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THE'BITWXMY' CITIZEN VOL. XXV. NO. 236. ASIII0VILL10, N. d, SUNDAY MoUXINO.JUNK Y I'M)!). PRTCTO FIVE CENTS. SUBLIME GOES w:wm stays THE WEATHER: SHOWERS. 09 Pages Today TARIFF BILL NOW Now Will You Be Good. SAYS THAT LOBBY WITH I' IS FIXING TARIFF STAGE IN PASSAGE SENATOR OVERMAN WIRELESS "C. 5. 0." BROUGHT RESCUE TOSTRANDEDSHIP Prlnzess Irene Heard Call at Distance of Two Hun dred Miles E ITERS UPO FINAL " Lsf i Dour y,nt il LVITHWHOLEGREW Russian War Craft Goes to Botlon With Twenty Of ficers And Men ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING MANOEUVERS Slight Hope That, Men May be Rescued Before Air Sup ply is Exhausted (By Associated PreMi.) HKBASTOPOL, June 12.-Twenty nu n went down In the Russian sub marine Kampala, after a collision with the battleship Rostlslnv during tnanoeuwrs last night. Hope, though II is slight. Is entertained that they are still alive. Desperate efforts are being made by the officers and men of the Black Sea fleet, with the as Bistanc of divers and salvage work men front Sebastopol to raise the sub marine before the imprisoned men succomb to the Wtiated air. Admiral iHostrem, icommander if the naval forces In the Blnrk Sea, has taken personal charge of tfte pontoons one of which la equipped with a powerful hoisting crane, assembled at the scene of the catastrophe. All through th afternoon dlvera and trehniclans were tbusy In an endeavor to fasten chains around the hull, which lies In an awk ward position about twenty-eight fathoms down, In order to haul it to the surface. ' So far their efforts have not been successful but reports teaching shore Indicate that there is u Rood chance of raising the boat. Apparently the submarine was not crushed aa had been feared. Happened In Night. x The submarine flotilla was conduct ing a series of night manoevers against the battleship squadron with the Idea of forcing an entrance Into the harbor.- During the operations th Karnbalit, Upon which was Cap tain Bfellkoff, the commander of the flstllla In charge of the manosveres, unttc-cuuRlBbJy.Jeft. her. course and swungj. across the '1l0w of the Rostl slav. The two vessels collided and the suttttruirlne sank Instantly. The commander of the submarine, Lieu tenant Aquilonnff was on dock at the time of the accident. Ho swam away and was saved, but Captain RlelikolT. Midshipmen Tuchkoft, a warrant nf flcer, and seventeen members of the Cohtlnued on page six ) DESIGNS Oil VENEZUELA Has Been Thoroughly Over hauled and Is Now Off Edenton, N. C. OFFICERS WATCH I NO (By Associated Press.) RDRNTON, M C, June 12 The presence here of the "steamer Nanti coke, which so mysteriously changed liands recently at Elizabeth City, af ! r having been put In thorough readi ness for sea service, has aroused the government to activity, under the im pression that a filibustering expedition 's organising. A revenue cutter Is looking after the expedition. Government agents have not secur ed full information regarding the al 'ged filibustering expedition that Is reported as setting out from the North Carolina coast, but what they have secured Indicated that It is,di-"it.-d against Venexuela. Two ves- Is were recently sold by a New York '''in. Kates and company, that were "garded as adopted to filibustering purposes. Tho Nanticoke was one "d a despatch tug, the name of "hlch was not learned, was the other. The Nanticoke formerly belonged " the Albemarle Steam Navigation ' ompany, of Franklin, Va. She Is aj side wheel steamer and was built at Wilmington, Del., In 1875. Recently 'he had been ply ihg the Chowan river "nd Albemarle Sound. N C. Her, Kross tonnage la 58 tons and her netj 4. She carries a crew of seven teen men and Is a very slow craft. Hit home port Is Norfolk. The revenue cutter Pamlico, whose hesdipiartera are at Newtcrn,, N. C. has beenjnsrructed to look after both 'hese vessels and see thnt there Is no violation of the neutrality laws. unr. succeeds garrett. RALEIGH, June 12. A special re ceived hew from Richmond says: It iv learned upon the best authority that ' H Hix. general superintendent of h Seaboard Air Line railway will succeed W. A. Garrett as executive of 'he railroad. Mr. Garrett will sever his connection with the railroad on 'una 0. STETIGOIE IS Representatives of Special In terests Pursue Senators Everywhere TAFT IS IN FAVOR OF REAL REVISION Advocates Amendment Tax Ing Aliens as Means of Raising Revenue (By Ah. .elated Press.) WASHINGTON. June 12. Declar ing that he believed the Payne-Al-drich tariff bill to be one of the most iniquitous tariff Mils ever passed by congress, if it is passed, Mr. Overman. North Carolina, today attacked the sincerity of the framers of