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THE ASHE gitizes; I Citizen Want Ads Bring Results.. ,v ; ;t THE WEATHEE I :? : , ' FAIR ,, ASHEVILIJE, N: G, SATURDAY MOKSIXU, NOVKMBER 25, (19U , VOL. XXVIII- NO. 34 PRICE FIVE CENTO ROSS FRENGH PAYS FOR BRUTALGRIME WITH HIS OWflLIFE Young Cherokee Who Murder ed Ethel Shuler In October Electrocuted Yesterday -. VOOL AND COLLECTED . EVEN UNTO THE END bends . Word of Greeting and Warning to Fellow Chef- , okees In Swain Co. ;" RALEIGH, N, C Nov. liRol French, ths young Cherokee from Bwaln county, want to the electric cbalr this morning in the death chamber of the state prison with typical Indian atolclam and paid the death penalty for the murder of Mlaa Ethel Bhuler on a lonely Swain .county road early In October He cut her throat and left -her body on the . roadside. He confessed the crime some weeka ago ud haa repeatedly. Ince h haa been in the death cell, declared that " the punishment ac corded him u deserved. . ' He was attended by the negro Episcopal minister here, Kev. J. B. ' King, through whom he was given the Episcopal Baptist a . couple of weeka ago. He bad taken final leave of his octoaenartan grandfather. - John Talfalla' and his cousin, Sullle . . Thompson, last evening In a very i touching .scene, during which he re quested 'John Pullen, of this county, to see to" the disposition of his little property for the, benefit of his grand- father and hhi wife, giving his yoke of oxen to the grandfather'. He sent greetings to his felow Chrrokees and an. appeal for none of them to fol low his example -In crime for which he was receiving his Just dues. Cool and Collected, r When the Indian came Into the death' chamber he was as cool and - '' collected as could be. Moat victims close tjetr eyes while the strapa are . being adjusted and until the hood Is f fitted over their heads. French, however, surveyed the crowd and as th straps were being adjusted about , r liia ankles and body, to hold htm In !place - while th4 "dath dealing eur- e rent Jas sent' coursing through tils v frame, his syesollowed every move "Y ment. with a -decree of cariosity as though he were ' an ' unconcerned spectator studying the ' .manner In which the shackles were applied. , To the Death Chamber. It was exactly 10:20 o'clock when the prisoner was brought In the dejath ichamber. The first shock of electricity was applied at 10:4 and consisted of the application of 1,800 watts with a quick return of the lever to zero and back again to 1. 800. and off to zero again. Then at 10: S8 there was a second single ap plication og the 1.080 voltage and four minutes later the attending phy sicians pronounced htm dead. The body was delivered to John Tallalla, who left this afternoon with It for his Swain county home for burial. ALL BUT ONE ME1V1BER OF TM PIB1T FBHie GDUTT OF jOLTlNO BATTERY Jury Out Nearly Thirty Hours Before Arriving' at a Verdict ONE YEAR EACH UNCOL.N CENTER, Kan.. Nov. 14. Two of nW three men charge with complicity in the tarring ; of Miss Mary Chamberlain, a scftool teacher. John Sohimidt and Bherrlll Clark to day wre found jruilty of aasaultand battery by a Jury In Judge Orover's court, while A. N. Slmms, the third defendant, was acquitted. The Jury was out (for nearly 30 .hours. Sen tence -was deferred to permit attor neys to argue motion for a new trial.- Earlier In the day the court imposed sentences of one year eadn in Jail, the extreme penalty on Ever ett O. Clark, Jay Fltxwator,' Watson Scranton and Edward Rlcord,, con fessed assailants of Miss Chamberlain. Rlcord already is in jail. Th court i gave the other thcee,tlme to straight . en out their business affairs. . "It was a shocking crime," said Pltswater'a aged fatiher, a clergyman, tonight. "I so. expressed myself , be fore I knew my son was .implicated." Miss Chamberlain was not present wihen the verdict was read. It was said she thought a verdict Impossi ble and trft town today tor Beverly. " OrsY" Sanders, tn -of ths Jurors, tonight told fcow the jury arrive at the verdict. , "None considered for a moment tfhe alleged bad reputation of Mary Ohamberlain when he cams to take up IMs jwrdlet. " "We were agreed," hs said, "that that was not ths to-' , sus.T ; .: i 'i - v f. 1 BEATTIE GOES TO HIS DEATH WITH ' SNEERING SMILE Four Hours After Electrocution of Young I yVife-Murdereri Confes sion of Dastardly Deed Made on Nov. 9 to Minister's Made Public. ' RICHMOND, Va, Nov. . Henry