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the wants are of service in innumerable ways-see if they CAN’T SERVE YOU. »«. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. ONE SECTION. L 2. NO. 28 CHARLOTrE, N. C.. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13. 1911 PRICE 5 GENTS ii[IlS FHEE ilSI BILL GOES j[t THE SEIUTE Conferees Woni Recede •: Their Amendments— niitor Bailey and Mr. Un- cci. Took Lead in Bringing Abi .t Conclusion. Department of Labor Will Tackle High Food Price Issue :cr Three Hours Wrangle douse Accepted Conjerees Report on The Wool Bill Campjign Publicity Bill also Agreed On -Other Work. _ P 0 , Aug. 1-.—The bill ^ill be reported , I - Monday, the conferees . . d a conclusion on ii this t ■ -..'lerees ^ ould not ■fir amendments re- .-.’'. ■".•rations of meats, a:.d nn’eals to those 'I'-'iprocity treatment, ■,.n- 3i:crs stood out for ... • of the house • , ... - .-.'id means, In- ^ ^ ' i again vote on ...... .:.,v. ■ -ue senate con- le purpose of c ' ir(?e list bill to ;. i’. ^ ;ree lemons and i'nendments T\-hich , . . drry out the inten- . Late N'hen they were si rhis new shape by .nil can then come to ■ vtforts will be made ;>y agreeing to the sen- . and thug avoid a . e •i.iilo.' and Mr. i’nderwood ! .mg parts iu bringing about I .u>: m. Bailey said that while . ;; >r .ibject to free lemons the • V,. .Id not ptar.d for this house i; !i'. and .Mr. I nderwood de- f;'. iv'u.'e would not acept the . .iLiiendments in their present cinent to let the bill go back to • i:a:p tiM' aiMinn rhere lamc after , Hailey and .'ullom had given 1'!'0 Th.Ti 11(1 effort would be :o s-iiiother liie bill, but that an Mifc *\oa!d be taken. I a rurf hours' strangle today >« % X. A Fai Reaching Investigation W'\: ch Will Not he Comple ted Bejore Wmter is Under- taken by Government Offi cials. ■■p!. . r.n] .1 hr . onferees’ re- hill. and ii will be *•;. '.ir. I’nderwood. ■ Nlatir. objected that .. .Id go flr?-t I "i ; . i-oini of oi- ■ the house • aker Clark ;d , r and was • to 89. i!' . ' said the • 1 on and the ;afe lould get ■ has not done a-t." ' il.- »•«ached today ■ lii- ’y bill, the I.! i>l*jections and art bill. There are Tli« restriction "hall not exceed 10 ‘ stricken out be- I lUipobslble to draft : > u» leaving it open lie law permitted ■ r 1” cents. The con- ■ ilJ make the law '.’f - li^ved of the neces- f: ■ ndit'ires upon such ’ r- niadf for them- a.' iii-rsonal travel- , - - j.o'^iage. telegrams and ! « la\'’ is e.'ctetided to ap- •ii?ps ■ a.-; well as candi- ■ 'he d'lrk horse wins !fM\e. Mono: .s expended in - a»^e^ -ri'it ’ees or charges iy s "f the states are not .-.ii' d f- the federal limit of .fnatoi.i and $5,'‘hiu for GOVERNOR VARDAMAN Governor James K. Vardaman, of Mi^ sissippj, who has been chosen United States Senator in the election Just concluded, the Democratic pri mary, in which he outdistanced the combined vote of his two rivals at the polls. PmSONER SHOT iTE HUSBAi -ms AGCUSEII San Francisco. Aug. 12.—James Hol land arrested on complaint of Patrick Farle>. who charges that Holland at tacked Mrs. Farle>- w'as shot and seri ously wounded the irate husband in the cit> pri&on today in the pres ence of half a dozen policemen and while one of the prison keepers was wrestling with Farley for posession of his revolver. Holland was arrested Friday night on complaint of Farle>. who told the ofiicers that Mrs. Farley had confessed to him that Holland had assaulted her 15 months ago. Toda?' Farley visited the accused man and the shooting fol lowed. What IS Responsible For the High Cost oj Living? An Effort to Be Made to An swer the Question—The ■ ducefs Interest. ^ Washington, Aug. 12.