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THE ASHEyjLljB CITIZEN. THE WEATHER FAIR Circulation Q 'AAA Daily Over OfUUU , xj?)VE ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING VOL. XXVIII., NO. 12 EMBERS, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS S Merefy A Suggestion FAULTY IN NEARLY EVERY DETAIL WAS BUT LITTLE HOPE T 'WM 6tV HIM JHC sum CURS toRSO n HUT T1EIES1S1T Alleged 60 Per Cent of Coun try's Supply ,ControIledby -Illegal Clique" MRS.iREE-SGASE After Being Out Over Three .. Houis Report Hopelessly ; Divined" And Sent Back Inquest Into Flood Disaster Brings Out Expert Opinion to Above Effect II WHEAT . ir 7 1 1 -i MAYBEGONS RUED DF AGREEMENT IN DAMATAUSTIN ' I at A O rm. mJk II IC 1 I W f T1C LA I I I i O 1 KM 9 nat I V"?a A " A I VI I I wi w m m rw a ii rrairr x si - m r ' a r r s i a i i i t v . v u ar sa a sw FEDERAL AGENTS SAID ' tO BE INVESTIGATING j As Result of Report, Prices Fell Two" Cents In Last Two Mlnuifjs of Trading- - CHICAfiO, Nov. 2. Any rnan or jet or men wlo buy bo much train tout 'the price is- held out of lino or out of reach of buyers, may .be compered a acting In restraint of trade. That la the bantu upon which in the opinion of President J. C. F. Merrill, of the Chicago board of trade genu of the Uepartment of Justice re working In the Investigation of .an alleged comer In wheat centered - at Chicago and extending from Du lutb and Minneapolis to the seaboard. Although declaring no Investiga tion of the Chicago board of trade ttself la under way to the best of his knowledge, Mr. Merrill said slgnlft cantly: , "Ido'know that the federal agents who were in La Salle street Tuesday went to . the Northwestern markets yesterday. This makes 'it look as if the .department of Justice at Washing ton .considered that there was some understanding between . big wheat owners here and at other centers. So far a the board o( trade as an or ganization la concerned, all is serene." Evidence to Government Rumors were current this evening that a former stenographer of the weigh master's office of the board had given evidence to the government. Ac cording to reports, . the source of which' la not disclosed, sixty per cent of the country's wheat supply is con trolled by an illegal combination of speculators, and seventeen million bushels of the total Jioldings ;of the clique are In Chicago grain elevators. ' Threat that warehouse receipts '.for millions of bushels In store here mlgiht be led a. evidence In a.eon-j- sptracr trial, had a paralysing ef fect on the exchange today.- In the last few minutes of trading, the mar ket broke "two 1 oenta from top flg vres, and closed In a Whirl of ex cited selling, within c of the lowest point of the day, S5i cents for De cember. A statement was made tonight that 'the Armour Orain company perfect ed a deal by which millions of bush els were transferred to a group of nulling interests, Che millers 'being allowed to remove the grain from the Armour warehouse when conven ient. One theory Is that the govern ment proceedings were origin all started with a view to heading oft such a .mammoth transfer. "Welcome to Information" President George E.- Marcy, of the Armour Grain company, said: "The government is welqome ti any information concerning our busi ness which we have." SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OF SHOPS SYSTEM EETS T Satisfied That its Introduc tion Would Work no Hard ships on Labor SOME FEATURES WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. "Scientific hop management," today received the endorsement of the United States government. Secretary of War Stim son, Is convinced of Its desirability and advantages, basing his conviction on a report made by Brig. General William Crosier, chief of ordnance, made public today. The secretary Is satisfied that its introduction into government workshops would work no hardship to labor. "It means a betterment and in no wise an Impairment of the condi tions of labor." he declared in a state ment. The report has been awaited by or ganized labor and the employers of labor with much Interest. It Is gen earlly believed that the question will be one that will figure largely In the; coming national political campaign, and for this reason, especially. Gen eral Crozlet's findings are regarded