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H ^ ^ ; i j.i. . ,n' «i j|H|iJinuwu ^i )NT MISS THE NEW SERIAL, “THE PHANTON OP^ THE OPERA”—STARTS IN THE NEWS MAY 1ST. t Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS Latest Edition ^3, NO. 701 CHARLOrrE, N. C.. FR1DA\ EVENING. APRIL 28. 191 I PRICEj In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDily—5 Cents Sundav. ( Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday. t'.' US Outbreak xurred During Night In Ccnton Fight *«««"TYOrpT' ClpiJT And Troops the LAr LI' ./d Nb!l I / Control of tion — Fur th^i : 'eared. IK jENATE did NOTDEVELDP Many Residents ^ht to Hong Kong Pievails bciuR received where a revolu- i riirrod last night, luieting character. ;i;\ve obtaned a v s and the gov- the steamship 1 I hat city to sus- arras he ; tiirhcrs who are • '1 the leaders ' at Canton Re- . .. . j By Associated Press. tnC i^ltUatWn tS, Washington, D. C., April 28.—The senate formally organized for business today by adopting the list of appoint ments to committees drawn up by the majority of both parties. The expected fight against the adoption of the lists threatened by the progressive republi cans did not develop. Senator LaFol- , lette contented himself by reading a \pril £8. Only | formal protest against the selections made by the regular republicans. The l^Follette statement, which was prepared at a conference of the 13 insurgents, Senator Kenyon, the new senator from Iowa, having joined the original 12, set forth at some length the growth of the so-called progressive movement in the repub lican party. It asserted that the pro gressive republicans entertain marked and well defined differences of opin ion with the regulars; that the pro gressives now have more than one- fourth of the rdpublicaii membership , in the senate and they have become . . n the troops I “settled and established fact in polit- -lu began when'ical history.” ;i 11'volutionary 1 Theit rogressives, it is claimed, had . right to one-fourth representation ' • j in the various committees. Thep ro ut uring badges,' directed especially against purpose, sur- ' ;ialace and set 'liuiine; the* fire iHurts of oth- • • ihimes. 'vore armed liul fought des- M killed and The soldiers ihe situation to prevent uiken. The closd and a d (luartcr? for las been estab- ■i! *'x('lianges be- . ;'iul Canton are h!' ifMidenfs of .. ibis ciiy. Those 'i)\ thar anarchy is :i- is at Canton. >in;)leted their tti.-M- nu'n are iiiii-. 1 Canton has inor of Hong ..iii-m is serious. Refugees.. —Tlie first the finance committee .on which the insurgents wished to place Senator Bristow, and the interstate commerce committee, on which Mr. LaFollecte desired a place. Three ol the nine republicans qn the interstate commerce committee, it was pointed out, were from New England, and it was asserted that this committee had been left in the s were com-1 hands of i;ersons not friendly to ad- .tud they suf-;vanced legislation regarding the rail- ii)lonel beir«r ‘‘oads and that the finance commit- ' tee had been left in the control of “ultra high tarik republicans.” When .Mr. LaFollctte had concluded tlie insurgent statement; Senator Gal- linger, chairman of the committee on c(jmmittces-, .“aid • hf^ was quite con- loui let' tilt insurgent st.atement j .2:0b efore the country togetner wih ,ire burned fori^he lis of comniitees as framed. ;tt damage. The The iiiFurgtnls, he declared, claim ed 10 pkices. As a matter of f^v^ they wer^j^ giv'en 114 jdaces. Tne committee list then was adopted with only a few scatteri:;g noes from the insurgents. Tariff legislation was taken up again when the house convened today and consideration resumed of the free list tariff measure. Representative Prince of Illinois, incidental to his tariff talk, \narohists have i attacked the Canadian reciprocity bill, ir propaganda iUjpagsed by the house, and criticised the • : was airv-’auy; demrcrats for appointment of num- .11;; to I lie ecent erous investigating committees. “This ought to be called a congress for the investigation of everything,” Mr. Prince. He declared that the farmers had been “sojd out,’ ’and that the reciproc ity bill '“is the worst bargain ever !iun thp scene of driven by one nation with another.” ■liuht 100 refugees, I The democratic “farmers free list • his evening. j bill,” said Mr. Prince, “ought to be 11,'hting was severe I labeled ‘the farmers fake bill.’ ” ' over :’,00 casualties > ■ \ 1 in^ the “queueless” ;« s have beeu nick- 3 PfrMOCCAHc % I To Forever Cement Peace Pact Between U. S. And England written statement pledging McDonald to vote for the repeal of election law and manufacturers law, but McDonald did not sign it and there was no con- ideratlon offered, he said. A NE WDANDY IN THE PARK Tom Johnson Left No Will. By Associated Press. New York, April 28.