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.'CO f. 3HW3WT/fl^Ej. o &L. ,asi3 3 jO. j- uuiice \Vanted, For Sale, For Rent, Lost ami Fcmnd, 3Sii^ Boardef^s, Rooms or Roomers^^ge Latest Edition TWELVE PAGES. VOL. 45. NO. 8092 CHARLOTTE w. C.. THyRSPAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 191 I Dally—8 G«iita Sunday I Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. jmn Plunges Mo "wolen Stream- '■ Sixty Lives Lost Tram Wreck in Somuel GomPeTS "france Early To-day-Ma-, Mmt Stand Tnol jcrity »J 100 Passengers Per- j — 7 fl€ft BfidQi OvexRlVtT .By Associated Press rvw , Tir/**** waflnmgtoji, Nov. Z3.—samuei Jhoud Collapsed wttniram. I Morrison, the labor leaders, must hurled Into Rushing,«“> ‘^ai m the supreme court ill Cars nuTKU «•» » ^ Di»trlct ot Columbia on charges lorrtnts And Manu Bodies' of contempt arising out of the Buck’s Details Of * Range case. ^ Justice Wright today handed down a decision overruling the motion of the labor leaders for a dismissal of the proceedings under the statute of limi tations. The court held that contempt 34 » r,«a- court Is uot classed as criminal and ^Yance. Nov. -3. Sixty pa consequently not subject to the bar of i; 4 rimated, lost their lives the statute of limitations. „in vlunged into the river]By Associated Frees, owing to the Br Swip^ Au-’flj/ mstir Difficult to Obtain fiow. ■ .-[-ii Press. . a' d'.'« jjrp li-‘ V 1” Knr .V' n;orumg a railroad bridge on the » Montereuil-Bellay, in • iient of the Maine-Et-Lolre. r n which had started from traveling to Poitiers. •; d about 100 passenger®. ( rosing the bridge over the structure whiclv had , w ikpued by recent floods rashing "^vith the whole 0 the BWoUeu stream. ■ passengere who auo* US' out of the cars " indoT^'B tried to sare bv t imging to the tops of “d above the surface r- 11 most cases, however, re ouicklv washed awmy l>y the Cifrrnt:!. t in the locality had been ,, it\ the inundations so that qble for the people of the id to assit much in the ^ lie. in'ormalion is yet availa- te number of victims or as ■ but it is believed that ; and 60 have been drown* DETECT! BURNS SEVERELY AHIIGKS LABOR LEHOERS Vis' w' By .\ssociated Press. New Orleans. Nov. 23.—Witnesses for the prosecution in the Los Angeles dynamiting case have been threatened with death after having withstood re peated efforts of agents of the defense to bribe \hem, declared W’illiam J. Bums, the detective, in an address to day before the state secretaries sec tion of the American Bankers’ Asso- siation. Mr. Bums bitterly arraigned Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of lAbor, Eugene V. Debs and other “would-be leaders” of or ganized labor, but declared that nine- tenths of organized labor is oppog^ to \iolence and not in sympathy with the efforts of the small socialistic ele ment to destroy organized society and lessen respect for the laws of the country. .u . .. : Mr. Burns repeated the declaration iujii thcwsan ® which he made several w-eeks ago that t.i- watching them but}^ nnnnnn i,oh aid. I rust Company Section, Saih mgs Bank Section, Clearing House Section, and State Secretaries Section Occupy Program. Henry Clay Beattie Jr. Faces His Last Day Of Life Bravely tl|i8 afternoon to Kentworth planta tion where they will be shown process of sugar manufacturing. Luncheon will be served 6n board the boats. WORKING FOR RELEASE OF CHARLES W. MORSE. ,r hnve been recovered !i on fhe river. tlR uiJ-a_jvere submerged, oi a iourth car is still visi- If* suTiace. Eleven per- ■ clinj^ir.g to this and dur-j i i'l On the er» is Mrs. Kstherine Spence^, of Bertram G. opencuC, who fs on trisi for his life at Spring field, iVlass., and known the “Gentle- man Burglar.” On the left is Mrs. Minnie Spencer, the wife of the pris oner, who believes that the charges against her. husband cannot be true and he could not be guilty of the murder of Miss Martha B. Blackstone. in whose room he was surprised while robbing the premises, and killed the teacher and another wo.man to make hi sescape. Spencer has been con fined in an insane asylum, and during the trial of his case has acted in an hysterical and highly nervous mner. POWER PLANTS. All Passengets Weie If iURDER TRIAL a fund of over $1,000,000 had been col lected or pledged for the defense of the McNamaras. “When I first made that statement,” he said, “Gompers promptly announc ed that it was a lie. But he did not-steamer Seguranca and are now on give any figures nor did he inform the/their way to Nassau, public as to the source of some of rj-jjjg reached the Ward line By Aisbsiated Press. New York, Nov. 23.