a being of unusual Importance, as are the comments of Secretary Stimson. Briefly atatedi the chief features of the system contemplate offering additional pay to workmen for work performed In the manner and se quence from the result of careful study and completed within the tlm which that study indicates as suf-j flclent for the purpose. The saving i In time results, aside from any ln-j creased efflcinecy of machines, chief-1 ly from the effect of the instructions given the workmen, by which their effort Is mote advantageously ap-' DECIDEDLY UNSAFE r TOO THIN FOR HEIGHT" Letters Introduced Showing Defects Were Known by Officers of Company COUDERSPORT, Pa., Nov, 2. That the dam of. the Bayleas Pulp and paper company at Austin, Pa.. the breaking of which on September; ' 80, caused over three score deaths and millions ef dollars of damage, was faylty in practically every detail, was the opinton of Professor Frank P. McKlbbin, of the engineering de partment of Lehigh university, and Alfred D. Fllnn, department engineer i of the board of water supply -of New York city, expressed today when the irqufst into the disaster was resum ed. The" Inquiry was again continued to accommodate E. C. I'atton, of Wilmington, Del., who deagned and constructed the ill-fated dam for the paper company. When the Inquest is taken up next month, Mr. Hat- ton will be the only witness examined and a verdict will come quickly. Cracked year. Previous Professor .McKlbbin gave it .his opinion that fautly foundations' de sign, construction and operation of the dam, caused It to slide and break Into nine pieces where it .had crack"" ed almost a year previous. He sub mltted samples of the shale from, the foundation which he crumbled lit his hand on the witness stand and. ald that In no place was this more than an Inch thick. ' Mr. Fllnn, the New Tork engineer, besides corroborating Professor Mc Klbbin. declared the geological for mation of the country would indicate! to him that there was no good foun dation for a masonry dam. The dam was decidedly unsafe, he said, too thin for It .height. .' "It was an error to use.se teal. a structure,' he declared. Through George M. Miller, a eon tractor, letters written by President Bayless to the witness during the ne gotiations toward reinforcing the dam, In 110, when It is said to have de veloped defects, were Introduced. In one of the letters Mr. Bayless men-1 -ons a four Inch stream that leaked frcti beneath the dam and asked If certain work could be done "to sat isfy the people of Austin." EITHER MISINFORMED OR NOT FRANK IN CUE Thus Clarence Cusley An swers Secretary Wilson and Director Durand "GAMBLER'S TRICK" FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. i. Clarence Ousley, editor of the Fort Worth Record, replying to' the com ments of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Census Director Durand, as to Mr. Ousley's address before the recent c'tton conference at New Or leans, declared In a statement Issued tonight that either the secretary and the di.'rctor were misinformed as to what ho fld of "they are lot frank in the subject of reporting cotton con sumption and cotton trade informa tion." Mr. Ouslty declares that he does not complain of cotton crop reporting by the government hut that he ap oi o ti of it as a means of correcting errors and misrepresentations of "so o lit a experts who magnify It In the Interest of spinners." Reports of the 'spindle demand In November Is ot no value to the farmers who have sold before that time, he points out, and urges periodical reporting of co- sumption and trade condition. "The farmers want earner reports of demand,"- he continued. "They want additional reports of trade con ditions from month to month Just as spinners have reports of averages by reports of condition every month. Mr. Durand last November, reported a dc mand of thirteen million bales. Now, th- demand l shown to be 13.729 -000 bales. Meanwhile, the farmers have sold most of the crop "The present system In effect Is a gambler's trick whereby the farmer's hand Is mirrored by crop reportmg to the spinner's view, while the sprti ner's is concealed until the crop I sold." FIRST TASTE OH WINTER HARRISONBl'RO, Va.. Nov. 2. Thl section experienced It first taste of winter today. The air wa crisp and sharp and the sun shone wltn winter brightness upon . field and mountain covered with v MASSACRES MAY STOP PEACE NEGOTIATIONS Imperialist Troops Far Beyond Control and it Will be Difficult to Protect Foreign Conces sions at Hankow. 