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VOL. XVII., NO. 261.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, .WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER ,16, 1912.
PRICE THREE CENTS
SHE&4AN LAW
STIRS POWERS
LI
European Movement Against
Extension of Act's Enforce
ment Beyond United States
. Indicated.
PENDING STEAMSHIP
SUIT OBJECTIONABLE
To Great Britain and Probably
Will Be Protested Against
Germany's Petroleum ?
Monopoly.
ATTEMPT TO BRIBE
5M0lNSPGT0R
1TAFT MAY TAKE
STOCK MARKETS DEFIED1BY MOB! CHAIR IN YALE
SOU. BUSINESS
MEN ORGANIZE
Money Trust Investigators
Shown Enormous Volume
of Business on the N.
Y. Exchange.
Furnace Interest Offered $10,-
000 to Atlanta Official It
Is Charged.
I MR. FREW CONTINUES
DEFENSE OF BANES
By Associated Press,
Washington, Dec. 11. The warning
In Sir Edward,, Grey's Panama note
that the British government will pro
.test further in case an attempt Is
made to enforce that section of the
Panama act which prohibits the use
of the canal by railroad-owned or
trust-controlled ships may, it is
thought here, indicate a formidable
Kuropenn opposition to any attempt
by this government to extend the op
erations of the Sherman anti-trust act
beyond the confines of the United
States. "
It is known that the British, em
bassy is closely watching the develop
ments in the pending suit against the
Transatlantic Steamship lines, al
though it is not expected to enter a
formal protest against that attack
upon British shipping interests until
the legal proceedings come tp an end
with a decision against the British
companies. The German government
also Is moving toward the creation of
a monopoly in the domestic saje of
petroleum, regardless of implied warn
ings that this might in some way fall
wlttrln the scope of the Eberman anti
trust act and the French and Italian
and Austrian governments are admin
istering their tobacco monopolies
without the slightest fear of the out
come of the Investigation about to be
made by a select senatorial com.
mil tee. .' - ... , '-
All these governments are proceed
Ing along parallel lines, although
there is" no external evidence of con
certed action up to this point.
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 11. Charges that
nearly $10,000 has been offered Paul
McMtohael, city smoke inspector, by
"smokeless" furnace Interests seeking
special privileges in this city, are be
ing investigated today by the" city
smoke commission, whose special
work is to "clean up" Atlanta. Mr.
McMlchael made his charges when. he
presented his resignation at a meeting
of the commission Into yesterday.
A list of Ihe bribes which Me
Michncl declared had been offered
I He Denies Check Collection
Charges are Exorbitant
or That Funds Were
Withheld in 1907. .
Bn Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 11. Operations
on the New York Stock exchange were
him, aggregates' $7800 and includes detailed to the hou.'io money trust in-
an item for $50 alleged to have been
tendered by James McMillan & Co., of
Chicago, who sought it contract with
a member of th firm of J. N. Renfroe
& Co., of this city. Mr. Renfroe is a I
member of the smoke commission.
McMlchael charged that a contract
had been drawn up to put the Mo
Mlllian furnaces in Atlanta, but ad
mitted the papers never had been
signed.
Conflict is Imminent at Jay,
Okla, Between Armed Git
izens and t Army of
Deputies.
President Seriously Considers
Accepting the Kent Pro
fessorship of Law, Pay
ing $5000 Yearly.
SHERIFF TENDERS
HIS RESIGNATION
HE EXPECTS TO SPEND
VACATION AT AUGUSTA
Governor Considers Sending Will Rest in Southern City For
Militiamen to Quell Dis
order in Town Site
Dispute.
a Time After Term Ex
pires, According to
Plans.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 11. President
WOULD
T
STRIKEBREAKING
Labor Congress Would Have
Interstate Transportation
of Breakers Stopped.
Form Conference to Prepare
for Trade Development In
cident to Opening of
Canal.
THE SHIP SUBSIDY
ADVOCATES ACTIVE
By Associated Press.
