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pOR QUICK RESULTS USE THE NEWS CLASSIFIED ADS—THEY BRING BEST RESULTS—ONE CENT A WORDi dest Edition THE CHARLO’ ;jkhi Latest Edition )L 43. NO. 69b6 CHARLOTrt, N. C.. IVIONDA\ EVENING. FEBRUARY 20, 191 1 PT} t In Charlotte, ~ cents a Copy Daily—5 Cents Sunday -*■ Outside Charlotte. 5 Cents a copy Daily and Sunday mi rectos Mexico Lay Of Should Down lims .:! a review of ilio iiuuh' toda.v for the Jos.' Vvps I.iman- ;uiiii'o in ilic cabinet il>'i iaroil ilie only I - '’'at tlip in.surrec'- . lUMiilini; ucko- t ■ • iirnrut. which I •■.’.ai'ii a r-'form >*. I '' ovttlutiou :..i’ i\ t' t!i it S(Mior ! ih ' p. («l){i')iii: nr I'l..', .saii'i ' u ';ai U'(ui|is ,u\' a i;. S, l:,i; l.iMiJMl'OUl' . i!i 1 !un>l Wo >'stat''s in ■ ' 'IN ti , r. ' * lit ' u-?,'. ions." TO PROVIDE FOR PORTIFICIIT10 M ,,te ;» ii a I I PU !M By Associated Pre?s. . \N’nsl)in.i’t(n. 1). C’., Feb. 20.—Repre sentative Kitz^ria!(i. of New York, a nieniber of the eoinniittoe on appro priations, announced in the liouse to- (hi.' that tlie nndry civil bill wovild ca^ry a provision for the foni.ficaiion of the i’nnan'.a canal. The statement was n)ade in response t > a (niestion ironi Mr. Hobwon. of A]al)ania, and was ureeied wiM-i applause. li is understood ,hat the Snn'lrv Civil iiill, when roportv'd i>y the ai)- ptopiiaiions conuuitiee. 'vill carry (ii'O.OOo for the fonilicaiion of the ca- p.al. n '• ■ ' i.i 111.- wonld !'• cl u; ainu ho’a ' ::^ve fi r >h' , M. '».■■ u= l 1 -I>1,t d to coi.ntry. ‘ i.-; . to la'. d'.)\\ u I o:;!' ; i,cn. will i m ’ '■! >;ico i'cr-i ^ in;air:^;nis I'Oth ’111' st'^'ur-1 :c ration." i 1 I ;oi (Mis!,'. an i; til" s: iUt'tiic*;: I 'he insi.rucuis ! 1 i'.'. ir arms. »!', -; NT at'. r; whi*'. •li'ii.in ■> a. . By .\s.-(u’la*ed I’ress, Pro.'iilio. Tt A., Feb. 20.—lusu’j.;ents. uiuier Ki'iilio Sali,a;io. have caiitured Ten wa.-ioiis loaded with ]u'ovisions for the federal srarrison at Ojinai;a. With (ointr.unicaiion cut olT with f'hihna- i'.ua tlu* ff'derals are buying su]tplies on 11'*' .\ni>'i'ican side of the river. 8!owI,' the relK'ia are prcL'SiiiL; in oti iii( i«c!-i.',:rMi city a'td an attack is cx- pcv'tfd within a few da vs. 'I'wo troops of the third F. S. cavalry ar.d a ;rack t.rain from \\ osr Point, Y.. au' .^'ationcd her*' and i'le patrol- litiK tiie (Jrande. -(WE THE academy of MU5IC V7LL U5E Let'S OP THE SOUTHERN powm co's JU1C.E THIS VVE.EK L the s\Vord of DAMOCLES MR, O.U.MUTr,WWO )S NOT A PROWlHEHl C1T12EN,STA TED TO A HEWS REPOKilK IN A FAKE 'MTEKYIF-WTHAT HE WAS IH FAVOR OF ISSU- IMfc SPECIFIC BONDS FQK SPcC'FlC AHOUNlSTOBt HANDLED 8Y SFECIFIC GEftT- LEMEH for. SPECIFiC PUK- POSES. HE ALSO stated THAT THEKferoO HAMY &E14ERALS mT>)E U.5. AKMY IN PFsOPOKTiON TO SPECIFICS CPLEAbE OMIT ^ FLOWERS^ Wintet Doing Over Wide Blizzaid Is Great Damage Territory L STORES CASE BEFORE SUPREME COURT Steady Storm Pelting Eastein States And Appalachian Dis trict—Tail oj Disturbance Extends as Far West a^ Middle Tennessee, RANDOM SHOTS. b By Associated Ft ess. Wasl'iin^r.ou, Feb. :?0.-—'I'n’ce men were probably fa’ally hurt and a number susiaineti serious injuries when a freight Icf^omotive on the l?altin'!ore t Oliio Ri'.ih'oad exploded today near Kan-’olph, ?-!d. Fnysicians have been sent from here on .a si'ec- ial ti'ain. ■ i;. ■ \\ !>• .in ' ■ !'■) \a-T r 'atcs ir. ' ■ have !i; Mi banc d down 'iMi lo irencrati.ui b\ in- .,ild 1.0 divbb'd and distrl- : I he |Howlc. ' d plni-e there is opposi- !; .• iMnz on the sround i , .‘0 t-'O Ion'-” in office and' n-i l.^ n* rded to lirect the . .( iii'Hc. ; .1 the piinister. “Hiaz wfi' il to tiie ur( .-idcnry by 5^ SEI'ITE TIES yP STSTE EBILL hci.ld be iiii'-rs of \.i: ih- rn / ' T ’JI 'iEfl ■ 0 t ■ , ell'i 1 ' t ■ aiM i M c (■n the delicat " f '^'inued the C It ' Special lo The X«''%vs. The senate passed on second ieal- inc:, L’G to 12, the Boyden bill for $500,- 000 state building without specifying the location. B?lei^h. X. C., Feb. 20.