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-h-o'' ;''. ' . , r. i .' . :. ' ,' ; X ' . . ": . t -' : ' THE WEATHER. DO. YOU. ADVERTISE? If not, why not? Perhaps threV reason. A request to this office will bring a man to talk it over with you. , i l.'d. occasional showers Sat- ! Sunday; moderate variable ;.:-;i''v. ' :.V.':.j.'' nl:iy ;,m litis- . -r. V c . ,' ; ' VOL. LXXXVI1I NO. 75, WNDflfT PREPARED FOR CORONATION Gorgeous Decorations Mark the Approach of Nota ble Festivities. BRILLIANT FUNCTIONS From Many Nations Arrive to Royalty Participate in Festivities King George at Windsor Crowds on Hand. London, dune 1G- London presents anever changing pageant to the sight seeing poiuilaie. The' bright coloring 0( the street decorations is now beighteneil by vjvid patches of eastern tints in the iiarb'of the coronation vis itojS, who are arriving in quick suc cession. Sultans. Rajahs and Chinese and Abyssinian delegates with their ladies in picturesque glittering national cos tumes, everywhere are to be seen. Today there was a wedding of a Rufsian competitor at the horse show, which was celebrated in Russian style, the bridal party driving through the streets in a droshky with a typical Russian coachman padded to enor mous size. King George and Queen Mary will return to London from Windsor to morrow and will remain here until July 1st. The intervening period Will be filled with a strenuous round of en gagements. Premier Asquith, and Mrs. Asquith will give a dinner to their majesties in Downing street. The entertainment will include the presen tation of two plays, George Bernard Shaw's "The Man of Destiny," and James M. Barri's 'T'he Twelve Pound look." The Asquith residence is too small to accommodate a large ' party and thetetore Sir Edward Grey, the for eign minister,, will give a dinner in km o! the Kingand Queen at the lonigD 0Tice, June 23rd, .which, will leoneof the moat brilliant functions & tie reason. There probably will WW guests at the dinner, including iS tie foreign princes and envoys to coronation. The foreign office has the finest m?e of apartments Jn London and lie preparations for the dinner indi cate an entertainment of regal magni- Hcenoe. Tonight's social event was a corona tion fancy costume ball at the botanic miens arranged by Lord Lanesdale, in aid of charity. Thousands of per sons attended, but the brilliancy of the affair was spoiled by the heavy rain. The illuminations in London on cor onation nisht and the Friday night liuwinsr will be on such a stunen- dons scale that the electric lighting companies have given notice that they till lie unable to supply any more cur rent than already has been arranged for. MET DEATH IN LONG FALL. New York Financial District Witness ed Gruesome Incident. New York, June 16. The financial district witnessed a gruesome incident its- busiest hour this afternoon tiien William Anderson, a stone-cut-Jer, fell from the 28th floor of the Bankers' Trust ComrJanv buildinsr. JMnns; completion at Wall and Broad s'ff'ets. in setting a stone Anderon 'ed and fell. His one wild cry Js he realized his doom, attracted the attention of bankers and brokers 'as the body came hurtling down through spare. on a ' stone coping at the wth floor the body struck and its "wt at that point was so tremen- r,s mat an arm was torn off and left l)ln?(in the Sill an th hnriv hminrled Wand crashed, onto the heavyXvire , . . .. - junk uuui n uiv.u uau spread over Wall street to pro- iranic while the building was be '1? erortf..! screen acted like a springboard - unew uie body Into the air again , 1f"ll('il linnllv hnrrihlv mflnfrlort J 'runt of the Wall street entrance , we stork exchanee. Excitement in the .. . - ro(.r was so intense and the crush Sri llMir-n 4kA nftlin Z. hi"' tf) be called out from the a'eH station to restore order. KING EDWARD CONSENTS. Memoria, 0 HisMaJesty in Pitts. burn ratiir. '"ndon, j,i,,ft 10. Charles B. E. til! ! ' l!rifi5h vice consul at Pitts- ceiv'i 1S 1lore on a visit has re" fX. a 1"ltf'r from Lewis Mallet, ff, "'"lor Secretary of State the k!'1'"." :i''',irs- in connection wit v,ri ' Memorial to King Ed lars-h I 11 several thousand dol ,;,,V.!",;,r.v Sir Edward Grey had ! ! !"' 1;ing your letter of the j(,itv " '-"luesting that his ma- ine!nr.;o'"''"'n -ay re granted to a Kin, r. ' lus majesty, the late y to the Pittsburg Tubercu- Edffari v'!;" ,0 be named 'The King of PilL- Memorial Laboratory, si, r- , . W ; im-iiui has received the King's nip ot ., "in ine proposeu Dajestv' ""'mrial meets with his iiiiafu .'