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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATC.O x LAST EDITION ;.. - :00 P. U. Weather Forecast FAIR; FREEZING. VOL. XVII., NO. 259 ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 9, 1912 PRICE THREE CENTS yttt Asa GARTER HIIS AT PERSECUTION Alleged Embezzler, Now in Oklahoma, Indicates That He Will Fight With Hope of Vindication. GRAND JURY ACTION A SURPRISE TO HIM So He Says, but District At torney Thinks Otherwise Details of Accusa tions in Bill of re indictment. A' FTER the east and west edition of The Gazette-News was print ed Saturday the federal grand jury at Greensboro returned an In dictment charging: John H. Carter with embezzlement from the American National bank of Ashevllle of approx imately 100,000. A brief statement of the facts appeared in the south tind city editions. Following- is an account in detail: GAZETTE-NEWS BUREAU, DAILY NEWS BUILDINO, Greensboro, Dec. 9. In the bill against Mr. Carter there are 54 separate and distinct counts, which in substance allege the misap plication of the bank's funds, false entries upon the books of the bank to cover these misapplications, false re ports to the comptroller of the cur rency, overdraws! of his personal ac count to tho extent of approximately $10,000, and payment of drafts drawn by companies In which he was Inter ested, and for which no funds were on deposit at the bank of which he was president. The story, as void by the bill of indictment, makes the infer ence by repeated specific counts that Carter, as president of the bank, at tempted to organize and finance other interests by the unlawful use of the. bank' funds. ' It is assorted that since discovery of Mr. Carter's shortage at Asheville and his resignation as president of the bank he has paid back to its di rectors approximately $40,000 of the alleged $100,000 which he-misappropriated. The indictment had been ex pected for some time by those familiar -with the case, it being understood that a deluv in the beginning of prosecu tion was sanctioned by the bank direc tors that the bank might not surfer from the public announcement of Car ter's alleged misappropriation of its funds. Rank In Good Shape. Tho alleged misapplications and de falcations occurred during a period of stvn months, tho time being specifi cally named as from December 27, 1909, to the latter part of August, 1910. In September, 1910, Carter re signed the presidency of the bank and succeeded by I Ij. Jenkins of Oastonlu, who is now president and tinder whose management It Is said the bank fully recouped its losses by reason of Carter's defalcations -and misapplications. It is a matter of common knowledge that the stock holders of the bank, which was capi talized at $:t00,000, were assessed 40 per cent upon their stock at tho time of the discovery In order that the bank might not be forced to close Its door It Is further admitted that Carter was not Immediately Indicted because of a desire to save the bank and to prevent uneasiness or loss for the depositors. The bank Is now declared to be abso lutely safe and Carter's Indictment was brought at this time because th stat ute of limitations would have aopllea In his case within a few months from this date. In some of the counts as early as December 27. To Rp Tried at Ashevlllo. After the Indictment had been pro srnted In onen court Judge Boyd sign ed an order directing the removal of the case to Ashevllle for trial. The next regular term of the United States District court for Ashevllle will con vene in May, 1913, and It is more than probabln that Carter will be placed on trial at that time. In substance the extended bill of Indictment brought charges in 21 Sep arate and specific count that Carter. while president of the American na' tlonal bunk, deliberately, willfully and wrongfully misapplied the funds or tne bank by drawing exchange drafts on the correspondents of the Ashevllle bank In New York and Baltimore, these exchange drafts being made pay able to Carter. It Is charged that he put no funds In the Ashevllle bank to secure these drafts and that they were covered from the directors of the bank by false entries. The other counts charge false entries with a hope of covering misapplications, falsa reports to the comptroller of the currency with regard to the bank's condition, overdrawal of hi Individual account, one speclllc Instance of a $5000 check and another of a $2500 check being cited, wheress. It la alleged, his per. nnal account at the time was largely overdrawn. The data upon which these count were drawn by the dis trict attorney u furnished by A. EI. lladdurt, special accountant of the gov eminent, who spent several month In Investigating the affairs of the bank and In the examination of It book. Ilnnned Rig Banks). John 11. Carter might well have I e n described a a captain of finance certainly so during the period of his illitctliin of the Ashevllle bank. Me Was en nrganUer In evry sense of the ((.untlimcd on (mgo 2.) SAYS FOES THWART MONEY TRUST HUNT Chairman Pujo, in Statement Outlining Purpose of , Commit-' . tee, Alleges Attempt to Discredit It Through False Press Reports Asks Addi tional Powers. