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THE ASHElILLE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: FAIR CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS ' VOL. XXVII., SO. 279 ASHBVILLE, N. C, DAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1911 PRICE FIVllJ CENTS ALL NEW EVIDENCE SMALL HUES ALL T HAT 0 OVER N M ENT Ettolution of a Green Apple Season REGULARLY MADE ABOUT H.G.BEATTIE GOT IN WIRE CASE ABOUT MOROCCO And by This Method Steel Manufacturers Keep up Prices Identified as Man Seen Alone Although Nearly Half of Defen British Admiralty Makes Sud. I An rhonns In frA re in t in Auto in Very Spot Where Crime Occurred dants Withdraw Their Plea of -Not Guilty" the Atlantic Fleet. . - V WITNESS ADMITS ORAL AGREEMENTS DhAWSIBCLOSEh GERMANYSNARLINS : pNj 1 J '' 1 L . A 1 t -4 v - ' '' . i IDENTIFIED COPY OF ORIGINAL AGREEMENT Insisted Prices Were Not Dis cussed at Gary Dinners But Modifies It WASHINGTON, July 25. That through oral agreements steel .man ufacturers now keep up prices and avoid 'destructive competition," Just as effectively as they did. under " the Ironclad contract of the Amerl con Steel Plate association from 1900 to lt04H practically was admitted to day by A. F. Huston, president of the Lukens Steel and Iron company before the house "steel trust" inves tigating committee. The witness said that now from time to time one manufacturer will -y to another "my price will be so i ! so until further notice" but that . . re Is no general agreement "There Is a feeling among tho companies, however," he said, "that nothing should be done to Injure a fellow without giving him notice." Mr, Huston described the steel plate association, which he said was organised to obtain reasonable prices. The association not only fixed prices, he- declared, but allotted a certain proportion of production to each of its eleven constituent companies. The witness said the organization was abandoned in 1904 because there was so much "restlessness and uneasiness and talk about its illegality." Mr. Huston Identified a printed copy of the original agreement, all copies of which were supposed to have been burned In 1900, under his direction because It was "not in pro per form," and testified that the as sociation operated from 1900 to 1904 under a similar agreement, typewrit ten and uncopled. Representatives BeaU of Texas, Lit tleton of New York, and Bartlett of Georgia, all democrats, piled the wit- qoestlons, seeking to establish tnrougnr "uary dinners, ana otner conferences since 1904 have been ac complishing the purpose formerly car ried out by the written agreement. Mr. Huston insisted at first that C" SkS"SSS (Continued on Page Five) INTEREST IN CITIZEN'S BIG S5.640 CONTEST IS GROWING AS DAYS PASS sMsbstssssaaBsMsMsflsMMsnM Contestants Who Enter Early Gain Valuable Time In Race for Magnificent Prizes Which Are Offered Free Enter Now and Get In Running Like everyone In the city of Ashe ville and surrounding territory, you ;tiave given some thought to the prize voting contest of The Citisen, an nouncement of which was made In Saturday's issue. The remarkable value of the prizes has astonished all our readers and many already have made interested inquiries or sent in their nomina tions. This is the time to enter your name and set out to win one of the gifts offered to those who get the highest number of votes In the con test. It will require a little time and energy to win the prises, but think of the fine reward. If you enter to day and work steadily toward your object you may win the Grand Capi tol Prise, the J1870 Chalmers 1912 touring car, a Maxwell runabout, a piano or one of the other valuable prizes offered. Start Early Send In your nomination today and when the first published list appears show your friends that you are In the race to win. The one who enters today has 24 hours advantage over those who postpone until tomorrow. The prises are here to be given away to some ambitious people and you have an equal chance. Nominations have already commenced to come in, and you can win the prise yon want if you are willing to make an effort. Do not forget any of your friends. There are plenty . of them and there Is a chance that you may forget some of them until It Is too late. It Is a good plan to make a list of all those who you think will help you, and when a fresh name occurs Jot it down on this list so that no oppor tunity may be lost. Introduce as many of your friends to The Citi sen as possible, get as many new sub scriptions as you can, for on the new subscriptions twice as many votes will be .issued. Ask Tour Friends , Call on your friends and ask them to save the dally coupons and the' ask them to renew their subscriptions v In our favor. A year's subscription .