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VOL. XXVTX, NO. 250
JOS. SMITH GIVES
a
Also Why the Mormon Which
Sought Aid of Havcmcyer
in Its Enterprise
"FOR THE BENEFIT
OF ITS PEOPLE
He Thought Consolidation of
Sugar Companies Was Great
Blessing to People
r WASHINGTON, June 27. The
Mormon church 1 lu the sugar
business tor the benefit of Its people;
it sought Henry O. Havemeyer'a help
to ' extend iU sugar enterprises, not
because he was Havemeyer, but be
cause money would be for the bene
fit of the Mormon people; It regard
ed Havemeyer not as "Industrial
i pirate." but rather as a benefactor
and In combining with him In the
beet sugar business the heads of the
Mormon church believe that no law
of the United States was violated.
''J This la in substance the declara
tion to the house "sugar trust" In
vestigating committee today of Jo
seph F. Smith, president of the Mor
mon church, and president of the
titan-Idaho Sugar company. He was
supported in his testimony by Bishop
Charles Nlbley, business manager of
the Mormon church, who also testified.-
"Have you any official connection
With th Utah-Idaho Sugar Refining
company?" asked Chairman Hard
wick.. 4 "I am president of the company,"
Mr. Smith replied.
"Do you own any stock?"
"Yes sir; I own about S.000 shares
individually.'
Do you own any stock in a re
presentative capacity?'
Tea, I hold 49,815 shares for the
church. The title is held in the name
f Joseph F. Smith, trustee."
Of the stock of the Amalgamated
Sugar oompany of Ogden, Mr. Smith
aid he owned about 70 shares Jndl-
; The church held none.
' President Smith said the church
became Interested in the Utah Sugar
company when many people who sub
scribed failed to pay for their stock
and the company, under bond to
(Continued on Page Five)
IE FLIGHT
BY LINCOLN BEACHY.
MAN WHO FLEW HERE
Braved Mists and Air-Cur
. rents of Whirlpool of
Niagara Falls
TO REPEAT FLIGHT
NIAGARA FALLS, N. T., Juno 27.
With the whir of his biplane motor
drowned In the roar of the cataract
and man and machine momentarily
obscured in spray and mist, Lincoln
Beachy. the California aviator, toaay
after circling above the falls, swoop-
ea De neat n tne arches of the upper
steel bridge and down the gorge al
most to the whirlpool. Rising again
between the precipitous sides of the
lower river Beachy soared to the Can
adlan side where he made a success
ful landing. It was the first time that
a bird man had cut through the air
currents and .mint clouds and leaping
foam caused by Niagara's falls and
rapids that have lured so many ad
venturers to their death.
Throngs on the American and Can
adian shores gazed with fascination
at the aviator, as he rose to a height
Of about 1,000 feet, twice circled above
the cataract and then made the long
wope toward the narrow passage un
der the bridge. His bi plane came rac
ing over the .horseshoe fall so low
that he was lost toview for an In
stant and then winged close to the
water.. It seemed almost to skim the
Water as he made the bridge passage.
- Beachy continued on down the
gorge almost to the whirlpool rapids,
clearing the water by not -more than
thirty feet before soaring Joft
again.
"It was the most exciting trip of my
life," said Beachy.; -'
The space through which he flew
ts Itl feet Id height and barely 100
feet from side to side. The distance
from the brink of the falls to the
bridge in which he made the dip Is
About four hundred yards.
Beachy will repeat the flight to
morrow. .
GAMBLER TESTIFIES
"NEW YORK, June 27. Edward
Russell -Gambler, the banker, was a
witness today la the suit for divorce
which - his -wife, -- Edith Russell
GamMer, an Atlanta society girl, has
brought. Ha told of their fconey-
. moon aroaa.
REASON FUR
BEING
H SUGAR BUSINESS
CiTRICTIOf OF
W1TN ESSES 6 ALQ R E
FEATURES III CASE
.Witness -Denies -Ho Claimed
Edward H. Hlnes Was Tam
ing to Ex-Gov. Yates
MUDDLE IN LORIMER
CASE GROWS IRKSOME
Direct Denial That He Had
Heard Hines Say He Would .
