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LE CITIZEN., THE WEATHEB: CITIZEN WANT ADS: BRING RESULTS A8HEVILLE, N. C.',f WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 39, 1911. VOL. XXVII., NO. 272 PRICE FIVE CENTS CONTEMPT CHARGE NSURME GRAFT Be a Total Eclipse In Alabama ? POSSIBILITY THAT I INNOCENT PUBLIC GIVEKTOjDR.WILEY Consensus of Opinion Is Th. t Such Will Be President ,-, Defense Halls This As Victory Boy Picked Up Off Of Streej MApcui 1 uai unci loan uamw Ships Will Have Quite a Reassuring Effect Protecting Witnesses From Being Questioned Made President Of Two Concerns at S3 a Week Tali's Course THE HAYTIREVOLUTIOH CRUISERS ON WAY DROPPED AGAINST PERPETRATED UPON niilYBE 111 GALWOMAN MANY DISORDERS ON PART OF POPULACE American Minister" Furnlss 4 Reports That Situation Causes Grave Anxiety PORT AU PRINCE, HayU. July ! The revolution progresses. The gov ernment troops were routed at Trou and have returned In disorder to Cape riaytien. The situation la calm here, but If the government falls It Is feared there will be disorders on this part of the populace as all the disciplined troops are In the north. The foreign residents are appre hensive but the -expected arrival of American 'warships wtH have a reas suring effect. The situation for the government la considered critical. All the districts north of Artlbonlto are In arm and the Insurgents are close upon Cape Haytlen, which they are expected to attack at any time. The government has chartered the German steamers Syria "and Alle mania for the purpose of bringing the president and his troops back to Port au Prince. Tbls city is practically without defenders but ' the president intends to organise as effeotlve re sistance as possible against the rev olutionists. ' General Leconte with his followers, It is reported 'has landed between Monte Crtsto , and Fort Liberate, en route to Join the Insurgents. APPERS TO BE GROWING. WASHINGTON, July 18 The sit uation In Haytl Is cauainf grave anx iety to American Minister Furnlsi, f. wno reponea 10 tne state aeparrment today that the revolution In siVe of temporary , government victories ap pear to be growing. Heretofore the . revolutionists had confined their op "ratlons to the Interior and small Jowm ' pn the northeast coast, Mr, JlTurnlse reports, bat,, they .had . now, etsed several" more Important points, among them the second, erty In the tepublio, Gonaives. where large quan tities of supplies are stored belonging (OonUmied on Page Pgtit) DELIBERATELY - STATES THAT BE IS GLAD THAT HE MURDERED HIS WIFE Regretted That He Had to Shoot His Wife's Father and Her Sister TERRIBLE CRIME ANDERSON, S. C. .Tnly 18. "I went to the home to kill my wife and ;I succeeded. I'm well pleased with ,rny little deed and am ready to die for It at any time. My only regret Is that I had to Bhoot my wife's father, and that I accidentally shot her lfttle Sister. The old man caught me from the rear, and I had to shoot him In the tussle that followed. I didn't know the little girl waa la the bed with my wife and didn't know I had hot her until the officers, told me this f morning; that I had done Bo'' These few words from the mouth of Samuel N. Hyde stun up the ma terial points of a most atrocious dotl b)e murder thai occurnad in the vil lage of Orr Cotton Mills at an early, hour this morning. The dead are: M. V. Beaaley, aged 55 years, and Mrs. Emma Beasley HyrJe, aged 25 year. The wounded la Mtsa Willie Beasley, aged IS. but her wounds are not serioua. Samuel Hy4e Is 24 years of age. He Surrendered to Sheriff King Immedi ately after th shooting, atnd when 0een at the Jail this morning he gave ,out an Interview. Q OY COULDN'T SWIM AND WAS DROWNED GRBETOBOBO. N. a. July 18. C. X Ftntey.'Jr., 18 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. i. Flnley of St. Louis. Mo., waa drowned near here this afternoon wban a boat In which he. with four oompsniona, were rowing and 'oapstxed. Plntey was the only one among the party who could not swim, the others reaching the shore In safety. PRIVATES BODY FOUND. BBUMSWICKk G . Jolr The body of Private Fred R. Gamer. Fifth tteaiment