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THE ASHEmLE;;CITIZEH.: THE WEATHER v ; FAIS C . . Citlxen Want Ads Bring Results von xxvni., no. a. ASIIEVILLE, N. C4 TUESDAY . MORNING DECEM BER 5, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS TRftDERESTRAINT HOUSE LIVELY BDTj SENATE HAS ONLY A Formidable Job. jas. i mm 1 L LSE L Suit filed Against Dayton Con ' corn Charging Illegal Prac tices Carried on Two New Senators ans Five Most of "Old Guard" of Con cern Step Down and Out of Great Corporation - Written Confession Thought by Many to Great Dis appointment to State . New Representatives in ducted Into Office RQGKEFLLLERS NQ A 4 "y- . CHARGED IS R GQNNECTEQ M IS o GAS HE CIS GO FORMA WITH STANDARD Di HIMSELF IN GTS V SELLING BELOW COST ONE OF THE CHARGES Wriere Competition Was Fife. Claimed Price Was Below Making Cost CINCINNATI. O.. Dec 4. Suit wm 41ed In the IJnlted States circuit court i here today salnet the National Cash Register r company, of,- Dayton. O Charging that the company la in a - conspiracy in restraint of trade and v tha itfoe enjoined from further car rying on. suh illegal practices as is set forth in the petition. .' The government does not -seek to destroy the National Cash Register company as a corporation nor to in , , tertere with the legal and legitimate business of the company, 'but asks i that it ,e prohibited from selling . ' cash registers and other registering ': ' devices in a manner that will prevent -', competition. ' V The suit was filed y United States - District Attorney Sherman, T. Mc pherson, who was assisted by Attor ney Henry Harrison, representing the 'v - Interstate commerce commission. . Those named as: defendants are the t Cash Register company and twenty. ' elrht officers, directors and district sales scent of the company. . ' "War of Extermination" .The government, in Its petition, complains that the indlvlduahdefend ants acttntf through the Insrrumental My of the corporation are seeking by Illegal eete to eliminate, stifle and suppress other manufacturers 'and dealers engaged in the . business of : making sod in selling and. shipping in interstate ...commerce . cash registers -' amd other registering devices. 1 It is further charged that the de fendants have waged vicious, wrong- . v ffal Md unlawful wars of -extermina-1 tkn 1 against other competitors and Sf-'i;S- have Ktrtven them out of the busl-r-V a, boss.- securitm thereby about 8 per .!icnr tn Ws. iato i)ipi ( One ief the .main -chsrges contains . v i ed In the petition is that. the company .old register below the cost of pro duction In various Instances where ' competition was rife. v Among those named as defendants In addition to the cash register com pany, was John A. Patterson, prssl- dent of the company. "FAIR COMPETITIOX" WASHINGTON. Deo. 4. Attorney- . General Wlckersham In a statement tonight on the equity suit against the ' National Cash Register company, de clared that the government did not seek a dissolution 'of the corporation but "to compel fair competition and to restrain the acts of savagery here tofore employed and now toeing di rected against the few remaining (Continued on "Throe) P .Charges of Conspiracy to : Defraud Government Out of Valuable Land APPLIES TQ ALASKA WASHINGTON, Oec . The Supreme court of the United States today opened the way for the federal government to prosecute ooal land fraud in Alaska by holding. that the general coal land laws of the United States which forbids persons or as sociations making mora than one entry applied to the unsurveyed coal regions of Alaska The immediate re sult of the holding was the reversal of the action of the United States Circuit court for western Washington aa quatmig aa invalid the Indict ment against Chas. F. Munday and Archie W. Shields on charges of con spiracy to defraud the government out of Alaska coal lands valued at 110,001,000. The way Is now opened for their trial on this charge. Justice Lurtoon rendered the unanimous opinion of - the court. 