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\ OTES FOR PONY OUTFIT ON NEW OR RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONvS TO THE NEWS HELPS A FAVORITE t Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition 43. NO. 7060 CHARLOTTE N. C„ WEDNESDAY i^VENlNG, JUNE 21, 1911 p'DTp'C'I In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDlly-6 Cents Sunday. I Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. Second Day's Session State Medical Society. Officers Elected for ’12 b. . Eur.t, of Lenoir, is ■:f and Drs. J. P. W. l\ Horton and jiurphy Vice Presi' r n//«r Chosen as Place Tear'6 Meeting— )::r^hcad City was Claimant ^ house oj Delegates -js i i:rts>mg Session, ♦ ♦ # ■ ♦ it ♦ « # ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ .'.id and comraii- t ; U'T next year : . ,il SoclvJiy. next year— ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ i ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ▼ ♦ ♦ i'r A. A. Hunt, of • :o5:dont—Dr. J. P. .a. .O'.U, ■oildent—Dr. W. ♦ r:h Wllkesboro. ♦ . : Dr. J. G. ♦ ♦ r, A. A. Si-anton ♦ ♦ •1\ Walker, Ellz- ♦ ♦ . R. N. Duffey, ♦ ♦ j\ La \V. Tucker, ♦ ♦ :V! ate—Dr. M. E. >■ ♦ ♦ 3 Committee*. ♦ ♦ I’ublic t’»licy ♦[ !i. or Halelfeh; ^ [ - t Wlliuington; ♦{ 1 . V. di Athfville. ♦ I i\ Publication—♦! ti: Charlotte; ♦ . Piuiit; A. ♦ I .'..neKl. ♦! ■! k—DDrs. L. B. ♦ r-; t'o, J. J. Phillips, ♦ | Howisun, Elm :s H. (;. Stewart, . S f’arson. Edeu- r iarhy, Raleigh. • • .1 Arrungenients ■ * ;,t;ou—Drs. K. P. M. "t hrad City; W. !\.L-'!on; \V. F. I>if- r . N. .M. ('flblcs, Cartoi', Washinf?- ' •.rvfu. Mi.roheail ♦ ii:-.. Marshal- ♦ ♦ : T?. W \V. Knox. ♦ .u c, Moore, of ♦ r:;cs. Ashe- ♦ -io uh «’arolina ♦ iT . I)r?. L. 1). ♦ , Albt-rt An- ♦ J. i‘. .'uauvin, ♦ ♦ '.*ir;rinia Medical ♦ ; I U. l.nnii, ♦ M Hii.li ♦ ' : Fc. sis’er. ♦ ■ ' 'a\ s s#>s?lon of the Mral SorioTv opeii- -• ' ■ .1 in^nins ^f the Mr C. .\i Poole, of . ■ i: The first thing as the hearing of the • :r\, Dr. A. A. Stan- ' \f‘r,v sratlfylne; to ; .1 a'ioIp The report .'I ion 'hat there i.'ii inrii in thP state ‘ oi the as- : a si.#'rial committee, T H. HolrncB. of Mi. ant! I)rs. S> koa and • a. ; V 1.0 had tteen ap- ■ meet ins; to sug- ^ aws and constitu- (if disi uspion t'ol- . ‘ r‘;p i*^pori should be ' : I' sh' uld he read be- iti'i; ning and left to ■ - af the npxt meeting, ' ■ ’•■i.ori should be prlnt- ■ ••rrir - iristructf»d to send ’ i' idual ii.embers be- ■ i;s;r. Finally a mo- • i)i .1 P. McBrayer, ' sffotuied by Dr. A. ■ '■ ivictN', to the effect • adine; the report in it consisted of :' iif v ritton pages, the ‘ 1 and s-ni to members I )iis motion carried. ' ■' »* of Meeting. , ' jid'.'ors*‘ly to the ' 'Mi.'.aring committee as •: iiKctiiig for the next 'iiui!toe recommend- ■ as t!it! iifjxi meeting [)r. Mohs, of Hen- ' liis t' f t, who urr;ed the 1 11 lul'-^rsonvilie as a de- • i)'ai'*‘ Hi' said that ; all tiif iKitol facili :i.c ontt'i?ninment ■ .iii.i Kiaif-ti that it was ‘ n part of tiie st;ite that • ' :hat section Bome re- •‘iiMiinns. however, were ’'ii- Morohead (’Ity, and n 'I row fr>rth a gcKid deal '>!ll tho chairman, Dr. ' ■ 'iisfiisslon would have '!i «lid. On putting the tound necessary to ■' ^lon of the house. Forty ■’!« iioiisp rose to vote for ’ and Ko Hendersonville ' '' d on Page Two. 20,000 PEOPLE mm POES, By Associated Press. Washington, June 21.—A crowd mated at 20,000 last night took sl(*^a- tape of the invitation extended .ne public by President Taft and s ited the White House grounds, ^ a the night before when the silve^ edding anniversary of the preside’ ^ .nd Mrs. Taft was celebrated, the f .nds were ablaze with man\-col- i electric lights, festooning among the boughs of the great trees or flashing in set figures and designs. Deep interest >^as shown by the throngs, which en joying the delightful weather, remain ed on the grounds until a late hour. The president was not visible dur ing the evening, but Mrs. Taft, her sister, Mrs. Anderson of Cincinnati, and Miss Helen Taft, sat on the broad veranda for an hour watching the crowds. The Marine Band gave a con cert. By Associated Press. Chicago. June 21.