—That the late Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, left no will is established by an appli cation of his widow before the surro gate here for appointment as adminis- trix of the estate in this city. In her petition Mrs. Johnson says she ha& concluded that her husband left no Avill because she has made a careful search and has failed to find one. She estimates that the value of the estate in New York city amounts to $175,000. The estate is all person al. President Returns. Washington, .\pril 28.—President and Mrs. Taft accompanied by Secre tary Hilles and Major Butt, aide to the president, arrived in Washington this morning after spending two days in New York. reign Loans. '■ - f'or^tility towards 'Uhiing a serious oth the national a -omblies holding! Insurrectos Activ. '■ ' ^^ "hore demand-i Washington, D. C., April 28.—The ar- 'moning of Mexico does not seem to I .'^?®;have spread any influence beyond its •!i- r lias tho right jjone, the insurrectos in pth- iU Otlier COUUtnes! on. >f the represen- " ' loan which the ■" ‘ I 'liiiciit aic ^re- 1(1 in abey- '■ I" ' ir ojipobition. ocity Will HelD. lil Prcdiciing ''I *1 p-.-iifiation’s ' "'t , :i,cr frc-e from N'li i i-, ( haii nian of ‘•ai| bis annual :!' .Ill .Newsiiaper 'i"M hero today. ■ the pending a::ieemcnt as a -blishers. I was taken up • Diiiniittee was er parts of the republic being very ac tive, stated Ambassador Wilson in a telegram to the state department to day. Denies Rumor. By Associated Press. Washington, April 28.—In an official statement issued today the state de partment takes decided exception to an interview accredited to Ramon Cor ral. vice president of Mexico, and published in the Diario. of Mexico City, in which that official charges that the Mexican revolution is being fo mented by Americans with a view to forcing intervention. The State And Child Welfaie By Associated Press. Washington, April 28.—The na tional congress of mothers and par ent teachers association consideiied today the relation of the state to child welfare. A discussion of the welfare of the country child was in formal. The attention paid by the state to its roads so as to make every coun try school accessible at all seasons, uniformity of standards of education in public schools throughout tbe state and consequent educational ad vantages for the country child equal to those of the city child, heating and cleaning of the school building, co-operation of state departments of agriculture with the schools in pro moting knowledge of scientific horti culture and agriculture, and the use of the buildings outside of school hours for educational and social pur poses, were phases of the subject considered. A conference of state delegates dis cussed the state’s duty to the fath erless child, widowed mothers, the erring child, the orphan child and the defective child. swears to the attempted bribery, say ing he has not published it before for fraternal and other reasons. The S'um of $5,000 was originally of fered by Judge Goodpasture, according to Mr. McDonald, but was reduced to $1,500 later, the judge stating that he could not raise such a large amount. Judge Goodpasture, it is alleged, stated to Mr. McDonald that he was getting $500 himself for putting the deal through. Birmingham, Ala., April 28.—“It is true that I was offered a bribe of fifteen hundred dollars on the last day 1 of the past year provided I would vote Representative J, 0. McDonald with the regular democrats on ques- I tions coming before the legislature of Declares he Was Offered Tennessee.” I This statement was made today by $1500 to Vote With *^Regu- ! Representative J. Q. McDonald, repub lican, of Overton county, Tennessee, lar** Democrats on Issues\ now in Birmingham, with the insurgent [ members of the legislature from that Before Tenn. Legislature. state. 1 Mr. McDonald, in an extremely nerv- I ous state, bordering on illness, was in Charge is lhat Bribe Of- jered by Judge Goodpasture -The Judge, According w| ament W>7C In Up WpI) care to discuss the matter further than iDlUllCUUIUf 7WU^ lU UC rmu alr^nHv hPPJi Hvpn ont. He Paid Himselj. SAYS COUN S EL By Associated Press. Los Angeles, Cal., April 28.