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k : 1 1 ; Jr. ! ' V I ( Tfao. WewgJHas the Largest Circulation lished in the Two Carolines 1- Hi -'--', j ir 1; E51 ASUSHED 1863. CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 11, 1909 PRICE 5 CENTS f Anv Artermnnn IPs- K "I . ' J l Cll-l 1" ' F0UR O'CLOCK EDITION. rr., THg ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. . ' - , Qld Wake Forest . r Celebrates Her J 75ft Birthday ? . - itupnii! ranis i -X. i3SS w.c Ymtf uuuuut run gssp- SRf J VC v- kk- CVl'.ew. t Governor Folk, of Missouri; Cover- vWT?' C ? mMmWUm e Heavi of The ( Wedn st Voting Cont est -a Ific CollW Co ;unity C,v.,- Itself Ov to Jorjtil Festivities- "'" passive Exercises Ht . in U in c rial Hall. ,;r lr- 5 to Dc- riir Appropriate Ad-Qi-csscs Pros' t Faunce 'tonight. C . l-'i-'i. II. This I Mystery Of The Caspian I .miis iilc. Mami'iti;; its its dishmcc vend si at ion, liam Lincoln Ky.. F-1). 1 1. Not wit li- hmccssiliilily, owing to troin tnc nw.foHt va the Ijirthplace of A bra near Housenvillo. will bo the nu'ca for .several thousand ltlgriins tomorrow on the occasion I ne Lincoln centenary. Four train.-; will be run from this city to convey the excursionists. One of ihe trains will be used for the accommodation of President Roosevelt and other notables who are to participate in the anniversary "' exercises Governor nlMiient. the la.r s roii'-est faculty, .'lions and the a thr history of T.'ih anniversary ii;!ci;e is In n entered into the 1 in some re-.ati'.-t event in ii'.oruins; the stn-'h- faculty, trns ',). vesentativi'S, il Hall, ihe class-uuv.o-v and fretli ; pve.' iih nts. en- .li joined I'.-.-i our Help .a adM;-ess 111 of fn in Anions them will be ex Folk, of Missouri; Gover nor Wtllson, of Kentucky: Secretary of War Wright Tnd Bishop Gallo way. It is estimated that several tjious and persons will hear the addreses, which will be delivered in a mam moth tent erected for the purpose. Members of the Louisville branches of the Grand Army of the Republic and United Confederate Veterans have vol ant erred their services as a personal escort, to President Roose velt to and from the sene of the day's celebration. BACK HOME AGAIN ! Report Made on Secret Service '. that they offer .ci.-e of abilities - V. oiihj Lave V . i! al.-o make eras r .-ion. the mold !:!':! i"i.c ponular pas- .it ii i h'is col h -.ire . i;o:!ii'ii to be the v. :;!( . .'oi'.s discover- . aim ioo, iiic ursr I5y Associated Pres.s. ! Wasliington. I). C1., Fib. lL.-Senator Jlenien .vay ivresented in the senate tnej report of t i i committee on appropria'-j lions cor. ernin.'.: the effect of limita-! tions upon secret service, contained in! i he sundry civil bill for the fiscal year! l'.i".i. which limitation was the subject of protest by president Roosevelt in his i annual me.-.Hae to congress. Ihe sueject was investigated by a snecial committee of Senators Henien- Is Returning Broke Inio a Flood of Tears When Mounting ihe Jail StepsPlead to See His Family and Re cognized His Brother. roceedmgs of sir The first sign of any mind of .Mr. " Will S. shown yesterday when reason to the Bigger s was he was taken to the jail. Riggers has shown great suspicion heretofore when anyone en tered hi.j cell in the police station tombs. With the clicking qf the lock or the first putting of n foot inside the eel!, he would rouse up, slave, of ten leap to his feet, and sometimes Special to The News. Raleigh. Feb. 11. Much tinit killed in the house on a long aiscus- j sion of the report of the committee ' on privileges and elections on the Dare county contest, declaring Wil- Hams entitled to a seat from Dare j instead of the Stringiield. imlepen-! lug of ti nigh: at i ion 4 me w ay. Gallinger and Clay and these sen-i roach into his pockets as if l'eeling.for ' , 1 V, httors found that the administration nad '. .f ' Gi" K r!-iVu,nc I not Wvn iu,mPered in its work by the ties of the his ad tin ir I'aith- al Wake Foie.-!. and inllncac-;.' ; 'e or di.'iier.;: b!e tliar r.lli-!.;o.-t Uiirccui- Religious Education in The Colleges :i .i mo'intjnn i'aiiC'.i. " u. 'i:');t- promi i'i'Ii Tile ontlil.e.s Chicago. 