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Werner rcrcc-;t: : SHOWERS. VOL, XVI. NO. ICO. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY A NOON; AUGUST 14,1911. 3o PES COPY ML OF MYSTEIC AimW ... I IG'iuST DEHTTIE Indictments Charging Murder In First Degree in Hands of i Clerk When Grand , ; , Jurors Arrived. ONLY TWO WITNESSES CALLED TO TESTIFY Indictment, Charging First De gree Murder of Beanie's , Wife, the Usual Solemn , ' - Document. Chesterfield Court House, Va., .Aug. itsA true bill charging murder In the first degree Is returned by the grand Jury of Chesterfield. Circuit court against Henry Clay Bcattle, Jr., of Ricliniond. After the grand Jury brought in the Indictment court adjourned until this afternoon when the date of trial ix expected to be set. .Neither Boulah Blnford nor Paul Seattle was called before the Jnry aa a witness, both re in la nod in . an anteroom wluie tlie Jury wag In Reunion. The IniUctraent covers broadly all degrees of homi cide from murder In the first degree to manslaughter. . ' Chesterfield Court House, Va., Aug. 14. The grand Jury met this morn ing to consider the case of 1 Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., the 26 years old son of a Richmond merchant, , charged by the coroner's Jury with murdering his young wife on. July 18. An Indict ment charging murder In the first degree was In the clerk's hands when the grand Jurors arrived. .With but four Witnesses to be heard,, the spec' tactors prepared for only a, brief wait before the document would ,be J-nd-ed down formally and , the date for the trial fixed. , pwittle. Henry's cousin, and Beulah "Binford, 'Uio vivacious IT rears old girl, for the lovo of whom the prose cution charges that lleattle killed hla wife, reached the court house early In officers' custody. Other witnesses heard by the grand Jury Included Thomas E. Owen, Mrs. Beattle's un cle, to whoso home Beattle brought the body with his tale of a mysteri ous man firing Into his automobile from the roadway. The indictment charging Beattle with murder la the usual document, bristling with legal verbiage. It de scribes the commission of crime and concludes solemnly that the Jurors "upon their oaths do say the said Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., feloniously, wilfully and of malice aforethought did kill and murder, and against the peace and dignity of the common wealth of Virginia" his 23 years old, wife, Louise Wellford Owen Beattle. Upon this Indictment the state will send the prisoner to the electric chair. fc:i fjlleo f.::3 ::.:( Liluh julM Flyer C:?z at Hate of 5! Mil. 3 n rr:r Junps Track at Fcrt Wayne. Fort Wayne, Ind.. Aug. 14. Four persons were killed and 80 Injured when the Pennsylvania 18-hour train, enroute from Chicago to New York, Jumped tne mirk on the western out skirts of th is cliy at 6:30 o'clock last evening, I, i!o going at the rate of 50 miles an hour. In l. i vn-ar the rails the two engines pulling t: i K-r train slde-swlp-d a fr. t t . iiie and the three piled up 1st a iok.-s of bent and twisted iron. The d a 1 : William 1 ltol.. but I I'ft.-r ,v .n iu,r. V. ( t . Arrlck, Fort Wayne, under wreckage. i ,i. Fort Wayne, engineer 1 oi t V. a ne, fireman on r at n. Jowph's lire d -piirt- t-i the ci'.y ,,f i: '!- ., p . Mil I : .'II M aa nil V- . Mill 1 1 I I I I I I I. liUt U1LL l-UU Late Picture Who Married Chauffeur V3; Moe Mrs. John Edward Paul Geraghty, formerly Miss Julia 8teele French, Is shown In the Krouo above. ' She Is holding her famous and much prized do. This photograph was taken at very latest one taken of the young br In the Inner circles of American societ y a livery stable keeper. . , - . '.IS OF DiT.EE OMSIZEO i-V The Astor-Force Engagement Is Discussed by Members of Congress. , Washington, Aug. 14. Agitation among the members of congress look ing to a federal law regulating mar riage and divorce Is ihe result of the storm of protest over the approach ing marriage of John Jacob Astor and Miss Madeline Force. Senator Curtis of Kansas Is among the advocates of such . a measure. He says It Is a matter vitally afractlng the social Interests of the nation. He says no man whose wife had divorced him on charges of specific crime should be permitted to marry attain. Both marriage and divorce should be made more difficult. Representative Sheppard of Texas, thinks an organization might lnfluenco the various states to Join In a plan for uniform divorce laws. izm ti 0 U..U HGDES PUBGIL'i Cincinnati, Aug. 14. The Cham pion Lumber company of Philadel phia, headed by J. O. Bchmldtup, ehalrman of the Union Savings Hunk and TrHt company here, and Wil liam Cooper 1'riM-tor, prewldent of the Proctor At Calito K"p company here, today ch. d a deal purchasing S0. 