!'' ",! concurrence, and to Ject." -'l'lTeciation of the pro- COOKE DENIES EMBEZZLEMENT Counsel for State and Defense Forego 'Arguments Instructions to the Jury Today Says Warri ner Was Not Short. - Cincinnati, June 16. The end of the trial of Edgar S. Cooke, charged with embezzling $24,000 from the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, came today when counsel for the State and the defease announced that they would forego ar guments to the jury. The court upon adjournment announced that instruc tions would be given to the jury to morrow. Cooke denied emphatically that he had ever stolen a dollar from the Big Four railroad or committed any dis honest act in his. life. Cooke denied also that he was aware that Charles L. Warriner was short $643,000, that the accounts of Frank Comstock, Warriner's predecessor as Cincinnati treasurer of the road, were not what they should have been or that there was anything irregular in the conduct of the corporation. He startled his hearers by declaring: "I know that Warriner was not short, and I can prove it if I get the chance." Cooke denied that he had ever giv en Mrs. Ford $22,000 in small bills and accounted for his prosperity while he resided with her in New York by stat ing that he had inherited $20,000 from his mother. An insinuation on cross .examination that he had transferred certain funds to his wife, was met by the further declaration that Mrs. Cooke had inherited about $20,000 from her father's estate.- Cooke de clared that references in his letter to Mrs. Jeannette Stewart Ford to mon ey matters were written with a view to misleading Mrs. Ford and to keep her from making demands on him. He said he was really not without funds as he wrote, but he only told Mrs. Ford so to make her believe that he was poor and took small sums from her with the same purpose in mind. "Di(J you get any mony from War riner?!' he was asked. . "Yes, to pay Mrs. Ford's bills." "How much; a thousand dollars?" "Oh, that would not be anything." Cooke said he had no idea how much money Warriner had given to him tor Mrs. Ford's expenses. BIDS FOR PANAMAONDS. m it Two Thousand Will be Opened by MaeVeagh Tuesday. Washington, June 16. More than 2,- 000 bids" for the government's $50,- 000,000 issue of 3 per cent. Panama bonds will be opened by Secretary MaeVeagh at 4 o'clock tomorrow af ternoon. Financiers are greatly in terested in what price the issue will bring. These are the first govern ment bonds not available for National Bank circulation. The bonds have been selling on the New York curb as high as 103. Gov ernment officials think the average price bid will range from 101 to 103. Although three or four large syndi cates have put in bids for almost the entire issue, the Treasury has not changed its plan of giving preference to the smaller investors. A large force of clerks will work to morrow night and Sunday tabulating the bids and the results may not be known .before Monday. There seems to be little doubt that the issue wHl be largely oversubscribed. The securi ties will be delivered to the success ful bidders about July 1st. RETAIL FURNITURE MEN. Sessions Close at Asheville Editor Dies Suddenly at Hospital. Ashevillei N. C, June 16. The ses sion of the State Retail Furniture Dealers' Association closed at noon today. Mr. George C. Royal, of Goldsboro, was elected president, and J. T. Por ter, secretary and treasurer. The next meeting will be held in Golds boro. Mr. Wilbur Jones, of High Point, editor of the Southern Furniture Jour nal, 'attending the session of the As sociation, died suddenly at Mission Hosnital abount noon today. The cause of his death was suppos ed to be heart failure, as ne was neara to complain of a pain in the heart. He went for a ride over the Bilt- Lmore estate yesterday afternoon and W . TTTL I 1 complained or reeling sick, wune out. walkiner this morning he collapsed and died a few minutes later at the hosfHtal. He was on the programme to speak this morning. The remains will be shipped to High Point Saturday for interment. MONARCHIST REVOLUTION Reported to Have Broken Out in Por tugal. Madrid, June 15. Telegrams re ceived today from Vigo state .that a monarchist revolution has broken out at Chaves, Portugal, and that the Por tuguese garrison mutinied and killed its commander. The monarchists stormed and .raid ed the offices of the Republican news papers in the Plaza Braga. .Vigo, Spain, June 15. Reports from Chaves of the mutiny of two regiments of Portuguese troops are not confirm ed. Rumors are probably unfounded since it Is learned from other .sources that Royalist" plans on the Portuguese frontier did not develop as had been expected. '- - - '' It Is supposed here that the Royal ists at Chaves planned to mutiny upon approach of Capt. Couciere, the mon archical leader, who is said to be at the head of the forces near Braga. - . . 1 1 ' - Plenty of Comedy. The Grand is presenting some great comedy today. ' " , WILMIJSGrTON, FORCING THROUGH RECIPROCITY BILL Early and Favorable Action on Measure Predicted by Senate Leaders. 