
and the harbor at a height of about
1,000 feet. Reaching Sullivan's Inland
tt the northern entrance of the har
bar, where Fort Moultrie is situated,
he circled back at a height of about
3,000, feet,' passing close to Cattle
Pinckney. Heading seaward again,
he passed directly over Fort Sumpter
and swept for a distance of about
a mile and a half over "the Waters
above the Isle' of Palms and landed
on the beach ' !n front of Fort Moul
trie, amid the cheering soldierB and
officers.
It was1 on his return trip that he
broke the world's altitude record for
small machines. At a point directly
over Mt. Pleasant, a village on the
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FAVORS THE INCREASED
I1EPRESENTATIQN OF THE
MS INUi GUESS
House Committee at Meet
ing Yesterday Recom
mends Reapportionment
MEMBERSHIP TO BE 443
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Congres
sional reapportionment under the
new census figures so as to increase
the membership of the house to 433.
was the. plan tentatively favored by
the house committee on census at a
meeting today. This fisure would
.protect each state from diminished
numerical representation and Is ex
clusive of Arizona and New Mexico.
The apportionment bill introduced
by Chairman Crumpacker today fixes
the membership of the house at 433.
The bill was referred immediately
to the census committee, where the
entire subject will be taken up.
The apportionment of the mem
bership of th'e house amongst the
various statesi under the proposed
arrungemcnt. will be as follows:
Alabama 10, Arkansas "i. California
11. Colorado 4, Connecticut 5, Dela
ware 1, Florida 4, Georgia 12, Idaho
2, Illinois 27, Indiana 13. Iowa II,
Kansas 8, Kentucky 11. Louisiana 8.
Maine 4. Maryland 6. Massachusetts
16. Michigan 13, Minnesota 10, Mis
sissippi 8, Missouri 16, Montana 2.
Nebraska. 8, Nevada 1. New Hamp
shire 2, New Jersey 12, New York
41, North Carolina 10, North Dako
ta S, Ohio 22. Oklahoma 8, Oregon
J. Pennsylvania 86, Rhode Island .
Fioth Carolina 7, South Dakota 3,
Tennessee 10, Texas 18, TTtah,2, Ver
mon I, Virginia JO, Washington r.
West Virginia 6, Wisconsin 11,
Wyoming 1.
FREIGHT RF.IHCTIOX
WASHINGTON. Jan. . A reduc
tion on the frelstht rate on cotton seed
from points in Missouri, Kansas and
Louisttna to Memphis. Tenn.. is
made by the Interstat commerce
commission In an opinion, handed
down today In t)ie ease or trie Mem
phis Freight Bureau against the St.
Louis Southwestern railway.
THE
INITIAL'.GUNINTHE
DISSOLUTION OF
THETOBACCOTRUST
Opening Argument in Famous Suit
Was Heard Yesterday in Supreme
Court of The United States.
WASHINGTON,. Jan. 6. Oral ar
guments directed at the proposed' dis
solution of the so-called "Tobacco
trust" were begun today in the Su
preme court of the United States, As
a year ago, when the dissolution suit
was argued for the first time before
the court, so today, J. C. Reynolds,
special assistant of the attorney gen
eral in charge of the tobacco fight for
the government, made the opening
address to the court. He had not con
cluded hid remarks when the court
adjourned until Monday. Mr,; Rey
nolds surprised some members of the
court by stating that the dissolution
was asked not only under tho Sher
man anti-trust law, but under the
Wilson tariff act of 1894.
Mr. Reynolds told tho court that
this was the first case that had ever
been brought under the Wilson act.
The act, he explained, applied to In
stances of restraint of trade where
an Importer was a party.
"Restraint of Trade"
Much discussion had taken place In
the "trust" cases as to whether or not
the phrase "restraint of. trade," as
used in the Sherman anti-trust law
was equivalent to "restraint of free
competition." Mr. Reynolds pointed
to the Wilson act as the congressional
Interpretation of the Sherman act.
passed four years previous. In which
all doubt as to the maninghad been
removed by using the phrase "re
straint of free competition."
Nearly the entire time that Mr.
