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( nmroi v a fN it tt tt"i tt tit "TP ; nr -ir-i NTrriTrTrT ? THE WHATHEB v, SHOWERS rtS VOL. XXVIIL, NO. 24 ASHEVILLEt N. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS DECLARES STATE'S The Daily Grind, -1 TO AID TRIAL IS 344,000,000 SPENT FOR GOOD ROADS 111 nuTfiow CHIEF DESIRE OF S0UTH1 STATES Texas Only State In South Sensations Pile up Thick and Want Sherman AnU Mist Doing Moro Than North Carolina For Roads TRYING TO FORCE KAI TO BE LEADER His Acceptance of Premier, ship Seems to be Only Hope of Securing Peace , FINANCIAL STRESS BECOMING EVIDENT ATTORNEY WILLING ARTY TO PERJURY INDICTED PACKERS Fast as Lorlmer Investi gation Proceeds VXSHBxexejBSBBBBi ea POLICEMAN WITNESS Law Declared Uncc,sU- 1 tutional ; 1 SECRETARY WILSON MAKES STATEMENT reports Show That 200.000 Miles of Roads Were Built During Last 12 Months WASHINGTON, Not. 14. Speak- ing of the advantage. of good road and what 1 being .done In that dlrec tlon, Secretary ofj Agriculture Wilson declared today that nearly 144,010,000 U expended during the present year for food road In. the southern Mate alone. The secretary will apeak on the subject at the food roada con rasa to be held nest week In Rich mond, Vs.. ' . . ."Through It bureau of good roada." the secretary continued, "the department of agriculture has been tl mu latin j the nation wide move ment for better highways, ' tending out experienced englneera to conduct demonstration work and a force of trained .man to, give illustrated lec turee. . ; . -" " "Reports to the department show that the I44.SO0.OO0 apent daring the first ten , months of this calendar year was divided aa follows; Expenditures by States Alabama, 13,414.000; Arkansas, $2, 466,000: Delaware,' $430,000; Florida, $1,605,000; Georgia, U.800,000;, Ken tucky, - $1,(00,600; . Louisiana, $1. 13,J64: Maryland. $3,160,000; Mis sissippi,' $$,130,000; North Carolina, $4,805,000; Oklahoma, $1,806,000; Bouth ! Carolina, $1,100,000; Tennes see, ' $$,000,000; Texas, $7,600,000; Virginia.. $4,004,000; West Virginia. imis.ooo. The: department is co-operating with state or local authorities In prac tically, every, state and reports show that over 200.000 miles of roads were wi. .. tv. .. .... j m ui t a a as, ea,V. w wg I1IVM 1.441. r.foL.'"' .'A 'few years ago, the department e.J" cahflocted -an Investigation, to. detec mine We condition of .roads through.: out the country. , The result snowed 1,H1,70 miles of public highways, ef which 7.14 per cent were improved while there were in the sixteen states of the south (86,181 miles of which only 27,186 or 8.87 per cent were Improved. "Since J 904, the annual- expendi ture ef money for road Improvements In the nation has doubled and in the fTonrtntMHl on Pare Foer) LEO ALL OTHERS IN FIELDING IN AMERICAN LEAGUE Also Had More Represents- tives at Top in Indi vidual Fielding BENDER HEADS LIST CHICAGO. Nov. 14. Fielding honors among pitchers of the Amer- ew lean League went to Chief Bender of the Philadelphia club, according to the official averages of the ltll sea son announced tonight by President Johnson. The Philadelphia pitcher -played In tl games without an error, finishing with a percentage of 1,000. He ac cepted 49 chances, while Walsh of Chicago, accepted II chances, hav Ing 169 assists and IT put outs, the largest number of any American , League pitcher. Walsh finished ' twelfth In the list with a percentage of S. Reuben Oldrlng of Philadelphia, is leader among' the outfielders with a percentage of .7. He played 111 games, had 2.11 put outs, 1! assists and only I errors. Tannehlll, of Chi ago, led the shortstops with a per centage of .951. He made-only II errors in accepting 141 chances. stoval. of Cleveland, is the. real leader among first basemen., al though Selder .of Chicago, tops, the list. Stoval's percentage la .IK. In 111 games he made 1J1T3 put outs. IT ssaists and-17 errors. McConnell, of Chicago, leads the list of second basemen, but Collins, of Philadelphia, probably is the real leader, as he handled (IT ' chances and made only 14 errors.' Sullivan, of Chicago, tops the list of catchers with a percentage of .III. The veteran catcher - played in II V' games, made 447 put outs and 114 assists, having only 8 errors. Thomas, of Philadelphia, although sixth In the list, probably is Sulll van's closest rival. He played ' 10! p 'games, had 411 put outs,- ISO assists and IT errors. .; Although Turnr. of . Cleveland, leads the third . baeemei. Baker ef . Philadelphia, finished with a better if . : record. Baker took part in 141 games whereas Turner-played only II. . ; The world's . champion . Phlledef . phia club led in team fielding with a percentage of .14. and Chicago was ..." aeeond with .110, , ' . v ... Imperial Government Issues Edict by Which it Hopes Ail 'Will be Settled ' PEKINO. Nov. 14. While the Im perial government is endeavoring to force the premiership on Yuan 8hi Kal, China's "strong man" in his" va rious conferences today with the prince regent, the acting .premier, Prince Chlng, an other members of the nominal cabinet, took ocaasipn to point out the Insecurity of that office the retention of which depends upon the caprice of the national assem bly, xuan Shi Kal, if he accept the premiership at all. desires a fixed! term of office, and he so stated to. the regent But he must obtain this through the assembly, as an edict would be likely to arouse suspicion. It is also not considered probable that Yuan Shi Kal will undertake the glgantle task set him, unless he oon sldera the chances .favorable to car rying It to successful issue. There is Hill another, possibility he may be considering the alternative of a re public and may himself recommend the abdication of the emperor. ' He reports that the rebel leader, General LI Yuen Jleng, ' said he would obey his orders if Yuan would consent to become president but would not re cognise him as a Manchu premier. In his opinion it would not box difficult to reconcile the provinces, most of which are giving the strongest ev dene ,of : a desire for peace., , The complete constitution already pledged would satisfy the revolutionaries ex cept for the fear that Manchu Intrt. gue would begin immediately arms were) laid '.down; v" ?. yZc.h-.:, ' Pwf Reorganisatlan '. $ j? fne, yf tltje 'pro ml nent Twern bare of ins nauonau. aeeemp.iy tnney informed an attache of a feretgn legation that ul.hit.iirn the assembly had ; commit ted itselfto a constitution under the Manchu dynasty, a mejorty would prefer to reorganse the government on the lines of a republic. The presi dent of the Ta Chlng Government bank has deserted his post and fled from the city. The vice president, rrhahg Chin -Taw, who recently was In Europe 'In connection . with a cur- IConttaaed on Pago Three) ROCHESTER AND SEATTLE ENTER FIELD TQ SECURE NEXT UBDONVENTION Resolutions Ranging From Constitutional Amend-1 inents to Peace SOCIAL FEATURES ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 14. Vice President James Duncan held the center of the stage today at the con vention of the American Federation of Labor. He took up the entire morning session with the reading of the voluminous report ot the execu tive council, setting forth a resume of work done by the body since the last convention, for two hours this afternoon he held the Interest of the gathering with a picturesque descrip tion of his trip to Europe last August as ths federation's representative at the International trades convention at Budapest, Hungary. . When Mr. Duncan cenclued, the convention adjourned until tomorrow after giving him an enthusiastic demonstration and .a- rising vote of thanks for his presentation of labor conditions abroad. Mr. Duncan declared that the ten dency In Europe was to-move west ward as it has been in American- Armenian Balkan Slavic races going toward Germany, "thence to Great BrMaln where . they remain unless they get enough money to take them to the United States. For the next few daye committee work will engage the attention of the delegate. President. Samuel Comp ere this evening invited them to offer any resolutions they had and In a few minutes the hopper was swamped. These . resolutions range from pro posed amendment! to the federation's constitution to suggestions for Inter national peace. Action must be taken en every one of them and some re port moat be made on each to. the convention, An oyster feast at the local "near beer" brewery tomorrow afternoon and an old-fashioned. Georgia barbe cue on Thursday '.afternoon are the entertainment (eat area of the week arranged by the Atlanta federation of trades. - ., Rochester. N. Tv and Seattle, have catered the field with Richmond, Ve-, : (or the lilt convention. ." toy, waa discovered here tonight" "Si -.,.'