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. . . , ' : s V,, x . -VOL. 18. NO. 112. J .1 -WEATHER: Fair and. colder, tonight; Friday valr. CHARLOTTE, N. 0M THTJ I? 5 fY, NOVEMBER 7, 1912. ; . . .. . . .. PEIOE ONE CENT J." ttuu mi : ; ' ' cwtt Illinois m - COME I 10 Former Returns Give DenocKtsflopa That Viison's Electoral Vote May Be Hach Incrasci Vlien Bailors4 Are AH Counted California Cay Be Dcabilal fc MINNESOTA VERY PROBABLY WILL SWITCH FROM DEMOCRATIC TO PROGRESSIVE COLUMN Votes Slowly Coming from States - Where -Senatorial Contests Are Waged Indicate That Question of i a Democratic Majority in the Upper House of Gongress is Yet Problematical Taft Vote Shows No Increase at Any Points - . Electoral College Table: 5 State. ' g " ' J ' I- s H Alabama . ....... 12 , Arizona jj Arkansas California . .. 13 . Colorado Connecticut .. ...- r ' Delaware.. ... 3 Florida 6 Georgia . . ...... 14 . - Idaho . - ; : Illinois. . ........ : - - " 29 , Indiana ...15 r Iowa doubtful. . -. v .. , ,. , Kansas doubtful. Kentucky . . i..: . ...... 13 Louisiana . . . . . . . . 10 Maine . t y r- Maryland i. ... ' ' o Massachusetts .. .. .. 18 Michigan - . -. . , 15 Minnesota doubtful. Mississippi -. . . . . 10 Missouri . . t 18 . .. Montana .. . 4. -7-;. Nebraska .; '8 Nevada. . . w . . 3 New Hampshire J. . . -4 Xir Jersey. . . ... . . 14 Kei Mexico . i . . .... 3 - Kew York .. i. .. .. 45 - Xwih Carolina . . .... 12 V : AWh Pakota ...... 5, 1 . Ohio . '. .-, - -24 . - Oklahoma .. .. .. 10 " ". Oregon........ .. . . 5 , Pennsylvania ... . . . . ' 38 : Rhode Island . . ... . 5 , : - South Carolina ...... 9 South Dakota doubtful. Tennessee ...... 12 - Texas .... ...... 20 " Utah. . . . : 4 Vermont .. .. .. .. .. . 4 Virginia . 12 Washington ..n.. .... 7 West Virginia .. .. 8 " 7 Wisconsir . . . . -. . . 13 Wyoming doubtful. Doubtful States, 43. Totals. . .387 89 12 r CHICAGO, NOV. 7. Wilson, according to returns received' Tip to two o'clock has overcome Roosevelt's lead in Illinois and with 663 precincts to hear . from has a plurality of 1,608 Returns from Cook county gave . Roose velt a plurality of 38,257. Re turns from 2,125 precincts outside of Cook county give .Wilson a plurality of 39,383 or a net plu rality of 1,008. . V Democrats Claim Illinois. CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-r-Co1onel Roose velt's lead in Illinois which early re turns gave him "has been reduced by later figures to less than five thousand oer Governor Wilson and early to day Democratic National Committee man Charles Boeschenstein claimed 'hat complete returns will ive Wil son a plurality of 15,000 in the State. Complete returns from 60 counties, including Cook, and estimates based nn Tt:i . - returns irom me .B6 counties give Roosevelt a plurality of 4,175. , - , Reports to Democratic National headquarters, according to Joseph Davies, western manager, are that Wilson has a substantial plurality in Illinois with 23 counties missing. The missing counties he states are southern counties which have been consistently Democratic. 1 . "I have no reason to change my statement issued the day of election,"' said Mr. Davies, "'n which I 'said I did not concede Illinois to Roosevelt.. i . dm not prepared to make ' a at claim of the State but I wll lsay that my best judgment, based on he con fidential reports from those 23 coun ties yet to be heard frm, is that WiJ son will have the State by from 7,000. 10,000." ' Mr. Davies was asked of the future. "Ve have built our. Democratic -fac- tory and installed our Democratic ma chinery," he said. "Our ' platform contains our advertising. - There lies ahead of us the task of turning out he Prosperity which our factory is built 0r. Today we have the joy of Victory. Tomorrow and in the future w shall have the responsibility : of cn-ying out our campaign pledges,, in. way that will not interrupt the gen raI prosperity but will 'cause it to Dread a little farther down. V cr t is clear to us. that the-Demo-atic party has now' a new chief op thT'l1 iU Roosevelt's Party, . Ai to dPVlein,blicau Party The king is ,; lone. "ve the king,' -1 toink j expreBB Democratic onin- mm DE10CRAT1C Lll ion when I say we will be content that Roosevelt's party shall continue to be the parry, of ultlnaate radicalism, if we -.. may be' the party ot conserva tive progressiveness. T . Our concern shall be. that we do not drop back to the stand-patism .that wrecked the