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-V, S - . r.: -;-vWvi-U r YK DOLLARS A YEAR, CHARLOTTE, N. 0., TUESDAY EV ' ISTG, JANUARY 26, 1909. FIVE CENTS A COPY. wFAV CHARTER COMPLETED Cocunittee of Ten Will jtofce Report To-Mor-row Night. ' TKIKS THK RETORT WILL. BE ACCEPTED uta.. M. Doxvt U Declares That CMumi". After Careful Delib eration. Thinks it nas Something flat Will be Approved by the Peo--V iut of AU That Has Been gjiostrtl i Various Theories Has llmbodied i the Forthcom import Oflicial Call for To morrow Msht's Gathering of Com plice of One Hundred. Mr P p. McDowell, chairman of tW committee of ten, selected " from lie citizen's committee of one hun irfi on charter revision, made for mal anneuru cmer.t this morning that tV committee of ten had completed Its work, at least for the present, and that tn-morrow evening at 8 o'clock tt a meeting of the committee of one jmndrei in the county court house, the full report of the committee of ten will bo made public. That the committee will recommend eom'e radical changes in the present t-.jtom cf city government is practical;- established and Chairman Mc Po'well. while refraining from a de tail discussion of the forthcoming rerort. declared that the report would contain some material changes. "We have made this report Just as radical ts we thought the people would want or eire." declared Chairman . Mc Dowell, ""the report, however, having been iramed In a shape that might I referred as a compromise between tie several different and unlike plans that have been suggested by the dif ferent phases of the question and by thos who championed the different foras of charter. The committee of ten. of which Mr. McDowell has so ably filled the office of chairman, and which has -been hard at work for over a month, has gore over the situation most thor cuihly and has examined Into every rifepested change that has been men tioned. The committee, under the guidance of the chairman, has pro eeered slowly and with the greatest caution, and at every step discussed all phases of every detail that pre sided itself. Thinks people "Will Accept Report. Chairman McDowell, whose utter nee? ere always conservative and reliably on such questions, expressed the opinion to-day that the report of . . . . . m a. in coirmaiee oi ten memuers win mve: with the favor of the larger committee and of the people of Char lotte. "But I do not care to go.. Into details as to the contents of this re port further" said Mr. McDowell, "at this time. I think it will be wisest thai the committee of one hundred shall wait until to-morrow night be fore hearing the report in Its entirety ts prepared by the committee of ten. The work of this committee has proven a great task and the men who have served, have done so without fc"W of further reward than that they mar be able to accomplish something lor th public welfare. The report to be submitted to-mor-row night will perhaps mark the be ginning of an entirely new method of ei-y government for Charlotte. The committee cf ten having endeavored to so frame, their report as to meet !th the approval and hearty suppot .or the entire voting citizenship and the report -being in the nature of a compromise, or perhaps better said, a tynthesl3 of all that was best in tho .numerous theories advanced as to jtrhat ought to be the form of govern .meLt to be adopted by Charlotte, it is reasonable to say that the report will contain much that will appeal to sv ivP" man in the city, no matter what ,is Individual theory of what ought to be adonted may be. The committee of ten has done Its ork thoroughly and well and the members will have the appreciation jn-l the thanks of many citizens for the large undertaking which they ave patriotically dealt with and .m P'.eied. The Official Call. . The official call for the public 'Meeting to-morrow night, issued to day by Chairman McDowell, is as frl- 'lows: TVLhe Committee of One Hundred: The sub-committee of ten selected .from your number to recommend teedful changes in the city charter, u report its findings to the full com mittee on Wednesday night at Uie court house at 8 o'clock. The import-n-e of the call and the result of your decision cannot be overestimated. Ev nr member of the committee is-urged to attend the meeting. It is a public .and patriotic duty and you should al 10w nothing to prevent your attend ,ance. j TJie