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CHARLOTTE
MONDAY tVENING ‘JULY 10, 1911
Aviatois Atwood
Hamilton Made
i In Charlotte S Grata » Copy aDUy—6 Cents Sunday.
( Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday.
and
Early
Start Fot Capitol
Noted Bird Men Get Out
r^ly From Atlantic City on
.np to ashington—Forced
Alight Near Baltimore,
Xif
erne Heat Causes Delay—
h Train to Baltimore—
Jn-:y Hope to Resume 7heir
J urney Later On.
\ 'ciated Press.
Md.. July 10.—Forced by
■ n.'6 heat with its accompanying
..!fly high humidity, to discon-
'prarorarily at least, their
hv aeroplane to Washington,
N Atwood and Charles K. Ham-
' ^ho left Atlantic City at 5:04
k this morning, in the later’s bi
descended shortly after 9
k. near Stemmers Run station,
r miles east of Baltimore, on the
ivania, and came to Baltimore
•ain They had traveled approxi-
1. 14S miles with but one stop,
.1' Farnhurst. Del., for gasoline.
: tance ^^as thirteen times
• than Atwood carried his me-
• iri.in in the flight from Boston to
-ndon. Conn.
wood announced this afternoon
Vi'pnrion of resuming the flight la-
'•"■day if the weather conditions
with the e.xpectation of reach-
^’ashiugton l>efore It is dark.
Word was received here at 10:10 a
m. that Atwood and Hamilton took a
train for Baltimore at Stemmers’ Run,
leaving their machine where it landed
in a large clear field.
Heat Caused Delay.
The intense heat forced Atwood and
Hamilton to discontinue their flight
temporarily at least.
The two airmen arrived here by
train from Stemmers’ Run on the Penv
sylvania Railroad, where they left tliei:
machine.
Will Resume Journey.
Atwood and Hamilton hope to re
sume their air journey to Washingtpn
later in the day. They expect to start
from the landing place at Stemmers
Run. fly over Baltimore and reach
Washington in time for supper.
Landed for Gasoline.
Philadelphia, Pa., July lO.-A dis
patch from f'^rmhurst, Del., says At^
wood landed on the grounds of the
state insane hospital at that place at
6:30 a. m. After obtaining 10 gallons of
gasoline, they resumed their places in
the aeroplane and started south at
7; 45 o’clock.
mi SUT TWO
y sntic rity. X. J.. July 10.—Harry
-d and "Charley” Hamilton
"''^'d the elements again this morn-
.. and succeeded in making a good
. may at 4:50 o’clock on their flight
■= a^hingtoD. ^^’hen they sailed out
' -ht tiey were making great speed,
ered by nothing more than a gen-
v^sterly breeze. The weather was
r and ideal for the air journey,
men declared they would reach
ua!’ lore by 10 o’clock unless some-
'h untoward occurred. "We will be
1 f?st a hundred miles from here by
ck,” confidently shouted Atwood
; machine lifted from the ground
’■j' a perfect getaway.
le pair worked hard all yesterday
i/'^'r-noon getting the Hamilton bi-
"e iu shape foj its trip. Parts of the
^ hine In w’hich Atwood made his
here from Xew York were remov-
rora the wrecked bl*plane and tak-
'0 V’entnor, near here, shortly after
•’ men had their narrow escape in
* “ 7.' foot plunge to earth yesterday.
If was nightfall before the tall had
■en replaced, the new blades adjust-
: the under structure repaired and
lent and twisted frame work tuned
•
This morning Atwood and Hamilton
:helr hotel at 4 o’clock and at 4:48
jey wheeled the machine from the
•ingar. The start was made almost in
r.e tracks made by the mishap of yes-
“■day. Everything worked perfectly
•fxlty. Atwood, with Hamilton seated
' ;ide him. lifted the machine to a
'aveling altitude of 400 feet. Flr«t he
'cled over the meadows near the
^ean and then darted the plane for
° coast line. When they passed out
' slghf they were going at a lively
• and still mounting higher.
Later Bulletin.
I iltimore.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, July 10.—All but two
passengers are accounted for out of
over 200 who were on the steamer
Santa Rosa, which foundered at Point
Arguello Friday night, according to an
nouncement made here yesterday by
representatives of the Pacific Coa#i
Steamslup Company, owners of the
boat.
The missing are: C. H. Stark, Oak
land, for Los Angeles.
Mrs. S. Payne, San Francisco, for
Rondonda.
