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LE CITIZEN. THE WEATHEE: FAIR TQ! fiT Sworn Daily vJLtM Averacft for Maw ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MOKNING, JUNK 14, 1911 - VOL. XXVIL, NO. 236 PRICE FIVE CENTS KELLOC SAYS HE Is Your Name Written There? RISKED LIVES IES GETF TOQFFERANYBQDY AT NOTABLE BILL According to Agreement Reci procity Bill Comes up With out Recommendation T IES J - For His Previous Connection With Subsidiary Compan les of U. S. Steel Co. esJdent Taft Bestows Medals $3 Had Explanation About Expen dituie of $1,600. Which Is Not Made Public of Honor Upon Half Dozen Enlisted Men THE ASHE VI TRtBUTETO OPPOSITION WILL HERO MESSENGER FINDS WHO ERST WHACK MISS VOUCHER i i - OSAVEGOMRA Z DOWN HERE AND J v .V, now V j V) gL L FOR PORTRAIT HIGHEST DISTINCTION THAT CAN BE GIVEN Men Waded In Water to Waists In Dense Smoke and Fumes of Gas and Oil WASHINGTON, June 13 The cab inet Was kept waiting today while Preldent Taft, as commander-in-chief of the navy, paid tribute to six en listed men. In the service. In the pres ence of Secretary of the Navy Myer and Captain Wiley, of the battleship North Dakota, the president presented the men with medals of honor, the highest distinction which this gov ernment can bestow. The president spoke In praise of their heroic deeds when, on September 8, 1910, an oil fuel explosion on the Norm Dakota killed three men, put in jeopardy the live of scores of others and placed the- battleship itself in danger. Thos. Stanton and Earl Wesa. chief machin ists' mates; Patrick Reid and August KoiU, chief water tenders; Charles C. Roberts, machinists' mate, first class, and Harry Lipscomb, water tender, made up the honored half dozen. These men waded lnthe water up to their waists In dense smoke, to rescue their comrades and to prevent fur ther explosion. In addition to the medals of honor, a gratuity of 1100, 000 was given to each man. "It is a great pleasure for me," said Presdent Taft in presenting the medals "to be the Instrument of conveying to you the gratitude of the nation for what you .have done. What you did was bravery equal to anything in battle, under circumstances In which you were facing death close at hand, and It sends a thrill down my back to feel that you are Americans and that you Bf ted wtth the spirit of the American silor, as we like to think of mm, in vlng the lives of your fellow men. nd that you. have brought credit on Ot profession which, ypu are. follow- jt. and have furnished an example i In the service that I am sure will not be lost. God bless you. I hope you will all live long and useful lives, and that this work which you have done In of fering your lives up will be a source of happiness to you and of pride to ell that come after you.'" WARE-KRAMER-AMERICAN TOBACCO CASE FINALLY lIUIiCOEDJT RALEIGH Plaintiff Alleges Trust Meth ods in Driving Them Out of Business GENERAL DENIAL RALEIGH, N". C June 13. The damage suit by the Ware-Kramer T.ibacco company vs. American To bacco tompany for alleged trust meth ods of driving the plantlft out of business as a competitor In the cigarette business was fully launched today, the Jury being installed and numbers of depositions of non-resident witnesses for plaintiff read Tomorrow depositions of American Tobacco company officers will be read- The complaint and answer read by sections alternately. The complaint 'sets out series of acts i on the part of the American Tobac co company to Destroy me piaimin M n B H'liifvriiK'i J lie niu.i iv.il 1 'J baoco company sets up a general de nial of the charges and alleges fur ther that the Ware-Kramer compnny -nwas guilty, as bitter and unfair Stoiethods -In furthering, trade and slandering the defendant company as i thev charoa the American Tohncro paxcotripany with committing. AIo the jnswer sets up the daeose that many kt ih thlnra alleged were uHfoaA te have been committed more than two years prior to the bringing of the suit and are barred by statute of limitation. The depositions presented during the afternoon were by C. A. Hubbard and W. P. Moore, Norfolk;: A. M. Martin and William F. Arrant, Rich mond ;Henry