'Munday and Shields were indicted -along- with others on charges of con spiracy the government by seeking to procure for the Alaska Development company and the Pacific Coal and Oil company some six thousand acres ef Alaska coal landa It was alleged that some forty persons were Induced to make entries, ostensibly for them setvee. but in fact aa the agents of and for the use of the two corpora Uona - ' The Indictments were brought In . the United States Circuit court tor Western Washington but ' were quashed by Judge Hanford on the ground that a person or association was not limited to one entry of coal lands In Alaska.- The . government brought the Judge's action to the Su. yretne ooart for review LITTLETON'S SPEECH ENLIVENS THE HOUSE Party . Lines and Grievances Obliterated in Exchange of Greetings .,'. WASHINGTON, Deo. 4. Congress reassembled today; It inducted into office two new senators and five new representatives and In the lower 'branch - presented the ' sensational spectacle of an opening day phllllplc, a uechliy Representative Littleton of New York,, a democrat wiho for seventy minutes inveighed against the so-called American Anti-trust league. That organization had attacked Mm in connection with his atttude toward the so-called steel trust inquiry. Up on that speech, wh1cU democrats and republicans Alike, accorded round af ter rotund of 1 applause Republican Leader Mann In a resolution bespeak ing the inspect In ' which the New York member was held, called for a formal inventksatlon of the efforts to "blacken the character oV- Mr.( Little ton. ,-- ' It was the first regular session of Die (2nd oongress, a session expected to be replete with remarkable de velopments , and which may stretch over a period longer than the usual meetings of congress. The session la counted upon to deal with tariff. currency, arbitration and a host of other big problems, but all activity ttlll be a view to the effect on the coming presidential campaign. ' 4 TJie senate waa in session today only seventeen minutes, the house, however, ; continued ' Its proceedings for two hours and eighteen minutes. The senate decided to meet hereaf ter at two o'clock, beginning; tomor row until legislative needs put the hour back to. noon. The house,, how ever.' wll continue to meet tamyrrow and thereafter at noon. , .'j.Mgrmam and Cjrk Frealda-j-J ""Vice President Sherman . and Speaker Clark, respectively, called the two houses to order. - There was an exceptionally full , attendanoe of senators, and representatives, The galleries in both chambers were In adequate to accommodate all the vis itors. .. . " Party lines and personal differences were seemingly obliterated iin the ex change of greetings among senators and representatives, many of whom' TO Says He Knows He's Fol lowed by Detective, Has - Nothing to Conceal POSITIVE DENIAL NEW YORK, Dec. ' 4. -Samuel LOompers was ssked tonight to what extent the Amejrtcan Federation of Labor, of wbicfa he is president, will aid in further investigation by the government of lsibor troubles. "Our ftooks and such records as we have will be open to the ifederal grand jury investigating committee or any re sponsible person of decent chaicacter and integrity. We have nothing to withhold," he replied. "Would this offer include the books and records showing money received, and paid out and for what purposes?" a reporter asked. Mr. Gorapers replied with some heat: "I tried to make my state ment as specific and accurate aa pos sible." , Asked if he knew whether he was under survellanee, Mr. Gompers an swered: "I know I am. Two of Burns' men ave been following me since my arrival in Now York last Satur day night. . I go and come openly and I have' nothing to conceal. ' I in tend to remain here until Tuesday and then go to Waehington." - Mr. Gompers made a positive de ntal of a statement credited to Detec tive Wm. J, Burns that Clarence 8. Darrow waa present at the conference in Indianapolis in June,, "It is abso lutely false," he said, . "there were forty labor leaders ifrom all-over the country present to discuss -plans for raising money for the defense of the McNanwaa There waa no intima tion of their guilt given out at that meeting. ' '". ' ' The labor leader indignantly assert ed that he did not feel called upon to reply When one reporter asked , him suggestively if be had any expecta tion of giving up the leadership of the labor organization in the near fnture. He said: i' ''.;'.