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est Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition 43, NO. 6947 CHARLOTTE. N. C.. THURSDA\ EVENING, FEBRUARY 9. 1911 PIJ i In Charlotta. ? centa a Copy Daily—5 Cents Sunday ) Outside Charlo tte. 5 O Cents a copy Daily and Sunday ’ridge Fires irst Gun In The Reaproaiy Fight Insurgent Republi- 5 Out in Able i nd Defends The ution Treaty, Time to Establish Trade Relations '.ida m His Opinion ht Is On. 'Phf* first gun ■ liaitK' ()v»‘f ('a- ' .1 liit'ii in tlio sen- ■i e. t f Indiana, an Ml. \\a« ilu> niarks- ,| Ml TliP si«l> of the II tli(i not make i»re- ' : ^ '.>t lioi s of the pro- Mi caniii. into the heart Mr. I !o\ (M idi’,e wel- a- a- the tirst con- I > tablishtnent of - >' ith (’anada. i‘ :i Stales and Cana- ’M- of iinitiial trade 1 coniMiercial friendli- «■ liiaUe p»'rnianent llie oil- rii'tioM and coni- hctween the two ' '.'id tlu>«' \vMe the ' II must l»e answer- \'i'u the rt'cipi ority TWICE IN THE PLACE! SAME n a.Lireeinent i thi.s oi)iertion is > d I'eci s. \ t't ii is net;- ! i.iii‘d vvitlt the chance iirtai n:'timal policy •mI Mi. Heveridsie. ound tiiat tlie i)hjection • ' 'mI i»ems is iu)t sound; !■:> 11 (if :i"reem»'n’. and • 'iniis are tiect ssary. Lo\(>rniiieni has done wv'l in tlie concessions ^ Sometimes in The Xews’ ♦ ♦ classified i>age a certain want ♦ ♦ ad found rei)eated. This is ♦ ♦ (lone to intensify the reader’s ♦ ♦ attention and it succeeds. Al- ♦ ♦ most any one readine; or skim- ♦ ♦ minj; a column of want ads will ♦ ♦ pause to consiiler the second ♦ ♦ appearanc^e of an ad alreadv ♦ ♦ rt'ad in the same column. !^any ^ ♦ will a;o back to the original ♦ ♦ to ct)m()a;‘e the two. ♦ ♦ I'he etYect your ad iiains by ♦ ♦ repetition is a valuai)le one. ♦ ♦ It’s a natural effect, and some- ♦ ♦ limt's more striking in its way ♦ ♦ than lar^f' type and spare. ♦ ♦ The N’ews i)atroii who runs ♦ ♦ his want ad twice do(>s more ♦ ♦ than simply double its itullint? ♦ ♦ power he increases it indeti- ♦ ♦ niiel.\'. ♦ ♦ In placing your next ad ♦ ♦ ’^’.(Mible it up.” If it is over- ♦ ♦ looked first it will be read in ♦ ♦ the second place. Tlie cost is ♦ ♦ small—only one cent a word. ♦ ♦ Try it and watch results. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ (Keep your eyes on the Want ♦ Ad Page 8) ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ LORD AND LADY DECIES ON TRIP. liy .Vssociated Press. Savannah. I5a., Feb. 9.—Tiord Deceis and his bride, who was Miss Vivien (lotihl. did not reach Savantiah via the .Mlaiilic Coatst l.ine en route to .le .lekyl Island until 7: Jo o’clock this the hour TWO V4EADS WrTH BUT A SINCjiE- THOU&HT \mp SAID HE C0ULI> N'T VoME: 6 HE IS FROM MISSOURI A MiS-FlT I Votes Pow Into News Ballot BoxesFiOman Amy of The People SNAP-SHOTS ON CURRENT TOPICS Various Views On The Bond Issue n' ih.:t th( , shfjuld l>e becaust* of j moi nini;. instead ol 2.4- ft'w articles the an- "■■‘‘•'t* expected. 'I'he ar in which they irav(ded. aIthou.4;h an ob.iect of curiosity to those about the station wliile it was here gave no srigii of life. :he curtains beinji drawn, indicatiiig' that all hands, from the I'ullinan ito'r- ter. to his lordship, were asleei). Fronj here Iti(' train i)roc-'etied south, trans- ftMiin;, the (listiusnished passengers and their private car, the .Atlanta, to the Hrtmswiek and Wesriem Railway at Xahunta, (Ja. Tim C\>:ist Line has lnen aiivised of tiio safe arrival of lite pari> at niunsv ick Ilf le tl.i -ituntion is Ifiiietit ior inti d on I’aee It. 10 HANG mu IN ONI! Jt Niym siiLL LI6HT “TURNED [ By F. c, THINKS IIDJUST- Ty IS • tii: belt as a most', II.' I ll w ho last ■ week >■ ill” Southern raii- : 11 aiii v.as leaving ii(i who iias been in .'Inc*', made aji inef M iiatiL, himself last . -cued just in time -.>i!»'rs who notified ■ ■ nr^r(; was uncon- '* moose was taken l?y Associated I^ress. e^rie. f’a.. FVt). !).—Mystery siirround- t;' until all the pris- . (1 liptoie attempting :o deati). He tied a 1 his neck and fix- ;;d to the l>ars above, Mf wip of the bath ;!ing in midair when iti4 n ciw'king soundfi ing the robbing of the cemetery vault beUniging to the fatnily of the late William L. Scott, (me time congress man, was ttncleared today. It was made certain that the only body cart ed away was that of Mrs. Anna jM. Mc('ullum. a sister-in-law of Mr. Scott. So far as is generally known, the only clue which may lead to the solv ing of the case is the receipt two yeaiB ag(j b,v Mis. Charles II. Strong, a daughter of Mr. Scott, of “black iiand" letters demanding $10,000 on pain that her snniiner home would be blown up. An Italian settlement near here s being watched. One theory Is that the body was stolen to be held for ransom. Practically every casket in the vault • In a second lie|],j,(j i)een tampered