committee of ten who will smake the report consists of E. T. pansier. J. p. Caldwell. J. H. Wed omg.on. E. L. Keesler. Dr. George W. Graham, E. A. Smith. S. J. Asbury. s, Anderson. T. a Guthrie, J. H. -JCAden. F. B. McDOWEtL, Chairman. . ,cromittee of 100 is comosed of he following named: . av, Poster. W. S. Liddell. P. C. l - L'- Alexander, Wm. Ander Brw. J- Asbur C. B. King,. J. R. fridges, e. M. Bell. J. A, Bell. R. A. Twenty Miners To Be Dead Front Explosion: Johnstown. Pa., Jan. 26. As a re Salt of a doulbe gai explosion at Boa 'ell mine, last evening, 22 miners are Uev4 to have met death. They ;Were members of an Investigating Party that entered the mine to make 'dLlm'-eCt,0n Two are known to 'be 'cf4, Slffnal9 wer heard from others tk party until this morning, but LVe ceasd. and all are probably dead ter datap. THE UNEMPLOYED v FEARED IN LONDON Ministry Meets' Under Precautions as Ivigid as Those in Russia Suffra gettes and Unemployed Cause Government Uneasiness. Lc-ndon, Jan. 26. Fearing violence at the hands of either, suffragettes or the army of unemployed, to-day's cab inet meeting was held under precau tions as rigid as those In Russia. The ministers went to the cabinet meeting in closed carriages, and when the last had arrived the police, closed Down ing street at 'both ends and stopped traffic. Thousands of unemployed gathered at the ends ef the street and jeered and cried: "Give .us work or give us food." Several of the more rabid were arrested. INHERITS FORTUNE; ' WILL STILL WORK Employe of Baltimore & Ohio Left $40,000 by an Uncle. Cumberland, Md Jan. 26. J. H. Delllnger, of this city,- has been ad vised by the executor of the estate of his uncle, Joseph Wilson. Who died a month ago, that he will inherit his relative's property, valued at J 40.000. Dellinger has made arrangements to go to Chicago to receive his share of the estate. He Is an employe of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad steel car repair department here, and is un married. Two sisters reside near Bal timore, and two sisters and a brother live in Cumberland. Dellinger says, despite the fortune, he will continue at his trade. FOUR-YEAR-OLD SAVES BABY'S LIFE Thelma Bowie " Carries Burning Boy to Hydrant and Puts .Out Flames Trenton. N. 5., Jan. 26. Thelma Bowie, the 4-year-old daughter of Robert Bowie, proved herself a hero ine here when she saved the' life of one-year-old Walter Witters. The girl was visiting in the Witters home when the baby poured the con tents of a bottle of gasoline on the floor about where he was ' sitting. Lighting a match the boy Ignited the gasoline and was immediately envel oped in flames. "Seeing the infant's danger little Thelma picked up the baby, carried him into the yard close to a hydrant and with the aid. of a tin pail shower ed the burning baby with water. The parents of the -baby hearing the screams, rushed to tne aia, duc tne flames had already been extinguished 17 HURT IN A WRECK IN OHIO St. Ixuils-Xev York .Flyer Has Two Cars Thrown Down an Embank ment. Coshockiton , 6.", Jan. 25. The Pennsylvania's St. Louis-New York flyer, eastbburid, " was ' wrecked early this morning at Adams Mills, twelve miles west of here. Two Pullmans left the track, rolling down an embank ment. Seventeen people are injured and it Is feared some of the passeng ers may be dead. Doctors and nurses are going to the scene. England's First Skyscraper. London. Jan. 26. England's first "skyscraper" Is Just being completed at Liverpool. The building will be 300 feet high; and . is' being erected or the Royal Liverpool Friendly Society on a site overlooking the Mer sey. "Figling Bob" to Speak. Pittsburg. Pa., Jan. 26. Admiral "Fighting Bob" Evans, who is now making a lecture tour of the East, arrived In Pittsburg to-day and will deliver an address at Carnegie Musio Hall to-night. His topic will be "Tak ing the' Atlantic Fleet from Hampton Roads to San Francisco." Hen Show at Capital. Washington, Jarx - 24 The Colum bia Toultrv and Plsreon Association opened Its Annual, exhibition in thh old Masonic Temple to-day. An In novation at the ishpw Is. a poultry Institute" which Is conducted by lec turers of national repute. . . t i Dunn, Willis Brown, C. B. Bryant, J. P. f?aldwe:ir. J. L. tJrramDers, w. Frank Dowd. E. A.