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111' 1' ; n it: . q 5H' ! ' he:NeJaJhe Largest Circulation of Afterno or Paper Published ir the Two Carolirveva,. ny cECT'iON ONE EIGHT PAGES. SECTION ONE EIGHT PAGES. t 5 THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. ESTABLISHED CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY IS, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. 1 -i I 30-Dayhut Down In All I Mil is Ike Market Has Not Improved Within This Period An Ext 'a 30 Days Shutdozvn is To Go Into Effect. 'til Men From All Over The South Are Present Representing Izvo And a Quarter Millions Oi Spindles. ''ho meetings of the Hard and Soft ion to consider the situation cf .... r.v.rl-.u and the question of possi ;.. r.rtaiime-nt or shut-down are be- ....... .T Ml- 111 V 1111, I. I il " i '.am siunnors at the Bufcrd and ; eennniuee of the state cotton man-.rc-pirers at the Manufacturers' club. '(. . This afternoon. Tec opinion cf the hard yarn spin- , 1 i" " : . . 4-1 i , . i- i : :.. s and on the streets is that a ..'v civet rtnvn is -.indpr orespnt. pon. ::.ei!? most advisable. If at the end : ih;:t time the markets have not re ; ended, then to continue the shut- tvti :iti pvrrn .-.it nave: The failure of the yarn market to --. vA to the upward mcvevment in "ii;n brings-, tiie spinners face to face e : -.r.in" at a decided loss. The 'estion of holding the help together :' eou.e comes in but this becomes cf i ' sc ' hs in m il ' s Jr ps ti .eral hundreds of dollars has to be No Ad'ance in Hosiery srns. The hard and soft yarn spinners v:e in esioii aiier umufi, neiniei. 1 - i 1 j! r. r rn: f T mtiv r, II p n HIl oi ' n. The soft yarn spinners are in the k mere nas oeen no advance in rices offered and the acceptance of r; oiu behind the actual cost of nro- ucrie.n. A few of the mills wnioh have some i-lire uusuiess on uaiiu win oujeut i-u .-.in: down but it is being urged that h.-p consent to follow the plan outlin- i as soon as oraers DOOKea are iiupa. tins is done the moral effect would a immediate close for 30 days. The Joint Meeting. The executive committee of the :oci&Tion at its meeting at the Jlan- '.sinews. Most of the members cf this :-?'ociation are members of the yarn j.mnin.cr association and will be pres et at the ;"oint meetine; this afternoon. This joint: meeting will act upon the eron-irnrndaticns of the two yarn spin ieee ?vdip?. The members are gather- V.r Ihi' r-.ntirTr n Thft Vow': "Tin" Whatever action is taken will be -. fVj-i by virtually the unanimous co-rp-at:on cf 2,250.000 spindles in the " e.i. i eeniirin an graues ui yui.io. r.liii Men Here. AuKing the leading mill and commis-i-' ti men present are: Ar the Buford: E. D. Temmahill. of York: Chas. Meyer, representing ';ii;!.-on. of Paulson, Linkron 8c Co.; V MPz-nrll r.f Too V. Tiohotl Xr e Vc f VrirL- onrl Th il n 1 r1 -it-, ir ' e ev.ision men. D. W. Jenkins, inn's Mountain: Henry Moss, King's niuein; A. L. Byrd. Columbia; J. G. n:!av. Yorkviile, S. C; D. James n. Sumter. S. C; T. A. Shipp, Jr., I he5mileM.W(!ntComeOf-! 1 j Sp Is Proposed Tifton, Ga.; J. m. Williams, Kins's Mountain; Jno. C. Rankin. Lowell; R. S. Reinhardt, Lincolnton; W. H Sum ner Stanley; A. E. Jenkins, Stanley; J. id. Roberts, Lincolnton; A. P. Rhyne Mt. Holly; D. R. Mauney, Cherryville; J. L. Choat, North Carolina- F O Rog ers, Conccrd; A. s. Howell, Ellenboro; J. C. Plonk. Cherokee Falls; A. P. Brannon, Union, S. C; J. A. Mastin, Hickory ; Lynn B. Williamson, Burling ton; E. H. Williamson, Fayetteville; B. S. Robertson, Haw River: I. H. Long, Roxboro; H. M. Boshamer, Statesville; F. H. Chamberlain, Mt. Airy; J. F. Pennington, Raeford. At the Selwyn: W. Stackhouse, Mar ion. S. C. Jao. R. Tolar, Fayetteville, S. C; K. J. Davis, Goidsboro; J. T. Taylor, Kinston; Paul Darringer, Mt. Pleasant; E. A. Thompson, Pell City, Ala.; J. L. Hartsell, Concord; W. J. AleLendon, Jr., Marshall; L. D. Tyson, Knoxville. Tenn.; J . A. Abernethy, Lincolnton; T. D. Lattimer and A. C. Miller, Shelby; J. P. McRae, Laurin burg; James C. Reid, Meridian, Miss.; L. L. Staton, Tarboro; Frank Wood, Edenton; Thcs. T. Candler, Selma, N. C. Thinks Docks And Dams Of Canal Are All 0 K. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Jan. 18. Col Gcsthals. chairman of the Isthmian ' o Stop Shanghaiing. Canal Commission, resumed testi-j By Associated Press, monv before the Senate Canal Com-1 Washington D. C, Jan. IS. The offi mittee tenia v, living it as his opin-;cials of tne Nav3' Department have de ion that all of the docks and dams' termmed to stop, if possible the prac were going to be absolutely safe and',tlce cf certain oyster dregers in Chesa capable of use in passing the largest . l)eake Bay of "shanghiing" enlisted vessel in tho ivorl l ilu-rm.o-h thp canal. Width of Docks. Col. Goetuals considered sufficient width for the locks, saying if they were made wider it would be necessary to widen all the dry docks in the world. the navy department a revenue cut AS Regards Importation . jter was seat after the Marion and ar- - . . , rested ma-der, who was held for ac UI LiqUOr m btateS,tion of the grand jury of the Eastern j districts o. Virginia. By Associated Press. ! Washington. D. C. Jan. 18. The! Senate Committee on .Tudiciarv took: up ioC&x' the various prohibition I measures before it and heard Sena-1 tor Tillman on his bill regulating tha immrtaHnn of limier into one I state from another. He argued that led that the Pope continue to rest. Be - it was competent for Congress to! cause of this, audiences arranged for take in hand this question and reie- gated it to the control of the states a-4 -dice power ! a, .ice I' t . Mr. Tillman's Opinion Senator Tillman begged the commit tee net to delay in reporting the bill. "Get it into the senate," he urged and let the senate deal with it." Asked to discuss the wisdom of the measure he declined; saying that "any student of human affairs will tell you that whis key is the most potent as well as the most prolific cause of crime and mis ery in operation in this or any other countrv," and he believed it necessary to invoke the power cf federal govern- rvo-it to npi-fpet the regulation of traf- ;, : ii, i.Xi,r il onti : Hi 5Laivr n.., auu. ,v.-! :n mat cireetiuii. f atal Wreck Near Raleigh By Associated Press. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. IS. As a re sult of a head-on collision at Camer on, 54 miles south of Raleigh, be tween a Seaboard Air Line freignt and northbound fast passenger tram. No. 84, two were killed and 20 in jured, none seriously. Engineer Yaughan and a negro fire man, oi the passenger train, were killed. EcLh were frorr. Haleigh. The collision is attributed to trou ble with airbrakes cn the extra freight and to compncateu uani orders, with no. blame to the train dispatcher. PICTORIAL ; si SIS Buenos Ayers to Give Fleet a Warm Welcome By Associated Press .Rio Janeiro, Jan. 18. Irving B.j Dudley, American ambassador, has; received a dispatch from the Ar gentine minister of foreign affairs,; saying the government is preparing! to receive the American torpedo boat; flotilla at Buenos Ayres with beattingi ceremony oi welcome. The government is gratified that!- the vessels are coming to the Argen-! tine port and it will be glad again j to give evidence of the friendship! which unite the two republics. ! Big Increase In Cash In New York Banks By Associated Press. j New York, Jan. IS. The statement! of the clearing house banks for thej week shows that the banks held $22,-j G33.475 mere than the requirements of; 25 per cent reserve rule. This is anj increase of S16,5rl,425 in portionate cash reserve, as compared with last week. The tremendous flow of cash from the banks throughout the county , to New York city banks was indicated j by the bank statement which showed an increase of $2G,1S5,S00 in the amount of cash held by the New York clearing house institutions. i This increase in cash is not thought to be a record one but it is believed I to approach within a fewr millions of i the largest increase ever recorded in a single week in this city. "iril uuueu ouiico iwv. flagrant case of this kind has just : been investigated by the naval autb 110 feet orities. It developed that the seaman apprentice, auacnea to tne receiving ship Franivlin, at Norfolk navy yard i while in Norfolk was drugged and car j ried abroad the schooner Marion of Chestertov n, Md. At the instance of Condition of Pope. By Associated Press. Rome, ..Italy, Jan. 18.Popo I-ms tins morning was visited by his private phy- sician, Dr. Pettacci, who found him m better health, but the physician msist- - - ly received the papal state Cardinal Merry de Man. Bisletti, major don secretary of 1 Val, and domo of the Vati can, ine reception tooic piace m i-ope Pius' bedroom. Bad