E SHEVIiiLE CITIZEN. TH Circulation Q A ft ft Daily Over OfJJUV, THE WEATHER FAIR ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1911 PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. XXVII., NO. 324 IITALQUESTIONSOF GOVERNMENT TO BE TUFT'S THEMES o On His 13.000 Mile Swing Will Talk tittle of Politics Statement Made TO TELL HOW THINGS ARE RUN IN CAPITAL Trusts and How to Deal With Them Will Come In For Much Consideration BEVERLY. Mass.. Sept. 9. Presi dent Taft i going west to educate tne country. His 13,000-mile swing around the circle that begins next Friday and winds up forty-six days later. Is to be flavored as little as possible with poli tics and is to be as broadly Instruc tive on vital questions of government as ho can make it The president In tends to deliver a personal message to thousands who will hear him speak, a trrssage like those he sends to con gress from time to time. He wil) take thu government machinery apart and 'tell those who hear him and those who read what he says just how things are run in Washington and what is needed there. TO the set speeches of the trip the president today added more than a dozen general subjects and this list may be increased. Two of the sub jects the president discussed today With callers were those of a uniform divorce law and trusts, particularly with reference to the Supreme court's Standad Oil company and American Tobacco company cases.- On the ques tion of marriage and divorce the presi dent has very decided convictions i which have been strengthened by the numerous recent separations between well-known people. The president be ilieves that a person who has been di vorced in one state should not be el- b lowed to remarry in anotner state, lie Nfards remarriage in such cases as !.L 'gamy , and is of the opinion that ' CuvetueK llhfr iltati sllHtlia. atate their can be (. prevnted;,vifheJ president's position with regard to the " Standard Oil and Tobacco decision ; was explained by 'him In a speech at the Yale commencement exercises in June and he probably will expand upon the ideas there expressed. He thinks the decisions are good and re marked then that business should find In them a clear road to steer by. JOHN ASTDR AT LAST GETS Gets Rev. Joseph Lambert, of Congregational Church, R. I., to do the Job LEAVE ON A YACHT NEWPORT. R. I., Sept, . After having kept the country In doubt for several weeks, Colonel John Jacob Astor and Mies Madeline Tarmadge Force, of New York, were married early today at Beechwood, the bride groom's home near here. The bride was given away by her father, Wil liam Force. The others present at the ceremony were Miss Katharine Emmons Force, sister of the bride, nd Vincent Astor," the son of Colonel Astor. Rev. Dr. Jos. Lambert of the Elm wood temiplfi (Congregational) of providence, performed the ceremony. Just before leaving Beechwood, Col. Astor gave the following statement to the Associated Press: "Now that w.e are happily married. I do not care how difficult divorce and remarriage laws are made. I Sympathize heartily with the most Straight-laced people In most of their Ideas, but beileve remarriage should be made possible once as marriage the happiest condition for the ln- tvJdual and the community." Great secrecy surrounded the wed ging plans and although many rumors had been current that the couple would be married today, it was not bntll the license was issued that the foot that the ceremony would take place today became actually known. Just what part If any, Edwin S. 'Straight, the retired minister, had In connection with the marriage, could hot be learned today. , It is known, Jioweiver, that Colonel Astor's bride nvas Insistent upon being married by a clergyman who was in good standing nd who had charge of a parish. i The apllcetlopn for the marriage li cense was made August 17 last. Be fore the license could be granted Colo- fcnel Astor had to file with the city clerk a copy of the papers In his (divorce proceedings. ' In the license he set forth that he was 47 years old, the son of the late iVHllam Astor; residence New York, land occupation, gentleman. j Miss Force declared ah was 10 I years of ass. the dsngMer of W. H. jeTbroo. "of New York, and gar her BEATTIE BITTERLY DENOUNCES JURY'S VERDICT AS UNFAIR His Steel-Bound Composure Not Broken Even With Death