North Carolina Newspapers

THE ENTERPRISE Published Wsskly. IBTON, NORTH CAROLINA A good many women would rathet job « suffrage hike than wash dishes la an as* of artlOclal loe Is It not wasteful to keep on discovering »ol«sT ■asms as though nobody was to be ■ate. It is now proposed to take the tariff off lemons. Ons of tbe new dances Is called Iks "Jelly wabble." Perhaps you learn It oat of ths cook book. History has never recorded an In stance where the world has failed to ■ourn the loss of brave men. Row much prettier a woman looks when photographed In the act of skating than when committing golf! A noted New York Physlclah advo cates open air schools for all chil dren. Not a bad Idea by an; means One of the biggest questions con fronting the hotel men of the country Is running a hostelry to, suit every patron China, It Is now reported, Is going to have an aeroplane fleet for po lice use. This will put the force 1n the air. Even If cockroaches do not produce cancer — a German scientist says that they do—why should anybody culti vate them? Next year the 100 th anniversary ot the treaty of Ghent Is to be celebrated with five minutes of silence. Glorious and unique! Bow-legged men have Just cause to be peeved over the report that fash lon ordains men to wear garment!, of s clinging variety. A Harvard professor has discover ed that a domestic pigeon leads an Intellectual life. Then why can't it talk pigeon English? Bricks are now being sent by par cel post, buf this will not Increase the facilities of those people who are fond of throwing them. Why do the advertisements for southern resorts depict people sitting In perambulators? Is something the natter with their legs? The young woman who Bays shf prefers death to a kiss can scarcely qualify a* an expert, since she admits that she has tried neither. Nothing recall* the mind of the married man to the Joys of single lift ao vividly as to And that the baby hat been eating crackers In bed. Intimation that a Hon attempted tc •at up a moving picture actor BUR gests the need of laws for the protec Uon of cinematograph heroes Some of the popular magazines will have to be printed a year or two ahead In order suitably to advertise the ad ▼anced stylet In automobiles. A projectile has been Invented In Darmany which will not only pierce a war balloon but will actually set It ablaze, a high test for results. A philosopher says: "Whistlers art always good-natured" Everybody knows that. It Is the folks who hav« to listen to the whistler that geti ■giy Boston is using a new word, "fud gy," to express tenm work. We place the wrong construction on It If we said that the ball club showed great "fudgy ." A Brooklyn Judge ruled that c broomstick is not a deadly weapon An Irate woman can wield It Just as affectively as a bludgeon. Is the gen sral belief The married cadet at West Point will not be allowed to stay. This Is In line with the usual army policy of not allowing a divided command over its members Even If the boast of the Chinese that China Is overtaking the rest of the world Is Justified. China need not feel entitled to any sprinting medals on that account. Wives should take note of the fact that If the operation of grafting a dog's brain onto a man's head proves they will have regular Sreside companions. A Chicago magistrate makes autf ■peederc take the pledge. The Idea o! putting offenders on tht'jr honor li new only Iri this particular respect but If temptation proves too stroni pledgee and pedestrians will have t take their chances. The era of superstition seems tc( be weakening when a steamahlp com pany makes its day for sailing on Fri day But It la not averred that evi>t the big company can make passen gera occupy ataterooms numbered 13 A Denver legislator proposes tc compel surgeons to exhibit the al leged diseased appendixes they re aoore. and If there la nothing wronj with any of them, send the expert aaenter to jail. The doctor* regarc this as hostile leglaiatlon, calculate* ti Interfere with prosperity. U. & COTTON CROP REPORT FOR 1912 TOTAL OVER TWO MILLION BALES LESS THAN RECORD OF PREVIOUS YEAR. URGE NUMBER OF LINTERS U. 8. Census Bureau Issues Flnsl Es timate—Figures About ss Had Been Expected. Washington.—The United State# census bureau Issued the annual cot ton report. The final estimate of the cotton crop of 1912 is 14,076,430 bales. The crop for 1911 was 16,109,349 bales, and for 1910 It was 11,965,862 bales. Expressed In 500-pound bales, the 1912 crop Is 14.295,500 bales as com pared with 16,250,276 bales for 1911 and 12,005,688 for 1910. The final estimate by states and by subdivisions followS: Figures by Ststea. Estimate Estimate Yield Yield* 1912-13 1911-12 Alabama 1,366,424 1,727,586 Arkansas. .... 803,071 938,791 Virginia ... . 25,485 31,099 Missouri .... 36,065 95,336 Florida 60,033 91,146 Georgia 1,887,461 2.867,741 Louisiana .... 391,437 395,603 Mississippi .... 1,048.034 1,212,046 North Carolina . . Oklahoma. . . . 1.054,857 1,043,803 South Carolina . . 1,257.708 1,727,094 Tennessee .... 289,504 457,957 Texas 4,886,415 4,288,510 All Others. . . . 