The Cochran journal. (Cochran, Bleckley County, Ga.) 19??-current, October 27, 1910, Image 2

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THE JOURNAL. Published Weekly. COCHRAN, GA. BRIEF NEWS NWS FOR IIIF BUSY MAN MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. I WORLD S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interst From All Parts of World. Southern. Only the disasters at sea remain to be counted in obtaining complete re ports ot tue damage done by tue great hurricane which swept Florida and South Georgia. Although tue total damage will reach into the hundreds ot iiiousanus, it is evenly distributed, and will probably not fall as an op pressive burden on any particular community. Thirteen drowned in ehipwrecK is the most authentic count at hand. Approximately 2,500 men employed In the mechanical trades on the Mis souri I'acitic-lron Mountain system walked out in Sympathy with striking machinists. A jury In a Birmingham, Ala., court awarded Mrs. Rose llruimnond SSOO damages from E. ,f. Goldsmith. The allegation was that the defendant had tried to kiss her. John Oarieton, his wife, Nellie Carleton, and their son, Rupert, tried for the murder, last December, of Ar thur Howard, were convicted at Ulountsvllle, Tenn., of murder in the second degree and each sentenced to fifteen years In prison. The mountaineer friends of John Moore, under sentence to be electro cuted for the murder of Frank Howl, descended upon the jail at ixivingston, Va., stormed tiie building and rescued the prisoner.! It Is supposed he will be taken to the mountains and lib erated. Following a heavy rain storm the entire Panhandle and plains section of Texas got its first taste of winter. In Amarillo snow fell all day, a fall estimated at two inches, breaking pre vious October records, covering a pe riod of eighteen years. Reports from other portions of the Panhandle indi cate that the precipitation has been much the same as in Amarillo. The body of Stephen F. Austin, call ed the father of Texas, and for whom the Btate capital was named, was brought to Houston from Brazoria county, from which place it is being removed to the state capital in Austin in pursuance of an act of the Texas legislature. An amicable adjustment of the dif ferences on the Georgia railroad and the Atlanta joint terminal was reach ed according to the statement of E. P. Kelly, third vice president of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Engine men. The negotiations have been in progress since September It. A satis factory termination of the matter was reached with a substantial wage in crease and the adoption of a code of working rules pleasing to the men The Huntsville, Ala., city council adopted all of the Alabama prohibi tion laws as city ordinances, and will put the laws into effect. During the past nine months this city has been wide open and no attention has been paid to the state laws regulating the sale of liquors. The jury in the case of Dr. W. .1. Mc.Naughton, charged with poisoning Fred Flanders with murderous intent last June, returned a verdict of guilty at Swainsboro ,Ga. Judge Gilbert sen tenced Mc.Naughton to hang December 9. Flanders’ wife was indicted jointly with Mc.Naughton on the theory that she and the doctor conspired to kill her husband so they could marry each other and enjoy Flanders' property. The wife has not been tried, the case giving been severed. General. Representatives ot live of the lead ing surety companies of the country held a meeting in New York City and decided to make a big for guarantee ing bills of lading on export cotton under the guarantee plan proposed be fore the recent conferences of Ameri can and foreign bankers. The com panies, if they secure this business, intend to have a working agreement whereby the live companies concern ed will stand sponsor lor a joint guar antee, backing up the individual en dorsement of any one. A minimum rate of 6 cents per bale will be charged. An extension from October 31 to December 31 of the period during which American cotton bills of lad ing will be accepted in current terms by foreign banks, was announced in New York City by Sir Edward H. Hol den, the English broker, who came to this country for the British and continental interests. John D. Rockefeller celebrated the opening of the new hospital attached to the Rockefeller institute for medi cal research in New York city with an additional gift of $3,320,000. Edgar Allan Poe is at .last In the hall of fame. Years of efTort on he part of staunch supporters to get his name added to the list was rewarded fey the announcement of Dr. John H. Maccracken, the chairman of the sen ate of the New York university, that the author of "The Raven,” with ten others, had