-paid in advance counts you 8,000 tes while a renewal count Just .fbeffi or 1.S00 votes. Tour nomina tion counts you 1,000 votes. Just see hat a nomination and a few NEW THEORY THAT HE HID GUN BEFORE TRAGEDY Alleged He Told Beulah Bin ford He Didn't Intend to End Life With Knife RICHMOND, Va., July 16. Roland Bydnor, a Chesterfield county dairy man, today Identified Henry O. Beat tie, Jr., charged with the murder of hid wlit, a week ago. as the man whom he saw alone In an automobile early o.. iiie :ght of the tragedy, is the very spot where later the crime was commuted, and Beulah Binford, the "other woman in the case," hade a statement which is taken to furnish a motive for the crime. These were the principal develop ments in the case today. The Binford worman is alleged to have admitted to detectives that a short time before the murder Beat tie said to her: "Of course I have no intention of spending my life with Louise. I may have to live with her as long as my father is alive, but Just as soon as the old man die say Kid you and I will run away together. I don't know whether we can get married or not. but we will take a chance any way." Mr. 8yd nor, the dairyman, iden tified Beattle at the Jail today. He said he and his son Elmer were pass ing over the Midlothian turnpike about t o'clock on the night of the murder arid observed the solitary oc cupant of the car closely as his be havior was suspicious. Mr. Bydnor said the man got out of the car and appeared to tinker with one of the automobile tires, This was in the vary spot where the crime was committed. Mr. Sydnor's testimony Is .taken as important, as when Beattle left his home to go for his wife at Thomas Owens' home he should have arrived in a few minutes. It took him mors than an hour to make the trip. The theory is advanced that Beattle drove up the turnpike eJone, ensealed he shotgun and then went back and got his wife. It is stated that Beulah Binford probably will In the next few days be taken from the Henrico county Jail and confined In a Jail In (Continued on Page Ten) yearly subscriptions will give you. Af ter that It Is easy to keep going. Every vote received will be counted and kept on file until after the close of the oontest. The Citizen guarantees tiat all candidates will be treated with complete Justice and impar tially. In order to equalize competition, the territory has been divided into two districts, and the contestants in each district will compete among themselves for the district prises. All candidates, however, compete for the Grand Capital Palse, the I1IT0 Chal mers touring car. Cut out the in formation blank which appears on another page and bring It or mall It to the Contest Department of The Citisen and a representative will call and explain the terms of the contest and supply you with necessary blanks and information. The next few weeks will pass qntckly, and If you want to be sure of one of the big prises, an early start is advisable. Get your friends to help you. Many will be working in a few days, and those who get ths srllest start have the easiest work. See your relatives and friends and acquaintances and get them to prom ise you their support before someone else reaches' them. A little hustling now will probably pay you better than it ever has be fore. Fix your eye on one of the big prises, and start out to win it to day. How to Enter. Send in your nomination. You will find the nomination blank on an other page, which, counts for 1,000 votes. Only the first nomination blank can bo used by candidates. You can get votes and subscriptions any where from either district Votes will be given on all paid sub scriptions. Call or send to the Contest Depsrt ment of The Citizen for a receipt book. The contest manager will be glad to have you call, so that he can explain anything you do not under stand. Telephone or write to him, If you cannot call, and a represen tative will give you full details. Don't forget that children can do ',''sSMeMSass1s NSWS (Oontlnacd on Page Fire) VIGOROUS PROTEST : FROM U. S. ATTORNEY Alleged Purpose of "Trust" Was to Fix Non-competitive. Arbitrary Price NEW YORK, July 15. The federal government today scored heavily in its, effort to break up the alleged "wire trust" when thirty-seven of the eighty-three men lndioted June 19 withdrew the plea of "Not guilty" and accepted sentence without trial, on pleas of "Nol contendere." Judge Archibald, in the United States Dis trict court imposed fines of from 11,000 to 11,700 and oosts in each The action came in the face of vlg oroue argument against