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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.
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CHARLOTTE. N. C.. FRI DAV EVENING, JANUARY 20, 191 1
PR TPF ' In Charlotte, 2
Outside Charlo
Copy DaiIy—5 Cents Sunday
irlotte. 5 Cents a copy Daily and Sunday,
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A
ecial Message
! State’s Interest
In R a il w a
oV
I tlio nffnirs of the
.Turnpike company oe investigated
•Ian. i:0.-ln both !
1 Kislaftiro todav a terests^?n^tho\’n^>fstate’s in-
letests in the North Carolina railroad
as rrad from Goov- is “not in the best possible condition”
niniiM'.ilinir some dis- says ho believes nothing can lie
• •r tils* state’s inter- improve the condition mider
. Itailroiul cm lavs slate’s instil utiors he
■ st'ife’s investment In altogether satisfactory
' I- ' 1 condition, and asks an investi'’^ation
ateiiuardini?. also i,v ih^ ♦ ni\ebn,,aiion
th. S'lt.'svilb. \ir V 11^- to needs for new
IvilUrl^.o'o Teffe inotion that the mes-
•ny be amended to once ^dontp^^^‘'^I 'ff
once was adopted in both branches
of the lop;islature.
Continued on Page 12.
and what amounts would cause each
class of arsenical poisoning.
Prosecutor Handlan in cross-examin
ation took up many phases of arsenic
and lead poisoning and for two hours
hud Dr. Osborne on the grill. He ad
mitted several jioints brouglit out bv
the physicians for the state.
Now Doctor, after discribing to
you. and what you knew of John
Schenk s condition after his return
from Europe on June 21 of his illness,
symptoms, etc.. would you conclude
from those symptoms that he was suff
ering from lead poi.=on?” he asked.
"1^3. I probably would.”
Dr. Roy Sloppy of Pittsburg, arrived
here today for the purpose of testify
ing in the case. He will be called in
connection with the testimony of the
detective nurse, Miss Zoeckler.
ENOUG-H
n
HAT) YOU NOTICED THAT THIS 15
THE SAME C-OOK WHO ASKED LA5T
SUlMMER
'is IT HOT EWOUe-H
FOR VOU *?’■
\ Jan. 20.—Prose-
! 1). Handlan, who
f r..: fur the state the
: i I'arnsworth Schenk
i-ioniiip her husband,
; a"(i by the defense
the stand oome time
"’.ii-1; the s^ato has
' ' > il’iiiu till-  ase has
.r?o.sit> and it Is
t.iis puiiit Mr. Hand-
! . 'I' d and he will tes-
I :. !ik l-n.> always de-
!ri;n llio day of her
r;-o .T? to iiow certain
i ■ :i i'.'M and an at-
>r. conspiracy
I : t i.-> said to be part
- sf:.ocyneandPl
"•I >-rs, Boyce and O’-
bi-on defending the
in, v.'ho vafi the f^rst
1 lejise. wlien it began
a !• ..I'sicrday and wlio
!'d at adjniirnment of
V ill b(' ( ailed again
' liii; tesiimony. He
roated and examined
. lio trace of arsenical
■ din t'us are among
y SfluMik's counsel
(1 sevTal of these
ai’d Niday.
! h()pe: to complete
!:i ' which event
I : .-clicnk will take
’> Pit'Tiioiiii. Her testi-
■ ■ (1. " ill bring out
'•ai'v («1 tiie Schenk
II'un ti e lime her
' n (). Sc lienk was
. . .ran. 20.—With
• : t sion Dr. .1.
. Mie e\)ierts for the
‘ In .111 the stand and
• r!> V Handlan resum-
iii'T ion.
n ■ itf the physicians
■ lawyers to the
: .Mr. Schenk. The
• Mr. Sclieni’s synip-
with iIh' history of
' ! ()i ars-'iilc ])oison-
■ hat liie symptoms
■ - r I'ii,. sicians were
• ■: in court seem-
;i 'I a.'d I'llly recov-
h\ illiK ss which her
V.. not a breakdown
’-i r :rial.
