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. ASHEVILLB, N 0, TUESDAt MOt&i:XG, AUGUST 1, 1911.
VOL. XXVII., NO. 281
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ORIGINAL TATTLER
ILLINOIS BUY
GOES
UPON
STAND
Representative White Making
CfTort to Put Himself In a
Better Ught
HE TELLS OF SOME
BOOKS HE HAS READ
Said He fold His Supporters
He Would Expose Corrup
Hon at Springfield
WASHINGTON, July SI. Chas. At
While, who after running the gamut
from' street 'car. conductor to mem
bf ot th IlllUOto legislature, C0n
teased, to receiving money to vote for
William Lorlmer for the United Btat
senate, today began to retell his story
before the senate trlmer commit
tee. White, who Is not more than HO
r of are, brought to the witness
stand a large bundle of papera by
which he hoped to place himelf be
fore, the 'country In a bettar light
than that under which he hae reeted
atnee the Lo rimer investigation start
ed. ' He produced many testimonials
of good character and ability from
echoola he had attended In hi youth
and from I former employe. He
deoribsd Malawi-vices at Spring
field In J80 a the legislative agent
of street car men and his election
to the Illinois house of representatives
while he was working as a conduc
tor. Explaining that he Wished to show
the source frond which White obtained
his food for thought, Attorney J. H.
Marble, for the committee, asked the
witness what he was reading at the
time he was elected to the legislature.
Whtte mentioned these: Lawson's
High Finance Kxposnr magitslne ar
ticles which Wthte characterised as
"a i pretty nice piece of work."
The Jungle, by JXpton Sinclair, ex
posing stock yards "Splendid piece
of work f
Tour volumes of Roman history
"abouK-lhe, Carthagehians, the' By--flans,
and that class ejt eurt.",
Jngeraolr complete wprtf,. Aryan's
mmoner, Taylor's "Lafe Pictures,"
"Appeal to Reaaor, oclallt publi
cation. . . .
vtktmif teAo 'a&gmii&nih' the
' daily newspaper of St. IjouIs. The
, witness said that before he was elect
ed to the legislature he heard of sev
" eral men who had taken bribes and
then exposed the bribers. He said he
told his supporters during the cam
paign that If he was elected he
would expose the corruption at
Springfield but he denied saying he
would take the bribe In so doing.
CITIZEN
IS
WILL
CONTEST
Announcement of Big Vote Offer Causes Interest
Names of Candidates Appear
Again Wednesday
Tie CItlren's great prize contest Is
getting fairly started now, and a most
lemoouragtng degree of Interest is
shown by the many who are sending
In queries and nominations, and the
prospect is for widely extended activ
ity. Twenty-one energetic people of this
vicinity are going to win $5,940 worth
of prises within the next few weeks,
There i no reason whatever why you
, should not be among them If you are
willing to spend a little energy In or
der to gaifl a splendid reward. There
are a few people whose relation K
The Cltisen excluded them from this
competition, mainly employes who'llve
" 'tfrfhe city. of Ashevllle. but If you are
not In this claes you should not think
of allowtng yourself to waste such an
opportunity.
Of course, we do not mean that
everybody should be a candidate, but
we do mean that every public-spirited
citlsen should take an active part
in the coming campaign on his own
aocount or that of a friend.
Tou can be Just as busy canvassing
. f.iHil fni. vmtr.
elf, and you can take as much pride
In their achievement at the close, for
you wilt have had so much to do wltn
it that It will seem a victory of your
own. If you do not busy yourself with
It ons way or another you will feet
distinctly "out of It."
i Do Xot Hesitate.
There are lots of people who never
get anything because they nave start
anything. They ate inactive and nev
er alert. They want sstnuch as oth
ers do, but they heeitate and (hen find
It Is too late. Break the habit of
hesitating, enter The CItlxen contest
today and take the first steps that wilt
lesd you to winning the touring car
or a runabout.
listen to This.