—A ntry- wide investigation of the /lesale and retail prices of all for^, whicfn will require nine months tO omplete, and which will represer ’ che most thorough inquiry of its ad yet at tempted, has been begu*. by the bu reau of commerce and labor. This investigation will cover the years 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911. By com parison with records of the depart ment of agriculture for the same period, it will be possible to know Just w'hat prices were paid for every commodity now used, from the time it left the producer until served at the table of the consumer, The present investigation is the third of its kind attempted by the bureau of commerce and labor. Four experts under the direction of F. V. Croxton, are now touring the country in search of data. Over all of the experts is A. W. W. Hanger, chief statistician, to whom the records will be first submitted before they are published. Whether the data of this investiga tion will be made the subject of con gressional inquiry into the high cost of living, or will be turned over to a committee of experts, who will seek from the figures at their com mand to evolve the solution of the high price of foods, will not be de termined until some time this winter, when the report will be made public. Want Enquiry. Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, a member of the senate investigating committee which reported on food prices more than a year ago, is in THE WEATHER. t ♦ ♦ O- t Washington, Aug. 12.—Fore- ♦ cast for Sunday and Monday: ^ ^ North Carolina, unsettled ♦ ♦ Sunday; Monday generally ♦ fair; warmer in interior. ♦ South Carolina, local show- ♦ ers Sunday; Monday generally ♦I fair. * Spectacular Bi, Worlds Aviators Stunts Foremost in Chicago Lincoln Beachley, **Bud’* Mars And Tom Sopwith Split Honors in Flying Contest With Hugh A. Robinson in His Astonishing Hydroplane. DR. GEORGE ROMBEAU Dr. George Rombeau, noted head of the Pasteur Institute, New York, who was injured, probably fatally, in an automobile accident near Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The big car plunged over an embankment and turned turtle when it landed on the ground below. Dr. Rombeau suffer ed serious internal injuries and a bruised side. There is slight chance of his recovery. Others in the party who were seriously injured are Mme. Rombeau, Mile Valentine, their daughter: Mile Paulette and sister, Gurville Reoch, and Albert Jacquet, the chauffeur. T GENEHftL GORDON IS HID TO REST Memphis. Tenn.. Aug. 12.—Clad in the loved uniform of Confederate gray, the body of General George W. Gordon, r .'.nmander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans and member of congress from the tenth Tennessee district was laid to rest in Elmwood cemetery today.' General Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 12.—J. W. Lynch, a 22 pear old prisoner in the \\ yandotte, Kas.. county jail, has w'rit ten a letter to L. L. Long, father of Miss Inez Long, whose tongue was almost bitten off when she was thrown favor of the preparation of reports j from a motor car and alighted on her of the department of agriculture an-11 head, signifying his willingness to part the bureau of commerce and labor, ( with the tip of his tongue, for enough so that they may be used as a basis of inquiry by some specially appoint ed body. The Producer Not Benefitted. That this report will be invaluable is madep lain by the fact that it will furnish all figures which are lacking in the reports of the department of agriculture on the same subject—the high cost of food. Recently Secreta ry Wilson's experts furnished sta tistics showing what the farAiers of the country were receiving for their products. In this report it was shown that the agriculturist is receiving less now than he did ten years ago and that he certainly is not benefit- ting by the high prices which the consumer pai’s. The report took up buch commodities as milk, eggs, corn, wheat, rice and barley. Among other things, it showed that while retail prices fluctuate, thep rices paid the producer remain on an almost solid basis. Where this report leaves off. the report of the bureau of labor will be gin. It will discuss the niiddJeman's profit, the wholesalers profit, the jobbers profit, and the retail mer chant profit, with the relation of each to the other. IViuch Expected of Report. money to pay for a new' trial. Lynch is serving a sentence for breaking into a postoffice. The condition of Miss Long has improved so much, however, that her physician announced tonight that a grafting operation will be un necessary. All information, such as the opera- by caudwatcs, or|o„,:ao„ his city _W mrnd“Ud\llrm>l’roa"r part^in tIS food question, will be discussed in IS. E. EIITIS .' 't \2 Charles G. Gates the a'lnuuncemeni of . UH n: to Mias Hopwood of toda,'. He staied that ar- ‘ ^vouid not be made for the in-i af!e; the Imrial of his ■ .’ohn \^■. Gates, in the .