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LE CITIZEN.
CITIZEN WANT ADS
BRING RESULTS
THE TOOTHER:
abiieville; n. a, Tuesday mornixo, july 25, 1911
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DISCRIMINATION
BEULAH BINFORD
NlLtTUBriAGAIIIST
HENRY G. BEAM
STDBY OF ILLEGAL
This Means You!
IN FREIGHT RATES
ORDEREDTO CEASE
KEEP ON
MOVING
E
nterstate Commerce Commis
Original Agreement Providing
ParUamentry Courtesy" Goes
Mftfi n Trial Mrnn imhhvi ranw
sion Orders Material Re
duction In Rates
for Pool of Steel Output
Turned to Ashes
by the Board and Mob Spirit
Reigns Supreme
Strain to Lighten Burden
of the Singer
VOTi. XXVTT . NO. 278
ENGLAFID S PRIME
MINISTER HOWLED
D01INC0I1011S
POOLING MADE DAY
TFUL
SENDS FOR DETECTIVE
AND MAKES ADMISSIONS
That the Coarse of illicit Love
Never Runs Smooth Will
be Demonstrated
RICHMOND, V., July 24. The
taot Important development today In
the Beattle murder can u an in
dtcatlon on th partof Beulah Bln
tord, the woman with whom Henry
C. Beattlo wu Infatuated, that he
Jim decided to turn against her erst
while admirer. Mies Blnford. who
la in Jail, aa a witness In default of
11,060 bond, aerrt for Detective
Scherer. A conference followed, -between
the Binford girl! the detective
and Commonwealth' Attorney Wen
denberg and It la understood that she
tnade admission which strengthen the
theory of the commonwealth's repre
sentative that Beattle alone sent his
wife to her death, on the lonely Mid
lothian turnpike, '
The "other" woman In the murder
mystery had entirely reoovered today
from the hysterics' that overcame her
when she was locked up. She seem
ed happy and bright and oheerful.
The usual, crop of rumors aoent the
Beattle murder case ffcated through
the atmosphere of Kicnmono toaay,,
hat on .being Inquired Into they all
and severally tailed to pan ont. One
was that Jack" Lee, the noted crim
inal lawyer of Lgnohtrarg- had een
asked to aid Henry Smith of this city
In defenos of the man accused by 'the
coroner's Jury of being the clayelr
of his wife, but Mr. Smith is quoted
mm saying that ha alone Is to conduct
the defense. Another was that an eye
', I . A !,. Mtml hill ftlMft dtaCOV
"Sred and that his or her Identity
Vwould b made public In few hours.
'( if; Wndes-tor -the
commonwealth, however, pointed out
that thare could be no eye witness
to the slaying In the sense suggested,
since any one present at the perpe
tration of such a crime would neces
sarily be a party to the deed, -and in
point of fact the identity of the eye
witness has not yet been made public.
THBEE D1STINGT FACTIONS
OF NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS
IRE FIGHTING FOR PLACE
Result of Democratic State
Convention Today Very
Much in Doubt
BRYAN DISCUSSED
JTRKMONT, Neb., July 24. With
three distinct factions of Nebraska
democrats represented In the gath
ering tonight of delegates for the
democratic state convention toraor-.
row, it was not definite what might
be expected as a remit of the meet
ing. The uppermoRt subject of con
versation among the leaders tonight,
however, wag peace.
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha had
headquarters near the office of Chas.
W. Bryan, who cam to the city In
the Interest of Wm. J. Bryan and re
presentatives of United States Sena
tor Gilbert M. Hitchcock were Quar
tered at the some hostelry. While the
Dahlman followers were "not look
ing for trouble," as the mayor put
It, "we are here to get in rroni 01
any steam roller that comes our way
and see whether It can run over us."