Republican party. - "I am concerned to . know, what will become of the . Republican party whether it will be absorbed by Roose velt or split .up: generallyrinto ' parts which will work into all the parties. . "If disappointed persons do ' not now shape National affairs between this date and the date of Mr. Wilson's Inauguration, as President so that the party must' devote most of ., its term to ' correcting the harm, as has been the case before, ? there will be little ' time lost by the r Democrats in justi fying the people's Judgment." rv - . - Wilson Leading in Kansas. TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 7l Later re turns , today increased Woodrow Wil son's . plurality over Theodore Roose velt and that of .W. H Thompson, Democrat, ; for United States Senator, over ; Governor ! Stubbs,. , Republican. The fight; :f or. rOovemof Wt ween Ar thur 'C&pperRepwpIl II. ..Hodges,"- PemocratT had harrowed down to a. few hundred votes.. , -' Ninety counties out of 10 trgye these" hiralitles: V 5-:-3 : '. . "i Wilson 12,000; Thompson 10,500; Capper 800." t - , t , ? It Is estimated that the remaining counties will give Wi'8on a total plu rality of 15,000 and Thompson 12,000. In the nine missing counties, some' of Which are Democratic, it" is pre dicted by the Democratic State chair man that Hodges , will easily overcome Capper's lead.- . " . Socialists Gain in Ohio. : v COLUMBUS, O., Novi t.-fSocialist State headquarters, today claimed that the Socialist vote in jOhio ran close to 100,000 at Tuesday's election. Five Georgia Counties Bull Moose. ATLANTA i -Ga-i, Jfovi 7. Complete returns from 14 6 'counties show the total, vote: .'Wileon S9,9 97;' Roosevelt 20,859; Taft 5.339.. c . v ? !' . 'The, Republican vote showed a fall ingoff of several thousand. Roose velt carried - five ' counties in the State, Chattooga, Douglas, Haralson,: Paulding and Pickens. Idaho Solid For Taft. BOISE. Idaho," Nov. 7. The presi dential vote la .Idaho still was in complete this morning, though the Republicans apparently have carried the State. , . Governor Ha wley has onceded his defeat by Johnf M. Haines, Republi can,, for Governor. - y - Vermont's Total Vote. WHITE RIVER . JUNCTION. Vt., XTvir 1 rrhA annarvnt total vntn of w-..- - . -- Vermont is" divided r'.. Taft 23,247; Roosevelt - 22,327; -Wilson 15,397, V Chafin, Prohibitionist, 1,412; Debs, Socialist, 1,322. . ' , Oregon May Get Equal Suffrage. -PORTLAND, Ore.,' Nov. 7. With about; a fourth 'of the votes , counted early, today the equal suffrage amend-? ment to "the State Constitution -stood 13,83a, for and 12,700 against. The t ettif nr' ' received; arej representative of practically all parts "of the .State and; it is generally ' believed' the amendment has , parried. -: u V-: ' - In the . senatorial v race, Senator, Bouriie,' Independent, is running sev eral thousand behind the two leaders, ! Selling; Republican, and Lane,' Dem ocrat, who' are separated, only 'by,a few votes.' ' ' ,- s Bull ' Moose Claim7 California. LOS ANGELES, . Cal., Nov. 7. Pto gressive leaders claimed today a large enoughpluralityf ort Rooseyeltin , Lo Angeles" County to' overcome" the State plurality given; Governor ' Wilsonv pn J the' face of -the late returns., y j Figures compiled y. the Progr.es-f sive headquarters give ? Roosevelt a plurality oi 21,000 in'the; entire CQun ty," while those .compiled , by t election officials nake ' Roosevelt's plurality nearly 6,000 lower. - , , , Should. late returns further reduce the present Wilson plurality it is prob able the 1 official-, count. wHl be"; re quired in this county to determine the complexion of California's electoral vote. Republican State Ticket in Wisconsin. MILWAUKEE, Wis.,.: Nov. 7. Re- ELECTION NEWS PLEASES MM!i .V.' Kessages ; 01 Ccagralulatlons skiered Upon Vilson And .Ills Leaders F01IGN SENTIMENT IS: CORDIAL JO DEMOCRATS .London Paps Favoring Free Trade Are Enthusiastic Over Success ' of Democratic Rarty and Are Interest ed in Contemplated Tariff Reforms Japanese Are" Favorably to the .Result in the United States -Many -i Governor Congratulate Wilson. J PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 7. Teier grams j by the hundreds piled up at the ; home S of President-elect r Wilson todayj : ' Congratulations 7 came ", from Republicans, Progressives and Demo crats' alike. . ' ;"-7 'j-yV'-:ri -1"; - Speaker Champ . ' ; Clark - "Wired: ' " "Twas a, great victory. Congratula