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43. NO. 6943
C .rtRLOTrE, N. C.. SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 191 1
PP TPF i In Charlotte. 2 cents a Copy Daily—5 Cents Sunday
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dstle With Armed
Mdiers Ju ai e z
Awaits Attack
"'rjces Were at Foot
lain at Daylight and
xpected in City at
nent,
agement is Predicted
• lash Comes—Bert
Impressions oj The
hief.
Kt i>. 4. Karly to-
• • rj with s(^l(li(*rs, po-
, .\- iiiul -tiuo ruralos,
;> k n' any moment
• ';>>zc(ts f(MTos aro
.11'/ mountain and
r. ach the city soon
■r.'l • )rozco and (ten-
li.os toic»'>; aro re-
I iiiii' a Junction at
evening at
^o'.nli (»f .Inarr?.. No
■I iltp todcrals fti'C
ioo said to have
,1' one "l.cm Tom"
. • - of anritMU ni(Ml»'i.
•aid to lie armed
; i ll rifles of the
1 ' Talks of Chief.
■’ ('■••neval Orozco.
, lU'r. during the four
' Mexican Tontial
p.^, ;ession of the in-
.«n Smltli. an author
•. l;is: nipht ‘gave his
!'ii> relii‘1 chief.
i( o/! o," said Smith.
I • iva.i and di.'^plays
'.av . ways He is said
■ n.'- rvative and seldom
PI' tuineressary word.
a (jiiesti-'n he will study
;tud then give answer
■ :-rnti ne( s which rint^
• in his jurlment. At
- fixing freely with
' rarely talks unless
■ine which he carries
liis hand and when he
ith his finger.s clutched
Ilf the gun. He never
! 1,: !h“ men to perform
'A -rk and is always
‘ 1 r ir>o?t danger.
' arrived at Mocte-
n'j;iy we were greatly
’■ ;iv shouts of ‘viva
• ' fi-oni liundreds of
. ..f the passengers
insurroctos would
:rain. but we w'ere
nil was safe when
1 the coaches and
heard to caution
. s to he careful and
m cars the insurrec-
h' !-:th curtains,
5 ach time so as
■ ; it the nationalit.v
\n a.'surance that
,11) American was
I n.
diers looted the town and made pris
oners of eight non-combatants.
.\ company of more than 100 insm'-
rectos was encamped yesterday near
Mulato. They aie conmianded by
Kmilio Salgnndo. a fantous frontier
character said to i>e tiie champion
i)ronciio buster of .Mexico.
ranciunan reported to be working
for the Diaz officials wan lined $.'iOO
by Salgada and the money used to buy
animunit ion.
.\ii)ovi(a>i cavalrymen aro on route
from Marfa, 'I'ex., to this i)oint and
are expected to arrive tonight. At
pri'seni one man, Deputy .Marshall Eu
gene P. Warren is the sole representa
tive of the Tnited States government
in more than 100 miles of the Rio
t'.rand'?. Single handcMl 1k' has ar-
restt'd several bamls of insurredos
who were usin.vi the .\nierican side of
the river as a highway.
Story From Texas.
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 4.—'Piie sword
of insurrecti(ni was still suspended
( vcr the city of .luarez this morning.
•lust when I’asqualo. Oro/co, the reb
el chief, would move forvva'd was a
little indefinite. It was definite in
deed. however, that the attack of the
yo\ing revolutionary leader on the bor
der city which, according to his own
statement he intends making the i»ro-
visional capital of Mexico, would not
he long delayed.
Official noiice of tiie intended notice
Orozco said he wotUd attack within 21
hours, (’ouriers from his camp, about
ten miles from Puarez this morning
said he expected first to re(\nnoitcr
the town before striking and (hat ho
V.as awaiting reinforcements.
.luarez too was looking for rein
forcements for the federal garrison
but revolutionists said none might be
looked for from the south, where Col.
Robago and his shattered command
were.
This morning Orozco’s outposts were
almost within sight of .Juarez.
