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iUBCCIlIPTIOIT PJUCE: i 3X0 Villi YEAR. CIIAliLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1C07. ruic:: CHAEIOTTE ELK' MISSING 'GUXE I'ERRATi LOST. OFF TRAIN TIjO Delegation of Queea City Elks Arrives in Ptailndelphla Short One JiLan Fermi's Hat, Coat and Suit Case' Found la the Car, but There U No Trace of the Missing Man, Dtwplte the Efforts of Ills Brother rilks to Locate HimTelegrams to livery Station Between Greensboro 1 and Lynchburg Fall to Bring Any Information -The Missing Man station Accountant at the Southern Depot and a Native of Danville, Va. Special to The Observar, Philadelphia, FaV Julp 14. Eugene Ferral,' a member of the Charlotte Lodge of Elks, -who started forHhls city to attend .the Elks! convention, was lost off ' of Southern . Railway train No. 24 somewhere between Greensboro and Lynchburg. The seventeen other members of the dele gation who reached here in safety are much distressed over, the mys tery that surrounds his disappear ance, and Secretary Robert Simpson has sent telegrams to all the stations between Greensboro end ,' Lynchburg In an endeavor to And Wm, but without result. ' Ferral, who is a railway employe, was last seen ,; by his friends - Just after the train left Greensboro. He was In the first-class coach, having been unable to ' secure a' berth, and J. R. Northey Invited him to' share . his section, but Ferral declined. When the train reached Lynchburg it was found that the man', was inisslng. His hat, coat and suit case were fouifd ,oa his .seat, and in his coat pocket was his pocketbook, con taining his railroad pass and a con siderable' sum of money. These were taken charge of by Conductor Laird, who turned them over to the station .officials at Washington. The Char lotte delegation remained several hours In Washington, In hopes that 'Ferral would come in on No. 58,"'but When the train arrived without him the cither members came on to this tpw. ' v., ' Ferral is understood to have rela tives at Danville, ' and it -is thought possible that lie got off the train there, Telegrams to that place, how ever, have failed to bring any in formation regarding him. . ; Mr. Eugene Ferral Is station ac countant for the Southern ' Railway . at"" the Charlotte : depot" ' He lives With' Mr. C. W. Hunt, at 604 West ' Fourth street, and has been, here this time for '.the past 6 or 8 months, though he held a position with the Southein here- several ; years" ago. Danville,' Va.,' Is his home and he is about 31 years old. Ferral left here Saturday night with the - Charlotte delegation of Elks.",', i , . . "CONSIDERING! MEXICAN FLAX. President Weighing Proposals - That ltauroifd Question Be bolved by Its V Adoption Minister of finance at . Mexico ' City .Explains t'urdlnal . principles of the Pian. - Mexico City, July 14. Minister of Finance Jose xvers Llmantou, in an Interview with the correspondent of The Associated Press, discussed to- - day the report to the effect that Pres ldent Roosevelt had under consider ation the proposals that the railroad question in the United States be aolv- ' ed by. : the adoption of the - Mexican plan. - That the President has had such a suggestion vnaer consideration (or some time was made evident during the course of the interview when Minister Limatour declared that some months ago: while he was In Washing. ton both President Roosevelt and Bee rotary Root questioned him regarding the method by which the Republic of Mexico had gained control of its great .trunk. lines without (n any way caus ing the railroad companies or officials tto surrender any of their rights. v v 'The cardinal principle of 'the .Mexican plan' as you term It,',' said the minister, " Is the absolute divorc ing of railway control from pontics. The Federal power mostly exerts a controlling influence over the great trunk lines of the country by the nur- chase of a majority of' the stock of -the prlnolple lines of the . republic, ' Details are left to the directorate and the executive officers. ., . r . "Mexico does not want-, to control the railroads within her . domain. The' scope of the plan ofthe control only entertains the proposition that the ffovernment exercise a dominating Influence and be in a position to dic tate when an attemnt td'hrin nhmft unjust conditions, as to rates, makes It self -apparent. , We believe that this ; 0rt of control will be a success.", : ITALIANS FACE TRIAL TO-DAY. Ten Are Charged with Murder in Con. ' ncction with KidnsDlna and Ktmmr. ;; ling 8-Ynar-Old Lad of New OrteoJis -1 special session ol Court Secured and MUltla Placed at Disposal of euerin. : . . Hahnvllle, La., July 14. The small . iago oi .tiannviiie, consisting or a ii i courthouse, one store, i river io-morrow oecome ine scene of Louis lana's most important criminal trial in a decade. Although the Indictments, which cnarge 40 Italians with. murder, call only for ferreting out who kidnaped ana strangled waiter Lam an a, an 8 . year-old New Orleans boy a month ago, the real aim is the suppression of the Italian violence in this State. . Owing to the state of publia feeling, uovernor manonara has' secured a special session - session of the court and put the State militia, at the dia v posal of the sheriff of this parish, al ; though It now appears very unlikely that any militia will be needed. '"The leader of those to fee tried to morrow Is Ignaclo Campisciano, who revealed the crime after a. terrible sweating. 