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TILS A30CIA' I A LAST EDITION 4:00 PM. "' T Weather forecast: Showers; cooler Wcduemlay. ''' PRESS' wmm DESPATCHES VOL. XVI. NO. 191. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1911. 3c PER COPY THE MYSTERY N Flood of Lava Advances; i . . ; MORE Thousands are Honieless if? : ,.. ' 'i : I r i i a. aj i . . -I HEADS nnuKE TRUSTS HEAD BAFFLING IN II 1 IS Inquest Expected to End This Evening Nothing Yet . Learned to Warrant : an Arrest. FACE WAS DECOMPOSED MORE THAN THE BODY Indicating,' It Is Said, That Body May Have Been' in 'Wa rater from the Time of Death. liendersonville, Sept. 19, 3 p. m. The Hawkins case Inquest was to have I. ten resumed at 3 o'clock, but it Is probable there will be some delay, as Detective Bradford-has not returned from a second visit to Mrs. Hawkins, mother of Myrtle, at Flat Rock. It Is. ., . ...... , , ... . ' . , . ,t Sault Ste. Marie. Mich., Sept. 19. understood that he has learned noth-,The president and party arrived her Ins of value from Mrs. Hawkins. Mr. at 11:25 a. m. The president war Hawkins, the father, Is to be put on the stand this afternoon. As he is somewhat deaf, his examination may be a matter of difficulty. George Bradley may again be placed upon the stand. W. C. Rector, who Is assisting In the Inquiry on be half of the Hawkins family, will de ride as to that after a conference with the detective. The inquest, it is understood, wlH close this evening. If nothing of more value is brought out than has been learned heretofore, no arrest will be made as a result of the inquiry, and some such verdict as the former one will have to be returned. TliOHe Letter One of the letters discovered, which al one time it was announced might lead to something definite, seems to have been written by Myrtle Hawkins to .Hal Cooper. In it. It Is said, shu suggested an early marriage, saying that even It he was young, she could mother and care for him. and their being' poor would sot make any djf tererics n thing : Var significant, would appear. Another letter whs found among the girl's effects. It was torn fnto tiny fragments, and has been sent to Washington to be deciphered. By whom or to whom It was written could- not be discovered, owing to fts condition. . Special to The Gazette-News. Hendersonvllle, Sept. 19. The Myr tle Hawkins tragedy la apparently more complex and more mysterious ut this hour than the Beattle murder case ever was at any stage. Every theory that could.be based upon any piece of evidence Is nega tived by some other pleceof evidence. What could have been' the strange odor that Robert Waddell says he no- I tired about ths barn and sacks, thai he never smelled before nor since ex cept at the coroner's inquest last Sunday? The odor of animal de composition Is a familiar one. "Chlo roform", is one- theoretic! answer that has - been of somewhat general popular acceptance. Hut, say the doc tors, there could not possibly have been an' odor of chloroform, admlnls- TV . .1 Z hAav -V ered before death, about the body at me time or me auiopsy. six hours as ths maximum duration of the odors If a gallon of chloroform had been poured on those gunny sacks the odor of the volatile fluid would have disappeared withini a few hours. In addition to the Information gleaned by the doctors in the autop sy, the first mention of which was In yesterday's Gasette-New it is now stated on reliable authority that the girl's fsqs was in a more advanced state of decomposition than the rest Of "the--body.': Physicians say that when a body Is left In the air de composition first sets In In the abdo men: when tilaced m water before decomposition, that process begins about the head. TV, i. am,.M ajm to Indicate that the body was placed in the water ai once, after, death, br that death oc curred In the water. Yet physicians say that death took place. In all proh-i ability as early as Thursday. Could the body have been' floating there all that time without .being seen T That is hardly possible. ' ' ' ' , ; i Might Have Sunk. It might have aunk, however, and later floated to the surface, might havs remained submerged from Thursday, ' say, until Sunday morn ing. Medical Jurisprudence ' teaches that white, there, are s t rules as to the buoyancy of a living body, and of a dead hndv In various stages of de composition, yet as to whether a body Sinks, or how long It remains suu merged, depend entirely upon Indi vidual Conditions. ' Women, With clothing on. pave drowned, and never aunk at all; a drowned or submerged body miy arise within a few hours. or it may not float tor aays, ulsr nine days superstition Is mere ly a superstition. snd "1no . days Is probrbly far fh Cm of the average tlmo. , , , , ' , The statement that the autopsy re vested that there was no war In th lungs U of course, to be bome In mlnrt. Piteous screams of a woman were heard Wenneaday night; there Is pos itive evidence that the girl was Seen alive Thursday, ' A clock a(rh the girl' wasa.i;cii tntiip 1 to cany was found nesr th pine-,, v h.