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V.,)L 2. NO. 22
CHARLOTrt, N. C.. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE II. 1911
PRICE 5 CENTS
CsHs The New Yotk
Cotton Exchange/
“Gambling Sh6p”
I"
k
7 Testimony of Dts-
riprney Wise Before
■fsionol Committee—
Go After “Bears” as
"Bulls.”
■:h Sides are Gam-
. j of No Service to
,,c Why Sugar Trust
:t Off Light in Cus-
F’nuds Case.
' ;ue —United Stat-
i,»'y Henry A. Wise
lay placed the re-
, t^ptance by the gov
aranvelv light penal-
:: trav.d cases on hi?
; ry L. Stiuason, no^v
.t .
'estifying before the
=e on expenditure® in
o.t of justice. He declar
' President Havemyei
prosecuted for these
lived. l>ut that ot-
- .^ar trust T\-ere mere
.. t'r Haverayer.
After "Bears.”
^ That prosecutions may
. '.' ti on the cotton ex*
: vl TO the cotton ex-
-u i; line shop ■with the
as gamblers and ot
• cotton growers.
t s have been charging
.r.ey's office with pro-
• I lie bulls to break a
fhe bears were be-
• rh the result of low-
, ■■ . otton.
■ur oftlce not inflict the
,,:,ainst tho American
. Company, and the
.any, instead of allow-
\ a compromise set-
r i>ayment of back
V a&iruian Beall.
’■ 'ng to do with the
■=aiU Mr. Wiee. “it was
•rict Attorney Stim-
1 took office. Person-
•’ ill exacting tbe ponnd
• violators of the civil
•irge and small.”
V.- \Vi?e wa& asked il
eu higher up had been
'he prosecution of the
'■ pav that we have been
evidrnce sufficient
' ■ he replied. “We got
irbufkle and William
• .\rbuckle Company,
Y not sufficient.’’
Vsched anybody high
'ike in the American
_ Company?" asked Mr.
- to the $2,000,000 set-
y the latter concern
-.her up in that com
■:*i prosecution,” said
Up was President Have-
died soon after the
■p , -i-overed. Had he liv-
: -'ve hoen reached.”
i lUi rome of the other of-
RAILWAY SERVICE
IS RESUMED.
Mexico City. June 10.—Service on
the Manuzanillo branch of the Na
tional Railways in the states of Co-
llna and Jalisco, which was Interrupted
by landslides, caused by the recent
earthquakes, was resumed today. Tele
graphic communication with the dis
tricts surrounding Colina volcano has
also been restored. Fear that the rail
road tunnels had been obstructed prov
ed groundless.
The fact that news of widespread
devastation has not reached the capi
tal despite the re-establishment of
communication indicates the serious
ness of the earth shocks has been
greatly overestimated in some re
ports.
Railroad agents have not reported
to headquarters any serious damage
to their lines.
Smith to Fight
Extiadiiion
10.—Elizur
a wealthy
Itlngston, N. Y, June
Yale Smith, jaember of
Lee, Mass., family, ^’lio is in jail
here charged with passing worthless
checks on Chicago hotel keepers
will fight extradition and the matter
will be heard by GSovernor Dix at
Albany on Mond.iy.
Detective Sergeant J. W'. Burke was
sxirprised upon reaching here today ti
learn that the warrant of extradition
had not been signed. Smith has re
tained Everett Fowler, local lawyer
to oppose his extradition to Illinois
MAY WITHDRAW
NEGRO APPOINTMENT.
I Washington D. C., June 10.—Pro
tests of Oklahoma against the appoint
ment of former register of the y-eas-
ury, WilUam T. Vernon, a negro, as as
sistant superintendent of the schools
of the five civilized .ribes, have re
sulted in a change in the plans.
Vernon will be appointed assistant
superintendent of schools in which neg
roes ant! Indians are JpupHs.
He will not^be permanently assign
ed to any one state.
Wholesale Indictment
of Soft Drink Men
Nashville, Tenn., June 10.—Three
hundred and thirty three owners of
drink stands were indicted here today
under the law which makes a federal
liquor liquor license prima facia evi
dence of selling liquor.
WHEN WILL CONGRESS
REACH THE
ere '^'’'ly
' handp,”
mannikens
responded
in
the
*■ ght Have Been.
