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ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JU NE 20, 1911.
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TRAGIC STORY
EXSG6ERMED?
Second Investigation by Senate
Committee of Charges of Cor
ruption in Election of Junior
' v. Senator from Illinois. .
M'CORMICK, HARVESTER MAN,
IS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
Telti Story of Attempt to Obtain Contri
' bulion from His Company Most
of His Testimony IsIof.EL'a
Hearsay. Nature. 3 KjP
T J ASHINGTON, JUne 20. Little
. W but' ; hearsay evidence. .. was
;.;: brought out today when the
' Senator Lorlmer. Investigating -com-
. mittee held its' Initial hearing Inithe
Inquiry Into .charges ot corruption! in
the election of.the junior senator from
':. Illinois. '.' 'r:i-',':'' ' '' i '' ;'"''
.'.(jrtuj H."M.cCormlck, president of
the International Harvester company,
. mi before the committee V tell what
he knew of the collection of a S100.000
fund alleged to be used In.Lorlmer's
behalf. He testlh.ed that Clarence
' S. Funk, general manager of the com
pany, told him' of activity In', behalf
of Lorlmer and that this corruption
.. had been invited by Edward Uinee of
the Hlnes Lumber company to contri
bute to election fund. William.. J.
i Hynes who requested permission to
. ' appear as persona! counsel, for Kd
"ward Hlnes, objected to the line of
questioning. VHe was over-ruled.." ;'
.The Interview with Hlnet. (- '
'.'"What did Funk say to you?" ask
ed John H. Marble of counsel for the
committee.' ' '..-'- -(''' . '' (
"Funk, came' to me In my. office,'
said McCormlck,' "and said Hlnes at
the Union League club in Chicago ap-
proached him on the-subject of our
company making a contribution. The
object was to obtain . a contribution
S ' from Funk which he understood was
to be made. to recouue expenditures in
k uonnoction . with the flection of Lor'
, Imer. Funk told him Jils suggestion
could not. i-cwialdered.-. S told him
1 was glad he had declined anj that
-practically, ended . the Incident."
Marble took the lead In questioning
; McCormlck. ' ') . ; i'-.v,
,Mcdlll MfCi llmlck's Couli. -
"Are you a relative of Mfdlll Mc
Cormlck of the Chicago-- Tribune?"
he asked. "Yes: McCormlck, Is a son
" of a cousin of mine. We are friends,
but are not related In business or po
litical affairs." McCormlck ' said he
' had never met Lorlmer. As to the.
editorial In the Chicago lleeord-Her-uld
concerning the alleged fund ' of
$100,000 In behalf pf Senator Lorl
mer, witness said at about too time the
article appeared. Funk told him he
gave the fact to H. II. Kohlsaat, the
, editor, and saia he advised that Kohl
saat be relieved from his pledge ot
'Secrecy. . "I - did -not think . Kohlsaat
: should go to Jail,'," said McCor.mlek
"and consequently aOviged thafvhj be
authorlxed to give the sourcos-uf lilB
Information." , '- '".
' A Kocoml InterrUm-.,-'; ;
McCormlck said Funk told' him of
a second Interview with Hlnes., and
- Hlnes sought hin out to tell him he
; had not meant that his suggestion of
a $10,000 contribution should be tak
' en seriously. -"I felt rather indignant
and so did Fttnk.V replied MeCownlck
when asked it he had been shocked
hy Funk's revelation , ."Then your
. only Interest was . In .Keeping ; Koht-
saat out o,r Jftil?" "No, iut the grav
ity of sltifaMon was such I felt we
should Interfere In Kohlsaafs behalf."
