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Latest Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition VOL. 43. NO. 6938 CHARLOTTE, N. C.. MONDA\ EVENING. JANUARY 30, 191 1 PXJ Charlotte, cents a Copy Daily—5 Conts Sunday I Outside Charlotte. 5 Cents a copy Daily and Sunday. 90 Lives Lost In Tidal Wave Which Followed El upticas ; from Malma States Natives Living Neat -0 Taal Are Fleeing to .r-; For Safety, IS Within Radius of J5 Have Suffered from Mud And Stones— ction Inundated By Tn'ontv t’ I ’r ]ivp=» in the .i llnwod thp erup- . »i Taal. Hrrordlng r^relved horo to- OVER 300 REPORTED LOST. ♦ By Associated Press. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Manilla. .>an. 30.—An Ameri- ♦ ♦ can .sciiool teacher, who has ♦ ^ traversed the west shore of ♦ ♦ Lake Taal. telcgraphR that five ♦ ♦ small \!lla>ies were destroyed ♦ ♦ by the tidal wave and that not ♦ ♦ less than JiOO persons have been ♦ ♦ killed in that vicinity. ♦ ♦ M"ny were burned in firea ♦ ♦ started by molten masses. ♦ .'.'.in n of . '^nlfero'i dainnRe ' I’.iud nnd stones I ; «> natives in nil ;; iiioir vil- .. 't li-' hil’j^. »'S Continued. .-'H''n.ic'd t('(lay. The ^ nnd ;iirrp was no . ■ ' lain foil siead- iiiue iiliiuidoncd :ms in t he vicinity ,1' ,1 \i::ht r*'fnvre in f ;' 1 ^ in the contrr of ■il .if writ or iK't more • ; ■ iiii«'renrr. It is : 1^ iiv, frot" whim rifio'.' , rising from •■';iiiil> vl.'ilile. ■ry anthoritie.s he- i.- in no danciM- riie .ilnrni anion^ the • ta!''d ihe drstriiction .11' .Mayon, the other •-■I:, in So f; v. ‘ shown no n *• "t tlie hurran of tli;M with the first ■ if Taal on Satnrda •ni'l anpcni’od to sink :!(■ Witter of the like si, "'OS n milo inland, .ii‘' ’.lirnhof) shacks -•■■'K' ^>r iiative.'J. O’lh- •; !i;i] i.tkon wai'ninj^ '■> tli’sj i-umi)lin:rs of ■■ t,on’.o’’y a?i'.l :iiffcre>l mo.-'!. l.n.-,it l>ot from i ;i\t' T>tal, province > It is the second ’ '' rrp in i.U7.n'. and ! ^'IkIh violf'Jit d'S- llie present one > ’ ’li more or less imnu'morial. Its • ■ ’’npti'ns occtirri’d r'iiv;o(l for a period ' M. h loss of life and ’ tjin of property. ^:l•rions «»uthreak3 ;• ','on was in ernp- : . s. dostroyini; the :Mid Malinao. to- ' lal villnprs. In 1814' ,1 .'i: (j.^stroyin,?? five " f f 'ptin pla-e w, n four imndrrd ' ' livt s. The lafPot . was in March, ains Sent Out. r*‘ i**f detacliment re- "I'le drowned and .li’nincr at Talisay and ‘ li were drowned at 'v rnment is hiirrx ing • •• .-"ne. T'Oits Fire At Lumbejton .V' V s. ' » '. .Jan. 30.—The W. !nhl«'s were desfroy. rninK at entail- t Ten mules , rri>!hed in the flamos. F’'f sbyt* rian chnrcn. I ■ and I lie Thompson ; »;r;ivo danger of be- ’ f* church and pipe or- dnmnuf'd. .Ml damages • ins-urance. Big Change In Chinese Empue r>y Assoc'ialed Press. \Vashin,"t(,'n, Jnn. HO.—No chan,c;e in (he Cliinese em])ire within the nex' luindred year.-? will he more romplfte 'han tliat which is being (Effected now by the • ctension of rail- way_ steamship and steam launch transportation, according; to ITnited Slates (’onsul General George E. Anderson, at Ilong Kong. Discussing C’hinese railroads, Mr. Anderson wriic's; “In somp respects the Sunning Ral!- wny. consTn'ctod with capital raised I very lai.'rt'ly from Cliinese ir. the 1 I’P'ted States, is the most promising ! line in all China. It was cai)italized, plani'.cd. ensineercd and constructed b.\ Chirese witliout any foreign he’p wliatever. It is a standing example of what Cliinese effort and Chinese talent will accomplisli in China in the near fature.’ Revolutionists Are Active Ry Associated Press. San .luan del Sur. . .i'^aragua. .Tan. ^-0.—General Duron at the head of !M)') revolu!io))isfs. has invaded tiie depart ment of ('lioli.teca, Honduras, and is pre])aring to marv.li against Tegucigal- I'a. Another body of revolutionists is re ported ('/. crating near Campamento, 7.') t'liles east of the capital. Indictments Against Atlanta Journal Dropped By .-\s.:ooialcd Press. Atlanta, .I'm. ;:0.- Federal Judge William T. Xewman i'lis morning sus tained the s«'mi-weekly Atlanta .Tour- nal’s deiniiner and quashed the in dictment brought by tiie Federal grand .iury. charging “conspiracy to defraud the government.” Attorney Ackerman, acting as special assistant to the at torney general, had conducted a postal investi,nation here and had indicted the Journal for mailing copies at one cent a pound which he contended should have paid a four cent rate. Judge Xewman held that the in dictment failed to charge any offense against the United States, lie based his opinion o nthe pogtal statutes of 1S79 and 18S5 which give to publica tions of the second class the right to mail all pai)erR at one cent a pound, provided they are not primarily for ad vertising jmrposes, or for circulation free or at a nominal late. The Indict ment failed to charge that any of these provisions had been violated. Judge Xewman did not pass upon the validity of the postal rule made by the postmaster general limiting the number of sample copies which might be mailed at one cent a pound, to ten l>er cent of the circulation. It had been conceded by the government at torneys that this feature was immate rial in the case. J. A. D. McCURDY IN HIS CURTISS BIPLANE. McCurdy Sails Majesti cally on Trip From Key West To Havana Forced To Alight When Only Ten Miles From Goal Census Figures. By .