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CAUCASIAN. I JriJtL RALEIGH. N. C. THURSDAY. JUNE. 29, 1911. No. 25 XXIX. pniTORIAL BRIEFS AFTER TIIK Ll'MItEIl TIll'ST. PLAYING POLITICS. ma-rhine la the i out of date. k aya ft hSm. the Democratic Which one? a he HK-a the platform. .:i..(-klnjt-t doesn't like be ill no iK-. atic har their po.xua get !;i.-t day for ne. . the real article er. , , and Observer poses aa a oh :,aper, yet it has its morn- ,.w-ry day. i.innton Dispatch says: :iusage skirt." Prefer to ;. torn-thumb. Four SerrfiArie f Lumber IeaJeV' AMfUrin Art Indicted by a Kpv cial Federal Grand Jury A Sew! Kind of a Trust. Chicago, Hi., June 23. Fourteen secretaries of as many retail lumber dealers' associations, indicted by a special Federal grand Jury here to day for alleged violation of the Sher man law, constituted a new kind of "trust," according to the United States attorneys who conducted the investigation. The retail lumber dealers. It was admitted at the close of the investi gation, had no incorporation, no cap ital stock and did not try to control prices and prevent competition among themselves. Instead they had what the attorney Kay was a "trust of power anu sougni to proviue iui u lumber should bo sold to consumers only through retail dealers and not directly by wholesalers or manufac turers. The secretaries of the retail asso ciations constitute the Lumber Secre taries' Bureau of Information, incor porated in Illinois in 1905, and rep resents thousands of retailers. Among those indicted was It. P. Bransford, in baIstu Ub Mr. Hi;ti. tt pr-$-detit of tfee Uab'f Trut. tM'.ii that J4r. Hiaen returned to C-lcao , . . the day bfr Castor !rir as Thlt IS What thC DemOCretlC elected, and at otce tpt034 to r a fV-. Governor bee nan at tte capital of ih Hous ta Trying to Do stAte to lh4. efrct thAt b La4 jBBt reiureed from Waahisgtoa asd that PRESIDENT TAFT'S WISE 2rs doa there ast4 Lori mer esectia aca vsai ce oa i&e bob B.T) COT YET Kl SIBIK Warc-Kraocr Tobacco Suit Continues to Drag Along m United States Court STATESMANSHIP SutktuU Testimony at tlw LoriM-r, Inetlgatl The Head of the Mormon Cliurch Admit That the Cliurch 11 aa ione Into CV-mrtiur-hhip With the Sugar Trut and b ey with him. There on rroas-examisation Mr. Cook and Mr. Hiss were un friendly and Lad bad some dil!erer;c-s in business, but tLU a the only effect made to break down the testi mony of Mr. Cook. This evidence, however, is not very dissimilar from evidence that has Al ready been produced by the legisla tive investigating committee of the IV P m ... - - - M . TtrcTiMnuv oin cn n ,T as an attempt i o i ifioii ixuuuv to show that " Making Money by tle IWI Secre tary Fither lrevents a Syndicate legislature of the State of Illinois. From Stealing the Gn-ateJt Coal I1Hit in the World in Alaska. (Special to The Caucasian.) Washington. D. C, June 27. 1911. The Tariff War Vm Wanier. When the Democratic House called upon President Taft for a report of the tariff board on wool and other schedules, the President replied that Allftfd ThtwU of 1L I. Urt. Whik lreidit of Wrtta-WhlW-Inw Tteo 0turnj. Not tvm prtrttl K. II. War, lVeldrai of Wam-Kraewr T!w (Vijnj . lU-Utr IUw and Fall f 111 t. tr-m mir of tlie Tlitrwr Trn firing During Work In IUg Trial. Although it tillered that only three eek mould be required to try the ifiuei between the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Company and the American On yesterday, the Secretary of the Interior issued a decision declaring :;in.i man killed himself be- . ,,,1,1,1 not understand Poe s of ijriion Cit', Tenn.. Secretary of the Retailers Lumber Dealers' Associa tion. The power of the retailers' organi zations was wielded through the Bu reau of Information according to the indictments and by a scheme resem- as, the Democratic politicians bling blacklist published in a trade paper. l nis puuncauon v. as uamcu in the list of overt acts, as the means ioTh the Raven Xever- ( has. T. Russell says that hell i, Notwithstanding the Doc" t r reform. for alleged destruction of its cijear- et'e business by the American To bacco Company, the Weila-Whlt-head Company and W. M. Carter, it is now thought that another week will doubtless be consumed in get ting the mattter finally settled. Verv few dispositions were intro- lQ nnt of oeht and "y which the secretaries published to ,on ( ounty is out of debt and Qf manufactur. :,;ts ov r thirteen thousand dollars in erg and wholesalera who sold direct t.