thu tariff bill. He announced himself in favor of Senator liailev's Income tax amen 1 ment and declared that he proposed 'to offer a)n hnrttndment placigig a tax upon Immigrants Itfid, another, one giving the president the power to abrogate the collection of duties on articles similar to those manufactured by a corporation which controls fifty per cent of the American output and which offers Its goods for sale In for eign countries at lower prices than In the t'nlted Staffs. Mr. Overman also discussed the steel and lumber sched ules. Asserting that he wot Id vote against the bill because he claimed It was unjust and full of Inequalities, Mr. "Overman charged that the measure was framed In the special Interest of the privileged few, while the great mass of the consumers of the country would continue to groan under the hiuv.y burdens of Increased taxation. He said that the voters all during the camNilgn understood that there was to be a revision downward, and that he believed that the tariff plank of the republican party was written with an honest and sincere purpose to give the people the relief they demanded. The president of the United States is today, as he was In the last campaign, In favor of an honest revision of the tariff downward," added Mr. Over man. IobbylHts Active. "All during this extra session and especially since the Mil wns reported from the house to the senate an army of men, representing the great interests and trusts, hawe been here filling these halls and hotels with srl (Continued on page seven.) PUPPY" WIN OVER NEAR- President Taft in Foursome Puts Mighty Travis To Shame at Chevy Chase. SCORE NOT REPORTED (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 12. Pres ident Taft added another notable golf game to his credit today when playing as a partner in n foursome with C. Allan Lard, of Chevy Chase club of this city, he helped to defeat Vice t Sherman and Walter J. Travis, the international champion. six up and live to play. It had been blended that the presi dent should play with Mr. .Travis and that the vice-president should be pair ed with Allnn llard. but on the way out to the Chi vy Chase links It was decided thai as the president, a self styled "bumble puppy." had a shade the better of the vice-president, a self announced dub." and that as Travis was rated higher than Ijird. it would h "tn t-nmv" for the nresident and Travis to play together. Travis and ijird made cipial scr of 78, leaving the result of the match to the play of the president and vice-president. Mr. Sherman was decidedly off his game and ran up a total of 116 strokes for the eighteen hole course. The president's score was not an nounced, but It was well under that turned in by the" vice-president. . The afternoon was Ideal for golf, although the links were still a little slow as the result of the recent rains. The president appeared In his usual golfing costume dnrk gray outing trousers. gray flannel shirt worn without a tif and a gray cap The links were crowded with players to day, but it is a matter of etiquette at the Chevy Chase club that no gallery shall follow the presidential four some. The four players and four caddies made up the little party which starting around at 3 45 p. m., finish ed the lightecn hole shortly after sev en o'clock. Allan I-ard, who playenl with the president today. Is rated as one of the best amateurs In the country. He Is a member of many clubs and came JAJ."-"-1"' n ri.n.n rn-n-i,-,-.-,- ------- (Continued on page seven.) Goes to Third Reading For Disposition of All Pass ed Schedules WORKS OF ART KEPT ON THE FREE LIST Will Admit Valuable Collect ions of Morgan And Others In Free of Duty (By Associated Press ) WASHINGTON, June 12. Having completed consideration of Items of the tariff bill that hail been passed over under objections by senators dur ing Its second reading the adjourn ment of the senate today marked an Important period In the progress of the measure through the senate When the bill Is again taken up It will he upon Its third reading tor the final disposition of Items upon which the. most pronounced objections have been made. Jn completing the second reading of the bill today, a number of Items In the free list were disposed of. Works of art, over twenty years old and col lections Illustrating the progress of the arts over one hundred years old which were placed on the free list by the committee on finance were retain ed there, after an Interesting debate by a vote of fifty-three to fifteen. Favors Mr. Morgan. A fight was made on this amend ment on the ground that it would al low wealthy men to decorate the!r homes with Kuropcan oil painting? and artistic products of the old world without the payment of