-(i; i" iii ists he will
V. >n;an procured the
Itrodtif.- s testimony
' ”1 ’held from now
ial t(> a close at the
■ le, it was annoiinc-
'0. Tlie first ses-
. ' i .
• ' I'ar;!, O’Hrien
’ ) iin tlie stand
■ ! i>r [ )■ Osl)orne re-
I in(iicinal i>racti-
ri' 'Hiding arr.or’C
‘ a:;'i clKonic c.ases
iCDIEIIED
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A UEAF l=n^OM DAVSYE MAVME.'^S
DIARY fok iqn
/ NO 51RHE:. >
/) AllHT IN FAVOFV
OP ISSUING
BOMDS POR NO
PURPOSES
don't you teelsokry for this
OLD FCG-Y 2 IT V^OULD TAKE THE
COHPAMY THAT DRILLED THE SUbWAY
TO C^ET AN '-DEA THROUGH HIS TRIPLE
Pu^CTRD CKAHtUM
Pl^QPLB AKH INtTO WO CLASSES
THOSE V/HO TAKE A COLD
bath EVERY MORNING-
and THO^t WHO B'KAG-
ABOUT._SOMETHlMGr ELBEl '
SUCH !S LIFE !
War Between Santo Domingo
And Hayti Now Inevitable
Is General Supposition
By Associated Press.
Cincinnati. O.. .Jan. 20.—The third
of the six bodies believed to be in the
ruins of the chamber of commerce
building which was destroyed by fire
eleven days it go, was recovered by the
searchers today. It was that of
('harles S. Sibbald, secretary of a
grain and provision company which
had officies in the building.
On the night of the fire Sibbald was
telei)honing to one of the members of
his firm when the roof collapsed. He
had just informed his superior that the
building was on flre. when the roof
came down and carried him to death.
The tele])hone was still in his hand
when the body was recovered today.
The bodies thought to be still in
the ruins are those of Fred Seim, night
engineer; George Hayman, reporter
for the Cincinnati p^nquirer and I^es-
tor Buchanan, a necro i>orter employed
i)y the firm of which Sibbald was sec
retary.
IMrd Ballot
At Albany
By Associated Prps".
Albany, X. Y., Jan. 20.—Third joint
i)a.lot for United States senator for
Xew York today resulted as follows:
Sheehan GO; She)>ard li; Kernan 4;
Parker 3; Herrick 3; Littleton 2;
Gerard 2; Glynn 2; Rosendale 1;
O’Brien 1; Depew 52. Total 141. Nec
essary to choice 71.
Two new candidates were voted for
today:
^Martin H. Glynn and Simon W. Ros
endale, both of Albany.
Tiecess was taken imtil Saturday nt
noon.
The general belief at Capitol Hill
today was that there would be no
“break” towards any one candidate
until next week.
.fudge Parker, in a letter to an
assemblyman, paid that those who
voted for Itim could do him a favor
if they voted for Mr. Sneehan.
The losses on todnv’s ballot, not
counting the pairs were:
Shepard Parker 4.
Gains: Kernan 3, Herrick 1.
By Associated Presi.
Port au Prince. Haytl, Jan. 20.—War
with Santo Domingo appears inevita
ble. Dominican troops have occupied
Grand Gosier on Haytian southern
frontier and are marching on Saltrou,
Hayti.
The government has decided to op
pose this invention of its territory a,nd
is hurrying i>re])arations for sending
large forces of infantry and artillery
to the menaced i)oints.
The German minister is making an
effort toward conciliation but with lit
tle prospects of success.
Continued diplomatic exchanges
which it had hoped would result in a
peaceful settlement of the boundary
dispute between the two countries have
failed.
The Haytian commision of arbitra
tion which met representatives of the
San Domingo government at the fron
tier has returned without having ac
complished its mission. Many citizens
have been called to the colors to aug
ment the present army.