—The house wa;; Hooded v' iih new bills, again prin cipally local measures. At 12:30 the house v.ent into a committee of the I ,ced that whole for consideration of the revenue r-j.r: :: lion is too bill. ^ it is ''t'.larjred ii ; 'I'lie bill for a constitutional amend- ( lii Ti'p govern-1 nient lo allow a waiver of homestead q;;c’:i:iii the revoln-!e\empti(n\ taitie from the committee ■ vctr.s ('.untenialan i with a favorable report. • 1 oaiaininu'r.'^ar the j In the senate Preii-ident Newland lan -e at the time of appointed irienaiors Tirown, of Colum- \oluti(;;i forced tbejbtis, and Senator Coxe, of Jackson ■ 1 thf* Si-ani-’h fron-L-onnty. as niembeis on the pari of the :i ,t 2"') kilouu'tr^'s i c;(-pr,te for investiiiation of railroad and . I’.u' .mo tnd !other interest.s in which the state has i.'^itut . d a menace to j fov convict labor. j The million dollar bond bill for a the Fnited States adniinis-tration bailding was dis- " i ude and not ‘'i>l.'' L-nssed at Ki't'at leiit;th. An ainend- .oliitioh! ts if by Senator Boyden provides the ; ) air nl'O prevein, i ?.',()u,0(i0 and the loca- be left to the council of state. The l>iU foi' commission form of govern tnenf for Winston on third read ing was sent to the house. A b4I for better drainajje and to protect healtl. in .Meckien urg pa.ss- ed. Dynamite Bomb Placed on Step By Associated Prtss. C'hicago. 111.. Feb. 20.—A dynamite bomb with a lighted time fuse two feet long, sputtering and hissing fire, w{)s found early today on the Ironi steps of a house occupied by Giacomo Frisa, an Italian laborer. Two policeman saw the fuse and extingui&hed the fire. Tile bomb consi.-;red of five sticks of higli-percentage dynamite, bound to gether with a string and with fuse and cap adjusted. t'risa lives in the two-story house with his wife and four children. He has received several threatening let ters demanding money in the past few months,, signed “the Black Hand.” The last note received a week ago advised him that his hon\e '?\ould be blown jd if he failed to leave $500 in a package on his front door step, or if he noti fied the police. The fuse when taken to the police station was fotnid to have burned only an inch. Although indications were that the bomb had been left on the doorstep onl y a moment before it was found, the policeman saw no one leav ing the place. By Associated Press. Constantino:>le, Feb. lO.—A violent eanhqitaice was exi)erienced at Mona- stir and elsewhere •hroughout the vila yet of Monastir today. There was some loss of life. Several mo. jues and houses were demolished. 'I'he population is camping out and suffering intensely with iho (old. The authoiiiies have appeal">^^1 ;o the government i'or 3o0 tents and re- !if'.' I'liuds-. Aionastir is a town of European Tur key. capital of the vilayet of Monastir in -Macedoiiia. miles northvest of i-Hloniki. jr ig an im-'oviant military center and has a large trade iu wneat and tobacco, besides having manufac tories of gold and silverware and car- i)tis. liTe population, which is estimat ed at 4.1,00(;, is- a medley of all the nationalities to be found in Alacedonia, the Christians numbering about hair of the total. ' ( I-: iiiLis a'u} t he di.-5- .nd .'-hips'.’” j fla'our who alieadly !;,iroi,r. $.,.',.000 000 ofi .>1 ,f the M xican na- ■ :n im)m Mil ), h;.s dccid^d ot'sr.r hal: i*f 'he lionds tiacir thr new 1 per he coTi'.^idrrs a to .Mexico's crc'Ht ■ revolution caiis('d - tMTall;.' oil,’ ,«! at Early Hour Census Figures. By .\ssociated I’ress. \V;'shin,i.'.to’j, Fob 20.—Population to falUi'taiistics of the thirteenth censtis an- tioiinct (1 today included: Place Comnerce, Ga. 2,282 .lahlonei'a, Ga Ji2 Y. M. C. A. Mot to be Unionized. By Associated Press. San Francisco, Feb. 20.—The San Francisco labor council has received from the directors of the local Young Men’s Christian Association a letter of refusal in reply to a re(iuest that the employes o? the association be unionized. The direc tors say they cannot endorse the “closed ‘shop’’* as the association is not in 1,'usiness for profit. They em- ),'U)y persons in need, they say, and consider it would be nnjnst to force stich men to .join unions. 