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THE WEATHEE:
FATE.
VOL. XXVH., NO. 187
STQBMTHREATENS
;AN SPLIT
Demands of Insurgent Sen
ators for Committee Asslgn
. ments Refused
REGULARS INSIST THEY
HAVE GIVEN UP ENOUGH
After all Democrats May Have
to Decide Differences Be
tween Factions
WASHINGTON, April 25. DifferH
ernes between the regular. and Insur
gent republican senators over the or
ganization of committees appear far
from being healed, and a caucus
called for tomorrow afternoon to con
sider the assignments agreed upon by
the committee on committees may de
velop an absolute party break. Two
sessions of the committee were held
today and the regulars declined to
meet Insurgent demands which they
declared to be unreasonable.
Four points of difference remain to
be settled. LaFollette wants to go on
interstate commerce; Cummins on
finance; Biistow on foreign relations,
and Bourne on appropriations.
It s stated tonight that the de
mand for places on these committees
will be rejected.
All They Are Fntltled.
Tlie regulars Insist that they have
given the Insurgents everything to
which they are entitled under the
rules laid down that of length of
service which gives to this minority
the choice of a large number of im
portant, places.
Insurgent republicans charge that
the regulars are packing the finance
and interstate commerce committees,
the first named to prevent assaults on
the Payne-Aldrlch bill and the prin
cipal of high protection, and the lat
ter to keep railroad legislation out of
the hands of the insurgents whom
they claim have made studies of this
subject. They Insist that they are
ghtlng for an opportunity to lmpres-
heir progressive views upon the pol-
cles of the government on the great
questions connected with the tariff
GH MAYMEANA
REPUESLK
wrthe "regulation AT "the"" WnTOa7IRj'WWwi)fta ri ge Trt We Bthitn" ttsndstna
; w nai me outcome win oe in tne con
test tomorrow Is not clear. The reg
ulars declared tonight that they would
not yield another inch to the Insur
gents. . , ,
FOUGHT TO IMtAW.
KANSAS CITY, April 25. Johnny
Coulon, bantam weight champion of
the world ,and Eddie O'Keefe, of
Philadelphia, fought ten fast rounds
to a draw tonight.
KiNfi QF ENGLAND SENDS A
Notable Celebration in New
York With British Am
bassador a Speaker
KING JAMES VERSION
NEW YORK. April 25. Letters
from King George of England and
Fre8ldent Taft were read at Carnegie
hall tonight at a notable gathering in
celebration of the three hundredtl:
Anniversary of the publication of the
King James version of the English
Htble.
The Right Rev. David H. Greer,
bishop of the Episcopal diocese of
New York, presided at the ceremony,
which was held under the auspices of
the American Bible society.
James Bryce.'the British ambassa
dor, read the king's letter and deliv
ered an address.
King George in his special message
said:
"I rejoice that America and Eng
land should Join In commemorating
the publication, three hundred year;
ago. of that version of the Holy Scrlp-
ures which has so long held Its own
"Its circulation In our homes has
done more perhaps than anything
else on earth to promote among old
and young the moral and religions
welfare on either side of the Atlantic.
"The version which bears King
James' name Is so clearly interwoven
In the history of British and American
life that It is right we should thank
God for It together.
"I congratulate the president and
the people of the United States upon
their share In this our common heri
tage." must srrrLV NEWS service
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 25.
The senate today under a special or
der passed the Covington bill pro
viding that all news agencies, com
panies and associations shall supply
all newspapers with service without
discrimination and the same rate and
further provide that the prosecut
ing attorney may prosecute telegraph
companies for, failure to supply such
service. ; The measure now will g to
b boos. ' ..
THE
UHEMTTO
SETTLE QUESTION
Decision Expected to Provide
Means of Preventing
Speculation
MUCH CRITICISM
FROM PROSECUTIONS
Cotton Farmers Protest at Ac
tion Against Bulls With
Nothing Against Bears
WASHINGTON, April 25 Attor
ney General Wlckersham will appeal
to the Supreme court to sustain the
so-called "corner counts" In the gov
ernment's Indictments of James A,
Patten, Eugene C. Scales, Frank B.
