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CITIZEN. THE WEATHER . CLOUDY Citlien Want Ada Bring Results ' ' i : voCxxvm., no: 59 ; ASIIEVILLE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS 3EHE LIVED NEAR people Whose Lives Were In . Jeopardy Testified at Gov crnment Probe XPRESS HORROR AT LEARNING FACT No Opposition Henceforth as to Removing Books of Iron workers' Ass'n INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Xec. II. People who for weeka ; unknowing' Iy lived near enough dynamite THEY ENOUGH DYNAMITE TO BL0WT01 - to blow, up the neighborhood - and whose children played over the floors ' of a. vacant house in which nitro-rly- cerine had been spilled, testified In the government's Investigation of the , V dynamite conspiracy before the feder. - al grand Jury today. Witnesses from Muncle,' Ind., were' questioned con , ceralnif what they knew of the rent ing of a, house In Muncle 'to Ortle McManlgal in December, 10. After 'Paying rent for severs.! months In ad vance. McManlgal stored it with boxes and sawdust in Which lie packed nl tro-glycerine. The fact that the rent i had been paid and the house, always in darkness, was visited periodically by a stranger, created an element of mystery, which still was unsolved ' even after .- the place again . deserted was thrown open and school children - scattered over the floors upon- which 1 appeared crease : spots. Later, it was found the spots were caused by nitro glycerine and experts 'Were called to destroy their explosive power. Among the witnesses from Muncle were' Mrs. Elisabeth . Htner, Iseeo Orant and" a manufacturer who sold bqxee to Mo . Mantgal. : ;The evidence was traced toy the Investigators-not only to con Arm McManljal's confession which Impllcres John J. and Jft. B. Mc Namajra, but also to bring out who, if tnw essisiea mem.r -. T ' Expressions of Horror - ? tf Other expressions of horror at dls 1 covering; -they .had ben living- near explosive came from members of the family of Jones; a farmer.-near Indianapolis. ; For a. long tins prior to his arrest on April i 2, 1111, J. J. McNamara, secretary-treasurer of the International Association of .Bridge and Structural 'Iron "Workers, on the pretext that he was storing- old -records, 'kept in Jones' barn a piano box filled .with dynamite rom which ,Mc Manlgal replenished his supply when going on dynamiting expeditions. The piano box stIH had twenty-five pounds of dynamite. In it when Jones, digging on his farm, was apprised of the fact by detectives who visited the place the day John J. was arrested. It was learned that these witnesses willing ly told of the representations, under which they rented their pistes and what persons paid tfaem money. So far as the iron workers' association .is concerned, no opposition hereafter will be made against the removal of books and papers .taken from their headquarters from one Jurisdiction to another. This Was announced today when an attorney fWthe Iron work ers: withdrew an appeal to the In diana 'supreme court from n order of the county court to turn the rec ords over to the federal authorities. Although action on the motion to dis miss the appeal will not be taken un til after January 2, It Is understood the records, including tbooks and cor respondence of John . J. McNamara, may now be can-led between any fed- erel or county jurisdictions without ' opposition. I AUTHOR PASSES AWAY AT John Bigelow Answers Death's Summons at Age of Ninety-rive. ; HIS PUBLIC SERVICE NBW YORK, Dec. Puneral arrangements for John Bigelow, the .veteran diplomat and auUhor who died at tiis home here- today In. his 5th year, were practically complet ed tonight. The services will be held at St". George's Episcopal church in this city Friday morning at : 1.30 o'clock' The body will' be taken to Highland Falls, where the burial will take place In the family plot at 10.3 'o'clock. Mr.