T. Offenderfer. Wash ington, and Mr. Lilly of Lilly. Dun can A Co., Baltimore. . Each of these set, out personal experiences and ob servation of American Tobacco com pany methods of stifling Independent trade and competition, especially through sou pons,- frejc goods and oth er methods, notably through special concessions to some special dealer in a city through whom the trade must ' ultimately come to be supplied. The Norfolk affiants set out that the Old Dominion Tobacco company ultimately came to control that mar ket and the Washington affiants that tno to bacca trad- passed through--fa-J or of trust to Davis Decher of that - tfiy. HE WOULD DISCLOSE" ALL TO1 COMMITTEE Asks Some Pertinent Ques tions as to Immense Prof Its of Certain Railroads WASHINGTON, June 13. Frank B. Kellogg, special counsel of the de partment of Justice In the prosecu tion of the Standard Oil company and known as the "trust ' buster," told committee today that he had for years been special counsel for subsidiary companies of the United Slates Steel corporation In Minnesota and that he had no apologies to make for It. Chairman Stanley declared that the committee would summon any one, be he the president of the United States or J. Plerpont Morgan. In order, he said, to get at the "twhole truth and nothing but the whole truth as to how certain railroads owned by the steel trust are able to declare 100 to 18(1 per cent dividends and put 14, 000,000 or $5,000,000 into their sur plus when their capitalization Is only $4,000,000 or $5,000,000. That may be ail right and it may not," It Is probable former President Roosevelt and Mr. Morgan will be asked to ap pear before the committee when It holds sessions in New York. Mr. Kellosg referred to a letter he had serit to the committee In which he explained that he and his firm, Davis, Kellogg and Severance, had for years represented the Duluth and Iron Range railroad and the Duluth, Mesa ba and Northern railroad, subsidiary companies since 1907 of the United States Steel corporation. Denying that while acting as special counsel for the government he had perform ed any services for the steel corpora tion, Mr. Kellogg frankly stated that a fee of $15,000 for services previous ly performed had been approved by officials of the United Bute Steel corporation and paid to him la kte ber, 1907, after he had undertaken trust prosecution for the government "There has been a good deal, said." Mr. Kellogg told the committee, "about my connections with the gov ernment and with the steel corpora- (Continued on Page Six.) T HURLS DENUNCIATION AT ALL HIS Attacks What He Desig nates the Boss Control of the House HITS AT PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'. June IS. De nouncing as "traitors' representatives in congress who surrender their ac tion to party caucus and declaring that any president Is guilty of bribery who undertakes to control the house through patronage to those who es pouse administration measures re gardless of merits, Representatives Lindbergh, of Minnesota, an insurgent republican, during the wool tariff de bate In the house today, attacked what he claimed was the "boss control" of the house and its manipulation through the caucus system and pat- ronage distribution. He charged the democrats with having worked for freedom of action In the last con gress when they co-operated with the insurgent republicans, but to have adopted the . evils of the caucus sys tem now they are in power. , The house has capitulated to an unoffi cial body known as the democratic caucus, he declared. It Is not the first time In history that the majority membership of this house has com mitted treason, nor is the democratic caucua the only caucua to have com mitted the offense. "I am talking against treason and I unflinchingly and unhesitatingly say that any member who surrenders his actions to the control of a caucus violates his oath, is a traitor to his constituency and commits treason against his effu'htry."" Regarding presidential use of pat ronage. Mr. Lindbergh 'said: "The house Is the only elective body In Washington and when any president undertakes to control it by systems of personal