Infantry. Georgia National LQuard, of Atlanta, was found floating In the as off St Simon's this morn ing. It la believed that he waa drown ed last night when at least a hundred men of the regiment encamped on St. 81mon's were within a few yards of him, . WIFE OF MAN WHO . MADE "CONFESSION M'Manlgal Testified Before Grand Jury That M'Namara Blew Up Times Building LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 18. Judge Walter BordweH dismissed to day contempt' proceedings brought against Mrs. Ortle McManlgal for her refusal to testify before the grand Jury In the Los Angeles Times explo sion case in which her husband aad John J, and James B. McNamara are under Indictment for murder. The defense hailing this action as victory protecting witnesses from be ing questioned before the grand Jury made, public a certified transcript of Mrs, Ortfe McManlgal's testimony be fore the grand Jury. This copy was offered as pan of the defense's ob jection t'o the attempt to compel Mn. McManlgal, one of its witnesses, to talk to the grand Jury, but It was not needed, because Judge Rordwell acted without waiting for negative argu- I ment. W. Joseph Ford, assistant aie- trlct attorney, protested ana saio tne prosecution either would appeal or would file a new affidavit on the sub ject McManlgal, according to the tran script of testimony, told the grand Jury that James McNamara admitted blowing .up The Times building. This admission was made, he said, whUe he and James McNamara were in the woods at Conover, Wis. McManlgal said he first knew J. B. McNamara under that name but later as J. B. Bryce, and after he cam from the coast as Frank Sullivan. He told of discussing The Times explosion with John J. McNamara in the lat ter's office in Indianapolis. "What Is going on out there!" Mc Maplgal said he asked. "Those fellows killed a lot of peo ple." "Yes." McNamara replied, "that ought to make them come across, the , - McManlgal then told of blowing u the Llewellyn Iron works here, say ing he was sejit by J. J. McNamara; that he later reported to J. J. McNa mara at Indianapolis and received 1635 ln aU. WOOL TARIFF. REVISION BILL COMES UP TODAY FDD ITS FINAL PASSAGE Does Not Oo Quite so far on Wools and Woolens as House Measure REGULARS' SUPPORT WASHINGTON'. July 18. Senator Smoot of the senate committee on finance, will Introduce tomorrow his wool tariff revision bill. It will be presented as a substitute for the house measure and will receive the support of the regular republicans and of the administration. The bill provides for a general reduction on wool and woolens but does not go so far on either as the house tlll. It maintains the classifications of the present law on the three grades of wool. Instead of a rate of eleven cents per poung on flrst-olass, a rate j of nine cents per pound Is provided on both classes. On washed wool of both classes the rate is doubled and on scoured wool trebled On thlrd wools the rate Is fixed 8 and 6 cents inntead of 4 and 7 cents. "The skirting clause," of which much complaint has been made by the wool growers Is eliminated. Garnetted waste Is reduced from 30 to 26 cents per pound. The present provision assessing blankets over three yards In length has been elim inated, ija wpmen's and. children's dress goods the specific duties have been reduced from 11 cents to cents per square yard. There are also ma terial reductions on carpets, drug gets, mats, clothing and on webbings, braids, ribbons, trlmmlnss.. eta. CITY VOTES AGAINST COMMISSION FORM JERSEY CITY, N. J., July 18. This city today voted by a majority of 1,483 against the adoption of com mission form of government. The vote for the proposition was 11,688, while H.0g votes were caat against it. . The recent legislature provided that cities might decide by vote whether they wished to adopt the commission government plan. Only three of the twelve wards In the city gave majorities la Its favor. JANITOR OF BUILDING ALSO MADE PfcESIDI N . Offices of Concern Operating Fourteen "Companies" Quite Recently Raided PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. July At a hearfig here today