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CHARLOTTE N. C., SATURDAY feVENlNG, JUNE 3, 1911
South Celehaies
'he Bttthday/Df
JeJ^erwn J4avis
Jority of Southem\Low iJeath Rate
o-day was Obsemd, p^j.
egal Holiday, The
m Paid Homage to
; oj Great Leader.
Great Chief tain
With Flowers by
Hands-Reports From
Sections Regarding
of the Celebration.
3. ir>M. ta the 103rd an-
lo hlrrhday of Jefferson
*.i"hprn Confederacy.
. marked locally by a
. i..l exercises which
r. ! this afternoon at the
• wall Jackson Chapter
d by members of Meck-
‘ r V. Julia Jackson
ou of the Confederacy.
- ii.d Children met with
Chapter by special
By
Associated Press.
Washington, June 3.—In nearly
twenty thousand cases of smallpox
reported in the United States during
lft09 there were only 9li deaths, mak
ing the average mortality rate less
thrn one-half of one per cent. Public
health service statistiqs announced
todayu showed even this diminished
number of capes by comparWon with
last year was excessive. Kabs-as had
the maximum number of cases. 2,-
197; Illinois, 2,135; Utah, 1.854. and
North Carolina, 1,733.
Geman Entrant
0;^ For Rome
By
A&sociated Press.
Rome, June 3.—Frey, the German
entrant in the Paris-Rome-Turin avi
ation race, who has been stalled at
Pisa owing to the wrecking of his
machinefl left that city at 8:1c.
allv honor the South’s i o’clock this morning for Rome. He
‘ flew to Maccarese, eight miles from
the capital, where hew as forced to
land owing to the dense fog.
The aviator telephoned to the avia
tion committee here, saying that he
was well and that his machine was
intanct. He asked that mechanicians
be sent to him with petrol. Several
automobiles with fuel were ni&hed to
Maccarez and it is expected that
Frey will resume his flight at 3
3 o’clock this afternoon.
Vidart this morning succeeded in
repairing the wing of his aeroplane
broken by an abrupt landing at Ce-
cina, about 35 miles from Pisa, and
he again ascended, flying in the di-
1‘ectlon of Rome, where he expects
to arrive early this afternoon.
made by Judge Arm-
;ud Capt. S. B. Alexan-
■ ' in the Confederate
>ses of Honor,
all :ackson will present
i 'n'-'r to the following
’s J. C. Mangum. E.
.\lllson. Huntersville;
! Bost, H. B. Walters,
take place in the
' Co.’s Building—I;30
Press.
! . Jime 3.—Through-
! the South generally
• T. fferson Davis is be-
foday. In Florida, Geor-
\a.--issippi. Tennessee.
,'n t'ar ilina the day is
K>;;’.l holiday, while in
dav is ibserved f.s
Decoration Day.”
ii^iii.ia wiiercv'er the
T a school day Uie
c losed.
Madew Reinters
Mexican Tetiitory
r
3TAM£>.
Tobacco Trust—Say, Johnnie, Sam has given me a black eye, Just like yours.
Standard Oil—Yep, but even a black eye will get cured.
Chailotte Man Intetested
In Development Of Land
In Scotland County
Pfdras, Xegras, Mexico, June—Re-
I enifixing Mexicjin territory' after a
■ 600-mile journey through ' the United
cemetery the graves ! States during which he was received
i Mvis. Mrs. Davis and! with bursts of enthusiasm at all sta
tions. Francisco
daughter of the Con-
with other mem-
I laily wass covered wltri
■;if> l)a\it* maurion, bet-
•>-e ‘’White House ot
: was decorated in
In Tennessee
■nn., June 3.—Jefferson
\ winch is Contederate
in Tennessee, was ex-
rrv.-^ throughout the
(Vmfoderate circle in
emetei^- here exerclsos
hi- afternoon, George H.
Franklin, Tenn.. being
n' Cleveland, Tenn., a
*■ «r. 'e monument was
:i-Tning.
At Mobile.
:. . Jiiac 1—The anniver
■fiirMi of Jefferson Davis
: ro today with a gen-
*, all banl^s, cotton ex-
' buildings and other
I'nited Daughters of
carried out a spec
i Honor of the occasion,
’ '1 1. fl by many veterans
. tf'rans.
' Charleston.
C., June 3.—Award
h iinT to veterans or
i n'- and reading of es-
I'l.itp .uV)jects by the
■ '-rsv will be chief fea-
• lebrafion tonight ot
’ V t)f the birthday ot
- .!v ('harleston Daugh-
‘ " .f- di racy. Being a st^ate
■ ft the business houses
> the hanks and city
"i ‘ ' taking holiday.
