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ASHEVILLE, K.C, FRIDAY CORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1911
VOL, XXVII, NO: 322
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CRISIS ARISES IN
CHUJESE PROVINCE,
Construction of Trunk Lines
" by Private Enterprise Pro-.
' hlblted by Edict
NAVAL ARRAY IN
CHINESE WATERS
Foreign Offices of Several Na
tions Have Already Taken
' Precautionary Steps
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- WASHINGTON, Sent. 7.A. criai
. has arisen la the turbulent province
of Siechuan In China and foreign offi
AFFAIRS SEBIQUS
cers of not only the United States ."Btcfo. frind and notable lawyer,' Is
of other countries have : taken , pre
cautionary ( steps for the safety of
Uhelr citizens in that section. Amerl
can r unbosts will s M broug ht Into
"play to guard : American eitiseh and
a formidable 'international navy ar-
ray is ft ban In Chlnest waters. ?
American chafg ; D'affaires Wil
liams, at Peking, today eabled the
state department that the situation
i had become critical In j, Ssechuan
where public meetings In various cit
ies, accompanied by the closing of
schools and shops and refusal to pay
ti. hive culminated l serious dis
orders.",. Methodist mlsslonsrles at
! Chungking and Chengtu i . have In
formed Mr.Wllama that none of
-them have left their P" except
amaHcutt' an dBrltteh ladles
have' left Chengro for Chungking,
j Twenty-one districts, are said to be so
j fa afeeted'by 'the present agltatlpn.
Ta offices pave been destroyed, and
several officials have resigned, but re
'' atotance to the government , has In
' general been peoslve rather than ac
tive, '
' The Chinese foreign office has as
ure dthe, legation that protection will
3 be given all foreigners and their
! property and has offered escort to all
who desire to leave the disturbed dis
tricts. Ths viceroy ot Ssechuan Is
-said to bei acting 'with energy: A Brit -
lsh gunboat H new prooemi.na -Chlatlng
whUe three other gunboats.
v..nnh one Qerman. v are at
viie , . c,
.Chungking. , J . '' ' "-''J' '
: Adratoat Murdeck-s nagshlp,
i mi Woosong. the
the
New
iorieine Is at. Shanghai. ,.twe;s
ithra JCP4ted -fltatee:! gunoos j"
! cruising. 4n th. t.ngtae rlvw.The
. at department thJ l
"gsttin'at Peking to request Admiral
' w t ritsDose the American
...nboeie 'in 'the manner host calcu
lated to forestall any poi
Ible- dancer
.T-i.n cltlxen. . TO oeperi-
ment else, sent Instructions Jo Mr.
tToutiu., of the consular "1ce. ,to
proceed st once from Hankow to
Chungking. ' ' . ' .
An .imperial edict recently placed
! h ministry of comihunlea-
Itions of the central government, the
. .,,.!, of all trunk line
f OTllP1 "
Continued on Pg" three)
illlL DFFICEH UIAKES
flBIPFfiBMlipS
TD WASHINGTON EASILY
(Longest and Most Success
ful Plight Yet; Made by
Any, of the Officers
BY LIEXJT. EODGERS
' WA3H5NOTON. Sept. 7. Ueuten
' fant John Jtodgers, V. 8. flew over
j to Washington from Annapolis to
i eight, the flight being one of thalong
i est sjjd most successful yet fceebm
Lgtllahed by any of the , three ' young
faviatora, who are stationed at ths
! Aerodrom near the naval academy.
', leaving Annapolis shortly before 4
; o'clock in a wrtgnt mpiane ne nea
flown 6 Ihiles when tie lsnded near
i the white house a few minutes after
- iflv. ,
, The trip was accomplished without
; accident Starting from Annapolis, the
' young aviator sighted a riln storm
jaa he Beared Odenton, Md. Flylnt
rav around tha he continued hi Journey
JVnd flew over the army aviation
P'ieheol at College Park. Md., nut dM
: 1 net land. He flew on to Bennlngs. B.