favors In the shape of patronaga to those who will vote for so-called administration mea sures Irrespective of their honest opin ions of their merits or demertta he Is guilty of nothing short of bribery." "One person cuts very little figure here,'- he addadr-'unleaa he ia In the swim with the bosses and then lie la worthless to the people." WAY CLEARED FOR LONG DISCUSSION Mr. Gore Offers Amendment But Will Withdraw It If Bill Is Imperiled WASHINGTON, June 1. The bat tle lines on the Canadian reciprocity agreement were squarely drawn In the senate today, when In accordance with agreement. Chairman Penrose of the finance commitee reported the bill without recommendation, favor able and adverse views were presented by senators and the way cleared for the long siege of discussion In open session. Messrs. McCumber and LaFollette submitted reports outlining their Individual views In oppositon to reciprocity, and Mr. Williams pre sented the views of himself and Messrs. Stone and Kern favorable to the measure. The debate will begin tomororw with speeches In opposition to the bill by Senators Curtis and Mc Cumber. The exchange cf views on the bill was general. Mr. Dixon expressed surprise and regret that the commit tee had not been able to bring In a recommendation for or against the bill and tn so doing elicited a series of statements regarding the course of the finance committee. One of these was made by Senator Heyburn, who brought out the facta regarding the motion In committee to report the bill adversely. He said that he had presented this motion and that it had been lost by a tie vote of 7 to 7, thus rendering an opposing report Impos sible while at the same time ap proaching very near to one. Mr. Core Introduced an amendment to the bill which would place Cana dian flour, meat, and agricultural Im plements on the free list but said he would not press the provision If It became evident that Its adoption would Imperil the bill. In presenting his adverse report on the rarfprocit y MU, - Bam tor "La Fot lette said: '"I propose to offer amendments to the bill providing for a complete re vision Of the wool and cotton sched ules of the present Payne-Aldrlch tariff law, revision of the rates on - -1 n-yurtrt n. vn jn jxj,i rp ri run (Continued on Page Eour) OF GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON IS OFFICER fj. S. -IBUT Graduates From West Point Loudly Applauded as Given Diplomas GRADUATE WEDS WEST POINT, N. Y.. June IS. Eighty-three young men were today graduated from the military aca demy into the Cnited States army and received their diplomas and commis sions from Secretary of War 8tlm son. Bad weather prevented the hold ing of the graduation exert l.ten under the tent. Mr. Htlmeon and General Barry, superintendent of the academy, made, short addresses. Philip Bracken Fleming of Nebraska wss the honor man of the graduating class, and he was loudly applauded as was also Cadet Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian, a grandson of General Stonewall Jackson. General Barry and Colonel Edward C. Tillman, the dean of the military academy, ad dressed the class of graduates. Major General Leonard Wood, chief of atafT of the United 'States army, also briefly addressed the graduates, concluding with wishing the class the best suc cess. Immeriatety after the exercises, graduate James Philip Klffer of Penn sylvania and Miss Alice Brett of Brooklyn, proceeded to the cadet chapel and were married. JCDC5K MACK PRESIDENT BOSTON. June IS. Judge Julian W. -Mack, of Washington. 