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What Draws Him
STARTLING FACTS
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FOR MANY PEOPLE
IIEITOF TRUST
Without. Capital or Organiz
ation Lumber Co. is Said
to he Violating Law
FOR FINAL ACTION
Yesterday's Activity Conrined
to Office and Cloak Rooms
Being no Talks
5
Hordes Bent Upon Celebrating
as Climax to Royal Pro-
gross of Rulers
Twenty Million Gallons Ship
ped Annually From Wet
to Dry Territory .
THE
HEAVY
DOWNPOUR
JUDGEK
LAND1S
AME
ora
MORA
DISAPPOINTMENT
IRS UP ANOTHER
GOMES UP
BROUGHT
1RTHBY
LIQUOR INQUIRIES
ALL ILLUMINATIONS
TURNED ON AT DUSK
Great and Constantly Chang
ing Throng in Front of Buck
ingham Palace
LONDON, Juno 21. A heavy ratn
which began at sunset and poured
Sown constantly throughout the night
brought bitter, disappointment to
hordes pf people who were bent upon
fittingly celebrating after dark as a
climax to the royal progress of King
Ueorga and Queen Mary through the
.street of London today. Today's
procession was on an even grander
scale than that of the coronation.
Hundreds ot thousands of persons
had planned to view the Illuminations
and all wheeled traffic was barred
from the principal streets. The illu
minations everywhere were-turned on
at dusk and sparkled their brightest
In. the rain, but only a fraction of the
crowds expected turned out to wit
ness the effective display.
Those who braved the elements en-
Joyed a fine show of electric emblems
in Clubland and along Piccadilly,
where the mansions of John Hays
Hammond, American special ambas
sador to the coronation; Lord Roths
child, the Duke of Wellington and
the Duke of Devonshire vvere a mass
of glowing colors, and on business
houses down the Strand to the heart
of the city.
The feature of the day was the roy
al progress through seven miles of
London streets.
With the gaudy Indian troops, co
lonials and detachments of Great
. Britain' finest soldiers' In the line
the procession made a fine pageant.
A great and constantly changing
Kthrpng remained in front of Bucking
Yam palace all afternoon The king
V"ahd queen and Prince of Wales sev
eral times appeared on the balcony
and waved their hands, and the en
thusiasm of the people each time was
ytven vent to in great roar of eheer-
, There- grea$d.lnn?raiihe..totr
elan office tnnlirht whrra Sir Ed
ward ,Orejryr the -foreign ' minister. '
: tertalned ' In state King George and
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Si THAT P1GTUBES OF
BALL PLAYERS CAUSED
MUCH I OSS OF nllMFSS
Testimony of Men Who Had
Worked for Both Com
panies in Suit
MORE DEPOSITIONS
. RALEIGH, N. C, June 23. Today
In the trial y Ware-Kramer To
bacco company vs. American Tobacco
company a couple of hours were tak
en up with the completion of the
reading of the deposition of V. R.
Harris, vice president of the Ameri
can Tobacco company, and chairman
of the board of directors of the British-American
Tobacco company.
The trend Of this evidence for the
plaintiff was to show that the Ameri
can Tobacco company, with its allied
corporation, dominates the tobacco
business of the world.
t A deposition by Miss Helen Slm
Jnons of Baltimore was read to show
that while during a period of time
the Wells-Whltehead Tobacco com
pany was being run at Winston, In
competition with Ware-Kramer com
pany as an Independent factory, it
was really under the control of the
American . Tobacco company and
made regular reports to the New
Vork office of the trust.
" Hiss Simmons admitted that she
ras a .sister In law of 'J. H. Fletch
er, Jr., secretary of the American To
fcacco company, and that she received
'from Wilson letters at her address
In Baltimore and forwarded them to
' Mr. Fletcher in the New Tork office
of the American Tobacco company.
H. L. Wesson, traveling salesman
for the American Tobacco company.