- (C aad thence down the - eastern
, I breach of the Potomac. Passing over
' the war college he directed hi flight
i ever the city, attaining a height of
'abort LOW feet. .
! Flying over the ground near the
j wfilte house and the state, war and
1 navy bulMlng h tried to eight Oap
j tain Chambers of the nsvy. He flew
; very low hut the dense1 foliage hid
,- I Captain Chambers, who stood on the
I step of the building. After executing
i several spiral ;, glides, circling . ' the
(.Washington monument volplaning and
i cutting various . ' other aeronautical
I figures. Lieutenant Rodger came to
1 earth without mishap. ; ,r .
v Having exchanred areetins , with
.Captain Chambers, Lieutenant jloilf
., .era, a few minutes later made a grace
f ful aaeent, and again circling ' the
Washington monument f,e w back to
' , College Park.
POWERFUL PLEA TO
BE ATT IE JURY BY
ATTORNEY CARTER
Judge Watson in his Charge Dwells
Particularly on 'Reasonable Doubt?
After Smith and Wendenburg
Arguments, Goes to Juryl
CHESTERFIELD COURT1 HOUBE,
Va' Sept 7. Five hours long In a
hot and murky court twuMi,' Attorney
Hill Carter with 'a plea f of both
pathos and argument . sought t the
hearts of twelve Jurymen.ln an effort
to secure the acquittal of Henry Clay
Beanie. Jr indicted for the, murder
of his wife on lone Midlothian turn
pike last July.
At sunset Mr. Carter concluded and
for tomorrow the great battle of . the
trial, the xlaah. between Harry M.
Smith. Jr., of the defense, and L. O,
Wendenburg. of the eomomnwealth
scheduled, a verdict being expected
some tlm during the nlght.f '
From the depth of an argument to
which he unsparingly denounce" Paul
Seattle, .cousin of the accused, and
nrtnclnai witness SKalnSt him
weakling and falsifier, Mr. Carter at
times shouted to the Jury as he leaned
over the bar, but when the day was
drawing to a close his voice sank to a
whisper of Impasisoned appeal. - -'
Impassioned Appestl.1v'-'"
"If you. gentlemen of the jury," he
said la measured tones, "can within
the sanctity of your oath prevent the
pressing of the poisoned chalice to the
llpa of this aged father," Jils ha-al-,
ready bleeding from the stab of ths
dagger which took away a life! If
you can, I say,; spare him the son
whnm he loves io nearly. 'I ask
within mercy to bring In ar verdict of
not guilty."
The lean man of wrinkled brow and
sunken cheeks who sat beside hle acr
cused aon.,drepped his eyes and raised
his . fan to conceal , the tremblHjg . et
Ws lips and the quick gulpa of emo
tltm that followed. Tonng ? Beattle
stared hard at the Jurymen, his fane
wax-like ard -still. 'For a mofnent
there was silence- In the court toom.
Finally Jurfge Wauon looked at-his
watch, glanced through the windows
at the long shadows, on the green and
Without further' comment- adjourned
court until o'clock tomorrow morn
ing when the final lap In the race for
the life of Beattle will be run. ,
Bead Institutions. ' ' '
The day bai with ,th reading by
Judge Watson of the lnstrmtlons-:to
theiury. .More vital, than lisusl were
they, particularly Tas attention was
drawn to the frailty of the alleged
confession of Henry to Psilt and the
manner In which It came In JaU from
an' incarcerated, witness 'to the com
monwealth' attorneys. Other, points
In the story of Paul which reflected to
the conversations of Paul or " ths
meetings of the two cousins alone un
supported by witnesses were held up
ae requiring a careful scrutiny. Twenty-one
. separate instructions , were
given the Jury by judge Watson.' t
Eliminating the routine and custo-
! msry ones as to whst Is murder, the
i degree- of murder, the presumption of ,
! Innocence, the weight to be given, proj
GHflBGE THAT TAX LEV1T
IN FOUR COUNTRIES FAR
UNDER TBEIR VALUATION
Assessors Mut Appear and
Show Cause Why Assess
ments Are Not Higher
RAILROADS, "KICK"
RALEIGH, N: C, Sept. 7. The cor-. CHICAGO, Sept, 7-A political sen
poratlon commission has Issued or- satlon was sprung by H. W. Wheeler,
dors for the chairmen At the county democratic stats central committee
commissioners and the county
ors In four counties. Pitt." ' Wilson,
Davidson and Forsythe, to appear be
fore the commission September JO,
and show cause why the valuations
of the real estate In their respective
couqtles should not be advanced to
Its value In - money under the state
tax regulations.
