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as the Largest Circulation of Any Afternoon Paper, Published! intKe Two Carolines rmi r . .V SECTION ONE TEN PAGES 11 If SECTION ONE. . TEN PAGES. THREE O'CLOCK EDITION MO THREE O'CLOCK EDITION THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. -" ESTABLISHED 1888. CHARLUri b. N. G , SATURDAY tiViiNU: DEEMBbR 4, 1909 PRICE 5CENTS eu rrotectei In Nicaragua i Rio- .Railroad' ' tMMii mftmm C::::':' Wnele Satn b i am a a a .T'hrate Chicago Tribune Declares That Every Railroadin 'I he Country is in Dan ger of Being Completely lied Up. Predicts Greatest Strike in History of The Na tionOrganizations De mand a Ten Per Cent Wage Increase. p. Associated Press. ChkT.se. Dec. 4. The Tribune this viRunk-S fays the United States is threatened with the greatest railroad strike in the nation's history", and that ,-vriy i:-ilroad in the country is in niinnneiu danger of being completely no by the walkout on the part of ;::i-e numbers of operating employes this month. The Tribune declares: "Officers of ei ionizations of engineers, firemen, trainmen and switchmen have agreed lit en uniform demand of te per cent vwiae increase, without deviation or er.ir.piGinise. That a crisis is approach ing rapidly is indicated by the an licuncement from New York by offi ce: of the- Brotherhood of RailroSd Tnunnien that . they would present Their demands on December 11th, fol lowed by a conference on the 15th. " Situation Brighter. S:. Paul, Minn.-,-Dec. 4. With both ? ides professing confidence the fourth day of the Switchmens' Strike began with no apparent progress made to viards settlement of the controversy. While the switchmen cdaim to have the situation in hand, railroads "nave been making headway by import ation of new men. . Today they promise to handle more height than at any time since the strike began. It is believed normal conditions will soon be established. Lumber Plant At Lincolnton 'Burned Swci.:! to The News. Jj'iicolnion, N. C, Dec. 4.The Mich-.J-Glteen Manufacturing Company's entire plant, with several hundred dol lars worth of lumber, doors, sash and other articles made by the company, was entirely destroyed by fire yester day morning. The alarm was turned in about 2 o'clock, when the blaze was first dis coverer but the fire made such head way that there was no hopes of saving anything. The loss is estimated at eight or ten thousand dollars, with $7, ij"1"! insurance. This plant was built by Capt. B. F. Grigg some five years ago and was the iPit equipped concern of lts kind in Lineolcton. In 1907 the plant was bought by Messrs. R. M. Michal, Vic tor .Motz. Jas. and Levi Gheen and others, and incorporated as the Mich-al-Gheen Manufacturing Company. Sub sequently the Gheen's sold their inter ests and Mr. W. W. Motz became in-u-reted in the business. The origin of the fire is unknown. Asheville Postoffice Receipts Break, Record Special to The News. Ashevilio, Dec. 4. The receipts ot 'nr- Asheville postoffice during the past X'ovember have broken all pre vious records for the month. Dur ing November 1909 the receipts were $:viKf.!: $1,249.14 increase" over Member of last year or a gain ot 2f;-fi per cent. These figures are wore significant from the fact that there was; no convention during the iiionth ana very few visitors. The healthy business conditions are high pleasing to the merchants, who re looking forward to a big Christ was trade. No More Marathon Races. By Associated Press. Chicago, 111., Dec. 4.-Holding that 'rag grinds are too much of a strain aM injurious to runners, the directors f the Illinois Athletic Club have pro nounced the doom of the annual mara 'iwn o,' that body. OITfliGE HUE SHE Rv lac. Associated Press. '.'-tie, Wash., Dec. 4.-The strike sit :n in the Pacific Northwest is nrac- Ik;. T Par ins !'y unchanged. 1 Great Northern and Northern i;k: railways have several switch ' --rews at work here and have a inn iioer of men undergoing instruc Preparatory to adding them to lr iorces. tioi til, STOAT .01 " "mm i m i ... . . I I i im'm- m jnMiMPP'n GUN TO SHOOT AIRSHIPS. , (jE!BSl$f ' "jjf 1 y By Associated Press. ' jv j.: 'l' lT I " A gun is being designed by orda- i J ' ' 1 JH uNI' i ( zJ&B&flhi ! nance experts of the armv for ' lf rN yK VnV ' ZZ' ri A the purpose of shooting diregi- ' fimsWfnC IVlKV" ' rHT" Xlrv - AJtSkS' t ,ble balloons and aeroplanes. , wgSJ J''r J" . ffiJ - Foes of Saloon Are To Rally Chicago, Dec. 4. Chicago is to be aroused into a lively campaign against saloons. The agitation is to be given shape at the annual convention of the American Anti-Saloon league, which is to assemble in this city