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Vol.LXVni. No. 143. 'The Weather CLOUDY. RALEIGH, JN, C, .THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1910 LAST EDITION. PEIC2 I GSI7T3 Double the 10 SUPPRESS DOClEIITS President Taft,Secretary Dick- insoaand Others Decide to Suppress Jingo Report PLANS FOR REMEDY Document Which Declares Uie United States Uhilt For War to be Sup pressed President Taft Wants the Root Bill, Which Provides for the Reorganization of the Militia, Passed by Congress War Depart- mont Officials Want the Renort ,,i n-,,,.. i.khi d. 11 Given Wide Publicity President Doesn't Believe Report Should be Made An Official Document. By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Dec. 15 Following a conference between President Taft, l,9aml Ruraleoti the ground that ' the sternest measures possible must Secretary of War Dickinson, Senator be taken to stamp out the last vestige Root and Chairman Hull, of the of Insurrection. Even the official re- . , ' , iports, couched In the plain and meager house military affairs committee, to- military terms of the northern corn day it was decided to suppress the manner... which were- received toOay. report of the war department, known j us the reply to the McLachlen reso lution which declares that the tnlted States is unfit for war and is at the mercy of any European nation, of Japan. The agitation that has followed the suppression of the report will, if I President Taft has his way, be cen tered on the enactment into law of a mettsure that has been pending be fore congress for some years. This measure, known as the Root bill, provides for .the re-organization of the militia and In the event of war would bring into the field immediate I ly an army of 400,000 regulars and lnllltinmon Tlio msgciin noinsil I housq. in a previous dongress, but was killed in the senate by Senator Ba con, of Georgia. The refusal of the house yesterday to uccept the report because it was marked "confidential", led to innum erable difficulties. War department officials want the report given wide publicity. Army officers declare emphatically that our inability to defend ourselves is well known to the nations of the world and that the matter should be put squarely up to congress. If congress, they say, falls to remedy the evils, responsibility will rest upon the law makers should a war come that will find the United States unprepared. Conditions now, it was said today, arc not so bad as they were wheji the war with Spuiu wits declared. Then there was only one gun in the At lantic coast defences that was fit to be fired. Presideut Taft Is anxious to have the nation prepared for war, but lie ' does not believe that a report such al tne war department has prepared should be made unofficial document. . Representatives who succeeded in reading part of the "confidential" re port, which was returned to Secre tary of War Dickinson for reconsid eration, do not hesitate to say that the report shows a concerted move ment on the part of the secretary of war, Major General Wood, chief of staff U. S. A., and house jingoes, to stampede congress, into enacting (Continued on Page Five.) FIRE : ....... i IN ELIZABETH CITY (Special to The Times.) Elizabeth City, Dec. 15 The .plant of the Elizabeth City Iron : Works was oesiroyea oyuire last nignt with a I loss of J17.000 to tl company. The fire took place about 9 o'clock and the upper water street secfclci of I tne town was in. great .danger ror a while from the flames. : i The lire originated in : the furnace rooms and whert it was discovered the buildings' were A mass of flames. This company has been in operation for eight years and has about forty men In its employment regularly with a weekly payroll of over four hundred dollars. The company had six thous and dollars insurance on the plant. Mr. Saunders announced this morn ing that the plant .will OA rebuilt at one. The. 'buildings hoirog construct ed i fireproof, : -v Number of Paid Subscribers in i the Gity of Raleigh HIT ANOTHER FIGHT v .-:-.