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TBM ASHEHLEE G5TIZES? CITIZEN WANT" ADS BEING RESULTS VOL. XX.V1L, NO..280 ASIIEVILLE, O, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS ; I--T THE WEATHEB: FAIB STEEL COMMITTEE HAS W GKEkSHAM UPON JHE STAND Q Attorney 1 General Avers He Has Never Seen Charges Against Harvester Co. DOESN'T KNOW WHY CASE WAS DELAYED But Surmises It Was Pending a Decision on Standard Oil . and Tobacco Cases , - WASHINGTON, July . Attorney General Wickersham appeared before the Stanley "steel trust" investigating committee to tell what he knew con cerning a report made to former At torney General Bonaparte by Bur deite Townsend. a special , agent of the department In Ift8, In which, tha latter urged that the International Harveater company had operated in Violation of the Sherman arfll-truat act The attorney general : when shown a copy of the voluminous 'doc ument by Representative Stanley said he mevar bad' teen- re before,' though ejnqe h had been ' head of the- de partment of Justice he had heard ra . mors that there i had been investi gation of the Harvester combine. Senator Kenyon of Iowa, , former sasfstant to the attorney general, sum moned before, the- committee for the same purpose said he had advised further Investigation before, any pros ecution was undertaken under the report Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith ot the 'bureau of corporations, which Is now Investigating the Inter national Harvester company, also had heard of the report. ' ' Charge of fteoating; The matter was injected into 4he steel . Inquiry because the . report charges that, the steel corporation pays a rebate of I a ton to harvester companies on steel purchased and -be-' cause the committee' has information that there Is an arrangement between the two great corporations, whereby tke Harvester companies buy exclu sively from the steel Corporation. " The commissioner of corporations J was requested to intercede with' the president oiT half JMtie eoraBitUe to see If Information regarding the relations of the two corporations at present In the hands' of the bureau could .not be placed at the commit tee's, disposal. ' Richard landabury, counsel for the United States Steal Continued on page three) CITIZEN'S ; STARTS IN STUPENDQU EARNEST Winners will Recteve Chalmers 1912-Model Touring Car, Two Maxwell Runabouts, and Many Other Valuable Awards The Ashevllle Clttxen has an nounced .what It believes will proVe to be the greatest prize voting con test ever conduoted by a newspaper in this section of North Carolina. The list of prises Is tempting to an almost irresistible degree. Enter the Contest oNw. Though the contest does not offi cially start until Satuday nominations cat) be made now, and the hustling candidate can get light to work. The opportunity Is open to you no matter in 'what part of the territory named In tlje two districts you may live, and it Is to your Interest to enter now. prepare to Enter Today. Read the' conditions carefully and prepare to enter. The time Is not long. It Is best not to delay. Suc cess will certainly mean a magnifi cent reward for any time or effort you may spend on the buslnen of seeing your friends and getting them to contribute to your success by' vote's and subscriptions. Remember that all the prises are worth the effort; that there are 11 of them, and that a number of them represent a greater return for a few weeks' work than most men make In the course of a year. About Gcuud Prize. v The xrand caDltal orlze. 11. 70 VChalmers 1912 touring car will be shlpped next month and will be on exhibition the latter part of August. Remember this Is a new 1912 model and one of the handsomest cars that has ever oome to this section of the country. The two Maxwell runa bouts, to be given as first prise In each of the districts, are new 1111 model runabouts, equipped with top and windshield, and will be on exhibi tion within the next two weeks. Start in to win one of these handsome prices today. They will be awarded some one at the close of the contest why not you? Ask Your FYends. Call on your friends and ask them -- to save the daily coupons and- then . ask them to renew their subscriptions In your favor. A year's subscription paid In advance counts you 2,000 . votes, while " a renewal counts Just halg. or l.fOV votes. Tour nomina tion counts you 1. 