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... . r - k i r V. ' i J- -. I - to:;e seciei 'sums X. 0V pRlCE t $3.00 A YEAR. ; CHARLOTTE, N. X THURSDAY MORNING, JUNJJ 10, 1909. v PRICE- FIVE CENTS. - '" . V v. - - liiii J n lH-sY ' f 777 . 'Mir a, -- iBlN DOWN - ' . .re OYER i6 he l'tn 01 i'lu,l:"V line ot ttoe - June S ' nf ,hls com !ha com4' I tinner, no .. j, on the JJM moment, and th K d the sermon ,i)o pr-4' r-, . t0 remain audience after hew- fLfcrt to say 11 did not turn lr'a' v other man u r" 4,h;;'''Uith theKre- V" . h.. man ,., man on tM on th -h.m we would When . ,pPUu.-e. I ,M.an. who Va SO ement Htr from his r.t h -a '"tain kind of K, n, certain quar- 7f ', T. .omathln i hi'" gentleman ta,,;,;:v r !,e.i over and that CO - Pardon me, dear CT-id r...t ,,',-n '""Hr' ......... order, v you. order.' When W Doer if 1 Kim.nl me torn lake r . . ...I t, -triev uiu not was the- f ... .fn'f iff ijipiii.v. us (,, was ii.h rta,h..h he Knt It Oft COn-V..-n.e for a ahorl Mime. 'riot is a sMinrsi." of the ad- JJLU'KS ADDIIESS. ,. nr.mlltv V- This que- cgnrd ;'e .ally with the re fjtbe psi lhl' present and l m tiie tio-ine of the ad- . tt Ur. Bl.c k In-re to-daj. it.cii:fK.- 'au only teach nttit qmstions," said Dr. , "J la u. f at her cn best it wpacity and ability of a ij the quet i otis lie uaka rather lj his answers. The mark of u in enormous question jt it & i-nil.il age. We try to anlaiio.'i tiflweetii the original kt tradu:onal. Tlie country had ,Miu linn UK", of classifying nfla mi" LroinMes and sul l Thf ST"Riiiie as the one to jou i.ways ' xiiected him to St remark. in. a 'It is not the in toiVr no-, but the humld 4tit.no:,here.' What he say ijfcL Th.- Miljihides are the il k. "T they think they Tiej i.i- ff-at nleasure in do liBP that ill shork you. They Wmorf oftn ilian they shock, pod te.-t nf the truth Is to unl it H Think "f a world of orlg B woui 1 hr a ma.d-house. To rtbe oriina.ls e must have the iopil. Thire mutit he a terminus lit-il a ad quern for It is nditicaa; wl.uh conserves the a Everv i,,.v thing Is based m This college is the re dome mans thought In the Tke true point is when we can "the pas: ami hold out the I lor the future. Blttam. Iitf-rature and poll-lUi(f!dm- thing Your con- th,.- ri-s lit of a great i Of (reedoin. Vet often we "1 th.s is i ni' ii.K e. In educa lilwas a t'.sht between the "Wind tne crisinal. Some of Wy that they stress both, hird to ij The moment we . 0M e , rush the other. Af 'Juotinn ... niy tne iearn--JMtoU,, r )ui,. fo)d U8 We !d"'h'.l tr .n, the past. ' s. m thinker who. van't alwaya !- i I'-n; and tinis t., v question Bu rn ust learn - four without "-'.'i- must learn .t is tihA -ftrt' K th. .. I fool u a- h-r Also in re a: nl absurd to think the past This k to '"" '-eh, but it 1 IL;... Experience &m i . Ptu , . , "en ortngs VssILry r I,n '1 uuestion. what I' ' ''!'iin Dlaxlarism. plagiarism, 5 Th" " ''''i are in a sense ;l ' -' of words is ::ti;.v elves old 17 tti: ? Pin.' -Iriowe, his sto- ar.d whole plays r. .. '"'V 'Pre no mnrn kla l V:-h,h Burn. sang. " T.t . :olk ons o' the n 'T t51" because jt 0d and brought OUt rhf0 rh'8 ' rood, but 1 ' ;- ,0 become con. ty Vnd,fnt'0naJlty k , , ' Prosaic. The ;f,'8m" vo swlnjr a c,.'... b,;c 0Pinion. Ttoese In th. nA.i. ww , t ( "rue noveu tai . . " wnt to write. 2 c rrh peat the past. I); r chd,ne ome of ,e p'Ple have got to i Tu I . B re- t . 'me experience Prayer is p.jt arnount to KJl Ion. . . . nofh- f"-..;:1 "'me nf tk. .. . W1' far 1ngInJ People U,e f the real things. !t. w theories about he realltied, tut the facta remain the 'same.-.- v.-- "W . , THE GRADUATING CLASS. - Jitter the addreas came the confer ring of the derre. Thevxlas of 1909 number SI, it young men and 11 young" ladies going' to the rostrum this morning for the degree of bachelors of art and from, now henceforward and forever they are A-B.'s, women and ' alf 'or Trinity did not add oil th' degree of spinsters of art wh some years ago she built the Wom an's. Building. Following Is a list of the graduates and their homes: Bmsley Annfield. Monroe: James fWiUi Bagby, Montezuma; Iva Leland Barden. Durham; Blaanle Emmie Berry.; Durham; Curtis Lee Bivens, Monroo; Lawrence EUey Slanchard, Hertford; Marcellus Arnold Briggs, Durham; Pearl Leola Brlnson, Golds boro; John Nelson Cole. Jr., Raleigh: Clayton Carlisle Cunningham. Wax haw; Henry Clay Doss, Corpus Christi, Tex.; Frank Nicholas Egerton. Jr., Louisburg; Jver Ellis. Durham; Thom as Austin Pinch, Trinity; Claude Flow 'erc, Durham; Charles Ray Ktmshee, Durham; -Robert Melvin Omtt. Bel wood; Ada Pratt Godwin. Fayettevtlle; Robert Caiman- Goldstein, Ashevllle; Thomas McMUllan Grant, Wilmington; William Holland Hall, Elisabeth City; Malene Harrell, Sunbury; Leonidas Herbin, Greensboro; Evelyn Jones. Durham; William Black Klker, Folk ton; Edgar Wallace Knight, Rich Square; Annie Lee Mann, West Dur ham; Frances Watts Mark ham. Dur ham; Wchard Montgomery Norment, Jr., Lumberton; Isabella Bailey Pln nix, Lancaster, Pa.; Joseph