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.t Amm. SOLLE CITIZEN. CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS ( f - .'.. iin n 1 1 in 1 11T ii i i a i n i ASHEVILLE, X. C FRIDAY'MORI (NO, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS ME V W jP -. NUMEROUS-SHIPS -A III CAUGHT STGRM GREATLY DAMAGED yfjtelentuie" and Lexington" i Beached and Neither Ha$ v!t? -; k Been Moved Much JSpHOONER JOHN ROSE ' 4 ' SET AFIRE AND ADRIFT Others Towed Into Southeast ern Ports Dismasted and Otherwise Damaged WILMINGTON", N. C. Aug. 81 Af tod Jettisoning part of her deck load of lumbar the tug Tormentor today again made an effort to float the achoonr Cna. H. Valentine, prevlous ly reported ashore on -the. yeatatde of the Cape Tear br, tuton, account of quaUs and a very jeavy- -sea,!, was unable to move the1 teasei, but, a few feet " On account ofcthe rough eeath er on the 'outsidejs'th' schooner Ltnah C. Kamlnakt, oUtar4,: e-UJui ., tor New York with a cargo of' lumber and which - rode out - Monday' aWrfl'Veff the C-pe Fear bar, was . forced to put back into the South port harbor tbntrhJU' The revenue, cutter Seminole Jwhleh. Tuesday went to the 'assistance of the schooner Fortunaj lumber !& den, Charleston to New York. v pre Vlously reported dismantled off Cape Lookout, reached Southport lat to day, having towed the disabled Vessel to Georgetown, 8. C. She lost her ' masts and all Tigging. While Inward bound the cutter poke the schooner Mollle R.. Bohan non, Savannah to New1 York, whtcB has been anchored off Cape Fear r since the recent storm. Bhov 'both anchors down -and asked to V towed Into Southport, but In en-( deavoring to. get anchors for -her the cutler lost on-ct tier own anchors an chain. ' -The vessel remains flvel or six miles south of the bar unable to get anchors. :T... . i "JOHN HOSE" AFIRE CHSAULE9TON,'a C. Aug. 81. Captain . Cctbgla ; of . the Chippewa, fVljMBoeton, reports .August 80, W.i Wen: miles -northeast'!, of ' Fryln h-,W hnall , .'.lafWMAfc 'II UK" WHT'"- rtraiie T.al , weat, passed ; the A. itmI Jnhn RnM lllri. ,Thfl flhta T!lnd no sign of life aboard. Tho headgear was gone and the forward (Cinittnued on Page Throe) OPEN JEW! IK PARIS "GAINST HIGH PRICE OF ALL KINDS OF FOODSTUFF Campaign Started Which is Expected to Spread to all Parts of France SOME VIOLENCE PARIS. Aug. 31. A campaign which has for Its purposes a protest of the high prices of food was started today In Paris. Ten taxicaba, their occupants carrying devices on which Were inscribed demands that the cost of necessaries be lowered, paraded through the Champs Elysees and oth r thoro u rgh fares Open agitation, with some violence. Is going on In thirty or forty towns jand cities in the northern depart-j menu and the movement Is spreading to other parts of France. Energetic demonstrations are be ing held at OrJeans the capital of the department of Lolret. REVOLUTIONARY HYMNS DOUAI, Department of Nord France, Aug. SI Banners bearing the .Inscription. "Butter at thirty sous or revolution, were borne In a proces sion of 2,000 persons mostly women here today. As they marched the ttnanlfest&nts sang revolutionary ymns. LABORING MEN ACTIVE LILLE, France. Aug. SI. The gen eral confederation of labor has tak en up the agitation against the high price of food. Six thousand metal workers voiced their protest today by parading through tho streets. SERIOUS RIOTS ST. QUBNTIN, Aug. 31. Berioua riots o-er the high price of food occurred here tonight. The mob wrecked and pillaged several butcher shopa and set fire to one of them In spite of the efforts of the police and soldiers to maintain order. An ur gent request has been sent to the gov ernment for additional troops. I PROPHET ON WEATHER. NEW HAVEN, Aug. SI. Horace ffohnson, famous wteather prophet, predicts a severe winter. He says two violent disturbances will occur about tho 20th of tho, Bionttk. BEAT-TIE'S CALM GAVE WAY AS , . FATHER Sobbed Likea Child as Gray-haired Man Gave Testimony in a Low Tremulous Voice Paul Severely Arraigned by Several Witnesses. CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE, Va,. Aug. SI. Henry Clay Seattle, jr., indicted for the murder of his wife, sobbed like a child today when his gray, haired father, In a low, tremulous voice, told of the domestic felicity of his son and the slain woman,' Louis Owen Beattie. It was the flrst time that tba stoical calm of the prisoner's countenance had giv en way during the trial. The testi mony of the father In behalf of his son, came as the dramatic close or a long day's battle by the defense against the evidence heaped up by the prosecution. Tomorrow tne ac cused himself will go on the stand and the defense will rest Its case, Paul Ota Bad Name Battering constantly against the testimony of Paul Beattie, cousin of the prWfoieir, to the fpurchaee of the gun. his delivery of It to Henry and his vubsAquent conversations with the acoutied, the defense Introduced several wftnsse to cast doubt upon the veracity of FiauL It emphasised that point when K produced PevM tj, Jteatilc' Paul's , grandfather and unjv'e of Henry, who testified that Paul's, character was not gocd, It was another Intense .. period itifeiht trial, fop with apparent fegrei the aged maa .told of his grandson's shortcomings. The most surprising refutation of the day against Paul's testimony carp when Ernest H. Neb lett, superintendent bf a paper mak ing plant, said tJiat on Sunday,. July IS, he saw Paul Beattie on th bHdg where he worked handling a stngje barreled shot gun.. Paul had mani Ulned evejr"- atnee ; the coroner's In quest that he disposed of the shot gun the same day he bought It, Bat -Hi day, July IS, by giving It to Henry. Subsequently the defense brought many witnesses to tell of Mr. Ne'i lett'i gd character and brought oth ers to "attack Paul's veracity. fl. H. Lewis, an employe of tho Beattie store In South Richmond, de clared that people ' spoke f Paul Beattie a ."biggest lls,f In town." :.rww.Jlfn. ,"UJl ii!ra tnant , the accused, was Interrogated for an hour ust beforo court adjourned for the day. As he stepped to the wit ness stand the prisoner's face flushed. Tho white-haired man, his face deep ly wrinkled and pale, spoke In a voice 1ST DIFFICULT WILL BE EXERCISES BY U.S. NAVY WHICH WILL START TODAY Firing at Long Range Will be Featured, 9,000 Yards Being Shortest UNUSUAL FEATURES WASHINGTON, Aug. SI. At dawn tomorrow the Atlantic fleet, the real power of the American navy, will begin its spectacular summer prac tice off the Chesapeake under simu lated battle conditions. The exercise will be more difficult than ever at tempted by the navy. Realising that future combats will be fought at breat distances not a shot will be fired dur ing the two weeks of the practice at a less range than ,000 yards, more than five miles. The maximum ranges of the practice wUl be 16,000 yards, or more than miles. Instead of holding the practice for two or three days as has been the custom, the navy department has ex tended the program over a period of two weeks In order that the battle ships may be sure to encounter some rough weather. It Is desired that the ships should work under bad weather conditions when rain and fog create al kinds of difficulties. It ' argued that the sailor cannot obooso his time or conditions of battle and fos that reason the elementary ex ercises of the past have been aban doned for two great battle practices in the open sea each year. Two. of the interesting features of the exercise will be tests with box kites representing aeroplanes and experimental work in repelling night attacks by torpedo vessels and sub marines. So Admiral Hugo Oster haus, the comamnder In chief of the fleet, will be called upon to meet the onslaught Of an enemy froni the air. the surface of the water and from under the sea. Before the prac tice closees