01)0 wria .f lluywood county. North Carolina, timber land, the property of the l'ii-ion River Lumber com pany. i;n; 1 r r rt J Chi. to In- ,.n br. uu of Heiress iH5-Br.HTV (WITH nOrtL Tin the!6R.oup are. also mrs. iic&EEH - K.VlLLfVRD, ANO Mk3 VYILLrKL7 the recent fete in Newport, and is the Ide, who has caused much comment by marrying a crtaurreur ana son oi .'4 ' - ' 1 : '. OHMS LOST OYPIIQOr Accompanied by Tidal Wave; Which Swept Over Japan Great Damage Done. Victoria, B. C Aug. 14. More than BOO Jives lost and great devasta tion ashore and afloat resulted from the typhoon and tidal wave that swept over Japan July according to ad vices' brought by the steamer Empress of Japan. , ' At Toklo, the tidal wave swept away many houses. A torpedo boat was swept ashore at Toklo and sev eral steamers foundered, while big liners dragged their anchors. The Ions at Toklo Is $4,000,000. The ty phoon broke a corner in the rice mar ket, the firm that had cornered It los- ing hundreds of thousands of bush els. ,' ITU!'.! FIT FI5ICL . Cl'EL FCUCiECF EQ TLrca Killed, Another Mortal ly Wounded and Cixl Fainfully Ilurt. Indiana, Fa., Aug. nMian resulted in a 14. Love for a free for all gun Sunday In which three men were to death, another was mortally ided and the woman Involved was wounded. The dead: do Aronoco, 33 ears old. , . . nlo I,ajsa.rrl, 28 yeura old. :o Matalll, 25 yeers old. r, ii ji I ( 1 : 1 , ' r." ', 21 year CM, o':ot i li,. t, ix ur ! art; I . i .i i no, IS j, -.us old, .'t Pi : iil recover. Mli oci t.l Ht ,-,,t I,, ,v i ci IIIE SlL'.T FEVER IS SPCr liJIG FAST From One Lz l of Great Brit ain to An: . .cr Men Have" Struck or Are Threaten- ing to Co Cat on Strike ALL RAILWAY SYSTEMS MAY ELCOIIE TIED UP Locomotive Engineers Have Adopted Resolutions in Fa vor of National Strike. ... .. .. ' " r-t Rioting at Liverpool. London, Aug., 14. The strike fever becomes epidemic. In Great Britain. From one end of the country to the other, men have . either struck or1 are threatening to do so. . Women and girls In the' small factories are de manding better labor conditions. Lon don streets are commencing to re sume their normal appearance.. Railroad men throughout the coun try have assumed a threatening atti tude and a complete tleup of the rail road systems Is feared. The locomo tive engineers have adopted a resolu tion In favor of the national strike. Quiet has been restored at Liver pool following yesterday's , rioting, when a policeman was killed and tOO officers and civilians were' wounded. Police reinforcements have been brought here.' . , .. Glasgow, where the street railway men are on strike, Is also quieter, Everywhere the workers appear en couraged by the success of the Lon don strike to take energetic steps to secure better terms for their services In London itself both a railway snd street car strike n' 1 II threatens. ' Lockout EffecuM LtverpooL ' Liverpool, Aug.- 14. The . threaten ing lockout by shipowners became effective today. Thirty thousand dockmen were refused employment until they decided to abide by the terms of their recent agreement... nnrn II ruuuu in USAGE IS Veto of Resolution Admitting New Mexico and Arizona Is Signed. Tievelv. Maas.. Aug. 14. WRh his veto message on the Flood resolution providing for the admission of Ari zona and New Mexico Into the union practically complete, President Taft brought his week-end visit here to a close last night. The president left Beverly last night for Boston and the memaKe went with him.. He took the federal express at 8 p. m, for Wash ington. The message may be sent to congress today. -Only a desire to re vise It slightly after consultation with administration" leaders is likely to postpone Its presentation to congress until Tuesday, if that body la In ses sion. The president's veto Is understood to be based largely upon the provi sion for the recall cf the Judiciary provided for In the ArUona consti tution. To the New Mexico consti tution the president Is understood to have no particular objection but the p'lood resolution so couples the two territories that a veto must affect them both, Tl.e wool revision veto message has not been touched by the presi dent so far, but the outline of It are in bis mind and abo t all ha will need to do In Washington will be to call in a secretary and dictate. It was said here that the ond veto should I reach coiiKress bsfoi o the end of the Wei k. i:r . ji, :Ats I '. ..3 A: 1 by I ' ' jir:E ; Tl..