THE WEATHER
FAIR
VOL. XXVUX, NO. 38
i Dramatic Arrest Made of In
vestigator Franklin, of
Ai'Namara Defense
SAYS THAT STATE WILL
i
FIND ITSELF MISTAKEN
Unsummoned V e n I r eman,
Caught With RqII. Willbe
. Witness Against Him
LOS ANGELES, CtO., -Nov. 28.-
'TVhe ugly smirch of suspected bribery
vii trailed, today across the trial of
Jam. B. McNamara for the alleged
murder of Chas. . Haggerty, one of
thie twenty-one victim of Che Loa
Angeles Times disaster. .
Tonight a pleased prosecution and
a dumbfounded defense took stock
' of f.io day's work of SamuM
Brown, chief Instigator of the state,
who arrested" three men and stacked
' District Attorney Fredericks' desk
With wltin bank notes taken from
the arrested men's pockets in Fred
cricks' presence.
Bert H, Franklin, a former deputy
,. Onfted States marshal, now employed
by the McNamara defense as an In
vfcstigator, released late today on i
$10,006 cash .bond, is to appear In
dourt tomorrow to answer charges
of bribery . and . attempted bribery!
sworn to by, Brown.
George H. N, Lockwood, an un
.summoned venireman, and C. E.
(Cap.) White, an alleged stakeholder
both arrested with Franklin, are at
liberty, and, according to District At
tomey Fredericks, they will appear
as t witnesses against - Franklin.
i Five hundred dollars, taken from
Lockwood's. pockets, is declared by
tne prosecution to have been this first
payment of a sum which he would
receive if he should prevent an ad
verse verdicts in Uhe McNamara case,
,,ana W.500 found on, -White declared
i to be the. balance to be paid when
! the Jury was discharged, .
Rumors of ev grand Jury Inveatlga-
came from. , flew j thick and fast
throughout the day. No grand Jury
Is lit session ,but one may be called.
This Is not necessary so far as
Franklin is concerned, because his
case can be taken care of through
' an information filed by 'the district
, attorney, ilnvestfgator Brown said
that no mora arrests would be made
tonight.
Not Commonplace Arrest .
There was nothing commonplace
about tr arrest of Franklin. It was
no sietel room, or saloon scene, fa
miliar to followers of exposes. A
former deputy United States marshal
acquainted with criminal methods and
methods devised to catchi criminals
! through his former employment, was
. arrested on a street corner in the
heart of the Los Angeles wholesale
wholesale quarter In broad daylight,
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MILLIONAIRE HORSEMAN
SILENT WHEN ATTOBHEY
If
Crossfire of Queries Put to
Stokes in His Cross- V
Examination
SAID HE WAS JOKING
NEW YORK. Nov. 17. W. E. D.
Stokes, ths millionaire horseman, was
put under renewed cross examination
wulch after an Intermission due to
Ifie neceslty of picking a new Juror
to Mil the place of the one dismissed
, for talking indiscreetly about the
case, the trial of Ethel Conrad and
Lillian Graham, the show girls eharg
'ed with attempting! Stokes' life by
shooting, was resumed. The testi
mony previously taken was read for
she benefit of One new Juror.
Robert M. Moore, tbe ' girl's at
torney, questioned Mr. Stokes con
cerning letters he had written to Hiss
.Graham, his purpose being to show
'that instead of the girl "chasing
him." as Stokes had alleged, fee was
really In love with. her.
.."The most crushing part of your
letter was whton you asked me to give
your love to Clarence," the attorney
quoted from one of Stokes" letters,
written in Chicago In l0. .
"That was a Joke," explained the
witness, "Clarence was an old man
about 7 or M."
"Tou Joked with her throughout
the whole of that first .year when
you were trying to get her to visit
you at Lexington?"