15,516 Total .... .14.076.430 16,109,349 Figures by Quality. 1912-13 1911-12 Equivalent in ,500 lb. bales. . . .14,295,300 16,250,276 Round bales 81,528 100,439 Sen Island . . . 236,641 119,252 lJnters 605,704 556,726 Average weight . 507.8 504.4 Included in the statistics for 1912 are: [.inters, 605,704 bales: Sea Island cotton, 23,641 bales; round bales, 81,• 528. Hound bales are counted In the estimate as half bales. The average weight of the hale for 1912 IB 507.8 pounds as compared with 504.4 pounds for 1911 and 501.7 for 1910. Cotton not yet ginned Is Included in the total estimate, and Is placed by and delinters as 129,172 bales. The only surprise In the estimate Is the great Increase in llnterß, which this year are placed at 005,704 bales, a startling Jump from 1911. Analysis of the figures by states shows big crops west of the Missis sippi ;Texas with nearly 5,000,000 bales and Oklahoma with a million. When the crop west of the river is heavy, llnters show a great. Increase, and the diminished crop In the east has very little effect on llnters. The Texas cotton has a fuzzy seed, which will not gin clean. MANY ARE KILLED BY STORM Buildings Demolished, Houses Unroof ed. Wires Paralyzed, Crops Injured. Atlanta, Ga.— More than one htin dred persons are reported killed and hundreds were injured, some mortal ly, by a storm of tornado intensity, which raged over central western, southern and parts of the eastern states. Property dnmage will run well into the millions. Reports from Alabama show the loss of life was heaviest In that state, the number of dead there being plac ed at sixty, with additional fatalities reported, but not confirmed. Two towns. Thomasvllle and Lower I'eaoh tree, were practically wiped out. Two are dead in Indiana, two In Tennessee, two in Ohio, two In New York, one In Michigan and one in Loulßtana. McCombs Won't Go to rFancs. Washington.—William P. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic national committee, issued a statement an nouncing that he had declined to be come ambussador to France. He said: "I do not feel that 1 can afford to leave my life work —the practice of the law. l feel compelled to devote myself to my personal affairs, and at the same time, I will lend any assist ance in my power that will contrib ute to the success of the Democratic administration and the Democratic party." Buys Brooklyn Bridge for SSOO. New York —Karl Hoopes, who came over from Amsterdam, Holland, some time ago, sailed for home after a de cidedly unpleasant experience in New York. When Karl left Amsterdam he had $2,000, and he expected to make as much In Investments in New York as he had heard that many had be come rich in America. After hlB ar rival he went out for a walk one night and, meeting an affable stranger, told blm that he desired to invost some money. The mas acid him Brooklyn bridse for $(00. DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN WAKE OF TORNADO HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST AND MILLIONS IN PROPERTY RAZED IN , OMAHA, OP TORNADO EIGHT MILES LONG. THE CITY OF OMAHA IS PUT UNDER MARTIAL LAW i - J Convents and Schools Are Blown to Atoms and Every Piece of Glass Blown From .Largest Office Building—lllinois Central Bridge Destroyed. Omana, \eb.—A tornado swept through Omaha, cutting a path four to six blocks wide and eight miles long, causing an appalling IOBS of life and immense destruction of property. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed, at least a hundred were killed and thrice that number injured. IJncoln, Neb. One hundred are dead, twice as many more were Injured) some fatally, by a tornado which devastated Omaha and Its environs. It demoralized telegraph and telephone service and cut Omaha oft from com munication with the outside world. Property dameage will amount to hundreds of thousands. The tornado swept in from the southwest and zigzagged to the northeast over the residence portion of the city, leaving |„ its wake destruction and carnage from two to four blocks wide. Fire sprang up all over this area'and added to the horror of the twister firemen were unable to respond to the numerous alarms, and many f ito - w * d to burn ground. The police were unable to pro t ct the stricken district and the soldiers from Fort Omaha were called out. Jhe tornado zone is now practically under martial law. The villages of Henson. Dundee and Florence, suburbs of Omaha, are prac ..cally wiped out A heavy rain fall after the tornado saved the ma*B of wreckage and many of the bodits from being burned. The Webster street telephone atatlon, containing a score or more of girls, was on© of the buildings hit by the storm, and. In a moment, was twisted and torn. Bovera| of the girls were killed and many others Injured. A moving picture show which was just putting on its final film was struck. The roof of the building fell in and in the rush through the only exits many who wore not hurt by the collapse of the building were tram pled and crushed. Ttie rush continued over the bodies of the dead, and a few of ilie attendants escaped. Mayor Dahlman