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1 V : I,: ; c - ; , rt .:.. -: .... : .... ., . . - - . .;. -, ' - ,:' j,, 1 SI iSiSsp Wills , a; 4 THE WEATHER. - Rain today; Thursday unsettled, with rain in the east portion; higher northeast winds. , -. i" i r i Treat' advertising ! falrlyrvnd don't" try to prove to yourself that the busi ness it brings you should b treditetf to something else, f . t s - ii' VOL. LXXXEO. 124. 1 1. HILL GIVl;T TEBSE EIEI.3 Railroad Magnate' Says He Would Not Care to Go In to Steel Business. PREDICTS MUCH: GOMPETiriOIl Hill Thinks "rfvere 'Should be a Law of Right and Wr"ang and That '. v Corporations'" Powers Should be Limited. . Washington, Feb. 13i James J. Hill told the Stanley steel trust Investigat ing committee today that he "would bo a first-class angel with ed and white wings" before . he would go, In the steel business, and predicted that competition would be the rule long af ter the pretent laws .were wiped oft the statute books. ' " . " Mr. Hill's last day of testimony was replete with the epigrams and sage expressions for which he is noted. He said tho stockholders of the Great Northern vere "not wearing any crepe because the United Stated Steel Cor poration in its 'fright' had cancelled the Great Northern ore lease." "You will be in a comfortable posi tion no matter whether the lease is cancelled or not,' won't' you ?,f suggest ed Chairman Stanley. . "You, .could start a steel company of your ' own with 400,000,000 tons- of ore in . the ground?" . i will bo a first class angel With red and white feathers in my wings long befo?e I ever: consider going into the steel business," replied Mr. Hill. "I'll be 74 years old my next birthday and I don't mind tilling yon that I've done about all the hard work I intend to do in life." Y Z : , -: Just before th railroad builder was excused, Representative Beall, of Tex as, called his attention to the decla rations of E. H. Gary, chairman 'of the board of the Steel Corporation, : and other business men, to the effect; that the day oC. Competition was -passed in this country, and that' the t time was' "at hand when the government must reg ulnte maximum and minimum prices of commodities.' - V " V v. "I think that yon will, have to tame human nature and eliminate . all pel nsn motives that rule human . beings and every other form of .life, 'before you .will eliminate . competition," re plied Mr. Hill. . . "Do you think then that it will be unwise for the Federal government to assume control of business?" asked Mr. BealL ... - : ; - "I think when the Federal govern ment does that it will be a short step until there will be no Federal govern ment," was Mr, Hill's quick reply,, "I would la down the law of right and wrong," said , Mr. Hill. "I would limit the power of corporations. I would see that every corporation that started business put all the money in and I would not be jealous on account of the rfize of the corporation. I wouldn't permit any watering of stock. I would see that 100 cents on every dollar was put up and that money, was on hand to take care of It" - Mr. Hill told the committee that he paid little attention to speculation and am not think, that 'men. who " made speculative prices in Wall Street knew much about actual conditions in mines i.SOO miles away. He predicted, tak ing issue with Commissioner of Cor porations Herbert Knox Smith", that the ores in the Hill lease, held: by the Steel Corporation as worth fl a ton,' would soon be worth 1.50 to 2.00 royalty a ton. He also predicted that before many years pig Iron could be laid down in Brooklyn from China for ?1 a ton. ; ' , Mr. Hill aroused some interest nen he said that Frederick Weyer: hauser, the lumber magnate, had re fused topay a $75,000 fee forthe Wright and Davis lands, which he afterward fought as the major portion of the and leased to the Steel Corporation ntainmS iron ore estimated at 400,000,000 tons. :.,.. . The Steel Corporation's desire- o get his ore lands, Mr. Hill said, was merely based on business " prudence, jv securing the Great . Northern Ore .;,umPany, the corporation would fcave d all the ore it would need for 35 years. . NAVAL PROGRAMME ADOPTED. trance Will Build Battleships and Ae u . pop'anesf Too. ; : ' ' ra s, Feb. 13 The Chamber of j uries tonight-adopted the naval programme by a vote of 452 to 73. ' .M. "eicasge ( Minister of Marine, In sub- ,I t e ProPosals, said that France ;.hav,e enough warships ,to insure t -l y in the Mediterranean,- but with ,Vwas not necessary to keep pace "a the construction