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VOL. XXVII., NO. 285
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Off to Their Annual Encampment
EXCESSIVE VALUE
OVER BUYING PRICE
GOULD NOT BUDGE
WHITE ANY FROM
r
OF
MISSISSIPPI III
UNTIL DECEMBER
L
J7 .-Gtowp
BEJ.K.
Moment ADC ITY
Southern Democratic Sen
C Property Bought (or $29,000.
y 000 Declared to Have Valu
ation of $200,000,000
Gave Many Details Yesterday
Reports Show That He Has
Comfortable Lead Over
Percy and Alexander
Not Brought Out In His
Former Testimony
ators Say Passage Now
Would Hurt Mnfrs.
WOULD
POSTPONE
re
SENATOR
ACT ON ON
COTTON
SHOWN COMMITTEE
Cll
VERS ON
1DIA11
ULTERIOR MOT:VE
OF BIG PURCHASE
Said to Have Been to Acquire
Vast Mineral Deposits of
Birmingham District
NEW YORK. Aug. .1. That the ore
and local holdings acquired by the
United States Steel Corporation In
the absorption of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company In 1D07 have a val
uation of 1200,000,000 wm eatlmated
from figures on the mineral holdings
of the Tenneaaee company given to
day to the house of representatives
committee on inquiry Into the steel
corporation by expert engineers.
In acquiring the Tenneaaee com
pany, the United States Steel corpor
ation exchanged Ave per cent second
bonds valued at $29,000,000, the trans
action having been brought about to
prevent the collapse of the New
Yofk brokerage Arm of Moore
Schley because of excessive loans
With Tennessee Coad and Iron stock
a collateral.
Alleged Motive Shown -Since
the beginning of the Inquiry
Into that deal, Representative Stanley
and other members of the house com
mittee have sought to develop evi
dence tending to prove charges that
the Impending panic and danger to
Moore A Schley was not the prime
motive of the merger, but that It was
a desire on the , part of the steel
Corporation to acquire the Tennessee
company and - Its vast mineral de
posits ef the Birmingham district. In
furtherance of that Idea, notwith
standing the determined declarations
of witness after wttneaa, who partic
ipated In the exchange that the sug
gestion of conspiracy was prepos
terous, the committee heard today the
testimony of C. P. Perln. Waiter
Moor and W. M. Given, expert engl-
Beers who appraised the deposits of
.the Birmingham field In 104.
j-'fs'- i.itij- ri' t I isT "sir 'f' t ' -, " v. T
.f' These men declared that the "ore
. deposits of that region, and their
proximity tb coal deposits estimated
at nearly two billion tons, make that
CHittnwl on page t seven).
ENTOMBED SEVENTY-FIVE
HCHESJMED CHICKEN
News That He Would Be
Rescued Saved His Moth
er's Life, Say Doctors
ALMOST MIRACLE
JOPLIN, Mo., Aug. 1. Entombed
78 feet below the surface of the earth,
faring: possible death from apparently
rising water In the mine drift, Joseph
Clarey, a young miner raught by a
cave-In at the White Oak mines on
Sunday, tonight, by virtue of an air
hole five inches In diameter, feasted
on fried chicken and Joked with
.friends who ore waiting for his res
cue. A fourth hole drilled from the sur
face to reach his prison penetrated the
roof of limestone late today.
"Hello." hie brother-in-law called
down the hole.
"Hello, boys." I'm hungry," came
the clear but faint reply. Then
Thomas Clarey. father of the en-
tombed miner hastened to hla home,
where the young man's mother was
prostrated from grief, and told her
' the young man was still alive. The
news, the doctors say, saved her life.
From his home the father, one of
, the oldest prospectors In this mining
i field, hurried back to the mine, carry -
Ing mlik and stimulants, which were
k lowered to nis son. Arter drinking
:' these Clarey seemed much stronger.
workmen are working to sink a
rescue shaft to the drift In which
Clarey Is burled. It is hoped to reach
Clarey late tomorrow.