\ssoclated Press. Washington. Jan. 30.—Population statistics of the thirteenth census an- notmced today Included: City. 1910. 1900. Conwa.v, Ark 2.794 2,003 Fernandlna, Fla ^].4S2 ?,245 PV V t/ eral Important Bills Intwduced In The Legislature (•itO ^ Nows. -In the house to- ’ •11, of Henderson, in- "Tax dogs, magis- of the peace in ■ !!.! f V,'nki-. offered a bill that nurse Raleigh for the Standard Oil Co. for antitrust law, at '>t 'iic attorney general. ■>' Spainhour. of Burke, Hpi oint a committee of stignte state employees ;il;irio», to recommend re- ^rounds that clerks in nre receiving $1,.f)00 to c-« he:s only $2.') $10 per ^ iiiHijy college professors' from $600 to $1,000. The bll demands reductions In salaries of clerks more on an equality with teachers o fthe i^tate. The resolutions were referred to the committee on salaries and fees. The senate was in session only 35 minutes. A bill, by Martin, of Buncombe, pro vides for the establishment of a teach ers’ training school in Western Caro lina, and carries an appropriation of $25,000 for a building and equipment. The county or community where lo- catf'd must pledge a like amount.. The bill also provides $10,000 annually for maintenance. Senator Brown, of Columbus, intro duced a bill to regulate the lime of opeuiug aud closing the polls. Promptly at 7:30 Bird Man Makes Graceful Gliding Start upon One of Most PerillouS Flights Ever Undertaken. Crowds Cheer as 2 hey See Monster Flying Machine Clipping Off Jen Mile Laps Of Trip to Cuba. ♦ ♦ ♦ COMPELLED TO ALIGHT ♦ ^ NEAR HIS GOAL. ♦ ♦ By Associated Press. ♦ ♦ Key W’^est. Fla., Jan. 30.—Me- ♦ ♦ Curdy was compelled to alight ♦ ♦ after flying within 10 miles of ♦ ♦ Havana, because his lubricat- ♦ ♦ ing oil ran short. A wireless ♦ ♦ dispatch from the Roe reports ♦ ♦ the aviator as safe. ♦ ♦ ♦ After a w'eek of neerve racking anx iety Aviator J. A. D. McCurdy in a Curtiss bi-plane started on his much heralded flight from Key West to Ha- vanna at 7:32 o’clock this morning. At Key West a light breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. Similar re ports came by wireless from Havana and McCurdy, w’hose patience had nearly been exhausted by a week anx ious waiting, quickly decided to make the flight. Early this morning orders w'ere is sued to the government boats at Key W’est and they immediately took their positions ten miles apart. When word came by wireless from the torpedo boat destroyer Roe, that the boats were all ready for him, McCurdy got ready to make the flight. Every brace and wire of the bi-plane had been thor oughly tested. The motor had been turned up and amid silence t’nat was almost oppressive . McCurdy took his position on the aeroplane. The engine was started, an assistant gave the pro peller a couple of twists. McCurdy list ened a moment to the sound of the motor and then raised his hand as a signal to the men holding the machine to let go. Swiftly the aeroplane ran along the smooth ground for about 100 feet. Then easily and gracefully it rose from the earth and McCurdy commenc ed to mount to the sky. As he left the ground the assembled crowd gave a mi.ghty cheer. McCurdy waved his hand and was off on the most difficult trip over the sea that has ever been at tempted. W’ith tremendous velocity the great white winged plane shot out over the smooth waters. Anxiously the crowd gathered on the shore, watched the machine as it grew smaller and small er and faded from sight. Anxiously they I v.’aited for the first new’s by wireless land when the dispatch came that he i had passed the third boat. 30 miles j from shore aufi was flying smoothly, another mighty cheer was given. McCurdy had originally planned to start on January 24 on the flight to Havana. He arrived at Key West sev eral days before that date and made careful j)reparation for the flight. On last Tuesday morning, however, atmospheric conditions were such that he decided it w'ould be unsafe to make the attempt. Day after day and night after night he w'aited for reports t’nat the wind w'as moderate and the sea