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riCK RESULTS USE THE NEWS CLASSIFIED ADS—THEY BRING BEST RESULTS—ONE CENT A WORD t Edition ( Latest Edition NO. 6975 ' CHARLOTTE, N. C.. TUSEDA\ EVENING. MARCH 14, 1911 PU 1/^17 »In Charlotte. ! cent^ a Copy Daily—5 Cents Sunday 1 Outside Charl9tt2, i Cents a copy Daily and Sunday usso-Chinese jation Strained Three Situations ; Russia Re-1 Failure oj\ > rations -Dis- j rnment Ov?r | Mst China. IMP TO II II IVILWI i T Chinese at Poor o 'd Furnished ; (break is Nar- njed. OF GAMOilRil rch 11,—The n- developed ■\.. rach ol coii- his govern- od to the fact 'od distrust and in-iri‘ than f. il\iro i'4 ami- aya makes the a' there is dis- *'ir -'ver the ■■'a'..-i against . isA'i-aled tt)- .a h»'^ I'r.iiu By A> ociiMv'd Press. \ ii> ' Ihj, Italy. March 14.—Cavaliere Bianchi. president of the court, today set about the task of getting a jury to try the IJtl members of the Neapolitan Camorra, He invoked methods that promised results despite the terror that has failed the hearts of citizens at the possibility of being obliged to condemn those whose deaths would be pretty suro to be avenged unless the entire dangerous element of the socie ty was wiped out. When the court opened today the president at once imposed heavy fines upon those known to have left town to escape jury duty and threatened that he would have others who had made ex'uses for not ap’>earing when summ-med brought to the bar by carbi neers’. The forenoon was taken up in an at- !enipt to till the jury L'enches. It was a nervous day in Virerbo. The residents who had hailed the apiiroaching trial n *he Chin-jjg |j,n!u l.ecause it would bring to dPscri-K tov>.n tii;M;>ands uf strangers, who IS nuis: sliOlfeiod and fed. have found ilicinh.'>• • .-lirroiin'd with an alarm ing sii’i.i-ion, Xo one familiar with the workinm of the •'Hi'autiful lleformed Socic'ty ' iv.is anything but sympathy for those wlu) shrink from the civic t:’ke dutv imposed, Ncv.rih el os.-: ])rogres.=i was made and f^arly ir. il-o afiernoon all but fo\ir of Ml- I'. . i ssai> j,n'ori-> had been secur ed. At tills poiiu th(' resources of the court failed and an adjournmeni un- iunT>. ti! tomorrow was taken, ar ilip i'i' '-^eiit . ^riu^c-.uie in the court room today ■ ■ i \\ as much i:ke that when the trial u ■riiDW '.’idU. 't:i),->ncd oil fcanirda; iMougli there was ' ‘-i’* - ' I’f la ,=;> r pro])ortiuj! ani'Jiii; the speda- . .. J V. in thejff^p^ ^v!)men and of men who for n of^":^' P'-l’’.11 ' r another \\;ere not eligible ^ iriininal j,u'y duty. ‘ ■ i r' ■11’^ 1 Thirt.s-four ol' the alleged instiga- r is stated! n?riicipanis in the ' i;!t : 'n f'reat r oi' ’;enr.aro C'uoc,olo and hi" : . : c:iu-ed nccuined tiie greai steel caue fo’’ ; prisoners and gfared their -hatred at sfactory than^^^^, informer, (’.eiinarv) Aboatemaggio. who plainly enjoyed the Isolation of the smaller c::^e re.served for his ex-, elusive OCCU.if.. ! V. ; 'r’'e i>riesi, 'i;'o\ iiiozzi. “the guar dian 'M-4el of thf' Camorra," in his jiries ly i;arh, was again permitted to sit outside the cage. I Tlie j.ri-'iiers followed the proceed ing with real or Avell-feigned indiffer- ettce. Police and carbineers were scattered tliiou^li tlie room and surrounded the building. Tlie accused were escorted to ourt and returned to the prison under heavv guard. It is hoiied that the jury can be pri vented oni; nr. landing gen^ u.>\\ rn.>r i ; Ml \o I- nidVe tlie ,, ti •' ul o r.r- * -.pedii i ’U. ' ■ v dei'av;- ■ at' by the / ■'fwM THS. BLAND /^OKCES I UAvViKjn?) \ “BETWEEN TWO FIRES I WO Girls and a Man Killed In Downward Plunge Of Elevatoi Whitson Back Caiolina Brought To North Pi is on Reorganization Of 7he h issoun Pacific [ By ,'sociated Press. | Lexington, Ky., March 11.