activities of oth artm! An additional-article was rnment contracts to firms wheh have, 'of tSiVohad' witWn a year,, members rer. Zl 7 Iiaie or Chamber on their dl "ectorate or aa legal counsel. ' .. . Drf "ro aenate adopted the aviation KmS for nlcn approximately Thl . . yewy is asked. lanfl J llure activity of France on catei ,"ueaJand in the air was indi dLe.a I" the diSCUSRfnna Mov . Tr&nL nd of tne discussion was that of ApL st strngly develop all lines her llT and offen3e so as to ,hdld "er rank airmntr tv, a an infl,, ber a,1iances, thus exercising luuence In the world 'for BANKER MORSE SL1PPE0 AWAY i i " . - .M ..; Bank i Wrecker Will The Pardoned Leave for Europe Today Out : wltted'the Reporters Who . - , Couldn't Trace Him ! New York, Feb. ,13. Charles ,W. Morse, the bank wrecker, whose 15 year sentence in the Federal peniten tiary, at Atlanta was recently, commut ed on account of. illness, boarded the Hahburk-American Line steamer K serin. Auguste-Victoria tonight to sai at 10 o'clock tomorrow, "morning for Europe. He will take the bath treat ment, at Bad Nauheim in Germany. Af ter spending less than a week In New Vork, complaining of annoyances from newspaper reporters, the invalid ex convict outwitted newspaper men-for several hours tohfgiit. He and his wife, ,oh, and physician drove away from the Morse apartments in a taxi-l cab during : the evening, taking four large trunks with them. It 'was said at the apartments that Mr. Morse had! intimated that he was-going to Atlan tic City, but within a few hours it ws learned that Mr. and Mrs. Morse were aboard the Kalserln Auguste-Victoria at her Hoboken pier, having success fully dodged reporters. ,Dr. A. R. Fowlerr who accompanied Morse from Atlanta, Ga., last week, and wh6 placed him aboard the steam er tonight said that he did not plan to accompany' the banker and his wife to Europe, t "During- the sea trip he will , only be under the care of the ship's, surgeon," &e said. "The sea trip should be beneficial fo both him and his wife and they probably wyi be able to make the. trip toBad Nau heim without the need of a physician." Charles W.- Morse, the pardoned banker, his wife, his son, Charles W. Morse, Jr., and Dr. A. R. Fowler, his physician, quietly, slipped away to- jilght In a taxicab from the apartment in which they have secluded them selves since Morse's return from the Federal prison in Atlanta last Thurs day. .It .was intimated by employes of the apartment house that the bank er and' his family,' who took with them four trunks, were bound, for Atlantic City, N: J., tmt in view of the generally understood plan3 that he was intend ing to sail shortly for Bad Nauheim, Germany, to recover ' his health con siderable doubt -was expressed wheth er this-information was -correct. - - Two letters from steamship, compa nies were delivered at the 31orse apart ment, .last ftjght; ; the, employes stated, but at "varttms' Bteamship dfflce3. It was said tonight that no reservation for the staterooms' for . the Morse party had been: made on any ships sailing .tomor row...;.' ri.'.v '... :. ..V Those who saw the taxicab depart ing said tkat the pardoned bankery who on ils arrival a "week ago, was taken from his train' in a wheel chair, tor night left 1 his apattment and . entered the vehicle unassisted and with a. firm step. k The cab was .driven rapidly away. ' v":i; ' ' ;. It became known . Today that ' Morse has been served here in a tfult brought by the Assets Realization Company, a corporation which was organized to take, over Morse's .holdings after his downfall. The nature of the suit was not disclosed. . '.: - ' ' It wis learned at the Hamburg American Line ' pier that an invalid man said ' to resemble Morse, accom panled by a woman and two younger men," arrived at the pier in a taxicab late in theVNiyenlng. Tber were driv en, down .the pier to the gangplank Of the steamer in a wheel chair. This report waV obtained from various per sons about the pier, but 'everyone in official capacity on the' pier, or those aboard the steamer denied empnati cajllythat either Morse or any Of his iamiiy was aDoara me vesseL ' ' 8ES3IQM WAS ADJOURNED , Florida Everglade Problem Held Up 'i J Because Witness Missed Trains " IWashington, Feb; 13.. Engineering investigations of the ; Florida ever glades have cost the government 111,- h017 to date, according to A Zappone, chief disbursing officer of the . Depart ment of. Agriculture, today before the House committee which" has .under taken a complete everglades Inquiry. Mr. Zappone explained that his know edge of the everglades project was lim ited to book accounts m nis omce. Chairman Moss was forced to ; ad iourn the session early because of the failure of. J. O. Wright, chief drainage officer of the State of Florida, to arrive. 