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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN. I THE WEATHER . C SHOWERS Citizen Want Ada Bring Results ; ' VOL. XXVIIL, NO, 61 ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS TESTIMONIAL OF Don t Forget the Poor: DEFENSE REPLIES TO CHARGES MADE Be retarded by g0ngress"act10n FLATLY FRIENDSHIP . U. S BY F TO HAVE RE jGHIflESEPREIiltlER CENSUS JDHK MAY DECLINES FOR PUBLIC RICE AGAINST PACKERS Great Britain With Other Na " Hons Willing to Give, Yuan . Shi Kal Aid SAY ONLY NAME OF MONARCHY IS LEFT Extension of Armistice For Ten Days Has Given Hope ' : of Settlement , PBKINCf, Dec. 21 Premier Yuan h Kal today save hla answer to tnoaa who, are aiming to transform China into -a republic In an official Statement be declared without quali fication' that he refueed to accept republic. At the Shanghai peace conference yesterday Wu Tin Fang, foreign min uter in the revolutionary provialon al cabinet,, spoke strongly in favw of a republic;, and later Tang t'hao Yl said thai he was convinced that -the abdication of the" emperor and the establishment of a republic was the" only thing - that would satisfy the people. At the same time he ex pressed doubt whether it Would be possible to persuade Yuan Bhl Kal to abnndoa his plan for a limited ' monarchy. ; . :- U is believed here that Yuan Shi Kat means what he says and will uphold the ' monarchy. A new situa tion has aMsen. Great Britain, which has been supporting the premier's . monarohlat , program for several 'Weeks, ts now strengthened by Japan and is endeavoring to obtain the support of the.. United Slates and other countries. ' Great Britain be Ifevs,H the separation of the depen dencies, Manchuria, Mongolia, Thibet and the serious' disintegration of China proper "would result from the establishment of a republic whereas , the republicans have already obtain ed injsjr material way everything they ' ierlrM. Only the name of the mon archy Is left. It ts stated that the Jmerlcan-group if notrthe American jfitate department already supports the ; British idea and are ready with two it notthe, --oe--rther of 'the f "fouf-HafloB -rreup" ot financiers., to lend Yuan Shi. Kal money. , Agreement -.Urged Negotiations to this end .have been fCnwriitnen' on Pago Three) BITTER ARRAIGNMENT OF NEWSPAPERS tftfHICH HAVE CRITICISEO SYNDICATE Heated Colloquy Takes Place Between Two Op posing Sides PLAN ASSAILED NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 2L Newspapers of the south which have l criticised Colonel Robert M. Thomp 'son, the New York cotton speculator and his plan for financing the sur plus portion of the south' cotton crop, were bitterly arraigned tonight toy , William H. Staten, the personal representative of Colonel Thompson in formulating this plan In a talk .before an Informal gathering of rep resentatives of the cotton farming 'industry in the assembly room of the GFunewald hotel. After Mr. Staten's remarks a heat ed colloquy ensued between him and Captain R. F Kolb, commissioner of agriculture of Alabama. Captain 'Kolb denounced certain statements of i Mr. Staten and' the meeting was ab ruptly adjourned. Captain Kolb an nounced that he had not only' with drawn his acceptance of a trusteeship in the proposed organisation to carry into effect Colonel Thompson's plan but had advised the cotton planters ot Alabama and of the south against participating in the plan. In his address Mr. Staten declared that Colonel Thompson proposed his plan for financing a portion of the cotton crop at the,, earnest solicitation of. "southern gentlemen" in congress, in business life and among farmers and the thanks he is getting for his unselfish efforts to aid the southern planters re expressed in columns of abase and slander in newspapers of the south. He stated that Colonel Thompson Is willing to change the plans to suit the southerners. - "Colonel Thompson Is a friend of the south and .he hates the New York cotton exchange more, perhaps, than do you people of the south. Wlcker sluim is a -northern attorney-general. , His partner is attorney for the New Tork cotton exchange and already 'they tried to send Colonel Thompson to .'Jan for helping the. south In his tmll $ampaigna" Captain Kolb's principal objection , to the1 plan was to the sentence in the outline which reads, "It is not our plan to warehouse the cotton, nor to withhold It from the channels of trade."