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i-. . ' 1 . ' vv. i'T .;,.i,yj: .... AY CITIZEN r ; ypL.xxvm, no.,69. ASHEVIIJjE, N. SUNDAY ALOBNINO, DECEMHER 31, 1911 . PBICE FIVE CENTS 1 F THE W&ATHER T fair . .v, ' - i .' . i i. I .. j , ' . I, i . y i i . ' ' if . ii i , . , ,, I i - - . ' ... i ....... I, .. .. . ; V- GOEAT fJOBTHEflfl TFIAIN DERAILED; SIX 1011 General Manager of Road In, raveto Car and Escapes Without Even Scratch . ,TOURIST AND DINING , ' ' CARS ARE DESTROYED DEAD Physicians Hastily SummonedM;n S5fgl tand Injured Taken .to Com- J fortable Ouarters . 1 SHARON, N. ' V.. Dec. SO. A lOfaat yfotinern railway train, knownas the "Ot-egonlan." waa wrecked four miles -west of Flnley today with a loss ef at least sis lives and. the injury of thir teen persons. . Ths wreck, was due to a brokn ralL The'trttn left St Paul this mining for Seattle.; On - the train In his private : car. was J. M. Qrtfber, general manager rof tha Great Northern railway. - ' He escaped un hurt., Hl car went off the track but : remained upright. Great Northern -officials, tonight report the -dead as : foUows: .v.-a ' , ' ' )- :. Male passenger, not Identified. v Two-year-old child of . Bailey, agent of the Great i Northern railway . at Bottineau, N. D, . . ; Libert Lodge, cook In dining car. 'foe. Mosher, cook. ... -: V. Jaahoney, brakeman.. ' Injured WiU Surriv , , - Of those injured -only two are seii-ously'-hurt and none- will die of wounds. "All live in the west esoept Jas. Riley,, of New York, who was bruised. The dtnlng car, the tourist car and the first and iQsn4 . day couches turned .over ; and ; . t first three rolled down a twenty-font em- bankment,- , , - ' 1 . The tourist car caught fire from' the stove and Ws burned. The. dining ear also caught fire and was destroyed.; r s Tptlle efferts were made to put out the flames i with.' fire I extinguishers, snow aftd. wet blankets. THe fatalities allyWei-e in the .dining car. ' Physlr rlahs wera rushed from Sharota and , iTnley and -the inure4 -were'- tfurrled sy" ;tn wjncee, wrecaing crews ex 7 iSect4 te clear the tmok ' by. mem- In. f lrF3!ilTlB;ilSStIiTili.i' CAUSES fNTIRE TURKISH Decision of Proposed Modi ' Qcation of Constitution ,r . is Impossible VIZIER'S STATEMENT CONBTANTINOPUE, Dec. 10. The ' cabinet resigned today in con sequence ot the obcructiont of the opposition, tne memoers. or wnicn ao sented' themselves from the sitting f the- chamber of deputies which rendered Impossible a decision of 6b e proposed modification of the const! tutlon... ; . ... The grand visirr, who was acoom panled: by hts entire cabinet. made a Inns; statement In the chamber ex. plaining that ' .the constitutional u, arises were necessary for the es tablishment of a stfong government able to carry out the reforms rs Qulr3 oy the country. He quoted an article printed is a French, news paper stating that If Italy, was able to prosecute Its African venture sue cesaftffiy it was because . of Turkey's Internal quarrels. ' The grand vlsler ' and ministers then withdrew to deliberate on the situation . After an hour's absence they returned and the vlsler an nounced the decision of the minis try to resign. TiOeS MAY PASS l,OeofOOO WASHINGTON COURT HOURS, O., Dec.' t. Fire which originated in 'the basement of a department" store 'wiped but a large portion of the busi ness district of this city tonight and at a late hour was' still raging un checked. .The total loss shortly before midnight waa placed in the neighbor hood of It.OOO.etO. Speolal trains from Columbus! and ' Wilmington brought Are companies and apparatus , in response to appeals from this olty. .The ' buildings so far .destroyed are the Hasjenlo temple. Stutson's depart ment store, the Imperial hotel. Fay. ette hardware and furniture company, Dakl-MUIIken wholesale company, Dice-Marks hardware company, and 'the offices of the Hazmn fertiliser 'company. THROW I.VTO RECEIVERSHIP NSW TORK. Dec. '30. Announce ment was made today that the Allls 'Chalmers directors have decided not Vo pay the interest on Its first mort gage bonds due .January 1, -11 J, thereby, throwing the company Into a .. receivership. This came as a surprise : to the financial district whleh ed re ceived assurances that; the corpora tion's difficulties might be tided ever. TAFT VIGOROUSLY REPLIES-TO SHAFT FROM ROOSEVELT Charge of Inconsistency on Treaties Evokes 'Rattier Heated Remarks. V Otherwise Tranquility . Pervades i Citizens -Pjeace Banquet , M 1 1 . , NEW, TORK. Dm. SO.