Hayne. Wm. P. Brown and Robert M.
Thompson, charged with leading the
May cotton corner of 110 on the
New York exchange.
Judge Noyes, in the United States
circuit court for the southern district
of New York, sustained all of the
counts of the Indictment except those
charging a corner to fix the price of
raw cotton. He condemned the prac
tice unreservedly, but held it did not
come within the jurisdiction of the
law upon which the indictments were
based. Attorney General Wicker
sham's appeal Is from that part of the
decision. '
Are Alining High.
Underlying the appeal, however, la
a move regarded by the department
of Justice as far overshadowing in
Importance the cotton corner case It
self. It la Mr. Wlckersham' attempt
to find a means to finally prevent the
fixing of prices, by speculation on ex
changes, of commodities In dally use
by the people. A weapon more ef
fective than the department of Justice,
now has for the prosecution of trusts
and monnplles will be at hsnd If the
Supreme court rules that price facing
by corners of the markets comes
within the purview of the anti-trust
law.
President Taft and the attorney
general are receiving dally protests
and resolution from farmer' union
Ing the government for Its prosecution
of the cotton bulls and Its apparent
inaction regarding the bears. Attor
ney General Wlckersham made It
plain today that should the Supreme
court support the department of Jus
tice In Its contentions In the present
appeal prosecutions would be Im
mediately undertaken! against the In
dividuals of a combination whether
th econsplracy were to bull or bear
fContlnned cm Page Four!
ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS
ITS ANNUAL MEETING FOH
ELECTIDN DF OFFICERS
Men Who Oversee tho Gath
ering of tko World '8
News Choose Directors
SOUTHERN OFFICERS
NEW YORK, April 25 The regu-
! lar annual meeting of the Associated
Press was held at the Waldorf Astoria
today with a large membership In at
tendance from all parts of the coun
try'. The following directors were
re-elected.
Frank B. Noyes, Washington Star;
Adolph S. Oeha. New York Times; W.
L. McLean, Philadelphia Bulletin; W.
R. Nelson, Kansas City Star; A. C
Weiss. Duluth Herald; W. II. Cowles,
of the Spokane Spokesman-Review
was elected to -till the unexpired term
of Mr. Harvey Scott, deceased.
Advisory boards were chosen as
i follows for the southern division:
J. R. Gray, Atlanta (Ua.) Journal,
chairman; F. B. Glass, Montgomery
(Ala.) Advertiser; Robert Swing,
New Orleans States; John R. Ross,
Charlottet N. C) Chronicle; Bruce
Haldeman, Loulsvillet Ky.) Courier
Journal. Nominating committee:
W. J. Crawford, Memphis Commer
cial Appeal; P. A. Stovall, Savannah
(Ga.) Press.
Auditing committee:
A. E. Gonzales, Columbia ( S. C.)
State.
ALABAMA UNIONS PROTEST
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April t. The
Alabama Federation of Labor In ses
sion here today after a number of
speeches denouncing the arrest of the
men charged with the Los Angeles
Time explosion, the state federation
forwarded a telegram to President
Taft and to the governors of Indiana
and California protesting agalnat the
arrest of J. L. McNamara at India
napolis and petitioning the president
to use hi good offices In the prison
er's behalf.
The telegram characterizes Mc
Namara's arrest as a "repetition of
the outrageous Moyer, Haywood and
Pettibons affair." , . . ..
FGQTTON CORNER
ASHE VILLE CITIZEN.
ASHEVILLE, N. C,
KIDNAPPING ALSO
CHARGED AGIST
DETECTIVE BURNS
He Is Arrested But Later Re
leased 1th Others Under
Heavy Bonds
LABOR LEADERS CLAIM
EVIDENCE WAS MADE UP
Grand Jury Is Thoroughly
Probing Into Spiriting of
Men From Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 26.
Detective Wm. J. Burn tonight was
served with a warrant charging him
with complicity of the alleged kid
Raping of J. J. McNamara, secretary
and treasurer of the International As
sociation of Bridge and Structural
Iron worker, said to be Implicated In
the Los Angeles Times explosion.
