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-",' . . 5 . , , - , . j . ; , - - - , .... V0L38r ' NV156 J; . : -pmce ONE CENT -T VARIOUS SENTENCES GIVEN ' : Presidem-Eiect voodrow vilson t And Scenes , ' wnmn mm'- iTflriAVS mm : ofiHisimiiaia THE CONVICTED DYNAiTERS TOLD BRIEFLY I hiMnnnri Unnnnflir 1ioitnHI ... UU11U11UUU r liUUbllllJ IIOIIUU Syan Beads The list With A Seven Year Term. Id LeaTenworth :ii . Prison Seven Otters Are 0!?en Six Tears . ; In The Same Prison 1 . SENTENCE SUSPENDED ON : FIVE OF DEFENDANTS Judge Anderson Takes a Fliiig at Attorneys for De fense by Saying Had Some of the Defendants Had the Proper Legal Advice , They Would Not Have ;Been Found: Gyrisoners WiUobaDlv; Go to Peni- ! I fTt " tentiary xomgnt. a INDIANAPOLIS,' Dec " -30.-Sen- tences varying from Beven years im prisonment in the Federal prison at Leavenworth, ( Kan., t"'one year'and one day and to suspend sentences weer today imposed upon the 3 S la bor union ' officials convicted " in the dynamite conspiracy cases.' , Olaf A. Tveitmoe of f San Francisco, convicted of charge of aiding .in plot ting the destruction , of The Los An geles Times building and Eugene A. Clancy, aiso oi 'SanVFrancisco,' -were given six "years each.' :':..'?- "V" ' Ryan,: as head of. the union; re received the heaviest penalty of sev en years. . - Herbert : S." Hockin . received six :. years. , ', -. Ail ! the prisoners - who received prison terms are to be -taken to Leav enworth, KaiC, probably tonight.' Terms of -imprisonment were as fol lows: ; -: ', - Frank Ryan, president '. iron workers' union seven years. -John. Tl .BUUer, t Buffalo,- .vice -.. pre&Idiit, six iyjears"5;l: : ' -odctn, k. fonatier : troit, Olaf A." Teitmbe,i:.San Fran" " Cisco, secretary of tbe California , .. Building Trades CbttnciJ, six years. ' Eugene A.' Clancy, Sari ;Fran- Cisco, six years. Phillip A. Cooley, New Orleans, six years. " - - Sfichael J. Young, Boston,' six years. - " ' Frank J. BUggins, Boston, two ; years.- . ' . ' .." i.1 y " J. E. Munsey, Salt Lake City, six years. John H. Barry, St. IxmisV four years. Paul J. Morrin, St. Louis, three years. . Henry W. Legleitner, Denver, three years." . . , Charles N. Beam, Minneapolis, three years. 1 . ' 3Iichael J Connance, Pbiladel phia, three years. . Richard H. Houlihan, Chicago, two years. . William Supe, Chicago, one year and one day. Edward Smith, Peoria, Ul., three years. James E. Ray, Peoria RL, one year and one day. Murray L. PennelL Springfield, 111., three 'years.' ,' ' ' ' William .C, Bernhardt, .Cincin nati, one year and one day. Wilf ord Bert Brown,- - Kansas City, Mo., three years. . ;.. . Frank K. Painter, Omaha, two years. 1 ."; Peter ; J. Smith, Cleveland, four years. ' , George Anderson, Cleveland, three years. Michael J. Hannon, Scranton, Pa., three-years. Edward E. Phillips, Syracuse, N. one year arid ! one day. Charles Wachtmeister, Detroit, one year and one day. - - - '; Ernest G. W. Basey, Indianapo lis, three years. -. . - Fred Sherman, Indianapolis, two years. . . . Frank C. Webb, New York, six years. Fred J. Mooney, Duluth, . one . year and one day. . William J. McCain, Kansas City, three years: William E. Redding, -Milwaukee, three years. " ' - Sentences on the following were suspended: ' -' .- ' ' Patrick J. Farrell, New York. ' James Cooney, Chicago." James Coughlin, Chicago." Hiram R. Kline, Muncie, Ind." . Frank J. Murphy, Detroit. -On motions, of .the . Government, Edward C'ark, Cincinnati, confessed dynamiter who " testified" for . the Gov ernment, was given a suspended sen tence. ' ;. . . - . .. ? . Pathetic Scenes. A remarkable scene in the struggle of the wives. of the prisoners to reach their husbands attended the passing of sentences. It -was ordered that all spectators should be cleared from the room and the prisoners be allowed to talk with - members of their families. , Some of the men made pleas for mercy; others wept ' in the arms of their wives. ' - , " But the court 'pronounced ' the sentences-one by -one regardless of the pleas." ; . . -T.