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CHARLOTTE N. C., WEDNESDAY ^EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 191 I
Dally^B CMt* Surrtay.
* I Outside Charlotte S Cents a Copy Datly and Stmflay.
\jamer And Wife
Biutally Murdered
Neai Bethel Church
ire John Dixon And'ShW GlflS Are
Discovered this
Homing by Negro as He
Pissed Bouse-Woman was
Still Alive-
Under Cross Fne
By Aeaoclated Preaa.
New York, Dec. 13.-^The district
attorney who Is trying to prove that
Lillian Graham and her chum, Etbel
Cpnrad, had planned to murder W.
Stokes when they shot him at
apartment last June, today re-
the
\MatrDt2th She Managed
to m Story of The Attack j .h, usk o. di.~*
m. Cfr/inn^ Min With The defense felt encouraged by
^ Two Strange men manner m s^hlch miss Conrad
'' prosecutor’s attack yesterday.
Her story of the shooting supported
Miss Graham’s and at the same time
she never lost an opportunity to ex
press her opinion of Stokes.
Having told the Jury that she still
loved her accuser. Miss Graham could
not freely attack his motives but her
friend labored under no such handi-
mt Caps Over 2heir
faces.
The
IS.—Mr.
13.-Mr. and Mr..
■’ 1. one of the leading farm-
bkfl Dixon
' .the -'untv. and his wife, were
. .rri.rpd near Bethel church cap and never let a chance slip to
r .rdtrea ue . tell what she thought of Stokes’ con-
,e«j Fs»*^o® Lawndale,
time (luring the night by two
- th taelr faces covered
n-7'^. fiupposed to be roD-
it'"' J
f r money.
r,. =sf'8 are in
rounds trying
search and
to find a
•mJ a
If i'-i
i Bftro, John Robs, went by the
, , . morning with an axe on
to ?ho woods to chop when
' Mrs. Dixon lying on the
r, t rool of blood. Her husband
I w at the barn and she was
'but had enough breath to mut-
i^“. ,hort story that two men had
during the night and asked
Mr D'xon go with them and
ter a horse out of a ditch. He
lantern and went out.
file was attacked by
n tnen and beaten so
:■ morning before the
r pnded to the message
- : tl'.c nefiro.
-i. one of the most prom-
r ^ in the county, an abso-
t and harmless citizen,
’• . ,rs old. He married Miss
- 'T'•. drraghter of Mr, A.
)f another leading family,
ri . child In the house
ftf old. bvit the child was
vd. It had blood on its
.frill I'ii mother. ItJa aiVP:
*'■ ■ 3.nf,or3 were looking for
Tter- ” . > 540 in the house
I was pone.
' -I -f people were soon at
morning and search-
vrlr.^' the country.
duct and character.
In the effort to discredit Miss Con
rad’s testimony the prosecution plan
ned today to continue probing into
her past. The story of what happened
to her at Plattsburg a year ago last
summer was finished at adjournment
of court yesterday afternoon. Miss
Conrad said she maae a man who
insulted her there sign, at the point
of a pistol a statement relating to
her stay In Plattsburg. This state
ment she promised to have In court
today If she could find It.
Mr. Stokes, his physicians say, Is a
very sick man and they do not even
discuss when he will be able to tin*
ish his testimony.
Taft Initiated '
McNamara Probe
By Associated 'press.
Los Angeles,' Cal., Dec. 13.—Presi
dent Taft personally initiated the
governyient’s Investigation both here
and at Indianapolis into the dyna-
miting conspiracy In which the McNa
mara brothers figured.
The president when he visited IjOS
Angeles on October 16 was apprised
. •. . - ♦
‘fODAV IN CONQRESSr ♦
^ PORTER CHARLTON.
Porter Charltop lo has been In the jail at Jersey City, N. J., for more
than one year a half for the murder of his wife at Lake Como, Italy,
in June, 1910. unarlton’s father. Judge Paul Charlton, has.been appointed
by President Taft to Puerto Rico. An appeal is now ‘pending before the
United States supreme court on the ruling of Secretary of State Knox that
Charlton was to be handed over to the Italian authorities to stand trial for
murder, to* which he had confessed when arrested while stepping off the
Steamer at Hoboken, June 23rd, 1910. Charlton spends the greater part
of his time in the ceil, reading and writing verses and smoking innumer
able cigarettes.
Bi mmi
T
By Associated Press.
