North Carolina Newspapers

VOL.17. NO. 75. vy OLi-CXXXlJlfrv; Generally f AR CLOUbS A LITTLE BLONPE I T&e Da jle Getting Eto OF HOC STENOGRAPHER IS ALL IMPORTANT OVER ITALY FORESTS SUBJECT IN THE AND By Associated Press. ' ' - " 1 ' -f- i 1 '. . '-' 1 . . 1 1 . "" 1 " .. : ' 1 ; ; 1. i . . . air to-night and ThuwwKV V fWT A T-T .ArmTtt XT f TXTlTTYtl 8 CSTFTjrnT?lTTaE I T 5 S ' I , . ' j SENT SOUTH RY AREON TURKEY COURTS TO-DAY Threatened Invasion Of Turk ish Ports Causes Consternation EUROPEANS IN c FEAR OF MASSACRE Italian Warship Standing Off Tripoli. whVps People Fear For Their Lives I and Calls are Sent to Friends of ! the Feerl offleials have been build-Anglo-Maltese Oolory to Appeal to jln UP their case mainly through the " m. the Government ior ami "or xnem Uitimatum Sent to the Turks by - : ' Italv if ot conceded Will Mean Trouble To-Morrow, By Associated Press. " ' . , TRIPOLI, sept. 27. Uneasiness of European residents here increases through the apprehension of native demonstrations. A French steamer sailing yesterday took aboard'" many Europeans for Tunis, but was compelled to refuse others who sought passageTbecause of lack of accommodations for them. Calls For Help Seat. The Anglo-Maltese colony in Trip oli sent an appeal to their compatriots Baying: "We implore our' brethren to ap peal to the government to assist us and to come to our help as the Ital ian steamers refuse to receive any hut persons of their own nationality. Four Massacres of Europeans. A message received from Tripoli to day says that Italian warships with an expeditionary force are lying 20 miles off Tripoli and that there is a panic among the Italian residents there as it is feared that the landing of troops wrald be the signal for a massacre of Europeans..- - Turkish Cabinet Acts. COTSTANTINOFLE, Sept. 27. - h-ies of four games that nray virtually The Turkish cabinet in council yester- determine if it does notdeflnitery de day decided .that in the event, of a ( oide the league championship was rupture of the relations between Italy scheduled to to begin here: this" afte and Turkey the Italians should be de- j noon between the Eastern team and prived of all the benefits of the ca pitulations. The capitulations are Turkish State j papers guaranteeing to foreigners re- 1 siding in Turkey and Its dependencies the title, was. 58 points behind lead extra territorial rights and immuni- j erS wno did not play yesterday. The j ties, such as trial by consular courts to cases where Turkish subjects are concerned. Italy Sends Ultimatum. LONEMDNj Sept. 27. A news dis ?a!ch fronft Paris to-day says that Italy has 4ent an ultimatum tb Tur key saying that the latter must agree to an Italian occupation of Tripoli; and that unless a reply Is received to-morrow Italy will proceed with the threatened occupation. ATLANTA VOTEsT ON COMMISSION FORM TO-DAY By Associated . Press. ATLANTA, Sept. 27. This city Is . voting to-day on a proposition look log toward commission form of gov rnment. The abolishment of the present scheme of. city administration is provided in a new charter, which also provides for a board of five com missioners headed by k mayor and a council of ten men one from each ward elected at large. At present Atlanta is governed by a mayor, num erous boards and a boareV of alder men. The campaign has been spirited In the past week, strong opposition hav tasr developed, and 'to-day' person dose to city affairs will not-make a Jredictlon as to tho ru.nma nt va lection. There has hoen sma bt- opponents of the commission torn offering two to one that it will e defeated. The polls opened at 7 o'clock and U remain open until 7 this after m. Atlanta, is one of the country's -est cities to change, vote on such a ft OBSERVE A FIRE IlKVENTION DAY IN MISSOURI Associated Press. JEPpERgON CTTV Mr Co.f ; T" W'ernnr Ha.ii j Otters to the mayors of th nrtn- ' it Cq" ' Cllles m the State asking their craws of aix geese raised tvy Mrsk is tobPeratin in plan to observe .be- rael Altschul of this place. . ''; er 9 as "fire prevention day," and 1 When neighbors heard of the find a - Vs he wlli this week issue a nror.la- i7 nld rush was started. They tion naming the day. He believes . -3 -a'img