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PPPi^ \m m:R a hundred boys and girls are competing for pony and outfit offered BY THE NEWS .sr Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition 43. NO. 7052 CHARLOTTE N. C., MONDAY tVEN|NG, JUNE 12, 1911 P'DT(^PJ In Chartotte 2 Cents a Copy aDily—6 Cents Sunday. V-'J-'I Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday. Orleans Cotton dvances In Price One Dollar a P^-ue ri.uth and High \\ Given as a Jump in New The Sonthtm ■ inr Both Ac- K:sult oj Weath‘ v.r Brokers Ad- : .thcr will Mean .irket. 1 wo Men Die in Electric Chair 12.- Continued t'ur.s put the inile i By Associated Press. Ossining, X. Y.. June 12.—Two men were put to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing prison this morning. Frederick Gebhardt, convicted of kill ing Annie Luther in the woods at East It^lip, L. 1., in April. 1908, was execut ed first. Gebhardt committed bigamv ir marrying Miss Luther that he might get her money. Thomas Barnes, a yeggman. known a?s "Bangor Billy." who shot Jack L.oonard. because of the latter’s prom- ite to aid officers in breaking up a band of yeggmen. RESUME STATE’S OUSTER SUIT AGAINST THE "LUMBER TRUST.” Ly Associated Press, a hale i Kansas City, ,lune 12.—The hearin?; c.'k oi'.on- of the state’s ouster suit a.^ainst tlie • ■ *-iM't l!.'avy .^s V as the re- mai) an-I rojr. the bo!: . ’ci.se coniii-i siare. lutve bvtn ’ lit . - .'I .^h-'wu in I ria. II Inrli: . N. I .. .!-2 an.i r • : romi.'o.l ■ •. t ii: N rt;i .. i,i- v.en.:ra!i 1 oao;i alleged lumbertrust, which adjouriied at Sr. Louis. May 25. was resumed to day. Assistant Attorney General At kinson conducted the inquiry for the ■r»f5 KEEPS UP IM Cooked; b I {itCtPROo ’ fillL ^ TOWN STRUCK BY FIERCE CYCLONE. A Gentleman from Canada Suffering from Washington Heat. — * -- ■\ , i\ '.1.1 > • '?' r‘-suir' .r.-i :;!v m " Tl- iha* ; hH cro’i pi k in a mnrU- 't'Ti 'n.-. Hrok. rs. , tb.. ’.par side, ' ir wf^nther. • a?'; 1 .-dvancins By Associated Press. Kilmichael. Miss., June 12.—This rlace w;\s struck by a cyclone yester day. many houses being demolished. A Mrs. Oliver and daughter, and a Mvr. Crenshaw, and daughter, were slightly injured when the Oliver resi- ■ dnure wa> levelled by thew iad. Sev- ’'O’r^err.l o’her towns near here are report ed i-ha ve been struck,but owing to in terruption of wire communication noth ing definite has been heard from them. [| INTDSUGim BUSINESS Save Nearo from Vengeance. Atlantic City. June 12.—William John.-'-n, colored. 45 years old, was jaileti without bail to await the action iff the giand jury, charged with way- ■ laying and assaulting 11-year-old Fran- ■ oes Sweet, a pretty little white girl. ' 1 'i ,'T'he hrute was captured by a consta- a di i.u" a ‘:'lei formed one of a possee that ^'^"-'•Ihad .-searched the city for 24 hours. He I was found cowering in the corner of deserted barn on the outskirts of . '*■ 'f ^he city. , ■ d tl .? negro gave up v.ithout a strug gle. He was taken to the jail by a So’d. ' n-undabout way to prevent violence • Th - year's’at th • hands of the child’s father and o\i li. •• t'wl: ; fiienus who have oeen trailing him , • 'otal weiuli* ■ since the assault in a vacant house 'V : ; ice near the child’s home. Little Frances .1 ■ ever paidji.- in a serious condition. .. a V>alc of vh.i is no’ in urt- the success- he does not .ii= with the co?- ' .'■'•letltoi s until r. .oh i. when By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., June 12.—The house inquiry into the sugar business of the country, conducted by a special committee formally began today. Wit nesses from the leading sugar refin eries in the East hame been summon ed to appear before the committee and will be followed by those interest ed In other lines of the sugar busi ness. GllilS TRIAL Baldwin Works Seriously Affected by Strike ih., e\ r.'M'.'Lf 1 envirely new rnlddlirs:. . / Hotel Man r:oi by Woman ; 2 -In defense - . :';:>sces, Mrs of .i i.rominei'-- - ,.'T and instant- iM^'prittor ot a: the Lefevre a^ii-ut r#)nn. Zang was .'laer is 20 , . i.tf*v.re is held ■ '•e ctiarged with '•naan's story, ■ about 2.3U ' p 11. He asked - >and and on not at home, f>ok her .ini h->r Zanv: in By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Pa., June 12.