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is f,py. THE WEATHER: SHOWERS VOL. XXVII., NO. 251 CLfllWlTHATTEDDY LOST HEART AFTEH OSING BIG 'GAME' S PAllnrA nt r.nvrnmftnt tn Prn- a UUUI V VI W VB wm arw v secute Former Heads of Sugar Combination RECEIVER OF TRUST COMPANY TESTIFIES Witness Declares He Made Repeated Efforts to getCov- eminent to Take Case WASHINGTON, Juno 28. That former Theodore Roosevelt had 'lost "hi preference for largo gome" be cause of the failure of the govern ' mont to prosecute former heads of the American Sugar Refining com ' pany tor the wrecking of the Real Es tate .Trust company, of Philadelphia, ; In the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company deal In 1906 was asserted , today before the house sugar Invest! rating committee by George H. Earle, Jr., receiver of the trust Company. The Pennsylvania refinery was ac - quired by the American company and promptly closed. . Mr. Earl, who declared he made re peated efforts to Induce the federal -: authorities to take up the case, also J declared that considerable of his cor- respondence with Mr. Roosevelt In re latlon to the case was not communi cated to the senate when a resolu ' tlon was passed calling for all papers. Mr. Earl submitted to the com mittee two letters he said he wrote . to Mr, Roosevelt subsequent to 'he 'one, Searing date of Sept. 21, 1906, aubmltted. to the senate. "That letter was not all I wrote to Mr. Roosevelt," said Mr. Earl In re aponse to a querry by Chairman Hard wlck, "I wrote aeveral that never saw the light of day, and I have been able tot find two of them." , "Read them," said Mr. Hardwick. , "On Oct. I, 1906," Mr. Earl re plied, "nothing having been done by the government In this case, I wrote another letter to Mr. Roosevelt." VHere the witness began reading a fPy f that letter In which he said, feeing an 'alumnus of Harvard as was rl, Roosevelt, that "I began to labor f laeyh;K6Yrflle'usplcTon that this kr V ;f frnlihf ' nrnv' tb flritt accajllnn nnnn -which '79 asked assistance of'80 and ' j, Old not get it" : f. ".The remainder of the letter fol lows; - ''Seriously, I mean still seriously, (Continued on Page Three) H. G. PRESS ASS0C1TAT10N OFFICERS COMMITTEES Make Certain Amendments t to By-Laws and Hear Inspiring Addresses . VOTE OF THANKS LENOIR, N. C. June 28. The North Carolina Press association ad journed this afternoon after electing the following officers: President, J. J. 'Fan-is, High Poist Enterprise; first vice president, J as. H. Calne, Asheville Citizen; second vice presi dent, H. C. Martin. Lenoir News; third vice president, J. T. Fain. Greensboro Telegram; orator, Jo sjephus Daniels, Raleigh News . and Observer; poet, W. Laurie Hill, Barium Springs; historical, it. F. Beaaley, Monroe; secretary-treasurer, J. B. Sherrill, Concord Tribune; executive committee, K. W. Vincent, Charlotte Observer; H. B. Varner, Lexington Dispatch: H. A. London, Chatham Record; R. M. Phillips, Oreensboro News and H. C. Edwards. The feature of the morning session was the address of Congressman John II. Small, who discussed "The Intra-Coastal Waterway"; ;Dr. Louis ? Q W. Potest, president of Wake Forest ollege dealt ; with 'The Liberty of PrsasV Hon. James R. Toung. State Insurance commissioner, de livered an Interesting address on "The Press as a factor in reducing fire waste," The report of the com mittee on amendments to the by laws, recommending certain changes therein wits unanimously adopted. Ry -a standing vote the association on motion of Editor W. C. Dowd. of the I ,. Charlotte News, sent frateinaJLgreet. - -' r .. T . , u rt . ... i .1 . the Charlotte Observer, who has beea in 111 health for a year. The associa tion went on record as espousing the 'construction "f state highways under the convict lease system and urged a million .dollai bond issue therefore. be establishment of a co-operative bureau (or the benefit of weekly and semi-weekly newspapers was also ad vocated. The mendacity medal offered an nually by the Charlotte Chronicle was awarded to Isaac London, he being voted the champion newspaper pre varicator of .the state. T. R. Barrows, of Hendersonvtlle, was considered a Continued oa pace three) THE MORSE WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE