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HARLOTTE MANUFACTURERS EXPOSITION, AUDITORIUM, WEEK OF MAY 20, ADMISSION FREE AO PAGES TWO SECTIONS. E PAGES I v, ' A- N JLL.' V V TWO SECTIONS. H A ' y VOU 3-NO. 16 CARLOTTE, N.C.." SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1912 PRICE: 5 CENTS -W. ' , I I...'' IXi-JJL. -Zl HsJ Li. 1 1 l light Vote Polled In Election M Educational Board Elec u Salaries For County Officers Endorsed Pharr U&licktt tor State Sen ator. McLaughlin, Grier And Stew- at For House Wallace is Sheriff Withers is Cotton , Weigher McAuley Tax Collector. Tee election passed off quietly, mere was very little excitement. What tiiere was was at the News offioe, he'e tbe oScial returns were receiv ed by Chairman W. F. Harding, -of the County Democratic Committee from o'clock untiil after midnight. " The warmest contest was in the two boards: the county board ofcom missioners and the county board of Threturns were read to the public . they came from the various pre cincts the results being foreshadowed before the final summing up. For some of the offices there was contest or practically none. The friends of the different candidates watched the vote being carefully counted. There was some cheering, tut in the main the crowd took the. news of victory or defeat calmly. Tie countv expressed its preference in the natter of county officers pas. TOtin" its preference for salary la sted of a fee basis at at present. 1 K light vote was polled. : The entire new school board was e'eted The personnel as follows: J. p Vdrev. J. T. Cashion, W. B. Est Iidj0; J.'C. Reid W. W. Watt. l4 vote in the Kitchin-Craig con wstas about 4 200; yesterday, 2,- The Vote. With only one precinct to be heard Iron! the returns show the following results torn yesterday's primary: Fop the Senate. H. X. Pharr is nominated, having re ceded votes to 229 for H. L. -if.7i.-er and'tSl rorTTTtTHayes. -For the House. V. A. Grier 2393 votes, . W. G. McLaughlin 2720 votes, and Plum mer Stewart 2290 votes are nomi nated W. R. Matthews having re ceived 1S62 votes. For Sheriff. Sheriff N. W. Wallace was nominat ed, bavins received 2508 votes to 530 for W. S. Porter 250S votes to 530 for W. 5L Ross. For Treasurer. W. M. Stinson was nominated with out opposition, having received 3,092 votes. . For Register of Deed. W. M. Moore was nominated with out opposition, having received 2,836 votes. j For Survey. Jas. E. Walker was nominated by vote lSt2 to 1511 for J. B. Spratt. . . For Coroner. Z. A. novis was nominated with out opposition, vote 2,649. For Cotton Weigher. J. S. "Weathers was renominated by vote 2,119 to 1,284 for S. J. Aus tin. For County Commissioners. The following appear to be nom inated: W. M. Long, 2,601; W. N. -JcKace, 2,199; F. T. Beaty, 2,082; wm. Bradford, 1879; A. M. McDonald, l,o39. " The defeated candidates were: "W. For Board The new board nominated as foi- lovrs: p- Ardrey 1,968. w. "J. Cashion . B. Ethridge 1.T37, J. C. Jeid 1,899, W. W. V7att, 1,862; to Je following for the old board: C. H. iQweu 1,646, B. D. Funderburk 1, :ji3. A. F. Long 1,566, J. C. McNeeiy P. D. Price 1,660. or Tax Collector, District No. 1. incomplete returns: G. S. Mayea fj W. c. McAulay 453. J. W. Hood as nominated in district No. 3 -tnoat opposition. n Pop Salaries. tv e surPrises of thd election js the vote on salaries for county af iSo The vote in favor of salaries Fo r t0 513 against salaries. L Constable Charlotte Township. ,v- -M. Garrison 1,198 and W. L. uarnson, 1,250; C. L. Grey, 1,390; J- R. Hutchison, 837; W. R. Lee, 467; J-A. Xeviell, 1,308; J. P. Stroup, 862; J- K Austin, 1,190. fopew Says Neg?o Vote -Will Yet Result In Choice of southern Republican Senators special tn ti, l -ew vv :u9 2ristow amende h- r,,, r uB. afdment for the popu- iuay is. speaking wh- T Unlted States senators taDMfl?J 0scar Underwood voted aiii r,Jagh the house, ex-Senator s5okp Bepew, of New York, iciub Vy night at the republican 33 toUo-i Was County Yesterday Austin 790, were nominated over T. J. Gribble 469, and J, R. Malcolm 157. Government Goes After Cofiee Trust New York May 18. After a year of careful research and preparation, the government today instituted ' suit against the coffee" trust under the Sherman anti-trust law. The suit follows quickly the testi mony of the first witness in the mon t8 investigation at Washington