THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN.
THE WEATHER
FAIR ' ' '"'i
ASHEVILLE, N. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1911
VOL. XXVHI, NO. 47
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BITT CHS
WILLBE REPLIED
TO "INDUE TIME"
So Says Rev. Frederick , T.
Gates Answering Invitation
of Chairman Stanley .
LETTER MADE PUBLIC
EXONERATES OIL KINO
Acting For Rockefeller and
Himself. Gates Says Reply
Will be Made Soon
NEW YORK, Doc 7,-iActlng for
John D. Rockefeller and himself, the
Rev." Frederick T. Gate today an
nounced Ghat he would In due Urn re
ply to the invitation of Chairman
Stanley to appear before the commit
tee of Dhe house of representatives
Vhich la Investigating the United
Kioto Steel corpota-Mon. lie5 atao
maid pirbno a letter from C. P.. Wei
more to John D. ., Rockefeller dated
November IS, 10, ftr Mr. Rocke
feller had loaned to the Merrttte'atl
the -money he ever furnished them.
The Mercttits referred to were largely
intereated In the .Meet.l.o. ore proper
ties and .In bis testimony before tlhe
Stanley eommtt.tee Leonid - Mewltt
harnd Mr. Rockefeller , with "call
ing" loans he made o them a a re
ult of .., he Sieved, (he Merrltts
loet their lntereot In the properties
and the. railroad buiK- to develop
; Wemufe'i Letter
In ie letter medo public by Mr.
Galea wbioh. wa written after all of
the dealing between Mr. Rockefeller
and the MerrKta were practically over,
'Mr. Wetmoee aald:.
.,. "Every step that he been taken re
aulttng 4n the-rreat oombinatton of
- mining; and railway interest now
: concluded wHh the single exception.
ao tar aa I can remember of the pur-i
U . . W dull. i.-
i CqnaoHdarted company.' whidhl I fee
Have, waa flrat eugeeted by Mr. Oatea
. waa planned and proposed by me and
unred upon yon.;--- i:i-1 ----i-
"With the exception stated I da not
recall e.waortr';JeadlnV-4 the
"JooiisoUdmtlon, " whose essential terms
were not- Brat . uaTeTeatad , by myself
ant in every case you fulfilled, with
out question every otMigeUon- whtrth
waa imposed, upon you by these con
tracts, v ' ,
; "All these extraordinary and unfor
seen demands upon your time and re
sources (have been met by you in my
opinion moat generously. This is the
simple truth and I am clad to pay
It to you." -
Hhe Mr. Wet more referred to was
'at the time buisness associate of the
Merrttts and was largely Interested
with them In their various enterprises
and is now president of the North
American company In New York. Af
fixed to the letter Is the following
note from Leonldaa Merrltt:
"I have read the above statement
of facta signed by Mr, We-trmore and
very cheerfully certify ta.thelr ao cu
racy. " -
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO BE URGED TQ ISSUE
RIVERS-HARBORS BONOS
If This Fails, States Will be
Asked to Issue the
Bonds .
OFFICERS ELECTED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The Issue
of bonds by the federal government
to cover the cost of improvement of
rivers and arbors was urged before
' the national rivers and harbors con
grass here today. If the government
declined to make such an issue or
If congress should be slow to appro
priate money for the Improvements,
the Issue of bonds by states was ad
vocated by many of the apeakera
Mayer Gaynor of New Tork, Gov
ernor Had ley of Missouri, Mayor
intsgerald of Boston and Roy Miller
ef Corpus Chriatl, Texas, were among
those who favored the bond Issue
plan. Other speakers were Secretary
of the Interior Fisher, Oensral Bixby.
chief of army engineers; ' Senator
' Fletcher of Florida, August Belmont
ef New Tork, Judge W. F. Bland of
' Kansas City, Thomas Wilkinson, Bur
lington, Ohio; George , W. Gottirie,
former mayor of Pittsburg, and John
I Tance of Columbus, Ohio.
