THE WEATHER:
FAIR'
Sworn Daily
'Average for Hay
ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRID ATMORNING, JUNE 16, 1911
VOjVXXVII, NO. 238'
PRICE FIVE CENTS
STATUTE VIOLATED .
RESPONSIBLEONES
OUGHT TO SUFFER
Venator Penrose MaKs Strong
-Arraignment of Standard
. OJ1 and Tobacco Co.
SHOULD BE BROUGHT
V
TO BARS OF JUSTICE
Enforce or Repeal Anil-Trust
Law tO'Maintaln Country's
-vVbelf Respect
0 WASHINGTON. , June -IS. In' a
prepared apeech. Senator Pomerene
today called, upon th Attorney gener
al to undertake criminal prosecution
of the officers of the Standard Oil and
American Tobacco company under the
recent decision of the Supreme court
cf the Vrt.lted States n the case of
the two corporations.; lle'dld not ask
for action on" his resolutlqn Instruct
ing the attorney general to begin the
suits, giving way to Senator Nelson.
who" desired' to speak on Canadian
reciprocity, but he will press for a
vole on It 'in the -Immediate .future.
Taking up cudgels on behalf, of .At
torney General Wlckersham, whom
Mr, Pomerene had criticised. Senator
Kertvon declared that the present
hen of the department of Justice had
achieved more results, in his prosecu
tlon than any pf his predecessors. Ha
said Mr. Wlckersham did not require
Instructions from , congress to, do his
duty. ;
S'natnr Nelaon created a diversion
"whe.-ln applauding Mr. Wlcker
efiams work, : he declared that the
prerentf governor- of - Ohio. Judson
Harmon, when attorney general In
President Cleveland's cabinet, had said
the Sherman 'antl-trujt ' law was a
dead letter. Both Senator .Pomerene
' and -Hitchcock were' Immediately on
tbeir feet-to reply.- "That is mere
Imagination," said this Nebraska sen
ator. "Mr. Harmon was tfie official
who first breathed life into the law."
' In hl speech' Senator Pomerene
declared that the Sherman anti-trust
law, was apecino In its authority to
press such a suit against conspirators
Jvhp res
Gfe
-restrain trade, sna, further, that
.interpretation of the statnte by
jpreme court of the United
State was clear. : "With these plain
flndioFS MJtact and ..conclusions .by,
.-""fre.X-ourt that th$a statute ha been
,,yiomtea. wnat reason can oe w n ny--A
nv itWnt-ft nlirt nfflHnl fnp net rhn-
tin"lnt his 8Jit against them In order
to bring them to the bar of justice?"
Senator Pomerene asked. "A decent
(Continue, on Pnjr Four)
SilLL PLAYER KILLED BY
flCTQB, BEING FOUND IN
IT OF LATTER
Ihs BTJin'Who Did KilHng
Claims That v Ifl" Was
Brutally Assaulted
'IN. SELF DEFENSE"
-. ALBANY.: N. Y.. June 45.-Flrst
Baseman Arthur Brown, of the Al
bany ftate league baseball team, died
tonight In a hospital from four bullet
wounds received, he told the police,
at the hands of John V, -McStea, a
New Orleans actor. The ahftotlng oc
curred at a rooming house on Pearl
street, where McStea said he found.
his wife in an apartment with Brown.
McStea arrived here tdnlght and
proceeded directly to the house and
asked to ree "Mrs. Brown." In a state
ment made after the shooting he Paid
he heard his wife' voice upstairs snd
rushed to the hall above. There he
declared he was brutally attacked by
Brown
Getting the worst of the struggle.
McStea says, he drew his revolver and
fired at Brown. Four shots took ef
fect, two In the abdomen, one In the
. arm, another In the leg and a fifth
went wild. Brown sank to the floor,
-where he was found an Instant later
by an officer who heard the shots.
r Brown's home Is In Wllkesbarre,
where he waa born t and started his
JrWfeastonal baseball career. He later
Ryed, with the Detroit American
T?gue team. Montreal Eastern league
..club and the Trenton Tri-State league
team, from which he'.was purchased
( by Albany two yeara ago. He was 26
, years old.
Mr. McStea 1 21 year old and a
native of Albany. She was an actress
and while Iff New Orleans two yeara
ago. married. Mc8teaK who was stage
' director at the theater where she ap
peared. - She ha been In Albany since
AprlL Hr stage name was Mildred
Barre.' V'' '
. M'STRVS CAREER.