The revolutionist leader told frien«ls
jesterday he expected to attack .Jua
rez Saturday evening or Sunday. He
declared he intended making .Juarez
the first provi.sional capital of Mexico
and rallying all his foHow'ers there,
start on a march south against Chi
huahua city and ultimately against
the capital of the republic itself, Mex
ico City, far in the south.
This, however, only after his follow'-
ing had l)een mobilized and drilled in
to a compact fl'.?hting force.
A renewal of *.he exodus, from ,Tuav-
97. took place late.Jas.t night, when the
1 official notice of intended attack reach
ed the American consul. The notice
was at once made i)tiblic and within a
few minutes the internaiional bridge
to El Paso Jjore a large string of refu
gees.
The following notice, signed by
Thomas D. Edwards, consul, was pub
licly i>roclainied today at .Tuarez:
‘•Having received notice officially
from El General Em .leffe .1. Orozco,
a promint\it commander of the pro
visional anti-re-electionists in Mexico,
that he will initiate an attack on
thee ity of Juarez without delay. I
would earnestly advise that all
Americans, all foreigners and all
non-comliatants absent themselves
, from Ciud Itiaroz until such time as
the men to Pa^sl tranquility shall have been
iiing the curtains'
SI
EQUALIZATION OF TAXATION
NELD
WHAT WC
Fearful Tragedy Whs
Enacted by Negro at
Wilson Last Night
sSTiiT
Ry Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 4.—Dr. Pantch-
enko, the self styled poison expert,
today in court retracted his confes
sion that he had deliberately murder
ed Count Vaselli Bouturlin at the
instigation of the latter's brother-
in-law, Count Oberien de T.assy. The
accu.scd physician asserted he had
been induced to make the admission
of guilty by promises made to him
by the examining magistrate at the
original inquiry.
Fatal Shooting
Near McFarlan
Cnmimls Enjoy
Btg Banquet
15y Associatu i^’ress.
l.os Angeles, Cal., Feb. 4.—A mur
derer, four highw'aymen, five burglars,
two forgers and three ordinary citi
zens sat down last night at a banquet
in a prominent hotel as the guest of'
Leonard Mordaunt, himself an ex
convict v.'ho is now at the head of
the prison parole fund of the United
Rescue Mission. It was largely through
the efforts of Mordaunt that 12 of
the guests were released from San
BIG [XPIOSION
New York, F'eb. 4.—Several officials
and employes of the Central Railroad
of New Jersey and the Dupont de
Nemours Powder Company and Cap
tain James Healing of the Katherine,
W.. the destroyed powder boat, ar
raigned on carges of manslaughter in
connection with the dynamite explos
ion at Commtmipaw last Wedne&day,
waived examination today before
.judge John W. Queen of the second
criminal court in Jersey City. They
were ordered held under bond to await
the action of the Hudson county grand
jury.
G EF
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
♦ ♦
♦ GOV. OFFERS REWARD. ♦
^ ♦
♦ Raleigh, Feb. 4.-—A reward ♦
♦ is announced by CJovernor ♦
♦ Kitchin of $250 for the ar- ♦
♦ rest of the negro, Lewis West, ♦
♦ who killed Deputy Sheriff Mun- ♦
♦ ford and wotmued Chief of Po- ♦
♦ lice Glover at Wilson. ♦
♦ The sheriff of Cumberland ♦
♦ comity telegraphed Governor ♦
♦ Kitchin tJiat West is a desper- ♦
♦ ate character. It is believed ♦
♦ now he lias gotten out of the ♦
♦ state. ♦
♦ ♦
Special to The News.
Wilson, Feb. 4.—This community
is shocked from centre to circumfer
ence by the ghastly murder iierpetrat-
ed here last night by a negro named
West.
Deputy Sheriff George Munford
was instantly killed, and Chief of
Police O. A. (Jlover was dangerously
wounded.
When they attempted to arrest
the negro desperado last night
he suddenly drew his revolver anti
began pimiping bullets at Deputy
Sheriff Munford as he begged for
mercy.