Fire in Wisconsin. By Associated Press. Janesville, Wis., Jan. IS. The fire which destroyed the .Julius Mar- quesse warehouse caused a loss ot between $100,000 and $200,000 to the tobacco which was stored in the cases. The "Mystic Five" were victor- ions in last nignt s last night's basketball con- th(; y M a A The South- aT.nar. l.oino- lpfpntp,! hv thp score of 25 to 13 Roughness throughout! nhamr-toi-Wori tht pmnp. "Rprr.nit. for the Mystics played a good game, Cotton Receipts. The receipts cf cotton on the local platform today were 121 bales at 12 cents against ICS bales at 10 cents last year. The D. A. R's are beginning work : with a view to their entertainment to be held within two or three weeks. They will start rehearsals within a few days. The purpose is to raise i Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 18. Statements money to raise the North Carolina here last night are to the effect that colonial 'column in the Continental the Atlantic Coast Line has finally con Hall at Washington. sented to agree to all the terms of the , . railroad rate agreement suggested by The Ohio State Tennis Association j Governor Glenn, both for intrastate has ordered a $250 trophy for Miss j and interstate passenger traffic, and May Sutton to replace the one which will not resist the right of the state to recently disappeared after she won the make rates. tri-state championship. 1 This was the last road holding oft. COMMENT CiM Ms Chst Their Mm iMn I ifiLOIl bUILII i mm si nrn isin Juty Finds Him GulltV Of Misappr opriation ot Funds oj Chicago Na tional Bank Penaltv Five Years or More. juror Burst Into Tears as Verdict Was Render ed Effort For N e zv Trial Walsh Out On $50,000 Bond. By Associated Press. Chicago, Hi-. Jan. 38. John H. Walsh, president of the defunct Chi cago National Hank today was found guilty on 54 counts, of misappropriat ing funds ci that institution. The jury reached an agreement shortly after 3 o'clock this morning but the verdict was not announced un til court convened. The penalty under the law for the crime is imprisonment for net less than five years. It does not permit the substitute of!dermen and instead of those minor a fine for the prison term The original indictments contained 1S2 count?. Demurrers were sustained as to 32 leaving 150 npon which the ju ror were required to pass. Walsh was in the court room and received the verdict with very little show of emotion. On the contrary one of the jurors, burst into tears as he took his seat in the jury box and was so overcome during the proceedings that ,he was scarcely able to answer the clerk when ask ed if the finding represented his view as to the guilt of the defen dant. A formal motion for a new trial was made. Walsh remains at lib erty on 50,000 bond. How Long Must He Serva ? The misapplication of approxi mately $1,000,000 was the act of which the jurv found the defendant j guilty. -The. i.frj.uTrr penalty cf ten: years in each " of the 54 counts re- j lating to this act, would make it pos-j sible for the judge to impose a seut- j once oi tiary. 540 years in the peniten - Special to The News. reenville, S. C, Jan. IS. On the! lands of R. Mayes Cleveland, near( this city, Dr. G. F. Lee, the geologist; has discovered several veins of coal, j in addition to rich finds of cement! stcne and corundum. j Dr. Lee says he hr.ds here the; same geological formation that ex-i I ists in the Trenton. O.. district, where are located gas and oil prop erties of considerable magnitude.. i A thorough survey cf this prop erty win oe maae at onqe, ana pre- j parations are now under way tor; ' sinking a shaft and shooting several i j wells. j : A. C. L. Joins In Compromise ON TOPICS OF LIVE INTEREST irjnOTfriOT I flan T T;ii;.n A J TT7:r- Killed In Auto. Wreck By Associated Press. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 18. George L. Billips, proprietor cf the Billips hotel, x'ark Heights and Heyward avenues, in1 Vi i i-t tit! ,-v i 1 j.1 3 f emu ma iivj, wtrtj msLuniiy Kiiiea early this morning by being thrown from an automobile. New Incorporations Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 18. A charter was issued to the Grace Hospital of Morganton today, Walter and Mary H. Hughson, Waynesville; and B. W. Phifer, Morganton, are the in corporators. The charter of Gorbitt Buggy Co., Henderson, was amended so as to increase the capital stock to $50, 000. A. C. Zollioffer is president. Adjutant-General Robertson issues a commission to C. E. Mosteller, first Lieut. Co. , D, First Infantry, Char lotte. General Conference Of Sub-Board at City Hall A special conference of all members of the subordinate boards of the city with the board of aldermen will be held at the city hall tonight for the purpose of discussing the plan to pe tition the legislature to amend the city charter in order to do away with the i conflicting commissions. The proposition is to dispense with wn-rv KrinrH ornrtt iho noarrl nf nl- commissions to appoint three substan tial business men at a good salary to run the affairs that have been falling to three sub-boards. It is proposed to continue the new board which will probably be known as the board of pub lic commissions consisting of the May or and one man, who will be known as the commissioner of incomes and dis bursements another as the commis sioner of public safety and the third as the commissioner of public ser ice. The public is invited to be present tonight. SNATCHED PURSE. Negro riade Bold Attack cn Miss Gris wold on South Tryon Street. Miss Iola Griswold, of No. 307 South McDowell street, was the victim of a purse snatcher early this morning while passing the alley between the Charlotte Steam Laundry and J. N. McCausland & Company. Her assailant was a young negro boy, who, when j Miss Griswold came opposite tne auey, j darted out and made a desperate effort j to grab her purse. She fought the boy with a parasol until he took to his heels. Man's Wife Implicated. Mrs. Sarah Gregory, the wife of I Zeke Gregory, who was killed at hi3 I home near Davidson on Thursday sup- ' posely by his son Dan, has been ! brought here and placed in jail with her son and his wife, Lilly, as being im- plicated in the murder. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that Gregory came to his death with some blunt instrument in the hands cf Dan Gregory, his son. The Gregorys have not as yet em- ployed counsel, and all deny having anything to do with the death of the old man, the particulars ot wnose mur- - , der was told in The News of yester- I day. General Officers Here. Several of the -officers of the Gen eral Fire Extinguisher Company, which has lately completed a mam moth plant here, are in the city on a tour of inspection. The officers are President F. Hi. Maynard, Vice-President Russel Grinnell, Mechanical Su perintendent J. C. Meloon, Assistant Superintendent F. E. Maynard, of the Providence plant, and Mr. Henry . A. Carpenter, all of Providence, R. I. Fines Big Company. By Associated Press. Topeka,- Jan. IS. Judge Dana as sessed a fine of $16,000 against the International Harvester Company to day of which the court found it guilty of violating the Kansas Anti Trust Law. The Lion And The Mouse Given Up as Dead Miners Fought lire in Mine And Reached Open Air Southern Makes Changes In Main Line Schedules Effective tomorrow morning the Southern Railway Company will make several important changes in the schedules of trains on the main line. Train No. 43, which has heretofore handled the Charlotte and Atlanta sleeper, will leave Washington at 11 o'clock in the morning, arriving in Charlotte behind No. 35 which gets here at 9:35 p. m. This train will not carry passengers and will be made strictly a mail train. It has been arriv ing at 8:20 p. m. Train No. 44 will handle the Charlotte and Atlanta sleep er north bound and train No. 30 which leaves here at 7:55 a. m., will handle the sleeper is south bound. The most important change is that of No. 29 which heretofore has been leaving Charlotte at 10:10 p. m. Under the new schedule the train will not leave Charlotte until sometime be tween 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning. The change was made in view of the decision of the road not to oper ate the Palm Limited and No. 29 will handle, in a measure, the Florida traffic. ' Harry Day And Others Arraigned by Government By Associated . Press. Boise, Idaho, Jan. 18. Alleging fraud in obtaining possession of the Leonard mining claim in Coeur daLenes, Idaho, the United States yesterday filed suit against Harry Day, one of the owners of the Hercules Mine; Edward H. Mof fit, president of the hardware company at Wallace; J. Morse, of Chicago, pres ident of the Youngstown Steel Com pany, and R. K. Neill, capitalist, of Spokane. The allegations