\’st Edition
THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.
Latest Edition
43. NO. 6941
CHARLOXrE, N. C.. THURSDA\ EVENING. FEBRUARY 2, 1911
P^T^'P' t In Charlotte, 3 cents a Copy Daily—.“i . Cpnta Su nd
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From all Classes
Or Against The
oposed Bond Issue
i>r all proiK^rtlos
I iiarlotte’s future
!\ ('Ai'i'i'ssJons of
: ,.t> X('\v.s, a bcliof
M'^s of the city,
■ ic of cdnvfTsation
..'1 iiuls today. Tlio
iu'»' of I'onds for
- is ihi- one unpei'-
1. M lu> own but
. : 'ndiuR upon an
V ' > reside in nian-
rakini; of the fu-
f' w are Inoklnt?
i«-i i i.ins, problems
in iheir day are
, those who are to
Into that future
'^w. ariotit those poo-
r iicpord the present.
* > vainly try to draw
, ! i>!io iiliinpse.
. ■ ..I'strui'tion times,
i; i .pu nfes of ha^-ty
' .i^lv for a more co’n-
;i thorough imder-
' ;il'.
able but they de-
L^iV'.'s them iho li^ht
iu y are casting their
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antafjes. it eliminates partial legisla
tion and discrimination, it gives those,
who bear the burdens, the opportunity
to reap the direct results therefrom,
and it provides the means by which
the debt can be liquidated in a given
time without unduly burdening the
municipality, or the citizens.”
■ in: o the ofHce of The
\-s that wore placed
I'f 'he city received
anii better than it all
',i: fxprest^lon of com-
i i’ - News for inaugu-
’.(>n in which all arc
. ! .'StCd.
i .itrick, who as told
1: Lon. wa.s the first to
•'>’ rlection, was inter-
lie said:
Complimentary.
; ' '.uht to be compli-
;* ndid scheme, which
.1 for the purpose of
r public sentiment
■ I'.njposed inillioti
u‘. Further, it is a
re the general public
it.torest that it is in
• ju 'fion, as it vitaily
■ 1,'i rty holder and tax-
i>'' t'harlotte.
is Paramount.
■ s to the question of
this is a need that
’;h and it goes without
r;, honest, fair-minded
:ing to be reasonal'ly
not .inly this want but
arr» i'tiiiir the en-
H')wever. l)ef(ue
r. of money for water
' 1.1. : well two propo-
1 ilitv and (2) the
' lid go to the river
' ' -f courae. would
■ : ; e and. a^^ it has
; 1 ome chemists, it
i > i>urify it bo arf to
f.. drinking purposes.
,n Wells Good ?
t . be considered is,
>r’'nuoU'ly lined and
r.ii'-m factories, the
 .nipany and other
• ^ would stand a good
- d by law' suits in
: -Ir wntor rights, to
impurities from
' . i'.il it not be well
ii; ,e of Monroe and
. «here in the
■ or exam;i1e the ?el-
i ^liik artesian wells,
d •nton>al impn've-
: to Streets, sew-
« !i- , instt*ad of btir-
l--' with a million dol-
! i !\\v tiiousand dol-
! with no prospects
••• I'.r debt and nobody
' whfre the money
. > lid it not be a bet-
1 !'ie charter so as
> I'vidual, commimity
i.iio Dilworth), to
Ml of aldermen to
> y in qnention a pav-
district for internal
■ i! then allow' the
n ’ tax payers to say
'(• \\ >w much money
nd in their territory
•u!if has b«-en fixed
Mui trie protiosed im-
' . !rt the w’ork be a
 ; :v until it is paid
”ive the citizens—
1 wl'.Wh to I',ay off the
fill !o have three ad-
Robert Moss, flagman {or the South
ern railroad, was shot by an unknow’n
negro who was put off train No. 42 this
morning, shortly after it left Mays-
worth.
Brought to the Presbyterian hospi
tal here, Mr. Moss w'as treated, the
wound not being a very serious one.
The bullet entered the right thigh and
lodged, so it was said, in the bone.
A negro boarded the train at Mays-
worth without a ticket and w^as put
off by the conductor a few miles out
of the station, or to be specific within
close proxitnity to the Catawba river
bridge. Flagman Moss was on the
steps of the train as it pulled away
from the place where the negro had
been ejected. The black drew’ a revolv
er and fired as the train was moving,
the bullet finding lodgment in the
leg of Mr. Moss.
The trainmen could make no attempt
to capture the criminal, and with all
jtjossible speed the train was rushed in
to Charlotte. Mr. Moss was immediate
ly taken to the hospital and a report
of the shooting was made to the pol
ice. The cotinty authorities are also
working in an effort to apprehend the
negro who did the shooting.
