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II YOU SEEK OPPORTUNITIES, WATCH THE NEWS WANT COLUMNS CLOSELY—PAGE EIGHT TODAY /, ;cst Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition 43. NO. 7011 CHAHLOTrE, N. C.. TUESDA\ EVENING. APRIL 25. 1911 Pl> T/^ XT ' In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy Dail>~5 Cents Sunday , Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and Suuday r. Fm’ Mr jor^ Ame'- Fh n SU'y'^ Taiip^Solds he Jttention Of Congress To-day ", caikd up TeJ^Pavoied Indcpcn- „eatens to Lead to p^j. }jless Debate Be- illy Passes, By Associated Press. ^^ashington. April 25.—Representa tive Cox, of Ohio, is at the head of a ii. i movement of democratic congressmen ATC MrOtUlTlQ in to make the Philippines and their in- ® party measure at this UuTie.o imcf cot' session of congress. At the next meet ing of the majority caucus he will ask that a resolution calling upon the war department for a statement showing what the islands have cost the United States since the American occupation. This resolution Mr. Cox regards as an entering wedge toward neutraliza tion of the islands. “The Philippine situation,” said Mr. .itiim of congress.' Cox today, ‘is the most menacing be- .iiuo today in thelf®*"^ Wars of the future will be over lands in the Orient. "If the people could see what the i(' adjoiirnmenl j Philippines have cost. I am iH)sitive ;>re:Hens to lead tojthe i.slands and their future would be i;.» before ii finally iserious and immediate con sideration. Neutrality of the islands , could be arranged for bv treaty.” 1 s;;U\s of the house iiilk ahead. That ass IS i'nerally con- nu> ronmiand the 'it an votes given ■•i procity. ally are beginning >ns are being made to enlarge the i.ontest m Effort to ^'ulars'* And **In- ITt.—The tariff I'n of congress, t' today in the .t iiill. which was adjoiirnm reatens to before i iio soiiaie. L dUR&Ali ICE- m ? i ? Pres. Diaz Bttd Oj \^r1' not ii\ sessioi) od in the execu- .Miubiican commil- whioh Is trying to ; over the commit- :\veon the regular CONE RES SON CHILD V'ELFARE By Associated Press. Washington, April 2.T.—The Inter- iiibcis (»t the J j national congre.ss on child welfare, n itailige! toda> {nieetiVig under the auspices of the na- he a^slgnments ^i^^^al congress of mothers, began its session here today. Distinguished teachers, statesmen, physicians, jurists . . and clergymen from the world over III explaining gathered to discuss subjects ap- '1S A no( F ree of List Bill. the ways j that .wli'ficeil i(Mi in govern-!jw a; lea.-^t $10,000,-1 clared. however,! - j pertaining to the child. ‘ An address by President Taft was !; would bo more nv lit ec-ononiics. I i>! not offered . ilie farmer for ■: h.ir were put on ' it'ciprocHy bill,” .1, ‘ hecause we do >aee of the reci- will in any wa> iiwome. ■ of this bill is lie protected list That the fanner ills rrop. The other CP tlip cost of liv- i>y putting their •lu" free list. ■> ^^■vi^e the tariff, 1 lie, iliat is. in our proper way to :♦ sMon in congress, u'ty rli'c:- noi stand ii ciisto;iis houses, ’iP oxpont^ea tl'o lip 'norne by a I '■ dnfit's. opening feature of the welfare congress program. Many other emi nent speakers are to follow him during Penvij Postage Come Soon Which many women who ha\'e won distinction in their com munities and been delegated to represent their stales, will partici pate. The speakers will include Ambass ador Bryce, Governor Hooper of Tenn essee: Dr. Elmer E. Brown, Dr. Floyd Tompkins and Mrs. Ella Flagg. Young, iiresident of the national education as sociation. A number of our best little last-session Representatives and Senators will keep right on talking this summer SH SRIK Bill WouldProvide $25,000jor Maintenance oj Farm Lije Schools in The Various States and Territories, Bv ■ 'I't ss \pril 2.*>.—Po»t- . iu-ofk is confident " is a i)robabillty a ^ ! he result of re- t.tHi.iHMt postal defic- h(*n lie look charge ’* lariment. He has 'o liiis effect in ac- rcMPived regard- I i'-n. to Postmasters. — Post masters " P risid investi* i'll ' iion.se coni- 111 ' ii« postotfice i' 'I lo ascertain . '1. luisrnib.sterb ni' tlio .ifi>art- I oliUcal actix- '1 Bill Passes. I'o, .\pril 2.‘>.—The I'fisspii the no- I'-: Inc term of ' ars instead of ilia: it necessary ’’*■ le.-idents of lliC f nr: W-X 1[S NOT m fiooT DEVELOPMENTS IN LOS'ANEELES DYimMITINe GtSE By Associated Press. Indianapolis, April 25.