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nted, For Rent, For Sale Lost, Found, Stolen—Use The News* “Want Ads”—One Cent a Word THE CHARLOTTE NEW Latest Edition' 43. NO. 6937 Missing Heiress 5S Dorothy Arnold hought to Be Safe CHARLOT;^ . N. C.. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 191 1 pij TOp' 1 In Charlotte. 2 cents a Copy Daily—6 C«n tn Sunda ■! Oatdde Charlotte, 5 Cant* a copy Daily and Sunday. •ylopments Include Demanding r Her Return— ’ler Flynn Thinks ' c Returned Saje, : SO Many Differ- ' Lead to The Sup- rhat They Were by Blackmailers— rope Now. r>ovcUi]inients I) tor Miss Dorothy l'»‘iross. inchidea iliiiMi'iial letters de- !'>r TitT return, a rc- by noputy Police !’:>ar he believed I 'larmod and will 1 . tile annuun('c- ' I M s brother, who ■ ul >11 a secret ml;^ c! I •'aratire, was on u- York. th*‘ lawyers di- ' "Ut tlie theory held ff>r ransom. : r Arnold's U ual ad- • biiief today that ’fei: by blakmail- ,ii.> n seriously, he V 1 f'l fHce the un it M’.'S Arnold was i V I '.ir persons or (1 ’i:ii lined al'^i to ! t. . nry of the polif’e ' il(i return home . . iresli clues in '; I rf anything upon !; :i ! h«ory. so far as ! Arnold, the missing Kuropt', which was* ' Mi -s Arnold disap- ' . to do with »he i li dtvlared. Tlie ■■ oiid in the interesr ;'ii'incss, the lawyes FI DiOV[ OUT HUNDREDS OF HOTEL EDESTS Ry Associated Press. Chicago, 111., .Ian. 28.—Fire drove hundreds of guests from their room In the Majestic an 1 Ureat Northern hotels, which adjoin at Dearborn and Quincy streets, early this morning. The fire, which started in the kitch en of the grill room on the 17th floir of the Majestic, w'as extinguished with a loss of about $40,000, mostly from water. Moth hotels are 17 stories high and it was feared (hat firemen would have difficulty in reaching the fire, but the water pressure proved adequate and the flames, were soon out. The lobby of the Majestic became congested with guests, who had been awakened and lied from their roms. Klevator men and firemen tried to al lay iheir fears by telling thetr that the tire had been extinguished. One man occupying a roo mdirectly beneath the grill, refused to leave his room when awakened by the hotel at taches. He threatened any one disturb ing him ftirther, and finally was allow ed to remain unmolested. f ! ; Ti Rear Admiral Macomb Dead : STRIKE PRINTERS —The ueneral iinting trade is al- , nd I lie number of wlM 1)0 increased ; v.h'n strike no- • n have been of- I ' of .'.i; hours hut • iixiinum of fifty 5 thtis far affected V Limited, con* uoveinment and •Mi.l Waterlow fc \v ■ kly periodicals '■ , u uai tt)duy but ■'d ip su])])ort of ai^n failed to pub- • are not affect- • !is hiivp agreed j .‘>0 weeklv in aid Wood Arrested. ‘ L’' .Mrs. Capi- ■ ro'Au in .Atlanta. I 1.1; on a writ of \V. I’. I’uckett, a she threaten- . : of hi." who testi- .1 divorce suit about ■ . .he divorce pro- ■ 1> shot at a seams- ■ said, was receiv- : h r husband. For I V- d a term on the "inister Resigns. Inn. 2s,— Mall ad- (anuary 200th, re- ' tl." r('signation ' i^.MLiia. Nicaraguan ''•■rt’ral .\inerican ‘ ‘ •»-:'» 'i'wo reasons I i;:iin!ion, one be- l>;wk salary, i . overdue and 'dent ivstrada has succe.ssor. By Associated Press. New York. .Tan. 2S.—Roar Admira David 13. Macumb is dead at his homt, here in his S4th year, of intirniiities incident to age. He was born in Flor ida. Ills mother. .Mary Worthington was the daughter of the first governor of Ohio. In his youth his family moved to Texas, whore he enlisted in the war with Mexico. His father was the first adjutant general of the republic of Texas and was later assassinated by a Mtxican fanatic. After the Mex ican war young .Macomb went to school for a tinio in (''liiilicotlje, O. joined the navy in is}f» and in is.jl was chief engineer of the ship which carried tlie Kheingold exi)ioring [tarty to Alaska Mini Siberia. NAVAL APPROPi^lATION Bi L WAS REPORTED TODAY. By Associated Press. Washington, I). C., .Tan. 28.—Carry ing a total of $12.S,421,5.‘i8, the naval appropriation bill was reported to the house todav by Chairman Ross, of the naval affairs committee. The bill carries less than the current ai)propriation and S2.044, «»21 less than the estimates submitted by the navy department. Two Attempts At Suicide. By Associated Press. Atlanta, (la.. .Ian. 2S.