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YkzihcT Today Fdr-Cold ; 1J Pcj: j i c 0.:: SzcH:.i CHABLOTTE, N. 0, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBEB 14; 1910. P"RT("TE - '. Hotels and rnwy la (JJTt ndn5 X-XViyJJ , , la, eopy dally i Charlotte; to. tu- I By carrier 17o a weak dally ul Bandar, II TCE FIGllllSN'T'OVEB EcItas At drccastsra Are Mis Trt Fniv Trlnks mis Ret A Great deal Is Said Work ; fJ'jjMBjlliB Factions Goes , - V lerrDy Ob Ipeokl to The Obmyer. Greensboro, Dec. , lSJ?-That the members of the two- tactions . of the ttjiDuhiinaii next in the State have a atrenu4us winter before tnem u apparent Mention was made In this, correepondence about ten days ago Trust Company here by postofflce ta of the division In the party ranks D?tor n September, 1809. and of the offices over which there The company, which was Incor would be contest between the leaders Porated In Delaware, with a capital Cf the Morehead-BuUer-Holton tac- tock of $1,000,000, it Is alleged, tlon and that of Adams, Duncan et guaranteed the stock of other com--aLffiverr day brings forth "new evl- panics on a commission basis., The r-'"?' "I """v'," ,1 fT , MB. EHARPH AFTER POSTOFFICB j JOT' PlUnuo v DJmrjyo, wag issifi sirs. sftfiS , v tTntnpf Morehead's chief lieu tenants daring the oampalgn this K summer, has Just returned from a trip to Washington. It is said he went In the interest of District At ' torney Bolton, but no doubt in the interest of his own candidacy for -the ' Qreensboro postofflce, incidentally, though the term of Postmaster Doug las will not expire for some time. District Attorney Holton's term of office expired several months ago, bat he is still going right on with his work, and if President Taft me cnaroner or commerce at its an means W give the place to Judge nual banquet tonight, made his first Snenoer B. Adams, former state , chairman. It is evident that he is in no hurrr to do so. Mr. Holton stands In" with the Department of justice, and deservedly so. There is not a more active, vigorous or pains taking prosecuting officer to be found In the land. Apparently he loves the work, . for he t&kei a great Interest ta it and makes no effort to build up 'any outside practice. Judge Adams would probably make Just as good an officer, ana it nas never oeen inxi-f imated that he would not, but Mr. Holton and his work are known In the Department of Justice, and he is said to have Attorney General "Wlckersham squarely at his back in Us candidacy for reappointment. y?A3 HE BUT A MESSENGER? - There are those who say that Mr. Sharps did not go to Washington in ' the Intel ests stjtfr. Holton r that he merely went to carry certain Im portant messages and Information Chairman Morehead and ex Senator Butler. i s as has been pointed out, the ape Dolntment of Mr. J. J. Brttt to be Third Assistant Postmaster General, and the reappointment of Willis Brtggs as postmaster at Raleigh, to gether with other reappointments of Adams men for postmasters in smaller towns of the State, make It rlook favorable for the Adairis Bunean folk It la true that the nomination of Willis BriggB has been neia UP U1' Dcimio ww v may not he confirmed, but in the ; mmnilmi Mr. Briinrs is postmaster at 'Raleigh and President Taft can keep him in for some tune u ne cares xo. 'J1 A TREMATUBE" ANNOUNCE f. MENT. '' Mr. Hiram Worth, chairman of thr Guilford county Republican executive committee, who was mentioned In this correspondence as a candidate for the Greensboro post office, feels '' that the announcement Of his candidacy was "premature," but he has not been heard to deny that he will want the place, 'v Greensboro Is a Republican center and during; terms of Federal court many of them come here as officers of the court, attorneys or defendants. They have been hers this week, but they keep their conferences a secret from other folks, especially Demo crats and the opposite faction. THREE SUICTDES AT PITTSBURG. Two Men' and One Woman Shuffle Off the Mortal Coll in One Day. -Pittsburg, J?a Deo. 13. Three persons ended their lives in Pittsburg today, one woman and two men. An unknown man dived frontf the Glenwood bridge, across the Monon- Lgahela river with the grace and ease of a trained swimmer, jtus ooay nas not been recovered. " ' Dr. Francis Vincent Ely, a well known Dhvslclan. made a few profes sional calls early In the day and re turning home, kissed his wife and two tons and then shot himself. Be rTmt M distracted wife had called ISnother physician, Dr. Ely was dead. He had been ill for some time. The body of, Mrs. , Nellie Brewer Tlggelbeck, wife of Mounted Police man Henry H Tlggelbeck, was found on tho floor of their kitchen early today. Bhe had quarreiea wim ner husband. She shot herself during the night nrltb her husband's revolver. V , ii ii i ( , i I, Change In Officers of the Oxford Or--v , phan Asylum. ' Stwetst to The Observe ' Durham, , Dec 1 1. Grand Master R, N. Hackett of the Masonic Order called a meeting of the' orphanage di rectors here this afternoon and eieoy ed Mr. R 1 Brown to the superirf ndency of Oxford Orphan Asylum) P succesdW. J. Hicks, filling out tho snexplred term. Mr. Brown succeed Celonet Hicks, who has permanently retired from the work. Mr. Brown has, been assistant the past year and ha done his work welL He takes the Office about the first of the year. With the retirement of Colonel Hlcki goes that also of R W. Rogers, secretary, treasurer and clerk "of the. institution, crjo of the most ; valuable men the Otistitation Jhas hajl. ir Five members of the" board were present today. Mr, Rogers Is. ruoceeded by Mr, J. P. Bland of Greensboro. . ' fioJhr-ra Ilealth Conference to Fight , ' Hookworm and, Pellagra. -' Atlanta, fla.. Deo. 18 More' defl Mia plans ff organization and specific lines of work wer outlined at a mecM ing of tne executive committee of tne southern health conference- here! to- day. It in the Intention of the mem Vrr.lo.. direct their first efforts' to- wnrd the eradication of-the hook 'cra and pellagra, . HUSTON aVd LEWIS GUILTY. Former Treasurer of' the United ; States and Companion In National; Trust Company case Convicted by njBrT WM nt,Er. Lewis W. Parker Talks 01 Washington. Deo. 1!. James w. f Huston, Treasurer of , the United States from 1889 to 1801. was convict ed tonight, together with Harvey M. Lewis of Cincinnati O... and Everett orlmlnal court on indictments chars- ing me use or toe mails to defraud in connection with the operation of Na Uonal. Trust Company and other con cerns. .t.-.v . --,.V,.Y. The trial lasted Ave weeks but the Jury was out only a few hoars. The maximum penalty for- the offense is t years' imprisonment and a fine of $10,000. The three-men Indicted, however, were allowed to remain at liberty tonight on their bonds, pend lng the hearing of a motion for a new trial which will be made within a few days. , The men were Indicted January: or uo jreaerai grana jury following a r&ia on jne offices of the National nan,tri -mZZrZi rh.Hi .v.: they failed io fi n d an y mafHaldV, t0 Justify the guaranty assertions. goy-elect Baldwin not AT THE ROOSEVELT BANQUET The Former President Greeted by a Dlptlnguished Gathering; at New Haven But the Absence of Official Representatives of the State Was a Noticeable Feature of the Occa sion. Now Haven. Conn.. Deo. 13. CoL Theodore Roosevelt as the ruest of pudiiq aaoxess since tne recent elec tiona. He was cordially greeted by a gathering of upwards of six hun dred men, representatives of the business and commercial Interests and the professions of the State. The banquet had more than ordin ary elgnlncanoe through the presence of the chief guest.'- who so recently was in controversy with the former chief justice of the supreme court of errors. Judge Simeon E. Baldwin. wno as the Democratic nominee for Governor, overturned the political complexion of the State and as Governor-elect had been invited to at tend. Judge Baldwin was not pres ent and the place assigned to him at the guest's table bore mute evidence of hla absence. Colonel Roosevelt was escorted from New York by a committee of the chamber and upon his 1 arrival here a very large and enthusiastic crowd was in waiting. Colonel Roosevelt was driven to the home of Colonel L M. Ullman, president of the chamber of com merce, where a small nuriiber of friends were waiting to greet him. Later Colonel Roosevelt and Presi dent Ullman went to Wolsey hall, where a brief reception was held for the benefit of the members. The coming here of Colonel Roose velt had given rise to speculation as to whether Judge Baldwin, following . . ,ita1, ,ul canvass that a suit would be brought against the Coloi-dl having for its basis criticism contained in Colonel Roosevelt's Conoord ipeech, would attempt to serve papers In the action while Colonel Roosevelt was In this 6tate. At Judge Baldwin's, earlier in the day, it was said there was no reason to believe that any such step would be taken by Judge Baldwin. It was a noticeable fact that Gov ernor Weeks was not present to re present the State, nor was any mem ber of the congressional delegation present: but their absence was due to other engagements. The Governor was attending a reception at Merlden to the national commander of the Jraad Army of the Republic, Joht E. Gilman. NORTH CAROLINA CLAIMS. Many Tar Heels Are" Beneficiaries in Omnibus Claims Bill Recently Pu Before the Senate, Which is Sup, posed to be Passed immediately. Observer Bureau, Post Building, Washington, Deo. 13. Following are th North Carolina Items In the omnibus claims bill now pending before the Senate and which Is expected to be passed immediately: First Baptist church, Newborn, 1, 200; Bushrod W, Nash for