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A rl THE ASSOCIATED PEESS ; i DISPATCHES N LAST EDITION 4:M P. IL Weather Forecast RAIX AVD COLER. VOL. XVII., NO 282. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUAEY 6, 1913. .PRICE THESE CENTS GOMPERSWMXS CHEMICAL BILL- E HOLDS "CORNER" THE EMPLO LAW VIOLATION IS' A A I T T . I RE H I T IS LI Replying to Dynamite Case : Critics, He Asks "What of Conspiracy of Organized Capital?" BLOW TO ORGANIZED LABOR, HE ADMITS But Says He Will Not Abandon Wrecked Union "at Mercy ; of Organized . Capital." Labor but his own. and after a thor- ouch ncrutlny and investigation they were returned to him and now are at Proposed Revision Of That our ofllce. Not a scintilla of evidence I Schedule the First Matter Before Ways and Means Committee. or suspicion of wrongdoing could be discovered; not a scintilla existed or exists." 1 The federation leader referred 'to a statement made by John Klrhy, Jr., president of the National Manufactur ers' association; William Burns, thn detective who caused the arrest of the MeNhmaras after the Los Angeles Times explosion; Harrison Grey Otis, editor of the Times, and others whom he characterized ' as enemies" of or ganized labor. Mr. Oompers saldi he would have the public consider the convicted iron WITNESS ADVOCATES . EXPERT COMMISSION workers with the understanding mind I Manufacturers' Representative ana me spim uuignt oy me tuuciiui , Bjf Atnetatei Pntt. ' Washington, Jan. 6. Samuel Oop, pers, president of the American" Fed . eration of Labor, speaking today be fore the senate sub-committee on Ju wdjeiury In favor of the Clayton antt- Injunction and contempt bills, gave nnswert to criticisms aimed at the or gun Iza tlon of workers which he had received because of the trial and con viction for dynamiting officers of the HiruiMitural Iron workers' union. "if ever the time shall come," said Mr. Oompers in the climax of his ad dress, "when government by dynamite . shall be attempted (and let us hope and work that it never shall come) it - I . .. I . . YtA fhMW win tie as us juuui lauw -uov.j and policy upon which is based gov ernment by injunction personal gov eminent foisted upon our people in stead of a government by. law." In closing his statement, which eluded an -assault upon .employers' and manufacturers' associations, par tly jl.rty the United States Steel cor p.iralon and the National Erectors' association, Mr. Gompers declared or ganized labor -would not repudiate i the structural iron" workers union, "and leave them-helpless' and at the mercy of organised capital and in satiable, uncurbed greed for profits." Soya Organized Labor Deplores . Conplra-). . "Though all censure . those whom ' men may deem guilty of dynamite conspiracy,'.' the federation., leader continued, "none feels the terrible consequences of- the Indianapolis trial morn keenly than organized labor. There have been added heartache anil sorrow to our already heavy burdens. The men accused and sentenced can not suffer the penalties alone; upon them and all worklngmcn ran tne suffering and penalty. : "But what of the conspiracy of or , KitnUfd capital the , conspiracy to murder the liberty of the tollers, to tear from them the means of protec tion bv which- they have bettered their condition! to leave them bare nd defenseless In the competitive struggle. Is not such a conspiracy sufficiently dastardly to incur somu odium? Should the conspirators with their hands stained with life-blood of men's ambition, happiness and liberty be accorded nothing but honor, power, respectability? Should they be al- lowed to continue to manipulate the towera of government the adminis tration of Justice until the oppressed llnrts the burden Intolerable? "More wise, it Is to seek social Jus tire while yet we may. The iwlga who presided at the trial realized one of the issues government by Injuno- tlon, lawless, autocratic, irresponsible exercise of governmental authority, , according privileges to the strong and denying Justice to the weak." CrltMsre Judge) Anderson. Judge Anderson, who presided over