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TRY A FREE CLASSIFIED "AD" IN THE TIMES AND WATCH RESULTS wfrV IT If 1 J2 Associated Press Service E Associated Press Service Vol. LXXI. No. 43. The Weather RAIN. RALEIGH, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1912 LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. IS SWEPT BY FIRE District One lie Long and Almost Half As Wide Bumed Over SEVERAL MILLIONS LOSS Fire Started in Wooden Hotel Build ing and Was Fanned by a Wind Blowing 33 miles An Hour Was in Factory District Thousands of People Homeless Plenty of Food and Shelter for Homeless and Re lief Work lias Already Keen Stnrt- : ed. . : " - Houston, Tex., Feb. 21. Fire broke out at twelve-thirty this morn ing in a wooden hotel building, and swept by a wind blowing thirty-five miles an hour,' ate its way one mile across town, covering an area of seven blocks wide. The loss may reach ten million dollars. Among the mills, factories and plants, either totally destroyed or seriously dam aged, are: McFadden Southern Com press and Warehouse Company; Dew Brothers Syrup Mill; Houston and Liggett Lumber Company; Rogers Paint Company; Magnolia Compress; Hudson's Pencil Factory; Houston Packing Company; Ed. H. Harrell Lumber Yards; Standard Compress; Cooperative Manufacturing Com pany; Acme Mill; St. Patrick's Cath olic Church; Catholic scchopl. At least twenty-five squares In the residence district were burned. No casualties have, been reported. Thou sands are homeless. The weather Is cool. Underwriters refuse to make positive statement regarding the loss. . Most part burned homes were not of great value as the flames swept through a district comprising workmen's cottages. At 'seven o'clock this morning the Are was brought under control. Con servative estimate at nine o'clock placed the loss at five million dol lars. Most of the loss is involved in the destruction of factory buildings. The heaviest single classification of loss involves cotton. The esti mated loss on cotton compresses and the staple stored therein reaches two million dollars. One estimate places the cotton loss at five millions. Re lief work Is underway. There is plenty of food and shelter for the homeless. The fire. It Is believed, started In a cottage near the Southern Pacific tracks. The origin is not def initely established. A roaring wind picked up the flames, hurling them to neighboring houses. A half hour after the fire started a great area was in flames. The greatest loss was sustained by cotton and lumber industries. At the cotton compresses, forty-five thousand bales were burn ed. The burned area is a mile and BANDITS ATTACK 1 TRAIN BUT FAIL Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Feb; 21. Five men made an unsuccessful ef fort to hold up a westbound pas senger train on the Chicago and Northwestern at three o'clock this morning, nine miles east of here. While the train was passing slowly over new constructed work bandits signaled the engineer to stop. When the engineer opened the throttle they began firing. A bullet struck the engineer in the arm, but he stuck to his post and Drought the train into the city. Tosses started in pursuit of the robbers. NEWPORT DRIEST IN YEARS Newport, B. I., Feb. 21. Nothing except hotels, clubs and licensed taverns served drinks Sunday, mak ing Newport the driest on any Sun day in 20 years or more. No one ordered the saloons to obey the Sunday laws, but pro prietors were not taking chances of being spotted by men believed to be the same whose report six months ago led Governor Pothler to direct Sheriff Anthony to close all gam bling and other resorts. Unless 'all signs are misleading, the governor Intends to go further and clear Newport of every dive and top the selling ot all wares on Sun- a half long, and at points a quarter of a mile wide, was swept clean by the flames. Nothing was saved. Fifty Thousand Bales Burned. Philadelphia, Feb. 21. George H. McFadden and Brother, cotton mer chants, received a message from their manager in Houston, estimat ing from fifty to', sixty thousand bales of cotton were destroyed or damaged in Houston fire district. Two or three thousand bales were In MfFadden'B compress which was destroyed. JAPAN AID OH1XKSK BANDITS. Reported to Be Dispatching Troops to Point North of Mukden. London, Feb. 21. The Peking cabinet is alarmed over reports of a serious rising which is threatened in the district around Mukden, Man churia, according to a Peking dis patch to the Daily Telegraph. To add to the alarm of the cabinet, there are further reports that the Japanese authorities in Manchuria, contending that China is now with out a government, are secretly dis patching Japanese troops in plain clothes to assist the bandits to oc cupy and fortify Tieh Ling, north of Mukden. Nanking, Feb. 21. Dr. Sun Yat Sen and the members of the repub lican government, as well