ALT5CSTA. Ga.,' June 1$. J. V.
McStea was manager of a tneaier tiere
b'thrpast season. He came to Augusta
front . New prleana, ' where he had
' been manager and stage director of a
.theater a number-of years.
' Hie wife apent part of tnfe season
on two occasions here with him. hav
ing left Augusta for Albany only four
' weeks ago. McStea left her June S
for Albany, where he stated htg-irtfa't"'"" fppp?B "d tcnlght
waa in a hospital for treatment.
THRE E SENATORS
WANTED TO TALK
AT ONCE ON BILL
Root Amendment
Lodge, Clark ; and Smoot on Feet
Talking Simultaneously-Second
Day Devoted to Opposition
WASHINGTON, June 15. The sec
ond day of debate on the. Canadian
reciprocity bill proved a Held . day
for those opposed to the measure.
Led bv Senator Knute Nelson In a
4 prepared and exhaustive speech In
opposition to the bill, a numoeu. m
senators took part In a running de
bate. At adjournment Senator Pen
rose In charge of the bill, fett - that
this had clears the atmosphere -considerably
and he expresed th opinion
that the general debate would not be
of such great duration as hat? n
Dredlcted.
Senator Nelson waa radically an
tagonistic to the bill. A spirited da-
bate among . republican aena
tors was precipitated over the ef
fect of the Boot amendment dealing
with paper . and wool pulp. Sena
tors Lodge, Clark of Wyoming, and
Smoot all jvere on the floor and talk
ing simultaneously. They agreed
that provision only restored the terms
of the treaty as submitted to con
gress. . ''How then did that feature Of the
agreement .disappear?" asked Mr.
Wm. Atden Smith, of. Michigan.
'Ask the whispering ' winds," re
sponded Mr. Clark. ' '
Apparently pleased with the poetic
character of his response, the Wyo
ming senator first seemed disposed
to leave It there, but later added that
the amendment was not only In har
mony with tha original compact be
tween the two countries but In ; con
sonance with the Canadian blH car
rying the agreement into effect. Mr.
Smith was not satisfied and demanded
from Chairman Penrose an explana
tion of the disappearance, of that
feature from the bill.
"The change," he said, "occurred
In the ways and means committee of
the house and the ienator from Mich
igan knows as much about It aa I
do." -,
"The effect, then Is to give the
Canadian free trade In paper and
pulp and not to give it to us."; com
mented Mr. Smith. "And yeti" he
continued, "we are told by the house
that we must not change a word
In the bill as it was passed, there
for fear of Impairing it."
tor rear or imptmniiu
Mr. .Nelson declared that the Gana
dlana had outwitted the United
States. "The' Canadian not . only
fooled us Into putting their agricultural-products
on the free list,'' lie
said, "but they actually fooled the
president as to his treaty making
power. He was mislead and he 1s
as much astray on that point as he
APPREHENSION
Bristow Amendment Might
Mean Ltgislaion Like
Force Bill
MANY INQUIBIES
WASHINGTON, June i5. Not
withstanding they based their oppo
sition to the Bristow amendment to
the resolution providing for the elec
tion of United States senators by di
rect vote of the people on the ground
that it would permit federal Inter
ference In states having negro dis
franchisement laws, many of the Sou
thern senators are receiving fnquliies
as to Its effect. Most of the replies,
along the same line as the speeches,
indicate apprehension that In case the
amendment la engrafted Into the con
stitution as' amended by Mr. Bristow,
it might result In renewed attempts
to enact such leglslstlon aa the Force
bill of twenty years ago. As the bill
passed the house It rested complete
control of senatorial elections In the
r rlous state legislatures. The Bris
tow provision knocks out that sec
llon and gives congress the same con
trol In the election of senators by
popular vote that It now has over
tt-elr election by the state legisla
tives and that it has over the elec
tion of members, of the national
hi use of representatives. It is con
tnded that under this authority If It
paw fit, congress could appoint federal
registrars and supervisors and en
force their denrees with troops If
recessary. It is admitted generally
that the possibility of the exercise of
such power Is remote, but those who
opposed the amendment that the risk
should not be even remotely taken.