—All of tlie passengers of the steamship Prinz Joachim, ashore on Atwood Key, a re mote islsTid of the Bahamas, have been taken aboard, the Ward line N Pres this large aggregation of money. He contented himself with saying that I was a liar, which only goes to show the character of the man who are at tacking me.” “f tell you they have the money and they have endeavored to buy our wit- I nesses. They have offered some of the I prosecution witnesses their own price and when these witnesses refused to o show that contra-1 offers they have been made oy ^^^gatened with death. havo no- Witnesses emcnw were ■ r.ii .nr in regard to the shoot- — ijr A. Patterson as well •I T'h ; Qi others who were i :i corroborate testimony I. ihf» state yesterday, We have ac tually found it necessary to hide some of our witnesses. “But. gentlemen, nine-tenths of or ganized labor are not in sympathy with „ that character of people and it will be . 1° demonstrated unquestionably that they do not stand for violence.” ^ Darrow Roasts Burns. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 23.-—“What Burns is rei>orted to have said is in keeping with what he has said previ ously,” said Attorney Clarence S. Dar- ,row, chief counsel for James B. Mc- ' Namara., referring to the address of Detective W'illiam J. Burns today in New Orleans. , , “There is not a word of truth in it. Officials of the district attorney’s of fice would not discuss the statement. hf‘n the fotirth day of Tuh' O' Mr?;. Gertnide Gibson >n, 'larRfMi with the murder r hu;,banf1 opened today. t ie home of E. B. Hen- a f'althy machinery manu- ! of whose house the took place and to whose! f’jitferson fled after kiH- '1 :;nd make up a good r' wi; nesses, together • e, Hamilton Arm- 0 motnhers of the Denver drtcrti\e force. ■ hf state experts to show P-ttorson first declared \' MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Associated Press. Id sue had wrested the “ng-y-r cqI.. Nov. 23.—An automo- n.n him and had shot b;arlng two women and three d.uvsn the revolver and pj^^ged from the Colorado oflfice here today in a wireless mes sage from the Seguranca, which ap parently had been relayed by the steamer Vigilancia, now at Nassau. The message reads; Seguranca has all passengers from the Joachim. Bringing to I^asgau. Will arrive—will keep.\you, -Infprnaed.'’ Apparently the time when the pas sengers {ire expected "to reach i NM- sau had been lost from the' message but at the W'ard line , office it waS^ said that the Seguranca probably would reach Nassau between 2 and o’clock this afternoon. .. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE TOILS. By Associated Press. I Greensboro, N. C., Nov. 23.—Follow ing a friendly receivership proceed ings begun in the state court by. the American- Exchange Bank again&t the Central Carolina Construction Compa ny of this city, a petition in bankrupt cy was filed in the United States court late yesterday afternoon by other cred itors of the respondent. corporation, they alleging that the construction company is insolvent and^that it.has made preferences to certi.in creditors. It is understood that the company will admit its ihsolvency .and that its af fairs will be transferred to the fed eral courts. '• ' and that she denied all ^ the ownprship of the ■ tho niHii who had lett i- r t'.vo nlKhts before the , ' t - '-nnulodged his part in fUp police. prri' pal part of the state's ' ' t introduced yesterday ■ ” oxj>eoled that today ' ' “nd of the prosecution's ^ present , defense, however, seek ^ J: foio the jury the past d^'oDdant as is expected, Jp*. the