000, votes. Just see what a nomination and a few NSW ' yearly subscriptions wll give you. After that It Is easy to Keep going. ' Every vote received will be count RECIPROCITY BILL NOW ADORNED BY TAFTS SIGNATURE Only Ratification of Canadian Par liament Necessary to Make it Ef fective Messages of Congratula tion Pour In Upon the President WASHINGTON, July 16 President Taft signed the Canadian reciprocity bill at t.10 today. Secretary Knox, Secretary of Com merce and- Labor Nagal. Secretary to the President Hllles and' Repre sentative Littleton, of New York, 'sev eral newspaper men and a battery of photographerf witnessed the signing. As he nicked up' the pen the presi dent turned to' Secretary' Knox, "come over here. Brother Knox," he said. "you are responsible for this." . The secretary of state stood .beside the 'president as he placed hit nam on the parchment. "It's done," 'said Mr. Knox. "It's, done." echoed .the president as the two clasped hands across the desk. Photographers' Chance ' ,. To give 'the photographers a chance the president went inrougn tne mo tlon of signing the act again a -few seconds later. "I'dldri'f kuo there was so much- Interest in it as thle," he said, "but " . he was "anapped" wnrin , a broad smile. The gold pen jised by the: president In stgs.tttg.the:. treaty was sent to Chairman Penrose of the senate fi nance committee .who led the fight for the bill" in the' senate. . Instructions 'from (.the .administra tion of so much of the law as Is ef fective until the .whole agreement Is ratified by the- Canadian parliament. were telegraphed - to - customs Collec tors along the Canadian border today. The hew regulations provide for pro per Identification of 'the imports to prove they are of Canadian origin and the state department has been asked to Instruct consular officers In Can ada to' add their 'certificates to the declarations of the Import. Part Already infective ' Uritll the Canadian parliament rati fies the agreement only section S, which covers wood pulp, paper and paper bonC will ha effective. The re gulations of the new law. provide free entry " to all snoh Imports from pri vate fcftd of from ftfwn lands "pro vlrted no export tax has been levied.. British " Columbia, Ontario and Que beo impose export' duties ' on, wood. New Brunswick will do so after Oc tober SI. Congratulations, upon the passage of the' measure kept the white house telegraph wires busy all day, Mes- S EST ed ana kept on file until after the close of the contest. The Cltlsen guarantees that all candidates will be treated with complete Justice and lm- partauy; in order to equalize competition, tne territory has been divided Into two districts, arid the contestants In each district will compete among inemseives for the dletrlct prists. All candidates, howover, compete for the grand capital, prise, , the 11,170 enaimerg touring car. Cut out the Information blank which appears on another page and bring it or mall It to the Contest Department of The Citizen and a representative will call and explain the terms of the contest and supply you with necessary blanks Arm InfnrmiMnn The next few weeks will quickly, and If yon want to be sure of one of the big prises, an early start is advlsnble. Get your friends to help you. Many will be working in a rew days, and those who get the earliest start have the easiest work. See- your relatives and friends and acquaintances and get them tq prom is 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 prizes, and start out to win it today. , . How to. Enter. Send in your nomination. Tou will find the nomination blank on an other page, which counts for 1.000 votea Only the first nomination blank can be used . by candidates. Tou wet votes and subscriptions anywhere from either district. Votes will be given on all'pald sub scriptions. Call or send to the Contest Depart ment of The Cltlsen for a reclept book. The contest manager will be glad to explain 'anything you do not understand. Telephone or write to him. If you cannot call, and a repre sentative will give you full details. Don't forget that children can do most effective work In collecting cou pons, as well as securing many pald-In-adanre subscriptions. Should your father, mother, broth era, slitters or friends belong to any j organisation, get inem 10 -secure me votes and assistance of that organisa tion. Do not let a day pass without se- (Con tinned on pas) eight) PRIZE GDfJT SATURDAY sagas came to the president from friends al lover the world. Secretary of War .8tlmson and. General' Clar ence- H. Brwards, a close friend of Mr. Taft,' cabled their cangratula tlons from Panama; .Secretary of the Navy Meyer and former flecretary of the Intertpr . R. A. ... Bajllnger sent warm messages. 