In and 1107, and for the Ware
Kramer company in 1908, testifying
to the method of selling American
Tobacco company goods and Ware
Kramer goojla to ahow American To-'
bacco company free goods, special
U IP J B 11 U iVUfVi'B Hint" 1 " mam
o Rolls.
cxaminatloNa contained the statement
that H found that the baseball pic
ture b-lng glen by the American
TobaccoK company with Piedmonts
were ajr'ctttig. th sale of White
Soils. tlVs Ware-Kramer brand, se
riously and expressing the hope that
"When .tha d-'-d foola get complete
seta i Iball" players they would torn
again to White Rolls as their smok
ing favorite." . "
TRUST OF POWER"
ASSERT ATTORNEYS
Retail Lumber Dealers Charg
ed With Conspiracy to Elim
inate Competition
CHICAGO, June 23. Fourteen
secretaries of as many Retail Lumber
Dealers' association Indicted by , a
spoclal federal grand Jury here to
day for alleged violation of the Sher
man law, constituted a new kind of
"trust," according to the United
States attorneys who conducted the
investigation.
The retail dealers. It was admit
ted at the close of the Investigation,
had no Incorporation. no capital
stock and did not try to control
prices and prevent competition among
themselves. Instead they had what
the attorneys say was a "trust of
power" and sought to provide that
all lumber be sold to consumers only
through retail dealers and not di
rectly by wholesalers or manufactur
ers. The secretaries of the retail
associations constitute the lumber se
ctaries' bureau of Information, In
corporated in Illinois in 1906 and rep
resent thousands of retailers. Among
those Indicted was R. P. Bramford
of Union City, Tenn., secretary of the
Retail Dealers' Lumber association.
The power of the retailers' organi
sations was wielded through the bu
reau of information according to the
indictments and by a scheme resemb
Jlng a blacklist published in a trade
paper.
This publication named a list of
overt acts as the means by which the
secretaries published to the trade the
names of manufacturers and whole
salers who sold direct to consumers.
The names of more than 100 j con
cerns. Including mall order houses
and wholesale dealers from Pennsyl
vania to tha Pacific coast were shown
by documentary evidence given. , to
grand Jury to have appeared in ithe
publication as having violated the
proscriptions of the retailers who it
la said retaliated by refusing to pur
rih,ngn,god,fwm -hT .jft ..
fended. ,
.9l)e enewfeert' ftteWiftr'W 'fai'
formation also were charged with
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TAFT SAYS HIS MIND !S
FULL OF RECIPROCITY
HIS FAVORITE THEME
Industry Need Not Ask for
More Protection Than
It Needs
SAYS IT WILL PASS
PROVIDENCE, R. I., June Jl.
Two of the flourishing cities on Nar
ragansctt bay were visited today by
President Taft. The presidential
yacht Mawflower brought him first
to Fall River as one of the elosiag
features- of that city'a cotton indus
try centennial and later the yacht
steamed over to Providence where
the president toured the city and
spoke on his favorite topic, Canadian
reciprocity, at the Conservation club
banquet.
The president sailed tonight for
j New York on the Mawflower. It was
I mid-afternoon when the president
j came ashore at Fall River. Governor
Foss, of Massachusetts, was at the
I wharf to greet him. Attorney Oen
j.eral Wlckeraham and - United ...States
Senators Crane of Massachusetts and
Brandegee of Connecticut and Llp
pett of Rhode Island accompanied
the president.
At the banquet in Providence to
night the president spoke in part:
"My mind Is full of reciprocity. It !
seems possible for me to appeal for
reciprocity to both parties, free trad
ers and tariff for revenue men. We
must recognise that the time of the
Canadian wall la gone and the time
la gone when an Industry nTust ask
for more protection then it abso
lutely needs.
"There Is nothing dn the agreement
that any protected industry need
fear. I believe that the country gen
erally is in favor of the Canadian
agreement
"I believe that there are enough
democrats in favc of this step in
the right .direction and enough re
publicans who believe that the pro
tective tariff to be maintained mutt
be dealt with moderately to Insure that
the policy will carry. I believe that
a year after the agreement Is adopt
ed that not a voice will be raised to
have it-chanted."
