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VOL. XXIX. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911. No. 24 EDITORIAL BRIEFS ar.k Mxananer? ; h .State i ir. d-M money? but why 5 ss i, : , n not worry the . r o in an does the hiKh t.i... - - v. - probably (S 1 Democratic o. J, f. lh recall. ced that i holders h y wiit until the c. ?r , i.ul out there is a shorcage' ; :..' accounts. a-.' jio new features in the i :iI rontejt except the few re- ;. ! :. bv the "visiting states- riark says the Democrats r nnylvania. How about; i"i rrv tic smith I a rru n...-...r, v..... - , ! j ho named it the, "Far-J Li.-t" bill should be ar irying to obtain goods un- . icioii.-ie. . .. (wide in its scope. A large amount; lowers and other decorations. committee hears a farmer one mo- u- tlM-ro has been no tataiitieb ; of material has already been obtain- Mrs. Taft was so delighted with merit, a lawyer the next, then a wo :!,.. rax assessors, but some of , de. I te pleasure which the five thousand man suffragist, and occasionally a ;,;i better hide before tax-pay-; arrive: , :n -s dispatch says that in the -.ietie parade in London Satur- umhi all question of caste was! iside. A very easy guess! Why haven't the Democrats offer ed ;in amendment to the tariff bill i-ruviding for free lumber? Wasn't ;u-h a plank incorporated in their last platform? The Democrats have run. this State In deht to the tune of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. If that's a sample of "Democratic good gov ernment," we want some that isn't so "COOii." The officials of Iredell must have managed to connect with a gold mine. They have recently hired a supervisor of roads at a salary of $200 pea month. Bryan says that Governor Har mon is not even a Presidential pos sibility. Even the man the Democrats cominate will not be a Presidential Possibility. A Democratic exchange asks: "Why continue the expense of com missioners for opening streets after and needs more money 'but why is Democrats jobs, of course. They will probably have to assure Colonel Carr and Colonel Home that no politics nor money will be used in the Senatorial campaign before they will agree to enter the race. Speaker Champ Clark made a speech in Pennsylvania a few days a?o and immediately thereafter pre- U1ea that Pennsylvania will go Dei ocratic next time. It may he that Clark is mighty, but he' will not pre- vail. The American Tobacco Company may wish before the case is over that they had purchased some United States bonds also, even if Uncle Sam Wasn't in hard luck, just to prove tbat tne trust had not shown any favoritism. Th 6 editnrs nf Vi nvoi. - - vutu lis 1 1X7 Chronicle and Statesville Landmark re having a discussion over the snuff afeit, whether it is increasing or de ceasing. Think the Landmark is t when it says the habit is now 0re prevalent at least there are ore Democratic lieutenants sneez- g now than ever before. The pessimist is still " allowed to earth 1 801216 are afraid tne oth6 80On be over-PoPulated com FS ,are af raid Bome Plae will e along and Uke us off. But the one to inflict his opinion upon la at mother earth is fast wear- away and the people will soon offend Where t0 8tand -must be one of those Demo- C :-!e?!S Platform slippy uhder him. pm ;miii;.ts MF.ss.uii-; to con. guess. ' Tlwl Tariff IWanl I . Iai!jr io Report anj wuf Not Be u Report It 1 indins Before Intern- her I. Washington. IX C, June 2. a special metis to the llou-r In Keprec-ntalvc-s to:day. President Taft Mated that the tariff board would pot he ready to gubrait a comprehensive' leport on wool and cotton schedules: o fthe tariff law until l' ember 1st. next. lie declarer the board was in structed, when reorganized In April lafit, to be ready to report In De cember, and that in the meantime it was not in a position to transmit anything except some figures already sent to the House Ways and Means '. Committee. ' The President's message was called 'out of a House resolution requesting i him to transmit at once all of the in ! formation procured by the tariff; board relating to wool and the man ufactures, of wool. Mr. Taft Included; j In his meassage a statement from the' tariff board as to the status of its in-: rf .raittec of the National Tariff Com- i m i r v ;iihi hisii ;i ki pn phi iiv rnm.' ,iu .. . : . t ii.. missiuii iissiAidiiuu v mi;u leueilLiy conducted an investigation of thejover five thousand persons were re- methods of the tariff board. ThisiCeived by the President and Mrs. report was highly commendatory of J Taft and 'spent the evening in the S. 1 t. 1 1 UIO uoaru S WOrK. I The tariff board dealares it in-con-! white House, which were most brij- 011 i'ostoftces and Postroads which is ducting an inquiry wuich involves j Hantly illuminated w ith artistic elec- now considering various bills to es original research work that is world- trie liehts and beautified with tlp-s tabH.