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--Wl TEN PAGEC ti TEN PAGES. THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED 'PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. VOL. XXXV--NO. 6288 CHARLOTTE, N C, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1906. ' PRICE: 3 CENT TOWS 4 "contributions to CAMPAIGN FUND Tillman Introduces Resolution Di recting Finance Committee to Inquire Into Alleged Campaign Contributions and why Comp troller of Currency was Mum. Resolution Dealt with Subject of Bank Contributions, Citing Several Instances. Resolution Went Over and Railroad Rate j Bill was Called Up. By Associated Press. Washington, April 16. Tillman in troduced a resolution in the Senate directing the committee on finance to inquire into the alleged contributions to the campaign committees and why the facts concerning them have not been disclosed by the Comptroller of Currency. The tesolution dealt with the broad subject of bank contributions and by the inference to specific cases, in Chi cago, 111., and Cincinnati, Ohio. It directed the committee to in quire whether legal proceedings should be had. Tillman asked for an immediate consideration of the reso lution, but upon objection it went over. The Kailroad Rate bill was called up and lleyburn addressed the Senate in support of the amendments he had of teied. OUT ON STRIKE. Bell Comnany Linemen to the Number of 1,500 Out Today. Want Union Reconnized. Atlanta, Ga., April AC About 1,500 wire workers of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company milked out on a strike at 9 o'clock this morning. Seven States were affected by the walk-out: Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina. ' South Caro lina, Georgia, Florida and Ala bama. Atlanta will be headquarters for the strike. Dale Smith, and Vice President Newman, both international officers of the union, are in the city. There appeared to be several causes for the strike, and the demands made by the union are of an intricate na ture. The principal cause, however, appears to be the refusal of the tele phone company officials to recognize the union. There is a demand for bet ter pay and fewer hours of work. The linemen at present are paid $2.60 per day of 9 hours with two hours off on Saturdav. It is the opinion of both sides that no violence will be resorted to by the linemen. - . RACED NUDE THROUGH STREET. Richmond Man, Temporarily Insane, Gave Police a Chase. Richmond, Va., April 16. The spectacle of a nude man racing down Broad street was witnessed by late pedestrians this morning. In hot pur suit was Policeman W. A. Taylor. The fugitive was captured in an alley between Broad and Marshall streeib. At the police station the prisoner, who had forgotten his identity, says that he remembers nothing from the time he va3 seized , with an uncon trollable desire to tear the clothing from his body, until he was on his wav tn thr cttinn in a natrol wagon. The man, who haJ been drinking, j is subject to temporary fits of in- sanity." Upon giving satisfactory evi-j dence that he was able to take care of himself he was allowed to go. SERVANT GIRLS FORM UNION. Wilkes-Barre Domestics Want a Square Deal and More Privileges. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 16 Sever al of the servant girls of this city headed by Miss Anna Corrigan, sent a letter to National Organizer Hugh Frayne, of the American Federation of labor, asking his help in effecting the organization of a servant girls union in this city. A mass meeting of girls Pas be'en called for next Thursday evening, and Frayne will try to be present. Several of the local leaders of the United Mind Workers are aiding the girls in the effort to organize. One of the girls said today:- "We need an organization, because there is no class of women workers which is so ill-treated, so hard-worked and so poorly paid as the servants. Many of us have to work as many as four teen hours a day, and the average is about twelve hours, for which "we receive less than five' cents an hour. All WP wont ia n cnnora don! Kt.iDU- '-' M UUl . J ci OlUUiVy vi.j A lated hours, stipulated wages and a scleral understanding regarding oui privileges." The wages paid here range from 52 to $3.50 for second girls; S3 to 0 f - . - lor cooks; $3 to $4 lor launary Sfrls; $3 to S5 for nurse girls. EASTER IN RUSSIA. From AllRenorts Easter Passed Off Quietly In the Empire. Ly Associated Press. st- Petersburg April 16. So far 3 is known Easter