Union Baptist Association of Wayne county, 8660; Hardy A. Brewington, admlnls trator of the estate of Ralford Brew ington. Sampson county, $630; Wil liam H. Bucklln, Craven county, $390; r.unv a. TMhble. administratrix nf the estate or syivester jaodm, wtuion county, u; i w. xioweit, auuun Istrator for William Howett, Tyrrell county, $1,480; Mary Lee Dennis, executrix of the estate of Levi Ogles- by, Carteret county,' $182; H. Perry, administrator lof the estate of George W. Perry, deceased. Craven, county, $4,850; Presbyterian church of Lum ber Bridge, l,800; Methodist Epis copal church. South, of Morehead City, $800; Diooessof East Carolina of the Protestant Episcopal Church, for church at Nags Head, $8 56. Negro Confesses Guilt in Barn Burn ing Case Special to The Observer. - Anderson, S. C, Deo. ll Ben Bibbs, colored, about 21 years old, today confessed that he set firs to the bam of W-H, Martin,, near Sep tus, Friday morning which, with Its contents, was burned to the ground, entailing a loss of $3,000; Th negro aid ho set the barn afire because a son of Mr." Martin ' beat , him. The barn was about the largest in the county and contf $2,500. it contained considerable feedstuff. Bibb h&a waived preliminary examination an was lodged in Jail to await trial. Miniature Race Riot In Washington. Washington, Deo. IS. Ih "a minia ture race riot In the business section of the city this afternoon, precipitat ed by a remark ot a negro, a street car conductor, Gray Ltmstrcmg, was truck on the head with an iron bar and probably ..fatally wounded... while Charles Gans, another street car em ploye, was badly beaten. Ltmstrong was taken tp a hospital. p. a serious condition BIG MERGER . i Cctton Kill Combination IT WILL NOT BE A TRUST 1 v To Consolidate Sine Concerns Repre ! . scnting 360,000 Spindles-Capital -Te Be $10,000,000 Special to The Observer. Charleston, S.' C, Dec II. Mr. Lewis W. Parker of Greenville was in . Charleston yesterday and - whiis here announced a scheme to "form the largest cotton mill merger ever attempted In the South. Mr. Parker is at the head of or Is Interested In nine bis- cotton mills In this State and his visit to Charleston was maao tor fh tunose of presenting to the Charleston stockholder, of these mills a proposition to merge them all Into one (company under one executive management. The proposition was made and the nlan explained at a meeting of the local stockholders held at the Commercial Cluo. TO COMBINE NINTH MJLL& Utl i . rmt aci uuu.ouir- s i blnatlon of the nine mills In whichN he is Interested Into a single com nanv. bellevlns that such a scheme would benefit all narties concerned, the farmer, as well as the hoMer of cotton mill stock. The mills to be Included in the merger are the fol lowing: Olympla mills, Columbia, 100.000 snlndles Granny mills. Colum bla. 67.000 spindles; Capital City mills. Columbia. 15.040 spindles; Richland mills. Columbia, 26,000 sprlndles; Beaver Dam mills, Edge field, 10,000 spindles; Victor Manufac turing Company. Greers, 80,000 spin dles; Atfpalache mills, Greers, 20,0001 spindles; Monaghan mills, Greenville, 60,000 spindles; Greers Manufactur ing Company, Greers, 10,000 spindles. The total number of spindles In the mills to be Included in the proposed merger Is approximately 860,000. CANNOT BE CALLED A TRUST, Mr. Parker stated yesterday that the proposed merger will not result ia the formation of any combination which could be called a trust. The merger of the nine mills that have been mentioned will not result In a monopoly, since only one-tenth of the total nuirtber of spindles now in op eration in this State will be Included. The capitalisation of the big cor poration to include all the mills nam ed' above is to be approximately 10, 000,000. THE PROPOSED MANAGEMENT. The following Is the proposed ex ecutive management of the corpora tion; President. Thomas P. Parker, presl dent of the Monaghan mills; vice presidents, M. L, Marchaint of Greers, J. H. M. Beatty of Columbia, David Jennings of Greenville. Treasurer, Lewis W. Parker of Columbia; secre tary, F. J. Inglesby of the Appalache mills at Greers. The duties of all these officials are to be so divided as to departmentlze the work of all of them routhful Bandit Pleads Guilty to Charge of Highway Robbery. Vav Orlnnnn. TWv 1 5 William .Timirann Tr . th vnuthfnl TMew Jersey proposes street car bandit, who was arrested with "Glover. He said that the Jury last night after an unsuccessful .it- must determine whether there was tempt to rob the conl actor of s sts'tet "y on else there who might have car almost in the heart of the bus!