—The at- t mpt of the management of the Bald win Locomotive Works, where a strike began last week, to resume work in ail departments today met with only partial success. It is estimated that only about 2,000 men out of 10,000 re- poned for work. The departments clos ed today are the boiler, flange, paint .and glue shops. I The machine shop is working almost ^ normal. I The union leaders directing the ' strike express hope that an amipable adjustment of differences will soon be reached. A committee of the strikers will seek a confercnce with the man agement today. Gave Life in Efioit To Save Child iutprnatlonal :"t' ,,erH union i its tenth y in this city. • nne cif the in the history -I will end on By Associated Press. regon City, Ore., June 12.—While attempting to rescue Samuel Scribner, ' l.T .vears old, who was struggling to I re.Tch the shore after saving his 8-year-old brother from drowning, ; Amos Harrington, 42 year, was drown, j ed as was the youth to whom he was I trying to give assistance in a lake nine miles west of here yesterday, i William Scribner fell into the lake. His brother sprang into the water and after getting ahe little fellow safely to shore, was so weak he could not climb on the bank. Then Amos Harrington jumped into the water t osave him but both perished. By Associate Press. New York, June 12.—Lillian Gra ham, a chorus girl, and Ethel Con rad, an illustrator, charged with shooting W^. E. D. Stokes, proprietor of the Ansonia hotel, in their apart ment last Wednesday night, were ar- raigned today but because of the inability of Stokes to leave the hos pital their preliminary hearing was postponed until next Wednesday. On the plea of their counsel, Mag- vest Wheat. Heat Caused Suicide. By Associated Press. Birmingham, Ala., Jime IJ.—Joseph i D. Welden, superintendent of construc- '2 The harvest-' f ion of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and ' ‘ p'ral Mis- Railroad Company’s by-product cok^ . 1 in excellent oven plant at Corey, : i Id i.s esti-, and killed himself today while tempor- f i t ‘, acre. j arily out of his mind from heat. ow Hundred Delegates Attending Y, W. C. A. C Qufe lence at Asheville I Welthy B. H.onslgner, a returned Chi nese missionary, will tell of he Tho feature of ^ors in China. ^ •«t *he Southern A student volunteer meeting c. A., was the scheduled for this afternoon, t .)f llichmond, It is believed that all the «®‘®saies tudents. His to this year’s conference have arrivea. ■ bringing the total over four hundred, conducted on' A large list of speakers ■M nnd Collegiate sections of the country, make • !i‘ 'D by Miss Au- program of the present . xi-_ -• A York city. ithe strongest In the history o “ Uug today. Miss conference. purpose to make one of the most thor ough investigatioas ever conducted of a great business by congress. Representative Hardwick, of Geor-' gia, is chairman of the committee. The committee first has taken up the American Sugar Refining Compa ny to determine whether the corpora tion is operating in violation of ilie anti-trust or interstate commerce laws. James M. Beck, formerly assist ant attorney general, appeared today as counsel for the refining company Edwin F. Atkins, of Boston, vice- president and acting president of the American Sugar Refining Company, th'3 first witness examined, said the purpose of the formation of the Amer ican Sugar Refining Company in 1S87 was to put on their feet a num ber of sugar refineries that had been operating at a los«. The companies, he said, had been working without profits for a number of years and the cost of production of refined sugar had, been so great that it was believed a union of re fineries would result in greatly re ducing the expense. “Did you expect through this means to avoid some of the competi tion?” asked Chairman Hardwick. “Well, I suppose it had aome effect of that kind.” The witness said that 17 refineries joined in the merger in 1887, which was arranged by, H. O. Havemyer. They were scattered throughout New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, Pennsylvania, Louisiana and Missouri. Mr. Atkins said that he received for his concern, the Bay State Refin ing Company, which he valued at $.500,000, trust certificates of the se curities of the holding company of a value of $900,000. Representative Madison, of Kansas, asked Mr. Atkins whether, previous to 1887, there was free and open competition in the buying of raw and the selling of refined sugar in this country. “Yes,” Mr. Atkins said, “there was free competition.” “That competition you found to be onerous, didn’t you?” “Yes.” “You wished to avoid that competi tion.” Mr. Madison continued, and “it was for that reason Mr. Have myer gathered together yourself and about a dozen other sugar manufac turers for the purpose of framing an agreement to eliminate this compe tition, was- it not?” “Weill.” Mr. Atkins said, “the prin cipal object was to reduce the cost of production.” Mr. Madison asked Atkins whether, in 1887, the 17 