60ES INTO SECOND READING No One Spoke at Length in Senate Yesterday Senator Roots' Amend ment Offered Penrose Re plies to Questions. Washington, June 1G. The determ ination of the Senate Finance Com mittee to pusbj through the Canadian reciprocity bill with all possible speed and the confidence of the Senate lead ers inut there is a clear majority m favor of, the bill without amendment was made plain today when Chair-' man Penrose, of the committee, forced the bill into its, second reading before the Senate and announced its prob able early passage. Consideration of the measure today was brief, as no one was prepared to speak at length upon it. Senator Root's pulp wood amendment was of fered, but no attempt was made to vote on it. Before the Senate as sembled. Senator Penrose had given out a formal statement claiming CO votes in favor of the passage of the bill, and more than that many votes against the Root amenument which af fects the importation of pulp wood and paper. Chairman Penrose said, replying to questions that he believed the speech es would be ready before next week. He had found, he said, that few friends of the bill cared to speak on it, but preferred to vote as quickly as possible. The opponents of the measure, he said, wanted more time to prepare their arguments. "Do I understand that no one wants to speak in behalf of this bill?" askel Senator Smith: of Michigan. "Not as many as want to speak against it," replied Mr. Penrose; "the friends of the measure are ready to vote this afternoon. The bill has been before the country for six months and both sides have been discussed at length." "It seems strange," said Senator Smith,-"that a measure to bring into competition with our people an empire larger than our own does not have any apologist or champion in the com mittee that has been discussing it for weeks." , Senator Penrose " said that for his own part he was ready to vote today. Other members suggested that the President and many other leading Re 1 ublicans and Democrats had explain ed and endorsed the bill. 'Senator Smith then said he was not surprised that a measure so devoid of merit should find no Republican willing to stand up and risk his reputation as its champion. "I thought when the bill came here," said Senator .Smith, "we would be greeted by a great burst of wisdom that would flood the country wuh light and that would cement the peo ple of the country together in support of this agreement. Instead, all lights are out. The country is in darkness so far as anything has been revealed in favor of this measure." "Don't you consider the President's speech at Chicago as enlightenment on this bill?" asked Senator Kern, of Indiana. "The President has been able to make intelligible many public ques tion," replied Senator Smith, ."but it is amazing that of all the things he has discussed and of all the sugges tions he has made, this reciprocity agreement is the only one that has found favor on the Democratic side of the chamber, and that finds no championship on tnis side." Chairman Penrose volunteered no statement as to the Senators who would speak for the bill, if any. The Senate adjourned until Monday ai. the conclusion, of the second read Ing. Fj om that time forward speeches are expected eVery day upon the bill until it is finally disposed of. Sena tor Towu3end, of Michigan, announc ed that he would offer an amendment instructing the President to under take further "negotiations looking to a wider reciprocity arrangement with Canftda. GlrfLS HELD FOR SHOOTING. Milionalre Horseman 'Will Press Chardes Aaainst Them. New York, June 16. For the fourth tlmi alnciOthft shootinff of W. E. D. Stokes, the millionaire horseman, on June 7th, Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, the show girl and the young ninstrfttnr chareed with the shooting. were arraigned today before Magis trate FresCbi ana their Dan again re fimui tf mod .nrlp-innllv net. at S25. lUOCUl --o- t ' 000, but in subsequent arraignments it was cut to $15,000 and today to $10, nnn Mr. - Stokes is still under the care of physicians at his-country home In Long Branch, N. J. His counsel Q-mnhftHeallv K denied today that his client had , in Any wise altered his de termination to jpress ine cnarges against tne gins. uU.ulnH rtaw'tn Junnlwtown." Big" comedy - song by Mr. Tally- Grand Theatre toaay. , C, SATUKDAYsMOKNTNG,' JUNE 17 1911. TAFT EVENT WILL BE NOTABLE i Descendants of Presidents of United States Since T861 Invited to Sil ver Wedding Celebration. The Features. Washington, June 16. Descendants of every President of be United States since 1861 have been invited to the silver wedding . t celebration which the President and Mrs. Taft will Bive at