Bluefield evening leader. [volume], December 31, 1909, Image 1

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BLUEFIELD EVENING LEADER
CSTABI.IshkH Ariill- 84906_BLUEFIELD, W. VA. FRIDAY. AFTERNOON DEO ::i PRICE TWO CENTS
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TO DISPOSE OP
TRUST CASE
The Standard Oil and Amer
ican Tebacco Company
Before Supreme Court
Next Week
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CRIPPLE ANTI-TROST ACTION
Would Embarrass Efforts
to Have Sherman Law
Amended
Washington, Dec. :il.—Beginning i
with Monday next, there will be u;
steady action by tin* government in ;
disposing of two largo trust cases \
A which are more or less i-mbarni>.3iug •
to Uie efforts to have the Sherman j
anti-trust law amended
Records in the Standard Oil case,
which suit was recently decided ad
versely to the big corporal ion by the
United States Circuit Court of ap« i
pouls, are expected in Washington
Sunday. Appeal will be formally
made in the Supreme Court Monday.
The a peal case* wherein the gov
ernment is proceeding against the
American Tobacco Company, will b<
E argued before Supremo Court the
first half of next week.
WILL POSTPONE
INVESTIGATION
The meeting of the Titian] of \f- ;
fairs to bt» held at the city ball will
not likely Jw> of importance or of
£ long duration as C. M. Peters and J.
S. Kahle. members of the Hoard, arc
expected to attend the banquet to lie
given by tie* lawyers of this county
* tonight.
| It Is not expected the gas fran
• chise will receive any attention on
account of the illness or Attorney
Karl Riley one of the applicants.
On account of Chief Newkirks!
being confined to his home as a re- !
suit of Hie mixtip with Night Chief
McDonald the Investigation will not
ho made tonight
^^VIRGINIAN TO BUILD
DEPOT AT ROCK
H, E Hines of Princeton, assistant
engineer for the Virginian, was in
the city today coming from Rock
where ho was to *••<> Captain narger, I
president of the Rock Hand and Im
provement Company, relative to a
suitable location for a depot at Rock,
wulch the railroad eolitemplates
building. Ii is understood the imihl
ing will he Started in about two'
weeks.
Mihs K- lt< ■ Klnstbr who i ' ,r
young lawyer of New Y^otk a ho r
cenUly became engaged to the fit
attorney she worsted In her profe*.
alon. During a lengthy legal tight
Miss Kunstler eaplivated her futur<
fiancee Henry Kopelman by the mas
terly manner in which she handled
her case and heal him to a decision.
YVnen the two lawyer* left court
they were the best friends and the
courtship began :«• er* <.
PROSPECTS FOR
SOUTH BRIGHT
WEST VIRGINIA COAL MINES MAK
ING GOOO PROGRESS AND
PROtP^RITv HECOM
ING GENERAL
liailimore, IVc. 31.— 111 * survey
of the bright prcapect* lor the bus
iness interests of the South and the
r-• -.t of i»it* country in 11* 1«». the Man
ufacturers’ Record Bays in this week’s
issue: ——- —
“With a production of pig iron
now running on a basis of 21.oo.uoo
tons a year, as against 15.O00.UU0
tons for tiie whole of l‘*08, ami 25,
oou.uuo ton-, for 1^"7, tie iron trad*
has already reached record figures,
though the conditions seem to paint
to a ery much greater advance dur
ing the coming year As yet, the
railroads have been but comparati
vely indifferent buyers of rolling
stock and track equipment
“Whenever the railroad, do enter
the market on a laige scale the de
mand for iron and steel will carry
production far beyond present out
put, although existing plants are be
ing run to almost th • full limit of
tne country’s capacity
“Thero lias heeii depression In
the cotton goods trade, but, on tin
other hand, there lias In qn great
proper!ty t«» tin* cotton growers, for
they have been getting for this year's
crop a higher price than they ,iav.
received in the last twenty-five years
With the certainty that the world *
consumption requirements will corn
pletely clean up the world's avail
able supply of cotton before the gath
ering of the next crop, it ought to
be possible to insure that next year's
crop will bo sold at very profitable
flgures to the grower, and if tne
planters of the South are wise in
not concentrating -io<> much alien
tion upon cotton, such will be the
result. Diversification of farm crops
should be preached to every farmer
In the South that In the 'coining
year cotton may bo mftdf. the surplus
crop after the farmers have raised
their own foodstuffs.