of Omaha wired Governor Morehead for several militia companies to prevent the residences and the dead bodies from being looted. The three Omaha companies were only partially available, according to the reports and the governor and Adjutant General Hall. k Governor and Adjutant General Hall immediately ordered two Lincoln companies and others from nearby towns. The governor himself left on a sj.oolal train for the scene of the disaster. Passengers arriving In Lincoln at midnight brought information that the tornado first destroyed the suburb of Ralston and from there swept up into the residence portion of Omatas. At Fortieth and Karnum, a garage was destroyed and a large strip of territory north and east of that corner all seriously damaged The Illinois Central bridge over fhe Missouri river was destroyed. All wires are down with the exception of a single railroad wire into Lincoln, which Is not now available for press reports. Semi-hysterical persons arriving here say that the hospitals of Omaha are full of Injured and the dead are very numerous. The Woodmen of the World building, the highest structure in the city, was damaged to a great extent, every piece of glass from two sides being blown out. What is known as the Venus Valley district was leveled by the wind. Refugees by the hundreds flocked to the business section. They were taken care of in the principal hotels The hotels were full of patients, ac cording to B. O. Swift of Chicago, who arrived here. When he left Omaha every ambulance In the city was rapidly swelling the congestion of the wards. Omaha's suburbs suffered heavily from the storm. Ralston, southwest of Omaha, was razed to the ground and a half score or more are dead. East Omaha, which felt the tall of the twister, reported houses demolished, but no lives were lost. Council Bluffs, lowa, suffered nine dead, a score or more injured and great damage to property. The worst damage was done and the largest toll of lives was exacted In the western part of Omaha and the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and I*ake and from there northeast to Sixteenth and Binney. This IB the residence portion and the destruction wrought was appalling. Whole blocks of homes were picked up and dashed Into a shapeless mass, Street cars were hurled from the tracks and demolished. A moving picture show at Twenty-fourth and lj»ke streets was destroyed. Ten dead und eight injured have thus far recovered from the ruins. About fifty persons were in the theater at the time of the disaster and It is feared that most of them are burled in the debris. Bemls Park, one of the prettiest residence districts In Omaha, was razed to the ground and flies dotted the park, completing the destructive work of the tornado. Among the show places of the city damaged by the storm was tlie Joslyn Citßtle. The roof was torn off snd the trees and shrubbery uprooted. The convent of the Poor Clares at Twenty-ninth and Hamilton streets was unroofed and the grounds were littered with debris. The storm so paralyzed the telegraph service that no reports of the dis aster could be communicated to the outside world The Omaha telegraph office sent their Associated Press messages to Lincoln on an early morning train in an effort to get them east. Omaha presented a sorry spectacle as a result of last night's terrific storm. From the Field club, which is the western part of the city, to the Carter club, situated at the northwest extremity, is one mass of de bris from two to six blocks wide. Federal soldiers from Fort Omaha assisted the police in keeping looters and morbid curiosity seekers at bay. The presence of the soldiers gives tta city the appearance of beln under martial law. Terre Haute, Ind —With a known death list of sixteen, reports brought by messengers on horseback from the southern part of Vigo county Indicated that the toll of a tornado which struck here would be increased to fifty. It may be several days before the exact number of dead will be known, as many are believed to be buried in the ruins of their homes. The property loss will probably exceed five hundred thousand dollars. In addition to destroying about three hundred homes In the southern por tion of Terre Haute, Prairleton. a small town six miles south of here, was destroyed and the Intervening territory devastated. The injured will num her at least three hundred, many of whom are In a serious condition. The hospitals are fl'led SIOO,OOO of Human Hair Found. New York. —Creditors of Antonio Mualca and his son, Philip, the hair importers, who are under arrest in New Orleans, charged here with ob taining over a million dollars from twenty-two banks through fraudulent invoices, learned that human hair valued at SIOO,OOO had been found in a secret sub-cellar of a stable owned by the Muslcas in the Bay Ridge sec tion of Brooklyn. Deputy sheriffs made the discovery while conducting a search on a writ of attachment. They found 217 bags of hair. Plana of Extension of Parcel Poet. Washington.