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OVER' A HUNDRED BOYS AND GIRLS ARE COMPETING FOR PONY AND OUTFIT OFFERED BY 1 HE NEWS Latest Edition THE CHAHLOTTE Latest Edition VOL. 43. NO. 7046 CHARLOTTE N. G., MONDAY tVENiNa JUNE 5, 1911 p-DTpp'J In Charlotte 2 Ceuta » Oepy »I>ny-« Cents Sunday. Oirtslde Charlotte 5 CenU a Copy DaUy and Sunday. A Day of Investiga tions and Rumois of Investigations New Democratic Congress Has Stirred Jhings Up And a Great Many Interesting De- velcpments Have Followed With Promise of Mote, Progress Made to Date by the Various Probing Committees —Review of Recent Testi- 7 rust. (By H. E. C. BRYANT.) News Bureau, Congregs Hall. W ashington. June 5.—The house in- vt-pi . atlng committees are on the war They are uncovering Interesting I Stanley committee elected to in- ‘ .ate tne steel trust, has made a ; -ci'ra. : 0 Hardwick committee to look in- affairs of the sugar trust wiii get n to bu; iness this we^k. Its first • ■itAnt i.ieeting will be held Wed- Investigating The Lumber Z^^dst By As&ociated Press. Chicago, June 5.—Ju^’ M. Lan dis today impanelled pedal grand jury to investigate ii. the alleged il legal operations of the so-called lum ber trust. "Have you ever made an effort.” ask ed Senator Bailey, "to have the ^paper trust’ punished by the department ot justice?” ■'Yes,’’ replied Mr. Ridder, “I had • j,t. 0.4 1 paper makers in N&w York indicted mony Concetning the oteet and they paid $2,000 a piece. These were manufacturers of various kinds of paper, although it has not been possible as yet to prove legally that a white paper trust exists.” ‘ Would you be satisfied,” asked Sen ator Heyburn. “if the ‘paper trust’ were punished in some qther way than by the passage of the reciprocity agree ment ?” "I want help during my life time,” said Mr. Ridder. “I have not yet .seen any trust magnate go to jail. I favor ! the measure so that I may buy paper In the open market. I don't intend, if I can help it. to let the ‘paper trust’ dictate to me what I must pay for pa per.” BiiLi 'j\m eiWN APPEftRS committee on expenditures in, '•easury department has had some ting testimony^ from James lis, assistant secretary of the irv on cn>>isote and creosote oil, i en'cived some of the confessions ■ -' , ublic buildings by John Knox ' 'T. - ape!' ising architect. ■ i'omn:ittee on expenditures In state department has made tw’o ■ c^u revelations. It has been - hy Dr Jacob H. Hollander that he ei ea . laey from Santo Domingo «i the i nned States while acting as •‘"lai aaeir for the latter. It brought By Associated, Press, r sr..r> of Wm. H. Michael, form- New Y’ork, June 5.—The appearance - -nef oierlv of the state department, of W, H. Brow'n, one of the prominent . I>av itorM ait. ! .N’ew Orleans bull leaders, on the floor Vhe Oi.nin i*if e on expenditures in' of the New York Cotton Exchange iep .rt’.ienr of justice has heard today was the signal for rumors that •'! ho li, .if the attornpy general. Mr. Brown had come here for the pur- it lii.^i efiOits to bring to justice' pose of taking charge of an end-season r of th. Sherman law. ’bull campaign somewhat similar to Irtp-^ on expenditures of ihat in which he had figured last year oit;; e neraTTtfi«»TTT “has found | when cotton during August s.»!d at ■ h ninch it cost to furnish the; 20 cents a pound. Mr. Brown reuised ■A i i THIS SPORT? Senator McCumber Oiganizes An Ananias C l u b Col. Geirard was Repnmanded t*r general's private ofSces Stanley committee went right V ’k as soon as it organized and -en very bUvsy since. After talk- - e situation over carefully with ■rar> Nagel and Herbert Knox h of the department of commerce the committee subpoenaed I ' w Gates, who came and testified ' a glihness and frankness that de- .. r J Chairnian Stanley and his as- ’^;ate? Mr Gates gave away some of the ;p. r. 3 of the i'nited States Steel Cor- ■i ion. He told of the purchase of ennesaee C'i>al & Iron Co.. calling furced sale, by the steel trust. He ‘ i! a number of others, he said, had r a syndicate and bought a con- I interest in the Tennessee Co., '’ j I- --(jJ a reHuutlcn giving Mr. r.t Schley, of the Arm of Moore & :-'^l jK)wer to sell if he got a profit. !r ^ .afos went to Euroi^e for a short V - ! »n his return he discovered that .';.''hley had bargained the Tennes- r *ft ■ oa! & Iron Co. to Messrs. E. H. a.v, H. (\ Frick and J. P. Morgan, w.t? his first intimation of trou- Mr r.rjtes told the committee ’ • .Mr Morgan had t>e€n trying to : 'tr ^i.ase the .stock of the Tennessee ( oal & Iron Co. for months. Mr. ' . n had offered Mr. Geo. Kessler for bis stock. Several other at ? had been made to get hold of ’ *')ck, Mr. Gates’ son was ap- a J ^>(1 by a banker who had a pros M purchaser. 