the White House, June 19th. Records of the White House and State Department have been care fully searched td find the names of living blood relations of all former Presidents, and the list Is believed now to be complete except the rela tives of President McKinley. ine White -fciouse nas appealed to George B. Cortelyou, 'former Secretary to Mr. McKinley, for the; names of members of the McKinljey family, who are still living and i invitations will be forwarded them with all possi ble expedition. Just how many of the ; invitations will be accepted is not known at the White House. Colonel find Mrs. Roosevelt will be unable to be present, but it is crobable that members of the Rooserelt family will attend the reception Monday night. Elaborate preparations have been made for the entertainment of pro bably the largest crowd that has ever been present at a function in the White House. The mansion itself will be lighted throughout with hun dreds of electric lamps; the grounds in the rear will be made as nearly like day as artificial light can make them; two bands will furnish music and the fountain in the rear of the house will be played upon by a big search light erected on the east front of the State, War and Navy building just across Executive avenue. Unless bad weather interferes with the plan, President and Mrs. Taft will receive on the lawn back of the White House. Major A. W. Butt, the President's aide, who makes the pres entations expects that more than 5,- 000 persons will shake the President s hand. Miss Helen Taft will assist in receiving the guests. - The White House lawn will not be the only attractive point during the evening. v The engineer band will be stationed in the East room, where dancing will begin just as soon as the guests ar rive. In the State dining room and on the east terrace a buflwitmeheon sufficient for thousands of people will be served. Members of the President's family and the family of Mrs. Taft are alrea dy beginning to reach Washington. END OF COX CASE. Political Leader of Cincinnati Charg ed With Perjury. Cincinnati, June l6.-Unless Pros ecuting Attorney Henry T. Hunt can devise some plans, that now appear ta be unknown to legal authorities the end of the case in which George B. Cox, political leader and financier, was, charged with perjury was reached today. Judge William Dickson on hearing a motion from the prosecuting attor ney today asking for a re-hearing of the, case over-ruled the motion, in the same breath he quashed the sec ond indictment against Cox, the pros ecutor previously having announced that he would elect that Cox be tried on the first indictment. One of two indictments had already been quash ed by Judge Dickson and it was the intention of th eprosecution to bring Cox to trial on the other indictment! CAROLINO UNDERWRITERS. Officers Elected at Winston-Salem Convention Yesterday. Winston-Salem, N. C, June 1G . The 14th annual convention of the North Carolina tFire Underwriters' Associa tion adjourned today to meet next year at Raleigh. Officers were elected as follows: President T.' W. Miller, Charlotte. Vice President R. F. Follen, Win- stonJSalem; Ernest Dean, Salisbury. Secretary-Treasurer J. M. Harrell, High Point. A resolution was adopted asking the aid of the State ' insurance com missioner in securing the passage of a law governing the qualifications of insurance agents.. A barbecue and baseball game entertained the visitors in the afternoon. OUTLINES. Harry T. Oxnard told the history of the sugar beet industry and its trials and temptations to the sugar trust in vestigating committee ' of the House yesterday. He also told how Oxnard Brothers made half a milion in a lit tie transaction." The Senate Nad ers believe the reciprocity bill will pass at an early date. The measure was forced into second reading yes terday Descendants oi every ires ident of the United States since 1861 will be invited to the silver wedding celebration of President 'and Mrs. Taft. Invitations have ben sent to about 5,000 The voucher mystery is still under the investigation of the House committee: A disbursing clerk of the State Department told the com mittee yesterday that he was told to keep quiet on the discovery of the voucher. New York markets: Money on call steady 2.1-4 to 2 1-21 per, cent., ruling rate 2 3-8, closing bid 2 1-4, offered at 2 3-8. Spot cotton closed quiet, middling uplands 15.60, middling gulf 15.85. Flpur was quiet with prices also unsteady. Wheat steady, No. 2, red 92 1-4 elevator and ,95 1-4 f.o.b afloat.' Corn firm, export No. 2, new 61 nominal f.o.b. afloat. Oats steady, futures closed at l-8c net i-advance. Rosin quiet. Turpentine firm. ; y VOUCHER MYSTERY YET TO jE SOLVED Clerk Tells House Committee He was Requested to Keep Matter Secret. DISCLOSURE