HIS TERM Mm FederalJudgeNewman Denies Wit of Habeas Corpus for His- Banker WANTS TO KNOW STATUS OF TERM Morse's Attorney Will Carry Case to Court of Appeals for Fifth District ATLANTA, Oa., Juno 28. Chas. W. Morse today was denied a writ of habeas corpus for which he applied to Federal Judge Newman to obtain his release from the Atlanta prison where he Is serving a fifteen year sentence for Violation of the national banking laws. Judge Newman did not pass upon the contention that Morse could not be forced legally to serve more than ten years of 'his sentence but he maintained the validity of ten years of the sentence. He rejected Morse's plea that the Atlanta prison could not be used for the conflre ment of those sentenced to ltnuris onment without hard labor. "I do not think that any relief can be granted, under this petition at this time." said Judge Newman. "The question is wHether this' "petition pre sents anything which would require that something be done now for the petitioner. 1 think this sentence Is unquestionably good for ten years. Whether It Is good, for fifteen year cannot be passed on at this time. The time has not come to decide that.; I would unquestionably have no right now to Interfere with the sentence even if it is for ten years. 1 do not believe that Morse's status as a prls oner can be determined upon a writ of habeas corpus which, as presented in this case, Is an anticipatory peti tion. The writ of habeas corpus is to determine whether or not the pris oner shall be discharged or re manded. "I do not see hqw upon such a pe tition the question of hard labor can be determined. If, however, I were to give a judgment upon this question I would say, upon authorities quoted that the Atlanta penitentiary ran , be. used to thosH sentences W Impris onment without hard labor. If It were otherwise, the most t could do would be to decide that the attorney general or other proper authorities be requested to transfer Morse to some other institution. I do not think (Continued on Page Three) 10 FATILLY- INJ TWENTY BADLY HURT IN EXPRESS-FREIGHT Head-On Collision Just Out side Tunnel Throws Coaches on Sides SOME SEVERELY CUT PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 28. Engineer Benjamin H. Dolan, aged 4S, and Ernst W. Evans, a passenger, aged 27, of Asbury Place, Chestnut Hill, were probably fatally injured, and twenty other passengers were badly cut. bruised and scalded tonight when A express train bound for ChesJ? Hill collided with the tender of Aafelght locomotive at the en trance of the Philadelphia 4 Reading railway's tunnel at Twenty-first and Hamilton streets. One of Dolan's legs was broken In three places and he was so badly scalded that physicians despair of saving his life. Evans' face was badly crushed and he as severely scalded. He was a passenger tn the second of the three passenger coaches which, with a bag gage car, made up the train. After the engine had crashed into the ten der the first coach of the train slip ped past the obstruction but the fol lowing coaches were thrown on their sides. The cars were filled with pas sengers bound for the suburb. When they were overturned the escaping steam from the damaged locomotive caused a panic. Passengers were se verely cut by the broken windows of the cars through which they had to crawl to reach a place of safety. Ambulances were quickly summoned and the injured were conveyed to AMtTCICAX EGIXEf FOB JAPAN" WASHINGTON. June 2. Through the state department's "dollar diplo macy," and Ambassador O'Brien, at Toklo, Japan, the American Locomo tive company has won a contract for live locomotives for the railways own ed by the Japanese and Manchuria and six for use en the roads In Co res. When Japrln took aver the roads In Manchuria all (he locomotives were purchased In the United States. The department views the new order as an Incident that the Japanese found the American materials .best suited for Far Eaatern railroad- . A SHE!LLE CITIZEN.' ASHEVILLE, N. AMERICAN CONSUL TO BE DISMISSED E Misappropriation of Depart ment Funds Alleged Against Him and Another IN CONNECTION WlfH DAY PORTRAIT AFFAIR Committee Investigating Mat ter Will JJKely Ask for Men's Dismissal -WASHINGTON. June 28. Ex