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S. ASHEVIiLLE CITIZEN.
THP. WEATHER:
SHOWERS
CITIZEN WANT APS
BRING RESULTS
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ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 19U
, VOL. XXVIL, NO. 286
PRICE FIVE CENTS :
Drink Hearty?
GHAHLOTTEPEOPLE
NOW HAVE AMPLE
SUPPLY OF ITER
i
Obstacles Overcome and Pure
TRANSGRESSION OF
SCHLEY CLAIMS HE
TAKES REFUGE ON
OF
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THANKS,
DONT CARE 1
bo
Revolution In Haytl Triumphs
and Revolutionists Hold
Big Celebration
Investigation by Attorney Gen
eral May Affect Number
of Institutions
Could Not Say Whether Trans
fer of Tennessee Company
Saved His Own
THj
PRESIDENT
SIMON
LAWS
TONAL
NOT
KNOw OF
CRUISER
BANKS
INVOLVED
ANY CONSPIRACY
Water Now Flows Through
City's Water, 'lalns
2,000,000 GALLONS
IN BIG RESERVOIR
&
By Artificial Means Sewerage
System and Fire Protec
tion Are Complete
CHARLOTTE, N. C, Aug. 2. Over
coming obstacles that might well
have dismayed a city thrice Its else.
Charlotte has conquered the forces of
nature and by artificial -means has
solved the water supply problem.
Tonight a generous supply of pure
water Is flowing through the mains,
the sewerage system Is complete and
the means of fire protection are more
adequate than before the water was
shut off last Friday.
Reservoir Full
The big reservoir, holding two mil
lion gallons. Is full; Stewart's creek
Is flowing three hundred thousand
gallons into the settling basins, while
water trains from the Catwaba river
on regular schedule, augmented by
the supply from neighboring towns,
brings the dally supply from outside
sources to nearly two million gallons
a day. Connection was made 'today
with. Briar creek which will furnish
nearly a million gallons dally and
this will bo held In reserve In the
event of continued drought. Tank
.cars filed to the brim have been dis
tributed on the railroads which en
compass the city for the use of fire
steamers, notwithstanding the fact
that the fire protection through the
mains Is ample.- . Fifty extra tank, cars
are ready if needed- In emergency to
augment the bJ ready adequate supply.
Reports ' from outlying points Indi
cate little tmpvivement so far as
crops are eonceiwed. nor In the pros
pects of cities and towns that are
facing water problems, but from to
morrow Chalotte people will have
orgotten-,T they I r experienced
he Incof knee of a water famine.
No rain JT fallen since tn show
ers of Monday but atmospheric eon
dllSoi according to the weather bw
reaii. promise relief for the entire
section.
To Pray for Rain.
COLUMBIA. S. ".. Aug. 2.
-E. W.
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FOREIGN INTERESTS
BELIEVED SECURE
Antlone Abdicates and With
Head Erect Marches to
Wharf. Rifle in Hand
PORT AU PRINCE, Aug. I. The
revolution in Hatl has triumphed
President Antlone Simon fled the
capital today and took refute on
board the Haytlen crusler Seventeenth
Decembre, formerly the yacht Ameri
can. With him are his wife and cnu-
dren and a number of his followers.
The Seventeenth Decembre lies In the
harbor tonight and It la believed she
Is awaiting the arrival of a foreign
merchantman on whloh ho can take
passage for St. Thomas. D. W. I., or
Jamaica. On all sides the capital Is
Invested by followers of General Fir
mln, one of the revolutionary leaders.
The city Itself Is In the hands of a
committee of safety and there Is no
general disorder. Tonight numerous
shots were heard but these are be
lieved to have been fired only In cele
bration of the overthrow of the Simon
administration. Foreign Interests are
believed to be secure. None of the
foreign battleships have landed their
bluejackets.
The departure of the aged president
was not without disorder, however,
for as he was embarking at the
wharf, there was a riotous demonstra
tion In which the ex-presldent's
chamberlain, Deputy Prln of Jefemle
and five other persons were killed, and
Clementina SJmon, his daughter, and
six other parsons were wounded. The
Injuries of Miss Simon are slight.