- - lie . Mexican Revolutionists Manouevering For Battle Remnants of Rebel Army Have Been Reinforced --General Madero ' is Said to Head the Rebel Band in Pereson Stern Measures by Gov crnnieut Troons. (By Leased Wire to The Thrice.) Mexico City, : Dec. 15 Mexican revolutionists are massed in the .mount tains about Cam Prtcto in northern Culhuahua manoueveriing for another engagement with1 the federal under General Navarro and- avenge1 the bar boroua slaughter of wounded rebels by the regular forces, according to advices received from the city of Chihuahua and Ouerroro today. The remnants of the rebel band which fought a bloody tattle with Nlavarro's forces . on Sunday . have been reenforced by' bands of revolu tionists and, according to the federal authorities, by banditti and : cattle rustlers. . General Madero Is said to hoax) the I rebel band in person ailthough the authorities are notfcertain on -this point. Rert8 wlthln the'pa9t few davaPhave come from widely separated points in northern Mexico of Madero having been seen there. The machine guns which were sent Government officials today excused the wanton savagery of flic federal coukl not hide - the bloody deeds- of 1.1ie il ili'iiers yvhio-bafyonetted fie wound ed to death while tlhey lay writhing I misery and pleading for mircy. Orders have been given- the troops of the Chihuahua department to show no mercy and "to take no 'prisoners." AH wounded! will be killed. Reports of destruction, of property continue to come from: Chihuahua," all being attributed"," -to the rebels. Ranch houses have been burned, families hel up nrut . robbed; live)tot-k driven -o lind. In some cases, ranchers were shot to dieatiii when they attempted to defend their property. General Navarro In his official re port stated that ho expects serious fighting for some days. He has cut his forces in two to prevent a flank movement. CONCORD SUICIDE. Had Health Causes K. K. Sides ' . Take His Own Life. V (Special to The Times.) to Concord,'. . N. C. Dec. 15 C. E, Sides, one of Cabarrus county's most substantial farmers, committed sul clde Tuesday morning by shooting himself. Bad health and loss of mind is attributed the cause. Mr. Sides was about sixty years of age and lived near the Jackson Training School. He was a consistent mem ber and one of the mainstays of Rocky Ridge Methodist church. Funeral services were held at the church at 4 p. m. Wednesday. He leaves a wife and several children with a host of friends to mourn the loss. Fire At Woodruff. (By Leased Wire to The Times.)' '.' Kpuntaniburg, S. C. Dec. 15 Fire of unknown origin destroyed the plant of the Woodruff News and Herald, a semi-weekly paper and the job print: ing otice of T. K. Laiiigford', -besidp a number of oulier buildings and of ficers early this morning. Loss $30,000, partly insured. Raid On Bucket Shop. (By Leased. Wire to The Times.) Chicago, Dee. 15 Several alleged bucket shops were raided here today .policemen, acting on request of the fed eral authorities. A number Of prison ers were taken. PRESIDENT ... OF GEORGIA ROAD DEAD (By Leased Wire to The , Times.) Atlanta, Dec. 13 John Fletcher Ha-n-son, president of the Central Railroad of Georgia, died at his home here to day after a lingering Illness. He was operated un for an affectum of the liver last August, and never fully recovered. He was 71 years of age. . Mr. Hanson became president of the Georgia Central in 1908 and had been president of .the Ocean Steamship Company; since' 1902. He had served as ' a member of . the United States Monetary Commission and was prom inent in republican politics in Georgia. He was republican referee for Georgia until ho broke witlh Roosevelt when tho latter was president ovor somes of the Roosevelt policies, ( , f " M '1 It'-' . ' "X 1 L J Kdward Douslass White, Associate Justice of the Suorenie Court of the United States, who is immt'd hy Pres. ident Taft s his choice for I he povi uoa or 1,'iier Justice to succeed the lato Chief Justice Fuller. Mr. White was bonf" in Louisiana. j boyhood he was la the Confederate army und took part in otrrufjnn about Foit Gibson. He graduated at (Jeorce town College u!d in addition to prac ticing law, was . sugar planter. He served in the TiOiiisiana Legislature as felate Senator, and thou was ap. pointort to the Supreme Court of Louisiana and served a number of ycurs on that court, returning to the bar, where he became its leader. He was subsequently elected to the '"Sen ate of the United. States ami while serving his first term wus