ASIIEVILLE N. C., FRIDAY. MORNING, : NOVEMBER 17, 1911
VOLrXXVIIL, NO. 26
PRICE FIVE GENTS
s
HID MS
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BY FEDE8AL JUBY
Alleged Rebating on Ship
ments of Merchandise Be
- twoen N.Y. and Chicago
ALL THE DEFENDANTS
GIVE S5.000 BAIL
Amounts Involved Will. Ap-
proxlmiie JOr penVorl
: Earnings of Two Roads '
- rrr.Vi X(3$., Vov. !. Thirteen
"lndtrtments,.,were returned this af
ternoon by the federal grand Jury
which, has been Investigating" charges
of rt bating ? against several railway
freight official and members of firm
in ft: is city and Chicago! ,. Ail of tht
Indictment are similar except as to
the oetals of the particular trans-
afctlonand contain In all forty count.
The . alleged rebating was .on ship
ment f of 11 merchandise between this
city arid Chicago.
II. & O. Railroad
Six of the Indictments are against
Robert B. Ways, -foreign freight agent
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company or siving rebates to the
following parties: .v'iV-Vv,, . , .
Bernard, jin.ci A company, Galla
gher Ascher, Oscar F. Kosche, trad
ing as C has. I). -Stone & company;
American Shipping company,! , inter
national' Forwarding company, , all of
all of Chicago, . and Peter C. Kuyper,
as P. C. Kuyper & company of Xew
Other ' Indictments are against
Thomas N. Jarvls, vice president and
Clarence A. Blood, freight traffic!
manager of-, tha Lehigh Valley rail
road company, for giving rebates to
George W, 8hldon and company of
New York and Chicago. Other In
dl'ctffients are against tb'." following
parties for receiving, rebates from the
Baltimore A Ohio railroad company
' 'Jules B; Bernard.'of Bernard, Ju.
dea Veerapany,'and'aurlce Ascher
Of tOvi Isvgaer iA , Asck r T N w, York :
Oscar B. -f Kosciie,'"' trading- as, Chas,
Graser. president of American .Ship
ping- company' and': August' Bontoux,
' president ynternajlonal Forwarding
... Lehigh Valley
Those lntiicted for. receiving rebates
from th? Lehigh Vid'ey railroad com
panr are George W. Sheldon and
Henry W. Achkof, president of the
Geo. W. Sheldon A company.
Tentative pleas of not guilty were
entered to the -. Inalctment . by Vive
President Jarvls and Freight' Traffic
Manager Blood of . the .Lehigh Valley
railroad. Judge Martin, K&ve them un
til December 4 to withdraw their
pleas or make anv motion for their
defense that they may . deem neoes.
Oont4nnd on Faajr Four)
FOB SECDII II"
BOX IN M'NUMlflA CASE
IS FILLED WITH JURORS
Peremptory Challenges by
State and Defense to be
Exercised Today
THREE ARE SWORN
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. H.-r-
Tn jury dox in the MCKiamara mur
der trial was filled with Jurors and
accepted talesmen for the second time
late today. Peremptory challenges by
the state and defense will be exer
cised at the opening of the court
tomorrow.
Jacob Lansing' an orchardist. Is the
twelfth man accepted. His fellows In
the box are: ,
Kobert Bain, carpenter Byron IJsk,
mill owner; F. D. Green, orchardist.
all sworn jurors. Brewster C. Kem
yon, capitalist; Clark McLaln, bank
er; J. B. Saxton, retired farmer; A.
Gribllng, retired 'walnut grower;
Wlllet Brunner, railroad engineer; C.
A. Heath, farmer; William J. An
drew, carpenter; T. H. Elliott, gard
ner. Lansing stands an excellent chance,
It Is said tonight, of being the first
man excused by the de-fenae tomor
row. The big gray scrap book,
nicknamed the "Doom's Day Puo, .