111., Feb. 11. The Depart ment oi Universities and Colleges oc cupied the center of the stage at to day's sessions of the general conven tion of the Religious Education Association. peim of The moral and religious influences are s"en , in .student, life were discussed from : !.;:;. ii is cer-j 5;u viewpoints by representatives of i! " i -i abli.-hiiruit i irading colleges throughout the coun i'ion many cocfli-' ry, prominent among the number - e ( o-op'irater!. I being President J-3iioi, of Harvard; i! tin. genesis of I President Hughes, of Ripon College; 1 Prof. Charles F. Kent, of Yale; , u.,c the l.i,-.toiy 1 President James, of the University i ha-ii-U'i s of the . ,,f Illinois; Prof. William A. Scott, of 'ic- earlv develop- the 1'nivcrsitv of Wisi onsin; Presi 1 dent Guv P. 'Ronton, of Miami Unl- i 1 i.i 1 1 !1 st ricken m i'e.l en the re-i . . ii! smilingly . '.' is 7T) yours pleasatiiry ( fi ran a I trim of I versity; Prof. Henory M. Bates, of the Hniversity of Michigan, and Prof. Hrnest II. Lindley, of Indiana Hni-versity. a weap'on. Oiflcer Kllioi t has been able to do a srood deal with him. The oiftcer spent half an hour with him in his cell yes terday trying to draw him out into conversation and getting into his good graces. Finally he said: "Let's walk out and get a little fresh air.' The cell door had been left open and P.ii'-'zers. accompanied by the offi cer, walked oat. They were joined by Officers P.Iacl and Squires and taken in a conveyance to the jail. Riggers did not fight or resist and as he was mounting the steps of the jail he seem ed te come to the first realization of ids situation, and broke into a flood of I tears, waiiimr out: "l'il never see my wife and children again! As the falling of ihe t'ain dissipates the cloud and clears the way for the shining of the sun. so did the shedding of tears seem to wash away the cob webs from the brain of the prisoner dent contestant. The fight is still in j progress. j Mr. Campbell sent forward a resoiu- f tion for a special committee of three j to examine the insurance depart- ; ment from its establishment to the i present, with the view to removing i doubt in mind as to misusing public adequacy of securities filed for the prolec'ici) of policies A.ul as to G general financial status of the de partment. 'Tt was referred to a se lect committee. .... i,. . -V ' tion of for taxes to become responsible for , state tax: to utithorize CharloTte to ' vote on a special tax for the Carnegie! library; to regulate the practice of architecture ami establish a state board of examiners. In the senate Mr. Dockery intro-' duced a bill for constitutional conven-; tion to meet the first Thursday in i .Tune i Other new 1 ills follow: ! Elliott, to. am'Mtd charter of North' Berlin, Feb. U. AdvL-es from Ba ku, the great oil port on the Caspian, tell of the agitation of the popuiacs there over the impenetrable mystery surrounding: the deaths of three of the city's wealthiest residents. The three victims of the strange fatality, headed by H. Krassilrukoff, a noted sportsman, went on a shooting expe dition to a small island in the Cas pian, not far from Baku. As they did not return home at the time they had arranged to do so some friends went to the island to see what had become of them. As soon as the searching party landed they saw two horses hobbled and quietly grazing at a spot not far from the shore, but beyond these animals there was no sign of life. The searchers decided therefore to pro ceed alone; the shore, and had tra-! versed about half a mile when they came upon a sight as strange as it was terrible. Lying close to each other were the bodies of the men they had come to seek. Each had the hands crossed over the breast, as it reverently prepared for the tomb. ! Their faces were calm and compos ed. There was no sign of any strug gle, no marks or bruises on the flesh, no disarrangement of the hunting costumes. The money and jewelry each of tin: , sportsmen had carried was l'oinul in- j tact. The only things that had dis appeared were their riiles, revolvers and hunting knives. Of these not - ft- fltit z uuU trace could be found. The boat Public Uah ties Will iu v;hich Th sport!,men h:i ,i;mi.M to t lie inland lay well up on the j sand where it evidently bad b n ! A: ;vr- i-.