-ri' lite 1mi.1v whs afterwards r,.i 1 i- , t -is f-iiiitil s.itiir- . , If M I. i'i'n'- NORTH MICHIGAN SEES PRESIDENT Taft Passes Through Mackinaw to Sault St. Marie Spends Night at Marquette. Murklnaw Clty.Mlch.. Sept. 19. For the first time In this city's his tory the president of the United States passed through here today en route to northern Michigan. Despite a hard day yesterday, . President Taft looked fresh and was In a Rood humor this morning. His trMn stoped here only a few minutes. This afternoon Taft was the guesl of Sault Ste. Marie, where he lunched with Governor Osborne and inspected the locks of the Soo. Leaving this evening he travels stlli further Into the penlnmilu, with Mar quette as his stopping place ovei Immedlately taken on a brief toui about the city. GENERAL STRIKE ON THE COAST Other Crafts Will Not Go Oul in Sympathy With the Car Repairers. Wilmington, Sept. 19. Following a conference here between R. E. Smith general superintendent of motive power of the 'Atlantic Const Line, ant! &''L; Doughty,, of Charleston, 8. C, chairman of the' grievance commlttnf of the International association work ers, 'regarding the walk out of caj , reinirers and Inspectors In the shopt of tho rompuny at Rocky Mount, N C.,j Florence, 8. C, and Wilmington It Is believed that the differences be tween the men and the company wll ho settled and that there will be nc occasion for a sympathetic strike ol other crafts. The officials here are advised that the railway trainmen have issued t statement to the effect that they arf not affiliated with tiie car workeri and are not affected by the walk out. Mr. Doughty went to Rocky Moun last night for a conference with thi men, MASONS OF NORTHERN JURISDICTION MEET Mem! Present at Saratoga from If Northern ami Kantcrn .States Good Year Reported. Saratoga, Nl Y.. Sept. 19. Tht ninety-ninth annual meeting of thf "i , - , . ,.,, ,, Mimni rm j it-. w ...... - - - - . the northern Jurisdiction or tne unit ed States opened today with member present from 15 northern and eastern states. In ills annut.l address, Barton Smith of Toledo, O., sovereign grand com mander, told of a prosperous year'i work. It was reported that ths north ern Jurisdiction has a membership o: 900 active and honorary thlrty-thlrt degree Masons and 70,000 thirty-second degree Masons. The honorary thirty-third degree will be conferred upon a large num ber of members tills evening. No new officers win do eiecieu ai j convention. i The council will be In session three ,i,.v. viva hundred members arc here "CALENDAR GIRL" WEDS DIvortTd MmUI f Gllwon Manic tlw Man Her F Pictures ornMt" Ilusliand Sued. nnver. Sept. 19. Mrs. . Marjorls iiomiitnn Kerling. the "calendar girl, who posed for many of Gibsons fa mous pictures, marriea wunur Cunningham, her manager as i i.aut dootor." her last night. Mrs. Keillng divorced her Chlcagt m merchant husband a year ago, after the latters suit against Cun nlnglmm for alienating her affections had been settled out 01 courw BACK FROM THE WILDS prof. Crampton Ilrings Valuable fipeo. linens from ttriiutn umn Plare In Museum. vw York. Sept. 19. The comple tion of another notable scientific exJ pedltlon was marked today ny uie ar rival here of Prof. Henry Crampton nimhl university, aftes three month spent In exploring the wilds of British Guinea for the museum of natural history. V , He brought msny valuable speci mens and photographs. rirr t Norfolk Today. Norfolk, V Sept. 19. The 1B0, rmu plant of lh Cre.iMile Wood Pre-ner-.-lim' wiii'Ks was ilanmeril by fire to .