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ASHEVILLE, N. 0, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON , JUNE 21, 1911.
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T aft Family Group at Silver Wedding;
Summer White House at BeyerlyrMass.
ENRAGED FATHER COULDfJT HELP
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Defense Scores Strongly in His
Cross-Examinatibn in Ware
Kramer Co's. Suit Against
'American Tobacco Co.
ADMITS GIVING "INSIDES"
' TO NUMEROUS JOBBERS
Judge Warns Jury Against Some News
paper Stories of Trial Mixed Testi
mony as to the Value of Cou- ; .
' v ; pans With Cigarettes. "
Gazette-News Bureau, . ;
, The Hotel Raleigh, !'; '
X-""'y - ' Raleigh, June 21!:'
T'
1 BE defense scored strongly , In
the1 cross-examination of Sam
uel Kramer, in the hearing yes
terday afternoon In the damage suit
of the Ware-Kramer company against
the , American Tobacco company' et
Bis. The witness admitted giving
"Insdles" to numerous Jobbers.
A number of letters written by
Kramer were load and Identified
which showed that Piedmont and
Carolina BrlghU cigarettes were on
the market when White Rolls were
Introduced and that he attempted to
displace these goods by the use - of
specials and "insides."
'. I'eoplo Wanted Coupons. .
"I found that the people wanted
coupons. They didn't want cigarettes
as much as they wanted coupons,"
testified J. R. Chamberlain of Raleigh,
a director of $he Ware-Kramer.com-pany.
Mr. Chamberlain said that In
106 he acquired stock m the Ware
Kramer company which was then In
Norfolk. He met F. D; Ware on the
' asked to buy some of the stock. He
said that In traveling about the state
he had noticed that many of the cigar
ettes sold at that time were White
Rolls in such towns aa Raleigh, Golds
boro, Smith Held, Wilson, Rocky Mount
and Norfolttr- He was elected a direc
tor In 107 but did not give any at
tention to the affairs of the company
until 1908. In that year he frequently
went to the company's office; he found
that the business was not advancing
as he expected and he began an inves
tigation to see the causes. , V-,"--v'-Causes
of Decreased Business. .
"What were the causes of the fall
ing off of the business of the com
pany?" Mr. Daniels asked the witness.
Immediately Mr. Parker of counsel for
the A, T. Company was on his feet
with an objection. He Insisted that
the answer would be merely an opin
ion, not a fact of the witnesses own
knowledge. Governor Aycock Insisted
that this was not a question for the
witness; It was what the Jury had to
amwer. Judge Connor thought the
witness' answer should be known be
fore the question was passed upon as
Jt might be aometMng about the de
fendant's conduct of its own business.
Mr. Chamberlain answered. "The use
of coupons" but thk waa ' ordered
sticker out by the court as , being
merely an opinion.
"Had there ever been a dollar of
' the Ware-Kramer qompony'a funds
mls-applled or misappropriated before
it went into the hands of a receiver?"
asked Mr. Daniels. Immediately there
was objection and Judge Connor ruled
this out until occasion might arise
when It would ba competent
What was the effect on the sale of
White Bolls by the use of double con
pons in Piedmonts?" asked Mr. Dan
iels. This waa objected to as It was
one of the questions for the Jury, but
Judge Connor limiting the question to
those towns witness had personal
knowledge of, allowed the answer.
"I found the people wanted coupons
didn't want cigarettes aa much as
coupons," answered the witness. ;
"Then." Interposed the court, "the
mall boy had rather have the pictures
and coupons than the cigarettes?
One or two other questions were
asked an J there was objection and the
witness was excused for awhile. Ho
Will be recalled later for completion
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IWED11DIGU1EH
Two Iror, Coal and Steel Companies
Margod Capital Stock Fixed
I. at $27,000,000.
New York. June 21. Consolidation
nf the Southern Iron ajid Steel com
pnny and the Alabama Consolidated
Coal and Iron company has been con
nominated It became known last even
In, but official details are withheld
until the European capitalists Identl
lied with the memer project hav
Unified their approval. This, It
expected, will be soon forthcoming.
