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TVhh ASSnruTKD rBKBB. LBABKD WIRE. UA1NTAINB NEWS BVKEATTX IN WASHINGTON. RALEIGH AND GXEENH. BORO. '. BPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weather Forecast I 'A IK. VOL. XVIII, NO. 109. SUGARPRESSURE W CAMPAIGN Beet Interests Fui. -hed Tar iff Arguments for the 1912 Republican Yearbook, Letters Show. DR. WILEY RETAINED TO GIVE LECTURES Protests of Oxnard and Palmer Against Introducing Old Letters Overruled by Committee. By Associated pni. Wll.lllillfilCHl, JuilO IS. More letters nml telegrams from tiles of the anli trcc sugar "lobby" put jnlu ihi. record of (hi' senate Investigating committee today purported to show thiit the beet riigur men f urnishod the sugar tariff arguments oiiiitiiini'il in the republican n. Hi. mi, il campaign textbook of engaged Dr. Ilarviw V. Wiley, i'nrmci government pure fooil chief (,, tl-ltv r li r; ii its: expressed "great doubt" of loniier President 'faffs ability to miry such slates as ( 'alil'oniia. Idaho, I 'tali .'inil Colorado and added "If wo don't head him off wo might he alilo lo gel a promise relative to tin- .sugar and tobacco industries." Homy T. (ixnard and Truinaii (i. rainier, through their attorney pro. I, sled that the coinniitlee had no au thority io bring in eorresiondenee il.iod prior to the present .session of congress on the around that it was authorized only to investigate if u lob by i hreati noil pending legislation. Many of the leticrs referred to ac liv ities years ago. Allel' the committee considered their olijeetioiis in executive s-ssioii. Chairman Overman announced thai all tixhard and Calmer letters would he ailmlf.ed on the ground that they were oorrohorath e evidence to oral I' M imonv alreaily heard. 'I'lle committee believes these lotto- are corroliorative of testimony that has been given hero that there is a lobby in this country organized to doi.-ai any legislation for the reduc tion i.f the .suyar tariff," said the chairman. "Thcso letters are admis sible ;is evidence, we believe, as shnw iic; :i 'ooimon design and plan bearing o:i what has been done in the past ami what is being done here now lo oppose lie- sugar tariff reduction." i re nds of oxiiurd and Calmer (Ic eland an effort would be made to have the senate limit the scope of the i.-'Mimil tic's investigation. 'I'lie character of the puhlic "V "I l'ft sugar men was iiiitliued in one of the unsigned biters In the Hamlin correspouileni .idilrenl to Sidney Dalliiu, an active Injure in the Hawaiian sugar organi zation. It Htilil the beet sugar men had made u contract with the Cress .' rvice comimuy at jiLTiOO a month lor publicity. "'I hey guaranteed too publication of .".11,111111 lines a month of matter pcr-i-iining to the sui:ar indu.str,," tin letter added. Miolher unsigned letter dated HbiL', addressed to Sidney I May ,i II, hi fa id: "I believe that our greatest oppor tunity lor publicity will arise in eon-"--tion with the national campaign. 'I he republlciin party w ill ol necessity ! compelled to make the tariff ai. i sin and the fight will probably ( cn ler around sugar. "We are in touch with Ihosc who ;,!'" preparing the rcpubllcaii cam- I gn book and the sugar iiu.-stior v. ill be handled mibject to our !''oval. In fact, the matter is being furnished by us. As soon as Ihe con uiioiis are over It I our purpns to gel in touch with the campaign niana vers with a Uk to having tlnir C'cnkerii fully posted upon Ihe sugar 'I'tesllnll, "111 l'a(;t, I nm liet'sonally of tin 'Million that It would he well for ee i" nut a few' good men on the cam beigti commlltee who will give panic "lar attention to cugar. I believe thai nmre people (ire to he rem hod In thh' wy limn In tiny other. "Vou nuked me particularly with I' ri'iencc to Ir. Wiley. An you were advised, the doctor made up a propo 'II ion for lectures which was nceept r'l. When ho Rot Into harncHs, how ,,V'T. ho found that he hail under l:iken more than he could perform and nuked to he relnim-d. We did not It wine to limlt, hm