-. tr.-asury. Put, Sampson is not to consumers. The names of more ... S r iw niocratic rule. than one hundred concerns, luuuumt,, begt tQ reUre from the Cabnet - mail-order houses and wholesale deal- , . ' nnnariuanl!) tothePacific A Vindication of Pinchot. uemotraia wuu v.. Wniider if those are going over the State trying to' organize the Simmons' forces are do in? all the work as a patriotic duty? The Charlotte Chronicle thinks that after the next election the Democratic party will have four more years to valt. The Chronicle sees ahead with a prophetic eye. the board would not be ready to re- Tobacco company, wsereia uv iuaa oort on wool and other important tiff is asking for $1,200,000 damage the famous Cunningham coal claims scriedules berore nexi iau, uuu in Alaska as illegal. It will be re- as soon as their report was ready giv inembered that the severe attack jng the differences in the cost of pro made upon Secretary Hallinger, which duction and the cost of labor hero finally resulted in driving him out of and abroad as a basis on which to fix the Cabinet was because of his al- a fair and just tariff schedule, that leged friendliness to these Cunning- the same would be forwarded to Con elaims. cress, and he further said that he did It was charged that Mr. Ballinger not think that the business interests ullted this week, the defense object had been the attorney for the holders of the country should bo jeapor- jnK to certain parts of the testimony, of thece claims, which, if was alleged, dized by radical tariff legislation un-'. anj the plaintiff not pressing certain were backed by a mam mouth coal till such accurate information which trust, before he went into the Cabi- would soon be in hand could be con net. These charges resulted in a Con- sidered. trroccirmai investigation, and while a wuhnnt waiting for this informa- e -' ' ... " - . ... ....... i f majority of the committee upheld tion the Democratic House passed a He told in uetau me uuiue u. Secretary Ballinger. yet developments bm cutting the wool schedule half in Ware-Kramer concern from its for i were such that the Secretary thought!-two speaker Champ Clark has animation in 1904 until it was Ied nounced that the Democratic House in the hands of a receiver in i?u. will continue to rush through hills cutting down radically and without iurTirr MtUt,ir uiitix Al UliME U rmW4a H 1a!la 31; i!s. $a . Ja 11 - Taa iur tr u:i 1$ tv:t. f til rsty ,as4 ti It In r. It f KafUad. rf 14? itJ y tfytiif rTff.-.ta:.tr f tt?Cts World AT.'-afef a to M IVUfilsiff to k li irtU5. of t& Ctar for tt ?trtk.r. c! tut FaUrrtlty S tlt fit? . oa tbir U Dr. tosrll til to t W-',t--a fof a Wttrf So le Csr r,4 i? lt cr iH a! ot.c ?k to tttalt ff4a tut fror,4 tt Hr.'.uh V-?wif?i elS It a furttrr 4rs44 by rvss rntltr tbat irj tt rcr,i of a ;.itl refuel b tb liu!on Ooftiet;l for i-rts.imU'ti u baliJ la St l'5rf burjc tb pro; ur.irrity UJ t locatvl is Urriin. Cktv:?. . Ilrlin a Wt-d lo r.'.fM ta plac fur the r.nt riiwti&c It. 11 It waa io drrided thl th ItuU3 ileleatiors houid t et.x, so Wh iDRton on nnt Monday. Titj 5ii b re-bd by Pnrsdnt nl Mr Taft. th a . m m W other parts. The president, oi iue Ware-Kramer Tobacco Company, F. D. Ware, was on the stand Monday afternoon. Tuesday and Wednesday. Booker T. WanhtnKton male t-rlncopal addr at tt-tilicbt" slon. H told of th proRf- by tbe negro race during the pat 4 4 years WILL MT .mUMil.F.. kni'n Say He Vn St Hr Ills Way 1ear l IK S In IVtulInc Washington. D C, Jun IT. Ham- uel Gompers. President of the Ameri- one Mr. Ware said that nis compauj uu Fe4eraUon of ibor. will not been forced to abandon field after . RIK)loglU) lo tne Supreme Court of field on account of the