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A A LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: FAIR AND COLDER. ?2ZZ2 DisPATcnra VOL. XVI. NO. 306. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOONFEBRUARY 2, 1912. 3c PER COPY HIE PRICES DISTURB TUFT ' lltBl,! 3D INDICTMENTS i THINKS THAT WILSON'S STRENGTH IS SLIGHT Doughton Says Bryan Could Poll Twice the Votes Gud ger For Public Buildings Measure, j Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building, Washington; ' Feb. 2. ' "Woodrow Wilson, If nominated foi the presidency, could not' poll one third as. many votes as William J. Bryan," said Representative Robert 1 Doughton of the Eighth North Carolina- district, at his office in the house office building today. "I have not said whom I shall be for for the nomination," continued Mr. Doughton, "but whenever the democrats nomi nate, that man will have to declare lor the Sherwood pension bill. Speak er Clark may have injured his cause for the nomination by voting for the bill, but in my opinion if he is nomi nated this one thing will get him a lot of votes, and nny man we nominate who declares against the Sherwood pension bill will just as surely be dc; feated. "I am against the pension bill and voted aguinst it in the house. But I have not lost sight of the fact that it is going to pluy a great part In na tional politics this fall. Oscar Under wood of Alabama, in my opinion, measures up to every requirement for the democratic nomination, but his vote against the Sherwood bill has lost him any chance of being elected, should he be nominated." Webb Wants "Marict Bureau." Representative Webb yesterday in- .tifldiiciuLu hill ia. th house, to. .create a market bureau to be operated under the bureau of , commerce and labor. The duties of such a, bureau would be to collect data and make investiga tions as to the -system of marketing farm products, co-operative or other wise, in the United States and foreign countries. The data thus collected will be districted - throughout the country and made available for the use of any individual or organization, by the circulation of daily bulletins, or by telegraph. It will also be the duty of the market bureau to make investigations of the demands for farm products in various trade cen ters and the current movement of surh products. The bill 'has the endorsement of the Farmers' union and the National Grange association. Cameron Morrison appeared before the rivers and harbors committee in the interest of the Dismal Swamp canal people. ' Friends of Mr. Morrison hero be lieve! that he would make an excep- tidniillv trood man for one of the i.roxlilmillHl electors-at-large in North Carolina. Two men will be selected by the democratic state committee, and Mr. Morrison's menus say would make ah ideal candidate. Tlicy Discussed Everything. he Temperance advocates were given a hearing before the house juuiciary committee yesterday. And they were given full sway to talk as long as thy wanted and on any suojeci me n" irnd. Some of the temperance delegates wanted a law enacted by congress so strong that it would prevent any one buying whiskey in' prohibition ter ritory, B. A. Barrlnger of Mount Pleasant Is here. Mr. Barrlnger wants en ap pointment aa cadet to the naval n,.t ih of the state delegation In the house supported Majority Lead er Underwood's economy plan which resulted in no public building bill be ing reported to the house at this ses- l.,n Pucrn. DollKhton Bhd Kltctlitl voted with Mr. Underwood, while Webb, Stedmun, Godwin, Oudgcr. kal son and rage opposed him. Repre sentative Small, who went to Florida with the rivers and haroors comio.i i.. aa nni roach Washington, and. thnrf.ir was not recorded. Renresentative Yates Webb Intro. duced an amendment to make appro priations at 'this session, for, Buiiaina lr.iHv authorized.' In Mr. Webb i district this would have made possible to have started work on the proposed federal building at Gastonia. Majoi Stedman voted with those opposing Mr. Underwood ' because he pledged himself during his campaign that n would do oil In his power to secure BDnrnnrintinns for building at ML Airy, Oxford, Burlington and Chapel Hill. Hud' Mr. Webb's amendment been adopted It would have made It possi ble to have secured the 135, ouu ior buildinir at Wlnston-8iflem. An ap pronriation of 135.000 lias alrtwdy been made for Winston-Salem's fed eral buildlnc, but owing to the rapid growth of the town this amount considered entirely too small, and Ma.lor Btedman has already Introduced a Mil asking for an additional appro priation of $;!&,000. , . l: nt of Honduras. mIi. 2. Ooiiernl ,.,. ihf i- Representative Webb Would Have Government Aid Far mer to Dispose of His Products. ' Urges an International In quiry Into High Cost of Living in Message to Congress. