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v, :-r ,!!, vr :r' .v; it "h r i ' i. - ' RTTRQnTJTPTTOTJ t i M year dally end Sunday. CIIARLOTT, N. 0., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1911. ' TT?TP.T1 J Holeln am: r"-w'') carrier 17c. a week dally and bunday .A K ,: mm in high glee , 1 . . ! ' . ' T I ' "l . T.:;:r.::::a CI Rcclpcclty JlcK- : Lssrlcr itcs3 Ecllrcccnt Is Cetrd : : ei is Rattens! Calaaltj fill Tleld ' Reins To Ecrdca ; Montreal. -.Sept.- ?2.-rTht .popular v pot-lctloa puulo "How did It hap- .paat" ha fascinated eU Canada to day. "Reciprocity U i repudiated," V.'ititN w evening' paper la tbree-.j .. : lnchtyp bc&eath which.! a cat toon beaded "The Archangel Chain "the Destroyer.' . a flgur ofAnti 1 J Reciprocity Forces1' with the drawn i awordvof "Loyalty enchains ' the - roBirata,."BeclprocHy,i with. chela . lOf VOtea. .' . ::r:: .'-''.- .' - TV 'i .- Ttrday' victory - waa ? not- a. ' triumph ot any political ' party, a odltorlal declarae. ,It wa won by a patriotic coalition Of Contervattvea .and JJberala determined ' that tha dream of a rreat, lmper1shat Can f , ada abould not be dlepeUed." ; ' ' Another pape'r, -displaying the "aev ared head . of tha . lht. Oefatd Lauriar ulnlstara, tnelew t that th time had coma for a change In gor- . arnment. teat" the controlling party become, ereo against its will, : n- trenched la graft," ; a , , THE ANNEXATION OBOST. . - Fear of annexation, dlsagraement with the . government's naval -. and . , transportation poUclea, and an anxiety leat the prlnelpl of national develop Want be abandoned, were other aa- , ' ' signed cause for-; the change , which gives the : Borden Conservative- a - ' majority, of at least 41 In th new - bouse of Common. t --.Th Borden regime will be lnau , - gp rated with even more completeness -k of. power than la Indicated by the ner9 statement of majority. Of the ( 111 Conservative seat but on la held by a Nationalist, t ' Tha names of the vlctorloo leader and tha defeated on have not been more 1 on the popular tongue today than has that of president Taft. "What, If, any' effect tha result. would bare on' his political career. . oy on - that of his party, was much discuss , ad. , That his own oftan-quoted wcrds, it which wer assigned meaning he . baa said Were unintended, hare been ,oma ot the most ' potent weapons against reciprocity, la generally on , ceded. Th -parting of to waya,. aqmonymoaa. with tfa -vranc -of -J BrtOah ties, wrought 'touch destruo tlan ta th turier 4torcev,wii'4'i!' ; Canadian milling and Industrial , stock generally were strong today, - twlth oOBSiderabl prloe gains la aev t ,ral Inatanoeav - .4-. aTro JfOit POUTICIANS.'. , ' ' The tabje showing tha vote ' by proytnoe afforded j interesting, study for ( th politicians today. It waa ; AoUd that thConServatlv gain 4n th maritime provinces were seven to- 4 th government s tnree. in the West' era provinces, the government .reaea It representation by one,' rwhlle the opposition secured tour, new seat. - . , Th two moat populous -provinces showed the most aerlous government "dlaaff action. , The opposition gained ' IS to th governmenrs J la Ontario ,.and.l to 4 in Quebec. Deferred elections in four district are expect - d to result In four Conservative SgaJns. experience showing that un- der such conditions a majority of th electorate prefer their represen- tatlve seated on the aid of th party -In innr. . .... -...-,. i ' LAURIKR S&TIRE8 SOON. 'y. Tha Borden 'n' Hit Mini party will soon take the reins of government' That ' .-i Sir Wilfrid iAurter will allow no technicalities to delay th opening .: vth -Twelfth Parliament I certain. Today he went to Ottawa from Que bee, where laat night h received the ' i story of his defeat V It Lrexpected . that be . will retire at the earliest moment consistent :. witb the prober arrangement of the larg ' affalrswhlcb bav so . long -been 'under, hi controL, That his striking flgdre and strong personal- jlty wlll .be missed la public affair is certain.' :. - -; - r Th Liberal organs describe , tha . Premier' defeat aa little short of a 7 national calamity. v. ' . , :''.. , i I., I PHOTOGRAPHERS TO MEET. H Asbevhle Will Act Hoat to the Vlr. : glnla-Carollna Photographers Asso . elation Newt Week. - Special ta TheObs'erven.' "l t ' ' Asheville, Sept 12. Following' the ; big three-day convention of the North Carolina Postmasters' Association here ' this week,- another one, equally as ' large, is scheduled for four day next week. ' This is the Virginia-Carolina Photographic Association, comprising . Virginia and the stwo Carollnas, v and v'the sessions will begin' on, Tuesday, ' continuing until Friday. On hundred -ef more member are expected to at 1 tend. The sessions will be held la the convention hall of the Swannannoa- .' Berkeley .hotel. 