North Carolina Newspapers

atest Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. ♦♦♦♦ OL. 43. NO. 6928 CHARLOTTE, N. C.. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18. 1911 P"D Tr^T7 J In Charlotte. 2 cents a Copy Daily-5 Cent* Sunday. -CVi.V-/-C^ I Outside Charlotte, 5 Cent* a copy Daily and Sunday. juld Bring Insw- iceCompanies Under Itate Anti-Trust Law \*'WS. I A bill to include (•oinpanit s in the state ".'■j Introduced in the Mr. Knonce, of Onslow, .'i.i-sectioii ‘ G” making ('on.-?pire to'increase of premiums or Insurance Indemnity from firo, lightnin??. or T to red.ICO or keep ('.'niponsation to agents ’• ^r;:n«actini^ this bus- i:’ Lenoir. oiTered a bill >ii(';imeanor to "lobby” .'.i.-^Iafion unduly. h fon'.mission bill was Mr. ntnii;hion, of Alle- iT c.une tlie report of '.^lon on its two I'I'll t,tf fishini' condi- FTHIIT LORIMER'S SEAT BOUGHT . St'nator-elect A. P. ai'p^'ai'cd for the I ho oath of office • ■ riiiff .lustio Clark of fKiirt. • il on Page 12. [I 60QY :1k. i Tif'ss. ' .Ian . 1 S.—.-Vnother ‘ I'rcd early today from . rh;.!ii!)«M of coninieice '! was destroyed by fire 'a- that of Fred Sehn, • I'l :hp building. Two • V now I ('covered. Four i. ved U) be under the I fl was at first believed '• In but was later j)osi- '1 as tiiat of Christi an of tho chamber of Minir. / Ledge k/ t js Re-elected ’ i*rosfv Inn. 1';.—Senator l.ddar was re-(>lected Hot of the loKisiature ■ uic'cratic senators, Cur- "ay, of Boston, voted ■T. Ballot at Albany. (1 Press. N'. .Ian. 18.—The first • Tnited States sen- .■>h»'rhan 90; Shepard (lerard .3; I..ittleton Il^‘pew SO. flioice . u'ih r, who yesterday t nn, changed today to -79; noressary to choice ’■’iran. 1 I*',; ’’•Vhipple, A’pt s. ropubllcan, 7; ail, 1; .Fohn R. Thayer. 'fr-Hride. socialist, 1; A. 2. p ' il. II T PRESIDENT IQ MINERS F’rops. .Ian. is.—The United of America today • annual address of I . Lewis, who corn 'd rr«.-? soon after the c;>lled to order at was snown in his - .ii'din;.’: llie strike in i ill Pennsylvania and )!iiinotic)n v. as occa- r'nnouticement that it ii.'inoy to continue the 't' S' iii conditions. This >;ivon as a slap at Jill, of the Pittsburg Killed by Trains. I’lfSS. ■ .Ian IS.—Mr. and Mrs. '■r, bo^h aged 24 years, lioonard. were k’lled Hii: Four train while inir to crQ.tss tlie railroad T • i'' Aprosta. They had vlval meeting and were '1 imo when the accident By .Associated Presp. Washington, Jan. 18.—“There is ahsoluttiy no prooi’ in the case, di rect or indirect, from which a legit imate inference could be drav.ii that a single member of tlie j;eneial as sembly of Illinois was (oiruiuly in- Muenced to vote for .Mr. i.orimer.” This was the conclusion of Sena tor Jtilius Caesar P.urrovs. of .Mich igan, in a ?peecii in the senate to day, defending: the majority report of the committee (n privileges and elections, of which he is c’lairman, confirming the right of Senntor TVii- Ham Lorimer, of Illinois, to iiis seat in the senate. In introducing his speech Senator Burron’s reminded the senate that it was a court of 0? judges and (hat no member of that tribunal should •‘permit his judgnieiu. lo be warjied by public clamor, iiowever, boisterous were private appeals, however po- .i utial and coranianding. * ‘‘The labors of the committee,” co'.- tinued Senator Burrows, ‘‘were ;.j,Teat- iy lightened and the scope of ihe invesrigation materially curtailed by the admission of counsel for tl'.e pros- ecutlcn that it vas not expccfod to connect Senator l.irin)er with an' arts of Iribery. With tliis avowal there was no .tvowal there was n(> pvirience submitted to the committcr’ obtainable so far as knov- n in ulpat- ing Senator T.orimer in the bribe'-y or attempted hrii'erv, if such there was, of any member of the legirfla- ti'.re nor there p.ny evid'Mi-'’e that S'^nator Lorijner !;ad any knowl edge whate.’er that f.ivh brl]!er\ or attempted wns perpetrated by any one.” He:io*or Fi'irrows IIumi related )h° inqui’v ir.to ''fhr« inlpgrli.v of Uip • lociion." The Ir-.uiuioriV Mf Chnru's ,\. Wtnle. :i nienil»er of the Illinois ipri.-latvre. ’'ho wr;ne the fjr.