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ASIIEYILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MoilNINO, JULY 22, WOO.
PJtlCE FIVE CENTS.
A m 11
iTAFTFiriDSABALM
FOR PAYNE'S PI
I AND AUSSERENE
Threatened Rupture of Dlplo
' ' malic Relations Between
Leaders Averted
'WHEREFORE THE
COMMITTEE WORKS
0ut Avoid Touching on Deli
cate Matters LIKe Lum
er And soon
I (By Associated Press.)
I WASHINGTON. July 21. Better
progress was made today by the tariff
conferees than on any day since the
really troublesome disputes were
J reached No trace of the Hl-feellng
I which was manifested on Monday was
I apparent In the proceeding today.
When the conferees aajuuioeu -for
noon yesterday It was feared that
further efforts to adjust the differ
ences between the senate and the
house would be unavailing until after
the white house dinner. This Impres
sion waa gained because of the atti
tude of Mr. Payne, who continued his
objections to the apparent wllling
of some of his associates to yield
td the senate conferees without any
'freM show of fight.
After discussion of raw materials
early today, schedules were taken up.
I however, and maiy paragraphs set
tled Without any renewal of hostili
ties. Glue Taft Credit.
President Taft is given credit for
this. Shortly after dinner last night.
It was learned today, the president
and Mr. Payne went out for a spin in
the commodious white house automo
bile. A the president and Mr. Payne
breathed the fresh air while whirling
over the dustless macadam road, they
talked over the situation. What they
aid will never be known, but Mr.
Payne made no objections today to
the taking up of subjects not involved
In the white house program concern
ing raw material, "
Before schedule were taken up to
$x tlje conferees discussed briefly
hat 'repotw tri be made at the
conference tonight on the subject of
coal, tnmber, hides, oil and Iron ore,
but no effort was made to fix rates
upon any of these articles. It was
evident that the senate and house con
ferees were still far apart. Several
subjects paused over in former con-
- ii!JXrij-JiLJTa-'l- -'"'-"'" 11-11 " " mm
(Continued on page four.)
STATE OFFICERS WHILE
El
Would Do Away with Many
Things That Impede
Good Government.
NO SECOND IS HEARD
' (Special to The Citlien )
RALEIGH, N. C. July 21 There
it considerable talk among state of
ficers here, 'about needed reforms in
methods of state legislation. There is
a strong endorsement of a change
proposed, by a state official peci
ally close to the legislative depart
ment that there should be a change
to six Instead of two year terms for
legislators, one third of the members
to retire every two years In this
way. it is argued, a good working
per cent of the members would be ex
perienced and it would not require
the first six weeks of the term for
th assembly to get ready to go to
work. Then It is urged that there
should be a general municipal cor
poration law under which the cities,
towns and, vllages could incorporate
there b-tngs ay-stems of government
according to the size of the munici
pality in this way, It Is said, fully
three fourths of the work of tho
legislators would he eilmlnawn.
Another mean of simplifying the
work of the legislature that is be
ing urged . Is the nesctment of a
general law for municipal and other
bond Issues, prescribing certain con
ditions to be conformed to under the
supervision of the state department.
This would relieve the necessity for
Issue bills wMh their attendant cost
ly mistake and legal questions to
be settled as to each individual act
authorizing bonds.
Still another roform that Is com
ing in for interested discussion lead
ing to the samY results Is the enact
ment of a general road law through
which there would be systematic and
uniform road building with convict
camps when this labor is used. undr
the supervision of the state instead
of a half hnndred or more county
convict camps, many of them, it is
leg"d. Improperly managed and su-
ij u- men whose recommenda-
Hon Is capacity to get wum i
GALVESTON SAFE
FROM RAGING FURY
OF AN GR
Sea Wall Built
Stood an Impregnable Barriei
Against Worst Tidal Wave
Known on Gulf Coast.
(By Associated Press.)