which showed: r5h 7' Pi MorSan. the National City Bank and the First National Bank of New York used their huge resources to curb the production of coffee in Brazil and corner the world's supply. That great capitalists of Europe; in league with those of America, are able to control the output of a commodity States11 eVe17 household in the United Jie avtlon is tne most drastic ever started bv the snvommant .v i series of anti-trust suits in that for 'uc " "iat section of the Sher man law which authorizes the seizure if?J J of goods in transit has been Invoked. Under this clause of the u 'j ?etlin was presented to Judge Hand in thp TTnito c( P . , v """.tea fuuri to day to hand the seizure bv' the kov- . mw ii una re a and fifty bags of coffee now held in the ware houses of the New York Dock Com pany m Brooklvn nnrf tfc. i . ... "o imuicuittie fi'jST"'..""? of cWfee be- Xr uem irom tne market under tne valorization statement missuport ed by the government of Brazil. JudETQ HanrJ iconnj restraining order asked for in the pe- - . .... uuctw liiat nerman Sokli Ken, recognized as the -w-nrM'B coffee king, shall be restrained from "'"r6 ut any part, or the 950,000 bags m the warehouses of the New York Dock Company and which is un der his cm la V.. J . , , , vv"""' "j vuLue oi me , . is.the American member w vawiza.iion committee that has a complete monopoly, on the Brazilian coffee industry. Mr. Siliken was serv ed with notice of the Injunction at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. The writ is made returnable at half past ten o clock Monday -morning before Judge Hand. Should tbe ihjunceion be made permanent the government will imme diately seize and sell the coffee At current market, prices the coffee is worth about ten" million dollars. - ii.jr jjaait, wxueu par ticipated in underwriting the valoriza tion TllaTl ia tint miAr a i The London banking house of J. Hen ry Shroeder & Co., one of the foreign financial institntinna that kUMd U1U LliO U.UT derwritiner is me-ntin-naA no 4v. chief defendants, as is also' the So ciate Generals of Paris, another of the .foreign underwriters.' The Lon- ii.uuoc iiauuieu : iwo-imras or the bond Issue which made the trust so uiuuius ana ine xvationai City bank handled one-third of them. Wo?k of Closing Crevasse Resumed New Orleans, May 18. A teleeram ) was received today by Captain C. O. .Sherrill, chief of the United States engineers here to the effect that the secretary of war had approved the re quest of the Mississippi commission of . May 17 as to the allotment and ex penditure not exceeding $100,000 for tne closing of the Hymelia crevasse The message was signed by General Bixby, chief of tha United States en gineers, Washington. The work of the closing of the crevasse was resumed shortly after -the message was re ceived. Urgent Enquiries Received. Washington, May 18. Telegrams received by members of the Louis iana delegation ; in congress protest ing against the sudden halting of government work on the Hymelia crevasse above - New Orleans, which threatens to destroy ?12,000,000 worth of property, brought urgent in quiries today to the chief of the army : engineers, General Bixby. It soon ; developed, however, that no orders had gone forward from Washington to suspend T work. The . Louisiana senators were told the matter was entirely in the hands of the Missis sippi river commission at St Louis, alone authorized by congress to care for. the Mississippi levees. f Reports of Work Suspended. St.' Louis, May 18. Reports from the south that work on the Mymelia, La., crevasse, had been - suspended were received after the Mississippi commission adjourned its session to day. In the South everybody, negro and mhtt omra TT1 1 TP 1 1 VU 11 (J v can vote here if the popular election fipntftra becomes a fact. By and by the republican party will Bee that : if the negroes in the South votes it ; can retain its power in the senate and republican senators will be sent (from Georgia, Virginia, North Car- (olina and all the rest." 4 HEW STREET CIS MM; FOR CflffiTTE 3v Four new passep V cars- built by the Southern Car ,mpany, of High Point, for the - jharlotte Electric Railway, arriced " in the Charlotte freight yards of the Southern Rail way on Friday night- and on Satur day were delivered to the side track of the street railway company at the rear of the power house in Dil worth whence they will be sent to the rails of the company in the city this week. . These cars ' differ in evry way from these in the service of the local company at this time. They are of the "Turtle back" type so far as the roof is concerned and gives one the impression of being very much higher than thep resent cars.