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Y f XXIX. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1911. Ho. 19 VOL. ... . .. ..fcMilMM. 11m -w - - -. tt im. -uTL-n.- -lui-TlLj. .--ji. -r.-tj.. iMimiiWi !' ' """ "- - - I, ' iii r '-I i ! i if i .- - .. v-. ,Jn....-,f t.Mfc- t.aikli'i - EDITORIAL BRIEFS! ORDERS FOR BUTLER'S SPEECH. ! 3!r. J. !. IUmej Believe It Will 15 ,- for revenue only. are In; X- ard as not able to pour! roib!el waters laat Mon-j Tie fii - -" .SO,' ?h? Asheville chicken laid in of liquor. ! it - f xitt Standard Oil trust is ao nder where the New .ocrats will look to for cam- JST AMEND TOE ' LAW T LK I G AMOtftXMRXT. sTfliannD c:i loses -a his key found in Asbeville lu, j. very bad variety as they r; .., hauling it in the city sanl- apons. u ra a Valuable Vote Winner If Sent Out In Pampldet FormSay If One Hundred Thousand Cople Can Be Distributed, 3Uy Cause Overturn of the Democratic Oli garchy. The Caucasian ha received a num- y leg egg in Kan-j Der of letter containing order for .x-enaior uutier Raleigh apeech when it is printed In pamphlet form. The following i a copy of a letter the Caucasian ha received which high complimented the speech: "Editor of The Caucasian-Enterprise: "It is gratifying to learn that you will re-publish the great speech made by ex-Senator Butler at Haleigh dur ing the last campaign. I read it as it appeared in your paper bo me months ago, and believe it will be a valuable vote-winner if sent out in pamphlet form. I doubt If a greater speech has ever been delivered by a North Carolinian. If a hundred thou sand copies of this speech can be judiciously distributed throughout the State between campaigns it may cause the overturn of the Democratic oligarchy, Truly, "J. L. RAMSEY. "Scott's, N. C, May 14, 1911." One letter received yesterday con tained an order for fifty copies of the speech and other letters contain ed orders for 5 to 20 copies each. As soon as The Caucasian has received sufficient order? to pay the actual cost of printing, the speech will be printed and all the orders filled in regular order. If there are others who desire copies for themselves or for distribution The Caucasian hopes they will send in their orders right away. See the blank for the pur pose on the editorial page. Itt Wetfer Maat the thrMrrau' Meanicg of Sherman Anti Trust Law Must be Made Plainer Tin of the Tmrtir -May About Middle of Jose. t3!rm ft"ry trw$ fr ft At!rBf4 IVary 'tVve AJM i 4 Ulr CWMUe JNiir t Tvwsm Me, At? ft, f A CA . , tait a reces during the hot month ; rteitt-r mHh mm ftt!f; it Iii Omtruciim or ue iw la vouM nol Bterfer with letUtioa ! CWn iW! That the StanOa IHl; xU4 s4 4r trttik Asalat StamUrtl Oil Would 3Iake at all, while many Democrats In the; onpr of Srt w u m Ckm tSt t rn,-CT- i .r itnt th1 House are b ginning to believe theyi M f i&al kws orrr m lb Disrrtw ny c fiange lanwrnarj, uus lhroo h a tbe iegttia-! NT f MoeoKly U Ikwalmt rani f tt Hs tie Jslst MaJirity of the Supreme Court tire program they care to enact wltn-i WMegtoa. O. C, May IS, Al though the tpectal etioa of Coo g re U but little rsore thaa a ssofita old, talk of adjournme&t ha alra4y become general anil the aggtik& ISupttmt Court of United States Hands Down Decis ion in Case Agar Oil Trust JUSTICE HARLAHS VIEW are not ail onesided. IUpuMira&jDiccnTjrjxiO! IS OHDERED Une in both branch have bea MsUsg UlMUAU 1 1UH VUUCUCO C5. fe of War Dickinson has job, which has caused Hare Put a Different Construction m another week. . . . . s High temperature, on tne iJtxw j usucf iianan stay ,(.;i i;s jou, wuica una wuecu ?0 Aonder if he is really a Dem . i i auf. an. Wh.n Simmons starts up his old aafhine in the Senatorial race next vtar h- will find that it is badly In l of repairs. I nIr Democratic "good govern r.ient" the sound of the pistol is al most as frequent as the chirp of the English sparrow. Court Ha Changed the Law In stead of Construing It The Iin- a sample of j which was experienced last week In Washington, served to stimulate In j the mind of Democratic repreenta-i live more interest In summer resort mediate Kffect of the Decision matters than, in tariff question. For ! utvtral Amvm thav hivn hAn Annclr!. Success of Postal llanka Some . . False Economy. (Special to The Caucasian.) of Trade Waa a Umg ad lUrd. Cfegr I Cirm Htsry a 4?ao4 f fought Cam Court AIo alln lictalti- rtt4ErS4 C5iirta Safety Appllanre Act o lcila of tW Ap?ro?riaU5i CosU!e. t . . . . with ht.t!