AMENDMENT OFFERED
BY SENATOR BAILEY
Wants All House Free List
Provisions But Meats and
Grain Added to Bill
WASHINGTON. June 23. A de
claration for straight reciprocity at
an Informal conference or a doaen
democratic senators willing to vote
down all amendments to the bill, an
amendment by Senator Bailey adding
to tha, reciprocity measure an tne
house "free list provisions except
i meats and grain products, a unanl-
I ' . I .. i .. t . V. nnl. tn VfttA
muum a ion ' n ui mi " ' - --
Monday on the Root amendment to
th. wnn4 nnin and DaDer schedule.
these were features in the reciprocity
fight today. But there were no
speeches on the subject in the senate
and the activity was confined to the
office rooms and cloak rooms where
reciprocity was the uppermost topic.
Senator Bailey announced his inten
tion to press his amendment vigor
ously. While looking forward to the
addition of some of the . tariff pro
visions to the Canadian bill, he ad
mitted that auch action proba.bly
would come only as the result of a
prolonged struggle. The Informal con
ference was held In the office of
Senator Smith of South Carolina, Mr.
Smith was outspoken in opposition
to- amendments and he and John
Sharp Williams united with Senator
Stone in declaring that it was un
wise to risk reciprocity for something
more which would render all un
certain. "We will not take any chances,"
said Mr. William "We can attend to
tariff after we get reciprocity."
In the capltol corridors there waa
discussion of a recess of congress un
til next fall and at one time there
was a well defined report that an
agreement to that end . had been
reached. Senators scoffed at the ru
mor. Thev would be glad to get
away but they realised that such a
t"u iW mfv uld e-rmtroatlbhr-wttn M-
procity pending,,.! iU.fU tv.f . n ,l'f S
There-'was' p: cttfflotiy.. HV getting'
general consent to otoir tha Boot
Continued W PSOT Vnrtr.)
FAILING TO GET VOTE
OF CONFIDENCE FRENCH
CABINET STEPS DOWN
Caused Amazement as it
Had Been in Office but
Three Months
NOT EFFECTIVE YET
PARIS. June 23. After a tenure
of office of a little over three months
and a half, the cabinet of Premier
Monla was defeated on a vote of con
fidence In the chamber of deputies
today and shortly afterwards the
ministers tendered their resignations.
These cannot become officially effec
tive until the return of President
Fallleries from Rouen, which will be
Sunday, unless today's events cause
him to change hla plans.
The rote of lack of confidence was
Hi to 2li and caused amazement.
General Golran, the minister of war;
M. Delcasse, minister of marine, and
M. Cruppi. minister of foreign af
fairs, accepted the vote with folded
arms and then hastened to the bed
side of Premier Monls, who was In
jured recently in an aeroplane acci
dent,, and told .him. what . had ha p
pened. The vote was lue to a statement
nyide by General Qolran last Tuesday
that the present organization of the
army does not provide for a commander-in-chief
tn time of war. The
directions of operations then being
in the hands of a council of war
made up of the minister of war and
generate of the army. The statement
followed a request for information
by Count De Treveneue as to how
the commander-in-chief in time of
peace prepared for war. To this
General Golran replied that there was
no commander, adding - , '
"To command the - French forceo
Is a task beyond the power of a sin
gle man. Napoleon did It, but he
left France smaller- and feebler than
when he received It Tver will j
agree to French arms being directed
by on mad.": " y?, :.
CAFTAIN JABVE '?
- KILLS HIMSELF
SEATTLE, Wash, June ij. Capt
David H. Jarrts, formerly of the reve-i
nue service, shot .and klled himself
today at the Seattle Athletic club.
"JACKPOTS" ONE OF TRADITIONS OF
ILLINOIS POLITICS, SAYS HOPKINS
: . " ' 'mm '
Larimer" Predecessor After Making Significant' Statement, Says He is Unable to
Tell Whether it Was Used in Defeating Him Declined to Answer
Specif ic Questions as to Suspecting Lortmer
WASHINGTON, June . "Jaok
pots" or corruption funds In the Illi
nois legislature constitute "one of the
traditions of ' politics In Illinois." ac
cording to the:' testimony of former
Senator Albert J. Hopkins today be
fore the Lorlmer investigating com
mittee of the senate. Senator Lortmer
succeeded Mr, Hopkins.