•’ iHpy Wise admitted
!'i 1 penalties had been
r • the t'vo companies
might have resulted
TP ot hundreds of mil
■. nr' worth of »ugar.
■'e' Cotton Exchange.
I'p 11 observed that it
. It*' that the powerful
rhp government had
iif'secute the cotton
:* no action had been
f the bears, who depress
cotion.
one would present me with
an illegal combination
cotton bears I would
If you want myopln
ff-e exchange is nothing
■ e shop and both sidoe
* ley do nothing to belt
n'jirtins: violators of the
' as ;ny machinery can
'uMiued District Attorney
I have not heard of Indict-
'■ taccu. Standard OIJ or
' i*-opie.”
have I," said Wise. "But
iifiy V.C; (jjd not know
.-’otid under the Sherman
ow onoT gh to get after the
' ' ‘-'J ''Vi-ro holding cotton
retorted Beall,
hr rnen not together In a
and there was no doub>^
any conptruction of the
>Iy orders came from
of jiiBtice. V. H
'* special agent of the
»nrl Assistant Attorney
ift'hnon worked up the
'l*f! first papers. Or
■ Eiiie o me to take con
'‘•■inse! for the cotton ex
'■ed lieall.
Taft, I think,” said
knew, of course, your
fhe bull» would depress
Washington, D. C.. June 10.—“It is
my personal opinion we will have
vote on the reciprocity bill July 1st
or 17th.” said Senator Smoot, of Utah
after a talk with President Taft at the
whHe house today. “The bill will pass
and congress will adjourn with all
business out of the way, I believe,
about July 27th.”
Senator Smoot said the Root amend-
menut would perfect the pact, and
with the amendment attached, the bill
in every detail was like the bill be
fore the Canadian parliament.
Other congressional callers at the
White House differed with Senator
Smoot as to the time of adjourn
ment.
“The reciprocity debate in the sen
ate,” said Representative McCall, of
Massachusetts, “will be over in three
weeks or not until October.”
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, said:
“I don’t expect to see it before the
first of August.”
b€
knew we would
> ^ tempting to break the
- aL ot fact, the
■ aia not depress the mar
e cotton went up."
END?
UNITED STATES STEEL OFFICIALS.
United States Steel Corporation officials who are attending the investigation of the Steel Trust by the ^ ecial
House Committee in Washington, of which Representative Stanley, of Kentucky, Is chariman, poses be*
fore going to the witness stand. ,
Reading from left to right—Norman Ream, Judge E. H. Gary, P. C. Roberts, and Richard Lindabury, Judge Gary
Is chairman of the great corporation, Mr. Rean and Mr, Roberts are directors, and Mr,|Lindabury is coun*
sel for the corporation. Judge Gary, on thme stand, admitted that through the organization of the Unit*
ed States Steel Corporation competition in the steel business had been stamped out practically in this
country. He denied any knowledge of a plan to control the world’s steel trade.
SyPPmiEETTES
m GIITI1[IIING
Four Thousand Armed Men
Camt>ed Along Spanish Bor
der and Are Ready to Invade
Portuguese Tertjtory to Help
Exiled King.
Place Ihts Week—Manuel
May Lead His Forces in
Person—Long and Distruct-
ivewar Anticipated.
Lisbon, June 10.—Four thousand
armed invaders, members of the sever
al Royalist factions, formerly deadly
enemies but now welded into one con
crete organization by hatred of the
republicans, are reported to be en
camped along the Spanish border rea
dy to invade Portuguese territory on
behalf of the exiled King.
■ It is anticipated that during the
coming week the invasion will take
place and a long and destructive war
begin. It is even reported here that
King Manuel will return to lead the
forces in a last fight for his throne.
The Royalists troops are divided in
to nine distinct bodies, all under the
command of Dom Miguel, who was
trained -in the Austrians. They are
enthusiastic and thoroughly equipped.
They include professional men of va
rious sorts, even former deputies to
the governing bodies of Portugal, who
were driven out of the land with their
king, are making ready to return and
battle for the throne.