been accorded this honor. The eleven names added are as fol lows: Harriet Beecher Stowe, 74 votes; Oliver Wendell Holmes and Ed gar Allan Poe, 69 votes each; Roger Williams, 64; James Fenimore Coop er, 62; Phillips Brooks, 60; William Cullen Bryant, 59; Frances E. Wil lard, 56; Andrew Jackson, George Bancroft, 53 votes each, and John Lathrop Motley, 51. # The next attempt to cross the At lantic in a balloon will probably be made on a westward course—the op posite from that attempted by Well man. The expedition will he that of Joseph Brucker, formerly of Chi cago. Brucker’s dirigible, the Such aid, is approaching completi n at Munich. The entire equipment will be shipped to the Canary islands at the end of tiie year, and the start westward is scheduled to be made from Teneriffe next February. Literary treasures- of the late Sam uel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) are to be sold at auction In Chicago, and among’them will be many manuscripts and documents the contents of which have never been published. Mr. Cle mens’ house, "Storuiflelds,” near Red ding, Conn., is also to be sold. Great Britain has proposed that all the powers recognize the republic of Portugal at the same time. Germany has replied approving the suggestion, David Bennett Hill's life work end ed at Wolfert’s Roost, his country home, near Albany, N. Y. The in terment took place at Montour Falls in Schuyler county, where the former governor and ex-United States sena tor was born sixty-seven years ago. Man’s first attempt to cross any ocean in an airship has failed, but Walter Wellman, five companions and kitten, who essayed the voyage, are safe. The airship—the giant Amer ica—ls a battered aerial derelict, abandoned at sea, perhafis still in the air, perhaps sunk beneath the waves, with her costly equipment. When deserted she had been in the air for probably 72 hours, a new w'orld’s rec ord for dirigibles, and, driven by the wind, had traveled doubtless 800 miles. Whether the distance record for dirigibles—B7o miles—also will be broken, remains to be computed. Washington. Treasury officials are working out the postal savings bank plans steadily, but slowly, owing to a desire to safeguard against any defects in a scheme of such magni tude where more than GO,OOO postot tices and perhaps 15,000,000 deposi tors may be affected. They base tue figures on the work in other postal savings countries. The census bureau made public the following population returns: Massa chusetts State, 3,366,146; last cen sus, 2,805,346; increase, 20 per cent. in a formal order issued the inter state commerce commission announc ed its intention to administer strictly section 44 (the long and short haul provision) of the recently amended i instate cdmmerce act. The order was the outgrowth of a hearing held by the commission two weeks ago on the matter of the application of inter j state carriers generally for relief. | There will be no change in the exist | mg status or in the present rights of carriers until February 17, 1911. Nashville, Tenn., has a population of 110,364 under the new census re turns. The population in 1900 was 80,- 865, an increase of 36.5 per cent. Oma ha, Neb., has 124,096 population now as against 102,555 m 1900. Staggered by the enormous growth shown by the returns of the new census for a number of Western cit ies, Director Durand of the census bureau ordered an investigation. Cit ies specifically mentioned as being affected by the frauds are; Tacoma, Seattle and Aberdeen, Washington ; Portland, Ore.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Boise, Idaho, and Fort Smith, Ark. The Department of Agriculture has | announced that it Is prepared to sup j ply the nine official grades of white cotton recently promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture. The grades will be furnished for $35 a set, the cost of their preparation, as required by law. The United States Supreme court refused to review the decision of the New York Federal courts, wnich en tered a pudgment for $20,000 against "Town Topics” in favor of Samuel Dempster of Pittsburg as the outcome of a libel suit The United States Supreme court refused a rehearing in the Hertz- Woodman case and thus the Spanish- American war tax on inheritances from testators who died in the year immediately preceding July 1, 1902, becomes collectable. Complete nomination papers for Eu gene N. Foss as the Progressive Dem -1 ocratic nominee for governor were filed with the secretary of state of Massachusetts. Willard Stephen Whitmore, inven tor of the papier mache matrix pro cess of stereotyping, used by nearly every newspaper in the country, and which invention he gained no material benefit, is dead at his home in Wash ington, D. C. At the time of his death Mr. Whitmore held a position as stere otyper in the government printing of fice. EDGAR ALIEN POE STATUE IN THE HALL OF LAME EDGAR ALLAN POE ELECTED BY SUPPORTERS AFTER YEARS OF EFFORT. 