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VOL. XXVEL NO. 259
ASHEVTLLE, N. C; FRIDAY lORNIKG, JULY 7, 1911.
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Foolish Question No. 3,854,639
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THE
THEODORE
BILBO
REPUBLICANS
HOT WAVE STRIKES
DEBATE MAY CO
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TO SEND I
SEVERELY B EATEN
BESULTJOF SPEECH
Qstate Senator Involved In Al
leged Bribery Case of Sen
ator Leroy Percy
CLAIM AGENT HENRY
; ADMINISTERED BLOW
SPLIT 115 RESULT
TO A CLOSE AFTER
nr it inimi "mm
Ur ftLflUPR Nt
Tale of Woe Carried to Taft as
to Factional Differences
In His Own Camp
Philadelphia's Toll 0 Dead
SenatorsGettlng Restless With
I nnnav C,li. e.4 r
Reaches Sixty-Seven, More
In Nearby Towns
tlnued Hot Wavo .
NUMEROUS PLACES
WITH
MORE VIGOR
AnOTHERTEfJ DAYS
V.
Reports of Extent of Injuries
Conflicting. Some Say Skull
' Is Fractured .
BTA FKVTI Lt.13, Mis,, Jul?
Btato Senate Theodore V. Bilbo.
dldate tor'. lieutenant .governor of
Mississippi, wae u.ae ui severely
beaten here today by 7. J. Henry,
claim went of the Mobil, Chicago tc.
New Orleans railroad and former pen
itentiary warden, the encounter com
ing as a direct sequel to a campaign
speech delivered by Senator IUlbo at
Blue Mountain, Miss., ' recently in
which Bilbo Is credited with having
vigorously assailed Mr. Henry, im
peaching iiis character.
The .affray occurred aboard a rail
road train In which Mr. Bilbo was
proceeding from Columbus to Stur
gls. Miss., where he was to has
spoken this afternoon.
Henry, it is stated, as he approach
ed' Bilbo, who was seated s in the
smoking car. demanded that the, it
erances in question be retracted and
an apology .made. The apology and
retraction hot forthcoming, the en
counter followed, Henry striking the
state senator repeatedly about the
head and body with the butt of a
pistol. Henry surrendered to the
sheriff here and was released on his
own recognisance. Other than a few
cuts and bruises about the face and
hands he was not hurt In the struggle.
Bilbo concluded his Journey to Stur
gls,' where he was given surgical at
tention. A special train was made
tip at Sturgls to convey him to Jack
son. Reports a to the extent of Bil
boSl injuries are conflicting. A physi
cian who attended the Injured man
at Ackerman is quoted as saying his
skull Is fractured.
Mr. Henry was witness before the
D legislative committee Investigating the
charges of Senator Bilbo that he had
" been paid a sum of money to, forsake
" "o'smer' "Gov! "(lames K Vardaman in
the sehatorlau caucus of last year
" ' which elected United States Senator
LeRoy Percy as the successor to the
late Senator A J. McLaurin. Fol
lowing the legislation inquiry a court
IMWVWWWWMWSAW
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THINGS GOT SO WftBM"
THAT
Case of Destruction of Great
Seal Herds Was Being
Investigated
STRONG EPITHETS
WASHINGTON. July (. A scene
suggesting some that has occatred In
the Cainorrlsts' trial In Italy today
enlivened the proceedings of the com
mittee on expenditures in the depart
ment of commerce and labor investi
gating the charge that the once great
seal herd of the Pribilof Islands is
being wantonly slaughtered by agents
of the United States government
Prof. Henry W. Elliott, fur seal ex
pert and United States Fish Com
missioner Bowers, who have been in
controversy about the seals, confront
ed each other before the committee,
shook, their fists and exchanged a se
ries of lively epithets.
Prof. Elliott concluding the read
ing of a statement declared that V.
a. Fish Commissioner Bowers had
"perjured himself before this com
mittee." "Ton are a self-confessed perjurer
yourself," retorted CommMsoner
Bowers, adding that he could prove
charge.
"This is a rotten charge that no
man ever dared put his name to,"
Prof. Elliott responded, shaking his
fist In the direction of Mr. Bowers.