smooth. But like vexatious imps the elements refttsed to be docile and poor McCurdy waled impatiently, ready at any hur to risk Tils life in the at tempt to fly over ninety miles of open water. The navy department took an actiV3 interest in the proposed flight and every facility at its command was giv en to helD. Tug boats and torpedo boat destroyers were ordered to act as station boats ten miles apart to mark the course of the fliht. Early this morning they took thetr stations. First came the cutter Forward ten miles from shore s^ad then at inter vals of ten miles each the tug Mas- sasolt, and the torpedo boat destroyes Terry, Crayton, Roe and Paulding. Some of the torjiedo moat destroy ers were equipped with wireless and when the Avord came from the last boat out at se;’ and Havana that weath er conditions .vere propltous, the start was made. As McCurdy passed each boat at a velocity estimated at nearly fifty miles an hour, the sailormen gave him rousing cheers and steam whistles were blown The torpedo T)oats as soon as McCurdy came in sight started ahead at full speed but the swift fly ing plane soon outstripped them. At 4:30 this morning the report came from Havana that the sea was calm and the weather fine. At 6 a. m. Captain Wiltse of the marine corps proceeded to the railroad ter minal from which the start was to be, made. An order was posted to raise the American flag to the top of the wireless mast over 200 feet high, as a signal that the weather conditions were such as to permit of the flight. At 6:40 a. m. there w'as IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT LISE THE WANT AD PAGE IN THE NEWo. ONE CENT A WORD. (See Page 8.) ♦ ♦ ' ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ not enough wind to move the flag. McCurdy had been notified and was L'oon at the terminal, ready to start. While the Iasi de’.ails were being looked after ?\IcCurdy siood about calmly smoking a pi]>ej iU' looked cool and confident. At 6:4.'3 the nia- enine was rolled into plaee and five minutes after the big rsteam wiiistle at the ice factory woke up the town with a tremendous blast, and almost the entire population rushed through the streets for the starting point. It is estimated that fully 10.000 people sav>’ the start. IVlayor ?'ogarty with tli(; er.tire police force had great diffi culty in kee])ing an o]:)eTi si)ace of 500 feet so that a start could be made. McCurdy took his place in the machine, an assistant oiled the propeller and then gave it a number of whirls. Four men held the machine v.hiie McCurdy tested his motor by starting and stojiping it. McCurdy adjusted his head gear, his assistant v.iiirled the propeller, tlie motor was started and the machine was off at a fast gait, running along the ground. It ran nearly the length of the open space and then arose in the air to wards the east. McCurdy first cir cled over the harbor at an elevation of 500 feet. He made a second cir cle at an elevation of over one thousand feet and at 7:32 the flag dropped and McCurdy crossed the line over the wireless station, going at the rate of nearly sixty miles an hour. In ten minutes he was out of sight over Sand Key. ten miles away. Before starting McCuidy put on a life buoy and carefully inspected the ])ontoons which had been attach ed to the machine to keep it afloat in case he had to descend to the water. The flight is for a prize of $5,000 of fered by the Havana Post and $:j.000 appropriated by the Havana city coun cil. As soon as the aviator had disap peared from view the crowd gathered about the wireless station and awaited rejiorts by wireless. When the news came that he had passed the thiid sta tion a vigorous cheer went up. As the moments flew and no further re ports came up the crowd grew" aii:ious and gathered about the cable oflice to w’ait for reports from Havana. It was estimated that McCurdy should have leached Hanvana by 1 o’clock and when that hour passed and siill no news, great uneasiness was expressed. Then came a wireless that the intrepid bird man had fallen into the sea and a groan went up from the crowd. Fnally came the news that McCurdy had been forced to alight on the w’ay because of a short age of oil and that neither he nor his machine had been injured and the cheering was renewed, mingled with expressions of regret that the attempt had failed when McCurdy was within sight of his goal. , Carried to Harbor. Havana, Jan. 30.—The destroyer squadron is entering the harbor, the Paulding leading and having on board McCurdy and his aeroplane. Havana Excited, Havana, Cuba, Jan. 30.