-mi.-iin e-:iiu,t -i niupf- ' dra w ii and t iirned keel umvurds as. it to secure it. esaay Miss Esielle Wolfe, Miss Blanche Rozoe, Miss Lemma Clodfetter, Miss Winnefied Ca r raw ay Poll Heavy Votes, Miss Jett Brawley, Miss Adelaide Erwin, Miss Rena Mundy and J. R Anderson Also in Evid" e nee-Just a Week to Go ' THE LAST BONUS OFFER. Hope For a e New Charter was j Mayor Franklin Still Op timistic. Board of Alder, men Meets lo-night An extra ballot of 15,000 will be given for every $25.00 worth of new subscriptions turned in be- tween 7 a. m. Feb. 8th and mid- night Saturday, Feb. 13th. Again be Beard From. .lus' a week more and everyone will hf telling his friends that he voted for the successful candidate for the Biiick in the News' prize contest. They'll all say that they chipped in. and tell inst how much they chipped. And half of them voted for tlv other feilow. That's human nature. T1i"v ;dl love to be en ik- winning t-i-'e of them ihat is m doubt a; e boara ot aldermen for to .n o'clock lo consider ques- my ono is to where j to deno.sit his votes is far more likelv In a line with ihe beads of ihej'o c;.sr ibem for the fj;iv who looks j dead men. and some twenty feet I ke a 'n e winner or ;(i leji acts like Kitainiiig to the charter. Theiawav from them, v.Os u onical ere than for Gio fellow who wants to tin w wil i,e held in the citv hall, j mound of newty-turr.ed earih about be feln.-d even though be thinks ho ' .three feet hish. This was examined, has r.o nossiide show. One feature of it will be the appear-, .jt;, 1he rL.sl,ir that the explorers! Everybody likes to be 'in.-l up with an.ee of representatives of the public, were mor" justified than ever. In !h. liming side in ;.i:. son of a con ! rtiiitv corporations who have some- the center of the mound thev found j test, li von show thai von are goitr I thine additional to sav in regard to the H cl!rUms n fished stone , to v in or at least have a chance to ; ' . rut. lino a series ot tacets. on one of, i win ever;, one will tlcci; in vour Ftand- i proposed iranchise tax on gross m-j which was sarved ;.n orthodox Greek I an! an. I sr main- i.ns.dicircil votes wil! will f comes and the like. Another feature will be jcross. The stone was of a kind quite the uresenta-! nnkiiown in Bacpi or the district, and the conmiimioution from Chair-J McDowell, of the sub-committee; evidently of foreign origin. When the bodies were eon eyed to man McDowell, oi the subcommittee j Baku an aropRV was at once made. of 1u of the committee of H0, in re-j the first thought being that the gard to the request from the board that i sportsmen had in Mnlc way h en the sub-committee meet with them. It ! Poiono,l. No trace of, p.uson was . found, however, and The physicians is understood that m this comnnmica- j C(mM arriv, ilt no otht?r coiu lusion tion he refuses to meet with the lull than that the trio had been in sim; board and insists that this procedure i way stifled. Th.e a ft air is regarded would be out of order, as it had already i bv those who have investigated it ! neen agreeo. iiiai ine ssuu-cuiiinmn-e a.s one ot tne mna amazing aim niys-'Tha - u j 1. .. l,.. i . j. - i ' - - 'a us oiiiv lo i icai. '.Mm uiu uutuiis turn- j it nous ever yet recorueo. mittee of 1U -. i be G'.rcwn to von tba.i .-.-loan ifi) (y the trrnvtb of your score. If jon hold track and .tay far Iown the c:i!m,.ii there will he a lack of warmth among your iiicmis that will .-.urprise eu. Lay yori- jdai-s well for th" few remaining da: of tin contest and remember that now it is a case of gauging the other fellow's reserves and l iliP'-i un enough votes to J-at him out. The contest i.i.Mi.itt't's favorito sajing at this stag- of the game is. "P.etter Slave a million vot"s too many o lack a fw hundred at the In- , I'ho; to be ' '.. . eat s youn:; i I with some ':' i ir- iii otber lands I ' oi'a i hotissi nd ''! :!! be yrning and with "" year-; .! ;.''osi't rt.us years -i.'