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•• YOU SEEK OPPORTUNITIES, WATCfi THE NEWS WANT COLUMNS CLOSELY—PAGE EIGHT TODAY test Edition the CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition 43. NO. 7010 CHAKLOTrE, N. C., NIONDAV EVENING. APRIL 24. 191 I PT> T/^ 17 (In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy Dally—5 Cents Sunday , Outside Charlottes Cents aCopy Daily and Suudey Cl Arrests Are xpected in Noted Dynamiting C*jse " urns Expected to •f Arrests and Fur- ; case. nder Arrest—One •uve Confessed— ken From Union ^'^ hich May Lead i^nsations. \]v\\ 24—l.fO 1 vhe Inter- to be rr.acie In ^ case. Mr. Drew this morning tved a telegram from Burns rfadorf saying tlioy exjiecied t aim to Indianapolis ational Disclosures ^ ' x , tollowUit the arrest of John .1. in Los Angeles ^IfNemara, ^ecretary-ireasurer of tne Inie;T9.ti(iual Association of Bridge and Stn'.c*?’irni Iron Workers here and the a'-resi oi’ J. B. Rryce. alleged to be James H. McNamara, and Artie McManiual. at Detroit, all of whom re beinrr tp.ke.n to Los Angela’s lo ici'jwer ^rdlctments charging them vith r. mplici'v in the Los Angelos T ’l’os hui’ ling exi>lo?:ion. in which 21 li^ps were lost, there continued to he r-iiiiors i nlay of fnt\ire arre.sts. but tho police nnd others concerned de- Ciii.ncl to c:^nimeii on Ihrm. The ?.ge’it.« of the TCrcctors’ Associa- litn, .Tn or.cr>iii?:a(ion of structural i'on contractors, a.'transt whose ef forts lo c'ondr.ct "oppn shopr;.” Ihe • ti i-t l^irlge and f.\plosions arc al’egcd to have been \\'>’;,rr?. to-^ay se- dirccfrd. also refused to say today r •!'ivii'. >n the jus- whether they expected to find more f r rhp hook^ that “plants” ''■t dynamite vhan those &I- ■ ioli'o Sniurday rendy 'incovared. p*’ ’ite •■!SP(>ciri- Prcp’dent Ryan( of ;he Iron Work- \ H'* ;l:!c apit'a.ed pr=i Ar.^ociat'on. last night issued a • I! \\i?r 'he wiU. staterricnt condrmnlng the police for - i ■! acain^T Coun- having “railroaded" .1. .T. McNamara iUf and Sujcrln- r,;it of Indianapolis and to Los *An- ly and but when •-elea a.id asking th'^ public to with t ? officcr if he hold jutigment, beca.ise, he said, evi- . 'l.e writ he wnu’d dence before had been ‘‘created )>y ' I’rt, the constable agents of enemies if union labor. j Other members of the executive ' Folicp T^yland board of the association today af- lio arand -trry firmed that this would be the aui- ,,-.1 ^-ifi-'dav night'tufie of the association, that it a!- :■ -.VO started by , ways had denounced tho use of ex- • H'^ker saya j>!ovises in labor union disputes and .• 1 1'' made a’ong i (jipoiaimed all lesponsibility for de- ' 1 r »he officers ■ gtmctivr methods of campaign. 1 Vssnria'ion of Indiai'.apolis. Ind., April 2=*.—Detec- ■ fv.’ Ivon '^’or'K- tive Wjllir.m .1. Burns, who led m '■ 'f the c.xpio-j jhe arre.«t of .jolru .1. McNamara, sec- ■ nf* in the ba.^e-, rptai-y-treu.-uvcr of the, International ;; V he*'c iheir of-1 a^psociarion of Bridge and Structural ; s ond. whether'iron Work-'is hf^re last Saturday fur ■ n workers or-j pomplic iiy in the alleged dynamitir.g ’ n:! to do wlihjpf the l.os Angeles Times building explj’isives in the October 10 last, in which 21 persons were killed, is expected to return to I McNaTiara. j ’udianapolis some time late today. \ The West-' ^ven1 to Tiffin. O.. where he confls- Vincrs stands about 4iin pounds nf dynamite n ■ssmcnt of five * bnnip of lames McMan- '■ taou.sand mem-p*^^!. fnih';r of \rtie McManigal. who, ■■.1 ‘O’- Secrerarv with .lames W. Mr-isamara, is on his way to Los .\ngelcs. in ci;,8tody of of- fk'tals. The latter McNamara, a print er. was captured in Detroit. More developments are expected here v.ith the re’urn of Burns and it is predicted that more arrests may I consider made. similar some of the records taken from the offices of the tinion here in the raid Saturday night will have an important bearing on the cases of the men when they are put on trial It is said there are a num ber of receiiUs, showing that money has been paid to the men under ar rest and that the dates of these re ceipts correspond to the dates of some of the larger explosions and also that these disbursements were not printed in the unions official jour nal as prescribed by the union con stitution. Indianapolis labor leaders are loiid in their denunciation of .John J. M» Namara's arrest and the action of the I' i'5 very easy to j p^ijpp spiriting him out of the 1 ant dynamite, j Yhe Central l^abor Union meets u Ijo paid them to j jg intimated that sD'ong resolutions on the subject will be adopted. Gov. Marshall Talks. Indianapolis, Ind., April 24.