Reyolils spoko was devoted to the his
tory of the so-called "tobacco trust"
from the time of the first American
Tobacco company was arganised In
1890 for the alleged purpose of effect
ing a monopoly in the cigarette trade.
and thus avoiding competition of in
dependent corporations, down to the
Incorporation In 1904 of the . new
American Tobacco company as a
holding company, controlling sixty
five companies interested in various
branches of the tobacco business. '
He described the "plug war" about
1882 resulting in the organization of
the Continental Tobacco company by
which, ho allegod, peace wag restored'
at anmriiiwWrffr"
eliminated.
He told of similar combinations In
tho snuff, cigar and stogie trade.
The suit iiiuliT tho Sherman anti
trust law to dissolve the so-called
"Tobacco trut" was Instituted In the
Circuit court of the United States for
tho southern district of Now York
The proceedings was brought by the
department of justlfo against more
L
LOOK INTO METHODS OF
. OUH TAX ASSESSMENTS
He Wants An Act to Create
A Separate Tax Commis
sion
OUTLINES HIS PLAN
llALKKill, N. , Jan. C. Senator
Brown, of Columbia, who Is named
by President Newland, of the senate,
as chairman of the finance commit
tee, declares his intention to go In
for a material reformation In the
North Carolina method of tax rssess
ment with a view to equalizing tax
ation among the counties and ridding
the state of the forty-eiyht "pauper
counties," so called because they re
ceive fspm the state for schools and
other purposes more money than
they pay into the state treasury In
taxes. Tie proposes to undertake get
ting through the bglsbgure an act
that will create a separate state tax
commission, relieving the cornoratfon
commission of this duty, and requir
ing of this commission that it equa
lize taxation by counties. lie would
have the commission completely re
moved from politics, possibly ap
pointed bv the governor. He has
thought of having it named by the
governor, the president of the senate
end the speaker of the house. Any
way he would have no sitings tied
to It that would hamper It in Its
dealing out absolute equity In equa
lization of tax assessments. He would
'have these commissioners crfnfer at
the beginning of each assessment
period with the county authorities
meeting the officers of the groups of
counties in convenient railroad cen
ters, and explain lust what is ex
pected of them In the liirht of ex
isting conditions. And he would
clothe them with final authority to
say Just what the assessments must
be. Where Uiere are differences be
tween the property owners and the
local assessors h would have appeals
go to an Intermediate board com
posed of say five men, one from each
of a gToup of five counties. In this
way no one county could be left
alone to "Juggle" its assessment so
as to deprive the state of Its equita
ble share of revenue. After this
composlt board has passed on the
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ASHEVMiE CITIZEN.
ASIIEVILLE, N.
than sixty corporations and a num
ber of individual' defendants headed
by James B. Duke.
The process of organisation of the
combination alleged to be unlawful,
spread over many years; It began in
January 1890. Then the first Ameri
can Tobacco company, was Incorporat
ed for the purpose, It is alleged, of
taking over the business of five inde
pendent cigarette plants.
In 1898 the Continental Tobaoeo
company was incorporated for the al
leged purpose of takins over the plug
tobacco business of the American
company and the business of live
other plug tobacco concerns.
In 1900 the American Snuff com
pany was incorporated for tho al
leged purpose of taking over the snuff
business of the American Tobacco
company and of two or three inde
pendent snuff manufacturers.
In 1901 the American Cigar com
pany was Incorporated for the alleged
purpose of taking over the cigar busi
ness of the American Tobacco com
pany and an Independent manufactu
rer of cigars.
In the same' yeflr the Consolidated
Tobacco company wag Incorporated
for the alleged purpose of taking over
as a holdln? company In exchange
for Its bonds substantially all of the
stock of the American Tobacco com
pany and the Continental Tobacec
company.
In 1903 the American Stogie com
pany was Incorporated for the alleged
purpose of taking over the stogie bus
iness of the American Tobacco com
pany, the American Cigar company
and the Continental Tobacco com
pany. In 1904 the American Tobacco
company, the ' Continental Tobacco
company and the Consolidated Tobac
co company were- merged into the
present American Tobacco company.
It is alleged that In addition to thlf
organization the American companies
In 1902 entered Into a contract with
ft British company, the Imperial To
tiacco company, whereby .the Ameri
can companies were limited in their
business to America, and the British
ftrfearWltaln, except jhat the "lat-
ter could buy-leaf -tobacco In th
Cnlled States. It was alleged that
tho Rrltlsh-Amorlean Tobacco com
pany was organized to take over the
export business of both the British
mid American companies.