appointed ny J'resulcnt Cleveland lis u Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ho is u Democrat ami has been on thai court for sixteen years and is now (lie oldest justice in 'oni mission whose age is less thun seven ty. Mr. Justice White is a inn-i in full health and vigor. AFTER THE PATENT TRUSTS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington,.. Dec. IS Attorney ' tSeii- cral Wiekersjiiam lias ktid .plans to smash every .trust that is now onrat- Ing under '.atont rights and directly controlling prices to wholesalers and retailers. For the pitst two weeks Attorney General AVickershain has had Assist ant Attorney General floadstrom and number OIL special agents -working on Olie case that is to lie filed against the electric trust. Today It was . as certained" that amor.it; the 28 or pos sibly 35 defendants-, who will be. crim Inally as well .as civilly prosecuted are included tile Ueneral Kleeti ie Com pany ami the Wcxtin-gliousu Electric Company. .. - Although no actual steps have yet been taken to file this suit a mass of evidence has been collected against tlip individual connKiiiles. The suit will be lllect in. either New York, Chi cago, or Pittsburg, and may iKtui-t' the companies involved as defendants in one proceeding, or, the'.- companies nuy be grouped for conveiiienue ii prosecutluiii The first-suit.' to- be flle-.l will be against firnis Jhroldin?. patent rights of inicandeseent globes, trolley and elec tric train motors. The other cases will bo brought later. Following the filing of these suits the department will make an irive.s'ti gat ion of "-companies now liandlini patented, granioplionos, and other music box devices. Mayor Kilh-d at Fire, (By Leased Wire to The Times) LaGrange, Ky., 1'ec. 15 Fire yvhlch broke out early this morning from the smouldering embers of the blaze which did $30,000 damage Tuesday night, cost the life of Mayor Collis McDowell. Mayor McDowell was killed by a falling chimney while directing the fight against the flames. Charles and Alfred Fisher fell through a floor and were perhaps fatally injured. Bought Bos fon Club. - (By Leased. Wire to lie Times.) sNew York. Dec. 15 One hundred and thirty thousand dollars Is the purchase price of the Boston National league baseball club. W. Hepburn Russell, head of the syndicate -which will con trol the club next year announced that $60,000 had already Iwcn- paid and that the other $70,000 will be raised before iglit completing the deal. Rut-sell und his. associates will then, own 95 per cent of the stock. ' Short Session of House. (By Leased Wire to TJie Thnew.) Washington, Dee. 15 The house ad journed; todlay within 11 minutes after the. speaker's gavel fell, because of the death of Representative Cook, in Philadelphia. Keprescntatlve Bingham, of Pennsylvania, presented a resolu tion asking the speaker to appoint a committee to attend the funeral, and raw tip. an appropriate memorial. It as adopted. . , SLAUGHTER IN SYRIA Bedouin Fanatics Kill Hun dreds of People Refugees Bring News of Horrifying Details of ' Wholesale .Slaughter , Soldiers Fijt to the Sword and Xo Mercy Shown ' by ti e Frenzied Tribesmen, ' (By Cable to T.ie Times. i Jerusalem, Dec. 'Jii -Hundreds of inhabitants, ilt many Turiasli vil lages In tlie Sydan vilayet have been killed by maspacre ai. the hands' of Bedouin fanatics, according to refu gees arriving Jiere today. Horrifying fetalis of the wliolesa slaughter of Turkish . garrisons and Turkish officials, were -told.."' Soldiers werfe put to tlie sword an no mercy wa.u shown by I lie frenzied tribesmen, the refugees declare The madiletied tribesmen drov women and children before them an carried off many prisoners from the devastated villages. In cast's wher defense was made hv defenders families were subjected to the most brutal torture.V The Christians and iiii.ssionaiie are being spared hut. no morcy is be ing shown to Mohammedans. There aro "a number of foreig tourists in Syria at this tune, among them some Americans." While the Christians lives are be ing spared, they are beinc; robbed by the tribesmen , Word reached .her hat a party " .of American tourist were Held by the desert tribesmen ind -ail their luouey iuid jc.welr .ikon;! . -';-- !.: -' Turkish tiops are being ! ; 'rushed into the zone of, disaster to render aid to the residfeuts and- protect fo.