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1. . . . . . . v" ' - - - 1 ..- . (, - . v ....... ' .. : '.A ' " : -' : ' ' . - .:-; ' v'-. v" :" . - .' ' ' '. ., -.. - ' . ... ' v. r .vA0VERTI8INa i J "Wkt would this city 'bo likis wi;vt it stores? Wbmt would tbis newpajer be. 13dc ; without THE WEATHER. Pair sliehtly warmer. Friday; j Saturday fair, light to moderate aS . , . . cnnth winds SOUtUWf&l. iv a, istpi?e-ada? A One would bo TOS l-VA I I f I I ,Y V vi-V ?J -bou aslnterestinj as Uw I f . V'"'' VOL. LXXXV-NO. 85. WILMINGrTOK, "N". C, FRIDAY MOBOTNG, DEGE3IBEII 31, 1909. GENERAL BOYCQH OF GREAT TRUSTS National League Plans Fight Against Those That In crease Cost. '- MEETING li"J' WASHINGTON Idea Came From Germany Organiza tion Non-Political and to Extend Into States Champ Clark One of Speakers. Washington, Dec 30. Plans for a national boycott of those combinations that increase the cost of living were laid out tonight when the National Anti trust League was launched. Mem bers of Congress are interested in tne new movement and immediate steps will be taken toward perfecting State organizations. Then when prices soar, league mem bers, by stopping the use of such ar ticles or commodities as have gone above legal level, will pull them back again by refusing to furnish a mar ket. . The plan Is one that was tried in Germany a few. years ago and which, according to a report, broke up a com bine in coffee that had raised the price of the bean to almost prohibitive pric es. The meeting was informal and no final organisation was effected. It was agreed, however, that the crusaders should gather under the name of the National Anti-trust League and that the organization should be non-political; that it should be presided over by a president, sec retary and treasurer and its move ments directed by an advisory council of seven. 'As soon as Congress recon venes a permanent organization will be effected. Among, the speakers tonight was phy, Missouri; Martin, of South Dako ta; Kinkaid, of Nebraska ; McKinley, of California, and Morgan of Oklaho- One tnattor 'wtf4r settled ""tbnlght, however. The women" of the United, Stntpft will hA tRTrPTi fntn mpmherRhin on equal terms with the men and will haveequal voice in the campaign. The women, being housekeepers of the country, the pioneers of the plans rec ognized at once that their assistance was vital to success. Accordingly, when Congress meets the league will work through the Rep resentatives and in some cases through Senators, with a view to having them interest themselves in the organiza tion of State branches. JUDGE BYNUM PASSES AWAY. Former Associate Justice and One of State's Prominent Men. Charnotte, N. C; Dec. 30. William Preston Bynuni, associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1873 to 1881 and one of the State's most prominent citizens, died here this afternoon at the ag?e of-90. Since his retirement from the bench .iudse Byniim has lived quietly here. Fie amassed a fortune at his law prac tice and has given lavishly of hio means to the caus of education in the State. William Preston Bynum was born June 10. 1820, on the plantation of his father, Hampton Bynum, on the Dan river in Stokes county. His edu cation was obtained in the common schools and at Davidson College. He studied law under Chief Justice Pear son and located at Lincolnton for the practice . of his profession, his mar riage to Miss Anna Eliza Shipp taking place shortly after he entered the bar. Judge Bynum early became active in public life. At the outbreak of the Civil , war, although a staunch Whig, he promptly cast his lot With the Con federacy and was commissioned lieu tenant colonel of the Second North Carolina Infantry by the special ses sion of the Legislature that was con vened to plan for the long struggle.. After the death of his colonel, C. C Tow, who was killed in battle at Sharpsburg, Va., the command of the regiment developed upon him and he was commissioned colonel by Govern or Vance in October, 1862. during the Winter of '62-63 Colonel Iiynum was elected solicitor for the western district of the State, a posi tion that required not only ability but courage under the condition that ex isted at that time. Colonel Bynum accepted the position an'd left his regi ment to assume his new duties. That he performed the duties of