Testimony was presented to provi
that tho defendants produced 70 per
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resultof explosion at
electa plant
Three Men Injured and Losr
of $750,000 Sustained at
The Hoosier Capital
POLICE WATCHFUL
INI'ilAKAPOLIH, Inil., Jan. .- Ai
explosion and fire which almost de
slroyed the main plant of tiu- Gen
eral Electric company early today
injuring three men, caused an est!
mated loss of $750,000 and serlouslj
Interferred with business throughout
the city during the day, .tonight left,
tho city almost In total darltness.
Street lamps were dark all evening
and all save tho main section of thi
city was without electric light al
night.
Fearing that the darkness of tht
city may Induce lawlessness, the en
tire police and Ictcctivle force is huh.
in reserve with waiting automobiles.
Tho plant was wrecked and a tan
gled mass of wire, machinery am.
lumber thrown in every direction b
the force of the explosion. Fire fol
lowed and completed the demolltloi
of the building.
The cables bearing 13,008 volts ol
electric energy broke and added t"
the terrific force which caused tht
destruction. 1 here is notWing left of
the power plant beyond the cliarred
wreckage, level with the water in the
river.
A short circuit In a cable, caused
either by misplacement of some metal
conductor, a weak spot in the Insula
tion or the sudden burning out of s
fuse Is thought to have caused the
explosion.
KIM K HANGED.
CAMDEN, 8. C, Jan. 6. Milton
Klser, alias Henry Iunter, wag hang
ed here today for the murder of
John fVuik btiler of Kerahsmr esktin
ty. Mrs. Cook, widow of Kiaer'a vic
tim, watched tne execution. She
said she was ready to spring .the
trap. Ktser, who was a prisoner
killed the jailer with a cuspidor.
C, SATURDAY MOHNING, JANUARY 7, 1911.
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STVBBSiOF MARTIN, INTRODUCES BILL
FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
Declares That a$ at Present
The
RIALKIQII, N. C.. Jan., 6. Repre
sentative Ktubbs, f Martin gave to
tho house proceedings the legislative
feature of tho day by the Introduc
tion of a bill providing a constitu
tional convention of North Carolina,
em posed as Is house of representa
tives, to change the constitution
vli4ch Is, the bill declares, "In many
mrtleiilars insulted to the wants and
condition of our people." The bill
provides for a vote in the general
loctlon of 1912 and If "convientlon"
is voted It shall convene In Raleigh
in the first Monday in May, 1913. A
dint resolution by Koonce of Onslow
s a close second in Importance, be
ng for a court of equity of three
from the house and two from the
senate, with all the powers or a court
to Investigate tho conduct of fire In
surance companies In North Carolina.
This 1s along In line of tho recom
mendation of Governor Kltchln as to
Itro Insurance legislation. Koonce
appealed for lul bill to be put on Im-
nedlate passage but there was de
Iderl objection to passing bills wllh
iiit reference to committee and It
Went to commit tee. Uen -'at
m also refused consent td put on
IRE INDICTMENTS ARE
T
Fallen Banker Finds the
Law's "Meshes Growing
Tighter Each Day
NEW YORK. Jan.. . Kight new
nrll'-tmnntO (if them ttll llfTHed I tiff
the original indictment, were found
today against .losepn u. Jtomn, tne
fallen banker end promoter.
The eight nw Indictments all
charge the theft of funds aggregat
ing $207,000 from the Washington
Havings bank.
A batch of letters signed "your
loving Louise" and "Your son Jo-
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tun -
FAIR
WASHINGTON, Jan. . North
Carolina; fair weather and moderate
temperature Saturday and probably
Sunday) light to moderate south ard
J A
southeast windgL .
Holding His Last Court,
Existing Constitution of North Carolina is "UnsuiteA to
Wants and Conditions of
People.
Immedlatan passage his bill to enable
Trinity college to own more property,
especially so that It can receive aid
In building the administration build
ing burned this week.
Applies Only to Macon.
The senate received from tho house
a bjil passed yesterday prohibiting
near' beer saloons In Macon county,
II having Ixen first reported its ap
plying to tho wlil state. Himator
Brown tn objecting to Immediate pas
sago declared that them was such
an overwhelming sentiment evident
In the assembly for such an act as to
the entire mate that ho advised hold
ing the Macon bill In committee until
this was done or at least acted upon.