1 , Camplaclano'a wife. It Is alleged, helped shelter the men, Collagero Gen dusa, the third to be tried to-morrow. Is accused of having ' written ' the Bla-ck Hand letters in attempting to secure ransom aony uosta is cnarg ed with furntshins: the horse and wa. gott fe ftrry-'awsy the 'boyjk-;i- The prisoners will not be brought here until time for the trial to begin, QUIET AGAIN AT K0AK0KE FIVE IUOT LEADERS IN JAIL Nine Creek Restaurants, Three Shoe Shine Parlors and Two Shops Were Wrecked by the MobMayor, l'o llee Justice, Sergeant, Two Privates and Ensrlne'er ot Fire Department Hurt by Flying Stones, Latter Being Now on Crutches Half Dozen X. ii. I. Students Mere Armed to Pro tect Jail Corporation Court May . Con vene Special Grand Jury to In ? vestlgate Greeks Have -Employed Counsel and Consulate Has Been v 'Advised. ,"v'XrQ"'SC:-hC-i y;,::V Roanoke, Va.,' July 14. Roanoke is q.uiet to-day after four hours of riot ing, last night when a mob wrecked nine Greek restaurants, three Greek shoe shine parlors and . two Syrian shops. - The riot .was caused by a dispute about five cents ' between a Greek employed in the Belmont Greek restaurant on Salem avenue and an. American who went there to buy a sandwich. Seven places were wreck ed on Salem avenue, three on Jef ferson street, one on Nelson street and one on . Railroad avenue. Five men have been arrested and lodged In jail and one of them has been released on $250 bail for his appearance at the. hearing of the case in the police court next Thursday. None, of the GreeVs is under arrest. ' " ' At all of the wrecked places to-day the proprietors set to work clearing out the debris so as to be ready to re sume business. The Greeks have em ployed counsel to look after ther in terests and have called the attention of the Greek consulate la this country to he affair. ' While the disturbance was In pro gress last night Mayor Joel H. Cutch in. who was in the street begging the crowds to disperse, was struck on the legs and severely bruised by rocks, thrown by unknown parties. Flying stones also struck Police Justice J, R. Bryan, Police Sergeant Oyerstreet and Policemen Manning, King and Evans and Chief Engineer John Waggoner, of the Central Are department, Wag goner iM on crutches to-dayv The Are department was called out to throw water on the crowd and . when the hose was 'Unwound there were, cries of "Cut the hose!" and 'Shoot him." DnA man stuck a. ' knife in. the hose. but was dViven off by the big stream that was played on him. ; HARDWARE STORES GUARDED. The - mayor ordered the police to guard the hardware stores to prevent the mob from raiding those places in search of fire arms. The larger res taurants, which were elaborately fur nished with mirrors, had their inter, tor demolished. The only Greek places not wrecked were two large confection stores run ' by men not identified with- the-- restaurant bust U. 8.' District' Attorney Thomas 1 Moore, to-night when . asked if he would take any action in the matter of -the rioting, said that the case is not covered by the .Federal statutes as no- conspiracy Is charged. The procedure would be for the offended Greeks to appeal to their government, which would then apply to the Unit ed State, for proper protection and the Wellington government referr ing the matter to the Governor of Vlr. glnia. James D. Johnston,: counsel for the Greeks, to-night made the (ol- lowing statement: "The Greeks haje confidence in the sense of fairness and Justice of the Roanoke people and believe they will be reimbursed for the damage they have sustained. . -Nicholas George, head of the Greek colony, to-night said he had referred the matter to D. N. Botess, Greek consul general at New York, with the request that he take It up with the Washington authorities. George de clares that it has not been decided whether the Greek restaurants will be reopened. He says, that unless they re sruaranteed protection he will go with ; his Jawyer to Washington and make an effort to obtain protection. t MAYOR ISSUER STATEMENT. In an official signed statement to night Mayor Joel H. Cijtchin says the "regrettable occasion of lat night, when nine : Greek restaurants ; and three Greek shoe . shine parlors and one or two Syrian shops were attack ed and wrecked by a mob of several hundred people, ? has; bsought the blush of shame to every good citizen of Roanoke.!,.,,.; . .. .. ;, The mayor says the riot occurred soon after midnight when, the city was in semi-darkness, the police force of seven men scattered over the city without any faculty-for concentrating them at the scene, and that the three officers - nearest the point of attack were unable to cope with' the crowd. The mayor and chief of police were quickly summoned, but meantime the mob had Increased to over 1,000. Fol lowing repeated efforts to disperse the mob a fire hose was lurried on them to scatter them "so . the police could get to work," and meantime, says the mayor's statement, atones and bricks were thrown Into the various places wrecked, scattered over several city blocks.' .w ...,. The mayor adds that it was Impos sible to find any one who did the throwing, the crowd showing a dispo sition to - shield each other. Citizens