dead man to ,1, n itR ploH for self-defense, ; ^ asserted, has ; r V ofcasion letters writ- (; ferson to his brother in ^ ■ "'20 ■t,r| other documents found t’a-’terson'F effects. Skirts Cause Oj Tuberculosis men ^ ^ x j Springs road near her© today, turned over twice and ended its flight at the foot of a forty foot embankment. All the occupants escaped Injury save W. H. Moore, manager of the Metropmi- tan Hotel at Fort Worth. Tex., who was bruised. Other occupants of the car ^5 Mrs. W. H. Moor© and Mr. and Mrs. John R. Townsend, of Denver, and the chauffeur. LONG SOUGHT ALLEGED MURDERER DEAD By Associated Press Binghampton, N. Y., Nov. 23.—-Will Emerson, sought by detectives and i^ lice throughout tb© country for the alleged murder of his wife at E*idi- cott, N. Y., on S©pt. 8, lies dead in Al lendale, S. C., according to a dispatch received here fnwn Grover S. Emer- brother of the alleged murder bu li. N 'v. 23.-The hobble Kirts and other tight-fitting I*" Riven as cause for tuber- ' ‘ Herman Spalding, chief '■‘t medical inspection. SnalH. •■•'—•vai iiJD|JC%;iiuu. ' ;oat« recommends that sizes •"1 ahiMit f '^“•ierclothing be purchas- bavp K ^ larger than tbose been ^‘‘‘U8tomed to if they "If tight-fitting. hobhu ® wearing a tight- 6 nODble or tube Hkirt ’> son. Death, according to the message, was caused by malarial fever. The dispatch says that Emerson had been traveling through the south under the assumed name of Jam^ White. Becoming 111 several weekB ago he was cared for by the Maronlc order. The body will be brought back to Binghamton. S. A. L. ELECT OFFICERS. and I today and By Associated Press. _ ...... New York, Nov, 23.—Directors of tube skirt,” he recom- the Seaboard Air Line Railroad met tJy ;.Associated. Press. Lincblh Centerj^ Kan., Noy. 23.—Be fore tonight the-three defendants in the Shady Bend “tar party” case may know' whether the Jury 'oelieves them culpable or blameles-s in connection wtth the assault on Mary Chamberlain, pnly two more-cJosing arguments Fere scheduled at the opening of today’s ses sion. MANUFACTUR'lNiS PLAWT bou BLE8 CAPACITY, Special to The News., High Point,. N. C., Nov. 23.™The Dal ton Furniture Co.,-one of the largest exclusive mamifactiirers of tables in the South has . given contract for im prOvements at their present plant that will double their capacity in the ma chine and finishing departments, and be of general improvement to the entire ^Uant. A*n addition of 40x80 fe^ tw6 stories, will be added with alVxh« modem improvements, among will be an improved sprinkler system. - Otsis Neat In Threatened offlosrs. By Associated Press. , « Chicago, Nov. 23.—International offi cers of the railroad shopmen will meet leading officials of th«B Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Hailroad tomorrow morning when it Is expected the ques tion of a strike of Rock Island shop- men will be settled. The meeting was arranged today at a short conference between represen tatives of the sh(H>men 'and Rock Is land officials. *1.^ Although railroad officials and the At. the opening^ of court Col. Dave Ritchie, of Salinj»,:' Kan., spoke in be half of the-.deferidants. ., He was followed,by S.. N. Hawkos* as_ sistant attorney ^nexal of Kansas, for the state. Eoth speeches were .schedul ed to end before 11 o'clock. , Tl^e jury'Was instructed laist night so they ready to begin'delibera tions'when the ar^ments closed. No one connected with the state is-more certain that the men will be convicted than is Mary Charmperlain.; , , Followmg the close of Attorney Me Curdy’s address . last night, A. N. bimms, one of the defendants, embrac ed the attorney and expriessed a favor able, opinion of the outlook. . Now-'tlial the cases of the three de fendante, Sherriil, ..Clark and John Schmidt, are virtual^ ended, specula tion is rife regarding wbat senteiice will be passed on Everett G. Clark Jay Fltzwater and Walson Scranton who pleadeij guilly j to-assault-and bat tery in connection .with the “tarring on November 16th. Sentence was de ferred on thiem until after the present trial/ - . : Rlehie 'made a bitter attack on the ‘‘dirty doz€fh” ‘ oC BeVerly generial and .Chester Anderson in particular. * “It was*r-witb''this crow'i that the plan had >its iriceptioh,” he said ‘.