Chas. W. Bryan appunced that the
Bryan followers were for peace and
In emphatic language dVclared that
iitmnt of the Dahlman men to
eflect on the former preeiaenuai
nilldate would meet with a vigorous
frn.iv movement. Bryan was quot
ed- as saying the former presidential
candidate would oppose any attempt
'to endorse anybody worth prelden
tlal nomination. Perhaps the most
stgnlficatn feature of the ante-convention
conditions was the promi
nence given by placards to the can
didacy of Governor Judson Harmon
of,, Ohio -for the presidential nomi
nation. Such leaders as former Oovernor
Shallerjtoerger, farmer Congressman
Sutherland, Judge Dean and others
declared that It was the result simply
of the efforts of onef Individual who
had recently been active in support
of the Ohio executive. The Douglas
county delegation, of which Mayor
Dahlman is the recognised leader,
did not hesitate to make his position
plain so far a eoneerned th candi
dldacy of Oovernor Harmon. HI
delegation at it convention a week
as;o gav unqualified endorsement to
th Ohio governor and the mapor to
ewwii w i, ,iinii Mim
(CwuUaned . Page SIX) .
BUT PRINTER HAD
SAVED COPY OF IT
Purported to Have Been Bo
tween Carnegie Dust Co.
and Ten Others i
WASHINGTON, July 24. A pur
ported pooling ' agreement between
the Carnegie Steel company and ten
other klndrari concerns for a oercent-
age apportionment of the steel output
or the country an- aamitteaiy illegal
document supposedly long stnoe de
stroyed stirred today's meeting of
the house "steel trust" investigation
committee. Chairman Stanley pro
duced a mdv nf the aareement to
gether with other confidential data.
and the agreement was aamittea in
avldonn onln (ho nrotast of coun
sel for the corporations that it was
unauthentlcated. It was aamittea,
however, that business operations of
these companies continued under an
understanding similar to the agree
ment.
Ortirinal Aanreement.
The original agreement provided
for the formation of the Steel Plate
gnrtttnn nf the United States and
imtwfiiurtuiilliir thai the agreement
was burned ard only came to light
because a Pennsylvania primer n
saved a copy from the flames, the
KnmmittM found corroborative evt
a h. th ataal Plate association
did exist after the Incineration of the
tall.tala documents.
J. R. Van Ormer, of the Luken
Iron and Steel company, one of the
parties to the original poo, testified
that all copies of the agrment had
been burned because If was thought
Its nrovlsiona were . lllegat. , The
agreement Itself he testified aevar
was signed by his company and all
sent to other companies were refurn
(nr naatrartlnn. He admitted, how-
, .. onaMMnR nf the business
of his company proceed along . Jlnes
hrin unaersutnamr srrnnar mt mm
.Hnna nf th hurtled agreement.
Business was apportioned on a per
centage basis, he admitted, for sev
eral years up to 10. His firm, he
said, contributed to a guaranty fund
to Insure carrying out terms of op-
rrj-ru-iru-'kmr- i s s.si e
(Continued on Pas St
PISS HOUSE BILL OR KOT
HIVE WOOL LEGISLATION
HOUSE LEADERS' SLOGAN
Fight Now Directed Mainly
Against LaFollet,le'B
Substitute Bill
'MISSIONARY" WORK
wiouivnTiiv Tulv 24 Pass th
house wool tariff bill or enact no wool
legislation at all was the slogan ol
a strenuous fight made by house lead
ers today among their party associ
ates in the senate and the net result
after a series of conferences was a
nnth of sentiment among demo
cratic senators In favor of this policy.
which may mean no wool legislation
at this session. The fight Is directed
against the adoption of the Lafollette
substitute wool hill or any otner re
publican measures put iuriu n;
forward
nnint the nroDosed legislation
suppiani iut? yiuBw
framed by Chairman Underwood and
. . ,
hla nnlleaaues or tne noun wu '
means committee.
, . ., ' or eiecuon irouoie amonjf me ortl -
Bm! 11 T ,1 b. n!ct" No. United Mine Work-
contend that their party will be in , Ammrlp. h Wn ,
a better strategic poslUon if eon.i-
rat nn of the tanrx . question is leri
until next year; others, say they do
not want to aid the presidential as
pirations of Senator Lafoljette by
dnntlnr his bill.