. 8toks was silent Other letters
told of Stokes offering Miss Graham
and her. slater. Mrs. Singleton, the
use of his automobile, of sending her
candy, of getting her a eheatrical
engagement, of giving Oier money and
of being "eager for her welfare." 'J
"Don't touch been wine or liquor,"
tto wrote "It will ruin your complex
ion." -;'"?. ' '; . '
BRIBERY CHARGES
TBI
MISTS
1
BELIEVE THEY CAN
Only Thing They Fear Is That
Premier May be Dynamited
i as Threatened 'l
MAKING HEADWAY
IN LAST FEW DAYS
If Kal Were Able toGetFor
elgn Loan. Situation Would
' be Saved. Is Claim
PEKING, Nov. J 8. Han Tang has
been occupied by the Imperial forces
which crossed the Han river lo
miles above that place. Wu-Chang
has made a provisional capitulation
and it is evident that the government
is getting a strong hand in that part
of Hu-Feh province, where , a few
weeks ago the rebels seemed to have
supreme control.
There is no news of Ll-Yuen Heng,
the revolutionary commander and It
is not known whether he led the de
fense of Han-Yang or directed It
from Wu-Chang. It Is hot believed
that the rebels will surrender, as
they fear slaughter, but will prefer
to take, chances In flight into ths
open country. The rebels yesterday
endeavored to obtain the terms of
fered by Yuan Shi Kal three weeks
ago but It is reliably reported .that
General Fang Kwo-Shang,.: '."tors
mender of the Imperial troops at
Hankow, has refused. .
Foreign Settlements Suffer.
The foreign settlements suffered
heavily,' A Hankow consular report
says it was a .foregone conclusion
that the Imperialists would win if
they attacked seriously because of
their superior organisation. During
.the attack every position the rebels
assumed was heavily ., shelled. The
Imperialists numbered probably 50,
000 modern drilled men. The rebels
were for the most part volunteers
perhaps equal in number of the Im
perial forces. ; , '."
Two days ago Premier Yuan Shi
Kal's position seemed hopeless. He
was deserted by former followers
upon whose, help he soon ted.. Boll)
China' and' foreign residents in Pe
king believed the dynasty was on the
verge of abdication; Friends urged
the premier ; to capitulate; others
fearing his assassination, endeavor
ing to, persuade him to take refuge
in the foreign concessions at Tlen
Tstn. Today .Yuan Shi Kat Is still a
ons-man government,. Combining In
hlmsef both executive and legislative
powers, but ilt V now expected that
the men recently appointed - to the
cabinet will come to Pekln promptly.
A certain awe surrounds Yuan Shi
Kal. The national assembly feared
him and did not 'dare to Insist upon
his presence before It. The members
preferred to leave ths capital. Then
the army rallied unexpectedly. The
premier removed suspected officers
encouraged others and rewarded the
soldiers with gifts of money tin spite
of the treasures plight. He even
audaciously sent Manchu troops
away from the . capital to the front,
and he Is now' sending reinforce-
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ION OF
SAYS LEASER
F
Republicans Will Prepare to
Besist all Legislation of ,
Democrats
NO TARIFF POLICY
WASHINGTON Nov. "This
Will be a do-nothing session of con
gress." declared Representative
James R. Mann, of Illinois the mi
nority leader of the bouse, who ar
rived in ' Washington "' today to pre
pare, for the resistance of legislation
planned by the democratic majority.
"The democratic leaders have' an
nounced their, intention to amend the
'Sherman antl-truat law and make It
more drastic and more certain," said
Mr. Mann. "It Is easy to make
harsher penalties, but harsh penal
ties do not add to tne effectiveness
of prohibitory statue. Too harsh
penalties make convictions more dif
ficult and' non-enforcement of law
easier. It will take years of court de
cision and construction to draw the
line between what Is not prohibited
by the anti-trust law close to ths line
of demonstration. v. But monopoly
should not be allowed except where
It Is natural. ,
.. -!Theday of competition in busi
ness has not passed.-It hou!4 net fix
wages In private vmatness. ' When
government fixes wages an 4 prices In
business IV would better own the bus
iness and run it". , ..- -'.;'
- In the matter of tariff revision
Mr.. Mann' declared the democrat
had no fixed policy. . . .-
SHE
DYNASTY
ASH'EflEEE tJITIZEB..
AIIEVILLE, NO;
DIE F8R MURDER
Two Others Sentenced to Life
Imprisonment For Murder
Committed Month Ago
VICTIM HAD A WIFE
AND BABY TO SUPPORT
His Supplications Fell Upon
Deaf Ears of Sextette of
' Boys. Who Confessed
CHICAGO, Nov. J8. Four Aoyi
were found guilty of murder in the
first decree and sentenced to death
and two others were sentenced to life
Imprisonment by a Jury tonight for
the murder of a truck fawner on the
outskirts of the elty a month ago.