11 CELEBRITIES CHOSEN Doctor Maccracken of New York Uni versity Announces Successful Can didates for Hall of Fame Places. New York City.—Edgar Allan Poe is at last in the hall of fame. Years 3l effort on the part of staunch sup porters to get his name added to the list was rewarded by the announce ment of Dr. John H. Maccracken, the chairman of the senate of the New York university, that the author of ‘Tue Raven,” with ten others, had been accorded this honor. The eleven names added are as follows : Harriet Beecher Stowe, 74 ovtes ; Oliver Wendell Holmes and Edgar Al lan Poe, 69 votes each; Roger Wil liams, 64; James Fenimore Cooper, 52; Phillips Brooks, 60; William Cul len Bryaut, 59; Frances E. Willard, 56; Andrew Jackson, George Ban croft, 53 votes each, and John Lath rop Motley, 51. As a result of the election, the au thors’ corner doubles its population and goes far ahead of the statesmen in number. Eleven bronze tables for the names chosen will be designed with an appropriate quotation from the words of each, and the formal un veiling will take place in October, 1911, in the hall of fame, at New York university. Those failing of election ten votes 3T less were: Francis Parkman, Char iotte Saunders Cushman, Mark Hop kins, 45 each; Patrick Henry, 44; Martha Washintgon, 43; Daniel Boone 42; Samuel Adams and Lueretia Mott, tl each. MOB SETS PRISONER FREE. Alleged Murderer in Virginia Jail Lib erated by His Friends. Lovingston, Va.—The mountaineer friends of John Moore, under sen tence to be electrocuted for the mur der of Frank Howl, descended upon the Nelson county jail here, stormed the building and rescued the prisoner. It is supposed he will be taken to the mountains and liberated. When the people of the county seat were asleep, a crowd of 75 fully-arm sd men from the mountain section Where the crime was committed pro ceeded quietly to the county jail. Ad mission was gained to the building, and the guards awed into comparative non-resistance. The cell wherd Moore Was locked up soon was found and he was taken out. It is feared that bloodshed will re sult from any attempt of the authori ties to recapture the murderer. John Moore was condemned to pay. the death penalty by electrocution at Richmond on November 25. He had been convicted of having murdered Frank Howl in Nelson county last May. Many of the mountaineer friends of the condemned man believ ed him innocent of the crime. SNOW FALLS IN TEXAS. Two Inches of Snow Falls in Texas Panhandle, Breaking Records. Fort Worth, Texas. —Following a heavy rain storm the entire Panhan dle and plains section of Texas got its first taste of winter. In Amarillo snow fell all day, a fall estimated at two inches, breaking previous October records, covering a period of eighteen years. Reports from other portions of the Panhandle indicate that the precipitation has been much the same as in Amarillo, the difference being in the character of formation, whether rain or snow. Although the fall of ’.emperature has been marked, com paratively little suffering is experienc ed among live stock, for the reason that cattle in general are in good condition and vegetation is yet green and abundant. In Fort Worth and vicinity, follow ing a heavy rain, unusually cold weather prevailed. Other sections in Texas report comparatively like con ditions. Cotton Seed Oil Dealers Fail. New York City.—Notice was posted on the produce exchange of the fail ure of Whitman Bros., cotton seed oil dealers, with membership in the produce exchange, to meet their obli gations. No statement of assets or liabilities has been made. Population of Massachusetts. Washington.—The census bureau made public the following population returns; Massachusetts —State, 3.366,- 146; last census, 2,805,346; increase, 20 per cent. Pope Recognizes Portuguese Republic Rome, Italy.—The possibility of an alliance between the new republic of Portugal and the Roman Catholic church, by which the Vatican will of ficially recognize the new government upon condition that some of the Cath olic orders be allowed to remain in the country, has developed. It was made known that Monsignor J. Tonti, papal nuncio to Lisbon, who was re called by the Vatican, has been order ed to remain in Lisbon pending the outcome of negotiations which are In the tentative stage at present COTTON BILLS AGREEMENT. Further Conferences Will Be Held to Perfect Plan for Guaranteeing Cotton Bills of Lading. New York.