, v..,, a
auop.M., "' " - .J idly. When coming rrom Olendal ' ,.,. for at least another year re
Member, of the wsys and means throufh n M)aU country Q Hatd! r", th. outcome of Edward
committee were busy most of the day ber)t tn )oer we M-UBk(ld- The faio"s negotiations for the Pr-
J.n, m i mm Inns rr work In the Senate. . ... . . . . riKiiivu w .. . .
...a - - ,
As a result the more zealous tariff,
reformers among me oemocreis in
the senate voice displeasure over the
prospect.
MAT WIN KI8 WAGKIt
WASHINGTON. July 14. Frsnk
Orr of Charlotte, N. C, who Is roll
ing a wheelbarrow from Atlanta to
New York on a 1500 waker, reached
Lhere tonglht, having walked from
Manassas, Va., since yesterday. By
the terms of his wager Orr Is not al
lowed to ask for any thing except
water.. He left Atlanta June It with
neither matche nor monof. H will
tt out for Baltimore in th morning.
MEHCAX WAR VETERA BEAD
HOT SPRINOa. Ark.. Jury 14.
Colonel' Luther 8. Allard. aged t
year, a veteran of the Mexjcan and
civil war. dld hero late yesterday.
He was a government pensioner, for
seventy year. Death was do to
MaUttjr and partial paralysis. -.
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ASQUFTH CALLED TRAITOR
AND OTHER PET NAMES
In Vain Does the Prime Minis
ter Seek to Explain the
Government's Position
ij-imtwiv jui ji.--The last act
of the parliamentary revolution was
ushered In today, wttn a rvouuwnrjr
Vni' the first thns in Its his
tory the house of commons refused to
iiatan to. a aneech by the pnm min
later. For the first time In IU his-
tnrr the sneaker was compelled 10
Invoke the rule which empowers hlra
"In case of grav dlsoraer - to oe
Um' ih alttlnc adloumed on his
own resDohslolllty. No such hostile
passions have been given a rrser rem
in a chamber which traditionally car
ries on its debates with chivalrous
courtesy, since tne noun? uuvi w
Oladaton home rule bills. , Probably
thr has been no such passage in
American congress since the recon
struction era.
rnirinr three auarters of an hour
Mr. Asqulth rose at short Intervals
and read a sentence or two irom a
nanuanrict. only to be overwhelmed
by Jeers, hootlngs and orlea. among
which "traitor" was the most rrequeni
km with "Redmond." "Patrick Fora
and "American dollars" often dlstln-
gulshabls.
Could Not Bpeak -
Again and again the prims minister
tried to sneak, but his voice was
drowned. Finally his month hard
ened and he glared at his tormentors
like a Hon at bay. Flushed witn axe
r.r a.nd cioalns- his manuscript, he
cried'.
"I am not coins: to degrade my
-.if. I shall almDlv state the conclu
ions- at which the government has
arrived." - The premier then sank
kink IntIV his Mat.
The loaders In the outburst against
the prlmo-'Binmrteff woWxrd Hugh
Cecil, an intensely , unpopular mem
ber of one of the most patrician fazn
Hies, and a young barrister, F. E
Omlth. The former kept UP a con
stant fire of monotonous cries, and
the labor leader, Will Crooks, several
Conifuiw'd mi Pago Bill
IL DISPUTE OF
MINERS ENDED BY MANY
BEING SERIOUSLY KURT
Some Suffer From Bullet
Wounds, Others Stabbed,
Stoned or Beaten
NEWS SPREAD FAST
L PITTSBURG. Pa., July 24. In a
r riot today between miners of th
Mansfield mine of the Pittsburg Coal prohibition election held in Texas
.company at Olendale, an isolated ' Saturday is now 6.104, a figure too
portion of Allegheney county, three ! large to be overcome by the unre
. constables, two county detectives and' ported vote, according to figures corn
is cor of miner were Injured a oiled by the Delias New.
number fatally. Fourteen men and
T
on woman have been arrested. All
wr held In 1,000 ball on a charge
or rioting
. ...
Three of the Injured are suffering
... ,. .u.
' from bullet wounds. The others were
- - .
! either stabbed, stoned or beatn with
i nttiHa.
olendale for som time! Early
. .
today , thrse constable arrested a
miner who had almost beaten another
- -
workman to death.