1 ! PEKING, Nov.' 2. The massacring of native at Hankow by Imperialist troops, intelligence of which figs reached both the war board and the German legation may prove a serious hindrance to the peace negotiations which Tuan Shi Kal has been en deavoring to inaugurate wtth the re'bel leaders. The Imperialists ap parently have got beyond control and further fighting Is feared. In such a case it will be difficult to protect the foreign concessions as they are di vided from the native city by streets only fifty o sixty feet wide. It Is reported that the war board at Peking fits declined to accept the suggestion of foreign doctors to form a red cross society on the line of the Geneva convention, the board seeming to fee! that the rebels do not deserve humane treatment The mas-aerre'.aeriseMng;- eotpe advice, tan before the departure of General Tin Tchang. Exodus Continue The exodus from Peking continues, the doors of many shops, as well as private houses, being closed in an ticipation of a massacre. The Am erican missionaries who have had a conference with the legation, have de elded that a few soldiers placed In each of the large mission 'compounds would suffice to prevent ordinary out lawry and looting, which Is expected to begin any night. But should there be a general outbreak all the, others could take refuge In the Methodist mlBslon, which is immediately east of the legation quarter and easily de fended. The diplomatic body will meet tomorrow to reconsider Qie question of allowing the Chinese troops to enter Tien Tsln, a consul there having made serious objection. An official dispatch from Shlh Kla Tan, Shan 81 province, says that a regiment of Shan 81 troops who had 'been dispatched to help the Imperial ists has muttned. The mutineers kill ed their brigadier-general, and then bombarded a Manchu city, massa cring a thousand Manchus, Including the governor and his family. Letters dated October 29 and 30 from the Associated Press corre SEND THEIR BEST WISHES Confrence of Young People Organized for Clean Civic Government CHICAGO, Nov. 2. betters ap proving the purpose of America's young people and encouraging them In their organizing for a clean civic government and the overthrow of the liquor traffic, from William Jen nings Bryan and Governor Noel, of Missouri, and Kltchln, of North Caro lina, were read at the opening of a conference of the organization here today. Mr. Bryan s letter read: "While I am In sympatny with any effort that may be made in the in terest of temperance, I am now car rying too many burdens to permit me toyake up any addltonal work for the present. I have not felt that 1 ought to be connected with any en terprise unless I am In a position to give time to It" Governor Kltchln wrote: "The temperance conference by America's young people, to be held in Chicago, has .my best wishes." Governor Noel wrote In part: "I thoughly am In accord with the America' Young People good kov ernment movement T will afford n-.e pleasure to help It In any war that I run. We need a movement or tn kind." Tbe Rev. Charles D. Bull, head of the Adult Bible Class Department of the Methodist Episcopal Churcit. South, will preside over the closing session tomorrrw. 1 1 If A Cure for spondent with theMinperlallst army at Hankow, say thai la the struggle for the possession ot the .city there was hand-to-hand mhtig In the street the quarters elng to close for shoot ing. The rebel, mostly -raw recruits, not understanding a use of rifles, were driven back with much slaugh ter, their ead plUnf up on the quay. The casualties among the Imperialists for two day, October 18 and 2, were thirty killed and HO wounded. The rebel had about seven hundred kill ed or wounded, The fighting, continued the corre spondent, until .the i last three days, had not ben serious. No prisoner were taken. Rebels captured alv weiVhot.'or decapl tated. . v'.