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mm jjj WEB WEST. KSTIHK MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IX HI I/,/. UU>'s (,H\SH I>e*H> Snow out Ureaucr Furt of the i oniurv end Mure Pairing?School* \baindoned, Fuiierala Postponed and lvein gerrier Stopped Bereue? of Storm ?'hu ago Feb. 24.?The entire up? per Mtesftsslppt and Ohio valley ra? tions are stormbound today with the idtsserd unabated Bxtrerae cold with heavv snow pre ? uiis from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic coast and north of cen? tral Tennessee. Heavy snow is fall? ing \% Chicago today. Many schools have bean abandoned Several cities report funerals postponed because thev are unable to reach the cemetrles through the high drifts of snow. Train schedules between Chicago and St !x>ul? todax were annulb-d. OoM Striken t.eorgla. Atlanta. Feb. 24.?The OOM wave ntruek Qoorgln late last night. The mercury this morning is 2k above aero and the skies are cloudy 7Tw<rw*mioter l>rope 50 Itegree*. hirmlngham. Feb. 24.?From 74 yesterday the temperature dropped to 24 this saornlng. with snow flurries. The eold prevails over the State. t'annual for Galventon. Qalveeton. Feb. 24.?Sleet and ?now fell here today for the first time In awvonteen years. Bluer Cold in WUmlngtou. Wilmington. N C, Feb. 34.?It Is ?nowlng here today and the mercury m down to ten above aero. Snow io NnnUtUIc Nashville. Tenn.. Feb. 24.?A driv? ing snow Is f illing and the tempera? ture dropped to fifteen above aero this morning. Trains Stalled In Indiana. Indianapolis. Feb. 24.?Zero weath? er prevails over Indiana. Many through fa?t trains are stalled In the ZKHO WEATHER IN NKW YORK. Five Thosptand Belog 1 arlcd for by CharUy. New ?e/rk. Feb. 24 ? The mercury I? within a fraction of sero and a light snow haa fallei .-lere. Over ft. ?Of pereons are he: ng care t for by ? harltabg) lodging houses. LOaageot . Zero Weather la Heven, Year*. Syrecuce. Feb. 24.?The thermome? ter registers IS degrees below sero today and the city is experiencing the longest period of sero weather In eleven veers Fearteen Above at Washington. Washington, Feb. 2 4.?The temper? ature Is 14 degree* above aero. alei ? er ad inchee <>f snow have fallen. _ Heavy snow in Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Feb. 24.?Heavy snow has falle? here and the thermometer registers eight degrees above sero. Snow Stop*? Hell way Traffic. Louisville. Feb. 24.?All freight train* hare been abandoned on ac? count of the heavy snow and pasaen? Sff train* ere demoralised. Prceslng West her Tonight. Washington. Feb. 24.?Freezing weather tonight will extend to the gulf roast with frosts to central Flor? ida The continued cold w II cover the southooKtern States ?hlcago. Feb 21?The Middle fettete? today are emerging from the wore* snow and bllszard that has occurred In years Train? are begin? ning to movr on something like schedule Cime and the wir? service Is getting beck to normal. Zero in India sjnnolls. Indianapolis. Feb IS.?The temper? ature Is down to sero today and a foot of snow con era the ground. sju*aerd In Alabama. litrmiftjhem. Feb. 25.?It is snow? ing ell oSJgr Alabama There are two I ochre of snow in Hirmlngham am! still snosiirtg h?. I The leinpeeatares range iroaji ' u> .12 Pvurtneu Ilolow ?nro. Newark, Ohio, Feh. |i. TlM tem peratur. le fourteen l<elow sero todaj. The natgTal gaa preaaffre ia so low that many families are without heat All the ?Ohoolfl h.i\?? hr.f, elOMed MghUH m Below in Pitteburgli rittaburgb Feb 2G ? The mercury touched eighteen below aero SUSfJ - dav There is a heavy fog ?ggorgta snow Covered Atlanta? Feb 23.--Snow cohere ?ieorgla today with the fall continu? ing heavily In many districts Tern snjsjsjliireg re age irotn 24 to J?> above aero. Columbus reports two Inches ol enow. Ma con three. Dublin three The snow ie accompanied at some places with aleel. It is ahowinn today it? Savannah Hnow in Mobile. Mobile. Feb. 26.?Snowing today, but ia melting- at. it falls. Torey. Pa.. Feb. 26.?Twenty-seven below xero. Intense eoUl covers the State. Adjourns on Account of Snow. Jackson. Miss, Feb. 26.?Three | inches of snow fell today. The leg-, 'lala'ure adjourned for all the pages to' play In the anow. Xo Umlief In New York. I New Yoik. Feb. 25.?The cold > wuve continues its grip in the east j today. A h?avy snow again threutena to tie up traffic. Suffering In Ohio Cleveland. Feb. 25.?Thirteen be? low zero. There Is intense suffering among the poorer ciusses. The natur? al gas supply in many cities of the Statu la giving out on account of the intense cold and cuts off heating. More Snow in Atlanta. Atlanta. Feb. 25.?There was two inches of snow this afternoon and the snow is still fallbig heavily. The mercury touched 23 above aero at 11 o'clock and co:der weather Is pre? dicted tonight. ERRORS IN PLOT EXPERIMENTS. Prof. J. N. Us r per