In which are pasted reports to the
defense on talesmen quotes Lansing
as having said that James B. Mc
Namara was guilty and ought to be
hanged. Lansing denied that he said
this, but Attorney Lecompta Davis
sought to obtain an admission ba't
Lansing1 opinions ran along - this
Una. William J. Andre is counted as
a good prospect for on of the chal
lenges allotted to the defense ss Is
T. H. Elliott, whose examination de
veloped little concerning hi soplnlons.
Expectations tonight were that tha
state would excuse A. Gribllng against
whom District Attorney Fredericks
offered a challenge on the ground
that he' would not be willing to con
vict on circumstantial evidence where
tha death penalty was Involved. WH- ,
lett Brunner mar be challenged,
no oolongs w ta urotMrnoed of Lo-
mw mm m I ,'
DEDATiriG
GHARG
APPOINTMENTS OF
CHINA ' S PREMIER,
CA USE AMAZEMENT
New Cabinet 'Named in Imperial
EdictMayNot Stand Impression
Goes Out That to Defeat Rebels is
Object.
PEKING. Nov It. Premier Yuan
8hi Kat's new cabinet was named in
an lmnerlal edict today, but it Is
questionable whether It will stand.
One of the member expressed amaze
ment kt his appointments. 'It la be
lieved that few of tbe new ministers
have been consulted ana H 1 ' x
pected that! several will .decline to
serve.
The cabinet comprises curious ap;
pointments- .Liang Chl-Chlao, ap
pointed vice-president of the board of
Justice, Is the groat Chinese reform
er who was exiled by the late em
press dowager at Yuan Shi JCal' sug
gestion, Chans Chion, appointed
president or the bord of agriculture
and commerce. Is a member of the
new government of Klang-Shu. He
slaned with Wu-Ting-Fang, tha de
mand for the throne's - abdication,
which the reformers sought t have
delivered to tha prince rejent
through' the American legation.- Sev
eral other members of the new cabi
net are Jcnown to be strong synv
pafhizers Witt ( the revolutionary
movement. u' " ".'.."
' New Cabinet
The composition' of tbe new consti
tutional cabinet la m follows: -. -,
Premier Yuan Shi Kat.
Board . of foreign . affairs Llanx
Tun-Yen, president; Hu-Wel-To, victk
president,, ' -. . .
Boa of flnanc1 Yen Shl-81. pres
ident; Chen Cbicj-Tao. vice-president.
Board of eommunlcatlons Yang
Shlh-Chi, president Limng Ju-Hao,
vice-president, fnK " -
Board of 'war Nang Shih-Cheng,4
presiaent; lien wen-xien, vice-president.
'
. Board of Justice Shen Chl-Pen,
president: Liang Cbi-Chiao, vice-
gresldant. 1
x Board of agriculture and' com1!
merce- Chang Chlen, president; Hsi
Yen, vlce-prelldent.
... Board of the navy Admiral, Bah
Chen-Pins, president; Tan . Hsueh-Hetov:Tlce-prex1dnt.
. . . ?
Boad of instruction Tat" Chlng
Phung,, 'presidents iY.n-T, vice-
preslden,t
44Jlr4Mifa si fHWwo
Ident; Yung Mum. Vice-president.
Board ,f interlor-Chad ptng-Chun,
president; Wu-Chen, Vice-president, "
Opinion Divided
The organisation of the cabinet was
evidently an attempt to include In its
personnel representatives of all par
ties. The question arises whether
Yuan Shi Kal was unable . to foresee
fils Inability to operate such a cabl-
net If It could be actually formed,
RETIRED REAR IDMIRftL
m wm mm
SHOT HIMSELF IN HEAD
Distinguished llaval .Sur
geon Commits Suicide at
Age of Eighty-Two
WON DISTINCTION
WASHINGTON, Nov. If. Rear
Admiral John Y eat man Taylor, re
tired, former medical director of the
United States navy and one of the
most distinguished naval surgeons in
the country, ended his life here today
by shooting himself In tbe head with
a navy revolver. The officer was
alone In his study at" the time, but
the butler, .hearing the report, found
him unconscious. He died in half
his life,
Admiral Taylor was 2 years old
and had had a notable career as a
naval surgeon. His health had long
been poor and the death in an au-
tomobil at Wilmington, Del., twqy
vears ao. of his only on. Andrew,
Bryson Taylor, was a
-v.!. i
th, a iirAfin rie never ieiLr'
. .