Olay Beatitle, Jr., rwent to ijja deaift at dawn today, the awlf-confessed muiderer ci his young w.fe, aHhough the confession was not made publlo until four toours aftetr he , had paid the toll exacted by she law. H main tained' to the end ths remarkablo nerve he lhad exhibited since first he was accused of killing his wife on Che. lonely MJdlohln turnpike . last July. Hi lent expression ; was a smiling sneer when he observed the ohailr that was to. launch Mm into eternity. . - ' :: . The confession ' was made public in the rotunds, of' a (downtown, "hotel by the Rev. Benjamin Dennis, one of the ministers who had labored wttti Beattie v repent. ... As a matter of fact, It was acknowledged by the min ister, Beatutie first ekmUed Ms guilt November 0, the -day after he entered the death cell and before the fruit less appeal (or a commutation of sen tence 'was made to Governor Mann. It was not until yesterday ti.iat he would agree to its being put in writ ing for his signature. Then all hope 'that -the governor would ; interfere wua cone. The document follows: . Hi Confession . "I, Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., desirous of standing right before Ood and man, do on thie the 23rd day of November, i 11. confess ray guilt of" ths crHne charged agatnit roe. Much that was pubU-l.ved concerning the details are wot truer but the awful fact, with out the hajrrowins olrcumutances re mains. For this action, I am truly sorry, believing that' I am at peace with Ooil and am soon to pass into His presence, this statement Is made," Gloated Over Notoriety ( , Bewt tie's ajttltude throughout the trial and- the tmprisiohment that wait ed only on Ms death, was a study for a psychologist He tf-eatl the news papers avidly. Every reference to his iron nerve and to tlhe fact that he was ffotag, to the chair without acknowledging his crime In the hope o)f saving Hiss agisd father further sorrow, according to tl who were w45!t him to the end, -emd to af fortyhsr-W'---sstis parently " he gloated over . the' noto riety ' Mm crime had brought him. Kven after his oonfession he main tained W3 air of bravado. , ' What 'had since Nrt ember 9, been con sidered stoicism now Is r? cognized ss cynicism. -His nerve ws?e re markable in itself is discovered now to have Its basis and support In the knowledge that he was being applaud ed as a man of Spartan courage and Inflexible will. Ths secret of his confession win held Inviolate by the ministers until today. Not, even fc.re broken hearted fatitter krew of its existence, friends of the family declare. Not until four hours after ihe. had been pronounced dead in the death chamber in state's STRIKE AT ANY TIME IS EXPECTED 01. THE CHICAGO, ROCK HSLANOjtMO PACIFIC Over V 8,000 Shopmen May Walk Out Unless Their Demands Are Granted ' BOTH SIDES FIRM CHICAGO. Nov. H Negotiations between a committee of Interna tiona Union officials. President - H. U. Mudge and Second Vice President F. O. Melcher, of the Chicago, JRock Island and Pacific railroad were concluded today without a settlement of the differences which may result in the calling of a strike among the 8,000 shopmen employed by the rail road. . A, committee composed of repre sentatives of the blacksmiths, car men, sheet metal workers, boiler makers and machinists unions, pre sented their 'grievances to Second Vice President Melcher and later ap pealed to Psratdent H. IT. Mudge, of the Rock Island and Pacific road. These ; officers refused to accede to the demands of the unions. , Both officers approved the de cislon of their subordinates who had previously decided that the demands of the shopmen for ah increase in wages of two cents an hour and changed conditions . of employment could not be granted. It Is said thst no further conferences win be held between the labor representatives and the railroad officials and that a strike may be called at any time. ,i: "Every demand made by the shop men,0 said Second Vice-President Melcher "Involves an increase In our expense and we cannot agree to any of them In view of general business Wwdtttong.;''-'''-.'.