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 9. The house money trust Investigation committee got down to work today after a recess of several months. The program for the next few days Includes the calling as witnesses of several New York bankers, among them Jacob H. Schiff, and some representatives of the New York stock exchange. . . When the committee began the hearing of the money trust investiga tion today Chairman Pujo made the following statement.: : . ' 'In resuming this Inquiry tho com mittee-.feels that the many unauthor ized, misleading and inspired reports that hove been circulated concerning Its work and plans should be correct ed and that the public should be warned against placing any credence in them. There has ben a consistent hostile effort ,in certain directions to embarrass the Inquiry. No state ments have been or will be made or authorized on behalf of the committee at any time except such as may be openly announced at the hearing. "At no time, has there ever been any friction, misunderstanding or dif ference either among the members or with or between counsel. The utmost harmony has prevailed from the be ginning and the reports to the con trary have been sheer fabrications. Nor is there any authority for the per sistent published report as to proposed remedies or legislation. The question has never been before the committee and it would be premature to consider it The committee is not yet In pos session of the facts on which to base a judgment. It has barely reached the threshold of the inquiry so that any opinion as to Its action is decided ly premature to say the least, "Attention is called to the an nouncement made at the outset of the hearings last May and since frequent ly repeated that the terms of the reso lution under which the committee is acting cannot be fully carried out un less or until congress shall have en acted the bill that has passed the house and Is now pending In the sen ate, removing all existing doubt as to the power of the committee to inquire into the part If any, that la played by tne national banks in the alleged con centration and control of money and credit. "Meantime the committee will press forward with the other heads of the Inquiry with the view of submitting an intermediate report accompanied by such recommendations as may be deemed wise. 'The postponement over the presi dential campaign was taken pursuant GAYNOR SUIT SETTLED T OF Relatives of Man Accused in Savannah Harbor Fraud Make Payment By Associated Press. Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. . The suit of the United States against Colonel John F. Gaynor and other member of hi family to recover about 1500,- 000 alleged proceeds-of the Savannah harbor frauds of 1897 has been settled for 1126,000. The decree In the case van signed by U. B. Judge Hay at Norwich yes terday. Colonel Gaynor did not con tribute ' to the settlement, and, ac cording to government attorney, Is practically without funda William T. Gaynor and Edward H. Gaynor, brother of the colonel, Annie Gay nor, hi sister, and Miss Katherine Gaynor, his daughter, supplied funds for the settlement the last named paying more than three-fourths of the total amount. Marlon Erwln, special assistant to the United States attorney general, and Edward I. Johnson, an expert ac countant who worked on the case from the time indictment were found against Colonel Gaynor, Benjamin Greene and Captain Oberlln M. Car ter, claimed to have traced (438,000 in lecuritle alleged to have been taken from the government through the Savannah contract. Of the (436.000, all but the f 126.- 000 paid In lettlement la declared to be the property of the defendant and 1 secured against further action by the government Judge Hay' decree gives the government the right to proceed against any new assets which It may discover. SUES HER HOSTESS Miss Condon, Whose Biscuit "Served a Joke" Broke Uunit'i Tcctli Face Damage Action. By Associated Press, Pateraon, N. J., Dec. . There I no one who ha a keener sense of humor than I, but I fall to see the joke In hnvlng a hoateea serve dog biscuit to a gueC I was deeply humiliated before the other gueots, to ay nothing of Leaking one of my teeth and dislodging the. gold fillings In the two other, all of which ho luce coat me 135." This Is Mis Helen Wenton' ex planation of a autt for damage which 'he hue just brought against Mis Har riet Condon. The latter ni'a the whole Incident was a joke, nlthouvh she reKreta "that Mlsi Wentnn teeth Were disturbed." to the frequently announced determi nation that this Important Investiga tion should not be subject to the criti cism or suspicion of being In any way influenced by or connected with politi cal exigencies." First Witness Examined. The first witness was William M. Cloud, president of the State Bank of Maryland. Samuel Untermyer counsel for the committee, took up his exami nation. Mr. Cloud said his bank had applied for clearing house prescribe ruiea which prohibits a bank making its own price for exchange on out-of-town chocks?" asked Mr. Untermyer. "Yes, it amounts to that," answered Mr. Cloud, "But that is throttling competition, it is not?" "Well, I would not say throttling," said the witness. A general defense of the clearing