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est Cdittion THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition L. 43. NO. 6929 CHAKLOTTt, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 191 P'DT/^'C' i la Charlotte. 2 cents a Copy Daily—5 Cent* Sunday. V/J-/■) Jutside Charlotte. 5 Cents a copy Daily ly and Sunday. mcution Concludes sstiTnouy In The Schenk r*'S5?. \ :i., .Ian. 19.— Prose- li. 1) H;ii)(llan said • in l)v tonit'ht >niu^ luT husband. October illness Indicated also ptomaine poisoning. - After Herbert Baer had been asked now often he had examined the water , , 'ised and the question had " til.' s HiC in the I been ruled out, tlie prosecution rested 1 I aruMvorih brhc>nU!and the defense notified the court a motion would be made to dismiss the case. Judge .Iordan then adjourned court until this afternoon. •Ii'dge Jordan refused to discuss the motion for dismissal on the case ar gued, and the defense decided to begin taking testimony this afternoon. Pros- j ectiioi Hanulan is to be the urst vvit- i ness. « \ej)Cted to oi>en Its ■ >rrow. ,1. .1, p. ^ I’ I ft>r .Mr.. SchciiK, • m.iTi', witner'Soa ■ \.‘r. Iio said he M uist ;ind physi- 1 ■ ' \\ w "hir.v t - y had ever sold • of any kind. ''iMon\ Is said to l)e I ' r (liscvouiting the W. My«‘is, whoi .1 that .Mr.s. Schenk 1 ,1 iiurcliased poison! :i ' r- t p. k the court | ' ' ('U the gnnind m;) f.iilt'd to make a 1 at- '>f Il:e jittornoys ■ will lie made before nnony. It is not ex- . th 'f this motion will i'-. t' at event the case, w 'l n- r ko to the jury im ne\t MonJay. ! ♦ to be one THE GEOLOCIGIL SURVEY CROWD Special to The News. Raleigh. Jan. 1I>.—The North Caro- ^ ami 'n .> ni^ht it tN-asiJ*”'' Board of Geological Survey in i’r.isi (Miior Handl.'in i ‘ fission just held here adopted I a program for work during the com ing year as mapped out by State Geol- ogipt .To.-p])h Hyde Pratt. It, includes a vigorous prosecution of the investi gation of the peat deposits in Eastern S-: -nk entered the j Carolina and the possibilities for its ! : '-ning she had re-1 profitable uiiiization; the investiga- iiidisp').«ition which I tions of the copper deposits west of , iiiljiMirnment yes-; the Blue Ridge; the study of the drain- '.' (1 as bright as age possibilities of the state, esjiecial- fi- shing sleep. After ly in ascertaining whyt swamp lauds 'tween Prosecutor ; can be profitably drained: the continu- t.;( Jxrdan, the pro.s-i ation of the good roads policy of the 1 he Imped to close | past two years of giving engineering nfr^rnoon, in which j assistance to counties in the construc- ask for anition an-i maintenance of roads; the it may ] roiniituntion of the forestry policy of 1.' the defense to! 11'. Schenk at the St Piul .‘'ubs'^quently ■ m1 ht r guilt to him. I onsidered l.'v the at-' ‘)nian this morning.! cP^ LOOK ‘3> PICTORIAL COMMENT ON CURRENT TOPICS. Currency Reform The Main Subject Considered By 7he National Board Of Trade Athletic Union to Broaden its Scope • ' v. ill . 'T'f so that '■•j.ior'-ow morning. ' invcntorx ing the tir-^iber and and esti- , thf' nur.se. testified j mating the location and amount of • le she was' in the, timber, this having been done in forty liursing Schenk he had I of the western counties; assist cities i - I Knd towns in the surveys and protec- .'■fl.enk talk to you con*ition of water shods. ijf-ntlemen friends?" | Th« re; orto show an ama/.in'i amount I ^was In thep arlor i og| g-ood for the furtherance of road ■’ ’ ‘improvement accomplished during the past .two years with the $.">.000 appro- priat'ion for engineering assistance. The t'Jegislature will be urged lo apyifo- priatfe $40,000 for this and other co- ope/fltive work with the counties and to pass a bill for the creation of a. full fledged state highway commission lo press ■"he co-op“ra*tlve work widi counties in all i arts of the state. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction and J. P. Cooke, chairman of the directors of the Jackson Train ing School, Concord, have agreed upon a jtrograni for a “Bill Nye" exercises to be held in the public schools of rhe state. Feb. 22. with a view to help ing along the movement on the part of the North Carolina Press Associa tion for a memorial building to Nye at the Jackson Sclmol. The exercisps will include a bvi^'f biography of Bill Nye and the presentation of some of his best work. Col. Fred A. Olds has gone for a t(> find out frij) of a couple of months or longer really bought through the southern states and into By As.scjciated Press. j will safeguard against individual, Washington, Jan. 19. Currencv re-! ^^‘^tional or political domination. ^'1 ' e ui “4—That its business be limited ® pnncipa su transactions with the government jects discui^sed at the closing ses- with the incorporated institutions sion today of the convention of the which become st.ockholders. national board of trade. A set of‘ “i'—That dividends on Us stock „ 1 f 1 1 T J '56 limited to a fixed moderate re- resonuions adoijted bv tiie business ^ « v, ' • turn and profits in excess of such mens monetary conference, which J dividends, after providing for a were presented by the delegates of reasonable surplus and emergency the chamber of commerce of New be turned over to the govern- n she showed me a and fold me she no- ^Ichly It had been ;i violets, she aaW, by ■man friend, of hers.” (’.hi you ever put \ used by John O. put lead In hia medi- •nk h. narrate Improp- r.'> ;f and other t!(l Miss Kvans, who !u‘m to the jtiry. ' - permitted to leave tl' • prosecutor an- 1 ■ >!iip!er>’d his case ion if the cross-cx- , . lu-;t and Dr. Baer. ■ t’-s the defen.se had "H lias issued for the ■ r., wl'.ich Attorney "■ni.'ti S( ti'-nk 'KlIL*. I. I ' St was called he ■n he Schenk family ‘ ivp years before John illn'sv!. In October . ■ had been 111 sever- : d rhe men and a >:i'r*'ring from :M;il a stomach trouble, 'l -’-uiih and codine to isonous drugs when • of T'hyslclans doses. is treatment Schenk » able to go to work. ' d no signs of lead ' ir.g ■-•d Si'henk for tonsoli- m no blue lines In his Mexico. He will stop for some time with his son in Texas before his return trip. An Important insurance bill, intro duced by Mr. Nunn, of Craven, in the house would jirescribe the procedure in the liquidntion of insurance com panies in the state when they have failed to come up to the reoulrements of the state insurance laws or com mitted acts tantamount to serious im- jiairment of capital. Charters are issued for the Ragan Co., Bryson City, capital $10,000 and t.o the Madison Lumber Co., Marshall. cai)ital $10,000 by Guy V. Roberts and others. Charter amendments change the name of the Hunter Bros. & Brew er Co., Raleigh, to The Hunter-Rand , . , Co. And increases capital of The >r expres.sed the opiti- Buckhorn IJthia Water Co., Granville O'b n coming on of the county to $200,000. Uinger Should Be Ousted Says Senator Fletcher York, the merchants association of New York and the Zs’ew York pro duce exchange have been suggested for further action by the board. The resolutions in general outline follov,' the Aldrich plan for m.onetary reform. State banks, however, are included within the membership of the proposed cenh’ol organization. The resohitioiis declare in favor of a “central bani.ing organisation on the following principles: “1—That such central organization he a corporation endowed v.’ith a large stock capital and not merely an association of banks. “2—That its stock capital be o'-vn- ed by incorporated banking institu tions tmder national or state charter, willing to assume equal duties as a basis for equal privUeges. o-']—That its administration be di vided between th government, the mmbers banks and the commer cial classes, in sudi manner which ment. “6—That its business be conduct ed through branches to be establish ed in the banking districts, into whicli the country shall be divided, the member • banks of the several districts constituting joint associa tions and sharing in the administra tion of the branches. / 7—-That 1, shall, free u*" charge, receive and disburse all moneys of the Ignited States government in places v.i'.ei'e it .=?hall provide offices. “S—T’aat it shall not allow inter est on deposits. Negroes Want Offices. “9—That it shall have the power [^ - As>oci.Htcd Press, of issuing circulating notes i)ayable| '"\YnsVn‘r!gton. Jan. 19.