'Utj'jwJfltyi:. "y-''' Quite an lnterestmc program has been arranged for the meeting and it is connaentiy expected tnat it win ce vthe most Instructive of any yt held. "There wlU-b1 on: exhibition some of . the i finest photographic work In' tha United States, as a collection will be brouirht here from the national. con - 4 - vention, which was held onl? a short time ago. There will, 'v of course, be some very fin exhibit by j the mem bers of the association and r display ' boards are being constructed ao that 2 the very best effect may be pro iduced, ' Be' ldpt these displays, there will be some very interesting exhibit of pho ' tographlc supplies ; and demonstra- tlonst of methods by experts from -the epeclalty houses all over' the county. . Photographs will be taken - either at tha convention, hall or in "one of the, local studios and a new flach Usht process will be demon " started, ppeclal attention will be paid to the methods of developing and fin l.v,ri with a view to show the su T'tor:ty of the different materials ' t at thft vifltlnif representatives are 1 t -r" 1 In. All this, of course, will .i-pi r i4n . i i . h 1 7 . ,.-"'" i - fDOWELI OOICRT. . Clinles Lytlev Colored, Convlctad f Mdushuiguu'r ana Kontent ca to Month on tle CUalnsanj Hath roads Fined - $500 f or 0tnruvig rreiglu Trains pn Sunday. s. , Spcca) to The Ooaerver. i ' ' Marlon, .Sept.. Si.-r-The fall term of superior court of McDowell county has been In eenslon this week. 4U(lgA ivong is presiamg witn tnai ease ana dignity for which he Is notoi through the State.,.' Solicitor A. Hall Jahnston has prosecuted the ' criminal . docket with vigor and alertness. ' The pnncl pal ease on th criminal docket were against Charles Lytic,, charred wtth murder,, ' and against 1 the southern Railway and Carolina CHnchfteld. ' Ohio Railroadcharffed with operating freight tram on Bunaay,.; u ,, " Charles tytle killed Mack McICln- hey In Old Fort less than a month ago. Lytle admitted the kUUig, but pirad elf-dfens. A verdict for mau elaughter wa returne.t, and Lytle waa sentenced to 4 , month on th chatn run. Tha trouble between Lytle and McKlnney wag of dmtlo nature; and th nubile . seems to ba entirely satisfied with th verdict asd sentence. Th partis wera all colored.: - The two principal railroads In tha county were lndlct1 from present meats from th grand pury for opera ting freight trains on Sunday. Irne bills were found agunst the Bouihern In four case and against th Clinch field J nthr. Th attorney for th roads plead ; guilty In all th rasea, and Judge Long fined each road 1809. Suspending,,, pudgemnt.ln the ; other vuvrf.-.4iivn iiavo oovn inurv talked of than any Mher. aad it. has been easy to bear th comment that th . practice of operating freight train by these t roads and ethers should b stopped, or th law re, pealed. . -v ; - Th criminal flockot was closed yes. terday, and the remainder- of this week wll. be taken P with the civil docket. ;U;:,.v ,;.;,,; .. . r x '' Lawyer Frank Wataon of Burns vllle. J. T. Spalnhour.. I. T. Avery and B. J. Ervtn of Morgan ton, W. C New land of Lenoir and D. F. Morrow of Rutberf ordton . have been attending th court: i 'I- --; v' s-' Ti WALL STREET DEMORALIZED SBY STEEL TRUST RUMORS Landslide In Sfarket Valuee Follow ' Report or Busolatkm of Giant ' Corporation, and Defeat of Cana dlan Reciprocity Pact Contribute to the General Confusion. Neta - fork. Kant. ". Th atoek market was overwhelmed today by a wild outburst of sellinr watch for a time - resulted In demoralisation and awtft depreciation la market values. Alarm at tha" report of approaehlng aissoiution. of . the united states steel Corporation resulted in an enormous valume of selling by holder of th orporatlon'4 stock - in all parts of the country and Jn Europ. Th da feat . ot ' reciprocity . in . th Canadian lection contributed to tha unset tletnent tf the "market Not since the panic which grew, eut of th Northern Pacific ''corner ,ten. year ago ha such a-convulslon of tha stbek mar ket occurred. !-' (,..-.' Wall 8..eet was in utter confusion. Official of the steel . corporation maintained their silence and the sit uation remained virtually unchanged. The paly, fact " which stood , out. from the confused rutnora and opinion wsj a definite statement from Attor- ln-fTtey General Wlckersham that no ar- rangementa for the dissolution of the corporation bad been made and that no such action had been- proposed to the Department of Juetic. This put an end to the widely circulated ra-; port that the corporation bad pro- posed ' a plan of dissolution to. tne Department Df Justice, wlth"lhe Idea of averting a dissolution sult.- Per- son in close ' touch with .the slrua-: tiftn Mi,! that the oomoratlon'a ofnclal had' formed, ao definite plan- of procedure. At tne conclusion ot: the day.pf tres and' turmpll, Wallj Etreet was as completely tn the dark aa at jte beginning. v - V ' - ine, scene . upon tne owr' w stock exchange during th jhcight of the .excftemept iwas . altnosti unprece- aentea. ; v v, . ' ' WtVti HEAR OOUPLAnn.. ' Corporation Oomrolsslon Witt Attempt " to Adjust Railroad : and Taxation . Matter. t:.A -M- , A'- U."