‘’theee defepdAnts did’ not originate it or take’ any>^jt1; in the execution of it.” ^ ■ ‘ j ' " ' . The case wentrto the jury after a two .and a half hour session of court. No attempt was made by any of toe attorneys for the defense to defend the tarring. Every effort was directed toward proving that the thre6 ■ acused men had no hand in the planning or , carrying out ot the assault. x Six forms of verdicts, two for each of the defendants, were gi’^en, the juiy,- The jury"^ may J>e a*»te to ttnd and. one or all three "guilty or innocent. When . the - judge ■ began instriicting the, jnfy: • regarding ver dicts, Simms’ wife- ’J^hp faced the 12 men, leaned ovei* ^d burled her face in her hands. Bimms >isO bent over and did not look at the jury- men; ‘Glark and , Schmift gazed straight .ilito the ^ace^ of the Jurors as they Imve evfeir since the argu ments started. Convention Adjourned Until Friday—Addfesses oj Only '^oman Delegate And De tective Burns Features- Will Discuss Agriculture, By Associated Press. New Orleans, Nov. 23.—The pro gram of the thirty-seventh annual convention of the American Bankers association was devoted today to meeting of the different sections of p|ow TO CONTROL WATER the association. There was no gath ering of the delegates at the Anthenum where the convetion Is being held today, adjournment having been tak en yesterday until Friday. There were in all four section metings. These were the trust com pany section, savings bank section, clearing house section and that of state secretaries. Trust Company Section. The section of the trust company was called to order at ten o’cioclt by President Oliver C. Fuller, or Milwaukee, Wis. After addresses ot welcome and responses were heard, ^President Fuller presented his an nual report, which was followed ,by reports of the other oflicers and committees of the section. I’he vari ous vice presidents submitted re ports. dealing .with the history ot the trust companies in the several states during the preceding year, the condition under which tney are now operating and other matters Election and installation of officers was next in order. President jJdward L. Robinson, of the saving bank section,'" delivered his annual address this'morning al ter. Which reports of the various com mittees were pr»ssented. A sympo sium on -‘The internal audit of a savings bank” was condi»cted by A. “‘it ^h^n;®'of'■ Boston. Ithe re port of the nominating odta^alttee arid election of officers brought the meeting to a close. Clearing House Section. President IjJ. R. Pancher of Cleve land, called the session of the clear ing house section to orders Reports of oflacers, addresses, discussions on various topics - and election of offi cers occupied the time of the ses Sion, on the adjournment of which the exectutive committee met for thfe purpose of electing its chairman and secretary. Feature of Secretaries Section. One of' the features of today’s ses sion of the state secretaries section, of which W. H. Keyser, of Missouri j is its president, was the address of Mrs. Helen M. Brown, of Detroit, secretary of the Michigan Bankers association, the only woman dele gate to the convention. Among others who were heard was detective Wil liam J. Bums on “Modern Methods ' of protecting banks.” ' , Discussions and election of^ officers concluded the session. An important gathering of bankers will be held tonight at which vari ous features of agricultural develop ment will be discussed. The purpose of the gathering Is to secure from the American Bankers’ association the appointment of a corhmittee of seven to go into the subject of agri cultural education. Five big steamboats will take a large party of bankers and their wives down the Mississippi river Spent Good Night and Showed no Sign of Breakdown This Morning—Members oj Fam ily^ Ministers and Attorneys Spend Day With Him. | Will He Lonjess? Or Will He Die With Lie on His Lips m Order to Save His Father Fain?