- over ine lemains of Mr. '•f' held the interdenomina- ;♦ riran church, in the Hue de n .More than 2i0 friends of 1 '•■d from various parts of ■ -1 States wcrr prrseiiL. The t re niiin,'* and very beau- « ill !)f laken to Cherbourg ■tnd iikued on board the ilielni der Grosse which sails > a on \\'t*dnefiday. DIRECT election. "♦on, Aug. 12.—Ther® will ' :..i rirtion on the direct clec- •ii.i'ois ;'t this se.-ision of : !:p h;usr- and senate con- • ‘ ii ..ittee failed to agree up* ■ amendment, which ex* ■•■cderal authority over ‘Jtate Thf house refused to yield after an extended illness. Veterans of the Confederate and Union armies; representatives of the nation and the state; county of Shel by and municipality of Memphis, as well as descendants of soldiers who fought for the North and the South ‘ in the civil vvar, joined in paying tribute to the memory of the dead. Former foes marched side by bide in the military procession that formed n conspicuous part of a funeral cor tege more than a. mile in length. The drum corps and old soldiers was followed by the congressional delegation from the national capital and in turn came state dignitaries and county and cit.v officials who preceded hundreds of motor cars and other vehicles containing friends and admirers of General Gordon. The iirocession passed from the court house, where the body has rested at the headquarters of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans since Thursday, to the second Pres byterian church, where a brief ser vice was conducted by the Rev. R. Linn Cave, of Nashvill, chaplain general of the .Confederate veterans organiation. The general procession ended at the church, the military guard of honor, pall bearers and Gen eral Gordon’s official staff accom panying the body to the cemeterj. Active pall bearers w'ere composed of close friends of General Gordon residing in this city. They were named bv him several months ago. The delegation of members of the national house of representatives at tending the funeral was composed of Representatives Padgett. Houston, Garrett. Hull. Byrns, Austin and Sells, of Tennesse; Richardson. Ala bama- Lanib and Slemp, Virginia: Cravens. Arkansas; Thistlewood, Il linois Tilson. Connecticut: Kahn, California; Bradley. New York, and Anthony, Kansas. Washington, Aug. 12.—In the Sen ate: Resolution reported from com mittee on privileges and elections providing for an investigation of the election of Isaac Stephenson as sen ator from Wisconsin. No time was fix ed for inquiry. Arbitration treaties considered in executive session without result. Cotton revision bill taken up and made unfinished business. Senator Flint presented regisnation as member of monetary commission. Following diplomatic nominations were confirmed; J. A. G. Leishman, Germany; Thom as J .O’Brien, Italy; Charles Page Bryan. Jspan; John R. Carter, Ar gentine; Larz Anderson. Belgium: Arthur M, Beaupre. Cuba; Lloyd Br.yce, Netherlands and Luxemburg; All Kinds of Fiyipg Pulled off. Several Serious Accidents Narrowly Avoided—Beach ley Does Marvelous 2000 Foot Drop and Spiral. Chicago, Aug. 12.—Lincoln Beach- ey, in a Curtiss bi-plane, "Bud ’ Mars in a Baldwin, and Tom Sopwith, the long legged Englishman in a How- ard-Wright, split the spectacular hon ors of the first days events in the aviation meet at Grant Park with Hugh A. Robinson and his astonish ing hydroplane. Beachey went fifty miles and never left the ground more than fifty feet at times flying so close to the earth that the flagman had to lie down to let him over, and at others rising so suddenly on the corners as to escape, apparently by merely inches, a tremendous smash into the fence. Not to be outdone by Beachey, young Mars turned out in a Baldwin that looked like a big red bat and cut capers with the Curtiss man, the two sometimes clipping each other so closely that collision appeared in evitable. Meanwhile Robinson with the hy droplane slid into the lake and out like a scared mallard, sometimes hit ting the water at 30 miles an hour, making just as good time in the heavier element and then beating it into the blue sky just as the fleet of motor boats had been permitted to come within hailing distance. There w’ere