fHE best siu>\v win
dow in the city is
an ad. in this paper.
Established 1899
ILL RECOMMEND
BRINGING OF SUIT
A TTORNEY GENERAL BICKETT
RFADY TO REPORT ON C. F.
& Y. SALE.
TIME NOT AGREED UPON
Much Do" bt 18 Expressed at to Course
Attorney General Will Make
When He Makes Report
Raleigh- —A. L. Brooks, of Greens
boro, who was especially active in
getting through the Legislature the
special act for the investigation of
the receivership sale of the old Cape
pear & Yadkin Valley and its parti
tion between the Southern and Atlan
tic Coast Line and in the investiga
tion which was made under this stat
ute by the corporation commission,
has just held another conference with
Attorney General T. W. Bickett rela
tive to the matter of bringing to the
attention of Attorney General Mcßey
nolds the findings with recommenda
tion that the federal government insti
tute suit for the annullment of the
sale and the partition as having been
in violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law. It has been definitely settled
that the recommendation by Attorney
General Bickett will be for the insti
tution of such proceedings. However,
there is no time agreed upon as yet as
to when the attorney general of the
United States will receive Attorney
General Bickettt and Mr. Brooks for a
conference.
While there are general contentions
that the statements of Chairman Har
ry Walters of the directors of the At
lantic Coast Line and others who
were personally connected with the
transactions that brought about the
receivership sale and partiton of the
road to show proceedings in viola
tion of the anti-trust law and Attor
ney General Bickett and Mr. Brooke
for a conference.
While there are general contentions
that the statements of Chairman Harry
Walters of the directors of the Atlan
tci Coast Line and others who were
personally connected with the tran
sactions that brought about the re
ceivership sale and partition of the
road tend to show proceedings in vio
lation of the anti-trust law and Attor
ney General Bickett so recommends,
there is much doubt expressed as to
whether or not Attorney General Bick
ett will deem it expedient, to institute
a proceeding for actual annulment of
the sale and partition and for putting
the road on the market again upset
ting its present plans.
ROANOKE RIVER CROP FINE.
Stand May Not Be So Good but the
Crop is Above Average.
Scotland Neck.—News reaches .here
that the crops along Roanoke River
are as good as, if not better, than they
have been for the past several years,
sav in the bottoms where the soil is
extra heavy and stiff. There the stanr
is not good because of the weather
being too dry after the seed were sown
for them to come up.
One gentleman who is familiar with
the lowlands along the river says that
he has been visiting these big farms
for a number of years. He says that
■Rhile the stand as a rule is not good,
what the farmers have is extra fine,
and it is his opinion that certainly an
a\erage crop will be produced.
1 pon the uplands, notwithstanding
the dry weather for the past several
the crops are very promising,
save tobacco and very little of that
crop is raised in this immediate sec
tion. I pland peanuts may be a little
short, also.
Asheville Improves Park.
Asheville. —ln order that Asheville
way make a favorable impression on
6 thousands of visitors who will
spend the summer months here, the
Park committee of the board of alder
wen is installing new benches in the
Pu lie parks, triming the shrubbery,
repairing the swings and building
Cew filings about the fountains. The
will be completed within the
est few days, adding greatly to the
Park facilities of the city. "
Doctors Meet Next in Asheville.
Washington.— l The Carolina doctors
° Vere here attending the meeting
® Association of Southern Rail
y burgeons have left. Dr. Henry
• ahnson of Winston-Salem was
§ f e I,res 'dent, Dr. John Monroe of
lord a vice president and Asheville
c e for the next annual meeting.
Tv, ng those presenet were Doctors
nin „ " and Monroe, John M. Man
o urham, Thomas E. Anderson
Mo„m l f' SVille ' h J ■ Archer of Black
S si p"' I- M ' Taylor ot Morganton,
s !- Royster of Shelby.
With Southern Railway.
tor f evi^- George S. Arthur, direc
-0 ?-tiiculture of the Biltmore es
for 17 years prior
n °uncr-d position and an "
tio n witi, „ has acc epted a posi-
Dartmont 0 f » 5* and industrial de
left h er( f i ,e Souther n Railway. He
he will BP F , nnessee - in which state
Qe * wcrfc Gn * consideral >le time in his
tare. M r ' A .1 au aut hority of agricul-
«r. Arthur tak* a blgh eUad.