Monday for a session of five da3's. Arrangements have been made to celebrate to-morrow as "Temperance Sunday" and stir public sentiment by agitating the ob ject of the league in 100 pulpits in Chi cago churches. The national organization of the American Anti-Saloon league has been in existence for thirteen years. Its one and only object is to create public sentiment against the existing evil in saloons. Delegates "will be present at the coming convention from prac- i tically every state and territory and from several of the Canadian pro vinces. Among the scheduled speakers are many of the leading orators and tem perance workers of the country. In cluded in the list are Bishop Luther B. Wilson, who is president of the league; John G. Woolley, the noted Prohibition party .leader; Bishop Wil liam F. McDowell, Congressman Mil ler of Kansas, Congressman Hobson of Alabama, and Dr. George R. Stuart of Tennessee. Gastonia News of a Day Special to the News. Gastonia, Dec. 4. At the city capi tal at 3:30 o'clock yesterday morning, Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, wife of Dr. Frank G. Wilson, died after an illness of many months, aged 34 years. Mrs. Wilson is survived by her hus band, Dr. Frank G. W'ilson, her father, Postmaster B. G. Bradley, one brother, Mr. S. W. Bradley, , and one daughter, Lucy, about eight years old. Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian church, of which the deceased had been a member since girlhood, at 11 ofclock this morning, conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. C. Anderson. Hoyle, thev seven-year-old son of J. W. Martin, who lives near the Arling ton Mill, was run over by a freight train near the Arlington yesterday af ternoon about 2 o'clock and died at 5 o'clock from the effects of his injuries. Both his legs were cut off at the thigh. It is not known how he came to be run over, , but it is supposed that he was trying to swing the train, which was running slow. A simple but pretty home wedding was solemnized Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sloan, near Belmont, when their daughter, Miss Nancy Sloan, be came the bride of Mr. Pinkney Harris, of Waxhaw. The bride is well known and very popular in Gastonia, having been superintendent of nurses at the City Hospital for seme months before resigning on November first. The ceremony was performed by Rev. L. A. Falls, of Charlotte, in the presence of a number of friends and relatives. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Har ris drove t6 Charlotte and took a train for their new home at Waxhaw, where Mr.' Harris is a prominent business man. . Mrs. Thomas Lee Craig,, who has been undergoing treatment at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for some. weeks, returned to her home here Thursday much improved. New President for S. A. L.v By Associated Press. , Norfolk, Dec' 4. N. S. Meldrum, newly elected president of the Sea board Air Line Railway, will reach Norfolk Tuesdajr to - "Line up" the Seaboard organization under the new regime. What changes will $e made are not kijown. New Canadian Northern Line. Ottawa, Ont.,' Dec. 4. Arrange ments have been completed for the inauguration to-morrow of the new direct day and night train service be tween Ottawa and Quebec. The ser vice will be operated by the Cana lier. Tvf v,v.n nnohpc . Railwav. although i. LiJVi AX Jfc V - . ' the new section from Ottawa to Hawkesbury, 58 miles, has been built under the Canadian Nortnern uuuuiu . CHESTER WON GAME. Special to The News. : - In the football game Chester i won by, a score of 23 to Ft. Mill 0 this morning. It TOBACG Special to The News. Durham, Dec. 4. The last tobacco estimates show that for general aver ages, the month of November broke every record that has been made on the local market. October of 1908 saw more pounds go on the floors and a' good average, the best in Durham's lifetime, was maintained. Prophecies of poor crop and weak prices, have beenyknocsed silly. Durham is literally unloading gold upon the farmers. , ' j :JJZ SVVIU. UUM X " j ably high figure at times, the general average has not been- badly oft j .enough to cause much of a complaint , and when the books were turned over"! for inspection Tuesday of the current ; week, it was seen that $14.69 had : been paid for every hundred ponds j of tobacco sold here. There were sold in November, 1,705,886, the largest number of Ipounds this year. This brought more 'than a quarter ot a million dollars, or to be exact $250,673.46. Almost any market can beat this for nitober of pounds, as Durham doesn't claim to be a great sa'esplace so far as pounds go, but it is