VOL. XXVHL NO. 53
ASHEVTLLE, N.t C THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1$, 1911
PRICE FIVE CENTS 1
VERY LiKELY THAT
RUSSIAN TBEATY
WlLLDEANflULLED
Sulzer Joint Resolution Passed
House Yesterday by Vote
' ' of 300 to 1
SENATOR CULBERSON'S t
I ! SENATE RESOLUTION
, , 1 ;
"Time For Action Has Come'
i Declares ' Congressman .
. Nicholas Longworth
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. II
'The Suiter Joint reaolullen tor th
termination m the treaty o( ' 1 I t
i bstwflen ths United &ttes and Rui
ats, because of ths latter' discrim
ination against Jewish-American clt
liens passed the house vnight
'W "1. Ths on. negative ,vot wa
; cut by Representamrs- Maltby ' of
;New York. ' AnMdehtlcsl resolution
' by BonHtor Culberson, of Texas, 1
pending In the innate and favorabl
action ot both 'houses Would bo neces
: sary for the resolution to bo eff ectivs.
'Both the BuliM and Culbereon' res
olutions would . direct the president
its give Russia,' .immediately, the
'year's notice necessary for the'eora
' plete abrogation .r th treaty that
iiaa been In force nearly 10 yean. I
, An attempt lea ny nepresenuuive
Olmstead, of Peon., to modify the
'Suiter resolution so a to avoid mak
ing the direct-charge that Rueela has
violated " the treaty In refusing to
jreodtrnlxs the passnort of American
; Jews, was defeated ,tli to 111. Prora-
Ineni republican declared that the
house) ahould not, go ort record at
I charging a violation of , the treaty,
but should adopt language stating
that aussla had eo oonstrued the
' treaty fthaUtha United States couFU
no lontrer be a party to it. .
Would Provoke War."
ThcH sentiment announced here
today, Jf declared Republican , Lead
er Mjsfn, "are euch that it they were
uttawed in another parliamentary
y they .might' bring euch ressnt-
ent ae would provoke war." ;
"". Mr. Mann added that if the Unlt
td States aaserted that a'' diecrlm-
, , toatlon against rases . was ,,a--, vsole-
tkra ot a treaty . ltJ might weaken
! own attitude 'teward the exclee-
' 'n,of Orientals. The debate in the
house bristled with charges that Rus
alee attitude wa an offense against
the United State and that her ex
clusion of American-Jews who bore
properly certified passport wa an
affront to this govsrnmsnt.
Reprarantatlve McCsll,of Massa
chusetts, aald th matter: ought not
to be acted upon In the hoaee until
it had been submitted to arbitration
between the countries. ' Representa
tlve fcongworth Insisted s, that the
time for arbitration ihaa gone by
and the time for action ha come."
No Affront to Russia - 1
'TMi ought not to be considered
in any way an affront to Russia,"
aald Mr., Longworth, , "The United
State desires the friendship of Rus
sia, but this question is above and
fesyand friendship; It I a question
of national honor."
Mr. Mnn, endeavored to have the
joint resolution amended -so a to as
sert the continued right of the Unit
ed (Hates to discriminate against for
eigners on account of race. All
amendment to the resolution were
OTerwhelmlngly beaten. ,The resolu
tion passed by the house tonight
; tieelarea, "that, the government of
t the United States will net be a par
: ty to any treaty which discriminate
I er which by one t the parties there-
(Continued
BY VERT SERIOUS FIRE
Three Large Business
Houses Burned, Young
Man Barely Escaped'
DANVILLE. Va., Dec. 18. One of
,the most thrilling fires in a decads
1 threatened Danville's best business
block tonight, destroyed' three large
, three-story brick structures occupied
I by merchants and required the ut
most efforts of the entire department
for over two hours to control. The
damage is estimated at 1121,000.
praotloally covered by Insurance. Va
rious ether properties and stocks of
" goods are damaged by amoks and
water but chief destruction was con
ftned to the Boatwright Brothers
company printing' and stationery es
tablishments, the Main etreet res
taurant and the Waddlll Prlntlag
company. , Other threatened proper
ty were saved by Intelligent work.
