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"TH E FAST EST G ROW I N G MEW SPA PER I H NO R T H CAROLINA fMP THE CHARLOTTE N1EWS night PAGES TODAY " Gre a t e r Charlo t te' s Ho me N e w s p a p e r" ' EDITION rtablishcd: Daily, 188S Sunday 1910.. CHARLOTTE V C, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1914. Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5c f wo M Of Texas Representatives Urge More Trooos in Order to Re store Confidence Along the BorderCattle Being Stolen -Banks FuHof Money. Troops Will be Ready to En train nv Sunday or Monday -Officials are Awaiting Word From General Carran- za. Ev Associated Press. V.'asnt!- niovin March z. two more United States troops .? ioin the Mexican bor- par patrol today Two battalions ot the Pth infamry at Fort Thomas, Ky., and Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark., and the 17th infant ry at Fort McPherson, (;a were loading baggage trains to "'ro'cepd to La redo and Eagle Pass to beeoni" part of a military force m Texas larger by 3,000 men than the ;re General Shafter led into Cuba. The border ratrol is being increas ed ar requests of Senator Sheppard ind' Representative Garner, of Texas, v.to explained that the Vergara inci iiu had caused uneasiness. It was v-inted out. that cattle were being J.oien from Texas ranches and that ;3"K ranch as the American banks n;s the lin were full of cash, con science would be restored in a great neaure by the presence of more joops. At the white house and at the war department it was stated that such wa? the only significance of the troop movement. At the war department it was said the two regiments would probably actually begin to entrain Sunday or Monday. It is expected that the 17th tvill make the trip from Savannah to Salveston one of the army transport,-; leaving Savannah Tuesday. The state department today was awaiting reply from Secretary Bry w's latest communication to Carran :a. Officials believe Carranza has re reded from his previously announced termination not to receive repre ntations from the United States in jehalf of any but Americans. Meanwhile, however, nothing has eu received about the Bauch or Seiton caees and officials hers are jot advised as to whether the inves iigation by Carranza's commission is actually under way. Consul Hostetter at Hermosillo advised the state de partment today that the American Jwwby, detained in Culiacan, is not leld for ransom but for misappropria tion of funds. Troops Made Ready. Atlanta, Ga., March 12. Practically jne thousand men of the 17th United states infantry were made ready at fort McPherson today to depart for the Mexican border. Major George w. Martin, acting commander, said M of the 1,009 men now at the fort, J except a guard of 25 would make the trip. Pending the arrival of orders from Washington, Major Martin said he tould not forecast how or when the Jansfer to the border would be wected. He said his men were pre pared to entrain upon six hours no ice. RECAPTURE OF ESMERALDAS. By Associated Press Panama, March 12-Details of the ST, f EMnPra!das Ecuador, by SJ Uo1nidas plaza, president of iSt ,Sh0w that the rebels went fcbd tniT E Concna "who, with his i Eirnw rs had been in Possession SS 5 W?s smce December, realiz-. w Uut urtner resistance was hope auc'h , government forces were he IvlTT'- ITe therefore ordered srsl Pi , ;U,of llle town an3 Gen" ,. a t00k immediate posses- 't is believe that General Concha is .a in an as? Julio Ai Andrade, toaelmy McAdoo And Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson Aie Reported Engaged t,. . 1 pother ;hiMfdr ': -Prospects e more 5 ':,jUSf wedding be !ersitent rn' . today with the fcecretarv Mi-V 01 the rePort that lolph i--;00 anl Miss Eleanor ? the Presidrr yoIJnsest daughter enga4ff and Mrs- Wilson llatemjK r e marriage to take frorr, r,- 1,lei:e was no announce. atto:- ' DlTfi house atirl when -, Jtte r?Zf "J- mcials drawn; in; 0,4 lJy refrained from! vSetretar; m'! 