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1 Ll'i:t THE NEXT VOTES EXHIff IT .vWILIBfcEUBLISHED TOMORROW EVENiriG TEN PAGES FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION ESTABLISHED 1888 C HXRLOTTE, N. C, F I D AY EVENING, Ft BR UARY 4, 1 91 6. PRICE 5 CENTS r gents ure Town - " : 'VII v V Insu Sinking C ape Hotter as t$i , Capt N -.V Steamer Kentucky R "4 y Going DownC tain and Crew of Struggling to Keep her Afloat Till Help Arrives By Associated Press. ' New York, Feb. 4.-The steamer Kentucky of the Alaska-Pacific Steam- hSPof ycLirnHtS Wh'le tru99in3 through the heavy seas, 40 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras to-day, her captain and the 75 men of her crew meanwhile struggling by every possible means to keep the vessel sfioat until aid can reach her. ?lW f .ue Me"tUik'? desPerate plight was received herein a des patch from the United Wireless Telegraph Company station at Cape Hat teras. , r The Yamacraw to Aid. By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 4. The United States revenue cutter Yamacraw is in the vicinity of the Kentucky and may have picked upher "C. Q. D." The revenue cutter service, informed of the sinking condition of the Ken tucky by The Associated Press, im mediately gave order to the wireless stations at Savannah and Charleston to pick up the Yamacraw and order her to the vessel's assistance. ' The Yamacraw left Savannah yes terday afternoon to hunt for a derelict reported in just about the latitude and longitude at which the Kentucky is sinking. The battleship Louisiana, now in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras on ' a speed trial, has been ordered to hasten to the assistance of the sinking steam er Kentucky. The Seminole is Off. Officers of the revenue cutter service have figured out the position of the Kentucky as 210 miles from Charleston and they estimate that the Yamacraw is within E0 miles of the sinking steam er and should cover the 50 miles un der forced draught within three or lour hours. The revenue cutter Seminole at Charleston also has been wired to steam at full speed to the point where the Kentucky reported she was sink inc;. The Seminole should cover the 210 miles in about 15 hours. Heard "S. O. S." Signal. The first distress call from the Ken tucky was received, by the Mallory line steamer Alamo, which immediate ly pvoceeded to, the? rescue, heading tor atitude 32.18, ' longitude 76.4S, Vueve the Kentucky reported position. The message was the new internation al distress "S. O. S." signal, the most urgent call that can be sent for aid to a disabled craft. The Kentucky was recently , bought by the Alaska Pacific Steamship Com pany from the Eastern Steamship Com pany for the passenger trade between San .Francisco, Seattle and Alaskan ports. She was fitted out here for her tip to the pacific and just before sail ins, a wireless apparatus was install ed on board. ' - The Kentucky is somewhat over 200 feet in length, commanded by Captain Moore and for her trip aroun the Horn shipped a crew "of 75 men. She sailed from New York to Seattle on January 23. Six hours after she pass ed Sandy Hook a wireless despatch was received here from her" saying that she was leaking badly. -Before she reached Newport News, where she put in for repairs, she nearly, turned turtle during a heavy storm. Repairs were effected at the Virginia seaport and she sailed on February 2 from Newport News in continuation of her Ions; voyage to the Pacific shore. Since leaving Newport News the Kentucky found herself buffeting seas which battered her sides and opened her seams. The weather off Hatteras the graveyard of the Atlantic coast has been very heavy recently. T. A. McLarney, according to wire less reports, the wireless operator who manipulated the key on the Kentucky between here and Newport News, de clined to continue . with the steamer on her further voyage, his place being taken by W. G. McGinnis,- who sent out the "S. O. S." distress call when th? steamer began to sink to-day. On board the ship when she left here was the superintendent engineer of the Alaska Pacific Company, E. Palaskett of Seattle, who superintended the re fitting of the steamer. " The Kentucky was built 'in 1397 at Hath. Me., and christened, the Lincoln. She ran between Boston, Bath and Booth Bay for the Kennebec Steam ship Company, which sold her to the Flagler interests for service in Flor i'la. The steamer's name was chang ed to the Martinque and after some service between the ports of Miami, N'assau and Key West the Martinique 'as sold to the Eastern Steamship Company for service between New York and Boston. She was then re tluistined the Kentucky. Charged W ed Mssault Yea r fiy Associated Press. - Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 4. Dennis J. O Calaghan, aged 60, was held under 5'j.OOO bail, on a charge of having at tempted to criminally assault the even year old daughter of Charles Atkins, at his preliminary trial before fustice J. B. "Riddle., here Mate yes terday. Not being able to ' make the hond he was sent to jail pending the The Liner Alamo Rushed to Her Assistance Wireless Messag