THE ASHEEILLECITIZEN.
THE WEATHER:
FAIR
CITIZEN WANT ADS
BRING RESULTS
ASIIEVILLE, N. C. FKIDAY MORNING, JULY 21. 1911.
VOL. XXVII., NO., 274
PRICE TJVJS GENTS
EXPLAIN ATTITUDE
BECLOUDS ISSUE
Making Them Walk The Plank
STRANG, HERO OF
QFAilNISTRATIOrJ
L
RE SEN. L
E
j;
Former Senator Aldrlch Puts
Former President Parsons
Senator Bally Joins The
Meets His Death On Country
Road While Going At
Walking Pjco
Accuses Gary Of Haying
Socialistic Tendencies,
Minority In Strong At
' tack On The Measure
Different Phase On The
Hlnes Incident
RECIPROCITY
NEAR
DF SUGAR WITH AT
IS FIL TRIUMPH
MANY RACES
RIMER
ACADEMIC
VAPOR
IN SENATE CHAMBER
CONTESTNOMOR
BARKIS WILLING
BUT NOT ANXIOUS
He Claims He Told Hlnes
That President Had No
Axe To Grind
WASHINGTON, July 20. The
tory of the administration's atti
tude toward the election of Senator
Lorimer as told by former Senator
Nelson W. Aldrlch of Rhode Island,
and the activities of R. J. Shields
of Superior, Wis., an Insurance agent
In collecting affidavits from witnesses
In th investigation, featured the Sen
ator Lorimer committee hearing to
day. Instead of sending Edward Hinos,
the Chicago lumberman to Springfield
with word from the Washington ad
ministration that Lorimer should be
elected, Mr. Aldrlch testified that he
told Hlnes that President Taft was
not supporting the candidacy ot any
one, but that Lorimer was not ob
jectionable to him. The former sen
ator said he had told Hlnes pre
viously that the president had no ob
jection to Albert . . J. HPPKins. or
Henry S. Boutelle for the senator-
ahlp.
A statement from the white house
last March In regard to the election
was read to witness. The only point
concerning which he said he knew
nothing was the declaration that a
request had been made on the presi
dent to sign a telegram Btatlng his
views on Lorlraer's candidacy.
I The white house statement, given
out March 29, was as follows:
j "The fact with reference to the
! president's relation to Lorlmer's elec
! tion is this:
"That during tariff fight, gentlemen
came .to him and expressed their in-
i , ' .V,A .D-lp hilt. r, ,7
aid that It had been suggested from
(Continued' tn Page Fonr)
MURDER OF YOUNG WIFE
MAY BE SOLVED TODAY
BY THE CORONER'S JURY
Evidence So Far Gathered
Will Be Made Public
at the Hearing
HUSBAND QUESTIONED
RICHMOND. Va., July 20. There
.has been tense expectancy throughout
, the community all day with respect to
the case of the murder of the beauti
ful young wife and mother, Mrs. H. C.
. Seattle, Jr., on the Midlothian turn
pike Tuesday night. An Important ar
rest was regarded as likely to be maje
at any moment, but so far no arrest
; has been made. A conference of offl-
cials was held at the home of Coroner
' Loving In Chesterfield county tonight,
when Mr. Beattie, the husband of the
IHUi UCIOU n u ...... w .... " ns
to certain points, the nature of which
was not disclosed. No arrest Is likely
to be made tonight The coroner's
Jury will reassemble tomorrow morn
ing. The evidence so far gathered will
tie made public at that time and an
arrest Is expected to fallow the ren
dering of the coronert verdict.
Funeral services ovef the body of
the murdered woman were held In the
Central Methodist church, Richmond,
south side, this morning. The inter
ment was in Maurice cemetery.
MIMIC WAR
WASHINGTON, July 20. With the
reountry theoretically at war, the
TOasachusetts militia observed by of -
JJICerS OI me resunr army, ntn uuu-
duct a military campaign fflom
IJUiy A J v Ull a iiiuio DMCUBjie
jscala than has ever before been at
tempted by national guard troops of
the United Stares. The theatre of op
erations wUl extend over practically
all of the northeastern part of the
state from Boston to the Merrimack
river. Xb state forces will be divid
ed into two camps, "blue" and "red,"
commanded by Brig. Generals Clark
suid Pew, of the militia.