Rroadly surveying tne whole situ
ation there are seen evidences that
the South in joining In the march
or progress which the North and
West entered a little in advance of
this section by reason of the fact
that the South did not feel the full
effect of tne panic as soon as other
sections did
‘‘Here and ther0 are striking illu
strations of the wonderful advance
that Is being made in the South. In
Alabama immense steel works and
expansion of iron industries are un
der way, but not on so large a scale
as the resources or the South justi
fy. On the Gulf coast great ware
housing and docking facilities are
being developed at some ports, but
there are equally as great needs at
other port* where the work has not
yet been tarried forward with en
ergy. In the coal mines of West
Virginia. Kentucky. Tennessee and
Alabama progress is living made,
and a great advance In the value of
mineral properties is everywhere
seen. Mut there is room for still
greater development in mining opera
tions and for a still greater develop
ment In mining operation* and for
a sHll greater increase in the value
of coal and iron and oth -r mineral
properties. The trend of poptiNr*ion
from the West is toward the South,
especially to Texas anil Khrflda. but
Mississippi and liOiilsiana and othoi
Southern State* are sharing to kohm
extent in this movement. This im
migration. however, i- small a com
pared to what It should Ik*
TO CROW OVER
THE CROAKINC
V ’welve o'clock t/uug ir w hixtlei
"ii ini locomotives sill footer
iiul Hi*1 rlmrrh h» II* will ring to nsl
. ‘*r in Hi* New Year. Several jirivaM
dance* and parties will Is* given it
the city.
At the rink there will l>»- a dano.
and nkating until 1:30 a. m. He
freslimentg will lie nerved at mid
! nIglvt to the merry- makers. A twin*
tins been engaged to furnish must
lor the occasion.
Several lUtieflelders left today fo
Narrows where a dance wj|J he glvei
tonight The parts will return 01
No | . tomorrow iiutiiIi)*
Mrs. Maud ('. Clark, who tried six
times unsuccessfully to kidnap her
Ilf le son. Charlton from Hr. and Mrs.
C. Kremer of New York who had
formally adopted the child. Mrs.
Clark rod** up in nu automobile the
other day and seized Charlton as he
was playing in the snow before the
house of Ills foster iwMiltB. She was
pursued and the Child recaptured.
Her teai-s and entreaties in eotirt hoj
touched Mrs Kremer, that she rv-j
solved to sacrifice h#r affection to,
the mother’s low. Charlton lived in (
luxury and clung to hi* foster par
ents for a time despite his mother’s
pleadings.
TWENTY MAY BE
DEAD IN WRECK
ROCK ISLAND PASSENGER TURNS
OVER AND ENGINEER IS
KILLED—COACHES
CATCH FIRE.
Kansas City. ln-c. ;n The Hock
Island passenger train w:i.s wrecked
near Trenton. Missouri, today. Tin
whole train was overturned, two
coaches catching lire.
The fireman was killed but t ie en
gineer escaped There may l»e. It jb
feared, ns many as twenty d* ad in
the wreck, but all efforts ar(» turned
lowaids subdue! ng the flames. The
cattle of the disaster is unknown.
BUSINESS ON
BOARD QUIET
Chicago, Dec. 31.- Huslness on the
board of trade was quiet. Wheat
was lower, corn firmer, oats and pro
visions easier Opening wheat. May,
1.12 1-1: Corn, May. *»7; cues May,
j 45 7-S: pork. May, 21.45,
Good Demand.
New' York. Dee. 21 -In the face of
poor cables today, there was a good
demand for cotton with prices one
point lower to four hinger. (>pe»
lnK. .January. 1 j72; March, It; 10;
April 1«J.40; July, 10.10.
Display of Strength
New York, Dec 31. Tae stock
market open* d today with display
of strength and activity, prices in
nearly everything traded in making
! gains ranging front fraction* to near
ly two points Hock Island common
was a prominent feature, advancing
! 7-8; Hrooklvn Colon Uiw row.. on**
point. copper st'x’ks were generally
I strong.
COOK DENIES
RESIGNATION
Charleaton. Dec 31 — Declaring
th<* telegram tendering his resigna
tion from the Charleston eity coun
cil a forgery, John W. Cook arrived
here today from the \V**«t Y'irginia
rnivendty, where n«> i* taking a law
com <•, and started an Invent IgA*
I Mon of the affair
Cook wan a ntemlwr of tic "dry"
I faction <i* tie council and repeat ed
ly voted against ah tons In the city,
Thr* e v <. k (.■ i he resigned Jhl*
• |>ov|t|oi, mi tie ''ite departm< nt ,*f
I school* end enit r. d school
i YY'hen the < oiincjl net t)« c< nfhet
It'., I’resid -nt AlaeCorkh* presented a.