Three attorney were arraigned today
on the same charge and they spent
two hour In Jail because of delay In
obtaining bonds for them. The at
torney Imprisoned were Walter Drew
and j. A. G. Badorf, of New Torkv
counsel and assistant counsel for the
National Erector' association, and
W. Joseph Ford, assistant district at
torney of Los Angeles.
Burns Arrmted.
Burns was arrested a he was going
to the court of Justice of the Peace
Manning to surrender himself. Con
stables had searched for him all day.
ile was released under $10,000 bond
to appear before the grand Jury. He
was subpoenaed to testify tomorrow.
Drew, Badorf and Ford were released
from Jail under bonds of the same
amount. They waived preliminary
examination and were bound over 'to
the grand. Jury.
Frank Fox, a chauffeur, charged
with having assisted In the alleged
kidnaping of McNamara, In that he
drove the automobile In which McNa
mara was taken from her last Sun
day, was released under $5,000 bond
to appear before the grand Jury.
Constables with "John Doe" warrants
were said, to be seeking some of
Burns' assistant tonight
f.L Jhesa. incidents and th continuing
tfie 1 investigation by the. Marion
county grand Jury were the mala de
velopments In the probe of the al
leged conspiracy to collect dynamite
In this city for the purpose. of blowing
up structures being built by open shop
contractors over the country and a
second alleged plot of agents of the
employers to discredit the association
of bridge and structural Iron work
ers by "planting", dynamite end other
evidence against It and by railroading
(Continued on page Ave.)
BE
0.S. 0ECLM SPEAKERS
President Sends Peaceful
Message to Meeting of
Americai Asiatic Soc.
BANZAIS SHOUTED
NEW YORK, April 26 Philander
C. Knox, secretary of slate; Baron
Yaiuai Uchlda, the Japanese ambassa
dor; Congressman William Bulzer and
Seth Low were the principal speakers
at the thirteenth annual dinner of the
American-Asiatic society, held here
tonight. One hundred and twenty
five diners, Including a sprinkling of
Japanese, attended and there were
cheers whenever a speaker declared
that war between this country and
Japan was "unthinkable."
Seth Low, president of the society,
i read letters of regret from President
! Taft, Senator Lodge, James Bryce, the
British ambassador; Andrew Carnegie
and others. All expressed the senti
I ment that nothing exists In the rela
tions between Japan and the United
States to disturb their peace.
President Taft wrote In part a fol
lows: "The Importance of the treaty with
Japan, the conclusion of which you
are assembled to celebrate, cannot be
gauged solely from the standpoint of
Its attractiveness commercially. The
treaty as recently negotiated and -at-lfled
is a guarantee of the friendship
which has so long existed between
the two countries, a friendship j
strong that we can well regard -ith
complacence even the imlechievous
and me.llclous rumors se partlculrly
circulated by friends of neither gov
ernment and which so utterly lack
foundation In fact."
Secretary Knox proposed the health
of the emperor of Japan, which was
drunk, amid shouts of "banxal."
LUMBER PLANT BURNED
MASCOT, Fla.. April 25. The big
plant of the -Edge-Dowilng Lumber
company was burned to the ground
here today, entailing a loss of 1200.
000. The many employe could do noth
ing to etiertt the flames and the plant
wis a total lost, . v '
WEDNESDAY MORNING,
FIRST ASSA ULT MADE UPON WALLS
jOF THE
ry
Democratic Free List Termed "Political Soothing Syrup"
Republican Opponents. Underwood Introduces
Speech
WASHINGTON. . April IS. The
democratlo free ist, characterised by
the republicans e the way and
means committee a "political sooth
ing syrup," was roughly handled In
the house of representative thl aft
ernoon by Its political enemies on th
republican aid, '
Mr. Underwood, democratic chair
man of the ways, and means commit
tee. Introduced It to the house In en,
hour's speech- Shortly after the ses
sion convened at noon. Then It was
left to the mercies f Representative
Mann,- of Illinois, leader of the re
publican aids; .and the thing Mr.
Mann said about It gave both side of
th houe food for much debate, and
occasion fori tjweeh conjmsnt and crit
icism.