The negro then turned the smoking
Death of George Grey.
By Associated Press.
Nairobi, British East Africa, Feb. 4.
—George Gre>-, a brother of Sir Ed-1 revolver tipon Chief Glover, danger-
Avard Grey, - -*
Special to The New's.
W'adesboro, N, C,.
sequel to the Gypsy
the British minister of
foreign affairs, died during the night
at the hospital to which he was re
moved following his encounter with a
lion last Tuesday.
Mr. Grey, wMth several companions,
had been stalking lions near ,the Athi
river. He separated from tlie others
and was set upon by a large beast.
He was badly w'ounded before his
friends could come to his rescue.
Feb. 4.—As a
troubles attor-
Quentin on parole and the particular neys for McMillar Mitchell today
purpose of the banquet was to have brought suit against Sheriff R. J. Low-
theni me6t Frank Mulford, state parole ry and his bondsmen for false arrest
officer. Interesting reminiscences were and imprisonment,
a feature of the gathering. .. } The complaint in the case has not
The banquet was such a success been filed but the rumor is that
that it w'as decided to hold another
to which all paroled men in Los Ange
les will be invited. There are about
45 here.
Special to The New's.
Wadesboro, N. C., Feb. 4.—Ned
Young, the foreman of the construc
tion force on the Atlantic Coast Line
working near MacFarlan, shot and
fatally injured Ned Connelly yester
day. The shooting took place during
a quarrel caused by Connelly reftising
to go to work. Connelly will proba"bly
die.
established.”
'••'7 0. ihec hief. accom-
- through the train.
: 'of the passengers
■ ii' L’livernment men
,1 were aboard. It
1 . 11 one\ to .Mexican
,-i'ands he retained
■as finally released
\vl;(» paid for everv-
ohtaincd from small
' >■ line "
tickr Reported.
.■' 1). I. (Via Marfa.)
• • ti.'cn received here
are attacking the
t '-l Jiorautes at Coy-
■u.t I)orantes atfemp-
• ' :r.;iu'a hut was driv-
' ''uchillic Parade l>e-
. ici,ed that his sol-
Persian Minster
Assassinated
By Associated Press.
Teheran, Persia, Feb. 4.—Sani Ed
Dowleh. Persian minister of finance,
was shot dead in the street today.
His a&.sassin, two Armenians, escaped
for a time.
The minister w’as returning home
from a meeting of parliament when
he was attacked. Death was almost
instantaneous.
As he fell the murderers turned and
fled but were quickly pursued by per
sons who had witnessed the killing.
UNUSUAL SITUATION IN
NAVAL STORES BELT.
By Associated Press.
Savannah. Ga., Feb. 4.—The naval
ttQres situation throughout the naval
stores oelt today is most unusual. The
stock of spirits is smaller here than
for a quarter of a century and the
piice is the highest ever known. One
vessel could clean up every barrel of
naval stores now on the Savannah
docks the stock of sjiirits being but
.1,6:17 casks and of rosin 67,67!) barrels.
Spirits are quoted at 85 1-2 cents a
gallon a high record price and there
is a marked upward tendency in the
market. It is believed they will yet
go to 90 cents. The receipt.^ each day
vhich a’e small are totally inadequate
to supply the demand and everything
that is offered for sale is freely taken.
Rosins are nlso making new high
record prices the low^est grades now'
selling for practically wat the highest
did a little more than a year ago.
Where Is Richaid
L. Ashhurst?
By Associated Press.
Atlantic City, N. J., ’ Feb. 4.—The
^'hereabouts of Richard L. Ashhurst,
postmaster of Philadelphia, w'ho dis
appeared from the strand last Monday
night, is still unknown to his friends.
He dropped completely out of sight,
leaving not the slightest clue.
Whether the family of the postmas
ter knew anything concerning his dis
appearance cannot be learned.
Chief of Police Woodruf, who says
Mitchell will ask $10,000 damages.