. Mayor Gaynor favored the Issue of
bonds but disliked the referendum
t method of of getting It. The experl-
, rnce of his own stats with the refer
endum he said did not hold out much
hope to those who demand Immediate
Improvement of waterways. He ad
ded that the present high cost of liv
ing might be laid to rebates allowed
.by the railroads whicft could be off
set by the Intelligent development of
waterways to compel the reduction of
freight .charge. Representative
: Ransdell of Louisiana was re-elected
president of the oongrtss
TOBACCO "TRUST'S"
RULE IS AIMED AT
IN THE HOUSE BILL
Directs Publishing of Statistics Ev
ery Six Months by Census Bureau
As to Amount
By Dealers and
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. Aimed at
the domination of the so-called 'to
bacco trust." a bill detecting the cen
sus bureau to publish statlstioa ovary
six months as to the amount of tobac
co held by dealers and manufacturers
of tits country, waa debated for hours
la Kha loue today and will ba voted
upon tomorrow.
Tthe bill was introduced last sum
mer by Rspreaenuktlve Centrill, of
Kentucky, who explained hat H was
deaagned for the tobacco growers who
claim that the government statistics
give manufacturers unfair? advantage
when tha crop la marketed. Ha said
the tobaoco trust knew all the secrets
of tha crop, "and can pound down
prices nvMle the farmers have no way
to ascertain tha amount -of toMaceo
stock on hand n the warehouses."
Republican Leader Mann and For
mer Bpeaker Cannon vfcsttrously op
posed the bill. Mr. Cannon declared
that If any ruc.h biU wera passed It
should Include all crops held by deal
ers and tn warwhouaas. Tha punkah
ment of manufacturer Who withhold
statistics also waa attacked aa uncoo
tHutlonal. . . . ,
'GARY BEFORE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. Elbert H.
Gary, chief executive of the United
States Btael corporation, stated again
today before tha senate committee on
Interstate commerce his belief that tha
United State government must as
sume control of big corporations to
protect the pubUc and at the same
ttira insure the advantage ef corpora
tion aconomlea and development.
Mr, Gary reiterated before tha com
mittee which la seeking a solution of
the trust evil,' hla , recommendations
for the creation of a federal' corpora
tion commission, the licensing of alt
corporations; the requisition of their
agreements and consolidations and
complete publicity of their affairs. Ha
admitted ; that tine, steel corporation
could undersell any et its JOu competi
tors, who do SI per cent of tha domes
tic buemesa because of greater econo
mtea of production; but ha said that
H aimed at maintaining fair prices aad
fcae Aoonvpetlttea instead of ' "Vidt
throat methods. " that vlUmntely drive
SEN. REYES' BRIEF VISIT
TO HIS NATIVE COUNTRY
Donned the Clothing of La
borer, Acting Part of De
crepit Man
BEARD NOT CUT OFF
MEXICO CITT, D. 7. General
Reyes brief visit to his native coun
try ended today when be arrived at
Brownsville, Texas, just across the
river from Maf amoraa
This information was contained In
an official dispatch to the department
of the Interior from Major Joss Pens,
commandants at Matamoras, who
says tha general, accompanied by
Miguel Culroga and David Reyes
Betano, boarded a tfaln In Mexico at
the town of Rositano junction, just
south of Matamoras, from where tfbey
rode to the town on the American
aids of the river. By automobile, by
train and on horseback, they have
covered the distance southward from
Falfurlas. Texas, to Mier on the Mexi
can aids ad from 8'rwra down the
river to U14 coast country; The com
mandants added that Reyes had not
sacrificed hla beard In order to dis
guise his appearance hut that he. had
donned the clothing of a laboring
man and ba2 trudged along with a
cane, acting the part of a decrepit
man.