Observes Day.
June 3.—Today, the
: iihe birth of Jefferson
s: observed throughout
'S ('onfed^'rate memorial
^ I'sj' parade with the
f-- ■ ompanies of th> Ixiu?
' tl kiiard acting as es-
' I federate vetenins was
• ti'o observance in New
• 'ormn exchange, board
' ’ exf'hange 8nd all
I'ublir institutions are
In Memphis.
Te’in., June 3.—The
•li'fff-rson Davis was ob
tn.iHv by the Confeder-
holriinq; memorial exer
■'•‘•ood cemetery. At the
T •'H- prograjn the graves
■> 'leraie dead were strewn
■r:
''TiK a legal holiday, the
ui^riuitionfr and princi
■ oijses i»f the city were
'-vance in Macon
•Iline —The birthday
> V ill be observed m
' 11 by the unveil
-’••me I'.iouumeul to the
South. The excrcises
of th Daughtrs of the
"  ros»es of honor will be
■ '• ^'ans.
>”0 Deport Chinamen.
-f' 'I Press.
June 3.—Twenty-
'Ji lofT here today in the
' ni'.-d States Marshal For-
1 icJiuisco for deporta-
I. Madero, Jr.. was
welr^omed by an immense throng at
the international line here today.
Crowds from Eagle Pass, Tex., and
this town opposite it, heretofore
known as Cicudad Por^irio Diaz,
swarmed the bridges, and with a
chorus of “Viva Madero,” “Long Live
the Defender of Liberty,” and similar
cries, hailed the former rebel chief as
a great national hero.
As the train sped on during the
night, and every little station contrib
uted its crowd of about one hundred,
with Islexican and American flags flut
tering in the light of dozens of torch
es, the officers of Senor^ Madero’s
staff on g:iiard at the entrance to his
private car instead of their sleeping
chief repeatedly were compelled to
address the crowds.
The party arrived at Eagle Pass at
8:30 o’clock and were driven in auto
mobiles across the international
bridge. At the middle of the bridge
he was received in the embrace of
Senor V. Carranza, the new governor
of Coahuila, who escorted him into
Mexico through a gateway of flowers,
the arch of which bore an inscription,
‘Piedras Negras,” signifying the pass
ing of the name Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
from this town to the dawn of a new
era in Mexico. Committees of Mader-
istas sympathizers, including maiiy
Mexican girls, their white dresses
gaily adorned with the tri-color, the
red. white and green, brightened by
the morning’s sun. Though the hour
was early, the Crowd had assembled
long before the train arrived, and when
Senor Madero and his wife, followed
by the party of thirty, moved slowly
across the bridge in a i)rocession of au
tomobiles, cheers rang through tMe air,
the deafening applause from th%^ Amer
ican side being taken up across the
border by an even more demonstrative
crowd. Senor Madero made a brief ad
dress of thanks for the demonstration.
? Kong.
The land-development fever whicli
has been an epidemic in Charlotte
for thep ast tw'o years, being especial
ly violent the last six months, has
extended, through a Charlotte^nfect-
ed citizen, Mr. Paul Whitlock, to Rich
mond and Scotland counties,
Mr. Whitlock, L6^/Mr.
W. P. McRae, and Mr. M. W. Me Rae,
of Rockingham, have secured an op
tion on 27,000 acres of land in Rich
mond and Scotland counties with-the
purpose in view of developing same.
The land lies on both sides of the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad for eight
or ten miles surrounding the town of
Cognac and Hoffman.
The land is in the holdings of Mr.
D. L. Gore, of Wilmington.
The purpose of these gentlemen
purchasing the land is development.
In just w'hat way, has not yet been
decided.
Two schemes are under advisement,
viz; the sale of the property in samll
tracts or the inauguration of an
extensive colonization plan. One thing
or the other will be done.
This land, as known, is sand hills
land, which land has recently been
attracting widespread interest for de
velopment as cotton land. It has been
demonstrated that this land, w'hen
farmed on scientific prinpicles makes
as good cotton land as any land, if
not better. As proof of this many
fai’mers on the higher priced lands,
which have been considered necessa
ry for cotton raising, are selling their
lands and buying the sand hill lands.
This is true of farmers in Marlboro
county and elsewhere in that sec
tion.
