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TH« 8t»r«s
In Charlotte
«r«
The Largest
In the State.
Stocks of Holiday
Goods
ar« larger than «nr«r before , and
healthy competition insurea low
pricei.
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Yoil Will Fincl j^e Ait|V»^em^s of Charlotte’s
Stores Teiiuig of ^
You Should Pro^ By
The Var’ety
jof Merchandise shown in Charlotte
makes satisfactory choosing easy.
A Free Res*: Room
Is provided where Christmas shoppers
may rest, meet their friends, write
letters, etc.
The Christmas Spirit Is Here
shop wisely and well should spend as many
Oiii* Stoi^s^now "^a.r thfeir ^ H and ate filled with the season’s
choicest offerings. ilKyfer^y day bfiiigs hew attractions and those who would
da^S as possible aiaiong b^
NEWS
Sir EdwardGiay*6
Speech Has Cleaned
Political
No Reason Why Relations Be
tween England and Germany
Should not Undetgo Marked
Improvement — Largely De-
psnds on German Newspapers
(By PHILLIP EVERETT.)
London, Dec. 16.—In spite of the
Ta?ber unfavorable comments of a
Jarjje part oi the German preag on the
now lamous speech of Sir Edward
}rey in the. house of commona three
^ ?^eks ago there la r genera) feeling
■Pere that the speech haa Served to con
vince the large majority of the Germin
roople that many of the opinlona they
have formerly cherished in regard to
pl6 country have no foundation in
*avt. It is hoped here that when the
. speech ia no longer diatorted for elec
tion purposes by the German jingoes
and conservatives and when the Ger
man ‘people, after the end of th^ elec
tion campaign, calmly iurvey the hla-
»^ry of last snramer they will realize
how mistake was the Idea that Bn*-
Jand ever desired to preVent an agree-
.picnu cr hamper German alms in a
spirit of Jealousy and hostility.
1-ord ljuisdowne. with whom I had
e talk the other nlglrt In the Consti
tutional Club, said that be for one
did not see the slightest reason why
*^he relations between England and
Germany should not undergo a very
gbaarked improvement. !t la useless,
.^owever, he aald, to expect toy relief
^f the tensions In the lnteirna.tlonal at
mosphere If the German paper*, after
flection, should decide to continue to
>tlr up the passions and prtJudicisa of
pielr readers against Bnglaod, and to
impute to this country anti-Oensan de-
algna of which neither fter government
nor her people have any cognizance.
Many Dreadnaughta Launched.
The most notable feature of the jnear
1911, from a atrictly navAl •taadpoiot,
.will be the fact that the number of
ships of the Dreadnaucht type launch-
^ will be equal, aavo one, to the com
bined total tot the three preceding
years. A total of 28 battleships and
cruisers, armed on the single calibre
gun principle, have been put Into the
water this year, eight of these, Includ
ing the two colonial ships, being Brit-
jah..
This proportion to the world’s Dread-
naughta l» not so good as It was in
1910, when, out of a total of nine
launched Britain’s share waa four, but.
on the other hand, the number of na
val pcyers possessing ships of this
type hate been added to this year by
France, Russia, Turkey, Austria, Spain,
and the Argentine Republic, so that a
proportion of alii^tly over three to one
cannot be regarded, as otherwise than
satisfactory.
Great Britain’s position in Dread-
naughta exemplifles the business ad
age, “We lead, otherg follow,” as out
of 64 afloat she owng 24. Germany fol
lows with 14, the United'States comes
next with eight, Italy and Russia each
has a quartette, France, Japan, Spain,
Brazil and the Argentine two'each, and
Austria and Turkey one ei^ch. 'The
proportionate flares will neceSsariJy
fittetuate from tline to time, but a sub^
stantial lead by Great' :^tain is
a&aured if the new First I-^rd^acts up
to his profession of faith th^ “we
must have a navy so strong as to make
it beyond reach of challenge-
Deaigna of a New Torpedo.