—The chane-e in gold, to Imy and sell bullion and | in liie political complextion of the deal in foreign bills of exchange, toMiousc nrxt session has aroused the rediscount approved American bank, anil)ii inn of many negroes who have accejjtances, and to buy and sell i!.o ■ sn])])oned the (lemocralic partv in bonds and treasury notes of the Unit-; the i;;ist to rei)]ace the eight huiidred By Associated Press. New York. Jan. 19.—It is announc ed at the lier.dquarters of the Ama- teiir Athletic Union that the organi zation probably will soon have a new branch v/hich will be known as the Texas A.ssociation. its territory to comprise the entire state of Tex as. Tliat s+ate nov; has eleven or- ganizntions devt.ted t^o the interests of track and field sj'.orts. The matter of granting member ship to the Texas association will be put to a mail vote of tlic* board of governors of the Am'ttotir .\ililet- ic Union as .‘•'oon as Ledf' ik'nedet- to, of New Orleans, st'cyp'ory nf the Southern Association, gives liis consent. The principal rc.ason givfn by the Texas for desiring an asso ciation of tlieir own, outside of tlie Southern Association, is that with their own association and a head quarters of their own in Texas, they can arrange 'or championships de voted to Texa.^ excUisii/ely and keep at their hpadqnarters reports, records and statistics which otherwise would be kept elsev.here. Repoli on Supply And Distribution Of Cotton for Year ed States. “10—-That the central organization is uhimately to become tlie sole note i:;suing power.” Would Cl eate a State Highway Department to PromoteRoad Woik [ijnii mm OUT OF negro rennblicsns who are noA* em ployed aboiit tlie ho;;se wing of the capitol. Giles F. V\liite. a negro school teacJier at Cabin .Ic'd:!, Md., will for sake pedagogy if bo can lie appointed niessenrrer to Cham]) Clark, the speaker-to-be. He says he has l)ccn a deniocrat for 18 years and declares that “the lionest iepu't'dican employes at the capitol should resign when the democrats come and not wait to be thrust out.” i Press. Jan. 19.—Admitting ton of criminal guilt 'tved In the cliarges ' Ballinger, Senator Ballinger-Pinchot In- iiniittee, addressed the ■■ support of the Pur- declaring that the 1 no longer be retain- an indictment of the 'lid; '■ring the whole re- lieve the derelictions Olavla were real, not * s'-nt F.ecretar^' of the ’ 'he man best fitted “ holds. ■ "tuiuct and associatlonB juatl.v aroused Buspi- hn.s been and la In- "" private interests '■'re for those of the whle to corruption, is shown. It can scarcely be said that he is guiltless of official wrong do ing of a nature warranting criti cism. “That he was not in sympathy w'iih the advocates of conservation as defined by the president and his predecessor, and by Indiscretion and more or less deception, he set about doing what has caused serious in jury. “That he ‘has been unfaithful both to the public whose property he has endangered, and to the president, who he has deceived.’ “Secretary Ballinger’s methods we cannot approve—they are the ordina ry methods of ‘the boss’ in politics. “His administration we cannot in dorse; it is the form of administra tion well recognized as of the ‘ma chine’ staijip. “His standards of official conduct and public duty we must condemn— they are the ideals of the ‘profes sional politician,’ which lead to traf fic iu public affairs.” Special to The Neus. Raleigh. Jan. 19.—In the senate Senator Boyden, of Rowan, offered *a bill to create a state highway de partment, composed of highway com mission and highway engineer, to co-operate with the counties and townships in the construction of g6od roads. The plan is that a fourth of the cost of road improvement be borne by the stale and three-fourts by the counties; also it would levy a state tax of one-fourth of one million dol lars of property for a state fund. Another bill by Mr. Boyden calls for an annual appropriation of $100,- 000 for main^^f^nance of the State University, with $75,000 annually for two year;^ to be used for repairs and permanent im_provements. The hpi’se passed today a bill to protect labor organizations so em ployes w'ould have the right to Join unions. Continued on Page 12. ♦ VOTING IN ALBANY. Favor New Orleans. By Associated Press. Columbia. S. C.. Jan. 19.