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The News ha.sJheXargest Circulation of Any Afternoorv PaLper Published -irv the Two Carolines is 4 ' s' t . is if- I mm' i fi L J- ." .. . t THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRES NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. it- Is"' i'vV ! ESTABLISHED 1888. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. THE SENATE 9 n :f.',.l-!', E TO THE C r - ' ma. IRE (HI The State Calls Forty Wit nesses, But Only About Half ot Were Actually put Upon The Stand To give Testimony. The Igorrotes, "Thelma," "The Gay Young Women of Coney Island" And Gambling all Described in Detail. The trial of the Mecklenburg Fair t :;IU charged with allowing gamb !:::.". and indecent shows at the last l.dr. liesan yesterday afternoon at 2 :".'. About forty witnesses were call ed by the state. and about half that many for the defense. There was not much trouble in selecting that jury, i lie defense and state taking advan tage of only one challenge each. The jury as constituted is composed of the owing: R. I. Dotton, J. A. Hoover, Y. R. Long. X. V. Porter, A. M. Rea, J. R. Hutchison, J. R. MeCaH. W. H. Patterson, B. E. Gulp and O. B. Robin son. Mr. Clarkson is assisted in the pros ecution by Messrs. F. M. Shannon house and F. M. Simmons. The de mise i-j represented by Messrs. F. I. Oshenie, Y. C. Maxwell. T. C. Guthrie and T. L. Kirkpatrick. When the case was called yesterday r.iteincon, the solicitor made a motion that the two bills of indictment, one acair.st the fair association officials and one against Messrs. W. S. Orr and C. M. Creswell as individuals be join ffl. bur this was objected to on the Vin t oi the defense on the ground that ti.vire weir two counts., one for gam h'lv.vs put nnp- for c.ini1iiftirr n disor- il- '.Iy house, and that, the defenses were different. Juuse Moore fnled that the two bills could not be merged, and the trial was lvL'i;n on the bill against the officials, and the secretary and manager. The Testimony. Mr. D. B. S.arnes was the first wit ness examined this morning. He said: "I wont to the fair with my wife, ray smi-in-law and his wife. I saw Bennett, my son-in-law, lose $16. A man was calling out thant anybody could get in the game. The man of fered to give another chance if you i1. id not win or your money back. "Bennett won, but did not get any money. I did not see any chance for Bennett to win. The game was a hind of dice game. 1 heard the man 'xjilain the game, but do not exactly understand how it was done. "I noticed this place as I went in with my wife. I stayed there about two hours. I am not positive about the day, but 1 think it was Thursday. Cross Examination, The witness said that Bennett won one time, or rather the crowd said ho did. but trfere was no money passed. Said he did not know anything about the game being broken up. Mr. Joe A. Michael testified: '1 went in the 'Thelma' show. I saw n woman lying on a cot dressed in tiprhts. She was lying sideways. The lights were just like the tights I have seen in other shows in town. One could see the shape of her limbs through the tights." Mr. W. B. Caldwell said: "I live in the country, in Charlotte township. I was at the fair on Wed nesday evening. I paid 30 cents to get in. I ha'd five children there, but theyj did not go with me. "The first thing that attracted my at tenlion was a gambling device. I did not stop to investigate it, but I saw some money changing hands; but I don't know how the game was operat ed. I saw quite a number of other de vices, tables with money on it, and several others. "The two I paid most attention to were, a game with a table which had checks on it, black and red, and a man had some pins like those in a bowling alley. The man would put them in a box and shake them, and then sav. "The red is mine, the black is yours," or the other way around. It looked to me as if the man won most of the time. The most I saw won by any one in the crowd was $1. It cost 2. 