Harrell Potts, Amelia Court House. Va,; Reg inald Blanchard Potts, Amelia Court House, Va.; Gilmer Slier, Atlanta, Ga.; Thomas Bayton Suiter, Garysburg; Alfred Jones Templeton, Cary; Wil liam Warren Watapn, Wysocklng; Ulllan Marle White, West Durham; Homer Henderson Wlnecoff, Concord; James Speight Wrenn, Slier City. THE CLASS FLAG LOWERED. Two Bags floated from the flag-pole In front of Memorial Hall to-day the flag of 1809 and the flag of the class of 1904, which "held a reunion here this year. The '04 flag was low ered at 3 this afternoon. The college year closed this evening- at 7:20 sun set. At this time the usual simple and impressive ceremony was carried out. When the sunset -bell rings every Trinity man, no matter -where he Is, is supposed to stop, uncover and wait with bowed head till the ceremony of lowering the flag has been finished. This evening the senior class assem bled at the flagmast and when the bell rang the president of the class, Mr. M. A. Brlggs, of this city, lowered the flag, which has been floating over the class for these past four years. The flag is folded and tut In the archives of the college ana laDeiea u umi class' flag. At the dose of this mornings ex ercises Dr. Kilgo announced that Dr. Frank. Brown, of Chicago University, had ten elected to the chair of Eng lish, which was vacated by the resig nation of Dr. Edwin Mima. This de partment will also have another full professorship, making wren ajean tew, three in all. In addition to these the faculty this year win mave iour other men. Mr. J. H. Sonthgate announced that Mr. B. N. Duke had given $50,000 for the erection of another dormitory to take care of the Increased number of students applying for admission. The announcement was greeted with ap plause. JtOWAX CROPS DAMAGED. Heavy Rain Drives Creeks From Their Banks and Lands Are Baaiy wasn od East Spencer Residence Struck by Lightning, But None of theOc ruim;U is Injured Other Salisbury ( tes. Observer Bureau, 421 North Main Street, Salisbury, June 9. An unusually heavy downpour of rain, accompanied by much electrical display, visited this section last nignt. Farmers report much washing of lends and all streams were near th9 high-water mark. Two and a quarter Inches of rain felL In East Spencer lightning struck i chimeny at Mr. C. A. Nash's, made a hole in the floor and set tire to a keg of old paper under. Yhe house, kill ing a dog lying near the keg. None of th occupants of the house were in jured. A manufacturing plant wnicn win turn Out mantels and ornamental porch fixtures is announced as one of the new concerns to be launched In Salisbury. The Daughters of the Confederacy will break the monotony of the sum mer season with) a concert at Mero- neys Theatre Friday night. That the programme will be in charge of Mrs. F. F. Smith and Miss Julia Crouch is sufficient assurance that the con cert will be most beautiful and In teresting. Hon. Theo. F. Kluttx Is at Niagara Falls attendtng a meeting of the na tional convention of Knights of Hon or. Mr. Kluttz is a member of the committee on law of the national .body. MEET IN NEW ORLEANS NEXT. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Set Date ef Meeting Bark From Jane to April 12 Frowns Down on Whole sale Distribution of Liquor. LquisvUle, Ky.. June 9. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, In thu-ty-nfth an nual convention chose ' New Orleans Jfor the 1910 convention, set the date of meeting back from . Jane 12 to April 12. chose .Potentate Ellas D. Jacoby, of Indianapolis, as Imperial outer guard, the lowest office on the imperial divan, and put the other offi cers forward one step, thus making George L. Street, of Richmond, Va., Imperial potentate. Charters were granted to-day for Shrines in Norfolk. Va.. and El Paso, Texas. A charter was refused Macon, Ga. w The imperial council let it be known that In the future it "frowns down all wholesale distribution of liquor," and it will next rear pass a resolution for? bidding the distribution of expensive badges for exchange among Shriners, because it breeds mad souvenir hunt ers." . - V - Captain .of ScIX"er Drowned, Savannah. Ga.. June 9. While at temotinsr to board his vessel, - the- schooner Tifton, to-night, Capt J.' Wsldron, of Lynn, Masa, missed 'his footing and fell, struck his head against the schooner's side and roll ed into the Savaanan river, as dur not come up again and efforts to find his body have been fruitless. Cap tain Waldron leaves a. wife and four children. ; -- ;r.. ' MEIT-BEUWOM IN MOBILE EVANS IS AGAIN . COMMANDER United Confederate Vetvwns Adjoura Their Bustaess Meetings oo Heels of a Very Stormy Keeatoo Tbite Gray Line Will Form To-Day, This Being Closlns 'eatore of Heanloa of liK9 Genera) Evans Bead an Announcement to the Conventloa Declining Re-EJottlon, Bat Dele gates Refuse to Let Him. Retire Oonrresunaji Stasoa Hissed by Vet erans, Who Were Sweltering tu a Temperature of Over 100 Degrees. Memphis, Tenn., June 9. After re electing General Clement