Put Lorimer Over
WASHINGTON. June 27. Contra
dictions In testimony concerning pe
cuniary assistance Edward Hines, the
Chicago lumber millionaire, may have
rendered in the election of Senator
tiorimer marked today's session of
the senate investigating committee.
The most sigjf, Want of these was the
direct denialf Shelly B. Jones, a
druggist In Marquette, Mich., that he
had ever said Mr. Hlnes had remarked
In bis presence that he had "put' Lor
imer over" as a United States senator
and that he had collected a fund of
f 100,000 to do It In so testifying the
witness contradicted affidavits of E.
D. Mosher, deputy United States mar
shal at Marquette; Frank J. Russell,
editor of the Morning Journal of Mar
quette and Robert O. Low, a Chicago
newspaper reporter, before the com
mittee appointed by the Illinois senate,
to investigate the Lorimer election.
His statement also contradicted the
testimony given by Morris B. Cohen,
an Investigator, for the committee at
that hearing.
According to Mr. Jones' statement
to tTie committee today the conversa
tion In which Mr. Hlnes figured -ill
Marquette in 1907 or about two years
before the senatorial election. He' said
Mr. Hlnes remarked - that he was a
friend of Mr. Lorimer and something
was said about the latter's election.
"I suppose It cost a barrel a
money," remarked one of the men
with Mr. Hlnes, but whose name the
witness could not recall.
"Yes. sir," the witness said Mr.
Hlnes responded. All these elections
cost a lot of money.1
:,-PiS"Wfca't!'electron we-fJiy-'Tr'
ferrlng?" Inquired Senator Kenyon.
"I suppose to Mr. Lorimer's elec
tion." William O'Brien, a lumber man of
Duluth, Minn., and vice president of
the Virginia and Ralney Lake com-
(Confirmed on page five.)
IY WILL
SEND OUT SPECIAL TRAIN
FOR RQAD IMPROVEMENT
Will Enter North Carolina
July 10 and Stay in
State for Month
COVERS MANY POINTS
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 27.
The" Southern Railway's special "Road
Improvement Train" will enter North
Carolina on July 10th and will spend
practically a month in the state, the
detailed schedule for North Carolina
points having been arranged up to
August 4th. The Southern Railway la
operating this train in co-operatton
with the United States office of public
roads for the purpose of giving impe
tus to the good roads movement and
also to give practical Information to
county road officials and to farmers
as to the best and most economical
methods of constructing good roads
and keeping them in repair with the
materials to be found In the various
communities.
The train's first stop In North Caro
lina will be at Marshall, the schedule
being as follows:
July 10th.. Wondav. Marshall, 10 a,
jn., Asheyllle, 2 p. m.
July 11th. Tuesday. Waynesvllle, 10
a. m., Sylva, 2 p. m.
July 12th, Wednesday, Bryson, 10
a. m., Andrews. S: so p. m.
July 13th, Thursday, Murphy, 10
a. m.
July 14th, Friday. Saluda, 10 a. m..
Hfxlersnnvllle, Z p. m.
July 15th, Saturday, Lake Toxaway,
10 a. m.. Hrevard, t p. m.
July 17th, Monday, Kutherfordtbn,
9 i. m., Marion, 2 p. m.
July 18th, Tuesday, Newton. a. m..
MorgaMon. 2 p.'ffi". "
July 19th, Wednesday, Statesvllle, 9
a, m., Taylorsville, 2 p. m.
July 20th. Thursday, Mopresvllle,
10:30 a. m., Winston-Salem. 2 p. m.
July 21st, Friday. North Wllkesboro,
p. m.
July 22nd, Saturday, Mt. Airy, 10 a.
m., walnut Cove. 4 p. m.
July 24th. Monday. Reidsvllle, 10
m.i Slier City. I a m.
July 25th, Tuesday. Ran ford. 10 a.
m., Greensboro. 7:20 p., m.
JnH- 2th,. Wednesday, Asheboro,
10:30 a. tn. """" " " -7-"
July 27th, Thursday. Lexington, 1ft
(Cot Unoed on page ore.)
ASIIEVILLE, N.