the' office well and acceptably is shown from the fact that he served more than a decade. JOHN A. FOX DIRECTOR. Succeeds Benjamin Dulaney in South ern Commercial Congress. Washington, Dec. 30. John A. Fox, of Arkansas,, vice president for that State of the National Rivers and Har bors Congress, and a special director of that organization, has been elected by the executive" committee of the Southern Commercial Congress as a director at large to fill the place of Benjamin J. Dulaney, of Washington C., resigned. ... Regular Interest Period. At th People's Savings Bauk Jan uary let. Deposits made on or before Monday the 3id will " bear t interest I'om the 1st. ( Dec. 31-St . GOVERNOR ON SHELL CASE Has No "Official" Complaint, He Says. Five New Charters Novel Suit -Against Seaboard H. S. . Leard to Arrive.. (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 30.-M3overnor Kitchin says there is still not a word of protest or evidence nied with him on which he could act officially in any way regarding the reprieve of the prison sentence he recently srrftntprt" to Baxter Shemwell. He remarked that able lawyers and others were interested in the prose cution of Shemwell that resulted In the five-months'- prison - sentence and not one of these, even, has ever in any way . made a move in opposition to, the reprieve. It could not be ex pected, he says, for him to take official notice of news reports and editorial comments, but that if there is real ground to warrant such action, there should be definite action by somebody to bring the facts in the case to his attention in an official way. Early in the new year the farmers institute work for 1910 under the aus pices of the State Board of Agricul ture wilL begin with Mr. T. B. Parker in charge. There will first be a series of institutes throughout Eastern Car olina during the Spring and . early Summer, closing in the western sec tion of the State in the late Fall of the year. The State Department is now getting in some of its very best service to the people through these farmers' Institutes and through the test farms and special demonstration farms, the latter being just now well under way. Counties in every ..section of the State are applying for these demonstration farms which "are pro crrfed by the county commissioners and the cultivation of test crops car ried on under the close observation and direction of the State Department experts for the benefit of the farmers of the section. x E. G. Richardson and F. B. Whitney, of Selma, sue the Seaboard Air Line in Wake Superior Court for $5,000 damages each, because the Seaboard failed to furnish the plaintiffs seats on the train from Portsmouth to Ra leigh; forcing them to stand several hours, colds being contracted, bodily pain, mental anguish " and inconven ience suffered. .The Pullman company is 'included as defendant because of exorbitant charges, demanded".: for berths,S6.95,-Instead "of S2. ' This la the first suit of Its Tdnd ever brought in. this State. ' . : The records in the State Depart ment of Insurance show that during the, year just 'closing there were 12 convictions secured in various sec tions of the State' of persons guilty of arson, nearly all of them being fires in which the object was to get insur ance fraudulently. Conditions are steadily improving all over the State in the matter of compliance with the State laws for the prevention of fires. A detailed report of the operations of the department in this connection is to be issued very soon. Five new corporations were charter ed today, Durham, Winston-Salem, Fayette ville and Vanceboro being the respective headquarters. The corpo rations follow : Barbee-Sharp Produce Co.. Winston-Salem, capital S100.000 authorized and $1,000 subscribed by C. W. Barbee. C. L. Sharp and Clem- Lent Manly. The Durham Typewriter Exchange Co., capital $23,000 author ized and $2,500 subscribed byF. M. Dillon, J. E. Johnson and others. The Cooper Lumber Co., Fayetteville, capi talj $25,000, by W. J. Roberson, C. J. Cooper and others. The Vanceboro Supply Co., capital $25,000 by B. R. Warren and others for mercantile bus iness. The Thomas-White C.o.. Dur ham, changes its name to The Thomas-Howard Co. Mr. H. S. Leard is expected here New Year's Day to take up his duties as Division Passenger Agent at Ra leigh, this office being created