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:.vV,. m HE ASHEVIELE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: SHOWERS VOL. XXV. NO. 255. AS1IKVILLK, N. C, FKll)AVMOUNIN(i,JULV2, VMJ. PRICK FIVE CENTS, i HARVARD CAME IN L The Chief is "on The lob." BINGHAM IS FID FROM HISPQSITION AS HEAD OF POLICE IIS OFFICERS ARE OF NO FAME AT ALL E BLOCKED SENATE nninsworn Dally DUtu Average lor June SUGARTRUSTWITH O E LONE SENATOR AHEAD OF SONS OF LIBYSIXLENGTHS I1CTED BY JURY Great College Boat Race on Thames One of Best In History CRIMSON TOOK THE LEAD FROM THE START Heavier Crew And Better En durance Won Against Yale's Skill And Training (By Associated Press ) NEW LONDON, Conn., July 1. In a grand exhibition of rowing by a crew remarkable fr its physical .power and endurance. Harvard ,thia evening defeated Yale in their annual 'varsity "boat race on the Thames. The crimson's crow led from the start to finish and won by six lengths. Har vard's time was 21 50; Yale'g 22.10 By this victory Harvard won her sec ond consecutive boat race from. Yale in; twenty eight years. fclnce 1885 Harvard Ibas (won (We iat racs from Yale. Including today's namely in 18.91, 189. 1S06. and 1'JOX. The greatest crowd that has ever assembled here on the Thames pour ed Into New London today to witness this race. Harvard's growing confi dence in her boating system brought double and quadruple the umbcr , that usually follow the crimson to the Thames, while Yale's determina tion to wln -back her glory on the river 'brought a record breaking crowd. It was estimated that at least 40,000 persons witnessed the specta cle tfrom trains and every other kind Of vehicle ami from a flotilla of the finest floating craft that graces the American -waters. Close to Fnliish. Although Harvard won iby a hand some margin and administered a crushing defeat to Yale the. race was , nevertheless a contest right up to the last half mile All the way up the river the two, rights rowed with at &WiiaV" peclsTon' and a "'irp" 'of any kind In either shell would have t anted the victory Into defeat within a few seconds. But there, waa no break In the Harvard boat. Rowing -all the way two strokes and some S times three strokes to the minute (more than Yale, the crimson eight rcrept away from the blue, little by ! little. FVir two and a fialf miles Yale kept within a scant boat's length of (Continued on page five.) ELSIE SIGEL'S SLAYER Fiendish Crimiualty of Race , Is Illustrated hy More Recent Crime. LEFT CENT IN DRAWER W (By Associated Press ) NEW YORK, July 1. Although complete Identification was Impossible tonight there appeared to be a strong probability thnt I lie body f a China man which was found floating in the Hudson river in the. upper part of the city this evening was that of Leon I,lng or William I- Leon, tin murderer of Elise Higol. The man's height, weight anil general appear ance tallies with that of Leon Ling, but as the body was nude exc ept for a silk undershirt and had been In 'he water for more than a week, a thorough examination will be neces sary. Coroner McDonald, who was the first to Inspect the body believes that H Is Leon's as do a number of policemen, but until measurements nd facial characteristic are carefully 'gone over the identification will re main in doubt. If It Is Leon the cause of his death will be another mystery although one theory, that of suicide would appear reasonable. In salient features the body bore a marked resemblance to Leon Ling. The teeth were go... I as were IOon's. the height about live feet, live inches, which was Leon's height and the weight 125 pounds which was about Leon's weight. The age appeared to be about twenty-five or thirty in years. Leon's ntrr. man given out by the police as thirty. An autopsy will be performed in the morning The cor oner was unable to arie "t any conclusions aa to how the Chinaman met his death tonight. Early this morning I'ng Yow. an inconspicuous, hardworking Chinese laundryman of the Kant Side, was found by his neighbors