i telegram signed .1 W Cook,' an
nouneing nt •• had left CnatIt s ton
• and that h< could no longer nerve
• on the eonne:1 Mis re ignation was
- accepted, and c L. Topylng wait *»•
l let ted In hi* place, giving th< ' wets '
- a majority of one vote
Today Cook, declared iit had n »;
r : sent the telegram and did no know
i It had been sent until several days
> after the council i tion Me *1111
ciain his t* id* • •• ere
ORANGE CROP IS
BAiiLY DAMAGED
THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF EARLY
VEGETABLES ARE TOTAL
LOSSES ON ACCOUNT
OF FREEZE
Jacksonville Fla .. Dec ill.— Two
dn\ freezing weather extended
to t lie South Florida, hits left thirty
live to flfl\ per cent of the orange
crop, still on tie >h seriously dam
aged Thousands of acres of curly !
vegetable# are total Ioshc*
Tie t uni pc rat u re In loweal since j
ISftT.. The greatest dotger la in the
central ami noaUiwoyt F! srldn.
STIRS STORM
OF CRITICISM
I^oiidon, l)fc 31.— The defeat of
the budget by the HotiHe of ismlo
has stirred up not only a Hlorm of
hostile criticism of this action on
tltolr part, hut a deluge of c.targes
against many large landowners of
tltl.f to the effect, that, they hold
large area* of land, illegally
Like other large landowner:, the1
Duke of Pot'laud 'inis been th.» vie
j tlm of torscrujvillouK ait nek;, based
on false assertions.' It is found tier-1
essary to deny officially on Ids flraccr, j
•behalf a statement, that he or one
, of his predecessor a filched from tue
people of Nottingham fSO.ono acres!
i)> enclosing Sherwood Forest.
"Title deeds show,” sa>a tie au
thoritative letter In question. hat
I the whole of the property, formerly
I part of Hlierwood Forest, now j*>s
sessed by the Duke of Portland, wa
ecqnired by Inheritance, purchase,
excuarigc, or otherwise in ordinary
course as distinguished from rob
bery.”
POSTOFFICE TO
ITS NEW HOME
While tie* people of the city are
Ushering in the Mow Year, the em
ploy.' of the post office will he niOV
Ifly into the new eovermnerit hudd
hue on Higginbotham aventie
The old building ori Wand street
which haw hern an eye core for many
years will he varntedce and will In
no way he fitted by "le- go\ ctnmen*
In the future The new building is
equipped wjt,i all the J«h postal
fixture- Thor who have y. vs w;lr
recrlro others Ip place of fnem Th»*
hox nttmlKT . have t>ren chanced o
< Me|i |F.'rwm may hv apply |r.r *o the
window, he e-winned ,* m w *«>x.
CARLOAD OF MATCHES
EXPLORES AT HONAKER
N report from Honaker ray *hat
i carload of matchcK got loose on
'he Honaker siding of »h« Norfolk
and Western and collided with anoth
er car causing the matches to indie
and explode (loth earn w« r * wreck
**d and friiffie wa> delayed for wn
le*ii. < \o ote- v ». Int<i|i *
BRITISH WILL
my FOR THE
SOUTH POLE
Active Preparations Being
Made for Captain Scott's
Expedition to Start
in 1910 \
SELECTING SCIENTIFIC STAFF
I
Several Men ot Distinction!
Have Already Been
Chosen for Work
\ j •--> .v v_ ;
Kolllbill. J )GC U1 Hood progl esS Is*
It f. •
Inane Tti 1lie preparation* foi
Captain Scott's \nart He expedition,
(officially dvdgnrd British Vnaretii
Expedition, DHu) and one member ot
tae mat* Mr. C K Menret. already
has started for Siberia to obtain tho
necessary dogs and ponies
('apt a in Scott him .< If has been re
lieved of Uii: apoplntm* nt at Hi.»j
Admlrjllify. In order that lie nun de
Vrtlf* tile \vhp(e of hi Him to tip
Work ot his expedition Work lin: j
already runup* ne.nl on tin .hip Tet
r:ln tva, and I p* ii inmal of oil lank. |
with oilier minor work is in progress
Th ■ select loti i»t all Hi,* members
of t fie selentlllc stafl lias not yv
been definitely made, hut is gradu I
ally getting Into shape.
Dr. Wilson, Chat of the .cb nlilh'
staff, will also Ip zoologist and arti
lib task will Include Ibe general
organization and distribution of wors
and t ie correlation of re.mils.