- i'v Observer Bureau.','":;::;. fei :?p&tlK Expres - Building, f :)i:-''tMgh, ,Sept-iS.-l ; v The North Carounaj-; Corporauon Commission baa announced number of hearings to be-held 1 .'.at Tartoua points In the State Involving railroad and taxation . matters. ; , The commis sion will be at Tarboro September 19 for the purpose' of hearing a petition for th Atlantic Coast Line to bare, quired to extend lta .Wllmingfbn Rocky Mount ahoofly to Tarboro.- - September to the ommisalon will be at Washington to hear petition for the removal of the local freight, business office to a' more convenient and accessible place, being now, over, th passenger station. . " . Octobet 1 the commission wilt be in Murphy jo hear a complaint as to excesaiv tax assessment of the Duke & Improvement Company. It la learn-' ed that since the -complaint was-filed th company advertised to sell at the tax assessed valuation and that a1e has been made, " , ? , , Tnen on October II the commission will go to Asheville to consider kink in the freight scneaui or tne uauison County Railroad. ' ' , 1 ; , , "BROTHER AGAIV8T BROTf ICR. ; With Mother Jffatnre a the (Sole wit-' ncsa, Reuben and Thomas CantnMl : ' Fitht to Death in a Lonely Sj.t in ' ,ne Arkanan Woods, ' fvricansas uuy. Ara- eepi. sj.-in a, lonely 'spot In the Arkansas wood, near Lead HM, two torothors fought ti death this afternoon. Reuben Cant, rell, ss year of age, was slain And; Thomas Central!. 55 years old, is dy ing. Th former was shot to death' and 'the latter ' will .not survive a, dozen knife wounds which he received in the battle. ; ' Leaving 'th body of his brother Where It had fallen, the wounded, man walked 4 miles to his home, where he declared Reuben had attacked htm with a knife while he was at work In the woods. After a terrific struggle, Thomas : secured possession of f his j shotgun snd killed bis , antagonist Meanwhile Rubn had plunged his knife many times into hig - brother's body. 'Physicians ton.ahf say there is no chance for his recovery. The bat tie t.'n wrMrtjik a Cduai.'y ( TAFT CI SElIjUS I.:03D CMme ,pH pfo'Bj : wnuwwwl bj ' kvlvitl llf Talis SAYSXE IS rCC.1 FOLITICIaN jr-'"' -'i ir'- Mi I ptlclfil Jwtlceshlpolajfaat ;Pwrt,"i Jll.i,':8ept!.-,l(2.--PMatdcnt Taft bad a heart-to-Wrt talk her today with th jaadera of the different Republican factions In Illinois, defined his sUtus a to progresslyeaofs plead ed guilty to being" -very poor : politician.- acknowledged again that bis ambition had lain In the direction of the office of Chief Justice rather than the presidency; admitted that b un doubtedly "had made -many mistakes, but asserted that as President he had tried : to t do 'what h thought to b right.-What the future held fer hhn, he did not know; be would go ahead doing the best ha could. Mr, Taft de clared h , was . not allied with , th extremists of hi party, either ,'con- ervatlvea or progreive, but had tried : to take a middle ground '. be tween the two.- .rv" . "But we middle-of-the-road people belleV we are th' real progressives." said the president,-."because yon do not make . progress in great strides, you make it step by step." . ' . - TALKS. PUIINLT. h-V The President' was in a serious mood. He declared that . while ' 't might not be so for a.-time, the peo ple in the end would distinguish be tween "fact and fustian" pd recog, nise the difference between substance in progress and platform declarations written ' for campaign . purposes onl TBe speech made by ta.e President was the most significant and Interest ing ot hU trip thus far. He still was downcast by, the defeat of the reci procity agreement la Canada; but bis only reierenc to that subject was made early In the day when he ad aressea tne woTkingmea in a local manufacturing, establishment where farming Implements are mad. '' - "I was sorry to bear that in Canada they do not care to have closer com mercial relations with iJSbV sad. "If reciprocity had been adopted Ve could have rotten our agricultural implement into Canada at a substan tial decrease. But I guess we ;can ret aJenar." - - LUNCHEON IN HIS HONOR. The President' political speech fol- lowed a luncheon idven In his honor by the Kepubllcaa Stat central eom-N mHtee attended by Stat' party lead-' ere. Including Senator . Cutiom and Lieutenaat aovernof 0isby.i-v,;i,Z'i::?:, The leader- nresent vied With each other in pledging their, support to th President and predicted that he would be renominated and re-elected. Charlea H. Williamson of - Qulncy.' a Drominent member of the Rtat- tn. tral ebmmittee,. said he had taken a poll on m t train, a . few ,day ago en rout from Keokuk to Qulncy'. and that of sixty-two voters. Interviewed, fifty-eight . had . decUred? , for j- Taft three for Colonel . Roosevelt and ona tot. Senator LaFpllett. He added that he believed his poll accurately repre sented tha views of Llllnolg Republi cans. v.