-Bigelow will be buried beside his wife who died nearly 10 years ago. Vim selection of pall bear ers probably will be announced. ' . Mr. . Bigelow- three day ago suf fered a return of an aliment Incident uo advanced age, which laid him low last June at his summer home In Highland Falls. . For more than two days be suffered Intense pain but alght or ten hours before death there came a partial paralysis of the senses and fdt several iwura he lay smiling t those' about him unable to speak. John ..Bigelow was equally . well (Continued on Page Six) ' Russian: treat y of 1 832 ABROGATED BY ACTION OF SENATE President's Notification to Russian c Empire ofTerpvnationof, Treaty Jnanimously Ratified Last Night. In Diplomatic Language. - WASHINGTON, tJec llTho sen ate by a unanimous vote tonight for mally ratified - "resident Taft's noti fication to Russia of the termlna tlbn ct the treaty of 1U. The Lodge Joint, resolution reported tyv the for eign relations committee as a 'sub stitute for, the Sulser resolution, that passed the house 100 to 1 was adopt ed after an allday dste over, Rus sia's discrimination, -against the t Jews of America. The president tomorrow is expected to agree to the senate measur. ' The resolution; was adopted at ;7:l p. m.- It was Introduced for the com mittee by" Mr. Lodge of Mass.; as the measure couched In the language most satisfactory to the Washington administration was sought to? avoid giving offense to the St. Petersburg government, . - The final action came after ' two substitutes had been - voted down. JU was the climax of a notable proceed. Ing In the chamber : which guards leelously its -i traditional . power to makeand break treaties. All tarough the eymposium of views - to which, many senators -contributed through out the i day, however, there 1 were citations ' of . historical Instances , of treaty terminations by executive act. The senate was held In session un til a late hour on' the urgent plea ot Senator Lodge that to secure ac tion before the Christmas holiday on Thursday It . was necessary that the senate should act tonight,' Etiry senator who spoke voiced .his advo cacy of congressional action to meet the Russian discrimination. - They were' unanimous for ths termination of the treaty but showed a wide di vergence of views as to the manner In which that end should be accom plished.',, - w (.'';. . ,J Substitute Offered , The ; most Conspicuous opposition to the " senate resolution ' developed, when Senator Hitchcock, of- Nebras ka, offered .as a- substitute a ' reso lution . eliminating.; the question of race' as - a ause "for - discrimination and'emltting the charge that. Russia M .'.fJoMMdViheVte The Hitchcock substitute, however Is along the lines of the house res-' olutlon. Those who voted In the- af-: flrmatlve on the ' ' Hitchcock - substl. tute were Senator Chilton. Culberson, HItchoock, Johnson,' Kern, Lea, Mar tine, Myers, O'Gorman, Raynor, Smith of Maryland, Taylor Watson and Williams, democrats; ' and , Senators Clapp and Polndexter- .reiubtlcana ; Senator Newlands offered a ' sub- C0IUCI REUTIORS WILL HOT BE AFFECTED , BTTREATTJBBOEATIOM Senator Smith, of Michigan, Takes up Feature Hither-. to Untouched CAUSES DISCUSSION WASHINGTON. Dec. l-Commer- clal relations between the United States and Russia will not be affect ed as a result of the abrogation of the treaty of 1012, In the opinion ot Senator William Aldan Smith, of Michigan, because the favored nation clause of that treaty has been swspt aside by the operation of the maxi mum and minimum clause of f the Payne tariff law carried Into effect by the president's proclamation of July II, 1010. . ,: The senator's view wss discussed widely at the capital today as a fea ture hitherto lost sight of In con sideration of the annulment ' of the pact.-' hAfter careful examination of the tariff of If 09," said Senator Smith, "I am positive that ths second section, known as the maximum and mini, muni clause, bss; so far as proclama tions have been Issued thereunder, superseded the favored nation clause In the Russian treaty and that our commercial- relations with Russia will continue -unimpaired so long as no change Is made in that regulation. By formal proclamation issued by President Taft on July IS,. 1010 the Russian government - was given the minimum duties under the Payne Aldrlch law. ; This -.will remain the law of the land and the proclama tion Insures to Russia every consider ation that it could possibly have un der the treaty ot 131 to remain In force so far as her . commercial re lations wHh the United States are concerned. "Therefore, the more specific course of the foreign relations committee of of the senate will accomplish the hu mane end sought fey the most ardent advocates Of abrogation," :,'""".,.