1?.eat or denial. t o. tdel,.c?te for him to mm. f hite house I5?0vther Weddin at aftrr tf ' Ji1 be solemnized in N. adjournment of con- 1 who know Secretary oi e Regiments Troops Jo Join he Border Patrol FRED HULL S AS NATIONAL BANK EXAMINER By Associated Press. Washington, March 12. Fred A. Hull has resigned as national bank exami ner of North Carolina and northern South Carolina, according to an an nouncement today, and J. K Dough ton, of Raleigh, appointed an examiner several weeks ago, has been assigned to that territory. - FOURTEEN BODIES RECOVERED St. Louis, March 12. With the re covery today of three more bodies from ruins of the Missouri Athletic Club, destroyed by fire Monday the to tal Drought from the debris reached fourteen. Ten bodies have been iden tified. From twenty to thirty more are supposed to be buried in the wreck age and search for them is being pressed. Body Identified. St. Louis, March 12. The body of one man and fragments of another were found today in ruins of the Mis souri Athletic Club. The body was identified as that of Thomas Wright of this city. Twelve bodies now have been recovered and from 20 to 30 more are supposed to be buried in the wreckage. Men worked among the ruins all night hunting for bodies with searchlights and digging away debris. The missing register of the club was found today. A comparison with the list of missing showed that the list previously published was accurate. This makes the death toll 30. BUTE SENT T TRE UNEMPLOYE Sacramento, Cal.. March 12. Detec tives of Sacramento county are search- ! mg today for a camera box contain ing dynamite said to have been sent from San Francisco to one of the lead ers of the "army" of unemployed, camped across the river, which it was said to be used in blowing up one of Sacramento's fire engine houses. It is, reported the feeling of the men has changed but little against-what they claim to have bee"n unnecessarily brutal treatment by firemen and depu ty sheriffs when they were ejected from the Southern Pacific sand lot on Monday. Negotiations to rid the county of the "army" were resumed today. FRANK TANNANBAUM PLEADS NOT GUILTY. New York, March 12. Frank Tan nanbaum, of the Industrial Workers of the World, recently indicted for par ticipating in unlawful assmbily be cause he led an army of unemployed into a Catholic church, pleaded not guilty today. It is expected the trial will begin next week. Gave Life Trying to Save Sweetheart. Williamson, W. Va., March 12. While attempting to save the life of Miss Dixie. Blackburn, his sweetheart, whose foot was caught in a railway trestle near here today, William Mc Coy was. struck by a train and tossed into a ravine fifty feet away. Miss Blackburn was instantly killed and McCoy was mortally hurt. McAdoo were not surprised at the re port because he has been a frequent social visitor at the white house dur ing the last year. Washington society has observed' the couple at a dance as well. Secretary McAdoo is 50 years old, while Miss Wilson is 24. He is a widower and has six chil dren, one son. and one daughter being married. Recently a grandson was born to -his eldest son in Arizona. Mr. McAdoo knew the Wilson fami ly before his entry into the cabinet and has been an intimate friend of the president since early in the pre convention campaign. Miss Wilson was educated in the private schools at Princeton, N. J., and during the last' few years has been making fre quent trips to Philadelphia to an art school where she has studied paint ing. . RESIGN MILITANT : WHO ATTACKED PAINT ING SENTENCED Miss Richardson Sentenced by Judge to Six Months Impris onment for Trying to De stroy Famous Art Treasure Sorry He Couldn't Make it More. Dr. Anna Shaw, in Interview, Declares Tactics of the Eng lish Militants Are Greatly Hurting the Cause of Wo man Suffrage. By Associated Press. London, March 12. Miss May Rich ardson, militant suffragette, who hack ed Velasquez' "Rokeby Venus" in the national gallery was today sentenced to six months imprisonment, The public prosecutor' said that one might well doubt whether the prisoner was in her right senses. There was, however, no medical evidence to show that she was a person not responsi ble for her actions. Miss Richardson has been on a "hunger strike" since her arrest. She said her act was premeditated and she pleaded guilty. Addressing Judge Robert Wallace, who presided over the court, Miss Richardson said: "I am an art student, but I care more for justice than for art. I firmly believe that when the nation has shut its eyes to justice and allowed women who are fighting for justice to be mal treated and tortured such an action as mine should be understandable. "The slow and premeditated mur der of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst is the ultimatum which has made neces sary the recent acts of her followers. The nation seems to be dead or asleep, for we women have knocked at the doors of ministers, bishops and arch bishons and even