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IHE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
ONE OF THE CHAUTAUQUA ATTRACTIONS
THAT WILL APPEAR IN HICKORY JULY 9-15
' '
AS OTHERS VIEW IHE
CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM
Which Will be Presented Here July
9 to 15, Inclusive—Letter From
Tennessee Gentleman.
In view of the fact that the same pro
gram advertised for Hickory's Chautau
qua is now being produced in other cit
ies, the manager for Hickory's Chautau
qua wrote for commenas on the various
entertainments.
All who have locked over the pro
gram realize that it looks good—very
good, in fact. However, to test the mat
tci thoroughly, the local management
thought it would be a good idea to hear
from some one who had actually witness
ed the program in its entirety.
Our readers wili be greatly interested
in the following letter in answer to this
request, and it will no doubt be the
means of stirring up those who have not
already secured season tickets:
Winchester, Tenn.,
June 8, 1914.
Manager Alkahest Chautauqua,
Hickory, N. C.,
You asked me to give my opinion on
the program for this season, and the tal
ent, and now that I have seen and heard
them all it is a pleasure to comply; a
pleasure because 1 have nothing but
praise. In the first place the program
itself is a work of art. The more I read
it the more I realize that, and its rendi
tion is as perfect as its form. The Nea
politan Troubadors are sympathetic in
their playing, and perfect in their tech
nique, and this applies to their ensemble
work and their solos on the violin, harp
and other instruments; and their pro
grams are evenly balanced and pleasing
to all. 1 have heard Miss Dunaway, and
felt sure that Gasaway could not equal
her, but I now realize that they are twin
stars. Miss Gasaway is a hit, and it took
only one reading hereto prove it. Then
came the Hawkeye Glee Club. Of course
Chautauqua isn't Chautauqua without a
male quartette, and yours is made up of
generous fellows who do good work.
They were encored again and again, and
responded with equal enthusiasm. Mr.
Warde is superlative: because of the
magnificence; of his theme: because of
the beauty of his art: because of the
chaimof the man, whose beautifully
cultured voice adds greatly to this charm.
Madame Sibyl Sammis-MacDermid is an
artist, in her singing: her stage presence;
her costuming, and was a delight to the
audience on and off the stage. While
the New York City Marine Band, both
in volume and otherwise is simply fine.
Lo Zito and his men are so evidently
anxious to please that were they less
good they would succeed, while they
are good enough to please had they not
this desire. Their programs were well
built (like yours) and gave great pleasure
to everyone. When the Avon Sketch
Club and Glen Wells appeared, for some
reason —more probably for no reason—
I felt they not make good. At ttie
end of the first number I had changed
my mind; at the end of the second I was
mentally apologetic; at the third I was
charmed, and as they progressed they
swept that audience like a tidal wave de
luging it with joy. The people went
wild and exhauited themselves with
HICKORY, N. C.. THURSDAY. JUNE 25, 1914
applause. I cannot single out which
part of their work pleased most. Glen
Wells gave one pianologue in the after*
r.oon and in the evening he had to give
two more and then that one again. Miss
O'Shaughnessy, in her Irish readings,
was so captivating that they made her
come back again and again. Miss O'Neill
in a different way, was just as charming
in hers. ' rK » duets of the other two
young women were melody and harm
ony in one, and all of the choruses and
solos were equally well done. The
sketch: "How the Vote was Won" is a
scream from end to end. It is much bet
ter than many things 1 have paid $1.50 to
sec on the stage. But it will never be
as good elsewhere as it was here. When
Miss O'Brien was reading her second
encore: "Scattering pie-crust through
the land," a bunch of roses some enrap
tured child had given her the number
before scattered their petals on the stage
at exactly the right moment; and it seem,
ed she was suiting herxactions to her
words and in that sketch where she
came out as that hideous servant girl a
little black flea-eaten kitten deliberately
walked up the steps on to the stage and
stopped at her feet. The house "came
down," as the phrase goes: and it almost
ruined it. The young woman who plays
the part of the pretty and attractive wife
simply had to bury her face in her
hands, but the servant jn all her hide
ousness picked the kitten up, and the
day was won. The two young women
I haven't mentioned were every bit as
good in their parts as those I have, while
several ladies said Mr. Wells made a
most, natural husband on the stag,. The
only criticism I have to offer on them is
that Miss O'Shaugnessy should be put on
in the evening for at least one reading if
possible, and can you arrange for them
to carry full-blown roses and a little black
kitten everywhere. Booth Lowrey had
many friends here; and he made many
more. The first thing I heard when I
got herewas that he was very popular
heie; he was even more so when he left
this second time. Then came the Ernest
Gamble Concert party; three artists as
everyone knows. Their work is beau 5
tiful. Mrs. Picketts' theme is so en
ciusted withe senttment that she would
not have to do well. But her stage pre
sence is so handsome; her diction and
delivery so perfect; and her voice so
clear that they unite to make her suberb.