Designs of a new torpedo,' w'hich
vill h*ve a wider ra.nge of action and
a much greater speeid than anr hither
to employed, have been approved by
the authorities here. Diiiring the past
12 or 18 months the naval departmente
of several of the Powens^have been ex
perimenting; In this dir^tion, but the
greatest dlfReuIties have been encoun
tered in connection with th^ motive
power. In the weapon referred to this
will be compressed' air, the same by
which it will be discharged, and the
torijedo will ba of much smaHcd di
mensions, thus affecting a considerable
economy in the cost, a» w»H as giv
ing much higher efficiency.
It is believ€fd that sever^ of the
new weaiiona will be ready for trial
early in February.
Getting Poorer as Biahop.
Dr. Ingram saya he ta 110,000 poorer
than when he was made Bishop of Lon
don. Yet, he la economical.
Having taken a, cab one eyeniQg
from the house of lords to Pulham Pfl-
ace, he tendered the fare, 2c.' 6d. The
cabman ga^^ jipon th^ coin, |ind sfiLd:
Tr St. Peter h%d been Bishot) of Lon
don, do you think he wouM have ilv-
en ^ only half a crown?" And the
bishop replied:
"If SC. Peter had been here he wwid
l^ave been Archbishop of Canterbury,
and the fare to Lambeth ‘palace la one
ahlUing.”
Curious Story of Childhood. ■
In a recent interview Mr. Israel
ZangviU told a ourioua story of hia
childhood.
“When I was seven weeks’,ol4 and
CoDtinued on • Pi|^ li. ■
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Reflect On
England’s Policy
EXTRAORDINARY MURDER
BY A PARALYTIC.
;f>R0^ES80R EMfNU^L CZU1»ER^^^A DA UQHTIR
Profiaaor ,Kiwanuel Gawrlier antf hlf dau^Nr, hpw tbs! wlfo Of ' AreMukf Ctrl Uudwlg. who Mr her
sake gave up hlf r^ig^.tf tKf tMffe of Ai^rl«.'iif a>i ejselusfye Ihteryl^w IHt Crown Frinee gave hla Miaone
for selecting this .Phelan, «IH, at the aaori|ipe,>f hit royal proapecta, rnthtr thin 9na among th« huMdrarfr
of foloua x»f rx>yi^lty U whORi he wae eligible 1| iiifrrttee;'He .MK- ^‘^ hw • Vfry •Imple dlapoemM' l.
incUnei) to o^tfr^n^e ifgHt haaftednesa; la afwaya cheerful nnd often qUIft wlUy, but hif chief attractieiivr«4h**
ahe never IndulgesHn moods;’'
Quun &I& Mou^rs ,
la
Brussels, Dw. ,18.---^Phe^,CJHi«lon of
the Belgians has dectdedL' tO:‘ deyot?
a suxn M |60,00i), the; priO!f^ds-of the
salo of Bdelw^iM flowers Which hav«
been w6rti in’ her hcmor throughout
Belgium, to flghtlngrthe sleeping rtck-
neas. The sch«ftne iprovides for the coo-
atruotion. of a model sanatoriuin at
Ueop^dviUe/ Congo.
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Ba4iftij|f^t; ' Uec. '1.6.—The |ipirlt oj
Amerlid^ h^tte haa's^ddraly, invaded
Hiinga^^Jit de^msVf^r a f^l fiast traiij
will shoHly s'liii^ h^n^ng . between,
Budapest' jtnd ' Presburg. The iocoiho-.
