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VOL. 45. NO. 8044
CHARLOTTE N. C.. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27 1911
pi>TpPlIn Charlotte 2 Cents s Copy Dally—5 Cents Sunday.
* f Outside Charlotte 6 Cents a Copy Dally and S^lnday.
fuikey Receives the
Italian Ultimatum-
T1 ipoli or Wai Now
j^jks Must Agree to Italian
Occupation oj IripoU or Jo-
Italy Will Proceed
fith Threatened Occupation
(ffid Strife WiU Follow.
Ijffopeavis m Iripoli Uneasy
on Account of Native De-
nmstrations—Many Ltav-
ing—Freared That Landing
hoops Will Cause Massacre
f! Pr««a.
Ooostantlnople, Sept 27.—The news-
pijeri suggest that all Ottaman sub-
^ ref ■« to pay their debts to
\.j_ q In the event of an Italian oc-
t'lon of Tripoli.
Tripoli deputies held a meeting
j-ssteraay and discussed the sit-
liion The authorltlea have phro
^ jiteu a public meeting of protest
nno«t rhe threatening attitude of
•jij arranged at Stambaul
■ Tte Tanlns leading article today
II.**
The Tripolitan questiou brings upon
'ip:s tiie whole question of the rela-
v-ns oetween Christianity and Islam.
Ti« Turks have trespassed on no-
:; 8 riaiits. yet Italy is preparing to
occupr Turkish territory on the pre
text that Germany and France have
•^;e2 - ay the independence of Moro
such conduct Is a violation of the
;,..:ipl€8 of International law, humanl-
■ aad civilization. It is evident that
•:e:e i;' no Justice In Europe. Theat-
which are destroyed when an
;= antage is to be gained thereby.
The l.allan aggression is really
. utcome of tiie animosity on the
• of Chrirtianitv toward Islam.”
TWENTY PBOLpB DROWNBD
IN AN OMNIlUt
By Associated Prast. ^
♦
Paris. Sept 27.-~Aa ttotomo* ♦
bile omnibus occupied by about ♦
twenty persons crossing a bridge ♦
over the Seine near Notr* Dame ^
today left the roadway and ♦
crashed through the parapet, ♦
fell into the water. The automo* ^
bile omnibus was a closed ve* ^
hide with the p^sengers in- ♦
side. V A
REUNION OF Veterans.
By Associated Press.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 27.—Plans
were made at the reunion of the vet
erans of the Union and Confederate
armies held here today in connection
with the tri-state fair for a peace
jubilee and general reunion of the Blue
and Gray to take place in Washington
in 1913.
DECISION IN
JOHNSON FIGHT CASE.
By Associated Press.
London, Sept. 27.—The court
granted the application of the dis
trict railway company, the ground
landlord of Earls Court, for an in
junction against the lesses of the
building to stop the proposed John-
son-Wells fight subject to damages
if the decision is reversed on trial.
President "laft
Reaches to Peka
. ; iti Sett 27.—A news despatch
r; P: la today says that Italy has
;• 1 i ulriraatura to Turkey saying
'• •''' latter must agree to an Ital-
u. Uon of Tripoli and that
a reply is received by tomorrow
.1 -fed with the thretened
Europeans Uneasy.
'-poll. Sept 27.—Uneasiness of Eu-
residents here increases
h :.i.yrc'aenBlon of native demon-
A ;tr. Steamer sailing yesterday
■ ..d many Europeans for Tunis
was compelled to refuse others
•- sGutht passage because of lack
c; ... nodatlons for them.
Fear Landing of Troops.
Miltk, Sept. 27.—A private message
Tripoli today says that Italian
^i'*- ij with an expeditionary force
-i 20 miles oft Tripoli and
" r. is a panic among the Ital-
r ' dents there as it Is feared that
■■ It of troops would be the sig-
i' tor massacre of Europeans.
T'1€ Anglo-Maltese colony In Tripo-
sen’ an appeal to their compatriots
in»-
’’e imrlore our brethren to appeal
■' 'ht government to assist us and to
■ to cur help as the Italian steam-
;f'.i>e '0 receive any but persons
nationality.”