pressing the belief that there was a misappropriation of state depart ment fund and recommending, as a result therefor, the dismissal from the service of W, H, Michael, American consul general at Calcutta and former chief clerk of the state department. and Thoa. Morrison disbursing clerk of the department, the sub-committee of the house committee on expendi tures in the state department today met and adopted the report which to morrow it will present . to the full committee. The alleged mlsa propria tlon oc curred in connection with the pur chase of a portrait of Associate Jus tice Day, former secretary of state and amounted to 11.600. Only $880 was paid to Albert Rosenthal, the trtlst who painted the picture, where as, the jommlttee (Turing its Investi gations traced to a single voucher the sum of $2,450 on which voucher were written the words "for portrait and frame of ex-Secretary Day." Neither the president nor the sec retary of state, according to the re part, has the right to pay for por traits of former secretaries of state from, the emergency fund from which came the money to pay for the por trait In question. The testimony had shown that the $1.00 unac counted for was In the hands of Mor rison as disbursing clerk, and of Michael as chief clerk, the committee holds that the money was misap propriated either by Michael and Morrison Jointly, or by Michael alone. The mysterious finding of the vou cher forJ.450 . which w reported raet'wfien the oimjftte.. began Jts inv.-iiiration. but which later was dis covered by a messenger on the floor In the disbursing cierg onice, is criticised by the committee In its re port l beyond human belief. Both Morrison and Michael should be re- (Contlnoed on Page Three) T GOODS PRODUCTION ONE OF MHRGES MADE Committee Inquiring Into Recent Corner Alleged Made in Cotton AGREEMENT IN 1909 WASHINGTON, June 28 Agree ment among mill owners to. curtail production "of cotton goods and reduc tion in wages and in the number of working hours of employes were means employed throuth the Ark wrlght club of Boston, to maintain the prices of cotton products, according to Edward Stan wood, secretary of the club, who appeared today before the house committee on expenditures in the department of lustlce. The committee Is Inquiring Into the recent "corner" In cotton. Mr. Stanwood testified that the club was a social business organization, in which cotton mills were represented by their treasurers, the club funds being contributed by the corporations represented. The contributors Includ ed mills In Lowell. Fall River, New Bedford, Blddeford and other New England towns. Two efforts of the club to secure concerted action among the. New Eng land cotton mill owners for curtailing the output of the mills were described by Stanwood. "On Dec. 18 ,107," he said, "the club Instituted a -ollcy of curtailment and a letter was read from Richard Olney giving as hi opinion that an agreement among cotton millers to curtail production would not be In violation of any law. A letter was read also from William Wood, president of the American Woolen company. In which he said his concern was ready to curtail Its owtput and expressing the hope that the -cotton spinners .would agree to curtail. At that meeting a committee was appointed -to draw up a circular for the signature of the cotton spin ners agreeing to curtail their output "Did all the firms represented agree to curtail? asked Chalr.nan Jteall, "Probably not more tlian half did. In February, 10, we considered cur tailment of production, and an early reduction in wage throughout the New England mills. - "A committee apolnted to consider these question never reported, " In October. 1I0. an agreraent was made by the members of the club to cut the working hours of each- week from October. !. to August, 111, to (I hours.- . - ' ' " . ON SERIOUS CHARE C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1911. 