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ONT MISS THE NEW SERIAL, “THE PHArsTTON OF THE 0‘PERA”—STARTS IN THE NEWS MAY 1ST. -7- Ic M Edition the gharlgtte news 43. NO. 7016 Latest Edition J. CHARLOTTE, N. C., MONDAY EVENING. MAY I. 1911 j In Charlotte 2 dents a Copy aDlly—6 Cents Sunday. I Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday. t Scandal In stojy Of Ohio^^'^ rcneral Ass libly Bi/rni ' - WOTSl MO'" Saii^ Ugish^-' in ‘ Confer uves Declare They ured Evidence gr itkal Scandal on Several Senators ■e Been Bribed. i ;LU clocks to Columbus : --iion Of Sensation ; n r Harmon Holds e. y - y r A r ; u'0. r grriit irr Nve !■ S' !te r ' The • !a:. :ee ;s c\ na;; a:-. u.d - to !h * Bailt the pr.,; j -;■] i;. M The time -iii 1.—Members of = flocking Into the rinc: trains today, usual on Mondays. , nr^es made by the \lui liave been here investigating legia- ih'v have unearth- (litl in the history ol •ssrnibly. .i rrpresentatives who : d with having accept- -t reached the city • oi - version of the de- - i\ot known at first veral are quoted >\vns as denying the rnion is to consult with r ;'uan today regard- a. ills :uid the three Ml. (if .New York, and ■ 1 David Berry, of Chi- ,ot«'’tives. say will be >e court for. alleged : nrative George B. = iI;irrison names four ii wljom he had deal- ',1 ho paid money. - '\ill meet at 5 p. m. sr.vostigating commlt- • ' I f appointed. Arraigned in Court. K. Harrison and il -eotive aperatives il>- ry by membera of nbly, were tho first laiuiiod In police court L. « harles Pretz- ! ii Osborne upbn -V . ' that the three men , f \. mination and be bound Wort^en to Study Stars. Dy Associated Press. Boston, May 1.—To assist women scientists in studying the stars, a $25,000 fellowship for the observa tory at Nantucket island is announc ed. An income of $1,000 a year, six months on Nantucket, a term at one of the larger observatories of this country and a year at a research observatory in Europe are the po- visions to the fellowship to which Andrew Carnegie contributed $10 000. Any woman astronoLier in America is eligible. imimiEii Declares He ‘Has Never Said Thai Americans Fomented the Revolution in Mexico— Pronounces Reported Inter view a Fake, 1 Morri.son w'ere boun^ to ’■ 111 bonds of $5,000 each : b inds of $2,500. ■ :> locked up for a short V bonds for common pleas : ■ 11 Vila be signed. 'Ve ■: stPiiographic copies of ?Ten v.i'd that passed between us "i R> Xye and the other n'ffn in.divt' ; in this matter,” said De- ‘■'■'t'v*- II: ,;!! today. The ,|. > was secured by ffi'^ans'■; ■ die:n j.hone, which consists of a n in,' r , ? :cn?itive discs so con structed th,^! the sounds spoken in a room ran to or 50 feet by means i -’ \> •: s ■ 'nnected with an elec tric fiafTt : . , I me [li, V'o ill this room. In the wxi roo’/i w a stenographer. A floor C'i!in= rf. ,i rhp two rooms. In front nf tho ':inr i placed a couch in roor: Th*'.(i|rfaphone was under M cotiih, the wirrs running Into the next rooni. wl- rr the stenographer sat »Un a receiving arrange- ''e hpvp 2-. niombcrs of the legis- lature ra uh- in tiiis scandal. If I had wn hf ;-. II V i i; loneer I would have n ou' r ri;-. . y, they were so eager " rtiivo Nye told me legislature ■' = 'Hkcra than even the Poiincian.- flown in Piue county, where ^ week n.grt out and you , ‘ convict the men Discussed in Congt ess ^’ashinc . tariff fl. miria--,: * *■ . Hvr.‘-,' ‘’‘■alt h--- I- ■If the i^lnped ffcipPdi 1 'he ho:. Heprfs, I; * fepub' „ ®eans 'I-'* bill i f,; »idt He fi,. tern. *''^n tho . ■ ittert if i, , ieclarf.fi ih. . '■Quid „ affff \!n- 1.—xhe house of ■ '.nied debate on the ■ fl>jy with a deter- ■l'”" the discussion ' ii' this week. o«s of Indiana, in fl“clared in favor list bill and con* ot the Canadian •M i-ntly passed by • 'l’^\^arth, of Ohio, ‘J‘ '■ of the ways and . ttaci-.ed the free • • rms in the first ■'!« the upposityDn 'ill was vague In '> t Ply drawn that leaders could not «' iiiduatries it would ' ■ . .Mr. Ix)ngwortb "nan I'nderwood •ioans committee '■'1 ven what para- ♦‘-Aldrich tariff law free list bill. reek as rescuers. - jTi I f ' ' ^ dozen work- ti,/! worsted mill thr Creek and ■ Pii' nr*" Joseph McCool. ^rom being de- rar.rt V rescued McCool, brtrh ^‘-"lonths-old infant from being ^^Rough Dar!,v, p, fr,jr Says He Has no Idea qf Resign ing His Position, Which was Given Him by 2 he People, Not by Appointment By Associated Press. Paris, May 1.