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ASIIEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MO? XI NO, SEPTE MBER 2, 1911
VOL. XXVn., NO. 816
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SOU! HERN PACIFIC
REFUSES 10 GRANT
EGOGNITI
Claims That Recognition of
Federation Would Hamper
Company's Service
EFFORTS BEING MADE
TO AVOID A STRIKE
But It Is Open Question as to
Whether Men Can be Held
In Check or Not
SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 2. The
(Southern Pacific railroad company
through Juliua Kruttschnltt. vice
president and director of maintenance
and operation of the Harrlman lines,
absolutely rejected today a demand
ttor recognition of the federation of
Whop employes, comprising five shop
craft unions and 25.000 men.
That urh recognition, with Its lm
0l!catlons, would hamper the com
jpany In performing Its duty to the
public was the position taken by Its
officials. Union leaders asked for It
rn grounds cfeconomy and expedition
and admittedly because of a feeling
that tgreater centralization of capital
land power made corresponding cen
tralisation among various unions de
sirable. The unions Involved had asked their
Igeneral officers for permission to
strike In the event of the refusal to
'grant recognition of the federation.
Final Answer
i A "nnfrAnrA lantlnff over three
bhours was terminated by Mr. Krutt-
schnltt's final answer and following it
the union representatives sooer-racea
went into session bv themselves to
(consider th estrlke vote which they
may accept as binding or may reject,
refusing to sanction a strike.
UNION
i Following the conference Mr. Krutt-
Khnltt Issued the following state
ent: Gl "In the conference the question of
the benefit to accru eto both the com
Ipany and tha men from a federation
2Jas fully presented by the interna
hfstfMfricers an dthe officers o the
arMroad- comtny explained at length
bsrasni that-tha.flinpany
1 would experience In performing Its
...l .public functions If hampered by a
Icotnmlttee -vested with sufficient power
to control or partially control Its
I operations."
A railroad .official tonight said au
ithoritatlvely that there waa no change
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FRESH CLERK AND THREE
FRIENDS II LOW BY
FIGHT1JMBESSMAN
Representative Carter Uses
His Fists and Cane to
Advantage
INSULT ALLEGED
WASHINGTON, Sept. I. Represen
tative ( has. I). Carter, of Oklahoma,
creatt d a sensation In tho heart 'of the
mart shopping center here today by
assaulting four clerks, one of whom
he nllctsed Insulted his 18-yoar-old !
Aanuhter Alias Italv Carter, who was j
with her father on a shopping expedi
tion. I
Having dealt summarily with the
four clerks. Representative Carter, ;
who is seven-sixteenths Indian, sent
his daughter home in an automobile,
and proceeded to the nearest police
station, where he explained the Incl- ,
dent which led up to the trouble. He ,
was not detained and considers the In- 1
cldent closed unless the four clerks
demand an investigation. j
Representative Carter asasiled the ;
first clerk, Joseph Josephson. with his j
fists, and when three of the young
man's companions came to thMr j
rlend's aid the Oklahoma congres-1
nan brought his walking stick into
lav and wielded It vigorously untjl
he was master of the field. According
'to Mr. Carter his daughter described
to Josephson a certain kind of coat
which she wleied to purchase. He
declare the clerk thought Miss Carter
was unattended and sought to engage
her In conversation "Continuing his
advances, which were followed by re
pulses," said Mr. Carter, "the young
man became Insulting When I po
litely asked the cl'rk the cause Of the
trouble he became infuriated and said
uncomplimentary things about my
daughter. I told her to accompany
roe frcm the store, and as we reached
the door he called me several names.
I returned and prepared to strike him
when he s'arted toward me. I then
gave him a (rood licking, as my long
experience on the range as a boxer
would permit. I then started to leave
when three of his assistants took up
the flKht. I was plainly outnumbered
but would not run. I struck right and
left with my cane and finally routed
the entire bunch.
The fight was brief but exciting
until tho clerks were vanquished.
BE ATT IE PLEASED
WITH PROGRESS OF
HIS FIGHT FOR LIFE
Defense Apparently Makes Much
Headway Toward Controverting
Testimony of Prosecutions Wit
nesses Beatties Brother Loyal.
CHESTBRFIELJ) COURT HOUSE,
Va, Sept. 1 Henry Clay Beattle. Jr.,
indicted for the murder of his wife,
did not take the stand today In his
own behalf as was expected, but the
assertion was made Just before court
adjourned that the defense would
conclude its case late tomorrow with
tho prisoners' testimony.