-u a;!ir!e ii> the Chicauo Tribr.ne on Aj ril l.Mo, clinging I.,ee O’Xcil Prowne paid i?i;n $!.OdO to vo:e for l.orin er. came in I'or severe derunc'f'tion Vv Senat -r Pu; :'ows. ‘ Whatever irnp-'ession ihe testiivio- n\ of A\'hite ‘.jinv make on the sen ate. to thee on'inutee the conviction was ■rrer',istible that if he told the ;;;':th lo iheiu. he was devoid of al! • ense of iicinor or shnnip and was ready to mak^ merchandise of his p(/sition, vt-.la:e liis ofith of ■)ihoe, i)etray the people whc trusted and •dectfd him and l.arter iiis vo!e to anybody for anything which would bring to him perscmal gain. “l! is ovidni*^ rrom a car?fiil ex amination of the '’ase that the testi mony of tho otiier witness'cs who claim to have received money from Browne and Broderick, was j)urpose- ly 80 shaped as to corroborate White's testimony. Michoel I,ink said in his testimony before the committee and before the grand jury and under oil corcum- stances that the money he received from Browne was not compensation for his vote for Ixirimer. The whole power of the people of Illinois, act ing through tiieir legal representa tives, was brought to bear on Link to comnel him to admit that he had received money on account of his vote for Lorimer. “.\nother witness upon whose tes timony great reliance is i)]aced by those who are opposing Senator Lor imer, Is H. J. C. Beckemeyer. His testimony Is as improljable as Link’s. “Furthermore, it is important to note that he was compelled to in vent this story. He was taken to Chicago, taken before the grand jury and there persisted in his de nial that he had received any money. Hew as tlien placed In charge of an oflficer. plied with liquor, taken to a theatre, afterwards to a disreputable house and by these means was in duced, or compelled to change his story under an assurance of immuni ty in case he did so. Any testimony Or any statement that might be made by him under such circumstances would be of little value, even if un- contradicted. “The only other witness whose testltnony cottld be considered as supporting the charges made against Senator Lorimer was D. M. Holst- law’s. His testimony as to bribery is contradicted by Senator Broderick and is impossible of belief even if uncontradicted by any one.” A Swell Banouet Planned. By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 18.—A banquet that will excel even the famous Taft “possum” supper is being planned as tlie crowning feature of the Southern Commercial Congress, which will be held here In March. Covers will be laid for a thousand guests, It Is said. Holton Nominated as U. S. Attorney foi W. Carolina d Press. Jan. IS.—President ‘ to the senate nomlna- the following: ■ II PuK h .Morrow, United States Pttorney, eastern district of Kentucky. Alfred E. Holto% .United States at torney, w^estern district of North Caro lina. marshal, district of South Carolina. J. Duncan Adams, United States U5VELY C (V,, 3 cOf-- V WWEn I e.ov rt usTEf\\ C-5T COitEFCM j ^the h-iermometej\ 6R0KEM A NEW YEAK 5> resolution and taken Av DKOP TOO MUCH ^ / G-ET n-lE HOOK ! COLD SNAP SHOTSI Details Of Assault On U. S. Vice Consul Williamson at Dalny By A'-'.'^ociated Piets. Victoria. B. Jau. 18.—Details of the ass-a’.iU ou Uiilied Slates Vice Consul Williamson, at Dalny, Man churia, by Japanese on December 23, brictiy reported to Wasl’.tngron by calile, were received last night by the steamer Hallashire. Mr. William son. according to the advices, went to inspect tl’o fish market recently oponou by Jajian;-se at Dalny and was on a bigii stand watching an auction tale when a number of Jap- ane.se and Chinese fish mongers push ed into tho nmrk?t. Mr. Williamson was almost pushed off the stand. He was straightening himself up in the cru.->h whf n several Japane/.? including, the secietary and a clerk of the marker, it is said, began scolding him for being there and at the same time pu‘-'hing their way to ward him and seizing him by the arms and pulliug him from the stand. Mr. Williamson asked why it was wrong for him to watch the sale, leaving he would leave after they gave him a reason. Then the Japanese rushed at him. Pushed one of them over in self EOET E)1PL00ED--Tlfi0 i E N KILLED By Associated Press. Buffalo, X. Y-, Jan. 18.—The engine of a slovv' freight train on the New’ York Central Railroad blew up today near Wende Station, 20 miles east of Buffalo. Engineer George Dwyer, of Buffalo, and his fireman, Cook, were killed and a brakeman, Richard Foft, of Syracuse, was so seriously injured that he died after being brought to the emergency hospital here. Big Conference o1 Negro Farmers By Associated Press. Tuskee. Ala., .Jan. 18.