1 cents to play the game. "The next game which attracted my attention was a game called the 'Zigler Wigler,' where one would put a marble in a hole and bet on where it would drop." Nothing new was brought out on cross examination. Mr. Matthews Yandle testified: "I went to i-io fair on Wednesday with mv wife. Saw a wheel of for tune in operation. It was just like all the other wheels I have seen at other fairs. "I saw Thelma. I heard the man say come ud and see 'Thelma.' I took a peep. It did not cost me anything to see the show. I saw her form. "I saw the Coney Island Widows. The spieler on the outside did not say anything about the clothes they wore." Mr. W. H. Hardis was the next wit ness for the state. He said: "I was at the fair last fall, and saw Mi. Ilunmcutt there (Mr w,,;. cutt is the witness who testified as to lupins -iui. Air. JIunnicutt told me he hud lost ail the money he had: He men tioned Chief W. S. Orr. and I went wiih-lnm fj find the rl.irt ?t,. w told us he was busy, and to see Mr. C Creswell. We did so and I after wards heard that Mr. Hunnicutt had gotten some of his money back." The witness said he had had a talk with Mr. Hunnicutt, and told Lim he was mistaken as to the man who p-ot his money back. Mr. Hunnicutt hav ing testified that it was Mr. W. S. Orr. After examining several other wit nesses, who told about the same stcry, the state rested, and Col. Osbrone ask ed if the solicitor asked a verdict against Messrs. Creswell and Orr un der the evidence. Mr. Clarkson announced that he would ask for a verdict under the ev idence. The defense then after a short conference began putting on evi dence. Up to 10 o'clock the defense had in troduced the following witnesses, the most of whom were character witness es for Messrs. Creswell and Orr: State Senator H. N. Pharr, Representative W. C. Dowd, Rev. J. A. Austin, Dr. C. A. Bland, Dr. J. W. Faison, E. L. Keesler, B. D. Springs, Dr. J. R. Robin son, J. P. Caldwell, and Capt. S. B. Alexander. Dr. J. R. Robinson said on cross ex amination that he was a member of the board of directors of the Meck lenburg Fair Association. He said that he was not in the city during the fair, but that the week previous the board had met every night and the fair was discussed. The witness said the association had many applications for space, and that the directors had giv en instruction that there must not be any but decent shows admitted, and that no gambling Avas to be allowed. Mr. W. C. Dowd on cross exaniina tion said he had attended the fair, but had not paid especial attention to the wheels of fortune. . Captain Alexander Testifies. Cajt. S. B. Alexander, president of the Fair Association, was put on the stand. . Captain Alexander said he was the de facto president of the association, and did not own any stock, two shares having been transferred to him to make him elligible to the office. He said he had no active management of the fair, but he presided at the meet ings of the board of directors, and aid ed in making up the premium list. He said the policy of the association wyas not to allow any violation of the law in the grounds. The witness .said he attended the fair, but only saw one show, and that was the Iggorotes. He saw nothing objectionable in that. "Did yen see anything in the papers about the fair being run wide-open?" asked the solicitor. This question was objected to by the defense, but the witness answered that he did not remember to have seen any such statement in the .papers. In answer to a question put by the solicitor, Captain Alexander said that if he had seen anything indecent or any gambling he would have stop ped it. The witness said that there was an understanding between the association and the citv that, there was to be no gambling allowed. At the conclusion of Captain Alex ander's testimony adjournment wras ta ken until 2:30. The defense has about six other wit nesses to examine. Continued on page 2 ' YeggmenMake Goodly Haul Special to The News. Greenville, S. C April 21. At three o'clock this morning yeggmen blew open the safe in Carpenter Brothers' l branch drug store and sub postoffice, near the Southern depot, and secured $400 in cash. No clue to the robbers has been found, but suspicious characters are being shadowed. The store is located in a thickly set tled district. Government agents and local police are investigating the case. Young Bryan Gave His Family a Bad Scare By Associated Press. New ork, April 21. Hon. William J. Bryan's grandson, little Bryan Leav itt, gave the" democratic leader a bad scare today.' Mr. Bryan had gone to the pier to meet the steamer upon which Mrs. Bryan, her daughter, Mrs. Leavitt and Mrs. Leavitt's two chil dren were returning from Europe. Mr. Brvan was one of the first on board. He found Mrs. Bryan and Mrs T.pnvitt. awaiting him .on the upper deck, but little Bryan was nowhere to be seen. Finally his mother found him hidden under a berth in her state When drawn out from his hid ing place little Bryan threw himself intk hiB srandfather's arms and the wcr-omwd which had gathered on the dock watched tne meeting wuu en thusiastic appreciation. - . Mr. Bryan left them at the hotel and went' to Trenton, N. J. - The very high fence on South Try on street has been painted on one side. , , S V-. .