--' Six men- were given their liberty through suspended ' sentences. . These included ; Sdward Clark - of Cincinnati, the. dynamiter, who confessed to blow ing up a 'bridge - with tthe . help of Hockin. He had been a witness for the Government. , ' . Ortie E. McManigaT, another con fessed dynamiter,' , was not sentenced at this time. In some cases sentences of one . year;, and one i day . were im posed so -: that " these men' might be confined iln "a Federal : prison; Prison ers for , terms of : less than " one year are ; kept in .county jails. . .;. ...... I Federal Judge Anderson had many of . the prisoners which he said; he con sidered, less "guilty- than the others brought before him to ' make state ments.. '. . -." ... v . ,. - For . an C hour " and -; a ' half ; the ; judge thius tin a conyersatipnal ; way talked withr the , prisoner asking . them whether ' they ; 'jieved " in -dynamiting asikvinethod r"oiP.rVmbtihg' istrike.; -? V yieweu uoe .-prisoner Kuui oe was m terruptedby the: court. . Arrangements .for, taking - the pris oners to -. Leavenworth 'On."-: special train already had been made. .: v , ' , . Some i Guilty of Murder. , 'Judge Anderson after the sentences read k f rom the 4 bench a - statement, from . which ; he . said : . . . . ; v ". . ' 'The evidence; shows some vof these defendants to be guilty of "s murder, but they are - not charged here with that: crime, this court; cannot punish them for it." V- I r-:j r SessionShort. k ; r T The .entire proceedings in the court as a climax 'to" the three months dy namite conspiracy, trial, - required only two hours from the , time court opened' shortly after 10 .a. m. . to , a few. minutes after the noon hour. Be fore Judge Anderson passed sentence he said .he desired to. read a statement. He reviewed the history ofthe dyna niite conspiracy ; as well as the evi dence Introduced and . said: ; "This scheme or campaign of dy namiting was, entered into and carried on : throughput the , country from . the Atlantic to the Pacific. . ; 'The evidence discloses an appall ing list of crimes in addition to those charged in the : indictments. These , crimes were - all committed in the name of organized labor. I will not believe' that organized labor , ap proves of such .practices. V 1 - "An organization that, approves and adopts the .. methods of these ' defend ants . is an outlaw and will met the fate which, outlaws have met since civilized society began. "The evidence shows some of these defendants to be guilty pf murder, but they are hot charged with, that crime a'ed this court cannot punish them for it, nor should it be influenced by such consideration; in fixing the measure of punishment for the crimes charged . , "The.' certainty of ., punishment, ' not its. severity, - is'-the important- consider ation in the administration of criminal justice. Such punishment should be meted out as shall warn others that even if they desire to accomplish -lawful" ends they must not - violate ' the law in - the 'attempt to ' realize them. Keeping .these, considerations in" view, the court must repress that indigna tion .which' every law4,biding; citizen naturally feeis at tie" crimes which the evidence iri this case-discloses in ad dition to' those, for which- the - defend ants haVerbeenVfourf near - as 'may 5 be possible - confine the puriishnient' .within its rprope'r Iscbpe." Referred .toStr.:To ' v Referring ' -to -he" iron '. workers' strike, which began in 1905 and which the Government chargedwas the'rno tive which prompted John . J ; .McNa mara tb luse dynamiteaB weapon, Judge Anderson' i said itie) strike fjw&a attended jy? PicHetihg; .then by slug gings " and riots. V V- .', - ( '.. . . He added i VBut ;in 1909. cam paign by, yniamitowas ipagurated and begifanings with exploioin the East and' exienalngfromithe 'Atlantic to the v Pacific,! cthiued until the . ar rest of ;thV McNarnaras' a.nd .McMani- - Continued: on ;page-; six.). -h j r ' . 4 : GERMAN SECRETARY OF STATE PASSES Allred Von: Klderlen Waecbter Dies Snddenly While On A Visit To His Sister STUTTGART; Germany, Dec 30. Alfred von Klderlen-Waechter, Secre tary of State of the German Empire, died .suddenly - from heart failure at his home hece today after a .brief ill ness. - , i. ' ' , Kiderlen-'W'aechter was enjoying his usual Christmas .visit to his sister, the Baroness vpn- Gemmingen, near,- here. He : had felt ill .for several daysV5o much -so ' that-', physicians;: whwere caltedj tefaarejg,, fatal rnUnation as "his heart r action was t very jrregus' ;, Alfred ; vein Kiredlen-Waechter was 60 "years :. of. age.,. , He had .occupied ofilce -'as; Imperial :; Secretary tf - State for- foreign Affairs only since .'June 28; 1910, .when he succeeded Wilhelm von Schoen, who became" German ambas sadorj to France! ' ; . ' . . ' The. advent