(. . t, t-t ii f Hi !M U ! n't"'. Dispute Between Factions of . Colored Congregation at Greensboro Ends in ? Free-for-All Fight. EXAMINATION WAIVED BY SETTLE'S LAWYER Defendant Held on $2500 Bond Judge Allen Delivers Ex haustive Charge to . Grand Jury. Gazette-News Hureau, Dally News Building, Greensboro, Sept. 19. The question of who should ring :he church bell for the night services it Zion church, colored, of Jackson ville, a small suburb of Greensboro, Sunday night resulted In a free-fort ill fight among the clans and as a esult many arrests have been made ind this aflernoon the whole trouble vill be threshed out before Magistrate Sure. It seems that the trouble which had its culmination Sunday night in he khock-'Jown and drag-out scrap, vhen several heads were cracked and yes given a darker tinge, had Its orl In some weks ago when one of the nembers, a former honored trustee. ell from gr.ice and was removed from he "high estate." The aforesaid trus ee was Jim Taylor, who, It seems, taa somewhat of a leader among his ace In church affairs, and with his emoval many of his staunch follow rs flocked to his standard. The hurch. It Hems, is pretty evenly di Ided between the pro-Taylorites and he antis, and many wordy battles lave been fought. These word-battles vere taken into the church Sunday lornlng and the deposed trustee was enled the privilege, of teaching In he Sunday school. i-, . ." -. -. Tost of Supremacy. - -With bitterness In their hearts, the 'arrlng factions returned to . their '.omes to brood over the matter and eturned to the evening service for a est of supremacy. At the church the truggle centered around the question f who should ring the church bell nnounclng t'me for service. Annie 'aylor, the wife of the deposed trus e, had long held the honor of puli ng the cord mat set in motion me tapper calling; the faithful to wor hlp. Sunday night she Stood flnger ng the bell cord awaiting the time or service. Ere the first sound could .e tolled, a leader of the opposition action, one Abraham Mc Kinney, nade a dash for the rope. Annie mng on and a a reward for her lerslstency, it is declared, that sho as picked up and thrown bodily 'rom the church, sustaining severe irutses. Then the fight started and before it was stopped considerable amage was done to the features or he warring factions and to church Topnrty. One negro, It Is said, had ne of hla fingers almost bHten off. News was received here yesterday fternoon to the effect that E. U lldes, cashier of the Southside bank if Greensboro, who went to Knoxvllle i few days ago, had been taken sud lenlv 111 and removed to a hospital. ttrs. Sides was called to her, husband's ttdslde and left late yesterday arter loon for Knoxvllle. Mr. Kettle Held to Court. David Settle, who was held by a coroner's Jury on a charge of killing i negro. Bob Allen, at his country ilace. It miles from Greensboro late Friday night, waived examination -esterdav afternoon and was bound o Superior court in the sum of 12B00. Ex-Judge W. P. Bynum has teen retained to defend Settle. Judge 3ynum will be assisted by relatives if Settle, who are memners or tne ar here. It Is not known whether lAttln will be tried at this term of nurt. It Is probable that he will tot be, since the docket Is badly con tested. When called for trial he will s arraigned either for murder In the wcond degree or manslaughter, there Selng no evldonce whatever tnai tner was any malice or premeditation. There is still considerable talk horn ihout.ths matter ana it is not un likely that unpleasant features will k. inlncted Into the case when the trial begins. -Criminal Court Convenes. Rmterior court for the trial of crlm 'nal cases convened here yestorday with Judse Oliver H. Allen presiding Judge Allen's charge to the grand inrv was exhaustive and consumed practically the entire morning es tion. In the course of his charge Judge Allen , took occasion highly to nmiMi the act of tne last general as utmhlv nrovldlng that on and. after January 1. 1911, no man convicted of a misdemeanor shall be humiliated by i.inv forced to wear stripes while torklns out a sentence. He declared that the purpose of the foundation of the courts of the land rests not so much In the punishment of criminals as In the protection of.orlarly society and Incidental- the uplift ol nu inanity. The II ret case taken up yesterdsy afternoon was. that of state vs. The tied Oil company. Former Governor Ayrock Is coonsel for the defense MnnlhiB Orr. assistant chemist of North Csrollti. whs on the stand lnrlnn the afternoon to give te0 munv roiu'iTiilMg eertnln ir.uivn.- II,!..!.. -f tl.. I ' ""'' "r .1. '.