- But the greatest difference is in the platforms. In tact, there are no platforms to the new cars.People en ter and leave the cars direct, in stead of getting on the platform first. The new cars will make a dif ference in the manner " of leaving them also, since air passengers will enter from the rear, as is the case with the present cars but they will leave from the front. When the cars are in motion they will be complete ly closed. There will be now way m which passengers may leap from the cars while they are running nor can any one catch the car while in mo tion since there will be no way to enter them. ' To Prevent Accidents. This condition is the result, of plans made to prevent accidents, and thee onductor, at the rear of the car, controls the doors on the entrance side of the car by a lever set in the center of the car-just at the point where the door from the platform into the car would be were there a platform. With this- lever he opens the doors on the entrance side of the car when the car stops. This lev er at the same time It opens the car doors, drops the steps to a point where it is very easy for aged peo ple, or children to board the cars. At thes ame time the motorman, in the front of the car, by the use of another lever, located just in front of him, opens the doors on the exit side of the car, dropping thes teps as is the case in the rear for the ad mission of passengers. All passen gers must leave the car by-the front door; all must enter by the rear door. The management, 'in the building of the new car, ' has- provided, as far as human agency " can, against acci dents ...bxx.eas.oaL"--,Qt - the .habit of some womeh in leaving- the car fac ing the wrong way. The hand hold provided, for convenience in leaving the car, .is on but one side of the door, that facing in the ? direction the car is going, so that passengers must needs face to " the front or have nothing to hold to in leaving the car. - Passengers entering . the car will per force pass in review before the conductor who will stand behind the lever which has a place directly in the center of the space which would have been occupied by the doors it there had been ap latform. As they pass before him into the car they will pay their fare as has been the case with the gun registers for the past 13 months. The Furnishings. The furnishing and finishing of the new, cars also differ materially from those now in service. The wood work In the new cars 4s . solid ma hogony. This wood work is beautiful ly finished and gives, the cars an air of elegance not often seen in street cars. The seats are cane, brass bound and leave a wide aisle between. The cars are semi-sleet, the fronts and sides being of plate steel, add ing much to their stability. The,y are painted the Pullman green which will hereafter be the stadard color of the Charlotte street railway com pany. . nsHEVILLE JITS SOUTHERN BAPTIST COPEflTIOI Oklahoma City, Okla., May 18. Per. haps hundreds of the Southern Bap tist Convention messengers would be gin wending their way homeward but for the fact that the committee on time and place of next , meeting has not reported. Asheville, N. C, New Orleans, St. Paul and Sah Antonio, Tex., are some of the cities asking for the 1913 meeting. Asheville has placarded convenient places on fences, posts, old buildings, etc., with "Asheville, the beauty spot 1913." Hundreds of the Texas men and others wear a white ribbon badge bearing the word San Antonio. The other cities are working quietly but it is believed effectively. By noon the foreign mission com mittees will have finished with their reports and the last hour of the morning session will "be devoted to a discussion of the1 report of the com mittee on the Judson Centennial. This" afternoon the plans on young people's work at night temperance and the material equipment of pastors will receive . attention. Transport Takes On Refugee. Washington, May 18. The arrival of the army transport Bufort at Acapuleo Mexico, where she touched for the sec ond time and