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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER: FAIR. CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS VOL. XXVII., NO. 207 ASHEVILLE, N. O, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 1(5, 1911 ri?ICE FIVE CENTS SUPREME COURT OF THE U. 5. DISSOLVES STANDARD OIL CO. It Arrived at Last ATTACK BY REBELS DECLARING IT IS A MONOPOLYl CHIHUAHUA FEARS MJIRCHlNeONCITY Giant Business Combination is Ordered to Disband Within Six Months Time the Only Note of Dissension in Court Being With Regard to the Thoroughness of the Decision RAILROADS MUST MAINTAIN NEEDED SAFETY APPUACES Other Great Corporations Whose Acts and Polices May be Called Into Question Will be Dealt With in Dae Course of Time .A. The Supreme Court holds: That the Standard Oil in restraint of trade. That this giant corporation must be dissolved within six months. Corporations whose sonably restrictive of competition are not at leer ed. -f Other -great corporations whose acts may be called into question will 4 the merits of their particular cases. Thft ronrt, was unanimous as to the main fea tures of the decision, J ustice Harland dissenting only as to a limitation of the application of the Sherman anti-trust law. President Taft and .' mediately the entire trust .a. DllllV Ol preSBlliir Ul a'lrurirti urcuijiviauim ai:i. y ' . - . . . .1 m X m J. 1.; 1 A decision in tne xooacco irust case, wmcn ; was expected simultaneously, was not 'liiinminced today and may be handed down on May 29. - 4 4- i WASHINGTON, May 15. The Standard Oil company of New Jer sey and its 19 subsidiary corporations were declared today by the Supreme ccurt to he a conspiracy and a com bination In restraint of trade. It also was held to he monoptlizlng Interstate commerce In violation of the Sher man Hntl-trust law. The dissolution of the combination was ordered to take place within six months. Struggle- of Years Ends. Thus ended the tremendous Strug (tie ol years on the part of the gov emment to put down by authority of law a combination which It claimed WITH CABINET TODAY IN Tl Federal Incorporation Bill Will Likely Be Again Of fered in Congress. TAFT IS CAUTIOUS. WASHINGTON", May 15. President Taft and his cabinet tomorrow will take up the solution of the "trust uestion" brought sharply before them by the Standard Oil decision. Admin istration officials know absolutely nothing as to how the supreme court would determine the case but a dc-i-ison in favor of the government was notu unlooked for especially hv the president, Attorney i.eneral V Ir ker-1 sham. Secretary Knox and the other lawyers in the cabinet Last fall, long before the final ar guments in the case were made Mr. Wlckershaw. with the approval of the president, framed a ' federal incor poration bill, designed to permit the existence of legitimate corporations worded so as to permit combinations of capital subservient to government supervision. That measure was never pressed in congress althouugh It was1 strike breakers from the factory. One introduced. Its re-Introduction In the, of the policemen on guard at the congress Is a possibility. i plant attempted to make an arrest The president had nothing to say and the mob closed In on him. Other about the decision tonight. He wished, policemen with drawn revolvers quick he told callers, to first read it care- j lv arrived but were overwhelmed. A fully, to discuss it with the cabinet j quad of reserves were -ushid to the and to dissect it with Mr. Wicker sham. The president received by telephone bulletins on the decision from the office of the clerk of the supreme court shortly after he reached Wash ington late this atefrnoon. He listened with Interest to the bulletins handed to him and discussed them with Sec retary Hilles. He did not see the com plete decision until a half hour. after the chief Justice had finished reading The white house had to send a mes senger on a bicycle to ths Capitol to tet OP' Company is a monopoly contracts are not unrea be dealt with according to cabinet will consider lm- situation and the advisa- was a menace to the Industrial and economic welfare of the entire com munity. At the same time the court Interpreted the Sherman anti-trust law o as to limit lta application to acts of "undue" restraint of trade and not "every" restraint of trade. It was on this point that the only discord ant note was heard In the court. Justice Harlan dissented, claiming that cases already decided by the court had determined once for all that the word "undue" or "unreason able" or similar words, were not In the statute. Hp declared that the reasoning of the court In arriving at Its findings was In effect legislation MftNY MEMBERS OFMQB AT Striking Furniture Makers Have Seriouus Clash on Streets With Police COLD WATER CURE GRAND RATIOS, Mich.. May 15. At least a score of pcjlcemen were injured and many members of a mob of 2,000 striking furniture workers and . mpathizers worn hurt in a riot at the plant of tiie Widdicombc rur-!eral I nltuure'company tonixht Several ff j me injiiro iiin.y ui. .. ei,,.. K.,ti! rov., Ivors clulm, stones and missiles of almost evry description in uhlch the police were badly beaten ,a fire ontilnp com pany attacked the mob with streams of water and succeeded In quelling the disturbance to a c onsiderable ex tent. Many women were active among the rioters. The trouble started when a mob of about 390 men. women and boys at tacked a cloed automobile driven by Ralph Wlddleombe, of the furni ture company, who was taking several scene and scion began firing and the fire was returned by a number of riot ers. Several of the police officers were knocked senseless by missiles hurled or swung by women. Mayor Ellis made a fruitless at tempt to quell the riot before th fire department was suummoned. A terrific battle ensued as the firemen began to lay their lines In which the mob was finally overcome and broken up. The strike breakers were spirited away and while comparative 'quiet now reigns, a force of officers will 'patrol ths district all night which belonged In every Instance to congress and not to the courts. Business World Kcesxorrd. Ever since the decree In this cue In the lower court, the United States Circuit for the eastern district of Mis souri, 'was announced, hope haa been expressed by the "business world' that the law would be modified so as ta not Interfere with what was deslg nated as honest business. Tonight that section of the opinion calling for the use of the "rule of reason" In ap plying the law la regarded In many quarters as an answer to the prayers of the "business world." The opinion of the court was an nounced by Chief Justice White. In printed form It contained more thsn twenty thousand words. For nearly an hour the chief Justice discussed the case from the bench .going over most of the points In the printed opinion but not once referring ta it In order to refresh his memory. Before him sat a distinguished audience of the most famous men of the country, Senators and representatives left their respective chambers In the epltol to listen to the epoch-making decision of the court. Most eager to hear were Attorney General Wlekersham and Frank B. Kellogg, special counsel for the government, who had con ducted the great fight against Stand ard Oil. None of tne brilliant array of counsel, corporation or Individual, for the defendants was present In the court during the reading of the opin ion. After Marke Closed. Today as on previous days for months past, rival brokerage agents with messengers In line to the vari ous telephone and telegraph Instru ments throughout the capital wars on hand but to their dismay s the an jiouncetnent of -the decision was not begun until an hour after the closing of the stock markets. The opinion of the court today was construed to mean that the tobacco rase, like every other case in which restraints of of trade are alleged, must be subjected to the new test of reasonableness of the restraint as laid down in the Standard Oil decision. By far the greater portion of the opinion of the chief justice was de voted to the Justification of the court's view that the rule of reason be ap plied to restraints In trade before they were held to be violations of the Sher man anti-trust law. The court found this Justification in the common law of the forefathers and In the general law of the country at the time the Sherman anti-trust law was passed. In short, the court held that the tech nical words of the statute were to be (Continued on Page Sis) MADERD OFFERS TO MAKE TO HASTEN!) OF PEACE Slightly Modifies Proposals from Government But Shows Willing Mind IS UP TO DIAZ. JUAREZ. Mex.. May IB. Provi sional President Kransisco I. Madero, ir., at the conclusion of a confer ence with Judge Carabajal, the fed- peace envoy, tonight announced tnut tnere wag a strong probability 1"-" " " rciorea in me- ico within a short time. "Judge Carabajal brought some propositions." said Senor Madero to an Associated Press representative. ' and I have made some modifications In our original propositions. In fact