—Both houses of the South Carolina legisla ture have unanimously adopted a con current resolution endorsing New Or leans as the site for the 1915 Panama Canal exposition. Bankhead the Choice. By Associated* Press. Montgomery, Ala., .Tan. 19.—John Hollis Bankhead was yesterday unan imously re-elected by the senate and house in joint session to succeed him- seiMls United States senator wdion his present term expires in 1913. Tree Kills Man. Special to The News. W’adesboro, .Ian. 19.—Information reached here yesterday of a sad ac- ♦ O ♦ By Associated Press. ^ ♦ Albany, N. Y.. Jan. 19.— O ♦ On the second joint ballot for ♦ United States senator today O ♦ the poll of the senate show’ed ♦ no change from the nrst bal- ♦ ♦ lot yesterday. ♦ Second joint ballot for Unit- ♦ ♦ ed States senator: ♦ Democrats: Sheehan 88; ♦ Shepard 13; Parker 7; Lit- ^ ♦ tieton 2: Gerard 2; Herrick ♦ 7; Kernan 2; O’Brien 1. Republican: Depew 81. ♦ Necessary for choice 100. ♦ After one ballot today the ^ ♦joint assembly adjourned until ♦noon tomorrow, when the third ♦ ♦ ballot will be taken. ♦ E lAL SITUATION IN TENNESSEE By Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., .Tan. 19.—Some republican for state treasure’i-, to be elected with regular votes in return for^ enough republican votes to elect McMillin to the senate is the latest deal pending, according to seem ingly well grounded reports. ' But the independents are some traders too, and there is an equally ^strong rumor that J. C. Houck wiil be given a membership on the rail road commission and J. P. Davis tak en care of in return for their votes to elect Enloe to the senate. Strong arguments have been brought to bear to get Delong Rice off the track tliat the regulars may be free to make the former deal. McMillin was yesterday within two votes of winning and a combine with ivvo or three republicans would in sure the deal being carried through. On the other hand Honk and Da vis can combine with the independ ents and put thrc^^gh Enloe while either could be assui’ed of the va cant position caused by the election of Enloe to the senate. Nashville, Tenn., .Inn. 19.—The ninth ballot for United States Senator iu joint convention was taken at noon today and resulted as follows: Enloe (independent democrat) 0.3; McMillin (regtilar democrat) (j2; .1. A. Woolridge (republican) :5; K. I). Mc- Kellart, (independent democrat) 2; necessary to a choice P.(^, No election The body adjourned until tomorrow. IIH GIEITtST By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 19.—“No contro versy ever existed before when the stake between opposing parlies was so huge as this one, measured by the aold standard of dollar.s and cents.” Clifford Thome, counsel for the meat producers association of the Middle West, today thus characterized the Iniquity before the interstate commerce commi&ion into the propos ed advance of freight rates. “Shippers and consumers want to see the railroad companies grow itros- perous,” he declared. “We are willing to be liberal in the truest sense, but the charges exacted by the roads must be reasonable.’’ Mr. Thorne said during the last ten years the average market price of commodities at wholesale had increas ed about 11 per cent whil'e the average rates of forty transportation compan-1 By Associated Press, ies increased 106 per cent, which he ' held to be a remarkable demonstration that the railroad business had been profitable. By Associated Press. Washington, .Tan. 19.—Representing the supply of cotton in the United States for the "ear ending August 31 last as being 12.1SS.021 bales, twenty per cent less than that of the pre vious year. In its annual review of the cotton supply the census bureau says that 52 per cent was exported. The quantity of cotton constnned during the year was 4,798.953 liales compared with 5.240,719 bales in 1909, a decrease of 441.764 bales or eight per cent. Tlie average wtekly con sumption of cotton in the United States in 1910 amounted to about 92.