'i'he letters that the San Francisco labor council is the only organiza tion of the kind in the v/orld that ever has made such a request. Hearings On McCall Bill •>! P,HM) 1.154 1 t;55 The Full Crew Act. By .Associated l’ro;s. Washington. Feb. 20,—The (()ttncil of (!ar,\ , Ind. I aci of \ik;tn!-a.s. regulatin.i couticil attendeil a ;e. If thrre is any- alx'U'i early rising, Mil and wisdom are al full the size of crews on freight trains, was 4;1.‘, o'clock this held today to be constitutional by the tipreme court of the t nited Slates. ck Hand Gangs Renew Their Reign Of Terror In New York Increase In Manufacture Of Veneer Matenals ByAssociated Press. AVashington, Feb. 20.—Hearings on the McCall bill to carry out the pro visions of file Canadian reciprocity agreement were begun by the senate committee on finance today. .Tohn Strange, of Xeenah, ^^'is., a paper man- r.facturr ad former lieutenant gover nor of his state, opposed the bill, char.ging that false sentiment in favor of ir had been manufactured by a league of newspaiiers wliich he believ ed to be in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Mr. Strange said in part. “This country has no more need for Canadian pul{) wood than it has for Canadian disease germs. Siniice is not necessary for paper making, as any wood which has ci fibre which will suffice. There are many woods which are better than spruce. The fibre of (he northest made excellent paper and there is nothing better than the soft woods of the south.'’ Mr. Strange declared that if the democrats knev,' what they were about, they w'ould take such action as would make them the future paper ir.ake”s of the country. Mr. Stran.E'e declared that Y\’iscon- sin. Minnesota and West Vir.ginia. in twenty years would be growing enough for all the mills of the coun try and that j)aper making was just developing in the south through the utilization of timber unfit for lumber. By Associated Press. Cleveland, Oliio, Feb. 20.—Orders lo declare a strike of the 800 uoilerina’K- ers employed by the New York Centril lines between i3iiffaio and (’hic.ago were received today b.'. \’ice-Presid- ;it Louis Weyands, of tiie union, Lroni ihe inte:’naiioni'l heauquarterLS tu Kansas City. Tlie l;rilennakers have been ordered t ) walk out at lo o'clo'.-k this morning. Depaw Works Deserted. Buffalo. X. Y., Fi'b. 20.—The boiler makers en.'ployed at the l^epc-\v worlds of the New 'lOrk Centra! Railroad, aL’out 12r> in lUim'Dcr, v\alked out at ten o'clock foilov/ing from the .inrei national heauciuartei's at Kansas’ City, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 20,— Vice-Presi dent Lo'tis Weyand, of the Brotlierliood of Boiler .Makers and Iron STiipbuliders of America today ordered out .SOO boil- e-’niakers employed on ihe Lake Shore and :\Iichigan Southern division of the New York Central Railroad, between Bufi'alo and Chicago. The demand of the men for the abolishineiit of piece work was the cause. The company was given tintil 1(i (Yclock this morning to meet the den;and. Following a conference here last week a strike vote was taken. This was submitted to the interna tional headciuirters at Kansas City, r»lo., for a ct)unt. The executive commit tee today sent the order to call a strike. Seventy-five employes in the Collin- wood shop here (jait work at ten o'clock. General Manager D. C. ^loon. of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, is in Indianapolis today and in his absence D. R. AlacbJiin, superin tendent of motive power issued a state ment. “The boilermakers really have no grievances," said MacBain. ‘About half of them were pul to work on inece work and their wages were increased from 30 to 50 per cent as a result. It •appears, however, that piece work is contrary to their constitution * and a change was demanded. We still hope that trouble may be averted. “We are perfectly able to handle'.