The Harvester Trust
Investigation The
Next Thing in Line
TALKS ABOUT
Witn Evidence Against Meat
Packers in Hand Avd Pro
secutions Staited, i)epart'
ment oj Justice Turns to
Harvester Trust.
nms m’T
™ Fi THE
FRESIDEIIC)
Mexico City, June 10.—Lat© this eve
ning General Bernardo Reyes announc
ed that he will withdraw from the
race for the presidency of Mexico.
Francisco I. Madero, Jr., followed this
with that an annguncement that If
Reyes withdraws, and he is elected
he will make General Reyes secretary
of war.
This decision was reached at a mee>-
ing of the government junta this after
noon, held at the Chapultepec castle.
General Reyes withdrew only after
a hot argument, In which it was shown
that the army of the government has
only 11,000 men, who would be unable
to combat the 30,000 men of the Ma
dero forces, Indicating that General
Reyes contemplated contesting tne
vote, should he run and Madero
elected
President de La Barra gave a ban
quet tonight at the national palace to
the cabinet ministers and the mfem-
bers of the diplomatic corps _
It is understood that de La
Is to be the minister of foreign rela
tions in the next cabinet
Stockholm, June 10.—Delegates to
the Sixth Conference of the Inter
national Woman Suffrage Alliance,
which opens Monday and continues in
session through Saturday, are here
today preparing for what they expect
to give to “the cause” the moat not
able impetus since the inception of
the equal franchise movement. The
women, who have come from every
part of the world, are among the
leaders in their own countries. The
hos,telries „of . the ;?ity are taxed al-
T/rt most to their capacity, and many
Is Thought Invasion Will Take others of the delegates win amve
'tomorrow and Monday **norning.
Preliminary meetings will be held
tomorrow in many of the ancient
churches. Prominent among these willi
be the services of the American dele->
gation, headed by Mrs.* Cary Chap
man Catt, president of the interna
tional Alliance, who was recently re
ceived with &uch honor by King
Haakon. The services will take place
in the church of Gustave Vasa, and
will be attended by all delegates who
speak the English language. This
assemblage will liS'ten to an address
on the equal franchise problem from
the Rev. Miss Anna How^ard Shaw,
after which the international dele
gates will hold a mass meeting to
prepare for the formal opening ot
the conference on Monday.
At nine Monday morning the as
sembled delegates will be called in
order by Mrs. Catt at the Grand Ho
tel, where a vast auditorium has been
put at their dis-posal. Here the dele
gates will discuss the business prob
lems that have perplexed the diver
sified membership of the interna
tional alliance, devoting the afternoon
to sightseeing and the evening to
reception in the auditorium.
This program remains practically
iinviolate during the five days of the
convention, with the exception that
each day will be devoted to different
subjects upon the propagation ol
woman suffrage throughout the world.
It Is the intention to strengthen the
intimacy and friendship betw’een
those who annually gather for the
conference.
There will be a report from each
of the delegations representing their
con&istuent countries. These reports
will embody a narration of the' prog
ress made during the past year; the
plans of campaign found most ef
fective in that particular country, and
an exchange of ideas through de
bate. The advantage ' to" be ‘ derived
from this method of exchange can
konly be estimated by the figure sue
cess or failure of s-uffrage campaigns
throughout the world.
Another interesting feature of the
conference will be a report by the
press committee upon the advance
made during the past year in the
distribution of sutCrage publications.
Some time ago the suffrage alliance
actively took up the publication of
suffrage magazines, looking toward
the propagation of equal franchise.
Many of these are now on a paying
ba&is, thanks to the devoted efforts
of the ladies in charge, and it is
hoped that a report upon the success
met by suffrage publications here
and in some countries abroad, will
faster emulation among those whose
organizations have no distinctly rep
resentative organ. -
It is a significant fact, that, though
the past ^ears have been a great in
crease in converts to equal suffrage,
the American and English still far
out number their foreign sisters.
This, it is said, by those in charge of
the convention, shows conclusively
that the English speaking races are
without a peer in initiative progress:
and that, if equal suffrage is to be
a thing of reality, it Is the .Anglo-
American sQg}etie£» that suffragettes
throughout the world must look-to
for its establishment. With this in
view, every effort will be made to ob
tain a closer alliance between the
’English and American suffrage a»
RAILWAY
SATISFIED
AJter Many Conjerehces Trou
ble is Finally Settled Agree
able to Both Sides—Causes
oJ Trouble Kept Quiet.
