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A j. -f f -. V'; t . r - 4 '4 ' V - THE WEATHER; v SHOWERS' J s vol: xxvn no. 243 dAS EASY SAILiriG J$'' ssJMSsasissBgBa T w e n t y Four : Republicans Voted tor Passage: One ' Democrat Agalrtst it UNDERWOOD KEEPS i- PORCES TOGETHER Bill Reduces Present Tariff on Wool From 44 Per Cent to 20 Per Cent i WASHINGTON, .Tun SO. The nous ot representatives by a vote of III to 100 today passed the Under' wood Wool tariff revision bill provid ing for . a .reduction of the duty on wool and manufactures of wool. Twenty four republicans voted with the democrats for the passage of the measure and i one democrat. Repre sentative Francis of Ohio, voted a'galnt it. Many amendments were offered and Voted down, the only one adopted being a sHght change in praseology. Almost' five hours' were pent by th. house In debate under the ' Ave minute . rule. . Immediately preceding tnennai vote, a motion ot tered by Representative Payne of New-' fork, that the bill' be re-sub- mlttee with instructions that it await a report from the tariff board on the wpolen 1 Industry, before making - final Representative', Underwood, chari- ommittee and; in olierf of the bir" kept 1 hie forces well together In their opposition to ' all amendments. While some democrats proposed amendments, with one ex ception they voted with the party When the bill camel to passage. Representative Murdoch, one of the Insurgent republicans . ; who finally Voted for the blll.'l nroDosed several Cmendments placing certain grades I wool on the. free Hat.- His pur use In these amendments. he stated. waa to give the Amefca 'people pro- ectlon from thwt)rsted ' trust- by . fuiw.. till ,i.u mmuuipciuiv ui controlled woolen prtduets." . Mr. Murdock appealed to 'Repre sentative Harrison oft New Tork,' a democratic member of ,the ways and meaha "committee, and to others of the party who had favored placing wool .on the free list, to support hlim Vyiryv---yir'iir-.-lriry kwmimHw; ' Continued on page three) - RETAIL MERCHANTS MEET IN HENDEHSONVILLE with LAR6E REPRESENTATION ManyAsheville Merchants Arrive Today! for "Asheville Day" WORK MAPPED OUT HENDERSONVILLE, if. !., June 10. About seventy five delegates and ;800 citizens were present, when president Broughton, of Raleigh, called the ninth annual convention of the North Carolina Retail Mer chants' association to order. The delegates were met at the depot by a reception committee and a heavy downpour of rain. The skies soon cleared, however, and there la every promise of a pleasant and profitable convention. Many, more delegates are expected en the late trains tonight and .On Wednesday morning. After the reg istration of delegates the convention was sailed to order at 8:30 by Presi dent Broughton. Tr. R. A. Child Invoked the Di vine blessing on flic convention's deliberations. Mayor Staton. S. V. Pickens and W. A Smith, welcomed 5 he. . delegates to Hendersdnvllle in tort and snappy speeches. Mr. Smith paid a ' line tribute to the aims and por poses of the Re tail Merchants' association, told some ' thing ef Hendersonvtlle's advantag es and Its appreciation of the honor In entertaining the convention. WHat he. said about . the "Town Knooker"was enthusiastically ap-l plauded by the convention and the use of "Hot; .Air" lft town boosting met their approbation also. Ur. Charles L Smith, of Raleigh, responded to the addresses of wel come. , He contradicted convincingly . U . Al tWu. t Via f .km mmkn im but a consumer and not a producer. He said the Retail Merchants' asso ciation was- not selfish in its alms. has benefitted ail olasses of consu mers. .Through the .association's ef. forts many railroad freight lnequall- i ties In rates have been. corrected and he gave several Illustrations of thji tact . , 1 ' , . J. ' . . . No claw . ef men efl preaeh the gospel of good roads mere effective-, ly than the . retail "merchants. Tfcey are the dominating influence In. any community. ; He mad a strong plea a cacv three) UnDERWOQDWOOL' ABIFFlMEASURE . ewW .U U.J And Declared Consolidation of Refining Companies -Act of Philanthropy" STORY OF COUPS TO BE CONTINUED TODAY Subpoena Sent to Salt