was passed quiet iv through out the empire. No de sPatches chrnniHino- nntisfimitir dis- l!7'rs were received during the AN AGED BENEFACTOR. D. K. Pearsons, Noted Millionaire and Contributor to Colleges Cele brates 86th Anniversary of His Birth. By Associated Press. Chicago, April 16. Daniel K. Pear sons, the millionaire and benefactor of small colleges, celebrated yester day the 86th anniversary of his birth Last year Dr. Pearsons aided nine small colleges in eight different states, each receiving either $25,000 or $o0,000"on condition that the col lege raise three times the amount. He has placed only two institutes on his list this year Newberry College in South Carolina and Doane College in Nebraska each to receive $25,000 on condition it raises ?75,000. "I am going to stop now," he ex plained, "and rest for six or eight months. I'll spend my time finding out whptVipr ttio Art r,n T i - ,.uv iV uiicgco 1 lid V t: aided have kept their endowments lutacL. u mey nave spent them or turned them over to any other pur pose they'll hear from me." Waxhaw School Closing. Special. to The News. Waxhaw, April 16. The closing ex ercises of the Waxhaw Institute will be held April 22-27. The annual sermon will be preached April 22 at eleven o'clock by Rev. Paul Pressley of Lan caster, S. C. On Thursday night, April 26th, there will be a public debate. . On Friday, the 27th, there will be a contest for declaimer's and reciter's medals, in the morning and address in the afternoon by Mr. Plummer Stewart of Charlotte. There will be a concert on Friday night. Prof. Dowd at Elizabeth. Prof. Jerome Dowd, of the Universi ty of Wisconsin, will deliver a lecture at Elizabeth College this evening on "Ancient Art, Including the Art cf the Egyptians, Hebrews and Greeks. He will deliver a second lecture at a later day on "Modern Art." ' The lecture this evening will begin at 8:30 o'clock. The friends and pat rons of the college are cordially invit ed to hear Mr. Dowd, who is an inter esting speaker. Ti KAPPA DELIA F! The First Session Held this Morn ing at 11:30 at the Hotel Bu ford. Two Other. Meetings to be Held Today and Two Ses-sions'To-morrow. Charlotte has the Honor of enter taining today . and tomorrow about 30 members of the Delta Kappa Fra ternity, which is one of the largest in the female colleges of the South. The young ladies commenced ar riving in the city last night, and this morning very nearly aH the delegates were here for the first session which was held at the Hotel Buford this morning at 11:30 o'clock Other sessions' will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, tonight, to morrow morning, afternoon and even ing. Mr. Hooper, has made special ar rangements for the comfort and con venience of the young ladies at the Buford. Others are guests of Misses Blandina and Maguerite Springs and Maud Holt, members of the fraternity. Delegates are here representing very nearly alL the chapters of the frstprn Uv 'and before the convention is over everyone will be represented. The last annual convention was held at the Hotel Jefferson at Richmond, Va.. as well as the year before. Char lotte enjoys the distinction of enter taining the delegates this year ana v.hile Richmond is a larger city the young -ladies will receive a most cor dial welcome by the fraternity gins of Charlotte. Thfi business meeting: will be en tirely secret, none but Kappa Delta members being admitted to them. The convention will close tomorrow night with an elaborate banquet at the hotel. The. delegates who have arrived and the chapters they represent are as follows: Miss Fannie Marston, of Toano, Vs. renresentine the Alpha chapter, ol the Virginia State College at Farmville, Va. Miss Bessie May Thompson, of Birmingham Ala. and Miss Jennie Coltrane, of Concord, representing the Theta chapter of. Randolph Ma con college at Lynchburg Va. Miss Anna Moody and Miss . Mar garet Little, of Tuscaloosa Ala and Miss Ruth McFarland, of Toledo Ohio,, representing the Zeta chapter of the University of Alabama. . Miss Frances Stakely, of Mont gomery Ala., representing the Rho Mega Phi chapter of Judson college at Marion Ala. Miss Clifton Byrd, of Tallahassee Fla representing tne Kappa Alpha chapter of the College For Women at Tallahassee. Misses Julia Witherspoon, Anna Cherry and Sumter Thomas, repre im tha TYpitfl chanter of the Col- lege for Women at Columbia, S. G. nricoac, Ttinndina. Serines. Kather- lUlOVtl .v-. . ine Bovlan, Wells, curistine Klingen- smith, representing