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FAIR TOMORROW.
BY LHACZD YTLZZi
VOL. XVIII., NO. 16.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 1, 1913.
PRICE TERES CENT3
mi
I PRODUCTS
HLKDT ID
Dissolution Asked of Starch,
Glucose . and Syrup
"Trust," Capitalized
v, at 80 Million.
GOVERNMENT ALSO
SEEKS INJUNCTION
Its Output Sold at Unreasona
bly Low Prices to Harass
Independents, Com-
plaint Charges.
By Associated Press.
New York, March t Dissolution of
the Corn Products Refining company
an alleged starch, glucose and syrup
"trust" la sought by the federal gov
ernment in a civil anti-trust suit filed
bore today charging the 180,000,000
combination with entering conspir
acies and contracts to destroy compe
tition In violation of the : Sherman
It is alleged .to have kept the prices
of corn products at an unreasonably
low figure to- harass and discourage
Independent manufacturers.
Controlling 66 per cent of the entire
American production of starch i and
glucose and 80 per cent of the Inter
state trade In mixed syrups, the al
leged trust is charged with fixing re
sale prices; with manufacturing cheap
Blade candy at unreasonably low
prices in retaliation against' confec
. tloners who buy starch and glucose
lrom independents; with practically
suppressing the , private brands of
.mixed syrups to grocers by ; quoting
low prices on its own syrupa; and with
unlawful threats and. contracts to de
stroy competition. , . , ..' i
Injunction Is Asked. '-.'.(
Aside from dissolution the govern
ment asks for an Injunction prohibit
ing the alleged restraint of trade. The
suit recalls the..long drawn put tight
between the department of agriculture
.and the Corn Product Refining com
pany; over the branding of Jts corn
syrup. . , . '. v, if
Following corporation, 'Officers and
directors are named as defendants:
Corn Products Refining company.
New Jersey; National Starch company,
New Jersey; St, Louis Syrup and Pre
serving company, Missouri; Novelty
tandy company,, New Jersey; Penlck
& Ford, Ltd., Louisiana; Edward
T. Bedford, William J. Mathe
son, Frederick T-. Bedford, A. B.
!oardman, Frederick T. Fisher, C. H.
lCelsey, George.', S, Mahana. George
Mlssett, William H. Nichols, A. A.
Smith, James Speyer, E. Beverly Wal
den, C. M. Warner, R. S. Burns and
A. M. Watklns all of New York city:
Thomas P. Kingsford, Oswego, N. Y.;
C. H. Lorenz and Louis Suss, St Louis;
A. Lohmeyer, C. W. Lohmeyer and
Kdward T. Bed ford, 'second, of Jersey
City, N. J.; Benjamin Schneewlnd,
Chicago, and William S. Penick, Jr.,
and James P. Ford, New Orleans.
It Is alleged that the defendant
combination dismantled many of the
starch and glucose factories it absorb
ed, selling the properties in most in
stances under covenants that the land
conveyed Bhould never, or not for a
long term of years, be used in connec
tlon with the manufacture of similar
products. The alleged trust and Its
predecessors are charged with having
taken contracts from . members and
directors of certain absorbed com
panies not to engage in the business
for a period of years.
'When the Royal Baking Powder
company, acquired ' control of the
American Maize Products company,
the defendant combination. It Is al
leged, threatened to engage In the
making of baking powder, resulting
1n an agreement whereby the maize
company sold to the defendant - the
surplus product not consumed by the
baking powder company. .! To suppress
competition the combination is alleged
to, btwe employed the firm of Stein,
llirsh & ftmpany In 1908 and 1909 to
sell glucose at low prices as independ
ent manufacturers.
When the National Candy company
orrnnlzed in 1906, the Clinton Sugar
Refining company, whose output would
come in competition with that of the
Corn Products Refining company, the
latter, the bill suys, informed candy
makers throughout the country that
r.nlesa they bought a sufficient per
centage of tha glucose they needed
from the defendant combination, it
Vould go Into the candy business It
self In competition with them. In
consequence, It Is alleged, the Corn
Products Refining company acquired
control of'the Novelty Candy company
to retaliate against the National Candy
company and manufacturing confec
tloners purchasing plucose from Inde
pendents.
Until prohibited by the Interstate
commerce commission the company in
sHeued to have scenred from railroads
(in excessive share of the through
rtloq on nccoiint of Its own switching
linen which was alleged to amount to
rebates.