-'.;. Senator Smith Is a member of the foreign relations eommittee of the senate and for many years was a member ef the foreign affairs commit tee of the house. He stated hie con tention on the floor of the senate la replying to Senator Heburn, who deplored the posarble breaking of commercial relations between the two countries. stitute dovetailing the Hitchcock and Lodge resolutions 'hut this was vol. d down without diversion ". . Then came the final vote on the Lodge res. olutlon. The i-oll was called but theis was no division. "Seventy-two votes were bast and all 'of them were fa vorable 40 .the measure. It was there fore, declared adopted and was start' 4 on Its way -to the- house. - . t--. Quieter; Pitas' i'- With the senato's Action the Rus sian situation has 'assumed a flulet. er 'phase so, far sas the dxeoutiv branch , of the government. Is con. cerned, The omclals are looking for ward to the receipt from., ' Curtis Guild,. the American embassador to St.? Petersburg, of the acceptance, oy the. president Tart or the ' desire of this government to terminate the treaty of im. s Press dispatches' from St.. Peters burg indicate that such an answer al ready has been handed to Mr.1 Guild, and the contents of the Russian note. as outlined in the dispatches, are per- haps somewhat -disappointing in -that they convey no response to the direct statement by Secretary Knox that America, stands ready to open nego tiations immediately for a new treaty, . . Taft Defended tei-. -. Mr. Lodge,. In the senate,: defended the aetloa of President Taft In abro gating the Russian treaty without congressional action. Six treaties, he pointed out. had. been terminated by notice, the first by Polk lit. 1147; the treaty with Great Britain. President Pierce in lttl terminated toy notice a provision of a treaty with Denmark, after the senate had given Ks author ity in Jt6t. - President McKinler ter minated clauses In the Swiss treaty of 1SSS without any congressional ac tion whatever, he declared Much attention was given by Mr, Lodge to the contention that delay would render It lm possible to termin ate the treaty (or the neat two yeere Russia, had disregarded .the terms of the treaty, he said.' - Article I has een violated by Russia, while it has en otei Iw jelfnKsdr tars. and I think it has been violated e ae. to dlscrlmthate against a large ele. "t of American eittaena. It. Is in. tolerable that it should oontinike and constitute a series of a grievances that cannot be over-estimated. "HumtUadng- Poaltton' "The refusal of Russia to observe Article I of the treaty,"; he said, (Oonttnaed on Page Poor) GATHDUG CLUB HEARS LEADEflDFJEMOCBACY Wickersham and Under wood Make Speeches Be fore Guests ANNUAL BANQUET NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Two ad dresses, one by Attorney General Wickersham who declared that the true nationalism is equality of oppor tunity to 'every cltlsen, and the oth er by Representative Oscar W. Un derwood, dnalrman of the ways and means committee of the house, en the dangers of direct democracy, were heard by members of the Catih- olio club and their gueets at their dinner tonight. Mr. Underwood de clared his opposition to movements toward a more direct government. "If there are evils In our govern ment as It exists today ' hs said, 'It is hot In Its organic 'form. It is due to the failure of those In office to honestly, fairly and Justly perform the duties Imposed upon them.' He pointed to the failures of direct democracies and drew the contrast between them and the suocesses of a representative democracy respon slve to tfte will of a majority, but checked by the constitution from ex ercising a brutal force whloh might destroy the liberty . and property rights of the individual. ' The proposal to abandon in part this scheme ot the revolutionary fathers with a tendency to place ttte powers' 6f law making In the hands of all the people, would place consti tutional guarantees otf Individual!!- berty subservient to ths will of the majority through political compul sion, he said. . - Those who urge a change, ' he ar gued do not reflect ghat at times they may misjudge real public, sentiment Attorney General Wickersham 's subject was The Equality of Oppor tunity for all and Special Privileges tor None." .