-PTedd : by tHaaenlona' which iHntl for 4 a tlm 1'to threa.Ua a climax anything but pa- lti nam ttnpilva o far at least aa eonearnad , Itr .attendant coadlttona. Frealdklnt Taft who waa tha vuaat f honor and chief pakor bf the ev nlnf, 'while, arguing for tha pending arbltxatloa treaties between . the United , State. Ore'. Britain "'and France, replied apeolfloally to taome erltlclama recently made against; the principles enrbodle'd In those treaties. He alao made answer tt the charge, of lnconalttency lodged against advecates ef the arbitration treaties who did not favor arbitration in the difficulty be tween the United States and Russia. ""Those of us who are-In favor of these' treaties have been criticised, as Inconsistent because .we did not in voke 'arbitration In the reeent differ ence with Russia,", said Mr. Taft. '1 am -not entirely willing to speak as frankly as I might of that because my tongue is tied in a slight , way by what we hope for in future negotia tions, all. .that I can say is that if you wHl read the-great argument -of Bllhu Boot on the, question, of why the treaty should ba terminated .and why arbitration would , not do, I am content to stand on his exhibit' and explanation aof that. , - - coawaaml' OMtgatloaNi ' ' " "Tiie truth fm that the. treaty itself contains contractual obligations on the part of the United iftatea to recognise the doctrine of nonrexpatrlatlon and. recoinlxe ' the irlght of Runt to say that the naturalised Rssslan clMsens In the 'United! States-should not their allegiance to Russia! and' coy1 be punished for becoming naturalised oltlsens. '".' . ,'Now. that , was cbnulned ," en , the face of the treaty. It was. In aocord ance w(th the doctrine that prevailed in the United jStatss and that1 prevail ed in Bussha In 1111.. The. doctrine had tMStr depslrted from by statute in the Unlted fttatea but it ramatned in the' treaty and1 we caAnot, far all a tractural dnellxiga wHh dr repeal a treair mtltei,.,fJ& ; v., r Henee It wis staked In the 'iwtlc f the tefmlnatien ef 'th treaty.mada itt 'socordanoe jwlth the terms -of the treaty, tttet the treat was so M that it was not responsive to the views ef the two; nations. . , "Now why, therefore, should we ar bitrate a treaty of that sort in whloA we were net first and foremost by the proposition -that twenty or thirty er forty years ago, we repudiated It aa an - International matter ' "Inconelstx-TK-y Doom't ladst" "Therefore, , I say- that the incon sistency that Is supposed -to . exist in RESOLUTIONS EHDOHSIIiB , ARBITRATION TREATIES Following Col. Watterson's Charlotte Address, Are Unanimously Adopted CHARIjOTTE, N..C, Dec l.-That the notion that war makes for many developments Is at variance with all history was' largely the burden of an address delivered here tonight by Colonel . Henry Wattersofl who advo cated the ratification ef the pending peace treaties between the . united States, Brighand . and Prance. Col-, onel Watterson' spoke to a largs au dience and was heartily , applauded throughout his address. At the con clusion of Mr. Watterson's speech. Major J. C. Hemphill, editor of the Charlotte Observer, offered a set ot resolutions endorsing the ratification of she peace treaties. A sensation fol lowed when Mr. Cameron Morrison; a well known local attorney, made a vigorous rsply to tha proposition ad vocating the endorsement ot ' the peace teatles on the ground that the constitution ef the United States dele gates this powsr to congress and hat the matter should .be left entirely In the hands of that body. The resolu tions offered by Major Hemphljl were unanimously adopted thus stamping ths audience's disapproval upon' Mr; Morrison's position. v .' ". Replying briefly to this unexpected objection to endorsement of a move ment having af .Its ultimate odd world-wide peace. Colonel Watterson readily acknowledged that Mr. Morri son's position was tenable but em phasised the fact that congress, while it would In his opinion, do the right thing and ratify tKe pending treaty should have the unqualified endorse ment of the American people, this aa a mark of national advancement along the larger fines of mental de velopment. Congrsss represents the people and the opinion of the people.! largely Influences Its actions. ' Colonel Watterson's