—Waltfr Drew, of New York, counsel for. the National Erectors’ Association; W. Joseph Ford, assistant district attor ney of Los Angeles and Frank Fox, a chauffeur, charged with having kid napped J. J. McNamara, secretary* tr'^asurer of the International Asso ciation of Bridge and Structural Iron Wr>rkers, were arraigned at 9 o’clock this morning before .lustice of Peace Manning. They waived pre liminary examination and were bound over to the grand jury. William J. Bruns, detective employed by the Erectors’ Association, who arrived in this city from Toledo, at 2:15 o'clock this morning, was sought by (oRstablf'S with a warrant for his s-i- rest on the charge of kidnapping Mc Namara, but they could not find him. Drew, Ford and Fox, when arrest ed last night, were released under bond of $.5,oof) each for Drew and Ford, and $3,000 for Fox. Their bond to hold them for the grand jury today was set by the justice at $10,000. Their attorney, W’. A. Ketcham, af- ter trying to secure hail, failed and the men were taken t.o the county jail. A crowd had collected about the justice of peace office and when the men started for th*> jail there was applauding and Jeering. "What is the reason for increasing the bond?” asked Mr. Ketcham, of .lustice Manning. "Ony the opinion of the court, tne ju?.tice answered. County Prosecutor Baker appointed this morning a special deputy, Henry Seyfriend, to prosecute the cases. During the proceedings in Manning’s court the search tective Burns was continued by four constables and it was stated that unless he was soon found, ten more constables would join in tne quest and all the rooms of the hotel m which Burns has been staying would be entered in an effort to arrest him. The general charge against the men is that they conspired to take McNamara out of the state “without due process of law.” It is alleged he did not have an opportunity to con- Money to Come From Sale of Public Lands - Would Great- ly Aid Great Work Under taken for Training of Far mers. News Bureau, Congress Hall. Investigators of Illinois Elec tion Frauds Go into Execu tive Session This Morning^ Many Prominent Men Ap pear in Answer toSubponeas Justice for De- iff V i'Ol f lii I’.'i.—Speaker •Km- with Senator is likely to ad- ' ih« white house ii> he had talked M* with Mr, Taft,'suit counsel and resist extradition ai >i liiaf nobody in ter his arrest last Saturday evening now long congress* After*Governor Marshall had honored rguisition papers for McJJamara Police Judge Collins turned him over to Police Sergeant Hossick, of Los Angeles, fie was put into an auto mobile driven by Fox and taken to n about it as Sen- '' knows as much ' !-aid .Mr. Clark, two special sessions I' 'I to revise the tar- ■-« into August. There (By H. E. C. BRYANT.) W^ashington,® D. C., April 25.—Sena tor Overman has introduced a bill to help the farmer and to improve farm life. He would apply part of the pro ceeds from the sale of public lands for the gfupport and maintenance of farm life schools to increase the knowledge of farming. The bill provides: That there shaU be, and hereby is, annually appropriated out of any mon ey arising from the sale of public lands, to each state and territory f9r the more complete endowment and maintenance of the farm life schools “now established, or \ hich may be here after established, for the benefits of ag riculture, the sum of twenty-five thous and dollars for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and elev en, and ’ an annual increase of the amount of such appropriation thereaf ter for ten years by an additional sum of one thousand dollars over the pre- ceeding year, and the annual amount to be paid thereafter to each state and territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars to be applied oniy to instruction in agriculture, the English language and various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to th^ir applica tions in farm life, and to the facilities of such instruction, such as "Tq pre pare boys ff'’^ agricultural pursuits and favin life and girls for home-making and housekeeping on the farm, includ ing practical work on the'farm by the boys and practical w^ork in all sub- jects relating to housekeeping and home-making by the girls;” Provided, that state or territory shall receive any of the benefits of this Act unless such, state or territory shall appro priate a sum at least equal to the amount herein appropriated for a sim ilar purpose. Sec. 2. That the sums hereby ap propriated to the states and territories, lor the endowment, support and main tenance of farm life schools now' estab lished, or hereafter to be established, shall be annually paid on or before the thirty-first of July of each year by the secretary of the treasury upon the w’ar- rant