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i . . - - 1 - , - 4 v.. r -i II ,0 - i r o C ") ' 'N . J ! 'I ! ! O . " i .6 ; O tJ v VSV 'vN f .- jt ii- i i j i . . r s ---..4 VOL.18. m t trkf :.; : 1 1 ) n . ... . . " WORLD EVEPUS r niEIESap: TOLD BRIEFLY torrent News 01 ; Interest In Paragraph By TelcgrejL x And Cable : i- NEW TORRi Dec j -5 i. dividend i 60 cents a share was declared to- day on the Great northern Ore cer tiflcates. This is- the first "distrlbu tlon since March 15,' 1 ail, previous to vhica dividends of 50 cents a .share tad been paid quarter.; -vJ ! .fK STEUBENVIIiLE, Ohio Dec. ' 5. jjie grand jury which has been inves tigating charges of election corruption In Jefferson County today made its report xneer we ; 015m --uev.rev in dictments charging . perjury againt witnesses before the grand JuryJ . -y K4SHVILLE, Tenn. tec 5. At the annual meeting last : niglit' at r- Se- wanee, McCallum, guard, was elected captain of the university of ?the South ( Sewaneeh eleven for 19 13.3il lem, this year's . captain, leaves Se wanee today preparatory to taking ex aminations to ertr the army, :; ; BOSTON, Dec. 5.--Valuable plant and animal collections , "curios 4 and over Ave thousand photographs of life in the Philippines have been ' oiv (n to Harvard University by Cam eron Forbes, Governor General 'of tHe Wands, according !to an announce ment by the University; ; Jlr.- Forbes iras graduated from Harvard In 1892, ARDMORE. Okla., DS. 5. Ethel Harris, If, of Chiekasha dlediin(a lonely house near here? last .night of gunshot wounds received while : on ; a recent motor . car trip. Q. N,- Vaughn, a mail carrier, Lafayette Carruthers, a ianner, and a woman said to 'have been the companion of Miss Harris on the motor trip are under arrest. They aj the shooting was accidental. ,iIE-iyTA,;.5ar, -Dec; .?. For - then , C Srst toe sinc its . organization ; three. .yeBrtagt) the? Pyactlcai: Refrigerating lagineera 'Associaticm, whlcn began J t three days, session. here today, ; la boldftig its annual - convention east 6t the ; Mississippi,. RivOT-- ', Technical japers on refrigeration -. willjbe reaa asd discussed.'-. The. association. has about 150 members. The preeidentis F. H.'lAdd; Tampa, Fla.; ; . - ; PUT-IN-BAT, O., I)ec 5.---The first .spadeful of earth, on. the site. of the ; ; Perry monument, which ; .Is to-. be erected here by the Government at a cost of f 350,000, waa taken "out yes terday by Mrs. Margaret yrooman,' aged 86, .the oldest , woman.-, on .the island. Mrs. Vrooman's husband, Horace, who died Thanksgiving Day, heard the story of the battle of .Lake Erie from eye witnesses V .i'', BOSTON, . Dec. B. New. . England today became1 the' center of 'the Fed eral investigation 2 into operations - of book agents who are alleged-to have fraudulenUy obtained $5,000,000 frpm book lovers of the .United States." Let ters which the postal authorities de clare passed - between - salesmen and their New York headquarters - were examined by Federal Attorney- French and his assistants, seeking ' for evi dence to support charges of conspir acy to detraud;-;ii;; 7 MARTIN ADDRESSES THE RIVERS AND nARDQQS Y CONVENTIONS WASHINGTON Dec,5.--to Sen ator Maratin of Virginia, as Ihe first speaker, the National Rivers and Har bors Congress began the second day's session of its ninth' annual meeting this morninsr. : On. the nrograni with Senator Martin were; Secretary of War Stimson; Representative Sparkman ; of Florida, Harold F. McCormiclc of Chi-. Wgo; Mayor W. W. Donnelly of Tren- wn, N. J., and George Clinton! of Buf- ". J. MacLean of . the ' chamber of commerce of Spokane, -J Washi,' : had Prepared a resolution which he said had been framed with the knowledge and endorsement 'of the: bovernors of all the Western States 'nd 'all ..the feading commercial organizations :pf 1, that section. It is proposed to; do way with the? National Capital as meeting place7 and to have the orgin watlon's annual conventions neld sue lively west of the Mississippi River, east of that streanVan then in the-Missisippi Valley.. 