"I'll get you on the witness stand
for that statement" .
"Yes. and I'll prove the charge
when you do." Mr. Bowers replied
vehemently. . '-
Presiding Representative Rother
mel, ofv Pennsylvania, a Quaker, sus
pended the sitting. :
BEE CAUSES ACTO CPSET
HARTFORD, inly 6. So severely
did 'a bee sting George Seele, son of
William Seele, welt known millionaire
of Brookllne, Mass., this afternoon,
that the young man with a howl of
pain took. his hands from the steering
wheel of his automobile, which turned
turtle and buried him beneath, it
Several ; stitches were required to
close the ' gapping wound in' Seele'a
leg, and be was covered with Cuts
and scratches. The Seele have their
summer home at Essex. Conn.
SECRETARY AND
CABINET MEMBER
Hitchcock and Hllles Reported
as Strongly Urging Their
Man for Place
WASHINGTON, July (.Most of
th prominent federal officeholders
of the stats of Alabama Invaded the
white house today and laid before
President Taft such a tale of repub
llcan factional woe that politicians In
the capital promptly affected to i
the beginning of a lively row be
tween Postmaster General Frank H.
Hitchcock ami C D. Hllles, the presl
dent's secretary, the two leading po
litical advisers of the administration
According to -the Alabamlans Mr,
Kltrhcock is behind the candidacy of
f. M, Long for republican state chair
man. Long has the backing also of
P. D. Barker, republican national
committeeman, and postmaster at Mo
bile, an acknowledged friend of the
postmaster general. Mr. Hllles Is said
to be supporting the candidacy of J.
O. ' nompson, collector of Internal
revenue for Alabama and for many
years repnbllcan state chairman, pres
ident Tafjt told the delegation that hs
expected to settle the question torn or.
row. It is understood that for purposes
t distributing patronage the state
t'l '- - id Into ' sec 'Ions, see
to be controlled by each faction.
Poth Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. Hllles
tcdfiy Atnieri that there had been any
triuDie ttJv-M-n t:em over the Ala
tnma situation. Mr. Hitchcock rah
e'uuct Ui statement that he is out
of politic 'or good, and Mr. Hllles
declared be had had no row jwlth any
3H0,nbcut ci' polntments In that state.
Politicians here are Interested, how
ovr, as in how the state chairman
ship wilt I'.? eettld. The president may
take no hand In the fight over th
cltalrmnnthii, but It ,1s acknowledged
that iipublkans In the state are entitle-!
to fcn-w "who i who" in Wist
IRgtcn flii't it comes to conducting
the nt presidential campaign.
Hllles has taken a strong Interest in
political affairs ever since he as
sumed office last April, and today's
developments were not unexpected.
An open clash between the cabinet
member and the president's eecre
tary Is not regarded as Imminent. ..
EXPERTS IN EXPLOSIVES
TO STUDY U DF MAINE
Necessary Slow Progress of
Work Prevents Inspec
tion for Some Time
RENEWED INTEREST
WASHINOTO... July . A board
of naval officers, experts In explosives,
Is being selected by the navy depart
ment to study the hull of the battle
ship Maine in Havana harbor as the
water Is pumped from the cofferdam
noW surrounding the wreck. Because
of the necessarily slow progress of the
work weeks probably will elapse be
fore the experts will be able to In
spect the keel of the former warship,
but the board will proceed to Ha
vanna as soon as its personnel is
made known and Will, remain with
the work until It is finished.
The navy department officers are
convinced that the examination will
prove the correctness of the Samp
son board, which decided the destruc
tive explosion which sunk the Maine
was caused by a torpedo or mine, and
that the explosion of the snip's mag
azines followed.
In view of the renewed interest at
taching to the actual cause of the de
struction of the Maine, resulting from
the uncovering of the wreck by the
army engineers. Gen. W. H. Blxbee,
chief of engineers who has Just re
turned from Havana today. Issued the
following signed statement:
"The work ef unwaterlng the Maine
so rax proves nothing as to the origin
of the explosion of the magazines, but
already shows such extensive destruc
tion of the forward part of the boat
that it Is quite probatge that fuller
unwaterlng will fall to give any
proofs, either way, as to the origin of
such explosions. I have so far made
no reports or statements as 16 the
origin of the explosion."