Lake City Requiring Presence of Jos. F. Smith WASHINGTON, June JO. The con solidation of the' National, the New Tork and the Tonkers ReAning com panies Into the National Sugar Refin ing company of New Jersey was ef fected .by the late President Henry O. Havemeyer, ot the American Sugar Refining company, a) "an act of phil anthropy," according to his son, Hor ace Havemeyer. who testified today before the house special committee on the Investigation of the so-called 'Su gar Trust affairs, , Mr. Havemeyer, who will continue his story of sugar corporation coupe tomorrow, said that hia father saw that the three companies were practl cally "busted," that they were "a-bout on their last legs" and "he saw , him self in a position where; he coUld either bust up all these; fellows ot take " them all In and he took -them all in." The witness said that his father's purpose In this combination is to preserve the properties and their stockholders and make their opt eratlons a success, "I got that evi dence from my aunt. Mrs. S. T. Peter, who waa a very close associate ot his, and about the only person to whom he talked, except my mother, in re gard to business matters." The wit ness said that he though his father's original intention was to sell, this $10,000,000 National common stock to the American, taking a part of the American, but he waa. advised by John D. Johnson, of Philadelphia, that "It was not only Improper but possibly Illegal.',' ... j... , ,i Z., : Mr. Havemeyer said that be did not think tils father -Wenf"lii and, out of the sugir market. "e told of the ( gaflnn bow pending Involving his am bition to control a national company by purchase of Si per cent of the pre ferred stock- and make a legitimate competitor. ' Discussing his father's reasons for selling his comparatively small hold ing, about 1,800 shares of the Amer- Continued on page tlirr) PLAINTIFF TESTIFIES -BUSINESS DESTROYED BY I. T. CO. Defense Accuses Hipi I ot Lke Method to Se cure Business MOKE DEPOSITIONS RALBIGH. N. C. June 20. Pecu liar interest attached to the afternoon session of the Ware-Kramer company vs. American Tobacco company trial In which f 1.200,000 damages are de tnanded for the destruction of the business of the plaintiff, in that plain tiff Samuel Kramer was on the stand all afternoon and was put through a severe grilling by Attorney Parker for the American Tobacco company. Al leged Illegal methods of the Ameri can Tobacco company In the sale of Piedmonts with ., coupons, special deals, free goods and .(he sale, of goods betow the cost of manufacture. Me testified, forced the Ware-Kramer company White Rolls from the mar ket. On cross-examination he testified that Ware-Kramer company made no special Inducements In free goods, rebates or otherwise such as they charge against the American Tobacco company. Mr. Parker In cross ex amining drew on Mr. Kramer, the Thrope testimony taken by the de-. fendant and embracing four bound volumes and containing many letters taken frpm the Ware-Kramer com pany had offered and liven special Inducements to Jobbers and retailers through free goods and other con cessions. Numbers of letters written by Kramer himself were read add he admitted their authenticity. He In stated however, that the concessions were" only Jo the Jobbers. In territory where they., were not maintaining salesmen snd were to offset the 'ex penses of salesmen In placing goods. Counsel for the ; defenses however, persisted In reminding him that he had testified positively that hia com pany did not Indulge , In the free goods and special concessions that he charged the American Tobacco . com pany With dispensing te the distrac tion ef their1 business. '. ; In the midst pf the cross-examination," eoart took recess to. .Wed-, nesday mernlng, ., . , v . -.. v TJ. Chamberlain Raleigh, stockholder, Jn1 .Care-Kramer - eom- (Contiaaed ' osi 'Page ' Three) . ASHTVILLE, N. 0VERL00KAr.Y LINE N DEFENDING SELF ChlcagoTrlbunoManager Con sults With Committee After Adjournment . jJTTLE INTEREST IN PROCEEDINGS C.H. Aycormlck Declares His Company Innocent of Poll-, ileal Interference WASHINGTON, June 10. Through Its first witness, Cyrus H. McCor