the accept ance of the plea by United states DIs trtct Attorney wise. It had never been acoepted in this court, he de clared, and he protested against a precedent 'The best autliorKies." he said, "characterise it as a plea Indicating a compromise between the defendants and proa smiting attorneys", and he denied that any such compromise ex isted. Tf-T-f--. "The facts In this case are Ca grant," he continued.. "This set of men representing practically an entire industry, is open and perfectly clear violation of a United States statute eombined to restrain and control trade. The case against them Is so clear and open that the most fruit' less to attempt to Miter a defense." The court however, accepted the pleaa and remarked: .This to what you might call a trade offense. It is an offense which by the act of congress Is against ths Interest of the business world.' It seems to me I am not going out of the way when I say that Just what wag meant by this law has remained In considerable uncertainty up to thi" time, Ws ewkncur.;MoUy or very nearly What -tt means ana from this time or there win WTi ex cuse, but I feel Justified In the past upon what has occurred in the past in this light and therefore I cer tanly regard this as calling for noth- ( Continued on Peg Five) INSURGENTS FIILED TO hue m showing in INC LTOLLETTE Nebraska Republicans Give Hearty Endorsement to Administration I ROSEWATER LEADER LINCOLN, Neb July 25. Nebras ka republicans in convention here to day gave president Taft and his ad ministration a strong endorsement and effectively blocked all efforts of a small band of insurgent delegates to arouse sentiment for Senator Rob ert M. Lafollette of Wisconsin as a presidential candidate. The insurgents lacked a leader were outgeneralled by Victor Rqsr. water and his delegation from Omaha. Before the insurgents could get a chance to introduco resolu tions from he floor, tho regulars rushed through a motion providing that all resolutions should be referred to a committee which was given pow er to draw up a final report. Chair man A. YV. Jeffries of Omaha, then named a committee of seven members of which five were strong friends of Mr. Taft and of which Mr. Rosewat er was made chairman. From this point the possibilities of tho fight on the floor over tho endorsement of Mr. Tstt went gllmmtllnc Despite their early announcement that they would not asseent to a Taft endorsement on any conditions, the in surgents failed to make even a show of a Hunt or objection when ths platform resolution Was finally pre sented. The resolution went through with a whoop by a rising vote during which several of the Insurgents were discovered on their feet. Among other things the platform heartily endorses President Taft's administration. TWO MEX ARE BHOT COLUMBUS, MltiS., July 2J, McConnell of West Point. uiu c spa clal agent of the Southern railway In Mississippi, end widely known among railroad men In the South, lies In a hospital tonight wth two bul lets through1 his leg and Prank Hand of Meridian lie in , enother ward hot through the body. HI wound are serious. The shooting occurred at .the home of Mr. Linnle McWllliema, Connell' daughter. Neither would discuss th affair. Mc man DEMOCRATS' COTTON TARIFF REVISION BILL RA TIFIED BY A PROLONGED CAUCUS ' . " Measure Reduces by Nearly One-Half the Schedules of Payne-Aldrlch Law cn Manufacture of Cotton Ratification Came After Long Conference "c . Effort to Upset Party Legislative Plan WASHINGTON. July 15. Demo crats af the home of representative after a prolpnged caucus today rati fied by more than a two-thirds ma jority the cnttoa tariff revision bill drafted tjr the democratic members ef the ways, ant mean .committees riJuclng ti nearly cine-half tile schedule of toe Payne-AMrleh law on manufacturers 1 of oottonu The bill will be Introduced in the house tomorrow and tt passage expedited, The bill was not ratine without protest and . vigorous effort was mad by mart? democrats to upset the party legislative program and to prevent adjournment ef the ; special session of coagirese by biasing away with t tariff revision l dlowa, the Una, vn If Mtlon woeld 4hrw th session ,!nWih lata fait, , : r &;MmW tal.tIotv" ' Representative Webb, of North Carolina, offered resolution urging postponement of action on the cot ton measure until the way and means ommltte should first report bills reducing the tariff on Iron and steel article, sugar, meats and flour, brick and rye and dye luffs. After his T Result of Experiments Will Be Oiven to the Farmers of the South TUSCALOOSA, Ala., July 25. In order to give pracltcal Information to farmer of the south as to the bene fits to be