Company officials say they believe
these passengers will report within a
d?iy or so.
“I wish to God I had followed my
Judgment and paid no attention to
those fellows in San Francisco.”
This statement was made by Captain
J. Faria, when the Santa Rosa began
to break up, at 5:30 o’clock in the
afternoon, according to Mrs. Eltha
Campbell, of San F*rancisco, one of the
survivors of the disaster, who reached
San FYancisco yesterday. Mrs. Camp
bell said she would testify to -this
effect.
Wireless operator Frankel said:
“Just before the vessel swung around
and cracked in two, I received the fol
lowing order from San F’rancisco for
the captain:
“Get out two more kedge anchors
r
n
RovoRtfniH
A NEW MENACE TO THE FARMER—AEROPLANE POST.
TBr TO SOLVE
MySTEfiy OF
18ST LEHEBS
By Associated Press.
New York, July 10.—The police, aid
ed by the defendants, redoubled their
efforts today to solve the mystery of
the lost letters in the Stokea shooting
case. Tomorrow tha^q^rt will r^eive
the last evfdence tiPfihOrw whether or
not Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad
should be held for the grand jury on
the charge of trying to murder W. E.
D, Stokes, the millionaire hotel man,
and without these letters the young wo
men say their cause is badly handi
capped. They admit that they shot
Stokes, but declare that the circum
stances which these letters would help
reveal were such as to make the shoot
ing justifiable.
The superintendent of the apartment
house where the shooting occurred was
summoned before police commissioner
J ^ . i Waldo today. The commissioner is in-
and try to hold her until the presi- terested in the case on account of
Government Issues
Reproi on Condition
Of all Farm Crops
Commissioner Fred
Dennett Summoned
At Investigation
yjo
TAKE ACTION
By Associated Press.
Berlin, July 10.—Preliminary nego
tiations regarding Morocco are being
conducted confidentially but nothing
is being made public officially beyond
the joint statement that the ex
changes are on a friendly footing, that
is expected they will be prolonged
and areg wourht with sensational de
velopments.
For the first stage the negotiations
are confined to Germany and France,
though the other interested powers
are kept informed.
dent arrives.
"Kedge anchors be
shouted
the captain. “It Is a case of life and
death now and I am going to land
these people before it is too late.”
Phil G. Todd Dead.
Atlanta, July 10.—Phil 6. Dodd, for
merly of Atlanta, and more recently a
prosperous attorney in San Prancieco,
Md., July 10.—Atwood’s' died suddenly there last night, accord
~a- hine descended at Stemmers’ Run, ing to telegrams received by relatives
o nules east of this city, at 9:45. So here. Mr. Dodd was a graduate of the
jr a. can be learned there w'as no University of Georgia, and was well
I'.hap. I known throughout this state
AVIATOR ATWOOD
charges that some of his men per
mitted Stokes private detective to
ransack Miss Graham’s suite and car
ry away the bundle of letters while
the city detectives were present. The
defendants say that th letters already
made public in connection with the
case were returned after nine of more
which Stokes wished to suppress had
been taken from the collection.
The defendant’s lawyers have threat
ened to bring charges against thg
Stokes’ detective who admitted on the
stand that he had carried away the
letters. Whether the charge would be
larceny of the suppression of evidence
they have not decided.
Called off Labor Dey Meet
By Associated Press.
Chicago, July 10.—Owners of the In
dianapolis motor speedway have called
off their Labor Day meet so as not to
conflict with the road races scheduled
for September 2 and 4 at Elgin, 111.
Word to this effect was received to
day in answer to the protest made by
the local organization to the American
Automobile Association.
Magistrate Freschi, who has been
conducting the preliminary hearings
iu the case and District Attorney
Whitman will confer today with a
view to deciding what ^action ought
to be taken about the disappearance
of the letters.
At the close of the examination to
morrow the magistrate probably will
issue a summons for James Cummings,
Stokes’ private house detective. For
mal f^ceedings will then begin to de
termine whether or not a crime has
been committed.
mimiiiEiiT
OFMnnins
Special to The News.
Raleigh, July 10.—Ex-Judge Avery
held a conference with Governor
Kltchin, this morning in the interest
of former Corporation Commissioner
Pearson, of Morganton, who is mak
ing a fight for appointment as corpo
ration commissioner.
B. S. Gay, C. G. Peebles, J. A. Wor
rell and Sheriff Joyner, of North
hampton county, came today as a del
egation in the Interest of Capt. T. W.