&g m4e ai) -ttawrra!e4 in Cae Agan.t the American tMumUm of Sfedr1ty fr ti. ba4rc OmipAny Ierlion tay lie" Utile Committee. Othr IVsftocf! . . I declared that th artloa of lte ttte Ilamtel IKwb on May CP. ? ... J ... . k , . Committee. If ratified by tW tlo erinj thA nnft!hititr of etttlniri Waahinrtoa. D. C. Mar IS. The' ou!4 be 4 complH Iferoeatwa or J through by June 15th. The Houe! Standard Oil Company of New Jer-Uhe prtaciple for watea the IVoo 1 expect to have before It the revlediey and it nineteen subfidiarjr cor-;crat had tood. aamtly. tbe wJertioa woolen schedule within a week or teuj poration were declared to-day by ot committee by action f the IVm Simmons' swamp lands may be Ury extensive, but hardly sucient ir hre;ist-works during the political battle next year. The won 11 Baltimore Sun asks what you do if you owned Balti more? Why, we would sell it and in vest the money in North Carolina, of course. Washington, D. C. May 16, middays. There has been much ml&glon-i the Supreme Court of the United , ocratic caucu. The long looked-for decision of the; ary work during the past week to! State to be a conspiracy and combl-i , Two lUt of namr, a b4ag the Supreme Court of the United States; unite the faction for an agreement! nation in restraint of trade. It aloj propoied tteei trait eemmitt aad in the case of the Government's suits! upon a revision which will be in the) was held to be monopolizing inter-sthe other the ugr tratt eommtttee. to dissolve the standard uii company j nature of a compromise between the and the American Tobacco Company j advocates of a revenue tariff on free for violation of the Federal anti-trust law were handed down on yesterday; that is, the decision of the Supreme Court in the Standard Oil case was handed down, which unquestionably defines the lines and limits of the de cision in the American Tobacco Com state commerce la violation of the were anamea ay r. neary m u Sherman anti-trust law. . j form of privileged molutioat, which The dissolution of the combination ; he aaked the Hou to adept, waa ordered to take place within six; Imroediatley quetioned by tVrao months. crat who hd not been consulted a Thu ended the tremendous trug-to the authority by which tha Rale gle of year on the part of the Gov-; Committee offered th name. Mr, The Democrats believe that this i eminent to put down by authority ofs Henry aid about ISO Democrat had t . ... . i . a a r - . i matter can bo disposed of in the ilaw a combination waicn it ciaimea ucmwnuc hk iua w- wool and the champions of no duty on raw wool. While many Democrats have openly declared for free raw wool, all have agree to abide by the caucus decision. TO SELTj CAXAIj BONDS. If the Democratic politicians love the farmer, as they pretend, they would not increase the farmers' taxes in order to pay more salaries to Dem ocratic pets. What politician was it that re quested the Government to make a soil survey along the fine of the Nor folk Southern Railway before, that road was built? Secretary of Treasury Invites Popu lar Subscriptions Bonds Will Pay .$ Per Cent and Will Be Xon-Tax-able Will Probably Be a Rush of Bidders. Washington. D. C, May 16. Sec retary MacVeagh to-day invited pop ular subscriptions to a $50,000,000 issue of Government bonds to reim burse the treasury general fund for expenditures on account of the Pana ma Canal. Treasury officials expect the loan will be largely over-subscrib ed, and in distributing the new se curities the Government announced its intention is to give preference to smaller bidders. The new securities will bear 3 per cent interest, payable quarterly: will be in denominations of $100, $500 and $1,000. They will be dated June 1 ,1911, and will be payable in fifty years. By provision of law, the new bonds will not be available to National banks as the basis of circulation. In asmuch as they are the first the Unit ed States has ever issued with such a restriction, much interest is at tached to the. price they will bring. According to law they cannot be sold nt Ipss than Dar. The Dremium The new assessment is not only for wnich the new Panama Canal Bonds pany's case which was withheld, but! House without much delay and are i was a menace to the industrial and i publican member were earned fey urging that this end initiative legis- economic advancement of the entire; -Minority uiacr ;ana. lation for the session. Outside of that? country. ' The teel truit Investigating com feature of the tariff, with perhaps; At the game time the court inter-; m it tee wa approved before the Dcta some revision of the cotton schedule, ; preted the Sherman anti-trust law sojocrat woke up to the full etfect of there is little before the House. The as to limit Its application to act of the ituatlon. The reultaat fight caucus decided a month ago to make! "undue" restraint of trade and not j fell upon the sugar trutt committee; this a tariff session. "every" restraint of trade. It wand a continuation of the struts! ' ' (on this point that the only disco r- finally wa averted by the action of was heard Senator Owens (of Oklahoma) says that legislators are controlled by cor porations. And we, too, think that Senators Owens is himself a member of a legislative body! Ten barrels of whiskey was seized in a chicken-coop in Asheville Satur day night. That