VOLUME SEVENTEEN
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1911
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Against the Bill
Cat Let Out of the Bag at Hearing Be
fore Finance Committee Monetary
Commission Aptly Named and
Lame Ducks" Spending the Coin
Freely Why the Sugar Trust Was
Not Prosecuted.
Washington, June 9. That the
farmers"' principally interested in
killing reciprocity . are Wall street
tanners," whose "crops" consist
chiefly of lumber and paper trust divi
dends, was revealed in testimony tak
en by the Senate finance committee.
It was shown that Allen & Graham,
alleged attorneys for the National
Grange, are really professional lobby
ists for the big tariff trusts. Their
argument when seeking busindss is
that they can pull the necessary wires
in Washington to defeat or bring about
the passage of any legislation they
may be assigned upon.
Mr. Allen was made to -admit under
cross-examination that the anti-reciprocity
literature with which the ag
ricultural districts have recently been
flooded came direct from the lobbyist
headquarters within a stone's throw
of Wall street. Mr. Allen also admit
ted that the American Lumber Manu
facturers' Association, the Pulp and
Print Paper Association and the Amer
ican Wool Manufacturers' Association
(lumber trust, paper v trust and wool
trust, respectively) are among those
mrno pledged themselves to- finance this
holy crusade for the farmers.
Allen & Graham 1 have' among their
clients some of the tfest "farmers" in
Wall street. The firm was shown to
hav represented as lobbyists - the
Whiskey Security Company, (whisky
rpst. and .thSjdaiiliiKpX,,
the latter of which organizations is
headed by John D. Rockefeller, whose
occupation as a big oil "farmer" is
beyond controversy.
Commission Aptly Named.
It is known now why Senator Aid
rich calls his lame duck commission
a "monetary" commission. It is be
cause it spends so much money.
The Monetary commission, accord
ing to a treasury report, has expended
1207,130.48 of the people's money on
European travel, meetings and mem
bers' salaries. The report also con
tains various insinuating entries that
read "account clerical force and per
sons in attendance on commission.".
The European trip cost $19,250.18.
It was a nice summer trip and anybody
who has traveled with a Cook party
will tell you that a select little party
of a half dozen can make a mighty fine
circuit of the continent for $19,250.80.
The account is not itemized beyond
this statement. Indeed, Senator Aid
rich has fixed it so the commission
may spend any amount of money it
desires Avithout consenting anyone, and
without giving a detailed report to any
one. The former Senator is not hamp
ered by any formalities whatever. He
has only to reach into the treasury,
get money and sign a receipt. It is
appalling to contemplate what would
happen to the treasury if all commis
sions and departments of- the govern
ment were permitted to. employ simi
larly loose business methods while
spending the people's money.
However, as a fresh-air fund to pro
mote the recuperation of lame ducks,
the commission is manifestly a big
success. To this end, witness the
meeting of the commission at Narra
gansett Pier in July, 1909. It takes
monetary hacking to go to Narragan
sett in July. The bill was $3,493.74.
And Senator Cummins., of Iowa, is
sufficiently inconsiderate of the health
f the lame ducks to contend that the
commission is absolutely useless -to
the people, and that it ought to be abol:
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Cat Out of Bag. .
Soon after President Taft entered
the White House a movement was
started by members of Congress to
bring about an investigation of the
sugar trust. It was not a partisan
movement. Senator Borah, of Idaho,
Republican, introduced a sugar inves
tigation resolution in the Senate, and
Campbell, of Kansas, introduced .a
similar one in the House. :;
The President was greatly displeased-
Hp sent a message to Congress
advising against an investigation on
the ground that it might give immuni
ty to the men higher-up and other
wise embarrass the government. The
message was based on an opinion of
United States Attorney General Wick
ersham, who was inspiring Washing
ton dispatches at the time with the
impression that he was about to pros
ecute the men higher-up for the $2,-
vuu.wo sugar underweight frauds.
Xfw comes the Attorney General
'ith the statement, made under oath
"ore a House investigating commit-
AHegod Farmers VhQ Are
that he never believed that the
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Speaks In the House Today and' Favors
Free Wool, But-Willing to Accept
What Is Practical Wants to Break
' the Backbone of Republican Pro
tection. Washington, June 9. The debate on
the Wool Tariff Revision bill was re
sumed in the House- today. Repre
sentative Hull, o Tennessee, declared,
he believed the passage of the meas
ure would "break.the. backbone of the
Republican protection.". He said while
he believed in free wool, some duty
was necessary to prevent a treasury
deficit. V ' .