—WJien thee urtain arose on the third days’ scenes on the imprisonment and im pending trial of the alleged union la bor dynamiters, John J. McNamara, James B. McNamara and Ortie Mc- Manigal, the sweeping outlines of the case began to assume definite form. The all prominent feature is the con fession which McManigal is reported to have made, first to Detective Bums in Chicago and then, in more complete form to a district attorney herey esterday. So died extracts from this latest confession have been published but officials sources deny that any of these is a^uthorized or authentic. The case is assuming more and more the aspect of the Moyer-Hay- wood-Pettibone trial at Boise. Even the “Harry Orchard ’ feature promi ses to be fepated almost in duplicate. It is believed that the arrangement of the accused will take place early next week. Lord Mayor of London in Royal Robes Surrounded by the Highest Representatives Of The Provinces Makes the Union Sure. By Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., April 28.-^A sen sation was caused here this morning by the publication of a despatch from Birmingham,* Ala., that $1,500 ' was offered as a bribe to Representative J. Q. McDonald, of Overton county, pro vided he would vote with the so-call ed “regular” democrats on all ques tions' coming before the legislature. Ac cording to the despatch the offer was mas made by Judge E. C. Goodpasture, of Livingston, Tenn., on December 31, 1910. Mr. McDonal, in a sworn statement says he holds an agreement to^ this effect which he states was s-igned by Judge Goodpasture in Nashville, n his statement Mr. McDonald what had already been given out. He said he had the agreement offered and signed by Judge Goodpasture on De cember 31, 1910, in Nashville, setting forth the offer of $1,500 and what was to be delivered for it. Investigating “Clime Wave By Associated Press. New York, April 28.—Investigation of the “crime wave” alleged to be due to police inefficiency reached an im portant stage today with the expected appearance before the grand jury of second deputy police commissioner Flynn. Mr, Flynn resigned his office recently, his resignation to take effect May 1. It is believed that he will be asked to verify for the grand jury a statement he had been quoted as mak ing that he got out because men he knew to be “crooked” had been re tained “in the department and in au thority.” MAY LIBERALIZE LAW EXCLUDING CHINESE Washington, April 28.—‘A precedent which may be interpreted to lead to liberalization of the Chinese exclusion laws has been established by the de _ partment of commerce and labor in Representative McDonald states that ,• the case of Le Thung, a wealthy Chi "11. woner iri’ppnipnt to ' Spccifll to Th© ones which the I High Point, N. C., April 28.- Officers pi essmen's un-! Sunday school convention meet IS were to be j were elected this morning as follows; j Piesident—W. R. Odell, of Concord. Vice Presidents—A. M.. Scales, of : (Jreensboro, John T. Pullen, of Raleigh, ! Lewis Calline, of Asheville. nc* T Member of International Committee y UO J^USl —X. B. Broughton, of Raleigh. i International Vice President for I North Carolina—George W. Watts, of Durham. —All hope of 1 Treasurer—E. B. Crowe. 'f the crew of * Asheville was chosen as meeting Hawkins—eight j place next year, the choice being un andoned today in the vicinity • r in Lake Pont- animous. Speakers at the morning session today were Mr. B. W. Spilman, and Mr. Marion Lawrence, the latter n, was found hot- 'conducting the round table lour miles from fTwo thousand dollars were pledged for the budget for the coming year Three thousand more are needed for other pledges to be secured today. Sessions are to be held this after noon and evening, closing with the latter. iaflon* was en I’ to Xew' Orlea • iHf to New Or- ■ ' aught in the se- lake Wednesday. Rebels Disregarding Truce. Eagle Pass, April 28.—Rebels south of here are disregarding the Mexican armistice which tJiey say they never agreed to according to information reaching here. The Southern Pacific office has received orders to accept no freight bound into Mexico beyond Mon clova, 150 miles south of Eagle Pass. No passenger tsckets are to be sold be yond that point. The cause of the ijreakdown is not known. Officials of the railroad will not make any state ment onlhe subject. It is known that the last two passenger trains which got through were held up and search ed by rebels in the vicinity of Mon clova. The Mexican coal fields are cut off by stopping of freight at Monclova, as the fields are north of that point. Cotton Bull Cases. Washington, April 28.—A resolution calling upon the attorney general to give congress all facts in his posses sion relating to an investigation of al leged violation of the Sherman anti trust law by Frank B. Hayne, W’’illiam P. Brown, James A. Patten and Eu gene Scales, in the formation of a com bination to advance the price of cot ton was reintroduced today by Repre sentative Blackman (Ala). Representative Blackman also re resolution's directing the when he was first approached in Liv ingston on the subject he told Post master Stephens there of the matter. The ten legislators today discussed remaining in Birmingham two weeks longer or going to Mobile, waiting in Alabama until the election laws in Tennessee either continue or new laws go into effect. Goodpasture Makes Denial. Nashville, Tenn., April 28.