(". - "I was lately unanimously re-elected president of the American Fader atton of Labor." JOHN D. ARCH BOLD IS .:, NOW ITS PRESIDENT List of Officers and Directors Almost New Management About The Same NEW YORK. Dec, 4 John D. Rockefeller terminated his career as head of the Standard Oil company today. With him there also retired most of the conspicuous figures of the early days of the "oil trust.!' Not a Rockefeller remains among the officers and directors of the Standard Oil company, of New Jersey, chief of the oil corporations, which was the holding company up to the time. of the recent dissolution of the great combine. , ; , f Wm. Rockefeller,' Wm. S. Rocke feller. C M. Pratr. H. M. Flagler, B. T, Bed word and oDbers whose names have been prominent in the oil busi ness stepped behind the scenes today. John; D. Archibald, 1 one, of the few members of the "old guard" te re main, became president of the Stan dard Oil company of New Jersey and Will control Its dentlnles. V John D. Rockefeller was not ..pres ent at St Broadway, the headquarters of the Standard Oil, at the special mottlng la which Ms resignation was acted upon. The termination, of. the business career of the man who has acquired a rinique personality In his tory and amassed what Is gewerally regarded" as the largest private for tune In the world. , -was a perfunc tory proceeding.' It bad been planned In advance although the plans had lieeR kept secret. All the information vouchsafed at 21 Broadway came in the shops Of a brief typewritten etale merit announcing the changes, i 1 J . Hanagrnient (liangrd Mtt!e ', Today's action affects not- only the New Jersey company but a number of other corporation in tl- Standard Oil irroup, Althoiwlrthejuitot1 bffl cer amrmrBBri WVrrtoally made over, the actual management will be changed but little.- To wha extent toikjy's action Is an outcome of the dixsolutlon fW Standard OH was not disclosed from any authorttative source. It is generally understood the decision of the United States Supreme court merely hastened the retirement of men whose advancing years made It certain could not re tain their places muoh longer. It Is r(rfirflfri am wnbablA that Mr. Rock efeller aaff 4Z assistants thought (Contlwned on Page Thiw) EARNEST EFFORT TO GET EVERY MAN INVOLVED tfl "Investigation Now Being Made by Government Will be Thorough" 'NO FALSE ISSUES" INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Dec. 4. "An earnest effort will be made by the government to bring to Justice every man who was Involved In the most damnable conspiracy ever en tered into In this country," said United States District Attorney Chas. Miller today In discussing thi federal grand jury's investigation of dyna miting operatllns of the McNamara brothers and others alleged to have been associated with them. Samuel Oompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was charac terised as an "unsafe leader" by Mr. Miller, who eaid it was time for labor leaders "who stand on honest ground" to take charge of labor or ganization. "The investigation now being made by the government will be thorough and complete and an earnest effort will be made to bring to justice ail the men who are involved in the most damnable conspiracy ever 'en tered into in this country," said Mr. Miller.. "The peoule ere entitled to know all the facts and all the tacts will be known at the proper time. It Is. not a part of my duty o discuss the details, and I will not Co so. The time is at hand for me to set. "There Is no occasion for any per son to be misled by false issues. This la not a contest betwen capital ant labor. Capitalists and laborers who believe in law and order must . and will stand together. - BOMB KILLS TWELVE CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 4.A bomb was thrown today In a mosque at Ietlh In tne Vilayet of Koesovq, European Turkey, killing twelve per sona and wounding twenty. This is the fourth .outrage in Macedonia within a few days. In the other cases railways wers blown up but no We was Injured. Bulgarian revolu tionists are accused of -being the perpetrators. LITTLETON'S ADDRESS BRINGS FORTH DEMAND FOR ANOTHER INVESTIGATION "''-r : ' Republican Leader Mann Dcmandi That So-CaDed "Anti-Tmc" League' Methods .' be Thoroughly Looked Jnto-Littteton'e Denunciation of League's , -. ,. . . . . - ..... . , , ., .... t . Secretary:Apvlauded Impeachment lUaohition, WASHINGTON", Dec. , (.An In vestigation of the iporatlons of the so-called antl-truet 1 loagu was de manded by Republican; "Leader Mann In the house ft$r remarkable speech by Representative Martin W. Utthton ef New YprK-who cnargsd Henry B. Martlnv .'sereetitry of the, leegue, with attempting " defame bim, ' Is was the c Umax of the dis pute between Mr, Llileton and Chair-1 man Stanley of the house sttl eor- poratlon Inveatlgratlng committee Over the met Hods of prow dure, since the nilng of rbe government's suit agalustj the United .States fuel corporation . Round .. lifter i round- of .applause punctuated , Mr,.; Li i.tigtbua- seventy minute defense.) 