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sFair and Pleasant To-iijfht
And Saturday. . -
CHARLOTTE, N: G.f ,;MjDAY, 4, 19101
COTTON
-To-day" 14.78
Seed 49.50.
PRICE ONE CEOT tnreTnrt:,nl
To-Day Sympathetic Strike is Remote.
3u .ociaeJ Press)
iLELriUA, Pa., Mar
htrd of directors of tne
Kaoia Transit Compa,
h 4. .
Phila-
The
Company met
lu consiuer tne oner
- car men made last
tne
,jgbt i'"' "...jurt of common pleas
jurt of common
69n". ,.r,int:in-nt of arbitrators to
r the 'iinercnces existing - be-
n the nun and the company.
Mbor'men say the acquiescence of
k ,rac i,n directors in the proposed
titration will mean the calling off
f he -reral strike ordered to go
?' effect at midnight to-night and
JJe return oi the striking trolle-men
-The order of the Union -men was
iie through their attorneys. J
SJood Dalv in a letter addressed
Resident iCruger of the Rapid
Lnit Company, foUowing the dec
Stion of -Mayor Reybum that an
J of assembly provided a means of
arbitration.
The communication calls for a re
v bv noon to-day.
Although President Kruger stated
to a commit-.ee, of business men that
L company will obey the law, lie
k refused to comment on the sub
it of Attorney Daly's letter. George
? Earle one of the city's represen
tatives on the board of directors and
tfom'nent lawyer. said yesterday
that he believed the act to .be un
WO WILL GET PLUM
(Bi Associated Press)
' WASHINGTON, March 4. .The
bonis of a dilemma is a comfortable
perch in comparison with what Presi
dent Taft is occupying just now,- as
he seeks to reconcile warring frac
tions and decide who is to be post
Miter of Briston, Va.-Tenn.
Bristol is a town of 20,000 popula
te so remarkably situated that the
Hiia street lies along the divided
Sue between the two States. - It
ctees that the postoffice building
mis on the Tennessee side of the
reet. For this reason it has for
many years been regarded as a part
of the patronage of the Tennessee
Congressman from that district.
PINCH0T HOLDS
THE STAGE NOW
lepoed Forester's Testimony is Most
sensational That Has Yet Been
Grren Crowds Throng the Room.
fBp Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 4. While
interest in the Ballmger-Pinchot in
vestigation had already been attested
large crowds at each session, the
srah to get in since Gilfford Pinchot
k the stand has been such th; the
idling of newspaper copy out of
tie room has been at times made im
possible. Louis R. Glavis was the hero of the
flwng while he was on the stand ac
ting Secretary Ballinger, but he
gone into eclipse now that Mr.,
Knchot, the desposed forester and
Wend of conservation, is holding the
"tre of the stage.
The Pinchot family has long been
Prominent in the exclusive social cir
cles of the capital and since Mr. Pin
t took the stand many of the
eaders of this set have been present.
Mrs. Pinchot. th
;nner forester, has been at the hear-
88 almost daily. She is usually
wounded by half a score of friends.
When tho r-rv,-,- jjx j
- viiuuiim auju ur lieu
flay afternoon last. thA
-"nation of Mr,
Pinchot had just
started
Attorney John J.
and tl representfnS Mr. Ballinger,
the other accused officials of the
nor Department. Upon the re-
UBlDhrir,
b .v e ne-arIn& this morn
ia8 there waa .
v.vC1 iiiuicanon mat
'nchot wrtnir? ,
ftOODs DESCEND
IN IREDELL
6rl to The Chronicle. .
IEE',M . -e
mill nnrtu Morrison s
toejj 'W1 "i town, seems to have
ers of grea tost done by the high
Uai has Wn of the week-
fte countv y washe'i all over
res ' and numerous small
Wr Jre farfied away, but the
. ailu more
importaiit bridges
ui rn u
amage t l LIJwi trie test. The
aili k n,1 , Mrrison dam and
toill
dam Lr n The
UQe and rC WHs wasn2d away last
as beim, t w concrote structure
col 11 by Ho'1,a- Brothers
days' S' and lacki or.lv
heh Wa,,'v'rk of being completed
rice fJ'tl aw'ay- Th2 contract
Ms nrf.:n." new dam was $900 and
"ided hit 0,1 that the los will oe
. MorrTWC'en Hllar Kronrs and
''the rtaJ1, In addition-to' the loss
h mill aH Se watti wheel of
Airort t t.the mill buildfni,' was
extent of $100 or
h. c' and
in
Sv in tl lr- Mo"i3on, and a
th belonging to a
at -.5UTOrnood waa demol.