GALVESTON. Texas. July 21. Ten
dead is the total number of lives
lost so far as Is known, in the hur
ricane which swept over the Gulf of
Mexico and struck Galveston this
morning and continued until after
midday. While the city of Galvaston
waa held safe against the fury of
the storm, by the new 1100,000 sea
wall, far out In the gulf, on Tarpon,
fishing pier seven miles from the city,
where the storm whipped over the
Jetty Into the bay, ten prisons were
washed from the rock promontories I
Into the guir. Hosts tonight are,
searching the hay for the bodies, hutj
so far have been unsuccessful. '
Those drowned were members of aj
fishing party and employes of thej
Tarpon fishing pier, marooned on th
Jetty. Boats were sent to their as
sistance laite today and it was learned
that the house in which they had
sought refuge hod been washed away.
Partial List of Ifc-ml.
While It Is Impossible to get an ac
curate list of the dead owing to the
fact that the register has always been
kept at thin pier the best Information
obtainable is as follows:
Captain Bettison and wife. Kdward
Lewis, C. H. Dalley, circulation man
ager Galveston Tribune, formerly of
Chicago, and four negroes. The oth
ers are unknown.
Mr. Dalk-y was a guest at the pier
and It is also stated that a young
man named Peatsorn of Iloustoi , son
of a book dealer, was also among the
gifests. This report could not be af
firmed, however.
The -between three hundred and
five hundred people who have been
living in hotels, cottages and tents
along tho gulf shore between High
Island and Hnllvar, on the Gulf and
Interstate railroad are now reported
safe at High Island. The relief train
which went down today got within
five miles of High Island and there
encountered the sea running across
the trac to the bay.' Boats were sent
but when the train left there, return
ing1 at 1 o'clock nothing had been
beard from the boat. At nine o'clock
however, boat was sent back to tho
point where the train had stopped
and a telegraph wire was rigged up
and the message was sent that every
person from the gulf resorts was
safe. r
The train sent out from Bolivar
point this morning succeeded In get
ting through to this Island and re-
ASHES OF DAUGHTER
Of THE CONFEDERACY
ARE SADLY LAID AWAY
Mrs. Hayes' Funeral At
tended by Throngs Who
Witnessed Last Rites.
TRIBUTE OF FLOWERS
(By .Associated Press.)
COLORADO SPKINGtf. Colo.. July
21 All that is mortal of Mrs. Mar
garet Po-l1 Jefferson Pavis-Hayes,
the tlnv urn of ashes rests In the lit
tle vault In Kvergrecn cemetiery here
The final rites over "the daughter of
thiM Confederacy" were as simple as
she had wished. Theie was no show
or display or anv kind, the service
Iwlng the usual Kpis.-opal form with
the singing of the two favorite- songs
of Mrs. Hayes. "Abide with Me." and
"1 Heard the Voice of Jesus Hay."
The beautiful residence, located on
famous Cascade avenue And overlook
ing Colorado colleen campus was
thronged by the friends of tin.- family
Crowds gathered In the neighboring
streets.
In the throne wer" hundreds of
Southerners who seemed deeply af
fected as th'ev stood with bared heads
and watchd the little procession., bear
the casket in which toe urn or a net.
had Wren placed, from the house to
the cemetery.
R.v W C. Hedi i'k. assistant re--
i..r ..f ki Ktei. hen s cliurih. offi- iated.
asMstwl by Rev Henry Uutgers Hem-
sen, of Grace Kpisi -pal nui.n. i
casket was carried from the house
bv young men .Mrs Hayes was ei-
clally beloved by the young people or
the city. Following the caskyt came
the honorary bearers. Ail ine. mem
bers of the Immediate family were
present They were J Addis.n Hayes,
the husband: Mrs Varna Hayes Webb
Jefferson Davis Haes. Miss Lucy
Haves and William Hayes, nr. i.er
ald B Webb, son-in -law, and the
grand-children w-re also present.
The casket was buried In a wealth
or flowers. Among the pieces were
wreaths rrom the offirials and em
ployes of the First National Hank of
which Mr. Haves is president. Mem
orial services will be held at the two
Episcopal churches on Bunday. one
in the morning and one In the afternoon.
Y WA TERS
..:V
After Last Flood
turned to Bolhar, picking up on both
trips very one between the two
points. The water at Bolllvar and ottv
er resorts is from six to eight feet
deep at the highest point.
Ten miles of the Gulf and Inter
state railroad has been washed away.
Wall Mood Safe.