--Many Expect State, ment. By Associated Press Richmond, Va., Nov. 23.-Henry Clay Beattie, jr., awakened at the usual time today on what, by law, was the last day of his life. Tomorro^w', shortly By Associated Press. daybreak, he will surrender him- Washington, Nov. 23.—Co-operation ^ self in the death chair in expiation of between the national government and j the murder of his young wife, the states in control of water power t He slept well but tossed restlessly electric plants was advocated before i ,, , . , , ^ the National W’aterways Commission 1 ^ hough bad dreams had been his today by Former Chief Forester Gif-‘j companions throughout the long night, ford Pinchot. j There were no signs of a break-down The Pinchot said the public was en-, inornin,the prisoner dressing with titled to accurate intormation as to^j^^ same fastidioue care that he has the cost of operating power plants and, i^aken ever since he entered the state that w^hile the operators should obtain I death cell, adequate returns on inv^tments, thej j public was likewise entitled fo eve'yjance early and probably will remain protection in the way of equal service ^ and fair prices. He believed in a time limit on franchises. » By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 23.—Another move aiming at tb© release of Charles W. Morse, the fonner New Yorker, from the Atlanta prison, was forecast here today by a conference between Attor ney General Wickersham and Morse’s counsel, F. H. Dougherty and T. B. Felder. The first effort to secure a pardon, for Morse failed because the presi dent in disiJosing of the first pardon' proposition last May mentioned Jan. 1, 1913, as the date bn which Morse would be permitted to again , seek executive elfemency. He will not be eligible for parole until 1915. FUNERIIL OF J. P. CUElt m S UfiEELy SnfHOED with Beattie during the day. The elder Beattie, Douglas Beattie, brother of the convicted man and the attorneys who defended him in the trial that ended in his conviction of murder, joined the minister soon afterwards. Neither Beattie’s attorneys nor his relatives believe he will confess be fore his life is taken. His spiritual advisers are of anoth er opinion. They entertain the hope, amounting almost to conviction, that he will do so. “If he is guilty I feel reasonably cer tain that he will acknowledge all,” said Rev. Dr. Fix. “To go to his death with a lie^ OH' his lips would be sacrlligious Hustdreds oj LovMQ r^^^ M*k- Gather tol^u Respect to Memory of a GreatEditor— hams Crowded. her.'- The fact remains, however, that through all the ordeal attending his triai and conviction young Beattie has sought In every way to spare his aged father as much as possible. The elder Beattie is said to remain firm in the^ belief of his son’s innocence. ■ It is a question asi to whether the condemned man considers he owes it to his father, to whom he has brought so much pain and so much disgrace. Floral Decorations Beautiful— List of Pall Bearers And Account Of Last Sad go to his death with sealed lips. It mony. Trains from all directions of the! this state brought throngs of and admirers to Statesville afternoon to attend th^ funeral or North Carolina’s greatest editor, J. P. Caldwell. From Charlotte came the entire staff and forces of the Charlotte Observer atfd the Charlotte Evening Chronicle, and a great number of in terested Charlotte people who had known and loved Editor Caldwell during his work and life in* the city. A special train lett Charlotte at 1.30. The floral tributes were strikingly elaborate and abundant and came from all sections of the state, and even from points out of the state, testifying to the wide a.cquaintance is doubted by many that new-found re ligion will outweigh the prisoner’s* sense of consideration he believes is due his father, and prompt a confes- t'riends sion. Richmond, Va., Nov. 23.—A report that Beulah Binford had arrived here today caused a dintinct sensation. Later word came from New York that the girl was still there and would make no attempt to come to Rich mond. Is **Penniy" to Buy i The Coast Lm^ By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 23.