- Smith. J. A. Dur ham, J. C. McNeely. J. xi. weaaington. J. A. Fore. J. M. Scott, J. w. jonn- ston, H. G..Link. M. -C -Mayer.. P, M. Brown, W. (.Maxwon, . s. aioiincn. J. D. McCall, J. N. Mccausiana. j. j. Ross. J . W. Todd. P. H. rneian. s. Writtowsky. B. F. Withers, R. C. Car son, P. S. Powell, w. A. jxeai, j. Stornes. E. M. Cole. K. xv. v. boraax, D. R. Yarbrough. J. M. House, j. a. McLaughlin, I. W. Faison, J. A. Hen derson, E. R. Preston, W. rt. xwuiy. C C. Moore, t:. tt. arocKenorougn, T. C Guthrie, J. B. Spence, McD. Wat- kins. W. O. Jarreii tr. f. Moay, j. t cnrr. j. H. Wearn. T. M. Constable, H. M. Wilder,. George Stephens, John H. McAden, H. M. Wilder. W. S. Alex ander, H. .H. Orr. J. B. Koss, jrranK u. Lethco, J. P. Woodall, J. w. Zimmer man, J. H. Van Ness, jr., . ..yiu- bon, J. R: Alexander, a. u. springs. D A. Tompkins, Brevard Nixon, L. B. Rhea. J. A. Jones. Geo. W. Graham. C. E. Hooper. A. J. Hagood. C. E. Mason. W T. McCoy, ZeKe j onnsion, : in . v. Porter, J. R. Irwin. Louis Schiff. Rob ert L. Stokes. J. Jfress -arownn. v. Eddy. J. F. Wilkes. Ed. Campbell. C. O; Kuester. G. A. Harrell; E: . cres wll, G. W. Rainwater, R: B. Fox, Plummer Stewart, Herlot Clarkson, F. B. McDowell. E. L. Keesler, W. H. Hall. - Believed There was a small explosion-in-, the; mine late yesterday. A party was, made up to inspect tand seek the cause of the trouble. After the en- tered the nilne,' there were several ex plosions which blocked up the open ings and prevented the men from es caping. The body of one man was rescued this morning. Several of the rescue party -were tivercome , by the - after damp. ' '- GETS POWER FROM THE SEA Pittsburg Man's Machine to s Bridle Waves and . Tides.. triaij at Atlantic city within a few days William Snee's Invention ' Combines Features of Turbine, Tlius Differing from All Previous. Attempts to Harness the Energy of Old Ocean Plan to Equip Government - Light houses. . , ... Washington, Jan. 26.-7-Wlthin the next few days Atlantic City is to wit ness a practical demonstration of a new Invention that will utilize ..the limitless force of the pean tides and waves in the production, of power, light, and heat. The Inventor clalps that ho haa mastered the problem in a manner that makes its application both economic and practical. Inventors for years have been try ing to devise some method to utilize the enormous energy of -the ocean's tides and wave force. It Is said by the invetnor of the new machine-that other Inventors have attacked the problem from the wrong side; that is, they made use of plungers, which by rising and falling with the waves it was thought would impart their power to a wheel.' - But no practical machine was ever built, and people came to the conclusion that the prob lem was impossible of solution. En gineers who have tested the wave motors invented by William Snee, , of Pittsburg, state that these motors will do the work for which they are in tended. Constructio nof 3Iotor. The, motor, or rather the revolving portion of the motor, resembles In construction, and is, Jn effect,-a. tur Dine, xt is tne only turoine wneei ever Invented for generating power from wave and 'tide motion. The motor revolves within the stationary shield that is equipped with refiec tors and guide blades, set at such' an angle as to harmonize all outside conflicting, forces of the water, so that no matter from what direction the water is jetted into the interior. the motor always turns In one dlrec tion. Models of various sizes have been made, and the experiments have proved such an unqualified success that .two. 61-ton. motqrs . have been Installed at the end of Young's pier at Atlantic City, and the power ob tained. will ibe utilized to make the pier and beach a blaze of: light. The wave motor works as well on land as it does in the water. This feature was tested recently at Pitts burg, the motor proving itself to be twenty per cent. . more sensitive to the currents of the &.ir than the ane mometer, and the same principle that harmonizes the outside wheel per forms the same service in harmoniz ing conflicting forces of wind. To Equip Lighthouses. This discovery naturally suggests the idea of using both the wind and wave motors in government light houses, and the inventor at once brought the matter to the attention of the government officials. . The great .cost. of. fuel is. one. of .the principal items in the upkeep of light houses, and an annual saving to the government in their operation and