The four sentenced, to death are
Bwald and Frank Shibtew-kl, A. Phil
ip Sommerllng and Thomas Bchultx.
The two sentenced to life Imprison
men were Frank KKa and Leo Bu
chomskl, (both sixteen years old. None
of the four on whom the Jury visited
the death penalty la of fe. The
youngest of them is eighteen years
old.
Tho boys robbed and killed Fred
W. Qiruelsow In plte of his supplica
tion for life because the had a wife
and baby to. support. All confessed.
In his final plea for death penalties
Assistant States Attorney Edward S.
Day made a Unique closing argument
for the prosecution. 'It conoHHed
solely of excerpts from admissions
imede by the boys to the pottos and
on the witness stand without com
ment. Ths story he pieced together in
effect was:
Pathetic Plea ,
Gruel sow had nearly reached Jhe
city with a load of garden produce
when the six boys set on him, armed
with two revolvers, two butcher
knives, a .club and a hammer. He
alighted from his wagon ' and was
struck down ' with the club. Ho
pleaded (for Ihls life, on his knee, of
fering the boys all in his 'possession
because he had a wife and a baby a
month old at home, but the answer of
the youths. was" heet-hrm Into un.
consciousness with the club' and the
(hammer.
After the man was unconscious he
was stabbed four times with the but
cher knives, the corpse was dragged
Into a nearby thicket, a club was
Jammed down the throat and several
bullets were fired Into the body.
The' boys were arrested while try
ing to soil some of the booty. '
Ewald SWblawskl is twenty-four
years old; his Ibrother Is twenty-one;
Aommerllng, . a brother-in-law of
Frank Shlblawski is thirty-four years
and Shu Hz nineteen years old.
The Jury was out only two hour
and only one ballot was takgn In each
case. The youth of the two sixtesn- i
year-old trays was all Chat saved them
from hanging said the Jurors. i
The verdict calls down death upon J
more persons than any other one ver
diet in Cook county savs that follow'
ing me naymarxei not years ago,
when the four anarchists convicted of
throwing bombs Into the police ranks
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LITTLETON HOT USOEfl
COLLAR" Ff3R ASSAULTS
UPON HIS INTEGRITY
Chairman Stanley Refuses
to Call Committee to In
vestigate Matter
TO FLOOR OF HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Repre
sentative A. O. Stanley, chairman of
the house committee of 'inquiry Into
tfra United States Steel corporation,
refused today the request of his col
league, Man'.ln W. Littleton, oif New
T(, k, that tie call the connmlMee to
gether to investigate asaulto upon his
integrity and' standing ss a member
of tne committee.
Mr. Stanley after receiving formal
request from Mr. Littleton to subpoena
John A. Hennessy, the editor -of the
New York Press; Henry B. Martin,
secretary of the anti-trust league;
David Lamar, a New Tork broken,
and others whom he declared haj
part in circulating an attack upon
him, replied to Ibe New York con
gressman, stating that hs had no Jur
isdiction in the matter, and that Mr.
Littleton's only recourse was on the
floor of tbe house.
Mr. Stanley's reply was in fact an
open declaration of war upon Mr.
Littleton, who said he would first ap
peal to individual member) of the
committee to request the issuance of
the subpoenas. If this (falls he will
take his fight to tbe floor of the house
and he counts upon the support of
many democrats,
"I have no authority expressed or
implied under the resolution authoris
ing ths Investigation of the affairs of
Che United States Steel corporation,"
said Chairman Stanley In his letter, to
Mr. Littleton, "to eHhex summon wit
nesses or try tha isms
OS
1ST
OF TRUCK FARMER
WEDNESDAY MORNING,
'Gee; Minnie How Would uLike be Turned
3lr';"' Loose in There?'' .