'it 1 CRITICISMS OF TAFT AND METHODS FIGURED IN SENATES PROCEEDINGS Opposition to Reciprocity Made Bitter Arraignment of Bill Says k is "Republican Betrayal of Farming lnterent$"-Debat AH WASHINGTON. June 28. This waa a day f bitter rraignment-nf -the Ca nadian reciprocity bill in the senate. Beginning with. Senator Cummins' at tack on the niojisure as legislation un just to the agricultural Interests of the country anS concluding with Sen ator Borah's denunciation of the bill as republican ietrayal of the farming Interests, the debate was all antago nistic to the agreement and critical of the president and his methods. The senate gave but partial atten tion to the speeches, although they were among the most Important that will be made against the bill. Sev eral times call of the senate Was demanded. Senator Cummins not only attacked the 'construction Qf the reciprocity agreement Itself, which he said put the whole burden of free trade upon the farmer without giving him anv benefits In the guise of reduction of duty on manufactured products, hut he criticised also the power exercised by the president to negotiate it and to bring It to the point of derlnlM agreement between the two countries. In doing this, said Senator Cummins, the president had usurped the power of the congress and had exceeded the power lodged In him to deal with for NO NEW FEATURES IN TDBACCjTTRUSF SUIT President Ware Still on Stand and is Making Well Poised Witness. RALEIGH. N. C. June 28 Presi dent F. D. Ware In still In the hands of Attorney Junius Parker, of the American Tobacco company, being cross-examined on the business meth ods and inside transactions of Ware- Kramer company, the effort of the cross examination being to force the witness to admit that his company practiced almost from the very first nales transactions of Ware-Kranver Company, the special Inside dis counts, free goods and other trade concessions that they now ask the court to give 1 1. 200, 000 damages against the American Tobacco com pany for using against the plaintiff's business. Attorney Parker Is using the Ware-Kramer letter books and ques tioning Ware as to letters exchanged by blm and salexmen and jobbers. Mr. Ware is proving to be decidedly the best poised witness the plaintiffs have yet Introduced. Practically no new feature were" developed today. SHIP WIUrKKD; 100 SAVED HEL8INGFORS. Finland, June 28. The Flnnlh-Sw1lst mall steamer Bor I., with 00 Stockholm excursion ists on board, was wrecked today off Korpo Island, In the Outer Skerries. All of the passengers and all the crew were saved. WASHINGTON, June 28. Fore cast: North Carolina: local shower Thurmday; Friday "'a Mettled,: ahoweta In east portion; light - to moderate variabl wind becoming . north FWday. HI A Study in Cause and Effect Antagonistic Several Important Speeches eign nations upon revenue manors, . -1 kngw that the dy 1ms cum fit the farmer," declared Senator Cutrt mlns, "the day in which he I to be excluded from the benefits of the pro tective tart The decree has been written, It needs only the official sig nature of the time being to exclude him from the company of the manu facturers of the United States." Senator Bacon asked Mr. Cummins If he thought legislation in the senate ought to be Influenced by threat ot a veto from the president, . "It Is abhorrent to me," replied Mr, Cummins, "to hear the suggestion that any senator will be Influenced by the probable action of the chief exMtotlreea the completed legislation. -"Wo ,he Ijnen assaulted here day after day with the reiteration appar ently authoritative, that If this bill 1 amended tn any way It will be vetoed by the president. I am not iaylng that the president of the United States Is responsible for these statements,' I only know that they are so uniform and so emphatic that they have found lodgment In the minds of many sena tors, who believe they can make no change In this bill, however meri torious these amendment may be. "It Is the beginning of the end of the dignitythe power and the respec tability of congress and the senate to DEFINITE ARRANGEMENT FOR CLINCHFIELD LEASE Chesapeake and Ohio and Seaboard Air Line Will Take Over Road. ATLANTA, Oa., June 28. As a r. suit of a meeting of the railroad men held recently in Spartanburg, B, C, definite arrangements have been mad whereby the Carolina, Cllnchfleld A Ohio railway will be leased by the Chesapeake A Ohio and the Seaboard Air Line. This means through train from Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburg and Intermediate points of the middle west via th Chesapeake A