contend ed here that there can't be found a market on earth which pays better prices and few can show better to- bacco. It is said that a Kentucky farmer here during -the visit of the farmers natipnal congress here, said after he saw the way things went here, he didn't believe he had any license to be a night rider. He didn't if price was what he had been kicking about before. - I These figures must impress every body. The charge made so often that ( the tobacco farmers are being so impiously robbed, is well-answered here, no matter if it is contended that the buyers are. put up to paying fine prices on certain grades ot j tobacco. When it goes nearly to To ! cents one entire month and approach-1 es a million and - three quarter pounds, somebody is fortunate and it isn't the tobacco trust necessarily. Special to the News. Chester, S. C, Dec. 4. While hunt- ing for rabbits yesterday afternoon ' John Carter, aged 20 years, shot Jim Woqdard, 65 years old, in the chest with a shot gun, which resulted in his death shortly after the shooting. The shooting occurred near Cornwell at 2 o'clock. Carter declares the . killing was accidental. Woodward was stand ing at . the top of a hill and a rabbit was runnina: in his direction and. Car- .ter alleges, his gun must have jumped, for the rabbit was" just midways up the hill, on which Voodard was stand- ing when he discharged his gun. Car- ter was frightened a little immediate- ly after the shooting and ran. Howr ever a posse in search of him met him coming down the road to give up. Cor- oner Leckie left for Cornwell last night to hold an inquest. Carter is nnw Indeed in the county prison. Woodard and Carter are colored. Mr. C. W. Pearson, of Greensboro is rpffistered at the Buford tor a tew . m i n 1 1 T NEAR CHESTER T I GETTING NERVOUS! Jur e H Jury in The Famous Casq of The Citv National Bank of Greens b or o Returns Verdict of Not Guilty. District Attornep Holton Decides to Nol Pr o s Other Cases And Lee H. Battle is a tree Man. - Special to The News. Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 4. The jury in the case of the government against Lee H. Battle, cashier, of the City Na tional Bank, on trial in the federal court here" for the past two weeks, re turned a verdict of not guilty at 10 o'clock this morning. District Attorney Holton announced that he would nol pros two other cases against Battle, and he was discharg ed. . Judge Boyd, in thanking the jury, said it was evident that the communi ty believed Mr. Battle had committed no intentional wrong. The court adjourned unti? January 10th. By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 4,-r-The trans- ! port Prairie, carrying 700 marines and a cargo of equipment to be used in possible campaign in Nicaragua, is still stuck in the mud at Pea Patch Isl and, where the vessel was grounded early Thursday night. No attempt has been made to pull thejbig ship out of the mud on the flood tide early today, but a herculean effort will be made this afternoon. Lightering of the vessel"s coal and stores continues, without, interruption Ammunition is being unloaded because of the dangerous character of the con tents of ammunition boxes, the work is proceeding slowly. Cracksmen Made Haul By Associated Press. . ( Athol, Mass., Dec. 4. Overpowering a policeman and express messenger seven burglars .used nitroglycerine and blew open the safe of the Athol postoffice, securing $500 cash and $900 worth of stamps. ) : THE WEATHER O-Qx&Kfr , Forecast Till 8 P. M. Sunday. : For Charlotte and Vicinity: Fair tonight and Sunday. TRE PRAIRIE STILL STUCK . Acquits . Battle ank Case Musical At Gastonia Special to The News. Gastonia, . Dec. 4. The 'Woman's Betterment Association of Gastonia gave a most delightful musical and play Nov. 30th in the graded school auditorium. ; ..The association was' most fortunate in the selection of the musicians. Miss Annie Latimer, the popular piano instructor .who always delights her hearers rendered a most difficult piano solo. The teacher of voice atfcLinwood College rendered in her sweet charming manner a solo, also a duet with Mrs. H. B. Moore,. Miss Mary Galloway from Charlotte charm ed every one by her solos, her voico being exceptionally sweet, strong and clear. Prof, and Mrs. Overcarsh the popular teachers of voice and piano added greatly to the program by' an instrumental duet and vocal solo by Prof. Overcarsh. The farce " come'dy, "A Luncheon in the Suburbs" was a pretty and laughable little comedy from begin ning to end; the ladies in the' cast each one doing credit to themselves. The association realized over ?75.U'J wiiiah amount goes toward