This course was taken.
Two bills In the Semite of general
Ingres! were by Heruttor Fisher, of
polk, favoring New Orleans for the
Panama canal celebration and by
Holden of Franklin ratifying the six
teenth aimendmont to tho federal
consiltut Ion.
Mantling Commit toes.
The president, of the senate has
announced tho appointment of stand
ing committees, which were read by
the clerk, as follows:
DEATHS OEJIRl AND LOVEH
Return Verdict to That Ef
fect and Double Tragedy
Is Shrouded in Mystery
fl'MDKRLAND. Mil., Jan. .-
"Came to their 'bath by means un
known to the Jtitfy." This was the
conclusion rem hed by . the twelve men
who for marly live hours tonight
heard testimony relative to the deaths
ast Saturday of Grace Elosser 4nd
Charles T Twlgi. whose dead bodies
were found by Mrs. Klosser, . the
mother of the dead girl, seated on a
sofa In the parlor of the Elosser
home. The tragedy occurred less than
thirty hours prior to the time that
had been set for the marrlago of the
two victims.
The coroner's Jury gathered In a
little mortuary chapel belonging to
a local undertaker, more than a dozen
witnesses wera heard but little was
developed that was not already
known to the public. One of the
points brought out was that May
Elosser, one of Graces' sisters, had,
after, helping her mother carry
Grace's body from the parlor to a
tied room In the rear, herself being
seized with illness which showed
symptoms of hydrocyanic eld.
AMENDMENT
Our
Appropriations Long, chairman;
liaHsett, Martin of Washington, Rein
hurdt, llobgood, Uardnor, Glgman,
Cotton, Lemmond, Hawkins, Ivle,
Hikes, Barbour, Hartsoll, Thorns,
Carpenter, Machburn, Hyatt
Insurance Pharr, chairman; Bas
net!, Cotton, Gardner, Hawkins, Mo
1 jiiichlln, Thome, Hobgood, Cox,
Stiirliuek, Plnnlx.
Finance Drown, chairman;
Thorne, Relnhardt, Itascoe, Hartsoll,
llassett, Cotton, Hawkins, Cobb, Boy
den, I'lmrr, Hellamy. McDonald, Uen
nett, HturliiK k, Hyatt.
Corporation . commission Thorne,
chairman; lloldnn, Johnson, Hicks,
Hurdle, Hlgmsn, Fisher, Relnhardt,
Cox, McDonald, Hyatt.
Judiciary Graham, chairman:
Pharr, Thorne, Barnes. Durham. Hss
sett, Martin of Riincombc, flreen,
T.l..l,lt, Vltettlfi TfnhffAtift
Long, Ivle, Hicks, Martsell, Martin of
Washington, ntarnueg,
Revtsttl of judiciary No. 2 Has
sett, chatrmsn; Barber, Raggett, Car
(Continued on page sis.)
SIMPLE PRAYERS MARK
SERIES MN.EIKINS
Body of Late Senator Is
Shipped to His Old Home
at ElkinsaW. Va.
WASHINGTON, Jan. . A simple
prayer constituted the funeral ser
vices over the body of Benstor Ste
phen H. Elklns, of West Virginia,
In his late home here. President
Tan, Vice President Bhermsn, Chief
Justice Whlto, members of tho cab
Inet and Bupwme court, as well as
many members of the diplomatic
corps, the senate and house (rath
ered at the F.Ik I in horns at S o'clock
this afternoon and listened to an
Impressive prayer by Rev. Dr. Wal
lace Rttdcllffe, preparatory to the rs
moval of the body to Elklns, W. Va.
where final services will be held to
morrow morning. Seven ears com
posed tho funeral train which left
at 10 o'clock tonight, two of which
wl-re reserved for the Elklns family
and tho remainder fof the congres-
sional committee and other friends of
the dead senator.