took on board only one more American refugee was reported the state department late today. The Buford is on her way back to San Diego, where she Is expected to ar rive in aboat two weeks. SCATTERED RETURNS FRO 1 THE Wilson Wins in New Hanover County Durham County Apparently Safe For Under wood Results in Shelby Given. Candidates oj Democratic Ma chine Won in Iredell By a Small Majority Advocates of Salary For County Off icials Defeated. Special to The News. Wilmington, May 18. After the precinct primaries held in New Han over county last night the Wilson fac tions claimed to be able to send from the county convention a delegation to Raleigh instructed for their candi dates. The other faction was for an unlnstructed delegation and was com posed principally of Underwood men. These also claim a victory. " Machine Wins in Iredell. Special to The News. Statesville, May 18. The candidates of thed emocratic machine won in to day's primaries in Iredell by a small majority. A. D. Watts was nominated fpr the senate and Thos? Hall and:H. P. Grier for the .house defeating W. D.. Turner for the senate and T. H Williams and Dr. S. Frontis for the house who ran on the salary plat form. The only other contest was for superintendent of schools and R. M.' Gray won over L. O. White, the pres ent incumbant. The campaign has been one of the greatest interest in . Iredell for years and the democratic machine came near being overthrown by the progres sives. The salary advocates who con ducted a clean campaign, charge the machine with voting many republi cans. A heavy vote was polled but there was no expressions as to state officials. Shelby Results. Special to The News. Shelby,. May 18. In the democratic primaries of -Cleveland county, held this -afternoon, returns from a majority of . the precincts indicate the nomina tions of the follow ngr Sheri IX D; VVilklns, Vthe incum bant, over George J. Allen. Recorder J. A. Anthony, incumbent, over N. F. McMillan Esq. : Legislature In doubt, between R B. Miller and B. T. Falls. Commissioners O. , E. Ford ; other two in doubt. ; The contest for the other offices, the incumbentg being re-elected. Underwood in Durham. Special to The News. Durham, May 18. -A conservative's estimate of the democratic precincts election held in Durham county to day, gives Underwood sixty per cent of the total: -Wilson, thirty per cent; with ten per cent scattered between Clark and Harmon., The county pre cincts are not yet heard from. So far every precint gives a big majority for Underwood. ' Tafi Hits Back . At Ihe Colonel Cincinnati, 0.,':May;i8. After hav ing talked his -way across the state of Ohio from Toledo, President Taft arrived, here tonight and went im mediately to the home of .his brother, Charles P. Taft, where he will remain resting over . Sunday. Today was by far the president's hardest day since he took the stump. .His speeches, be ginning -with an address before 8,000 people in Toledo, were fervid and full of fighting spirit . In all : of his speeches today the president made an attempt to answer the most recent allegations of Roose velt. At Napolean he said: "Roosevelt says that I lack imagina tion and sympathy and am puzzle-wit-ted. I am not so puzzle-witted that I cannot conceive the : difference be tween $50,000,000 treasury deficit at the end of Theodore Roosevelt's two terms and $40,000,000 surplus at the end of my first year as president." HURGH STILL PROHIBITS DflflClOG, ETC. N Minneapolis, Minn., May 18. An aye and. may vote ot 446 to 305 ; delegates to the Methodist general conference voted not to accept the minority re port of the committee on state of church, which provided for elimina tion of that paragraph of the discip line which prohibits dancing and kin dred amusements. ;The majority re port, which favored the retention of the paragraph then was adopted. At Wauseon, the president asked if his record had not established him as a progressive. In answer to a ques tion about schedule K, he said the matter had been referred to the jtariff commission, and that a recommenda tion had been received from the com mission that was fair to the wool grow ers and : the consumers. ; T T ANTHRACITE HiS WILL GO BACK TO 1BK Wilkesbarre, Pat, May 18. The an thracite mine workers' convention this afternoon ratified the agreement entered into by a sub-committee- of the miners and