'He was unable to i make train connections at Jacksonville, Fla., in- time to reach Washington today. Representative Clark, of Florida, and Bathrick, of Ohio, instigators of the r.harees which broueht about the In vestlgatlon', obtained the ' consent - of the committee to interrogate witnesses and oartlclDate In the investigation. BAD TRAIN WRECK. h '.'V. Several Killed and Many Injured on ' Great Northern ' .,.--' Devils Lake, N. Feb.4 IS.5 Seven", are known to be dead and a score. in jured in the. wreck of the Great North ern Oriental Ldmitea ' at uoyon, .xo miles east of here tonight Every one of the ' 10 coaches that made up the train left the track and - went down a steep embankment,: turning over twice. Full details will not be known until morning.. . A special relief train -car-rvine every ohyslclan-and .undertaker Available hurried from Devils Lake to the scene or tne wrec. . . . , . The Oriental Limited left, here shortly after 3 o'clock P. M., and was due ; in St.' ' Paul at : 8.: 45 tomorrow mornings It will - be nearly morning before the relief -train returns .x There is no teiegraph. .service at the scene of the accident, nor .any .telephone erv. ice. ; ' ' J- ' ' ,;Vf '-..-;:.y? . Rubbess of .all.- kinds. - "New lot just received at Hewlett & rfice. r WXtMrN"GrTOK, N. C.v loiliSic Chinese People More' Con cerned With New ' Year ';. Holiday Preparations MUCH LOOTING IS EXPECTED No Great Changes Are Apparent In Pe- ' king Since Abdication of the , Manchu .Dynasty .Situation Controlled Peking, Feb. 14., 12:45 A M. The indifference of the Chinese masses to the form of government is very ev-' ident In the capital. They accept the news of the .republic without anyNdem- onstratiod either favorable or unfa vorable. There Is not the slightest difference apparent on tire streets. Tho police instructed the people not to hang out flags in celebration of the new, regime and therefore no bunting was displayed. ,r ' . Owing to the preparations for tny Chinese New Year on February 18tfc, the people have no time to take tho abdication of the throne Into consid eration, except In regard to the pros pect of the soldiers marring the fes tivities of the only holiday in the year. More than 30,000 troops are in Peking or stationed around the city walls. Their discipline ha3 . always been lax and it i3 now less stringent than ever, and this fact makes loot ing possible. Nevertheless Yuan Sh! Kai ,'is expected to succeed in avertin? this. " ' : : Chinese office holders are confident that- Yuan Shi Kai controls the po litical situation and believe that the South, will accept what he offers. Tne couth, however, has not yet signified its1 acceptance of the. proposed coali tiori." .. ,.: .'. Yuan Shi Kai officially Informed the. foreign legations here jtoday that the throne 'had instructed him to form a Republican government which will for the time being continue: to be carried on jrith.3ii3 former, cabin ety. ill Instructions Prom State Departmewt ; WAshingtofl, ; Feb. 13; The Ching Hwa republic Is the official - name of the -new Chinese government, Ching Hwa means ' Chinese. Formal announcement of; the pass ing of -the great Ta Ching dynastv which has ruled China for about 300 years and the erection of a modern re public on: its ruins was made at the tate Department today by the Chi nese legation, which supplied a copy of. an official telegram from Peking to the following general effect: .' "While a provisional government i3 being established all ministers accred ited to foreign , governments shall, act provisionally as diplomatic - represen tatives and icontinue to perform the'r duties as heretofore. "All members of the legation staff and consular officers (in America) shall temporarily retain their present posts." ' ; It is not known here if the appoint ment of Alfred Sze to be minister to Washington, which "was made in the last days of tne tottering dynasty, will stand and the belief is that he will give place to some pronounced Repub lican. The State Department will instruct its officials in China to do business In a provisional, way with Yuan Shi K&i In the North and President Sun in the South until a complete fusion of the two elements is effected, when the reg ular government "of all China will , be duly recognized. ; " . . ' ; V The English Attitude London, Feb. 13. The