5pe.Newi'- Record.
INDIANS GATHERED FOR A SHAN KIVE
PELLAGRA PUZZLE
nipil OFFICER
Published, Weekly
MARSHALL. . NORTH CAROLINA.
SWEPT BY FLAMES
TO THE SCIENTISTS
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Joy riding If a messy form of self
destruction. NIL
HOT SPRINGS
ARK
QllflTPVA!
RICAIJS
UIIUI Ul til
A worker is always welcomed back
from his vacation.
It's an 111 mannered wind that blows
the slashed skirt too far.
THIRTY BLOCKS BURNED TO
A8HES BY FIERCE CONFLAGRATION.
How roseate would life be were i
Just one ball game after another! '
There Is no such thing as a hob
ble skirt race. It is a Jumping coo-test
When men wear split trousers they
will be willing to vote for woman suffrage.
Almost anybody can reform his owi
currency by making It go further and
leu fast
The fellows who formerly rocked
the boat are now taking girls up In
aeroplanes.
The fellow who goes around with
a chip on his shoulder is generally
a blockhead.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOST
Famous Hotels, City Water and Sup
ply Plants All Destroyed Tht
Flames Burn Themselves Out.
We are advised not to frown at the
cook. Few people have the moral
courage to do that.
Bichloride of mercury seems bent
upon winning the belt so long In pos
session of the unloaded gun.
A leading German, tenor has been
sent to jail. We would like to be a
Judge in this town for a few days.
Doctors and nurses In a California
hospital are , accused of "holding
hands." Properly sterilised, we hope.
While being arrested by a police
woman the polite male citizen will
doff his hat, but he need not offer his
arm.
The general effect of the new fash
Ions Is to increase the men's in
terest without heightening their re
spect San Francisco woman wants a di
vorce because her husband bides his
money. Now, wouldn't that make you
mad?
A friend in need may be a friend
Indeed, but we wish so many of our
friends were not so everlastingly in
need.
fome of those prizes you won In
the summer picnic contests may be
useful as Christmas presents for your
friends.
China Is to have a new cabinet The
former one must have been either con
siderably shopworn, or procured at a
rummage sale. '
A race horse has been sold in Lon
don for about its weight In . gold.
Horses will soon be fetching as much
as beef It seems.
Hot Springs, , Ark. Fire, which
started In a negro's cabin at the foot
of' West Mountain, the southern ex
tremity of Hot Springs, reduced to a
smouldering mass of wreckage an
area more than a mile in length and
from seven to ten blocks wide in
the eastern section of the city. An
accurate statement of the monetary
loss is not possible, but is roughly es-
tlmated at ten million dollars. .
Governor Hayes arrived in . Hot
Springs and will order a military pa
trol of the burning district United
States troops are also expected from
Little Rock to add to the guard on
the military reservation.
In the path of the flames were man
ufacturing establishments, hotels, a
number of the more pretentious rest'
dences and public buildings. All were
destroyed. It is estimated that two
thousand persons are homeless.
But few of those whose homes were
burned saved any of their belongings,
and guests of the hotels gave little
heed to their valuables and luggage
In their efforts to escape with their
lives.
A ponce patrol of 250 men were
sworn in to patrol the fire swept dis
trict All the homeless have been
cared for temporarily and plans have
been started to systematize the work
of succor. Many offers of assistance
in fire-fighting aparatus, financial aid,
food and clothing have been received,
but it Is believed that outisde aid will
not be needed.
Business was pratlcally suspended
except that necessary to provide for
the immediate wants of those who suf
fered the loss of their homes. The
lack of light and power prevented the
operation of the strest car system, the
publication of newspapers and other
Industries depending on motive power
from the city's plant.
- General Manager Dillon of the pub
lic utilities commission states that a
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LITTLE KNOWN OF.THE DI8EA8
AFTER TWO YEAR8 OF
RESEARCH.