the dreadnought Dela ware will make a second attempt to demolish the old San Marco the Texas of other days and end this old ship's painful existence. Only a few days ago she was almost shat tered to pieces by the Delaware's 12 inch rifles at ranges of 15.000 and 1M0O yards, 1 STOICAL - TESTIFIED scarcely above a whisper. Counsel leaned forward over the bench to lis ten to him.' He talked with great ef fort, i t pressing an ever recurrent emotion. , He told of how his life had been saddened by the death of some, of hl children,-how Henry "ia his Infancy had been neglected- be cause twins enme Into the family during hi ' boyhood and described how on account of this and the death of his ova wife, he had grown close ly attached to' hie son. He described the strong love that had existed be tween Henry and his Ill-fated wife, testifying that he himself grew to love his dAU?hter-ln-Jaw as one of his own children. "When her baby was bom," raid Beattie. speaking of the dead woman, "it was like starting life over for me to see the grand child, it drew - ut all together very much." . ,' 1 The father spoke highly of his Son's character and' controverted the testimony of many witness for -the pi execution that nru : showed no sign of grief after h wife's murder. He declared ' ha ot,ife4 .almost a.1' night after itie f tragedy, . . Henry Cll " eatHe, if 4 , father of the accused Stated ht aged at SI, said that his wife as dead and that the prisoner was,'4 his on'.adfws tT years old. -,v ? - "What age '.'was Henry, when - his mother medf - asked Attorney Smith. "About 16," the elder Seattle re rl ed. . . . Attnrhctl to' Son "Ifa o your rcl&tlona with.', him since then become -otoser or mort dis tant on that account t". Certainly closer." "Why did they beeooi so.r rf "He was one of the twins .and We previously more or lass neglected." "Do' you know bis ' reputation, for truth, and veracity among tho people with whont you associated V' t aood." r "How long has he been with you in your storer Eight years. He has charge of the ehoe and gents furnishing e you khow shout Hnm bain involved with this woman, Peulah Blnford two or three years ago?" "Yes." "How did you learn of ItT" (Ob- (Contlnned on Pago Foar) ARBITRATION BETWEEN BUT IS SURELY GOMINC Statement Made by .Presi dent Taft Yesterday Be fore Bar Association RECALL DENOUNCED BOSTON. Aug. 81. "Arbitration of I disputes between nations is coming j slowly but surely," said President Taft In his address today before the American Bar association which con cluded Its thirty-fourth annual ro ventlon here today. The president briefly reviewed the proposed general arbitration treaties with Great Brit ain and France, and made It plain that in his opinion the objections made to the treaties were Invalid President Toft declared empUatlcally that-there is room for Improvement In procedure In the federal courts, "and upon us," he said, "falls the burden of Initiating reform In that respect." The chief justice of the United Stateo Supreme court, he said, has taken the matter In hand, with his associates and the district judgrs, and has called a conference In Washington, where they will formulate new rules of pro cedure. The president declared this to be a great step in the direction of practical reform. He said that there was need of Increasing judicial salaries so that "the best men of the bar" mtght be secured for the various courts. The president motored In from Bev erly and when he appeared In the conventlln hall he was welcomed with a hearty cheer. After speaking the president returned to thei summer white house. Stephen S. Gregory, of Illinois, was elected president of - thu association, A resolution denouncing the doc trine of recall of judges was adopted by a large majority. It declared that "the application to judges of the r call would create a judiciary whose decisions would not rest upon the law of the land but would be Influenced bv