STRIKE MAY YET
BE ARBITRATED
4 General Walk-Out May be Averted if Transit Com
fl1iv and Car Men Come to Terms at Conference
constitutional.
Labor leaders are going ahead with
their preparations for the big walk
out order to take effect at midnight
to-night. The carpenters and join
ers whose national " offices are here,
decided to demand aji increase in
wages as well . as joining in the gen
eral sympathetic strike.
A board of arbitration composed of
master and journeymen bricklayers
met to-day at the request ofl the lat
ter who wish to find some means .to
participate in the sympathetic strike
without endangering an agreement
iwlth the employers. -Good feeling:
exists -betwen .the master -and jour
neymen in their trade. The (brick
layers organization is unaffiliated
with the Central Labor Union and is
one of the . few labor .bodies incor
porated under State law.
The Union Brewery workers, num
bering 2,000 men, heve - referred to
their national officers the question, of
a sympathetic strike and expect to
receive instructions to-day
The brewerymen are working un
der an agreement won after a hard
fight and are hesitating about going
into a sympathetic strike without the
sanction of the national organization.
The leaders on tooth, sides of the
big labor contest are receiving hun
dreds of telegrams from all over the
United States giving moral support
and endorsement.
AT BRISTOL, VA.-TENN.
Representative Slemp, however, who
represents the Virginia district which
embraces the eastern half of Briston,
maintains that there Is no reason
why he should not have a chance to
nominate the postmaster now' and
tbcb.
There was every indication that
Mr. Slemp would be successful when
he induced the President to send to
the Senate the nomination of G. .E.
GoedelL- A decided element of doubt
was introduced though when Repre
sentative Brownlow, of Tennessee
district, marshalled his forces) and
Ijad the confirmation jheld up.
The President promises that all
parties at interest shall be heard.
STRIKE ORDER
IS POSTPONED
Members of Order of Railway Con
ductors Are Opposed to Arbitration
Will be Settled To-Morrow.
(By Associated Press)
BALTIMORE, Md., March 4.
"With the strike order held in
abeyance until tomorrow, interest in
the controversy over wages and ser
vice conditions between the Balti
more and Ohia Railroad and its con
ductors and trainmen centered to-day
in the efforts of the board of media
tion under the Erdman act, to bring
about a settlement of the differences
by peaceful means.
Whether the time limit would be
extended beyond the hour fixed, 11 a.
m., Saturday, President Garretson, of
the Order of Railway Conductors,
this forenoon said depended upon
whether the results of the mediators
labors showed reasonable hope's that
an amicable adjustment of the pend
ing dispute might be reached.
Asked if he would consent to
arbitration, Mr. Garretson said the
men had already anawered their ques
tion by their, overwhelming expres
sion against it when they were polled
on the strike question.
EXPRESS MAY
J3ARRY MAIL
(By Associated Press)
ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 4. An
opinion rendered here yeaterda in
the Federal Court of Appeals holds
that express .companies may carry
packages of less than four pounds
and yet be immune from the law
prohibiting corporations from carry
ing letters or packages in competi
tion with the United States mails.
It was intended to b a tst case
and originated in the western dis
trlict of Arkansas . Nathan B. Will
iams, a resident of Fayetteveill. Ark.,
sued the Wells-Fargo Express Com
pany for a penalty for alleged viola
tion of the postal law for carrying a
one pound package from Chicago to
Fayetteville.
The court sustained a demurrer
setting forth that the suit should.
have been instituted by he govern- 1
ment. This was affirmed.
A NEW DEAL IN
MEAT BOYCOTT
- ,
(By Associated P'csi)
NEW ORLEANS, La., Marvh 4.
Launching a campaign agaainst the
so-called "beef trust" retail butchers
of New Orleans last night decided to
fnv ) ma ofvplf nnm nmn v - f or the 'f DUt-
nosft or directly importing cattle.
with the proposed elimination of
jstock yard expenses and charges by
commission, merchants. Furthermore
the butchers decided to daunch ' a
campaign "to educate . the ; public1
how to tuy meat, - setting - forth !the
art van tares of tmrchasinjr - by tne
'. - . I pound, instead of Jy the cut or pieced i
KILLED THREE MEN
IS ARRESTED
. --
Ltawrenee Odom Confesses to Killing
of 'His Friend Hasr Wife and Nine
Children.