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WEBB BILL A LAW;
VETO OVER-RIDDEN
House Again Puts' Measure Through, 244 to 95, and VDrys"
Win Out Notwithstanding the Disapproval of Presi
. dent Taft Senate Acted Friday Night.
QAZETTE-VEWS BUREAU,
WYATT BUILDINd,
i Washington, March !.
The house by a vote of 244 to 9.',
passed the Webb liquor bill over Pres
ident Taft's veto. The senate last
night took similar action and the bill
Is now law. .
Representative Webb of North Car
olina made a five-minute speech in
behalf of the measure, attacking the
president's views that the. bill was un
constitutional. He contended that the
suggestion that to prohibit the ship
ment of liquor into a "dry state" to be
used In violation of the law was un
constitutional was too ridiculous to
argue.
By Associated Press. .
' Washington, March 1. By' a vote
of 244 to 95 the house todav repassed
over President Taft's veto the Webb
bill prohibiting shipments of intoxi
cating liquors into "dry states" under
certain conditions. ' The senate passed
it over the veto last night and the bill
now becomes law. Only one .other
time in the last 15 years has congress
overridden a president's veto. That
was when the Rainey river dam bill
Crowds Entering Capital
For Inaugural Ceremony
, By Associated Press,
Washington, March 1. Ready to
welcome a new .president next Monday
and to inaugurate him the following
day, Washington was draped today in
al its patriotic finery. Every Incoming
train poured in crowds of the visiting
advance guard. ' :
Final preparations were made for
the welcome of. President-elect Wilson
Monday afternoon. After a brief re
American Physicians Invited
to Assist in Diagnosing
and Observe Method.
By Associated Press.
New York, March 1. The wide
spread attention which has been
drawn to the tuberculosis serum vn'
Dr. Frledmann, the young German
bacteriologist, will be brought to a
climax next week. Announcement
was made today that on Monday Dr.
Friedman!) would open offices near his
hotel on fifth avenue, and for two
weeks conduct a public clinic, where
the poor as' well a the rich would be
treated, the serum to be administered
flee to those who cannot afford to pay
for it.
It is declared that a number of
American physicians will be Invited to
attend the clinic to assist in diagnos
Ing the cases and to watch them after
ward and learn Dr. Frtendmann's
method. He has claimed that within
a week the beneficial effects of the
serum will be, apparent The doctor
says that more than 500 applications
for treatment have been received.
TURKEY SEE1G PEACE:
D!l ILL'OST iWERL'S
By Associated Press.
London, March 1. Turkey unre
servedly has placed herself In the
hands of the European powers with a
request to conclude peace as advan
tageously as possible for her.
PARCEL POST STAMP
FRAUDS ARE REVEALED
By Associated Press.
New York", March 1. Frauds in
the use of parcel post stamps are be
ing revealed here. Although the de
nominations of the new stamps range
from one cent to one dollar, they are
all printed In the name color red
and are of similar design. This con
fuses the parcel post clerks and opens
the door to fraudulent practices.
No Kxtenslon of 3-Cint Ford
age.
;n Post
Tly Associated press.
Washington, March 1. The post
olliie department docs not deem It
i i ji ci li :il,' to conclude ncreeuient'
t'ur tvu cent letter pontlice lit tin'
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FRIEOLlli OPENS;
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Was passed over President Roosevelt's
disapproval.
President Taft based his veto al
most entirely upon the ground that
the bill was unconstitutional, in that
it virtually delegated to the states
control of interstate traffic in liquor,
when he held that control was vested
solely in congress. Attorney-General
Wickersham had given an opinion al
so holding the bill unconstitutional,
and that the president forwarded to
the senate yesterday with his veto
message. . ,
The senate .j re-passed . the bill
promptly last night and early today,
house leaders favoring the measure
led by Representative Clayton, chair
man of the Judiciary committee, and
Representative Webb, one of its fra
mers, began working for an immed
iate repassage. ": r 1
Debate was limited and the house
re-passed the bill with a wide margin
over tne necessary two-tniras vote,
as the senate had done.
' Supporters of the bill say it will
make effective the prohibition laws
of "dry states" which they say now
are violated because Intoxicants are
shipped in to private Individuals and
have the effect of mulifying the local
laws.
ception in the presidential room at the
station, the president-elect and his
family . will be driven to their hotel in
carriages, escorted by the Essex troop
of Newt Jersey and the. Princeton stu
dents who, accompany him in a spe
cial, train. In the early evening the
Wilson family will have a Btrictly pri
vate dinner at their hotel.' . Monday
night President-elect Wilson will be
the guest of the Princeton alumni at
a smoker. 1
BLEASE VETO OVERRIDDEN
IT
Expected Defection of Sup
porters of Governor Comes
in Legislature.
