v 'I SKEMEjE- citizen. THE WEATHER FATE Circulation!- Q ft ft ft Dally Over Of UUU ASIIEVILLE,;N. C WEDNESDAY MORNTSQ, NOVEMBER 22, 1911 vol. xxvm NO. 31 PRICE FIVE CXNTfl : .THE 3 L 5700,000,000 FOR Charge Made Against John D. Rockefeller by Witness In teel ''Trusr Probe I AFTER SUBPOENAED TO EXPLAIN DEAL Merritt Says That Dealngs With Oil King Have Left ; Him W.thdut Anything WASHINGTON. Nov.. II. Alfred Aerrltt,-of Duluth, Minn., first presi dent 'of the Dulu-th,. Mesaaba & No nth - mra railroad, who styled himself a ' ! '-tamoer-Jack" unacquainted- with Jthe method of the '.'money, trust," told . : the house stfeel trust - investigating committee today, that through- loans of less than '$1,000,000 from John D. Rockefeller he bad lost hie holding In the Meesaba .Iron., mine and the railroad properties hqw owned by the United State eteel -corporation and estimated to bo worth today as high a 1700,000,000. Merritt and hi brother, Leonard u Merritt. who will testify tomorrow, were anion; the or iginal mine owners In the Lake Su perior region md part' owner and build ere of the Duluth, Meesaba Northern railroad. The elder Merrttt declared that Re was induced through 7. D. Gate, Mr. Rockefeller' secre tary, Tin charge of hie charitable work," to put' all hi holding as eol lateral for loan from Mr. Rockefeller In 1192, and 1898. One loan Was for $410,009, : others were for . various . sums. usees, ne aaia, was a- uapust preacher In whom he had confidence and -who assured him that by placing call loan he would not be pressed and that he would be taken cars of,--. Z. How Be lost Property ' . Ithe witness , relates how, two . months after he had put up his -col lateral with Mr. Rookefeller, during the -panic of 18S, -Rockefeller called the,. Joan, giving him twenty-four hours to raise 1420,00V and, that .'being unable to raise the money, he and hi Brother lost their property. He-admitted that Jlr. .Rockefeller of- - fared hint-en opportunity to bay Ms oroDertr back within a Year, but de. clared that the oil king told financier "to keep hands off," and that he was t unable to raise money any ware. ' Dispute a to the nature of the transaction arose -when D. A. Raid, counsel for the United States .ffteel corporation, stated that the Merrttts had made actual sales of their stock holdings to Rockefeller In 'order to raise money and that they never had taken advantage of the opportunity to ; repurchase within a year. Another brother, Mr.. Reld declared, had re- deemed hi stock and secured hi pro bata share at 1 108 per share when It was taken over at the time of the or ganization of the United States steel corporation. The Introduction of Mr. Rockefel ler's name fn this manner almost re sulted In the Issuance of a summon jdecus tecum for him to Appear before the committee with the contract mado (Continued on iw Fire) EXPEDIENT FOR 1 I TO HAVE FORGE READY EOfl 'Assassination of Santo Do- mingan President Makes Step Necessary TO BE ON SAFE SIDE , WASHINGTON. ... Nov. 21. The I cabinet today decided that the sltu latlon In Sahto' Domingo was such as the result of the aasalnatlon of President Caoeres a to make It ex pedient for the United State to have a naval force there sufficient to meet any demand for the proteo ,tlon of foreign lives and property land to Insure the maintenance of order and the observance of law. As soon as the decision of the cabinet was reached the commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet wa directed to dispatch ths two big armored cruls i era Washington and . North Carolina I to Hampton Road. .No one at the navy department . kner' the exact lo cation of the Atlantic fleet which wa conducting a search problem some where off the Maryland and Virginia coasts. But precisely eleven minutes from the moment he had sent his order, Admiral Walnwrlght, chief of ! operation, had before him an lanawer from the fleet commander 'stating that the two big ships were on their way to the roads, where Ihev arrived within a few hours. ' Mr. Russellrth i American minister (D Dauo iJoraiaiv, wm Bimica iu take passage on the cruiser . Wash ington en which he will sail tomor- . row from Hampton Road. - There 1 nothing on the surface indicating' danger of serious trouble 'by Santa Domingo but the decision to send this powerful naval force