we felt il liltTlily (leBlrahln to havo Dr. Wiley's friendship nnd eo-operutlon. lip had agreed, however, to deliver a few lec C'rcH. Ily looking carefully rter the I'lihllcliy end of those lectures we be lieve we can necure mime cooil re- RIlllN. "i leiiernlly KpeakinK, we expect to "Mill rmrHolveH of any avenue of pub Helty where the reaultn promlBod eeni t' Justify the expenditure." Another letter nbjertrd to by Yerkee vn unsigned, add reused to Henry T. Miard and dated at ChleiiKo In April. It Mid In part: "Major drove in showing anxiety iil 'iut either huylntf or ntnrtliiff a b lr hn well hm Kertirlnir the columns J'l n InrluentlHl enntern dally and a i"Ke line of -patent Inside.' "Mr, Colllniie Ik very nnxlonn about 'h Tart altuatlon and hope thai there will he rome way to make It Mi'.wn that there will be (treat doubt " "'it hi ability to carry pitch utafe ' CiillfornlH. Idaho, Utah, Colorado fed thut !f we ran t head hlfn off we Ji'liiht be able to (tet a iiromlae rela- "" ,n IhiVaiiFvnr and tnliaren Inrtun tilee" Wanhlnton, June More letter and telegrams from private flics of the men at the head of the anti-free sugar light began Eniii- into the record of the senate lobby invosliga'ing com mittee when it resume,; work tmltn I' nun the lame numbers of letters -md telegrams which the committee had summarily subpoenaed from beet j. gar headipmrtcrs onlv a siimM por-boi had been r-iul into the record v Ihe coniniittee adjourned 1 ,st nb-ht. Seventy-odd copies ini rod need referr ed to a widespread campaign headed ' Clarence C. Hamlin of Colorado Springs to gain publicity for the beet sugar arguments through newspapers news agencies and witli the assistance of great railroads and agricultural col leges. Senators declared the newest liirn of the investigation was the in,, si sensational development yet. Many men of national prominence mentioned in t. correspondence, un doubtedly will i,c summoned to tcstil'v and from a plain investigati f (,',. interests of the semi torn n,..,T,u-..i....u i the tariff bill, the imiuiry now prom ises to broaden out into an imiuiry into' all the influences which arc alleged 1-. have been brought for and against legislation in recent years. The commitl' e was confronted with a lormal objection from lieoi-v 'r dv nard of the American licet Sugar company and Truman C. Calmer, head of lie W ashington olliee ,,f the sugar interests, auainsl reading any more correspondence addressed to or from liiem and dated prior lo the h i ginning of this session of congress. J"hn W. Vcrhes. an attorney who said he represented the two ' sugar men, broke into the proceedings when a letter from (ixnard to Calmer, da'.o.l in lliilti, vas read. Verkes contended Hi" committee was hmitd to invesii gating malters affecting legislation he fore the present congress. The coni niittee took Hie objection under con sideration and temporarily laid aside a number of loiters. The letier which lu-ouglit inlervn lion said in part: "I have a letter from M,-. .,,rey, in which he savs that Mr. Cove will g,. i round trying to educate congressmen. 'i!l you please give Mr. Cove an. statistics he may desire'.' Harry Austin, clerk in (ho otlices of Mr. Calmer, hlonliliod Ihe latter as being in uxnard's handwriting. Alorey was president of the Croat Western Sugar company. UKi!I3! BILL ABOUT Will Ee Ready by Thursday. I Chairman Simmonsi Tells Kern. lt" Associated Ci-ess. Washington, June IS. While a ma jority of the senate finance coniniittee Were preparing to take up the inco.ne lax and administrative sections of the tariff bill today. Chairman Simmons iiiloiined Majority Leader Kern thai all the tariff sections would be ready lor the caucus Thursday. Ihe income tax may In by altered bv the senate. I'osal of the siili-comniltler insider The pro c to add to additional in a fami'y 'lie .Mono exemption an f '.'Mi for , a,'h minor child Is being favorably cnlisidd ed by some members of the muioiily and ma' b. recommended to Mm caucus. The sob-conimiltec iniiv suggest for dis enssli.n