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. - ill rSfe. -. : mm . ; , w .'. ."i t '-w The News ha,s jhe Trj Circulation of Any Afternoon Pa.per Published in the Two -H"l7lI"I-lI'-l7l-'HIvIlrIvIIj SECTION ONE TEN PAGES. SECTION ONE TEN PAGES. H THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. ESTABLISHED 1888. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. 5?JESS ATFOHTWO mm mm Telephone, Telegraph And "Railroad Service in Texas City Almost Completely Suspended Worst Wind And Rain Storm in Years. City of Cleburn Literally Flooded Circus Wrecked -Two Lions Escape Peo ple Thrown Into Panic Many Houses Flooded. r.y Associated Press. IVil Worth. Texas, April IS. With ; U iihone. telegraph and railroad ser ainuibl completely suspended, Fort Worth was last night the center of t '.-. worst wind and rain storm that La raged over Texas in many years. With two exceptions every railroad om of the city was forced to annul suffi.' trains, owing to washouts and hiss of bridges, and at midnight the toioi hono companies reported having lost all the wires out of Fort Worth. Cleburn, 20 miles south, was struck by a wind storm of tornadic propor tions, followed ny a torrential down pour of rain that literally flooded the city. Within 29 minutes after the stofm broke last night the two bayous that run through Cleburn had left their banks. Hooding five or six hundred homes. A circus, whose tents were pitched in the western portion of the city, was com pie t el y w recked. Two lions escaped and prowled about town for an hour, throwing people in to a panic. Small Sales On Tobacco Marke S;.oeiaI 10 The News. . . ... ' Winston-Salem, N. C, April 18. The tobacco market has had very small rak- ;ill the week. The season which .' Tuesday will doubtless result in i.i.-ii ".tiddly the balance of the crop be ing thrown on the market in the next ! v days. There is very little, if any change in prices. Better grades are more than holding the prices prevail ing two weeks ago. Virginia Negro Politicians Act By Associated Press. ' Norfolk. Va., April IS. Alleging that fedcial officeholders took "illegal control" of the city, county and dis- -u-ici conventions, as wen as me recent republican state convention, in order to complete their "Lilly White" organ ization, the negroes of Virginia have called district conventions and state convention, the latter to meet at Rich mond, May 14th, for election of con testing anti-Taft delegates to Chicago. Mr. Roosevelt's Position. By Associated Press. Washington, April IS. President Roosevelt stated that he would oppose any bill providing a commission to consider the subpect of amendments to the Sherman anti-trust law. He be lives there should be action at this session. Objection to Mr. Hill. By Associated Press. Washington, April 18. "The objec lion to Dr. Hill as embassador to Ber lin was simply and solely that his pri vate fortune would not enable mm to represent properly the dignity of an American nation." This statement was made in the house by Mr. Longworth, of Ohio, son-in-law of the president, during the con sideration of the diplomatic appropria tion bill. Novel Demonstration. By Associated Press. Rome, April IS. Orders have been issued for the Italian squadron to make a demonstration in Turkish waters, the reason being that Turkey has objected to the opening of the postoffices in Turkish territory such as are maintain ed by other countries. Unions Plan Bis Protest New York, April 18. The Central Federated Union of this city has com pleted all arrangements for the big mass meeting tomorrow to pass resolu tions demanding that; congress enact "legislation eliminating the labor unions f i on the provisions in the Sherman anti-trust law affecting combinations in restraint of trade. Similar meetings are planned to be Tiolrt thrmi-ehnnt. the r.oimtrv under the auspices of the American Federation of Labor.! At tne meeting in tnis city tne cmei. k)akief s a'lnotlnctejrlj ar$ ' pjsident Gompers and Vice-President Duncan, of the Federation, and John Mitchell, for mer president of the United ' Mine Workers. .... i .. .... .... . i. . r TH TLX mm rv WIND STORM -wb ifflS FORECAST F COMING WEEK Washington, D. C., April IS. The coming week holds the promise of many live news events, the progress of the presidential campaign and the entertainment of the battleship fleet on the Pacific coast occupying first place. The American battleship fleet, arriv ing at San Pedro (Los Angeles) today, will remain in the vicinity of the south ern California metropolis during the whole of the coming week. A pro gram of splendid entertainment has been provided for officers and men, the chief feature of which will be a magni ficent banquet Monday night at the Alexandria hotel. Events of political interest during the week will be the republican state convention in Illinois and New Jersey to elect delegates to the Denver con vention, and republican primaries in Kentucky which are expected to show whether the state favors Taft or Fair banks for the presidency. A state elec