British gov ernment has been enabled to shew it I sympathy with the views of the Unit ed States government in regard to China in a substantial manner by pre vailing on Japan to postpone loans to Chinese companies, the proceeds of which' might reach either the Repub licans or Imperialists. . : ' : To Dress Like Americans. -V . , San Franciscoj - Feb. "13. Chinese consular officials in the United States were ordered to adopt American style of dress by an edict received here, to day from President Sunt Yat Sen, of the Chinese Republic, containing" the formal announcement of the abdica tion.,. Consuls were Instructed , to re main at their posts until their succes sors were appointed - - , - - , . . . Message to Assembly. ", ' Nanking,- Feb. 13. A message will be .gent, to the assembly today frofn the- President and .cabinet officers re questing . that they be relieved :. from their duties;' that -the assembly elect a. new President for the. whole Repub lic and that - February 15th be - pro claimed a holiday, for the celebration of the establishment of the Republic. In'; their message' President Sun and his, ministers , recommend the election of Yuan Shi Kai. v : , . ; , Tang Shao Yl and a delegation bf the ' Republican leaders - will proceed tn PeTrfrifir to notify Yuan Shi Kai of his election .'if the assembly- chooses him for the. Presidency. . Dr. .Sun re asserts that he does not seek a port folio, 'but apparently his influence is becoming stronger every day.. - v .. - - - - ' - . '" f (Boston Mass.,( Feb.' 12. No statue of former Governor Benjamin F" But ler.' of Massachusetts will be erected in the State : House grounds ' .this year by the commonwealth, as a. result of action taken today by tne committee on State :.House ? and Libraries. " The committee! Voted in execttive session to report 'leave to withdraw oh the pe tition for the erection of the statue WEDNESDXXr OBOTKGF 3TEBRUAKY 14. 1932. " i in iiiii - : . . t v . - , SiiDssiJi a: HEW- Commercial i Interest -j Ar Bendina f;; Their Efforts ToWardi Tjegotiat- J 4 't I rig" Another Agreement .Wi th That tiM&tt-r; ; : Washington,' Feb 13 .Negotiations will soon begin for a .n.ewi treaty wljh Russia t6 replace the, convention of 3832 recently abrogated, the operation of which will expire at tie end of. the present year. , ,s r V- v -; . ,' . - Preliminary exchanges have encour aged the belief that any feelings which may have resulted from the denuncia tion of the old ; treaty 4have: so. far abated as . to justify " an effort to re place tt. Aside from the sentimental consideration which t lead ' the United States and Russia to vfew . with dis approval the wlping.outiTqf, all : treaty ties, commercial and mluritime, inter ests, which, would &e gteafly injured by a tarifC .war, havebeen quietly moving to bring about tbp& construction of a new 'treaty. ', $ - . . It practically has 'beej decided" that as soon as Secretary, Ktfox returns to Washington", from his vteit to Central America, South AinerlcaJand the West Indies, negotiations'., forfa new treaty will be formally initlateft.! :y ..'..;: An effort, will' be toad feconstruct" the . hew treaty eo thatu-it hall be a model in the framiilg o International agreements forthe regulation of trad9 and commerce. -Thj real difficulty is expected s -be; encountered in draft : ing a substitute for the article in th existing treaty regarding rights ', of travel and residence, - which involves the troublesome - passport question. It is thought, however,4that-the ; State Department experts hayeLtsome ideas on the subject, which if acceptable to Russian diplomats may solve the prob lem of framing a provision that will fully recognize the Unlimited right3 of Americans,: without regard tO" re ligion, to visit Russiavirlthout, in any degree, compromising j the power re served by the United States to -regulate the (character of immigration in to this countryv ;'. J ; ;- l.' ATTACKED POWDER TRUST. r A Representative Good Wanted a Limi tation on Ammunition' Purchases. r ' , Washington, .Feb J , 13 .Representa tive Gcol, of Iowa, led an attack on the powder trust in the House-today. He sought ito provide in the Army Appro pnation bill . a. iimitatl o-n on tia gov ernpaenf s purchasftp.cJ amaUarm am munition; ' declaring, that Congress - au thorized the payment of millions of dollars to a concern which had been outlawed by the courts. -. Representative Moore,, of; Pennsyl vania, and Prince, of Illinois,-attempt ed to restore to the appropriation the same items for . ordnance as were ai lowed in the last