another amendment reducing 'he geiicial exempliou from $4llii(i ,,, $:.iuui. A provision 111 be Incorpor ateil In the bill giving mutual life in surance companies, an opportunity to sialic the income tax. UNUSUAL WRECK TEST ('(indilions Whli h Caused . . It. H. KKitsler Are Itcprodm od. Cy Associated Crosn, New I la ven, Conn., June IX. The ii'iulry into at week s wreck on the New 1 1. ii cn lallroad disclosed a new lihice yesterday which was said by railroad men lo lie ipiile unusual. The second section of the express which ran Into the rear of the llrst section last Thursday was made up iiKaln with the same engine mid pill mi nt and sent from Now Haven to Htiimfoid to reproduce as nearly as possible the eonditioiiK which exit ed when the wreck occurred. Am on the day of Ihe wreck two service applications ()f the brakes were followed by an emergency appli cation. The plop was made in UK jeennds when the train was running 02 miles uu hour and made within 2100 feet. Air brake experts said the xtop was n very ro"(I one. Kcliiiiier Hold to X. Y. Nationals, Cy Associated Press. Kuiierlor. Wis.. June IS.--"rtuhe" Schauer, the sensational pitcher of 'he Superior club of the Northern league, today was sold lo the New Vork Nationals fur $IO,Onii. delivery to he made August 15. Hctiuuer has pitched three one-hit Karnes this year and was robbed of a no hit perform ance by a scratch with two out In the ninth Inning. Main by Son-ln-ljw. Hv Associated Press. Knoxvlllc, Tenn., June IK. James Williams was shot and Instantly killed this morning, by his son-ln-liiw, Hub ert Martin, a barber. The tragedy oc curred at Martin's home and la reput ed to have resulted from dnmcslle troubles. Martin was arrested ami Jailed, ASHEVILLE, N. C, THflSH RDBBEHS SEI Two Bandits Who Hold up i Illinois Central Flier Worst Officers, Capturing Two. SAFE WITHSTANDS DYNAMITE ELASTS Yeggmen Get $500, but Fail to Reach $25,000 Flee on Engine and Make Escape. Cy Associated Cress. Springlichl, - 111., June l s - -Tw masked men who curly today robbed the express car tin the "Diamond special," the Illinois Central's fast train between St. Louis and Chicago, were Miught in this ciiv today. Alter being interrupted in their work by me ponce, inc nations lorced the en gineer to run -past the bliiecoats and when they dually forced open the safe with dynamite, they ran the engine into Springlieh! and escaped. The safe, according to the local ex press agent, contained not more than ?riHU. In their attempts to gel this film the robbers threatened the en gine crew with death, overpowered the express messenger,- lired promiscuous ly at passengers, disarmed one detoc live and exchanged shots with an other. Xo one '.'.as iiurt. The "hobl-up" loo:: place In miles south of Springie Id. A danger signal brought the train io a slop cngincmen were "covered"' volvors. After firing a fiisilade of shots along the sides of tile I, intimidate the passenger: and I'.v Volvel oacbes they coinpelii the expr d the ess ear enmueer from the to uncouple train and lo proceed two miles l-'ive charges o-' in an ineffectual : safe. .-Mien after tin , own the track. ' ' He mite were lire, I iti mid to open tic train was ia ms ra n to y where he stopped a farm Untitle, I Conductor McWi house a mile aw Ihe dispatcher in ii this city. A switch police officers to the re mure hurried there engine carried sec'-n and a sei in automobiles. The first detachment rived while the bandits of police ar were attempt- nig to blow the sale. liftective o'Leary was sonic dis tance abend walking along the truck "hen two men sprang up from the weeds and covered him. They took hi--' gun and watch and engaged in an i.xehaiige of shots with Detective Adams. Album, thinks he wounded one of the bandits. The two men then boarded the en gine and ordered the enginei r to run further down tin- track. They stopped three miles away and another attempt was made to force the safe. after which the bandits boardc'il the engine and ran it into this ity. Springlield, ills., June x. Tw, bandits who held up t f . - Diamond special of the Illinois Central in a spectacular manlier, cowed the pas sengers, fought off a hastily organized posse ami applied at least six charges of dynamite to the "through" safe, were ill-paid for their daring alteinpl. The explosive failed to break tin heavy safe oniainiiu" $:'.