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V(vn:s FOR PONY OUTFIT ON NEW OR RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE NEWS HELPS A FAVORIl j d 'st Edition THE CHARLOTTE Latest Edition 43. NO. 7055 CHARLOTTE N. C„ THURSDAY tVENiNG, JUNE 15, 1911 i In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDIly—8 Cen ts Sunday. Qutslde Charlotte 6 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. fc rld^s Review igriculimal Of News By the Government ! cr Agriculture ls~ :,port Showing Ex- ■ ^ Estimates of Prob^ Jd3 of Wheat in ' I:nines, British India . lo 369,000,000 Area Sown in Ljnada — Unc I e ^tion of Trade o lo,—A bum pel r^ritlsh India, es ■ii bushels, sur \ears. and a re l iUfe u heat in . t per cent oi IS trroNvn. giving I'Xtravapant esti i.'Uls. aro the fea- review of agn ."vcd by the de- today. In oth • a-^riculture in gen st’tiaonable pro- roar ^vheat and I ho southern imn aowr. crop? • fi'st month ol '->r in vigorous . >.'i)ly largelv in r- iontlv gathereti ;i. (1 nut badly and - vill be a\ailable Good Roads Asso. Elects Offii o' s. By Associated Press. Winston-Salem, June 1? *dregs e» by Charles H. Moorel. of the United States bureau of pub»ic roads, on “Sand'Clay Roads,” and A. D. Bachelor In advocacy of federal aid in road building, consumed yesterday morning’s session of the North Car olina Good Roads Association conven tion. An interesting paper written by P. D. Gold, of Raleigh, on "State Se curity for County Roads,” was read. At the afternoon’s session of the convention, C. E. Foy, of Newbern, president of the association of county commissioners made an address and the following officers were elected: President, H. B. Varner, of Lexing ton; vice-president (one from each congressional district,) R. R. Cotton Brue: J. L. Patterson, Roanoke Rap ids; R. L. May, Trenton; M. C. Win Pton, Selma; P. H. Hanes, Winston- Salem; D. R. McEartham, Wilming ton; Leonard Tufts, Pinehurst; P. B. Board, Salisbury; F.. M. Shannon house, Charlotte; E. C. Chambers Asheville; secretary, Joseph H. Pratt; treasurer, J. F. Brown. The executive committe to be nam ed later by the president, will select the time and place for the next con vention. f d. P.n. flO TiMt ATIRRJBU: / ?RinO 3.o'cuoo 1. Either Repeal Anti- Trust Law or Enfojce It Says Pomerene A STUDY IN EVOLUTION Sugar Trust Officials Aie Subpoenaed By Associated Press. Washington. June 15.—Subpoenas were issued today for witnesses to ap pear next week before the sugar trust investigating committee of the house. They include Alfred Harrison and Charles K. Harrison, of the Franklin Sugar Refining Company, Philadel phia; Horace Havemeyer, New York; ■ ! ■ I Charles B. Warren. Detroit; Chester V . rids wheat j ^ Moorcy, Denver; John F, Harper, ^htlv more than' , , . ' ' annually Joseph F. Smith of the - cent is export- f Mormon Church, and Thomas R > au )ther in ihe,^®^> Lake City; v.f-r'c^nt in the If h Africa alsc j . I... drouth and | \i;i be Hv'.ne fci j in Wheat. J ^ I’l: nishes about i \»tal International! ; (;ing Hour, ac-1 A'.t todav of the' IE mi iL T ot Cut- JoUu D. Syreck- Adolph Spreckles, San Fran- naking a total ot I I world wheat rnational trade. - i xports about 52 .ur that is ship- ! ry o another and ■ >f the wheat. cr Gala Day A t Ascot Races .1 ine I'l.- This :i: the Ascot nad jueen Mary • as on Tues a* 1 at five hun . 1 sovereigns n. for three-year- , ^iisrr’nce 2 1-3 .VilN n>’c by a -ARK THE les and cisco Charles R. Hoike, for years seereta^ ry of the American Sugar Refining Company, was again a witness before the committee today. In beginning the examination. Chair man Hardwick told Mr. Heike he want ed to inquire into his personal knowl edge and not his official relation with ihe .-Vmerican Sugar Refining Compa ny. “Didn't you have at the time any idea of the purpose of the merger of the sugar refineries?” Mr. Hardwick Hbked. * 1 knew less than now,” replied Mr. Heike. “Well, from your present knowledge, what would you say was the pur pose?’’ "A large company can do business at a reduced cost.’’ • And there is less competition?” suggeste Mr. Hardwick. “Probably.’’ Mr. Heike explained to the commit tee that when he appeared before the grand jury in New York the district attorney had notified him on what sub jects he would be examined. “This has not been done in this ■). - Jovernor case and I am not so well prepared .lorsey, and to answer your question,” he added, will be the Still relying on the witness’ personal knowledge. Chairman Hardwick ask ed Mr. Heike for his estimate of the holdings of President H. O. Have meyer in the American Sugar Compa ny at the time he swayed the com pany. “Oh, one or two hundred shares In Germany, > his own name,” was the response. “Did his family hold more?” "Probably 2,000 shares.” “Did Havemeyer ever unload any of his stock?” “I wouldn’t say ‘unload;’ I would say ‘sold.’ He never owned much In his own name anyway.” Special to The News. Raleigh, June 15.—In the trial the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. vs. the American Tobacco Co., the depo sition of Vice-Pres-ident Percival S. Hill, waff being read all morning. In T N Pioceedings of Y. W. a A. Meet By Associated Press. Asheville, June 15.—The address of the Rev. James Vance, D. D., pa&toi of the First Presbyterian church at Nashville, Tenn., was the feature ol yesterday’s session of the Southern Conference of Y. W. C. A. His sub ject was “Our Master and the Slavery that Sets Us Free.” The morning session, was taken up with the usual Bible and mission study classes. About ^o hundred delegates at tending the conference visited the Blue Ridge Association grounds at Black Mountain this afternoon. This afternoon the local Y. W. C. A. will give a reception to the leaders and offlcers' of the conference. In Able Speech Senator De~ mands Criminal Prosecution of Officials of Standard Oil and American lobacco Com panies—Treat all Alike, Circulation Mana- Calls on Attorney General to Do His Duty and Immediate ly Prosecute Conspirators Who Restrain Trade—The Law is Char, I LOST IS SESyiT OFSTOSM By Associated Press. Madrid, June 15.—Telegrams re ceived today from Vigo state that a monarchist revolution has broken out at Chaves, Portugal, and that the Por tuguese garrison mutinied and killed part of the deposition read were let- its commander. The monarchists covered at this point, ters by Mr. Hill to jobbers as ^o ask- stormed and raided the offices of the .fishing smacks , - republicar^, newaj^apers in the Plaza ing demand for the brands of goods ^ —-■ and lending money to jobbers to pro-' By Associated Press. Trieste, Austria, June 15.—A storm of hurricane force raged during the night, causing many deaths and much damage lo shipping. Early today the bodies of twenty victims had been re cure the most favorable handling oi American Tobacco Co, goods. Chisolm Bros., of Memphis, Tenn., was sent a check for $500 “in a spirit of good will,” as Mr. Hill put it. In depos-itition of Mr. Hti! the plaintiffs seek to show that the bus iness practices were in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law and for the purpose of destruction of the ci garette business. T sHORmeEis SPEAKERS u democratic Itjwlng the or- ' federation ot Ijnivertity. -Main, d that Jacob H. r .tanker, has an- ''to give peveral fotmdation of a T'T* on the Main, df'd certain con- ' on erulng the i.'il professors are C- tuit Race. -indpainter and " today from ' 'r' thf* third stage i'ln circuit race. 1 nnu'h by heavy t!.f-ir bearing. ' •' riv -d. He is re- f'-rifletelv lost his Schwerin. SEAMEN SETTLE STRIKE DIFFERENCES. 4 Rumors Not Confirmed. Vigo, Spain, June 15.-—Reports from Chaves of the mutiny of two regi ments of Portuguese troops are not confirmed. Rumors are probably un founded since it is learned from other sources that royalist plans on the Portuguese frontier did not develop as had been expected. It is supposed here that the royalists at Chaves plann ed to mutiny updn^ the approach oi' Captain Couceire, the monarchlal lead er, who is said to be at the head of the forces near Braga. WOULD CONSOLIDATE BAPTIST BODIES. Special to The News. Raleigh, June 15.—Bank Examiner J. K. Doughton today notified the cor poration commission that he finds a shortage of over $100,000 in the Bank of Tarboro, the bank whose cashier Ltither Hart, suicided yesterday. Several days will be required to make a complete statement. Assistant Cashier Hussey has not given the $15,000 bond required ot him and is still in jail. By Associated Press. Philadelphia, June 15.