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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.
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43. NO. 7004
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 17. 1911
PIJ J In Charl«t*:9. V cen*’'t * fVpy PaHv—f>r»p«p9nnday
1 Outsid® Charlotte, > Cents a copy Daily and Sanday
ficice Battle Now
In Progress Near
Douglas, A'Jzona
■deral A
6:30 -
SMCi-
ilcin
An:
\Ull -
m
on Agua Prieia
idly Earnest at
Motning—There
y Loss on Both
■
Wh’ i^v^rrecto riflemen were fall-
inp to the second row of en-
ti .1 meats they fought boldly in the
opt-n. They were seen to stop and
take deliberate aim at the advancing
mtioual line and fire round *. after
round.
The backward movement of the reb
els toward Agua Prieta, however, was
steady. Many had fallen on both sides.
At 7 o’clock an automobile carrying
j. States Marshal Overlook, sec-
aS L>Clu\e Service Agent Thompson and the
Prc?-3 correspondent, passed
xf.iUTTcLliJo through ilie guard line on the Aineri-
c-an Bid? of the international line. The
hail of bullets drove the party to shel
ter of the United States custom house,
but the building was in direct line
with the heavy firing from the south
east. A bullet struck the automobile,
others dug the ground on all sldec- and
there was a continuous whizz oi the
leaden missiles overhead. It was con
sidered too dangerous a post and the
observing party retired across the line
to Fourth street.
Suddenly the federal machine guns
were silenced. The rifle fire, however,
kept up without intermission. It was
apparent that the rebel sharpshooters
were concentrating their Are on the
federal machine gun operators and
were slowly picking them off. Time
and again the guns appe&red to be un
manned.
iched And Repel
9:30 0*clock—
_:l Continues,
\loo. April 17.—
•Tid Pros>3 corres-
Id.)—The first at-
vuan federal troops
.a from the rebels
. dilure, and the re-
The battle op-
! '*i and raged until
. crosstng the open
saulting the rebel
d ir.achlne guni, but
fodly silenced by the
•'arpshooters who dl-
ar the Holiders mtnn-
jie rebels were rtight,
: ’ the federals suffered
■! across the American
aul fell In a veritable
i K'- K, r
tm-r.
ir.‘ '■
th^
r-j'a nf I
' of Douglas, Ariz. At
was hit.
fli or repulsing the feder-
(.an fhe erection of new
?\Iore that 1,500 feder-
' « nl. Diaz was pit ted
lit garrison at Agua
1 men.
flgliiing was renewed at 11
vk.
' \r/. April 17.—The ex-
• . he Mexican federal
Prieta opened in
t-';30 this morning.
and furious on
rattle of musketry
iMillpts from t1i« fed-
. fell far across the
• > within the con-
tv f E)ougla».
and leaden mlBsllos
way into the Douglas
lus: along second and
 id dug up the ground
ver the whole south-
city.
"hf-
thL’d “■ ’
.ri thprp
«rt en.i r.f
It r> from the rniteet that
4c battle wan to be a decisive one.
E'Fid • f»xhibited desperate cour-
up. a. d thp licavy fire indicates that
tie ''af'ualiwill be extremely
hievy.
Tte fedorals began by massing
thetiiRelvef '(• the southeast of the
town. Then ’bi v moved slowly wlth-
iD rifle nuic** if the rebel position.
The InsurTt-rtoB facing In three
4!rectinn!i lav low In the trnches or
!!»' on open Rround.
Thp feder' s fire raided over them
f.d Into bot;i Agua Prieta and Doug-
.u
The fpfjernlB in moving in had ad-
vaE(f:l -rni tiio camp which they ea
’“.M'.sliPd ;■» Piilphiir Springs, a water
fl.-
wi'i-,
r . .■
a- '-
'"L .
a'-
Fe
II :
I'K.i
a.
t"'.