LIEUTENANT; ACOSTA CROS8E8
international'bridqe AND
BEGIN FIRING.,
COMMISSION'S ; STATEMENT TROOPS ARE ORDERED OUT
Southern Phyalciana Hold Conference
to Discuss Causes of ths
Disease. ', , V : '
Spartanburg; S. C After two yean
of research, by a corps of twenty sci
entists, ths Tnompson-McFadden Pel
lagra commission still is ignorant of
the cause of the disease. This was an
nounced by Dr. Ward J. McNeal of
the New York Post-Graduate hospital,
a member of the commission, at a con
ference here of Southern physicians,
Thsrs le -Bitter Feeling, Against ths
, United States In Juarez By ths
Salazar Federal, Troops Following.
, ths Shooting. ' '
El Paso Tex. Lieutenant Acosta,
an officer In Geneial Salasar's Fed
eral command t Juarez, crossed the
Stanton street International bridee
Nearly two hundred physicians, stu- nl was killed by United States Cus-'
dents of the disease, were here for
the conference. They came from near
ly every Southern state. -
Doctor McNeal summarized the com
mission's flndlnsa thus: r
"First, the supposition that the Indi
gestion of good or spoiled maize is i
tomo Inspector T. F. Jonah and Immi
gration Inspector Thomas N. Helfron
after he had opened fire on them with
s. rifle. - ;
He, was shot through the mouth and
arm and his horse, from which he had
dismounted, was shot through the side
Ute Indians gathered at their tepees during' a Shan Kive ,in Garden of
the Gods, Colorado Springs. Ths tribesmen bring their children with them
to the Pike's Peak festival each summer. '
BALES TO BEJJNIFORM SIZE
PENALTY OF $1 A BALE FACING
THE FARMERS OF THE
SOUTH.
Penalty Will Be Assessed on Every
Bale Not Conforming to
the Standard.
26 PERSONS ARE KILLED
Washington. A penalty of $1 a
bale on each bale of cotton which
does not conform to the standard 27
by 54-Inch size, will be assessed by
the railroads and steamships companies.
Notice of this penalty was given six
months ago, and hearings have been
held by the house committee on inter
state and foreign commerce, of which
Representative Adamson of Georgia
Is chairman, with the view of securing
"Second, pellagra is in all probabll
lty a specific infectious disease com
municable by means at present un
known.
Third, we have discovered no evi
dence incriminating Buffalo gnats In
the causation of pellagra. If it is dis
tributed by a blood-sucking Insect, the
AtohlA fltf li' .M 1 1 A Bnnna. trt VtA thn mftfit
..n.. ' tArncao, uv probable carrier.
i ino so MILES AN HOUR, "Fourth, we are inclined to regard
STRIKES TRAIN. intimate association in the household
and the contamination of food with
Many Prominent Persons Are Amona the excretions of pellagrins as possi-
Victims Who Were Return- Die moaes oi distribution oi tne dis-
Ing From Maine. ease.
Five, no specific cause of pellagra
New Haven, Conn. Twenty-six per- na" Deen recognized.'
sons were killed and nearly fifty in- Although none of the assembled phy-
jured, some of whom may die, in a slclans was able to Buggest a specific
the essential cause of pellagara is not The American offlcrs were uninlured
supported by our study. ' Before crossing the bridge th mt1.
an aereement araone all narttan na tn
temporary light and power service the size and density of cotton bales,
will be established within thirty days Despite all this advertising, some
One funny sight is a pretty girl in
a restaurant trying to eat "corn on
the cob" and at the same time keep on
looking pretty.
While it is fashionable to be robbed
of one's priceless jewels, one cannot
break into the smart set by losing
one's dollar watch.
and in three months the utilities will
be working to their capacity again
The natural gas supply was not in-
Willi.
The fire originated in a negro dwell
Ing on Church street, near Malvern
avenue, Just east of the Army and
Navy hospital, and spread quickly to
the south and east. A number of
small dwellings, dry as tinder, as
result of an extended drouth, were
easy prey for the flames, which with
In a few minutes were beyond control
of the local fire department
England eats six hundred tons of
oysters a year, Germany three hun
dred and fifty tons, Holland one hun
dred and sixty tons. ,
The average man can have a great
deal of fortitude when It's his little
boy's tooth and not his own that is
going to be worked on.