. s'nall celebrate ::.! I.irthdiiy. viii be present t.o 'he congratulations i' is permitted one c.f Pisgah's - v, contemplate uitaviuiition. ;'.'oin may per-1 ii iiirirld where I' may liave a:-'- ii. aces or" l"arning. i ! cf insl ; uctor:-- 'iier iu'ip students ''i o,-.ia. put then " in ' I'e work of iio-siidi- onl.'" as i:i the convention. ; i ustees and faculty ' .-.it i" spirit of self ' ;" i and consecrnt ion ' dai -i i hat characier ' i. hers and mothers !d"tl Hie (oIIge., ' h; l.it:, "(hxl Bless !! POLICE RAID m w i i m t c ra & a r a a I DU NtbHUtb WEREARRESTED By Associated Press. Ftd. ll.-lu a raid Pa., been th. roll; ge Glee "The Genesis of ; " I).'. II. W. Sikes, ' science, gave, the c'diee. wldch was Pittsburg. Pa today the police of Brownsville arrested 1"o negroes wli; have loafing about the coke ovens. All were discharged at the hearing Inter :m,t ordered to leave town, ex cept six. who are being held pending tin investigation of their records m Pittsburg. Cleveland. Ohio, and other places. According to the Brownsville authori ties, most of the negroes are from Pitts burg, which place they left when the police made wholesale arrests of neg roes on account of the many assaults against white women. Distress. 1 e',.;i. begat ;is Ol the fl.'sf .!:::. p w; s the i big need for a id -ifv. Mi page i; , o TH ChRLOTTENFVJR it the nark in By Associated Press. Norfolk. Va.. Feb. 11. A hark, nosed to be the Mantanxas from sup-Fer- nandina to Philadelphia, was- touay sighted ten miles from Big Kennakeet fl ing distress signals. The seas were so high during the morning the life savers were unable to put. out to her. The message over the government sea coat wire says it is believed the bark desires a tug. and clear the way for 11:'.: light of rea son io glimmer again. This, in -connection with careful treatment, by a specialist, begun to bear fruit, and I'iggers silent a. more, restful night, ihan be has heretofore done. He slept, some and did not. break out inio lis tantrums of singing and siiouUng any more. This morning he became calmer ami more tractable still and recognized his brother for the first time since the tragedy. He conversed intelligibly with his brother and in the course of the conversation he expressed a yearn ing desire to sec his wife and children the little tots that, he patted affec tionately upon the head in the early morning of the tragedy before .coming up town. It is said to lie probable that. this reouest will-be granted and t hat. his immediate family will be allowed to see him soon. There is no doubt that Biggers has suffered temporary aberartion of mind There could be no simmulation in the fierce glare of th.e eye and the mad mans grip ot tnat smgie nana: ine shaking, as a cat does a rat, of one or his friends who had ventured into his cell the first day of the killing. So said a physician who has examined Bi gers. If Chief of Police Christenbury had not, stepped into the cell at the time this incident occurred the friend of Biggers might have suffered harm "I never had the realization of such tremendous strength in a man's hand as 1 did when Biggers caught me by the lapel of the coat and shook me at that time. On a second occasion, as 1 was about, to s'en into his cell., he rose to his feet and said: " 'Don't let any d d thief come in here.' " Not until yesterday, it is said, did .e ever make anv inquiry about his wife and children. I It. is learned that Mrs. Biggers had) been up with Biggers for three nights previous to the tragedy, and her first. !E outcry on hearing of the news of what j Carolina Farm-eis' Mutual Fire sr. ranee Association. ( Blow, to provide identification and reg ulation of automobiles on highways of the state. 