Man Gne After It .
Mr. Mann cellared that the free
list bill was drawn Inaccurately. In
definitely and with uch general lan
guage that It might be stretched to
Include almost half of 'the' Import
on which the United State now col
lect trlff revenue.
The free list bill put agricultural
Implements "of any kind and de
crlptlon" on the free list Mr. Mann
expressed the belief It could be
stretched to include the free entry, of
saws, axes, forks, garden hose, hay
knives and almost everything else
ONLY FIFTEEN BODIES ARE
E
Rescuers Fighting Way
Over Debris Are Over
come by Gases in Mine
ELK GARDEN. W. Va.. April 25.
Fifteen bodies bad been recovered
from the Ott mine No. 20 of the
Davis Coal and Coke company to
night. Eight of the 23 burled by the col
nf th roof of the mine in yes
terday's explosion are still partially
burled, although nve or tnem were in
.iv. nt the rescurers tonight when
they had to desist because of a gas
eous condition.
Tamoa Pannl au nerlntendent of the
bureau of mines at Pittsburg, with
two of his assistants was overcome oy
gas notwithstanding he was wearing
an oxygen helmet All three were
revived by physician.
Of the fifteen recovered two were
so blackened and charred they were
Unrecognizable.
STEEL TKlfcTH EARNINGS
NEW YORK, April 25. The quar
terly report of the United State
Steel corporation for the period end
ing March II lost, issued today shown
earning of I23.H9.203 and net earn
ing of 120,001,817. The gross figures
are considerably below popular es
timate and compare with 126.990.
97 S In the prevlou quarter, and
l!7.l,J"0 In th corresponding
quarter of 1910. They, are the low
est. In fact, since those of the same
quarter of 1909. which were 122,
921,268. FAIR
WASHINGTON. April 25. fore
cast: North Carolina: fair' Wednes
day; Thursday probably rain; east
winds, probably increaslnf Wednesv
night.. ' - '-VVvV'.;, r -
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APRIL 26, 1911
'There s No Place Like
HIGH PROTECTIVE TARIFF
. . . '
and Will Pass it Over all Protests,
that a farmer, horticulturist, garden
er or tiller of the loll ever uses.
He said the bill was so drawn that
it would admit free leather from
which the farmer' (hoes were made,
but would exclude that from which
his wife' shoes were made.- It puts
a premium on foreign labor, ha said,
by permitting these special kind of
leather to come In free when they
were partly made up. In putting ag
ricultural Implements on th free tilt,
said Mr. Mann, the democrat would
let the International Harvester com.
pany dump Into the United Stats the
Implement It made with' foreign la
bor. In Its factories In Frasoe, Ger
many, Russia and Canada, -
" Foreign Labor ' Bugaboo.' -1 '".';
"These products will be sold here,"
he said, "not at lower price, but st
the same price, and yet the result
would be that they would be made by
foreign labor."
Chairman Underwood and other
democrat did not attempt a reply to
the general attack upon th bill mad
by Minority Leader Mann. ,
Mr. Gardner, of Massachusetts., at
tacked the measure and the demo
cratic policy of promising to "reduoe
the cost of living without reducing
wages paid In the United State." He
asserted tht In putting article on
CARNEGIE TESTIFIES WITH
Tells Grand Jury About
Loans Made and Denies
Promise of More Help
NEW YORK. April 26 Andrew
Carnegie testified today before the
grand Jury as to his relation with
the defunct Carnegie Trust compana,
which adopted hi name but which
aside from financial assistance ren
dered when the Institution found It
self In difficulties and appealed to
him. In the collapse of the Institu
tion It Is said that vast sum of mo
ney which Mr. Carnegie loaned It
have been tied up and It la believed
that during the hour'and ten mlnutee
h was before the grand Jury he re
lated some detaTls of these loan and
was axkud to what extent he had
promised further and. He wa ques
tioned in connection with the printed
hut unco ii firmed statements that state
bunking department officials had hesi
tated to close the trust company when
they first learned of the impairment
of Its capital because of an alleged
understanding that Mr. Carnegie
would see the Institution safely
through as a matter of personal sen
timent. It is understood, that Mr.