tratiBlejit public sentiment, and that the establishment of such Judi ciary would b destructive of our sys tem of government. It was voted that the president of the association should appoint a committee representing each state and territory to take such stepo as the commit deemed best to ex os the feUfter of u4!cll recti!, " "4 I bl is the r IR?T :iNlHE PAPER FOR NEARLY TWO YltKS. (T? IBC JT TIME fOURl ON THE J0B flMlN HKJUSt TWY WERE JUSTBOOT TO 6VE ' VoIr Position to the owe rov ak IT yyOVO HyE SEEN FER VOURS, WILDE: AND I WWT 1C0 nNOrHP THING if vvw tNVJNtCJ YOU'LL BE ' Ac,wr ir for fuft CAftqeRA rcq- YOU Of A MISAPPREHENSION IN SOUTH AS TO LIVERPOOL COTTON BILL OF LADING - m 3 t: , ... :,- '.. . .-:...! v.-. Committee Betlarea That New Arrangement Will Safeguard Shipping Documents and W& Framed to be Refuted KEWi XORK. jAug. tl,-r-Th new agreement. - intruded, to safeguard cotton shipping ' documents will go into Rect tomoVow, and tho central ture.t! provided or In that agreement will, begin Ita cr-thltlM with the back- in ft practloallvj alt the cotton-carry. Ing rail foods, t wag announced here tonight y the Liverpool cotton bills of ladlns- oonfernc committee In a statement whlchf explained the plan adopted -and anlwered "various criti cisms, he -committee nay It Issued tho jM4'-aent ") order to oiear up any mMupreher!lon that may have arisen fr.int .rcnt. .newspaper fcom menu sps lally in the South," and to make cleat, the fends to which tho committee -UlX-ieon- working. Tho otatnoBt-ret' previously of oean bill ut lading and to the recant forgerin of railroad bill which Jed to a demand for a change of system and 'continues: "Acting upon the general demand for reform of some character the Liv erpool committee drafted the agree ment, which, with some modifications, has now been signed by practically all the cotton-carrying raHroads. This agreement provided, aa in the case of ocean carriers, that export bills of lading should be Issued against physi cal cotton and not against documents the validity of which was unknown. FARMERS NAME HICKORY T Papers and Addresses Have Been Unusually Fine But Attendance Small RALEIGH. N. C. Aug. 31. The North Carolina Ftarraors convention closed Its annual session at the A. ft M. coHwte todny with the election of W. J Bhuford of Hickory as president, and the re-election of I. O. Bcaub of thf A A M. college an secretary. Th n"ns1on has been es pecially successful In the aistter of the value of paper and addresses, bearing on pra.-tiral problems of farming. The atK-ndance was disap pointingly small. !-ss thanwthree hun c.ert. The last day of the convention opened with a do lonstratlon of stocli Judging at the college barn by J. C. McKutt, there was a lecture by A. M. Swlnnerton. manager of the Plnehurst farm, on "Methods of Handling Bandy Iands." C. R. Hud son, state a?ent, conducted a profita ble discussion of "Result of Dem onstration Work," In which the great benefits to the farmers being obtained I through the )arr plot of land In many sections, cultivated" under thei direction of the mate department of agriculture expert, was brought out. W. .1. Shuford '( Hickory made a ta'k that Imprcwd many on the re- 1 suits of co-operative marketing In j Catawba county. t I wt w a ... KJ . - WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. Forecast: Korth, Carolina Shower Friday; Sat urday fair; moderate -south to south west wind on th cot Friday, j - On The Job Again. TIME I V 8EN BACK TO Ti UP - vou Advantageous to Everybcdy'Cntic.iitma of Plan and Explandtione Made in hi Tho agreement also adopted tho val idation signature certificate and pro vided for other safeguards against ir regularities on the part of the railrqad agents. The agreement furiheg pro vided for tho establishment of ft ftw tral bureau to which all of thei rail roads would send signed copies of every export through cotton bill of lading Issued, la order that exchange: buyer mtght advise this central bu reu of tho bills of lading passing through fhelr hands, which 1 bill Could bo checked up by the central bureau against the copies In their pes. session for the. purpose of effectually preventing forgeries.'" 