of Clemson College Will DIseuMN Handicap? at Big Con? vention. Clemson College, Feb. 21.?Presi? dent W. M. Rlggo and Prof. J. N. Harper, of Clemson College, are among those who will make addresses ist the 16th annual convention of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers, to be held in Mongomery, Alabama. February 24, 25, and 26. Tnls body, consisting principally of the various commissioners of agricul? ture and experiment station workers! of the Southern States, ranks as one1 of the foremost agricultural associa? tions In the country. At the general sessions of the Montgomery meeting, Prof. Harper, who is director of the South Carolina Experiment Station, will apeak on "Some Common Errors or Mistakes in Conducting and Interpreting Field Experiments." pointing out to ex? periment station workers the large ; and numerous handicaps under which | held tests are made in .the South and the necessity for all experiments to be carried on through a number of year* and with many duplications. 1 In this addreas, he will recommend I the use of plots as small as one fiftieth of an acre for Held experi? ments, which will allow of space for duplications which are very much > needed. The average size of the plot used at Southern stations today is about five times as large as this. In the section on "Field Crops and Fer? tilisers," Prof. Harper Is scheduled to speak on "Soil Building in South Car? olina." This Is the problem to which the agricultural forces of Clemson! College are devoting most of their at? tention now. Dr. M. R. Powers, of Clemson Col? lege, State Veterinarian, la also to i attend the convention and he will re-I port on the progress of tick eradlca tion work in South Carolina. One of th? principal uses of thlsj association la to coordinate the work of the Southern experiment stations. As Prof. Harper's address will point out, so much duplication Is necessary to secure conclusive results from <-rop and fertilizer variety tests that the only feasible method of working is for each station to concentrate on a few main problems. At the con? ventions of this association the station directors outline the work they are doing and in this way avoiding need? less work on the part of other sta? tions, permitting concentration of ef? fort and saving time and a large ex? pense. HANKS ENTER RESERVE SYS? TEM. Regina Busing with Membership of 7,500?Will Tubulate Resources. Washington. Feb. 23.?The new fed? eral reserve system Will begin bus? iness with a membership of at least 7,500 banks. This was apparent to nlRhr wh??n. \r the close of the lftst day on which national banks could slgalfy their intention of accepting the terma o* the rurrency law, less than 50 of t>io 7.49.1 Rational banks f the country hud failed to respond favorably. More than enough State institutions hid applied for member ahlp to bring the Intal t<> 7.600 Official count of the banks and tabulation of their resources and lia? bilities will begin tomorrow ;?f the i treasury department. Mom of the institutions that hare not come into the now system are comparatively small, and it is ait i muted 9 7 per cent of all the capital and resources In the present national hnnti system ia represented by tho*w? whose applications are in. BECKER TO 60 FREE. PROBABLE THAT POL1CK OFFI? CIAL Wn,k NOT AOA1N STANJ) trial. C?WI'g Ruling Said by Whitman to Destroy Case Against Becker?Will ? Be a Bar to Future ConTletioiw. Nsw York. Feb. 24.?The convictionj Of Charles Becker, former police lieu-! tenant, of the murder of the gambler.' Herman Koeentha). was snnulad to- j day by the court of appeals at Al? bany, the highest in the .Stats. He is| entitled to a new trial, but it seemed probable tonight that ha might go frea without facing a second ordeal. It was made known that District At? torney Whitman believed that under the prevailing opinion handed down by the court conviction a second timej will be impossible. Appeals taken by the four gunmen j ?"Whitey Lewis. "Lefty Louie." | "Gyp the Blood" and "Dago Trank," ?convicted as actual murderers of Resent ha 1, Becker being accused of having instigated them to commit the crime, were not sustained and they will have to die in the electric chair, probably in March, except in the event of executive clemency. "The district attorney 1? the last man In the world,' said Mr. Whitman tonight, "who should want a convic? tion to stand which is not justifiable by law. That la all the comment that I care to make." The district attorney had not re* ceived the full text of the opinion to? night, but it was learned that, form? ing his judgment on such of it a* was available, he had little hope of presenting sufficient evidence to con? vict Becker at a second trial. As Mr. Whitman was said to have Inter? preted the opinion, the testimony of the three chief witnesses against Becker?John Kose. Brldgie Webber and Harry