Staring " Him in the Face Visit of Father Causes Henry to Shed Tears. CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE, Va.. Sept. 9. Thought of Impending doom death In the electric chair on November 24 did not break the steel-bound composure of Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., today as he spent his first day in a .cell here as a convict for the murder of his wife. In a matter of fact way he dis cussed the case with friends who call ed to express sympathy, but to the newspaper men he bitterly denounced the verdict as unfair. Expecting that Judfre Watson would not order his removal to the state penitentiary for several days, young Beattle began to make his cell more habitable. His window faces the county road from which he can view all Chesterfield In its simple still ness. Newspapers, particularly those that feature sports, are sent to him daily and on these he lingers as he did during those fifty-eight minutes yesterday afternoon whenswolve men were deciding his fate. Beulah Blnford his relations with yhom shocked the Jurymen wan a frequent name on Seattle's Hps today, but she probably never before re ceived as deep condemnation. Time and again he complained that the jury had tried him for his rela tions with the girl of the underworld rather than upon the circumstantial testimony pertinent to the tragedy. A white haired man" rode out to the Jail today. Jostled over three miles of a rough road from the nearest !n terurban station. As he entered the dim chamber where his convicted' son stood, he pressed a kiss on his forehead. Father Visits Him It was at this moment as In pre vious moments of the trial that the fortitude of the boy crumpled and his face flushed, tears forcing their way from his eyes over his pale cheeks. In the mind of father and son still flicker one hope the granting by through a writ of error. But the pro vailing opinion in Virginia's bay Is that It hi a vain hope. In contrast to the peaceful scene In the aiJ was a little home In Rich mend, seventeen miles away, where Paul Beattle, cousin of the convicted man, sat with his wife and babe, glad In his freedom from the weary days of detention as the common-' DESPERATE NEGRO DIES IT HANDS OF II Slashed Throat of a Young White Woman and Killed One of His Own Race HANGED ON STREET AUGUSTA, Ark., Sept. 9. After he had slashed the throat of Mrs. Al bert Vaughan. daughter of a white farmer, shot and killed one of his own race and assaulted an aged ne grese, Arthur Dean, a negro, was taken In hand by a mob of white men and negroes today and hanged from a mill shed on the principal street of Augusta. Dean started on his rampage early yesterday. . Gaining entrance to the home of Tom Llgon, a negro farmer, he drove Llgon'n children from the building and attacked an aged rela tive of the farmer. Next he made his way to the dwelling of Dennis Clark and. firing from the roadway, killed Clark, who was sertted St a window. At the home of J. T. Bostleman. a farmer, he encountered Mrs. Vaughan and when she resisted nis attacK. I drew a razor across her throat. Mrs. j Vaughan died several hours later. , The negro then made fo the woods j but was captured this morning near j Bald Knob and returned to Augusta. A mob was In waiting and the lynch ing foollwed. i The body was burled this afternoon after remaining hanging the greater part of the day. Tonight normal con ditions prevail. father's occupation as "forwarding and commission." A message from Point Judith gave the Information that the Noma after passing down the bay, rounded Point Judith and steamed to the westward. This led to the belief that the bridal couple miht be heading for Rhlne cliffe, N. Y where Colonel Astor has a country home. pcLfSrES to niscrss wnoorvG PROVIDENCE. R. I.. Sept. . Rev. Dr. Jos. Ianvbcrt, upon his return to his home here today from Newport, declined to diycuss the Astor-Forea wedding. Bevond stating that he had performed the ceremony. Dr. Lambert said that he had no comment to make arid did not care to make pub He his views as to marriage and di vorce question wealth's principal witness, yet sympa thetic for the man for whom he bought the fatal gun, all ignoraat of the evil purpoce it was to fill, four days later. What I did in testifying." said Paul, "I did from a sense of duty. It was hard at first to