1). C. was unanimously elected tonight president of the national conference of charities and "corrections for Its thirty-ninth year. Frederick Almy of Buffalo, N. T., John F. Moore , of Boston and Richard C. Cannon of Chicago were chosen as vice presidents and Alex ander Johnson of Fort Wayne, Ind., general secretary. TWO MEN DROWSED NEWBERN. N. C.. June 12 Swnm mlng out Into deep water where the current was running ten mile an hour. J. W. Wllley of this city, form erlf of Norfolk, and J. H. Morris, son of i. C. Morris of Oreensboro, bat ama -exhausted a4 before by could be rescued both sank. , Their bodies could not be found. AFTER NIGHT OF DRINKING. DEFEATED MEXiCAN SOLDIERS CA USE COMMOTION Mounted Police Detailed to Disperse ThemDemanded That They be Paid Off as Regular Are Madero Has Agreed That Time for Demonstrations 4 Has Passed Gen. Navarro Must Face Court of Inquiry MEXICO cn June II. Soldiers who distinguished themselves In futile defense of Juares. today raised such, a row overttjelr alleged griev ances, that mounted police ana a detachment ot ''Zapatdores" had to disperse them and their supporters. No shots were fired. , They were not regulars, but a Hoi of volunteers who fought undw General Navarro. Following the surrender of Juares, they were made prisoners also and they accompanied, the old general to the capltol. Instead of going to bar racks laat night these undisciplined men spent the night drinking. This morning, Joining ha regulars to the barracks they demanded that they be paid off as th Ittsurractos are. The man began to sheurialoud their fan cled grievances. OMsfde the barracks, a crowd of persons gathered and ad ded their hoots and Jeers to the din nmd by the volunteers. Advices received at police headquar ters resulted In the dispatching of mounted police to handle the mob outside the barracks. The volunteers declared they did not purpose to cno any longer. An officer inform ed them that their services were not wanted and a few minutes later they WESTERN DEPOSITARIES HIKE BETTEBP1T00NACE Postmaster General Hitch cock Gives Figures of Ag gregate Business WASHINGTON. June IJ. Postal . savlg. deposltorl. In the tar -. , are being better patronlxed than those j In other parte of the country an- nounced Postmaster General Hitch- or n..1 -.vlnas banks ' opened May 1. Kubee, Arl.. and Tono- pah. Neb., led In iimount of deposits the flrBt month with $1 1,770 and 110, Xll. respectively. Tie first 91 ot these established receive,! $1 26,801 the first month and ot) May 31 hsd on deposit an aggregate of 1400. 000. There will be In operation July 13 total of 660 pomal savings offices. 100 additional offices having juxt been named. 60 t" July 10 sna o lo July li. Among them are; lakeland and iBlnevllle. na.: Albany, Oa.; Oxford. .V C: Aiken, . C: Eufaula, Ala; Newport. Ark.. Greenwood. Miss. Plaquemlne and Houma, I A., and New Braunfeld, Tex. SEW. SYSTEM Or' tXJXTHOL. ' NASHVILLE, T.-un.". Jim U.-Uhe board of trustees of th University of the South In session at Bewanee to day adopted a motion to plare the university under th n.ntrl of a board of regents. Uy this act (he tru tees place all ex"-utlv authority in the new body. Th board will con tinue to exist, however and will meet annually in Sewan for the purpose! of'electlon snd irinslderatlon r mo tion originating with the regents. FAIR WASHINGTON. June 13. for "at tot North Carolina: Fair Wednesday anal Thursday, " light to modacata win da. mostly north wot - A boor me part of the street crowd. Tim .ui'' e'jpi'rt.t d th mob mttoui rhoituitr. Today announcement wss made that hereafter those who persist In too exuberant celebrations will be deem ed guilty of disorderly conduct. Fran elm o I. Madero, Jr., haa agreed that the time for demonstrations has pass ed. - Manuel Bonilla, the Plnaloa news paper editor, appointed minister of the department ot communications, today was installed as a member ot the De la Barra cabinet. That Oenerat Navarro will face a court of Inquiry why ha surrendered Juares was confirmed; ' MILITARY COMEDY HTIM, OJf, Mexico a post revolution military com eUy continued today. Four thousand federal troops, commanded by three generals, are patrolling the streets, determined that the victorious army under General Orosco shall not enter the city. Orosco's force extends north along the railroad thrlrty miles with headquarters a flause. The Insurrectos make no effort to concert their nurrober. They say that INCREASING SENTIMENT IN FAYOHDOD ROADS So Declares President Pat terson at Two Days Meet ing in Winston-Salem WINSTON-HALUM. in. ., juiib Tt. V.,h f'arollllA VOOfl roads SS- ' "" " .u-.T dv.' session todav. President Patterson In , annual address said he longed for the time when tne enure soum wuu.u Hiked by a eystem