This Is on account of affidavits by
cltlzene of these counties that the At
lantic coast line and the Southern
ratlmay companies have filed setting
out that the assessment on real es
tate are as. lew s from I) 1-1 to 10
per oent of value in money.
The railroad companle are using i
these affidavits In demand that the;
commission reduce the tax assess
ments the commission has mad
against the railroad property for tax
ation. The certificates of lowest val
uations on real estate are from Pitt
county where It I asserted that they
are'as tow a It 1-1 per cent.
- Th valuations la the other three
eoluntles are asserted to range up-'
ward to per cent.,.'.
It i expected that the Investiga
tions Into these affidavit will bring
about some interesting revelations. ,
WSCRIMDrATlOir XIXJSGED.
KBW YORK, Sept Agents of
th United States here and abroad are
Investigating, charges f rourbt ; by
American merchants, it waa learned
today, against three steamship com
panies whoso boats ply between New
York and South American porta.
and con, to circumstantial evidence,
and the neoeeisty for the conclusive
establishment of its Case by the state,
the court submitted a oin para
graphs dealing with ' "reasonable
doubt," all of which are condensed
Into the twenty-first, and concluding
the most definite instruction (as, the
lawyers phrase It) as follows: .
--': "Reasonable rxjubc"'
' "Upon , the trial of the criminal
case by a Jury, the law contemplates
the concurrence of twelve minds in
the conclusion of guilt before a con
viction can be had. Each Individual
Juror must be satisfied beyond a rea
sonable doubt of ths defendant's guilt
before he can, under his oath, consent
to a verdict of guilty. ' Eaeh Juror
should feel the , responsibility resting
upon him as a member of the Jury
and should realise that his own mind
must be convinced beyond a reason
able doubt of the defendant's guilt
before he can consent to a verdict of
guilty. i Therefore, Jf any individual
member of the Jury, after having duly
considered all the ' evidence la the
case, and after consultation with his
fellow Jurors, should entertain -such
reasonable doubt of defendant's guilt
aa Is set forrh In the other Instruc
tions In this case, H Is his duty not to
surrender his own convictions simply
because the balance of the Jury enter
tain different convictions."
Argument Opens. ,"
...JT, M, Gregory, who opened the ar
gument for ths prosecution, is id par
ticular stress en the awfulness of the
crime, the admlslsons of th accused
himself on the witness stand ss to his
relatlona 'With Beulah Blnford t and
his continuance of .them notwith
standing his marriage and. the birth
of a child. The yosectitor'sppealed
to the moral and religious sense of
the ' Jurymen and bespoke In bitter
terms the' aversion -of society and the
nation to the life of dissipation depict
ed by young Beattle. his chum, (Samp
son, and numerous othsr witnesses.
Quoting. from the. Scripture and
pointing out wherein the character of
Beattle had been meet revolting In
Its departure from ths accepted stand
ard of : morality,,; Mr. j Gregory , e
viewed th loathsome, details of the
double life admJUed by (ths aroused
while on the wttnees stand, and held
forth Beulah Blaford, the girl of the
underworld , the motive for the
crime. He concluded with the ques
tion of how the gun bought (by Psul
Seattle' en one day last July for his
cousin, happened to be the Identical
weapon by the prisoner's own admls
Ion ,tha' was used in killing Mrs.