through the abolition of the positions of dis trict passenger agents for Virginia and North Carolina, positions held by Mr. Leard at Richmond, and Mr. C. H, Gattis at Raleigh. Mr. Gattis go ing now to the Georgia & Florida Railroad as general passenger agent, headquarters at Augusta. Mr. Leard lived in Raleigh quite a while and is very popular here. BIG FIRE AT PORTSMOUTH. Block of Business Houses Burned En tailing Loss of $125,000. Norfolk, Va-V Doc. 30. Fire origi nating from an overheated office stov destroyed the O. L. Williams' block of business houses at South and Craw ford streets, Portsmouth, today with a loss of $125,000,' partially -eovere l by insurance. Portsmouth market and armory were only saved ' by;-shifting winds. Eight or. ten horses were cremated. The places burned were O. L. Wil liams Livery stables, where the fire started: JrH. Branch's hay and graiu store; Whit Wjlkins, commission mer chant; Clark's restaurant; J. .How ard's saloon, and Woodward's restau rant. The undertaking vehicles of Snelling, King & Cooper were destroy ed. FIRE ATVaVeTTEVILLE. Water in Hose Frozen and Laddies V Had Hard Fight. (Special Star .Telegram.) Fayetteville, N. C, Dec. 30. Two tenement houses of Mr. J. A. Oates, on Ann street, this city, were burned this afternoon. So intense was the cold while the firemen were 'fighting the fire that water - in the nozzles was twice frozen, first being melfed by hot water and second by placing the nozzle in the flames. Mr. Oates' loss of $500 was half covered by in surance. 7 ';-:---.." E Election of Officers and Ad dress' by Dr. Eliot Fea tures Yesterday. D. R. JOHNSON IS PRESIDENT Dr. Eliot Spake on Immediate Educa tional Effort Other Prominent Men Made Addresses Of ficers No Place. Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 30. With the election of officers this afternoon and a notable address from President Em eritus Eliot, of Harvard, this evening, the Southern Educational Association adjourned sine die, , the. place of the next meeting being left with" the exe cutive committee. Chattanooga, Jack sonville, Birmingham and other Cities presented invitations. H. Elmer Bierly, of Knoxville. Tenn. was elected secretary at the Atlanta meeting a year ago for a term of four years and -consequently did not stand i for re-election this time. - . The.newly elected .officers are: Pres- ident, D. R. Johnson, of Winthrope j College, South " Carolina; first vice j president, Chancellor J. H. Kirkland, of Vanderbilt University; second vice president, C. E. Glenn, of Birmingham; third vice president, J. R. Grabbe, of Kentucky; treasurer, E. P. Burns, At lanta, Ga. ' - The elective directors chosen by the association thi3 morning are:" Alabama,-C. C. Thacs, Polytechnic Institute; Auburn; Arkansas, J. J. Doyne; Flo rida, W. M. Holliway; Georgia, J. M. Pound, Atlanta; Kentucky, M. A. Cas sidy, Lexington ; Louisiana,' T. H. Har ris; Maryland, , F. E. Buckner, Balti more; - Missouri, E. E. Todd; Missis sippi, L. H.' Whitfield; North Carolina, E. C. Brooks, Trinity College; Oklaho riia, K D. Enerson; South Carolina. N. HSnyder, president Wofford College; Tennessee. T- P; Bailey ; ' Texas,-. R. B. Cousins;-Virginia, J. L' Uarman; "West Virginia,'' M. P. Shawkey; District Of Columbia, .D. J. Crosby. ., Dr. Charles W. Eliot addressed the association on the subject, "Best Di rections for Immediate Educational liifford." and he was followed by Pres ident Judson, of the University of Chi- cago, who made a short talk on agri- cultural .education. Other speakers of the day were Dr. James H. Dillard, of New Orleans, president pf the James' Foundation BL IE III whose subject -was extension plan for . on the grounds for 99 years with the rural schools, and former State Super-, privilege of buying the plot at the ex intendent O. B. Martin, of South Caro- piration of 20 years. Una who talked nn th "Rnv nt tho i Farm." EARL PERCY'S DEATH. Rumor He Was Shot to Death in a Duel Some Dispute. Paris, Dec. 30. Earl Percy (Henry Algernon George) one of the leading day in his effort to oust the American conservatives of theBritish parlia- Salvation Army. The original suit, ment and formerly under secretary of brought in 1907 went against General State for Foreign Affairs, died nere .Booth, who had asked for a permanent today in an obscure hotel under cir- injunction