FARM LANDS INCREASE
WASHINGTON, July, 20 Of mark
ed Interest because of many state
ments made during the Canadian re
ciprocity ddbate, was the census bu
reau's announcement today of the
latest general farm statistics of the
United States showing that land in
farms more than doubled (n value
during the past ten years, having in
creased $16,275,288,000, or 118 per
cent. In 1800 they were veined at
fll.OGl.OSS.OOO and returns of the
thirteenth census show they are bow
worth I2I.I,II1,009.
CORPORATIONS SHOULD
NOT BE MOLESTED
While On The Stand Brother
Paisons Turns Loose
Some Rare Philosophy
NEW YORK, July 20. In an aca
demic discission of governmental rr
latlons to corporations this afternoon
John E. Parsons, former president pt
the American Bar association ami for
mer counsel for the American Sugar
Refining company, declared to the
congressional committee Investigating
the sugar trust that the proposition of
E, H. Gary, chairman of the United
States Steel corporation, for govern
ment control of business combinations
was socialistic. He added that in his
opinion congress should place no re
striction whatever on trade.
"Government should permit com
merce to take its course," he said. "A
great corporation cannot be organised
merely on the valuation in dollars and
cents of Its physical properties the
men behind it must be capitalized.
They are worth something to the In
vestor. The capitalisation must be of
the physical properties, tne prospect
of the bulsness and the men who are
to manage it. That Is not water.
"If congress should pass a law con
forming to Justice Harlan's dissenting
opinion in the Standard oil and tobac
co trust cases it would cause the coun
try's greatest disaster. If Justice Har
lan's opinion stood as the ruling opin
ion of the court our Jails would be
filled to overflowing with stockholders
and officers of corporations. No two
businesses could combine to Increase
their trade."
Mr. Parson's was very positive that
there should be no government con
trol of corporations; that they should
be permitted a free hand, and that
when tb ultimate-consumer should
PRICES III THE COTTON
ETuMIEOIGl
July, the Spot Month. Was
Let Down for Total of
55 Points
HEARD WAR RUMORS
NEW ORLEANS, July 20. Prices
In the cotton market crumbled today
ujider liquidation. At the lowest July
the spot month, was let down 65
points under yesterday's close and
August lost 28 points, while the new
crop months lost 19 points. But for
the fresh liquidation from the long
side, the market would have reacted
as shorts were anxious for their pro
fits and were better 'buyers than sell
ers. Little attention was paid to the le
gitimate news of the day. The mar
ket was filled with wild rumors
whjch Increased the nervousness of
the longs still holding on. In the
early part ot the session cable mes
sages from the Liverpool market
stated that the situation In Morroco
was causing anxiety; this was twisted
Into the statement that war between
France and Germany was imminent.
While this caused no selling, among
local traders. It probably caused
weakness among interior longs. The
messages bearing this statement came
from the New York market and were
promptly contradicted by local brok
ers who were In cable touch'' with
French and German cotton buyers.
The market opened 2 to 3 points
upon much tetter cables than due.
After a spell of nervous trading, In
which prices did not get anywhere,
the market braced up and the more
active months were put three to sev
en points over yesterday's close on
this little reaction; fresh liquidation
came from the long side and was In
evidence during almost all ot the ses
sion thereafter. Brokers who do
much trading tor prominent members
of the bull clique were conspicuous
sellers. Prices gradually erumbled
away until July, in which very little
trading was done, was down to 14.61
or 66 points under yesterday's last
quotation.
ROCHELLK OOJTTICTED
RALEIGH. N. C, July to. Lean
der 8, Rochetle, father-in-law of
Brodte I Duke, multl-mllllonatre to
bacco manufacturer, was convicted in
the county court today of Honor sell
ing and operating . a '"blind User."
RocheHe.wa convicted tn April and
sentenced to six months In Jail but
took an appeal, ge&teooe bee not yet
been ImsoMd.