Ie"fTt
the house afterwards and deapon-j ,mcng tno,e Wh0 participated in tH',!,'on "f th Vnl"lS State Immlgra-. ifB recommends thst a new bulld
dency over his sorrow ana the hope-' debate, however, thst tbe fixing f tlon service and the state immigration I ng i,e erected for the bureau. In ad-
lens condition of hi health Is be
lieved to have prompted him to take
hi. slire.
Horn in East Nottingham. Pa., Ad-
mlral Taylor was graduated from:
Jffteraon Medical college In 1863 and.l
was appointed assistant surgeen In the
United State navy the following:
year, no m .un iwnwm in ir.e
vueiuaiu , " ' " ;
during ibe civil war and In that n--
counter won distinction. Recognition
cam rapidly to Dr. Taylor. He be-
km meuirai inspector in Hi? and
nmedical director In 1(79 and was re-
urea in ..... rca
surgeon and was In charge of naval
hospitals at Washington. Norfolk and)
New Tfork. In recognition of hi civil,,
war services he wo advanced to the
a i . a . . . . m .
rank of rear admiral In 106.
Adnjiral Taylor la Survived by1 hi
wife and one daughter' Charlotte I
ryon 4 Taylor, a mag.tin wrrter.
ia tm jwm ana. ' .
Opinion is divided with respect t
the object Yuan Shi Kal ha in view..
Some think ha has' lost bis astute
ness' and 'Intuition, while others hold
that be 1 playing a deep game, His
real object may be to convince the
throne that capable cabinet can
not be formed but he (Ives tha Im
pression to visitors, both. Chinese and
foreigners, that be la determined to
defeat the rebels.
The foreign diplomatic ' representa
tlves have under discussion the jP'
pointment of a committee to disburse
the maritime customs', which, arc bar
ing reserved by the Inspector-genera,!,
Francis Arthur Aglen, for. payment
of loan and Indemnities. This seem
to be the beginning of foreign Inter
ference in. the financial affair of
China. Certain inembers of the- na'
tlonal assembly are advocating' the
discontinuance of that body,; because
a large majority of the electedj 'mem
bers have left (he capital, Thase who
remain are chiefly the. throne's ap
pointees, and the assembly la'-without.
H'qorum.;...";;-i,;"l'''- .
PREPARE FOR I3TA8IOW
RANKING, Nov.!. 1. Throughout
tha day General ' Chang, commander
of the Imperialists, was preparing to
r calve the reformers 'army, which
be confidently asserts will meet Its
Waterloo tefore Nanking. . Imperial
ist troops moved out of the city and
were' distributed tostrategle points to
check '.tha. advance of the (revolu
tionaries from Chinklang. . . .
The defense at Pukowa are form!
jyj
REBELS COMIN G YN "
CHINKIANG Nov. 1.1.' Rcvolu
ttonaries continue .to come into this
city in thousands. The scene Is mar
velous In its confusion, Tbe troops
are disorganized but ' not disorderly.
The -forward movement' of tha' re
volutionaries has hot begun,, but .large
numbers have been taken aboard the
gunboats and transports, which are
procedlng up the river the direction
or KiiBKing. at w presumta that a
j tUfWhU'ttC
tienvrai Chang's . troops In . Nankins;
or to cut tbem off if they try to ad-
Much anxiety la felt concerning- the
hereabouts ef missionalra and rail
road employes who. are. cut off north
of Pukowa. It Is hoped that they
have escaped by way of the grand
canal, but a rescue party which was
ent out has been unable to proceed
as tne on a res are down.