forbidding the American cumstances which are of some dls- !Army to use the Manual and Ritual of pute. jthe Salvation Army and directing the Though pleurisy is given as the 'members of the American Army to sur cause of death by the Earl's physi- render their uniforms and titles and re cians, a story, circulating which is .tire to private life. The Supreme Court given credenee in high quarters tells dimissed the petition and the appellate of a dispute with another English- division now reverses the Supreme man and hints of a duel in the out-.Court. skirts of Paris. i The American Salvation Army was Sir Austin Lee, counsellor of th incorporated in Pennsylvania by James Eritish Embassy here, denounced the ,W. Duffin as commander in 1896. "duel story as an invention. ' Sir Fran-. I cis Bertie, the British Ambassador, visited the Earl this4 afternoon and found his condition so alarming that physicians were called and he died a few moments later. " . Despite assurance to the contrary the rumor continues to circulate that the Earl was shot through the lungs by-his opponent and died of his wounds It is said the two men left England with the intention of meeting on the outskirts of Paris. The hotel people say Earl Percy arrived in apparent good health last week. ROCKEFELLER WINS SUIT. Supreme Court Uoholds Action of Lower Court in Libel Suit. New York,, Dec, 30. The argument that a corporation, having, no soul cannot commit a crime was set" aside today 1y the appellate division of thi Supreme Court which upheld the ac tion .of; the. lower court in imposing $500 .fine.; against the Star Company, publishers-of the New York American for libeling John D. Rockefeller, J:. In defending the suit Clarence J. Shearn had argued that a corporation "having neither soul, conscience, mind nor feel. Is incapable of entertaining a mischievous and malicious intent, which is an essential element in crim inal libel. . The court held today that "it was once thought that a corporation could not commit a crime but by slow de grees and following' upon the exten sion of the practice, of organizing cor porations for the .purpose of avoiding the penalties of, alleged acts, the courts have , reached a different con elusion." . - The libel reaffirmed tod,ay was pub lished in December, 1908, and stated that .Mr. Rockefeller had originated a system Cf peonage in a. stockade at the plant, of the Corn Product Refin ing Company at Summit, ,111. - - - PASSENGER ji'Pl DISABLED Southern Pacific Liner. Excelsior is Adrift Off Carolina Coast Ves sel Beyond Conlrol--Steam- - er Nina in Distress Beaufort, N. C, Dec. 30 The South ern Pacific Line .passenger steamer Excelsior, Capt. Birney, which sailed from New York Wednesday for New Orleans, is drifting about .40 miles north of Diamond Lightship;: showing two black balls, the signal that she-is not under control; : ; ' . ,. . Word of the predicament .of" the- Ex celsior reached here late today 'in a message received at the naval I wire less station. It probably came from the Excelsior herself , or a passing steamer having wireless apparatus. The Excelsior is; thought to be in no immediate danger. It is " probable that she had some ."mishap with her machinery and is lyingto whiles her engineers repair .; the break. " In .dis playing the two black balls from her mast the Excelsior; notifies passing vessels to give her wide berth because she cannot control ,her XownV; move ments. , l.Io . W ,??-; Navy SteaMei Nina. Beaufort, N. C, Dec 30. An un known steamer appeared at the "Beau fort bar today showing her colors jit half mast and union down, signifying that she was in distress, The: Fort Macon . Life Saving I Station jcrew Im mediately put -off to. the. vessel to as certain if they could, render any as- sistance. The vessel turned out. to be the United States navy steamer Nina the tender of the submarine torpedo boat Octopus and in command of r Chief Boatswain . John F. Crognan, bound from Charleston for the Norfolk navy yard. The life saving crew when. they reached the Nina, were Informed that she had put in to anchor for, the night on account of the severe weather. The. Nina is going North . to convoy to Charjeston the submarine -,.. Octopus now at Portsmouth navy yard. . MRS. TAFT THE OVVNtR Philadelphia National League Baseball Grounds Wife of C. P. Taft. . J . Philadelphia, Dec. $0. Mrs." Annie Sinton Taft, sister-in-Jaw; of President Taft and the wife of jCharles.f TaftJ of . Cincinnati, is the, new owner-of the I Philadelphia National league basebalmh.e colL: grounds. 