-.t Ccr- Tt, K t V nri T.Tirpn riu READY SHERLOCK FIRST IMPRESSIONS Likes the Looks of Asheville Home in Arborvale Park Duplicate of Pin He . Will I Wear on Display in Henderson's Window. . f - v,., : - . . . - The duplicate scarf pin that t 1 am to wear during the hours- K of the contest is on display In the window of C. E. Hender-- tt eon's Jewelry store. This pin X was purchased from Mr. Hen- t derson and I will wear it until it this contest ends. This is the best tip to my identity. Watch t for the scarf pin. v .-v " X This store carries in stock a tt full line of native gems. They X are manufacturers' and can X mount them In any style you X want - . X '.,.".. . K xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx H' OW are. youT , ... , In the words of the Great and Strenuous, I. am. ''dee-lighted." T. Roosevelt Is the best advertiser on earth. Willie Taft still weighs 800 pounds. Oscar Underwood , of Ala bama has made a noise that sounds like he will' be in the running when the democratic convention, meets. 'If the next president is not a dem ocrat I will' eat my hat and call it ham sandwich. The chief of po lice of Asheville is quite a distinguish ed looking gentleman, and I am right oh the Job. ; ' Now all of that has nothing to do with the case, perhaps, but it was In my system, and now that it Is out I feel better. : ' Dear old Ashevlller ' " v Looking for me? ' ? ; , Well, this Is so sudden! ' J, But anyway, here I am, and hers I am going to stay for a little fun. frolto and excitement, until someone walks up to me with The Dally Ga zette-News and then walks off with the 50. i , Is "Tickled to Death." . To be honest about it,' I am tickled to death with your clty.JTour build ings' are fine,' your sturws compare favorably with towns twice your size. Your homes -are a credit to, youf -city. and your gtrl but my .BatunU muilf esty prompts me to hush. ' ' ,-Whea did I,.ArriveT Wha$ do I Took like,, and. where am I stopping? Bardon' me, , please, tout when - I was a -little' fellow they always taught me never to tell tales out of school, and so I have stuck to my youthful teach ings. I can not tell you these things, but Just to help you out I will give you a slight description. Some Particulars. I am less than seven feet tell; I may be a blond, and sometimes I am taken for a brunette. I weigh some thing less than 1000 pounds. I at tend all churohes with tall steeples and without; In politic I am "subject to change without notice;" am awful ly shy and unsophisticated; my eyes are sky-blue-brown, and I am always eternally on the Job. Bo there you are. That Is the best I can do for you, and the rest of it is up to you. -. I was over at the seashore having a good time. I had hardly reached my destination when a telegram came, saying, "come to Asheville," and then I got busy, and before you could say scat three times I was here. Makes a Discovery, I have walked about over the city to familiarize myself with the streets and while out yesterday I ran Into Arbovale Park. Now if I don't miss my bet here Is where I get myself a few feet of old mother earth. I have always wanted a home up In this country and when I ran into this beautiful section I made up my mind that It was right here that I was go ing to buy a lot, I am told the H. F. Grant Realty company are sole agents. I see by the papers they are giving about IT reasons why this property Is an Ideal location for a home. I can go them a few better and say I hav about 41 reasons why I have selected this location for a horns, Dcwrlivtlon In Store Window. My manager is a real nUs man. but he has fits.