'S At afternoon session among-' those V speak were Geofge Norris of Phil adelphia; Senator Poindexter Wash- "Sl0n. and Representative; Small.ofl -orth Carolina. The -y v . -u b , umiuwn nvera and I met .at .the ; same r ag the convention and was pre pared t0 : a lengthy:gessioa.; C: ' VVJliJLXJhjC: Rain tonight and Ilk Attcrcsy General eYle&lci P CI Deptmenflflf ?JnstlBi ifdr tear! ""'X Kr-(i- pripisiRnAM v i - MEETS DEMANDS UPON IT '.if ftv Cabinet Official Asks for - Farther Power for Commerce Court and. De fends Its Course in : the Iast Tells .'1 of Trnst , Iitigaidon Accomplished , j and Pen6Ung-Asks for Authority to f Employ More Attorneys J"; for the Government. . , . . WASHINGTON, Dec. s'The Sher man antl-trust.law is proving Its ad6- quacy as a civil statute and there :1s nj necessity for. the much discussed proposed amendment , partlcularixing unlawful practices ' I in restraint r of traded according to George W.1 Wlck ersham Attorney General of the -Uni-ted States, in; his annual repor .sub mitted to Congress today.;; - i-'y -. On the other .hand, however, the At torney! Genera d6es . not 'pass" JudV--ment upon the efficiency, of. the "anti trust: act as. a criminal statute He merely' says: I." Wf'tfit "The". experience of the last year in. endeavoring . to' enforce criminal lia bility under the Sherman law has not he eri encpuaging7,' I vThis i Attorney General defends the Qomirierce Court, CheabolItion' of which was attempted at the : last session of Congresa ' A re turn tothe old methods of distributing litigation " arising frpm the ' orders of the' Interstate - Commerce. Commission to the district.' courts"twould' be? inju rious to :the. interests -of : the public and delay, the' administration of jus tice, pays Mr,. Wfckersham.; .j; .Ci ' v lawSng nclusioni froirl the 4Pr crees: ox aisspiutJop ana. ...in?uncu,on which: hAve already bVen . entered -un der l they Sherman law j. :Mr. Wicker- sham ' maintains : that' the :' :. Federal courts are ' exercising' In -equity suits a power to' restrain which; is . Co-exten slve with. the evils against ".which .the Sherman law was enacted. The courts have 'found no difficulty he adds,; in. applying the terms of the law to, meet and enjoin' the continuance of any form of unfair competition, which, has. resulted , in. imposing" an. undue . , re straint upon ; interstate commerce': or which 'makes, for ; monopory? -. .' . These. decrees,- the Attorney Gener al ,'continuesT demonstrate that . -no" amendment of the law in the direction, of declaring' the Illegality.: of .partlcu lar1 practices is necessary "Vto clothe the courts with full power to prevent any and all acts wwhich.rmay-be em ployed -to. accomplish . the legal, pur poses denounced by . the- statute ; , " Doubts W ti Orlglni.." - ? ."I am strongly of the opinion," says Mr.Wickersham, "that the advocacy of amendments of the la?r whlchhaji particularize, different acts as . constl tuting unlawful restraints'' or attempts at: monopoly. has its origin, ,not - so much with . those .who desire the. en forceSlemy of the law as with .those who are : anxious to ; secure " a - safe means of its evasion. An enumeration by statute of the different : : practices which ? inj; and 'of thems'elves, ; without regard to the circumstances of . partic ular cases, should-be declared. , Illegal will either, gq . too far ,or not far enough,-f7f jl i-f H The - Attorney XJeneral takes Issue with the - decision of - the Judges Colt, Putnam and Brown at Bostblij ' au thorizing' the hearing, in private before an : examiner of r the; civil;, anti-trust suit against the United Shoe 'Machin ery Company and asks .or legislation admitting the public "and rpresenta- tives of the - press to such hearings. " A . "The ; decision, It appears jto ; me," continues vMr.' : Wlckersham, ."is based .upon a manifest misconception of the nature ; of the proceedings and th character' of. the parties. vWhen: the government of . the -United States is a party, tp.. a rsuit,' .and - particularly to a. suit brought under, the Sherman- antl- 11 UOV ;'II'V-.ytvi v.i..-.-..;,.y stfainta iuppn;' interstatfiommerceor fdr,ign-.c.ommerceirsenUally ter affecUng'the public -alj the peqple have a . legitimate' interest in - the. prof ceedtegs and are' entjtled tc know just' what, eyidence" is .beingr given( and. when it is Is given. . The public are the real parties to the sult Si3yv SThe : sufcj trust'.' or ''the Brazilian .valorization sch the operationv of , which -the. Attorney General says .;has; resulted in.