—Nearly 2,000 negro farmers from Georgia, Ala bama and Mississippi and educators from many parts of the country were present this morning at the opening of the twentieth annual negro farm ers conference. Booker T. Washing ton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, opened the meeting with a speech in which he urged the negro farmer to strive for better methods-of cul tivating the land. He dwelt especial ly upo nthe evils of the mortgage system and declared that the negro was unable to get adequate instruc tion in scientific farming. ‘‘Colored farmers,” he said, “might as well understand from now on that the old methods are passing away and new ones are to take their places. I refer especially to the old habit of mortgaging the crop and an imals for the money to live on while thee rop is being raised.. The time has come w'hen the negro framer should be so thrifty, so Industrious, so full handed that he can live for a year or longer without having to go to somebody to supply him with food and implements w^hile the crop Is growing.” | ! Fight on in Kansas City. I By Associated Press. ! Kansas City, Jan. 18.—Krankie Con ley, of Kenosha, Wis., and Tommy Dixon, of Memphis, will box ten rounds at catch weights at the Hippodrome here tonight. defense and the crowd rushed at him, both Japanese and Chinese at tacking him. A .Japanese thrust at him with a bamboo pole wounding him on the chin. Another Japanese threw a block of ice, which cut his head, l.lood flowing .freely. Several threv,' fi'^h at him. With blood trickling down his clothing, the victim made his way to the. police station half a block dis-, tunt and somq Japanese policemen r.ccompanied him back to the mark et. where the two Japanese who first attacked him were found. The consul asked that they be taken to the police station. According to the ver sion received here the police did not ta'.io them. Mr. Williamson ma le a protest to the Japanese administration at Dal ny and sent telegrams and letters to V^^ashington reporting the assault. Several Japanese newspapers com ment upon the affair as well as on an attack made about the same time on a Miss Hayes, an American at Yokohama by a Japanese newspaper j reporter who, it is alleged, struck I her violently about the head several i times without cause. ■Mi iftRGHISTS CET OEmH SENTENCE By Associated Press. Tokio, Jan. 18.—D. Kotoku, his wife and 23 fellow anarchists were today sentenced to death for having con spired against the life of the eoiperor and other members of the imperial family. Two other men similarly ac cused wtr* released. All of the prisoners were first ar raigned before a special court, the duties of which are similar to these of a grand Jury In America. On Nov. 9 this court announced the prisoners had been found guilty and recommend ed that they be punished under clauses 73 of the criminal statutes, which pro vides capital punishment for plotters against the imperial family. The wife of Kotoku was the only woman in the band. BT OF THE SOUieil SMS By Associated Press. vVheeling, W’. Va., Jan. 18.—Follow'- ing its successful attempt yesterday to show that poison was obtained by the accused, vhe prosecution in the trial of Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk charged with administering poison to her husband, caused an air of expec tancy when the trial wa& resumed this morning by the intimation that still another physician would be put on the stand to testify that he had sup plied Mrs. Schenk with sugar of lead. Dr. J. W. 2tlyers, who yesterday ad mitted supplying poison at one time, also testified tl;at Mrs. Schenk decl{^r- ed she had obtained a drug from some one besides' him. Dr. J. E. Burns, who was being cross-examined when coart adjourned yesterday, was to he a witness again today. Dr. Burns in his testimony was liositive that Schenk’s illness wa.^j the result of lead and arsenic poisoning. Dr. Gregory Ackerman, who made a diagnosis of lead poisoning before p.ny other physicians were summoned, is to be another witnec: today. Dr. Ackerman is recalled for cro&s exami nation. His assistant. Dr. R. U. Drink- ard is expected to substantiate Dr. Ackerman's testimony and diagnosis through blood tests he made. It was ass-erted by counsel for the prosecution that the source of all the poison alleged to have been adminis tered by Mrs. Schenk will be disclosed before the day is over and the “my.s- tery” cleared up. With the presenta tion of this portion of the state's ca.se and a little further technical testi mony, Prosecuting Attorney J. B. Hadlan w'ill have completed his case and it is expected that the prosecu tion will rest late this afternoon. ADVANCE RATES BIRAILRDADS By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. IS.—Speaking on behalf of two hundred and fifty thou sand eniployea,, P. H. ilorrissey, of Chicago, president of the American Railroad Employes and Investors As sociation, today presented a formal statement to the interstate commerce commission in support of the proposed advance in freight rates by the rail roads. Scores of petitions from branches of organized railroad labor were submit ted to the commi5>3ion advocating the increase. Mr. Morrissey said: “These petitions and other expres- ■sions were secured without connivance or coercion. They include both union and non-union men. They represent the free expressions of the employes. “In no other industry in our coun try is labor so largely employed as on the railway and none in which so large a proportion of its gross earn ings goes directly to labor. I.abor got 11.00.1,958 from the railroads in 1009; about forty one-per cent of their gros.