- He tells m that a description of the way I am going to dress tomorrow will be powted In the window of the Nichols Shoe Com pany's store. Now this is starting the sunt a little early, but Just to show that I am game I think I will go around there between I and I tomor row afternoon ana re&a it myseir. Now Mr. Nichols, I understand you are the "shoester" who has won larfts patronage by your courteous treatment of the trade end s ling the bent In your line, tine I Wii'. o'rop In snd try on a pair f I:. a t fords and then tell 1 "i iuout It later. At Burton : As I was entering the 1 iriun A Holt furniture store this f 't heard a young fellow my, "1 v, I vi Slierlnrk the minute he 1 ' In 'wn." I .venae me, y. I ;. while I wipe a little r t i y i S. Hito nolo f. Id; m t ; have a tt .lid I ' n I ' ll t 1 -1 t with I t ; , M i 1st I. -, R ECOR D S and Thinks He Will Buy i. popular with the, ladies; They not only j serve everything in season, in their cafe .but their soda fountain and candies have won the hearts of the fair ones. Show me the place that Is popular' with the ladies and I will show you the place that serves best They were coming out of Jarrett's grocery store on the square . this morning. Who ? , Why two good looking ladles bolh dressed in white. One of them said' something about Ferndell brand of goods. Now, Mr. Jarrett, I will Just put you on notice that I am coming to see you. When ever I see the Ferndell brand I know right there that this store is cater ing to the trade that demands the best ' ' ' . ' Another Discovery, ,. I never played with Solomon's little dog, neither do I claim to be the wisest man on earth, but I do know that the Wheat-Hearts company have the best breakfast food on the mar ket. "BUtmore Wheat-Hearts" Is known to thousands of people who are willing to back up this statement I expect to call on some of the friends of this cereal and tell you what they think of it I have always wanted to come to Asheville and see the plant where this breakfast food Is made. Now don't take my word for it but Jnst try it and you will soon' be con vinced that it Is the most healthful and palatable cereal sold. It does not distress th weakest stomach and Is a muscle-builder, -'j " 1 ,'i ' ' ' 1f ' An Important Number. Suppose a man walked up to you and said "'phone IE 81," what would you think he was trying to hand you? ' Don't know, do you? Well, he would be trying to tell you the 'phone number , of the Asheville creamery, where you can get , the .best In Ice cream, sweet cream,, and sweet milk They deliver In any part of the city and sell wholesale and retail. Special prices to hotels, boarding houses and ehurclp- festivals. Don't target the 'phono 15S1 '"" ' " ' , A Helpful UhiL" ' V Now If there Is any one thing I like to ; do In this old, world of ours it is tohelp my" fellow' man. That Is Just why I am going to tell you what "M. & W." stands for here in Ashe ville. If you think I don't know call up 'phone 130 and tr Carolina Coal & Ice company will' tell you. "M. & W." mear.J "coal what am coal" This brand of coal gives greater heat and leas ashes than any coal sold here no slack, no clinkers, no slate. Old man cold weather will come this fall and you had better let them fill your bin with "M. sc W." Indian coal now. A Puzzle Tou know there are a few things In this world that puzzle me and one of them is why some people who pre tend to be so careful about cleanli ness will continue to send their wash ing to a wash woman when they have a modern, sanitary laundry plant at their service. The Mountain City laundry is one of the best equipped plants in the state and aa sanitary as It Is possible to make a laundry. They are going to have an opening soon and invite all the people of the city to Inspect their splendidly equipped plant Believes In Modem Way. Do you know I am a great believer in modern advantage Grab old man Time. He Is getting mighty quick these days and It will not be very long before most of us will have a cute little bunch of daisies all our own and little sign near by, "Don't pick the flowers." That Is why I believe In modern ways, and am going to tell you about the advantages of gas over other fuel. It Is cleaner and more economical than other fuel. The Asheville Electric company has an expert lady demonstrator who win gladly call at your request and give you free advice as to the best way to get best results from your gas stove. Not I'ntll Tomorrow. , I am net soina: to Klv yo'i , run for that 160 until tomorrow. TH hours to make the capture tomorrow will be from I to 6 p. m. Nothing doing for th money before I and after 6 p. m. All conditions must be met to land the money. Have the pa per and say the phrase, and I will ac knowledge my Identity, but only dur ing the hours stated. There will be no strings tied to the money snd the minute you comply wuh ths conditions I will hand over the $50. Head The 0f 'te-New tomorrow. I will havs sooiethiiKf t. t.