A report published by El Imparclal
but wfelch lacks any confirmation Is
that Dr. Esplnosa de Los Monteros,
ten days ago eroased the frontier In
to Mexico eight kilometers from
Juares at. the bead of tf considerable
body of men recruited by a promi
nent business man of San Antonio.
It. states that with Monteros is a
board of strategy. Including Major
Carlos Gonzales and Juan Palaces,'
Captains Luis Psres, Manuel Gomes
and Tom as Bravo. He Is credited wtOi
having two machine guas and a sig
nal service corps wU equipped and
under the direction ef a telegrapher
named Joan Fednandes de Castro. -
NEAR OCTOGENARIAN WENS
HAVERHILL, Masa, Dec. 7 To
marry at the age of seventy-five and
to come Into a fortune of at least
ll.BOO.eeo la the good luck that has
accrued to Joslah O. Hasen. of this
city, who is named as the principal
beir and -adnrimatrator of the estate
ef his brother, Marahmaa William
Hasen, of New Tork city. The latter
died "lit July. '? "', '' ..'.
Last Tuesday evening Mr. Hasen,
accompanied by Mrs. Mattie B. Towle.
of this city journeyed te Georgetown,
where f hey were made ma had
wife
of Tobacco Held
Manufacturers.
the smaller concerns to bankruptcy.
Tha Hill ere lease Is to be cancelled
because 1t has ten criticised by tha
department of commerce and labor,
aad also ' at' the -hearings before the
Stanley committee, said Judge Gary.
George W. Harris urjied ths enact
ment of a federal law limiting the
amount of profits of big corporations.
Ha aald that a plan that would per
mlt the larger oomfclnatlona ot capl
tal to earn only per cent on their
Investment awhile smaller oorporatlons
were allowed much larger returns,
' would aneedlly break up the aggrega
tlona of oapetal Into smaller oompet
Ing companies.
"I FARMERS HAVE INNING
; WASHINGTON, Dec. T. Tho rami'
Acatlons of the Investigations of the
sugar trust by the house sowar Inves
tigating committee, took It into the
war between the sumr beet crowera
of Colorado and the Great Western
Sugar company today. Witnesses for
she f armors insisted that tha farmers
were not getting their share of the
profits ot the sugar Industry.. Jatnss
Bodkin,, of Mead, Colo., bitterly de
nounced the sugar refinery and-Its
methodai He refused to retract state
ments previously made that the
cheapest kind of labor was transport'
ed from tha slums of the cities to the
fields. E. U. Ooombs, of Fort Mor
gan, Colo., urged retention of the tar.
Iff.
."Keep the tariff on and protect us
from the Interests," said he. "and I
will double the numlber ot sugar re
fineries tn Colorado In three years."
1 iMr. Coombs, one of a commutes of
flhree sugar beet , growers from hla
state, satd that as a rule the farmers
were hostile, to the Great Weetftr n Su
gar company. "We can raise enough
sugar," said he, ''to supply the eoun-
t.v. '! What we need is an assurance
that the sugar interests cannot squsese
us out."
Mr. Coombs described the methods
by whloh he suBer (refiners sUfle
competition. He told of one inde
pendent refiners which failed because
Of lack of aapltal caused- by jthaUaO.
ore ot a u ear compan y omciai to aa
vance money be heit prirmilsed. -
MAKES APPEAL TO U.S.
FOR AID AND SrPJSPATHY
Cablegram Read in House
Referred to Foreign Af
fairs Committee
MUCH IN EARNEST
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. An appeal
from the Persian people to the eon
grans of the United States for aid and
sympathy in ti.ielr controversy with
Russia, threatening their. Indepen
dence, was read today in the house
of representatives. It asked aid con
sistent with Prs!a's dignity and .In
dependence. fre appeal, a cablegram in French
from Teheran, was read In that lan
guage by Representative Estoplnal of
Louisiana, who later rsad .the trans
lation in English.