the trial of the Iron workers, was re ferred to particularly by Mr. Oompers, when he declared that "our whole so cial organisation seems to be on of old who said "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.'' "There are many ready to heap on the structural iron workers," he de clared, "not alone the men adjudged guilty, but every member of their union, condemnation and humiliation; many ready to wrap the robes of saintly Justice around them lest con tact defile them; ready to withdraw from these men every good and uplift ing Influence-and to cast them out to the mercy of whatever interest might profit by their helplessness." Attacks Fmploj Inir Corporation. .- Launching into his attack upon the employers, who, he declared, had pur slstently fought the Iron workers un ion, Mr. Oompers said that they never had a thought of the Says Enactment of the Ve toed Schedule Would Be Ruinous. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan.. . Democratic revision of the tariff got a start today when the house ways and means com mlttee began hearings which will be the basis of the new tariff bill of the next congress to repeal the Payne-Aid rich law. Today's hearing was on schedule "A," the chemical schedule. The committee plans to go . .down constructive I through the list, taking a new sched ability of the workers. He. condemned in this connection the National Erec tors association, the National Manu facturers' association and the United States Steel corporation. , ... "For six years the flght went on,' he said, all of the forces of organized society were used against these men. ule every other day, until all have been covered. With the full member ship of the committee sitting in the big hall in the house office buiiaing, the- first hearing of a month-long series, aiming at the preparation of a law to carry out the plan of an "Im mediate downward revision" and "tar- Supreme Court .Declares Con- . " '- ' r IS-".- ., '. tracts Limiting Their Lia bilities for Loss of Ship ments are Legal. ANNULS STATE LAWS ' . VOIDING CONTRACTS Low Rates in Consideration of Small Liability Not Vio . lative Of the Carmack r-MV.j. ... . Amendment. By Associated Press. Washington. Jait7 6. Railroad and express companies won a revolution ary decision In the Supreme court to day, when it was held that contracts limiting to small sums their liability for loss of shipments were not sub ject to state laws.r but to interstate laws. It was further held that' con tracts limiting liability to a small sum In return for a low rate were not In violation of the Interstate commerce laws, particularly the Carmack amend ment, . Scores upon scores of such contracts have been held void under state laws. .-: . - Reciprocal Demurrage Law Is Declared Unconstitutional By the United States Su preme Court. STATUTES OF OTHER STATES AFFECTED Federal Government Is Declar ed to Have Exclusive Right to Legislate on the ; "-. Subject. r To sayt" these men resorted to forbiddtn methods of violence, ani even sacrificed lives. You condemn their methods of fighting as elemental and brutal'. On any of those wno are e-uilty the condemnation Is true. but I ask you were these methods used by the employes less deadly 10 humanity and freedom? Do you think that one side can play with the forces nf iniustlca and tyranny and not lead to a defensive move on the part, of others? Each wH protect his own in terest would anybody else do that for him? 1 m. E IS Senator Bristow Proposes Reg ulating Concerns Doing In terstate Business. s Most of the democratic majority of the present ways and means commit tee will go Into the next congress, which is to convene in extra session probably between March 15 and early April. When the tariff hearings are ended, 'democrats of the committee will devote themselves to the formu lation of the tentative tariff legisla tion which they hope to have ready by March 18, if not earlier. - , , Will Be Submitted to Caucus. The concrete result of their, delib eration, the new tariff rates from acids to zinc, the expansion of the f re list and so on. will be- formally