e Car ries News of 1 he New Ship's Peril. Many Caught Call. By Associated Press. Savannah, Feb. 4. Pursuant to or ders from the revenue cutter service the revenue Yamacraw was picked. up by wireless station here and rushed to the assistance of the steamship Kentucky, reported sinking off the Atlantic coast. Nearly a dozen vessels at sea caught the Kentucky's call tor aid. . BUCK TELLS HOW IE KILLED WOMEN By Associated Press. Savannah, Ga., Feb. -4. Bingham Bryan, the negro arrested last month charged with the murder ' , of Mrs. Amanda Gribble, her daughter, Mrs. Ohlander and "Mrs. Maggie Hunter, oh December 10. made a confession to day to G. Reuben Butler, a clerk of the county commissioners and Judge Albert Wylie, a member of the board of county commissioners. Two of the women were found dead and the other dying, and one had been assaulted. The crime created much excitement. The Negro's Confession. - , . His confession follows: ."I was working around thei house, cutting wood for something-to. eat and wear. I alsb helped to move old truci and rubbish into the little house in the yard. I. was speculating whether money was in the.yhouse and I asked the woman for a drink of water as a bluff to get in the house. I went in the house and they gave me the water. I went back in the yard and cut some more wood. I heard them walking about and go to the front of the house, and I thought they went on the porch. "I picked up a hammer in the little house in the yard and hid it in the bosom of my shirt. "Then I went in the back room and went to work on the trunk. I was try ing to prize the trunk open and it made some noise.- They must have heard the -noise. THs of Murders. "The old lady grabbed me from be hind and shook me pretty hard. I took the hammer and gave her a lick cn the side of the head. The first lick did not knock her" down and I gave her a second lick. . . "Then the second one. came up, the younger one, and grabbed me at the dcor in the back of the hall and I gave her a lick with my fist. Then I hit her a lick with the hammer on the side of the head, but it did not kill her. "I went cv-t in the yard, looked at the bank building, but did not see any one, and I closed the blinds. I went back in the house and found the lady was notj dead. "I heard a noise at the front door like some one wanting to come in. I tried to keep her frcirr coming in, but she pushed the door open and came in. She grabbed hold of me, I took her by the throat and choked her with cne hand. Then I give her a lick with the hammer, but did not kill her. She was alive when I left. "i then went to the back room, went at the trunk again but did not find any thing except what looked like women's clothes. I then went out in the yard, went to the gate, peeped out to see if I could see anyone, did not see no one and went home. I went to 536 Hunt ington street west, where I was living and gave lla Tilda by blue pants to wash. I hid the hammer behind the trunk . among some old clothes. Then I went u') to Eden, a railway station 50 miles from Savannah and gave two shirts which had blood on them to an old lady named Phoebe to wash. , Bryan will be presented to the grand iurv thip. afternoon. Tr is exnected that an indictment and a seepdr trial-will follow. , on Seven '0 ftf 'iGr action of the grand jury. ' Considerable excitement is said to prevail in Inman. Park, a suburb of this citv, where the attempt is al leged to have beeen made last week, and although the court room was crowded when the trial was called, Justice Riddle, on motion of the at torneys in the case, ordered the room cleared. ' FEND SURE, HE Death of Mrs. E. S. Burwell Widow of Mr. Edmund Strudwick B u r w e 11 Passes Away at Her Home in 1 his City To day -Mrs. Martha Wilkinson Burwell, widow of Mr. Edmund Strudwick JBurweil, died at 12 o'clock to-tfay at her residence on North College street. ' , The city was prepared . for the distressing news, as Mrs. Burweii was stricken with appoplesy a week ago to-day while sitting at her dinner table. Her condition was at once pronounced critical and her relatives were summoned by wire to her bed side; also Dr. Thomas AVright, xot Augusta, who attended her during her illness in Augusta. Mrs. ' John Chis-hohn-df Birmingham,", Mrs. Burwell s only living daughter, and Mr. Edmund Burwell, her onlv son, who was at Harvard, reached here soon after., the fa tal stroke came, and have - been constantly at their mother's bedside; also her only sisters, Mrs. Dr. Wright and Miss Fannie Wilkinson, of Au gusta. Mr. Arthur Wilkinson, of New York, Mrs. Burwell's only brother, is expected to-night. Relatives of her husband who were with her almost constantly were Judge Armistead Burwell, Mr., and Mrs. W. R. Burwell and Mr. : and Mrs. R. C. Carson. For a week friends uopn friends have anxiously inquired morning and Continued on Page Two. . 9 . By Associated Press. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 4. Five per sons were hurt, none seriously, when the second section of the Illinois Cen tral passenger train No. 1, from Mem phis to New Orleans, was wrecked ear ly today just north of Tallahatchie switch, about four miles south ot Ssar dis,' Miss. The engine and tender and the baggege care were detached ana turned over down the embankment. The Injured: J. F. Greerr, Water Valley, Miss., en ineer, left leg slightly bruised. R. 1?. Hook, exnress, messen.arer. Cai ro, 111., head and side slightly .bruised. ' Mrs. Charles Rineieren. Gilman, 111., slightly bruised on thigh. George Powers, white tramp, claims to live in Memphis, slightly cut.' J. 'P. Driscoll, Chicago, lett leg bruised. : ' - The track was badly torn up for some distance and all trains from the South are delayed . ... - HEPRESENTfiTlUE I Ul DIED I1T1IS HOME By Associated Press.. Washington, D. C, Feb. 4. Represen tative William C. Lovering, of Massa chusetts died at his home in this city at 9:20 o'clock this morning, aged 75. " Mr." Lovering was serving Ms sev enth' consecutive term-in congress. He had, been engaged in cottcn manufac turing nearly all of. Ms life, and was a member of the House committee on manufactures, Fl INJURED : FAST TRIM N DOESN'T MIND BEING INVESTIGATED ! Father M a y : Deid Children In This State The agitation for the repeal of the recently discovered South Carolina law by which a. father is given the right to deed away the custody of his "chil dren, brought to light' by the case now pending in the supreme court of South Carolina wherein Mrs. B. R. Till man, Jr.. is suing for the possession of her children who were deeded by their father to Senator B. R. Tillman, finds its counterpart in a law now on the statute books in this state. There is also a . deed on the records in the register of deed's office in this county where the custody of a child was transferred by a deed: gadeby its fath er. ' Ah agitation is now- prevalent in South Carolina for: the repeal of the law in that state and it seems to be up to the North Carolina legislature to repeal the one on the statutes of this state. i The North Carolina :aw is found in the 1905 Revisal, Vol. I, Sec. 1Y62, and reads as follows: "Any father, though he be a minor, may, by deed executed in his lifetime or ; by his last will and- testament , in writing, dispose 'of the custody and tuition of any of his infant children, being unmarried and whether- bora at his death or in ventra sa mere, for s'JCh time as the children may remain, under twenty-one years ot i age. Or in case such father shall be dead and shall net have .exercised his said right of appointment, then' the , mother, whether of full age or a minor, may, do so." . What interpretation the Supreme Court would put on the above law is not known, but that it has been , recognized by the Supreme Court is seen in the case of Lantham vs. El lis, which went up from Beaufort county, and is found in North Car olina Reports, 1905, Vol. V., 116. m the opinion handed down in this case the above law Ms referred to. The! Lantham case was one in which the father was suing for possession oi his daughter, and 'the judgment ot the lower court granting him the custody of the child, was upheld by the Supreme Court by virtue of the fact that there was no existing con- THE BALLMER HERRING PUT IFE TILL FEB. 1! Washington, Feb. 4 In order to per mit the arrival in the city of counsel for. Secretary Ballinger and to allow counsel to become familiar with the case, the Ballinger-Pinchot investigat ing committee adjourned its hearings to-day until next Friday. February 11. Washington, Feb: 4. Interest in the resumption of the Ballinger-Pinchot congressional . investigation to day centered in the expected an nouncements regarding the employ-, ment of counsel 'to represent "the other side" as the accused officials of the Interior Department have of ficially been: designated by Senator Nelson, chairman of the- joint .com mittee which is probing -the contro versy. , Prior to the meeting of the com; mittee a -report was in. circulation that a postponement until Monday raay be taken to permit counsel to prepare for a cross-examination of Louis R. Glavis, the star witness for the "prosecution." .. Mr. GlaVis is to stay in the , city until' full opportunity for cross-examination is given.Members of the com mittee have questioned him in desul tory fashion, but owing to a lack-of J familiarity with the sunject in nana, theyr have been considerably limited tract or deed. "In North Carolina," the opinion reads, "the father has always been entitled to the custody of his chil dren against- the claims' 6f. every, one except those to whom he may have committed, their custody and tuition by deed. (Ses. 1562 of The Code.) "In our case," the opinion con cludes, "the respondent had no writ ten contract or deed from the petitioner-father concerning the custody of the child." It was therefore . ruled that , there was ho error ana that the father was entitled to the custody or his child. '4 . i The majority of the citizens are perhaps ignorant oT the fact that on j the records of the register of deeds of Mecklenburg county there is a deed drawn under the above law and transferring the custody of chil dren. The deed was crawn several years ago by a present member oi the Charlotte bar, and at" one tinie it seemed that the matter