Alleged Fraudulent Conspiracy
Involves Half Million
Dollars Of Big Estate
By Associated Press.
Redv.’ood City, Col., Jan. 20.—A frau
dulent conspiracy involving $-500,000 of
the estate of the late David F. Walker,
financier and president of the defunct
California Safe Deposit and Trust
Company, of San P'rancisco, is charged
in a suit’filed here. The principal de
fendant is :Mrs. Althea Walker, the
widow. She i» accused of plotting to
deprive Walker’s children by the first
marriage, of securities worth half a
million dollars.
Among those accused with. Mrs
GOES AFI[I
Special to The News.
Raleigh, X. C\, Jan. 20.—Raleigh
oflficers went to Martinpville, Va.. to
day with requisition from the governor
of North Carolina, on the governor
of Virginia, for Emma Green, passing
among the negroes as ‘"Rev. Mack”
who is wanted here for Iddnapping
the child of Adam Avcra last Novem
ber.
The woman went to tlie Avera home
and induced a 12 ye.^.r old girl to go
to the grocery for her. leaving the
child alone and when the girl returned
the child wa.s gone.
Albemarle Com.
To See the Dukes
0 Orleans
kcted foi
IS Now
Panama
anal Exposition
!•
!’0.—Xew Orleans
of the fit-dit for the
' itn i exitosition to-
■ i ' 1t!')u committee
n otp of nine to six,
' ■ it as the site for
. '(• the opening of
in I!*!.').
''n:d(ieration of the
’ eitics. .\ew Orleans
■I, the committet vot-
oial.'ly the Estoi)inal
w ()rlc:'ns and au-
' f'linn of a board of
' mnkin?: of a gov-
nd the like. No ap-
tiie jiocuniiiry aid of
' fair is authorized.
It is understood, however, that the
committee will favor an extensive gov-
*rnment exhibit to cost approximately
$1,000,000.
The bill was referred to a sub-com
mittee for perfection. This conimiittee
will report Tuesday and the bill then
will bo favorably rejjorted to the
house, where the Xew Orleans-San
Francisco fight Avill be renewed.
The members of the committee on
industrial arts and expositions, who
voted today in favar of New Orleans
were:
Robenberg (Illinois); Langley (Ken
tucky): Murphy (Mis.souri); Woods
(Iowa); Rhinock (Kentucky): Heflin
(.\la!)ama); Collier (Mississippi);
Cullop (Indiana):
land).
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DIRECT [LECTION
OF SENHTORS
By Associated Press.
W^ashington, Jan. 20.—As he has
done many times within the 25
years that he has been in public life,
Senator Isidor Rayner, of Maryland,
today in the senate advocated the
adoption of the resolution looking
to the election of XJnited Slates sen
ators bv direct vote of the people.
Saving that the subject had re
ceived so much attention as to ren
der full discussion necessary, Mr.
Rayner said that he would vote for
the* resolution in obedience to the
demand of the people, even though
not favorable to the proposition him
self. Still, he declared himself to be
‘‘earnestly and sincerely for the
’mendmenf’ and would advocate it
with all his strength before the
people of his state.
“While,” he said, in another con
nection, “I am opposed to amending
the constitution except when the
public sentiment of the country de
mands it and while I am not led
away in the slightest degree by pop
ular passion or clamor, this great
reform, in my opinion, must no long
er be thwarted or impeded. Reading
everv utterance of the convention
that framed the constitution so far
as the same has been recorded, I
never can acquiesce in the doctrine
that a senator represents his state
in a political capacity in any greater
degree than he does the people of
the state that he represents.”
Suit of Virginia
Fs. West Virginia
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 20.—The contro
versy between Virginia and West
Virginia over the settlement of the
debt of the old commonwealth of
Virginia, todav came before the su
preme court of the States for
vgusaeat.
.I'ctny millions of dollars are in-
I volved.
Walker are Margaret Walker Smoot
and Clarence N. Walker.