Scotland county, it is said, produces
more cotton to the acre, than any
county in the Soi'th, since it was cut
off frori-\ Richmond county. Marlboro
holds the cotton pennant, as it were,
for production per acre, but it is
anticipated that with the devclc^ment
the new company, or association ot
gentlemen as given above, Ccotland
will not be long in wresting the hon
or from Marlboro.
Mr. Whitlock and associates consid
er themselves most fortunate in se
curing this option as there were sev
eral other parties eager to get it.
LOCUSTS ON THE JOB.
WTT TRACKS MAR
TRACK EVENTS.
DF OIL WENT
UP IN SMOKE
By .Associated Press.
New Orleans, June 3.—Eight im
mense oil tanks of the Indian Refining
Company, several miles below this city
on the Mlpsissippi river, containing
30,000 barrels of gasoline and 2,000
barrels of kerosene, valued 4t $250,000,
were destroyed by fire last night and
this morning. The fire was started by
a bolt of lightning striking one of the
tanks.
Soon after the fire started appeals
brought assistance from the New Or
leans fire department. The fire fiight-
ers could do little because of limited
facilities and the flames spread rapld-
y from one tank to another, a ware
house containing can filling machines,
pumps and other machinery soon being
left in ashes. Four thousand feet of
hose was taken from this city last
night and two tugs in the river began
pumping water to save surrounding
property.
At 6 o’clock the fire was still bum-
By Associated Press.
Minneapolis, Minn., June S.-^A
heavy rain last night and this morn
ing thoroughly soaked the track at
Northrop field where the eleventh
annual field and track meet of the
Western Intercollegiate conference
athletic association will take place
this afternoon. As the track is made
of cinders, a hit sun this morning
will dry it so fair time can be made,
but the chances for new records
have ben greatly lessened.
In the 19 events 150 men repre
senting 17 colleges and universities
were entered. Notre Dame, Chicago,
Illinois and Wisconsin were picked
as the most likely winners.
-ji| ing but wfis under controL
Lorimer May go
Before Committee
By Associated Press.
Washington, June 3.—Senator Wil
liam Lorimer, whose election to the
senate is to be re-investigated today,
requested that he be permitted to ap
pear before the new Investigating com-
mitee to testify In his own behalf.
The request was telegraphed to the
senate committee on priWleges i^nd
elections by Mr. Lorimef, who 4s in
Chicago. The oommlttee, it was said
would 1)(B glad to hear him.
By Associated Press.
Hastings, N, Y., June 3.~
JiAH)at local naturalists oay is
the 17 year locust is here In
full force. Trees throughout the
town are alive with the insects
and the humming sound pro
duced by the swarms can be
heard in all parts of the vil
lage.
The charasteri^tlc “W” Is no
ticed at the tip of the insects
wings.
Silk Manujactuiei
Ends Hk Lije
By Associated Press.
New York, June 3.—Alexander
Schreiner, a retired silk manufacturer,
shot himself in the head in his home in
Brooklyn last night . and was dead
when his wife reached his side from
an adjoining room.
Schreiner was 60 years of age and
had every comfort money could buy,
but was denied sleep and apptetlte, his
widow says.
Lose lOTO
TCSISyiT
Effort to Compel Banks to Pay
Losses Firms Suffered
Through
ing Fails oj Success*
PRICED In Charlotte I Cents a Copy aDily—5 Cents Sunday.
1 Outside Charlotte 6 Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday.
Roosevelt And Root
May Be Summoned
As Witnesses Soon
Ohe Killed in
7 lain Wieck
Vergas, Minn., June 3.—Mrs. S. L.
Berg, wife of the president of the New
Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Railroad,
was killed, and Mr. Berg was serious
ly injured in the wreck of a Minneap
olis, St. Paul and Sault St. Marie
train northbound. for Thif River Falls
at 11 o’clock last night.
A few other passengers sustained
slight injuries. The wreck was caused
by a washout in a cut a mile south of
Vergas, Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. Berg were enroute to
Winnipeg in their private car, which
was destroyed.
Mrs. ^rg’s body is still in the depot
at Vergas. Mr. Berg, who had not lost
consciousness, was taken to Meming in
a relief train for treatment at a hos
pital. It is thought he will recover.
Many passengers had narrow escap
es.
Eight of the eleven cars in the train
left the track following the engine and
three cars burned completely, includ
ing Berg’s private coach.
Ihe Stanley **Steel Trust** In
vestigating Committee Feels
the Importance of More Light
, On the Present Situation and
Will Act.