duty and that It would permit the entry into this country of many art collections, now stored abroad, without benefit to the revenue! of the government. Tho amendment Was defended by both republicans and democrats on the ground that Its result would be both educational and retlning, and that Works of art of the age Indicated could not come Into competition with the products of American painters and sculptors Tl :s will permit the great art collection made by J. Plerpont Morgan, 'at an expenditure of many (Continued on page three.) JAP STRIKERS PLOTTED TO WREST CONTROL OF Ff Correspondence of Leaders Seized and They are In dicted on Evidence. SITUATION SERIOUS HONOLULU, June 12. Seventeen Japnncsc leaders In the strike of Japanese plantation laborers. of whom about 8,000 ure out, were In dicted by the grand Jury today on charges of conspiracy to incite dis order In the Hawilan IslandB. This action promptly followed dis closures yesterday, when an official search of offices of the "Higher Wage association" and the Japanese news paper JIJ1 revealed Incendiary letters, reports and other correspondence tending to show that a conspiracy was in prospective formation among cer tain Japanese to wrest control of is land affairs from the white. So Important did the authorities consider the discovery of what appear, cd to be a plot that the grand Jury was summonder hastily and documen tary evidences seized In the raids was laid before the body. This resulted In the Indictments. In the correspondence selxed was the following: "The Japanese strikers nre facing the planters with enough powder, bad and food to make victory sure in the end. Now Is the time to exalt the name of your nation and tint with blood the flag of the Rising Hun. Against those who oppose our action we must be ready with hnmroers of iron and rain of blood to make the ob. stinate and blind planters re flect, and to exterminate Komotaro Sheba. the traitor editor of the 'Hhlm po' and his followers. We must pre pare. "If higher wages are not obtained the sword may visit Kheba at any time, and he should provide for the liveli hood of his family which will be left." The Nlppu. the organ of the strik ers, denounced the arrest of the lead ers and declares that should uny ex traordinary thing happen It will not be the fault of the peaceful strikers, but that the whole blame will rest upon the capitalists tad authorities who have resorted to oppression. AN EARTHQUAKE CLAIMS HUNDRED VICTIMS IN SO UTH FRANCE Many Villages Entirely Destroyed and People are Left Homeless. Injured Held Pinioned Fast in Ruins of Their Homes for Hours Before Assist ance Could Reach Them. MARSEILLES, June 12. From seventy-five to on hundred dead an-1 one hundred Injured, Is tonight's esti mated 'total casualties as the result of the earthquake whic h devastated sev eral towns and villages In the south ernmost part of France, particularly In tho departments of HerauH and Bnuchea-Iu-Rhone. Great suffering la reported from th remoter places, owing to a lack or bread and the necessaries of life be fore the arrival of assistance. The casualties may be greatly Increased, as I the rains have no yet been entirely searched. The villages of Saint Can nata and Rognea were completely de molished by the earthquake and Lam besc, which Is twelve miles from Alx. suffered heavily. According to ad Buried Anion"; Stoves One is Killed and Others Arc Badly Injured. (By Associated Press.) DETROIT, Mich., June 12. Traffic Manager William C. Hollar, of tho Peninsular Stove company was killed today and four other men were In ured, one of them fatally, when a sec tion of the llfth Moor of the st-o ige warehouse of the plant suddenly col lapsed, and crashed down through tin lower doors to the ground. Traffic Manager Hollar, Shipping Clerk Tom Kgan and a laborer named Paul Hrurek were carried down with the falling sections Hollar's body Is still burled tonight, while Kgan ami Hzurek were dug out an hour after the accident by firemen. Mzurck is reported to be dying while Kgaii will recover from his injuries. I'ire broke out under wreckage im mediately after it fell but was soon xtlngubiliKd. DISAGREE AS TO GUILT OF THE SPORT (By AHKoclated Pre us.) RALTIMOKi;, June 12. The Jurv in the embezrlemeiii case against Wil liam F. Ihiuns. the former click in the office of the c In register, alter be ing out for twent . -four' hours, this afternoon reported to the court lion they were unable to agree and were dlcharged by Judge Htockbrid"c. Th" tirta! amount of ih city's money Downs Is alleged to have embezzled Is bout 167,000. KILLKI) IN TORNADO. EL PASO, T. x.