(.. Soon aficr last midnight, as lie train, bound from Chicago I,, (it. Louis ncare-l (II -n Arm, ten miles south ol here, a masked man climbed ,e cr tie tender and ordered the c'lL'inci r to "slop h,-r." il,. ,i,. ..s curlotis i ra in men and passengers peered out ,,; ihe ens lo sec what was tin- Iroebb I hey heard bullets wh Inning past their heads and were ordered by one of the bandits to stay in the cars. The oilier meanwhile was culling off the exprcs.. car. After taking his partner aboap1, lo- ordered the engineer lo 1 the cxpic-s car down the track. They I'l'oi ceded some distance toward llu: clty. The first charge of dynamite arous ed some farmers and nflcr the second charge lied been lired they telephoned to the city. Several olllcers jumped Into automobiles and hurried In 111, scene. The robbers Ml ill were al work when the posse arrived. The daring robbers not only started lo light Ihe posse, hut captured and disarmed two mi-uibi is of il, one a policeman and the otner a newspaper reporter. When the battle became too hot they boarded the engine, which had been cut off from the express car and ran It rapidly toward this city. When near the city limits they Jumped from the engine and lied. The aKent of Wells-I'argo Ai. Co. here said the local sale which was blown open contained about J ."'Oil and that this amount would cover the loss. The hold-up In many ways wus sim ilar to Ihe attempted robbery of the "Alton hummer" on Ihe Chicago & Allon three miles ninth of Springlield last December. Two men held up the "hummer" after ellmhlnK over the tender, coverliiK the engineer and lire man with their revolvers and forclnR the engineer to uncouple the express car and run It a few miles down the track. As In this morning's hold-up dynamite was used In the attempt to blow the safe. Itcuard or KIIHMl Otlorod. Chicago, June IN. The robhers who held up the Illinois Central train at (lien Anna obtained 1500 from a small safe In the express car. Th'-y failed lo K"t several thousand In t second (Continued on pate ) TAKE POS In WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, POiaTS TD DEFECT Says Guarantee on Label Is No Assurance to the Con sumer. lly - Associated Cress. Mobile, Ala.. Jum- is. The words "guaranteed under the food and drugs .o t" on a label an assurance that contents of n package are pure, ae cording to 1 'r, Carl I.. Alsbcrg, chief cl the bureau of chemistry, who fpoke here today l.ct.ov the Associa tion of American !' I, Dairy and Drug ,,f:icialf. Dr. AM.erg was speak ing of the limitation ,,f the federal bureau under the federal pure food law, appealing; for closer c-operation between federal and state authorities and for uniformity of laws of states basid on Ihe national laws. The focd and drugs act. Dr. Alsheig asserted, "not only noes not give tile department of agriculture power to act in many vitally important malters, but actually prohibits iis iiitervenlain in many things that (ell aloud for immediate remedy. Tin- people at large do not undci sla i,,l the limita tion's under which w,- ad." Dr. Alsberg explained that the word "giuiranieed" on a cm ,,f ,nu, or a bottle of nerve loci,- did not mean that tin- bureau of chemistry hud seen and analyzed il, but that the manu facturers put -It ou simply with the idea of protecting the Jobber or re tailer. All that the g an ran tec legend does, he continued, is to make it pos sible to prosecute the iiiiracturer if the goods wire found in violation of the food and drugs act. "Constructive operati md praeti-' eal collaboration Willi all agencies in tercCcd in securing for the people a Iniger supply of l.eti.-r and pnrei roods and drugs." said Dr. Alsberg. "was Ihe policy of Hi.