TCBGINIAW Vrnt 8 PRJZE.
NEW TORK, Aug. 1. The etfSfeth
annual Paris prise of the Bociety of
Beaux Arts Architects, one of the
'most Important rswards a9efed young
, architects In this country has been
: awarded to C. E. Hail, a native of Vlr
. glnla. and a former student at Colunr
i tie university, who now resides In
i Nsw Tork. Announceent of the
' award was made today'by James Otis
Post, chairman of the society's com
mittee en education. The prise is a
; scholarship of fl.SOO, which will pay
the expenses of studying for two and
a half years at the Ecole of Beaux Arts
at Paris. This year it was the gift of
William A, Read. The competitors
number 181.
The subject for the competition was
a design for a hypothetical United
States embassy at Parts.
TOLD WHAT HE DID
WITH BRIBE MONEY
Said Browne Told Him That
There Would be "no Chicken
Feed In it Either"
WA8HINOTON, Aug. 1 All tlay
Charles A. White, the confessed bribe
taker of the Illinois legislature, was
In the witness stand before the Senator
Lorlmer committee, telling his tale of
corruption, and when the committee
adjourned until tomorrow his story
had not been completed.
Whites testimony followed In out
line that given at the first Lorlmer
Investigation by the senate. Attor
ney Marble for the committee, al
lowed the witness, however, to tell
many details not mentioned In that
hearing but published In White's so
called confession In The Chicago
Tribune.
Payment by Browne
Without flinching or qualification,
White told of being asked by Lea
O'Nell Browne, minority leader In the
legislature to vote for Lorlmer and of
being told by Browne that there would
be "no chicken . feed" in It either.
He described In a weailth of detail
the allegod payment to him by
Browne of $1,000 as "Lorlmer mon
ey." Ttf witness told what he did
with the money, even explaining to
the committee that he had only $1.10
In the bank at the time, so he placed
$36.20 more on doposlt In order to
pay some bills.
"Jack Pot" Distribution
The distribution of the "Jack pot,"
or general corruption fund for legis
lators, was described. White again
told of meeting Representative Robert
E. Wblson, at a St. Louis hotel on
July IS, 1S09. together with Repre
sentative Henry A. Shephard, Charles
S. Luke, Joseph 8. Clark and Michael
Link. The witness explained that
Luke complained to. him In the hotel
lot b that the, 0e, .being glvo: t
each member as hie share of the
"Jack pot" was not enough. It was
at this time, White said, Luke spoke
or wmte and" others reeclvlng $1,000
(Continued on Page Seven)
STILL UNENLIGHTENED AS
TO WHAT IS BEEN AFTER
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
Hearing on Question Over
But WiU Still Go On
Making Inquiry
WILEY'S OPINION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. Dr. Har
vey Wiley's board of food and drug
inspection today concluded its hear
ings on the question, "what Is beer?"
and, still somewhat unenlightened,
will continue to gather information
from chemists and brewing experts
before announcing a decision.
Some idea of the attitude of the au
thorities, however, toward the beers
now sold may be derived from a letter
written by Secretary Wilson of the
department of agriculture, produced
at today's hearing by John '.I. Mauff
of Chicago, representative of the
National Consumers' League, as well
as of the barley growers of Wisconsin
and Minnesota who Insist on the su
periority of their product over corn
and other grains used. The letter
was' written January H, 1911, to B,
D. Kump, of Indianapolis, Ind., a
barley dealer, and Secretary Wilson
says:
"I have Just been Interviewing our
chemists and pure food experts along
barley 4lnes and It Is in their minds
and mine to reach something definite
with regard to what beer Is. We could
require that beer made from anything
else than barlely should have a label
showing Its component parts; I
think we can go that far. If we
find that any beers, injurious to the
public health are being made, we
could declare them adulterants and
stop the Interstate trade In them: It
seems to be a subject concerning
which our people know less about;
than almost anything else, but I
have been urging Inquiry into It;
am in sympathy with you along this
line. ' Investigation will bring the
facts and we will have investigation
made. Lawrence Maxwell of Cincin
nati, formerly United States solicitor
general and now representative of
thousands of corn growers In the mfi
die west protested against the move
ment to label specifically the beers
made from products other than bar
ley malt and hops. Asked by A.