Muscogee. Okla., Dec.. 11. As the
result of the contest over the location Taft ls considering an offer of the
of the county svt of Delaware coun- Kent professorship at the Tale Law
ty all but three of the county officers school. The place which has been
have fled from the court house at Jay, vacanl tor several years and was Iast
Okla., Sheriff Hogan has tendered his "lled Professor Phelps, at one time
,, , American minister to Great Britain,
resignation and Bher fflect Bud has bee formally tenaered to Mr.
Thomason has been sworn in to take Taft and he has talked over the offer
SAYS PARTY TRIED
vestlgatlng committee today by Law
rence W. Scudder, accountant for the
committee, who produced elaborate
statistics to Fhow the operations In 14
active stocks since 1900.
Samuel Untermver. counsel for the his place. One hundred armed men (with his cabinet, but has arrived at
MmmtnuA iWi SnuHftcMr thrnmrh 1 nre natrnllinir thfl streets surroundincr I n0 decision
an examination, the object of which the court house and are defying any- UrVersity would be much the
was to show that of millions of stocks ono to touch the county records. snma as was former President Cleve-
piaeeu on iraa hioc excriaiiKe, umy Tka nv,irr h awr, in nf.lion,i'. ..in.inn m- rpra
small percentage was actually trans- .. J ls considering this offer on one side
ferred. With that object in view the .' " -' """ . . , II ;..,. ,
witness presented table and figures out the order, of the court to move " "
to show that the entire capital stock , he county records to New Jay, half a nere lncllne to tne beef that he wU1
POLITICAL
MURDER
Republican Organization Vig-
orously Denounced at the
. Progressive Meeting.
' 'Bv Issociatei Press."
Chicngo7Dec. 11. Declarations that
Alabama now has two Lorlmer sen
ators," and "In Alabama the repuoit
of some concerns had been turned
over eight or ten times a year while
about 8 per cent of the sales only
were bona fide transfers.
The committee has concluded Its In
vestigation of the clearing house situ
ation, counsel TIntermyer announced.
W. E. Frew and F. W. Lister, of
the New York clearing house, ex
plained a report on charges on out of
town ohecks made by Inland exchange
committees of the clearing house.
Washington, Dec. . 1 1. Walter E
Frew, chairman of the New York
clearing house committee today re.
timed the stand before the , house
money, trust Investigating -commit-
mlle distant.
The contest Is purely one between
the town site, promoters of old Jay and
new Jay.
May Send Militia.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 11.
Governor Cruise Is today awaiting
accept the Yale place, although they
do not expect he will make up his
mind before next month.
The president has had the proposal
to go to Yale under consideration for
some time. He Is already a member
of the Yale corporation and his desire
to return to New Haven has been
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 11. That strike
breakers should not be transported
from one state into another, thereto
replace employes on strike to secure
better wages or better conditions, and
that legislation should be enacted to
prohibit such interstate traffic ls em
bodied in resolutions which are ex
pected to be considered by the South
eastern Labor congress before It final
ly adjourns this afternoon.
Two hundred and thirty-seven dele
gates are attending the conference.
The organization is expected to be
made permanent. '
Resolutions condemning the em
ployers' liability bill, pending before
congress, as an instrument of thu
trusts, were adopted after spirited de
bate by the congress yesterday. Bit
ter attacks also were launched at the
women's wage system and the "sweat
shops."
Vice President James O' Conncll of
the American Federation of Labor
vigorously protested against the adop
tion of the resolution. Arguments in
favor of its adoption were advanced
by T. S. Garvey, Richmond, Va. W. D.
Jackson, Little Rock, and H. O. Teat,
Atlanta. They contended that the bill
was a "frame up" of the trusts, the
compensation prescribed inadequate
and the trial by Jury taken from the
employe. .
further developments before ordering I weiRried against one to go back to
tne militia to jay. wnere iruuuie in rlnelnnntl and "honir nut hla shine-la.
threatened over tne location oi in
county seat of Delaware county.