maintainance. if equipped after this plan, "is expected. The accompanying photograph gives an excellent idea of the appear ance of the lighthouse in which one motor and two wave motors "have been installed, and the manner In which the power will be benerated. SPENDS $10,000 TO GET BACK WIPE Separated 17 Years by Turkish Gov ernment, Revolution Finally Re unites Couple. Boston, Jan. 26. After being sepa rated from his wife - for seventeen years by the Turkish . government. John Gorakain, a wealthy tobacco dealer in this city, to-day took her to his home from the immigration sta tion. Seventeen years ago Gorakain was so active invhis support of the, Arme nian uprisings that he was forced to flee. from. Turkey tor. hl.s.life,. leaving his wife and a three-year-old son. Since that time he has spent near ly $10,000 trying to get her out of Turkey, but his efforts were without avail untij the recent revolution. She landed late yesteraay on tne liner Saxonia at East Boston and to night a celebration will 'be given in honor of the reunion in the Armenian colony here. . S. C. LEGISLATURE ELECTS SENATORS , - m E. D. Smith, Democratic' Nominee, Only Candidate Voted For. '"". ' ChrOniclfe 'Bureau, I. Columbia, S. C, Jan. 26 The two branches of the Legislature to-day ballotted for United States Sen ator. ' Mr. E D. Smith, the -Democratic, nominee was the candidate vot ed for. The '- joint session of the As sembly will to-morrow formally tab ulate the 'Vote" and declare .'Mr Smith elected. ' CROWD. JEERS AS GUILLOTINE WORKS Murderer of -.Man and Wife Dies as Gleeful "Crowds Set Off. Fire Crack- - ers. ; ..- ' Carpentras, France,. Jan. 26 Amid tho ghoulish (glee of crowds which set off nrecracKers, as- nis neao was iaia on- the- block. Remy Danver3 was guil lotined here to-day for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Donat. Danvers' crime was so .base that the whole town ' turned out to Jeer at him on the prison wall. . ' To Build Airships. New York, Jan. 26. Announce ment has been made of the proposed organization -of the Aerial Navigation Company of America, with its princi pal office in this city, "and with a capi tal of $50,000,000. the company to. build airships.- , SUPT. JOYNER'S IRE AROUSED Says Legislative: Committee Did His Department an Injustice. " REPORT DID NOT CONFORM . TO THE FACTS IN THE CASE o ' -.- k State Superintendent of Public In structions J. Y. - Joyner Points Out Errors in . Sensational Report of Committee hi Regard to Vouchers ' Will Continue to Follow Opinions of .Attorney General -Until Law Is Changed. c v Chronicle Bureau, -Raleigh, Jan. 26. . Stale Superintendent of Public - In struction J. Y. Joyner issues a state ment in which he declares that the Legislative examining committee does his department a great injustice in its sensational report, just submitted to the General-Assembly by not making their report conform to the facts they had in their possession. He says . A. J. Barwick, chief clerk, was not ap pointed by him as clerk to the State Board of Examiners, but that the ap pointment was by the State Board of Education and that the vouchers in his favor were for per diem merely and not for maintaining, the duties of the secretaryship . which would have cost the State at least $500 if it had not been done by. his clerks without extra charge, although it was not re ally any part of the work of the State Department of j Education. Further more an opinion by the Attorney Gen eral was laid before the committee setting out that Mr. Berwick was nbt barred from receiving this extra com pensation under the 1907 act and since "the Attorney General is the le gal adviser of the State Department of Education, his opinions will be fol lowed, says Superintendent . Joyner, until tho constitution and the law are changed. ' , . Concerning the. payment to Berrett & Thompson of $137.50 ' for school building plans, Superintendent Joy ner says the charge was most reason able, being for plans required -by the State under section 4124 of the school law, being tor- plans ' .arid not for "cuts," as the committeeTiad' lt;: Tot this also there ; was the ; authority of an opinion by the Attorney General in addition to the specific legislative requirement that where money was loared for Improving "school, hoiiseg by the State, the plans must be fur nished by the State Department of Education. FLAMES DEVOUR COLORED