as the na tional assembly, are still waiting for the official reply of Yuan-Shi-Kai to their request that he come to Nan king. If the former piiem should re fuse to come south the situation will be seriously complicated. . The red, white, blue, green and yellow flag of the new Chinese re public was raised over the legation In this city for the first time Sun day, the Chinese new year, accord ing to the old calendar, but owing lo the omission of some formality it remained aloft only two or three minutes. It. is not known when the old imperial dragon will be pulled down and stowed away and the new flag raised permanently. WANTS SWAMP LANDS fifty Thousand Acres Owned By the State Real Estate Man of Wilmington Sub mits an Offer fr the Property to State Board of Education Fine Farming Lands if Drained Pro perly. Mr. R. C. Renlck, a lumber and real estate man of Wilmington, ap peared before the state board of education today at noon and sub mitted a proposition concerning the purchase of Angola Bay and Holly Shelter Swamp lands, situated in Pender and Duplin counties. These lands, partly under water, embrace some fifty thousand acres, which are said to be capable of being converted Into excellent farming lands with proper drainage. The property is owned by the state board of education, which will act upon Mr. Renick's proposition probably this week. North Carolina Postmasters. Washington, Feb. 21. Wm, M. Smith today was appointed postmas ter at Wakulla, vice S. K. Bateman, resigned. Victor Baxter was appointed car rier on rural route one. Marble, vice Ernest Palmer, temporary; Ross Newman substitute. The Hildebrand-Crater Publishing Company, of Greensboro, publishers of the Greensboro News, has filed an amendment to Its charter, changing the name to Greensboro News Com pany. Mr. W. A. Hildebrand is president of the corporation and Mr. E. B. Jeffress Is secretary. , Holiday at Postofflce. Tomorrow, George Washington's birthday, will be observed as a hol iday by the postofflce here. The city carriers will make only the morning delivery and the general delivery and stamp window will be open from 8 to 10 o'clock. The rural carriers will make no trip. Storm In Central States. Chicago, Feb. 21. The central states are visited by a snow storm. The mercury fell rapidly. There Is a forty-mile gale and railroad traffic Is affected In some sections. FOR OFFICERS NEXT First of the Kind In State to Be In Raleigh For Week of May 12-18 Arrangements are being perfected by Adjutant General Lelnster for the Officers' camp of Instruction to be conducted in Raleigh during the week of May 12th to 18th. This is the first time that an in struction camp for officers has ever been hold in North .Carolina and it will bo a very important gathering for this city. There will be a hun dred or more officers of infantry and medical corps in attendance from the various military organizations in the state, also six regular army officers detailed by the war department to conduct ttie officers' school. Instruc tion will be given by divisions, about twenty members, to the class, .and will consist of both lectures ami practical field mane-livers. There will be demonstrations of tactical walks which consist of a series of expeditions afoot over several square miles of territory for securing data that would enable officers to con duct an engagement most advantage ously. Practical illustrations of map making will also be given. While the instruction camp is be ing conducted, the officers who at tend and participate will be quar tered in tents on some location to be decided upon later. HIS (iEESE PICK COTTON Tennessee Man Says Each Will Aver age 7." Pounds a Day. Humboldt, Tenn., Feb. 21. Dr. R. O. Williams, of Humboldt, who Is also a farmer, claims to have a flock of geese which he has trained to pick cotton. There are ten geese in the flock, ,fnd Dr. Williams claims each goose will pick on an average of 75 pounds of cotton a day, and that often his flock will gather suf ficient seed cotton in one day to make two large bales. The doctor says he first taught his geese to do the picking act by plac ing grains of corn in the open bolls of cotton in such a way that in order to get the grain the goose would have to pick out the cotton. The Packers Trial. Chicago, Feb. 21. The packers trial has entered' upon the twelfth week. District Attorney Wilkerson stated it would take the govern ment three weeks more to conclude Its case. The government concluded its examination of William E. Ehlert, Morris and Company's margin clerk this morning. Another Tennessee Lynching. Nashivlle, Feb. 21. Reports from Brentwood, ten miles from here, say a mob has surrounded in the woods, two negroes who killed a white farmer this morning. A double lynching seems inevitable. COLOMBIA WANTS SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM Bogota, Colombia, Feb. 21. The action