I, for one, was so fascinated with her
looks; her manner; that I almost lost
what she said, and am very glad I shall
hear her again. Dr. Miles lectured in
wind and rain, but he held his audience
absolutely. He is individual in the ex
-1 treme, with an individuality worth while.
' Many said he was best of all; but many
► said that of every attraction. We waited
| till the Oxfords came, and the waiting
was rewarded. With their groups of
quartettes in the afternoon they com
pletely coptivated their audience. Woid
passed, and in the evening the tent was
filled. A committee of the Ladies of
Winchester had arranged the stage as a
perfect setting for the "Mikado" Japan,
ese lanterns, fans and parasols, flowers,
screens —every thing. First Harrison Burch
gave several piano solos. His work is
brilliant. In the afternoon he complete
ly subordinated himself as an accompan
ist; as a soloist he asserted himself with
great power, thus doubly showing what
an artist he is. His touch is sympath
etic but flue, And be is incomparable in
the perfection of his technique; But he
never let technique, get away with him
—he sacrified it to feeling always. He
. .
is an artist in every way.
Mr. and Mrs. Ogd en » Miss Coburn and
Mr. Leiter in the "Mikado"* blended
their voices beautifully, and 4ere also
most effective in the solo parti. Gifted
with fine voices to begin with; and hav
ing had splendid training, the result was
to be foreseen. Their acting was as ar
tistic as their singing; their • costumes
handsome; and thanks to them the Chau
tauqua closed in a blaze of glory, and the
applause made the welkin ring. The
audience was transported, and gave them
an ovation at the end.
Many said you had saved ths best for
the last, but somie added—it would have
been the same the other way 'round.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) HUNT COOK.
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.
Work was started recently on the
new depot office of the Southern Ex
press Comnay at Asheville, a .contract
having been awarded for the construc
tion of a new building adjoining, the
passenger station of the Southern
Railway.
The citizens of Llncolnton have de
cided to celebrate the Fourth of July
in big fashion. It has been just seven
years ago since the last celebration
was held and this year promises to
excel the former one in many re
spects,
The Hanover board of county com
missioners have awarded the contract
for erecting the county's proposed new
model concrete prison house on the
county farm tract just north of the
city, the contract price being $35,000.
It is said by the old German farm
ers that a dry May does not hurt the
wheat crop. It has certainly proved
the truth in the case of the present
wheat crop in Wilkes county which is
now being harvested. All over the
county, and especially in the best
farming sections around North Wilkes
boro, may be seen broad fields of gold
end grain.
Governor Craig, who Is spending
some time at Asheville, stated that at
the approaching session of the gener
al assembly he will recommend that
all state convicts be taken from high*
ways and railroads and be leased for
road-building purpose to those coun
ties which are willing to pay reason*
ably for their services.
The Paul Burgeois Wild Animal
Feature Company, Inc., a moving pic
ture firm featuring wild animal pro
ductions, has secured a lease on a
large tract of land of several hundred
acres near Asheville, belonging to A.
Lelong, and will use the property for
the production of the features which
will be shown throughout the country.
The records in the office of Collec
tor Watts show that during the period
between July 1, 1913 and June 1, 1914,
illicit distilleries to the number of 889,
▼alued at $17,99.06 were destroyed.
Not in several years has there been
such marked activity in building and
construction work as is now in pro
gress In Concord. A large number of
private residences have just been
completed, or are in the course of
erection and are proposed. In addi
tion to the work of a private nature,
public work is far in excess of any
thing of this nature that has been car
cried on here in years.
The Biltmore Rod and Gun Club
has purchased from Mrs. S. R. Wint
ers the land lying west of Asheville
known as Strawberry Hill and com
prising 15 acres. An 18-room house
is on the property and this building
is to be greatly Improved for the use
of the members of the club.
- This week will mark the opening
of the season, which is expected by
all connected with Blowing Rock to
be the record year of the mountain.
Mrs. Taylor and Mr. Moore will open
the Blowing Rock Hotel, which has
undergone considerable improve'
meats.
