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Severe Blow to Defense Marks Final Day of Testimony
WILJ,IAM McEVOV.
JOK7V BRITTOS.
OLD LEADERSHIP
IS REACTIONARY
Cummins Declares Op?
position to iienomi
nation of Taft.
SENATOR FAVORS
PROGRESSIVE MAN
In "Bill of Particulars" Presents
Chronologically Main Issues of
Present Administration, and
in Unqualified Terms Con?
demns President's
Attitude.
Chicago, September 5.?Senator A.
B. Cummins, tfc a signed statement
given out here to-day, doclareB in
unqualified terms his opposition to
the renomlnatlon of President Taft.
After a discussion of the main Issues
In the Taft administration, which axe
presented choronotoglcally In a "'bill uf
particulars," the Iowa Senator sum?
marizes his opposition in these terms:
"My general conclusion Is merefore.
that in every struggle which has taken
place since Mr. Taft became President
upon vital things, his allies and sup?
porters have been tha Senators and
members of tfio House, who, however,
honest they may be, are known from
one border of the country to tha other
as reactionaries or standpatters, and
not progressives.
"If the voters of tho Republican
party believe that the old leadership
should be perpetuated they can find no
better nominee than Mr. Taft. I do
not believe It ought to be continued,
and, therefore, wltfiout any personal
disaparagement of the President. I am
hoping that a Progressive Republican
will be nominates and elected next
year."
Payne-Aldrlch low.
First in the bill o? particulars is
the Payne-Aldrlch taria law, of which
Mr. Cummins says:
"Mr. Taft's associates In the mak?
ing of this law, which he declared
to be the best ever passed upon the
subject were Mr. Aldrlch and his fol?
lowers In the Senate: Mr. Payne. Mr.
rialzell, Mr. Cannon and their follow?
ers In the House. It scums to me I
am justified In the conclusion that
he did not take the progressive view
with respect to this measure."
Passing to a consideration of the
Interstate commerce law, th? Iowan
declares that if the bill nad passt i, as
lii6lEted upon by the President, "the I
work of nearly a quartsr of a century
would have been sw,?pt away, and wo
would have taken a long step back?
ward in the regulat'on of our mil
ways. Many parts of the CMnmilteo
bill were so bad ..hit they f.iund no I
defonders, and s'ich effort as was made
to defend the atmlnlstratlon bill was
Jed by Mr. Aldrlch and Mr. Elklns.
"It was reconstructed on ..he floor
of the Senate by tho Progressives
against the violent opposition tf the
reactionaries, who wer? tctfln-r for
the President. I believe that people
genorally will agree with me that with
respect to this matter Mr. Taft did not
take 'the progressive view' of the sub?
ject."
Mr. Cummins further avers that
President Taft is "out of ^harmony
with those, who were recognized he
fore his advent Into office is the t-ect
exponents of the conservation policy."
and tsjtlng up the Canadian reciprocity
bill, he sayn: "It Is a false pr&tense
from beginning to ond," and -"will not
reduce the cost of living or enlarge our
markets for manufactures In Canada.
Result of Understanding.
"It's hard for me to think of the
Canadian bill as progressive, hf-iic
)ng as I do that Its passage was the
<flflnUnn?4 on Be?ond Page.)
People Nervous Over
Negotiations With
France.
ANXIETY CAUSED
bi WILD RUMORS
Accounts Being Withdrawn
From Savings Banks in Some
Sections?M. Cambon and
Herr Von Kiderlen-Waech
ter Probably Meet To-Day
to Continue Conferences.
Berlin, September 5.?Tho nervous- j
ness over the protracted Franco-Ger?
man negotiations with regard to Mo?
rocco zeerns to have increased v.-Ith
the resumption at the Cerman forelgr
office yesterday of the conversations
between tho French ambassador, M
Cambon, and the German foreign min?
ister, Herr von Kiderlen-WaecLter. j
Wild rumors are being circulated
In tho German provincial towns. At
Stettin large sums of money have
been withdrawn from the savings,
banks owing to rumors Cat war was
Impending. The banks are enforcing*
the rule that notice of the intention
of depositors to withdraw funds must
be given in advance, and the officials
have published communications show?
ing the baselessness of the reports.
Humor Amhantiudor la Slain.
Other rumors circulating on tho
Alsatian frontier, to tne effect that
the German ambassador to France, Herr
von Schoen, had been murdered in |
Paris and that Germany Immediately
would declare war, were strengthened
by the return of' a dragoon regiment
to Colmas, of upper Alsace, from the
scene of the army manoeuvres. An out?
break of dysentery among the troops,
however, was the renson for their re?
turn to barracks.
