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TJISCIWTCIIET ) Fcctlccj , To Ca Lzizt To Tt3 Frcslul , QFE III A BUSY SUNDAY Kiel EkcbJIib Talks Intimately To telle; Eoys-EasLong, Eard Trip ; Ttrcyia Jteta KcW Ela1 . - ' . - i .Baldwin Station, Kan 8epL .li.- The warring Republican factions of Kansas buried the hatchet today and walked -side by side- to pay honor W President Tart : Governor Stubba, "who U generally conceded to belong- to ths "insurgent , Taction, weicom d Mr.' Taft at Lawrence with . the hope that the State without regard , to church or party of faction would extend the most royal reception ever . given a President. of. the United fciatea ;:'-yy'- - s -'-' Republican State Chairman Dolley, who holds office in the State under Oovernor Stubba, and Republican Na tional Committeeman Mulvane unit ed In telling Mr. Taft that the Kan Ma delegation' to the next Re pub 11 . can national convention would ' be stolidly for. him and 'United BUtes - Senators Curtlss and Brurtow.-the one 'a . regular,- the other a leader of the progressives, rode side by side In. the ; tonneau of the same automobile over . Kansas countryside . and . sat on the , same platform to pay honor to " the Chief Executive, . . . - ';.-. ' , v FXJtDOHf :XANSAS TQTAJTIV , The? predictions of Mr ' Mulvana - and Mr. Doiley, who are close to po , Utical conditions is a State suQposed i Tvi "lnaurrent.M fallowed close on the . declaration of Governor Hadley -of " MlssouH , -to''' President Taft 'that tho , .- Stat would 'Instruct fts delegates for him. and the promise of the Illinois .. Republican , leaders . to send ; a soud . delegation to the convention plodged .to Mr.' TsJVvNr-:.--;..": . " Muoh interest was shown la the President's reception by r'lnsnrgent" Republicans of Kansas.? . ' '.' Senator Curtis and Congressman - Campbell of the "regulars'! met the . President's train at Kanss City early v fa the memlng while Oovernor Stubbs and Senator Brlstow showed us la- ' ter. ' the former at ; Lawrence, ; Kan " where the President after belngx In trodnced : by the Governor.1 spoke to the students . of the ' University - of - Kansas and the Junior Senator at Baldwin where the President spent v: ORE1CTED CORDIALLT. Senator. Brlstow was on . the, sta 4 tlen . platform at Baldwin when , the Taft special puiiea m. . tumwa . the steps to the, private car; walked - u ana eo;?. - . . . t , "Hello, Mr, President , Im mighty a glad to see (you. ,xou nave come to the greatest town on the globe.". Mr." Mulvane and Mr. DoUey talked ' freely to the jsewspaper men.- v . al A the national COm- jnltteeman, "will Wd a solid Taft dAituratlon to the Republican national ; convention m itlt" and Mr. DoUey - (ter indorsed the ? prediction, to . members of the Taft party. v r ; HAS BUST SUNDAT. "-'Mr Taft -attended church today; -spoke to' the ; students- of the iUnl verslty at Lawrence' and to- the stu dents bt Baker University here on peace and rbltration and reviewed the Indian students at Haskell Insti tute, fcear Lawrence. Tomorrow the President will begin- . hard. . busy t trip through the State, a The first dar will end In Kan sas City tomorrow night where Mr. , Taft- speaka to the .National Conser vation Congress. On Tuesday he will attend' the semi-centennial celebra tion of the admission of Kansas to 'the Union at the State fair at Hutchi son. 1 I'" 1 t V, i To the students at Lawrence, the . President spoke of the good the T. M. C. X. : has done in the world as he , has seen It and ' dlsgrVssed suffl- clently to resent puWiciy .tne auega tlons as to drunkenness and dlaalpa ttonn American, universities made n byMr. Craeof Chicago recently, RESENTS MUCK-RAKING, "I.do not know,".,. said the Press "dent,, ''whether' you t have: 'observed the attack made wpon young men at ' Harvard, by some gentleman who ' felt it necessary fe send a detective Into that university to nnd out how wioked th boys were 4: ? u;:: V - "I have not any particular sympa- ihv with that kind of', investigation. Wickedness that has to be unearthed with a spade ordinarily ought ' to be kept under the clod that the spade raises. I know something about those universities. I know. Its sister uni versity, Yale. , . 1 , 'The truth is,' universities'" don't differ much. I know what Tale, was in my day. and I know It might 'frave been better. I contributed some-tl-int to the detective's knowledge In lihose days, possibly but todaynhere la a higher standard of morality. tMBsipation and - drinking , art , frown ed upon by the publlc oplnlon of the college.. That is what Shows .what a college is. i The public- opinion of the young men and, young .jwomen . wno are in u. x ' i. "And I resent scannai-making and: rvick-raklng reference to the stand-' y'.M of our unlveraitles when tlwtf j S doing such good work ; and are jttlng out men Into the community -with higher moral ideas, every year." ' Leaving Baldwin late tonight the. President wlteach Coffeyville. Kan., .early tomorrow. . .' , OIJrs Tracdy Promtees to' be no' ; . , : Unsolved Mystery.',. ;,:, ;;, Lfp.' hursr, Ga., Sopt.