- had the opportunity to shoot Glover, ness section of the city, pleaded He charged that the Jury should guilty today to charges of JUghway exclude altogether from the case any robbery. He wag remandeT to the reference to an alleged dying state parish prison to await forma? trial ment by Glover. Friday. j Referring to the girl -being found Jackson, who gives his age as 19, In hiding under the bed in the Glover admitted that he was wanted in Chi-, house. Judge Bond said the Jury was cago for robbery. A telegram f-.om asked to decide whether Hattle hid Trenton, N. J., ttated that Jackson's herself voluntarily or was assisted Jn father was in the drug business there hiding by some one else. and that the young man was under. Indictment there, Jackson eald he had been in New Orleans five days and had held up five cars. Prominent Southern Universalis! Preacher and Editor Passes. Notasulga, Ala., Dec. 13. Rev. John O. Burruss, well known through out tho South, died here yesterday afternoon. For forty years he was editor of The Unlversallst here and published in Montgomery and Nota sulga. He was the recognized head of the- Universally denomination in the South, preaching in all the South ern States from Maryland to Texas, and was pastor' of the Unlversallst church here for mors than 60 years and until his death. Alabama Youth Shoots -cle Who In- terferes In QunrreL Enterprise, Ala, Dec, 13. Late this afternoon Berry Garra way, who lived hear this place, was shot and killed by his nephew, Henry Carraway, aged 18. Tbe boy and bis sister were en- gaged In a quarrel and the elder quarrel and the c&rraway, seeking to settle the trou ble and separate them, took the side of tbe srlrl In the quarrel. Upon his Interference the young man drew his pietol and shot him in the head, in dieting a fatal wound. Carraway was arrested. Forsyth Completes Census of School . Cliliarcn. Jpeolal to The Observer. Wlnston-alem, Dec. U. The cen sus of school children In Forsyth county between I and 21 years of age shows that there are 9,369, exclusive of those In Winston-Salem and Ker- nersville. Of the number there are 7.403 white children.' The prospects are that this will prove to be the best wn In, the county schools, from everystanopolnt Durham Blerchants Pull Fo: leans For. Exhibition Durham,' Dec, 1 lt-At a meeting tonight of the Merchants Association a resolution was passed asking North ern merchants fronvwhom local mer chants buy to instruct their Congress men to vote for New..9rlLns ss. tbs ipiace tor nowing tne Manama im position. This is tbv only merchants' association in ths State that has taken such a, step, , . SALISBURY NEWS NOTES. , Child Is Fearfully Burned Bat Saved From Probabio Death By Prompt Action of Her Mother Desperata Negro CaughtOther Rowan Coun ty Notes.-; -i v j(vn - v . . !. ' Observer Bureau, , P. 421 North.. Main Street, J -r . Salisbury, Deo. It. Julia, the' four-year-old daughter of Mm William Johnston, was fear fully burned from the waist down at the home of her mother on North Main street at noon today. Coming in contact with a stove her dress caught fire and but for the presence, of the mother in the room the Uttlo girl would' probably have Durned to death. Mrs. Johnston grabbed ' a comfort which she quickly wrapped around the burning chua. Toe in juries will not' prove fatal The child is a grand-daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. John-A, Sims of Cabarrus and a niece of Mrs. J. N. Sloan and P. Williams of Charlotte. Mr. James Ketchle with a force of "r .-"".TT rr:"7 ef"Q FLTS IS r " . --"j, r. - narDer shop from East innis street to-the handsome tonsorial parlors recently nttea up near me nrsi Uonal bank en South Main street Charlie Toung, a desperate young oia' T81" . aeS T negro who has been terrorising the Neuya Laredo, from Enrique Creel, colored settlements around Barber Mexican Minister of Foreign Rela tor some days, has been arrested byi uons. rkrmt sshmrirf. vimhnii mi Thnmn. Cerrero Prleto is a small station son as a murder suspect of Chester-! field county, South Carolina, and is now In the Salisbury Jail awaiting the arrival of a South Carolina officer. , Word was received here today of the death in a Philadelphia hospital of Mrs, Derrell, who with her hus band appeared here at the Grand in vaudeville several months ago. The deceased was a native of Greensboro, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Woodward of that city, and was a grand-daughter of the late Fletcher Pace, who for years wag captain of the Salisbury, police force. JUDGE BOND'S CHARGE TO THE JURY FAVORS BATHE LE BLANC Effort to Put Crime of Murdering Glover on tbe Widow Is Shown in Every Move of the Defense Judge's Charge WOl Be Completed This Morning. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 13. The fate cf Hattle LeBlanc, the Cape Breton girl, who is charged with the murder of Clarence F. Glover, will be In the hands of the Jury tomorrow. Judge .Bond, in the morning, will complete his charge begun today, and after the girl has mounted the stand and declared her Innocence, the Jury will take charge of the case. The Jurymen listened todav to earnest ap peals by Melvln M. Johnson, senior counsel for the defendant, and Dis trict Attorney John J. Hlgklns. Mr. Johnson made an Impassioned plea tor the acquittal of the girl, and Dis trict Attorney Higglns asked for con viction, j Judge' Bond then began his charge and much of what he said was con sidered to be distinctly favorable to the defendant Especially so were his words bearing on the question whether the girl had the courage and the ability to use for the first time a revolver that required the grasp of a good-sized hand, and tho knowl edge bow to release a safety attach ment He said the government had not shown that Hattle LeBlano had ever used such a weapon, while, on the other hand, Mrs, Glover, the widow, did know how to use one. Judge Bond called particular at tention to what he- said was very important testimony given by Hattle LeBlanc, in which she said she heard what she thought was another person In the laundry when she was there "It has been shown from the de fendant's own testimony," said Judge Bond, "that she was In the laundry. Mrs. Glover said that she was at her home reading a paper and, using a telephone. There is testimony show ing that Mrs. Glover, was on the street that evening and It is with the ury whether she had opportunity of being in the laundry. It has been shown that Mrs. Glover was familiar with pistols and their use." He was urging the jury to give the girl the benefit of any reasonable doubt when he decided to conclude his remarks tomorrow morning. MRS. SHOXTS MUST P.W. Collector Loeb Assesses New York Woman Duty Nearly Equal to Value of Her Jewelry. Jew York. Dee. 18. Collector Loeb disposed of the case of Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts, wife of tbe head of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, today by assessing $10,800, the usual sixty per cent duty on Jewelry appraised at $18,000, which was taken from Mrs. Shonts when he arrived from Europe last week. Mrs. fihonts did not declare the jewelry because she was under the Impression that it was not dutiable Inasmuch as she had obtained it in Paris In exchange for jewelry upon which she had already paid duty in this country. An investigation of the surveyor into the facts (bowed that there was no.' concealment of the Jewelry and that the failure of Mrs. Shonts to declare it was not wilful. ' The customs regulations state that "no seizure should be mads In the absence of clear evidence of fraudul ent Intent" and Collector Loeb cited this; in giving his decision. Bad Weather Baffles Best Efforts of avtai . uempnis, -xenn. -,' uec. TT iTfjQjr weather reduced aerial efforts ttova minimum today, , Rene - Barrier braved the biting wind longer than any of his f ellow-kvlatora Ue re mained aloft ' for 13 minutes, jour neying to a nearby village and alight ed rumb.- John B. Molssaht and Rene lmon also put their machines through Jheir paces but ttelr, time above ground was short The former In a E -mile race with Jos Seymour In his Flat sutomoblle, won by a good Jnargtfc t, REBEL FORCE DEFEATED Ceiican Trccps Slay Seventy In ) EDgageEEiit Jn CbMoa FEDERAL FORCES LOSE 14 HEN Insurrectos Flee Toward Guerrero And Further Engagement Expected Ref s Sent Te f asblngton Laredo, Tex bee. 13. Seventy) Mexican revolutloSsts weVe killed ' ud .mail numhp wnundal In . 'batU. thT. rnn 'with Federal K.i.i. rfw 1 p"ie7"" gtlte of cmT ;iPrt- s.ta.t. - - - - - - x - - - . LTT . u,"v ;-: ,.:.tl on' 5h Hoe of the Mexican" North western Railroad, between the town ,piun oa w wm wv auenacma 0n tne nortnwesb Commenting' on tbe situation Colonel Dlebold says: "For some time past; a small body of alleged revolutionists have been operating in the Chihuahua district : They have caused the government no alarm, however, and today's advices received from an official source in the capital In all probability means that the government has suppressed the roving bands which have ben causing minor disturbances." Mexico City, Deo. 13. News of an encounter between Federal forces under General Navarro and the revo lutionists at Cerrero Prleto, near the city of Guerrero, Chihuahua, was re ceived at the Department of War here today. Seventy of the rebels were reported killed and many others wounded and captured. The Fed erals are said to have lost fourteen men, Including two officers. The fight, which occurred on Sun day, lasted five hours and ended in the rout of the Insurrectos, who Bed toward Guerrero. The latter numbered, according to the estimate of General Navarro, from 400 to 600. They were entrenched In the mountains. The Federal forces, which numbered about 1,000 in fantry, cavalry and artillery, made a series of strategic movements in tended to draw the enemy into the open. Immediately after the battle be gan Navarro sent a report of the af fair to General Herndanes in Chi huahua, .by whom it was officially communicated to thtfWar Depart ment At that time it was believed that a further encounter would occur near Guerrero. Washington, Dec. 13.