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uTanted, For Sale, For Rent, Lost and FoiiMr Bbi^ or Roomers-Page Eight THE kT Latest Edition TWELVE PAGES. 5 oi L^is can " f.n-.' ' Ti Ou c^ -. t PI RMBBBfnEa VOL. 45. NO. 8111 CHARLOTTE N. C., THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 14, 1911 PD T/^l? I tn Charlotte t Cents a Copy Daily—* Orata Sunday. Outside Charlotte B Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday. jipo Negroes Held Foi Mur del Of Farmer and Wife 10 and Bach Ross Ctmrged OpeVLing SeSSKUl °With Brutally KiUing John qJ ^qqI GtOWefS paon and Bis Wife Near Yesterday Held Pend- pij Coroner’s Verdict. ititmg Contmutd Until Fri- ^ JOT Further Evidence— By Associated Press. Omaha, Neb^ Dec. 14.—The feature of the opening session of the con vention of the National Wool Grow ers’ Association, was the annual address of thep resident, former Gov ernor F. R. Gooding, of Idaho, who denounced railroad rates on wool XT » ' Omaha and declared the KTu- Blood StQlJlS on ri€Q70 S' ropean flock master could lay his ^ # fc- Jill I product down in Boeton two to four Clothes BtlltVtd to Ot JjU- cents a pound cheaper on a scoured basis than the American range sheep grower. “Strange to say," said Mr. Good ing, “we find the greatest enemy to X, C., Dec, 14.—The situation Qped»l to 'Th* * ghelby. N- 5},pih> rrdav. after the murder yea- Jrdir of j , ;«Trl;tud county’s most respected ^i'prf^mlncnt people. i» quiet. The | iPrt-wd demonetratlon against the ne- John Rose and Hack Rx>se who ^ or the murder did not de- j the flock masters in the person or William Jennings Bryan.” pr' _ 71:.* d. inonstration was expect- (ollo» tile verdict of the coro- but the hearing was con- ’ Friday for further evl- It it believed that sufficient Asquith Receives Anti-Suffragettes a to Mfi jurj • tilled u- dftoe. ieace le available to convict the I HIIF HILUOl DOLUII Mill Bodies of '%W}> A new cotton mill to make tine specialty cloth is definitely assured for Charlotte, work to be stated soon after the. first of the new year. The site has not been determined upon, but several are under consideration, and it is understood that a charter will be applied for in a few days. This mill will , consist of 25,000 spin-, dies and 500 looms, and will be cap italize^ at $500,000. The men behind this enterprisei are all experience* ^)usiness men, and sufficient capital to make this project a certainty' has al ready been subscribed. Show Girls' Inal Huiries to Close By Associated Press. London, Dec. 14.—Recent violent demonstrations by protagonists of woman suffrage have stirred the an- ti-suftragettes. An important deputa tion of the National Anti-Women’s Suffrage Society under the leadership ifo I of Lord Curzon, w^as received by TA^in R»5’* Hack Rose are held • Premier Asquith this morning. The while a careful test is being | object of the deputation was to se- “ ^ KinrtH cure the prime minister’s co-opera- to deifrniine . blocking the threatened en- ; m ! . cloihing of one of tnem ^ franchisement of women by means of ,tl. Dr. Shoemaker, of ^n amendment to the government’s forthcoming franchise reform bill which includes the granting of votes to women. Mr. Asquith expressed his hearty sympathy with the object of the dep utation and agreed with them that to grant the franchise to women “would OOL. ASHLBTT HOlUnB. u lliii .j c ,.^,:iv hospital, who is making ’ aamir... i‘'U, declared after prelim- Tvt u that he believes me blood - ^ of a human being. Ross ,!at the blood came from an wl'.;h he had killed. ■ nfr.'U fservlcea of Mr. and Mrs. ..e Md today, a very large -M attending. li» - -i-.covored today that a part "♦ti* hich Dixon had taken from be a political mistake of a very dis astrous kind.” The premifer said he did not reject the suggestion that a referendum be F . .. (1 killeii w as missing, and this , jigid on the subject of women’s fran chise but he feared that the verdict of such a referendum would not be accepted by the suffragettes unless women were permitted to vote in the referendum. Mr. Asquith thought that public opinion In the Brttish Isles was so ^ ;'ml I hat Mrs. Dixon! much against a gigantic change in i. the window and told him and | granting ot the suffrage to