- 24 Intense r.tr. t centers abotit the preliminary hna ring here tomorrow Of Mort 8. 1 t:M'Ura, h)ld on the charge of kill I t t'. wife on. August 15 by placing f vri.n medicine which she-'Was .tki ?. f .vChllders . was- arreeted--.t'at '. -., Ameris 'on - September after an '; i her i-"n,. R. .C. Kennedy. - also "had - i,n asrcfte on -the'-same-charge.: i: Itie lull .In 'the -..legal proceedlnRg , t t not tfrvf 1 to bring-. to... light any. i "-'(va for !.. poisoning - of Mrs. j : : -n ami it la belnst predicted that f. h-ne protoabiy win e aaaea io 1 t nf unaolvej myaterlos In this It ii expected that Chllders i, : i s J to th grand Jury tomor i ' s i t n botiy will thoroughly nooiavomi campagct. Average of 8,000 Victims of the Bis eaMo Treatrl n In Ff dnnn Kastern CountlmNew I'byaiclan Ballots in the Work. - . . Special to The Obaerver ' f - - Raleigh, Sept. JtThe SUt' and county dlspenaarles for:, the.' t free treatment of hookworm, disease are Sttractln widespread attention. Fif teen eastern counties have made the necessary provision to have them. In four of these counties, Robeson. Sampson. Columbus and Halifax. r 600 victims of the disease were treat ed in each , county. The counties of Wayne, v Onslow, Cumberland and Northham pton now , have the dls- pensaries in operation, v About one" hundred people are bethg treated dally at each of the diepensarles, Pender, New Haanover. Brunswick, Craven, rpitt. Warren and Hertford counties have made provision for the dispen saries and will be entered as soon as possible, . Bladen and . perhaps Hwo or three other counties will take so- Iiion u next nrn Monuay. ine om pensaries remain in a county usually dispensaries move to new. fields, the local doctors are kept busy continu ing the treatment. if' , 3t. T. E. Hughes of Magnolia ha given 'up his private practice to. ac cept an appointment as district r di rector of t)e campaign-against hook work dlsese. . He Is a Virginian by birth." a aradvate" of Richmond Col lege, a medical graduate of the UnN verslty of Virginia. 4 He took his hos pital, training at Johns Hopkins, ana In the klty .hospital at vWUmingten. Purlng'liU short sUy kf MagnoUa he- won. the- arts - of , the people. Six physicians,. eight laboratory men snd a cleric jior constitute the State f drees engaged In the North Carolina campaign, ..They are now pushing, the dispensary work 'because in this way the most gratifying returns are ob tainable..' i.ii,'z?i'- , r , AKCIEOT ECUAD3R MT SHAKEN BY EARTEQUAKE Four neavy Shocks Followed l)y Con tinuing . Tremors Osnse : Several '. Buildings to OoJlapso, ' While the .Inhabitants Flee In Tesiw Shocks Atnfbnted to Volomno - - OnavaoulL Bcuador. " 8ept 4i Four heavy earthquakes early today did serious damage to Rlobambs, the capital of Chlmboraso province. which lies about IS miles from Guayaquil. The - shocks : - continued throughout, the ..dayut with dimin ishing intensity.' At the flrat shock. which occurred very early In the morning, . a great ; panic prevailed among the .people. Many buildings were badly - shaken and several of f them . collapsed, v - The occupants of most of the houses fled to the streets. where they have since remained. -Tbe seismic disturbance are. at tributed .to: ihe Tunauraau,, volcano, In the southern part of th Province of the same name.. V. , RlobanVba la situated at an eleva tlon . of i mHre than . ,000 feet, The preaent town dates from 17T, when the ancient , town of Rlobamba, the site of which li about three miles dis tant, was destroyed by an earthquake The population is estimated at 1 J,- PLAN BIG POULTKT SHOW. Officers of Morganton i Poultry Asso r elation Report That Prospects For . Excellent Show' This Year ; Very Special to The Observer. 'v ;:' i . Morganton, : Sept 1 4 Already : the members.: of the Morganton poultry Association are beginning to lay defi nite plans for tne second annual poui try show to be held from November 12 to -14., Mr. R Lk, -Simmons of Charlotte was Judge of last years snow, jma nts worn met , wun sucn satisfactory approval that he has been chosen for this year's Judge. ' The show last year met with a fi nancial success In all respects, and President Davis and Secretary Forney of the Usoelation report that the prospects for an excellent one this year are exceedingly good." The amount s of specimens at last . year's show were over! 500. wniu tney ex pect to. double the amount this year.J xne premium usx nas a'reaay gone to press' and will be ready for distrbu tlon Ina-fhort while. If the present plans are- successful, 'it will be f the largest and best show of Its kind ever held In this part of the State. ,t .VV UTniOUT FOUNDATIOX. Judgc .W.' J. Adams Surprised When ,. Shown Press Dispatch Statins; That He Intended to Reslgik -- , (, i . Special to The Obsarverv I -1 ; Carthage.