! lie said this was Just con trary to What the southern farmer Is now trying, to obtain and .would re sult in the cotton being 1 marketed even faster than at present . Latter Nation Will Make Gift of Bronze Bust to be Dedi cated Next June . TO BE MEMORIAL TO SAMUEL de CHAMPLAIN Another Epoch of Relations of Fraternity Existing Between Two Countries PARIS, Dec 21 Prance is arrang ing another imposing testimonial of tier friendship for the United States. Tomorrow a public subscription Is to be opened to offer a brohte bust of LaFrance by the illustrious irrencn sculptor Augusts Rodin.1 which will be placed at the barie of the tnonu ment to be dedicated nest June to Samuel DeChamplaln, the French navigator, explorer - and discoverer of the lake that bears hla name., Like the gift front the' people of France of BartholdPs "statute of Liberty, the presentation -Of "La France," which is the figure ! of a woman, marks. hlst icoily another epoch of vie- relations of fraternity between France and the United States of America. , President Fallieres will head the list of subscribers and wilt be follow-: ed by foreign Minister Justin ' De Selves, Ambassador Jules Jusserand, Gabriel Hanotaux, president. 'of the Franco-American commission for the; development of . political, economic, literary and artistic relations, and, Count DeRochambeau. The initiative movement emanated with Ambaapa-: dor . Jusserand In accord with the! French foreign offlc Hit wished t have a public itfhr-than a governmental lestim...,.. . fTanoo-American corn mince vrmm re- quested to assume the direction. . An appeal to the public for funds will appear In the newspapers tomorrow. This will Indicate tht deeply touched by the frequent maiuV testations of American . i '; this country' through 11 dedication of the statues . of. FTenchmW th' America.. . ,'. - ."' , FraocaV Affection '., c The aproaohlng glorification of Champlaln, who conceived a vast! project of a French-American repub lic was developed Is admirably exe cuted to, express the warmth of the French affection. Gabriel Hanotaux wilt relate tomorrow In tfie Figaro the Interesting story of how August Rodin's La France happened to be selected. . He says the committee was at a loss to know just what offer ing to send America which would (Continued on Page Nino) STATE INTENDS TO HAVE TfflAL BEGIN ON OATE ALREADY W JAN. IS Richeson Defense Contends He Will Not be Strong Enough by Then KEPT UNDER OPIATES BOSTON, Dec. 21. Kept under opiates throughout tlhe day to deaden the pain from his self-inflicted wounds, the - Rev Charles V. T. Richeson was unable , to converse with his counsel, Wm. A. Morse, In Ciis cell today, so that his silence re garding his act remains unbroken. Physicians held out encouraging reports as to the prisoner's early re covery, declaring that barring the danger of sepsis Which was a possi bility ie would be physically able to appear in Court January 18, when he is to stand trial for ttie alleged mur der of Avis Llnnell. Mr. Morse, One of Rloheson's at torneys, contends that the trial should be postponed saying yester day's indictment must cause delay inasmuch as Richeson will not be physically fit to stand repeated In terviews with counsel In preparation for the trial. That the state intends to adhere to its determination to call the case January -1 6 was further sf'.own today when a witness - for the prosecution was arrested and held In $100 to appear on January 15. The witness is Charles S. Pierce, of - Sulphur Springs, Texas, a student at the New ton Theological seminary, which Richeson attended. It is understood that the state feared Pierce would f3 ibome for the holidays and might not return in time. - WHITE HOISE EY . WASHINGTON, 21. The appearance and Presl- turkey question made 1tj today at the white hou dent Taft referred the tter to the white house cook. It came In the guise of an enormous bird from Rhode. Island Intended t jgraee the president's dinner table Christmas day. It weighed 40 pounds and was rateed especially to crown tba wfctte house feast. .. v .' TtTRK Ded s, ma Allowed Only One-Half of Proposed Appropriation to Garry on The Work REPORTS MAY NOT BE FINISHED FOR YEARS Plans Laid For Laying Off Part of Force on Each of Next Two Months WASHINGTON, Ded Jl As a re sult, of the action of congress today In allowing only one-half of $1,000,- 000 asked for to