is prima-facie evi dence that the Asheville chickens have been dealing in liquor. which is expected to follow next Monday. On its face the Government wins a victory, in that the Supreme Court Court holds that the Standard Oil trust is an illegal combination in re straint of trade, and orders that that company must be dissolved, allowing it six months' time within which to effect the dissolution under the law and according to the terms of the de cision. There is, however, another side to the decision, which apparently robs the Government of most, if not all, of its victory. riant nntA was heard In the court. Democratic Leader Underwood in ad GOMPERS AND MITCHELIi FREE, j Justico Harlan dissented, claiming j Journlng the Houm while the retolu- that cases already decided by the tlon waa still pending. Supreme Court Reverses lecision of!court had determined once for all Lower Court in the Contempt Pro- j tnat tne woni "undue," or "unrea the purpose of increasing the taxes but they will raise them sufficient to Pay all the assessors for their month's work and then some! Some of the papers are wonder ing why the President appointed Hon. Henry L. Stimson Secretary of War. But it was probably because Secretary Dickinson had resigned. If the private residences in Ashe ville keep two thousand gallons on hand for family use, wonder how uch the blind tigers, who have to supply several families, carry stock? in The woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas, has declared she will make that town "dry" or resign. If she doesn't resign in the mean time, Asheville might do well to put in a bid for her services. - ' can command will reflect the nation al credit of the United States as it compares with that of. the great na tions of Europe. Inasmuch as the postal savings bank law fixes the par value of a postal bank bond bearing two and one-half per cent interest at $100, it is agreed that the 3 per cent Panama Canal Bonds must bring more than par. How much more is conjecture. The estimates range from slightly above par of 103. Checks and postal orders will be accepted for the new bonds some thing which never bas been, done be fore. Although the issue is designed for private bankers, national banks which bir for the bonds will be allow to deposit them as security for Gov ernment deposits. A Mixed Victory. While the court holds that the Standard Oil Company is an illegal combination or trust, yet, in defining the scope and effect of the Federal ffrrs. anti-trust law, it holds that this law does not prohibit combinations in re straint of trade as contended by the Government under the strict letter of the law, but only covers combina tions in "unreasonable" restraint of trade, or combinations that result in "unreasonable" restraint of trade. The word "unreasonable" does not appear in the text of the law. Thus it will be seen that the de cision as now handed down seems to restrict the effect of the law so that in the future no cprporation, trust or monopoly can be declared illegal, even though its operations are in re straint of trade, resulting in the breaking up of competition, etc., un less these discriminations and re straints shall be determined by the court in each individual case to be "unreasonable." ceedings in the Case of the Buck Stove and Range Company. Washington, D. C, May 15. The United States Supreme Court to-day reversed the decision of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia sentencing President Samuel Gom- of tha Fgdertaion of T.nhnr The Democrats in Congress have grown tired tinkering with the tariff the hot weather makes them and ant to go home. But some of them V find it even hotter at home when FORTUNE SUNK WITH STEA3IER. Unions; John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, officers of the American Federtaion' of Labor, to jail for con tempt of court in connection with the injunction suit of the Buck Stove and Range Company. The Court dismissed the entire case holding that the imposition of jail sentences was unwarranted by the contempt nature and that the Dis trict Supreme Court should have im posed fines only. The decision, which was read by Justice Lamar, held that the cases was purely civil contenlpt, punishable by fine only, and since the differences between the stove company and the Federation of Labor is now eliminated, the Court believed that the entire case should be dis missed outright. This decision is one o fthe highest ever won by labor in this country, because it involved the ! imnrisonment of three of the biggest Justice Harlan's Dissenting Opinion, j labor iea(jers. The unionists regard Associate Justice Harlan, in a vig- ! the decision as a turning point in the orous dissenting opinion, while agree-! unionists fight in America sonable," or similar words, were not in the statute. He declared that the reasoning of the court In arriving at its finding was In