Republican bill, but their eiforts- were defeated by Chair man Hay, of the Military Affairs Com mittee. - : ' ARIZONA'S GOVERNOR, r t . : . ' All in Readiness. for Installation of the Governor-Elect. v Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 13. Prepara tions for. the installation of Arizona's first State Governor tomorrow were completed tonight Governor-elect George P. Hunt, Mrs. Hunt and their daughter,, Virginia, arrived today. To morrow at noon Mr. Hunt will walk to the capitol .with a few friends and take the oath of office. . Chief Justice Edward Kent will read the oath. The new : Governor will review a military parade., His party will include William J. Bryan. A ealute of 48 guns will be fired. The inaugural balLwill be held in a public street at night? ; .- . v' ' ' OUTLINES Commercial' interests are bending tneir efforts towards securing the ne gotiation of a new treatywith Russia ' James J. Hill continued his testimony- before the. steel ; trust investi gating committee yesterday: and do clared he had.no desire to embark in the steel business. . Merchants in convention In Atlanta yesterday advised the farmers to aban don 'cotton production and . make oth er money crops, j . Asserting that loose talk had caus edithe wrong attitude towards Ameri cans in Mexico, the State Department yesterday sent a message to that coun try expressing friendliness ' towards the Mexican people. . Tnere has been little : changes in conditions in China since the abdica tion of the Manchu dynasty, the peo pie being more interested in the com ing New Year's holiday than in the government.' . ' - . Only one arrest, due to local condi tions, was made in the dynamite cases yesterday, but the district, attorney said they would undoubtedlybe made tcuay. - - , , .- , Folke E. Brandt, the' valet of Morti mer Schiff, who confessed to the erime or burglary, will be granted a new trial. . - -;- . : ., : Charles W. Morse, the - pardoned banker, his family and physician quiet iy slipped away last night in a taxi- cab and no one knows i where ' they went. "V -, . ' ; .' v Gov Foss yesterday urged - imme diate! reduction of the tariff on : the necessaries' of life and declared; the high cost of living was thefundamen tal cause of the textile strike, . ' New York markets : : Money on call steady,: 2 1-4 to 2 1-2 per cent; ruling rate 2 1-4; closing bid 2 3-8; offered at 2 1-2. Spot cotton closed steady. Flour quiet. -Whet easy. No.. 2 ' red 1.02 1-2,- elevator export , basis and 1.04 1-4 f.o.to. afloat Corn easy, ex port 72 1-2 f .o.b. afloat : Rosin and turpentine quiet ; 'C. , ; i . ;. Rubbers of all kinds. ? New lot just received at Hewlett & Price. - ; TREATS FOLKE tWHDT The Valet Who Confessed to CHme of ' Burglary May v Be iTried Again. SCHIFF VAHTS CASE SIFTED 7f i A Feature the Dayfe Developments I Was. Appearance, of Judge Par ;; kerSjnJ Behalf of, Mortimer .'f'.r i ' .Schiff ' : New York,' Feb . ; 13 .After serving nearly 'five years In prison for burg lary-; at the home of Mortimer L. Sthiff, where he was formerly employ ed :as valef, Folke E' Brandt may be tried again to determine if he was guilty; of the crime to' which he con fessed and for .which he is under sent ence to serve 30 years in. prison. -Judge Rosalsky, of the Court of Gen eral Sessions, " who ' sentenced Brandt, ordered today the withdrawal of BJrandt's-plea tof guilty and the sub stitution tomorrow of a. plea of not guilty for a new trial. This action was taken two hours after Justice Gerard, of the Supreme' Court bench had reserved decision on an applica tion, for, Brandt's release on a-writ -of habeas corpus, with the comment that he was "almost convinced" . that the trial court had not had jurisdiction in sentencing Brandt on his plea, , unsup ported by evidence. A; feature of today's developments was the appearand of Judge Alton B. Parker in behalf of Mortimer L. Schlff who, he declared, is anxious to have the case sifted to the bottom in order that "false and Infamous scan? dais" , might be proved untrue. . To complicate the unusual court proceedings,. Governor "Dix; who prevr iously, refused to-interfere in Brandt's behalf,., late , today . appointed ? Justice Gerard as a commissioner -, to v hear Brandt's . application- for V clemency which was regarded as a move to take Rosalsky made an. impassioned state ment of his side of the case; declaring that his record on the bencn wpuld bear the! closest scrutiny After grant ing the motion for a new trial he said he' desired some other judge to try tne case. - - . .'.