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■.,.•. ' —F.-V.; - ^ ■ ,• THE WANTS ARE READY TO SERVE YOU rnmmmmmm.. AT SLIGHT EXPENSE—SEE PAGE EIGHT ^ atest Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition 43. NO. 7006 CHARLOTTE. N, C„ WEDNESDA\ EVENING. APRIL 19. 1911 PR • cen*’^ n Copv r-'"'"—r.r«'rlg'’nnday , '^*^TOutsideCharlotte,5 “ ~ ‘ -- - Csati a copy Pa ly and SoBday Jit on Fmm,fis' Free List4ill Is Oj^ered To - day 'di ctions in Duties ^ .41'ticles Provided V(i bn Ways and imitUe—List oj uched. 'lid Ejfect a Re~ Ianff Revenue of MiUions—How it :fit the Farmer and Consumer, ril 19.—The majority ways and means com- so-»\illed farmers’ free il to the house today n.ierwood, is a merger folitical argument and f the proposed duty €x- howp that the bill would iff revenue $10,016,495, importation for the last ;i amount described as V in comparison with - iig and advahta^es to all ^ in ihc additions to the = 'Iptl for.” ’ idem Taft’s recent Can- I' sj)eeches, the report • •V the impression that H>n is convinced that ifi rates are too high. ’ iiddrfsses',” it says, “the ■4 admitted that the tariff hiKh. that such rates i\ in excessively high pric- . 'iMlIy in the increased cost h now l^ears heavily on and that they have not promised benefits of li: tiiion under high pro- _ ; = the President’s state- e republican party had t Miff policy so as ta limit : es of protection to the in cost of production here a'i with a reasonable profit ri«'an producer, the com- sas: ■ confession, ^■as the 1 atform of 1908 that the protective duties, as The republican party, has nvn, that combination and i- iiroy upon the people have ■ ’ by the tariff, and that ; iuotection American man- tu've forced unreasonable ihf people.” report declares: hail reciprocity agree* ■’ure the house is a recog- 'if part of the administra- 'irious effects of the ex- t \t* policy which has so Msed »ii)on the country, ' f »o miti^afe its effects.” acreenient, the com- ■ annot afford the Amer- ' the needed relief from ctlon on the agreement ’ : Mpoessiry of further and > ion in removing a num- ■m imports from other) fior that justice may be, ■ • nt army of agricultural in the Canadian agree-1 : ‘VP all the alleged pro-1 ' 'i from their products' rfsponding or reciprocal [irotective duties most ' !he commodities they H necessary to sustain* industries.” ; Kcs up in detail the irtif-les included in the ' ^ponation of agrlcul- ‘a'S, 'heir manufacture trusts and combina- >oId in foreign, coun- ncf's than at home, I'lroisn trade from to S2s,124,033 In ^'llng materials, essen- :notation of agricvul- 'i.«' report says, cannot protection in home if*s on thpm “have an- ■ ii the farmers to'add ■'f' *\;Ktins trusts and ?’otuorning hoops, - iron atul steel, barb- ’ iiig, etc., the report iiitio^ make the people * "Jrrcat steel Indus try” which fur years has sold products a ;road lower than to domestic, con- sr.mers, and declares that placing them on the free list will be "a long delaved measure of equity and justice.” The placing on the free list of/all torms of leathei from cattle hides and Pkins, together with boots, shoes, har ness, saddlery, etc., the committee ar- SUfs, will be of advantage in manufac turing and necessarily of benefit to uvJicultural producers as well as to all the people. j .The ••href trust” is assailed in dis- clission Oil the free listing of fresh meats ;iud meat products, “The exist ing duties on meats and meat pro- j ducts ' it is asserted, “are for the ad vantage of this combination only”—a combination that “controls the mar kets both In buying and selling, and the result is a substantial addition to the high cost of living from which the I»eople suffer. “Renewals oik duties on these prodiK5ts, it is agreed, will plac§ the fanners in a fcee market as tb foodstuffs and food products.’ For the reason that the public desired “that no artificial* shelter shall be maintain ed to protect abnormally high prices on food articles In any form” the bill also seeks exemption from duty on wheat flour, semolina, rye flour, buck wheat flour, cornmeal and all prepared cereal foods, biscuits bread and simi lar articles not sweetened. In discussing free lumber placed In the bill, hard wood excepted, the re port maintains that the ownership of timber In this company has become practically a monopoly and has passed for the most part Into the hands of great corporations and Interests which are speculating on the increasing scar city. President Taft is again referred to, the report quoting from his speech of February 26, 1911, in which he said: “Ry giving our own people access to Canadian forests, we shall reduce the consumption of our own, which, in the hands of a comparatively few own ers now have a value that requires the enlargement of our available timber resources.” Sewing machines, the report avers, are sold abroad by American manufac turers cheaper than at home and should not be protected. The manufac turers would have by the proposed bill the additional advantage of free lum ber. Salt, also inoludeit4n the tree list, the report urges, should be free from artificial enhancement in price, the do mestic supply being dependent upon a limited number of natural deposits, controlled by concentrated Interests. TH[ n OF By Associated Press. Viterbo, Italy, April 19.