paused upon at a caucus of -the rep rest.ntatlves of the. aew house to be called soon after the opening of the extra 'session. .This caucus will de termine whether the new tariff legis lation shall be in the form of a single measure or In separate bills, sohediil by schedule, along the lines of tht tariff procedure bf the last session, when chemical, wool, cotton, iron and steel and free list bills went through both houses but met the presidential veto Chairman Underwood of the ways nd means committee and . his asso ciates are Inclined to favor the same course as that of last session; - By that procedure it is urged by its advocates, 'lng-rollInK" or trading of rates on various articles could be avoided, The chemical schedule is one of three or four that command the great eat interest. Democratic coirmltteo- the lines REJECTS JHE PLAN OP Mil PACIFIC Supreme Court Holds Proposed Stock Distribution Plan Doesn't Dissolve Merger. ' Bu aaaocMtml Pmt. Wtihhlngton, Jan. . Senator Bris tow of Kansas presented to the senate today a proposal for an Industrial commission nf seven members to tak I men claim revision along avpp thn work nf the bureau of corpor-1 embodied In the chemical bill of last . ..., .,,,! .it I year would save American consumers ations and exercise, control over " 7 000 000 DJf reduclng the prlce, of persons, nrms or romomu.. a cnemcnl and at the same time In an Interstate business with gross re- I crease the revenue to the government I The plan of the committee Is to levy I low rates of duty upon non-competi tive articles produced in this "coun I try, especially the chemicals used In the textile Industry and chemicals and .Hid "i-ven the Judge who tried the case, n.ird that the proposed com smugly assured of personal "respon- .. d Dower, -iven to it I would not "interfere with big business operations if such, corporations are reluta of mure than $5,0ff0,00 per vear. Explaining the bill to the sen ate he said that ItVroposed to create a body similar to the Inter-state com m.w (.nrnmimlnn to have the same industrial concerns that I drugs used for medicines. ' ih l.ti.r xrclaes over transporta. I ' Favors Non-Partlxan Commbwlon, .in onmiianlea. ' The Hrst witness today was Henry "The numose Is to protect the peo-I Howard of New York, representing ni wih .i.me degree of promptness I the Manufacturing Chemists' assocla- from the extortionate practices of I tlon. He contended the committee now er corporations without destroying! should delegate the entire question of in. hiiniuia they represent." neitne cnemicai scneauie 10 a suo-com irrespon sililllty." Mr. Qompers said, "fatuous- lv declared that the evidence In this ... 1 DU cae will convince sny impartial per- a,on honMt nd crediteble lines. U lllltl S" IIIIIWIH VJ IIIJBtlniuil Infinitely to be preferred to; govern- , tent by dynamite. .1 strnted that the courts were Ineffectlvt : J ni wormy juage nsa nuiy ,or ,ne Iupervilon f big business. i , t-hanctd upon one of the causes but . " . :' 1 mil failed to realize casual relation- ... mjttes for expert Investigation. Mr. Howard insisted that the association felt very strongly that no body the size of the ways and means commit tee could as a whole conduct an In vestlgatlon so essentially technical. He chip. The words to him were simply n conventional epigram he does not know that' there Is a law of life Just as Immutable as the law of gravlta tin; of attraction snd repulsion, a law of lire train' meets tyranny and injustice- by resistance. The Inapt jics. aye, the unwarrantable character of this utterance of the Judge dl rlnsna how fnr afield outside of the cunt he went to take another slap at labor " Kays A. F. L. In' Not Implicated. Mr. Oompers defended the Amerl rnii Federation of Labor and resented thn attnrks made upon It since the dynHmltvis case. "We hhve been Investigated," he jwbl; "from the first In'lnunllon that enemies of our movement meant to fri-t the 'men hlahrr up' and because of their dlrntly snd Indirectly con hiKiln my name wllh the men sup- icm,.,liy 'higher up' I have declared my r !ln.':n at t,f time to submit for : u r" 1 11 11 1 1 ,11 by any representatives of ft 1 ntliulcil authority or by a commit fro of tiny rerjicctalils hmly of clll i nr, cvi-ry diM-urnont. piippr or sc fount, flnini'til or otlierwls. 