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- .-'. Vt'V The News Has the Largest Circulation of Aiy Afternoon Paper Published in the Two Carolines ; .ft ' if. ' 7 BI . 1 tfN PAGES. F0UR O'CLOCK EDITION M 'f i n m U j&J M Al -H- FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED FIRST NEWSPAPER IN CHAR LOTTE. ESTABLISHED. 1888. CHARLOTTE, N. C , THURSDAY fc.Vfa.NlNU AUGUST 19. 19Q9 PRICE 5 CENTS if 1 V . "!V-'' ooas e.'V lor ado Y x'.r ' Trf;" Vl , . r , vv : i - teies PL- -Li.. M-,.. Great Damu Armed With Clubs Troops Hold Guard f - V f fl A" -v." X' h rom Fl In Col fearful Scenes v Devas uthn Met t'y? of Citizens at Dayb ' ' v. Arkansas Rivet Railroad Traffic is Badly Demoralized Man y families Were Dtiven from Their Homes to Higher Ground, jt. x i.M. .1 Press. j., n, . (Ado., Aug. 19. Trains I,!,.,;,,,! iii lonely mountain passes, lia, -I,-; v. ... im .1 away, in some instances i. i !:" enlivens hundreds of feet :-;.iii.-s (I liven from their homes i() .:,, -in in higher places, these were M l u s revealed at daybreak along tjjt. tA.-Mlt'weil Arkansas river. Alai!!i' i another cloudburst at Fuiir Mi!-1 (.'reek near Canon City, last nUit sn .!. ef residents in the lower svriiinis i :' I'ueiilo and other points j.,.,,.,) ihc night in removing house- h..M : ct. ihc i;.::inu.s Royal Gorge, with walls oi,,. iliiu;;n.l feet high, has been ihf 'lie torrent for almost 4S hvirs ii ii I railroad tracks have been ikti-nytMi. Ti;iins i n tne Colorado Midland, D.-nw-:- i! i ill Rio Grande and -other iJluais. most of them carrying east mi inurists. have been detoured over tiii'ui'iv..- Mutes, and it is said the ot-U'iuhu :' trains will be necessary iuv tuv.v w five days. Tobacco Societies Hold Conierence ? .iciated Press. ii; '.Wing Green.- Ky., Aug. 19. Lta 1' i s of men who grew the !'s tobacco met here today in ndeavor to settle the differences een the American Society of ty and Burley Society. The Equi ieople threatened to organize a ad pool for the 1909 crop unless Hurley society, which organized 1908 pool, agreed to terms of Equity, which is the parent or ation. E(::i 'y l ? ( ti," L.llli Hv Associated Press. X-v; York, Aug. 19. Mrs. James II. McVici.ar, of this city, who under her hill:-: name of Mrs. T. Mitcaell Hor-ii'-r. i Ailania, Cu., was named in a : iii fur divorce brought by Mrs. Cora I- ibiiu against her husbanr, Maior ) Hanson, president of the r,;ii::il oi' Georgia railroad, said to 'iiv '.!i;it : lie was utterly at a loss to 'miIhvUiihI .Mrs. Hanson's action in iwiiiiim in the suit. "Outrageously ridiculous and ab 'i!'l" was, the way Mrs. McVickar (liaia.-i. lizel the charges. "I was an in'iiua!.' friend of Major and Mrs. Han " she said, and continued, "I have "iH(.-ut!y hern entertained at their '""iif ami our relations were of the most friend h- nature. J-t about the ,Ul; it h said. Mrs. Hanson con '"i:i!)kit,.,j lT ( action I was -with her :,i I.... i . ... . A- - it -'M iMJiiie. since coming to iew "!'.. 1 had heard Mrs. Hanson was not 'a fii.-ndlv mood toward me, but I ri"Vt" co'ild understand why such ''i;l b- the case." Eleven Drowned in Fishing Boat v" "cii.l..,! press, l.uene,.,!,,,, xova ficolia, August .' ' lie (llitiiceuior fic!iinv ohfv.ir JlllKlC'j. 'llOUlK;,!, 'aMsized and 11 men were Ii TOOK WOMAN NAMED II Si. DiOCE SUII James McCurdy Killed hy Deadly Burglar Trap I!-V -V r:,-,vatea pr(lf.., y s m O ia ir.iiati, oi,;,-,, Aug 19 ignori ng the warning in the window of a tie- Kentucky Highlands across the river from Cincinnati, to be 1 "orsktr trap. James McCurdv entered a store last night and to '' l'tly was found on the floor. t" aad !ee,i (.i,11f.k, ln lhe trap oad of buciShot from a shot gun ''lined his life. 'rigger was attached to a cash register pull and the muzzle was ;,.,.. .'. 0,1 u'v'! with the counter, just where a man would naturally '"' " "Pen the register. ho.Jy 1 '1'c,ln'.v opened the drawer a full charge of shot entered his Evangelist Takes Shot At Duke's Mixture Special to The News. Durham, Aug. 19. The Mulkey meetings grow interesting nightly. At :he service last evening, lie made some of the funniest observations yet nearu nere. Mr. Mulkey hasn't been attacking anybody but he is different from 'most evangelists who let uy on tobacco when the come here. He has made some bright sideswipes at it. He was speaking last niht of the dogmatic theologian and said when he and the Baptist began to dispute on immer sion, then the devil was loosed awhile. '"He goes back to "hell, sits down on a block cf 500 pounds of ice and smoke Duke's Mixture six months" he said while the congregation roared. Rev. Abe called