Slaughter of the Wisconsin state
board of the American Bociety of;
(Cootbraod em Face Five)
DEMOCRAT DENOUNCES
PROTECTION SYSTEM
Said He Could Make Profi
Without Protection Selling
"Home" Goods Abroad "
WASHINGTON. Aug. I. With tho
cotton tariff revision bill debate
in
progress in the house, which Is ex.
pected to pass the measure Thursday,
senators are atlready beginning to die
cuss their line of action. The cotton
bill is not Included in the voting pro
gram recently reached ' by' the sen
ate for disposing of legislation, pre
paratery to adjournment and It Is al
ready apparent that the bill will be
come the subjeot of a sharp division
In the damocretlo ranks In the sen
ate.
Many, southern democratic senators
would 4lke to And a way of postpon
ing action until next December and
are urging the desirability of hear
Ings. They contend that the passage
of the bill at this time would In
Jure the cotton manufacture. The
Insurgent republicans and a large
proportion of their remoeratlo col-
leagues refuse to concede delay.
Night Session
Debate on the cotton olll in the
house today extended into a night
session. Format agreement is en
tered Into tonight that debate the
bill will 'be closed tomorrow. The
measure will be taken up under the
Ave minutes rule Thursday and a vote
reached probaJbly within two hours.
Three democrats and two . republicans
spoke on the bill today. Rspresen
tative Harrison, of Nsw York, dem
ocrat said that wlllle New EngHand
cotton manufacturers were drawing
enormous dividends they war paying
starvation wages. Represeptattve
AJken of South Carolina, democrat,
denounced tho protection system at
responsible for trusts and monopolies,
snd Representative Redfleld of New
Tort, democrat, a manufacturer or
f mecMnery, eoid -he ctraiA OsrAroort-
ran made goods In Germany and Bng.
land at profit without the aid of pro
tectton. '
Representative Wilder and McCall,
(Con tinned on Pag Five)
CHARLOTTE SITUATION
NOT VEHY ENCOURAGING
II
Crop Conditions Rapidly
Becoming Critical, Other
Towns No Better
DISEASE DREADED
CHARLOTTE, N. C Aug,
There was no Improvement In the
drought situation In this section to
day. Four additional cotton mills
shut down near Gaffney, 8. C., be
cause of low water In Broad river. An
aoctdent to tho auxiliary steam power
plant of the Southern Power plant,
which supplied power for ISt cotton
mills, has postponed Indefinitely the
resumption of current to these mills,
snd It may be a week yet before the
mills can be operated.
Reports from the cities and towns
In this section are no more encour
aging. In Salisbury the water supply
problem reached an acute stage to
day and in ether adjacent towns the
situation Is no better. Crop condi
tions are rapidly becoming critical.
The light showers of yesterday were
local and afforded little relief.
In Charlotte there has been marked
Improvement, though regular service
has not been resumed. Water Is be
ing hauled from surrounding towns,
which have proffered ft In tank trains,
snd Is being pumped direct into the
mains, while the authorities are
straining every effort to reach a dis
tant stream which may give sufficient
supply to tide over the distress.
Ashevllle, 111 miles away, la sending
a tank train tonight to the stricken
city.
The health board Is observing extra
ordinary precautions to avert disease
which haa been the most dreaded fea
ture. VIRGINIA SUFFERS ALSO.