of three of ficials of fourteen "mutual fire In surance companies" of this city on the charge of operating fraudulent concerns, a 19-year-old boy testified that he had been picked off the street an made president of two of the concerns and secretary of a third at a total salary of $5 a week. The witness, Harman S. itoblnson, said he was homeless when hired to run er rands. He was told he must "dressup'' and said that one of the defendants had outfitted him at a clothing store. At the end of the hearing the three officials, David Balaity, Jacob Mal schlck, and -Charles Welnburg, were held under ball for trial. Robinson testified tie knew he had been made president, tut thought It was only a matter of form, He said that the Janitor of an office building in which the 14 companies were op erated from the same room was also made president at one of 'the con cerns. RoWnson further testified that he had presided at director's meet' ings of bis companies, but had n idea of what was done. i aiways reaa a newspaper or went to sleep. Balalty did all the talking." he said. Earnest K. Mueller, a solicitor em ployed by two of the, concerns which the state Insurance department charges were all controlled by the same pr tad pale, testified that while he was connected with the concerns new one were organized with a total sake' capitalisation of II. 600.000. The names of the alUwd Itfeacribers, d said, were taken from the city di rectory. The office of the concern were recently raided. The concerns, It Ik alleged, wrote insurance on all parts of the country and It is claimed their total receipts 27,0Bfl a month NEW YORK SAVED FROM PDSILEJPIDEMIC OF DREAD ASIATIC CHOLERA Test Tubes of Physicians at Quarantine Do Some Effective Work EXTRA PRECAUTION KEW YORK. July JS.-The test tubes of the physicians at quarantine have saved New Tork from a possi ble invasion of Asiatic cholera by five carries of the dread disease, In them selves well, but bearers of millions of. bacteria. Their presence was made manifest today as the result of the In dividual bacteriological examinations Instituted In the case of every' person detained at Hoffman Island an extra ordinary precaution. Their discovery, togethes with the failure of additional eases of cholera to develop at quar- Bnt,ne. caused Health Officer Doty to regard the outlook tonight as brighter than at any time within the last week. The five cases revealed by the bac teriological examinations were at - ncj """"i ,rum mr. immigrant and I lodged in the Swinburne Island hos pital. PULLMAN ROBBER SHOT BY BRAKEMAN DPI a jjt t . . ucxjc riniic. la., July 18. As the result of the robbery of an oc cupant of a Pullman on east bound Northwestern passenger train No. 8 at an early hour today, a man who' train officials say had been stealing a ride on top of the train, lies in e. hospital with a serious bullet wsuna in nis aide. He gave his name aa William Morria and Wald his home was In Plalnfteld, N. j The bullet wound la saM to have been inflicted by a train brakeman. When the train was between Tama and Belle Plains. W. J. Phillips ot Keene. S. H., discovered that he J.ad been robbed of a diamond pin and a Panama hat. He called the train Officials to his assistance and point ed oat Morris aa the latter was try ing to escape through a room win dow. ' In the struggle which followed Morris was shot. Phillips recovered his pin and hat . SENATOR HEY BURN AGAIN BATTERIES Simple ProposU to Erect Than Hp "Exhortations' of Few Days AgoSenator Taylor Takes Up Confederate Cause And Hurls Back Vitriolic Charge WASHINGTON, July 18. Tha bit terness between Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, and Senator Williams, of Miss issippi, on the subject of the Confed eracy broke out anew tn th senate to day. Senator Hey burn objected to the taking up of a f. bill appropriating $100,000, for a! Confederate naval monument in thwVltKjturg military park, but Senator Williams won; its consideration by 'la vote of is, to 18, The VickaburgI park , commission, and the senate committee on military affalra having approved the measure, Mr. Williams said it was desired to have the monument complete Mr the semi-centennial "Blue And Gray" re union at Vlrkuburg tn J18.r Unaters Cummins, of Iowa, an .Works, of Cal ifornia, orjed It passage proper recognition ot meftylwv .'