1 - - From Laird of Skibo Andrqw . Carnegie sent, the follow ing message from Skibo castle: "Pordlal congratulations upon de served success your noble,' neighborly policy. Now 'for .treaties; secure these; then rest No other worlds to Conquer." From James J. Hill came this message: ' ."My f warmest congratulations for your . steadfast support of Canadian reciprocity. Its success will greatly benefit' the whole ' country without injury' to any part." One of the shortest messages was from J. C, Schmidlapp , of Cincinnati, a warm friend of the president, rfow In Europe. He cabled the one word, "shake." - i , RAILROAD - AND , EMPLOYES AGREE RICHMOND, Va., July 16? It was announced' here today that , an amia ble adjustment of the differences be tween ' the shop employes of, the iC, ft O. railway and .the officials of the road had been reached. The railway offers the men an in crease in pay of two cents an bour and the committee representing the men will recommend acceptance of the offer. .The shopmen asked an crease of five cents, an hour. COLORED PYTHIAN OFFICERS DEPOSED t DURHAM. N. C. July 2. Grand Chancellor Fltta, of the colored North Carolina Pythiana, and Oraad Master 01 the Exchequer Miller, were depos ed In the 'grand lodge election here today. Fltta being charged with an 18,000 shortage and Miller' with ap propriating $1,000. . The Shortage was discovered ' yesterday ry state Insurance Commissioner Toung, who asked that the officers be' pat ont and new ones eleoted. BEUUM BNRD TELLS MORE OF HER RELATION WITH HENRY CJEITTIE Discloses Details Said to Strengthen Web Drawn About Young Husband SHE HAT BE MOVED RICHMOND, July . Another long interview between detectives and Beulah BInford. "the other wo man" In the Seattle murder case, took plaoe in the Henrioo Jail today. The girl talked with great freedom of her past relations with Henry Beat tie, Jr., and while not giving the of- ncers any testimony upon whloh a new line of Investigation might be pursued, she disclosed many details which are said to strengthen the web being Wound around young Beattle. None of the detectives believe that Beulah had anything whatever to do with the murder, though she would hsve profited by the death of Mra Beattle had Beattle not been sue. pectod. After the interview with Miss BIn ford the detectives had' a short talk with Paul Beattle, who remained un shaken In the statement that hs bought the shot gun for his gun at the tatter's request and turned the gun with three partridges over to him. Judga H. Carter BCott, of the Hen rico circuit court entered vigorous objection today to any "sweat box' proceedings at tne Henrico county Jail ana It is possible that Beulah may be removed to the Chesterfield ABM CAUGHT IN WHEAT CRUSHER SPENCER, N. C, July II. Hoke Kester, a prominent farmer in' at tempting to throw a belt.' had one arm caught in a wheat threshing ma chine today and literally, twisted oft He will recover. WAR RISKS RAISED. is. IvONDON. Julyy l.-rAt IJordV t7wu7 wr rtmrnm against nUROIItlCS between Great Britain and Germany wltnip three months rose rapidly .from five to eight per cent. In some cases even ten per cent ; was - paid. Against - tha risk of war between Franca and Germany twelve per cent was quoted. " ...,'' , ..y..i. 'vfx . .'."; J TAFT- DECLARES DlCK TO DICK" LETTER FAKE AND SLANDER 'OUT OF THE CLOTH Issues 'Comprehensive; Statement Relative', to Controller Show ?hat the' Shadow of the Guggenhehns Did WASHINGTON. July- .J. Presi dent Taft sent a ipeaittl message to the senate today shouldering full re sponsibility for opening the settle ment and development 12,800 acres of the Chugacn. National Fycet Re serve In' Alaska an incident, which has become tobe' Vriown 'as the '"Controller Bay AffiUr." In concluding-he brMds the now tameus1 "tMck to Dick" postscript' as a, "wicked fab rlcatiotiand -says that -Charle ; P." Taft, .wbdse-Ame i appeared In - the alleged postscript,! '"ha no Interest In Alaska.' never jiad, and f knows nothing of ths'"" plreiimstaness eon-' neoted with - this 4f sneeotlott," vI,ors vr.;th; president adds, his brother does not even (remember, that he ever met Richard 8. Ryan, . representing the Controlled Railway Navigation company, i As for eliminating the land In question from the reserve, the pres ident says that there la no danger of the 'Controller Railway Naviga tion company or any other Interests monopolising the field, and nothing to show that this oompany is In any way connected, with the Morgan-Guggenheim Interests. Hence,' he believes that In eliminating the land he baa acted for the' best Interests ' of the nation. EVERY NEGRO IN BE If Proposed Bill is Passed by Legislature Laws Win Be Modified ATLANTA. Ga., July Is. Fixing good character as a requisite for qualifying to vote and determining "good character ' by the tost or tne respect of good womanhood, a bill was Introduced In the general assem hlv todav Droponlng to modify the existing franehlpe laws of the state Tt was found that a constitutional amendment was necessary and a sub stitute bill providing ' for such an amendment wan submitted to the constitutional