-' yt BJkrbaiona putrage It, I learned that Hie wort $rtr. ou outrage war pirtrkta on In nocent persons In the vlllagna. The staff of efflcers, says th,e corre spondent, are quartered In an express train, with engine attached for Im mediate service. The chief of staff, Colonel Ylh, is now on the front di recting operation. Prior to the opening of operations on October 27, General Yin Tchang told the respective commanders that the advance murt be made, and re wards wore offered to the soldiers for every ijun captured. The rebel, who at first numbered not more than 1,000, shot from the house tops, until compelled to retire, the shells from the warships Betting the hnuii on fire. General Wong Chou Yuen, com manding Him to. a . . eral Wong Ylh I'hat, commanding i" fourth division, stood bravely hold.n i revolvers and nhooting the soldier. who refused to fUht. Dispatches rnrelved In Peklnf to night say the rebels occupied Shi I-isin Sen on Monday last, but on the fol lowing day the Imperialists drove fhem to Llang Tz Kwang, an Impreg nable pass in the mountainous coun try. The rebels have torn up a half mile stretch of railroad nd blocked the tunnel and now hold the pass with a small body of men. MIMH CASE STILL MOVING 1L0NC SLOWLY Third Venire of Prospective Jurors Exhausted Bar ring One Man !) ANCKI.KS. Cal Nov. 2 Rarrlng one man, the third venire of prospective jurors was exhausted at the tloee of court tonight. In the Mt Namara murder case. Altogether 20 V veniremen hae been drawn. t these ten eat In "le Jury bo tonight, having been a' epted as to cause oy both sides a (rain of one man since yesterday's wselon In which no talesman was aesed. Counsel for both prosecution and defense in the trial of James H. Mc Namara, renewed predictions that the entire twelve might be accepted by tomorrow night If there were no , hitch In getting more veniremen to examine. The newcomer Is M. T. McNeely, a retired tailor He I still subject to peremptory challenge If- the state or the defense should desire to exercise' It. It wa coniiored unlikely tonight that defense eo deelred. , Edward R. Jeffrey, uader the ex eralnntlnn maM: '. "If men belong-ed could not work for Explaining how Time explosion, Je "I heard on m. other that 'old Ot! "And you think destroyed by "Ye, lr." "W couldn (CoOttflB' i tf a union tbey ! 4 " . I hf WiVd of th afoo.y.Aw to n- orgs-r h-3V I the Speed Maniac. GREATEST GATHERING OF SHIPS EVER ASSEMBLED President Reviews Atlantic Fleet and Is Impressed With Showing -Mad?- Twenty-Four First Class Battleships. NEW YORK. Nov. I. Fresh from his cross-continent tour of thirteen thousand mile, during which he re celved senatorial pledges which seem to Indicate the early ratification of the treaties of peaoe and arbitration wtth Great Britain and France, President Taft today ffom the wlnd-wept bridge of the historic little cruiser yacht Mayflower, reviewed the might iest line of lighting craft ever assem bled under the American flag. The president had Indicated In all his speeches In advocacy of the treat ies of peace that he entertained no fond delusion that war, by convetr. tlon, could Immediately be made a thing of the past He declared that th trestle were a step In the right direction; that th armed camps of Europe were looking to the United State to lead 1 what might prove o 1rat otorld -movMneot ..-toward the goal of peace, but that for a lent time to come the suggestion ef -disarmament would have no fore. Today Mr. Taft let it be known that he would urje upon congret the necessity of building two great super dreadnaughts -a year until the Pa nama canal Is In actual operation. The canal, he declared, would double tbe efficiency, of the navy, and from tihat time on one battleship a year might sufftre to keep the American navy In the forefront of the world' military powers. " Tribute of Multitude Countless thousands of people Joined with the preildent in paying tribute to the five score vessel which lay at anchor In the Hudson. Twenty-four first class battleships were In the line, surrounded by armored cruisers, fcout cruisers, torpedo boats. sub-marines, and the rank and file of ....iiinrv vni that .rv. tender t the fleet. There were ninety-nine in all. The review had been the most bril liant In the history of the country and with It the fleet had dispersed the ships wending their way to bhelr home ports. The setting for the review was a splendid natural marine ampltheatre. The (lent lay on the broad bosom of the