these concessions, slight .though they may be, were made to show our will ingness tog meet the government half way; and after our military triumphs, it more than indicates our good dis position to treat for peace." Senor Madero declared that he would have another conference to morrow night with Judge Carabajal. By that time the Judge will have received a reply from ths Mexican government to the propositions dis cussed with Senor Madero tonight. tfenor Madero said that the next move on the peace checker board should be made by the Dlai govern ment but he talked as If tomorrow there would be a favorable reply from the government. This immediately would end the revolution. There was evident on the other hand a determination to prosecute the war should the government re fuse to accede. He gave the Impres sion that ths affair had reached the point of an ultimatum and that the die would ba cast tomorrow. 0 LEADERS OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR DISMISSED BY SUPREME COURT Gompers. Mitchell and Morrison Will Not Have to Serve Jail Sentences Imposed by Lower Court for Contempt in Connection With Famous Suit of the Buck Stove and Range Company WASHINGTON. Mar 15. Samuel Gompers. John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, president, vice president and secretary of the American Feder ation ot Labor, respectively, stepped from without the shadow of the JbII today when the Supreme court of the United States set:, aside their sen tences of imprisonment (or contempt growing out of the lltiKatlon between the Bucks Stovs Kanne company and the federation.? the highest trib unal In the land has left with the low er court, however, jtbs right to re- opea the contempt jfroesedtntrs. This gram 01 power, jprouittiiy, win nm uj accepted, and the case- practically Is ended with today's decision. Should Have fkM-ti Fined. The basis of the court's decision was the proceedings against the labor of ficers was contempt which could be punished only by the Imposition of a fine. The sentence of the lower court to Imprisonment was the penalty for criminal contempt and In the prem ises, therefore, not a legal punish ment. The case which grew out of the so- called boycott of the stove corpora tion by the American Federation of Labor three years ngo is one of tbo greatest Importance alike to union labor and to the employers of union labor. The court holda that the pub lished or spoken utterances of orxan ised labor can be enjoined or attack ed legally because organised labor Is a combination ami relinquishes the rights of Individuals. It also estab- DATES ARE SELECTED FOR OF First Regiment Which In eludes Asheville Compa nies in Camp, July 10-17. RALEIGH, N. " . May 1J The en campments by regiments of the North Carolina National Guard at f'nmp Glenn. Morehead. this summer will be held July 10 to August 10. Thin decision was reach'-d In a conference here today between Governor Kltcbln and the advisory bnard of the North Carolina National Guard composed of Gen. B. S. lloyster. iford; Gen. f. A. Macon, Henderson; ' ol. J. T. Gard ner, first Infantry. Sln-lhy; Col. H. .'. Bragaw, second infantry, Rledsvllle. The conference resulted in the selec tloln of the follow lint dates for the regiments to be ir, 'amp. First In fantry, July 10 to IT. Inclusive; sec ond Infantry, July -'J to 27. inclusive; third regiment. Auk ist to 10. It was decided to tak- steps at once for the erectio.i of two badly needed storehouses for Camp Glenn. One will be for the quartermasters supplies up In the camp ground and the other will be out on the rifle range for ord nance supplies. WASHINGTON, May 1 6. Forecast : North ; Carolina: f nettled .Tuesday; Wednesday fair; moderate east winds. liahes that the prosecution can be lev eled not only at the union but its of riclals as well. In handing down Its unanimous opinion, read Mr. justice Lamar, the court reviewed the case brought by the Bucks Stove company seeking to ertjoin them from placing the company's name on Its "unfair" and "we don't patronise" lists, pub-' llshed regularly In The American fed eratlonlKt. the official publication of the federation; Th Is published - list the company contended constituted, a boycott. Injunction Was flrantcd. The Supreme court of .the District of Columbia, after a hearing granted a tern perary Hrlttln fa. making it permanent three months Inter. The court's order prohibited the defendants from attacking the manufacturing company In their pub lication or In other unlawful ways. Shortly after the order was entered the manufacturing