report was - heartily en dorsed with tremendous applause by the audience and when. Mayor Bland and former Solicitor Ctarkson secured the floor, and reiterated the -adoption of the motion,, suggesting also- that' the women be allowed 4o vote, practi cally evefy person la the vast audi ence arose when the affirmative was our failure to invoke arbitration 'does not ' exist and Z commend to those who think , It does a dose perusal of. Mr. Root's argument-and of. the treaty Itself.' , , Answering other criticisms of the treaties, the president continued;. There are certain questions that it Is said we would , bate to arbitrate under this treaty;. w would tiave to arbitrage the Monroe doctrine. . I say U ts rtot a justifiable question under the treaty. Prof. Basastt Moore, who is perhaps the greatest International authority we have In this, country says the very same thing. Sir Edward Orey Bays so on the floor of parlia ment, so i think, we. are rather safe on that question. Then the question la whether we should arbitrate the light of anybody to some Into this country sgalnst our will. Of course if we make a treaty letting a man In, why we are bound to respond to the treaty, but If .we do not.the question of letting anybody in Is a question of national policy and .not International policy and cannot be arbitrated, ; It Is a question of the liberality of the na tion that, owns the ground and terrl tory. That u? alLI The possibility of soms tribunal be. ing- estaoilahea yist . would take . up such a question was discussed by ths president and he disposed of It by pointing out that such a court would be merely a' human machine and lia ble ; to terror but that would "be no reason ' why we should not use the machine if It offers generally the best solutlpn and stand the result of -a mis take tea few Instances. "What, we Stave got to come to la this," said the president; "to recog nise either that -we want 4 reason and a .peaceful settlement of disputes, or that we don't : And we jhave got to mean business when we $0 into arbi tration. This playing of 'heads 1 win and tails you lose' . will make ne progress in a Christian civilisation. It Is not possible that we should win. In every case." - .The'nresldent became wmMuitia la riplylng to crltlclsras.and har'es Of snrsTTTiB aenarea r - 1 am noiiaaing anyxning nacc, .' he -sal a. v The president djeclsred; that If evsr -anything should b submitted to arbitration It was questions ef per sonal or national honor, Then 'he stopped and saidi 1 . . , -'."Perhaps I Aave gone too far in my enthusiasm," but the audience wouldn't have It that way and when he asked pointedly: "Are we to step, back T" he got' an emphatic "no" for a -response.' The president was loudly chered ss he concluded. ; The speakers in addition to Presl- (Ooatimwtd on Page NM) NftBRQW ESCAPE F8 Bobbers Ransack Seven Cars and Fire on . Train Crew Make Escape 8PBNCER, N. ft. Dec. SO. Cspt. R. I Miller, of Spencer, conductor on a freight train on the main, line of the Southern, had a narrow escape from death at the hands of a robber at Brown SummHt, Guilford county, very early this morning. His train had stopped on a siding to 1st another train pass and the conductor on top fit the train started to the rear to make ' inspections and when in- the middle of the train he was fired upon from the darkneaa. three bullets whlsslng by his head. He returned to the engine and v lth the train crew Inspected the train rinding eeven ears heavily loaded with vslusble mer chandise broken op-n. Matches were found in the cars Indicating robbery, but the amount of goods stolen could not be learned. The robbers, It Is be lieved, had secreted themselves in the cara before leaving New Terk and did their work well. The cars were restated at Greensboro and forwarded to Nsw Orleans. Capt. R. C. Bell, of. Spencer, was seriously shot near the same pises by robbers soms months ago. The robbers -cesed. NO PARTY SPLIT" 8APUL.PA. Okls.. Deo. 10 Speak er Champ Clark, In an interview here 1 today said the controversy which Is reported to have arisen from ths sndorssment of Former Governor Folk ss the choice of Mis souri democrats for president will be settled by the democratlcstate com mittee's calling? a primary or con vention to endorse a candidate for the presidential nomination. The speaker said that the talk of a party split was much exaggerated. . WEATHER