In 1
south of Agua Pvl
“ evident intention of
>)''rder in order to at-
: posifinn along the in-
i)ut before they
L'ain this coveted posl-
' intored the rebel cav-
k;i1 loped out to Inter-
t was a rattle from
'•itlos as the two forces
'ie ranges.
iiopped back slowly
^nc'xt came within
I' entrenchmencs
♦ rebels during Sun
* ■ ’ \\hich were filled
i r.Dtprs.
3 Repulsed.
Ai.ril 17.—At 9:30
'i -lit that the rebels
' ' (]f ral’s attack.
U'nts of Douglas re
or sought other
onie attempted to
I ’s to view the field
'anding the strict
^ rjfan trooi)S, many
XMiiational line in
-lit of the fighting,
‘i io imminent dan-
i-' "f thp fir»t shot, Col-
i out all the Amerl-
in Douglas. They
'■ border and took
' the line. Many of
»xi)o.sed to the fire
'roops. though there
- among them during
e battle.
' iin American Nation-
ordered out and
^ at the armory to
’■p. There were four
' '>i.d one of militia
^ considered an am-
‘ t the American
^ork
T- - ...
ordei ■
The j-gh
'’Hlling fire from the
the federals were
»m«‘ntarily.
■ liiites the two armies
positions while
f:'‘niiuufcd. Thirty min
' ‘tie opened the rebels
• ' tidon their outlying
bar-k to the breast
— la Prieta.
slow and in open
♦’ontinuous firing.
At 7:45 o’clock, an Hour and a quar
ter after the battle opened, the fed
eral machine guns were again In
action and were raking the rebel posi
tion on two sides.
The Red Cross volunteers crossed
the border and went upon the field at
this hour. Dr. Shine, of Bisbee was
chief surgeon of the volunteers. EJv-
ery surgeon In Douglas and many from
Bisbee were being brought to the line
to attend the wounded. Women and
girls express their willingness to act
as nurses. The fire from the rebel
trenches was having its effect 'on the
right w^ing of the federal force and
the federals were driven back.
In falling back, however, they
swung around to the east and not far
enough to come Into contact with the
rebels lying in the trenches which had
been dug to prevent a left flank move
ment. Here a heavy Ijody of rebels was
posted to hold the federals from gain
ing the American line.
fl^' the fire belched from th^se en
trenchments the rebel bullets hissed
across the line Into southeast section
ot Douglas and into two school build
ings.
While the federals fell back, the reb
el commander in chief pushed forward
his men and, with others coming to
support them continued to engage the
retiring federal right wing. The firing
grew fainter as the federals retired on
this quarter.
Following this movement the fire
slackened to the southeast and it
became apaprent that the first attack
of the federals had been a failure.
As far as could be learned the gov
ernment troops had about 1,600 men
engaged, including 200 cavalry under
Commandant BaiTon, chief of the ru-
rales in Sonora. •
The rebels showed remarkable or
ganization throughout the battle. Ev
ery point of vantage was guarded, in
cluding the adobe cuard house on the
international line, and . every trench
and building In the outskirts of Agua
Prieta had its squad of men waiting
to get into action.
One bullet passed through the nat
of an American trooper on the interna
tional line. United States cavalrymen
were dismounted, standing beside their
horses. The mounts were finally moved
to sheltered positions behind the adobe
buildings along the line.
The army ambulances also, were
held here. , ^ ^
A great throng gathered at Fifth
street, 500 yards from the internation
al line, intent on witnessing the battle
but the. American patrol forced back
all persons except those carrying pass-
Twenty men were detailed to take
up the field on the Mexican side of the
line for Red Cross work and about 100
volunteers were held on this side to
care for the injured.
Oscar Goll, who accompanied tbe
Associated Press correspondent was
struck by a bullet on the side of the
head while he was watching the prog
ress of the fight from Fourth street^
A long gash was cut In his scalp and
blood streamed over his face.