. ehltd great bravery W a CiKie,the? believed rignt. , , Senator Hey burn again attacked the principle) of iederal recognition of Confederate acts. . Senator Wllllnnm abruptly left the chamber when Senator jleyburn be gan to speak. Mr. Heybum derlared It was "In tolerable" that the deeds of Confed erate armies shmild he recited In laws COTTON MARKET MOST EXCITING FOR MONTHS , General Opinion Thai Lead ing Bull Literest Light ened Load NEW ORLEANS. July 18. Today's cotton market was one of the most exciting In many muiiths with heavy sales and sensational declines, In all futures. Private ruporta from Llver- pool early this murnlng to the effort that the bull leaders were liquidat ing stirred up soiling orders In all parte of the cotton world and futures on thS New Orleant exchange opened at a wide decllna. nlf to gu Ui, lower aa trading progressed. When the trading was over It was the gen eral opinion onthu floor that the bull campaign In the summer monthx hud been adun boned. August, the inoiU ac tive old crop nlnnllm lost 48 points at Its lowest or nourlv half a cent a pound. This represented an enor- mons loss on the Hues of long August cnttoffi- the bulls are supposed , to : own. 'the new crop months were not as weak as August, aithoujh. at their lowest were 11.75 a hale cheaper than on yesterday's cIoh, the general opinion was that Hi- leading bull In terests materially lightened their load during the (lav One brokerage firm that doe a large business for certain New York traders was a heavy buyer at tlm. This was sup posed to be llqulda-t'on. The business done around the rlni; was the largest in many weeks, nut even excepting bureau days. , WASHINGTON, July l.-F'orecaat! North Carolina Fair Wednesday: Thursday unsettled, moderate temper- aiurej ngm io Tanaoje winas. . , , ( OF ABUSE IN U. S. SENATE Monument Brings Out , Volley Even More Intolerable yiat call upon the pabll treasury for contributions. lie characterised the history of the war between the states as a ''history of murder." He at tacked the newspapers of the country, declaring many of them disloyal, and "delighted to express 'their disloyal ty." " V ' ! - He -had been characterised "waving the tiloody flag In the sen ate," he said, and had bean so mis represented that he was recelvllg scores of anonymous - letters from "cowards,' threatening hint? with physical violence because of bis oppo sition to use of government funds to recognise Confederate service. Sena tor Ileyburn dHilayed a letter he had received from Mule Rock, Ark. the envelope, ot which bore a rapresenU- l. jiiaue-'tlagw M-al.U the postolTloa authorities said there was mi law to prevent the use of the fjag on mall matter. t "No law ocht to be needed," said Senator Ileyburn; "there is but on flag In this nation entitled to such rep resentation." During the debate Senator Bmoot, of Utah, moved to adjourn. The mo tion was defeated, 24 to' 17. MEMORIES OF STRUGGLE THAT STARTED CONFLICT Recounted at. Campflre at Reunion at Manas.ias of Blue and the Grey MANT8HAH. Va., July 18 The program fjjr the reception to Presi dent Taft Friday when he visits the peace JulTllee with which the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Hull Run Is being celebrated by Union and Confederate veterans this week, was given out today As the chief execu tive enters the court house yard where the exercises aro to be held, a tab leaux of 48 young women represent- Ing the Htates of the union, will sing the MiinaHxax national Jubilee anthem "I'nlted." Ho will he prexented to the upitoniblng by Governor Mann, of Virginia. Th president arr-ompanlod by Bee reiary 1 lilies. Major Hint and Senator Mnrtln and iteprenentatlve Cnrlln, of 'lrKlIl!:i. Will arrive from Wmhlm. ,,v a,ltr,m.ltlle 'In' thr. afternoon, (Twi troops of cavalry will escort the prenniein m tne bpeaKer s stand 'through 'loiible line of Infantry. A iHi-ge aSBtiiHil.