tne r-ui eua. chapter of St. Mary's College at Raleigh. ' Misses Ola Brown and Ellen Gib son, of Concord, alumnae, also of Sty Mary's. M IT MEETS HAWLIHS CASE WAS TO-I Supreme Court Decided Against . J. G. Milton and Leonard and Jesse Rawlins. The. Fearful Tragedy They, were Charged with Having Enactedi Noted Case .of. Alleged Murder of Two Infants as Result of Fued. Decision of State Couits Sus tained by the Highest Tri bunal. By Associated Press. Washington, April 16. The case of J. G. Milton and Leonard and Jesse Rawlings was decided by the United States Supreme Court against them. This was the criminal proceeding against the four men. all of them were members of one family residing in Lowndes county, Ga., on the charge of murdering two infant members of a family named Carter, with which the family of Rawlings had a feud. It is charged that they employed a negro named Moore to murder the en tire Carter family, and some of the members of the Rawlings family ac companied him to the Carter residence on the night of the tragedy. By making a noise they attracted a small boy and his young sister out side the house and then shot them down. Other members of the family re fused to come out -and therefore es caped. On" the trial all of the members of the Rawlings famil ywhose names were given except Leonard were .found guilty cf murder and sentenced , to death and Leonard received a sentence of life imprisonment. The Supreme Court of Georgia af firmed the verdict of the trial court, and the case was brought to the Fed eral, Supreme Court on the allega tion of discrimination in selecting the trial jury in that all professional men were excluded. The court held .the men had not been deprived of any constitu tional right and sustained the decisions of the State court. COMPANIES CHARTERED. Secretary of State Grants Charter to Companies at Lexington and Mt. Airy- ; Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, April 16 The Amal gamated "Contruction and Supply Co., of Lexington was chartered at $50,000 capital to do a general building and builders' supply business. The incor porators are Thomas Williams and others. Another charter to the Granite Overall and Shirt Company of Mt. Airy at a capital' of ?5,000 by W. J. Byeiiy, J. A. Hadley and others. Carnenie Wars on Beer. Pittsburg," April 16. Beer and learning won't mix; at least they will not be mixed here if Andrew Carnegie can have his way. A Pitts burg brewer must take in his sign or Carnegie will change the name of his $10,000,000 school of technology. "Drink Tech Beer," emblazoned on Scotch plaid in street dbor and on the hill sides of Pittsburg is resented by the trustees of Mr. Carnegie's school, and they have set about to shame' the brewer out. All the stu dents have been urged to write per sonal letters to the brewery request ing him to call his "Tech beer" something else. James V. Alexander Has Relapse. Deerfield, Mass., April it. james W. Alexander, the former President nf'thfi Eauitable Life Assurance So ciety, suffered a relapse today, and his condition tonight is critical. All reports hitherto from the Mulhall Sanitarium since Mr. Alexander's re turn to Deerfield,1 after his removal to New York for an operation, have been that he was gaining steadily in strength. Fortune Awaits Missing Woman. Winchester, Va., April.l6.Jf Mrs. Lucy Biy, or- woocistock, ouenau dnah County, can toe found a fortune awaits her. She mysteriously disap peared two years ago, and all trace of her has been lost. She is one of thfi heirs of Jacob Estep, who died recently, leaving a comfortable for tune. DROPPED 100 FEET TO DEATH. In Collision of Cars Two Men Were Killed and 11 Injured. By Associated Press. n Charleston, W. Va., April 16 Two men were killed and 11 probably fatally injured in a collision of two coal cars at, the Terry Mine of the Stonewall Coal Company, in the New River field. The men who were Idled were riding on the cars when the col lision occurred, both cars going over the embankment a drop of 100 feet. ERUPTIONS ABOUT OVER. Sun Shining Over Once Turbulent Dis trict. Lost Vestiges of Eruptions Disappearing. By Associated Press. Naples, April 16. The news from ,the Vesuvius region continues satisfac tory The sun is shining brightly this mirning and the last vestiges of the eruption are disappearing from Naples. FIVE MONTHS AND $500. The Penalty New Bern Blind Tiger Has to Pay Bitten By Mad Dog. Special to The News. ,. . v, . New Bern, April -16. The jury