volunteered to aid the police, but It was impossible to avail of their ser dces for lack of equipments ' ' J STUDENTS : PROTECT THE JAIL. Half a doxen Virginia Military In stitute students were furnished with riot guns to protect the Jail- ' Two of the day policemen reported for duty. making nine men In all and the cnlef of police soon had arrested and lock ed up every one inciting to violence and disorder. Police cleared the streets and the city was again quiet. There Is no , resentment against the Greeks on the part of the city govern ment or any of the law-abiding citi zens of Roanoke. " The city govern ment will continue to offer the Greeks every protection In, its power and the proper reparation will no doubt be made for any damage sustained .by those wno nav suffered at the hands of the mob. No further disturbance will , be permitted. None of the Greeks suffered any bodily violence. - The restaurant" Keepers win open for business again to-morrow. A most vigorous prosecution of the par ties now under arrest and any who j may. be later, apprehended will be In stituted. The judge of the corpora tion cdurt will be asked to convene a Naval Reservist, Believed to be' Suf fering From Mania of Persecution, Fires Two Shots Point Blank at Um French President, Returning to Palace From Review of Garrison of Parla President Cool and Col lected and Orders Cortege to Move On Police With Difficulty Prevent Crowds From Lynching Prisoner Would-Be Assassin Gives Only "Rambling Explanation, Saying He Believed Magistrate Would , Do Nothing to Remedy 'His Wrongs, Paris. July 14. Tha national feate to-day was marred by a dastardly attempt on the life of President Fal Heres by Leon Maille. a naval re servist, of Havre, who, it Is believed, is suffering from the mania of Per secution. Maille fired two shots at the President, but did not hit him. He was at once placed under arrest on account of the activity the anti-militarists, who tried to organize a demonstration agalnsv the": army throughout Franca to-day, excep tional ' precautions ' wet taken to safeguard President FalUeres. The attempt on his life '? occurred ' on Avenue des Champs-Elysees, while the President was returning to f the raiace rrom Longchamps, where - he had reviewed the garrison of Parir in the presencevof 260,000 enthusiastio people. Premier Clemenceau and M- Lanes, the President's secretary, were . (with the, President in his landau, which was escorted by a squadron of cuirassiers.' The carriage had safely emerged from -i the ; Bois de j Boulogne, where the :f? anti- militarists had stationed themselves with the Intention of hooting the soldiers, and was . descending the broad Champs-Elysees amid- the ac clamations of the crowds thronging the sidewalks, who were shouting Vive Fallieres!" "Vive :k r Armee V when at the corner of Leseeur street Maille, from the curb, fired two. shots point blank at the President in quick succession. Miraculously, no one was hit. , " ' . ' CROWD CLAMORS FOR PRIS ONER. . f PiA1Afttif . 1a11lAfA biaY Anil collected when the cortege stopped, Th Alnlntnota whn . vafa . fMlnurinflr the. President's landau aljhted from ineir . carnages ana numea to u Bide of ' M. Fallieres. : Finding that nnhnilo Vinil , Koan In In rod hv thu Pwsldent's orders, the cortege moved Uallt hi maAa nn ntglBtnnno hilt the police with difficulty prevented the irate crowds from lynching the prisoner, until a cordon of reserves came up and conducted him to the station. There Maille refused to give AMHMHa. VllM nnl BK.In.l '.J,.'. txity rvaaviis uir vi, ;u; "The ' revelations I have are so grave and serious that X will only miik a them before a magistrate for transmission to the chief of State. It la a matter between the government and me. i am1 me vicum oi many vlllanies." RAm. Af tTin wltnesseii nt the shoot. ing said that Maille fired In the' air. It is believed that the man partici pated In ' the recent seamen's strike and that his mind had been unhinged lm hnnlfit orlaVfintlflH. If is believed also, that he aided la the revolutionary agitation ' or ine general iBuemuuu nt ihni and fh antl-milltarlsts. There is no reason to suspect a plot. as Maille only arrived here from Rouen last night. " ONLY A RAMBLING STATEMENT. Mama nnnAArnA before an f ex amining magistrate to-night and the authorities omy succeeuea in ex tracting from him a rambling state mnnt fthnnt family toersecutioh di rected against him. ' It was In order to draw public attention to his griev ances,, he saia, tnai . no urea wm shots. The prisoner terminated the examination by announcing his ; In tention to give no further explana tions, as he believed the magistrate would do nothing to remedy his wrongs. v "President Fallieres has received numerous telegrams of congratula tions from the rulers of many coun tries on his lucky escape. . The attempt on the Mfe of President Fallieres probably will strengthen the government's intention to put a stop to the " anu-mmiariBia yi-vwus, rSiK nircndv in demorallsins: the army and becoming a menace to the republic. " Thirty-nine ring leaders were ar rested to-day for hissing soldiers Who were returning from , the review. Other arrests were m" " Place de La Concorde, where the League of PatrioU held their annual ceremony. ., . ROTjAND CASE FRIDAY, ; Habeas Corpus Hearing Before Judge Cook criticism oi jueieuannis