company appeared In court and charged contempt against the three labor officials. They were found guilty and sentenced, flompers to twelve months In Jail, Mitchell to nine months and Morrison to six months. The sentences were appealed to the District f'ourt of Ap peals without avail, and the mntter was then laid before the Hupr. rne court. Pefore the Supreme court had op portunity to hear the testimony, the Rucks Stove Xt Mange company hsd settled all Its differences with the defendants and all that remained for the court of last resort to do was to rule In Mm contempt feature of the long fought lltiKatlon. NORTH CAROLINIAN LOSES ALL POSSESSIONS IN FIRE Blaze in Building at Wash ington Proves Costly to Several Tar Heels. WASHINGTON, May 15. Mr. D. Mc. Matheson, of Taylorsvllle, lost everything tliitt tie brought to Wash ington by fire yesterday morning. In cluding two suits of clothes, on extra coat, nn old time silver watch, 17 In monev and i government check for I ll.sA Mr. Matheson rooms at 128 Mary land avenue, Northeast. After eat ing his brenkfast Sunday morning, ab ut x.Sd o i loi k. be went to hist room on the tblid floor of the lodg trig houne, smoked a pipe of tobacco, and then went to the bath room which was within twenty feet of his room. He took v. 1th him a pair of trousers end an undershirt. These were saved put everything else de stroyed. Homebody said "fire." and Mr. Matliepon peeped out Pi find his room filled with smoke and flames. Dressed in a serious look and a long set of h Inkers Mr. Matheson, who Is a special policeman at the cupltol, made his way to the, parlor, where other lodgers were dressing. Soon he had to hustle out of there for the flames spread rapidly, and gutted the bouse. A neighbor loaned Mr. Matheson a ry-lnce Albert coat and other togs. The coat Is about four numbers too small and fits a little too well for comfort and looks, but It will do. Two other North ('urollnlan. W. 8. Hooks, of Fremont, and Mr. Farnell, se relarv to Representative KsJS'Wl, . roomed In the Maryland avenue build Ing and lost tome of their goods. FLYINtt KFXOHDS IIHOKF.N. I JIKIMS, May 16. The speed rec ords, with and without a passenger, were twice beaten today in remark able monoplane flights. A speed of more than 160 kilometers (99.5 miles) an hour was attained In the first flight by the American aviator, Henry Weymano. . . Technical Discussion of Cas. Justice Lamar devoted considera ble space to a technical discussion of civil as differentiated from criminal contempt. In the former only a fins was permissible, he pointed put, whlls in criminal Jail sentences could b Im posed, Ths case under considerations he said, had been brought by cor poration In conjunction with suit In equity and nn to fet paia to th corporation, alun could be tin nosed Mad ths court, whose Injunction had been disobey, felt sgrievad, It ould navs brought criminal contemct oro readings In th premises and hvs In- WnHneaiiljt, dlfclp da tliig, however, and ths opinion held that It erred In Imposing In a elvll contempt case a penalty applicable only to litigation Involving criminal contempt. .t The opinion In conclusion read: "The Judgments of ths court of ap. peals and the Supreme court of the district are revoked and the case r manded with direction that the con, tempt proceedings Instituted by the )ucks Stovs A Range company be dismissed, but without prejudice to the power and right of the Supreme court of the Plslrlct of Columbia to punisn ny a proper proceeding con. tempt, if any. committed against It." in view of the fact that the original cause or the long dwrawn out litiga tion has been adjusted out of court. It Is considered unlikely that the Dis trict Supreme court will take advant age of the Supreme court's decision to reopen the case . against ths labor leaders. MiNITY STATUES MAK EMISCOUOIUST LAW Defiant In Bath Tub Case Attempting to Get Into Supreme Court. WASHINGTON. May 18. The goy erSment's case against the so-cslled bath tub trust took a twist todsy which may Involve an Interpretation of the Immunity statutes by the Su preme court of the United States and may poslbly thereby afreet nearly every antl trust prosecution now un der way. The ('(dwell Lead company, one of the defendants In the government's civil suit asked the Supreme court to review Judge Howland's recent de cision in tho united States circuit court In Philadelphia that one de fendant In the case when called by another as a witness could not claim the protection of the Immunity sta tutes. The department of Justice holds that congress Intended the Immunity statutes to protect witnesses testl fylng for ths government. Judge How land so ruled. Department of Justice officials declare that to allow Im munity to one defendant In an anti trust 'suit because he Is called at a witness by a co-defendant would practically emasculate the Sherman law. XKtJKO LYJfCHBO IX GEOIIGIA BWAINSBORO, Oa., May 1 5 At 1 1 o'clock Sunday jilght, twenty min utes after Deputy Wood, whom he had shot died. John McLeod, ft negro was dragged from Emanuel county Jail and hanged by a posse. The bodv was suspended fr mi tree and riddle with bullet. Hidden key to the Jail were found and th victim quickly strung ap.'