An argument ensued between ooun
sel for both sidt to whether the
cross examination of the accused also
could be finished tomorrow and It
was obvious that the defense wished
to have the prisoner rest over Sunday
before the attack upon him by tne
prosecution could be begun. Thomaa
Hancock, one of the Jurors, however,
spoke up In a plaintive voice to the
court, saying "please consider us,
Judje," and the court immediately
asked H. M. Smith. Jr., counsel for
the defense, how many mora wit
nesses he would Introduce.
"Just Few More Witnesses."
"Just a few more," said Mr. Smith,
"but we will surely close our case
tomorrow 'by placing the prisoner on
the stand.."
Judge Watson announced he would
hold court later than usual tomorrow
evening, If neooesary to finish the
case, but an agreement was reached
to suspend Judgment as to holding
the night session until the testimony
of the accused had been presented.
Court will be delayed In the morning
by the taking of a deposition from
Mrs. M. C. Steger, who Is ill at her
home near the scene of the crime and
who, It Is claimed, saw the alleged
bearded highwayman prowling
around the day of the murder.
Testimony today was perfunctory in
Its character. Several women friends
of the accused and his dead wife tes
tified that the couple Jived happily
together.
Those who testified as to the. happy-
relations between the couple were
Miss Bessie Wells, Miss Louise Reams,
maid of honor at Mrs. Beattle's wed
ding; Mrs. Trop Lotan, a slater of
Henry C, Beatte, fir.; Mrs. Ella J.
Bowman, a, slster-ln-law and house
keeper to TOnTBeattle. -St., tot
many yeara.
New Witness Discovered.
Except for the Impromptu admls
sloVi of Douglas Beattle, a brother of
the accused, that he ould have de
stroyed evidence of the murder had
he known that his brother waa to be
charged with the crime, the most In
THIRTY DAYS NOTICE TO
ILLINOIS CENTRAL THAT
THEKWANHLTERITIfiNS
Both Sides of Controversy,
However, State There
Will be no Strike
SECOND CONFERENCE
CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Represents
tlves of the Internatlosal unions com
posing the federated shop employes of
the Illinois Central, which has been j
refused recognition by President
Markham, of the railroad, today gave
thirty days- formal notice to the rail
road tnut they desire alterations In
their contracts.
This move followed the communi
cation of Tresident Markham to the
union reprenentau es In which he re- i
fused to recognize any organization
ex'ept those with which the railroad
has contracts, and called attention to
the clause requiring a thirty days' no
tice to abrogate the contracts.
The union representatives also for
warded a communication to the rail
road a.-king for another conference
with President Markham on Tuesday.
He received the communication late
in the day and will wait until tomor
row to formulate an answer. The !
union leaders are confident that he j
will receive them and they intend to
continue their efforts to gain recogni
tion for the federation.
The notices to the railroad are not
cancellation of the contracts. They
were sent In an effort to comply for
mally with the letter of the contracts,
and union leaders say they wl not de
lay further negotiations during the
thirty-day period. Itoth sides Indi
cated that a strike was not probable.
AL,L.F.C.KD "BADGER" MAX.
RALEIGH. N. C, Sept. 1. W. J.
Alurphy. a Seaboard Air line freight
conductor, was arrested here late to
day as he alighted from his train
coming from Richmond, charged with
being Graham White, wanted in Al
bany, Ga. Murphy, or While, is al
leged to have been one of the prin
cipals In a "badger" game In Albany
with his slter-in-law. I.uclie Sharp,
posing as his wife. In which F. Al.
Bass was robbed of 190. Murphy de
clares that he is not the man and has
started habeas corpus proceedings.
Officers from Albany, who are here
with requisition papers, claim they
have the right man.
teresting development of the day waa
the discovery of a new witness by the
defense, Joseph Casselberg, of Rich
mond. Casselberg, It has been ru
mored for some time, has had mys
terious knowledge of the case. He U
reported to have been on the Midlo
thian turnpike with another person
about the same time that the murder
occurred and Is supposed to be the
man who stopped to crank his ma
chine and was seen by the group of
boys on their way from the dance at
Bon Air. If he Is called as a witness
and admits that he had stopped to
fix his machine at that point where
the boys say they saw a car with a
woman on the running board and a
man In front of It, the defense con
siders this would controvert muoh of
the testimony tending to show that
Mrs. Beattle waa shot while on the
running board and not In the car seat
as her husband alleges.
It was rumored tonight, however,
that the defense may not call Cassel
berg because of conflicting report
concerning his probable testimony.
Aoto Kxperts Testify.