—The trial of the Neapolitan Camorrists may be halt ed and a new investigation Into the murder of Gennaro Cuoccolo and his wife ordered on the ground that the informer. Genarro Abbatemaggio, was an accomplice in the crime, as the re sult of developments In the case to day. After a respite during Holy Week, the band of shackled Camorrlsts troop ed Into court today and again faced their accusers from withing the steel bars of their cage&. KILLED WIFE AND TDIEO SUICIDE By Associated Press. Kansas City, April 19.—C. A. Bar ber, a building contractor, 45 years old, shot and killed his wife and. fa tally wounded himself at the residence of his mother-in-law, Mrs. J. E. Saun ders, in this city. Barber’s wife recently filed - a suit for divorce against hljn. entative Doughton ells Why He Will Not Vote For Reciprocity News Bureau, Congress Kali. • C. BRYANT.) \itril 19.—Representa- ' ' ’ ‘ 1 and Doughton of olinii delegation are > or twelve democrats for the Canadian i'onr Ohians, three »iu‘ Minnesotan and ''ill stand with them. »vf tried to drive them rvation but they will 'J to Canadian reclproc- ‘"1“ against it,” said Doughton today. “It ill iny (anipalgn, and - ‘1 liy loading republi :aanu, McCall, Lodge, and Crum packer school. A democrat should feel free to vote as his judg ment dictates and a majority of his constituents desire him to do. Letters received from every, county in my district lead me to believe that my constituents .oppose the measure as offered. ‘‘They tell us that reciprocity is a cardinal principle of the democratic party. This may be true but sham reci procity has been condemned in our ))latform. It is argued by the advocates of this measure that it will not re duce the products of the farm, but will lower the cost of living. Such a thing is impossible. It Is a sham, or it will hurt. Cattle, hogs and other stock are on the free list but meats, nieat products and* the like handled by the beef trust are protected.” Mr. Doughton is very emphatic. He thinks his constitueuis ar« with him. CHAMPAGNE RIOTERS. Photograph showing "champagne rioters in France burning the tax papers. Following the recent decision of the senate on the champagne puestion, which favored the abolition of territorial delimitations, ^ thousands of wine growers in the champagne growing district destroyed factories, residences and storerooms of both legitimate and “faking" champagne growers and bottlers. The situation became so grave that 15,000 troops had to be rushed to the scene of disorder to protect the loss of life and destruction of prbperty. The situa tion has now calmed down, owing to the presence of the troops and the nullifying of th-e action of the senate by the chamber of deputies. Congress May Pass Reciprocity Treaty By To-moirow Night JOE GANNQN By Associated Press. Washington, • April 19.—Democrat ic leaders of the house hope to bring the long, debate on Canadian reci procity to an'eaHTtoplgm' and to pa.«s the bill before adjournment tomor row. It is possible, however, that an other day of general discussion may be agreed to, for Chairman Under wood of the ways and means com mittee, does not like to shut off any one who wants to speak. The fact that former Speaker Cannon was to make one of the principal argu ments against the reciprocity agree ment today brought a throng ^o the galleries. The report of the ways*and means committee on the farmers’ free list bill, promised today, was awaited in the house with much interest. This bill will be taken up as swn as the reciprocity measure is oiit of the way. ‘ ' The senate meets tomorrow. Busy Session of D. A. R. Congiess By Associated Press. Washington, April 19.—Reports of committees constituted the chief btis- iness of the forenoon session of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion today. An address by Dr. J. Franklin Jameson was included in the program. President Taft received the Daughters at the white house aft?r the close of the business session. . Delegates are excited over the elec tion of genpral officers tomorrow. The fight for president general is be tween Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, of Il linois, the incumbent, and Mrs. Wil liam C. Story, of New York. Both sides are making claims of victory. • Furniture Makeis Go On Strike By Associated Press" Grand Rapidg, Mich., April W.