-r-Senor , De La Barra, the Mexican ambassador, received tonight the following dis patch from Enrique Creel, Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs: "General Navarro's forces today defeated the seditlonists at Cerrero Prieto, In Chihuahua. The number of killed was sixty and many more are wounded. The remainder of the seditlonists are in flight and the Fed eral troops are pursuing them.'' AMERICANS ARE WATCHFJ). Honduran Authorities Fear Some Soldier of Fortune May Lurk in Bunch of Foreigners Government Prepared For War. Puerto Cortez, Honduras, Dec, 13. via New Orleans, Dec. 13. A guard of soldiers is placed every night around tbe local hotel here where foreign visitors and business men stay. Ostensibly this guard is for protection but the real object is to watch 4he actions of the Americans. The government Tears a revolution and suspects that an American sol dier of fortune may be masked be hhid every Yankee passport present ed here. It is reliably reported that the hotel guard is under instructions to see not only that Americans are not permitted to join In any fighting which may start, but that they shall not be allowed to leave the hotel to start trouble-on their own account The ordinary business of the re public goes on undisturbed but such enterpriser as Americans and other foreigners are likely to be Interested In are badly hampered. One feature of the government's military preparations is ominous, namely, the mounting of machine guns and tellable reports that other guns of this type have been pur chased. The Honduran gunboat La Tumbla lies in the harbor here with steam up day and night .She is equipped with Krupp guns of small caliber and' Is expected to have one or two expert gunners aboard tq handle them. " It is not RnoWn whether fortifica tions are being erected at the other Important Carrlbean ports. Celba and Truxlllo, as there Is little communic ation between them and Puerto Cor tes.., . ,4 Receiver Appointed For South Caro lina Insurance Companies. Special to Th Observer. Spartanburg, 8, c Dec. 13. On petition of A M. Alexander, president of the Mutual and Pilmelto TTirm In. surance Company,' Judge T. S.Bease today, appointed a receiver for these uonnam is one oi me xoremost law companies. f They were aattacked yers in the State and Is president of two years ago by the Insurance Com i the State bar association 5 It was mission ot South Carolina and by after Judge George E. Prince, of this the press. Since that time much T th, Afternoon u announced that dlfficultr has been experienced in car-1 would not be a candidate for the vying on the affairs of the companies1 and the application' for receivership was not altogether unexpected., .if, J. ' H. "Brown of the law firm of Brown : Co. was named receiver b Judge Seass and placed under bond of 13,000 for each company, ; Farmer Breaks LerBV- Fall From Wagop. , i lal to tbs Observer. j ! itr-Salem. Deo.: 13. Mr. Jas per SherronT farmer residing near Stoxesoaie, uuiiford county, sustain ed a' painful accident this morning resulting, in a broken leg. He was getting into his wagon. After selling tome tobacco At a local warehouse, when the horse moved off and threw him to the ground. Mr. Sherron was removed to the Twin City hospital, where he is receiving the best atten- jNSAsrrr to be the plea. Laura Schenk's Lawyers Will Say That She Was Not In Her Right Mind When She Poisoned Her Hus- bandThe Trial, Postponed. , . . Wheeling W Va. Deo. It. In sanity will be alleged in defense of Laura Farn worth Schenk. who Is charged with . the attempted -murder of i her wealthy husband, John o, Sohenk. bv oolson. according to affi davits filed by her lawyers today In sunnort of a motion for postpone ment of her trial. , Judge Jordan, or the criminal court, granted the post ponement from December It to Janu ary on the ground that the deposi tions of witnesses outside this State were wanted to go to prove that tbe defendant: inherited unsoundness of mind. -, - ' ' For another month, until ths trial, Mrs. Schenk will remain In the coun ty JalL where she-has been since No vember 9 when she was arrested. In course - of the; arraignment in court touay, jsamuei u eoyce. oni i otr 'awyer. lawyer! was iww wnr atrs. oonouiv i - a. v l. not furnish bail and said that the and would not be divulged." Mrs. A -,nM Schenk was present during the Tro ceedlngs looking , less ruddy than usual, but seemingly cheerful. Her husband Is convalescing -apidly but was not able to go motoring today, as has been his custom for the past few days. MOVE TOWARD IMMERSION CREATES ROW IN PRESBYTERY Effort to Substitute That Method For Sprinkling