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TTfE WEATHER SHOWERS yOL. XXTX, NO. 283 Manufacturers Are Backward About Answering Lists Sent by Committee 4VOQL RATE CAUSES MUCH DISCUSSION Senator Simmons Says He (Jan See No Remedy Save Passage of Bill V WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. Most ot h manufacturers ot the coun-ry nave Ignored the lifts of question! lent them by tlh senate finance committee In rerard to the Industries and the probable effect upon them ot the democratic tariff revision. Senator LaFollette told the senate today that snly slxty-elx replies had been receiv ed to the 2,600 sets of questions mailed by the committee to manufacturers who had protested against proposed rates of duty and suggested that the manufacturers must be confident of not being hurt by the new tariff or were not altogether frank. Iltxlo Information. Senator LaFollette, originator of the idea of sending out the questions with the hope of throwing light on tariff revision, had his own list mailed along With that of the committee. He de clared the few replies received afford ed little Information, particularly con cerning the comparative cost of pro duction In the United States and in competing countries. The senator's remarks, his first dur ing the tariff debate, were made op posing an attempt of Senators Dilling ham, Page and Galllnger to Increase proposed duties on granite. The amendment was defeated If to 14. Earlier In the day Senator Oron- na concluded his criticism of the tariff bill and Catron, of New Mexico, at' tacked them as -a dangerous piece of legislation. Senator Brand egee asked Senator Simmons today If ha had been able to get any understanding with house leaders as to when the new wool rates' were t become effective, --r Only Remedy Passag of Bin. "I conferred with Representative Underwood, who was authorized to Continued on Page Seven.) T AGAINST BRYAN TREATY Large Element Adverse to Yielding Any Degree Of Sovereignty to TJ. S. WASHINGTON, Aug. .--Opposition I In the enarte to the plan of President i.Wllsoa and Secretary Bryan for an lAmerloan protecorate over Nicaragua has received support from representa Ittves of the liberal party in that re public. When tlhe senate committee on foreign relations takes up the new treaty again tomorrow, It will be with Ithe knowledge that a strong element In Nicaragua 19 adverse to yielding any vestige of sovereignty to the United States. . Protests against the treaty are be ing made in Washington by General tetanclsco Altachul a representative of he Nfcaraguan liberal lets. He oon fends Chat many of his people do not two the Idea ot the protectorate al though, they are willing to make a (treaty to give the United States a pro fcxised perpetual canal building right snrev cue Nlcarguan route. A preliminary draft of the treaty la now before the senate committee nd will be considered at a meeting tomorrow. Senator Borah, Clarke, of Arkansas, Williams and others who will oppose th contention, base their tobjecttona upon the claim that a pro tectorate over any central American country would tie a radical departure from the settled foreign policy of the United States. THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON, Aug. X (Forecast tor North Carolina: Occasional show rs Saturday wRh somewhat cooler east portion; Sunday probably show era. QUTflBOUTTABlFF Cut Out and Send to Contest Department. NOMINATION 'BLANK Good for 1,000 Votes. The Citizen 'Automobile and Pony Contest. Name ...... AddrGSS -,-, : t v.; ; .-.--. .-. ,-. . , . . . . ' Phone No..-.. io. ( . Only One Nomination Blank for Each Candidate will count as 1,000. TMronteBt is upeu imlyrttrOirismd Boys under 18 years of age. ' V THE WESTERN FUEL GO. Money His If He Would Van ish. Chief Witness Declares NAMES THOSE WHO OFFERED MONEY Fuel Company Officers Are Charged with Gigan tic Fraud SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1. At a conference with the special counsel who will prosecute the Western Fuel company cues here this month, David O. Powers, formerly an em ploye of the company, and now the chief -witness for the government. said' today that he had been offered $50,000 tf he would vanish. Powers gave the names of those who had approached him and the phraseology of the offers. Matt I. Sullivan and Theodore J. Roche, In charge of the case as assistants to the attorney-general, declined to discuss Powers' story ibeyond saying: Will Prosecute All. "We shall vigorously prosecute every person connected with this immense fraud." The president and directors of the Western Fuel company are charged with having - defrauded the govern ment of customs duties aggregating nearly 11,000,000 by manipulating weighing sheets showing the tonnage of imported coal. 