Attorney’s James^ A. Lockhart, Fred
J. Coxe, and Frank Dunlap represent
Mitchell.
Bank Guaianty
BUI Proposed
By Associated Press.
Madison, Wis., Feb. 4.—A bill pro
viding for the guarantee of bank de
posits was introduced in %he upper
house of the legislature yesterday by
Senator Owen.
The bill has been agreed upon by
the majority members of the legis
lature. It provides that on the second
Monday of next January all the state
banks shall set aside an amount
Have the Gold Fever.
By Associated Press.
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 4.—Residents
of Venore, Monroe cotmty. Tennessee,
are excited over the belief that gold
Is to be found thereabouts. Several
parties in killing chickens of late have
found in the crops of the fowls small
nuggets that are said to be gold. Sev
eral nuggets were examined and test
ed out gold. The discoveries have re
vived tiie old Indian legend of an El
dorado near Venore.
ously wounding him before interfer
ence could be effected.
"An early morning dispatch states
that the negro is surrounded by a
posse numbering 2,0.00, who were
awaiting daylight to close in. It if
believed the negro will be taken to
day. It is known that the negro was
wounded and tiiere is little possi
bility of his escape.
"^I'he negro is supposed to be a
member of a gang of store breakern.
he was notified of the disappearance equal to one per cent of their average
daily deposits for a fund to be
of Mr. Ashhurst, today expressed the
belief that the man was dead. The
last person to see him was the chair
pusher who w’heeled him to the mill
ion dollar pier at 8:45 o’clock Monday
night.
WHAT EFFECT WILL
AMES’ RESIGNATION HAVE? . deposits.
known as “depositors insurance
fund.”
Every year thereafter they will be
required to add to this fund one-
tenth of one per cent of the
average deposits until the total fund
equals two per cent of the average
hna Cotton Men to Con
fer In Raleigh Next Week
Assessment, In-
• SAN
FRANCISCO SPENT
MUCH TO GET
PiBTO DOHTEZ
OF
IT.
C'hil/I T nh/yf Associated Press.
K^nua l^aoor I^aw 4.—San Francisco
• fight
d — Prtb,
'nher Matters to Be $100,000 to win its
irier maiiers 10 ne Orleans for the Panama
exi)osition, according to a
made here last night by M. M. de
‘ Young, publisher of the San Francis-
' CO Chronicle. The newspaper ow'ner
-o of conferring ui>on ' declares not a cent of this big sum
I- to be proposed in' wrongfully spent. He says the efforts
' :-islature regarding of the California lobbyists in the las
taxes, assessments of stage ot the contest was to get pron-
ii.^urauco, child labor inent constituents of congressrnen a
I ' and other matters (>ver the country to wire their rep
n iice in the textile i resentatives W’ashington to \o.e
M .Miller, president of for Frisco. The president was not
spared in the avalanche of telegrams
fired into Washington. On Monday,
according to Mr. de ^ oung, Mr
Taft received forty thousand
grams urging him to support
Francisco.
-' ina Cotton .Manufac-
■ ii'ti, has issued a call
'vh'fh are memi)er8 of
•n. a HK^eting to be
Ii Wt-dnesday next. The
i’resid‘nt Miller fol-
The Call.
i^Mf 'ing of the associa-
‘ i f 1 meet in Raleigh,
I' i.niary Nth, at 10 a.
■ »tt (liamber of com-
• .slatII .' is now in session
ii.'iv" been propos(?d or ai-
’■o(iiied, as below, which
-t1 interest to every mem-
tlnucd on Page Five.)
tele
San
Several Hurt by Explosion.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 4.—An ex
plosion of escaping gas at Boscobe
Colle.ge in this city last night about
12 o’clock broke all window's in the
east wing of the building and burned
Miss Bessie Ryan, a teacher, and
two pupils—Miss Kate Lee, of Knox
ville, and Miss Mary I^u Measle, or
Clarksville. They are not seriously
injured.