-.'; y"-; - PETOLtnOXART EXPEDmO Pl'KRTO CORTEZ. Honduras, Nor. 14. Considerable , fxcltemeat haa been created by- a report, that a re volutionary . expedition had left the coast of Tucslan for Honduras under Jeaderahrp of oz-Prealdent Bonlla. prison were the murderer's atorneva cognlxant that he had made a clean breast of his guilt. Wlbt tils same Intrepidity that had marked ftla con duct from ths beginning, beattie went to the chair and brought tti sordid story to a dramatic end. That was Ms sole satisfaction. The stock ttuat killed Beattie was given at ' exactly T.1J e'ciock this morning. Tiree dis tinct and separate times the current was turned on, and at l.ii it was out oft, Doctors W. T. and St.. Ju Iten Opumiheimer, a minute later' an nounced that death Aad been instan taneous. Ths 2t persons in ths death ommber thereupon tiled out and the end ot a lengthy and costly battle for Justice, ihad ended. ' r , ' . All III at Ease ' In edition to the two physicians there were gathered In the death house when Beattie appeared, the tweivis witnesses to the electrocution, as required by law, tha Revs. Jothx J. Fix and Benjamin Dennis, .Major James B. Woods, superintendent of ths .penitentiary, te electrician and four deputy wardens. The rooms was flooded with llgtfit from a group of ln candescenfj lamps set in a tow cell ing and a light that swung on its cord immediately above ths chair. ' There was no conversation. The witnesses labored under too great .a strain,', and all, even ths (hardened prison attendants, seemed Ui at asa and anxious to be dons. ; The electri cian brought a board studded with electric bulbs and latd it across ths arms of the chair. The lamps biased brightly. ; Then in other ways th In trnment of death was tested and fin ally, at a signal, atendants went over ti! apparatus, ataching th deadly electrodes and testing every trap and Clamp. ' . ' ,, v . When the preliminaries were over, Superintendent Woods,- accompanied by two deputies, threw back ait iron studded door and started for the death cell. Instantly ths death cham ber was plunged t blackness with the exception of . vivid circle of Mght from .fhe h ood ed a n d powerf u 1 oaken bit of furniture, which except for its straps and steel bands might grace any library, was on a rubber mat. All but It Was obscured, the-' das- zllng rays from the low-swinging lamp, throwing everything else into darkness so dense as almost to be felt. Death Warrant' Brad. The little party in ths chamber heard the superintendent, a few feet away, droning out the death war rant Beattie listened to it with In tensity, but did not flinch. He stood during the reading, as la the custom, and when It was ended he smiled lust a trifle but quickly recovered. (Oontinoed: on Fsrr Three) STOKES WAXES WARM 0E1ND TO KNOW M HE 1ST MAKE ANSWER Millionaire Who Was Shot by Two Show Girls Tells "All He Knows" NOT THROUGH YET NEW TORK. Nov. t4. W. E. D, Stokes, mlllonalre, who limped to the witness chair In the Supreme court today told the Jury this morning how he' had been shot in the ' legs . last June by two show girlspassed from the easy guidance of his counsel to the troubees of cross-examination this .afternoon. He had not replied to half a dozen questions before be was on his feet, demsnding to know by what authority he was asked to disclore certain facts. . The court ruled against him and from there on his indignation was on the Increase, Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, the young women charged with hav ing shot him. alternately sobbed and comforted each ether during the hearing. Robert M. Moore, the girls' counset, asked Stokes if Miss Graham were' not a girl of II. in 'short dresses, when he met her In 10; "She told me She was 24; her skirts came to her boot-tops." Stokes replied. Stokes admitted r that ',. his memory' wss bad, especially "on dates," said he : took Miss Graham automobile riding and had bought bonbons for her and then was asked about her visit to his country place at Lexington, Ky., in 107. She want there with her sister, he said, and stayed two or three nights. Letters sent by Stokes to Miss Graham during 1907 and 101, In cluding one In which he said lie was a "cross, Trabbd old cove," - wots made a part of the record. Among the -missives were letters . showing that Stokes had sent . her money while she was In Parts after leaving the Hotel Ansonla, which hs owned, owing a bill of $51. Ths session closed with Stokes still on the stand. ' BANKERS GIVE THEIR APPROVAL TO ALDRICH PLAN OF MONETARY REFORM Only One Dissenting Vote. promineni Banker of Ttxae Opposing , itAfter Long Drawn Out Debate Committee Considering Central Bureau and Favoring his NEW ORLEANS. Now M.