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OVER A HUNDRED BOYS AND GIRLS ARE COMPETING FOR PONY AND OUTFIT OFFERED BY THE NEWS. I Jest Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition Vi*'- 43. NO. 7040 CHARLOTTE, N. C., MONDAY fcVENlNG MAY 29 1911 PRICEll In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDIly—6 Cents Sunday. Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. Sou them Railway Surgeons Assemble For The Conv^/ition .N in ^ it i'W relegates Are Here\^FaTm ^and Urnlory Extending. i.. dldCIS Family icago to New OrJ ^ ic Meeting Will . ‘through 3 Days, Welcomes Guests Gj City And Dr. :,ii;crs Welcome jor Chief Surgeon Ap- in Attendance, . . . of Surgeons of the ■ .V net In its 16th an- city today at the eession ^as the “pre- ' ,(» operation,” as the , \ay, expressed it. The ' up their sleeves, pull k,iove8 and commence , . in earnest, this after- } By AKSOciafed Press, j Pawnee City. Neb.. May 29.—J. A j INIcVittic, his wife and two children w’ere shot and killed and a third child dangerously wounded in iheir beds early today by Jim tllder, a farn) hand, who had been working for Mc- Vittie. Fllder later shot and killed himself after shooting Sheriff Fuller three times and seriously wounding him. - ..ard -'‘f the association • many names prom- lO’is states which they - noted on the Selwj'n augmented by :nornlng, ■■•ly \ra8 full to over- ur previous to the ;fion to order, ;,■> and acquaintances . That very pleasant convention proper. . ' doctors, especially lar tie that binds— • . ir liands the lnstr\i- ^ them masters of upath, . ■ Charlotte of these ■. - h ! .>m Charlotte has . '1' ilepe of entertaln- ' ills city, medically, . nierclally. They repre- basis, the greatest “ ,; in the South, and •in the United I P 9.000 miles of i on verge, for the a., lot re, giving it for the dual distinction fie “City of Electrl- • “City of Surgical 1 ' iiu geons from the W ashington; from the N \ ' -rli-ans; from the ,i' are met here . . n ifi thereby sharp- ;i. knives. Convention. jk -- callcd to order by -n. surgeon of the • fi in Charlotte and : K-ai committee of ar- ’■ tii' don was very hap- i!nc of the 16th con- incf'pssaiT.” he said, f >!ir ^^eicome, from • T c \ r standpoint. We ■ some insidious pev- ■al'’ that we have a com- ‘ .•^’^•1 water, tailed fire- ■ tr- ('I ,-nu wish it. We • a >0(1 welcome and . .VM rbrought on that ■fi accomplish more f 'lidpoint. ■ ’ ivcting to order Rov. Robert. L. Pat^ >1 Mark's Lutheran ; ; a''cr. - son’s Prayer. : merciful Gk>d, ■ ;-'i I( su.s Christ, and '' P'ather, we give Thee *•. r.’sp for all Thy good- r nicri'ios, which with If wf'rthinesR in us •owed upon us. We ■ * Th; wonderful works • ' :r.-n of men. Thou are ■ a!' the blessings both ' : ^. iiitii.)!, which we en- it into the heart of 'j-’nty ontorprises which ■ • ^Mirld into most inti ' i 't' !r.an to man. Thou ■' of mind and • nen now provide the •■‘t'.e necessities of life :i'^r’ions of the world. 1 li.^ n to serve one an ■ • nrl. ‘ i>!ay Thy blessing upon iMstri- lo iis their gifts in fr.ifSc of the world. Be h- 1 dav by day. Direct and ■ fhoi. labors. Defend .rin2.>r and harm, both to “ H'lt if they suffer in ’ I - stay and comfort '■•r and die that others • e thank The» for all those ' - which Thou hast also ■ :■^ai^o Thoe that Thou :■ i(j Sfrve as physicians to minister to the bodies I Riftp come from Thy beseech Thee, that • c ,.«ocrated to Thy serv- •i' psinK rest upon this as- •'''nsei'ihled for study and ''irrr-t these Thy servants ' ' iSors. jind may they serve .^♦Tving them, minister * “I'-t ,iiir l^rd and Saviour, ^ •i l. “In.Ksmuch as ye have ■' ti', of the least of these, ' dMrio it jinto me.” We com- T Thy keeping. Defend up 'i ' and guide us to Thy 'tioy shall be the glory ’ is Christ. Thy Son and ■i.t.n ;; then said; ^ pleasant duty to Introduce ' or the city. Dr. Chas. A. . ^ *'5 li'^lng president of the . . . I know of nothing more " than running for the peel t-ontlnued on Pajce Two. Many Families Rendeied Homeless By Associated Press, Bellfontaine. Ohio. May 29.~Many families were rendered homeless in the village of Big Springs, this coun ty, by a fire which destroyed tw'o- thirds of the place early today. The loss is $100,000. Three business blocks, a saw mill and stone company were burned. The origin of the fire Is a mystery. Many of those who fought the flames were overcome by the heat, the temperature being 97 in the shade. 