companies combined were in control of 90 per cent of the sugar business of the United States Mr. Atkins said he thought this an exaggeration and explained that the American Sugar Refining Company was formed in 1891 to succeed the trustees of the Sugar Refineries Com pany because the legality of the lat ter organization was questioned. Mr. Atkins testified that he had been made vice-president of the American Sugar Refining Company two years ago at the instance of New England stockholders, who had been unable to secure information from the company as to the business It was doing, “I often* tried to get it,” he said, “but they always turned me off good naturedly. They never published doy report. We knew they were doing) a good business because the dividende i were always paid; Prominent Men To Be Called in The Lorimer Hearing OySTER SUIT AeniiiSTm LUMBER TRUST By Associated Press. Kansais City, June 12.—At the re sumption here today o fthe state’s ouster suit against the alleged lumber trust, R. A. Long, president of the Long-Bell Lumber Co., of this city, ad mitted that his company, in response to a recommendation by the Southern Subpoena Servers Set Out jor Chicago to Summon Various Men ot Note io Proceed to Washington For Interroga tion. It is Reported Lee 0*NeUl Brown, Edward Hines, Ed ward Tilden And Others Will be Called to Witness Stand—Great Secrecy. istrate Fre.schi consented to the re lease of the girls on $25,000 bail each. Although confident of raising , . ^ , the required bail, no bondsman was contended that its enactment into law IIIREGT ELECTION OF SENATORS By Associate Press. Washington, June 12.—Within half an hour after the beginning of today’s session the senate entered upon con sideration of the resolution providing for the election of United States sen ators by direct vote of the people, on which there had been an agreement to vote before the end of the day. it was understood that there would be an extended discussion of the resolu tion before a vote would be taken. Senator McCumber was the first speaker. Washington, June 12.—W’^hile sup porting the general proposition for the eection of senators by direct vote in a speech made in the senate today, Senator McCumber, of North Dakota. Lumber Manufacturers’ Association in 1904 had curtailed its output of yellow' Associated Press, pine 33 1-3 per cent for six months be- cause the supply of the commodity was I Washington, June 12. Subpoenas at that time much greater than the for a number of prominent men to tes- demand. _ tify here in the new Lorimer investi- Mr. Long admitted the existence • gg-tion have been issued and a special formerly of a price list committee of _ „ + - officer from the office of the senate sergeant-at-arms is now on his way to Chicago to serve them, probably late today. The greatest secrecy is attached to the action by the special committee of eight senators having the investiga tion in charge. It is understood, how ever, that among the men to be sum moned are Lee O’Neill Browne, demo cratic leader in the Illinois house at the time of Lorimer’s election; Ed ward W. Hines, president of the Hine’s Lumber Co., of Chicago; Edward Vv\ Tilden, whose name was connected with the $100,000 fund alleged to have been collected for use in elect ing Senator Lorimer, and Clarence Funk, an officer of the International Harvester Co., w^hose disclosure of an attempt to have his corporation sub scribe to the alleged fund, introduced Tilden’s name. Senator Lorimer, for the first time in several weeks, appeared in his place in the senate today. He arrived today from Chicago in responstj to a request sent to all absentees to return for the vote today on the resolution providing for the election of senators by direct vote. present and they were remanded to prison. The two girls were held on an affi davit of Policeman Tulley in which he stated that when he arrived at the apartment of Miss Graham he found Mr. Stokes lying on the l^oor and that the millionaire accused the two ot trying to murder him. The policeman stated that Miss Graham excltimed; “Oh, I shot him,” and that Miss Conrad said: “Oh, Lillian, you did not shoot him. I shot him.” Cotton Brokeis Get Big Damages By Associated Press New Yorl, June 12.