. (3f Associated Press)
MOBLLrE, Ala.T March 4. Law
rence, .alias Darby Odom,, he white
man who yesterday shot and killed
Charles Golden, Lavis Gartman and
Joseph Stokes, at Citronelle, this
county, was landed in ' the "county jail
here early this morning after a
ride through the country. The pris
oner has a wife and - nine children,
confessed ' to the killing.
Deputy Sheriff Byrd at midnight
made an investigation r of the iklling
and says that he found Golden lying
dead in front of Odom's gate. By the
side of Golden's body was a 22-calibre
rifle unloaded, and no empty shells
wer eto be found either in the cham
ber of the rifle or on the ground.
They examined the body and found
Golden shot in the neck and breast
with huckshot.
The sheriff went from Odom's home
to that of Jeff Gortman. Dave Gort
man, Keff Gortman's. son, was found
lying flat on his face in the front
yard shot in the right shoulder. The
buckshot entered the lung after hav
ing torn their way - through the shoul
der. The sheriff went to Joseph Stokes
place and found Stokes dead, lying
out in his field, having apparently
been killed while plowing. Stokes was
shot in the breast with one load of
ifackshot, and another load entered
under the right ear. ,
The bodies were, found as Odom
told the officers he had" left them.
MANY PRIVATE
EXCHANGES HERE
A. Feature of the Telephone System
In Charlotte That Indicates Large
and Important and Busy Business
Kstablislirnents A Dozen Private
Branch JExchanges Have Total of
Nearly 500 Stations.
That Charlotte is, becoming more
and more a city ..of large and com
plex . business- estabJishmnts is Indi
cated' in nothing mere than 'in thte
number of private branch telephone
exchanges that have been Installed re
cently. Only." a -few-years ago there
was not one of these private branches
in operation. To-day there are about
a dozen and others are contemplated.
These exchanges, are made necessary
by the multiplicity of offices or de
partments in several establishment
In the city. Through them communi
cation is given between each office or
department and also, through the cen
tral exchange, with any telephone
station in the city, the . private
branches being connected by one or
more lines with the exchange of the
Bell Telephone Company.
The private exchanges in the city
at present have a total o fnearly 500
stations, which, added to the 3,094
stations of the Bell Telephone Com
pany, would give Charlotte nearly 3,
600 telephone stations. The private
branch exchanges are as follows:
Selwyn Hotel 146.
, Stonewall Hotel 112.
Central Hotel 106.
Southern Power C6mpany 20.
General Fire Extinguisher Compa
ny 12.
J. W. Wadsworth's Sons 8.
' Southern Cotton Oil Company 10.
S. W. Cramer 6.
International Harvester Company 7.
South Atlantic Waste Company 6.
-Charlotte National Bank 12.
Sacoe & Pettee 5.
The new home of the Southern
Manufacturers' Club will be equipped
with an exchange with about 40 sta
tions. .
CHARLOTTE MEN
ON PROGRAMME
Mr. A." E. McCausand and Prof. J. G.
Baird to Deliver Addresses at Big
Meeting of Eleventh . District Pytli
lans at Ellenboro To-Morrow Even
ing. Several prominent Charlotte Py-
thians are on the official programme
for the eleventh district meeting at
Ellenboro, to be held on March 5, Sat
urday, in the lodge room at Ellen.
boro, at 8 o'clock in the evening.
The exercises will be in charge of
Mr. G. B. Pruett cancellor command
er, and the district ' meeting will be
called to order by "-Mr. J. S. P. Car
penter, deputy grand chancellor.
Following the reports : from the
lodges in the eleventh district will be
special addresses by prominent Pythi
ans, including the following subjects
to be discussed by Charlotte members
of the order:
"The Good, of the Order," by. Mr.
A.E- McCausland, of Charlotte, grand
vice chancellor.
"The Future ' of - Pythianism - in
North Carolina," by 'Prof. J. O. Baird,
of Charlotte. . .
There will also be an address on
"The Insurance Department," -by Mr.
G.. H. "Royster, of Greensboro, and on
"Our Orphans' Home," by Mr., G. B.
Pruett.
The meeting will close wjth a, ban
quet at the hotel when, oysters will be
served ahd a happy ending to the oc
casion celebrated.