SALARY LIMITS IN ALL
MINOR LEAGUES WILL
BE CUT TO THE
Fixing of Limit by Popula
tion or Classification
Deemed Imperative
FOR CENTRAL BOARD
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Nov. I,-r-The
salary limits of every base ball
league except the majors will be cut
to the quick next season If tha move
ment Itarted 1 today at the conven
tion of the National Association of
Professional leagues by Wilbur H.
Allen, president of the Texas league,
bears fruit. The Texan's plan la for
a central board to fix a salary limit
for every league of a certain classi
fication' and fix penalties foj the vio
lation ef such limit taking the power
of Rxlng salaries away from the In
dividual leages. It was further ar
gued that unless tbe salary limit of
each league Is the same the classifi
cation is made void as some members
ef a lower classification have higher
salary Unfits than those of the higher.
practlcallv the entire business aevainn '
today of th minor league leaders was'
devoted to th sa arv limn ,r,.hi.,
I it ,.i.,r.j , ..... !
u , v v i c t 'J t n (.(,11! IIllLLra.
'
was tha concenmiM f r,inn
salary limits either by .classification !
of nM.ijlatlun of the different ctttosj
under the direction of the national as-:
solution is imperative. i
The suggestion of Kecretary Qirfnn
or the. Columbus. Ohio
salaries of players who go to a high
fr league wiu.,,u .
was genially approved.
Xn. advancement of the Pacific
comi leue, American assoclatlpn
,nj tK Eatern league to a" higher
riiusifioat'un to be known as class
AA,wai recommended by a subcom
mlUee which met today. lit In n-o-
p.rrd thst leagues In this class b
permitted to draft from all otimr m.u-
or league.
m
MATCH ARRANCKD
-
CHICAGO. Nov. 1. Johnnv fo...
Ion,, bantamweight champion, tonirht
was matched to boiOMm'trn.
of New York, at Kenosha, Wis., on I
jawemeer IS.
i:f . j,. WftfaML ) isajV '
TOBACCO DISINTEGRATION
NOT, BE CARRIED TO SUPREME COURT
Wicker$hem Sadnfied With Decree Entered in Circuit Court at New YorkSay$
' ' That it Contained Practically AW of the Requ$i$ Made by the v ,' " . ; '
WASHINGTON, Nov. Satisfied
that thai decree entered in the Circuit
eourt at New York today providing
earn Tobacco "company. Into .four cor
porations will terminate a monopoly
and substitute actual competition In
stead,.; Attorney General Wlckersham
will not appeal thm case, to the Bu-
prente-.-ewtrj!: United Stafea, He
wm'acoeirt KaTCSreuit court's dec!-
sion althougbV ha ' govarnment poV
sesses the right to 'carry ths plan of
dissolution . to . the hlffhest tribunal at
any time within a year. 'The govern
ment's approval of the plan was made
known -by tha attorney general In
an o(Tici! statement Issued today.
The sins of some of th corpora
tions into which. t"e Company trltl be
separated constitutes no valid ' objec
tion to the court's decree. In the Judg
ment of th attorney general.
,"The publtc at large will be more
apt to benefit," he declares, "from
competition between large solvent,
well organised company le strong
hands, than from tbe - general de
moralisation of buelneas which would
ensue, were the business to be. distri
bute between a large number of
small, weak organisations with Ih-
CBTIR NEED FOB LIBOR
ON FARMSJYER COUNTRY
Distribution of Immigrants,
i Settlers and Unemployed
Given Attention
WASHINGTON, Nov, J. There 1
crying need for labor on tbe farm
of the United Stute. offering oppor
tunity to the immigrant and the na
tive unemployed. This condltkns
emphasised by state Immlgraton of
ficials here' today at a Joint confer
ence with the federal immigration
authorities called for th purpose of
finding a means of co-operation be
tween the government forces for the
dlatrl!iilion tit immigrant, settlers .
ana iht unemployed to the l"'"'ll""j
Where they are needed.