with, it was dis- aiul shortly afterwards j(.pyp^ed at daylight, some of them hav ing been opened. •lust when the vault had been brok en into has not been determined, as no person paid strict attention to it. .Members of the family state it was intact three or four days ago. Newsiiaper men were ordered away at the point of guns. The family and police refuse to ftirther discuss the matter. r> . ’ the negro has act- • uiBiiner. He appears • ndeal of a trial and -111;.. vvh' was shot by Foy • ovred from the ef- ;nd atil will soon be ii court against the :dmont County Bill Called Forth Heated Debate bill to reduce fares on railroads that refuse to pull mileage on trains to two cents, also a bill by Ewart to reduce Pullman care fares. A bill by General Carr to appro priate $10,000 for a monument for the women of the Confederacy came from the pensions committee with a favorable report and after General Curr addressed the house for the measure went to the committee on apj)ropriations. Gen. (’arr’s speech stirred great outbursts of applause. The Avery count.v bill that passed second reading last night by 23 to A vote got final passage this morning and was ordered sent to the house. The Piedmont county bill, with an unfavorable report and special or der on Boydens’ minority report, was indefinitely postponed. \ bill by S.vkes wouM. a;tpropriale ir Service Coiot ations | $ 1 .'»o,noo for a fire proof state library rei)orieU uuiavorably the 1 museum aiui liull of history. »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ NT COUNTY LOSES. ♦ I "'iP \‘WS. \ . Feb. 0.—'I'he oKiiiy bill was lost in >i.> a vote of 54 to ■ !i'' Ni-w.s, ( . Feb. —In the ii'td debate occurred on !"M (jf PitMhnont coimty, Kidi nian, of High Point, • fight for the county M P'Tt of Spainhour and piall • strong speakers More light is lurnt'd on Ihe question of assessment of properly in a rich interview oblained this morning with Mr. F. C. Abbott, one of the most proiniuent real estate dealers iu the (,,y. Replying to an interview pub lished yesterday from Alderman Stew art. Mr. Abbott coincides with that gentleman’s views regarding theequal- i'/.ation of taxation, but says it is not the fault of the individual (piite so much as it is the SYS'l'KM by which the i)roperty is assessed. And he forces this thought home by using the assesed value of Mr. Stewart’s home as a striking example. Iiitert'siing Mr. Abbott talked as •follows: ‘Turn on the light.’ With this appeal to the public Mr, Plummer Stewart callsr attention in your col- tiniiis to tlie large discrepancy be tween actual values and assessed vai- ties of Charlotte real estate. He is doubtless correct in his quotations. This state of affairs does exist and, I think, every public-spirited citizen of Charlotte Avould like to see this matter etiualized. • iJut. to the spirit of his remarks, which tend to antagonize tJie smaller property owner against the larger, 1 would take exception. “There is an old saying that Peoi)le who live in glasrs houses should not thiow stones.' “The gentleman in ((uestion. while making his striking illustrations of property valuation as against the tax valuation, to be entirely fair in the matter, should have stated that his ow^n home property, nicely located on one of the best residence streets in the city, and worth at least six or seven thoiisand dollars, is down on the tax list for only nineteen hundred dollars. “So it is readily seen that all are In the same boat together—including Mr. Stewart. "The fault is not In the individual, but in the system we have. Mr. Stew'- art is no more‘to blame for this than the people he criticises. “No property owner is asked to place a vjiluation on his real estate He lists a description of his proper ty and the assessor places the value on s-ame, and it is a fact that all who are posted on the situation realize that there is great variation and great ine()uality i nthese values'. “What ifS needed and badly needed in Charl'>tte. is a system under w’hich the real value of all properties can be determined and then whatever propor tion of assessment is decided upon whether twenty, forty or sixty per cent of real value, srhould be equally and justly applied to all properties alike, no matter how large or how small it is. and if Mr, Stewart will devote his large energies to this just solution of the tax question he will find all public-spirited citizens of Charlotte are with him in the mat ter." A this OKLAHOMA CITY SCORES POINT By Associated Press. . Oklahoma City, Okla., Fe|). 9.—Sus taining the contentions of the sup porters of Oklahoma City in every point in the capital removal contro versy, the state supreme court, in a decision rendered today, declared that this city w’as to be the perma nent capital of Oklahoma. Bishop Whitaker Dead. By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 9.