nerve myself to tell anything at all, but I am relieved that I have done It." Fearfully I'nfalr "Fearfully unfair," muttered the condemned man in his cell when ask ed his opinion of the verdict. "Beulah Binford," he added, "fig ured largely in the verdllct, more largely than the testimony of the kill ing. The country folk cannot under stand 'how a woman of the under world can be crazy about you. They don't know when that happens how very hard it Is to get rid of her. "I have drifted along hoping against hope that something would oqpw to enable me to rid myself of thai" Bin ford girl. And once a woman of that kind feels that you no longer take any iarterest in her, she usually seeks solace in suicide. So I drifted along while waiting for a chance to break oft relations with her without having her hurt herself. I tried hard to persuade her in the meantime to live a proper life. "Had this rase been tried In' any court where those things are not un common, this morning I would have been a free man. Interpreting Judge Watson's instructions to the Jury, I cannot see how the verdict could have been other than 'not guilty.'; I believe the Jury was Influenced by the one-sided newspaper reports before I had a chance to present my side of the case. I wanted to give out a statement as soon as I was arrested, but Mr. Smith, my lawyer, advised against this. Hope not Gone . "I have not given up hope, because I cannot feel that an Innocent man will be permitted to suffer for this hideous crime." ' today"hat Beattle would never die In the electrlo chair; that he would find some means of committing sui cide when ail hope of gaining hit freedom was gone. "Billy" Sampson, his chum, and one of the important witnesses at the trial was quoted as saying "Henry Beattle win not die in the chair. It will be some other way." TO DEFEAT AT THE HANDS Larned and McLaughlin Capture Laurels in Inter national Tennis Meet HEADED FOR FINALS NEW YORK. Sept. . America scored heavily today in the first series of preliminary matches to determine whether players of this country or Great Britain abo.ll constitute the challenging team for the Davis Inter national lawn tennis Cup now held by Australia. Two matches in singles were played on the turf courts of the West Side Tennis club and both were won by the Americans, against whom were pitted two of the foremost Bri tish players. The matches were close, each goln the full limit of five sets. W. A Larned, the seven-time American champion; defeated C. P. Dixon, Bri tish Isles. 6-3. 2-, -3, 7-5. In the other match, M. E. Mclaughlin of CaJifornla defeated A. H. Lowe, Bri tish Isles, 7-, 6-1.. 4-t, 4-6. 8-4 These victories give the American two points out of the series of five matches of which the doubles fol low on Monday and the other singles on Tuesday. The team of the win ning nation will go to Australia. Both of the matches were won through sensational pull-ups .by thu Americans at the eleventh hour. Thu Britons surprised their opponents by their steadiness and resourcefulness at every stage. Dixon, to the amazement of the Americans, successfully passed Lamed at every attempt of the latter to gain the position at the net until the final set In the match. Then "Larned set sail for the net and by wonderful placement reeled eft five straight games and the match. It was so clos. however, that the point to tals tallied 156 to 13S. McLoughlln scored his match against Lowe by holding to a net at tack despite the passage and placing of his opponent He smashed In hi most spectacular manner. He wes deadly overhead and hi service also bothered Lows at all times. Lowe's deep court pity was splendid and he volleyed well. . flKBm!L I ?m -J- i1 11 11 iHTllHl L M THE LORD CHINESE SITU A TION BECOMES SERIOUS NO MESSAGES YET FROM FOREIGNERS Those Assembled at Ching-Fu May be in Dire Danger Thirty American are Among the Number, all But One Being Missionaries-Petitions Presented to Throne - i i Asking That Railway Program be Rescinded. PBKINO, Bept. J, three days no messages have been received from the hundred foreigners gathered at Chlng-Tu, the capital of Sse-Chuen province, for safety from .the mobs which have been running riot In the surrounding districts for soma tlm past. Ths Chinese - viceroy ordered the foreigners to leave the city and It Is believed they are now making