—Vice President Carral of Mexico, arrived here today and in a statement made to The Associated Press denied that he had ever given an interview at Santander or elsew'here in which be criticised Americans as having fomented the revolution In Mexico. On April 27, El Imparclal of Mexico City, printed a despatch from Santan der, Spain^ in which Corral was quoted as saying fhat the revolution in Mex ico was formented by Americans de sirous of intervention by the tJnited States. According to the despatch Vice President Corral said that in case of intervention all Mexicans, regardless of party, WQuld unite to fight the com mon enemy. The publication was called to the at tention of the state department at Washington by Ambassador Wilson. Immediately the American government took the mat^r up with Mexico, re questing that the authenticity of the interview be established and intimat ing that if this could not be done the government of Mexico City should re pudiate the alleged expressions of the vice president. Saturday the state department was advised that the Mexican government had cabled Senor Corral to ascertain whether he had J>eeii correctly re ported. Senor Corra.1 as soon as he reached here took occasion to repudi ate the remarks accredited to him, saying: “I have never given an interview at Santander or elsewhere criticising Americans as having fomented the re bellion in Mexico. The alleged in ter view was a pure invention, unworthy of notlM.” The ^ce president said tha he un derstood General Bernardo Beyes was going to Mexico but as their paths had not grossed, he had not met the general. Asked whether he Intended to resign the vice presidency, Corral replied that he had no intention of so doing, but could not, of course, speak for the fu ture. He had come to Europe to re ceive medical treatment, on a leave of absence granted him by congress As to the rumor that he might be succeeded in the vice presidency by Reyes, he said that he could not un ders'tand how this could be when' he had been elected for a term of six years and still had some years to serve. The vice president, he said, was elected by the people, the office not be ing an appointive one. The length of his stay was quite problematical, he said. He thought it likely that he would later vl84t Carlsbad or Vichey The vice-president appeared fatigu ed but did not seem like a man suffer ing from a serious ailment. In fact he discussed bis physical condition in a humorous vein, saying that he really did not know what he “had.” One doctor had told him that his trouble was “bil^.” Another said that he had nervous prostration as-4 result of over work while a third thought “some thing else,” was the matter with him • “As the home doctors have disa greed,” he continued, “I have come to Europe for more advice and hope that before I return I may leam exactly what the trouble Is.” CARS RUN OVEH MOTHER AND ON.- Reading, Pa., May 1.—While pick ing coal in the Reading Railway yard here.* Mrs. Kate O'Meara and son, William, were run down by shifting cars. The boy was instantly killed and the mother, seriously la Jured. Va Thousands Homeless And Hmgiy After Disastrous Fite TRAVELING MAN DIED SUDDENLY. By Associated Press. Asheville, May. 1.—Becoming uncon scious on a Southern train about tw^en- ty minutes before its arrival here yesterday afternoon, R. L. Smith, a traveling man of Memphis, Tenn., was taken from the train to the Mission hospital where he died at 4:30 yester day afternoon, the attending physi cians giving the cause of death as Bright’s disease. The deceased is survived by his wife and son who were accompanying him to the home of his parents at Jubilee, this state. The body will be shipped to Memphis this afternoon for burial. T N M N WILLIAM: AW, WHAT’S THE USE? A press dispatch reports that public interest in eGrmany now centers in a talking dog. Rebellion, Anarchy And Brigandage Ate Rampant in China Loyal Troops Fighting Desper- ately to Suppress Uprising in Western Hal) oj Kwmg Ting Province^^Furthef News From Canton. on the west river has fallen before the revolutionaries, wno murdered the pre fect. Wu Sum is Chief Leader of Revolt—Horde oj Outlaws Prey on People—Bodies of Slain Lie in Streets oj The » City. By Associated Press. Hong Kong, China, May 1.—Rebel lion, brigandage and anarchy are stalking through the western half of Kwang Tung province. The loyal troops are fighting desperately to crush the uprising, the seriousness of which is revealed in further despatch es from Canton today. Wu Sum, the Chinese who was edu cated in Japan, is the ’eader of the re volt against the Manchu dynasty. The brigand chief, Luk, of Shuntak, is at the iiead of a horde of outlaws whose object is robbery and murder. These combined forces have thrown thenjselves with fanatical disregard of their own lives against the troops and since the first outbreak Thursday night much blood has been shed. Se dition is rife among certain of the troops and it is feared that the disaf fected soldiers appear to