OVER A HUNDRED BOYS AND GIRLS ARE COMPETING FOR PONY AND OUTFIT OFFERED BY THE NEWS
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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.
Latest Bdiiion
VOL. 43. NO. 7044
CHARLOTTE N. C., FRIDAY tVENiNG, JUNE 2 , 1911
tr'F i Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDlly—6 Cents Sunday.
* I Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday.
0 vemment Issues
Report On Cotton
Crop Conditions
reen Million Bale Crop
icated in the First Offi
cport of Season--Big-
Crop Ever Raised.
Incu
F-
til
.j Acreage is Shown—
,on Given at 87,8—
. ^5 Greatly Excited on
. itwn oj News—A De~
Report,
f 'l Pres?.
Juno 2.—The area
otioa tills year in. the
, is estimated by the
r," Doard of the depart-
. •iiUiire. In the first croi^
: reason. Is about 104.7 per
area planted last year, or
^ res including that al-
r i and expected to be plant-
an increase of 4.7 per
■n(;,000 acres as compared
•' ' HI acres, the revised esti-
t \ ear’s planted area.
;rion of the growing crop
is S7.S per cent, of a nor-
as compared with 80.2
; day last year and 80.9,
’• iverage on that date,
by states of area of planted
cent, of 1910 area, and con
lay 25th. follow:
to :he ring. It was greeted by ' ^
of a’jproval from the bull si' .le
first platement read out war the
urea planted in cotton hr jn in
creased by 1,586,000 acrer - did not
mean much to the tr«- -hlch has
been figuring in per ge. Supple
mentary figures said th. - the increase
amounted to 4.7 per cent. This meant
a whole lot to the ring and October
shot upward 5 points.
Adder to last year’s acreage, r.he in
crease this year means that 35,004,000
acres have been planted in cotton to
make the crop of 1911-12. it was gen
erally thought that the increase would
amount to six yier cent.
Acres.
P.C. Condit
37.000
109
93
1,587,OuO
105
83
L’.T'.m.OOO
103
80
5,119,000
103
92
2S4,000
106
95
3.815,000
105
91
3.454 000
101
86
l.llS.OOO
104
91
1".868,000
105
88
_M4i'.,000
103
87
S>2.o00
105
83
115,000
112
86
2.622.000
116
87
12,000
123
95
Womens’ Missionary
Union Hears Gieat
Report At Meeting
Ewi comi
OF IIDUST
An Increase of $1,729,73 is
Shown by Reports Made to
the Womens* Home and For
eign Missionary Union of
Mecklenburg County.
TO
PROBERS OF STEEL TRUST.
Members of the House of Representatives who are busy investigating the steel trust. From left to right:
Henry G. Danforth, New Yori; Charles L. Bartlett, Georgia; A. O. Stanley, Kentucky; Jack Beall, Texas; J. J.
McGillicuddy, Maine, and H. O. Young, Michigan. Re|lresentative Stanley is the one who opened the whole in
vestigation with his motion to probe the inner workings of the alleged octopus.
By Associated Press.
Washington, June 2.—The senate
committee on privileges and elections
will meet tomorrow' to consider the
Lo rimer ca.se. Notwithstanding the
absence of a definite agreement, the
committee will proceed to choose a
sub-committee of eight members to
conduct the inquiry as suggested yes
terday in the open senate. When this
selection is made, the names will be
reported to the senate, which will eith
er confirm or reject them. It is ndt
believed there will be further debate
as all concerned appear to be anxious
that the inquirj' shall be undertaken
as speedily as possible.
PyiLED PISTOL
Like 14.000,000 Bale Crop.
, !on, June 2.—Present indi-
■nt to this year’s cotton
largest the country ever
,.'ed, according to govern-
. Based on the statistics
ad on the averages for
ten years, the crop will
.y about 2,500.000 bales
rage and larger by near
bales ttan the biggest
onuntry ever raised— that
renditions as favorable as
'oh vae prevailed during the
vears continue during this
r-'re should be harvested this
- than 14,000,000 bales, the
t..iximum in 1904 having
■ 'nOO bales and the aver-
ii(‘ pnst ten years 11,500,000
■ vn by today’s report of con-
>iay 25, cotton should
• poundo per acre, compared
f orage of 182.4 pounds dur-
a t ten years.
f >r an abandonment of 3
•, 'h. tf'n year average of the
n'ed, which would bring
’■•d acreage down from
ij'Tcs to 34,000,000, this
f the unprecedented crop
he growth is not far de
ls said this is not a bad
later on will bring it on
:if';ount of its present ex-
a: Ion.
s Not Greatly Affected.