Beattle. HIS speech occupied barely
an hour and a half, but the one that
ollowed'by Mr. carter ' for the de
fense wss many times as long. '
A man of girth and great' stature,
Mr. Carter overtowered th bar era-
Onntlnned from Page Thexe.t
BY EDITOR ON FLOOR OF
!E
Utterance of-Wheeler at Re
Organisation Meeting
Proved Sensation
TO "CAN" SULUVAN
man and editor of The Herald of
Qnlncy, III., at the round-up of
Hearst democrats here today,' Editor
Wheeler, from the floor of th confer
ence, repudiated what he termed
"Heermlsm," and declared that Illi
noi democracy would hav none of It
Thl utterance of Wheeler proyed
the sensation of the gathering.
The meeting was called by progres
sive democrats" with ths object of re
organising the 'democratic party In
Illinois and with wresting the nation
al commissionershin from P.. r.
Sullvan, of Chicago,
The organisation
was effected hv
the election of Mayor Carter H. Har
rison, of Chicago, aa chairman.
A declaration of progreaalv dem
ocratic prlnolple waa read 'and ap
proved and it was decided to hold a
rally at Springfield, 111., Oct. 4.
Mayor Harrison was suggettsd for
national committeeman from Illinois
to suoeead Roger C Sullivan. The
actual organisation work la to be In
the hands of a , Committee consisting
ot one from each of the twenty-Ore
congrealaonal districts In the state.
I . . .P O. CLERKS TO ..MEET,;', . 4
JACKSON-V7IXE. Fla. , Sept.
Th United - StaUs Asseckttien of
Postoffic a arks adeumed their cen
ventrea there tonight after selecting i
Boston for the nsxt meeting ' plac j
"3 J" "Uo r1oI
the argulaatlon. .... .-'..:'
-CAROLINA.
LEAGUE
1 "r
VFOLLETTE IS HAILED AS STANDARD ; .
tiEARER " ADVANCED REPUBLICANISM
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ProgrtB$ivit Republicans From Four Corntrs of Minnetota Gathtr at Banquet Board
r to Pay Him Tribute Resolutions Adopted Giving Him Support For
V. : President "First. Last and a)) the Timer1 2 .
MINNEAPOLIS.y Minn., Sept. 7,
Mora than l0 progressive Republi
cans from the four corners of Minne
apolis at a banquet here tonight hail
ed with aeclalm Senator Robert M,
LaPotlatte, of , Wtsroostn, as th togl -
cal stsndard besrei of 'advanced re
campaign., Seaotutlons were given lit
support of th c Vrlsconain senator,
"first, last and air ths time," inth
contest for - the prasldentlsl nomina
tion. The resolution after denouncing
existing political methods and . en
dorsing the progressive movement
conoluded; . ' '
'TV declare it tit be our conclusion
that th ability, patriotism and record
of the Hon. Robert M. LaPollette a
a law maker and .eecxutlv make
him the, leader of the progressive
movement In' the tnltedfttate and
the logical nominee ot the Republican
party f or president, t : )te next na
?rorrWH' Repubtlcin he cbooae a
reactionary cabinet. ; Bvery progres
rl Republican in the" senate and
h', nee Incurred his displeasure , and
Aldrirh and'Cannon became, bis a'di
tlsers,".'-:-' , .
Mr. Lenroot condemned the recipro
city agreement with Canada, deelarlng
tempted betrays! of ,1,000. 000 Ameri-
Of
Young Man Was Drowned
in Yadkin River ; If ear
Spencer Last Sunday
SPENCER, N. C, Sept. 7. In a
badly decomposed state ths body of
young Braxton Berkley, 'who was
drownsd In th Tsdkln river ten mile
north of Spencer last Sunday, was
found today at Devil ten, near Span-,
cer, by Phillip Sower and William
Ward, two young mew 'of the nelgh
borhooA, .
The body had been washed out on
the bank by high water and was dis
covered through a Isrge number of
buxcards assembled at the place. It
had drifted five miles 'down stearm
In . spit of the feet that searching
parties had ben diligently at work.
An undertaker went to the scene
snd carried the body to the. horn of attend ths cotton congress which se
ttle young man's parents, Mr. and : mble at Montgomery, Ala,, Septem.
Mrf. T. A. Berkley of Salisbury. j ber II.
