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THE WANTS ARE OF SERVICE IN INNUMERABLE WAYS - SEE IF THEY CANT SERVE YOU. "“'■“'THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. VOL. 45. NO. S006 CHARLOTTE N. C., MONDAY fcVENING, AUGUST 14, 1911 In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aOily—Cents Sunday « Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday, larrt/ N. Atwood Ofi On Recoid Breaking Flight Fi om St Louis crowd GathaedatstanJ. Srriith May Veto Point And Gave the Fam- \ a ^ ' Appropnations > Boston Airman a Good : la Ofi on Eis 1460 Mile ■ip. ijed in Springfield 7his Morning Ajter Exhibition And was Entertained by . vmmercial Club - Will Con- ’me Flight. ■ 1'.' ■ Pre?p .-.I \ U- Sweeping over • ■. > i-er- of Illinois at ex- ; '1 Ha;r> N. Atwood, of - P a—AV risht biplane. . at 1*J;30 a, m., leg of his 1,460 . ' A cuutineut from \ '> Nivk and Boston, At- J lesunie the trii> v-tr. o and 4 o’clock. Au^ 14.—Amid the • a'it;e crowd that had ir: Hiil in i'orest park » vtpU’s under a sky ob is Harry >: Atwood, of ‘.'•rning snnrtly after i '.1.- ’M ’liminary trip over .-tartinR on his record- ,^r.t I'f ’.4^1" miles across :,t trcui St, Louiif to New u b. \v'i\ cf Chicago I ■ l! .• r tilp heart of ft. Louis : >i a j^pei ial prize offered • l'i>iatch. Given Ovation. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 14.—Few legisla tors among those who could be seen and consulted this morning before the assembly went into session were in clined to take seriously the fears ex pressed by Mr. Hooper Alexander, of TeKalb. that unless the senate ma terially cut uown the appropriations in the general bill. Governor Smith would veto it and necessitate an extra St i,-5ion. Many gentlemen of the house agree wiih Mr. .Alexander that the state will force a deficit at the end of the next \ear, but are more sanguine than he in the belief that it will be safely tided over without serious embarrass ment. Mr. Alexander believes that the sum total of the appropriations for this year,, unless cut by the senate, will really aggregate nearly $5,824,000. By , the addition of the extra $100,000 for | common schools-, Mr. Alexander figures ' the total at $5,987,000. He calculates that at the utmost the income for the next year can be only $5,987,000, and that with a deficit already approxi mately $200,000, the total deficit will run up to $427,409, or approximate- i> half a million dollars. WE /NTfRK ■ a 1912 DEFEAT Hemy Clay Beattie Ji. Is Charged With First Degree Muraer Mr. Bigelow In The Wiley Case By Associated Press. AVashmgton, Aug. 14,—Restrictions placed upon ofiacials of the bureau of chGiTxistry by Solicitor McCabe on their talking with United States district attorneys has greatly ham pered work in district laboratories where attorneys prosecuting pure food cases, often seek expert adivice, according to Dr. W. D. Bieglow, assis tant chief of the bureau, who again appeared as a witness today before the house committee investigatins charges against Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Dr. Bieglow said that Mr. McCabe had made it clear that bureau offi cials were not to talk with district attorneys without his consent. THREE PERSONS HELD FOR MYSTERIOUS MURDER. By Associated Press. ' Raleigh, Aug. 14.—Mrs. William Yerbj. her husband and L. J. Norris of Richmond, were arrested here charged with the murder of J. B. Bis- i?ett, whose body was found by the roadside Saturday night, one mile from here. The police say that Mrs. , Verby who is twenty-two years old .. r;i? 1’’. aides received [and recently married, said she was H'i.Ml as thev wheeled'^’rolling along the lonely road ^\ith i.il-laii-out of tiie hangar,' Bii^sett last night when an uniden- ;a..