- Sept. 14. Judge' W. ' JT. Adams spent yesterday and today here with his family and left this evening for -Charlotte, where be holds court the coming week. When shown the dispatch In some of the papers of today to the effect that he comtemp1ates resigning as superior court Judge, he manifested a great deal of surprise and Stated that he was unable to account for sueh a rumor and that there was no foun dation for such. This rumor, however, has been heard here heretofore, and it would not surprise his Jtriends If he should resign but such- step Is not looked for right early. i-V ' It Is -well known that he sacrificed a very : lucrative law practice ; when he accepted the Judgeship, and he Is very devoted to his family and home Hfe.T-K .; -:- -Vt West' Durham I Made Postal Savings Fv.. Bank., Station.... Special to' The Obserer.;';;':-ii-f'-;'. ' ' Durham, Sept. 14. -West Durham has been made a postal savings bank station and notice of : that nature was received yesterday. It came with the same- surprise as ; marked the designation of the Durham - office. Postmaster L. ; B., Plckard , of ,-West Dtirham has simply received , notice that Js'QVember 16 the office , will be opened. The Durham postal savings bank will also be opened thar day, having been a' change In that order. It was at first determined to open the bank ; on the 7th of October, but notice of a powtponemcnt has been riven. The bank will suit West Dur ham, exactly. Thrre are no banks in that town and those , who are tem peramentally afraid of the average bank; wilt use the government de pository. Thpre are two b'g' cotton -Dllla in W;t Durham and these em fin v cnni!"'i nn to make the de-j-j.-.j a X,-... . lvt-.cf r..cr.:;v CIIARLOTTE, N. IDEATIIENDSTIIEISSOaO iCc;in By fast Trala TnislTEENII03RIELYf.IArGLED CLlc2;3 it Kort&westero Flyer, Kunnlog At E!;L Speed, CrasUca ls!a Partj ' ; i letsntlBt Frca Picnic v ' Neenah, Wis, Sept ttThlrteen persons -are dead three .others tare dying and five art seriously hurt as the result .of a' last train on , Ate Chicago , a , Northwestern Railway early today crashing Into n hayrack on which a party of thirty-one merry makers were returning from n cele bration. . ' ' . A biff billboird beside , the rail road tracks obscured the view from the locomotive as well as from the wagon. Dust and tog were con tributory causes to the Tragedy. ' Nine members- of the party escaped with out a scratch. Nobody en the train suffered except from , a . momentary severe Jar. . :- v V, ,: --a :'uy -.J-i. S GO, TO DEATH SINGING. -, V ' The collision 'occurred at 1:48 a, mi, at the Commercial street . crossing-, here. Train No. Ill, northbound, whirled Jthrough. the wagon-load of singing and happy unfortunates, who were returning from' the Peter Han son farm, where ' they had gone to attend the celebration of a wedding anniversary. All but two, who were Chicago men, were residents . of Menasha." . J, ' , . , . i ne aeaa: JOHN DRlLIv Chicago , JAMES CHESLOCK. " GUSTAV i FINN. v MABEL FINN. "JOHN HART. ' - 4 .STEVEN LISK. DOMINSCK OMNIECHINSKX. -, MABEL REN2. r , .' " , JOHN 6CHEDICK. 1 " ; JOSEPH 8CHEDICK. ' , JOSEPH SIENTO. ' 1 FRANK SISGARDT. . t ) -- ISABELLE SUCHOWSKl : . Armless, legless and headless bodies covered the right-of way as the train, nine coaches in length, was brought to a stop 00 feet from the scene of the crash. - -. Several of the bodies were so badly mutilated that identification was jKissible only by ' fragments of clothfng. Six bodies were -discovered on - the engine pilot ' and two: other bodies were hurled through a- flag man's shanty with such fore as to overturn the structure. One of these was Miss Finn, who was - projected through one of the side walls' of the house and was breathing when rei moved. She died a few hourgnster; Another of the victims was thrown high ever a barn fifty feet from the traoka v i ' Mary Bchwartsbauer ' . was - hurled about, fifty feet and rendered un conscious. Peter Hanson: driver and owner "of the horses attached to the Ul-fated rig. managed to hang i to the reins and was the -only person aboard who was net temporarily stunned by the collision. He declares he did '. not observe the onrushtng train -until his team Jiad reached the track. . He whipped up the horses, but managed to aet the wagon only half way across. . ; GOING AT HIGH- SPEBO. v :'. The train is said y to have -;besn nearly a half-hour' behind i schedule and was running; approximately sixty miles an hour. - Practically every person on the wagon was an : employe X of- the Menashs, Woodenware Company and all were Invited to the Hanson farm to attend the wedding Anniversary of one of their fellow employes. Mr. Hanson- : had conveyed the merry makers to his' farm in : the k early evening and was taking; them back home. . . v ? ' A coroner's Jury was empaneled, but adjournment - was taken to give the district attorney and others oppor tunlty to Interview ' , witnesses. ?' The bodlesjvere removed to the Menasha morgue, where they will remain until tomorrow. .. -.,, if ;w-v j-;,:-: -- During the past sight years nearly a score of persons - have lost x their lives at the same place, ' . Four FntaTIr ' Injured In Atlanta 'fivC Street Car. Crash. rZ Atlanta. Ga., Sept 84. Twenty-six persons were