-'.l you. Youis tnilv, ' EI". Pni. '-'K HLM..1, Jr. lie. I ("'"'!''". The Barhee (':, ,r KKire bus I' "" ted headhunt'"! f r roe v - e re and I am on, Iho S" . on 1 1 11 It: 1 y.ol V 1 '"'I." i'i i t "I a 1 ,t 1 J O t 1 is I I-..-1 1 r t - HEGRQ DUfiriED TO DEM. J Taken from Hospital at Coates- ' ville, Pa.,1 and Cremated Short Distance from Town. v ' BEGGED PITEOUSLY AS THE FIRE WAS STARTED Mob Numbered ' About .1000 Including Many Women ; Negro Had Murdered , Police Officer. Coatesvllle, Pa., Aug. 14. A fren zied mob's work last night In dragging Ezeklal Walker, a wounded negro. from a hospital and burning him to death for killing Policeman Edgar Rice Saturday night ha aroused in dignation. Everything is being done to Identify the mob's ringleaders. This quiet Quaker community Is deeply stirred, thousands of persons Journey ed to the scene of the burning today. Nothing Is left of Walker but bis ashes, all' unburned portions of the hospital cot which formed a part of his pyre having been gathered up by souvenir hunters. - Coatesvllle, Pa., Aug. 14 Zachariah Walker, a negro desperado, was car ried on a cot from the hospital here last night and burned to a, crisp by a frenzied mob of men and boys on a fire which they Ignited about half a mile from town. The negro who had shot and killed Edgar Rice, a special policeman of the Worth Iron mills Saturday night, waa first dragged o the scene of the shooting, begging plt eously for mercy. He had been ar rested by a posse late Sunday after- noon after a search which had stirred the country side. When the posse dually located him' he was fuund hid- -ing In a cherry tree ar.d with the Just bullet In his revolver shot himse.t in the mouth, falling from the tree. He waa removed to the hospital and placed under police guard. A few minutes after o'clockj a crowd num bering almost one thousand persons appeared at the hospital. The leaders were unable to gain admission, but quickly smashed window frames and crawled through the corridor. A po liceman who had been placed on duty to watch Walker was the only permm In the building beside the nurses and patients. The leader of the mob plac ed his hands over th policeman's eyes while others entered the building ani . set about to take their man from the hospital. When Walker was taken to the hos pital he was strapped down in order to prevent his escape. The mob see ing this gathered up the bed and placing It on the shoulders of four men, started Tor the country. They left the town by way of the TowervDle road, and when half a mile from the hospital stopped at a farm house. Here they entered a field and quickly gathering up a pile of dry grass and weeds placed the bed containing their victim upon It The nero was beg ging plteously to be released, but his pleadings fell upon deaf ears. A match was placed to the pile of grans and the flames shot up quickly, entire ly enshrouding the screaming victim. That not a vestige of the murderer be left ths mob tore down the fence alomj the road and piled the rails upon the burning negro. After waiting for bait an hour the mob dispersed as quiet ly es It had come. A curious feature of the burning was Ce fat that ther were almost as many women in tha crowd as men. During the march from the host '. 1 to th scene of the burning of the negro, a distance of less than three quarters of a mile, not a pollcenuin was encountered by the detent ' k i mob. Even the man on duty in t hospital made no effort to sn i 1 ) fifteen or mors leaders who h" 1 1 - ed admittance to the Ij.m itmir.n. The only mask worn by the ti . -hers of the mob were luui i r. drawn loosely over tlu ir fa. . That th burning of the p. w designed and carried out t v I headed men thnr ;in be no ' It was not the work f men v nerves hud been rw . " t tip t danrer point by ov er, ,; 1 . rat her thai cf a 1 ,, . t f men vho were t - : ' ' 1 of a i ' I b
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