ai torneys for Certain Procedure. , . ine xiuiiaumu ouuuiug, - Raleigh, July 14. Tt. ! learned that the State has for ty-five witnesses In the Rowland poi soning case which comes up before Judge Cook under habeas corpus pro ceedings here nt Friday. . Rowland's uttnrneva exoress . entire- '.confidence that he and his wife will be granted ball - There is some comment on ine action of Rawland's attorneys In thus InstltuUng habeas corpus: proceedings instead of making a mention before Judge Long in the court now here for admission to bail, juage Long is to try the case in September, ; There Is t,A antn comment on the a-olnsr out Of n a. 4iii1ff tn hear the hnhna Ifeorpus case. ?,When the Chief justice is here. Counsel lor ine aeiense say they have but flve witnesses and evi dently think the State has a weak case.' . , Mother Gives Child Strychnine and commits buiciuo. Ilawklntvllle. Oe., July 14.-Eirht miles Kinney, a young wife, alter some words of difference with tier husband, swallow ed a dose of strychnine after giving some to her 2-year-old daughter. She then told her husband of It, who treated it . 4v finnn. hnwftvor. mnlVior anil child died la great agony. She was 22 years old. , special grand Jury to thoroughly in vestisrate the matter. Acting on the suggestion of Mayor Cutchtns, the pastors of the different churches of the city to-night request ed their congregations to exert every possible influence to prevent any fur ther disturbance, ', It was ; rumored, thouflfti not believed, that the friends of the men sow in jail charged with participating ia. the riot.. would ,to-r night make an attempt to rescue them. . . ' j - .. ASSASSINS BULLET WILD FALLIERES HAS A CLOSE CALL THE ELK SIN PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION OPENS TO-NIGHT Visitors Tendered Reception and Taken on Slght-Scelng Tours as Prelim Inarp to Formal Opening Discarding of Elk's Tooth aa Kmblcta of Order One ' of Im portant Matters to be Taken fp Steps to bo Taken to Prevent Mem bers of Colored Organization From ; Styling Themselves - r "Elks" Special Free Entertainments and Excursions During the Week Ar ; ranged for the Visitors, . 1 ,;. Philadelphia, Pa., July 14. Mem bers of the Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks swarmed this city to-night and the streets are filled with visitor Though the grand lodge convention and annual reunion will not be under way until to-morrow, upwards of 20,000 Elks have en rolled their names at the official registration bureau since Saturday. During the ' day delegations from Mobile,? St Louis, Atlanta. - Waco. Tex., Columbus, O., Evansvllle, Ind., Alton, in.,. Florence, a' u.i Kenosha, Wls. Santa Fe, N. M., Lancaster, O., Bennington, Vty Milwaukee, Omaha and New York, arrived, and each train brings many additional delega tions, 1 , - . . As a preliminary to the convention the Philadelphia Elks held , a recep tion at their home to-day. .Many of the visitors, were also taken on sight- BQuing tours. .. - ;,,' ..:: , The convention will formally ooen to-morrow night, : when- the visitors will be welcomed by Mayor Reyburn on oenaif of the city and by, repre sentatives of the Philadelphia and State lodges. -The first grand lodge business session will open on Tues day at 11 o'clock. Other sessions will be held Thursday and Friday. : On Wednesday morning there will be a - parade of massed bands and the parade of. lodges will take place on Thursday,, at which time it is of ficially estimated that from 20,000 to 30,000 Elks will be in the procession. me - new constituuon of the or ganization, adopted at the last an nual session of the grand lodge, '.will go into effect on Tuesday and under it some. Important matters will- be Brought up for consideration at the present session., i The discarding? of the elk's tooth as an emblem of the order, though it has never been ah official emblem, Is one of the Important matters that will be taken- up. The destruction of the elks to secure the teeth, the foisting of cheap Imitation elks' teeth upon members of the fra ternity at excessive prices are among the causes that -led to the agitation. The election of deletraten will also take place for the first time under a new system. Lodges of the even numbers will in the future elect dele gates on the even years and lodges of the odd numbers will elect In the odd year, so that delegates will be elected for two years, whereas In the present they have been elected each year. .,,.. Another matter - that will be brought up fordlscussion Is that re lating to the colored Elks, The Elks ooject to the colored organization etyling themselves "Elks" and r will take steps to protect the name In court, if necessary. - under the . new constitution the Elks will have a court before which they can settle their difficulties. Should there be no hitch, five Jus tices will be elected to the court, which will e known as the Grand Forum,. During the entire week of the con vention there will be special enter tainments and excursions given for the, visitors in this and surrounding puuses. -Ail oi tnese wm be free to tlje members of the fraternity.. SPECIAL SERVICES AT RALEIGH. Completion of New Baptist Sunday ecnoot jfoom signalized by Special Services Services at Presbyterian Sunday school. - Observer Bureau, The Hollaman Building, Raleigh, July 14 The completion of