FlSrANGIAL INTERESTS SUPPORTED
ROOSEVELT AS RESULT: OE BARGAtN
' r -
Declaration to This Effect
I vby Retired Banker -
With us"
WASHINGTON, f. Jfc-f-Wharton
Barker, a retire bajaker of Phlladal-
prt!a,.prsnr" aetkoatton in -the senate
committee os inssrststte commerce to
day when fae sOJeged that a New Tork
financier told him -In 1904 that tfhe
financial InterenrU would support The
odore Roosevelt fan president ibecause
the latter had ''mado-a banialn" with
them "on the railroad-question.''
Mr. Barker's at&temeM came In ths
midst of a vigorous attack on the
"money cruet," In which tie alleged
also shat President RooseveK had
been given ths details of the hn pend
ing panto of It 07 several months be
fore It happened, but took no action to
prevent It. He declared that the Aid-
rich currency plan 'was the handi
work, not of Former Senstor Aldrich,
but of a Mr. Warburg, of the bank'
ing Arm of Ktv'.in, Loeb St company,
of New York, and that a fund of
$1,000,00 had been started to lnsurs
Its adoption. ' ;
"Three or four weeks before the
election In 1804," said' Mr. Barker,
'I was walking down Broadway when
I met one ef the most distinguished
money kings in New York, a man
now dead. He said to me: . 'We are
going to elect RooseveK.' I sxpro ed
ROBERT LEONARD BEING
Damaging Evidence Against
Man Charged With Ever
hart's Murder k
THOMASVILLK, X. C Nov. 2.
Damaging evidence was produced
against Robt. Leonard before Coroner
Peacock today, and tonight Is being
closely guarded in Davidson count
Jail, charged with tho murder of
Charles L. Ever hart, whose badly de
composed ibody was found near ihere
by hunters yesterday. Testimony pre
sented before the coroner's Jury was
to the effect that I -so nerd went to a
shooting match Saturday and that he
had blood stains on his " face and
handkerchief; thtt bo had a roll of
greenbacks, one bill of which has
been Identified an a keepsake of Ev
srhart's and that when arrested he
declared he had no money, though
when searched $64 was taken from
his shoe. Leonard refuses to make
any Matement. Bverbart Is known to
have had more than $100 with him
Sattsnday morning and Cts police are
working on the theory that hs Was
murdered solely for robbery.'.
ft
a-
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2. p-0recaet
for North Carolina: Probably fair
and .much colder with a cold wave
Wednesday: . Thursday fair, . brisk
Mrfctovsst wind ... ..
NOVEMBER 29, 1911
Don't forget the poor on Thanksgiving.
-
Made Before Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce
"Frightened Roosevelt Until
"Broke the Country. Saved the Gamblers"
? " . ' ' ' ' j
surprise and asked If he had given
tip the, support of Parker.' Hs ue-ld,
yea, thaA ttieV" had Tngihtsneg-Rooss-.
ven so hs had made a bargain with
them.' " : -,
Mr. Barker said ths financial lant
whom 'hs declined o name,, told him
that Roosevelt ihad "mads a "bargain
on. the railroads." Mr, Barker con
tjnued; ,
' " 'He Is to holler all he -want to,'
he told tne, '.but by and by a railroad
bill will be brought In , by recom
mendation of ths president, , cutting
oft rebates and free passes, which
suits us, who own the railroads, pert
mining ths railroads to rhaka pooling
arrangements and providing for
maximum rates.' 5 I; :l , 'y
' The railroad man added, said Mr.
Barker, tihat under the latter author
ity it would the possible to add from
$800,000,000 to $400,000,000 to ths
total freight charges) paid by, ths Am
erican public.
stalled to Answer Lrttcr '
"I told titan I didn't bellcive Roose
velt had triads any such atveement,"
said Mr. Barker, "but when ths an
nual message, of 1(01' went to con
grass, hs rsconvmendsd most of those
things. I wrote to. president Roosw-
IS
Jury, Decides She Was In
sane at Time She Shot
Him To be Explained
NEW YORK, NSv !7. Mrs
Prances O'Bhaughnessy, who madly
reasoned that to save her unfaithful
husband's soul she (had to kill him,
was cleared by a Jury this afternoon
of all blame In slaying him. They
found, after two hours' deliberation,
that she was Insane at the time of
the shooting. "
Mrs, O'ghaughnessy was led back
to (her cell after the verdict was re
turned in accordance with the cus
tom prevailing in sanity cases. To
morrow she will be brought Into tho
court again to face two experts who
already have testified to her present
sanity. Her counsel and the district
attorney will ask the alienists if she
Is now fusene and according to their
replies tha court wilt givs her liberty
or order her Incarceration in an asy
hint.