'r Gates declared that the formed ■'el mjignates to raise their bid ' ■ ' ftO to 100 on the property before ’ • take It over and exacted a r =;■ ^itlon promising fair treatment to ^ n inority bond holders. ' irr phic story of the preliminaries t fh. fieal that resulted In the forma- 1 "li if the United States Steel Cor- I rn?i.,n was told by Mr. Gates. He had to discuss the posisbility of a l^ull campa’gn but expressed confidei*ce in much higher prices for old crop ootton. He said: “I am very bullish on the old crop. The supplies of raw' material and man ufactured goods at the ned of the sea son v.ill be so small that both wMl practically corner themselves and next year a very large crop will be abso lutely necessary for actual require ments and to fill the holes. ‘‘The new crop in nearly all sections is needing rain and the general public seems to be of the opinion that this crop is an early one which Is not the case. South Texas, south Georgia and south Alabama will get early cotton. The i'est of the territory is from nor mal to late, and the present droughty condition over almost the entire belt makes an already late crop.” TRY TO ELECT PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE. ' li Jhs J. Hill who told him that Mr :;n was worried about Mr. An- I *'.v C’arnegie’s threat to build a rall- ' ar; from Lake Erie to his steel i lants to take up the manufac of tubes, and was asked for an ’linn about the matter. He advised iiill to tell Mr. Morgan to talk It • r with Mr. Charles M, Schwab, who closer to the ironmaster than any- ' ' else. As a result of this conver- f -n, Mr. Morgan got Mr. Gates to In ' ■ Mr. Schwab to a conference • ' MS. Gates, Schwab and Morgan 1 -It the .Morgan home and had an ' i^ht session. A program was for ii. VSMthln sixty days the trade ^> f'n .Mr. Carnegie and the Morgan r- ts was consumated. The Uni ’fates Steel Corporation, the great h 'Iding company In the world, was n Tti* ave the facts recited by Mr res hpfure the Stanley committee ^ : fl; tes fold the committee that Mr • '•sr n bought .Mr. Carnegie’s inter ‘ 'T t him out of the way. He ii;i J ihui -Vlr. f'arnegie w^s unre jU>; he would not keep a gentle- ii ’n’r asfreempnt. Mr. Klbort H. Gary, chairman of the ' ard of directors of the United States ^ el (’orporation, was subpoenaed. '' ! arne gladly he said, and told part «'! iiis story. He will resume his tes- ’ iiony Wrdnesday. •Ir. Gary’s frankness—feigned or » iuinp - has been one of the features ’ his testimony. He Invited the com- ' ittf‘e to his office to conduct a per- '' a) investigation there. He longs ^ I he day when the government will XContlniked on Page Two.) rimsHiiie mTmmTi Examinations Closed Saturday Sermon Preached by fir, Wm» Preston Few hunda^ Important Meetings. Graduating Class is One oj Largest Ever Graduated From Trinity—Many Prom inent Men to Address Stud ents—Progiam joi Wiek. numbers more than thirty. All of the larger churches of the city dispensed with their evening services, and the size of the audience indicated that a large percentage of these congrega tions attended the exercises. Choos ing as his subject, “Force an4 Right in the Government of the World,” President Few delivered a splendid address. With an excellent choir that con tained the very best voices in the city. Director T. E. Cheek, furnished music for the occasion. Several inspiring selections w'ere rendered to the delight of the audience. One of the features of the com- . jn 1 * mencement this year will be the wear- Night And oaccalaureatc j ing by the graduating class of caps ' and gowns. These were in evidence last night and added greatly to the fa">pearance and dignity of the occas- This afternoon at "5 o'clock will be held the annual meeting of the board of trustees. There are many import ant matters to come before the trus tees this year, among them being the choosing of a successor to Prof. Woot en, who was sqnt to Wilmington at the last conference. Two members of the board have, died since last year, these being Hon. Kope Elias, of Gov ernor’s Island; and Rev. Dr. W. L. Cunningham, presiding elder of the Raleigh District of the North Carolina Conference. By Associated Press. Washington, June 5.