Practically every tate In the union
va r. present l. numDer or renoni-.
"ere uimr - -
auuolntttri to evcilve a practical ninth-j
'od by whlrh Die ilivinlon of Informs- j
, ,
officers may work In harmoy.
Cha. Harris, manager of the fre!
employment bureau of Kansas de-i
clared that coll'tre students afforded i
the best help on the tarma. F"ourj
flft;-s of the :arme in Ohio sr In nend '
of labor, according (m A. P. Randies, '
kcretary of agriculture of that state.
WAHHINGTO.V. Nov. J. Forecast
L.. unh nmiiu
hair in east, un-
settled In west Friday; fiaturday,
jsrobjpbiy rain, moderate tut wind.
Is it Loaded?
Government'-' "Re-Creation of Lawfu
sufflclent capital to maintain tbam -
selves in active competition.
,.Bom ot the representative . ot
the M-ualled ; 'independent retailer
associations', urge the dlstribtttlpn or
the business among seventy corpora
tions instead of four. ; Tha suggestion
'might as well have bees) fifty or tiro
hundred. For the government to have
supported any, sm!hcorkt0tiflon' qUlfl
have undoubtedly have rfsulted in re
celverihlp krd "anormba Valid :-v.(4
spr'ad jnjury to the genefal business
conditions ot tne oountry. "
Regarding the contention which he
said had been' advanced that the slse
of tbe companies was greater han
that -of any Hi the existing indepen
dents, th attorney general says: ., ...
"Nothing In tho law require, or,
In rijo opinion, of the atorney gen
eral : would justify th , government
In taking the position that to reduce
a monopolistic combination to UrI
size, no on 'of the distributee con
cern should be larger than tho. larg
t exstlng " Independent concern."
. Objections "Kxplalncd" "uvy
The objections to the dissolution
scheme on th ground that tho sam
b(Hi- ef shareholders would sub
stantially control each of the se par-1
PATENT-OFFICE BUILDING
Commissioner of Patents
Says There is Little, , if,
Any, Fire Protection
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.Far of
fire in the United State patent office
and a consequent tremendous blow
to
the commercial Interest of the
country, are expressed In th annual
report of I'm ted State Commissioner
of Patents Moore to Secretary of the
interior Fisher. The present home
of tho patent office, Mr, Moore de
clare. 1 not fire proof and is piled
high with tons of Inflammable ma-
terlal comprising archives, which If
destroyed could never be replaced and
the OM tt( wnich would work untold
mHfl to the commercial InUrests
of )fl(, C0,lMry.
"Much or tnis material s sioreu,
hm knlalnii. "In woritian r.aaea and on
otvn shojves."
dltlon to betnt non-fire proof, he (ya
that the present quarters sre "en-
tlrely obsolete and Inadequate as to
both space and equipment."
Ilia report shows thst during the
past fiscal year there were laaued
4K patenU, Including re-Issues and
ielgAs, and that 3,7l trade marks.
tT laoeia and ill prints were regis
tered. It was not the heaviest year
In the history of the patent' office In
this respect, although In th number
of applications received, mora than
74,000 Is exceeded all previous years.
BIRV8 lfAU BETTER OP IT
NEW YORK, Nov. Frankle
rvjrns. claimant of the bantam weight
championship, , outpointed Young
Wagner of New York in a alaahlng
ten round bout her tonight. Burn
outbored and outgeneraled hi plung
ing .foe. Although Wagner cloaed
strongly at tbe end be waa bygen-l
eral agresment no rnitcb for hi clv,
r opponent , .