If a man should come to you and
offer a 1,7S0 Chalmers pouring car
as' a free gift you would very likely
think htm erasy, or suspect something
queer In the proposition, but If the
am man war to explain . tu you
that In exchange tor this great gift
you were to give , him something
which would cost ' you nothing, and
would yet be of. Immense value to htm,
yea would 94 that he wag making
CAROLINA COTTON
MILLS SHUT DOWN
MANY OUT OF WORK
Water in Catawba so Low That 152
Mills Close Down Temporarily,
Throwing 70,000 Operatives Out
of Employment
CHARLOTTE, N. ,C, July II. As
a ollmax to the unprecedented drought
this section Is experlencelng, one hun
dred and fifty-two cotton mills In
North and South Carolina shut down
today beoau , the .water In Catawba
river la so low the Southern Power
company cannot supply the plants
with power.
TO.OOQ Out of Work.
It is estimated that seventy thou
sand operatives are thrown out of
employment. It 1 two '.weeks rtnoe
rain of : any consequence hat fallen
and local weather bureau reports show
a deficiency of 50 per. cent In pre
clpttatlon for this section. Creeks
Which have hot gone dry Id forty-five
years are mud holes, and distress
among the rural population dependent
for water on Wells la great Mountain
streams to the west upon which nay
of the flouring mtlls, tanneries and
cotton mills are dependent tor power
have dwindled to mere brooks In some
Instances and many of the manufac
turing enterprises have been forced
to shut down. Crops in. this immediate
section are burning up in the fields.
Many farmers In this and the adjoin
ing counties despairing of a eorn crop,
have chopped down the young corn
and are using It for feed; while the
hot winds are playing havoc with cot
ton.
Other Towns Face Ordeal.
Cities and towns to the north and
west of Charlotte are facing the ordeal
of a water famine that this etty is
now "experiencing. At Greensboro.
Salisbury. Concord, Spencer, Monroe,1
Wadesboro and other places the water
suDDly problem has reached a stag
and measure of economy are being
rigidly enforced. The situation in
Charlotts ha not improved materially
though the authorities are working
night and day on the problem Feel
ing that the distress ot the people is
not being relieved as promptly as was
hoped by means of tank trains frero the
river at Mt. Holly, the offers or water
from Qastonla. Shelby, aod Lincoln-
ton (were today accepted and tank
trains brought, tn tonight- fifty thousand-
gallons trow afc1t-JJtace."Thia is
being pumped into the city mam ai
red by means of fire engines, and an
additional steamer borrowed frdrrt Co
lumbia, 8. C, will augment the Hocal
fire apparatus Irt this work tomorrow.
It is hoped by Wednesday to resume
an economic service through the
mains. It has been cut off aince early
Sunday. Bpeolal prayer services for
rain -were held in churches through
COVER WIDE FIELD
you a sensible and attractive propo
sition f
Now this Is just wfeat The Cltisen
Is doing. The most valuable thing In
the world Is CIRCULATION. It Is
the life of the newspaper. Ws hav
already a wonderful circulation, but
we want our paper to go into every
home and be read by both young and
old. We want you to help us to get
It, and In exchange for your aid we
are glad to give you automobiles,
pianos, diamond rings and other valu
able prices.
The more you help us the greater
your reward; Isn't that a plain busi
ness deal?
What to Bay.
Tell your friends with enthusiasm
that you have set your heart on a
prlKe, and you are persuaded thst
with their aid you can win It. Tel
innm inai il win on m. pmiunire to as
sociate them with the pride you wilt
take In winning. Point out to them
that the longer the term of subscrip
tion they give the larger your profit in
votes, snd then, too, they are saved
the constant annoyance of th collec
tor's visits. ,
How to Enter.
Bend In your nomination. Tou will
find the nomination blank on another
paan, which counts for 1,000 votes.
Only the first nomination blank Can
te ned by candidate. ,
Tou get vote and subscriptions
anywhere from e'lher district.
Votes will be given on all paid sub
scriptions. Call or send to the Contest depart
ment of The Citlsen for a r?i1pt
book. The Contest mnnarr will he
t glad to explain anything you do ot
understand. Telephone or write to
him. if you cannot call, and a repre
sentative win lve you fni! details.