their war towards t.tha yann-Tse-Klang, about .800 miles awsy, by car( or river through a country where anti-foreign, placards have been pitt ed for many weeks. It Is understood the fugitives are under escort of the Chinese troops, but it Is considered (jussflonabls If the.; troops wouldfopppss their own people should .aaaatac ba made up-&jMnJt!00- BelHara gunboats on the Yang-Tse above ths gorges whtoh sxtend from Ichang to Chung-King, The American ships wars ordered up the river, hut were unable to proceed atove Icbnng, many hundreds of miles from Chlng-Tu. Thirty Americans Ths Americans among the refugees number thirty. With the exception of a representative of the American Tobacco company, all are Methodist or Baptist missionaries. Placards whlrh have been posted In many places stalo that foreign hank ers have been enriching themselves on the poverty stricken Chlnenes. Ths most Influential noWspapnrs In Peking give unimllflnd support to the agitation In the provinces and petitions have bvn presented to the throne asking that the railway pro gram be rescln)i!l and that the pro vinces bo permitted to construct the II. FOUSHEE TO SUCCEED JUDGE BfGES Durham Man Will Serve as Judge of Ninth Judicial District Till Election RALEIGH, N. C. Sept. . Howard A .Foushee, uf I'arnam. wins the commission as Judgo for the ninth Ju dicial district tu fill out the unex pired term of Judge J. (Jruwtuiil Biggs, resigned, to serve until 1 1 1 next general election. The commis sion was lsu-l M . a'Iti'-...- r.v ' ernor Kitfh'n m-: ' test in which frlnls of Mr. Fotishpe, A. A. Illckx, Uiford; A. Way.aud Cooke, Ureeri!- ; Irtg. Alamsint. have striven 'In .; mlnedly for thiv respective candl uiiibh for the pic .. Mr. Founhei- :v a lawyer of recott nlzed ability and tna sorved with dis tinction In tlm ri' - '-nl assembly and has been for n.any years a close friend of Govirti'.r Kltchln. ATTEM1T TO OYKAMITT 1IA.T TOLKDO. O S-r.t. . n ibrait to wreck the plan' of the J. M. Betir company, coffee and tea Importers, ' was made tonight wh- rtthrce bombs . were exploded In an alley in the roar of the plant. A large number of win dows and shelving In the interior were broken by the forre or tne explosion WABHIXOTO.V. Sept . Fore- cast: North Carolina! probably fair In Interior; local showers on coast Sunday - and Monday; , light rarlable winds; L0VETH A CHEERFUL OVER' lines which have been projected by the government, aided by , foreign capttaJ. It is pointed out that a sur rendes on ; the part of the ' govern ment would mean ths gravest calami ties. In the first plare, no railroads would be . constructed as it has al ready betm urged by the government that the provincial authorities are in competent for such a task as well as corrupt. In the second place, it would practlcaJly mean the termina tion of ; government control In the provinces ami, finally, a reactionary relapse would be certain which some of the legations believe Would be the beginning of the envptrs'a downfall. The flood sittmtloln In China Is the meat ssHofts in years. Fronm Han kow corns Teporta that troops are drUlog the..M 4- f efjijoes- from ths cities, -The Eng.ish 'papers In Bhang hai say: " . -- "We suppose that half the people of the Yang-Ste valley must bs sup ported through the coming winter or starve. Probably this Is the most ap palling disaster in the history of China." AND FAMIXK VICTIMS ; NEW YORK, Bept. . Flood and famine In the Yang-Tse Klang valley hnva claimed at least 5,000,000 souls within ths decade, according to con servatve computations of missionary societies and other authorities who have reoelved authentic reports from the death-ridden districts. In ths fa mine of 1006-7, the most awful camp of whlrh history has any record, was established outside ths walls of the ancient city of Tslng Klang-Pu, situ ated on the grand canal about 100 UY5TEBT ATTACHES TO SUICIDEJfVHiLE IIT SEA Letter is Found in Dead Man's Pocket Saying He Had Gone Crazy CHARLESTON, 8. C, Bept, ft. J. II. Williams, aged 65 years, said to bs rrom Jacksonville, Fla., killed himself curly today shoard ths Clyds liner Iroquois, while at sea. ....r tn, .r,d u his clothing was addrrnsed to A. S. Clement, Plymouth, ...i ,. it tf-xt. In pencil, read: "I have gone crazy. I don't know a hnre mother Is. "(Signed) FATHEK." MVfcTHUOVK ClIlCt'MHTANCKS