strung be tween two wash tubs with his head teneath the water of one and his 'feet In the other. There were bloody finger marks on his neck, bloody foot prints on the, floor and a knotted cord about the man's neck. : In the cash drawer the police found on csnt. & -. . I . Case Promises Sensations Like Those of The Stand ard Oil Suit SHOW HOW A RIVAL IS SQUEEZED OUT Deal With Pennsylvania Su garCo. Furnishes Evi dence For Prosecution (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, July 1. Through a federal grand jury the United States government laid the ground work for another gigantic anti-trust suit In thi Indictment of the American Sugar Ke- fining company as a corporation, six of its directors and two prominent lawyers. The defendant company and the Individuals were charged with conspiracy In restraint of trade under a criminal clause of the Sherman anti trust law, which provides as a penalty upon conviction a tine of not more than J5.000 or Imprisonment for not more than one year, or both in th" rase of the individuals, and a fine of not more than JG.OOO in the case of a corporation. Those Iiiillclcil Are. The Individuals indicted are Wash ington B. Thomas, president of the American Sugar Kenning company, Arthur Donmr and Charles H. Sneff, and John E. Pearson, all of New York, John Mayor, of Morrlstown, N. and George H. Frailer, of Phila delphia. All are directors of the com pany. The others Indicted are Ous- tav K. Kissel and Thomas B. Harnett, counsel for Adolph Segel, whose plant, the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining com pany, was shut down by tho trust and whose light in retaliation wnn inc testimony brought out In his suit for 1 30.000.000 damages recently settled out of court, largely furnished the basis, for the government proeecu- ctitlon.''w,J"""' --- The defendants will answer to the Indictments In the United States Dis trict court on Tuesday next. Bulky and In blanket form, the Indictment contains fourteen counts alleging con spiracy and restraint of trade. The closing of the Segel plant, the details of the $1,250,000 loan by which this was accomplished and various details of the transaction are recited fully. ( Continued on page two.) EARTHOUAKE CAUSES PANIC IN THE ALREADY Shock Was Stronger Than One That Laid City in Ruin Last December. ONLY TWO KILLED (By Associated Press ) MESSINA, July 1. Messina expe rienced two terrific .earthquakes at about 7 :! o'clock this morning which were accompanied by rearing sounds and are said to have bad a stronger and more undulatory niovem. nt than the carlhouakc f last Dumber which destroyed Messina. UegKlo and other cities, laid to waste many vil lages In Calabria and killed 200.006 people. Although the shocks todav such terrible con.-o-oii.ncc lb residents of this city were i , ui-.t,. nf terror They had no ,. ':..000 Ihrown ran into the streets panic stricken ami tonight nearly the entire population U vii camped in the open. The broken walls of the old rums i ..a u.. 't were thrown to tne .31 sma was for a few i, .Unites and h. r. .1 in a r.oud of dost. The ca nines were few and It is believed, alt.r a hasty search of the new ruins, that' the only ones killed are a woman and her child. The first shock was followed ouiek ly by a second and the people rb d pell mell to the American quarter. which Ihcv seemed to feel wa their ..i.,0 of reftltfc. So great was I the rush lo the Am- rlcan huts that the authorities were unamc io . m ... the invasion and as a eon-en.,, .