—Declaring that her husband did not love her Mrs. Frank Moore, who came here 5 short time ago from Canada. la>^t ni.ght made two attem))ts to kill herself, first by asphyxiation, then by taking ])oison Hoth attempts were frustrated by her husband, who was obliged to call in the i)olice to prevent his wife from carrying out her suicidal designs Moore explained to the officers that his wife was unreasonably jeaous. / 1 ^ e T / r-. CAP Important Measmes Considered By The Legislature To-day Mrs laytoj “FOLLOW THOU THY STAR !”—Dante. Western Man Talks of Carolinas' Possibilities Comparing the electric interurban road that is to conect many cities and towns in the Carolinas, with the Illinois Traction Company which has done so much for the 'West, Mr. E. M. Walker, general manager of an electric railway and gas company in Iowa, who is in the city now says that his belief is the eyes of the world will be turned in this direc tion and the interurbaii will mean even more to the cities along the route than it will to the farmers. “There will be more travel because quicker schedules can be maintained, ’ said Mr. Walker, "and the tw'o Ca,r- olinas will equal any two stales in thr^ West within less than a decade.” Wheat was brought into Chicago Springfield, Champaigne and St. Louis, no contribution of stock was made by citizens or cities. Perhaps the financiers of the road are glad of the fact that they now own all of the stock. Such is not the case with the Carolina line, says Mr. Walker. Mr. Walker came to Charlotte this week in answer to a telegratii in forming him of the illness of his lit tle datighter who has been here with her mother. They are ?5uests at the Central hotel. Mrs. Walker’s rela tives live in North Carolina and she has been spending a few' weeks in this state. Hardly had Mr. Walker arrived in Charlotte before he was importuned last over cars of the electric to sing in St. Peter's church Sunday, road of Illinois, the first time such He obligingly complied with the le- freight had been shipiied except oyer steam roads. I'he Illin(jis Traction Compan’' was made possible through th-3 efforts ot Congressman W. B. McKinley, chairman of the republi can congressional coTni^iittee, and one of the dominating influences in national politics. From the first it has been a success, notwithstanding the fact that i’l had persistent oppo sition from its inception. Not so, thinks Mr. Walker, w'hose opinion in such matters is worthj of the deepest consideration, in the projected line f>f electric rail.w'a> be tween Greensboro, N. C., and Green wood. S. C... for already have ship pers all along the route signed con tracts signifying their intention of giving to the new road half of thfr freight business. This item is one that furnishes additional stimulus to the promotors of the road. And jti the state of Illinois, where the elec tric road opened a highwa.v of quick travel and transportation between Chicago, Bloomington, Decatur, Anti-Saloon Workers Busy By Associated Press. Chicago, 111., Jan. 28.—Anti-saloon workers of Chicago have a difficult task before them. With only six days remaining the host of men and women who have been circulating the “dry” petitions must add about 63,000 signa tures to their lists or fail in their ef forts to have the proposition “shall this city become anti-saloon territo ry?” placed on the ballot at the spring elections. The first reports of the campaign results were made at a meeting of the w'orkers last night and when it be came apparent that the number of sig natures already obtained and tyrned in hardly would exceed 10.000 of the nec essary 73,000, instructions were given to abandon the careful house to house canvassing in favor of the more pro ductive fields. It is announced that in the remaining days the campaign will be carried into the down-town dis- quest and music lovers will enjoy a j tricts. rare treat tomorrow. Toniebi he i , to sing at the Youn^ Mcii.' Cari;- ■ i Association, the work of which he has always taken a deep interest in. In Bristol, Va.-Tenn., a few years ago Mr. Walker was manager of the electric railway company and under his management the road pros pered. He was too big a man, how ever. for the limited field, and cap italists carried him to the far West where he is known as a pioneer in railway and gas development. Mr. Walker visited the electric plant here today and is greatly pleased with it. He is enthusiastic about North Carolina’s possibilities and declares that had he been here before the allotted amount was rais ed for the insuring of the road through Charlotte he would have pur chased stock. “For it is a good, sound investment,” said he. “One that will be the best investment ever made by any man who placed his money in it.” WILL MEET IN NASHVILLE. TENN. No Senator Yet. By Associated Press. All)any, N. Y., .Jan. 2'^.