secured by the use of lime both for Increasing yields and for Improving thn soil, the Southern rail way and the Alabama Great South ern railroad, tlirougn their cotton cul ture department, are making experi ments along their lines in Alabama with corn, cittton, peanuts and other farm product". The lime used ana lysed 70 per cent and was secured from MsrenKi. Greene end Sumter counties where millions of tons He along the Warrior and Tomblgbee rivers, The lime was applied in the spring and ! resulted In the prom ise of Incrcanxd yields, though It Is too. early to know "what the Increase or the benefit to the aAll will be. Lime ha '.urn used for Improving the soli for mmy centuries and au thorities agree that a great part of the land under cultivation In the south east Is defTlcint In this respect, re sulting In en encess Of acidity when vegetable matter decays. The use of lime preserve the vegetable matter in the condition most suitable for the support of plant life. It Is not Intend ed that limp should be used as a sub stitute for manure or commercial fer tilisers but that by its use a much greater percentage of the plant food In the manure or fetllizer may be re tained In thn soli. As soon iu possible the results of the experiment being made by the Southern railway and the Alabama Great Southern will be given to the farmers of the south. WASHINGTON', July 21. Fore cast: North Carolina, fair Wednesday and probably Thursday; ; light varia- bio winds. resolution was voted down, other member pleaded for extension of the tariff program, urging especially re vision of the Iron and steel, rubber and angar schedule. ' Though all resolution were da feated no decisive action- on the time of adjournment was taken, That question will bs settled by the house democrats at later caucus, after It I determined Just what the - senate will do with tha pending house tariff bllla-' Representative Wsbb, who representee a district In which arc loeated 110 cotton mills, mad a plea for the manufacturer In speaking on hi resolution ' i1 i ; .w;:- . . Ths. i" -nitte estimates that iin Her the Cw rates the revenue to eottdn , tariff win s be ii,mw, decrease of little mor than ft 000,000 from last year under the Fayne-Aldrtch law. Reductions Made. Cotton clothing duties are reduced from 40 to 10 and 15 per cent; cot ton cloth, not mercerised or bleached, cut to 16, 10 and 24 per cent In Va rlous grades; and cloth composed of LILLIAN GRAHAM FOUND IN P0U6HKEEPSIE HOTEL Claimed to Have Been Kid napped and Was Unable to Make Any Outcry POUOHKBKP8IB. N. T., July il. Lillian Graham, under Indictment, and at liberty on 110,000 ball, for the shooting of W. E. D. Stokes of New Tork, who disappeared last Satur day night, was located at a hotel here tonight by Chief of Polloe McOabe. She said she had been kidnapped. According to Miss Graham' story to Chief McCsbe. she left the home of her sister, Mrs. John Singleton, Saturday night to go to a store. "When I got to) the corner," sh Is said to have told the police, "a man approached and threw over my head a cloth that smeiled like tar. I struggled and tried to make sn outcry but was unable to do so. I was pulled along Into a motor ve hicle and remember getting inside where I heard a man and woman talking and saying something about 'throat.' That was the last I re memibered! until I was shaken by the shoulder and looking up heard a conductor say: " 'Poughkeepsle.' " . At the hotel Miss Graham regis tered ss Lillian Clark. no DiscHnrntA'njro for hash, villk. WASHINGTON, July tt. The in terstate commerce commission todsy granted an extension to September 1 as the effective date of sn order di recting practically all railroads operating In the southeastern territory not to grant to Nashville, Tenn.. shippers of grain K'fi'd hay the privilege of re-shlpping and re-bllllng those commodities, so long ns the privilege Is denied to ah p peri In Atlanta, Columbus, Macon and other Georgia. ltieaThaextani slon was granted to allow the rail roads time to adjust their tariffs. AITHOIUZE nONIW. NASHVILLE, Tenn.. July 21. By vote of 617 to 100 Jackson, Tenn., declared today for a bond Issue of tlOO.OOO for extension of New Or leans. Mobile end Chicago railway from Jllddlston, Tenn., to this city. The railway I to be completed July 1. lilt. Ilk or mrcrld cut from 41,41 to per cent.:-'. Bom of the proposed new duties follow: Cotton thread, eardsd yarn, warpa, etc., JO to II par cant ad valorem; payn rt mtia-tr ' Spool thread, crochet darning and embroidery cottons on spool, II per cent; Payne rat 11,11. Cotton cloth not bleached or colored, average rat of t4.lt) Payne rat It. 4. tUndksrnhlef or muffler, to par cents Payn : rat IMC. . Clothing, ready-made and 'article of wearing aparsl of every .description, 'compos ed of cotton . or vegetable fibre, 10 per cent; Payn rata BMt, flhsets, IS oervcnt: Payne rata tO.Ot. FIoh; !