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS NEED INVESTIGATION Believes Information Might Be Obtained Which Would Re lieve the World-wide Distress. Washlngton, Feb. 2. President Taf t in a message to congress today urged an International Inquiry Into the high cost of living. The president asked authority to invite the nations of the world to a conference in this city or elsewhere to make plans for the inves tigation of the "high prices that have so distressed the people of the world." Mr. Taft also- urged the appoint ment of a - federal commission to make "searching inquiry into the sub ject of Industrial relations." "For some years past," said the president, the high and steadily in- reaslng cost of living has been a mut ter, of such grave public concern that deem It of great public Interest that an International conference bo pro posed at this time for the purpose of preparing plans, to be submitted to the various governments, for an In term.tlonal inquiry into the high cost of living, its extent, causes, effects, nd possible remedies. Thinks Inquiry Would Itc Valuable. 'There is no doubt but that a com mission could be appointed of such unprejudiced and impartial persons, exports in investigation of economic icts, that a great deal of very valua ble light could bo shed upon the rea sons for the high prices that have so distressed the people of the world, and information given upon which action might be taken to reduce the cost of Those who have conducted investi gations have found that the phenom enon of rising price is almost if not quite general throughout the world; but they are baffled in the attempt to trace the causes by the Impossibility of making any accurate International comparisons. This is because, in spite tne number of investigations al ready made, we are still without ade quate data and because as yet no two countries estimate their price levels on the same bast or by the same meth ods." . As to the commission on industrial relations, the president said: Want Labor Conditions Inquiry. "There should be an Inquiry by the federal government into the general conditions of labor in the United States, notwithstanding the fact that some of the remedies will lie with the separate states, or even entirely out side the Bphere of govenmental aetlv- ty. In the hands of private Individuals tnd of voluntary ugenclcs. No legiti mate object of such un otiielal invostl- mtion and report is to enlighten and nform public opinion, which of itself will often induce or compel the reform of unjust conditions or the abatement of unreasonable demands. "Unquestionably the time la now Ine for a searching inquiry Into the nibioct of Industrial relations which shall be official, authoritative, balanc ed, and well rounded, such as only the ederal government can sutcesstuliy undertake. The present wiaespreaa n teres t In the subject makes this an apportune timea for an investigation which in any event can noi long u postponed. It Bhould be nonpartisan, ;omprehenslve, thorougniy, pauem. and courageous. Condition in Alaska. President Taft also sent to con gress his oromisea message uu Alaska and the public domain n general. In urging the con duction of a government raliroaa commission form of government mrt nther needed legislation for the ar-nway territory. President Taft ue glared there was nothing in me llstory of the UnitoU males wiiun ifTorilcd such Just reason for criu- plmn as tho failure of the federal gov- jrnment to extend the beueilt of lis Fostering care to Alaska.. I am not in favur of government ownership where the same certainty md efficiency of service can De naa nv nrlvate enterprise, said the pres Mont, "but I think the conditions presented in Alaska are of sueh I character ss to warrant the govern nent. for tho purpose of eneourag ing the development of that vast and rami.rkahle territory, to build and jwn a trunk line railroad, which it jan lease on terms which may bo va rin.i uud changed to inoet tho grow ing prosperity and development of the territory, i.min Llkcliliood of Private Une. President Taft said there was little likelihood that the Morgan-uuggen hoi.n intercuts would open up a rail road under the present conditions In Alaska. Tho president would have a com. mission form of government for Alas t n half of the commission to bi elected and the other "half appointed kv tha nreeldent.. A leasing system was proposed by the presidwnt for government coai and phosphate lanos in aiubk, U..H in the United States. Tho reclamation laws of th . Virjb ,.; Hhoiil'l be modified, in in Tom Barclay in Baltimore Sun. Express Companies td Be ProS- ecuted as Result of In vestigation. Washington, Feb. 2. Prosecution of express companies tJr over-charg ing shippcis on the transportation of their goods was Indicated by Com- mislsouer Lane at the express rate hearing yesterday, to