thp kins- himsplf. "I know that you will sentence me. I can stand only a few months tor ture but my fate makes little differ ence. I am really a grateful and hap py, woman because I have beeu able to live in a century in which Mrs. Pankhurst iived and becahse in a slight measure I have tried to carry out what I believe in." As Judge Wallace was about to pass sentence the following colloquoy oc curred: The judge: "If the picture had been destroyed no money could have re placed it." Miss Richardson: "Do you realize that no money can replace Mrs. Pank hurst? She is being slowly killed." The judge: "You have pleaded guilty and have gloried in your crime." Miss Richardson: "I don't say that. I think it a shame I had to consider it my duty to do it." The judge: "It is my duty to pass sentence of six months imprisonment. I recognize that this sentence is total ly inadequate but it is the maximum sentence for damaging works of art. If the offense had been window break ing I could have given the prisoner eighteen months imprisonment." Miss Richardson looked ill and it was suggested in some quarters that the precarious state of her health had been the reason for the taking of the unusual course of hurrying the. trial. The charge against the prisoner was "Malicious damage to a picture." Dr. Shaw Deplores Methods. New York , March 12. Militant methods and especially the latest act of the English suffragettes in slashing the valuable "Rokeby Venus" were de cluared today by Dr. Anna Howard Show to be working a great injury to the cause of votes for women in this country. "In one day the militants can se riously hurt the work of many patient years for us," Dr. Shaw said. "I won der if the foolish militants are ever going to have their eyes opened to the futility of following their pres ent methods." Arson Squad Active. Glasgow, Scotland, March 12. Mili tant suffragettes today burned to the ground a large unoccupied mansion at Stewarton, belonging to the Free Church of Scotland. A message was left stating "this is in revenge for the brutal arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst." FIRE DESTROYS SIK BLOCKS IT By Associated Press. Portland, Ore., March 12. Fire to day swept all that section of the Port land water front on the east side from the upper to the lower Albina ferries, destroying Columbia dock No. 2 and Montgomery dock No. 1, the steam ships Cricket and Glenroy and much other property, entailing a loss esti mated at $1,000,000. The area burned covered six blocks. Firemen cut the Cricket loose early to permit her to float down the. river so they could bet ter combat the flames on the dock, but the big ship, instead , of going to the center of the stream, floated 'along the docks, spreading the flames. The fire's cause was unknown. . N 5 THE WEATHER Forecast for- North Carolina: w Rain or snow this afternoon and in east portion tonight; tern- i'$ perature below freezing tonight; Friday, fair with slowly rising w temperature. Brisk northeast to i'? -? north winds. AMBASSADOR E IS Ml TO EXPLAIN Senate Unanimously Adopts a Resolution Asking Ambassa dor to Explain Speech he Made Last Night on Panama Canal Proposition. Is Reported to Have Said That United States Knew Canal Would be of Greatest Benef it to England and That U. S. Was Glad of it. By Associated Press. Washington, March 12. A resolu tion calling upon Walter H. Page, ambassador to Great Britain, for an explanation of a Panama canal speech which he is reported to have delivered last night before the As sociated Chambers of Commerce in London was adopted today by the senate. The resolution was instroduced by Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, a bitter opponent of the repeal of the free tolls provision in the Panama canal act. . In its preface Senator Chamber lain set forth a published report of the purported speech. The resolution then asked the secretary of state to "furnish to the senate without delay -a copy of the speech made by : the , American am bassador and - particularly- that part thereof giving- hia' definition of the Monroe doctrine and that portion thereof in which he is alleged to have stated that the British would profit most by the use of the Panama canal, and that he call upon the American ambassador to furnish forthwith for the use of the senate any evidence upon which that portion of his speech was based wherein he is alleged to have - said that it added greatly to the pleasure of the people of the United