tions 'to you and the country." . v From Osca W.' Underwood, majority-leader in the House of .Represen tatives: . "You-have won wonderful victory for the Democratic, party. " I congratulate you on the result and you have my sincere best wishes for a -successful administration of the af fairs of our. government." , ' From Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio, "My heartiest - wishes . for a pleasant and ' successful administra tion to crown your great . victpry ' at the polls." , . r From : George W. Perkins, chairman of the National. Progressive Executive Committee: ."You have won a. great victory. Permit , me to congratulate you t very , heartily.! L.:;.;v :,; -:V;r v-". ' ; UJZ C From former Governor Franklin "J. Fort," Republican, of New Jersey: "No more .sincere and hearty congratula tions on y6ur"electi6n can be sent you than :. those- which "I now i convey. I know,, you will make a great . Presi- Tdent1 Front iov. Eugene Foss of' Massa chusetts: .'Hearty congratulations on your vote. . It is the most remarkable tribute ever paid to an American, pub lic official. While it is also ' an' en dorsement - of the '. Democratic plat form, its magnitude shows unmistak ably that the people of. the - entire country', believe in 'yo.uand look for constructive statesmanship." , ... - Other messages were received from Perry Belmont, John Hays Hammond, Governors Plaisted of Maine and Dix of New Tork, former Mayor Qeorge B. McClellan of New Tork, - Mayor Carter , Harrison of Chicago, ; and a host of members of the United States Senate and House .of .Representatives. - Congratulations at Headquarters. -' ' '. NEW YORK, Nov. v7.Chalrman McCpmbs- of the National ) Democratic. . Committee has received a telegram of congratulations, fromtne bitizeors of : Hamburg, : Ark,, ' where':' Mr. ;Mc Combs : was raised.''. It is i framed in most enthusiastic terms and signed by, more than a hundred men. Sev eral hundred " other coungratulatbry telegrams : have - been received at Mr. McCombs .headquarters ' during the last 24 hours, including one from1" W. J. Bryan. . " ". LONDON,; Nov. 7. Chief Interest In ' the American, presidential -election is its relation to the tariff. Tariff, re form 'is' one of the leading., issues In British politics. The liberal papers hall theDemocratic success as a great victory for low y tariff which is certain to .have, an influence on England. - ' The' Daily I News says: ', - v : ? 4 "That-the Democratic party should return ? to office after 18 1 years -in the wilderness is, nothing.'- r What matters 5s that It is a regenerated party" which' has returned entrusted -,by the Ameri canpeople with a definitemission and led by a mai .who has character and Intellects cafry the mission through. VFear against, protection .is an ' in terest common to all peoples and the world "has "too long been .denied 'that inspiration, that" leading which 'we have a right-to expect from the great est of all Republics." ; The "Morning' Post says:' . -j .. -"The - significance ; of Jhe v election lies in the f act that , the .people were dissatisfied - with the Taft administration- which .' was -:.too'? much controlled by theV bosses- but were not ' ready to; accept the advanced Roosevelt ' pro- gram.' . . " x -' . JftpajTIs Pleased. ' JTOKIO,- Japan, '' Nov, . 7. Woodrow ;W3ision.'s election was: favorably - re c'eive'dIn'' p'olilcal;and bu'slnesg circles imToltlo'.'- Hls-'scholarly,.quaiincations esr'eially: attract sporament'; possible tariff modtncatloni.are: hopefully dis cussed. ? Colone'' Roosevelt's . strength was overestimated 'in Japan. . ' . ' Mexico is Plesedr - : '. . ; . MEXICO" "CITY. Ney, " 7 The Mexican, foreign minister, Sener Las-, curain, ' expressed satisfaction at the ejection ef Woodrow Wilsen. He said the Mexican admlnistratiea was PRESIDENTELECT. ; T0 BEGIN REFOiihii lIIl Work Hard On " Affairs -Of New Jersey Before Tailing; ' Op Presidency V . 