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2. NO. 19
CHARLOTre, N. C.. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 21, 1911
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Tajt Are Said to be
on Naming Iowa
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pute. In ©very way possible pro-
gresalve wing of the party ) >eing
placated.
As for former President Rojsevelt,
it is positively, stated tha the will not
attend the national convention. He is
neither for nor against Taft. He has
informed his friends that he desires
to be let alone.
HAIL AND LIGHTNING HURT
in the South
Eisewhere Make Fa-
Reports — Leaders
.Vorking — Sentiment
■d'rlc.
May 20.—Politicians
^ j—not the least of all
Cummins, of Iowa—
r ’ ■ friends of President
. ,g on making the sena-
r luuing mate la the 1912
Gettysburg, Pa., May 20.—A terrific I
hail dnd electric^ storm swept overj
Adams county yesterday afternoon
and damaged fruit trees, which are In I
full blossom. Wheat was severely |
hurt.
The rain which accompanied the I
storm relieved a condition which
threatened to become serious, as all!
crops were suffering from drought,
while streams and wells were getting ]
very low.
Cr
n to this effect has been
International News Serv-
!- nt one of the close
f^resident who have em-
- .iCtive work of promot-
L Ion. These friends.
Senators Lodge and
ichusetts, are hard at
’ vsident’s re-nominatlon
^ • you figure on for Vice
I. .V. S. correspondent
' ; resident’s friends,
y think of Senator
- the replv.
iident laughed at the
•' Tlie leaders of insurg*
cond place on the Taft
V so much of a joke,”
• man seriously. “The
ii^lioan. and he would
.'nated for vice presl-
the Iowa people had
Of course, he has
rl-. n, but there are few
ul'i positively refuse the
•' " •. ice president.”
' ’r.ins’ sentiments on
: ment of the presi-
h. Taft campaign is on.
iaangurated last Sep-
. II. nil Sept. 15 Mr. Taft
hat “if at the expira-
: there yet remained
i' ar have not been ful-
Ancrican people de-
:r,al!L.in office and ful-
. .-ident will be at the
' ' i.cople.”
' tit’ie it was dctermin-
' a ,’.■•nt’s friends that a
• ur of the kinks was
. i*-cliate necessities. The
the resignation of Sec-
-r^'r was devised, but it
' {'auie of a bungle.
 ling to know that the
roncpption of this plan
. am Ix)eb, jr. It may also
. It Is quite likely Mr.
^ mmoned to serve as re-
nl r'.jalrman in the 1912
^ now in the South,
"fis are coming in.
I'iiis. It is said, good
-vvipe being received
;•* International News
".ifirnts informant, the
-'ation is now assured
iie nro not really fight-
■' oil flefined candidacy.
' flieve I^aFollette can
’ ; klf-rable number of
'i.'-nrioD of the name of
"■■■ crcate a ripple of
:• ad? of the President
i ^ now is to heal so far
! nrhes in the party,
I'iniinatlon beyond dis-
HEkVY CUT
TO BE MADE
IN BHW VIOOL
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Prominent Citizen
Is Stncken With
Apoplexy on Street
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
TO WITNESS DEDICATION.
Madison, Wis., May 20.—A special
tain carrying Governor McGovern,
members of the Vicksburg monument
commission, representatives of state
offices, besides the nucleus of nearly
200 veterans of the civil war left
this afternoon for Vicksburg, Miss.,
to witness the dedication on Mon
day of the Wisconsin monument on
the site of the Vicksburg siege.
Washington, May 20.—^Democratic
advocates of free raw wool had com
pletely surrounded, it was declared to
day when the house ways and means |
committee continued the work of re
vising the tariff on woijl.
Though the exact rates to fee asses-1
sed on raw wool and manufactured
articles have not been disclosed, the
tentative bill to be submitted to* the
democratic caucus probably will be I
a flat revenue measure, with raw wool
cut about fifty per cent, or more, and
manufactured articles reduced from I
fifty to sixty per cent dependent upon
the decision of the committee as to
how low the figures can go without se-1
riously impairing the revenues.
TROUBLE COMING.
The Supreme Court decision will go Into effect within six months.—-News Item.
Henry
Told
Clay Pierce
Amazing Story
Of His Son's Life
TO KEEP SNOW OFF SIDEWALKS.
Famous Millionaire Tells How
Son Attempted Suicide when
He Refused Him the Coin to
Marry Actress“-Married Her
Anyhow.
