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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.
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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.
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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