1 ' ' ',','" : " .Working of Bureau Wan., . , s 'ThjeJmia. tafmsA explaload. further the "Workings or ha oentrai bureau plan and added that the pro posal to establish , this bureau was presented to a sub-committee of the bill of lading committee' of the Amer ican Banking association and ap proved before the railroads were asked to sign this agreement. "As far as possible," the statement continues, "the opinion of exchange buyers In various parts of the coun try was obtained, and It Is the belief of the Liverpool bill of lading con ference committee that the exchange buyers will unanimously co-operate IN WE SLAVE CASE Prosecution Begins , Argu ment, Immediately After Evidence is Concluded 1 BALIHHI7RK. N. C. Aug. SI. The taking of evidence In the white slsve cese In which Mrs. Janle Noel, a young white woman of Lexington, la .'burged with the abduction of Clara Belle Ulbbs of that place, was con cluded In Rowan Superior court In Hulla'Miry today and the attorneys for the pTosecultlon began epcaklu'g at once A large number of witnesses were exarrilned today tending to provo that Mrs. Noel had stolen the thlr- te-n-vear-old girl from her home and i .-onftniid her In a house of prostltu-: Hon. Tho girl t it'l.'led In her own hohalf making n good witness, telling hor she had been enticed away from home, how kept by Mrs. Noel and of her recovery by her father. The father of the girl testified is to her i.ge aad treatment at home. Mrs. S'oel was pieced on the stand and made an excellent witness. Her evi dence was hut little shaken by a se vere crop-eximlnatlon by attorney 'or th mfe and her demeanor on the st-n made a good Impression.! Her hu.ihf,nd who was accessory to' tho crime was convicted and given fifteen year in prison upon the same1 evidence thai faces Mrs. Noel. The o"!don-o nog rather sensational and the court house was crowded dunlng the day. it U expected that the ar gument of counsel Will be finished early tornoTow. HORSK SHOW IX MXD. WARRENTON. Va., Aug. 31. Mr. Julian Morris, on Ktswlck, won first prise, today in the ladles' hunter's class, hef performance being the fea ture of th last day of the Warren ton horse show; Miss Bryce. of New Tork; Miss Swart and Mr. Allen Tottx all tod In hi class. The Co rinthian hunter class was won by W. F. Wilbur on Aqua, with Mr. Pott on Willow IKrg. eoond.; Owing to th Incessant rain the show ground were eight Inches deep tit tnuO. 1 y-w (ti . Defense. -'. when, the lull advantage of tho new safeguards aro- appreciated all bank r wilt manifestly wish to safeguard themsslvea if they van safely do so end 1ft the plan of the csntral bureau nw proposed Is not sae for tho binkersit will be made ao." . . s ' Mpt Artfully Devised. ' The committee denies any lntlma. tlon that the central bureau plan "has been artfully devised to thrust upon the American exchange buyers any new and. unknown liability," and says It It not lt desire, nor that of Euro pean , nteresta "to blacklist anybody connected with tho cotton trade." - It txpresaes tho belef that American ex cbanga buyer will be glad to en-oper. teHh lfrMn4w terete" HwrHrfbT thoir own protection and for protec tion of their frlepdly correspondents abroad.'