That sentiment In favor of knee
breeches for the man will scarcely
Become general, lean men being in an
overwhelming majority.
If laughter averts appendicitis, we
am see where surgeons will frown
-npon the musical comedy trust as
combination in restraint of trade.
Pavlowa, the famous Russian dancer.
Japped her male partner while they
were giving an exhibition on a Lon
don stage. Are not men the wretches?
An old bachelor says there Is some
thing 'wrong with every woman's fig
ure. UDservations like tnat are
the natural result of a visit to the seashore.
The newest fashionable pose is
called the "silhouette slouch," and In
attaining it a woman will give more
defiance to all the laws of beauty and
grace than 'has yet been attempted.
Certainly, the age is suffering from a
freak tendency which Is becoming
mania for making volunteer scare
crows in the matter of feminine fash-
Ions. . .
That, estimable lady who broke a
chair Over the head of another per
fect lady 'who had called her an old
snaid did right Old maids belonged
to an unenlightened age.' We have
bachelor girls nowadays, and anyone
so careless as to confuse them with
Id maids' deserves whatever is coming.
. Now a citizen Is arrested for shoot
ing his wife just to scare her. The lit
tle children who bave been shooting
one .another can see what a, bad ex
ample they have set.
U.S. IS, WAITING ON INCLAN
Disposition to Receive Envoy Favora
blyMay Want to Float Loan.
Washington. Developments in the
Mexican situation probably will await
the arrival In Washington of Manuel
De Zamacona y Inclan, personal en
voy of the Huerta government, to con
tlnue with the Washington adminis
tration the negotiations begun by John
Llnd, personal representative of Pres
ident Wilson In Mexico. '
Administration officials have not de
cided whether they would receive Se-
nor De Zamacona unless he brought
positive assurances of Huerta's elimi
nation from the presidential election
In Mexico and was ready to act upon
the other points In the American pro
posals for the establishment of peace,
Senor De Zamacona's chief connec
tion with the' Mexican government in
the past has been in financial matters
and his mission is said to contemplate
not only the furtherance of the nego
tiations looking toward peace, but the
floating of a loan that would be en
couraged by the American govern
ment He has managed Mexico's finan
cial affairs In Europe heretofore and
during his stay here as ambassador
to the United States in 1911 became
widely known and popular with dip
lomatic corps. ; '
Bandits Maks Rich Haul.
Columbia, S. C. Three men, each
armed with two revolvers, held up two
employees of the J. G. White Con
struction company and a deputy sher
iff at Parr Shoals, twenty miles from
here, and took from them $16,000 in
currency which had been intended to
meet the ' pay roll of the company,
which is building a huge power dam
there. Seven hundred employees of
the company, together with the sher
iffs and deputies of four counties with
bloodhounds, are hunting fori the rob
bers.
Banker Wanted for Big Defalcation.
Washington. Defalcation of $130,-
000 in the - State National . Bank 'of
Fort Worth, Texas, was reported to
Thomas ' P. Kane, acting comptroller
of the currency by National Bank Ex
aminer Van Zandt The shortage will
not affect the solvency of the bank.
The bank -examiner reported that the
whereabouts of Vice President M. L.
Woode was unknown.;. Comptroller
Kane ordered that the facts be report
ed to the United .States attorney at
Fort Worth. The bank's surplus and
profits amounted to $232,000. ,
persons only woke up to the fact
that the penalty would be exacted.
Congressmen from cotton growing
states were urged by telegraph to
take the matter up with the secretary
of agriculture and the interstate com
merce commission to see if something
could not be done to avert this pen
alty.