tion will be held in Louisiana Tuesdaj7 to confirm the choice of the recent democratic primary for governor and other state officers. Reports are in circulation that the Corey administration will he at tacked at the annual meeting of the United States Steel Corporation at Jersey City on Monday. Other events of public interest will be the centennial celebration of the Roman Catholic diocese of Philadel phia, the annual session of the confer ence for education in the south at Memphis, the meeting of the national society, D. A. R., in Washington, D. C., and the laymen's conference of the Southern Methodist .church at Chat tanqpga, at which Ambassador Bryce and W. J. Bryan are among the sche duled speakers. Thousands Watch Fleet Big Fleet Begin? Second Installment of Calif or nia's Welcome Hun dred Thousand People Watch Imposing Line. By Associated Press. Los Angeles, Cal., April lS.-Today the Atlantic battleship fleet enters upon the second instalment of its Call fornia welcome. Not Los Angeles alone, but Long Beach, San Pedro, Redondo, Venice, Ocean Park and Santa Morica are gay with flags and decorations. Todav one hundred thousand people are estimated to be scattered along the beach'es and bluffs of 40 miles stretch of coast. The fleet will drop anchor in San Pedro bay at 3 p. m. today. The actual welcome of the officers and men will not begin until Monday, although the mayor and chairman of the entertainment committee will go aboard the flagship and extend a formal welcome on behalf of the city. San Diego, Cal., April 18. The bat telship fleet left here this morning for port of Los Angeles, a nine hours run, where it will remain a week. The fleet on the run is standing in close, so that the people in the towns along the coast can have a look at the imposing line. Situation On Frontier Grave Bv Associated Press. Tiflis. April 18. The situation on the Persian frontier, arising from the activities of bands of marauding Kurds, has not materially improved. The Persian bandits who retired into their mountain fastnesses after their first successes against the Russians, again concentrated in force .yesterday and renewed their attack against Bele- suvar. The Russians fought with energy and their artillery bombarded several villages in which the brigands had taken shelter. In addition, to the losses already re ported, the Russians have seven sol diers killed. Thinks Mme Gould And De Sagan Are Married By Associated Press. Paris, April IS The Cri de Paris, which professes to chronicle the do ings of the fashionable set of Paris, insists in it's issue of today that the marriage of Mme. Anna Gould., and Prince Elie de Sagan, already has tak en plaee. The paper announced some time ago that this marriage had been celebrated ! secretly in Germany. In Honor of Miss Brown's Guests. Mr John Bass Brown will entertain at the Country Club this evening in honor of Miss Nancy Brown's guests. ,1 ' " SHE HATCD THEM; NOW SHE CAN SCRATCH FOR THEM ! : OMUIS 111 lLEBRATE EASTER Special to The News. Winston-Salem, N. C, Anril IS. Eas ter in the Twin City always attracts numbers of visitors. From far and near come relatives and friends to join in the Easter festivities and to witness the beautiful and impressive Moravian Easter services. The prospects at present are for a larger number than ever before, while, of course, social functions of all kinds are beins plan ned, for the pleasure of the visitors. The beautiful and impressive sun rise service in the Moravian grave yard on Sunday morning is one of the principal features of this season. The usual Easter morning music will be rendered by the Moravian Trombone Choir, which numbers fifty." The choir will be divided into three divisions. The entire, body of musicians" wiii meet at the home church promptly at 1.45 o'clock Sunday morning. At 2 o'clock all will unite in playing the opening choral in Salem Sauare, after which each division will proceed to the routes especially assigned to each. Social Events. On Monday there will be the morn ing german at the Twin City Club's rooms, the ball game in the afternoon and the Easter reception and dance Monday evening at the club rooms. Tuesday evening theatre-goers .will have an opportunity to hear Be Wolc Hopper in his notable comic opera, "Happyland," at the Elks Auditorium. Wednesday will be "Reciprocity Day," when Scrosis will be hostess to the clubs of the Twin City at the Elks parlors. On Thursday afternoon ?t 3 o'clock the Whist Club will be entertained by Mrs. Clement Manly. News Stand Agent Missing, His Accounts $300 Short Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, April IS. Clarence Mohler, who came here from Staunton, Va., some months ago as manager of the Union News stand at the union de pot, has been missing eight weeks and the company' auditor finds him nearly $300 short in his accounts. In addi tion, to this, before leaving he borrow ed $40 from a faithful crippled negro, Chas. Perry, who carried baskets of pies and sandwiches through the trains for the company, this repre senting all