-nee these structures which were designed for the most needy of th;, populace were taken possession of Ify the llrst comers. The soldiers, however, soon drew a cordon around this quarter and a guard was mounted at the bridge leading to it. Majiy of the panic stricken people were driven on and orders were Issued that no one be permitted to occupy the American quarter pending further Instructions. Regglo suffered almost as severe a shock as Messina. Would Have Final Vote on Tariff Amendments Next Tuesday But for Him BULKLEY, HIS NAME. FROM CONNECTICUT Will Not be Present Next Week Therefore Country Must Walt on Him (By AsMoclated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 1. The senate 'came within one" today of agreeing to vote next Tuesday on the entire Income tax amendment to the tariff hill including the corporation tax sub stitute. The compact was prevented by the objeotlon of Senator Bulke- ley and his opposition aroused, no little feeling. The proposition took the form or from Senator Flint In the absence of Senator Aldrlch, In charge of the tariff bill, for unanimous con sent to vote on the Bailey-Cummliigs inpiimo tuv amendment to all of the amendments to the amendment at 12 o'clock next Tuesday with the under standing that the senate should re- muin in session until all these oues- tlons should be disposed of. The. sug gestion created a general Hurry in the senate. There was the usual ani mated gathering In the center aisle. number of senators asked to do heard, and the proceeding for a ,-i.,r titn took on the aooearance of a general conversation at a. sewing bee. Tlien Came Objection. rn senator after another express ed his consent to the proposition un til for a few moments It looaca as an ..i,ie. -ilnns would be brusnea sway and all factions satlsllod. Just as the vice-president was stating me ugrcmcnt for' about xno inira nine, Mr. Bulkeley loomed up and proceed- that the vote should be taken at the time specified. He did not then give hlu reason, and he was Immediately l-eset by a dozen or more senators in the hope of prevailing upon him to desist from his opposition. It turned out thut while he was opposed to the corporation tax amendment this was not his real reason, but that he ex pected to be absent from the city next (Co ntlnued on page four.) WRIGHT'S MACHINE ON ITS GOOD BEHAVIOR AND FLEW TEN MINUTES Third Days Trial of Aviator Results More Successful ly Than Others. THOUSANDS CHEER WASHINGTON, July 1 Calm, confident and nerveless, Orvllle Wright late today encircled the Fort Myer drill grounds time after tltim In bis aeroplane in three successful flighU while a crowd of thousands cheered hi in for the success that at tended his persistency and pluck. While the ma. bine oscillated t certain points in its flights and dip ped and rose suddenly at other points, it was evident from the regularity with which these things happunded that they were duo to the condition of the atmosphere and not to any fault of the machine For the first flight the machine got away with a fine start. Down the field the aero plane sailed, curved gracefully and came back up the east side of the Held along the edge of Arlingtoa cem etery. The machine seemed to l behaving beautif ully. The first round was made In fifty seconds. Five times the machine skirted tne neiu, attaining a In Ight which varied from fifteen to thirty fret. On the- sixth round Mr. Wright came to earth witnin a lew nunnreu feet of the starting point, c.rnpleiin : the flight in exactly five minutes. The landing was perfect, the machine swooping down In successive glides until within a few feet of the earth, when Orvllle pulled the string which stops his motor and the aeroplane glided smoothly over the grass on Its skids until it tame to a stop. The machine was returned to the starting apparatus and again was placed in p .-itt'.n, and another flight was - saicd. The start was as successful as the flirst. In the second flight, orvllle made much wider turns and rose to a greater height. In aloft nine nine his last attempt he remained for a few seconds more than minutes and encircled the field and one half times. For one complete round he flow very close to the ground, evidently preparing to land This he did within two hun dred feet of the aeroplane shed. GENTLEMEN Without Being Pessimistic Trend of Opinion Is That All Men Are Not Truth Tellers Evidence Is Gleaned from Examinations for Bar and from the Witness Stand. With its memllwnhlp raised to COO by the fifty applicable for member ship