Washington, May 20.—With the
mercury near the 100 mark, the SvVii
ate committee on the District of Co
lumbia voted to report favorably a
bill providing penalties against citi
zens who fall to remove snow or
sleet from sidewalks.
“To permit ice and snow to remain ^
on the sidewalks of the city,” said TdiS Whole Story oj Ea Sons
Senator Dillingham, author of the
bill, as he vigorously piled a palm-
leaf fan, “is Indefensible, and the
practice should be punished.”
“Exactly,” agreed Chairman Gallin-
ger. mopping his brow, “it should
be stopped.”
Senators Works, Uayne and Smith
of Maryland, sitting in the purring
draft of an electric fan, nodded
lanquld assent.
m PltBESS
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FORTY-FIVE TRUE BILLS
BY YHAMILTON GRAND JURY;
Chattanooga, May 20—Forty-five
true bill were returned by the grand
jury Saturday morning in its third
repot to Judge McReynolds. Three
of the bills are for selling liquor,
eight are for burgularl, one for mur
der and a numbe for caying pis
tols.
Mr. R. M. Staley, for Years
an Officer of the State Sen
ate, Died While Being Taken
to a Physician Afttr Col
lapsing.
With Suit Case by His Side he
Was Standing on Independ
ence Square Comer When he
Toppled Into Street—Home
in Wilkesboro.
sn Elis
ME DEID
FROM nEim
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Chattanooga. Tenn., May 20. A pe
culiar chain of fatalities appear to
be pursuing a prominent family here.
Mrs. William Dorsey died a week ago
from an attack of heart failure. Yes
terday Mrs. M. J. Stevens, a daughter
of Mrs. Dorsey, fell dead of heart fail
ure at exactly the same hour as her
mother, and today another daughter,
Mrs. N. F. Walker, died of the same
malady. The third death occurred at
the identical hour of the other two.
SHIPPERS IVIAY SEND
X FREIGHT CHEAPEST WAY.
mm By
ISa FORCES
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Harry H. Dunn.
.'la. 20.—Colima, capi-
” of the Fame name, a
■ '!plo, wa? taken by the
f'-rlay without a battle.
■ I'litiihpring the federals
■ ’"0, and Governor de
' ‘1 the capital over to
'! Topete was named
nor hy the rebels.
'  iiio.^t important port
't of Mexico, was also
'lay and turned over
\ nuiiiher of Ameri-
'I cliildrfn In port were
' •' ir-Hti ship.
^ allowed no looting
r.. The new officials put
i otliPf civil officers and
' • 'M ils wore burned. The
i-' KPtting on the same
;' rebels are closing In
'ho fall of the city Is
'it ter noon.
' aiid telephone wires
'-kWmo’s disposal, to stop
■' '1\ on towns hut bands
’ le >iouth, west and east
"->n to him.
' lers from Figueroa to
3 Mexico City.
Washington, May 20.—Holding that
‘‘In the absence of rApting instruc
tions, the shipper is entitled to have
his shipment moved via the
est available route.” the interstate
commerce commission granted repa
ration to Goodklng Bros., of
Mont., against the Chicago, I*^dia
apolis & lx>ulsvllle railway and other
carriers. The principle involved In
the decision had been in dispute for
a year and now is determined n-
naiiy by the commission.
laft Don’t y^orty
Over Adjournment
Washington. May 20.-Congressmen
who get into see President Taft these
days are not surprised to learn that he
isti’t worrying about the date of ad
journment. While all Washington is
sizzling with the thermometer around
the 100 mark, the L The
shows a temperature of about 80. The
President sits over a ton
day, for the White House refrigerating
plant is just beneath his desk. The
coHed air is forced into the rwm by
fans and statesmen who wend ^eir
perspiring way to the executive offices
find Mr. Taft smiling and comfortable.
If it comes to a struggle
congress and the President, Mr. a
will have an aid In the hot weather.
The capital is a hot spot and even tne
aid of lemonade and iced carbonatea
water does not offset the advant^es
of twenty degrees difference In tem-
nerature.
Life The Troubles Boy had
And How Near the Family
Name Came to be Used On
The Stage.
Newburg, N. Y., May 20.—^Henry
Clay Pierce, famous as head of one
of the Standard Oil subsidiary compa
nies, and many times a millionaire,
told an amazing story of his son Roy’s
extraordinary life and views of matri
mony in court here today.