- eigners. Field iprtlllery and 'machine guns are being taken along and the iflicers have orders to show no mercy The representative of the United States' govemmdat here ia attemptin to get wortleH the safety., of eigh American : tourists conducted by Agent Miller, of Chicago, who were obbed at Kerak, in the Turkish vai yet of Syria. The only .'information the Amer icans here had today was that, the Amerionn party was attacked by Be douins and relieved of all their he ongings, although they were not harmed. Word from Damascus stated that urkish" troop's had been', shipped to Kerak-byra.il' to relieve the town, hicli has been captured by tiie Be otiins. Damascus and Kerak are connected by a railroad which ex tends through the desert but fear was expressed that the tribesmen would attack the trains or tear up the rails. Ten Ilesc'iifrs Overcame. (liy Leased Wire to The. Times) Bluufield, W. Va., Doc. 1.". Ten rescuers wen: overcome this morning as they 'attempted to gel. out the bod ies of the throe miners still in tho shaft of I ho Greene coal mine at Ta- coma; Ten bodies hud been re-cov ered up to the time wlien today's res cue party was overcome. '(liy Leased Wire to The Times.) Blizzard in New Voric. DulTalo; N. J,, Dec, "15 A .terrific bliz zard is -sweeping -,.w intern. New- York ma Hi western lVnnsj lvanla. and north ern Ohio todays-Traffic is tied up at many points and telegraph .wires are badly handicapped. (J-raVe-- fears art felt -for shipping on Lake Krie. Snow is severe at mariy points. Congrcssniaii Cook Dead. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Philadelphia, Dec. 15- Congress' man Joel Cook died today from -a stroke of apoplexy which ho suffered last Saturday. He was C 6 years old. 0NIY Q SHOPPING O DAYS TILL Christmas Join the Ear ly Shopping League Right Away f t i I a. fK.f-' I 111 I Its JJ i Ir-fcv;, -.Ilia lei t ..i.: ' im Ifn i i 1 1 1 1 ii i 'I . . . ... Martin A. Knapp. of New York, who has been selected by President Taft us a nii'm'jor of the-'new Cour or Commerce. Mr. Knapp graduated from Wrsleynn I nlveriity in 1KC8. He has been on (lie Interstate Com merce Commission for nineteen years and has been its chairman, since 181t?i. II is niHlerstood tluit the pres ident selected the chairman of the In terstate Commerce Commission upon the recommendation of the commis sion itself in order tlmt there might he on the commerce court as a court of appeals fi-om the Interstate Com merce Commission one wlio thor oughly" tniileislar.ds (he regulations iind practices of Hie : (.'ominission. Judge Knapp comes from the second judicial circuit I hut comprising New York, Connecticut and Vermont, lEWIASUnE ( f;y Leased. Wh e to The. Tilin-s. ) WiUhbigtoir, l'ec. ." Millions 'of dol lars . of l ncle. Sain s wealtli, , ui .: coal l;iini in Alaska is,, directly anil in! direetly. invoived in a. measure which will fhortly be 'introduced in I fie hous. by Uetnesentative llitehen.-k. -of Ne braska;'' Mr.- Hitchcock..! wit-, afler .March 4. will lie senator from : Nebraska, has undertaken the .ilniKe lask of saving the. coal lands of Al'iska. ins-ludins m.t only., tho.'; famous ('iiinnm.lr.gham laiitis that have hi-eh' so . ilei.'ply ia- olved in -tae voiitruversy bt-t.w-een etary l,:i I linger and Gilford f'iuihot litit tin- rest . of the great coal .de posits of th,. fa, northwistein terri tory.' Conferences have been held at Mr. llitchcix-k's invitation. liy "various friends of - Un: conservaiioii movement nid specialists in Alaska affairs, in the fr'ert " to determine.- the proper lugis- latio.n fo. accomplish .-the purpose. . More Riots in Garmeii(-worli.ers ttike. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chieiigo, Doc. : 1 .v Two men were shot, one being instantly killed, nt Rirard street and liloominydalo road. oday in a riot resulting ".'from- the garment-workers strike. . . According o a witness the men -"were shot-down when the police charged a, crowd which had assembled. An immense crowd immediately gathered at the: corner and patrol wagons from soveral stations were rushed to tho scene to iirevcnt friends of the victims from prolonging the riot. '-.' C. .V- O. Directors Meet. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Dec. 15--The directors of ie Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 'Corn- any- at their' meeting 'this afternoon liscussed the .budget for the coming i.lenila.r year and -tudopted ii tentative financial .plan, it was aiithoi-it-atively stated after the. meet ing that this plan does not involve- the issue of tiny liiririj mount, or other wcurilie.'s and also that tho plan is 'subject to various lianges. . ' ... (Veyv Jjost In Wreck. (By Call i lo to 'Jtie Times.) ! ; Cadiz, Spain. D. 1C-Nlfiet'en mom- :rs of the Gurniiiu steam or Hambitrg and tlco passengers have lost tlieir ves by th wi-ecklng of -the vessel on he west .Spanish coast, off CHUicIa, ac- n-ding to a report rcrcvivcHl from Uie-rti oday. The vessel went ashore upon the reefs and was battered to pieces. Appointments Confirmed. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Dec. 15 The senate today' confirmed the appointments of Associate Justices Van Devanter, of Wyoming, and Lamar, of Georgia, of the United States supreme court. of A.j .Other NewspapeV. BJIPTISTSMMO Rev. T. W. OMy Called to First Baptist Church Uiiiuiimous Call Kxfended Last Night to I'ustor at St. Joseph, Mo. Un dcrstooit He Will Consider Call Native of (Jeorgia and One of Fin est Trenchers in the South- Thought to be the Man Rest Suit 1 to I'ill I he I'astorate of Firs Jlapfist Church Vacant Since Re- signafiori of Dr. W. C. 1'yree. A unanimous call was extended last right 'from- the "mcmliers'.of the Firs Baptist .church ! He v. T. V", O'Kelley. I). J.).. ef St. Joseph." llo.. lo becom tln pastor ;0f tilis churcti-. Kine the. -resignation of lr. W. Tyree. the first of November, tin cluire.h Jias bien without' a-pastor, tli comnvlttee being busily at work dur. iin? the ti'im looking tor a rinn yvhoi tiu-.v felt would exactly . fill the net of this chur.-K Alter a careful deliberation it. was decided to extend the call to Dr O'Kclley. who is said to be one tho fiiv.-st preachers in the south. H is a native, of Georgia, between forty and forty-live years of age. .The. call was- -unanimous1 and it hopnrt- -by .'fill that it will be accepted It is understood . D'urt lie will eon siiler tile call. ' .... He has served most ",. "succe'ssfully pnstoi.ati-s in Oriffin, (a., Atlanta Little Ruck! Ark., and liiis! jiresen oliai-ge at, SI. Joseph; ': . MKKIT SYSTEM ADOPTED. Ashevillo -System Meetini Klecfrie Company Adopt -Soutliern Kmployes Hold . ..(Special to The Times.) . Asjeville, N. C., Dec. 15 The Asheville Electric Company : has adopted.-the merit system in regard to its motormen and conductors. To day, tne laiuitui street car. men ap peared in their new uniforms and upon the sleeves; of the coat of eaca motorman and conductor who had been in the service for more than one year were an.'Ui,. E.ih silver. band indicates one years service, yvhile eacii- goiti uatiu ..lint ii)ate& five years service. Several of the men had three gold bands, showing more-, than fifteen years of service The Asheville electric company has a lino lot of car men and it is inter esting to note that there has never been a tie. up of the system due to a strike. The general . committee of the or der of Maintenance of Way Employes of the Soutliern Railway held a meet .ing Tuesday in Asheville for the. pur pose of discussing qquestions and problems relating t the order and to its work. This order is fast becom ing one of the most important of railway brotherhoods.: Its member ship includes the sectin foremen and those employes', who are charged with keeping up the road. Delegates from the different divisions of the South ern are attending Hie meeting now in session.-' W. S. Towel is the resi dent. of; the order and -ia now here. Johnson, of Virginia, is the general chairman and A. L. Epps, of Almond, ?; 0., is the goiielal secretary THE NEW J I'DGES. 