The question of whether Mrs. Beat
tie was shot while standing on the
running board or In the road or as
her husband Insists while she sat In
the front seat to the left . of him,
again was raised today when several
automobile expert testified that a
large pool of blood such as was found
at the scene of the crlpie could have
trlckJed througfh the machinery of
the car and flowed from the drip pan
underneath to the ground. The testi
mony of the automobile experts was
In line with the contention also that
blood dripped from the machine In
many places from the scene of the
crime to the Owen., home In Rich
mond, where the young husband too
his dead wife. The defense Introduced
a score of witnesses to attack various
other details In the evidence ofgthe
prosecution ana tomorrow It 1s ex
pected th prisoner will make ' em
phatlo contradiction of his . cousin
Paul', -entire testimony, ellnelng to
nis story at the coroner's inquest that
a beareded highway man murdered
his wife and that he took no part 1
a transaction concerning the pur
chase or the shot gun.
Beattle Cheerful. '
The prisoner was more cheerful at
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MIRACULOUS ESCAPE Of
PASSENGERS ON TRAIN
GOING THROUGH TRESTLE
Engine Passed Over Safely
But Tender and Coaches
all go Through
ON A. C. L. EAIDROAD
WIL.MINOTON, N. C, Sept. 1.
Following rains said to have been the
heaviest on record, Atlantic Coast
Una passenger train No. 87. Fayette-
vllle. N. C. to Bennettsvllle, S. C,
plunged into a trestle two miles
south of Red Springs, N. C, today
The engine passed over safely but the
tender, mall, baggage and passenger
coaches went through. All mlracu
lously escaped except Conductor Alex
Camp-bell and Express issetiger
Jesse Talbot, both of Fayoevllle,
who were only slightly huj.
REPORT DIDN'T SHOW
WHAT WAS EXPECTED
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 1 -The
bullish report on the condition of the
growing co'ton crop. Issued by the de
partment of agriculture today, fell
flat as a market factor. At the high
est the trading months after the re
port was out were only nineteen to
twenty-two points over yesterday's
close. December, the most active
month on the boards, rose twenty-six
points following the report; Just be
fore the figures were out It Blood five
points under yesterday's final quota
tion, a little later It was twenty-one
points over.
The percentage of condition of 71 2
on August was more than two
points under the average expectation
in this market. There waa a pool on
the vottdn exNange on the figures
and the average of nearly 100 guesses
In the poo! was 75.8 or 2.8 points
over the actual figures.
Following the report there was
heavy selling, which the gossip of the
market said the was chiefly for short
account It held the market from
making the' advance that seemed
Justified, and lated pared down the
moderate advance made,
The market closed at a net ad
vance for the day of only eight to
ten points.
"SvikeJr
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CHANGES MADE IN CENTRAL BUREA U
. ELAN TO MEET OBJECTIONS MADE
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Committee Recommends That Plan For Establishment of
Favorable Consideration by Exchange-Buying Banks of The Country,
'I Will Not Interfere With Legislation Now Pending.
, i
NEW TORK, Best. 1, Changes to
mct objections of" bankers of cer
tain features of thw new central bu
reau plan for the registry of export
cotton bills were mfl In the plan to
day at a conferenc of the members
of the bills of lading. 'oommlttee of the
American Banker' association. With
these changes efteq ed th committee
recommended tht the plan ,..tori,.th
etabllshmen tof a Jentrat' bureau be
given favorable -twisideritlon by th
exchange-buying yrnks if the. coun
try. '
In a atatetr'lft: Issued , tonight
Thomas B. lUoVjnrt counsel of
th Am erlcan t& Wr. socta,thnt.
eumeried the ViWfWsWons that b4
been made to the pla: Band explain
ed the manner' In which th commit
tee had met them. The tatement
said:
At IU mtettng, held In Nashville,
May 2, Hit, this committee ap
proved the general principle of the
plan submitted fn the report of the
sub-committee for the validation of
cotton bills Including the establish
ment of a central bureau In New Tork
city with the understanding that the
details of su?h plan would be subse
IS
ELECTED MISS!
Charles B. Brown Succeeds
J. K. Doughton Has
Been Assistant
RALKIGH, N. C, Sept. 2 The
North Carolina corporation commis
sion toda yaccepted the resignation of
J. K. Doughton fcJ state bank exam
iner, and elected in his stead Charles
B. Brown, who has for some time
served as assistant examiner.
This leave tre position of assistant
examiner vacant .to be Oiled Inter
Mr. Doughton resigns to become at.
active mem'ier of the corporation of
the Tomllngjn f'r.alr A Furniture
Manufacturing 'npany. of Hli;h
Point, Just re-orga- i7.ed, tha twill take
over the Olo.e Hone Furniture com- :
pany business and has 1250,000 capi
tal with 17 60,000 authorised.