1 0 J ' Seaboard Aii Line Coal Train Falls Through Tiestle Near Bostic IFE WE ARE TO HAVE LAWS FOR THE AIR The “fly-cop'’ will cease to be a figure of speech and become a reality. and Orozco, a like amount. Money was given them for current expenses, ViltJoen receiving $480 and Orozco $200. Dunn, who was one of the par ty, Villjoen asserts, translated to them a cipher message which read: ‘Last message at hand. Rosen working fast for change of federal city. Do not worry about financial end of which will take care. Would ad vise direct action Diaz at early time. Be very careful slip. Continue advis ing and act as you think best. Mexico City man says agent Figuero brothers coming you from eouth. (Signed) “ADOLFO.” The message, it was explained, came from the agent of the conspir acy at Mexico City. The reference to Dia?i was not explained by General Villjoen. Agreement having been reached with Villjoen at Orozco, Dunn started for Mexico, followed by a private de tective with instructions to arrest him on Mexican soil. The arrest was made at Monterey last night. Tele grams from there last night declar ed that “important papers” had been found on the prisoner. According to General Villjoen, a third alleged conspirator was to have been arrested at Mexico City, but sufficient evidence could not be ob tained. Engineers J, M, Lindsay And Rod M. Gteen, oj Monroe And Fireman Dooley oj Mon roe Killed—Fireman And Braheman Ir^jnred. By Associated Press. Washington, May 29.—By a vote of 41 to 11 the democratic senators in caucus today rescinded their former decision to support the Martin reso lution providing for a reinvestlgation of the Lorimer case by the commit* tee on privileges and elections. This action left the democrats uncomit- ted to any program when the Lorimer case came up in the senate today. Clemson College Loses Suit By Associated Press. Washington, May 29.—The Clemson agricultural college of South Carolina, today in the supreme court lost its fight to escape suit for payment of 58,000 to Dr. John Hopkins for daru- ages alleged to have been done to his land by the building of a dike on the Seneca river, Oconee county, South Carolina, The South Carolina courts held that the college was an agent of the state and could not be sued. Jus tice Lamar today held that this view w^as wrong and directed further pro ceedings, looking toward a hearing of the suit. Germany Would Join Peace Pact DISASTROUS FI 7he Chutes, the Largest Out- doot Amsement Resort in the City, Reduced to Ashes— Three Bodies Recovered From Ruins. NIUE PERSONS KILLED IN PLOT TO STURT Bv Associated Press. Washington, May 29.—Germany to day expressed her willlngmess to en ter into negotiations with the United States for a general arbitration treaty along the lines laid down by Secretary of State Knox in the tentative draft of this government’s proposal, now in the hands of Great Britain and France. Count von Bernstortf, the German ain- bassador at Washington, conveyed this information to Secretary Knox and asked for a copy of the basic propo sition of the United States. To Sue Mexico Jor Over a Million Firemen Are Searching For others Still Unaccounted jor —Girl Jumps From High Window to Death — Loss is Heavy. By Associated Press. San Francisco, May 29,—Three bod ies have been recovered from the ash es of the fire that destroyed the Chutes, San Francisco's largest out door amusement resort, early this momln'g. Firemen are searching the ruins for bodies of others BtlU unac counted for. Occupants of an adjoining lodging house which caught fire, were roused from their beds to find escape cut off. Before the firemen arrived Della Al- vlso, a 19-year-old girl, and John Feist, jumped from a second story window. Both were dangerously hurt. WUllam Williams, an employe of the resort, was unable to prevent Miss Alvlso from jumping, attempted to catch her as she fell and suffered a broken arm. Miss Ida McFarland, who was sleep ing in a room with two other women In the lodging house, awoke to find her companions hysterical and unable to move. She dragged them to a win dow ledge and held them until the firemen arrived with ladders. John Boettinger and another man whose name is not known, who were sleeping in the lodging house, are be lieved to have perished. The theatre of the Chutes, which was built of concrete, is the only build ing within the resort saved. The loss is estimated at $250,000. At Least a