—The Illinois Cen tral car repair graft cases were prac tically settled yesterday. The men in dicted for conspiracy to defraud the company are to go free and the w'hole matter will be brought to a close with in the next week, according to the Record-Herald. The fact that the graft cases were settled Kecame known when the civil suit aginst Charles L. Ewing, former superintendent of lines north was dis missed. Ewing, with Frank B. Harriman, for mer superintendent of the road; John M. Taylor, former general storekeeper; Orlando F. Keef. former superintend ent of transportation, and J. E. Buker, former assistant superintendent of machinery, were sued jointly by the road for approximately $1,500,000. ‘i don't know anything about the criminal prosecution of these men,” said .Marquis Eattm. attorney for the defendants. “All I desire to say is that the differences between the rail road company and Ewing, Harriman and Taylor have been adjusted and ev erybody is sati'^fied.” TAFIOENOIINCES “DANeEROUS F 19 By Associated Press. New York, June 21.—President Taft began the longest day of the year by rising early and breakfasting in the cool of the morning at the home of Henry W. Taft, where he had spent the night. At half past seven he was off for the Grand Central station, where his special car waited to hus tle him off to New Haven and the Yale commencement. Before daybreak the mails were car rying to Washington evidences of the President’s late retiring hour in the shape of a special message to which he put the finishing touches af ter returning from the theatre last night, ^he message, which will be presented to congress today, recom mends an amendment to the pure food law's. It is the result of a recent supreme court decision which ruled that a manufacturer could legally la bel a nostrum as a “cure for con sumption,” even though he failed to establish the curative qualities of his medicine, as long as the labed com plied with the law^ in publishing truth fully thee hemical contents of the remedy. The president wants congress to pass further legislation providing that no misbranding' or misleading statements w^hatsoever may be placed on the labels. Coionation Show Day Draws Many Visitors To London MRS. LAURA M'CANN Mrs. Laura McCann, of Hudson Heights, N. J., the wife of a New York Newspaper man, who has discovered that she is the heiress to a for> tune of $200,000 left her by her father. She assorts that her claim Is combatted by five others, who have entered into a conspiracy to de fraud her of the fortune. Mrs. McCann’s father, Dr Jacob W. Bertorii left his New York home soon after the death of his wifai, leaving the daughter with a relative. In the meantime he had become weal thy. He died on June 21, 1910, in Boston, but his daughter knew noth ing of his death until recently when a relative located her after a long search, and told her that a brother of her father had been appoint ed" administrator of her father’s estate after declaring that he, two brothbps and two nieces were the only legal heirs to the fortune. It Is charged that the testimony to combat the evidence of Mrs. Me Gann Is based upori documents in which figures have been twisted and letters arased. Standing on Nan ow Ridge RomanHc Lovers Take Vows Before The Bnde*s Altar NEW PRESIOENT STATE BOARD OF H EALTH The most interesting event, in its hearing in mnnv ways, was the elec tion today of Dr. Charles J. O’Hagan Laughinghouse, ot Greenville, to suc ceed Dr. George G. Thomas, of Wil mington, as president of the State Board of Health. This wag done at a conjoint session of State 'Board of Health and the State Medical Socie ty this morning. The board now con sists of the following; Charles J. OH. Laughinghouse, of Greenville, president. Thomas E. Anderson, M. D., States ville, J. Howell Way, M. D., Waj-nesville. \V. O. Spencer, M. D., Winston- Salem. Edward C. Register, M, D., Char lotte. David T. Tayloe, M. D., Washing ton. J E. Ashcraft, M. D., Monroe. .r‘ L. Ludlow. C. E., Winston-Sa- lem. Richard H. Lewis, M. D.. Raleigh. W. S. Rankin, M. D., secretary and treasurer. Dr. I>aughinghouse w'as nominated by Dr. McBrayer, of Asheville. The nomination w'as seconded by Dr. I. W. Fainson, of Charlotte, in a capital speech. Dr. Thomas was nominated by ur. I..aughinghoasc. Dr. Thomas Anderson of Statesville, was nominated by Dr. D. T. Tayloe, of Washington. Enthusiasm and interest in the result was high. The number of votes necessary to choice was l^aughinghouse received 150. Dr. An derson l.'