'avorablc Report, on ; Vandevanter and Lamar. ashiiigton, .. Dee. .15 The senate judiciary coinmit'tee today l-eported ravorably upon , tlie iVHninaUotis of Assof-iate Jus'tiees Vandevanter and Lamar for the United States -'supreme court. The. "commerce" court- nomina tions were referred to a sub-committee bivause .of his-Urgent oppositions, to Messrs Knapp and Archbald. President of Swiss Confillerntion. Berne,' Switzerland. . Dee. 15 Mare Emile IMiehi't, -liief of the department of tln interior was today -elected nres- ideut of the Swiss Corifedertion . for I I'll by -the federal assembly. :: DISASTER IN LYDEN COLORADO COAL MINE Denver, Col., Dec. lb An explosion in this Leydeti eoal mine, owned by the Lt-vdeii Coal Comiiaiiy, 14. -'miles west of Denver, early today, entombed at least tvvelve men anil possibly more in the lower. Workings of the mine, The fate of 'the men is uivkuown, but It is feared all m.iy have been killed the explosion or burned .to death in the fire which followed. . Tho upper workings caught fire Im mediately and prevented 'their ascape, There is an old connection between shafts No. 1 ant 2 but it is believed tllils hud becomo clogged by debris. Kesculng partiea are trying to puinp air ihto fihaft No. 5 in the hope of coping tho t'li'tombed miners alive if they have survived' the explosion. The upper workings are still on fire :md efforts t extinguish the flames are being, made,. ..,-. I CONSUMERS TEH ABOUT USING OIL Number of Witnesses Exam ined at Second Day's Hear ing of Oil Case MERCHANTS TESTIFY A Number of tltlmate Consumers Take I p the Time of the Morning Session of the Court, Telling About Their Experiences With Defense, on Cross-examination, - Always ISrtngs Out the Fact That the Use of Gasoline Has Greatly Increased Oil Inspector Thompson : the First Witness Dr. Lockhart Fin ishes This Afternoon. Mr. II. Rosenthal was the first wit ness called when the court convened shortly after 3:00 o'clock this after noon. Mr. Rosenthal said he had been buying oil from the Standard up until the time of the entrance of the Indian company into the field. Tho witness then proceeded to relate the manner of the purchases made, stat ing that he had been under the im pression that he was securing -the best oil, and that nothing had been said to him about other grades. The Indian entered the field in the spring and the Standard cut the prices. The price last year was about 11 cents, and may have varied a quarter or a half a cent a gallon. On.ross'-exam.utatio'i . hje ; stated that he catered to tue best trade and tried to handle the best goods. ,lle had' 'heard that there were' other grades. There is a tendency 'down ward In prices of many things, said the witness. Tickets of the Indian Company were offered in evidence, Witness has noticed Increase in use of electricity, gas, gasoline, crude oil, etc. .. W. Thompson. Mr. W. Thompson, of Norfolk, Va., wus the next witness. He stated he had charge of the Texas Company's business in Norfolk. He testified he was here on business for his com pany and was subpoenaed by the state, and had nothing to do with this case whatever. 1 Tank car lots are- worth 4 cents per gallon . T.o.b, Norfolk. The freight is about 1.3S cents per gal lou. The cost per gallon for local gents to deliver depends upon num ber of gallons sold. The Texas has. one tank, aud the cost is about cents per gallon to deliver here. The tax is cent per gallon. Tho Texas ays his local agent on a commisison asis. .. Mr. Picket t says he proposes to show by "the witness that the local gout of the Texas Company has re signed because the conditions wero such that he could not live here. De fendants objected. ' The witness replied that the agent had resigned. MORNING SESSION. The second day of the trial of the aso against the Standard Oil Conii-- pany began this morning shortly af ter 11 o'clock and Mr. Jacob Thomp son, oil inspectos, was the first wit ness called, and offered a memoran dum taken from his books, which gave the dates of the receipts of (Continued on Page Two.) TO BE MARRIED TODAY (By Leased' Wire, to The Times.) ' Louisville, Ky., Dec, 1 The marriage Robin Cooper of Nashville, slayer of Carmaek ami Miss Bra Leo Smith,' .a tighter of Milton 11. Smith, president . the Louisville 4k. Naalivillo Railroad, ill take place this evening at the homo of Hie brldo's father. Rev. Aquikv Webb,. -pastor of the Wesleyarr emoridl church will officiate. Many out-cf-towii guests arrived today for the wedding. Cbopor andl his bride will go to New Orleans and Panama on their wedding trip, then, returning to Live lit. waativMo. ? -: The proof of the auto is the bill for repairs. ; - 4.
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