—Warden G. P. Sale, of the North Carolina: state penitentiary, left here today for Raleigh, with T. B. Whitson, who' was arrested here last weeK. accused | as a fugitive .f^'rom prison. Whitson admitted that he escajied from the penitentiary 16 year. ago while serv ing a thirty years term for mur der. Sin(e his oscape Whitson has lived' an upright life in ‘Iveiuucky a'.;d liasjj,^. amassed a comfortable fortune. D[GUIIjlIION .siisi’icion «• the iisent- ii>n is !->eri to St.! ,p'ilifJi’’y' -I’r'n’;-; fr'jin ; ii i)rovince. j 'pMiio*'. "f w h Fu e''r- . • 1 i jsi in. uori ln-rn • r demark 1- . to Kirin II :if 'he fron- • :i;;i also is Associated Press. } London,. March 14.— \ striking sen tence is contained ir? an article in the I Evening Standard, which jiraises the _ . cordial support given in the house of JlCQC^ ,A.QTCdTl^Tlt commons last night to President Taft’s Full Draft Of By Associated Press. St. Louis-, Mo.. March 14.—Reorga nization of the Missouri Pacific Rail way Comi)any began here today with tlie meeting of the sto(,-k holders to elect directors. The meeting means the retirement of George J. Gould from active management. Charles S. Clarke, first vice president and chief resident execiuive president. Mr. Clarke cast the votes of the Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and tlie Rockefel ler interests for the i)ropos-ed dirociors named in the siaieineirt issued by George Gould Kebruary IT), when he announced he would retire. Tiie in dependent votes were cast for R. Lan caster Williams, of a Baltimore bank ing house. George J. Gould's statement called for the election o^ ali but one director. This vacancy was to be filled by the new president. It is? considered prob able that one f>f ihe directors elect ed today will resign wlien a new pres ident is chosen because of the election today of a directors by the independent votes. Charged With Using Mails To Depaud By Associated Press. Council Bluffs, Towa, March 14.— Seven men indicted tvio yeais ago for fraudulent use of the United States mails and known as the asso ciates of .John C. Mabray, ikmv serv ing a term in the federal ])rison at Leaven vnjrth, Kas., for a similar crime, were hronglit to trial toiiay in th.e United States district court. Ma- nray v as convicted of using the inai’s to denaud by liieans of fake spott ing events, horse racing, prize figlris, wrestling bouts and loot racing being his specialties. The men bronglit to (rial today, all of whom are known ]>y various aliases, are charged with being •'steerers" for Mabray. Tlieir names are given as T. ii.\an, a Hot Sjirings, Aik., saioon keeper; — . —. Wright, caught in San Antonio, Texas; Tom Davries, Oklaiioeia; C. Hindman, known as ‘ Hcjuey (Jrove Kid,” caugiu in New York; E. Smitli. Streat«u’, Ills.; R. E. Thieiman, once a mem ber of the Cleveland baseball team, captured in Seattle; Benjamin Maiks, Coimcil Bluffs. Four otheri men altogetlier under indictment, irt-e not expected to a’,)- l>ear for trial. Tv,o of them are be lieved to be -dead. Discuss Senatonal Deadlock lo-day Big Machine With its Passen gers Dropped Four Floors in St. Paul WfiOlesale House Crushing its Victims at Bot tom. Ihe Clutch Failed to VJork and Car Gathered Speed—Bodies Taken From Wreckage— Counter balance Crashed Down on Injured Passengers • l-5y Asso(*iated !-'-e^;s. St. Paul, iSiinn., Mar:-li I 1. Two girls and a niiin wete killed, one girl f-ually hurt and several other injurevi in an elevator a. > nit. iii in me w hole- >;ale fur house of Gordon and Fer guson* itxiay. Tiie (‘!ev;itor l ei I !uiir lloors. The dead ami injni-etl w«re pinioned in wi-eeka,i;e at llie Ifoiioin of the shaft. Mason .) ;i:n:o:;, ilie ; ievator oper- iitoi', told l'o!;!ici' that when he closed the gates after discliar.ii- ing passengers at tiie loui-tn floor the ('I{'':Mor started to sliji down. Tlie cliiteh failed lo worl;. Tlit> ele- val«)r .gathered ni'jnieniinn and wlnui ii struck the itotioi!' of counterbalance weight drtipped. ihe .