NEW FEATURE Serfous View Taken of Matter by the State Department Officials Dis bursing Clerk Questioned by- Committee. Washington, June 16. Thomas Mor rison, disbursing clerk of the State Department, told the House Commit tee on Expenditures in that depart ment today, that he had been instruct ed, when the missing voucher in the Day portrait case under investigation was found on the floor of his office, a few days ago, to keep still about thei discovery. This instruction, he said, was given him by Mr. Wilbur J. Carr, chief of the consular bureau, who said it was not advisable to say much about it as it would be investigated. The disclosure was made when Chairman Hamlin asked him if he had made any further attempt since his examination a few days ago to discov er how the long missing voucher came to be on the- floor of his office. The serious view taken of the mat ter by State Department officials was reflected in a copy of a letter from Charles Denby, consul general at Vi enna, Austria, former chief clerk of the State Department under Secretary Root when the first investigation into the mystery of $2,450 voucher for an $8;0 portrait was made. Secretary Knox submitted this letter, dated Vi- esina, May 30th, 1911, and a cablegram previously received. Answering Mr. Knox's first cable gram for an explanation of the por trait payment, Mr. Denby cabled from Vienna on May 30th: "No written report was made. Care ful preliminary investigation failed to convince department that criminal charges could be sustained." Reporting by mail Mr. Denby ex plained that the voucher discrepancy was discovered, in 1906 when the de partment negotiated for a portrait of Secretary Hay and that prior to the Root regime it was customary to in clude in one voucher smaller sums paid, for a number of expenses out of the appropriation allotted to the de partment. toxbe expended at the Secre tary's discYetion. As' to the result of the investigation conducted by the Department, 1906, which Mr. -Denby says was never known outside of the department the former chief clerk reported: "How far the alleged irregularities in the use of the particular fund in question were within the knowledge of Secretary Hay could not be ascer tained as he died in 1905? in which year also Mr. Michael went as consul to Calcutta. Such practices were not .continued under Secretary Root, but reports were brought to my knowledge while chief clerk that the practice had existed previously. "In view of the entire lack of relia ble proof of "misappropriation of funds, the inevitable unpleasant criticism of the administration of an honored man, which would result in public Sttion, the incident was passed ver and no official action was taken." Mr. Morrison explained to the com mittee further today that on the day he paid the $2,450 in cash to former Chief Clerk Michael, on June 18, 1904, he had ordered his clerk to insert the words "two hundred and fifty dollars" in the printed voucher, and that half an hour after he ad paid the money to Michael he inquired what the pay ment was for and was told in Mich ael's office that it was for the Day portrait. Notations on the back, which appeared later, referring to emergen cy payments for diplomatic business, Mr. Morrison declared were not on the youcher that day. WOOLEN COMPANY DEFENDED. Resolution for Investigation Taken Up In the House. Washington, June 16. Defense of the American Woolen Company, xa lesolution for the investigation of which is pending, was .made in the House today by Representative WeeKs of Massachusetts, who declared that the company could not be -considered a trust under any definition of monop oly he had ever heard. The woolen "schedule occupied the House all of today. Representatives Weeks and Longsworth, were among those who spoke against the bill and Representatives Macon and Oldfield, both of Arkansas, and Ayres,. of New York, for it. The House held a night session, as Chairman Underwood, of the Ways and Means Committee, desires to have all general debate on the Dili closed by Monday next. While no date has been fixed, Mr. Underwood hopes to reach a vote by the middle of next week. Washington, . June 16. The stables of the Old St. Asaph course in Alex andria coifnty, Virginia, known in the 90s to racing men all over the coutt try; were destroyed by fire today. The blaze is supposed to have originated from a carelessly dropped match. . Save your money and go to Rehder'8 bargain sale Monday. Store opens at 9 o'clock. ' WARE-KRAMER TOBACCO CASE Depositions Yesterday to Show Inten sitx of American's Selling Cam paigns Discounts and Cou ponsOfficers Meet. Raleigh, N. C, June 1G. The depo sition in the case of Ware-Kramer Company against the American To bacco Company, read today in the Federal