-,." . The enforcement of the law against unlawful restraint of trade and mo nopolise is attended with mnea out cry by those who have too long en joyed finfair methods over their competitors the end of which ffiiey how see, declared Mr. Wickersham, ; "but be not deceived by their clam- or neither the law nor the enforce- mem ot the law is directed against SCATJtfING ARRAIGNMENT OF. CHICAGO PACKERS BY U. Si DISTRICT -ATTORNEY Jury Whhh Was Completed Their Organization CHICAGOl? ' Deo. liThe Jury which is to try the Chicago packers who are Charged with violation of the criminal provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law Was completed today and. the opening statement of United States Dtstrltt -Attorney James . WUkerson waa begun, in-ouUlntng the. case, Mr, Wilkerson m speech replete with hitter inVeotl ve declared that the defendants throuh the Na Honat Packing wompany had eontln uad she old pooling, practice of the packers aad Shad actually put into ef- fee the asexO' powerful engine -for the suoTrsssion tf competition ever da- tVtsBdctO. the wodustrial woridrw " ;.e JUUge"-i;. ,varpnier - nau mtmrmir ceased direr ting tr)e summoning of a new panel of veniremen -when coun sel for. the indicted packers declared they were satisfied with OW 11 men In te-bex. . The government attor neys, also- were content' and before the aeon adjournment she oath was administered to the r Jury? and the decks were cleared for the actual be ginning of the legal battle which Is looked upon as one of the- most mo. menteus of uhe many t In . which the fedetal- power has clashed- With cor porations. . " " - -. ', . Defendants In Oawrt Room , WOven Mr, Wilkerson began hie op FHAKKLIN CONFRONTED BY JUUIN'S WIFE She Declared That She Had Accepted $500 to Influence Husband LOS ANOELE8, Cat, Dec. 10. Bert H. Fran-kiln, the detective ac cused of having bribed a sworn Juror in the trial of ths confessed dyna miter, James B. McNamara, was con fronted today at his preliminary hear, log by Mrs. Dora Bain. She had told the district attorney that she had ac cepted 1500 of a 14,000 fund promised on condition that she would Influence her husband, Robert F. Bain, a sworn Juror. Mrs. Bain's statement followed FraokHn'e arrext on a charge of hav. lmr attempted to bribe Geo. N. Lock wood, a prospective Juror. Mrs. Bain's testimony was taken af ter a proffer made y Franklin's counsel for former Governor Henry T. Osge to admit her story by stipula tion had been declined by the state. A county warrant for. $5,000 was drawn today In favor of Wm. J. Burns. This Is the first of the re wards to be paid for the conviction of the McNamaras. As far as the coun ty Is concerned, according to District Attorney Fredericks, no othsr re wards will be paid. WASHINGTON, Dec II. Forecast for North Carolina. Cloudiness 'Wed nesday with fcMsk to high northeast winds,. .rain at night and Thursday colder in west portion. legitimate business enterprise but to what William Penn denominated the great end of all government,' namely, to sspport power and reverence with the people and to secure the people rrom she atruee of power.'" . Pulling His Leg. Yesterday Heart Bitter Invective Hurled at Meat Men, Being Declared Most Powerful " nor i of Competition Ever Devhed h Industrial World.' - '' ening address, all : the defendants were In the court - room and each Listened intently as step by, step the theory of the proseeutWn , ao the facts on which it to based .wore pre. seated.) Tracing like history ex the meat Industry In Hi irsietloa. t.h men under Indletment and going ln to greet detail In his description., ef various p1 vases of the deeds whlrh he, deolarlivg, . marked' ev conspiracy tot violatu the law df the land, Mr. Wl kerson laid special emphasis on the following 'points: S , ; f,:"r ' Polnte Emphasised , " . ' m..' intahtna tinn ' ritnrsnted bV ttia-Chia4ts. Baeai.spatjkert under Induitment la the most powertiu en gine or. system for th luppresnqfli ef competition and ,the .fixing M prices' ever known la the (history; ef the industrial world, . That the system la' so Ingeniously devised and so closely guarded that the men In h lower grades ef em ployment are made to believe (hat the corporations in the combination are actual oompetttora. - ' ' "' That the Indicted packers, er their predeoessors , have t dominated . the meat Industry of the country and Ax ed prices since 1110. . . That, the real purpose and design of the National Packlp .company, HIGH POWER Twenty-Three Sticks of Ex plosive Planted Near Los , Angeles Home ,. ' VOS . A.NOELES, Cal 1 Dec. 10 Twentyhree sticks of high power dynamite were found by a gardener late today buried In shrubbery at the residence of Arthur Letts, owner 'of two of the largest department store In Loe