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PREJUDICE VS. LOGIC I
Five Investigations
Of The Explosion
Are Commenced
By Associated Press. I Connolly, of .Jersey City. and*a third
New York' Feb. 2.—With five Inves-' by Public Prosecutor iMerre Garven,
tigations under way, there was every; of Hudson county,
indication today of determined oflicial. Definite figures on the number of
intention to get to the bottom of the dead are still impossible. The total
cause of yesterday’s disastrous explo-’ of dead and” missing is 30. The list of
sion of dynamite on the .Jersey City dead in the hands of the coroner is
w’ater front, w'hich cost upward of seven and it is that official’s belief that
thirty lives, caused the injury of hmi- inost of tiie 2:’. men whom he classes
dreds of persons and material dam- as ”missing" were Idown to atoms,
age estimated at approximately $1,-1 Loss Near Million.
000,000. i The property loss, according to va-
Besldes the announcement of public rious oflScial estimates, will be be-
prosecutor Pierre P. Garven. of Hud- tween $7.">0,000 and $1,000,000. Tho
son county, New .Jersey, that he was heaviest sufferer In this resiiect is the
gathering information wifh the inten-, Central Railroad of New .Jersey, at
tion of presenting evidence of criminal j whose docks the disaster took place,
negligence, if such w^ere found, to the ^ Vice-President Besler sots the rail-
grand jury at an early day, independ-^ road’s loss at about ?200;000. The
ent investigations were instituted by! United States government is also loser
the coroner, the .Jersey City police and with $50,000 damage at Ellis Island.
the head of the bureau of combustibles
of that city.
A fifth and independent party to the
Qau'se Not Found.
The exact cause pf the blast I’.as
not been found and mav never be.
Of
Holly Convicted
Murdering His
Ward For Insurance
Special to The News.
Wilmington. Feb. 2.—After deliber
ating 10 hours the jury in the case
of J. C. Holly, w’hite, entered superi
or court this morning, .Judge Peebles
presiding, and returned a verdict of
murder in the first degree. rh«3 ver-
dist was received w'ith intense inter-
w^as proved Jhat Holly purchased
strychnine several tim.es before the
boy’s death.
The charge of arson was made
against Holly, as the hotel w’as set
on fire the night of the murder.
It was charged that Holly set the
hotel on fire to hide the murdei* of
investigation, It develped this morn- explained to the satisfaction of th
ing, was the United States govern- experts. Ofilcials of the railroad com
ment. The Federal inquiry Avas in j)any and the iiowder company maiii-
charge of H. P. Conreye, special agent tain that something more than a
of the bureau of explosives under the mere concussion must have taken
jurisdiction of the war dei^artment. j)lace to set (iff the dynamite. An
A revised list of the dead, so far as explosion of gasoline on board the
know'n, made public today in Jersey. tugboat or a boiler explosion on tho
City is as follow’s: lighter is their theory. A statement
James Armstrong, of Jersey City,'issued by the Central Railroad of
captain of the powder boat Whistler. | Now .Jersey says:
Rober Barbour, New York city, rail-j “No one has ijeen found who can
road passenger. i tell definitelv what took place. C'ap-
Robert Bennett, New York city, tain Land, in charge of the ntarine
captain of tug John Tw'ohy. department, whose office is on the
James Lundrigan, captain of pow- adjoining pier, says that to his best
Ship And Ciew of
7-h Lost at Sea
By Associated Press.
Victoria, 1^. C., Feb. 2.—The Inaba
Maru, which arrived yesterday from
the Orient, brought news of the loss
at sea of the Japanese steam traw
ler Bando Maru with a crew^ of 77
men. The steamer foundered in a
storm off Imbarakl Prefecture.
Course of River Changed.
By Associated Press.
Brow'nsville, Texas, Feb. 2.—The ex
tensive work being done on the banki*
of the Rio Grande opposite Browns
ville has changed the course of the
river and the water is cutting into the
bank on this side. Already a wide strip
of the bank at the foot of I.evee
street and extending into Fort Brow'n
has cracked and dropped nearly three
feet. tl Is feared that when the river
rises the water will cut far into the
fort grotuids. SeA-eral government
buildings are near the river,
FATHER OF 14 CHILDREN
COMMITS SUICIDE.
est. It seems to meet public approv-1 the boy vyhose deavh occurred several
al.
Holly was keeper of Rock Spring
hotel here last year.