June :i.—The first gov-
ort of the season on the
’ >n crop was issued today
/ i' showed a condition far
"n .year average, coupled
: ntial increase in acre-
A., without any material ei-
fhe condition figures in-
^ •! uderable speculative liqui-
I selling, under which the
'rnk*^ to a net loss of about
r -’iits, prices w’ere steadied
'I' ing at the decline and
iiin half an hour of the
' n i.r the report were not
a point or two under
' figures of yesterday on
“|i months.
--POT IN Ji
Executive Board May Be
Charged With “Political
Conspiracy*’ in Big Suit
Dropped Policemen
Employ Strong Array
Of Legal Lights
By Associated Press, •
Centertown, Ark., June 2.—E. M.
Fair, a banker of this city, was fined
$500 today and sentenced to a year in
jail because he drew a revolver and
threatened to stop the christening of
his nephey, the son of James Stroud,
Fair’s brother-in-law.
I Stroud, it was testified, wanted the
child christened according to his re
ligion, w’hlle Fair, whose beliefs are
different, recommended another form
^\Tien he could not have his way. Fair,
it was charged, drew a revolver and
attempted to halt the ceremony.
Walkei is Sold
lo Washington
By Associated Press.
Spartanburg, S. C., June 2.—Out
fielder Clarence W’alker of the Spar
tanburg club of the Carolina baseball
. ssociation was sold today to the
Washington Americans. The price was
2,250, the highest price ever paid for
Carolina Association player. The
purchase was made by Mike Kahoe,
scout for the Washington club.
Firemens' Trouble
Not Settled
'n Exchanges Affected.
leans. La., June 2.—The
t bureau reports were a big
'1 ihe cotton market today
' >11 ac'reage was as big a sur
'Tf-port on condition. One
’ i sh as the other was bear
-y about balanced one anoth
ring got over its first
”ket was wonderfully ctrong
0 flot, on 11 o’clock, the lip
' 't fiiMon came out. Thev were
' most 3 points higher than
ox])ected. \The rlna: \vat«
' deep with brokers; the
!ilkd with visitors from all
• cotton belt, and, hot as it
' tiis; visitors’ gallery w'a.s
' i'll women.
' n* wa-; 1 Ich and the noise
r.ai's though they saw
)! 'iieir llvrs and cor.imenc
'■ r cotton In large bh)cks b i
^ '^Tings were quickly snapp"!
f'H'leat man at the ringside
'"ll leader, Frank B. llayne.
1 ately after the condition fig
‘ ! •' out October traded at 1308
' of 8 points from the levc
^ ft just before 11 o’clock. Oecem
points; July lost 5. This wa
's-'niflrant decline, considering
arlhh import of the condition
By Associated Press.
Washington, June 3.—Elbert H.
Gary, chief eexcutive officer of the
United States Steel Corporation, re
suming his testimony before the House
steel trust” investigating committee
today denouf^ced the Sherman anti
trust law as achaic and declared that
governmental control *of corporations
eventually would come.
Mr. Gary asserted that the steel
corporation would welcome such a
change and would be glad if the gov
ernment would go so far as to dictate
the prices of steel products.
In explanation of the reported world
wide “trust” Mr. Gary said that a con
ference wouW be heM in Brussels
5 and 6 next to organize an interna
tional steel institute similar to the
American Iron and Steel Institute.
The latter, he asserted, was form
ed to prevent demoralization in trade
and to permit an exchange of ideas
for the btterment of the, steel indus
try. In no instance, Mr. Gary said,
had there been any attempt at an un
lawful combination or an expressed or
implied agreement. Mr. Gary said
he would do all he >could, morally and
legally to further the pi-oposed inter
national institute.
Increased prices are to be charged
for steel rails in the near future, ac
cording to Mr. Gary. Higher cost of
labor and raw material, together with
a demand for heavier rails, was given
tutes and ordinances under foot like
been impeachfed and turned out of
office for less offenses than that com
1 vance.
Mr. Gary said tne
real problem
.Utea OU. =v=
“Do I understand that you believe
in strict governmental supervision
civil service right? The answer of ev
ery country and municipality in the
world that has tried it is in the affir-I ^ corporations?” asked Representa-
mative. I do not stay this to try my
case beforehand in the newspapers.
tive Littleton, of New York.
‘Tes, I do,” Sid Mr. Gary;
‘I know
By Associated Press.
Washington, June 2.—Today was
practically a repetition of the preced
ing ones since mediatipn was begun
in the wage dispute betwen the South
ern Railway and its firemen, the medi
ators meeing the firemen one part of
the day and the road ofllcials the oth-
ei' part.