Man's strength and skill were pitted
mk Hi list the fury of the elements to
day and man won. the city of (Jl
vestnro, safely entrenched behind her
impregnable seventeen foot sea wall
withstood, with comparatively trifling
loss, a tidal wave and hurricane equal
In Intensity and destructive force to
the one which destroyed the city on
September 8. 1900.
Ik-Htmctlve Elsewhere.
The 'hurricane swept the entire
gulf coast with an Intensity and
vlcloiisness that has seldom been
equalled In a country where de
structive storms a re not unusual.
It had Its origin on (he At
lantic coast and swinging westward
and southward, deastallng tho en
tire gulf coast even as far aouth as
Matagorda Hay.
Vented Its Wrath.
The hurricane struck Galveston
about 11 o'clock this morning. The
wind, attaining, a velocity of nearly
seventy miles an hour, whipped the
treacherous waters of the Mexican
gulf into a fury of destruction. With
the pent-up anger of ten years of
hate, the waves blindly assaulted the
grim parapets of stone which man
had built to restrain its thousands of
Ions of water upon the splendid
breastworks. Only a feeble burst of
spray and a little water reached Hi
objective point, and the beleagend
city lay culm and safe behind the
wall.
Had Moved Out.
Outside the limits of the city where
the wall had not been reared and
where the city had not been elevated,
the water , had their way. but they
wrecked only deserted huts and aban
doned territory. Jn , this, sectjon of
the" city, which is low and sparsely
settled, Hie water rose to a height
of seven feet hut the warnings of the
weather bureau had been heeded and
tho Inhabitants had removed their
possessions nut of the danger zone.
Pear For llcsorts.
Fr oni other , cities in the affected
(Continued on page four.)
OE A THOUSAND SAVE
Surrounded House 'Where
Negro's Victim Had
Identified Him.
GOT AWAY IN AUTO
ATLANTA. July 21. The bravery
of Sheriff MeKlnney and three lone
deputies, who with drawn revolvers
faced a mob of one thousand angry
men at Vienna today saved the life
of Will WHih, a negro rhsrged with
criminal assault Webb had Just been
identified by Mrs Kxie Brown as the
negro who assaulted ivr yesterday
He had not yi t left Mrs. Brown's
residence arter the identification when
the armed men and boys many of
whom for two days had been rang
ing through thin woods in search of
him. determined on a lynching, sur
rounded the houae.
The shouted that the negro's life
was theirs, that the sheriff must hand
him over. Out ' am the revolvers of
the four officers and with a rush
Ihey harg. d through the mob and
leaped Into an automobile which
they had in waiting. Shouting "stand
back'1 to the mob and leveling their
revolvers upon tts leaders they drove
nut of danger and rushed thw negro
tn Atlanta, where he was placed In
the tower prison for safe-keeping
I I HITO FOIt NK.KOl.
MOBILE. Ala., July 21. The police
commissioners today established a
curfew for negroes. Commencing to
night all the blacks must be at home
or in bed at 10 p. m. Any of them
cauKht wandering at large will be
locked up This action u due to an
epidemic of hold-ups perpetrated by
negroes.
KILLED 1'KKSiniNtt OFFICER.
FLAT CHEJCK. Ala.. July 21 J
Cannon, a law and order league lead
er was shot annd killed today by
ileorge Alexander, who runs a soft
drink stand here. The iren met near
the commlwary. There is much ex
citement over the killing. Alexander
ha not been arrested.
I X Kfc'nftiNK?
mk rag, MSa1 WwOm MJ
MARINE OFFICERS ALL TESTIFY
THAT SUTTON COMMITTED SUICIDE
Officer of thi Day Testifies That Lieut. Adams Had Sutton Down and Was Punch
ing Him in Spite of the Two Big Pistola He Was Flourish
tag Hearing Likely to Be Prolonged.
(Hy Associated prrits.)