Mr. Doughton ha been bank exam-
ner since January 1, 1D09, making a
splendid record a examiner.
Mr. Brown, who succeeds him. has
been assistant for a year, coming from i
Rocky Mount H has had extensive.
experience In the hanking business.
ASHKVIU.F. BY "PAHfcKS"
RALEIGH. N '' . Sept. 2. Will:
Horton Daniel and Robert Gol lst-in.
of Buncombe rounty, are two of
eighty succesf'i! applicants before the ;
supreme roirt for license to practice
law. There were ninety-lone who un- j
dertook the examli atlon Monday. Mrs
Lillian Howe Frve. of Bryson City. Is ,
one of those ruee.sful. being the sec
ond woman ever licensed In this
atste.
WASHINGTON. Sept. .-Forecact
for North Carolina: Fair Saturday
and probably Sunday, ; not much
change In temperature, 'right to mode
rate vaiiabl wlpdSL
quently worked out and considered
before giving final approval and
recommendation of said plan. ?
"It subsequently developed that
While the plan for validation had the
universal approval of the banks of th
country the proposition for a central
bureau met with objection by cer
tain of the southern banks and cot
ton Interests, t , V':'-,v.;
Bankers' ReprcontstiM)
"At today's meeting of the commit
tee the southern bankers were repre
sented by Mr, Ooodehau, of New Or.
lean, and Mr, Height represented th
Liverpool conference, t FtilJ, eoneiaer-etlonv-wasaen
to- air recommenda
tions and they' were found to bfased
upon the following ground:
"First That the plan would give
certain advantage to exchange buy
ers In New York city by reason of
the fact that the central bureau would
be there located.
"Second. That the plan In its oper
ation would prevent the ready nego-.
tlatlon, acceptance anp dayment of
drafts drawn against cotton ship
ments Third. That under the plan the
OF WILMINGTON
HRRESTEDJESTERDiy
Charged With Failure to
Abate Common Nuisance,
"Inspired by Malice"
WILMINGTON, N. C Sept. 1. A
sensational campaign here for better
.unitary conditions culminated late to
day In tile arrest of Mayor Jos. D.
Smith and J)r. Charles T. Nesbltt,
superintendent of health, charged
with failure to bat a common nui
sance In what Is alleged to be an 10
ad"juate sewer line through the prln-
Ijml part of the municipality, lloth
were taken beforo a Justice of the
peine und promptly gave bond for
their appearance at a preliminary
hearing to be held next Tuesday. The j
city officials assert that the frrosecu- ,
tlon is Inspired by malice for the pur-
pone of discount-nsnclng their efforts'
towfard a cleaner atid a healthier city I
MANY ENTRIES FOR
THE OLIDDEN TOUR;
NEW YORK, Sept. 2. It was an
nounced toniRlit that the ernltes for)
the eighth reliability automobile tour'
for the 'Hldde ntrophv are growing
apa.ee, wilh luenty-tlve names already I
o nthe lints. The recent announce-'
rc.ent that 'iovernor Moke Krnlth, of
Ocorxla, would be one of the contest
ants, has bean received with enthusl-j
axm by th contest board of the!
American Automobile association. J
t'overnor Smith In sending his formal!
ectry. writes that he will ride tho en-j
Hie I..W miles from New York to
Jacksonville via Atlanta. He has
special 1912 model of a well-known'
ear entered His consideration Is the,
Impetus which he hopes his partici
pation mnv give to the good r'fids
movemitct and to this end he has In- )
vlrfd the i: ivernors of ten stetesi
throui-'h which the fot.r pase. f ' he'
guesis In his cr while he Is rldinr
throujth their states. The pat -finding
car. It !s announced, will start Rep- j
(ember 8. The entries to the tour close j
October 1 anl the tour starts two j
Weeks later. . ;
ATTT.M1TS M-ICrlVn
RALEIGH. .. ('., ff.t. f. Mrs.' R.
C. Wall, res'dln m N'orti B ylan
avenue, in a fit of unaccountable de
spondency, :t Is said, attempted to
commit suicide by drinking nearly an
ounce of laudanum. Prompt medical
attention saved her life.
Centred Bureau he Given
foreign buyer would not properly dis
criminate (n the selection. , of hit
"Fourth, That th plan of notifi
cation to the central bureau as pro
posed, might be construed as placing
additional responsibility upon th exchange-buying
banks for genuineness
of bills of lading.