- department in nforcing the law. I nder this poli cy." lie declared, "we are pushing ninny important cases which will es tablish far-reaching precedents." Tlie discussion thai followed Dr. A'sberg's paper was led by J. s. Ab iaitf, pure f, id commissi,, ner of T, xas. Dr. II. I-'. Cotter, the runnecti. nl eoin-lui.-sioiiev, also taking part. other papers read were: "To What Kxlei.l Should ;he functions of the 1n'e le-iiartmeuC-t'Chaiged With the Enforcement of Dairy, food ,,n,l Dru--Law s be Regarded as Kdiicutiuna I . " "How May the Kdueation il function lie I lest Performed," l, Dr. I.noiu? Lrown of Nashville. Tenn.. the discus sion being participated in by Dr. 1;. I-:. Stalliucs of I'crgia, Ceorge Plumb rs of New Yoik, and Commissioner Ab oolt "Should the Drug St,,, ks of Dis pensing I beniists He Inspected 7 if so, What Ways and .Means .Might lie Legally Adopted lo Carry Cut Such Inspection'.'" by Dr. Charles Caspari. Jr., of .Maryland, with (lis, nssion h It. C. I'itzraiidolph of Now Jersey and Cuy I', l-'rarv of South Dakota; "Milk -tii'ip'y of Cities and Towns," l y I:. 1 1, li.'iwls, bureau of animal induslrv. Culled States department of agricul ture, wilh discussion by Dr. II. I-'. Col ter ol Connecticut and John 1 1 New- man of Illinois. The election of officers will In Thursday. held Late Millionaire's Family Told of Alleged Plot to Steed Body. Cy Associated Cress. Jacksom die, .-iIm June lx.---.c- rillllg to Inlet mallon obtain,-. I e r. today, the gran- of K, (1. Caint.-r. late fertilizer maiiiil-ii-turer, In K i m-eeu 1 emetei-v here. Is being gnardi d dm mil right by deputy sheriffs lo pre vent Ihe body being stolen bv L'tunds. This action Is declared to have fol lowed Informalion given the Painter family lo the effect that six men had ome to the city with the Intention of lunncliiig into the grave and carrying iway Ihe body. The reports of the analysis of tin- viscera of Mr. Painter by 4r. Chiirles K. (ilazcr und Klandish Me Carlcy statedthat no traces of poison were found. 11II11111I0I I'. T. ITncli Dead. I!y Associated Press, Itlrmlngham. Ala., June is. Na thaniel C. T. Cinch, editorial writer on Ihe Clrmlimhaiii Age-Herald sine XS, died here today of apoplexy al the age of 7". years. Mr. Klneh form erly owned a large Interest In the At lanta Constitution, but sold his hold ings In Dixit, lie was an Intimate friend of the lale Joel Chandler Har ris and enjoyed a wide ncipuitntancc amotia- men In public life. He served in the civil war in the lilith New York volunteer and did extensive work as n war correspondent. Two Militant Kontciuvil. Py Associated Press. London, June Dt. Two militant surTruaetti'S. Mrs. Marianne Clarendon Hyde and Miss Hunting, of the Wom an's Freedom league were today sen tenced lo fourteen daya Imprisonment for nbtruetlii(r the police at a lurfra Rette meeting yesterday near the resi dence of Vremler Asqulth. IN cWMU m PAINTER'S GRAVE CLOSELY GUARDED JUNE 18, 1913. MflYB TELLS OF Addresses American Medical Association on Methods of Dealing with Cancer of Stomach. WONDERS OF RADIUM, THERAPEUTIC AGENT Many Subjects Arc Discussed- in Second Day of the An nual Convention at Minneapolis. Cy Associated Cress. Minneapolis, .Minn.. June x lift' en sectional meet in.es. t lie s, -I11 "'1 ''".' ""' ''"It annual cnvcntion ,,l Ihe American Medical association ,,0- elled toil.-, discussed. Various subiects were That cancer of tin-- si aeii is a arable disease was tin- declaration ol Dr. William II. .May, Minn. id' It, , Chester. CANCER CURE A l!,v",';' d aeiaeis can be es- 1 in bis move to rid the state of nioon lablished by simple m, - bods." b, as- shiners. scried. "A history (lf gastric disturb-, "Colonel i isl.rii has the right j anoe precedes cancer in a large mini-' Idea." said .Mr. Cage. "If he can get nei. it not tin- majority of cases, i ip- ib,. sheriffs to help in this l:,,-,,! work, erations for cancer of the stomach and if public opinion is with the com-' should begin as an exploration. Mod-; missi, mors--end 1 I ei,-ve it is -the crate involvement