—All Havana and surrounding country for many miles turned out this morning to w-el- come Aviator McCurdy, on the an- noimcement by cable that he had left Key West for Columbia Camp, four miles outside the capital, where the aviation meet is in full swing. The McCurdy flight is regarded as one of the -most notable ever under- Reasons Why Million Dollai Bond Issue Is Unnc e s sary taken by an aviator because the over sea distance to be covered is about six times the distance of the fliglitv from Dover to C'alais, which altractec' the attention of the world. Th? dis tance from Key West to Havana it about 112 miles while the Dover-Calais route is about 18. j If McCurdy makes the same lime; made (;n the trips across the English; channel, it will take him about two: hours to come from Key West, mak-i ing his arrival here about 10 o'clock. The difl’erence in time between Key West and Havana is 3:> minutes. Accordingly by Cuban time McCurdy set sail at S:05. Alderman Stewart States His Position—Against Indiscrim- mate Issue of Bonds With no New Source of Revenue Pro vided. It will be of interest to the read ers of The Xews to know that Mr. J. A. D. McCurdy, who made the flight recorded above Avas the same aviator that made the two t1iirht>; in this city under the auspices of The Xews Thinks Adding of Additional Burden of $60,000 Annual Interest Not Good Business-- Argues For More Equal lax Assessment as Solution, Legitimate assessment of property and an equality in valuations, taxin.g Owing to the high winds that pTe-| ii'C‘>nie-bearing property upon vailed in this city and the condi-i same basis with homes, are the fuu- tions under which he was forced to damental ideas advanced bv Alder- fly, the meet had t.) be postponed pni,-,„i,er Stewart, who convinc- from day to day until he at last . ., ,, ... made the tli.ghts from the fairi".'”^ talks against burdening the grounds. The machine he used in ihe! ^ additional bond issilO flights in this city was the samej'’^ $1,000,000. Unqualifledly opposed make and tvpe as the one in which ® piojiosed scheme for the issu* he made the attempt todav. The ma-^^^^f Stewart re chine was on exhibition in this city himself thus when the matter for some time and the people gener ally were acquainted with the aviator. Whether or not the forced stop in the waters will keep Mr. McCurdy from getting the prize that was fered for the flight is still a matte" of doubt and will not be decided until the Xational Board of Aviation de- cidc* l>n the matter. Will Drag Lake Fo7 Lost Body was flr.‘»t brought to the attention of the municipal authorities. Since that time be has made a close study of the iiroblem and is in a position to speak with considerable power and weight. Knowing Mr. Stewart’s past decla rations anent the question, and cogni- 7.ant of the divided opinion of the people and after having heard many protests against the is;-%'ince the bonds, a representative of The %'ews called upon Mr. Stewart today lor an expression upon the all-absorbing problent. Vehemently he denied the veiled insinuation of a few who have Hv Associated Press spoken of opponents of the measure 'New Yo'rk, .laii. ".'lo-Prepai'alioiis ■■non-iir..gressive-' ami im- were made todav bv tlie notice to II? '>' >'=>> l'>'« »” “■■■ drag the lake and reservoir in Cen tral Park for tlie body of Miss Do- unieut in behalf of his contentions. Mr. Stewart’s Position. First showing that Ihe issuance of the bonds would mean the paying of $00,000 annually in interest, Mr. Slewart continued: 1 am unqualifiedly ojiiiosed to the million dollar bond issue. We have no lothy Arnold, ihe missiiig heiress in prospect of a possible request by Francis R. Arnold, the .girl’s father. Miss Arnold's declaration to an acquaintance she met on the street i late in the afiernoon of the day ^he j ^ ^ disappeared that she intended /ot future generations. I cannot under walk home through Ihe park lias giv-|^^^j^^, eti weight to Mr. Avnold s ccmviction , ^ U.at his daughter met with foul play, generation, and yet, in the paik and that her bod.\ mayig^,^j.y person will say that no have been thro^vn into the lake. !parent has the right to thus heap ob- Among the letteis and tbat ^ jj burdens on his children, have poured into Mr. Arnold’s homel^yjjj^^ jj. difference? from all parts of the counlry since j ,\gain. when we issue million dollar Miss Dorothy s disapj)earance there that means we are every year are two of which Mr. Arnold d law-with about $tjo,000 interest, yers attach some importance. which must be ])aid, and the principal One is from Carsonville, Mich., is some time will also have to be paid, to the effect that a young woman jj- expe(;t to make improvements whose appearance coincides in many|j,j ^.j^y must reduce the fixed respects with the description of Miss expenditui'es of the city