, To obviate the, first objection It was
suggested, with th assent of th rep
resentative of th eforelgn Interests,
that th central bureau IrAtead of
ending acknowledgments of each bill
of lading, in response to notification
should glv no information to ny on
cocerned, except only In cases where
JsoUlJajp Jilll of lading had berioind
frgaor'4rtheiV''i
preventing tne pyramiding or accu
mulation of losses. The committee
considered that the change thus pro
posed would remove the first objec
tion. "As to the second objection the In
quiry was specifically made of the rep
resentative of the foreign Interests
whether it wss th Intention of th
foreign bankers to refuse or delay the
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Jury Returned Verdict Late
Last Night, Sentence to be
Passed Today
8ALIHBITRT, N. C, Bept. 1. Th
verdict In the white slave trial was
reached by, the Jury n Rowan super
ior court late tonight. Mrs. Annl
Noel ,the defundant, charged with the
abduction of Carrie Bell Olbbs. aged
thirteen years, from ber home In Lex
ington, was convicted. Sentence will
be passed by Judge Daniel tomorrow.
The third day of the trial wss
consumed by argument of counsel.
Messrs. Plummer Stewart, of Char
lotte, z V. Walser, of Lexington, and
K. T Wright, of Salisbury, spoke for
the defense, and Sollr Itor W. C. Ham
mer closed for the state. While At
torney Stewart was speaking on white
i -In very there was slight demonstration
in the court room and a young white
woman, an actress In a moving picture
show, was ordered In the custody of
the sheriff lor taking part In the I
demonstration. During another speech
by M. Walser there was a similar oc
currence in da young white man was
taken charge of by the sheriff for
th' same offense.
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Account of His Seventy.
Year-Old Mother
SHE WILL SEE SON ':
DOWN RUSSIAN LION
Gotch Has Strength of Sand
ow with Tho Agility or an
Abe Attel
CHICAGO, Sept 1. Frank Ootch,
ohamplon wrestler of th world, prac
tically denied hlmsslf. to caller to
day because ot his mother, who ls '70
years of age and who accompanied
him here from Iowa. From all ever ,
the country wrestling "fan" arrived
today to and talk to "th great
Ootch," but the Invincible one was
busy. His mother "la old., you know, ;
and some bow It Is up to m to sort
of look out for her," as the champion
expressed It. After Ootch'a party hod
breakfasted aid "mother was Ued up
all right," the champion appeared en,
the mat In the gymnasium of the Chi
cago Athletlo club, where he tua!ed
with. Jo Roger and Jss Wester
(sard for two hard falls within M
many hours, He appeared to have ev
erything he ever had and Just a little
mors. H has been taught by "Far
mer" Burns. , ,
, :i Ootch fttronf,
Ootch is cautious. He Is soft pwl.
He Is, as Xddle Smith, the . referee,
says of him, "oily." And behind those
lnwy muscles of Iron which Tar
mer" Burns ha trained so sssldu
oulyr there 1 a world of strength,
Qptoh la a Bandow, plus the agility of
an Abe Attell. . '
' But again there 1 Haekansrhmldt,
He Is not for an Instant forgotten by
the Chicsgo wrestling fans. They have
wstched him work for days. Thpy
know hi prowess. He I to face Ootch
next Mondyi And if he t win ., th
championship It will 'be . bees use
Ootch cannot endure th mothering,
All the experts are atrsed on this, it
will be the sinewy oat opposed to tho
Russian War.iv;-.'i.Vs','.:'':',..."i .
- Haekettschmldt Is lion.' He Isn't,
fast snough. But wtll bs a strovift"
of giants,
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER IS
CAUGHT JUST XS HE IS
. REM TO CATCH TR'.i;j
Auditor of Gulf and Ebn
Island Railroad Had Al
ready Bought Tickets
REFUSED TO TALK
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. I. E, U
Hall, the auditor of the Quit eV Ship
Island railroad, wanted on the charge
of embezzling 15.000 from the rail
road, was arrested at th terminal
station here today by local detective
while preparing to leave on an after
noon train with hi wife, . son and
daughter for Philadelphia. Hall had
already purchased his tickets,
According to the officer, a search
of Hall's effects revealed an exchange
draft for IS8.81 Issued by the First
National bank of Culport on the Sea-,
board National bank of New York,
and also a demand note for 150 In
favor of Mrs. Hall, and 1100 In cur
rency. Hall refused to : discuss tho
charge, but said he Would return to
Mississippi without requisition. - v
JHKIE BIGGS KESIGXS. ,
RAI'KJGH, N. C. Sept. 1. Judge
Crawford Blg. Judge of Superior,
court, ninth Judicial district, tonight
al Durham mailed a letter to Oor-..,
ernor Kttchln transmitting his rsslg-
natlon. H was elected five years ajo
and had three years to serve. The
motive actuating him Is given as fU.
nanclal and the desire to spend more
of his time with his family. f