—For the first time .in ten days there was a rehewal of the effort in the senate today to elect a president pro tempore to suc ceed Senator Frye. After two ineffectual ballots the sen ate adjourned. On the first ballot Sen ator Gallinger, regular republican, re ceived 27 votes; Senator Bacon, dem ocrat, 25, and Senator Clapp, progres sive republican, 7. fitOsI DUEL 11H GOIIlin TODH Special to The News. Raleigh. N. C., June 5.—Buc^c Rob ertson Is dead and H. W. Montague is wounded in the right arm as the result of a pistol duel in Eagle Rock town ship late last night. The killing is said to have been the result of an attack in Montague by Rogertson.^who accus ed the other of making uncomplimen tary remarks about a young woman. Robertson fired the first shot, the ball entering Montague’s arm tague returned the fire shooting Rob ertson twice, once In the shin and In the breast. Miss Fossie Hicks, a young woman narrowly escaped Injury w”hen one or the five shots fired, passed through her skirt. Montague surrender ed this afternoon. Bank of La Grance Closed. The Bank of La Grange, at Le Grange, Lenoir county was ordered closed this afternoon by corpbration commission on the report of state bank examlnei*. Officers of the Institution were crltlslzed in October and prom ised to comply with the law but thirty days after examination irregularities began. The bank has $12,000 of over drafts and unsecured paper. John B. Wooten is president and P. Davis, la cashier. It Is probable that depositors will be pair in full. A receiver will be apoint^ Special to The News. Trinity College, Durham, June 5.— All final eocaminations clo&ed Satur day and the first exercises of com mencement w'eek began Sunday night with the baccalaureate address by President Few. The commencement this year is the first under the new' administration. Some very important matters are to come before the board of trustees at their meeting this at- ternoqn. Among other things, a suc- cc&sor to Dr. John C. Wodten, of the department of Biblical literature, is to be chosen. It will be remembered that at the last session of the North Carolina conference. Dr. Wooten was sent to Grace Methodist church, Wil mington, which IS one or tne largest in the conference. The announcement was received at the college with great surorise and the community parted with Prof. Wooten with great reluct ance. The work of this department has been distributed among various members of the faculty and the work has been carried on in that way. The graduating class this year num bers 32, four young women and 28 young men. It is one of the largest classes ever graruated from Trinity. The contest for the Wiley Grey medal this year will be a hard fought battle. Some of the very strongest debaters and orators in the class are competitors. This contest is always looked forward to* with great interest, as it is the only medal offered to with great interest, as it is the only medal offered to the graduating class alone. The men who represent the class are: Messrs. Russell D. Kerner Kernersville; Henry G. Hedrick, Lex ington; R. L. Ferguson, Oxford; and T. G. Vickers, Durham. AH have very interesting subjects, arid each man is anxious to get the medal. The program for commencement week is as follow's: Sunday, June 4, 8 p. m.—Baccalau reate address by President William Preston Few. Monday, June 5, 5 p. m.—Meeting of board of trustees, when Mon-'Tuesday, June 6, ll p. m.—Com- I mencement sermon by Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, D. D., New York city. Tuesday, June 6, 1 p. m.—Alumni dinner,, address by Hon. Wilfred D Turner, Statesville. Tuesday, June 6, 8 p. m.—Gradual ing orations. W'ednesday, June 7, 10 a. m.—Com mencement address by Jacob August Riis, New York city; conferring de grees. Wednesday, June 7, 9 p. m.