CIRCTfiATION MKN ORGANIZED.
CHARLpTTE, N. C June li. The
circulation managera . of the dally
newspapers of North and South Car
olina met here today and eRected an
organization to be' styled the Caro
lina Association of Circulation Man
agera - The following officers were
elected: Bam M. Burritt, Raleigh
Evening-Times, president; . W. R. Al
len, Anderson, 8. C, Mall, vice presi
dent; Harry 8. Atchison, Winston-Salem
Journal, secretary-treasurer.
The next meeting will be held In
Wlnston-Ealera. The visitors were to-
br tb local fraternity.
Reference Brings
was to the Interest of the Ameri
can farmer."
Mr. fyelaon declared the treaty to
be entirely for the benefit - of the
vbig interest." "Give us reciproci
ty," he pictured them as saying to
the agriculturists; "give us reciproci
ty;" you can go to the devil,"
The reciprocity bill now has sixty
votes in tha senate according t the
white house count. The Root amend
ment wilt be killed by a, comfortable
majority- In the same body, men who
have studied the situation for Mr.
Taft, say.
The president has expressed the
conviction (hat a combination of re
publicans and democrats will defeat
the Hoot amendment and that two
thirds of fhe senate will vote for the
bill itaetf. -
HOUSE SESSION
WASHINGTON. June 15, Repre
sentative Hughes, of New Jersey, de
livered tha only speech made in the
house today on the bill to revise the
woolen schedule, other matter oe
eupylng most - of - the . session. "Mr.
Hughe spoke in favor fet the bill.
Revision, schedule by schedule, ha
declared, waa better than to take up
the tariff as a whole, because in the
latter case the combined force of
those opposing revision Waa so great
that It waa hard to combat,- 'If this
bill' is the beginning,': asked Repre
sentative Weeks,: of Massachusetts,
"what will be the end?"
'"That we will have to decide later,"
replied Mr. Hushes.
Mr. Hughes made, a plea for the
American worklngman whose wages,
he said, are being kept down by the
Importation of so much foreign . la
bor. "Let us do on of two thing,"
he said, . ''either relieve our working,
man from this cheap foreign labor
competition or from the Industrial
monopoly -which overcharges him for
nearly everything he needs."
i , i , ... .
RECORD liQUOR SAXES.
EASLET, S. C. June ,1s. One hun
dred bottles per minute is the record
J.. breaking sale of HjJrlt bear, alleged to
- f. - V - . ,
.have- bee) made , bar recently by a
man namea xooiiuie, wno passea
throgh the town with a large supply
iof the Intoxlcan, disposing of fifteen
hundred bottles In fifteen minutes.
He was arreetel later In Spartanburg
and put up a bond of 1100 for his
appearance In the city court.
BE
TO
STATE BlUMMINEO
And it Seems Now the De
positors Will Have to be
Heavy Losers
MAY BE MUCH MORE
RALEIGH, N. C, June It. State
Bank Examiner J. K. Doughton re
port to the corporation commission
In the complications of the bajik of
Tarboro thai the shortage of Caahler
Luther Hart who suicided yeaterday
and Assistant Cashier Hussey who I
in jail In default of 115.000 bond,
will certainly prove to be $100,000,
and may run considerably more than
this. Several days will be required
to complete the examination for com
plete statement.
It look like ' the depositors will
have to be losers to a considerable
amount, the authorities think
Both Cashier Hart sftd his as
sistant, Hussey, were of prominent
families, and their connections are
among the best and most respected
people of North Carolina. Hart waa
about 40 year of age and was on
of the leading cltlxen of Tarboro and
Edgerdmbe icounty. In all a'filrs
of civic and public welfare he waa
prominent, and his rash act, coupled
with the disclosure of hi dual life,
has cast a gloom over the entire com
munity. He has large as well a very
Influential connections. Besides the
widow, who is one of the most prom,
lnent women In the social and church 1
life of Tarboro, two son survive, i
Hussey was also : well known
throughout this section and very pop
ular among all hi acquaintances. I-e
was about 28 yeara old and had been
In the bank for a number of years.;
HI family, like that .or Hart, is very,
prominent . in both social and busi
ness lf of this section. '
i Rsdtment Rons High
The event of the day have prob
ably thrown Tarboro into the greatest
period of excitement and furnished
It with the most rommentsble scan
dal in the entire history of the town.