." Y J -v .. IN CELEBRATED CASE Says he Was Paid to Get Wit. nesses Drunk to Get Them . to Talk More Freely CHICAGO. Nor. 14. Questions as I to whether H. C. G. Beckemyer, a former state representative who" con fessed to having accepted a bribe for his vote to elect Wm. Lorlmer as United States" senator, had not been Induced to. confess by threats, were asked by Elbridge Hencey, counsel' for Mr. Lorlmer. before the sena torial-investigating committee today. I Patrlok 3. Keeley, a policeman who! was detailed In charge of witnesses during the trial of Lee O'Neil Browne, former minority leader In the legie- laturo. on a charge of bribery, test! (led that he escorted witnesses about Chicago and that It was hie under etandlng that he was to get them drunk so they would talk freely, On such an occasion, he declared Beckemyer had said he had never received money for voting for Lorl mer. - He testified he got Beckmyer in such a condition that the Ktter did not remember what he had sa) d be fore the grand Jury which invest! gated the Browne charges. At an other myer grraph torney place and did you hear that Becke myer was shown this photograph to intimidate him into testifying " asked Attorney Heneey. "Yes, I heard about such a photo graph, but I never saw it," replied the witness. Keeley was asked why he did ' not ask to be relieved of that line of work or why he didn't reveal it to the wrnrt at titer trWfef Browne. ', He replied he was afraid he would be transferred to an undesirable post. "fro you mean to say chat you tnoufht the state's attorney was a willing psrty to perjury T" asked Sen ator .Kern. ; know It," declared, Keeley. DELEGATES ARRIVING. BAN ANTONIO, Tex., Nov. 14. A majority of the delegates of the It 11 convention of pnofesslonal baseball leagues arrived tonight. PROVISION FOR LOKe HI SHORT HAUL IS DECLARED Judge Archbald Oi DU- senting Opinion on Im portant Question ,' TO USE DISCRETION WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. In a ma jority opinion of the commerce court formally handed down today In the trans-continental rate cases. It is held that the long and short haul provis ion ot the Interstate commerce act it constitutional. Judge Archbald con. cura in the Issuance ofa temporary injunction of the orders of the Inter state commerce commission but In his opinion holds the long and short haul provision to be Invalid. The commerce court, reached the conclusion that the cases Involved in the present proceeding afforded the best possible opportunity for a dem onstration of the constitutionality of the long and. short haul provision of the act to regulate commerce. It realised that that question eventually would have to be fought out before the United States supreme court In the formal opinion, prepared by Judge Mack, the commerce court not only agreos with the interstate com merce commission that the long and short baul provision the fourth sec tion of the law Is constitutional, but that it would be unconstitutional "unlawful delegation of legislative power" If no standard were given "to guide the exercise of the commission' discretion In granting authority to de part from the rule forbidding a les ser rate for the long than for the short haul In the same direction and over the same line." ' By an exhaustive examination of the entire law, however, the court reaches the conclusion that It is the duty of the commission to exercise its discretion to establish a lower rate for a longer haul than for a, shorter, if : the condition la Its opinion war. rant each action. . PLOT TO LTNCH HUBBARD LTNCHBURO; Va., Nov. 14.-A. well laid plot to lynch Ben Hubbard, slayer ef Dr. Pettlt in Nelson county : last September, It he had been taken from Lynchburg to Lovlngstoa for trial te I time he described taking Beck-1 rmaingS Or OVtCUtl LsOtnmtSSlOTier Are That Fsimnr-ntinr, rinUA r J to a certain place. , ' i ' r. ..w.