—Recep tion to graduating class in Washing ton Duke building, v/est wing. In the presence o fan audience that filled almost to overflo\^g the large Craven Memorial Hall, President Wil liam Few began last night the first ex ercises of the first commencement under the new admlnstratidn at Trin ity College. The occasion was the de livering of the baccalaureate address to tite i;raduatinir of 1911« which II Rumored in New Orleans That Estrada Will Lead Move ment in That Country to Divide it in Halj—U. S. May Inteifere. Many American Soldiers oj Fortune Await Estrada's Ariival in New Orleans when They Will Join Him in His Next Attempt By Associated Press. Washington, June 5.—Col. Joseph Gerrard, commanding the cavalry post at Fort Myer, Va., was reprimanded today by the secretary of war under orders from President Taft, for report ing adversely on application of a sol- dier/’for permission to take examina tions for promotion to commissiorred grade on the ground of the soldier s Jewish parentage. The president said it was hard to deal with the matter “with patience, and without condem natory words that had better not be written.” Thep resident’s action haS' created a sensation throughout Washington. The young soldier involved in the controversy is Frank Bloom, a pri vate in Battery F of the third field artillery and is now on duty on the Mexican border. ^ Several years ago Bloom was urged for appointment to West Point. Pres ident Roosevelt not being in a posi tion at the time to make the ap pointment, suggested to Bloom that he enlist and “like a true American fight hi3 way up from the ranks. The young man too the advice, entered the army where he is said to have made a good record and recently took his first examination for pro motion. It is said that Bloom failed in this examination but in view of the prejildice brought about'by Col. Gar rard’s endorsement. Broom will be or dered up, for final examination again in September. On this point President Taft, in a letter to Simon Wolf, of this city, said: ^ „ “I shall take steps to see that the examination to which Privaee Bloom is subjected is one in which he win be given a fair chance and not be ex posed to any unjust prejudice.” ColoneV Garrard’s endorsement on Bloom’s papers, to w'hich President Taft so strongly objected when brought his attention, was as follows. “The applicant is a son of Mr. Jo seph A. Bloom, of Jewish pers-uasion, who is now and has been for a nuni- ber of years, a tailor at this post. His associations, as far as I know, and those of his family, have been with enlisted men and their families and have been respectable. “The young man is undoubtedly honest and upright, ambitious and probably deserving, but for the rea sons stated I would not desire him in my command as an officer and a North Dakota Senator Pro nounces ^tatemtnt of Het man Ridder an **Absolute Falsehood'*—Latter Was Testifying, On Insistence of Other Senn^ tors Statement was Changed — Would not Allow mtness to Be Insulted—Mr, Riddefs Testimony, By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., June 5.—The sen ate finance committee today re-:uined hearings on the Canadian reciprocity bill, Herman Ridder, until recenily president of il'Q American Newspapei PuDlishers’ Association, beiuf^ called to the witness chair. Mr. Rir'der haa not proc'?eded far when Senator Mc Cumber, of North Dakota, startled ihe committee by challenging one of hia statements a& an “absolute false hood.’ ' Senator McCumber's action brought a quick pretest from Senators t'tone and Bailey, who declared that wit nesses should not be insulte*^i. Mr. Rii'ier had made the s.