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V. .-- . ....... - 'S f . "-v . L I in WEATHER: Fair tonight and Friday; warmer. CHARLOTTE, N. CM THURSDAY, OCTO 17, 1912 PRICE ONE CENT EY FREE I JACK THE GIANT KILLEU i I . - , . . ' ' -s - - ; .nu : 1 if Improving . . ' ( vHCS ' Si -- , . i : : , .. . 1 v .. mm SEEK TO CRUSH IAFT CAMPAIGN I N sr.- s - VAR INVOLVES BALKAN STATES r ' The Fighting Becomes General Throngliont Feninsoia By New v Declaration" : DIAZ NVASO i j Physicians Attepding Him Entertain No Evil Con-; -sequences hTTLE FEAR OF POISON IS BEING ENTERTAINED ;iJtemciit Issued by Physicians Dis close 04eeu XVT Kuriuxw: aiorut to Condition of the Colonel Who is Seeming to Be Rapidly on His ITay to Recovery Will UemaUi in j However. "Cntdl . Next! (Wliiwir . - ; ffeek. a , , rHICAGO, Oct. 17. -Theodore Roosevelt's third day in Mercy Hospital passed quietly. The jjead of serious .developments vas; largely allayed. His physl- jljns, however, vitrre irau iv 9r that tlie patient was ny no wns out of danger. , It will re- pare another day of waiting for jjmptoms or sepsis Deiore me fdical men. if these is no change for the worse, will be able to say: An is well." Within an hour Dr. Lambert said today symptoms of blood poisoning might develop from the Colonel's wound, in which case the entire situation would be altered. lime must be given for the broken rib to set. It is not unlikely that die Colonel will be delayed in the lospital for another week. iwsnite the statement of . Dr. Lambert, the most reassuring bul letin yet issued by the physicians concerning Colonel Roosevelt's condition was given ; out at i 1 o'clock. It read: , Pnlse, temperature " and res piration, normal.' ' Blood count has dropped to nor iiaL Breathing seems easier. BR. J. B. MURPHY, 1R. ALEXANDER LAMBERT, -DR. SCURRY L. TERRELL." ' CHICAGO. Oct 17. Six doctors,! baking the most extended -survey, of Colonel Roosevelt's condition .'at- empted since his arrival at Tj ercy Hospital, found his condition , inv morning as near, normal as' a woun A man's could be, and -renewed their fcsurance that there waa - no", longer pnse for worry. . It was also announced "positively that Colonel -Roosevelt would not eave the hospital until next week at least. " The physicians and surgeons were poctors John B. Murphy. Arthur bean Bevan, John F. Golden. Scurry p Terrell, Alexander Xiambert and piffiam B. McCauIey. - The following bulletin was issued, pmed 9:05 a. m.: ,' Pulse 72; temperature 98.3, respi ration 18 all night Wound dressed. well, some oozing.. Examination WBr. Anderson Lambert shows lungs n good condition; general condition splendid. The case is progressing so rVorably that" unless some complica tions occur the bullet will not ::e re moved at present. ; , "DR JOHN B. MURPHY. ?,DR ARTHUR DEAN BE VAN, "DR. ULEXANDER TjAMBERT, "DR. 'SCURRY L. iTERRELI' Dr. Lambert, the , family physician. plained that there was no signifi cance in the fact that the , bulletin blithe bullet would not be removed it the present."-; ' "It depends on two things whether it ever will be removed." said Dr. kmbert. One is, if it ever starts causing trouble:; VThe other is if Col aeI Hoosevelt would rather carry his !ouveBir in his ' nooliet than in his 'lest." " br John Golden said it had been Jecided definitely no hiove could be de by the patient ' until after Sun- During the night the Colonel pass- ien only for a few moments at "a in which" to permit his right rse to iake his : clinical record, hich almost invariably showed his Edition Tjp be excellent and near formal "' . " " ' - ; . Had "Bully . Sleep." Prnx 11 o'clock he was asleep most j the time until 4 o'clock this morn. Shen he awoke, declaring he had "bully 'sleep." buf would not because- he wished-to b auiet d dose until- it- was time for -his njKe bath. ; Instead of havings his bath' "a ' little 'fore 7 o'clocRV thfe Colonpl decided. h B?eded more sleepy fo his'" nurse Pd him to' turn over and h again I sed hfs eyes The many hours h.e . Hen able. to rest is declared- by Coatinued'on . Page 9 Primary Election Funds Are Being Investigated By Committee - ; HO. CORTELYOU ASKED ABOUT DADDIUAN FUND Detroit lawyer Tells Commi.tee That Delegates in Slichigan Piimary AVere Bartered Idke So Many Sheep ; and That the. Campaign Was the ; v orst . in the State Mr. ' Cortelyou - Says He Did Not Order Books De stroyed. , WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.