for all members of the church to stand up. They arose en masse. Then he separated the sheep from the goats and asked that all Christians rise. The audience looked like the remnants of a Kansas cyclone. The preached thundered, "Xow you can see the trouble with the church." He took some neat raps at the lawyers too. Veterans Adjourn. By Associated Press. "Crlisle, K.y., Aug. 119. Men who rode under General John Morgan, the dashing. Kentucky Confederate cavalrymen of the civil was, ended their annual reunion of two days last night. General Basyle W. Duke of Louisville, second in command to General Morgan, presided. By Associated Press. Saunderstown, R. I., Aug. 19. The barge Shawmont with a crew of five men, bound from Philadelphia for Portsmouth, N. H.. broke away from the tug off Shinnecock, L. I., Tues day morning, and it is feared that she went to the bottom with all hands. Five other barges broke away and floated helplessly for ten hours be fore they were picked up. Several Prostrated From Heat in La By Associated Press. Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 9. Several prostrations have iraen reported in Bat- ion Rouge during the last 21 hours. Today the mercury is hoveging around the 110 mark. First Class Postmasters Meet. Toledo, O., Aug. 19 Nearly 400 postmasters, representing all of the important cities of the United States, are attending the annual convention of the National Association of Post masters, which met in Toledo today for a three days' session. President Henry Blun, jr., of Savannah, presid ed at the opening cf the convention. The program provides for papers, addresses and discussions covering a wide range of topics relating to the postal service and its improve ment. Several representatives of the postofnee department are1 here from Washington to address the post masters. BUICK BREAKS TRACK REGD By Associated Press. Indianapolis, . Aug. 19. One Ameri can track record was broken in the first two races of the Inaugural Day Indianapolis Motor Speedway when Lbuis Chevrolet at a wheel of a,Buiek won a ten mile race, second event on the program in the phenomenal time 8:55 2-5. 5 ?W THE Postmaster Briggs Spoke By Associated Pi ess. Toledo, Ohio., Aug. i9 Postmas ters to the number of 150, represent ing as many cities throughout the country, are attending the annual meeting of the national association of postmasters of the first class which opened today. The morning program opened with addresses of welcome to which re sponse was made by Postmaster Robert Briggs of Raleigh, N. C. The annual address of President Henrv Blun, of Savannah, Ga., and ', general discussion of topics were the other features of the morning session. The postmasters this afternoon will attend the laying of the corner stone of the new postoffice building, and tonight will be entertained ,with a dinner by the local postoftice em ployees at Toledo Beach. Tobacco Sales for the Year. Special to the News. Raleigh, Aug. 19. The state depart ment of agriculture announces that the sales of leaf tobacco on the forty five markets in this state during the year ending August 1, aggregated 142, 158,665 pounds first hand for, growers and 156,986,289 pounds including re sales for dealers and warehouses. Winston-Salem led with 20,939,200 pounds, first hand, WTilson being sec-" ond with 16,436,712. Durham sold 6, 645,670 and Greensboro 1,140,811 pounds. Advance in Sugar. By Associated Press. New York, Aug. 19. All grades of refined sugar were advanced ten cents per 100 pounds making stand ard granulated 5.05. By Associated Press. Asheville, Aug. 19. Major Breese, one of the defendants in the trial of Breese, Penland and Dickerson, charg ed with conspiracy to defraud the First National Bank of Asheville, today con tinued on the witness stand. In his defense of himself, he at times broke forth in short addresses to the jury. He charged that the books of the bank had been denied to him unjustly since the institution's failure, ; despite his labors of 12 years to in spect them with a view of demonstrat ing his innocence in connection with the failure. At times during the ex amination by the district attorney Ma jor Breese was forced to . answer "I can't remember." There was placed in evidence a letter which it is claimed Major Breese wrote eleven days before the bank failed. The letter read: "Am sending $500 in small silver; have surplus over and above our needs; we can't use it here." LEPER SUIT DECIDED Aiken Restrained vFrorr. Sending Miss Kirk to Post House. Special to The News. Columbia, Aug. 19. The supreme court today affirmed the decision of the lower "court in the famous