Never can tell when you'll mash a
finger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn or
scald, Be prepared, Thousands rely on
Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. Your drug
gist sells it. 25c. and 50c.
u
UummjUMA
Hr .
DR. ROBERT PARKER MILES
Dr. Miles is one of the lecturers se
cured for Hickory's Chautauqua Week
July 9-15. His lectures, "Tallow Dips"
and "Sparks" always arouse much en
thusiasm.
UNCLE SAM AFTER
SERVICE BUREAU
RAELIGH CONCERN CHARGED
t
WITH USING THE.MAILS TO
DEFRAUD.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doing* and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple Gathered Around the State
CapltoL
/' Raleigh.
*
The charge of using-' the, mails for
fraudulent purposes is brought by the
United States government against the
National Service Bureau of Raleigh
having its office in the Merchants'
Bank building, and representing its
business as being that of co-operation
with truckers and other farmers in
the marketing of produce. The offi
cers of the company, A. S. Thomas,
president; J. L .Sechrest, treasurer,
and R. D. Stephens, general manager,
have been required by United States
Commissioner John Nichols to give
bond for their appearance at the No
vember term of Federal court.
The plan of operation proposed is
that the farmers taking stock in the
concern would for a commission of
two cents a crate have their produce
looked after by an agent at the mar
keting point of the shipment. One far
mer, J. L. Jordan, a former railroad
man, charges that he has paid in as
much as $2,000 stock „fuid was prom
ised a position as superintendent of
one of the "icing plants for cars"
which the concern has never estab
lished. The officers of the company
have as yet set up no defense, their
plan being to await trial.
Tick Eradication Helps Cattle.
Washington.—Eradication of the
cattle tick has resulted in strong im
petus to the cattle and dairy indus
tries, according to officials of the De
partment of Agriculture, This con
clusion w* sreached as a result of a
study of replies received from more
than one thousand stock men and
farmers in 11 states bordering on the
quarantine line to a department cir
cular letter asking for information in
regard to the results of tick eradi
cation which has been In progress in
the South and Southwest since 1908.
Among the states affected were North
and South Carolina and Tennessee
and Virginia. The average increase
in value of cattle reported since the
tick eradication began was $9.76 per
head. The average per cent of gain
In weight was 19.14. Replies con
cerning the increase in quality of
cattle since tick eradication show the
average for the 11 states as 26.91 per
cent.
N. C. Guards Will Take the Cruise.
Announcement is made by Adjutant
General Young of the North Carolina
National Guard that the Naval Re
serves of this state will take their
summer cruise on board the battleship
Rhode Island July 6 to July 20, em
barking and disembarking at Norfolk.
All the divisions aggregrating 175
men and 18 officers, will take part,
this being the first cruise under the
new naval law by which it is provid
ed that the officers and men draw the
full pay of their rank during the
cruise periods just as those in the reg
ular service. The divisions to cruise
are Newbern, Washington, Hertford
and Elizabeth City.
Military Camps Are Ready.
Washington.—Orders have been is
sued by the war department directing
organizations of infantry and cavalry,
accompanied by bands, to proceed to
Burlington, Vermont, Ludington, Mich
igan, and Asheville, North Carolina.
These troops will prepare for occu
pancy the model "student's military
institution camps" which will be es
tablished under the superivsion of the
war department from July 6 to Au
gust 7.
The University of North Carolina
will send twelve boys to Asheville,
the A. and M. College 10 to 15, and
other colleges enough to run the num
ber up to about 50 from the state.
Sid Finger Pays Death .Penalty.
Sid Finger, the negro who killed
Preston Lyerly, was electrocuted at
10:30 o'clock in the death chamber of
the state's prison. He was supported
to the death chair an almost complete
collapse, muttering over and over
again while he was being strapped in
the chair, "O, Lord Save mercy." He
had not eaten anything in two days
and was weak from fasting. Before
the electrocution he talked freely of
the crime for which he was paying the
death penalty, ?rT-ng that he killed
Lyerly.
Medical Examiners Are Chosen.
The North Carolina State Med
ical Society balloted from 3 o'clock
in the afternoon to 11 o'clock at night
on the selection of seven members
constituting the State Board of Medi
cal Examiners for the ensuing term
of six years. The final outcome was
the choice of the following: Dr. J. Q.
Myers, Charlotte; Dr. H. A, Royster,
Raleigh; Dr. I. M. Taylor, Morganton;
Dr. J. F. Highsmlth, Fayetteville; Dr.