Ths appeal was referred to the for
eign affairs committee. The appeal
follows: '
"The ultimatum of tfhe Russian
government threatening our Indepen
dence, (having been rejected with one
accord by a country who, jealous of
Its liberty, trlea to preserve it at
any price, the Russian government
wquld impose It upon us by armed
force.
"Our one defense Is, perhaps, that
having understood the necessity of
a new regime snd wishing to enter
upon an. era ef reform and organiza
tion and also convinced of eur perfect
Innocence of not being guilty of any
aggressive act, we appeal to the hu
manitarian sentiment of the parlia
ment of r. United States in saying
to them;
"Tou, who have tasted the benefit
of liberty, would you witness ths fall
of any people whose only fault was
to sympathize with your system ts
save its future? Would you suffer
that Persia should fall for having
wutted to preserve its national dig
nity and for having undertaken the
sentiments so dear to a free people?
Trusting In ths sentiment of lioncTr
and justice of the g serous people of
whitih. you are their representative -w
re sure that, our appeal will pene
trate to your ears and will rain for
us your precious aid in a solution
consistent wftfi the dignity and inde
pendence of Persia." -
V TEACHES COW WITH GTN J
NEWPORT R. L. Dec 7 Because
his two cows would not respond to
his orders, Winiam H. Manchester,
of Tiverton, wsa brought into roart
today en s charge of cruelty to ani
mals. He pleaded cutlty of firing bird
shot Into both cows. One com hsd a
twelw-lneh and the other an eight
inch wound from th blrdshot. ,
"IFTHEY CQULDHT
CO id 11 TO
E"
Boast Xttrlbuted to James B.
M'Namara by Detective Re
garding Altman Case
M NAMARAS WONT CO
BEFORE GRAND JURY
Story of Ortle M'Manlgal Ex.
pected to be of Much Value
to Investigators
LOS ANGELES,; fceo.. 7. "I've got
hundreds ot 'thousands of dollars and
the American Federation of Labor
back of me. It took only HO.ooo to
clear Vincent Altja. of Chicago and
If the) oould. not. convict, him, . they
cannot convict me." ' : .
This boast, attributed today by De
tective Malcolm MeLarea to James B.
MoNamara, as tha latter waa being
taken on a train from, Detroit to
Chicago, oti the alght of April 11,
last, caused Ortia S.jMcttaalgal, then
also under arrest Hut become angered
wlua McNamara for? his Independent
statement and was he first Hrcam
stance that led Jnrllanlgal to break
from his companion, ; and .eventually
to oonfesa hla connection with various
dynamiting expeditions throughout
the country. McManlHal's real eon
feaston has been saved tor the trials
ot J as, B. and Jphh J. McNamara.
now undr sentence after t'ivelr pleas,
of Ufa Imprisonment. - and fifteen
years respectively, but this evidence
is well as that which had .been gath
ered by the state avak turned over to
day to ths united- States government
Tha federal grand Jury , heard Me
Manigal's story alt day and will hear
mora of it tomorrow, laying ttie foun
dation for ths prober Into the alleged
dynamiting conspiracy (that extsnded
from coast to coast in,4!).a,.last three
yars,. , . 4
' The MoNamara Were not brought
before the federal, grand Jury and It
may be that McMaiilgal'g story will
be regarded as sufficient and tha oth.
ar two will be taknh to San Qttcn-
tln without tnterrovttldn here,
Details sf -,wM f Manlgal Jjnerws
ef tha .alleged eori.wracy "wera'lgfvt
en to the grand jury today.-. That hli
story Implicates other mea In the
International Association of . Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers became
known through various source.
McManlgal alleges that persons
other than John J., McNamara, ths
secretary and treasurer, paid Mm for
the twinty Jobs of dynamiting- which
he says he accomplished since 107
Aa question bad ben raised a to
ths competency of testimony from
convicted felons. It was considered
unlikely that she revelations of ths
McNamaraa. if any,, would be of eon
sequence for such tsstlmonjy could
not be used In court against those
Indicted.