- ,.t once began tun-j’i^’ed man rushed up to them and :ua'. i.in*. Atwood giving phot Bistett. Norris who had been ' i; ' ) all 01 their opera-i " ^ couple a short time before [rhe murder, is being held with the Fiyinq Hiah | woman, but Yerby was released for . ..f sO feet, he ol evidence LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO Floods Have Caused The Loss Of Hundreds Of Lives In China - Much Damage By Associated Press. Victoria, B. C., Aug. 14 have caused loss of hundreds of lives and great suffering in China, where several of the’ rivers have overflowed along the Yang-Tse. Arrivals from The district of Huang suffered most, ,the river having swept away a great Floods number of houses. The river rose to the city gate, which was shut and banked up in order to keep out the waters. Water was three feet deep in the citv. From Lohonkoll it was re- OF T LIST F WRECK ■| "'er Grove park. ’ H ,-ianin^ place, the h a i;reat assem- ’.ini at o'clock, ,1.1 :n acknowledge- 'r.g ''.a>‘h was waft- rta over the Missis- mil* s and circled ■ • n disfri't at 8; 30 firf-t appearance ■’ manoeuvres which M I iftT troiu the 1'^ ar Performance. Ik iiectacular 10-min- t.nr rhe downtown i . ill promises he ; • , •! fhe long-dis- III .Auis to the .A.t- \ r t'loik he had ■ - N'i . ’pjii river over . M^‘ ...nts bridges and - ‘ 'I north. P s3-d Alton. 1 Atwood pa&eed ; . lock flying high ’ lint- north. Business • ’,'led tmm the minute , from St. Louis that d- "11 h's \ay here until -’kh' again. The oil ;e» and the bluffs r-ctators to bid '1 . -1: journey. Over Brighton. PLANNETS WILL HCB-NOB Mars and Saturn in Conjunction Aug- 16, With Moon Close By. Williams Bay. Wis., Aug. 14.—E, E. Barnard, professor of astronomj' at the Verkes observatory here, an nounced todav that an interesting phenomenon will lake place August u;. when the plannets Mars and Sat urn will be in conjunction. "On that date," said Professor Barnard, “Mars will pass apparent ly close to Saturn. To the eye they will appear as a bright double star, the distance between the two being only 21 minutes of an arc, or about, two-thirds the apparent widths of the mcon. “Mars will pass north of Saturn. To the left, or east, and near the plannets will be our moon, which will be half full. The sight of these two plannets and the moon will be impressive ’’ The Sinke Fever An Epidemic Shanghai by the empress of Japan,; ported that following the great rains state that the distress which followed;of July 14 and 13 the crops have been the floods is so great that children are*swept away for forty miles ou either being offered for sale. jbank. Amencan Trust Co. Successful Bidder- Local Bond Issue Local Banking Institution is The Successful Bidder in the Sale oj $300,000 \iorth of Bonds Authorize in Recent Election. By Associated Press. London. Aug. 14.—The strike fever has become epidemic in Great Britain. ,g., From one end of the country to the I A ;p. 14.—Atwood j yjjjgr men either have struck or are plai e at 9:17 o'clock, j to do so. Even the women . Tt a height of proba-j gjris in the smaller factories of !-an feet, but is trav-, larger cities are demanding better ^ condhions of labor. The streets of London are resum ing their normal appearance. The van men began work early in the day. At the docks only a portion of the men returned to work and a good deal of uneasiness prevailed, as many of the o ■ ' . (.I j-fjgji refused to accept the settlement ■') the Atlantic He is arranged by their leadrs, and dmandd ..1 a' a better than a unconditional surrender on the part of their employers. At Southampton. Southampton, Eng., Aug. 14. The strike movement reappeared here to day when the coal trimmers refused to coal the American Line steamer Phila delphia, unless their wages were in creased. Lockout Becomes Effective. LiveriK)ol, Aug. 14.—The threatened lockout by the ship owners became ef fective today when .'50.000 dockmen were refused employment until they decided to abide by the terms of their recent agreement. ■ir spe^-d. He is following and .\l>on railroad to >tbed 60 Miles. lil. ig. 14,—Atwood by fiiis firy a» 9;27 this ■ ■ f illv completed *i0 ■B to Springfield, the first • ■’.'.p now. In Springfield 1 ! , Vug. 14,—Atwood • fh*’ air and speed- ‘ -■ a^f) at nO miles an ■ r this citv at 10:30 i no attempt to alight, 4 . i.i.- flight nortnward, . from St Louis to . r two hours and I,.: .ivpf the city several ard' d in (’apitol park H ■ -' MS entertained by ri Commercial Associa- •pMon and luncheon and ! - flizlit toward Chicago SENATOR FLINT GIVES REASONS FOR RESIGNATION ■ f 'l.at he was headed 'A ut-n he made his first d orron^ou:^ (i 111 , Aug 14.