By Associated Press. ! Team Crashed Into River.
New York, Feb. 4.—Followers of the By Associated Pi^ss.
drama are discussing possible effects Orleans. Feb. 4. A lunaway
upon the policies and progress of the horse attached to ?
New Theatre likely to result from,the r’Plix :ii^all last nignt dashed down the
incline of a local ferry landing on to
a ferry boat, a'hd breaking through a
guard rail, jumped into the Missis
sippi river. Both Evall and the horse
were drow'ned. Sf.m Woods, the only
other occupant ot the wagon, was res-
resignation of Winthrop Ames as di
rector of the theatre, and of Lee Shu-
bert as its business manager.
Mr. Ames has anounced his readi
ness to further the plans of the foun
ders in any way in his power and this ^ i
expression, it is thought will be the cued by the crew of the ferry boat,
basis for appeals to him to remain at
his post for a time at least.
Mr. Shubert pleaded necessity of
giving his entire time to his own
amusement enterprises as the reason
for his withdrawal.
SAN ANTONIO VOTES
ON COMMISSION FORM.
By Associated Press.
San. Antonio, Tex.. Feb. 4.—An elec
tion is ’n progress today to determine
whether San Antonio shall ad'-pt the
commission form of government.
Unusual precautions are being taken
to prevent frauds. At the suggestion
of Mayor Callahan, a leader in the
fight against the new order, 500 special
policemen were distributed at the poll
ing places. Cameras also w'ill be used
representatives of the commission gov
ernment league standing guard and
ready to “snap” those voting Illegally.
Besides this a court order has been
secured requiring that each voter be
supplied -with two ballots, indicating
for and,against the proposition.
OJ^eied Ptesidency
Of The Hopkins
Cuyler Claims Adjusted.
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 4.—.Announce
ment was made here that any claims
against Telamon Smith Cuyler, the
Atlanta broker, by the Canadian Cot
tons, Limited, of Montreal, w’ill be
adjusted by arbitration and a suit
against Cuyler to recove*’ about $40,-
000 on a cotton transaction has been
dismissed.
Cuyler is confined in a sanita*
rium, w'here he was taken on his ar
rival here yesterday after leading
friends a wild chase through the
Carolina mountains following his dis
appearance from a Sijilliern Railway!
train last Sunda.v. His condition Is
improving according to his attend
ants.
Several Boats Missing.
By Associated Press.
Madrid, Feb. 4.—Several vessels in
the Mediterranean are still missing
and it is feared that they were lost
during the recent storm.
On the Catalonian coast alone five
barks w'ere w'recked and 43 persona
drowned.
nix THE
Bv Associated Press.
Puerto Cortez, Honduras, Feb. 2,
Via wireless via New Orleans, Feb.
4, General Lee Christmas, the revo
lutionary leader, arrived here today
in a gasoline launch followed by a
sloop with part of his forces, to
take the administration of this city,
evacuated several days ago by the
government forces and which was
held by the international troops
pending the arrival of the revolution
ists.
General Christmas w'ill • remain in
command at this place until the ar
rival of General Manuel Bonilla, com
mander in chief of the revolution
ary forces, who has already left Cei-
ba.
Schooners loaded with the remain
der of the forces of General Christ
mas were several hours behind their
leader but are expected to arrive
here soon.
The arrival of General Christmas
and his men was marked by a great
demonstration on the part of tiie
populace, and he w'as accorded a
cordial welcome on every hand.
He is being given every assistance
by enthusiastic Hondurants at this
place.
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONY.
The following letter
file in The News office:
is on
♦ Charlotte News, City:
♦ Gentlemen; Please dlscontin-
♦ ue ad of Jackson Terrace prop-
♦ erty. The house is rented. I
♦ had a dozen or more enqui-
♦ ries before the ad appeared
♦ the second day.
♦ Respectfully,
♦ ALTON W. FRANKLIN.