It la known that iho new compan
will hnve an authorized capital
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'7,fii0,u00, of which 1 2.000,0110 wl
s'x iM'T cent, preferred stock an
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Accompanied by Personal Counsel
Will Remain Throughout Inquiry
Into His Election. .
. Washington, ,: June "i" 21, Accom
panied - by ; his personal counsel,
Judge Haney, Senator William Lorl
mer arrived today In Washington to
remain throughout the senate in
quiry into his election.: Haney will I
remain constantly with him. It Is
expected . they will have the assist
ance of William J. Haynes, who. has
been engaged as counsel in the special
interest of Edward Hynes, the lum
berman whose name has been con
nected with the collection and dis
bursement of the alleged $100,000
corruption fund.-
. Hearings by the senate committee
will be resumed tomorrow. Ex-Governor
Richard Yates will be the llrst
witness. .... . i ,
No Lino of Defense to' Be Neglected.
. It Ib clearly the Intention of those
conducting the case for the accused
senator, to: neglect no line of defense.
Although Mr; McCormlck's testimony
against the accused senator yesterday
was of hearsay character only, the
attorney, sought by every . means In
his power to break it down. The evi
dent purpose was to show a general
motive for the opposition, to Mr. Lorl
mer and to connect ' the Harvester
company with It. Little Interest was
manifested In the proceedings. Among
the onlookers were former Senator
Hopkins, whom Mr. Larimer succeed
ed, and Manager Keeley of the Chica
go Tribune, which published the llrst
charges of Irregularity in Lorlmer's
election. They were Jn. consultation
with the committee after the hearing
adjourned. ..
All the members of the committee
except Senator Lea were in attend
ance and he was detained through his
wife's Illness. ; '. The committee will
meet next at 1 p. m. tomorrow.
TflXES.LGSDOa'S CAPACITY
Crowds View the Decorations and Watch
Preparations of Great Event
of Tomorrow.
, London, June. 21. London waa
taxed to its capacity today. It was
coronation show day. '. Thousands
flocked from the suburbs to the city's
west end to see -the decorations and
watch preparations for tomorrow's
great event i ' "
The day waa filled with interesting
events. Royal carriages, with scar.
let clad footmen, moved to and fro
conveying the king's guests to enter'
tainments In their honor. The at
tractions Included a drive of the king
and queen through the west end to
the national horse show at the Olym
pla. -
The banquet in Buckingham palace
last night waa a scene of imperial
grandeur so, far as the assembly of
royal personages with the setting of
costly magnificence and beautiful dec
orations could combine to make it
' The king and queen entertained the
visiting and English royalties, all the
special . foreign relations, the for
eign ambassador and ministers, the
officers of state and the household
the membera of the cabinet and for.
mer cabinet. members, the heads of
the church and Judiciary and of the
army and navy.
Right Tons of IVoval Plate.
The two largest apartments in the
palace, the ball room and the picture
gallery which adjoins were utilized
as banqueting hall. On the tables
was displayed the royal gold plate,
used ' only on historic occasions, the
cost of which Is estimated at $16,000,-
000. and Its weight eight tons. This
plate for the most part was couectea
In the reigns of the four Georges
and the prlnlcpal piece Is a massive
fish, captured In one of the Indian
wars, whose tall is studded with dia
monds. Cut glass worth a fortune,
Ivory decanters, hundreds of years
old, and old wines dating back more
than a century were on the board
The gallery holds more than 800
pictures. The decorations of both
rooms are largely gilt and this back
ground was embellished with banks
of palms and giant lilies, while or
chhls, roses and ferns were stacked
on the tables. Yoemen of the guard
ranged about the walls and all th
diners word their richest uniforms,
decorations, gowns and Jewels.