WASHINGTON, pee. IS Forecast; For North Carolma. rain Sunday; Monday, clearing 'and enlder; mod erate east to south winds becoming northwest Monda . OR. SUN YAT SEN ALMOST ENTIflELY CONTROL Rapid Developments Almost Bewildering But This Pact Is Established MAGNITUDE OF TASK NOT COMPREHENDED Entire Governmental System to bo Remodeled and Com pletely Modernized SHANGHAI, Dec. 10, The rapid developments which have occurred since the arrival here of Dr. Bun .Yet Sen, newly elected president of the Chinese republic are almost bewil dering but careful observation dem onstratee that -the provisional pros! dent controls the situation. Today be. received a large number of con gratulatory dispatches ' front Europe and America Byhlle locally he has been tendered numerous receptions and banquets, ; He accepts all- con gratulations modestly and has ap peared for only a few antnutea at pub lic functions to-which he lias been invited. ; .Throughout . the day Je received a stream of prominent nailers and was entertained' at dinner tonight by forty of the principal Japanese com mercial man here and some visitors to Shanghai. , , ... One of . the significant .develop ments today occurred at a confer ence between Tang-Shao-Yi, who came here as Premier Yuan Shi Kat's repreeentstlve and . Dr. Wu Tlnr Fang, leader 'of thei republicans "at the peace . conference when It ds veloped tnat Premier Yuan Shi Ka! has authorised Tang Shao Yl to ig nore ths Imperial edict calling the national- convention, ,. This leaves the .arrangements, (er the national con vention entirely in the hands of Tang Shao IT ad Wu Tin Fang. , . ' -: .Within Ten Days It is -understood . In - authoritative quarters Hunt the; convention will be held within -ten days and that the delegates will be TpreWioally the same s those wire elected un Tat Ben president of tha republic at the Man king, convention in December it Possibly, .' however, delegates, from 'Mongolia and' Thibet will be added Wu Ting Fang asserts that all the delegates now In Nanking are pro perly accredited by either Che gov ernors of their provinces or by the provisional assemblies. 1 Dr.' Sun. Informed the Associated Press that the assertion that the fix ture program of the revolutionists in. votves the separation of the Chinese provinces Into autonomous republics wss entirely erroneous. According to tne plana, a strong central govern mnt ijt to be erganlsed and a parlla. ment representative of the people elected. ' Each province will select Its own 'governor. No provincial armies are contemplated, aa both the army and navy are to be made national r Institutions and will be un der the control of parliament In the earns way as the finances. The en tire governmental system Is to be re modelled and sndpnltzed -and; ttss whole fiscal, system Is to be adjust ed on up-to-date methods. The In come of the ''country Is ample to discharge Its liabilities and to de fray ordinary expenses.- System of Railways Construction of a syystem of rail ways and roads Is to bs pushed for ward as rapidly as possible, ears te- Ing taken to avoid arousing tfae sus picions and prejudices of the masses of ths people who must be first made to feel sure that China Is dependent upon Chinese themselves. They must also be taught self-reliance. There Is reason to believe that Dr. Bun and .is adviser fully realise the tsagnltude of tlhelr task and also thst ths main details, including the selection of strong executive officials and organlsars, have been decided. Moat of them It Is assumed, have been associated with Dr. Sun, but up to now have not been definitely ap pointed. Dr. Sun doubtless discussed his-full program with prominent men In Eu rope and America. Hie principal ad viser, however, hss not yet eome to Hoe front "HEMIEB CAimOVS PEKING., Dec. IQ Yuan Shi Kal received several foreign correspon dents togstbsr this evening In the Wsl Wupu building, wbsre he hss both his office and residence. The approaches were heavily guarded by soldiers with fixed bayonets. Tents covered the grounds surrounding ths building. The premier who is bs- llsved to be constantly In danger of ssa sal nation snd therefore takes ths utmost preceotlons.' Is a heavy set, gray haired man, between 0 and (0 yeass of age. He appeared unus ually largs In several thicknesses of winter robes. Yuan Shi Kal gave It to bs un derstood that ' he wanted a trueref erendum on