^O, Dr. Thomas 105 or 10b. Dr. Thomas has been president o the State Board for 16 years, and a member of the board for 24 is the chief surgeon of ^ the Atlantic Coast Line and one of the most noted physicians of the east. , Dr. 1-aftery is a man of popularity and great promise. He has been pr^- ident of the medical board of exam iners. f The change in the presidency or the- board Is the most interesting thing that so far has taken place. i PRESIDENT TO YALE. By AsioclBted Press. ^ rr«r* New York, June 21.—President Taft left at 8 o’clock this morning for New’ Haven to attend the Yale oom- mencement. By Associated Press. Grand Junction, Colo., June 21.— Standing before an altar of quartz and granite, carved and fashioned by the hands of the bride, on a narrow ledge 100 feet from the ground and reached by a trail hew'n out of the solid rock by the bridegroom, Mis s Beatrice Farnham, the Boston artist and sculp tress, and John Otto, hermit, prospec tor and trail builder, were married yesterday afternoon in the Monument National Park, of which Otto has re cently been appointed superintendent. It had originally been planned to hold the ceremony on the top of In dependence Rock, a lofty spire tower ing more than 500 feet In the air, the pinnacle of w'hich no one has reached before except Otto, w^ho for months has been cutting steps in the side of, the rock, but the minister balked their physiol g Washington, June 21.—In a message prepared in New York and transmitted through the White House today to con gress, President Taft scathingly ar raigned the manufacturers of what he denounced as “dangerous drug frauds” and urged congress to amend at this session the pure food and drug law to strengthen that act in vital points of w^eakness recently ^ pointed out by decisions of the United States su- nreme court. President Taft believes that unless the law is amended forthwith the cocintry will again be flooded by “injurnous nostrums" and “cure alls” which were common before the pure food law was first enacted. The message was transmitted both to the senate and house and it was said today that the latter body prob ably would take up the matter at an early date. Representative Sherley of Kentucky, already had introduced a bill bearing on the subject. The message is as fowa: “To the Senate and House of Repre- sentativesV" “Your attention is respectfully call ed to the necessity of passing at this session an amendment to the food and drugs act of June 30, 1906, which will supplement existing law and prevent the shipment in interstate and foreign commerce and the manufacture and sale within the territories and the Dis trict of Columbia of worthless nos trums labelled with misstatements of a compromise w^as affected Before the ceremony the bride cook ed the wedding feast over a camp fire, then donned her wedding gown of w'hite satin, with long bridal veil, and made her way to the foot of the cliff, where the groom in blue serge coat and kahi trousers, aw^aited beside the minister, who w^as clad in the full robes of the Episcopalian clergy. Later when the wedding gown had been exchanged for a mountain-climb ing costume, the newly-married pair scaled the spiral, and on its pinnacle, where they had planned to be wedded In the first place, repeated a marriage ceremony of their own devising. Root Expected To Explain His Famous A m e n d me n t His Explanation of Canadian Reciprocity Amendment Was Expected to Give the Debate on Ihe Measure its Needed Impetus. by the senate, providing for fed eral supervision of elections when necessary, is not to the liking of Southern representatives and before adjournment it is considered likely the resolution will be sent to confer ence with instructions by the house to oppose the adoption of the provis ion. The wool bill passed by the house last night will go immediately' to the senate, but it has at no time been thought that the measure has any chance of passing there at this ses sion. The regular republican senators take the ^ound that congress should await the conclusion of the tariff board investigation, which would de fer action until the regular session of congress ip December, while the democrats reinforced by some progres- sige republican senators, insisted there should be some expression by the senate now. On Day Preceding Greatest in Great Britain*sEistoiy, Cap ital City Presents Brilliant Picture^lmmense Thron gs Crowd City. The Day PFas Filled With a Long Series of Interesting Events—Doings of King and Queen — Everything Ready For Big Event, By Associated Press. London, June 21.