-i.se of vetemns. who fifty yen is iigo f;u-ed each other In hitter strife, tonight held a re union and campflre, at whleh memo ries nf thrt flrct great struggle In the war between the state were re counted The proposed flxit of the veterans to Tllaekhurn's Kord battle field was poKtponed until Thursday. GEORGIA SITUATION REMAINS UNCHANGED ATLANTA. Oa.. July IS. Repre sentative rtagsdale of Pnuldlng, "and Took of Charlton, . authors f.f a remv lutlon calling upon Governor Hoke Smith to renljtn the governorship and proceed to Washington to assume his duties iih I'nlfd Rtates aenatir, made two unsucresf ul attempt to Introduce the measure- at today's ses sion of (he lioue. Unanimous ennjtent for the consid eration of thn refe lutlon wtm refnyfl when Mr. ' Hag;dale sn'igr.t to Intro duce It tinti'-r th tt head, snd when new hills were lr."ol'"Vr1 the speaker ruled It out .f e-der as belmr a privileged measure. Mr. Ragsdile announced today he would Introduce the resolution tomorrow and was con fident It would bs passed, ., UN LIMBERS' Senator Taylor, of Tennessee, took up the confederate issue. 'Th war Is over," he aaldf "lima has pulled down the fort Mid healed th wounds. The men who wort the gray delight to honor tha miif who wore-the bluei'but tbey do not delight to' honor- the men who never emelt uowder, and Who stand end unllm- ber their batteries f . bltterneat against the simple proposal to erect monuments to Southern heroes." At this point another motion to ad. journ was made by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the democrats oppos ing it In order to secure action on the VIekeburg bill. This time the motion carried, St to IS, end the eenats ad journed with the Confederate ques tion unsettled, '. - niFAXTILE PARALYSIS, Dl It MINTGH A M, Ala July 18. Throe more esses were added today to Birmingham's epidemic of Infan tile paralysis, making a . total - otl twenty-five far the entire city, The city health department haa made all cases reportable," quarantined Infect ed houses. SOUTHERN TEXTILE MFflS. OUTLIKE THFJ POSITION On the Proposed Revision to be Made on the Cotton Goods Tariff CHABLOTTH. N. C. July H. Ths tariff committee of the American Cotton Manufacturers' association, representing a dosen Southern states. held an all-day executive session here today, framing the position of the Southern Textile Manufacturers on the proposed revision of the cotton goods tartS. Briefly stated, the Southern Manu facturers oppose any revision of the cotton goods tariff at tbls time, snd their reasons are set forth In the letter dictated through Chairman R. M. Miller, Jr., to Chairman Under wood of the ways and means com mittee of the house. The Southern Manufacturers sum marizing the terms of the letter, are opposed to any revision that will Increase the percentage of Importa tion to manufacturers. They be lieve that the cotton schedule Is hearing Its share of the cusfoms rev enue and there is no call for Increas ing the amount collected under It. They oppose revision without equal data, ' though favoring simplification of (ho schedule. I Thy opose any revision that does not take Into account flouthern labor conditions. They oppose reduction of duty on machinery and other Items entering Into the cost of mflls. They resent personal hearings on the tariff question end demand free and open discussion and consider tlon In tariff making and ask that data upon which revision is based be made public matters of record. Lastly the committee demands definite statement from Its makers as to what this proposed tariff re virion shall accomplish. Prominent cotton mill men Vrom all over the South attended the meet ing of the eommlttee today. MOW COVSTK ITf 8. c. miOKr,ANP, 9. C, July IS Jas per coifnty v'- placed on the maj of South Carolina today by a vote of 211 to Si, or 11 to 1 In-the race for-the county ' seat. Rldgsland won ever oniesonvllle by a yile ot 13. The territory Involved contains I7 aquaiNi mllna and Is taken from Hampton and Beaufort counties. PRESIDENT HASN'T ' . It READ THE RECORDS Secretary Wilson Takes Dr. tfw's Answei With Him To Look It Over v.. WA8HlS?t5,t0if'.'