,-. J
HOLDS UP FARMER
AS IN DEADLY PERIL
Smith Of South Carolina Sees
In Pact Step In The
Right Direction
WASHINGTON, July JO Only one
more full day of debate on the Cana
d.an reciprocity bill Intervenes beora
the final vote la taken on the remain
ing amendments and the measure it
self. Into that day are to be crowded
a number of speeches, Including re
marks by Senator LaFollette, Senator
Smith of Michigan, and many short
speeches for or against the bill.
Senator LaFollette tomorrow will
explain his amendments, which pro
pose a sweeping revision of the wooln
and cotton tariffs. His address will
be the chief one against the recipro
city bill In the closing hpurs of debate.
Today Senator Bailey held the floor
against the bill for three hour!, fol
lowing a speech In its favor by Sena
tor Jones of Washington. Senator Bai
ley's speech was amoat wholly an at
tack on the bill for Its injustice to
the farming Interests. He assured his
fellow democrats that he believed they
would have difficulty in convincing
farm voters that they had been treat
ed fairly, when the duties on agricul
tural products were removed without
corresponding reductions In the dtules
on common clothing. He denied the
statements frequently made that the
bill should be supported by democrats
because It Is "a sweeping step In the
right direction."
"If pursued to a logical conclusion,"
he said, "It leads to a time and a
policy where the American farmer will
be stripped of all advantages and left
to the mercy of the beneficiaries of all
tariff legislation."
Senator Smith of South Carolina
urged the bill because of its great ben
eflts to the country, and because it
isV-'Up-"Wio'werih-("j
alt tariff duties. ,
0L0 DELIVERY
IS
STILL
TIE
KtUiZOO TRACK
Shows the World That Even
Bone Yard Prospect May
"Come Back" Jtf-
WAS NEVER IN DANGER
KALAMAZOO, Mich., July 20. Af
ter winning one heat of the Paper
Mills 110,000 stake for 2:14 trotters
at the Grand Circuit meet before rain
put a stop to the program yesterday,
R. T. C. came back today and proved
conclusively that his victory was not
a "flash In the pan," as many horse
men had believed. Last year a deliv
ery horse, R. T. C, again today show
ed his heels to a high-class field, and
never In the two heats necessary to
decide the event was he In danger of
defeat. Just as easy as he took the
first heat yesterday, Anvil won the
final two heats of the 2:14 trot today.
Because Valentine, driver of Peter
the Second, jockeyed In the first two
heats of the 2:14 pace and refused to
let his horse make the time, the
Judges declared he should, he was sus
pended from the track for ninety
days. Valentine claimed that the
breaking of the horse's hobbles was
the cause. All bets on the race and
heat were also declared off. Dora J.,
which had won the second heat, easily
took the last two and the money.
Kirby Star had It all his own way
In th 2:22 pace. Major O'Dell being
an easy winner of the second money.
SUSPECTS ARRK8TEI)
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 20. ThTee
men suspected of being concerned In
the holdup last night of the Northern
Pacific North Coast limited near Buf
falo, N. D.. are being held by the au
thorities at Melrose, Minn., three
others are detained at Toina, and one
at JPargo awaiting Investigation. It
was first thought that the robbers
had made their escape in ait automo
bile from Buffalo, and posses chased
a machine some mile this morning
only to 'find that It contained a patry
of farmer boys.
, 00,000 DAMAGES
DENVER, Col., July oV-Buit was
filed la-the Federal court this after
noon by Special United States Attor
ney General 8. W. Townsand against
the American Smelting and Refining
oompany for J, BOO. 000 damages for
alleged conspiracy and fraud In ac
quiring 2.411 acres of coal land In
the Trinidad seal fields of the Pueblo
district
pwpmmMii
HE DECLARES
BANDS OF STEEL AROUND
Little Rays of Light Slowly
mo Investigating The Methods of The
Chairman
WASHINGTON!, July JO.The U.