in the case of William Sultan, a "promi nent citizen of this place, charged with running a blind i tiger brought "' in a verdict of -guilty Friday. Judge Long immediately passed i sentence of five months in jail and a fine of $50.0. An appeal was taken by Sultan's attor neys, but he will doubtless have to pay the penalty. This is regarded as the most important case that has been tried here in a long time. Sultan being an old offender who has" long gone "unwhipped of justice" the decision in the case will, it is believed, have a solutary effect in suppressing the sale of liquor here. Sultan made con siderable money in the liquor business during the bar-room regime. A mad clog attacked a small colored girl named Florence Jones Friday afternoon, biting her severely. The dog bit several other dogs. It was killed after a chase by a ; policeman. It un doubtedly had a well developed case of hydrophobia. ; The University Glee Club will appear at the Masonic Theater next Wednes day sight, the entertainment bejing under the auspices of the Woman's Club. County Chairman E. M. Greene has issued a call for the Democratic Pri maries to meet in the various wards of the city Friday night April 20th. The convention is called for April 27th. VOTERS . MUST HUSTLE. About 37 Per Cent., By Estimate Have Not Paid Their Poll Tax. A well known county officer, in speaking about the new clause in the voting laws of the State requiring that the poll: tax of every voter must be paid by May 1 if that voter takes part in the elections of that year said this morning that unless the voters of Mecklenburg shall get a move on them, they won't be able to vote in the coming primaries. "It is a serious " matter" continued the speaker." and unless the new law ig brought to the attention of these delinquent poll-tax payers every day through the papers, some of them will not be qualified to vote at the coming primary." As the matter nowr stands the people living in the country are considerably ahead of the city, voters in paying their taxes and also the poll tax. It. should be remembered,- however, that the law requires only that the voter shall have paid his poll tax by the first of May td be fully qualified o vote, the payment of other taxes not being a requirement of the law. As stated in The News last week about 55 to 60 per cent of the, people of Charlotte who are taxpayers are still on the delinquent list.- - The showing made-by the people whose homes are outside of Charlotte is far better than: this about 75 per cent; of these having paid their taxes and hence are qualified to vote in the coming elections. ' The case is one that calls for atten tion, and that . right early, as only a short time is left in which , to settle with the tax collectors, before the time expires. TALK OF : NEW . RAILROAD. Mr. F. B. Alexander of Greenville Tells of .Plans Now on Foot. Mr. F. B. Alexander a well known citizen of Greenville, 1 who is spending the Easter 'holidays in the city, talk ed interestingly to a reporter this morning of Greenville's chances of getting a new railroad. The new road, which it is expected to be extended to Knoxvllie, Tenn., in the course of time, perhaps not very long off, has already been provided for as far as Marietta, about 30 miles west of Greenville. The moving spirit in the new ven ture is Mr. Prince., a well known fi nancier of Greenville. The work on the new branch is being started, a con tract having been let for the entire equipment. The road is being built with the ultimate idea of extending it on through - to Knoxville, thus making Greenville on of the largest railroad centres in South Carolina. ' Price of Sugar, Reduced By Associated Press. . New York,. April 16. All grades of refined sugar were reduced ten cents a hundred pounds today. AMERICANS IN THE American Athletes Arrive at Na plis and Begin Practice, Pre paratory to the Coming Olym pic Games to be Held at Athens April 22nd. By Associated Press. . Naples April 16. The American athletes who are entered to take part in the Olympic games which begin at Athens April 22, arrived here to day. The men who were injured while crossing the Atlantic, with the ex ception of James fc. Mitchell, of New York Athletic Club,' weight puttuer and hammer thrower, and Harry L. Hillman, Jr, of the "." New York ' Ath letic Club, runner, have recovered. Mitchells' arm is till in a sling and may interfere with his com peting and Hillman's left leg. is still bandaged. The later is improving and