-The attitude of Mr. Schiff as. pre sented by Judge Parker In part was: .- "There has never been a. time Since this man's conviction that Mr. Schiff would not have aided an application for- clemency based upon grounds of contrition and reformation. - Instead of that according, to the reports. Brandt, attempted- to gain the. sympa thy of the Governor and other officials by posing as a martyr under-the in famous ..suggestion that Brandt s pres ence in my client's house was to .keep an appointment with one dearer than life itself." Judge Parker read a' long ' letter from Mr Schiff in which he said:; The facts are simple. -Brandt wrote an insulting letter to my wife and was at once discharged from my employ. About a month later ae, entered my house at night and lay in wait for me in a -dark room.'' v As I entered- the room and before I realized, his pres ence or a .word had "been spoken, he I struoic me on tne neaa wun & neavy ten-pin. Near- at hand he had a carv ing knife.-. . ..- -. ' : ; ;' ' Thinking I had an armed maniac to deal with, I argued, with him, gave him money and got rid of him . as best I. could, and asked him--to come to my office. When he - came l naa him examined by eminent alienists, as I believed he was of unsound mind. The alien tists. declared him sane and I caused his arrest." , District Attorney Whitman tonight said that he would lay the whole Brandt-matter before the-grand jury, tomorrow, v r ; ' . ; v JUDGE ADJOURNED COURT. Licked a Man and,Then Fined Himself - . for Fighting. -Midland, Texas, -Feb. 13.- Recalling the days of Roy Bean, the famouB jus tice of the peace,, who a number Of years ago was known' as 'all the law west of the Pecos", Judge J. H. Knowl es, of. the Commissioners'. Court "here, today laid raslde his official dignity long enough to engage In a fistic bat tle. During the session, Judge , Knowles presiding, made ah assertion , regard; ing a. previous ruling of the court. . In asmuch as the Commissioner's court is a county tribunal of considerable im portance in the county, comments on its rulings are not'to be lightly made, even by the -presiding . Justice. . So thought Commissioner , Julew Driver, who was present .-No sooner; had tie offending remark been made than he rose and exclaimed: "Yoa;are a liar, jt'tdge." . - ' r. - :'.;,'-..:';--.-The court' did not hesitate. ; , "This court will stand adjourned " announced , Judge Knowles, '.'Until I whip the man who Just now called me a liar." -; : ; ' ' Then it happened.' Those who wit nessed the fight say the judge scor ed the greatest number of pugilistic points. 5 A few minutes later the Judge re-convened court ' fined himself for fighting and paid the fine. , The court then -went back to wprk and Its digni ty was not further ruffled. ' . . . , , - , ; 'Rubbers of all' kinds, v New lot Just received at Hewlett & Price, , the-; case vout, ofJudgelUmlfslasDaii scneauie.r0ri9?twajil,xou wuil use-tpev janguage pr;thij,m. ;..', : P , In CTantin? the new -ttria. Judir ing of the club owhert here tonight. I ' 'Loose talk" by army officers and of- - . ' . ARRESTS ABE GERTAII! TODAY District Attorney Gives .1 Assurance That the Extent of the Dynamite; : Plot Wjll be Fulry Re- - j veaied. ''' '-'V' I v -: - . v. . ; : : f Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 13.-Posiive assurance came" from United States District Attorney Charles W.- Miller's Office tonight that the arest of art the M ' men. Indicted in the dynamite con spiracy cases, was set for tomorrow. i "Arrests may certainly be looked tnr f tomorrow,'?, said s Mr MiUer. v t!The reason why they , did not . take place today cannot be revealed. It has been the Intention to take as many as possi ble of the defendants in the shortest possible time, so that a majority of them will - be in .custody before 'any pne of them knows who else is involv ed. But, of course, there are -certain to be some who will not be taken on time.. An arrest of one, man at Roch ester, N. Y;, today, was probably; due to a local condition unknown to me,", , i Before night tomorrow the defen dants apprehended are expected to be Efficient in number to reveal the ex tent of '.the plots which the. govern ment charges, were. carried ,on for six years against iron and 6teelf contrac tors who ' maintained the open shop and in which the McNamaras and ; Or tie MCManigal, confessed dynamiters, acted as accomplices of others.;' J. -; Among the cities not before (men tioned where arrests are expected, are Syracuse; N.' Y.; Scranton, Pa.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Springfield,- 111- Oma ha, Neb., and Peoria,- III.