States in the building of the Panama canal to know that the British would profit most by Its use." The definition attributed to the am bassador was: "The Monroe doctrine simply meant this: 'That the United States would prefer that no European government should gain more land in the new world.' " Senator Chamberlain asked for im mediate consideration of his resolu tion. It was granted by unanimous consent and the resolution passed without debate. HUMAN SKELETON TELLS IMPORTANT STORY. By Associated Press. Berlin, March 11. A valuable an thropological discovery in the north ern part of German East Africa is re ported in the Lokal Anzeiger by Dr. Hans Reick of the Geological and Palaeontological of Berlin University. It is a fossil human skeleton in a magnificent state of preservation. This is held to prove that "many tens, many hundreds of thousands of years ago a highly developed race of men inhabited the African continent.' News 'Want Ad' Facts Mr. Roe Moton lives in North Charlotte. Tues day night his cow' strayed from his barn. The cow was found early Wednes day morning and reported to THE NEWS. Mr. Mo ton came into the office h few minutes later to place an ad. He was told where he could find the cow. THE NEWS lost the few cents the ad would have amounted to but proved to Mr.-Moton that to find lost property in Charlotte he should "Use The News Want Ad Way." 'Nuf 'Ced. One-cent-a-word Page Eight. Y CHARGES AGAINST VDGEL AND SIEGLE District Attorney Turns Over to Grand Jury Evidence Suf ficient to Warrant Fifty In dictmentsGrand Larceny is One of the Charges. Claim the Men Accepted De posits in the Bank When They Knew it Was Insolvent How Statements Were Manipulated to Fool the Public. By Associated Press. New York, March 12. Orders clos ing the two big New York depart ment stores operated by Henry Sie gel and his partners, were issued today by the federal court. Judge Hough directed that the re ceivere appointed December 3 when the Siegel enterprises went Into bank ruptcy, receive bids for the stock and assets of these stores. The Four teenth street store and the Simpson, Crawford etore, among the largest in the city, were the ones affected by the court order. New York, March 12. What the dis trict attorney's office described as "ma terial for at least 50 indictments" alleg ing fraud against Henry Siegel and Frank E. Vogel, president and vice rresident, respectively, of the Siegel Stores Corporation, who were arrested yesterday on three indictments and are now at liberty under $25,000 bail each was placed in the hands of the grand jury today. Assistant District Attorney Arthur C. Train said that as many indictments as the .ends of justice seemed to re quire would be found against the merchant bankers. The indictments already found charge violation of banking laws and grand larceny in making false state ments to obtain credit The grand lar ceny indictment is based only on the affairs of the 14th street store of this city, and theHenry..Siegel& Cov pri. vate bank conducted In " connection with it. "The affairs of the 14th. street store," said Mr. Train, "are typical of the affairs of the . other Siegel enter prises." , Conviction on the indictment charg ing violation of the banking laws ir that Siegel and Vogel accepted . de posits when they knew the bank to be insolvent, is punishable with a term of from one to five years imprisonment and a fine of $5,000. For the grand larceny charge the men may be sen tenced to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000. District Attorney Whitman said that statements of two secretaries employ ed by Siegel were the basis of the grand larceny indictment. They testi fied that false statements were prepar ed for merchants and bankers; thai liabilities -were turned into assets and that approximately $2,500,000 of money deposited in the Siegel private bank was placed into the retail business while it was losing money. Additional indictments alleging that the two men accepted deposits when they knew the bank to be insolvent may be based upon testimony of indi vidual depositors. Every deposit accept ed by the bank for a period of ever a year, it is claimed, can be made the basis of an indictment. ROY CHAPMAN OUT OF COMMISSION FOR TIME By Associated Press. Athens, Ga., March 12. Ray Chap man, shortstop of the Cleveland Am ericans, will be unable to use his right leg for five weeks as a result of a fracture sustained in practice here yesterday. Physicians so announced