Kirk leper suit from the city of Aiken. By the decision the Aiken board of health is restrained from placing Miss Kirk in the pest house. Miss Agnes Phifer returned yester day from a visit to Mooresville. BREESE Oil DEFENSE PRODUCER AND THE CONSUMER. ISI01 IfiTESIILLE Special to The News. Raleigh, Aug. 19. Governor Kitchin and the council of state gave assur ances to the delegation of citizens here in the interest of the Statesville Air Line Railroad Statesville to Mount Airy that if there is any possible chance to provide the convicts for grading this road it will be done. They were impressed with the representa tions of the delegation that the con struction of the StalesvIIIe Air Line would bring about wonderful develop ment in all that section, and that the' was the strongest sort of a probabil ity of its becoming an important and valuable link in a great trunk line from the Great Laltes to the South Atlantic with principal port at Charles ton. Ex-Lieutenant Governor W. D. Tur ner and J. A Hartness were the prin cipal speakers along with State Sen ator J. -A. Long and others. They made a splendid showing cf the re sources cf the territory proposed to be opened up and brought to the at tention of the governor and council water power development that they declared to be, the most extensive to be found anywhere in the state. This development, they said, is by the Southern Power Company and is sure to put that section of the state in the forefront in manufacturing, giving the proposed Statesville Air Line an in calculably large volume of business both in raw and in the manufactured products. The Statesville Air Line is proposed to be built on a charter which has come down with occasional amend ments and re-enactments from 1874. Ex-Governor Turner is president of the present corporation. The road is now surveyed and ready for the grading to begin and the company pledges to pro vide all needed funds to keep the state convicts going whenever they can be assigned by the governor. Governor Kitchin told the delegation that the conditions right now preclude the possibility of allowing convicts to this road. They are obliged to keep enough on contract work at S1.50 per day to make along with the farm and prison earnings, the running expenses of the penitentiary department, this being an established policy. There are two or three roads that have claims prior to the Statesville Air Liee, but a couple of these, notably the Wilkes-boro-Jefferson Turnpike and the Trans continental linke from Ruthefordton to "Southport, would scracely be in shape to take convicts for some time to come. In which event the States ville Air Line would come in for an assignment. The delegation went away very hopeful, but realizing that it would probably be well into the next year before convicts are available. ! LEAGUES By Associated Press. Memphis, Tenn... Aug. 19. M. J. Finn, former Toledo manager in the American Association and at present manager of Little Rock, Southern League Club, has been tendered the presidency of the Southern Atlantic League by the action of franchise holders who have planned to obtain the co-operation off the Virginia and Carolina Leagues to elect Finn to head all three organizations. I 01 5 I L IE Boomed Men Get Respite By Associated Press. Alexandria, Va., Aug. 19. Calvin Johnson, Richard Pines, and" Eugene Dorsey, negroes sentenced to be electrocuted at Richmond September 3, 10 and 17, respectively for the murder of Walter F. Schultz, a Chicago artist, have been respited by Governor Swanson until October 8, 15 and 22, respectively. Booker Washington , Re elected President By Associated Press. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 19. R. W. Thompson of Washington, D. C. heads the organization termed the National Negro Press Association, formed at the convention of the National Negro Business League today. The league suspended, . all rules last night and re-elected Booker T. Washington as president. RARE OLD PAINTINGS FOUND One Tintoretto in Parcel Concealed Under Church Roof. Venice, Aug. 19. Under the roof of the church of San Giuliano, which was completed in the Sixteenth century, has been accidentaly discov erde a large parcel, begrimed with duts, containing the following pic tures: "Christ on Calvary," by Tin toretto; a "Resurrection" and "Ecce Homo," by Palma; "The Young Saint Jerome," "Saint Theodore," two organ portals by Andrea Vicen tino; two pictures by Paul Fiam mengo, four by Corona, and two an cient cartoons. It is believed that the pictures were formerly hung in front of some of the church windows, and were removed to the spot where they were found at the beginning of last century so as to giye more light. Experts are now considering the best means of restoring them. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Aug. l.A wire less message was received at the navy depjartment from the Atlantic fleet, saying David Williams, a mess at tendant on the battleship Vermont, is now being tried by a court martial at sea on a charge of manslaughter. This is a sequel to the boxing match which occurred on the battleship Ver mont off Provincetown, Mass., between Williams and another mess attendant. The authorities of the state of Geor gia had applied for his surrender to them but it is said that in a case of conviction he will not be surrendered until he has suffered his punishment. HIS SUICIDE TO MUSIC Demanded a Funeral March and Sent Bullet Into Heart. Budapest, Aug. 19. A young man named Stephen Toth was drinking heavily in the restaurant of an inn at Hodmezovasarhely. The gipsy band iwas discoursing lively strains, when Toth suddenly called tne leaaer lo his table. "Enough of these lively tunes,' he Rfiid "Let us have a funeral march such as you play on the way to an interment." I ThA band thereuDon struck up the solemn "Marche Funebre" of Chopin A moment later Toth shot . himself 'through the heart. 11 Bib TRIED ON HIGH SEAS Governor Kitchin To ' Visit Mattamuskeet Special to the News. Raleigh, Aug. 19. Governor Kitchin and council of state have decided to leave Raleigh next Tuesday for Wash ington, thence by automobiles to Bel haven where they will spend Wednes day night. Thursday they go in auto mobiles to Swan Quarter, circling the Mattamuskeet lake on the graded right of way of the Mattamuskeet rail road. At Swan Quarter they attend a big conference of citizens of Hyde county and experts on drainage to consider the Mattamuskeet drainage problem that is giving the governor and coun cil as state board of education, so much concern along with the question of issuing bonds at this time for equip ping the Mattamuskeet road from Fairfield to Belhaven and extending it over the protest of the Norfolk and Southern Co., to Washington. Important Hearing Postponed. Special to the News. Durham, Aug. 19. The corpora tion commission sends the city notice that it cannot hear the exceptions of Durham to the findings of the court several weeks ago and that it will have a hearing September 13. August 24th was to have been the date and it is a most interesting matter that is up. The city is dis appointed all the way around but is putting on its fighting clothes and expects to win. STATE COMMISSION SESSIO Special to the News. Raleigh, Aug. 19. The State Hospi tal Commission was in session here yesterday inspecting a number of the new buildings out at the Central Hos pital for the insane. They include six buildings in connection with the colony chain of buildings and the big annex to the main building for female patients. The colonists are in groups of three buildings each. The aggre gate cost of the buildings inspected is $65,000. WThen they went out for the inspec tion it was found that there are still a good many things to be done be fore a turnkey job is possible.' So the acceptance of the buildings was called off until some time next week, probably Wednesday, when the formal acceptance will take place. Only last week they went to Morganton on a similar mission as to three important buildings there and found that they were still incomplete. The architect is to inform the commissioners when these odds and ends of work are up. Chairman C. A. Webb, of the com mission says impatience is being man ifested in all parts of the state through parties seeking to have pa tients taken in. The members of the commission realize that these com plaints are well founded but insist that -the commission has done all in its .power and that the work is being pushed just as rapidly as possible. Some of the complaining ones have, Mr. Webb says, taken their complaints to the governor and appealed to him to get behind the commission and hasten the day when the enlarged in stitutions will be in position to relieve the situation and give treatment to the hundreds of patients now unable to get into the hospitals. When- all the building now in pro gress at the Central hospital here is completed eight hundred will be add ed to the capacity and, including the attendants and others connected with the institution, the population of Dix Hill, as the hospital is known, will be about fifteen hundred. The commis sion at the meeting just held here, re ceived bids for furnishing electric lights and gas and for water. Also bids for