At l:to am., Henry Day, proprie
tor of the Waddlll Printing plant, who
. had been caught under debris In the
store, ' was rescued by a band of
. frantic ' workers 'who braved falling
wall and worked manfully to x-
trloat . him, guided by ' his groan.
On leg Is fractured and he, has a
painful wound on the head. Whoa
dragged out and rushed to a hospi.
tel h was soaked by. the streams of
water Whidb had been played upon
hlnvi ' . ..;:'. -',-, ,-. . ,
Tom Alien flraman. was rescued
' sxut slightly Injured and another flrs-
' msvn sustained minor huvts.
on page )
DANVILLE THREftTE'HEO
COUNTER CHARGES :
OF SPECULATING IN
, TICKETS ARE MADE
President Brush of Giants Makes
Allegations of Queer Dealings in
"The PasteboardsPres. Thomas
, J Lynch Reflected. ;
" NEW YORK. Pec. II. The base
ball war which exists on paper be
tween the American and NatUnal
leagues, went merrily on 'today; but
Indication were, plentiful that it was
to be a war cf word only. Offlolally
the National league attended severe
ly to Its "own "affairs, "re-electing
President Tttiome-s J. Lynch1 and ig
noring the resolution adopted yester
day, by the Americans. . , Unofficially,
both, major leagae laughed, at th
prospect' of a real encounter between
the million Of dollars Invested In
each. The world's series ticket scan
dal continued to hold the spot light.
President Brush, of th New York
Otants, who made pabllo jvsterday
hla report to the national commis
sion on the acandol. addressed- a let
ter to Ban Johnson SAktrag him to ex-
i!ala a few thing alleged to have
happened to the pasteboards In Fhli-
adsipiiia. " H
"Why pick th j Giants for th
goat V Mr. Brush. asks, among other
things, "while dilating upon the out.
rage perpetrated upon the New Tork
public - through misdirection -and col
lusion wit&v ticket . speculator. wny
do you not explain how in Philadel
phia ten person absorbed over 1,000 1
tickets, an. average of ,IOO .ach and
slxty-thres others absorlbed 1,000
ticket m average of frfty each.",
Incidentally Mr; Brush's letter says
that there were no street ticket spec
ulators in Kew Tork during th world
series it tei unlawful. . In
part,
the letter reads): 1 ,
f "Having charged . ao-me , official : of
h New Tork club with handing out
000 or t.000 tickets for specula
tion out .of 26,000 of Its reserved seat
c.paclty, depriving the public to that
extent of ah opportunity, f ouylng
direotly; why Is IV that you are si
lent over, the disposition ot ' tickets
In Philadelphia where 1,10 1 tickets
out of a total of reserved capacity of
i.UI were given to seventy-three
u 1 v ailiu .1,91 if mm 'mv imww mm m
fpr the Jtast two gsjnes? , v
"While the New Tork elub repre
aentatlve aJaow ' that lass than 110
tickets' er taken by its players and
Ita officials the baktnoe being avall
able for the public, why Is It that you
do. not explain how the 'players and
the efflctaJa of the Phtladekphta clulb
appropriated .4,100 tickets out ot Its
total of .!? f ;rrn-Z- "V'
"Inasmuch as) ther wvre- no street
KING EEORoE'S'SISTER'S
THRIUING EXPERIENCE
DNTUEWRDELi
Struck the Reefs and Boat
Taking Her to the Shore.
Capsizes
HEBN DAUGHTERS, TOO
GIBRALTAR. Deo. II. Princess
Louise Victoria, princess . royal of
Oreat Britain and Ireland and sister
of , Kin jOeorge V., and her daugh
ters had a thrilling experience today
when the Peninsula A Oriental steam
ship Delhi,' on which they were voy
aging to Egypt, struck the reefs oft
Caps Spar tel. tfhe northwest extremity
of Afrloa. ;-
While being taken ashore by the
Kong boat of the British armored
cruiser Duke of Edtnfourgh, " they
were thrown into the water by the
Capsialng of the boat, on of the
dausTbters having ' a narrow escape
from drowning. - She was rescued by
a sailor and carried to land with the
others, all suffering severely from the
bitter oold.