- more thanvdoubling the retail price of eof f ee to the ;.erican consumer '.' and thereby laying a heavjr tax upon hlmfc has developed what: the Attorney Gen erar regards as a defect In the still operative section of the Wilson tariff Contihued On, Paja vea Friday, Iu'COiJE. TAX - HINDERS - RIGHTS OE STATES CiclesKipbyera lorientucSyln Address Befcm Ccaventicn In Rltond - .'? r .fjX-' . . r .A.-.:..';v.....:;:" RICHMOND, ,Va, ly Dec' 6.-Wlth Governor, Dix - in:, the . chair - the ,con- ioday ; with a discussion on a State in come' tax . Ied by Governor; McGOvern of "Wisconsin, who read a paper.' i .Former.; Governor "Willson iof. Ken tucky .also read a paper oa the- same Criticism of. the ? proposed ." income tax amendment to the; F.ederal Const!- tution - J as - y an ' encroachment' upon States', nghts and a positive, impair ment I of "the ; vitality ; of r the several States iwas t the . theme of an address before the conl !ere.nce of Governors here ; today f by i ex-Gov.- 'Augustus iB. Willson of Kentucky, honorary mem ber, of the conference. At , tne same time Mr Willson had nothing - but commendation to speak for the : State income, tax which, he declared "is the best,Vf airest " and oldest 'of ' all the taxes vif collected, for. home use in the locality where other- contributors know something of reach other's' cir cumstances." He said that, the ratification of, the income; tax amendment ,t6 the Feder al HConstituUon would "hinder. ; if not exclude, all .-State Governments- from raising" any revenue by- income tax. and add fto; the 'Federal Government faxing, power, this new i and vast;:rev- enue-proaucing tax, which - is "fiow-an unquestionable right .of . the Statea s vMr; Willson read a message '.pre pared , f orthe KehtUckyt'Legislature during Its consideration . of the income tax amendment 'lnhia administration In which," he. emphasized : his belief that the amendment "subordinates to Federal control that great attribute of the- sovereignty of the State,, the un- Impairable power- to borrow money? Mr. Willson said the wording of the amendment proposed : ;m8jdeno"vexcepr. tijjtfof &lnc5n0X derivedVfrom-'tate bofi " 'and .'that its" ratificatiAn would . jpppit liepderal ; Government ' . the power, to ; tax- these bonds Unless the Supreme Court should hold that' the amendment does notnean all jt says, which,' he declared ; too 'remote a cbn- tingency upon which to risk it: rati fication -'7 I see no ' difflculty; . Mr. Wllls'on said, , "In i startihgr bthler 7 prpper amendment in- place of this giving L Congress power to lay ;an ! Income tax hut not on Incomes from whatev er sourcf derd:. " xXTy-Xi: . s Mr. Willson Voffered 'further, .critl cism . of the' proposed1; amendment as not'requiring- apportionment or nnl 1 formlty and as such is "opposed' to the present . principle - of the consti tution" which requires that. In every instance a. .Federal . tajc ; shall rbe con trolled either by ; the rule : of . appor- uonment 'or the rule of .uniformity.'. '.'-'Gov.jTas'kerli 'Oddie'Vof Nevada had ' prepared - a -paper on divorce laws - which ; was '.scheduled - fpr! -to.1 morrow's - discussion.-- It was made public,- however,-"today. y v: -v 4 Oovernor: Oddie i- maintained .' that Nevada, in a great i majority of '. Instances-had performed" a signal' duty for - human happiness and 5 public great proportion ' of - the "'. divorce colony at,: Reno, . hep con tended, came from, four or , five f Atlantic r States! Uwhere divorce -laws; were antique antt harsh. :. f,'i yst.-..-: ?, 'A! ; t . 'Goveraor Oddle favored a 'uniform DISMISS OIL; SUIT loMccouraFilcii IftoliviDENEttii iiWASHINGTO?Dec. ;5-jWheth?t thVc govemehtShpuW dismiss X for lack y6t evidence, ' indictments retura ed at; Dallas', Texas, last ; August against John : D. Archbold; .H; C. Foi ge'rf ? Jv- F W-tT?8 vthe -Stand ard . Oil Company and others in - con nectton wjth the case of the Magnolia. Petroleum :C6mpany 'f or the . . alleged violation "of f the Sherman ' -anti-trust law ; was considered today:- at the De- pmeni; of justice., WfWtXK iCharles .