Ohio, Car olina, Cllnchfleld t Ohio and the Sea board Air Line to points tn th South through to the gulf. The Cllnchneld road will he extended from St. Paul. Va., forty miles to Klkhorn City, Ky., where connection will be made with the Chesapeake A Ohio. The Sea board Air Line already connect with the Clln- hfleld road at Bostlck, N. C. The meeting at Kpartanburg was at tended by Krtwln Hawley, John B. Iannis, Oeo. W. ftevens, Frank Trum bull, fl. Davles Warfleld. Vice Presi dent Copies and other officials of the Tfudn interested. Frank A. Vanderllp, president of the National City bank of New York, also attended the meet ing, and with the other gentlemen mimed made an Inapectlon trip over the Cllnchfleld railroad. S. Davles Warfleld, who was one of the receivers of- the Seaboard, and who Is now chairman of lis executive committee, was laricely Instrumental In bringing about the new arrange ment. The Cllnchfleld road occupies a strategic position as It holds the only tfaleway through the mountains giv ing connection' !ff 'fKyTjiWdle West The ('lnchflcld road was built by the Cumberland corporation and the total lnv:;mnt In building the road and purchasing coal lands was something over 155, (100, (100. It Is .learned that existing relations of the Cllnchfleld railroad with other connections will not be disturbed. SPECTATOR EIECTHOCTTEp, COLUMBIA, S ,C, June it. While watching today' Clmbla-Charieston baseball game from an electric light pole Just outside the center field fence DarreH Harrison, of the Horse Creek Taller section of this state, was electrocuted. Yesterday -Senator Borah have It repeated here day after day that 'we must not amend this bill be cause It will meet with the disapprov al of th executive, - . ' "I wish torn one more able than I am would stand here and denounce th attempt to Influence th senate through such uggestlons, I wish the senste could reassert It immu nity from Jnfluenc of th character that ha bn presented In this fight." "I am not wilting to concede that President Taft In th orusad In which he I now engaged for free trad In agricultural product," said Senator Brlstow, "represent the republican party of this nation. He doe not represent th majority of th rep'ibll. cn member of th nous or senate and I believe ha doe hot' represent the sentiments of a majority of the republican- of th ountrj," i ? ' Senator fldrsh declared th estab lishment of free trad in agricultural product was cither a denial of the principles for ' which th republican party had heretofore atood or a "coarse and brutal betrayet of the most loyal constituency th party r r ganlsatlon ha ver hd," 'i "No pag ,n th political history ean equal this betrayal by the repub lican party of this great' and loyal constituency." he said. NliEROUS DETECTIVES Witness, Declares Woman Was Indifferent and Cool Towards Husband NKW YORK, June 2.Ch. D. Symne. who said he had followed Mrs. Edith Russell Gambler, the former Atlanta society girt, when she went autmoblle riding with Horvey C- Stickler, a t!fhy member of the Atlantic Fertilizer- and Oil company, testified today at the trial of Mr. Gambler' suit to annual her marrlaga to a local banker. The witness said he hadJwed Mr. Gambler In search of evidence for about a month. Memorandum taken by the witness in this pursuit bore cabllistlc symbols which By nines had difficulty In ex plaining. He could not remember the meaning of "N. .G.," but said that the letters, "N. O.," on another sheet probably meant "Nothing doing." Ellas Owens, formerly a clerk In the hotel where Mrs. Gambler had been a guest, ' testified to receiving a telegram for hr from Philadelphia In October, 1910, reading: "Have dinner, with me about T p. m. (Signed "H. c. S. Owens added that he had seen Mrs. Gambler In company with a male friend at the hotel on several occa sion. Victor Hugo, a detective, who h1 !iadowed Mrs. Gambler, said he had seen her visit several restaurants and amusement resorts 'with a gentleman. Martin Klttletoh, counsel for Gam bler, rested hi case with the deposi tion of David Morrison of Springfield, Mass.. who was In 'the European party In which Gambler and his wife I met on their honeymoon trip. Mor ( rison testified that Gambler' atten tions toward hi young wife