LTNCHBURG. Va., Aug. 1. Re
ports compiled here today from coun
ties contiguous to Lynchburg show
that the effects of the drought are
alarming. Some sections report va
rain since April, while others have
not had (uffclent moisture to wet the
surface in two months. While the
corn crop is reported fair, other crop
will be from a 'half crop to almost t
: 1 failure. Numerous branch
have dried up, but no suffering has
been reported because of the lack
of water for domestic purposes. Borne
Instances are ree ported of farm help
leaving the farms for livelihood,
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OPPOSITION
HOKE SMITH DEFEAT ORIGINAL BILL
However Senator Kern O h
LhipfcWhichPu8es-If Taft Signs Either This or Wool Tariff Bilk
" f Whole Tariff I$$ue WiU b Re-openej r ,
. . , .V i. ...,.:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, The dem-
ooratlo tariff program was moved up
closer to President Taft today, when
thi. senate by another remarkable
coalition of democrats and Insurgents
passed a farmers' free list bill after
voting the original house measure so
closely that one more democratic sen
ator would have, ehanged the. result
and left the entire revision Issue
squarely before the president tonight
The unholy alliance.-' as the com
bination of the republican wing and
the democratic party haa been called,
massed In almost unbroken alignment
swept aside a host ef amendments,
voted down by tie vote to original
houae measure according to ; program
for political purposes' nd ihen car
ried by a surprising concentration of
strength a meaaure 4MT erinar from the
house bill only in cemparaMveTf ntm
portent particulars. Now the bill goes
back to the house ena ueraocrauo
Leader Underwood, of that body, to
night confidently asserted that It will
be finally agreed to In conference be
tween the two houses and sent to
President Taft. It Is not even certain
that the house will Insist on a confer
ence, for many prominent dAnoerats,
believing that the bill has not been
materially changed, are urging that
the house accept the senate bill with
out eontroverey and rush the first
SPENCER ill LOSES HIS
One of Finest Country
Homes in State Goes Up
in Smoke; Loss $22,000
SPENCER. N C. Aug. 1. What Is
regarded as one pf 'he most expensive
and Imposing farm mansions In North
Carolina, owned and occupied by H.
Clay Orubb, a wealthy farmer and
capitalist, near Bpwncer, went up In
moke st noon today. The Are origi
nated in the kitchen and was of un
known origin and gained much head
discovered. The
way before being
loos to Mr. Orubb Is about as loiiows:
Dwelling totally destroyed, $JO,000;
barn and machinery, 11,000; private
school of family. 11 000. The fire was
one of the largeat ever seen outside
of a town in this section of North
Carolina. Mr. QruoD saved a vaiuaote
library but lost nr'r everything
else In the dwelling. His automobile
was also saved. Only a few weexe
ago old Bt John's mill on the Tea-
kin, owned by Mr. unrsD ana vaiuea
at (14,000, was burned.
VIROIVIA TOW" GOF8 WET.
STAUNTON. Va, Aug. 1. In the
local option election held here today
the wets won by the majority of 102.
The town has been "dry" for the
past two years, ana soms time ago
the liberal element began a vigorous
campaign for a change In conditions.
While no violence attended today's
election much partisan feeling was
displayed. The victorious faction la
eelebrstlng tonight.
WASHINGTON, Aug. ' 1-Foreoaat:
North Carolina: local showers Wed
nesday and Thursday; moderate varl-
able winds.
OF BAILEY, ABSENCE OF
Troubled Waters Wtth Compromise Amendment to Free
j tariff measure up to the president for
veto or approval, "I think the hill
will go to President Taft," said Leader
Underwood. "I am not sure it will be
sent to conference. I certainly see
nothing to prevent the two houses
from reaching an agreement upon fte
final form."; ' ":"V-'., V,'''. ;
Uoke Smith's Absracw,
Had Senator Bailey, of Texas. Voted
with his democratic associates or had
Gov, Hoke Smithy of Oeorgta, as the
hew senator-elect from that state,
been ,oo hand and voted with hla
party, the free list bill would have
passed the senate , unchanged and
would have been in the. hands of
president Taft tonirht pne vote was
all hst stood in the way of placing
the entire Issue of damocratio-insur-
gent tariff refomvlmmsdlately before
hlmT- MT.'n&Briey nWtrW)riWsrgTjt
that he hoped the privilege of easting
the deciding vote would fall to him in
Order to show his opposition. OoV.