Twice the young man attempted to
commit suicide his father &aid, when
$25,000 a year was refused to his ac
tress bride. Roy Pierce married the
beautiful Betty Chapman, whose ro
mantic career has thrilled Europe
and America alike. Effort is now
being made to have this marriage an
nulled. ^ -
Theron Pierce, a brother of Roy, and
a number of alienists, including Dr.
Carlos F. MacDonald, Dr. Charles L.
Dana and Dr. William K. Draper, also
testified. Although aware that her fate,
as coupled with that of the million
aire’s son lay in the balance here,
Mrs Pierce did not appear. Instead
she’contented herself with issuing a
brief statement in New oYrk.
“My son.” said the father, “told me
in December that he had met Mrs.
Chapman in Paris in 1908, and in this
country later. He said he had married
her knowing her previous life and char
acter. In fact, he said a woman of
her type was more agreeable to him.
“ ‘The question Is»’ said my son,
‘how much will you give me to make
up to her for what she i» losing by
jnarying me?’
“Then my son told me that she was
receiving $25,000 from another source
which she would lose if she accepted
my son, and she did not feel that it
was well to let the money slip away
from her until she waa certain of as
touch thrpugh^him.
“I told my son that she was dragging
him down and pointed out the neces-
, sity of giving her up. He told me that
^he was satisfied. He said he wanted
her and demanded that at least $25,-
000 a year be settled upon her as his
wife.
“I refused absolutely to have any
thing to do with it, and then he told
me that she had said she could get
$500 a week by returning to the stage
and using the name of Pierce and the
facts of her marriage. He said she
would do this unless a clj^ange took
place. ,, . '
“At that time Roy was taking from
30 to 40 drinks a day and was smok
ing from 40 to 60 cigarettes daily. In
the evening, after I had told him what
my decision was, that there would be
absolutely no concession to this wom
an. my son waS" found unconscious in
his room as the result of an overdose
of morphine.
King and Queen Determined
Not to Honor Peeresses Se
parated^ iFrdfii Thm - Hus-
bands—Divorcees Who Have
Remarried Are 0. K.
Queen Mary Cuts Two WeU
Known American Ladies,
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor and
the Duchess of Mailboro,Fot‘
mer Miss Vanderbilt.
London, May 20.—Queen Mary loses
no opportunity to let some American
women here know they do not enjoy
the favor from her that King Edward
and Queen Alexandra bestowed on
them.
She snubbed Mrs. Ava Willing Astor
yesterday in Hyde Park, and today
W^ashington, May 20.—What is
practically an ultimatum was served
on the senate today by the democrat
ic leaderr of the house lhat there
must be a vote in the senate at this |
session on Canadian reciprocity, on
the Farmers’ Free List bill and on
the revised wool tariff. Provided these
terms are met, the house will agree
to a recess from July 1 to October
1. Otherwise the senate will be held
in continuous session throughout
“dog days.”
The democratc do not expect that
the senate will ratify all of their
tariff legislation of the special session
but they want a record vote. It Is
declared, whether affirmative or nega
tive. '
FIRE VISITS
eAFFNEY, S.
“We sent for physicians, and after a' known the first royal snub for
great effort on their part his life was I duchess of Marlborough, formerly
Tot ?Ws“ye?r" toTd , Consuleo Vanderbilt,
renewed th« subject of money. j \^Tien the list of official Invitations
“At that time he declared to me • .j.^ night’s state ball at Bucking-
that he must have the money and. palace in honoi- of the German
neluSte^^vftTeTioner^dToy emperor and empress publisl>ed
said that he could not live without today, it did not contain the name
her, and that she would not live with Lj^^ Duchess of Marlborough
him unless he gave her money freely, j former Miss Vanderbilt is the
tha?evenlnrand"t 9 °o\Vck, "afhl | only duchess in the kingdom who was
had not been seen, a visit was paid not invited. Practically all other tl-
to his room. The doors were locked. American women were present.
Repeated knocks failed to bring a re- j royal snubs of Mrs. Astor and the
spohse and the door was broken in. >
Gaffney, S. C., May
destructive fire that has ever visited
Gaffney occurred tonight about 8
o’clock, when the old Central hotel
building, one of the largest buildings
in the city constructed entirely of wood
caught on fire. Great damage was done
but the fire was finally extinguished by
the heroic work of the firemen, who
acquitted themselves better than ever
before.
The building is owned by Dr. J. N.