of Pedro Nel Ospina, Colom bian minister to the United States, In notifying the state department at Washington, that Secretary Knox's proposed visit to Colombia, would be "inopportune" is unknown ' to the general public. Strong sentiment prevails for an honorable settlement of Colombia's claim . In connection with Panama. SEVEN SILK MILLS COMBINE York and Carlisle Concerns Have Output Exceeding $4,000,000. New York, Feb. 21. The first authentic announcement of the re habilitation of the business of the New York Silk Mills, at York, Pa., was formally made today by the Pennsylvania Textile " Company, which will, in the future, operate the York Silk Weaving Mill, the Wind sor Silk Weaving Mill, the York Silk Finishing Mill, the Monarch Silk Throw and Spinning Mill, all at York, and the Carlisle Silk Throw ing and Spinning Mill at Carlisle, Pa- .' The output of the seven mills equals one-twentieth of the present volume, of production In the United States, exceeding 4,000,000 a year In value. DEFENDANT DISCHARGED Tom Morris Not Bound Oyer to Coo t On Charge of Selling Liquor At His Stable THREE OMR CASES YET Defendants Motion' to Change Mag istrates (.ranted by Justice of Peace Bledsoe, hut He Named .Magistrates Who Will Try Cases Morris Had Most Evidence On His Side Characters Are Aired and Larceny of Tnbacm From Southern Itailway Brought I p. The first battle bet ".veil the law and the alleged blind (iccrs was won by the .defendant... -.Tom Mum:-, was not bound over to Wake superior court today by .lust Ice of the Peace K. M. Bledsoe, who held that prob able ' cause was want in;; and v. Iio stated that he did not want to place a' great deal of expense mi the Lux payers. The magistrate said, how ever, that the case could he brought to the attention of the grand ju.y. All the other eases were -removed by the defendants from tie; juris diction of Justice , Hlcdtuie. Dave Hinton, the only colored man in the bunch, will be tried before Justice of the Peace S. I.. Hotter; ltufe Pulley before Justice of the .Peace It. G. Reid and W. C. Poland before Justice of the Peace ('. A, Separk. Will Hopson, who was out on (Continued on .Page Seven.) E A charter was issued this morning to the interstate Railway Prog and Switch Company, of Salisbury,' .with thirty thousand dollars of stock sub scribed for Jy I'. 'If. Thompson; F. M. Tnompson, W. It. McCunless, D. L. Arey and E, V. Gregory, of Salis bury, and G. V. Montoastle, Dormot Shemwell and "Emery' E. Uoper, of Lexington. -The company proposes. to manufacture railway switches, frogs, signalling devices and other appara tus for railway use. LAWYKIt KII.I.S HIMSELF. New York, Pel Parsons, a lawyer, mitted suicide by i. 21. George F. :'..T years old. cotii 'shooting 1oday. i a large income 'f his father, the -oils, who was a re-works, and hail Parsons enjoyt from the estate late George Pat manufacturer of li a good practice.' at Parsons' relaiiv despondent over ment with his wi law.; - s. say he became a recent disngree le, which resu'ted -vear-old daughter him. in her and 1heir living apart from Stors in Mississippi. ...Meridian, Miss . Feb. .21. Wind storms swept this district last night, destroying thousands' of dollars worth of property, killing herds of rattle and demoih-liing homes. Wire.; are prostrated. ROOSEVELT SPEAK TO Columbus, Ohio. Feb. 21. In a snow storm, Theodore Roosevelt reached here and addressed the Ohio constitutional convention, .-''As the Roosevelt train rushed through Ohio, . people were gathered at every station, greeting the former president. ' Roosevelt Is scheduled to return to New York this after noon. Boy Victim of His Appetite. .Louisville,:' Feb. 21. Edmund Ba con, age eight, tiled a victim of his abnormal appetite. Since Infancy the boy possessed a man's appetite, and his hunger was never assuaged. Brain congestion, superinduced by acute indigestion caused death. Two Italian engineers living In New York have designed a parachute to lift an aviator from a falling aero plane and lower him to eajth un- KG I IS Coroner's Jury Will Probably ' Resume Its Hearings Tomorrow Pending the investigation by the officers of certain reports pnd the completing of the stenographic re port of the first. hearing, Coroner Se park -today postponed until tomor row the further taking of evidence in the matter of the death of the three young men of Penson, who met death in Frank Wilson's apart ments. ...'-.