Angeles. After an Investigation the polies announced their belief that the dy namite had been placed In the yard by some one who wanted to get rid of It There was nothing to Indicate that any attempt was to have been made to blow up the Letts residence. No caps or fuses wsre found. . Two men, who were seen loitering around ths Letts mansion at noon, are being sought by the police, xtut the latter admit that the can contain fng the explosives had been burled for sometime.. .' ADJOURN FOR HOLIDAYS WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 The house "steel trust" ' Investigating committee adjourned today until ,af ter the Christmas holiday recess of congress when its inquiry Into the United States corporation affairs, will bo resumed. John Q. Brown, ef Chi cago, formerly Interested la Minne sota ore properties, wss asked re garding special rebates to the Oliver Iron Mining company, which later became a part of the United States Steel corporation.' He had no actual evidence, however, of such rebates. "BASIS OF BUSINESS'' , - WASHINGTON, Dec 10 The uni versal establishment ef righteousness ths square deal, the golden rule and the principles and teaching of the kingdom of Ood, should be the rec ognised basis for the foundation of all . business, according to R. L. Klmbrough of Harrisburg; Pa., who addressed the senate eommittee ' on interstate commerce today on "trust problems." , The eommittee adjourn. ed today until January I, it), when It will resume Its inoutrr. - i Engme tor suppre$ whloh was organised by members of the combination" Maroh II, 1001, la to continue the work ' accomplished by the old pool; that he key to the system Is the uniform method used by the members In figuring the test coat of product. That ihls test cost arrived at by adding ' the kilting eharg to the price of cattle on the tmaf and deducting taillowances for hid and fat to in axessj of Bhe real cost and gives the packers a larger margin of, profit than their, 'own fig ures Indicate. , ( i . That tr oountry was divided un der old pooling tystem into. different dMOsiona 'fndj- each member. of the pool allotted a certain psrcenUge of the business, and that similar sys tern -to still In exUtsnee, ' " j That a system, of forfeits was paid to msmbers who failed to -jret their percentage of the business of the dVf-ferent- divisions and - ohess forfeits were' In the nature of fines on those members who exceeded Vaelr allot ment ) - " . ' ' ' That "formal y the members of the combine 'met every' Tuesday In the office of a Chicago lawyer and fixed the prices of meet. - .y ..- That since the organisation of the (Continued on Page aeven) BAR ASSOGiATION LW MEET AT RALEIGH NEXT Executive Committee De i cides to Hold 1912 Session ' i From J nne 25 to 27 1 RALXIOH, N. C. Dee. !. The ex ecutive committee of the North Care Una Bar association in session hers to night, dscided to hold the 1011 see- skn on June si to 17, the place to be dscided upon later with strong Indi cations that Raleigh -wilt he selected. On the committee are Cel. :' Harry Skinner, Hon. Francis D. Watson, A. W. McLean and A. B. Anderson, jr, with C. W. Tlllstt and T. W. Davis, the latter secretary of the association, meeting with them. Also there was a -meeting of the special eommittee or the Bar association for the draft ing of bills for redisricting the state and for the revision of the rules of practice. ; ' Organisation was effected and pur pose declared to go Uto the work thoroughly with indications that ' a ''Toung . Turk" element-on ths com mittee will bring forth a report for the June meeting that will stir an abundant Interest. On this commit tee are C. W. Tlllett. chairman; Col. Harry Skinner, A.' W.' MeLeaa, Oeo. Renntree, Francis Winston and T, W. Da via. . ' XE8SA0B STOPPED HEARING LOS ANOLB8. Cel., Deo. 1.