—Bankers repre senting the Pennsylvania Railroad de clared today they had no knowledge of any deal whereby the Pennsylvania Railroad is to ally with the Atlantic with and knowledge of the man, alid)(-;Qg^|. which owns the majority li his work and accomplishnaent. (stock In the Louisville & Nashville The funeral of Mr. Caldwell was,Railroad. Reports of an impending aUlanc® he- conducted at the First Presbyterian church at Statesville this afternoon at 4 o’clock. The services were in charge of Rev. C. E. Raynall, pastor of the church. tween the Atlantic Coast Line and the Pennsylvania Railroad have been free ly circulated lately. There have been reports of heavy who was assisted by Mr. Archibald.|j|jyjjjg. 0f Louisville & Nashville stock Johnson, editor of Charity and Child-Nq the London market, presumably for ren; Rev. Dr. P. R. Law, editor of The I ^jj^^i^jcan account. Presbyterian Standard, and Rev. Plato Fiscal agents of th© Louisville A T. Durham, presiding elder of the | j^ashvllle and Atlantic Coast Line Winston district of the Methodist' roads profess Ignorance of any events Episcopal church, and who was form- jjj connection with either property. erly connected with the Observer The active pallbearers were eight of Mr Caldwell’s Statesville friends, namely; Messrs. C. W. Boshamer, T. J. Allison, J. A. Brady, J. H. Hoffmann, R. R. Clark, Col. H. C. Cowles, Dr. M. R. Adams and Dr. T. E. Anderson. The honorary pallbearers were Messrs: D. A. Tompkins, J. C. Hemp hill W. C. Dowd, J. C. Patton, H. E. C. Bryant, H. A. Banks, W. H. Harris, X LAST DAY OF GOOD ROADS CONGRESS. By Associated Press, „ ^ * Richmond, Va., Nov. 23.-Tlie last day of the GObd Roads Congress Is be ing devoted to organizing for the next convention, which probably will be held in Washington, D. C., in spit© of ^ many requests that It be held at some John R. Ross, Judge Armistead Bur- ^^st of the Mississippi river CROWN PmiNCE UNDERGOES OPERATION. By Associat€^’ Pr^. Stockholm* Nov. 2S.—Crown Prince OHstave Adolph of Sweden, wag opiated on v a^nid TABRIKO party. SSJiJirS'on riI“£IVu.“f*Soiauton[ rw^ Press well, of Charlotte; Judge B. P. Long, of Statesville; Judge Platt D. Walker, of Raleigh; Judge F. I. Osborn© and Col. W. C. Maxwell, of Charlotte; Col. A. B. Andrews and former Governor 'C. B. Aycock, of Raleigh; Judge A. C. I Avery, of Morganton; Dr. E. C. Regis ter, Capt. Fred Nash and'K. S. Finch, nf Charlotte; A. H. Boydeh, Hon.'John J iS. Henderson, of Salisbury, and Col. (W. H. Osborn, of Greensboro. The board of directors of the State Hos pital at Morganton, a prominent mem ber of which Mr. Caldwell had been The use of convict labor on the high- ■^ays, a very important feature of road building in the southern states, was discussed today and the recommenda tion that all states adopt it was en- doirsGd Joseph Hyde Pratt, state feo\og\st of North Carolina, and S. W. McCalllo, the state geologist of Georgia, bad places on the program. THE WEATHER. er who was tarred and feathered Aug. 7th/ who Is appearing as a wit- neM aaafnat twelve men who are un der arr^ for perpetrating,the outrage on tfW ^fp^g wpman. She Vtes decoy ed out wood while put driving, and there surrounded by a nwb of men v^b atrip the young wo- nfan^and ta^. ai^ feather her. Jeal;' otisy andi raaajitment of her jolly wiaft* ner and fwiwtarlty are thought to have J»an'af^'tfi^.lwttom of unnatural oriiH#.'-./■' ; ' ot Roxboro; J. W. McMinn, of Bre vard; A. E. Tate, of High Point; A. A. Shuford, and F. P. Alspaugh, of j Winston-Salem. Th^e were preceded by _ Dr. Jonn McCampbell, superintendent ^ Stat© Hospital, and Drs. James K. HWl and • F- B. Watkins and Mr. F. M. Scrogi^ who attended Mr. Caldwell dturtog his last Illness; members .of the staff of tbe Ob- Chionlcie 23.—Fore- Washington, Nov. cast; . North Carolina, rain and warmer tonight; Friday clear ing, colder in west portion; mod erate to south winds. South Carolina, rain and wanner tonight; B^iday clearing and cold^; moderate east to Muth winds. is ' :