attention to the neces y of thorough inspection of, public Private builinCT much will be "v from fire losses Hi.. NEW YQRX,:Sept. 27 Hunt ''for, a J little blonde stenographer became the feature event to-day in the case of Jared Flag, "frantic financier" and Lhis friends, who are accused of using the. mails to def raud. The Quarry?' In the girl nunt Is, Madeline Russe, who is supposed to know things about Flagg business that the grand jury ranjs -t discover, j Since the raid of Flagg's offices last Saturday the postofflce , inspectors, have sought Miss Ruse in vain, but to-day they, had Information that she will surrender herself. Meanwhile examination nt ntVior vnnniy wrm.-n . :.- , . t fP by the broker .and of cus- tomp.ro vhn vara fronnont o i-i o r t r "WV1 rav, r the luncheons de luxe given by Flagg's firm every; Saturday. Through her sister, Miss Russe has declared that she has intimate, ac quaintance with her employer's bus"- rness methods. "Mr. Fla&g," she said, never closed a transaction. withonuX a handsome profit to the Investor, His method was a simple one, known as the' Pettibohe -progressive - system. This, scheme is merely to place a sub stantial cash margin on a small lot o stock so as to cover any possible fluctuations. One is bound to win in this way if he is content to . wait until it goeslup. The .only reason that the outside investor" loses "money on mar gined deals is that he goes into the game with insufficient fundsx or else loses Ifls courage." . - The authorities have been baffled to a large .extent In the preparation of ( their case by the unwillingness of'i Flagg's investors to give evidence against him. HEW YORK AND CHICAGO BEGIN THE FINISH TO DAY By Assocla'er Press ICAGO, Sept. ilr-WWl' ' Tor baseball teWfcT? Wv4 I for the National-League pennnt, a se- l Chicago. As a result .of yesterday's double- header ' which Chicago divided with Boston, the western contenders for ctandlng at the beginning of the pres eht series was: Club New York . . , . Chicago . . : . , . t Won Lost P. C .-.90 48 .652 . .85 58 .594 If New Tork wins -all four games I of the series with Chicago, Manager McGraw and his, men will have the pennant won. . 1 X .. The. Eastern players who arrived yesterday from Cincinnati and rested for the crucial contest, do not say that they will accomplish th& but they believe that if they can win at least rhalf of "the games, they will virtu ally grasp victory. v New York at the beginning of the Chicago series had 16 games o play to finish the season while Chicako had only Vi. The' Chicago players are not exceedingly hopeful; - for, to de- 7 Z ' C ' i feat New York they will have to win all eleven games uhlesS New York ' .. , . . . . . - Bnouia lose more mau uiue uj. ito six teen. BOY 'KIDNAPPED THREE MONTHS RETURNED. NEW YORI& Sept. , 27. Five-year-: old Vlnvent Sabella, son of a wealthy Italian wine merchant who was kid napped three months ago, was found wanaenng m a oroun i eai iy wreckage would . be so strewn about to-day and was taken back to his thevesj that the turrets and other parents , by the police. The kidnap- tneceesary apparatus might be badly pers had demanded $5.)00 ransom In , hanjicapped or-put out of commis a long series of letters, the lasf of slon consequ'entiy they are in favor which, received month ago, con- of the one mast , ( tained -a small piece of human flesh Thft new plans also contemplate which was declared to have been two neavliy armored fie control sta cllpped from. the.. boysx ear. The. iad tions, placed low down fore and aft declared to-day. -however, tnat he , had been well treated all the time he was away He could, give "no account as to the house where he had been detained. ' . The police believe that the. elder Sabella yielded to the kidnappers' de mands although he denfes it. ' . -z ' GOLD NUGGETS IN GEESE A CRAWS CAUSE MAD RUSH. "aAXTfri DinmnA Cal.. Ssnt. avi ; .itL j -n-mo aa ra-rtra aa were taken yesterday f6mfiife.fing to barriers; of crumpled steel "that Wan Working in the vicinity and ?n 1 washing the sand several small nug- ets were found. 