- v i-.-. Clarence E, Dowd, business agent of the Machinists' Union at Rochester, N. Y who was arrested at Rochester to day, formerly was a National oreaniz- er for the International Association "of iacninists, with headquarters at De troit' which was one of the fields of Operation of the dynamiters." It-was there that McManigal was induced to become a member of the "dynamiting cjew" directed by.John J. McNamara, secretary and 'treasurer of the- Iron Workers, according- to McManigal's confession. . .. " . . ! McManigal, in his detailed state ments,'is said "to have-charged groups of men in all . the cities in -which he Operated with having assisted him. ' NATIONAL LEAGUE SCHEDULE i Season Will . Be Three Days Shorter, 1 - Closing October 8th f ew Y'rk, " Feb: '13. The National The: schedule provides for 154 games as ushal, but the season'will be three days shorter 'than last year, beginning one day earlier and closing four days earlier. The season ' will ppetf , April 11th, New York at Brooklyn; Philadel phia at Boston; Pittsurg at St. Louis afld Chicago at Cincinnati. The sea son closes October -.8th.' - , .' ' Although the schedule was adopted unanimously it was discussed' for hours ' with heated protests on the part '-cf almost every owner at some' of the dates assigned them, with the exception of Mrs. H. R. Britton; the qnly "woman baseball owner in the big league, who represented the St. Louis club. Instead of objection she had only compliments for the members of the schedule committee, upon their work.' ' V t " Charles W., Murphy, of Chicago, was the most dissatisfied member, because of conflicting dates with the Ameri can.. League 'on five -Sundays during the season. ' , ' The only' other , work : accomplished bjf'the league meeting today was the approval of a staff of umpires,- Includ ing tw iuew1 arbitrators., Clarence, Owens ,gbt Kansas City, formerly with the Atnerican Association, was ap-r lH)inted "to take the. ' place of Hank O'Day, who has ;' become manager: of the Cincinnati clubhand G C. Bush pf Davenport; Iowa,, was appointed .an emergency umpire; . AH the veterans will be retained. . . The league will meet again tomor: row.-: ..ji .- . -.'. . . , THE PACKERS', TRIAL Inquiry Into Armour & Co.'s Test Cost and Margins , Chicago, Feb. 13 Jounsel for the government directed 'their effort's, to ah inquiry into the test cost and mar; gin system used, by Armour & Com pany in the packers trial today. The testimony added another link' to the chain of circumstantial evidence - by which the government expects to show how the big- packers employed a uni form selling, -basis in operating the al leged combination in: restraint of trade. 'Bernard Remmer,-price , clerk in the dressed icarcass accounting, de partment of ' Armour- & Company for 29 years, explained the details of . tho complex system to the jury in response to questions by. Government Attorney James M. Sheehan. - i . v .He said Armour: & Company used two standards of beef cost ; f .-"' : '-r , - FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI. ,- , '''..' - a v . Turks Attempted to Rush Italians, But Were, Beaten Off. - ' ' Derna, Tripoli, Feb. 11. (Deloyed In, transmission) -The Turks in - force made two determined attempts to rush the Italian line , last .night but were beaten i off after desperate.; hand-to-' hand fighting. The-Turks used hand grenades, but these had little effect The Italians were greatly aided by dogs which gave warning of the ap proach bf the Turks. They also threw searchlights : on the advancing forces. The Turks v lost 60 killed, while" the Italian casualty list numbered three killed and. 22 wounded. ' - WatMii rtnn " UVkh 1 S Wpaflnuirters for. Speaker Cham Clark's campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomi nation were opened in a downtown ho-1 tel here today. 