Score of Others In jured, SomeSeriously, When Fast Passenger Trains Met Head-on. i — Wreck Occurred on The Bur lington Railroad at McCook Neb — Engineers of Both Trains Are Said to Have Perished. IN mniGO Scheme is to Overthrow Lead ership of Madero And Pre vent His Journey to Mexico City, According to Report. By Associated Press. McCook, Neb., May 29,—Nine per sons were killed and twenty-tw in jured today In the wreck of two' through passengfi’’ trains on the Chi cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad near this city. No. 9, westbound, and No. 12, eastbound, met head-on dur ing a fog. The dead: ROBERT SHEPPERD, of Holtrldge, 6SlD8fIli CLARENCE HITSABECK, of Holt rldge. ENGINEER JOHN W. HYYDER, of Lincoln. FIREMAN DAMERON, of Lincoln. ENGINEER W. T| LEAHEY, of Lincoln, FIREMAN FLINT, of train No. 9. ■ FIREMAN T. H, BOWERS. A. J. OHLSON. GEORGE FREER, of McCook, bag gageman. Of the passengers hurt none, it is said, suffered any serious injury. Denver, Col., May.29.—At least nine persons w^ere killed and twenty injur head-on collision Rocky Mount Gets Postal Depository By Associated Press. Washington, May 29.—Postmaster General Hitchcock designated todky fifty additional postal savings deposi tories, making the total number to be in operation betore July 1, more than 300. Mr, Hitchcock still adheres to his policy of designating only sec ond class postoffices in the belief that thereby he is extending the banking facilities of the smaller communi ties. Among the offices designated today, which, will open for the receipt of deposits on June 27 are: Daytona, Fla.; Thomasville, Ga.; Rocky Mount, N. C., and Rock Hill, S. C. Intense Excitement is Created Throughout the Insurrecto Army an Publication of Rumors—Conspirators Under Arrest. By Associated Press. , El Paso, Texas, May 29.—Revela tions of a plot to start another revo lution in Mexico after overthrowing the leadership of Francisco I. Madero, Jr., and preventing his Journey to Mexico City, created Intense excite ment throughout the Insurrecto army today. . That Medero had been ^advised oi certain facts not generally known is believed by some to explain the delay in his depai'ture for the capital to consult with President de La Barra, concerning the pressing problems connected with the re-organization of the government, although Senor Ma dero himself declared he postponed his trip merely to await the Installa tion of the provisional governors. The plot, which resulted last night in the arrest of Daniel de Vll- liers, of Mexico City, at El Paso and W. F. Dunn, an American, at Monte rey, Mexico, is said to include among its leaders three Insurrecto chiefs op erating in the state of Coahuila. A telegram from Monterey today states PRESENTED TODliy By Associated Press. London, May 29.—Several Americans were presented by Ambassodor Reid to King George at a levee held todaj' at St. James palace. They were J. Plerpont Morgan, who was a frequent attendant at the British court during the reign of King Edw’ard; Albert Cook Meyers, of Moylan, Pa.: Edward Bring Hurst, of Philadelphia, and William Forbes Morgan, of New York. Mr. ReiS was accompanied by the members of the American embassy staoff. ed today in a head-on collision be-! |^a,t Dunn, on Madero’s orders, has tween eastbound and westbound pasV 1 _ nlaced Incommunicado for 72 senger trains Nos. 9 and 12, on the i j^ours Burlington, ten miles east of McCook, ^ Villiers Is held in the El Paso jail on charges of “conspiracy” to iTill- iue memuers ul me i./euver auu u Boer veteran who is Ma Omaha baseball teams of the Western • By ‘Associated Press. New Orleansfi May 29.—Mormon settlers in the state of Chihuahua. Mexico, will press claims against that government aggregating more than a million dollars for damages sustain ed by them at the hands of revolu tionists and bandits during the recent revolution, according to Joseph Smith, of Salt I^e City, who pass through this city last night en route to Washington. Unless these claims are settled without delay, said he, the Mormons who are under the mother church at Salt Lake City, will take the matter to the authorities at Washington. “The Mormons in Chihuahua have suffered more severely from the rev olution than any other settlers,” said Mr. Smith, “The rebels took what they wanted and gave notes. We now propose to see that these notes are met, and unless Mexico Is willing to pay, we will ask the United States government to see that we get jus tice.” ^ Mr. Smith said there would be no politics in the matter of pressing these claims: Neb. The engineers of both trains are ^^'f^tnurder Francisco I. Madero, Jr, ported among the killed. j j^ccording to Gen. Benjamin Vill- The members of the Denver and} _ _ the Mediation Rpoceedlng* Begin. By Associated Prew. Washington, May 29.