- - CHARLOTTE'S "GREAT Black Hands In Lincoln Photographer at Dinner Receives a threatening "Letter, and Applies to United States Commis sion tor Protection. Mr. R. B. Poteat, a photographer, of Denver, Lincoln county, today made an affidavit, before United States Com missioner J. W. Cobb that certain par ties in Denver had written him threat ening letters signed "Black Hand." Commissioner Cobb has referred the matter to United States District At torney Helton, and is awaiting his action- Mr. Poteat makes the following affi davit and gives a copy of the letter al leged to have been received: The Affidavit. R. B. Poteat being duly sworn, says that on Monday night; the 6th day of April, 1908, he and his wife were eat ing supper at ms nome in tne town or Denver, Lincoln county, said state; that while so engaged his wife saw John Shelton at their window, and re marked to him to come in; that he did not do so but threw7 the enclosed let ter into the reciTL and left. He furth er swears that one Mcintosh, John Shelton and many others are implicat ed. That by reason of the receipt of said letter lie and his family were com pelled to leave the town; leaving all their possessions in the house. Affi ant further swears that he was con ducting a legitimate protograph busi ness in Denver and knows of no reason whv the threat should be sent to hint. That "B. II." signifies Black Hand. (Signed) R. B. POTEAT. Sworn to before me April 30, 1908. J. W. COBB, United States Commissioner. -Copy of Letter. Bob Poteat a certain party has told me to drop you a note to tell you the quickest way to get out of Denver is too slow. We will allow give you until Sunday to get away from here and if not gone by then you will have to take the consequences. The bearer has to carry this note and if you say any thing about him we will get you very soon. B.H. Work of D. A. R. Congress. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, April 21. At to day's session of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Rev olution, consideration was given to routine business before the congress delegates devoted their time to discus sing reports of the officers. President Castro Issues Decree. By Associated Press. Caracas, Venezuela (via Willemstad, Curacoa), April 21. President Castro has issued the following decree: "The port of La Cuaira will be closed for fifteen days pending the report of the sanitary hoard because there has been three deaths and twelve cases of un known tubercular fever." Shot by Officer Died as Result Special to The News. Winston-Salem, N. C, April 21. James Tilley, Jr., who was shot on Sat urday night by Chief of Police Pardue, of Kernersville, died at 5 o'clock this morning. Tilley, who is a, young man, was ap proaching the officer with a shot gun for the purpose of forcing Chief Par due to release his (Tilley's) father and brother who were under arrest, the son being charged with disturbing a re ligious service and the father for at temntihg to intimidate the officer. The coroner is holding an inquest over the remains of the dead man this afternoon. One of the three shots fired went through Tilley's lungs, one in the neck and the third in the arm. The impression prevails that Chief Pardue will be discharged upon the plea that he shot Tilley in self-defense, WHITE WAY" (Eroadway Had Better Vaudeville For The Vets. Entertainment at J he Academy Promises to T ax The Seating Capa city of The Academy ot Music. Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are marching. "The boys" are the ones who did the inarching and the fighting in 'Gl 'G5. Tonight a remnant of them, helped by the Children of the Confed eracy, and under the guidance and inspiration of Mrs. J. L. Sexton and Mrs. E. C. .Register, will give a show at the AcadenYr of Music for the benefit of Mecklenburg Camp, Con federate Veterans. The show is to be high class vaudeville. Hundreds of tickets have been sold and the audience, in size, promises to be or the standing-room-only kind. The souvenir . programs are hand some. They are to be sold for 5 cents a copy, the money to go toward the benefit .fund. Without giving the program away The News is at liberty to tell this much: There are three main divisions "The Lawn Party;" "Leaves ' From the Cabbage Patch;" "Camp Scenes" under which all the stunts which go to make-up a fine, funny and facetious program are classed. Taking leading part in this lawn party are Messrs. Keesler, Overcash, Baxtresser, Archie Galloway, Parks, Mrs. Frank Jones, Misses Batabington and Hazel Brown. Other parts will be taken by Mesdames Bryant, Dar ricott and