A8HEVILLE CITIZEN. THE WJSATHEB SHOWERS Citisen Want Ads Bring Results you xxvm., no. 52 ASHEVILLE, N. C. WEDNESDAy.MOItKING, DECEMBER 13, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS THE ui.1111111. iiuiiuiiuu WITNESSES WILL OFFER TESTIMONY iMIoflod; Nallon-WldiDyno mite Conspiracy Will bo Thoroughly Gono Into HEADQUARTERS OF THE !SON WORKERS CLOSED Burns Says That There Was Much More Dynamite Plant ed Than Discovered INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Dec It. "Who beside John ui Jam B. McNtmtn handled or had knowledge f the Interstate shipment of dyna 'mite and nitroglycerin uaed In Mow nf up the Iron and steal structures erected by flrma employing non-un Ion men In the last five year? 1'iis iuestlon wu Inquired int by government offlclala today prepare tory to the resumption on Thursday of the Tederal grand Jury's Investi gation of an alleged nation-wide dynamite conspiracy. Clerks who wrote letters, baggagemen, shippers and those who ere supposed' to "have i even the remotest knowledge of the explosions or where and wtten ex plosives ware stored are among- the several hundred witnesses who; have 'been summoned 1o testify before the , grand jury. The Instances of the 'Analog oi tne explosives about wnion pedal Inquiry was made today are li following: 1,490 pounds delivered' In a pad locked box In a bara In the rear of fOrtla E. McManlgal's father's home t Ttflln, Ohio. In April 1110. Ninety 'pounds of dynamite sticks found In i the basement of a building In Indian- i spoils in which were located the of fices of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron work ers on 'April 22, lttl. a few hours 'after the, arrest of Joftin J. McNamara th secretary and treasurer of the as- atlam. Twenty-five pounds of B box In the western outskirts Indianapolis, a few days later. Thirty -eight quarts of nitroglycerine rbturleal la. . aheri soar fincheata PA. ' , Enlightenment Sought " 'The point upon wihlch, enlighten itnent was sought In connection with I thee Instance were: Who wrote the correspondence re lative to the purchase and shipment ;of the explosivesT Who paid the bills I and kept the accounting of expense? iby what means were Wie explosives : transported ? Although District Attorney Charles 'W. Miller deollned to discuss the pro 1 gross of the preparations for submis sion of evidence before vie grand IJury, he indicated the purpose of the (government to eneci an exnaustive in. i vestigatlon. Every witness .who can AMERICAN LEAGUE CUTS RELATIONS WITH NATIONAL Passes Resolutions to the Ef fect that Official Intercourse Between the Tivo Leagues Shall Cease Lynch Says it Means Nothing New. NEW YORK. Dec. 11. Official . In ferno we between the two major baseball leagues ceased this afternoon upon the. adoption of a resolution to the effect by the American league, except so far as the American league oeeu.u Itself obliged to deal wtfa th National under the national agree ment and In the words of the reso lution, "as may be requisite for the safeguarding of its territorial and player rights." Thomas J. Lynoh ' president of the National league, after reading the resolution, said that the only Inter course that there Died ever been be tween tshe leacuaa came under these exemptions. There seemed to. be con siderable doubt In President Lynch's mind as to Just what construction- to place upon the American league's ac tion. There were multitude of re ports to 'explain why It had been adopted, one had It that th resolu tion was the American league's an swer to the statement last Uht of August Hermann, dhalrman of the na tlonal commission, that little headway had fceen made In the investigation of the 'world's series ticket scandal. - '" ' Toe Resolution Ban Johnson, president of . the Americans, said that the resolution spoke for Itself. It follows: "Resolved, "That " the American league, will continue to exercise Its privileges and observe its obliga tions under the national agreement, but will decline to have further offi cial Intercourse with the National league except eo far as may be re quisite for the safeguarding of its territorial and player rights. Be It fur ther , ,''',.' "Resolved. That the American league will not be represented in an other series for the championship of the world or in any