. -
otiicers urea into me moo nut were cri.M of the Boston national League
n ttretcht(1 out unconw,)olIi fromt,h rti. was made known tonight
. buUet or cIub, During the fight two
- . -
county detective arrived. One of
these; Detective ' McMUIen,
len. droDOed
with hi face crushed from hug
stone, while Detective Insklpt us-
tained a fractured skull. Ths prls-
oner. & foreigner, was shot throunh
the neaa oy men wno triea to rescue I
him.
SWAM ACROSS GOLDEN GATE
SAN FRANCI8CO, Cal.. July 4,
Walter Pomeroy and George Bond, of
the Olympic Athletic club, swam
across th Golden Oat today from
th Port Point to Lime Point, a dis
tance of one mile.
It wa the first time th feat haa
bean accomplished In twenty year.
Edward CaldweH havlpg covered th
dtstane between the same point In
1(11 In ninety minutes.
Pomeroy covered the dlstanc In
twenty-four aatnut. thirty-elx sec
anas, and Bond In twenty-eight min
utes, twenty-four second.
TRULY A DAY
LORIMER INVESTIGATING
General Manager Keely of
tempt" to Buy Enough Democratic Voies to
WASHINGTON,1 (July 24. A de
tailed account ef reputed attempt
to buy enough democratlo votes In
the Illinois legislature to re-sOect
Albert J.-Honklng h aenaU was
told on ths wltnesf stsdn -today be
fore the senate 'f.14,lm, committee
by James Keely. general manager of
The Chicago Tribute.
It was the sensation of a day of
sensations W. th hearing. It fol
lowed Mr. Koely't testimony as to
bow he happened. t6 buy the confes
sion of Charles A, White, the legis
lator., whoso story about graft at
Serlngneld rosultsd tit the , Lo rimer
tovostlgatlosi. h If wss,.ubseqsjent , to
testimony by ftawrJUlnes tta en
ry 8; Boutolt, swiy Amerloan ' min
ister (0 Hwttsertatidtold him Resi
dent Tart would ' ssstslt ra the elec
tion of Lorlmer to the senate.
Xames of Informants
M. Keely. ssld what he knew
about the HaJpklns Utory was ob
tained from. Ira C. Copier, represen
tative In congress from Aurora, in.
Be testlflsd - that Chas. Wheeler,
another Chicago newspaper man at,
Bprlngflesd, eanie to Raymond during
the leglslatlrs session in Io ana
told him story which Hpesker
Bhurtleff had personally requested
be not printed. What Raymond had
told Mr. Keely the witness testified
LITEST HUNTS GIVE
WET MAJORITY OF 6.0Q0
And Unrepoiied Sections
Vote PoBsibly Overcome
This Figure in Texas
DALLAS. Tex., July 4. The antl
prohibition majority in th state-wide
I The vote to date against the
I . nn a 1 i 1 Va K a rrs art A .
, nnwnamom t .v.. - v,. ...
Th new ,
The new figure Indicate that the
iinai count wm nn-.w j
p?nint prohibition to be In excess ef
(.000.
f BALTIMORE W WTS
BACK
IX
:
I BALTIMORE Md.. July 24 -Pre,.
I .,BAIlT 1, , .h " th. Amer-
! ZT'.'a five owners of major
: t..,. riuha
--- .
have expressed their
i . n rhinu at this time
v. Ilinivuiii .v " '
f in Baltimore's baseball status and
inis cuy wm rri..,n. ..
'. wh.B MByor pre.ton announced t hat
. WOTQ JU .x...
i- h.a Mf-ived six unfavorable re
' . - v. , nskln fne a confer
for a confer-
ot Kstlona! and A
American club
w1fh . ,.tir,ens committee to
f consider the question of a big leagu
tea'm th, cny
" WASHINGTON, Jury ; 14. Fore
Mam, rarnllna. : fair Tuesday
and Wednesday; moderate west . and
orurwost winoa. .