three accidents, none of them causing serious injury, though Frank Coffyn in the big Wright bi-plane that he has handled in several meets, turned low with two passengers aboard and crashed into the Moisant mtsnoplane- driven by pened but I could not help it.” An immediate protest was lodged with the committee by Simon, wiio furnished the committee with seven witnesses said to have evidence that Coffyn deliberately ran into Simon’s stationery machine. “It is no use to make that kind of talk.” said Coffyn. “An accident is an accident. I am sorry this hap pened but I could not holp it.” It is against the rules of the In ternational Aeronautical Society for any pilot to turn to the right and that is w^hat Coffyn did in this case. The explanation he makes is that it was necessary, for the safety of his passengers. Arthur Stone, driving a Queen mon oplane, turned turtle with a passenger at the lower end of the course and broke one of his wings, capsizing his machine. The third accident occurred to Prof. James V, Martin, the Harvard pundit, w'ho sustained the ground ^ a little close on the south end while approaching a turn and ran into the fence hard fight to put his machine out of commission. After completing his low^ flight Lincoln Beachey went after altitude and when at a height of about 4,000 feet startled the spectators by drop ping like a plummet for 2,000 feet and then checking himself, doing the wonderful spiral act for the rest of the distance. Louis Mitchell and the rest of the Wright flyers had everything their own way in the duration contest TO SPPEim IN THE STEEiNEIlRli Stanley Committee on Steel 1 rust Investigat ion Ad journs Until Sept. 16 at H^hich Time Morgan, Hill And Carnegie Will Appeal. CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE Claude Grahame-White, the famous aviator, who has arranged with the Postmaster-General of England for an experimental aeroplane postal service between London and Wind sor Park. King George is greatly interested in the project and has given permission to use Windsor Park as the terminus of the route. The service will start within a week. the report, but no remedies will be suggested. It is believed, however, that the report will furnish conclu sions that will be invaluable to con gress in solving the problem. “1 believe that report will be more complete and will get closer to the subject than any report hereto fore prepared.” Mr. Hanger said. “The information published in the bulletin will not be confined to ac tual prices, but will take up the causes which create these prices. Pri marily, of course, the effort is to learn what the working man has to pay for his food—how much more he pays than he did ten years ago. and what prospects there are of a change in prices, either higher or lower. “The principal cities in evep' sec tion of the country will be visited by experts, who will ascertain the whole sale and retail prices of all commo dities. These prices will be substan tiated by absolute evidence and will cover every commodity offered for public consumption.” Agreement On Publicity Bill Washington. Aug. 12.—Agreement on the campaign publicity bill was reached today by the senate and house conferees. The measure as agreed on was practically the same as that adopted by the senate which amended the house bill by providing for publicity in primary as well as other elections. The limitation of campaign expenditures to $5,000 for a congressional and $10,000 for sen atorial candidate is retained. The conference report will be sub mitted to both houses Monday. John Jackson, Roumania, Servaa and totalled on the greatest Bulgaria. length of time any flyer has been in In the House; Conference report j conclusion of the meet, on wool bill presented. Bill will be taken up Monday. Adjournment taken out of respect to the memory of Representative Loudenslager, of New' Jersey, who died today. GAS OVERCOiVIES WORKMEN. Altoona, Pa., Aug. 12.—^v'hile Wil liam Roberts, a lineman, was putting a wire through a conduit, it was no ticed he took a long time, and fellow- w'orkmen found him unconscious, over come by sewer gas. He was- brought back to consciousness only after a des perate effort. POPE CONDITION IMPROVED. Rome. Aug. 12.