—Atwood.af- ■ o hours and a half and - : supplies, resumed his 1 iii( ago at 1 o’clock this ; >■ t -.' u hours earlier than . \to arrive in Chica- .■I k. •Jrt Badly Damaged, rid ri»'.-s. ria., Aug. 12.—The re- >! ;abelle, Fla., had suffer- (laniage from F'riday s « d crr(jneou8, a» telegrams , la • last night stated that not severe. • amcr Fritz and the mail h left here a few hours -?ortn and for w hose safety has been felt, owing ..i .i'e to arrive back In port were due Saturday, have re- :r safety. Lord Chancellor of Ireland Dead. Dublin. Aug. 14.—The Right Hon. Samuel Wilkes, lord chancellor of Ire land, died here yesterday. He was 79 vears old. ENSIGN YOUNG EXAMINED. ♦ By Associated Press. ♦ ♦ Norfolk, Va., Aug. 14.—En- ♦ sign Robert M. Young. U. S. ^ N., of Concord, N. C,, who mys- ^ tenously disappeared from the ^ destroyer Perkins at Brook- ^ Ivn some time ago, having re- ^ ported at the Norfolk naval hospital after having been in ♦ a sanatarium at Morganton, N. ♦ C., was today examined by a ♦ naval medical board which will ♦ report to Washington. Their Competitors Were Ham- bleton & Co,, Security Trust Co,, Weil Roth Co, Success ful Bidder also Secures Op- tion on School Bondi>. The finance committee of the board of aldermen today received bids for the yale of $300,000 in bonds for the construction of a water system to Ca tawba river and the American Trust Company, of this city, was the suc cessful bidder. The bids submitted were four in number and were as follows; The American Trust Company, $o00,- 000 of bonds at par and Interest wuth a premium of $1,905. Mr. T. S. Franklin, for Weil. Roth & Co., of Cincinnati, $300,000 of bonds ! at par and interest with a premium of I $4,153. . Hamilton & Co. and Baker, Watts & j Co., of Baltimore, Md., $300,000 of i bonds at par and interest w^ith a pre- I mium of $5,125. j Security Trust Company, of Spartan- burg, S. C., $300,000 of bonds at par 1 aud interest witha premium of $5,750. 1 Option on School Bonds. I The American Trust Company also secured an option until tomorrow on $100,600 of scho^oi bonds, the finance committee granting this concession to the successful bidder for water bonds by a unanimous vote. This bid of the local firm will be seen to be about $1,S00 higher than that of any othre firm and makes a good showing for the financial status of the American Trust Company, the youngest banking insti tution in Charlotte. The winning of the local company is the more notable in that it was made in competition with representa tives from long-established financial centers like Baltimore and Cincinnati. Will Report to Aldermen. The finance committee w'ill report to the board of aldermen at its regular meeting tonight and will recommend that the board accept the bid of the American Trust Company. The board of aldermen met at 11 o’clock and Alderman E. L. Mason moved that the finance committee ol the board of aldermen be delegated to receive the bids and to recommend their full finding In the matter tonight. The motion carried and the doings of the ^finance^ committee as recorded above was in accordance with that mo tion. The final acceptance or rejec tion of the bid of the American Trust Company for the $300,000 of bonds will therefore be made by the board of al dermen' tonight. There vote will be merely formal, however, as they virtu ally delegated the finace committee tO; make disposition of the bid. After the passing of this motion several gentlemen were heard rela tive to the auditorium. Mr. W. F. Dowd stated that several notes borne by gentlemen who had assumed the obligation of taking care of the audi torium were past due and the banks were pressing them for a settlement. Therefore he came before the board to know if the bond money voted for the conservation of the audito rium was obtainable now or w’ould be obtainable at an early date. Mr. Dowd stated for the information of the board that the indebtedness for the auditorium w^as about $70,000. After considerable discussion of the matter and such an array of mo tions and substitutes that the oldest parliamentarian present hardly knew' how' to untangle the situation. It w'as moved and carried that the mayor appoint a special committee of three to act in conjunction with the finance committee of the