-halt tiie at the top i W. I w* ^ rtrrtl allU llcllUlcll UUdi y the repre.sentatives of the Hondu-1 ijetween England an government and the re', olutionist.s! France, or England and .lapan, bni I Puerto Cortez a week ago reachea England and the United I . . , r*'lv favors ^ introduction or . nVili.-n the cvideiie.' besun some time tomorrow. Fa ' jiolice officers will be busy ' M-ateuically i^L' ing to find many talesmen for whom . ues th-'t summonse.^ have been i.^sued. '» ' Tnc/ Or Mis. I Edith Melber Ifll ?itti*u:t'| ceit'fi en'ie I Hv .Associated Press. •' ..1 Fi-| \ibnny. N. Y.. March 14.—A long •A-; : has'ii., ;;f witnesses, nian.N of them wo- iTi ing : he ii,enli ha\e bei'ii suinnioned to testi- . S an'-i. Cascs. 1 } -Th ■ ifiurn d I's ■ eu’t ’V ■ wei o t'd;u- to the mental unsoundness .)f .Mrs.’Ediih Melber. on trial charg ed with the murder of her little son. Mystery eontinues to attach to tiie .'0-0 h. ^'uise tile df-feust! iihsists upon a' l iidaiiee in co’Mt of Howard Kirk, nil ) 'Iguied as Mrs. Melber's closest 'rii iid. Inipo ir.f^ exhibits of art em- .ut:.. 'n broid -ry by Kirk, idled on the desk h^ lai'i d : he (j: >''ndanfs comisel are highly live of curi.osity. 3urnccl. 11. -Fi !c •'.nrtlnn of c ■io,iii- Tie- Crop Report April 10th. ; l;.v •\s-.'!; hitec. Pres-s. i \\ iishington. H. March 14.—The jf^rsi CIO]) r.'))on of the I'.M 1-growing se ason lo b^ i.-^sl;i d by the department h; r -tlttir" wil! bo ready Monday, : ji in. ai noon, and will report the j.ondiion' on Apri 11 of winter wheat and rye. id Animals Peiish 2mes Eat up Four Aaes ock Sheds in Forth Worth known wish for a general Anglo-Amer- By Associated Press. : i^3n arbitartion treaty. This is tlie New Orleans, Martli 14.—'i'he full: Standard’s declaration: draft of the ))eace agreement signed^ real and natural dual alliance by the repre.sentatives of the Hondu-' ran at New Orleans today. Francisco BeU-|g|j^^pg ra 11,the i)rovisional president, it is; "if,” exclaims the Standard, ‘•these agreed, shall have the support of allji^yQ o-overnments could agree that the the political tactions .•! the country j should be available which are alleged with the govern-resist an attack upon the other, ment and the revolution. j there could be no more danger from I'lie agreement is signed l:y Alberto| aggression, either in the Atlantic or Membreno. .Maximo B, Rosales and 'pacific regions.” Fau.sto Davila. ] Other evening journals praise the An important provision is the recom-j common support of the Taft v. ish for mendation that the provisional gov-•, a general treaty, ernment take steps to settle the public j debt. This ])robabiy means that an American bond issue will be negotiat- ea. The congress now in session is bound to call an election for national officers in October and it is agreed that the provisional government a-s- well as that organized as a result of the election of October next will re^ spect the promises of the government and of the revolutionists. Article 1 of the agreement obligates the provisional government to “() in troduce in the national congress a bill of amnesty coverning milita”y and pol- itcal crimes and f)iTens-?s related to politic's, which bill is to be practical and effective. “(B) to guarantee absolute liberty to all iiolitical parties and the Hundu- rans in general in the approaching elections for supreme and local au thorities; and to guarantee to an equal degree other pt’.blic liberties in con formity with our laws: the use ot the national mails and elegraph lines, in conformity with the law shall not be limited to any political group Avhich takes pai't in the lections for national officers. Special to The News. Raleigh. March 14.