, The Shakespearean ball was held
In Albert hall, whlrh was elaborately
decorated. , The dancers aumbered
thousandf, while 400 boxes were oc
cupled by the representatives of for
elKn nations and the moat prominent
lirltlah officials. As many aa 2 quad
rilles were danced simultaneously, the
participants representing groups
characters from Shakespeare's plays.
Leading actor and actresses too
nart In these quadrilles along
the leaders of the smart set.
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Irrhiriit at New Haven.
New Haven, Conn., June 21. Pres
Ident 'Th ft rearhed here this morn
lot:, attending the 2imh Yule unlvei
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.Left to right, standing: Robert Taft, Miss Herron (Mrs. Tuft's si iter), Horace D. Taft, Mi Helen Taft,
Henry W. Taft, Charlie Taft. Left to right, sitting: Mra Charles Anderson (Mrs. Taft's Bister), Mrs. Tuft, the
president, "Aunt" Delia Torrey, Mrs. Henry W. Taft. . .
WOOL TARIFF BILL
PASSE5,221 T0 100
wo Oozen Republicans Voted With the
Majority Mary Amendments 01
, fered and Voted Down, -.
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Waslttngton, June 21 Tlie hous of
representatives by a vote of 221 to 100
lnte: yesterday afternoon, passed the
Underwood .tariff revision bill provld-
ng for a reduction of the duty on wool
and manufacturers of wool Twenty-
four republicans voted with the demo
crats for the passage of the measure
and one democrat, i Representative
Prancls Of Ohio, ' voted against it.
Many amendments were offered and
voted down, the only one adopted be
ing a slight change In phraseology.
Almost five hours were spent by the
house in debate under the Ave minute
rule. Immediately preceding the final
vote, a motion offered by Represen
tative Payne of New York, that the
bill be re-submitted to the ways and
means committee with .Instructions
that it await a report from the tariit
board on- the woolen Industry before
making final report of the bill, was
lost by a vote pf 189 to 118.
Kept Forces Well Together.
Representative Underwood, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee. and In charge of the bill, kept hlf
forces well together In their opposition
to all amendments. While some dem
ocrata proposed amendments, with one
exception they voted .with the party
when the bill came to passage.
Representative Murdock, one of the
Insurgent republicans who finally vot
ed for . the bill, proposed several
amendments placing certain grades of
wool on the free list. Hlsepurpoee in
these amendments, he stated, waa to
give the American people protection
from tho worsted trust by making free
thoss articles which enter Into the
manufacture of trust-controlled wool
en products." . ,
Mr. Murdock appealed to Represen
tative Harrison of New York, a demo
cratic member of the ways and means
committee, ,and to others of the party
who had favored placing wool on tho
free list, to support him, Mr. Harri
son replied that he would 'vote for
the bill, although he would, have
placed raw wool on the free list if his
personal deslrea had prevailed."
ProvlHlnns of Uie Bill.
The bill places a duty of 20 per cent.
ad valorem on raw wool imports a
against an average duty of little
more than 44 per cent aa valorem un
der the present law. On partly manu
factured in whole, or In part, rrom
wool the average duty under the pro
posed law would be about 42.6 per
cent, act valorem as compared wun
the nresent average ad valorem duty
nl more than ninety per cent The
wavs and means committee has etl
mated that the bill would reduce the
annual revenue undor the woolen
schedule of the tariff by a little more
than $1,000,000. : The bill prescribes
that it shall be In effect January next,
but It Is not believed that the bill will
pass the senate at this session.
Mrs.. Luke Lea's Condition Improved
. Washington, Juno 21. Mrs. Luk
Lea, whose life was despaired of un
til the transfusion of blood from her
husliand. Senator Luke- Lea of Ten
nessee on Sunday, Is decidedly bet
ter, while Senator Lea. greatly weak
ened by the Ioks of blood he gave up
In the heroic effort to save his wlfe'
life, Is able to walk about. He will
he able to leave ths hoapltal In a few
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thnuth HtlH In a crlllrnl
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HOtfSE AT OOJ36URV. POINT.