4Ms 4atortiMMMM democrats and rapubliaans assured him of their confluence Int. htm. Meantime, Mr. Martin Oiad ihanded to Speaker -Clark a memorial and petition asking that Mr, Littleton be 1rnpeached on the gTOjund that lie Had "co-operated, and conspired with heads of tire trust" to prevent a continuance- of tne steel Inquiry. This memorial, t.owever, was not present- ed to tft house. Assails Secretary Martin 1 j Mr. Littleton assailed Mr. Martin and others as In conspiracy to use the steel Investigating committee to depress the value of stocks in Wall street. Published art tales character ising Mr. Littleton as the champion of the steel' corporation and resolu tions adopted at a meeting here Hut night at which Martin reiterated tils charge, formed the basis for the Llt ttston speech. Mr. Mann's resolution which was DUVEEN PLEADS GUILTY IS Scathing Arraignment of Noted Art Dealer by U. S. Attorney-Oeneral NEW YORK, Dec. 4. Benjamin J. Duveen, son of t late Sir Joseph Duveta and junior roamber of the yifthvenue art flrmv several of whose members have been fined for undervaluation "frauds withdrew a plea of not guilty and on entering a plea of guilty ya fined 115.000 by Judge Holt In the I nlted States Clr cult court this afiornoon. Judge Holt Imposed the fine after a scath ing arraignment of the art dealr by.Asslstsnt United States Attorney General Wemple, who demanded a prison sentence. , John 'B. Stan field, counsel", for the defendant, In (taking for a sen tence of a moderate fine said that Benjamin J. Dveen's Interest In the firm was only five p r cent and called the attention of the court to an agreement between himself and Dis trict Attorney Wie whereby it was decided, he said, that the payment! of tl, 200,000 as restitution would j eliminate the Duveens from any fur-j flher prosecution. Of this amount $1, 180.000 had bee retrtored to the gov ernment, he pointed out. WASHINGTON. Tc Forecast for North Carolina: Fair Tuesday: Wednesday, fair, siktfitly warmer: light te moderate north to northeast winds, - ' ; . referred to die rules committee which expects to take early' action on it. follows: ' , . Whereas, Hon. Martin W. Uttle ton lhas on tils responsibility as a member, charged that, as a member of thin house, acting on behalf of the house In the investigation of the United : States fteel. corporation, the hss been subjected to a blackmailing ttack 1a a New York newspaper, mad on behalf at tbe so-oalled anil trust league: 'Resolved that committee of sev en msmbfTs be appointed to Invesll gate the circumstances of the. said newspaper eUtacs), ,hw relations of the so-called anti-trust league thereto aweaotv1t1e eUhe- salS league' a far as they may be designed to ef fect the action of the house , or any committee (Wiereof and that the com. mlttee have authority to srnd for persons and paper and take tetl; mony at any time in Washington and! others places." ; v I nepubllcans and democrats ap plauded vigorously ths declaration of Mr. Littleton that the charges Of )Ms Interest tn v 'steel trust affairs wre false In every artlclar. "I pro. pose to fight to the death the defama tion of publlo men -in this country," declared Mr. Littleton. Stanley Slienl Chairman Stanley ef ths steel In nstigatlng committee remained sitont during ttie speech of tlh New York member.' The latter In no way at tached himself to. the committee as a "voluntary m ploys' and had misre presented his connection with It. Mr: Llttleon's explanation of his QUESTION OF PASSPORTS TQ JEWS IS TAKEN UP President Awaits Report From American Ambassa dor at St. Petersburg WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. After months of uncertainty the UnHed