Special Administrator Carl Elfving.
of San Mateo, is the plaintiff. He al
leges that in trying to settle the af
fairs of the state he has made a fi-?arch
for the $500,000 in sec\irities but has
failed.
The Walker estate Is valued at
about $1,000,000. By the will everything
was left to the widow, but the children
have filed contests.
Mr. Walker is at present a resident
of Salt l.ake.
English Cabinet
Holds Meeting
By Associated Press.
London, Jan. 20.—The cabinet held
its first meeting today for the pur
pose of drafting the king's speech
from the throne and ap rogram of
legislation for what promises to be
a historic session of parliament.
The militant suffragettes thickly
dotted Downing street, determhied
to remind the ministers that their
demands were as urgent as ever. One
banner guggested that Home Secre
tary Winston Churchill be impris
oned.
The active yotiug bearer of this
conviction managed to elude the
police, rushed the home secretary
when he appeared on the street and,
using the banner as a lance, at
tempted to knock off Mr. Churchiirs
hat. The police quickly cleared away
the demonstration.
“400-200-100.”
♦ “Make change in the ‘400-
♦ 200-100’ advertisement and ex- ♦
♦ tend the time to Saturday af-
♦ ternoon at 3 o’clock.” ^
♦ There v/ere the instructions
♦ attached to a copy of the ad-
^ vertlsement this morning and ^
♦ given the foreman of The
♦ News. ♦
♦ “What is the meaning of
♦ that thing anyway?”' was the ♦
♦ question shot at the different
♦ fellows in the shop, but they >
♦ were as far from the answer
♦ as the hundred or more re-
♦ plies that have been sent ^
♦ "Four-two-cne,” care The NeWs.
^ It has a meaning and the O
^ $5 will go to some successful
^ one if he or she is able to ^
♦ work the “problem” before ^
♦ 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon, ♦
^ otherwise the amount will be ^
► awarded to the Associated ♦
♦ Charities. “Gee, but that is ^
♦ easy after you catch the
^ 'drift,” will be the expression ^
^ for the many interested
^ people after the correct words ^
^ are supplied and the announce- ^
♦ ment made in Sunday morn- ^
^ ing’s News.
^ At any rate it is creating ^
^ a great deal of interest. ^
In Reference to an Inter-urban
Line Between Charlotte ana
Albemarle — Messrs, Hearn,
Patterson, And Efird Meet
Charlotte Citizens,
A committee from Ibe Piedmont
Commercial Club of Albemarle, con
sisting of Mes=!rs. A. Tv. Patterson,
president of the club: S. H. Hearne
and J. S. Efird( are in the city to
day to confer with the Greater Char
lotte Club and the Alessrs. Duke and
T.ee, the heads of the interurban
line, v.ith the view of getting an
interurban line from Charlotte to Al
bemarle. Mr. Hearne, almost as we'l
known is Charlotte as he is in Stan
ley. He is connected in an official
capacity with all the business enter
prises of Albemarle.
Mr. Efird is secretary and treasur
er of the Efird Manufacturing Com
pany, of Albemarle, and Mr. Patter
son, secretary and treasurer of the
Lillian Knitting Mills of Albemarle.
These gentlemen were seen at the
Selwyn by a News reporter. Mr.
Hearne, as spokesman, said: “We
are here to see the Dukes in regard
to getting them interested in an in
terurban line betAveen Charlotte and
Albemarle. The distance is 42 miles.
We have just built a railroad from
Albemarle to Winston, a distance of
90 miles.
“^,''’^th the interurban line we want
to cross the Charlotte-Durham road
at Troy.
“We met Mr. J. B. Duke and Mr.
Lee, but cannot have a conference
with them until 6 o’clock, as every
moment of their time is taken up.
The Charlotte people we have talked
with are Interested in our propect
and see in it much benefit to Char-
lott, as v.e see benefit to Alljemarie.
After talking officially with the
Messrs. Duke we will take the mat:-
ter up with the business men of
Charlotte.