.; . The committee disclaims my desire to force upon any one a plan which la not fair and advantageous' to very body, "and if any modification la nec essary to Increase Ita fairness, or it advantages the modifications will bs made," .... .,, ;. ,. , The expens of operating' the cen tral bureau, It la stated,, will bs borne ' - ' ' -ii"irii-ii-n i, iirtnnMj (Continued on Pago Por) CULFPORT LEADS SOUTH 4 IN EXPORTS OF LUMBER- Replaces Mobile, ' Having . Had an Increase of 62 Per Cent for Year NEW ORLEANS, Aug. SI. An in- crease of , 772,000 feet In lumber ex port from southern ports for the 1910-10U season over ltOt-ltlO, 1 shown by the review of statistics of the export of forest product to be published tomorrow In the Lumber Trade Journal, of thl city. Oulfport, from being third place In lrt-IJ10, stands first In the season just closed with a total Increase of 12t,tSl,700 feet or about 62 per cent. Mobile, which was first In 10-I0. I now second plsce with a loss equal to about seven per cent of 26,338,566 feet. Pensacola, with a loss of 14 per cent, has dropped fror second to third place. New Orleans Is still fourth but with an Increase of 13 per cent, or 41,612,341. No othe- southern ports are near enough for comparison. The total for the four porta for 110-11 i 1,234,742,000. Nominate a Candidate Nomination Blank Good for 1,000 Votes. The Asheville Citizen $5,640 Subscription Contest Candidate Address .... ....... ... ....... .... Telephone No. . v , . . r , , , Only One , Nomination Blank for Each Candidate Will Count- at 1,000 Votes, ." ' ; ! Cut out and bring or send to The Citizen. FRANCE IN STATE OF SUSPENSE OVER MOROCCAN AFFAIR Optimistic Attitude in Official Circles. But People Aro Not Satisfied AFFECTS BUSINESS TO GREAT EXTENT Belgian Government Keeps Actively Engaged In Arm- ' Ing Border Garrisons PARIS, Aug. SL Franc Ull re main In a siat of suspense , over the outcome of the negotiation bs tweea Franco and Germany ra'atlvo to Morocco. , While In Official circle n opti mistic attitude I maintained that the negotiations, which aro to b return-' 4 IfMrtly, will lead to satisfactory settlement, there la certain anxiety by tho people over the possibility , of ' a rupture and the consequence of uch a result are the subject of much discussion, . On th hours today soms appre hension was manifested and In bus!- . aet circle In tnerl there 1 a ten- . dsncy not . to enter upon any pew venture until soma definite Indica tion I given of th way matter trn, ' i . ,, . . i , i 1 COMPIiETIXO ARMAMENT BRUSSELS, Aug. It. Th Belgulm government continue , actively - en- . gaged - In completing th armament of all th garrisons on th German and JTrench borders. Several train have been dispatched with ammuni tion and gun from tho Liege; arsenat to Namur, ' Lieg and Vervlers. . - All th force aro being Inspected. At Antwerp, th engineer corn I from Tete de pmmf L.t hrdl hra transporting nil : campaign material from Tete de Flandr to the Antwerp Id of the Scheldt. " Th Belgium newspaper explain' the actlvly by th statement that tho talk, of European hostilities ha awakened the Belgium war ministry to the unpteparedneai of the Belgium army and defense BOTH GREAT IMSTLEiiS in mwmm FOR LABOR DAY MATCH Gotch Announce That na Will Submit to no Spe-, cial Rules for Match . BOTH MEN CONFIDENT HUMBOLDT. Ia.. Aug. 31. Frank Ootch, champion heavyweight wrestler of the world, left tonight or Chicago, ' where h will arrlv tomorrow morn ing, and on Labor, day defend hi title against Oeorg HacUsnschmidt for th second time. ; : v Accompanying th champion la a ' pedal ear were Mr. Gotch and her mother, Emll Klank, Ootch' manag er; George Kogr and a number of friend, i,' Gotch will do only light training after hi arrival in Chicago. A lltu road work wilt be don Sunday mora Ing by th champion. '-,-: ,. - ? , Ootch In hi match with Gsorgo -Hackenachmldt will submit to no rule formulated specially for that oo- -raslon. He o informed Refer Ed W. Smith at hi camp htr thl after- t noon. Ootch ald th Old yule would , b Insisted upon, particularly that -which make hanging on th rope ft foul. The champion claimed that la tho last match Hacknchmldt reort ed much to that practice. , According to Referee Smith Hack- enschmldt will pursu entirely new ' . tactic on Labor day, la order, aa Smith quoted him, "to redeem htm- self" for having played th defenalva (Continued .n Psjr 'Three) - ,