ANNAPOLIS, Md July 21 When
the naval board of inquiry which is
Investigating the death of Lltiutcnant
James N. Sutton, of Portland, Oregon,
finished Its third day's session In tho
Navul ucademy auditorium today, only
rour witnesses of the flrtcoh o far
subpoenaed by the government had
been exumined. W." !. Vandyk, of
Washington, counsel ' for ' Button's
mother, said after court that outside
of Mr. Knea Sutton fartier, aiatd?
of Lttttitiinant Sutton?1 lhMt iwui&
be ' no witnesses beyoniT-. thoae oi t
government list which'' tnoludeg, a
number of witnessed subpoenaed at
the request of the Hultfl'na." , Both the
direct and cross-exanrilnntlons of tho
four young officers of the marine
corps, who wero prcBenf'ai the light,
when, as they hate all tttatlned, Butj
ton shot himself, have toct'O JenjtWiy,
and the hearing is likely !?to drug nUirig
for several days yet. Ifunry. Davis,
chief counsel for the Nidkoto,g,:Wl' wt
much more than started hut crosa
examination of l.ietitenajitf KdwanJ.
H. Willing, when the hearing wag Ad
journed for the. clay. ,, . .
Saw tin- light.
In a few minor pnints. Mr, Davis
succeeded III showing iliscrcpartctes
In Lieutenant Wlllini'a testimony at
this and the former Inquiry. In es
sentials It differed lillle from that of
his lirolher officers Willing, who
was officer of the 'lay a' the marine
camp and was roiit'"i out hj Lleu-
OF ATTEMPT TO MURDER
Shea Hacked His Mistress
up with Penknife to make
Her Stav.
NKW YORK, Jul. -'I- Cornelius
I". Hhea, ex-presid. ut "f the Infer
national Brolberli ' Teamsters,
and Long, a irnt
labor leader
was today con-. ( ' f an atfompt
to murder Alice V..i-i a former I'hl-
ago waitress with .li in Hhea is al
leged to have lived Miss Walsh t'-s
titled that Shea t.it I her twenty
seven times with a ! 'I knife on May
21 In their room. Ii ' For a time
her life was despair 'i of. Hhea and
the girl quarreled .i-' -fa-rated, it is
said, when sh- w is i i I that he had
a wife and children " Boston. Hhe
returned four das l.i'-r and the as
sault followed whin 'I-- girl told Hto a
she was going to ! i him for good
Khea's only di f-o aa Chat he had
been drinking him '-
He will be s. in. n I Friday. The
maximum penalty i - 'u, nty-tlve years
Imprlsonrmnt.
. WASHINGTON Jnh ti Forecast:
North Carolina: Tartly cloudy,
showers In west pordon Thursday
night or Friday; light south wlndav
ill
6H0WER& "
The IVay They Work it
ttwianta Utley and Bevan When Hut
ton wu running wild In camp with
two revolvers prior to the. tragedy; aa
former witnesses testified, waa the
first man to say that he reached the
scene of the tragedy in time to tea
Adams punching Huttoti Lieutenant
Hi van testlhed that he saw no ' blows
exchanged.
Tam Wild Man.
A Lieutenant Willing on croas-ex-amlnathin
deicrllMd Button, 'elthot
standing or on hla troeea with 'Adam
huldinc hie ay ttt 4mok f ttia wH.
with one hand- ahd puricfjlnij . Iiirh
with the other. It was ton much for
Mrs,' 'Parker, who sat dlrwtly opposlta
the witness. Hhe smllel Increduloualjr
ut Willing and turning In Mr, Van
Dyke, one of her counsel said hrdHj
imntly: ' ",
"Imagine a wild man, us they ro
sorlbe my brother to have been,
standing up with a revolver In facli
hand and taking it punching like that.
It is wholly Incredible."
Judge dvocate asked Wlllinf to
luy If he thought the punching Hut
ton got would have killed him or If
'he witness had any way of knowing
whether Hutton was dead befro the
lust shot whs tired It was known
'hat Mrs. Hutton Impressed upon Ma
lor Leonard her belief that her son
wus beaten to death and afterward
ihot.
Took Kcvolvt-r Away.
The witness snswered In the nega
tive snd said Ihere wss no doubt In
fteveral TlioiiKands of Coun
ty 'k Money Have Like
wise DiKappearetl.
(By AshicIhImI I'rcss.)
JOIINSUN CITY, Teno.. July 11
Tin police In even i ll, 111 the South.