Ix-svce the Palac
President Simon left the palace at
4 o'clock this afternoon after he had
been Informed that one wing of the
revolutionary army, commanded by
General Peralle had denied his request
for three days In which to secure the
safety of the city. , The general In
formed the French and BritlshmInU;L
sra who Went out" yesterday to parley
with him, that owing to recent sum
mary executions by Simon's order the
president must leave the capital Im
mediately or otherwise he would at
tack the city without delay. The Oer-
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were a good many changes in those
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ished. There will remain but a few
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good when ths opposition grows
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CITIZEN
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REPORT WILL GO TO
3ECRETARY M'VEAGH
So-called "Security Com
panies" Alleged to be Aux
iliaries to Banks
WASHINGTON. Aug. Attorney
General Wlckersham has about com
pleted hts inquiry Into the National
City company, the corporation recent
ly formed by the directors of the Na
tional City bank of New York to hold
bank stocks. It is understood he will
In a few days send a report to Secre
tary MacVeagh of the treasury saying
whether In his oplalon any transgres
sion of the national bank laws la In
volved., Upon Secretary MacVeegh's final
action win largely depend the future
attitude of the " government toward
concentration of the banking capital
of large, cities through the medium
of so-called "security ;oinpantn."
The question in the ones '.f Ihe
National City company la said to be
substantially paralleled In other cities
and It Is said the department of Jus
tice has taken cognisance of the THrst
Trust company reported to be the
"Security company" for the First Na
tional bank of Chicago and the First
Security company said to have been
created by the First National bank of
New York.' Records tn the office of
the comptroller of. the .currency are
said to show the existence of nearly
three' hundred smaller and similar
corporations througheut the country
or which the department of Justice did
not know .when. It .began Its Inquiry
Into the National City company.
Officials of th treasury are much
divided In oplntari as to whether the
national bank law applies to the cases
la question. What Attorney Oanerai
Wlckersham' i apart to Secretary
Mac Veagti 4 win be Is not known. Mr.
Wlckersham refuses to discuss it but
in the treasury It Is hinted that It
would be unfavorable to the security
fide dlsassoctatlon of the banks and
companies.
Secretary MacVeagh's action upon
the attorney general's report will
hinge upon whether he believes the
National City company to be a bona
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PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT
OF DISPUTES OF NATIONS
HILL BE JSSUREO FACT
United States, Great Britain
and France Sign Noted
treaty Today
OTHER NATIONS NEXT
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.General
arbitration treaties between the
United States, France and Oreat Brit
ain, constituting the most advanced
step ever taken In the family of na
tions for the peaceful settlement of
disputes, will be signed tomorrow
Paris and Washington will be the
scenes of the conclusion of the ne
gotiations of the world-beralded con
ventions. The first signature will be appended
to the French treat;- by Ambassador
Jean J. Jusserand, who Is now In
Tarls at 2 o'clock tomorrow morning.
n.a win d 4 a m.. Washington time
The signing of the British treaty here
win not tane place until J o'clock In
the afternoon or six hous after Am
bassador Jusserand has committed
Frsnce to the arbitration of any dis
pute she may have In the future with
the powerful republic of the west.
In the presence of President Taft,
who Invited all natotos to Join hands
with the United States In broadening
the arbitration principle, Secretary
of State Knox will sign both the Brit
ish and French treaty in the, historic
east room of the white house. On be
half of Great Britain, Ambassador
James Bryce, of Great Britain, will
sign the British treaty and he will
arrive In Washington' for this pur
pose tomorrow, coming from Seal
Harbor, Me., the' summer home of the
British embassy.
It i the Intention of the president
aVd Secretary Knox to follow the ac
tion taken today by negotiating con
ventions with as msny of the great
powers as are willing to enter Into
similar arrangements. Already pro
gress has been made In preparing for
such treaties with Germany, the Neth
erlands and Sweden, and there Is rea
sonable expectation that Japan will
soon be a party to the negotiations.
BIRMINGHAM P. M. DROPS PEAT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Aug. J. For
mer Judge J. H. Montgomery, psst
msster at Birmingham, dropped desd
on the street here today. He had been
prominent In Alabama politic for
manr rears.
NEWS ITEM Aeheville shipped 50,000 gallons of
relieve the ivater famine.
CHEERS GREET UNDERWOOD WHEN
HE SCATHINGLY DENOUNCES BRYAN
Democratic Leader Declare the Three Times Candidate for President Had Made
False StatementsMembers Stand on Chairs Wave Hand- '
''l '&fiYeV Without Stint i'C- ; 1 ,'v' : ,V
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WASHINGTONM" landing
upon chairs, wairmg nanoronier
and yelling at the p of thslr voices,
democratic represetitatlvee acclaimed
Representative Or4r W. Underwood
of Alabama, demo atlc leader of the
house, when be mid verbal broad
side at William innings Bryan for
oritlctslng hts poefjlon on extension
of the tariff i revision program, It
was the most remarakbis scene . In
the house tine the beginning of the
ektra session' :0.BgfattUvw'oi4'
Excoriating the three times oandl-
nounced Mr Bryan's statements as
false, defended ale (t'oderwood's) at
titude as to revision of the Iron and
steel tariff schedules, and said Bryan
had placed' upon every democratic
member Implications unfounded In
fact He called on his democratic col
leagues of the ways and means com
mittee for , corroboration of hU atti
tude tn ewwmlttee and' In caucus.
