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f(^il SPRING BARGAINS READ OR USE NEWS WANT ADS TO-DAY-THEY BRING ANSWERS TO-MORROW Ir'csi Edition THE CHAJEILOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition \ 43. NO. 7017 CHARLOTrE, N. C.. TUESDA\ EVENING. MAY 2. 1911 pT>Tf^J'5 In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDlly—6 Cents Sunday. ( Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday. Ohio Biibery Legislature Scandal In Hands ofGramlJury - n Suggests This Prevent Accused Escaping Punish’ Use oj Immun- uato)S Involved— ' State Organiza- Tell What 7hey vaal Heads ofDe- ^ Must lestify. : The Franklin I'l*' today to consid- Ui;^' of bribery in- '• moiubers of the I'h^ matter was ••lul Jury instead - ill- committee on . r-'T Harmon and vent any accused . - ins: punishment ;.'y i>;ith. Scores of . n summoned and it ■ . may make a par s'’ tomorrow. . i -ianizations inter- ! t'fnre this assem- mod to tell what : - (i efforts by mem- • i: t. They include -lifs as the state . f- the anti-saloon . ’ liberty league and >rations. it least one head ■ r nt was solicited iii'p the passage of • > !!i> department. Hopan after a talk \-'0'ney Turner said ny need for immu- '; 1 be given to the FIVr SONS DROWNED Sudd-:!! Death of J. W. Crowell M.iy 2 —Mr. John idenly at the Hotel We had come here ’ ' .e Peacock Couch •ncern lately formed ip 'f rhe Spencer Fur- nni the Peacock Mr. Crowell was one ;nire experts in the nf his death was ".o'ving a shock of By Associated Press. Edmundston, N. B., May 2.— Three men and two boys were drow^ned in the St. John river near here today. They were crossing from the Canadian to the American bank of the. river In a scow operated by a wire cable. The cable uroxe and the scow w’as upset in the freshet- sw'ollen waters. FUMILY PUCED TRIAL ON By Associated Press. Hayward, Wii^., May 2.—John F. Dietz, his w’lfc and son, Leslie, were placed on trial here today before Judge Alexander H. Reid in the circuit court. They are charged with the murder of Oscar Harp, a deputy sheriff, one of a posse which besieged the Dietz cabin near Cameron dam last October, who w’as found dead after the smoke of battle had cleared away. At that time John Dietz was w'anted on a warrant charging attempt to kill a man with whom he had had a fight at Winter, Wis. Dietz shot the man but did not kill him. There w’ere sev eral other warrants out for John Dietz. The trouble with the authorities grew out of a dispute between Dietz and a lumber company which built a dam in the Thorapple river near the Dietz home. The flood waters. Dietz claimed, damaged his land but he said he could not get a satisfactory settle ment from the company, so he destroy ed the dam and held up a large lot of logs for a year. A Busy Day In Congress 1: V 2.— .\lihougn • acijourneii yesterday - in Thursday, the rai)ifol was a V l.al»’ dozen coin- "I'T accumulated ' Hm>>ng them being i;.!i Mee, which has ■ ’iun of the Cana- measure, already use. ••• pffort to expedite • frpe list bill, met ' ' ']ofk. Chairman ■ «a>s and means ' that he hoped !t ■> measure Thurs- - it ion to question • action by that ■ ’■ "t mpmi)e>-s gtill nday baseball. May 2. Pro and flrments of a ii at a meeting "ioners tonigrit final action ■be question for ' tliis rlty. f ! tho Sunday sport is authorized an injunction to iPHi r)f tUe commis- :n favor of Sunday ON THE FARMERS FREE LIST BILL [II 2.—A mysterious ' ntprcepted is de- today to have '■V. Kinney to kill his ■ hore ijist night in '■ >lielr 12 year old '"'"iK to the officers i'rsons in the Kin- ; -nowod the letter to ^ ‘ Kili.'d her while she ' 1 The contents have ^*^^ey was from NEWS BUREAU Congress Mall. By H. E. C. BRYANT. Washington. May 2.—Th^'e is con siderable speculation concerning the Farmers’ Free List Bill. Chairman Un derwood of the ways and means com mittee thinks it is a good thing. He believes that it will help the farmers. Mr. Prince, of Illinois, declared on the floor of the House las-t week that it was a fake, a fraud, made to catch rural votes. Others say that it is a political measure which will pass the house and die. Mr. Underwood an nounced that it would pass both hous es of congress and be signed by the president. Very few' people believe that the bill w ill ever pass the senate. But, it is said, what If it did pass the senate, and receive the President’s signature? What then? How much would the consumer of the articles on the free list gain? What revenue be remitted? The exemption from duty of all articles affected by the bill would de duce the tariff revenue by $10,028,989, based on importations for last year. Included in this are the duties to be remitted under the reciprocity treaty with Canada, amounting 'o $1,653,313, which deducted would leave $8,375,676. There is no way to reach an abso lutely reliable conclusion about what will be saved by consumers. The im ports in some instances, are very small, for the duties are prohibitive, and we have monopolies. If other countries build factories and compete with us on farm implements and other things prices may be affected. But, reduced to the final analysis to which there is very little prospect of it being, the saving would be tre mendous. Here are the figures: The consumption, measured by the net sup ply, in values of the articles on the free list follow: Salt, consumption, $9,540,824; saved $4,862,005.9104. Farm implements, $90,637,110 against. $13,876,541.54. Bagging for cotton, sacks, burlaps, etc., $26,031,644 against $6,992,099.57. Cotton ties, hoop or hand iron $12.- 639,953 against $2,017,336.49. But, it is said, what if it did pass the senate, an^ receive the leather, boots and shoes, harness and saddles, $493,005,263 against $37,483,788.40. Barbed wire, rods, bailing wire, etc., $113,027,205 against $32,861,066.36. Fresh and preserved meats, $614,895,- 219 against $133,493,753.04. Flour, grits etc., $665,041,533 against $18,355,146.31.’ Lumber, laths and shingles, $699,599,- 293 against $59,955,659.41. Sewing mashines, $8,497,464 against $2,549,239.20. Of course there are many ifs in this. If the Farmers’ Free List bill becomes a law and prices drop as son»e of the advocates of the bill say they will in time these figures may pan out. The total mounts above $300,000,000. n fill Tales Of Ferocious Fighting In China Are Reported Today TWO DEAD IN WRECK. A PROSPERITY CROP. • Farnner Sam—That’s going to be some wheat field. Cotton Mill Men Hold Interesting Meeting in Chat lotte Representing practically 400,000 spindles, cotton yarn spinners met here yesterday in two sessions, each one being held behind closed doors, and talked of* the purposed merger of Southern cotton mills—a merger that will be the meaning of the largest in dustry of its kyiid in the country— one that w’ill involve more than $3,- 500,000. The proposition presented by the promoters, Frank L. Underwood and Leonard Paulson, of New York, contemplates a merger of one mil lion spindles upon which bonds will be issued to the amount of $10,000,- 000 of which $5,000,000 will be devot ed, to the cash purchase of the pro perties, reserving the balance for a working capital. Report has it that tentative pro position has been made for 82.50 for the bonds. Mills entering the merger will have their property assessed by Lockwood, Green & Company, of New York, and J. T. Sirine, of Green ville, S. C., and of the assessed value 20 per cent is to be paid in cash, in addition to tlie quick assets of the mills and 40 per cent in preferred stock and 40 per cent in common stock incorporation merger. The pro moters are to retain 20 per cent com mon and preferred stock for their work in negotiating the merger. Committees, were appointed and these will make a report at another conference to be held at a date not far in the future. North and South Carolina cotton miil men were w'ell represented at the meeting, some of the best known manufacturers in the two states be ing in attendance. None gave out in formation as to what would fin,ally be done.- That the merger will be affected, though is a fact* that seems apparent to those who have followed the re ports from all the cotton mill men in different parts of the states of North and South Carolina. Nothing was done here because, it was said, the financiers wanted a little more time in which to consider such a big proposition. A majority of the spindles included in the merger will be of mills of this state. It is state confidently that there will be no lack of backing to put such a menger on a sound business foot ing, and it is expected that at the next meeting, when committees make reports, there will be a satisfactory termination of the negotiations now under way. AMERICANS WARNED TO MOVE OUT By Associated ^*ress. Nogales, , Ariz., May 2.—High of ficials of the Southern Pacific Rail road lines in Mexico, arriving here today from the Mexican interior, said they had received notice from the rebels advising all Americans to move their families into the United States. New Trial for Wilson. New York, May 2.