There was no meeting to-day be?
tween Jr. Cambon and Herr von Klder
len-Waechter, but It is possible that
another conference will be held to?
morrow after the German imporlul
chancellor. General von Br-thmann
Hollweg, returns (o the capital from
Kiel, where he had been called for
the meeting hetween the German Em?
peror and Crown Prince Franz Ferdi?
nand of Austria-Hungary.
Emperor Seen Great Fleet.
Kiel, Germany, September 5.?The
great Gorman naval fleet was reviewed
by Emperor William in the harbor hore
this morning, thousands of spectator:
being given the opportunity of ob?
serving tho progress made by the navy
and to see the German fleet as it coulf)
take to sea to-morrow for action if
necessary.
Contrary to expectation, the three
newest battleships of tho Ostfrieslnnd
type did not Join tho fleet for the review,
as technically thoy are still undergoing
trials and have not yet been enrolled
In the German navy.
Bis: Ships Saluted.
Tnough fully completed, these threo
20,000-ton warships romalned at an?
chor in the harbor and saluted the Em?
peror as he passed Out of the bay to
board the flagship Deutschland.
The sky at daybreak waa?covered
with clouds, and rain threatoned to
spoil the spectacle. Later In the day,
however, tho weather brightened and
a fair view of tho great armada was |
obtainable when the Imperial yacht j
Hohenzollern, with tho Emperor and |
his party on board, weighed anchor at
9 o'clock and steamed out to Join the I
fleet. As .tho Hohenzollern proceeded
down the bay a squadron of thirty
crowded excursion steamers, which
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MRS. A. B. HOCCTIEXS, MRS, PAUL BEATTIE,
_(Photos by W. Vv". Foster.')
COTTON REACHES
GREATEST VALUE
Brings the South $1,030,000,000,
and Farmer Gets Average of V
14.60 Per Pound.
New Orleans. V-, September 5.?
"No American cotton crop ever grown
has sold for aa much as 'ie one just
marketed, the total Value, including
the seed, having been $1,030,000,000."
This remarkable statement is con?
tained in the detailed statistics of last
season's cotton crop, Issued to-day b>"
Colonel Henry G. Hester, secretary
o. the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
With 1.700,000 bales less than con?
tained in the bumper crop of 1903-1909,
the crop just marketed netted the
South $251,000,000 more. The 13.511,
000 bale crop of 1906-1907 brought
$222,000,000 less than the post season's
crop.
As a whole tho crop averaged with?
in a shade of strict middling and the
farmer was paid an average of 14.CO
cents per poitna.
Regarding the consumption of cot?
ton, the report says:
"In the t'nlted States, the mills,
North and South have consumed near?
ly as much as last year, in addition
to which they have Importe? tho
greatest quantity of foreign cotton
ever brought to this country in any
one season, amounting.to an equivalent,
in this year's American weight, of
222,200 hales. Thus far tho use of
foreign cotton In this country Is
trifling, comparod with the total con?
sumption, but its Increase Is signifi?
cant.
"A continued Interesting feature is
th, widening of differences between
the quantity of American cotton con?
sumed North and South, the oxress
of the latter having increased this sea?
son 103,000 bales, the total excess
now amounting to 270,000 bales. Con?
cerning the North, a heavy curtail?
ment of production was quite gen?
eral during the later months of the
season.
Mfiiiitton IinproTOM.
"The situation recently has Improved,
and there Is an underlying Impression
that matters will readfust themselves
on a more satisfactory basis In the
near future."
Secretary Hester puts, the crop of
lOlO-'ll at 12.120.095 bales, art Increase
over that of 1909-'10 of 1,510.427.
The increase In Texas over last year
was In round figures 582,000 bales. In
tho group of "other Gulf 8tatcv." em?
bracing Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkan?
sas, Tennessee, Missouri. Oklnhoma.
Utah, Kansas, Arizona, California *nd
New Mexico, it was 704,000, and In the
group of Atlantic States,. Including
North Carolina, South Carolina.
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky
and" Virginia, 224.000.
Mr. Hester'.i report of the crop by
FOR OCEAN MAIL
Proposes to Establish and Main?
tain Service Through Panama
Canal.
Trenton, N. J., September 5.?An?
nouncement was made to-day of the
Incorporation of the Atlantic and Pa?
cific Transportation Company of Now
Jersey, with an authorised capital of
$15,000,000. The headquarters of the
proposed company are to be at Balti?
more, with branch ofnois at the prin?
cipal seaboard cities on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts and the gulf.
The lncorporators are B. N. Baker,
James N. Wnltley. C. G. Helm. T. B.
Harrison, of Baltimore, former presi?
dent, vice-president, tretsurer and sec?
retary, respectively, of the Atlantic
Transportation Company, and Adrlah
H, Boole, of Washington, formerly of
the Wilson Steamship Line, of Hull,
England.