—Uncle Sam's activi ties as an expressman for hire will be largely" increased after July 1, Al ready the use which the public is making of the new parcel post serv ice has surpassed all expectations. During February 50,000,000 parcele were handled, an increase of 25 per cent, over the previous month. Mr. Burleson, the postmaster general, ex pecta to signalize hia administration by making the postoffice department of tho greatest use to the people. i ;4 -i Montgomery, Ala.—Dispatches re ceived tell of the flooding of four towns in the vicinity of Greenville. Ala., a town of 5,000 population. Greenville itself, Boiling, 'Chapman, and Garland, Ala., sustained losses variously estimated up to $200,000. The loss at Garland, alone, it Is said, will amount to $75,000. At Garland, the I* & N. depot was just visible above the water; telegraph and tele graph poles were covered; the stores were Inundated and many of the 500 prsons living In the town were forced to go hungry. Hamburg, Germany.—Eighty ships, mainly small craft, were sunk off this ctty In a southwesterly hurricane. Twelve deathß have been reported, and it Is thought that the death list may reach fifty persons. The Georgia Bankers Association Swill stress agriculture at Its annual meeting at Mocon during May. Presi dent Andrew M. Soule of the Georgia State College of Agriculture haa been selected to direct the discussion of this subject. DEFRAUDED BANKS OUT OF THOUSANDS HAIR SWINDLERS CAUGHT WHILE TRYING *TO ESCAPE ON STEAMER. MUCH MONEY RECOVERED Thousands of DOIIM Found on Thsm. Defrauded Bankl Out of Ono Million Dollars. New Orleans. —Charged with de frauding banks In tbis country Europe 0 f approximately one million dollars through alleged manipulation of Invoices, Antonio Muslca, bis three sons, George, Arthur and Philip Mu slca, New York hair dealers, were arrested in their apartments on the steamer Heredia here. Two daughters of the elder Muslca, \ Louise and Grace, were also detained. The par ty was taken into custody just before the departure of the Heredia for Co lon, Panama. When searched at police headquar ters, a large amount of money and much negotiable paper .WM.iound In the possession of the prisoners. Fifty thoußaAd dollars was secured from Arthur Musica and about ten thou sand more from other members of the party. The Musicas carried with them nine pieces of baggage, whk-h the police hauled to headquarters. It is believ ed that much more money and valua ble papers will be recovered. The Musicas did not appea r to be perturbed over their arrest. Affidavits were sworn out charging the father and three sons with being fugitives from justice and the two daughters with being material witnessese. On the way to the central police station an incident occurred which caused some excitement. The elder Musica attempted to secure from Phil ip a revolver which the .son had in his pocket. "No, won't give It up. Tam going to kill myself before I get to police headquarters," Philip declared. The weapon was taken away from him after a desperate strugle with one of the detectives escorting , the party. Eighteen thousand dollars In bills of large denominations was found hidden In Miss C.race Musicas cor set. Eighty thousand dollars was re covered from Music* and hi* three sons. HOW TO BUILD A SILO. Valuable Booklet Offer,>d Free to the Farmers by the Southern Railway. Atlanta, O.a— How the average farmer, using ordinary farm tools, at at expense of only $65 can construct, a silo with a capacity of 55 tons — enough silage to feed 2ft cows forty pounds per day for four months —is told in a booklet just gotten out by the lJve Stock Department of the Southern railway, a copy of which will be mailed free to any farmer address ing request for same to Mr. F. L. Word, Live Stock Ageiu. Southern Railway building. Atlanta, Oa. "Where There Is Live Stock on the Farm There Should Be a Silo" la the title of this booklet. which tells of the advantage to the farmer of havitg a silo and tho great saving which it enables him to make in the cost of winter feeding for his live stork. The figures gives are taken from the prac tical experience of a Tennessee farm er who built a eilo on the lines In dicated twenty years ago, who finds it as good as new today, atd feels that it has paid for itself many times over every year. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has recently declared that the South eastern states constitute the Ideal sec tion of the United States for live stock raising and must be looked to In fu ture years for the nation's food sup ply. To stimulate interest In the live stock industry and to aid farmers to successfully follow this line, the South ern railway haß established its Uve Stock Department, which Is giving tin dived attention to this work. Indian Camp on Roof Hotel. New York.—An Indian camp has been established on the roof of one of the city's newest and most fash ionable hotela. Chief Three Bears, who is 80 years old, protested against the confining four walls of a mere room. So he and Long Time Sleep, White Calf. La*y Boy. Big Top, Medl cine Owl, White Calf's Squaw and Medicine Owl's Squaw and a 10-vear old Indian glTl all pitched their tepees above the eaves, whence they could look out over the city's artificial peaks and canyons. I Soldiers of Huerta Trapped. Naco. Arlx.