Twelve year - ago - when Jim Mehe
gan waa cashier thr Bank - of Tar
boro had some trouble and for a time
there waa quite a cotitrove'rsr be
tween Mehegan and the bank direc
tors, but the incident never ' reached
anything lika the sensational staged
Everywhere tha greatest sympathy 1
expressed for the worthy fsotille ano
ralationjofth n invelved Is tae
8rent . Uft
EXTRAVAGAfJT NOT
uTROiiflO
EXPRESS THIS CASE
Hitchcock Saves on Dismiss
ing Clerks. But Finds Ways
to Spend savings"
v-F.
- I :
WASTEPAPER ilSKE rs '
DIDNT COST BUT $35
- n . i . .
In Furnishing" -His" "Red
Room" no ; Competition
Was Permitted '
WASHINGTON. Jtlne 16. Thirty
five dollar waste. pa ppr baskets, $298
desk and $320 tabi were some of
the little economies effected by post
master Oeneral Hitchcock In refur
nishing his "red rdomj" and "brown
room" office. Thee and other ex
amples of republic axtravanganc
ware revealed In testimony taken by
tha house commltt-ee jbn expenditures
in the postofftre -department,
Mr, Hitchcock sanctioned .the ex
penditure , of $7,50 in refurnishing
three rooms, , $4,004 f; which went
to tha furnishing of ' the' postmaster
general's private ofttc alone. Circas
sian' walnut furnishings especially de
signed and manufactured, and espe
cially designed carpet and draperies
furnished the nucleus of thl expen
diture. , A ;',,'
In no Instance ware bid advertised'
for, or competition permittew. The
lucky dealer had but to state hi price
and secure an order upon -the treas
ury. Five hundred and forty dollar
purchased two mahogany davenports
for American, royalty; $330 brought.
in two arm chairs: $98 produced a
table; $2t( purchaaed a second desk,
and $100 a third., A wardrobe to hang
coat in coet 8205. On rug wa
purchased tt $482, TB. Another dav
enpbrt , In Circassian walnut, "with
pillow" Post Uncle flam $345. Drap
eries for one room cost $800. Par
quetry ; flooring. .In ohe , room cost
$282, A telephone table cost $84.
A table with black riirble top cost
184. It cost $383 t "scrape" the
woodwork In the prlut office pre
parstory to new finish. .
Such was the measure of Mr,
Hitchcock' -economy In matters bar.
talnthg-to his own personal comfort.
In . matters concerning the em
ployesthe railway mall clerks for
Instance he followed entirety differ
ent lines of procedure.,
Mr, Hitchcock figured It out one
day that by making three men do the
work of four, he could make a rec
ord tor economy In the railway divi
sion. - The already overworked rail
way mall clerks were driven beyond
tha limit - Of. endurance. Conditions
In the west, especially in the tenth
division, feecame . Intolerable. Open
rebellion broke out on fhe Pierre-
(Continued on .Page Fnnr.l
TO ENKfi'S OEMANO
1 '
All Indications Point to
This Result Immediation
Proceedings
p--
WASHINOTON, June IB. Indica
tions point to an amicable adjustment
of the demand of the engineer of
the Southern railway for a wage In
crease .of 2 per cent. Conferences
between the . engineers and railway
officials continued- today. Kepresen
tatlves of -the conductors and train
men of the Southern are conferring
with the government mediation board
on working rules. An II per rent
wage Increase with an additional 8
rer icnt Increase to become effective
this -ar was granted the conductors
nd iralnmeq a year ago.
REFORMS IN MEXICO.
CHIHUAHUA. Men June 16. Re
forms Immediately affecting millions
worth of American property In Mex-
ico were announred tonight. Gov
Gonzales declared that under the new
regime foreign concession which
might be regarde-1 as monopolies
would not.be extended or renewed,)
and that -every legal effort, would be i
made' to restrict foreign monopolies
now existing in Chihuahua, one of the
richest' states In minerals and timber.
The properties sre largely controlled
by Americana, British and German
Interests. The Americans are the
largest holders.
Gov: ftonxales stated that that be
ginning today the export duty on
cattle shipped Into the United Stater
would be removed
. WASHINGTON, June 15-r-Fotecsst
for North Carolina: Unsettled Fri
day and Saturday, probably showera
Saturday In -west portion, light- U
-rr?t"T't ""libit "V".-
MORMON CHURCH
LEADER WILL NOT
BE GIVEN
Committee Decides That Joseph F.