Sexton; Misses Torrance, Dixon, Nathan, Robinson, Ray, Mc: .Causland, Andrews, Rowland, Rigler, Nail, Andrews. Brown, Erwin, Nash, Elliott and Robinson; Messrs. Bell, Butt, Culpepper, Fletcher, Hunter, Kirby, Philpot, Smith, Norman, Sex ton and Watson. Accompanist, Miss -Lula Brown. Time: Any old time. Place: Any old place. The biggest "leaves from the cab bage patch" will be: Miss Belle Hall (Mrs. Wiggs) Mrs. Bennett; Misses Ruth Porter, Matilda Over cash, Eloise King; Messrs. Galloway, Willie Bodeahoff, Harry Allison, Ol lie Asbury, Blackburn Moore. Neighbors, children: Edith Over cash, Helen Porter, Adelaide Davis, Sarah Roark. Lueiie Wommac, i-.ee Hunter, Joe Simmons. The special features of "camp scenes" wiil be: "The Night Before the Battle," "Tenting Tonight," "Cav aliers Glee" and "Old Time Confeder ates" male choruses. Special numbers will be given by the Williams brothers, T. H. Asbury, Miss Ruth Porter Miss Eloise King, Mr. Baxtresser. R. W. Powers, Miss Margaret Erwin, Billy Kincaid, (who with "David" his big "Presbyterian dog," as a little girl calls him, is a local Buster and Tige) and others. A flag drill will be "evolved" by Misses Allison, Overcash, Bomar, Overcash, KendriCk, Brown, Wilmoth, Bover, McCausland, Ross, Nail, Watt, Wilson Rowland, Bilbie and Young, and a dance given by Misses Brunson, Bryan and Pettus the three graces. Junius Smith will recite 'A'll's Quiet Along the Potomac." The Dresser Orchestra each one an ar tistwill furnish "Happyland" music. The whole thing will round up Kith Dixie the Confederate doxology. Forty Bodies Now Recovered By Associated Press. Melbourne, Australia, April 21. Forty-two bodies have been taken out of the wreckage caused by a collision on April 19 of the two trains at Braibrook Junction, about eight miles from Melbourne. It is believed that several others are still buried under the debris. The number of mjurea is placed at eighty-eight. . Look to Her Laurels.) Last Day of Convention Sorority Girls Conclude Program of Sixth An nual Convention, With an Elaborate Banquet This Evening. The sixth annual convention of the Kappa Delta Sorority which opened here yesterday morning will close to night, and tomorrow morning the young ladles will leave for their far away homes. The last thing on the program will be the banquet at the Sel wyn hotel at y: 30 o'clock. This prom ises to be the most elaborate feature of the convention. Manager ?'E.B. .Moore, of the Selwyn, has made great prepara tions for it and with 50 or more pret ty college girls seated around the ban quet table it will be, no doubt, a bril liant affair. - Miss Ellen Gibson, of Concord, a member of the Charlotte and Concord Alumnae chapter, will preside as toastmistress. Responses will be made by all the delegates. This morning's session was called to order at 10 o'clock. It was a business session and all matters which were proposed and tabled at yesterday af ternoon's session, were disposed of. This session lasted until 1 o'clock, when the young ladies repaired to the dining hill for luncheon. The session was called to order immediately after luncheon, at 2 o'clock, and did not ad journ until six. This was the most im portant busines sesion of the con vention. Officers were elected and the place of holding the next convention decided upon. The delegates also made reports of the chapters they rep resented. The Banquet. Richardson's orchestra will furnish the music and the color scheme will be white and green, carried out in roses and carnations. The program follows: Toast Mistress, Miss Helen Gibson. Welcome "Your sweet praises all to "win We've decked us out tonight." Miss Marguerite Springs Response "Here's my hand With my heart in it." Phi Psi Chapter The aKnna Delta Sorority "And she who would this toast deny, Down among the dead men let her lie." Lanieda Chapter Our New Chapters "The rose is fairest when 'tis bud ding new" Sigma Chapter. Grand Chapter and Head "There's a divinity that shapes our end" Kappa Alpha Chapter Night Riders (of the Goat) "We rise in glory tho' we sink in Pride" Omiron Chapter Westward Ho! "Westward the Star of Empire takes it way" Alpha Chapter Kappa Delta as an Inspiration to School Girls "A burning and a shining light." Phi Delta Chapter Our Alma Maters "You of all names the sweetest and the best" Theta Chapter Our Absent members A tribute to Iota "Fickle Fortune has deceived me, She promised much and performed but ill" Gamma Chapter Our Chapercne Our Chaperone "The ae best fellow e'er was born." Pho Omega Phi Chapter Mrs. Stonewall Jackson "The chief perfection of this lovely dame Would make a volume of enticing