It was charged here that he soison-
ed with strychnine Edward Crom
well, white, Ifi years of age. Holly’s
w'ard. Holly had $2,500 insurance on
the boy’s life, this developed as the
motive for the murder. Strichnine
was found in the boy’s stomach. It trial tomorrow\
hours before the fire.
Evidence of incendiarism was prov
ed. Holl.y w’ould have been tried for
arson if the verdict of first degree
murder had not been returned. This
case will go dowm as one of the most
famous on the criminal annals. Hol
ly’s attorneys wMll give tiotice of ap
peal to the supreme com't for a new
No Change On
14th. Ballot
Great Missionary
Convention Opens
By Associated Press.
Albany, N. Y., Feb
for United States senator on the 40th
ballot.
Bv .\ssociatod Press.
Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 2.—leaving a
widow and 14 children, Antone Knai-
Kche, r>0 years old, committed suicide
today b .vthrowing himself in front of
a moving train.
According to relatives Knaische’s
mind became affected several months
ago and recently he was arrested
charged with stealing market baskets
filled with food.
Rate Effective Yesterday.
The reduction In the Pullman rate,
as to upper berths, became effective
yesterday. The reduction is small. It
is based on a per centage of the cost
of the lower berth.
man Smith CuylerPut
L An Atlanta Hospital-
Was Found At Toe cane
b. :. Telamon Smith
tfin who disappeared
1 Hostie, N. C., while
of friends, was
vflav at 'I'oecane, N.
C., and brought home. He was placed
in a sanitarium. Friends are of. the
opinion that his dementia is only tem
porary and that lie will recover soon
Rock Island bonds to the value of $22,
000 which he had when his trouble
came upon him have been recovered
m Swept the Spanish
oast - Many Vessels
Wrecked and Sailors Lost
*1 I’re.ss.
I’eb. 2. A wind storm
'.II 1. ii coast last night. A
' rn*'* were dap:-hed up-
aiid II Huv of tlieir crcws
The bodif s of 25 sailors w'ere picked
up along coast.
Thirty ivllled In Wreck.
The derailing of a passenger train
at Valencia yesterday was caused by
a wash-out of the roadbed. Tliirty per
somi were killed.
Albany, Nfl Y., Feb. 2.—With little
or no prospect of 'a -jreak in the sen
atorial deadlock this week, legislators
are busy today arranging pairs to
permit them to leave Albany after
the day’s session for the week-end.
Friends of William F. Sheehan, the
organization candidate, assert that
he has no intention of withdrawing.
The insurgents are just as firm in
their opposition to his candidacy and
Governor Dix declares he has no
present intention of issiuing a state
ment on the situation.
Fourteenth ballot for United States
senator;
Democrats: Sheehan 69: Shepard
10: Kernan 9: Glynn 3; Littleton 3;
O’Brien 2; Parker 1; Sulzer 1; Tay
lor 1.
Republican: Depew 64.
Total vote cast 163.
Necessary for choice 84.
Tragedy in Flint, Mich.
By Associated Press.
Flint, Mich., Feb. 2.—Miss Ellen
Blane, who kept a boarding house
here several years, was shot and
killed today when she answered a
knock at the door of her home. Her
sister, Mrs. Catherine Talbot, w^ho
was shot in the arm, charged the
crime to Frak Cox, of Sandusk.v’, O.,
brother-in-law’, w'ho has disappeared.
Mrs. Talbot w'as unable to give any
explanation of the tragedy or its
cause.
Chief Justice Resigns.
By Associated Press.
Honolulu, Feb. 2.—Alfred Stedman
Hartwell, chief justice of the supreme
court of Hawaii; resigned today.
WHERE TO VOTE—LOCA-
TION OF BOXES.
By Associated Press.
, . Washington Feb. 2.—The largest
2.—No choice , . ^
missionary convention of women ever
assembled in Washington opened to
day wiien the women’s national for
eign missionary society gathered for
a tw’o days session. The conference
marks tho fiftieth anniversary of the
beginning of women’s organized w’ork
for foreign missions in America.
Several meetings liave been ar
ranged for inter-churches throughout
the city presided over by prominent
women missionaries.
siiiE mi
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Feb. 2.—The joint senate
and house committees on manufactur
ing will hold an important meeting
Wednesday, Feb. 8th, to consider the
various labor and manufacturing bills
that have been introduced in the legis
lature. Manufacturers from all over
the state will be here to oppose the 60
hour labor bill and other measures
which they believe are detrimental.
Inspect Training School.
The Eastern Carolina Trainin
School, at GreeHville, is being inspect
ed today by the house committee on
education, accompanied by State Supt.