-v ";.,! ."',..- '' CTJLLOM GET8 PERSONAL, " Senator Cullom cava a more or lss ittmate Ulk of his .association with and love for President Taft Hr aald that with the Chicago convention not six week away in 108 Mf. Tsft bad told him that if Chief Justice Fuller could be induced to resign he would prefer that honor to all . others. Mr. Tart then pleaded ntltv to the indictment often laid against him that he knew nothing of politics and was a vry . poor politician ,Blit," :ald th President, ; "as my dear friend. Senator Cullom, says, ray ambition lay in an entirely different direction and was not- gratified. , ,.' . - not giving you to understand that I ran away from the nomination tor the presidency but the fact .that It was not la the liae which f . bad marked out but being nominated' and getting into the fight X did the best I could and," being elected, I took up the discbarge of the presidency with certain tendencies that I had gather ed from Judicial experience.' V " v-',Of eopr I made a great miatakev bbi . cvnuoui aur;ng yinis j, term to makeithem. That is hardly to be avoided. But there are certain things, certain rules, that it !a rather easy to follow.: On Is that when you have mad a promise it is your obligation to keep ltV '-' , " .: ' v , '-,- EXPLAINS VETO, -vV In this connection the President ex plained, his veto of certain measures in Congress and declared that he was "S3 much pnder an : obligation to veto them as If I had said, when I was on the platform running for th presidency, that I , would veto . Just thes bill, , for the reason that the whole Republican narty had taken th position that it wai necessary to main tain th Industries ot this country by protection. rn '' ' " " ' VI would have vetoed those . bills tinder any 'condition evert if it Would have cost me my life, I say that with all the earnestness possible because what X did was the result of a con. vlctlon as deep-seated as any principle I ..vr.had,-?i.yft "So far as the. veto of. the Arizona bill la concerned I Just vetoed that be cause I eorild not do anythlnn else. , I wrote my heart Into that veto.y.-aV,?.'.'. - TRIED T DO RWHT.l v. t ' "My friends; I have tried to follow what 1 thought to be right In the ad ministration of my. offlc Ther has been a dlv,8,oa, in the' party and I have been charged with not being pro gresslve and Iherefore to be condemni ed. r What of e does, this man think is progressive; another man thinks is retrograde. ' There sre. hdwever, two great achoo!s--bn which - belie vns that the' present i not perfect per haps, but that changes from It would be, dangerous. . They are strictly con servattv' and perhaps are known- as the reactloniry. Then there Is an other class at th ohr end which is extreme in its view that -the who! present condition la wrong and there must be radical change if w live at all, 1 i ' " ... V " , "Koir, I think perhaps I am. wrong . ea ts-fnaj UAY IuCREASE FillCTIQit v: CI Eccl;rcclty Relcctlsa ; ; TAFTS DEFEAT INEVITABLE Wit itays Sallsbarlai ' V?.:i ;:!;.;'? Obsei .'ir' Observer Bureau, -.,Cvw-f . .421vXorth Main- Street. .,?v.V :: ' Salisbury. SeoL 'it. .Senator Lee S. Overman, when seen at home tonight by The Ob server correspondent and asked tor an interview- regarding: th .defeat ot reciprocity by . the Canadian people, said, "I am not - much surprised rat the result, v The defeat of. the Cana dian reciprocity "was V not caused" so much by the-fear that it would ma terially affect the price, ot'eommodi tles but from the fear of annexation aa claimed by. the speakers who op peaed. the measure. ? ? v' '"I favor reoiprpclty and free trade with Canada, i There Is ne more rea son: tor a tariff between the United State and Canada than there, is be tween North Carolina and Pennsyl vania, I. betlev In a free exchange of y trades between - these two coun triea.; It would benefit both coun-tia.-.'.4' 'The Canadian people were fright- enad Into believing that the Price of commodities, would be lowered, while the 'opposers of the bni In the Unit ed States claimed It would lower the price of pur products. In the great Wheat : sections,, of Canada the , far mers voted almost solidly against the measure, under , the Impression that it would lower, the prices, , which would not' have been true. Reciprocity-which was negotiated with Canada by FrankUn Pierce InV '1851, then President of the United States, continued until 18 I and pro duced good results while In exist ence, i , s h fear the -failure of reciprocity in , Canada will increase the friction which exists between the twVr coun- trle. The. only way out of it all 1 a reduction Of the tarlffj all along the line,-, tear down the tariff wall and give us a freeer excaange . of trade In 4h " markets of th world. Canada as Hell as all th other coun tries, t . . '-.SJ'-. "Th Canadian people are our kind of people, and are our. neighbor. I mylf prefer to see reciprocity or the mntual exchange of products, which, win bring about th best of relations between the United State I and Canada. . This mean , now that reciprocltfi 1 wdead for a long Urn to-1 com. .;, j -f'Whtl the Democrat supported' K because ,t wa in tine with their policy enuhdated years ago.