' The Delhi struck at o'clock in the
morning in a thick fog.. Immediate
ly all the passengers ' hoorled from
their state rooms, (half dressed, and
put on life prose rrsrs. Water poured
steadily Into the cabins, while enor
mous seas, . sometimes " mast . high,
broke over the vessel. Blgnals of
distress wars sent out by wireless and
the first warship to arrive was the
French cruiser Frtant
It was long past daylight before
the Priam's steam launch was able
to com alongside ttie Delhi. la the
meantime preparations ' were : made
aboard th stranded steamer to send
the women and children ashors. One
of the . boats of the Delhi, was low
ered, and filled with passengers. The
launch, finally succeeded in. letting
this in tow and then steamed to the
BnUah cruiser Duke , of ' Edinburgh,
where (he frightened women ' and
children were safely taken aboard. .
: Ths Delhi I reported to be In a
critical position. The la broadside on
the rocks. Ths salvage vessel Gibel
musa has sailed from hers with light
ers and will make ah attempt to save
she specie, ' mail and luggage.
. The weather has moderated some
what but heavy seas are still Jsreak
bag over the stranded vssset," . . '
ticket speculators In New: York dur
ing the . world's series- It being un
lawful w(hy do you not . explain to
the public how It was that th ho
teg and along Broad street In Phila
delphia they were openly plying their
trade, and tell how they obtained
themT - ' - - - 1
"la your letter to me you say, our
chief aim Is to protect title basettsll
publlo from graft, and we- should
work together for that purpose,1 and
to this I say, 'amen.' 1 am with you
sslkily but why iHckr only the New
York National league club for the
goatr
' The letter was made "public i two
iours after President Johnson had
loft for Chicago. 'Whan a club offi
cial's attention was vetUed Do this fact
he said " Mr. Johnson's "movements
had not been taken into consideration
in issuing the letter.
sv' , 'No Devdopment "
Th National league meeting this
afternoon gav no developments In
the row between the organisations.
Secretary Ileydler said that neither
President Lynch nor the National
league had received v copy oft the
American league's resolution. To this
President Lynch added: . "Inasmuch
as It had not coma from, the lesrue it
certainly could not. Iba discussed."
The National league, will meet tomor
row,' however, and it was predicted
tonight that It wl)l frame Its answer
to the American league then. "If there
is to be any reply." With Brooklyn
and Philadelphia opposing President
Lynoh was re-elected, the losing
candidate ibeing Robert W, Brown, a
Louisville newspaper man. James E.
Oatney, who decided over night to
buy the Boston club and did so, sat
In the council, ; which also included
a woman for the first time In its his
toryMrs. Helen Hathstway Brit ton,
owner of the St Louis club.
, A board of directors was also re-(
elected. A resolution was adopted in
struct Lng the few clabs playing on
home grounds it June 14 to observe
flag day with fitting decoratfcm of
the grounds. . in short "talks to ths re-
porters Mr. .Gaffney and his new
business manager,' John M. Bhaw,
promised to revlvky the ,Boettrf club.
Knergy and money to accomplish tills
would not be lacking1, they declared.
They xiect to make the ksh a pow-
' (Continued on page I)
LETTERS DRIVE RHO
TO SHDBT HIS WIFE ASO
5 THEM COMMIT SUICIDE
Man Member of One of the
'Prominent Families of
North Carolina
DEED LONG- PLANNED
DANVILLE, Va., Dec. 11 . In an
humbta home on - a suburban street
the oodles of Mrs. Fannie New Pin
nix and her husband, William O. Pln
ntx, tonight lie dead as a result -of a
dual homicide at 4 o'clock this af
ternoon, committed by ths husband.