McCormlck said he heard among oth;
ers of a "Jack pot fund." His knowl-
edge concernintt the Jack ,' pot ' was
" hearsay. . ; .. ,., '. , ;,''
."Wild Ik"
Will lUce . No Store on
Htimlay. , . '
' Flint, Mich., June SO. Fulfilling a
promise to his mother, "Wild',". Hob
. Hurman, tne speea jiing, uotwics.uc
will never again indulge in -automo-1.11a
rn. lnrr nn HllmlaV- As. a result.
several ot his Sunday exhibitions
have, .hoen cancelled, v ,
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Canadian Kxprew Leaves ItaiUt at BO
Miles an Hour.
rivmouth. N. If., June 20. Travel
ing 50 miles un hour on the Boston
& Maine railroad the Canadian Pacif
ic exprt-HS today lift the rails. Every
one of the six enrs jumped the mils.
No one whs seriously injured.
' 1 -
Ak-I MinWier Killn Hlniwlf.
AH.nny. K. V ," June 20. Acton
' Civlll, un hk- minister, who return
ed to his bli -thiiia.-e pear hern two
weeks hko, with tils wife and elill
lren, todiiy killed hlnwlf, firing a
bullet ttirnimh IiIh brslu. He ' was
mentully dnlniliiin-eil. It Is believed.
A Ssre ln!nrl In '4lli-.in of Trnliix
ltunilol,h, VI.. June 20. A score
of person w.-i e lilnl or Heverely
aliHlien nt) la colllHlon on the Vn
tral "f Vet'iuoMt rml curly "this
morniiiK tiei.'i n b Honton iinil Maine
expr.-KH ho. I a fi.itlit rnl n. fine of
the hi-- . nt.-i - ill (He.
t t ..hi-! y
- I .H S '
HI.
" TJHE CROWN OP ."iMPEkTfnU, CROWN . IMPERIAL CROWN li k 7
? V-SggtAlZ-- OP 6EC52gB.;l.;. - a KING COWARjm. I . . J
t 1AND HJ5T0glC MfTX i .
HI.H. THE CROWN . Hf V HrnSrT JJn l IHRH.THE INFANTE '
( .V f. j H.I.H.TH& ARCHDUKE. KARL FRANZ-JOSEF. ; - . I i I (
I. J ST EDWARDS CROWN. f "; ,t ; - IMffcRlAL CROWN OP ' I :
Post Hotly Declares That Palmer It
Liar Sayi Havemeyer'f Memory '
,: Hat Been Traduced. ,;
Washington, June 20. The testi
mony of James H. Post,- before the
house sugar trust investigating- com
mutes yesterday afternoon closed with
a spirited derense of the corporation
activities of .the Iae HvO; Iluvemeyer,
orftijnlzer of the American compuny. .
." The house cbmmitteo on expendl:
tues In. the treasury department fjues-
tloned Oliver'- gplser, a former docli
superintendent or the : corporation,
with a view, to uioverlng tho Iden
tity, of "the men higher up" In the
perpetration of the frauds,
Mr. Post was subjected to a long
examination as to his and Mr. Have-1
meyer's conriectlon with the formation
Of the National company. Represen
tative Madison of the committee com
plained that whenever the committee
"had Rotten down to something" wit
nesses frcqnently "threw lt off onto
Uavemeyer." " '
"Ills memory has been.'tra-lured by
men who would ndt have dared done
so hud ho been alive," Hild Mr., Post,
his eyes 'Hashing.
The defense was made after the
witness lind tolil of tho Issuance to
Havemeyer through Post himself, .of
$10,000,01)0 of the common stock of
the National .Sonar Kcfirilng- eompuny
wlihnut any money consideration.
"There are somethings that I cannot
explain," declared Jlr. Post, "but 1
have such conlldeiire In .'Mr, Have
meyer thut I know lu w iilj explain
everything If be were hene." - -
KpiireM'iitallve Maili-...n r..fi-i-red to
testimony Rlen by Vice president At
kinson of the. American Hiigar Ketln-
tng fompany. II said Mr. fanner
had testified that Mr. Huvemever bail
nrgn nixed the beet.sunui- rellnerles and
while ho (Palmer) was o( tho direc
torate he did not have anything to lo
with it. ,-
"What idea have yon of a stronu:.
able man, as Mr. Palim-r ts, who will
say that .'" exclaimed Mr. Post, greatly
em-ited. "He In a coward." Mr. Ijtr
Hins, counsel to the witness relieved
(Conllnuea on pse 4)
el-li alW W ill
III Soulier
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The
MR. ANDREW PUSHER. V.