1 i ne; neea ana lease ior tne property were filed in. City Hall late this afternoon.and show that Mrs. Taft and not her husband, has the title to the grounds. John I. Rogers and A. J. Reach, the former owners of the grounds, trans ferred title this afternoon. Charles W. Murphy, president of the Chicago Na- tional League Club, represented the purchaser who was announced as Charles P. Taft. The price paid -was $250,000. The Philadelphia National League Baseball Club is given a lease SALVATION ARMY TRIAL f General Booth Granted New Trial in Effort to Oust American Army. .New York, Dec. 30. General Wil liam Booth, the founder of the. Salva- tion Army, was granted a new trial to- OUTLINES, The terrific cold wave prevailed .throughout the entire South yesterday ihcludinc: even the orange belt of Southern Fioridaj.it was the coldest day m the month of December th-2 iSfouth has ever experienced The Southern Pacific Liner Excelsior was 1 reported by wireless to Beaufort yes- terday in a disabled condition off the coast and unable to control herself: the vessel is believed to be m no immediate danger r-President Dias yesterday advised Dictator Zelaya to stop expressing his opinions and for the first time he refused to be mter- viewed-Attorney General Wicker sham yesterday-presented the brief in the tobacco trust cases to the United States Supreme ;:ourt Judge By num. former associate justice of the State Supreme Court, and a prominent citizen of the State, passed away yes terday at Charlotte 1 Mexico has inj 5 rod Jose Madriz ail 11V i vvwo---"- z president of Nicaragua A business block was burned yesterday at Ports mouth, Va., entailing a loss of $125,- noo. New York markets:- Money on call strong and higher 4 1-2 to 7 per cent., ruling rate 6, closing bid 4 1-2, oner ed at 4 1-2; cotton spot closed quiet 20 points higher, middling uplands 16.15. middling gulf 16.40; flour quiet; wheat spot firm No. 2 red 1.27 12 elevator, domestic and. 1.27 f. o. b. nominal to arrive-; corn spot firm No 2 71 elevator, 71 1-2 delivered and Cfl 1-4 f . o. b. ' afloat nominal ;" oats spot steady, mixed 47 r rosin and tur pentine steady. v Monday. January 3rd. All deposits made with The People's Savings 'Bank on -or before Monday, January 3rd; will bear Interest from January 1st, receiving -credit for Three Months Interest April 1st. V - ' Dec '31-St SEVERE WEATHER . Ill WHOLE SOUTH Freezing Temperature in '. . Florida as Result of The XoldWave. CAUSES ' MUCH SUFFERING Two Deaths Resulted at Birmingham, . A!a Yesterday Coldest Day in December Ever Experienced " Near Zero at Asheville. Atlanta, Ga., Dec 30 A terrific cold wave gripped the entire South today not even the orange belt of- Southern Florida, being exempted from the freezing temperature. This morning the mercury ranged from ' 2 degrees above zero at Ashevjlle, N. C, to 32 degrees , at El Paso,. Texas, with 20 above registered at Jacksonville, Fla., and 28 at Tampa. A few Texas points and the; extreme southern portion of the Florida peninsula . alone escaped the freezing blast.' -This, according to the local weath- ler: bureau was the coldest day . of the coldest December the south has ever experienced. . At 8 o'clockr this morn ing the' thermometer registered, 10 de grees, .above .in Atlanta and . for 2) days-past, freezing- weather has been experienced. - The long . duration , of cold - has - prevailed over the greater portion of the South and -there has been much suffering among the poor people,-especially the negroes in cit ies where coal is used as fuel. Two Froze to Death. At Birmingham, Ala. . . where tht minimum: : was.