Whether any of th jackpot fund or
other corruption funds had been used
to defeat him for senator he was un
able to tell the Committee of his own
knowledge. H ; explained, however,
that he would be the Mat man to know
of such corrupt practices because he
was at the time pf the election of a
senator "In the position of a man In
a crowd knocked down with a blud
geon, who knew no .'more about it
than the crowd but' was hurt "worse
than IU ' " "'
was Edgar A. Bancroft, genera coun
sel of -the International'- Harvester
company. He testified that Clarence
F. Hunt, general manager of the Com
pany, bad told him of an alleged at
tempt of Mr. Mines or "Bdward
Hlnes"" tO, raise money to meet the ex
penses of electing Lorlmer. Mry Hop
kins declined to answer specific ques
tions as to whether he suspected
Lorlmer was using corrupt methods to
defeat htm, or as to whether or not he
believed certain members of the leg
UNITED FRUIT COMPANY
MAY Ml REAL RIVAL
Atlantic Company and Ten
Cuban Companies Will
Combine July 27
.NEW ORLEANS. June 23. A
steamship coml.ino rivalling that of
the United Fruit company in the
banana trade of Central America Is
to be organ Ired on July 27, accord
ing to announcement made here to
day. The Atlantic Fruit company
which now operafn a large fleet of
fruit steamers between Central Amer
ican ports and the United States to
be merged with ten Cuban companies,
representing a combined capital of
f 12,000.000. Jos. J I). Gioglo, presi
dent of the Atlantic Fruit company,
it a said, will he elected president of
the new corporation.
EXVOYR TO CZAR.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, June 23
The Rev. Dr. Ruexcll H. Colwell, of
this city, and the Rev. Dr. Y. B.
Moyer, of England, were today select-
I rg uy iiie eieruiiv miiiiinr wi mo
Baptist World's alliance as- en voys to
Bl. Felersmirg to seen ine permission
of the csar for the erection of a Bap
tist university In that city. It was
decided that the envoys should start
on their mlsamn within six weeks.
BeTlIn .was selected tonight as the
place for the net meeting.
Booker T. Washington made the
principal address at tonight's session.
He told of the progress made by the
negro rare during the past forty
eight years.
SHOWER&.
.WASHIXOTO. June Z. -Forecast:
North. Carolina: 'unsettled; oc
casional shawers Saturday and Sun
day; moderate variable winds.
islature had been bought. Mr. Han
cey, counsel for Lorlmer, protested
against the witness leaving the stand
without expressing an opinion on the
rumor that the fifty-three democrats
who voted for Ixirlmer on the last
ballot received money.
"It leaves a cloud on those men,,
Instated the counsel. The committee
did hot require the witness to answer
as to persona) relation between the
Witness and Senator Lorlmer, Mr.
Hopkins said Mr. Lorlmer had told
him he would oppose his candidacy, ,
'.Judge Hencey attempted to get the
witness to admit that Lortmer. had
always been popular With the demo
crats and had repeatedly carried, a
democratic district. ' ' , '
"I knew he waa a great orginiwr,"
was as far as the witness would go.
Mr. Bancroft (tj relat,lt)g whaM
rnnk had told him said that he had
no distinct recollection, of the words
used by Mr. Funk In the conversation.
The effect of it. however, whs that Mr.
lllnes had, silked Mr. Funk to con
tribute for the company 1 10,00 to
meet the expenditures of Senator
Lorlmer's election, lilt: Bancroft told
of Mr, Funk asking his advice as to
whether he should make public the
alleged request. This waa during the
consideration of the Lorlmer case by
the senate,
"I told him that was a matter for
WELL KNOWN SALISBURY1
ATTDRNEYJES IN N.Y.
Death Which Was Great
Shock Followed Serious
Operation This Week
SALISBURY, N. C, June 23. Wll
llma B. Smoot, a well-known attor
ney of Salisbury, died at a hospital
In New York early today, following
serious operation performed the first
of thla week, lie had been III only,
a few days and his death was a
great surprise. He was a prominent
c-nurrn raw, irnum musun, meim.er
of the North Carolina association and
well known throughout the state.