- Lavish use of money by the supporters of President Taf t in the Michigan pri mary was charged before the Clapp Committee today by James O. Mufflln, a Detroit lawyer. Murfin said that when he and Cap tain Alger raised $1,500 and offered It to John D. -McKay, chairman of the Taft campaign committee, McKay said: c "He had plenty of money -more than he had ever before in any cam paign." Murfin testified he understood Mc Kay ' to say candidates for delegates to the county conventions were "hold Ing him'up". for as "much as $300 each. - . ' "It is a matter of general knowledge-that, the primaries in Detroit this year were the most corrupt ori botft sides that" was "ever - known," said Murfin. . ' . r. 'Jit was Just as bad on one. side as the other. - but our . . people were the most skillful and we got . the dele gates. But both were -absolutely rot ten. . . " f ; ; A Rotten Campaign. . . "I asked -Charles B. Warren how mnch money was to be used in Waynf County. He . asked me how much I thought was necessary. I told him not -more than $2,500 ".could -be'jhon-estly spent. . He " told me' Mr.',. McKay insisted ; on having ' $5,000 before- he started. , . , . - . '''Well, I said, 'we'll have a rotten carnpaIgn,,' and we did," " declared the witness emphatically. - ' "It was the worst campaign we ever saw." ... "Why Senator," he exclaim ed, ; an swering Senator J Pomerene, "both sides partered for these delegates like so many sheep. Some of them accept ed money from both sides. Of course I don't know the details, but that was the general situation." 'Who would know the details?" asked Senator Pomerene. "John D. McKay ' Mr. Cortelyou Questioned. . Chairman Clapp placed in the rec ord a copy' of the. bank, account of j . ... i the Republican National Committee Jn 1904 at the Fourth' National Bank of :New York. ' It showed deposits, among others In. the last few days of October of $240.000. "f This was about the tlnie of the so-called Harriman fund was collected. George B. Cortelyou. chairman of the national committee in 1904, ques tioned about John D. - Archbold's tes timony that the Standard lOil Com pany contributed $100,000' to tbVRe- publican fund that year. ... Mr. Cortelyou said the question had been brought to his attention by let ters ' and - telegrams from President Roosevelt the last days of the cam paign of 1904.' When he ppoke ,to Treasurer Bliss : about it,, the latter said there had been no such contribu tions. " ' VI told the President "'at'hat time just what Mn Bliss told me," said Mr. Cortelyou. ' ' Never "Asked Morgan. ' He said he never h"adrasked' J. P. Morgan for any contribution for any purpose. ' : Mr. Cortelyou said he knew Uttle of ttiost of the time In sleep and only ! the so-called Harriman- fund but in- sisted' it" was raised entirely for the New York State committee. He denied that early in the 1904 campaign' he had promised B. B.'Odell,- Jr., $500, 000 for the State campaign. . - Mr. Cortelyou denied that he had ordered the books of the 1904 cam paign destroyed or that any gathering Or '-'committee" of New York finan ciers : was formed 'to underwrite the Republican campaign. , He disagreed with George R. Sheldon's estimate that 73 per cent of the ,1904 Repub lican, fund, was contributed by cor porations and declared that the bulk of the fund was given ..by large indi vidual contributors. .;" A Homicide Record.1 ; r NEW YORK,? Oct. 17.'-In" tlie . 48 hqurs between Saturday ; night and Monday night there were 14 homi cides in New York "according to Judge" Rosalskl of the criminal court. VANTS UPPER HOUSE HADE DEMOCRATIC Efforts Appear; Now To Center Against Democratic Candi-; dates For Senate . " (Special to- The 'Chronicle.) -WASHINGTON, Octi 17. Governor Wilson's 'election -now seems a cer tainty. The return of a Democratic majority to the .House 'of Representa tives, likewise, is assured. Hence to make , the Wilson , administration a success from the start, the work of Democratic campaigners will be con centrated Jtn ' the last; three weeks of the campaign to assure the election 'of a Democratic--majority ufj the "Senatet Leaders of the. Democrats "last-session of Congress with the aid of the. Pro gressive. Republicans were able to make a very creditable showing on I tariff -bills.' But