board of aldermen in conferring w'ith the auditorium stockholders as to the exact financial status of the auditori um. Mr. Dowd stated that the books and records oi the auditorium com pany were at the disposal of the committee. The mayor, in accordance with the motion appointed Aldermen Mason, Sexton and Watson on this committee. Later Issue of Bonds. A lengthy discussion was also pre cipitated by a suggestion of Alderman that no more bonds be Issued in the next six mouths, other than had al ready been issued for schools and water. The final agreement was reached that the board tell all firms and in dividuals seeking to buy bonds that no bonds will be offered for sale within the next six months in addi tion to the $250,000 already authoriz ed for school buildings. Will Meet in Council Chamber. Alderman SiiTord made a motion to the effect that the board of alder men meet tonight in the court house, since there would probably be a large delegation of citizens present About this time Chairman Thompson of the finance committee w^as making announcement that it w'as time for his committee, according to the or dinance, to open their session for the receiving of bids. In the confu sion of the moment many of the aldermen left before clearly under standing w'here the meeting would be held tonight. Mayor Bland thereupon took it upon himself to say that the meeting would be held in the council chamber at the city hall as usual and asked the newspapers to make announcement of that fact. By Associated Press. Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 14.—A re- ' vised list of the dead and injured aa a result of the eastbound 18-hour Penn sylvania flyer from Chicago to New York leaping the track one mile west of here last evening, shows that two are dead, tw^o missing and thirty-three Injured. It is practically cei’tain that the tw^o missing men, a fireman and an engineer, are dead. Wrecking crews are today searching the debris for their bodies. None of the injured 'will die, physicians say. While the cause of the wreck has not been positively ascertained, the best explanation seems to be that the second engine of the flyer, w’hich was a doublie-header, split a switch and thre,w the engine ahead of it from the track. Then as a flying wedge the two left the track and crashed Into a westbound freight engine on a track to the north of them. All of the seven Pullman cars which the passenger train carried were derailed. With one exception they were S'teel cars. The dead: WILLIAM E. ARICK, Fort Wayne, freight engineer. VALENTINE SNYDER, Crestline, Ohio, baggageman; died at St. Joseph’s hospital this morning from internal in juries. The missing: Ira Burger, Fort Wayne, engineer of the second passenger engine. J. F. Wilson, Fort Wayne, fireman of the first passenger engine. Nearly all of the injured are from Chicago and the East. A number are negroes. By the light of torches, wrecking crews worked all • night In an effort to find the bodies of the missing men. By daylight an estimated crowd of 3,000 W'as present and others were arriving on foot, street cars and )n automobiles. On account of there being many valuables still in the Pullman cars and also because th-^y would interfere with the work of the wrecking crew, the crowd is kept outside ropes, fifty feet from each side of the debris. Tw'enty men, arm ed with stout mances, kept the crowds back of the lines. Traffic was resumed over the line early this morning. By Associated Press. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 14.—Former United States Senator Frank P. Flint, explaining his resignation from the monetary commission yesterday said: •‘This commission might, under proper conditions, accomplish a great deal of good, but a business man ,000 miles from the seat of gov ernment, cannot give this vital mat ter the attention it should have. “It is my conviction that the board should be made up entirely of mem bers of congress. As a matter of fact. I think it unlikely that the commission made up mainly of for mer members of congress w'ould be able to embody in a bill that would meet the approval of the present congress the monetary reforms that are needed. “For all these reasons and others, I decided some time ago to send in my resignation as soon as an ap- portunity presented itself.” jr ALFARO GOVERNMENT OVERTHROWN IN ECUADOR. Washington. Aug. 14.