Tho woman faced trial with) the
full expectation of going to the elec
tric chair. ' When she heard tbo ver
dict she fell Incensibls In ths arms
of a court attendant ' and although
he recovered consciousness ejlmost
Immediately she failed to reoognlre
those about hr Tor several moments.
MAY. TIE CP TRAFFIC
LONDON. Nov. 2$. Tho Seamen's
and Firemen's union threatens te tie
up the Atlantis Transport, company
on account of ths discharge of sever
al seamen from the steamship Minne
haha, for refusing to obey . orders.
Union officials say they will not allow
any vessel of the line to sail until tho
nten mt reinstated,
he Made a Bargain .
vak and told Mm wthat t heard and
that 1 had thought tho man lied, but
ow-Tiut believe he had not. It
was tha only letter - of mint Mr.
Roosevelt ever failed to answer."
Merabers of ths commission asked
M'. Barker to give the name of ths
financial man who had told Him that
Roosevelt was to be elected.
. "I cannot do It," said Mr. Barker,
"but subsequently somebody, wag at
leged to have stolen ' soma oorrs
spondencs between Mr. Harriman and
tho pffesidsnt, telling of $160,000 -put
up tor election expenses In tbe tty of
Now York," , ,
R of erring to tho parvlo of 1107, Mr,
Barker said a man who was present
4 confsrsnoo at 3, P. Morgan's
itousa in May. earn to him Id Phila
delphia and wanted him to use his in-
fluonco wHh President Roosevelt to
top a plan that had heen mapped
out, he atlagsd, 'by ths financial lead
or. ' The man was a, captain in ths
rough Hdsrs, hs said, and had used
his own Influence with he president.
but without avail.
What Plan Contemplated
Tho plan,'? said Mr, Barker, "con
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RIOTING LAST NIGHT ONLY
OF NIGHT
E
Burst of Applause Counter
, balanced Hissing at Irish
Players Show
NEW TORK, Nov. t7.-Thero was
only an echo tonight of tho rioting
which accompanied tho performance
of "Tho Playboy of the Western
World," in its initial performance
hurt night. Shortly after tftv start.
whan ths scene was reached that was
considered tho most objectionable by
those Who thought that It libelled Che
Irish, race, a syblllant scneam of hisses
waa again svoksd. The burst of ap
platiss that came simultaneously, how
sver, practically counterbalanced the
opposing demonstration and thereaf
ter throughout the evening tho audi
ence was mors moved to appluss than
te expressions of disapproval. Seven
men in all were ejected from thc the
atro during the evening. Trhe pres
ence of ColoneT'Theodoro Roosevelt,
who occupied a box with Lady dreg.
ory. tha patroness of tho Irish play
ers, waa observed from all parts of
tho house and tho colonel was loudly
applauded both when ti entered and
when ho left ths theatre. ' He took
dinner with Lady Gregory before tbo
performance. Tha colonel would not
discuss tho play.
LEGS TORX FROM BODY
WILMINGTON, it, C Nov. $$.
Caught upon a rapidly revolving
shaft at a cotton ginnery at Arapa
hoe, near New Bern, N. C, tats to
day. Jams Bennett, twenty years ok),
wss) wSUrled rapidly around tho shatft.
Both legs wore torn from his body
and ho was dad when extricated.
John Rawls, an. employe of the i4n,
who went to tho young man's rescue,
was badly injur el.
Citizen Want Ads Bring
Results ,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OFTHEPaESIDEHT
Will Contain Only; 5,000 or
6.000 Words and Deals ;
Entirely With "Trusts"
4
TVE PUT ALL MY ,v ;
EGGS IN ONE BASKET', .
After. T jiff Board Reports he
Will Send Special Messagd
on This Subject 1
WASHINGTON, Nov.' IS.-PrsK
dsnt Tafts third annual message,'
which goss to congress Tuesday, will'
be devoted to tho "trust question.".
