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PRICE ONE CENT fl?1 KILL OCCUPY AGAIN CONFESSES SHE POISONED HER SISTER TRIPOLI TAKES HAD IN GOLD MINING THE ITALIANS OPEN SWITCH FOR PENNANT THE STAE OF IOWA TO-DAY Speech At Waterloo On Busi ness Affairs Looked For ward To With Interest LEADERS final Notice Is Given That No More Waits Wffl Be Made On Promises 0 OPPORTUNITY FOR NEGOTIATIONS Italian Boats Throw Searchlight On Turkish Transport And Study Ac tions While Troops Are Being Landed at the Turkey is the Slow Action of Government in the Trouble Want Turks to Main tain Their Position And Defend In tegrity of Nation. I By Associated Funis, ROME, Sept. 28. The Italian gov- lent has notified Turkey of its faiaatioa to occupy Tripoli and Cy- Soonomio concessions offered by ricey at the eleventh hour are re sected by Italy, which announces its purpose to protect its interests and Ita dignity in Its own way, relying no oger on Ottoman promises. Italy's purpose is set forth tn a note addressed by the Italian for- affaires at Constantmopie. Tnis ate is supposed to have been pre- rad same tine during Tuesday iht, but the exact hour of its de livery to the Porte Is not revealed. v The communication, while leaving opportunity for negotiations over act of occupation, is an ultima tum in tnax It aemanas uitti me j. ur- government reply within. . 24 jots, declaring that It will not op- the measures which Italy has ed to effect the solution of the acuity, which it considers i the absence of such a reply Italy proceed immediately tha a-: hipaUou." CONSTANTTNOPliBS, Sept. 2.- It officially stated that several small Italian warships are cruising eight tiles off Tripoli. They examined by rchllghts the Turkish transport which arrived at Tripoli on I Tuesday, having on board heavy ar tillery and munitions of war. The Italian cruisers did not inter fere with the passage of the Derna rhich is now discharging her cargo it Tripoli. Considering Action. The cabinet this morning renewed fits consideration of the' situation. 8e- recy was observed as to the delib erations. It was evident, however, it the replies of the powers to irkeys appeal for intervention had produced the bitterest disappoint ment Although the precise nature of these replies has not been made pub lic, the powers apparently expressed ieir inability to interfere in the sc ion of the Italian government. No Developments Yet. There were no developments re ported in the situation this morning, Italy not having communicated her inal demands to the Porte as yet. but official circles the belief was ex- ressed that a conflict would he folded Inasmuch as Turkey was Prepared to make concessions to ttaly provided her dignity was pre- srved and her territorial integrity mimpaired. The leading papers of the capital rhile guarding their utterances. iake it plain that they favor resist ance to the Italian demands Some 3f them attack the Kovernment for laving placed too great reliance up- n the friendship of Germany. The Nature of the Message. BERLIN, Sept. 28. Reports that ply has presented an ultimatum to turkey are confirmed, but according" m information hrn it Am finds only tonfirmed, but according to Informa tion here it demands the immediate essatlon of the despatch of Turkish H ROops and materials of war f to Tri- il. The general demands of Italy tave not yet been presented. . The Porte yielded and stopped the movement of the ships toward Tri poli except tha transoort rrna. 'hich had already sailed and could tot be reached vhen the ultimatum delivered. Italy acquiesced in 1116 plans of the feerna and did not erf ere with her progress. Ultimatum Has Been Issued PARIS, Sept. 28-jft is acented in Kovernment quarters ere " that Italy sent an ultimatum to Turkey but a&s not set the time wlthln which 6 demand must be m or.-reiected. ence from the document itself it I not be determined when Italy will foceed from words to action. Abe delay .although Indefinite .will .1- ' T i . L Leg As Result Of Pass enger Train Wreck & ABOUT DOZEN OHTERS RECEIVE BQNok HURTS Train Running Into Optsu Switch at Gastonia Strikes Opall Cars And Plays Havoc to Northbound . Pas senger Train- Oars on fading With Brakes on Are Knocked l a Mile From the Impact Wtoen Train Strikes Several Passengers Re ceive Slight Injuries And (Are Tak en to Hospital. j - - . 