—The Alfaro government in Ecuador wa.s over thrown Friday by a revolution organ ized by supporters of President-elect Estrada. Few casualties occurred and a provisional government headed by the president of the senate was form ed, according to the state department’s advices from Minister Young at Quito. Mr. Young’s cable sent, reported the city fairly quiet. The arrival of Presi dent-elect Estrada was momentarily expected. Gen. Alfaro and family took refuge in the Chilean legation. TWO CHINAMEN SHOT. 2 WO Killed In Electnc Storm By Associated Press. Chattanooga Tenn., Aug. 14.—A dispatch from Rogersville, Tenn., says Thomas Kyle and a Miss Vena ble were instantly killed and eight other persons seriously injured dur ing an electrical storm Saturday af ternoon in Waw’kins county, while attending a picnic of the Modern Woodmen at Strahl, near Rogerville. The picknickers took refuge In a church and the lightning struck this building with the result stated. By Associated Press. Hanford, Cal., Aug. 14.—Two Chi namen were shot dead and three serl. ously wour^’ed by three unidentified white men r\ a farm house occupied bv Chinese, two miles west of San ford, last night. The men escaped and sheriffs posses after a search of five hours failed to find any trace of them. — — I SUPREME COURT DECISIONS SHOULD BE UNANIMOUS. Grand Jury Returns True BiU And Jury to Try Famous Case Wes Speeduy Chosed— —The Court Makes Address to Jury Beulah Binjord, Sat Smilingly in An Adjoining Room, Waiting to lake Witness Stand—Four Witness were Called. A true bill charging murder In the first degree was returned by the grand jury of the Chesterfield cir cuit court today against Henry Clay Beattie, jr., of Richmond, He will be tried for his life as the alleged murderer of his young wife, the victim of the Midlothian turnpike tragedy of July 18, last. The court room w^as packed when Circuit Judge Watson took his seat at 11 o’clock. The aisles w’ere order ed cleared before the roll of the grand jury was called. All spectators except “old gentlemen” w^ere order ed to stand during the proceedings. There was not a w^oman in the court room. Beulah Blnford, “the other woman in the case,” sat smilingly in an ab- Joinlng room, waiting to be called aa a witness. She was dressed In a becoming Dlue dress and wore a light blue pic ture hat. The day afforded her the first glimpse of the outside world since her arrest. She appeared to be thoroughly enjoying her temporary liberty from squalid jail surroundings. Little time was consumed in the selection of the jury and Geo. E. Robertson was chosen foreman. After the jurors had been instructed and the oath administered the court said: “It is painful to announce that! since the court last eat a domestic tragedy of unusual cruelty has stir red, not only this community, but the country at large.” He deplored the notoriety drawn to Richmond and vicinity by the crime and after reviewing the case briefly he instructed the jurors to consider the evidence to be placed before them “with charity for all and malice toward none.” The jury retired at 11:15 o’clock and four witnesses were called. They were: Thomas E. Owen, uncle of the murdered woman; L. L. Scherer, a detective; T. P. Pettlgiew, who wit nessed the discovery of the gun with which the crime is alleged to have been committed, and Dr. J. G. Loving, the county coroner. LUMBER SCHOONER CAPTAIN REPORT RESCUE OF MEN. By Associated Press. „, ^ Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 14. Cap' tain Could of the lumber schooner Savannah, which arrived here yes terday from Portland, Me,, reports the rescue on July 29 of two mem bers of the crew of the fishing schooner Arbitrator who were lost for two days In a small boat during a fog off the Georgia banks. Names and details wer© not given, President at Beverly. By Asaeciated Pr^BS, Washingtoa, Aug. 14.