CASE WILL
Conditione" t v '
i ate "companies art mot, tha attorney
UreneraJ says, first, by ooaferrlag vot-
ing right whtch'now aro-vastad in tho
eommon stock alone, to th preferred
tock Holders loo; and, secondly, by
tho restrictions upon th action of
the respective corporations,
' ."Tho tttorpoy , canorai bllva,M
continue tn statement, "that this
Plini fyitti lb).retrtetlv' provisions
rn, tn aeerea, win accomplish re
creatlon . nt lawful condition, and
being so convinced ho ha opposed th
effort of outsider to Mnjeat them
selves into the ltuatlon and to de
lay or prevent th carrying out of th
plan.".; . f
.'Under the imprslon that th
opinion of th court had been cloudsd
by the various dlscuaslon of it and
ws not generally undented, th at
tdrney general embodied In his state
mtnt'O. synopsis of iht term of tho
decree.. He said It contained ub
Untially ajl of the request mad by
th government except th nfored
al and distribution to outsider of
tho United Cigar tor company and
an 'authorization to tho government
t sny tlm within five year to apply
(ConUnuKl on Pww Four)
REVENUE GUTTER FLEET
IS BEING BE-0S8IBIE0
Vessels to be Assembled In-
1
to Five Divisions; Two on
Pacific, Three on Atlantic
WASHINGTON, Nov. llTh rev.
enue cutter fleet Is being completely
re-organised along line somewhat
Similar ta tha naval a-IMI.kN..x
The Vessel will be asmbld Into
five dlvlalonatwo on th Pacific and
three on the Atlantic coast each In
command of a senior captain of the
service. Under the old system each
revenue cutter was a unit In Itself
reporting directly to the captain com
mandant ,at Washington.
Tho New York division, with Sen
ior Captain Howard B. Merry, com
manding, was organised today with
the following vessels: Seneca, Mo
hawk, Manhattan, Calumet, Hudson
snd Guide. ' The headquarters of the
two other divisions will be Boston and
Cha-rleston, g. c, but plans for (hair
establishment have not been com
pleted. The north Pacific division, in charge
of slenlor Captain F. hi. Dunwoody,
with headquarters at Port Townsend,
W'n., will be composed of the cut
ters Manning, Tahoca, Snohomish,
Arcada, Scout and Rush.
The south Pacific division will be
under Mentor Captain Jno. Fl Wild
at San Francisco, and will consist "of
the McCullough, Bear, Golden Gate
and Hartley. The treasury department
expects the new schema to promote
eniuiency and economy
WKAfmnr MERCHANT OX TRIAIi
LINCOLN CENTS R, Kans., Nov,
1 Ssehlll Cianr, a wealthy mer
chant, A. N." Blmma, a mill worker,
and John Schmttt, a farmer, war
placed on trial late today "for assault
and battery' In connection with tho
tarring of Mlaa Chamberlain. T,'
vlously Everett A. Clark, presfant
of a Shady Ben" milling company,
and Watson Scranton and Jiv "f-.
-le.- - T- -, '- ' tl
plea Of gnUty. Judg QloTr Mid to. l
mgrnt h wvjlt, ...... e'
, lAeartD; of (hf praent caaea. '
THINKS ALL FUNDS
BE
DV CIIDCPDIDTinP!
ui uuuuunii i iuii i
- .'.' -'-'' .
Gompers Opposed to Fedcra-'
tlon of Labor Taking Action -In
M'Namara Case
CONVENTION ADJOURNS J;
TO ATTEND BARBECUE
Labor Leaders May be Asked ;
tu Sever Connection , With , f
Civic Federation.
ATLANTA. 0 Nov. 1.Th fact J
that efforts hv bn mad by Pr-
idant Gomper to suppress th resolu
tion to appropriate $50,000 for thai
McXamara def ens fund cam out to- !
day on th floor of the convention v
of th American Federation of Labor, '
shortly befor adjournment for tho '
day, Delegate A. J. Oallagher, of th ;
California delegation. Inquired of thoi
president whether roiut!on could
v (ireaanieu aiier iou7. o '
plained that he had very import
ant rsaoiution bearing -on th Mc.N'i
mara. cm which ho realised would
causs soma friction if brought befor
th convsntlop, and that h had bn '
akd to withhold it, " pending th r-
port of th eommltts on th ,prsl-!
debt's report which was expected to ,
deal lth that aubJacC Ur, Gompera
replied that no resolution could ba!'
offend after mldniiht tonlgnt.- Mr. t
Oallsgher then asked (f th onvn j
tlon could not vot to permit him to'
introdur th '- resolution - later la
event lb com.mltt's report Nn tha'
ubjct waa Sot satisfactory ta him.