Smith has Insisted all along that he
would not leave Georgia at this time
to assume his seat In the senate.
Reconsideration.
The house free list was beaten on ef
tie vote of 19 to II. was then reoon
sldered, rhsnged by a compromise
smendmont offered by Senator Kern,
of Indiana, former damocretlo candl
date for vice president, and with dam-
WESTERN Hi ATLANTIC
SOON BE
.Proposition to Extend It
to Tidewater Put For
. ward by Committee.
ATLANTA, Oa., Aug. 1. A proposi
tion looking toward the extension of
the Western A Atlantic railroad to
tidewater was put forward in a re
port of the executive committee ap
pointed to Investigate that property
made to the state assembly today.
The scheme, which was merely In the
nature of a suggestion, was to move
,h Chattanooga and Atlanta terminal
nf the road, rent the valuable land
they now. occupy and use the money
thus realised In building the road to
the Atlantic coast.
The Western A Atlantic Is owned by
the state of Oeorgta, and Is under
lease to the Nashville, Chattanooga A
Bt. Louis. This lease will expire In
Kit, and the legislature Is after a
plan to handle the property to the
best public Interest. The road Is 1ST
miles long and runs from Chattonoog.
to Atlanta.
WOMAN IN CfrARGE
OF MINTS OF U. S.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. A woman
Is now In actual charts of the mints
of the United States. Miss Margaret
Kelly, long connected with the mint
bureau, was today appointed exam
iner, in which position she will be
next in authorltly to George B. Rob
erts, the director, and much of the
aattve administration of the coin
age of money for the government will
devolve upon her. Mr. Roberts, at
present is ot of town and will not
be bark for veral weeks.
Mi v ,vk be U.OOO a
year, making her the highest pi
woman in ..eiiment service.
BV. COMPAW CLOflES SHOPS.
NEW ORLEANS, Aog. 1. Follow-
king closely the action of the Texas A i
Pacific Railway company. In closing '
Its shops at Marshal, Tex., yesterday, I
the company laid off practically all of
the employes In Its shops at Goulds- 1
boro, across the river from NewX)r- ;
leans. About 1,100 men are affected
and their loss of employment came j
without previous notice. .
eratlcrepubllran Insurgent ' aupport
Anally passed a amended by a vote
of 41 to 10. -
Originally the bill provided ' that
meet product, flour and cereal prod
uct from all countries should be ad
mitted free of tariff duty Into the
United tSates. The Xern amendment
provides that this free admission shall
apply only to meats, flour and cereal
product "coming front any foreign
country with which the United State
ha a reciprocal trade agreement, and
which shall admit' from th United
States free of duty cotton, corn, wheat,
oats,' horses, eetne and hog. It 1
admitted that thl provision applies
only to Canada after the hew reciproc
ity agreement shall have besom effec
tive between the two countries, Sen
ater Fatley, Senator Cinpn and other
Insurgents' Srhtf' Vote! tort free MM
bill after f the Kern compromise
amendment had been ' adopted, 'de
clared tonight that the amendment
accomplishes what they tried to ef
fect by amendment to the reciprocity
bill. It admits the manufactured ar
ticle made from farm product free
from Canada, en end which the in
surgents repeatedly tried to gain in
reciprocity fight Several other
amendments were adopted after they
(Continued on Page Five)
REVOLUTIONISTS INVEST
PORT Ml PRINCE, iff I
t
Will Probably Refuse Delay
of Three Days to Pillage
Haytien Capital.
PORT-ATI-PRINCB. Haytl. Aug. 1.
The capital has been completely In
vested by the revolutionists, and It is
probable that they will refuse a dslay
of thres days asked for by President
Blmon to effect plans to secure the
capital from pillage, snd will snter
the oily Immediately. It Is prqbable
alsb that President Simon, who hae
consented to leave the country, will
be obliged to embark for some for-
eKn port tomorrow,
There are sufficient soldiers In the
capital at present to maintain order,
and the people here feet aafs.