operators and the miners will go back to work after an odleness of seven weeks. : Panama Canal Bill Discussed Washington, May 18 The Panama canal bill was the subject of debate in the house today. Before resuming consideration " of the Panama bill, upon which it was impossible to ob tain a vote before adjournment to day, the house adopted the Pujo res olution giving the banking ana cur rency , committee visitorial powers over national banking associations. This resolution Is to forestall any opposition on the part of national banks which might decline to furnish information to them oney trust in vestigating committee. Minority Leader Mann- delivered thep rincipal speech today on, the toll section of , the Panama bill. He argued this government has the . right under existing treaties to grant the free use of the -nanal to American .owned vessels. The Panama bill pro vides that all ships shall pay the same tolls and a hard fight ia in progress to amend the bill so as to give American-owned ships free ac cess .to the canal. Representative Cannon also declared for preferential treatment of American vessels. The reading of the Panama bill was begun under the five minue rfile, but the house passed over tempo rarily the contested sections af fecting canal 'tolls and prohibiting the use of the' canal, to vessels con trolled by railroads." - At an executive meeting, the com mittee . on expenditures, in the; de partment of agriculture decided to re-open the preliminary hearings on the Nelson charges against the. meat inspection service. "--, : : . . . ': Representative Nelson introduced a resolution demanding an investiga tion of the "press agent" systems in various . government departments. : He .alleges ? several departments maintain publicity agents at . public expense and ' "frank" : matter : whicu should not bo " carried . in official en velopes. " " It was -iraiAryrTepui'tHatO'day that the 'prevalent opinion among members of the judiciary committee, based on the, testimony thus far entered1 in the charges against Judge Archbald, is that stronger evidence musi De produced to warrant the. .filing of papers of impeachment. -Representative Bohr, of Missouri, t introduced a- bill to amend the laws relating to the , leasing of coal lands in , Alaska so that the government may reserve coal lands sufficient to supply the needs . of the army and navy. ' ' ... '1"," The senate was not in session, hav ing adjourned until Monday. , ; CONFUSi! Ill POLITICAL SITUATION Columbus, O., May 18. With the state presidential preference . primary only one working day away, the situa tion tonight appears so full of confus ion that nobody can safely forecast the result of next Tuesday's balloting; the managers of all candidates are claini ing everything. Chairman Laylin; of the state central committee, issued the following statement:. V.'. .- ' "The president will carry every dis trict. When -the - Chicago convention opens, Taft's home state will' present a solid delegation for him:" , ' The president's most ardent support ers, do not, however, take Mr. Laylin seriously. They admit if the president carries fourteen of the twenty-one dis tricts and controls the state conven1 tion he will be doing well. They seem to think that he is reasonably certain of twelve and this ' is because . they thidli his chances have improved dur ing the week. .; " - - v ' Colonel Roosevelt's managers are. just as "optimistic as Mr. Laylin. Sen ator Dixon predicted tonight that Roosevelt would sweep Ohio, but was careful to explain that the Colonel was able to win the nomination with Ohi6 left out. The claims of state Manager Brown, who is recognized as conserva tive to a degree are that Roosevelt will have fifteen districts out of the twenty-one. '.' ; . ' ".. " ' .. First Day's Events of 20th. The .Twentieth celebration opens to morrow morning at 9 o'clock with a band concert on the square. . At 11 o'clock the great parade takes place. . Following this will be the aeroplane flights at 2 p. m. at Dilworth. Baseball at 4 p. m. 1 The Venetian Band Concert at he Academy at 8:30 in honor of the Sign-J ers or tne JMeciuenDurg- ieciarauuu of Independence.: . These : constitute - the first 1 day's events of ' the celebration. & . . . W 1 1 1 . -W-V II AM OHIO First Big InHisiow Five Students Bumed tO Death j Crowder Okla., May 18. Five stu dents were