PROGRAM
ARRANGED BY SIR
H.
Distinguished Audience or
Royal Personages Including
King and Queen
MORE THAN 1,000
TAKE PART IN PLAYS
When Their Majesties Appear
ed Thy Were Cheered by
Throngs at Theatre
LONDON, June 87. The king and
queen royal and distinguished guests
attended the second command per
formance in connection with the cor
onation festivities at His Majesty's
theatre today. For the occasion Sir
Herbert Beerbohm Tree had ar
ranged a superb program. He had in
sisted that the play was the thing.
Owen Seamon, editor of Punch, boldly
paraphrasing Shakespeare In the pro
logue composed for tonight's perform
ance, emphasised the fact by writing.
"The play's the thing.
Wherein to snatch a conquest of the
king."
So the distinguished audience was
treated to scenes from "The Merry
Wives of Windsor," "David Garrlck,"
"Julius Caesar," "The Critic" and Ben
Johnson's Mask."
The vision of delight. In which ap-.
peared more than 300 actors and ac
tresses standing at the top of their
respective branches In the profession
with minor actors and actresses filling
supernumerary roles. The whole
number engaged reaching nearly 1.
000. When their majesties appeared
they were loudly -cheered by a great
Crowd that gathered about the theatre.
The audience included all the royal
end other special representatives to
the coronation. Ambassador, colonial
premiere and members of the cabi
net. . GIRLS CIGARETTKS?
NEW YORK. June 17. A fire that
the staid folk of th HUH old village
C' Utilonport, fn th ' Bronx, belleva
to' have been caused by smoldering
cigarettes that two young women sur
reptitiously smoked at a dance In'
Ludwlg Maurer's dance hall on Satur
day night, wiped out that hall, caused
a lqae of 150.000, and destroyed the
home of a family next door early this
morning-.
CROSS-EXflMINATfON FOR
PRESIDENT WARE BRINES
OUT SOME ADMISSIONS
Which He Says Were Neces
sary on Account of Fierce
Competition
"UP AGAINST IT'
RALEIGH, N. C.. June 27. Presi
dent F. D. Ware, of Ware-Kramer
Co. Was on the stand again today with
cross examination this afternoon. Th
declaration of R. C. Brlggs, president
of Wells-Whlthead Company, that If
Ware-Kramer Company persisted in
cigarette business they would pursue
them to China, Japan and even to the
gates of hell was ruled out on the
snowing oi me oeiense tnai for a
couple of years after this the plaintiffs
did a very prosperous business and
that long- before there was any de
cline of business, R. G. Brlggs had
sold out all interest in Wells-White-head
company and American Tobacco
company had no relation with them.
Ware testified that he extended his
territory from on section to another
In effort to avoid American Tobacco
company's competition, which pursued
them.
In th cross-examination Parker
confronted President Ware with let
ters he had written that showed that
Instead of Ware-Kramer company
having gone Into New England for
trade to get away from trust compe
tition as he testified In direct exami
nation and -been pursued there by
American Tobacco company he had
written Thoa. B. Scott in 190S that his
company had driven Wells-Whltehead
company from the market to the ex
Vnt that they -only had a foothold
then In Norfolk, Richmond and the
New England states and he wanted
to launch a campaign for trade In
New England at once.
Their was also much evidence a to
special discounts by Ware-Kramer
company given with admonitions of
secrecy.
To all those President Ware gave
th explanation that they refrained
from such practices as far a possible
but that th fierce competition they
were p against forced them to do
some of i , , C:- ';-' ' "-v-
BEERBQHM TREE
C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, .TUN E 28, 1911
MAfolt, THE
inn. pmM
PHtStCENTS
rtl.Nt Ao
frit NlWS
CHAIRMAN PENROSE'S UNSUCCESSFUL
EFFORTS
Reciprocity Bill Passes Through A)) Stages 6f Being Reported to Senate Before Mem
bers Realize What HappensFeeling so Strong That Bill is Restored
to Former Status""Storm Stops Proceeding s
WASHINGTON, June 27. The ten
sion that exists in the senate over the
reciprocity measure was emphasise 1
by Incidents that occurred In the eon
fused proceedings today. The aosslon
began with an aneuccessfut attempt
by Chairman Penrose of the fluamAi
committee to secure- an agreement
for a vote on reciprocity, July 24, on
the wool bill, July 28. and free )lt
bill July 28. Friends of reciprocity
will Insist upon coupling all three
measures in any agreement to vote.