President Taft used his ..veto power, and their work came to naught.. , Every effort. from now on is to be in the interest of a Democrat ic majority in the Senate These were the conclusions today reached In. a" stock-taking upon the National - situation by leaders promi nent in . the campaign. Prospects and conditions were discussed by National Chairman McCombs, . Vice Chairman McAdoo and Thomas' J. Pence. assist- ant to the chairman, with Represen tatives Robert 3V Henry and Albert S. Burleson of Texas and Senator iPpm erene of Ohio.: Henry, and Burlson are "original Wilson men" who have been called . upon to do ' '. extensive stumping for the ticket.- The reports qt Henry, Burleson and Pomerene. agreed with, .reports re ceived by McCombs, McAdoo land Pence at the -New York headquarters. The information thus doubly obtained foreshadows so - huge a victory for Wilson and Marshall that,? : for fear of being charged - with "vain boasting the managers have, refrained fromJ basing -official claims,. upon it. ' ' The truth, is . prospects, point. to a Wilson plurality over both Roosevelt and Taft in' 39 of the 48 States,, ac cording to Tom Pence. .. - v . :. - ; The Democratic chieftains realize that their Republican enemy, which includes all of those in the Taft camp and many of the Bull Moose crowd as well, having lost hope - of electing either Taft or Roosevelt, - are training all their - fire into the States "where United States . Senatorships l are r- - at stake. - Wilson will be inexpressibly handicapped in office unless the" ma jority of both houses . of Congress aire Democratic by a. safe .working ma jority. The hope of the Republicans is to hold up Democratic tariff - re vision by retaining a slim 'majority-of the Senate. The standrpatters believe a composite majority of regular . and insurgent Repuglicahs-: would; be- bet ter for their interests than - a ma jority consisting entirely of' Demo crats.. Hence the tariff Interests are now aiding in an effort to elect a Re publican majority in the Senate. " The, interests are especially anxious to de feat such men as LaFollette,1 who . as the - Insurgent Meader In the Senates co-operated . with Senator .. Simmonj, who in the last session of Congress was able to put through the upper branch of Congress some of the strongest Democratic bills passed by Congress In. 16 years. . ' -Upon the return to New York of Messrs. Pence, McCombs and McAdoo a general meeting of the Wilson cam paigners will- be called to pferfect plans for capturing the Senate. v This will be interesting new3 to North Car- "oliniahs because a "Democratic "Senate means Senator Simmons as chairman of the -flnance comrhiltee which car ries with it the leadership of 'the Sen-' te.- . " ' , .i . TODAY'S NEVS OF CHARLOTTE . v i . V.r -'. --. -- 1 - ' - Happenings 01 The City Sketch In Briel As Seen By jh 'Chronicle Reporters. THINGS INTERESTING TO : ALL PEOPLE IN THE CITY With the Charlotte ; Fair. , Ring- LBng Brothers Circus and "Qk iris. In cog" all 8chednled-;fQ,e Chorlotte' should have no kick com ing. ' , -Contractof.1 J :Al; Gardner. who was. recently awarded- the contract for the erection of the . new hotel near the passenger lepot in Salisbury, has been . spending several days at Salis bury, getting the work on -the new building under. way. The new hotel will have 74 rooms, having a frontage of 75 feet and a depth of 100 feet. Quite a number of-residents on Elizabeth avenue are beginning to improve the planting strips left be 'tween the newly-lald cement .side walks and the street. 'Violets are be ing - planted In most of - them. The avenue, already one of the prettiest residence streets in the city, presents a greatly improved appearance since the sidewalks have been graded down to the street level. , Local . coal dealers are ' getting rather apprehensive regarding the nlr nf nnfll. Ther is no danger of any immediate scarcity.' but' the mine? are having copsiaeraDie trouble in getting sufficient cars, it is said, and because of the recent coal strike there is not as much coal above the surface as Is usual at this time of the -year. There has been a slight advance in the price of coal above the prices that prevailed last year. : v -Improvements are well under way on the Mint property", on West Trade street, which was recently left several feet above the. level of the