Kltrhin Backs Underwood
Mr. Underwood was backed up In a
similarly strklng speech by Repre
sentative Kltchln of North Carolina,
long a devoted friend of Bryan. Mr.
Kltchln expressed surprise that any
BELIEVE THAT AGREEMENT
WILL BE REACHED SOON
Leaders in Both Houses
Hope to Come Together
on Wool and Free List
WASHINGTON, Aug. i Leaders
In both houses of congress believe an
agreement will I f quickly reached on
both the wool ami farmer's free Jlst
bills, both of whtrh the president Is
said to be as n. Krralned as ever to
veto. The wool bill went to a confer
ence committee of the two houses
today. The free list bill came back
to the house with the senate amend
ments attached and probably will be
rejected and sent to. a conference
I within a day or two. The house will
not act. however, until the ways and
means committee tomorrow decides
what should t'f done.
The ootton tariff bill came to the
end of Its general debate In the house
late today and will be passed late to
morrow afternoon There will be a
general movement tor early adjourn
ment after the expected veto of the
wool bill, the conferences on which,
beginning tomorrow will not be pro
longed. The prediction still Is for a com
promise wool Mil that both houses ran
i
accept, the figures named, ell specula
tlve, ranging from 2S to to per cent
ad valorem on wool.
GHOWER&
9
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, Forecast
for North Carolina: Shower a west
portion; fair in east portion Thurs
day; Friday showers; light ta moder
ate variable wlnda
democrat should so malign Mr. Un
derwood and the party.
It alt came about from a publshsd
Interview,' which purported to be "au
thorised" by Mr. Bryan, declaring It
wag ' time democratlo Jjefder -Under-,
wood wss "unmasked." 'The Action
of Chairman Underwood In opposing
an Immediate effort to reduce the iron
and -steel - schedule- reveal the real
Underwood," said the Bryan . Inter
view, ""Speaker Clark and other tar
lit reformers, tried to aec-ure the pas
sage of a reeolatioo , Instructing -the
other aohedulee, . including the Iron
and steel schedule, but Underwood
and Fltigerald, the Fltsgerald who
saved Cannon in the last congress,
suaceeded In defeating the resolution.
"The unmasking of Chairman Un
derwood will serve a useful purpose,"
added the Interview, "If It arouse the
d emoarata, 40 n mid erstandlng ; wf tt a
mistake made In putting Mr. Under
wood at the head of the committee
If he solidifies his policy of delay."
The house listened Intently as the
entire article was read from the
clerk's desk. Word of the answer that
Underwood was to make to Bryan had
been passed among democrats and al-
REPRESENTATIVE WHITE
HAS FIN1SHIE0 HIS STORY
Has Yet to Measure Wits
With Lorimer Counsel in
Cross-Exami nation
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Chas. A.
White- the Illinois legislator, who
claims he was bribed to vote for Wm.
Lorimer for senator, completed his
three days' story on direct examine- ,
tlon before the senate Lorimer com-
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mlttee today, he has yet to measure
wits with counsel for Ixjrlmer In cross i
examination which promises to be as
extended as the direct exsmlnatlon.
Most of the day was devoted to telling
how he spent the 11,000 "Ixirlmer
money" and the t00 "Jackpot"
money White claims he received end
In relaiing his attempts to have his
so -called confession printed. At the
end of tho day the manuscript was
put In evidence.
The story told at the first Ixirlmer
inquiry was varied by repeated fusil
lades of questions from the committee
as to White's alleged public-spirited
motive In accepting the bribes and
then exposing them. White stuck to
the testimony of James Keeley, gen
the time for the good of the public. It
wa also varied by differences with
the testimony of James Keesey, gen
eral manasnr and editor of the Chl-
gaWKo Tribune ss to the price which
White asked for his "confession"
manuscript. White testified today that
he only asked I3.S00 M not 15,000,
or 14,000. He told how he objected to
the contract because It said he "of
fered to sell." his story to the Tribune.
White said he did not offer io sell It j
but he could not tell Senstor Jones ;
what words he would have used to j
describe what he had done. The wit- j
ness said he was told that these wor? j
made no difference any way.
RACIXO MAN DKAD j
NEW TORK, Aug t. Ijeall j
Coombs Bruce, formerly a famMlar
figure on the local horse racing tracks l
as an owner and a racer of thorough-;
breds, and who was widely known
a marksman, died of apoplexy today
at hi summer home in Greenwich, j
Conn., ared It years.
water to Charlotte to help
most a full membership on the am.
ocratlo side greeted th tariff leader.