paying the $300.00 debt for school ground work. This work is undertaken entirely by the women, and Gastonia graded school grounds are being made very attractive t under the supervision ot landscape gadener Collier of Char lotte. Durham Making Pre parations for Ball Team Special to The News. , Durham, Dec. 4. The fans will ap point a day soon when they will get together and decide what they are go ing to do with reference to the bail proposition. . ; There was a general disappoint ment here that any team wishing really to be in the league should have" lost ovit. There appears now little doubt that the locals will make application, and will send their money for the guarantee of $500. For mid season, there has been raised a goodly pledge for getting into the league and providing the sinews ot baseball war. Ansonville to Have $100,000 Bank Special to The News. Wadesboro, Dec. 4. Anson county is to have another bank.. The BanK of Anson, to be located at Anson ville, with authorized capital stock of $100,000 has been chartered and will soon begin business with Robert L. Steele "of Rockingham and L. L. Little of Ansonville as principal stock holders. Ansonville is "a village ten miles north of Wadesboro and will be on the new Winston-Salem Southbound now building from Wades boro. Ansonville has the opportunity of becoming a good town with the building o'fthe railroad. Ketchel! Will Fight. By Associated Press. -. s I San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 4. Stanley 'Ketchel accepted the offer of Promo ter Hugh Mcintosh today to go to '-Australia for three ring battles. The middleweight champion will embark in a few days, i BOY HURT IN FOOTBALL GAME. By Associated Press. Attica, Ind., Dec. 4. Will Mor- ris,.aged 20-years, was seriously injured yesterday, in a football game. & His neck was sprained and he Was injured internally. He is the support of a widow- ed mother. Special to The News. : : " ; K - Wadesboro, Dec. 4. The funeral services of James A. Dunlap were held yesterday at Cedar Hill and the interment took place at Concord church. The sad accident which caus ed the death of Mr. Dunlap has cast a gloom over the eitire town. Messrs. James and Joseph Martin were eye-witnesses of the accident and saw the approaching train but could not make Mr. Dunlap hear them and he drove cn the track immediately in front of the train and was instant y,' killed. The horse was not injured: The train was a through south bound freight in charge of Conductor Fountain and Engineer A. D. Brooks. An inquest was not deemed neces sary and the remains were brought up town and carried to the home ot Mrs. R. D. Ross, a niece of Mr. Dun lap, where they were prepared for burial. The funeral will take place-to burial. The funeral took place Fri-' day morning at 11 o'clock from the late residence of the deceased c JJt Cedar Hill, the interment being at Concord church. ' . James A. Dunlap was one of the best known citizens of the 'county and had a large and prominent family connection. He was about 55 years of age and one of the most likeable of men. His friends are deeply grieved because of his untimely death. He was twice married. His second, wife and 12 children survive. Dr. Victor Dunlap, for several years a star football player at the Univer sity, but who is practicing medicine at Albemarle, is his oldest son. Messrs. D: R. Dunlap, of Ansonville and Geo. T. Dunlap, of Norwood, are his surviving brothers. Milk Wagon Driver Branned. By Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 4 Henry Corn stock, a milk w;agon driver, was plac ed under ban by the health author ities because of his alleged typhoid infection and dissemination of germs through milk 12 years after his re covery from- typhoid fever, He de clares he will appeal and submit to government experts for examina tion. Mr. H. B. Parker of Tupelo, Missis sippi, is in the city on business and is stopping at the Selwyn. . PROiNEIT CITIZEN RUN OVER Bf Till News Forecast Coming Washington, D. C, Dec. 4. The as sembling of Congress and the Presi dent's message will furnish the most important news of the week. Seldom has the meeting of the national body of lawmakers been looked forward to with more public interest than at pres ent, due largely to the general expec- j tation, that the session .will deal with 1 railway legislation, the amendment of the Shermananti-trust act and other matters of wide spread interest and importance. J ' Simultaneous with the meeting of Congress several important national gatherings will assemble in the capi tal to impress upon the lawmakers the necessity for legislation along vari ous lines. The Southern