—Bishop Whltalcer, of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, died at liis residence here today. BREVURD NIKON T FOR THE CITy well known alderman luid to say on the bond question; •‘I have read with much interest the various communications you have had in your 'vtper regarding issuing bonds, etc. I was esjiecially interest ed in the article iu'-your paper yes terday sa>ing, ‘readjust your assess ments, and you will have eiiouglj mbney to run the city without issu ing any bonds.’ I am heartily in i‘a- or of a readjustinenl of all proper- in the city of Charlotte, as 1 hink all citizens should pay equally, lit I am not in favor of assessing )ur property too high, unless we can el an adjustment witli the county IS to the amount of taxes we are now paying them. I see no reason why we should tax ourselves to death when we will be t)Uly bene- fitted by about one-half of the amount of the additional taxes w(> pay. I hink the most iuiiiortant thing to he city at present is to wtnk for an tdjustment with the county. Wliy hould the citizens of ('harlotie be ailed tipon to pay th(» county $49,000 annually to build roads in the couu- any more than the county sh(juld be taxed to build streets in the city )f C'harlotte'? Do you think for one uKanent that the county people’would stand for this.' Then why will the citizens of (’harlotte .suluuit to this longer'.’ We are a part of the coitn- y, and are paying seven times a» mucli road tax as the county, yet we are not recognized when it comes to spending this, as all we get out of it s a refund of $9,000 annually. I do not think tbe comparisons made in articles appearing in yotir paper are exactl.v fair, f(»r we must not nve*’- look the fact that it has been years since this proi)erty was assessed, and i‘eal estate has enhanoed in valtte considerably in this time. Why does the party not give us a few figures as to lh«^ assessment of the i)ropeity in the county? From reports, county ])i'operty is luit assessed as highly in j)ioportiou to its value as cit.v prop erty. The merohants of this city ay an advalo\em tax and in addition, are compelVjed to pay the city a special license tax to do business. I do n>)t think they should pay this tax, but the city must levy this tax in order to make ends meet. Taking every thing into consideration, I thiuk if the property in Charlotte w'as assess ed equally, this would adjust matre!S. It we expect to be a city, we must have better streets, have more water and sewers. If we could save the $49,000 we are annually paying to the county, we could issue a million dollaVs in b(jnds and use this money to pay the interest, and have $4,)00 left to do other work. The above figures are based on present assess ments, and of course will be larger after the assessment this year. All will agree that something must be done for the suburbs which were taken into the city. They need streets,, lights, etc. Their streets are in worse condition than the roads in the county, yet they pay the same rate to the county as the county people, and in addition, their prop erty is assessed higher iu proportion than lands in the county of the same value. In addition to this, they pay the city the rate of $1.26 on the hundred dollars. This makes us pay twice as much tax as is paid in the county, yet we have no streets and they have good roads. Suppose a piece of property in the county is assessed at $2,500 when its real value is $10,000. The county taxes would be $24. Now, suppose a piece Believing that bonds are unnneces sary and that the city can, with an equal taxaiion, derive enough revenue to meet all of its obligations and also to lake its place with other cities of the. country, Mr. Brevard Nixon, a well-known attorney said to a News rei)orter this morning; “Yes. 1 am deeply interested in the I)voposed million dollar bond issue. I am opposed to it. Some people talk about issuwjg bonds to get money as though it \vere as easy and simple as gathering up leaves iu the w(X)ils. Money don’t grow on the trees for city purposes any mote tlian for individual needs. Every b(md is a debt of the most serious and lingering kind. When an individual foutracts a debt he figures on }>aying It back in a reasonable time; but the modern idea of city indebtedness is to Kee how' long it can run. It is said the Chinese children, grand children, etc., on down the line of oft'spring are liable for the debts of fathers, grandfathers, etc., ad infinitum. This makes a i)eople a slave of debt. 1'he same ])rinciple is being put into effect by reckles.s run ning municipal corporations into deljt. As this slavery of debt has kept the Chine-se Empire in the ver.v rear of lirogress. so it will work upon Ameri can cities if pei.sisted in.” "Some say a ‘reasonable debt’ is good for anyone. 