41 ; PRINCETON, 3:, Nov. -7, Just because Woodrdw Wilson Is the Presld.ent-elect of . the' United States, he does, not," 'he asserts, Intend to retire from the fight t he has wagged for two years for a program of pro gressive legislation' in New Jersey.' . Mr. Wilson said today he would "stay on the job ; at Trenton," until he carried out his reform, but with a ' Democratic - Legislature behind him, this is. likely to be a smooth process when the law-makers con vene on: January 1.' ( Though campaigning vigorously for the presidency. Governor Wilson con centrated earnest appeals in New Jersey. - Nothing - gives, hitn more satisfaction - than";. the ifact that not only is New, Jersey to - be represented by- two Democrats; m the United States . Senate, but for the first time in his administration as Governor, both houses of the State Legislature will be Democratic! i A ; year ago he stumped the State, to obtain a Demo cratic Legislature, but ne was beaten; The President-elect admitted j to day that the program of 'reform he had in mind for. the State would be I advanced by . the fact that as the future Executive of the country, Nation-wide attention probably would, be attracted . by - his policy ; in the New Jersey : Legislature. ' A- - "Whatever "we do in New Jersey,' he said, "will . have the force of the whole country behind it." The Governor has not announced his : program for the next session of the Legislature, but it Is likely that, as soon as he takes a brief vacation he ' will . call a . conference of.. State leaders 'and a program will be mapped out. The Democratic State platform recommends - a constitutional con vention.' It is known . that the i Gov ernor wants to have -the corporation :i laws :xt-, the. State.. reyised- :Tb- re rf orra In this- connection, he declares he-Hever had' an opportunity of put ting through because the Legis lature was not... with him. ' - When Governor Wilson resigns, in accordance with the State Constitu tion, the . President of the State Senate ; will become , Governor until the-, next- regular election, due next fall. James H. Fielder, Senator from Hudson County, and Democratic mi nority leader of the upper house, it is said, will be. elevated to the presi dency. "of that : body and; therefore may be Governor; Wilson's successor. The President-elect v expects I to leave here November 1 6 for hie brief.! vacation. He will sail on a private yacht furnished him by a' personal friend. With Mrs.-' Wilson and his host . and some ' ' correspondents, the President-elect - will make the trip ; to Bermuda. " V----. -I -, :V--'' WAKE FOREST STUDENT IS BOUND TO COURT FOR HAZING (Special to The Chronicle.) WAKE FOREpT, ' Nov,; 7. Gordon Rhodes, the vWake- Forest freshman, who shot Frank t Powers 10 days ago while he was attempting to haze Rhodes,, was" sent; to; the Superior Court under-a $500 bond. j. Today - Powers - is considered out of danger. The evidence for the State was the testimony of the two students who had been expelled, by the stu dents' senate a week ago and.' in substance - was practically the same as the students gave : then. -, Rhodes was represented by counsel. He gave bond at once and put up no evidence in his own defense. , PASSENGERS TAKEN" OFF STRANDED BOAT SAFELY -A MONTREAL, Nov. 7.- A wireless, message today : from - the Canadian Northern Royal - Mail steamer Royal" George, which : went aground in the St. Lawrence river last night, ten miles below Quebec, confirmed, earlier, news that 400. of the vessel's 901 passengers had bee! taken off.l.Four tugs, wre standing by at the time the message- was sent and - it la t believed.; the worki of transferring the'"" pas sengers continued through the night. t jL. dispatch form Quebec earlier this niof rilng announced that .all tha pas-; sengers and crew were safs, ' - The Royal George was'jbound from Avonmouth,' Eng., and was due here today; - ? . She 1 Va! :j.reperted ! hard agreuhd en the ireeks- and : In a ppe carious eenditien, r! , . ' . ' . " . son euld ;- maintain and strengthen the bends ef friendship . existing be tween the Itwe countries. Mexicans generally, seeai te Je pleased. at th6 weult. TOLD BRIEFLY Current News Of Interest . Id : Paragraph By Telegraph ' . ,v And Cable ;WASHINGTON,l Nov. 7..President Taft today issued the . i Thanksgiving proclamation, setting dside- November 28 . for; r the observance of . that -day. CHICAGO, Nov. 7. Whiskey, val ued at ($100,000 was destroyed-today in a- fire. .that burned out 'the two upper floors of the Wakem &: Mc Loughlin five-story warehouse at 421-423. East North Water street. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 7. Con ductor Leonard. Hallet lost his life -in Stampede Tunnel on the Northern Pa cific Railway today ' when a.:. freight train broke in two and members of the crew were overcome by. gas. ; ' ; LONDON, Nov.: 7. Arrangements have ' been completed," according- to the Pekin correspondent ' of : The Telegraph, for "the . issue ' on - De cember 1 of a $100,000,000 internal silver Joan at 8 per cent. The loan will, be 'secured in 'National taxes, v SALEM, Mass., Nov.