The 'Story of McManlgal bowsver,
who has not yet been brought to trial
will be of great value to the govern,
ment'a Investigators and ths state will
not try . him on ttie Indictments
against until the federal authorities
are through, Even then, it was stated
tonight" on good authority. District
Attorney . Fedsrlcks will recommend
hla discharge on account of signal
service rendered.
"McManlgal never killed anybody.
In fact be took good care never to
endanger Buman llf," Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Ford said tonight,'
Malsolm, McLaren, ths detective
who arrested J. IS- MoNamara and
McManlgal and who has been in olose
co-operstlon with" Oscar Lawler, the
specially appointed prosecutor of the
government lnreatlgallon, stayed out
side the grand jury chamber today
waiting for McManlical. While thus
waiting McLaren gave a version, Aew
hi important details, of the evidence
and circumstance which led up to
the arrest of McManlgal with Mo
Namara In Detroit and how the
thoughtlessness of James B. McNa
mara on the Jorney (from Detroit
to Chicago gave the detectives ground
for persuading MoManlgal to confess.
The statements of McNamara were
made according to Mc lare In the
presence of Detective Gut Btddlnger
and Win. Reed of Chicago, Raymond
Burns, aleo one of Wm. Burns' men,
and McLaren hlmeelf. He gavs th
hours and places of hi shad
owing McManlgal for a long period.
When he confronted McManlgal with
tfhe knowledge he had thus gained,
the dynamiter deefded to break ' from
hla companion and tell all he knew.
"About the seventm -or eighth of
April last, McLaren said: "I picked
up McManifral in his home In Chica
go.- He had Just arrivoa from Rprtng-
fleld, Mass., where he aerd he had
fOontiiiwetl mi Paeja Three)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Forecast:
North Carolina: fair east, local show
er wist portion Friday or Friday
night; Saturday probably rain; light
to moderate win us, mostly northeast
and east
lll'TGOilGTfil
fairM
LABOR FEDERATION
CONDEMNS CRIMES
OF THE MNAMARAS
Declares That Organized ,. Labor
Should Notbe Held Either Legally
Or Morally Responsible For The
Crimes of an Individual Member.
WASHINGTON. Pec. 7. Branding
James B, and John J. McNamara as
"recreant to tha good name and high
ideals of labor" and expressing twe
satisfaction of ' organised labor that
tha culprits have b.en eommensurate
ly punished for their crime, the
.McNamara ways and means commit
tee Of the American Federation Of
Labor, after. two days' conference
here,1 late today issued : a ststwment
vigorously condemning the McNa
maraa for their "Inhumanity" and de
claring tftet organised labor ahould
not be held either "legally or mor
ally responsible for ths crime of an
Individual member." . . ,
The labor leaders assert that ttiey
"will ' welcome any Investigation
which, either federal or stats courts
may undertak't-,"
Ths statement 1 signed by every
member Of the McNamara remmltttfti,
except F, M. Ryan, president of the
International Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers' union, with which Jno.
J. McNamara, one of the Convicted
Loa . , Angeles dynamiter . , waa
prominently connected officially, Mr.
Ryan was present yesterday but re
turned to Indianapolis early today.
- "Had he remained, however." W
President Oompars, "I am sure that
Mr. Ryan would have added hla name
H was called back to Indianapolis by
pressure ef business. Ha did not see
tha statement but I am aura he Is h
hearty accord with Its sentlmmta" :
, Disclaim all Knowledge'''
Ag to their knowledge ef ths
crime to eyhlch the McNamaraa con
fessed, ths committee la their stats.
mnt assert r , . -
"W here and now Individually and
collectively declare trial the . first
knowlsdge or . Intimation " sf , their
guilt was . conveyed by tha press la
their -confessions of guilt,
- "From ths outset ws assured all
Contributors and the public gener
ally that w Would publish, an ac
counting of the moneys received,
from who received and te whom paid.