mlck, of Chicago, president of the In ternational Harvester company, the senate Lorlmer investigating commit tee' succeeded today In Introducing Into Its record the principal allegation upon which; the senate was Induced to reopen the ease against the Illi nois senator, tl was to Clarence Funk, the manager of the Harvester com pany, that 'Edward Hlnes Is alleged to have made the request for a con tributlon of ten thousand dollars as part of a fund of $100,000 to be raised In uorimera bettairr Mr. MccormicK said. Funk told hira of this proposi tion,, and also said that he had re fused, and by his refusal had won his (Mccormick's) commendation. Mr. McCormlck aald further that the Harvester company had made It a practice 1 hold aloof from politics and to avoid efforts to Influence legis lation. Taking this as a clue the counsel for Senator Lorlmer sought to show that In many states the 'com pany had made an effort to prevent the passage of bill considered objec tionable to it. ; The witness' admitted that the company had ' made general opposition to legislation providing for the manufacture of binding twine in prisons. For the day Mr, Lorlmer was represented by Wm. J. Hlnes. of Chicago, whose primary purpose In attending the meetings Is to represent Edward Hlnes, the Chicago lumber man,- whose name Has been brought Into the case as that of the originator of the alleged fund of 1100.000 la Lorlmer'g interest, '-lac view, z ihe abeenoe or judge Elbrldge. a. ,flan cey,. Mr. Lorlmer's personci counsel, the committee permitted Mr. Hlnes to represent the senator at the day's ; hearing. .' ' - j By his course Mr. Hlnes made It clear that It Is the intention of Mr. Lorlmer to neglect no line of 'defense. Although Mr. McCormlck's testimony Con tinned on page throe) NOT BEFORE DECEMBER WILL TARIFF BOARD BE READY TOJAKE REPORT So Says President Taft in . ' . . ' ........ T . . ' Special Message to the House BOARD'S STATEMENT WASHINGTON. June 20. In a spe cial message to the house of repre sentatives today. President Taft stated that the tariff board would not be ready to submit a comprehensive re port on wool and cotton schedules of the tariff law until Dec. 1 next. He declared' .the board was Instructed, when reorganized in April last, to be ready to report in December, and that In the meantime it was not In s po sition to ' transmit anything except some figures already sent to the house ways and means committee. he president's message was called out by a house resolution requesting him to transmit at once all of the in formation procured by the .tariff board relating (o wool and the man ufacture of wool. Mr. Taft Included In his message a statement from. the tariff board as to' the status of Its In- ,qulry and. also a statement by a: committee of the National Tariff Com mission' association which recently conducted en Investigation of the methods of the tariff board. This re port wsa hlahly commendatory of the board's-work. The tariff board, declare It Is Con ducting an inquiry which Involves original research work that Is world wide in Its scope. A large amount of material has already been obtained. ' : "This incomplete Information.'? the board say, "necessarily fragmentary In character,, If transmitted to con gress, would be not only of doubtful utility, but actually misleading. . Ws shall develop the essential facts In relation both to the wool end th cot ton schedules, In time for forwarding to congress next December, snd In this endeavor we are not only working to the limit of the present appropria tion but to the utmost capacity of our entire force.? ; - -:. TO FORM A NEW BOCIETx.' V PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. June I. Step toward forming a young people' society of Baptist In, all parts of th world -were, taken- today at a mas meeting of.- delegate, .to, f tha , Baptis World' alliance who are interested in young people' work. f C, WEDNESDAY. MORNING, JUNE 21, 1911 . . : - 1 , 1 1 '!m ' -1 i ' ' 11 .' 1 " ' .1' ' ' iHL. . ' W" 1 I .!' "M" '''."! i' " ''' 1 111 1 11 ' .' '.! ' ' ' BUCKINGHAMPALACE BANQUET BEYOND IMAGINATION IN ROYAL MAGNIFICENCE v V rf ,' j 1 V sjsssaessssesi . 