-ts," vlvfwnC"l!6"r- duroys, to pr cent; Payn rat 14,11 Curtains, tab) eovsrs, tapestries, upholstery goods, tt per cent; Payn rat 10. . -' v,. . Stocking and sock, mohtn mad, 10 per cent: payn rat 10. ' ' Stocking and socks, hand mad, 40 per cent; Payne rat 71. ST. (OmWinmed on Pag Ten) ' J Principal Object of Bears' Attack Was on New Crop, Which Had Big Slump NEW ORLEANS, July t6.-Th worst smash of ths season In the oot- ton market came today without any warning. The loss on the new crop months, the principal object of attack by the bear side, amounted to exact ly forty points, of two dollars a bale. August, In which all that Is left of the old crop Interest is centered, lost t dollars a bale. The decline was caused by heavy short selling which hardly 1st up for a minute during the day. Under the pressure th market gave ground steadily and on th way down loss orders from those trader who had gone long In anticipation of the now long delayed reaction, were constanly reacbod. This swelled the selling; the market had next to ho support and whet buying orders there were came from shorts who wanted to realize profits. The decline began In Liverpool and that market was so much under ex pectations on the opening here that Initial prices were I to 10 points down. Without anything that look- (Continued on Page Five) Nominate a Candidate , Nomination Blank Good for 1,000 Votes. ' The Asheville Citizen $5,640 Subscription Contest Candidate Address . . .. . . 77. 777777. . Telephone No. ...... . 7 . . Only One Nomination Blank for Each. Candidate Will Count at 1,000 Votes. ; Cut out and bring or send to The Citizen. SITUATION NOW SAID TO BE MORE GRAVE Chancellor Lloyd-George But- ted Into the Franco ' German Negotiations l LONDON, July tl.-That th Mo roccan situation has become acute ii Indicated In th uddn order Issued by the admiralty today cancelling th projected visit of the Atlantic fleet t Norway. Th battleship squadron un der Rear Admiral sir John R, JelU eoe should hav left Cromarty to nffht for Norwegian waters. Instead, tt has besn ordsred to remain there until Friday 'and then . proceed to Portsmouth. t , , ' k w It 1 also rsporUd that the crews hav keen ordered to hold, themselves in readiness for msrgsncy service. Premier Asqulth his promised a statement In parliament Thursday on th Moroccan situation. ' According to advlos from Berlin negotiation be tween Franc and Oermsny were pro ceeding .smoothly until Chancellor Lloyd , George' speech ; on . July i 1, whlc was interpreted, as a warning to Osfmany in th present Moroo can controversy, Th German nw puper now declare that It Is Impoi Ibl for Oarmany to modify her de mand in th face of th threat Im plied In that speech, beosuse Qermnn publlo opinion would never tolerato concessions which had th appear ance of being extorted from, Oermsny under pressure. Much significance 1 attached to sn article published v th Kolnlachs Zeltung, daclarln it I no longer a colonial but a E , ropsan question. ' Th London stock exeh&ng and Hit Pari and Berlin borus r 'i tubsd en account of ! Morocco , rumor and considerable bustneas " ; transacted at Lloyd today tnaurii ; stalnitjjliks of war hstwen .Greta liritaln and Germany" - -c DEUBGBIT5 OF BttaSH! GIVE OUT NO PREFERELGE FOR PRESIDENT OF I S. What Was Expected, to be Three Cornered Fight Peaceful Gathering STATE PLATFORM FREMONT. Nb.,; July . Il.Tht Nebraska democratlo convention which had besn expected to place Nebraska democrats on record so far as concerned their preference tor a presidential candidal a year bene, failed today to express itself on can dldate or offer commendations for its own leaders.- For the moat part tt waa a peaceful gathering. , Governor Harmon' personal repre sentative, Ben W, Chamberlain, w present at th convention, but h oon mad It plain to th delegates that hi own personal business was to gat acquainted and look over th west ern field. No attempt was mad ta present th nam of th Ohio govern nor for endorsement, and Mr, Cham berlain stated that h wa on th ground In th Interest of harmony within th partya well a to. not the feeling a to the candidacy of Oovernor Harmon. Th 1 gathering was called under th stat wld pri mary law for th purpose of adopt ing a platform, the candidate for stat offices, three Supreme judges. two university regents and on rail road commissioner ar to be elected. (Continued on Page Ten)
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