OF SENSATIONS WITH
Chicago Tribune Gives Detailed Account of Reputed At
ruption "Jackpot He Said Was Common Gossip
mmmmmammmmmmmmmmmm
Raymond said had been . told . him
by Wheeler. Mr. Keely said;
' ' - lUjrmotHTs Story, , i , . 1
"Raymond told me that the story
was that on m certain olght, Bpeaker
Bhurtleff, Dan Shanahsn and same
others met in the St. Nicholas hotel
In Springfield, and that that meet
lag was caused by a report being
received that a certain man , had
come to, Springfield to buy certain
democratic ; votes on a certain day
for Hopkins, " That Representative
John C. Wtrdell and Anton Cemak
were called in and that Bpeaksr
Bhurtleff told them he knew what
they were doing. That an attempt
w Mf jnada to buy democratic
rots mat ho re them nst of fif-
teen or twenty man who wer to be
bought and the prunes that wero to
be paid. The list was beaded by
'Manny' Abrams, the 'Bell-wether,' t
have been told, Bhurtleff said now
we know what Is going on and you
can't put , It through. If 'Manny'
Abrams votes tor Hopkins tomorrow
I will suspend the roll call and will
announoe your, name and will read
the list of men to be bought. If
'you try that, that Is what I will d A
That Roger Sullivan had been tele
phoned to go to gpringeftld. I. His
train was due to arrive from Chicago
about midnight. He rounded up hi
SEWER DITCH CUKES IH
GIUSINGJEVEH DEATHS
After First Slide While Be
ing Given Drink Second
Cave-in Occurs
MUSKOOKE, Okla., July J4.
Seven men were killed and several
Injured here 'this auernoon when a
deep sewer ditch caved In, burying
the workmen.
There were two cave-Ins, In the
first of which three men wer en
tombed. Rescuer dug the flirt away,
had the heads of the three men above
the debris and had given ich a
drink of water.
drink of water. When a second slide
occurred burying beneath the three
workmen and the-resculng party.
Four bodies have been recovered
nd the time keeper says tht three
mori are still In the dlth. Among
the bodies recovered Is that of Chas.
Metcalf, Of Lexington, Ky.
PLEA OF IMMUNITY
BY LABOR LEADERS
WASHINOTON, July 14-In lieu
of formal answers to the contempt
.ainat them. Mesara Samuel
Oornp'. John Mitchell nd Frank
Merrlson ..tf the American redr-
tlon of Labor lat today entered orl
Pleas f "not guilty," before Justice
Wright of th District Supreme court.
Theyg also entered a plea of immu
nity unler the tat of limitations
nd attacked the court for not hav
ing Instituted proceeding within the
statutory time limit.
Further bearing was postponed for
ten days. Declaring that th attack
made upon him by President Go ropers
left him no alternative but to pro
ceed with the trial to the end. Jutlc
Wright reiterated hi Mfusal to csr
tlfy the contempt case ot th thre
labor leaders to some other member
of the court. Counsel , for th de
fendant again noted an xcptioiw.
Jutice Wright also over ruled mo
tion for bills of particulars. (
HOSPITAL ON FIRE .
WILCHJTA, Kan., July 14.- Word
raohd Wlohlta at ; 11.10 . tonight
from Wlnflild 4hat th tat hoapltal
for feeble minded 1 on or and th
ndr Institution en doomed.
COMMITTEE
Re-elect Hopkins Cor
i '
follower gad tow them he would
blow them out of the political waters
U they Attempted suon a thing."
Money t nrtngneld.
: Mr. Keely said Raymond told him
til story prior to the Lorlmer eleo
on n that ll.e0 or Ite.OOo ,
reputed to have bean taken to Spring
neio, -.. .
. men read rrom a momoran
dum of what Copley had Mid, It
was to th effect that ''Daniel Byrne,
formerly of th Chtoago Northwestern
wa the man who tried to put through
the deal and that th money had
been taken to Bpftngflold by a r
dent or. Wheaton. 111. ; Mr Keely
teatiflod that ha had" bn informed
later tnat tn .wnoaton man wa
Fred M. Blount, according f th
memorandum. Copley laid ha hd
called upon Oovernor Deneen and
Deneen had agreed to call In twenty
of hi republican atle and If th
democrat voted for Hopkln to hv
theee twenty switch from Hopkln..