Don't forget thst children fJn So
most effective work In collecting cou
pons, as well as eeenring many paid-in-"
dance subscription
Should your father, mother, broth
ers, sisters or frWnds belong to any
organisation, get them to secure the
votes and assistance of that organisa
tion. -j.:
Do not let a day pass without
coring some subscriptions nd vote.
The steady, persistent workwr Is what
OPEN
.Continued on Ptg Fonf.)
out the auction yesterday. There was
a fcrlef shower this afternoon and rain
Is falllnar lightly tonight with atmos
phertc conditions that promise relief
' Anhevllle Bends Wafer,
1 Buffering Charlottean will drink
Ashevllle.. water for a few hours to
day, a a result of. ft special train
competed of Sold cars of the Cham
pion Fibre company and a" Southern
engine. Which took approximately 80,
09 gallons of water to the "Queen
City" aa a gift from the metropolis
of "the land of the sky" yesterday,
i Charlotte's water famine has reach
ed 'the acuta stage andi when It be
came learned her yesterday that the
situation was growlhg more se
rioua, .the arrangements were made
whereby Charlotte wilt receive enough
Ashevllle water to last her for at
least a part: or today.
Charlotte Peoaje Here.
Doubtless on account of the water
famine at Charlotte, Ashevllle has aa
her guests just now probably more
Charlottean than have been in this
etty at on time for many seasons.
The r1tr at the leading hotels last
Bight showed that many people from
Charlotte and nearby town arrived
her yesterday atfd boarding house
report that raanl reasrratlon have
been made by people from the ctlon
surrounding Charlotte for board and
room for an indefinite period. It t
believed that many will arrtv her
today and the majority of those who
are already her hat expressed their
Intentions of remaining In Ashevllle
until the situations at their home
town ar relieved.
While the town of the piedmont
section ar patching the water supply
for Ashevllle Is In good shape a heavy
shower having, fa! Ian at th Intak
yesterday afternoon. Th fcoure of
upply- I naturally somewhat lower
than usual on account of th dry pe
riod, although no trouble la antlel
letid here dna to th fact tha Ashe-
tVls i perhaps he most favored city
1 1 Amerld so far a bar water tupply
ri . .,
irmmAJtA's niterr ham
NEW ORLKAN8, July II. The
first bale of , Louisiana' new crop
of cotton was sold her today for IT
cents a pound. The bale weighed
670 pounds and was produced at
Rayne, La. This cotton arrived nine
dares earlier than th first bale last
season, " '
BEATTIE SAYS HE WON'T
BE ELECTROCUTED, 1ULD
DIE fir BIHIND FIRST
Arrangements for Transfer
of Beulah Binford and
Paul Beattie
ANOTHER WITNESS
RICHMOND, July II. Henry
Beattie la quoted on high authority
today as having said tn -substance In
the course of a statement he made:
"These people who think they are
going to put me In the electric chair
are all wrong. They were never more
wrong about anything In their Uvea
I shall never be electrocuted. I'd take
poison and Kill myself In order to pre
vent anything like that." But there is
nothing in Henry's conduct to sug
gest that he has any intention of de
stroying himself.
Arrangements were made today for
the transfer tomorrow of Beulah Bin
ford and Paul Beattie, held as mate
rial wltneese for th commonwealth
rn the case of Henry Seattle, Jr.,' the
alleged wife murderer from the Hen
rico county Jail to the Richmond city
Jail. Henry Beattie will remain In
the Henrico Jail. It is alleged tha
there has been more or less com
munication between Beulah and 'Hen
ry since their incarceration, and th
authorities determined that this, or
th possibility ef so oh a thing, must
be ended. A summons was issued to
day for the appearance before th
grand Jury on Aug, 14 of Mrs.
Chalmers W. Elliott, of 1IS1 Taylor
street, who Is said to be an Intimate
friend of Beulah's, and who visited
Beulah at the jal! last Saturday. She
1 said to have gained admittance to
the girl's cell by representing herself
to be relative. She I expected to
prove,. an Important witness for th
Commonwealth ' corroborating cer
tain statements of Beulah'.