'The Western Fuel men can't be convicted," Powers said he was told, "and you are a fool not to accept the $2-0,000 they are willing to give you to disappear. Take what you can get and quit. If $20,000 Isn't enough, they'll be glad to make It $50,000. You've got to look out for yourself." . . . , This is the second charge of cor rupt influence made sines the Indict ments were returned. When John L. McNttfe resigned Unite State at torney he charged, in a sensational letter to President Wilson, that pres sure , had been brought t6 bear on Attorney-General MeReynolds to or der the trial postponed. DEFINITE ACTION ON Smith's Bill Regarding Futures Brings On Two Hours Hot Debate. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. Definite action on the Smith cotton future bill was postponed by the senate committee- on agriculture after two hours de bate until a meeting probably early next week when a vote will be taken by the full committee on the advisa bility of approving the measure. Sen ator ansdell, of Louisiana, led the at tack upon the bill in committee. He was supported by one or two other senators. The bill as originally drafted by Senator Smith of South Carolina, call ed for the delivery of cotton within a grade of the grade sold. It was! amended in sub-committee so as to require the delivery of the exact grade. Th New Orleans, cotton exchange Is said to be willing to cease opposition to the, bill If a margin of two grades either way Is allowed. Senator Smith claims the Mil as de cided upon by die sub-committee, will be approved by the fu committee. MAY KETl R- TO WORK. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Aug. 1. That the striking miners on Cabin creek will (be back at work within a few days was Indicated tonight when a. report from the local miners' union there showed that every local except that at Ohley had ratified the terms of the agreement signed between operators and officials of the United Mine Worers of America. Within a few days the Ohley local Is expected to ratify the agreement and the strike then will be officially declared off. OFFERED 550,1 TO DAVID POWERS ASH : ASHEVTLLE, N. C, Charles W. Dockery Presents New Phase 6f Law to Commerce Commission N.C. AUTHORITIES LACK JURISDICTION V Congressman Howard, of Georgia. "Peeved" Over Big N. C. Marble Contract (By George H. Manning) WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. Charles W. Dockery, on behalf ot himself and the citizens in and around Burch Sta tion, Surry county, North Carolina, to day placed before the Interstate com merce commission an entirely new phase ot governmental railroad con trol, when tie petitioned the commis sion to order the Southern railway to establish a depot with an agent at Burch Station. The petition states that the appeal Is made to the commission because the corporation commission of North Car olina has no jurisdiction, there being a station within five miles of Burch Station ,and the railway company thereby complying with the state law. Dockery alleges that the citizens ot that vicinity do considerable shipping. Dotn passenger and freight, to and, from that station, and the failure of the company to establish a depot and place an agent there Is unjust and unreasonable discrimination against the locality. This is an entirely new phase of commerce law and In well Informed circles the opinion is expressed that the mmmlsston would grant th ap plication, j. Congressman Godwin today Intro duced a bill appropriating $85,000 for a public building at his home town or Dunn. Congressman Howard, ot Georgia, today Introduced a resolution directing the commissioners- of the District of Columbia to forward to the hduse all Information regarding the award of a contract to the North Car olina Granite corporation for granlta fainouhtlntrte $H,000.; "Howard al lege that the contract was awarded to the North 'Carolina concern, al though the bid of the Stone Mountain Granite company, of Georgia, was $0 per cent lower. DOCTOR IliPIAN CASE COLLAPSES ON STAND IN GIVING jjjSJESTIMONY Swears That Girl Was Killed Less Than An Hour After Eating. POINT FOR STATE ATLANTA, Aug. 1. While In the midst of the most startling evidence yet produced by the state In the trial of Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan ,the 14-year-old factory girl. Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the state board of health, collated late today. Ho recovered .somewhat In a few minutes, but was unable to again take the stand. Dr. Harris testified that the girl must have been killed in lees than an hour after she ate her luncheon on th day before her body was discover ed in the basement of the pencil fac tory. Dr. Harris said that he had made a careful examination of the contents of the Phagan girl's stomach, and that he found the food she had eaten had not been more than carn ally digested. He produced some of the food In court, encased In a glass jar, together wlh another Jar con taining fully digested food of a similar kind. The witness said that he wa positive that the girl was murdered within from half an hour to three quarters of an hour after she ate the food exhibited. This, it was contended by the state, proved that the girl never left the fac tory after calling for her pay on the afternoon of April 26. Dr. Harris, af ter further questioning, said that he had made a careful examination of the Phagan girl's physical condition, and that there were unmistakable evi dences of violence shortly before death. He stated positively that death was due to strangulation. It was shortly after this that the witness, who has "been til for several days, collapsed and ha dto be assisted from the stand. At the opening of the afternoon me slon. Judge Roan reversed his pre vious ruling, which excluded testi mony tending to show whether othors connected with the pencil factory, aside from the defendant, were nerv ous and excited after the discovery of the crime. Several witnesses of minor Import ance were called by the state after Dr. Harris left the stand. ' None of these was able to relate anything not al ready disclosed. It was predicted late today that the state would conclude 'TSTIffecT"emeflce7Tra negro sweeper, James Conley, tomor row. Solicitor General Dorsey, how ,v?V wojfld jwjtcxatjrnj this royprj, BURCH STATION WANTS REGULAR BUY DEPOT SATURDAY 11 3RNING, AUGUST 2, 1913. jj And ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE NO HASTY ACTION REGARDING THE PRESENT SITUATION Hopes That Mexicans Will Arrive at' Peaceful Solution of Troubles European Governments Are Not Pressing United States for Settlement of ;i i Conditions in Mexico, WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. Develop ments in the Mexican situation today were confined to efforts on the part ot the administration to prevent un necessary agitation over th revolu tion. . Bo far as the United States as In formed, both federals and constitu tionalists are- complying with the de sire ot the American government for the protection ot foreigners and their property and there Is a hopeful feel ing manifest In official circles that efforts of iniluentlal Mexicans to bring about peace may be successful. Ko Himfjicthmr j In the mean Mm President Wilson and his advisers are opposed to any attempt to fores the American gov ernment mto any hasty declaration of policy. Secretary Bryan promptly denied today a story that European governments are pressing the United States to take action. On authority ot the president himself. It is known that the only documents from foreign powers to the United States on the subject In recent months were those transmitted when the diplomatic rep resentatives In Mexico City recently gave a description of conditions In the republic to their home govern m.nt. Hth tii reauest that the In formation be conveyed to the uniiea btates. lot p.r-.u.. -----. . M n 1,11(1 iit-i nas iota in- quire . within the ' 7; finun mm in . -- CISTRD'S RE I m sminrawi Officials Supposed Former Head of Venezuela In Canary Islands. NOW AT CORO WASHINOTON. Aug. l.-Nrws of th asoearajice In Venezuela of ex President Opriano Castro, after his five years' exile, cauned something of a sensation at the state department to day. For the part five years the de partment has been keeping Castro un der surveillance to prevent his return ing to Venezuela, u nion country has been enjoying a period of unwonted prosperity and quiet since his retire ment Department officials supposed the exile was living quietly In the Canary Islands until a cablegram came today announcing his re-entrance Into -thei country of his birth, at the head of an armed force, while various upris ings in his behalf were reported from different point In Venesuela. He was said to be at Coro, From the legation at Caracas the state department was Informed of uprisings In the state ot Tachtra, at Coro and Masuro. Telegraphic com munication between the capita and the disturbed points was interrupted, but the Venesuelan foreign office claimed the revolutionists had been defeated hy state troops at all points. The president had been granted dic tatorial powers ,tt was said, and men were being impressed tor military ser vice. The United