Commercial Congress will meet during the first two days of the week and will be imme-. diately followed by the annual meeting of , the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. j . Other conventions of general inter est scheduled for the week include the meeting of the American Anti-Saloon League in Chicago and the American Civic Alliance congress 'in New York. The annual meeting of the National Civil Service Reform -league will be held in New York Thursday and Fri day. Among the subjects to be dis cussed are civil pensions, consular re form and the application of the merit j system to the higher municipal ot flees. The property of the Waters-Pierce 1 With Arrival at Cor into of Three Warship s U. S. Will be Able to Guar antee Prot ection of American Interests, . , It is Not Thought Land ing of Bluejackets Will be Necessary When Such Steps Might Have to Be Taken By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 4. With the ar rival at Corinto possibly today or tomorrow of the cruiser Albany and Ihe gunboat Yorktowii from Magda lena Bay, the United States will t3 in position to take as aggressive steps as the occasion may demand for the protection of American interests along the Pacific coast, of Nicaragua. Together with assistance of the gunboat Vicksburg the three war ships will have a quota of 600 fight ing men. Guns aboard the vessels are consid ered large enough to subdue any hostile demonstration against Ameri cans in the seaport towns, in the event of trouble in the interior. These forces, with a supply ot ammunition, are regarded sufficient to bring fear to any force likely to present themselves in 'opposition. It is believed in Washington, that the mere presence of the three ships in the. harbor of Corinto will be enough to insure the safety ot American citizens and American prop erty on the Pacific slope. The landing of blue-jackets or the shelling of seaports is not anticipated, neither is the seizing of the customs house at Corinto, once held by the British after the Nicaraguan govern ment refused to pay a debt, are re garded as likely. ' r"" Only after demand for idemnitx for the killing of Groce and Cannon and the refusal to pay ' that claim might such steps be taken. ; Battleships Arrive. Colon, Dec. 4. The gunboat Eagle arrived here from Costa Rica today, the gunboat Marietta, which has been laying off the Port Limon, Costa Rica came into this port last night. . . . Receiver Appointed. Special to The "News. - Asheville, . Dec. 4. Judge J. E. Boyd has appointed E. I. Frost as receiver of the Carolina Clay Com pany, a corporation controlling kaolin mines in the. extreme western part of the state with offices in Asheville. The action of the court is taken upon suit of Thomas L. Hoge of Pennsyl vania, who alleges that he owns 178 shares of stock in the company, val ued at $100 per share; and that the non-operation of the plant is causing a loss in rents and royalties which would soon bankrupt the company. ' The capital stock is J$50,000. E. I. Frost is president and secretary. Mrs. W. H. Redfern and son W. H. Redfern, jr., will leave tomorrow tor Calhoun, Ga., to spend several weeks. Oil Company in Texas is to be put tip for sale at public auction in - Austin on Tuesda to satisfy a judgment ob tained by the State of Texas in its suit against the company for violation of the anti-trust law. The property to be sold is valued at $4,000,000. The second trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Railways of San Francisco, charged with bribery in connection with the gsanting of a street railway franchise, is sched uled to begin in San Francisco MonA day. 0 . The trial of some of the members of the so-called Maybray gang, who are charged with swindles aggregating over a million dollars through the me dium of fake horse races,, wrestling matches and other sporting contests, will be taken up during the week jn the United States district 'court in Iowa. , :...'.,.; A number of Italians and Sicilians who were rounded up by the federal, authorities" in Ohio last summer on a charge of being connected with the Black Hand society , will be placed on trial in Toledo Tuesday. Sufficient evidence, it is said, has been gathered by, the secret service agents to prove that the accused men were among the leaders of the organization which for several,, years has made a practice of levying blackmail .on Italian . mer chants and others in cities and towns throughout Ohio and the neighboring states. Week ft 4' l-V V 1 ' ' ? 1 I- a t, ; ;-!." I t I r H' H i X . .v ' j- r j ,. i ii Si : 1 1 j ' " f.' I
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