Recoveied Sight
After 40 Years
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., June S.—After having
been totally blind for fifteen years,
G. T. Mathis, 40 years old, of Colquitt,
Ga., today is wandering the streets
looking upon a world new to him. His
sight was restored through an opera
tion in a local hospital. Fifteen years
ago Mathis’ eyes were closed by
growths over his eyes and until re
cently none of the physicians he con
sulted thought an operation would be
successful. The strangest sights to
him he says are the high buildings
and the feminine costumes.
m OP OF THE
Outcome of Controversy Grow
ing Out of Failure oj Knight
—Yancy & Co., Southern
Cotton Brokers — Decision
Was Unanimous.
By Associated Press.
New York, June 3.—Northern cotton
brokers have lost their test suit to
compel the banks to pay losses to the
firms suffered through spurious bills
of lading issued by Knight, Yancey &
Co., the bankrupt southern cotton bro
kers. The appellate division here
unanimously affirmed a supreme court
decision setting aside a verdict for
$39,910 in favor of the cotton exchange
firm of Springs & Co. against the Han
over National Bank and ordering a
new trial.
The court holds that banks discount
ing drafts or presenting them for pay
ment do not “guarantee the genuine
ness of bills of lading attached to
them as collateral security.”
Springs & Co., paid a draft for the
amount sued for. This was collected
by the Hanover National Bank for
Knight, Yancey & Co. with bills of lad
ing attached, subsequently found to be
fraudulent.
By Associated Press.
New York, June 3.—There will be
no change in the line-up of the English
and American polo teams when they
face each other on Monday in the sec
ond match fof the international cup,
was the statement of the commanding
ofiicers of the teams today.
Captain Harry Payne Whitney, of
the Meadowbooks, said today that his
men were getting fit again and would
all be on their ponies on Monday. Even
Lawrence W^aterbury, whose physical
condition on Thursday was a trifle be
low par, is getting back again into
shape.
As fo rthe Englishmen, there seem
ed no excuse for a change in view of
the perfection of their team and indi
vidual play in the first match.
Holiday on London Exchange.
London, June 3.—Holiday on stock
exchange.
Bar silver steaiy 24 5-8d per ounce.
Money 1 l-4al-2.
Discount rates short and 3 months’
bills 2 1-16' per cent.
Red Flag Must Come Down.
By Associated Press..
San Diego, Cal., June 3.—Dick Fer
ris, who was chosen' yesterday pres
ident of the so-called republic of
Lower California, stated that he
would insist that the red flag come
down Monday and in its place a new
flag hoisted, that a constitutional
convention be called and Madero ask
ed to recognize the insurrectos and
recompense them and others for the
cost of the revolution in Lower Cal
ifornia.
Camornst Trial
W'os Postponed
FRANK B. KELLOGG
\
fiy Associated Press.
. Viterbro, Italy, June 3.—Owing to
the illness of one' of the jurors, the
■sittings of the Cammora trial, it w'as
announced today, have been postpon
ed until June 7.
The Camorrist prisoners were plain
ly* dissatisfied at the iterruption of
the trial, it being understood that the
real reason of the delay was to give,
the court officials, jurors and lawyers
an' opportunity to go to Rome and
witness the unveiling on June 6 ot
the monument to the late King Victor
Emmanuel II.
I The protested energetically against
thep ostponement, saying that the
* trial had lasted long enough. Giro Vir
trozzi, thep riest prisoner, exclaim
ed:
“These are the effects of Italian
unity.”
Frank B. Kellogg, the famous “trust
buster,” whose services are being
sought by the department of justice
in connection with the projected civil
^ult to dissolve the United States Steel —— — —"
Corporation, which, It Is said on good Rev. Arthur Pierson Dead,
authority, will be instituted withiji the By Associated Press,
nejft six months. Kellogg’s greatest New York, June 3.—The Rev. Arthur
achievement was the successful hand- Tappen Pierson, the eminent physician
lina of the government’s side of the clergyman and author, died today nt
•Standard Oil case. ' Ills residence In Brooklyn.
4
Roosevelt W'^ill Likely Be
Called Upon to Tell What he
Knows OT The Tennessee
Coal And Iron Company
Merger.
By Associated Press.
Washington. June Because of
what are saiil to be the marked dis
crepancies in the narratives of the ab
sorption of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
Company by the U. S. Steel Corpora
tion in the panicky days of 1907, ar,
given by John W. Gates an:| Ellbert H.
Gary, the Stanley “steel trust” invosii-
gating committee of the house has de
termined further light on that deal
must be obtained and that every per
son who had anything to do It with it
must be examined.
To Summon Roosevelt.