wo- Rohs, uuoiher negro ,who » men that it would prove a dominat- 1. to find her husband, that | jjjg factor in ultimately defeating the proposal even should a franchise bill including the women’s vote be carried through the house of com- followed. Much Feeling, n 'lch feeling here over ■\\\. r. al-' m was given by an old M:ij. Stroud, who Is well in that section. He. aays ho r. ’■ I bf "I »: Di out shortly before and n othing dreadful had happen- -t: nnd asked Stroud to get I' for her. Stroud say# that i mons. ' :o himt a doctor, as he saw in 'ad condition, and that - • nt for Mr. Tommy Dix- j IMxi n’s father. Some people . to believe tlxat Stroud '.;:ih and that Mrs. Dixon ii ssauited and was later -n Mr. Tommy Dixon came in a short time he found his son, '•ixon, lying between the Bi andeisA dvocat es LaFollette BUI By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.—Advo cating the LaFollette bill, designed to tm the barn, dead from a blow supplement the Sherman anti-trust law, m axe Just above his ear. He Lewis D. Brandeis today told the sen- p intern on his arm. Mrs. ate in'lerstate commerce committee found dead in bed, with a that there is no such thing as a “natu u ^roni the back of the axe j-ai monopoly” in industry. • h r hpad. The little year old I Mr. Brandeis said supporters of the ' inharmetl, but crying, and j i^pollette bill agree that only unreas rnre soaked in its moth- enable restraint of trade should bo pro ! hlblted, but they believe the law is adequate, difficult of application and unsatisfactory in its remedy. They pro pose to keep the law and supplement It with provisions remedying defects. In the front • wns found ;;(1 on It. Negroea Suspected. K negro of bad repute ‘ro o" to John Ross, was d •ii Mr. liixon’s land. He and I' ll iaO had a settlement on • '! UTi'ler a mortgage whicn n he took Hack Ross’ ! ^hiit Hack had next ' : V (1 ?o some well known • ■' pprtion that "they can ' ! -n and my shucks, and ’ v\hen they takes my : poirg to be somelK)iy ■ ' ' helievpd th-it when Mr. to Tr>cd his stock Who This Week has Given $10,000 to Erect a Monument in the Capital Square, at Raleigh, to the Women of the Confederacy, Grand Jmt, Wont be Any War Say League Magnates By Associated Press. New York, Dec^ 14.—Magnates of the National League expected to con clude their unfini&hed. business today and depart for their homes. That a copy of the “declaration of war” of the American League will come offi cially before the National League is doubted, as President Lynch and his associates say they have not received any communications from the Ameri can League. Ban Johnson is said to have sent a copy of the resolution to the National League, but the resolution must have been lost en route. The magnates of the National League say the resolution does not mean anything anyway and ther® won’t be any war. The national board of arbitration met again today. By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 14.—Judges, at torneys and jurors and every one else concerned in the Stokes' case we^re smoked oiit of the court room in the criminal court building today by. a slight, fire in one of the upper stories. Some one threw a cigarette behind the wooden partition, start-^ ing a fire'that caused a great deal of ' smoke. After trying in vain to clear the room by opening the windows Justice Marcus, ordered a recess. New, York, Dec. 14.—The trial of the “shooting show girls” hurried to its close todayThe attorneys expected to finish th[«ir suihming up in time to let the jury have the fttse before ad journment tomorrow. Lillian Graham and ^ithel Conrad, and W. E. D. Stokes, the middle-aged millionaire they shot, have complet ed their testimony. If Mrs. Stella Sin- gleton, Miss Graham’s sister, was able to testify, the defense had planned to put her on the stand today. , , Mrs. Singleton had been confined to the house since Tuesday, .when she tottered out of the court room and fell in a long faint, unable to endure the strain of the exciting trifi. Although both sides would like to ex amine Stokes a little further, his condition would not permit his ap pearance in court for at least two weeks and the attorneys have decided to close the trial without taking any more of his testimony. Stokes’ physician, who spent nearly the whole night at his bedside, said this morning that the millionaire had passed a very bad night and that his condition was critical. Country Hamlet in New York State. Scene 6f (^drvplt Murder—Italian Farm Hand Employed by Family Su^ pected of the Crime. ^ WEATHER FORE^CAST ♦ Royal Party Safely Landed Fiom Wreck Bji Associated Press. 