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THE WANTS ARE OF SERVICE IN INNUMERABLE WAYS — SEE IF THEY CANT SERVE YOU. atest Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.““'““ VOL. 45. NO. 8026 CHARLOTTE N. C., WEDNESDAY tVENING, SEPTEMBER 6 191 1 P'DT/^'p'jln Charlotte ■*• Outside Char 2 Cents a Copy Daily—5 Cents Sunday, Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday. I Expect To Be Home Sunday** Sais Young Beattie j Prisoner Charged With :tardly Deed Spends ,ict Day And is Confident Acquittal—A Day of i^tude. Features oj Testimony lewed — Both Sides Are r.ndfnt—Shortly the Jury ■I Take the Case—No nic Hearing Today, '■ PreP' . d H.. Va.. Sept. 6.—"I • uome Sunday I feel that t’T.prep.-od the jury and N'lll give me a square Paul’s story of his meetings with Henry have been attacked but the common-w ealth considers that his etory nevertheless remains intact in its main features. Judge and Lawyers Confer. Richmond. Va., Sept. 6.—Judge Wm. A Watson today conferred with L. O. Wcndenburg and J. M. Gregory, attor neys for th? prosecution and H. M. Smith and Hill Carter, counsel for the defense in the Beattie trial. They met for the usual argument in the absence of jur>- to determine what instructions shall be given by the court tomorrow to the jury as to the legal construction of various kinds of evidence. The determination of fine tecnicali- ties of law and the laying of the legal ba.-^is at argument of counsel tomor row were expected to consume the en tire day’s conference. Another ques tion. however, was expected to be set tled by Judge Watson at the confer ence—namely whether Beulah Bin- ford and Paul Beattie held in jail since the arrest of the accused should be given their freedom. Judge Watson ae confident remark of has been anxious not to detain them Jr., indicted for; further but the prosecution It was said his wiie. as he sat in i might urge the detention until the ver- Toda v gazing in retro-' fiict of the jury is brought in which is .'.even days of evidence 1 expected to be before the end of this .. ^as ■-•roughi to a close; week. Wild rumors again were in cir- ' oulation here that a member of the '.‘ery Confident. ijury and the father of the prisoner ■ nervou.-nes3 were n^'. once were neighbors and friends, but • 0 intenance it manner, whether the prosecution had deenied r', fam-» outward calm;this of sufficient importance to bring ..I"‘cterlrrG him either in'to the attention of Judge Watson had . o ar as he heard wit-> not been determined early today. Want Beulah Released. Richmond, V'a., Sept. 6.—Mrs. J. E. Binfard. mother of Beulah, saw Judge Watson’ and attorneys for the prosecu tion shortly after noon today concern ing the release of her daughter from custody. Judge W’atson declared that unless something unforeseen develop ed he would issue an order for her realease tomorrow. The Binford girl received the news joyously. When asked if she knew any reason why she should not be al lowed to testify she guessed that they v;.' ;oc;-:od th^ secret of found out enough through other wit- uMi-e llf.> rose as usual By Asoclated Press. Paris, Sept. 6.—Advices received here today from Berlin intimate that the German "’nperial chancellor. Dr. Von Bethm Hollweg, has in dicated his ar> cance of France’s proposals, prf.$> :ed last Monday to the German £» .'eign minister, Herr Von KidfN i-Waechter, by the testify against him • npssi chair when he him- ; n I ir. ittcr of fac» way the ir.dlscrptions with Beulah ; d t.'.e bru»al attack of the iwd-man which caused the !s wife of a year. — Quiet Lay of the Cricket. ••• house and its pastoral vl- ■ ' 'h'd in peaceful quiet - kets an'l ’^^fvriids con- - ■ :.! ’>ing unhampered by 1 ; hu.-Me "f a curious crowd -f iffpasfive face in nr'i riffer ’>reakf. -f ■ >. 1 rolled on I, 1 > inc of mirtr. f’ ”aii .s ’’f religious •ne’" not fa- pway - ne^i i;Ten''!s call them i-?‘:iiing men.' and de- ’•#> of the kind to weigh ■-■r the Argument. ■,ave heard all the evi- r^^ir.ains onl> for counsel rn knit together the rele- vp.’