I
" WOTIiDtT MEIOT CMOXS.
MARSHAL, Tx.. Sept. 7. The
question of meeting union rspresehta
CKes'as a federafd body arose on the
Texas ; V Pscifle railroad hr today
And was decided atainst the men. F.
H,' Anthony, superintendent of t ma
chinery on the Texas V Pacific, r-
fuaed to meet s eommltt ef eight
representalng sheet and metal work- i
era of the rosd a federated body,
telling them that he would met them
singly aa ; repreeentativet of their
anions after thirty dsvs' notice, 'i'l.
present contract of the men are
about- to expire. , ,
. WAffflBMOTOV. Sept. f Fostcast:
North Carolina, generally fair Friday.
nnrbablv lacat ahnwara milivKM.i,i ,
ttirday, light
variable winds. ..- ,-. . .,. I
. . Ai
,r;?V,
1 " y
can farmers to the greed of great In
terests, H also condemned the presi
dent fof signing the Psyns-Aldrlch
tariff measure while vetoing th recsnt
tariff measuresthe product ef lo
! surgency,
Walter 14,' Hoitser, secretary of th
National . Progressive Republican
league, prophesied that the progres
siva Republican would control th
next national republican convention
and that Minnesota would be for L
Follett., ' ,' ' ,
tlonal convention, and . w iplsdg
ourselves to work for his nomination
ad . n election, first, last and all th
tlm."
. Senator LaFollett found 1 an -ardent
champion. President Tart aa
avenging "insurgent,' in Congressman
Ienroot, of .Wisconsin,, at th i. bsn
quet "which 'formally opened the Ia
Fw)iM eampatirn ln Mnnwtta' "for
the nomination for president en the
Republican ticket. ' .-
Tafl 'lTnfa'lthfnlnais". 4
, After paying xaltd tribute to Sen
aior LaFoltette as a honstruvtlrs
statesman,. Representative Lenroot ar
raigned president Taft for alleged un
faithfulness li three people. "Since
March 4,,10," hf said, "It has bean
V '.' " '
HAS ANNUAL ELECTION
. 0, Wright, of North
Carolina, Oiven Place on
the Board of Directors'
HHAWNES, Okla,. Sept. 7. Th
oonvention of th Farmers' National
Union adjourned today after electing
officer and hearing committe re
port AH the general officer war
re-elected, aa were the director with
the exoeptlon of C. C. (Wright, of
North Carolina,: who was given a vlac
on th hoard, president Barrett, of
Georgia, gave out a ststement tonight
In which he said the session wis one
of the ihost fruitful In the h story of
the organ lest Ion. '.'
"We have' done what We come her
to do'." he said, referring to the ac
tion yesterdsy. -when the Union urged
the farmer to hold his cotton for H
cents during September and October
and for It cents thereafter, A dl.
,gstlon of twenty. flv was aamsd to
CHICAGO CSjVB MAX SHOT.
CHICAGO. Sent. 7 Rahwt Utiic.
Watson, member of most of the lesdJ
Ing club here, a wealthy architect
and active in the republican party,
waa shot snd seriously wounded to
day by Mrs. Hf B. Coneq, The shoot'
Ing took place In front of Wateoa"s
home, ta which the architect had re-
fused Mrs. Coney admission. Sh was
arrested and admitted having shot
him. '
Mrs. Coney celled at Watson'
home earlier in th day and Is said
to have been ordered : sway. Sh
waited on the sldenalk, however, and
whan he left 'home an hour later,
drew a small revolver from her hand
bag and shot him. . , . - , ,
, "I have known Watson a long;' tlm
and I couldn't stand It when he turn
ad me down." Mr. Coney told the po
lice. "He told me to get away from
hi heme because hi mother was
there. It was moro than I could stand
and I shot him." ,
Mrs. Coney filed suit for divorce
from her husband, a manufacturer
here, last February, it waa dismissed
and a counter suit filed by him was
sustained Although Watson' nam
did not appear, in Coney's suit tb
woman's former husband today said
... .. ...