- artd be lieved it waa for tne mutual weirar of both countries," Mr. Taft claimed it Ava hi policy, 'hoping. thereby It would help blm In bis election. Now thla defeat and hla veto of all the tariff bills have' knocked the props from under him sod It seems to me htm i1Y..t InmrWahU " ' - The Senator ' said he thought ' the time spent in Congress over the reel- Erocity bin ; was not lost; that th emocratlo party had performed Us duty and had kept Its promises to the people, to revise the - tariff, re duce the expenses of . running . the government and lower the taxes. 'v ,.;' Ii i , I . .3 A WISCONSIN MILLIONAIRE FALLS FROM HOTEL TOW Charles W. Alien Killed . at Chicago c in' Unturaal Manner Police Say It "Waa fcn Acddens But' Chicago Phy- sJcdaa -' Says Brrtoid --Brother pt Man Under Indictment For Smug; .:; rung, . .... ? , ;, - t v . ' Chicago,. Sept lt-Charles W. Al len, a wealthy Kenosha, "Wis., manu facturer and brother Of Kathan Al len, wai killed here lat today when ha fell' from a fourth-story window at th rear, of v a downtown hotel. Allen's body was found in a small courtyard.1 Th' police declare ; that Allen', death was accidental, but Dr. P. M. Oill, ' house physician at tha hotel, said- he believed Allen jumped from, th window, c - i Boon ' after the discovery of th body, It waa reported that the dead man was Nathan Allen, who was re cently indicted on a charge of aiding. n smuggling tioo.opo -.worth ot dia mands ' into fth United States, and whose nam: was linked with tnat of Mr. Helen D. Jenkins. Unsuccessful atternpirwere made toy the police to find Kathan Allen, in Chicago tonight to notify him ot his brother's death. At tha Hotel where he usually stop, It w said that he. 'was la New Tork. ' Kenosha; w1a,? Sept Si.Chsrles W. Allen, found dead m Chicago lata today, was well known and popular here. He wa year old. With Nathan Allen, b owned larg manu facturing properties and was rated a millionaire. - He la survived by a widow'' and ' three children, who, re side1 bre.',i-!j,iv'V;.-: ftjyt' ,jr- " " 1 "" 1 " ' "'lt ' " ':'2.::. :. j i V Witt Do Big TblnffS.Itt the Booatiilfc j IVne Porthe ,: Capital Clty8emt ' "a ;C ' Observer Bureau, '!' ivi iM-T.fyf.myi'. Exrres Buildlnsv f Wlttf James L. 'Mogford as presi - dent C. W. Gold as vice president, John A. Park as secretary and C. L.: secretary and C. L.: wouienagnan a treasurer, th Rai- disappeared in tn mountains. , etgh Ad Club was formed todajr : nt f McCay,' who employ: men In the a banquet served, tor th purpose and building j6l th Tennessee ft , North with plans ' that mean much for the Carolina Railway; with headquarters progress of Raleigh through semi-1 at New t Port, Tenn., was; ready to monthly t .dinners ' of s thls sort atlleav areen Mountalrt'rlth a party of which Advertising, both- commercial-1 laborers. . He was tihot twice. One !y end for th lty, will be studied bullet penetrated hla brain and, an and promoted, thl In addition,, to 'other b I heart pushing many matter that will ba I The Petersons are believed to bav for the unbuilding of the city.. For, been Intoxicated. ' ' Instance, today a fund was raised to l A posse went In search.' - provide - a, unique entertainment fori - " ,' the, hundreds, of illor lads who will Dr. John A. Ferroll needs the Hook- come to, Ralegh October-7 for th training ship Franklin football gam with a st e-i.f a r'y rofd ana tn dis tribution of '"WKlo-AVak Ralelnh" bat batiils S special feature., There were eighty or more prominent busl nf and profflf-'oral men particl rttlo in the formation tha Rat- IS ' ROASTED i;J niD-AIR Ayte jllilirtCrp Ccatb " At K!3 taty fatr -; CEflliD'S JEERS FOKCE FliOIlT Hiiimi it Cries OI CQtard Toledd ilMiaiMemph Stunt hS - Ciicclei BacMae . i Dayton,. Sept 22. Forced into th air by. jeers of thousands who called him a coward, Frank XX. Mil ler, aged iS, a . Toledo.. O., aviator, shot into , th: skyVat . twilight this evening ! and i at ' th height of two hundred .feet v was burned to death before the eyes of the terrified spec tators' on " th Miami ' county fair grounds at Troy, north of here. ; -..Miller had circled the race-track and vwaa just starting on a spiral gild into a! neighboring corn field when ; something went wrong. Sud denly.' the whirring of the propellers ceased.' Tre craft then dropped like a shot for a' distance