injured,, tour prooaoiy fatally, in this . city , early tonight when an inbound Luc kle street car, crowded .with church-goers over-ran a switch at Woodward avenue and Hill streets and turned over. . ? - - i 'Those said to be faulty Injured". -f- Miss Hattle Belle v Lunsf or&Vv At ianta, j,--'V - tif j -WWT?' fj ( , . G. G coppodge, Griffin, Ga,,1 ' ' Evan Harris. Atlanta An unidentified negro: -Amonsr the injured are " Mrs. W. J. Sears, Katie NeaV, No MeaV'N rlne Bears Maria Sears, Edward Bas semer, Jennie" Blake Coppedge and Julia Coppedge of Griffin, Ga.'' " The cause of the accident Is not known, although eye-witnesse al lege that M. J, Stlchcomb, the motor man of the car, did not slow'.up for the- turn at rWoodward avenue and Hill streets and as a result the car plunged over the tracks and crssh Ing Into the opposite curbing, turned over on its side. , Policemen and pe destrians rushed to the aid of the In jured, many of whom were hurried to a local hospital for medical atten tion. t 'fii','- .-; . ..,y.;--v v''"-'-""' ' ' ;y; FLYER COMES TO GRIEF.' ; One Trainman Killed - and Several - Others j Injured When New York ' Chicago Train Collides With Fretcht k Near Pittsburg -North Carolina s Lady Among the Passenfers. ' ;,Pittsburg, Sopt. 14.- Train No. '38 on the Pennsylvania Railroad, known as the 18-hour flyer between Chicago and , Newr York, was. In a collision thirty minutes after 'leaving the city early today, killing one trainman. In juring four others, and one passenger. The train had left here at 1?:60 snd after passing the Pitcalrn freight ' yards, where there are cross-over tracks entering the yards, the, train waj held up by the towerman near Larimer, 10 miles east of here. While; the train was at. a standstill a train of fifty empty freight, enrs was let In: otr tha same track and crashed into the flyer, head-on. It Is thought that tij towerman. sntlous at the delay ct the f yer, la bis hurry e.rew e 0., MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1911. wrong levers of the Interlocking witch system. . t-u -. Seven freight cars were derailed, blocking the four tracks for several houra None of the passenger cars left the track. The . flyer .was pro vided with a new locomotive and pro ceeded east, thre hours lata. ; ; S. E. Campbefl, fireman on , the flyer, was caugnt between the tender and the cab of his engine and crushed so that he died before "he could; be moved from the scene. - : j'.Mra Pw D.)oold.' Jr.," of Ralelglxi N. Cii was a passenger - on -. the ill fated train, but , she -escaped un injured. , - , " f . - ' , A 'USEFUL rxsnTunoN, The-Sandy Flat School Near Rio wing , Rock, EstnbUshed By Late Moses Cone, Doing a Great Work Mar f ketlng Apples From the Cone lEs Ute., , . J V ... 1 Special to The Observer. .-' Blowing Rock, Sept. 14 The Sandy Flat school is operated at-the Junc tion of the road going . to , LlnvtUe and the one' going' to Shfalls mill. It is about two and one-half mites from Blowing Rock.- ' It was founded 'by Mr, Moses Cone, and is ' run under the auspices of the county superin tendent of education. Half the term It . is i operated as a county' sobeoi. and ths other half out of the funds sup plied by Mrs. ; Cone, continuing the work 1 her husband- started. f It nas nrty-nve. scholars. Miss Edna Rbelnhardt of Lincoln county,. Is ths teacher. : Aside frorrj, the ' regular academic studies, one morning each week is given to industrial .work. There' is a Urge and well-appointed room devoted. to this purpose,. At this special session once a week there Is , taught cooking; basketry, . bench work, and sewing. During the sum mer there Is a special term f this school conducted by Miss Etta Cone In which is taught domestic economy and household work of many kinds. - Mr. E. G. Underdonk is superintend ing the harvesting and marketing, ot apples from the Moses. H. ' Cone ee. tate, The apples are barreled ' In Blowing Rook,' and g by wagon to Lenoir rom where; they are shipped. The Cone estate has over forty , thou sand , apple trees whichc are now bearing, and the crop will be a fairly good one this year. I , 1 FINANCIAL SIDE OF TRUST ; , , PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC In ' Second Part I of Report' on ..the 'American Tobaooo Company 'Com mission Smith Deals With Earn ' tags, Csptuilsatton and Investment of the Great Corporation. , , Washington SepL 14.