of. Kiderlen-Waechter was not . greeted . with great - enthu siasm -in ,the German -Imperial Parlia ment. .He was a very poor orator and his speeches did not ; create a : very good "impression. . He was known, however, as one of the shrewdest men in "German diplomacy, and was re garded, as an expert on affairs of the near 'East, owing t0 his, having been stationed for; a long time in the Bal kans and his disappearance from the German Cabinet at the present time is considered to . be a great misfor tune. . During his short period of office as Foreign Secretary he was successful in steering the international' policies of the German Empire through a pe riod of unusual . entanglements, more especlally-in regard to the settlement of the dispute between France and Germany as Qf the future of Morocco. The negotiations were brought to a successful ! termination" last year when France and Germany signed an agree ment as a result , of which their re lations ' have ' become much more cor dial.1 ; .". ' " "'. ' r: . Kiderlen-Waechter. was for many years a great favorite of: the Emper- bf William who, however, practically banished him for a decade ; to what was then comparatively the unimport ant post of German minister at Bu charest, because on one occasion he had", presumed - too mucli; upon .the Emperor's' favor; .".'"-,;; 7'J ' "'r; ."H.V; Kiderlen-Waechter was a bachelor. He belonged to. a very old Wurtem burg family, which was raised : to the nobility in . 1868.. He was born July 10, -1852, and -while he was-- studying law volunteered' and fought -throughout the. Franco-Prussian War of -1870-71. ..tie .entered the diplomatic ser vice in 1879; and served inSt.. Peters burg, !' Paris, ' Copenhagen, Constanti nople and ; Bucharest v .' ' ; Owing to- the suddenness of "the Foreign ; Secretary's death there lias been no talk: as to his; probable suc cessor., 'v.. i"-'' . r "" j . -.'. ; '; - SIGMA -NU FRATERNITY MEETS IN . ATLANTA '. : ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. - 3 6.-More than -'.two : hundred officers and dele gates ' of ' the Sigma y N u - fraternity; representing chapters-.and alumni as sociations in .32 States; arrived , In Atlanta : y ester day:, and this morning to . -attend .,the -"sixteenth annual . con Ventibn .of the fraternity,', which Ayiii lopen at :11 1 x- o'clock. tjils '! mornin?. TbdiaiyJs Jpr'bgram includes' Can! address : of welcome;by M." ' SJlatPh;: "response byj pnATpfrtH. Wilson, vN.ew York' City,' - grand regent of .the fraternity, and a Sljort 'busi ness session "A banquet ' will'-b.e: held tbnigh'a--''"1-r"' The; convention will be; in'.sesslon untip Wednesday . night.- S ' : -i The place" of . Wilson's wbirth and . early boyhood. .Upper: left: - - House where ; he 'was bornj upper right," eh urch of iwhich Governor Wilson's fa ther was pastor. k Below" is a view of the, rear' of the house' in- which tbe" ;Presldentrelect;wa4bbrn.c- ' ' OF GASTONIA DIES Mrs., Florence Happerl ield ; Suc cumbs To Long Illness Settle myer Brongbt To Trial Chronicle Bureau, Gazette Building, . Gastonia, Dec. 30. Mrs. Florence Happerfield, after an Hlness of some time died yesterday afternoon at her home here and was buried-this morning at 10 o'clock, following funeral services at the resi dence by Rev. J. E. ; Abernethy. . .- She was the widow of Mr. Frank Happer field who died suddenly at; Union, S. C, in October. She was a daughter of Mr. McKee Bradley of Gastonia. Sur viving are five children and the fol lowing brothers and sisters: Miss Willie Bradley, Mrs. A. E. Beam, Mrs. J. D. Heath; 'Marshall Bradley of Washington, Earl Bradley pf Den ver, and Pearl Bradley of Gastonia. At two o'clock this afternoon before Magistrate S. S. Mooris, the prelimi nary trial of Henry Grady Settlemey er who was brought back to Gastonia a few days ago from Kansas on requisition,, papers issued by. Govern or Kitchin on the Governor of Kan sas; will be held. He gave bond im mediately on his arrival here, in the sum of $1,000; Settlemeyer will face a serious charge. At today's hearing it is probable; that he will waive pre liminary examination and, give bond for his appearance for trial at the next term . of Gaston Superior Court. PRESIDENT-ELECT BEGINS SERIES OF MEETINGS 1 WITH LEADERS TRENTON, N: J.,1 Dec. 3 0. President-Elect Wilson today began his conferences withy Democratic mem bers of both houses of Congress, whom he intends to consult about men 'and