♦
♦ The following ad “turned the
♦ trick” at a cost of only 19
♦ cents a day:
♦
♦ FOR RENT—Modern 8-room
♦ house on Jackson Terrace. Ap-
♦ ply at Franklin’s Studio, No. 1
♦ West Fifth street.
♦
♦ How' about your ad? You
♦ can put your proposition to
♦ more people through The
♦ News than any paper publish-
♦ ed in Charlotte. (See Page 8.)
Bv Associated Press.
New York. Feb. 5.—Miss Dorothy
Arnold is still missing and there is no
immediate prospects of finding her. re
ports to the contrary notwithstanding.
She may have been in Philadelphia
since she disappeared from her home
but she has not been located there, is
not staying with friends, was not seen
at a Quaker city hotel nor was she
kidnapped in an automobile, taken to
Philadelphia and held for ransom, so
far as here relatives and her father’s
law'yers have been able to ascertain.
Reports to the effect that the miss
ing heiress had been found by her
brother, John, in Philadelphia, were
thus summarized and denied by John
S. Keith, attorney for Francis R. Ar
nold, her father, today.
I Restaurant on Union Plan.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 4.—The plan
of a Japanese restaurant keeper to
conduct his establishment as a union
house, employing union cooks and
waiters probably will fail because of
the refusal of union waitressefs to
w'ork for an Oriental.
^ “No Japanese restaurant is Seat
tle will ever receive a union card if
tiie waitresses union can prevent it,”
said Miss Alice Lord, business agent
of the waitress union. No union
waitress will ever work for a Jap
anese.”
mySTS IN BE-
TRIINT OFTRIIDE
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Feb. 4.—Senator Baggett
introduced a bil Ito prohibit a trust in
restraint of trade.
The Hobgood bill, introduced to reg
ulate taxation of corporations.
The senate passed a mass of local
ills in the absence of many senators
on leave.
In the house, Representative Kent
Introduced a bill to take Union county
from the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict and put in the Eighth, and to
change Alexander county from the
Eighth to the Ninth District.
A similar bill wwas introduced in
the senate by Boyd'en.
A bill passed to allow Waynesville
to vote to confirm a contract with the
Southern Assembly. A sharp fight de
veloped on the bill to place the whole
town of Saluda, in Polk county, in
the midst of which the house adjourn
ed until Monday.
Judge Ew'art led the fight against
the Saluda change and succeeded in
securing postponement of the action.
A Peculiar Case.
By Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 4.—Because Chas.
M. Meeker, of this city, took a buggy;
ride across the New Mexico line to
Texline, Tex,, although he probably^
was not aware at the time that he was
leaving New Mexico, he must go to
the I.K)ne Star State to answer a
charge of having defrauded Georg© N.
Mattingly.
The appellate division of the tu-
preme court of New York state has bo,
c'.ecided after entertaining Meeker’s
application to reverse the findings of'
the lower court, which ordered his ex
tradition.
Meeker based his fight against ex
tradition on the contention that he
was not in Texas at the time the al
leged fraud was '‘onimitted.
Congressman Johnson Withdraws.
By Associated Press.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 4.—Congress
man Ben Johnson has announced hlfi
withdraw'al from the race for the Ken
tucky gubernatorial nomination be
cause he asserts his opponents have
brought religion into the fight. John
son is a Catholic.
With the withdrawal of Johnson
there is a possibility that Congress
man Ollle James may become a candi
date for the nomination, although at
present James is a candidate for Uni
ted States senator to succeed Sezuitoi'
Paynter.
The Sixteenth Ballot.
By Associated Press.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 4.—Sixteenth,
ballot for United States senator;
Democratis; Sheehan 7; Sheard 2;
Kernan 2; Glynn 2; Littleton 1.
Republicans: Depew 5.
Total vote case.
No quorum, no choice.
$1,000,000 Bond Ballot
Aldermen favor the issuance of bonds to the amount
of $1,000,000. Upon the proposition as it is sub-
. mitted, answer YES or NO by signing your
name and giving your address upon
the lines on the coupon.
YES
NO
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