- 7. Francesca Cuzzo, a mill worker and a striker last winter, was a witness yesterday "for the defense in the trial of Ettor Gio vannitti "and Caruso" for the murder of Anna Lopizzo. " VNEW YORK, Nov. , 7. "To pro mote friendly .: elations between the United States and China" is the aim of tne China Society of America, just incorporated . here by Prof." John Bassett Moore of Columbia '.Uni versity and other : prominent .New Yorkers. -. ' , " , . ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. . 7. VTne Democratic f. party," says a statement from Governor Dix today, , "now has 'TyenOtkreevictories on - th jtariff ,is sue, two with Cleveland and one with Wilson, which is the greatest of all. This to my rrfind shows conclusively that the tariff is , the issue in which the people are most interested. JOHANNESBURG, Nov.- 7. The great diamond, the largest in the world discovered recently in the Bre-. mier mine, may not prove so valuable as at; first thought. It is now prac tically stated that the diamond,- which weighs 1,649 '. carats, is of inferior quality. . r .. ; .? '; HALSTED,. N. H Nov. 7. Frank Kidder, an insane man, shot and fa tally wounded his .aged aunt, Miss Mary Richardson, slightly, injured his unele, Martin L. Richardson, and committed suicide here yesterday,; as neighbors f were about to overpower him. Mr. Richardson was elected to the Legislature Tuesday by the Democratic party. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov.. 7. The first of the sessions of the American Federation of Labor and its five , de partments 'opened today with meet ings of the metal trades and union label, departments. Each of the de partment ; gatherings is attended by 100 delegates and will pass upon mat ters to be laid before the convention when it convened here" Monday. : . NEWTON, Mass.j Nov. 7. -For- the twentieth Consecutive year Dr- Fran cis Curtis has refused to accept the salary of. $1,000 offered him by the city for his work as superintendent of the board of health. Dr, Curtis al ways set $1,500 as the proper remu neration .for -his services and rather than accept the $1,000 offered : him, has given his services free for the past 20 years. ( , . - WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Without warning: a big glass case in the Na tional Museum containing the group of moose that has been-a. feature of the collection 'for many years sud denly broke and today the moose will go Into retirement until - a new case can be procured. The group, one of the most valuable of -the mounted an imal exhibition, consists of a bull moose and five smaller animals. The officials smilingly denied - that the election had anything to do with it. YALE'S GREAT RECORD OF 12 YEARS IN FOOTBALL. ""NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov, 7. A college statistician -who has been Tgo ing Over the scores' made by the Tale football team since 188 4Seelares that the record is without ; parallel 4n - col lege , athletics. - From 1884 to 1912 Tale has played 220 games and been defeated only - IB times. The . score made by Tale tetals 9,214 points to 479 for her opponents, - Victerles oyer both Harvard and Rrtneeten in the eameVear have eeeurred IS times and; G0EST0P5.0.76 Hiss. Nancy . Andersen's Team Again Eclipses Records Of ; v - All Others- ; MR. MALLINCKRODT IS SPEAKER AT LUNCHEON The Teams 'of Which Miss Anderson and Mr. P. S, Gilchrist Are Captains . Took the Banners for the Beet Days Showing, the Former Having Made a Remarkable Record. Both of Can vassing and Also in ; Subscriptions V Secured. . j" The Y. W C. A. campaign fund climbed to $45,076 as a result, of the subscriptions reported at. the noon luncheon. The canvassing committee submitted reports showing that during the past 2 4 hours $4,121 had been gathered and there was a sum of $40, 955 previously reported. Tha work ers are continuing ; with ; unceasing zeal, but are finding ; that mu ch more concentrated and insistent canvass ing is being demanded as the. closing days of the, campaign comes upon them. S The teams' of - which Miss Nancy Anderson - . and Mr.. - P. S, ' Gil christ are the . captains, . won the banners .for the . best" day's show ing, the record of the former' having been one of the best yet on record. Miss Anderson's team 'reported a sub scription of $560 and , contributors numbering 28. Mr. Gilchrist's team reported 14 subscriptions for a total of $712. t ' . V The fund of $4,121 reported -today added to the $40,955 whichwas "the stopping point . athe noon hour Wed nesday ran . the total to approximate ly '75 per cent of' the ultimate amount whicfcLlthe : Committees 'e:::tylng to raise.