HTJfT WITH BOWS AVI) ARROWS
ATCHISON. Kas. July (.James
M. Ch alias and E. Z. Jackson, lawyers
and amateur archers of this city, left
today for . British - Columbia, where
they Intend to hunt 'bears' with bows
and arrows. At Victoria, B. C-;-they
will be Joined by Wilt Thompson, a
Seattle attorney,, and Harry .. Rich J
ardeon. champion archer ef the Unit
ed State. I..-.. . -5 ;..
ELECTRICAL STORMS
HELP IN SOME PLACES
Boston's Maximum Tempera
ture Yesterday 103. Other
Places as Bad
PHILADELPHIA, July . The hot
wave which has overwhelmed this
city during the past four days con
tlnued today with unabated vigor.
Sixteen more deaths were reported to
the coroner todayt making a total of
sixty-seven for the heat term.
Electrical storms were reported
throughout the state tonight, accom
panied by marked decreases in tem
perature. At Rearing two men were
overcome while loading nay, are
dead; at Shamokln, a girl died from
sunstroke and six deaths are report
ed from Bethlehem.
WITH INCREASING JfORCE
BALTIMORE, July . The hot
wave struck with increasing rare
at Baltimore today and , the result
was sixteen deaths, Including that
of a heat erased woman who swal
lowed cerfeollo acid, and over a score
of prostratlbns. The maximum official
temperature wae ft degrees. Since
July 1, there have been 10 deaths at
tributable to the heat
TIttWDEB SHOWERS RELIEF
BOSTON, July 6. Thunder show
ers In various parts of New England
served to relieve for a time at least.
the suffering caused by the Ave days'
of excessive heat. Today's maxi
mum was 108, half a degree less than
that of the fourth.
The day added largely to the nam
ber of deaths and prostrations, Seven
deaths from heat occured in Man
Chester, N. H. Widespread damage
resulted from heavy electrical show
erg tonight, growing crops being
damaged and .fruit treee uprooted.
BAD ELECTRICAL STORM
RUTLAND, Vt., July , 6. Central
Vermont was visited this afternoen
by the worst electrical storm within
memory. Telephone and telegraph
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OF
BEER SOLD IN ONE rill
IN THE UNITED STATES
Increase Over Previous
12 Months of Over
6 Per Cent
GREAT WHISKEY BILL
NEW YORK. July 6 No less than
sixty-three million barrels of beer
were sold in the United States during
the twelve months ending June SO,
last or an Increase over the previous
twelve months of (.21 per cent ac
cording to the annual report of the
beer and whiskey sales mads public
here today by the United States Brew
er's association. Notwithstanding the
Increase which the reports contends
indicates that the country is prosper
ous, the spread of prohibition has af
fected the trade considerably, It Is
declared.
The whlchey bill of the United
States for the year, according to the
report Is 14.73,3000, an Increase
of nearly 18. (00,000, or .(( per cent
over the precellng twelve months,
WILL GET TO WORK IN
EARNEST NEXT WEEK
WASHINGTON, July - (.Demo
cratic members of the ways and
means committee held a brief pre
liminary meeting today and planned
work on the cotton tariff schedule
revision which will be taken up next
week In earnest.
Repreeeltatlve Trainer, of Illinois.
Shalrman Of t he. subcommittee whlcj
has been preparing facts and figures
and figures relating to the cotton In
for weeks ' has 1een preparing Tactf
dustry.-has submitted the date. The
relating to the cotton InduatryrTjaS
submitted the' date. The committee
will meet again on Mondsy.
LORD KITCnEXER IV EGTPT.
LONDON. July - The "Dally Tel
egraph" reviews the report that Field
Marshal Lord Kitchener will be of
fered the appointment of British
sgent to Egypt and thJAudan. Sir
Eldon Oorst the present British sgent
st Cairo, the paper says, to sertoisly
ill. which precludes the possibility of
his return to that nose
When You Get
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ENDEA VOR
CQNVENTION ATTENDED BY 8,000 PEOPLE
Front Auditor jurn of Million Dollar Pier at Atlantic
Meetings m HistoryOrganization Has Increased Over One Million
ATLANTIC CITTf K. J., Jul 8,
Eight thousand ' delegates crowded
Into the front auditorium of the mil
Hon dollar pier tonight at the op
enlng session . of the International
Christian Endeavor. 1 The feature was
the annual addteak of ' president
Francis E. Clark. ; .