Pinnlx, who I a former employe of
the freltfht department of the South
ern railway and member of a promi
nent North Carolina family, ' left let
ters and memoranda showing that he
had planned the tragedy as long ago
as Thanksgiving day, Ths hwsband
was )n poor health and hod "been"
drinking recently. T4 afternoon
while his son was lying down in an
adjoining room and, husband and wMs
were together, Pinnlx without warn
ing. Used upon the unsuspecting wife
twice in quick Succession! one ball
entering the right temple, the other
the oheek. She collapsed in a dying
condition Just sa she son rushed In.
At that moment the father tusned
the weapon upon himself and sent a
bullet through his right temple, the
ball entering at th left side of the
head. " He died at I o'clock without
regaining consciousness.
Two hours before the tragedy Pin
nix had turned over to his son to bs
delivered to a friend a packet of let
ters and papers, impressing their im
portance upon ths boy. Most of
these letters were written '. to Mra
Maria New Pinnlx and are couohed in
terms of endearment- They are sign
ed A. B. One of the letters written
by, Pinnlx declares the anonymous
writer to 'have been A. Bridges,
formerly an Insurance ' solicitor
her. now of Richmond. Whll
clean In : verbiage, n these letters
show '' an Intimacy . which Im
pelled Pinnlx to his homicidal act
The slain woman is a daughter of
W. . . W. New, formerly wealthy and
prominent socially her. Pinnlx is a
eon! of Colonel Pinnlx deceased, of
Vaneeyvllle, N. C Both families are
prominently connected . hers. , Two
children, a soiC.. W. a., Jr, eighteen
years old, and a daughter. Polly, aged
twelve, are orphaned. . '''.,::"-..-.,...:.,
UNDER
SEflTEIJC
OFiDEfllHTOBE
L
State , Supreme Court Gives
Charles Murphy Another
Chance i For Ills Life . '
ONE BUNCOMBE CO.
CASE WAS DECIDED
New, Trial In Case of C us
Hammett Whose Damage
4 Suit Was Nori-Sulted
RALEKHL Jfj C, Dee, 1 State
va. Charles Murphy from Tan, cor
county I an' especially notable opin
ion In a list of seventeen just deliv
ered by th supreme court,' Murphy
being now In th death cell of tft
slate prison under senteno to be
electrocuted for th tr.arder of John'
Blmmons December II, H19, , Ttao
supreme court' grants 'a new trial
on account of error la the oharge
of the trial Judge M to the plou ot
Murphy that he wa so IntoxleaieJ
that he was Incapable cf hrst tie
gree murder. The Court holds that
this plea, should thav been consid
ered as to whether he was too drunk
for premeditation and design to kill.
. Opinion BetHiercd '
', Th list of opinion follows: ' "
K In re will of..W. T. Jenktns,Hal
ifax county, no error. '
Whltehurst va Padgett and Jams
Pitt, no rror;-. , j - ,.
Merchlson National Dank vs.- Oil
Mills, New Hanover, error, i
Dover vs. Mayes ' Manufacturing
Co., Mecklenburg, affirmed.
State v.t Jraacia, McDowell af
firmed, Stat vs. Cortrtn, "Henderson, - no
srror. ' ' - ' . , v , ; '
Stat vs. Murphy,' Yanoey, new
trial. ' i '
Whltnsr vs. C. and O. Railroad
Compana, McDowell, affirmed.
' McBrayer vs. Blanton, Rutherford
ton, new trial. I .
Simmons vs. .Fleming, McDowill,
ho error, (
' Lyttpn 'V. Marlon Manufacturing
company, Kutherforc, Bw trial., if
Mors vs. Freeman and Flack
r
Rutherford, ns rrr
' Hammett . vs. Southern ': Railway
Co., Bunoombe, new trial.
- 8tto v. Btacey, McDowell, for
want of proper order to appeal in
forma pauperis, 1
Morganton traded School vs.. Mc
Dowell, Burke revershd.
TuttlO vs. Raid Transylvania, mo
tsjn for new trial for newly discov
ered evidence allowed.