It is anticipated that three geolo
gists will lie takyiie with the expedi
tion One of them is Mr. Macklittoan
lull l lie llrector of tile Heologle.il
Survey of .New /eland The second
geologist, il i hoped, will be top ured
in Atb tralia, through tin good office
of Professor David of Melbourne Cni
versify
Besides tin* general knowledge
those gentlemen possess, the expedi
tion will have the advantage of their
special knowledge of ta«. lands ad
jacent to the field of work and also
of continuity wiHi the work of for
mer expeditions Tho third geologist
wijl he selected in this country
Mr. It. Simpson, of the Indian Km
vey Department, will In. tin- physi
cist of the expedition. lb* is now
on Ilfs way to Kurland from Simla
A second phyeiei it will also he tak
en.
Two, and possibly Hire- biologists
will he included In Captain Scott's
personnel and steps are |>« mg made
to secure gentlemen having special
knowledge of marine biology With
Dr Wilson will Is- re oelated a Sec
(Continued on Paae Three.)
TAFT REVERSES
TEDDY’S PLAN
~u
Washington. l>' c. Dl- — Pnmidvir
Taft today put Into opejrgtlon a now
plan of receiving coiticrdsaioiuil eat
l"rs ffir v> 44 or act pmIIn a reversion
to *h*' ltoHsrt*VWf method of admitting
a large mini tier of Senators. Kepre
•ntatlveH and other caller , Into hi ,
priva',. office jif the nanie time
Si lire tjie bl‘»ilU)ing of III il>'
rninintraticdt President Taft Im> en
dca\oi<«K I41 give •■a< ii • illrr an tn
I dividual andi"nee lie ha- found,
I however, that Jhla plan ha idly
dl ruralik< d ni.-, • n;iiK,,tii''iii b ' and
often Horn" Senator or Itrpre^eftta
tivi* has h id fi\w#U in *■■■,■"• or mo *•
for his pun f/> pnfj - *pr p,<
Ident.
I'ndrr th" arrwn'Jfi men* pip irp<» <t
j fe*1 t/yia^' Dyi'Jt' Wen |f>'e *')• fa
mi nted t\1t , «*-.• id* ■ 'I I ore nur
to M-t ape dr | t,l h* f-hou, from 1"
•o in ::o >/ m * K« ry da> < \> -pt c • >
met day* for Mip r< ropMon of . ;• n
a tor? 6*1 !!• prf (pm fa? i v« , hr. up
eonsfit ii rt. ’o ftlr-«0nr ■
l{< V, {), W, Kellnv oi Taze%e, Va
and IV’ Aiding MVler of that district
of tho Mc(bodi};t church lb 1 ti t,i» city
or) rfa\*Ttor'kv Gap wh«T« If
iuMrr*!*
EXCELSIOR IS
out of danger;
CLYDE LINER COMANCHE STOOD
BY UNTIL SHE RECEIVED
WORD DISABLED STEAM
ER WAS SAFE.
- .
New York. I Two days
overdue the Clydn line steaimi < mu
niHiiehe. \y .ill’ll ivportod by wlrele- 1
ihut Hi- Sonth<Mu Pacific steamer,
Kxcelslor. was drifting helplessly
forty miles N'Diih of the Diamond
Shoals Unlit off Cape Matters, is ex
ported here tills afternoon
The Comanche reported today that
she had stood hy tne Rxoelslor until
she Mon-ived word there was no
danger. The Comiuunohe left Char |
lestown Tuesday with a large passen
Rer list
ARE RECOVERING
FROM THE SLUMP
Washington. Ike HI That the]
brewers of tin- country are recover i
inn from the slump in the cnu8Uiii|K
tlon of their beverage which char
uetcrltcd i||i- fiscal year ended June
, lhOH, when file internal revenue
receipt* fell to nearly is
shown d»> i ie \oveniIs-r Trensiiiw
J •f.eineni. giving such returns from
all suhrrcc During Nov. in her tin
l i\t s on heel Increased $r.0»;,!M7
ov.-r .Yovcnihci l!M)K, whlrli iih^iiii
that* that many morn barrel* wfrw
tak.n from the breweries for ulu
mate Use Per tile lii sl live month
ol the current, fln-al v< n . I lie in
ercuse in liner tax ivcclpls over lie
•corresponding 'period of *Uic llaral j
yeur I'.MI'.* anioiiiil. il in |77< •.S 111 •
Milliner montlia of Die current year
snowing nil iucreusi , while in Sep. .