1 By Staff GASTONIA, Sept 2Ss Running through an open switch in to a aiding near the . Southern and Ct srolina and Northwestern Railway or Oe king about a mile north of here this! morning, Carolina and Northwestern passen ger train, northound nulnber 10, crashed into three coal cake ' almost completely demolishing the If engine of the passenger tram and seijleusly in juring Fireman John Abernjethy and' more or lea seriously in Jurtjig a dos en other people of The tndn and passengers. , I crew Oollialan Without Warrl ng. The accident occurred anout 9:48 this morning shortly after he train had left the station here j on the northbound trip. The train fvas run ning at a good rate of speed and on ,the down grade when the I collision. came without warning td those aboard the train and almost! without warning to the engine crew, Lost a Fireman Abernethy gave I he- train hag taken the urawiey to looic out and at th e same time jumping himself. Mrr Aber- nethys leg was broken and :io badly crushed that it was found necessary to 'amputate a part of the limb at the hospital where be was taken shortly after the wreck occurred. Engineer's and Conductor's Slight. The train was In charge of CJonduc- tor L A. Fennel and Engineer Braw- ley. Conductor Fennel was t lightly hurt about the face but Sx gineer Brawl ey received no - injury other than a severe shock. Ho reversed his engine when the warning cr&r was igiven. Knocked Oars a MUa 1 The cars which were struck by the train, it is said, had brakes fastened on but the impact of the coln&ion sent them a distance of probefbly a mile down the track. f Two Others Badly Hurt. Besides Fireman Abernethy khose worst injured were: h S. J. Fhhpott, of Columbia, eapresflt messenger, wrist fractured. f, Mr. McFadden, of Dinoolntoni two ribs broken. i i . Several others received mine in juries and were hurried to the city hospital here where their wolundtf .T were attended to. Caused Belay to Traffic. The track where the accident oc- cured was badly torn up and its will require some time to put it in Passa ble condition. 1 r The cars were badly mashed inf and the platforms torn to pieces" I The engine; is considerably battered! up and large splits-are seen on thefsur- face It t Is the opinion here that ... - - X .- T the engine is a complete wreck. fh George V. Harp BLACKSMITHS TO CONVENE IN A' TA. s By Associated Press. ATLANTA, Sept. 25. The hlr teenth blennnal convention of th; In ternational Brotherhood of Black smiths wW 4 fee held ta' AtlantaJ be ginning next Monday morning J and continuing for 12 daya Active upire- parations for the eniertalhmenit of the 2B0 delegates expected to tie In attendance, and representing wry State in the union and Canada I are: being made. not, it is presumea, continue hours without a suitable from the Porte. Gives 24 Hours to Act. ROME, ' Sept. 28. A note add ed by the foreign office to., the ian charge d'affalrs at Coistanti very recently peremptorHy hours as the period within whio: (Turkish government must rep Uhe demands therein set forth. Win I I TT I T"f ikk a-v. , innrmilnni. boiler makers, Agjner eo rs end manufactureni riAl I njLny response apple flxedi .84 nfthV ra to Unfavorable Answer l De mands Hade From Harri- tnan Lines Headquarters DATE IS S0OTTT0 - w BE AGREED UPON Orders it is Said Are Believed to be Now in the of Local I Unions Awaiting Only . the Final Slash to Walk Out When the Gen eral Strike of All the Mechanical Men on the Harriman Lines Will Walk . Out Company Announces From its I New York Headquarters That . Refusal of l)emands lias Been. Made. By Associated Press. CHICAGO, Sept. 8.-A strike on all the Harriman lines, tacluding the Illinois Central will be called as soon as the presidents of the Internationa Shopmen's anions involved ean fix upon the- dnjr ahd : houf , acordtngr to J. W. .Kline,' president of the Inter national Blacksmiths and Helpers unions to-day. .; j Strike Inevitable. "A strike is inevitable now," said Kline. 'Kruttschnitt replied ttafav orably to our final request for a, cdn fsrence and after a talk this morn ing with other union presidents. t have decided that the strike must be called. ' "Some favor i next Monday as the proper time to begin the actual, strug- others want to begin Saturday. As soon as we decide that Question the Word to strike will be sent to all unions." Strike Order Believed . to Have Been " :, "-Sent. .. The strike order 4s said to be al- 4ady in the hands of thft local un- ion heads and 411 that will be need- sah maktag it effective. men. incl uding car. re pair- sheet metal rkers and. blacksmits ; will be ef- A Day of Grace, is a day or grace This in the threatened strike of S6.000 -mecfaani- fcal employes of the HarrimaB