—A new trial for Christopher Columbus Wilson, presi dent of the United Wireless Company and his associates, who are charged with misuse of the mails, w^as ordered today by Judge Martin in the United States district court. P^'- judice on the part of one of the jurors was shown yesterday and the entire jury was dis charged this morning. Misenheimer Land Company. Special to The News. Raleigh, May 2.—A charter granted the Misenheimer Land Improvement Company of Charlotte, capital $4,200 subscribed. $125,000 au thorized. J. J. Misenheimer is among tbd principal incorporators. Stone Cutteis Out On Strike Atlanta, May 2.—Tb?e fight between, the granite cutters and the granite companies of Atlanta Lithonia, Stone Mountain and Conyers, has resulted in a lock-out which has thrown 600 men into idleness, and ia interfering with the filling of orders for stone by all the contractors in this part of tl^e state. The agreement under which the stone men have been ^working for the past two years expired yesterday morning, and the new agreement sub mitted to them to sign was not satis factory. A row follow’ed. The stone men refused to work under the. new agreement. The companies refused to let them work at all unless they did sign it. So, in turn, the situation par takes something the nature of both a strike and lock-out. Hyde Pleads Not Guilty. By Associated Press. New York, May 2.—Charles Hiraili Hyde, the city chamberlain, appeared in court this afternoon and pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging bribery. The offense charged is pun ishable by imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than $5,000 or both. Compulsory Education May Be Voted Upon By Associated Press. Atlanta, May 2.—That a number of questions of vital interest to those engaged in educational work in Geor gia will come before the next session of the general assembly is the opin ion of State School Commissioner M. L. Brittain. Commissioner Srittain says that he considers ,it very probable that in cluded in the legislation that will be proposed will be the introduction of a bill providing that each county shall be allowed to vote upon the question of establishing compulsory educa tion in the county; a state wide compulsory education measure, and one providing that the county be adopted as the unit of education, and abolishing a division of the city from the county in the matter of education. The commissioner says that the legislature will be asked to devise some method, not yet outlined, for making prompt payments to teach ers. OK PEACE TO THE TEIICIERS By Associated Press. Baltimore, May 2.—“Refute the fal lacy that ‘government rests on force’ ” “sharply distinguish between war with in nations and war between natiohs;’ “empbasize justice.” These were some of the suggestions made to the school teachers of Mary land this afternoon by Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead, of Boston, at a meeting arranged especially for the teachers by the American School Peace League in connection with the third national peace congress which will assemble here tomorrow or a four days’ session Mrs. Mead asserted that the teacher who is in touch with the history that is in the making and who has the spirit of internationalism is alone fit ted to lead. “Patriotism may be «o taught as to develop the worst instead of the best impulses,” she said. “It may encour age arrogance and pride in our coun try instead of a I'eadiness to serve it, which is the only test of patriotism.” By Associated Press. Cincinnati, O., May 2.—Ad vices from Hinton, W. Va., say that Chesapeake &. Ohio Rail way passenger train No. 3 was derailed near there today and several persons were kill ed. At the local offices of the road it was stated that a por tion of the train was derail ed and that the engineer and fireman were killed. None of the passengers were hurt se riously, it is said. Revolution Spieading Through Kwang Tung Province And Into Amoy—Foreign Mis sion Have Not Ytt Molested by Rebels. A Misconception Was Explanation By Associated Press. Washington, May 2.—A misconcep tion of the purpose of the war de partment in investigating the military availability of certain lands near Chattanooga, Tenn., was the explana tion today of a reported assumption in Atlanta, Ga., that Fort McPherson was to be abandoned as a military post. As a matter of fact the war department does not contemplate closing that post nor any post located in the vicinity of large and important railway cen ters. The department has been trying to obtain an area in Tennessee suitable for manouvres on a large scale. Citizens of Chattanooga have open ed some land and one large tract of 5,000 acres in the Tennessee high lands has been offered as a gift to the United States. No permanent structur es will be erected on the grounds. HER SECOND ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE WAS SUCCESSFUL By Associated Press. Atlanta, May 2.