continue the work of the 13th, census a wholesale die missal of clerks from census bureau is expected. Friends of Director Du- rand suggested tonight that he him self might retire as soon as' he could re-adjust his offlfflce to meet the limits of the appropriation. It ooata approximate (260.000 a month to Tun the bureau with the present force, which numbers about 3,600, and which it Is said wilt be reduced to 1,000. Director Durand, Assistant Direc tor Falkner, the six chief statisti cians and the beads of the various bureaus held a conference late to day and it Is understood plans were made for laying off of a part of the force on , January 1 and for a fur ther reduction a month later. It is estimated that some of the , census report may be delayed one or two years on account of the decision of congress to cut the appropriation. , WANT TO COMPROMISE WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 The thir ty thousand corporations which fail ed to make the necessary returns to the commissioner of internal rev enue for i the year 110 showing their, net Income as a basis for tax- iaUojtjUJv.W.. the ,corporitQn, tax lam are endeavoring to, make comprise With the ! government. .The delay la most cases was due to the question of constitutionality of the law, 8lnc the supreme court render ed Its decision on this point last March 20,000 of the delinquent con cerns haws proposed comprises? The remainder will be prosecuted to ob tain . the revenue. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Cabell has request ed all United States attorneys who will be engaged in this litigation to obtain the penalty, ranging from $1, 000 t $10,000 for the non-presentation of returns through a civil suit Instead of by Indictment. WITH THE DEMOCRATS ON II TARIFF Very Likely Two Widely Divergent Measures Will be Introduced LEADERS CONCERNED WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. A wool bill, framed according to President Taft's recommendations on the tariff board's report on schedule K., will be prepared' by the house republican on the ways and means committee. Republican leaders In the house sug gested today that the eenate and house republicans would iet together during the Christmas recess and have a bill ready by the time the demo crats have a measure ready to report. Republicans In tho senate say they will frame a 'Mil that will put the is su of protection clearly up to the progressives and force th-?m on rec ord. The progressive lenders retort ed that they were already on record In favor of a protective duty ruual to the difference in the cost of pro duction here end abroad. Some of the senate leaders professed great concern as to where the progressive would stand on the democratic wool bill which is sure to come over from the house. The general opinion seemed to be that the progressive re publicans would take their choies of the two measure. and use the strength which a merger with the democrats would give them, to force amendments to the republican bill. Progressive' leaders say they are anx ious to revise schedule K., at this session of congress and they promise to use all the practices known to Sen ate tactics to do It. It seems to be agreed that the progressives will take no step In framing a measure now, but will depend upon the two which are certain to come from the regu lar republicens and the democrats. Most of the progressiva leaders will be aawy from Washington during the Christmas holidays. Senator LeFol lette la to speak in Ohio, and so will Senator Clapp And others. The house progressives also will campaign In Ohio, Representatives Murdook, Leo-J root and Norris being among those who are Intending to apeak. ,;: AFTER: SEVERAL YE ARS RQQSEybLT , SEES FIT TO DENY HARKlMkti STORY Declares That Late Railroad Magnate Spoke to Htm on ilia, Own Initiative Regard ing Campaign Fund and That He Had Never AkedfAnybody to Con i tribute Any Money, Not Even a Do)lart to Aid His Election NEW YORK, Dee, 21. -The follow lng correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt ' and George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the republican national committee, was mad public todays . . "Dec. IS, mi. "Hon. Theodora' Roosevelt, - "Oyster Bay, N. Y. . "Dear Mr. Roosevelt: Ever aince the election off 1IM. the story has been continuously o5 purblished and never denied, except by you, that you asked Mr- K. H. Harrlman