rair- AM. me -wk roads, inoluding the Illinois Central the most Interesting and perhaps fait Injury road, several hundred of whose' j reaching In effect of hny the President cierKs are already on strike. . It had (bean intended to call the men out at ply' to the latest demands were re ceived from Vice-President Julius Kruttsohnitt, who is in New York City but the time for final action was puc ore uii to-morrow rouowmg a conference last night of officers of he International unions concerned. Ultimatum Not Made Public. The ultimatum sent to Mr. Krutt schnitt yesterday was not made pub lic and no reply was received from him yesterday or last night The de mand in substance is that the Har riman lines recognize the federation of various unions of railroad em ployes in the same way that the rail roads now deal with the individual unions. Did Not Expect Reply. J. W. Kline to-day said for the first time Since the agitation began that a. strike- would be called unless Continued on page Every Day Is Thanksgiving When It Comes FEW SHORT SPEECHES MADE EARLY TO-DAY Speech This Afternoon on the Rela- tlon of the Government to Business Interests is Expected With Peculiar Interest on Account of Recent Events in Wall Street The Presi dent Will Be in Iowa Until To Morrow Night First Speech Deliv ered Early This Morning at Coun cil Bluffs. By Associated Press. j . . . . COJJNCIL. BLUFFS, la. Sept 28. President Taft's special train arrived in Council Bluffs over the Burlington at 6 o'clock this morning and left at. 7:62, . ' y . President Taft spoke for ten min utes to the - crowd of several thous and which had assembled notwith standing the early hour of his visit. His remarks were devoted largely to the increasing importance of the agri cultural Spates and the need of im proved methods to f increase produc tion. - v,. . Must . Increase Productions. The Pres;dent declared that in 1950 the population of the United States would in all probability be at least two hundred million and that it would be necessary to largely increase pro duction if the people were to be well fed. v r Into Iowa From Kansas. DENISON, la.. S4pt 28 Fresh from the progressive State of -Kansas: where he received a most flattering reception, ' President Taft swept tnto loa early to-day ;ahd will remain in the State until to-morrow night. The Waterloo Speech. Mr. Taft's most important speech of the day will be delivered. at Water loo, where he will discuss "The Rela- tlon of Government to the Business of the Country." Recent events in iwali Strait havo canafd th!5 atvsecK Uo he looked forward to as one of win make on h s pnesent tour. Delay in-itinerary. Mr. Taft originally was scheduled to reach- Waterloo at 2 p. m., but various additions to the Itinerary in response to the demands for brief stops along the route have changed the hour of arrival to 3:15 p. m., and It probably will be 4 o'clock before the speech is begun. " FORMER FOOTBAeL STAR TO WED COUNTESS. . M - ment is made here of the engagement . , - of John Donaldson Nicholas, one of : wie nu vai ix siar luuiuau yiayers nve years ago, to tne.couri.tess von Bey- lanut, aaugnter or uount von landt, a memoer or zne;uutcn parlia ment. Nicholas, who is a son of a New York clergyman, met the coun tess while on a steamer bound for Europe. No date has been set for? the wedding. New York's Defeat Yesterday; Gives Chicago Hope In Championship Race REW YORK, fiOWEVER, HAS A LONG LEAD ;vi ' ......... - Giants Can Lose Eight More Games And Still Win Pennant But Chica go Feels That She May Put One Over in the. Present Series That Will Help Things in the Race Brown And Mathewson Are Pit ted For a Finish ToDny--ShuIte Hopes to Break Home Run Record Before Season Ends. By Associated Press. ". CHICAGO, Sept. 28. Although the defeat of the New York National League baseball team - yesterday by Chicago 8 to 0 made it Impossible for the leaders in the league pennant race to clinch the championship in the present series of four games, the easterners to-day expressed confl- denoe in their ability to take revenge in the game scheduled for 'this af ternoon. . . Chicago Has Hope Yet. -Supporters of, the Chicago team, which has hejd' the championship of the National League for several years, are greatly elated over the re sult of yesterdays game and pre pared i to crowd ther W-es Side park to its capacity in- the hope Chicago would also take the second game of the' series. ' " " . 