CTRL BtTRIfBD TO DEATH.
R ALBION, N. C, July II. Mis
Maggi Sugg, daughter of a promi
nent farmer of Greene oounty, wo
burned to death tart night while re
turning hem In a -buggy trom
church at Hull's Cross . Road in
Qreeae aounty. v--r
It 1a believed some one carelessly
threw a lighted dgar stump is the
boggy,- her clothing became Ignited
and she died la a few hour aft
mohjng toma,
WICKERSHAMS HAVE FREQUENT BITTER
TILTS BEFORE JUDICIARY
' f ;f " ' . ..
Decided This Committee
Houses-Developed
1
WASHINGTON. . Julv Jl Follow.
Ing general charges' and denial be
tween th two Wtcssrsham of th
government, th attorney general and
th delegate froitl Alaska, th house
committee tin Jufllnlfcry decided 1st
toaay tnat it nao nosiewer to aa any
thing but report th evidence to th
house, ti will repoa early tomorrow
Delegate Wlckershi m't reaolutlon,
calling on th attorn ? general to fur
nish all th paper nd data bearing
en th alleged frati Is- In connection
With th government octal contract,! -
Tha commltte will not recommend
tlt the house in Vfltlgat Delegate
Wlokcrsham'r ehatgeA that' Attorney
General Wlckershsmi haaihtolded fend
protected "A task syndicate crimi
nals. "
Frequctit flashes.
In a hearing enlivened with fre
quent and bitter clashes between th
two Wlokorshams, it developed that
the delegate from Alaska had offered
hi legal service In HOI to the Gug
genheim Interests In th Northwestern
Commercial company for a salary of
111,000 ft year and th maintenance
of office headquarter in Bent tie.
"War you ever In the employ of
the Guggenheim interests T" asked
BATTLE OF BALLOTS IN
IT
Three Candidates for Sen
ate Made Final Speeches
Last Night All Confident
JACKBON, Miss , July II. Missis
slppt's state campaign waa brought to
a close tonight and the battle of bal
lots tAkes place tomorrow. The three
candidates for the senatorshlp light,
which has teen the bitterest In the
history of the utate, delivered their
final apeeches tonight. United States
Senator LeRoy Percy, whose office Is
being sought by formr Gov. S. K.
Vardaman and C. H. Alexander, poke
at Itta Bena today to aeveral thous
and people, United State Senator
John Sharp William also spoke, de
livering a spirited address denouncing
what he termed " Vardamanlsm." He
appealed to the voter to return Mr.
Percy to the sene. Th capital city
was a divided house tonight. Par
tisan feeling ran high but no dis
turbances occurred.
Mr. Vardaman Issued th following
from hi headquarters tonight:
"Thl I a contest for supremacy
between the man whoa toil produces
the wealth of the country and the fa
vored few who reap the products of
that toll. Th people of Mississippi
will settle the question tomorrow as to
whether or not th honest, patriotic
methods of the past shall be the rule
of action In M1slsslppl politics or the
trick, bribery and debauchery of the
secret caucus. I expect to win by the
largest majority any man ever re
ceived In Mississippi who had any op
position at all."
WASHINGTON. July It -Forecat:
North Carolina Local si tsgg Tues
day and Wednseday; lifht, rubl
wind i
Do it Today
.f
AM HA A 4REAT IJEA
just STRUCK ME- I'LL
egSSV I NOMINATE MY BEST GtRl,
Jt ff&GS fc THEN PROPOSE I SH tWf
And Get Solid With Her
Has no Power to do Anything Except Report Evidence to
That Alaskan Delegate Had
to Ouggenheims Attorney General
Representative Starling, of Illinois.
"Never," Mid Delegate Wicker
ham.
t "Did they ever eek to employ
you 1"
Offered Position,
"Yes," said th delegate. "Stephen
Birch wrote to me in JtOI and Aiked
If I would tak position a counsel for
t(i Northwestern Commercial com
pany." t'
' "What did you say?" asked Mr.