Vallon?self-confessed ac? complices, had not been held by the court to be credible. Though it is known that the district attorney has new evidence he could bring forth, the testimony of these three?the gamblers who said they hired the gunmen to kill Bosen thai at Becker'? behest?was the foundation of the case. Mr. Whitman also was under the impression tonight that In effect the court has held that Sam Schepps, who corroborated the trio, also was an accomplice. "If 20 men were in the conspiracy to murder," a lawyer clore to the dis? trict attorney said tonight, "and 19 of them were turn Staue's evidence against the 20th, the 20t.h could not bs> convicted under this decision. It would be futile to bring Becker to trial again." The suggestion made tonight that the four gunmen, now th.it their only hope lies in executive clemency, might turn State's evidence was not received by the district attorney as one that held out hope of aiding a conviction.] He thought their testimony would lie In the same category as that of Row, ? i Webber and Vallon. It was the con aenaus of opinion among those in the district attorney's office that it go* tion is taken by Becker's counsel to-1 wards obtaining a dismissal of tho case, District Attorney Whitman j would not oppose it When Mrs Becker was informed of the reversal by Attorney Shay, she, immediately left her home and went to Shay's office. There 16 reporters, Decker's two brothers, Jackson Becker and Police Lieut. John Becker, were waiting for her. When Mrs. Becker opened the door and her eyes fell upon Shay, she ran through two Of? fice? to reach him. The woman threw her arms around Shay's neck and kissed him. Mrs. Becker's mother died yester? day. She will be buried tomorrow. Despite this fact, Mrs. Becker's face was wreathed in smiles. "I am the happiest woman In the world," she said. "I don't believe my husband will ever be tried again and neither does he." Asked what she believed to have been the cause ot Becker's conviction. "There was a hue and cry to 'get* some one for the murder of Rosen thai. My husband happened to be caught in the net." "While Charlie has been in the oeath house," she continued, "11 men have been executed. I came to know those men during my visits. One by one they were taken out and killed. I would talk to a man one week and go back the next to see his cell oc? cupied by some other unfortunate. Every time I looked at Charlie I wondered whether he, too, would fol? low the 11 through that little door opposite his coll. "As for as my husband not being retired for the crime they allege he cnmmitt?. 1 wiBh they would retry him I want him to be acquitted of evorv suspicion. He had nothing to do with the killing of Hosenthal. I wunt the world to know that he did not Hs was the victim of a vile conspiracy snd that should hs pr?vtf ? Soon after Becker wsa sent to the she said. THE "RULE Of REASON/' MAXIIAITVREKS MAI ADD POI8MX TO FOOTHS. I? "Pure Food" (nies* lagreclicnta mm of Such a Xature as to Be! Dange mu* to ('onsumcrH. Washington, Feb. 24.?Millers and food manufacturers throughout the country won a decisive victory over the government today when the su? preme court held that federal inspec? tors under the pure food law could not condemn "bleached" flour unless I they proved that the flour contained enough poisonous ingredients added in bleaching to make the flour in-j jurious to health. | Officials of the department of agri? culture have contended that the ad? ding of any quantity of poisonous in? gredients was in violation of the law. The decision will be applicable to every other article of food claimed to contain an added poison. The case decided today originated in western Missouri. The government sought to condemn 26 sacks of flour bleached by the Lexington mills com? pany by the socalled "Alaop" process. It claimed in bleaching the flour cer? tain nitrates, or poisonous ingredients, were added, and that this violated the law, no matter what the quantity The district court so held and the jury condemned the flour. The eighth circuit court of appeals held the dis? trict court erred, and so did the su? preme court today. In announcing the decision of the court Justice Day pointed out that the government only complained that 1.8 parts in 1.000.UOO of a poison was added. He held that every word of the pure food law prohibiting Inter? state commerce in food if it contained "any added poisons or deleterious ingredients which may render such article injurious to health" must be given its true meaning. "If It can not by any possibility in? jure the health of any consumer," said the justice, "such flour, though having a small ad ion of poisonous or deleterious ingredient, may not be condemned." Department of agriculture officials were not prepared to say tonight what future action they would take. When a copy of the complete decision Is