-;h a nernianent narrels r.ost. Th l his incomplete intormatlon, theuguests seemed to gather from the i board says, "necessarily fragmentary in character, if transmitted to Con gress, would be not only of doubtful utility, but actually misleading. - We shall develop the essential facts in relation to both the wool and the cot- ton schedules in time for forwarding to Congress next December; and in this endeavor, we are not only work ing to the limit of the present appro priation" but to the utmost capacity of our entire force." EXPOSITION OFFICIALS RESIGN. The Panama-California Management Have a Exposition Split Be lieved ward. That Plans Will Go For- San Diego, Cal., June 20. As a climax to a period of unrest in the inner circles of the Panama-California Exposition management comes the resignation of President U. S. Grant, Jr., Vice-President John D. Spreckels, Director William Clayton and Director Joseph W. Sefton, Jr. This action was taken following a conference in which each expressed as his opinion that the exposition situation had reached such a serious condition that some drastic action was necessary in order to awaken the stockholders to a'realization of it. That the exposition plans will go forward is the belief of those who back up the park commission, Spreckles contributed $100,000 to the stock subscription fund of $1, 000,000. CORONATION SHOW DAY. London Crowded With Visitors to Witness To-days Great Events. , London, June 21. London wa taxed to its capacity to-day. It was coronation show day. Thousands flocked from the suburbs to the city west end to see the decoration and watch the preparation for to-morrow's great event. The day was flll ed with interesting events. The roy al carriages, with scarlet clad foot men, moved to and fro conveying the King's guests to entertainments in their honor. The attractions includ ed the drive of the King and cfueen through the west end to the national horse show at Olmpia. , "Sad Accident at Lumberton. Lumberton, N. C, June 20. A touchingly sad accident occured at the National cotton mills, two miles west of town, when the Wilmington bound passenger train killed the 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Brisson. .No one saw the accident, but the little fellow was found lying near the track a few minutes after the train had passed with one leg broken and the back of his head crushed in. The engineer did not see the boy, on account, it is presum ed, of the fact ' that the weeds are very thick near the track at the point where he evidently attempted to cross. There is said to have been a defect in the hoy's hearing and this, together with the noise of the mill only a few feet away, caused him ndt to hear the approaching train. Swallowed Pine Splinter, Causing His '. " ; Death. . ' Fayetteville, N. C, June 19. As a result of swallowing a particle of a pine wood splinter which he used for a toothpick, W. B., West, of Godwin, died in High Smith Hospital here to day. West was brought here last night and the splinter was removed by an operation, i" FOR ONE CENT POSTAGE 5 Postmaster General Favors . . . . Reduction in Amount raid Pailways for Mail Service DEFENSE FUR CANAL The Superintendent Ha Announce! Tlutt He I Heady to Hejjin Work mi fle Canal IeferiMi Hie Sec ond lAtrimer Investigation Heun TueKlay President of the Harves ter Trust t!e First Witnes! !rei- dnt Taft's Silver Weeding yUrt HriltSant Funcilon Kver Held at Nation's Capital. (Special to The Caucasian.) Washington, D. C, June 20, 1911. The celebration of President Taft's . .1 11.1 . aincj wtruuiiiK at tue WUUe HOUSO h.cr nihr u-9.fh,nM hrm.B fn,. . ... ... tinn ovpr bt.lfl at tha Vat nn'c nitol niflirn ficpnt frrminrle hnpL- f evening and the brilliantly illuminat- ed grounds that before the reception was over she requested the President that the grounds be thrown open to-; night to the public of Washington, This will be done. The same decora-; tions and illuminations have all been ' preserved so that all of Washington' can enjoy the brilliant scene. One Cent Letter Postage in Sight, j Postmaster-General Hitchcock has insr. announced that h has heon i working on a schedule for the reduc-j River fel1 int0 a tub of water and tion of railway mail pay to the fail-j was drowned. roads that will result next year in a j The mother had gone out to draw saving of nine million dollars, anda bucket of water, when the baby that with this saving and 'other eco- 11 into e- tub of about seven nomies which he has in view, that he-?