^ioufl testimonies into .,'un '^nt T’pon the argu- • ... ’-allv conceded much as the defense expects ’ ■ plnn on the dane- • ting circumstantial evl- French looking roccan The mains V dssador, M. Cambon, settlement of the Mo- ute. j.ch foreign oflBce, however, ; an attitude of reserve regarding the progress of the nego tiations. Distpatches, w'hich look as though they had common origin at the French embassy in Berlin, received today by several Paris newspapers, also indicate that an early agreement between France and Germany in the Moroccan dispute is probable. Run on Bank Etettin, Prussia, Sept. 6.—The run on the savings banks here caused by the circulation of rumors that war between France and Germany was impending, continued today. All attempts of the banking offi cials to reassure the depositors have proved fruitless. SKETCH DRAWN BY BEULAH BINFORD Bailey Confiims Report That He Will Not Entei jor Re-election Texas Senator to Shake Dust "Tf Henry Beattie is guilty,” she ^aid. however, as she leaned over a buini.-iier in the jail today and talked V ith several newspaper men, “I should likf to &ee him punished. I'd say that about any man whether I loved him or not. But I don’t think Henry Beattie would kill his wife. His disposition was always good.” She confided that she had a stage offer but had not decided as yet to accept it. She intends, however, to go to Norfolk tomorrow' to go by boat to New York, adding that she didn't ■‘want t hear about the Beattie case again.” Paul Beattie, confined in the same Jail, also expects his realease tomor row. He, too, has decided to go on the pragp. because, he said, he needed the money. Zeppelin Aiiship OJ^ Fo7 Berlin New England Mills Resume Opetations By Associated Press. Boston. Sept. 6.—A change for the better occurred in many cities, towns and villages of New England, when textile mills employing an aggregate of 55,000 persons resumed operations after a shut down varying from 8 days to two weeks or more. Curtailment of the production of cot ton goods will continue at a number of places, including Fall River, until the raw cotton situation and goods mar ket conditions further improve. Man ufacturers hope, however, that the worst is over. President William M. Wood, of the American Woollen Company, >shich controls SO mills in New England and New York state, says that the w’oollen business is improving a;?.d that the mills are more' active man ^or soiric time. Sketch drawn by Beulah Binford of Hen-y Clay Bettie, jr., who is now standing trial in the Chesterfield County Courthouse, Va., on the charge of murdering his young wife. Holding Movement Gaming Ground ^ Eis Determination, Briefly By Associated Press. Shawnee, Okla., Sept. 6.—More sup port was pledged today for holding cotton in the telegrams received by the farmers in convention here. The statistical committee is com piling figures on the price of cotton. This question will be threshed out to night and a decision will be reached on the question of holding cotton for higher prices. It is apparent now that the resolution a&king the members to hold cotton for at least 13 cents will be passed. Expressed, is Gwen as Final Will Practice Law in New York — Governor Colquitt, Fotmer Gove? nor Campbell And Others Named as Possi^ ble Successor. Bj' Associated Press. Gainesville, Tex., Sept. 6.—Unite ! States Senator Jos. W. Bailey toda confirmed the announcement mad i last night that he would not be a c.; ■ didate for re-election to the Uni; i States senate. Kis term will March 3, 1913. Very lew persons in... x. knew of the renator's determinatiou By Associated Press. until today and only a portion of tae Aberdeen, Wash., Sept. 6.—The bod-1 larger morning newspapers of Texas ies of the 16-year-old twin sons of | published the announcement.. Went Bear Hunting And Were Killed OF SEGOKD 1ST Problem of the Jury. .’ '■ H ' ni^in broadside . d along the same lines • d its rigid cross-exami- ri?oner and will predl- tu a—how did the same • n .! Beartie bought for his • in Saturday, July 15, 1 f he hands of the alleg- on Midlothian turn- By Associated Press. . -h’ of Tuesday, July 18? Baden-Baden, Germany , Sept. 6.