—The meuisv tion proceedings which were agreed upon Saturday between the Southern Railway and Its firemen In the hope of adjusting the wage dispute began today. Immediately follow^ing the confer ence with the firemen, the railway ofBclali were called by the mediators. INVEST leATE M’NillRt CtSE Bv Associated Press. ‘Washington, May 29.—That Con gress will not conduct a(n investigation into the arrest and extradition to Cal ifornia in connection with the Los An geles dynamiting case, of J. J. McNam ara. the Indianapolis labor leader, was Indicated today when the house com mittee on rules decided to take no action on the Berger resolution, provid ing for such an inquiry. - Portiait Painter Causes Senaiion By Associated Press. | Washington, May 29.—Albert Rosen thal, a hiladelphia portrait painter, today startled the house committee investigating expenditures in the state department by thee harge tnat he was paid only $850 for' a portrait of Associate Justice William R. Day, former secretary of state, while the state department records contain a voucher and reo.eipt that he was paid 12.460. _ League were passengers on the west bound train, the Clorado limited. A number of members of both teams were slightly hurt, James McGill, president of the Denver team, was among the injured. Pitcher Kinsella had his face badly cut and Second Baseman Lloyd sufl fered minor Injuries. The day coach on the limited totally wrecked and in this car most of the casualties took place. The tourist car and baggage car were thrown on their sides but, so far as known, their occupants escaped serious injuries. I Surgeons and nurses have been sum moned from McCook and other nearby towns. The firetnan, brakeman and express messenger of the westbound train, are reported among the killed. According to John F. Vallery, gen eral agent of the Burlington system In this city, four passengers and four trainment were killed and eighteen I other persons injured in the wreck near McCook. The baggageman, ex- pressman, engineer and fireman of I the westbound train, were among the killed. Would Expel Peruvians. Santiago, Chile, May 29.—In conse quence of the serious conflict between. Peruvians and Chileans at Iqulque, Chile, yesterday, resolutions were passed at a large publUi meeting held here today demanding the forcible ex pulsion of all Peruvians from the Chil- dero’s chief military adviser, scheme was that Villjoen and General Orozco were to desert Madero, and strt a new revolutionary movement which would be joined Dy certain in surrecto leaders now In the field, to gether with a federal general known to be friendly to the “cientifico” par ty. It was represented to him. General Villjoen says, that great quantities of arms and ammunition were stored In the mines of Coahuila in anticipa tion of the new outbreak and that success was assured, as “Madero would never reach Mexico City. Behind the arrest of the two al leged conspirators last night Is the story of several weeks of conferences and the exchange of many telegrams Soon after the battle of Juarez, Gen eral Villjoen received a telegram from Mexico City, saying: “The government wants to make a proposition.” The telegram was signed “VllUers.’ o was Informed of the telegram and it was decided to give every en couragement to those behind the over tures. Villjoen, accordingly sent a reply stating that he “was open to receive propositions.” This was followed by a telegram from Villiers, Instructing Villjoen “to watch the rebel chief, note by what route he comes and when he leases Make friends with Oroaco, Ther^ |fl a fortune in sight for us,” Shortly after this twa mem appear ed in El Paso and secretly met Vill jeen and Orozco, who professed their Bodies oj Lindsay and Dooley Are Still Under Wreckage— Body of Engmser Green Brought Here tite Morning- Was Native oj Charlotte. Engineer J. Mack Lindsay, of Monroe, dead. Engineer Rod M. Green, of Monroe, dead. Fireman' Roy Dooley, of Mon roe, dead. Special to The News. Ellenboro, N. C., May 29.