Mason, ae corporation commissioner.
Mr. Travis had a conference with
the governor today and he is still re-
as, likely- appointees
■Rv cent, in 1910 and 86.0 per cent., the
By A&sociated Press. average; indicated yield per
Washington, July 10.—The July Mre, 698.1 pounds, compared with
ci'cp of itte Ualted Stdtes depart
ment of agriculture crop reporting
board, issued at 2:15 p. m. today,
shows the condition on July 1 and
the yield per acre, as indicated by
the condition on that date, of the
principal farm crops and the acreage
of those not already announced, as
follows:
Com—Condition 80.1 per cent of a
normal, compared with 85.4 per cent
in 1910 and 84.7 per cent, the aver
age for the past ten years on that
date; indicated yield per acre, 25.5
bushels, compared with 27.4 bushels,
the 1910 final yield, and 27.1 bush
els, the average for the last five
years; area planted to corn this year
115,939^000 acres, compared with
114.002.000 acres in 1910.
Winter wheat: Condition, 76.8 per
cent, of a normal, compared with
80.4 per cent on June 1, 1911, 81.5
per cent in 1910 and 81.4 per cent
the ten year average; indicated yield
per acre 14.6 bushels, compared with
15.8 bushels in 1910, and 15.5 bush
els, the five year average.
Spring wheat: Condition 78.8 per
cent of a normal, compared with 94.6
per cent on June 1, 1911, 61.6 per
cent in 1910 and 87.8 per cent, the
ten year average; indicated yield per
acre 11.8 busheis, compared with 11.7
bushels in 1910 and 13.5 bushels, the
five year average.
Fall wheat: Condition, 75.6 per cent
of a normal, compared with 86.1 per
cent, on June 1, 1911, 73.5 per cent in
1910, and 84.4 per cent, the ten year
average; indicated yield per acre,
13.5 bushels, compared with 14.1 bush
els in 1910 and 14.7 bushels, the
five year average.
The amount of wheat remaining on
farms on July 1 is estimated at about
38.288.000 bushels, compared with 38,
739.000 bushels on July 1, 1910, and
37.701.000 bushels, the average
amount on farms July 1 for the past
five years.
Oats: Condition 68.8 per cent of a
normal compared with 85.7 per cent
on June 1, 1911, 82.2 per cent in 1910,
and 86.3 per cent, the ten year aver
age; indicated yield per acre, 23.2
bushels, compared with 31-0 bushels
in 1910 and 28.4 bushels, the five year
average.
Baley: Condition 72.1 per cent of a
normal compared with 90.2 per cent
on June 1, 1911, 73.7 per cent in
1910 and 87.9 per cent the ten year
average; indicated yield per acre,
20 9 bushels, compared with 22.4
bushels in 1910 and 24.8 bushels the
five year average.
Rye; Condition, 85.0 per cent, of a
normal, compared with 88.6 per cent.»
on June 1, 1911, 87.6 per cent., in
1910 and 90.8 per cent, the ten year
average; indicated yield per acre, 15.5
bushels, compared with 16.3 bushels
in 1910 and 16.4 bushels, the five year
average; area planted to rye this year
acres, compared with 2,028,-
000 acres in 1910.
White Potatoes: Condition 76.0 per
ceot., of a normal compared with 86.3
per cent., in 1910 and 90.4 per cent.,
the ten-year average; indicated yield
per acre, 81.7 bushels, compared with
94.4 bushels in 1910 and 96,9 bushels,
the five-year average; area planted,
3-,495,000 acres, compared with 3,591.*
000 acres in 1910.
Tobacco: Condition; 72.6 per cent.,
of a Dormalt cqmpared^ wUb. 85.8. per
787.8 pounds in 1910 and 826.0 pounds,
the five year average; area planted,
893.000 acres, compared with 1,233,800
acres in 1910.
Flax: Condition, 80.9 per cent., of a
normal compared with 65.0 per cent,
in 1910, and 87.8 per cent., the eight
year average; indicated yield per
acre 8.6 bushels, compared with 4.3
bushels in 1910 and 8.6 bushels the
five year average; area planted 393,-
000 acres. Compared with 2,916,000
acres In 1910.