— J ''1? i.dmitted by its wit- Zeppelin dirigible balloon Schwa- t Paul purchased the very ^en left this city with seven passeng er wati identified by ers at 6:05 o’clock this morning on an e one thflt killed his wife air voyage to Berlin. The air ship is . Tr?on ;or the admission scheduled to make a stop today at was blood on the Gotha, about half way between Baden- • ‘ 3 found not far from Baden and the German capital. The of the crime. He has de- distance of the proposed flight is ap- TT-!* he saw or knew of proximately 350 miles. It was the -e the h'ghwayman level- first of the regular aero excursions ' , 'hian 'urnpike, because which will be run regularly. The faro - r almo-^t collided with ig approximately $47. j Reaches Gotha. Vita* Points. I • Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, ^.,e has attempted to punc- gept. 6.—The dirigible balloon Schwa- Paul Beattie, the cou- hen arrived here at half-pas^ twelve cubed, who not only told this afternoon by way of Frankfort. Li of ‘he weapon but the The passengers on the big air ship r.'* slon o* the prisoner to were landed successfully. THE COTTON T Henry Bauer, a farmer living near here, were found yesterday by deputy sheriffs in a lonely spot 20 miles north east of Montesano and near the shack of the boys’ uncle, John Turner. Bul let holes in the head of both bodies in dicated the manner in w'hich they met It is said Senator Bailey will go to New York city to practice law after his senate service ends. By Associated Press. Washington, Sept. 6.—The approach of the second W’est Indian storm of the season was reported to the weath er bureau today from the stations :n Jamaica, which island lies in the track of these storma as they sweep across j the national weekly-4>uiletifl -of the the Atlantic, over the West Indies and i weather bureau, issued today, gulf, apd thence, usually, Into the j In the cotton growing region, heavy southern states. Only meagre reports i rains during the early part of the By Asoclated Press. Washington, Sept. 6.—Heavy and beneficial rainfall over the eastern pirtion of the country and abundant sunshine over the interior and west ern portion were the main features of the week’s weather, according to a hermit’s life for two years but he was believed to be harmless. It is thought he believed the boys had been sent to kill him. REV. O. E. DAVIS WAS- POISONED. were received as the disturbance was some distance off the Jamaican coast The indications were only slight but they showed a storm in the Carribbean can coast. REV. D. R. SHIER FOUND DEAD IN BED. ; g "on niiMod the crime. * V numerous witnesses mpeach the veracity of ATTACK ON EDITOR. having ^^ransferred the on Saturday night July Puul : ad July Ifi. a» the bridge yt:- employed as a watch- cop‘'monwealth introduced •^^-ees to combat the testi- ♦T who today was said *o on the ... v'staken Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 6.—Oppo sition to the constitution in office F.. H. Neblitt, Frank T. Rogers, as president of shot gun with United National Association of Post Office Clerks, took another tact today, when J. T. Scott, editor of the official organ of the association, was grilled. He is charged with •with- ree of" admitting bolding from publication any article To intimate tending to reflect on Rogers Mid Training Season for Playen By Associated Press. Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 6.—The Pitts burg Nationals will establi&h a prece dent in major league history by hav ing a mid-training season. Discourag ed by the failure of his team to gain ground on Chicago and New York, Manager Fred Clark will take the . .n. » whole crew to West Baden, Ind., from I northwestward and strike the Ameii- St. Louis on September 10. They will remain there for two days and will partake of the w'aters and indulge in daily exercise and early morning walks. President Dreyfuss suggested this as a means of getting the players primed for the deciding clashes. Irish Authoress Found Dead in Hotel By Associated Press. London, Sept. 6.