A, Evans commander-in-chief over his vigorous but futile protest, and selecting Mo bile, Ala., as the next place of re union, the United Confederate Veter ans adjourned their business meet ings to-night on the heels of a very stormy session. The big feature of the reunion, the parade of the veter ans, will be held to-morrow, and this parade will close the reunion of 1909. The only candidate for commander-in-chief placed In nomination was General William M. Cabell, com mander of the trana-Mlssisalppl division.. Just before nominations were in order. General Evans read an announcement to the ' convention, in which he declined re-election. He said he had served In every capacity, from the lowest to the highest, and that he felt that the highest honor in the veterans' gift ahould be passed from one ex-Confederate to another in turn. But the delegates disagreed with him. and by a vote of 1,640 to 744 for Cabell, re-elected' General Evans to command. With tears streaming down his cheeks and shaking with emotion, the stately and aged sol dier bowed to the commands of his comrade, His election followed one of the stormiest sessions of the vet erans which old-time delegates can recall. After Mobile, Houston. Nashville, Chattanooga and Oklahoma City had been put In nomination for the next reunion, some one began to Introduce outside speakers. Sweltering In a temperature of over a hundred de grees, the 'veteran delegates objected strongly and yelled vigorously for a vote. But the disorder was desultory. CONGRESSMAN HISSED. Finally John W. Apperson, cem-mander-ln-chief of the United Bona of Confederate Veterans, secured the floor and Introduced Congressman T. U. Slsson, of Mississippi, as the ipokcsman of the sons. Nearly every one thought -Slsson was to spring a "dark horse" candidate for the next meeting place. But, as it became evi dent that the young Congressman. merely desired to make a speech, the delegates became noisy and calls of "sit down" and "vote" were insistent. Sisson was game, however, and won out on a test of endurance. He an nounced that he wished to repeat his speech In Congrera, delivered in an swer, to Congressman Calderhead, of Kansas, who charged that the South ern people were lazy. Sisson received encouragement and some hisses, but Jie persevered. Finally ,he concluded in a burst of eloquence, saying: "The principles you . fought tor were right In 'II and are right to day. You were not conquered then, you nre not conquered now, and the greatest monuments in your honor are the millions of pensions the Fed eral government pays to the widows and orphans your valor made and the forty-six thousand graves In Arling ton Cemetery which the Federal gov ernment decorates each 80th of May. As long as these monuments are per petuated to your honor, you need erect no others.' Slsson's speech was received with mingled cheers and hisses, and many Confederates left the hall in disgust. Others crowded around him and swamped him with congratulations. LADY QUIETS ASSEMBLY. Meantime, Mrs. Moore Murdock, of Dallas, Tex., was endeavoring to be heard. She wanted to second the nomination of Houston, Tex., for the next reunion. She possesses a very masculine voice and manner of de livery and she soon quieted the as sembly. The veterans listened in patience until she declared: "We have lived as rebels, we are still rebels, and we will die as rebels." Then pandemonium broke loose. It was difficult to tell whether the ma jority favored her sentiments or op posed them. Cheers were mingled with cat-calls and hisses, and above reverberated the ear-splitting xebel yell. GOVERNOR HASKELL 8PEAKS. Several other speakers were Intro duced, but no one heard their names or what they said until Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma; was intro duced. Even he had a stormy greet ing, which might be construed one way or another. Finally, however, he tired out the crowd and made a diplomatic speech, Inviting the con vention to choose Oklahoma City for the 1910 reunion. , "You will find i(?nrederate veter ans in most of the'offlces of the State, from Supreme Court Judges to con stable," he said, "and you will And as hearty a'welcorrre as 6u will find anywhere on God's, earth." Immediately after the Governor's speech the vote for the next reunion city began. Every 'one picked Hous ton, Tex., aa the winner, but Mobile, Ala., seemed to have conducted, a gum-shoe campaign and it soon be came evident that the Alabama city had won. She polled 1.384 Votes with Houston -second with 69S. Oklahoma City, Nashville and Chattanooga re ceived scarterirtg votes. Aa soon as It became apparent that Mobile had won, there was a scramble to get into the band wagon, and the choice was made unanimous. . General Evans' re-election, likewise was made unanimous and the conven tion forgetting. Its . disagreements of an hour before, adjourned to the tune of "Dixie," the delegates' -cheering, laughing, crying and even hugging one another. - The weather to-night continues frightfully hot and oppressive. Many division commanders - declare that should it continue as hot to-morrow, they will' withdraw their commands from the parade rather - than ripk lives ef their old soldiers In the dead ly heat Twenty Hurled Into Barnlnjr Building. Halifax N. S. June 9. Twenty men wets hurled into a burning build ing WhUa fighting a Are this after noon in the -plant of tns Nova Scotia Furnishing Company.