It was apparent there was little
chage on either side show'ing a dispo-^
sitioji to give in to the othei;’.
TO SW¥T5
AeAINSUOS
^fc.«lon€ hjandred, the board of ald^rjnen,
Will Fight Ttieir Case to Uhe committee of ten, the joint com-
ZfCSt Ditch—Two Suits Sflid mlttees, and the entire legislative del
egation front Mecklenburg, in 1909.
to Be Under Consideration— The law was first introduced in the
' committee of one hundreu by Mr. Nix-
One For Damages; Other to\ on, carried to Raleigh by Recorder
. D. B. Smith, and the resolution en-
2eSt Givil Service Law. * | forcing the law introduced in the
board of aldermen by Mr. Plummer
Stewart and unanimously adopted.
Hna • nr A finrnPt!^ S£V£ relvl The law requires that the “Aldermen
une OJ Aliorneys ordinances providing
Scores Board ror What He] for a system of clvll service,” applica-
•' ble to policemen and firemen. In pur-
TetmS **FlaaiaJlt Abuse 0T \ suance thereof the board passed an or-
' , dinance consisting of eight sections.
Political Authoiity** And\ for the purpose of enforcing this law.
This ordinance has been in effect since
**Violation or Statute.*’ the 7th of June, 1909. It requires the
election of not more than 21 patrol-
Following is the form of written ten- 20 firemen. Discharges shall be
der of service made yesterday "to the on acount “incompetency, or conduct
city by the discharged policemen: Unbecoming an officer,” and no person
X T TJ “shall be elected to or discharged from
Messrs. J. F. Owens, J. R. Malcolm a d position on the fire department
W. E. Luckey: or on the police force or as chiefs of
* ” those departments on acount of politi-
Honorable Mayor, Executive Board and qj. faction* affiliations.”
Board of Aldermen ot the City
of Charlotte, . . counsel tor the petl-
Gentlemen:— tioners said to a News reporter:
Under the law, the executive board “The action of the ex^uUve boar^
nf Pharlotte as I am in* from a lawyer s standpoint, is the
formed has n6 right to discharge me most flagrant abuse of polttical au-
from the police force without Just thority, ud most uncalled for violation
cause I have done nothing to be dis- of a plain statute I have ever seen
Sged for. and having been employ- If those high m authority thus openly
Pd bv the executive board of'the ciiy and daringly disregard and break the
of Charlotte I hereby tender my ser- rules prescribed for their political and
?ices to the citrof Charlotte and ex- legal conduct, what can they expect of
li^tU boIrrL opliceman. I am the humble citiz^? Does the old doc-
rPftdv able and willin^g at all times to trine still hold, ‘The King can do no
Tertom my du7y on heha,£ of the wrong?’ Have we a few little kings
S i™he capacity which they elected ruling over us who can trample sta
ni£, and stand ready to perform that
duty* xr 11
Respectfully,
but simply to express a feeling of ia- ^ radical position, but ^some-
dignation common to ev^y r^ht-thmk‘«
ing man in, the city of Charlotte. Sec- conviction,” Mr. Little-
tion 3439 of the Code provides t-at inquired, “that the Sherman
‘secret political societies’shall const^ i archaic, and unable
tute a misdemeanor. It is conimon talk L modern situation?”
that all kinds of secret meetings ha/e “Yes.”
been recently held by some of our interpretations of that
city officials to consummate the work practically order a continuance
of turning off political foes and of the old competitive system as op
ting on political friends, and that these posed to co-operative modem meth-
meetings were well night oath bound,
It is also common talk that our mayor ««j afraid they do,” Mr. Gary re-
was threatened with the discharge of jo not want a condition
all the policemen who voted for him uncertainty in which we do not
if he did not do certain things. The what we have a right to
policemen were discharged. Does not | (Jq.”
this look like a conspiracy? The Re-
visal makes it a misdemeanor to vio
late a city ordinance. If the executive
board has violated the ordinance and
law, as alleged, are they not guilty of
misdemeanor?”
IILIEe[IIWIF[
LlBEBn
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By Associated Press.
San Francisco, June 2.—Clarence S.
Darrow, counsel for John and James
McNamai*a, accused of murder in con
nection with the dynamiting of the
Los Angeles Times, conferrerred with
local labor leaders here yesterday over
suits which, it was announced, would
be started against Los Angeles city of
ficials for alleged “conspiracy and
false imprisonment” of men arrested
for picketing. « * j „
Directors of various manufacturing
plants, it was announced, also were
made party to the suits which are for
$25,000 damages in each case and win
amount, to about one million dollars.