The terms of tho announcement given
out by the company state: "The com?
pany has been formed to bid on the
ocean mail service now bolng adver?
tised for by the Postraa3ter-Gcneral,
which calls for weekly service between
New York and Colon, New Orleans an t
Colon, San Francisco anil Panama, and
fortnightly between Seattle and Pan?
ama, and It is propsed to establish, and
maintain those ocean routes and to ex?
tend the service through the Panama
Canal from coast to coast."
nig HteaniPrtt Planned.
The company, according to its an?
nouncement. Is planning thee onstrue
tlon for the projected service of fifteen
speedy Rtoamrrs that will embrace tho
latest developments in ocean comfort
and luxury and comply with ail tho
requirements of the "ocean mall act."
According to the terms of the in?
corporation, "no person shall bo eli?
gible as a director who shall ba a
director In or an officer or agent of
any corporation or association engaged
In any competitive transportation bus?
iness."
The announcement says further that
the extension of Its operations will
Include a service between Portland.
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltlmoro, Nor
[ folk. Jacksonville, Key West, Mobile
and Oalveston through the canal to
[ Pacific coast ports, and vlco-versa.
Election Returns
The Timea-niapatch ?II! give re
tnrna from tbe senatorial election
to-mnrrOTv night. Bulletins will be
flashed by stereoptleoh from The
Tlme'-nUpatch building; to the new
post-ofllce, on Tenth Street, Jast am
rapidly after 8i30 as they are re
oeived.
PRESIDENT WILL
VISIT 24 STATES
Route of Trip Covering 13,000
Miles Is Mapped
Out.
Beverly, Mass, September 6.?'1.1?
routo along which President Taft will
thread his way for 13,000 miles was
definitely mapped to-day, and th"
penciled line runs through twenty
four States, while over 100 cities are
red doited, showing pauses tor
speeches on tariff, reciprocity, arbi?
tration, conservation and Alaska.
The President's trip will start from
the South Station in Boston, on
September 10 aud finish at Washing?
ton on November 1, in time to hear the
verdict fron? some of the States .-?
the election six days later.
The President heads straight for
Michigan, pausing only a day or two
in New York and Pennsylvania. Prom
Michigan the route leads Into Illin?
ois and then through Mlssturl, Kan?
sas, Iowa, Nebhaska, Colorado, Wyom?
ing, Utah, ildalio, Wushirujton, Ore-,
gon California Montana. South Dako?
ta, Minnesota, Wisconsin and finally
to Chicago, Pittsburg and Washing?
ton. In five States he makes no
stops.
The longest jump on the trip is SSJ
miles, from Los Angeles to Salt Lake
City, while tho President will seldom
go more than twenty or thirty miles
without stopping to say a word, either
at some hamlet or from the rear plat?
form of his car.
Millions Will Se? Jllm.
it Is. therefore, t.-\><-<-tea that sev?
eral million persons will hear tho
President's voice, or at least catch a
glimpse ot ihe presidential train.
Tho President will make brief stops
at numerous small cities, but the prin?
cipal cities ho will visit and the dates
follow:
Leave Boston, September 13; Syra?
cuse, September IB; Erie. Pa.. Septem?
ber 17; Detroit, September 18; Grand
Rapids, September 20; Battle Creek.
September 21; Peorla. III., September
22; St. Louis, September 22; Kansas
City, Mo., September 24; Ki isas City,
Mo., September it; T?pe>;a. Kan., Sep?
tember 27; Council Bluffs, la., Septem?
ber 2S; Des Molnes. Se;10mber 29;
Omaha. November 1; Lincoln. Neb.,
October 2; Denver, Col., October 3;
Cheyenne, Wyo., October 4; Salt Lake
City, Utah, October 5; Boise. Id?.ilO,
October 6; Spokane, Wash., October
7; Seattle. Wash.. October 9; Portland.
Ore., Cctoher 11; San Kranclsco, Octo
bor 14 and 15; Los Angeles. October
IS: Salt Lake City, October IS; Butte.
Mon., October 19; Uherldan, -Vyo., Oc?
tober 20; Rapid City. S. D.. October
21; Pierre. S. D.. October 22; Aberdeen.
iS. D October 23: Minneapolis, Octo?
ber 24; Rt. Paul. October 25; Mil?
waukee, October 5?; Chicago October
27 to 30; Pittsburgh, October 31; Wash*
laslon, D. C November 1? s
FRANK MASOX.
Crowd* at Court.
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HKKRY OWEN,
JOHN JOfluBPH.
COUSINS TOGETHER
THURSDAY NIGHT,
WITNESSES SWEAR
Prisoner's Flat Denial Proves Pitfall as Case Nears End.
Argurnent Over Instructions Tb^Day?Verdict May
Be Returned by Friday Evening.
by joseph f. (;f:imm;kh.