Hecretary of War Dickinson !
sued a general order today that flags
of all military posts throughout the
country be displayed at half staff to
morrow out of respect for Btnator
Elklns. who was secretary Of war
during President Harrison's adminis
tration. ,
Citizen Want Ads Bring
' Results.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DULY CELEBRATED
Beaufort Rejoices In Comple
tion of "Opening Wedge"
of Future Prosperity
NOTABLES GATHER
FROM FAR AND NEAR
Senator Simmons Is Master
of Ceremonies. Naval Pa
rade One of Features ,
W1LV.INUTON, Jan. .Twenty
five hundred people, Including many
men prominent In state and nation,
attended today s public celebration
of the completion of the first link of
the proposed inland waterway canal
from Main to Florida, on the banks
of the waterway near Itaaufort, N, C.
The celebration was preceded by a
parade of naval and government
boats, headed by the revenue cut
ter Pamlico. , - '
Senator F. M.' Simmons, of North:
Carolina, master of cerentonles,' wel
comed the visitors and paid tribute
tn Capt. Rarlo 1. Brown, corps . or
ITnlled State 'engineers In charge' ot
the work, who declared the water
way officially open, Ilspressntatieni
of the towns of Heaufort, Morshsad
t?lty, New Bern and Oriental, under '
the auspices of which the cslsbra
tlon was held, were the first spea-.
k era, these being followed 'by Rep
resentatives J. Ham ton Moors, )0f
Pennsylvania, president of the At
lantlo Deeper Waterways association;
E. H, 8parkman, of Florida! F, C.
Stevens, of Minnesota: Joseph B,
Itansdnll, of Louisiana: John H.
Small, or North Carolina, and H. K.
Wslcott, representing the mayor of
Norfolk. i . .
I-'oremnni of Prosperity. t
, The canst has been under -const
ruction since 190T and was Com
pleted last December. It fchortens
(he distance from Oriental, Now Bern
and other points to Beaufort and
Southern points about ninety miles
snd gives double the depth of water,
The renal Is 90 to J00 feet wide and ,
ten, feet deep at mean low. wator.
which at high tide will five about
twelve feet. The. length Is twenty:
miles, rive of which were cut through
itrv land, th remalndsr hv drerts-
Ing and straightening Adam and
Cares creeks. It connects 1.1 00
square miles of navigable sound wa
ters and 1.700 miles or navigable
rlvera, as well as . Hiving an Inside
route to coastwise vessels,: enabling
them to avoid treacherotla Ttuttews
and Cape Lookout, - ,
WIFE IS ASPHYXIATED
'' I..' " v,'"i ':''?'?"":'''?' "
Also Loses Son At : Same
Time. Escaping Gas from
Heater Kills Both 1
ItALBiaM, N, C Jan. . Mrs,
Bannister, wife of H. O. Bannister,
mnnager of the local office of the
Western Union, and seventeen months
old son were asphyxiated this after
noon. The mother cntnrsd the bath
room followed by her child to use an
Instantaneous us heater. Later a.
rervunt was horrified to find the life
less body of Mrs. Bannister on the floor
snd that of tho child across a chair,
Mrs. Hannlster evidently turned on
i he gas without properly lighting the
heater and was overcome, Physicians
were summoned but life was extinct
in both mother and child when they
arrived. Mr. Bannister ' has been
managers of the Western Union's lo
cal office four years, coming here
from Itlchmond, Va. Fire years ago
he married Miss Barbara Llfraas of
Sailers, S. C.
TKAINMKV KILLED
JXXJAN'SPOrtT, Imfl. Jan. I in
the wreck of a freight train at a -crowing
of the Bis; Four and the
Pennsylvania railroads at New Madi
son, Ohio tonight It la reported that
auroral trainmen were killed. Wreck
ing trains were sent from here, from
Bradford1, Ohio, and Richmond, Ind.
TO FIGHT SMITH.
NKWAItK. tf. J., Jan The
opponents of James Smith, Jr., of this
city In his senatorial aspirations plan
to carry the fight to his very doors
in a mass meeting In Newark on
Jsnuary 14, at which Governor-elect
Woodrow Wilson will speak. Ar
rangements were made today for the
gathering.
' ' 1 HIT WTTIt A IIIUCK
PITRHAM, N, 'C. Jan. .Philip
Jones, former sheriff of Wnke coun
ty, was "perhaps fatally wounded to
day three miles from Durham, when
Pink Johnson, "cropper," renew
ing a bitter, quarrel over a settle
ment, struck him wtlh a brick and
fractured his skull In eleven places.
Johnson ha mot been caught
OPENING OF FIRST
UI0FITER1.
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