—An extension from Oc tober 31 to December 31 of the peri od during which American cotton bills of lading will be accepted in current it-rms by foreign banks, was announc ed here by Sir Edward H. Holden, the English broker, who came to this country for the British and coutinen ial interests. This course was recommended tc the foreign bankers by Sir Edward, and, following the receipt of cable ad vices from London authorizing him to act, he issued a formal statement. This is the first fruit of a series of conferences Sir Edward has held here uuring the last week. The favor with which the plan tc have hills of lading’guaranteed or In sured has been received by interior bankers of this country justified Sir Edward, he said, in urging an ex tension of the status quo as probably two months would be required to per fect the project. In granting this ex tension the English bankers reserve the right to renew conferences with the American financiers to devise an other scheme for safeguarding bills of lading in event the guaranty plan proves impracticable. The British bankers refused to add a word to his statement or explain the contemplated plan of protecting bills ,jf lading in detail. D. B. HILL DEMOCRAT, DEAD. Conspicuous Figure in National Poli tics Passes Away. Albany, N. Y.—David Bennett Hill’s life work ended at Wolfert’s Roost, uis country home, near Albany. The nterment took place at Montour Falls in Schuyler county, where the former governor and ex-United States senator was born sixty-seven years ago. Senator Hill had been ill nearly three weeks with a cold and a bilious attack, but his condition had not been considered serious. He was sitting up in bed to take a drink of water when he was seized with an acute di lation of the heart. Death quickly followed, with no one but a nurse at his bedside. Although he retired from active par ticipation in politics following the presidential election of 1904, Senator Hill was deeply interested it* the prog ress of the present campaign. Recent ly he discussed the situation with ludge Parker, who was then prepar .ng to make a tour of the state in the interest of the Democratic ticket. Senator Hill had entertained many men distinguished in state and na tional politics at Wolfert’s Roost and bis guests always found him a most hospitable host. The senator never married, did not smoke and rarely in dulged in intoxicants. Governor White issued a proclama tion requesting that’all the- flags on public buildings be displayed half mast until sundown on the day of Senator Hill’s funeral, and that the citizens of the state unite in appro priate marks of respect to his mem ory. Boy.* imcj ot ivias-ned Potatoes. Chicago.—Mashed potatoes served on the family table morning, noon and night, became so obnoxious to James Smith and Gilbert Lancaster, two 10- . ear-old lads from Moline, 111., that hey ran away from home and came to Chicago to obtain a change of diet, l’hey landed in a cell in the police station. “We were treated well at home,” the lads told Desk Sergeant Jonroy, "but every meal we had to eat mashed potatoes, and we both got jo we could not eat them any more.’ Powers io necognize Portugal. Berlin, Germany.—Great Britain Lias proposed that all the powers rec jgnize the republic of Portugal at -he same time. Germany replied ap proving the suggestion. Railway Sued for $10,000,000. Chicago.—Stockholders of the Illi nois Central Railroad company were given a lively hour at their annual meeting through the efforts of At torney Maxwell Edgar. Holders rep resenting 784,866 snares of stock were present. , The subpoenas were in a suit for $10,000,000 damages. The defendants to the suit are the directors of the road, whom Mr. Edgar seeks to hold responsible for alleged financial loss through car repair "graft,” general mismanagement and alleged rebating. Georgia Road and Employees Agree. Augusta, Ga.—An amicable adjust ment of the differences on the Geor gia railroad and the Atlanta joint ter minal was reached according to the statement of E. P. Kelly, third vice president of the Brotherhood of Fire men and Enginemen. The negotiations have been in prog ress since September 14. A satisfac tory termination of the matter was reached with a substantial wage in crease and the adoption of a code of working rules pleasing to the men employed by the road. No Negro Bishops for Episcopalians. Cincinnati, Ohio.