NEW TRIAL IN DAMAGE SUIT
Disappointment Was felt in Ashe
ville last night by lawyers and their
clients In the failure of.th -auprsms
court to hand )own opinions for th
fifteenth Judicial district.
Only one ease In this district was
heard ' from, that of Ous Hammett
against the Sou them Railway- Com
pany, in which th plaintiff was su
ing for 1 10, 000, having lost both of
his leg by one of th Southern's
locomotives.
A year or so sgro early on a win
try morning Hammett, was . making
his way to the Rees tannery ovr
a path that had long' been used by
the public on and across the South
ern's tracks. : The pisintW contend
ed that as he wa walking along
or beside one of the tracks the ten
der of the locomotive backed upon
him, knocking him down and caus
ing ths loss of both legs. It being
alleged that the tender had no light
on it and that he was given no warn
ing of th approaching train.
Tb case was heard hers, during
the summer, resulting. In a son-suit.
Ths slalntlffff through hi attorneys,
Locke Craig and Zeh F. ' Curtis, ap
pealed to the supremo court.' which
sTsnted a w trial, T, S. Rollins
represented the defense,
1
Director Page Asks for Ad
ditional $70,000 for Next
Fiscal Year
WASHINGTON, Dc II. Logan
Walter Page, dlroetor of.ttio federal
(bureau of good roads. In bis annual
report ts th secretary of agrlculturs.
ssks for an additional I70.000 Is ths
appropriation fcr the next fiscal year.
so ss "to torsades ths ssop of th
advisory, lecture, object lesson and
experinwrnteJ work of the bureau.'
This year's approprtatlen is almost
1110.000. As a result of investiga
tions now being made. Dr. Pass ex
presses ths belief that thsrs will be
a complete r-organlxatlon of th
present system of road administra
tion in many cocnmunlUes through
out the country. He says that a com
pilation now being ; compiled Indi
cates that there are approximately
110.000 official In the United SUtes.
:: To demonstrate types of rosd con
struction, to Introduce new methods,
to experiment with new materials and
16 Instruct local road ' officials In
proper methods '' the report says,
reads wrs built In fifty-two place
during thepast year and much ortftl-
n NEW
TR A
n research work was don. ,
GOVERNMET WILL
CONDUCT RIGOROUS
DYNAMITING PROBE
Prosecutions in Other States Where
Buildings Have Been Dynamited
Likely to Grow From Indianapolis
Inquiry Officials Won't Talk.
WASHINGTON, Dee. UA "rigo
rous Investigation and prosecution of
all connected with the alleged dyna
mite conspiracy is th emphatic In
junction from th department of Jus
tice, direct to District Attorney Mil
ler, under which ho will conduct th
federal grand Jury beginning at In
dlanapolt : tomorrow, ' District . At
torney MoCormlok of Los Angeles,
Who ha been her several weeks con
ferring with official of ths depart
ment left tonight for New York on
a mission connected with the gov
ernment's Investigation. , OfDoiai,
however, decline to dlocuss the trip
in dctalL Attorney ' Oeneral Wick
ersham through Assistant Attorney
Oeneral Harr. Is personally direct
ing ths government's course. Th
Inquiry ) based on two federal sta
tutes, and If an accumulation of of
funses can be proved under on or
both of these laws agalnot thus re
sponstbl tat th orlmea, long term
Of Imprisonment can be imposed. The
maximum penalty for violation of
the statute fixing stringent conditions
and restrictions :' upon ths shipment
of explosives Is II months in' ths
penitentiary and a fin of 11,000. The
law toy whldh It is hoped to reach
all who may have inspired or direct
ed th outrares makes a crime for
two or mors parsons to consptr to
break a federal Jaw. This Imposes
a maximum penalty of two years im
prisonment and 110,000 fins, ' One or
both of these laws would apply to
very illegal shipment of explosives.
Prosecution In other states wftsr
buildings 'have been wreoked by dyn
amite during the past fsw years are
likely, It Is declared hare, to grow
out of ttie Indianapolis Inquiry. -
PIIOBK BEGINS TOTAY '
INDIANAPOLIS. Indu bee. 11.