expects to compete at Athens. The Americans practiced here to-, day.' " - V OLYMPIC GAMES SAMiTY IS AGAIN RESTORED III CITY Of SPRiriGFIELD Race. Trouble Appears to Have Blown Over. Presence of Six Companies of. State;1 Troops Attends to Ameliorate Spirit of Mob; ; :" : Many People Condemn Action of Mob. Girl Says Two Negroes Burned were: not Her Assail ants. Efforts, to Prosecute Members of Mob. By Associated Press. '" Springfield, Mo., April 16. Quiet prevailed here today and the indica tions were that the race 'trouble was" over. The presence of the troops has had the effect of bringing the people to a full realization of , the, statuation. Six companies of State malitia patrol the States. ' ' - ' " " With the firfist appearance of the faoiaiers last evening there came a re vulsion of sentiment. Before midnight a decided reaction had set in and the people began to condemn the action of the mob that lynched the three negroes and burned their bbdiesJ Today this feeling gained strength, especially when it became thoroughly appreciated that Mabel Edmondson the white domestic 'servant had de clared positively that Duncan : and Coneland.: two of the negroes lynched, were not her -assailants. 1 This also was heightened by the ar rival from Jefferson City of Assistant Attorney General, sent by Governor Folk to aid the county officials in pros ecuting the members of the mob, the names of many of whom are known. TELEPHONE TALK ASTRAY. Inventor's Instrument Picks Up Con versation From Wire Three Miles From the Receiver.' Cottage City, Mass., April 16. When Charles F. Alden. of New York, inven tor of the wireless torpedo? boat, who lias been experimenting here with the wireless .telephone, waa sitting in his laboratory the other, night during a great- storm h was startled to hear coming from the receiver tube of his wireless telephone a strange buzzing. It increased in volume till suddenly out of the midst of it came two human voices carrying on a conversation plainly understandable. Startled and hardly believing his ears, Mr. Alden called the attention of several friends to the prenomenbn. All heard it. No wire was attached to the receiver. There was no; one talking in the neigh borhood. Outside a storm was raging. Yet from somewhere in the night his instrument had caitght a conversation off the "atmosphere." It was proved afterward that it came from a tele phone wire whose nearest approach was. three miles away and oyer which two persons were talking at the time. When asked if he had any explana tion, Mr. Alden smiled and said that the public would hear later and per haps in a way . that might startle people. " . ONE FLOAT TO COST $230. The Industrial Float Parade Will Be a Great Feature of the Twentieth. Mr. H. C. Long, chairman of the. in dustrial float parade of the. Twentieth of May celebration, is having . great success securing floats for the parade, and especially expensive ones. He re cently received a communication from a concern that will have a float in the parade stating that their float would cost $230. Mr. Long states that other expensive floats will be in . the parade and furthermore no cheap ones will be accepted. Forty firms have so far signed up and some have commenced w ork constructing their floats. Several out-of-town concerns will be repre sented. '' " Virginia Life Sued Again. Mr. J. S. Robinson, through his at torneys, Messrs. Stewart and McRae and Crawford D. Bennett, today brought suit against the Life nsur: ance Company of Virginia for the re covery of S800 which amount Mr. Rob inson claims on the. ground that com pany promised him a paid-up policy at the end-of ten years. The summons was issued today returnable to the April term of the Mecklenburg supe rior court. Three Private Cars on No. 39. It is an unusual sight to see three private cars attached to one tram. This was an incident this morning when No. 39 from the North came in The cars were occupied by Mr. J.rN. Scale, superintendent of trans portation, with his family: Mr. D. W. Lum, chief engineer maintenance of way and structure; and E. H. Coap man, assistant general superintendent, all of the Southern. With the Union News Company. Chester Pegram, the little newspa per bov, has accepted a position with the Union News Company, on the Win ston train Nos. 27 and 28. He likes his position fine. Mr Egbert ' Hunter is still con fined at the home of his mother, on North Pine street. He has been quite sick fpr. several jweeks. ; : ..... . . YOUNG