1 have ;iil.-nir' d and now chullrrtKM snv of iiir fMiiun to show (hut thur h ' n iimv un'zwful i-oniuirt or anv r- n" lion yith any labor ruiilrov.,r 1 h.-rw ! M.ui-; 1 i r'nf .-f I i DUES FIR FLORIDA He declared that the 8tandard OS I favored a non-partisan, committee or nrt Tohaico trusts cases had oemnn-1 commission. 'The changes in ciaasincation in the chemical schedule," he said, "are largely furdamental and the rate distinctly Illogical, as the relation of raw materials to finished produots Is persistently Ignored, the relations be tween different products In many In stances apparently is misunderstood and there are many other errors. The most radical Increase In rates of raw materials Imposes - hardships that would, If followed through other schedules. Inevitably bring disaster to TTonrl nf Panel Which ConviC-lminy "''"tries with consequent hard MVWW - 1 . . . . , a . , 1 , ,. r wuur vniJivj'eu III muss III dustrles. " P, J. Krebs, president of the Kreh Pigment and Chemical company nf Newport, Del., objected to the changes In the tariff as proposed by the lust vsslon chemical bill, vetoed. Louis U llrighsm, of the Brlgham Sheet Uelstln company of Randolph, VU ssked for relief Irom the present chemical tariff, saying It was not set entlllrally iidjiinted. Ho held up spec "ins of domestic and foreign gelall nd pcMfrted that there was now paid lust as much duty on raw materials as on the finished product He ton tended that put him on the same basis ns the foreign golatln nianufa hirer. He thouuht that about doul: the j-,r'Pint iluly on the finished gi'l tin prodiM-ts would be fair In tbi pio posed tariff. ' ted Dynamiters Gets Threat- , ' enlng Letters. Newcastle, ln4., Jan. . Frank Dare, foreman of the Jury which re turned n verdict of guilty against the aliased dynamite conspirators, who has received two letters threatening his life, left today for r'lorlda to spend th wlnli-r. His liealth has been lin paired by Worry over the letters snd by Ions confinement dii'lng the trial. IIEISXELL AI 1 CIHTED TO SUCCEED DAVIS 1. it T!y AMHO'-I'iti'ii Pre". 11 H.H-k. Ark.. Jn. f! (i . I 11, m In 1 lv toil. 1 v mi r j..i n N I! .!'! -f 1 1." l:K-cs to tie! a (lerknlilp. ,1 WIlllii 11 i- fi. - By .Mediated Press. '" ' Washington, Jan., v. The Su preme court today held that the plan advanced by the Union Pacilio attor neys for the 'disposition of thn entire stock holding of -the t'nion Pacific railroad company In the Southern Pa ine company by transfer to the stock holders of the Union Pacific company would not so effectually end the Union Pacific merger as ito comply with its dissolution aecree. v 1. - ' By Associated Pfess. Washington, Jan. 8. The Minneso ta reciprocal local demurrage law of 1907 was today annulled as uncon stituttonal by the Supreme court of the United States. The court held that the federal government had leg islated on the subject and so taken away all power, if any existed, from the states to legislate on it as far, as Interstate commerce was concerned, Several states have similar laws. .t NEW CONCESSIONS IWADEBY TURKS Allies Withdraw Their Threat to Break Off the London , Negotiations. MANY GATHERING FOR LEGISLATURE Indications Are That Practical ly All Old Officers Will Be Re-Elected. Special to The Oazette-Nnot. Italelgn, Jan. . uwing 10 me ill ness of judge M. f. Justice at nis home in Rutherfordton, the Wake Superior court did not convene today. The judge is not seriously ill and ex pects to open court tomorrow. Members of the 1913 legislature and scores of persons who expect to get Jobs arrived here during the day. It is practically conceded that Oeorge W. Connor will be the speaker of the bouse. Most of the old officers, it ap pears, will be re-elected. Governor ' Kitchln - Is preparing a message which will be suDmittea either Wednesday or Thursday. Sen ator Simmons is to be re-elected Unit ed States senator