-Morrison,- in charge of VhegcVefnm iermin4 Whether,' the Stahdard Oil ha! yio latea me jaeOTeeppi. afeoq u uub, c JectVwith' James ! AfsFo'ie, ; assistant to-e Amey XGen later - confer -.with Attorney , General Wlckersham who..has ' held " jip , " the service of . warrants on . Messrs Arch bold, Folger and -Teagle hjecause, Mr. Wickersham said; the evidence "In the possession'; of the government . at - the time did. not seem ,ta Justify -the in dictment at Dallas and ; was. not . suf ficient .to - warrant preedngsvf of re moval from New xork to Texas Tna conferences. 'beginning, today, probably will 1 determine the Attorney .General's final-attltude. . .-:.''" Wlilian' eU,UnIted States, a-toneViiDaJ,iscussd CHARLOTTE, 17. 0,;T: S &SDAY, oiii :i r';-- S s iCanYBntlcn C::ps-Plea . - v AGEDf MINISTER FOND P IS ON THE ZCREASE t Convention' Adopts 'lies ation to Al- low an Amendmert t Constitution ' of Body When Tw -: .irds.of Dele gates Present fio Asre&Last Jfight's Session JsO 3 of r Interest. 1 :BY T. .W CHA!.IBlisSL5 ? y'-.J; , j 3. -itffi ksizi- :4oiOBXy:pe !5-The chief feature jpfthf mbrnir x 'sessibhsjbf the Baptist "State. "Conve ntioq was the discussion . of the! need ., of the t en largement ;of the " work of State mis sions. , Rev. Livingston 3 Johnson was leader in the discussion of the report. f; :I?;ev 'J Arnette "of DurhSm'read the.report1. of .the boar d of aged min isters' .relief." During the ' year the receipts have fallen of! and thisf.cre- fates, need '.for . more - 1 larger, conr trlbutibns. " At this t.aie the board is' maintaining 36' age 1 rninister'sr.'an.d these, men ..were give y f.raounts' rangr. ing' from .' 25' to : O: Dr.:; "Hr. V W: Sikes"' of I Wake Forest " College In a forceful address uge 4 a larger offer ing to . this work. .r. -: - r..:t 1;The conyenfion fdoptedJa. ;(reso lution -'providlhg-ftHat tie constitution can be amended i by a vote of - two thirds of 'those deler" es'present when the ameridment Is f 1 ..sentedy' "$ At last night's ? : : " with - every available "inch - of ' ace ""-occupied, James Long f Du- i prer anted the renort : 6n . women's ork and S. M; Brinson presented -1.. a claims of ' Thomasvllle Orphanare.v v President . Durham e ppoipted as s committee to const ierthe BaxrettTand Cade resolutions -- ' ' : Braxton? Craig, .W. C Barr ' J. " reather' spooiv James XfOn&iii, . ..-jQnes- .C V& 'W ijUr-iJiaewj n-Jneipyf,i.x s..' The special committee appointed- a year ago,'. to . which . was referred , the matter-of increasing ,the attendance at -the Convention, reported ' this afr ternoon- and ": suggested the t appoint ment, of - another committee consist-' ing of three, .who will further consider-, the ' question and , report Inext year"'".:l.5''C '. -' '. '.' J i ;;1,1 . - The committee on- place of meet ing and the- preachers -for" .the next annual meeting r reported, rand -suggested ; Shelby as the' meeting .. place.. The report was adopted and the Con ventlon meets with the First Church of Shelby .in ; 'JAW Ar- i;,:For Next Year. ; .-. -The ".-' annual sermon - will a .be preached by Rev. W. N. Johnson of Wake Forest, and Rev. W. A Smith of . Charlotte will be "his . alternate. The" special 'committee appointed last year to consider" the?' advisability -of consolidating the "students aid fund, with the Board of Education, report ed - The report recited tted the need 'of the, 1 .sq: recommends; as consolidation and 1 That this Convention - set " as - a flnahciai; standard for this .work" next wek 39,5 0 0 .this amount to : be A; ex pended " as follows: -For the assistance of students -at ' Wake Forest $7,500, and for the students . atthe Southern Baptist Theological Seminary $2,000. 2 That the Board of Education be instructed" to appbrtion "this amount equitably among . the Associations '- of the . State , and:; ask each Association to v assume the ; apportion, ' . and "' ar range with presentation of .the ; mat ter?to i-the iChurches. rJ- ;t -If- 3 -That the 'Convention pledge the Southern - Baptist '. Theological 7 Semi nary fo jthis tyear.: . '.'