methods e-;lho DUtrJcl of Columbia. hen ho ployed by the defendants, some of appeara in comIany with Secretary these methods being the placing of Frank Morron ana Vke-Prt-ildrct coupons in cigarene v. i jonn Mitchell. July 17th, to show An exchange says that Aycock and VtticWn will give Simmons a run for bis money. Thought they had decid ed not to use any money in the Sen atorial campaign. Coast were snown uy uucumcuiau , u wag the controversy over tnese. hearing or information evidence given the grand jury to nave; cQal claims and tne actlve part whlcn! hedule after another. appeared in the publication as hav- j Mr pinchot tne chief Forester of ing violated the proscriptions of the; rvtxrnm(tni took in opposing the Playing PolIUcs. retailers who it is said retaliated by j patenting of these claims, that caused It is plain that this Is being done igiving a.way of cigarettes and theicaUBe why they should not be held In refusing to purcnase goous ibis dismissal and the dismissal of a as a political move to furnish Demo-; placlng Gf baseball pictures m pacK-, conU;mpL Tne cate Rrew out of the those who had offended. numDer Gf other officials connected j cratic campaign thunder for the next ages Tne Ware-Kramer Company, I recent iitjKatlon between the Federa- The members of the board of in-jwith tne forestry service in the In-i election. It Is understood, however, j he saIdf abandoned Its Southern field. ; u aQd th? Buck glovc aD(1 Uang formation also were cuargcu trior DeDartment from public sr- th-t president Taft Is not distumea ; and gOU(?ht a maritet m tne unu. ComDanT f !uIs. Mo. It was vice. - 'by this effort to play politics on thewhere competition had not become i BUggested Dy a committeo of attor- When -the President appointed Mr. jpart cf tne Democratic House, butjBO en. neys who recommended a re-openlnc having maintained a system of espi onage over the business affairs of the wholesalers and manufacturers and having published letters and bulle tins, showing "unehical" conduct on the part of the wholesalers and con- Fisher, of Chicago, as Secretary of j tnat wm be ready to furnish Congress The worgt blow yet felt by the , Qf tfae contempt proceedings that an the Interior to succeed Mr. Ballinger,' Qvit fall with accurate official infor-j plaIntiff came Tuesday afternoon J apoiogy from tr,e labor leaders might Mr. Pinchot and others who had taK-i mation on all of the leading scnea-, when the COurt ruled as incompetent j acceptej a8 complete reparation, en his side in the controversy, ex-; 1llps on which to base a proper tariff i the alleged declaration of It. J. j if t was conscious of having done sumers in selling goods direct to con- pressed tneir gratification at the ap-j revision. It is also beginning to be- BriggSf president of the Wells-White- R trlval wrong, even to a child." said sumers. ! pointment of a man, who was a mem- j come ciear that when that is done; head cdtapany, that his company : Mr Gompers, "I would apologize ab- The indictments were returned af-s of the Nationai Conservation Qr-1 tnat the stand-pat Republicans and! would follow White Rolls cigarettes, ; ject, Under the existing circum- ter six weeks oi inesugauou uj o. nization of which Mr. Pinchot was;the orogressive Republicans wxnt , b olaintifT. across tne seas stances I do not see mr way clear." O . . . 1 M 9 Japan and to the very gates oi naas . The Democrats have now started a j special grauu jui cmi-auw. ' C ; president, and wnica orgamzaiiuu , unite in voting ior sucn a ituu.uuu for a Mr. Foss. ! - 1Jiat-1 "t . nad opposea iue aimuuc ui u. j , wnicn tne wuu uuai u - - - investigation was uuu u..Cwu Ballinger. ! and proper of the ttorney-tjrenerai anu iuilui; Assistaiit Attorney-General J. A. Ken-; But Alaska Coal Still in Danger. yon. I The decision just rendered by Sec Each indictment is in two counts, j retary Fisher meets the warm en Presidential boom ior a Every time the Democrats succeed in electing a mayor they think it their dtitv to boom him for President. .n Mount Airy the city authorities! The firs. .charges conspiracy , among , dorsement of Mr Pinchot and is look WThen that is done, the purpose of the Democratic pop-gun bills, prepared and rushed through without any accurate information, will be so clear to the country that th nemocrats will be robbed of the if that were necessary to put. inem , out of business. Other testimony, that the Ware-Kramer Company had been offered sums of money not to enter the field was also ruled out. In deciding that the alleged decla ration of Briggs was incompetent, St. John's Day at Maonio Orphanage Oxford. N. C June 2 4 The cele bration at the asylum was a big suc cess. From early dawn the crowd commenced to pour in from every where. The four large excursion trains from Weldon, Raleigh. Dunn ! tne reian uw.o ea Upou as a tuuipreic ! only issue wuu wuitu w ' i the court expiaineu iuai uio i . nnrham hrnnrht Immense m m--- m m-m - y r win not allow tne express tumu, , : fMHD hotwMn the man-k... u.ar ncr Pinrhot. to deliver whiskey in the evening. . ufacturer3 and wholesalers and thejin an interview expressing his pleas- Probably afraid there would not be( consumers; the second count charges enough left for the morning tonic, j a conspiracy to suppress and elimi- i nate the competition tnat snoum exiat . . .. i wwp(m the wholesalers and the re Some say Craig should have the; een the wnoie I mailers auu iuc uuouv. Governship next time for services ure at the decision, sounds a new note of warning to the effect that the DUEL. rendered to the party. What were THIRTY SHOTS FIRED IN PISTOIj the services trying to impeach those honest judges 6o that hungry Demo crats could get their jobs? gobble up his coal have already se cured the control of the harbor rights at the nearest point to the shipping of this coal and have also the control of the nearest right-of-way for the shiDoine of coal from these fields on Foster F. Harper and William Ridge- j the Alasan coast. He declares that war Invited to Hold Peace Meeci th- mon0nolv of the harbor and ing, Bat Forget the Objeet of Their . transp0rtation must be broken up, or els the effect or this decision win w largely nullified, because he points out that those who control the nar same interests that were trying to ratificd without amendment, and it is thought that when this is done that nothing further can be accomplished at this session and that Congress will adjourn. While the President Is not what might be called a good pon hope to win at the next election. . if made vere made in 1904, before It is now clear that the reciprocity j tfae plaintiff nad begun making cig treaty for which the President called j arettes; tnat Briggs retired from the the Congress in extra session win ue, DresIdency Df the Wells-W hitehead that his relations Co. in July 1905; with the American Tobacco people w ere contractual, and that be had no authority, as its agent, to make any such declaration. Furthermore, it was shown that the plaintiff did be-. Mission and Open Fire Upon Each Other at Sight Anderson. S. C., June 26. Foster Harper and William Ridgeway, The Charlotte Chronicle wants the next National Democratic Convention held in Baltimore so as to get as far away from Bryan as possible. Don't j e worry. Bryan will be there and will two young white men oi promineuv help write the platform, whether you families engaged in a pistol duel near Holliday's bridge, this county, eer get anybody to stand on it or afternoon, each fired fifteen I shots and each being wounded, Har- orobably mortally. Harper is 2 5 not. When Mr. Aycock gets into the Sen atorial race in earnest wonder if he years of age, while Ridgeway is tician, yet it seems that his straight manufacture of cigarettes at ... . . . . Vi l o . o" forward and patriotic course in this matter will put him ahead of the Wilson, N. C. and that as long as its business was conducted in this State politicians in the game that they arejtne company was highly successful; trying to play. bor facilities and the means of trans-1 portation will control the coal field no matter in whose hands it may nominally be. In short, Mr. Pinchot declares that! the danger is not