Italians to Lose Out.
O.r • 'inople. Sept. 27.—The Turk-
cabinet in council yesterday de-
tl It in the event of a rupture
-^e re’arlons between Italy and
" ■rKev the Itullans should be deprived
;)€nefit of the capitulations.
Tlie Capitulations are Turkish state
' ^ ='uaranteelng to foreigners re-
.;ne ;n Turkey and its dependencies
' .'■a terrtorlal rights and Immuni-
such as trial by consular courts
Cf ies where Turkish subjects are
wccemed.
By Associated Press.
Topeka. Kan., Sept. 27.~President
Taft spent six hours and a half in
Topeka today, be^rinning his third day
in Kansas. The president’s train reach
ed Topeka at 5 a. m.
At 7 o'clock the president and his
party were drive® to the country club
for breakfast and later he dedicated
a soldiers’ flag pole at Washburn Col
lege. The rest of the program here in
cluded a parade, the laying of a cor
ner stone of the soldiers memorial
building and an address.
From Topeka the president trav
els to Atchison and Leavenworth, the
only other stops he makes today.
CHINESE SHIP VISITS
CHARLESTON HARBOR.
G. H. BARRETT ATTACKING A PHOTOGRAPHER.
George H. Barrett, scion of an aristocratic old family of Norfolk, Va.,
former pillar in the First Church of Christ Scientists and at present an
artist, whose doings in New York on one day, Sept. 22, can be chronicled
as follows:
12:15 A. M.—Arrested for beating a young and attractive woman com
panion, at Fifty-fourth street and Broadway. Whisked away from an an
gry crowd and lodged in a celi>in the police station.
10 A. M.—Arraigned in the West Side court under the name of Edgar
R. Smith, of Des Moines. Discharged upon refusal of the young woman to
prosecute.
10:30 A. M.—Ha|f a block from the court room viciously assaults a cam
era man. Caught after a chase of three blocks.
11 A. M.—Re-arraigned in court. Real idsntity revealed. Held under
$500 bail for special sessions. Languishes in cell.
3 P. M.—Bailed out by a friend. Disappears.
8 P. M.—Denies, through his wife and over the telephone,'that he was
the “hero” of the day’s events
The fallowing day, tlis case came up in ^cour^ and provided the attrac
tion that packed the court room. ^
By Associated Press.
Charleston, S. C., Sept. 27.—Without
warning of her coming, the Chinese
cruiser Hal Chai, en voyage from Ha
vana, came into this port Just before
noon, with the dragon flying snapping
from her mainmast. Identifled by the
harbor forts the artillerymen exchang
ed the customary salutes with the
Oriental floating fortress. The Chi
nese admiral had requested the com
mandant of the navy yard to send him
weather inform^tl6n by the wireless
but there was no expectation that the
cruiser would "stop in Charleston har
bor.
DEATH OF FORMER^
GOVERf^OR PROCTOR
By Associated Press.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 27.—The trial
of the so-called state dispensary
“graft” case, involving the purchase in
TW[LIIE MORE
1
By Associated Press.
Toulon, France, Sept. 27.—The
tremendous ' force of the explosion
which destroyed the battleship Liber-
te Monday was again indicated today
when a piece of the Liberte’s armor
plate' was lifted from the side of the
battleship Republique, upon which it
had fallen.
The broken plate weighed 37 tons
and had been hurled 225 yards. The
Republique was so badly damaged
that she will be out of commission
for months while repairs are being
made.
Twelve bodies were taken from the
wreck this morning. The search
above the water line is difficult bw-
ing to barriers of crumpled steel
that oppose all advance into sections
of the holds. Nothing was discovered
leading to the belief that other living
men were imprisoned in the wreck
age although this remained a possi
bility.
The roll of the dead was increased
by a half dozen deaths din-ing the
night.
Want Little Blonde
Stenogiapher Of
“Fi antic Finanaef'
Thnllmg Rescue of
V^oiild be Suicide
Feature of Today in Case oj
Jared Flagg, Accused of Us-
ing Mails to Defraud, Was
Eunt jor Girl in The Case.