Gibraltar, Dec. 13.—The steamer
Dolphin, from London' for Bombay,
conveying Princess Royal Louise Vic
toria Alexandra Dagmar, sister ot
King George V, with her husband,
the duke of Fife, their daughters
MEN SUSPECIED
OF TR»IN ROBBtRY
By Associated Press,
Washington, D. C., Dec. 13.
SENATE.
In session at 2 p. m. ■ ^
George W. Perkins urged be- ♦
fore interstate commerce com- ♦
mittee a plan for federal com- ^
mission for licensing corpofa--^
tlons. ♦
I^ew York Jewish delegation ♦
urges abrogation of Russia ^
^treaty at foreign relations com-
mittee hearing. ♦
Parcels post project discus- ♦
irion before postofflce commit- '^
tige.
HOUSE.
Met at iioon.
MiscelliEUieous business from *
committees consMerefd. . ^
Steel committee continu^ 
hearings.
OF THE M'dlT
T
MINERS THOUGHT
TO BE ALIVE.
By Associated Press. ^
♦
BricevUle, Tenn., Dec. 13.— ♦
♦^t is believed that Sam Miller ♦
and party of miners are aUve ^
^ In the Crpss Mountain mine, in ♦
cross entries 20 or 21. ♦
V The,, rescue party headed by ♦
Dr. J. A. Holmes and Dr. J. J. ♦
Rutledge, is working betwe^ia ->
cross'entries 19 and 22^and
is thought they may, bring out ♦
more living miners within the ♦
O next few hours. ♦
WILL GIVE RELIEF
SAYS PERKINS
✓
Director of U. S. Steel Cor-
potation Tells Senate Inter
state Commerce Committee
How Existing Uncertainly in
Business May be Cured.
Comt of Experienced Business
^ Men Should License Corpor-
ations Doing Interstate bust-’
ness — Commission Should
Study Sherman Act,
By Associated Press.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Dec. 13.—Today marked
the beginning of the second week of
the trial of the Chicago meat packers
with littlep rogress having been
made in the selection of the jury.
Seven men remained in the jury
box but it was generally believed
that at least four of these would be
excusdd. Another venire of fifty men
was to report before Judge Carpenter
at the opening of the day’s session
of court.
by Oacor L*wleri -thM an assistftUl- aud many other-pasaeogers -ott 'their
of District Attorney John p. Fred
ericks, of the strong case built up
by the latter against the McNama-
1Tft8
President Will Act.
President Taft' was told that the
McNamaras were not the only guilty
persons and he gave his orders two
days after he left Los Angeles. The
president heard details of alleged tam-
Ecyes Pet cited to
Unvp (InfhpTPil r777l/iperi°8 witnesses and of Inability
iiUl/b vJUl/ivf vCX niy state authorities to bring offend-
[ers in other parts of the country to
. od Pr>ss. justice. The president’s action went
>■ -10, Tex.. Dec. 13.—It was a Jpng way toward clearing a perplex-
'011: from a reliable source ing situation. , , .
The local federal authorities had de
clined to take any action until they
received word from Washington.
It Is said that Mr. Lawler pointed
out to Mr. Taft the number of labor
leaders who were involved.
When the qnuestion as to the stand
labor unions might take if the presi
dent assumed an Inquiring attitude in
the case arose, it is said Mr. Taft told
. Lawler he would proceed regardless of
n, L>ec. 13.—The result of the political elements involved,
irade bv house committee
• " . ’ lieneral Bernardo Reyes
1 with an army In the
nr«r f’lalaena and expected
in Mnr*erev bv Sunday.
Hori on Newspapers
Handlea Ihis Year
■t-ii I-
way to Egypt, has gone ashore on the
Moroccan coast at the entrance to
the straits of Gibraltar.
Her position is considered so se
rious that the British crolser Wey
mouth has been ordered to leave
the scene with life saving apparatus.
Rough weather prevails.
With the aid of the French cruiser,
sent from Tangier, women and chil
dren aboard the Delhi were taken
ashore. Princess Louise and her chil
dren were among those rescued but
the Duke of Fife remained aboard.
The governor of Gibraltar is preparing
to receive the princess and her suite.
It is not believed the Delhi will
founder.
“nditnres in the postofRce de-j
It 0 the volume, weight and |
- ' h publications of the
! fiscal year was
■ h'' ’ rla.'. The ten thousand
onilini; reported an an-
ut I’ of ii.nre than 6.500,000,000
ain. I.T.’>0,000,000 pounds.