By Associated Press. , ;
Columbia, S. C, March 1. The long
expected defection of supporters of the
governor came lost night In the house,
when several bills were passed over
hts veto. The one-mill tax bill for
schools, which the governor vetoed
was passed over the veto by1 a vote of
78 to 20. One of, the leading sup
porters df the executive took the floor
and urged the overriding of the veto.
The bill to allow the sale of the state
Insane asylum for $1,000,000 failed of
passage over the veto by one vote, the
vote being 88 to 88. Th senate has a
clear two-thirds majority against the
executive. ' ' 1
DEL10CRATIC SENATORS
I'JILL CAUCUS F.',U
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 1. The first
democratic caucus of the senate of the
nlxty-thlrd congress was called today
for Wednesday March 8. The prlncl
pal business will be the election of
successor to Senator Martin, as demo
cratlc leader. Senator Kern of In
diana is expected to be chosen by ac
clamatlon. Candidates for preslden
pro tempore, for secretary, for ser
geant-at-arms of the senate mny be
placed in nomination and a committee
will be appointed to arrange details of
the proposed re-organlzatlon of senate
committees. ;
THE REVENUE BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Special to The Gazette-News.
Kalelgh, March 1. The house
passed and sent to the senate the rev
enue bill after the tax on real estat
men had been cut to 126 Instead
50 and on sewing machine com pan If
1200 Instead of $500. The franchise
tax on corporations was reduced from
one-tenth to one-tlfteenth of one pe
cent on the puld-ln capital, the mln
mum tax to be $7.60.
I'lre In Tcxhs !Viillentlnry.
T!y Associated Tress.
Rush, Texas, March 1. Diirlnsr
lire In the mnchlne shops of the Tevn
IM-nilctitlarv here early liniay
jiripr.inr (lied of heart failure flnn
liie exi ilt'inctit. The lire prm tiiuli
1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 y ci I the tiimi hum s!hm-m. cur
,, ii l cr - Hhis .m, l.i i 1 1 (i I TV l.iiiiiiitu:. ilin
Mi Vomit anil till' (Ii:im1 of thi !(,
...Illt..ll. The 1! 'II" 'il l not 1' ...
v.ilp'j;: quits
us governor
Sis Program of Reform Prac
tically . Complete Except
for the Jury Commis
sion Bill.
TO CONTINUE FIGHT
FOR THAT MEASURE
Legislature .Has Agreed to
Pass Other Pending Bills
. Carrying Out His
Ideas.
i By Associated Press.
Trenton, N. J., March 1. Woodrow
Wilson ceased to be governor of New
Jersey tuday. Until next Tuesday,
when he beoomes president of the
nited States, he will be a private
citizen. v ,i ..
Mr. Wilson filed his resignation to
take effect at noon today. He was on
hand to witness ceremonies at which
Senator James Fielder, president of
the state senate, would become act-
ng governor. '- '.' v"
Mr. Wilson leaves the governorship
of New Jersey, a,(ter an activity ot two
years, devoted chiefly: to the accom
plishment of a farrreaching program
of reform set forth in his inaugural
address when-he took office in Jan
uary, 1911. ; ,
Most of the reforms which Mr. WU-.
son has advocated he has accom
plished, notably the revision of the
state laws governing corporations and
monopolies, working men's compensa
tion acts, a radical extension ot the
powers of the public utilities commis
sion, statewide primary laws extend
ing the system to all elective officers,
including congressmen, United States
senators and; the governor; and a
stringent corrupt practices ' act, gov
erning primaries and elections. '
The chief feforni1 which Mr. WI1
oo proposed butidlil not. obtain at
the present session iof the legislature
Include a bill providing for jury com
missions, an amendment to the -trl
inary laws known as the Wisconsin
system iof second choice voting and
the indorsement of the amendment for
direct election .of United States sena
tors, Mr. Wilson hopes that this pro
gram will be completed before the
legislature adjourns. . .
He has announced. that as president
of the United States he would con
tinue the fight if necessary for the
enactment of the Jury commission bill,
around which considerable Interest
has centered. The other measures, it
is believed, will become law without
much difficulty, as the democratic ma
jority of the legislature in a recent
conference with the governor agreed
to pass them. v
Speech of Farewell.