—A dis patch from LivingS'ton, Tenn., today states that when Mr. Goodpasture was seen he said that Mr. McDonald had no note signed by him promising to pay him money. He had written a type- Two Girls Elude Cops And Irate Pwfessors And Aie Safely Wedded By Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., April 28.—A Bris tol. Tenn., dispatch says: After an exciting flight during w’hich they were pursued by the police and professors in an automobile, two yoimg women students from Suliins lege in this city were last evening married to two prep students of King college, a Bristol Presbyterian male college at Churchill, Hawkins county, Tennessee. They w^ere Miss Harris of Florida and Miss Eula Mae Gavin of Alabama, and were married to Sam- naman. of Wilmington, N. C. Thung has been held at Boston, where the immigration authorities found hew as attempting to re-enter this country with irregular papers. Secretary Nagel has ruled to admit him as a merchant. Several congress men made representations in his be half. The record in the department shows that Thung was part owner of a national bank in Wilmington, the owner of a large laundry and a val uable farm, and had a New York Chi naman arranged credentials for his reentry to the United States after a visit to China. He could have claim ed the right to re-entry as a returning laborer. Heretofore, the department has de clined to recognize laundrymen, farm- pxs tind the like as merchants. college, the big Methodist female col-1 uel'Wood and Kent Kane, respectively Men Ordered Anested By The III State Legidatwe Released on Habeas Corpus Charge Against Hitchcock. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., April 28.—Post master General Hitchcock was charg ed by Representative Cullop, of In diana, on the floor of the house today with being the “creator and the presid ing genius” of a “powerful political machine, organized within the post- oflice department.” It Will Mean a New Era in ’ Civilization — Peace Pact Does Not Mean Alliance and Armaments Will Not be Reduced. By Associated Press. London, Eng., April 28.—W’^hat Pre mier Asquith described as “this ven erable guild hall” without whose seal of approval no popular movement in London is really launched, witne&sed today a meeting for the adoption of resolutions pledging the city to the support of Anglo-American complete arbitration. The lord mayor of London in his scarlet robes and with the mace in front of him, held the center of a tem porary stage. On his right was the prime minister, at his left former Pre mier Balfour, leader of the opposition in the house of commons, while group ed about the mayor were tho archbish op of Canterbury, the archbishop of Westminster, Lord Loreburn, the lord high chancellor; Lord Strat^cona, high commissioner of Canada; Sir Joseph G. W'ard, premier of New Zealand and oth er notables. Over their heads the Union Jack and Stars and Stripes were entwined. Mr. Asquith and Mr. Balfour spoke eloquently of the treaty fir&t propos ed by President Taift, declaring that it w'ould mark a new era in civilization, but both pointedly disclaimed that a peach pact between Great Britain and the United States providing for the submission of all differences to ar bitration would mean an alliance be tween the two countries. Mr. Balfour warned iiis hearers, than whom he said none in the world felt more the burden of preparing for war, that the treaty would not mean the immediate reduction of armaments. The meeting represented the demo cracy of England rather .han the aris tocracy. Among those on the plat form were the bishop of Herreford, the earl of Aberdeen, lord lieutenant of Ireland; Sir George H. Reid, high commissioner of Australia; agents of all the other British colonies, along with representatives of the banks, the railways and the steamship companies, of England. Premier Asquith spoke in part: “The unique situation which we have met to recognize and welcome has not been organized or engineered by the apparatus of diplomacy. The seed which the president of the Unit ed States cast fell on good ground, prepared to receive it. That which a few years, even a few months ago, might have been regardea as a dream of idealists, has not only passed into the domain of practical statesmanship, but has become the settled purpose of two great democracies. The profound significance of the new departure is that between Great Britain and the United States whatev er the gravity of the issue, and the magnitude of the intere..s involved, w'hatever poignancy of feeling may be aroused there will be a definite abandonment of war as a possible solu tion, and the substitution of argu ment for force and the suppression by judicial methods of the old ordeal of battle.” After declaring that their proposed agreement implied no menace to the SIT Ull [KFECTIIIi; TO By Associated Press. Chicago, April 28.