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" ,. .. 'lr vol. XXTO., NO. 101 SLUMP 1FJ DEPOSITS 1 1 - QFriEWYORKBANKS PUZZLES BANKERS pillions Were : Withdrawd .tV, From National Banks of ' v 'New York City NEW YORK BANKS c ALONE SUFFERED Reports to Comptroller of The Currency Shows Reserve Funds Ample & WASHINGTON.' Jan. 3n. -Deposits of Individuals In the 7,000 national banks of the United Bines amounted to ' 11,S,S8 between (November and Jamiafy, a situation probably un precedented'' In tba reports made U mm comptroller, of the currency. '-.. Of that; sum more thna' $166,000.- soOO was withdrawn from tho thirty. nine' national banks of New York city. No two official of the- treasury agree ae to' wher the money1 went. borne are oi me opinion inai a pan of the money .might have none to strengthen the'New York state banks and trust companies during the flurry caused by the so-called Robin failure early In- the month, v. -i '. Others think the Muge withdrawal reported- interests payments piled up In anticipation of the January aivi- dend days. ".. : As comparison - with, the national . banks of Chicago " - shows that ' the drop was confined Almost entirely to New Tor .city. The eleven Chicago banks reported .a ..loss of about 114.000,000 in Individual d posits. The reserve banks of , the Western . and Pnclfic states and the New England 'state all show , losses, but rewmparatlvely small ones. '. '-The- uneapeeted call on January 1 sejfed- to show the condition of the hanks" at, a new angled Not once before since ls7 have they been called upon so early In the year. , Som officials' think It the call had or early In February . the money. If It were withdrawn for dtvldeud pay - merits., would! have found Kb way Into pact- of the drop wss that the coun try had .gained . In November. Another feature : of the .. situation Kviurti I that in anltn nf th imnfc- mous slump In deposits. the banks ' f Contlnned on Page Two! COMMITTEE INVESTIGATES MANY OFFERS OF BRIBES TOJDURNALOFGQMMERGE Dodsworth Says All Ship Subsidy Is Simply Graft EDITOR ON STAND WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. John W. Dodsworth, editor of The New York Journal of Commerce; Chos. A. Conant, of New-York, formerly cor respondent of the publication, and V. C. Donald, of Chicago, commis sioner of Central Passenger nssocla tion, were witnesses before the -bouse committee on investigation of ship subsidy charges today and the com mittee adjourned until February 6. Mr. Dodsworth stiid he regarded hlishlp subsidy as graft but conced ed that (there were mien honftrtly supporting that cause. He agreed substantially with his brother. A. W Dodsworth, business manager of The Journal of Commerce, as to the va rious attempts to buy the Influence of that paper, but did not recall two of them, the 40,000 proposition and the DeLcssepe money proportion for Influence when the French .Pana ma Canal company was trying- to foist Its property on the United States government. Attorney Wiirthlnglnn. for the Merchnnt Marine lengne, announced that the league had reason to be lieve that the whole story of these attempts was a planconcoetert recent ly to discredit the ship subcldy leg islation advocates. Mr. Dodsworth said the check for a blank sum offered to his father thirty years ago was offered per sonally by an agent of John Roach, the ihlphu'lder As loathe $100,000 offer- for an article favoring ship ruhsldy the witness said tht his brother tried to kad his caller on and trap him but that ho, the wit ness, wis not present at the inter view' and j only learned or it. Inter.. He believed thet he would h:ve. "boosted" the cnlier. Referring to matter forwarded to rhe paper by Chas. A. Conant, of New York, to set out the Kpanlah government's position J:'t prior to the Spanish war, lr. Dodsworth said that so far as he knew there was no money proposition made to the paper and that the idea of accepting money would have been