Brings on Heated Debate at Pittsburg and Resolution Is De feated By a Large Majority One Minister Threatens to Leave the Church, Pittsburg, Pa., Deo. 13. A move ment to substitute immersions! bap tism for the sprinkling ' method. Pow employed by th Presbyterian church in the United States was approved in the report of a committee to the Pittsburg Presbytery today but after a heated discussion the idea was turn ed down. Rev. Dr. D. 8. Schaff of the West ern Theological Seminary, chairman of the committee on (bills and over tures, reported the recommendation that the words "sprinkling and pouring" be stricken from the Book of Discipline and the word "baptise" be substituted. Dr. Schaff pointed out that the word "baptism" was from the Greek meaning "te Put under" and said that even in Ger-il many where the Baptists had no fof-l lowing and the question was not an issue the churches -agreed on this point Rev. Dr. W. L. McEwan, pastor of the Third Presbyterian church, cau tioned against hurried action on - so ' important a matter and aeciarea mat , under the present arrangement a member had the privilege of Immer sion. Rev. John Royal Harris of the Shady Avenue Church said: - "Iwould not and could not Im merse in the name of the Trinity, and I would leave the church first." The Rev. C. S. George suggested that those who desired the radical chango should be given "a clean bill of health and sent over to the Baptist Church;" others pointed .out the ex- pense of installing Baptismal pools In the churches. The change was finally defeated by a large majority. The movement, although a futile one, was regarded as Important be cause of the fact that the Presby terian headquarters are nominally in Pittsburg. GANNON OPPOSES NEGRO. Booker Washington and the Speaker Meet at the White House, the For mer to Espouse the Cause of Negro Lawyer and the Latter to Oppose Him, Bat For Economic Reasons. Wsshington, Dec. 13. President Taft's inclination to appoint William B. Lewis, .a negro lawyer of Boston, an Assistant Attorney - General la meeting considerable opposition. Booker T. Washington called upon Attorney General Wickeraham today to urge it and speaker Cannon called to oppose it Speaker Cannon's opposition, how ever, li not one of color or race, but of economy. It is now known that the place the president had in mind for Lewis, was that of Assistant At torney General in charge of the In dian depredation cases. John G. Thompson, of Danville, Ills., Speaker Cannon's home town, now holds that place and intends to resign as town aa his work is done. . . Mr. Thompson has reported that he can clear up all the Indian depre datlon cases In a few months and Speaker Cannon takes the position that there will be no longer heed for an Assistant Attorney General in that office. ' . . There Is no vacancy, of Important rank on Mr. Wlckersham'S staff. , ANDERSON MAN FOR JUSTICE. General M. Lv Bonham.i. prominent Attorney and lmddcnt of South Carolina Bar Association, is En dorsed For New 'Justiceship of State supreme Conn, r; t Special jto Tb Observtr, , Anderson, S. C, Dec.; "IS. The name of Gen. M. L Bonham of this city will be presented to the General Assembly by his friends for the new place on the Supreme Court bench. The Anderson Bar Association met this afternoon and passed resolutions endorsing him for the place. General jusucesnip mat uensrai Bonnam'B friends made their announcement. Judge Prince has had the matter of being a candidate under advisement several days but -has decided not to enter ths race. - . No New Evidence in Fort Mill Mur- ,,-, der Mjstery. ; , '. ,, Special to The Observer, ' , Fort Mill, S. ClDSC 13. AcSTT. nar's Inquest was held this morn ing over ths body- of Mr. El levins, the -country merchant who was shot snd killed whllestandlng in his store door last evening. (There was no evi dence that would lead to a clus as to who perpetrated the deed. The sher iff spent today here investigating, put. it..i ciaunea produced .so - new developmeius, lher i treat indig nation here over th bold erinW and much speculation, but nothing more gubBUpUaL , TARIFF TALK W SENAT - i , -. i - Merri r erners In PIsce-IIcal E2tI:!;i Aniras ti:e uv: Eight 01 Upper Bcnss Te IntckrL WItb Soles CJLorcr Cccr;!cj . Kncb OtTneCar i Washington. Dec, U.Dlscuslon of the tariff in the Senate; today precipe -tated a lively debate in which Senators . ' Cummins, Aid rich, Beverldge and Hale were the principal j participant It. was occasioned by (Senator Cummins ; 1 -peaking to his resolution to amend the rules Ot the Benate and House so . as to permit revision, of the tariff. schedule by schedule, and was ended ' -when, on motion of Senator Hale, the ' resolution was tabled. The Benate " confirmed a long list of recess appoint meats. ,v In the House th nanatoil annmnrlMa t 4lon bill, carrying $1E3,14.000, was pass-" I - u. nuin nouses tojoumea a meet ' at noon tomorrow. - y Washington, Deo 18. The Senatl ' today listened to the first tariff debat of the session, and while necessarily' the discussion was largely academic. ' it served to develop the important fact that some Eastern , Senators, among them Messrs. Lodge and AK drich, are willing to join with West- . era associates in the piece-meal re- " vision of the tariff. JThe subject came " up on a motion to refer to the com ' mittee on rules, the Cummins' joint ' resolution, providing for tbe limits tlon of the power to amend bills look ing to the modification of paragraphs and schedules of the ' Payne-Aldrlch ' bill. , . - Mr. Cummins' speech was the first v attack of the session on the Payne , Aldrich law, and It received careful; attention. The Iowa Senator die-,' , avowed any intention of opening up a general tariff discussion. He con tended that the people generally be lieved that the law should be amend ' ed. Declaring then that under exist- v lng parliamentary usage in the House f and the Senate the amendment of A : tariff law is out of the question, hi ' contended i that the first , step to be taken was tbe modification ot thai rules -so as to render it possible to amend an individual provision of th tariff law without taking up the en- tire tariff question.-"''?. ; THE REAL ISSUE. "The real 'lssue.,, he eai& ', 'Is whether we shall so amend our rules . . ss to permit the amendment of the , -law, ichedule by schedule." ," Senator Lodge declared, h! willing ness to do all In his power to advance legislation for, the amendment of the tariff schedules. Mr. Aldrich favored amendment, but said that be wouhl prefer taking up the question by sub4. Jects rather than by schedule. He, however, was emphatic In his opposii tlon to the Iowa Senator's method o ' proceeding,, which contemplates th ; alteraUon of the rules of both . th House and Senate by Joint resolution Senator Hale, who opposes th amnedment, did not participate in tht debate, it is expected that he wilt take ground totally antagonistic til the Cummins program. - f ' RIGHTS OF SENATE. ' . ' , During the day much attention was) -given to the right of the Senate tot interfere in any way In the formation of House rules and of the Senate -to amend revenue bills which, under tha constitution; jmust originate in - the House. Mr. Aldrlch flatly announced - HI opposition to any - course " that would circumscribe the House ; ahd , : Mr. Cummins interpreted this remarie as a declaration In support of the , right of the Democratlo House of the v next Congress to outline its own policy without Interference. The Iowa Senator declared his desire t keep politics out of the question. ' In the course of his remarks Mr, Cummins animadverted severely upon the Senate's praotico of building u bills to its own liklns; on measures supplied by the House. . As Mr, Cummins proceeded to d4 ' velop his opposition to enatorlal amendments to tariff bills be - was sharply antagonized bv Mr. Aldrlch. " who ent so far ss to declare the doc trine "revolutionary? , ' WOULD "ROB STATES, . I . "It absoluteryrobs the States ' off their rights of equal representation," he declared. . , .' Mr, Cummins contended that unless the rules of the two houses were amended there would he np posslbili- ty of amending the tariff, . with - th e. consequence that, It must remain as it Is until "the people, In their indlgna-t tlon and wrath rise un and compel a general revision." Amendments toLawBnlrintMark . ins; of Confederate Graves. - Washington, Deo. It. Amend ments are proposed to the' law re quiring the marking of the graves of Confederate sailors and soldiers, who died la Northern prisons, and were buried nearby. Extenslou of the time of the commiision charged with that work for three' years from February 2 next la" urged in a re port to the House todav from the military affair committee.' ' iThe amendments: favored "are that when It is found impossible to iden tify bodies the construction pf simple central memorials. Instead of head stones authorised, the memorials to have bronse tablets affixed' cor. . lirMi x the. names of. the Confederate i':-tI, burled in the immediate vlclnki'. ..Tho plan is the result of the i possibility of Identifying Cob'" in deed at Alton and Chicago, 1,1 nls Point, N. J., Philadelphia r I Shoshola, Penn., and Lafayette.-, I i dianapolis, ' Terre - Haute ar.d Lva ville.'Ind.- t .Senate ContTrms 3fortI.r?. f Washington, Dee. 13. The c " . today confirmed the nomlPMtio.i William II. Northrup of KIot :.! f ' collector of customs for the t Of Pensaeola.. Mr. Nortni!. v , now serving. under a tc ; - mission-issued, during tiuj i . the Senate, 'succeeds John '.. . man, whoso teim of oC.h- j p
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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