effect legislation Mr. Iler.ry denied that there had been any assumption of authority, or that the action of the Rule Commit tee would defeat the hole Demo cratic principle of the election of committees by the party caucu and which belonged in every instance totne whole Houe. Congress and not to the court. ? Democrat protested that they had Ever since the degree In this caej never been consulted by the Rule lXL.tbe lower court, the United States j Committee. Circuit Court for the Eastern District ' of Missouri was announced, hope had ' been expressed by the "business j world" that the law would-be modi-; DISASTROUS FOREST IT RES. fled as not to interfere with what was Heavy Los to Farmer In Weeern designated honest business. To-night Maryland and West Virginia Two that section of the opinion calling for 3fen Have Died in the Flame, the use and "rule of reason" In ap- Cumberlandf Md May l4cun. piying me iaw i reBaruu . ; berIand ls enshrouded in .moke from nnartera as an auawer iu mc ness world." Opinion Contains More Tlian Twenty Thousand Words. The opinion of the court was an nounced by Chief Justice White. In printed form it contained more than twenty thousand words. For nearly an hour the Chief Justice discussed the case from the bench, going over most of the points in the prated opin ion, but not once referring to it in order to refresh his memory- Be fore him sat a distinguished audi ence of the most famous men of the; forest fire which extend at Inter val through the mountain west and south of here a distance of at least two hundred mile. Along the line of the Western Maryland and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad In the Alleghencies vast acreage are in flames. Near Moore. Tucker County, W. Va., ninety-Are miles southwent of Cumberland to-day, John Verner. a fanner, dropped dead while fighting the fire which wa burning over his land. This is the second known fatal ity. On Friday Miffln C. Gregory, Uonntrv Senators and ReDresnta-l in gaged seventy year, wa burned to Krpsi.i . . . . . ... -. V ! twoa loft thAir respective chambers! a earn near uucunannon. v. a. war ing that the Standard Oil Company! dent Goifcpers was on train en route Caoitol to listen to the epoch-ling the excitement of fifChtlng the was guilty of violating the law as! from Philadelphia to Washington, decision of the court. Most! Are Gregory was lost !ght of and found by a majority of the court, yeti when the decision was rendered. Jus- Attornev-General ! later hi charred body wa found. held that that corporation should me Lamars aocumeui me ! excitine In many details. ine de fenses had amounted to any restraint; cision was unanimous. of trade as the law provided, instead; of amounting to a gross "unreason-j AFTER SAMUEL GOMPERS AGAIN. able" restraint of trade. i , - vvasnington, u. w., Jiay i. they come up for re-election. Some of the most ardent free trade Democrats are now willing to leave sme tariff on wool in order to keep the Party united for the next .presi dential fight. This is only further evidence that the Democrats place before principle. Woodrow Wilson made a speech in s Anseles, Calif,, some davs ae-o in lhlQh he advocated individual free- (1 Am m Pontics. If the voters. in the -uth should follow Wilson's advice e Soutn woud go Republican at the Selection. . The Merida Which Was Wrecked Oflf Xorth Carolina Coast Had on Board $1,000,000 in Bar Silver nml Over S30O.000 Belonging to Passengers Xo Lfves Lost, New York, May 13. Fifty-six miles off the coast of Hrxtteras in thirty fathoms of water lies Merida, the 1,300,000 ward line steamship, on Doara wmca is suiccu . tuuo . bar silver worth $1,000,000, while locked in her purser's safe are some $300,000 of passengers . and ship's money ana aiamuuus auu wci jewels, the value of which is un known, but it will be thousands of dollars. . On the ill-fated steamer is also the baggage of 300 passengers and the crew. The total loss is estimated at $3, 500,000, none of which can ever be recovered by diving, according to H. Middleton, the third officer of the steamer. "Thirty-one fathoms," he said, "means 186 feet and I under stand that divers could not live in pressure at that depth." ; All the passengers and crew were rescued after midnight last night and only one person, a woman, was injured. Justice Harlan points out that the law does not permit of violation of its terms in a small degree any more than in a large degree. He says that the decision of. the court in reading! the word "unreasonable" into the! text of the law amounts to pure leg-; islation on the part of the court. He says that the function of the court is to construe the law,' and not to amend it. He further points out that it is the exclusive function of Con gress to enact laws and to amend laws, and that the court, in "dealing with the constitution and with the laws, should interpret them and not usurp