^ the situation, however. Service will ♦ not be impaired in the least.” j ^ Vice-President AYeyand said today | ♦ that a sympathetic strike of machinists j ♦ emplo.\ ed on all th‘ New York CJentral | lines might l)e called if the demands | ♦ of the boilermakers were not granted. i ^ This would affect thousands of men ^ *and would result in a sericais tie up. ' By Associated Press. Washingttin, Feb. 20.—The supreme court of tlie Fnited States today granted a request that it review the conviction of ofiicials of the American Naval Stores Company, accused of having violated the Sherman anti-trust law. The American Naval Stores com pany wliose officials were concerned in the action of the court today has ])een re'Vrred to as the “turpentine and rosin trust.” As a distributor and ex|)orter of what is claimed to lie more than fifty per cent of the turpen tine and rosin obtained from the long leaf yellow iiine of the Carolinas, Geor.fia. Floiida, Alabama, Missippi. Louisiana, and Texas, the company long has been a prominent li.gure in the trade of tiie world. Today’s action was the outcome of a iirosccntion begun in 1;>0S in the Un.ited Stares circuit Court of Georgia against the company, its officials and others for violation of the Sliernian ant i-t rust law against conspiracy in re straint of trade. It had been preceded by other i)iosecutions. In one of these Spencer Shotter, whose, activities as chairman of th.e boftrd of directors has made him piobably the most prominent (igttie in tin con'pt'j'v. w-as found guilty of vio- latitig' the interstate commerce laws and lined, in another he was fonnd guilty of violating the Sherma anti- Slight Damage Done so Far- Trains Stalled in Texas— Wirts Down—Budding Fruit Trees Considerably Damaged —No Lives Lost. trust law and Fined. In the case before the court today he had been sentenced to pri-on for all(\!;el violation of tlu' anti-tmst lav.-, in additicni to payment of a fine. The governiiK'nfs claim of conspira cy among' tlie defendanis was based liartly on tiie peculiar system of mar kets for turpentine and rosin. It was said by the government that the only open or (piotatitjn ma.rket in the Fnit ed States for the sale of naval stores instruction^ P'Savannah, Ga. At all the other - markets, il was cluinied the jirices Avere b;iyed on the closing prices ar Savannah. This bein.g the case. Ihe govern ment claims the defendants consi)ired to stay out of the Savannah mai'ket in the early parr of litns. in order lo de press; that market and during tlmt time to make large purchases at clos ed markets, where the prices would be depressed because of the depres sion at Savannah. Fvidence was. pro duced by the g(jvernment in an en deavor t'j show that so successful w:is tl’.e conspiracy that the defendants bought naval stores for less than the cost of produclion. The defendants denied that they had any part in the manipulation of the market. ^'he government presentf^d tevti- mon.v in hiiDport of the claim that liar- rels of rosin in tiie conttol of the Ameri.'^tan Naval Stores company were ‘•graded uj)'' witliotit re-inspection and that small quantities were tolled out habitually from its barrels of sjurits of turjientine. 'I’hese iiracticiP, ii wa.^ arguc-*'i, were used bv the defcnl- ants in order to obtain a monoiiol.v and in order to put Ibeir competitors out of business. The defense was that, stich evidence could not l)e presentel t;> prove an alleged offense under the Sherman anti-trust law but only was ■proper evidence in indictments re specting cheating and swindlin.g violation of state laws. in NO TRACE OF BANDITS. Bv Associated Press. ♦ City and then fled. 