- ,,v., vuhihiuh unu Did iTtt.TT. photol AntTust Laws of Missouri-Company Had Practice Monopoly on in possession of the state's at- Sal nf Bin J Of in fittt -.A-Jl-f showing Beckemyer at that ' r ' " " wy ivuw vurmwuntr, ; i Vi ; l : flf cJURV1 BOX I' M ' "A INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OUSWED JBFFBRSOK Cmr. 'Mo.. Nov. 14. The International Ha r venter company of America was" ousted from Ml. sour! and fined 130,001 by the Su preme court today. The court's decis ion, sustained the findings of Special Commissioner Theodore Brace, iwho reported -to the court that the com pan-: violated--ths asWmioa-sad -anti trust -laws ef Missouri.' - n The court ruled that the fine 'must be paid on or before January 1, mi. and that if the International Har vester company proves to the ' court by March 1, till, that it has ceased all connection with the International Harvester company of' New Jersey. which the court held to be unlawful, that the ouster of the International Harvester company of America will be suspended. The Harvester com pany must file proofs of its willing ness to comply with the Judgment Of the court The proofs must be ap proved by the attorney general. Jqdge Concurred. The opinion handed down by Jus tice Graves and concurred in by Judges Lamm. Brown. Ferris and Woodson found that competition was lessened and that practically all of the Harvester business was done by the respondent company In the state, It held that It was contrary to the laws of the state of Missouri for QTie) VESSELS JUT 00 THROUGH CAHAL BEFORE OPENING Official Opening of Panama Canal Has Been Set for Jan. 1, 1915 .' NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1 4. Vessels will be allowed to pass through the Panama canal before the official op ening, which has been set' for Jan uary 1, 1111. This Information la contained In a letter received today by L. E. Bentley. ef the New Orleans Progressive union from- Major F. C. Bogga, of the United. States corps of engineer at Washington. Major Bogs, says: "I am directed by th secretary of war to inform you that, while the of ficial date of the opening of she can al has been set for January 1,' lllB.i It Is the intention to allow vessels to utilise the canal Just as soon at practicable, probably by the latter half of 1I1J. However, it is too fsr In advance at this time to fix anv definite date. Shipping intereate will be advised as soon as the commission feels as sured that vessels can be passed with out unnecessary delay. - 5HOWER& WASHINGTON, - Nov. 14. Fore cast: North Carolina, rain followed by clearing Wednesday; warmer in we interior TBoroaay, fair light to aieisrais vanaaie wind. : , m: '-;.3 , ...... .... . .itn I Ma a - - . t ' it ' I , i ' "V : . .' 1 ' . ' I . . . . .: , ' .... . Mr, .it y.:. - , ... ,i . v.., i... ,.-.; ... ..s-' FROM MO. AND company to conduct the business of another, as In this case. Judge Graves in his opinion says; "The respondent was a part and parcel of this glgantle and nefarious scheme. For some years tt has been the mere sales agent .of the Inter national ... .Harvester company,' ' the New-tfersey company.' K'ii licensed In this state "to sell Its -own goods, but It Is now selling the goods to an other, " "As such party to an unlawful ar rangement or combination It should suffer the penalties prescribed by our laws. I have indicated that1 we cbuld temper Justice with mercy; We have the right to absolutely oust it from the state and in addition to fine It I think a conditional duster should be made and the respondent fined In the sum of 100,000 for Its long continued infraction of our laws" The International Harvester., epm pany In September,' 1110,. was found guilty of violating the Missouri anti trust laws by a commission appoint! by the state Supreme courtf, the, case was submitted to the Superior un for affirmation last April. The ef fect of the decision Is to prevent ail the 'companies , which make up the !nt.e matlonal eompany from .conduct Ing further business In the state. The or Observance of Thanksgiv ing Day, Nor. 30, Urged by Chief