—Mrs. Katherine Cecil Thurston, the Irish authoress, was found dead this morning at a hotel in Cork. Mrs. Thurston was a native of Cork and married in 1901 Ernest Charles Thurston, with whom she was the joint author of several popular novels. The couple lived happily until 1907, wherry according to Mrs. Thurston, he husband informed her that it was ne cessary that he should live his own life and (or the. purpose of lit2'*ary work should go down into the very depths of society. The authoress w^as granted a divorce in the spring o£ 1910. week with high wind, accompanying the storm of August 27 and 28, did much damage, along the coast and in the eastern portions of South Car- sea to the south-southeast of the is-! olina, and some damage occurred land. from heavv rains in portions of Notable Change in Texas. Austin, Tex., Sept. 6.—United States Senator Bailey’s possible retirement to private life forecasts an important , . . , . * rr. change in Texas, namely the elimina- death. A posse Is In search of Turner, uion of an issue which has appeared who is missing. The two boys went (in practically every important pollti- bear hunting Sunday. Turner has lived agitation in this state for about six years. So numerous and so loya'. were the senator’s friends that repeat edly the alignment of “Bailey” and oi “anti-Bailey” men has been a large factor in the voting at the state legis lature and some times at the polls on general state issues. A successor to Senator Bailey will be selected at a primary next July. By Associated Press. Those mentioned as candidates include Georgetown, British Guiana, Sept. 6. Governor O. B. Colquitt, former Gov- —The Rev. O. E. Davis, superinten-• ernor Thomas M. Campbell, Col. Jake dent of the British Guiana mission of j w^’olters, leader of the anti-prohibi- the Seventh Day Adventists, whose i tionists in the recent state-wide elec- death at the hands of natives in the tion, Thomas Ball, leader of the drys interior was announced yesterday, was in the same election. Congressman poisoned. ' Randall, Cone Johnson a'nJ Judge Wm. Letters left by the missionary give Poindexter. The latter two were can- in detail the circumstances of the didates for governor at the last eleo- crime. It is understood that his cam- tion. paign against the practice of polygamy Statement, exasperated the natives. \ ■ ■„ m o x ^ j Gainesville, Tex., Sept. 6.—Many GRAND OPERA MANAGER. {times today Senator Bailey refused to I amplify his brief and positive state- Atlanta. Sept. 6.—W’ith William Ar-‘ment announcing his forthcoming re ports relieved tensive was sunshine needed much would probably pass through tlie Car- j over Mississippi and Louisiana ribbean and on to Yucatan as they j occurred over large some times do. They thought it as, £ Texas and Oklahoma, unlikely that the storm w'ould swerve. portiono By Associated Press. Hudson, Mich., Sept. 6.—Rev. Don ald R. Shier, of Landrum, S. C., w'as found dead in bed today at the home of a friend in this city. Rev. Shier was 70 years of age and for many years he was a mem- Serious Fiie In Birmingham By Associated Press. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. Sept. 6. The cold storage and local depot of the Armour Packing Company, a hand some five-story building with complete refrigerating,, sausage making and packing plant was destroyed by 3re night, with the “Girl From Rectors, ’ j To a few intimate friends the as the bill. Mr. Mattice is a southern- senator is said to have confided the er who has a record of sixteen sue-j^jg action but these cessful years in the theatrical business ^ave refused to pass the in- The Grand will book the Snubert at- formation along. Some of the sen- tractions this year. UNCLE SAM GETS MULKEY. ator’B friends * said that certain ac tions of the present Texas legislature have been displeasing to him but Atlanta Sept 6.