the question of a re public; he was opposed to haste be cause of ths dsnger thst the Shang hai conference would not be repre sentative. Replying, to' ths question as to whether the Shanghai demands, would be , met, : he said ths matter . was for the derision of ths imperial elans, In order to rarry on ths ad ministration he declared money was . (Cootfaned oa peg tgtt THREE LEADERS OF 1 LABOR INDICTED IN DYNAMITING CASE True -Bills Under Which the Men Were Taken Prisoners But a x Small Fraction of a Packet Con taminghlumbcr ofindktmcnts LOS AXOKLEH. Cal., Deo.' 10. Charged with conspiracy In transport ing dynamite In violation of the fed eral interstate commerce laws, three labor leaders, Olaf Tveitmoe, secre tary of the . Bute Building ' Trades council; J. B. Munsey, loader of the Salt Lake Union of Structural Iron Workers, and Anton Johannesen, 'or ganiser of the Stsse Building Trades council, were Indicted today by the federal grand jury In connection with the alleged . nation-wide dynamiting conspiracy, 'Their -arrest . followed. For some time they have been here as witnesses In the government dyna mite Inquiry. They were. arrested In the witness room in the federal build ing a few minutes after . the Indict ments were filed in Judge Well bom's court, 1 v Many More m Wis" The true bills under which the men were 'taken prisoners were but a part of a packet containing an unknown number of indictments.' Deputy-marshals were sent nut Immediately and it was said other arrests wsre immi nent both hern and In San Francisco, Osoar Lawlsr, the speolal prosecutor, was not present In court. It was said he had gone, ea. . probably with County District , Attorney John :: D. Fredericks who; left for Indsnapolla early today. Fredericks took, with nlra suit .eases that were supposed to con- tain evidence gathered for use In-ths McNamara trial. . The action of the grand jury had a Visible effect upon Tveitmoe, He was pals when taken into ths United States marshal's of See.. "Who will you have, for your attorneys T" Johannsen was .. asked. "Blamed If 1 knowi we've had too many attorneys already," he replied with a laugh. , ' United States, District Attorns)' A. t McCormick announced that in Ad dition to Tveitmoe, , Johannsen and Munsey, indictments returned by the grand jury named H. -A. Clanesy, the McNamara brothers, Ortle McMant fal and Schmidt snd Caplan, t 1 ' f'And the grand Jury has not finish ed its in vU,getlon by spy means," bs said. iV" V-ii,.tii'.-.-;'i SV"-''.'1 Uscar Lawlsr.. special government prosecutor,, dictated before his depar ture e statsment to be lvn uf,af tsr the first arrest. ' The statement says; Lawless. StatrmoBl "Notwlthrtsndlng emphatic protes tations on the part of certain so-called labor leaders of opposition to the dynamiting practices Indulged In by the McNamaras, not one of them hss lifted a hand to aid tha law In their efforts to discover the truth. On the contrary, there has been exhibited a decided disposition to Impsde such ef forts.. .. . . y, The nsme of or$ anlsed labor "has been prostltluted by a band of eriml '. APPEAR US WITNESSES Reluctantly Testify in Con tempt Proceedings Before Judge Wright , WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Several prominent labor men reluctantly tet tlfted today, before Justice Wright In the contempt proceedings arising out of ths Bucks Stovs stid Range ease ; sgalnst Samuel dompers, John Mitchell end Frank Morrison. They were called for the purpose ef Identifying records of the .proceed tngs.of th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor held at Norfolk in 107, at Denver Ip 101 and at Toronto In !, and oeples of the American Federatlonlsts, In which It wss claimed were publish ed eOIIorlals on which -many ot ths charges wsre based. In the course of c-iatf testimony, most of ths wit nssses fuft frequent recourse to the responses, "I don't remember," and "I don't recall," showing thslr dls- Incllnatlsn to make admissions that might prejudice ths dsfense of their sssocistss. t Among ths witnesses were Daniel J. Keefe, commissioner general of immigration and former president of the Longshoremen's union; Jamss O'Connell, president of the International Machinists' nnlon; Andrew Fureeetfii, president of the Seamen's union; Daniel F. Manning, former president of ths Retail daks' union, snd Samuel D. Needrey, form er secret try ef the central labor