SCHOOL Main Building of High Point Nortnal and Industrial School Complete Loss Students Have Narrow Es cape -Believed That Fire Was of Incendiary Origin. Special to The Chronicle. High Point, Jan. 26. The main building of the High Point Normal and Industrial School for colored youths was totally destrojred by fire at 1:30 o'clock this ' morning. All of the students slept up stairs and many had narrow escapes. Officials, it is said, believe the. fire was of incendiary origin, as there had been no fire in the building this week. The fire is a serious blow to the school which was doing a good work under the guidance of Professor Grif fin. ' Invents a New Aeroplane. Salt Lake City, Jan. 26. C. L. Downer, of this city, completed a five plane aeroplane model, one of many others, and has had remarkable suc cess with it. The materials used are very light and the model weighs but a trifle over one pound. . It is three feet in length and. has a lifting sur face of 2.2 square feet." With a shoot ing start flights have been made as long as 125 feet. Tariff on Lumber. -Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 26.- Questions relating to the tariff and to a possible shortage of lumber, ow ing to the rapid destruction of the forests, are occupying the Northern Pine Manufacturers' Association at Its annual meeting here. to-day. Elec tion of officers for the new year will take plae before adjournment. . - LATAR KHAN SETS UP GOVERNMENT Revolutionist Leader at Tabriz Fol lows Example of Samsan Khan at Ispahan Is Pursuing the . Loyal ists. ' . v St. Petersburg, Jan.'; 26. Satar Khan, the revolutionary leader at TabrTs, has followed the example of Samsan Khan at Ispahan and form ally1 set up an independent govern ment, according to a message receiv ed to-day. -At the head of several thousand soldiers Satar' is no wJn pur suit of the defeated forces of the loyalist leaders. 1 : . NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. During the past few weeks -The Chronicle has added sever- T al hundred new subscribers to v its list in the city. ' If your paper isn't -delivered V promptly, please notify us- at ;'. once. Call phone 78. - f Always take receipt, or poon- ? ey paid carrier, , as this will -avoid any misunderstanding, and will assist the carrier in keeping his accounts straight. NAVY LACKING mpLAINS Reorganization in This Line 7 to l?e , Demanded , from 1 Congress - - "' ; SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY WlLlS PUStt THE MATTER . . . - . - -. : ' Not a Single Chaplain Has Been Ad ' ded to the Service in 67 Years While- the Number1 of Men Has In creased . by ; the Thousand 24 Chaplains for1? 3,300 -Tars Reor ganization Expected at the Hands ' of the Taft Administration New York, Jan. 26. On behalf of some hundred thousand parents and relatives of the Yankee boys in Uri cles Sam's sea service, a movement t0 procure an adequate staff of chap lains for the nevy has been started in this city. To the new administra tion" and Congress this demand from 30,000 homes all Over the country will presented . at Washington by the erican Seamen's Friend Society, which has been placing action . to place the American navy on an equal footing with that of every otner. na tion in this resnect for several years. Scores of national religious, civic, and philanthropic organizations can be counted upon to join them in vigor ous efforts to this -end, omcers oi inu With Senator Knox who Introduced a bill for more navy chaplains last vear. at the head of the Taft cabinet, and a new Secretary of the Navy just Installed, the leaders in this move ment believe that more than the us ual attention will be paid in the new year to this matter of- providing American tars with religious service in life as well as in death. No re organization in the navy is to-day in more pressing need of. attention, they declare; for the records shOw that not one single chaplain nas Deen aaueu to the naval service in tne last sixty sevfin veATs. while the .number of en listed men has grown by the. hundred each year. Only twenty-four chap lains are at nresent allotted to the 33,000 tar's of our navy, &4per cent of whom are taken from Amencuu homes in - every section .of the land, it has been shown. Backed by the home -"folks and neighbors of. all the American tars, whn must now lack decent burial Christian burial, as well as the ordl narv