might go to the supreme court where it would have been testd, hut tiirougn subs- quent developments this wac not the case. The deed was recorded and at present is on record in the register s office. The custody of the children was transferred to relatives of the father, a provision being incorporated also that "they should spend .a, ce; tain portion cf their time with rela tives ofjthe mother. A divorce later followed. After ?. short while, it is said, the children were abducted by the father, and thus stands the mat ter at present. It might be claimed by some that a proper construction "of. the. North Carolina law would mean that the children would not pass into posses sion of the party to whom they were deeded until the death, of the father. A member of the focal bar states that in his opinion such . is not the case which opinion seems" to be sup ported by the language used and also by the opinion of the Supreme "Court in the case cf Lantham vs. Ellis, re ferred to above.- in their ouest for information from the witness, other than what ,; he has given voluntary in response- to ques tions framed by the counsel repre senting himself and backers. . Glavis- has concluded all of his original- testimony and was cross-examined briefly last Monday afternoon at which time an adjournment was taken until this morning. It developed at the brief public ses sion of the committee today that under date of February 2nd, Chairman Nelson wrote to Secretary Ballinger, saying he" had been directed by the members tn ene-jresr to him the 'importance of Lbeing represented by counsel. - Replying to this letter unaer aaie Februar 3rd, Mr. Ballinger said, he had followed the suggestion of the com mittee, but that it .would require sev eral days for his attorney to reach Washington and some additional time to familiarize himself . with" the case. He asked that the further hearings be postponed until Monday, February 14th. Following an ' executive session of the committee which lasted nearly an hour the above letters were read to the public and the adjournment until February 11 th ordered. - It was' said that there had been a. pretty lively dis cussion, in the executive session on the question of postponement, , some of the members of the committee stren uously opposing anyxlelay at.this time. The majority sentiment prevailed, how ever, and Louis R. Glavis, the star wit ness fov the "prosecution" will bfe held in the citv until Secretary Ballinger's attorney shall have had an opportunity to cross-examine him. Attorney Brandeis, representing Gia vis made a somewhat heated com pla'inttd the committee oyer the delay of the interior department in furnish Continued on Page Eight. - PR OB I N G COLD STORAGE SYSTEM By Associated Press. New York, Feb. 4.-The .probe was pushed further into the cold storage system in Metropolitan territory today. The reported discovery of meat ten months' old in one of the plants across the Hudson has stimulated the in terest of the New Jersey inquisitors, so that today's sessions of the Hudson county grand jury, which is investigat ing the Jersey City warehouses prom ised 'interesting developments. Prosecutor Garvin made it evident today that he was looking for evidence to show conspiracy in an effort to manipulate the food products market by use of the storage system in such a way as to regulate supplies and main tain prices regardless of natural con ditions. Lackawanna and Erie rail road officials were asked today to pro duce before the grand jury way bills and. bills of lading showing the amount of stuff received and shipped by the various concerns over the railroad lines in the last year. The documents ob tained wil be compared with the cold storage companies' 'books which offi cers of these concerns have been sub poenaed to produce. . In all metropolitan territory eggs seem to be the one staple food prod uct to show a downward tendency. Meat prices today showed,, if any thing, a tendency to advance. Con sumption of meat is still way below the normal. Brokaw May Appeal Case " New York, Feb. 4.W. Gould Bro kaw's defense of his wife's separation suit is estimated to have cost him $75, 000, while the court's decision,, filed yesterday, will compel him to pay the farmer -Mary -Blair $1,250 a -month. Brokaw's couHgel- are' understood 'to bej preparing an .appeal. ' A report to that effect, however, did not seem today to affect the. spirits of the victorious plaintiff. "I never really had much doubt about the verdict," she declared and she was equally confi dent that if an appeal were filed it would meet with no success. According to James A. Blair, her father, Mrs. Brokaw will shortly go abroad with her mother and' sis ter. N . REPRESENT By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 4. John H. Ver Uees, of Nashville. Tenn., and Carl Rasch, formerly United States dis trict attorney for Montana, have been selected to represent Secretary Bal linger, Land Commisioner Dennett and Field Agent Schwartz in' the in vestigation now being, held by the Senate committee in the, Ballinger Pinchot .controversy. CHOSEN T N Arrested Beggar Woman And hound $500 on Her Person