Hudson, walled In on elt.her side MARSHAL DEGLINEO EATS" WITH JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Had Other Business to Look After in the Way of Serv ing PapeVs NEW YORK. Nov. . An Invita tion to breakfast with a multl-mll-llonalre did not tempt United Hiates Mumhal Henkel, when he Journeyed to Pontatonca Hills today to serve additional papers In the governments suit uxalnst the United Ftates Hteel Corporation upon John D. Rockefeller and found the oil magnate eating his morning mel. The marshal, when he returned to his office said he h ad de clined the Invitation to partake of the meal. : "What H?" he continued. "Now, Mr. Rockefeller treated me like a nentlernan und It would not be fair to tell what he had to eat. would It?" "I explained that the paper should have accompanied the previous docu ment and expressed the hope that he was not put out about It. "Oh. no marshal," he said. "I know that vou fellows have many vexatious things to do In your line of hty. I admire a msn who peforms his task well." Now that is-the-last of the bunch, except the one I have for my friend, Charley Schwab, but there won't be any trouble In serving that." HANKOW RKPORTED mnNIWO DONDON, Nov. 2. A special dis patch from Shanghai says that the mperlal troops set nre to the native etty of Hankow on Monday night In ord- to drive out the rebels. The city, the dispatch adds, ha oen burning fiercely over !o'- by th towering building of River side drive and the precipitous cliffs of th New Jersey aid. There wa on fatality during th day. Gustav Fray, a seaman on th battleship New Jersey, fell overboard and drowned, . The new had not reached the preildent when he. left to night for Hpt Spring,. Va., to spend feur day In recreation before resum ing the final state of hi long trip to Ohio, Kentucky and Tennesses. ; The ceremonies formally began at :0 o'clock when th president's rug amid a roar of gun from every vessel of fhe fleet, wa broken from th main truck' of th Mayflower. IMi little yacht by thl time had moved up clot to th head of th seven-mile column of battleship and . had cast anchor,. ', Immediately the admiral of th fleet sat out. In launch to pay lhet.,rpe9tw.ta, th. c.onMOnilr-in outer oi tn army ana in navy. Mr, Taft received them on. board with th honor du their rank and after the first formal exchange had a personal word of greeting for each, , Wonderful Seamanship Th exhibition of eamnihlp In volved In turning the masslv vessel practically In their own length, against th wind and tide, ha never been equaled In the navy and called out great prala from the preildent and ' the naval official aboard th Mayflower. ' ( Th maneuver , successfully com pleted, fii fleet began to mov. Th teaming column, flung farther than the eye could reach In the has of th 'late afternoon, presented a fit ting picture to close the notable day. "Those who saw the fighting fleet" aid President Taft after th review. "could not fall to be struck with it preparedness and with its high mili tary efficiency, and must have been proud of It prontiI.V ; Mr, Taft emphasised Vlhe fact that unless a navy I maintained at the highest possible state of efficiency. It Is a "needless extravagance." He said he was more than ever convinced of the desirability of conferring upon the commanding officer of the fleet Wis title of admiral or at least of vice- admiral. m---majammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm LEE DHL BROWNE HAD Said There Was "Gentle men's Agreement" as to Distribution of "Pie" CHICAGO, Nov. J. Lee O'Nell Browne, of Ottawa, III., former ml- norlty leader In tbe state legislature, j was a witness today before the com i mlttee of United Mtates senator in vestigating the Lorlmer election. "A child like faith In tne tenet f friendship and e. lack of knowledge of the devlou ways of politic," said Browne, "led ma to believe that j Speaker Hhurtleff favjred me a a minority leader for the forty-sixth general assembly. I. have heard slnoe, howeber. that he feared that with my lxty-four follower, and Condition aa ! they were on the Republican aid, that I might become the real speaker of the bouse." Brown nld he flret met Ohartee A. White about a month before the legis lature convened at Bprlngfleld, In Jan uary, 107. Browne said Edward D. Bhurtlefr election a speaker wa due entirely to Shurtleff ' falrneas and reputation for consideration of democratic mem bers. Taking up committee chairman ships and salaried position In the house, Browne said there was a so called gentlemen' agreement or un derstanding by which th democratic side wa to get It share. Cpesker Bhurtlefr, Representative David E. Shanahao, of Chicago, Rep resentative John J. McLaughlins, ot Chicago, and I arranged the distri bution of this . patronage," ald Brown -i ' SIGNS OF UNEASINESS SHOWN BY MRS. M'REE Jury Was Locked Up Last Night And Will. Make Anoth er Report This Morning V" OPELOUSA8, I.., Nov.