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the
committee, had concluded his exam-
6 DAY RACER BREAKS
COLLAR BONE IN FALL
Magln of Californla-Tiew Jersey Team
Team Out of Madison Square
tiurdeii Contest.
By Associated Press.
. New York, Dec. 11. The first break
in the ranks of the 15 teams compet
ing In the six-day bicycle race oc
curred early . today during a sprint, I
when one rider was put off the con
test with a broken collarbone and an
other team dropped a lap behind the
field.
Jake Magln of the California-New
Jersey team, was the rider who suf
fered the first severe accident. He is
in the hospital and the only chance
that his partner, Perry Lawrence, has
of staying in the race is in the possi
bility that some other team might be
broken, leaving an odd rider.
At 8 o'clock 13 teams were tied at
11G0 miles and nine laps .and the
Suter brothers were one lap behind.
The former record was 1128 miles and
eight laps.
At 6:25 a. m. Gronda, of the Aus
tralian team, started the sprint with
a Jump of 60 yards. Four men went
down in a heap on the Fourth avenue
embankment but none was hurt.
A few seconds later Magln fell and
broke tils collarbone.
can party is marked with the brand lnation of Mr. Frew yesterday but
of Cain, because it attempted to mur-1 tne banker desired to discuss fur
der It political brother," w.ere made nt,r nls view8 f clearing house re
by Oscar R.-Hundley of Alabama to- ulatlon Which caused banks to
day at a "love feast' of progressives. I cnurge a fixed rate for the collection
The gathering ppiauaea. I for out-of-town checks. Chairman
Plans were mado for the national I p.,,. announced It had been decided
committee to go Into executive session to ajiow- Mr jrrew to make an ex-
this afternoon rina dispose or Dusiness planation.
relating to finances and the spreading I Mr vrew put Into the record a re.
of progressive propaganda. I port Dy the committee on Inland ex-
Kditors or progressive newnuiiTohango o( tne clearing house, show,
are considering methods for obtaining I ,ng the cogt of and the charge for
wio-T puoucuy ami pmiw iur mo "" making out of town collections dur
tabllsnment or pany masMinra "'"" Ing 1911. The report showed a pro
were discussed. I fit to the banks on such collection
Colonel Kooseveu speni me mom
take his oldest son, Robert, Into his
office and establish a law practice in
his home city.
Edward John Phelps, who last held
the Kent professorship, died in 1900.
He wag-ia tttstlngulshed lawyer and
an active democrat under President
Fillmore. Mr. Phelps was appointed
second comptroller of the treasury,
and In 1880 was president of the
American Bar association. In the
same year he was the unsuccessful
CrOOK at Memphis TellS OI Vermont, his home state. He was
made minister to Great Britain by
and
INCI1A
T
IVISTED
REVEALS PLOTvTO FEE
NOLEN FROM OFFICERS
B SAS
Loss Estimated as Hign as
$17,000,000 Nine Injured,
None Killed.
Plan to Liberate Federal
Prisoner. (
in in his room receiving callers. At
noon he attended a luncheon of the
women's nrogressive party. Mrs. John
F. Bass and Miss Jane Addams Bpoke.
The colonel declared that he had
not been asked to go to Idaho to tes'
tlfy in the contempt proceedings
BgUinSl UIP ownn oiiu m'" . w.-j.-ii.
of the Canitay City News. Whether v a"'ier,'pJ
he would go If ashed, he did not say.
charges of J97.000 for the year.
Mr. Untermyer confronted the wit
ness with a letter from Frank A.
Vanderllp, the New York banker, de
daring that the banks suffered a loss
of about $2,000,000 a year on out-of
town collections. Mr. Frew declared
he "did not wish to criticise' Mr.