the poor fellow's earnings for a long while. He has been running with a wild gambling set for some time. Governor Glenn offers a S50 reward for the arrest of , George Goodlet, col ored, charged with wife murder in Asheville, April 11. "Oh, My Furs and Whiskers!" By Associated Press. Washington, April 18. Discussing secretaries abroad Representative Har rison of New York said that the first secretary at London was a good ex ample of, the type being appointed, o "Why a very amiable gentlemen," Harrison saidJ "he reminds one irre sitably of the white rabbit in Alice in Wodnerland" and as he scuttles through the London drawing rooms one can almost picture him saying: "Oh! the Duchess. The, Duchess. Oh! my furs and whiskers." I shall be late." Game Called Off. At 2:50 o'clock this afternoon the game between the Uniersity of North Carolina and Davidson College was called off on account of rain. James Smith . Is Acquitted Special to The News. "Greensboro, N. C, April IS The jury in the federal court after being out since 2 o'clock yesterday, this af ternoon acquitted James Smith of the .charge of conspiracy to murder Depu ty Collector Hendrix. The case has been on trial since last Monday. GUBERNATORIAL BULLETIN. 4 -r a County. C. K. II. 4. 1 J Stanly J . . a 1 6 J 4- Buncombe . .t . . 22 0 0 4 .. Iredell ' 12 14 1 4 Yancey f . . 7 0 0 4- Polk .. 3 0 0 Mitchell I.. 3 0 0 pf. Graham f... 2 0 0 4 4. Ashe 5.7 3.37 .57 4 4 Burke G.G0 .43 .07 4" J Alexander 5 0 0 4 4 4 Totals, to date CS.S2 G.30 3.3S . 4 . - , . Craig Club Goes to Work With Mr. J. H. Wedding ton Chairman' And a Strong Personnel, the Canvass Will Be Push ed. The Craig Club has elected Mr. J. II. Weddington chairman, and the follow ing campaign committee has been nam ed: Messrs. W. C. Dowd, H. N. Pharr, J. P. Caldwell, T. S. Franklin, W. I. Henderson, P. M. Brown, Cameron Morrison, J. A. Durham, T. L. Kirkpat rick, Plummer Stewart, J. W. Wads worth, E. R. Preston, C. H. Duls, W. F, Harding, J. H. Wearn, T. W. Wade, Amos- Cook, C. D. Bennett and F. M Shannonhouse. Mr. Weddington accepted the posi tion of chairman of the club, but on account of his health and business he will take no active part in the work and the work in the county will be in the hands of the campaign committee. Craig Clubs and campaign committees will be organized throughout the coun ty, under the supervision of the above committee, which will have charge of the county as a whole. This committee will hold a confer ence in the old law library in the Pied mont Building tonight at 8 o'clock, and reports will be made on the progress of the campaign. This committee will h'ave permanent headcuarters in this building, and active work will be con ducted from now on. Favcrs Waterways. By Associated Press. Washington, D.?C, April 18. Secre tary Taft filed with tiie senate com mittee on commerce his cordial en dorsement cf Senator Newland's. hill, which provides for the appointment of an inland waterways commission and general- improvement of the water courses of the country. Mr. Dickinson at Sanitarium. By Associated Prss. ' Detroit, Mich., April 18. Former Postmaster-General Don M. Dickinson, who held that portfolio under Presi dent Cleveland, went to the sanitarium at Flint,-Mich., accompanied by V his family to recuperate from nervous breakdown. . Mr. Locke Craig, of Buncombe. News From Capital City Special to The News. Raleigh, N. u., April 18. The Up right Mutual Insurance Company, of Rocky Mount, is chartered through the state commissioner of insurance. There is no capital stock. There are numerous incorporators, including P. W. Burnett. The jury list for the May term of the United States district court was drawn today for the term of court that begins May 25, Judge Purnell presid ing. A handsome silver loving cup has just been presented to Mr. Wade R. Brown, dean of music at the Baptist University and director of the North Carolina Music Festival, to be given Easter Monday and Tuesday nights. The cup was presented by the Raleigh Choral Society and tne Raleigh orchestra as a token of esteem and appreciation for the' work of Mr. Brown in the musical interest of the city.' ' The state school for the blind here will hold its 63 rd annual commence ment exercises May 29th. Governor R. B. Glenn will deliver the address. Big Educational Meet. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, April 18. Education al leaders in this state are anxious to have as large a representation as pos sible at Memphis for the Southern Educational Conference, April 22nd to 24th. Some of those who are known to expect to attend are H. E. Fries, Winston-Salem; Dr. E. L. Moffitt, Elon College; Dr. W. L. Poteat, Wake For est College; Mrs. C. D. Mclver, Greens boro; Mrs. W. R. Hollowell, Goldsboro; Prof. W. N. Walker , Chapel Hill; State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner and Hon. C. H. Mebane, of the state depart ment of education. Mrs. Mclver will read a notable paper before the con ference on "Woman's Betterment Work in North Carolina." PRITCHARD AT WINSTON Large Audience Hears Strong Pro'ni hibition Speech of Judge Pritchard. Special to The News. Winston-Salem, April 18 Judge ritchard addressed a great and at tentive audience in the court house here today and it is known that his speech won many votes for prohibi tion. The Judge and Mrs. Pritchard will remain here for the Moravian Easter services. He has accepted an invitation to speak at the Centenary M. E. church at 2:30 tomorrow. To Buy Exposition Grounds. Washington, April 18 The pur chase of the Jamestown Exposition grounds for the use of the navy is provided for in a bill introduced by Senator Daniel of Virginia. Mr. Bryan a Very Busy Man By Associated Press. Rochester, N. Y., April 18 Hon. William J. Bryan left Rochester this morning for Glens Falls, where he will speak tonight. Tomorrow he wil give an Easter ad dress at the. Utica Young Men's Chris tian Association and in the evening will speak at Little Falls. On Monday he will go to New York city, speaking in the Bronx Monday night and at a press dinner Tuesday night. ' He will meet Mrs. Bryan and their daughter in New York. On Wednesday he will be the guest of Governor Fort, of New Jersey, vin Trenton. Mr. Bryan expects to have a confer ence with the democratic ("state officials at Albany, including Lieutenant-Governor Chanler and Comptroller Glynn. The action of the democratic state convention at New York this week will probably not be discussed, however, as Mr. Bryan clearly indicated to Nation al Committeeman Mack yesterday that he 'preferred not (o interfere in state politics, preferring that each state set tle its own policy for itself. Two Offices Are Excepted Democratic Executive Committee Will Not Re quire Messrs. Moore and Haywood to Enter The State Primary, The Mecklenburg county democratic executive committee met at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the court house, and decided to except from the state offices primary the two offices of secretary of agriculture and commissioner of labor and printing. There was a good deal of discussion before this action was taken, but it finally resulted in favor of allowing Mr. C. C. Moore and Mr. W. W Haywood, the two local candi dates for the offices named, to go into the state convention free and unhamp ered. - There were 26 members of the 31 of the committee present. Chairman J. A. Bell presided and Secretary F. M. Shannonhouse was at his desk. Mr. Bell said he was gratified to see such a large attendance. ' It indicated support of the party organization. He went on to say the purpose of the meeting was to consider when and how the primaries for state and county offices should be held. Whether they should be held together, or not; and as to whether the candidates for gover nor and other state offices should be voted for in the primary. Mr. W. I. Henderson moved that a primary for all state officers be held. Mr. McCall pointed out that to adopt this motion would be to put Mecklen burg's two candidates for secretary of agriculture and commissioner of labor and printing (Mr. C. C. Moore and Mr. W. -W. Haywood) at a disadvantage. He moved to amend by having a pri mary for all state offices except secre tary cf agriculture and commissioner of labor and printing. After further discussion, Mr. W. N. Peoples moved a substitute to have a primary for governor only. This substitute was lost after no lit- the discussion, and the vote recurred to Mr. McCall's motion. This motion was carried, after Mr. Henderson had withdrawn his original motion. It was decided to have only one pri mary for state and county offices. One Primary. A motion to reconsider the matter of only one primary was lost by a vote of 7 to 12. Then the question of what date should be set for the county conven tion and primary came, up. It was de cided, after some discussion, to have June 20th as the d?.y for the conven tion, and to hold the primary on the 16th, and the second primary, if one was necessary, on June 19th. These days were fixed upon. Mr. Lock Robertson then offered the following resolution, which was unan imously adopted: "Resolved, That the democratic ex ecutive committee, of Mecklenburg county, tenders its thanks to the state democratic central and executive com mittee in voting for Charlotte to have the state convention; that we appre ciate the kind conduct of those com mitteemen and the people throughout North Carolina, who aided in getting the convention to Charlotte; that, as the committee, we desire to let it be known to the people of North Caro lina, that we expect to dflf our utmost to entertain the delegates, and to see that their stay in Charlotte is pleasant and agreeable; and that we desire that all candidates for office are treated justly and fairly." A Bin Mortgage. By Associated Press. Belleville, Ills., April 18. The first lien ecuipment mortgage for 830,000, 000 was filed -for record here by the Illinois Central. The mortgage is held by the U. S. Trust company of New York and is secured by the issue of four per cent gold bonds redeemable aJnuary 1, 