J. Y. Joyner. They left here on an
early train this morning. The senate
committee on education will r;o to
Greensboro Friday to insji.’ ' 
State Normal and Industrial
and the Colored A. & M. Coll
Forestry Convention.
The State Forestry Convention here
today was attended by numbers of citi
zens from Wilmington to Asheville
and beyond, sessions being held morn
ing, afternoon and evening. Gover
nor Kitchin welcomed the delegates
and the response was by Mayor F. N.
Tate, of High Point. Other features
of the convention were valuable papers
on forestry problems in this state by
der boat Katherine W,
Charles McNeill, engineer of switch
engine in New Jersey Central yards.
Giantonomo Morro, Brooklyn, steve
dore.
Michael Morro, stevedore.
Oscar Stolpe, mate of Katherine W,
belief the boiler on the lighter or
tugboat exploded, setting off the dy
namite. The officers of tlie company
have taken every step to secure a
lull and accurate report concerning
v.hat took place but those who were
in cliarge of the work are either
Only five bodies have been recover-1 dead or so badly injured as to be un-
ed up to this noon and the names of able to give detailed information.”
only nine men missing w'ere known.
More than a score of laborers, names
unkonwn, wiio were on the end of the
pier when the explosion took place
are unaccounted for.
The bureau of combustibles of New
York city, in a statement by Com
missioner Johnson,-pufs a little side
light on the disiuster by declaring
that the Kartherine W, the dynamite
New York, Feb. 2.—Three investiga-1 lighter w here the explosion occurred,
tions were started this morning to fix is an old offender and that the dis-
the responsibility for the dynamite: irict attorney was already preparing
explosion in New'^ York harbor yester- to take action this week against her
day. One will be conducted by a cor-: in the case of a shipment of 2,500
oner’s jury under Coroner James M. j pounds of dynamite w hioh was im-
Houghton, of Jersey City; another by. properly left unguarded on an East
Inspector of Combustibles James N. Continued on Page Two.
Clue to Banel
Murder Mystery"
Posse to Follow
By Associated Press.
Hazelton, Pa., P^eb. 2.—According
to clues discovered today, the vic
tim of the “barrel murder mystery”
here three years ago probably was
Miss Bertha Garlow, who disappear
ed from w'est Hazleton. She is said
to have known the secrets of a
State Forester J. S. Holmes; the Lum-^ “black hand” gang in this vicinity.
PAN AMERICAN
COMMERCIAL CONFERENCE.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 2.—The Pan
American commercial conference, to
be held here February 13-18 promises
to be the largest and most represen
tative commercial gathering that has
ever assembled in the national capi
tal. The Pan American union, under
w'hose auspices the conference will
be held, has announced that it has
received' notices from 91 commercial
organizations and 296 firms and in
dividuals of their intention to be
present. Every state in the union will
be represented.
The conference will be only at
commercial value. Political questions
will be avoided and no resolutions
will be debated or adopted.
President Taft. Secretary Knox,
Champ Clark, Senator Root, Presi
dent Farrell, of the United States
Steel Corporation and others are ex
pected to deliver addresses on the
opening day.
GAFFNEY WILL BE IN LINE.
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^ The News Office.
^ Woodruff’s Pharmacy,
^ worth.
^ Blake’s Corner, on the squat^e,
^ in charge of Mr. Lynch, the
blind man.
^ Moody’s Drug Store, corner
^ West Trade and Mint Sts.
^ (Postoffice Corner.)
X HOW TO VOTE
X Cut the ballot from a copy
^ of The News and sign your
^ name opposite “yes” or “nC'
^ and your address. If you wish,
^ mail your ballot to The News.
^ For other informaton see the
^ local stories In the news
^ umns.
col-
Only qualified
eligible.
voters are
Ready to Assist in Building of
terurban Route.”
Gaffney, S. C., Feb. 2.—There has
been considerable speculation among
the business men of the city as to
whether the proposed “Interurban
route” will come through this city.
The matter has been discussed and
althou^ no steps have been taken,
Gaffney will doubtless be willing to
pledge her support to the new road
in case it should touch Gaffney. This
city is on the direct route from
Charlotte to Spartanburg and there
seems to be some hopes for the
road touching this city. Doubtless a
meeting of the business men of the
city will be held at an early date
in an effort to secure the road.
New Steamship Line.
By Associated Ppss.
Houston, Texas', Feb. 2.—The Texas
Steamship and Banana Company, of
Houston, organized wholly with local
capital, will begin operating steam
ships betw'een the port of HouS’ton
and Spanish Honduras beginning
Marhc 1. The company will establish
a regular weekly schedule. The first
boat that will clear from Houston is
the Mercator, a 1,083 ton steamer. Oth
er boats have been engaged.