of 50 feetJA tiny blue ".flarne was emitting from the engine and in an instant the gas oline v tank. exploded, Th , machine, wrecked by th Im pact an , debris, was hurled hun dreds of feet -In all directions, what remained of - the - machine and ; Its driver burningf; almost to a crip as they dropped rapidly to eartn. ' j In a abort flight shortly after noon today Miller's .machine acted un steadily and he. did not care to go up. The crowd- red Mm thla after noon when he said: he make a flight and this would not evening he went into the, air. "Let her go; TH be glad when this is over, be shouted td bis mechanl dans. ' Miller used a Strobe! biplane. TRAFFIC TIED UP. Spartanburg Street Car Company .. Abandon the Effort to Operate Car After a' Large Number of 4 Strike-Rreaken Are Won Over to the, Union Cause S'tnatkm Orrw Serioas. . " , Special to The Observer. . V 8parSnburg. SC., Sept. f t. Htree car traffic waa tied up this morning at;i o'eloeis jand Binee that time no ee5.loBif "tblta T aWi9n':;t .mailsi '''h4W".'J'irertej.,' oyer th Spartanburg system, Th union men. sine thalr mass-meeting last night have gradually won over the other men who. bad "not quit , the servic ot the company until today, when the force was so badly demoralised and the ridicule of those who continued to workwas so sever, that the com pany saw fit to send a)l ot the cars to the bam, where they have since been.. :, . 'All ' day Mona and lat tonight crowd have Hned the streets of the city and elicited the sympathy of the public The matter ha reached a grave .' erlsis and every one reallres that something has to be don. An arbitration committee met at I o'clock... Thlsf committee consisted of representative of the labor organi sation, and the company and Mayor J, B, Lee., The terms under which men are will in a to go back to wo rk were submitted to the oomnany and at It o'dock.'the answer bad not been received. If the company nfrrees to- the terms of the men, the car win be taken from the shed .as usual to morrow, if the union .agree to th counter petition of the company, th same result will follow... Demand for better conditions sr made. ' .Whll th entire system wa tied up today an effort to operate th 'ears proved fruitless. There was no nol ence resorted to. and the police bav not been called oa to arrest any one. One or two small fights occurred; but wer of a trivial natur. " ; .: Spartanburg is In bad shape -without th street cars, as there are many persons whe live several ralles from, the city and who depend on the rail way company to bring them to their work and to carry them hom. Pri yat conveyance were used at a heavy expense. "..The-1 weather m bn-t: also,: which tends to make conditions even worse.' '; ' t. vv A y x f v , HELD UP AST SHOT.' Three ' Mountaineer t Hrntners ; Open o Fire on Railroad-M.nn : and. Gang of tihfr(i , Without Warning One' Killed and Two WonndedL J Speclal to The Observer.".". W, .Vv.7 Bristol; Tenn.,' Sept ; JI. Parham, Robert and Zeb Peteron,?brothr. waylaid and shot Robert McCay of the .MoCay Copatruction Company at Gteen Mountain station, on the Caro lina. Cllnchfield- A: Ohio Railway in Yancev county. ' N. C. . today, klllins him instantly, i In th volley of hot ,.flred by the .mountaineer .brother .construction hands, who occupied a '.vehicle with McCay. were shot and vehicle with McCay. were shot and I mortally wounded L : The . Petersona' 1 . Snd began firing ' explanation, Aftei new tne party up without, a word of explanation. After th shooting they worm Force. l8pclat to. The. Observer,, Raleigh. Sept 23. Dr., John a Ter rell, . tn charge of the campaign against hookworm In North Carolina, Is being congratulated on hla elec tion as president of the feauthera Conference of Hookworm Force Jv;t-h14 ta Nshv..ie, TSO. SIX.FOOTEIt GETS ROUGH. Administer Beating First to, His Wife and Then to a Photographer Eases Out of Vt Trouble, But Is ';. Landed In Lock-Up For the Second. New York,' Sept -82 A jnan of powerful, physique, who aald h wa Edgar R Smiths a mining ngineer of De Moines. la., was arrested today on a-charg of beating with his ease a. handsome young woman who ald ah was his wife. The aliased beat ing wa administered in the street but the young woman who wa " also locked up, refused to press a charge against him and they left the court together. V '" ;"; - Fifteen feet from the door, the man attacked a photographer aiming hi camera at the pair. Th camera waa broken and the photographer was bruledand bleeding when hla assail ant fled. After' a chase of a half block. th alx-footr wa rearrested and held In default of tSOObaU for xamlnation "in the court ot special eseloas. The young woman escaped. The Initial H. B." found on the prisoner's hatband caused several persons to declare that the man-a name was not Smith. It was said he cam from a wealthy Vlrglaia fam ily. ... , -ri'i-rrr-',.';;,;';;', ANOTHER