L. M. Stevens, Ashevllle; Dr. John B.
Blount, Washington; Dr. Charles T.
Harper, Wilmington. _
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Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
Insurance Men Get 30 Day 6 to Answer.
The Special Legislative Commis
sion for the investigation of the con
duct of fire insurance companies In
this state completed the taking of
evidence and took a recess after giv
ing A. L. Brooks, counsel for the in
surance companies, 30 days within
which to file a brief setting forth the
view of the insurance interests in the
Hght of the investigations made and
why, in their opinion, there should be
no drastic interference with present
insurance conditions in this state.
The principal witness examined was
Col. J. F. Bruton of Wilson, who ap
peared as a stockholder in various
North Carolina insurance companies.
He took the view that there is really
no profit to the stockholders in insur
ance companies with the present
North Carolina rates and that to ma
terially reduce them without first re
ducing the precentage of fire losses
would mean the wrecking of the
North Carolina companies that must
depend on the North Carolina rates
for their sole maintenance.
He recommended that there be
steps taken to reduce the fire losses
through reforming the matter of the
compensation of agents. He thought
too, that there should be a regulation
in the licensing of agents that would
pass on the fitness of the agents for
the insurance business.
Alexander Webb of the North Caro
lina Home Fire Insurance Company
and Manager Hulfish of the North
Carolina Rating Bureau of the South
eastern Tariff Association, examined
as to North Carolina rates and adjust
ments, insisted that the rates are as
low as expense ratio and losses will
justify and that there are compara
tively speaking, no discrimminations
in the rateg as fixed for the state, rich
and poor and all classes being treated
alike.
Three Counties Get Road Money.
Washington.—Senator Sipimons Is
sued the following statement re
cently :
At the conference between Senators
Simmons and Overman and Postmas
ter General Burleson and the Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General it de
veloped that the department had def
initely decided to refuse to recede
from its decision in the Davidson
county road proposition. Mr. Bur
leson put his refusal upon the ground
that the road in Davidson county is
not of such a character as would give
the results required by the act of
Congress.
This matter settled, It will then be
definitely agreed that North Carolina
would not lose any part of the money*
The full $30,000 will go to the Coun
ties of Forsyth, Davie and Iredell.
This, together with the local contri
butions, will construct 49 miles of
road.
The' Postmaster General and the
Assistant Postmaster " General both
said that this proposition was the
best proposition that had been pre
sented.
State Health Officers Meet.
In addressing the annual session of
the North Carolina Health Officers'
Association here Governor Craig de
clared that fi the sanitary conditions
at Morehead City were bad, the state
board of health was abundantly justi
fied in publishing to the world in the
Health Bulletin just what the condi
tions and the attitude of the Morehead
authorities were. The governor's sub
ject was "State Responsibility for Hu
man Life." He commended the work
of the state board of health, and ap
pealed to the health officers to en
force the sanitation laws and protect
the health of the citizens without fear
or favor.
State Will Supply Legume.
The State Department of Agricul
ture expects to have its legume cul
ture ready to be supplied to farmers
the state at the cost of production
by September 1 and in such quantities
as the demand calls for. This liquid
for the inoculation of seeds is to be
manufactured in the bacteriological
laboratory here under the direction of
J. L. Burgess, agronomist, and his
first assistant Miss Louise" Rahe
macker, who is an expert in this cul
ture work.
Candy Contained Arsenic.
The Catawba Candy Co., of Sandus
ky, Ohio, was fined SSO and costs in
the United States Supreme Court for
sending into North Carolina and Illi
nois quantities of "Italian Cream,"
and into Oklahoma a quantity of "iced
Squares," all of which contained ar
senic in either the candy or coating,
or both.
.For the Corn Club Boy#.
There are being issued
executive offices of Goverix>?* f Craig
commissions to 300 corn club boyß—
three in each county as special dele
gates to a great gathering of the corn
clubs of the entire country to be held
at the Panama Pacific Exposition next
year. Each of the boys who h*ve
been suggested by the county school
and corn club directors of their coun
ties will receive a special commis
sion from the governor and the ex
pectation is that the great majority of
them will attend the national meeting.
Governor Chaifl Goes to Mountains.
Governor Locke Craig left re
cently for Ashevllle, for a stay of two
weekfe or longer. The Governor says
that there are a number of western
Carolina -'matters that will have to
have his attention while in Ashevllle
and that his being there will prove
a great convenience for western Car
olina citizens who are interested in
these matters. However, he will hold
himself In readiness to give attention
to any matters develping in any quar
ter of the state while he Is out of
Raleigh,
rHIS is a live town.