The Associated Press correspondent
crossed the line and found “Red”
pez. one of the rebels who commanded
the garrison. All of Lopez s nien ha
been engaged since the early firing
“We concentrated our fire of shwP;
shooters on the two machine guns that
the federals brought Into action and
succeeded in putting them out ^u®-
iness,” said Lopez. “The loss of life
is undoubtedly heavy. At this hour l
believe we have btaten the federals
By this time firing had been renew
ed. The rebels In the ditches along
the American line were engaged ^d
the American Inspection pwty In the
automobile was compelled to retire
hastily into Douglas.
The federal troops paid no attention
to the warnings not to fire Into Ameri
can territory, but. fighting from low
land, they elevated their guns and ^he
Congress Continues
lo Discuss Treaty
For Redprocity
^ TWENTY DROWNED
♦ WHEN SHIP SANK
♦ By Associated Press ♦
♦ Oporto, Portxigal, April 17.— ♦
♦ The Spanish steamer San Fer- ♦
♦ iiando, bound from Huelva for ♦
♦ Liverpool, sank off Cape Finis- ♦
♦ terre. the westevmcst headland ♦
♦ of Spain today. Twenty-one ♦
♦ persons were drowned.
♦ ♦
look Bunch Of
Money pom Negio
By Associated Press.
Brunswick, Ga.,» April 17.—Four
thousand dollars, thought to be part
of the $10,000 stolen li’om a registered
mail pouch between Tampa and Clear
water, Fla., on March 23rd, was taken
from John Ant’.^rron, a negro, arrest
ed here today in connection with the
case. The arrest was made by Postal
Inspector Juke Jones.
Four thousand, one hundred and
eighty dollars was recovered two
weeks ago, in the yard of H. H. Hor-*
ace, cf Brookville, Fla. Horace says
he and Anderson found the ten thous
and in a stump into which a dog had
chased a rabbit. The stump was near
the home of J. J. Abbott,‘a railroad
mail clerk, who was arrested and is
under bond to await action of the
grand jury.
I By Associated Press.
Washington, April 17.—Debate on
I the Canadian reciprocity agreement
I continued to hold the attention of tha
house of .representatives today. Sever
al democratic members of the way^
and means, committee are ready to
answer the argument made Saturday
by Asher Hinds of Maine against the
proposed bill. On the republican side
Representative McCall, of Massachu
setts. who introduced the bill in the
Sixty-ilrst congvesf?, is ready to take
up support of the measure as soon as
Chairman Underwot)d yields the floor
to him.
Representative Dalzell, of Pennsyl
vania, who is leading the opposition,
aj.^peared today with the minority re
port of the ways and means committee,
awaiting an opportunity time to sub
mit it to the house. Discussion of the
bill will be closed tomorrow night or
Wednesday morning, the debate to be
concluded by Mr. Underwood.
In the senate there was little to be
done, the organization of committees
with which to conduct business beins;
still incomplete. Adjournment until
Thursday was expected.
Lynchbmg Won
From Gteensb070
PROMINENT D. A. R. LEADER.
Mri. Matheyv T. Scott, of Illinois, presjdent-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, on the left
and Mrs. William Cummings Story, of New York, who is being primed as a candidate to oppose Mrs.
Scott, re-election when the biennial vote is taken at the the annual congress of the D. A. R. in Washing
ton April 17th. The ‘insurgents,” who are suppoKir\g Mrs. Story handond-mouth, declare the “stand-pat”
adherents of Mrs. Scott are trying to. establish oligarchic rule and to fi}^ things so that they can com
pletely dominate the society. Mrs.rScott’s supporters, on the other hand, speak of the “opposition” as “ca
lamity howlers.” "
Cleveland Men
Go on A Stiike
By Associated Press.
Detroit, Mich., April 17.—That the
■game scheduled to be played here to
day by the Detroit and Cleveland teams
of the American league was caiied
off because of a “mutiny” or “strike”
of the Cleveland players, is stated In
news articles In both the Detroit News
and Journal t?^«y. The Cleveland
players left th1» morning for Toledo
to attend the funeral of Addie Joss.