OOAST-TO-OOISTER." ; pbll O. Perirailee . Announce " .That , He Will Attempt to Fly From New i York to Lo Angeles. - . Knoxvllle, Tnn. Sept St-V O, Parmalee. th vlator, announced to night that he had . decided to try a coast-to-const flight and that " two new ; machines bad already been hipped to Loa. Angeles, .CaL, In charge of , his mechanician. Sine the machinea were started West, bow ever, he baa decldad that It would bi th wiaeat policy to start from New rk and fly Weat, tearing that cold weather may overtake him if he triea the Weet-to-Eaat trip. He expect to tart on hla Journey during, the first week of October and believe that b nan, comnlet. the trio In twenty-six day. He outlined bis route a New York, Albany, Buffalo, Detroit Chica go. St Angeles. Louis, . El Paso and Lo TWO ENGINEMEN CRUSHED ' WHEN NO. 11 COMES TO GRIEF S sss"SSssasaaBp. ' . Southern Train Runs Into 1 Switcb Engine in Suburbs of Atlanta, Kill ing - Engineer and Fireman and Painfully Injuring a Number of PaBsengera.'f '-".'v Atlaata, . oiY,. Sept . M-Two a ginemen were killed and several pea se ng era slightly. Injured when South ern Railway . paaaeriger train No 11 truck a witch engine oa tb Pach- tre creek bridge oa the, outskirts ot tlenta tonight Th switch epglna was knocked oft j the bridge , to the Seaboard Air Line , track, blocking t-afflc oa both ltnea sevsnrt- hour. ! Th dadi.'- . ",.n' 't f, , j, H. FARRIS crushed under ea gtne. N. M. ROBINSON, llreman. catight under engine and acaiaed. Among the injured, most of whom received only bruises, wa , Mr. W. tt Felton of Cartowvlll, Va well known in literary - circle throughout th South. The cause ot tne wmck ha not been fully ascertained, but it is stated that the engine was try ing to: cross the trestle ahead of tho namenaer train, when rth latter crashed into it toppling it off the .bridge. "', ' ,'-':... ::' N,... CTVTL SERVICE PROBLEMS. House Oonunittee on Iteform In the Civil Service Will Te ip uunng Regular Session of J'. Cottares Im ' . portent Questions ; Involving Gov emmmt Employee. ; . s Special to The Observer. . Washington, Sept.- H.i . When the Sixty-second Congress convene la regular session in December, .the House committee . n yerorm in tne clvll'service will take up the cause ef the under-paid government clerks. the question of auperannuatioa and pension and tne system of oemotion and promltion will b throughly threshed oat by the committee. Chntrmaa Hanalhai uuodwia of the House committee baa been col lecting data o athese question - and when Congress meet la . December the North Carolinian will h prepared to prob the matt-" e h bottom. Th committee is ' now; considering several plans to brlr- about better pay and better conditions In tha civil Service. Many believe that th question or higher pay la not so im portant a is th matter of having th civil service anolntmnt and promotions mad on merit and not oa pull, as has been freely charg ed by employee- of the government Mr Godwin baa devted considerable time to this question and I probably better prepared to : go into the ques tion involved and prob- to the bot tom than any other member of Con gress. :!..., ,' '-v's-Vfcvf Only one phase of th subject waa taken UP dnrlnr the extraordlnarv session of Congress Just ended. That was wnetner tne srovernment em ployes would be allowed to Join la bor union affiliated with tb American Federation of Labors : The Postofflc Department pfflclal say thy shall be denied this right Sad so far they have been becke m bv President Taft 'Vho has not Ms stamp of ap proval on former President Roose velt's executive ; order denying ta government employes the rl:ht to or nlie. ? . Both : Taft and ;: Roosevelt have been severely criticised by gov ernment employe V eJnd th : labor union. -This auestion will flnn A ettld by Congress thl winter, ir.. uoawm x has -':tewHN!i.;' m- ernment emnlo to siif- In confl dene any change, that? might better their conditions, -nd he has received hundreds of letters not oni : m. compia Inte,' but... a namber of , helpful wminomions iof tne camo-Tii whl h the commtttee ha p- .frv,, .. . The . committee. nn hi. d... u bills., providing' fori W'kKm-y a mrniant ervit . "hnealii.'1':u,:f..it.fo.v:::i: A contributory; pension- system. ' A .... mam ( Miami oniy. i An Increase of (lai.u. .,......" slori. aad . superannuation included. -It is probablo .fr,. these several proposed measures th commltto0 will draft on of it own, embrarina; what the committee thinks to be the best plan for the relief, of government employes. - - . . t GOdWin' COi"lft Hon. tft all phase of the question. Dtrpirt ment heads, mem Its of tha civil service . commission, bnreni c' and scores of oW1? t' i be given an or, ,ut .. k FGGDSrUFFS i. tzl:z CI Ecc!;rc:Iiy A: l .. Jct MuzzIziL:::: added voe to cc:;;:. W&eat, Takes Ballcoa 1scc::!:j t Oats roHotrEc3BS