Executive ' RALEIGH, N. C, Xov. 14. Gov ernor W. W. Kltchln this aftenwon Issued his proclamation for the oo- servance of Thursday, November 30, as a day of Thanksgiving for bless Ing Individually and a a people en joyed aunng tne year, "in our thanks," he says, "let us not forget with our charities ths poor, the needy and afflicted." We hav in Joyed freedom from calamities rnd disaster, we have been blessed vith harvest and material comforts, suf ficient for our needs and progress hat been made In quickening ths public conscience to a higher sense of moral responsibility and civic duty, in our gratitude let us deter mine to strive in the coming year not only for the products of 'he soil and the fabrics of the land but also to more deeply realise our depend ence upon the Almighty end our solemn duties to Him snd nil His creatures" REPORT OF UK. P. P. CLAXTOJT. WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. Is not heslth of the ln.000,000 school chil dren In the United State an Impor tant a that of the live stock of the pountry? IT. 8. Commissioner of Ed ucation Claxton put this theory in hi annual report today, at the same time recommending the appointment tn the bureau of education of a spe cialist in school hygiene and sanita tion with assistants and elerka to aid him in the work. ' Dr. Claxton declares his bureau should have more opportunity to study the need of rural schools, which-problem, he ssys, "1 admitted to be the most difficult of all school problems." Industrial education, he contends also, should be studied, by a, group of competent field specialist and assistants "to helo toward th formulation ef oTn clearly amtorV stood fundamental tirlneteU. . FINED $50,000 taking of testimony In the suit be' fun In May, 1101, and '. continued over a year, . , . Perkins Wiuwaa. - One ot the witnesses was QeoV W. Parking, of jr. P. Morgan and com- pany. Parkin waa the guiding aplrlll m h'wrganisatloa of, lha. Int..- uonai Harvester eompearv -m ; The ouster tuft against the oom. pany was brought under the common law and the Missouri anti-trust law wnicn are broader than the Sherman anti-trust law. The International company was organised In 1111, It absorbed successively the ; MoCor mlck, Deerlng, Bukhnell and Glees- ner, Milwaukee Keystone. Minnie. Piano, Altman, and " Miller- Buckeye : company ana tne P. ' M. ' Osborne company. The , International Har vester company, Commissioner Bruce declared in hi report by reason of its enormous eapltl, Ill0,eo0,00(, could not obtain a license In Mis- ouri, so the International Harvester i company or America, a selling agent wsa oraanisea ana obtained ; a II- eense. This concern,; Judge 1 Bruoe said, was simply to evade the law or me state. The commissioner found that the International " had nraetl. eelly a monopoly on the sale of bind- or In Ml ouri, T OPPOSED TO AMENDING "TBUSF UW However, He Would Have Some Legislation to Clear up the Situation . WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. presi dent Tart Is not inclined to approve any amendment to th Sherman anti-trust law unless It becomes ap- parent that congress will not pass a federal incorporatmn act The pre- Ident indicated this today, Mr. Taft it anxious to have tome legislation to clear up the situation for business men so they may realise exactly : where they atand, but he made It plain that he preferred to see me cnanges in the regulation of commerce .accomplished through federal charter which oould provide for corporations certain deflnted lim itation, h in it b known that houid that prove .Impossible ' he would endorse amendments to the Sherman law pointing out specific ally what big business may not do. If 1 the president' idea that If th Sherman law be' amended It should .define speclfleelly what, con stitute offense against it. Crushing of competition, combination to ruin competitor . or to raise prices and other acta of the kind could be speci fically named, in hi opinion. President Taf; also believes that the amendment If made should be framed so a to make It unnecessary for the government to prove that a com bl nation which, ha come, ta ao. crate In restraint of trade originally was Intended, for that purpose, as la now the cat. In th Standard Oil uit th department of Justice bad to begin with - tha company's record more than thirty year ago and work wwn 9 wm w yww jnmi ins com- i A. . . . blnatton wra Intended u- orn comoetltlea. ALLEGED FAILURE TO ! CREATE AN OFFENSE This Move Designed to Carry Case to Supreme Court ' Without Trial or Cost ; CHICAGO, Nov 14.