be tho Inten tion of the Interstate commerce com mission. W. A. Ryan, one of the Investiga tors for the commission, presented in tabulated form the examination of one month's business of the Adams Ex press company, showing that $67,000 in over-charges had been turned Into the company's treasury. T. B. llarri- sxin, counsel for the company, ex plained what ure known as "over payments" and asserted that ho would be able to show that not moro than 0 per cent of the C7,000 actuully re mained in the company's treasury. le added thut positive instructions wore given by the company to all its representatives to make refunds on all discoverable over-charges. - "Well," said Commissioner Lane, "it Is conclusively established that the agents of the companies themselves do not understand the tariffs and reg illations of the companies. By an ex amination of the business of the com panies for one day we find more, than 3000 over-charges. Now, then, we pro ifise to prosecute the companies for making these over-charges. They are clearly violations of the law." Mr. Ryun presented comparative tables of the operations of express companies In Great Britain, Franre and Germany and those of the Unit ed States. They showed, generally, that for similar service, weights and distances the foreign rates were con siderably lower than the domestic rates. Representatives of the com panies pointed out that tho express buHinewi of th United State was car ried either on fast passenger trains or on special express trains, tho mat ter of ; speed and expedition being given greater consideration in Amer ica than in Europe. The testimony and figures tnus rar presented by the commission's inves tigators tend to indicate a belief on their part that the companies should adopt, a flat rate. FOLK ENTERS LISTS n..Hn Flcht for the Democratic lVctrtdentlal Nomination at tiop lin Ma8 Meeting. Joplln, Mo.. Feb. 2. Joseph W. Kolk launches his candidacy for the iHimehes his candidacy for the pre- presidential nomination tonight before a mass meeting here. He then starts upon a tour of state's country dls Irlcts. UNCOOKED HAM FATAL The Disease Which Once Scourged Germany Fastens Upon Newark Meat Eaters. Newark, Feb. 2. Two are dead and six seriously 111 hers bs a result of eat- Ins uncooked ham. The disease. Tart tin this country, onoe caused a scourge Gi GREAT SIS BY QVERGHABGIfiG AS WILSON S FRIENDS SEE IT DETECTIVES TRAP He Perjured Hiinself in Bribery Testimony. Washington, Feb. 2. The story of how a private detective and a phono graph llgured In the alleged "trap ping" of Charles McGowan.a witness in the Lorimer senatorial Investiga tion, continued before the special sen ate f jmmittce today. A. ,G. Bailey, a Burns' agency detective, continued his testimony. Washington, Feb. 2.--How the dic tograph was used to procure an al leged admission from Charles Mc Gowan.the Hi,nes-Lorimer witness, that he "perjured himself when he swore he did not hear C. F. Wiehe tell of a Lorimer election fund, was explained to the senate Lorimer committee yes terdav by Detective A. C. Bailey, a Burns' operative. Bailey took the stand after the Hery cross-examina tion of Detective William J. Burns. For nearly two hours Bailey read from "notes" made from day to day of remarks MeUowan was alleged to have made to Bailey, posing as a claims adjuster of the American Bridge company. These remarks were alleged to have been made principally on a hunting trip In Canada. On one occasion, the detective said MeUowan told him he had written to wiene that he "had to come across." He said McGowan told him he only asked for $5000. , '"You should have made it ten,' I told him," Bailey swore. "It certnlnly is worth $6000 to per jure oneself,' " McGowan was quot ed as replying. Later McGowan was credited with saying that he would llx the "whole Hines bunch If they didn't come across." On another day, specifically ciesig- nated, Bailey said McGowan remark ed that where he made his mistake was when he made an affidavit ior Shields. The numo of R. J. Shields hud Just been used. Shields had a pile of money on the table before him when I Bigned the affldacit," McGowan was quoted nu luivine. "Slileias saia, i uo nui want to give you money ior mamms this affidavit, but we want to do the fair thing with you. The Hlnes people havo lots of money.' I took only a bill. I was too green, or l wouiu have taken It all: that is what it was there for." - The detective told of going with! McGowan to Chicago and of McGow an B' alleged aiieinpm iu fc i j from Wiehe. One night, Mcuownn was credited with saying, he spent as a guest at nines' residence. When Mrs. Hines saw ner nuBoana and me coming into the house, she fainted," Balloy claimed MeUowan re potted. Bailey added McGowan said Hlnes told him ne wpuia oe compen sated by Wiehe. "It was the sorriest day for me when I met Mr. Lorimer," Hines was alleged to have been quoted as saying. " , On October 28, Balloy aald Mc Gowan left a note for him that every thing was "O. K." 