—President Taft reached Washington at 10:05 this morning from Beverly, Mass., where he spent the week-end. He ^nt im- By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., Aug. 14. A bill requiring that decisions by the su preme court of the United States on questions affecting the “constitutionali ty of an provision of a federal or state law mu&t be unanimous,” w'as introduc ed todav by Senator Bourne, of Ore gon. It was attacked by Senator Hey- burn, of Idaho, as an “oddity” or “fad ’ of the day, which attempts to increase the power of minorities. Wool Bill Conference Repoit Bv Associated Press. ^Washington, Aug. 14.—The wool bill conference report, a complete agree ment between the two houses of con gress, was submitted to the House today by Representative Underwood. Republican Leader Mann at once made a point of order that the report could not be considered because the conference had exceeded their author* ity bv fixing tariff rates on certain manufactures of v/ool higher than the same rates made in either house of senate bill. Senator Smith, of Michigan, today inquired of Senator Penrose, of Penu- sylvania, on the floor of the senate why the conferees on the wool bill re ported the bill first to the house. Senator Penrose referred Mr. Smith’s question to Senator LaPolIette, who explained it was an unintentional mistake and caused no serious harm. He added that it was the first time he ever served on a conference committee of -the senat, CAVIAR AN ANTIDOTE FOR CHOLERA By Associated Press, St. Petersburg, Aug. 14.—TJie Otto man bacterological institute has found that caviar is an antidote for cholera. The discovery Is the result of a protest against Turkish government’s expulsion of Russian Chesterfield Court House, Va., Aug. 14.—The grand jury this morning be gan consideration of the case of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., charged with the murder of his young wlf-? near Rich mond on July 18, last. It was expect ed that an indictment for first degree murder would be returned against him during the day. The indictment charging murder In the first degree was in the hands of the. clerk w'hen the grand jurors arriv ed and with but four witnesses to be heard, spectators prepared for only a brief wait before the document would be handed in formally and a date fixed for the trial. Beattie will be kept In jail at Richmond during to day’s proceedings. The commonwealth decided that on ly four witnesses would be heard by the grand jury. They are Thomas Ow'en. uncle of Mrs. Beattie, T. P. Pet tigrew, called to testify as to the find ing of the shotgun. Dr. Wilbur Mercer, who was on the Owen lawn when Beat tie drove up with the body of his wife, and Paul Beattie, a cousin of the de fendant. _ , ^ . J It Is possible that Beulah Blnford will be called as a witness. She was taken from the jail at Richmond this morning and brought to the court house. , , Chesterfield court house is one oi the most picturesque spots in the coun try It is low red brick, white trim med structure and was built originally in 1749. It was partly burned by the “public enemy,” the British in 1778, and was rebuilt in 1782. As recon structed then it now stands, low ceil ing and lamp lit. , The court room Itself reeks with his tory. Oil portraits of Illustrious jur ists of ante-bellum days gaze from the stained walls. POPE IMPROVING. B yAssociated Press. Romo, Aug. 14.—Physicians found Pope Plus today changed only a from yesterday, when a slow but grad ual improvement was perceptible. i he patient w'as more cheerful today. After goeing Cardinay Merry ael n aj and Manager Blsletti, the Pope askv.>d fgr Cardinal de Lai, secretary of tha consistorial congregation, with whom Jie wanted to discuss several Questiout relating t© the church In America, Reports from the United States ArchbJghGp Quigley, uf Chicago, hns been eievatsd tQ the c3.rdinftl^tG stated tQ be wholly unfounded. ......pontiff adhering to fcis opinioA that caviar from Turkish territory for fear j that country snouid not of cholera Infection.. T]^e institute, j one cardinal during the life of CaraiAai after turkey’s |)au, experimented j Gibbons. with a pot pf caviar whlcl^ had been I The pontiff sat up again today aaq infected w^th, ;iholer>a hscclill. In j Dr. Petaccl and Dr. Marchiafava sug- four days’ time it in'as found that all i gested that he remain longer |n ma the cholera gecms in caviar had arm chair ^s they been - —