ohance for relisious service, the American Seamen's Friend Society will anoear at Washington in the near future to urge immediate remedy by these conditions: - Jtvwm net -.poraieu Great Britain and almost all $h for- elgn powers provide one cnapiam to every ship at seai only two such offi cers are allotted to the entire Amerif ran fleet now cruisinar ab out the woria. That the United States navy , is sadly inferior to the - sea ' services of every other nation in this particular win pe shown by many striking facts and fig ures. "The call from American homes throughout the country for the chance of religious service for their boys haTs never been heeded" at Washington," said G. McPherson Hunter, secretary of the American-Seamen's Friend so ciety, at its headquarters, .76 Wall street , to-day. '.Though President Rosevelt, who Is one of our 'vice pres idents, interested himself in the mat ter, all- measures to this end have been quietly neglected and-killed for the last fifty years or more, vi-ms year, however, we feel that Congress and the new administration authori ties can no loneer fail to heed such a widespread demand from the people of the nation, y we nave pusnea tnis cause steadily since 1840, and we do not intend to stop till our navy, is placed on a par in this respect with those of the other nations." ' CRACKER JACK' GIRL BECOMES A BRIDE Laura Roeckheim,. Daughter of Chi cago Millionaire, Marries Artist Who Painted Her Portrait. - Chicaeo". Jan. 26. -That art doesn't shj' at commercialism in this country was happily illustrated at a wedding In Chicaeo wherw Miss Laura jtteucK- heim. the daughtet of the millionaire manufacturer of Mcrackerjack," be sQTne the hride ofV Frank warner, a nor trait na inter. I Mrs Warner, whose home is at Akron, Ohio, was just back from Paris and a course or stuoy aproaa wnen he met nretty Miss RuecKneim two years ago and forgot .. all about the sun-kissed scenes of Italy and the sentimental influences of . the Latin quarter. HG lost his heart entirely to the rrnoTcerlack GirL!' and every time he heard a train butcher calling out tvie nnrsome candied popcorn or lis tened to the melodious strains of that sentimental ballad : "Riiii me neanuts and crackerjack And I don't are If I never come back." His thoughts went to the girl whose father mad made a fortune 'by mix ing molasses and popcorn. Within two weeKS irom me umo the artist met Miss Reuckheim lie was painting her portrait and soon after this they were engaged to be married. BRYAN OPPOSES CARNEGIE PENSION Says State - Should Provide for Uni versity xeaoiers. Omaha,-Nebr., Jan. 26. In a signed communication to be puousneo in The World-Herald to-morrow morn ing, William J. Bryan protests against the 'Legislature of Nebraska author izing professors- in the State Univer sity 1 to become beneficiaries of the Andrew' Carnesie nension system. - - Ha declares that the professors are L underpaid, but he maintains tnat tne State itself should give tnem aueuuaw compensation, and suggests - that an old-age pension fund might well be provided by the State if such a fund be deemed necessary. ; -' "To advocate the Carnegie pension fund," Mr. Bryan says, "one must vir tually declare that the State of Ne braska is unable or unwilling to pay her prWessors what they ought to be paid. Who is prepared to bring either-of these indictments against i the people?" ' - .v.. . - - HIGH POSITION FOR PROF. J. A. BIVINS Appointed Superintendent of Teach -' ers' Training Work in. the State, . Including Colored and Indian In--. dustrial and Normal Schools and County Institutes. Chronicle Bureau. Raleigh, Jan. 26. Announcement Is made by State Superintendent of Public Instruction J. T. Joyner. that J. A. Bivins, super intendent of the Monroe graded schools, Is appointed . superintendent of the entire teacher training work of the State, Including the general direc tion and supervision of the work of county institutes and county teachers' associations. This fs an enlargement of the duties of the position held by the late Capt. John Duckett:as super intendent of the colored and Indian normal schools. Mr. Bivins is to give only a part of his-time to the work until April 1st, owing to his duties as superintendent of the Monroe schools. Mr. Bivins- is a prominent and very successful educator, eminently fitted, it is said, for the duties of his new po--sition. . SPECIAL