of the secretary of the interior out of the treasury of the United States, to the state or territorial treasurer, or. such officers as shall be designated by the laws of .said state or territory to receive the same, who shall pay over said sums to the treasurers of the re spective farm life schools entitled to receive the same, and s-uch treasurer shall be required to report to the su perintendent of public instructions in each state and the superintendents of public instructions to the secretary of agriculture and to the secretary of rira DEU) F MifTHinE Eight More Bodies Supposed to Be in Hi Fated West Virginia Mine Which Exploded Yes teiday—Relief Crews Still at Work. ' They Have Not Yet bedded Upon What Recommendation to Make to Senate n Regard to Edward TUden who Re fused Summons, By Associated Press. Springfield, 111., April 25.—The state senate bribery investigating commit tee.went into executive session immed iately upon reconvening at 9 o’clock this morning. At that time the mem bers of the committee had not decided upon what recommendation to make to the senate regarding Edward Tilden, who refused to comply w'ith some of the demands of the body. After the committee had been in executive session for a time. Attor neys Nathenial Sears and Ralph Crews, of Chicago, representing Edward Til den, walked into the room .for a private conference with members of the com mittee. , • . Among witnesses who appeared this morning to answer to subpoenaes were C. F. Wiehe, brother-in-law of Ed ward Hines, former State Senator B. F. Downing, of Dixon, and former Representative Charles McMakin, from southern Illinois. May be Held in Contempt. Springfield, Ilf., April 25. The state senate bribery investigating committee today determined that Edward Tilden and George M. Benedict and William C. Cummings. Chicago bankers, be summoned before the bar of the senate to show' cause why they should not be held in contempt of the bribery probers for refitsing to appear in re sponse to subpoenas. Thinks Peace Will Soon Alight Conference On Child Laboi By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., April 25.—^very state in the South was represented at the opening session of the third annual convention of the Southern confer ence on women and child labor here today. The principal work of the conven tion, which will conclude tomorrow, will be the drafting of a uniform law •estricting women and child labor for presentation to the legislature of every Southern state for adoption. Salient features of the proposed’law are as follows: “The minimum age shall be 14 years in any occupation except agriculture and domestic service. “None under 16 years shall be em ployed in mine or quarry of other oc cupation dangerous to limb or health. “None under 16 shall be employed in agriculture or domestic service un less they can read or write. ‘No boy under 16 and no girl under IS shall be employed in agricultural or domestic service longer than from 7 to “Every corporation employing chil dren shall be required to have a cer tificate giving age and disposition of each child employed. “Registration of birth for each child shall be required. "Plants shall be properly vetilated. “Proper penalties for violation of the law are set forth.” The conference will place itself on record as favoring no more than sixty hours’ work per week for women and children and a minimum age of 14 years. Wires the Associated Press That Conditions of Tran quility Will Soon be Restor ed And That all Will foin in Promoting Progress, Diaz Mmt Quit lo SecuiePeace Fourteen of The Corps Found About a Mile From Entrance —Investigation as to Cause Of 1 he Accident Was Star ted To-day. By Associated Press. Elk Garden,* W. Va., April 25.—Fif teen bodies have been taken from the Ott mine No. 20 of the Davis Coal and Coke Company today, victims of the disastrous explosion yesterday. Eight other bodies are supposed to be in the mine. The rescuers are trying ^ recover them. Fourteen of the corpses were found about a mile from the entrance. John Lanig, chief of the West Vir ginia department of mines, today started, an investigation of the cause of the accident. Fight In Senate Nears Ctisis By Associated Press. Washington, April 25.