Mr. Untermyer was
"over what Mr. rrew Knew anuui in . . ,. h(,nir ,k from sttviin-
",luu" nah. fia where he was arresien. w Hartleys Statement.
aemanos ' '7""" "hl,07 0maha' Neb" ,he ,cene f hl" New Hftve"' Conn" J' Pres
for their money during the 1907 Ac0ordlng to Chief of Deteo- ,dpnt Ha(1)ey of Yale dld nat deny thlp
panic. Mr. Frew denied emphatlcal- t J . Hoo Ha,loway confess.! that It mrnlna. th;t .hm h ' ,.
ly that he ever knew of the ew ,anned t0 rescue Ntolen while fnrmB, Ponffirenee nn the sublect of
he was being transrerrea irom on i preiuent Taft accepting the Kent
train to another at the Union Station 1 profe8gorshlp of law at Yale. 'He did
here. Detectives having Nolen In I ,ayi however, that the matter had not
charge chos a route other than tnatibeen formally acted upon in any
thrnnlrh MemDhll 8nd tne Oiner ciurt-l ,.
nouncru. i wnere the would-be UDerators were in
Ivawrence W. Scudder, a publlo ac- anrt ,ne Dlot faned.
countant In New York, who prepared Mavr E h. Crump and Police
tables of all transactions In certain I p. '.ioner u. a. Utley continued
stocks on the New York stock ex- iwtliratlon today of charge
I President Cleveland In 1886
I served until the end of that
dent's first term.
Whatever decision Is reached by the
I president, it Is practically certain
that he will take a rest of a month
By Associated Press. I after he leaves the White House. He
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 11. "We hadli. erlously considering a trip to Au-
men watching at Atlanta and Blrm-1 ?u8ta, Ga,, where he has spent two
fngham and we were here in Mempnis, I winter vacations since he became
but the 'dicks' (detectives) gave usl pregldent The president Is fond of
the slip." I Augusta and ls doubly attached to
Frank Holloway, escaped eonvlct I tnB Georela citv because it was the
and ganct leader, wno witn rsranue i home nf his former aide. Malor A.
Mitchell and Luther d. (Tex) wauaos, iw. n.ltt. wno went down with the
alias McCoy, was arrested when detec-1 Ttan)c. within the last few days
tlves raided Walace's home yester-Mri Taft nag take,, up the question
day. ndded this bit of Information to-1 nf - Oaorela vacation with several
dav to his admission of hist night an I a,.- friends and Is exnected to
.. I In n ana lnlri to llDeraTO Ueggl ion, I jm It., n.llir .hnrlv
eager to ais- , . . ,K maii while . ' '
accused of misuse of the mails while I The Kent encowment paya $5000 a
PANAMA TRIP PLANS
ricslch nt Will Kull From Kt-y Wont
Alxmrtl the Arkansas on lo
cctulier 21.
Excitement on Exchange as
Harriman Issues Lead the
Slump.
York banks refusing to allow tne
enuntrv banks to withdraw their
funds.
W will now proceed with tne
stock exchanges," Mr. Untermyer an
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 11. President
Tuft will leave Washington at mid
night, December 19, for Key West,
Fin., whence he will sail on the after
noon of December 21 for Panama on
the battleship Arkansas.
Mrs. Taft, a military and naval
side. Secretary Hllles, C. P. Taft, the
nranirtent'a brother, and probably sov-
or,.l other nnranns. will -be In the
tmrtv
The president is expected to reach
Washington on the return trip De
cember 31.
Thl will be Mr. Taffs fifth visit to
the Panuma canal tone. It Is believed
that ho lll offer to Colonel George
lloethalH, builder of the canal, the
civil governorship of the one. He
will eonpult Colonel Qoethals as to
subordinate positions In the tone gov
ernment which miirt be filled before
the ranal Is operated.
Although definite arrangetnsnta for
I ho trip had not been mad early to.
fi.y. it Is expected that the battleship
Delaware will act at, a convoy and ac
company the Arkansas to and from
Panama. The president probably
v.-lll reach Colon In time for the
Chrlxtmun celebration. r-
change produced a voluminous series
of tables and diagram Tne taDifls
"nvered the period from 1906 to date.
On an average, Mr. Scudder sold, the
ontlre capital stock of Reading was
mid 30.9 t rnles a year.