A report UufUJI will pa , mads first
rtff the sxecuUvg tounolt. tf Ths Amerl-
can Fsderatlott ef far at Its meet
ing to b hsid at Washington, Janu
ary I, ll."
"Organised labor in America," t hi
statement continues, "has no desire
to condone the crimes of the McNa
maraa It Joins In it satisfaction
that tbs majesty of the law lias been
maintained and ths . culprits eom
imnsurately punlsbad. for their
crlms." ,
Partly condoning Jhe trims of the
McNamaras, however, the statement
says In tia following breath "and
yet' it Is an awful commentary upon
existing condition when any one man
among all the millions of workers
can bring himself to the frame of
mind that Che only mean to secure
justice for labor Is In violence, out.
rage and murder,
"It Is cruelly unjust to hold the
men of tha labor movement either
legally, or morally responsible for the
crimes of an Individual member. No
ISAIEDJTJUEASUGE
Tentative Bill Drawn up by
Federal Employers' Lla
bility Commission
WABHINOTON, Dec 7 A tent
live bill abolishing th prasent com
mon law and statutory liability for
the personal injury and death of em
ployees In th servlcs of Interstate
railroad and ubetltating deflnlts
comctensation Irrespective of negli
gence wss completed today by th
federal employer liability and work-
men's compensation commission. It
will, however, hear reports of both
sides on the merits of ths bill be
ginning next Thursday. Ths bill pro
vides that In all Injuries medical and
urgical aid, not exceeding 1200,
shall be furnished by the employer
and that where a disability extend
beyond 14 day the employ shall
receive this compensation.
Injuries resulting tn total and per
manent disability, such as the loss
of both legs, both amta or both eyes,
fifty per cent of his wage during
the remainder of hi life. '
Permanent partial injury such as
loss of arm, leg, or one eye, fifty
per cent of his wsge for a term of
year extending from thirty month
to seventy-two months. In ess of
temporary total disability he Is to
receive la like amount during the
continuance of the disability, tem
porary partial disability, fifty per cent
of the Impairment of hi earning
capacity. All these payments are to
be mads in monthly Installments. In
ease of death, periodical payments
ar to be mad to the widow,, chil
dren,: and fc-tfcer .specified depend
ent " ., " - :
' THAI CREW SCSPFDEn
MACON. Oa., Dec. 7. TSe entlr
crew of the Georgia railroad passen
ger train, which ran 1 mile on the
Central track to Bavanna.1t this week
before discovering (he mistake, -have
been, pidermlUly suspended.
such moral c6de or legal responst
billly is placed upon any other as
soclation of men In our country. -Welcome
Investigations
"In so far a we have the right to
speak, In the nam of organised labor
wa weloome any Investigation which
either federal or state courts may
undertake. The aeeslon of the con
ventions of the AmMican Federation
of Labor are ihald with open door
that all may see and hear what I
being aald and don. The book,' ac
count and correspondence . of the
federation"!- open to any oompcUat
authority who may desire to make
tudy or any Investigation of thsm.
'Ths - men of organised labor In
common with all our people," the
commute affirm, -'are ' grivtd be
yond expression In words at the toss
of Ufa and th destruction of pro
party, not only In tha cas under dis
cussion, but In any other case which
may have occurred. We art hurt
and humiliated to think that any man
connected wlnii the labor movement
ahould itavr been guilty of either.
The lesson this rest crime teaches,
however, will Jiev it salutary effect
It Will demonstrate now tior than
ever tha Inhumanity a well a m
rutillty of resorting to vloknca In the
ffort t right wrong r to attain
rights,"
While not defending the crime of
the McNamaraa, the committee con
demned the "kidnapping" of th Me.
Namaraa, who, they say, "wet ar
rested In Russian style, jiot Amerl
can." In tha method of armst they
Ilnd "High handed Irregularity and
tyrannical lawlessness and W. J
Hums, tl.: iletectlve In the rase, 1
severely criticised.