—Although Pope Pius X did not leave his bed all day. his condition tonight, is pronounced sptisfactorv by his physicians. The pains in his knee continue, but are less severe than before the operation, although sw'elling is still noticeable. The Pope's temperature continued slightly above normal during most of the day and he suffered a headache during the afternoon on the approach of a thunderstorm. Berlin Says Authoniy Japan Refused Arbitration Treaty Berlin, Aug. 12.—It is learned here on high official authority that Japan has declined to make an arbitration treaty with the United States. It is understood here that Admiral Togo, who is now in America .has been ask ed by the American state department to use his good offices in that direc tion upon his rettjrn to Japan. (The information is given out that negitoations between Germany and the United States on arbitration are still proceeding. Germany, however, is too busy at present with affairs iu Moroc co to consumate a treaty with the United States. The German foreign office, however, if; following with the closest attention the result of the de cision of the United States senate on the British and French treaties. Ger many is not very enthusiastic over ar bitration and will hardly accept^ a treaty upon which the final decision rests on the good will of the Anieri- can senate. New York, Aug. 12.—Amid the din of thirty-eight big guns which hurled their salutes miles into the hills to go reverberating through the Catskils. Count Admiral Togo, guest of the na tion, was greeted at West Point today. Whatever Admiral Togo may down in his heart think of some other parts of America that he has seen, there is no doubt that he will return to Japan with the idea that West Point is a fine institution. His appreciation of everything w^as undisguisable. A bugler blew taps as the Mayflow-er passed General Grant’s tomb and the distinguished party on the yacht stood at attention w-hile the admiral’s eyes shone with admiration at the manner in which America had buried her hero. The incidents connecting Washing ton with the Hudson interested him greatly because he had so recently placed a wreath on that warrior’s grave. In a few moments he w^as ashore, w'here he was* formally greeted by Gen eral Barry and his aides. A big guard of the regular army detachment was drawn up at .the landing and they swung into perfect alignment behind General Barry’s automobile, into which the Admiral and general stepped for the stiff climb up the hill. Then the "boys,’’ of three companies of them on duty, went through their maneuvers with the skill that has spread their fame throughout the world, and Admiral Togo looked on with admiration. The distinguished guest attended a luncheon in officers mess hall, where General Barry toasted him and after that came his close scrutiny of all the buildings at the Point. Dress parade was at :i:00 o’clock. On bin return trip to the city he declared it had been one of his uleas- antest day in America. Today he goes to Oyster Bay to visit former President Roosevelt. Decision a& to Rates In This State Washington. Aug. 12.—Permission was given to the Atlantic Coast Line, the Norfolk & Western and the Win- bton-Salem South Bound Railway by the interstate commerce commission today to meet the competition of the Southern Railway in freight^ rates from and to points on the Winston- Salem road. The commission granted the applica tions of the lines named to exact a lower charge for a longer than a shorter haul in the same direction. It affects the rates from points in eastern North Carolina to all other states and territories.and the Dominion of Cana da. SENATOR BACON CHOSEN PRESIDENT PRO TEM. Subponeas Issued Foi Every Member oj Editorial Staff oj New York Times-Head of Greatest News Gathering Association Summoned. Washington, Aug. 12.