-Vhes and was drowned before it expects soon to he in a position to ad- was noticed. It was an ordinary vocate the establishment of one-cent j lard tub wnicn easiy allowed the lottor nnat!xr0 For thP last' t.wAntv-fivA vpars twJ riori Kfifln rffrri a morln in nnirlw ! v aaa. aa.v& c9 xxi.ca.u.7 a aa aa ca a xj - ery session of Congress to pass a law providing for a reduction of the out rageously high prices which the Gov ernment paid the railroads for rail way mail service. The last reduc tion made in the railway mail pay was nearly thirty years ago, and since that time freight rates and passenger rates have been reduced almost one-half. But There is a "Fly in the Ointment There is only one thing in the an nouncement of Postmaster General Hitchcock which will arouse antagon ism, and that is the suggestion that he is in favor of . increasing the post age rate on second-class matter in order to make the Postoffice Depart ment self-sustaining with one-cent letter postage. This proposition will be vigorously opposed by the people generally. The fact is that this Gov ernment should establish one-cent letter postage whether it pays or not. The first consideration that the Post office Department should give the public is the best postal service in the world, and to furnish this service, of course, as economically as possi ble; but there is no sense in trying to make this department of the Post office Department self-sustaining any more than there is in any other de partment of the Government. A par cels post would greatly increase the revenue and be a great blessing. , Defenses for the Panama Canal. Wrork on building the Panama Can al has advanced so far that Col. Go ethals, the superintendent in charge, has announced that he is ready now to begin the building of the canal de fenses. He announces that tie will have to soon turn off thousands and thousands of laborers who have been on the 'work for a- long time unless the coast defenses to protect the ca nal are at once begun, and that with the force that he has he can carry on the defenses and finish them about the time the canal is finished. Second Lorimer Investigation Begun. The committee appointed to re open and re-Investigate the charges of bribery and corruption connected with the election of Senator Lorimer began sessions "to-day. The first wit ness called was Mr. McCormick, president of the Harvester Trust, who testified .that a Mr. HInes, one of Mr. primer's friends, "approached his company to contribute ten' thou sand dollars to help make, up a hun dred thousand dollar fund to be used in securing' the election of 2 Senator Lorimer. r -' '.; X 'r Senator . Lorimer was not present when ths witness was examined, though it is reported that he will be feai i9-srrow or at Atlf - date. j Tte tosnsnlttee assouttce tht ;lef have efie Into tLe tnvmUcalloS: in tarnett. asd IU prt tt snaurr: to a conclusion a soon a jkE1j: far the investigation iS.it tiiar thai! f be complete and thorough. ' Hi believed ' that-tome Senators' vho claim that they art? for rrcjpro dty are really try ins; to defeat the measure with amendment. Is Sen ator Simmons one of this number? Houm !- WtMd Hill. By a vote of 211 to l On th il it.t- t0day pilSl,eij Jhe W0o3ea j,, which provide for a 20 jx-r cent duty on wool. Twenty-four Republican voted for the passage of the iaa.s- ure, and on Democrat, Hepresenta-; tive of Ohio, voted againat It. Several amendraenta were offered? and voted down. Just before the' final vote Representative Payne, of New York, offered a motion that the bill be re-submitted to the Ways and: Means Committee with instructions that it await a rejxrt from the tariff board on the woolen industry before making final report of the bill, but hf nintlrn u-is Int e motion was iot. ., All Favor a Parcels lnt. Washhigton, D. C June lfi. There is little sameness about the hearing before the House Committee plain member of Congress, and everv- body says there ought to be a parcels Pst. The discussion to-day was all in favor of a parcels post. It ran the! gauntlet from violets and clothes dyes to womans suffrage and postal reve-' nue. ' j j'i Child Dnnvned in Tub.of Water. Graham, N. C. June 16. This; . morning the 18-months-old child ofj iIr- and Mrs. Ernest Bason, of Haw? infant to overbalance and fall into. Tne funeral took place yesterday af- IGTIIOOD Young Lady Killed by Lightning. Ellenboro, N. C, June 20. The sixteen-year-old daughter of Bud Dobbins, a well-known farmer who lives near Cliffside Junction, was struck and instantly killed by light ning during a heavy rain and electric storm which passed over this section this afternoon. The mule hitched to the wagon in which Miss Dobbins was riding was also killed. Mrs. Taft Thanks Senate for Gift. Washington, D. C, June 20. A letter of thanks was read In the Sen ate to-day from Mrs Taft In acknowl edgment of the silver wedding pres ent sent by Senators. The