Carnegie contradicted rumors that he
had made uch promises.
CREEK GIVKK VP DEAD
ANNAPOLIIS, Ml., April 25. Spa
Creek gave up the second of the
bodies to the dual mystery that ha
baffled the local authorities for near
ly two weeks, when the body of
Miss Alice Shores, who suddenly dis
appeared with her younger sister,
Mrs. Dora H. White, on the night
of April 6, and whose body was re
covered Sunday, came to the sur
face today.
WANTS VIRGINIA'S DEBT PAID
WASHINGTON, April 25. Repre
sentative Hamilton, of West Vir
ginia, Introduced a resolution today
providing that the United States
government should pay that part of
the public debt of the commonwealth
of Virginia existing at the time of
separation of West Virginia which Is
chargeabl to th tetter stats.
Home"
and Roughly Handled by its
Measure in Hour's
the free list th democrats had dis
criminated against th farmer and
manufacturers of the Northern states,
while leaving protective duties on to
bacco, sugar, rlo, prang and other
article produced In th Southern
states,
Messrs. Russell, of Missouri, ' and
A damson, Ga., spok In favor of th
measure. Mr. Adamaon declared that
after Mr. Mann's attack upon th bill
ha had had (on to Chairman tin
derwood to see If they ought not call
ademooratlo caucus and fix up th
msMur. but that Mr. Underwood had
assured him the bill was all right
v. s TO JAIL FOB FHACM....V'
NtW ORLEANS, April 15,-Paul
Felix, former mayor of Ksnntr, La.,
and W. w. stiles, former deputy hr
Iff ef Jefferson parish, were today
taken to th St. James parish Jail td
begin the service of sentences of six
and sleven months, respectively, for
alleged violation of the federal else
tlon laws.
ART COLLECTOR DEAD "
LONDON, April SI, !has. War
thelmer, the welt known oollector of
pictures and objects of art, died her
today.
PROTESTS LISTING OF
S
Attorney for Holders of Re
pudiated Bonds Oasts Slur
Upon Our Credit
NEW TORK, April 25. Edward L.
Andrew of thl city who has been
Identified a counsel for various com
mittees of bondholders, ha written
a letter to the New York stock ex
change protesting; against the list
ing of proposed bond Issue of th
states of Missouri and North Caro
lina. 'He charge that Mississippi
has told several hundred thousand
dollar worth of Issues but declined to
pay the first ooupons on the ground
that the bond were Illegally Issued
or to repay the money expended. Be
cause of this alleged default In the
case of Mississippi and of previous
alleged default In North Carolina'
case he seeks to oppose the exten
sion of further credit to them. His
letter became public property today.
MORE OFFICERS FOR
CAMP IN TEXAS
RALEIGH. N. C, April 26. Anoth-
er group of four officers of th
North Carolina National guard were
designated today by Adjutant Gen
eral R. L. Lelnster for much sought
after assignment to camp at Han
Antonto. Texa, for camp maneuver
training with the regular army keep.
Ing guard on the Mexican border
pending the Mexican Insurrection.
Thl is, the third group to go and
are to report at San Antonio May
. The officers assigned are Capt
C. L. Freeman, Third Jnfantry. Bur
lington: Capt A. L. Bullwlnkle
First Infantry, Gastonla; Capt. J. M
Pearce, quartermaster. Second infan
try, Wilson: Lieut Colonel A. 11
Taylor, medical corps, Washington.
WILL ADVERTISE SOCTIL
WASHINGTON. April 2!. Prac
tically every Important railroad , In
the South was represented at a con
ference here today with Anthony
Brownell, president of the Century
syndicate of New Tork for a nation
wide advertising of th South. , Way
and means for beat placing . before
the publlo th opportunities which
ths South offers to bomeeeeker were
dlscaasedv . .
