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vol. xxvm NO. 31
PRICE FIVE CXNTfl
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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
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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.