letter ad dressed to Vice-President Sherman fololws: "The beautiful silver tea service which the members of the Senate have so kindly sent us in remem brance of our twenty-fifth anniversary has just arrived, and I hasten to ex press to you. -and through you to the Senators, our deep appreciation of their courtesy. "In conveying our sincere thanksJ will you kindly add that we shall value the exquisite gift more espe cially aa a souvenir of the kindness and Courtesy of the distinguished body of men from whom It comes. "In sending our cordial thanks be lieve me, with kind regards, from the President and myself, "Very sincerely yours, "HELEN H. TAFT." Democratic Candidates Booming Themselves. Union Republican. Governor Harmon's boom for Pres ident has been fully launched and so has that of Governor Wilson, both of whom are- seeking the Democratic1 Presidential nomination in 1912. Governor Wilson' has just finished a tour of the country making speeches, even touching North Carolina in 4 his "swing around." Governor Harmon has chosen , another method and by the use of the American Press Asso ciation plate service has furnished the daily and weekly Democratic press of the country with an illus trated page "write-up" telling of his life and achievements and how essen tial it would be for him to be thus honored. Speaker Clark, is yet to be heard from. When Congress adjourns he might tour the country with his mule team and give himself a boost, with Mr. Bryan following in the wake, last but not least, among these Democratic Presidential aspi rants. T ' . KRAMER ON TIIE STAND Tells How American Tobacco Company Cruihcd His Business HE ALSO GAVE REBATES ... . e Voik T4ecw Jottber TriU ihf tVrt Ho i!m- TruJ Put Htm IHit of ituinr.. Ttw Anterlnaa T- m ri tVtntwnjr Held M.ck Tttntoshi; tHlirr Xttmelt ltefreiiMcittlte Wat he,! All shlt.t JUmW by the Wrr-Krater tt3iny mtu Serire.1 Addree of All It V. Iron. The case of the Ware-Kramer Co. against the American Tobacco Co. It still holding the boards in Federal Court in Uaieih, and it proraUeg to bo a continuous performance for many days yet. Mr. Kramer was on the stand Tuesday and yesterday. Mr. Kramer admitted that his company had a bo furnished free cigarettes to jobber and dealers and that he also gave some other premium In ordtr to have the dealers push his goo.! on the market. In fact, the defease had their Krst inning yesterday, but the prosecution had presented o:ne very 1 aallant shier. who. after being damaging evidence against the trust. ilh lurMlon. broke down and Several depositions from New York gtatd that thl string had been go have been read to the iurv. on fr year and that lu A deposition by A. H. HUman." former tobacco jobber, of New York.' setting out the conditions of the to-! bacco trade in New York under the domination of the American Tobacco Company, occupied some time and the oral testimony of J. U. HardieJ express agent and J. B. Morton. freight agent at Wilson, was heard as to episonagc on the part of the !ut the extent of the ahortaRe. Mr. American Tobacco Compnay in u; "ty says hi received $12,600. bat fight against the Ware-Kramer peo- m on believea that this will begin pje ! to cover the amount of the abortajte. Hilman testified that he had been j Mr- Hussey's bond U fiaed at $1S,000. a tobacco jobber in New York forty-j -Mr- Htissey not only made a con one prior to the coming of the Met-1 fesslon. but he alao conveyed to the ronolltan Tobacco Comnanv to New! ve"y item of property that York and that since the formation of this company he and 250 other jobbers had gone out of business be cause it was impossible to maintain a trade with the American Tobacco! fnmnnnv'a trnnd rnnwnf ratprf In thfi hands of the Metropolitan for com- K"M Supfel?el CoW??y petition. He said he established large decUlon rrohb,tl lrJ trades with a number of independent subsidiary concerns of the .Standard manfrtrr-nnri tmt Mrh tim!011 Company, of New Jersey, from the manufacturer would be boughd up by the A. T. Co., and the trade. he had worked up would pass to the Metropolitan Company. He testified that at the beginning of the war be tween the independents and the A. T. Co., the latter had about 60 per cent of the Greater New York trade and that now it has fully 90 per cent. In his judgment it Is impossible for a jobber to be successful in handling independent goods in the tobacco trade and that the concentration of the A. T. Co., goods in the hands of Metropolitan Co., had driven practi cally all the independent jobbers out of business. The cross examination of Hilman brought out the fact that he did busi ness as an Independent jobber, pre ferring to handle the Independent goods and that he is now In the to bacco business as a small manufac turer and maker of. snuff; also