Mr. Scudder said that the broKers
'ommissions on transactions on Read
Ru Ananrtat-4 Press.
New York, Dec. 11. Weakness In
union Pac tic unsettled tne siock
market to a point approacmng ae
mnrallzatlon during the noon hour to.
day. Heavy offerings of the stock I n(f over (he period amounted to about
timt before noon continue", uiruu, tut cent of the value oi ins
an hour. The stock declined toi tm.k
167. a break of over five points from I The table of the United states esiee
Its best of the earlymornlng. I corporation showed the capital was
INTO HARTFORD SYSTEM
that Detective Ernest T. Nolen of the
Memphis police department and
brother of Degra Nolen knew of the
presence of Holloway in tnis city out
made no report, noien is unun
Hoiioway win ne lumeu ur Kepresentative murray inu-
. , . . m . i. t .v nAnltAntlarv from I -
nciiun ui inc - -
escapea whim-
whiAh inariittitlnn he
serving a seven-year sentence for bank
rnnHorv. Wallace Is held on a
charge of attempted nignway roiiur..
id shooting with intent to m
Today's low quotations Is the low I vild on an average of five and one- .. , formaiy held on a charge
level lor a year, uumr iuv;ik hi" nun um -.....-.
nmnaihatlriillv and the excite- I nerlnd were about 26 per Cent of the
nn th airhnnrt was greater hnre sola, i.nion j-minu iruo.r,.
than at any time since 1907. I since last winter when the stock books
Inaulry at the Union Pacific ofllcel were lost in tne jmiuiibuib ouinnn
and at the banking house represent- fire In New York were 1 per Cent oi
Ing the llarrlman Interests failed to I the tales.
elicit any statement or information re
specting the weakness of Union Pacific
shares. The stock has been weaK ever
since the United State Supreme court
rendered Its dissolution decree re.
cently.
Southern ' Pacific was relatively
Col. C. F. MrRao Dead.
of vagrancy. Mr waiiace,
... oi.o r routed at the time of the I
mid. la being detained pending im-
ihw lvtliillon. uircuir
sent broadcast last night giving the
Rertllllnn measurements ana pnovu-
graphs of the men.
Wilson Has Received S0.000 lXlers In
Five Moiitns.
mates that Government
Ownership May Be
Asked.
Tr.ntnn N. J.. Deo. 11. Thirty
thousand lettert In five months rep-
Sw Associated Press.
Washington. Doc. 11. "Unless the
situation In Massachusetts It relieved.
congress will be called upon to serl
outly consider giving tine people gov
ernment ownership of railroads, d.
dared Representative Murray today,
as the house rules committee con
eluded hearing the appeals of New
Rngland ttate and city representatives
for an Investigation of the New York
llalelgh. Dec. 11. Col. E. F. McRae
tf Maxton, formerly president of the
state Fair association and a well
rn raciuo w remwv.., -- - ... dl(,d today h home. -nTT" n. ' . wn,n'i M. Haven A Hartford railway's al
strong. With the exception or ", -";"--"- - fun.ral re"n ,na V,u" " Z,. ... .,.n.rl.iln. mononolv.
urn .mrli. nnil HI. Paul. It was thei"" I mall since ne camo mm i" i . - .
a-.. . i lanes iiiiivo iuuiii". . .. i ,h. rf.mncratic canniaaie mr
on.y .emui. u. tf d(rector, of th. -j, accordlng to the flf-
nnnnn . nnriirnTji iTirvw Central hospital. (Superintendent Plcot . Joseph P. Tumulty,
BUXXHilUKlii today thowed that that hospital MO n, wnM'i secretary.
I.iwrrt Trli-c for RUfk Exrtiange Boat
Since 1907.
Bn As'tciated Press.
New York, Dec. 11. The. lowest
record price for a stock exchange seat
rlnre 1907 was reached this week
whin John H. Reynolds, Jr., sold his
t'i'iSt to Fredrrlik l.ewlhn for 151!,
Ono. The previous low record w.m
J'S.OOt). Ttiree weeks ugo seats were
snhl at ,71.000.