— Pardons are granted bv Governor Witchin to Wal ter Hobbs for retailing in Durham county and sentenced to three years on the roads: Charley Lindsay, for stealing a mule in Ansoii county, five years on the roads: Calvin Moore, for burglary in Mecklenburg county, sev en years in the i>euitentiar.\, and Hen ry Lewis for retailing in Pitt county, six months on roads. PRESIDENT PLAYS GOLF ON WET AND DAMP LINKS. I (I at MiUch 11. -■I sheds to d ath b ■- I O;' ho! S. riously Inn.i of 111*' d-ad about o(ied anima’s xhibilion to ..w, til- I.:-. I ’; d 1-1 i • io .M.- br(-I lirsL efforts wore for tiiese animals, scores of wliicli were turiK'd loose t(» run as tli(>y pl'-ased tlircjugh the st('ckyards (iistrirt. Great difficulty was found af ter the fire in gathering them again. The most seriously injured of those \ iio worked to save the stock were n'-rt':- llov.ard and L. I•^ Walton, latter, itinned clo^e to the 'hiHM'i-. hv the swinging of one of the j'ttie gates, barely esi'aiied in time. Tli«' lire IxdieVed lo have been '.:!t 'd l.y the ('.-I'oh'ssnesj of a help- e. ■ iig *!iis breakfast in one of ' ! '■ I N( !!■' ( f the pcickiu^l uouije.s were damaged. Bv Associated Press. Au.gnsta, Ga.. March 14.—It was cold and damp on the links of the Coimtry Club today, but President Taft was out bright and earl.v with his golf clubs for a round of the 18 holes through a drizzling rain. No comment was obtainable here today on the Mexican situation in gen eral or the assurance by the state de- l)artment to Ambassador de La Barra regarding the movements of American warships along the Mexican coast. It was stated that the President is leav ing the handling of the situation to the officials of the state department. Wants to Go to Texas. By Associated Press. Columbus, Ohio, March 14.—Carmi Thompson, assistant secretary of the interior at W-ashington. has applied to the adjutant general’s- office here to i)lice him on the active list so he can go lo Texas. He was captain of the seventh regiment during the Spanish-Americaa war. Former Adjutant General A. B. Critchfield, who is adjutant general on the staff of General Charles Dick, division commander of the Ohio na tional gaurd also wants to go to Tex as. Mrs. Hams Dies In Rutherfordton Special to The News. Rutherfordton, N. C., March 14.— Mrs. ,fohn W. Harris, an estimable Christian woman, widow of the late Dr. John W. Harris, died this morn ing at her home on South Main street after a brief illness. She was 73 years of age and survived by one son, Dr. Edgar B. Harris, of Rutherfordton. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon from the Presby terian church, w'here she was a de voted member and will be conducted by her former pastor. Rev. S. L. Cath ey, of Mt. Holly. MR BDOSEIELT By Associated Press. Fort Worth, Texas, March 14.— Although he arrived in the midst of a disastrous lire in the stockyards and during’ an intermittent rainstorm. Col. Roosevelt was accorded a hear ty welcovae when he reached here today. The city was decorated in his hon or and a parade of automobiles.^ es corted the visitor to the hotel. Capt. 3. B. Burnett, first received Col. Roosevelt, taking the iiarty to break- fa.st. It is not the first time he has played host to Col. Roosevelt, as it was the captain who arranged the famous Oklahoma 'wolf hunt five years ago. Col. Roosevelt ])aid but a flying visit to the city, his train pulling out for El Paso shortly after 9 o’clock. Duri«g his stay he was also the.g nest oi' the National Feeders and Breeders show, which opened liere yesterda,\. and of which Capt. Bnrnett is presiiieur. Immediately after hroa‘i.fas; tiie colojiel was taken cf) the stockyards where the show is located and where he delivered an address. Seven Bodies Recovered From The Drift Taft eMets Rockefeller. Augusta. Ga.. March 14.