6' royal, party comprising the Princess on eoverngent Royal, the Duke of Fife and th^ir two'liave decided opmions on governg_e_ “Red Light’ Distiict Too Near Capital -i'O' By Associated Press. 1 Washington, Dec. 14.—Declaring that the “red light” district of Wasn- ’ ington was moving toward the Capi- nt tol and was “an insult to congress - u . .u * wi a* and a dishonor to the nation,” a del- him, and that if , ggation of the Washington Presby- ^ truth that when John|*5rv today urged upon President Tatt s brother, found that j creation of a vice commission ^'■n w-n. not dead, that Hack creation • '- and killed her. Hack was ’ ^or this city. "• In thp day some five ' r-ef^nding to be at work. S’ :,!r)od on his overalls. He fi '-:ilU}d a muskrat. All ■ • hr'ing held. Dixods '\er(; among the coun- 'o’^riiiunt people. They By Associated Press. Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 14.—After federal investigation In many parts of the country where there have been “industrial” explosions, the govern ment grand Jury began here today 4ta Inquiry into an alleged dj'Banaite^ conspiracy, w^ith "ends” in 17 state. Rain tonight, and Detailed List of Explosrons. ‘♦ Friday. Moderate A detailed list of 100 explosions in ^ winds, structures erected by firms einploying i non-union workmen, as furnished to the government by the National Erec tors’ Association, was prepared for the grand jury. The explosions began two years prior to the employment by the Mc Namaras of McManigal, who accord ing to his confession blew his first building in Detroit in June, 1907, with twenty sticks of dynamite, and they extend' into the present year sev eral months after, the arrest of the McNamaras. After this there were explosions m Mt. Vernon, N. Y., and at Cleve land. The last attempted explosion is recorded in the list as having taken place on October 16th this year, near Santa Barbara, Cal„ at a bridge erected there years ago. Dy namite w'as found near the bridge just before the special train bearing President Taft passed over it. The National Erectors’ Association was organized by contractors ^ in 1906.* In pursuance of a plan to main tain an “open shop” they employed detectives to investigate the dyna miting. McManigal is tp play an • im portant role in thep robe. MciVlanigal Confession. Here is a paragraph from >the Mc Manigal confession: “On August 23 I pulled off the McClintlc-Marshall job at Kansas City. I did not see J. J. McNamara, although he was In town at the lime. From Kansas City I went to »Peoria, Ill.'J. .1. McNamiara returned to In dianapolis on August "29 or 30, 1910, at which time he paid me for doing the Kansas City job. I told him about the bad luck r had had on the Pe oria and Kansas. City jobs and he Need Five Jurors In Packers Trial probably northeast By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 14.—With seven jurors tentatively agreed on by counsel for the governmient and defendants in the violation of the criminal portion of the Sherman anti-trust law, botb siMi were ready to put foi^h th^r best ef forts to find five more men who would complete the. jury. It was expected the packers’ lawyers would turn back to the government before the end of the morning session another "full penel for examination KIS POSITION III PE R Sin By Associated Press. Teheran, Persia, Dec. 14.—W. Mor gan. Shuster still retains his position as treasurer-general of Persia. The cabinet cannot dismiss him without the consent of the national council, which has not been given Staito department oflicials here _ [ doubted from the first the report from Questions asked the prospective ju-lgt. Petersburg that Mr. Shuster had rors thus far have disclosed the that farmers are closer readers of newspapers than are those who live in the city. , ^ a As a result the lawyers have found ibraltar, Dec. 14.