other Inter-league event unlesa accorded sola charge of the sale of tickets to game played on Its grounds under an arrangement and. with the understanding that It shaiTnot assume responsibility for the conduct of the business department of games at the park of the' other 'Co-Manama un page !. T FREIGHT RITES Seaboard Air Line Cited to Appear Before the Com merce Commission DUKES INVOLVED WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. On th ground that the Durham and 8outh . era railroad, owned by B. N. and J. B. Duke of the American -Tobacco company receives for a 20 mile haul forty per cent of the Seaboard Air , Line's division on Ohrough freight 'business, th latter railroad will be cited before the Interstate commerce I commission to show cause why Its I rates Into and out of Durham, N. C. i mould not be reduced. The Norfolk i and Western railroad will also be clt ; ed to show cause why Its rates on ; coal Into Dunham should not be low j ered. The Norfolk and Western It 'is charged allows 62 cents a ton to the Dwrfbam and Soath Carolina rail road, a lumber road, for a haul of one mile, while it receive only 77 cents a "Von for a haul of in mile. The Interstate commerce commis sion, through Commissioner lane, charges that the Seaboard Air Line "bought" she freight business of ths American Tobacoo company by allow log its traffic to be taken away from n at one point oy a road under a management allied with the tobacco concern. Commissioner Lane says: "If there Is one dollar over and above the actual cost of transporta tion In the forty per cent division , which the Durham and Southern gets. Its goes Into the pockets of the Duke. It Is not a rebate given to the Ameri can Tobacco company, but confessed ly Is an advantage growing out of the relation between the Dukes and the tobacco interests, for if the Dukes did not have the freight to route, the traffic manager of (Tne Seaboard says that no such arrangement would have been made." contesting club.' ;?miH-44m 4t uanT eJfcfa-prasf- dent Lynch,' after' reading., it over twice. The American league never had any. official intercourse with Wis National league outside of their com-mttteea-r-lncluding the schedule com- mlttee which meet as the national agreement requires them to. Co' far as the world's series In tlkosts are concerned, the national commission for the first time gave th olubs tftiis year the full right to sell tickets to the world's series name In their re spective cltlea. 'What was the result? Every newspaper man In the country knows of the scandal which followed. The Philadelphia club, under the rut ins; of the commission, had control of tffie ticket sale in their city, yet the commission has found that th scalp rs were busy there, too. ''Now, a to h last few lines of the resolution, I cannot understand how th American league could ever as sume responsibility for the conduct of the business department of any other department of the national league or any of Its clubs oa their home grounds.' There was a long discussion of ths resolution before tt American league adopted H. F. J. Fan-ell, of the New fork club, Introduced It and C A. Comlskey, of the Whit Sox, second ed it The vote was unanimous and copies signed by Ban Johnson were sent to President Lynch of the Na tional league, and the national com mission. Barney Dreyfus, of the Plttshurg club and other national leaiEue men w'Ko were seen tonight aeemed to hold Khe opinion that the "break" did not threaten a baseball war, pointing out that it would not involve working relations of the na tional agreement. He added that base ball would go on as usual. Brush's Hot Letter Aftermath of the ticket scandal caused mora than on sensation to day. Second only to the .American league's 'resolution was Interest at tached to the making public of a pep pery letter written by John T. Brush, president of the New York Baseball dub, to August Hermanfi, on Novem ber 17, ta answer to certain Inquiries propounded by the national commis sion. Mr.' Brush declared after lnvestl-, gating th ticket scandal: "I have been unable to trace but one ticket for the world's Series and that ticket passed from th ehand of August Her mann, dhalrman of ths national com mission, to B.' B. Johnson, president of th American league In Philadelphia. "The