“Charlotte Is to be the center of
the great interurban svstem being
planned by the Duke interests, and
we of Albemarle Avaut to keep in
touch with the line of progress.”
Mr. Efird had a conversation with
Mr. W. T. Corwirh, of the Greater
Charlotte Club, in regard to the pro
posed interurban line.
Mr. Corwith, who is ever alert in
the matter of progress, is optimistic
in the matter of the proposed line.
The outcome of the meeting of
the Albemarle gentlemen with
Messrs. Duke and Lee. this evening,
will be watched with interest.
THE TENTH BALLOT
IN TENNESSEE.
By Associated Press. i
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 20.—The leg
islature in joint convention took the
tenth ballot for United States senator
at noon today with the following re
sult:
]McMillin (regural democrat) 56;
Enloe (independent democrat) H:J;
Woolbridge (republican) o;,McKel!ar
(indeijendent democrat) 8. Necessary
to choice 66; no election.
Champ Clark The
Choice of Demoaats
For I he Speaker
Washington. D. C.. Jan. 20.—Rep'e-
sentative Champ Clark, of Missouri,
the democratic leader of the liouse and
receptive candidate for the democratic
nomination for the presidency, was
last night nominated b.v acclamation
for speaker of tlie bouse of the sixty-
second congress. This, with the selec
tion of a committee on ways and
means to make an early preparation
of tariff legislr on for submission to
congress immcv.^ .tely upon the begin
ning of the next session in December,
when the house becomes democratic,
v.’as one of the features of a caucus
of the democrats—the old and new
niembers—of the next congress, held
in the hall of the house at the capitol
last night.
About 210 democrats were present.
Mr. Hay. of Virginia, presided and Mr.
Ashbrook, of Ohio, was secretary.
Francis Burton Harrison, of New York
called the attention of the caucus to
’he fact that the name of Theron Akin,
representative-elect from New York,
had been called twice in the opening
roll-call. ?.Ir. Harrison announced that
he had been informed that Akin had
declared that he would not enter the
caucus and that Akin had said be
would vote with the republicans.
Mr. Harrison, therefore, asked that
Akin’s name bo stricken from the
roll of the democrats.
Mr. Clayton, who is the regular
chairman of the democratic caucus
gave up the chair to Mr. Hay, of Vir
ginia, and made a speech. He said:
“It has been suggested that the first
important duty which will confront us
in the next house of representative.^
will be the consideration and passage
of tariff legit-lation—democratic U'gis-
lation—not measures prepared by the
beneficiaries of protectionism or form
ulated according to tlie dictation of
selfish and special lnt>'rests. but such
legislation as will show a proper re
gard for the taxiiayers and consumers
who bear the burdens of the govern
ment.
“Let us adjure you t ^ learn a lesson
of profit from the mistakes made by
our opponents. They i)asse^. au inde
fensible tariff measure and have refusr-
ed to revise it downw ad as they had
promised. We have promised to reform
the tariff by lowering it to a revenue
basis. We must and will endeavor to
keep that promise. Let us declare as
democrats and forever maintain that
the government has no right to exact
even so much as one dollar from the
citizen under the guis-c of a tariff law
except for the support of the govern
ment.”
Mr. Lloyd, of Missouri, chairman of
the democratic congressional com
mittee, then jilaced (''hamp Clark in
nomination for speaker. Messrs. Ans-
burry, of Ohio; Pou, of North Caroli;
nan Adamson, of Georgia; Kainey, of
Illinois; Sulzer, of New York; Heflin,
of Alabama, and others seconded the
nomination and it carried by acclama
tion.
Mr. Clark, with a broad smile, step
ped to the front of the chamber and
formally accepted the honor.
“From the bottom of my lieart I
FORTY iNFRS
PFRISHFD AS
RFSyLTOFFIIl[
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Jan. 20.—A news dispatch
from Sesnowie, Russia Poland, says
that forty miners lost their lives in
a fire in the Casimier coal colliery
near that place. Three hundred and
sixty others escaped.