—Gov ernor Marshall today assured F. M. Ryan, j)resident of the Structural Iron Workers, that if any more requi sitions come from California in con nection with the Los Angeles dyna miting he would take steps to instire the accused men a hearing in the courts before he Is extradited. The governor declared hew as not criticising .ludge Collins, of the In dianapolis city court, for the courts action of Saturday evening. Grand Jury Takes Notice. Indianapolis, Ind., April 24.—That the grand jury has taken cognizance of the intimations contained in state ments attribtited to officials of the iron workers association that the or gonization is the victim of a conspir acy by agents of employers who had “planted" dynamite to create evidence was the statement of Prosecutor Bak tlir Structur.tl I :'i , 'i his statmcnt » rarit s H. Moye*, ■' es’evVI Federati(.n ) 8a>$ .Moyer. •ril 21. tram e-up u’.v associates were • 'ir-t ngo. in connec- of toi mcr Gover- ('• Idaho.” said Moy- I Nan'.ara shows on a-; a trame-up. He ' a' ■'e were. He • tiiil.' sl'.'iw either by iiana or the courts 'ivnaufi'e was kept larters of v;il,v. If he was in U P-;- he would have I) keep dynamite Judge Jury Orders Grand To Probe Bnbeiy Chat ges^ Miss Canada—From the way my left ear burns, I know somebody is talking reciprocity. isK Fon OK niiD of JIOE Arguments Begin in Kansas City on Application jor Writ of Habeas Corpus—Dr, Eyde Brought Into Court Room, vK’ncntal in Mc- ' ill h»-vp to produce Tiiio'v why he wanted A Aiig‘»les Times bv; nt the Structural 'Ivation. i t ha VP looked bet- ■f'l. a membpr of the t>df’ration of Miners . ■ «tu h a siege. 0 •' ■ \M' support and !'■ ijpra'ion will recip- iil\ to Invy and pay • a. h on a mem- •r more to help de- tills, the second as l)ppn started by , I izpd labor against D' .'•imply taken oti. that have oc- ' ' r; , pinploying a 1 workrd up a case. ’ IS in Tolfdo. \ 'il 2L—Detective ; who yesterday ' ‘ whirh he alleg- ftin and hidden in ■ urry owned by ■thpr of Artie (•'i in Detroit, is • ^’igations in Tol- !hat thp p.xplosive I 'iiP P'rancp Stone >ni\i!!p. on .lanuary to Tiffin. Up allpg- er. Postooned^ outrages against ■rs' Association, made in Tiffin, '1 tliat there might • '“pments in Tole- '•’l 24.—Investiga- dirfscted toward FtniSIIED Big Vessel, Bound From Bong Kong to San Francisco, Sunk Off Finger Rock, South Chi- na^-The Passenger$ Are All Saved. SUTOSOfPEIlCE Gen. Reyes is as good as an accom> pjishmeut. To him, it is believed, will be entrusted the holding of state and municipal elections. s Senate Still in Unorganized State By Associated Press. Washington. April 24.—Congress to day found itself in a peculiar situation. The house in congratulating itself on having passed expeditiously the cam paign publicity, the direct election of senators and the Canadian reciprocity bills, but the senate thus far practi cally is tmoganized, its committee not having be^n named. Because of this, the upper branch of c(mgress was un- })repared to go ahead with the pro gram. The situation may be remedied to morrow when Chairman Gallinger, of the committee on committees , w'iil bring in a list of the republican mem bers. It remains to be seen v.hether this list will satisfy the ‘ progressives” and permit of immediate action. Having caught up with its work, the house program today dealt with emer gency bills, with a report late in the alieinoon on the free list measures I by Chairman I^nderwood, of the w'ays i and means committee. A week or I more of debate on the measure is an- ! ticipated, though its ultimate passage is not doubted. Trial Judge Orders Complete Investigation of Charges of Corruption in Recent Muni* ctpal Primary Election—Go to The Bottom, Petition Says Physician is Not Guilty oj Swope Murder; Also That The Prooj Was Not Evident, By Associated Press. Kansas City, April 24^.