to' the laiand was inspired by a desire to relieve any other nation from ap Brahansioa as to tha safetv of Ha clt- LOST HO DINGS OF LOAIIOFSIIOOIOO COTTON GROWERS TO BE PROTECTED WITH LARGE FUND New York Bankers Have Raised $5000000Q to be Placed Imme diately in Cotton Handling Cotton NEW TORK. Nov. II. New York bankers who have been conferring here for the last few day with rep resentatives of the governors' confer ence and the Southern Cotton on greas, announced this afternoon that they had raised, a fund of 150.600,000 to be pfaced Immediately In the cot. ton belt state for the purpose of handling the cotton crop of 111 and enabjtn-g grower to participate In any rise In the market. ' ' , "''' ' . ' The negotiations were conducted on behalf of the south by Governor Em mett O'Neal, of Alabama: Ssnntpr Bailey, of Texas, who ha been ad vising his colleagues as to legal as pects of the proposition; E. J, Wat-, son. president of the Permanont Southern Cotton congress and com missioner of 'agriculture, . , Of South Carolina, and Clarence Ousley, of Ft. Worth, Tex., representing the gover nor of hie state. The bankers who will furnish the fund, according to the. statement,- are headed by Col, Robot M. Thompson, of the broker age firm of S. H. P. Pell company, of this city. The financial support of several of the strongest banks in. New York has been given to the plan, the statement continues. . . , .What Plan Proposes ", The plan proposes to advance the grower Hi per bale upon his cotton, based on the market value at the time of the loan. No Interest wilt be paid Upon the loan, the only-charge .being 1 a bale which' is regarded a a le gitimate minimum charge for expense of grading and handling1. The cotton 1 nok held, nor taken from, channels of trade, but is placed at the best ad vantage. The grower Is given the right to designate the day Of sale prior to January 1. 113. and will participate in any advance In prloe to the extent of three-fourth of rise of the market ; Details, of the plan are yet to be worked out.' ' It has been decided, however, to place the fund through state committee) named by the gover nor or commissioner of agriculture of a State and these committees shall be-ernpowerstf td 1wH?hetr!tSUiri Teaches II cents and rompelled ' to sell, When It reaches 1 tents regard less' of advice from the growers. -Pro- , vfeiibn ' against any violation of the Sherman antl-truat law is contained, the promoters believe, in a clause em powering each committee to name the day of sale in event the market climbs to 11 or It cent. 'Of course," reads the statement, "everything 'depends upon the accept ance of the plan by the Individual farmer in connection with-his pledge to reduce aicreage the coming year." Announcement MatIA Following Is the announcement of the plan, issued after today's confer ence: , -f "The announcement was made here today following conferences that have been in progress for several days -between prominent bankers of New Tork and leading representatives of PtCKERS GET ANOTHER Efforts Will be Made to Ob tain Stay Order From Su preme Court Justice CHICAGO, Nov. II. Further de lay In the criminal trial of the in dicted Chicago meat packer until next Monday was granted counael for the defendants late today by the trial judge, George A. Carpenter, of the United Statee District oourt As a re sult, the fight to savs ths packers from facing a Jury probably . will hlft from Chicago to Washington, where efforts will be made to obtain a stay order from a Justice of the United State Supreme court. Judge Carpenter stated, however, that un less ha had received such a star or der by. Monday he would order the packers to trial without further ar gument. Levey -Mayer, of- coo nee 1 for -defendants, after delay had , been granted by Judge Carpenter, ' said that the application for .a stay order from the Sjpreme ccurt would be made before Chief Justice Whie at Washington probably on Thursday morning. WANT DUTY REDUCED. DULUTH, Minn., Nov. tl.i-Whole-sale grocer of Duluth are circulat ing blank petition seeking to obtain support -for a movement to influence congress to reduce the duty on raw and refined sugars. The tax amounts to two cents a pound on refined ugar. The committee claims this is an exorbitant tax and that It Is not Justified by the conditions relating to the production or refining of sugar in -thl country. GUILTY OP ROBBERY: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. II In Buperior court today Burton - P. McClellan. whe en Saturday night last held up Route Agent A. D. Harrisan of the Adam Express company and robbed the depot safe of- close to II. 00. pleaded guilty to grand larceny. He Will be sentenced later. Belt States For Crop of 1911. 