New York, June 10.—When Lillian
Graham and Ethel Conrad purchased
revolvers they did not anticipate
shooting Millionaire Stokes. The re
volvers were purchased at a depart
ment store on May 31. A few days be
fore the purchase Stokes and Miss
Conrad had a pleasant interview. The
facts were established by the police
today.
According to the statements of both
she told the millionaire that she had
lost her position with k publishing
house and she had been compelled to
nurse Miss Graham, who was ill. Miss
Graham had suggested that Mr
Stokes might be willing to help her
get new employment. A letter already
published shows that Mr. Stokes did
write the proprietor of an evening
newspaper and suggested that Miss
Conrad be given employment at $25
per week.
Admission is made by M. Stokes
that he did provide Lillian Graham
with money at intervals prior to his
last marriage.
NOT ACCEPT ROOT
AINDMENT
Following the Ref usal of Pre
sident Finley to Grant The
Demands, Firemen Commen
ced to Consider Strike.
Washington, D. C., June 10.—The
trouble between the Southern railway
and the firemen has been settled agree
ably to both sides.
In making various concessions each
side, it is said, was influenced by a
desire to maintain .friendly relations
with the other. The consideration of
public interest played an important
part in effecting a settlement.
The Negro Question.
Because of the delicate questions In
volved it was said no further statement
would be given out. The negro ques
tion, it is understood, figured large
ly In the controversy. Fear than any
statement in regard to this question
now might be misunderstood, it is be
lieved to have led to the determi
nation to say nothing.
The controversy has been a long one.
When it seemed the firemen were on
the verge of a strike they consented
to mediation. Even for some time af
ter the mediators took up the case
about two weeks ago the stubborness
with which the firemen stood by their
demands made the case look hopeless.
To the last minute the firemen de
clared they would consider nothing but
a 20 per cent increase in their wages.
History of the Difference.
Knoxville, Tenn., June 10.—Southern
Railw^ay firemen have been in confer
ence with Southern railway officials
intermittently for over a month. The
firemen demanded amendments to
rules and an increase of 20 per cent in
their wages, . which was at first re
fused by President Finley, who issued
a statement, which was posted in offi
ces of the Southern system about
three weeks ago. This statement set
out reasons for the refusal of the
Southern railway officials to grant the
firemen’s demands. A strike yas then
threateneed by , the Brotherhood of
Railway Firemen and Its representa
tives were again called into confer
ence with Southern railway officials.
The differences were finally submitted
to arbitration under the Erdman act.
The public service commission heard
the arguments of the men and offi
cials, the result being the settlement
of the differences toda,y.
Washington, June 10.—Representa
tive Underwood is believed to have
expressed the general sentiment in the
house when he declared today he was
unalterably opposed to the Root amend
ment. If the senate should pass the
bill ■ with ttfe'^J^Smeildmi^^
ed It seems certain from Mr. Under
wood’s' statement It would not be ac
cepted by the house and that it would
be difficult to agree to a conference re
port. he opposition of the democratic
majority in the house to the amend
ment Is said to havfe been made known
to members of the senate finance com
mittee before the bill and the amend
ments were voted on.
Both Civil and Criminal Ac
tions are Planned—Criminal
Prosecutions Will Come First
-Can^t Connect PerkinsWith
Trust Investigations.
Washington, June 10.—With the ev
idence against the beef packers in
hand and the prosecutions started,
the department of justice is now mak
ing an inve&tigation of the harvester
trust. Both civil and criminal suits
are planned.
All the evidence gathered in the
investigation conductel by Senator
Kenyon is being utilized by the inve.s-
tigators now at work.
As in the case of the beef trust,
the government will start criminal
proceedings first. In the fight against
the packers the question was raised
whether the government could pro
ceed In criminal and civil action
against the same officials. The court
hearing the arguments on the ques
tion ruled that the government could
proceed criminally without in any
way impairing a civil suit.
According to the evidence so faf
gathered, the government has not
found anything by which to connect
George W. Perkins, the for:ner part
ner of J. Piermont Morgan, with
either the harvester trust or the beef
trust. It has been found, however, that
several officers of the beef trust are
either officers or stock or b'^ndholu-
ers of the harvester trust, and that
these holdings are large enough to
give the holders a voice in the man
agement of the harvester trust.