—Uncle Sam’s long they would not give this statement arm has reached out and grabbed W.' as authoritive from Mr. Bail^ey. M. Mulkey, the Atlanta contractor who | le became generally known here recently went into bankruptcy and con- day that the senator cealed part of his assets, according to engage in law practice in New YorK the charge against him. Mulkey has city when his term expires and It is been released on a $2,500 bond, and gaid he will be associated with one the case will come up for a prelims ^^e leading firms of the metro- ber of the Michigan Methodist Epis- ^ ^j^jg morning. The fire burned fierce copal confernece. on Kogers and r, i. said to have made with lack of business ability in edit- iaraMon. Other points in ing the magazine. •apper Young Italian Believed To Be The Monsiei **Fox^ One Of Cnminals NOTED SHOE MANU FACTURER DEAD. By Asoclated Press. Media, Pa., Sept. 6.—W^aldo Clafiin, a prominent shoe manufacturer, who thirty years ago made the first shoe designed especially for baseball play ers, died here today. ENGLISHMAN SWAM CHANNEL. Bv Associated Press. ^London, Sept. 6.—W^illiam Burgess, a Yorkshire man, today successfully swam the English channel from Do ver, Eng., to Cape Gris, Nez, France. The swimmer landed at Gris, Nez, at half-past ten this morning, almost ex actly 24 hours after leaving Dover. BURYEA’S “BUGLER” WON. ly for several hours, every piece of fire department of the greater city be ing brought In to fight the flames. The loss is $200,000. Smoke and water damage, though slight, will be felt by the Cudahy Packing Company, Kennemer-Irwin wholesale shoe deal ers and the Collins’ Company, whole sale grocery dealers in the immediate vicinity. , The fire started in the beet voom I from unknown causes. The Armour i plant was opened in July. ANDERSO OFFERS TROPHY B.l FOR GLIDDEN TOUR. Chantilly, France, Sept. 6.—H. Duryea’s Bugler won the Prix ^ „ D’Hallato, which was run here to-1 By Associated Pr^ss. day. , Anderson, S. C., Sept. 6.—The city of ! Anderson through its chamber of com- imerce has sent to President Robert Jewels Again Figure in Case. ^N^^Yorr%ep?^6.---rhe jewels of i bile^AsLclation an oifer of a second Mrs Helen Dwelle Jenkins, which have | trophy to be competed for by cars in been the nucleus of stories involving j the Glidden tour A. T. CO DIVIDEND. Press. Hughes. “There have been 17 bomb c^pt h.—With a dapper explosions in the Italian quarter in • ’ ed to be one of the the past month. How many of these • ' criminals in their Castabile, who was known as the Fox’ and his subordinates are respon- in ■ .e lolice today spread their ■'-f‘ gang of bomb-throwera. '■T; and kidnappers that ;h() »( p l-alian settlement Mif Uict .'our years. astabile, who was arrest- w; h a dynamite bomb ■'li wi 1 be arraigned today p- vv iriw which makes the . ri- n of a drndlv weapon •lit the 1 lilice hoiK' to prove ‘ far more serious crimes, mm ways Castabile is the most ■»n’ p*-1soner we have ever en By Associated Press. New York, Sept. 6.—Directors of the American Tobacco Company, now undergoing re-organization under the mandate of the supreme court, today declared the regular quarterly divi dend of 1 1-4 per cent on the prefer red stock. Recently the dividend on the common stock was passed pending the re-organization of the company. NOTED DETECTIVE DEAD. ..ible for I don’t know but we hope to fasten enough on him to remove him from the scene of operations for some ; ^ Time.” The detention of Castabile in $10,- 000 bail has proved the value of the new “deadl.v weapon” law; and for the mere possession of a bomb, “the Fox” may be sent to prison for seven yeari. This law was passed particularly to assist the police against elusive Ital ian criminals whom it is difficult to convict because their victims are By Asociated Press. Paris, Sept. 6.—The death was an nounced today of Armand Cochefert, a former noted chief of the detec tive service of Paris, w'ho played a prominent role in the Dryefus tria. EARTH SHOCK FELT. ^a-ned/ said Police Inspector afraid to te.Btify against them. Ey Associated Press. Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, Sept. 6.—A moderate, though prolonged earth shock was felt in tius viclnUv 4? ilaat niglit. The trophy is to be a silver cup val- Tenn fig'ured” again today i ued at $1,000. Correspondence carried that'the grand jury had on between Mr. Hooper and local bus- nary hearing Friday. He was arrest ed on an affidavit sworn out by E. V. V. Carter, trustee In bankruptcy. WANT HIGHWAY FROM EAST TO GULF. polls. MOB MAKES ATTACK ON THE PERUVIAN LEGATION. 