-...I Violent Outbreaks in Many Cities Arouss the Govern- ment at Madrid to Vig- v orous Action RIOTERS KILL JUDGE AND WOUND OFFICERS Plot Is Unearthed to Assassi nate Captain General Wey-ler-The Situation at Valencia Serious. iti.iti(ftlKttittitit: Bilbao. Spain, Sept. 19. Troops tills afUTiioon fired on a towI thai was endeavoring to free Home prisoners Includ ing the strike leaders, who were being taken through the streot.s. Twenty-six persons were wounded. The situation is grave. KXXSSKKItKsiKBtBtltKitBtst Madrid, Sept. 19. King Alfonso to day signed a decree suspending con stitutional guarantees throughout Spain. This Is equivalent to declar ing the country under martial law. This act was taken promptly to give the government power to deal sharp ly and promptly with the revolution ary agitation fermenting In many parts of Spain, especially in the cities and Industrial districts. The most serious situation Is at Val encla, where a genera strike was de clared yesterday. The city was Im mediately placed under martial law. The authorities are embarrassed In Culiera, where rioters have attacked officials viciously, i i - The rioters have' purdered a Judge, arid wounded other officers engaged In the trial of rioters who were arrested. ' Strikes have been declared at Btl bpa, Saragossa, Cadis, Huelva, Seville, Gijon and other cities. -. The government has unearthed a plot to assassinate General Weyler, captain general of Catalonia. The general union of labor has de cided to call a general strike through out Spain on a date to be fixed later. FAILED BANKS' HEAD 15 ADJUDGED INSANE C. J. Rizey, Indicted President of Defunct Virginia Institu tions, Sent to Asylum. Alexander, Va 8ept. 19. C. Jones Mixey, the Indicted president of the defunct Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust company, has been adjudged in sane and returned to the Western State hospital at Staunton. The corporation court will hear ar gument, Nov. 22, againat the proposal to commit Rlxey to the New Criminal Insane asylum at Marlon, when that institution is opened. . Rlxey was Indicted following the failure of his chain of small banks In Virginia last December. SEVEN ARRESTS MADE Brookhaven Grand Jury Acts Others Will Be' Taken in Custody, It Is Said. Brookhaven, Mlsa, Sept. 19. The grand jury Investigation of wholesale vote selling today resulted In the ar rest of seven men, and It Is declared by the prosecutor that more arrests will be made. , ' The seven men arrested were, re leased on 1590 bail. ' - ' The prosecutor says ths cases will be pushed to the limit, GROSSCUP TO RESIGN Noted Federal Circuit Judge An. ' Bounces He WIU Retire from Bench In October. Chicago, Bept 19. United 8tates Circuit Court Judge Grosscup -today announced hs would retire from fh bench the first week In October. Predhls a Severe Winter. Middle Haddiim, Conn., Sept. 19. Horace Johnson, the nii-d weather fitreeMttter, who pre. the blinrd of lvs, prnntff s a I- g unil severe '! , r IhW yi-iir. 1 1 1 ., f ir. -in-" : ram 'etha' ; , i j. i ? 5?v m '- ' - ' ' ' v- 'Z .,: -.';. ''-V"'-"-' " ' 4 .- .loo ?'. 4 ; r I ' f - k : i I i..i. ,.-, ,t ri - - mrninimiiwifr-ir m-rvnii - HQnat fm''Jbm , . I STOLYPIN DEftO; X RIOTING FEftRED ffltsl Government .Masses . .30,000 Troops at Kiev to Prevent Anti-Jewish Uprising. Kiev, Russia, Sept. 19. Mass for the repose of the soul of the late Rus sian prime minister, Stolypin, was celebrated at Kiev hospital today, where the statesman succumbed last night. Emperor Nicholas participated In the ceremony mil nt Its conclusion personally condoled with Stolypln'a widow. Thousands of persons, cheering en thusiastically and singing repeatedly the nutlonal anthem, accompanied the emperor through the streets from the hospital to the railroad station. After an autopsy this morning the body of the dead premier was em balmed. Ijater It will be taken to St Petersburg for burial In the Alexan der Ncvsky monastery. Speculation as to Russian Policy. -St. Petersbursr, Sep 1 , FWojvins; Premier Stolypln's death from wounds inflicted by an assassin's bullets, spec ulation exists 1 as' to whether a more liberal or reactionary policy will be adopted. The Novot Vremya says: A new chapter' In Russia s history commences with Stolypin s aeatn. Socialism and JuOaism must be taken in an iron grasp." fhe Reich considers Stolypin was big In Individuality, but that he was politically bankrupt. The Impression prevails that acting Premier Kokv- soft's tenure of office will be brief. Kiev, Sept. 19. The iRusslan pre mier, Peter A. Stolypin, died last night from bullet wounds received at i tho hands of an assassin during a gala performance at the Municipal theater Thursday evening. The offlclnl time of his death was announced at 10:12 p. m. (3:12 p. m. New York.) Almost Until the last the premier was con scious, and for half an hour during the early part of the evening his wife lone was at his bedside. Towards the end Stolypin suffered greatly. He groaned Incessantly and threw himself