Steel corporation In obtaining the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company and
its southern ore. lands "cinched" Its
monopoly of the ores of the Ameri
can continent and tied up available
fields for Independent concerns, de
clared Chairman Stanley, at the house
steel trast" investigating committee
t today's hearing, v r
Mr. Stanley made the surprising ad-'
mission that he-had discovered front
his own Investigation that the United
States Steel corporation has no m&-
no poly of coking coal but address-
ins his remarks particularly to Rich-,
ard Ltndabury, oinel for the toei
corporation a-44 that. ft.. tOUu!. W?'0. Jftllh. )
ay the 'same, df WtrTlre and tran-Tnent' ni w uppoe we have' art
portatlon facilities controlled by the
trust" be would frankly do so, The
committee Ineffectually sought light
from Herbert Knox Smith, commis
sioner of corporations. Whose bureau
has bean InvestlKattng the steel cor
poration since 1908 , and has made
public only a part of Its report. The
commissioner, utandlng on the at
torney general's Interpretation of the
law that no information could be
made public without the president's
authorisation, flatly refused to give
the committee facta contained in a
report not yet completed relating par
ticularly to cost sheets furnished by
the steel corporation. He agreed that
when the report Is ready he would
urge the president to make It public,
aa soon as possible.
' Chairman Stanley read a speech of
Tl
Dixon and Martin in Wordy
Contes Concerning Troops
at Gettysburg Charge
WASHINGTON, July 20. Senator
Dixon of Montana, republican, and
Senator Martin of Virginia, democrat,
brought their Ml war hlntorles and
an encyclopedia to the senate today to
ettle the quextlun whether Virginia
Or North Carollnla troops figured the
more prominently In Pickett's charge
at Gettysburg. Henator, Dixon was
born In North f'arollna, and asserted
in the senate Tuesday that the his
tories were all n n ng about the charge
of Pickett's "VliKinlans;" that there
were Teally mor" North Carolinians
In the famous i hnrge ,
Today Senator Martin cited histo
ries to show that Pickett's troops
Were Virginians; and Senator Dixon
replied with (-tuitions to show that
they were barkfl up by fifteen North
Carolina regimen t. Senator Dixon
said North Carolina had been "ftrst
at Bethel, last at Appamattox and
furthest at Gettysburg," while Senator
Martin thought he could say the same
thing of Virginia confederates. The
controversy was finally dropped when
the senate got uneasy over the
threatened renewiil Of the Civil war
memories.
WASHINGTON. July 2 forecast!
North Carolina! generally fair except
possibly ; local ' thunder shower Fri
day and Saturday! JUht varlabla
Jrt . , , -
THAT TRUST
Percolate Through The Dense Minds of The Committe
Stanley Passes a Few Pointed Remarks
Judge Elbert it Gary, chairman of
the board ot directors, of the steel cor
poration, made to the board at a
meeting in ISOt relating to the gov
ernment's Investigation. In this Mr.
Gary said:
"Our finance committee has been
In close touch with this matter all
the time. We have been In frequent
and almost constant communication
with Commissioner OarGeJd, and
more or less with, the president him.
aelt concerning these matters. .' Up
to date they have made no complaint
of us whatever, but we do not know
ny better .than you do what; may
be the., future. We lire trying to b
unaertitanciing that we will not be
unnecessarily Injured, and that we
will not wrongfully be charged with
out having an opportunity to show
the facts."
Knew frothing
Mr. Smith said he knew nothing
about this matter. Representative
Gardner ot Massachusetts (republi
can) asked if Mr. Stanley meant to
Imply that President Hnoseveit and
Commissioner Garfield had been In
collusion with Bteel trust officials, Mr,
Stanley replied he meant to Imply
"unseemly activity" of the steel trust.
Dlecuaslng the steel trust's control
of the coking coal Mr, Stanley said:
"I have found on personal inves
tigation that the firm of Jones and
LaugtvHn control nearly as much of
the poking coal In the Connellsvllle
Negro Enamored of White
Oirl Commits Suicide
After Attempting Murder
LA CROSS HJ, Wis., July 20. That
Edgar Koblnette, the negro would-be-murderer
of Sylvia Price, a white girl
with whom he was enamored, Is dead
by his own hand and that his body
lies In the woods where the posses
have been unable to find It, was the
conclusion reached by the searchers
this afternoon. The following letter
covered with blood was found;
"Mrs. Mary Martin, 1211 Vine Street,
Kiinxns t'lty.