burned to death early to day when fire destroyed . the main building of the Creek and Seminole Indian College" at ' Boley. , Okla.. near here. None was more than 19 years old. The school is attended by sev- eral hundred Creeks and Seminoles and is supported by philanthropists andr by government appropriation. Roosevelt Has Stienuous Day Cleveland, O., May 18. Col. Roose velt closed , one , of his hardest days of campaigning with an address be- M t - . .. lore, a nuge crowa nere tomgnt. ie naa maue eleven speecnes during tne day but barring a slight rasping of his voice, showed no ill effects of his strenuous hunt for votes. The colonel had a strenuous time at Marion, where he had to mount a freight car to speak to the crowd after the platform from which he was to have made his address broke down in the . course of erection. "That platform broke down," said the colonel, "but it wasn't my "plat form. Mine won't break down." League "I notice," he continued, "that yes- ficials to get off without a heavy fine, terday Mr. Taf t attacked what I said. As soon as President Johnson learn about the tariff. He said he didn't ed in Cincinnati, where he was at understand my proposition. I don't tending a meeting of the national com. think he is capable of understanding mission, that the men had actually re- it. "Mr. Taf t has forgotten the plain people who gave him office. Mr. Tatt has - forgotten the plain people who gave him office, and to wnom he is responsible. He is well meaning, but means well 'feebly. He. has discovered now that I am dangerous, but" he did not make this discovery until after 1 discovered that he was useless." BughesMdyBe The Compromise " W'Ashin PmP Mv islTho wfhe said he would not hazard a guess Mnv ;t.t i , . as to the nnai tmttxrmeroTtCe strnce. blank statement was made by friends i afraid, he said, "that it will of President Taft . in Washington that ' g0 hard with : the - players in .spite of Justice Charles E. Hughes will be the the fact that they feel they are fight compromise candidate "of ''the f Chicago "ing for principle. I had no faith in tt rsi?enoy-K .tX stated : that the only obstacle to, an league. It was not a success no.r admission- from Justice Hugnes that - would 'this one be. ; he is willing toaccept" the -nomination 0f course I-cannot-say what the is a promise made to Mr. Taft at the American League or the Detroit club time : of his appointment to the su- do in settlement of "this case. It nrmp rniirt. honr.h . that ha .wrmi ti'. ... . .. . . be a candidate. : With the positive knowledge that President Taft-cannot stem the Roose velt tide at , Chicago convention, a dele gation of prominent republicans, with vv y . " uui. in the last few days called upon Jus- S Za t - i f i ?JJ& 5! candidacy - depends: entirely upon the wishes of President Taft. . The plan of the Taft forces as' it exists today is that the moment, that they ascertain on the floor of the con vention,, that: the, president will not be able to obtain the nomination on the first ballot, the name of Hughes will 'be sprung.; - - Hughes, will :- Immediately ; be given a great ovation and; attempt made .to. stampede the convention; in his behalf. So bitter, has the feud become that it is no longer a question of nominat ing Taft, but of defeating ' Roosevelt inn - i n i iuii-vih mi m i'iiiivi mi i i it York- as opposed to Roosevelt. , There fore he is the only man upon whom they are willing to concentrate as a substitute for their own candidate. The plan to nominate Hughes in an emergency has .already met with the approval of President T.aft ; and an effort is now being, made to enlist the support of the -New, York delegation in such a course. , , It is - firmly believed here that the nomination of Hughes by Taft will further exasperate , , the ' colonel and make it absolutely certain that he will run as an independent candidate. Ricfiespn, All Hope oj Life Gone, Begs 'JTi00isMeWial Boston, May 13. His nerves shat-' ments to make his peace witll bis tered, his body weakened by long ab-niaker. - i '.. , - I. , . , o11 . -a The horror of death and the Um.Ti stmence from food, and all hope of jthe deatfa cnair nave driven Richeson life gone, i the . Rev. Clarence . V. . T. alniost crazy. " His appetite has failed Richeson, slayer of Avis Linnell today j and he has been sleeping very little, begged that his mental