- Ths roof of one of the buildings,' on which -the men were standing, suddenly Collapsed. One man. James Tynan. a fireman. , was killed and seven were injured in the accident" The loss ' was. only about iCOOO.-vAll -the Injured,' It Is believ ed, will raeorem, . ' .'. . TWO PABDONS GRANTED " v V"' . BAIN AND LIMERICK FREE MEN. Governor KttctUa Issues "Checks Par Freedom" to W. H. Bain, of Wayne Coaoty; Convicted of Assault oo His Wife, and to. Vie Limertrk, of Rudherford County, Oonvtrted of MapsuMiftiut Sentence of Fran cis Sumner, of Buncombe County, la Lightened to the Extent of One Year State Forester Ashe Resigns and Is Succeeded by J. 8. Holmes, of Henderson County. ' Observer Bureau. The Holleman Building. Raleigh, June 9. Governor Kltchin pardons W. . - H. Bain, of Wayne, convicted o assault with deadly weapon and sentenced to two years on the publlo roads. The prisoner while- drunk shot his wife, . plead guilty and was properly sent to the road. Having been in Jail and on the roads over a year the people think he haa reformed. His wife has no means to support her self and baby. The Governor commutes the sen-' tence Of Francis Sunner, of Bun combe, convicted of manslaughter and .sentenced to two years and eight months. There are strong petitions for and againat pardon, many thinking he shot in self-defense and should have been acquitted, oth ers that the sentence was too light. The prisoner Is a much smaller man than the deceased was. While on a train the deceased without provoca tion applied to the prisoner a vile epithet. The conduct of the deceased after they had alighted from the train brought on a fight in which the deceased was the. aggressor. ' After trial and sentence, while the prisoner was out on ball and white hunting, he lost two fingers and about half of the palm of his lejt hand, which readers htm unable to do hard man ual labor. While in Jail, after sentence. Sum ner discovered a plot tu escape on tjhe part of some other prisoners and revealed it to the Jailer, who thinks the Information saved his life or lives of some of the plot tret. The prisoner's prison rec ord has been exemplary. The Governor reduces the sentence to a year and eight months on condition of hla prison record continuing good and that he thereafter remain a law- abiding citizen. The Governor also pardons Vic Limerick, of Rutherford, convicted ef manslaughter and sentenced to four months in Jail. The reasons for the pardon are that the defendant at the time of the homicide was only 15 years old. lit killed his friend and playmate with a shotgun while hunting. The deceased after the shooting said it was an accident The Jury, asked for the mercy of the court 1 Among to-day's visitora was Lieu tenant .Governor William C. Newland. of Lenoir, who came on private busi ness.. OJCB CHARTER GRANTED. A charter is granted the Gold Hill Telephone Company, of Rowan coun ty, the capital stock being 110.000. The State geological board met to day. It Is compose of Governor Kltchin, ex-offlclo; R. P. Caldwell, of Robeson; Mr. Vann, of Kdenton; Frank Hewitt, of Ashevllle; Hugh Mac Rao. of Wilmington, and State Geologist Pratt. 8tate Forester W. 8. Ashe has re signed, and re-entered the United States forestry aervlce, and J. S. Holmes becomes State forester. He has been in the United States forestry service and la a native of Henderson county. He la regarded as extremely capable. Superintendent J. J. Laughing- house, of the penitentiary, is now at the farm near Weldon, where the Bite flood in the Roanoke river ias done some damage to bottom lands. Chief Justice Walter Clark yesterday vis ited his farm In that section and aaya the rains were excessively heavy. Work is to begin at once on the Church of the Good Shepherd. The corner-stone was laid In March, 1999. The marble pillars, costing $5,000, have been ordered. They come from Vermont and will be the largest and finest In the -State. There was a surprise wedding here to-day. the groom being Mr. William 8. Wilson and the bride Mrs. Mary Strong Calvert. Mr. Wilson, a native of Caswell county, is the corporation tlerk in the office of the Secretary of State. He is a popular and admir able official. The bride is a daugh ter of the late Judge George V. Strong, of Raleigh, and is an admir able woman. She has for some years been the court stenographer of Wake county. ReV. Dr. I. McK. Plttinger, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, performed the ceremony. PROPOSED INLAND WATERWAY. Obnrgesalonal Committee, Represen tative email Among the Number, to . Make a Tour of Investigation. Washington, June 9-For n purpose ot investigating that portion between Baltimore and Philadelphia" of the pro posed Inland waterway, extending along tile Atlantic coast from Boston to Key Went,. s congressional committee, com posed of Representatives J. Hampton Moore, of . Philadelphia, president of the Inland Deep Waterways' Association, and Representatives Alexander and Cooks of New Yorik. 