4 the south, such a Governor O'Neal, of Alabama; Clarence Oueley. repre sentinsf Governor Colquitt, of Texas, and K. J. Watson, president of the Permanent Southern Cotton congress, and commissioner of arrlcuUure of South Carolina that a proposition has been presented to these gentlemen representing respectively: the gover nor's conference and the southern congress,, composed of producers and business 'men and bankers of the south, which means the placing In the cotton belt states of about 160,000.000 Immediately for the handling of the cotton crop of 1911. "In other words, the proposition I to give the :urmor .'IB per bale advance on his i-ilton, without interest,-charging him only II per bale' to cover expenses of grading and han dling, letting, him turn over the cotton to the holder who wDl advance him fit per bale and give him the op portunity to designate the date of sale-prior to January 1, 111, and to participate in any advance In price to the extent of three-fourth of the ilae in the market. "Parmer Takes All Chances" "It la calculated by the present ordinary holding prooes the farmer take all the chance of the rise In the' market. By this plan he takes no more chance than he did before and has eviry oportunlty of maximum partlclatlng to a rising market. Mean time paying the debts he ba to pay and saving, the losses sustained by country damage and by loss of weight and wehoulng' charge. -. -. Provision is mad against any ap parent-violation of the Sherman law-j In' that' each stats named by the gov ernor or cofnm'astoner of Mrlcul tirre of each state Jias th power to nam (he day of sale If cotton reaches IS or It cnt, which according to the testimony gathered give, only a eloss legitimate profit on the coat t production. , -. ; "Of course everything depend on the acceptance Of the -plan by the tig pledge to reduce acrbig the com ing year. The Indlvidaul farmer alone can make -uccf Doaathle," '"The undertaking I fathered by a number of banker of which Colonel Robert M. , Thompson 1 the head, he being , a . widely known bull and " of the firm of B. H.. P. Pell and com pany .banker and cotton- men, and all necessary machinery for . caring for the cotton ha been provided. The committee here have been assured by a number of the strongest- banks In New Tork ot,a thorough backing of these atrong interest. ' - "The gentlemen here, as well President Barrett of the National Farmers' union, consider ths plan acceptable to the grower and they are tonight returning to the respective state to present it to their people (Oontlnned on Page Flve HARNESSED WIFE WITH TEAM DP MULES IN FIELD Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Ugly Charge, Gets Just Thirty Days LIBERTY, Mo., Nov. 11. Lafayette Choate. today pleaded guilty to a charge of having harnessed his wife with a team of mules and compelled her to help harrow a field. He wa sentenced to thirty dayr Imprison ment. , He has-been in, Jail four months awaiting trial. Hi wife la suing for divorce. PERSIA YIELDS LATEST REPORT TEHERAN, Nov. II. It 1 report ed that Persia lhas yielded to ths Rus sian demand. Late London dispatches stats that Persia had placed her case in the hands of Great Britain as diplomatic relations with Russia had been inter rupted. Persia, It was aaid. was pre pared to comply with the demands ef Russia for an apology and the pay ment of an indemnity for an alleged Insult to the Russian consul, M. Pet roff, wftien the property of the ShuV Es Sultaneb, brother of the deposed shah, wa selxed at Teheran. SENATOR LKAVEg PANAMA NEW ORLEANS, Nov. II. (United State Senator Geo.. P. Wetmor of Rhode Island who has been III for several weeks In the Panama canal cone, arrived here today on the steam er Heredla from Colon. The senator Is accompanied by Mr. Wetmore. On arrival here he went mmedlately to hi ihotel and refused to receive can era. '. v.-;'.'.-.