I'LVMOI TII, Mass.. Sept. ft. Mrs. ,Mke 8m!th Clement, wife of II. B. ( 'i. tfi . nt , a railroad employee, living hrr, received word tonight from Ch irl'-ilon rfgardlng the suicide of J. II. Williams, on the steamer Iroquois lint Is mystified as to the Identity of the d'ad man. Mrs. Clement's Initials c,rrpond with those on th letter found on the suicide. Mrs. Clement's futher, Wm. H. Jordan, sailed from Boston with his family two we-ks ago on the Inamr City of Memphis frr Florida. Yestfrday a leter was receiv ed from him sayinjc that he '..had lmuKht a farm at Brownsville, Pla., and that the farr'. were well And contended In their nw home but the Clements were worried over the fac h". the 1'itmr ph-rn by the Charleston stilrlde suggested that of Mr. Jordfin Inverted. Mr, JonJan was for many years In the tailoring buiiness In Boston- 4ii4.!8j5! FKIUCITT DISCRIMINATION". WASinNCT')N". Sept. . Discrim ination In frelpht rate ars'nrt Boston, Georgia, and In favor of Thomasville, Qultmsn, YaMm't. Tlftcn and Mout trie, Gs., is ;iegrd and an equitable BiJV.:Jmnt t4 in a complain filed today with the Interstate commerce commission by the ayorend council of Boston against the Atlantic Coast Line and rartotss ether railways. miles north of the JTang-Tse river. There 100,000 men, women and child ren, were herded Into huts made of mud and reeds. Despite the efforts made by the Chlncst government,: devoted missionarica and by well disposed foreigners, thousands died very day and the deaths In that sec tion of the country in the nine months from October to June mast have been three quarters of million. ; )vj A ' very large contingent ef ' Chi- noss and Influential foreign residents believe that the greatest reeponsibll Ity confronting the Chinese govern ment today . Is the solving of an en gineering problem that will save the lives of the one hundred and fifty mil lions who Inhabit Yhng-Tas val ley and make possible for continued human occupation one' of the richest territories in the world. ? , 1 - The constantly reourrlng floods are due partly to denundatlon of tree life as the deforestation has been going on for hundreds of years. Another cause is ths peeullar con formation throughout many parts of the territory affected. Huge dams hold ths flood waters from, reaching natural channels In many places and completely submerge millions of acres every time the Yang-Tse, fed by the torrential rains In the mountains, get dn the rampage, . , The engineering problems referred to are staggering. Here la a terri tory 700 miles long and 100 wide that st periods recurring at least every three years Is fully er partly flooded. Canals and reservoirs would sesm to be ths only remedy unless ths great Yang-Tse can be dyked, Body of Seven 'Year -Old Child Found by Laborer in Discolored State MAPIflON, Wis., Bept. .w-That lit tle Annie Liemberger, the seven-year-old child, whose body was found in Lake Mono today, was murdered la In the opinion of Dr. H. E. Purcell and Dr. Joseph Dean who made an ex amination of the body today. The physicians' opinion Is baaed on the ground that there was abundance of water In the lungs. A further exam ination also revealed that the child had been attacked. In a nude and discolored state the ! body was discovered by Oeorge j Younger, a laborer. Practically the , only clue the police have to work up j on so far Is a story to the effect that two Italians who appeared great ly excited, purchased tickets for Chi i cago shortly after the rrlme Is sup- posed to have been committed. The only motive for the murder , seemsto be revenge upon her parents by some enemy at present unldentl- fid. The child went to sleep with an; older sister Tuesday night. Wednes day morning, the younger girl was missing from her bed. An open win-! dow In the room gave the first Inti mation that she had been kidnaped. EXCISMJEXT SHOOTING NEWPORT SEWS, Va., Sept . As the Delaware Is still in Chesapeake Bay no authentllc report of the result of the long distance filing by that battleshllp at the old Ban Marcus to Cay eould be secured .tonight. At Old Point, however. It is reported that the deadnaught registered it hits out of 100 shost fired, which is considered an excellent score under 'the condi tions of the practice. The Delaware with the remainder , of the ships of ths Atlantic