tive will haye^ 'it'nQrniiatl-po?^^^ of 1,-
^00 horMpaVer, fmd will h^d the n'ew,
train tons at a ni^d'of'84 -i-2
miles an hour/doing tl^e journi^ in 1
hour and 38 minutee, including a stop
of five minutes at.Neuhan8er.The fast^
eat .train now, running’takes 8 hours
and 2 minutes. . • :i
^“Ha? ybut^.Bon brougHit a^y
' from , l/>rid©n?” '
Oh, yes. Ije ; ^inks ^
serve teas afternoons and tjiat £l s^
Pari^, Dec. 16.—^An evtraordinary
story of murder by a paralytic sub
ject comes from Ulle. Two of the
most notable members of the colony
of beggars, well known to all wh'o
have motored from Roubai to Lille
along the. new five-mile boulewdf
were a blind man and a paralytic sub
ject, paralyzed in both his legs and
In his left arm/ They habitually went
out together. The blind man pushed
the cart in which the. paralytic was
seated, and the paralytic who gave
{Riding instructions, sold, strips Qf pa
per whiph were supposed to tell the
future of those who bought them. '"
They were thought to be the best
friends in the world. But early this
year the paralytic b^an to suspect
tliat his companion was paying too
marked attention to his wife. The siis
picion remainied unuttered until recent
ly the paralytic on- > more got his
companion to hoist hiod on to the cart.
Tun^tXMS round he saifl: “I have found
out,” and then fired two revolver re
volver shots at his wife standing at
the door. His wife fell desperately
wiolund'ed. The man then cpoly asked
the blind man to pu^h the cart along
to take ^hiin to thisL police station,
where hf told his tale and gaye him
self up with the utmost sangfroid.
'Feeling Gaining Ground That
Reason Germany is Not Now
Engaged in War is Due to
England*s Firm and Dignu
fled Politics.
(BY FREDERICK WERNER.)
A MONtH'8 IMPRISONMENT FOR
A TWO-CE»^T il^REGULARITY.
Lembe^, December 16.—A business
m«A n^ed M9I Tfinezes, has b^n
condemned to a month’s imprisbnmeht
here on the char$re.ot having defraud^
the post^^e of 2 cents. '
, In Austrta one is allowed to return
letters which one do^s jtot acc^t to
the sender .without paying any extrii
postage. H^rr ’Il'inises had rjsccAved
four postcards from a firm announcing
that they ht|d sent goods ordered by
^m. As he had hot ordered anyth^g
he wrote on* the maifetaf, “Retnm
to, the sender, holding ordered,” aad
threw into the lettei* box.
The postal authorities regarded the
words, ‘-nothing ordered** iJs' a new
-communication, but ii^tead of ask
ing for the double postage they prese-
cuted on a. criminal charge. The
first court regarded the ’ offense as
merely formal and iniS|cted the mini
mum sentence of 24 hours, but the
piibUc prosecutor appealed, and the
^gher court increased t^e penalto one
mta&’s' l)^d ‘labor. ' '
Berlin, Dec. 15.—With Christmas
approaching the Morocco questioa
practicaHy settled, and the foreign
policy, of Great Britain clearly de
fined, by Sir Edward Grey, the politi*
cal ’sky now looks brighter than it
has done for mtoy months and dip
lomats are preparing to enjoy the
holidays in peace. Not so, however,
those who govern Germany, for with
the election drawing nearer It M‘
comes plainly evident that the state
ments made by Sir Edward Grey, w
the English house of commons, some
three weeks ago, have given the tier-
man voters miich food for reflection.
The feeling is gaining ground even
among the more conservative element
that the fact that Germany is not
now engaged in a war, which migot
easily be disastrous to her prestige,
is due mainly to the firm and dig
nified politics of England.
The people of Germany have learn
ed'to see if they are to be allowea
to oontinue their evolution in peace
they must first of all put their ow-n
house in order. The danger of a grew
catastrophe, such as threatened ^ *
many during the whole summer ana
fall, has' aroused, in the people, a
eimest determination to -
Similar condition from occurrms
NO longer will the voters he satis
fled with promises and minor . ’
they dtmand a thorough and wiae
spi^ead reform of the official p - ’
and '.they realize that he .g.
danger lies in the fact that ^
ters are chosen without the co-op
tion of f the people, that they j
country without consulting the P
6'r , heir representatives, and that
remain in office not as long as
politics please the kaiser.
The intimate relations
emment and people, which is
luteiy necessary to the healtnj
lution of the German empire, are
be brought about only by a po
and democratic reichstag and
is very indicative that the one
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