-Members.pf th^J ^ rural districts as a rule ' ® hit-; .yitp young, having been fri- years. Mrs. Dixon “'r marriage was Clayton Department c" justice “ Hereabouts of reyes. TO - OM “■ nr 8U))poKed to be the revolutionary move- , By Associated Press i,. Bricevllle, Tenn., Dec. 14.—Two fires '> Dec. 14.—The de-' are raging In the Cross Mountain mine ti' knows, but will not today. One is in Cross enetry No whereabouts of Gen.' 25 and the other in Cross entry No. 17 right. It may be late this af ternoon beftore the rescue of bodies '!■ partment have Gen-; can be resumed as the forces are hin dered by the flames. The ™ in Cross entry 17 left. It has been ex tinguished, however. Elks Contribute The Grand Lodge of Elks today sent, a cash contribution J® the sufferers of ■ disaster. The order for the contribu of tiori was received In Exalted Ruler John now at Colorado ■knv'"'!'n®" ^?th7tookVwe'si)rrngs”In^^ money was ii^e ^ and military offi-1 dlately forwarded to E. P. Of "■voliancre. Follow- ' "• I'ir alleged viola- r>i ^*'^trality lawn the Mexican "2 $10,000 bail. OF PAPAL DELEGATE. ■’“•'irr.tir The funeral ^ tL. Agiug. papal dele- ‘ noon from Grand Ej . ^5" ">n [j, , sud-j P. Sellivan, who Is daughters, v/ho suffered such'terrible expleriences during their landing from the wreck of the steamer Delhi off; Cap^ Spartel yesterday are reported to be well this morning although much exhausted.’ Ten of the male passengers of the Delhi are still on board. They and the crew, it is ex.pected, will be landed during the day by means of the rocket apparatus. It is impossible for life saving boats to approach the. wreck, owing to the turbulerit of* the seai The stern of the ,liner has shifted - further ashore and the vessel is badly strained and taking a'considerable amount of water. Big Amount of Corn Raised. Special to'The-News. Monroe, Dec. 14.—Hoyte Martin, Innes Huntley and Lee Ashcraft, Un ion county boys, have been awarded prizes bj)^ T. B. Parker, state director for the boys’ corn club, for raising 106.83, and 80.52,-and 79.03 bushels of com respectively to the acre. gave me h—1 about not getting teck the clocks that did not go oft.” . The clocks referred to by’ McManl gal were the alarm clocks used, by him to regulate the time for ignition of fuses.Attached to the winding key of each alarm was a small sheet of copper so adjusted that when the alarm was released - the copper, , in turning, joined two electric wires, which thus created a current and caused the spark that ejfploded the dynamite-or nitro. glycerine. Trail Up and Down Coast Los Angeles, Cal., Dec., 14.—Follow ing a trail which leads up and down the coast with a twist east from San Francisco, the federal grand jury in session here continued .. -today, its probe into the habits and acquaint ances of James B. McNamara, the dynamiter of the Los Angeles Times Miss Ethel Gill, telephone opera tor of a San -Francisco hotel where McNamarji lived, was among the wit nesses instructed to appear, f.. OMNIBUS PUBLIC ®UILpiNQS BILL TO BE REPORTED By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 14.—Another large appropriation which may carry millions of dollars was added fo the house program today when the ^otise committee on public buildings ^ecld^ ed to report an omnibus public build in« bill. This decision, on which the ■ ' vote was 14 to 3, - vas committee -4.? kv " re nr.o, *— —uiii-! uiaicrijr . J rrann tor made in the face of opposition oy *8 whom ! district deputy at Bristol, Te I _ Leader -Underwood, distribution. •xreu,. TODAY IN CONGRESS. 14. By, Associated Press. SENATE. Washington, Dec. In session at 2 p. m. Lorimer election inquiry nearing an end. Louis D. Brandeis, of Bos- , .ton,, discussing the trust regu lations before Senate inter- : State . commerce committee, irrged the competitive system. ■ t . i^nal . hearings before em ployers liability commission be gun with railroad counsel urg- ’ ing the inclusion of all inter state, business in the act. . Opponents^ of parcels post ap- >.peared before postoffic^ com- ► mittee.. ^ . HOUSE. ♦ • Met • at noon. ^ ♦ ' Miscellaneous bills consider- ♦ ed. ♦ . Steel trust traffic agreements ♦ with Southern railroads prob- ♦ ed by steel investigating com- ♦ mittee.. ^ New York cotton speculators ^ attacked* in speech 1^ Repre- ♦ 'sentative Heflin, of Alabama. ^ The bill extending the eight hour law to all government ♦ contract work was debated. regulation of business asd in many cases are better versed in the mtent and meaning of the Sherman act than many of. their city neighlyrs. * ‘ Thirteen Teams Stillin Bike Race > By Associated Press. ^ *4. . New York, Dec. 14.