"Dear Aunt I dropt these few lines
to let you know I will be doad next
time you hear from me. I am perse
cuted and cant get over It. I anv going
to kill the girl that ha betrayed tne.
I am better off dead. Dont mourn for
me. Good bye, Oh Good bye.
"(Signed)
"Edgar."
The girl's condition grew more se
rious today but her recovery Is still
looked for.
THK WII-KV CASE.
WASHINGTON, July 20. In con
nection with the charges agalnat Dr.
Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the chem
istry bureau, the house committee on
agricultural department epnndltures
called In today secretary of agricul
ture for complete Information regard-1
Ing the cost and tho wosk of the!
Ramsen board of etports onp ure food
matters.
The committee decided that the
board' work was an ttttogral part of
the Wiley cane which It will Investi
gate In connection with the depart
ment personnel board's recnt rec
ommendation that Dr, Wlly ht dis
missed for a technical Violation of the
law under which pure food experts
are employed, The pommlttee want
to know whst the Hejnsen board has
cost the government, what work It
ha accomplished, wht recommenda
tion It ha made and whaflba boen
done wlLk laose recamrangaBmis. .
1
WELDED ITS
THE COUNTRY
Big Steel Trust-
district as the "steel trust" does,
am also Jntormed that M. V., Thomp
son owns greater acreage of that
coal than does the steel corporation
and that he hold It for gale to In
(dependents as well aa to the "trust."
My Investlcation does not lead ni
to believe that the United flute Steel
corporation has- a monopoly of the
coking coal, but I am inclined to
agree with the oonolualon of the bu
reau of corporations that the oorpo.
ration he a practical - monopoly of
tne ore of till country,"
Mr. Stanley referred to what he
termed the "act of Qod" to relieve;
the Independent in the discovery of
stfJffAunitig )n the, tenth ; whiuh -de'
veioped the open hearth system and
paved the way for competition with
the Bessemer ore of the Superior
region controlled by the "triirt. lis
aid that 80 per cent Of the open
hearth ores were controlled by the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company
"War you ver directed by the presi
dent of the Tinlted States," Chairman
Stanley asked Commissioner Smith.
"to investigate particularly the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron company at the
time the United State Btenl corpora
tlon .sought to get control of the non
Bessemer ore of the south before
they did-obtaln them?
''No. we did not Investigate that
matter at that time."
'Did you ever advise the nr.Mni
aioout the discovery of the open
V)ru,irt.iLArLnsai,rw"liiJMi
(Continued on Page Four)
REPL. IS MADE TO THE
CRITICS OFTHE REUNION
Those Who "Never Smelled
Gunpowder," Says Speak
er. Should Hold Peace
MANASSAS, Va July 20. Reply
was made tonight to those who have
criticised the peaoe Jubilee reunion
of Unlpn and Confederate veterans
here by a number of speakers at
the camp fire which closed the pro
gram for the 'day. Among the speak
ers were vetorsns on both sides In the
civil war, and Albert Kem of Day
ton, onio, was cheered when he de
clared that the southern people de
plored the attitude of those In the
north "who never smelled gunpow
der" but who strove to keep alive
the animosities of the 80s.
Elaborate plan were made for the
reception tomorrow of President Taft,
Governor Mann l and other distin
guished visitors. The organisation of
The society of the Blue and Gray
and Their Sons," also was (completed
today, a large number of Union and
Confederate veterans being enrolled
a menfours.
SWAM IN MAN'S SUIT.
NEWPORT. July JO. Miss Con
stance Warren made her record swim
from Ilalley's beach to off the forty
steps on the cliffs last Sunday after
noon clad In a swimming suit such s
men use. When she left the beach she
pulled off her slippers and stockings
and left them In th lifeboat. After
completing her swim she put them on
again. Miss Warren ald today that
she woliIiI have swam back to Ilalley's
but a dinner engagement prevented.