Condemnation foprrawnl
Organ Ued labor properly expreas
ed Its condemnation of violence on
hearing of th Los Angels disaster,
it I claimed, 'Th inlversal oon
damnation of a murderou deed In la
bor circle aught to be a tact ao far
beyond question," the htatenMDt pro-
ceeds, . "o essllv ascertainable from
LaceuMtbU-tauorua eh ae- saaA -with
any regard , for; hla t reputation ffor
veracity could deny n. Violence, bru
talltj', deatrtnJon of life and property
are foreign to th alma and methods
of organised labor of Amsrioav and
irn Interest I more ssverslv inlureii
by the employment of-audi method
tnan that of tha worker organized
In the labor movement
i-nereror, quit apart from th
spirit oNhutnanitarlnlsm and Justtr
which prompt the activities of Wis
organised labor movement, policy and
hopes for success forbid the resort te
violence. Tb American labor move
ment and It men ar loyal American
and seek to obtain th abolition of
wrongs and th attainment of their
right within he law."
The statement Is signed by Samuel
Oomper, president of th American
Federation of Labor, and chairman
of th committee, Frank Morrison,
ocrttarlV of the federation and of the
committee, and Ms of the seven r
malnlng member of the eommitts.
IJ
Baptist Convention Will
Probably be Held Next
Tear at Ooldsboro
RALEIGH, N. C. Deo, 7 Today
elon of the North Carolina Stat
Baptist convention at Wineton-Balem
was devoted chiefly to the church on
phaoag and state mission F. P.
Hobgood submitted th report of th
Thomasvlll Orphsnags, which mad
an excellent showing. -
Th report on tat missions was
presented by W. A. Johnson, It rec
ommends thst ISO, 000 b raised th
nulng year. It shows that there
are 210,009 Baptists- In North Car
olina with 1,101 churches. A resolu
tion by J. J, Hall, calling upon con
gressmen of North Carolina to b ae
tit in securing - legislation to stop
the exportation of H'jnor front wet
atate into Ntfrth Car-oMn territory
wa adopted. A resolution favoring
th peace treaties also wa adopted.
At the afternoon session th ob
Jeet of establishing a Baptist tst
hospital wa taken op and commit
tee p pointed t take th matter )n
hand.
Ooldsboro was recommended a
the next meeting place.
MOB 1ST NEW TORK COURT
NEW TORK, Deo. 7 A mob of
three hundred women, ' survivors of
the mangle waist fir In which 14
girl lost their lives, attacked Isaac
Harris and' Mac Blanck, proprietors
of th waist company, when th men
appeared In ' court todsy ta , stand
trial on th charge of manslaughter.
All the court, officers in the building
and the police reserves were called
out to check the aallaata.
With torn clothing nd disheveled
hair, th defendant were finally re
leased and escorted, under heavy po
lice protection ta th courtroom. Th
women had - been aununenad a wit
nesses for th prosecution,.
PROVINCES DECIDE
THAT ABDICATION
ONLY WILL SATISFY
Establishment of Republic not
Limited Monarchy, Demand-, r
ed by KwangTung '
DELEGATES DECLINE .
TO JOIN CONFERENCE
Republican Military Author
ties Announce That Next
Move Is on Peking
SHANGHAI, Deo. 7 Th provlnoea
ef Kwan Tung, Klang 811 Kiang-8i.
Fu-Ktcn and Hu-Pek will not accept
lea than th emperor" abdication, :
They .iv decldnd upon the ealab
llshment of a republic. Kwang Tuna;
announce that It will remain Inde
prvdent vn If" the other province '
onaenUd to a limited monarchy, Th
Kwang-Tung -delegates her assert
that General LI well know th ma
jority oppose a limited monarchy and
do not trust Tuan :! Kul, and that,
th conlrnc will prove frultles. ;
t. legate : from Klang-Ro, fth
Klang and Kwang-Tung have declin
ed to Join th peace conference baaed
on th preservation of th Manolm
dynasty. .--.i-
Th republican Jmllltary author)
tie announce that the next move will
b on, Peking, Tiey are now arrang
ing for transports. .