Officers Thinks She Knows
Things Which the Gi(md
Jury Should Known—They
Think She Knew oj J9|$
Methods.
By Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 27.—A large tour
ing car containing two men and four
women was crosing one of the Harlem
river bridges early this morning, its
occupants saw a man climb upon the
rail of the bridge and spring out into
the water.
The chauffeur brought the car to a
stop with a jolt and one of the men
Albert Lind, leaped out, and clambered
hand over hand down the stone work
on the central pier to the surface of
the water. On a shelf at the foot of
the pier he found a long boat hook and
a couple of planks. With the planks to
support him he dropped into the water,
bofff hook in hand and after paddjing
a short distance, caught the would-be
suicide on the prong of the hook.
There was a flve-minute struggle
before the man was subdued and
dragged to the foot of the pier, where
policemen took him in charge. He said
he was Frank Kurt, a Swiss harness
maker, despondent ^om inability to
obtain employment.
Special to The News.
Waynesville, Sept. 27.—In the crim
inal term of stiperior court this morn
ing Seth Woods, the 19-year-old boy
who is chai’ged with the killing of Cal.
Stamey at Canton some months ago ] By Associated Press,
was arraingned for trial. The case is! New York, Sept. 27.—Hunt for a
set for 10 o’clock tomorrow as a spe- little blond stenographer became the
cial venire of 100 men has been or-: feature event today in the case of
dered. Woods is represented by Craw- Jared Flagg, “Frantic financier” and
ford, Hannah and Smathers. his friends, who are accused of using
Harley Davis, the white man who i the mails to defraud,
is charged with burglary at Canton The “Quarry” in the girl hunt Is
was also arraigned and the trial set 1 Madeline Russe, who is supposed to
for Friday at 10 o^clock, a venire of i know things about Flagg’s business
75 men having been ordered. that the grand'jury wants to discover.
The time for the trial of Taylor i Since the raid of Flagg’s -Qfllces last
Love, the negro who is charged with' Saturday the postoffice inspectors have
killing another negro named Morehead [ sought Miss Russe in vain, but today
at Hazelwood, and with shooting him j they had reference that she will sur-
through the window of the house of^rended herself. Meanwhile the federal
Jeff Lackey has not been set but he I officials have been building up their
was arraigned this morning.
TO
STOP STBIKE
L C.
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Sept. 27.—Following
the report of chemists that the
the stomach of Elsie Crawford, who
1905 of $35,000 worth of labels, was j died suddenly a few days &go, con-
marked today by frequent passages be-! tained “opium, Miss Annie Crawford,
tween opposing attorneys as to the ad-j^ sister, was today placed in jau. A
mission of documentary evidence. The | formal charge of murder has not heen
Ob«erve Fire Prevention Day.
Br --'ioclated Press.
Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. 27.—Oov.
Hadley yesterday addressed letters
the mayors of the principal cities
‘S tie 'ate asking their co-operation
I' n to observe October 9 as
prevention day,” and says he
'his week issue a proclamation
jdining tite day. He believes that by
-‘•inj. a'lention to the necessity of
t:or Inspection of public and
i'ivate buildings much will be saved
fire losses.
By Associated Press.
Proctor. Vt., Sept. 27.—Former
Governor. Fletcher D. Proctor, of
this state, died today at his home
here after a protracted illness.
WIND STOPPED FOWLER.
By Associated Press.