have the up per hand. Official advices and the refugees ar riving from Canton today confirm the sinster reports of yesterday. Bodies of the slain lie in the streets of the city. Famine f prices are asked fbr foodstuffs and the shops generally are closed. In the panic there have been few attempts to bury the dead and the stench from decomposed bodies fills the air. Today the revolters, to a great ex tent, have withdrawn from Canton and are devastating the country to t^le While the fighting was progressing in the streets Chinese gunboats pa trolling the west river fired, into sev eral parties of rebels, slaughtering 200. Retreating to the countryside, the revolutionaries attacked and captured Sam Shui, 30 miles west of Canton, and murdered the prefect. The troops were put to fiight and the rebels mov ed into Wen ChQW und W^oo Chow, both of which towns they took after slight resistance. Luk’s brigands fol lowing in their wake, looted the Shops of the three towns. The triumphant sweep of the revolutionaries continu ed westwa.rd along the west river aafl reports from that district say that the movement is spreading and the revo lutionaries are murdering and pillag ing in other places. While the movement to the west was being directed by Will Sum, E ik led personally a force to the north and seized the market at Chungtok, 20 miles north of Canton. Then be made a wide detour to the west of Canton and fell upon Fatshan, a ‘ town 15 miles to the southwest Here he first destroyed the palace of the assistant magistrate and then turned the town over to his followers to be looted. The battle was a hard fought one, the imperial troops giving battle at Tung Shi bridge. Thirty-seven sol diers were killed before the troops fell baok^iuid rapofts ^tate that Shuihung nmiyiiD By Associated Press. Pittsburg, May 1.—Pennsylvania Rairoad siiop men to the number of 1.500 unexpectedly strifck at points be tween this city apd Altoona today. Some of the train crews joined the strikers at Pitcairn while at the local shops some of the other employes be side the men involved in the dispute with the railroad company also went out. A. E. Ireland, general organizer of the railroad department of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, asserts that 8,000 men will be a^Eect^d by the strike. The strikers are claiming that other employes of the company to the number of 10,000 will go out in sym pathy some time today or tonight. At Pitcairn^ the company had laid off 2.500 men but the 500 men remaining promptly quit. £ The strike was a complete surprise, as there was no clear indication Sat urday night, when these men held meetings that they would take such quick action and it was thought that May Day in Pittsburg and vicinity would pass without any labor troub les. The grievance of the shop men is that the company has been dischwging and laying off men who have been with the company many yeai s because they belong to the union. The men went out without any excitement. Machinists Strike. New York, May 1.—A strike of five thousand machinistes and a walkout of a few hundred bankers and shirt waist makers were the chief events of the May Day celebration here today. The machinists are. striking for an 8 hous* day.. Some shops are working the 8hour day schedule and-the ma-, chinists employed in these plants re mained at wgrk. Th^ affected shops say they will employ non-union labor. The police expect trouble. ' Situation at Toledo. Toledo, O., May 1.—One hundred plumbers went on strife this morning when their employes refused to grant an increase of 25. per cent in wages. At Havana. Havana, May 1.—More than 1,000 cartmen struck this morning, tieing up the wholesale business of the city. Their grievance is the alleged vexa tious regulations adopted by the city authorities. Many Demonstrations. PaVis, May 1.—Detachments of troops occupied all the squares and open places of the city today in an ticipation ot the workingmens’ May Day demonstration. Between 20,000 and 30,000 soldiers were under arms. At Berlin. Berlin, May 1.—The workingmen of Berlin held 73 May Day meetings at which resolutions favoring disarma ment in the interest of world peace were adopted. Plumbers Walk Out. Philadelphia. J.