—An amendment to the constitution of the Protestant Episcopal church calling for the es tablishment of missionary districts aiong racial lines, was voted down de cisively by the house of deputies at the triennial convention ot that body n session here. The negroes have .ong wanted a bishop of their own, out the vote taken by the house of deputies was of such a character as to quiet any suggestions along this ine that might be made in the near future. STORM WORKED HAVOC TO VESSELS AT SEA DECENT WEST INDIAN HURRI CANE CRIPPLED AND. DISABLED MANY SMALL CRAFT. THIRTEEN SAILORSDROWNED A Number of Wrecks Occurred Off Florida Coast—Several Derelicts Found Near Key West Jackscnivlle, Fla—Only the disas ters at sea remain to be counted in obtaining complete reports of the damage done by the great hurricane which sw -pt this state. Although the total damage will reach into the hun dreds of thousands, it is evenly dis tributed, and will probably not fall as’an oppressive burden on any par ticular community. Thirteen drown ed in shipwreck is the most authen tic count at hand. Including those re ported on both ciiasts of Flor ida, word came from St. Augus tine that three dead had been found in the wreck of a four-masted schoon er near Delray. The missing total is at least a half hundred, including the crew of nine on the Texas Oil com punys’ barge, Dallas, which broke adrift during a 100-miles blow. Key West. Fla.. Via Havana. — The captain of the Louisiana reports it will be impossible to save his ship until the cargo has been relieved. All passengers have reached Key West. The captain of the Norwegian steamer Fos, which is fast in the quicksand at Marqueses, has arrived at Tortu gas island, and reports his vessel in good condition. He will return to her to discharge her cargo, whereupon he expects she will float. The bark Hugo was towed into port by the tug As tral. A derelict is reported near Sand Key. Cable Manager Adkins left with two chartered vessels full equipped to make repairs in the Miami cable. New Orleans. Hope is almost abandoned for the safety of the Nor wegian steamer Bluefields, long overdue from Ceiba, Honduras. Twen ty-eight persons were aboard upon her departure from Ceiba. The Bluefields is a light draft vessel of 650 tons, built especially for the fruit trade Mobile, Ala —Captain Hanson of the Norwegian steamship Belize reports having spoken, about 100 miles south east of Mobile bar, to a three-masted vessel, the Mary C. Hale. They had all of their rigging, but were badly w.aterlogged, and when asked whether they wanted assistance replied that they did not, but would like some tea, sugar and water. The lumber with which the vessel is loaded is keeping her afloat. St. Augustine. Fla.—Telling harrow ing tales of suffering and disaster, five survivors of the three-masted schooner, Wmiam W. Converse of Philadelphia were brought to the city by a launch from a life-saving station. The vessel went to pieces Tuesday, 40 miles below this*city. Captain E. J. Miller of Hepizbahga; Mate Ander son and Seaman Frank Hayes were lost. The mate lived to reach tue surf near the shore, when the wreck struck him and killed him. His body and Hayes’ were found on the beach 12 miles apart. The captain’s 13-year old son, Fred, three seamen and two negro stewards made their way to shore on the wreckage through a mile of sun. The storm struck the vessel, which was bound for St. Francis, Cuba, with coal, while off Savannah. Key West, Fla., Via Havana Capt. Bradish Johnson, arriving at Knights Key, reports that American four-masted schooner Edward T. Stotesburg a total loss on Pigeon Key. One man was washed overboard and drowned. Three others were brought to the marine hospital here. The schooner, Captain Burke command ing, was bound from Tampa to Bal timore with a load of phosphate. The schooner Serafins has been towed in to port. The Spanish schooner Mar ta from Havana has been dismasted and abandoned. Mobile, Ala. —Wireless operator Ft. Morgan, Ala., reports that the Brit ish steam Belize, that arrived in the lower hay, has eight men of a crew of a ■wrecked vessel on board, picked up on a dismasted vessel in Yucatan channel. Perfecting Savings Bank Plan. Washington. Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh and Assistant Secretary Andrew and Postmaster- General Hitchcock, conferred concern ing postal savings bank plans. The treasury officails are working out the plans steadily, but slowly, owing to a lesire to safeguard against any de fects in a scheme of such magnitude where more than 60,000 postoffices and perhaps 15,000,000 depositors, may be affected. They base these figures on the work in other postal savings countries. 2.500 Men in Sympathy Strike. St. Louis, Mo. —Approximately 2,500 men employed in the mechanical trades on the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain system walked out in sym pathy with the striking machinists. Here less than 100 men are employed in the mechanical departments, and they walked out. The principal shops of the roads are located at Sedalia, Mo., and Little Rock, Ark. Shops are maintained at a number of other points, including Texarkana, Para gould, Van Buren and McGhee, Ark.; Lake Charles and Ferriday, La. BALLOON-fALLSJH 0C EAN. Wellman and His Five Companion# Were Rescued in Mid-Ocean by the Steamer Trent. New York City.