1 , . Royal Plate Ur& Only on Historic Occasions Weighing Bight on ahd Valuta at $15,0(0,000 DisplayedKing and Queen Entertain Visiting and ; " f English Royalties, and Ambassadors and Ministers. ' - LONDON, June lS.Tna tnost re gal banquet palaeoo : king or. em peror ever witnessed s4 a gorgeous ball under the auspices Of noted so. elety leaders stand forth a shin ing feature of th second dar of cor onatlon week. Th banquet , in Buckingham palace 4onigbt was ,a scene of Imperial grandeur so far as the assembly of royal personages with the setting of costly magnificence and beautiful decoration could combine to make It. - -' f -. The king s.nd queen lantertalned the visiting and English riyelthM, all the special foreign delsjtloq. ; the , for eign ambassador snt ministers, the officer- bf sute and the,' KduieliOtd; the member of tti cabloefMmd form er cabinet members, the head of the church , and judiciary, and f the arm and navy. 1 ' -? 'The two largest apartment In h palace, the ball room and the picture gallery which adjoin were utilised as banquettlag hall. On the tables was displayed the royal gold plate, used only' on historic occasions, tha cost Of Which is estimated at fife 000,00 and Its weight eight tons. This plate for h most part was collected In the reigns of the four Georges' and the principal piece Is a mas sive fish, ' captured in one of the Indian wars, whose tall is studded with diamonds. Cut glass worth a. fortune, 'Ivory decanters, hundred of years old and old wines dating back more Jhan a century,were on the board. TAFT TAKES GOING TO COMMENCEMENT Driven Direct to Home of Brother, Accompanied by Attorney General . NEW TORK, June i0. Broadway's bright lights, theatrical and other wise, shone their brightest tonight for President Taft. who made a stop over here on the way to New Haven to at tend the Vale commencement exer cises. ' The president arrived from Washington early this afternoon and was driven direct to the home of his brother, Henry W. Taft. He was ac companied by Mr. and 'Mrs. Henry W. Taft, Horace I) Taft, of Water town, Conn., and by his 'younger son, Charles, and Secretary Illlles and MaJ. Butte, his military aide. To night the Taft party attended the the ater. Br. and Mrs. Henry W. Taft and Attorney General Wickersham ac companied the prenldent. Mr. Taft spent the wlgbt at the Henry- W. Taft home. He will leave early tomorrow for New Haven. GEN. EVAX8 CRITICALLY ILL. ATLANTA. Ot, June 20. Gen. Clement A. Evans, former commander-in-chief of the TTnlted Confeder ate veterans, Is critically III at his home In thl city with muscular rheu matism. GHOWER& WASHINGTON. ' Jun 0. Fore- cast:, North Carolina; unaettled with occasional iocs I shower 1 Wednesday; Thursday fair; light to. moderate varl bl. wind. t, ' ' He's A fter It . The gallery, hold .more, than 0Q picture. . Th .decoration ' of both room are largely gilt and thl back ground wm embellished with bank of palms and giant lllie. whll or-' chid, rose and fern were stacked on the tables, v .Yoemsn of th guard ranged about the wall and alt th diner forA their richest uniforms, decorations," gown and Jewels. . , Th Shakespearean ball was held in Albert hall which was elaborately decorated.... Th 'dancer ? numbered thousands, while four hundred box were occupied . by th representatives of foreign nation and th ;mot promtaept; British ofnoUU. As" ,mny as twfity-lln wuadr1rwiwsrdiK!d lmuluneousiy th partlclpanU, r presenting groups of characters from Shakespeare' plays. Leading actor and actresses took pari In the quad rilles along with the leaders of th smart set.'' ,' " ": .,' '" " These functions were only ' pett Ol th day's event. In the morning the. king received most of the foreign an' voys formally." in the afternoon, with tha queen, h went through a r hearsal of the coronation at th ab bey and later jrave special audlenc to John Hay( : Hammond who Pre sented to his majesty a letter from President Taft wishing th king, long life and regln. .The king also received the Chinese, Japanese, Turkish and Persian envoy,' who " presented 'do orations Trorn , their soverlf ns. ') , '. The other ifciportant evnu of th day Included luncheon to t he