The Interment takes place near Salis
bury Sunday. Surviving him is a
wife, several children and several
brothers well known professional men
In this state, among them being Rev,
T. A. flrnoot of the Virginia Meth
odlnt conference. and Drs. M. L.
Hrgaot pf Salisbury and J. E. Smoot
of Concord
LEAVES ALTAR TO
RETURN TO JAIL
m?FFAI1. S. Y June 2 Ed
jward Valentine Iee, who Is under ar
rest charged with theft of J4J.0O0
' from the paymasters' - office white
.serving aa a clerk On the battleahlp
Georgia, at Havana, last February,
secured a license today from the Buf
falo marriage license clerk to marryt
Audrey T. Kelsey, of Washington.' A
deputy United States marshal accom
panied Im to the clerk's office, Lee
gave his residence as Washington, IX
C, his age as 26 years' Mfae Kel
sey StaUd that she I the daughter
of Charles A and Marion Wood Kel
sey ot Viashlngton. she gave her age
as 'it" lJe and Miss Kelsey were
married In Trinity church In the pre
sence of the United States marshal.
two secret service men and a
clerk
from the United States district at
torney's office. Immediately after!
the ceremony he was taken back to
sKcelu ,
his own conscience." said Mr, Ban
croft. H added that he told Mr.
Funk that It would probably result In
hostility to the company of Which
they were officers. Memburs of the
committee esked the attorney if he
did not consider It his own-duly to
have been to notify the firs Lorlmer
Investigating committee ot tills mat
ter.
- "Don't you think a lawyer owes a
greater duty to hi country than to
ht ji'llent?' asked Senator Kenyon.
Mr, Wancrtft replied that at the time
he did not consider the matter to be
so complete as It Is now regarded, and
therefore not ' Important enough to
Justify an attack on the company.
Judge lllnes asked who waa' ex
pected to make thla attack, and the
fwltnen.Af Ufd that Lorlmer and his
Trlendr were ferfred because they
Vwer.4n conflict wltfr'-tnoiie' who op
posd them." ".'- .
Judge Hlnee asked If he did not
consider it strange that Mr,' Hlnes
should go to a company that waa not
friendly to him with a request for a
contriBution. '' " -
Mr. Bancroft disclaimed knowledge
of hostility toward Mr. Hlnes,
pld you believe What Mr. Funk
aid?" asked Mr. Hlnes.
"I certainly did," replied the wit-
ness.
AS
SUSPECM BURGLARY
Large Butcher Knife and
Chisel Found, Showing
Murderous Intent
SPENCER. N. June 21.
Suspected of complicity in the .rob
bery and assault of Mrs. C. Roszell
In Spencer last night, four persons
were arrested by Sheriff McKlnxle In
various parts of Rowan county to
day. Two were released for lark of
evidence and two are held for In
vestigation. A large butcher knife
., , cnM werl found today Where
left in the room of Mrs. Rozsell last
night, and it is believed murder ss
well aa robbery waa anticipated.
The injured woman who was knock,
ed senseless with a bed slat by the
burglar last night, la resting well
tonight.
AtiftlCTI.Tl'KAIj TRAIJf.
WASHINGTON, June 21. Plans
have been formulated to conduct an
agricultural train through the sixteen
states comprised lh the territory of
the Southern Commercial congress,
according to an announcement made
today by Dr. Clarence J. Owens, com
missioner of the bureau of agriculture
of the congress.
The department of agriculture will
co-operate. It Is sought by this en
terprise to Interpret the sgrlrultural
resources f the Southern ststrs
through papers' prepared by experts
and to exploit the pre-eminence of the
section In the number of growing
hours. In average rainfall per year and
in the character and variety of soils.
An ffd'rt will also be made to show
the relations nf education to' the ag
ricultures!, life of the South and to de
fine the attitude of the South toward
Immigration. 1
TMPETVS to enns growivg.
.' WASHINGTON. June " II. At
meeting of the state directors of the
boys',' corn clubs of the South today
the pi in waa approved for a demon
stration In honor of the victors of the
.'soil at the nest annual convention of
the Southern Commercial congress,
The ten boys In each stale making
the highest yield, of corn are to be
given a trip to th net convention. .