F. K. Keogh, formerly of New York,
will be general naanager.
berm an and Practical Forestry, by J.
B. Blades, of New Bern, and the Rela
tion of Water Power to Practical For
estry. by W. S. Lee, vice-president of
the Southern Power Co., of Cliarlotte.
An excellent address was delivered by
Mr. Thos. P. Ivey, of New Conway,
New' Hampshire. State Geologist Jo-
Kf jih Hyde Pratt, discussed compre
hensively the stock law and its rela
tion to forestry. There was a discus
sion on railroads and their relation to
forestry by a number of railroad men
and also a general discussion of
changes and extensions of the forestry
law'S for North Carolina that involves
precaution against forest fires and the
conservation of the growth of trees
as the manured timber is being cut
and hauled. The Practical Application
of Forestry was the subject of a splen
did address by H. M. Curran, forester
of the Philippine Islands.
To Amend Constitution.
Senator Graham, of Orange, has in
troduced a bill to amend the consti
tution of North Carolina providing for
increasing the compensation of the
members of the general assembly to
$500 and mileage and if an extra ses
sion is held they are to receive $100
for it. The presiding officers of each
house are to receive $10 per day and
mileage and the same rate during ex
tra sessions. In speaking of his bill
Senator Graham says the present high
cost of living simply makes it impos
sible for a man to serve in the legis
lature without a personal financial loss
and that the people of the state ought
not to expect their law makers to
make up the deficit of their actual ne
cessary expenses.
Another important bill introduced
In the senate Is by Senator Cartw^right
of Hyde, by request, to establish the
North Carolina School for the Feeble
minded. This is a duplicate of the bill
introduced in the house by Represen
tative Thompson, of Beaufort. This
bill received the endorsement of the
North Carolina Association of City
School Superintendents in annual ses
sion here last week.
Senator Brown, of Columbus, has
introduced a bill to prohibit the hand
ling of Intoxicating liquors by clubs or
associations in the state, this being a
measure designed to break up what is
known as club locker system.
To Establish New County.
The question of establishing Avery
county out of Mitchell and Caldwell
1 will be decided by the joint senate and
house committees on countiv'^, cities
and towns Thursday of this week,
when it will become known whether
or not a favorable report la to be made
As to Removal of Capital.
Carson, Nev., Feb. 2.—A resolution
to move the capital from this city
to WMnnemucia failed to pass in the
house vesterday. The vote was a tie,
20 to 20.
The woman was hacked and then
jammed into a sugar barrel that 'was
set on fire on Ebervale mountain
Alleged Gout
B.y Associated Press.
Sstnford, Ky., Feb. 2.—Sheriff Mc
Cracken, of Lincoln, with the assist
ance of the sheriff of Casey county,
will lead a posse of officers in the
search for Mrs. Amanda Harrison,
also known as Mrs. Gilmore, w'ho is
charged in a warrant with being one
of the ghouls who attempted to rob
the grave of George B. Saufley last
Monday night. It is believed she is
with relatives w'ho reside in an al-
where the charred and unrecognizable most inaccessible part of Casey
body was found by a miner. Only one
shoe and a necklace remained but
they furnished no clue to the identi
ty of the victim.
Conditions of Archbishop Ryan.
By Associated t*ress.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2.—Archbishop
Ryan’s condition, although still ex
tremely critical, show^ed slight im
provement this morning. He slept
three hours last night.
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county.
The young man who was with the
w'oman when she dug into the grave
also is expected to be arrested to
day.
MORE ABOUT MISS
DOROTHY ARNOLD.
By Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 2.^The fact that
Miss Dorothy Arnold'made a trip to
Washington, D. C., and remained
there for several days shortly before
her disappearance on December 12
was made public today by John S.
Keith, of the law firm directing the
search for the missing heiress. Mr.
Keith declared, however, that this
trip had nothing to do with tlie girl’s
disappearance.
“Out of the 'dozens of possible
clues, w'e have failed to develop any
thing new,” said Mr. Keith.
Rioters Do Damage.
By Associated Press.
Coimbra, Portugal, Feb. 2.—Subs-e-
quent to the celebration of mass at tho
Cathedral yesterday in commemoration
of the anniversary of the assassination
of King Carlos, a band of 200 rioters
broke into the Catholic and Monarchi
cal club rooms and destroyed the
furniture and burned the papers ana
books.
$1,000,000 Bond Ballot
Aldermen favor the issuance of bonds to the amount
of $1,000,000. Upon the proposition as it is sub
mitted, answer YJES or NO by signing your
name and giving your address upon
the lines on the coupon.
YES....
NO
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