- Solicitor' Xorris and Senator liar ber, of lienson, today held several conferences, .but nothing was di vulged. It was hoped to have the state's side lined up by tomorrow' so that tin? investigation could go ahead and' determine .whether or not foul pl.iy ..caused the death of Hugh I'oiief . ' -Fred -Jei-nigiin ind Alton Johnson. YS!IIX(.TOX'S BIUTHDAY To He Observed in Schools of the . City. Washington's birthday . will be fit tingly observed i the schools of the city tomorrow by special exercises in the morning, followed, by a half holiday, the feature most enjoyed by the children,- who gain thereby a very tender affection for the Father of his Country. At ten o'clock tomorrow morning Dr. Charles Leo Smith will talk to the High School students on Wash ington: Col. Fred Olds will have something to say to the children at Wiley School: at the Murphy stere optican views will be shown of Washington city, the city founded by Washington. : Appropriate exercises will also be held at the Centennial and Thompson schools. CHILD COMES RACK TO LIFE. Moisture Shows on Collin Glass at Side of Her (.'rave. nnlulli, Minn., Feb. 21. After . 'be ing prepared for burial and appar ently dead two days, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mich ael Mnholechck, who lives near Mack Duck, was discovered to be alive as Hie burial -service was being held. Three days ago the child fell in a bucket, of water and was nearly drowned. It was noticed at the grave that moisture had gathered on the glass of the coffin, and the body was re moved, liy the use of stimulants the child was resuscitated. .. KISSIXG AS IIEALIXG ART Even Supreme Court Judges Smile Over Misuse of Word in Brief. 'Washington,' -Feb. 21. The. su preme court took a gay fling today in a decision handed down in the case of Ira Collins vs. the Sta:e of Texas, which involved the right of ANOTHER TARIFF BILL FOR THE SENATE Washington, Feb. 21. With the passage of chemical revision bill by the house today, another democratic tariff measure is added to the senate calendar. The steel bill is pending in the senate, where only a coelition of progressive republicans and demo crats can pass it. The steel bill hearings probably will be.. concluded by the end of this month. La Follette's Illness has interfered seriously with the formulation of a policy by the progressive republican senators, who hold the balance of power. So far there have been no real overtures between them and the democratic leaders. The house passed the Under wood chemical tariff bill by a vote of 178 to 127. The insurgents Voted with the regular republicans against the measure. Discharged Stiilor Creates Commotion Washington, Feb. 21. Edmund F Gilllgan, a discharged sailor from the receiving ship Franklin, at Nor folk, created n rommation at the navy department by threatening to shoot Lieutenant Commander W. It Sexton, in charge of the recruiting division because he refused to ro- enllst him. If you can't do anything else to benefit jour town, move away. an osteopath to practice healing un der the litws of .the state. On the record accompanying 'f brief the statement was made 'u Q a female practioner hud testified that "in the practice of the use of osteo pathy we make use of osculation and palpitation.'' This sentence made the solemn .i'tst ice's smile. In the decision the Cjnrt said: "Apparently t lie record which makes a female practioner testify that an esleopaili makes-use of oscu hit ion and palpitation has misinter preted the scientific terms of the method employed." T. It. I'XS.A -'E, SAYS BISHOP Dr. Donne, Declaring Wilson as Rati, Conies Out For Tuft. Philadelphia, Feb. 21. William Croswell Doatte, the venerable bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Albany, today stignaniatied Theo dore Roosevelt as "erratic, unsafe, and 'unfair," '..and declared that he could not be elected to the presi dency if nominated. The bishop is visiting, his .granddaughter, Mrs. C. ('.. Fruzier. hero. After declaring that Governor Wilson of New Jersey, "is something like a pocket Million of XI r. Roose velt," P.isliop Donne said: "President Tail should without a doubt be re-elected by the people. He is (lie hope (if the republican party, and the diily man who can save the party from-losing -its entire power. CHI EL TO JUT LIVE OYSTERS Friend of Bivalves Will Appeal to Humane Society to Protect Them. Mobile, Ala., Feb, 21. Because an oyster cannot let out a wail, can not even wiggle when impaled on a fork and garnished with lemon juicej saic ami pepper, jonn i ran, presi dent of the state oyster commission, has announced that he will appeal to the humane society to prevent the eating of live bivalves. Mr. Craft himself is fond of oysters, but says he never eats them ilive. . THE TRIP HAMMER CASE No Decision In Case At Noon Today Juiy Went Out La to' Yesterday Came I lack I'm- Additional In structions This Morning Ques tion of Amount of Damages. Creensboro, Feb. 21. At noon to day the jury in the trip hammer case seems hopelessly tied up as to the question of damages, though Judge Cook this morning made additional Instructions and asked that they make every effort to arrive at a ver dict. It is understood now that the twelve men are unable to agree as to whether-the .'amount of damages be J 1. .Inn or ?2,000, The case went to the jury late yesterday afternoon and upon failure to agree by 1(1 o'clock last night the 12 men were locked up for the night. It was understood at that time that 111 stood for awarding $2,fi(lu dam ages, one for $1 ,rou .and -the other held out for the full amount asked, $o,(im(. There were two issues for the jury to decide: first, as to whether the operation of the trip hammer was a nuisance and second what damages, if any, was the plaintiff, entitled to recover. The jury found that the operation of l Continued on Page Seven.) ANARCHY SOUTH OF THE RIO GRAND ..