Dr.. Clark said In parti s-
The great advanre of recent days
Which proves that the divine favor
rests upon the. Christian Endeavor
movement should pnty be an Incen
tive to make bur sat!e better In
every way, that we , may be worthy
of His continued . Massing. As the
motto of our . Increase campaign at
the last eonventtoaag "Ewlonge
ment' X propose" that this year It
should be "Eitldenoy." . ' v
Let me suggest few lines of
achievement which I think are with
in the bounds of our accomplishment
during the twenty four months to
eome. They are, ye will see, all
along the lines of the providential
develoment of Christian Endeavor. I
would only ask yon to enter the
doors of God open to us.
We have become In the broadest
mih, more than ever during these
two years past, an International or
ganisation. In every land beneath
suu the name "Christian Endeavor"
Is known, and Its principles are ac
knowledged. Almost Without know
ing it certainly without much hu
man guidance, we have become a
world-wide brotherhood that am
braces every race and religion.
DELEGATION PUSHING
'S
Special Fitness of Judge
Graham Asserted for Cor
poration Commissioner
RALEIGH, N. C. July I. A dele
gation came today from Oxford to
urge upon Governor Kltchln that he
appoint former Speaker of the House
A. W. Graham, corporation commis
sioner to succeed the late Henry
Clay Brown.
They found Governor Kltchln out
of the olty and will come another
day with relnforc.menls. In the dele
gation were Gen. U. S. Reyster, A. A.
Hicks, Col. R. A. Gregory and . W. A.
Devin. They are pressing the ap
pointment of Judge Graham on the
ground of special fitness and equip
ment for service on the corporation
commission through past experience
public service, also that he re
ceived the third highest vote for cor
poration commissioner In the Char
lotte convention when Brown and Lee
were nominated last Jnly. It Is un
derstood that there are a dozen more
applicants now on file.
WABHINGTOJf, Jul (.Forecast:
North Carolina -Generally fair, except
probably local thunder ehowere Fri
day and Saturday; moderate temper
ature; Ug)t variable winds, - C
This.
Since 1909World Wide Work on Larger Scale
By unions for world, nation, state,
city or county are but expressions
of our fellowship, and furnish no op
portunities for united service. The
most Important work of the indivi
dual Endesvorer Is done 1n his own
society, under the direction of his
own church and pastor.
Shall these, then, be our ambitions
and our efforts for the biennlum
which Is before net
1, As an International organlca-'
tlon, the promotion of world-wide
peace. '
t. As an interdenominational or
ganization, a still wider fellowship
of all young Christians. ,.a
. KM Slate ajwUtaUonar- field "
retarlee who .wiU promote our print
ctples and our fellowship in every
section.
i. As a local organisation
a. A campaign of education In ev
ery society.
b. Campaign of efficiency, pro
mote y caretul rating of faithful
service. In every society, ,
e. A simple form of opening and
closing our meetings In every so
ciety, which shall emphasise our un
ity and demonstrate our fellowship,
Never for a moment would I for
get or have you forget, the Hoiiroe of
our strength. Ours Is a religious so
ciety, and It prospers only as such a
society. Hundreds of young people's
societies have been born, have been
loudly trumpeted sibroad, have dwin
dled and died, within the last thirty
yesr. They have never grinned the
ELECTRICAL STOHM KILLS
Funeral Procession Broken
Up and Undertaker Stun
ned in Virginia.
HARRISONBURG, Va July (.