The committee is again considering
the necessity of summoning former
President Roosevelt and former Sec-
retarj' of State Elihu Root for verifi
cation of the conferences with Messrs.
Gary and Frick on the Tennessee
transaction.
Chairman Stanley said today that
the steel inquiry would be' pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible, although
no further hearings would be held un
til next Wednesday, when Mr. Gary
will continue his recital of organlza.-
tion and methods of operation. John
Lambert, of the Republic Iron & Steel
Company, also will be a witness on
that day.
The committee is also considering
the advisability of holding sessions in
New York, where there are many wit
nesses and much material of the steel
I corporation to which ]\tr. Gary frankl;.
told the committee it. ^u|4., If^ve, ac-,
cess. One of the to'
testify said today that he had been in
formed that he might not have to re
turn to Washington, but to hold him
self in readiness to testify before the
committee in New York.
Today the committee made thorough
examination of the long testimony
given yesterday by Mr. Gary and plan
ned to summon many more witnesses
suggested by the disclosures of the
steel magnate, Lewis Cass Ledyard.
the attorney for Oliver Payne, of the
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company,
whom Mr. Gary declared conducted
the negotiations on behalf of Grant B.
Schley for the sale of the Tennessee
company, will be asked to appear in
the near future.
An agreement was reached by the
committee with R. V. Lindabury, coun
sel for the steel corporation, whereby
at least two of the steel company wit
nesses who have been summoned will
appear each day of the hearing until
all have testified. Norman B. Ream,
W. B. Dickson, Percival Roberts and
James Gayley were excused yesterday
subject to call.
New Yok Caff Money.
New York, June 3.—Money on call
nominal.
Time loans firm; 60 days, 2 l-2a3-4
per cent; 90 days 2 3-4a3; 6 months
3 l-4al-2.
Exchange Closed.
Liverpool, June 3.—The cotton ex
change closed today.
BmH TOO MOO-
By Associated Press.
New York, June 3.—Until they re
ceive a report from the chemists ex
amining the contents of the victim’s
stomach, the police expect to make
little progress toward finding the per
petrator of the bath tub- murder.
Henry A. Scheib, husband of the young
woman whose body lay at least four
months in the bath tub o fan East Side
flat before it was discovered, will be
arraigned today.
The finding of a half empty bottle
of ether in the bath-room wl^ere the
body lay has added to the complica
tions of the case. The coroner says
that If Mrs. Scheib was first drugged
then while insensible allowed to drown
decomposition has advanced so far
that it wil be difficult to detect such
evidences of foul play.
Physicians differ as to whether the
woman was dead before her body was
put in the bath tub.
In denying Scheib’s application for
release yesterday the court laid stress
on the fact that he had failed to report
his wife’s death, although evidence
indicated that he had visited the flat
several times after-she died.
It will be ten days or two weeks be-
SUFFRAGETTES TO
FLOAT A VESSEL-
By Associated Press.
Albany N. Y., June 3.—New York
suffragettes will put the first vessel of
their navy in commission this sum
mer on the Erie canal, if plans out
lined by the woman’s political union
are carried out. The vessel will be a
houseboat and its invasion on a peace
ful one.
From the decks the suffragettes will
flaunt the suffrage colors in huge pen
nants of violet and green or yellow
and black , and will entertain large
numbers of persons at tea in each dty
of their itinerary.
Every town along the way wll Ibe
papered with “votes for women” pla
cards and campaign addresses will be
made from the speaker’s rostrum on
the canal boat to crowds along the
banks.
WOULD REFORM
THE CURRENCY.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, June 3.—Final steps to
ward the organization of a national
body for the reform of the currency
In the next regular session of con
gress were taken yesterday when a
number of Chicagos leading business
men met in the Union League Club
anr adopted articles of incorporation
to bef orwarded to Springfield for the
approval of the secretary of state.
Chicago will be the headquarters of
the national citizens league, as the
organization will be known.
John V. Farwell, Jr., a prominent
merchant,fl is president of the organ
ization, and J. Laurence Laughlin,
head of the department of political
economy in the University of Chi
cago, is chairman of the executive
committee.
State and territorial branches will
be formed with as many local groups
as the conditions justify.
Intercollege Rowing Races.
By Associated Press.
New York, June S.—The Columbia
University oarsmen go to Poughkeep
sie tO|4ay and will be the first crewsi
on hand for the intercollegiate rowing
races three weeks later. The squad
numbers 30, forming the varsity eight,
var&ity four, freshmen eight and a
fore the analysis of the contents of substitute eight with both varsity
the woman’s stomach is completed, and freshmen substitutes.