about on the couch on which he lay. Finally the heart ac tion became weaker, and as the body grew cold, the premier realised that death was overtaking him. At a lucid Interview a priest administered ex treme unction. The Metropolitan Flavian blessed and consoled him In hla last momenta His last words were, "Ught me up. Half an hour before his death, Stoly pin asked the doctors to turn him on his side. H died peacefully, sur rounded by several of his relatives and state officers. All hope of the premier's recovery waa abandoned yesterday morning. Saturday night indications of periton itis were noted which became aggra vated Sunday. The bulletin Issued by physicians declared that the patlont s evening declared that the patient's conditions was hopeless. Premature reports of the premier's death were current for hours before it occurred. Several missions and embassies were misled by these reports and notified their government Jewish Outbreak Threatened. The authorities at first decided to conceal the news of ths premier S death until morning, fearing out break This was found to be impos sible and after the announcement was made all the attention of the authori ties was centered In the protection of the Jew . Representatives of the Jewish community were panic stricken and begged for protection and 30,000 troops were poured Into Kiev to pre vent excesses. The city is oppressed. but cairn. M. Kokovsoff, the minister of finance, who waa appointed acting nremler after M. 8tflypln was shot, has sent a peremptory circular to the various governors on the maintenance of order. It Is stated on excellent au thority that M. Kokovsoff will b ap pointed premier. - Governor General Trepoff has issu- continued ou paga I.) . BombHurledatMotorCitr Wrecks Chicago Buildings Chicago, Bept. 19. A nltro-glycer- Ine bomb hurled at an automobile to - day wrei ked a conort hall nd stmt- t.-n-d 1 u il'l IniTS within n re.llos of a dterdptioh. MAP OF DISTRICT ARDUKD.MOUnTETHA. Catania, Sicily, Sept. 19. Then flow of lava which has attended the Mount Etna eruption has done property damage aggregating many millions of dollars and has driven thousands of persons from their homes. While the more violent phenomena have subsided to some extent, the uninter rupted flow of lava Is causing great alarm. The cities of C&stigllone and Francavllla are in dunger. THE SHAKERS DISAVOW New Hampshire Colony Desires Law to Take Its Course with Alleged Slayers. Canterbury, N. H.. Sept. 19. Re ports that Shakers of this state In tend raising a large fund to defend Elizabeth Sears and E. B. Gillespie, members of the Shaker colony at Klsslmme. Fla.. who It Is alleged, ad ministered chloroform to Sadie Mar chant,, a tuberculosis victim, are de nied by Elder Arthur Hruce, or me Canterbury Shaker colony. Bruce said: "Brother Gillespie ana Sister Sears acted most unwiseiy. N'othingis desired by the Shakers for them other than Justice before tne law." If at the trial It appears that chlor oform was administered with intent m a manner Illegally to cause tne death of Sadie Merchant, no Shaker would demur if punishment according m th law Is followed. The Shakers un a whole will have nothing what v.r tn do with the legal aspects of the case and will not furnish funds for the defense. THE MAINE ELECTION IS STILL IN DOUBT Majority 1" Apparently for Repeal, Rut tlr IToliuntKHiiMi ii Concede Icfcat. Aniina. Me.. Sept. 19. Governor Plalsted and his council, in session until midnight canvassing the returns on the question of the repeal or me ... .. . ..kll.llnau I. m . . n f 1 T DTll constitutional prommiuu voted on at the special election Mon day, reconvened today to continue the tohnlntlnn on other questions voted on at the same time and to give the clerks of towns in which returns are disputed an opportunity to present virinnce of error and make correc- flnna The figures tabulated lasi nigni showed an apparent official majoru of tt In favor of repeal, i but these rinlstnd declare, are not " " i - , - final ' . "The apparent majority on the wet ide.M said the governor, has noi ais heartened the prohibition worker They are busy taking steps to see that the returns from towns which they still maintain voted dry. despite the ofTlclal returns, be corrected. LaJ'ka wanna Strike Rot Serious. Knw York. Sept. 19. Delaware, fjirkawanna & Western railway offl rials aald today that unless than 1000 of a total of 4300 track employes were nn strike. The road officials do not regard ths situation as serious. . ,. Detectives are working on the the 1 ory that the explosion