States government has taken up with the Russian govsrnment st St. Peters burg ths question of -passports for American Jews In Russia and the obligations upon Russia embodied In the much discussed treaty of lilt. President Taft Is awaiting a report from American Ambassador Guild at Kt. Petersburg, which, if it comes tomorrow, will' be' discussed by the cabinet at its regular session. If it does not indicate a willingness upon the part of the Russian government to consider the question, Mr. Taft mey recommend to congress legisla tion that vsould accomplish Uie end desired. Unaware of the notion ef the ad mlnlstraUon, Representative Sulscer, of New York, and Garner, of Texas, to day introduced In con grees resolu tions providing for the abrogation of the treaty of 1SJ2. The fact that negotiations have Item i.'gun in St. Petersburg by the United States was carefully concealed and only became known here today. That Ambassador Guild anight be successful In bis undertaking was predicted tonight. BIG APPROPRIATION -A8KKH. WASHINGTON, . Dec. 4. Nearly two and one-half million dollars tn appropriations for lighthouses and lightships in a general plan of movement for aids to navigation, are asked in the estimates of the depart ment of commerce and labor sent to congress today. . Now projects not aaprtated for last year are Included. Among those con sidered essential for navigation needs and the amounts udged for their Im provement is Cape Fear, N. C, JO, s9., ....... -.-'-..'-. ; ' own pdkitton on the commutes and his general sympathy with ths pro grees of ths investigation were en dorsed by Rpremletlv Gardner, of Massachusetts,, a republican member of the committee who mads the only lnterruptlondyrlng ths speech. , "Every statement that the gsntle- man from New York has mads as to his attitude on the oommltie Is ab solutely true," said1 Repreosntatlvs Oardner. , , ; ' Uuloton'g Spoenli ' Among ot'her things. Mr. Littleton laid thaf M did, not demand that the tiouae Investigate his e barges, an- uounntng that tie would content Mm sslf with sh MateTTumt of his posi tion and' ileul'al ir"ths .ailtg tlous against bln. . ' Most of Mr. LKtleton's spesch was devoted te a defsnse of his position en ths commltte od to a complete denial of the acouat!on that Os was allied With the "trust interests." , "I tiavs never vet corns to ths pros tituted position Intellectually where 1 shall so debase myself aa to fling away the obligations which- I . took to serve my country, under Vm fear of organised blackmail or because of ths uninformed and Impatient cri ticism o a man whom I have sup ported In two of his three presidential campaigns." Mr. Littleton stated that h oon fessd to soms "bewilderment over ths preflxsjs progressive or - reaction ary," and that ha believed there "It a distinct class of politicians Whose Cmirlnaeel on page' Utrse T OF LAW PASSED UPON ' . Insurance Policy May be Assigned to Creditor of Person Not Insured WASHINGTON, Deo. . -The Su preme court of the United States to day passed upon a much disputed point of law wthen It decided that a life insurance policy may be as signed lo one not related or to a creditor of the . person not Insured when g..e ssslgnmsnt was not con templated at the time the policy waa procured. This decision was reaohsd In disposing ef 110,009 life Insurance on the life of John C Burchsrd, of TcnnrsTrfs". Several months before Ilurchard died he assigned his policy to Dr. A. 11. Origsby. After this death ths administrator ef ths estate claimed the money -on. the ground that Its assignment te a person with out Interest in the life of tbe Insured wss against public policy, whethtsr the assignment was contemplated at tttva time the policy was procured or later. - - ';:. - . The United States Circuit court for middle Tennessee held that the a stgnment was void. - The Supreme court today reversed the lower court. "' DEMOCBACV TO BE HEARD WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. PraeUeal ly every democrat who has been men tioned as a possible candidate for fie presidential nomination in 1011 will bavs a chance to be en and bsard at the Jaskson day - banauef to ' ke held In this city In connection , witli the meeting of the democratic na tional, committee,.. January I. " Ar rarigements were completed tonight