of the pancreas does commissioners will do more t, ,1,-s-not necessarily preclude operation. , troy illicit whiskey making in North CnHiuiive operations have a liebl of . Carolina than any one has done before usel uiuess." j him. Dr. May, i gave a review of stal istics of signs and symptoms observed in. II. M Kciizic n tin- past In years has I iiiiii patients operated on lor cuii'-cr destroyed more illicit distilleries than of Hie stomach. : , ', I the revenue agents put together. The I'scs of Itadium. "What has be, u a. eomplished in I Csiil in in as a physical agency was .Montgomery can. I think, be done in discussed in a paper by Dr. Howard many other counties." A. Kelly of Haiti re. Its a'-l Ion., he "In his effort to drive the moon said, is local and it is destined to be ' hiie r from the slat,- Coloii.-l i is- i potent aid in the treatincn, of gyne cology, lb- asserted that radium will cure some cancers and will especial!,' eliminate many cases of lo, al recur rence which arc difficult to treat by many of the customary surgical met hods. Its importune. lil and iu sonic eases materially decreases Ihe size of the growth. In pelvic in Ibinimatorv diseases it.s use is very helpful, but this. In- said, is slill a new field. Lantern slides were used by Dr. ,1. A. St in k, -y of Lexington. Is'y.. lo illus trate a paper ou trachoma among the mountaineers of eastern Kentu, kv. The increase of this disease in ears among the Anglo-Saxons of these mountains I,, I Dr. Stu.kcy to "take a trip of observation till gh 'iVe counties on mule back. He de scribed unmislakeably evidence of the illfectioilSlles-s nild ! est T II C I i V, -l eS'S of the disease. lie gave the delegates what be considered a solution of the 'lobleiu ol eradicating the malady. Trachoma : the Indians was discussed iu a paper by Dr. .1. W. -Vliei-we.-'kv of Washington. l. C. lie isserled that of iiiiii Indians in lb,- I'lliled Slates IT per colli Were SUlTel- 'tig from trachoma. The prevalence -,f the disease varies from over 7n per cut of those examined in iiklalcuoa to . u' per ,-cnt in New York slat.-. The disease was most prevalent among In- iians. of the boarding schools and least among those ,,n reservations. While Dr. C. D. Camp of Ann Ar 'or, Mich., had noled no undue pr,, uorlioll of cases of epilepsy and par- isis among locomotive engineers and 'iremell, lie suggested that il would bo ill the interest of the 1 1'.- Vei i tl g public lo examine candidates for th -se posi 'toiis as to these afflictions. BIC FIRE AT DOTHAN Damage I'Mimalcd at Stm.nno Done by C.la.e in Alabama Town. Ity Associated Cross Dothan. Ala., .Inn,- iv-l-'ln, which i ht-cati-ticd the entire business district of Dothan loduy causejl damage es-ti- iia led al $!ia.(ui(i, partially c,,v -red bv insurance. The origin of the biae is unknown. No loss of life was report ed. The heaviest losses Were incurred ', the Henderson and Adams Dry tnods conip.-iry. Jobl.iiiiii; the Dothan Mule comiianv. II.',. mm: the n. C. Croon company, 1,'i.iifld: Mabme I'ur nlture company $lll.0(in; Wise office building. ISIIfKI. The Haines first were discovered in he stables of the Dothan Mule ooin ouny nml for two hours II aipear"d 'hat the lire department would be un ible to get the fire under cmilrol. I.8W l,cgalllng "Puis" nml "CalU" Will IU' Ignored. !!y Associated Cress. Chicago. June is. A bill lcgnli.i'iir "puts" and "calls" recently passed by Ihe legislature, will be Ignored by the Chleaud board of trade and trading will be done according to contract svs ti'lil devised bv the rules committee at a nicotinic last night. A draft of the contract which Is snld to elim inate the form of trailing permissible under the puts und calls rule will be posted. A member of the committee assort ed that the bill Whs fostered by the hoard's enemies and trading under lis provisions never will be permitted, lie snld that actual trading is desired and Hint future contracts better classed as bids left open and offers left open pro vide this. 5f!!:HSE;!llElIG POWER OF GAS SAY SENATORS ARE SHADOWED STILL HOPE THAT BE Winston Men Do not Believe Collectorship Is a Closed Incident. 