—Man’s first at tempt to cross any ocean in an airship has failed, tyit Walter V% eliman, five companions and kitten, who essayed the voyage, are safe. The airship—the giant America is a battered aerial derelict, abandoned at sea, per perhaps still in the air, perhaps sunk beneath the waves, with her costly equipment. When de serted she had been in the air probably 72 hours, a new world’s record for dirigibles, and, driven by the wind, had traveled doubt less 800 miles. Whether the dis tance record for dirigibles—B7o miles—also will be broken, re mains to be computed. New York City.—The royal mail steamer Trent picked up Walter Well* man and the crew of the dirigible bal *oon America in mid-ocean. The air ship had been abandoned. The res cue was made in latitude 35.43, longi tude 68:18. Wellman and his crew were picket! up at a point about 150 miles duel east of Cape Hatteras on the North Jarolina coast. When the America passed Nantuck et Sunday morning, conditions seemed avorable for the completion of the journey across the Atlantic. It was after it had gone past that point that ihe conditions arose which finally! compelled the abandonment of the balloon and the transfer of the to the Trent. As a precaution the Trent lowered her lifeboats, which stood by until the transfer was effected, and VVellman and his companions, even down to th« frightened, squirming kitten, were safe m board the liner, surrounded by th«< excited passengers. Driven by the winds, the America soon disappeared in the dis tance. The loss of the air ship was witnessed with little regret by those who had journeyed la tier. It was realized that sh > never could have been used again. The neavy equilibrator, which retarded and dragged down the ship and interfered with the steering, was said to be the fatal mistake of this campaign. Atlantic City, N. J—The start for Europe of Walter Wellman and hie crew of five men In the dirigible baL loon America was made Saturday) morning, October 15. The men who made aeronautic history in the first over-ocean flight of an airship were Walter Wellman, commander; Melvin Vaniman, chief engineer and next in ■oniniaiid; F. Murray Simonds, navi gator; J. C. Irwin, wireless operator; John Aube-* ->mt Albert Louis Loudi SOUTHchN units’ RANK. Population Figures for All Larg* Southern Cities Except Memphis Washington.—Nashville, Tenn., ha* a population of 110,364 under the new census returns. The population inj 1900 was 30,865, an increase of 36.& per cent Omaha, Neb., has 124,096 popula tion now as against 102,555 in 1900. Atlanta.—With the exception of Memphis, census returns from practi cally all the leading Southern cities nave been announced for 1910. In terest now centers in the populatioa of the Tennessee metropolis. It is be ieved that the census bureau was ready to annouuce the figures some time ago, but that they have been held up at the solicitation of Memphis busi ness men. Here are some figures for the. lead ng Southern cities returned to date: City. 1910 1900 PC. New Orleans .339,075 287,104 18.1 Louisville . . .223,928 204,731 9.4 Atlanta. . . .154,839 89,872 72.3 Birmingham . .132.685 38,415 245 4 Nashville . . .110,364 80,865 36.5 San Antonio. . 96,614 53,321 81.2 Dallas .... 92,104 42,638 116.6 Houston . . . 78,800 44,633 76.6 Fort Worth . . 73,312 26,688 174.7 Mobile . 51,521 38,469 33.9 Savanr-’- ' 54,244 19.9 Entire . of Murder. Blountville, Tenn—John Carleton, his wife, Nellie Carleton, and their son Rupert, tried for the murder, last De ember, of Arthur Howard, were con victed of murder in the second degree \nd each sentenced to fifteen year* in prison. Lia on in Huntsville. Huntsville, Ala.—The city council adopted all of the Alabama prohibi tion laws as city ordinances, and put the laws into effect. During the past nine months this city has been wide open and no attention has beeni paid to the state laws regulating thJ sale of liquors. 1 Clower Is Re-Elected. New York City —Robert C. Clower, president of the Western Union Tele graph company, was re-elected presb dent of the company. Will Enforce Haul Provision. Washington.—ln a formal order is sued the interstate commerce commis sion announced its intention to ad minister strictly section 4 (the long and short haul provision) of the »e --cently amended interstate commerce act. The order was the outgrowth of a hearing held by the commission two weeks ago on the matter of the application of interstate carriers gen erally for relief. There will be no change in the existing status or la the present rights of carriers until February 17, 1911.