With her stockings lined with five and,ten dollar bills, and her bustle bulg ing with grenbacks and silver coin, a white woman- giving her name as Bes sie 'wilsont of Rock Hill, S. C., was tak en from the A. T. &'0. passenger train which gets in here at 12:30 and tak en to the police station. Patrolmen Henderson and Malcolm met the train and took1 the woman in charge.. At the police station a careful search made by the "matron" ((?) of the police station broughtjto light $442.57. The money was in one, five and 10 dol lar bills: and also in coin,; the latter ranging in denomination from pennies to 50-cent pieces. "The arrest, was made "on information furnished the. chief of, police by Capt. Thos. W. Rowland, conductor on the train from which-the passenger was taken. . The woman is a recognized beggar and has made her appearance in sever al tos, hvaing visited this city once before, where she was arrested and forced' to leave the town. No charges have been preferred against her . this time, but' the chief of police will place her on the 4:35 train , and start her on her way to her alleged South Caro lina home. She had been conducting her opera tions in Huntersville and boarded the train" there this morning. ; In her at tempt to beg the price of a ticket from A ttacking Party N umber ed 300 While Govern ment Fqrce Was Only 75Casualties Not Yet Known. In Three Columns 1000 Insurgents Are Advancing- Madriz Hopes to Check Advance at Topatapa, Near Capital By Associated Press. Managua, Feb. 4. Three hundred , . insurgents under command of General Mazis captured Boace, a town 60 miles - -1 east of- Managua yesterday. - The . fighting lasted . two hours ' but the casualties are not known here. The town was defended by 75 gov ernment soldiers, led by Colonel Bar quero. The latter were 'surrounded, but fought their .way through the in surgent lines, the survivors reaching the main body of the government army at Toustene. " The ; insurgents are advancing in three columns with an aggregate force of 1,000 men. President Madriz is con fident that theadvance will be checked at Topatapa, 20 miles east of the cap ital. Five hundred additional men and a Maxim gun have been despatched to that point by the government. General Medina declares that the originals of Zelaya's telegrams in structing him to cause the executions of Groce and Cannon, the Americans, were surrendered to the former presi-. dent before his departure for Mexico. Medina is corroborated by the tele graph operator who says the originals . were turned over by him at the re quest of Zelaya. . . , t CllfllN I FOOT The News learns td-dav on - the most reliable authority that a cotton . mill combination, or trust, is:nowv being formed' in the South. Three gentlemen representing large finan cial interests are now in this section and have already visited a large num- ber of the mills and laid befpre them' thep roposed plan. The present com bination includes only tJie mills mak mg brown ' sheeting of medium or heavy weights, but it is intimated that it may be extended later to include- other " classes of mill products. It is represented that the combination will have extensive capital and will purchase the plants ' outright or on partial stock bas-is.' The gentlemen working the combination are New York capitalists, and are said to have ample, capital at their backs. It is understood a large number ot mills have signified their intention : of joining the combination. Only dif ficulty seems to have been with mills controlled by commission houses.' The combination will have its own selling agency, , and it is understood head oi- ? fice will be in Charlotte. Captain Rowland her identity. . was discovered and this resulted in her be ing taken from the train here.1 In her", possession was found a clipping from a Mooresville newspaper, giving an ac count of her appearance in that town recently, where she registered at a hotel .and then began her campaign through the town for the solicitation of funds, telling a much-used tale of poverty. Shortly after she left Moores- f ville a watch'was missed from the ho- tel at which she bad been staying, but . was later discovered in the mattress of the bed which she had ocenpied. A few years ago the woman was beg ging in this city. She went to the home of a ladv and hecause the lady re fused to give her money she took re; , venge by cursing her, bhe was arrest ed and forced to leave the town. At the police station this afternoon she stated that-she Is a cook and has been saving up the money found on. her for 27 years. She was locked in a cell while the chief and desk sergeant were ' counting the money. She was greatly disturbed over the fear that she would not get the money tack. Which officer acted as matron during .the search which revealed the treasure, was not stated. When the question was put to the chief he only, smiled. Some one mentioned the name of Col. Tom Black, but the identity of the "matron'.' is still unknown. MmM -mm F?1 !4 i ii.H.il.R' Iff! ' 5 -mm - iKT.-f ti.V.t-,.. vT5 if-?.. by--if-! '' 7 ;1 1 : -' i 1T mm til W f .Vkl ..i.-f-vjjtf y -.r Mm V ri.friU for-, mJj)!'V. mmm ; - v.