-WIth but ons dissent sis vote the American Bankers' . assocition today , gave its uoauallfled ftp in oval to ths Aldrle-h plan for the reform of the monetary scheme of th tunltea etatea, con gress was ' ttrf dd to deal with the proposition aay in.' economic ,.o,u;tlon outside Che duanom or party pontics. Confldsncs wanf sxprensed that "ths tlgh purposes Mctuatlng national monetary commission assure the v.orking ota ;,' ths details with ths souna pnnctpjef statea in pwa In such a manner as to gain the con fidence and support of all classes." The single vol asralnst approval of the AlAcich plae was cast by General William R, "ilasihy " Austin, prasl dent of he Terns Btai Bankrrs s SoohrtleeVKWrtiwli baiker--of Texas. Following- she- election of of ficers th..nt) suinual covention of Hie-asseolation Which convened hers Tia'sdey sme to close. Detroit was unanimously chosen on ths first ballot as the convention city in If 18, Boston, Atlantic CKy, Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla., gave notice that they would ask for this convention In 1111 Vice President William I4v Ingston, of Detroit, was elected presl dint, and C. Ii. Huttig pf St. Louis, vies president. Tihe convention then adjourned. COMM.ITTKK SKJTT BACK J - NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 8. After a long drawn out debate 'the members of the .American Ban kxrs association in convention Uiere referred today the LIVERPOOL EXPLOSION . KILLS 39; INJURES I Men Seen at Windows With Fire Raging Behind Them ' - Calling For Aid LIVERPOOL, Nov. 84. Thirty three workers are known to have been killed and upwards of 100 in jured by a boiler explosion which oc curred today at the oil cake mills of J. Blbhy and Sons. Men could be seen at every window with fire rag ing behind them, frantically appeal ing for rescue, Fire ladders were quicKiy bi me 'ruw v. , men were saved. The scorched cloth- j ing and burned hair of those brought down told of tne lemnie o.-aeai through which they had gone. At a ate hour tonight 21 bodies had been recovered from the ruins and It is believed others 'sre still be neath the debris. It is fee red some of the injured will succumb. i PITTSBURG. Ps. Not, 14. Elmer Moor, treasurer of the Federal Oil; and Gas company .was arrested late, today on a capias Issued by Judxel Chas. H. Orr. of the United States! of $100,000 in his accounts. FAIR . WASHINGTON. Nov. - 14. Pore- cast: North Carolina,' fair Saturday; cooler -on the coast Sunday; Sunday fair and warmer; moderate north west winds. . -: ''V' 1 Sent Back For Further Consideration. report of the bills of lading commit. tee back to tlh committee for further consideration..; The report as read ap proved the central . bureau plan . for th validation of cotton bills of lad ing, known X as fie 'Liverpool plan. which southern bankers, cotton man and exchange In convention her r t.jntly condemned in a set of vigorous resolutions, convention instructsd ttons by Sol Wexler i; of thlirclty. chairman of the bills or lading com mittee of the New Orleans cotton eX- ohengn offtd in lieu of tts report. Ths motion also provided; that Mr, Waxier bs mads a member of ths bills of lading committee, together with snootier southern banker to be aeliMitful later. . Tha vommlttss' Was Instructed 'not te take-any--axttton hlndlng the Amer ican Bankers' association to any plait and Uhat no report was to be mads until ahie 111 meetlne; of the com mlttsa. This action was taksti upon the motion of D. H, Plerson of New York city, which however, was not carried without opposition and de bate. Mr. Waaler In reviewing the entire question statrd that ths bureau plan had been vigorously o posed by tfte 'cotton exnhanges of Houston, Memphis,. Savannah, Vlcksburg, Aus tin and other organisations, giving the reason that It singled out cotton shlpn d sbrosd and that It cast a stigma upon the ihonest cotton deal ri tit a large section of the coun try, . - Will I ran t'pon It "Furthermore, mssj my Word," LONE WAN ROBS A.C.I. AT Held up Two Clerks, Rifled Bags, Stopped Train and Escaped COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. J4.A masked white man 'late tonight rob bed tie mail -car of Atlantic Coast Line train No. ii between Royster's end thds city, took the registered let ters, stopted the train and Jumped off Just before the train reached tills oily limits. The value of the register ed mall stolen is not known but tfte letters ars said to contain several ttoouaanid doUea-s. There Is no clus to ths