gentlemen who used th ticket sat "between August , Hermann and John K. Bruce, secretary of the na- Ulonal commission In the seat allotted to B. B. Johnson by Chairman Her mann, for the tfhlrd game and he in formed Chairman Hermann that he bought the seat f row a sralper outside the par for five dollars. :-r '.' I do not know, how many tickets Mr. Jhonson dad out of the seven or eight hundred secured by she nation al commission In Philadelphia, but I do know that Mr. Heydler, secretary of the national league, reports that he had 226 ticket for the series In New Tork. This Is the only fact that I Slave been able to develop capable of being substantiated that accounts tor the handling of tickets by scalpers. If the commission has sufficient Inform tlon to establish the guilt of any In dividual connected with the New Tork club, I am ae anxious as any one to know who It la that is Involved. If Well Vm Pretty Busy But- 4 .... I TAFTS ADVISERS HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF COMMITTEE MEETING Chicago Gift Overwhelming Vote For Nxt CkmverioniVhJich Will be Held June ldr-But a Trace of Expected Friction Appear and Program Carried ; -iietM. Out Expeditiouely in Just Two Houre, fContmnpd m Psge Slxi DISSOLUTION OE UNITED E MACHINERY CD. Unlawful Combinations and Contracts in Restraint of Trade Charged INJUNCTION ASKED SHERWOOD PENSION BILL PUSSES HOUSE EASILY, ODES TO SENATE Several Democrats Voted for it, Expecting Senate to Kill it, is Report CLARK VOTED FOR IT BOSTON. Dec. 14. A suit asking for the dissolution of the United Shoe Machinery company, a corporation of world-wide scope, was Instituted this afternoon by the federal government which filed a bill In equity In the United States Circuit court. . Ttie bill Is brought against the United Shoe Machinery corporation, United Shoe Machinery company of New Jersey, eighteen subsidiary corporations and twenty-three indMduals, to restrain the defendants from "maintaining and engaging In. unlawful combina tions, contracts and conslpercts in restraint of (Interstate and foreign trade and commerce in violation of the gr.Mrman act In the manufacture, sale and lease of machines, mechan ism, tools and devices ud in th manufacture of boots and shoes. The court Is asked to order the dissolu tion of the defendant corporations In-1 to such parts that no one of them will constitute a monopoly or ean be come a monopoly of Vbe shoe ma chinery business. "If the court should be of tea opinion," the bill continues, "that the public Interest will be better served thereby the petitioner asks that re ceivers be appointed to take nnaaaa. slon of all the porperty, assets, busi ness and affairs of said defendants and wind up she same." An Injunction against the defen dants Is also requested. PAPAL DELEGATE DEAD Meal la. Dec. 11 Mgr. Ambrose Aglu. papal delegates In the Phil ippines died suddsnly this morning, he had ben recalled to Rome and It was believed here that ha was to succeed Cardinal falconlo as pa pal delegaU at Washington. WASHINGTON, Deo. 11. The Sherwood service pension bill, which would add upwards of l0,0,000 to the government annual expenditures by granting Increased pensions to civil and Mexican war veterans on the ba sis of length of service, was passed by the nouns tonight deeplte One de termined opposition of many demo cratic leaders. Secretary of the In terior Fisher had eetlmated that th bill would add 176.000,000 to the pen sion roll If the 400,000 veterans ell-; gible take advantage of the Increase. Elgin t republicans voted with the 14 democrats against the bill. Speaker Clark voted with the majority of his party for the bill and Democratic Leader Underwood and Fltsgerald Of New Tork, chairman of the appro priations committee voted against It. The bill now goes to the senate where then? Is a disposition to paaj some form of amended Service pension legislation. Senate leaders, ihowever, will proceed slowly In the consider ation ox tnis legislation and many houae democrats voted for the meas ure In the belief that the senats would not pass it The Sherwood bill would establish the following basla 6f pensions: For service for 10 days to six montris, lit per month; from six months to nine months, 120 per month; from nine monehs to one year. 111 per month.; more than