8maU of North Carolina, and Loudenslager ot New Jersey, wilt start from Baltimore to-morrow after noon on a trip through the Chesapeake and Delaware canal. Representatives Alexander. Moore, Small and Cocks bsve Just returned from a trip down the Chesapeake bay through the route of the -proposed Inland canal from Norfolk to Beaufort N. C. With them waa the board appointed by-the chief ef engineers to make a survey of ths route. Tar Heel -Visitors at the -National CaplUL Observer Bureau, Congress Hall Hotel, Washington, :June 9. Tti. fniinwini.niutd North-' Caro linians were hers to-day: B-'F. Keith, of Wilmington; A. E. Holton and M. D. Bailey, , of Winston-Salem, and Baylus Cade, of Shelby,. - Representative Cowles called at the White House to-day. -. . .Wright Brothers to Get Medal. Washington, ' Juney 9. To-morrow Wilbur and Orvllle Wright. , the aero plane Inventors, will be presented with the gold medals awarded them by the Aero Club of America, 'the presenta tion to take place in the White House. President Taft will make a short ad- VOTES ON WOOL SCHEDULE ' v -' - SEVERAL PARAGRAPHS PASS Senate Adopts Finance Committee's Aanendnieat Imveasuig the House Rate on Wool Top Waste and Other Waoles Frout to Cents Per Pound to SO Ceuts Per pound- Gamble and Crawford Deoert Ranks of So Called Progrestdve Republican- Warren Advocates a Generally In creased Duty and LeFblleue a Gen eral Reduction Do! liver Derlarea That There Is a Rag Trust In Ex istence But' Warren Makes a D- Waahlngton, June 9. The senato rial managers failed to realise their expectations ot being able to dispose of the woolen schedule at an early hour to-day, but Instead were still en gaged upon that schedule, when at S:S0 o'clock the Senate took Its usual receaa Some progress was made. Sev eral votes were obtained and thus a number of paragraphs were passed upon. Among these was the paragraph on top waste etc., on which the com mittee amendment increased the House rate on wool top waste and other waatea from 20 cents a pound to 20 cents a pound, and which, on a division of the Senate, was adopted by a vote of 40 to 10. This was a finanoe committee change and the committee scored Its usual majority on tola as on all other votes of the day. Senators Gamble and Crawford de serted th- so-called progressives, but with these exceptions, the ranks of that contingent remained unbroken. A vote was also obtained upon the com mittee amendment Increasing the du ty on shoddy from 20 cents per pound to 21 and that on topa from It to 20 cents, the committee prevailing in both casea Speeches were made during the day by Senators Warren and LaFollette, the former advocating, as on yester day, a generally increased duty, whllo the latter contended, as on previous occasions, for a general reduction. The two Senators engaged In a sharp con troversy, during which Mr. LaFollette said that those in ths 8enate who be lieved with him had Increased from nothing to a dosen. He said ha ex pected further accretions from the Eaat. Probably the reoat tntereatlng. If not the most Important development of the day was a declaration by Senator Dolliver that a rag trust exists. The Iowa Senator det-lared such to be the case, but he was contradicted by Mr. Warren, who declared that If such a trust existed he would know about it and he added that he had no knowl edge of It. At the beginning of the day's session a letter was read from ex-Governor Durbln, of Indiana, ad vising prompt action on the tariff bill. J'r. LaFolette occupied the entire nlfc.it aesslon without concluding hla speech. The Senate adjourned at 10:25 p. m. INCOME TAX, UP TO-DAY, Proposition WIIL Be Dltwussed In Senate But Action Will Be Pottl poned No Clmiw e For a Tax on Corporatlona as a Compromise Democrats For Income Tax. Washington. June 9. A tax upon corporations, as a substitute for an Income tax, does not appeal to the Senate.' Thia was demonstrated to day by a canvass of that 'body, It de veloped that practically ths same Senatora, who are opposed to the income- tax, are also against the cor poration tax. The Inceme tax sup porters decline to be sidetracked with a corporation tax Idea. President Taft wanted a two per cent, tax placed- on the dlvldendi of corporations. Senator Aldrlch agreed to this at a conference with the President, provided the advocates of an Income tax would withdraw that meaaure. The plan, however, waa repudiated when presented to Sen ators Cummins and Borah, "the pro gressive" Republican leaders of the income tax Idea. The Income tax proposition will come up to-morrow for a vote, but a motion will be made to postpone ac tion end