the new Sunday school room at the ; First Baptist church was made the occasion of a public service at which over twelve hundred :, were present. ? Addresses were made by Governor Glenn and N. B. Brougljton. All Sunday schools here were represented. There was another notable Sunday School meeting at the . Presbyterian church this afternoon at which all the schools had special reports. The open- ing prayer was by Rev, Dr. N. B. Bum. pas. Addresses were made by . Rev, Dr. J. C Masses and N. B. Broughton on their visit to Rome and the Inter' national Sunday School Association. There Is a proposition for this to meet at Wilmington three years hence and to then raise 110.000.000 for the work A Sunday school ship is next year to make the tour or the world. There was an address by Rev. Dr. Moment of the Presbyterian church, and Rev. Dr. Daniel Albright Long praonounced the benediction. - s ROBERTSON BILL EFFECTIVE Nineteen Life' Insurance Companies . Withdraw from Texas as Iiexult ' Names of Companies . and, Taxes rau. , San Antonio, Tex., July 14 The Robertson insurance rbill . became ef festive, to-day and 19 life , Insurance companies have withdrawn from the State as result. , The . 43 companies together with the amount of tax paid Texas on the business dono in this State during 1909 are: - Columbia National, Boston, tiii: Des Moines Life, Des Molnc,' Iowa, $498. Fidelity Mutual, Philadelphia, tt.BVi; noma i-aie, new xorit, 12,7812 Manhattan Life, New York, 14,725: Massachusetts Mutual, Springfield, Mass., f 1,890; Mutual Benefit, New ark, N. J $8,78?;; Mutual Life, New York, I27.0B7; National Life, Montpe ller,? Vermont,' Hlf. New ; York Life, New York. I40.6S7: Northwestern M i- tual, Milwaukee, $7,971 Pennsylvania Mutual. Ftitiaaeipnia, i7.s4. Pruden tlal, .Newark, N. J., 12.144: Reliance Life, Pittsburg, Pa, f 194; Security Mutual, Ijnghamton, ;N. Y,i 17,194; Travelers Insurance, New York, $3, 458; Union Mutal, Portland, Mo., fi,. 163: Washington ure, jvew York. tx. (87: Wisconsin Life, Madison, Wis., 8190. Five Japs Arrested While Attempting jo j'.utcr AexBtt, San Antontot Tex. July 14. The Immlgratlno Inspectors at Laredo, on the Mexican border, arested five more Japanese near Green Station yesterday making their way Into the State through the brutfh. This makes 18 In all that have recently been arrested. All of thorn will he sent In charge , of an oilicer to San Francisco for depor tation to japan. iiEPOBT A C1UT1CAL REVIEW SECOND OF CIVIC COMMISSION Two of Writers on Public Ownership Criticize Severely the Jlunlelpul . Plants Examined, While Two . Others Find Much to Favor Vice President Clark, United Gas Im provement Company, Philadelphia; lTesldent Edgar, of Edison Electrle and Illuminating .Company, Bos ' ton; President Parsons, National : Ownership League, Boaton, - and Superintendent Bemls, Cleveland, O., Water. Works , Committee Named to Compile Report. New York, July 14. The experts acting for the Civic Federation Mu nicipal , Ownership Commission have completed their reports, and a criti cal review of the results of their ex aminations to the United States was made public to-day by the commis sion, ;-. This review is by a commit tee appointed by the commission. Tw oi tne writers, Walton Clark, .vice president of Ihe United Gas Improve ment Company, of Philadelphia, and Charles I Edgar, president of the Edison Electric and Illuminating Com pany, of Boston, criticize severely the municipal plant examined, while two other writers, Prof. Frank. Parsons, or Boston, .president of the National Public Ownership League, and Ed ward W. Bemls, superintendent of the (uieveianu, unio, water works, . nnd mucn to ' favor tn municipal plants which (were 'investigated. .Separate reviews of British . municipalization will be made publls later. Messrs. Clark and Edgar concur tn the statement that the inquiry of the committee both irom the standpoint oi tsnjisn and American experience, more especially the latter, lias shown that "where municipal ownership has been removed from the realm of pm- losophlo discusrion and put to the test' of actual experience it has failed in gloriously." The belief is - expressed by these gentlemen that the "few en thusiasts" who still advocate munici pal owenershlp "will soon be v con vinced by the logic of events, and turning their energies to other things will through them realize their am bitions of usefulness to their fellows." Professor Parsons and Mr. Bemls, on the other hand, take a most hopeful view as to municipalization, declaring that the failures of municipal owner ship are insignificant compared to tne failures of, private ownership, either in number or Importance. "It Is not public ownership but private owner ship," Professor Parsons says, "that Is responsible for our periodia crises and the ruin of our Industries." AS to the fitness of American cities to man age business affairs, many of them, he says, have clearly proved their fitness, and the rest can be made fit. "It Is not impossible," ihe adds, "that the elimination of the public service cor poration through public ownership is one of the things that would do more to ihelp alcn? the process of making our cities fit" Mr. Bemls believes that the greatest reason for the strength of the municipal ownership movement lies In the relations of the publlo ser vice corporations