—Judge Petit in the superior court today granted a writ of habeas corpus for Edw*ard Tilden, the Chicago packer, and George M. Benedict and W. C. Cummings, Chica go bankers, within a half hour after they had been arrested on warrants by which the Illinois state senate ordered that they be brought before it to answer for contempt. The contempt charges grev,r out of the refusal of Tilden, head of the Na tional Packing Company and the other men. both bankers, to obey subpoenas directing the production of certain national Harvester Company as the man to whom he was invited to send LttS^ergenerartolnkitute''a^^ inves- books and records before the senate tigation into an alleged conspiracy on the election thep art of persons not named to re duce the price of cotton between August, 1909, and June, 1910, and on investigation of the so-t;alled corner on wheat from May to July, 1910. The resolutions were referred to I the judiciary committee. committee investigating the election of William Lorimer to the United States senate a subscription to reimburse those who had collected the alleged fund of $100,- 000 to effect the election of Lorimer. Hatfield made no attempt.to arrest the three last night upon his arrival here and they surrendered themselves todav, accomimnied by their counsel. Nathaniel C. Sears. They repaired at to the court room, where the By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., April 28.—Willitm R Purcell, late yesterday, sat calmly in hi& office and watched H. Dunaway empty a revolver at him. After the lat ter stopped shooting Purcell chased his assailant from the halls of the of fice building and into the arms of a policeman. Purcell was not wounded. According to the man attacked h^ once to me coun louu. j had some trouble with the other sever- writ was issued, returnable fo’^thwith. ^ Among other j his office. Yesterday, he says, Dunaway " tLi hTwere « the omce In a drunken oath or afflramtlon; that they did "ot condition, ordered out and replied describe particularly the books show-M^^th the sh t,>. . . -i 1 -n ing the rMeipts and disbursements of Bunaway was taken to jail and w.ll money during May, June, July, August | be giten a hearing some time today and September; that the Helm commit-j The warrants were served by E. H. jtee has no power to investigate the Hatfield, assistant sergeant-at-arms of conduct of any members of tne pres- the senate. 'ent general assembly, and that the Tilden was mentioned in the testi- subpoenas were not signed by the pres- mony of Clarence Funk of the Inter- Ident of the senate. rest of mankind and did not provide for an Anglo-American alliance aggres sive or defensive, the premier contin ued : But we may hope and believe that other things w'ill follow. It is not for us to dictate or to preach to other nations, but if the United Staes and Great Britain renounce war a step w'ill be taken of immeasurable and incomparable significance in the on ward progress of humanity.” Mi\ Asquith then moved the follow ing resolution: “That this meeting of citizens of London assembled in Guild hall cor dially welcomes the proposal of the United State.^ in favor of a general treaty of arbitration between that country and the British empire and pledges its support to the principles of such a treaty as serving the highest interests of the two nations and as tending to promote the peace of the world.” The resolution was- received with tremendous applause, w’hich continued until Mr. Balfour rose to second it. The opposition leader said that An glo-American arbitration was nearer fruition at t!tUs moment than ever be fore in history-. Some, he said, re garded it as on idealistic dream and believed that when the clash of con flicting inttres-ts came, all paper bar riers won Id be swept away,, and he continued: “It is true that it is folloy to make international law’ go far in advance of public opinion. I can not imagine a greater blow' to civili"ation than if, or I will rather say, when such a trea ty v.as made either party should Game Postponed. By Associated Press. t break it. But as far as I can read St. Louis, Mo., April 28.—(National) opinion on both sides of the Atlantic —Ciiicinnati-St. Louis game postponed. (I can not endorse these pessimistic Wet grounds. Continued on Pase Nine.
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