Darrow exjiects to leave for Chicago
and Indianapolis today to perfect nis
^ ‘•'11 tiie report on acreage v’as readknowledge of the case.
By Associated Press.
New York , June 2.—Henry A.
Scheib, the only suspect arrested' in
connection with the mysterious death
of his wife, continued his fight for
freedom today.
The chauffeur sticks to the story
that he knows nothing about how his
wife’s body came to be in the tub at
the flat they had formerly occupied.
The body was in a state of decompo
sition whic’ indicated death had tak
en place Ji^r months ago.
Three times freed and four times
arrested, Scheib, through his attorney,
seeking to reach the supreme
court with another writ to habeas cor-
s* Now he is held on a definite
charge of first degree murder, where-
there was no serious charge
against hifn. Yesterday when the
court felt obliged to grant his repeat
ed applications for freedom. Since
then, however, the evidence l)as ac
cumulated. Connor O’Grady, of Spring
field, Mass., has identified the pris
oner as the man who, under the name
of Hugh Allerton Sherman, married
his daughter, the bath tub victim.
The coroner’s physician says he
has satisfied himself that the dead
woman was Mrs. Scheib or “Mrs.
Sherman” regardless^ of her hus
band’s admission of her identity. He
has not determined, however, what
killed her nor whether chemicals
were used for the destruction of the
body.
ROLAND GARROS
The discharged policemen are re
porting daily for duty. In pursuance
of the above and on the advice of
their counsel
Probably the ' greatest array of
counsel ever employed in any cause
in this county as in the case of the
discharged policemen in tne en
deavor to test the civil service law
of the city rather than to contest their
jobs. The jobs, of course, will be the
basis of their claims.
The following lawyers have been re
tained:
Messrs. Burwell & Cansler, Clarkson
& Duls, Stewart & McRea, Maxwell ^
Keerans, Caudle and Delaney, Mc-
Ninch & Justice, McCall & Smi^h. Col.
T. L. Kirkpatrick, J. F. Newell, T.
W Alexander, E. R. I^eston, Hugh W.
Harris, B. Nixon and others.
“Political Conspiracy.”
Summons has not been issued in the
case yet, but this will be done in a few
days. It is probable that two actions
by each discharged policeman ■’will De
instituted, one* to test the title to his
office under the civil service law and
the other in the nature of an action
for damages for 'political conspiracy Roland Garros, the Freoch' avlatoi^
on the part of the executive boaM weir known In America, who, with
nf the citv Andre Beaumont, another Frenchman
of the city. 1 parls-to-Turln aero
It will be recalled that The News plane race. Both flyers reached Nice
of May 31st. published the civil ser- France, "J*']'" * „y*n^ lindon andlat cost, so the steel
vice law as enacted by the legislature other. Many time, they «re flying provea favoring its raU- could sell Ms surplus abroad at »2t.,
ot 1909. This law was unanimousiy | neck and neck.__T^ race It for prizes i
or at cost,
APPROVE
DECLARATION
OF LONDON
By Associated Press.
London, June 2.—The Imperial con
ference, which is holding its sessions
at the British foreign office, tod^ ap-
Representative Young, of Michigan,
asked Mr. Gary if he tought the na
tional gpvernment had a right to fix
prices of commodities in interstate
commerce.
“My opinion,” said Mr. Gary, “is
that so far as it relates to inter-state
commerce the federal government has
that right.”
Mr. Gary asked if the United States
Steel Corporation was in a position to
fix prices, said that co-operative busi
ness methods which had succeeded
highly competitive methods had made
it possible for the big corporations to
influence prices.
“We cannot dominate them,” he said.
“It is not %the big corporations that
change prices so much as the small
corporations that cut prices and force
the big ones to come down.” -
Taking up the subject of the report
ed “International Trust” and the Gary
dinners, at which it had been intimated
prices were fixed, Mr. Gary said:
“At the time of the panic in 1907
there was a great demoralization tem
porarily in the steel business. The fear
existed that it would extend and be
come dangerous. The iron and steel
industries has been recognized as one
of the leading barometers of trade. U
was believed highly important, if
practicable, to prevent a greater de
moralization in trade.”
The situation, he explained, caused
jobbers all over the country to appeal
to the corporations to do something
to prevent business chaos. Mr. Gary
called the steel men of the country
together in New York at a dimier to
discuss business conditions. He said
the dinners of consultation had prov
ed so beneficial in maintaining the
stability of reasonable prices that rep
resentatives of the steel interests
would met at Brussels July 6th next
to determine whether an internation
al steel institute similar to the Ameii-
can institute should be organized. He
said he would participate in the or
ganization of this institute unless lie
became convinced that, morally and
legally, it would not be well to form
such an organization.