In their hands there will be a consul? tation between Secretary Houston, Francig 'Caffey, solicitor of tae de? partment, and Dr. Carl Alsberj, chief chemist in charge of the pure food law administration, to discuss the matter. The principal effect of today's de? cision, officials said, would be to re? quire much more expert evidence In every case the government prosecutes [ for violation of the pure food law, and consequently the winning of a much smaller percentage of suits. More of the famous "poison testa" originated by Dr. Wiley when he was chief chemist may be necessary to determine the exact amount of in Jntioue substances which a person may eat without danger. CHARLEY MTJRPHEY OCT. Charles Taft Gets Control Over Chica? go Cubs. Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 21.?Aa a sequel to the recent deposing of John Evers as manager of the Chicago Na? tional league club, Charles W. Mur phey, president of that club, today resigned as president, sold his stock, and severed his connection with the Cubs, Murphey likewise no longer 1? a director of the National league. His His holdings in the Chicago club have been purchased by Charles P Taft. death house Mrs, Becker returned to the public school In Harlem, where she had been before she married the police lieutenant She has been a teacher there ever since. John F. Mclntyre, who defended Becker at the trial, said: "If the court of appeals has held that Schopps Is an accomplice, as a matter of law, tho people an with? out a case. Since he was practically the only one who corroborated. Rose, Wobber and Vallon, and the CDurt of appeals holds htm to be an tccom pllce, this leaves the State without the corroboration required by law. "I never doubted the result in the' court of appea.ls. 1 felt that th? court1 must reverse from the night of con? viction. The trial was a series of er I rors from the beginning. The hys? teria and bias prevailing at the time > prevented a fair and impartial trial i from being given to the defendant. There will never be another trial now that the State s case has fa len to pieces." Charles (5. F. Wahle, attorney for the four gunmen, declared there was nothing left for him to do except to j appeal to executive clemency after the dote for the execution of the four, men is determined. ' It Is axiomatic." he said, "that an appeal for clemency will be made. | As 1 have not seen the complete text of th'e decision, I am at this time un-1 able to aay just what the ar plica? tion will b? based upan." FRWER CONVICTS IN PRISON. Two Hundred am. Ott? Cf*ivtea* iu r?Mlt*FUtl*i7?~*Cle?e?oy in 1.050 ? u* mm Columbia. Feb. 24.? The popola tioti of the State penitentiary is grad? ually decreasing. The yard count on the afternoon of September 1. 19 3 3,' showed that there were 38J men and women confined within the prison1 walls. The count yesterday alter- 1 noon showed that there were 291 con? victs. 01 this number 41 are women.! ^here are S3 employed on the State farms. Since assuming office the governor has extended clemency in more than 1,050 cases. In his testimony before the committee to investigate the asy? lum, the governor promised to have the penitentiary building ready for use as a hospital for the negro in? sane by August 1. He se*d that all prisoners would be sent to the county chaingangs. FRANCE HAS NO ADVICE. j Willing to Let United State? Pursue J Its Own Policy Toward Mexico. _, I Paris, Feb. 2a.?The French for-j eign office has no comment to make] on the Benton affair in Mexico, nor} does the French government appear to be disposed to offer any sugges? tions to the United States upon the subject or to press any other policy upon Washington than the policy now being followed. The foreign office appears content to leave President Wilson to work out the situation. The Temps, an influential news? paper, while referring to the excel? lent relations between France and the United States, ridicules the Amer? ican policy and alludes to the possi? bility of European intervention. This is quite in accord with unofficial ut? terances for many months past, but careful Inquiry establishes that this view has no official support. TRIED TO KILL VILLA. Carrarua's Explanation of Beuten*? Death Like General's. Chicago, Feb. 28.?Gen. Carranza, leader of the Mexican constitutional? ists, today sent an explanation of the Benton death to the foreign depart? ment of Armour & Co. Translated1 the message was: "Jn answer to your kind message to? day. Benton attempted to kill Gen. Villa, who disarmed him personally and consigned him to war council, which sentenced him in accordance with the law." (Signed) "V. Carransa " REFUSES TO COMMENT. j Perceval Has Not Received Orders Tat. Galveston, Texas, Feb. 23.?Charles Alexander, Spencer Perceval, British consul here, tonight refused to com? ment on a Washington dispatch which stated that he had