-12 degrees above zero this morning, two negroes were frozen to death J and near Decatur, Ala., with the thermometer hovering" arehnd five above zero, a family of six were res cued this v morning inore dead than alive, with one of the chlldren expect ed to die as a result of exposure to For the first time .since 188G . there was ice today in the Chattahoochee river rft Atlanta, similar conditions prevailing in the rivers of Tennes see, North Alabama and the western part of North Carolina. - Oranges Were Frozen. While it if believed that no. serious damage has been done the Florida or ange crop, Fernandina reports that or anges were frozen. in that section and from other parts of 'ionaa come rep-Vis that fires in the groves were .... i. k. re ted to last niglit to protect luu trees. - . Cotton nlanters of the far soutn- west hail with delight the severe cole", believing that millions of the -boll weevil have been destroyed anu mo ther spread of this insect to new ter ritory retarded. , -Freezing temperatures wiu continue innie-ht over most of the Southern States, according to the local forecast er followed by warmer weather to morrow. ThP nresent. cold snap has been ac companied by little snow in the South and yesterday and today there was practically- no rainfall reported from any of the Southern States. The wind, however, has been strong. Death and Suffering. Pittsbure. Dec. 30. With the ther mometer registering zero and at some places from three to seven aegi ees below that poinf, western Pennsylva nia trmie-ht is in the grasp of a bit terly cold blizzard accompanied by snow numes anu iugn . irrrvm the outlying and mountain districts reports of deaths and suffer ing due to exposure to the elements are coming in. in ureaier nnuuif. alone seven deaths have been report ed to the coroner. w . a irwin ' Pa the temperature reg- Ictororl -was the coldest December 3 ' . 1 ,1 i. Trtiftfrt HDV -! 1 1 1 ll the thermometer drop ning to two degrees below zero. Elec tric lines interurban to and rroni ir win have been discontinued, ai iie7iii0 Tnhn Wallace, a laborer, was severelv frozen last night as a result of exposure. Mrs. Lena Keep ers also is in a Connellsville Hospital suffering from frozen feet and -ears. All trains from the East are from one to three hours late entering Pitts i niToiic dro-.Hf.i un. Gas short- age is reported eevrywhere, several mills of the Jones Laughlin steel plant closing today on account or xne buui v age and throwing 300 men -out oi t-o. nH.iv the charity institu- Ma wprfl swambed by calls for as .iaanM The municipal and county authorities last night and tcday cared for 1,000 persons. t0 oHvisahilitv of establishing cor fee and soup kitchens was brought'up today by the mayors. caomeu in temperature is promiseu iui rom. . rthSn River Frozen. - The intense cold weather tonight -ffoMeiv nhecked the- flood which yesterday and during last night men- aced Pittsburg ana l1ULD J!""11' V the Ohio river. The Ohio Rolidlv for iU entire iT,rt, hAtween here "and Cincinnati The cold weather, -however, is play in Mirno with river men and "then ,v thousand coal miners are thrown out of work at Beaver, on account of the freezing of tne river mere. :j Loss to shippers and packetline op erators -will total close to half a mil- (Contlnued on Page Eight.). THE TOBACCO TROST G.1SES Presented by Attorney General to the Supreme Court-Alleged Unlaw lawful Conspiracy -"Brush-whacking" Methods. 'Washington, Dec. 30. In a printed brief of 268 pages ' Attorney General Wickersham and his special assist ant, J. C. McReynolds. today presented to the ' Supreme Court of the United States the cause of the government in the famous tobacco trust cases which will be' argued next week In that court x The cases were tried in the United States Circuit' Court In the nine dis trict of New York, which, after, dls- missing the petition as to foreign to bacco companies and some of the su bordinate 1 American companies, ad Judged the others to be parties to an unlawful ! conspiracy and enjoined them from continuing their operations and from engaging in interstate com merce. . . -; , " - The Attorney General takes the po sition that these findings, . sweeping as they seem to have been, were not broad enough, and he asks the , Su preme Court to extend them as to so widen their" scope asto take in the foreign companies anor some individu als who were relieved from the opera tion of the verdict After showing that in 1890 competition was free the var ious coalitions are traced in the docu ments and facts are given to show that the combination has grown until its combined assets amount to $400, 000,000. It is asserted that the com bination manufactures al of the ci garettes ior export and almost three-1 fourths of the smoking tobacco and of the cigarettes for domestic sale, more than .three-fourths