—Efforts to consolidate the Free Will Baptists and the Southern Baptists with the North ern Baptists were begun at the con vention of the latter yesterday. A committee will be appointed to nego tiate with a committee representing the 87,000 communicants of the Free Will branch at Old Orchard, Maine, July 11. These branches split in 1800 over the “open communion.” Another committee will be named to meet a commission of the Southern Baptists convention and try to unite the two organizations which split in the early sixties. The time and place of the latter meeting will be decided later. vrith crews totalling forty men, which Were at sea last night, were lost. The ships in the road were severely in jured. A Greek vessel with its prew of 12 foundered. Minor damages to craft are reported fro other points on the Adriatic sea. STREET CAR SYSTEM TRIES NEW SCHEME tives From Leading Dailes of North and South Caro lina Here to Form Perma nent Organization. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., June 15.—Crimi nal prosecution of the officers of the Standard Oil Company and the Ameri can Tobacco Company was demanded today by Senator Pomerene, who ad- — ^ J I dressed the senate on his resolution gers in I own lodav tue attorney senwal to ^ undertake such legal action. The Ohio • senator declared at the outset that Fifteen or 7 wentv Sherman anti trust law was s,peci- J y P “ enia authority to^ press such a suit against conspirators who restrain trade. He contended that the lawyers’ doubts of the meaning oi the statute were “in proportion to the size of the fees they receive from their clients” and that the interpretation of the law by the supreme court of the United States was clear., “Now, with these plain findings of fact and conclusions by the court that^ this statute has been violated,” he said, “what reason can be given by any sworn court official for not con tinuing his fight against them in order to bring them to the bar of justice? What excuse cau any lawmaker or any executive ofllcial give to the people of this country for a failure to en force this law when they are every day exerting themselves to punish in completed fractions of the law against other 1 transgressors with less money and less The circulation managers of daily, papers of North and South Carolina are in convention here today for the purpose of forming a permanent or ganization. The place of meeting is the Observer building. From fifteen to twenty men are present represent ing the leading daily newspapers ot North and South Carolina. This morning’s meeting was devot ed to informal discussion of by-aws and constitution for the organization. The organization will be this afternoon. A feature of the day was a trolley I influence at their command? A decent ride about the city in a car furnished sense of self-respect requires the gov- to the visitors for the purpose by the Southern Power Company. BOLD, BAD HOLD-UP MEN CAUGHT THIS.JV1GRN+N3r, ernment e>iiier to cnforce this law or to repeal it.” Dclaring ' that if criminal prosecu tions had been undertaken when the law was first enforced there would have been no such concentration of , power as exemplified by either of the An automobile corporations under discussion. By Associated Press. Greeley, Colo., June 15.—The man agement of the street car system here contemplate the establishment oi'lone covering the clerk with his revol-• By Associated Press. New York, June 15. containing eight men pulled up in front pomerene said the ruling of the of the Hotel Roy, on West Thirty-fifth supreme court must be followed up street near Broadway, about 1 o’clock quickly in the most vigorous fashion, this morning and the men all lined up | faults of those victories will before Charles Simmons, the night ‘ ^ government and to the clerk. Each of them held a revolver » and their leader ordered the clerk to i -.gpgaking for myself,” he said, "I stand back whUe he explored the cash drawer of the open safe. There' understand wheth- was nothmg for the^erk to do and the be. the intruder quickly scooped out J160 in power and authority whether that emblem shall be the a novel method to prevent women ver until all were outside. I for from alighting from street cars back As soon as he was free the clerk decla e^ ^Tictrnrtinn to tlie ward. Mirrors will be placed on each grabbed his own gun from a drawer, the i?t car platform in such a manner as and fired five shots to call the police, f tho crimi- to make it necessary for one looking He was so quick about it that he got ter had is nrovided in them to face the front of the car. a response from a Broadway patrolman, litigation alth g It is believed that the natural ten- before the robbers could crank their:for in ^he anti-trust a dency of the fair sex to look- at automobile and get started. The pa- The attorney-gene ^ themselves in mirrors will bring about trolman captured the last two of the ture of the law, he s . . the desired results. men and found in the pockets of them; was created by congress. He is clothed TRY TO SOLVE STRIKE SITUATION By Afisoclated Press. London, June 15.