-The lntelcate financial, side of the Amerioan To bacco Company known as the to bacco trust, t and which is now ' In process ofdissolution by order of the Supreme Court of the . United Rtt. 5 because It was a combination in re. su-aini ex traae in violation ' et the Shaman anti-trust law, was sewforth In a report pf the Commissioner of Corporations,' Herbert , Knox Smith, "un vh senv io ine orresident anq made public today, nit was ths second part, of a report on the tobacco In dustry and deals with thai earnings, capitalisation- and investment' of the great tobacco combination, r. ; The- commissioner points ; out that the vast, earning power which arose from the substantial control of the tobacco industry was a monopoly re sulting ' from concentration.. The capitalisation of .this monopolistic power was much greater.: thsn the actual Investment, and by clever ar- Irangement the bulk' of the earnings were centered in the bands of a very small group . of individuals. The , enormous profits resulting from the inunuua -VI lif KVUriUU .. UQ no dividends paid thereon, the report concludes, rested, in, their, ultimate analysis, upon ths monopolistic ad vantages obtained In, the tobacco In dustry. through concentration of eon trol. .. - t.r;v. ".WAS WELBOKy SrCKDERED? Amateur Detcrtlve Said to Have Un ?u earthed Evidence That Wni Show That Man. Whose Body W'as Cre ;V mated in I Anderson Guard House -.1 Fire Was Dead ; Before Placed in toPiUoui'tJtvwim.' ' -'i-i-' Special to The Observe'jiV . Anderson, -8. C.8ept l4. On No vember It of last year. D. V, Wei born, ?a younr lumberman,' was ar rested on., the ' streets of Townvtlle, , this county, en the, charge of drunk enness and disorderly conduct.- He was placed In the town's guard house for tHe night, and some time during the plght the . house was destroyed by fire. Noxtmomlna- the charred and almost unrecognisable remains of weiDorn were round in ths ashes. A ' Jury empanneled , by the t eoroner next day returned a verdict that the deceased came to hie death by fire of unknown origin while a prisoner Id the guard house. It was suppos ed that Welborn, In, attempting to escape , from the house,' set.? It afire, and that he was responsible for his own death.' ' ' s, - i M. C Long.! who.-.until '. recently was court stenographer for this clr ultSbut who resigned that 'position to practice law at Waihalla, and who has done some clever detective work, has been working quietly on the Wel born ase, and It is said that he has become convinced that Welborn had been 'murdered before he was placed In. the guard house, and that he has .plenty of evidence to substantiate this faet't"'-'' - ' 1 Mr. Long was the man who worked- up evidence against L F. Can trell, C. M. Giines ' and Charles L. Angel for; the-murder ot young Em-, merson, which occurred at Waihalla December (. 1908, and which caused their conviction of murder with rec ommendation of mercy., after Emer son had been supposed to have been killed by a 'train of the Blue Ridge Railroad." The body was found un der -a "railroad trestle, and It was thought that be had fallen from the trestle, or had been knocked off by a train. Mr, Long worked hard on getting up the evidence, and he had to go to 'neighboring States to con- i neet the chain of evidence which la-i ter convicted ! the men. w Mr. Long made quite a reputation in this case.) and he has been asked to . give his tuflents and time In working up the Myrtle Hawkins case at Ilenderaon ville. He , prefero to' practice--.- law , however, and hasn't, decided whether or not he will go to Ilendersonviliei to work on the case which now seem baTinsr. . ':-'--' .- ' J It was expectejl that the Welborn cage would come up In some firm or other at the court of renoral s-s-j lon this wek, but nothing devoi-j TEST0Fi:.IP03TAJTLAV '. ' w essess-iBwsa-s ,-!.- t Cc-siitatlcnsllrj Cf IUIativc Aiid I t hwtvituuuul 111 Ibtf bdiuuOW . "XT KP TO TOE SlIFSEEIE COURT Issgo ImzlX To- Crisis By Salt Be twees Stats Ot Oregsa Ind Tejejlisae CoEjany , y Washington, , Sept, ' 1 4--Ths ' Initia tive and referendum probablly iwlll be the subject of A discussion with far-reaohlng oonsequences by g?, the Supreme Cort of. the United States during , ths approaching term.V - the question of the oonstitutionayty of these expedients of government forms the basis of emit between the State of Oregon, where they are In use, and the Pacific States Telephone 4c Tele graph Co, A ths case Is near the head of the docket. It will be reached to time to Insure ,a decision before the-end of the term. : ' -- ' : ? BROUGHT TO CRISIS. ; The ease originated 'fn. the com pany's challenge .of a law enacted by the Oregon Legislature' under the Initiative r'm, j which a tax of two per " cent was placed pon the gross earnings' f telegraph and tele phone companies. Taking the position that the. Initiative and referendum which are coupled In the Oregon law, are ' inconsistent . with republican form ! of government, guaranteed ' by the constitution of the United States, the company refused for, four years to pay the assessments.-" The State thereupon brought suit There was a fight to a finish in the trial oourt, but the decision was favorable to the law. A like conclusion was reachea by the Supreme Court of the State, snd the company, still : unsjatlsfied, carried ths ease to the highest tri bunal on a writ of error. , , GREAT IMPORTANCE. . '.