Explaining the so-called “Gary din
ners,”*‘the witness said they simply
were gatherings of steel men to “talk
shop” and I not to fix prices.
Gary’s attention was directed to the
manufacture of steel rails. He denied
the steel corporation controlj^^d the
prices of steel rails. He added that
they could not be sold for $28 a ton
“In this country?” interrupted Rep
resentative Bartlett.
Here ftfr. Gary undertook to show
why steel rails could be sold abroad
cheaper than at home. He said that,
like the merchant who clears his
shelves once a year by selling goods
steel manufacturer
Great Crowd Attending Meet
ing Held in Monroe—Several
Important And Interesting
Addresses Heaid at This
Session,
Special to The News.
Monroe, June 2.—The reports sub
mitted to the Woman’s Home and For
eign Missionai-j^ Union of Mecklenburg
Presbytery, now in session here in its
seventh aiinual meeting show that the
auxiliaries of women composing this
union have contributed duing the year
just closed $2,954.18 to foreign mis*
sions; $l,06o.0i5 to home missions; $1,-
327.00 to other causes; making a total
of $6,174.86. 'This is an increase of
$1,729.73 over what was contributed
to these causes the year before, and
as yet the reports from all auxiliaries
have not been submitted.
The morning session of the Mis
sionary Union began with a devotional
service that was impressive and help
ful. ‘
Miss Eva Rupert, of New York, who
is a member of the faculty of the Al
bemarle Normal and Industrial Insti-^,
tute, conducted this service. The
theme was the “Power of Prayer,” and
the speaker urged the importance of
the enjoyment upon the part of every
individual Christian of the vital touch
with God which is to be gained alone
through the channel of prayer. She
emphasized also the power and bless
ing which comes to the individual
Christian as the result of the prayer
life.
Miss Rupert is always heard with
pleasure and profit, and her messages
are filled with suggestions that are
etrnest and uplifting.
Mrs. J. R. Irwin, of Charlotte, who
is first vice-president of the union,
took the chair at the close of the de
votional service and presided over JJie
session.
The address of welcome, from the
Missionary Union of Monroe, was de
livered by Mrs. N. S. Matthews, and
she extended a welcome that was ex
ceedingly cordial.
Mrs. W. A. Cleveland, of Steele
Creek, delivered the response to the
address of welcome. She emphasized
the special pleasure which the dele
gates experience in being entertained
by the membership of the First Pres
byterian church of Monroe, which is
60 well known fo rits large accomplish
ments in the interest of home and for
eign missions. She also expressed
the hope that the members of the
church would not find it more difficult
to entertain the members of the Wo
man’s Missionary Union than was
found in entertaining the ministers
and elders who constituted Mecklen
burg Presbytery, which body met in
this church for its fall meeting last
year. She referred to the fact that
the assertion is made often that it is
more difficult to secure entertainment
for women than for men, aitd express*
ed the hope that such would not be
true of this meeting.
The recording secretary and treas- \
urer of the union, Miss Margaret Ran
kin, of Charlotte, called the roll of
churches in Mecklenburg Presbyteiy,
and the delegates responded by rising
and introducing themselves, after
which their names were enrolled.
Miss Rankin then read the minutes
of the sessions of the annual meeting
of the union which was held a year
ago. The minutes were approved.
The minutes showed that last year the
missionary union of this presbyten'
contributed a total of $4,445.13 to the
cause of home and foreign missions.
The first week of October is the
time designated to be observed as a
week of prayer for foreign missions by
the missionary union, and the first
week in February as the week of pray
er for home missions.
Mrs. Irwin emphasized the import
ance of the observance of the week
of prayer and called upon the dele
gates to report regarding the number
of auxiliaries in the union that had
observed these seasons of prayer dur
ing the past year.
Qjj motion of Miss Rankin, the union
approved the purchase of two mission
ary libraries, to be circulated among
the auxiliaries during the coming year.
Mrs. Irwin appointed several stftnd*
ing and special committees.
The reports of officers of the union
wer^ submitted.
Mrs. L. W. Curtis, of Hamlet, whc
was to have delivered an address be
fore the close of the morning session,
was unable to be present, and by spe-
clal request, Miss Rupert spoke at this
time. She spoke in a manner that was
interesting and instructive re^^arding
missionary wqrk among the Sioux In
dians in Nortai Dakota. She was at
one time engaged in teaching among
the members of this tribe, and was
brought into close touch with them, in
their homes and in their church and
missionary work.
The morning session closed wkh an
“open conference,” during which time
a^ppted by the famous committee of ] aggregating $100,000. ^
ification.
Continued on Pag6 Eight.