installing .electric plant and for water plant. There is only the Carolina Power Co. to bid for supply ing electric current, that corporation having a complete monopoly of elec tric current in this section. In the water situation the commission has something of a check on the Wake Water Co. since the hospital actually owns the intake from which the Wake Water Co. gets its supply of water for Raleigh waterworks. It will be some weeks before these contracts are settled. Ground Broken For New $10,000 School in Durham Special to the News. Durham, Aug. 19. The ground for the East Durham graded school was broken ten days ago and the, founda tion is going rapidly up. The building is to cost about $10. 000 and will, be quite handsome. It will make four beautiful buildings for schools, whose aggregate cost has been about $25,000 the past year. Dur ham county is doing great school stunts. 1 ' 5MW $ Over Five Hundred Shots Fired by Strikers and by 1 heir Synip athiser s During Night at M'Kees Rocks, State Constabulary Keep ing Strikers on Move Troopers Remained in Mill During the firing Developments of Day. By Associated Press. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 19. Mounted and using their hickory riot clubs, members of the Pennsylvania State Constabulary are to-day keeping the strikers on the move in the . Pressed Steel Company strike zone at McKees Rocks. It is estimated that over 500 shots were fired last night and early to-day by strikers and sympathizers who had gathered on O'Donavan bridge near the works. During the firing troopers and other police remained inside the- mill, or ders having been issued to take no ac tion unless the strikers attempted en trance to the plants. Fined For Selling Cocaine Special to Tne News. Greensboro, Aug. 119. W. F. Han cock, secretary of the state pharm maceutical association arrived here last night from Lexington, where he had been as representative of the association in the prosecution oC Charles Thomas a druggist of Thom asville indicted in four cases in the superior court for violating the state law forbidding the sale ot cocaine to habiutes. Express agents, and purchasers of cocaine from Thomas . from several points in the state were present as witnesses. Thomas plead guilty in all four cases. Judge Long fined defendant eighty five dollars and costs, amounting to two hundred dollars, and required a thousand dollar bond conditioned that defendant make his appearance at future terms of court and show that he had not further violated the law. The state association worked up this case and it was not generally known until this prosecution that there was such a statute. Thomas plead ignorance of the law. Mr. Hancock says this was con sidered very lenient in face of the fact that men are being sent to" the roads all over the state every day for selling the less damaging articles of whiskey and beer. Rep resenting the state druggists associa tion, Secretary Hancock says he has been authorized to ferret out and. prosecute all such cocaine sales, and has under investigation several other suspected shippers and sellers of cocaine to habitual users, who when, sufficient evidence is obtained will be relentlessly prosecuted. Weather Bureau Reports Serious Disturbance. s By Associated - Press. r New York, Aug. 19, The local, wea ther bureau received the following spe cial from Washington: "Disturbance south and near Porto Rico moving westward. Considered unsafe for ves sels in the vicinity of Greater Antiles during next two days and probably, later of our southeast coast." DETS DISMISSED FOB HAZING By AssociatedvPress. West Point, N. Y., Aug. 19,. By direc tion of President Taft, s-even cadets have been dismissed from the United States Military Academy for being in volved in the hazing of Rolando Sut ton. Sutton is a brother of James N. Sut ton, jr., ot lhe Naval Academy, whose death "Was investigated at Annapolis recently. The cadets ordered dismissed are: John H. Booker, jr., West Point, Ga., first class; Richard W. Hocker, Kan sas City, Mo., third class; Earle W. Dunmore, Utica, N. Y., third class; Chauncey C. Devore, Wheeling. W. Va., third class; Gordon Lefebvre, Richmond, Va., third class; Albert E. Crane, Hawarden, Iowa, third class; Jacob S. Fortner, Dotham, Ala., third class. ' Mr. J. H. Sheppard, who has been night clerk at the Central, has gone to Richmond, Va., where he has ac cepted a position as clerk in the new Richmond Hotel. S:J' 5-1 ; ' r -r fir.. ' ' 1-1.4 .- 1 - . . i k'.) ' '.V . 1 .5: r. . a.-. m 1 i iter- it ; rr.- T , l t. ft Vr it" Ti v X' r. f.
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