Emigrant Gap, Cal., Sept. 27.—Rob
ert G. Fowler was prevented' from
continuing his transcontinental flight
early today by a strong wind blowing
across the summit of the Sierras,
which he must cross on the next stage
of his journey. He waited until 6:30
o’clock but discouraging telegraphic
reports from Summit caused him to
abandon the flight temporarily. He
hopes to start later In the day.
principal witness for the prosecution
this morning was State Senator Neils
Christensen, of Beaufort, who was a
member of the legislative committee
appointed in 1905 to investigate the
state ispensary and who with Attorney
General Lyon, then a member of the
house of representatives, constituted
the sub-committee which dug uf) much
of the evidence concerning the conduct
of the state dispensary. Mr. Chris
tensen today identified vouchers found
at that time in the dispensary’s rec
ords and also put in evidence certain
of the labels themselves. As a mem
ber of the investigating committee ne
had obtained from other houses bids the sister who died last year.
on similar labels, in order to ascertain ^
whether the prices paid Nivisson-(SOMETJHJNG_OF_ SAN
Much
made against her up to noon but the
police assert sufficient evidence has
been obtained to warrant holding her
in connection with, her sister’s death.
Miss Elsie Crawford is the fourth
member of the Crawford family to die
suddenly and under systerious circum
stances within the past fourteen
months. In the cases of the deaths of
the father, mother and another sister,
no investigation was made.
Miss Annie Crawford is a beneficiary
of insurance policies on the life of her
sister Elsie and is said to have been
named as the beneficiary in policies
on the lives of her mother, father and
Arkansas Mob Foices Way
Into Jail And Takes a White
Man Out and Lynched Him
Associated Press.
Dumaa. Ark., Sept. 27.—Forging
K into the Desha county jail
fi between fifty and one hundred
meiatjerg of a mob formed so
' ■ that the authorities had not
!.est ^varnlng, overpowered
* :• :tics In charge and took
^ 'rleg .Malpass, Sr., white, to a wa-
and hanged him early today.
‘ '6 mob then dispersed without
mon.siration. None of its members
, to the authorities, accord-
^^0 ihelr statement,
ne lynching followed a pitched
yesterday at the home of
S8, In which Sheriff W. D. Pres-
county. Deputy Sheriff
mulatto sons
^ounde?***’ Malpass
Injuries were at flrat b#:
lleved to be mortal but when he
was brought here and placed in jail
his wounds were found not to be
serious. The wife of Charles Mal-
pass. Sr., a negress and Malpass'
younger son, a mulato, escaped frj^
the house during the
authorities say they do not think the
negress and the boy engaged In the
battle yesterday and for tms rea-
reason. It Is not thought the two will
be sought further In connection witn
the affair. ^ ^
The sheriff’s possses had gone to
the Malpass house to arrest the two
mulatto soas of Malpas^ The author
Itles say the community lived ln_ a
state of almost constant terror b^
cause of the Malpass fanilly against
which prevailed Intense feeling o^
Ing to the head of the family s b^
lag » white man. No furtl^sr trouWe
if ezp«eted.
FRANCISCO’S NEW MAYOR
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Cal., Sept., ,27.—
James Rolph, Jr., who yesterday was
elected mayor of San Francisco, Is
known to army officers and philan
thropic workers all "over the country
as the man who kept, soup kitchens
out of the so-caiiec "mision dis
trict” of thee ity, where he lived,
following the great fire of 1906.
When the thousands of homeless
men, women and children crowded
into that section unable to care for
themselves, army authorities Issu^ a
permit to a man to open a k>up
kitchen there Rolph protested. “Not
one of these people shall go hungry,'*
he said. “You have my personal
word.”
Lumber for the kitchen was hauled
away and In one day. 70,000 persons
were fed at ,one comer b^r the mis
sion relief association of which Rolph
wag, one,of..the OTganizers. __ _
Rolph is 42 years of age and for
three years ,has been president of
Weiskopf were extortionate
lower bids were obtained from con
cerns in Louisville, Columbia and
Charleston.
The trial will last several days. The
defendants now on trial are L. W. Boy
kin of Camden, member of one of the
most prominent families in the state,
who was member of the board
directors of the state dispensary; John
Bell Towill, of Lexington, nephew of
a former lieutenant governor and him
self at one time meml^r of the legis
lature before his lection on th ^s-
pensary board; W. 0. Tatum, of Or
angeburg, formerly dispensary com
missioner and before that a member of
the legislature. „
The charge against Boykin, ^Towill
and Tatum is conspiracy to defraud
the state. The indictment against M.