In addition to a milliter of dele fives
are searching tor Foy W. Iiulaiiey.
the missing Clr nit court clerk of
Washington county. Tennessee, who
suddenly disappeared from hla home
hen- nearlv three weeks ago War
rants for his arrest have teen Issued
on a barge "f embezzlement. It Is be
lleved liiat he is marlv l.'ii.oOO short
as clerk He left other llldebtedpeSH
of probably 20.000
It Is a singuUr "ln Ideru'e that
fdiliinev s stenographer, a pretty
bhokhslred jjirl, left Johnson City the
d.i before be waj mltsliig, and has
not been heard from since. Oulauey
left a note saving he was going away
to try his fortune elsewhere, arid If
lert alone, would If possible, pay
back hi shortage.
Iiulancy had a wife and one child
here lie ii believed to have gone to
Houlh America
IFACY TO KVOXVILLE.
JALKHHt"ltt. Ills.. July 21. By
Ihe terms of the will of Mrs Mary E
Jonea filed for probation here, an es
tate of t'i'lO.niO wss distributed
amonn a large numl-r of beneficia
ries. The most important bequest to
the people of Knoxvllle waa that of
1250,000 for the er-ctlon ahd main
tenance of a home there for aged
womxn.
hla mind that Hutton pulled the trig
ger of the revolver when he was shot.
Willing testified that he took the 8
callliro revolver from Hutton'i right
hand after the -' shooting, bnt could
not remember what became of It af
ter that. It waa supposed o have got
Into the hands of fk rgeant DeHrl
who threw it away Ha will be a wlb
lies. WiTtinf, whp atoptl'wHhllf tw.
fMt 'of fiutton'a head. 'saw no 'other
rwVtiivWwrt he time, tie snld, ' t
:,Wltt Ills IiiMiraMwr
i Iflirfttnftnf Bevan created atir to
day when he testlflorl that lx weeks
prior to trie sliotitlng Hutton had tdld
him that Ufa In the murine corps had
no attraction 'fop him and that some
day he would -shoot himself. Lieu
teilanl Willing will b called on cross
examination as the II rat wltnesa to
morrow. There having been current
ti report, tlmt Lieutenant Hutton car
ried life insurance to the amount of
f 'io.otiti whk!h could not he collected
If the decision of the prevloua In
estlgatlijg, bosrd, that he committed
suicide to not upset, Mrs. Hutton and
her daughter today denied that the
lieutenant wus so heavily Insured,
suylng that if, in fact, he hud ai
much us i.l.ftOO on his life the family
knew nothing of It.
It is thought likely that Miss Mar
garet Htewart, of I'lllsburg, the girl
who spint fhe evening with I.leutetir
mil Hutton ' before his death, will be
cm ll"d s H witness.
WHITE BOY ASSAULTED BY
NEGRO SERIOUSLY HURT
I .left. HiH Victim Uneon-
wioiiH from Heavy Blow
Wll I ICl'l.
LKNOIK, N. I'.. July 21. Yester
day afteriuiou about lour o'clock some
excitement waa occasioned In our
tnun when John Clarke, a tioy about
fiflwn yearn of age was found ly
ing 'ii the ground near I'hilllp Bos
tic's lemonade stand', in a seml-un-.(
oiim'-Iouk condition. It seems that
Cncl.t I'hilllp, as he Is familiarly
known, had asked the boy to stay at
his stand a few minute" while he
went to a store to see alsiut some
I' loons, and when he returned found
him lying on the ground, with a stick
iii'iiriiv broken Into three or four
pieces. On leaving his stand he left
John and a n-gro boy named John
son ihre and on his return the ne
gro was gone. The stick with which
if 1.1 supposed the hoy had been struck
was but on.: Inch thick, two Inches
wid" and near live feet In length. Ac
cording to I'hillip's statement, he
was not away from his stand but
three, or four ininuU and left the
negro and the white hoy there
The wounded boy wan taken to the
drug store and examined by a phy-sl-lan.
but was unable to tell any
thing about what had happened, and
at this writing he Is still unable to
giVM any Information regarding the
trouble hetw-en him and. the nej?ro.
The negro had been placed In Jail
to await development
Young Clarke Is a son of Mr. VV,
l Clark of Htatesvflle, ahd is Spend
ing the summer here with his grand
father, Mr. B. M. Clarke, and is work
ing for his uncle, Mr. ii. C. Martin
I ho editor of The Lenoir N-w. In
the office. The boy was struck on
the left sldo of the facw with such
force as to leave the print of the
stick Which la near two inchce broad.