that he is now being sued by the American Tobacco Company for infringement of a trade-mark. J. R. Hardie, express agent at Wilson, testified that when the Ware-Kramer Co. shipped goods through the Southern Express that representatives of Wells-Whltehead Company, then a part of the Ameri can Tobacco Compnay, would come with note-book and take the address es of the Ware-Kramer goods; that he took to packing the goods on thes trucks with the addresses turned ln so that they could not be seen ndfuiature tut cannot be said to be in thta then Wells-Whltehead employes would go to the trucks and turn the packages about so as to get the ad dresses. He testified that finally he wrote a note to M. Carter, manager of Wells- Whitehead Company, and gave him to understand that if this were not stopped there would be se rious trouble. Carter replied that he would see that there was no further trouble, and there was no more. Freight Agent J. E. Morton, of Wilson, testified, that the Ware- Kra mer Company and the Wells-Whltehead factories were both close by the freight depot at Wilson and that the Wells-Whltehead Compnay's peo ple could see when Ware-Kramer Company was making shipments and that they would send men out to the freight shed with note-books to write down the addresses of the goods be ing shipped by the Ware-Kramer Co. Asheville is in danger of loeing its attraction for summer visitors. The mercury went up to 92 there Sunday and the oQcers are destroying all the booze. ' Better be careful. Shel by Aurora. " . ' riMriin tniMip snnw: fct Mat I wml iflMOft a4 UUI ttma tU&fc J TarStt. Jte II aw i4 tfcard t4 Sfe4 iS.is Tarfca aVvf;. nfoa lUtt aa At t 0fUi Mr, Han ia to!4 a ssaii ttal osi!4 aftf djsc-r. !q h) h a oa a;. rc' u the nicg of Ir.her, to a rKm Ab trtl a Jitol hot. A horrJed villi up ltrr diflo! her uftxbriju huta& J tyt&c roa Ub a wound throat!; hit fccal Tti ball had tntere! jutt above teta fle and fame out Jut taW of th ear on the other lde. Phyaklasa er aent for, but they could do nothiac For year be had b-n lb aom modatlnK cahicr of the Itank of Tar bo ro. . The motiv for the suicide b-ra:c known about I o'rlwk, jut about the time Mr, Hart died As Hank F.xamiT Iknjghton dr ed Info the book. h legaa to find etstrli tht needed explanation Of thi he asked Braaton Huejr, th was glad It wa& all over, that ho knew the crash would come and bo was glad that the upene was or. Solicitor Alljsbrooka, appriaed of this confession, awore out a warrant for Mr. ' Hufiaey and had him bound over to fonrt- At tbU i . i writtnc he ns8l Mona- There are all klnda of iieeulatlona bank every he had. Kaunas Supreme Court iue Injunc tion Against Oil Trut, Topeka, Kansas. June 15. Tho "combining to atlne competition." The three companies against which the suit was brought are the Stand ard Oil Company of . Indiana, the Standard OH Company of Kansas, and the Prairie Oil and Gas Company. Each of these companies Is char tered in Kansas to produce, purchase and otherwise secure crude oil, to re fine it and to market It. No one of the companies has been doing all thlc, according to the find ings. On the contrary, each has been working aa part of a system. The defendant companies are en joined from owning stock in each other. They are enjoined from sell ing petroleum products cheaper In on part of the State than In anoth er for the purpose of driving out competition, and from making con tracts with any person to cause such person to refrain from selling oil In Kansas. Colored Reform AsftorUtioo Hold Sleeting In Winston. Winaton-Salem. N. C. June 20. A largely attended mass meeting of ne groes was held last night in the in terest of the formation of a branch of the Colored Reform Association of North Carolina, which has a plot of 3 CO acres of land in Mecklenburg County, with a school building where about a dozen boys are cared for. The association was chartered by the Lez actual operation yet. C. II. Watson, of Charlotte, manager of the school, and Grace Coins, head of tha Hope Day Nursery of this city, spoke, last night, as did also Dr. Geo. C. Clem ent, of Charlotte, editor of The Star of Zlon, and J. S. Lanier, a lawyer of this city. Leading men of the State have given their hearty endorsement to the,enterprlse. . - " Bridegroom Shoot Serraaders, Kill ! log One. West Orange, N. J., June 20. A party of farm folks gathered early this morning under the windows of J. Walter Force, a young bridegroom in Livingston, to give ' the bridal couple "Shlvaree,"; were welcomed with loads of bock-shot. Walter Llvingith, a serenader, fell mortally wounded. Hugh Porter Is seriously hurt. New President of Portgusl. Lisbon, June 21 Anselzno Braanv camp .was elected President of the Republic of Portgual by tho constitu tional assembly. u t v