^tenn-nt that the newspapers of the ooantry and the puMishers association had u-Jt attempted to suppress fac's or to color stories fcni, ficm Washinetrn on the subject reciprocity w^hen Sv^naior Mcr’i'-nbor ir.terrupted with hia charge of faisciioGd. Several senators insi.st- ed that Mr. McCumber’s remarks should be stricken from tho record Senator McCumber agreed to have his remark changed so is io make it read that he believed what . ir. Rid der said to be “unfounded. ’ Mr, Ridder, in reply to questions from members of the committee de clared that he, as president o! the publishers’ association had sent out word to the members of the association telling them tlie reciprocity agr?euient Was of vital importance. “But I would not have favored the agreement,” added Mr. Ridder, “if i Lad not thought it would be ol good to the whole country.” By Associated Press. New Orleans, June presidency ot Nicaraugua following a series of demonstrations against his administration. *^disappointed this morning a large delegation of his ad- I herents here who were at the wharf in anticipation of his arrival from TiVhtninft Guatemala. Estrada was n^t aboard but passengers on the steamer Pres- By Associated Press-, Cincinnati, June 5. drove XJeorge H. Hutton, a clerk, to brought the news that the form- commit suicide in Madisonville, a su- er president came aboard for a few burb of Cincinnati early today. For minutes at Belize, British Honduras, ten years Hutton had been subject Besides the Nicaraguans who anx- to shocks due to undue nervousness iously awaited the a^ival of Estrada, and because of these he moved to the suburban village. The storm which broke over this city shortly af ter midnight centered its fury in the Madisonville territory and after hours of terror, Hutton shot himself in the head, dying a few minutes later. By Associated Press. Columbus, O., June 5.—The grand jury made a third report in the legis lative bribery investigation today, re turning indictments against eight persons. Representative Owen J. Evans, of Stark county, was in the court room when the jury came, in and at once was served with an in dictment charging him with receiving $100 from L. C. Miller,* a loan agent of Akron, in conection with a bill to regulate loan companies. He pleaed guilty and was given a $500 fitie by Judge Klnkead. Evans will go before the grand jury at o»ce and tell all he knows about the bribery scandal. social and personal associatefi The presence of the applic^’ts family at a militai'y post would be subversive K Tnan J of discipline and their probable treat- j ment a source of mortification to Estrada, who recently resigned the, frequent cause of trouble to commanding officers.” Word of the reprimand issued from the white house was as follows: “The president directs the secretary of war to inform Col. Garrad that his attitude in this matter is strongly disapproved as contrary to the ideals and principles of this country. “Col. Garrard has been told that he had not the moral right to exert in fluence in his official position to bar the advancement of a courageous and efficient youn man simply because that man was of Jewish race; that such procedure indicates not only pre judice that should not be found in an officer of his position and experience, but amounts to a failure set forth, in this letter, with aptience, and without condemnatory words that had better not be written. “I wish you , ■would examine the records and verify the statements of Mr. Wolf and, if he has ^ot been misinformed—^and his letter sets forth the facts—direct that this young man be admitted to examina tion for a lieutenancy in the army. “The statements made by Col. Gar- ard are not true with reference to the standing that Jews have in this country; and I resent, as commander in chief of the army and the navy, that any officer of either should per mit himself in an ojfficial document to give evidence of such unfounded and narrow race prejudice as that contained in this- endorsement. “After you have an examination of the record please advise me of your action. “Siencerely yours, (Signed) “W. H. TAFT.” there were at the wharf several well known soldiers of fortune who serv ed in the “American legion” in Mex; ico and who are looking for new fields of adventure. While some of the local backers of Estrada in the last Nicarauguan rev olution, which he successfully led, deny that he will start further trouble in that country, the report that he will head a movement for the division of Nicaraugua into two separatie republics, with Bluefielda the capitQl of the Atlantic coast division, has gained more currency. Unless the United States takes a determined stand-against fomentors cf further disorders in that country, it is not douTjted here that within the next few weeks definite plans will have been laid for another revolu tion in Nicaraugua. Fifteen Persons Injured in J^ieck By Associated Press. Nashville, June 5—The Leban on accommodation on the Tennessee Central Railroad, due here at 7:50, ran into a switch engine on the outskirts of Nashville this* morning. Fifteen per sons, largely passengers, received minor injuries.' The switching crew is blamed for not having the track clear. FIND TWO BOTTLES OF HESSiON RUM UNDER GROUND. By Associate Press. . New York, June 5.