MAN HURT. Caught Under Falling Tree Negro Laborers Strike.. Special to The News. ..Salisbury, April 16. A young man by the name of Bridgers was serious ly "if. not fatally hurt yesterday while cutting down a tree in the lower part of the county. He was caught under . the falling tree and received injuries which necessitated his ' being brought to the White"head Stokes sanitarium for treatment. The Retail Druggists of Salisbury has; elected the following officers: President, James Plummer; vice president, W. M. Cook; r secretary and treasurer, W. R. Wilkins. '"Tne negroes employed on the ex tension to the car, line to Fulton Heights struck yesterday for $1.25 a day. They were receiving $1.00. Capt. Chas.. Henderlite, who has the con tract to build the extension, refused their demand. Special Easter services were held at all the city churches yesterday. HACKETT FOR CONGRESS. Result of the Stanly County Primary. Convention Tomorrow. Special to The News. Albemarle; April 16. From the re turns already in the following may be given as the result of the Stanly county primaries held Saturday: ' For State Senator, J. M. Brown; for the House, no nomination; for clerk, W- A. Smith or A. P. Harris; for reg ister, J. M. Boyette; for sheriff, J. D. Love or M. E. Blaock; for treasurer, Dr. W.T. Hill or D. D. Parker. Mr. R. N. Hackett was unanimously endorsed for Congress, Mr. W C. Hamer for so licitor and Senator Simmons for re election as United States Senator. The county convention meets next Tuesday, the 17th. The Democrats of Stanly are determined to redeem Stan ly this year by a large majority and place her back in the Democratic col umn, where she justly belongs. Raise Price of Oil. By Associated Press. ClevelandApril 16. The Standard Oil Company, announced an additional advance in the price of refined oil and gasoline of 1-2 cent per gallon. JAMES OSBORNE WINS FIRST CASE He Appeared in the Recorder's Court this Morning for Three Men Charged with Gambling. Recorder Shannonhouse is out After a Week's Illness. This morning's session of "the Re corder's Court was short but inter esting. . Recorder Shannonhouse, who has been, ill for the past week, was able to be present and presided over the deliberations of the court. ' Mr. James W. Osborne, son of Judge Frank I. Osborne, who recently se cured . his 'license 'from the Supreme Court, made his first speech in open court. Mr. Osborne appeared for three young men who were arrested, charged with gambling on Sunday. These were G. F. Barbee. W. J. Carter and L. B. Carter. The fourth man, T. A. Sparrow, opened up to , the police and told of repeated games in the woods ' near Capt! McClintock's place. The original party consisted of five, Floyd Alexander took to his heels when he saw the officer approach. In court this morning, Barbee, W. J. Carter and L. B. Carter, were arraign ed. Sparrow told of the game and said that the five, including himself, were playing "Five-Up," for 10 cents a cor ner. Officers Christenbury and Asbury appeared on the scene and" broke up the game! : - Mr. Osborne conducted the defence and showed splendid tact and ingenu ity. So well did he manage his case that even the Recorder, who . is an adapt, in criminal law, was forced to admit. that the court could not bind the men over on the evidence. Will McCall forfeited a bond of $10 for beins; drunk and down. Bounce Mpbley, rather than face the Recorder on the charge of drunken ness forfeited a bond of $10. J Yesterday, William King went over , to the Elizabeth 'mill, on a "sparking' expedition. While he was talking to his "best girl," four young boys, Will Mc Clain, Charles and Lawrence Honey: suckle and Luther Helms, ripped up the tires on his bicycle. Each of the four forfeited "a $3 bond. R. E. Shealey forfeited, a $5 bond for .being intoxicated Saturday even ing." . EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDES. Franklin Newspaper Will Not Print Details of Self-Murders. .