....."'" fl ' Claims of Seminary. u v'yC;-.' Following the ! presentation of the report, . Dr. W. J. MCGiotnnn of tn Southern; Baptist xneoiogicair oemi nary presented : the claims of the Seminary.. " '. . Doctor McGlothin emphasized tne fact that .today the supreme need was enough of. the right kind - of preacn ers. .- He- said that in order to prop erly equip the men money was need ed,', and the Seminary was . unable last year . to. take care ; of . the men whd applied. . 0;iv.r?aVv'?(;.;v,s-vY,,v:. r N. B. ! Broughton, at the ; request Of 1 President . Durham called for pledges for the ? Seminary fund."' f .'.The- report iof the : standing com mittee ' on ; Baptist ; Young : Peoples Work was'; read. After " reading the fact that somef good:nadi been.ac comnlished. and especially by., reason report ; reCommenaed tne employment Of ta field . secretary , xo . worjc ' jointly jh thb interest-of . the' State Mission oard and -;th6;sY; :p;M;Ui ; v Thb committee also suggested , that the ? State Mission Board take charge of ? theB'; PU? work ahd appoint a ; special commltteeijof seven 'of its. own I members as .a B. , Y. P TJ. com-1 Rev.' BW.' Splilman dddressed 'the convention endorsing the ' suggestion of i the report.- Alter tnls : the .report was adopted. . , . . -.'; ,. U:igljds , t) v New State. Pastors.- . President CharlesH. : - Durharil,' irir troJuced'to the'iConveiit tors who have come, to the State dufr ing : thepasfyarAVW..- ';';- -.. . i TheseV her. pastors ere: Alexander Miilen Ait) Moore, 'Charles ? Ander sont ; ATvBSmith ,jjt T, f Reed; W J D Doughty;-' ; W-,".vB; OHver,,H, D. HineS, W. !A ; Smith Wi. W.; ' V Si?k, ' E S . Pearce, MVVP.Eilington,-J.' ..t Rid- dick, C. J. ' D, Parker, W. 'Alexander; C j H. Trueblood,- R. E. Brickhouse, state i-' (Continued on Page. Seven.)- DECELIBER 5, 1912. GpiT0FFicias2'; - lilSPECT NEU DlilDGE ;. CQnlOIIIcsrslOai Cai2l:ry 't. i ;'.r ;w . Jl c W ,i: ;?:" Chronicle' Bureau, ' .', ."JaMettBIni;r ? Gaston -County's board of commls sioners . are to meet In. adjourned ses sion ; today at Sloan's ; terry bridge;on the Catawba Rrve$ near elnioni for the purpose, of inspecting the" recentiy completed concrete bridge connecung Gaston, and Mecklenburg Counties -and. accepting the; structure -t on "behalf of this counr : provided flf I Is found to come up to specifications and contract agreements.'. 1 The ppeningC of ' this bridge marks .an epoch .withj both, of tKe$e counties Jt conneefs ihe" main macadam highways through'both and will "7 be used by. thousands of people. Heretofore ' crossing Jjere ' was doneby means of ' a ferry boatl . ' . ;' :y Beginning January 1, 1913, N Gaston County's officers will, go on a salary pasis and" tbe; expectation" is that: the new scheme .will,prove of considerable benefit to the county flnancially. Here tofore -rthe - officers ; have . always-, re ceivedrtheir 'pay ' in " fees . and' all 'of them have" for several years, past been getting more "than good salaries under this arrangement. The salaries to -be lpaid are as follows: " Sheriff,- 1 2, 0 00 ; clerk of "the 'court,--$2,0 00,' withiOOQ tot clerk hire; register of . deeds. fi,8004 witn ?6uy tor cierjt nirer ireas urer -$1,200; . jailor, ;$ 50 ? per . jmonth The office , of "; treasurer, 'however, is already i on - the ;'salary basis, ' the sal ary being'-ne. same, as ' heretofore. .Un der the new act the 'sheriff Is tax col- Rector, for : each of the other five town-, ships; -It is believed that the' county the-fwill save several thousands of dollars by the salary system' Another; office ( is - created . by " this new . act, that of cbuntyf audltbr iwlthj a ilarr.bf 1,200. The board, wiu . elect arx auoutor aj ixa meetingtne-firatMon4ay-to; January," of 1 the neaf : approach votf h4 : happy yule:tide.' Last night the local Jeret ry:: stores hatheir 4nftnal Christmas openings, : these always being big " so-r cial " events. :' The '-TorTence'-Morris Company gaye :i handsome souvenirs and" "Van Sleeh seirved "' delicious : te- freshm'entkThetbe was; not' suMcient to 'keep Jthe ladies away.' Anf.immense. crowd was . Out to inspect " the displays - at these "two stores and ' to see' the ' other folks as welU ';" Some ' of the other merchants are beginning- to bpen up .Christmas goods and