amendment committee by which It 1 eaU it will be favora bly reported. J. J. Blade, of Muskogee county, author of the proposed bill, declared that it will hiivf. the effect of dis franchising every negro In the stato regardless of whatever other quali fications he may possess. Referring to It" effect upon white citlsens, he Bald : "Any good vhlto man can get a good white woman to testify that she would trust him in the dark. If any white man can't, the scoundrel should be disfranchised." "No person ehall. however, be en tlOsd to register In this state who Is not dselared to be of good character, 'and understanding the duttea and ob ligations of citizenship under a re publican form of government; and such good character Is hereby de fined to be thone who have what is generally termed good character In cluding such character as hey may bo trusted by modest, chaste and virtuous female, with a feeling of security to her person, when not at tended by an adequate protector, In tho dark or In other places of se clusion." It provides that If the rVitrar's Judgment is quentlonea. by , an appli cant, tba word of two "chaste white women" of good standing before tha registrar will be sufficient. . .KTDsrMMEB FROST. BUJEFIEbD, W. Va Jury 20. Bloafleld was visited this . morning Iry a midsummer frost. Tha ther- nometer reglstarsd far down la the forties shortly after nldnignV It is Now up to Him COME LtND A HAND AND WE'LL, TEAR bOWN S.-7 ' - VTHI5 Presidential Mansions-Shows tip Miss Abbot .''' n 'Am Rc-apon!M ' "I wish to be .as- eptcifio as possi ble upon "this, point," toys the presi dent In his message, 'and. to' say that I alone am responsible for the,en largement of the proposed elimina tion from 110 acres to 11.800 acres, and that ! proposed the change and stated my seasons therefor., The thing whloh the Territory of Alaska, needs Is development, and. where right and franchises , can. be properly granted to encourage Investment and . cop-, struct a railroad, without,- oonferrlg exclusive 'privilege I believe h to ha In s-cordtnee .with good policy to gran them." V t i , ., , AccQMpanvlrtg tha president's mes sage are documentaT eporfs "and maps bearing oa-tht case, rsqussU ed from him by a senate resolution ef June 27th last. "I deem It wise,", says the message, "to accompanying the submission of these documents with a statement in narrative form of the action of the administration with ths reaanne therefor." Here follows a description of Controller Day and environs and a map showing the ef' feet of wlthdra-wjng, the much mooted 11,400 -acres .from, the reserve. The president then takes up the thread of i his narrative as concerns the events that precipitated ths ,contro versy, ' IT MOREHEAD CITY'S BEACH Series of Water Spouts' Fifty to Hundred Feet in Diameter Fine Sight MOHEHRAD CITT, tt. C, July 28. Peering from windows, on trains, In hotels, standing In groups In the rain at Camp Glenn, Beaufort anil Morehead City, great crowds of visi tors snd home folks this afternoon between three and four, o'clock saw an unusual sight here, and now even to old timers. There was a series of water spouts, five In all, which formed some three mllos south s' Morehead on the coast. The first was a great one, from fifty to a hundred feet In. di ameter at the base, as seen from the Atlantic hotel, and growing smaller toward the top, finally lost In the clouds; soon a second water spout, a smaller one formed near the first, and it absorbed the larger. Millions of gallons of water were sucked up Into the sky and soon the rain In creased, an hour later the sun was shining and . there was no sign of the phenomena. SKELETON FOUND ON BERTH DECK OF MAINE HTAANA, July it. A skeleton, al most entire, . but presenting slight hope of Identification was discover ed on the berth deck on the star board side of the Maine today. These are the first bones found below the main deck .which has been now en tirely explored. WASHINGTON, July 1 1 Forecast: North' Carolina; probably.' fair Thurs day and Friday; light north wind ON OlDMAM OLD WALL ii 1C Bay Incident and Seeks to Not Fall Athwart the How Ryan Applied. . He relates how. Ityan, representing the Controller Railway- and : Naviga tion Company, applied In itoi for the sllmlnetlon of a tract to suable this oompany to secure railroad terminals, ete. The application was . referred ' to th Forestry Bureau, and then to the havy department with a, view that perhaps the navy desired to use Con troller Bay as a reeervat!6n." The for estry Interests found no objection to the elimination of the tract Indicated, "or Indeed," as the president' writs "to the elimination of 11.000 acres in tha northwest ' shore of . Controller : ",yha tvr.