the legislative power to amend them. The Immediate Effects of the De-; . cision. The Associated Press this morning, following th decision on yesterday, announced a great boom In stocks in Wall "Street. The general tone of the press is thatjthe decision Is. very gratifying to allof the corporations and trusts and will cause the stock market to recover from its lethargy and to continue to rise. Up to Congress to Amend the Law. There has been to-day much dis cussion on the part of Congressmen and public men as to the effect of the decision, and the general sentiment seems to be that it is now up to Con gress to amend the Federal anti-trust law so as to heal the breach which , (Continued on page 5.) -Less than twenty-four after the decision eazer to hear were Attorney-General! Wickersham and Frank B. Kellogg. Belington, W. Va,. ha been ur special counsel of the Government, j rounded by fire for the lat forty who had conducted the great fight! eight ho thousand of acre against the Standard Oil. None of j have been burned over, Uklng fenc the brilliant array of counsel for the! ing, small building and valuable tlm corporations or individual defendants ber fires. State Foreit Warden. J. were present in the court during the? A. Viguesney, Is on the ground di- readine of the opinion. To-day, arecung me worn aooui lieungion. XdTn sence, oTsamueMon prertous deO.on dar, r0r moat,' There Ua, be a .US bree fnd ?. Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, President, Vice-President and Secretary, respectively, of the American Federation of Labor, in li tigation against the Buck's Stove and Range Company, of St. Louis, Mo., Justice Wright, of the District Su preme Court, to-day began proceed ings anew for alleged contempt against the labor officials, which the Supreme Court held yesterday was punishable by fine only. Speaking of the action of Justice Wright to-day. President Gompers said: "Justice Wright can go just as far as he likes. He will find we are not running away not oven from him." Justice Wright, who imposed the sentences upon Messrs. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, to-day ap pointed Jos. ,G. Darlington, Daniel Davenport, and Jas. N. Beck, counsel for the Buck's Stove and Range Company, as a committee to Inquire "forthwith" into the question of whether the labor leaders had vio lated the court's order. They were instructed to report to the court whether, in the opinion of the com mittee, the labor leaders were guilty of contempt in violating the Injunc tion against the publication of a so caluled boycott list In the American Federationist, the official organ of the Federtaion. .i.oi hmUr rt with mes-f whole Laurel Hill Mountain, be- sengers in line to the various tele-1 tweea Belington and Elkin. ha iSeen phone and telegraph instruments? burned over. There ha been no rain throughout the Capitol were on hand, for several week and the unusually but to their dismay the announce- dry condition makes thep r ogres of ment of the decision was not begun the fire rapid. until an hour after the closing of the? Work on the large band saw mill stock markets. f operated in Belintgon waa suspended . , , ' UM4Mn lanJ the fif1 employee were tatcn J." JJr to the mounts, to .I,t In maK.n oXIT : r ' 1 rings and back firing. Practically all work 1 suspended and all able-bod- Many expected that the decision oi iCj men are fighting fire. ttia rnnrt dissolution Suit against the! The fnrAflt flra Itnuttnn at !n. tobacco corporations would be hand- coaJng 1 serious. Orchard tracts ed down immediately after the deci-- recently purchased by Duncan R. Ion In the Standard Oil case. This Sloan, Fred R. Sloan. Dr. H. Hodg- was not done, however, but the de-oa. Dr. George D. Campbell and oth cision is expected on May 29th, thejers are within the danger zone, last decision day of the court until Fences have been burned and several next October. '.' 1 hundred fruit trees Just planted have The opinion of the court to-day been destroyed. was construed to mean that the to-j bacco case, like every other case In, which restraints of trade are alleged. . . . . . . it. I Yt.f.. If.. 4 ft must D SUOjeciea lO iue ue wst WH inacpt, J14U., maj a bjjc- reasonableness of the restraint, as cial from Moose Jaw Saskatchefaa. Rush for Gold Field in Canada. laid down in the Standard Oil de cision! By far the greater portion of the opinion of the Chief Justice was de voted to the justification of the court in' requiring that the "rule of rea son" be applied to restraints in trade before they were held to be violations (Continued on page 5.) sars that while excavating for an electric street railway system a la borer found a - gold nngget which mining experts pronounce a higher grade of gold than has before been discovered on this n continent. A rush was on to-day for the new gold field and already half the town has been staked out as claims. ,