over, and the fight j to preserve the greatest coal field in the world is yet to be waged to deter DARING FLIGHT. Aviator Beachey Makes New Record by Swooping Under Bridge at Ni agara Falls. Niagara Falls, N. Y., June 27. With the whir of his biplane motor drowned in the roar of the cataract . A it secured a Virginia cnarter later and moved to Norfolk. In 1907 the plaintiff had reached the flood-tide in its success. There could be no crowds. In all the attendance was estimated at 10,000. fThe program was perfectly carried Out. The ad dress of welcome by Mr. B. K. Lassi ter was very greatly appreciated and gracefully spoken. Response by Dr. W. C. WTicker, of Elon College. The address of Gen. B. 8. Roa ster was remarkably good and de livered In forcible and attractive style, the subject being on character building. The large audience listen ed with great pleasure to the plen dld speech. The words ef Grand Master Hack ett were very complimentary to the management of the institution a evinced by the splendid condition of relevancy between the fa llure of a erery department of , . - v- t, the asyium mau alleged threats made about a North Brown Carolina Company In 1904. and the fof Jn a6, -hr or not thA coal trust Or uiuw" about 41. The row was a resuu wi iu.uc ' 7, 7 i and man and machine momentarny ... - x J w j-m r at THa 1 1 M i t-'i i iiie: D ii.es i a a, a a uxu k'u will oe,ir,cr of th some reports stareu u, r- tuC uiucae, . : Bn ?t ic sairl. hilt the na- I y l iiniiJcio, du . , ture of the reports cannot be learned Democratic management of the Mul let Road under his administration, of j nere to-night. the subsequent leasing of the road, also why the mocking-bird was not allowed to sing during his reign? The Sugar past i obscured in spray and mist, Lincoln Trust and the Mormon j Beachey, the California aviator, to-, week of the trial of this case. Church. i dav after circling above the Falls,, . . ... i j i .ha;sTnnnMl beneath the arches Fropnet smitn, me presmeui oi - - - t , Virginia corporation in xw .u c - Uduitrles shows that was the right man the street of Ox ford the scen3 presented a gala ap pearance there being numerous amusements and tents for the sale of refreshments of every variety and the baseball game In the afternoon made a day long to be remembered. evidence was ruled out. There has been much sparring by counsel for both sides, but little new evidence has been presented In the few days. This is tne inira 1911 CUPD3 IN 1906 EGG. Grocer Has Written to Girl Who Put Name on Shell. New York, June 26. The biggest 8sg in a crate received yesterday by Howard Smith, a grocer in Dover, N. J., had "1906" written on it. Smith did not like the date, but when he saw the rest of the inscription he rote right away to the address sign ed beneath the date. this address read, "Miss Gertrude tfaiawm, Loose Creek, Mo." Further, mere was "Class of 1906 Please an aer. Smith, who is a bachelor, jrote: "Was that egg laid in 1906? riease answer." of the; Wflrn.rwfl9 shot through the liver j ropnei oimu., - n - Rt . bridee and down the! xau " -- m 'hnin noc? rncnnn 1 1 ui i w and two otter balls lodgec It. his J olaX I gorge to -".Kijto;, stomach. Kiogeway i.cu v-j rnmmittee investigating the Sugar ! again between me preciyiWu3 bullets in his leg and was removed If yterf ay and this of the lower river. Beachey soared to his home, where he .ttoided Trust and was j to the Canadian side where he made hv nhvRicians. Harper was rushed to ,murm"B ... . a Rnoppssfnl landing. It was the first j a-iAAs- tnn m i t t no h a uiim n i mi automobile and was Death of Dr. J. B. Alexander. oiarintt. N. C. June 24. Dr. J. BEST SHOWING IN YEARS. American Yatch Wins. Kiel, Germany, June 27. Ameri can yatch Bibelot, owned by Harry Payne Whitnov of tha xrAr atCh Club. WOn fmirth of Y.a. aarlno international races for Sonder ""as yatch. Belton in an brought to Anderson over the electric trolley. He was carried to the hos pital and this afternoon Drs. Harris, Haynie, Babb and Young operated on him. They say that there is hope for recovery. Ridgeway will recover, if