-4 earnings. In other words it roc?ivcd forty-one cents of every dollar e;n‘hed by the raihvays. It is estimated that labor will get at least $80.1)00,000 more when the increas-es for 1910 are added. “The employes know, too. that trans portation has not been a serious, ele ment in increasing the cost of living, because rates genc'rally have not been increased. They have learned the small ])erceTitage the freight rate bears to the selling price of the commodities they eat and wear they reason the freight rate is not an important factor in influencing the price paid by tho ultimate consumer.” By Associated Press. Cincinnati. O.. Jan. IS.—Members of a committee of a joint commission are holding a conference in this city today for the purpose of considering ways and means whereby the Methodist Episcopal, the Protestant Methodist and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, can consolidate. The members of the committee were appointed by the three churches to formulate the plans for union and j)resent them to the next confrence of the different churches. F’ivo million church mem bers are involved. The committee is composed of the following: BiMiop Cranston, of Wash ington, D. C.; Bishop Walden, and Dr. i R. T. Miller, of Cincinnati, represent- I ing the Methodist Episcopal church;; i Bishop E. E. Hoss, of .N'ashville, Tenn; I Dr. F. .M. Tlionias. of Louisville, and j Judge L. Walton, of Woodstock, I Va.. of the Methodist Church, South, and President T. II. Lewis, of West- I minster. Md., Dr. M. L. Jennings, of I I’itlsburg, and F. L. Harris, of Hen* ; ('ersoii, X. C., of the Protestant Metho dist church. SALLY LEAGDE L FACED DEATH WITH CALM INDIFFERENCE TURKISH GOVERNMENT WILL SUPPRESS OLD REVOLUTION, By Associated Press. Constantinople, Jan. 18,—The Tui^ kish government has resolved to sup press the rebellion that has flourished .for several years in Yemen, a region of Southwestern Arabia, and will dis patch thither thirty fully equipped battalions. The embarkation of troops began today. If it is much of a Bargain you will See it Advertised In The News By Associated Press. New Orleans, Jan. 8.—Calmly smok ing a cigarette and chatting with phy sicians while he knew that his end was rapidly approaching, Robert C. Pitts late yesterday at the charity hospital succumbed to injuries receiv ed by being ground beneath the wheels of a railroad train. Pitts was a discharged soldier and was beating his way to his home in VvMnston-Salem, N. C.. after having just recovered from an attack of fever •in Texas. Weakened by the fever Pitts fell from the car he was riding and his limbs w'ere mangled by the wheels. When told that he must die within a few minutes, the man asked for a cigarette, lighted it and smilingly con versed of his approaching end. He died with the cigarette in his lips. SlilNC DE TRE “y. 3" COST LOSS OP THREE LIS By Associated Press. Kiel, Germany, Jan. 18.—The sink ing of the “U 3,” the Gennaii navy's first submarine disaster, cost three lives. The dead are the captain of the submarine and lieutenants, P’ischer and Koelbe. the latter the helmsman. Their deaths were due to an unfore seen mishap at the moment the ofli- j cials of the navy were receiving con- I gratulations on the supposed success ful raising of the "U 3” and the res cue of the crew. When the submarine, three hours af ter she sank, had been brought to the surface by the salvage ship Vulkan yesterday and 27 of her men had made their way to safety through the torpe do tube, the captain and the two lieu tenants elected to stand by their ship until she was once more master of herself. The three men were in the conning trwer “L” which remained submerged when the vessel rose obliquely. Here the men might have stayed without danger for some time as the boat had a considerable supply of oxygen, but for an accident that shut off this sup ply from the lower. Word was sent out that the raising had been successful and that the crew ■ as *safe. The work was continued, Avhen suddenly a ventilator gave way, ])ermitting the water to rush into tiie submarine, isolating the tower and cut ting off the oxygen upon which the three officers were dependent. Wirh the inrush of water the bow of the ship rose quickl.v but the stern, where the tower “L” is located sank t’ceper. The men were suffocated. FIRE DESTROYS ARiVlORY OF MAINE COAST ARTILLERY. By Associated Press. Brunswick. Maine, Jan. 18.