-Washington-, Feb. 21 State de partment Mexican advices indi cate widespread anarchy south of the Hio lirnnde. Official circles are uneasy. Several cities are reported In the rebels' hands. Americans protest' against the robberies multi plying. Pensacola Cut Oil'. New Orleans, Feb. 21. Attempts to communicate with Pensacola where a severe storm raged last night, were unsuccessful, as all wires are down. At points along the Florida coast the wind velocity reached sixty miles an hour. There were heavy rains. John L. Walson Dead. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 21.- John L Watson, prominent Portsmouth busi ness man and wealthy citizen, died at his home in Portsmouth, follow ing a stroke of apoplexy. IFKTRY IMFN VllkV I II I IIILII SESSION Discuss Ways and Means For Pre venting Rapid Destruction of North Carolina Timber PUBLIC INVITED TONIGHT Governor Kitchin Slakes Address of Welcome Interesting Addresses Were Made By Government Ex perts and State Officials The Matter of Forest Protection to Be Brought to Public Attention in Vigorous Way Three Important Sessions Today. The second annual convention of the North Carolina Forestry Asso ciation was called to order this morning at 1 0 : : 0 by President D. II. Hill, of the A. and M. College, in the hall of the house of representa tives. - Although the Inclement weather kept away a great many local visit ors, there wfas a large gathering of representative citizens, from vari ous parts of the state, men and women, most of them coming . as delegates by mayors and boards of trade, women's clubs, and county commissioners from different cities. Several prominent experts from without the state were In attend ance, coming here for the purpose of explaining the importance of for est preservation and to arouse some public Interest that will suppress the wanton waste that is now going on throughout our timberlands. After the opening prayer by Rev. A. D. Wilcox, pastor of Central Methodist church, Governor Kitchin delivered an interesting address of welcome, expressing his pleasure in seeing the work of conservation be ing taken up so vigorously. . Dr. D. H. Hill, president of the Forestry Association, brought out the importance of publicity in edu cating the people to appreciate the value and necessity of forest pro tection. He explained the object of the association: "To promote the protection of the forests of North Carolina from fire and from destructive insects, and to promote their perpetuation by wise use and by the reforestation of cut- over and abandoned lands." The report ;of Secretary Holmes dealth with several important prob lems which he advocated being taken up by the association, these being: co-operation with the United States government in fire protection, the organization of local associations for lighting the southern pine beetle and the need of preventing the destruc tion by chestnut bark disease. Mr. E. B. Mason, of the United States bureau of entomology, out lined the methods of control advo cated by the bureau for destroying (Continued on Page Seven.) THREATENED COAL STRIKE IN BRITAIN London, Feb. 21. Conditions In Croat Britain, particularly the north ern manufacturing districts, are be coming rapidly worse, because of the threatened coal strike, which, it brought about at the end of the present -month will throw eight hun dred thousand miners, besides workers in other trades, out of em ployment, In London and other cities the price of coal has jumped to eight dollars per ton. Coal owners conferred today, regarding Premier Asntiith's Invitation to meet and ar range a basis of settlement. Woman Witness Against Spltter. (Special to The Times.) Ashevllle, Feb. 21. The first ac tion on the part of the recently or ganized Civic Betterment League to ward the enforcement of the sanitary laws of the city, came Into notice this morning In police court, when Mrs. Charles A. Webb, a member of the league, appeared as a witness against Louis Schas, who was ac cused of expectorating on the side walk. She said that Mr. Schas was about four feet from her and spat between himself and her. The ca was not finally adjudicated, and Mr. Schas Bald he wished to offer testi mony In rebuttal of the state's evi dence, lie testified that he did not expectorate on the sidewalk.
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