"Anything unusual tk place in
Bprtngnald the next dayT" asked At
torney Marble. -
, "For th first time, the roll rail
of the pou wa called before that
of th nal.H
Mr. Keely sent a list of question
(Uontlnued on li)
TI'ID PERSONS KILLEO
IN BMILT FIGHT
Jackson, Ky., Scene of Feud
Which Snuffs Out Lives
of Old Couple
JACKSON, Ky., July !4.In a fam
tly fight at South Quicksand, four
mile from Jackson, Sundsy, two per
son were killed and another se
riously wounded. The victims were
Wlllism BImms and his wife, Mrs.
Kllsa Slmms, who were killed and
Alonso Allen, who was seriously
wounded.
Normal Allen, a son-in-law of the
dead couple and a brother of the
wounded man, Is at large.
Th Allen. It Is said, attacked th
old people. Slmms fired and wounded
Alonso snd In the fight that followed
he and his wife were killed.
Mrs. Slmms was foremost In the
hooting, according to Alonso Allen,
who was brought to a Lexington
hospital today suffering from four
Bullet wound.
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HIGHER RATES ON
SHORTER HAULS
Theory of Railroads Has Been
Meeting Water Competi
tion to the Coast
WASHINGTON, July 14. -tn" what
are known a th Spokane-Ren-Pa-
clflo coast case th lntrtato oni
aierce commission today ordrd m-
teiial reduction la freight rte from
th st to points between Dnvr ana
th western terminal ot me great
transcontinental railroad. Tor many
year th railroad has iotd from
shipper to Intermediate point, auch
inakin and Reno higher rata 1
on eastern frelghw than were chart
ed for th muen longer haul to sen-
tie, Ban Francisco and otner raoino
Knur nnints, - iie ineerr smm ww
that th railroad tnurt mt water
competition to th Paolflo coaat. Th
higher rates to intsrmaoiat point,
arbitrarily flaed, har bn dfndd
by a comparison with th eat rat,
phi a theoretical BaCk-naui irom me
coast to th Inland station along
th line. ' ' 1 ,,
RrfiOgnlsea Right
Th commission roogn!a th
vivht nf a railroad to meet Water
competition to Psciao-coast point,'
but practically Wipe out U oaca
haul rat to Inur-Rocky mounuin
fsrrllnra. It lavs down What it Con.
.M.r wnuM ha fair and 1 lust 'rate
,to various freight kone in th west
and give in rauroaus u ww
ber II to adjust their tariff accord
ingly. - . ' -
i Th commlslo lo lay down tn
hmiwiini nrinrlnle ' that hereafter
railroads will not be permitted to Ox
arbitrary market ; limit , no tnsi
hereafter" oommerclal . conaltion
rather than th will or railway trafflo .
managers shall control rats en trans
continental freight "" '. ."
The daoisiona announced today art
( Oon tl n wt on Page Bl )
DETECTIVES CHARGED AS
BEING'DUCK-HHS":
finmi
ilUiUt
Attorneys Create Sensation
Baying They" Would '
Name Writers -,
LETTERS "PLANTED"
BRIE, Pa.. July H. Th gov.
.n an tha defendant opened It
,oaa today In the trial of Gilbert B.
Parkin of Pittsburg , and t-na.
Franklin of Pblladlphi, dtotlve
charged with sending black hand lat
ter to th family ; of Charle H.
Strong, multl- milUonalr," In on
nectlon with th desecration of th
mauslosum of th late Congressman
Scott, father-in-law of ; Mr. Strong.
Franklin, who I mansger for Per
kins st Philadelphia and who. tha
government allege I th author of
th blackhand latter), mad a general
denial of the government' allegation
and wa poeltlv In th tatmht that
he had not written , the latter In
question nor did ha', know,- h claims,
iny hd ben received until h red
of their receipt la th nwpapr.
Th natlon of th day oam wblt
Attorney W. H. B. Thompson for th
rlefense, said h proposed to hu
h. h nafandanta ware in no way
connected with the crime charged and,
that they would bow to th.atl
faction of the court and Jury, who,
wrote th tetter to Mr. Strong. H
) i mttteneMm
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