January 21 at noon. One of the first bills of the session will be an amendment authorizing an increase from 12 to 20 in the number of trustees of the children's home at Winston-Salem and giving the trus tees authority to tstabllsh a hospital separate from the orphanage. Supreme Court Holds that if Patten et. al. "Cornered" Cotton They Violated Sherman Law. SENDS CASE BACK TO NEW YORK FOR TRIAL Guilt or Innocence of Defen dants Not Passed on, but Im portant Principle Laid Down. MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM IS M OF T GIVES TAFT A MEDAL Tlie B'nat B'rIUt Presents the Presl- llent With Token of Air'latloii for Treaty Denunciation. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 6. President Taft today added to his collection of dec orations a gold medal presented to him for his championship of the Jew ish cause In the recent diplomatic im broglio with Itui-sia, which resulted in the abrogation of the treaty of 1832 with that country. The meda! is the gift of the B'nal B'rith, the constitu tional executive committee of which is meeting here. ' Adolph. Kraus, grand president of the national organization of the B'nal B'rith, headed the committee which made the presentation. Luncheon for the committee at which the president played host, followed. - By Associated Press. ; London, Jan. 6. At the peace, con forence today the TurkisJt envoys of fered to maku , further i con.wsBlons which were considered bythe Balkan plenipotentiaries sufficient to prevent the threatened rupture or negotia tions. An Important advance has been made by the Turks toward meeting the'demunds of the Balkan allies, ac cording to opinion expressed by Bul garian representatives as to the new proposals regarding the future of the frontier between Bulgaria and Turkey. 1 Ottoman delegates presented a defi nite plan nt today's conference, sug gesting that the western frontier of Turkey should follow the course of the Klvers Martiza and Tundje, the Turks to retain the fortress of Adrlan- ople but to abandon Kirk-KUllsseh. The allies declared that If proposal would he suftlclent reason for the withdrawal of their threats to break off negotiations and would continue the discussion in London in the. hope of obtaining further concessions' from Turkey. At the same time they antic ipate the early capitulation of the be leaguered garrison of Adrianople, and this Is calculated to alter radically the Ottoman point of view. - - Legislator Devising Scheme to Equalize Taxation Will , - Be Hero of Session! ' r ' : NEILL RENOMINATED -LABOR COMMISSIONER B .MOfltoted Pre$t. Washington, Jan. (. President Taft today renominated Charles P, Nelll to be commissioner of labor, Other nom inations Included: For postmaster: O. F. Rockhold, Dallas, Texas. ' ARCHBOLD ON STAND J. P. Morgan Sails fur Egypt. Ml Auoeiatti Fntl. New York, Jan. . J. P. Morgan sailed today for Egypt of the steamer Adlatlo to Interest himself in burled treasures. About a year ago Mr. Mor gan visited Kgypt to see the progress of an expedition which he fitted nut to make excavations near Khargeh. It Is expected he will visit the same vi cinity on the present trip. Climax of Impeachment Trial of Com merce Court Judge ltcs'hed W ith His Appearance. Bu Associated Prl. Washington, Jan. 8. The climax of the Impeachment trial of Judge Rob ert W. Archbald of the commerce court, was reached when the senate court reconvened today prepared to hear the testimony of Judge Archbald himself and of Mrs. Archbald. The accused Jurist had determined, after consultation with his attorneys, to take the stand to answer personally Questions ss to his relations with rail road officials and charges that he bad used his Judicial office to Influence railroads to make advantageous coal land deals with him In ths Scrantnn, Pa., field. ' Mrs. Archbald was to tell of the kinship between herself and Henry W, Cannon, whose Invitation to Archbald to enjoy an European trip at his ex pense has been brought Into the Im peachment case as Indicating Judge Archbald's receipt of favors from pos slbte litigants. Saecud to The (kiactte-UcKt. Halelgh, Jan..6.