John H. Cullen, teller in the Union
Institution for savings at Boston, was
-arrested at-his home in Dorchester
early to-day, charged with a, short
age in, accounts. Cullenwas. sus
pended" three days, ago.' The pae
was . laid - before Bnk Examiner
Chapin, who immediately ' transferred
tt loathe State police .J
HENRY SPIVEY
ISxREPRIEVED
Bladen 5onnty Negro May Not Yet
be , Hanged- 'Pressure Being
Brought to. Bearon Walter Morri
son Case. - i-
CH,RONlCLE BUREAU,
'RALEIGH, March 4.
North Carolina's last hanging be
fore,, the passing of capital punish
ment to give place to electrocution did
not 'take place to-day owing to the
night-preprieve granted last evening to Hen
ry Spivey. of Bladen county, by Gov
ernor Kitchin in compliance with an
urgent, .telegram from counsel for the
prisoner appealing to him to grant a
reprieve of sufficient time for them
to appear 'before Judge Adams and
urge him to join in a recommenda
tion for commutation. The reprieve
Is to March 11. Governor Kitchin
makes' this statement regarding the
reprieve: "Telegrams received from
Mclntyre, Lawrence and Proctor and
McLean, McLean & Snow, counsel fpr
3p3vey, saying that the trial judge had
promised to hear tjiem and asking for
a reprieve of sufficient time to have
such hearing, and, I having declined
to commute Spivey's sentence, stating
among other things that neither the
judge, the jury nor the solicitor had
recommended clemency (whose re
commendations I give great weight in
such matters) and deeming it a mat
ter of sufficient importance to extend
additional opportunity to the prison
er to get expressions from them, I re
prieve Spivey to Friday, March 11."
Want Jklorrison's Life Saved.
For some weeks there have been
expressions from one and another
quarter that Walter Morrison, the
Robeson county negro, under sentence
to be electrocuted 'for criminal assault
on a "Croatan Indian woman, should
have a commutation to life imprison
ment on the ground that he has suf
fered the tortures of death repeated
ly through the repeated postponement
of electrocution oh account of the
failure of the State prison authorities
to get the death chamber fully equip
ped for the. execution.. Now there is
filed with the Governor a formal ap
plior tion '.for the. commutation, this
being mr 3,'MeDMrmia, "of
Lumbertorf;" counseV f oi - tter Itegro.
The electrocution is riow? set' for
March 18. -.
A ppeal for Johnston., Murderer.
John Atkinson, of Johnston county,
Is also scheduled for electrocution at
the same time for the murder of a
man who, it is alleged, ruined his
home. There is also an application
filed by his counsel, Mr. Allred. of
Selma, for the commutation - of the
sentence. The evidence and pleadings
on .both cases are yet to be filed, ut
it Is expected that action as to both
cases will be taken before the date
now set for the double electrocution.
SOLD TAINTED
LOUISVILLE MEAT
Live Stock Inspector Makes a Sensa
tional Report Diseased Meat Sold
With Pure Product.
(By Associated Press)
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 4. That
diseased meat in many cases has been
sold in the markets of Louisville and
has "been slaughtered along with
wholesome, pure meat, was the sub
stance of a report made to the lower
board of the general council last night
by Deputy Live Stock Inspector B. F.
Rogers. It Lb charged in the report
that on various occasions sick pigs,
sick cows and diseased steers have
been tagged to be held for further in
vestigation and a post mortem and
have been sold in the markets. Speci
fic dates and instances are mentioned,
together with the names of witnesses
and in some cases the complete full
name of the firms charged with hand
ling the meat are given. In other in
stances only the initials of firms are
ueed.
An effort probably will.be made to
bring the matter to the attention of
the grand jury. .
'
THE BLUE AND
GRAY UNITED
(By Associated P'uss t
NEW ORLEANS, La., March 4.
Before his departure - from New Or
leans last night for Houston, rTexas,
General L R. Van Sant, commander
in chief of the Grand Army vf the
Republic was given a rousing ova
tion by Confederate organizations
here.
"Comrades," declared "General Van
Sant, "never braver men wore uni
form than the Southern soldiers."
The old veterans broke forth into a
spontaneous "rebel yell" which "was
followed iwdth a stirring- eulogy of
ihe Confederate soldier by the Grand
Army Commander. Commander - J
A. Brookshirjs, of the Louisiana-Mississippi
division of the Grand Army
of the Repuli supplemented
"On declarationi day let : us plant a
ower on every soldier's grave, not be
cause he wore the gray," hut: (because
he was an Americaji soldier."