policies for his administra tion. J " ' J. Hamilton Lewis, endorsed for United "States Senator - from Illinois in the -Democratic: primaries," was his first visitor. Senator John Sharp Wil liams of Mississippi;" : Senator Luke Lea, of Tennessee; Senator Chamber lain of Oregon, and Representative Redfieid of Brooklyn were to see 'the President-Elect at different hours'dur ing the day. ' ;.The Governor received much. of his material for tariff- speechesMuring the campaign froin; MrRedfleld-J. i ljThe'i Governor haai; determined to make, npopr ratpmobiiei trips from his r hbmefin Princeton "vip' the j-State Hpuse," in Trenton : during . the jWinter. Thbugh -this method ;is most conveni ent arid '( saves "" him f much time, he caught "a' severe"' coTa"" that way" last week: He has recovered but his phy sician5 has advised precaution. WELL :'r ' - lflOIPflAuENK Unions Of New York;' ClDlWng Makers Start Big Protest v Today NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Women and men garment workers, estimated to number -12 5,000 went on a strike in. New' York7 city today tying up ap proximately 4,000 factories. They de mand higher pay and better working conditions. : " . Mass meetings of the strikers began as early as 4 a. m. and at daylight; in a drizzling rain, picket . squads of 12 had been posted at all; factories af fected. In each squad, were at least two women, t Forty-five halls through out 'the city have been engaged by the strikers for gathering places. "Violence has been discountenanced by the lead ers and the walkout was peaceful. , Before daybreak the leader of gar ment workers in'." this city and New Jersey environs began preparations for the proposed strike of 125,000 of four thousand factories today I as ordered by the United Male Garment workers' Union last night. More than 1,000 ' pickets were or dered to report in the several districts as early as 5J o'clock this morning: to distribute proclamations printed in several-languages, explaining the pur poses of the ,strlke. . It was announced that forty public hails iv in different parts - ofL" the city-ihad; been 'engaged' for mass meetings daily, beginning to day.? ' " J- '- " fcv. . - ' " .: The strike is confined at present to the makers of men and boys clothing. Of , the ..1 2 5r0.0 0. -workers-in-this indus try, "there are. about 40,000, women. It was declared . today, however, , that the ladies' garment workers' union al so' was organizing its forces fPr the demand, of an extension . to other branches of an -agreement signed two years -ago and that" a strike of 70,000. more workers would .be called to en force the demands. . . '- . .-(: .-V ' ; The strike In the. men's, and boys', clothing industry alone, however, will be.,-, the largest New York - has expe rienced in years if. it proves as 'com plete as the leaders1 threaten.. "The total - product of ; "men's ,. and : boys' clothing manufactured in NewYork yearly" is estimated 'at; ; $350, 000,000? It will be the first large strike in this branch of the 'industry here. ' : ; , : : " An eightrhour day,.;20 pr" cent in crease in wages, with a minimum of $10 a i week; for girls 'and $16 for men, abolition '.of child labor - and work -in the tenements; are the features 'of the strikers'! demands.; 'There ' have been no. -organized negotiations with the 'employers as? it is declared they re fuse to treat with .".the union." " The "strike was "decided upon"; by a Vote in which ; 4 0, 0 0 0 of the" workers partici pated. , WORKERS ONSIRIKE Cnrrent News 01 Interest In Taragrapb By Telegrapli And Cable FRAM INGHAM, Mass., ' Dec. .30. Martin J. O'Toole, Pittsburg's . $22, 000 baseball pitcher, was married here today to Miss Rose Catherine Heffernan. O'Toole and his bride have been friends since childhood. . .. -- ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The sil ver cups awarded annually in the Asi atic and Pacific fleets for the highest aggregate . score in small . arms prac tice, have been won this year by the gunboat Helena, of the Asiatic fleet, and the cruiser South Dakota, in the Pacific fleet. SEATTLE, ; Wash., Dec. ; 30. -A se vere snowstorm now prevailing in the Cascade mountains has disarranged schedules on all Northern transcon tinental lines and trains are runn'ng from 5 , to 24 hours late. Reports re ceived at railroad offices said - three feet of snow fell in- the mountains during the last 18 hours. . ' '' ' : ; v - -' - - ; TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 3 0. Uneasiness is felt - here regarding the schooner Thomas S., Dennison,; Captain Brown, due here from Baltimore with a car go" of paving bricks; Captain Coonan of the steamer D. N. Luckenbach, which has arrived, reported signalling the Dennison . near Alligator reef on December 26. " CHICAGO; Dec. 30.