identity of ths robber. Te train, west bound from Wilmington, reached Royster block house two miles from Columbia at -11:420. ... It stopped there's moment then pro ceeded toward Che city. The rpbber Is supposed to hsvs boarded .the train at Rorster. Within a few moments "after the train started he me.de (hie appearance In the 'mail car, held up the two mall clerks at the point of a -pistol and took the registered letters. He then pulled ttie bell cord and. leaped off as iAu train stopped. In the dairkness there was no use to pursue and the train continued on itn way to this city whore the rob bery was reported. Detectives . are mow on the hunt for the robber but have found no trace of him. READY FOR CEREMOXY ROME, Nov. f4.r-.All the American cardinals-designate have arrived In Rome lor the ceremonial which will elevate them to the status of p1nces of the Church. . Archbishop O'Connell ot Boston, who hed been delayed at Naples on board the steamer Csnoptn, reex-hed the Vatican today . and re ceived the same cordial sod enthusias tic welcome that previously had been riven Archbishop Farley and Mgr. Fslconlo. -. Mgr. Blselti, the papal major domio, has arranged for an audience between Pope Pius and Mgr. O'Connell Sun day morning. - , 1 i ' said Mr. Waxier, "as sure as she esn- . trai bureau M continued, just so sure ' la thre to be greater losses to Amer ican bankers than ever before, W will fr to lean upon It for protec tion. A man today who can't nego tiate, his paper will begin to operate by over weighing, - undenrredlng and hundreds df other way Those in the ' central bureau are only - human and they , will make mistakes. Bometlms there will be an embarrassing situa tion wttsn ths central bureau will 'declare as a forgery a perfectly good document. Then there will be a dam ate suit and sonvbodys credit hurt. What we are' mostly concerned' In Is making the railroads responsible 'for the sols of their agents. TihS central bunten supported largely by the rJ treads, We,: teuae they ivs read the handwriting oil tie wll, and they kndw If this bureau Is not established they will bs bsld respon sible for the acts of their nsjts." Divers Opinions n, D, Kent, of Passato, N. J., apoks in favor of una adoption of ths com mittee's report and denied the bureau plan was a reflection on any one. . A. Breton of this city spoke against the approval of he committee's re port ' and was followed by John" T. Dlsmukes of St. Augustlns, - Mr. Plerson's motion to iWsr Immi dlately attracted attention of a ma jority c the bankers as a solution 'of trie matter for the time being and as the hour for adjournment wag draw ins; near tha question was carried over until the nest convention. ' ' MfiRSE TO RE EXiEIEO AND MAY BE PARD03E0 ' ".'.' gsjsissas, ,. ';.'. '. -:v.,- .,. 1 Ne.w York Banker ' Said to be Suffering From Possi ble. Fatal Complaint ATLANTA, On., Nov, 14. Chas. W. Morse ths New York bsnker, will bs trasserred tomorrow; from the fed eral prison tvere to ths army hospital at Fort MscPihersc-n, where he will bs kept under surveillance of physicians for an Indefinite period. Colonel J. T, Van Orsdale, in, command at Fort MacPherson tonight received orders from Washington to prepare) for Morse's reeftptlon: Ths outcome ojf his lone flgvnt for a' pardon may de pend upon, the result of his examina tion trttere. , No word had been rs- ofK-ed at the- federal prison, lata to- ntgbt tvitardimg Che dlUjslUon of Morse, but Warden W. H. Moyen who has been In Washington for several days is expected to arrive wIMti the neesrsry papers early tomorrow. Morse Is said to be suffering from a! kidney complaint which it is feared will prove faUl if kept under depres sing environ menu of the prison. Ac cording to friends of Morse his con dition became alarming last Wdns- 'day but sines then hs hss shown some Improvement. M. R CXlMERFACK CO.TlYtE8. ) RALEIGH. N. C. Nov. J4.At ths third day's proceedings sf the North Carolina M. E. Church "outh at Kingston, today,. Suparttendent John N. Cole, of the conference orphan age at Raleigh, submitted bis-annual report which showed a- great work being dons by that institution. Four, new preachers admitted . on trial today are: R. E. Ptttman, N. . Rtnckland. R. H. Hasty and R. , L. Kdwards, X)ne (Pitt mas) wa ahown to be over 40 years old and. Bishop I loss unhesitatingly criticised the ad visability of a man that age with a wlfs and six children entering the itineracy when