LEASED BT PJEiSIUENT TAFT
New York Herald Syndicate. "
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ASHINGTON, June 20. President
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their annual vacation. Otp June 30 the chief executive will , move
to his summer home at Beverly, Mass., where he will remain until
July 2. ' n July 3 the president will be
former Vice President Fairbanks. It la his present plan to participate in
the "safe and sane" Fourth of July celebration in Indianapolis, after which
he will return to .Washington. .When congress adjourns the president will
go to Beverly for the remainder of the summer. .
GREAT RACE DATE
BE
American Club ' not ' Willing for
: Two Events to Be Run on Two 5
Successive Days.
New York, June 21. The governors
of the Automobile Club of America
have referred back to ' the contest
committee with power to act upon its
recommendations concerning Issuance
of sanction fur the grand prize race
at Savannah, Application was made
by the Savannah Automobile club the
date desired being November 20,
which President Taft will name as
Thanksgiving day.
Savannah will also have the conduct
of the Vanderbllt cup race this fall
and Is desirous of running the two
contests on succeeding days. It is
probable the committee will over-ride
the proposal -to hold the two races on
succeeding days and stipulate that two
full days hall elapse between their
running.
The Savannah club win therefore be
obliged to' hold the Vanderbllt race
Monday, November 27, -or on an ear
lier date If it conducts the gold cup
contest on Thanksgiving day.
GEN. EVANS VERY ILL
Former Commam1r-tn-Clrief of Unit
ed Confederate Veterans Buffer
ing from Rheumatism. .
Atlanta,-June 21. General Clem
ent A. Evans, former commander-ln-chief
of tho United Confederate vet
erans, Is seriously 111 of rheumatism.
He is a little stronger today. He had
a sinking Sell yesterday afternoon,
but soon rallied during the night
Inventor of Burglar Alnrnis Arrested
for linrglury.
New York. June 21. Marshall Sro
fleld whose name Is on record In the
patent office as an Inventor of burglar
alarms, waj arrested today, charged
with burglary.
lerled l'rrsldrtit of Urpulili)' of Portugal.
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Taft and family are preparing for
in Indianapolis, to be the guest of
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THftTAMDMEfIT
Direct Elections Bill to Go to Confer
ence With Instructions Against .
Bristow Amendment
Washington, June 21. Senator
Root's long expected "explanation" of
his amendment in the 'senate today
gave the debate on the Canadian reci
procity measure impetus The Root
amendment deals with the reciprocal
exchange of print paper and pulp
wood by Canada and the United
States. He argues that the bill Is in
complete without his amendment
While the senate waa busily engaged
with reciprocity, the house had on Its
program consideration of the Joint
resolution for direct election of sena
tors. The amendment by the senate
providing for federal supervision of
elections when necessary is not liked
by southern representatives. Before
adjournment It is likely the resolution
will be sent to conference with In
structlons by the house to oppose
adoption of the provision. , -
East Tennessee Baseball
Formed.
League
Athens, June 21. At .a meetlnt
held here by representatives from
Lenoir City, Etowah, Sweetwater and
Athens, the East Tennessee Baseball
league was organized, embracing
these towns. A schedule of St games,
to be played every Saturday after
noon, waa arranged, the opening
games to be at Athens with Etowah
and at Sweetwater with Lenoir City
Saturday June 24, season closing Sep
tember 20.
F.llonboro Girl Killed by Lightning
Ellenboro, N. C, June 21. The 16
ver T "! J daughter of Mr. Bud Dobbins,
ft well known furmer who lives near
Cllffslde Junction, was struck and in
utantly killed by llKhtnlng during
heavy rain and electrical storm which
passed over this sertlon yesterday af
ternoon. The mule hitched to th
wagon In hlch' MIps Uohblna was
riding was also killed.