of the. plug, twist, and fine cut tobacco, and almost all of the snuff and .little cigars that are made. It is declared that the "de fendants have persistently exercised duress, have' practiced wicket and un fair methods and used their great pow er in oppressive ways." Further, it is asserted that they have been actuated by a fixed purpose to destroy competition' and obtain mo nopolies. "Competitors have gradu ally disappeared and the combination now . strongly entrenched, unduly restricts- -the business, of . those in the trade and prevents others from enter- Putting aside, for the time, the ef fect of the Sherman anti-trust law, un der which the suit was brought, it is contended that the combination under the name of the American Tobacco Company was illegal when it was en tered into in 1890 because it was con trary to common law. Action of Jobbers. Coming to specific instances rela- five to the operations of the trust, It s declared that substantially all es tablished jobbers in New England were induced to throw out indepen dent products, as were those of Phila delphia, New York, and many other specified places. It is al3o asserted that "bushwhack ing" methods were resorted to in the use of the union labels and the meth od in this proceeding is denounced as iniquitous" and such as is inhibited by a civilized conscience. Indeed, it is declared that "the record contains much evidence and a vast deal of cor respondence concerning the opera tions of these bushwhacking compa nies which disclose amazing depravi ty and shows 'with clearness how these sinister agencies were, effective ly utilized.";. The advertising methods of the trust are referred to as a means of influencing both business and senti ment, and it 4s- said that not less than ten million dollars were expended in this way in 1906. "Competition has been persistently destroyed; scores of contracts have retired skilled men from the trade; many have been forced out; and the necessary result of the plan long fol lowed has been to five defendants power to exclude others and exercise monopoly", says the Attorney General. He seems inclined to the view that a receiver should be appointed for the business of the parties to the combina tion and he adds: "The very existence of certain de fendants is criminal and certainly they cannot rightfully complain because restrained from carrying out the un lawful purposes of their creation: they are wilfully in positions where every act is a transgression." SOUTHERN GIRL'S DESIGN Accepted For Memorial to the Women of the Confederacy. Atlanta. Ga., Dec. 30. A Southern girl will have the honor of designing the memorial to her sex which will be erected in all the Southern States by the veterans of the Confederacy in hon or of the women who suffered during the days of 1861-65. A design submitted by Miss Belle Kinney, of Nashville, Tenn., was chos en by the committee of veterans repre senting twelve of the 13 Southern States who met here yesterday and bronze shafts will be cast and erected as soon as the necessary funds are available. The memorial will show a group of three figures "fame" sitting in the center, with a dying Confederate sol dier and a weeping woman on either side. The central figure will be eight feet in height and the other two seven. The statue will be eight feet by five and a half feet at the base. Miss Kinney was awarded the prize after 80 designs submitted to the com mittee had been carefully inspected. She already has won considerable fame for her design for the Carmack statue to be" erected at Columbia, Tenn., and a group of twenty Igorrotes figures placed in the Chicago museum. i ZELAYA AT LAST REFUSES TO TALK Advised by President Diai to Refrain Frm TEaqprei- ing Opinions - : ; v LEAVES FOR BELGIUM S00I1 Has Been Receiving .Many Newspaper " . Correspondents 8aya He Will . , Keep Mexico Out of Con- - .; ': '' troversy.' Mexico , City, 1 Dec. 30.r-That, Presi. ;. dent . Diaz today gave Jose Santos Ze-f laya a little friendly advice in regirvt " to the talking to .newspaper tepresett- ' tativesand whispered in Ms ear. that ; It would be wise for him to refrain from too freely expressing his opin ions was admitted by Zelaya's secre . t tary tonight, when he returned a card to a newspaper mm with the remark that the ex-dictator of Nicaragua had Just adopted' a policy of refusing to be , interviewed -and would have nothing more to say for publication for a per- iod of six days.' " ' . . 