Rice: Condition, 87.7 per cent., of a
normal, compared with 86.3 per cent,
in 1910 and 88.6 per cent., the ten
year average; indicated yield per acre,
32.2 bushels, compared with 33.9 bush
els In 1910, and 32.4 bush
els, the five year average; area plant
ed, 705,000 acres, compart with 722,-
800 acres In 1910.
Hay: Condition, 64.9 per cent, of a
normal, compared with 76.8 per cent.,
on June 1, 1911, 80.2 in 1910 and 85.7
per cent., the ten-year average; Indi
cated yield per acre, 10.8 tons, com
pared with 1,33 tons in 1910 and 1.41
tons the five year average; area
planted acres, compared with
45.691.000 acres In 1910.
Condition of John W. Gates.
Paris, July 10.—The . condition of
John W. Gates was said today to be
unchanged, except as the duration
of his illness has weakened the patient
and rendered the case more serious.
THBEE LiyES LOST
GBIP OF TEBBIFIC
HOI WAVE
By Associated Press.
New York, July 10.—An unterrified
heat wave that showed no conscious
ness of having been broken last week,
returned with the sunrise this morning
to claim renewed domination over the
city and its exhausted millions. Two
deaths occurred during the night.
The tremendous demand for milk
and ice has made both scorce and pric
es have risen.
At noon the temperature was 94.
Humidity made the suffering intense
and prostrations increased rapidly.
A Fearful Tragedy.
Parkersburg, W. Va., July 10.—W.
H. Allen killed his two-year-old child
with a shotgun today as it slept in
its carriage on the porch and then
emptied the other barrel of the gun
into his own breast. He was taken to
a hospital in a dying condition. His
mind is believed to have been
fected by the heat.
House Committet Investigating
Alleged **Grah** of Water
Front Lands in Alask by
Guggenhems Sends jor New
Secretary oj Interior.
af-
Pittsbmg Still
Suffeys From Heat
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 10.—The exces
sive heat in Pittsburg was abated to
day, but the discomfort is increased
by more humidity than was present in
the atmosphere last week.
The continued shortage of ice is
Increasing the suffering. In many of
the nearby boroughs and towns where
butchers are without ice, they are han
dling only salted and smoked meat£,
and many residents are reported to
be digging vaults in their cellars to
preserve milk and vegetables. At noon
90 degrees was registered.
MOTHER AND BABE
PLUNGED
INTO WELL.
By Associated Press.
Calhoun, Ga., July 10.—Word came
here today that while apaprently suf
fering from temporary insanity last
Saturday, Mrs. Joseph Stephenson
grabbed her four-year-old daughter and
jumped into a well at the home of her
brother, R. H. Land, in the country.
The woman was saved but the little
gin was drowned.
WENT DOWN
By Associated Press.
Sault Ste Marie, Mich., July 10.— j
Three lives were lost and 31 people,
including six women and a little boy,
experiencer a thrilling midnight res
cue, when the steamer John Mitchell,
of Chicago, was sunk early today in
collision with the steamer William H.
Mack, of Cleveland, off Vermillion
Point, Lake Superior, about 60 miles
The dead:
Archie Causley, of Detroit, second
mate of tHe Mitchell. i
A1 Clemens, steward, Rochester, Ind.
George Austin, watchman, of Cleve
land.
The two vessels that crashed togeth
er in a fog, were both of steel^ struc
ture and about 400 feet long. Several
of the crew and passengers of the
Mitchell were taken on board the
Mack more or less severely injured.
Mrs. A1 Clemmens, of Rochester, Ind.,
wife of the Mitchell’s steward, suffered
a broken leg.
Washington, D. C., July 10.—Secre
tary Fisher told President Taft that a
careful search of the interior depart
ment records failed to show the “Dick
to Dick” letter in which it was alleg
ed that C. P. Taft used his infiuence
in behalf of navigation interests in
Alaska to secure control of* Controller
Bay.
Secretary Fisher also told the presi
dent that he say the article written by
Miss Abbott before it was printed and
remembered no such letter in the ar
ticle;^ i ‘ - - -
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, July 10.—In sur
roundings typifying the best of the
civilization and education of. ancient
Greece, the 49th convention of the
national education association opened
this afternoon in the Greek theatre of
the University of California at Berk
ley. The educators were welcomed to
California by Governor Hiram W. John
son, Mayor P. H. McCarthy, of San
ibiss M. A. Abbatt, a Writer
Who has Made Startling
Statements About This Case,
Has also Been Called on to
Testijyin House.
By Associated Press.