Nation-wide interest .will center here
tomorrow -when th weeks of work
by detectives, attorneys 'and accoun
tants who have compiled . evidence
alleged to show th complicity o
othwrs than th MoNamara brother
la a. dynamiUng. sesspireoy : wllb bs
turned ovsr to the federal grand
Jury for formal Investigation., Let
ters and record of the International
Association of Bridg and Structural
Iron workers (have been abstracted
VIRGINIA LEAGUE FIGHT '
CDLlESraTlEfET
Board : of Arbitration De
cides That President for
1012 is Yet Unchouen
NEW TORK, Deo. 11,Thsj fight
In th Virginia league of six baseball
tclubs wa settled by a decision of
the board of arbitration, that 'the
ileagus president for lll wss as yet
unohosen, " hotwHihstandlng several
so-called elections' have been held to
fill f)h office. Ths verdict was reach
ed by the basobal court after It had
listened for- fonr hour to testimony
and arguments additional to) those
ot yesterday, 'had looked tip bh law
and deliberated sum urn before bal
loting. Decision was unanimous. ,
'In ths matter of th appeal of
ths Virginia leagus, . roads a state
ment mad public by th board, "as
to toe election of a president, it Is
held that according 'to the consti
tution and ths minutes of ths various
meetings ot the various tragus clubs,
an slsctien for president for th en
suing year has not been held.
Th contesting tactions and i their
counsel wsjjMsasMd ttietnaelvee, assatlS)
fled with, the decision and loft to
Knight for Virginia. Ttva board ' reo
onunended Informally that an eii
tlon bs hold with all stubs pressnt
and voting instead of by proxy
early Un January. Thrt term of
President Williams-expires January I.
Should tbo election .result In a . tie,
whk is tbo result ' of rscont elec
tions, sccsrdlng to on faction,, he
will remain th league's bead, under
the constitution until bin successor is
chosen, it was stated.
HTJJfO-rP IX COICFERENCB
WASHINGTON, Dec.-'ll, Legisla
tion for th direct election of Halted
States senators apparently is hope
lessly bung up In oonfereno. Unable
to reacts on ' agrosment today, . vas
enate and house conferees surroed
to consider the subject again imme
diately after ths Christmas holidays
and In eh event of noo-agresment
to report the bill back to th two
houses for action.
MUST SERVB TWBNTY YEARS
WATCROnS, Oa., Dec II. Bobbing
plteously, Mrs. K. L. ; Bobbins wss
sentenced today to servs 20 years In
Ahe penttenUerj for ths killing of her
nslglbor. Mrs. Bells SmMJa
THE WEATHER
. WASHINGTON. Dee. 11 roreoant:
North Carolina: cloudy and colder
Thursday; Friday unsettled; moderate
'northeast and east wind. '-';
V '. - I ' V
snd checked against statements of
Ortle MrManlgal, confessed dynamit
er, In ,ths employ of John J, Mo
Natnara, th convicted secretary
jtreasurer of th association, This
class of evidence Is to bs delvsd In
to to fathom charges of a plot wKh
it seat In Indianapolis, by whlon. ac
cording to th National Erectors' a,
oolstloa, . explosives in ths last flv
years were carried. Into seventeen
sUtes in violation o federal reiula
Hons and by wihich about 100 truo.
tur thav been'- partly or wholly
wrecked, Mi Lo Angeles Tims
buildlngr being only one of them.
Great precautions have been taken
to Insurw secrecy to th deliberations
In tils grand Jury room. Ouards,
have bn placed at th doors and all'
outsiders. Including witnesses to bs
called, ars to bs 'kept th entire
length' of ths federal building, or al
most a city block, away from ths
jurors. .
. Mar Go Into February
. District Attorney Oil as, W. Miller
Indicated u. was not expected ths
grand Jury would complete Its work
before ths end of January. Mr. Mil
ler was much Interested In th re
port from Los Angela that hs was to
be assisted here later by Oscar Law
lr, who- has been participating In
ths prosecution of ths McNamara
brothers, but hs declined . to com
ment upon.