FULL DRESSREHEAHSAL
Crowded Program of Events Banquet
: ;, 'to Be Most Elaborate Everi,
Held iq London.-'
London, June 2n.-Pull dress re
hoursa of ; the ,cbrontlon .ceremony,
reception .of envoys from foreign
lands by the. king and queen at BucK-
inghum palace, ,a state tianq.uct to
royal guesta and representatives of
heads of states, and the Shakespeare
ball made, up today's crowded pro
gram of-- events . directly 'connected
with the crowning; of ' King " George
and Queen Mary. '
The state banquet tonight In. Lon
don will be the most elaborate ever
given In'- London. Aside from the
main events," there are a large num
ber of, lesser features constantly oc
curring Incident to tho arrival of dis
tinguished foreigners. s', . f !
1 s J. I'IiivIiih Spoiling Things.
Rain began' falling steadily ear
ly' yesterday afternoon and the
flags- Along the . streets 'last night
hung limp, their gaudy colors
blurred while paint ran down the
columns of the trliimphat arches.
Some of the finest docurallve effects
arranged for the corcnatlon celebra
tion stand a fair chance of' belli
ruined. The spectacular aspect of
London is considerably damaged, but
the ihwn has a fostlve appearance
r. . anlless of .tne unklndness of the
K i il.ll.T. , ,
' tii kinKham palace was attain -the
cooler of popular. Interest.' Well into
the small hours of the morning there
win a constant parade, of belated
it!i!.-!-i-i jvntching curiously the
ihi.i, :rii.h of workmen, engaged In
Hiiiii'i. Mi.ii the decorations, of which
r 1 1 ' . . it - l reiniiiiis to be done anil
' !--' i'm.t at hihr time, ow Itik
. i : ! . iiity in obtaining siiflt-
bad
In
pBBuwpiin
SIR EDWACD.K MORRIS. ' 1
TRAIL OF BLODD IS LEFT
BY H.WHJTftlEY,A BANDIT
Great Region in Eastern Idaho , Terro
rized by His Deeds Many Slalni
' ': It Is Said, .
Pocatello, : Idaho,' June' 20. Hugh
Whitney, an outlaw, has left a trail
of blood half across eastern Idaho'
Tho whole region has been terrorized
by his deeds. , One person dead, many
Injured, Is the result of Whitney's at
temptei. .'.iiOld-up- of a saloon, when
ha killed an Innocent bystander and
probably tatrtlly (Injured, several offi
cers. .-?- .-, ., 1
In' his escape through tho country
the bhndlt, It is said, slew , many
people, ? ' ' i.
Bill TO Gil QUACKS" "
OPERATIONSDTRQDUGEB
Amendment to Food and Drugs Act t
Prohibit False and Miilead
'" ,: ing Statements. ,
Washington, June, 20 ttepresen
tatlve Shirley- of Kentucky today in
troduced an amendment to the pur
food Bnd drugs act, prohibiting false
nnd miBleHdlr.g statements about the
curative value of medical preparations
on patent medicine labels. - .
.Shirley savs tho bill Is Intended to
make the pure food law-embrace those
cases of interstate shipments of
worthless medicines and druirs fraud
ulently, held Ollt to the puMIC as pos
sessing curative properties.
inn to n-ewnt 1' iiern or itisHn.
June 20 - I
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SIR JOSEPH WARD,
TIE PRESIDENT SETS OUT
FOH ft FOUR DAYS JAUNT
Will Visit -'Yale Commencement, and
- Speak In New York, Fall River
and Providence.