—Arguments on the application for a writ of ha beas corjnis for Dr. B. C. Hyde, under life sentence for the murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope, were begun before Judge Stover of the circuit ocurt here today. Dr. Hyde was in the court room, it being the first time he has been al lowed to leave the county jail since the birth of his son last September. The petition for the release of Dr. Hyde sc.ta forth two reasons w'hy he should be given his liberty on bond. First, that the proof was not evident and the presumption not great that the physician >s guilty of murder in the first degree. Second that he is not guilty. Attorney Frank P„ Walsh made the prinpipal argimient for Hyde and County Prosecutor Virgil Conkling represented the State, Mr. Walsh argued that the opinion of the supreme court by which the first trial of Hyde was reversed and remanded, attacked the evidence of the state as not showing that Colonel Swope died of poisoning as charged, but rather that death wras duo to senile debility. sniKt m IIILITIIfll ME Early Report Today Also States lhai the Mails Were Saved — Big Ship Was Di rectly Bound jor Shanghai, Her Port oj Call, By Associated Press. Tokio, April —"fhe Pacific mail steamship, Asia, from Hong Kong for San Francisco, has sunk off Finger Rock, South China. The passengers are rei)orted rescued and the mails saved. It Is Understood That if Peace Is Not Effected In the Time Specified the Armistice Will Be Continued For a Longer Period, Peace Negotiations Have Gone Far Enough to Let Each Side Know, In a General Way, What the Other Side De mands, Debate Washington, April 24.—Correction mistakes in appropriation bills of the last congress and matters relating to organization of the house when that body met today postponed the pros pective debate on the free list bill. The house passed on appropriations for mileage for senators and members of congress amountin.g to $201,000;for . ........ „ stationery for the members of the anigal used some house $49,750; for employes includin pages and clerks $17,554. Minority Leader Mann again attack ed what lie called the “hurrah for eco- nomv,” which he declared was now be ing followed by resolutions increasing the number of employes. Representative Uoyd, of Missouri, objected vigorously to what he sari Riul methods :e-|was “misrepresentation” on the part ' explosions and‘of Mr. Mann, in various parts] Frank Ryan Subpoaened. iig tlip last two Indianapolis, Ind., April 24. Frank "bf in this city and M. Ryan, president of the Internation- la'tpr place De- al Association of Bridge and Structur- I. ibuu.-; and .1. A. G. al Iron Workers, was subpoaened to '■ ••oiiuspI for the a|>pear before the Marion county 'SS((ciation, were grand jury this afternoon. ' d 'ails c(mnected ' ' r\ th«TP last night Two New Senators. . 'i iiaiiiiip “planted” By Associated Press. II 'iiis -ity Walter Washington, April 24.—William o. oim-,pi for the erec- Kenyon, of Iowa, and Nathan F. ' 'ojifprrpd with the Bryan, of Florida, took the oath ot ft'l I’ Hakpr, coim- office in the senate today as sena- ^ ■ ' tun her inquiry tors from their respective states. E By Associated Press. Muscatine, Iowa, April 24.—Military rule went into effect in Muscatine to day by order of Major George W. Ball, in charge of the Iowa state troops meetings of any sort are to be permit ted after dark. No crowds will be permitted and three persons will be adjudged a crowd. All social and relig ious meetings of every description w'ill of a necessity be abandoned as long as the troops remain. Deplored Lynching Record. Savannah, Ga., April 24. .ludge Samuel B. Adams, president of the board of education, today delivered an address to the boys of the Savannah high school. He impressed upon them the need to stand for state rights and for the supremacy of the law. He said Georgia’s record as to lynch- Ings was unfortunate and disgraceful. The talk was one of a