After refusing t- permit stteh - an
arrangement, the opponents of t ho
reciprocity bill alio wed that measure
to advance one -Important parlia
mentary step before; they realised
what k"haimewa? For a garter
of an hour jh aenateVwa In execu.
tlve session; at, 1m conclusion no one
being ready to speak on the bill and
following the parliamentary custom
of that body, Vice President Sherman
announced that the bill would be re
ported from the committee as a whole
to the senate.
The bill actually passed through all
the stages of being reported to the
senate before members realized whnt
was going on. While under consider
ation In the committee of the whole
the measure could be amended, but
could not be voted upon. In the sen
ate It could be brought to a final vote
at any time. Senators Nelson, Itrls-
I tow, Clapp and Bailey Joined In the '
protest that arose when It was found
what had happened to the bill.
At first Senator Penrose objected
to having the measure reinstated in
the committee of the whole. He said
the senate had shown no disposition
to hurry In Its consideration of the
Clinchfield Railroad May
Charge More for Certain
Short Hauls
WASHINGTON, June 27. Permis
sion was granted by the Interstate)
commerce commisslou to th Carolina,
Clinchfield and Ohio Railway and
connecting --carriers to make rates on
coal which, in some lnsumces, are less-i
for longer than for shorter distances
over the same lines and In the same
direction. The order affects coal ship
ments from mines at Dante, vncti
field and Hurricane, Va., to points In
North Carolina. South Carolina Oeor-
gla, Alabama and Florida
By the terms of th order differ
entials favorable to the Virginia mines
are established on coal shipped to
points throughout the southeastern
territory, thus enabling them to com
pete with the Coal Creek mines In
Tennessee:
SHOWER?!
WASHINGTON. Jun 21-Fore-
eaatr. North ,Ci olina: jpnsettled with
ocasslonal thunder showers Wednes
day and Thursday; moderate south'
West wind on th. coast. . .
I
Killed
4 ftMENDCIENT I N VMM
TO SEnA 0EFiNITE DATE
blll. and had rejects his proposal fSr
a aenniie time ror a voie on me mea
sure. He therefor thought no
backward step should be taken
Friends of the bill on the democratic
aide, however, led b Senators Stone
and Bacon said the senate had' evi
dently been oft Its guard, and had
permitted the. bill to p advanced un
intentionally. Senator Penrose Anally
Consented, to having It restored to its
former status.
Th feeling that: developed over
this Incident was hot to marfcel how
ever, as that which greeted -'.tfttor
Pen roses -attempt to fix a lime 'for
the vote oh the bills. t
- Insurgents -objected to any .dafinlto
dt for reciprocity "vote; and the
finance; . eommlttaw- was extiroated
from the embarrassing position' of
having the votes determined by an
objection frpm Senator Smoot. Sev
eral democrats and insurgents would
have welcomed th fixing of the oth
er two dates so that the tariff bills
could be forced up to President Tafl
ahead of the reciprocity bill, and the
latter held back as a means of forc
ing his signature to the others. The
Penrose request will be renewed from
time to time and whenever, condi
tions seem favorable, intimately .the:
friends of reclprocty may consent to
change the order, ellowlng the vote
on tho tariff bills to Come first, .but
they will not do so at present, nor in
taking this position will they consent
for one to go through without th
others. In this attltudo they hav
the endorsement of the president,
who has advised them In Individual
conferences, that while he does not
shrink from consideration of tariff
T
One for Attacking White
Woman Another for
Acting Suspiciously
MONROE, Ga., Jun 2. Two. n.
groes were lynched in this county.
Tom Allen, accused of attacking a
whlte woman several weeks ago, was
taken from a train near Social Cir
cle, near here. Had to "a telegraph
pole and shot to death. He was un
der the custody of three officers who
were overpowered by members of th
mob.