States government Is represented In Venezuela at pres ent only fey a legation clerk, Richard J. Blgga The state department today called upon the navy department for a wr ship to look after American Interests In Venezuelan waters and the gunboat Des Moines, now at Brunswick, Oa., wTTjraerorTo-Tnaler-ths-wBlsnrIt Is calculated that the gunboat can maka the yon to lm Qualm, thai near- t to Crsx Jaivboutei54ijs, The End Is Not suggestion or intimation, ot action de sired, but merely a recital of con ditions. To prevent any aggravation of the situation, which, In the new of of ficials here. Is slowly adjusting Itself, the administration does not '. look favorably on the proposal to have Ambassador Wilson appear before the senate committee on foreign rela tions, not because they hesitated - to submit reports he had made, but be cause the feeling Is growing among them that he is a factor In promoting objectionable discussion In Mexico, Various vVlewa -..,V The ambassador Is known t hold views at variance with those ot the president and Secretary Bryan, and It is said on good authority that In formation Is In possession of the state department contradicting in many essentials the reports of -Ambassador Wilson. Kor this reason, It Is be lieved, that when Chairman Mood, Of the house commutes on foreign affairs consults the president or Sec retary .Bryan about summoning the ambassador befoTe the committee, he will be Informed that while no ob Jectlon exists to the idea of allowing the house committee the same Infor matlon which the ambassador gave .. rnnff.iv .1.lrnM not to lultate i.-o -. - , Uhe Nation further, especially since MlUi METHODS OF CLEARING THE STREETS CAUSE UNION PROTEST Declared That "Rules of Civilized Warfare Are Swept Aside." TROOPS DENOUNCED CALUMET, Mloh., Aug. 1 Methods of state troops on duty In the mine strike zone In keeping the streets clear today brought vigorous protests from union headquarter In several In stances citizens were struck while passing along the sidewalks or order ed into their houses while sitting on doorsteps. , Isaao Aahula, a Jeweler, was clubbed by a patrol which drovs Its , nurses on ine fiuwu.iiv uh uiiv wm.. The following statement was issued from union headquartwri by Guy K. Miller, of the executive board of the WeMern. Federation of Miner: The rules of civilized warfare are being swept aside in the copper dis trict. Last night's brutalities certain ly deserve the censure of every man who has not last all rsipect for hu man right. Notwithstanding th statements of the mining companies that strikebreakers would not be used, we find such men active about the sheriffs office. "Last night a baby carriage was run over and It little occupant thrown on the pavement. An old man wss beat en with a pick handle and later taken to. the hospital Residents in various parts, of the city wer Jrlvch from the norohef of their home. Had such; act been committed In an unorganis ed community, a riot would certainly have resulted. It seems tht heme parties who are supposed to h cuar dlans of the peace seek a pretext for martlar-law. General Abbey has promised town officials thatch patrol will fa held. In fittcV; '" ; Yet. IN MEXICO Mr. Wilson to not likely to go aok to Mexico as the American ambas sador. News was scant In Mexican circles about the progress of the peace sug gestions thai are passing to and fro between some of the leaders of the two factions in Mexico. The most significant development ww the fre quent use ot the nam of Miguel Covarrublas, at present Mexican min ister to Russia, for provisional presi dent CovarrUUas la an appoints ot the Huerta administration, but la not affiliated with any faction- In Mesloa. lie would satisfy the constitutional, who say their only desire I to have a provisional president ohosen to suc ceed Huerta. who would conduot free and honest election. ENVOY AWAITS SUMMONS. NEW YORK,. Aug. 1. Henry Lane Wilson, ambassador to Mexico, IS here waiting for a summons from otrlolal Washington before returning to the national capital. He was undecided today how long he would remain In New York, but announced his Inten tion of remaining In the country and within call of the president, Secretary Bryan and the senate and house com mittees on foreign relations. "The tn-esldent told me to take a (Ormtlnned n Pag Three.) Such Is Provision Of the Constitutional Amend ment Introduced by Hull. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. A consti tutional amendment proposed In the house today by Representative Hull, ot Tennessee, would provide that con grees shall have the power to abollsi any Interior court of the United States and remove a Judge of any Inferior court ot the United Mates from office by resolution, rf concurred in by two thirds vote of both houses. In a statement accompanying his resolution, Representative Hull said: "The ancient procedure of Impeach ment which has oome down to u from another century is so prolix, In volved and cumbersome as to render It most expensive and difficult of utilization. It has become manifest that a simplified substitute method ot Procedure should bt made avall- DICK CONFIRMED. WASHINGTON, Aug. l Special) The senate this afternoon confirmed the appointment of James T. Dick as postmaster at Mebane. GIVE CONGRESS POWER TO ABOLISH COURTS Good for 5 votes if received by date printed belov 5 VOTE COUPON $2,500 Automobile and Pony Contest. The Asheville Citizen Candidate Address :; to:o::y.:txx"53'arc , Not' Good After August 10th. ; " ' Cat "Out Neatly DoKot IV lejl.peju iww 'Mwav ,iiiiwh - ,.s3ifliyji CITIZEN WANT 'ADS BRING RESULTS PRICE FIVE CENTS E It FACES HOUSE NEXT Self-confessed Lobbyist Re leased After Brief Cross Examination HOUSE-PROBE OF- WITNESS TO START Will Probably Begin Tuesday 1 and Promises Much Bitterness EUT FINISHES WITH M Mill Hlil I IIIUkllllL.1. WASHINGTON, ' Aug. l.ThS lobby committee today completed the,' examination of Martin M, Mulhali . . ex-lobbylat for the National Asso:la tlon ot Manufacturers, and the grill-' Ing ot the Individual will be trans- ; terrsd early next week to the house nd of the1 oapltoL Chairman Gar ret, , of the house eomnxltllee, an nounced tonight that Mulhall's exam ination by his committee would e-' gin Tuesday or Wednesday, The house investigation, it ts be' Ueved, will produce more bitterness even than hat charaotsrlsed the sen ate Investigation which hag e -devoted largely to routine reading of letters in which refersnc was mads ; to Mulhall's alleged relations with members of the congress, , Mulhali Released, The senate committee released' Mulhali today after only a brief " animation by attorneys' for the Na tional Association of Manufacturers, , and with but little cross examina tion from the committee. Chairman Garrett and his assecl-, ates on the house side propose to begin with a searching examination r- of Mulhali The letters win be, iden- f unea "in vuir- as iney were pre sented to the senate committee, and t , Mulhali then will be put up on a ''" direct examination as to his alleged activities in legislative matters and elections, ' ' . , K "We will tint take UP his chargti affecting msnvbers of the present house," said Chairman Garrett, "then his references to members of former, congresses and to employes of con gress; and anally his alleged eonneo. . tion wlth,lelslaU6n,T .;.,:..,.; " former Congressman Jams! B. Watson of Indiana, the target for much of Mulhall's attack before th senate committee will take the wit ness stand bsfore the senate com mittee Monday morning, Mr. Watson ha denounced Mulhali In strong terms sine the investigation tagan, and ha Is expected to make a vig orous protestation, of his case on the witness stand. -' Officers of the National Associa tion of Manufacturers, ' who . have - . been named In th Mulhali letters as engaged In a general effort to control elections and legislation, also will h" heard next week. . TRAMPLED Tllnl K tAQ. ,1, SASKATOON, Bask., Aug. I. X member of the Bakatoon militia was today tried by court-martial and discharged from his regiment for trampling an American flag under his feet during a parads last night. Members of ths regiment threatened to resign If the dismissal ot their comrade was allowed to stand and the offender at once was reinstated. When the 105th Fusiliers were marching down the city's, main thor oughfare a girl In an automobile waved an American flag In front of one of the members of ths bugle band. A man broke ranks, caught the flag and trampled It under his feet, most of th regiment pasalnr over It also. WORK ALMOST FINISHED, WASR7N0T0N. Aug, t The quar terrnaster o fthe Panama Canal sons today advised the authorities In th various West Indian Islands, from whence th principal supply of labon wag drawn for th construction of th canal, that th work Is drawing to si close and that at present there Is n market for labor on the lsthrmia -- Heretofore th canal authorities -have been obliged to guard Jealously their Imported labor from the insidi ous advances of private persons and corporations seeking recruits for plan tations and 'development works. RUSSIA DECLINES. ST. PETERSBUnO. Aug. 1. Th Russian government today decided nt to participate officially In the San Francisco exposition. 7 y '." 4.
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