4 The gbld was probably washed down from the mountains yars ajge. IF RUSHTOBUYSTOCKS SENDS WALL STIiEET PRICES FLYING UP By Associated Press. NEW YORK, Sept. 27 Rush to buy stocks sent prices up swiftly at the opening of the stock market to-day. The effect of the United States Steel corporation's announcement tjiat it would not dissolve voluntarily, was electrical. Trading in United. states Steel stoeks was. on an unprecedented scale. , The opening transaction block of 88,000 shares at 59 I-i to 62, a maximum gain of s 1-8. Within the first fifteen minute 190,000 shares of this ' stock were traded In. Dealings In the preferred stock of the steel corporation, resulted Jh; equally large gains. That stock on the first transaction opened at 109 3-4, an advance of 2 1-2, and rapidly rose, to 113. The bonds opened at 103, a gain of 1 7-S. Trading in all the active Issues was on a large scale. After twenty minutes of exciting trading the market fell , off. The re actions amounted to from 1 to 2 points:" TO MAKE CHANGES IN CONSTRUCTION OP BATTLESHIPS w00r. N By Associated Pnss. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. As a re- suit of lessons learned from the t4 cent target practice at long "ranges and the firing at the old San Marcos by' the battleship Delaware, It Is skid that the Navy Department is consid ering changes of the utmost import- iance and probably Will put them into FV . ' - . t.lv Jz- two areaanougnis. xae cnanges- on the new sea fighters may provide for an Improved system of fire control and one military skeleton mast in stead of two. Ordnance experts long have con tended that the skeleton masts 120 feet high and 30 to 0 feet In diam eter at the base offer too large a tarr get. : Should - fhey be shot away during- a battle it Is said the tangled anJ fashioned the late models seen in the British navy. These wduld be resorted ' to after the skeleton masthead had been disabled. -. . , MORE NAMES ARE ADDED TO MBERTE'S DEATH DIST. - "r I ; By Associated Press. 9 . . . TOULON, France, Sept. 27 -Twelve bodies were taken from the wreck of rthe Liberte this morning; The seardh oimvo tVio water line is difficult ow oppose all- advance Into sections nt the'" holds. Nothing was. discovered leading; to the belief that Wher living men were Imprisoned in Ithe wreck- age - although this, remained a possl bility The roU-of the -dead was increased, b a half dozen deaths during fie Bight MOB M$JS OUKKWORK LYNCHING d Press. AS, v Ark,, Sept. 27. -Forging - -I" W . their way nto the Desha county jail here between " fifty . and one hundred mentnembers of a moo formed so quletlj- that the authorities had not the i&ghtest warning, overpowered the deputies in charge and Mai pa ss, sr., wniteo a water d hanged him early to-day. fikeSf dispersed without denv onstration. None of Its members' is known to tnei authorities, according 1 to their statement. The lynching followed a pitched battle yesterday afterno'on at the home of Malpass, In which Sheriff W. D. Preston, of this county, and Deputy Sheriff Barney Stiel, and twoN mulat tos sonsof. Malpass. were killed and Malpass wounded. Malpass' injuries were at first be lieved a be mdrtal, but when he was brought here and placed In jail his wounds were found not to xbe serious. The wife of Charles Malpass, Sr., a negress and Malpass' younger sen, a mulatto, escaped from the House dur ing the fighting. The authorities say they-do not think the negress and the boys engaged In the fighting yesterday and for this reason, it Is not thought that the two will be sought farther in connection with the affair. The sheriffs posse had gone to the Malpass home to arrest the two mu latto sons of Malpass. - Thfe authori ties say the community lved In a state ' of almost constant terror be cause of the Malpass family against which prevailed Intense feeling owing to the head of the family being a white man. No further-trouble is ex-' pected. '""" . SOME PACTS ABOUT FMSCO'S NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR JZy Associated. Press. ' SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 27. Jafiies Rolph, Jr., who yesterday was elected mayor of San Francisco, is known to army officers and .philan thropic workers all over the country as the man who kept soup kitchens out of the so-called "mission district" of the city where he