1 leaders here assert that Pre
mier Yuan ha succeeded , In winning
back ".hang-Tung and Hu-Nsn by th
us of monry, that whan ths cotiven- .
tlnn I ht'l -in Nanking and a presi
dent ha been selected and the origin'
of the provisional government com
pleted all th minor ststee as well
Hun-Nan and Ktn-Tung Willi
promptly Join tha ff deration, They:
aay they have assurance , of amplel
fund the moment th provlelonul r -publican
government 1 ornlfd.
DETKnMIXED tTOX rB.ICM
WUCHANG, Ohlna. Tec. ' 7.
While gbsolutely opponed to t)i rn-f
tenllon of the Momrhu dyn:tfy enili
IMtrsnnally favoring a r'P'!! ', V f 1-,
erst l.l Y(icn T'-nrf il i , -
VOlutluliary leaunrs iiuvs u ia U l
accept a constitutional nvmarcliy,
Tuan fihl Ksl, W( other satlMfactury
Chines rukr unifer a constitu
tion and parliament. If majority of
th people prefer. this settlement. Th'
rebel leader havs determln-d upon
this rours In order to prevent fur
ther bloodshed and ths possible dis
ruption of the country.
To Dynamite Poking , ,
. rrcKINO, Deo. t-r-Th rebel are
levying trlbut on and obtaining ub.
crlptlon from Peking ctffluial who
draw Imperial salaries, but fear ta
sympathise open!? with th revtolu r
tlon. Th rebel freely say they In
tend to dynamlt and attack Peking,
Bom's arrest have been made,, but
th government Is practically power.
lea owing to th timidity of th of
ficial class, Th hotbed, student elan
I powerful In China and I enforc
ing demand bees us ot th racial
timidity. of thd officer, . Precaution
ar taken tonight after a rising of
th Manohu troop because of dl .
attfetlon ovr the regents seem-j 7
Ingly compulsory retirement and the)
prespsct sf all Manchu of this, los
ing thslr pnlon
"LITTLE JOE" OBOi'Jil 111
BE OEOflEII'S B0ER::03?
, , , . ,
Secured Majority Oyer His
Two Opponents, Pope
Brown and Judge Russell
ATLANTA, Dec. t. -Unofficial tfi
turn from all the 14 counties of th j
state show that ex-Oovernor J. M. I
Brown swept th state In Che guber- 1
natorial primary today. . They eeun.
tie see apportioned a follows: J.
M. Brown, It; Pop Brown, 40, and '
Judge fl. B. Russell, 10. Th remain
In two counties, Macon and Char I-.
ton, were tied between Pop Brown
and Russell. The eighty-tour coun-!
tie giv1ng ex -Cover nor Brown 29 off
the -HI. electoral vote, J 10 being
necessary to aa election, v f
In the race for commissioner of la .
bor effleial flrure indicate the elec
tion of H, M. rManley, of DubHn, over '
Jams McCarthy, of Savannah,
mm ttpPed steamship , )
TACOMA. Dee. 7.--Whlle the baslol
cause ef th aceideat to th British'
ttamship Damara, whlcht rolled over
on her beam ends recently, ean not
be ascertained" without a survey, the .
mishap waa precipitated by Chi- j
nese sailor, according to stevedore
Tlfe freight -carrier wa' evidently1,
tretnblisg an the vorge of rolling ever!
When l-he' tThlneee hove la eight. - He I
wss returning to the hlp.
- A be jumped en th -gangplank to'
go , aberd ' hla weight proved th last
straw. The If nor rolled over on hr
starboard Me, spiled nearly seven
hundred thousand feet of lumber into:
th bay, lighted herself, rolled ov-r
to port and then swung back to
board, retalnln a lint of ,