of well located and properly drained surfacs roads. He spoke enthusiastically of the In creasing sfntlment In favor of good roads In this state. !r. Joseph Hyde pratt. secretary of the association, re viewed the work of the organisation since Its bttglnnlng. Kx-Congressman John II. Small in an address declared the good ronds movement wa the greatest economic movement In this state. At this afternoon's session of the association encouraging reports were made by president Varner of the Central Highway association, Fred N. Tate of the trlnng'iWr hlghwsy asso ciation. Dr. Joseph Pratt of the Cret .f ih Blue Kidge assoclstlon and Ionard Tufts of the Capital high Way route. A telegram was read from president A. J. McKlnnon. giving as surance that the Charlotte-Wilmington highway would be built. htoiiy rKtriiEi. ;l!I,KPOnT. MlM., June 1 J. After a thorough Inspection of the csrgo of th. fmr llermanos. locsl customs ,.ffici.l have satisfied themselves t the story which connected this tha yeel with an alleged filibustering ex peditlon to Central American water in unfounded. This government offi cials have carefully examined the llermanos and found no war material alioarJ. GURST MAOSinCESOK, LONDON. June II A prejara tlon for th coronation approach completion It become increasingly evident that the celebration will be on a far greater scale of magniftcenc than he coronation of King Edward. Nevee before have the street of lyocoon been so transfigured for any great publlrt cererrn.ny, or has there been such an enormoj expenditure to do honor to a sovereign. .The t,natof-sr t dtrotsttnn sndtUun-i- ml nation la of uuprcdBl4 lavUb- while reports coma to them ot ban' quels being served In . Mexico City, they, In spits of peace, ara kspt in the field on short rations. While wonder la expressed that Mexloo doe not straighten - out the tangle, Governor KhIi expects no serious eonsequsnees. Ma says in time thai federal troops will evacuate and the Insurreotos will enter'- Chihuahua, rv'1.- t'(: ' However, Oeneral Orosco. Madoroa foremost military chief, when seen at Hauso frankly expressed dlspleagura at the failure of the federal authorl tie to turn the city over to hi forces. Many of Orosco follower have open ly declared i the federal do not soon svaouat; th inaurrecto army wilt en ter In a body, Oeneral Vlllar com manded 'the federal today, asserted Mexico City. Those order Were that he should patrol the city and main post to prevent the entrance of any armed troop. At) th inaurrecto desire to enter the city led by a bras band, carry. Ing their rm and with flag flying and to mrrh through tha atreet. A triumphant procession I thslr notion of proper regard for military.. gar ONE DEAD, ONE MISSING Fire at Albany Chemical Works Threatens Plant of Standard Oil ALBANY, June 13. One man Is dead, on Is missing and six others are In a serious condition as the result of sn explosion In the distilling room of the Albany Chemical works on Van Kenssalaer Island this afternoon. Fire which Immediately followed the explosion destroped the greater part of the plant, causing a loss estimated at 1100,000, snd threatened the plants of the Standard and Texas Oil com panies, where 4.000.000 gallons of oil snd gasoline are stored. The miss ing man Is K. W. Adams, superin tendent of the works who wss seen i to fall Inside th burning building. John Klsnagan. an employe died from Injudins. The iaue of the explosion has not been established, but It Is supposed that a tank containing hundreds of gallos' of sceton burst and detonate' other tanks containing high explo sives. "MOOT HEIUOt'H MKXACE" PHILADELPHIA. June 1 3 Politics as "played in these United Stales," wa declared to' be the most serlou menace to the future trade expansion of the country by Frank W, Crandall m. i"e. ensirnmo or me ran- 'road commission In his report to the annual convention of the Travelers Protective assoclstlon of America, now meeting here. C.MT1W niKCOVERrm V ASH INOTON. June 1 . Clprtano Castro, exiled president of Veneiuela, whose return to hi native country the t'ntted States and foreign gove ernments are trying to prevent, haa been discovered at Port pa Palx, Hay tl. aboard the steamer Consul Qroa tuck. ; American Consul Torres, at Port au Prince cabled th stat de partment todsy of this fact. HEATUXG BEtifSS JLNE IS WASHINOTON. Jun It Vh hearing of testimony In th Lorlmer rsss will Aegln Thursday,, Jun ti, according to an aauounoaoiant mad lodar. ..