- ' " '' . v'Rev.; Harris Mallinckrodt was at the luncheon today and gave the commit tees a-thorough-going sort of an ad dress, encouraging in tone and alto gether interesting. Mr. Mallinckrodt stressed the urgency of the need for a Young Women's Christian Associa tion -building such as is under con templation, remarking that the average-girl needed such a home more than the average hoy. Mr. Mallinck rodt said that the amount already se cured plainly evidenced the fact tha the public spirited people of the city are keenly alive to the importance of the work and that the building Is bound to become a reality. "The difference-between the words Y. M. C, A. and Y. W. C, A.." said the , speaker, "is that the former mean that Young ; Man "Can Aid and the latter .means that, Young Women Will Collect." ' Considerable Interest and enthusi asm abounded today. While the sub scriptions reported were not quite; so large as those of .the preceding day, the canvassers thought themseves ex cusable -on account ; of the character of the weather. . Those . In charge are highly pleased with the result, of the efforts reported. at the noon meeting. . An Insistent Chance; . ; , The most important" demand -made on Charlotte in this decade. with liard--Ijnan exception is the now urgerft call for the. amount-required to complete the - fund of. $60,000 wanted by the Y. W. C. A. to Insure the carrying out of thej plans', of the friends of.the or ganization to establish In this city what will be a civic institution of In estimable worth and a, home for hun dreds ot; young "women," largely drawn from the busness world, who will oth erwise have no center for their social or religious life other than is afforded in a general rway in a city of Char lotte's class.; ' - ? : ; ; . The call of the work is sounding louder" today tha hat any time - since tne campaign - began, v The . workers, though tireless , and without any. ces-. sation of energy,' have about complet ed ; the ; rounds - of the city and - have seen nearly; every, citizen, to . whom they had : looked for assistance, ; and now the real test of the civic pride of Charlotte is .to. be made Jn these concluding days of the campaign.. ; A RaUy ' Is Needed.; L- - v The greater part of the task - has, "been completed and the victory i so long awaited Is Just within the reach of the scores -of Toung women and many others Interested an! concerned in this' important labor ; in behalf of womanhood but without the remain ing sum It . will be impossible to gain what has already been fought for and practically woni, and all- of , the labor and ontlay of time, planning and en ergy will have gone for' naught unless there' ts a rally- to the standards of the Toung Women's Christian Asso- OF CHARLOTTE Happenings Of The City Sketched Jn Brief As Seen By The Chronicle Reporters The Young , People's Guild of St. Mark's Lutheran Church - will, hold Its monthly meeting tonight. ' -Rev. W. B. Lindsay of Ander son, S. C.,. will preach at both "ser vices Sunday at the Chalmers Memo- rial church, coming here to- look over this field. Mr. Lindsay was unanimously called - to the" pastorate y of. this, congregation a few days ago and it' is hoped by" members ,-, of this church as. well as its friends that he" will decide to take up this work. ., An interesting program of wrest ling is announced for next, Wednesday .. night when Jim Poulols,? now holding The Police Gazette belt for the mid dleweight championship of the United States, will meet J- Turner and Tony . . Caproni 'will match with Jim Collins. ' The program will commence at 8 , , o'clock and will continue until deci sions are made in both'matches. This attraction promises to be of distinct " interest to the lovers of this sport. A retailing charge, against .Tom, Davis, colored, employed at a . local , hotel, was the only-business of Import ance before Recorder . Smith this morning. The court found, the de- fendant guilty, but appeal was taken and a bond of $100 required by the . court for the appearance of