- 000 bales, compared with 1 os,000 in 1909: 87,000 in 1908. and 9G,0i')0 in 1.907. A significant feature of the report is the growth shown in the manufac turing industry in the cotton growing states since ISNO. There were in these states thirty years ago only .’itil.SOO ac tive spindles, which comaimcd 1S8.74S liales of cotton. In 1910 there werft 10.SO],494 active spindles, consuming 2,292,;533 bales of cotton. The quantity of domestic raw cotton exported during the year ending Au gust 31, 1910, amounted to 6,:{:?9,02S rimnlng bales, valued at $460,SG3.020 Of this cotton .38 per cent went to the United Kingdom, thirty per cent to Germany: 1.5 per cent to Prance, these three countries faking about five-sixths of the total quantity ex ported. According to the report the total value of exported cotton goods of do mestic manufacture for the year end ing June .‘{0, 1910. amounted to $3‘5,- 39S,G72, whereas the import of manu factures into the United StatoKS during ihe same year amounted to $G6,473, 14.3 in value. The industrial importance of Ameri can cotton is illustrated by the fact that not less than nine million per sons are employfnl In its ])rodiiction and handling and the industrie.s for whichMt furnishes the raw material.' Details of Fight. By Associated Press. ’bil)uahua, Mexico, .Tan. 18.—Vial El Paso, Texas, Jan. 19.—Confirma tion comes througli official sources I of a fij;ht Sunday at Artega. where! a band of insurgents had been in charge for a month. Led by Rnfino and Alberto Ix>ya, they had taken possession of a Bmall ^own. Federal troops wenjt oui. from Urique and drove them out ro the mountains. There is no report of any having been killed or wound ed. T ra ins Running Again. By Associated Press. Tnscon, Ariz., .Jan. 19.—Officials of the Southern Pacific lines in Mexico announce that all trains are now running, despite the engineers strike. Passenger trains tied up in Norgales Tuesday night left yester day afternoon. TEXAS TO VOTE ON STATE WIDE PROIIIBITION FIRES MAKE PEOPLE HOMELESS j to their request. B.y Ass-aoiated J^ress. Columbus, O., Jan. 19.—Considerable stir v.’as created among the socialist contigent of the United Mine Workers of America today by the locking out of E)nma G*oldman from* Memorial Hall, where tiio miners convention is meeting. Misg (roldnian has been mak ing efforts to speak before the couven- tion and this niorning when "she ap peared at the hall sliorilv before 11 o’clock about iOO delegates to the con vention met her. The convention itself did not open until this afrernoon, but some of the delegates, after adjourn ment late Ia.'it night, met and adopted a morion to hear Miss (k;ldman his m.orning and she aijpearod in response Farmer Must Die. By Associated Press. Macon, Ga., Jan. 19.—Edward Wal ker, the Bibb county farmer, was con victed today of murder and sentenced to hang on March 10. He burned his wife to death last August by ]joiir- ing gasoline on her clothing and set ting it on fire. Aviators in Waco, Texas. By Associated Press. Waso, Texas, Jan. 19.—The interna tional aviators arrived here from Ohla- homa City this morning for a four days meet. The party consists of Charles K. Hamilton, Reno, Roland G. Garros, Rene Barrier, Edmund Audein- ars aud John J. Friesbie. IN NEW YORY CITY TODAY, By Associated Press. New York, Jan.' 19.—Fire on the lower East Side today caused damage of $750,000 and drove 1,000 persons out of their homes to the s'treets. The greatest damage w’as caused by a blaze which burned out a six story factory building in Elizabeth street. Tenement dwellers for some distance around w:ere routed out. Chinatown witnessed an exciting blaze shortly before daybreak when a five story loft building was gutted and panic struck the neighborhood. The hundred and fifty lodgers in a hotel next door rushed to the streets half clad. Want Marriage License Law. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 19.