-Memorial services will be held today for the 652 victims . of i the Iroquois . Theater fire .which occurred on this date in 1903., . The services will be. held at the Iroquois . Memorial . Emergency Hos pital. Dr G. T. Tobias, president of the Iroquois Memorial Association will the incharge of Jtusj service athich f:x-;;::"s.-r -w.-,, - ;. -.v-- ; ; CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 30. Formal dedication - of the new central Young Men's. Christian ' Association .building took place here yesterday!; making the close of a two-year, campaign to' raise $ 75 0, 0 0 0, : the estimated cost ' of ' the building, which is one of - the best equipped in the country. Mr. , Henry Churchill King, president of Oberlin College, delivered the : dedication . ad dress. ' SAN DIEGO; Cal.; Dec. 30. Search was begun here today for the body of Ned Kline, a musician of the cruiser California who lost his life yesterday "attempting to rescue Miss Anna Hid den, who was drowned. Kline and Miss Hidden were standing on a rock taking photographs when the girl fell 20 feet into the ocean. Kline sprang after her and was dragged down , in the surf. Miss Hidden's body was re covered. Kline enlisted from Mem phis, Tenn. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Sickness has invaded the diplomatic circles, and five members of the foreign cplp ny are laid up. The minister from Chile, Senor Don Eduardo Suarez, the minister from Cuba, Senor Lodo Lon Antonio Martln-Rivero, Dr. Don Car los M. de Pena; minister from . Uru guay, and Colombia's doplomatic rep resentative, Senor Don Julio 'Betan court, all are confined to their lega tionary residences. ' Countess Bern storff, wife of the German ambassa dor, also is among the invalids. - FOOD CRUSADERS ' BEGIN ON APPLES. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. The food Crusaders started in today to break the high price of apples. ' With a car load on hand and "unlimited' supplies behind them, they .began selling Bald wins at five cents a quart," apples as good, they declared, i for which local retailers have' been asking from 12 tQ 15 cents a juart. . . -- The sale was conducted at the Queensboro bridge market by Mrs. Ju lia Heath,- president of the House wives' League of ' America. Other sales of other products are promised. The cold storage egg crusadefl be gun some days ago", ( continues.; The prices in some parts' of the city are as low as 22 cents a dozen. ; DEMOCRATS FIQURE.ON HOUSE REORGANIZATION. . WASHINGTON, Dec . 30. Demo cratic, leaders are busily figuring on the organization of the House ' in the coming Congress, but; the only , change in the House, officers expected is -that of -sergeant-at-axms.! " .It" is "expected that Charles "; F. Riddell, . the . incum bent, will retire and a fight for the office .is ; on ' between; Robert B. Gor don -ofOhid, now ' superintendent of the public document room, . and . for mer. Representative Ryan - of - Burial q N.' Y., who "was ' a' candidate' when the Democrats took control of the Sixty second Congress. OF CHARLOTTE -x. - . . ... - :' ;- v .-- l 4 - ' - ' !. . . 9 - - . Happenings 01 The City Sketcbail - In Brief As Seen By Tlie Cbronlcle Reporters Mr. D. H. Littlejohn, of the city stafT of The Evening Chronicle, has gone to, the Charlotte Sanatorium for a treatment of two weeks. There ; will be a called meeting of the health department : of the Wom an's Club Tuesday morning in :the Carnegie Library at 10:30 o'clock?" ' The many friends of , Mr. R. M. " Dowd will learn with regret that he is rather seriously ill at his home in Dllworth with an attack of pneumo nia. . - .. . Messrs. Hook & Rogers are the architects for improvements which are to be made in the front of the store building now occupied by the Little Long Company. Unfinished business in regard to the paving situation in the city, notably the levying of assessments, will be : the principal business "con fronting the board of ,aldermen which wiir meet tonight at 8 o'clock. There will be a public dance at the Dil worth Hall on New Year'B Eve. Dancing