one year, 130 per month. WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. With lit tle trace of friction th rapublioan na tional eomraittae met her today and formulated th preliminary plana for the campaign of itltJ Th program agreed upoa was "carried out expedi tiously In tw thort .aeeslons aggre gating barely mora than two hour. Chicago wasx-hose as the conven tion city and th ceil was Issued for She assembling of. dategatea- on Tues day, June 1V to pogilnate candidates for president) and rlre-preeldent. Act ing OhalrmeuttJoha F. Hill, former governor pf Maine.? was unanimously elected chapman. tf the committee after the aeeeptaace f th resigna tion of Post met-lenerJ Frank H. HlftrttcwQiBrwfefri wan into effect, oa April 1, U0.T4tilllam Hay ward, of Nebraska, was elected secretary to serve until th new national Commit tee is orgaolsed in Chicago In June. The committee adhered to (Me con vention call of 1(01 and th primary question, wihkoh had ' been the sole disturbing topic befor the committee was left as it was four years ago. The champions of presidential preference primaries arid state-wide primaries for the selection of delegate to the convention 1n states where primary laws are not operative were defeated. Tfhey were led by Senator Borah, of Idaho, who oontented himself with a minority report from the sub-committee on call, erf which he was chair man, and with a brief speech to, t'he committee. The meeting was unique In two respects. There was a com plete absence of bitterness and the proceedings were conducted with open door. Politically tha" meeting Prv TWt. The nrmldant'a advtaera . oon troled the situation, kiarly . In the day It became apparent that Seorptevry HUlea and Arthur Vorya. national committeemen from Ohio War in control. The disinclination of Post maatar-Oeneral HKchooek to sndors th selection of Colonel Harry B. Maw, former chairman of . the committee and a member from Indiana, as otialr man of the sub-oommltt - o r rangementa, was overcome and 'Mr. Hltchoook took no part in th pro ceadlnga of thet day. Th Southern committeemen, eald to be oppoed to Mr. New for fear that he favored i a r 1 VIMIBBJU , vZllSSS oo.v.ntidn.Whan th " " . . TrTi !St : 1 1 rh-rWetere taka. Ohloaa-o VMtvd 4 rwlmM'M',twr, t.'for St. tiuis and I tnembsri not voting. The gin- ft vot for St. Lout vm oat 4y C- 011 Lyong, f Texas. i ' Two significant polltioal Incidents daveloped d urine th day, . A atlpula- tlon wa mad In the call which rail' 4rs null th election of delegates to th oonvsntion prior to th issue of th call. This will invalidate the ti tle of delegat already (sleeted In AUbam. Another wan h reeurreo- Mon of th reduction of ' South srn rapraaantatloa movement by Repre sentative James Francis Burke, of Fltwurg who championed such' a reeoluMon on the floor of th eonven tlon four year ago. Th committee adjourned at 1:15 o olook to meet at th oall of th chairman. emm(rteaj aa decided, and Mr. Roe water signed M with th reservation that h favored th primary Ida. ., ; !.' Senator Borah had rpltd to th oiitlolwm of his primary provision, his report was defeated It to T and th majority report adopted unanimously. Thar" waa practically nil contest in selecting; trie convention city. ; Secre tary Hayward announced that ti had received tentative Invitation from Cincinnati,' Buffalo, St, Iouls. Dsnver wdf Chlcagp. Th InvltatloB from Chicago .-carried witfc It all th as- Other nurmber of the ar David Mulvane, Kama; Franklin Murphy, New Jersey; Arthur I. Vorya of Ohio; R- S. Williams, Oregon; B. C. Duncan, North Carolina, and Via tor Rosewatar, Nebraska. Th xpctd and long-heralded row over th primary question proved a flash In th pan. The following members of the committee were ap pointed to draft the call: ' Meeers. Borah, Idaho; Kellogg, Minnesota; Wards New York; Roseware Ne braska, and Caper. South Carolina, The committee was appointed at th morning session .which began at 11:10 o'clock and retired immediately. Within an hour th committee (had ag reed to report. Majority Report Messrs. .Kellogg, Ward and Capers signed the majority report, which em powered states with primary lews to select delegates Iby primary If their NEARLY ALL HOPE ' OF E FIN SURVIVORS Aspect or Mourning Again Taken on When Day Passes Without Any Hopo - THIRTY-FOUR BODIES BEEN BROUGHT OUT Rescuers Now Sufficient In Number to Make Small Ar my, Work Valiantly PUCES OF HONOR FOB OLD MUT GUARDS Gov. McCreary Re-Occupies Seat He Vacated Just Thirty -Two Years Ago JTST THREE ROUNDS CLEVELAND, O... Dec. 11 Carl Morris, the Oklahoma Qlant, made Short work of Al. Williams, of Cleve land tonight The fight, a bloody one, was stopped in th third round. FRANKFORT. Ky., Dec. 11 Next to Kentucky's Incoming dem ocratic governor, James B. McCreary and the retiring republican govern or A. E. Wilson, positions of honor at the Inauguration today were oc cupied by the twelve surviving mem bers of the old McCreary Ousrds. This was a military company orga nised in Frankfort In 1877 during Governor McCreary's first admlniatra-. tlon. Six on a side three veterans escorted the governor's carriage to day in the parade that led from the governor's mansion to ths capital. Governor McCrenry, most of whose life has been rpini In public office vacated the chatr. he re-occupled to day 12 years ago. Now he Is over 70. Many personal and political friends who attended this first In auguration were present today along with the two thousand members of the democratic marching clubs from ths various cltlea of the state. In electing Governor McCreary, Kentucky returned to the democratic EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH FOR MEN PROVES UNAVAILING Officers of Two States Are After Two Men Who Held up Train ill SHOWER& WASHINGTON, Dee. IS Forecasts For North Carolina, una tied Wed nesday, probably local rains, slight ly colder In western port Ion; Thurs day unsettled; light to moderate east winds. . SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 11. Though officer of two states and several cities and a battalion of railroad special agents have searched far and wake they seemed no nearer tonight the solution of tne mystery, of the Identity of the two men who held up Atlantic Coast Line train No. 10. north bound, near Hardeevllle, S. C. early thie morning and robbed It of one "Jacket" of registered mall. Th value of th bootyj estimated at IS, 000. One man Was arrested at Sa vannah but was released. No other arreats have been mad according to local officer. j Bloodhounds were put on the trail of the robbers and followed It Into trie country for probably a mile, then circled back to th railroad. Officers helfctve' this Indicates that th rob bers rilade their eeoape on a later north bound train, boarding It Very near the scene of the hold-up and pos sibly while officers wetr searching for l)m, but a few hundred yards away. STOCK JUGGLING SHOWN ,. UP JN INVESTIGATION 'Tail Wagging the Dog Appears to be Exemplified in Steel Probe A UFA I OF AlJi RECORDS NRW YORK. Dec. 11 Whirling ahead of all records on ths tan lap to the mile track at Madison track at Madlaon Square Garden tonight, bicycle rid era representing twelve teama had covered at 10 o'clock to night (40 'miles and four laps In it hours, almost three mile ahead of the record established by Oalvln knd Kcegaii In 1110, J7 miles and I laps. The same Gal van, now paired with Wiley of SyTeciute, and th Thomas Stein teem' were a lap be hind the others. The men respon sible for the first pace today were Kramer, the national champion Broc co, the Italian, Clarke, th Austral ian and Root of thl city. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. -Rail road stock Juggling exemplified by th "tall wagging th dog," In th ease of the Bessemer and take Brl rail road, Itt mlws long, and th Pitts burg, Bessemer and Lake Erie, over 100 miles long, wa discussed at to day' session of the house "steel trust" Investigating committee. The short line road la owned absolutely by me United mates Steel corporation which also owns It per cent of th stock of th longer road. F. C. BaJrd, general freight agent of the abort line, wa sit nee Chairman fctaoley brought out that the e'lortor road's rsntal of th longer on netted the letter's stockholders about I per cent a year profit, while the shorter road paid annual . dividends of 114 per cent. "So thw steel corporation leased the long road to ne short one for a term of something like If year?" asked Chairman Stanley. "I don't know the details of th It, " Mr. Balrd replied, '1 under stand." said Mr, fttanley, "that