series the boys will hear from prominent citizens. The Asia sailed from Houk Kong Friday and was due in San Francisco May 19. She operated regularly be tween those ports, The vessel was built in 1883 and registered a little less than 5,000 tons gross. Finger Rock is a remarkable pro jection from the Heau Chu Islet, the southermost of tlie Tachau group of islands, which lie about 200 miles south of Shanghai. The ship w^as on her way to Shanghai, her regular port of call. * The Asia struck Sunday morning while feeling her way cautiously through a thick fog. Her wireless sig nals of distress were picked up by the steamer America ot the Tokyo Kisen Company, w'hich was en route from Shanghai’for Hong Kong. The America immediately replied: “We are coming to your assistance.” No further message was received by the America, which pushed hard in the direction of the Asia. The America arrived oti Finger Rock at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, but owing to the fog wiiich continued heavy w^as unable to discover the w'hereabouts of the distressed steamer. The America laid to until the weath er cleared, when she found that the Chinese vessel Shang-Siu. of the Tauk steamship Company had gone to the aid of the Asia and rescued her pas sengers. The latest report received by the Agent of the Pacific Mail steamship line at Yokahama says that the Asia was sunk but that it is believed the passengers with the mails were saved. Stripling May Go To Prison Farm By Associated Press. Atlanta, April 24.—Thomas Edgar Stripling, the former Danville, • Va., police chief, whom Governor Brown refused to pardon for killing W. J. Cornett in this state 14 years ago, probably will be sent to the prison fram at Missedgeville to serve his life sentence. Reports from Colum bus, Ga., where the man is in jail, are that he is ill and in no condition By Associated Press. El Paso, Texas, April 24.—It was learned this morning that if there should be need of a longer period than five days in which to conclude peace in Mexico, the armistice signed yes terday between Gen, Navarro, of the federal forces, and Gen. Madero, will be extended from next Friday, w'hen the five days agreed upon expires at noon. Negotiations for peace establish ment had just extended far enough to put each side in possession of the out lines of the other’s demands. Gen. Madero has known and sacredly guar ded for t%vo w'eeks information as to what the government w'ill grant. He telegraphed Mexico City yesterday the nature of his own basic demands. Fol lowing this, a long telegram was re ceived from the Mexican, capital, but no indications of its contents leaked out. The negotiations were at this stage today when they w^ere resumed. Yesterday’s experience demonstrat ed that negotiatk)ns by telegraph, with most of the lines in Mexico out of commission, are too slow and tedious, especially w'here hundreds of words of code must be read. . For this heason both parties wish to apj)oiut envoys w'lth full power to act. The naming of the envoys, the selection of a meeting place and trav elling to it, it is thought, will require more than the four days remaining of the truce and hence the determination to extend its duration if necessary. A member of the commission today described the negotiations as being in a very delicate: stage where an undip lomatic Slip might spill everything. “However.” he added, “we have gone so far now I am certain that no mat ter what hitches may occur, a basis of peace will be reached.” Nearlv all of the Americans with Madero,' feeling that the fighting is over, are preparing to quit the paths )of war for the w’alks of peace. Many I Mexicans, of the same opinion, have ' ilready made tentative applications lor work in this country. Scores of ! rebels up to this time had never been out of their native mountains. They gaze with awe at the tall buildings of El Paso and are ambitious to secure work on this side of the border. There is plenty of it for them In the railroad construction camps. The Associated Press dispatch from Paris staiin.g that Gen. Bernardo Reyes, idol of the Mexican army. Is to return to his own country to assist In restoring tranquility, w^as read In the insurrecto camp and among the fed- erals at .Tuarez with the greatest In terest. Reyes, it is said, does not de sire the presidency, and is regarded lar Heels Succeed In Getting Jobs NEWS BUREAIT. Congress Hall. (By H .E. C. BRYANT.) Washington, April 24.