—The state cident in the western part of the’senate has passed to third reading county, Mr. Lindsey Mullins was Senator Howard Carlisle’s bill provid- struck on the head by a falling limb ing for a marriage license law. The of a tree and died of the injuries. • bill prescribes a penatlty for the man It is supposed that the tree caught who contracts marriage without the that the spring Vvill be used to sup- hlm in falling. license. ply the pool .with water. The custodian said he had been or dered to lock the doors against Miss (joldman and the delegates and Miss Goldman adjourned to another hall where she spoke. The credentials committee was busy all morning and t^he members expect to be ready to report some time this afternoon. Their report is certain to cause a clash between the forces of President Lewis and the I'eehan fac tion. President Peehan of the Pittsburg district demands the seating of thirty delegates-from ihe Irwin district. Lewis opposes it. Up. Hot Water Spring Shows By Associated Press. Wayeross, Ga., Jan. 19.—A spring of boiling water has forced its way through the cement bottom of the swimming pool of the "new Y. M. C. A. building and the authorities of the crgo.ni.’iation are at a loss to know what to do v.ith it. It is lilcely DIAL OP fiyPSIES COMMENCES AT WADES BORO Special to The News. Wadesboro, N. C., Jan. 19.—The grand jury returned a true bill today charging Emil Mitchell, and 11 of his clan with conspiracy and robbery. Mitchell claims to be the appointed king of all Gypsy tribes in the United States. Wadesboro, N. C., Jan. 19.—In the superior court this morning the trial of the Gypsies was begun. W. B. Jones and Armistead Jones, of Ral3igh, are associate counsel with F. J. Coxe. and ex-Senator James A. Ivockhart, for King Emil Mitchelle, and his associates. R. Braun, of Memphis, Tenn., is al so here to assi.^t the Mitchelle clan. The intere.sts o fthe Ste])hen Joan clan are being looiccd after by L. D. Robinson and T. L. Caudle. Atjstin, Texas, Jan. 19.—Governor Branch Colquitt today sent his first message to the Texas legislature— the t^hirty-second session. Governor Colquitt, while elected on an anti-st.ate- wide prohibition platform will by ma jority vote of the people on the ques tion at the same election, submit to popular vote the question as to wheth er Texas shall remain a loral option or s^ate-wide prohibition state. In his message Governor Colquitt, among other things recommends that the legislature submit state-wide pro hibition to a vote of the people at the earliest consistent date and states that regulatory measures advocated by ijro- hil)itionists, in event' of passage by the legislative body, will be promptly returned to the house in which the.y originate, with the governor’s objec tion where they “may be further con sidered.” The govfrnor recommends that the lav/ governing so-called “.s;ci;il clubs" be made more stringent, giving to the fcecretar.v of state greater power iu their regulation; favors local option as the “most rational form of prohibi tion;’’ recommends control of state penitentiaries by a commission similar to the stat:^ railroad commission; fa vors reform in court procedure; the establishment of a state Institution for the care and treatment ot those eftiict- ed with tuberculosis and leprosy; would amend the anti-pass law to al low newspaiiers to exchange advertis ing si>ace for transportation; urges that Confederate veterans be fully and promjitly paid pensions and recom mends the purchase as a state home for Confederate women the Institution wiiich has been maintained by the Daughters of the Ccnfederacy. Regarding the submission of state wide prohibition the governor says: “I belieVe it is the duty of the mem bers of the legislature to carry out the instructions »of the people and submit the question to be voted on at the earliest date consisrent with fairness to those differing in opinion over the principle of jirohibition. “I can see no good phrpose in wast ing the people’s money and consuming valuable time in prolonging a debase over piohibition or kindix'd matters * * * and hope these matters may be either pronii)tly acted upon or al lowed to drop altogether.”
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