VESSELS DAMAGED
IN SUI0AY FIRE
Special to The Chronicle.
- WILMINGTON. March 4. -A
tooard of survey yesterday afternoon
examined the Norwegian steamer
Herman Wedel Jarlsberg, which was
damaged in the Seaboard lire Sun
day night, and decided to reconv
mend that the vessel ' go to some
northern port and receive permanent
repairs.v 'The damage - to .the.; vessel
is between-J 15,000 and $20,0--
NORMAL SCHOOLS
AND HEALTH
Dr. Gulick Gives Some Interesting
Facts and Figures "by Way of Com
parison. ,
(By Associated Press1)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 4.
That normal schools are making much
hetter provision for developing and
conserving the physical soundness of
their students than high schools do,
is one of the conclusions in the report
on the status of instruction in hygien
ic American instituptions. The report
was made to-day by Dr. Luther . H.
Gulick, director of the department of
child hygiene of the Russell Sage
Foundation, New York, and was pre
sented at the session of the American
School Hygiene Association - held in
connectio with the meeting of the de
partment of superintendence of the
National Educational Association. Dr.
Gulick's information was gathered
from replies to circulars sent to all
American normal schools and hlgh
schools by the United States Bureau
of Education.
It was found that more than half
the normal schools have regular de
-
partments of physical education, but
i only one lligh SChool in twenty has
such a department. Regular instruc
tion in hygiene is given in three out
of four normal schools and only one
high school out of each six. About
the same proportion held with respect
to work in gymnastics and athletics.
Swimming Is taught in about one nor
mal school in ten, but is a regular
subject in only one high school in
400.
One normal school in ten has mili
tary drill as contrasted with one high
school in each hundred. About half
of the normal schools have athletic
fields and about one high school in
five has one.
Developments in respect to the
status of hygiene teaching in the high
schools of the different sections of the
country showed a remarkable pre
donderance of favorable conditions in
the West.
CUP TO THE N. C.
NATIONAL GUARD
Handsome Trophy Presented, to Ad
jutant General J. F. Armfiejd to be
Competed for by Teams from
Companies in the Tar Heel Malitia.
The Dopant Powder Company has
placed in the hands of Adjutant Gen
eral Armfield and of the North Car
olina National Guard, a Very hand
some and attractive silver cup to be
offered as a prize to the "organiza
tion in the National ' Guard in this
State that makes the best record at
target shooting indoors, the trophy
being open to the local members of
the State guard together with the oth
er companies in the State who may
wish to compete. ' -
General Armfield has issued the fol
lowing rules to govern the contest
for the cup: '
One tea mfrom each o the differ
ent companies.
Teams to consist of five officers
and men.
Number of shots for each man 7,
standing and 7 prone.
Two sighting shots will be allow
ed each man off shoulder, no sight
ing shots prone.
Dinstance 50 feet.
Kind of target used, X. '
Competition to be held annually
prior to the first of May, the trophy
to be awarded tto the team making
the highest aggregate score.
The trophy to remain in competi
tion indeffinately.
The first competition will be held
at the home station of companies on
April 11th 1910 under the supervision
of the company commander, who will
forward not later than the 12th of
April 1910, a certified record of. the
score made by the team, giving each
man's name and score, together with
the target used attached.
BORED HOLE IN
LINCOLN PENNY
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, .March 4. Pat
rick Peterson, of Buxton, La,, bored
a hole in a new Lincoln penny and
was sorry about it after, he realized
that he had mutilated a "coin of the
realm" hat he wrote the following
letter of apology to President .Taft
"President Taft, Washington:
Please find one cent which I bored a
hole in and feel very sorry for it,
hoping you will forgive me.
"Yours truly,
"Patrick Peterson,
JBuxton, La.
"P. S. Hoping to hear from you."
BIG CROWDS ATTENDING
THE MOBLEY SALiC.
1-
One of the largest crowds seen on
"the streets to-day was gathered In
front of 39 East Trade street, where
the big bankrupt sale is being con
ducted' Iby Mr. J. W. Mobley. Mr.
Mobley purchased the entire stock .of
the. Miller Dry Goods Company jf
close out at most any old price in Ov.