—The long-expected strike of the furniture workers of Grand Rapids, which has been pending for several weeks, was o’fficlally declared in effect at 9 o’clock this morning. ' The union men in nearly 60 furniture factories, including wpod*working shops, packed up their tools and walk ed out. Between 6,000 and 7,000 uniAi i^en, including varnishers and finisheKe' as well as ’ cabinet makers,. carvers and woodworkers, went out. ‘ Some 3,000 other employes who are not unionized, are afffscted by the strike. ^ The walk-out came to a'head today as the result of the minufacturers’ re fusal in a communicatipn to the citi zens’ committee of Inquiry to grant any concessions to the mo^. The men ask 10 per ceat increase in wage, a 9- hour day and the abolition of piece work. The manufacturers declare they will continue to treat with their men indi vidually, but refuse any increase m wages, ba^ng their refusal on trade conditions. To Advance Good Roads In South Washington, April 19.—Starting at Mobile, Ala., on ijjlonday,. May 1st, the Southern Railway Company, working in conjunction with the United States Office of Public Roads, for the pur pose of advancing the cause of good roads throughout the South, will run a special improvement train. Stops will be made at all the more impor tant points along the Southern Rail way and affiliating lines and the tour of the train will not be completed un til October. The detailed schedule so far arrang ed is to May 24th, covering cities in the state of Alabama along the South ern Railway,, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and the Northern Alabama Railway. May 23rd and 244h the train will he on continuous exhibition at Birmingham on account of the good roads convention to be held in that city at that time. The “Road Improvement Special” will consist of three cars—one provid ed with lantern slides, stereoptlcon, and screen, another with exhibits and working models, and a third for the men who will travel with the train. Free lectures arid demonstrations will be conducted by. D. H. Winslow and H. C. Wells, superintendents of road construction, U. S.,Dept, of. Agricul ture. W. J. Hurlbut, agent, land and industrial department. Southern Rf«^- way, will accompany the train. The object of this train is to give practical instruction In the building of good roads and their repair with the view of inducing their construction, thus savng. millions of dollars annual ly to the formers of the South in the miovement of their crops to market. The Southern Railway will handle this train. without cost to the govern ment in order to give the people along Its lines the opoprtunil^y to secure the very -valuable information as to road building which it will afford. FDRTtfNE TELLEB m Grand Opera in Atlanta, Atlanta, April 19.—Despite the heavy advance sale, the supply oif good tickets for the Metropolltant Grand Opera season here April 28, 28, 29 is by no means exhausted. Some of the best seats in the auditorium may still be had. ‘ By Associated , Press. ' Asheville, N. C., April 19.—Mrs. Hat tie Fox, a fortune teller, and her blind husband, were suffocated this morning when a store building In which they lived was * swept by fire. The flames were started by an ovA’turned oil stovel Firemen saw the woman at a window but were unable to reach them through the smoke before they were dead. The properti^ loss is about |25,- 000. . V Charged Husband With Kidnapping. Atlanta, April 1^.—Charging that Tier husband kidnapped their little folir- year-old son from St. Luke’s Episcopal Sunday school, during the Easter morning service and carried him off to the Transportation club, Mrs. Amy Lou Maddison has asked the court to have the chijd restorefl to her and to restrain Madidson from troubling it any inore. A dlvcwce suit is pending between the couple. It Is said the baby boy very much enjoyed his first taste of “club life.”’ ' By Associated Press. Washington, April 19.—Former Speaker Cannon in the house today vigorously attacked Canadian reciproc ity. Aided by a large map of thetlnit- ed States and Canada he played the rol of schoolmaster to a crowded floor and filled galleries. Mr. Cannon assailed the proposed agreement as dangerous to American trade. Inimical to the best interests of American farmers and certain to result in depreciation of western and south ern farm lands. The opening attack on reciprocity today came from Representative Gud- ger, of North Carolina, who charac- teiized the bill as a republican meas ure. He attacked his colleague, Mr.