Santa Claus talk .'is every where In" the ' air;'.; W-.::-itv;.fi.v "A -social event of more than usual importance will take place this even ing between .the hours of T and at 'the residence Of Dr. arid Mrs. T. " C. Quickel, on South street, when ; a re ception will' be given: in honor of the new iAitheran pastor," Rev.' M.7A.! Ash- Ul, nuu Him. ---jri vua . "-o - will be the pastors .of . the v other churches of the town, and' their .wives and the. presidents of the church so- Cleties. . All;- ox tne cnurcn memoers of the town have been invited to' at tend this receiHlon . and meet I Rev, and Mrs. Ashbyli ; : K J' iX--f.'i Rev.; C .W; McCuUy, pastor of "tit-j tie .Steele creeK cnurcn, wecneuuurs County, was here yesterday en route to Bowling Green. He expects tb;re turn hVme' tooay eBCOmpanied by his sister, Mrs. Susie Leslie; -who ' -will spend som; tinle with liinv; A.. :'. Mrs: Margaret- Patribk;; mother of Dr. I Neal Patridk, Attorney Ralph" Patrick -and: Mrs: Drr J. Wn Retd, i is critically ill at her . home on ; vSouth Broad ' street and is not :expected" to live.:-''l-v;:-:n;-i EEPORT TO TAPT Committee Iay Call , President's ; At U tentiott tto Violations : o .tfentraHty '.lams to 1 Dealings -With . Mexican .GoyermnenU;::;;:. ;;;JfJT ASHG70i?'lec 0T, Taft's attention.may be'dlrectly balled tocondltibns whicliitheF .Seriate sub mrnittee ound; aIonge; Merfcan border in; its investigation "to :learn whether . American ,' capital had , been uded'to;f6ment ajiyrof the:r ' a - rerjort' of . the cbmnvittee.sbori J "4 I to "be" published and submitted to : the SenateliJcOntajni tesbriydrtuV ally fcharging. ,that.:- President Maflero was ; favor e-' from "this ; side of : the bburidary line - When He,-had 'the rev blutlon; againsV Porflirid Diaz and that friendly acts to ; ntm -jiave conunuea during' the. revolution against his gov ereriep;l ?Because ofsome ;of the testimony a&nkHhblltae Sertbrr Jitt mas In timated, it might be snecessary N tol-call IPreslderii; Taf t'a attention to thelfdt uatfbW. ' Soirie of the testimony In the com-' mittee's. report, will be ready i'n Janu ary, Is to the effect that th4 'inhibition against shipment of arms ;and . ammu- nition intb Mexico': has been . violated 4 repeatedly m xaaaero's- interest, 1 VOILE Mm mmm :J . ; v i ' v..' .VV Ttaiatlng tllflOniTYfUEPORTCTO .'. 4 V'J BE TENDERED DO ADD Sharp Division Has Arisen Among Members of Ckmmitte,xWith Prob- abiliUes That 'Aldermen WIU - Be .'Forced; toTote " on Two .Separate. ... Reports rRelatlve.to New .Form ot i5 City Government Which It Is Pro c'posed to Prepare at 'Once. t : There !' a . yawning ' chasm ' in, the ranks rot. the charter , revision ' com mittee, and it; looks ; now as j il the whole matter will have to be threshed out f before , the hoard of aldermen probably next Monday. riight, when the seating of the , so-called .Phifer members on this committee:' will .be taken up. 'tF&-?. But : at present this committee ' Is hopelessly asunder and . a minority re port is .lobkedl for unless the com nlttee is reorganised, which will carry out the ideas of the opponents of the commission "form Of government. .:' ;.. While four members of the commit tee assembled: lastnight ' with Alder man" E.- L. : Mason as' chairman, and decided practically, to yecommen4 the commission form of , government, the remainder Of the committee, holding opposite views "from the men who at tended last . night's I session, were ab sent.'. . ; v-- , rr.- -:- , -;! Colonel rphifer announced . that, he had to preside at:the executive board meetings and . therefore could not cbmev-.l Another - member announced that . -he was "with the coinmittee but. he is forever opposed to .the bom- missibn -form, it ; Is known, while it 5ra3Sj.reporte was at. neroe around a .warm flxelde. ? Thui out ;of. eight membei four we're lri ' attendance, ; an while these gentlemen are forging'; ahead - "with commendable energy and doing what" they can: to give Charlotte ; what hun dreds -of level-headed business men believe . she. needs just nbwlahd ought to, have, '. the .'charter revision ".' com mittee 'appears to be a dlytdbd house which - cannot' be. gotten, together,' and hencb the .declaration