- . . SOMETHING PASSING . STRANGE ABOUT IT Secretary Knox Subpoenaed About Voucher Promising . Disclosures r 1 WASHINGTON, Jun it. In ponse to a ubpoana issued today by th house commute on expendi ture in the stat department, fleer. try of State Knox will appear b. fora that committee tomorrow after noon to explain th payment of . 600 from th Canadian boundsrle commission fund to I'redsrtck Hale, son of former X'nlted Btatea Senator Eugene Hal, of Main. Th nib poena was served on Secretary Knox thia afternoon. Ha Immediately. ar ranged for hearing at I p. m, to morrow. Thomas Morrison, dlsbur tng clerk, of th stat department will again testify tomorrow. Th summons for Secretary Knog followed disclosures mad to th uom. mltte today by Mr,. Morrlspn, that tha payment to Mr. Hal had been tary Knoa a "C. k: and that f mysterious voucher for ' ,4t0 , paymsnt for portrait of former Secretary Day had bean found on .th Boor of hi offlc by atU depart mant menger. . ;-:-,:'v,'...p..;-;;..i, Mr. Morrison declare that th mu sing voucher for IS. 454. drawn in pay mant of a portrait of former Becretary Day and of whk h the artist received only lilt, had been found by a mac anger on th floor ot hi office, How It got; ther l had noi knowledge, but It wa hi impression that soma lntertd In tha matter was re.: sponsible. The voucher was found f-i tha floor, i appar4 vbompUt. Mr,4 Morrison aald, and contained former CKIaf Clerk Michael explanation of how th 1,800 dlffernc had been expended. Mr. Morrison asaerted th.it atteaa tb auhr ?dlppered from tha file it had no auch explanation upon It Th explanation wa not made poblloY It had been oontendsd hat the 1,00 wa spent In secret service, in regard to th Hal pay. mertt, Mr, Morrison said that all h knew about th matter wss hi dl. faction from Becretary Knox:' to pay 0Vr th 11,000. O.. ,M. Tlttmsn. Canadian ' boundary commissioner, eallad befoPe the commit!, declared ' mat tn its.ooo payment to Hal had nvr o explained t him. , He said hi original sstimst for an appro priation of 110,000 had been Increased to $36,000 by th att dspsrtmsnt, without his knowledge, and that h later iwrnd tha extra 11.000 had been paid to Hal. . , A BO ITT OTHKB lOCClinn POKTLAND, Main. Jun II. Cot. Frederick Hale, tha payment f whoi fa of 11.000 from th Canadian . boundary fund of the state depart ment at Washington, flecrstarv of Stat Knox wss called upon today to explain, I out of town and I under stood to be n Europe. At hi law '""'' '' - - -riijiig-An.iiiX'"i-i nn rJuiJi-iLj. (ConiininHt ott )? Fonr) a. SESSION HT LOUISVILLE '' JBSBBMSBatV, V''1' "I'.' President 0. B. Johnson Gets in Good Word for . Good Roads Cause 1 HAVING GOOD TIME JH'IHVILLK. Ky.. Jun II. Mem ber of the Southern Newspaper Pub lisher ttsxnctatlon which t holding -a two days' session here, were enter tained today at a local park at a Dutch supper after which they St- tended a theatre, being th guests of '' the ixulsvllle Convention and Public- Ity league. ' '. ' , Tomorrow the "members wilt be th guests of the Loo Is vt lie Post at lunch- ' eon and at night of th Messrs, Hgtde- -man and Colonel Henry Wattersnn at a banquet. The convention will ... brought to a rlosa tomorrew. . ; President C. B. Johnson In hi an nual address to tha association thl afternoon spoke of the great oppor- ' ' tuntlea presented to atl classes of Industry and flnanc In th south rapid development. The president . declared that th ' .work ' .of ' Imnrnvin roads wfitek la ..... going; forward In the south 'with greet, rapidity, will do a much aa any other , on thing -to enhance the value of th " land In th south and to make th . farm attractive for young pe.-.f-Tli. Th ' pea ker asserted that It ,u the nor of tha publisher to e 1 I . 1 1. the d. , vantage ofth '.'.,'! ad. f mska . known tha f' t t u it U t' e most . delightful gacti-'n vf t s c j .