Complete Associated
Press Reports
PRICE FIVE CENTS
L
Alleged That Postmaster Gen
eral Fired Men for Join
Ing Labor Unions
HOUSE COMMITTEE TO
LOOK INTO CHARGES
Two More North Carolinians
Land Jobs and There is
Much Rejoicing
ClUsen Bureau,
. Congress list, y
(By H. R. C. Bryant) ' ,-
WASHINGTON,' April 25. On ot
the moat Interesting Investigation
launched hers 1 that of th commit
tee on reform tn tha civil sarvlo.
Representative Godwin of ; North
Carolina, chairman. It has been said
frequently recently that Postmaster
Oeneral Hitchcock was turning', off
railway mail ': clerks because they
joined labor union. Th storm ess
tor of this controversy is St. Paul,
where two men were discharged, it
1 alleged becaus of their affilia
tion with American Federation of La
bor organisation, : Messrs. Samuel
Oomper and 'Frank Morrison .two
cf th leading labor union men ot
the country, have taken the matter
up with Senator Cummins, and La
Colette and Representative 1 Godwin,
Borne day soon Mr. Godwin will In
troduce a resolution tin the house
asking for authority to subpoena and
S'vtar witnesses, th purpose of thl
being to got Genera) Hitchcock d
uiberg ef hie department on toe
stand. In giving th union side of
tha matter before the Godwin com
mittee last week Mr. Oompers said
that It could be proven that tha de
purtment had men. traveling through
the country telling mall clerks that
they' would have to give up their
positions' If they Joined labor organi
sations. Hs will bring witnesses, he
declared, to swsar to I his affect
- There Is mors rejoicing in th
democratic camp.j Two mors North
Carolinians wnt to wprk this morn
Ipg. D. McMatheson , of Taylors
villa will .b a messenger at one of
ths doors of th houss, knd W. U.
Hook of Fremont ha a position In
ths house filing room. Representa
tive Doyghton placed one and Rep
resentstrve Falcon ths other. Mr.
Mathesnn was here during ths Cleve
land rule. He will hold ths pise
while the extra session last. , Mr.
Hook Is a nephew pf. Governor Ay
cock. For a tim he was ngross-
Ing clerk of ths stats legislature.
Both Mr. Matheaon end Mr. Hooka
Mr. Iredell Meare and daughtsr
Miss Mesres, are bars .stopping at
Congress Hall. They will return to.
Wilmington within the next few days.'
Cnalrman A. H. Kller of ths demo-
I ratio state ccvrimUte Is expected
here. He has some business before
th Interstate commerce commission.
c
L
Rl
TOLD Oil WITNESS STAND
Hines Said He Was Going
to Springfield with Plenty
of Money at once.
ELECTION FOLLOWED
SPRINGFIELD, III.. April H. C
F. Wlehe, brother-in-law of Edward
Hlnes, of Chicago, a lumbar man.
today admitted before ths senate
rlbery Investigation committee that '
Hlnes sent him on a midnight mis
sion to the Grand Pacina hotel . In
Chicago in an effort to have W, H.
Cook and Wm. O'Rrlne, Minnesota
lumbermen, evade Cook county pro
cess servers at the time ths charges
that bribery was used In the elec
tion of Wm. Lo rimer to the United
Mtates senate were first published in '
May, 1910.
Cook declared that ho was tn a
room at the Grand Pacific hotel In
Chicago on May J, 10, with Wm. ,
O'Brien and Edward Hlnes when
Hlnes telephoned to some one called
"Governor," at Springfield. Cook
today declared that he. answered the
telephone In his roo mat the Grand"
Pacific when the call cams for Hlnes.
"I understand the central girl - to
say, Here' Governor or ths governor -at
Springfield for Mr,' Hlnes,' testified
Cook. He then related the conver
sation as he remembered.' it sa fol
lows : "Hlnes took th receiver out :
of my hand snd he spoke in the
phone. He asked, 'hello, hello,
hello hello, hello, hello, is this you,'
governor? He said, well, X lust eft
President Taft and Senator Aldrlch
last night in Washington; now they .
tell me that under, no consideration
shall Hopkins be returned to- the sen.
ate. Now, I will be down on tb next
train. Don't leave anything undone.
I will be down on this next train,
prepared,, to furnish all th money
that le required. Now, don't stop
at anything, don't leave anything un
done; 1 will be down on the net
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