to contri bute moner to ' aid In' your election and that ha thereupon raised or con tributed 160,00 to, the national cam. paign fund.. Knowing this tx be un true, I several ft4e''eurfet -to my superior, officer, Mrs S, rN. Bliss, then treasurer of the nattopal com mittee, that the facts In tile eas be, plainly stated. Mr. Bllae, always be lieved that the books and aoeount of the national committee were private, and although always carried on by him with the highest sense of in tegrity and honor, he never, like all of hla contemporaries would consent to any publicity. This feeling has been chanred In the past few years by the laws requiring full publicity in election. ! It seems therefore to me that now In Justice to you, the facts In the case ought to be known. "Every one knew and conceded that In the election of 104 you would carry the stats of New York by a large plurality, but It was generally believed that Mr. Hlggins would be defeated. The democrats centered GERMANY FaffAY NOT HAVE TO BE DEPENDED UPON 13ec'y Wilson Says United States Can Produce Its Own Potash WASHINGTON, Dec 21. The United Statee will not have to de pend en Germany much longer for Its potash with which to make fertil iser. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson stated today. "In the near future the United States should be able not only to supply Its own needs, but also to ex port a considerable amount of pot ash," he said. The principal source of American potash, the experts of the agricultural department report, will be la the kelp or seaweed of the Poclilc coast. This plant extracts potash salts from sea water and from 25 to 3 5 per cent of Its weight is pctaKsium chloride- The Pacific coast should yield annually about 1.000,000 Ions, worth $40,000. 000. In addition to the potash, kelp contains iodine and many other by products which may "more than pay the manufacturing expenses, leaving the potassium chloride free of cost." The Investigators report cattle food, glue, shellac and even candy can be made from the plant. If properly harvested and protect ed the Pacific kelp groves, it is said, should yield annual . harvests indef initely; and along the southern coast It is posstole that two crops a year may be obtained. QTJARRKL ENDS IN DEATH PAINT ROCK, X. C, Deo, 21. As the final act of a long standing do mestic quarrel. Jesse Teno ahot and Instantly - killed Warren Daniels at Patterson siding near , here at 12.10 p. m. today. Teno returned to this place from Brlceville , Monday wlhere hla elder brother was killed In the Cress Mountain mine exploelon. THR W'EATHJEH WASHINGTON. Dec. II Forecast: For North Carolina, unsettled, orob- ably Tain frlday and Saturday; light to moderate variable winds. their efforts on the election of, their candidate for rovernor. About a week beore the election Mr. Odoll,j then chairman. ot tho New York ,Ut committee, came to Mr. Bliss and told him that unless he had, $210,000 from the national committee that the state ticket -would be defeated. 'r Mr". Bliss told Chairman Odell that ha had 1 no money to give ut weuld see what eould be done. HO visited . Mr. E. H. Harrlman at his offloe and ex plained to him the urgency of the situation as described by Mr, Odell, . t .-"Mr. Harrlman thereupon called up everai, or : nn trienos on nm net (rfione Agd ext 4ay handed. MiOHIse OIOO.OOO,., Mr, Bllaa himself rtftea 180.00. This sum of U40.000 we handed directly to ' Chairman -Odell, and never in any way want 'Into the treasury of the national committee which had In charge the presidential election. ' I have personal knowledfe of all the within mentioned facts.' i "very truly-yours, 1 - ' "GEORGE R. SHELDON. '! "Treasurer Republican National Com mittee." ' ' rVi ' , Booaerelt's Reply The Outlook. 