I:crc::;: C Prices For Brea3stfc::j Chicago, f Sept 22. Fooflqtn-, rvhlch might have been affected by - wusx ox . vanaaian products hi i Laurler and hi government not been defeated la Canada yesterday, ro-se sharply in price ia all American supply center today, i Wheat led the advance and wa followed Jata in the day by flour whea miller ignored their previous price list and c" Jus ted thir quotations to 'figures mora commansurat with -tb advanced cost of the grain tapl.';-' ;,:'' , Oats, too, felt th effect of th Ca nadiaa vote andVaa a reault consu mer may expect soon to pay Increased prices for' breakfast foods. , The ini tial mear of . the day, ia tact aeema destined to bear tha brunt of higher living costa within . the fhext few months, a it needed only today de velopments la - the trading pit . to add force to the recent advances In coffee and sugars. Tha consumer toast and biscuit what cake and porridge iti probable wui but add ' to the woe of; the housekeeper. . ';'r!'. WHEAT;:l4EADS'rADVANCE.,r ?; The greatest advance in wheat dur ing tha'aywMvfwcerted. at,Du luth. There;; traders, were. paying as high as S cents a bushel mora for the grain than: they. did before reciproc ity was : rejected.' - Mtaasapolia ' the greatest milling center of the coun try, showed 'a maximum net advanca' of cent. ' Increases ot ' a ' leas sensational 'character were recorded at Kansas City, St.' Louis,; Omaha and -Chicago. Immense stock of grain in the ele vators of this city acted aa a check to a severe advanca bare and brok er on the board of trade bought wheat for , about t ' cents more a bushel than they, had paid ; yester day. The Chicago-market .as tha lowest of the important grain cen ter. It is 'by nv means certaW. that today's-' "d vane', la ': th ' price o f wheat, and allied foodstuff indicate that the maximum has been reached. One of the most prominent wheat traders of Chicago . advanced the opinion.-that spring wheat the grade used most extensively for fine flour, is due to increase ta Cost SO cent a bushel. ,,.. . y BLOW THAT XTLLS FATHER.' i A further blow to consumers, at least a certain class, may result when malster have studied the situation In the, barley markets. i i In . some quarters tb price advanced as much as cents. Thlsyu If maintained, probably will mean increased cost of material 1 to brewer and th smai-ler-slxed beer glasse may again be come popular with s the saloenists. . There, ia ,a grain A of comfort , fot the householder, however. , in the meat situation. : Whtle- packing hous products rose in price today they d!4 so only jout of rvmpathy,sitb grains. Reciprocity, acoording to 'experts, had no. direct effect upon meat prod urt and its defeat is not likely to' add to the cost of lard, , bacon and bam. ' JW' .1 ? i'v '".'i1'? t i ',-.'' ' . . ' Telegrapher Committee Expects Agreement . by End ' of, . Week. Speelat to The Obrvr.:'f '"'jJ - Washington. Sept ' M.--The South ern Railway telegraphers': comrnlttee. which has been in Washington for the past ten days, xpct to reach some kind of an. agreement by tne end of the .week. - It-1 reported here that the Southern baa arranged to install telephone ever its entire system. This, the telegrapher ay : Is . . a -blur?. which they refuse to take serious !y. The company now baa- a telephone system oa th Greensboro division and oa one or two division further South. . .They contend that the tele phone system ia not practicable for handling' tralt orders, and even if the company install the phones, they will ask for lust as much money for a telephone operator aa they are ask ing for telegraphers. t": A' general con ference of " division ! ' uperintendsnt i wag held ia Geaerai Manager Coal man's office today. It is assumed tv ic thla meeting . bad a bearing on 1 1 telegrapheraf , cause. lAmong the s j- perlntendent who have been here tv i week were A D. Shelton, of Gr,on3 boro. C. C. Hodge and Ti-8. Eoswe:t of Asheville. - Movement on Foot For County I" at Durham. ' Special to The Observer. Durham. Sent '82. The m. chants' association has taken tup t. county fair aajltatlon after a lonr r, -, with th result that .? rprk will b'-earnestly- next year ' to Interest t county in' it and a sit for it v.--Chased by some vndl"- The c . ty cam near hvinar wch a thin - year, but failed at the last m?ri cause ground wasn't available, ham as one o fthe smalt c Which makes Its real estate f r a ' purpose hard to secure. A falr ground Is almost as lars . ouisldo country. Rev. It G, Vaneh of Ashrv;' . Gaffney. Special to The Observer, Oaffney. a c. fpt. s:- G'Vauah of Asheville c this city to talt the v -i- I,imefitona Ftrtet which was reepp'' f! L. Carl!s-.-.. t'i i this din t. Mr. duct bi" frst n- - smne St'.-'t c - V.'hii a jv i a-' ,re -s ; I ti i r-'" 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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