The French, British, Oerman and
Cuban ministers, who went out today
to confer with the revolutionary com
manders and exact from thsm a
promise that Port-au-Prince will be
occupied without disorder, have not
yet returned.
Dr. H. W. FUrnles. the United States
minister, remains In Port-au-prlnce
to see thet publle order Is maintained
here. ,
Nominate a Candidate
Nomination Blank Go od for 1,000 Votes.
The Ashevllle Citizen $5,640
Subscription Contest ,
Candidate , .
Address . . . . . .
Telephone No. .
Only One Nomination Blank for Each Candidate
Will Count at 1,000 Votee.
Cut out and bring or send to The Citizen.
SECOND PRIMARY MAY
NOT BE NECESSARY
Bilbo Leads for Ltetenant Gov
ernor, But May Require 1
Runoff to Decide 1
4
JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 1. former
Oovern6r James K. Vardaman pre- ,
baloly will be the next United State
senator from Mississippi, Meagre re
turh from today's democrat! prim
ary election up to ten e'olock Show
that he Is leading, Senator LeRoy
Percy and C. II, Alexander at a- ratio
of about 41 per cent v These returns
are from towns and precincts easUy
accessible to Ularraphto , eommual '
eatlon. In the more remote rural die
trlct it is reasonably predicted that
this ratio will be sufficiently Increased
eo as to give Vardaman small ma.
orlty over both bis opponents. Norn,
matlone were also made for all state ;
officer in today' election. Hon. Earn
Brewer of Coahoma oounty, , headed
the tocket for governor and had no
opposition, ;
' Internet centered In the race for
nontenant governor, the candidate
bain ThenAnra (I- H(lhn f Prl
Rivsr eounty; T, O. Vewell of Carroll
county and Wiley N, Nash of KUrke-
ville. The meagre return at hand
show that Bilbo I leading his oppo
nents, but a second primary will pro
bably be neoeasary to select the nom
inee. . . . , '
, MEMPHIS PATER'S OrRS,
MtTMPHIfl, .Tenn., Aug. 1, The
Commercial Appeal In It (10.IO edl.
tlon print the following:
At ten o'clock tonight return from
sixty precincts scattered over Missis
sippi, gave a total of 1,041 vote,
s Vardaman ha a total of 1,411 votes
or a. percentage of IT per cent. .
Percy had TIT vote and Alsxander
Tit. Vardaman' friend say that i l
"Vnliiod on 1
PLEASURE SEEKERS f'EEI ,
DEATH WHEN FERRY BO.U
hits shoac v cafsizi:;b
Seven Drowned and Thus
Far But 4 Bodies Have
Been Recovered -
- - eseesisasKeKsaejg4 i t - V.r:(:-: .
HUNT FOR OTHERS -
MAJWBNA, N. T, Aug. 1. Seven
persons were drowned late this after
noon In the St. Lawrence-river when
the ferry steamer Blrus : etruofc
shoal sight miles below this city, cap
stsed and hurled Its It passenger
Into the river. Four bodies '.have
been receotred. -
Scores of motor boats and skiff
are endeavoring to recover the bodies.
The steamer Blrus left here this
morning for Cornwell on the Canadian '
side, with Tt person bound for a
day's outing there. Most of thoso
aboard were residents of Ogdsnrfburg
and Masssna. Tfie Blrus started on
the return trip about four e'elock
thl afternoon and her passenger
were seated on deck when -the crash
oame. The deck was swept oar m
a moment women wno com a not
swim clutched at camp stool and
other portable articles while other
upheld by male companions, fought
their way to the overturned steamer.
Flonlojiere at the International par
nearby. In motor boat and skiff
rushed to the rescue snd savsd scores
Others benumbed and exhausted, were",
swept down stream to death. Those
rescued were taken to the Interna
tlonal park and later brought here.