with the state and local governments, which, relations he declared are destructive of -political punityv democracy and free institu tion In this same conneotion Mr. Edgar and Mr. Clark take the view that the evil of building up political machines with city employes as a basts exists now to a degree In Amer ican municipalities and that the dis astrous effects would be much greater if the many gas, electrical and street railway, employes were added to the present number of -city officeholders. Professor Parsons expresses the con viction that municipal ? ownership would develop a higher class of mu nicipal administrators. He denies that public ownership would destroy Indi vidual initiative, and says that "a Gladstone or a Roosevelt can find as muoh room for Individual Initiative In the service of the avople as the president Of a street railway or light ing system can find in the service of his company." EXPERT INVESTIGATION. The ; reports reviewed by Messrs. Clark and Edgar, on the one side, and Messrs. Parsons and Bemls, on the other, aggregate almost one million words and were made to the Publlo Ownership Commission of the 'Nation al civM Federation by technical ex perts, engineers, accountants and sta- ftltlcians who visited and thoroughly inquired into prevailing conditions in a large number of public and private enterprises in the United States and Great Britain. The scope ot the in quiry included the following subjects: Franchises ox private corporations; Publlo supervision of . municipalities; history of municipal ownership: ef fect of publlo and private managa- ment -upon: comical conditions; con ditions of labor; character of service; price of service; Lost of service: econ omy of management; improvement tn service and methods; financial results. In order that the Inquiry mlgnt be thoroughly Impartial, it was the al most invariable rule, in the selection ofjaaerts-ACLiallow, with, regard to each of the four -publlo utilities with in the scope of the investigation, each ofthe two, leading elements of the committee, en - pros - ana ine "anus ' an expert of Its own choice; and In the work of examining each plant, a representative of the one side worked with the expert of the other. AMERICAN (AND FOREIGN PLANTS EXAMINED. - The following American plants were visited ana examined; : Publics Wheeling, W. Va,; Rich mond, Va.; HoJoke, Mas.; West- Prlvate: Atlanta Gas Light Co., At larrta, Ga,; City Gas Co. Norfolk, Va.: United Gas Improvement Co., Phila delphia, Fa.; Fitchburg Gas and Else- trio Co., Fitchburg, Masa; Beverly Gas and ElectrK Co., Beverly, Mass, WATER. . Public; Cleveland, O.; Chicago, IlL Syracuse, rf. i. Prlvater (New Haven Water Co., New iiavenj vonn.; maianapoii wat er Co., Indianapolis, Ind. ELECTRIC; LIGHTING AND POWER ; Public: Chicago, III.; Allegheny. Pa.; South Norwalk, Cona.j Detroit, Mich.; .? Danvers, Mass.; . Holyoke, Mass.; Westneid, Mass. ; Marblehea J. Mass.; ; Peabody, Masa; Taunton, Maes.; unicopee, Mass.; worth Attle boro, Mass. . private: Northampton V. Electric Light Co., Northampton, Mass.; Fitchburg uas ana Eiectrio co., Fitch burg, Mass.; Salem Electric Co., 8a lmn, Mass.; Beverly -Gas and FJoctrU Co., Beveny, Mass.; uaraner Eiectrio LigM Co., Gardner, Masa; Ablngton and Rockland ? Eiectrio a Light and Power Co., Ablngton, Masa; Attleboro Bteam and Eieotrlo Co., Attleboro, Mass. THE REVTEW BY MR. EDOAR AND MR. CLARK. vMr...Eilgar and Mr. Clark ecres In anrttitn forth tiLimAixma cilf.M',l itina &t l municipalization, a very Important 6 DEAD; 20 MET IN WRECK FAST TRAIN HITS SWITCH ENGINE All of Dead Negroes of Party of 20 Being Brought from Alabama to Tills State White Labor Agent in , Clutrgo Probably , Fatally Injured, Several Members of Crew and All Negroes Sustaining Some Hurt Hostler in Charge Reverses Switch - Engine and Jumps to Safety En ' glne of Passenger, Baggage, Mail . and Second-class Cars Tarn Over, But Shifter Sticks to Rails, Start . ing on Wild Hun Under Full Steam, Being Ditched at Thrown Switdi. i Knoxvllle, Tenn., July 14 A long distance telephone message ' to The Journal and Tribune from Johnsqn City says: . -. - i ' Six persons met Instant death and 20 were injured when eastbound ves tibuled train No. 42 on the Southern Railway collided with a switch . en gine one mile west of Johnson : City at - 7:30 o'clock to-night The switch engine was in charge of a hostler. who, when he saw the fast passenger coming toward, Jiim, reversed hi en gine and jumped to safety, Scarcely had be done so when the passenger crashed into ; the. .light ; engine with fearful force.