'V ' Xew York Has Gooead. New York can Ise :ejfi& games and et'wfpt 'ithe aenhant, come what elaeymay. The fiel -Whloh yesterday died out rapidly to-day and the 'praying conditions promised to be much better for the second game 0f the series, The Stars On To -Day. Tentatively - Brown and I Mathew son were scheduled- to pitch to-day. Shulte. Chicago's rightfielder who was yesterday responsible for; five of the eight runs scored, making four hits for a total of nine bases, said that 'he would try to make his twenty-third home run to-day. He made the twenty-second of the season yes terday and believes that he can break the record before the season closes. ? y New York Preparing For Series. NEW YORld Sept. 28. Pennant and World's series hopes are mater ializing already at the grounds of just been begun on an addition to kg i- " . " " " " . . ! the outfield bleacher section which r , J5. w a wui ana several taousana . yy in auu oovci J wvwaauu yv f w seating capacity of the Polo grounds. .Thn nav aojtirtn will nnnnfat at a. Bemi.circle orclr rcus seats built in front of the present bleachers. If the world's series comes here, Pres ident Brush of the New York Na tional League club expects at a pinch to have room Inside his enclosure for nearly sixty thousand spectators. To "Slicing Turkey' North Carolina Shows Big In crease Of Eastern States For Past Year CHARLOTTE MAN TALKS POLITICS Mr. o. J. Theis, in Washington Tapes of the Chan oen of Simmons And Webb- on the Cotton Tariff Thinks Simmons Will Be Re-Elected And Hoots At Talk of Opposition to Mr. Webb. BY PARKER R. ANDERSON. WASHINGTON, Sepug. North Carolina regained first place, among the Eastern States in 1210 in the pro duction of gold, according to a report just issued by the United States geo logical survey According to the re port,; 3,291.68 fine ounces of gold, valued at M$jMS was produced dur ing the year lalO, an increase over 1809- of 1,345.55 fine ounces valued at $27,815. ' The yield of silver, recovered In refining the gold and copper was 9, -OBS fine v ounces valued at $4.m an increase of 8,554 ounces valued at 24,629. . The copper production in the. State shows a decrease of 88,998 pounds. The total value of gold, silver and copper produced in North Carolina in . 1910, was $90,778, an increase over the ! corresponding value for 1909 of, 881,103. What Mines Yielded. Dortng last year, the report says, there, were 3 placer mines, in op eration and 13 deep mines. The deep mines, produced 14,914 short ions or ore. of which 18,898 were gdld quarts ores, with ah average to tal recovered value in gold and silver of f4.42 a ton; 2,221 tons were cop per ores with an average precious metal value of $8.51 per ton, and 3teldlng 68.2 pounds of copper per ton. . The placers of North Carolina yielded 497.34 fine ounces of sold and 4 3 fine ounces of silver; the sil iceous ores produced 2.T4B.77 fine ounces of gold and 456 fine ounces of silver; And the i copper ores yielded 48.57 fine ounces of gold and 8,554 fine ounces of. silver. It will be seen therefore that the notable produc tion of silver was from copper mines. Charlotte Man Talks Politics. - Md. O. ' J. Theis, a prominent real estate dealer, of Charlotte, is at the New Ebbltt. Mr. Theis Is accom panied b Mrs. Theis and their two sons Mr. Theis Is taking the young est boy to Baltimore where he will undergo treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital.' Mr. Theis said, that was very grati fying to the people of the ninth con gresslpnal district to see that monSand Representative Webb op posed the passage of the radical cot ton bill, which. In his opinion, would have bankrupted 75 per cent of the cotton mills "in North Carolina. Oposition to Mr. Webb. "There was some talk of a candi date coming out against Mr. Webb, but his rvcord In the last congress on reciprocity and the cotton bill is en ough to defeat any man in the dis trict. I am not a politician, and, of course don't know What would hap pen, but that Is the way I feel about if 'Who is going to be" elected to the Senate next time?" he was asked. V "I don't see how any one is going to vote for any man who believes in free trade. If Simmons has any such ideas, I have hot seen or heard of rt- Patents to Tar Heels. The following patents were issued to North Carolinians by the United States Patent office to-day: Cisco R Taxler, of Winston-Salem, assignor to the American Traction Co., New York, traction wheel; Wil liam C Briggs, of Winston -Salem, as signor to the Carolina Banding Ma chine Co., machine -for applying bands, labels or wraperg to cigars or other articles. 