- ' ." ' 'V CHECK OF APPRECIATION NEW LONDON. Conn.. Nor. It. In appreciation of his service to the city of New ' London,; Mayor-Mahan was presented today with a certified check for t J.I JO. The amount was raised' by neoalar subscription, ; VICTIM 0F:SHAI.1E AND TAR TELLS HER STORY TpJBY In Low. Even I Voice. Miss Chamberlain Gives Coher ent Story of EKporlenco STORY UNSHAKEN BY CROSbcAlwiNATION, . V.'' iHM Curious Crowd Fills Court room ami Hundreds Stand Outside TJie Doors - LINCOLN CKNTKR, fcans., Noir.Il This wa Mary Chamberlain' day In court in tn ' tar. party ease. Fac ing three of the meji accused of com-J plloity in attack )nt her on county road north of SlMKEy Send the night of October 7. she told in a crowded court room of her j terrifying experi ence. 5 ' J M ' Her story was -drsjraetle for Its sim plicity. She gave' 1 coherent narra tive of : the eplsodi In a low, even voice. Not once -did she -lose her self control; neither did -she speak With any 'feeling - egamef the "defendants. Throughout the tVm,e she was on the stand he - addressed the. Jury. . On eross-examlnatlon'- her story was un shaken.'- - A hundred - persoas, men who could not find, seats In the little circuit court roortj, sad boys' who were -barred because of their youth, vied with- 6ne anothsr outside tn door for places near the entrance In the hope that the might catch a word of her testimony, i , , The girl's examination lasted about half an hour. ' With the completion of her testimony th state rested Its case and the defensa Immediately be gan examination of 4 witness., Tsn had been quatloni when adjourn ment wa taken tonight, t Mis Chamberliin' . testimony closed tha prosecatldn's ease. . ,;v, .Uefenso. Opens Th defense opened by Introducing eight character wUnwMe. Alof them testified that' , the ' defendant were men of good reputation. Jam Boose, mho was arrested last weefevaccused of being connected with three defendant bar the 'KIght of the tarring, teatlfled that the' defendants, SI mm and 0ohad(. aC well a hlmielf, had advised some'- of ' the' chhfesaed men not to bother the ' girl. Booe admitted that' he' aocompanied the three defendant. ' A.'' M.'Stmm. the Brst defsndant to' take the stand cor roborated' Boose's- statement' regard ing conversations ' they had ' had at the mill. "I heard them say It was the Inten tion to hold up Mary and Ed," he aid. "We engaged In a general con versation about the girl and Cheater Anderson said M wa the plan to catch the couple in a compromlalng posi tion at a designated place.'' Miss Chamberlain' Story It wa the freahne of Mis Cham berlain's story that held the Interest1 of the throng, for in told little that was not known. Her narrative set forth how Edward Rlcqrd, a village barber,-decoyed hi-r to the country on the pretense of -going to a dance, hi Insults and of her demand to .return home. How,, when they had gone a short dtstanoo a party of Ave mask ed men dragged her from the buggy while Rtcord hid: the subsequent pouring of tar on hnr body by a man while the other rubbed It In with their .hand; how by this experience she became almost unconaclou from fright and shame and later awoke to find herself being driven home by the barber, and how the tar clung to her body for day. Hhn said she failed to recognise any f the assailants. The different viewpoint of the plain tiff and of the defendants regarding the case stood out plainly when the defense offered th testimony of Jams Boose a few minutes after Miss Chamberlain had finished her dramatlo story. Boose started to ihe "tarring" but did not reach there. 'Why did you wish to go?" he was asked by Prosecutor McCanless. "I Jut wanted to see the fun," he replied. "By fun, you mean the process of putting tar on Mlas .Chamberlain?" "Yes." Boose Is under arrest but not on trial now. The three defendant now being tried in court are Sherlll Cl.rk, A. N. 81mm. John Schmidt, charged with complicity in the assault. -' i men corrrov ginned WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Id no previous year ha so much . cotton been ginned to November 14 as dur ing the present seaaon, the census bu reaus report today showing a total of 11,20. 