—It was announc ed this evening that ,the White Star line and the seamens’ union had ar ranged a settlement of their differ ences, the White Star conceding an advance of $2,500 a month in wages to all employes involved. This is one half the amount de manded by the striker^ •^ 6 u;7 Objected to Liquoi ’ Her Home And Was eaten to Death by Husband ./unr i.=i.—The '■ I'iii;; iht death " dioil Tu» s(iay at ^'i • in the upper , r. funied a verdict to her death i" ini>tt..rHj by hei I.awlfT, The whip LiwU r’s home neat : ^0 result of his ih** Kiorlng ol " c i.Awler was ar n in this county l,v POLO TEAM GOES HOME. of By Associated Press. New York, June 14.—Members the English polo team returning home today on board the Mauretania ax- press^d Ihemselves a* greatly pleas ed with American fportmanship and hospitality. The Mauretania was the la»t ship to leave this country In time for the the authorities coronation of King George V. rOREEO By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., June 15.—Three war rants charging forgery have been sworn out here again&t J. Wylie Smith, secretary and treasurer of the Commercial Ixjan & Trust Com pany, who has disappeared leaving behind an alleged shortage in his ac counts of $150,000. Smith is alleged to have borrowed money on forged notes and other se curities. paying interest in monthly in stallments as high as 70 per cent per annum. He has been absent from hif office since Tuesday morning and neither his creditors nor the police have been able to locate him. indi vidual losses will run as high as $20,- 000, it is said, but the average is understood to be about $5,000. Smlttt’F plan of operation, it is al leged, was to borrow money on pa per with bogus indorsements, agree ing to pay high interest, and with the money thus obtained to pay interest on other paper he had outstanding Most of this paper, it is declared, was of one and the two year maturity and little of it was due at this time. Smith was the largest stockholdei in the company he had organized, as well as an officer in charge of the business. By Associated Press. Boulder, Colo., June 15.—Mine w’orkers of the northern Colorado coal fields, who have been on strike for more than a year, believe that they have solved the strike situation. Incorporation papers have been filed by six striking mine workers ol Louisville to form a company to oper ate one of the mines of the Central Coal & Land Investment Company. II this venture proves successful, other companies will probably be organized by striking miners for the purpose oi taking over and operating mining property on a union labor basis. DEPyMERR PLEAD GUILTY OE EMBEZZLING By Associated Press. Montgomery, Ala., June 15.—George Michael Keating, for several years deputy clerk of the United States court at Montgomery, pleaded guilty in the federal court today to .embezzling gov ernment funds. A sentence of one year and one day was imposed upon jfciim by Judge Jones and was suspended indefinitely because of Keating’s physical condi tion. Negroes Murder Saloon Keeper. By Associated Press. Chicago, Jiyae 15.—Hesitation to obey the commands of two negro hold up men cost J. H. Nohren, a saloon keeper, his life early today. As he was counting his money after closing up, two negroes entered the saloon and one covered him with a reveolver. He hesitated when they commanded him to throw up his hands and was shot through the head. One negro was captured by a police officer, but the other escaped. Lumber Trust Hearing. By Associated Press. Kansas City, June 15.—The hear ing of the states quo w'arranto suit against the alleged lumber trust be fore Commissioner R. M. Reynolds was resumed here today. / a roll of b^ls twice the size of that which the hotel clerk had lost. fair sex CARRIED OFF PRIZES AT CORNELL with such powers and required to perform such duties as congress sees fit to demand of him. It can add to or it can take away from those powers whenever in its judgment it is deem ed proper.” Senator Pomerene closed with an appeal to the senate for support for the By Associated Press. New York, June 15.