'• ’I >n'im,nt handled 951.-
^ui . , -Miu excluded 500,000
within counties,
■ ■ ' ” riii per pound.
:■ reported that fhey
! : ir ow n carrier, news-
! • ws compan-
. ...■imIs, part of which
TO WOMEN
u
rail
1.
M
r ;l shipments 121,491,-
exprcfcs aud rail varied
'' -It per pound but the
:-ii!inents went at the
' - r pound.
Trouble
By Associated I'ress.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 13.—Three men
suspect/3d of having been implicated
in the holdup of an Atlantic Coast
Line train near Hardeeville, Sr^C.,
yesterday, „wer-e arrested as they got
off a Central of Georgia tr^in
tiU%'^ornfng. .They had come froi^
the direction of Savannah.
The men gave the names C. D.
Gibson, Edward Gibson, the former's
brother, and J. L. Putman. The first
two answer the description of tiie
robbers who held up . the train. They
are being held at police headquarters
waiting further advices.
They deny they are the men want
ed and declare they were in States
boro, Ga., are farmers from Bullock
cotjnty, Ga., and were on their way
to Dalton, Ga., to visit Putman's
father.--
The arrests were made on informa
tion of a train conductor whose sus
picions ^ere • aroused.
Russian Troops
Will not Advance
Judge Ward
Offers Resignaiwri
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 13.—Go-/*mor
Kltchln received today the resigna
tion of Hon. George W- Ward as judge a pole, supervising his crew, whpn
Lineman Killed.
£}y Associated Press.
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 13.—Catching
a guy wire wMch ^was by accident
charged with 2300 vblts of electricity,
Andrew J. O’Brien, foreman of line
men for the Consolidated Company
and chief electrician for the Academy
of Music, was instantly killed this
morning. He^was standing at the foot
By Associated press.
St. ]^tetstfurg, De^ i3>~The Itossia
^MHch'^eherslly reflects the intentions
of the ministry, says the Russian
troops ndw concentrated at Kasbin in'
Persia wijl not advance for eight days
unless extraordinary events cause the
Russian minister to order them to
march toward Teheran at an earlier
date.
Rusfsla at the end of November des
patched about 4,000 troops to Resht, in
Persia. When the Persian national
council on December 1, refused to com
ply with the terms of the Russian ulti
matum demanding the dismissal of W.
Morgan Shuster, the American acting
as Persian treasurer-general and a
cash indemnity, these troops Were br
dered to advance on Teheran.
STILL SEARCHING
for lost juror.
By Associated Press.
Brioeville, Tenn., Dec. 13.—It was an
nounced this morning the bodies taken
from the Cross Mountain mine wou^d
hereafter be buried in their working
clothes as decomposition hed reached
such a state that it will be impossible
to prepare them for buriel. It is pre
dieted that many men may be consign
ed to their braves unrecognized and un
identified by their widows and mothers.
No hope is held out today that John
Duff and Arthur Smith, the m^n whom
rescuers heard knocking on the walls
of the mine Tuesday, will be rescued.
The chalk marks on the walls indicat
ing the route the imprisoned men had
taken are believed to have been in-
.scribed by Duff and Smith. Because
of their acquaintance with this mine
and other nearby mines which head
the Cross Mountain channel, it is
thought that perhaps they have found
their way into one of those far away
entries and there have died from exr
haustion. It is a^o pointed out by
some that they may have hemmed
themselves up Inside entries. These
are the men who it was reported yes
terday were running in the mine as if
demented.
Ofiicials state that the Cross Moun
tain mine covered a territory of about
1,600 acres. The coal in 1,000 acres of
this has been removed and these en
tries have been abandoned, some of
them for many years.
By Associated Press.
Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 13»—The
Knoxville Iron Company last night
i)bsted this notice throughout Brice
ville:
“Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 12, 1911.
“To Whom it May Gonc6m:
We regret more tmin words can
express the unfortunate accident m
our mines in ^ which so many of our
trusted employes lost their, lives and
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 13.—The site for
inatlnn by express | the monument to North Carolina^Wom-
liiinients. They dcllv- of the Confederacy, to be erected at
‘.’02,729,510, pounds ^ cost of $12,000 by Hon. Ashely Home
was just selected In capital square, and
Is facing the main entrance to the
state fire-proof building now being
erected.