After looking into the matter fur
ther, several senators who originally
agreed to join the delegation, charged
their minds. They believe the unl
form bale Is a good thing. They say
it Is a comparatively simple matter for
ginners to change their gin boxes to
conform to the new regulations; that
the ginners had ample notice, and
could have easily met the require'
ments of the transportation compa
nies. A great many ginners did so,
but those who didn't will cause a loss
to the farmers on the bale ginned
and baled In the old way of $1
bale.
rear-end collision shortly before seven
o'clock in the morning on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road, six miles north of here.
The first section of the " White
Mountain Express bound for New
York, speeding along at probably for
ty miles an hour, in a thick fog, rush-
ed by a danger signal. It is said, and
crashed into the rear of the second
section of the Bar Harbor express,
standing 100 feet beyond the block
signal. , . ,
remedy for the disease, Dr. C. H.
Lavlnder of the public health service,
Savannah, Ga., declared: '
'It you remove a pellagrin in the
early stages of the disease from the
endemic locality of the -disease, put
him in better surroundings and give
him plenty of good, nourishing food.
regardless of. treatment he will get
well and stay well. In view of the
can had remarked that ne was "going
to kill a gringo."
Heifron was standing at the Ameri
can end of the, bridge wfien Acosta .
first opened fire on him. He fired back
using on automatic pistol. Jonah hast
ened to his assistance and began fir
ing at the Mexican. The Mexican of-
ncer was within 30 feet of the Ameri
can before he was killed. -
Two troops of the Thirteenth Caval
ry were ordered te the bridge follow
Ing the shooting, In order, to restrain
the 1,000 Mexicans who had gathered1
on the Mexican side of the bridge. , '
General Hugh Scott,, commanding
the United States troops, was notified "
of the shooting and he ordered all
troops to be prepared for movement .
to EI Paso from 'Fort Bliss in case or
trouble. ' ' : ,
A detachment of cavalry -was sta- '
tloned at both International bridges
and Army officers and troops 'have
been ordered to remain at quarters in
case of an outbreak among, the Mex
icans. .. '. ;
A bitter feeling against Americans
was manifested In Juarez by Salazar'g
high mortality of pellagra and the Federal troops following the shooting.
pessimistic feeling in regard to it this
should be a comforting thought to us.
FOUR MEN KILLED IN RACES
Four of Six Austos Entered In Nash
ville Races 8mashed to Pieces.
Nashville. Tenn. Death claimed a
heavy toll in the Labor Day automo
bile speed races at the State Fair
grounds when four of the six high
powered cars entered in the 25-mile
free for tail were wrecked and ren
dered into a mass of twisted steel and
splintered wood on the far side of the
mile track opposite the big grandstand
wherein were packed five thousand ex
pectant people. " , . .. ; ..: ;;
Four of the dare-devil riders were
killed, two instantly; two received
minor injuries, wihle four escaped
without Injury of any sort Two of
the cars with their drivers and mech
anicians flashed through the tangled
wreckage of broken cars and maimed
bodies at a speed of sixty miles an
hour, escaping Injury by a miracle.
Cotton Crop 14,167,115 Bales.
New Orleans. Secretary Hester an
nounced the commercial crop for the
year ending close August, 1913, which
amounted to 14,167,115 bales, , a de
crease under last year of1 1,971,311, an
increase over the year before last of
2,047,020 and an increase over 1909-10
of 3,557,447. Southern , consumption,
which he states at 2,969,559 bales, Mr.
Hester says, is the largest amount
ever used by the Southern mills any
one year, exceeding last years' total
by 225,492 bales, and that of the, year
before by 605,943 bales.
Tax to Be Increased on Big Incomes.
Washington. An Increase of the
income tax on large fortunes, only
when . the incomes run above $250,
000 annually. Is the basis of a com
promise Democratic members of the
senate finance committee will recom
mend to the caucus. Tire attitude of
the so-called Insurgent Democrats was
such as to indicate they would not
accept the arrangement , without " a
fight The finance committee, men
have decided to leave the rates of
the income tax as at present, up to
the $250,000 mark. V .:!;
The White Mountain engine 'clear- should also be comforting that pel-
ed through the two rear Pullman cars, lo8ra ,s not directly transmissible from
Doth of wood, splitting them in two one Person to anotner."
and tossing their wreckage and three-
Powers of Consul Broadened. .