of one" of the opposition 'membesr that there will be a; minority ; report.. ''y'j-, i' i. i . '; Abolish Executive , Board : J . The anti-commission - form'-: mem- bers of this , committee .. named j'by Mayor: Charles A. Bland about eight weeks ago, sare . favorable, it -is', said, to' a " plan to ' cut out the ,- executive board , altogether .'and turn , over, to tiie board of aldermen, all of. the func tions of that board as now exercised. Said ' one of . the opposition marnbers last . night:, I . "The charter ) as : it now stands ;ls something i that- we- cannot intrpret and the ' limits, of -authority of thetwo boards seem to be help lessly. Involved ;. in. darkness, i We be lieve that the' best , thing to. do is to' make the board 1 of : aldermen the ruling and governing body, leaving off the executive ; board', but .' retaining probably ' the i water board . and.' the BChool boar'd. It has seemed; that 'the executive board has' exercised author ity 'which Bome members of the board do t not think belongs, to ; that - board. We " have thought that", the executive board was - provided , to carry out "in structions I from the aiderinanio ; board ana ; to . attena to .tne aetans or - tne city's business," but.it seems that they haVe gone further, and are-, exercising authbrityvas if they, were In that re spect on equal 4 footing -with Hheal dermanio board," said the alderman quoted. i r. .'. : : V'- -X&U3- U i...' A 'Big Fight Is Coming. V That : there will be another battle on' the already gory fields of - munici pal political striving is hardly doubted ; now, unless ; at- the critical , : moment Colonel . Phif er s should .step . 'Jn artd withdraw his resolution adding three nbw,; members to the charter revision committee of "eight origlnaUy 'appoint ed byMayor Bland . and thus eave the split - committee ; alone to "submit two .'reports"which seems,a certainty now;But - even this would have . little effect,- aV the; great fight will' come in thelaldermanic chamber on, the adop tion. Of 'tiie ' twot reports expected,' brie favoring;thecbmmis8ibn form of gov ernment and the",other favoring some thing entirely different but not great- ly-different from the present Ulne-up of . boards,' committees, . etc, . with which . "the city , government Is top- heavy. ''i; What Dissenters Favoh';,''- While '; Alderman Mason, chairman, Stbkes Wilkesland ( Thompson th four ' whof see the' needs " of the ' city clearly for less politics and more busi ness, were .working last night alone over their' report and were mapping but the proposed commission form of gpvernment, the absentee members of this- committee ; were variously . ,en- CUM Continued on. pase.2 - PRICE JOKE CENT f Tr.Jn CBts , TODAY'S II'S ; OF CHABL01TE B3;p:nln3S CITIia Clly SSctctsi : In cHbl As S::aByTt3 s CLrk!cl3 Cc;:rt:rs . . The- Young People's Gufld of St ' Mark's Lutheran Church' wirf meet at the chdrch ; tonight at 8 o'clock, v " - , . . ' . - Mr, Hugh W. Harris has been quite sick at i his home, 9 0 1 North, Pine street, for rthe past several days. He was taken' suddenly ill Sunday r v , Rathbone ' Ixdge, Knlghta. of Pythlaa will hold an Important cere- -monlal tonight . for the conferring ot ' the second ' degree 'oa a - number - of candidates and the election .'J. of t- fleers. ' 1 1 ' -r , - , - - ' , " -Dr. fEdwin r French. Tyson, s colored phyaidanof Washington,' aad ! graduate .of Harvard and Jloward ' universities, has moved ' to Charlotte to locate for the practice of bis pro feesion. He i understood to 'be ably -quaimedfor-vthis ptof esam:' .ixi I '; The .store windows of thty have taken on the Chrlstma -appear ' ance In full style now, their decora tions, as well as specimens of, goods in the stoclc , rooms i lndScattng . that heydays of Santa Claus are on the. . way vv;; ;.. .. . ' Mr. Allen, R.v Partridge, . repre senting the ' Partridge Furnace, wltii' factories in Denver, Los Angeles afad T DEnoxtilieTenn,; ; ib; spending several flays in 1 the city on. important' bus!-., ness. ;,He .wtIl be here until -the ; Srst of next week. : -' ;- ..'