1 nought on, to 'srcvid for inspection of illuminating cols and fuels. ' The hi.", V:y Barringer for the crea ;i of new judicial district of Guilford and Alamance counties met defeat, at. its final road hitr today bv 25 to IS on roll call. It had passed- the second reading yoslerclav by two majority. Bill was passed to incorporate D ver and Lineointon. Club Meetings Next Week. The Eitevature depart meat of Jim Woman's Club will meet next Tues day at 1! o'clock in th.e morning. A genera! meeting of the chab will be hehi Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. The Household Economics department will have charge of the program. can oner Stormy Voyage The hitch at preseut in the charter negotiations seems to be in the differ ence of opinion as to what is the pro per line of procedure. It is a serious matter and on its solution depends the fate of the charter. Chairman Mc- Howell seems to he rather hopeless of accomplishing anything substantial, but Mayor Franklin said ihis morning that he believe? an agreement and undcr standing would he reached whereby the work of building the charter would ! go on. Mr. McDowell said last night: : "All negotiations between th1 board ! of aldermen and the committee ap pear to be at un end. Prior to the meeting at tlnj court house Monday night, the board of aldermen bad ap pointed from its number a committee of l't to confer with the charter com mittee of 1b. The agreement was that the two committees should meet to confer after the court house meeting at the call of the mayor, who was chair man of the conference committees. "This was not done. ! "The board of aldermen met. and j acted upon certain provisions of the; charter without any notification to the! j charter committee and then invited the charter committee to meet witn tn C. &. O. New Directors of By Associated Press. New York, Feb. It. At a meeting of directors of the Chesapeake a Ohio E. A. Vanderlip. Edwin I lower, j H. E. Huntington. .1. G. CasGi s. Frank Tumhull and Frederick Scott. of Ifiehmond. Va., were elected directors to succeed Samm ! pea. .L P. Green. Walter G. Otkman, George S. Bow doin, T. .1. Fowler and Martin Erd man. retiring members of the old hoard. t ilMli-ll. ! Well I PBFST FIFRT MB TI HJSLEIS entire board for eonierence. By Associated Press. VVU- Vn:.V 17 11 li'Hli oil 1, n w.-..,i v ,..t,.,i iv tiw octant Hction as peculiar anjj inconsitent and labors for days to keep their vessel free of water, the schooner Richard F. C. Hartley, from Jacksonville, was The charter committee regards such refuse to meet a larger committee than was first agreed upon. "In other words, the charter com mittee, which trained the charter an The Hartley left Jacksonville for i New York on January 26th and had j heavy weather all the way uy. During a severe blow- several of her sans were split, two planks in her side were stove in by pounding seas anil the existence of a serious leak below was evidenced by the speedy accumula tion of six feet of water in her hold. By the hardest hind of work her crew managed to keen her afloat until help came. Home Coming Of Big Fleet Business. Let Cervas Bill Go Over. By Associated Press. Washington. Feb. 11. All attempts lo pass at IhN lime the census bill over the president's veto were aban doned seemingly today by the leaders of the House and Senate. A Hiasty poll of membership of the two houses was not encouraging to the passage of the vill over the veto. I her husband had clone was to say, j not let him have any weapons. Ill mav Kin nimsen. President Roosevelt Off Bv Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Feb. 11. -Presi dent Roosevelt left here at noon today for Hodgenville, Ky., where tomorrow he wiil honor the memory of Lincoln at the war president's birthplace. Associated Press. Vashington. D. C, Feb. 1 1. In point 'Do : of public interest the home-coming of He i lite great battleship fleet promises to exceed the notable departure of the same vessels. Forty-eight men have died oh the fleet, since it left Hampton Roads in December, 1907, up to the time the fleet left Gibraltar, according to the department figures. The ratio of deaths to 15,000 men, composing crews and officers of the fleet is probably lower than in the ordinary walks of life. to be suppliants or advocates. "The charter committee stands upon its rights and will not yield un der pressure to meet any committee of larger numbers and where the con test would be unequal from the start." Attempt to Draw Color Line Was Failure Bv Associated Press. London. Eng.. Feb. 11. --The attempt to draw the color line, quite a