" "The people of this country are go
ing to be served by conscience and not
ry expediency," was the assurance
which Mr. Wilson gave. In an Im
promptu speech of farewell.
The president-elect was cheered by
a big crowd as he came into the as
sembly chamber followed closely by
Mr. Fielder. After the latter took the
oath of office the president-elect was
invited to address the joint session of
the legislature and deliver the seal of
the state to his successor. Hts speech
was brief, but Impressive. It was his
farewell to the state. ,
I cannot pretend that I am not
moved by very deep emotion," he ba
gan.i "I had not expected to say any
thing. I would, indeed, have been my
preference not to say anything be
cause there are some feelings that are
too deep for words and that seem' to
be rheanened by being Dut into words.
"I already loved the state of New
Jersey when I became Its governor.
but that love has beeii deepened and
Intensified during the last two and a
half years. I now feel a sense of
Identification with the people and the
Interests of this state which have
seemed to enlarge my own personality
and which has been the greatest priv
lleKe of my life.
"Therefore, In handing the seal of
the state to the new governor, I want
to utter these words of poignant re
gret: That I cannot serve this grjat
state directly any longer. I wish for
the moment that the traveling from
New Jersey were less facile than It is
and yet, I have the greatest feeling
of confidence In the man to whom I
am ahnut to hand this seal. I hsve
been associated with him with itnu
sual intimacy of counsel. I have found
In him qualities of honesty and cour
hkc which commend men more than
any other qualities do In public life.
"The rarest thing In public life Is
con rait? and the man who has courage
Is marked for ' distinction; the man
who has not, Is marked for extinction
uiiil deseryes submersion.
"The people of this country are go
liiK to be served by conscience and mt
Ii V expediency. When you strike
man of courage you fc. l you have
struck the bedrock of our Institutions.
It Is, therefore, with a f.-ellng of con
(i'h nie and affection fur him person
alii- that I hand hlin the seal of oltlce.'
Governor Fielder ma le a brief In-
I" iinl fl'l.ireas, extiilui.i,' the hi tiicve.
'Minis anil chRrsclir of Win retiring
.' eltlOf 3MU CHea I- insr MV Jets, v R
. to him for a mn .... i nntlim-
. i nini'il I a tlon,
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Arson Gang Leader
John Dailies of Chicago, Arrested After Confession of Part
ners, Said to BeBrainsof "Firebug Trust"
Throughout the Country.
By Associated Press.
New York, March 1. When the po
lice closed In the road house of John
Danies, In the Bronx last night, to
arrest the proprietor on a charge cf
implication in Chicago arson cases,
Danies broke from the scene of mid
night revel in the house and attempt
ed flight through the woods and was
halted at the point of a policema i's
revolver.
He had nothing to say to ihe seal
ing of the warrant He Is 53 years
old and of good address. 13 whs
locked up as a fugitive front Justice.
He will be held pending the granting
of extradition papers. ,
The Indictment of Danies, said De
tective Ryrthman of Chicago, who led
the arrest, was, found following Vie
confessions of Samuel Rothemberg
and Joseph Udolph, two of his part-
'ners In the arson business.
To Dev elope
As Deepwater Terminal
Special to The Gazctto-Ncws.
Raleigh, March '1. In the house
Porter proposed amendments to the
constitution to fix the pay of legisla
tors at $800 a year; with $1000 for
officers and with the ten cent mileage
allowance retained; also to require a
vote of the people to call constitu
tional conventions. Bellamy proposed
a bill to establish the Cape Fear Nor
mal for teacher training and to appro
priate $25,000, providing that the
place offering the best Inducements
shall get the school, ;
Areav of 19",490,: Sq.uarft. Hiles
- ,-i - . .-:-. ; ;."
Released from Quarantine
in Order Today.
Bv Associated Press.
Washington, March 1. -Progress
was made during the past year in the
Southern states in the eradication ot
the ticks which spread the disease
among cattle known as Texas fever or
tick fever and has resulted in an oraer
from Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
effective today by which 19,490 square
miles In the south Is released lrom
nuftrantine.
A total of -04,803 square mnes oi
Infected territory was released from
Quarantine during the past year and
since the work of tick eradication was
begun in 1906, more than 187,000
square miles, an area greater than
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Mlaslssinni combined, has been re
leased.