- Much attention Is already being giv en to the case because of Its great Importance. Ai the constitution amy of ths law Is squarely presented, it will be Incumbent upon the oourt to deal primarily 'With the fundamental principles Involved In a system which Is-coming Into vogue In many States. It : is estimated that eight or nine millions of people, will be affected by ths result. ,r In addition to Oregon, the States of Colorado,., Montana, South Dakota, .Missouri, - Oklahoma, Arkansas and Maine snd the prospeo- tiv. State efATlsona: now possess constitutional provisions for the initi ative and referendum, while ths State of California, Washington, neorassa and Wyoming are prepared fa Vote on amendments . suthoriilng. such fea tures, Nevada-has the initiative. and Is expected to soon add the referendum.- r- . '::m-v '-;-,v . ; If not -too lofig delayed the oottrt's decision will- meet ( a demand . from Congress, where the question involved will receive much . attention during the coming session. '1 y .:''- -' t"-i'vT,.'. f STRAIGHT, RAYS 1R. KLAGG. 5 AUeged Oanfldence Man and Aseoci atea Spend Sunday In Tomhs Ctilef Promoter Says Every Dollar Has Bees Made Honestly. ; New Yorky bepi. 14. Jared Flagg. former United States Treasurer Dan iel N. Morgan, the Rev. James T. Schock and five others of Flagg's al leged associates who wsre arrested yesterday on the charge of using the mails Nto defraud Investors, ; spent Sunday In the Tombs in default of ball aggregating 148.000. Flagg gave out a statement In which, though ad mitting that the profits of his Invest Went concern have averaged over fifty per centra year, he declared every dollar , of It. had been made honestly through legitimate stock s change transs:Uons.:(;:;;-;:Jj-Av:::..-:i.::i '!. i Thej say' I s,m running A Mlllsr syndicate. " the statement read, "Let them bring 1 forward one let them shw me one ' customer - to . whom I ever paid a dollar out of his or any other customer's - money and I will make no-funher protest against ths hig-handed proceedings, Li "vr Anim in nroflt ; on closed transactions that I have paid oat has been honestly maae. w nen a ou tomer has bought stock, ths date, ha nrioa th. firm and the name of the , stock r exchange brokers ; from whom it was bought has been, sent to him. ' When the stock was sold the date, the price and the name ot the stock exchange brokers to whom It was sold has been sent out to my customer with a check for the dif ference, less the commission, tax and interest.., -i ' y 'f "After having conducted business on' this basis for almost four years, I am arrested and accused of - 'in tending' to defraud some person who has never had an account with , me end to whom no 'misrepresentations' couid hsve been made. - . ' . "The arrest of my friends and m ployes, who have absolutely no voice in my business Is an outrage beyond words." , f V ' v It is expected that the prisoners will be released on bail tomorrow. . . ! r i WHITE LAP" SHOOTS NEGRO. Guy Crowelt of Monroe Inflicts Prob ably Fatal Wounds on Irvinjt Tom- , . berlln Crowell in Jail in Default of Bond. v ,-.-;'':; Special to The Observer. .,., Monroe, Sept. 24. -Last night about II o'clock Guy crowelV a white boy about. 17 years old, shot Irving Tom ; berlln, colored and about ? the same age, inflicting s wound that may prove ftal. Young Crowell . and a friend, Archie Levy, were over In the east ern , part of ! town when the trouble arose with two negro boys, but the' cause ef the shooting Is unknown.,The bullet entered the negro's head v jn front of '.the-; rlghtf ear and j ? came j out at the back -of the head on the left side, i Guy Crowell is in Jail In ' default of a bond of 1800, end Archie Levy, who Is charged with assault with deadly weapon, is under a bond of $200, Both these boys are mem bers of well-known famlll") here. The plBtol-tptinK habit amonj white boys has become so common In this n-!--'Morhood that an affair of this k'.;.4 we s about Cue. , PRICE f'!.l IeTOFFICB'',KOBBiaiY, m'.J,''.. ,,.'.:.,', it,., : i,, , (-V,,- ;.s,... j;,;.;,. Clerk In Store at StonevUle, Whre - Postofflce Is Located, Is Held Up ' and :Ge-gd WhUe Robbers Make Away . With About $300 Booty. Special to The Observer.'..;; 'j : ' Greensboro, Sept; 1 tii ThS store of Sr. T. P., Ppole at Stonevllle. - a lead g merchant and postmaster, of his town, -was entered ' and ' robbed of about 8300 "by robbers early yester day morning. Mr. Eggleston,: a clerk in -the store,: and Mr. Tlnsley.. the latter of this city, had -been 'possum hunting and upon their return about 1 o'clock Mr. Eggleston said he was going down te the store to put up some chickens. i When Mr. Eggleston reached the store he Wu held up by the burglars, covered J with - pistols end. a handkerchief.