1 la.el le-Nk-ws 1 bireaii. Wyatt Cuildiug. Washington, June I v fij-r a conference o.-tweei, ; is. Norfleel and lien.i in llnuilo I representing the citizens of Winston Salem, and tin- supervising arehit,-, , of the IreuMiry d,- arlnieut. it we announced that the government would agree to allow an entrance to the p,,st ollice building on '1 rade street. I Messrs. Norfleel and Huntley d,, not believe the , ol lee! i ,rsli i p for the west ern district j, f North Carolina is as V't a closed incident, and Ihev es- pressed the hope that Colonel Carland wvlll would y,-l land tin- job, and '":" " il'-" '"' 11 w , e, to mslon-Salein. 1 Lepri-enlalive Cam-, who ihtoks ', 'well before be s , aks. said that be' "''1 h"artily in favor of the plan pro-I posed by Commissioner 'sl.rn t, "t I the co-operation of. Hie sheriffs of the I hundreds ,-oiinti, s in North Carolina : "In Montirolnorv cuuil-. SheiiiT .1 I born has slmwn ihe same good .judg ment in- l-silalh does." said Major Stclman. "The co-operation of Hie sin -rifts w ill l,e a i o v , j-fill adjunct ill breaking up stills. ' SHOULD BE RATE BASIS Such Is Recommendation of United States Bureau of Standards. Cy Associated Cross. Washington, .lone IV 'I'll,- beating p,,vv, - of gas, rather than its caieli- po'Ver, Sllo'lld l-c lliade tile !,isjs gas la'ieg. inn ,:--)ing to lie- Ciclcl States bureau ,,f s! a lelards. "As a !i--,itltc: power of gas is a bet ter measure ,,t its us-,-1 illness i',,r pow er." says i . 1 1 1 1 . -1 in pr, pare. I bv the 1 iii'eau aft-r a tw,, vears sin-lv , f I 11" ,II,-St ioll. ' I lie heal d- liv el eil to list, on, Is sloe, Id b, measured ami , -,itr,,lle,l. in ,u,ici ,,, insur, g 1 ser vice. I',, - opell Haille liglllS olll.V I'lO , all-lie power I1IUSI !- 1 U a i 1 1 1 A i II e -1 . The i'lirca it ,,! slund.it ds proposes ib.u a seooielarv re-iuirein- lit be lis,-, I l,v elt.es o illSUIe SUtliclelll Cl'ldb ,.,VVI ,,l lb.- L-as for this us,- and 'bat Hi b--,i:t:g vabic b, made Ho. principal basis of ::as fal.t-g. FOR "SAFE AND SANE" INDEPENDENCE DAY i'.y Associated Cress. WashillUloll. .Illlle I X. Mol e I hall I 'Hi'i sol I child) , ii ha v ,- a -..cl P, ' alb, iv - d to march in I be ' -at" an I sane" pageanl .Inly fourth, i' was an il, ,,incc,l to, lav l,v the civic coio lliillcc in charge. The le-iuesl ol I he children Is taken bv I Iu- cm initio- as a highly en-enraging -ign 1 1 in t the childnn of Mi,- comiiv .ire icgini.ing lo nah.c tin- advan' a-;es of ol serv iug iu,b p-n-b nee da -wiihoiit dangcious indul.-,-nce in lire lackers, loy pistols and in una I u tv camion. Tin- program for tin- celcbia tlon was completed today and includes a parade and lioih daylight and nigbi lirewoiks. American Consul Sale I rc'l lilll in. lly Associated Cress. Paris, .lime lx. The life of a Frenchman taken prisoner by the fed eral troops lu Mexico was saved by Ihe Intel vciillon of Jesse , Johnxon Amerlenn consul at Matainoras. ac cording to Information which reached the i-'iciich foreign olllec today. Picric I'Ulllelohe, who Was suspected of favoring the revolutionists, had been an, sled and was about to be executed by the federal military an thorltlcs when Mr. Johnson protested and gained his release. Woman Made Doctor ol' ldiw-. lly Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., June In. At the commencement exercises of the I'lii verslty of the Konth at Sewanee yes terday Ihe degree of doctor of civil law was conferred on Miss Hitrnh lliirnwell Klllott, southern author and president of the Tennessee Kipial Huf frnge league. PRICE THREE CENTS Allegation that Former Mine Cuards Spy on Investiga tors Denied by At torney. NEW ATTACK MADE BY SENATOR MARTIN E He Tells Newspaper He Had Rather Sweep Streets than Be Like Operators. Cy Associated Cress. Charles W. 