* Kltchin, for his speech of Satur*isy and declared that he had impugned the motives of at least yiree members of the North Carolina democratic dele gation, w'ho proposed to vote against the measure. Mr. Cannon followed Mr. Gudger. “Not since the war with Span and all that followed has there been con sidered by the house of representatives so important a bill as the one now pending,” declared he. “On the action of the house rests the well being and the prosperity of all the people of the United States.” Mr. Cannon declared that the reci procity treaty had been made in se cret, and the country, the senate and the house had actually nothing to do with the preparation of.the agreement. Mr. Cannon reviewed the develop ment of middle and western America duringithe last century. ■ . Immigration and development had brought rich new lands into cultiva tion, he said; railroads had by cheap freight rates placed them in touch with the great eastern markets; and the value of New England and New York farm lands had gone steadily down, unable to meet the competition. The opening of the new Canadian lands with American markets upon their products would have the same effect on the west, he believed. Mr. Cannon declared that the in fluence of the cheaper Canadian lands would be felt as keenly in the South as elsewhere if the tariff restrictions on Ifarm products were removed. “What is this bill going to do with us?” he asked. . - “They say there’s no danger to our wheat from a market open to Cana da. The president says it will reduce the cost of living without impairing the farhaers’ market. I would like to see the president demonstrate how it will not impiir the farmers’ prices and yet will reduce the cost of living.” To Investigate Extravagance, By Associated Press. ' Washington, April 19.—Investiga tion of alleged extravagance in the governmental departments was en dorsed by the house committee on rules today. The committee will re port favorably the resolution giving the house committee on expenditures authority to summon witnesses under oath, to demand access to books and records and to sit during recesses of the present congress. The Situation In Mexico-Day's Development HIS REPiy TO REP. mm Insurrectos Said to Be Plan ning Attack on Juarez Re gardless ofl^apid Fire Guns, Etc,, Upon Which Federals , ftely jor Defense Many Bridges Destroyed on Railfoads by Insurrectos— Trajfic in Sections is Paral- ized—Other Reports From Stoim Center By Associated Press.' El Paso, Tex., April 19.—The Insur- Special to The News. Washington, April 19.—Represents-' tive Gudger replied to Mr. Kitchin today. He said that the country de mands tariff legislation but not personal criticism. • “Mr. Kltchln’s words of /e,1)Uso of three of the North Carolina mei> bers,” he said, “came as a surprise.' . He state that Mr. Kitchin should not'^^^t^’® Juarez moved their cannon have impunged the motives of hisj nearer that city overnight and appear colleagues. j to be making preparations for an at- ^ ‘Mr. Kitchin,” he declnred, “wouidjtack regardless of the rapid Are guns, cut a pretty figure marching with; i j » Payne, of New York, and Crumpack- ^^^^sked motars and mines upon which er, of Indiana; the one the republi-,'the Federals mainly rely for their de can floor .leader, and the other the'fense. eiemy. ot the South. He. ,,„arez spent the iiisht under arra", said that the reciorocity was not dem-; ocratic but republican. . j Mr. Underwood Mr. Gudger. yielded time OF THE Dn III men POINT momentarily expecting the battle'to to and time and again as the ru- rales scouting in the mountains out side the city fired at the curiouslv shaped rocks that look so much i im men, and cry went up that an attacE. had commenced. Delayed telegrams from Torreon tell of the complete destruction of th(! bridge system of the Eagle Pass branch of the Mexican National Rail way lines. Fifteen bridges have been destroyed by the insurrectos on the Coahuila & Pacific Railroad between Parral and Torreon, and railroad traf- I fic in Coahuila and Durango is badly, i demoralized. Passenger service be- Apposing Candidates Meet Torreon and Durango has been ^ Interrupted for six days and there Joint Debate And 2 he Race immediate prospect of resump tion of train service. Traffic is likewise paralyzed east of Torreon but an attempt probably will be made to run a train to Ciudad Por- firio Diaz over the main line of the Mexican International “tomorrow or Becomes Moie Aminated, Many Dekgates4o State hem- 1 Friday, when the briuges will have wary %mCtl00l convention ^een repaired, unless the insurrectos Baby Contest q Great Suc cess—Other Breezy Briejs. Fatal Explosion. By Associated Press. Pell City, Ala., April 19.^Ulman Turner, whiter and Harrison Curry, col ored, were seriously injured and the drug‘store of Dr. R. A. Martin was practically wrecked by an explosion of gasoline today. The two men went into the cellar of the drug store Und, it being dark, they lighted a match. Gasoline from a leaking tank became Ignited. The monetary loss is about $10,000. Special to The News. High Point, April 19.