6.—A Bolivian By Associated Press. „ j W^ashington, Sept. By Associated Press. ^ , mob attacked the Peruvian legation New Orleans, Sept. 6.—Louisiana pulled down the and Mississippi congresoinen, shield and shattered the windows ors and other officials of these states building according to a tele will be given opportunity to assis today from Amer- in a campaign started by the annual g . • _ irnn'oripc: The assault good roads tour association to secure ican minister ™ I national highway f/om the east to seems tc have the eulf The meetings of good roads unconfirmed rumor that InthSsts is set for Nov. 11, in this been a conflict on ^be ^ tween the forces of Bol*\ia ana i-eru The fact that the report was unoffi cially denied did not deter the fury of the mob. DID NOT INTEND TO VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL COURTESY firemen SAVE LIVES. wealthy men of Kenosha, W'is., and in reports found indictments for smuggling. These jewels, valued at $170,000, were given to Mrs. Jenkins in 1909, and for two year& the revenue officers have been collecting evidence that they were brought from Europe without the payment of duty. Sport Writer Dead. Oakland, Cal., Sept. 6.—Eddie Smith, a well known sporting writer and fight referee, died here today. He had been ill with brain trouble for several weeks. THE WEATHER. Bv Associated Press. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Washington, D. C., Sept. 6.— ♦ Forecast; Virginia and North ♦ and South Carolina and Geor- ♦ gia: Showers tonight or Thurs- O day, light to moderate variable ♦ winds. ^ iness men leads to the belief that the offer will be accepted. RECOGNIZE PRESIDENT OF HAYTI By Asociated Press. W^ashington. Sept. 6.—The govern ments of Great Britain, France and Germany, in addition to the United States, have recognized General Cin- cinnatus Leconte as president of Hayti, thus extending to him the moral support of the four powers controlling the paramount foreign interests of the little republic. In receiving American minister Furniss President Leconte expressed much friendly sentiment toward the United States. THIRTY-TWO PERSONS DROWNED Lima, Peru, Sept. 6.—A telegram received today from the purser of the Chilean steamer Tocapel, which was wrecked near Quilca, says that the total number of persons drowned i was 32, including the captain. Ninety j others were saved. The Tucapel dur ing a heavy fog struck on an -un charted ledge of rock. \ Atlanta, Sept. 6.-The lives of five women and children, overcome by smoke, were saved yeS'terday by At lanta firemen when flames gutted two; buildings at 403 and 405 Georgia ave- By Associated Press. nue. The rush oi the fire was so quick , W’ashington, Sept. 6.--The Geraan that the neople living on the second cruiser Bremen did not intentionally *«oor h'S noThance to\et to the stairs, violate the code Ladders were placed to the windows tesy by holding torp^o exercises r^ sTsJl" rthr'ee chUdr^en. Sinr^^^n^^r^Sl' wS riiEST OF given authority last May to Si rI HUTCHISON duct maneuvres in Chesapeake Bay Mrs Geo B. Justice and children, and, itseems, the commander of the reo B Jr Wilson and Mary Louise, vessel believed it was unnecessary to of Raleigh ' are guests of Mrs, John ask for a renewal of the permit for W Hinshaw. at her home on East the same ship in so short a space ol Vance street. 1 time. Fiank Stantons Poem, “They Hung Bill Jones ' Saved This Mans Neck By Associated Press. Salem, Ore., Sept. 6.—The poem, “They. Hung Bill Jones,” written by Frank L. Stanton, a native of Charles ton, S. C., now living in Atlanta, saved the life of Jesse P. Webb yesterday, so Governor Oswald West said. W’ebb, who was convicted of the murder o£ William A. Johnson a ranch man, instead of being hanged at moon, was the guest of honor at a convict dinner in the penitentiary. Webb’s sentence was commuted bs Governor W^est five minutes before the time appointed for the hanging. Governor West said Be vuas influ enced to grant the commutation bj reading the poem. I
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