house system of banking, and a de cided stand against government regu lation of clearing houses, were made by Waldo Necomber, manager of tho Baltimore clearing house. The committee took up the clearing house situation in Baltimore. Rep resentatives of two banks which had been refused conditional membership in the association appeared. Manager Newcomer explained that the banks were not admitted because, as condi tional memibers, they would not be bound by the rules of the association as to out-of-town check exchange charges and to other rates, and wouid be in a position to compete at an ad vantage with the other members ot the assoeitaion bound by the rules. Says Congrcrwinen arc Influenced. In a prolonged discussion with Sam uel Untermyer, counsel for the com mittee, Mr. Newcomer declared that clearing houses throughout the coun try were beneficial institutions and that any attempt at government reg ulation would hamper their efforts. Each senator and representative would be called upon to file a state ment showing the pecuniary interest of himself or family in any banking, loaning or brokerage business, under a resolution Introduced today by Repre sentative Unflbergh of'Minnesota. ' . The resolution says the senate com mittee on finance and the house com mittee on banking anu currency have memberships ' mostly made up of bankers and banker's lawyers and controlled by those directly, personal ly and llnanclally Interested In that class of legislation," and "to a greater orless extent many other senators and representatives are similarly inter ested.'! . BIBLE NOT DIVINE SAYS SUFFRAGETTE Sirs. Laura Hjo Skcptlcul All tho KU-llur Roles uro the Men. Ito-causc Given By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 8. A woman cannot be a conscientious Christian and a suffragist also because of man's mo nopoly of the Bible and religion, said Mrs. Laura Fixe, business manager of the Working Women's homo, last night, before tho woman' party here. "We cannot accept tho Bible as a divine Inspiration because It features the male sex In everything almost to the exclusion of the female," she con tinued. "Man has usurped almost every thing In religion as well as everything else. "In the Bible that we know God is represented as a man, Christ as a man, the apostles as men, and the an gels In heaven as men and In It wom en are commanded to obey their hus bands. Suffragists cannot accept the Bible literally as a divine Inspiration. We must see that It was written by men at a time when women were their chattels. The position given women in the Bible has kept them from their right aa the equals of men. The Bible needs revkslon. It Is not up to date." Gtniicrt)' IU'ort Slums Activity. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 9. With a total of 11,844,432 bale of cotton of the growth of 1912 ginned to December 1, activity In the cotton belt during the period from November 14 to De cember 1, was greater this year than It' was last year, when the country's greatest cotton crop waa being pre pared for market. Thi year the gin ning per working day for the period amounted to 102,986 bales, compared with 100,238 bales last year. Mauretania Safe. By Associated Press. New York, Dec. . No confirm' tlon of the published rumor of an ac cldent to the Mauretania ha been ob tained here or at Queenstown. On the contrary the vessel reported by wlrelesa at a distance of 260 mile west of Browhead at 11:30 last night and no mention was made In the des patch of an accident of any kind. The Mauretania sailed "all well" at 10:65 on Sunday . morning from Queens- town. Mexican Release V. 8. Marine. By Associated Prm, Ban Diego, Cal., Dec. . The two marine attached to Admiral Suther land fleet who were arrested by the Mexican pnplc lit Tijuana, Mex., ye terday after a street fight with a Mexican police In Tijuana, Mex., ye- The Mexican who assaulted the blue- jacket wu sentenced to 30 day In Jail. , THE DEMOCRATS MAKING PUS M'Combs, Clark, Underwood and Democratic Senators Confer Regarding Pol-;." .. itica and Legis lation. TARIFF HEARINGS START IN JANUARY .Majority Leader Outlines His Views as to Program to Ways and Means Committee. Pv Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 9. Chairman McCombs of the democratic national committee put In a busy day in Wash tngton conferring with Charles D. Hil les, secretary to the president. Speaker j Clark, Democratic Leader Underwooii, other democrat leaders in the house and with several democratic senators. Chairman McCombs had a private luncheon with Air. Hllles. They dis cussed several questions, particularly the organization of the White House offices. Mr. Hflle has been Mr. Taft's secretary about two years and is fa miliar with , many questions, among them those of precedent, which will face President-elect Wilson when he enters th&uAVhlte" House. The conference was the basis for a :report that Mr. McL'ombs would come to Washington. with the new president in an official position. Some of Mr. McCombs' friends said, however, that while he had been offered a place In the new administration he had net decided whether he would accept It. Discuss Tariff Work. Democratic members of the house ways and means committee