-siPisMietil's answer wa "negative," save ' tha president, and after the matter had been consid ered by tha secretary of agriculture, by the secretary of ths Interior, and the oeneral land Office, a recom mendation was. mads to him that 120 acres with a frontage of H0 rods on tha northwest shore of ' Controller Bay be thrown open, A formal- or der to this effect was finally submit ted to him In October, It 10, hot when tha matter 'came before ths cabinet Iota In that month he found objection to It His reasons for taking this (Continued oo Pago row) ENSIGN ROBERT S. YOUNG TAKEN TO 1SITI1 No Information Often Out Except That He is Now in Perfect Health CHARLOTTE, N. C, July Is. En- sign. Robert fl. Toung, Jr., of Con cord,. N. C, who disappeared from his ship, ths torpedo boat destroyer Perkins, In New York several weeks ago, arrived at Moramnton on a mid night train last night, accompanied by his father. Dr. Toung. He was taken Immediately from the train to Broad Oaks sanitarium. The arrival was very carefully planned and news of Young's presence did not become known generally nntll this afternoon. He appeared to be In perfect health but beyond a statement that he would regain at the institution long enough to have a complete rest no Information was given out. It is said that the missing ensign was dis covered by his father In New Tork several days ago and had been kept quietly in la hotel there until ar rangements could be made to take him to Morganton. Nominate a Candidate , Nomination Blank Oood for 1,000 Votes. The Ashevllle Citizen $5,640 Subscription Contest Candidate Address ; , . Telephone No. .,' .' Only One Nomination Blank for Each. Car " Will Count at 1,000. Votes,. , . Cut out and. bring or send to Th3 C KEELEY GRILLING GOMES TO L Chicago Tribune Manager De clares That He Believes White Bribery Story EDITORIALS READ BY LAWYER HANECY Probable That , Heads or Big Stock Yard Companies Mat be Called la Soon WAnKINOTON, July Jl. The cross examination of Jama Reeley, general manager and editor of The Chicago Tribune , was oomplsted to day before I hs senate tiOiimar com mittee. Not since tha beginning of tha investigation ha a witness been put through tha gruelling examina tion that Mr. Keeley experienced at tha hands ot Eldridge Hanacy, coun sel for . Mr, Lorimer, Timn v after time, the editor let tha sarcastic re marks of. the attorney pass, with nothing mora than a shrug of th rUulders.' but at others, he counter ed end retaliated. Through' the day, tha object of the' attorney appeared to he to establish ' t poeaibls . an anelsnt grudgs ef Tha Tribune against iiorlmer. - j , t Bollevr White Utory. , The committee after the cross ex amination, asked , the ' wttneea Just two question One was whether the edU r believed the, atory of State 1!.'.r.wi(initle tn.a. A, JVhlte, whoiie altered confession of graft In ' tha Illinois legislature ,'woa prat printed Iiv The Tribune. J' did and do," was l h answer, , The other question was directed mi wr r, Mr. Keeley had In i.ntrd whan fc said yesterday ho had Mf ttt Chan m1 Jii , conclusion - about having been swindled when ha paid George Olavls 1600 ; for books that Qtnvls olalmed showed that torlmer, when, .-la; tha house, received .Money from lobbyists In , Washington In a fight mads by the ,'Flre Proof mair aalne of Chicago for ths, mall pi Al lege, He had not gotten an opportu nity to explain on ernes examination, .Twnoy, "Mwe,, n . , : In this connection hr, Keal'tjr said yesterday that Olavls told hint sx-Heprsenttlve Tawncy, of Min nesota, wss "mixed up in the deal.". "When I came to Washington a few days ago," Mr. Kssley replied. "Mr, ' Green, .' attorney for Olavls, j(fUmadjwB page eight) U'llil WILEY TO RETill AT THEIEIJ fif E FOOD lEPABTffilT , Valuable Service to Govern ment in Past llakes Wilson Lenient . HOUSE WILL AOT WABHINOTON, July I,--It. be. came known here latt today that Beo retary of Agrloulture Wilson, in a .report-to President Taft, had recom mended that Dr. H. W. Wiley, tha pure food expert, be admonished hut not dismissed. Secretary . Wilson, It . Is understood, declares leniency must ' be shown Dr, Wiley because of his valuable services to th government In the past and his usefulness for tha future. For this reason, he appar ently does not believe that "condign punishment" should be meted out in the case. Under the recommendation the president will be abfs to retain Dr. Wiley In his position, as H'has been believed all tha time he would do, without seeming to ignore th advice of his attorney general, Thus an embarrassing situation will ha avoided. Secretary Wilson declines to discuss the nature ot his . report before the president seas Ot. to mak (Continued on Page Eight) HEARING
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