-rMay^ Day. In Philadelphia found but one strike, that of 450 plumbers who quit work because they had been refused an in crease in wages. Little Trouble in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., May 1,—Notwithstand ing the large amount of building going one in this city and the consequent number of structural iron workers and carpenters present, there was a notice able lack of. labor trpubl6 today inci dent to the first of May. It was stated by officials of the unions that there had been no friction with the em ployers. This part of the South has experienced no widespread strike since the walkout of the locomotive firemen two years ago. ? • Meeting Held Here To-day in Interest OJ Proposed Merger of Southern Mills — Ove 400,000 Spindles Said to Have Agreed to Enter. At Least One Third oj The City Of Bangor Reduced to Ashes -Two Persons Dead And Several Injured—Loss Over $6^000,000. Insurrectos Are Anxious to End Trouble Still They Will Not Confer With Envoy Un- less He Has Full Authority From Diaz. Place Where Conferees Will Meet Once Made Famous by Prize Fight—One of Partic- ipants Tells Story. By Associated Press. El Paso, Tex., May 1.—Upon wheth er Judge Carabajal, the government peat:e envoy expected here tonight, comes with full authority to act for President Diaz, deoends in large meas ure thie probability of peace terms be ing agreed upon by the end of this week. That the insurrectos are more than willing to end hostilities is not d'enied but they will not treat with Carabajal unless he comes with full powers, * The meetin'g place selected for the conference lies on the Mexican s^de of the Rio Grande amid a grove of willows. Swollen by the spring fresh ets, the mud laden rivers roar over a dam and the trees bend and sway in the rushing waters. . It is the second time the spot has made ,a bid for fame, according to de tective William Smith of the El Paso police force, who fifteen years ago was “Australian Billy” Smith, the prize fighter. , “At that time I was matched to fight Billy Lewis,” related Smith to day. “We had trouble with the authori ties on the American side and finally concluded to stage the mill on the Mexican side. We forded the river, most of us on the backs "^of peons we hali hired, and right there where they are going to try to make peace in Mexico this week, we had a fight— fourteen rounds with bare knuckles— and its mighty glad I was when the referee hailed me as winner. I woji- der how many rounds this scrap will go.’*" ^ . Forty-four rifles destined for the rebel camp were confiscated by troop- era of the fourth cavalry yesterday when delivery of the arms was at- tiempted in fulfillment of a contract made before there was any thought of the armistice. —Mr. T. G, Furr, of Salisbury. N. C. who has been in the Charlotte Sanita rium for the past two weeks, left the hospital yesterday very much im- provod. .. Names of Underwood, Poulson And Others Connected With Report of Big Consolidation —Muting on the Quiet and Little Leaked Out. For the purpose of promoting a $10,- 000^000 yarn mill merger a meeting of interested parties was held in this city today. - ^. This meeting;was held behind doss ed' doors, and little positive informa tion could be had relative to the pro ceedings thereof. It is known that this is the second meeting of this na ture, the first being held in Washing ton city some time ago, at which time The News carried a report of the plans in view of promoters. The Daily Trade Record, one o£ the most reliable daflies of New York, con tained a story in a recent issue rela tive to the merger. According to its information Mr. Underwood, of New York, is one of the promoters. It is reported that already 400,000 spindles have agreed to join the consolidation, and it is said that equally that amount stand rdady to coipe in. It is known that New York and oth er parties interested have canvassed the southern field recently, and from what can be obtained they are wtll pleased with the prospects of a suc cessful merging of a long string of southern yarn mills. Numerous North Carolina spinners are said to be inter ested in the project imderway, and at the meetin gtoday at the Selwyn several mills were represented. The objects are to effect a more sat isfactory plan of marketing the pro duct of mills, a-s well as promote ^eat er economy in management, etc. It is believed by many that strong finan cial organization, representing ample capital, can go far towards maintain ing fair prices for goods, and certainly such organization is best able to brave the storms which besets the market from time to time. (Continued on Page Nine.) Mm II Heavy Rain Adds to Discomjoit OJ The Many Who Are Homeless — Food Pioblem a Serious One — Troops On Guard. By Associated Press. Bangor, Me., May 1.