The Quarantine is to be continue..
against the removal of cattle, except
under certain conditions, from the fol
lowing territory which has not yei
heen freed of ticks:
All of Florida and Louisiana, the
greater portion of Alabama, Arkansas,
r.eorvla. Mississippi, Oklahoma, South
Carolina and Texas, less than half of
North Carolina, a few counties in Vir
ginia. San Diego county, Cal.,' and a
small area in Ripley county, Mo. ,
REDFIELD THE NEXT
' By Associated Press,
New York, March 1. The Brooklyn
Eagle makes the unqualified an
nouncement this afternoon In a spe
cial dispatch from Washington that
Representative William C. Redtleld of
Brooklyn, has been offered and has
accepted the position of secretary of
commerce in Woodrow. Wilson's cabi
net. Several democratic leaders In con-
rrn known to enjoy the confidence
of President-elect Wilson declsd to
dav they were confident tnat nenry
Jackson Waters, president Of the Kan-
uu Agricultural college at Mannatton,
Kan., was foremost In the president
elect's consideration for the post of
lecretary of agriculture.
It was said today that while the sec
retary of the interior would be a man
from the far west, It would not be
Governor Norris of Montana. The
tame leaders declared that considera
tion of Col. George Goethals, builder
of the Tanama canal, for the port of
wretary of war has not reached a
point where it could be said Colonel
Goethals was being considered to the
exclusion of other candidates.
Castro to Ke- West.
By Associated PtefS.
Havana, Msroh 1. -fTpt imiio "n
ailed for Key Wot toilny on
xtesmer Governor t'ohb, en rouii
V iisliiiiKton.
TuMIc interest In the r. i.-r I '
, j. I ef WlielH-l!! H'.'i! I. !
IM- -I.
Taken In Gotham
"In Chicago," said Furthinan,
"Danies was known as the 'captain
because he was supposed to be the
brains of the Chicago gang. Until
four years ago he had a place if
hualnaiia I XT, Q9K t.h.l.nJ a.,..,, a
Chicago. At the same time he was
running this road house, . He often
got to Chicago as a traveling man.
. "If the confessions of Rosenbjrg
and Udolph can be believed," the de
tective declared, "the arson gang
which has operated in every part of
the country is run to earth. We have
evidence to Show that .these firebugs
onersted . from C?hlonErn onminGr to
New York and all the other big -jities
in the east and west. They woull
rather establish small store them
selves or form a conspiracy with some
other storekeeper, who had little
stock and much insurance. In Chi
cago Danies was looked upon as :
respectable business man."
Cape Lookout
A hill to charter the Beaufort Ter
minal Railroad company, with five I
million capital authorized was intro
duced by Ward in the Benate, with E. I
U. Duncan, w . a. Hodman ana Mor
ris S. Hawkins as Incorporators. The
purpose is the development of Cape
LttOKOui as a aeep water terminal anu
the company will build a railroad,
from Beaufort to Cape lookout
out and I
provide wharves, piers and complete
deep seaport facilities.
' The Roberts bill to make West
Asheville a sanitary district passed
the house and was sent to the senate.
I, AT
TO BE GREIITLY ENLRRGED
Lease vT-vken fori 69 . years
v
Nearoes Arrested for Cruel
Handling of Chickens. .
QAZETTB-VEwn BUREAU.
DAILY NEWS BUILDING.
Greensboro, March 1.
An interesting deal was consum
mated here yesterday when B. H.
Merrimon, owner of the Hotel Guil
ford, signed a lease transferring his
property to the Travelers' Hotel com
pany, the present lessee, , for a term
oi nmeiy-nine years, wnue tne terms
of the lease were not recorded it is
unucmutfu urn. inn annual renuti ibi
iv,vuv. witn ue announcement oi
ninety-nine years lease on the hotel
property comes the statement that the
Travelers' Hotel company will com.
pletely remodel the structure, tearing
away the entire front part of ' the j
building and putting In hand-pressed
brick walls of sufficient strength to
support three if not four additional
stories which will be added, making
the building at least a seven-story
istructure. It Is understood that plans
Kflll V. -. r.4 th-t o- u.,1..
as these plans are perfect and accept
ed the work of remodeling will begin.
As a result of the alleged rough and
cruel handling of chickens in cocp3
at the railway station yesterday when
many coops of fowls were placed on
trains, negroes employes oi the Sou
ern Express company here, will be
served with warrants charging "cru
elty to animals." It Is said that in
loading the chickens many were
bruised and maimed and others killed.