—The first North Carolina democrats to get pa tronage from a member of the present congress was Mr. Edwin D. Stlmpson, who came here during the Cleveland days, and Isaac Henry Horton, grandson of George P. Horton, of Un ion county. The former will be a fol der in the house folding room and the latter, a page. Representative Page will divide his $1,500 between them Both of them need the positions. Mr Stimiisou’s friends in the state are very grateful to Mr. Page for giving him this lift. The relatives of the boy are very proud to have him a page of the first democratic house in years Mr. Page and Master Horton go to w’ork today. Mr, Webb, who labored so hard and successfully to get Fuller Wishart, a Charlotte newsboy in as page a year ago, will keep him. Puller is a super intendent of pages. He has grown tall and looks like a congressman. His father was among the first white bar bers that ever worked in Charlotte. Being thoroughly abreast of tbe times Fuller has organized his pages into a Capitol Hill baseball nine. He practices on the capitol grounds. The University baseball team is here today. It will play this afternoon and tomorrow. That Page, a son of Rep resentative Page, is a member of the team. Representative Stedman went with his committee, the committee on for eign affairs, to call on Secretary Knox Saturday. He was delighted with the visit. II ii n Death of Dr. Moore Nashville, Tenn., April 24.—News was received this morning of the death in Denver, Colo., Dr. Frederick W. Moore, executive clem-1 has always stood their frie^n^ to work on the roads, as other pris- i as the most loyal among President oners do. It is probable he will be Diaz followers. His influence with the .removed tomorrow. Stripling refuses [army is greater than that of any otn to“SmmeS on the actioS of the gov- Ur man — — partment of . ^ and professor of the chair of history. enc>. The soldiers love him, for he /s stood their friend. Among the people a promise frpm GETS iPOIIW miNTM ENT By Associated Prehs. Washington, April 24.—Senator .Jon athan Bourne, .Ir., one of the “progres sive” senators on the. republican com mittee on committees, will be given the chairmanship of the committee on postoffices and postrbads. This was announced at the- White House today by Sneator Smoot, who said also that Senator Clapp would get the chairman- shi)) of the committee on interstate commerce, to which he is entitled uti* der the seniority rule. The selection of Mr. Bourne means that Senator Crane will retain the chairmanship of the committee on rtiles, as the ranking member of the postoffice committee. Moving for an adjournment until Thursday, Senator Gallinger, chair man of the reorganization committee, stated that the committee probably would be able to report on that day. Senator Gallinger’s motion pre vailed. The Canadian reciprocity bill was conveved from the House to the Sen ate today and without comment was referred to the committee oh finance.. It cannot be taken up until the organ ization of the committee is completed. TEN MINERS ARE REPORTED LOST. By Associated Press. Elk Garden. W. \a., April *4. —Ten miners are reported to have been killed In a dust or gas explosion In Ott Mine No, 20. of the Davl« CoJ and Coke Company, about a mile from this place, at 11 o’clock ihli morn= Ing. Says Statements From Pulpit And Press Have Been Ac- cepted as True — Machinery of The Law at Disposal oj Juryi Charging grand Jurors to probe diligently and accurately into ru mors of corruption in the recent mu nicipal primary, Judge Ciaw'ford Biggs sprang a sensation in the Meck lenburg superior court this morn ing. and caused in Charlotte com ment upon a subject Vhat has been agitated since April 4, when city offi cials were elected. Referring to rumors of whiskey drinking and alleged vote buying upon