—Homeless, wet, hungry and exhausted by the long fight against the flames which last night destroyed practically a third of the city of Bangor, thousands of per sons today faced the problem of pro viding themselves with food,* shelter and clothing, while municipal and state authorities began the considera tion of plans for rebuilding the city. W^hen dawn broke over the stricken city today hundreds of groups of men, women and children could be seen huddled around smoulering bonfires or stretched along the edgeof the smoking ruins, endeavoring to warm and dry themselves. Although the rain brought discom fort to the homeless, it was the means of bringing under control the confla gration which raged for more thaji 7 hours lafet night. At a time when the battle against the flames seemed hope less a providencial shift of wind and a downpour of rain drove the flre back over the burned district and drowned out the flames which had just started on unburned property. At 7:45 a. m. the flre was virtually extinguished. One-third of the city had been destroyed, including some of the flnest homes in the residential part of Bangor, all of the public buildings with the exception of the city hall and the greater part of the retail section. Tremendous Loss. Estimates of the probable loss var ed, but it was generally thought that at least ?6,000,000 worth of property had been destroyed- The iosa of life, so far as known this morning, was conflned to two persons and only half a dozen injured had been admitted to hospitals. Many Homeless. The rain and change of wind solv ed the problem of controlling the fire, the attention of the authorities was di rected today towards the housing of the homeless and feeding the hungry. Every householder in Bangor whose home escaped destruction opened hia doors last night to the less fortunate, but in spite of this thousands were forced to spend the night in the streets,'surrounded by the few articles of clothing and household utensils they had been able to save from the flames. Many of these suffered great ly from cold and exposure. More serious, however, than the problem of sheltering the homeless was the matter of feeding them, on account of the destruction of food sup plies in the retail district. Every morning train brought food to the city but it was some little time before the authorities could arrange for its distri bution. To aid the police in the protection of the little heaps of furniture and clothing saved from the flre by indi viduals one company of militia was or dered out for patrol and guard duty. A Bangor Fire. The fire started near the corner of Broad and Union streets in the vicinity of thee ity hall at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoori. Fanned by a high wind the flames swept along in a northerly direction on either side of Kenduskeag stream, a small river which flows into the Penobscott. Most of the public buildings and banks were in the path of the flre and, with the exception of the city half, which was sAved after the hardest kind of a fi^t all these structures were destroyed. Theb urned area includes about forty ci^ blocks. By Associated Press. Chicago, May 1.—Franklin Mac- Veagh, secretary of the treasury, was made defendant in a suit for $100,000 damages filed today by Charles F. Leach, former collector of customs, at Cleveland, O. Mr. Leach charges that following his dismissal from office March 10, 1911, by President Taft, Secretary Mac- Veagh in a statement charged that Leach had turned over to importers thousands of dollars werth of woolens before the customs were paid, that the importers had been allowed to store woolens in their own warehouse before duty payment and h*ad been guilty of other breaches of the treas ury department rules. LGRIMER CASE COMES $ ^ UP. ♦ ♦ By Associated Press. ♦ ♦ . W*ashington, May 1.—Senator ♦ ♦ LaFollette’s resolution for a re- ♦ ^ Inquiry into the election of Sen- ♦ ♦ ator Lorimer was today referred ♦ ♦ to the committee on contingent ♦ ♦ expenses. Since introduced it ❖ ♦ has laid on the table. ' ^ Engineer 'Took a Desperate Chance By Associated Press. ^ Los Angeles, Cal., May 1.—Unable to stop his train in time to avoid a burning bridge encountered as the locomotive rounded a sharp curve near Ravenna, 50 miles north of here last night, an engineer on the San Joaquin Valley line of the South ern Pacific Railroad took a big chance with fate, opened his throttle to the last inch and brought the 200 pas sengers behind him safely through the flames. Just as the train cleared the bridge the structure collapsed. Case of Naval Stores Officers. By Associated Press. Washington, May 1.—The supreme court today declined to advance for early hearing the case of the chief ofiBcials of the American Naval Stores Company convicted of violat ing the Sherman anti-trust law in the so-called “turpentine trust” case. Big Cases Going Over. By Associated Press. "Washington, May 1.—The supreme court of the United States did not an nounce a decision today in either the Standard Oil or the Tobacco suits arising under the Sherman anti-trust law. ^ 3' - —
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