According to an official of the gov
ernment, it will probably be several
weeks, possibly months, before th'i
department has concluded its inves
tigations and is in a position to de-
tcTBftrfe'^.wheBf sTSttr ’will be filed.
Earthquake Reports Exaggerated.
Mexico City, June 10.—The Red
Cross society here this afternoon re
ceived a message from the medical
party sent to Zapotlan stating that the
seriousness of the situation in that vl-
vinity had been grossly misrepresent-
ed; and that the doctors and nurses
were returning home.
Senator Kenyon is at present hand*
ling the prosecatlon of the packers.
JUDGE E. H. GARY.
Judge Elbert H. Gary, head of the
United States Steel Corporation, who
teitlfying before the Stanley Inves-
tiga,ting committee of the house of
representatives, at Washington, de*
dared that Elihu Root, when secre
tary of state, did important things In
behalf of the giant Steel Trust mer.
ger. Among otherM|Mfij9f, h» prevail
ed upon Presldeitf^|(jpp^yfjt to eon
sider the mergei^
acoordlna to J “ '
'Twenty Buildings
Were Ruined
Elkins, W. Va., June 10.—Burglars
blew open the safe in the French
Creek postoffice, 20 miles from here
early today. Fire followed the explo
sion and between 20 and 30 buildings
were burned. The robbers escaped.
Meagre reports mention no casualties.
IN THE NIGHT
New York, June 10.~A terrific
storm, with a veritable cloudburst of
rkin and a wind that blew at 80 ralleft
an hour, struck the city suddenly
about 10:45 o’clock tonight. It was
accompanied by lightning flashes that
struck in many sections, resulting ia
death and damage. Fires and falling
live wires imperilled hundreds. In
Jersey City one man was killed and a
number injured by a live wire.
The storm area comprised the great
er part of New York state, eastern
Pennsylvania and New Jex'sey. Wires
were prostrated throughout this tenl-
tory and also as far south as Rich
mond.
• Chimneys and signs were blown
down in all quarters of the city and the
force of the gale was such that many
skylights and windows were blown
in.
Electric light wires were broken in
all directions around New York by fall*
ing tre^s, leaving the streets in dark
ness. "
The effects of the storm were most
severely felt at th« various amuse
ment parks.
At Coney Island all the tents erect
ed for show purposes on the site
where Dreamland was blown down. A
crowd of 150,000 was at the island and
many were drenched before they could
reach shelter.
On Staten Island practically all the
trolley ,electric light, telegraphh and
telephone wires were blown dowBL
soclatlons, that an interchange ol
speakers and literature may bring
about a mutual exchange of ideas
tnat will prove equally valuable tc
the fighters on both sides of the At-
iantlc.
PHILIP B. FLEMING.
Philip B. Fleming, of Burlington, Iowa,
who heads the honor roll of the 1911
graduating class at West Point. Of
the 146 of the original class, only
83 survived the rigors of discipline
for the four years, and Fleming was
the best of the 83. These survivors
will be graduated in Jan. 13 as sec
ond lieutenants. Fleming is 24 years
old and Is the son of J. J. Fleming,
a prominent banker of Burlington,
Iowa. He received his Military acad
emy appointment from Hon. Thomas
. Hedge, M. C., from the First District
of Iowa, and entered Weet Point in
Junef 1907.
IDERO SLATEO
FOR PRESiOEHC!
Havana, Cuba, June 10.—According
to cipher mesages received today f.rom
Mexico City, Francisco I. Madero, jr.,
is to succeed to the provisional presi
dency, through an appointment to the
ministry of foreign affairs. De La
Barra Is to return to Washington as
ambassador, Senor Crespo going to
Rome. General Reyes is slated for
secretary of war; Orozco for general
in chief; Vicente Gomez for secretary
of justice; Adolfop Reyes for under
secretary of justice; Ambrosio Figue
roa, for civil and military governor of
the federal district and Madero’s broth
er for the treasury.
Orozco wall. It is understood, invite
B'eliz Diaz to take command of the
forces in Lower California and re
store order there.
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