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DEATH WITH STOCKING
Greensport, N. Y., June 9. Because
her parents objected to her marrying
a younger man, Miss Edith Terry, 38
years old, chokedvherself to death to
day with a long lisle stocking. Her
fiance is 29. ,
WOMAN STANDS FIRST.
Carries Off Honors at Albany's Law
School. '
Albany, N. Y., June 9. For the first
time in the Albany law school's hjs
tory, a woman has carried off highest
honors. Hazel M. Cole, of Spring
field. Mass., was awarded the prize for
excelling in her class standing first
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SOUTHERN GOLF EVENT
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Nashville, June 9. Play was started
this morning n the handicap, match
of the Southern Golf Tournament. All
players not eligible for the semi-finals
of the first six flights were allowed to
enter the hadicap flight. New Or
leans, Nashville, and Birmingham are
the only cities still having representa
tion. Norfolk Silk Mills Closed.
Norfolk, Va., June 9. Silk mills here
have closed. ThreeJ hundred employes
are affected. The mills will begin op
eration within a few weeks.
heads of the sugar trust could be suc
cessfully prosecuted for the under
weight frauds. He also says that they
would not have secured immunity from
prosecution had they testified.
In other words the reasons given
by both the President and the Attor
ney General as to why the sugar trust
should not be investigated under a Ke
publican House, are now admitted to
have been fictitious. -
The real reason as to why the Re-
niiblieans were unwilling to permit a
Congressional investigation of the su
gar trust now becomes debatable. Was
it " because the Attorney General had
been a former sugar trust attorney and
was nroiudiced in favor of the inno
cence of the men higher up? Was it
hecause Henry P. Taft, the brother of
the president, was a sugar trust at
torney? Or was it because tne sugar
trust has always been a friend and al
ly of the Republican party, and one
of its star campaign contributors;
Running' Down f Clue.
While investigating. expenditures in
the State Department, where it cost
9nn,tn shoo four horses for a year,
the House investigating committee
struck upon a clue tending to show
that an artist named Rosenthal had
hn naid $850 for painting a portrait
of Justice W. R. Day and that 'the gov
ernment had been charged witn ?4,4tu.
Rosenthal testified he had signed a
blank voucher for $850. It appears that
cubsequently someone made the vouch
er appear that Rosenthal had acknowl
edged the receipt of $2,450.
As it. is the duty of the committee
the law to investigate the ex-
penditures- in the State Department,
Chairman Hamlin, oi , Missouri, uiu
ed the State Department to produce
ir instead of reducing the
books Secretary of State Knox appear
ed before the committee witn- a iener
from v the President ordering him not
to comply with the committee's de
nA vnr the present,! the matter
ends . here. t Chairman -Hamlin will
probably bring the matter, before the
House and ask tnat tne piavc
ment be compelled sto produce .its rec
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Havana, June 9. The work of pumping away tne water surrounding the wreck of the United States warship
. Maine has "b?u begun, r.and-the upper, works of the illfated crafare now visible, ;u The ; illustration-- shows the cir
tewoSeriiiianclfeg the wreck uind the' huge dTedge'?bft Mdhtg itt
the mast of the Maine. , . . I
BiH PICNIC
Temperance Advocate When Insultea
Proceeded to Make Things Hum
Struck One Man. With a Rock,
Scratched the Face of. Another and
Chased a Third Into the River.
Atchison, Kansas, June 9. With the
use of a rifle, Mrs. Tillie McCowan, a
temperance advocate, today broke up
a pic-nic, where beer was being serv
ed. She was passing the pic-nic
grounds, when one party, who knew
her, scofflngly invited her to have a
drink. She accepted the glass of beer,
intending to use it as evidence against
the merrymakers. One of the men
said she would have to drink the beer.
She answered by picking up a stone,
striking him over the eye. The man
grapplei with ner. In the struggle
his face was scratched and his cloth
ing torn. She then procured a rifle
and chased one party into the Mis
souri Riverj firing at him. Finally
she allowed the man to swim ashore
and apologize. His ' companions fled.
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Orono, Maine, June 9. Returning
from a dance early this morning Miss
Christine Shaw, a school teacher, was
shot in the head by a revolver. A mob
ran down.T. S. Linn, a Chinese Govern
ment student, charged with the shoot
ing. Linn, it is alleged, was infatuat
ed with the girl, and became despond
ent over the failure of his suit. - 1
-Stocks Tvoday.
New York, June 9. (Wall Street) :
Stocks were steady at about the level
of yesterday's closing. A number of
gains ' were . made, but most of the
chances were small. - -
Duringthe first half hour 'the'.'m'ajjf
ket advanced trom a nan to one point
above - yesterday's closing. Selling
orders were then distributed. Gains
were cancelled. - ;
After an upward movement of small
dimensions and a quick relapse, the
stock market grew quiet at about the
level prevailing at yesterday's, close.