—Two large bot tles of Hession rum, 150 years old, are among the latest finds of historical experts who are excavating in the ruins of the old fort Washington on the Hudson river, just above Riverside Drive, The excavations are on the site of the Hession barracks, in what was for a long time known as death gulch, from the large number of Hessions who fell in the rout of Washington’s army from the height. The rum bottles were found twelve feet under ground. An old map shows that a tavern stood a short distance away from the barracks on a spot now occupied by a million dollar apart ment house. Fast Train Ran Into Open Switch By Associated Press'. Peoria, IH., June 5.—In-bound pas senger train No. 17, with seven coach es ran into an open switch in the yards of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific this morning, demolishing two local engines ptanding on the track besides totally' wrecking its own en gine. Engineer Robert Atkinson, the en gineer in charge, is not expected to live, while two other engineers were probably fatally injured. Death of Col. Lecke. ' , El Paso, Tex., June 5.—Col. P. M. Locke, chairman of the Texas seMs- sionc onventlon which deposed Govern or Sam Houston, ^."died suddenly last night at his home here aged 87. He was a colonel in the Confederate army. MRS. CARROLL IN SEARCH OF BIG GAME. Will Tty to Find New Bugs in Black Mountains of NC, By Associated Press. New York, June 5.—William Bentoq Miller, of the American Museum of Natural History, wiir leave this week on a four-months’ expedition into the Black Mountains of North Carolina in seifrch of new hugB toi tbe reuseom’a eoilection, The expedition is financed by Samuel V. Hoffman, president of the New York Historical Society, Re- e|,earch in the southern field was start ed by Mr. Hoffman’s father, the Rev. Dr. E. A. Hoffman, of the General The- olo^cgl I By Associated Press. Newport, R. L, June 5.— Mrs. Rayal Phelps Carroll and her daughter, Dor othy, have closed th^ir home in New port and are- on the way for a lion hunting trip in the African jungle. Ever since the Roosevelt trip >lrs. Carroll has wanted to test her marks manship at big game. Her husband and a retinue of servants accompany her. Took Poison by Mistake. By Associated Press, , Birmingham, Ala., June 5,—Rev,#V, R, Schramm, a Baptist minister of Wylam, is dead as a result of mis taking carbolic acid for paragoric. He preached at Corey, the industrial town near here, last night and returned home not feeeling well. He went to the pantry to get some paragoric and instead got hold of the carbolic acid bottle and took a big doss. Physicians w’ere sent for and despite efforts to save him the aged minister sucoujnb- *^$4 ^ly this morning, . Til By Associated Pres». Washington, June 5.—To Senator Stbne, of Missouri, President Taft again made it clear today that he is opposed to any amendment whatever to the Canadian reciprocity agreement. Senator Stone had head'd the report that administration oposition to the Root amendment was not entirely sin cere and that Senator Root had been assured; privately that the President would not be displeased if his amend- 'ment were adopted, ♦‘I e^me to the White House^* &aid the senator, ^b find out for myaelf whether the President was in earnest in opposing the Root amendments And I found out^ He told me that.he was against the amendment proposed fcy Senator Rdot and would be a gainst any proposed by any other, democrat or republican. ^Th&t settles It for me. I am going back to the senate to carry the fight along these lines. EJvery true friend of reciprocity will do the same thing. If we begin by tacking on ‘haraiiess amen^teHfflits’ we will end attaching vUl dMtioy
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