—No quorum of the legislature will be present today when, in joint session, a vote i.s taken for I’nited States senator. Only a small number of the members are in the city and practically all of the poli tical leaders who have been here left the city to be gone until Monday. Charles F. Murphy, after spending sev eral hours last night in conference with Patri( k McCabe, democratic state com mitteeman from Albany county, and clerk of the i-r*nate, went to New oYrk on an earl ytrain today. Strike Situation. Denver, Col., .Tan. 2S.—All negotia tions for a settlement of the North ern Colorado coal strike were called off yepterday when rejjresentatives of tlie operators lold the committee from commercial organizations that the iperatf)rs would make no conces sions and that further efforts along these lines were useless. cmnoiics To Sepaiate Ihe Church and State nominent Southern tmhermen Stait Service In Pen Foi Peonage ■ '■-s. i 2S.— Five promi- It hern lumbermen ■ ral iirison hero to- ' t'crs for peonage. ''’nrlHi;, Robert Gal- • race, C. C. Hilton . all of Ix)ckhari, • 'iallaghcr will each ' d jiay fines of |5,- will serve IH »*ach. Their |iri,-on is the last * asH, hard fought • ..'ts. d tnon anent the night in a local hotel and aw'aited United States Marshal Thomas F. McGourin, of Pensacola, who will deliver them to the warden. They were permitted to come here alone to escape humiliation of being taken from their homes by an offi- cer. Their cases were the first to origi nate in the South and the prosecution was vigorously pushed by the depart ment .of justice. The case w'as twice taken before President Taft in hopes he would sign pardons, but he refus ed to Interfere. Bj’ Associated Press. Detroit, Mich.. Jan. 28.—In an ad dress before a gathering of students at the Detroit Jesuit College yester day, Archbishoj) John Ireland, of St. Paul, urged the young men to be ambi tious, at the same time protesting that there are too few Catholics in legisla tive bodies. He said: “I want each one of you students to have laudable ambition. I want you tp put out all that is in you. “How many members have you Cath olics in the legislature at Lansing? Not many, I wager. At Washington we have only three or four Catholic senatorb. In I he country at large we are great in nttmbers, but I do not see that we are towering upward. “The remedy is in our schools and in the teachers of our schools. Justice White of the IJnited States stipreme court learned in college the logic that has made him one of tne ablest jurists in the United States. I want you to have a passion for study ; I want you to get everything that is in the brain of your professor; I want you to be thorough in your studies and go to the source of things.” Raising The Maine. , Bv Associated Press. ‘Madrid. Jaji. 28.—La Manana,, the ministerial organ, commenting ujjon the offort to raise the wreck of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor, recommends that the .government ask the T’nited States to forward to Madrid an official report of the investigation. Flight Postponed. By Associated Press. Key West, Fla., Jan. 28.—McCurdy’s Havana flight was again postponed to day. Rough seas. By Associated Press. Lisbon, Jan. 2S.—Foreign Minister Machado announced today that the governmeDt’s decree separating the church and state would be promulgat ed within a month. Nevertheless he added that the government had ex pressed regret to the Vatican that the Pope had no rejiresentative in Portu gal where the "faithful are so numer ous.” Bomb Artist Busy. By Associated Press. Chicago. Jan. 2S.—A bomb w'as ex ploded today in Guise})pe Macalone’s ])roduce store following receipts of let ters signed “Black Hand” and demand ing money. Six families live above the produce store but all escaped injury. “A Glance in Advance Is a Glance Askance;” For Judgment True Take a Backward View. By Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 28.—A con vent ion of retail merchants from all the Sotithern states will be held in Nashville, February 28, March 1, 2 and for the purpose primarily of protect ing against the passage of the parcels post bill now before congress. The call for the convention has been signed l)y over 5,000 merchants throughout the South and indications are that it will be very lar.gely attended. Robert L. Burch, of Nashville, editor of the Merchant & Manufacturer, is at the head of the movement. The program committee is in corre spondence with a number of prominent men, governors, congressmen, United States senators and business men, par- ticularl.