the Indications are that prac tically all of the Republicans will support the postponement. During the afternoon, some doubt was expressed in informal discussion of the corporation tax proposition to whether President Taft favored a tax on dividends or a tax on the net earnings of corporations over 1100, 000. Both plans were discussed. Whichever Idea is favored at the White House, It is said that no sup port could be found among the Sen atora who advocate the adoption of an amendment providing for a tax on incomea ' The indications are that the only form of compromise among the Re publican Senators that can be adopt ed is the reference of the Income tax amendment to the Judiciary commit tee with Instructions that there shall be reported early In the next session a measure which the committee be lieves will stand test in the Supreme Court as to It constitutionality. Mr. Culberson, minority leader, in a statement to-night called attention to the Democratic attitude. "I have no doubt that all Demo crats will support the income tsx amendment and will Insist upon a prompt disposition of It to-morrow," RAILWAY OFFICIAL SCHANGJE. R. W. Ftnlator, Agent at Durham, Be comes Trainmaster at Pinners Point and J. W. Roach Becomes Agent at Durham. Norfolk. Va, June 9. C. L. Cand ler, agent of the Southern Railway at Atlanta, Oa., will succeed E- T. Lamb as general agent at Norfolk of the Southern Piedmont Air Line and Chesapeake Steamship Company, ef fective June 16, when Mr. Lamb be comes general manager of the Norfolk & Southern Railway. J. S. Berge man, trainmaster, succeeds Mr. Lamb ss superintendent of the Norfolk di vision of the Southern from Pinners Point to Danville. Va, and Set ma, N. C. R. W. Ftnlator, agent at Durham, N. C becomes trainmaster at Pinners Point and J. W, Roach, agent at Durham. M- 8. Hawkins becomes agent at JMorfoIk, and J. 8. Parker assistant agent with headquarters at Pinners Point Heads' Class at Wrat Point West Point-N. Y., June 9 Stuart C. Godfrey, of Mllford, Mass., will be gradnated from West Point at the head of his class next Friday. Among the" first fifteen members of the grad uating class, who i will enter the -en. rlaeer corps. are: Francis C. Barring ton. of Bristol. , Va. Herbert L. Tay lor. cv Gainesville, Tla," and Gilbert ijYaj! a W8kea, of Washington, Ky. v THE BENBOW CHANGES HANDS. Popular Greeuaboro Hotel Is taken Over by a ynaicate uwnw-w Laral and Foreign Interests The Price Said to Be In the Neighbor hood of $150,000 May Be Discon tinued and an Office Building Erect ed on the Site. Observer Bureau. The Bevlll Building. Greensboro. June 9. The biggest real estate deal ever consummated in Greensboro was closed to-day. when Mr. Charles jj. btnbow sold to Mr. James F, Jordan the Benbow Hotel and the adjoining property on the west side ot noutn Elm street with a total frontage of over '250 feet It is understood that the deal represents something like 51 r 0,000. The most valuable part cf the property sold for -as much as $750 a front foot Mr. Jordan, who represents a syndi cate of several local gentleman and foreign Interests, has held an option on the property for the past month. Among the Greensboro gentlemen In- Wrested in tne aeai are jbuh Adams and Messrs. W. R. Land and J. T.' Pruden. The others concerned in the transaction are Northern men. but their names are withheld for the present Further than that the transaction means the clostn of ths Benbow Ho tel July 1, when ths purchasers are to take charge of the property. Jt cannot be aaid Juat what the eale - insane, Mr. Benbow did not sell his steam heeting and lighting plants nor his hotel furniture and fixtures. There is a rumor that the five-story section of the property that ''part occupied by the hotel will e remodeled and converted into an office building, a ble Irdustrlal corporation owning the building and occupying a portion of it. The property Is' situated in the heart of the business section of the city, and when It became rumored -everal days ago that negotiations were in progress looking to a transfer1 of ownership, there was Immediate activity In the rea estate market here and several persons became bidders for the Benbow property. Mr. Benbow, who thus disposes ot a large share of his real estate hold ings In one transaction, has made no statement as to what line of business he twill devote himself to In the future. He owns other valua-hle busl nexs property on South Elm street, tealdes much suburban and rural property. He refuses to deny or con firm a rumor to the effect that he will convert the Benbow Arcade Building, opposite the Benbow Ho tel, Into a hotel. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL. Tho Moat Important Happenings ot a Day Briefly Huminarlxexl. Washington. June 9. -The most Important happsnlnga lu the. national capital to-day were aa foil owe: In the consideration of the woolen schedule of the tariff bill by the San ate, the finance committee won sev eral victories, three of Its amend ments to Increafce the rates by the House oo wool top and other wastes. on shoddy and on tops being adopted. Senator Dolllver declared that he Had discovered a rag trust, which was de nied by Senator Warren. Senators Warren and LaFollette were the prin cipal speakers, the former speaking In faVor of Increased and the latter in favor of lower duties. John Norrla. chairman of the com mittee on paper of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, addressed the finance committee in a plea for free wood pulp and lower du ty on print paper. Tiae Interstate Commerce Commis sion and the shippers and rallroada in terested In the Spokane rate case agreed to postpone until fall the phases of the case still In controversy. The congress of Roman Catholic missionaries began a three-day ses sion at the Catholic University of America. WILKIN'S JURY TIED UP. Unable to Decide as to the OuJJt or innocence oi me Alleged Goldsboro Black Hand" Wllklns a Pliysi- cal and Mental Wreck From "Dope." uuserv-r nureau. The Holleman Building, Raleigh, June 9. The Federal Court has a "hopelessly divided" Jury In the case of Chsrles W!l- klns. of Goldsborp, eharged with writing two "Black Hand" letters to J. K. Cole, a prosperous merchant of Goldsboro. and threatening to blow up Cole, his store ana family If fioo was not forthcoming. Wllklns sdmltted writing the letters buf bis coiinnel. Ay cock and Winston, made a fight for him on the ground that he was so sddleted-to tbe opium habit that his will-power sod power of discriminat ing between right and wrong were de stroyed. There was evidence that he took as much as one and a half ounces of the drug each day. with oonaequent physical snd mental wreck ags; that he read constantly novels ot the "Black Hand" snd Jesse James sort. Wllklns' wife and two" children attend ed the trial. His wife was sn Important witness in his behalf. He testified that, under Influence of a drug, he often saw "green alligators with yellow heads." The prisoner Is clearly a mental and physical wreck from "dope" and the Jury Is divided as to the degree of responsi bility for his conduct. ROBBED MAIL BOXES. Police of Boston Believe They Have Unearthed a Gang, Which Has Bern at Work Some Time. Boston, June 9. In the arrest to day of Edward C. Dano, who la charged with robbing a private mall box and the raid of the alleged opium resort the police claim to have un earthed a gang they believe to have been concerned In robbing mall boxes In Boston and New York alnce May. In an investigation of the premi ses where Dano resided, Postofflce In spector Jennings discovered mail mat ter, which had been opened with checks drawn upon many concerns. Including the Enterprise National Bank, of Charleston, S. C. N orris Before Senate Committee. . Washington, June 9. John Norrla chairman of the committee- on paper of tbe American Newspaper publish ers Association, was heard to-day by tbe Senate committee on finance In support of free wood pulp and lower duty on print paper. He spoke , for nearly an hour, the burden ot his ar gument being that paper can be pro- t cured as cheaply by American mills as I by Canadian nulla No action was I taken by the committee beyond listen ' ing to Mr. Norrla' argument ' LIQUOK. EXPERTS , PUZZLED LAWYER SPRINGS UNIQUE TEST ' Colonel I-eJder Puts to' Rout the Ex-" pert Liquor Men With Mysterious and Apparently Test ;" on liquors Furnished ths nepensarles of the -State The $(a. Be Grade la' Shown Up as a .Mixture of Coloring Mat. " ter, Cologne Spirits and Extract, of Rye Manager of- the New York -and Kentucky Company Brands tbe Test a Humbug Lawyer Says Proof : of its Genuineness WU1 Bo Fortlx coming. ' , . , t. .Observer Bureau, lt Berkeley Building, ,", Columbia, B. C, June 9; ' ' The dispensary Investigation, was un " nauelly entertaining to-day. i. A new teat of whiskey made' by the prosecution and i which was apparently a real pusalr to -the experta present separated the- con stituent parts of the liquor,, and applied -to Hunter's Baltimore -rye. selling bow to the dispensaries at $10,50 a case, show- . ed It to be made of coloring matter. : cologne spirits and extract ef rye, worth, according to the experta less than ft a V case. The test applied to whiskey bot- ' tied in bond showed pure whiskey. ' - aaotner interesting revelattoa was that ; big orders for liquor aigned by Directors , John Black and J. B.'Wylle. and.M. H. Mobley as clerk, were delivered lu person by Jim Farnum, who demanded the oom- r missions on them. .. .:" :. This new test, whloh Colonel Feider ap. '; plied to a bottle of Hunter s Baltimore rye, made by the Lanahaa people, and ' which is still being sold to the county " boards throughout the State, is a color less fluid, which "Colonel Fetder says was explained to and furnished bint by a whiskey expert. It does Its work perfect- ' ly In about two minutes after being pour- ed Into the tube containing the liquor and , shaken a bit. The test waa applied to,a bottle of Hunter's,-which Colonel Feider said he bought