Nesbitt, of this city, Isaac Turner, of
Spartanburg and Horace Brown, of
Cowpens, and valued at $10,000. No
insurance.
The hotel part of the building is not
occupied, but the firms of Vinesett
Stricken with apoplexy whfle pre
sumably waiting for a street car upon
the northeast comer of Independence
Square about 9:30 o’clock last night,
Mr. R. M. Staley, for years the ser
geant-at-arms in the North Carolina
senate, a prominent citizen of Wilkes-
boro, and one of the highest ranking
Masons in the state, died in an auto
mobile that was hurriedly conveying
him to medical assistance. His body
lay in police headquarters until friends
recognized it and had it removed to
Harry’a undertaking establishment,
where it was prepared for burial. This
morning it will be taken to his home,
there to be interred.
Mr. George Ketchie was the nearest
to the stricken man when the stroke
I of apoplexy came. Falling heavily for
ward, Mr. Staley struck upon the pave
ment, making a small gash in his
nose. In company with a friend, Mr.
Ketchfe lifted him from the street, rec
ognizing at once that he was ill. An au
tomobile was near and the driver
agreed to take the man to some physi
cian. The machine was hurried along,
South Tryon street, but death was the.
swifter. When at the city hall it wa»;
thought best to turn the body over,
to the police. Serg^nt i^mhardt, who,
was on duty says he isi positive th%t;
life was extinct when Mr. Staley waa
lifted from the auto. j
For a time no one knew his naxn«,|
but when Chief Christenbury arrlvedi
he made a search of the dead man’Bj
pockets and found a handsome goWi
watch upon the inside of which wasj
an inscription from the members ofi
the senate of North Carolina in 1909,
Not long afterwards Dr. John Q. 0. My-j
ers, whose home was previously in
Wilkesboro, arrived and positively,!
identified the body. i
“Why, he has been sergeaiitrat-arma|
20 —The most 'in the senate for almost a dozen years-,^;
said Dr. Myers, Tie has a family and;
two daughters living in Wilkesboro. 1]
feared a year ago he Would be suddenly]
stricken, for he was not as healthy aa;
he should have been. Being a veryj
large man, the heat easily affected him^
and it may be that he suffered from*
this in the afternoon.”
When Mr. Staley dropped from tn«
sidewalk to the street, his suit case
was on the curbstone by his side, evi
dencing the fact that he intended to
leave on some passing car. He had
been in the city, to the best of infor
mation that could be received last
night, but two days. He was not a
drinking man, and nothing of this na
ture can be attributed to the sudden
Telegrams w6re sent to his friend^
in Wilkesboro—one
C,
to the clerk of
Brothers, grocers were heavy losers, court there, Mr. Summers—whd
with some insurance. Sarratts Barber break the sad news to his wife
of
of
Marlborough prove the
the statement that the
He was again an an unconscious coiv,Duchess
dition. Physicians were called and. accuracy
they worked over him the entire night > and queen are determined not
befbre they were able touring bim peeresses' living apart from
out of the comatose condition he husbands with invitations to roy-
in because of the drugs. I , functions. This includes the coro-
“In his room at that nation,
found a diary he had kept telling or however, does not apply to
his love and affection for Mrs. Chap- jjyQj-cees who have remarried. This
man, with a record of the places they'
had Visited and the evenings they had
spent together. There were also sev-
Continned on Page 7.
Washington Has no Sunday
Law Says Repoit Offered.
At Piesbyterian Assembly
-The
had' been addressed
rians regarding the Sabbath day as a
day of rest and worship. Of the thirty
Atlantic City, N. J., May 20.
report of the committee on Sabbath
observance aroused an animated dis
cussion at the morning session of the
Presbyterian general assembly.
The report is severe on the city oi
Washington. - „
“The capital has no Sunday law, it
says “On Sunday retail stores are
open, building operations and street
repairs go on, newspapers are publish
ed both morning and afternoon and
are cried out through the struts. lh,e-
atres and saloons , are in full blast.
“Dinners, receptions, teas, musi-
cales golf, etc., abound, are elaborate
ly announced in the papers and
among the guests mentioned are con
stantly seen the names of people ac
tive and even prominent in church cir-
^^^‘Sunday is a popular dinner and
of tt UDon the dlolamtic corps, whose j thera.
fact is demonstrated by the presence
of Mrs. Waldorf Astoria, who wore
the famous Astor diamonds at the ball
fast night.