wtth that of hi. wire ev before th,
.,,. .. .. . .,.
wji mitwu, .j1, . ;'
-
f difficult tonsil who we th preel-
nnt or the United States, or where
lit should b ; placed, Elected aa a
4 Rooata foe Both
MINNEAPOUS.. Minn.. Sept. 7
Held slmultanaoualy, two meeting
here laat night sought to further re
apeetlvaly the Interests of President
Taft and of Senator . LaFollstt .in
Minneapolis. .,..,,
, Th Taft supporters at session
of members of the Toung Men's Re
publican eulb, added few more
torches to the presidential program
At th earn time a gathering of the
executive commit tee of the Minnesota
Progrpsslva Republlvcan league, en
thuilsstlp followers of th Wisconsin
senator, completed arrangement for
, banquet at the West hotel' tomor
row eight, at which, the .principal
aeaasra., will Jsa. Con greassian
root, of Wisconsin, and Prof, Charhw
E. Merriam, recent candidal for th
mavorallty of Chicago,! , ' -
! It waa stated aftep th meeting of
th Toung Men's Republican club that
Mr. Taft will be givn a notable re
ception pon his vtst to Minneapolis
October 1 4, ' The eommltt are
working upon -line Indorsed by th
president himself.
SIDELIGHT ON BEATTIE'S
TRIAL GREGORY'S DEFEAT
Commonwealth's Attorney
Defeated in Virginia Pri
maries by Large Vote .
RICHMOND. Va Sept 7. On o(
the sidelights of the Beattle trtaj to
day was the defeat of.l, M. Oregory
In the democratic prlmarta for ra
nomination as commonwlths' at
torney for Chesterfield county. ' L O.
Wsndenberg tschnomlly the assistant
to Oregory, but as a matter Of acl
couniel for the state,, fared -better a
he wss elected to the 'stats senste
from" the third district Wendenberg's
service In the" Beattle case are gra
tuitous. He volunteered at tne coro
ner' Inquest, having conducted all
the examinations ef witnesses since
then. He also win close the esse for
the prosecuten tomorrow. Neither has
been able to devote any time to cam
paigning on account of th trial,
It waa said today, that Attorney
Marry M. Smith and Hill Carter, of
the defense, would receive more than
,,M0 " tny "cur' acquittal
ot roin' Be,t,-
OPPOSED TO BUREAU.
ATLANTA, Oa. Sept. T An
nowncement was mads today that the
Southern Cotton Buyers' Association
at a meeting here yesterday went on
record as oppoied to the proposed
centre I bureau plan of handling bills
of lading, as suggested by the Liver,
peed conference committee. A com
mittee of three was named to attend
the New Orleans conference on Sep
leroow, i, xa voice me see otat in s
position. - - - - -
CLKMSOJT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
COLUMBIA. 8. C, Sspt. 1 Th
Clemsen football sehsdul for thla ses
son was announced yesterday a fel-
lows: ,-x x :v "
Oct le Auburn, at Clemson.
Oct H University of Florida, at
Clemson. f
J Nov. Unlvaralty of South Caro
lina, at Columbia (fair week).'
Nov. 4 Ctudel, tn Charleston
Xov. -.Unlvrlty o( Osorgla,
th
Augusta, - f
. Nov, il Mercer tn Maeon. '
' Nor, 10 Tech tn Atlanta, ' t
.,: f --: 'V
BFULAH
IN MDVI'JG
PICTURES, PAULIfi
Such is "Rewtsrd': Given Cou.
plo Gaining Notoriety in ' ,
Beattle Murdei Case
NO WELCOME FOR : ...
BEULAH ON STAGE
New Y o r k. Women Enter
Strono Protest Against "in
sult to'all wbmanKlnd- .
RICHMOND, Va., A, 7-aftss
bain- held in the Hsnrlea county jail
a witnesses for th oommonweaJth ta
the Henry Beattla eaa for mora than
a month, ' Paul BeatM and .Beulah
Binrord. wr given their, liberty to
day , by order of Judge . Walter V A.