no complications set in. L. E. Barnbill Ends life With Laudanum. Scotland Neck, N. C, June 27. This community was shocked yester day morning when a telephone mes sage was received from Shield's Com missary, a few miles from here, that Mr. L. E. Barnhill had taken lauda num and was in a precarious condi tion. A physician, Dr. O. F. Smith, wa ssummoned and hurried to the bedside of the unfortunate young man, but the deadly poison had done its work, and the efforts of the phy- ciVian' were futile, death resulting about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, I.. x :ii.. I tnat COmiUlLltfC. "C auo '! .. .. . l.A hmff. as trustee for the Mormon Church,) time tnai Diru-mu He admits that he, . i v. oir i..irroTit and mist clouds ana went into partnersnip witn tne Amer-i idn Sugar Trust in order to increase! leaping foam caused by Niagara a S profit, of the beet sugar Indus-! falls and rapids that have lared so tries which the Church owned. Heimany adventurers to their death . t Throngs on the American and Can- ;nToparUerrtketttt B. Alexander, one of the best known j United States Treaurare Will nave citizens of this county, died to-night j 525,000.000 at End of the Present after a long Illness. Fourteen years ycM Year. ago Dr. Alexander was stricken with Washington. D. C. June 27. The paralysis and for several wee ks past j United gtates Treasury will have a he has been at tne point 01 ueam. uurplua of approximately $25,000,000 when the fiscal year of 1911 eads on rf a loTan pr was the author of m AAVAM - - Reminiscences of the Past Sixty Years," and other works dealing with the life of the days before the war. The funeral service conducted by into pariiiersuiy iud : . . . v. f . .... .mju4ci--f ii(vvv,vw - ' the profits of the Church in the sugar; at the aviator, as he rose to a heif"i the Masonic Lodge of which he was Both 19Qg and m9 thowed deflclU 1 P ' nf ahont 2.000 feet, twice Circled i 0mhor - roAAAAAA Saturday. The fiscal year of 1310 Closed with a surplus of $15,000,000. This year's showing will be the best since 1907, when a surplus seldom equalled $111.000,000 was shown. business have greatly Increased What President Smith admitted inl above the cataract and then made an honored member. his testimony has heretofore been; stoutly denied in many quarters. The testimony of President Smith created almost a sensation in the committee. The Lorimer Investigation. While the Sugar Trust committee was developing the above interesting facts, the Senate Lorimer investigat ing committee, sitting at the other end of the national capitol, was de veloping testimony that was even more sensational. A Mr. Cook, a prominent lumber man, of Duluth, who was associated the long swoop toward the narrow j,. smuggling Case Discovered. nacea tra, nndpr the bridge. 1113 Dl- plane came racing over the horseshoe fall so low that he was lost to view for an Instant and then winged close to the water. It seemed almost to skim the water as he made the bridge passage. - New French Premier. Paris, June 2. Joseph Caillaux has accepted President Falliere's In vitation to organize the ministry suc ceeding the Monls Ministry. New York, June 27. Custom offi cials are seeking evidence to shed light upon every phase of the Jenkins $300,000 jewelry smuggling case whose ramifications it is said involve a prominent New York financier. It is said it was the father of a scheme whereby good valued at $2,000,000 were smuggled la. Several customs officials are Implicated in the plea. These officers, it is understood, re ceived $100 for every trunk they passed with only a casual Inspection. of $20,000,000 and $58,000,000, re spectively. Treasury officials believe final fig ures wil show the Government dur ing the year just closing has received more than it estimated and spent just a little less than It planned. To-day receipts from all sources are expected to total approximately $687,00,000. They were estimated at $678,000,000. Total exnenditures. not Including the Panama Canal, will be about 000,000. The Treasury spend $662,000,00 The years wo cost approxim