Colonel Horne says of his determina
tion to donate the monument to the
state “I have been thinking for a
long'time that a state would never
build a woman’s Confederate monu-
ment. And I being a soldier of L^’s
^ ill T^lnin years and seeing what
Vf Ul DIUW ^ojnen of my state did in carying
food and clothing and being in every
! P >a. 1 battle fought around Richmond and
. n.—Trouble threat- knowing that they were as 8Te^ or
t , ) major leagues greater soLdlers than the men, I have
led. according to decided to build this monument m>-
''t of membera of self. The time has come iu my me
of the first superior court district, the
resignation being effective December
31st.
He intimates that the principal rea
son actuating his resignation Is the
desire to resume his practice of law,
his health having been such in the
past two months that hie has not been
able to do his full share of judicial
service to the state. There Is no in-
tln»atlon as to when the appointment
of a successor will be made. The
mo&t talked of possibilities are Steph
en Bragaw and Col. W. C. Rodman, of
Washington.
--The concrete base for the sheet
asphalt on W^est Trade street has been
completed and the concrete mixer was
moved today to North Tryon street.
he caught the guy to lean against.
Death came the very Instant his un
gloved hand touched the wire which
had slipped into overhead wires. He
was 27 years old and unmarried.
By. Associated Press. .
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 13.—-That the
wife of Harry W. Waldron, wbo escap
ed early Moi^day morning from., the
jury trying Dr. B, (SJlark Hyde, accused
of the murder of Colonel Thomas
H. Swope, has had'word from the fugi
tive is the belief today of the county
prosecutor.
The visit of a strange man ;who
entered the home of Mrs. Woldron last
night aiid held a whispered conversa
tion with her has aroused suspicions in
the minds of the officers which have
I dispelled the belief that Waldron is
#• mentally deranged and wandering or
that he has killed himself.
^ WEATHER FORECAST ♦
♦
Wash^gton, Dec. 13.--George W.
Perkins, director of the ■United States
Steel CorjKjration, told the senate in
terstate commerce committee today
that the practical way to five the coun
try’s big business relief from existing
uncertainty and depression would be
to create in the commerce and labor
department a business Court, or con
trolling commission, with power to li
cense corporations doing interstate or
international business.
Violation of regulations laid down by
such a commission, he arged, should
be punishable by imprisonment of in
dividuals rather than by revocation ol
licenses.
Composition of Court.
Mr. Perkins said this commission or
court should be composed largely of ex*
perienced business men. Ability to com‘>
ply with conditions laid down by con
gress in creating the comnaission and
with regulations prescribed by the com
mission itself, he declared should be
the test of an applicant for license;
publicity both before and after licens
ing should be the essential feature of
these regulations and every company
should be required to secure the ap
proval by the commission of all its
affairs, from capitalization to business
practice.
Mr. Perkins suggested that In the be
ginning only brad principles laid down,
with a view to elaborating and perfect
ing them as condltioM require.
For “ProspectlVlfc
After proposing this plan for imme-
dlate relief, Mr. Perklfl* offered anoth*
er for “prospective relief.” This con
templated the appointment of a com
mission' to study the Sherman law
and the various suggestions that have
been made regarding its appeal, amend
ment and amplification, and to report
it is our purpose to immediately i rnpTir. a.no ampnuuataui*, auu cw i-ci/vni
make a thorough investigation asj^j^ wisdom and practicability ol
to the cause thereof. It is our pur
pose to deal justly with the rela-
♦
North Carolina: ♦
Local rains tonight or Thur»- ♦
day; • colder tonight, colder ♦
Thursday in east portion. Light ♦
to moderate variable wind?. ♦
♦
Dragging Lake For Body
Houston, Texas, Dec. 13.—^fficers
todav continued to drag White Oak
bayou in an effort to recover the
body of an unidentified min who
leaped into it yesterday from a F«li-
man car. He boarded the ti*ain at
New Orleans and is described as be
ing 35 years of age and weighing
165 pounds.
tives and the representatives of‘ those
who were in^jured or lost in the mine
as the circumstances may warrant,
and inasmuch as suits may be
brought on any claim a,t any time
within 12 months, there is no need
for hasty action for or making any
contract with attorneys for division
of possible recovery against us for
payment by us.
“Therefore,, waiting a little while
until our investigations can be com
pleted will not injure any one and
may save money for those who may
be entitled to It.
“If we can assist at. the commis
sary or otherwise the families and
dependents of those ‘ injured or lost,
it will afford, us great pleasure.
'(Signed) ,
‘ KNOXVILLE IRON CO.