to day after an X-ray examination.. A small bone just above the ankle was broken. - Chapman was injured while sliding to a base at the park where the Cleveland team is in spring training. INTERVIEWED FA- 15 EXPLORER By Associated Press. Seattle, Washn., March 12. Dis patches from Dawson, Yukon territory, state that E. R. Ironsides, collector of customs at Dawson, has received a letter written at McPherson by a friend who interviewed Vilhjalmur Stefansson, commander in chief of the Canadian Arctic exploration ex pedition, who was there last month. The letter says Stefansson has gone back to Herschel Island off the mouth of Mackenzie river and intends . to start out immediately over the Arctic. Continuing the letter says: "Stefansson thinks that the explor ing ship Karluk which was blown from the vicinity of Point Barrow, Alaska, into the Arctic field during a blizzard Jast September, leaving Stefansson and three other scientists ashore, may forestall Captain Roald Amundsen in his coming attempt to drift across the' pole. The Karluk -is provisioned for five years and Stefansson seems to be of the opinion that she will be carried across the pole by the ice and come out north of Greenland if she es capes being crushed." MAN MOO Literacy Test Will Remain In Bw neit Inanimation Bill LAWYER PAID TO LOBBY FOR TOLL EXEMPTIONS By Associated Press. Washington, March 12.That he con tracted with . former Rear Admiral Bowles, president of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, for $1,000 and a contingent fee of $4,000 to work for toll exemptions for American coast wise ships in the Panama canal act wag declared today by Clarence W. DeKnight, a Washington lawyer, be fore the senate lobby committee. DeKnight said he knew of no or ganized effort at this time to fight re peal of the toll exemption clause and denied that he had written letters of warning to shipbuilding companies relating thereto. For his services in behalf of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company be fore the senate inter-oceanic canals' committee when the Panama canal act was under consideration, DeKnight said he was paid only $1,000, despite the fact that the toll exemption was included , in the bill. "Didn't you demand the $4,000 con tingent fee from President Bowles," Senator Overman asked. "Yes, I did after the bill was pass ed," DeKnight answered. "Well, why didn't Bowles give it to you?" asked Senator Reed. "I think the reason was because the bill did not go through in such a way that the Fore River Shipbuilding Com pany was to build some ships," said DeKnight. "Did your contract call for a con tingency whereby the bill was to in clude a provision whereby the govern ment was to contract for ships . in case the toll exemption was granted?" ed?" asked Mr. Reed. - "No, I don't thinks so,"- said -De Knight. "I don't exactly remember the contingency. I was to get the $4,000 if the bill went through a certain way. Anyway I know that Admiral Bowles' company didn't build the ships." ' The committee demanded that De Knight produce his contract with Bowles. He said he would do that later. Bowles Makes Denial. Boston, March 12. Rear Admiral Bowles, president of the Fore River Shipbuilding company, today denied that he had employed Clarence W. De Knight to work for toll exemptions for American coastwise ships in the Pan ama Canal act testified by DeKnight before the senate lobby committees at Washington. "I employed Mr. DeKnight in con nection with Section II of the Panama Canal act, which has to do with the jurisdiction of the interstate com merce commission over canal ship ping," the admiral said. "The pro vision concerning tolls is section five of the act and with this I had noth ing to do." ELMORE BEARDSLEY FOUND GUILTY. By Associated Press. Mayville, N. Y., March 12.