lived, following the great fire of 1906. aj When , with thousands of homeless men, women and children crowdedin to that section unable to care for themselves, army authorities' Issued a permit to a man'--to open a soup kitch en there Rolph protested. "Not one of these people shall go hungry," her said. "You have my personal word." Lumber for the kitchen was hauled away and in ohe day 7tl,000 persons were fed' at one corner of the Mission Relief Association of which Rolph was one of the .organizers. Rolph is 42 -years of age and for three years' has been president of the Ship Owners' Association and the merchants' exchange. He is also ,pres ident.'of two banks. He started life as a poor -boy. - v NEW YORK,. Sept. 27. Typo thous and custom tailors are on strike to day fn an effort to ?Srce fheir. em ployers to renew a wage agreement which expired September 15. Many more of' the ; 9.00 0 tailors organized under-" the gaBrwrent - workers "unions are expeoted to join -the strike rrlove- yneht By-;jocis Charifc tankh Two Hjmdred Mwi Go To Meinphis And Other Poxn x To Rdieve Striking Gerks r SYMPATHETIC WALK.. OUTS ARE HEARD OF Machinists Anticipating Strike Walk Out at - Some Points And Tele graphic Oi-ders From Headquarters - of the Union Warn the Men That NO Strike Has Been Ordered And That None Will Be Called Until a Conference is Held With Harriman Line Officials. By Associated Press. CHICAGO, Sept. 27 Two hundred non-union men we?B sent south early to-day by the Illinois Central railroad to take the places of striking clerks and messengers who are out at Mem phis, New Orleans and other points. Illinois Central offleials say there is no likelihood that the clerks' strike will generally spread to the shop employes affiliated with -the sys tem's federation. -7 Federation of Employes Silent. MEMPHIS, . Sept . 27. Notwith standing many reports current in the city late yesterday that all branches of the service affiliated with the fed eration of employes of the Illinois Central , railroad would go . on strike torday, there has not up'tb the pres ent time, been any move in that di rection. . . - f Union Cells Strikers Down. 7' y DAVENPORT. Ia., Sept, 27. Tele-( graphic .orders restraining- workmen jof the various railway tradeson tne took-l11111018 cntral and Harriman lines from walking out. to-day were sent out frona Davenport this niorning by authority .of th; JCntertSitiea No Machinists' Strike Ordered, Acordihg to President vO&mneil of the machinists no strike yet has been ordered and wijl not be until after a conference between the International presidents and Harriman officials. It Is understood that various locals on the Harriman 'Ines anticipated the strike . order and began to walk out last night, rr All Out at CUro. CAIRO, 111., Sept, 27. The entire force of freight and ' yard clerks in the employ ,of the Illinois Central railroad here struck this morning. . . LAYMEN DONATE $800 TO MISSIONS Goodly Sum Raised by 75 Banqueters at the Y. M. C. A. When Visiting Laymen Are Entertalsed. I . About 75 men attended a. banquet at the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday night In honor of the .members of. the execu tive committee of the Laymen's Mis sionary Movement ih North Carolina, Charlotte members of the movement being the best. The evening's banquet was presided over by Mr. Morgan B, Spr, who the secretary of the local organiza tion. A subscription f or carrying out the work was taken 'and about $800 was raised. v v Among those who spoke at the banquet Were: Mr. Padgett of North Wllkesboro, who served for , three or four years as a Christian mis sionary In South America, Rev. H. K. Boyer, mission secretary for the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference. Mr. ' E. C- ' Cronk, Co lumbia, S.