A. Goodman, a liquor salesman on the
same charge, has been nol
The Indictment against Dennis Weis-
kopf, of Cincinnati, also for conspiracy
to defraud the state, will likely be nol
pressed after he has testified to the
nr/.B«nt case. There is also an indict-_ — ^ ^
ment standing against Weiskopf i the ship owners assoclaUon and the
Siarelng perjury in his testimony be- merchants, exchange.- He also is
fore the investigating committee when; president of two banks. He started
he swore he had not paid rebates to j life as a poor boy.
iny ^e connected with the state dls
ON STRIKE
By Associated Press.
Tampa, Fla., Sept. 27.—The 1,200
striking cigar makers who walked out
yesterday refused to confer with the
manufacturers this afternoon and re
mained away from their benches.
They have voted to contiue the strike
and have asked sanction of the Na
tional Cigar Makers’ Union, headquar
ters of which are in Chicago. They
have received no reply yet. A general
strike in this district is not looked for
because th the men are not closely
organized.
Tampa, Fla., Sept. 27.—The threat
ened extension of the strike of cigar
makers, which was calied yesterday,
failed to materialize this morning. In
stead it was announced that the man
ufacturers and representatives of men
would meet probably today and set
tle their difficulties.
The trouble was precipitated by a
notice posted by the employers that
they would not ^ held responsible for
cigars the men used outside the fac
tories and on which the internal reve
nue had not been paid. The order was
the result of - a ruling by revenue
agents that cigars used by the men
should bear the tax stamp the same as
those* sold.
It is expected that all the 1,200 men
will return to work pending negotia
tions.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Sept. 27—Two hundred non
union men were sent south early to
day by the Illinois Central railroad
to take the places of striking clerks
and messengers who are out at Mem
phis, New Orleans and other points.
Illinois Central officials say there is
no likelihood that the clerks strike
will generally spread to the shop em
ployes affiliated with the -systems fed
eration.
No Strike Orderii
Davenport, la., Sept. 27.—Telegraph
ic orders restraining workmen of the*,
various railway trades on the Illi
nois Central and Harriman lines from
w^alking out today were sent out from
Davenport this morning by authority
of the International presidents.
According to President O’Connell of
the mechinists no strike yet has been
ordered and will not be until after a
conference between the international
presidents "Und Harriman officials.
It is understood that various locals
on the Harriman lines anticipated the
strike order and began to walk out
last night.
Cairo Clerks Out.
Cairo, 111., Sept. 27.—The entire
force of freight and yard clerks in
the employ of the Illinois Central rail
road here struck this morning.
With practically every railroad
clerk employed by the Illinois Central
and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Rail
roads south of the Ohio river out on
strike, reinforced by more than 200
shopmen at Memphis, an unofficial ex
pression of opinion was secured from
union circles today to the effect that
a general strike order was expected
at any moment.
At noon it was reported that several
firemen had refused during the fore
noon to take out locomotives but this
later was denied by railroad men.
While the Illinois Central .controls the
Central of Georgia, there has been no
talk of trouble o nthe latter road.
cas^painly through the examination
of «l^er young women employed byi
the broker and of customers \yho were
frequent guests at the luncheons de
luxe given by Flagg's firm every Sat
urday.
Through her sister Miss Russe hat
declared that she has intimate ac
quaintance with her employer’s busi
ness methods. “Mr. Flagg” she said
“Never^ closed a transaction without a
handsome profit to the investor. His
method was a simple one, known a»
the pettibone progressive system.
This scheme is merely to place a sub
stantial cash margin on a small lot
of stock so as to cover any possibla
fluctuation. One is bound to win in
this way if he is content to wait untii
it goes up. The only reason that th«
outside investor loses on margined^
deals is that he goes into the game
with insufficient funds or else loses his
courage.”
The authoritlai have been baffled
to a large extent in the preparation of
their case by the unwillingness of
Flagg’s investors to give evi^fpptt
against him.
LADY FOUND II
pensary.
THE NEWS LEADS. ♦
^ Yesterday’s edition contained
♦ 16 pages and 1,295 inches of
 • paid advertising, and not a line
O of whiskey advertising, eit^r.