Nearly twelve hours later, In broad
daylight, men who are thought to
have composed the first mob. stormad
the Jail hare, secured Joe Walsh., an
oLr:wzd;
lously around the bouse of Hud Haw,
and put him to death.-
GOVERNOR NOT TO IlLAME
ATLANTA. Ga., Jun 29. Gover
nor Jo. M. Brown Issued a state
ment this afternoon repudiating all
blame for the Allan lynching. He de
clared that he did not hav power tt
send a militia guard without a re
quest from the county authorities,
which was not extended to him.
SENATE DECIDES TO
GRANT CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON. Jun 27. The
first step toward the settlement of
the differences between the ' senate
and the house on the Joint resolution
providing for the election of sena
tors by the direct vote of the people,
was taken In today when the senate
daclded to grant a, conference and
appointed Senators Clark of Wyom
ing; Nelson, of Minnesota, and Ba
con, of Georgia, as conferees to meet
a similar number of member of th
bouse yet to b appointed.
; ..." . , - - - ! :
measures at this time, h think that
reciprocity should com first in th
natural order. Ill position, as ex
pressed to senators who hav talked
to Mm is that th present session
should b confined as strictly as pos
sible to reciprocity that being th sub
Ject it was called to consider.
Senator , Martin of New Jay,
who has qualified a a farmer In
the senate, had an Interesting passag
at arms with Senator Borah, who
spoke In opposition to th raciprocU
ty bill. H questioned th latter's
statement' as to th 4nnta' of pro.
jtsction .to in' farmer. Si'fi Z- frifft
,'-r nartriwen- looking ttp tn sen
ator from New Jersey sine he an
nounced that he was a farmer," r.
toned Mr. Borah, "and t find that
eighteen or twenty year ago he had
a farm of 120 acres in New Jersey;
that he farmed for a whll, pish
ed politics a nut, and that flm.
a great manufacturing town grow
ing up to It, he cut it Into building
lots, built-houses oa It and now I
many times a landlord and has com
to th United States senate."
Senator Martina answered with
heat and declared that he had been
an active farmer up to three years
ago.', .... ,:,v-::iv
Th dialogue was terminated by
Senator Galllnger's observation that
Senator Martin must hav been
elected by a "straw vot." Th sen
ate was compelled to adjorun be
cause of the storm that raged about
th cap! to 1 late tn th afternoon
which mad further proceeding Im
possible.
FURTHER ARGUMENT IN
GHAS. W. MORSE'S CASE
Using Every Possible
Chance to Secure His
Freedom or Transfer
ATLANTA, Oa., Jun 17. Further
argument in th lsst court pro
ceedings to secure the freedom of
Chas. W. Morse, the New York bank
er, who Is serving a IS-year sen
tence In the federal prison her,
will be made before Judge Newton
In the United States District court
tomorrow. Mr. Morse's attorneys
hav petitioned the court for a writ
of habeas corpus and appear hope-
ful
of navmg the sentence reduced
to ten roars, if they fall to obtain
tena in authorities are practically
unanimous mat a general or gross
sentence upon an indictment con
wining eeverai counts based upon
aineret transactions is to be con
mruou mm a sentence simply upon
on count. Th ststutory limit on
on count I ten year for th of
fense of which Mors was convicted
and although he was found guilty on
mora than on count It la claimed
that he Was erroneously sentenced.
Whatever portion of his sentence
the court decides he has yet to serv,
Mors hopes he may be permitted
to spend In some prison near New
Tork, basing his hop on t he fact
that the federal prison here was
erected for th detention of felon,
whereas he was convicted on a mis
demeanor charge.
TWO MIXERS DEAD
LEADVILLB, Col., June 27. Pat
rick Ryan and Patrick Brown, both
miners, wer burned to death early
today whn Or vdestrored - th -Free
Coinage house, a hoarding boas oc-1
cupled by miners. The other tamo I
are bUvdio hav nerlshed, -
PRICE FIVE CENT-
EWELCOMEFDV
v
STATE PRESS HIT
BY LENOIR PEOPLE
Yesterday's Feature Masterful
Address by Dr. W. P. Few. , ,
Trinity President
COMMITTEE NAMED
TO AMEND BY-LAWS
Executive Committee Reports
-Many New Members Added
Since Last Year
LENOIR, K C- un IT. Th
splendid address of Dr. W. J, rw,
president of Trinity College, was the
featur of today's sessions of ' th
North Carolina Press association. Dr.