Within tbs awful shadow of the death choir, Henry Beattlo, alleged wtfe
murderer, ?6t yesterday with a smile upon his Hps and watched the book of
testimony written full to the last terrible page and then Irrevocably closed.
But for Instructions, argument and verdict, the great trial Is at an end.
Such as It is, the 6tory has been told to the final bitter and heart-ronding word,
and a few more hours will see the ultimate turn of the wheel of fate. From
the prisoner of Iron nerve the eye shifts quickly now to the twelve of Impassive
face. In the slow but steady minds of the dozen countrymen In the box Is form.
Ing the future of a man desperately battling for life. For all the fascinated
spectators know, the issue may already be fixed boyond recall. But the dull,
half-sleepy faces tell nothing, though they have been studied for days in the
hope that some Inward, passing thought might find an outward, physical form.
It was a fruitless search. listening stolidly to all that came, asking no ques?
tions of the prisoner-witness as he undecidedly tarried a moment before leav?
ing the stand: declining the invitation of the court to inspect for themselves
the scene of the brutal crime, they walked calmly forth at the sudden nn'.-h
as if they knew enough, and more than enough, to determine the result without
another syllable. What It means no man can venture now to say. Speculation
fills the air, but Is a vain and useless thing. From the jury bedroom early In
the day came the chant of three old hymns. Some of the voices wore good and
others bad. but all were deep and earnest. A short time before these men had
sat unsmiling through the dreary recital of a young husband's faithlessness
to his bride.
Wreot Battle of Lawyers.
In chambers to-day, while the Jury res?.s from Its labors, the court will hear
counsel at length upon the Instructions, and before nightfall will have passed
another stage In the Journey. Fine technicalities of law and of evidence will be
solved by the trial Judge, a man of remarkable capacity, and the legal basis for
the final consideration of the case will be definitely laid. Argument will begin
to-morrow morning and continue probably a day and a half-day, the Common?
wealth opening and closing and tho defense coming between. There will be a
battle worthy the event. Wendenburg and SmUh are names known In every
Vlrg'nla criminal court; Gregory and Carter stand ably behind them. It will
be a struggle of giants, with no quarter asked or given. Mercilessly the State
will press its charge; desperately the defense will hurl It back with all Its
might. Between the two, the slim, sneering boy will sund. to live or die as
the Issue turns. To one sld- the twelve will sit in Judgment and then pass
sentence.
By noon of Friday or a little later It will be done, and the verdict alone be
yet to romp, Numerous w'se ones see signs of the. times, whether they truly
exist or not. There are hb many predictions as there ore brains to conceive
them. Little heed need be given to any. for in tho locked breasts of the Jury,
and nowhere else, the secret lies. Yet all wish to know und to hear an opinion,
whether It he worth its spare or not. With this In mind, one is given tenta?
tively, with no claim whatever for its being: If the case go to the Jury Friday
afternoon, ns all now expect, the result will be known within an hour.
?e%cre IUom t< tlir l>efen.xc.
Abruptlv the trial closed upon u day of galling defeat for the defense.
Here and there the prisoner had snatched a straw from the wreck, but the Com?
monwealth's hand came heavily upon him when he most needed clear and un?
questioned gain. In his own denials of the session before he d'scovered the trap
that carried him clpso to tho danger line. Hopefully he fought on, game as
ever, admitting nothing, standing firm and confident, as he has always done. But
the tide had turned again and steadily set against him, It seemed. Whether It
can sweep entirely awav the defense he has so carefully and so skilfully built,
only the coming days can say. Both sides claimed the victory when the last
word had been said.
Witness after witness hammered Beattlc's denial of the Thursday night
meeting with Ws cousin, until it finally fell to pieces Here, if anywhere, the
prisoner made his great blunder Whelr? he might have smeared a vital point
with douht, he took a bolder, nlmost reckless, course, nnd flatly set his simple
word against ?II comers The Stnte at once stepped In, and, tying him h.trd and
fast with his own words, cam^ back with crushing force. At the finish t'le odds
were nil uneven. With his bridges burned behind htm. the boy could do no
more than stand stock still and light. But It was six to one, and he Iiad to
lose, and In the loss his whole story suffered, while Paul Beattle, liar or not In
other matters, scored again.
Scarcely a link was missing In the chain From his homo across tho river
the State traced Beattle Into Blchmond and to his cousin's house, chiefly, It Is
true, by mere Inference, but often by compelling fact. Minor contradictions as
to clrctimstunce and slight variations as to minutes by the clock could not
shake the essential details. \ telephone message to Paul Beattle was recited.
Henry was then seen to leave South Richmond In an automobile, and Paul after
a while was seen to enter an automobile ut Short nnd Main Streets with a man
closely resembling his cousin. Together the two a tew moments later vl?lta4
(Continued on Elshtn, Pace.)