unthinkable to 'his father. ' Mr. Conant testified that he had not communicated any money offer to the paper In favor of the -Spanish government or to Influence the edi torial policy in any way. . -joo (2 OF T With Reference toloutenipt Charge Against Federation of Labor Leaders ALTON B. PARKER ASKS DISMISSAL Afp lie's. Injunctfoit Was,' Viola tlon of Freedom of Speech of Officials WASHINGTON, Jan. 80. The con cluding arguments In the famous contempt" case against President Samuel Gompers, Vice President John Mitchell and Secretary Frank Morrison, of the American Federa tion of Labor, were made today In the Supreme court of the United States. The court took the question of affirming the decision of the courts of the District of Columbia which sentenced the accused to Jail under consideration. Arguments were made by Judge Alton B. Parker and Jaoksqn H. RalHton for the accused, and by J. J. Darlington and Daniel Davenport againut them. Prmdoin of Speech Plea. Mr. Davenport laid stress on the claim of Judgs Parker that the In junction afaln.st the "boycott" of the bucks (Stove ana itange company was a violation of the freedom of speech of the officials of the American Fed eration of Labor. "I call the atten tion of Judge Parker, the lawyer, to Judge Parker, the Judge," said Mr. Davenport, Then the attorney nuoted from a decision rendered by udgu Parker when he was at the head1 of the New York Court of Appeals In which he said there was a difference between enjoining a libel and enjoining a publication as a means of carrying on a conspiracy. The officials of the American Fed eration of Labor and others, accord ing to Mr. Davenport, were engaged in a conspiracy in violation of both the laws of God and man. Names Not on Llt Judge Porker laid stress on the point that no evidence was present ed to the court below to prove that the American Federation, the official organ of the Federation of I-abor. ontainlng the name of the Bucks Stove and Range company on the we don't patronise list," had been distributed in violation of the Injunc tion. According to Ms statement the ist time the name was printed on that lint was Just before the Injunc tion became effective. The court be low being in error In regard to that point. Mr. Parker argued, that the entire sentence for contempt ien w cause the Supremo court of the Unit ed States could Hot say how much of the sentence had been imposed ty reason of the erroneous finding upon It- Mr. Darlington spoke in opposition to the position taken by Mr. Parker. He said that the issue of the Fed eration U ..which he refcrJd was rushed In order to attempt to avoid the Injunction and that copies of the Issue were mailed out even after the Injunction became effective. CONVICTS ESCAPE AMEniCTTS. Oa.. Jan. 30. Martin Hightower and J. L., Brltt, white men with sentences of two and a hslf years each, escaped today from the Rumpter County Jail gang, comman deered a large touring car and dis appeared at high speed towards Florida. The thcr.lff wttn a posse in automobiles went in pursuit, but the ''toy riders"' have not. been sighted. VIOLATED LAWS ROTH 00 AND 1(1 AReUESDAVENPOR ARIH;VILLE, K. The u 0 0 0 a oo o SfiTtSfM- y&uZZ, , " ' BILL CREA TING TARIFF BOARD GETS THROUGH ' j Democratic and Republican Champ Clark Gets WASHINGTON, - Jan. J0. After considering the matter for more than seven hours undes a special, rule the house 'of representatives at - 11.40 tonight by a vote of Mis to passed the bill providing for" 'a permanent tariff board of five membr.r This is the first of ths legislation recom mended by President fft to be adopted In ths house this session. Ths democrats split on tha passage uf the bill and although Champ Clark, tha minority leader, voted for ths mea sure, ninety of his followers wars re Corded against K -The other who voted Jnthftnt-gatrV were mrattejng republicans. The democrat were to gathe on Various amendments to the bill but in each Instance they were defeated and the Mil Was put through in exactly the chape that It came from the committee.