- ... . ..... . a Franklin, Pa., April , 16 Charles Burgard, aged thirty years, killed him self last night by taking poison and in haling natural gas. Despondency over his inability to abstain from the use of liquor led him to commit the act. The suicide of Burgard is the fifth Franklin has had in the last ten weeks. Of the. others two were by shooting and tmn hv inhflline natural sas. The lat ter two followed identical, methods and Burgard tried to do likewise, alter ne had taken poison. Placing a ruboer tude in . their mouths they turned on the gas; death followed in about, ten minutes. The Daily Herald . announces - that since one suicide suggests and leads to another it will hereafter refrain from publishing . the details of such inci dents. .' ' ' ' a .. BODIES ARE STILL BEING EXHUMED FROM THE RUINS The Conditions of Mount Vesuvius are. Still Unchanged1 Ashes Almost-Ceased to Fall but Vol cano is Still Canopied in Sable Cloud.7 Professor Matteucci Says Danger is Over but That Normeal Con ditions of. Vol can o will not be Established for Several Weeks Yet to Come " By Associated Pres. Naples, April 16. The condition of Mount ' Vesuvius is unchanged. The volcano is still surrounded by a thick cloud of smoke but the ashes have al most ceased falling. Professor Mat teucci said that while all danger ap peared to be over the normal condition of the volcano would not. be re-established for several weeks. Bodies are still being exhumed from : the ruins at Ottajano and San Guiseppe. TELEPHONE MEN STRIKE. Supt. Spier, However, Says Charlotte Will not Be" Affected. A general strike of the Southern Bell Telephone Company's linemen in the South, according to the Associated Press, was ordered this morning, only those men being involved who were in the union. Superintendent M. B. Spier, of the Charlotte Division, today verified the above report but declared that Char lotte would not be affected in the least. "All linemen connected with our of fice are at work today," said Mr. Spier to a News reporter, "and there will be no strike here as far as I know." "Is there ?. union of the linemen here," Mr. Spier was asked. "I know of none," was his reply. All of the men employed in and about Charlotte were at their usual posts this morning and as far as could be ascertained there is no likelihood of a strike In this section; From the Asso ciated Press report, however, it is as sumed that the union linemen at points where they have strong organizations are put on strike today. Mr. Spier-stated that the Southern' Bell .Telephone Company had met all the demands of the union as they had been presented except that of recog nizing the union; There are between one and two thousand linemen belonging to the union in the Southern : States where the Bell Company operates. HIGH OFFICIALS COMING. Mayor McNinch Received Letters of Acceptance . From Washington Offi cials. ..' , . . Mayor S. S. McNinch has returned from. Washington, where he went last week in the interest of the Twentieth of May celebration, and finds many letters on his desk relative to invita tions issued before he left. Brigadier-. General, George F. Elliott, of the Ma rine Corps has notified the mayor that he will be here, and among the, others . who have acepted invitations to comej the the following named: H. L. Roose velt, Captain and assistant quarter master of the United States Marine Corps; Congressman J. O. Patterson, Quarter Master C. F. Humphrey, of the United States Army; Senator Lee S. Overman, Congressman E. Y. Webb and Congressman Robert N. Page. It is known that a number of other promi nent men will be here. The entertain ment committee of which Solicitor . Heriot Clarkson, is chairman,,, will place these gentlemen in some of Char lotte's hospitable homes.- Governor Glenn and Congressman Webb will be the guests of Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick, of the Governor's Staff during their stay. Senators Simmons . and Lee S. Overman will be placed bv the committee. THIRTY PRISONERS IN JAIL. Court Will Begin Monday One Al leged Rapist." There are now about 30 prisoners in Mecklenburg county jail according to Deputy Sheriff Johnson. Court for. the trial of criminal cases will begin next Monday and last one week and it is expected that the jail will be. emptied before the week is over. There is only one case. of any im portance, says Deputy Sheriff John-, son, and that is the. case of. Tom Sanders, who is alleged to have com-, mitted or attempted rape a short time ago. '' . Most of the caaes are for gambling, selling whiskey, etc. . - The week after criminal court will be devoted to the hearing of civil cases. New Residents. Mr. L. A. Parker, of the South and Western road, has purchased the new residence in Dilworth which is located on the corner of the Boulevard and Euclid Avenue. The consideration was $4,900. . Mr. .Parker and family will move into thete new. home the. last, of this week. ... ... .. " . .... . . , . v, .,Lj.i-j-:. Miss Anna Paxton,:of isrisioi iuu. i