—A badly ed lot of riders were peddling their weary wav around the saucer track at Madison Square Garden today, but eight of the original 15 teams ^ill were on equal terms for the big priae in the six-day bicycle race, and five teams had a fighting chance. The score of accidents and consequent d^ lays had left the contestanto at 8 o’clock 14 miles and 1 lap behind the record. The score at that hour was. Eight teamp, 1,551 miles, 6 laps. Four teams, 1,561 miles, 5 laps.’ Galvin and Wiley, 1.561 miles 4 la^ Just after 8 o’clock Karl S^ow, of the German dropped a moment before by a care le^ waiter who was running across the track. Saldow was thrown against rte inside fence and pic^ scions but he soon revived and it was said he would be ^o ^JJ]“nue • Champipn Kramer, with a shoulder, and John Bedell, w^Me right arm and shoulder were bruised durinf rTpSrin a sprint, are, in the ^om condition so far as injuries- go, bu both took their regular turn when called upon by their trainers. 11 O'clock Score. The 11 o’clock iacare, the 83rd hour, showed sight teams 4 lani: four teams at 1.621 nilles ana 3i laps and Galvin and Wiley 1.6*1 1 lap'The fecord is 1,628 and 8 laps, made by Halstead and Lawrence. proposes WIIL.ITARV SERVICE FOR WOMEN. By Associated Press. Du8«eldort. Germany. troduotion of obligatory mUl^ aer: vice for women was propose at a mating today of the Patriotic Wom en’s Union here by Privy cillor Witzel, profeslor at the Medical Academy,' at Dusseldort The lecturer suggested that women be enrolled in -the mUitary tospl^ transport, provisioning and services and should be the other auxUiary troops in case of WftT The proposition was taken up en thuSiasUcally by the suffrages m it is regarded by them as eliminating any arguments against t®e granting of the franchise to ^men. been dismissed. Their view was fur ther strengthened today when a mes sage came from American Minister Russell at Teheran telling of the s^e- ty of all Americans there and making no reference whatever to any change in Mr. Shuster’s status. Ri^ian Ministei Talks of Ireaty Bodies so Hacked That I hey Had Been Crushed Into Small Manure Pit — Undiscovered # For Two Days — Motive Seems Lacking, By Associated Press.^ Albany, N. Y., Dec. 14.—An entire family, Mrs. Mary A. Morner, a wid-v ow, her daughter Edith, aged 20, and Blanche, aged 17, and a son Arthur, aged 28 years, were murdered Tuesday on the Morner farm near De Freesi- ville, five miles from Albany. The bodies of the three women were dis covered late last night near a barn where they had been hacked with a hatchet and battered with a stick and thrown into refuse pit. A searching party this morning found the body of the son with the throat cut and other wise mutilated, under the barn Toor, the boards of which had been rip;?d up and replaced after the murderer had secreted his victim. The police are searching for an Ital ian farm hand known as Ed Dennis, who had been employed by the Morn- ers since 121st September. Little Is known concerning him. The tragedy was not discovered for more than 24 hours after it occurred, when a neighbor remarked the failure of Arthur Morner to bring to him, ac cording to daily custom, milk for ship^ ment to market. Albany, N. y., Dec. 14.