Two men were killed, others were
shocked and burned and thousands of
dollars' worth of damags was dons to
property and live stock todsy when
an electrical storm of great violence
swept Rockingham county, John Crl
der and Jacob Wllklns were struck by
lightning while riding for shelter, and
they end their horses were Instantly
killed. Lightning Set fire to the home
of Henry Mattox, near Lacey and It
was burned to the ground,' Mrs. Mat
tox and the' children barely escaping
with their lives. A bolt broke up a
funeral procession In East Rocking
ham, Manning, the understaker and
his assistant who were riding on the
hesrse end throwing the ' mourners
Into a panic. More than a score Of
cattle and horses were killed in the
fields, -si.
Mfis VANDERBILT,
WHO SUED, WEDS
BOSTON. July (.Miss Minerva
VanaeTUllt. of Brooklyn, who a few
years ago, after her father, Edward
Ward Vanderbllt, had married Mrs.
May Pepper, the medium, sought byi
Jegal action to have him declared
mentally Incompetent was secretly
married here last Saturday to Charles
Verner Roberts, of Philadelphia.
Miss Vanderbllt came to Boston
from Center Moriches, L. I., about a
week sgo, ard took a room In a Con.
cord Square lodging house. She stilt
occupies It. Her husband Is living in
another, house In Columbus avenue,
nearby. They explained being sep
arately lodged by saying it hsd been
their Intention to keep the merriagge
secret until they leave In a Jew daye
for Porto Rico, which is to be their
future home. " ' -
s
Hand Him This
City Scene of On of Greatest
hearts of the young people for long,
or commended themselves to the
church M large, because the religious
mea involved in the pledge, the Drav
er meeting, the oonseoratlon meeting
ana me committees was left out ur
minimised. They have been young
people'! socio!,1 sometimes young
peoples societies Of Endeavor; but
not young people suoietlos of Chris
tlan Endeavor, and so they have no
long n fo or wide acceptance.
While I believe In the utmost flax
Iblllty of Christian Endeavor and its
ability to Adapt Itself to all condl
uens, and to Incorporate within It
snir everything that young people
nee for-their religious training," let
ue never lose eight of our cardinal
principles. , ,!. . t ,.' ' ' .."'
Let m repeat It. Ours Is a reltg
lous society. We stand fer training
the youth along four greet tin
outspoken acknowledgement of
Christ oonstan service for Christ, loy
alty to Christ's church, fslowshlp
wun unrisi s people. Whatever fee
tures we Introduce or omit let us not
forget or minimise these features.
which really spall Christian endeavor.
wnicn tor tnirty years have made It
increasingly successful, and whloh
nave caused It to And a home In ev
ery land beneath the sun.
There are two dangers te be guard.
ed against, First, a narrow exclusive
hess which would make the society
merely a prayer meeting, with a vey
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ANOTHER MAN ENTELED
IN LIVE WIRE AT SPENCER
G. L. Williams Seriously
Burned and in Hospital In
Precarious Condition.
SPENCER, N. C., July (.Entan
gled In a live wire twenty-five feet
from the ground while at work on a
telephone line, G. L. Williams, of
Spencer, was seriously burned today
Twenty-three hundred volts of else-
tricity which passed through his
body.
He was employed by the Southern
7wn ioivpuene compsny in rebuild
Ing the plant at Spencer.
The accident occurred, at the same
spot ana In the seme manner In
wnicn another employee was dsner.
ously hurt yesterday, and which was
witnessed by Williams.
He Is In a hospital In a precarious
eonaiuon. . . t ....
MAXINE ELLIOT
LURED TO STAGE
London, July (.Marine Elliott
win pisy the Domino girl In "The
Garden, of Alan," a dramatisation of
Robert Hltchen's novel. In ' the New
Theatre, New Tork, - under George
xyiere management next winter.
Miss. Elliott had- contemplated re
tirement from the stage, having a fine
fortune and a desire to remain abroad
But she met Hlshens within a month
st the Duchess of Butherlsnd's. Mary
Anderson d Navarro also was present
st a supper, The novelist said to Miss
Elliott: "Too are the only woman
looking and suggesting mr heroine."
Miss Elliott answered: "Bat I'm go
ing to abandon he stage."
'A duel of, arguments followed.'
Hlchens agreed to dramatise the novel
with Mre. de Navarro. Mlsa Elliott
consented to the arrangement Hlch
ens'and Mary Anderson have been
Working at the De Navarro home,
near Broadway, ; In Worcestershire,
and Miss Elliott agreed to piny the.
tempestuous woman in tli ! Mia"
story of the Sahara.