Do ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE IRElTArWNOTOBim Is it Possible That He is in Earnest in Introducing ; Freak Measure? WASHINGTON, June 20 Investi gation of "chronic titletls" described as a disease of "rich, trust-mad American women." Is urged in a res olution Introduced In the house to day by Representative gabath, .of Illinois, who would have the state, department inquire why only , two dozen American peeresses have been a-ranted permission to take part In the coronation ceremonies In London and to ascertain the amount this country Is sending Across th At lantic annually to -maintain th ti tles. After demanding that light be thrown on the discrimination shown -ftghtngr I he other American peeresse the resolution calls for informstlon as to the number of unhappy mar riagen and the amount of American money being spent-In the chase. after coronets. The information, says the resolution, is desired 0 that this government may Judge "to what e tent our country I being benefitted by this trade."' OTHER STATES BOOST ING GOOD BO ADS ROME, Oa.. June 20 Delegate representing the countle of North eeu Alabama and Northwest Geor gia, met here today and effected a temporary organization to be known a- th North Georgia and AOlabama Ooad Roads association. Th pur pose of the association . is to con- 'struct two splendid highways, one between Chattanooga . and Atlanta' and the other between . Birmingham and Rome. Another meeting of th association will be held soon when A permanent organization will , be effected and - th movement formally laocched. ' ZEN. minion premier and : mayors. . party by the Duk and Duchess of Devon shire and a review of the colonial troop by War Secretary Haldane. ' ' This hag been a perfect summer dsy and th population I transform, d as nearly to earntval spirit Kngllshmen - ever eould be. Count lss electrobe arranged Into vartou design illuminate th street which from curb to curb ar Oiled with hundred ef thousand of people. A th, outcome of n appeal by th Duk of DevenshlBb to "the gentle men sot England, to rsallse at thl tlm their responsibilities to th cm plr,' meeting 'was held toalght In 1 QM's. heHiv fatrletie speesh vmsrg ,made and a tyeessg f Jpyalty was sent td the king, On of th mot ln'trtlnc fea ture of the coronation I a compact by the fre and established churches for lolnt services In manr cities. This Is the first time that -the two bodies hav '.United on uch a cl for any purpose. ; Much attention I being Paid to th officer and men of the American battleship Delaware, which I now an chored with th other foreign' war ships, gt Bplt head. Captain Chal. .' A. Orov and th six senior officer of th' Delaware . will cofne- to 'London tomorrow guests of the admlrslty to attend . the' coronation, . Captain Orov. will be given a place In th ibbvy while the other' efflcrs wilt (tvmtlnoed on Psge gti) EUROPEAN CAPITALISTS T Iron Corporation ' With " Authorized Capital of About $27,000,000 NEW TORK, June 10. Consoli dation of the Southern Iron and feUeet company- and th Alabama Consoli dated Coal and Iron company has been consummated It became known late today, bud official details ' ar withheld, untllf th European capi talist Identified with the merger' pro ject have signified their aproval. This, If Is expected,'- will be soon forth coming. " 1 ' - It is known that th new company will- have an authorized capital of 117,000,000, of which 112,000,000 will be six per cent preferred stock and f 16,000,000 common stork. Bonds to the amount of 11,000.000 bearing per cent Interest will be is- ued snd It is understood that Lon don and Amsterdam banker will lake th major share. N. C. B. Fj. OONVENTIOJf. - NEW BERN. Nr O.. June 0.