Smith Will Have to Testify as to
SugarInteresting Historyof
How A. S. Co.
WASHINGTON. June 15. How the
augur Interests cobtned In 'first one
form and then another and how the
American Sugar Refining company
achieved power In the sugar world
was the theme of the story which the
house sugar Investigation committee
listened today.
In point of Interest that story was
rivalled .In the day's proceeding only
by the refusal of the committee to
excuse Joseph K. Smith, head of. th
Mormon church. from responding to
the subpoenas to testify before the
committee. He must appear next
week. By far the most Important
witness before , tha oommltee today
wa Lowell M.' palmer, director of
the American Sugar Refining com
pany from 189$ to 1905. and head of
It tariff department for years pre
ceding that. Representative Madi
son of Kansas who conducted the ex
amination - introduced a basla of
his question a page, from the minute
book of tha company's board of di
rectors. It bore the date of Septem
ber 8, 1818, and Its paramount: tea
ture waa the authorisation of, a com
mittee to buy outside refineries, (Th
page read? -. j
. "On motion, a special committee,
consisting of the president, vice pres.
ident and Mr, Thomas were appointed
to fix the price of refined sugar;
they were authorised in their discre
tion to make the price of granulated
not Jess than three-eighth above the
price of centrifugals of 99 degree:
tpst, other refined sugars to corre
spond. . They were authorised and
empowered to purchase for account
of the company or hold,' any portion
of outside refineries at a price and
upon terms .to b fixed by them In
their discretion." A description of
how the competing interest were
brought together In tha first sugar
combination lit 1887 waa given by Mr,
Palmar, -The wltneaa said that H.
O. Havemyer came to hi office to
talk over sugar matters.
"He aald that Searlea and Theo
dore Havemsyer wer craay to go
Into, a combination," declared Mr.
Palmer, "He aald hd was - not so
'caaavV unless he could aet the 'Har.
rtson fit.Phflnyiphip th .Harrison
were keen sugar- men and 'Captain
Thomas of Boston, a . very wealthy
man, worth say about $.10,000,000 or
$40,000,000 and presidents of the
Standard Sugar Refining company at
Boston, to go Into It with him. H
said Theodore would try to get the
Harrison and he offered to give me
$100,000 If I would get Captain
Thnmaa in." .
"Did you, let him?" Inquired Rep
resent Ive 'Madison. -, . -
"I went up and spent, the afternoon
with Captain ffhomas." continued the
witness. "His objection was H. O.
Havemeyer. He said he thought ha
could get along -wllh Bearles and
COURT JVOIDEO ISSUE
And That They Decided
Famous Labor Case in
Academic Fashion
WASHINGTON, June 15. Samuel
Oompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, last evening de
clared th Supreme court ' of the
United States In its recent decision
quashing the jail sentences of himself,
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison,
In contempt proceedings avoided th
Issue and decided the cases against
the labor leaders In academic fash
Ion. Mr. Gompers was one of th
speakers at a banquet In honor of
the executive council of the feder
atlon and of the fifteen members of
ihM hnll.A nf .-,,;.. -,h
carry union cards. The speaker aald
If the rule of reason applies when
vast wealth is concerned It should
not be omitted when human activity
la the quextlon at Issue. Speaker
Champ Cla.fR ' warmly championed
the right of petition and said the
freer the country the more efficient
is labor. ,
TWO PIlOKPfXTI VB G A .VIII ATKS
HARRIS BURG, Pa., 'June 8.
Speaker Champ Clark of the nation
al house of representative, and Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson, ot Nef Jer
sey, possible democratic' candidates
for th presidency next year, tonight
addressed . the largest democratic
meeting held In Central Pennsylvania
In years. The gathering had been
arranged aa the closing event of the
meeting to organise the Pennsylvania
Federation of Democratic clubs. Both
speakers took political conditions as
their -themes discussed the recent tri
umphs' of the democrats and urging
Ithejn to renewed efforts In 112.
Pennsylvania was loia io mil into una
with neighbors in her four border
which went democratic last year and
compliments for the Interest In th
federation aroused ' if uch applause
from those present,
FAVORS
Achieved Power
Theador. but waa not so sure about
H. O. I told him that H. O. was
the best man of the three. Finally
he came In."