GAR COMPANIES
STILL TIED UP By !
EMPLOYES STRIKE
Scttlomont Made by Priest
rDld Not Hold Good
With Men
WANT PROMISE OP PAY
DOWN IN WRITING
Pressed Stoel Car Men Re
solve to Stay Out And .
Forcq Terms
(By Associated Preaa.)
BUTLER. Penn.. July II. Deaplt
the assurances of the official of Uia
(Standard Bteet Car company, through
Father Hacaewaki that a.i aoon ag con(
dltloni warranted an Increase In ,
wags would be granted Ita am ploy aa,
the striking workmen at he plant'
of the car company, ttaa Butler Wheel
company and tha Btandard rored
Mleiil company lata today roted tn r'
main Idle, until their employer! 1T
ed ft written statement granting them
iimnvdlale increase In wage and rn
funda on back rentals or company
houaee, ' --y . -' - .v.
Aa the state constabulary left But
ler for New Caatla today tha iltua-'
tlon tonight assume a aartoua aspaot,'
aa lesa than a aoora of pollct ''
available for duty. ' - ' v
Tha ear company official tonight
declare themeelvea dUujuaUd with h
action of the etrikera.
Tha car and wheal companl da-
uiare tney will iiuifipi w op
their' plants tomorrow nd In' ha
event of the men refusing to ratoraj' -
to work, they will eventually hrlnc
in outside assistance. ' -?' '
HOTH AUK WAITING, i ,
PlrWHUBO, Penn. July It. Tha
jitrlke M tha-employe ot- the Pressed
4tel Car comaty haa.raaoiye ltelf
into a wajilnc gam on the .part ot r
both, the airlkerg and, the car onv-( ,
iiMy jnllielala,.r,.,c i - y ., .
. After, lw eonferencee today ld ,
in the chambera ot Judge , MsrshaU .
Hrown between counael for the ear?
compahy, and. tiowisel for the etrikere. , ,
It wg announced that nothing ap-
proachlng m settlement had been
reached. .- , .
The strikers declare they will con-.
llhue the strike until they receive eat--
lefactlon and what they consider their
right due A maas .meeting, one of -the
largest yet held by the striking
worklngmen waa held lavte today, and ,
on a vote the men declared they will
not return to work under any circum
stances until the company agrees ;tt
their demands.
The men also declared themselvee.
aa unanimously In favor of a peaceful
pursuit of their claims against the
company and pledged themselves to.
conduct the strike from now on with.
out violence or resort to riot - -
Indication of the confidence of the
authorities that the strike has now
reached tha waiting period Is tha an
nouncement made late today by 8her.
lit A. C Humbert stating that saloon
keepers In and about McKees Rock
would be allowed to open their placee
i tt business tomorrow.
WHITE HOUSE OINHER
FAILED TO RECONCILE
VHRIIING F
President Decides That He
Will Let Congress Fight
Out Tariff.
TRADING WILL BEGIN
fWASHINOTOtV, July 21. The
while house dinner and conference
at which tariff conferees and tha
president's rkMBHt dlser were
brought together tonight In the er
ror to settle the difference regarding
th tariff bill, ended at 1 I SO o'clock
with the dispute over raw materla's
no nearer adjournment than they
were before the dinner mvttatlona
were lssml. Only one question was
determined beyond appeal and thajt
was that the conferees will have to
settle their own difference Paine
were taken, howewer. to convey the
Impression that this decision Is not
Indicative of any abwence of arppre
clatton of the presMent'a effort Jt
merely confirmed what the "elder"
statesmen" had aawerted from the
first that trlff making la trading.
Mr. Dwlg-ht epoke on the Inewrgent
movement organised by the anti-free
raw material "faction of the house,"
hut he w not ready to estimate the
-strength of this element- Represen
tative Payne expreeeed ths opinion
that a conference report eairyinf free
Iron nrde. coal, hide, and oil cool J
be aiVrpted In the house but he ea'd
he had not con mused the sltuafton.
Senator Aklrfch -was very positive
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