'I’he explosion caused a Hand: panic of 100 girls In St. Cecilie's ojn- Chie(|vent. The doctor has been receiving Black Hand letters for some time, Giovanni Cataldo, a Chrystie street grocer, sat ui) last night in his- d2ik- ened Htore and awaited the coinin.g of the bomb throwers. He had keiJt vigil for several nights, Just before dawn the grofreryman saw two figur-*s near his d )or. getting ready to set of* itre^t. today, laid a bomb | a bomb, Cataldo fired a shot from a re- • ioctor'5 door, louchea It offjvolver and the Plack Handers fled, ; ' f 1 Press. : k Feb. 20,—Black iiig the efforts of : Ms detectives to check their rene .ved their reign of ter- i .r 'j and bomb early today, daring attempts to wreck aaiite. ■ entH of the blackmailing so- 'up in front of the house i;toll, u wealthy physician on By Associated Press. Washington, D. C,, Feb. 20.—There was a notable increas-e in the m.anu- faciure of veneer material during the; year 1009 over the previous year, r;c;- cording to a report made public today by the bureau of the census. During the calendar year 1909 the outlav for veneer niateri"!. both do mestic and imported woods, was SS,- 997.51*5. compared with $7,891,431 for the preceding year and $6,436,2:57 for 1907. An increase of 235 establish ments engaged in this business during 1909 over those engaged in 190S was reported. The figures for 1909 shovv the number of establishments engaged in this business during the year to be t!37, RULES COMMITTEE TO P.-PORT ON THR SO-CALLED "GAG” RULE By Associated Press, Was-liington, D, C., Feb. 20.^—The rules committee of the house ■will met at 11:30 o’clock today to report a so-called “gag” rule to limit debate on all measures to -10 minutes, as long as the present legislative conditions continue, Newspaper Passes Not Allowed By Associated Press. Washington. Feb. 20.—Only money and not advertising can be accepted by interstate railroads in payment for transportation, according to an inter pretation announced today by the su preme court of the T’nited States of the Hepburn rate law of 1906. The decision involved a large num ber of contracts between the Chicago, Indianapolisfe Louisville Railway com pany and various publishers. REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN, OF MAINE, DEAD. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., Feb. 20.—Repre sentative Amos J. Allen, of Maine, died of pneumonia at his apartments hare early today following several days Ill ness. FICHT OyER THE OMNIBUS BILL T Gainesville, Ga., Feb. 20.- Altliough three pos.ses are ♦ jjearc,nin,g the country for the ♦ five men who early Salurda.\ ^1^ . morning held up Southern j Railway passenger train No. j :;il. nothing was discovered to- ♦ day through which they might ♦ be captured. ^ Heavy rains during the night mixed the ti'pii, and blood hounds could not pick up the scent. The hunt will be con tinued tonight. l^eaving in its wide wake a coat ing of snow and sleet, the late win ter blizzard w'hich centered over the Southwest on Saturday, has moved to the east today and a steady storm is pelting the eastern states and the Apiialachian district. The “tail” of The disturliance extends as far vvfst as middle Tennessee and Ken- tu( ky. Colder weather chrou.ghout the Mis sissippi valley and the South is forecasted for tonight and tomorrow. Fieezing conditions will be experienc ed as far south as upper Florida hut clear weaiher is iu prospect at the same time. There has been slight damage through the cf^iitral states as a re sult of the sit-et and snow. Tntcr- rtiption to wire communications ha.s been, re])ort.ed from several sections of Kentucky and Ohio. Interurban traffic on electric lines has been maintained with but delays to ‘'ex press' trains and cars. Points in ihe Southwest report dam- agi to b’.idding fruit trees. Trains in Northwest Texas have been delayed and in several instanc es “stalled” by the two days bliz zard. Trains Delayed in Texas. Dallas, 'I'ex., Feb., 20.