—London was tax- diseases; in fact, cures for all the ills known at the present day. “The labels of many of these so- called cures indicated their use for diseases of children. They were not only utterly useless in the treatment of the disease, but in many cases were positively injurious. If any of these statements had been true no one with access to the remedies which bore them need have died from any cause other than accident of age. “Unfortunately, the statements were not true. The shameful fact is that those who deal in such prepara tions know they are deceiving credu lous and ignorant unfortunates who suffer from some of the gravest ills to which the flesh of this day is sub ject. No physician of standing in his profession, no matter to what school of medicine he may belong, entertains the slightest idea that any of these preparations will work the wonders promised on the labels. 'j "Prior to the recent decision of “P“ity today. It was coro- the supreme court, the officers charged, i^^'tion show day and thousands fiock- with the enforcement of the law re- , ed from the suburbs to the city to see garded false and misleading state- j the decorations and watch the prepftr- ments concerning the curative value of i ^ nostrums as misbrandlns and ,theretomorrows great event, was a general acquiescence in this j ^^e decorations were practically view by the proprietors of the nos-1 completed and afforded *a never-end- trums. Many pretended cures, in con- ing, source of attraction for the sequence, were withdrawn from the | crowds which, in vehicles and afoot, market and the proprietors of many j formed a continuous, ever-moving other alleged cures eliminated false • mass from Victoria embankment to and extravagant claims from their, Westminster abbey and Buckingham labels, either voluntarily or under the. palace. Thousands stood hour after compulsion of criminal prosecution. hour on the steps of the new Victoria Nearly one hundred criminal pros-1 memorial which afforded a point of ecutions on this charge were conclud-1 vantage from which the movements ed in the federal courts by P^eas of j palace yards could b’e seen, guilty and the imposition of fines. ^he patience of the crowds was More than 150 cases of the same na-, rewarded by the appearance from ture involving some of the rankest | ^o time of regiments of in- , frauds by which the American people f^ntry accompanied by bands, which were ever deceived are pending now arriving to take part in lining the routs of tomorrow’s procession and must be dismissed. remedial legislation ^ from tYe'palacelo the’abbey; "and'the granted at this session, that the g^ I sing of ' state carriages contain- wnich has already been accomplished j ^ Dominion premiers, members of in regard to these nostrums will be j ^ parliament and legislature of undone and the people of the country I ^he empire, who had come to pay will be deprived of a powerful sa^- sovereign, and who guard against dangerous frauds. O received in audience by the course, as PoJ^^ted out ^y the supre^^^ morning, court, any attempt to legislate against day was filled with interesting mere expression of l Royal carriages with scarlet abortive nevertheless, if knowingly misstatements of facts as to the na^ ture of the preparations be provided against, the greater part of the evil will be subject to control. “The statute can be easily amended to include the evil I have described. I recommend that this be done at once as a matter of emergency. “WILLIAM H. TAFT.” MOTHER OF GOVERNOR HOKE SMITH IS DEAD Wool Bill as Passed by The House, bent to The Senate y^ith Little Chaceoj Passage at This Session-Issues Under Consideration, By Associated Press. Washington, June 21.