Court; tended to show that Ware-Kramer cigarettes were put out of business by means of coupons, premiums, free goods and campaigns by the American Tobacco Company for its products. That special discounts for handling the American Tobacco Company goous were given, was also put in evidence. The first witness to be examined in person was J. G. Ball, a wholesale merchant of Raleigh. He said the in tense campaign, the coupons and free goods of the American Tobacco Com pany made the Wiare-Kramer business drop. The court adjourned until Monday. A number of affidavits by tobacco jobbers in Charlotte, Atlanta, Wash ington, Charleston and Columbia and the oral testimony of the one Raleigh dealer were features of the progress of the suit jn which a recess was taken at 2 o'clock this afternoon to Monday ii order that the jarors might have opportunity to visit their homes in this and neighboring counties. The evi dence was a continuation of the pur pose on the part of the plaintiff to show by the jobbers that the use of single and double coupons, free goods j and special concessions of various kinds nnlawfully by the American To bacco Company, drove the "White Rolls" cigarettes that Ware-Kramer Co., made otf of the market in every section of the country they entered. Chas. P. Moody, of Charlotte, testi fied that The American Tobacco Co., sold the bulk of, the goods in the Charlotte territory, but didn't know that it controled the mark.et. Tobac co jobbers must handle A. T. Co., goods to be successful. He has known some of his competitors to sell the trade at prices he had jto pay whole sale. White Rolls' was one while the best seller. . . 1 O. M. Norwood, Charlotte, deposed to the effect that the American To bacco Co.,. controls the. tobacco-market in the Charlotte territoryffree goods, coupons, tags, and concessions of other sorts, being tue methods em ployed to drive out the last competi tor, White Rolls, of Ware-Kramer Co. mafke. He did not think that a jobber could successfully handle tobacco un less he were handling the A. T. Co. goods. He said, though that he had understood that the Ware-Kramer Co., at times gave ' free goods" with large orders. Lewis N. Schiff, of Charlotte, de posed to the effect that the American Tobacco Co., and the R. JL Reynolds Tobacco Co., control the Charlotte market. He described the A. T. Co , methods of competition during the time the fight was on with tne 'Ware Kramer Co. Said they would use the coupons, free goods and other meth ous of stirring interest and rusn squads of salesmen to Charlotte to boost up the trade. He said that one while before this- fight was made against them the Wlare-Kramer White Riolls made a hit in Charlotte terri tory, so much so that orders had to be rushea there by express because the freight could not be depended up on to keep the trade supplied. He never received concessions, from the Wlare-Kramer Co., such as the A. T. Co. gave. The Atlanta jobbers were W. J. Govan, T. H. Pitts, ... N. Tumlin, J. J. Goodman, Jr., Harry Silverman, W. F. Mills, J. It. Carr, W. I. Jones. Also there was Harry . Myer, Wash ington. These all testified to similar conditions of the tobacco trade during the cigarette war involving the Ware Kramer Co., White Rous. J. L. Carr, Jr., said the selling features of Pied monts were coupons- and baseball pic tures that wnen these features were put on they "almost knocked White Rolls in the head." W. N. Tomlin brought out the feature that coupons and premiums . ki.iea White Rolls on his, market. The customers liked White Rolls best, he said, but they liked that two cen- rebate that tue coupons gave them. In view of the trend of the evidence to show that it was the 'coupon fea ture of the American Tobacco Co., that won .out in the driving out of the Ware-Kramer Co., goods as com petitors, there appears the purpose on the part of counsel for the defense to contend that the use of coupons was in no way Illegal at the time they were being used as indicative in the depositions. It was in 1897 that Con gr ess passed a law prohibiting the use of coupons, but this was repealed in 1902 and the use of coupons has Since that time been legal, having through the repeal of the prohibitive Jaw, the sanction of Congress. There was oral testimony today just before the recess by Jessie iBall, jobber, of Raleigh. He told of the tobacco conditions here just about as they were presented through-the depositions of the Charlotte and tho I Atlanta jobbers previously read. The court will tomorrow in cham bers, without the jury, consider with contending counsel, the matter of the formal issues that are to be submit ted for the jury. There was; held here today a con ference of the members of the execu tive committee of the North Carolina sanatorium for the treatment