.'Julyvif.Dri Hor. vey W. Wiley, hiuf of the bureau of ; chemistry., probably, w'U ; not be re--quested by Preatdant Taft to resign 't but will be reprimanded, according , to the connensili of opinion ot visit ors who talked with Air, Taft today. The recommendation, of Attorney s General Wlckersham . that -Dr. Wiley be permitted to resign was ' barely touched upon at the cabinet meeUnr, but the above , impreaslon we strsngthened ln the mihds-bf oallsrs at the white house during the day. The president thus far hag not read the record In the esse nor has he before htm the recommendation of Secretary of Agrlcuttu re Wilson, 1 n whose' departments the trouble arosu, and who has 'bees directed to pasg upon It. " .. - - . Intimations that ' Attorney Qen. era! Wlckersham, In hie recommend aUon, exceeded his authority were set st rest by the president today, The president explained , that he hed re quested the attorney general ,to pass upon the legal question Involved in the Wiley ease and that ths tttir. nsy 'general, proceeding on this the-' ory, answered- him In strictly legal laanion. - -.: - - - - - Mr. WlckershrJO, the president told gome ot his visitors,, did not expect his opinion to be given to the parties concerned end, wrote It largely fur me presiaenrs guiaance amne. The president's explanation of how Mr, Wlckersham became Involved in the case ltd some of bis hearers to 1 the eonalualou that the attorney gen- erl will have no reason to feel in jured If his recommendation It not itloWed by Mr, Taft when he reviews the ease,-, It became apparent af ' the -eattilnM meeting today ittMt t:,j president will be unable to reach a decision for several days Snd proba. bly not before next week, Secretary , Wilson, e.fter the cabinet ; meeting . took Dr, Wiley's answer beoH to hi . department with, him, promising to ; look It over end make a recommend- , a tlon as soon as possible. Before he , reachss s decision the president ex- . pacts to read the evidence tn the ef. fair, pr, Wiley's answer ged all othsr v papers bearing upon It, . u MUCH EXPECTED FflOa ARBUCKLF5 TtSTlMDNY II W TBllSr CASE Only Two Men Knew Terms of Settlement, Arbuckld . and Havemeyer TO TAKE DEPOSITION NEW TORK, July U. Burn Inner workings of the American Sugar Re fining company, the so-called Sugar trust, as Washington ' B. 2 Thomas. halrman of Its board of directors, re vealed under prolonged, questioning interested ths members of the spe cial congressional committee which -began here todar'ths Investigation It. had been conducting-1ft. Washington. ' Mr. Thomas oould' see no preeent wrong In the company or Its methods, ; Ithouich be said he did not egree. with the policy in eogue under the late H. O, Havemyer, John Arbuckle,, whom the commit-. tee considered the most .. Important witness it was to question here.. Is so HI at Mohonk Lake, N. T that a ub commlttee, consisting of Reprssenta- . tlves Oarrett, of Tennessee' and Mad-: laon, of Arkansas, was appointed by halrman Hardwlok to go there, prob- sbly Friday, to take his testimony, Mr. A r buckle Is expected to give much In- ' formation of the big sugar war bs- tween his company and the American, : and more particularly the terms of. settlement. It has been said that only ' two men knew what those terms were, Mr. Arbuckle and II. O, Havemyer.' Havemyer la dead. . , What was regarded as perhaps the most Important testimony of the day was a statement by Mr. Themae th -the American Sugar ' Reftnlng com pany is thoroughly In sympathy with the suit in New Jersey te retire snd Invalidate the common stock ot the , . National Sugar Refining company. . The American owns most of the pre- , feraed stock In that company and Mr. . Thomas said that the preferred stock -would be greetly enhanced by the re tirement of common stock. y -It would -; also give ths American absolute con trot of what ta said to be its greatest competitor. Mr. Thomse would not -admit thst the American Instituted the suit to retire the Natlonal'a eutt ' but said his company was tn sympathy - with the-suit and might be called oa te pay part of the coats. :
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