the day of the primary, Judg» Biggs said: The report is accepted as true by the press and the pulpit in your city, and continued comment is made cn it by the press of the entire state, and I charge you as sworn arm* of the law that you investigate these charges and see If there be any foundation for them in fact.” The court also told the grand jurors of the law relating to buildings prodding fire escapes, and while this w'as interesting In the extreme, it had no such bearing with the spec tators and afterwards with all of Charlotte people who heard the charge he had read, as his declara tions regarding the municipal elec tion. Shortly following the primary upon, the 4th of April, when it was said more men were boisterously drunk on the street than -before in almost a,' decade, the Rev. Dr. Hulten. pastor of the First Baptist Church preached at length upon the conditions. He said by inference that votea were pur chased either with money or with, whiskey. In his sermon he told of thOi scenes at the polling precincts. Having announced previously that he would preach upon “Election Af termath,” the church was crowded, and when tbe congregation dispersfd there was was much talk through all of the city. The charge of Judge Biggs to the grand jurors in^ the court today is the sequel of the sermon preached by Dr. Hulten and the subsequent com ments- made by tbe press of the en tire state. The climax of Judge Biggs’ remarks to the grand jury came after a rathfir sigulticaut pause in which he seert’.cd. to be lost in thought for a moment and than submitted the statement “vou have just been through a mu nicipal election in this city. There ia a provision made by the laws of this state that tbe dignity and purity of the ballot, the exercise of the right iai cast the ballot being the highest func tion of American citizenship, shall preserved. It is the duty of every; citizen to exercise every power in^ him to see that no besmirchment ia placed tipon or around the exercls®; of suffrage by ballot. It is especialiyi your duty as grand jurors to see that^ no violation of the statutes govern-, Ing the use of the ballot be allowedJ to go unpunished.” Here Judge Biggs read the statute^ providing punishment for the giving| or accepting or bribes for the influ encing of votes and for the handling of whiskey anywhere about the poIU ing place for the same purpose. Continuing his remarks, he statecB that “If credence is to be given ru-. mor and constantly reiterated report^ there is a duty for you to perform ift; ascertaining whether the ballot waa corrupted in your recent municipal* campaign. The report is accepted aai true by thep ress and by the pul pit in your own city and contintiedi comment is made on it by the pres^ of the entire state and I charge yot> as sworn arms of the law that you in vestigate these charges and see if there be any foundation for them Ii\ fact. If you find on investigation' that the rumors are founded uponj fact and that the ballot was cor rupted, I further charge that yoii; make presentments to solicitor ac-; cordingly. The solicitor will furnislv you with information as to details o^ the law in such matters and the entire machinery of the law is at your, disposal.” Judge Biggs also reminded th«| grand jury that there was a statuta providing for the adequate protection^ of employes against fire in bujlding^ where a considerable number ol| people are employed and where a sud-, den alarm of fire might result In th6| loss of human life. He pointed out^ merely for sake of example, he sald^ that Charlotte had perhaps the tall^ est building in the state and on^ that was rumored to be without ade^ quEte protection against a suddea alaini of fire, as the statute coivi stnies adequate. He, charged th® jury that if they found, on InrastM gation, tbe Realty buildlnf or any other building of the city or count?} improperly equipped in this respect^ that they should make presentment! of the maKer to ihe end that the re» Quirementa of the law should be cai> ried out, Judge Biggs also paid his respect! Coatinued on Page Nine,
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