the conference la now superannuating some preacher, less than 10 years eld because no ap, polntment can be found for - them. STATE BRINGS OUT DISGREPAflCfES nnoisoi T Woman Who Shot Husband Confronted With Letters r Showing Contradiction - STATE MERCILESS IN ITS A1TACK UPON HER Makes Important Admission of Relations With Million- --' aire Emu W. Strouss DENVER, Com.. Nov 'H.Agalniit tha story that Qettruds Ultwon Pat- terson, on trial for the muiier of her huebaad, told n . the witness slarnl, Rpeciat prosecutor Benson this after noon directs! three hour of merci less crixtt-sxaminatlon. - The : ststa brought out teva.al d'srepeniVtis. -The chef points of her story that were attacked were the assertions that her husband beat and otnarwlss abueed her physically, and ths chri that he had sold her for f 1,400 to her fnr mer axxmlrajr, Emll W. ittroues, Chi cago millionaire, with whom ane made a trip to Kurope. - , Led repewt various Instam-M of PUrson's alleged abuse and forced to deflate that naturally, at. the time she foH toward him the retttst . of Indignation and contempt, she was confronted by letters shs herself had wiittten tq 9isr husband nhortly aftar the alleired asesiults. ... These letters were rtvuehed to terms of deepest affection, eiH'h as a devoted wife wouJd write to an affeotlonata husband, .' ; , On the irlp to Europe with Dtrotui. undertaken she had said. t the com mand of her husband, who shs said received : ll.JOO from Strouss, the tats put an entirely diilerent ron-i trii;Mon anil wrung fiiom the witntne sdmlteion that Ktrenghened ths the erjr of ths prosecution. 1 j ' .';:- .Nerve (Jives Away The mek of Imperturbability thni Mrs, Patterson had worn lhrourh.u lihe eafly days of the trial vanished. Twice she wept, while at othet tinny) doubt, scorn end Indignation held hnr. Reviewing bar early Ufa in H.m lo- VStl, Ill.,':I'rieoiitor Hniin v.tt f rom::M'rs,:l'jW'ermn. 'an udm,. 1 1 that wvhen she was aliout fDiirteori jrsars old, s5ie had been enpollud i from school bat not for Immoral con-1 duct as he had intimated. .11 thenf endeavotred ttnauocwniifully to gt Mrs, ' Pattrstn to admit that she hadi Hved s4 resort In St. Louts. ' , 1 Hs asked Mrs. Patterson if sns had , not seen a lawyer In Chicago about a divorce In 110 and sxlded, ''you took ; this step because of the trsatmnntl you had suffered at your 1uband's hands?" ' "I did," . Mr. flinain hnnde.T tuvr a !(. which she admlttrd i!s hed written to Patterson, then a a sanitarium near Chicago only a tihurt time after, she had ooneutted her lawyer, . The' (CnntlniMNl im Pngn Knur) SAMUEL EOFJPEBS r.!AKES miiw BY DETECTIVE W.J. BUn."S 'V U',.S! ; "f,;'.-i',t il',,BSBBsBBeaBe--- "' " - . ,; r ' ' -"' '" f J : -U- '''if' Says Latter Is Zlalicious, Malignant Man, or That He I is Unsound in Mind . CONDEMN BANKEES ATLANTA, Ga.,' Nov. 14. "He Is malicious, malignant man who huntsj men as man OMinter did In orchis-4 torto tlsnes, or" he Is so unsound in mind that hs deludes himself." . Ttiwse wars ths words spoken today by Ranvuei Oompera, president of the! American Federation of Labor In thei convention of. that organisation In re-f . ply to statements on the McNamara! rase made yeysterdar by Detective Wra, J. Burns, at the convention of ti . Amierlcan Bankers' association In New Orleans. T-e labor leader also) roundly condemned the hankers who " endorsed! Burns' assertions : and de c.-,u t no parson could have con1- dence In them. . ' ; n That part of the detective's speech' ' which Uompers took especial, exo-v-tlon, was ftm former's allegation that "" state witnesses in the' McNamara murder trial ' had bet'h i threatened -with death after refusing bribes of-:' fered by agents for the defense snd that a million dollar defenns fund ' hal been rsleed by organised labor, 1 Oompers branded as "absolutely un- -true" the statements about the de" , fense fund and said It was mode for ' tfcs purpose of "creating tie Imptve-; slon that no such ifusd could be used: for a legitimate purpose and of d-, terrlng honest working people froraj . contributing their pennies for th pro-' prr defence, of the . McNamaras by i maklngr them think all the money . needed had been raised.- .: , I T: convention adopted resolutions condemning the action of the bankers Is exprteslng confidence In l inisi. ' Matters affeclog Jur-- .' putes of the federatl"" rest of Uv sessions t f :
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