MESSAGE ON ANTI-JAP BILL Governor " Gillette of California, v Works Two Days and Nights on : " Important Document President Forwards Letters. . Sacramento, Cal., . Jan. 26. After working two days and' nights on a document which he believes will avert a crisis, .Governor Gillett will prob ably send to the Legislature to-day a special message which he designed to convince Calif ornians of the error' which would be committed should the . much-discussed anti-Japanese laws have been acted. Governor Gillett has received a tele- grahi from the. President saying that letters are on the way. No . hint of , the contents was given. The outcome of the bill in the Leg islature is. doubtful. SEVEN MEN IN THE JURY BOX NOW Both Sides Anxious to Complete the Jury Argument on x Juror Leigh's Dismissal To-Morrow. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 26. With seven men in the jury box both sides in the Cooper-Sharp murder trial tferted off to-day in an earnest effort tr MlgnnRA fit tie ranxl Vk? .venireman -Wirnritwi5ii -'i-' -a anomplte f 7 mt ,w ...v v. v To-morrow is set for' the hearing of arguments of counsel for the dis missal of Juror Leigh on charges of drunkenness. He resents the allega tions and his friends will oppose his dismissal from the Jury. CRIPPLED FLORIDA COMES INTO PORT Two of the Italian Liner's Dead Wedged Beneath Twisted Steel and Timber. New York, Jan. 26. The Italian liner Florida came into port to-day with two of her dead still beneath I S J All 1 1 A. ft- twisted steel and timber. The bodies are wedged In the -broken plow and dozens of men are workfn gto gel them out. Eugene Lynch, whose wife was in the collision, died this morning at a hospital. STAR MAKES CHANGES. -. Popular Vaudeville Will Overhaul and Extend Pleasure Place on West Trade Street Will Make Changes in Single Day. The public will be Interested to know that the Star vaudeville- place on West Trade street, owned and op erated by Mr. Jake Newell, will Im mediately undergo marked changes.. which will be made within 10 or 12 hours, so that only the afternoon per formances will be at au interrupted. The floor will be lowered and will also be inclined six feet from the front. The stage 'will be four feet high, and the back entrance will be even two feet higher than the stage. Mr. Ira L. Edwards has the contract and will demonstrate - what , can be done in the way of systematic en deavor. He will begin work right away. The hall -will be extended 26 feet to the rear and will materjally add to the comfort and accommoda tion of the hundreds of patrons that daily and nightly throng the popular Star place of real amusement, - As it is the dressing rooms are under the stage; and the changes, will place such rooms in. a better and ' more pleasing section of the modern little playhouse. The dressing rooms will thus be situated in a special and more advantageous part of the house. . s , Root and Brice Get Together on Agreement. Washington, Jan. 25. Secretary Root and Ambassador Brice reached an agreement .concerning the New foundland - fisheries1 . treaty to-day. Ther British government has been re quested for - authority to sign. Mrs. Hoggins' Eistr Dead. - A telegraui was received In the city this morning announcing the death in Wilmington of Mrs. A. M. Baldwin. Mrs. Baldwin was a sister of Mrs. Mil dred J. Hugginsf of Dilworth, and stepmother, of Mrs. Mangum Turner; of Lexington. - . State-Wide Prohibition is Certain For South Carolina Chronicle Bureau, " Columbia, S. C, Jan. 26. Governor Ansel will not veto a State-wide prohibition bill, which it now appears certain wiH. pass 'tire present tionists are not strong enough to pass elected on a local option platform, he would do, but the prohibitionists have not oppose them. . DEBATING THE K00NGE BILL The Doings of the General i Assembly To-Day. , THE .GOVERNOR TRANSMITS INS. COMMISSIONER'S REPORT Receipts oil the Insurance Depart ment Last Year $225,000 Com missioner Young: Wants 'More Pay for Force and a Building House Is Considering Koonce Bill to Put So licitors on a Salary Basis Bill to Have Clerks of Courts Report to Attorney General Favorably Re ported. Chronicle Bureau, Raleigh, Jan. 26. Bills for a general State primary law for all parties, the cost to be paid as the costs of the general elec tionsare now there introduced in the Senate to-day by Dockery in the House by Cox, of