of tuber culosis, located at Montrose, the spec ial purpose being to discuss the need3 of the Institution and plans for neces- c ... WHOIE NUMBBK 13,67. A DEEPER Trials and Temptations of Beet Sugar Industry told To the Committee. HOW OXNARDS WERE ENRICHED Made Half Million Profit Through Sale of- Refinery Protest Against Reduction of Tariff on Raw Sugar Details. Washington, June 16. The story of the birth of the beet sugar industry in America, its trials rnd temptatioui . ever since and how the Oxnard Broth ers were enriched by more than a mil lion dollars profit through "the little transaction" of selling their cane su gar refinery in Brooklyn valued at $200,000 to the first sugar "trusts in 1887, were the features in the tes timony that Henry T. Oxnard gave SUGAR TRUST today o the House Sfcgar Investiga tion Committee. - Mr. Oxnard was on the stand all day and will be followed Monday by James H. Post, president of the Na tional Sugar Refining Company. Mr. Oxnard assigned as his reason for attempting to Introduce the mak ing of sugar beets in this country 'too sale of the 'trust" of his refinery at Brooklyn and his belief that'the intro duction of the beet sugar industry would be "profitable, and .patriotic." He then told the story of the organi zation of the American Beet Sugar Cqmpany. Of that 320,000,000 company,, he said the Qpcnard Brothers at one time own ed 60 per cent. He would not admit ' that this stock was watered, testify ing that the valuation of the property - was about $12,000,000 wuile the pre ferred stock today was . worth about . J5;000,000 .and the common about $7,-- 5uu,00j. He was unable to tell why, the capitalization was -fixed i at iJ23),v. 000,000, saying that was the "banker's ' business." "What induced you to sell your stock?" asked Representative Jacko way, of Arkansas. "There was no- inducement," was the response. Representative Madison asked Mr. Oxnard if in reality the American Su gar Refining Company "had not tried to use its power in 1901 to drive the beet sugar refiners out of business by unfair competition, that Is, cutting prices below cost in the Missouri riv er territory." s ' "I think it is a fair presumption that it was designed to drive us out," replied Mr. Oxnard. "Why didn't they succeed?" con tinued the Congressman.. . . . . "Well, our contracts with the gro cers were to sell at a price less than the 'open' market price on the day of delivery. The American Sugar. Re fining Company evidently thought by reducing the price about the time of our deliveries that we would be un able to fill our contracts. But that w ord 'open' saved us. We told tho grocers sugar icould not be purchased in the 'open' market at the reduced, rrice. If they could, we authorized them as . our agent sto buy a large quantity for us: They could not do . sc." Mr. Oxnard said that the only time the American Beet Sugar Refining Company had any agreement with the .American Refining Company was in 1902 when the former became the "selling agency" of the latter. That contract -was cancelled, be said.' "when Wayne McVeagh, a lawyer, in 1906 gave an opinion that It would send them to the penitentiary if they continued it. "He protested against the reduction cf the tariff on raw sugar but added that he would leave it to the 'reJJn ers to fight for the duty on refined sugar." "What will make sugar cheaper?" asked Chairman Hardwlck. . "Leaving it alone until the beet su gar industry is able to compete with the world. The advances in the In dustry have been rapid here and they will go on if you give the industry a , chance." HEAT RECORDS SHATTERED. Sudden Rise in Temperature in the Southwest Yesterday. Kansas City, Mo, June16. Many heat records were shattered by a sud den rise in temperature In the South west today, but tonight rain is expect ed. New maximum heat records: for June were established at Muskogee and Oklahoma City, the mercury touching 105 and 106 degrees respect ively. A high temperature of 100 was registered in Leavenworth, Kan., and Topeka, and 99 in Kansas City. sary improvements. A resident phy sician is to be procured at once, and a second new man is to be installed to assist in care of patients of whom there were 32 last week. Here for the conference were Dr. J. R. Gordon, of Guilford; Dr. Eugene Street, of Glen don; ex-State Senator Blair,, of Montgomery. "Enoch Arden." Great dramatic Biograph' picture : ' Grand Theatre. . . " :-m ::;: -V, j :' 7V ; v ' r v . ' -1 v v i - 7 ;;.,v iff .. :-''i::-. v.. .. .: . i". '' V. -s- "... r, t -';'-; - '. "'I - ,--.'... ' v. - -.'i v.. .y f v. i : 'v:.v
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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June 17, 1911, edition 1
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