the minority stockholders of tbs leased road get 1224,000 interest on their holding eacft year." BRICBVIULH. Tens., Dec. 11. A1 Brloevlli hag again taken on tb as pect of mourning slno th day failed ya bring forth more survivors from th Cross . Mountain, inln horror. Clearing weather and ih hop In spired by th rescue of Ave of K fa tombtd men last night tncouraged most of th women ' Inhabitant of tae vllliags who lingered nar th mine all day. Hop failed wha night fall arrived with no eftoour aging message from the rescuers, Tfilrty-four bodies, wm4 of them , badly mutilated but not bey on g recog nltlen hare been brought out and av ; eral more ftav been located. - Th -dead war taken to the carpenter shop of the mine sod prepared for burial. The special polio have had dlfft cutty In keeping baok the morbidly eurtoug wrio crowded about th door of the carpenter shop and Interfered with th undertaker In th perform anoe of their disagreeable teak. - Th ' corpses : wer enshrouded, placed In caskats prtfvldad by the owner of th mine and turned Ovet to the bereaved famlllea. Slmpl ServfctN 'Alt through the day mm wagons ould b seen moving down th road from the mine camatery In the heart of the village, closely followed by weeping ' relatives. . Frequently two funeral wer in progress at th earn! Urn tad fh village's tw minister wer kept busy throught the day. The. service war necessarily brief tnd simple, i'.j;..-' j..rf.1.'.V'.v::j:,; In spite of their failure' to find any . mor men alive th rtaousrs, led by' Dr. J. A. Uolmea, ehief of th Unttsd Stat bureau of mines, pursued thelf, aaaroh Into th tniifcrmost comers) ; nd crevicss of th mine, : Fresh, air oonld be found from the fans which ; overcame In a larg measure the deadly fume of th after damp, but the air wa so foul lit som efj th rsoeeses of th cross entrlea thatj only th government men with their heads saeloasd in exygeh himuf dared to vsnlur tOisrein, . Som of th timbers In on sntry took l durln; the day knd lj though the eatliygulstvers made ghortj (OnntlniMyl Ml Five) YOUNG CORN GROWERS SECRETARr JAS. LVILSOn gtaexassasawazaMs ''!', V'. Assures Boys That Their States Are Very Proud of Accomplishments SEE THE ,SIaHT3, rErrnojf for rvjuTtcnow JACKSON, Mtec., Dee, 12. United States Senator-Elect Jama K. Vardav man today filed petition for as In junction to prevent hearing of a suit flled against him, asking for an ac counting of about 114,000 of stat funds alleged to have been used lr regularly during his gubernatorial term. The cm ha been set for trial In January here. Vardamaa declare h would havs to cancel lecture en gagements to be prM at Ch trial, probably Friday morning. WASHINGTON, Dec, 1J. Becretaryl of Agriculture Wilson stood In hi of-1 ncs today and prasentad diploma of1 merit to twenty-on boy from th Southra etates who havs won prise for raising larg erops of som and wlios trip to th national capital Is! part of th award given to thm by I, th stat from which tfhey . com. With true Kooaeveltlaa ' vigor ; th venerable o'etary threw forward falsi arm and exclaimed: t "Tou boys recelv ttheee diplomas' . because you have done something, We are proud of you, your state ar, 1 proud of you and you have don'. something which will help to reduce! the cost of living and to mak th' : South a itreatsr and richer ctln of ' the country." .. . ; . ' In raising bumper crop of corn th, ' secretary told tm boys they . had' taken the first step Deceasary to suo. cesaful farming. Corn Is Ih found-,' tlon, he declared, of wttier crop pro duction. With plenty of corn th. South, the said would te able after i time to raise It own baas' and not b' compelled to go to the West for luj . Th secretary said the department! had no dealrs to boa th boy of 4h . South In thle work, fhat th nly -wish of It official wa to help thenuf , With a kindly word for each boy as It handed him Ms diploma, th! , secretary told th boys that .they oould ' face the world with a feeling that hy possessed something which oould' . not be bought with money.. - . I - Representatlv Burnham " of ' Ala" bama, escorted th boys through th' library of eongreaa. During th day Ifhey had visited th National asoologi., : eal park, the fish commlasion building-! and oDhar government bulldlnsa.1 President Tuft will receive Chen