may be th rsult o? a feud growing out of th rivalry of siilnon kers in the '' Federal Court Grand Jury Re turns True Bills in Case - Against United Shoe . Machinery. VIOLATION CHARGED . OF THE SHERMAN ACT President Winslow and Two Directors Alleged to Be Criminally Liable , History of Case. Boston Sept 19. An Indictment was returned today against officers of the United Shoe Machinery company and a second indictment waa found against the company itself by a grand Jury of the federal court here. The defendants are charged with conducting a business in restraint of trade. Individuals indicted are President Sidney N. Winslow and Edward P. Hurd and George W. Brown, direc tors. The indictments charge the defend ants with working through the instru mentality of the United Shoe Ma chinery company In a way to make ' them as Individuals criminally liable under the Sherman act. Complaints made to the department of Justice against the United Shoe Machinery company the so-called "shoe machinery trust" brought the . attention of the government to the case. . .- It Is understood that the corpora tion was charged with being a monop oly in restraint of trade. Infringe ments upon the patent laws were also . alleged, tt Is said. Prompt action on the part of the government followed the receipt of the complaints. In April a few weeks after they had beea filed Wil liam 8. Gregg,..- spwtet assistant ' to. United States Attorney General Wick- - ersham, began a governmeht probe. Special Agents George' E. Kellchor and James L. Bruff, - assisted Mr. Gregg in bis search for evidence. The result of the work, of these gov ernment officials was that on July 26 of this year Attorney General Wicker- sham ordered United States Attorney Asa P. French and Mr. Gregg to pre sent evidence obtained 'to the federal grand jury that reported' today. The Shoe Machinery Company. The United Shoe Machinery com pany came into being In 1889. It was founded by Sydney N. 'Winslow, its present head, who learned shoe mak ing in a small factory in Salem, Mass., owned by his father, who to secure, advantages of combining allied Inter ests formed- a corporation embracing the three leading companies then making shoe machinery (Goodyear Sewing Machine company, Consolidat ed and McKay Lasting company, and McKay Shoe Machinery company) , were consolidated. The company was reorganized in 1905 and subsequently auxiliary companies sprang up in Canada. Great Britain, France and Germany. That same year the man ufacturing of all its shoe making machinery was concentrated In one large factory at Beverly, Mass. The United States Shoe Machinery com pany now employs 4000 hands, who turn out 20,00 shoe machines yearly. The royalty system, by which the corporation disposes of Its machines, allows a shoe manufacturer to lease machines, paying rentals in royalties on every shoe made. A manufacturer may buy machinery If he gets It from the United 8hoe Machinery company, provided he buys his "findings" such as wire nails and eyelets from the company. It Is asserted that the royalty paid the United company Is about two and two-thirds cents per pair of shoes. Last year the company brought suit against Thomas O. Plant, a Bos ton shoe manufacturer, charging pat ent infringement Plant sold out his shoe machinery plant and patent; rights to the United company after a bitter fight. A few months later an Independent company the Breanahan Shoe Ma chlnery company of .Lynn, Mass. waa also purchased by ths United com pany. . Unexpected Investigation. The next Important happening In the life of the United Shoe Machinery . company was the unexpected govern ment probe. The special grand jury was called August 1.- Government agents stated before serving suo- poenas that the question of leases would be a vital question for the grand Jury to consider. The Jury made an extensive Investigation, sit ting four and five days a week dur ing the entire month of Augusts Announcement of th climax in tne government's inquiries was coinci dent with a proposal for a state In vestigation by Governor Eugene N. Foss, a democrat, who in a message to the legislature, which was then In session, pointed out the need of a statute to reach the alleged monopoly. The legislative committee on rules said that an anti-monopoly bill ' ready enacted covered the situation. Governor Foss, then turning to At torney General Swift, demanded sti Immediate investlgntton of tlie meth ods of the ' Mhmhhi -hust'tis slme iii.i-i-hlnery Indnxtrv. Attorney ': ' I ii... .
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