-i- ,.;'--1 . V' -;: '' -,v ' Qa: account of the) illness of the baby of . Dr. ' and Mrs,, John Hill , Tucker at . their home ln ' Elisabeth- ' Heights-the bazaar that r Was to have been gtven' Friday under the auspices of St.. Martin's ohapel has been post- poned.v ,;,-',, .. , ;-v -v . -" ' -; ' i '-. ;-rv- Mr. A Wilner, an aged- tailor' of T the 4 city, who died ast , night was burled . v-thiSr:afternobn. -' He was , 82 . years ; of .age . and . had been lri de-- ctlning-bealth ,-f or vsome'tlme VHe -Is survived -by his wife and f five step- , chlldTOn. ; . ; t -:v - -:-Fiiineral services over the' re- , ... rrialns or Capt.- K. S. Fincn .were held . this afternoon. at.4-b! clock,' attnded - by. a largeTconcours.e of , friends . The : exercises were in charge Tof r Rev, TT arris ' Atallinekrodt' iretor' .nf . St. 1eteKsi' Episcopal Churcn. The ;re- mains were laid ;to rest in Elrhwood. The board of- 'home 'miasioria of th6Associa,te -"Reformed " "Presbyterian Church has forwarded" its field secre tary, Rev Ira;' S. Caldwell .here, to takercharge, of the Chalmers Memo- f rial- ChUrch until ' a - pastor has .beeri secured. - Mr.; Caldwell is; expected in . the. citytomorrowr .it '. ;-;. '- ;" The first cement for. the concrete foundations of .the-- new : subway - on " - juast .iTaae - street was pourea toaay, ; the work beginning on the South side of the improvement - The workmen have the situation so .well in hand how . , thAt rapid progress will mark, the re- x -maining activities on , the , -improve--ment.' ; - , ' - - 1 ' ' A meeting of -ahe directors of the Carolina '-.League : will : be - held . next . Tuesday or. Wednesday in this city for the purpbse iof: arranging a circuit for the- next year. ? This is a meeting' In which the baseball lovers of the Caro- linaa will-, be Immensely interested, as many matters or great importance are to; receive .consideration.-' ' " -'-' -Charlotte "friends . bl Mr. - W. ' A. G.: Clark,', a- .brother of Mr. David Clarkof this city, will ' be Interested to learn of his: return to the service ' of the . Government as r commercial - -agent, of, the Department - Hof Com- - . merce and Labor,, a position) he held for some-time prior to his connection with the-fc tariff board s as textile ex. xll&&W$ffi ;' '';-': . -I JMr.;,F O. Hawley Jr.," and asso ciates have purchased the old assiring plant on the Sattesviljfe road . of which Mr, A. Stelnhouser'has been manager. . and" proprietor."",, The' product of the plant' is a material 'used in' cotton mills for- "sizing': yarns ; before it is woven Into cloth.' !Mr. Hawley ha made tle. purchase purely as ' an in vestments and does not intend to " give less time. to his drug business. ''TV'." - ;'.':-',vr - i' . ' (: : ' A series of basketball, games will , be" played this Winter between Char lotte, Asheville,. ' Spartanburg-; and GVeersboro and It promises to fbe an . interesting series. - AH theee',; clttef are represented with fast 1 team 3, and when any two of them get together an : interesting game will . be the . result. Spartanburg. has a attonger team this sf ason than, last, and . as - the locals only succeeded in winning by n few points in theirast game, the result ' of the' game Saturday night is -doubt- DELTA KAPPA' EPS1XONS i nr. - session1 at snaipnis. - .';., ".. ; m , .. .. - 1.:; ... MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. '; 6.Two ' hundred delegates ,to the. NatIon.l convention of. the Delta . Kappa .Epsi- Ion college fraternity arrived ; In, Mem-' phis todair In a chartered r train, over thb illinbls iqentral; Railroad. Ilepre -sentatiyes; from. Western and South- ern States arrived in the city Wednes-. . day : and undergraduate representa- , Uvea 'from? SoutheasterncoUeges are expected "lo . arrive in time for ' the opening session of the convention this ' afterno,n ) -pji- - . . " ''.' The special ; train 'carried, delegates frm Newj York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, . Indiana and !Blinoisvy The?" first business n-; .tlon .will: be the election , of officers. who are. elected at each annual catli- ering 'to preside over the sesslcra of the fraternity - , v r . . , , k . " ; ... -. ' -. '.. V 'it.'- s:;
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 5, 1912, edition 1
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