- The engine of the pas senger, baggage, mall car and second class coach were derailed and over turned, but the switch engine was not lilted from the rails and with run head of steam started on a wild run which was not ended until a . switch was thrown for it and it was ditched at Carnegie. ' - . The lives of the malt clerks were saved because . of the fact that their car was of heavy steel construction This heavy car; however, played havoc with the light second-class coach be hind, which was entirely telescoped. The .second-class coach was occupied by George Moore, white, a labor agent for the Virginia & Southwestern Rati road, who was conducting a party of 20 negroes from Alabama to North Carolina. Moore was perhaps fataUy nun, ana oi the negroes . six i were killed outright and all others maimed and injured. The list of victims fol lows: The dead: , SIX UNINDENTIFIED NEGROES. The injured are: Engineer Sam Bush, of Knoxvllle, slight Injuries; F. O. Snipe, Knoxvllle, mail clerk, seri ously injured; Archeola Moore, mall cdlerk, one leg slightly hurt; George woore, lanor agent, badly crushed, perhaps fatally hurt Physicians from the (National Sol diers' Home at Johnson City were first upon tne scene. Relief trains were sent to the wreck from both Knoxvllle and Bristol. one being that In several British it les which have tried publlo owner ship, It has been found that the or ganization or municipal workmen constitutes a serious threat 1 ao-ninn the municipality Itself M and Mm a result the disfranchisement of citv mnpioyes is oein seriously considered in. England. 'Were muni I pal employ es of this country to organii , under extended city control of public till tie the writers declare the remain ing voter would find themselves be neath "a tyranny of democracy which is no less . gauing . to the individual oppressed and no less detrimental to the welfare of the state than is the tyranny of a despot." The remedy proposed m OEngiand. dlaf ranch se- ment 4s declared to be "unthinkable" in the United States. Under nubile ownership of -public utilities, it Is de clared, tnose in control of the gov ernment are submitted to continuous temptations; first through the oppor tunity to build up a political machine, with the city employe as a basis, and second, through the opportunity to unduly favor contractors, with the ex pectation .of either financial or polit ical benefit to themselves; , i "There la little shout municipal trading to attract men of the first class." Mft Edgar and Mrs- Clark unite in saying, "We have not (found evi dence In the United States that the Sersonnel of the city government of hdcago (referring to Mayor Dunne's administration) or Wheeling Is supe- Tier to that Of Atlanta or Norfolk, or that tne introduction or municipal water and eiectrio plants In Detroit (has brought a higher type oi oltizen ship into the governing body than we nnn in wtw iiaven, wnrcn has neitn- er."""-"; -r.'.-cs:- uj. v -- OAS UNDERTAKINGS Three American gas plwnts were ex amined by the Investigating commit tee and - experts. Thvse were at Wheeling, wliere the plant Is operat ed by the city, and Atlanta and Nor folk, where there is private ownership and operation. In addition the committee-visited the Philadelphia gas works and the labor investigators vis ited the Richmond, Va. gas works. HAs tfl the price charged the consu mers, (t was found to be 7 cent per thousand feet net at Wheeling, tl net at Atlanta and fl net at Norfolk ihe municipal plant, thus- selling at the lowest price. , To offset this, however. Messrs. Edgar and Clark point ou t that in Atlanta thore la free installa tion of service, at Norfolk partially rree installation, wmie at Wheeling charge is made for the service cine from the curb to the meter and for the setting of the meter. - - In comparing the publlo and pri vate gas service, the reviewers say: "If we consider together the price the Wheeling- consumer pays for gas and the character of the service ren dered, we may not doubt that he gets lees of net result per dollar expended than does the ga consumer in Atlan ta or Norfolk. Low and varying pres sure, uncertain candle power influ enced at times by a dash of natural gas (at Wheeling)' will bring troubles to studying children that, while not factors tn financial calculations, have a proper place in this inquiry- Wheel ing's gas plant I not an important factor in tne weu-oemg ox Wheeling's citizens. What with fast meters, charges for service and meter eettlnr. absence of any gratuitous work, the admixture or ls-cent l-candle power natural gas, insufficient and irregular pressure, and general inefficiency In the complaint department. Wheeling gas is a -dear commodity at any price. Our expert found nothing to praise In Wheeling's service and little to crit icise in the service of the companies at Norfolk and Atlanta. ' r - j In genera, It may be said, so far as condition of plant and operating effi ciency 1 concerned, there couM not well be a worse condition or affairs than the engineers report as existing st Wheeling. In the other two dtie the record regarding condition of plant, and - regarding i the various points; of practice mentioned above in the case ox waeenng, while It "con tains a few points of criticism, t on the wliola satisfactory. .In Voth cases (Continued On Page Three.) - NEW TEUSX-LUS1IXG IDI.1 RECEiVEKsinp msY's stju ri: Assistant to the Attorney General Put zled His Brain for Many Days tn Hit Upon the ovel l'ro'Tt fur Dusting an Octupus or Two ViUliout Hurting Anybody or Puttier Any. body in Jail A Suggestion Uirown Dramatically up to the Courts, .. Which Most People Believe t' Courts Will Simply Deay la Prosecution of the American Tobao- co Company a Good Time to Pro. mulgate the New Idea and Impress the People. L 1 ; ' The Observer Bureau, ; 1417 O Street N. W.. ,. Washington, July 14. The idea of appointing receivers for those trusts which are operating in, violation of the anti-trust laws origin ated in the Inner circles of the Depart- some means by which the administra tion can relieve the present great clam or coming from the people