Wake, and went to the committees on Privileges and Elections. A message from Governor Kltchln transmitted the annual report and recommendations of J. R. Young, In- ' surance' Commissioner. It shows an nual receipts of the departmenting aggregating $225,000, a steady annual, increase of $10,000 to-$12,000. He asks another assistant and a general Increase in the pay of his clerical forcer ;also a special insurance build ing. , Bassett introduced in the-Senate a bill to extend the corporate limits of . Tarborc. The House took up as special or der the Koonce bill to pay solicitors salaries of $2,750 and entered on a lengthy discussion. An amendment by ,. Underwood would make the salary $2,500. Argument is still on and may consume the entire afternoon. Favorable Report on Elliott BUI. The Senate Judiciary commutes gives a' favorable report for Senator Elliott's bill to require the clerks of the Superior Courts to report to the Attorney General all regular and spe cial terms of court, number of cases tried, number continued, time court was in session and cause for adjourn ment, the' purpose being to gather 4 data for the guidance of the next M1lliS meqistricting tne mate, Retorted. , I-.,-. . ,.... . The bill. Of Senator Manning for a' recorder's court for Durham was giv en a, favorable report by the commit tee as was also a bill by Senator Pharr to require registers of deeds to mark cancelled deeds as "cancelled" In the index as well as in the record Itself. The commitee on education has turned down the bill of Representa tive Perry of Bladen to tax manufac turers, bottlers and dealers In coca cola and all drinks containing caffeine except coffee, the proceeds to go to. the public -schools. Possibly a bill' that taxed only the manufacturers1 and wholesalers might meet a differ ent fate at the hands of the commit- V-V. The bill establishing graded schools at Laurlnburg.has gone to a sub-committee composed of representatives Weaver, Majette and Gordon. Representative Koonce, of Onslow, has a petition from citizens of that country asking that the State prohi bition law be so amended as to allow farmers to sell wine of their own make In quantities of one quart or less. - The joint committee on agriculture this afternoon heard from experts and citizens Interested . on the - sub ject of draining and reclaiming the wet, swamp and overflowed lands of the State. The bill Is that recom mended by the drainage convention held at Newbern , last September. It provides that when "a majority of tho. landowners resident In a proposed draining district, or the owners of three-fifths of such land, petition the clerk of the Superior -Court to, havs certain territory organized into a ' drainage district, the clerk appoints drainage engineers and two viewers to make a preliminary examination. The drainage commissioners ap pointed are to be one a disinterested civil ahd drainage engineer and the other two resident freeholders,- tho engineer to be appointed on recom mendation of the State geologist and paid by the State preliminarily, the, pay to be refunded when, the drain age fund is provided by the sale of bonds or otherwise. The superin tendent . of construction shall furnish bond In the sum of $10,000. Tho commissioners are to assess the lands for taxation for the cost of the work. If the cost is less than an average of 25 cents an acre on . all the land In the district, the assessment is to be collected in one installment like State taxes;, if more" than that, the com mibsioners may ' Issue bonds after three weeks' notice, and, any land owner not wanting to pay the IntereBt on bonds may pay the -.county treas urer the full amount of. the assess ment and have , his land released. Addressing . the committee were J. O. Wright, supervising drainage engineer of the United States De partment of Agriculture; State Geologist Pratt; Col. R. F. Beasley, of Plymouth: Congressman J. H. Small; Col. E. P. Carter,, of Fair field ; Thomas Jarvls, ' of Currituck, and A. B. Lukens, of Moyock. Ths committee took the bill under con- , sideratlon and will- meet at 9:30 Wednesday morning. Legislature,- although the prohibi it over his veto. Although he was would not say positively what he been led to feel sure that he will , . v.. l r- ... :x ' ' V: .... -v.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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