Herbert B. Kockln, secretary of she
Iron Workers' association, returned
todsy from St, LouM where, It was
reported, he had conferred with Pres
ident Frank M. Ryan, Hockln de
clared Ryan wenf to Chtoago and
said bs would return here tomor
row, Anost ths first witness to bo
sailed, it was, learned, would be sten
ographers who were employed by
McNamara whan he was an actus
official of ths union. Then svldonos
gathered by int of the'Nstlonal
Erectors' association, 4 dafenslvs or-
ganuation of ''opnh shop'' contrac
tors, papers seised In a raid on th
Iron Workers' anoclatlnn headguar-
tors, or voluntarily turned owr by
tns officials and detailed confes
sion of McManigal ars to b sub
mitted.' ' Many witnesses from cities
in, which explosions have occurred
have been subpoenaed
FIVE Hlin FAHMEHS:
Of STATE IT UEHISG
President Barrett S a y-s
Financiers Wanted Too
' lluch for Holding Cotton
OREBNBBORO. N. C. Deo. II
More han fivs hundred farmers of
North Carolina ars attending as dels
gate the jrsrmsrs' union convention
wniob bold Its first session In Wilson
this morning to discuss the cotton
holding movement and other matters
of vital Interest to th farmer. Na
tional President C. a Barrett mad
the principal address of the day. He
said that she cotton holding , plan
submitted by ths financiers was not
in lino wMh th proposition he laid
store thstn; that h thought they
wanted teo mueh and that their re
strictions wars twrder than ths far-
mors would be willing to sttomlt to.
K wiged the fsrtnesw to reduoe their
aoreaga, raise their living and, thus
get in pesitson to hold their cotton.
Mr. Wilson, delegate from the state
oonvontlon in MIsslssiBph addressed
She convention on different modes of
tanning.. Other addresses wer mad
eoooralng Presrdont JOarrett's post
uon.
K. C. Hudson, of th stats sarrtou!
tural department, mad a spsoiai ad
dress on sol) improvement. Commit
tees wsfo appointed and the esnvsn
Uob got down to business.; A apodal
session was toeid this afternoon, II.
a. O. Alexandar, of '. Matthews, ,1s
tpresiaem ot tns anion and presided
at too ays ,; sessions. Th delegate
were cordially welcomed by Mayor
vicsinson, or Wilson.
, riOlIT RATH COMPLAINT
, WAHINJTON, Deo. II. -Exist-
Ing freerht rates on furniture from
North Carolina and Couth Carolina
points to Paolfio ooast terminals of
11.70 a hundred pounds, were at
tacked before th interstate com
merce oommission today by ths
outhsra ; rum I tur Msnufactuers
association, rrom Virginia points) to
PaoMlo coast terminals ths rats I
11.60 and U is oontended that the
hewl from Carolina territory is short
er. Ths complaint is directed against
the Southern railway and practically
all of ths trans-continental carriers.
Th commission Is asked to fix a
Joint through 'rat and to grant re
paration on previous shipments.
SIIKKt LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
NORJPOLK, Va.. Dee. ll-Th law
parstd by ths legislature of Virginia
requiring hotels to furnish sheets at
laast I feet long to all beds was to
day declared unconstitutional by Fo
lk: Jostles Dunoan, of Norfolk, be
fore wfbom a test prosecution was
brought. Tb state sppeolsd, . ,
E
OF MEH STILL IN
Owners of Illfated Mine State
That There Were Eighty,
Five Men In Mine ' '
PROGRESS OBSTRUCTED
' BY SMOULDERING FIRh
Director of American- Red
Cross on Sccno. Satisfied
": : .' .. -. t. "' '
With Rescue WorK ,
BRICKV1LL& Tsnn
With 'th passing of
Dec. 1 1,
an other day
without th discovery of any mor
livi men in cro' Mountain mine.
hop for ths rescue of th fifty odd
men ' still unaccounted tot reached
Its lowest bb lats today, Th report
spread through th villsg that three
mors survivor had been located end
practically ths whole population
flocked to ths wilne for new only to
bs disappointed in finding that it was
untru.