Revolution M e e
^ajr, ^ admirable stubborn-
bullets carried Into the city of Doug
las. On a little knoll *t a Mexican
cemetery the rebels had contrived a
dirt fort 300 feet long. The federal
fire directed at this point skimmed the
ground and whizzed Into the streets of
the American town. The whole section
of the city between Fifth street and
the international llne^was deserted.
Continued on Pa*e Two.
Washington, April 17.—Washington
Is in gala attire and society circles
are putting in a. strenuous time, sec
ond only to the activity caused by
the opening of'a session of congress
or the inaugurati6n of a president.
For the twenty-first annual congress
of the Daughters of the American Rev
olution begins its six-days session to
day. The Daughters have come from
all quarters of the United States and,
taking the capitol city by storm, are
making ready for the grand rendez
vous today by visiting among them
selves and their Washington friends.
Every hotel in • the city is virtually
owned by the fair invaders and scores
of* private hojnes have - thrown wide
their doors for the visitors, who will
not spend an idle moment dnring their
week’s sojourn here.
The delegates will be formally re
ceived by the-president and Mrs. Taft
at the White House on W^^ednesday af
ternoon. This-evening the delegates,
with other members of the organiza
tion and of the Sons of the American
Revolution will be given a reception
by President-General Mrs. Scott. Tues
day evening has been reserved for
meetings of state delegations.
When the congress was called to
order this morning Mrs. Matthew T.
Scott, of Illinois, the president-general
it marked.the opening of what is ex
pected to be one of the stormiest ses
sions in the history,of the order. Ques
tions of “politics” have ^ resulted in
the formation of factions, each with
its own Ideas, radically different from
those of its opponents.
NaturaUy, Interest centers chiefly in
the election of officers, with Mrs. Scott,
the presiding officer, in the strategic
point of the conflict. Mrs. Williatn
Cummings Story, of New York, de
feated candidate for president-general
at the last congress, will “carry the
fight” to Mrs. ^ Scott and her adher
ents. She has raised the cry of “oli
garchy” and declares that Mrs. Scott
Is and has been ‘attempting, through
the medium of the governing board,
to “rule the society against'Its ^ con
stitution.” As part of tte campaign
of Mrs. Story’s friends \jx her behalf,
100,000 letters have been sent to the
members In the various statfes peti‘
tionlng their support In the, movement
to “dethrone the’ruler and her clique.”
The ruction Is an old one and,*has
been kept up continuously sli^ce Mrs
Story’s defeat for the chief office. The
warring factions at present appear
about equally divided as to numbers,
with the result that a lively battle
of votes will forip t^e climax wheh
the ballot Is taken Thursday. No
end of electioneering will be done be
fore that time, however, there also
will be a fight on the proposed amend
ments to the constitution of the 9rgan-
1 ization. All in all, there are spirited
times promised.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution was organized in 1890 in this
city. Its founders were Miss Mary
Desha, of Kentucky; Miss Eugenia
Washington, of Virginia (both now
dead); and Mrs. Ellen Hardin Wol-
Continued on Page Three.
REP.n
EggRolling
At White House
Special to The News.
Washington, ^ D. C.‘; April 17.—The
Kitchin speech on Canadian reciproci-
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., April 17.—Bright
skies and a warm s n brought thous-
andso of children to the white house
grounds today for the annual, Easter
Monday egg rolling. Children of all
sorts and of all ages,‘from those who
just toddled to others with-dresses at
their shoe tops, came'trooping early
Into the president’s big back yard
Most of them brought baskets filled
with eggs of vivid colors
hTe rolling had not long been in
progress when egg shells strewed the
grassy - little hills of the white house
grounds from top to toe, while crusts
of bread and cake gave evidence that
the pici',. feature of the,day had not
been overlooked.