Speculative interest was seemingly
less active and the volume of trading
was smaller. . "
Sluggishness of stocks directed the
speculative interest into bonds. .Trad
ing opportunities were greater.
Well Known Virginia Architect JDead
Petersburg, Va., June 9. Major Har
rison Waite. aged 70, one oft the.State's
foremost architects, died today.
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Case of Blood Poisoning .Results From
Young Woman Licking . Postage
Stamps Colored Ink Got Into Blis
ter on Her Lip. ;
Fayette City, Penn., June 9. Licking
postage stamps is the cause of a seri
ous case of blood poisoning of Miss
Grace Hamilton, a posoffice clerk
here. She had been in the habit of
affixing stamps to letters for patrons.
Wnile her lip was blistered it is said
it became infected from the colored
ink.
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j Bostonj June 9. "A little harmless
flirting with nice people,; with whom
you are not acquainted, will do much
to rest a tired mind, after the arduous
duties of the school room." This is
one of the suggestions to young wom
en school teachers made by Miss Ann
Newell, on' relinquishing her position
as a teacher in the Boston' public
schools after forty, nine years of ser
vice. "Be a live wire every minute
and don't eat too much," is another bit
of advice. ;
Four Pictures Today.
Grand is offering Four new pictures
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London, June 9.' Billy Papke, the
"Illinois Thunderbolt," whipped
Jim Sullivan, , the English ( middle
weight star here last night:
' 4 " v- Father's Dress Suit. .
Rip-roaring .comedy Grand Theatre
today. It
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San Francisco Clubman and Millionaire
Dangerously Wounded By French
Maid Young Woman Assigns No
Reason and Prays For His Recovery.
San Francisco, June 9. Condition
of C. Frederick Kohl, capitalist and
clubman, shot and dangerously wound
ed yesterday by Adele Verge, a French
maid, was slightly improved this morn
ing. Physicians say Kohl may recover.
No effort was made to extract the
bullet, which lodged in his breast.
Adele Verge spent the night in a pris
on cell, praying for Kohl's recovery.
Hysterical and unnerved, she would
only say, replying to' questions, that
she did not know why she shot Kohl,
and did not want him to die. '
She declared ishe bought the. pistol
many months ago as protection against
a detective, who, she says, Kohl hired
to watch her.
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LADING CONFERENCE
New Orleans, June 9. New Orleans
banking interests' representatives have
been invited to a conference in New
York June 19th, when the perplexing
bill of lading proposition, precipitated
by Knight Yancey & Co.'s failure, Vvill
be discussed. The conference's aim
will be to arrive at a plan whereby the
integrity of the lading bills iwill.be
assured. 'X
BOILERMAKER'S STRIKE
No Developments So Far Today In
Big Walk-out. ,
5 Philadelphia, June 9. There were
no developments this morning in the
Baldwin Locomotive Works' boiler-
makers' strike situation. Union lead
ers' estimates vary from five to" eight
thousand strikers out this morning.
The laying off of twelve hundred union
men caused the strike.
BOUND LAO AND THEN ,
ROBBED POSTQfFICE SAFE
Newport, Tenn., June 9. Interrupted
while drilling the safe in( the Newport
postoffice by a sixteen year old son of
Justice Cate, the robbers overpowered
the lad, blindfolded him and compelled
him' to stand within a few feet of the
safe, when nitro-glycerine exploded.
The robbers escaped with five hundred
dollars.
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First to Arrive From The Town and
Tells of the Disaster Oirtly a Few
Victjms at Col ima Landslides Block
.the Railroads
Tuxpan Jalisco, Mexico, June 9
Bias Ruis. -a merchant, is . the first to
arrive from ;Colima, the region that
suffered the greatest shock from . the
earthquake. . He reports , that Tailroad
was blocked by 'landslides. Only two
or three victims were at "Colinia. The
Cathedral roof and that of th Church
of LaMerced fell. The principal dam
age, other than this, was to a number
of -small houses. The principal build'
ings suffered little damage.'
WILL REPORT. FAVORABLY
THE HONDUfiAN TREATY
i Washington, .li.' C.j ; June 9. The
Senate Foreign .Relations Committee
has decided-, to report favorably the
treaty between Honduras and the Uni
ted States, providing for a loan of ten
million dollars from the banking in
terests of the United States to meet
the Horiduran. Iebt. Seven and a half
millions will be forthcoming imme
diately. Thev Nicaraguan treaty, simi
lar in import, has not yet been acted
upon. ; -
CONFER WITH OFFICIALS.