“T. I. STEPHENSON,
“President and General Manager.”
More* Evidence of Life.
A telephone line has been complet
ed into the interior of the mine and a
message received trom workers was
that evidences of more life in the
mine had b^n found. The detailed in
formation as to the finding, however,
have not yet been reported from the
mine interior.
A mining engineer stated this morn
ing that miners in the Thistle mine, ad
joining Cross Mojjntain, reported that
they heard sounds of knocklngs on the
mine wall which they believed eman
ated from the Cross Mountain mine, as
if caused by men picking.
m-U
■11 al^s^on.
’’ ' declares If any-
> ih« American
of severinsr rellU
• i’ iials with the
' ' irial and players
^ « an be easily ad-
when I think no loyal citi74i of the
- could think I have an.* ulterior
state could think
motive In so doing.’
KINGHT CALLED TO STAND.
By Associated Press. , nr
Hunt&vllle, Ala., Dec. 13.—John w
n; l:s have been sold ' Knight was called back to the st^a
. ’ . ■ .N’pw York. He has 'for cross-examination at the opening
■ John Ward president and of the federal court today. Quefitloned
manager. by District Attorney Stret, he
•Trr;: into minute deUlls concerning Ws a/-
'nterested rangements with J. A. Bywater for-
IN COIVIING BOUT, jelgn freight agent of the ®
;; and Nashville railroad, for
hn- Press, |of lading without delivering the cotton
'It; ' '
i rr t, h twenty round' at the time,
takep lace tonight ‘
n - -
Ml
■ I rha French welt- —Mr. W J. Moore and wife have sold
,. » : i Oeorges Charpen- to Mr. C. E. Mason a lot, 98 by 50 fe^
oh.?Lewis, on the comer of North College and K
^ii» n.inipion of England, is , Fifth streets. Consideration, $100, and
exirAoniinK.v intftreat.
I?
^CULKmX
WESTERN GOVERNORS IN THE EAST.
rkthor vflliiaklA /»QneldAratlon.
a national incorporation act.
“Any one familiar with'present bus
iness conditions in this country, both
to domestic and foreign trade ”
said Mr. Perkins, “realizes that the
brakes are on. W’e ard not expending
our domestic trade to tbe extent we
should. New enterprises are not being
undertaken aS freely as they should be,
while Germany, Canada and other
countries are forging thead with theii
industrial plans.
“The reason for this atitude on our
part arises largely from the fear
gendered by prosecutions under the
Sherman act. The business man’s com
plaint now is that he does not know
when he is right or when he is wrong;
that this apparently cannot be kno'wn
until he is prosecuted and his case
reaches the court, and that as matters'
now stand he do^ not and cannot
know as he proceeos with his busiMSf
whether he is a good citizen of a crim*
Serious as this phase of the etttw-
tion is, it is all important that we do
not commit ourselves to a* permanent
national policy until such commitment
san be made in a calm, dispassionate
frame of mind. While this ie true, ix»-
mediate relief is clearly desirable. il
such relief can be provided along con
servative lines. ^
“We are now collecting taxes from
corporations which in itself is the first
step in estabUshing the princii^e of
nublicity between corporations and i^v*
emment. It ought not to
or difficult therefore to lmmediat«iy
expand the powers of the depart^M
of commerce and labor with ye^™ ^
publicity and control
create a board of control with pow
to licensesuch intw»tat© companies
as in the Judgment of such board aw
clearly working for and not againw
public interest. In
cases, substitute ft board of ^Ib
for long drawn out law snitaiTlM
would have the immediate efloot oc
placing any company able
such a license in position where M
would know that it was proofing
along lines not in violation o n^ional
laws or federal
cems as could not or did Aot wish to
meet this test would men liave to
right to complain if t^y
ceeded against under the Shem^
'^^in this manner Immediate reliel
could be provided. At the
the questions surrounding the Bher-
man law and the national incorporation
for interstate industrial company
would be under an investigation thaj
would be proceeding in a calm and
orderly manner, with a^vtew to reacn
ing ultimately a permanent solution 01
the whole question.
"Meanwhile” Mr. Perkins concluded,
“uncertainties' would be. dispelled; yet
we would only be building up our pres
ent department of commerrce and la
bor and bureau of corporations int«
a llv« vital bureau-^much in the sam*
way that we gra4ually build up the in
terstate commerce cammission by ^
tending and enlarging it» power* froit
itime to time.”