—The above is the list of the dead as the result of a double-headed Seaboard Air Line coal train going through a trestle over Watkins’ creek, three miles west of Ellenboro and about tw^o miles east of Bostic at 5:15 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Besides the dead named above. Ear ly Lewis, colored, of Monroe, the_ sec ond fireman, and Lon Neelj% a brake man, are considered fatally injured. Conductor F. B. Howell, of .Char lotte, who w'as in command of the train, and was in the rear caboose at the time of the accident was unin jured. The trestle, a wooden structure, was on fire, but that fact was unobserved until the heavy train was part of the way across. The two engineers and twenty-nine cars loaded with Clinch- field coal, composed the train. The two engines, followed by seventeen cars, fell forty feet, the coal cars pil ing on top of the engines. The second engine, on which were Engineer Lindsay and Fireman Dooley, ■was covered up completely in the Wreck-age. Early Le^s, the colored fireman, I on Mr. Green’ei engine sensed the peril first and jumped In time to save hla life, although he is thought to be per haps fatally injured, being badly bruis ed about the head and shoulders. Lon Nealy, the colored brakeman, was on the tender of the second engine. His back is broken and the doctors say he will not recover. Eugene Green’s Body Brought Here. The body of Engineer Green was brought to Charlotte this morning on Seaboard train No. 46 in charge of Capt. W. D. Broadaway and was taken to the home of a relative, Mr. John A. Blalock at 509 West Thirteenth street, where the funeral will be conducted this afternoon at 5 o’clock. Mrs. John Ayres, mother of the dead engineer and Mrs. R. M. Green, his wife, came up this morning from Mon roe on No. 133 and will be here for the burial. Mr. Green was a native of Charlotte, bom and reared here and removed to Monroe with his family about eigh teen months ago. His first experience In railroad work was ogtained at the Seaboard roundhouse here. He haA Continued from Page One. BIITTLE TODliy HOOStyELT TO DBiiLtiuum By Associated Press. Berlin, May 29.—Prince Joachim, the yoimgest son of Emperor William, was seriously injured today during sham battle exercises of the second guard brigade. The prince’s foot is thought to have been broken. The maneuvers were being conduct ed under the personal command of the Emperor. Prince Joachim, who is 21 years old, recently was made an officer of the guard. . DEPLORES ANTI- RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE. By Associated Press. Rome, May 29.—An encyclical ad- dresed by Pope Pius to the Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world strongly deploring the anti-religious at titude of the .government of the Portu guese republic, was officiallp publi&hed at the Vatican today. Death of Senator Hamrick. By Associated Press, Carrolton, Ga„ May 29.—State repre sentative-elect D. Hamrick died at his home here early this morning. By Associated Press, - Washington, May 29.—Theodore Roosevelt Is desired as a witness be fore the special “steel trust” investi gating committee of the house. A re quest has been sent to Mr. Roosevelt to appear and tell what he knows about the taking over of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company by the United States Corporation. John W. Gates, who was before the committee Saturday, contradicted practically all the statements In Mr. Roosevelt's letter to Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte, in which it was set forth that E. H. Gary and H. C. Frick had volunteered to avert a financial disaster by taking over the coal and Iron company. Mr. Roosevelt will bfl asked to harmoniize the apparent dis- crepancies. Monument to Be Unveiled To The Women Of 1 he South-Big Celebration ean canital. The consult of Perus has * i By Associated Press. Macon, 6a., May 29.—A monument to **the women of the South’* will be unveiled here next Saturday, June 3, as one of the features of the cele bration of the birthday of Jefferson Davis, The shaft will hear several figures, 0howtoc » womm to nurses garb administering to a soldier; another will show a woman making clothing. The Inscription will read: “Erected to the memory of the women of the South—^by their husbands, fathers, sons and daughters.” State militia, veterans and afBl- lated organizations and 3,000 school children will participate la the cere-
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