081 bales, which i almost a million and a , half bales more than was ginned to that date In the record year of 1)04. - ' .. ; WASHINGTON. Nor. , II. Fore cast: North Carolina,',; fair Wednes day;, warmer In west; i Thursday In creasing cloudiness and ' warmer; moderate to brisk porta and north- wind. -- .- :, . - " - AMERICAN NAT'L BANK WILLHANDLE PART OF THE BONDS At Special Meeting of Directors De cided to Take $25,000 Worth of Bonds Toward $200,000 Hotel at Foot pf Sunset. v At a special meeting of the director of the American NationaQiank yes terday afternoon, It wa deotded to handle I1S.000 worth of the,' bond which will be tsaued for the purpose of- constructing at the foot of Bun et mountain a ttOO.000 hotel, which will s4 connected with a modern lodge at the top of thet ridge and which will be thoroughly up-to-date In ev ery particular. The director took this action after heartftg the report of Dr. Carl V. Reynold and J. u Marrlmon, Whd were member of the committee of Aahevllllan w(ho spent several day In St. boiila last week as the guest of Dr. B. W. Qrove, where he and 'ill Ashevllle manage, W. F. Randolph, outlined plana for the construction or ths hotel, which were published la yesterday' CHI- The directors of the American Na tional ware Heartily in favor of the plan and expressed their utmost ooft has undertaken to give .hl city a modern hostelry which would be credit to any city, of many times the tie of Ahvlne. They realise that the bonds wttilch Dr. Grove Intend Issuing will not only be valuable from a hustneaa point of view but will rt ult in great value to this city in an advertising way, a Dr. Grove ha made a proposition to the bankers. which, Jf accepted will man that Ashevllle will be advertised In every part of tha country. ' -.Great AdvertisesnenC ' During . the past year 10,000,60 packages of Dr. Grove' - remedies were distributed throughout th world. When the hotel I completed, he Intend wrapping In each of the package a booklet boosting Ashe vllle setting forth it many, tdvan- tage and picturing the many point of Interest In and around thi,lty. Th picture of th nw hotel will be included In the booklet will that of ' tht, view to;r'sen rom ths ran4a ot tha proposed hostadra. 1h mean that Jn this meOiod alone ever 10,000,000 ibyowlet describing the advantage of Ahv1ll would be distributed annually Dr. C Grove' remedie are handled by 10,000 drug stores and upon the completion of the hotel, a llthogrkpbed reproduction of the structure and an adverttsemerft of Ashevllle, neatly framed and pic tured In sudh a way that the' picture will be valuable, wll be placed - in each of - thess drug store by Dr. Grove's corps of advertising' men. In every newspaper which carries an ad vertisement of the output of th Qrove laboratory apace will be reaerv. d for the advertlslhg . of the new hotel and the city In whl6h it I is lo cated. ' The magnitude of thll value alone tan b Judged by the I fact that eight girl are employed In the offices of ths concern w-hleh manufac-heatlon ture the remedies, wftpse dutlea eon slsit of checking advertisements tn S COTTON EXCHANGED FfNANCIlL FJIONSTROSITY V ' ; Congressman HefliiT Says Wall St. Robs the South of Many Millions MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. II. New York' cotton exchange was call ed a "financial monstrosity" by Con gressman Thomas J. Hefin, who ad dressed the delegates to , the fourth annual convention of the MtMlsstppI to Atlantic Inland Waterway esso clstlon here today. A band of Wall street speculators would rob . the etouth of IK0.00O.0OO thl year, he declared, H the cotton crop should amount to 11.000,000 bale. lis did not refer to waterway. Detailed Information on that sub ject, however, wa given in adresse by Lieut. Col. Lansing H. Beach, of New Orlean: Major Oh as. J. Swift, of Columbua, Ga., and Congfissman John H. Sms.ll of North Carolina. Th convention will edjoufn tomorrow. NATIONAL BANK FOR GREENSBORO WASHINGTON, Nov, II. Th American Exchange bank of Greens boro, N. C. today applied - to the comptroller of th currency for per mission to orgsnlze as a national bank under the name of the Amerl- . U.H...I k..b .f een jcxenange ..hiuiwi Greensboro with a capital of 10,- 000. 