—Some time between last Tuesday noon and even* ing an Italian farm hand employted by^ the Momer family of De FreestvllW a Rensselaer county hamlet six mllea from Albany, Is belieted by the polictt to have slain Mrs. Conrad Momer, u widow and her daoghte.rs, Edith, agedj 20, and Blanche, aged 11, and her 2Si year old son Arthur. The bodies of the three women were discovered late last, night in the QQW bartf on the Morneri farm where they Kad' b^h so 'hackedf that the mqrdeFer - tod- -been to] crush all three jgf 'them into a small' manure pit on ohe side of the stable, i Arthur Horner’s body is missing and( trices also is lacking of the farm hand who was known as Ed I>ennis. Blood^ained Hatchet. A bloodstained katchet and a four foot ball stick were found in the pit near the three bodies and with these the murderer first felled and then mur dered his victims the police;believe. Motive for the’ crime seems to be, lacking. What money there was in the house before the murder was found in tact. Indications, the authorities say, point to the murderer as being insane. Fourth Body Found. The body of Arthur Momer, mutilat ed and with the throat cut, was found early today under another part,of the bam floor. By Associated Press. St.. Petersburg, Dec. 14.—An Inter view with Foreign Minister SazonofC in regard to the claim of the United States for recognition by Russia of passports issued' to American citizens of the Jewish faith is published today in the Novoe Vremya^ The foreign minister said that the matter did not directly concern the Russian foreign oflSce. Neither the Russian ministry of the Interior nor the Russiain consults had raised any obstacles against the entry into Russia of American commercial men or finan ciers of the Jewish faith. The pres ent, agitation, however, he said, did not relate to that class of persons. Many agitators, revolutionaries and anarchists who were adherents of the Hebrew religion had emigrated to America during the recent trouble and It was not, concluded M. Sas«>nofF, to be expected that Russia should encour age the return of these elements. J IN HYOE leim By Associated Preps. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 14.—Harry Waldron, the iutor whose disappear ance last Sunday night blocked the progress of the second trial of Dri B. Clarke Hyde, charged with the mur der of Col. Thomas H. Swope, returned to his home today pale and emaciated after four days of wandering over Kan sas. ‘ He was brought to court by Mrs. » Waldron and at once went into a cdn-j while returning ^me. SULTAN CARRIED BACK TO CONSTANTINOPLE. By Associated Press. Berlin, Dec. 14.—A special dispatch from Constantinople reports that the former Sultan Abdul Hamid has been brought back to Constantinople -from Saloniki, where he has been confined since his deposition on April 27th, 1909^. He is said to be extremely ill. FIFTY THOUSAND WOMEN ABANDON STRIKE. —^^ \ ■ By Associated Press. Berlin, Dec. 14.—The fifty thousand women suit makers and three thousand tailors who have been on strike in Ber lin since November 23 today tempor arily abandoned the struggle which has been unsuccessful. • IMPORTATION OF ABSINTHE FORBIDDEN. By Associated Press. Washington, D. G^ Dec. 14.—^Declar ing absinthe dangerous to health, t^ pure food board of the department St sgricultute today decided that Ita im portation Into the United States should be prohibited after January 1st, next The order awalta the signature of the secretary of agriculture befor# becom ing effective. ' Negro Preacher Hanged T«day. By Associated Press. Jackson, Ga., Dec, 14.—^Wlll Turner, the negro preacher whose killing of Jesse Singley last August 26 near In dian Springs almost precipitated race trouble was hanged here today for his erime. He confessed yesterday. Singley, a young whit* man, had tried to stop some trouble between bell boys at an Indian Springs hotel In which Turner's two sons partici pated. He was - shot from ambosh ference with Judge YPoterfleld Will Dismiss Jury, y Judge Porterfield after a conference with Waldron annouhced that he would dismiss the jury on the ground that Waldron was not mentally competent. VANDERBILT STUDENTS. START CHRISTMAS FUND FOR POOR. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 14.—Vander bilt University students yesterday started a fund to be used in providing Christmas presents for the children pf mlnerS'killed in the Briceville mine disaster. '1 Three sons of Turner are being held at Atlanta pending trial for partici pation In the killing. _ "JOHN STRANGE WINTER, NOVELIST, DIED TODAY By Associated Press. London, Dec. 14.-^Mrs. Arthur Stannard, the novelist who was known by her pen , name of “John Strange Winter,” died today. She Tiad been confined to heir bed for the past five months as the result of an accident while stepping out of aa elevator. ■ - ^