Sault Ste Marie, Mich., July 10.—
Three lives were lost today when the
steamer John Mitchell, of Chicago, was
sunk in collision with the steame.r
W, H. Mack, off Vermillion Point, Lake
Superior.
Description of VesseL
Chicago, 111., July 10.—The John
Mitchell was coal-laden from BuiTalo.
She was 420 feet long and had a gross
tonnage of 4,468. The William H,
Mack was 354 feet long and her gross
tonnage was 3,781.
Washington, July 10.—Commission
er B^ed S. Dennett, of the general
land office, and Miss M. A. Abbott,
a writer, both subpoenaed as wit
nesses were present today when th«
house committee on expenditures in
the interior department began an in
quiry Into charges of an alleged
“grab” of valuable water front lands
on Controller Bay, Alaska, by the
Guggenheim interests.
Published charges have been
that Richard S. Ryan, of New Yor,
said to be a secret agent of the
Guggenheim syndicate, wrote to for
mer Secretary Ballinger declaring
that he, Ryan, had asked Charles P.i
Taft to speak to his brother. Presi
dent Taft about the Controller Bay
claims and that following this the
president “made no further objection
to my claim.” The land Is said to
have been wanted as a terminus for
failroads from the Guggenheim propr
erties. v
Commissioner Dennett was summon
ed to tell what he knew of an order
by the president throwing the land
open to fentry. Miss Abbott claimed to
have made a copy of the alleged letter
from Ryan to Ballinger.
Immediately following his return to
Washington today President Taft set
his office force to work to investigate
the Controller Bay affair. All four of
the departments interested were re
quested to make invebtigations and re
port any Information that might be
found. The Controller Bay and
Charles P. Taft letter files were
searched for a letter to the president
from his brother in regard to this mat
ter, the report that such a letter had
been written having been brought to
the president’s attention for the first
time this morning.
A telegram has been sent to Charles
P. Taft’s secretary at Cincinnati, ask
ing that an inquiry for such letter be
instituted there. Mr. Taft said that
he had never discussed R. S. Ryan
or Controller Bay with his brother
and had received no letter so far as he
could remember.
It is explained that *R. S. Ryan, rep
resenting the Controller Bay Naviga*
tion Company, secured a front of eigh*
ty rods on Controller Bay. The gov*
emment retained every other eighty
rods of the wate rfront on the bay,
making, the department officials de
clare, a monopoly impossible. At the
White House it was said that there
had been no secrecy or anything un
usual in the order opening Controller
Bay to entry. The matter was passed
upon by the caginet in regular form,
it was stated.
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 10.—At the
request of President Taft, the letter
files of his brother, Charles P. Taft,
were searched here today for possible
correspondence with the president,
Richard S. Ryan, or other persons re
garding Controller Bay affairs or Alas
kan lands. A statement was made de
claring that no letter bearing upon the
subject in the remotest degree w'ere
found, and that so far as the files in
Mr. Taft’s office show, he has no ac
quaintance with Mr. Ryan or any inter
est in any Alaskan development
Mr. Taft is In Europe, where he went
to attend the coronation of King
George of England.
JUSTICE HOOKER DIED
SUDDENLY IN STATION.
By Associated Press.
Auburn, N. Y., July 10.—Frank A.
Hooker, of Lansing, Mich,, one of the
justices of the supreme court of Michi
gan, died suddenly this morning In the
Francisco; C. C. More, president of j New York Central station here. He
the Panama Pacific Exposition and j was on an automobile trip but aban-
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the! doned it last night and was returning
University of California. Response was | by train. _ .
made on behalf of the delegates by i
.Robert . Aley, president of the Univer-1
sity of Maine. j
The report of the board of trastees*
received during the day shows $180,0001
in the association’s permanent fund |
and the treasurer’s repojt shows $9,000
add^d to this fund in the course of the
yean The association’s receipts are
given as $48,909 and its expenditures
as $34,978.
The trustees report on the perma-
y(CHT PIBTy IS
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 10.—The Presi-
ne'nt fund does not carry the signature dent’s yacht Mayflower with the Pres-
of President Ella Flagg Young, ex-offi-1 ident and his party of guests, includ-
cio member of the board. Mrs. Young j ing senators and^ other aboard, arriv-
has criticised the method of managing i ed at the navy yard this morning at
the fund, several times since s^e toAk 1 7 o’clock, ending the two days ci^se
office, .V . , ■ ^ begusL £rpm. PUladelpliia.
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