—Fire destroyed the armory of the tenth company, Maine Coast Artillery, today, causing a loss of about f.‘^,0,000. Soon after the fire was discovered the mag azine exploded and carried away the roof. Explosions of rifle shells in a different part of the building made the work of the firemen dangerous but not one was injured. I By Associated Press. j Jar ksonville, Ha., Jan. I S.- -Baseball j magnates rei)i(\sc'iitiiig the rejuvenated , Soutli Allantic Leagiu^ will meet hero jSatuiday to perfect arratigoii^oiiis for ;iiie seas(Ui of 1911. Hei)reseiited at. tlio i nieeling wiil l>e tlie new clul) of (’har- I lesjoii, S. and Albany, (ia., which lliave added to the league since 19!0. I Probably the first oRieiai action at the c(jnf(M'oiice will be the t'ornial voting of those two clubs into I lie league. It is learned that the present ten tative :;-aiary lin>it of wiil be adopted and tjha: a ])layM- linit of thir teen men also will be agreed upon. President Joyner states that the season will o])C'n on Apiil 3 and eloso on Labor Day, the first Monday in September. There will be 110 games. The umpiring staff of tive men ha?» been selected and the names will bo made public as soon as tliey are rat ified by tlio meeting on Saturday. Prompt Woik Savedi Lives of Children By Associated I’ress. Binghamton, N. Y., Jan. 18.—Prompt work by firenien and attendants of i tile Susquehanna Vall(>y Home is 1 thought to have saved the lives of all the 155 children inmates when fire broke out in the boiier room of the dormitory building at 6 o’clock this morning.* ! All the children have not yet been (accounted for and it is possible that j fcome may have been suffocated. j New Definition for Larceny. I By Associated Press. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 18.—When a j man entices another to hazard money 1 in games where the latter has no chance to win, larceny has been com mitted. Judge Edgington so instruct ed a grand jury sworn in yesterday. “If one induces another to gamble at a crooked roulette w'heel or in a poker game where marked cards are usjd, or In a crap game where crook ed dice are used,” Judge Edgington told the inquisitors, “or in shaking poker dice where cracked dice or elec trical batteries are used, or if a man. plays in a fair or crooked game with a man who is so Intoxicated that he has no chance to win, tho court will in struct you to retuni indictments charg ing larceny and not gambling.” HENRY LIPPITT ELECTED. By Associated Press. Providence, R. I., Jan. 18.— Henry F. Lippitt, republican w'as elected United States Senator today to succeed Nelson W. Al drich. Child Burned to Death. By Associated Press. Greeenville, S. C., Jan. 18,—The 3- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duke Childress, living in the suburbs, caught firr yesterday from a burn ing trash heap in the yard and died on the porch in an effort to reach the front door of its home. The father and mother w'ere absent and the child had been left in charge of its aged grand mother, W'ho was in the house. The grandparent, missing her charge, start- caught fire yesterday from a burn ed to death on the porch where it had fallen in an effort to reach as sistance. RICE HOLDING MOVEMENT HAS AT LAST BEEN BROKEN. By Associated Press. El Campo, Texas, Jan. 18.—The rice holding movement appears so far as this section is concerned to have been broken as S."),000 sacks have been sold since January 1 at prices ranging from 2.25 to 3.00. News from all over the South Texas belt shows a resump tion of selling. —Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Whisnant’s many friends wiil regret to hear that their little son, Albert, has pneumo nia. Town of Canton Tui ned Ovei. To Control of 7 he Anti - Saloo n Crowd By Associated Press. Knoxvillee, Tenn., Jan. 18.—A dis patch to the Sentinel from Canton, N. C., says Mayor Curtis, of Can ton, has turned the control of the town over to anti-saloon advocates, asking them to demonstrate how the North Carolina prohibition laws can be en forced. He has cited two ministers and a number of laymen to appear be fore him and be sworn in as special policemen. This action is a sequel to a strong prohibition leflture delivered by Federal Judge J. C. Pritchard, for merly a United States senator, and the influencee of a stirring revival conduct ed by Rev. George C. Cates, an even- gelist, who was recently ejected from a Southern Railway train because he had mileage but no ticket.