—A jury in the supreme court today brought in a ver dict of $36,684 in favor of Stephen M W’^eld & Co., cotton brokers, against the Postal Telegraph Company for damages the paintiffs sustained m the transmission of a telegram to their agent in New Orleans. The plaintiff alleged that they tel egraph their New Orleans agent to sell 20,000 bales of cotton at 12:70, but that when the telegram reached the agent it read to sell at 12.07. The plaintiffs asked for damages to the amount of $27,565 with interest. The jury gave them the full amount de manded. SENATE TACKLES DIRECT ELECTION PROPOSITION would not prove a panacea for all the ills at which it is aimed. He predicted that the man who thinks it is such will awaken to the fact that in escap ing the evils of legislative corruption he has entered into a field of equally insiduous danger and broader oppor tunities for the corruptionist. “That which has sometimes been brought into use to convert the indi vidual legislator under the present sys tem,” said he, “will be used to con vert the public under the new system, not so mifch by the direct dealing v/ith the public as by controlling and get* ting the source of public political in struction.” Mr. McCumber feared danger in pop ular primaries involving two cam paigns, as he said they would. He added that an election under such con ditions would cause such great ex pense that only the millionaire or th» demagogue could afford to be a candi date- “We cannot,” he continued, “blind ourselves to the fact that with the pri mary eletion system has grow'n the practice on the part of candidates of establishing papers by wholesale and retail, with no loftier motive in view than that oi destroying their oppo nents by political libel and false hoods. Dailies and weeklies are es tablished for no other purpose than that of meeting political exigencies. These papers often carry on a libel ous campaign for years and editorial writers are employed more upon their ability in cloaking truth, diffusing error and creating unfounded preju dice than upon their knowledge of pub lic questions.” Mr. McCumber charged that it is a practice with a portion of the press to seek to destroy those who don’t conform to its own views. Mr. McCumber announced his in tention to vote against the entire pro position in case of the removal of the government supervision ot senators. the association and also of a “commit tee on trade ana reports,” but these, he said had been abolished. R. A. Long, president of the Long- Bell Lumber Co., of this city, the first witness, said his company was a mem ber of the Southern Lumber Manufac turers’ Association and that ,he had been president of the association, dur ing 1904 and 1905. He said the name of the association had been changed to the Yellow Pine Manufacturers’ Association at a meeting held at New Orleans in 1906. The output of yellow pine is very large in the states in which the asso ciation operates, Jexas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Flor ida, Georgia and to an extent in Mis souri, according to Mr. Long. “Were you chairman of the price list committee when the convention met in Memphis in January, 1902?” asked Attorney Atkinson. “I do not remember.” “Did j^ou attend the meeting of the association, in St. Louis in 1904 when the subject of curtailment was dis cussed?” “I did.” ‘The demand was not so great as the supply at that time and it was re commended that the output of yellow pine be curtailed 33 1-3 per cent. Is that not true?” “Yes.” “This curtailment was to last for 90 days?” • “It was.” “Did the Long-Bell Lumber Co. and others of the Southern Lumber Manu facturers’ Association curtail the out put in accordance with the recom mendation?” “Our company did; I cannot say as to the others.” “How long did your company cur tail its output of yellow pine?” “About six months.” APEXSOFEERS , FIFTy THOUSANB DOLLAR FIRE Screaming Woman Caused Near-riot Atlanta, Ga., June 12.-A screaming woman, with a black eye, shrieking that her husbr.nd was after her with a butcher knife, rushed out of the front door of the Cannon hotel this morning and caused a near-riot in the street. Officers entered to find the hus- band, however, and learned that the woman, Mrs. Gussie Kitchen, had been suffering a hallucination as to the knife. Her husband had blacked her eye the day before, it is said, and then went to Birmingham. Since that time her mind has been wandering. Wind Blows Rooj off Convict's Shanty By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., June 12.—After being before the senate for several weeks, the bill to submit to the states the question of so amending the fed eral constitution as to admit of the election of United States senators by popular vote was scheduled to come to a vote in that body today. At the last session of congress a similar measuro failed of passage by a narrow margin. Since then the move ment gained strength through the advent of new senators*and the pre diction was made that the measure would carry. Much depends on the character of amendments made to the bill. A provision for federal control of the elections did much to defeat the measure before. RECIPROCITY WILL PASS SAYS SENATOR LODGE TODAY. By Associated Press. Washington, June 12.