- The insurgent republicans voted with the regulars of their party In opposition to. the democratic amendments and on the final passage.- Much of the time giv en to the consideration of the bill was taken . up by the democrats lu their efforts to amend the measure. Several roll calls were demanded anil for a time it seemed that a filibuster might be inaugurated, but an agree ment to end . tho debate at eleven o'clock was finully adpoted. To Consist of Mve The bill creates a permanent tariff board in lieu of the present board, which is a creature of a provision of the sttndry civif appropriation bill and which will expire by its own limita tion on the 30th of June.. The board is to consist of five' members, not FIVE UIILIION SOUTHBOUND To Complete Payment for Building Road Through Piedmont North Carolina PITTSHURG, Pa., Jan. 30. Nego tiations were concluded today for the purchase by (the Union; Trust com pany of Pittsburg of 15,000,000 first mortgage 4, per cent 60-year, gold bonds of the Winston-Salem South bound Railway company of North Carolina, The bonds are dated July 1, 1910, and are payable July 1, 1960, the Interest periods being Jan uary J and July 1. The Winston Salom railway Is jointly owned by ths Norfolk & Western and tha At lantic Const Line Rnllway companies, and runs 89 miles from a connection on the north with tho Norfolk S Western at Winston-Salem, N. C, to a connection on the south . with the Atlantic Coast Line railroad at Wades bo ro, N. C. The entire issue of IS, 000. 000 bonds is sold to complete and pay for the construction and equipment of the line, the Union Trust company tak ing the entire Issue. VOTE DOUBTFUL ON SENATOR LO RIMER WASHINGTON. Jan. 39.eenators consider it doulitfut that a vote on the right of Senator Lo rimer, of Ill inois, to hold his seat 1 ntho senate will be reached during the present session. . ' It Is a question as to what the re sult of a vote would be. A careful canvass by senators themselves 4n dicates that there are li or It Sen ators who ftava not reached a deci sion on the law and the facta In the case. Tne remaining senators are practically evenly divided. -. On anooont t( this condition of af fairs neither side Is preps red to al low the question to go to a vote. - C. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1911. Citfem$ MovmglDay? aaaa d no on r n n nnr i ' uv i . jh rA) .j - - rrcfi III tyy. , TI JE ASHEVILLE .' work WHat'-ifou HOUSE AFTER - j . . . - y i . , . Representative Have Genera) Angry, and President is Accused of Acting in Violation of Law. i mors than three1 of whom shati be of the sum political party, Ths tlm of office shall be six years each and those first appointed shall be for terms of two, thres, four, five and Si a years respectively, to be destgnat od by the president, The salaries of the members ara 17,500 annually for the chairman, who is to be designated by.the president., and 17,000 ach for me uiner members, me co&ra is to have lis itrincjple office is Washington add la empowered to sit in. any other pln.ee in the United' States or In for eign countries, j1,.'!'1- : . i (IMHfc I4C. iha. rule, anil suotwjusnuy os urn mu us it, soon developed a divided , difference or opinion on the democratic side, . al though the doroocrtlc members of the ways and means committee had voted with ths republicans in reporting it. Representative Dalxell of Pennsylva nia and Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee explained brief ly the provisions of the measure. - Soma questions ..arose as t- who should be in chargs of the democratic time during general debate whether It should be a democrat In favor of the bill or one opposed to It. This set some of tho republicans laughing. t'liamp Mark Angry "I hope," said Mr. Payne, "that the gentlemen on the other side, who ever they are, can get together