At the time an officer was standing by
but not fully realizing his duties as
an officer In the premises simply re
monstrated with the employes as did'
also a man standing by and who crcu
Indignant It Is alleged that tho ne
groes declared that the express com
pany was paying them to get the
chickens on the train and that they
were doing it.
MRS. BOURNE MAY SUE
SENATOR FOR DIVORCE
By Associated Press.
Portland Ore., March 1. Without
denlte Intention of beginning divorce
proceedings against her husband,
United States Senator Jonathan
Bourne Jr but admitting that the
possibility of such action was under
consideration, Mrs. Bourne arrived in
Portland today from Washington.
National Bank Itcwerves Larger.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 1. Reserves of
the 7425 national banks showed
material Improvement on February 4
as compared with the stringent perloi
of November, but were not as greiu,
however, as in February of last year,
according to returns to the comp
troller of the currency.
I)e Moines Kiihitle Insane)
By Associated Press.
Tics Moln.s. La.. Mur. h 1 T
bat
Thomas A. Flvnn. rn nits I it. hn
round dead
i pa rt meet
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The Federal Army Operating
Against Corranza in Coa
huila Reinforced by ,
Former Rebels.
RAILWAY TO STATES
WILL SOON BE OPENED
National Lines Are Being
Cleared of Rebels Villa
Joins North Mexico
Insurrectos.
i By Associated Press.
Mexico City, March ' 1.- General
Cheche Campos and his force of 1200
men, thoroughly seasoned by a year's
service In Orozco's army, will join the
government " troops under General
Aubert, In an action against the rebel
leader Carranza, in the state of Coa
hutla, according to war department
adv-ices today from Torreon.
With this additional force, General
Aubert will have approximately 6000
men in his column and should have
little difficulty in suppressing the re-
vop
Carranza is supposed t com
mand only 2000 men. . . '
Alberto Guajuardo, a commander of
lrregular8 and a close frlend gt Car.
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.H,isfv , M-m, uoyoi oiuiaa, iuu-i-'
quiz and Ahuita.
Francesca Villa, who has re-entered
Mexico, is thought to have joined for
mer Governor Maytorena of the state
of Sonora, who is In possession of
Agua Prieta, Nacozari and Fronteras,
on the international border.
Official reports state that 3500 rebels
have surrendered in the states of
Puebla and Vera Cruz, 1900 In the
state of Mexico and a number of small
detachments iri many of the other
states." ;': " .''. -
With the surrender of Alberto Fuen-
tas D, at Aguas Calentles, the man
fteement of tho National a Ik..,., o,. '
pect soon to open the central line to '
i j uares. Repairs will be necessary at
Escion and Rodriguez. -
BunT waT ry
charged with the "unwarranted exe
cution of Miguel Garduana, during the
ngnung in the capital."
Garduana's uncle is governor of the
state of Mexico. , , .
American Colony Adopts Resolution.
Mexico city, March l.A request
to the people of the United States" to
extend all possible aid and encourage
ment to the Mexican people In their
efforts to establish good government
lg contained in resolutions published
by the American colony In Mexico
Qity today
W.R. WHITSON THINKS
HE HAS A SOLUTION
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of Webb
Whiskey Bill Suggests 1
Heavy Tax. ; . ;
W. R. Whitson believes that he has
the solution of the question of the en
forcement of the Webb liquor bill in
North Carolina and h wrote to Aera
tor Zeb Weaver of Buncombe last
night, laying the solution before him
with a request that he prepare a bill
embodying the suggestion and prassnt
It before the present session of the
general assembly.
Mr. Whitson's plan In brief Is that
the state levy a tax of 11 on each fal
lens of whiskey or other Intoxicating
spirits shipped into the state and that
the common carriers of the state be
held responsible for the payment of
this tax before the wet goods are de
livered to the consignees. No sugges
tion is made as to what department
of the state government this special
tax Is to be applied.
In a conversation this mornlnir Mr.
Whitson stated that his Idea of tho
Webb bill Is that It Is intended to pet.
the liquor traffic in dry states direct ly
under the .supervision of those state
and they are free to enact any laws
that may seem neces-ary in or.lcr to
enforce It. By levying this tux he be
lieves that there would lie no tr.-iil i '
about It being collected, since t
carriers are responsible, und In icl
tion to this a complete record won'-t
always be at hand showing where
every shipment went.
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Philadelphia,
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wreck today o!
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