I' in hep mill October flier.. wa a fall
ing ofT lllteirnnl It venue Dun yu
officials ray an lucrciiHO u cousiniii*
Hon or hcr'r Ik an Indication of pros- i
i>.*rity as belnx a poor man' drink, I
It; use arenrsitely relh-ct the trend
of Indus'rial <*(>ti«lit loin
The Iniereating fart al o trough!
cut that the retail li<|ftior dealer,
speelal tax for the firsi flw- montliK
of the onrrent fiscal year .show , a
decrease of a compared
with tho corresponding poriod of the
previous year, which the official* say
i due to t ie wave of prohibit Ion,
which ha swt pi over various por
tions of He* Dil i, d State
CLINGS TO CAR
AND IS FROZEN
Orcc'iiHfooro, \. Dec, 31 I, i*
Surratt, farmer and school teacher
of pav'd-toii county aged twenty
foni • . i >n11 iinmr;fti led, was found
Ueji'l by in- er**w of a -.out hhound
fioiylit 11 a'rt n-*ar I. xfngton at in
| o clock tin :• * r •«i 11I*as nmgct , on
I In* i cirth !>'nin<l train tnaixhlng
f i I *m u'.boi r. at ! oclrxk Ihia .iffer
noon repot’ that a man. tilt erpient
1y Identifier! a Sun aft, lemid-d im>
northbound a in due her*’ a* lb
o'clock a' bexiugton this rpornlu.:
Jusl before the train pulled ipijt h*»
i juniit»'d »*ff and ran to his btftrRv, *
abort distance away. t<, get a jwick^
' a«-* wltlch In* had forgotten ILliiming
ha<k to catch the moving train h*
jumped ttpop t• t* i»k *d one of tie*
platforms but 1 ne vestibule door Win
do * it and h*- could tut* open jt
N'o on** on h* train aw him and
h>* 11 r»r**rf i; 11 a * ■ ntiii, hanging on to
tie railing .ti lb*- Idling cold with
'ho train ruiiniu at a high rate of
p**d, imply fro/e to death,
wfiefi til** fra ill arrived at .• point a
few milt hi., id* of i,< v tg»on he
<11 *»jtr>< ti *. i tiw 'Tom *'
3,000 CASES OF
TYPHOID FEVER
Montfetll fnp- 31- Tie it i
3U00 caef *h t vphoftf f* v, -
el’v and ent'Ug- in ht'-pi'a t*
ing eMnldl led l«» cope v th t .
tlern if
, The council hay ;-t * j
n.'ll cr» 4 orrtfllft <• * 41 i:..y I i .
bf It Vt It
BAD ACCIDENT
ON THE NEW
YORK CENTBAE
Multi Millionaire Spencer
Trask Killed at Crotton
and is Believed Three
Others Lose Lives
FREIGHTSMASHES INTO EXPRESS
The Accident Was Due to
Careless Brakeman
on the Express
New Y Oi k. I lee ,;| Speneei I'l l k.
banker and multi-nillllonalre, w.u*
killeii today, three other pi rsotts are
believed to have lost (lielr lives and
lour were hadh in lured when a
freight train erastiml Into the Mon
treal v|iren; tin the New York Contval
Hallway at I'rotton, ,\. Y this morn -
Ing
All ih<' \loihns w.ue in the last
ear Widen was l< let rop.'il hv engine
of the freight Tin* ear was a (deep
er and was crushed like an
shell.
The three pelSOIIH thought to have
been kill, d were Imprisoned in (he
wreekayNo sound eonlcl he heard
from them after eolliaiou ami their
deal'll is eonaldered a eortnillty. Tne
porter of the sleeping ear and ihre.t
other persona, all injured, t rawl. <1
out of I lie w reekag.
The aeeident \ya dll ' to a eat.'IOHa
lira k' man on t lie . x pi ' s
OHIO IS BLOCKED
WITH ICE TODAY
Huntington Dec. 1 The Ohio
river 1 closed in many places be
tween Pittsburg and Cincinnati to
da' There se< in■. little doubt that,
'•villi Weather predictions lor to
night verified tbe river at fills point
will lie completely frozen over. The
Ice it tunning today but slowly, and
1 many of the floes are a mile In
length ainl reach almost from short*
to shore.
Tin lliimlnglon ferry I sail, mad
’die lfi|» »hi: morning by carefully
hat I ling it . way through the ice.
Skiff* are being used |»y pernon*
A ho mn ' ( ross tie t let, i lit dim
itintive craft finding it c<miparali v •
I • easy to pick an open war throiii,li
atid around tne impediment which
make |f almost impo tide ami ex
trotnel hazardous for the laiger
boats
who h man «ho had
i loci' ’ll
ion • .nd 1-onRht hi thp jio i stu?
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