"Did H. O. tell you what the oh
ject of the combination wa?" "No,
he never talked much."
The witness told of th rebates re
celved by th company, claiming that
It had merely gotten It share of th
rebate In the day whoa uch wer
m fashion. i i
Judge Madison questioned, the wit
ness concerning the formation of th
competing- National Sugar Refining
company of New Jersey. "It wa or-
ganlied for th purpose of buying
Tour companies." said the witness.
"Mr. Havemeyer told m he had or
ganised. It with his own motley and
a little .he hatt, gotten from the Na
tional City bank." , - -
The witness said the American
company procured a majority of the
preferred stock of th National but
when the question of the legality of
the common stock of tb National
cam up the wftneaa (aid that there
and H. Oi Mavemever broke.
Havemeyer brought up before th
board , of director of th American
the question of purchase of th com
mpn stock and of th National and
h said he could not - vote for the
purchase because he wa Interested
In th tock, said Mr. Palmer, ri wa
not favor of th purchase. ; W
never had much to do with on anoth
er after that."
- Representstlve Malhy . wanted io
know; If the common stock of th
National was Issued at th same tlm
th preferred was. "I do not know
anything about that vxcept whsHMr,
Havemeyer told tn," ; What did h
tall youT"
'. "I called him aald at the meet
Ing . and akd him what had bn
done with th common tnrk and h
replied It was In th hand of friend
and ha would iu m. Iiim iIiai t
I understand -that 7,809,000 value of
that stock I in th Havemeyer fern
llv." v . . .
Mr. Palmer agreed th' $10,000,-
90 might . have been promoter'
profit. Congressmsn Malby. in eon
election. svUh, th dlsenssiew ef the Jo.
suanca - of the famous ': $10,000,000
common nock, asked about the Issu
ance of the $50,000,000 of stock
by the - American Sugar Refining
oompapy, of which It had been aald
only $42,000,000 f?ad been used In
th purchase of planta.
"Have you any knowledge of what
became of the 81,000,000 not oldr
Inquired Mr. Malby, ;
"Non whatever." . Th witness (.
tlflsd that he believed that th stock
had been watered but how much h
was not willing ?. to estimate. Mr.
Palmer wa a member of an Amerl-
(Contlnned tm Page P"our)
tote
.s.
Plans for, Such an Under
taking Have .. Already
Taken Tangible, Form
PARIS, June 18. The proposal to
found a French institution in the
United State took tangible form at
meeting In the ministry of public
Instruction, which was attended by
a large number of notable French,
meg and American. The plan a out
lined by McDougall Hawke of New
York waa fully endorsed Mr,
Hawke said that It waa proposed
to establish first In New York, later
In the principal cities of the United
States,, museums of decorative art
on practical line In no way clashing
with the great museum, such a th
Metropolitan museum of art In New
York. The Institution will also pro
mote the exchange of professor and
students between the universities of
the two countries and found an In
formation bureau with the object of
developing relations among savant
and artists.
A committee to arrange for the es
tablishment of the - Institution was
elected.
AVALON MILLS DESTROYED.,
CH A RLOTTk'n. C June 18. The
j Avalon mill at Mayodan.. Rocking-
nam couniy, were totally aeatroyea ny
fir -of unknown origin early tonight,
entailing a loss of 8250,009. Th fir
started In the machinery room and
as the village I without AVe lighting
apparatus., the flame met no resist
ance. There la only partial Insurance.
The plant wa established twelve
years ago, and wa of 25,000 spindle
rapacity, employing '400 people.
RECORDS RECOVERED.
COLUMBIA, 8, C, June 14.
Three charred volumes of the records
of South Carolina 'which were In th
capital fire, at Albany, NV T., wer
received today by the South Carolina
Historical society. The records which
comprise three volumes of the inm
ates of the committee In charge of
the navy of Sijuth Carolina during the
revolution, were returned under a spe
cial act of the Nw Torli leflslature.
E
SETTLE IT
The Ware Kramer Co. Being In
Receivers Hands Couldn't
Bear Expense "
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BROUGHT TO FRONT
Plaintiff's Counsel Says De
fendants Want to "Entrap
Judge" to Oct New Trial 1 .