Washington. The United State .
Government broadened the powers of
its consular representatives in Mexico
to such a degree that It is believed
score of mangled human beings; some DENOUNCE CROP DEPOSITS there 'Wil1 be 00 further obstacle to a
alive, some dead, on either side of the
track. .-.,.. .-j.
The third car, also of wood, and
occupied by forty boys on their' way
from summer camp at Monmouth,
Maine, was lifted into the air and fell
on Its side crumpled up and crushing
two of the boys to death and Injuring
others. '
U.S. COTTON REPORT ISSUED
Georgia Looms Up In the Bureau's
, Cotton Report.
Washington. Announcement by
the department of agriculture that the
condition of the growing cotton crop
of the United States was 68.2 per cent,
of a normal on August 25 disclosed
the fact that the plants had deterio
rated 11.4 per cent since the July
report was taken. The August fig
ures were, the same as those of Au
gust 1900, and- the condition of this
period hks been lower only three
times during the past twenty-two
years, in 1896, when It was 64.2 per
cent, in 1902, when it was 64.0 per
cent, and in 1909, when it was 63.7
per cent - ' ,
The greatest deterioration was in
Oklahoma,- where the condition drop
ped 36 per cent to 45 per , cent In
Texas the condition of 64 per cent
showed a deteriratlon of 17 per cent
Deterioration in - other states in the
part of the belt stricken by drouth
was: . -r t,': -,
..Arkansas,. 15 per cent; Missouri, 14
per cent; Louisiana, 12 per cent;
Tennessee, 10 per cent; Mississippi,
8 per cent, and Alabama, 6 per cent
In all these states the condition was
much below the ten-year average con
dition figures, . . i , .
Confidence Men Rob Wealthy Men.
.Terre Haute, Ind. With the arrest
here 6f George . Reed. John Collins
and Hugh McGinnls of Indianapolis,
on complaint of Cary Shaw, president
of the Second National bank, of Hous
ton,: Texas, the , police declare they
have ended the operations of a gang
that In the last ' year has swindled
wealthy men out of nearly -a quarter
of a million dollars. ' The work of the
gang, the officials say, closely resem
bled that of the Mabray swindle syn
dicate, and. included fake prize fights.
Mr. Shaw lost $7,600. . . - .....
Alleged That Treasury Plan Will Ben
eflt Speculators, ' Not Producers.
Sallna, Kan, The plan of the treas
ury department for placing money in
various banks to aid in moving crops
was criticised severely at the national
convention of the Farmers'. Unlen and
the conevntion adopted a report of the
legislative committee which declared
"it could not see a single- benefit la
the crop aid plan."
' The report declared the result of the
plan would be that money would not
be loaned to the farmer to enable him
more general withdrawal of American
citizens from the danger zones of the"'
Southern Republic. American Consuls
In Mexico, who previously had been
instructed to furnish first class trans-1
portation to any who desired it on '
condition that they later would reim
burse the State Department, received
supplementary Instructions to . give
Americans - whatever transportation
they desired and they would be ex
pecter to reimburse the Government
only If they were able. '
Goes Into Plans for Currency. .
Washington.-The Senate . Banking
to market his crop gradually to meet Committee -wandered' from the pro- '
visions or the Administration reform
bill and dived Into theoretical dis
cussions . of plans for currency re
vision which has found favor with-r
some of the members. Plans to refund
the entire' present Issue Government
notes with a . general Federal cur
rency secured only by, 50 per.. cent
gold reserve, and proposals to amend
the present Aldrich-Vreeland merg-,
ency currency act; framed , the basis i
ror mucn oi tne questioning of James
B. Forgan and George H. Reynolds of
Chicago, Sol Wexler ,of New Orleans
and Professor Sprague of Harvard.
Brothers Fight and Go Insane.