1923. ' All who are to take part in the opera Isabella are "urged to be at the Colonial Club tonight at 8 o'clock. There were no cases tried in the police court tnis morning. PROBING CHARGES PREFERRED BY REP. LILLEY By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, April 18. Hand- . writing experts were called before the special committee of the house, which is investigating charges brought by Representative Lilley. Chairman Boutell stated at the out set of the session that of the many charges brought before the committee the most serious was that corrupt means had been used to secure or de feat the nomination and election of members of the present congress. "Such a charge reflects upon the integrity of the house and deserves a most exhaustive examination by this committee," he said.. The only case of the kind which the testimony has disclosed is the cowardly attempt that has been made, partly through anonymous letters, to blacken the name and ruin the career of Rep resentative Loud, of Michigan. As ho one has the courage to admit the au thorship of these dastardly communi cations, this committee feels that the burden has been laid upon to discover, if possible, the authorship of these communications." ' Mr. Boutell stated that letters had been turned over to experts .and he then called David N. Carvalho to the stand. Expert Testifies. Mr. Carvalho said that he had ex amined the two letters in question, one received by the Washington corre spondent of the Detroit Free Press, and the other by Mr. Frank Edinborough, state senator from Michigan and now candidate for congress, against Mr. Loud. He also had examined a great mass of typewritten documents sub mitted to him by the committee and compared them with th anonymous letters. Unquestionably, he said, the two anonymous letters and certain of the papers, were written on one and the same machine. These documents, it has been testified, were dictated by former Senator Thurston and were writ ten by Palmer E. Neff, on a typewriter in the Washington office of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company. Lilley Denies Knowledge. "I know absolutely nothing as to the authorship of the anonymous let ters that have been introduced in the investigation of the Electric Boat Co.," said Representative George L. Eilley, to a representative of the Associated Press while Carvalho, th handwriting expert was testifying.- ; "The four documents which' Calval ho says were written on the same type write as were the anoymous letters, were submitted to me y the agent of the Lake Torpedo Boat company. 1 signed them and submitted them to the committee: They were not writ ten on any tynewriter belonging to me." Trial of Fair Officials Will Come Up on Monday Mecklenburg criminal court begins Monday with Judge Fred Moore presid ing. There will be about 275 cases on the docket, 150 of which are pew, the others coming over from last term on, continuance. There will be fifty jail cases to be tried. , Two. murder cases are on the docket, those of S. Q. Barnes and Bob Springs. Barnes will be tried for the killing of Mr. George Gifford. The most important case other than the Barnes case will be the trial of the officials of the Mecklenburg Fair As sociation for allowing indecent shows and gambling at the last fair. This case will come first on Mon day, and a large number of witness will be examined by both the state and the defense. Soldiers On Wild Rampage By Associated Press. . San Francisco, April 18. While al most the entire population of Mazat lan, Mexico, were participating in a religious feast Sunday, 25 soldiers broke out of the garrison and began a wild career of rioting and bloodshed. Within a space of a half hour they had killed two policemen and one other citizen and had waylaid and robbed three men in the outskirts of the city. Ex-Governor Aycock Spoke. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C, April 18. In his ap peal last night to the voters of Raleigh township to vote the special tax for public schools made necessary by the elimination of the Raleigh dispensary, ex-Governor Aycock declared that North Carolina will never have writers of world interest If North Carolina his tory and other literature to any appre ciable degree until all the people of the state are educated up to the appre ciation of the best literary effort. And that when there is an educationally ap preciative state constituency the great writers and other great artists and ar tisans will promptly develop. It was a powerful and effective address. Big Concern Is Bankrupt By Associated Press. Cincinnati, April 18. The applica tion for the appointment of a receiver for the Odell Brokerage Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the country, was made in the state court by attorneys representing the company. 'mm - 'Mir. I Sr' l.i mm ;J '; 5', 'fn (1: 1 ' iiJrA 1 -,v- H 1 , t: i-lti t t c ' " I 1 i Stiffi I its5! if-. 4v It - i i ." : t IMMf .f! :j : .'-7 ' " I'. i lllil'l) M All' M V
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