—Senator Root’s long expected explanation of his amendment to the Canadian n re ciprocity bill was expected in the senate today, to give the debate on the measure the impetus it has lack ed up to this time. The New York senator’s amendment deals with the reciprocal exchange on print paper and pulp wood by the two countries and, he has argued, the bill as it stands is not complete without such an amendment. President Taft has urged the defeat of the amend ment and It has been charged that It would jeopardize the entire agree ment. While the senate was busily en- then — gaged with reciprocity, tho house had this party are Ous Jordan, Mark Lan on Its program today consideration of don, George McDonald and two oth- the Joint resolution for the direct era whose names are not known election of Benators. The amendment hara. English Tourists May Be Lost By Associated Press. San Bernardino, Cal., Juno 21.-^ Five English tourists areb elieved t: be either lost or have perished on Mount San Bernardina. The party left ten days ago to explore Frost can yon, where ice Is perpetual, and since have not been heard from. In misstatements false and misleading even in the knowledge of those who make them. “On June 30, 1906, after an agita tion of tw'enty years, the food and drugs act passed by the Fifty-ninth Congress received the approval of the president and became law. The pur pose of the measure was two-fold— first, to prevent the adulteration of foods and drugs within the jurisdiction of the federal government, and, sec ond, to prevent any false labeling of foods and drugs that will deceive the people into the belief that they are securing other than that for which they ask and which they' have the right to get. “The law was received with general satisfaction and has been vigorously enforced. More than 2,000 cases have been prepared for criminal prosecution against the shippers of adulterated or misbranded foods and drugs and seiz ures have been made of more than 700 shipments of such articles. More than two thirds of these cases have been begun since March 4', 1909. Of the criminal cases more than 800 have ter minated favorably to the government, and of the shipments seized more than 450 have been condemned and either relabeled or destroyed. In every ca^e in which the food seized was deleteri ous to health, it was destroyed. A large number of cases are now pend ing. “The supreme court has held in a recent decision (United States vs. O. A. Johnson, opinion. May 29, 1911) -that the food and drugs act does not cover the knowingly false labeling of nos trums as to curative effect or physio logical action, and that inquiry, into interstate commerce medicine compos ed of substances possessing any slight physiological action and labeled as cures for diseases, which in the pres ent state of science are recognized as incurable. “An evil w'hich menaces the general health of the people strikes at the life of the nation. In my opinion the sale of dangerously adulterated drugs, or the sale of drugs under knowingly false claims as to their ^effects on disease, constitutes such an evil and warrants me in calling the matter to the atten tion of the congress. “Fraudlent misrepresentation of the curative value of nostrums not only operate to delude purchasers, but are a distinct menace to the public health. There are none so credulous as suffer ers from disease. The need is urgent for legislation which will prevent the raising of false hopes of speedy cures of serious ailments by misstatements of fact as to worthless mixtures on which the sick will rely while their disease progresses unchecked. “At the time the food and drugs act was passed there were current in com merce literally thousands of dangerous frauds labeled as cures for pvery case of epilepsy, sure cures for consump tion and all lung diseases, cures for all kidney, liver and malarial troubles, cures for diabetes, cures for tumor and calcer. cures for all forms of heart clad footmen and motor cars with crown emblazoned hoods, moved to and fro, conveying the king’s guests to entertainments pranged in their honor or to pay formal cftlls on one another. This being the day for special in tercession foi; the king and queen, services were held in all the church es and meetings at public halls were addressed by the bishop of London, the bishop of Ripon and other lead ers of religious thought. Other attractions of the busy day included the drive of the king and queen through the West end to the national horse show at Olympia, By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., .June 21.