fleet are er'.eoted to re turn to Hampton Boats tomorrow momtoc from, the praetlctt grounds off the Virginia Capos. v MTURY THREE YEARS FOR Rodney Dlegle. Former Ser geant or Arms of Ohio State Senate, Sonteixcd SLUMPED F0WARD IN CHAIR AND WEPT Diegle Alleged to Have Been Co-Belween in Alleged Brlb oi y of Legislators' COLUMBIT8. O.; Sept 0. For aid ing and abetting In the alleged brlb try of State Senator U, R, Andrews, , three years penitentiary sentence to day was (.mporou former sergeant at arms of the Ohio stats aenata. i ' , 1 . i ; Sentence, however, was suspended until Septsmber is, IslI, to allow the case to be carried to the Circuit court. The offense for which was convicted was charged ' against him following, the disclosure of alleged grafting among the state legislators last-winter, Dlegle -waa alleged to' have been the go-bet ween for the as semblymen. The bribes, It was charged, were offered by- detectives , In a room of a, Inoal hotel, while In an adjoining room other detective and, stenographers were secreted, re cording tli alleged bribery converts-' tion through a telephone Instrument called the "Dictagraph." , With Dlegle nine other membsrg of the legislature and one attache of the . senate .were Indicted..' They were : Snstors Crawford, Andrews, Huffman, Caton and Dean. ' Representatives Lowery, Nye, Avery and Evans and Stanley Harrison, assistant sergeant at arms ef the senate. Reprstenta tivs Evans pleaded gulltr and was fined f tOO and Representative ; Nys was acquitted at trial. The othtre He not been trlsd. - ,i !i Surrounded by hi lewyvs, his face gray and sunken at tlmisat other times flushed, Dlegle sesmea . broken man, ' ' ' ' - : After hearing the Judge' sentence: ptegle slumped forward In his chat and. wept. i' i , ' REPEAL OF, PRDKIEITG.T. . WJENDMENT DF f.!Hi;:E'S CDNSTITUTIO:. At DI-CE Both Sides Claiming Victory ' in Election to , Take Place Tomorrow ESTIMATES MADE PORTLAXD, Ms., flapt. .-Tha probabie Vots of ths rursj dtstrlcu V Is ths uncertain actor In all fore- J casts tonight or the outcome of the" special elections to be held Monday upon the repeal of the liquor pro-! hlbitory amendment of the Malnat oo:'.tltutlon, Both sides concede thef cities to the repeal side,' but the pro- : bebie vote of the country districts I was much In doubt and reports from f , those sections ara contradictory. Seoretary Frederick O. Faasett of! ths repeal campaign organisation, said I toulghti. : " " .. '. ' ' "I believe the prohibitory amend ment will be annulled by a substan tial majority. Men who have been PENITENTIARY FOR BRIBERY OFFENSE out at work among the voters e- : timato the majority at from 10, 000 tec, 20,000 and I personally believe thatj ' these estimates are reasonable.' . . ( ' Mrs. UHIen M. K, Stevens, national president of the W. C. T. U who ha, been the leader in the fight against' repeal said: -v-'-.,, ' . "I expect now as I have from the, , first, that we shall win a victory for constitutional prohibition In Main. II don't believe the business man of Maine will vote to lnauguartc a oys-.' torn that wll bring the saloon in com-. petition with their business life., and I don't believe that taxpayers fan- ' erally will adopt a plan that will ' raise their taxes and endanger their families." k - " J ; CTTIZEX'S COWTEST CM)SK8. 4- Tbc ClUirn's gnrat 5.0 pop- 4-; uUrtty rontewt ctoeed last nlgM -w ; prrsmxitly at 10 o'clock. The end . 4 was marked by brisk voting and 1 . much Interest was displayed by candidates and Uielr frlonds. Tho --' 4- oontewt throughout has been cor. doetcd m the tatonoMt good naturo .? and in Oi'. falrnat poenlMe man ; I wr. The committee to award the prise will sncrt at o'dork te morrow evmlna; at The Cttlsen 4 officio to conrass the vote), and ', the wtnnrrs wilt be annoonoed in Ttseeday mornlna-.'s Cltlsem. The) 4- following- Astiewllle gemtlemeo , -4 have kindly consented so act as 4 the) canvassing commit! ? ' ; CAPT. 4. P. SAWYER. f Pressdent Pat-rv Park Bank. 4- ' . - K- B. Mt.; FTTTPATRICK. - 4- Cawhlcf A inert run XsMonol panic. -v P, R, AM.KX. ' 4- 4 Manager Insnrance Derrtn-SBt 4 4 'Wachovia, loon A Trnst Co. : 4 4 - . H. A. DrWHAM. , 4! 4 Proprietor ZhmlMtm Muslo Or. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .4 .4 4 4 4 4-f 4

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