- Ttie federal grand Jury which 1 In veettgating the western angle of the alleged nation-wide dynamiting ees plraoy, today waa. In 'session not more than half, an hour,. The sud den ending ef she session came after Oscar Lawler, special government In. veetlgator, had received a telegram in code.. He declined to discuss the message but the adjournment Imme diately followed. Then Lawler and Malsolm McLaren, a detective, hor rted o Lawler private ofTlcs. There Samuel Brown chief of the county district attorney's idetecttve hureau. Joined them and soon all three left the f eder 1 building accompanied by Larry Sullivan, formerly a detective for trie McNamara defense. Many witnesses were) about.' the -federal building 'expecting - to be called, among eem Olaf A. Tvttemoe and Eric B. Morton, labor Union leaders of San anclaoe.. J v.. COLORED PORTERS ACT US ESCORTTO PRESIDENT OF U.S. When he Arrived In New York For Some Reason Police Escort Was Omitted.. ;" WENT UNESCORTED, ' ; : TO BROTHER'S HOME On Former Visits Ten Bicyclt Patrolmen Were Assigned to Travel With Him NEW YORK. Deo, 10. The presi. dsnt ef the Unltsd States traveled I through New York's streets tonight without a police escort such as ha been customarily assigned for hi pro. taction during hi visit here. , Just what oaused the omission of the usual provisions to safeguard the nation': head had noteen offK-Jally developed' up to a late hour tonight. The tact' remained, however, that when Presi dent Taft arrived at t:to o'clock to night at the Pennsylvania terminal en a two days' visit to thin city, not a olue-coatod employe ef the city was. In sight. Ths presidential party wss forced to make its way to a waiting! automobile separated from the crowd' only hy ten colored porters whom the station master had hastily prsssed In-' to ervie. Unescorted, the president went te' the home ef his brother, Henry W. Taft, on W, tth street. ' There the first tight of police officer detallud for duty with the party , was , had. The detachment was mad Up of three bicycle policemen. On his former vln-, it ten .policemen on wheel had bcrn , asslgnsd to travel with him and ti patrolmen to handle the crowd at th railway station. . The three bicycle policemen accompanied the president' on his drive to the Kconomlc club, dinner at the Hotel Astor, where he I was to deliver an address, and latr escorted him to Brooklyn to attenj the New England society dlnnsr at -the Academy of Music and ths Brook lyn Young Republican club dinner, Comns union IWftixr Fecort 1 . 1. C. Wbselor, a member of (he t cret" rvlc force, . made th Usual request thin morning y for an,. 'etcort for the president and it had been un. derstood that, the customary , guard would be, furnished. ' It was stated to. night, however, that Police Commis sioner Waldo, when anked for the ss. cert, replied that In his .opinion no greater guard was needed for ths pro tection of the president her than for the mayor of the city, and that no greater on would fee furnished on this occasion, , He , considered - the i (Onntlmied mi Psee Flrht) HOLIDAY FflH 10I1EB -r BEFORE HE ; TESTIFIES ; BEFOBETHECC'lllTTEEi ' ' ' ' I Probable That ho Other "; Witness Will be Called ' in Investigation TAYLOE'S VEBSIOIT: WASHINGTON. Dee. 1 Ths ee at coramitie wnlch I Investigating the election of senator Lorlmer to day adjourned to meet again on Jan nary I, when Mr. Lorimer will take the witness ohalr and testify In hi own dsfense for the first time under oath. It Is probable that no other witness will be called. Leslie J. Tar lor of TayiorvllU, Ills, told th oom ml t tee today of an alleged conver sation he had In 1110 . with' V. D. Brewnback, a republican member ef the Illinois legislator, who voted for Lorimer. Brownbisck has told the committee that he did not know Taylor and had never spoken to him. ' Taylor told the , committee that ? Brewnback told him he was asham ed to say how much money be had spent to be elected to the legislature "and that he Intended to get it back." "He told m that I would see that when a senator Mr as ' elected ' (Brownback) had voted for the right man and that he would get hi." ' Taylor sold Brownback had talk- ' d about changing the Judicial dis trict In Macen county; Illinois, ang ' aid It "could be done for MOO" Brown'aack is now In business In Cast SL Louis, Ilia, "and swore be-1 fore the committee lest week that -he would know . Taylor If he saw him. ' The eommittee win recall Brown.' back to confront Taylor, whose tes timony csussd something of a sen atlon. . . - .. - v - ' '. .i ARRESTED ON ARSON CHARGE! , OCA LA, Fla. Dec. 10 C. P. Aiken, proprietor of the Fort McCoy drug storo, which with a numbsr of other building was destroyed by Are at ort McCoy Sunday night, csuslng a oss of over I10,000has bees ar rested and. broufcht hre en a charge of arson. It Is alleged that a quan tity of goods were ehlpped from the' Store Sunday nlgM end that soveml boxes were found in the woods fjjur yesterday. . ' ' - ,
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