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Evelyn Bridges, on Stand, Says She
Believes Teachings of the "Abso
lute Life" Apostle
Chicago, Jupe 21. Mildred Bridges,
for whose alleged , abduction. Evelyn
Arthur See, founder of , the Absolute
Life cult, is being tried, again, took
the stand when the trial was resumed
today. She declared that she, See and
Mona Rees spent many of their even
ings in the See home reading and
playing games, forgetting the study of
the "absolute life." '
During court recess Stephen H-
Bridges, father of the girl with whose
abduction See is charged, attacked See
in a corridor of the court building.
With a curse Bridges leaped at .the
apostle, striking See on the : body.
Court attaches separated the men.
Mildred Bridges declared she ac
cepted' and believed every statement
made by See in his many writings. ,
Refuse to Tell of Their Relations.
Tho girl identified a letter she wrote
See, calling him "husband" and sign
ing heraelf "wlfe."v' She ended the
letter promising everlasting love.
The words "love" and "dear" she ex
plained did not have the usual mean
ing "I loved Mr. See as I dp God, be
cause he tells me the trutn. ' Bne
said further that she testified In her
opinion See alone Is the "God man,"
the herald of the absolute life. She
denied 'Bhe called herself See's wife,
explaining the signature by saying it
was caused by her interest In the
character of "wifehood" In the abso
lute life. She refused to answer ques
tions of her relations with See and
was sustained by the courts, which
ruled that she might refuse to answer
questions tending to incriminate her
self. I . ' ' !, y,'
President Urges Passage of Amendment
to the Pure Food and '
Drugs Act
Washington, June 21. In a mes
sage prepaid in New Yor and trans
mitted through the White House to
congress President Taft scathingly
arraigns manufacturers of "danger
ous drug frauds, and urges congress
amend at this session, the pure
food and drug law to strengthen that
act In view of the points of weak
ness strongly pointed b yrecent de
cisions of the Supreme court .
President Taft believes that unless
the law Is amended forthwith the
country will again be flooded by "in
jurious nostrums" and "cure-alls
common before the food law first was
enacted. The message Is transmitted
both to the senate and house. It
was said the latter body probably
will take the matter up at an early
date. Representative Shirley of Ken
tucky has introduced a bill on, the
subject 4
ART OF THE SIDEWALK
IS
They Had Taken It Any Way-Other
People May Take the Matter
to the Courts. ".
. News-News Bureau
Daily News Office,
Greensboro, June 21.
The board of commissioners ha
passed a resolution to amend sec
tlon 01 of the street ordinances allow
lng the retail merchants 2 1-2 feet
space on the sidewalks to use in the
display of their gobds giving aa their
reason they were trying to do Jus
tice to all and to give Greensboro
men aa much help in their work as
possible, i The resolution . was passed
mtnedlately after a delegation com
prised of ladle's lawyers and others
appeared before the board making a
strong request that no space what
ever be given for . the merchants to
display their wares on.
Members of the delegation saiu
the sidewalks belonged to the public,
that private business men nor any
others had any right to encroach
thereupon, and that by law the side
alks could be reserved unobstructed.
It is possible that the matter will be
taken to the courts, ine commit'
sioners provided in the resolution tha.
fruits, with the exception of bananas,
should be kept under glass coverings.
the resolution being called a sanitary
measure aa well as one defining the
meaning and scope of section (1.
Today a trial la to be held In the
MESSAGE TO.COK
' IS SFIIT By TFIFGRRPH
office of Squire Collins of Caleb lluoes
who was rrurcl for seduction with
promlne of ruarrlaK" and whoHe r
runt has nn amended chinninK
vilmlnnl assault.
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E. A. Rowland Lawyer, Drowns,
John Burroughs, the Aged
Naturalist, Looking on bit
Unable to Save! Him.
TRENTON FALLS TORRENT
SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY
Burroughs Weeps as His Friend, Finally!