' Progress In ths search wss fb-
struotsd iby a smoldorlng fir whh-it
raged from early yesterday until I
o'clock this s'tcrnonn In left mm
sntry.lf, requiring the efforts of half
of trie government helmet crew to ex
tinguish ft. Harrol after bnrrsl of
water was rolled into the mine In
ears and pumped on 1I flre. I- nr
a time today It threatonnd to -tmie
serious trouble but was fltiHlly muIi.
dued, Whether ths firs sturtod I
ths explosion or rrom a miners lumo
Is a matter of dispute. The lio.li' of
Horace Irish, aged SO, boss of II
gang rosoued alive. Monday v .
known to bs In ths vicinity and It Is
said thst those with hlin whti 1 e
Wa klllttd by the eMilnnlon I' t s,
lighted lamp -bffld ihe I1 ort v . t
they were forctol to anotm-r ! ,i -bar.
Irish's body (ltns hnn t nu-i.
sd. Forty-five bodies had liutm lo on : t
out pf ths mine up to -U' 1 1 1 u'cinrk l .
nlrlit and several mora i) 1 . i,
cated, The ownprs of th n. h an
nounced todsythat there we! a 1
men in tJi mine when the miI"-. .i
took plac. .
:,: ' Impatlnnce at Di-lsy :
! Friend and relatives of wlnnrd
unaccounted for are manifesting
great im patience because the rescuers
are (not making ? fntBr headway.
There ar about: 10 mile of mine
way to explore and less than 16 oxy
gen helmet man who can penetrate
to all corners. Canary birds are be
ing used to detect the presence of
poisoned gases with great success
nd miners who at first were dis
posed to scoff at t burn ars (beginning
to realise their ' valuev Miners with
out helmets sre not permitted to en
ter chambers 10 whkm ths binds can
not 11 vs.
Ernet P. Jltcknoll, dhertor of th
American Red Cross arrived here to.
day to investigate the situation. Ils
expressed approval of ' the relief
measure already taken and Indlent
ed that hs thought ths local oomratt
tea were competent to take cars ef
any families tnad destitute by ths
oxplosion, ' ' . ' ' . , 1
EEO.l'.PEIIIiS.iiiiES
C0UMITTEEH017 TO GC?E
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WITH BUSINESS SlIITi:
Answers Eunntog Fire cf
QuesUons-From Members
of Steel Committee ' 1
PROPOSES PLANS
WA8HINOTON. DsC. ll-Oso.'; W.J
Perkins, financier and dlreotor of ths
United Htates Steel corporation who
was sn ths witness stand practically.
all day today discussed with mem
bsrs of ths senate oommlttee hlsl
Ideas of how the committee could)
meet the business situation and was!
subjected to a running fir of ques
tions by ths members ef commutes.
11 said ths proper way to give ths
country's big 'business relief front
existing uncertain and . depression i
would be to create In tb commerce
snd Ubot : department : a business,
court or controlling commission with)
ths power , to license corporations 1
ding interstate or International busl-1
nsss. '. Violations of regulations laid'
down by such a commission, hs urged'
should bs punishable , by lmprleoo.
msnt of Individuals rather than byJ
revocation of licenses. J
Mr. Perkins said this somtnlaslosi
or court should be composed large
ly of experienced business men. AblU
Ity ts comply with condition laid dewnj
by congrees In creating ths cemmlx-i
sion and with regulation prascrlhed.
by th commission of. all its sffalrs.
from capitalisation to business pruo-;
tlce. Mr. Perkins suggested that in'
the beginning only broad 'principle'
be laid down, with a view to elab-'
orating and perfecting themes con
ditions require. After proponing tb's
plan for Immediate relief, Mr. I'i r
klns offarad another for prv,-av
rsltat I
HOPE FOR
RESGu
MINE ABOUT GONE
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