3er tor turn the building over to car
penters to overhaul for the new firm
of Wallis-Lawrence Company, which
will occupy the store. All day yes
terday and to-day the store has been
packed to the door and sometimes the
street with bargain hunters, money in
hand and calling for the goods. The
sale will continue for about one week.
The time is short and a full house
will probably : be In evidence every
iday. . .
SHAW CASE IS UPy
TO PRESIDENT
Mr. Taft Himself Will Decide Whetner or Not North
Carolinian May Practice Before Department - of J
the Interior.-- 1 r
CHRONICLE BUREAU,
CONGRESS HALL HOTEL,
WASHINGTON, March 4.
The Post of this morning has this
to say concerning tho Shaw contro
versy: "The question whether A C.
Shaw should be allowed to practice
his profession 'before the Department
of -the. Interior is to be determined by
President Taft himself. When Mr.
Shaw asked permission to practice
before Secretary Ballinger's depart
ment his application was temporarily
denied. The-President is expected to
announce his decision In a few days.
The opinion was advanced at the
Interior Department yesterday that
Mr. Shaw would probably be allowed
to practice after a reasonable length
of time.
"Senator Root, a member of the
Ballinger-Pinchot investigating, com
mittee is considering the case and at
the Senate-end of the Capitol it is
predicted that a decision may be
postponed until after Mr. Shaw has
testified at the inquary.
O VER TWO MILLION
DAMAGE BY FLOOD
(By Associated Press)
EVERETT, Washn., March 4. A
report circulated here late last night
that ten persons had been found alive
in a car excavated from the-masa of J
snow wreckage at Wellington, nas
caused great excitement here, but is
so far unconfirmed. The wire to Well
ington was lost during last night'
storm and it is impossible to get
word direct, from there. ,The Great
Northern Railway officers here have
received no-confirmationof the rumor.
Persons who left Scenic late yesterday
afternoon-had heard nothing of. a res.
cue of Imprisoned passengers ' and ar
inclined to doubt the story. The tele."
graph company expects to. get the Iin$
open to Wellington to-day. . " ,
The storm "which1 started last night
Shd, swepfaowij the canyon to SceniO
changed into' a drenching rain this
morning, increasing the discomfort
and danger Of the men at work dig-,
ging for bodies.
The Crreat Northern expects to bring
the first bodies out on a train sched
TO INVESTIGATE
NEGRO LYNCHING
Judge Instructs Grand Jury to Look
Into Killing of1 Aflen Brooks, But
No Results Are Anticipated.
(By Associated Press)
DALLAS, Tex., March 4. Judge
Seay in the district court here to-day
instructed the grand jury to investi
gate the lynching yesterday of the
negro, Allen, Brooks, charged with as
saulting a 3 -year-old white girl, with
a view of Indicting the mob leaders.
It is - believed, however, the 1 investi
gation will be a mere formality and
that there will be no prosecution. The
militia has been recalled and saloons
re-opened. The city is quiet to-day.
Frank McCue, the white prisoner
charged with the murder of Earl
Mabry, has been taKen to Gaines
ville. Burrell Oates and Rubber
Robinson, the other two negroes
were taken to Cleburne. The two
are charged with murdering a white
man and the mob yesterday tried to
get possession of them.
DEFAULTING TELLER WILL
COMPLETE PRISON TERM.'
'- ' '. . A
It is said this eek that there Is
now little if - any chance left -of secur
ing for Franc Jones, the defaulting
teller of the Charlotte National Bank,
the pardon which was spoken of some
weeks ago,' and in the interest Of
which Mr. Crawford D. Bennett, at
torney for Jones, made a trip to
Charlotte from his new home in
Oklahoma, 'and later to Washington
to lay the matter before the Federal
government .authorities there.
The report was current- also that
there was opposition to the granting
of the pardon by interested parties
here who, it was said, did not believe
that there were sufficient grounds for
the demand upon executive clemency
to warrant the granting of the par
don. Under the usual rules of prison,
life iw a Federal institution the,
prisoner will get one-fifth of his
sentence cut off for good behavior,
and there is no doubt abOut Jpnes'
being able to claim this indulgence.
vMiss Carew, sister of Mrs.- Theo
dore Roosevelt has been informed
that before going to Parfs, former
President Roosevelt, will spend two
days at her villa near Port -Murizo.