'a.. June lx. The senate committee i ii v, 'St i gn ting tile. West Virginia , I strike today rushed along the ,-xa lu i na t ion of wilncsscs to dispose ol as many as possible before I, living for Washington tonight. Tin- altitude ,,f senator .Mariinc of New Jersey, who yesterday clashed will, iptii.ii .Morion, an operator, and lb,.- attorneys for the op,-ial,.i-s, be came a mailer of concern today. Tin-op.-ratoi-s iaw.vi-r.s declare Senator .Marti;,,- has been unfair in bis exam ination of and prejudiced in bis alti tude toward the operators. They said that when the coniniittee reaches Washington they will put into the record evidence of statements by Sen ator .Martini- to show that he has "prejudged" the case. A statement purporting to come from Seuntot .Martin,- ami reproduced in facsimile of his handwriting by a newspaper circulating throughout ip,. stab- today aroused considerable dis cussion The statement sds forth lhat S.-uator Marline "vvould r-i'her .-Weep Ihe streets 1 lliili earn his lllolley as lb.- West irginia coal operators ,io." Atl nrnev s declared llley would place this siate'ncnt ill the record. Sciialcr Martini- today sat throiigh ou: tin- hearings, hut asked no iptes tions. under an agreement reached ib.ai Senator Kciiyon was lo take sole charg, of examining witnesses. .loliu A. Creeiie. .superintendent of Ho- .l', ' low mine of the Paint Creek I'l-lli-ry company when the strike 1 reke out. said so.ards were not placed on J'aint ,'r'eek uiit.I men fit W'oik had been interfered w ith by strikers. When !h" guards arrived they were not aimed, lad altir the strikers had mad,- a l.-m, u, strati, hi he said the guards w re increased and armed. -: i!i-ir i:, llv. who was l,,r a time in char:,- of ih,- guards, defended their conduct. He said that alter the bat tle, of Mucklow he scoured the hills and lound places carefully prepared for 111.- shunting. He said man had evidently he'll ill these places for hours before they began tiring. Atlorney Celt-tier caused a start In lb,- eoinmitt e room when he asked "Isn't it true that 1", or 2(1 armed 11,-n conn, -etc 1 with your agency have l ecu in this room throughout the lu- esligatioll '.'" "1 cub! not say as to that. .-VVele, llelk. "Don't vou know tll.it voiir liaVe beeli employed lo sliadoW ail- men men connected wilh the investigation'.'" "1 coulon'l say as lo that because , b it is not my line of work." Attornev Knight denied viuorously lllal detectives had I ceil hired bv the operators lo shadow iie-n connected v ilh lb,- lav estigatioli. T Were in Swimming- in Deep Pool About a Mile Above Biltmore. Two m-gio bovs. I'liiion Itiovvn nml lia.vmoiid Dobbins, ag,d IJ and It v.its ,,f age. were dr,ovi,,-d today al I J o'elo, k ill Ihe Swauminoa river, about a nub- .,b,oe Milimorc. 'I'll, bovs were iu swimming wilh sev- i 1 1 oiheis and got in waier beyond tie if d ptll. The bovs .tltll liiem told the otlucrs ilia' some while boys were tin,, wing stones al them ami drove t h tii into the deep water. 'I'lle .-dleritfs's olllce was Untitled Im mediately after tlie boys were drowned and ollici is weld to the seine In the police patrol taking grappling hooks. They hid no trouble recovering the bodies. They were about 'l feel apart. The water Is from four to 1.1 feet deep, it Is said, and the boy a were drowned in about Id feel of water. Concerning the report that the boys wele slotted by white hoys. Sheriff Williams said that he would take the mailer up with ihe coroner for Inves tigation. The bodies er- brought to Wilson 'a undertaking place. .fa pa nose Itccondnit llcstlve. Ity Associated Press, Tokln. June It. Posters calllnR a mass meetlna" for tomorrow and hear ing the headline "CJve nie lllierty or give me death Patrick Henry." were posted today by HKltHlom on walla In the vicinity of the I'nlled Htatea em bassy and at other points In the Japanese capital. The omnnlxera of Ihe meetl'i dr. clare that their object I to secure a more determined diplomatic attitude against the I'n'ted Htatea.
The Asheville Times (Asheville, N.C.)
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June 18, 1913, edition 1
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