Watson, of the Chesterfield: Circuit
court. ; Paul Beam went directly to
hit homo and enjoyed hi liberty tm.
memely. H will later to to New Tork
and to Into vaudeville, having rs
cetvad many tempting offers durtnf.
hi Incarceration, The "Olrl tn the
case' did not leave the Jail until soma
tlm after Paul Beattle. Bh was in
conferenc with agent of a N'Sw York
Film company and left about nonn
Hth them for the metropolis to poe
for moving picture production. No
demonstration whatever marked the
liberation of th two witnesses.
NEW YORK WOMES rROTT'T.
! NEW TOBK, Sept. 7. If the pro.
test that ar going up from pron-1-rent
club woman gctreeee and nthei
womah well, known here r to be
taken a a criterion of the fe!hw r,r
womankind In general Beuieh I n
ford will not be heartily welcomed i
the Metropolitan stag a "an . '--tree"
or anything le.
Then the, new reached here toi-tar
that the young girl, who h become
not onto us i through her, cpnnncMjon
with the Beattle murder trial at
Chesterfield hsd been It pern ted from
jail at Richmond and hd , start '
north to "ao on the stese," menv !
ht leader of the women in th'
protested that such an exposition '
Mtas Blaford would, "an Irinuit
all womankind,'' ,
Among ths womsa utKp"i'n '
thair Opposition re Mrs. ,,,ne , .
River, the .well known cluh woman.
Mrs. Sot Smith, tno oldest actress
playing n th American state; Mrs,
A, M. P4mr, widow of a prominent
theatrical manager and Preeident of
th Raany Day Club and A1ma Wh
terPowett, th alngsr. a local booh
ing agent Is credited with the etnte
ment that ths Blnfor girt wll Appear
at a Philadelphia theatre next Mon
day, Asked aa to her htatriontfl ahiu
tlns, h said her aot probably would
eonalat of a couple at sot.ga. "It really .
does not matter what ahs does,'" he
I alleged to have added, "so long a
th people 'hev a 'chance t look at
her." 1
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RRVTAH WILIj '"BE GOOD."
' NEW TORK, Sept.. 7. -Beulah Bin
ford, who figure In ths Beattle mur
der os,' reached thla city tonight by
way of th , pnnyvsnle railroad,
hvlnT changed from the New Jersey
Central railroad at JJllsabath, N. 3,
to . avoid, It was said,, th . . crowds
awaiting her appearance at th Jerssy
City terminal.
"I know that everybody wfll think
I am just ailing it on thick, In goin
to New ; Turk right now,? h said,
"but the reason I am earning here la
just to get a chance to stand alone
and to Iryto b good. I -don't auppon
I wilt gat any sympathy and that win.
make It harder, but it's true just th
am." - . .
(llRriN AND SKI
CET'REillllTIOil TO
SENITEjT BIB VOTE
Indications Are. That Eeru-,
lars Triumphed in All '
the Local Elections
LITTLE INTEIIEST
RICHMOND, Va.. Sept. " T.l.na-"
tor Thorns 8. Martin and Claud A.
Swanaon hav been renominated on
th democratic ticket for th long and
hort terms In th United State aen
t from Virginia The tour vow up
to 1.11 o'clock j, thla:; morning gav
Senator Martin a plurality of II.II
over Repreeentatlv. Wra. A. -. Jonea,
Senator Swaason' plurality pvr Car
tar Olas waa 11,111.- y XT '--i
Indications wr that th regulars
tlkswla had triumphed throughout
th (tat la the local lctlon., -
In tha city thor waa practically no
lntrej manifested Concerning th re
turns, the Swansen-Martin landsiid
being a forei.'one ' conclusion . rrnm
early svohtng. 1 ' , .
"'Ajrr crrrFRS' apsistavck.
W1LM1NOTON. -N.-;-.C..-".Sept, ":T. ';
Prit a.e telegram received her todav
requested the' asslstanc of th rev.
en' cutter Seminole for the schooner
Anna R. Hetdrttter, Charleston to
Providant. reported aahor oa C
Bomalao. ; -. . ( jt r
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