—Political High Point is warming up lively and Mayor Fred Tate and Candidate J. Ed. JCirk- man and their followers are speaking some. Although numerous points are raised on each side, yet the main is sue is the bond issue the two factions being known as the bondites and anti- bon^ites. Mr. Tate Is a bond man. Mr. Harris of the Enterprise is a bond man. Mr. Kirkman against the bonds. With Delos Hammer, a young attorney, as managing editor of a new daily paper which has sprung Into existence, is against bonds and for Mr. Kirkman whose picture appears in each Issue. The dally is. called the Conservative. Its paragraphers’ space is filled with snap and go and he oftimes asks per sonal questions, or drops out a word photograph. The two candidates are democrats . and Methodists and their Sunday seats are near enough to look into each others faces. Under such circumstances it is impossible for there to be room for them to have any feeling in the matter of the tingling thrusts so freely flung. The greatest spealjing of the cam paign was last night, at the warehouse when Mr. Kirkman accepted Mr. Tate’s invitation to meet him in joint debate and discuss the local issues. Each candidate had 40 minutes and 10 min utes rejoinder then they will be follow ed by several speakers. Mr. Tate has opened headquarters in the Bagly building next to the post office. Ministers Take a Hand. The ministers’ association in regu lar session yesterday morning passed resolutions to the effect that the man- didates express themselves to the vot ers on the enforcement of the whiskey laws, and also resolved to ask the peo ple to vote for the candidate whom they believe would enforce the anti whiskey law^. The association also asked the Maj or and city officials to use all means to prevent a carnival from coming into High Point, and the county commis sioners to use all means to prevent a carnival from coming nehr High Point. Mr. W*. T. Parker has been appoint ed tax assessor for High . Point. Baby Contest. The exciting baby contest which for many weeks has been conducted by the Enterprise closed Saturday with 700 paid in advance new names added to their subscription list and the fol- IcAving names as the winners among whom the $500.00 in gold is to be di vided. , Evelyn Penny, Margarite -Muse, George Duncan, Ruth Jarrell. State Seminary School. Work begins today on Picketts ware house which is to be newly fitted up§ for an assembly room for the State Senminay school convention which meets here next week. Four hundred and forty names of delegates have been received and it is expected the list will swell to 600. Thursday will be the big day. It is expected that 500 workers from Greensboro will come over for the day. The great man pa rade will take place on that day. The Kearns Furniture Co. has built an addition to the finishing depart ment 24 by 100 feet. , /t interfere. tJiIs is not improbable as the rebels have served notice that they will at tempt to destroy all bridges between Torreon and Ciudad Porfirio Diaz. By Associated Press. ' Agua Prieta, April 19.—Soon after t daylight today a daring band of In-, surrectos, numbering only a half-dozen' or so, stole Into Agua Prieta and set fire to the Nacoasi railroad station, which, with its valuable contents, was' destroyed. ■ The federals fired upon the invaders i and two or three of them were kill-1 ed. j The column of insurrectos wh^chi was swinging around into the Naco-'l zari valley when darkness fell lastj night could not be seen today. Th«i column observed at the south of the; mountain pass leading toward Cana-f nea had not moved into th« Sulphur Springs valley along the American', line. It had either gone to camp 4hj thep ass or continued to tie we#t-^ ward. aT Cienzas Springs, 12 mllc-s east of- Agua Prieta, a band of rebels waa^ reported. Rebels in Douglas declare thaitj their headquarters has accurate infor mation that Gen. Blanco with a lar(9- force is advancing on Agua PrieCa* Other rebel reports are that Orozco is with the armv. May Arrange Armist ice By Associated Press. Washington, April 19.—The possi bility of an armistice to arrange peace negotiations‘in Mexico was confirmed by telegrams received today from Am bassador Wilson, at Mexico City. In connection with the delicate boun dary situation, the ambassador said that a friend interpollatlon in the Mexican congress on the relations be tween the United States and Mexico Is likely. This is interpreted here as a desire of the Mexican government to place the matter officially before the Mexican people. ’ It indicates, it is said at the state department, that the delicacy of the question and the friendly attitude of the United States toward Mexico are fully appreciated. The tension of the last several days has appreciably subsided today. De velopment in the interchange between Dr. Gomez, the revolutionary agent in Washington, and the Diaz govern- uient are anxiously awaited. Senor de Zamacona, the new Mexi can amba.ssador, was officially pre sented to the president this afternoon.