—Rejiorts lioni the Panhandle of Texas today stale that all trains were either stall ed or were many hours late from the efiects of a two days’ blizzard in that section. Today the storm was moder ating with the temperature in the Pan handle ut 20 degrees above zero. Throughout North Texas where peach and apple tree's are in blossom and vegetation of all sorts had been breen for two weeks the temijerature touched freezing today and ice formed in exposed pl.ices. For over twenty- fotu’ hours a norther has been driving the temperature down with liitle jiros- pects that the drop will abate for an- (.ther day. Last night the high winds and clouds were effective protection to vegetation, in mtiny sections prevent ing the formation of fro.st. Great' quantities of early vegetables intended fur northern mariiets, -will be iiiotected toni.ght l).\' hastily throw'u iiii w^eather shields. In the norihwestern section of the state the buds and blossoms on fruit trees were killed last night. Wichita P'alls, in that section, reported ice half an inch thick today. IMttsiinig, Feb. 20.—One of the heav iest snowfalls of the season was ex perienced throu.ghout Western Penn sylvania, Kasterii Ohio and W'est Vir- giiiia today. In this city four inches of snow loll. I Heavy Snow in New 'Y’ork, New Yoi k, Feb. 20.—The storm from the Soutliwes-L which raged over the SDitnih cf ntral portion of the country yesterday and last night struck New V(,rk and vicinity tiiis morning and before 9 o'clock a snow blanket more than two indies in ihickness had been deposited here with prosiiects that the * fall Vv'ould continue through the day. { There was little wind, but the tem- pei attire was 2 1 degrees- at 8 o'clock and falling, thus increasing the ])roba- liiiity of considerable accumulations of Ihe lleecy covering. The chief centers of the disturbance a))pearcd this morning to be in North Carolina and central Pennsylvania. The weal her is c h^arin.g to the west ward, the most westerly points affect ed. according to the local weather bureau repoiis- now being in MichigoU and Orio. Deadlock Unbroken. By Associated Press, Albany, N, Y., Feb. 20.—There was no materia! change and no choice in day jiractically puts the entire con- todav’s ballot for United States sena- duct of affairs for the next two weeks lor ' in the hands of the speaker. By A.ssociated Press. Washington. Feb. 20.—The great majority of the democrats in the House voted v.ith the republicans to day 173 to 74 for the adoption of a rule providing that all House rules be suspended on a two-thirds vote dur ing the remainder of the session so that appropriation and other measures can be rushed throtigli without amend ment after forty minutes debate. The adoption of the rule, which was characterized by iMr. Bennet, of New York, as a “gag” had the effect of ending the three days filibuster against the omnibus war claims bill, which ])rovldes for the payment of $1,160,000 of war claims, but does not include anv French spoliation or navy yard overtimQ.clalms. The claims bill pae.sed by a two thirds vote. The rule adopted by the House to- Continued 'on Fruit in Danger. ! New Orleans, f'el). 20.—With frpoz- ing temperatuies sc-heduled for to night tliroughout the greater iiart of Louisiana, much concern is fe!t for early fruit and vegetables. The truck farmers around Hammond, where the strawberry crop gave promise of being the largest in years, will un doubtedly suffer heavy damage. The Second Posses Scorn ing Coun try Around^ Charleston Foi Ti ace of Negro By Associated Press. Charleston, S, C„ Feb. 20.—Sheriff Martin, his posse and rural police men are still scouring the country side for traces of the negro who on Saturday afternoon killed one negro and wounded nine people, several being whites near Ashley .Junction, seven miles from this city, but thus far the searching parties have struck by some that the fugitive is conceal ed in one of the swamps in which ths undergrowth is dense. The ne gro's deeds are charged to homicidal mania, there being no pro.’ocation for his use of the shotgun. The out lawry has caused serious excitement i.i the section where the crimes were committed. The sheriff will use every effort to locate and capture the fu- s I il B i , 'H \]k n> ■ if V.; ‘•I* liVM !i no important trail. It is thought gitive.