laid before (he secretary the North Carolina fiaf association met In tho ball room fet the Battery Park hotel yesterday Burning shortly be fore eleven o'clock and proceeded to active consideration of the program arranged. The feituro of the ses sion was the brilliant address of Thomas Settle, oat. of Ashevllle. Tip- early afternoon ws given over to committee jneetlri and later the 'jtiii tin ll tiles with many guests from tho city, journeyed to Overlook park where there was music and lunch. The night session was made nnle able hy the address of Hon. James W Oebnrne of New York city. The session was called to order by President 1 II. Clement of KnllsilHtry and Chairman Sol. Oallert of the membership committee reporte d on n total of fifty applications, the subse quent statement of die president that the membership had reached the r,00 mark being greeted with applause. Mr. Settle's Address. Hon. Thomas Settle was Introduced lo make an address and the choice of subject being left to him he spoke on "The Itehabilitatlon of the South In the Affairs or Government." Tie address evidenced deep thought, an abiding love for the South and n faith In the sterling character of Its pimple and whs marked by that Ioiib- Makes Several liccomiiicii datioiiH to Legislature of (ieorgia to Curb Them. ATLANTA, fia , July I .- io . i nor Joseph M. Kioto's first nn-.-sage w.i sent to the I. ni. I.iluro today He ,i. proves nn Inheritance lax lteo.,uihnt; corporations be pledged thai tin v should bo made to obi y the law in letter and In si-irlt the same a., hi dividuals. lie .'dvoeated that public utility coi porati -ns should remain on dor muni. Ipal ' ontrol sol' Iv. He roc. . lime i. 'led the . sial ll line nt of a departliM nt Of lal.r, ttn- stale commissi'. lo r "! labor to a' t as rtu 'l:a lor In dispubs between Iho capital and labor. The railroads were the snbjut of sevi ral dlreii and Indirect r. coinne u dalloris. The,. Included leglslallon to enable shippers lo obtain prompt ' oiri redress for oi.r-chargea and hj Mo ment of claims authority for th. rail roal commission to confer with rail road officials over double tne king of main llros and the reduction oi th. state railroad "inmteslon lri.ni Ice to three mernbt r -. It was r. . "rnmended that tin tat. bank inspection be made as stint a federal Insp' . Hon of national bank. SH0WER& W.-AHU imc:toN. JulV I Forecast for North Carolina: Local rains Fri day and Saturday; moderate sontn winds. OF BAR INSINUATE THAT BIBLE IS ABOUT RIGHT Ing el.HUcnce of which Mr. Kettle Is a master, wherefore It was not sur prising Hint he held the close slten- lion of his auditors who cheered Its Conclusion. Much of tho language of the ad dress was extemporaneous and there Pore It can not be reproduced here, in effect the speaker said: The bar has 1en the suiiject Of much crlthism. and I fear thnt we have with characteristic- philosophy viewed this with too much Imllffer rnw ' 'f litrif,Hw'n ; siimaiisui i Mw horny handed sons of (oil wliose praises we havo heard echoed from mountain lo mountain are the only ones we are led to believe who are Immune from criticism. Yete rail not escape the obligation to .Jjllbll Hate the Southland In Iho affairs or government. J "The dlfllcullles nt first Slglft seem almost Insuperable because tfk the handicap of Illiteracy, the percdntage In North Carolina being 28 ,ln (lonr Kla 3. Florida 21, Louisiana 3S. These pei eenie-es relate merely to tho. who cannot even read .,r write An-I do not Include the larger number of practical Illiterates, so Hint therefore it Is on. tifird the populul Ion only hIiuiii- hand must be nn the throttle r.-giilarly lo guide Iho nfTuIrs gf state. There is no criticism In Ibis, no cen sure, because fate has dealt hardly with ninny. Yet often thoso win have Klven no attention to intricate MILLION BUT ARE ELATED Treasury Official find Cause for LVjoir-iii"; in SihTi a Small Deficit. (Hy AHMM-ia'eil I'rc.) WASHINGTON, July I Treason , .ftp ial an pb aw .1 al the pte.v nl -bowing of the gM.eiiioi. nt finances j Ordinal ll. a .b to II in Ho on ' rumen! i. m inie of a 3 1 I l .i. aa shown by ol.t slat, iii'-nt vvojl-l not bo a inal I. r for eonxratulaicn Nov. rlte-les" at tin i los.