-Edward Beardsley, the Summerdale outlaw farmer, charged with assault on J. W. Putnam, county overseer of the poor, was found "guilty as charged" today. Beardsley shot the officer when he entered Beardsley's home to remove his children from their squalid sur roundings. He then barricaded him self and defied the authorities for eight days. . TiHiTisT ES ARE MISSING By Asosciated Press. London, March 12. A dispatch to the Central News from Shanghai says two English women attached to the station of the China inland mission at Lao Ho-Kow In the province o Hu-Peh have been missing since that town was sacked and burned by bri gands yesterday. The two women are Miss E. Black and Miss J. Black. The China inland mission is a Brit ish missionary society with headquar ters in London. It was represented in Lao Ho-Kow by five persons. The brigands when they sacked the city killed Dr. T. Froyland, a Norwegian missionary and wounded several oth ers. There are 17 persons attached to Protestant missions in the city. Washington, March 12. Senator Jones of Washington, today introduced a constiuttional amendment to make the presidential vote the basis for rep resentation in congress in states de nying franchise to a part of its citi zens. Ml Maority of the Committee da Not Believe President Will Allow His Objection to That Feature Lead Him to Veto Bill. Senate Immigration Committee Decides to Report the Bill Favorably With the Much Discussed Literacy Test Re Feature to Lead Him to Veto Bill? , . By Associated Press. Washington, March 12. The much discussed literacy test will remain in the Burnett immigration bill when it is presented to the senate for action, his was decided today by the senate immigration committee wnich will re port the bill favorably. . It was suggested that the literacy test be omitted for fear of a veto but the. majority- of the committeemen did not believe the president would carry his opposition to that feature so far as to veto tne entire bill which contains much that he is known to favor. Senators Kern and Gronna of the committee, reserved the right to of fer amendments on the floor. Sena-, tor Kern is opposed to the test. The provision for American health inspectors on immigrant vessels leav ing foreign ports, to which Italy and some other governments objected, was changed to provide that immi grant vessels carrying persons sus pected of being deportable on ac count of disease may be detained af ter reaching port and . the euspected persons confined on board until their cases are determined. The provision for a head tax of $; was changed vo $6 for each unmar ried and $4 for." each married alien.. : Washington,- -March 42. :Final - con sideration of the Burnett immigration bill was undertaken today by the sen ate committee. The discussions center ed upon the literacy test, to ' which President Wilson is known to object, and involved ' the question of whether the provision should be eliminated from the bill as it passed the house, before it is submitted to the senate. Members of the committee were in clined today to support the literacy test irrespective of whether it may cause a veto of the bill. There were some indications, however, that after the measure reached the senate other restrictive provisions might be substi tuted, which would safeguard immi gration and at the same time would not invoke the presidents disfavor. STERILIZATION OF MENTALLY DEFECTIVE BOYS RECOMENDED. By Associated Press. New York, March 12. Sterilization of mentally defective boy pupils in iht public schools is recommended in . a report just made to the board of edu cation by a special committee after year of study. Chairman Isador Levy of the com mittee reported there were about 3,000 defectives in the schools. Only boys are considered in the report, which recommends that Governor Glynn b asked to appoint a commission tc study defectives and consider theii isolation and sterilization. Industrial and agricultural schools for the improvement of defectives are recommended. AVIATORS FELL INTO THE SEA. By Associated Press. Jaffa, Palestine, March 12. Nurl Bey died here today after he and at? other Turkish army aviator fell Into the sea. Their aeroplane broke down and they had made a rapid descent to the water where they managed to. ex tricate themselves from the machine and reached shore in an exhausted con dition. SENATE PASSES TOWNSEND BILL. By Associated Press. Washington, March 12. The Benate today passed the Townsend bill to ere ate a coast guard by consolidating the revenue cutter and life saving ser vices. The bill provides that the guard shall be a part of the military force, operating under the treasury depart ment in peace and with the navy in time of war. PRESIDENT TO SIGN ALASKA BILL By Associated Press. Washington, March 12. Arrange ments were made at the white house today for President Wilson to sign the Alaskan bill at 3 p. m. Members of the senate and house and Secre tary Lane, who worked for passage of the bill were invited to be pres i - -." . t 1 .1 C i i I ?! h h' -..- i. i I;:; I"'.1 i " t-." . - t V i n
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