JACKSONVILLE. FLA. -
LEADS IN THE SOUTH
Commission Gives Opinion
That Trarric Is Important,
Feature of Race Problem
WASHINGTON.'; June . Approt
Imately twenty ; million ' gallons -, of ,
liquors annually are shipped by ex
press from mail order houses,' direct
to consumers In prohibition states, .
This startling fact waa developed
today la an Inquiry ooaducted by tha
Interstate commerce eommiselon Into
proposed changes In express elssaU
".rations which resulted In advance
of rates on v packages ; containing ,
liquors, '" ,
The commission held that the ex
press requirement that liquor, con
talnera should" be parked In corru
gated paper cartons was responsible!
but that the charge for transport
tlon based ' upon arbitrary weights
eighteen pounds for gallon of. whls.
key packed was unreasonable, and
that the discrimination against stone
Jugs also was- unreasonable,' Com-
mlssloner McCliord, who conducted
the inquiry and prepared the opinion
of the commission points out (hat the
Industry directly concerned Is that
of the tnall order liquor houses, "It
was tha spread of the prohibitum
movement," the "opinion says, : ''thnf
gave vitality to "this character of
traffic In liquor. With' state-wide
prohibition, rams the Interstate traf
flo In Uqus?.-- The decision of th
Supreme court that this traffic was
Interstate and therefore superior to
Interference by the . state govern
menta gave the Inquiry a tremendous
Impetus and established the evpresa
companies aa , the varrers of practi
cally the whole of this traffic.
. "Jacksonville, Fla., probably the
largest shipping point for liquor In
the Houth. sends out between three
and four thousand packages of one
or two gallons dally, or a total nf
about, ana. and. pne-hiiif million gal
lons a year. Chattanooga, ships about "
T.M.000 galhftist Hlrhnwnd tit.UQ
gallons! Petersburg tllg.131; Penoa
oola I76,70: New Orleans 155,r;
Augusta 1 15, U0, and Norfolk, Vs..
Cairo, 111., Emporia, Vs., Louisville,
K)V Portsmouth, Vo.,' Roanoke, Vs.,
and Savannah, Ga,. ship more than
100,000 gallons each annually.
""The movement Is much more ac
tive In the South than In other sec
lions of the i country, partly because
of the extent of the prohibition tern
tory In that section, partly because of
the largs quantities of very cheap
whiskey manufactured , and shipped
there for the consumption of the ne
gre population.' ;? " "
The opinion concludes with "the
statement that although It is not the
Intention of ' the Commission to dwell
on the moral aspect of the question
It Is considered that the traflo has
an evil effect on, and Is one' of the
Important factors In the race prob
lem of the South,.'-'.:---' -
STATE BANQUET ONE OF,
OF
All Foreign Royal Person
ages and Representa-:
tives Received
GORGEOUS JEWELS
LONDON, June II.-the state ban
quet at the foreign office tonight
was one of the most Important social
: events of coronation week. Sir JEd
j wsrd Orey, the British' foreign min
ister, and host of the occasion, re
ceived King George,. , Queen . Mary, .
' the Duke and Duchess of Connaueht.
Prince Arthur of Connaught, Prln
I cess Patricia, Prince '-and Princess
tchrlsWn, the Duke and . Duchess of
jTeck, the Duke and Duchess of Ar-'
jgyll and all the foreign royal person'
: ages and the special representatives
! to the coronation. Including " John
! Hays 'Hammond. Rear' Admiral Vw;
land sod Major General A.' W. Oreely
the American delegates, A ,
Altogether sixty ; rnyal personates '
attended the function. w Tha entire
company numbered ISO, among those
present being .various members of
the rol household, attaches of the
foreign office, the ' papal r delegate,
Monsignor VH Belmonte. Premier and
Mrs.. Asqulth, the Duchess ef Devon
shire and the Countess Mlnto.
The dinner was served In the ban
quet hall el tw' oblong tables and
six large tables. All were splendidly
decorated with? flowers and silver
candelabra and' pictures loaned by
the Indian office and from other
sources hung on the vails enhsttclng
ths effect of the handsome mural
e inffiewe ,-eN-we.
Cntinn4 on Pago Tour,)