had their first general conference today to dis cuss plans for the tariff work to pre cede the extra session next spring. Chalrmtyj Ujidwgod outlined JhH own views as to' what should be done between now and March 4 and sub mitted plans for hearings and for pre liminary work on the proposed tariff revision bill. Hearings probably will be started early In January, if the suggestions of a majority of the demo crats on the committeee are followed. While Interests affected by tariff chunges will be given the opportunity to appear, the hearings will not be extended so as to Interfere with early preparations of tariff bills. STATE F, TO Eight Hundred to 1000 Dele gates and Visitors Are Expected in Raleigh for the Event BpeciaX to The Oasctte-Nevs. Kalelgh, Dec. . special. be tween 800 and 1,000 delegate and visitors are expected here this week for the annual meeting of the North Carolina Farmers' union, which will assembly Tuesday afternoon and con tinue jthrough Thursday. Many pro gressive steps will be considered and the close tof the convention will And the organization stronger In every way. Dr. A. Q. Alexander of Meck lenburg county, the president, will be a candidate for re-election, and It Is said that Prof. C. C. Wright, super intendent of public Instruction of Wilkes county, may enter the race. The opening exercises will be public. Governor Kltchln will be among those to welcome the delegates to Raleigh. Coroner Charles A. Separk started an Investigation of the death of an unknown white man, whose partly decomposed body was found near Caralelgh Saturday evening with two pistol hole in It. Tho only clue to the man Identification was tne name of "John Hoggana" found In a coat. It I supposed that he was a laborer employed In railway con struction. The Supreme court will this week take up appeals from the Sixteenth and last district and then adjourn for the holidays. The spring term will open In February when another clasa of young lawyer will be re leased. The police officials are making low progress in their Investigations of liquor selling In Raleigh, even though the adtestlflcandum ha been resorted to. Most men when called up before the police Justice have poor memories from the time the dispen sary was voted out until the present time and a number of them ay they have quit drinking. What the police are puzzled about 1 the fact that so much liquor I old here. One place I said to be regular barroom. Brothers Asphyxiated. By Associated Press Fall River, Mass., Dec. t. Two brother, Louis and Peter Paao, both middle aged bachelor were asphyx iated In their apartment here last night when a gas fixture became loos-lit and placed In the hunds of the war .;"d. Peter had planned to leave toj department. Senator Chamberlain to duv Ur a long trip abroad. COMMISSION WINS IN SUPREME COURT ! Chicago Stock Yard Business merce and Under Control of Federal Body Commerce Court's Decision Is Over-Ruled By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 9. Jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission over the Union Stock Yards and Tran sit company of Chicago was today up held by the Supreme court, which sus tained the commission's right to brim; suit to have the company's contract to pay $50,000 to Pfaelzer & Sons, packers, for creating a plant adjacent to its track annuled as amounting to a rebate. On the theory that Chicago stock yard business was Interstate com merce, the interstate commerce com mission began an action in the Com merce court to enjoin the Union Stock Yard and Transit company, the Chi cago Junction Railway company, which operates the transit company, and the Chicago Junction railways and United States Stock Yard com pany, which holds the Btock of the other two companies, from engaging REPUBLICAN SPEAKERS LEAGUE IS ORGANIZED Early In 1913 Active Work for Re habilitation of Party Will Begin. By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 9. The Republican Speakers' league of the United States, with Senator Elihu Root and other prominent republicans at its head, will begin work early In 1913 on an active propaganda for the rehabilitation of the republican party and the election of a republican president In 191G. The league held Its first meeting here yes terday. A committee of nine submitted n constitution and officers were elected to serve for four years. The organization has a thousand members and is composed of the men and women who stumped for the vari ous republican national, state and county committees during the recent campaign. BIG GUN BURSTS No Casualties 'When -Muzzle of It Inch WeuMii Is Shattered at Sandy Hook. By Associated Press. Sandy Hook; N. J., Dec. 9. A new 14-lnch gun burst today while being tested at the Sandy Hook proving grounds. The muzzle of the gun was blown 100 yards. No one was hurt. Attaches ut the proving grounds declined to disxuss tho explosion pending an official Investigation. It was. considered remarkable that no one was hurt, for there Were more than a dozen men near the great gun when it blew up. CONTRACTOR KILLED L. Itiiiiiiicuft of Cliuttanooga Run Down liy Frciulit Train at Greenville, S. C. (By Associated Press) Greenville. S. (!., Dec. 9. J. I Hunnlcutt ol Chattanooga, Tenn., sen