un ion ot this city. NKVtU JS RECEITE8 PARDOJf RALEIGH, 1. C Dec. I Oev. Kltchln pardons Richard Neville, un der five years sentence In Alamance county for Implication in stealing a mule, - The trial Judge, solicitor, eight ofTVn jurors and a large num ber of cltlsena joined in the appeal for the pardon on the ground that there la grave doubt of the guilt, of the prisoner who Is only It years old snd proved a good character. They behave the pardon will prevent what ttoey believe would prove a mlscar rtag ef Jostle, Mais and It seems to those conducting the Investigation ths unless labor leaders, who assert thst they were de ceived by the McNamaras, publicly demand from the latter and all oth ers a full and complete exposition of every detail of their dastardly opera tions, whoever may be ' implicated thereby, and thus demonstrate a gen uine respeot tor the laws whloh have been so ruthlessly violated, doubts as to the good faith oa suoh assertions are amply justified, - "The aid of District Attorney Fred, sticks and his assistants, as well ss that of Mr. MoLeren ,ef the Burns force, ha been invaluable and Is most deeply appreciated." ' ' ; 1 ABOUT MUSI' ARRESTED V SAM FRANCISCO, Cat, Deo. 10. Olaf Tveitmoe, Indicted today : in Los Angeles, Is 'the secretary of the state and local building trades coun cil and president of' the fctletlo Ex clusion league which spreads ever ths Paclno coast. . He is also editor of the local 'building trade Journal, "Organ ised Labor," and a member of the ex ecutive board of the National Broth erhood of Cement Workers, which h orgsnlsed, Tveitmoe, who is a Nor wegian, came te thl country when a young men- He obtained his seer, taryshlp In1 the building trades coun cil about ten. years ato. ' ' - Anton Johannssn served as a mod el for the hero of a recent labor novel -He has a more powerful fol lowing la Chicago' than In. San Fran olsoo. He was ssrly a leader In the labor 'movement In Chicago while an officer In the Woodworkers' union. His politic were then extremely radl cal and hs created a sensation In the convention 1 of th American . Federa tion of Labor in Pittsburg by de nouncing Oemper as a non-progressive. Whlls la Chicago Johannssn was noted ss the opponent of the "slug gers," advocating peaceful methods of dealing ; with th non-unionists, t i 1 ' QTJAItRRMSD WITH WIFE .AALT.LAKB ClTY,Js. 0.-Jthe been asserted repeatedly by detaotlves employed 1h th McKamar case that . ,F. Munssy. indicted irtLna Angeles today. In eonnsntllin wrth th alleged dynemlt' conspiracy harbored Jas. B, McNamara In. hi horns here after th xplosloa . that wrecked th Los An geles Time. It Is said Mrs Munsey mad an,- affidavit .to this , effect to detective' after a quarrel with, her husband. 1 -, -'.. : , 'When .Munsey wss summoned to appear before the federal grand Jury at Lot Angeles, ths papsrs, book and correependenoe of - th - local iron workers' union were secured, by Sher- (Continued aw Page Wght) V71LL DISPATCH TROOPS TO Native Revolt in Biff Region of Morocco Subject ; of Interview MADRID, Dec. 10. TH natlv re volt in th Riff region ef Morocco was th subject of a long Interview today between " King Alfonso ' and Prsmler Canelajsi. Later the: min ister of war, General Luque, decided to dispatch Immediately to Mielllla reinforcements of troops whloth It Is hopsd will be sufficient to suppress the uprising. Premier. CanaleJaa told tha king that the serlousnsts of ths situation in the Rift region was show by na tive advices received In Alhucemsa, ths small Island Jortrees and prison settlement belonging to Spain on the Meditaransan coast of Morocco. Ac. cording to Obese reports 10,000 Moors have left In the direction of the Kert rive, .the rendesvoua of the tribes ment who fought sgalnst the Spen lard in ths battle of December 7. when, aocordlng to official advices. ths Spanish casualties were seven of fleers and II soldier killed and 1( officer and fit soldiers wounded. Prlnes) Ferdinand of Bavaria, brother-in-law of Klsg Alfonso, left tonight for Mslllla, where be will command a squadron ef cavalry. IlTOENDtARY ORIGIN T , SAUSBURY, N. C, Dec. IS Fire believed of Incendiary origin destroy ed the barn,, fear valuable horsss and a lot of machinery belonging tc Look Hoffman at Franklin, Rowan eeunty last night The loss is placed at H.00 with til Insurance. Mr. Hoffman was In sight of ths barn when It caught