-Deputy Sheriff Wood was shot by McLeod while try Ing( to arrest th negro on minor ' share. Government Troops Have All Retreated Before Advancing Hosts of Rebels . , ". 7-. r i . RAILROADS TORN UP TO PREVENT PURSUIT Supplies Within City Scarce and the Situation Is Desperato ! CHIHtTAHDA. Mev May !i m ' El ro, Tex.. May IB.) Chihuahua now stands In direct fear of as st tauk and many people feel that any resistance is hopeless. The 3,400 In surrsctos who are approaching from , the south 'today reached Kecalon, ,s few miles below Jlmlnea. " t ' As they proceed ths Insurreetoi are tying up tho National rallrosd to pre vent pursuit by federal troops. Th -federal troops south of hero are all retreating . to ; Chihuahua,, having found It Impossible to stem ths on ward march of th Insurreetof, Aro Rapidly Advsndng J i An armored train,; Ailed with fsaV era! troops, which went south to oj n the! railroad soon - returned with ths report that ths -onemy was In overwhelming : numbers and an at tack from th train would have meant annihilation. Th belief la that the) Insurrectos will soon tak Jlrolaei toe. gather with th branch rallrosd run ning to Psrral and then will encamp? around' Chihuahua to Attack ths city . In conjunction with a part of Ma dero' forces from Jusres. ' Th federal, troops r regarded ffectlvly bottled tip. Only 1,10 fed erals ar In Chihuahua city, dsn rat ftahatos' LJOO men who started to Junres are cut off from return by sn lnsurrecto' band which cam In behind them, - , The situation In th city 1 becom ing dally more desperate. Supplies r scare. ' All train, and telegraph com' munlraUnn hat Jbaen, cut off for two weeks, , , j f j . w.''u.rFt)dstttffg-sH9. V'rr ' ' , Governor Ahumada today Issued gn order forbidding the takl-f out of the city of any foodstuffs, despite tho appeals of many surrounding mining camps. . 1 Most people, Inoludlng TOO or IDS American residents, used up all their reserve supplies thinking peso wag In prospect. Many Americans hav appealed to Consul Marlon Letcher for proteUo in eas of an attack. ' More fortification ar blng hurrt edly built. Th cathedral and all out lying buildings are wsll fortified eni trenches hav bn built s cross1 streets that lead to th heart of th town. " !,'. Word that th war. was to b con tinued caused keen . disappointment especially suffering among ths poor already seamed to have reached th limit of endurance. Beggars line th streets, Hunger drives 'torn to th extreme of entering restaurant and grabbing food from tables. v REVISION OF TARIFF OR PERLEXESJEKIATS They Want to Lover Duties and at Same Time Not ' Disturb Revenues. '" 'J SOME SAT FREE WASHINGTON. May !. Demo cratic members of th ways and means committee of the house un dertook today the task of drafting bill revivslng Bhe wool schedule. Th committee debated th situation for three hours Without attempting . to) reach a decision a to whether . th bill shall place raw wool on th fr list or reduce th tariff Aft per cent or more. The paramount Issue In revising th schedule Is rrvenue. To put raw wool , on the free list woulud cut off at One 121,000,900 In revenue, while th en tire wool schedule bring a rtvvenu of 1410,000.000. By cutting the duty on raw wool to five or six cents a pound, -and making prov vision for a sliding re duction annuaully of on cent, somo democrats figure that the Importa tions would Increase sufficiently when added to Increase Importation In manufactured wool due to a ft '. per cent reduction In that tariff to cause no disturbance in the govern ment exchequer. --.c-;. i.'';.' s It Is probable that In ten day th tentative bill will be submitted to th democratic caucus for debate and de clslon. '.': '. ' "'! 'r. GOV, CHAMBER LAX DEAD. . MERIDEN Conn., May 15. Ahlm-, Chamberlain, governor of Conne - m . from 1901 to 190S. died at bis ho i. hr tonight after so t;ir - ct tw years,