ior member of the railroad contract ing firm of the same name, was In stantly killed by a freight train of the Southern railway here today. The ac cident accurred in an under pass be ing built by the Piedmont and' North ern Interurban road one mile outside the city. STILL SEIZED Revenue Men Have apturcd 10 Slnco Saturday In This Stale and Ytrvliilu. The men under Internal Revenue Agent R. B. Sams have been doing some rather good work during the past few days, reports of the aelzure of 10 illicit distilleries throughout the district having been received since Saturday. The raids lately have not usually resulted In getting a ' large number of plants at one time, hfut the reports of single seizure have been coming in regularly almost every day and the record for the month promises to be a big one. Among the seizures reported since Saturday are: one In Jackson county by Deputy Collector Pool; one in Franklin county, Virginia, by Deputy Collector J. M. Davis; and seven In Franklin county, Virginia, by Deputy Collector R. F. Henry. Shot by Girl Relative. By Associated Press. Ashburn, Ga., Dec. 9. Tan Bleg horn, who was a close friend of Miss Minnie Marchman, the young woman who died at her home here recently after having been In convulsions for four day, was shot and wounded on the street here last night. W. F. Cochran, brother-in-law of the dead girl and who wa prominent In the Investigation of the girl' mys terious death, wa arrested charged with the shooting. He wa later re leased on bond. Recommends Change. By Associated Press. Sal Francisco, Dec. 9. United Stale Senator George E. Chamberlain of Oregon member of the enate special committee which ha been ln - vtstlgatlng the national aoidler' home at feawtelle, ald here yesterday that he would recommend that th control of the Institution be taken from the New York commission now governing 01 route to hi home In Oregon. Held to Be Interstate Com in interstate commerce until they had filed tariffs with the commission. It also asked to have the contract with the firm of packers cancelled. The Commerce court held that the Chicago Junction Railway company was engaged in interstate commerce and so required It to file tariffs, but dismissed the action as to the other companies. Justice Day In announcing the Su preme court's opinion said that the Commerce court had erred In holding that the Union stock yard and Tran sit company had expemted itself from the operation of the federal law, by leasing its property to the railway company. Instead of changing the case back to the Commerce court for further de cisions the Supreme court instructed the lower court to enter a decree en joining the carrying out of the Pfael- zer contract. BATTLESHIPS COST MORE Naval Constructors Estimate Is Advance of $38 a Ton Progress Rapid. By Assoctutcd Press. Washington, Dec. 9. While the ef. feet of the eight-hour law on naval construction has not yet been deter mined, the, annual report of R. M. Watt, chief constructor of the United Stales navy, shows that the applica tion of the new law has Increased the cost of battleship construction by $38 a ton. The three battleships, Texas, Nevada and Oklahoma, now under contract are being built under the eight hour law. The cost per ton dis placement of these three battleship 13 $215j)er ton while the cost. of battle ships built when the hours of work were unrestricted was S177 per ton. The United States last year again led the world In rapidity of construction. Notwithstanding the recent marked increase In the size of battleships, says the chief constructor, "the time re quired for construction remains prac tically unchanged and the rapidity of construction In the United States both for battleships and destroyers recently completed without restriction as to hours of labor continues greater thur. thu average rate of construction in the principal foreign shipbuilding-countries." "The bureau's losses in Its clerical force through resignations and trans fers during the past four years," says the report, "were more than 48 per cent of the force employed. Adminis trative work conducted under such conditions ot frequent change is neces sarily less efficient and less economical than when greater permanence of em ployment is assured." EAGLES CAPTURED Oklahoma Farmer Think They Car ried Away Infant Lambs and Pigs Kllcd. Bo Associated Press. King Fisher, Okla., Dec. 9. Four big golden-headed eagles were brought here today by farmers who captured them and killed a fifth In the Gip hills, northwest of here. The farmers said a Hock of seven of the birds had their aeries in the hills and have been car rying off small stock In such numbers that they organized to exterminate them. The birds have taken away lambs and pigs and some of the residents assert that the eagles instead ot gyp sle carried away an infant child from the community a few months ago. One of the captive blrJs measures nearly eight feet from tip to tip of its out spread wings. Glnncrs' Report Shows Activity. Washington, Dec. 9. With a total of 11,844,432 bales of cotton of the growth of 1912 ginned to December 1, activity In the cotton belt during the period from November 14 to De cember 1, was greater this year than It was last