Of course, a lot of the egg. rollers
came to see the president, and Mrs,
i Taft, and If they were looking in the
ty has stirred up a hornet’s nest.
Representatives Giidger and Webb: right directional the right time, they
expect to reply to it^ They do not i were satisfied. No grown-ups were ad
mitted unless accompanied by children
think that the attack on them was j
justifiable. ■ ' r .
Messrs. Webb, Gudger and Dougjiton
held a conference and diiscussed the
maUer this morni^.g!
- Gudger may-speiak today. He will
borrow time from Mr. Dalzell. ,
small boys who hired themselves to
strangers seeking admission at rate
from 5 to 25 cents.
Special- to The News.
Lynchburg, Va., April 17.—Houser
pitched a superb game for Greens
boro, of the Carolina association,
nntil in the ninth when tlie Shoe
makers won in a Garrison finish, the
score being 4 to 3. Greensboro drove
Hogue from the slab in the .third
with two singles and two doubles
which earned three runs. Houser did
not allow the locals to score until
the eighth. The game was won by
HcwedeH’s double, errors by Corwin
and Ware and Hawkins single.
Score: R. H. E.
Lynchurg 000 000 013—4 5 2
Greensboro ....003 000 OOx—3 10 5
Batteries; Hogue, Bruck'and Lu-
cein and Bien; Houser and Ware.
J. S. Berge?
Under Anest
Tljtreelnjiited
InM r e ck
Important Ruling
on Insmance Rates
Special,.to The J^ews. , ..:
Raleigh, N. C., April 17.—A ruling
was ‘made today by Commissioner-of
Insurance Young to the effect that the
TJ new basis of commissions to fire in-
By Associated Press. . surance agAits agreed upon by the
Chicago, April 17.—O-fficials of the principal companies'doing, business in
Chicago,, Rock Island & Pacific Rail
road, today received reports of, a
wreck at White, Okla., in which an
entire train was derailed excef)t two
rear coaches, which became detached
from the rest. Three persons were
injt'ired. Those hurt are:
;• Bngineer William Martin, of Shaw
nee, Okla., hurt internally.
Express Messenger W. F. Baker,
of .Memphis, • Tenn.
C. C. Smith, a passenger from Mc
Alister. Okla.
The train was No. 42, a local be
tween Tucumcari. N. M., and Mem
North Carolina that would change th^f
basis from 15 per cent fiat rate to a
scale of 15 to 25 per c'ent, according
to the risk and i.exacting from the
agents agreement that they -would not
acept a con^mission ^ basis other- than
this from any companies, it is-unlaw
ful In this state. The'nejv scale was
to be effective May, 1st. Tt^ ruling is
under section 349 lof 1905 revisal.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga.,-April 17.—J. S. Ber
ger, of New York, proprietor of the
Berger aviation plant, now here with
his machines and his flyers and who
has been giving exhibitions in the
towns and cities of south Georgia,, was
arrested here today charged with using
the mails with intent to defraud. Unit
ed States Postoiflce Inspector Britton
caused the arrest to be made on com
plaints filed with the government that
Berger had written letters to arrange
meets claiming that he had the world’s
greatest aviators under his control.
Berger claims he is being persecuted
by the “Aviation Trust” which en
deavored, he declared, to get him to
enter a plan to charge exhoribtant
prices for exhibits. This he refused
to do. “There are but 18 aviators
worthy of the name in the world,” says
Berber, “and I have three of them.”
He gave bond In the sum of |1,000
pending an investigation of the charg
es against him by a United States com
missioner on Saturday. ^
/law. McPhetson
Attempts Suicide
By Associated Press.
Chicago, 111., April 17.—Mrs. Pearl
McPherson, 25 years old, formerly of
Mason'City, Iowa, who is defendant in
a divorce suit pMidlng here, attempted
to kill herself and her 5-year-old daugh
ter today by gas asphyxiation in a
room at a hotel.
The would-be suicide left two letters
asking that she and her .child be bur
ied in the same grave.