-The eighth annual convention of the North Carolina Building A Loan association convened here thl morning at 10 O'clock with delegates present from ill section of the state. Th .morn ing session was consumed with Wei- Coming ceremonies, and the afternoon was given over to pleasure. - An ad dress by Stat Commissioner Ja. R. Young' was th feature of th night essloa. BRVAX CANT ATTEXl RALEIGH, N, C, June 2. Presl- dent M. L. KVIpman of the North Carolina Press association telegraph ed an Invitation . to William. Jennings. Bryan to address th association at Lenoir next week when th editor meet in annual aemion and has Just received a reply from . Manning. S. C., reading; "Many thank for. Invi tation, but ngag ementf privent my I tceptlng." - - , 7Qlff ; Sworn Daily I OiU Average for May, PRICE FIVE CENTS'" SENATOR HEfBilJ IN LIMELIGHT: BY, But Senator Bacon Quickly : Rises to Occasion ancj Gives Him Severe call ; :; RECIPROCITY BILL ; 7 : :. -, CAUSES ARGUMENT Heyburn Says All MWe Have From England Has Been , at Bayonets Point"' - . WASHINGTON,' June te-fltat. ments in th senat today by Senator Heyburn of Idaho i that . "whatever hav tkn. trqm u England bag been uka at th point of th bayo net, " produced th only tens mo ment of today" hort debet to th Canadian reciprocity bill Senator ' HeybUrg' remark, which he later ex plained, xtnded only to govern men- tat acquisition, was challenged ny Senator Bacoa of Oeorila, as "a grav matter," in view of th pending ar bitration negotiation with England, " ' "W hwv Mora to nJoy that w received rm -England' than from ail th rt of th world put Hegether,' laid Mr. Bacon. Senator aQllinger ' brought on th controversy by asking If this nation did not ow mor to England; in th way of reciprocity, than 'It - did to Canada. 1 because of the free trad market that England had always giv en to thl eeuntry and the rest of ' th -world, fi rvnt , . -- i Sehitor Nelson of Minnesota de elared that his oiily hope of benent from th Canadian reciprocity stree ment wa that It might lead to an- negation ef Canada. H met Sena tor" Oalllnger's argument' ha reel, prooiry ought to b given to Mexico and all other nation If given to Can ada by ylng that this country could not hop to snnx th rest ef th worlds ' , t " ?ut ff w-ean aecomplish the an nexation of Canada w will hsv great deal." said Senator Neim.n. ; "Canadian innxaxtin at Dii t, i.e I an IrrldMcent drem," Said Senator Qtllngr, who I Canadian by birth,, "At on time It wa seriously conslcj. ersd by he leading tnen f Cenaila; but-now that country' ha gro'n to bo a big, strong sslf-aasertlng rtatlon, and hy, 'thi traty fwa will , further strengthen It. ' . ' "x ' ' "I m convinced,'' added Senator Gll!ngr, "that whsn thl bill pus es there ar many republicans on this id .who will Join, democrats in k Irk ing out th foundation stones of th, protactlv tariff system. We will 'be fortunate If th whole structure of protctlot( doe not fall.'tt GEORGIA FARMER CD:.!ES TO DEATH AT. HOS Of" -il IKE AN. AXE After Falling in Dying Con dition Negro4 Con- tinces to Strike 4 - POSSES AFTER HHI QUITMAN, Qs Jun tt.Vf. -T, Dole,- a prominent farmer living near herefl, wah atueed by a negro tur pentine hand today and Out .to death with an axe. Dole with g neighbor, named Morrow, both unarmed, went : to see- th negro about some work which he had promised but had fil d to do. When they approached. the negro he selseSt an at and struck Doles twice In th back. Inflicting fa tal Injuries. An th dying man lay on the ground, th negro struck hint several blows in the head with th X. . ; t , ' , Posses with dogs a re scouring th country la search pfth negro, who made his -escape while Morrow wag away summoning assistance. ARRIVE roil COXVEVnOX .', ' ' "r "' I"1" . .- '(' f. HENDER80NVILLE. Jun -20.' About flighty delegate to th North Carolina Bankers' association conven tion a re now at Kanuga lake, wher th first session- will h held in th assembly halt of th club house a I o'clock Wednesday night. ; Aboui 200 delegates ar expected, most of whom will arrlvs on the dlf ferent train Wednesday, t The weather to fair after a heavy eajh todays " ' .' . THANKS . FROM MRS. TAFT WASHINGTON. Jon 20 A letter of tAanks ws read In th senate to dr from Mrs.' Taft, wife of th pre . sldeot la acknowledgement ef th sti ver wedding present nent to them by member of' to senate. , In the let ter which 'was' addressed to Vic Pre sident Sherman, Mrs. T ft says: that she d the president "shall value th .exquisite gift, more especially si a souverilr of the'klndneu and cour tesy of the distinguished bf-y cf r.it-t from whom it co? -,.' UNUSUAL REMARK