year, when the country's greatest cotton crop was being pre pared for market. Thi year the gln nlngs per working day for the period amounted to 102,985 bales, compared with 100,238 bales last year. Harvester Hearing Delayed. By Associated Press. St. Paul, Minn., Dec, 9. Owing to the non-arrival until today of some of the attorneys, the local hearing In the government' ult again the In ternational Harvester company will not begin until late thi afternoon. Witnesses to be examined here will come from Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dukota, South Dakota, Nebras ka and Missouri. Alaskan Keartliquako Recorded. By Associated Press. w.ahinvtnn i wv o A n earth- n fc lalltan)r 23 minute and ppllrentiy 1800 mile distant from "Washington In a northwesterly direc tion, wa recorded on the selsmograpn at Georgetown university between 8:44 and 4:07 o'clock thi morning. The tremors were of considerable severity and were continuous. It l thought that eruption of the Alaskan volca noes may have broken out again. JOBS II SOUTH ' Democrats to Oppose Confir mation of Taft's Judicial and Postoffice Ap pointments in Dixie. WON'T MAKE FIGHT IN NORTHERN STATES Where Republicans Control, Judiciary Committee Don't Purpose In terference. By Associated Press. Washington,.. Dec ' 9. President Taft's judicial appointments now bar fore congress were considered today by the senate judiciary committee. No formal action was taken but republi- -can members of the committee receiv ed definite information that the demo cram in the senate probably would try to hold up many appointments of judges and United States attorneys in southern states, so that the appoint ments would fall to President Wilson after March 4. The lines of the democratic fight against appointments became closer today. It Is understood the democrats intend to permit tho confirmation of many appointments In northern states where republican strength controls, but to prevent affirmative action on judicial, postoffice and customs divis ion appointments In many parts of the south. VARDAMAN'S COMMENT ON BLEASE 'S SPEECH Says Thousands Harbor a Feeling Close Akin to that Expressed by South Carolinian. By" Associate Press. ' - ' Jackson, Miss., Dec. 9. Declaring that if one of his immediate relatives had been a victim he might have 'gone to extremes which would have shocked civilization to punish the rute," United States Senator-elect William K. Vardaman, former gover nor of Mississippi, last night com mented on the mob law speech deliv ered by Governor Cole L. Blease of South Carolina before the recent gov ernors' conference at Richmond. 'Thousands of good law-loving. home-building, God-fearing white men, both in the north and in the south, down deep in their hearts har bor a feeling toward the black rapist, close akin to the sentiment expressed by Governor Blease." said Senator- elect Vardaman, "I have been gover nor of Mississippi and was called on repeatedly to enforce the law, and I did it us no other governor before or since In tho south ever has done to protect the black despoller of the white man's home. And yet I felt, when doing it, that If one of my loved ones had been the victim, that I would have gone to extremes that would have shocked civilization to have punished the brute. "A splendid opportunity was lost by the governors of the southern states In the Richmond conference," Senator-elect Vardaman added, "to teach the uninformed nation the truth re garding the condition existing in the south, which condition made It pos sible for Governor Blease to make the extraordinary speech accredited to him. Instead of commenting on and condemning the ebulltion of temper manifested on the part of the South Carolina executive. It would have been better to have brushed aside his intemperate utterances with an ex pression of depreciation, If they felt like It, and then proceeded to explain to American people the reason. SEVERE STORM HITS THE EASTERN COAST Bv Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 9. A severe northwest storm struck the coast here today. The wind reached 1. maximum at Capt Henry of 62 miiea an hour and 48 mile an hour In Hampton Roads, where a number of vessel dragged anchor, but none wa dam aged. Areliaeh Guilty of Murder. By Associated Press. Baldwin, Mich., Dec. 9. A Jury In the circuit court yesterday declared O. M. Arebnch guilty of first degree murder for the shooting of his part ner, Harry Fisher, a Chicago business man. Fisher was killed In the woods near here last September while the two men were on a hunting trip. Fisher's life wa Injured for about (00,000, the pollcle being made pay able to hi wllw It was the theory of the prosecution that friendship be tween Arebach and Mr. Fisher was the motive. Robbed of 30,00O. By Associated Press. Chicago, Dee. 9. Joseph Meroch nlck, a diamond Importer of 73 Nas sau street. New York, wa robbed of 117,000 worth of unset diamond and $1600 In currency here last night by two negroes, according to a report In made to the police. Mr. Menx-hnl'-k whs beaten over the head nnd one of hi hands was slashed with a kriio. Ills cravat In which he wi' a dia mond pin was cut 1 1 IT.
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