'Phe same aigumeni vi'ould i)i'0\’e slaver.N’ salubrious for a comunity. Owe no man is as sound and profound a financial and philoso phical poiiosition today as it was two thousand vears ago. 'Fen jjer cent of value of Vaxable Mroijerty has been fixed in North Carolina for years as the limit of municipal debt. The wis dom of this law lias beed deiiionsirat- ed by its age on the books. A d€*bt beyond this would not be ’reasonable.’ A 'million dollar bond issue would rtin the indebtedness of the city way be yond this ten per cent imit. 'I'herefore, the jii'oposed bond issue would be un reasonable and wrong. “I believe in develoj)ment and pro gress. but let it l>e on reasonable and conservative lines, and not by wild cat indebtedness schemes. Slates, counties and cities are suffering today from the wild cat schemes of foreign Coupons- upon which to cast a vote for or against the proposed bond is sue are in demand today, the very eve of the final count which to a great extent is to determine whether or not Charlotte is to accept or reject the recommendations of the board of al dermen and issue $1,000,000 bonds— $350,000 for water; $250,UOO for sew ers; $250,OoO for streets,' and $150,- 000 for schools. Iu every section of the city the peo ple are greatly interested in the propo- siiion, and cotumeudation of The News for inaugurating a scheme to feel the pulse of all the people is from almost every mouth. In Dilw'orth the people are taking a lively Interest in the matter, copies of The News being iu demand in practically everj" home. Additional coupons ai‘e furnished so that thosje who want to preserve their papers intact will not have to cut them. Mecklenburg county’s representa tives in the present general assembly are expected here tomorrow and they will talk with many citizens with re gard to the question most paramount to all. There w'ill be no formal meet ing of the board of aldermen to receive the Solons, and, in fact, no plans have Ijeen made for their especial entertain ment. “They are at home here and they can do as they pleasje. All of them are rather good fellows, too, consid ering the fact that they ai'e legislators, and they will find a welcome any- wiiere,” was the way one man expres:?- ed himself when asked if an.v action would be taken by the olfiicals with regard to “feeling the pulse of the Solons.” The people of Charlotte w'ani to know what the legislature will do with regard to adoptinu or rejecting the resolutions of the board of aldermen, and the legislators want to know how the people feel towards adopting or rejecting the recommendations of the city fathers. Hence, it will be a gathering of mutual spirits w'hen all get together. 'Phere are few people in the city but who are acquainted with every member of the hotise and the senator from this district. When the Solons arrive they will talk with w'hom they please and act as they pleas'e. But the one thing the delegation is the people waiit to issue bonds iu the sum of .'fl.ouo.utto. The aci* asked for would grant the city power to issue this amount of bonds, in the election, if one be held, the ballot to be voted, so it was said today by the mayor, will have uiion it what the money is to be expended for. A person might want to vote tor water bonds and noth ing else, or street bonds and nothing else. It's been a long lime since the city of Charlotte exhibited so much in terest in any one question, Noiwith- standiijg the inslrviclion daily given that the people vote YES or NO, some have “tied strings’ to their ballots. A great many favor bonds “if the right—, etc." Another will say, “i am against the proposition, but let ’em do what they want to." This class is iu the minority, however. The man who owns a lutme in the s 'burbs for which he paid .about $1,000, and upon which he is paying some lax, thinks of the matter iu a different light from the man who counts his money by the thousands. And out in Mecklenburg county, where hundreds of good farmers daily read the columns of The News are perusing every line that is s-aid about the bond election. “Our say Ir; com ing,” they remark in a way that makes one think they have something “up their, sleeve.” However, the maiji question that is now to be settled *is what will the ballot be tomorrow night. You, Mr. Good Citizen, have the rest of today and all of tomorrow iu which to make up your mil:d and to vote either for or against the Issue. Cut the coupon from The News and express your opinion. It will give the legislators a chance to belter see how all of the people s/tand on the question. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party, is in all phrase taught in schools where stenographers are educated, and it is applicable nov«\ Remember, if you haven't a coupon, come to The News oftice and get one. Vote here or in any of the boxes through the city, Mr. Lynch, tho Blind Man on the Square, has been dili gently attending to the box located there. Hundreds of coupons were taken from it last night, and this morning early, despite the rain, there were numbers who voted. Are you or are you not in favor of most intertsied in-is^ wLeihei- or nor the bond issue. THREE OROl IN STREET D[ LASSY ON TO- IN DIG CASE By Associated Press. Sheboygan, Wis., Feb. 9.—Tv.o wo men and a child perished and It is feared another woman and a man are still in a street car which plun.e;- ed into the Sheboygan river at a! • x , u drawbridge here today. The motoriuau Hy Aswjciated Press, and the conductor saved their live;s by jumping and swimming to the river’s bank. Ihe Wells Faigo Express Stnke St. Petersburg, Feb. 9.—Count Pat- ^ rirk O’Brien de Lassy. who is ac- ! cused of having hired Dr, Pautchenko I to poison Count Vasst;lli Bouturlin was further examined by the prosecu- jtion today. In his original confession. I since repudiated, Pantchenko said that he was under the hypnotic in- thumce of do Lassy viheii he killed i the latler’s brother-in-law, I In his own defense de Lassy hari By Associated Press. | declared that he was iu no way v?on New York, Feb. 9.—Three hundred 1 cei-ned in Houturllu’s death. He ad- emploves of’the Wells Fargo Express luits he engaged Pantchenko to cvin- Couipany at .lersev Citv struck to-: niit an act of malpractice and sa.vs day but ihere is little indicati(ju thatlthat the correspondence on the tiie strike will spread. Discrimination I jeer was subsequentlv used by the against leaders in the general striKw! doctor to blackmail him. last fall is said by the men to be j De Lassy said " the grievance. The two stableij ot the eonipany are under guard. Senous Auto. Wreck at Chaiksicn ^Continued on Page Eleven.) > and bred here to call a Jialt. It is time for peoi)le who («^vn proiierty to slop and think before bequeathing to un born generations this trc-niendous bur den to be carried on down through time. “Yes. we need more water, but 1 believe with proper taxaiion and finan ciering' we can get it with out bonds— certainly without the amount of a mil lion dollars. The slogan by w^hich this administration, w’as ushered into exist- ance \vas to live within our income; but it seems that the watchword by which it will be ushered our will be the attempted million dollar bond is sue. Instead of living within its income as pledged, ir would place a debt upon the city so great as to stagger the mind of the average citizen—a debt almost double the legal limit—a debt in no sense ‘reasonable.’ “I^et us increase our water supply temporarily from the means around town, artesian wells, and the water from other streams in the neighbor hood if necessary, and pay for same as we go, as near as possrlble, rather than load ourselves down with a debt we can hardij' hope to be able ever to pay the Interest on. Our yearly interest debt is now somethin.g like $i 0,000. Suppose we add $60,000 to this making Continued on Page Eleven.) . as of the ! not present when the injections wete given Bouturlin by Panchenko but visited the patient on the Haine day. He did uot ,hear Bouturlin describe his sensations after the treatment by Puntclienko and asked no questitms as the matter had no interest for iiiiii. He bad visited the doctor’s of- ! fice on the day of the autopsy to ('.e- j stroy evidence of his association with By Associated Press. | iJantcbenko. If the latter really ii'- Charleston, S. C., Feb. 9.—City For- ^ jected toxin In treating Bourturlln ester Rollo G. Murdoch, and tw'o ; ^he defendant said he did not know' friends were badly injured early today i what the motives oi the poisoser when an automobile in which they | were. were riding crashed into a fire hydrant: , and then into a trolley pole on King' Members of French Academy. Paris, Feb. 9.—General Hippolyte seuato^ from Muerthe-Et- de Regnaier, the pital resting easily. H. T. Siebels, of i j)oet, were today elected members of Columbia, and A. D. Cohen, of this the French Academy in succession tc city, were less seriously hurt. The ma-1 Costa de Beauregard and Viscount de chiiie was badly damaged. Vegue, deceased. ers. Carpetbaggers', who, for several j yji.^et. Murdoch sustained internal in years after the civil war, leveled | jm-ies. the steering wheel being jamm-i Langlois-, seuato^ fr municipal debt. It is time uow for the' against his stomach; he is in a ho.s-j Mosselle, and Henri d peoi)le of the city who have been boin . . resting easily. H. T. Siebels, of 1 j)oet, were today elec $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 youl name and giving your address upon the lines on the coupon. _ YES NO Address