—The SIxTnley committee investigating the United States Steel Corporation and its ac quisition of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company adjourned its sessions today until September IG. J. P. j\lor- gan, J. J. Hill, Andrew Caj;;iggie and other eminent financiers will he sum moned to testify at that time. Following the testimony of Oakleigh Thorne to the effect that Geoi-ge W Perkins gave out a statement to the New York Times declaring the trust company a “sore point” in the finan cial situation, the investigating com mittees has issued subpoenaes for ev ery member of the paper’s editorial staff supposed to have knowledge of the publication. Melville E. Stone, head of The As sociated Press, hfis been subpoenaed also. Mr. Thorne presented a letter from Mr. Stone in which the latter told Mr. Thorne that the statement by Mr. Perkins emphasized the run on the trust company if it did not pre cipitate it. Mr. Stone is not willing now that his letter of November 1907. shall go unexplained. Chairman Stanley read to the committee this telegram from Mr. Stone received this morning: “Albany, N. Y., Aug. 11 “Hon. A. O. Stanley, Washington. “Have just learaed that a personal letter of nine to Oakleigh Thorne w’^as introduced in evidence today. It is only fair to say that this letter was written under what now proves to have been a misapprehension of the facts and its use before your commit tee without explanation is unjust, I therefore request a hearing at your hands. “MELVINE E. STONE.” The committee will give a hearing to Mr. Stone when it resumes its ses sions. W. C. Temple, of Pittsburg, former commissioner of the Steel Plate Association, formed in 1900, told of the existence of the structural steel association, formed in 1S97, and the steel shafting pool. He said all these pools ended in 1904, having been broken up by Judge E. H. Gary. “What?” Chairman Stanley exclaim ed. “Do you mean Judge Gary, the chairman of the steel corporation board of directors?’ “Yes, Judge Gary declared he did not believe in these associations. He said they were no longer necessary or desirable.” Mr. Temple produced in connection with the structural steel agreement, a price list, In which the country was apportioned and different prices fixed for various sections. “Under that agreement were the members of the association able to adhere to the price list?” “Mr. chairman, it is said that the Leopard cannot change its spots, but the leopard could move from place to place and in that sense change its spot. After the bitter warfare In the steel business prior to 1897 it was, difilcult to hold anybody, but after 1904 ' I may say there was no destructive competition.” Mr. Temple further said there were many violations of the pool agree ments. The Carnegie Company, he said, never was caught violating a pool agreement. loi those days every man in the steel business “carried a tomihawk.” “The greatest harmonizers in the steel business,” he said, “was Mr. Schwab.” Before the formation of the United States Steel Corporation Mr. Temple stated, H. C. Frick visited J. P. Mor gan with an option on the Carnegie Steel Company for $160,000,000, Mr. Morgan said the price was too high; but “six months later he paid $500,- 000,000 for the same property.” Mr. Temple explained they were preparing to give a “magnificent play down in Wall Street.” “H)verything was in hand,” added Mr. Temple, “the most accomplished actors, most expensive scenery and the most fantastic costumes were ready, but they had to have a Hamlet. A magnificent plan had been prepared to take a great plum pudding but Carnegie had all the plums.” “Did Carnegie interfere in the bank ing?” the chairman asked. “Oh, no, he merely held on to the plums.” This caused a laugh. “In the place of the crazy dane, commented Representative Littleton, “they had to deal in the play with a very sane Scotchman.” Mr. Temple declared that half the profits of the steel corporation w'ere produced by the Carnegie Steel plant, and that if this property had not been secured by the steel corporation An drew Carnegie would today dominate the steel buKiness of the country. Washington. Aug. 12.—Senator Ba con. of Georgia, was today chosen president pro tempore of the senate tor next Monday, on account of the enforced absence of Vice President Sherman. The motion was made bv Senator Smcot, of Utah. The senate is without a permanent pro tempore, having failed t:o agree on a successor to the late Senator Frye. GREAT DAMAGE FROM STORM. Mobile, -\la.. Aug. 12.—From tele grams received this afternoon and from passengers arriving on the be lated train from Pensacola it is learn ed that great damage was done to property ihere by the storm, though nearly all wires are down. Shipping suffered somew^hat.