RALBIGH, N. C, June 15, Steady
progress I being mad In th pre
entatlon or the deposition and oth
r evidence on the part of the plain
tiff In the trial of the $1,100,000 dam
ag suit of vyre-Kramr Tobacco
company r American Tobacco com
pany. lt look Ilka the evidence for'
tb Olalntlfl Will alt In within ten
day or less lime and It ha not been
mad cleat yet whether the defen.
dknt will ffer any evidenr at all
or not , A leading mmbtf of counsel '
for th. plaintiff expressed the view
that their policy 1 ihdletd lrdy
to be to strlv to "dig pitfall" In
which to sntrap Judge-Connor, If pou.
slble.-wlth a view to at least assur.
Int a new trial on appeal In th event
of ah adverse verdict Attorneys say
a new trial would tnetn th -defeat
of the cause of the plaintiff In that
they being in th hand of a receiver,
they could not possibly carry the bur
den of making . ( the fight all ever
again. i '
The reading of the deposition of
Vice President Perclval fl. rjtu, of th :
American Tobacco company, was con
eluded this afternoon and then the
depoiitlon of W. W. Webh, Rich,
mond Samuel Reaves of Asbury rark,
ID. C. Mayer of Charlotte and C P.
Montgomery of Charlotte were pre
sented. , .
W. W, , Wbb 'was a salesman fot
th Ware-Kramer company snd a
feature of hi evidence wa batch
of correspondence In which' he
salesman for th Ware.Kramar com
pany, set out th method of th
American Tobacco r-ompany in flatt
ing to drlv the Ware-Krsmsr com
pany's jiaod from the Virginia and
West Virginia markets. ,
He treated especially th effect of
the coupon plan of pushln the
"tmst", good. H claimed that th
Issuing the single -coupon greatly
Injured fhe trad of th War.a-Kra ro
ar Oompany and that When th Amer.
lean Tobacco company put on thilr
doubl coupon the effect waa to cut
th Wre-Kramr goods out of th
markat In his territory entirely. "
Samuel Reave of Asbury Perk wa
a tobaoco jobber and deposed a to,
President Perclval Hill t hating wrlt
ten Mm to com to Nw Yrk where
h wa asked b? Hilt to atop hand
ting th ,Wre-Krmef goods and that '
on hi refusing to do o b wa eut
out n A. T. Co. Jobber.
E, C, Mayer and C. P. Montgomery. ;.
wholesale Jobbers of Charlotte, both '
testified to th .earn stats ef facts
a to the tobacco, trad In Charlotte ,
territory, That I that th American
Tobacco company controlled th to
bacco business and that It wss tm-
possible for a successful Jobbing
business to b mstntslhed without
handling American Tobacco company,
good and that at one tlm lh Ware.
Kramer good, particularly Whltk
Roll, had very (arte per cent of
the Charlotte trade but that they were
ultimately driven from : the market
by the American Tobacco company'! :
"Piedmonts," and their combination '
of free good and coupon.
SJ. TANNER HEADS II. V
ASE
S0GI1TI0N -THIS TEAR
Charlotte Man President
and Charlotte Next Place .
of Meeting ' ,
RESIST COMBINE
CHARU5TTK. N. C, Jun 1 5,-41. n. '
Tanner, of Charlotte, waa thl after
noon elected president of the Nortn
Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' at .
soilatlon, . succeeding H. M. MUleC,
jr.. who servtd the aasoctatlon flv
years. C. E, Hutchinson, . of.- MU
Holly, and J..O. Cannon, of Concord,
were elected vice presidents, and V,
L. BlBrk,ecretafy., wa r-tecled.
, The most Important , report- ub-
milled was. that of S. W. Kramer,
chairman of the legislative commit- .
mlttes, WH" detlleTH effort of
the "Arkwrlght flub,' American Col
ion Manufacturer' association ami "
other textile bodtet" with the Way! '
nd mean committee of the house to .
prevent th removal of th tariff f -,.
cotton goods, President Miller mad '
a report on the effort of coal compa
nies to combineand -break up the
contract which th manufacturer
have with the Clinchfleld corporation.
Thus far' the: cotton manufacturers .
have been able to reaist the combina
tion aad have enjoyed for the year the
advantage of cheap coal. -
CONS
LCOTEi
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