—“Reciprocity will go through the senate all right,” said Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, at the White House today. “WTiether the Root amendment go*? through is not so material. Even if it does not, the agfeement will be just as effect ive.” Senator Lodge said he had abandon ed his idea of offering an amendment for the protection of fishermen in his state. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C., June 12.—The thriv ing town of Apex, eight miles from Raleigh, suffered a $50,000 fire this morning. The business section of the town was almost wiped out and was tlie cause of one fatal injury. Herring, telegraph operator at New Hill, saw the fire at his home town of Apex and attempted to board a pass ing freight train for the fire. When he went to swing himself on to the car he lost his hold and fell under the train, one leg being ground off under the wheels and other injuries sustain ed from which there is no possibility of his recovering, according to state- melits made from Rex hosiptal here, where he is being treated. The fire started about 1 o’clock this morning in J. W. Jinks’ produce mar ket and Smith barber shop. It spread rapidly to the building occupied by the Merchants and Farmers’ Bftnk, H. C. Olive & Co., W. H. Harward Co., the Baucom Drug store, the store of R. J. Bowling ajcid the residence of S. V. Hudson, pdfstmaster. The town is without water system and the peo ple devoted their efforts mostly to getting goods and furnishings out of the huildings as they became endan gered. The bank’s money and papers were protected by vault. Most of the losses are protected by insurance. A sudden gust of wind yesterday afternoon unroofed the tent or shanty of the McLoughlin convict camp, on the Beattie’s Foard road yesterday af ternoon. As it was Sunday all the convicts were inside the structure, but no one was hurt. The structure is of wood, but is built in substantial style. The gust must Graham j have been a pretty strong one to pick up the roof and lift it entirely out of place. WANTS THIEF TO GET THE VfeST AND TROUSERS TO SUIT Gold Wave Strikes Texas. By Associated Press. El Paso, Tex., June 1^2.—Following the hottest weather of the year, the temperature, today is low enough to waiTant starting fires. The cold wave came in with a drizzling rain which set in yesterday and is still falling. Special to he News. Atlanta, Ga., June 12.—“Will the par ty who stole my gray coat from the city hall office, please return and get the vest and trousers? They will be turned over cheerfully, and no ques tions will be asked.” The foregoing ad vertisement has been posted by George Bishop, bookkeeper in the park depart ment. Bishop says the trousers are no good to him without the coat, and that he feels the poor fellow who stole the coat probably needs the whole suit. UPF By Associated Press. Columbus, O., June 12.—J. C. Header, of Cleveland, indicted for of fering a bribe in conection .with the loan shark bill, which passed the re cent legislature, appeared in common pleas court today and gave bond for one thousand dollars. Carl Ruth, a newspaper correspondent of Cleveland was today cited for contempt. He is charged with having published the names of the men indicted in connec tion with the legislative bribery be fore the men had appeared to answer to the indictments. Storm Plays Havoc In New Yoik-Five Peisons Dead And Five Missing By Associated Press New York, June 12.—Five dead. prank at Classon Point, on the sound, last night, striking a revolving fer- five missing and a property loss of | ris wheel. The big wheel, which car- nearly $1,000,000 is the result of a^ried several passengers, was thrown two days storm, which has raged iii- termittently in New York and envi rons. Weather ^predictions indicate that the storm may continue today. from its axis and stuck fast. The lightning blinded the passengers and there was a panic. Several women attempted to leap from the wheel, but were restrained. The passengers were The torrential downpour has been taken down on laddep rigged to a boon to the depleted reservoirs, ten * gether. Several silk mills in Patter days supply having been accumu lated in the Croton water shed. Lightning Plays Pranks. The lightning played a strange [ filled with water son, N. J., were unroofed. Streets were flooded in several New Jersey towns, trees uprooted and cellars
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