\ well informed as to the mat ter in hand, with a view of having them address the convention. The real j)urpose is to get tiie opposition to the will in concrete form for presentation Id the con.gressioniil committee iiaving it in charge. The Jury in the case of Taylor vs. Taylor, which has occupied the atten tion of Mecklenburg superior court for the last two days, returned its ver dict this morning at 10:30 o’clock in avor of the plaintiff, Mrs. I^ola Tay lor. The jury too kthe case yesterday af ternoon at 4:30 o'clock. This morning they had not reached a decision, there being a lack of one vote to the neces sary unanimity. They were placed in the superior court room this morn ing by the sheriff, where they remain ed behind closed doors ntil the de cision in favor of the plaintiff was reached. Three issues were to be decided up on by the jury: First, were plaintiff and defendant married as alleged in complaint? The answer was, “Yes.” Second, was the defendant forced to enter into the marriage contract by force of duress as alleged in defend ant’s an&w'er. This issue was ans wered, “No.” Third, did defendant aba*Vidon plain tiff, as alleged in the complaint. This was answered “yes.” The decision hinged on the answer to the second issue, the plaintiff, Mrs. Leola Taylor contending that there was no force, duress or threats used to cause Guy Taylor, the defendant, to enter into the marriage contract. Tay lor, on the other hand aleged that he was forced to submit to the per formance of the marirage ceremony against his will and on account of threats and intimidation by the father and two brothers of the plaintiff. A great deal of interest has boon manifested in the case, partly from the fact that it was tried last year and re sulted in a mistrial and iiartly from the dramatic manner in which the mar riage ceremony was carried out which readers of Tiie Nt\\s are fauiitinr with. The plaintiff was represented by Messrs. E. R. Preston and Cameron Morrison, both of whom made unusual- I}’ forceful and able speeches in behalf of their client. Mr. Jake F. Newell ably represented the defendant. Judge Biggs will decide upon the amount of alimony that is due the plaintiff. He has already gone to his home at Durham and will render his decision as soon as he is fully ac quainted wdth the jury’s rendering. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 28.—This morn- vjv M x| fireproof adminis- wV OTl Ol/Zt! 1 ration building was put on its reading and then referred without action to the committee on appropriations, be cause i‘ carires a provision for a mil lion dollar bonds and under the rules should pass favorable inspection by the apjiropriations committee as w’ell as the committee on public buildings and grounds. The house creates two additional standing committees, congressional ap- l)ortionments and legislative apportion- raents. Bil by Conner wotild provide the Torrens land title system for North Carolina. Roberts, of Buncombe, offered a bill to amend the divorce laws so as to al low divorce where husband and wife Jive separate for 10 years, and there are no children, whether both have re sided in the same state for 10 years or not. A bill carrying $20,000 atinual ap- ])ropriation for maintenance and $1!),- 000 annually for permanent Improve ment for the Stonewall Jackson Man uel Trainin,‘4 and Industrial school at Concord was introduced by Senator *Hartsell and it went to the committee on approjiriations. A bill l)v Senator Gardner would change the name of The North Caro lina A. & M. College for negroes at Greensboro to North Carolina Indus trial Institute so as to prevent confu sion of names with the A. & M. College at Raleigh. A great number of local bills passed readings. Continued on Page Ten. DIVORCE FAPERS SERVED MRS. SCHENK By Associated Press. Wheeling, W. Va„ Jan. 28.—Mrs. Schenk was released on her own rec ognizance. Divorce ])apers were serv ed on ''er in covrt. CRANVILLE CO. EtRMER F L VOLCANO ACTIVE Viola Allen, as an actress was not judged by the "first- nighters” that flocked to see her on her first appearance before the footlights. Should you count, however, the crowds that see her play for 365 consecutive perform ances and find that the “last- nighters” outnumber the “first- nighters” then you can form a fair idea of the merits of the acti'ess. Last year The New's printed more advertisements than any other North Carolina newspaper —doubled and trebled the num ber of some newspapers. During the first three weeks of this year The News has printed more advertisements than any North Carolina news paper and has beaten its own record of last year. B.v Associated Press. Manila, Jan. 2S.