WOOL AND FREE LIST
TO HAVE EASY GOING
Senator Nelson Replies to
Query of Senator Rccd, of '
Missouri With Heat -
i ' , h' k -
. WASHINGTON, July . A mora
general sentiment .tor, expeditious so
tlon en the Canadian reciprocity, wool
revision and free list bills was appar
ent today after informal conferences
among various (roups of senators,
and sis hours of continuous debate in
the superheated chamber of the sen
ate. It was the first of the longer
sessions under the decision of the, sen
ate to meet one hour earlier than
usual iu order to hasten action on
the. legislative s program. . Senator
Qronna of North Dakota, an Insur
gent' republican, after a long speeclt
In opposition to the agreement, dur
In which he Clashed frequetly with
advocates of the measure, wut forced
to tlve up almost exhausted at I
eclook this afternoon and the sen
ate almost Immediately afterwards
adjourned,:: The Informal discussions
among fenatora i Indicated- that the
present feeling doubtless , influenced
to soma ettent the existing hot wave,
Is that debate may be brought to an
end within ten days or a fortnight,
and that when the reciprocity bill Is
passed the democrat will be willing
to vota on the wool and free list bills
without any extended d abate and ad
journ amost Immediately. The In
surant republicans are still hoMlnj
out however, for other legislation.
Senator Oronna, who Is a new
member of the senate, had a crn
flre of questions front democrats dur
ing hl speech,! which was the only
Set reciprocity effort of the day.
Senator Read, of Missouri, a de'ito-
orat, asked Mr, Oronna whether he
.believed, the president would sign the
reciprocity bill ll the house and ven
ts' passed It With cert r In tnrIT re U
slw amendment attached, to it,
"Why don't you address your quar
ries to the president whose banrmr
you are operating?" demanded fcnn-
ator Nelson of Minnesota with some
heat.
"Tou know that this agr
passed the house by a nisj. t
democrats and that If it pas''- : 1t
will be by the same tirength. i Ait't
ask us who are fighting the tuama,
what the president will do." '
Senator Oronna. who will continue
tomorrow, opposed the. reciprocity
measure on the ground that It was
unfair to the farmers-of the coun
try, a" sacrifice of their Interests to
the manufacturing and transportation
Industries and a usurpation ef execu
tive authority, , . j
OLD LETTERS flF STDXES
MAKE SPICrlA0l;.'6
TRIAL A6Ali'i5TSU 11
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Gave Actress Much Advica
and Incidentally . Told
Something of Self
RISKED HIS LIFE
NEW TORK, July (.A package
of eighteen letters written in bygone
years to Mhwj Lillian Graham, the
show girl, wae handed up to the
Judge's bench (his afternoon in the
court room where Miss Graham and
her chum, Ethel Conrad, f were ar
raigned on a charge of attempting to
murder W. E. P. Stokes, the million
aire hotel man. They hsd been found,,
said the detective la .whose keeDlnu
they had been, In the young woman's
rooms, and constituted the prise te re
cover which Stokes 'declared he had.
risked his life,- -:'---...
He had been ummo.i4l. to the
apartment. Stokes said, telling the
story of the shooting, by Miss Cunrad.
who told him that Miss Graham had
left for Europe. He wis angry, dk
said, when he had been deceived, 'and
declined to sign an alleged statement
setting forth that be ha fnmod
Miss Graham and her relatives. He
bad also declined to pay 125,000 under
threat ef death, he added- and there
upon Miss Graham began to shoot As
he gave his evidence the yeung wom
en laughed and chatted fatly.
Stokee said that he told the Slrfj
that blackmail wss a prison offenro
and that Mlae Graham snld:
Til say I'm erasy," while Miss Con
rad declared, according to 8tokes: ,
"Ws'll say he came to our apert-
mente and attacked us and we Itiild
him In self-defense. We li'n
wltnessee listening to all t! '-' . i w-
er would let him out f
When Stokes. d'
am sfter sn'
Mies tonrad. 1-
or. snd bi ;