agony; be not 5 "Don't, leave me . alone, stay, witn me prolonged and that -he be put to death until the end.".. Monday "morning. , ' j ' This was his appeal to the Rev. Dr.N He declared fervently that the sus-. ( Herbert S. Johnston today. pense was worse than the. payment of! Either Dr. Johnston or the Rev! Dr. the death penalty would i be and that Herbert W. Stabbins Is with the doom he wished to be taken to the electric ed man all the time. They talk with Chair as soon) as possible after the I the prisoner, read from the Bible to time fixed by the court.. ; j him and hold his trembling hands. It is believed ; here that Warden 1 Richeson is like a 1 small boy who Bridges intended to postpone the exe-i is afraid in the dark. The clergymen cuticn until between midnight and I talk to him as they would talk to a boy. nnA -v'-1rrV TrMHi?av mnrnln r an that I Tt ia foamj , fhctf ia mnv j'nllnnsp at. the arrangements would not have to be completed on Sunday, and wether 1 Richeson's plea for early death will be granted depends Solely on the war - den. ; . . x Richeson -realizes that all hope is gone. .With the help of friendly cler- gymen he 13 trying in his last mo- .: -.-. . . - Strike of major Base Ball - Every Player On Detroit, ' encan League, Team Re fuses to riay m a ixame un til Ty Cobb is ' Reinstated Severe Punishment Likely. Tir1iA4 7hicU - fr T h a 1 TeSlOent JOhnSOn Oj 1 tit League is Hurrying to Phil adelphia to Take Charge Of Situation Emergency team Collected. " Philadelphia, Pa., May 18. As a re sult of the first big strike in the his tory of major league baseball in this country, the . members of the Detroit American League team are tonight facing severe punishment at the hands of the league officials. The Detroit 1 players refused to play against the Athletics this afternoon when 'Presi dent Ban Johnson, of the 'American : League,, refused, to lift the suspension of Ty Cobb. The men are therefore ; liable to suspension for , the remain der of the season.. In any event they i will be lucky, according to baseball of- fuse to play and had walked off the field, that official wired "Jenkins that .hew ould be. in Philadelphia to morrow morning and would take per sonal charge of the trouble. President Navin, of the Detroit club, also sent word to Jennings from Detroit, that he would be here in the morning also The three men 'Will have a conference over '-the situation and then will deal with the striking players. Jennings Badly Worried. Manager Jennings was a badly wor. ried man - when he learned that his two chiefs were on their way here. ( At his hotel, where the striking ball ia norrt tn c&a nrvar rno n avers fan fr&t off without punishment, ' but whether it will be a fine or. suspension for the remainder' of the season, no one can tell until the conference tomorrow." A good many of the Detroit players witnessed the farce of a' game between the Athletics and the scrub team which Manager Jennings got .together to put into the uniforms which the regulars discarded. After the game they went back to their : hotel and discussed the situation. There were conferences in small , and ; large groups but nothing definite was an nounced, " : ; v.v .Sunday - Gives Respite. " Manager,Jennings was. relieved, that Sunday without a game would give him time to adjust things. The play ers themselves, however, boasted that they were not worried over the situa tion. .. The players did not strike because Cobb was punished for striking the spectatorat- the New York game. As a matter of. fact they say they expect ed Cobb to be fined or at the worst t6 be suspended 'lor a few days only. What they objected to so violently was the indefinite term of . the suspension and the refusal of President Johnson to withhold action until he had made his investigation. ' The players announced tonight that if they were not reinstated in a body and justice done to Ty Cobb, they would leave the league and start on a barnstorming tour across the coun (Continued on Page Ten.) -the last moment,, and that it may be , necessary to carry him to the chair. It became known tonight that Gover- 1 nor : Foss had received letters threat- j ening- him with death if Richeson is j executed. The governor ' is said to have put the matter in the hands of the state police. . . . - .j . ft
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