sidewalk following the permanent street Improvements on .that street. The old fence is being-torn away'arid the yard will. be terraced and 'turfed. The interior of the building is' also to be considerably changed, - the base ment being converted into gun rooms and drill ; rooms . and -the - upstairs rooms fitted up as club rooms for-the members of - the .two local .National Guard companies. - ; The annual meeting of the cam era Club of the boys' department of the Young " Men's '. Christian Associa tion" .will be held on Friday night at 8:30 o'clock. "Officers for the ensuing year - will, J&e, ejected and other im portant ; business will come before the meeting: After the business meeting Mr Fra.nklin.yril! give. a short talk on hon.e photography. ... Light re freshments will be served and.. as .it is necessary to know in advance how many tq prepare for, all members who are Intending" to be - present should notify iMr;: Sheldon at - once. Members of th'e "association who wish to join the club should do so at this time as new members will"be taken -in at the meeting. " . : Holding 40th Reunion! ' CHATTANOOGA, Tenn , Oct. 17. r The Society of the "Army of the Cum berland is holding its fortieth annual reunion here today and held a busi ness session this - morning and : this afternoon visited Chickamauga Jat tlefield where many of them were ac tive participants in the historic bat-; tie on. that. field in. 1862, The Eleventh Cavalry, gaveaspecial drill for. the entertainment of ?the visitors. .i The annual camp fire will be: held, tonight for "the" member, sand Jhe Union 'vet erans1' legion, which.?closed - Its anrrVal session -here ; last ighWmvH'jV: STREET CAR STRIKE NOT YET SETTLED y - Unless , Mediation Is Effected : Additional Troops Will Be Ordered For Service 5 AUGUSTA, Ga... Oct 17." The streetcar strike is not yet rattled. It was thought last night when the company agreed to arbitrate all cases of the men under charges that the strike would soon come to a close, but another meeting of -the board of mediators is be held today,' when a final answer will be made by the .representatives ot the ;car .men. In the' event that no settlement can be ef fected, by the mediation board,' Col. cpVman'dingU'e IrsrcSor jda Infantry, .will order several 'Com panies of troops here, it is said, and the cars will be run- under military pro tection. In retaliation a general sym pathetic strike of all the. labor, crafts In Augusta is threatened. The ' street railway company has hitherto - refused to submit "to arbitra tion the question of reinstating a cer tain number of its men who are charged with acts of violence, committed, it Is said,, since the strike was declared. The company" alleges that cert. n ot its em ployes have helped beat strike-breakers and have helped to destroy the property of the company. While the railway company agress to arbitrate the question of whether these men shall be reinstated or not, it. refuses to reinstate them until the board of arbitration says that, it must reinstate them. . i The men take the . position that they all struck together, that non? of , them were under charges when they went on strike and ' that all of them - should be reinstated together. The men . further say that v they will see their -xnion crushed : before they will allow a portion of their number to return to work and the remainder have to remain out of employment, pending the de cision of the board of arbitration. ; LEAGUE MAGNATES LOOK INTO CHARGES OF .HORACE FOGAL NEW YORK. Oct. 17. The magnates of 'the National League gathered hv New York today for. a special meeting called by President .Thomas . J. Lynch to con siders the. charges sal " to have ' been made by President Horace Fogel of the Philadelphia ' club, reflecting . on the fair ness Qf the National League umpires and intimating that certain i embers of the staff had favored the Giants. - President Lynch - considered the al leged charges as a reflection on him and in Boston was reported as saying that if the league did not take action in the matter he . would 'resign. In answer to " Lynch's demand for an investigation, Fogel recently said: "I made no direct charges. I simply ex pressed an- opinion. If Lynch- can con strue my assertion that New York got the best of "the umpires decisions during th last tvo years into some horrible charge, well and eood, but he can't "change my -opinion." , Big Game Saturday. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 17. Van derbllt's footbal squad leaves tonight for-Atlanta to meet the University of Georgia Saturday. The team li in. good shape and while a stubborn ar gument is loolced for, Vanderbllt par tisans anticipate, a victory. In last year's game Vanderbllt 'won 17 to nothing. More interest locally attach es to this game than any played thus far this season. Eighteen men make up the squad leaving tonight. , . Greeks ..Leave : Cleveland. ( r CLEVELAND, ' O.; Oct. , 1 7. Sixty Greeks left Cleveland last -"night for New- York"", whence -they are - tp sail Saturday for Greece. -They "are to enlist in forces-opposing", the Turks. FORMAL NOTICE GIVEN TWO OTHER KINGDOMS In Making Formal Declaration "Turk ey Places BIame for Situation-Upon Servia and Bulgaria Relieved That Two Latter Dominions Have Their Forces in Readiness for Instant Ac tion as Result of the ' General Spread of Fighting. ..- ' ; , - "LONDON, OcV 17. War today be came general throughout the Balkan peninsula; Turkey, already engaged In fighting Montenegro, this ' morning Issued -a formal declaration-of hostili ties against Servia and Bulgaria. Greece, supposed to be in sympathy with Servia and Bulgaria, was not mentioned in the declaration. . The Greek minister has not been asked- to leave - the Turkish capital. The . Turkish minister, however, ieft Athens. . ' It is also announced that fighting between the Turkish . and Greek, armies has begun oh the fron tier. ' V Turkey Places Blame. : In . the declaration of - war Turkey places the blame on Bulgaria and Servia. Although Turkey has antici pated the Balkan States and ordered an advance of her armies against Bul garia . and Servia, it is expected that the Servians and Bulgarians will be ready to meet the Turkish invading force by the time it. reaches the fron-" tier. Turkey's - withdrawal of her troops- from the Immediate vicinity of the Greek frontier and the omis sion of Greece from the declaration of war, were doubtless dictated by Kiam il Pasha, president of the counsel of state, and the rear head of, the Turk ish, government. : "j '- Wants to Avoid Greece. ; "He - wants tov avoida flght Jvlth. Greece, whose - Interests he recently told the ' Greek, premier are identical with those of Turkey. . He also decid ed - to cede ;the" Island of Crete to Greece. There is an Inclination .among mili tary; men to think the importance of the Montenegrin victories has been exaggerated. The . Montenegrins are fighting desperately , but ..they .neglect the commissariat service, and the. hos pitals are essential in such a cam paign. ! ' " ' GREEKS IN A DARING DASH . . FORCE TURKISH BLOCKADE ATHENS, Oct. 17. A daring feat was accomplished this morning . by the commanders of . the Greek gun boats' A and D. At 2 o'clock they made a dash to force the Turkish blockade m tne narrow entrance to the gulf of Arta, one' side of which is Turkish and the other Greek. They . were . observed from the Turkish fort at Prevesa, which dominates the entrance, and heavy fire was directed on them, which they, returned with spirit. They succeeded in fighting ' their way through and at 4:30 o'clock reached the Greek town of Vonitza. on the Southern shore of the bay. with very little damage. , TURKEY ABANDONS ALL HOPE OF PEACE CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 17. A note addressed by the Turkish gov ernment this morning to the Bulga rian and Servian legations here said it was impossible to maintain peace any longer, notwithstanding it was the ar dent desire of the Porte ''to do so. It was therefore - obliged to put-an end to ;the mission's of the Bulgarian and Servian legations and their diplomats were invited to.. leave Constantinople at the earliest moment. The note stated that the step was taken In consequence of the recent hote handed in to the -Turkish i gov-' eminent by the Balkan States, which Turkey considered constituted- an in terference with her Internal affairs. A. second factor was the mobilization undertaken "by Servia and Bulgaria and, the third reason was ' the dally skirmish on the frontier. Against Early Action. , LONDON, Oct. 17. The Sofia cor respondent of The Times says: ; "So far from Montenegro having begun the . war as part of the allies' plan, the