F1I1HCO IN PEHIU M$
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10. Ran
Francisco harbor defenses tonight re
timed a Joint attack by land and e
n the war game being played hsrt
by national guard nd regular troops
and the naval militia, Following the
two hour' fighting umpire declared
the "aaAM arous mi attacks analaeoV
-
HE TURNED ASIDE J
TO AVOID A TEAM
Embankment Four Feet High
Gives Way And Strang;
Is Crushed Under Car f
MILWAUKEE. Wl July 10.'
Lewla Strang, well known automoblla
urivr, wnu uriVBH in fWIVS IB Y'
rloue sections of the United States,
was instantly hilled today near filua
River, a village about SO mll front
Richland Csnter, while piloting the
mahlne of the Technical committe
on the Wisconsin automobile assocla
tlon annual reliability run, The tour .
wn fiora LaCroa to Lancaster, a
distance of about HI mile. Early
report wer to the effect that Strang:
wa going at a good Speed when iq
endeavoring to avoid collision with
a paaslng team, the car plunged over
an embankment, pinning Strang t
the ground. Later advices, howvr.
Indicate that the car wa running at ,
only about tour mite an hour and
the team wa going (n the am di
rection, Strang turned ' aside, but
the bank suddenly . gave way. . The
oar slid down the embankbient, turn
Ing turtle, and Strang reluctant ra
Jump, went under to hi death. The '
ebankmont wa ettarcoly ' more
than five feet high. The body ot
Strang wa taken to , Blue River,
Strang broke an arm about the mid
dle ot June during a race In, Kenosha
and it I thought tbta weak arm may
have contributed to a lack of control
of the oar.' . . , . ,
Lewi Btrang wa 10 year old ind
wak born in New York. He wa th
winner ot the circular track milo at
Birmingham, At., in HOT, and mad
a mil record In Nashville, H a
winner In 1901 at Savannah In a roa.l
race, also at Lowell, Mass., XirlKhton
Beach and Savannah, Ca. In 1909 he
won at Ormond Hwh, rrMi 1 )
mite In M minute, 'in ivio tu
Indianapolis motor' Speedway ha
drove a quarter mil reobrd in I sec
ond, making lit miles an hour; on
kilometer two aeoonds, flva pill la
t minute IT seconds,
ifiTEI'-SORROOKS
n oiHOT n
true ..mt'ltif
Fire Scorched Bones Ilutely
Tell of Catastrophe, of
Thirteen Years Ago . , V
MUCH WORK REMAINS
HAVANA, July 20. All th watr
In the cofferdam surrounding ' th -
Main ha been removed, (hawing th '
wreck embedded In th mud from an V
estimated depth of IT feet around th .,
after part of th vessel to an inde
terminable depth, and that portion
of the ship immediately forward
th cenral superstructure which wa
demolished ha completely dlsaDt
peered except for some Jagged piece
of crusted steel and protrublng apv '
the slims. .
The engineer Intend to begin to
morrow the work of drawing out th ,
soft mud by suction. Simultaneously ,
they will begin the work , of dunecv -Ing
the great contused masse at mat-. '
al. A curou feature resulting from
the total removal of th water I that
amldsHilp main deck and central sup
erstructure, remaining practically lev.
el constitute In effect a great catitt.
lever, sustaining their own. weight
without any other direct support All '
th structural member of th ship
beneath this section have been ' de
stroyed and th cavity ha been Jialf '
filled with mud. Soma Or scorchsd
bones were discovered this afternoon
In the vicinity of the overturned .con
nlng tower, where the remains of
probably four bodies were previously .
found. All of the men ate believed
to have perished Instantly, from
present indications, three or four '
month will elapse before the mud
surrounding the wreck I removed
and all portion of the ship mad '
visible.
HAD UOOD TIME, ANfWAY,
BLOCK ISLAND. R. I- Julv 0.
Whichever side won the two days'
struggle between the two fleet of th
United State navy for the possession
of the southern approach to Boston '
and the eastern entrance to New Terk ;
through Long Island sound, the offi
cers and men In th two fleets obtain. ''
ed much valuable Information. ' while
many Interesting problems wer work,
d out and partially solved by th na.
vol taotlUans. After th reports ot all
the umpires have been received
digested by authorities n the row ov
partment the aotunl result -
Phed probably, v I I
a
iiiv vow a