—The crisis in the fight between regular and insur gent senators for places on the stand ing committees is expccted to be reached late today. Through Senator LaFollette the 'insurgents have filed their demands and the committee on ccynmittees has taken them under con sideration. The insurgent list has not been made public, but it is known that al»>-bugh Senator LaFollette was conceded by the regulars a place on the finance committee, the insurgents insisted that eSnator Cummins also should be named; and that the regulars also were willing to igve Senator LaoFl- lette a place crn appropriations, but that he demanded instead a place on the interstate commerce, of which Sen ator Clapp is chairman and Senator • Cummins a member. Also that Sena- jtor Bourne has been given the chair- .manship of the postoffice committee Is the! and Senator Bristow a place on the war is ended,” same committee, but Senator Bourne Consul Edwards atdemanded to go.on api)ropriations as By Associated Press. New Orleans, April 25.—The er-es- tablishment of peace in Mexico is con tingent upon the resignation of Pres ident Diaz, declai’ed Senor, Jose Pino Suarez, provincial governor of Yncatan, who has been called by Gen eral Francisco I. Madero, jr., to attend the peace conference at Juarez. Senor Pino, who has been in New Orleans for several w^eeks, expects to leave for El Paso, Tex., tomorrow. He also de clared his people would hot accept General Bernardo Reyes as Biaz’ suc cessor and expressed the opinion that some member of the present cabinet would be agreed upon as acting pres ident pending an election. “President Diaz will resign—of that I am quite certain,” Senor Pino said. “Of course he will seek to retire in a dignified manner, but I feel that the form of this resignation is the sole question connected with his retire ment that he must now consider. Al ready he is convinced that the people of Mexico are not longer content to live under his rule. “Mr. Diaz has long been regarded by many Americans and foreigners generally as a great ruler—by many he has even been regarded as neces sary in Mexico. But President Diaz has outlived his usefulness. There has been a great awakening in Mexico. The peo ple not only demands reforms in the government, but they want and de mand a ruler who is in sympathy with the progressive spirit of the republic and the chan.ged conditions.” Both Sid^s are Planning to Sena Peace Envoys And it is 2 bought El Paso Will Be The Meeting Place, By Associated Press. New York, April 25.—PresTdent Diaz of Mexico has addressed the following despatch to the Associated Press: “Mexico City, Aijril 25, 1911. “In reply to your message in which you ask me concerning the actual situation in this country. 1 am con vinced that conditions of peace, inter rupted for the moment, will return to Mexico and that all Mexicans will unite with the single pur])ose of furthering the development and progress of the country. (Signed) “PORFIRIO DIAZ.” To Name Peace Envoys. El Paso, Tex., April 25.—Interest In the peace situation at general Made- ro’s camp today is centered in the hope that word may come from the Mexi can government of the appointment of its commissioners for the conference at which it seems almost certain that terms of peace in Mexico' will be agreed upon. The insiirrecto comman der, it is said, is ready to announce his appointees as soon as the govern ment’s representatives are agreed upon. ■ While members of the Madero fam ily have not expressed themselves publicly, it is generally understood they regard El Paso as the most con venient meeting place for the peace commissioners. Peace negotiations. It is expected, will consume at least a fortnight. Con fidence in the successful outcome of tjiese negotiations mark the situation both in the insurrecto camp and in Juarez. Even General Navarro, of martial mien and ferocious whiskers is gentle as a lamb nowadays, according to re ports from the Mexican city. The fed eral commander it is saidj has a smile and a cherry word for everyone, in cluding the once hated reporters. His cane swings jauntily as he makes his inspections, and there is a coin for every beggar that besets his path. In odd moments he opens the prison gates to free some unfortunate, gener ally a harmless PASSENGERS AND CREW ALL SAVED. By Associated Press. Tokio, April 25.—It was reported officially today that' the passengers and crew of the Pacific mail steamship Asia were rescued after the vessel went ashore on Finger Rock Sunday. The mails were saved. Floods Do Damage. By Associated Press. ^ , \lexandrovsk. Government of Arch angel, Russia, April 22.-(Delayed m Transmission).—Reports from western Russia and Siberia tell of the sudden arrival of spring. The ice had bioken UP in the *riviers and with the melting sLws has caused abnormal high wa ters, which are doing great damage. Thinks War is Ended. By Associated Press. Washington. April 2d. u general belief that th 'declared American C— Juarez, in a report to the state de-, partment today. THOUSANDS DIE . OF PLAGUE. Chicago Saturday night, toterior. on or.J«fore the flret day I ^Q2mjui£il on Pase Two- By Associated Press. London, April 25.