—Mrs. Hildreth H. Smith, mother bf Governor-elect national norse snow ai uiyiuijm, Hoke Smith, died this morning at the I where there was a special perform- latter’s residence here. She was 761 ance, including a parade of foreign years old and had never recovered I officers; a review of the Canadian from an attack of la grippe, contracted ! troops by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, pre while visiting daughter, Mrs ton. Texas. Mrs. Smith was last winter with her J. McAshen at Hoiis- Miss Mary Brent mier of- Canada, at the Chelsea bar racks; the Duke, of Connaught’s din ner to the king and queen and vis iting members of royalty, foreign en- Hoke, of Lincolnton, N. C., the daugh-, y^yg g,nd dominion premiers at St ter of Michael Hoke, well known in | j^mes palace; Lord Derby’s dinner the early days as a lawyer. She was Dominion representatives at educated at Old St. Mary’s School at j Derby House, and innumerable pri- ■Oa1.QicrV, "NT P After hpr marrla.B'p she 1 onH HnnPfiS Raleigh, N. C. After her marriage she resided at Chapel Hill, N. C;, where her husband was a member of the fac ulty of the University of North Caro lina. She is survived by Mrs. McAshen and Governor Smith, Burton Smith, another son, and Mrs. F. S. Whiteside, of this place, a daughter, and by one brother, General R. F. Hoke, of Ral eigh. Special to The News. Raleigh, N. C., June 21.—Wit the end of his cross-examination not yet in sight, Samuel Kramer, of the Ware- Kramer Tobacco Company, split to day on the witness stand, being cross- examined in the damage suit against the American Tobacco Company. Again today the business letters of Mr. Kra- vate luncheons, dinners and dances. The senior ofllcers of the foreign ships assembled at Spithead, among whom were Captain Charles A. Gove, commanding the American battleship Delaware, and his companions, ac companied by British naval officials, came to London today to be the guests of the nation for two days and proved an added source of interest in the cosmopolitan multitude already here. The police, who have strenuous work ahead of them, already are do ing double duty. The street traffic at times gets the better of them and today it occasionally remained at a standstill for a half hour or longer, particularly in the center of the city. Upwards of 2,000 ambulance naen have been engaged for coronation day and already many have been placed on duty, though thus far there has not been a gr^at call for their s©rvic6. The sky w'as overcast today, but according'to the forecasters there is every reason to expect a fine day foi the coronation. During the day Captain Gove and the other officers of the Delaware, accompanied by Major S. L. Slocum, American military attache at London, called at the foreign office, where they w’ere introduced to the officia.s and shown through the interesting parts of the building. John Hays Hammond, special am bassador from the United States, had mer to the home office of his company afternoon, ac- procured by the defendant, were I ®by Ambassador Reid, he by Attorney Parker in cross-examining | Sir Edward Grey, British min- The letters Kramer had written from | i&ter of foreign affairs, at the foreign ■ -• - —■ office. Tonight the special ambassador will attend the dinner to be given by the Duke of Connaught. ^ Plan Federation of Steel Makeis By Associated Press. New York, June 21.—An Interna tional federation of iron and steel makers, planned on the lines of the •American Steel & Iron Institution, will be advocated by E. H, Gray, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, at the coming interna tional steel and Iron conference to be opened in Brussels on July 5. The conference will not attempt to fix prices for the world among produc- , ing countries or to regulate the marK- I et in non-producing countries. many points in his Southern territory he was obliged to identify as reciting trade conditions and his methods in getting trade that included giving free goods, gratis deals, extra samples and special discounts, paid with his per sonal checks to be entered on “private books” in the home office, showing thte plaintiff practiced the same methods charged -against the trust in his fight for trade. New Piesident For Poitugal By Associated Press, J.isbon, June 21.—-Anselmo Braam- eamp, was elected president of tho republic ot Portugal by the con stituent assembly todayi