Bulgarian and the Greek governments addressed remonstrances to King 1 NicT- olas against., precipitate actiont The Montenegrin King, how ever,' was resolved not to let pass the opportunity to begin a war which had been . foreseen - for . many years ' and Continued on Pae 9 The PflWic Does Not Share In Optimism Indicated By The : Government Fcrces TOWN OF VERA CRUZ IS ; . COMPLETELY ISOLATED It Is Believed That Feliz Diaz Did Not Inaugurate the Rebellion Without Counting the Cost, Presumption Be- ing That His Resources Are Found In the ; Administration Officials of President Diaz. - MEXICO CITY, Oct. 17. In order to crush the rebellion of Felix Diaz at "Vera Cruz, not only, have theFed eral armies from - the north and. the south been commanded to - converge on that city,' but Gen. Joquin Beltran,: who has been stationed at Esperanza, between the , capital of Vera Cruz on the Mexican . Railway operating against the rebel General'AguIlar, has been ordered to move on Vera Cruz. From Mexico City 'itself - two mili tary trains under the command -of Colonel Ruble . Navareto with" "24 pieces of artillery have been sent to General Baltran's support. . Among other officers ordered to take the field are Colonels . Jlminez Castro and Osaranza, two men who. were very prominent in the campaign against Zapaita In the State of More los. ' The public does not seem to be In clined ' to share the optimism of the government, and it is considered not improbable that some part of the army orderedagalnst Felix Diaz will join him instead of fighting' against him. -.There was' an " indication of this kind today when a detachment of 12$; men commanded r by ; a captam- who was sent from Orizaba to -Beltrain, at once joined the, rebels'. - - J - Vera CrrarXsiolared. The town , of Vera Cruz is now com- pletedly isolated except by water. .' The government has instructed an. the railways' to withdraw their roll-. Ing stock -and to establish new ter minals at Orizaba, Jalapa and Tlerra Blanca. Some - of ' the , men r manning the gunboats Bravo and?: Tampico landed yesterday at Vera Cruz and offered their services to Diaz. Com modore Azueta,, however, refused to join the. movement and had the guns bf his boat trained on the city. Diaz, who escaped the vigilance of the government detectives on Sunday night, appeared in Jalapa, the' capital of Vera Cduz on Tuesday but was not discovered until he .was on his way to Vera Cruz with 200 men. At the same time Colonel Jose Diaz Ordaz of the Twenty-first Infantry was on his way from Orizaba with 70 meij of his regiment. Togetner Diaz and Ordaz entered Vera Cruz at day light yesterday. . The Twenty-first In fantry was in barracks there and a proposition to Join the rebellion was submitted to the-officers and men.,, f it was accepted by practically the entire, personnel of the . regiment but " the Nineteenth Infantry Regiment, ', also stationed there, rejected the proposal and was immediately surrounded : by the disloyal troops. Colonel ' Guilerrez. commanding the Nineteenth Infantry, notified the gov ernment, of his loyalty and received orders to fight. , The rebels numbered nearly 600 while the Nineteenth Infantry was only450 strong. . 'Later in the day these also joined the rebels. .- j This placed In 'the hands of. Felix Diaz not only -all the troops but six eighty milimeter guns and an abund-r ance of ammunition. , - -No disorder-occurred in the. streets of Vera Cruz, but the banks an'd the commercial houses closed , their-doors. There is little danger of .the city : suffering from -a selge since the rebels control a large 'agricultural area in all directions. It is taken for grant ed that General Aguilar is in accord with Felix Diaz and that the two have entered into an agreement with numerous bands of rebels in the States of Vera Cruz and Oaxaca. - May Unite Rebels. - T r It is rumored that Pasq'ual Orozcov and Felix Diaz have reached an un derstanding to unite all rebels against President Madero. ' VThe Ward Line' steamer due at Vera Cruz tomorrow carries many 'Ameri can citizens who- will be .forced ' to remain in the besieged city or return on the same steamer. : The Federal government recognizes the import of the capture by the re- r bels" of a seaport since Mexico will; L - ... - ...... . ' - - . i Conttnued onoage 9.
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