Sterling. ' .
" "I said t would tak a place as
their un4 for an annual salary, of
i6,n, ttty toMuip twice in s
attls," said .Mr, Wlckersham, J "After
t answered th letter nothing more
was said about It and they employed
other attorney. If they had paid m
what 1 asksd I would have been their
attorney and t think that I would
hv saved them a whole lot of trou
ble." "How?' asked Representative- Lit
tleton, of New Tork, ,
"Through my advice to them to
keep away from criminal practices,"
The Alaskan delegate renewed hi
statement' that the attorney general
had shielded and protected ftrsakers
IN MEH KILLEO
Troops Fire into Crowd Who
Freed Prisoners Many
Wounded
EL ORO, Mexico., July II In re
pelling a mob of striking miner who
today freed the prisoners in th jail
troop fired Into the crowd, ktfllng'
nine and wounding thirty-two. Th
strkers were from I Eapersnta mine
which they abandoned this morning.
This afternoon the men In the Mexi
co mine, an adjoining property walked
out. It Is expected by the men of Bl
Oro mine thst a strike wHl be called
there tomorrow, fearing that they
might be th victims of anti-foreign
flemonetratlons. many American wo
men were .sent out of the camp In
a special train to Mexico City. The
fBr were based on circular re
cently lemied by the miners in which
Amer!-ans were bitterly assailed.
More than , 000 men of the Mexico
snd Ia Espermwa mines ar out.
They demand higher ware. If thess
men should be jlnd by those In El
Oro the number of strikers would be
7,000. ,
One hundred soldier were nt
from Toluca, the state capital to EI
Oro this afternoon and President D
la Barra has promised additional
protection. It Is expected that on
thousand soldiers will be here before '
morning from the capital. TroiJl
began early. Tb rurales had ar-!
rested a few of th Striker and the j
Idle men determined to set them '.
free. Arming themselves with pieces!
or gold ore and stone they started '
ap the one street of the town" toward
tiho Jail, throwing stone a they went!
at such building a offended their
tight. They, Shouted their defiances j
at th rurale, -who fired numerous:
show. Before the mob fled, how- i
ever, It had sueceded In freeing the i
prisoners. " I
Shutters were closed throughout
th town and foreigners redoubled i
their activity to put th women out of j
danger.
STORM C.VI BE8 HAVOC.
Il ABILENE!, Tex- July 11 .--Two per
son wer killed, a score were Injured
and nearly every business hous in
Abilene waa damaged by a storm of
wind and hall tonight, A number of
residence wer also wrscksd, . ,
COMMITTEE
Offered His Services
Criticised
of th laW who represented th Oug
genhelm Interest In Alaska. Mem
ber of th judiciary commute fr
quehtly railed upon him to Drove
tatmnta h mad, and in som cases
cnauengea th efficiency of hi proof.
Vlgorou Denial,
, attorney General Wlckersham de
clared that th Alaska delegates
charge called (or vlgorou denial
from th government Official. "It
has seen fit to make charge against
m which tt was bjs duty to prov
befor thlg committee- if he could do
o, said tn attorney general, "and
t submit to th oommitte that h ha
at proved hi Waflfiiitit,'w?-v
The Alaskan dlgat repeatedly
criticised th off lei la of Alaska, Mid
th Guggenheim "owned th govern
ment . there," and mad general
charge of the officials being influ
enced by them. He sought to prov
that tJnited States Marshal If. X. Lot
had extrtd money front hi deputy
marshal, by making thm "divide th
graft" ontind In th profit from
boarding prisoner, Th government
allow II per day for each prisoner.