Knoxville, Tenn. Matthew and
Luke Duncan,. brothers of Frost Bot
tom, in Anderson county, Tennessee,
preachers of the- Baptist persuasion,
fought and went insane Over an argu
ment about the Bible. - This occurred
after they bad fought, both took to
the woods. Matthew was captured
and taken to Oliver Springs. He fought
savagely when .taken, knocking ' sever
al men down before being overpower
ed. During the night at Oliver Springs
he was lashed to a post for safe-keeping;
His brother Luke is still at large
demands of trade, but "would put more
money into the hands of speculators
to buy crops from farmers forced to
sell because they ; could not get
money." ;'. ' .:.:. v-i-;v'vN .
The administration currency bill also
was -criticised on the ground that it
would force farmers to sell at har
vest time and that speculation would
fOllOW.:. j,:..'-' - A ":; :."
" The convention adopted resolutions
asking congress not "to allow further
appropriations for bulletin service
which nobody reads," but to give more
appropriations for .. farmers' inter
ests."
A resolution urging a national mar
keting bureau was adopted.
Speakers at the convention said the
amount of money the treasury depart
ment Is to place in the various banks
over the coutnry to aid in the moving
of crops should be increased to $200,
000,000 under conditions requiring the
central banks to loan .the money to.
their correspondent banks In the ru
ral sections at 4 per cent interest and
rural banks to charge their custom
ers 6 per cent, for loans..
Taft Heads Bar. Association. '
Montreal, Quebec, ' Ex-Presldem
William H. Taft was elected president
of the 1 American Bar Association at
the close of the annual session defeat
ing Gen. P. W. Meldrim of Savannah,
Ga,, by one rote on the second ballot.
It had been generally understood that
General Meldrim would be chosen as
president, but the nomination of for
mer President Taft complicated mat
ters. On the first ballot, which was
by states, Taft and Meldrim tied. On
the second ballot one vote change to
Mr. Taft and . Meldrim was .defeated.
Decreaee In Bank Deposits.
;Was-igton. Individual deposits in
National banks of the United States-.
decreased $190,000,000 between Junei
4 and August. 9 and loans and dis- .
ccounts Increased $20,000,000, accord
ing to preliminary figures of the last '
call by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency just made public Detailed fig
ures will be made public about ten .
days later,, :'-'.v.:v :":--r'.fc;:.:'"v; -rf
Governors Lead the Road Workers.
Little Rock, Ark. Business was for
gotten In Arkansas while the peope
worked the roads. It was two "good
roads" days proclaimed by Got. G. W.
Mays and it was a success. Every
where citizens wielded the shovel and
pick and the banker put in as long
hours and worked Jast as hard as the
hired laborers. As a? result, hundreds
of miles of state's highways are in
better shape than ever before. Gover
nor Majors of Missouri put v in a
good day's work. So did Governor
Hays. -:! . " '
Hot Springe Makes-Appeal Fur Help. "
Hot " Springs, Ark. Hot Springs,
fire swept, six million dollars of prop-'
erty destroyed and 2,500 of its people
homeless issued the following. "While
we do not wish to be placed in the at
titude of asking for Outside assistance
the cry : of suffering 1 humanity sug- -gests
the propriety of accepting any- r
assistance that may be offered by a '
generous publicV Thousands of people
have -been rendered penniless '' and '
homeless. The destitution is acute' anV
the need ' of assistance' is imperative
and immmedlate. " 1 ' -
Regrets Jerome Was Arrested.
;3oaticook, . Que. Harry Thaw "re ''"
frets that William Travers Jerome" '"
was arrested in Coatloook charged - Y
with gambling, and denies that,he or
his lawyers instigated ' the arrest
Moreover Thaw would have been glad,
to furnish Jerome's bond. This ..was -
the statement me de by Thaw as given '
by 'Andre Rousseau,' the hotel pro- -prietor
who serves the fugitive's meals
and -who was one of Jerome's . bonds-
men: Thaw think the arrest was a-
good v,Joke but ft mistake,,; Bald
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