-7A Mrthar ef. fort f the indicted: Chicago meal packers to avoid trial and to have declared, unconstitutional, void and . ot no foroe the Sherman anti-trust law- was made today, ; The latest move was a surprise ta the government and consisted in the) surrender to the United States mar rial of the packers and an Immediate appeal to. the United State Circuit Court Judge C. C. Kohlsaat for writ of habeas corpus. ' The argu ments will be head on Thursday. The I, request for a decision on the oonstl-' j luuoneiiiy ot tn Btierman anti-trust . law before undergoing trial was said to have been taken a 'necessary try to earrr the ; case before ' the t United States Supreme court without cost or delay of a trial. violations or the nrtn. sixth and eighth amendments to the eonatlutlon ef the United States, ambiguity and alleged failure" of the act either to create an ' offense against the gov. - ernment i or ao to define what tt set up as an offense in a. manner . that would enable the olliten to know . when he received and when not, were charged against the Sherman la w as the, law was recently Interpreted by the United State Supreme court tit the Standard OH and Tobacco case. . "Net Isuvn Pnough" Attorney, John 8. Miller, who- a chief of counsel for the packers, eon. ducted today's court a'lon, oharac. terlsed the Sherman 'law at' a "net large enough to catch all pnsatbl of- tndr. and leaves it to the ta ' step : in and i : ., tan be detained ' and - who tut at Or the ten packer indicted, ail but J. Ogden Armour were temport- rlly In custody while the petition was' heard. The nine were: Louis F, Swift, j president of Swift and company! Ed ward F, Swift, vice president of Swift and company; Charles H.I Swift, director , Swift and company: Edward i Tllden,, president National Packlhf company; .Arthur . Meeker, general manager. Armour and com. ; pany; Edward Msgri. president Mor : ri and company; Francis roller,! director Swift' and company; Thomas . .'Connors, directors . Armour and i (CVmtlnoed on Pagw Four) H. BEJKLIKEL, TD ! GET CO MEICM jESPITFflQf.lGO,Efillj Gov. Mann Announces That His Decision Will be Zad Public Tpfliv . FALSE AFFIDAVIT? RICHMOND, Va Nov. 14-After' a brief conference today with eoun-l sel of Henry Clay Beattle, Jr, under .eatLs. .1 S J W ST. i. m I oovemor Mann announced that hta decision in the matted would be made public tomorrow. While the governor declined tonight to Indicate what ac-1 tlon he would take, a careful review of today events point strongly ta the fact that there will .certainly: be ho commutation of sentence and very "m cWnce of a respite v In it re peJrt .tomorrow th Tlmea-Dltpataal will say that in all human probability jsasuie win die in the electric ohalr November 14, the date originally aet by tn circuit court of Chesterfield county., What purported to' be an affidavit signed by Paul D. Beattle, a cousin of tne murderer arid th 1 -witness on whose evld-ence tha Jury largely baaed its - verdict of guilty, figured - rather sensationally in tn effort to save tha prisoner, today. Although thl affi davit, sworn to before Walter C Balderston, a notary public of Wash. msiun, u. v.., on vciODer II. u snowed to Governor Mann, tt was not filed with him and aonarentlv tt little! effect on the future cousa af th executive. -In this affidavit whmfc Paul Beattta now claims he dM nil sign, be Is alleged to hav aid that Henry ueatti mads no confession to him subsequent to the murdr. When newspaper reference was made on Saturday last-to the existence of an alleged affidavit. Paul Beattle went 10 -ponce neaao,uarter and In an af fidavit sworn to there etated that ne igne no paper while in Wash ington. The fact that Governor jTn rift uia nwi mam amx mese paper be le'V M Al . ... witn mm waa accepted to mean thut ha had already made up hi mlrd. I ' - ,