Before turning on the gas she sought
vainly for a reconciliation with her
husband, from whom she is estranged.
Mrs. McPherson may not recover,
but the little girl had crawled to a
window and suffered little from the
experience.
Game at Charleston.
By Associated Press.
Charleston. S. C., April 17. After a
losing trip on the road Charleston
opens a three-game series here this
afternoon with the Augusta team,
Ransick having strengthened his
squad. Either Saunders, or Bussey
will twirl for the Sea Gulls with
Luskev doing the catching while the
Tourists’ battery Is announced as Grif
fin or Howard and Fish. The weather
is ideal.
Would Pjobe
Me!dcan Situation
Municipal Primary
In Raleigh Today
Special to The News.
Raleigh. April 17.—The Australian
ballot and the tendency of many vot
ers to scratch their ballons have the
opposing managers in the municipal
democratic primary much at sea as
to the division of.the vote cast up to
this hour, 2 p. m.
The balloting is much lighter than
was expected and practically no ne
groes are being allowed or even offer
ing to vote. Both sides have challeng-
ed most of those who have offered
to vote, thereby removing the possi
bility of anticipated trouble from this
source. Both sides claim the majority
of the vote thus ’ far.
VOTE PROBE GRAND JURY
TO ASSEMBLE THfS AFTERNOON
By Associated Press.
Danville, 111., April
17.—The vote
phis, carrying a mail car, express i probe grand jury will assemble here
car, a coach, two chair cars and twothis afterhOon for its final sitting.
sleepers. All except the sleepers went
Into the ditch at White, which Is. a
few mlleis^west of Mcllister, at about
5:45 a. m. today.
The jury t»411 take up the investiga
tion where it left off a month ago and
It is expected that more new evi
dence will be introduced.
By Associated Press.
Washington. - April 17.-^Searching
inquiry into the situation in Mexico
is demanded in a resolution offered
today by Senator Stone, ]of Missouri
The resolution calls on the senate
committee on foreign relations to
undertake the investigation because
of the danger to American and for
elgn lives and property.
Legislators Confer.
By Associated Press.
Birmingham, Ala., April 17.—^Th©;
thirty-four memijers of the “Alabama,
division” of the Tennessee legislature,:
who came to this state to break ai
quorum and frustrate objectionable leg
islation, met this morning In the cham
ber of commerce rooms and reiterated
their»determination to “stand pat”.'
Sight seeing Is their principal business'
right now and they are being enter
tained extensively. “Speaker” Johnon-
iys received a handsome gavel from
friends in Tennessee today. Frequent
meetings will be held in the chamber
of commerce offices.
American Shot.
By Associated Press.
Douglas, Ariz., April 17.—A second
American, John Hamilton, was shot.
He was in Douglas, nearly In the cen
ter of the city, when hit in the breast
by a bullet.
Twenty insurgent dead have Just
bee nbrought into Agua Prieta.
Toledo Blade Suffers from Fire.
Toledo, O.. April 17.—The Toledo
Blade was printed as usual today, in
spite of the fact that the . building is
almost a wreck from the big fire which
raged within Saturday night.
The owners are unable to estimate
their loss until the appraisers com
plete their work.
—The “Sunshine Choir” of Calvary
Methodist church, enjoyed a trolley
ride around the city today, making
the welkin ring with songs and
laughter.
FORMER TAR HEEL
FOUND DEAD.
By Associated Press
Little Rock, Ark., April 17.—
Judge John Henry Rodgers, of
the United States district court
for Western Arkansas, was
found dead in a hotel here to
day. Heart trouble is thought to-
have been the cause. Judge
Rodgers was born in Bertie
county. North Carolina, October
9, 1845, and served in the Con
federate army.
He had been a Federal judge
since 1896. His body was found
when attaches of the court went
to ask him to pass sentence upon
W. J. Dwyer and C. M. Cross,
convicted of violating the oleo
margarine laws.