i- - - f"iiiiini,VlsrrAVjriji-ijrsii
BE
EVEN TflilHT PRESENT
House Committee on Tem
perance Recommends
Drastic Near Beer Law
ATLANTA, July ll.Instead of fol
lowing in the wake of Alabama and
Texas, which hav recently discarded
prohibition for local option, th house
committee on temparano In th Geor
gia legislator today voted to recom
mend a bill that I Intended to re
strict the tale of "near beer." Th
vote was 10 to 10. The measure was
introduced by Representative Tlppens,
and Is regarded aa tha most drastic
bill yet proposed as an adjunct to the
prohibition law. It makes it unlawful
to sell or to keep on hand for the pur
pose of sale any bvragss or liquid
capable of being drunk as a bvrag
that contain more than one-half of
one per ont of alcohol, On amend
ment exempting legitimate medicines
used legitimately waa voted down and
another barring all drinks that con
tain any alcohol waa killed, A substl.
tut bill authorising licensed beer sa
loons and "package houses" alao was
voted down.
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AFTER CAUCUSING
TWICE DEMOCRATS
FAVOR FREE LIST
Farmers' Measure Will be
Voted Upon In Senate Today
After Much Hot Air
MORE AMENDMENTS OF
SENATOR CUMMINS UP
Senator qore Would Prohibit
PrAA Pnfrtf tnirtAMAii!
- j T,.ww ww s)b1 :
Numerous Staples
I UU LjIIU V IIILtfl I jnimiiriiu U. "
WASHINGTON. July- ItAft
two lengthy caucuses today th dam.
ocratlo senator 1st tonight decided
unanimously to support th farmer'
fr list bill passed by th house, and
which will b votd upon tomorrow n "
th senate, At the aam tim tb
democrat of th hous committee on
way and mean at a night meetina
formally decided to rcommnd to th
house tomorrow that It ask th nat '
for a eonfrnc on th woo) tariff.
rviion bill, ,
Banon Rreohition, , ' ?
Tha enat caucus adopted Volu-
tlon offered by Senator Bacon plcdg.
ing support to th house fre list bill
and insuring concerted action by th
democrat In an effort to pas th
tneasur unamended, - Thl Is re
garded a doubtful, and It waa agreed
that In ease of defeat th bill would
he reoffered. modified by an amend.
ment to b submitted by Senator Kern
granting th advantage of th bill
only to those countries which admit
fre of duty American corn, oata, hay,
cotton and hog. Although th Ba
con amendment was adopted 'unani
mously Senator Bailey, who pro
posed amendment to th bill adding
.farm product to th fre list m-
ur was killed by th sotlon of th
caucu. withdraw with som ot hit
(follower befor th vote was taken. '
Hi withdrawal wu nnt In th n
Ltur of a bolt, however, and a solid
democratic front I expected tomor
row, Just wher th Insurgent re
publican stand tonight I not to rr
tnin. In th ent todlty It devel
oped In th debate en the free ltit Mil
that som of th proposed Insurgent
republican amendment would not en
ciimbim that niur- Brnaior Cum
mlna, &f Iowa, IA be would offer ht
amendment to ohang the meal rhe1
ui of th present tariff when th cot.
ton kill come over from the hons
and not a a rider to th free list bill.
Senator Bristow, of Kansas, an
nounced he would not offer hi sugar
(ContlnnM on Pag Five,) -
TO
GIVE THEIR VLEDSE
OF
Relation of U. S. Steel Cor
poration to Several In-
dependent Concerns ;
GARY DINNER AGAIN
NEW TORK, July It. Oeorg W,
Porkln. director of h I7nttd Btat
Steel corporation and chairman Of th
flnanc eommitte of th International
Harvester company, was ubpona4
today to appr bafor th eongr.
solnal eommitte of Inquiry Into th
affair of th trnrtd Btat Steal cor
poration. He was excused from ap
pearing, however, until th com mil
tee ha completed it Inquiry Into th'
intrnacle of th absorption of th
Tennessee Coal and Iron company by
the steel corporation. Inquiry tomor
row will be mad of expert Into th
valuation of or properties of th
Tenne Coal and Iron company and .
three men hav bean summoned who ;
mad estimate to th Tennessee syn
dicate before they took over th pro
perty. They ar C P. Ferine, Win,
Given and Walter Moore.
Mr. Perkln probably will not b
sjtVsasaasiksaaWs! '
(Combined on fag Five)
! tote