-Attended.by many Confederate veterans. Daughters of ihe Confederacy, and a large number of f rle ds, the funeral over the re mains of r?ol. W, H. S. Burgwyn, use death occurred In Richmond riday, was held from Christ church yesterday afternoon. Rev. Milton A Barber and - Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire conducted the services. The burial was in the Confederate ceme tery beside the grave of Col. Harry Burgwyn, the dashing young officer, who was killed In a charge at Gettys burg, and over whose grave a monu ment has been erected. The honorary pallbearers Included Col. A. B. An drews, Dr. V. E. Turner. Charles Root, Col. J. Bryan Grimes, Dr. R. H. Lewis, hlef Justice Walter Clark, Judge Piatt D. Walker. Hon. T. W. Mason, udge R. B. Peebles, Walter E. Dan lei, John T. Pullen, Scott Parker, J. R. Young, Samuel F. Patterson, James C. Grant, A. C. Zollicoffer, Josephus Daniels, Ashley Home, Dr. F. P. Ven- ble, W. A. Pierce. MaJ. W. A. Guth rie, J. T. Oooch. The funeral was a military one, the Third regiment band playing the music. What Is described as a conference for social servic Trill be held In Ral eigh February 11 and 12. Dr. Woods Hutchinwn, the famous physician who-' is known to North Carolinians chiefly through his writings In popu lar weeklies, will be the principal speaker. Governor Craig will wel come the delegate, Among North Carolina speakers will be W. N. Swift of Greensboro, J. Y. Joyner of Ral eigh,' T. W. Blckett, Rev. Plato Dur- ham, G. T. Stephenson, Clarence Poe, Miss Daisy Denson. Bishop Robert Strange. Dr. W. & Rankin, R. F. Beaaley and Dr. L. B. McBrayer of Ashevllle, who will discuss "Feeble mlndedness and Eugenics." The most serious proposition that will face the general assembly to con vene Wednesdsy at noon Is the taxa tion question. The Initiative, referen dum and recall, freight rates and other matters may receive considers' Man not Improving, Says Wallace, Aged Scientest No Betterment In Either 'Intellect or Morals in the Past 7000 ' . Years, He Asserts, Despite the "Great Accumulation of Human Knowledge." By Associated Press. London, Jan. ."Man has showed no Improvement either in Intellect or morals from ths davs of the earliest Egyptians and (Syrians down to the lii'i'l laying of ihe In lost ii eailnou lilrh unllnir to s survi "I llU'Wll Wsllur i ,ii,l i, til niiin i'f r 1 ght. lr. Al- knuwn as the 'I' -." ban cotn- nti .lrit,.lny, . i tu morals snd Intellect have been station . -ry. ' , "There has been, of course, great accumulation of human know I edge, but for all that we are no ri erer thsn the ancients, e .-dechud "There Is still tnoHt abominable vice going on; ev.-ry V.ind of cruelty to th poor and children; adulteration ever commodity snd Iti-s every whi-re " lr. WhIIiuc i i.,liii,. bis r-'in h I, t In. 1,. Hi-r ti,,, i ii ..... v, i p., , tlon, but the legislator who devises scheme to equalise taxes and lessen the burden will be accounted the real hero ot the 118 session. It is ad mitted that North. Carolina's system amounts practically to self-assessment and that as a result much property Is never touched. West Virginia has the bent taxing system ot any of the states. It Is said, but the corporations, oil wells, mines and other Indsutrtee pro vide almost enough revenue to carry on the state's business, whereas in North Carolina this Is not the case. In the opinion of many legislators what North Carolina needs Is not the modern panaceas for all evils, but system of taxation that will distribute the burden, raise enough revenue to continue the educational, health and Institutional work and at the same time not Increase the burden of the small property owner. The men with the vision to see clearly the needs of this year and, the next and the prac tical scheme to administer to these needs will be able to receive any honor In the lft of the people. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. . By upholding v certain disputed counts against James ' A. Patten and others, charged with f violation of the Sherman anti-trust i law In running a socalled 'corner in cotton, the Supreme court today sent ' the case against the men to trial In . the lower courts. ' Patten, Eugene G. Scales, Frank B, Hayne and William P. Brown were in dicted in New York on charges of con- spiring on January 1, 1910, to "cor ner" cotton by extensive buying on the New York Cotton exchange and as a result of which the prices would be enhanced and ultimately bring arbl- ' trary and excessive prices,- The con. spiracy was described as calculated to 1 yield $10,000,000 In profits. Lower Court's Ruling. The alleged violation of the Sher man law was set forth. In the indict ment in eight different ways In as many counts, the defendants being liable to trial on any one. Before the defendants could be placed on trial, the United States Circuit court i for southern New York held Insufficient four counts, as not stating an offense.' i The government appealed from that decision to the Supreme court because of similarity in the four counts held Insufficient, the controversy in the Supreme- court narrowed down to the validity of the third and soventh COUntS. . 'v t I The third count had been attacked successfully as Insufficient beet, use It merely stated an alleged conspiracy to buy cotton, and omitted to charge . agreements to withhold cotton or to sell In any particular manner. The lower court said the defendants were not charged "with power to con- , trol the market" The seventh count ' was the one specifically charging the ' defendants with "running a corner" on cotton futures. The lower court held that such a corner did not produce effects direct enough on interstate commerce to bring It within the Sherman anti-trust law. Justice Vandevanter, In ennouncing the opinion, said the Supreme court at this time under the law, was not authorized to review the lower court's construction or Interpretation of the statutes. Therefore, he added, the court passed by those points raised by the government. . The Justice said that the govern ment had conceded In arguing the case that In order to effect a corner tnere must be a "wtthholdlns" from sale of the cotton bought Therefore, ne said, the controversy turned upon ' wnetner tne Indictment charred a withholding." "Corner" May Be Trade Restraint : At present the decision of the lower court on this point must be accepted correct, ne said. He then nuul to the holding of ths lower court that running a "corner" was not a viola' V tlon of law, because the restraint was ' too Indirect and not voluntary. we noid that ths restraint ned not be voluntary, but in the light of me oianaaro oil case may be Invoi- . untary.." Justice Vandevanter' aaM ihat th. Injury to the public was the same whether the effect was voluntary nr Involuntary. Justice Lurton announced a 4i.nt. Ing opinion In -which Chief Justice White and Justice Holmes concurred. ine case win now go back to the federal court of Southern New York for trial or other proceedings. Ths decision of the supreme court settles me important aueatlon that a corner of any commodity la a restrain of In terstate commerce, and. may be a vio- lauon oi tne Sherman anti-trust law. Today's decision does not i)ttmin the question of guilt of Patten m other nienoants, but sends ths case back to the lower court for trial on the facts with the important principle of law established that if a -"wirner" In cot ton is proved the Sherman statute la violated. Mr. Tar ilaRtlog Ti p TaC Vy Associated Presa Washington, Jim. ft President Taft plun R thri-o-dm ' trip eust, IwKlnninK .) ii n 1 1 1 r v 17, which will end with III... I.im; i.f Hi" cm 1 1 T ill inn mi NORTH CAROLINA MICA MFV GET HEAIUNU JANUARY ailKTTM KFW BT'RIltn. WYATT hlllLDISa, Washington, Jan. . January I was set aalds today by ChaVman Underwood for hearlmis by tne mica peopis of Nortb CarulliM. The date wTV set at the request of Representative Webb. -V, i i Her Descendants NiiiiiIht I"iO, sy A as wt?4 Pru New York, t .a. a cull fur unliin of the 1 rl' dnian family In !' Wmight an unU(iiiil v ,i la.t nlKlit, whin Mrs. M r m Frlt'dmim, lm f mm M'Mnuiw i,v hi nd nr Hi., f , In i- I I i 1 It,