'J rr V TRAIN DKRAILMEXT TULSA, Okie., Nov. IL-One per son wa probably fatally hurt, eleven were rlouly Injured and twice a many suffered laceration and briuses when north hound Midland Valley passenger train No. 1 was derailed near the town of Blxby. Oklahoma, ! mile south of Tulsa today, r The derailment was due to spreading ralla : v Manual Fierce, an oil ' operator of Tulsa suffered the moat Injur!. It J not thought h wlil rescover, paper published In all part of th world to see that they are published according to contract and given th pace which the contract call for, Whs 'Hotel will Mean the construction of th hotel would mean, therefore, that Ashevllle would have a hotel which will be open all Che year round, which will be triotly modern and a handsome structure and that thl city will get the benefit ot a system of advertising whtoh could not be gotten In any other way. Th cost of th advertisement in hewapa par and drug afore alone could not b carried On for lee than an annual expenditure of a half million dollar, while th benefit . which thl city would reap as a reault of placing over I0,0,000 booklet In all part of th unloa each year are (neattmable. Dr. Grove deelre that the bank of, th city handle 1100,000 worth of bond of an Issue of 120,000. the remainder . of which, will be financed by him. In view, of rh fet that th American National director decided unhesitatingly to subscribe ; to one fourth of the amount ,lt Is practical ly assured that the other bank will take the number of bond which they are asked to flnanc. and It I believ ed that when Che proposition la pre sented to th dlreotor of th- three other! institution of the city, the bonds will be taken at one. Want Co-operation ' , As stated In o-esterday' '(Cfltlsen, th reason that Dr. Grove ask the local bank to take a hand in the fi nancing of th institution I merely to learn whether or not he ha th Oo-optratton of Ashevllle capital and Aihevill iplHt In erecting a hotel which wll go a great way toward mak ng Ashevllle really th 'DwUtcrland of Amarlea." for Dr. Grove h Itated tlhat hi architect, will be Instrunted In drawing the plan for the proposed hostelry to make hi calculation so that the - structure oan. - be enlarged to a ilf-milluB dollar- hotel with outk tnterf ereno If- It proves a sue eesa when erect d, and fkat the van tur will successful Is tot doubt Jed in Hhe least by those- people of finis guy wne nave looaea at tne mar. iter rrom v Dtimnea standpoint. ; . Little doubtVi fslt but that th malnlng three Ashevllle banking houses will , decide to handle thetr share of he bond and It la not fan probable that the Ashevllle Electric (company will take over a part of th .Issue. The long cherished bop that thl city would realise th vast jjoaslbllltles with wthich lift endowed and prepare for the entsrtalnmant of thousands ot vltor who now spend their va cation leawher I about to be re alised and the chance are that with in a (hort (length of time the summit of Sunset mountain wilt b . the lo- of a lodge wthich will b eon-. (Oonttnnetl oa Page Four) DDL HENRY 1VATTEBS0N v TO THE NEWSPAPERMEN SNewepaper, He Declares, Should be a Keeper of the Public i Conscience BOSTON. . Nor. II. "Never seek office, never take gift stock, never touch campaign money; the are preeeptsf the young Journalist should hang up on hi bad post," said Colo nel Henry Watterson of Kentucky at the I6tt anniversary banquet of the Boston Press culb tonight. Newspa per editor and writer of New Eng land to the number of over 100 heard the' reminiscent and philosophical from Colonel Watterson and remarks from Frederick: R. Martin, editor of the Providence Journal and Holman R. Day. Colonel wstteraon in. summing up his general view of the profession ft Journalism sal a; ' "Th newswpsper Is , not a com modify to be sold over the counter like dry - goods 'and groceries. It tllkldiha, a it were, a keeper of t-e public conscience; It rating pro fessional, Ilk the , ministry and, th law, not commercial Ilk th depart ment store end the bucket shop. , "It worker should b gentlemen not eavesdroppers and scavengers. developing a spy system peculiarly their ewa, not caring for' the 'respect and esteem of the vicinage." TOBAOCO HURT, CANE HELPED HAVANA. Nov. 11, Heavy rains during th last two days, extending front too 'middle of. the Island , to Cape San Antonio, have .caused (heavy damage to the tobacco crop' In Ha vana and Plnar del RIO provinces and especially la th Vuelte Abajo district. . ,'".'