Advertise here and
get busy, -o- -o- -o-
MEXICO TO YIELD
OR MEDIATION ENDS
IS ULTIMATUM OF AMERICAN
DELEGATES RELATING TO U.
S. PEACE PLAN.
MAY CONCLUDE IMMEDIATELr
American Policy is Not Yet Determine
ed, if the Peace Conference Fails
in Its Purpose.
Niagara Falls, Ont.—Justice Lamar'si
(memorandum to Emilo Rabasa, head
of the Mexican mediation delegation,
announcing that the United States
/must insist on the acceptance of its
plan for the pacification of Mexico i 3
/an ultimatum. Unless the Huerta
delegates yield mediation will end at
once.
This is the firm determination -of
the United States as conveyed to the
mediators. Ambassador Da Gama of
Brazil, and Minister Suarez of Chile,
,asked the American delegates if their
position had changed in view of the
/Carranba-Villa split and the reply
was no.
It was an infonjjal talk, but served
to advise the mediators that the pub
lished statements of the American
and Huerta delegates with opposite
views on the type of men to be select
ed for provisional president, defined
clearly the unalterable attitude of the
American Government.
Just what would be the American
policy if mediation fails or what dis
position it would make of the Amer
ican troops at Vera Cruz is not known
even to the American delegates.
The Huerta commissioners say they
do not know what course of action
General Huerta may pursue.
The mediators held no formal ses
sion because Minister Naon, of Aregn
tina was in Washington. He is ex
pected back soon and will confer first
with his colleagues who are anxious
to know whether his conferences with
officials of the Washington Govern
ment developed a new road toward so
lution of the problem confronting
them. If it has not the various plans
will be formally presented.
Rejection by the Americans of the
mediators' plan, as well as that of
fered by the Mexican delegates will
•be recorded as matter of form, to
gether with disapproval by the Mexi
cans of the American plan. Automat
ically that would adjourn the confer
ences according to rules of procedure
adopted when they first convened.
The mediators, however, still have
•some names to suggest for provision
al president, but have little hope that
an agreement can be reached.
200 MINERS BURIED IN WRECK.
600 Men Working in Shaft, 35 Escape,
50 Rescued, 36 Die.
Lethbridge, Alberta. —A mighty ex
plosion entombed 250 miners employ
ed in mine No. 20 of the Hillcrest
Colleries Limited. Of the 50 miners
rescued only 14 were living.
Despite the efforts of two-score
mine experts, laboring amid the pois
oned gases and debris, hope of rescu
ing alive the 200 men yet in the mine
was remote.
The effects of the disasters were:
Men in mine when explosion oc
curred 600, of whom 350 escaped.
Number rescued 50, of whom 36
died later.
Miners still entombed 200, prob
ably killed by fire which followed the
explosion.
At dusk a group of women stood
at the mouth of the mine which had
been closed by the explosion, still
hopeful that the cries for help that
came below earlier in the day might
be repeated. Later however, many]
of the women dispersed expressing thei
general belief that the situation of
those imprisoned was hopeless.
U. S. Tobacco Association Elects.
Lexington, Ky.—The United States
Tobacco Association elected the fol
lowing President T. M. Car
rington, Richmond, Va.; vice presi
dent, W. L. Petty Lexington, Ky.;
second vice president, H. P. Watson,
Watson N. C.; third vice president,
E. P. Eggleston, Drakes Branch, Va.;
secretary-treasurer, C. E. Webb, Win
eton-Salem, N. C.
Speer Case Postponed.
Washington.—Continued absence ot
members of the House Judiciary Com
mittee from the city has further de
layed presentation of the report of the
subcommittee which investigated im
peachment charges against Federal
Judge Emory Speer of Macon, Ga. The
report is not now expected to come
before the entire committee before
several days. It is understood that a
majority of the investigators hold to
the view that sufficient evidence was
not presented to warrant an impeach
ment.
Railroad and Stockholders Agree.
New York.-rCommittees represent
ing collateral trust bonds of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Co. and committees representing
stockholders of the Rock Island Com
pany reached a tentative agreement
for the reorganization of the Rock
Island system. The plan as an
nounced contemplates the elimination
of both holding companies, a return
(to the old Chicago, Rock Island A
Pacific Railway Co., and the creation
of non-cumulative 7 per cent preferred
•tock of the railway company. _