lines" eta Chapter Charlotte "A pleasanter spot you never spied" Delta Chapter Trouble of Longshore & Co. By Associated Press. New York. April 21 It was an nounced on the floor of the cotton ex change today that Longshore & Co., members of the exchange, failed to have" ready their clearing sheet and check today, as required by the rules of the exchange. The firm's headquar ters are at New Orleans. of the mmm affair AFTER WRAPPING PAPER CO. Investigation to Be Started Into Con duct of Several Large Concerns. By Associated Press. New York, April 21. It became known that the federal grand jury is about to begin an investigation of several of the largest concerns manufacturing Manila wrapping pa per in this state. The purpose of the inquiry is to ascertain whether or not the manu facturers are conducting their busi ness under an agreement in restraint of the trade and in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. This investigation is believed to nave no connection witn tne govern ment's inquiry into the affairs of the sc-called paper trust, and it is under stood, does not involve those com panies, which make a speciality of manufacturing of print paper. NEGRO MAN HURT. "Nancy Jane," the Steam Roller, Bumps Up Against a Workman, and Skins His Knee. A negro man, working for the Atlan tic Bitulithic Paving Company, was v..4- . 1. : , : i l . , . 1 i, nun. uus muniing uy ueing sliuck. uy "Nancy Jane," the steam roller." The wounded man was carried to the North Carolina Medical College, where his wound was dressed. The injury was not serious. The Dust. The dust, the dust, the horrible dust. We can't help ourselves, endure it we must. Newspapers of County Petition Congress By Associated Press. New York, April 21. The following address was adopted at the annual meeting of the Associated Press to day: y "Representatives of 774 daily news papers gathered at annual meeting of the Associated Press, respectfully ask the president and congress to grant immediate relief from the exactions of combinations of paper makers, in September, 1907, and again in Novem ber, 1907. Attention of the authorities was directed to the excessive prices then demanded by the paper com bination. Immediately upon the as sembling of congress, 20 or more bills aiming to correst these conditions and to put paper and pulp on the free list were introduced and referred to the ways and means committee. Persistent effort to obtain a hearing have been refused. Dilatory tactics have been employed to prolong the present conditions and to carry over to another session of - congress every proposition designed for relief. All the newspapers here represented pro test against the delay. "Attention is also directed to the false reports' of news print paper prices which were recently furnished to con gress by director of the census bu reau. Newspapers here represented use approximately 80 per cent of news print paper consumed in, the United States. We denounce the quotations as submitted to congress as mislead ing and unworthy of credence. A reiteration of the accuracy of these figures of the directors after er ror had been called to public attention tends to shake public confidence and respect for statistics thus compiled." Miss Marguerite Clark Is 111 at The Selwyn Miss Marguerite Clark, the - attrac tive little actress who appeared as De Wolf Hopper's leading woman in "Hap pyland" at the Academy of Music last night, was unable to leave Charlotte with the rest of the company this morning on account of illness. She is at the Selwyn hotel under the care of physicians. A member of the company remained with her here. Miss Clark's illness will be learned of with genuine regret by the hundreds of admirers she made in last night's performance and all wish her a speedy convalesence. Messrs. David Ovens and Willard T. Corwith, the scretary of the Greater Charlotte Club, were out this morn ing soliciting members to the club. , Mr. 