—Although but one of every fifteen students at Cornell, resolution, is a w oman, the fair sex this year car-1 — - ried off the two highest honors at the j Strike Has Little Effect, commencement exercises of the uni- j By Associated Press, versity medical school here. The first j London, June 15.—The work pro- two John Metcalfe Polk prizes, the j ceeded as usual on the London docks most important of the commencement' today with nothing to suggest that a awards went to the Misses Helen Dud- general strike of seamen had been ley and Elvira Dudley Dean, w'hile called. At the provincial ports there four of ten honor roll graduates in a, -were only a few ships without crews class of forty-seven are women. ‘ * Ship Bas No Right to Fly German Colots By Associated Pi ess. Berlin, June 15.—The German gov ernment disclaims all responsibilily for the steamer Consul Grostuck which is reported as fiying the Ger man fiag and announces that the blame for any complications that may result from the landing of Ciphiano Castro, the exiled president of Vene zuela, will rest upon the Haitien gov ernment. It is stated emphatically that the steamer has no right to display the German colors. It was formerly the Italian cruiser Umbria and was pur chased from Italy by Hayti. The lat ter country is the one now properly concerned with the movement of the vessel. American Ambassador HillVcalled at the foreign office today presumably to discuss the situation brought about by the reported presence of Castro on the Consul Grostuck. The steAmer recently arrived at Port de Prix, Haiti, and according tc advices received at Washington from the American consul at Port au PrinCjB has on board the exiled Cas tro, who is supposed to be attempting a return to Venezuela in the hope of being able to rally t his erstwhile fol lowers and so regain the presidency from which he was deposed after he had left the country for a visit to Europe, in the fall of 1908. Aged Lady Burned to Death. By Associated Press. Chicago, June 15.—Mr^ Mary Brackett, 63 years old. was burned to death and her daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Beachy, an artist and the Art Institute, was seriously burn ed last night at their home on East Forty-sixth street. While preparing for supper Mrs Brackett’s clothing became and while attempting to aid her mother when thel ace gown Mrs. Beachv wore took fire. Mrs.' Beachy will probably recover. The White Star liner Teutonic and the Canadian steamer Empress of Ireland at Liverpool, were still with out dock hands, but the stewards of both ves-sels^had signed. The coal ^lorters at Southampton who precipitated the strike, returned to work this morning. Big Horse Show. By Associated Press. London, June 15.—At the horse show at Olympia today tlie first pri^ in the Paceation class lor horses oi any age was captured by Blue Bell bred by H. W. Meek, of San Lorenzo, Cal. New Revolutionary Government Has Revolution on Its Hands -Indians On the Wai Path By Associated Press. New Orleans, June 15.—The Picay une this morning prints the following from Meridia, Yucatan, under date of June 10: “The new revolutionary government of Mexico has a revolution on its hands. The Indians in Yucatan are on the warpath. Francisco I Madero armed the Indians so that they could fight the Di^z government, but when the Diaz , government went down and out the Indians refused to quit fight ing. They are armed with the latest modem rifles and have an abundance of ammunition. “About a month before the peace pact was signed at Juarez, the Madero junta at New Orleans shipped a large quantity of arms and ammunition from Biloxi, Miss., to Yucatan for the purpose of starting trouble for Diaz. They started it all right, but now they cannot stop It. After they were armed the Indians took to the woods and commenced bushwacking tactics and they are ^till at it. Every attempt to induce them to cease fighting has fail ed. “The Indians declare that all Mexi cans look alike to them, and that they propose to drive the Mexicans out of Yucatan. Many of the armed Indians have crossed the border and it is ex pected that they will cause the Guate- malian government serious trouble.”
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