—After being dor mant for many years, the volcano Taal, in Batangas province, is active again. The eruptions began at -2 o’clock this morning and were accom- ]>anied by three heavy earthquakes, followed by ninety lesser shocks. No damage was done by the quakesr. Frequent explosions are heard and hu.ge columns of smoke rising above the crater are visible from this city. Special to The News. Durham, Jan. 28.—Joe Rycroft, a farmer of Granville county, was found this morning 15 miles from Durham with his throat cut. A party of Durham lawyers and officers have gone to the scene this afternoon. There is no light on the murder yet. Mr. Rycroft was well known here, being an extensive to bacco farmer. The tragedy occurred a short distance from the recent Granville crime in which the Sanders family was mtirdered and burned. New Mexico’s Constitution. By Associated Press. ‘Santa Fe, N. M., Jan. 28.—The en grossed copy of the constitution adopted for New Mexico was signed yesterday by Charles A. Spiess and George W. Armigo, respectively, president and chief clerk of the con stitutional conventio’n and forwarded to Washington. INI EY “RESULTS” Must Have Play ed the Leading Role. The Southwest Awaits the Colonel Bv Associated Press. El Paso, Texas, .Ian. 28.—The South west is enthusiastic over the impend ing visit of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who will go to New Mexico after a visit with the Cattle Raisers’ Associa tion of Texas, at Phoenix, Ariz., on March 18. Arrangements are being made to serve the colonel an unusual breakfast, the chief dish of which will be a specially prepared omlet made of one ostrich egg. It is also proposed to have a roasted ostrich in the center of the breakfast table. The breakfast will be given In the open and it is expected 1,000 citizens of Phoenix will attend. Hendersonville Has 2,815. Bv Associ£fted Press. ‘Washington, Jan. 28.—Population statistics of the thirteenth census announced today included: Hendersonville, N. C., 2,818; 1910; 1,917 in 1000. By Associated Press. Saloniki, Turkey, Jan. 28.—The Sal- oniki boycott committee today declared a boycott against the steamers of the Paquebotis Poste Archipelago line and the i)oatmen and lightermen attempted ot prevent the loading of the com pany's steamer Olympia. The authorities act(>d promptly and placed Kerim Agha, the dictator of the boycott organization, under arrest. The troiible started in a mix up be tween the crew of the New Jersey and a detachment of Turkish soldiery which the .vessel was carrying from Hierut, Syria, to Messina, Asia Minor. The New Jersey flew the flag of the United States and so involved the American consiil general at Smyrna, E. L. Harris, and the American consu lar agent at Alexandretta in the row. The owners of tlie New Jersey anl Olympia are described as an American comitany. If the New Jersey and Olympia sail under the stars and stripes, no war- lant for so doing is found in the ship- jjing registers. There is no record of a .\ew Jersey in Turkish waters. The Olymjiia is a littU* craft of 480 tons ,:rross ovv'ned by llaji Daoud Farkouh, (Paquegotis Poste-Archipolago) Smvrna. It is of Turkish register. Calls Turks About Attack. By Associated Press. ^\'ashington, Jan. 2N.—The American cmbas*:y at f'onstantinople has made reijresr'ntations to the Turkish govern ment in regard to the attack on John T. Perisiiany, the L'nited States con sular agent at Alexandretta, during the in j mutiny yestcidav on board the coast- |ing steamer New Jersey. Panama Emissary To Columbia Is The Victim Of General Boy cott By Associated Pres.s. jof effecting a reconciliaiion with the New Orleans, La., Jan. 28.—Mail ad-i ^o^f>mbian government in the bouna- 1 J V. T 'ary dispute between the two govern- vices received here from Bogota, Col- ombia, under date of January 20th, advices say, are Scrupulous- state that Dr. Carlos Mendoza, Panama ly polite in their dealings with him, emissary to Colombia, has been boy- j but have taken no cognizance of tRe cotted at the hotels, refused as a fare | petty attitude of the populace, by cab drivers and is unable to buy wa-j (Jne of the deputies in the Bogota ter except from the proprietor of the House, according to the advices, dur- lodglng house in the outskirts of Bo- ing a speet h recommended the arrest gota, where he haa been forced to of Mr. Mendoza as a traitor because take up his residence. i he was one of the men who aided in Dr. Mendoza was sent to Bogota by the separStion of Panama from Col* j the Panaman government In the hope [ umbia.