2T Fifth Ara. New York, Deo. 1ft, 1111.! -"Office of Theodore Roosevelt. "Mr. Oeorge R. Sheldon,' '. "2 Cedar St, New York. "Dear Mr. Sheldon: I thank you for your letter, and I am glad that It was written. There ts little lor, me to add to what you have said, I never directly or indirectly ' In any PRESBYTERIANS ADOPT. L Finances of General Assem bly .Will be Administered by New Plan PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 21 A new plan of administering the finances of the general assembly of the Pres byterian church was agreed upon to day by the committee to Which the subject was referred at the lost meeting of the assembly. The ' sys tem whleh becomes effective of De cember 20, provides for the selection of a trust company In this city as treasurer; the preparation ot a bud get of expenses for the office of the elated clerk for special committees of the general assembly and for the expenses of commissioners at the general assembly. Supervision of all finances by the flnance committee of the executive committee Is also pro vided for. The - plan Is in full ac cord with the Ideas of the Rev. Wm. M. Roberts, stated clerk of the as sembly, who for many years has been acting as treasurer. Today's decision was the result of several meetings of th committee which consists of the Rev. John P. Carson, moderator nf the general assembly; Rev. William. Hiram Foulkes, New York city; Rev. Wm. P. Fulton, Philadelphia; Henry B . McCormlck; Harrisbury and Judge B. E. Beard, Lebanon, Ten n. The ques tion of combining the ministerial sustenation fund, and the Presby terian bdard of relief, which was also referred to the committee will be considered, at a future meeting. CONDITIO.1 OF ANARCHY' TjONDON, Dec. 21. A dispatch from Salonika, European Turkey,' to a London news agency, reports a condition ef anarchy throughout Macedonia. Murder, pillage and bri gandage are life. Travel In the coun try . Is sate only for large ' part lea Twenty-seven, assassination have oo-l eurred within the last month within two hours jour fey of Salonika, all the Tlotlma being Greek . , . Shape, way or form, asked Mr. Harrl man i or anybody else, to contribute a dollar to aid In my election. More ovier.von the only occasion on which Mr, Harrlman ever spoke to me oo the subject at alt. he did so of his own Initiative; and so far from there be ing any request from in to him. he mad to me the request that I would aid him In getting the national oom mlttee to contribute some of Us fundi for thai oampalita expenses of Mr, Hlf gins, the eAdldate for governor in New York state. 1 "H at the time Utd to me that owa election was assured, that i the election of Mr.' Hlggins, fn whloh rne Vkt eBe5fsriy Interested, W rtfebtful and that hi earnustlv honed that ths hatlonal ommltt would di vert some f Its funds from tlx na tlonal to the state campaign where the need was great and where he Re lieved' the election of Mr. HfeglM to h la' jeopardy. As shown In your letter, this was precisely What the na tional committee did. ; "Very truly yours, v TflBODORB ROpSBJVBCT." V PERSIANS MAKE ATTACK ST. PHTERsBURO, Deo. fl. Ac- Cording to reports from the town of JuKa, a suburb of Ispahan, Persia, the Persians today attacked a Rus sian ' detschment. ' The firing lasUid all day and artillery took part In the engagement.'. '7: . Telegraphic communication '.-with Persia ias keen interrupted. com of" POLICE AND CRIMINALS Mayor Carter H. Harrison Makes Report to Civil Service Commission CHICAGO, Dec. 21 "There Is. and has been for years, a connection be tween the Chicago polios depart ment and the criminal olasses of the ifty.'' aaya a preliminary report to Mayor Carter H. Harrison mad to night by the city civil service com mission, which has conducted an ex haustive examination of the police department. The report followed the dismissal of John Revere the second polios Inspector to lose his position as a result of the Investigation. Anoth er official, Lieut J. C. "SaAdy" Han- ley was exonerated and Captain Ber nard Baer was sent to ths mayor for action on charges of the Ineffi ciency and neglect of duty. This brings ths number of disciplined of ficials to more than a dosen. Other pointed and direct charges are made 'In the commissions report and drastic changes in the admin istration snd organisation of the de. partment are recommended. Among the assertions are these: That a bi-partisan political com bine or ring exists by and through whleh the connection between the police and criminal classes Is fos tered and maintained. "That to such connection may be charged a great part of the. Inefficien cy, disorganisation and lack of -discipline existing In the department." AJfOTHKB IXVESTlOATIdWT HXJNTSVILLE. Ala., Dec. 21 A movement aiming at federal Investi gation of th Southeastern .Tariff as sociation to ascertain If It I a trust controlling Insurance rates has been started in several Alabama cities. It Is said the association Axes rates ar bitrarily snd those Interested believe rates should bs " tower. ' Local mu nicipal insurance commissioner have adopted' resolutions calling upon the state .