Mediators Now ' Conferring; WitH
' southern Railway Officials.
Washington, June 9. After in: ses
sion Contimtously -I:tfiee'iaair8?:wit&
thtf firemen, the mediators seeking . to
adjust the difference between' the
Southern Railway and its firemen be
gan a conference with railway officials
today. ,.: '
Funeral of an Infant.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Thompson will
have the' tender symapthy of many
friends in the death of their infant
daugnter, Mary js. 'nompson, aed 18
months;, which occurred last evening
at the family residence, No. 708 Cas
tle street. The funeral will be held
from the home this afterndon and the
service will be conducted by Rev.
Thos. P. Noe, rector of the church of
the Good Shepherd. The interment
will be made in Bellevue cemetery.
NAT. BANKS' STATEMENTS
WANTED BY COMPTROLLER
Washington, June 9. The Comp
troller of the Currency today issued a
call for the statement of the condition
of all National Banks at the close of
business Wednesday June 7th.
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Bicylcles at Police Station.
Chief qf Police John J. Fowler stat
ed today that there are two bicycles at
the police .station, awaiting owners. It
is believed that the Machines were
stolen several nights ago. One of the
wheels is a Johnson, No. 129,773 and
the other a Cleveland No. 24,169. Own
ers may secure , the wheel by calling
at. the police station and identifying
their property.
Father's Dress Suit.
Rip-roaring comedy Grand Theatre
today. ' , , It
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CHOPPED TO DEATH
- Portland, Oregon, June 9. The bod
ies of a man named Hill, his wife and
two children were found in the Hill
home at Ardenwald, a suburb, today.
T;he woman and children had. been
chopped to death with an. axe. .
A $100,000 Blaze.
Pittsburg, June 9. Fire in the Penn
Hall Building at Wilkinsburg.destroy
ed a dozen business concerns today.
The loss is $100,000. . ,
Carnegie Gives Holland a Hero Fund.
The Hague, June & Andrew Car
negie has donated 400,000 florins $250,
000) for establishment of a hero fund
in Holland. .
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Denial for Andy
Vice President of the Steel Corpora
tion Before the House Committee
Today Declares - Carnegie Didn't
Hold-Up the Steel Concerns, as John
W. Gates Alleges Told of Under
standing With Railroads. s .
Washington, June 9. Denial . that
Andrew ' Carnegie, by threats, compell
ed the formation of the United States
Steel Corporation, ' and acknowledg
ment that the steel companies, before;
that organization counselled, with; the
railroads as to the , price , of : steel,
marked the. testimony of James Gay
ley, vice president of the Steel" Cor
poration and an officer of' the Carnegie
concern for many years, before the
House "Steel Trust" investigating
committee today. Gayley said ' such
understandings with the railroads were
necessary to prevent a monopoly iu
the steel business and denied that Car
negie, as charged, by-Johrr W. Gates,
"h eld-up" J. Pierpont Morgan and in
so doing forced the steel manufactur
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TRAIN TO LIBERTY
Utica, N. Y., June. 9. Fridge Raith,
of Union Hill, N. J., who was being
brought here from Augusta, Ga., to
answer a charge of obtaining $2,200 on;
a bogus" check jumped 'from" the train,'
between Albany and,. Schenectady,
while the train was. running .slow on'
th -ugrad.r; He has; 4aot yet Jofeen re.
captured,. . ; .' ; -
To Draw Juries.
' Three juries ' will be ! drawn tomor
row morning in Recorder's ; court to
hear the evidence in three alleged
p'blind tiger" cases to be tried Mon
day. The names will be given tomorrow
and the jurymen will be summoned
during the day for service : Monday.
The defendants' are Ralph Kennedy
and John Bradshaw, white and Thom
as Mask Jones, colored. Jones' was
tried 4y jury severaj days ago and a
mistrial resulted.
LONDON-EXCHANGE NOT
AFFECTED BY THE FAILURE
London, June. 9. The stock ex
change was practically unaffected by
yesterday's suspension of the. Birk
beck Bank, in High Holborn, with to
tal liabilities exceeding forty three
million dollars. Hundreds . of deposi
tors, many of thenr elderly"; men and
women, swarmed about - the bank's
closed doors today, behind which were
their whole life's savings.
...New York, June 9. Annie S. Pecks
the well known woman mountain,
climber, has sailed for South America
to accomplish new exploits. She will ,'
climb Mount AcohcaguaHn the "'Andes. '
land other lofty and precipitous peaks. ,
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