—President Taft and .lohn D. Rockefeller met to day for the first time since the presi dent’s arival. despite the fact that they have been fellow guests at the same hotel since Satnrday morning last. The meeting occurred on the golf links near the eighth hole. Mr. Rockefeller and his party passed the president, who was playing with Ans- iey Wilcox, of Buffalo, N. Y.. about 200 feet away. Mr. Rockefeller quickly ,recognized Mr. Taft and extended a greeting to him. “Good morning, Mr. President,” he called. The president was about to drive and looked up surprised. “Why, good morning, Mr. Rockefel ler,” he answered. The ijresident and the oil magnate waved their iiands at each other and passed on. By Associated Press. Virginia, Minn.. J\Iarch 14.—The three big crews of siolid foreigners who, without abatement, have gnawed in to the Great Norman slide’’ will pause today while the first funeral of perhaps 17 to come, passes- out to the cemetery nearby. Today’s funeral is that of Jalamar Renne, father of sev en childjjen. Seven bodies h^ve been recovered from the drift. The diggers, assisted by a povverful wrecking outfit are making good progress and it is now believed that by tomorrow the last of the bodies will be uncovered. So far the ore above the slide has held firm and no further slides there are expected. By .\ssociated Press. Albany. X. V.. March 14.—Setited around the breakfast table at the exec utive Uiaiision this morning, (tovernor Dix. Mayor Gayrior, cT New York, and Charles F. ]\lurphy, the 'i'ammany lead- er. discussed the senatorial deadlock from their various view i»ouits. M’hc conference, arranged by Governor Dix in the hoiie of bringing about a solu tion 01 the (ptei-.iioii that has been v.'orrying the deuio;-ratic legi;->lators since early in .lanuar.\, was to have been held last nighi but the failure of Mr. Murj)hy to reach Albany in time caused a i)ost!)onehient until today. Nerman E. Mack. chai>'man of the democratic national committee, was unable lo attend on a'-couui of illness. May Settle Deadlock. .Albany. N. Y., March 14.--Following a conferenee at the “xecutive mansion today’with Mayor (layiior and (’harles I-’. ,\iui))hy. Governor Dix stated tha*. lirogess toward settling the senator- ship deadlock was being made and that he hoped to have some interesting information to announce later in the week. FOLW mil --THiiEE WAS AP.SENIC PUT IN HIS WHISKEY? By Associated Press. Denver, Col., March 14.—Declaring that Philip Schuch, of thi.s ciry,i whose bod.\' wa.; found in his room at j a local hotel last Fi ida>, «-ame to; his deatii from arsenic, adminisleit (I | to him in whiskey by Dr. C. W - i Wright, of this city, at Gresham, Neb., on February L’t;, a coroner’s jur.v here held Wright on a charge of murder. He wil'l be turned over to the Nebraska authorities for trial in that state. Arsenic was found in a bottle of whiskey in Schuch’s room. On the la bel of the bottle, in Cchuch's hand writing was a note that he had taken , some of the whiskey in (iresham on 1 P'ebriiary 2;, h;id become “deathly j B.\' .Associated rress. SoiiK'rset. Ky., March 14.— Charles Swariz, a St. Louis detective guard- in» non union lireinci on .\'o. pas- sen;i'^r 1i'h:u oT tl'.f rincinnati. X^w Orleans & 'r('\'as .Pacific Railroad, was brougiH here ttiday suffering from a bal gunshot wound received near Siearns. Ky., thirty miles south of here in a riot early this morning. Sw-artz attempted to hold hack a crowd wliiih attacked the lo(-omotive and tried to I'Hach :i ri( gro fireman. An exclian.ge of shots tollowed and Ihe detective w:ts shot in the moiPh. II is ropfirted that the fireman was killed and that several other negro firemen were l>ncl;ef| iV>ar the Ten nessee line. This, however, could not be verified. Reports Confirmed. T-exlngton, K.\., Marcii 14.