-ik. June 12. In a tornado at Lander-, Tex., lust night ten persons were killed, two others were seriously hurt, thirteen bouses were wrecked, and scores of catll. killed. WAiWUNOTON. June 12. Forecast for North Carolina: Local showers Sunday and Monday; light variable winds, mostly south. ill 8HOWER5 15 vices received here a number of the wounded nre still Imprisoned in t lie ruins anil soldiers tire working desper ately to rescue them, Survivors are sleeping In 'tents, and the streets are Imimssuhlc. Ill many places they have been torn up and are encumbered with masses of rocks. Houses, public buildings, and church es were crumbled to pieces. Among other villages seriously dumiigisl are auvenurgues, Venelles, Pcllasanils, Puy-Hte-ltcparade and ArgulllcH, The victims at Saint , Cajipat , And Rognex Were horrlbl " juutlbMsJ. There were evidences that several of the victims had lived for Honrs Ira prisoned liy the debris before they died. The people rushed Into the streets when tin first shock occurred. ESCAPING CONVICT IS Oii.'ird Shut. Him id Four Hundred Yards and In Hit-ted Mortal Wound. (Hpcolnl to The Cill7.cn.) CHAKIrTTE. June 12. Harry liryan. colored, was shot Thursday shortly after 1 o'clock, while attempt ing to eccape from Superintendent W C. Owens' convict ennip twelve mill's north of the fit jr. Mr. John Prcualy. one of the guards at the camp. Ilrcd at llrynn, after he had gotten over 400 yards away rrorn him. The negro was running al full lilt, but tin- aim was true and the bullet landed In the small of Ills Ixiclt. prohalily Injuring him for life. The convict was brought to the Oood Samsjrltaii hospital yesterday afteinooii and his con,lit!oii was found to iIn serious. It was at llrst feared that his ba' k had bet u broken, but his Miffrrlng was so 'nterisc that a thorough examination was Impos sible. I.i-t night at a late hour llry nn was Niild to be In great agony. Little could be ,one for his reftef, bu if Ho- pain contjnii'S through tic rilgill It w is state. tiiat an operation will le pi i formed i-arly this morning itryan was convicted al the last term of criminal court anil sentenced to four months on the gang for steal ing clothing. lie is a young m gro. and Hie theft of the clothes, of which he w is found guilty, was his nrst of-feni-. SHOT AT SQUIRREL, HIT HIS FATHER (KMslnl to The Citizen.) SIM.M'Klt. . C, June 12. Philip Hewers, age ao years, one of the larg est garnicrs In Itowun c,,untv. was ac- liibnlallv "hot at Ills home near Hpeni er today by bis son, J. C. Sow ers. The win shot at a squirrel ami a part of the load landed In his fath er's chest. Tin fatter after being shot fired his on gun killing the siuirre. Meillial attention was given lit once and It Is believed that he will recover. FILIPINOS MUTINY AND KILL OFFICERS (Ily Ashociaicd Press.) MANILA, June J 3.-Part of a na tive constabulary company at Davti'i. Mindanao, mutinied on June 6. and attacked the American officers and others. Many were killed or wounded on each side. ANOTHER crying out In terror, Muny of them returned to the rescue of their rami Ilea, At Itognes a family of four were hurled In the ruins. Their cries could bt. beard throughout the night, but all were dead In the morning when a rofcciilng party reached them. At Saint Cannat an old man and his son, were watthlng a billiard game. They were Instantly killed. The Players escaped with slight bruises. The chateau Valmousse, near Halnt Cannat was badly damaged. The com munal chateau at Aiguilles .was split In two. The historic vllluge of Vnr negues was wrecked but no one was killed. The monetary loss In the af fected district Is very heavy. WITH JAPS INEVITABLE Ambassador Declares There 1 8 No Other Cause of Fric tion Between Races. (fly Associated Ptc.) ANN ARIIOR, Mich., Juno 12 Jlaron Kngoro, Japancscs ambassador, In an address at the University of Michigan tonltit discussed the so- called commercial Invasion of Ameri ca, declaring It Impossible to avoid commercial rivalry which ho said, Is simply an outcome of the develop ment of International relations "The only way to meet such a situation Is, as It seems to me, to conduct such rivalry In a friendly and right spirit," hi sold. "While our trade nas been sporadi cally Incrlaslng," said Ambassador Takahlra, "I hear sometimes ration hursh complaint against Japan for starling i , 1 1 n n mills and cigarc-th manuracf urlng establishments and no longer Importing piece goods of man ufactured tobacco which we used to boy from this country, but It must be hollo in mind that In making cot ton gonds and cigarettes In our own establishments, we nre buying raw cotton and tobacco Paves from the ('uiti'd Slates I also hear some heart rending reports to the effect that since Japanese merchautsibceame energetic, c rlaln American houses have been losing