TWfi MDTITTTS TN JAIL not used over 160.000 of,the funds
-' - 1 xi..i-.
mppropristea two yer hu.
... ..a bm i aiscnarsra aurnm iwv
a,. iu ii Rial Hnwev I bered fit. Tne avernss iwim
militant sufTragcMe, was sentenced to- natlents during two years has been
day to two months Imprisonment for I 824.
i...l.a In Id an alarm nr nre ism I
nlirht. Counsel representing the gov-1 nio unntrrs nnj """"-"
ernmeut. dewrlbed the defendant a
nn n h.nit .,f an ffr a not t ns Who are I mlnX fa rka Inmmlle-ltlnpe.
U nrpn.nl trvlni to terrorise London." I Rslelsh. Dec. 1 1. fJovernor Kltch-
Kimn lfowey told the police magls-1 In today parnonea iiney sna r.iian
irntn ih onlv wav In which the gov-1 Hunter, convicted In Madison county
unni.nl rmiiil slon he woman war I In Heotember. 1911. and sentenced to
lo give them votes. Itwo jenrs on the roada
Their railroads side of the case will
be presented thlt afternoon
Questions asked by members of the
committee today seemed to Indlcst
that a majority will favor an investi
ration by a sub-committee of the
house Interstste and foreign conv
merce committee.
Insist Jawb-on Committed Bulcide.
a jaainfaal Prsat.
ii,,iia m.v. Uko 11. runner i"-
tlmony In defenre of the contention I Wolf-I'oxj Mm Other Foxes,' Wolves.
that August Jaconson oommmeu .u.-.
New York. Dec. II Eighteen Foxes,
thirty-one Wulves, four Bulls, three
wmnea. two lavmbs and one uucs
were present at the wedding In Prook
ride pres-nled today at the trial of
the three members ot nis imii
are charged with bis murder.
Ti.a defendants, Emellu Mrs, An
... a. f that man alletf.
"tr. have bis- murdered, snd Edgar lyn last night of Mis. Bird.. Wolf ami
Jarobson hit son, will be the last wit- Robert fox. in. cou,..- r-u ...
T
ROUS FIRE
indorsement Not Given Policy
at Atlanta Meeting as Yet
Prominent Men At-
;'v' tend.'
Bu Associated Press.
Cincinnati, Dec il. Fireman to
day continued to throw water into the
smouldering ruins of Gibson Hotel,
the Rendlgs-Lothmann apartment
store, the Yi. L,. Douglas snoe store
and the upper ten stories of the sev.
enteen story Union Trust building,
which were destroyed by Are last
nlrht.
The fire menaced the heart oi cin
cinnatl's downtown district and losses
estimated at from S800.000 to 1,70U,
000 were suffered. So far as known
there was no loss of life, but nine
persons are reported injured, none se
riously. Scores of persons were im
perilled but heroic work by volunteer
rescuers saved them. Forty-flve
crub-women were in the Union Trust
building when the tire started aim
over a score of these were actual pris
oners of the flames until rescuers ran
th elevators through the smoke and
nr. tn the hysterical women. All me
guests of the Gibson hotel are believed
to have escaped. Tney were buiui
In time. .
Th fire was discovered In tne laise
wrir nf the new portion of the Gib.
son hotel which had been partially
torn down to permit of reconstruction.
A workman's torch or negiectea Bon
fire used to warm laborers Is believed
to have been the cause. The Are
spread with remark.ible rapidity.
CONFER ON HARRIMAN
MERGER DISSOLUTION
Bv ArxUd Prell.
Wnahlnirton. Dec. 11. Robert 8.
Lovett, head of the Harriman rail
Mad . A 11 d Maxwell Evarts, chief coun-
ael conferred with President Taft and
Attorney General Wlckersham today
ohnnt the recent Bunreme coun oeci.
inn dissolving the Union Pacific
merger.
It was said the railroad men run
mltted to the president and the attor
nef general some preliminary out
lines of reorganisation of the railroad
properties In accordance with, tne du.
preme court's decision.