'Harold C. Dwelleh as returned from a trip to Savannah, Ga. Fishermen Were Rescued. By Associated Press. New York, April 21. The steam yacht, Columbia, belonging to J. Har vey Ladew', arrived from Florida with three fishermen on board rescued from their sinking boat in a gale o.1 of Charleston, S. C. The three men sailed from Charles ton in the fishing smack, Star, April 17th. Next day they were caught in a gale in which the smack lost her mast and most of her sails. When the derelict was sighted at sea she was running so high that the Co lumbia could not lower her boats. The yacht approached the Star so; near that the ropes could be thrown) to the three fishermen who were then ! hauled on board the Columbia. j Ladew and his party were not on board the yacht. J Senator Warner Makes Able Speech in Which he Expresses Belief Members of 25th. Infantry Shot Up Tcwn. Thinks Argument Contrary wise is Too Much of Tax on Credulity Publicity Bill Reported Alleged "Paper Trust Up." By Associated Press. Washington, D. C, April 21. Senator- Warner, of Missouri, addressed the senate on the Brownsville affair. He said he had served in the same command with negro troops in 1861 G5 and had no prejudice against the negro soldiers, adding: "I am not prepared to cry out against the negroes as soldiers, because . . . I believe members of the 25th infantry disgraced the uniform and stained the honorable record of their race as sol diers." He said it was to be regretted that a "studious and systematic effort has been made to arouse the race feel ing of the negroes iof the country against the president because of his ac tion with reference to those compa nies. "Those who thus work to arouse the race issue have taken upon them selves a heavy responsibility, for their action must necessarily serve to in crease the race prejudice which now exists to such an unfortunate ex tent." Senator Warner said it was incredi ble to him that "Any intelligent man, white or black, should have the hardi hood to charge that the president, in issuing an order discharging these sol diers, was influenced against them by reason of their color." He had endeavored, he said, to weigh the evidence with the view of doing evenhanded justice, adding: "I am driven to the conclusion that the members of those companies, whose identity has not been shown, made a midnight assault on the sleep ing and helpless citizens of Browns ville." 1 He pointed to the concurrence by Major Penrose with the view of the citizens committee of Brownsville as to the guilt of the negro soldiers. He said: "To have these soldiers in the service, with the stain of that crime resting on them, would have been criminal. No community in which they might be stationed would feel secure. Instead of being regarded as a protection they Would be feared as a menace." Continuing the senator sjiwU ' "In connection with the change of opinion on the part of the officers, there is one fact which, in my judg ment, had influence if not a con trolling influence on them. That fact is the ordering of a court martial to try Maj Penrose and Capt Macklin on charge of neglect of duty in reference to the Brownsville affray." While there was a special motive for the negroes to shoot up the town there was, he insisted, the absence of a mo tive on the part of any one else to do it. The people whose houses were shot up were people, he said, whose atti tude towards the soldiers was known to be hostile. He declared there was a direct evidence showing that the shooting was done by the soldiers. The senator said that the contention that the saloon keepers, in order to get rid of the colored soldiers shot in to the homes of friends with a reck less regard for their lives, while be ing careful of the lives of the soldiers was too great a tax on one's creduli ty. The claim that, the citizens of Brownsville did the shooting, he said for the purpose of getting rid of the negro soldiers, finds no reasonable sup port in the evidence. . He concluded by declaring that three bullets in the Yurria house pointed conclusively to the point from which they were fired, being over the second porch of the barracks occupied by com pany B. Acreage Reduction Urged. The house adopted Speaker Cannon's resolution, authorizing an appointment of the committee to investigate the so called paper trust and the general sub ject of wood pulp and the manufac ture of printing paper. Publicity Bill Reported. The McCali bill requiring a public ity of the campaign contributions was reported favorable to the house by the committee on election of the presi dent, vice-president and representa tives. President Will Sign Bill. As a result of the opinion rendered to the president by Attorney . General Bonaparte at the cabinet meeting, it is believed that the president will sign the employers' liability bill. Price of Paper Discussed. In explatnation of - the resolution Representative Dalzell said it was a matter of public notority that there has been a large increase in the price of paper. Never, he . declared, has there been such an agitation as has been aroused by the newspapers the last few weeks. It was, he said, ca- pable of mathematical demonstration - Continued on page & 'm m i te mm. r 1 if m m I mm i F:.1 l-V aril. m:1 W ftr
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