- of llu lev al year I SOS, the tri-icurv ottiehils .xi-rend much Klallll. -illoii thill the "fit. Is.l estimate ..I a . I. licit of t I M. 0110, 000, made last i. c iiib. r fi.t-i not l,..n verlllid, and an- hop. Inl tor a ontlnuanee of tin impiownnctit which has been es pecially noted during the last four utoiit h Tin- i nstoiiiH rn-elpls for the yar ggr gated i:i0l.2'ia.ni;i, which Is an in. rea -. as compared with last year .f J I :,.oiin nun Th internal revenue pi ...In. .-.I l .'4'..'I J'J.iii'. a decrease ol about 1 :.. llOll. IIIJO. Mis llan'-ous re . . 1 1 .t ,ncri j-.ii. d f :,K.s'j::,3l! which i, a tailing ..n "f about $.r,00,HO.'). Tie r. . . ipls from all source. dur niir On- var ageiennied i0:!,41J.Kiii ishi'h I. an In. reasr over last year .f M.j;,'i.nno. SPECULARSSHY I THIS COTTON BALE i I M-:V VollK July 1. The first bale I of (oitoi, raised In the I'niled Klates iilii n-as"ii Aas sold ul aution In 'front "f the cotton exchange today ! as Is tin- vearly custom with the first cotton b-ili. It brought thirty-three e nls a pound. Leigh M. learjll, Hie buyer will ship the piitton to El lison Co.. of Liverpool. Saturday mi the steaon r ''arena. The bale was rown In Hi Ida go county, Texas, and shipped to Houston 'where- It was sold at auction at eighty-five cents a pound, and then consigned here. . a rta Irs of government criticise thoM who nr qualified and frequently the fact that a man ha studied govcrir incntiil matters is used aa a term of reproach. , Must Adapt Ourselves. "In our country, even under writ" ten constitution, things change in practical operation, change being the order ut naturu In all lhlqga ' In modern thnss, theru l crarc'oty.a Jit' Hon' that has not a legal and politi cal phase, Ar w -.. In th Mouth m nillnw"Hli' theo -niieattons ' In 'broad and statesmanllks manner? Wo must adapt ourselves to these changed conditions or suffer tha con sequences. In the first for tho msln ti nance nf civic liberty arc- we of the Month doing our duty to ourselves and the rising general Ion T " The speaker quoted from Pryre's American Common wealth on tho subject of Urn political parties and touching briefly on this provoked smiles from his audience. "There Is a lack of unreality In both parlies. Neither has principles. They have merely traditions anil tendencies, the aim being offlcs and all bus been lost save office nf the hope .rf it. What I If u Is to an or ganism, prlclples are to - a party. Parlies continue Im-cihisu tho mem bers have found hatilta of joint ac tion to the leaders play on prejudices. wwwNwwMwwwwmnwmniMmi f Continued on pa nn two.) STORK IS NOT BELIEVED Indicted to Answer for Loss of pi,im Alleged to Have Been Taken. FoltT WOflTH, Texas, July I Walter King, cashl.r of the Main strict branch of the Waggoner Hank and Trust company was Indicted to day on a charge of embezzlement, ar rested late this evening, arraigned, pb ad not guilty and was released un der la, 000 bond. On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 22. King alleged that he had been held up In the banking house by a highwayman, and, at the point of a pistol, compelled to hand over X,!!ir, In Currency. King told a circumstantial story of the alleged robbery and the affair created a sen sation. Intcrurban cam and railroad train were search.! and every place of probable hiding was looked Into but no tra'-e of the highwayman could be found. ROCK THROWER IN JAIL FOR MURDER KOANOKE, Va.. July 1 Harry Williams Terry, of Montreal, Canada, died here last night In a hospital from a wound he received on ho head last Hunday when he was struck above the eye with a stone thrown by Claude W.. .Minor, a young white man, Ter ry had gone by the name of Harry Thompson since coming her some months ago and his true identity, was not revealed until today. A telegram