- tied over his mouth, ; The robbers then entered the store, , took the- stamps and money and such other things as they cared for. Then . Mr. Eggleston- -.was - led down the railroad tracks for a short distance and released, ' the- robber keeping on their vray out ef town. ; iu'-'-M .m..V " - LIGHTNING " STRIKES DOUSE. ' Homo of Mr. Neal El am and Family : Near Cherryvllle Destroyed With AU -.Contents, ' v . . v tjpseHI to The Observer.' "! ' , v, Cherryvtlle, Sept. 14. -During a terrlfla electrical storm yesterday the farm residence of-John F, Carpenter, miles from here,' was struck, by lightning and, burned to the ground. The building was a large two-story structure and valued at 81.800, with no insurance except' 8180 county In surance. It - was . tenanted - br Neal Elsm and family, who are Isft desti tute, as everything in ths house was a total loss. . : Mr. Elam and ' his family barely escaped with " their lives. Mr. Carpenter will replace the burned - build In gi with ' a handsome new structure of a modern type. HAY OPERATE STREET CARS -UNDER mimRY PROTECTION Governor Blease Orders. Three Com - panles of Soth OaroUnn , State MlUtAa ' to Hold Tb-naselves in Readiness to Assist Today In Opera m of Cars at Spartanburg , and to y Prevent . Farther iVlolenos',:';,f-t'-:'';i ' Spartanburg, a t," Sept. 14rThree eompanies of' State militia Green ville, f Spartanburg mind Clifton are vnder arms tonight by orders of Gov srnor Blease to hold themselves ' hi readiness to assist tomorrow In the operation of the city's street ear" sys tem, which has been tied up for sev eral days on account ot a strike of motormett and conductors. s Mayor Lee has asked for e. con ference with Adjutant General Moore to discuss the advisability of placing troops in charge of the operation of tne system until the strike is settled. The adjutant general is now en route to Sparunburtr.vv' V.v--' v' k Mayor Lee. in requesting the ad vice of State officials, practically ad. , tnittsdhat ; the Sparunburn - police were either unwilling or unable to furnish' the necessary protection that was- needed ' in ' operating the city's street, car system. It Is understood that the mayor is determined to pre vent a repeution - or tne occurrences of Saturday' afternoon, when- : non union carmen were pulled from a car and " beaten. ',"- " There was - no disorder today and no attempt was mads to operate oars. Negotiations between the striking motormen and conductors and the of flclals of the company - were sus pended Saturday, when It was seen that there was small chance 'a for agreement. ; . Special to The Observer. . ' "" r Spartanburg. 8- C, Sept 14 There was absolutely no change in ths street car situation today. - The locked-eut men and officials of the company are squally firm, Throughout the day no attempt was made to operates any ot ths cars, ether than one from Glen dale to the city, on which the mall is carried. . People living several .miles from the city, are greatly . .Inconvenienced by the failure, of the cars to be operated as usual. Drivers of car riages r reaping a harvest. 1 It Is Impossible to forecast what tomorrow will bring. As long as ths cars are not Operated there is abso lutely no disorder, but as soon as an attempt Is made to run one troubles start. The usual ; crowds of t labor sympathizers . havs left the streets, t-.--.-tt ' ' 'i ' ' .-: A k Trlnlfr Historical Society Publishes - ,v MAmontj of Governor U olden. ., Special to The Observer, i.. r'-:', - Durham. - Sept 14. The - Trinity Collere Historical Society , has Just published . the memoirs ? ot W.i W. Holden, an ante-bellum editor, of note and Oovernor of North Carolina dur ing reconstruction, t It forma the sec ond of a 1 new . - series-; of s volumes known as the John i Lawson ' Mono graphs, and i contains over two hun dred pages.- Among the topics of in terest treated 'are discussions of the free suffrage movement by which the Democratic party gained the ascend ancy: In North Carolina, the Charles ton convention of 18 80,; secession In North Carolina, war politics, the Johnsonian policy of reconstruction, the KU Klux, the , impeachment , of ths Governor and many, reflections on the men and the times of the pggft -4 , : ' ; ; i .' 1.-. 1 Schools'' at Leeksville ,: Open With iArge Knrolments, '.' Special to The Observer. Spray, Sept. 14.- The sew graded gohool - at Leaksvllle opened : this week with an enrolment of over 800 pupils. This school Is under the able manag-ement of Bev. P. IL Owynh, with an -efficient corpse of P teachers. The building-' was. designed by Hook Rogers of Charlotte and is built of brlck, being thoroughly modern and a great credit to the community. The Leaksvllle-Bpray Institute has also" opened ; its " doors undr the management of Rev. 8. J. Beeker and has a good humber of students. ' -,: a U ' I, ii iii i i- ji inn, ' ' .i hi .ii 'i '."'? ''"it, White i; Many Fatally .Stabbed While :,.) r.5 Aotlnar ss'i'cJwvmaKer, .' Branchvllle, S. C, Kept. 14. While ntin. u nMCumiktr in av dtfMcultv between two negroen this afternoon, Fletcher. , Vam, a white man, ' was probably fatally snbbed by one of the .blacks named Will Kchuler. Varn shot the negro but the htttr niade his escape, s , ' ' IUwIT"! Co-. to Cr' f. ,V Jamesown,t.J. Y., f "t. i l via tor Gallbraith P. IloU, t'rs, v V ) 1? trying to , f.y from . con.it-t -y- , came t, grif toil.iv nt 11 J , wh.re his . bipl.mo 1 1 t - barbed Wire f: ncc t-n.l v Iio'rers ' rot i ;;'' y Amir in 'iri ..OitSLiii, S::L3 To Ec::t:: r.::: :C?crTL3TcrL!:irc:::;: TO EFFECT LEASE C.l L ) WClfBlt Eeatolca CI Ccn::v Itaiy Prepares To Ca Eu:!;: - Tcrilsli ttsrzt tz"zz Paris, Sept 