—Ojeda'a Federals, trap ped by the state troops around Naco, continuM destruction of the railways to the south, thus preventing the ar rival of Cabifcl'a group* of insurrec toa. Ojeda's plight proved still more seriouß when it was made known that 216 of hia men were held by United States troops here. Ojeda had fewer than 500 when he defeated the state troops. Antonio Rojas, former Oros co general, la reported with 400 men near Cump«» , TARIFF REVISION EHJLSOK THE QUESTION OF SINGLE BILL OR SCHEDULE SY SCHEDULE TAKEN UP. V THE DIPLOMATIC POSTS Frosidsnt Confers With Senators and Representatives on Matters—Fail ure to Socuro Mon For Foreign Foots Oivoo Him Much Concern. Washington. President Wilson started work in earnest on what he considers the foremost task of his Ad ministration —revision of the tariff. He had a long conference at the White House with Representative Os car W. Underwood, the Democratic majority leader in the House, and canvassed not only the details of the tariff bill drawn by the Ways and Means Committee, but gave consider ation also to the strategy necessary to steer the tariff question speedily and effectively throughboth houses of Congress. The question admittedly uppermost in the minds of members of Congress now is whether the tariff shdilld be revised schedule by schedule or In a single tariff bill. The party caucus will decide the issue, but the wishes of the President are being consulted by Democratic leaders. The idea of coming to an agreement on a single measure carrying with It the weight of the Administration's approval has appealed strongly to the President be cause it suggested more expeditious action and the possibility of legisla tion on currency and other questions before the adjournment of the extra session. Close friends and supporters of Mr. Wllßon both in the House and Senate, however, openly have been questioning the advisability of a single tariff bill, renewing the objec tion hitherto raised that sectional In terests might bring about enough de fection* among the Democrats in the Senate to defeat the measure there. They have urged that by the schedule by-schedule plan enough Republican votes can be enlisted on those sched ules wherein there are Democratic losses, to pass them without difficulty though not as quickly. While Representative Underwood baa been understood of late to favor the single tariff bill idea, it is known that other Democratic leaders In the House and members of the Ways and Means Committee hol| the opposite view and have hoped to convert Mr. Underwood to their way of thinking. The President discussed the tariff with Senators Gore of Oklahoma and Hughes of New. Jersey. Britishers Seem Much Surprised. Ixindon. —The House o( Commons was astonished when informed by Francis Acland. Parliamentary Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, that the British Government had been left to glean from the newspapers its only knowledge* of the change in the Ameri can Government's attitude toward the Chinese loan. Mr. Achland said that as late as March 3. the American Min ister at Peking, acting on the instruc tions of his Government, joined the Ministers of other Powers in present ing to China purposals regarding the • loan. He continued: "The British Government has since then had no in timation of any kind from the Govern ment of the United Btates that the American official attitude toward the Chinese loan has undergone a change and I have no information about the matter except what I have read in the lewspapers." Mexico is Now Pacified. Washington.—That 76 per cent of the revolutionary element in Mexico is now pacified and that the paclfica tion of Sonora is only a matter of time is the statement of the Mexican Government by the American Em bassy in Mexico City. The Prlvsional Government has decided upon a new punitive measure to terminate the act ivities of the men who have been fln- * ancing revolutions. President Wilson Offers Aid. Washington. —President Wilson tel agraphed Mayor Dahlman of Omaha as follows: "I am deeply distressed at the news received from Nebraska. Can we help in any way?" Mayor Dahlman replied: "We deeply appre ciate your offer of assistance but our people are responding nobly and I be lieve we can handle the situation. Major Hartman and his men came promptly to our assistance. The peo ple of Omaha desire, however, to ex press their gratitude to yon for your message of sympathy." Federfl Troop* For Relief Work. Washington.—As the second divis ion, central department of the army, whose headquarters is Chicago, is now mobilised In Galevston, Tex., the only Federal troops near Omaha available for relief work are one company of the signal corps comprising about 100 stationed at Old Fort, Omaha. Col onel Herile, in charge of the division headquarters, in notifying the war de partment of the disaster, said he had instructed Major Hartman to place the few troops there' at the dispocai of the civil authorities.