Cheers and applause that lasted for
several minute greeted ' him a ho
rota to ap.','.1' , ? f I
,.,'. , Opetw viala '
A tho' Verlt " finished" reading th
Bryan inlsrvlew, Mr, Underwood id
calm and even ton, opened th rials
of hi -wrath,- If Underwood at
tack J wa ramarkaU for It , blttr
nas and vigor, it wa not mor ao
than the general, . gpplaus which
gretted hi saroastlo reference t th
Rbr1( )e and hWpecrri6 and
oomplete denial of th charges me.de
by Brjraa. . ' " ". r
He declared' that because of the
Iron and steal mills In hts own s"tst
of Alabama, he had urged the way
and means committee at the very be
ginning , of the session tq save him
embsrrassmsnt.,lK, taking. a .the Iron
aad fet ehdu!s'et ones. This hs.l
not been don by th committee, he
said, because It had determined that
th textile schedule, over whloh there
1 the greatest complaint, should be
th subject of earliest revision. HI
opposition In the recent caucus to a
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NEW THEORY ADVANCED
AS TO BEITTIE
Detectives Conclude Beattie
Knocked Wife Down,
Stood on Body, Fired
RICHMOND. Vs., Aug. I. A new
theory In the Beattie murder rase
came to light today when detective
Investigating the murder are said to
have concluded that Henry Beattie,
. ,, . . . ,
Jr., knocked his wife down, stood on
Mer ProBtra, 6y ""d fired the fatal
snot.
Beulah Blnford, "the other woman"
In the case, Issued a statement from
the Jail today In which she denies al
legations to the effect that she had
been harshly treated by t'e'ectlves In
the wsy of "grilling" and the
third
degree" her treatment since her Incar
ceration, she says, has been all that
could be expected under the circumstances.
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GARY AND PRICK'S
TRIP BROUGHT UP
Took Midnight Train to See
Roosevelt About Taking
Over Tenn. Concern L ,..
NEW YORK. Aug. I.Whn Judge
H. Oary and Hnrjr C, Friok, of th
United States 8tel corporation, took .
a midnight train from New Tote
during th financial panla of HOT to
as president Roosevelt In Washing. .
ton about th taking ovr of th
Tsnneesee Ctoal A Iron company by
th Steel corporation In order to
avert th crash of th broker! firm
of Moor Schley, Orant B, Schley,
on ot the most Interested psrtlcl- .
pant in th proposed f transaction,
knew nothing about th whit hu
cpadttlon. ' J . , j
Mr. Schley, who wa on ef th
organiser of the Tennessee Coal A
Iron syndicate and It assoolat man
ager, today ao Informed th v house
eommltt of Inquiry Into th affair
of th steel corporation. H further
surprised th commlte : by th ad
mission that h could pot say whether
the- transfsr Tennessee Coat
Iron stock Upon whk h th broker
ag firm had mad heavy loans, wa
the means of preventing th financial
failure of hi firm. Though denying
any knowledge af th existence of an
alleged conspiracy on th part of .
Pterpont V organ and hi Interest or
th United State gteel corporation,
or both to discredit Tnnse Coal
t Iron atook o tnst th corporation
could nacqulra the vnt hoiaiuas of
or and coal in th Birmingham dis
trict, Vr. fjctrtey ' avrred, that "When
tb transfer of TennessM stock to th
Steel corporation was suggested in or.
den to-clear up a bad money itua
tlonln New Tork, h had purchased to
W,Parkttuv, a-member of the
flnanoe-eomnnttee.' how- the Coal V
Iron corporation would of snor.
meua valua to hi corporation, how
(Contlnned on Pago Flvo ;
T!i
LYING AT DEATH'S ODOR.
RESULT. AUTO ACCIDENT
His Wife, Noted -Trim'
Dona, Also Badly Injur
ed Five Others Hurt
TO HOSPITAL
POinflKBEPfllB, N. T Aug. I.
Dr. Geo. Rambeaud, th director of
the Pasteur InstituU in New Tork la
dying at the point of djath. In the
Vassar hospital here as ft result if-
sn automobile accident early today,
His wife who la Mm. Oervtll-,
Reache. one of the moat famous so-
pranos of the world, who wm a
prima donna of th Manhattan Opera .
company I badly Injured. In addi
tion to these two, five other member
of the automobile party, a relative
of Dr. Rambeaud of his wife, wera .
Injured and some of them seriously.
These five Mme. Valentine Oervilt
Reache, Mme. Rambeaud' sister,'
concussion of th brain. '
Jean Gervllle-Reache of Pari, aa
srtist, two rib and collar bona bnok
en. -Mle.
PauHette Loren, of Paris, Dr.
Rambeaud' niece, concussion of the
bralftt 'mt
Mile. Lomerln Loren, another
niece, probably concussion of tho
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