been ordered to proceed to El Paso to confer with British subjects there concerning the execution of William S. Benton. Mr. Perceval stated that such In? struction from the British embassy had not as yet reached him. FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC. Lieut. Porte Thinks Air Voyage Over Ocean is Feasible as it Looks Now. New York, Feb. 24.?Lieut. Johni C. Porte of the royal naval flying corps of Great Britain will be the first pilot of the proposed trans-At? lantic airship to be financed by Rod? man Wanamaker. This announce? ment was made here tonight, after Lieut. Porte, who arrived hero today: from abroad, had conferred with of (lolals of the Aero Club of America, Whether Lieut. H. Towers, U. S. N., will be assistant pilot has not been determined. Lieut. Porte, it was announced, will' go with Glenn H. Curtis tomorrow to Hammondsport, N. Y., where the "Wanamaker filer" is to be coa-J structod. Both men, according to the Aero club's statement tonight, are confident the plan as worked out thus far is practical. Plans and drawings are about 50 per cent complete, while the motor] is about finished. Six engines of the type selected have been built and the one giving the best results will be| used. \ WOMEN IN POLITICAL FIGHT. - Go out In Bitter Cold and Round up Voters in Chicago Campaign. Chicago, Feb. 24.?Seven women to? day entered the political campaign with nearly two hundred men in the, primary fight for seats on the city* council. Despite the cold, snow and | biting winds the women are making a remarkable battle and doing ef? fective work in rounding up voters. , Stamping in the snow around the polling places are many Women work-, lng for the candidates, challenging 1 suspects and Insisting on their rights, j Frort loa ihr no trouble has h*dj * von ad tu? yells* I CITY COUNCIL mm TO CALL FOR BIDS TO PAY? LIBERTY STREBT. First National Bank Lease Extended? Haynswortb Street to be Extended ?Light Refused on Uaynewortfc Street?-J. J. Baker Demands Pay? ment for False Imprisonment. The meeting of City Council on Tuesday evening was a short one, the only matter or importance paaeed up* on was the decision to have bide Tor the paving of Liberty street called for. Mr. Booth was absent from the neat* ing. A letter from the First National Bank offering their fixtures, except the bank vault and electric fan, for $2GO.00 was read. The bank also asked for an extension of one month's lease on the building, as their new building would not be completed by the time previously expected. The extension of lease was granted, but no action was taken on the other mat? ter, this being dererred until a rull rieeting of Council. An application from D. S. Owen for a position on the police force was filed for future references. A bill for $24 in favor of Zemp's Pharmacy was ordered paid. Mr. Rowland reported that he had examined the city clerk and treasur? er's reports for December and January and found them correct. Mr. Robertson reported that he had the necessary data on the Liberty Street paving- and was instructed to advertise for bids on the contract. An offer of land for the widening; of Haynsworth Street was accepted and the city will do the necessary work in changing fences, provided tbf owners pay for cost of material. Upon the recommendation of the City Manager the light requested at the corner of Haynsworth and Purgf Streets was refused at present. A demand was made on the city for $250.00 by Mr. Joseph J. Baker be? cause of alleged false imprisonment by the police. No action was taken on the matter. AMERCAN FREED BY VILLA 1 Pair Trial Demanded foe Gusts* I Baugh?Set Free?Villa Han no Executed Others. i __ Chihuahua, Feb. 24.?Oustav Bauch, the American for whom. Sec? retary of State Bryan demanded a fair trial, has been freed according to an announcement by Oen. Villa to* day. Villa declared he had no knowl? edge of the other three men, Laer* I rence, Curtis and Compton. whose i friends fear they had been exeouted. RADIUM IS TOO HIGH. Holme? Tells Senate Committee of Exorbitant Rates. Washington, Feb. 23.?Present prices of radium are exorbitant, mo? nopolistic conditions prevail in the producing business and two private concerns control most of the valuable claims in Colorado and Utah, Director Holmes of the federal mine bureau today told the senate committee working on the Walsh bill for gov? ernment, control of the healing metaL He had testified previously that the government could produce radium at less than half the present market price, which is $10,000 a gram. -\ BRIDGE TEETH By this work the (fes? tigt is able to fix per? manently between the teeth left to you artific? ial ones that are perfect in appearance and use? fulness. See Or Court? ney. He makes this work his specialty. Have an inspection* Get his opinion Sumter Dental Parlors, Dr. C. H. Courtney, Prep Over Shaw * MoCeniam J