'It cannot," rtorted Mr, Oompra, 1
Mr. Gallagher said he would ask th
convention to bear In mind th fact'
that h had withheld th rsplutlriti
by request If h attempted to offer (
It later, Another dalegat asked thai
ehalr If a deiegat could not mov
to aubstltut ' resolution for a por '
tion f ' ' commute report. : Mf,
Gomper replied In the afflrmattv. It-
t generally understood that Mr. Gom-
port I not -opposed-to rendering all -
Ik. hi .,,.,MfcHil 4.. ,k . UU...a . .
brother but thai ha think all fund
,rqulrd should be raised by prlvat
auoserlptlon. ,
" May Wltlwlrsiw J "' .- -
Before th convention ii over, Un
Gompera and four other labor lead
era who are beads of various era fu,
may ba asked to sever their connec
tion with the .National pi via Fsdera
uvn,: wafers, aocoroios;. o resuiui
Hon offrd today, by th Unlud Mln
Worker "l iarrsly eompoied of and I
financed by employer of labor, many1,
of whom' ar tha most bitter ana
miss of organlaed labor." . Th ro,
lution requeau thai all offlotr eon-',
(ContJnad on Pagw Pour)
LIQUOR PROBLEM HAD
PROFJINENT PUCE Oil .,
UST COiEIITM
Los Angeles Asked - For,
Next Meeting of National '
Municipal League ' , -
PLACE NOT DECIDED
RICHMOND, Va Nov. H.WIUI
rha conclusion a discussion ' oa
franchise education and polio and
liquor problem, th evntnth an
nual meeting of tbe National Munlo-
lpal League and nineteenth annual! -
oonferenc for city good government!
came to a close today, Loa Angeles' ;
invited the convention to meet naxtf
year but th meeting plae waa loft t '
th executive council to nam, t. i
P. a Bpenee, a meunielpal official f
Toronto, Canada, told the delegatea'
that ao long corporation operated)
pubic utilities under th francbl
P7SVC.I. i..a.a M . nwuiu w riih.v,.
tory servlc. ' ' I
Plan for sn exhaustive study oil :
local option and all other question
allied with the llouor ornblam werel '
recommended In the report of tha
committee on liquor, presented byf .
Camlllus C. Kidder,, of Orange, X. J.
A determination of th safest hand' '
In which to lodge th uanc of II-,',
censes was deemed to be of primal ,.
Importanc. - - v - : I ,
'Under a strong and good Ilena
Ing authority, almost any statute I - -,.
workable," according to tho report., -
The federal - government uthrogh ;
the operation of om qt it statates .
was pictured a the friend of that ,
blind tiger and th liquor Interests as
against. . prohibition r by : Wrt, P.
Thomas, of Montgomery, ' Ala- In aai :
address on th -' Prohtbltlon . Move-!
ment in in eouin, ; ,
"Th practical ffct - of --tha
United State revenue statutes, Inter-J
state commerce law, and th use of ..'
th mails." he declared. "I to make'
th government th friend and coad-t
Jutor of th bllng tiger, tb brewer,
and the distiller In defeating th will,
of tho people by granting federal
licenses to whomsoever . will pay, to(
go .into any prohibition atat and
violate tho law.. If th government!
,.eaa ai.Ak Mm.ua tIM rfklKI4l..
- rtnrv. a tarn Mr ... rf ,h. iu! .
Mrlt . lling could . bo aubsUntiaUr
aboUahad," -
SHOULD
RAISED