are sensational and the prominence of the people will make the suit a notable one. Revenue Ofhcers De- stroy Three Stills Special 'o The News. Greensboro, N. C, Jan. 18 Reve nue Officers W. W. Harkins and S. A. Sides returned last night from Durham and report the destruction of three illicit distilleries near Rou gemont. One of the stills was of ninety gallons capacity and another of seventy-five gallons. The stills had been removed from the furnaces and no beer was found. One moonshiner was arrested and gave bond for his appearance before the United States commissioner Greenville Concern Fails. Special to The News. Greenville, S. C, Jan. 18. The Mal lard Lumber Company, of Greenville, yesterday made application for a re ceiver. Liabilities are $64,000; assets, $62,000. The concern manufactures bobbins and dressed lumber. New Tarn in Druce Case By Associated Press. London, Jan. 18 The Druce case promises to bring in the spring after math of the sensational charges ct perjury against several persons con nected with the hearings. ' A witness in the case who calls herself Miss Robinson was arrested last night, and brought up in police court today. Chief inspector of the Scotland Yard asserted that instead of being a spinster, the daughter of a Virginia planter, she was in reality the daughter of a London policeman. On the stand this woman testified she had been 'brought from America by Charles Dickens, to act as secretary to the Duke of Portland and T; C. Druce. The prisoner was remanded. ! 'Mi, Ever Held MostFrightful Experience Body of Miners Ever Had Reported From Western Pennsylvania Mine. For live Hours lorty Men Fought Flames And Groped in Dark Mine For Seven Miles to Safety. By Associated Press. Monongahela, Pa., Jan. 18. Miracu lously escaping death by cremation, or suffocation, or being blown to I pieces by explosion, 40 miners, em ployed in the Cathburg mine of the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company made their way through dark headings for a distance of seven miles and finally reached open air. Without lights to guide them and given up as dead, the men battled for five hours with fire and when they reached the surface their faces were blackened, clothes torn and all were severely bruised from stumbling in their flight for safety. Fortunately the mine contained very little gas, or another mine disaster would have been recorded in West ern Pennsylvania. The experience is probably the most frightful a body of coal miners has ever had. BOSTON NATIONALS COMING. They Will Play a Game With Da vidson April 2nd. The mangement of the Boston Na tional baseball team has written to Mr. W. T. Corwith, secretary of the Greater Charlotte Club, asking him to secure a date for the team for an exhibition game on April 2nd. Mr. Carwith has takc-u the matter up with the management of the Davidson College team, and it is very probable that a game will be ar ranged, as the Davidson team has signified its willingness to play. The Boston manager writes that, if he can not get some team to play that he will stop in Charlotte and play a game any way, by dividing his players into two teams. The baseball fans of the city will welcome this news, as it will give them a chance to see the greatest baseball experts in the world .at practice. JAPAN DENIES STORY. No Sinister Designs Entertained by Japanese !iaval Administration. By Associated Press. Tokio, Japan, Jan. 18. Reports at tributing sinister designs to the Japa nese naval administration in connec tion with the Pacific squadron are ab solutely unfounded. Vice Admiral Saito, minister of the navy, in an interview with the Asso ciated Press, said: "We have no secrets concerning ue fleet. Daily reports are handed naval attaches, showing the whereabouts every vessel which can be easily ascer tained." He added: "In view of tne sensational reports emanating from var ious quarters, we desire emphatically to say that no vessel of the Japanese Meet is any nearer the Pacific toast of American than Yokosuka." Chadwick and Hoskins Notes. Mr. A. C. Cathey is building a home next to Mr. Amzi Hoover's. Mrs. M. L. Mayhew is building a two-story dwelling in the community. The night schools have opened very promisingly. On the first night there were 20 enrolled at each of the two mills, and others have entered since. In Hie 9 ' -t 1 I'
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