—Partial confirmation of reports of rioting at Stearns, Ky., and south of there was received here today when the engi neer of a tiassenger train declared tlne(' men were killed last night be tween Kings Mountain, Ky., and Glen Mary, Tenii. One of tlie belated pas.senger train.s arriving from the south today came in with broken windov^s as the re sult of an attack by strike s.xinpa- thizers. Reports from Danville, stated that i 100 St. I.oiiis men armed as guards ! for trains ariived th«*i-e and will be sent for dutv this afternoon. Alleged Night Rider on Trial. By .Associated Press, Hopkinsville. Ky., .March 14.—Inur ing the cross-examination of witness es in the trial of Dr. Davis Amos, alleged nigh’ rider le:ider, the prose- torlay hi id a foundation for testiiiiony tending to show that the defendant led a wriitecai) raid in 1888 sick” and believed that Dr. W righ'.; man was’ killed and an- with whom he was traveling, | other v.-ounded; that he fled the state ‘fixed” the liquor. CAN KID McCOY COME BACK? To Study Conditions in Mexico. By As.sociated Press. • Tuscon, Ariz., March 14.—F. A. Vanderli^i, ])resident of the National City Bank of New York, accompanied Col. Epes Randolph, vice-president of the Southern Pacific lines in Mexico, left yesterday. for Mexico to study conditions a.s they relate to the insnr-{ rection. On his return Mr. Vanderlip will go to the Pacific coast to insjiect all the Harriman lines. By Associated Press. Philadelphia, March 14.—Kid Mc Coy will have his chance next Mon- da.v night to show if he can “come back.” .lack O'Brien, of the American .Athletic Club, announced last night McCoy had been matclied with .Jack Fitzgerald, of Philadelphia. but ;tfterwards was i-ardoned, then returned and gave iesiimony upon which fjther rueuihers of the baud were indicted. Protest Against Reciprocity. By Associated Press. Sal' Lake City, l.'tah, March 14.— The state .senate yesterday adopte(i a inenioriai to congress protesting against certain features of tlie Cana dian reci|>rocity treaty. It has been adoiited ijreviously by The house. What Has Been the Fate of Fifteen Americans Taken Prisoners By The Mexicans? By Associated Press. El Paso, Tex.. May 14.—What has been the fate of the 15 Americans tak en prisoners after the defeat of the insurrectos at Casas Grandes? . Reassuring evidence that l^the men fn are still alive and are held fn jail in sa.ge requesting definite information as to the fate of the .Americans was presented to the junta with the request that it be sent to Madero. The junta does not make known the ])rovision;s of its. couriers and no as- suiance was given that the message Casas Grandes pending a trial is e^er-1 would be delivered. If the courier did Authorities Stop Bout. Victor, Col., March 14.—The sched uled twenty round bout between Kid Ross, of New York, and Peter .Tense, “The Battling Dane,” df Denver, wa.-5 stopped by the authorities at tiie end of tlM first round last night. ly awaited in El Paso today to offset the belief held by some that the men have been summarily shot by the Mex ican authorities. •As soon as it became known the Americans had been cajitured a news paper correspondent, through the in- surrecto junta here, sent a message to F’rancisco 1. Madero, the revolutionary president, who is supposed to be near take the message it is not certain he will ever return. Casas Grandes is 150 miles southwest of ECi Paso and the only means of travel is by foot over rough country. The trip, however, has been made by the insiirrecto couriers. Gonzales Garza, the insurrecto sec retary of state in charge of the junta, here, insistfe the Americans have been summarilv dealt with. The friends of Casas Grandes, requesting that infor- Colonel Cuellar, the Federal officer who mation concerning the Americans be took the jn’isoners says he iirobably forwarded. The message has not been v.otild grant the .\mericans the usual answered. Late last night another mes- rights of prisoners of war.