4 . , WHOLE NUMBER 13,824; LOOSE TALK" HAS CAUSED TROUBLE United States $endsMessage r of Friendship to Mexican ! ; ' , ' , " . ... ' People. , v C -vS ..4 AMERIpAllS WERE ENDANGERED Reports Received by State Depart- ment 'Told 6f Further F?evolu- ' tlonary " Incursions Sltua- . tlon the Same, ! v Washington;') Feb. "13. -"Foolish' stories" about' American 'Intervention circulated in ' Mexico through; errori ' eous press dispatches have aroused 6 ; muchfeellng .tardughout .tha'trouDled,' Southern, tepuplla and so- endangered . the safety of Ameriican resident there, ' that the. . &fcate. Departmentv today is-, sued a circular to its diplomatic ami -consular, representatives v in Mexico denying -'ill such" stories and relterat- ing expressions .of good will, and sfn ' cerest frlendshlD for Mexico, -r-i - The circular, which went to w'early everyone of the American consular of--ficers in Mexico, as well as to the em- '. bassy at Mexico City, was ai follows: . "You are authorized officially to da ny through the local . press- and other- wise, as under instructions tq do sj, ' , all foolish stories of-intervention, than . which . nothing': tould . be further f rcnn the intentions of- the- government of the United States, which' has' the sia- " eerest friendship for Mexico and the Mexican ipeople, to whom lt hopes will , Boon return th blessings of peace, ' hich is not concerned with Mexico's internal political affairs' and which de- ; mands nothing but the respect and protection of American' life and proy erty 'in the neighboring republic. "You will observe the-strictest im partiality' and in no wise interfere with Lcontehdlng : .'forces' counseling "Amerl- cans in, your district to 'act likewise; ft ft i aid Vf"tJj4a.rrti,r WithW nUnnflnn in Mexico also 'is a" menace' to the friend ' ,' ' ly relations existing between the Unit- ed, States and that government, accord- : ing to Representative Slayden;- Demo crat, of TexasY'member of the House . , Military Affairs Committee. In-; a . speech In the House today he protest- ed against lncendiafy language use J bycertaiu officials; whom he did not mention by name. 1 : . t " T protest against this' Inexcusablo . effort to disturb the peace," he said; . v this; blatant yellow journalism with official or "Semi-official approval." Mr Slayden feared that a contimi ance of such talk "might bring about a situation, in wnicn congress woma be forced into war." '" ' Reports , to the State Department during, the day from Mexico indicated that the situation In the South was , substantially the same, though In Vera Cruz, Oaract and Michoaean,; condt- tlons probably we're worse,, and anti American feeling seemed to have arl3- . en at San Luls .Potasl. ' . ' ; , . s Foreigners at Cbllma were repprteiL ' to: fear an ' outbreak Of lawlessness' Considerable apprehensions, was felt; worn Monterey came a . repon ; pnat bandits had taken some small towns V ' between '.Parras and Saltlllo; and thac r a ! railroad bridge had , been .burned.,. Telegraphic ", communications were.rte-( !r opehed between ..Torreon,; purankp,' f.- ehihuabua and .Alonterey. - .;.v. y Notwithstanding signs 'of continued . disorder the attitude qf ..the Amerl-.. 4 . can government remains precisely tho ; . same and is confined . to" . extreme , watchfulness and preparedness for any ' ' emergency. - ... 1 T . ' ' . ' . Many People Leaving Mexico. Tcrreon. Mexico. Feb. 13. Rebels In the Laguna district; estimated at 1,000 today formally proclaimed Eml--Ho Vasquez Gomez President of . the Renubllc and Rafael . Garza Aiaape Vied President and demanded the sur: , render of this city.:,Their demand is not taken seriously by the local au 7 thoritles who plaice confidence In the;.- loyalty of the garrison, believed ; to, be strong enough, to Tesist attacK. , . ; ganization Mooting, and indiscriminate, raiding are not reported so frequently. and the opinion here fs that, some one, is directing their energies ialdng jnore definite Jines. 4 .Early in .the. day re-. ports reached here tha,t the Tasquistas : had : robbed the American Smelters Securities Company at Terneras. and . the Penoles Mining ' Company, at Ma- '. pimi, both American 1 concerns. ' '; . ;' A Railway traffic' inland.' out of 'Tor reon has' been." practically abandoned. No train has gone; south since Satur day: ... 'r',. -.I'M' w' ' . Many . Amercan vromen land 'child- , ren are ready to leave on the first:.' train out The Chinese residents, fearing another, massacre like that of Jast Spring, are: greatly alarmed and many already, have, left for Monterey , and towns along the frontier. ; ; ," -, . Rebellion Is1 Spreading. : Mexlco.City, Feb-S.--Spread of tho ; rebellion in Mexico is shown by dis ' patches received here tonight . . The ' rebels have' overrun the Laguha dis trict of ,Coahuila apd appeared ia-the States of Durango Zacateeas and Qua- -najuata. In the south the Zapatltas-,-tas ; continue 'the "campaign or pillage, and followers of Jesus Salgado ' are showing remarkable activity. -The ,r government repeatedly .has said the : . v ! V I - i-e , r. If ' 1 r V .- I t. -1 V I - t ' ... . . -. 7
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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