will commence . at 9 'o'clock and. continue until. the midnight hour. Tickets may be secured from Mr. Croft Woodruff at the Woodruff phar macy. ''. ; : ' . v..,.' -?Mr. George Carr, wbo has been spending the Christmas , holidays In the city; has returned to Jacksonville,' Fla. s Mr. Carr went to 'Jacksonville two months ago to accept. the office of assistant engineer . and . his many friends here learn with Interest that he is succeeding well in 'that city. : "More rain this afternoon and tov night," said Weather Man Atto this morning. "Tomorrow ' we will' have . unsettled weather but It won't be very much colder. . . The thermometer will drop a degree or two but-not much. This morning the mercury went up to 60 degrees, which is unusually warm for this time of the year." f Sr--Ir2 NWiniam: P. JHarris; wha has been with t the? Gibson-Wooley Com panirslnce:' the .Organization, .of that firm, has. disposed of. hi4 . Interest in the store and expects; to remove to the county to farm at an early date. Mr. O. B. Spratt,; book-keeper of the firm, bought ;:the --interest which has been held by Mr. Harris. The special . commifliication of Phalanx Lodge," No. 31, A. F. & A. M which will- be held tonight,- promises to be an exceedingly Interesting-event. An illustrated lecture and music will feature the meeting. Several -candidates will receive the Fellowcraft de gree. ; -. ." , ' ' . ' Rev. Ira S. Caldwell preached his final sermon to the congregation of Chalmers! Memorial Church yesterday as supply pastor. He left today for Florida. to spend a few days. During -the month of January Rev. J. W. -Simpson of Concord , will supply the pulpit at this church. ' . The graded schools : of - the city resumed regular work this morning after the Christmas holidays, lasting Just one week. The city schools re turned to duty early in order to make up in some-way for the time lost last Fall .in getting started, the condition of the new buildings at that time de-' laying the ppening. - The employes, at the postoffice will sit down together tonight . to -an oyster supper which will be served in the building. The treat is given -in order that the employes may have some further the enjoyments of the holiday season following their unusual rush Christmas week and they expect an interesting time tonight. ' The funeral of Mrs. L J. Dowd was held yesterday at 1:15 o'clock; being conducted from the late resi dence pn " North Tryon . street. Rev. Dr. Marr .and Rev. E. K. McLarty conducted the exercises. An unusual ly large crowd attended, paying re spect to ' the memory of this saintly woman whose . life has counted for . so. much in the uplift of this com munity. . -. . - -Messrs. W. S., Lee, Z. V. Taylor," E. Thomasson, F. D. Sampson, C. V. Palmer, C I. Burkholder, E.-F. Tay-: lor and W. F.-Murphy, left this morn ing for Greenville, S. C, to attend-the second banquet which is to be given tonight to the employes of the Pied mont & Northern Lines and affiliated ( interests. . The banquet tendered here Saturday' night was " particularly for. the employes of -the Southern Power Company and interests located in close . proximity to ' this - community. . ' Mr. - Z. V. .Taylor, . president 'of the Charlotte' Gas & Electric Co.", lias placed the; order , for the necessary poles . and ; equipment, for the "Great ' White Way," which the city ; has agreed, to substitute for the present inefficient lighting system. It is the purpose of the - electric company ; to install the new equipment Just ; as speedily as possible and. no 'time was lost in putting in the order for the'.' equipment 'after the city officials de cided to -venture upon the proposition. - ..v.--.; ... ... " : .; r ''', TAFT PAYS. FIRST .VISIT -', . TO AMERICA'S OLDEST CITx. : ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., - Dec. 30. Speeding northward on his return trip from the Panama Canal Zone, Presi- :: dent Taft paid his, first visit to the . oldest - town in ; America today, stop-' ping at . St. Augustine to' become the . guest of the board of ' trade and take ; , breakfast at' a local hotel. ' . The ; Presi-; dent was driven up St. George street, ; reputed to be the. oldest in-, the coun- ,: try and; through the old gate. at Fort:. Marlon, the ancient . Spanish fortress. He held a brief reception after break fast before continuing his Journey to .Washington. . . , v .1- i
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