for the banquet : Tbe list of speakers to be Invited Includes . William J. Bryan, - Speaker ' Clark. ' Governors Harmon of OK-4o, Wilson of New Jer sey, Marshall of Indiana, Foss of Massachusetts and Dlx Of Now York; William Randolph Hearst. Represen tative Underwood of .Alabama, and Alton B. Parker. NO OFFICIAL REPLY; , TO THIS SUPPOSITION' Deposition of Wife of Sworn Juror That Her Husband r , Accepted Brlbo Money , ' LOS ANQELB3, Dec. 4. James V McNamara, who on Friday pleaded guilty of murder e.vrotigh the dyna miting of thai Los Angetva Times building, wrote his confession tonight and gave It to District Attorney John D, Fredericks. ' Bis brother, Jofhn J. McNamara. . secretary , of ttie International Asso ciation of Bridge and Structural Iron , Workers, who pleaded guilty to hav ing dynamited the Iewellya Iron Works in Los Angeles, made no con-1 fesslon. It is said that he was not ssksd to do so. Pefore James B, McNamara's con- I fesslon was' made. District Attorney' Fredericks declared that he would not give it out until after the men were sentenced and tomorrow is the day . set t for that proceeding by Judge Walter Bordweil, It was learned, however, that .f statement Implicates no one besides the writer. It deals with nothing oept ths actual (happenings In Los Angolea it does nut describe ths trip . from Indianapolis west or tell who McNamara saw after tie got there Clarenoe S. Darrow and LeOompts Davis, counsel for the .defense, visit ed ths brothers during ths afternoon, Thwy eamo away and later returned, apoompanlsd by District Attorney, Prsderlcka There was a stenograph-' or- wit them. -. ......... - Bollberste llhrs James B, ' McNamara sat with block of scratch paper on his knee and ' wrote tila confession his own way. l did It deliberately, wltlv a rare as to the forming of trh let ters for "J. B." does not tnWe te ' wrlOrig as eully 'as tit brother, Whtu ICnntlnnrtf ntt Psire Theoel IF: -niiBCE of.dis v fJAKES W CK!ffi Says State Department at Washington Promoted' Bonila Bevolution ' . WOULD FORCE L0A1X NEW ORLEANS, Dae 4, In . two-hundred pego book published hers today, Juan B. Paredes, - former special minister of finance ef Hondu ras, dsolarss ths state department at .Washington encouraged tbsr Bonila revolution in Honduras last winter 1n an atumpt to fores . the Uonduran government to sign the Morgan loan agreement, parades asserts the Wash ington stats department virtually sub. mitted to President Davlls at Hondu ras, this ultimatum. - Ths protectorate and ths Atorgma loan or ths rsvwlution. President Devi la, Paredes d eel ares In Ms fcookv was' forced to agree to ths loan psoposttkm and ordered tn agreement signed) "From, what tiappsnsd afterward a," Paredes asserts, "It may be tttsarrsd that Davlla had entered inte an un derstanding with ths stats departmeot t'hat ths revolution would fee stopped provided he put throuiffti the treaty and ths losn. "Ths seisurs of vessel Hornet - and. the Indictment ef the revolutionists' at New Orleans, is significant In this connection. .- According to Paredes, the Hpndtt ran congress almost unanimously re jected the loan agrseemnt and ths revolution was permitted to continue. He goes on to ray Chat despite ths Hooduran rejection of the loan It was submitted to . the United Statss sto at. '.. -"V.r' iVf''i;,.:,;,::--it;;v-:.v: I Correspondence that passed among the governments of Great Britain. Honduras and 'Che United States, is published i in, ttt tiook and la this connection , he asks, "is tt the inten tion of President .Taft- to subjugate Honduras and turn tbe country oven to the dominance of Wall . street nnanclsrsT Will 'dollar diplomacy: go his far.. -,v- . '--v :;;i,r - "The subjugation of the group of I little Central American republics will ' mean the abandonment of the Mon-J ros doctrine, the destruction of the Fan-American virion, a reproaon to ths United States which has so long ' championed Oi rights of indepand-f encs, freedom and democracy -and a" sourc ef Miter . fseling and hatred between the races on tola hemis phere." ' V , ''. ; . Paredes was opposed to ratifies, tion by the United States senate of he Moraaa loan treaty and Ma book is irrteded for presentation to scnat jis and oongreasmen si Washington.
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