Washington, June . 30.' President
Taft left this afternoon for New .York
where he will spend the afternoon
and evening before starting tomor
row for New Haven, to attend Yale
university commencement J Thursday
night he speaks before the New York
Hankers association and Canadian
club of New York. The president
then (toes to Fall lUver, Mass.. where
Friday he addresses the 200th anni
versary celebration of the New Eng
land cotton Industry.
Friday night the president will -.be
the guest of the .Conservative club
of Provldenct R. I leaving later
for New York, returning to Wash
ington. . . ' ."-
WATER IN THE COFFERDAM
IS LOWERED FIFTEEN FEET
iowlandlohd fielu dredthw ohuntU
No Mori" lloiuw or Helloi f oiiud
Ci(Icnlum Continues to Give l.vlr
(lenco of Coinplcto Stubillty.
' Havana, June to. Water In the
cofferdam surrounding the wreck of
the battlonhiu Maine was lowered to
15 feet below tho sea : level at 10
'clock1 this morning. A great addl7
tlonal area of the wreck la uncov
ered. ,
There has been no further recovery
of bones or relics. ' The cofferdam
continues to give evidence of com
plete stability.
I b-lilori x mi Fires Into
Party villi l uial I
"Slilvarec"
:nt.
Orange, NV'J., June 20 --A party of
farm fnlk gAtncicd early thin morn
ing under tho witi'lowM i.f J. "Walter
Koree, a young In iil:;.-i:i m.-hi In i.iv
tiiKXton. ( gl. the t: t .1 couple
V hh :,r, . ;y. ,:.: . . ,, , (.,,. . .
Bepubllcan Opposition to Canadian
Reciprocity Treaty Reaches
" Point of Open Revolt
Washington. June SO. Republican
opposition to the Canadian reciproc
ity bill In, the senate reached . the
stage of open revon yesterday. Led
by' Senator Dixon ot Montana,, who
again failed In his demand for an explanation-
or a speech la favor of the
bill from . some of the republican
leaders who champion the measure,
the republican opponents declared
that If the bill passed, many republi
cans would Join the democrat In an
attempt to lower the duties on all
manufactured products., :
"When the cornerstone Is pulled
out ot the system ot protective tar
iff, " said Senator Dixon, "when the
farmers' products are thrown Into
free market while his purchases con
tinue to be protected there are many
good protectionists In the republican
ranks here who wilt vote to have the
duties pulled down on iron and stell,
chemicals, cotton and many other
things." i , ". , . (
Other northwestern senatojrs sig
nified by the spprovul of the Montana
senator's words that the passage of
the reciprocity bill, which It is admit
ted will have a majority of the votes
in the senate, will ixj attended with a
tight that threatens t,o throw open the
whole tariff subject. ' .
"Want to Make One KHHn."
"We. want to mako one killing,1
declared Senator Crawford of South
Dakota. "We find the senators from
Pennsylvania, Nev York, Connecti
cut, Massachusetts and Maine, states
that have always reaped the greatest
harvest of protection, advocating this
measure that proposes to jut on the
free list every single aUcle raised In
the northwest. I want to deal with
Continued on page two.
Pou Hundred Striker
Work.
, Return to
Pittsburg, June 20. Four hundred
strikers returned to work this morn
ing. . Poimsvlvtinliv railroad officials
announced that the backbone of the
strike among shopmen was broken.
lire Hill killed by Mm Wire.
l!akcrsHell fal..
ell. ihlef of the
;.r1 meet, M us 1 i!'
June
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In.) lie
Reports from Newport not Un
derstood in Raleigh No Offi
cial News That Capt. Hos-, .
kins Received Injuries.
WARE-KRAMER CO. DAMAGE ;
CASE HEARING IS RESUMED
Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition of Raleigh1
Firm Clairvoyant Lady Who;
. Fleeced - People to Be
Taken Th ire for Trial.
" . (, -' Gazette-News Bureau,
; , The Hotel Kalelgh. j -
- Raleigh, June 20.
THE authorities here are unable
to understand some of the re- .