—Mrs. Ellen I^cey shot herself through the forehead with suicidal intent here today in the presence of her 3-year-old son who was convalescing from an attack of scarlet fever. Physicians at the hospital where she was taken de dare she cannot live. Illness is given as the cause of her act. Once before she tried to kill herself with poison Favors Erection of Memorial Hal MADE SORE TO KILL HIMSELF By Associated Press. Louisville, Ky., May 2.—Col. George A. Armes, U. S. A., retired, at today’s session of the national congress of the Sons of the American Revolution, introduced a resolution providing for the erection at Washington of a great memorial hall in which histori cal relics may be preserved. Definite action on Col. Armes’ plan will be taken before the congress closes, it is said. Col. Armes’ resolution provides for a building to cost not less than $2,- 000,000 and to contain rooms not only for the preservation and exhibition of relics but also a large hall in which conventions and other gathe.r- ings might be held. After theb usiness of the day morning the remainder of the day was given over to a crowded social program. Been INSURREtTOS OPEN FIRE IN CITY OF CHIHUAHUA By Associated Press. Atlanta, May 2.—A well-known At lanta insurance man of many years ^ solid and financial standing in the community walked into a local adver tising agency this morning and asked to see the manager. He explained to him that he had just capitalized a company at $2,000,000 and beught the Candler building, for the purpose o£ converting it into a garage for flying machines. He wanted to sign a contract with the advertising man or $200,000 worth of advertising matter to appear in the northern magazines,' announcing to spring tourists that after May 30th who flew south w'ould find strictly modern and up-to-date accommoda tions here. He further wanted an nouncements published in the local papers that all the Candler btiilding tenants would have to move out. The advertising manager was dazed He had known the speaker all his life, and knew him to be not only a man of fine business parts but one who never joked. Luckily he called up the Candler of fice headquarters. No there hadn’t been any sale, nor w'as any contempla ted. The man at the Candler end of Railway Service Discontinued in Some Places—British Of- ficials Ordered in—Queless Heads and Hairless Bodies Lie in the Streets. By Associated Press. Hong Kong, May 2.—Late dis patches today state that the anti- Manchu movement has spread from the west river at the west of Canton, to the north and east through Kwang Tung province, and to Amoy, in the southeastern part of Fukien prov ince. According to the best information obtainable, the foreign missions have not been molested by the rebels. Service on the Canton-Kowlon sec tion of the railway leading from Can ton, Hong Kong has been abandoned and the British railway officials have been ordered to come to this city to night. Vessels are making frequent trips between Hong Kong and Can ton bringing refugees here. Details of the fighting at Can ton confi^ earlier reports of the fe rocity wnm w^hich the troops and the rebels engaged. Queueless heads and hairless bodies in European dress are still exposed in the streets. Other bodies show that death was caused, by strangulation. The absence of queues together with the clothing of western fashion makes it plain that the dead were rebels. The bodies of the soldiers killed appear to have been removed. A son of the viceroy of Canton and a maid were found hidden under a bed In the servants’ quarters of the palace which escaped destruction when the home w^as set afire. The commahder of a Chinese cruis er was killed. Admiral IJ, who com manded the loyal troops in the first two days of the fighting, is said to have personally killed ten revolution ists before he was mortally wound ed. Bluejackets guard Shamien and close by are the American gunboat Wilmington, the German gunboat Iltis, a Portuguese gtinboat from Macao and several warships. Foreigners Have Escaped. Hong Kong, China, May 2.