'and that he had left for home. It wss here that Bailey's service were discontinued by the committee cnlv to be resumed . by the Chicago Tiibune In December. In again get ting in touch with Mc'lowan, Bailey uld h wrote the "suhtect" a letter, LOR L1ER Wm SUBMARINE SUNK BIT BY GUNBOAT Crewfiaevenen BeKeveiflFour ThousandTrowfT'td Hew'i to Have Been Drowned Off England. Portsmouth, Eng., Feb. 2. The British suburlne A-3 sunk after a col- Union with the British gunboat Hazard ' off the eastern end of the Isle of Wight today. The submarine carried a crew of 11 men whose fate' Is un known, but it is believed all were lost and thut the vessel is full of water. The commander in chief of the Portsmouth division of the .British navy later confirmed the report of the Hooding of the submarine A-3 and the drowning of her whole crew. Besides the regular crew of ten men and a lieutenant aboard the AS, the admiralty slates three other lieu tenants were on a visit taking a course of instruction and were drowned, mak ing 14 deaths. TO ON STEEL BILL G. 0. P. Senate Leaders Inclin ed to Substitute to Under wood Measure. Washington, Feb. 2. The senate finance committee's plan of action on the democratic steel bill will be map ped out at a meeting of republican senate leaders lute today. The regu lar republicans contend for full hear ings to the Interstate affected by the reductions proposed in the bill. The democratic senators will not object to this if the hearings are expedited. Republican senators are favorably inclined toward a substitute for the Underwood bill. They do not like the ad valorem system of duties proposed. COTTON PRICE SOARS Upward Movement Since Wednesday Means an ImTeaso or Nearly $2 Per Bale. Now Orleans, Feb. 2. Cotton's ad vance In price was resumed this morn- lug. Botli bulls and bears bought heavily in the early trading and in half an hour's time forced an advance of 22 to 26 points or a quarter of a cent a pound. This Is S2 a bale above Wednesday's closing. The advance was caused by a higher Liverpool market coupled with a good demand for spots there and continued good inquiry at southern points. The rise caught many stop-loss or ders on the short side. Much fresh buying by bulla was also apparent Among the bearish buyerajt is said were Memphis shorts, who accepted heavy losses. With the roads In good condition better weather means - a great Increase In murketlng cotton -nil held on farm end at gtrnieiifs. VIRGINIA OVAIN FOR GOV. WiLSON Him Make an Address at Richmond. Richmond, Feb, 2. Four thousand people, including members of the gen- eral assembly and big delegations from Woodrow Wilson clubs In Rich mond, Staunton and Charlottesville, gave Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey a tremendous demonstra tion when he delivered an address on The Democratic Opportunity" at the city, auditorium here last night. A large part of the audience had ex pected to hear some reference to the Harvey-Watterson-Wllson Incident, but the governor did not refer to it. There was vociferous applause when he declared that he was not an in surgent, but an organization man. adding that a party's success is im possible ' without organization. "The difference between organization and a machine," he said, "is that organiza tion is the systematic co-operation of men for a common purpose, while a machine Is the systematic co-opcra-tlon of men for a private purpose." On his arrival here Governor Wil son was met by a reception commit tee and escorted to the Jefferson ho tel for breakfast. At 11 o'clock he delivered an address to the students of Richmond college. "I urge you he said to the students, "that in mak ing up your minds on the questions which now confront us as a nation, you will not lot your judgment be dis turbed by people who call names. This was construed by his friends as a reference to the Henry Watterson statement. In his address before the state sen ate he said there Is a genuine com munity of feeling on public questions. "Tho modern newspaper has had much to do with it," he said, "but urn inclined to place the greatest cred it elsewhere. While I have no quarrel with most newspapers, and believe as a rulo they give us a mirror of the times, I believe that there are' bad ones among them, particularly a few of them owned by certain men. These I think ought to be . discriminated against." : In closing he said: "I am glad to have had an oppor tunity to appear before you. - I have wanted to let you see that I at least appear to be an honest man. The governor's address In the house, like that In the senate, was brief. In the forenoon he met hun dreds of citizens at a reception given In his honor at tho