-attorney general and Attorney General Wlckersham . for Immediate Investigation. . - t . ,4 Claim That Business Opera Hons do not Constltuto Un ci uo Trade Restraint MOTION OF DEFENSE IS DENIED BY JUDGE f ' ' V.'-.,1'1' 'f y,V Aver That Profits on Meats do not Exceed 3 Percent ; . of Total Invested . CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-Denying ery material' allegation mad by tha, government against the tea Chicago) packers on trial before United Stat:. District Judge Carpenter for viola-1 lion of tha Sherman law. Attorney George T, Buckingham today , Out lined the oase of the defendants tnj an opening statement to the Jury, ,, The defen met defeat w:n Judge Carpenter at the opening! of court denied motions ' to eliminate; counts two and three from the indict ment and to have the Jury disregard' statements made by District , Attor ney Wllkerson In hla opening argu ment regarding certain' act of th defendant prior to the three-year . period covered by th Indictment. At- . torney Buckingham described in: dew tall the method v of buying, -selling and accounting used by t'.ie porkers and declared that th unusual nature' of th business made ora such sys tem absolutely." necessary, ' ln out lining th packer' defense, Attorney Buckingham made' salient, statement In- reply to the charge , of tnt ov ernment, among which wre; , , I That th business operation of, th packer' do not constitute an ' undue and unreasonable restraint -of , trade undr Va Sherman law a recently Interpreted by the United, States u preme court In th oases of tho Stan-! dard Oil company and th American Tobacco company. That th publio ha been, benefitted rather than ln Jured by tfha operations of the pack. ,' iy- .-ii'H . ff. y. v'.' - That tb government' proof of the, alleged combinations must ' be -confined td tthe three-pesr period 'uiis sjuntiyto'iHJ,i: tpHmf-f ; . That th profits of the packer' d (Continued tm Pair Xlm ' TO BE SUSPEKOEO TD0.U -UNTIL AFTEHf HOLIDAYS' .,' . ' ' r -a" -''",:; Found Now That , Evidenca; is Much More Voluminous '. Than Anticipated " ; , FEW NEW FACTS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., DV'Alt- Claud B. Myers, chief ef police -of! Tiffin, O.i where 140 pound of At-- namlte and other explosives wera. found hidden la m (barn th day after f th arrest of John J. McNamar la! . Indianapolis on last April 12, was that chief witness before th federal grand'. Jury In the InvestlgaUon of th dyna-; ' mitlng conspiracy . today. Ha waa among those from whom It was said J th Investigator expected to , learn fact a to who, besides th McNa-' mara and Ortt McManlgal, were,' sions in i-ennsyivemev vnio ana ia dlana, to carry on which the tor) of I ' explosives at Tiffin were used as of supplie. information was. said to have been obtained by Dls-i trlct Attorney Charles W. Miller, that th explosions were directed from Mo-' nsmirai nwuiiuancrs 111 nuisiaiii4 lis, where as secretary-treasurer of! r the International AaeoclatloB off urioge ana mruciurai iron ,vorers, he had his office, although the uf aestlon for the destruction ! of prop.. erty erected by firm employing non union men came originally from th: city where th explosions afterward took place. i'--Vv ' , t In connection with Chief Myers4 Pi pearunce It was learned the district attorney' office had accumulated lm-' . portent data relative to local eoBdN : tlons In the score of oltles where I structures were blown up In. th last! nve year. ; County Prosecutor Prank P. Baker i also was before the grand Jury: , Ha was summoned because of hla work as prosecutor In conduct Ign .before the county urand jury an Investiga tion of explosion In Indianapolis. , Baker earlier In th day had beenj lined for contempt 'because ha Inter-1 rupted a murder trial In tha county! oourt by dragging in a detective who ' was workl-,g on tha dynamite lavestl-1 gatlon and whom Baker said , was I "shadowlnr him.' . , Seven days' work by the federal grand jury ha developed that the evidence 1 tn'ora voluminous and th number ef witnesses to be Called from distant cities ia greater than waa an ticipated. The Investigation tempo- J rarity will stop tomorrow when thai jurors will adjourn until January t. It will require a month to complot the inquiry, v . .. ) 4
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