—The of ficial figures of the ravages of bubonic piague in the central provinces of India show the ap palling total of 95,884 deaths from the disease In March. The fatelities during February were 43,508. Ix)s Angeles* to answer . Continued on Paae ^ ,X^o. [ These places and the va/cancies on I foreign relations, judiciary and privi- ■ leges and selections are making most of the trouble. I _The regular republicans plan to take .three places on the finance committee. Senator Penrose is be promoted to chairman, while the new memj?ers are to be Hey burn, Clark, of 'Tyoming, who is to retire from foreign rela tions, and ^flillinger. Senator Warren will be chairman of appropriations and Smoot made a member. Senator Cum mins is given foreign relations by the regulars slate, but he wants judiciary instead. Senator Smith, of Michigan, is slat ed for chairman of territories and Sen ator Sutherland chairman of public buildings and grounds. Senator Hey- burn^the ranking member of the latter rataining manufactures A New Sultan Is Declared Tribesmen Revolt and An nounced Sultan — Capture Palace and Kill Jews-French Commandant isbues Proclam- mation. By Associated Press. Tangier, Morocco, April 25.—Advices from Mequinez, 36 miles southwest of Fez, and one of the summer residences of the Sultan, announce that Maulai El VAn, a brother of Sultan Mulai Haf- id, has been proclaimed Sultan by the Zammours. who, after caf)turing the palace, pillaged the shops and killed several Jews. Proclamation to Tribes. Casablanca, Morocco, April 25.— General Moinier, commanding the French forces here, has issued a pro clamation to the rebellious tribesmen, stating that France does not propose to occupy new territory, but merely to assure the safety of foreigners and re establish order under th^ authority of the Sultan. The tribes are told that if they will end the rebellion and dis continue their menaces, France will stop the march of her troops towards Fez, but otherwise the French gov ernment will be obliged to pacify the country and severely punish the lead ers in the revolt. individual whose “viva” misdirected from the federal point of view, aroused official ire only a few short days ago. Apparently the only ones disturbed by the present situation in this part of Mexico—so lately the storm center —are the Mormons at Colonia Dublan. According to advices from Casas Gran- des, most of the horses of Madero’e arhiy were left at that point when the insurrectos advanced on Juarez, snd in their search for pasture many Mor mon farms have suffered. At least a thousand horses are roaming in the vicinity of Casas Grandes, it is de- cl&rGd* A rumor that the insurrectos intend to disarm the Dublan and Juarez col onists caused a determination of Mor mons to wait on the insurrecto mayor of Casas Grandes, who assured them that there was no probability of such action. If the insurrectos were hard pressed, he says, they might buy arms and ammunition from the colonists. This, the Mormons replied would be impossible, as they had none to sell. All public gatherings in the even ing have been discontinued in Colonia Dublan and Colonia Juarez. Indicted for Murder. j}y Associated Press. St. Augustine, Fla., April 25.—Dan, Marion and Basocom Carleton, broth ers, were indicted this morning for first degree murder for the killing of Deputy Sheriff Guy \STiite and Abe Schneider at Espanola, Fla., a month ago. The men were killed after plac ing the brothers under arrest. Each man was indicted on two counts. OF THE OIIIIIIS By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., April 25.^—The annual funeral of the O’Hara family will be held here next Friday. Six members of a numerous and widely scattered clan of horse traders and farmers will be laid to re-St. It is the custom of the O’Haras to bury their dead on the same day so as many relatives as possible can at tend the obsequies. So when one of them dies the bodj' is brought to Atlanta, embalmed and held until Aiiril when, together with all the others who have passed away during the preceding twelve months, it is interred. The members who will be burled Friday were -i-esidents of Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky. The family connections extend to almost every Southern state, St. Louis and Wash ington, D. C. Many of them are wealthy.
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