their business In the Far East ern trade. Painful as In that report. anuot help conceiting that In this age of rapid communication, it Is Im possible to avolij commercial rivalry which is simply an outcome of tie ilcwlopmeut of liilernatloiial rela tions" NOTABLE ASSEMBLY OF CHURCH PRELATES (By AsWH-latcd Press.) It'iMK, fla., June 12 The Amcr- litari college was again the scene of l great gathering of Catholic notabili ties at the literary and musical en tertainment tonight, one of the fea tures of the golden Jubilee of the col lege. Among those present were. Monslgnor Fiilconlu, the apostolic del egate. Archbishop Farley, of New Vork, Archbishop O Council, of itoston and many of the other American bish ops and prelates who huve come to Home to join In the. celebration. KTOKM KKI-OKTED. MOBILE, Ala., June 1 J. Brief, ca ble advices from Cortes, Honduras, to merchants here say a severe storm has Just swept the Atlantic coast of (hat republic and done much damago. THE SLAVONIA IS NOW A TOTAL WRECK Quick Assistance of Ships Probably Saved Many From Death (lly AsAcMlatetl Press.) PUNTA DKL OA DA, - Asorea J land, June 13.- Wireless telegraphy piayed a prominent part In the sav ing of the crew and passengers of th Hunard linn steamer Hlnvonla now lolal wreck two miles southwsst of, Flores Island. The wireless fat of the steamer Hepublic was squalled l( not excelled. The steamer PrlnMa Irene was 110 miles away when tha thrilling call "C. Q. D." was picked up. Immediately upon receipt of the m es se Ko of distress, the operator flashed back his answer ant) )eaqnd tit loca. linn of the stricken ship. Tha Prln ess Irene then hastened at full speed to the rescue, and tvsrjr soul oh board the Hlnvonla was saved, It was shortly before midnight of Wednesday, June (, that the Wireless distress signal was received on board I lift f liii.ii.a tr.na Thu ah.hI. wired and Immediately got a, mnssaga In reply saying that the B la von la. wu ashore and asking; the Prlnsess lrn to come lo liar oaslntaaoe. . . , . Hurried to Jlvacufl, , , At this lima tha Prlnsess Irsns WM 1H0 miles distant from tha Ulavoola. Her course was at ones changed, and she went ahead at full speed, fifteen knots an hour, to th designated loca tion, two miles soulhwsst iI flora Island. ! e-"t'."M'-4 i The Princes tfna 'arrived along side the Hlavonla Thursday afternoon. It was arranged that aha should taks on tioard I be cabin passengers of th Cunard liner and work to that sod was at onc begun. All Thursday night was taken up with the transfer and the 110 passengers, men. Women and children, were on board by day. (Continued on nags thrss.) TO J Report of Inquest Was Sup pressed )y .fxxlon Author ites It Is Haid. , 1 1 10 1 1 AN DISAPPEARED (Knccinl lo The Citizen.) LONDON, Juno 12. Hunday papers print ace, mills of what they call the mysterious case of Mary Agnes Runt, w ho committed suicide In this city on May 18. They Iny particular stress upon the suppression of news of the limuest and of her relations with an American miiltl-inllllonalre. Lloyds Weekly News, attributes tha woman's suicide to her "moil Infatua tion lor Mr. A. O. Vandcrbllt," anil barges that the Kngllsh reporters' present st the Inquest were bribed t refrain from mentioning the case. The verdlot of the coroner's Jury wits "suicide, while of unsound mind. ' Charles K. Williamson, of Paris, who settled the affairs and paid a large staff at Mrs. Kulz's flroavenor street establishment, was tbe flrct wlln. hm at the Inquest. He Identified the body and testified that he had act ed as her agent. She was tha Wlfa of a wealthy Cuban, from whom she had ki parateil. Ijilely, be said, she had been In Ill-health and depressed, snd had declared that she was tired of life. Mrs. Itulz's maided name was o'llrlioi and she was a native of Ht. Louis. Mo. While Alfred Owyflna Vanderblit was sitting In bis bog at the horss show with a distinguished party of Kngllsh friends, copies of the evening newspapers were brought Into the biiliillng. Under striking headlines they bad the news: ' Mine. Hulz a Suicide," A tremendous stir followed this rev. elation. Mr. Vanderbllt's friends had not known even that the woman was dead. Her passing away hud not bun rctsirted to the health authorities. The published news made him ner vous and distraught, and aa soon as h finished tho Judging of cab horses, for which he hud donated a prize, he dis appeared and could not be found. 14 became known that Mr. Vander blit had not visited Mrs. Hull sine early In May, when he began his prep arations for the horse show. About that same time, according to her companion. Miss Caney. Mm s. Ruts jgrew listless anu ueprssata.
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