Jefferson, hotel, but nothing touched him so keenly us the presence of 200 members of the Woodrow Wilson club of Btaun ton, In which town he was born. The Staunton club marched through the streets behind a band, creating tre menduous enthuelaBm. W. F. McCombs, the governor's cam palga manager, was In conference for some time with Richard Evely Byrd speaker of the Virginia house of dele gates, which led to the report that Mr. Byrd would look after Governor Wilson's interests . In Virginia. Mr. McCombs announced that Governor Wilson- had accepted an invitation extended by the Kentucky lcl8la ture to deliver an a l lre.su at Frank tn-t on t iinru 9. Indianapolis Dynamite Plot . Grand Jury Will Possibly Vote on Bills Next Tuesday. M'MANIGAL SPIRITED FROM CITY BY TRAIN Departs Secretly . Under Guard for Los Angeles Govern ment Inspects Labor Fed eration Accounts. Indianapolis, Feb. 2. Thirty In dictments or more growing out of the government's investigation into the alleged dynamite conspiracy have been drawn up. The possibility that they will be voted on by the federal grand Jury Tuesday is admitted at District Attorney Miller's oice. The grand Jury will report to Federal Judge Anderson after its six weeks In quiry to ascertain who besides John J. McNamara, James B. McNamara. Ortio McManigal und other men al ready Indicted were responsible for the hundred or more explosions from Massachusetts to California in the last four or five years. McManigal, who has been here several weeks aiding ' thie federal graud Jury in Its investigation of an alleged nation-wide dynamiting con spiracy departed secretly for Los Angeles Wednesday afternoon accord ing to am announcement made by fed eral officials last night. His depar ture was as carefully guarded as va.t his arrival. According to the federal . authorities McManigal was escorted ' from the federal building, without at tracting attention, although they ad mit that, they (hose a time when the road was clear. , He walked: down one i of the busiest streets of the city to the Union station, it Is said, where he boarded a train for the west. ... ... With him was Detective Malcolm., coInnlocefcr, "intta party also were Sheriff William A. , ;Hammel and .Under-sheriff Robert T. Brain of Los Angeles county. , United States Marshall Schmidt would not say which route would bo travoled, but it is understood that the party went by the way of St Louis. The federal officials would not say whether McManigal would be re turned to Indianapolis to testify. shoud indictments be returned and the case brought to trial Morrison Before Grand Jury. Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, was before the federal grand jury almost continuously yesterday , testifying in conspiracy as to the disposal of the $225,000 McNamara defense fund. Mr. Morrison had said he was ready to explain the disbursements In de tail in the hope that the federation's Jaccount tyokjj promptly ymlglti tte taken back to waanmgton, dui uis trlct Attorney Miller, declared tho government would .keep ihe accounts for several days to prepare data for future use. More than 4,000 entries of the receipt of contributions with a much smaller number of expenditures were shown by tho books, according to Morrison. "The expenditures Include $170,000 paid out through, Clarence- 8. Dar row, as reported by ' union officials some time ago." said Mr. Morrison. The amount was correct at that time. although Mr. Darrow has received other payments since then." DISSENTING OPINION IN STEPHENSON CASE Three Senators Disapprove of Action of Sub-Cotnmittcc. In Exonerat ing -Wisconsin Man. Washington,, Feb. 2. Final argu ments on the charges on bribery and corruption made In connection with the election of Senator Stephenson or Wisconsin will bo made tomorrow be tore the senate privilege and elections committee. The sub-committee ex- onerated Stephenson. Three senators of the full committee will file a dis senting opinion. Government Evidence Out. Iiong-Drawn Chicago. Feb. 2. It will be March 1 befor the government concludes the presentation of its case in the packers trial. Twenty-three witnesses have been called by the government thus far. Both sldos are using every effort to expedite testimony. John C. Wheeler, National Forking company's branch house manager, re sumed the stand this morning. Much Graiu In Nortliwewicrn Eleva tors. Duluth, Minn., Feb. 2. The pros poets are that there will be sixty mil lion bushela of grain In the Duluth and Superior and Port Arthur and. Fort Williams elevators when naviga tion opens next spring. To (send Gold to Europe. New York, Feb. 2. An engagement, of 12,000,000 In gold burs Mas rn;i1' nt the afsay otiu-e fer slitpmt nt t't I n rope todfiy. Tli' In thn 5..,.! ' nortati.ui for I i I n 1 II ( " i pry.
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