from his sister, Mrs. Gertrude Truax of Montreal was received by the po lice. Minor, who claims he threw the stone at another man, la In jail charged -with the murder. An autopsy showed a fractured skull and s Urge clot of blood oo Terrr'a brain. Porsocutlon of Unknown Lad Roason For Relieving Him Of Ills Job BINGHAM DECLARES IT'S ALL POLITICS Most Radical Step Ever Tak en In Regard to N. Y. Po lice Department (By AsHocistcd Preen.) s- - NEW YOKK. July l.Ons of the most draatlo upheaval In New York lly's police history occurred today - when Mayor McClellap summarily re- : moved Commissioner - Theodore A. Hlngham for Insubordination,' . after , the lattnr's refusal to comply with certain revolutionary order Issued by tho mayor yesterday. ' TUo mayor's order ratne at the conclusion of hi' Investigation Into the alleged perse cution by the police of George B. Duf fy, an Inconspicuous and almout friendless Brooklyn lad, who, It was averred m reptdly arrested with out just cause and whose photograph was retained lr the rogue' gallery despite the fullur of the pnflce to obtain conviction Against him. The mayor held that at least two of Octi. . oral Bingham' lieutenants were guilty nf misconduct In this affair and ac cordingly hv.O'wandVdf their removal. -; Stew lltstrt rWK : i , " ' With General Bltiftham' retirement today went several of hi chisel ad- vlser and tho leudlng supporter of hi "regime. A the head of the new rimitrw tho mayor at oneo appointed William f Baker,' hitherto deputy commissioner, who Indicated that onldurai)ie c nan no in tne policy m the department wa to bo expected, "The law will hereafter be etltorceli., hu declared, w Ith rtfer. nce to th fact thnt New York Is a cosmopolitan city wHh ft cosmopolitan populstloft.' General Bingham and hui friends were tonight outspoken iW-thelr decla ration that the principal reason for the mayor' act wa political, and that th cimimlxslonor' Independence ' of thd polllicftin had resulted In M re moval only a few months before the . Important municipal election of the autumn of several of his subordinates, . Commissioner's KiaUmicnt. In a slaiemciit tonight th oommls- loner eahH ' "I leava the office with very llttl regret. It Is a fatiguing task, and thl Is what It lend to. "Politic has brought about thl change. I have done the best I could (Continued nn Pe four.) IliSTUOEIiTHS REVENGE OF HIS PEOPLE Shoots Down Two at Public Reception Given in Im- pcrial Institute. ' K I 11NDS HUSBAND DEAR (Hy AsMM-lated Prees ) IXNlON, July 1. A startling doa ble assassination of a political char- v acter m:curred late tonight toward the conclusion of a public gathering at the Imperial Institute, An Indian student, whose name Is Dot known, shot and , killed Lieutenant Colonel ' sir William llutt Cunon Wylll n4 Dr. Gala Lalcaca, of Shanghai. Wyllle, who had held an Important Indian appointment, fell dead on the spot. Dr. Lalcaca showed sign of life after he fell and wm hurried to -81. George' hospital but on arrival . there it wa found that he wa dead. Those near the assassin seised and held him until the arrival of the po lice. He had two revolvers, a dagger and a knife. All were new and It I believed the crime was premeditated. The gathering at the Imperial In stitute, a bulkllng devoted to Indian , and other Colonial function, wa an , ' at home" to Indian student. D. W. Thornborne, one of the guest , thus graphically describe the scene attending the murders: "It was near 11 o'clock and thn musical program was Just concluding when I saw a middle aged Englwn gentleman conversing-with a yoong Indian student dressed In a i dark jacket and wearing a pale turban. , "Suddenly the native drew a re volver and fired four shots with th greatest rabidity full at tha head of the Englishman. The shots were fired with the muxsle of the weapon close to tho victim' face.- ; S, "Then came another shot as th Englishman fell and a sixth which ' virwi-n -irri-i -,-i--irii-irir-in,'inri0iije-uLfl - (Continued on page two.) ill W.KltJrtt