- C, secretary of the Lay men's MlssionaryMoyement fo the Lutheran Church, Dr. W. J. Martin of Davidson College, Mr. Charles Hfffbr ten years. In paynient, or. that Pratt "of New York, secretary of the gSfeeral committee, of the. Laymen's Missionary Movement, Mr. G- H Miles, of the firm of Wyson & Miles of Greensboro,, and Mr. John MBachern, general secretary . of the executive committee of s the move ment for North Carolina. j ,Mr. J. H. Ross and Mr. E. A. Cole, of, this city, werenominated for Jmembeyship On the State executive committee. . . FOWLER AGAIN FAILS TO MAKE GETAWAY. By Associated Press. EMIGRANT GAP, Cal.,' Sept. 27. Robert G. Fowlbr was prevented from continuing his transcontinental flight early to-day by a strong Wlndblow ing across the summit of the Sier ras, which he must cross on the next stage of his journey. He waited un-'j til 6:30 o'clock but discouraging tele graphic roports from. Summit caus ed hfm tt abandon the flight tempo rarily. He hopes to start later in the day; KANSAuiJUi'l, Sept 27. Preaer- vations of the forests of the Unite States was the topic discussed at a "forestry" meeting- held here last night. Representatives of all the State conservation commissions", near ly every lumber interest in the coun try and a number of Instructors In forestry from State Universities were present. H. 8. Graves, chief of the Federal forestry bureau, declared ade fCTate fire protection and an equitable system of forest taxation would do more than any other thing to con serve the forests of the United States. "The lack of these two things at present," declared Mr. Graves, "pre vents permanent ownership of for ests" . . "The Responsibility for forest con servation," he continues "must bejtak en largely by the States, rather tho the United States. The public owns L ' TL , l ! if vlduals and lumber companies i wno are not mterestea in repuinitag. The State therefore must take caret of four-fifths of the forests, that por tion being beyond Federal .control. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE TO HOLD MEETING TO-NIGHT .4. Messrs. Thompson, '.Phlfer, Carr, Williams and Stevens, constituting the finance commute of the board of aldermen; will meet at the city hall to-night at 8 o'clock, and will take up the question of a contract' or agreemeht With the. Southern Power .Company, and' allied companies, re garding the much -discussed 10-year contract or settlement of. the matter of special license taxes on the com - Tianv for bh term of veara as mav for-ri n oMT-Wn Mnnv mrtt the entire Question at Issue between the. city and the electric companies, Is placed in the hands of the finance committee with full power to act, and close up the matter If an' agreement can be reached with the electric companies. . - . The 3 0-inches paving has been ordered- by the aldermen and the ord inance assessing property owners on a basis of 30 inches of paving to be done by the street car company, passed the board, which in the same ordinance agreed to reduce the spec ial licensesto $1,000. The only question that remains open now, so far as the aldermen and. city are concerned, is the arrival at an understanding between the com panies and the finance committee! In the-matter of the contract or agree ment between the city and electric companies Involving the special li cense taxes on the companies for 1912, and for subsequent years. s 1 he board has instructed the finance committee to take up the question with the electric compan ies and if it can be done, to make en agreement witb the companies as to the license tax. matter, the finance committee being vested -with ' full powercV to close up the entire af fair. V, Just what basis of compromise or agreemene will be reached, is indef inite as yet as the committee has had no formal meeting since Monday night, and hence has -not had oppor tunity to confer together. There is also the question of the manner of financing the work to be done by the electric companies in Mpaving their part of the, streets tra versed. The company suggested to the board that It would dos-the work itself, and let the city furnish the money, the company giving Its notes the company would let the city do the work, and would furnish to the city the necessary guarantee to pay the assessments In annual install ments, just as citizens are assessed. 