Ths message, contains Ifrom ,MQ0 to
.000 words, and, with tho sxceptloni
of a few references In Hi general way!
to other related subjects, , will daal1
with the question of Industrial com-.,
blnations slnne. Although details of
the msstlng wore not made public,
It was understood tonight that fad
ral Incorporation, as outlined by
Mr. Taft two year ago, will be sug
gested again as a msthod for solu
tion of the problem. Ths Jirosldsnt
has Indicated his aversion to amend
ment of ths Sherman antl-truat aot
and from his talks with callers to
night ths infsrance was drawn that
there is no suggestion of such
amendment in ths message. "I'vs put
til my egg In ona basket, " tho pres
ident said to callers tonight - i
' . Establlslilng Freoetfroit. - '
In sending an annual msssags to.
congress dsvoted to one subject stone
tho president has dons something
that ha not been dons sines 1187
when President Cleveland devoted
his message entirely to ths , tariff.
It Is usual for ths Chief toxecu-1
tlv to point out tho need of all sorts'
of legislation ' and to glvs n brief
form tbo history of ths past year so;
far as the government Is concerned, ',
This will be dns aa ay with In the
pressnt msssaga and later : on Mr.'
Taft wilt eend special '. messsges la
eongrsM dealing with Important to
Jacts. :. y ..,v.:Jl
xno president sxpects to am,,:-
ths tariff la a separate mesnnge to
bs written after December 1$. Ths'
tariff board, it was said tonight, will!
not be able to make Its report on'
tho. wool and cotton snhedules until,
then and the message will not be un
dertaken until that report Is ready.
UC. LODGE .
MSSESII.C.'tlTEfi.l
n'D HISTOBIGIL ASS'fJ;
"Makers of the 'Constitu
tion" Subject of HisBril
; liant Address
OFFICERS ELECTED
ANNUAL
MESSAGE
RALEIGH, ' N. C, Nov. JT.'Tho
Makers of tho Constitution," was tho' .
hemo of tho address of United States
Senator Mlrtiry Cabot Lodge, of Mas-'
saohusetts, before ths North Carolina
Literary and Historical association!
tonight. Bo reviewed tho personality t
of sio dominant makers of tho fed-!.
oral constitution and features of tho;
world's history that contributed to!
its formation and moat sharply criti
cised clamors that ars of lata be
ing raised for changes or reconstruc
tion. lt most diabolical of all tho) '
changes being proposed ho declared,;
to bo true proposition for "comptil-i
sory" lnlativoand referendum. In ani
oxhaustlvo review of this proposed I
governmental change hs argued that!
it would be substituting) "governmnnt
tumult for government law," and I
that it to a travesty on popular gov-
era men t and tho antipathy of democ
racy. Hs appealed for support of re-j
preventative government througth con-
nm and as state legislature and
for enactment of laws to moot cur
rant govornmentoJ needs. - ' i
Offlosro Bierted - t
Tho historloal association tonightt
elected R-, D. W, Connor, prestdenti
Dr. W. P. Few, of Trinity college,
Judge A. C.. Avery, of Morganton,
and Miss Lida T. Rodman, of Wash
ington, vlc president; Clarence Poo.)
eteretary-treasurer. Mr. Foe has?;
been secretary-treasurer since tho asv-t
oohvtlon 1 wso ' formed twelve rear
ago. Resolutions were adopted on-
doraing bh movement to mark the .
Daniel Boons trait from Yadkin coun.
ty, westward throught Tennessee Into ,i
Kentucky, . and tho undertaking of '
North Carolina division. Daughters f
tho Confederacy, to erect a $15.00,
monument to North Carolina ooWlifrsf
at Oettj-sburg. For the brilliant ad.
dress tonight by Senator Lodge. VtU
Introdoctjon of tho . distinguished
speaker wao by ex-Judge R. W. Wins
ton,, who , expressed tho pfemsure of
Raleigh and North Carolina In tiavlng
tho brains of tho dominant repub
lican party" visit tho stats and cap!
tal City and see tho people for him
self. A brilliant finale for tho
twelfth annual session of ths saso-j
elation was tho reception of sx-JiKisrel
I
4CooUoue4 pq FssT" Tbie-
i r