In a South Carolina dla- ., pensary under -the name of Joba-Smit -Chairman Murray, who Is a wholesale druggist, waa much interested, as were all tee other members ef the commission ; and the liquor men present. t ONLY ONE TEST KNOWN. Manager Cutlet, ef the New York and J Kentucky Company, who was on the stand at the time, and wbb haa been m Uie wholesale business for many .years. selling Duffy's malt among some 900 ' ether brands all ovtr the country, testi- fled lust bef ere Colonel Feider came for-: ward with hla trick, that there was no tut known to the trade whereby liquor could be separated Into Ita constituent parts, except a chemical test, which re- , vealed nothing of importance. - .' The same teat applied to a bottle of Green River, which la a bettled-tn-bond whiskey, showed no such separation. This led Colonel Feider to tell how his experience and Investigations had satli tied iilm as to how the ordinary-- "Fuss X" liquor sold In dispensaries Is made. One hundred and eighty proof alcohol Is' reduced by the addition of an equal amount of water, a halt pint to the barrel ' of what Is known as extract of oorn is added, and toiaga.tt a ball ot potash (concentrated lye) Is added to make it euet . year old, two bails to make It tw years' old. five balls to make It five years old. This Is as high as the age can be ear ned, a a sixth ball produces 'Instant death. . J Mr. Curia! wanted a bottle of the new' con cool Ion to take heme and make soma? tests with, and Mr. Feider told him that before ha got through with him he would prove that Ids pure whiskies sold to the State were of similar make-up aa the Baltimore stuff. In this connection Colonel Feider. in a relaxation period ot the Investigation told ' the commission a good story about an eld ' toper at a temperance lecture. Tbe lec- turer had demonstrated to the audience' the effect of whiskey on meat by pouring soma whiskey on a atrip of meat, In a -tube. Instantly the meat turned green , and gave off green streaked clouds. ' V The toper asked permission to examine . the tube and whan he had done so through his glasses, asked the lecturer: "Do you mean to tall ma that liquor . haa that effect on meat In the human stomach V - "I do. sir. absolutely." "In that cas I will eat no more meat." SAYS TEST IS A HUMBUG. . v Mr. Felder's test afterward applied -to the New York and Kentucky Company's Duffy's Pure Malt Whisk, which is now selling from th Charleston dispensaries and which Is selling elsewhere over the rcountry and advertised in th religious papers as a medicine to-make people Vva ' 100 years, showed tbe eauie renUlt ' as V when applied to the Hunter's,-.. Mr. Curiel promptly aaid he bellaed th teat a humbug. Mr. Feldar then teased hlm a bit about having asked for the teat and then told him he would have the ear pert who furnished the teat later take' the stand and prove the test au abso lutely Infallible one, recognised as such. -both by the whiskey trust and the Fed eral government.- - ' v ? This waa followed by a number ef cita tions from th New York and Kentucky Company's books to prove that the com pany had sold liquor It get 0.M to $13 a case elsewhere over the country at , from 99 to $10 a case, this to show that . the company. was selling -atrthe higher price hare in order to be able to pay th commissions. . CANADIAN CANAL BROKEN. Ixick Wrecked by Steamer Ramming Her Bow Through Lower Gate, IjOsm to Canadian Government WU1 v Reach $350,000. . Sault 8te Marie. Mich., June 9 With all the weight of Lake Superior behind it, an enormous torrent ofV' water rushes to-night through the , . four million dollar Canadian canal, i The lock was wrecked to-day whep r the steamer Perry -O. Walker, -ram- r med her bow through the lower gate. ' The canal, encased wlthtnS Its walls ' this evening,' waa a tremendous spec- f tacle IncludinKthe water-falls and a giant whirlpool.. - The upper gates were open when the Walker crusned open the lower . gates and the--tremendous power of . the rapids was given instant play. The big steamer Aasiniboia moored with in the lock chamber, was torn away, She rammed the Walker from her . path, the Assinlbota's port anchor v ripping a hole In th Walker's side. The Aasiniboia swept into the open reaches of the river below. Her car- V go shifted and this gave her a 'con siderable list 'and several . plates on her port side, forward of amidships, were loosened. . Th loaa to the Canadian govern-"; meat will probably reach 5250,000, , and th damage to th Crescent City is estimated at 2400,000. '. , Wets Carry Ohio County. - Pittsburg, June 9. A telephone re port received here to-night from Youngstown. Ohio-, where an import ant local option election was held to day, says that with lght precincts'" in the city and. county yet to be hear X from, th w'ts, toav a majority cf It "... j-.. ..... .. . C.-..- : . ' .. ! .''v"V-v :v ; .'. - ; ; ':V V'- - : V' " '"
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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