T\Tien Mrs. Ava Willing Astor was
driving through Hyde Park y/:terday
her motor car was halted while
Queen Mary passed near Stanhope
gate. Mrs. Astor bowed as low as
she could, being seated, of course.
Those who saw it say the qeen did
no more than drop her eyelids In ^
knowledgement of Mrs. Astor s sani
tation. . ^ ,
Contrast between the costum^ of
I the two women was most striking,
continental Sunday’ is gaining ^ Astor was a perfect picture of
ground.” (modem “smartness”; th^ queen wore
The report of the permanent com-|^j^^ sedate British sowns of
Shop’s loss is estimated at $800, no
insurance. Greens Cafe was an entire
loss, no insurance; the Cherokee Com
mission Company, suffered small loss;
Postal Telegraph and Western Union
Telegraph Companies also small loss.
All of the occupants of the building
removed their goods and accordingly
what damage was done was through
water and handling.
The loss’ to the owners of the build
ing will be quite large as the damage
was such that it will never be of great
value again. This same building caught
a number of times before and has been
condemned by the insurance commis
sion.
The orig;in of the fire tonight is a
mystery as the firp started in a closet
in the part vacant.
mittee on Sabbath observance and j ^ijjch she seems so proud,
family religion reported that'a letter i
addressed to all Presbyte-
WOUL-BE ASSASSIN’S AIM POOR.
_ Luray, Va., May 20.—An attempt was
six Presbyterians that answered, 15; yesterday to assassinate Mich-
reported gain. 10 loss, 8 no apparent painter a farmer of the Honey-
change, two an increase, one did not section 'x)f this county. Painter
answer the question. J®1 was seated in his home near a lighted
signed for the na^ lamp when some one outside the build-
vance was given as ’ ing fired a shotgun at him, the load
Sunday mails, tearing away a portion of the window
cursions, influx and imebdding the shot in various por-
advent ,of ^lek tions of the room. The person who fired
ure. incessant work . through the weeK appeared to have hidden him
and Jtji D d. of the self and fired from an angle that would
Hvin?Th\Wo^4"^^^^^^^ supp'osed th^^^^^^ “ade
He said there his aim bad. Painter, a short time ago,
a search after his
Rev.
bf Bi
bly, giving a history
rian church in Brazil.
were only 400 ministers In Brazil and ^turned from
men be
gent wife,
1 man.
who had eloped with another
and daughters. The news of his death,
spread through the city even at the
late hour of night and many of hia
war companions called the police head
quarters and the undertaking estab
lishment anxiously making inquiriea
for particulars.
For years Mr. Staley was a Justlcft
of the peace in Wilkesboro. He ha,d
been a staunch democrat all of his
life and when the office of sergeant-
at-arms of the senate was presented to
him he was elected scarcely withc^
an opposition. He has' held the poUfv
tion for many years, and could hav#
held it for as many more.
Relatives and friends are expected’
here this morning to convey the re
mains to his home for burial. i
The King Snubs 7he Kaiser
And The Kaiser Snubs the
King- What Does it Mean?
London. May 20.—An extraordinary
scene capable only of one interpreta
tion occurred at the Victoria station
this afternoon on the occasion of the
departure of the kaiser. The king
passed through the royal reception
room to the platform talking heat
edly to the kaiser, emphasizing his
argument by repeatedly smiting his
palms severely and so engross^ was
the king in his argument that he was
apparently unaware that he was with
in the public view. Suddenly with an
exprea^ve gesture, the kaiser turned
away from the king and began talking
to Lord LonsdaTI. King George there
upon deliberately turned his back
upon the kaiser and commenced talk
ing to the duke of Connaught without
Without further word with King
George, the kaiser and kaiserin enter
ed the parlor car, while the king dis
dainfully continued his conversation
with the duke of Connaught. King
George seemed suddenly to think bet
ter of his position and went on board
the car, bowed gravely and only once
to the kaiser and _Kaiserin. without
shaking hands. He then turned his
back upon the emperor and resumed
his conversation with the duke of
Connau^fiit and did not look around be
fore the train steamed out.
The Waiting royalties on the plat
form were obviously aware of the
tense significance of the occasion and
stood around in gloomy silence. The
effect of this sinster incident was not
lost on the privileged spectators with-
taking notice while the kaiser bid in the i^yal enclosure the king
farewell to the other members of the with a gloomy face returned to Buck-
raval nartv. lingham palace.