Mad Coyotes
Invade Town
By Associated Press.
Eaker City. Ore., Jan. 20.—Every-
dog in the village of Diirke, near here,
were killed by the town’s police last
night. Earlier in the day a band of
mad coyotes had charged into the
place, biting many i)eople and dogs.
The settlers, armed and waged war
against the intruders for many hours.
Then they turned their guns against
the dogs, fearing th.at the rabies which
is rampant among the co}-otes in the
district would spread.
MCDME IK
Conllnued on Page Eight.
mil-
UTES SmillEE
MW WOE
Special to The News.
Wadesboro, N. C., Jan. 20.—The
court house was packed to the door’s
today when-the examln.ation. of w;t-
nessee began In the trial of BImil
Mitchell, the so-called Gypsy king for
robbery of Stephen Joan in the Gypsy
camp on Dec. 26.
Stephen Joan, in his broken English
with gestures impressive, told a graph-
is and Interesting story of the Gypsy
trouble.
Stephen .loan is an old man who
speaks brokenly and witli the peculiar
accent and gesture of the foreigner.
His story of his cx>ming from Memphis
Tenn., to Lilesville In this ctmnty and
bow be W.TS kept In the camp by forco
until (ho king, Emil Milchell, could ar
rive was a stoiT peculiarly interesting.
The old man fold of the crowd of arm
ed Gypsies who took him from his tent
in the night, lied him to a tree and
how one of the women with a tent
pole threatened him by punching at
his face.
He remained tied to the tree tmtil •
after day light when he was released
by one of the women of his clan.
He also told of the attack on ono
of his women, was knocked down by
the chief and later several others were
attacked.
Special to The News.
Raleigh. Jan. 20.—The senate en
gaged in a lengthy argument on the
ratification of the proposed amend
ment to the federal constitution pro
viding for an Income tax.
Gardner, of Cleveland, Introduced
ab ill to Increase the salary of gov
ernor from $4,000 to $6,000.
A bill passed to prohibit exhibition
of prize fight pictures in the mov
ing picture theatre in R(x;kingham
county; also a bill to prohibit the
shipment of live quail out of the
state.
♦ ♦
♦ FIVE MEN KILLED. ♦
♦ ^
♦ By Associated Press. ♦
♦ Richmond, Va., Jan. 20.—■ ♦
♦ Five men were killed, four far ♦
♦ tally hurt and seven Injured ♦
♦ as a result of an explosion of ♦
♦ dynamite or gas In the Gay- ♦
♦ ton coal mines, about 15 miles ♦
♦ west of Richmond, today. ♦
♦ All the dead were Poles and ♦
♦ came to Virginia from Penn- ♦
♦ sylvanla. Seven of the Injured ♦
♦ are still in the mine, 1,200 to ♦
♦ 2,000 feet from the entrance. ♦
♦ The exact cause of the ex- ♦
^ plosion has not yet been es- ♦
^ certained. ♦
Census Figures.
Bv Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 20.—The censtui
figures announced today give Browns
ville, Tenn., a population of 2,882|
and Mesquite, Texas, 687.
Carnegie Makes
Anothei Ten Million
Dollar Donation
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 20.—Andrew Car
negie today announced a gift of
$10,000,000 to the endowment fund
of the Carnegie Institute of Research
of Washington. This brings his en
dowment to the institution up to a
total of $25,000,000.
in confirming a report of the endow
ment, Mr. Carnegie said:
“The report is correct. They had a
large endowment before, and this ten
millions makes the total of their en
dowment $25,000,000, but the institu
tion has already scored successes to
justify even that sum. I believe that
the institution in reasearch will repay
i ten-fold in service to the world,
I “Doubtles» you noticed in the tele-
I graphic news of yesterday that toe
yacht Carnegie had just reached 13ue-
1 nos Ayres. That yacht is The first ono
ever built with brc :ze substituted for
ijron: the latter deflects the niagnetfc
needle 8.nd bronze does not. The result
is that all former observations are in
accurate.
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