seemed to Irritate her and that she was in different and cool toward him. i Counsel for Mr. Gambler announc ed that he would conclude hi ease tomorrow. . Ton PTJRE FOOD AMD DRCC8 WASHINGTON, i una". il.Repre sentattv Richardson of Alabama ha Introduced, a bill to amend the pure food and drug act ; CITIZEN WANT JT BRING RESULT? : k PRICE FIVE CENT& IN GEORGIA 15 OF Biennial Session of Cracker State's Legislature Has Some "BIflM Business GOV. SMITH SEEMS TO BE MAKING HEADWAY M Ave Art ft fr9 : DAinn t?Atv ' ors Allowing Cities to Voter on Commission Form ATLANTA. Jun !, Th GorgU legislature convaoad today fur it bi ennial slont perfected t organisa tion and prepared for th Inaugura tion of - Governor-elect Smith Satur- ( Both house dvotd most I h time they 'were in session to, listen-. Ing to th final message of Gover nor Joseph M, Brown, th retiring exaeiitlve, which '.was read : In full. The governor recommend that th -reduced to three and that th offic reduced to, thr and that the office of special attorney for th commis sion ba abolished. : H favor a en ral bill permitting tiny city to vot on commission guvernmsnt, ' th labllshmont of a department of labor ana in creation or tn oirice ni roaa commissioner with a co-operating ad visory board. He , declare that the stats ahould ; have ho law that ara not enforced and that thou that can. nati maintained should b repea I d, While th general assembly, tvna preparing to get down to bualntas, the several candidates, receptlv anil otherwise, for the senatorial toga of th lata Senator Clay, war busy lay ing their fences for th contest anti cipated when the legislature begin balloting for senator, July 11, Most Important in th day' development In the senatorial race was the an nouncement of Railroad Commission er Murphy Candler, of peKslo, that h would be a eandldata only In event Hok Smith decline to allow hi nam to be used, Mr, Smith con tinues to malntnln th atrlt'id of silence In assumed when h first ws uggeaUd for the senate. Ill friends, however, are ope active In hi be half and aom of thsm are ventur- (Contlntieil on 1r Six) STATE BAR ASSOCfATIOrJ HAS VERY FINE PEDGH.1L1 rOBITiSESSIO.T President Tillett Paid Fine Compliment to North . Carolina Lawyers , NOTED SPEAKERS LAKH TOXAWAT, U. ft. June I, Th evening train wa late and con sequently eevent-flve member did not. reach Lake Tosawajr - until after ' o'clock on thl account, President Charles W, Tillett called to order th ' thirteenth annual session of th North Carolina Bar association -'vat .! o'clock. Tha meetings ara being held In the larg ban room of Toiaway Inn, and this arrangement I very sat- -Isfactory. It I a happy assemblage nd the ladle were much tn evidence tonight The addresa of welcome wa - delivered by Mr. Walter E. Moor, of Webster, and Mr, Frederick p. Win ston, of Winston, responded. Follow ing these two happy addresses Judge J, Crawford Biggs, of Durham, of fered resolutions announcing tha sudden death of A. 8. Dockery, of Rockingham, and instructing the sec retary to telegraph the resolution to Mrs. Dockery. ' i;-:,.v President Chsrles W, Tillett deliv ered the annual address and took his theme "Th Delay W th law and Who I t. raoicr i'.o- . In hi address Mr. Tillett Criticised h- nfutfit nractlca rf Amlw t the same time he expressed the opln- . Ion that the lawyer of North Caro lina were as splendid a body of men a could be found anywhere. Tomor row 1 to be a busy day. - Th program provide for committee '. report and several adresse. Th speakers are to be- Jsmes 8- Manning, of Durham: J. J. Brut, of Washington, D, C, and Hon. Martin A. Littleton," of New York. Mr. Littleton's address I th feature of the eeeslon. - . --ATRfh"?8fieWifoh' "tni"pr5sr- dent' address the following attor neys were elected to membership In the association: vA.:, M. Fry1, Pry son City! a. H. Wright, Ashevlllei J. A. Lock hart, Wdboro; W. A. Bristol, fltatesvtlle; J. P. McLean, Lumbertoni W. L. Lambert, pakersvllle: C. W. Til lett, Jr., Charlotte Jesse F. Mlllfkan, Bllver City: R. H. Sykee. Purhnm; Gee F. Mearea, Wilmington; i'..m Gilliam, Tarboroj J. 11. Jam... :i , . ,,. ille; W. T. Morgan. Mi; j , Kewton, Fayetteviiie; r Chapel Hill: A. L. W J. O, Dawson, Kh nllhr c E. T R. Reynolds, Af