^ Charlotte merchants know
♦ how to reach the people in this
^ territory who have money to
^ spend.
Germany Accepts Proposal.
By Associated Press.
Paris Sept. 27.—The German min-
lister.of .foreign affairs, Herr von Kid
i erlen-Waechter, received the French-
ambassador to Germany, M. Cambon,
’ at the foreign office in Berlin at noon
i today and informed h|m that Ger
many accepted the latest French
I proposals concerning Morocco.
I To Fight Ten Rounds.
By Associated Press.
1 Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 27.—Ray
Bronson; of Indianapolis, and Tommy
Howell, of Philadelphia, will meet in a
l^round bout in this city tonight.
Special to The News.
Asheville, Sept. 27.—Last night
shortly after 10 o’clock, one of the
ladies in the home of Frederick Hull
on South Main, street,' on entering
one of the bed rooms saw a negro
crouching ^behind the dresser with a
pistol in his hand. From reports, the
lady did not seem to be much start
led and commandingly asked the ne
gro was he was doing there, to which
he replied that he had entered the
house to see a man whom he had just
seen come in. Telling him he had
better gea out she walked down stairs
and informed • the other occupants ^f
the house that the negro was there.
Apparently the negro was about as
collected and the lady for it is said
that he walked down stairs and out
of the house before the men of the
house could be summoned. >
The police were then notified but on
going to the residence could not find
Out which way the iiegro went. It is
thought that he entered the house
for robbery as some money was missed
from one ,of the rooms although some
jewels and a watch in the rooin In
which he was^ discovered were not
taken.
iNiy TEDor’
DIDN’T ATTEND
By Associated Press. ^ r •
Kansas City, Sept. 27.>—An explanaF
tion of why former President Room*
velt did not attend the 1911 meeting
constituted one of the interesting fstc
tures of today’s final session of th«
third National Conservation CongreM.
The announcement yesterday by Dr.
Henry Wallace, president of the j'«on-
gress that he would read an explaaa-
tory letter today from the former
president created widespread com
ment. Addresses by Walter L. Fisher,,
secretary of the interior, and W. J,'
Bryan were among the Important Dev
tures of today’s program.
The following slate of ofDoers for
the congress will be elected this af-’
ternoon:
President, J. B. White, Kansas City.
Eexecutive secretary, Thomas R.
Shipp, Washington.
Treasurer, D. Austin Latchaw, Kan
sas City.
Recording secretary, James O. Gipe,
Clarks, La.
All candidates save Mr. White are
incumbents.
Delegations from Colorado Springs,
New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Cin
cinnati, San Francisco, Buffalo and At
lanta have been working hard for the
1912 convention. '
The chances this morning seemed
to be slightly in favor of Colorado
Springs.
The most important incentive to
prosperity and social happiness on the
farm is good roads, said Curtis Hill,
state highway engineer of Missouri,
addressing the congress today.
HEAT RECQRDS BROKEN.
By Associated - Press.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 27.—If there,
is no break the weather within the
next three days, heat records for
September/ weather in Montgomery
will have been broken. The daily
mean temperature for September has
so far averaged 81. The highest here
tofore recorded was 80 in September
1895.
FRENCH TORPEDO
BOATS BUMP.
ATTORNEY GEN. WICKERSHAM.
By Associated Press, ♦
Toulon, France, Sept., 27.—
Attorney General Wickersham, who The torpedo boat destroyers O
in an interview given out at his sum-i-^ Trident aijd Mousquetan collid* 4>
mer home In Bretton Woods, Nowj ^ ed during the maneuvers of ♦
Hampshire, declares he Is preparing to the French navy today. The ♦
soon begin criminal prosecution of thaj^ Mouv3uetan was rather badly ♦
biggest trusts of the Cf^untry. Speak
ing of crooked trust ofTtcials, he said:
“I Intend to cend some of them to
prison. There is no interest in the
country that can stop^ me.”
P stove in, but was able to make
port. No fatuities have been re- ♦
O ported. ♦
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