—Today’s advices from Canton, where the revo lutionary movement originated, indi cate that foreigners have escaped harm. The foreign residential sections oc cupies Shamien, an artificial island at the north of Canton. Gunboats are anchored in the canal which separates the island from the city proper and guns are mounted on the bank com manding the approaches. On Sunday evening the revolution ists attempted to cross to Shamien with the purpose of capturing the po lice station there, but were repulsed by local troops. Bandits led by the brigant chief Luk burned four government residences at Fatshan when they attacked and loot ed the town. Reports from the west river dis tricts are meagre, as the rebels de stroyed telegraphic communication at many points. It appears, however, that Wu Sum, the leader of the anti- Manchu forces, is working to th^ west ward after raiding Sam Shui. Wen Chow, Woo Chow, Chunglok, Shuihung and Fatshan. The government seems to be in con trol at Canton. Two Moie Victims Oj Tram Wieck , 1 the telephone w^anted to know' if the Chihuahua, Mexico, May 1.—via La-1 advertising manager was crazy? redo, Tex., May A band of insur-| Crazy? That gave the advertising rectos entered this city today from, ^lanager an idea. He telephoned, for the south and began an indiscriminate I ^ ^ab and a doctor and for the insur- firing. It is presumed this was done - ance man’s family. They came, and to demonstrate their preparedness toi^^^ insurance man is strapped to resume hostilities should the peace ne gotiations fail. An alarm was immediately sounded at military headquarters and troops sent to repel the attacking party. The insurrectos fied within a short time. No one was wounded. It is believed that the insurrectps are a part of a band from the south which was not included in the armis tice. Practical isolation of Chihuahua city from the outside world .continues, the insurrectos having cut a majority of the railroad and teleg^'aph lines. By As^ciated Press. Louisville, Ky., May 2.—Disappoint ed when a large dose of muriatic acid failed to, bring about the desired ef fect, Henry Reeb, a shopkeeper in Fifth street near Green, today shot himself in the head with a revolver which he had loaded before taking the acid. He w'as dead when neighbors reached him. Reeb formerly lived in New Orleans, as it was presented to the house by He was recently Indicted here for al- the president. The treaty is not fair leged gambling operations. or just.” ■ • i Opposes Reciprocity. (By H. E. C. BRYANT.) Washington, D .C.. May 2.—Repre sentative Webb received today a let ter from Dr. H. Q. Alexander, presi dent of the North, Carolina Farmers’ Union, approving his vote against the Canadian reciprocity. “I approve your course in opposing the reciprocity treaty with Canada a cot in a local infirmarjv It was nervous breakdown, wifh mental disorders, which had made him act queerly for two or three weeks past, but which the family and friends had not understood as actual insanity until he announced his intention of converting the biggest building south of New York into a hen-roost for aero planes. Overwork is at the bottom of the trouble, and it is believed the patient can be cured. Col. Schaeck Dead. By Associated Press. Berne, Switzerland, May 2.—Col. Theodore Schaeck, the Swiss aero naut, w'ho competed in last year s international balloon race at St. Louis, died today. Schaeck piloted the balloon Helve- ti which landed at Ville Marc, Que bec, having covered a distance of 850 miles. The airship took fourth place in the contest which w^as won by Alan R. Hawley and Augustus Post in the balloon America IL By Associated Press. Easton, Pa., May 2.—There Is no longer any doubt that Miss Marion Brown and Miss Margaret Jones, both of Utica, who had been counted among the survivors of the wreck of the teachers special train at Martins Creek, N. J., are dead. Neither young w'oman had been heard from since the wreck, and as they are not at the hcs pital or any hotel in this section it has been concluded that they perish ed with the eight others cremated in the fire that followed the wreck. Will Join Insurrectos. By As|ociated Pre.ss. San Antonio, Tex. . May 2.—Four non-commissioned officers and a pri vate discharged here today from the tenth infantry, U. S. A., at Fort Sam Houston, it is announced, will spend their vacation of ihree'*monihs, or until the period of re-enlistment expires, with the insurrecto army of Mexico if they are accepted by Francisco I. Madero, Jr. They are Sergeant Harry Willis. Ser geant E. F. Warren, Corporal Edward McCloskey, Coriwral Thomas H. Mey ers and Private Charles Hoar. Each of the men has been in the servie for years and have participated in active campaigns in Cliina, the Philippines. Cuba and Porto Rico. Many other regulars already discharged, it is said, are now soldiers of fortune with the Madero army. ■-am. .