; Dragged Ashore, Breaths His Last,
1 f Assistance Was Procur- -;
' : ed, Too Late.
New York , Herald '' Syndicate Special, r
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riCA,i N.iTT., June 21j Powerless
aid one of his dearest friends, '
John Burroughs,; the aged natur- '.
allst, ' stood weeping and helpless on ,
the embankment of Trenton falls and -:
saw Eugene A. Rowland of Rome, one
of the most prominent lawyers In this
part of the state, go to his death.
Enfeebled by 'his advanced years, ,
Mr. Burroughs was unable to give any :
personal assistance to the friend he .
saw struggling In the - water more'
n in ii aw ice, uuu. niniB ua nwU
making a brave fight tor lite. Mr. :
Burroughs, on seeing Mr. Rowland
cling to a rock, shouted to him to hold
fast until he could bring assistance.
Then the naturalist ran as fast aa he
cold to a power house about 400 yards
away, summoning two workmen.
One of these, P. C. Daly, leaped Into
the stream, which runs like a mlllrace
at the point where Mr. Rowland waa
clinging to the rock,' and managed to
get the 'drowning man to the base of
the embankment where , Mr. - Bur
roughs and the other rescuers helped ,
to carry him up the steep ascent
Mr. Rowland was suerlng from sub
mersion to such an extent that he
could not speak and before medical
aid could be summoned he had pass
ed away while Mr. Burroughs bent
over him weeping, r , : . ,4 ; ,
ntr. nuwituiu was suaerinir irura nil i,-.. -
hlaughter and Mr.', Burroughs, arrived .
at the falls the day before, and both
men Intended to remain until next "
week, when they expected to attend :
the annual commencement exercises '
at Colgate university, of whldh Mr. ,
Rowland Is a graduate. Mr. - Bur-.
roughs was to address the students. .
Attempting to Get a Picture,
Mr. Rowland was particularly anx
ious to have Mr.. Burroughs view the .
wild scenery around the falls. Mr.
Rowland carried a camera to take !
some pictures for Mr. Burroughs, and
it was while he was attempting to get
a picture that Mr. Rowland's foot '
slipped on a moss covered rock and
he was precipitated into the water.
Mr. Rowland showed he waa able
to swim and struck out for the shore, -from
which he had been carried by
the swift current, but he was unequal
to the task. Once he grasped a rock. '
but it was slippery and his grip did
not hold. Again the waters whirled
him away, and he waa sinking rapidly
when the men summoned by Mr. Bur
roughs from the power house arrived. .
About the only good they accomplish
ed was to save the body from being
carried down the waters of ' West
Canada Creek, perhaps to be lost
"This is unspeakably sad." said Mr. .
Burroughs. "I shall cancel all my en
gagements and return 10 my home, '
for I am unable and shall be for some
time to erase the memory of this af-
fair."
: Besides being a lawyer of wide re
pute, Mr. Rowland was prominent in
republican politics in this part of the -tate
and had a host of friends. Sev
eral times he was mentioned for pub- '
lie office, but never accepted but one
post that of United. States commis
sioner for his district '
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MURDEBEOJBY I NEGRO
Unarmed Ha Was Chopped to Pieces
With an Axe In Hands of Turpen
'" ' fine Laborer.
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Quitman, ' Ga'., June 21. W. P.
Doles, a prominent farmer living near
here, was attacked by a negro turpen
tine hand yesterday and cut to death
with an axe. . Doles, with a aelghbor
named Morrow, both unarmed, went
to aee the negro about some work'
which he had promised but had fail
ed to do. When they approached the
negro he seized an axe and struck
Doles twice In the back, lntllctliiK:
laUtl Injuries. As the dying man ly
on the ground the negro struck him
several blows In the head with the
axe.
Posses with doss are scouring t';"
country In nearch. of the ncKrn, w do
niade his escape while Murrow v
away summoning a -anre.
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