- ports sent out from . Newport
about the fatal accident at the Wa-
terville convict camp. , '
For Instance It was stated that the
men "Vere held by balls arid chains
when the general way the convicts
are in the camp Is to', have them
chained by their wrists so they have
a play of several feet. The general -Impression
here Is that some of th
reports have been exaggerated. ,
The report that Capt' J. E. Hos-. j
kins of Greensboro,' who is super- :
visor ot the camp, was seriously In- -Jured
has not been received here, and -officials
place little confidence In it.
A Rough Country.
As showing .the : nature of the -country
and the place where the con
victs were stationed-the-following let
ter from Eupervlsor Hoakins to Capt.'
Laughinghouse, written - from Alt.
Sterling .under date of June 15, is
given: . . , :!
"Dear Sir: , - - - "
. "We reached camp safely Tuesday
at noon, the 13th. I would have writ-
ten you earlier but our baggage could '
not be brought over th. trail-to camp
until; toduy,.,.My wrltiui .materials
were' In my trunki- -Everything is ,
lwouhf ront-the- ralrroad by, hand.
over the roughest traH- I have ever
seen.- It is lust wide-enough for one
man to walk, Indian Hie,- two miles
from Waterville to- -camp.- I find
Captain Council a splendid man. He
has dons everything possible for our
comfort. lie . sends his regards to
you and Is very anxious for you to
come visit us. As Much as I would -
like for you to come 1 don't think
you could possibly get over tho
trail. ; , , ........
I' will keep ydd Informed of every
thing happening here.- I urn,
"Very truly, -.
'J. B. HOSKINS.
' - 1 . ' "Supervisor." .
Big Danuige Cse Resumed. '
With the resumption' of the trial of
the big damage suit of the Ware-
Kramer Tobacco Company against the
American Tobacco company, et als..
In United State Circuit court the
plaintiffs continued ' their' deposition .
reading. Albert H. ' Hillman. a for
mer tobacco Jobber ot New York city,
and now a manufacturer bf snuft.
like many of the others whose deposi
tions have been presented, was ot the
opinion that a Jobber had to handle
American Tobacco company goods to
be successful but admitted that he
was getting along- very nicely In his
manufacturing business- although he
was In competition "With the Ameri
can ' Tobacco company. ' ' It - was
brought out that the' Ameflckn Snuff
company had sued him, but on cross
examination It developed that this
suit was based on an allegation of
Infringement of copyright ot the
American Tobacco company.
Mr. Hillman said on direct exam
ination that the Metropolitan Tobac
co company did the big Jobbing busi
ness In New York after It was or
ganized; that discriminations In its
favor and , other American Tobacco
company subsidiaries went bad with
other dealer; that If an Independent
manufacturing concera amounted to
anything it was purchased by the
American Tobacco company and this
crippled the independent Jobbers who
had built up business for Independent
tobacco manufacturers. Upon cross-
examination he said that 33 per rent,
of tho tobaccos sold In New York
were cigars, 25 per cent clgerattes,
25 per cent smoking tobacco, and the
rest chewing tobacco and snuff, and
that 65 per cent. of. the cUarettea
used were Turkish or so-called Turk
ish. He said that popularity of
Ame-lcan Tobacco company goods
forced Jobbers to handle them but ad
mitted thst the question of profit
figured largely In what goods Ji-.crs
pushed. He admitted there Wei a
large number of people who handled
tobaccos lu one way or another in
New York not controlled by the
American Tobacco company. He did
say that now at leant SO per cent, of
the goods sold were A. T. o. gooil-;
that before the organization of tie
Metropolitan Tobacco couipanv nln-n
30 per rent. A.T. Co. Roods v. ..-
sold In New York. This Imij ie r.-
was accomplished by hustle, a- .
tlsini? end ! !.. i t'- i . i-
forced loili'lieieU lilil I . . -r I
nients to hi-hi i. ,e
i,l.,, v I r.
The 1
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