Davis at the December term, of criminal court for Mecklenburg. . ;."v-V"t , - ---Vice Consul Cafiaedo of Wilmlng- , . ton will address the Charlotte colony of Greeks . Sunday afternoon in the '. Princess theater upon the subject of the war that is In . progress in the Balkans and in . which , the, native " : , country of the colonists is Involved.' The vice consul, who lives: In Wil mington, is said , to be a -learned au-; thority -and his address wlU",be made" in English so that any who attend1 may get a. clear insight Into the char acter of his discourse. - , . - oward Faij'.kner, formerly ; of this city, died in : Monroe Tuesday night and the remains were -brought here for Interment yesterday the iu-. neral services being in charge of Rev.' Dr. ' A. A. McGeachy. Mr. Faulkner' ' " left, the city : about three months ago ; for Monrpearid- was living at the , " home of his step-mother. - His health for. the past, few years'' has been ex ceedingly .frail. One sister, Miss Isla Faulkner, surviv.es, both his parents being dead." , Rev. Wr M. Willis, who. has been serving as supply for the" congrega- ; tion of the Forest Grove Church, has gone to the outlying borders of Ten nessee, where he will do mission -work for the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of the South. Mr. Willis had been in charge of the ' local congregation for about a year and was doing acceptable service.. 'His . work here will be placed in charge 1 of Rev. E. G. Carson,! pastor of the Villa Heights Church.. : Rev. Dr. T. , F. 'Marr,', who has. been offered the agency ; for the" Methodist Children's Home, has given' authority to "the statement that he will not accept the work, but will, remain directly in the ministry and continue to serve as pastor of Trinity ' j Church here. - The board of trustees of the institution offered Dr. : Mar rs this , position some time ago and it, ' ' has .been generally believed that1 he ' . would accept it, but he has chosen' " to remain in Charlotte and. in- the. : active work of.the ministry. ... -Six Charlotte- Greeks" have . gone home to take part In the war . In which Greece is Involved, i They. .'are,' Gus Mackin, who has been -running a fruit, stand , on : North Tryon street for six years, Bill "Dinos ' and 'JNick Manhas, of the -.--Baltimore Quick Lunch, Gus Sourtos and' Jim Gulda-. sia of the.. Metropolitan .Quick Lunch and George KoUf ekoula . of ,the New York Quick Lunch.. Upon their ar rival : at Athens, they will , be recruit- ed and pressed, into. Instant service, for their, country. , ? , . - " , ' - Charlotte friends and kinsmen of- ' Mr. W. F. McCombs,! chairman of the Wilson campaign committee, living in " : Charlotte are hopefur that he will spend the holidays here. -: Upon the occasion of a late visit here, Mr. WU-, lis B. Dowd remarked to friends that Mr. McCombs was thinking of com ing to Charlotte where he has a large number of relatives; '. Mr. McCombs is. a - National figure by reason of his' wonderful management of the Wilson campaign and his coming, here would be an event of : great ' interest and prominence. ' . .,'' . : , -The management of the. Char-; lotte Electric Street Railway Company Is planning for a number of changes, in the schedule leading out to . the. Chadwlck-Hoskins mill. The line is' being used . at present by both '.the- . light city . trolleys and the big cars of the interurban. The voltage on 7 the line will be Increased in order; that the interurban cars can be op-,, erated more speedily and it Is planned., to add a number of long cars for or- : dinary city service, similar, ;to the big specials that are used on big occa- . . sions ,here. , . -'f-1- ; "r:.' .vj : ' j 'i . "' ... ;.. . " ." Wi -i i ' .-; ? Former Tale Man Hurt. " ' EXETER, N. H.Nov, t7 Tad Jones, former 'Yale, quarterback,; who- has been coaching the Exter Academy'; teamfthls Fall, is confined to hi$ room j here by Injuries "received , while . play-; ing with, the .the scrubs this!.week. In a scrimmage he suffered a .broken rib. and an Injury-to the left shoulder. ; , . ' Princeton SHtdent Hurt. PRINCETON. N. J., Nov. 7,For the first : time . in a ntimber of years? a Princeton student was injured seri-j ously playing football when Vernon j A. Dwelle, a member of the Junior) class," broke, his leg In . a scrub- game hers .e9teTteyM
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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