government Arnold, registered at a hotel there last Tuesday as Miss .Jennie Wil liams, New S^ork. The report is that the young woman came lo Carson- ville from Detroit and remained In her room during the afternoon, leav ing the town at night. Ker destina tion could not be learned. No Senator Elected Yet to tile lowest i)0ssible amount. How it can be argued by anyone that adding a million dollar indebtedness to the city, and thereby an additional annual indebtedness in the way of interest on the million wollar bonds in Ihe amount of $60,000, and no aiditional source of revenue thereby added, will put tho city in a better condition, is more than 1 can understand. If this city is ahlo to pay $60,000 additional interest every year, then let me suggest to the en- tlnislastic advocates of the lK>nd issue, that If we would spend $60,000 annual ly on the streets of the city, without the bond issue, it would be far better for the city. If it is hard to live with in the city’s income now, will some wise man tell me how if. is going to By Associated Press. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 30.—The elev enth ballot for United States senator todav proved the correctness of the:’*^'^*'^ easier to l*vo within the city s , , ^ « I income aiter you have added a largo general belief that the fii'st day after j indel>tedness that must be met the legislators returned from the every year. Do you say that the value week-end recess was too early to rjf thC property will iie raised, and that expect any marked change in the sit-1 there will be more property to be as- uation. None of the leaders lost orjsessed? Then 1 answer you by saying gained votes and William F. Sheehan let us raise the value of the property remained within thirteen of elec tion. Justice .Tames W. Gerard dropped out of the list when two independence league representatives shifted from him to Martin H. Glynn; but friends and we will get additional income to spend for the city, instead of paying it out in interest. And again I can't see how the advo cates of this million dollar tioiid issue l)ro]>ose to take care of the fixed ex- of .lustice Gerard said they regarded j I't'nditures of the city aftc-r the mil- this change to be interpreted in his ^ lion drdlars have been siient. Tho favor. Their explanation was that the; streets will need constant repairing; New York justice in reality was be-1 the sewers will be frecpiently in bad ing groomed as a compromise candi date and that some ()f the leaders be lieved his chances of being accept a- l>le to all sides would improve if tlie idea that he was the chief of the independence league was not allow ed to be pronounced. A handful of up-state legislators order; tlie schools mu.'t be run; the fixed ex]>enditun.-s of tlie city will have io be met every year, and the only way to meet all these expenditures will be to isue niore bonds. And the end is not in si;iht. Some of the enthusiastic supijortern of the million dollar bcmd i.ssue call progressive and still be opi»osed to tho million dollar bond issue. The need of this city is to liave le- who have been voting for Sheehan' demagogues aiid non-pro- saiu today that if the deadlock held j citizens who oujec.t to the until Wednesday they expected to i issue. T hat kind of argument ha.s send a delegation to the governor; to point out their conviction that Mr. man who uses it. 1 main- Sheehan's election was impossible- ' ^ honest and and ask him to interfere for the good of the party. Albany, N. Y., .Tan. 30.—No choice ... . ^ on eleventh joint ballot for United assessment of the property States senator suflicient income The eleventh ballot for united i Slates senator todav resulted: ! improvements. 'If you will but looT'; ai the records, as 10 l.v itii j)urcnase price, you v.ill at once see why we are not getting sufficient income to run this citv. The trouble is, the liomes of the city are assessed at from one-half to two-thirds of their acttial value, while the income bearin'^ ,,, Tir -t- T ^ ■ property is assessed at anywhere from Charleston, W. ^ a., Jan. oO.^ Peace' 95 per cent of its actual value, having been restored in the West Mr- inequality is apjiarent. I want it gmia legislature, the senate and hous-e understood that 1 am not advocating met today to begin their delayed task high valuations, but equality in valua- of electing two United States sena- tions. j ;viy doctrine is, let the individual live The governor’s biennial message viithin his income and this doctrine was sent in today when the sessions ajiplies to governments as well as indl- opened. viduals. Republicans: Deiiew, 61. Total vote cast 158. Necessary for choice 80. Peace Restored. By Associated Press.