1 Just ' why six days was named he - would not explain. Zelaya, caUed oft -the chief executive of Mexico today. ' Up to that time he ' received erery ' newspaper man who called at the ho tel. After the meeting if was as If a ; very wide gulf had opened between him and the correspondents.-.In refus- ing . to see .one reporter, Zelaya through his secretary told him that he wished to avoid being, the means of : bringing Mexico into the controversy in any way and If he (Zelaya; further . discussed matters , his statements " might be misconstrued . with ' audi a . result ' ' . - ' ( ;'. , ! i 1 ' Zelaya's' visirat Jthe Nallonal Pal-' ace lasted a half hour. The meeting' J was ' devoid ' Of ; official character ahd , eiaya .was receivea as a private, ciq-- , . r t It ' is believed that aftLr- Zelkya, ten-i dered his thanks for the kindness of President Diaz In allowing him asylum ; " on the ; Mexican gun ' trost;affatrf general in Central America were ais- . - J cussed at length. r Zelaya was occupied the greater part of today in driving about the cap- ' 11.1 x 1 J.MAM4 I. nai to various puiuus ul mtcicai iu- vj eluding Chapultepec Castle the sum mer home of President Diaz. To a friend " tndav th Nicaraeuan . ' JM visitor said that after he had' been in Mexico for two or three months he would go to Belgium and at Brussels . personally superintentend the educa- ' tion of his children. When he was receiving his earlier education Zelaya spent much of his time in Belgium where he attended school. ' i Has Not Recognized Madrlz. Managua, Dec. 30. The Mexican government has in no way officially recognized Jose Madrlz as president of ' Nicaragua. The telegrams which have . passed between President Diaz and president Madrlz were of a personal character. President Madriz himself does not construe them as a formal recognition of his incumbency. The , Presidential reception on Tuesday was attended by the official representatives of all nations except the United States and the Nicaraguan administration. . does not see why formal official recog nition from any country except the United States is necessary. A delegation from Granada today vis ited General Baca and pledged sup port. Santos Ramirez, director general of telegraphs, who . was arrested re- t cently ion the charge of having sent un- . authorized orders to the Zelayan army. has maae strong denial but has not yet been released from custody. Congress today conferred- authority l upon the executive to abolish the to bacco and alcohol monopolies, indemni fying private stockholders for tne loss of their holdings, which now become , the property of the State. The reve- f nues from these monopolies, which net ted as high as 14 per cent, monthly are to be used for the payment of the In terest on the English loan, which went towards the enrichment of the rela- j fives and friends of Zelaya. This ac tion which is t'ae forerunner of the aboution of ull "monopolies was re- . ceived with tremendous enthusiasm. The sitting was tempestuous through out. Deputy Luciano Gomez, a Zelaya adherent, who opposed the project, was footed even more Vehemently than he. was yesteraay wnen ne spoKe in oppo sition to the. authorization of further war taxes. There were Cries of "band it," "outlaw!" "Disgorge." Gomez finally lost his temper and hurled a glass of water in the face. of a tormentor in "ne public gallery. Guards were called in and ejected all but the deputies. A vote of thanks was proposed to An drew Carnegie on; the-strength of a dispatch from the United States pub' lished here, quoting him as ready to donate $20,000,000 to -assure peace in Central America. In the district court today a motion was made to annul a promissory note of $60,000 in favor of Zelaya on the ground that he obtained it under .. threats. A number pf similar actions are In preparation. ' The state Department. - Washington, Dec. 30. The situation in Nicaragua presents some diplomat-. 1c niceties in relation to the propriety of recognizing the government of Ma drlz by the Central American States. In the opinion of officials of the Stat. Department, President Madrlz should, receive no recognition on the part of ' -'-v.. . 'A "1 - ' ' '.V' ' ' - .1 - -A . V