on somo gentleman In whom, they have con fidence." i Champ Clark, ' wild had al ready Indicated that he favored the bill was on his feet In a flash. j "A Utile more of that kind of talk MISS DOROTHY ARNOLD BELT Central Park Will Be . Searched Foot by Foot for Her Body. ' NEW YORK, Jan. JO. Rumor Ss variable as tho winds of 'March con tinue to surround the mysterious dis appearance of Dorothy Arnold, now missing from her New York home for nearly fifty days, Tonight ths ease to all intents Is where it was when counsel for tha family first sought aid through oubllcltv. In sheer desperation tho family has invoked- the aid of tha police to go over the confines of Central park foot by foot and to drag the park lakes and" ponds. Tills probably will be begun tomorrow. A report was cur rent 'tonight that Mllss Arnold on the day of her disappearance visited- a steamship agency to procure literature relative to a cruise to .the West Indies. Tha agency remembrnj seeing a girl similar to the 'picture of Miss Arnold but the records show no reservation. Evidence that she called at this agency is sppnrently as strong us that she started to wslk through Central park. Yet the fami ly In the alMM-ncB of other clues, has decided to Institute tho systematic search, snd, if nothing results, to search Bronx parK similarly, wAAHiNaTOsr, Jan. ' . J9. Fore- east: North Carolina! fair Tuesday; Wednesday Increasing cloudiness; I warmer; moderate vartabla winds. 5- i rt0" n n n n j u u u n n - aGr,oaMQQcf- V f CITIZEN.' sitipn LONG DEBATE J Mix up in Course of Which 'gab' on your side," he retored holly, "and your bill Is dead." "Kilt It. kill It," shouted a dosen democrats, ' . . It was Anally agreed - that " Mr. Payno of New York and Mr. Harri son of New York should control ths time., ths Utter in opposition. After Mr, Payne had earnestly urg. d the psMwgs ft tha bill, Mr, Clark took tho floor. i Bays It I Idloiie ' "For some time." ha said, "there has been a proposition pending In tha United States: In a sort of nebulous WW. .for a tariff rommisnio,. that, is as institution intended to- undurtako to fix rates, f was nppnsad to that Inst ysar, because It Is idiotic. It Is Idlotlo because tha constitution of the United . States -absolutely precludes such a performanca. ' , , ; 'The proposition for tariff board has been' so amended In this pending bill that the board shall report to the senate or report to ths president or report to the house. On tho md tioa of the democrats In the commit tee It was fixed so that tha house shall bs competent or abla to direct (he subjects that this board shall in vestigate. Misuallon Now IMffevenl "That makes an entirely different situation. I voted 'or that bill In the committee, I am going to vote for It here. - ,'. "Of course there is no us in con- oral what the condition is; we have got tile house after ths fourth of (Continued mi IW Three) SWEEPING VICTOR. IN AeiSTUP. RAILROAD Guilty of Violating Inter state Commerce Act by Overcharges NEW ORLKANB, Jun, 19,-The government won a sweeping- victory today In a novel test case nf the Interstate commerce act when a Jury, In the Federal District court return ed a verdict of guilty against the Texas and Pacific railroad on two Indictments, embraHng five counts. Tha charges ajtlnst tha railroad were that In the guise of storage charges freight ' rata In excess of commerce oommtsaion were made mads on grain shipments front Ar kansas points to New Orleans. The penality which the court may im pose ranges from a H0,009 to 20, 000 fine on each count. It ,l stated that the road will be called upon to pay Iwck all such excess charges collected, amounting, according . to the government agent, to thousands of dollars. i,. ti. . j Assistant District Attorney Speck, who conducted tha prosecution, ex pressed the belief that an Investi gation would disclose th operation In other parts of tha eountry of sim ilar scheme on the part of the railroads