for the enforcement of the anti-trust law and at the same time not bust any trusts outright or put anybody in jail. v The Assistant Attorney General as well as the Attorney General himself have all been fat work for many months trying, to devise something which would bring about the desired result and give the President an opportunity to be the real and only trust-buster withoutt busting anything. , ; i Mr. MUton D. Purdy, assistant to. that A tfflPn llAManat im stMJB Af ftrtatv chief officials who have devoted days and night to studying the ways ct making a noise about busting trusts, and he is commonly believed to have devised the receivership, - idea, which, the President readily and greedily grasped. Whether Mr. Purdy really, did it or not is not known, for what ever other Ideas Mr. Purdy may have evolved since he has been in hi pres ent position, there is one which be long to him exclusively and which he has consistently followed up; that is the Idea of being rude whenever, oc casion offers to newspaper men, and not allowing them to know what great Ideas he la, evolving. He Is very en thusiastic about this new scheme of appointing receiver for ail the trusts In the country, however, end with the Idea of getting it before the publlo as. a Vicnuuu v mw vnu 4iv una wiiuv" t scended to, make a few more or less committal remark. He and the oth-. ers in the administration who have dls--covered and advertised the new cure for, the trust evil profess to believe that the court can legally appoint a recelyep - for the ' American Tobacco Company upon the petition of the government, which has no official in terest in the com Dan v. but thev have in reality little hope that any such re" no preparations for a general appoint ment of receiver. . h'tlt-t suggejstlon'thrown quite 4r. magically up to the courts, which It I generally .expected that the courts will either ignore or decline to accept; but as this is a : time ., when something further i needed to be done ,n or&et to Impress the people with the Idea that the administration Intends to do something terrible to the trusts, and there . was nothing else to do except to prosecute somebody, why then the Idea was seized on as a sort of time saver or;as a last resort -f:;i Mr. purdy and his associates have been poring over all sorts of law book to find some possible warrant for such an action on the part of the court it 1 true, and as of course law can be found for any contention, they have some precedents to cite, especially the cases of some western mining com panies for which the courts have aD- pointed receivers ; because the mine were being operated to the prejudice of the general good. The administra tion will urge this idea before tha court In the tobacco company ' case with all its might ag It Is considered a test, and in preparation for a fight along this line the President the At torney General and the entire force of the Department of Justice are working up their enthusiasm. But few here abouts seem resjly to believe that any thing is going to come of tt except a possible decree from the court deny ing the petition. ZACH MoGHEE. CHARLIE KRIDER STILL BflSSIXO MwHi Mystery Snrroonds Where abouta of Lexington BoyCotton - Mill Lads Sent to Jail for Bnek- Ing" a New Boy Metal Bed Fao- tory to IJqulBte. , Special to The Observer, . . .1. Lexington, July 14. Because ' they were too rough In the practice of 'bucktng" the last boy out of the mill at closing time, four small boys, operatives of the Nokomta Cotton Mills, were up before the ' mayor yesterday, and In default of payment of IS each and costs, were committed to the county jail. . It seems that the offense took place about a week ago. and ' the boy who ,ras ' bucked" has been confined ever since. - Some say his injury wa not caused . by the "bucking," which was 'bnly an Inno cent cuBtom of the boys,' while other report 1 say that j he : wa , roughly used. At the trial the witnesses stated that It was usual among the small boys when closing time came to make a "dash for the door, and the last one out wa put through an exercise v called "bucking," there being no Intent to do any Injury. . Much mystery "still surrounds the whereabout of Charlie Krlder, v h disappeared ' about v June 12th. No new fact have developed during the past week, though the police nave exhausted every avenue of Informa tion. Blasting In the creek n r Finch' Mill, where Krtdor and co -panlons were last seen fishing, l resulted In finding ; no trace of t missing man. Two ef Krlder com panions on this fishing trip are gon The third one is still here, but ov -serves complete stlence on this sir -ject It Is rumored that someth sensational may come out soon. V The; Lexington , Metal i Red C -pany, through its board of dlrect,: , has decided to liquidate. This s- j is made necessary on account of tis mistakes made in formes manage ment of the business. On behalf ct the creditors;, Jude Justine has pointed Wade II. Phillips. I'. : . temporary receiver for the com-,-. -. The indebtedness H estlinitf'i i-. 111,000, assets at $10,000. The c pany has a paid-in capital of 112. 000, and has been running about two yeara The loading etovkhoi.w- say : that ' they mill rorgan!:ti. t': eompAnv nd --continue t?' '-' j'il ut t. ca l....tt. tratghtencd out
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