- I.Th Jury in the McRe murder trial locked up at I o'clock tonliht, with' Instructions to report to th court at t o'clock tomorrow morning, when it I expected th court will order mistrial. '"" , Downcast anl with or disappoint ment, Mrs. McRe was led back to her cell In the Saint Landry parUh Jail where she ha keen held without hall) lnc the day In September,' . va week ago today, whin she (hot and . killed Allan Garland. V v r ,. . ' , ". The case was given to th Jury t 12:10 thl aCtcrnoon. After luncn was served th juror began consider ation of the evidence and at 3:14 p. m, "reported , to the court, that' they'' were hopelessly divided. They wr sent back for further deliberation and at I o'clock 'th court took an 4 Jourmtnt until tomorrow, Acting District Attorney Dubtsto announced thl afternoon that in the vent of a mistrial, a rharln would b et for Monday, pf ' next week. He said th statt would i pose any motion for change of vn u and would Insist on th eeond -trial being conducted In Opticus. Mrs. McRe appeared to b confi dent thl morning that th Jury would; acquit her within a few . mlnuti. Even listening to th bitter arraign ment of herself a murdrv and! perjury by Acting District Attorney Dubblson, h smiled and chatted with hr relative and attorney un concerrsd. ' . Mr. McRe t'neasy ' : Howtver, aftr th Jury had ht 5Ult'iJi court room (or tstiiy five minutes, "both" Mr. nd-Mr. ilcRee beian, to ahow lgns of uneasiness.' Both had xpnted that a verdict of acquittal would be rendered ImmedU ately, and a the minute passed they seemed to berlome anxlou and on gaged In several whispered conversa tion. . , WILL BEGIN TO LOOM OP Important Committees 'Will Have Hearings, Investiga- tlons Will go On MANY ACTIVITIES Washington, " Nor. ' f.Poittieat' activity will characterise th return1 of member of the senate and house to Washington during th early part ' of November. Election la several tat next week will terminate eon- 1 gresa and state contests, and many congressional leader ar' expected to reach Washington before November 15. - ' Important committee work will be gin on the date when th senate com mittee on Interstate commerce will! begin hearing on trust leglslatlonJ The so-called steel trust on November) to and the sugar trust Investigation.' the Inquiry Into stat department matters, and the work of other spe-i clal committee will be In full iwins; two week before congress open. . j inernoer or tne nouse commute). on appropriation U Novmbr ,1 for Panama, to Investigate the need nf the renal. .Members of the senat appropriation committee already are In Panama. Th congressional em-; ployee llblllty and workmen' com-! penaatlon committee, will rem met bearing her next Monday. Th Na-j tlonal Monetary Commission will meet within a month to consider It final report to congress, which must ' be made by January . The first formal Conference on !he forthcoming political .campaign 1 tO' be held about the time congress; penf Ortober 4. Charles D. Hllle. eere- try of President Taft, and a possible fhplc for the chairmanship for the " republican national committee, - Vice President Sherman, , Representative MrKlnlsy, of Illinois. ' and other re-1 publican leaders, will discuss eam-l palgn matter before the meeting, of the national committee, which 1 cheduled for December II 'In Wash-Ina-ton. The democratic national eom. mlttee will meet next January t. The .' democratic end republican , eongre stonal committee will not meet until . later on. . . ! .v TUB WEATHER WASHINGTON. Nor. ( rorecass Nortv Carolina: , fair Friday; .cooler in east portion: Saturday fair; brisk north and northseat wind. WITHIN lERTSHORTJI! sT -,.-. IV HI