to collect frelrbt rates in excess of those laid down hi ths tariff schedules. ; FIGHT TO DRAW MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. J.Pae UeyMc Far land of Chicago and Jsck Brittotr of .Indianapolis fought eight rounds to a draw before tha Armory Athk'tic stub tonight ., llABDOCH BEATS GAUfTTSO? NEW TOBK. Jan. -80 Warren Barbour, the millionaire boxer who holds tha. national amateur heavy weight championship; knocked bnt John (Haretsnn of tha Avonla,' A. C. jKew York, hole af tha Metropolt- amateur championship, th pons round tcnlfbfc , tn less - ' t -;t':;y" PIUCE FIVK ,CENT3 " fflPUlflE BfIS r-, KkV WESfTOGUBA nnni n x-.-v 3 mil I m CM ' i "-, r?A rs4 ' INTRODUCES BILL M, II, C. SCHOOL IniUal Appropriation of $25, 000 With More For Main tenanco ." ? 'i,",:..vfi,,'. -' .' .Tt . ..- ASHEVILLE POLICE" x COMMISSION DEAD Bill Introduced to Cut Down Salaries of . Clerks In State Offices kalkiqh, N, C... Jan. i-Tia wiuoh talked ot bill providing for th aatabllshmont of & teachers' training whool in West am North Carolina, waa introduced In tha sennta today by Senator Martin of nunoomba.' 'it authorises tha stato board of edu cation to astabllsh tueh a school tor training teachers of both sexes and carries an appropriation of 2B,00( for buildings and equipment with tho requirement that tha county or coin ni unity wnero it is locatiul nrnvirin uniiiuni. ins dill also make appropriation of 110.600 annually for wiviiiiuki aim speoinos unat there nan oe trustees from tha Eighth, mnia ana Tenth congressional dis tricts Thera is everv Indication th this bin will pass by a safe majority oecoina a law, Tbe bill abolishing tha police com mission of Ashcvtiia m frtim the bouse and was by request of Sena tor Martin placed on tha calendar, passed and was ordered enrolled for ratification, having passed ths house, a mil or general Interest was in troflueea by Bnator London of Chatham, to codify tho law regarding menial anguisn sulu agiUnst tli. graph, companies. A measure of his, tha house defeated two years ago. (Senator Cobb of Robeson moved to postpone tha special order for con sidering the bill establishing Hoke county from tomorrow at noon until Thursday, butJ; inotlwn failed to carry, si,? ..v1-v.,f .. . aorkt . Oft ' Too'' Much " : ' i . 'In tha houaw of representative, npoinnour, of Miirke. offered a- reso lution to appoint a committee of tlvw members to ascertain the number of clerks In ths state office and recom mend such reduction of salaries as may be deemed advisable in view of tha fact that as the resolution re cites clerks in stata offices ara . re ceiving from t,B00 to li.ooo, while teachers are being paid only tit to $40 per month, and many college professors only from $000 to $1,000 The resolution demands a scaling that would, put the clerks more on a pari ty with tha teachers for whom far grewtor equipment Is demanded. Ths r'olullon went to tho oommlttea on salaries and fees. A bill introduced by Judd of Wake provides that Kaleigh be reimbursed tho cost of tho unsuccessful prose cution of tho Standard Oil company for violating thet state anti-trust law. Bwurt of Henderson Introduced a Mil "to tax dogs, magistrate and Justices of tha peace In Henderson eouat." Investigate tnta lYopffty. . -i - The hous passed tha Joint . reso lution by Kenator Hrown to inveett gala tha Mattafnuskeet, Klkln ; and Allegheny, and SUtosvllla Air Xins railroads; Wflkesboro, ;- Jefferson Turnpike, and athr matters unfav. orably reported by the stats board of internal Improvement. - aii-Judge Ewart declaring in .discussion that the state has evidently " lost la, the Mattamuskeet railroad schema atone; $140,000. It. has baretofora passed tba senate. . -.r. , r" A notablo Mil passed" was that to amend tha charter of the Carolina1 nd Tennessee Railroad compsny, so; as to require that It construct cer- krfmTnn mmm lULiiniuii limit i ill (Coo tin wad oa trtgt Two) McCurdy' I -J. --v. - ' "-- ii'v"1. - ' Outstrips Torpedo Boats In oectacular Flight Across. Watcr srv . . , a f . t r, FORCED TO DESCENi FOR LACK OF OIL Daring Man Bird Gets Within Ten Miles of City of v -Havana ; - KEY WEST,' Jan. iO.Bl day of nxlnty and waiting for a favorable turn In waathar conditions ended this morning for JUA." XX McCurdy, tha viator, whan the daring young bird ' man crossed the starting Una at t.J o'clock oa hhr journey - across ' the Florida Htralt to Havana, tha longest over water flight yt attempted in tho'1 history of avullo. Ha tuused from tha sight of thoav on his side of tha channel within IUten minutes and tha next heard tit him Jwaa that he had been forced to diehd In ths wa ter tan miles from Havoim by a r'mrt ago of oil.' McCurdy and hi t iihm wera uninjured ind were i up by tha torpedo - destrevfr ...mitt and takan to Havana, Thousands flailier tespltt tha many disitppolntiriciits io tha public hero, McCurdy i-i not lark for spectators when he t.artcd and gave every onn wlie witnessed his flight ths sensation i: wer ei peeling. When satlt.i n i.n-y report on tha weather ' had t a received, ths aviator olImhM lul l lux t'urtis lil plana and waved tli u,im to re- leasa him, the ai i .j ! -fully, down tint i feet or mora and l'- il.lcd grHt-e-a hundred into Ills lr. After ; reschln u 1. f of about S00 feet MoCuroy tiirncj hm i.-utchlna and circled over the city, 'i . . .-nn front was lined Willi ci. d c i'im. sands as ha pi. used. l. oilu-r thousands tiled rimlx, nv i n nlds and i. lie then othpr place of , vwii' mad another eir.-'- 1 riyiut,' i.ouo rt mi . turning to a point aim the e . field wss given ths l;uul to ( h rt on his flight to Havana. ; , - , , Ita'tt! Torpedo Boats Acting on instructions : from tiin (rnnllnileMl on Psirn . Thrmil PfitSIDEOTIiElO 17 PEHE RECEIPT EF FEE Vehicle , Commissioner, of Uaryland Says All Cars V" Alike ' MUST .PAY TAX WASHlNaTON, Jan, " J0. Tha whits house has bean paying licenses on five auUmohllis which tha govern ment provided fof ths use of th president and big family, although; not required by law to do so. Not only ' for tha District of Columbia. Mary land gad Virginia,- over which tsrri- torr tha orlaldent rides whlla hs is t th national is pi tol, but also' Massachusetts whers the summer whits house- la- located, bars automo bile licenses been procured tor the xecullve , machines. - '. i neeausa Choa. P, Nprton, secretary to tha president, recently wrote to John K. Oenrga, ' Maryland? s auto- mobile commissioner, applying for II- - ceniss for Mr. Tsft's motor cars but ' failed to enclos : a check - for tha tattis, Mr. neorg replied that ha, would tend tha licenses ss soon os he - had tha- monoy. , , , The comptroller of tha treasury re Cently decided that neither the DIs- trtct of Columbia nor tha stste could k tag- government , aotomobllea. ' COMMIKWOXIJX )4 YH PAY BALTIMOttB, Jan, 30. "Ha is president I know, but nit automobiles look ailk to tna,". said John E.. George, stat motor vehicle commis sioner today In speaking of bis ac tion in withholding the lleenses pend-, Ing the receipt of tha fees exacted by the state of (Maryland which In this case amount -te). 43. - ? ; - v Tha law exempts vehicles owned .' by the stats of Maryland and tha lo cal government of Maryland, commis sioner Oeorge added,, "but nothing saw about thn United State. Fur thermore, ) have written to tha sher iff of Montgomery county and told him to let no man without a license escape. He '"t. the vice president off, but I do not WsnCibst to hap pen again. Princes. potenut"s, r-rc-idents and vica presidents look n ; j to me in this automobile business." KII4 IJTILK B1HTET1 5 COLUMBUfl Oa.. vJan. 80. c. - n. aged , son of S. A. K, tJullet, a i county, Alabama, farmer, at his bon e today, sent tha load from a shot :i throoffb th hAitd of his four y.uir old sister, Mildred, killing her In stantly. , ;
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