.' Y :- -. f--.:'V : -The rain Is reported to. have been greatly beneficial - to growing cane, j strongly confirming the estimate that j tha sugar ros will reach 1,700,00 toBv ' Vv: r'-'-c -V WARM FIGHT OVER FEDERAL AID FOR Heated Charges and Counter charges Follow Ruling or, no Motions by Chair SENATOR BANKHEAD GIVES PRECEDENT GDODROADSGAUSE Says Government ' Approprt : ated For Roads In Alaska . , and The Philippines ''. i', ') RICHMOND. Va.. Nov. . tl.i-Tho ' good road congress wa nearly Splltj today by the right over tha queitlon; of federal appropriation for'Jilgh, way Improvement. The controversy; ' which began yesterday developed into' , . an acute www, , , , ., .' ' While engineer and road contra tor were engaged In an Inoocuoua ; technical discussion la th eonventlonl hall, a lively dght went on In tin' -committee room. Whet looked like' a majority of the delegate declared their intentions of putting he conven tion on reoord In ravor of federal p! proprlatlons at the rate of fifty mil- I.Sh dollar year. Some besslgedj ' Senator Bankhead of Alabama to In-' ' troduc a bill carrying an appropria-l . tlon at once. . This the senator re fused to do but deolared himself In' favor of a reasonable plan for federal, ' aid. . - , President L. W. Page, who I alsel director of goqd road In the depart-' roent of agriculture, ruled that no' motion for , federal appropriation would b received from the floor of the convention. Thl resulted Jn ev. Y era! h sated charge and counter. -charge. A batch bf federal aid reso lutlons did, get to the revolution committee. however, through tho mates of parliamentary ;.. practice, muoh to the urprla of the ami-fed- , era! aid men. Acting Moretary Cha. H. Light declared , that th Am riran Highway s; Improvement association' . would fabally decline to be bound by any action th convention, might take asking federal help. ; -Senator RankheadT supportlng'the contention that 'the' ftderat govern, fnent 0ia th right to appropriate declared (today that congres had ap- ' proprlated for road In Alaaka, tho Philippine and Porto Rico. He ex- ' pr-d th ' opinion that tf money could not bg appropriated under th welfare clause of the legislation. It could be voted under the clause which provide for the establishment of post' . road, , Those delegate who jnavor federal aid started a movement to or gan lie that sentiment and ; war charged with trying to 'stamped th convention.- flom of th leaders nro-j posing calling another convention at one In Washington to petition: con gress to pas road legislation, a tho fight grew iot tinge of local politic crept in, motive were impugned, on I portion of th delegate accused the- ' ether of trying to create another) -Jeleral "pork (barrel", and by. (ho time the row reached it height ad-J dresses were being delivered to empty; eat while delegat turned the hotel j ' (Oontlwaed on Pago Ptwr) GRANDFATHER OF ROSS :.v- iiUSTDHJEMTR jaMIJM V -7 Indian Who Killed EthpU Shuler Goes to Electric -Chair Friday HAS CONFESSED RALEIGH. N, C. Nov.. Il-John Talala, Indian, 11 year old, arrived today from hi Swain, county horn to be with III grandson, Ros French, twenty-one year old, when he die In the' el"ri ehslr at the state's prison Priday morning. '- With him cam Sallle Thompson, a ftrat eoun of th condemned man, who also ha a wife and two children who are not coming, the young- Indian-, and hi wife not being friendly 'sine hi eon vlctlon and sentence for the murder of Mis Ethel Bttuler, which he ha confessed. Th gran father and cousin were with the condemned man In the death chamber tht evening quite a while and will see bin dally until the electrocution take place. ;; ' Talala say th prison authorities misunderstood hi request when they sent the ticket to th electrocu tion.' He doee not deairo to actually see the electrocution,.' but! only wo be with his grandson, ss near as' may be to the very lasts There , were to be two electrocutions Friday, the oth er victim -being Taylor Love, colored. who is under sentence for the murder of another negro In Mitchell county,- However, Governor Kltohin, granted a reprieve for him one week to Dec 1st In order that ex-Congressman T. W. Crawford, and other counsel may have time to prepare their appeal to the governor for commutation to life Imprisonment on the grounds of ex tenuating dreams r'-'f.