Few discussed "Th Newspaper and
Publlo Opinion" end h dealt with hi
subject in a novel and lntrtlnf
manner. Othr addresses wr mad,
by Mr. J. J. Far r la, of tha High Point
Enterprise; Mr. Wad Harris, of th
Charlott Chronicle, and Dr, Joseph
Hyde Pratt, atat geologist DM Pratt'
subject wa "Stat Supervision - of
Publlo fcoads. AM tonight's session
th annual oration was delivered by
James p, Cook, dltr of Th Uplift!
Editor Jme H, Cowan, of Th WIU
minKtoit, Dispatch, Was down on tha
program' for the oration but was un
avoidably detained at home, Tha
reading of th historical paper by D.
J.- Wlchard, of Greenville, and Dr. ,
John A, Ferrelt mad an Interesting-'
talk on th suhject "Treatment of
Hookworm Disease,' and tha
reading of th annual "poem by W. '
Iibwrlc Hill completed th night's pro
gram. This morning th editor wer
taken on a flv mil drive to th sum
mlt of , Hlbrltan mountain, whera
luncheon was served. The cltisen of
Lenoir hav spared no expenr In th
entertainment of their guests. Almost
everything in th city Is free t tha
visitors. evn th sod water ve-ger
and cigar stores refusing to tk tha
money of those who wear the editorial
badge. After tonight's session a ape.
clal :omtnltt eotislMlng of It. .W,
Vincent of tha Charlott Observer;
Malor It. A. London, of Th Chatham
Herord, and Jam IT, Cain, of Tha
Ashsvllle Cltlsen, was appointed ' tn
amend th by-law of th association.
This commute will report at tomor
row's session. Th exerutlv commit
tee reported th following new mem
ber added during th last year. How
ard A. Banks, Hickory Democrat; o.
B. Deaton. Troy; 8. II. Winters, Web
ster's Weekly; Walter Buck, Spring
Hop Leaden High Kellev, Carthag
News; Le B. Weather, Shelby Start .
J, T, Fain, Greensboro Telegram: O.
T. Joyn, Greenville Reflector. Th
annual- election of officers will, b
held tomorrow morning.
Dr. Few, In his excellent addr.
said In part! .... s i . .
Th periodic press, by means of
informing and molding public opin
ion, exerts today an Influence that I
felt by very government In th .
world. The value of this Influence In
It modern societies will, I think, t
questioned by no on; and,, on th
rCnntlnoed on Par Four)
RAIN, Hill, THUNDER AND
lIGHTNINfi AND IID Ifl
WASHINGTON: YESTERDAY
President Taft Caught In
the Open and Much
Damage Is Done
SENATE ADJOUHNED
WASHINGTON, Jun JT.A delure
.of rain and. hail, accompanied - by
thunder and lightning and a wind
today fo -an -adjournment of the
senate, caught President Taft In the
open on th Chevy Chase golf, links,
caused th destruction by lightning of
one of th big dairy stables, entailing
a loss of 150,000 at th Soldiers' Horn
nd played havoo with shad tree.
Th storm tested only 20 minutes and
was the climax of a day Of intense
heat, th thermometer on th street
level registering 102 decrees. ,
President Taft had with him on tha
Chevy Chas golf link General Clar
ence Edward and Major A. W. Butt
when th storm broke. Because of th
suddenness of th downpour th three
war drenched. Led by th president
they fled to the nearest shelter, th
caddy house, wher they . remained
until the downpour ceased and thea
resumed thslr gam over a oggy
coarse, .,.; fJ .
At th Capitol th beating of tha
nan ana rain on tnnglas roof of the
senate chamber caused : such a
that Senator Borah, who was y ,
Ing, could not make himself hcar-i
th Senate wa obliged to .?,.. ,
Parks and Streots tl-rr- ' -
oity wer lltterc i
and str--
I