but asvsd nothing. W. O. T. A-tJICAL RKCEPTIOIV 0AU8BVRT, K. C, Dec l With music, snappy . speeches and a jolly good time fer all the Salisbury coun cil United Commercial Traveler held their annual reception tonight- Th affair waa Informal. A class of new members war - Initiated and receiv ed en tins eecsslen . and , the coun cil is growing rapidly la Salisbury. SUPPRESS UPRISING DEMOCRATS Witt-; ELIMINATE MANY. APPROPR ATlOflS Next Sundry Civil Appropri ation Bill May be Cut Hun- dreds of Thousands PRESIDENT'S TAPIFP BOARD IS INCLUDED Leaders Have Economy Plan of Their Own. Would Elimin ate Economy Commission ' WASHINGTON. Deo. 10. Demo crats of th hout of representative plsa to eliminate from the next sun- ; dry ctvtl appropriation bill the tlt&,- s 000 appropriation for the president'' tariff board, the ITS. 000 approprta-' ' tlon for th economy commission and tha 111,000 appropriation for th pretldtnt' traveling expenses. . Democratic member of th (ap propriation commute are under stood to be unanimously In favor of, thl elimination program and they) believe that Wi outtig out of this! xpendltur of 1121,000, all ef whloh Is under the direction of. the presl- -dent will most with approval of th . majority party in the houss. , Ths sundry civil bill will b ready for submission to ths houss In Janu ary and th democrat plan to d-, fend denial ot the quarter of mil-' lion appropriation for th tariff board on th ground that the very princi ple of a tariff" body under the direct supervision of th president Is un- ' democratic. They further wilt point out that ths constitution glvee to the house f representative the rlgi'it.ofj Initiative In revenue legislation and will contend that, - a prestdentlaliy. eontfoTlsd tariff .board practically amount to a usurpation of this pow ' Democrats' Kc-onomy Plan Th house dsmocratlo leader havai aq conomy plan of thslr own and will. Insist that the maintenance of the economy , commission. I a . wi Of tlms and money. ' Tlnv will sr. giie thf t!i house expenditures com-Uittts2!ISs-4h various ' department of government can take, care of any eonomr that may: b nidd If member f th cabinet fall to die-, cover .extravagancies of administrate Uon at far 'as th prldent't travel ing expenses are concerned, th dem oorat feel that the annual appro prlatlon of 111,000 for that purpot I being" used against the dsmocratlo enemy and they propoe to out It oft or wii rwmmiut ' - neje 1 eiiniinateuj Item are certain to provoke lively discussion -wmsn tn sundry , civil bill la reported. , 1 1 PROTESTS UlOE I.BIJLST IPPOIIITfJEflT 0F-JKE: HOOK TO SUPREME CC1MT ,'- ' - -.. - - ' '-.- President Gets tlesisas from Okkhozna, Nebraska &nd Minnesota . ' ; REASONS ARE GIVEN, OKLAHOMA CITT, Okl., Dae. - Id. -After discussion of a announee-i men that Judge j Hook of Leaven-J worth, Kan was being seriously can sidsrsd by President Taft for ap pointment "lo th .auprecn ..court -te suoceed the late Justice Harlan,-the Oklahoma corporation commission today sent telegram to the president pretesting against Judge Hook'- .ap-i polntmant. 1 - GOT. ALDKICII WIRES , LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 10. Ckrverw nor Aldrich announced today that he woufd wire Presldsnt Tsft a protest against ths appointment ot J Judr Hook, of Kansal, to the suprems court. Tins rsllway commission , will,, It is said, consider the matter, at it next meeting. The . Objection r baeeTQn the decision Judge Hook en tered in the Oklahoma two oent fare where he decided that th rate wa confiscatory. , ... ,' : . - rnoM MHficEsoTA K r , ST. PAUL, Minn., Deo. 0. A tele.. : gram signed by all the member of the Minnesota railroad and ware- ' house commission today was sent t. -President Taft protesting against the' consideration of the name of Jtidge Hook as a possible member of ' the' suprsme court of the United States. ; The objection to Judge Hook Is based ; ; on his opposition In the Oklahoma -rate case In which, the telegram, says, .. tie decided adversely many conten- ' tlon of th state of Minnesota la the JUInneaota rate eas4, aow befor ; th tupremt court. t The eommlssion asserts It belief- - that fn. stats of Minnesota Is tn-s ' titled to the appointment of a judge' who not already expressed hi'' opinion In a way that Is fatal to the' Minnesota ease. . "The telegram adds; ghat the protest la not , In the In-.' tereet of any candidate.