new departure in this country, met with signal failure, at Birmingham, when an" effort was made to exclude a negro student of the university from the lo. cal skiiting rink'. The students took up the negro's By Associated Press. Port Eads. via New Orleans, Ea., Feb. 11. The so .nit cruiser Birming ham crossed the bar at 8:50 this morn ing and proceeded on her way up the river, conveying President-Elect Taft and party to New Orleans. The program lor the entertainment of ihe president provides for an en thusiastic welcome and elaborate en tertainment. Taft in Good Spirits. Port Eads, via New Orleans. La., Fell. 11. As the president-elect board ed the Birmingham salutes were fired by the cruisers North Carolina and Montana. The president-elect has been in fine spirits. The warm sunshine ot the tropics stii was present. The people of Port Eads and Hilloiown were up early watching for the transfer. As the Birmingham passed up the rivT the pilot boats blew their whisles. Mr. Tait responded lo ihe by doffing his hat. i i whisle- ! sahtH ning n prize. cause and hired a lawyer .to oppose thej ) renewal oi" the rinks license. ' Tht King Inciisposed. I The management of the rink a polo-j By Associated Press. j gi7.ed in c oiut this niorning and proinis-1 Berlin. Feb. ll.--King Edward is; ed not lo make any race distinction j suffering from an attack of bronchial ladies and gem lemen. can you see lh' hand writing on the wall? Do you see that it is going to take some voting from now until the finish? Not voting once a week, hut. once a day, and a good strong vote at that, if you want to he ui with the -procession. The liny making days are here, the busiest of the year; it's a little late for coupons, hut ju.-t right for votiD cer tificates. How about your friends in the country? Hav yon thought of all of them? Have you seen them all? A few of those two-year subscriptions which give you 0,O0fl votes each, v-o'ild help quite a bit. Get aftr t hem. Mr. Candidate, the time is getting j short. If you are to win one of tho splendid prizes the News has offered you will have lo get busy and stay bttsy the rest of the time. It may look ; s if vnu hail a cinch on some one of il." prizes now. Perhaps you think you are sure of the first grand prize, but being sure is a dangerous state of mind. While you are feeling certain you will hesitate for a moment in the race and some one who is awake all th.e time will make a lap on you and carry off the honors and the prem iums. If you know how to work you want io use that knowledge now. This is the time when your work will count you more than it possibly can at any other time. Get busy and stay busy. Be the busiest you ever were in your life. If you aren't you will regret it after the thing is all over. The Last Bonus. All the wise candidates are out to win the last bonus vote mat win oe offered during this contesL After this week there will be no votes over and above the regular scale published in the News This is the final word on the bonus proposition. If yon appreciate the value of votes secured in this manner get busy and win them. You don't have to stop with- one, you know, and the wise ones will try for several of them. You can overcome the ltaders by a hard week's work. This offer may look small to you aftei the preceding ones of larger size, but remember it is a time of heavy oting now, and jou should win at least two of these extra certificates if von wish to teel confident ot win- in the futui e: Loss By Fire' $200,000. By Associated Press. Sumner, Miss.. Feb. 11. Fire last night, partly destroyed the business section of Sumner. The loss is ?'J00,-000. catarrh, and. according io a local news nanfr t.as; r-:iH.ii in erir.i;iilt:iHon it German phvsician, who ordered him to remain in his room until h was better.) In spite of this, however, the king hadj luncheon with the officers of the Dra goon regiment, of which he is honorary colonel. Circulation CHARLOTTE NEWS Wednesday, February ICth, 6,812. . ; "' v . , . i i - ; -':!t; , - ; i . ' . t , 1 : "-:- , ; i 'it ' ' . t r i Ml !; i i; ."li 1" .i t. 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