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 11. "The South
ern Panama Canal conference" sprang
into being here today as a permanent
organization growing out of the gath
ering of southern business men plan
ning to "get ready" for the opening
of the Isthmian waterway. Commer
cial bodies, individuals, Arms and cor
porations will be eligible to member
ship in the conference, which will
have for Its object the development of
trade with South and Central Ameri
can countries. '
The conference today chose Wilmer
L. Moore, president of the Atlanta
chamber of commerce, as its first pres
ident and an executive committee of
eight was chosen from wide sections
of the south. It was decided to ex
act a membership fee.
An unsuccessful effort was made at
the morning session to get before the'
convention a resolution favoring ship
subsidy. Assurances were given its
supporters, however, that opportunity
would be given for the Introduction of
the resolution at the closing session
this afternoon, which will be devoted
to a discussion of the relation of the
merchant marine to the canal.
Railroad Presidents Speak.
President W. W. Finley of the
Southern railroad presided during a
discussion of the relation of the rail
roads to the waterways. I B. John
son pf, the Norfolk "Western.-the"-first
of three railroad presidents to r
speak, declared that he was not among .'
those who believed that a great trade
with South America would develop
immediately after the opening of the
canal. He said that the people of
South America were much closer 'to
the old country than they wer- to the
United States; many of them had been
educated In Europe and had been ac
customed to trade with Europeans.
He thought that the best way to
encourage closer commercial relations
with the southern continent would be
to send young men fresh from our
agricultural and mechanical colleges
into the Latin countries to assist In
their development and to Induce South
Americans to send their children to
school in this country.
Answering a question asked by a
previous speaker, "what are we going
to do with the canal after It Is finish
ed" Mr. Johnson suggested that It be
filled with water." President W. J.
Harahan of the Seaboard Air Line,
then proposed . that the canal should
be filled with ships and the snips oe
filled with American commerce.
President T. M. Emerson of the At
lantic Coast Line told the conference
that the railroads of the south were
"readv" for the opening of the canal
provided the commercial bodies and
manufacturers would buna up
trade for them to handle.
the
GIN FIVt YEARS
III FOSTER CASE
Sidna Allen, Leader of HilMlle
Clansmen, Convicted of
' Manslaughter.
By Associated frees
Wythevllle, Vs.. Dec. 11. 81dna
Allen, lesder of the HUlsvUle gunmen,
who thot up Carroll county court and
killed five persons, was convicted to
day of involuntary manslaughter.
The Jury fixed his punishment at flvs
years Imprisonment.
He was on trial on a first degree
murder Indictment for the- killing of
Commonwealth's Attorney Foster.
,1,-...r,-r.r in ir-r-l
Three Held for Writing
Wilson Menacing Letters
l i
(By Associated Press)
writing. ....... a,
u.n. hw Tar.r,h at I ha flic-
Newark. N. J.. Dec. ll.-The three lat70r"o", the Inspector, are said to
so-called mountaineers arrested at bive taad In peculiarities and mis
Dover, N. J., last night, charged with polling with the lettert sent to the
writing threatening letters to Wood- president-elect These letters Were
row Wilson ir locked up as federal mailed, apparently, at an out-of-the-prlsoner.
here today, awaiting a pre- way rursl free delivery box In front of
llmlnary examination on Monday. Two a deserted house and the Insp-i t. rs
-a., ...iv.. d.(.. ..a iii.nh aav thev have evidence that Jmoh
VI V I IT 1 1 1 .111 1 1 .'Hire . ' m v ' -
Dunn, twenty-four and twenty-six
years old respectively. The other
Is Seeley Davenport, 41 y-r old.
According to the postofTIre Inspectors
who made the srrt, Peter accuses
his brother Jacob of having dune the
Iunn bought from a mU carrier pa
per Identical with tlmt nn whirh Hie
Wilson letters were rlu n.
When arraigned ! f .'i' a .
sinner lt nliH I I" n
protested lull"' ' f "