The Figaro, in an extended review
of the FrancoiAroerican ' tariff situa
tion as set forth by Bernard J. Shon
'inger, president of the American
chamber of Commerce in Paris agrees
that France is asked to conceds less
than the United States offers in re
turn foran exchange of minimum
rates and that France would be the
greater sufferer if no agreement were
reached. v - -
"Attention was directed to the fact ,
yesterday that "hV a repqrt to . Mr,
Pinchot oj January 5, 1910, . signed
co-Jointly by Mr. 8haw and O. W.
Price, associate t ohester, there ap
peared the following-statement: '
" As employes of subordinate rank '
in the Department of Agriculture w
have violated official - precedents in
directing public attention to " the con
duct of Dubllc business . In the De
partment -of the " Interior.'." ;
President Taft Is said to ; base - his
disinclination to admit Mr. 'Shaw to
practice largely on reports and ad
missions of this character.' North
Carolina Congressmen Interested in
the case are, standing pat, awaiting
developments. Their purpose' Is ' to
see that Mr. Shaw gets a square deal.
In the event, that the President de-i
crines to permit him. to . practice be
fore the executive departments, the
matter will be carried to the fleer of
the House by Mr. Page.
The White House side of the affair
was giv m by The Star of yesterday.
II. E, C. B.
uled to leave Scenic this afternoon.
The majority of the bodies. 'Will ba
taken to Seattle, where1 they will be'
held awaiting instructions from rela- ,
tives.
Loss is Immeiue,
Culminating in the Wellington disas
ter, weather, conditions of the last. 10
days has been responsible for the loss
of $2,500,000 to various', rail way com
panies operating on the Pacific north
west. This is the official' estimate and;
covers loss of equipment, destruction
of roadbeds and paralysis of traffic.
The Great, Northern is the heaviest
loser. Its line .through, the Cascades
has been tied up since .the middle or
last-week The avalanche at Welling
ton, it is figured, has cost the. com
pany 11,500,000. The destroyed equip
ment, consisting .6$ 14 coaches,. bag-
gage, mail and express car, four en
glnes 6l rotary plow 'and four motors
was. valued at . $900,00)5. "
"The loss front the wrecking of the.
Oriental Limited at Milan Wednesday
is placed by officials at $160,000.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC
IS INJURED
Floods In Ohio Valley Tie Up Many
Trains River WiU Fall Monday.
CINCINNATI, O., March 4. With
a wave of high water sweeping down
tne Ohio river, its crest tb-day being
near Parkersburg, railroads in this
section are preparing for . trouble.
Through trains on the river division
of the Baltimore and Ohio between
Huntington, Gailipolls and ' Pittsburg
were annulled last night and it will
be several days berore normal' con
ditions can be restored.
The river in expected to pass the
flood stage of fifty feet here to-night
and reach 62 feet before It. begins1
falling Monday. .
NEW YORK, March 4. The Rus
sian steamer Korea, buffeted . by
storms on the North Atlantic and
pounded' into helplessness .by ' heavy
seas, was abandoned by her crew on
March 1 and left to her fate. he
was sinking fast when her. men aban
doned her. 'The crew of 48 men were
taken off by the Anchor 'Line steam
er Caledonia and are on their way to
New York.
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CHARLOTTE, March 4.
Forecasts until 8 p. m. Saturday.
For Charlotte and vicinity Fair and
pleasant to-night and Saturday,
STATE FORECAST.
For North Carolina Fair to-night and
Saturday, not much change In temper
ature. ', -' , . ' .
' WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Delightful weather conditions continue
in nearly ' all sections of the ' United :
States.- It is cloudy at Atlantic coast
stations and at scattered points ele-.
where, rainfall for the past 24 hours has.
been confined, to light showers in South
Atlantic regions and the far Northwest.'
A moderate) high pressure , area overlies
the - States east of th Mississippi. Tem
peratures are slightly lower In the mid
dle Atlantic States. ' but the weather Is
practically all parts of the country,, the
lower S a. m. temperature to-day being
30 degrees. A slight barometric depres
sion exists in the Northwest, central at '
Havre and another is central at Phoenix.-
Ths present arrangement of conditions
indicates a continuation of present fav
orable weather for the next few days.
W. V, MARTIN, Observer.
TEMPERATURE VS CkTAJUjOTTE.
As Recorded hourly by R. II. " Jor
dan & Company, for. The Evening
Chronicle. ,' . "
WEATHER FORECAST
'
I A. M. . M. P, M.
I 7 t f i iq u u'l i a , i
I 69 1-70 72 J 72 . 73 74 75 76 .
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