7 - , INDICATION OF GREAT FORCE OF THE LD3ERTE EXPLOSION. t '' By Associated Press. TOULON, -France, Sept 27. The tremendous force of the explosion which destroyed the battleship Liberie Monday was again, indicated to-day when a piece of the Liberte's armor plate was lifted from the side of the battleship Republique, upon which it had fallen. N The broken plate- weighed 27 tons and had been hurled 225 yards. The Republique. was so badly damaged that she will be out of commission for months while repairs are being made. Mr. J. Pleaitant, F Misenhsimer, of - Mt. is a Charlotte visitor to- idex Dispensary People Are (Sarged Vfifo Conspiracy to De frcwlTfie State PROfiffllENT SOUTH CAROLINIANS NAMED One Man Under Indictment w . nu mar Lieutenant Governor, Others Are Former Legislators And All Are From Prominent Families- of the State Principal Case on Trial Involves Alleged Attempts De fraud in the Purchase oN Labels For Dispensary. By 'Associated Press. COLUMBIA, S- C Sept. 27. The trial of the so-called Statf-. dlarvun. awry "Graft'.' case, involving the pur chase in 190$ of $85,000 worth of la- bels, was marked to-day by frequent ( passages between oppislng attorneys as to the admission of documentary evidence. The principal witness for the prosecution this morning was State Senator Niels Chrlsteneen of Beaufort, who was a member of the legislative committee appointed lh 1906 to investigate the State dispen sary and who with Attorney General ! Lyon, then ;a member of the House of Representatives, constituted the rjsub committee which dug up much of the evidence concerning the conduct of the State dispensary. Vouchers And Label in Evidence. MrChrletensen to-day identified vouchers found at that time in the dispensary's records and also put in evidence certain of the labels them-! selves. A member of the investigat ing committee he had obtained from other houses bids on similar labels, in Order to ascertain whether the Pflcefc jppid Nrvjssion-Weiskopf were .xtortlonteu, Much lower bids wr obtained from concerns in Louis ville, Columbia and Charleston. Defendants Public Men. The trial will last several days. The defendants now on trial are V W. Boykin, of Camden, member of one wf the most prominent famlies in, the State, who was a member of the board of directors of the State dis- pensary; John Bell TowllL of Lex ington, nephew of a former Lieuten ant Governor and himself at qne time. . member of the Legislate before his election on the dispensary board." W O. Tatum, 'of Orangeburg, formerly dispensary commissioner and before that a member of the Legislature. k Charges of Conspiracy. The charge against Boykin, Tewill and Tatum is conspiracy to defraud the State. The indictment against M. A. Goodman, a liquor salesman on the same charge, has been no 1 gross ed. The conspiracy against Weisk opf, of Cincinnati, also for conspir acy to defraud the State, will likely be noi prossed after he has testified In the present case. There is also an indictment standing against Weiskpf charging perjury in his testimony be fore the investigating committee when he 'swore he. had not paid re bates to any one connected with the State dispensary. . ... - . r' MIDWEEK FOOTBALL , GAMES GROWING VEBUNTPOPIJLAB e ' NEW YGtK, Sept. 27. That mid week football games are rapidly los ing favor among the colleges Is shown by the small number of contests ' scheduled for to-day as compared ' with the lists of the corresponding Wednesday in prevlpjw years. renaency among iootDaii omciais is to cut down the schedules as much as possible, the belief being general that too great a tax has been placed on the average eleven by the hard play ing programmes. x Harvard has entirely eliminated the ' Wednesday game while' Yale and Cor nell have' 'retained only one and Princeton and Pennsylvania only two. To-day's programmes- will serve as a test of thT earlyvjaeasop ability of Yale, Cornell, Dartmouth and Carlisle- Each of the quartette has a comparatively easy opponent, Yale meeting Wesleyan, Cornell having AS legheny eg a foe and Dartmouth "and Carlisle facing Norwich and Muhlen berg respectively. RIGID CATTLE QUARANTINE AGAINST EUROPEAN CATTLE.. WASHINGTON. Sept.' 27. Reports to the Department of Agriculture in dicate that toot, and mouth disease is ravaging herds of cattle, sheep and swine in all parts of Europe. A rigid quarantine has been to existence for some ; time against all European cows and 'within the last few weeks the prohibition against importing an imal hf been extended to England. x