14.. A dispatch, to The Temps from Rome gives unconfirmed rumors that Italian forces have landed at three' polnu on the coast cf Tripoli. . Rome, Sept If.ThedtalUn gov ernment Is moving rapidly and with determination in. the matter of an Italian proteotoraU over Tripoli. Its plans are no longer concealed and lis attitude la favored by an classes ex cept the advanced section of the So cialists, who .threaten to call a gen eral strike in the event of hostilities. : Althou-h. not attachlns muoh im portance to this threat the govern ment , which ? is acting ; with the greatest - prudence,' has decided to call to the colors 111.00S reservists, so as to be prepared for all emergen cies both at home and abroad. According to the information In of ficial circles tonight the government still hopes to effect an amicable arrangement- with f Turkey j- whereby Italy; will asoure a lease of Tripoli under the sovereignty of Turkey, pay ing' therefor an annual rental. If Turkey definitely refuses to meet this proposal Italy will proceed with mili tary .measnres.'(::.-?vv-':''!i'',-- '-''';'.''"' ''-' PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES. The ? government Is prepared to meet any aggressive measures on the part of Turkey, such as attacks upon the lives and property of Italian sub jects in Turkey. In which ease it Is understood a naval demonstration will be made before Smyrna im mediately, -j, M-W.rh , The material dUBcuItles of those operations have been given full consideration- The ' memory - of toe calamitous Abyssinian campaign has been sailed up by the government which realises that the failure of the proposed ' expedition would be a grave disaster. -- Accordingly most careful precautions have been taken. The Turkish - forces in Tripoli are estimated at a minimum of 80,000 men. Te cope with these, Italy will send her whole fleet and. an expedi tionary force of 80,000 men. . ir Paris, Sept f;18. -in a published Interview a tne - Turkish charge at Paris declares that he has no knowl edge that negotiations . have been opened by Italy . on the subject of Tripoli. lie did not see how negotia tions would be possible. Tripoli could neither be taken- from ' Turkey by force nor bought . . , . Tf lUly has ; any desire -to take Tripoli from us," said the ' charge, "we will : defend ourselves and our defense will be desperate.' Thewhola nntilan - will 1 rlu, un AM Ann ma.n. If Italy lands troops in Tripoli , sue will nnd. it someining more man a military promenade. We will lm madiAtslv axnel all - Italian subjects and -denounce the trestles. , ;v "If Italy, attempts to land troops elsewhere -we are in a position to re pulse them.: - I repeat, and I am speaking . officially, In the first place, no transaction is possible concerning tSA ,imh nr itlMnilaed cessation of Tripoli; secondly, if It eomes to fight- inf. we win ngnt flespereieiy. . Ttaiwa Inlftntlva : In Trlnolt ' Has awakened Intense lntereet here V as Introducing a new and very important factor In the African question by re opening tne Meauerranean prooicm on another point and there Is no doubt that Europe is on the eve of a complete settlement of Africa. It la held that the territorial modifi cations which form; the essence of the ' Franco-German agreement will logically lead to other changes, in which other powers besides France and Germany call participate with profit and "without ' danger to their '-'. T. 2L a A. CROWING. 'v-vi- i,, rm n i in-' , --r'-' f'r-.. ? Interstate Secretary G C nuntinrUm f Addresttes Members of New AssooU ' . tlon at Morganton. . Speolal to The Observer. -1 Morganton,' Sept 14Mr. o. C. "H'ntington of Charlotte, lntertfita Toung i Men's Christian Aasoclat on secretary, addressed the ' Morganton Toung Men's Christian Association 1 1 ihe auditorium this afternoon. A large crowd assembled to hear Ttr. Huntington's remarks, which - ,.wr r both instructive and i helpful. I : brought out y very forcibly that . Toung Men's Christian Asociat i was a necessary institution for ev. r -city snd town and 'the. .benefits w, . would'accrue ';to;;the :town.yH' e?oy br WsAplsasorwrat-ths'; progress V-. the local Tounst Men's Christian ' sooistlon had made in the sUort Since its organization. - Th m " ship ts steadtly increaalnar, there t enrolled at the present time 1. -- members, and "within the ties t t weeks,: when the association t to take possession of tiie r well-equipped quarters, it it to have reached one huti,lr, i y NIWSOSt IirsTLI.NG. . New Town on Kouthbovui r Going Forward by I-rr- Bonnds. . i " -' Special to The Observer. - Newsom, Sept. 24. t Salem Southbound now h force of hands preparins; t a. mammoth crushing punt mountain to make bail st : road from' WJnston-Salem t boro This means that a 1 ey wllV be turned loom i and will a.ld n.w life t.i hustling lit'lo UnK- Many 'consider N v -Innt tnun on the i' n MtuateJ liar "! t surrounde.l 1 ' a : a i ti'ipi' "Plrtntv ct v. - r. '-, ' of ronrv oi t i pO to mak'i n " i' The to -a n l.-r pl.i-t.a.
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