1 HAS MANIA FOR BUYING RAILROADS FOR A SON'S. By Associated Press. LAWTON, Ok la., Sept. 28. Charles sister) and we were down here. Fin Orth, of Walter, Okla., has bought at ally a young man sent a post-cord to public auction for $70 the Kansas, j Gertrude to which my elder sister Lawton and Gulf raileead capitalized at $5,000. The road was charatred to build from Coffeyviiie, Kansas, td the Red river. Orth also is the owner of the Gd tbbo and Southwestern railroad, cap italized at seven million dollars, and the Lawton and Wichita Falls line, capitalized at one million. The three cost him leiis than $200, New Orleans Girl Tells How She Gave Morphine By if Histake For Calomel MAY ANSWER OTHER CHARGES OF MURDER Mysterious Death of Girl s And Sister For Whom She Collect ed Insurance Money Brings About Investigation Which Causes con fession From Miss Annie Crawford is charged With Murder of Her Stetor False And May Have to Face Indictment For Murder of Whole Family. By Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 28.Wear lng the Insignia of deep grief and with the evidences of the drug fiend more pronouncedly depicted in her thin sallow face. Miss Annie Crawford was arraigned at 11 o'clock to-day in the city criminal court on the'charge of murdering her sister, Elise Craw ford, through the administration of morphine, poison. Judge Baker refused to listen to her preferred statement and entered a formal plea of not guilty, remand ing her to prison without bail. new ORLEANS, Sept 28. -Fol lowing the sudden announcement late last night that Miss Annie Crawford had admitted administering mor phine by mistake for calomel n soda to her sister Elise, which re sulted in the latter's death last Sat urday, interest to-day centers oh what aotlon the police wlH take con'-, corning the mysterious deaths of Miss Crawford's parents ahd sister Mary iri June and July of 1910. Miss Crawford has been, formally charged Lwi,l ''rtnflsher-sister EUse. Nothing concerning the deaths of the first' three' members of the fam ily was. mcluded in the confession and the police refuse to make any statements concerning probable fur ther investigations. When kAri what further action would be taken. District Attorney Adams replied that he could not say what would be done. Collected Insurance Money. The detectives Say they have dis covered that all the Insurance poli cies, on the lives of the. parents and Mary Crawford were collected by An nie, the proceeds of which were spent for clothes. It also was discovered that a dif ferent physician was called when the different members of the family fell ill; thatvprevlous to their deaths all complained of severe plain in tho lower portion of the hips and extend ing upward, which are attributed t the effects of morphine. Insisted on Attending Sick. Members of the family furnished Slm-4the information that the accused had insisted that she alone attend and administer to the wants of her par ents and two sisters when they fell ill and that she. alone administered all the medicine. It was said that when Elise would beg her aunt to attend to her wants, Annie ' would protest. . It was stated that Elise complained that the food given her by Annie was blfter while that given by her aunt, Mrs. Robert Crawford, was not. Mrs. Crawford stated that whatever food others gave to Elise was given without Annie's knowledge. Gave Morphine By Mistake In her confession Annie said that she gave Elise three half-grain mor- 8 phlne . tablets ih capsules, mistaking hem for calomel and soda. "Why did you not call the doeivp and tell him about it?" she was ask- "I thought she would get over it and my 'sunt would not do anything to me. I was afraid of her. I got the tablets from the sanatorium on either the fifth or sixth of Septem ber. After I discovered the mistake I threw the bottle containing one or two dozen tablets Into the water closet. The bottle was left open." Dislike For Dead Sister. In explaining! her! dislike for her sister Elise she said: "After my mother died nd we broke up housekeeping my eldest sister took Gertrude, the youngest sister and Elise -and I began board- was not wuisnea truae was out tnere twun the elder objected. . Gertrude finally came here and I was unable to take care of her. EUse was always interfering because when I would tell Gertie to do this or that EUse would always tell me to mind my own business. She would go weeks at a time without speak ing to me. But this is not why I gave her the morphine. It mistake." was a
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