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-.T*?-jf•^Vs'i': vrES FOR PONY OUTFIT ON NEW OR RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE NEWS HELPS A FAVORITE THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition V ' I 43. NO. 7064 CHARLOTTE N. C., NON DAY tVENlNG, JUNE 26, 191 1 p'DJpp I In Charlotte 2 Centa a Copy aDlly—6 Cents Sunday. *■ Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy DaUy and Sunday. mous Cunningham Coal Land Claims Are Disallowed r Claims, Through ■ was Charged the \rns Hoped to Ex- ■\ r Interests, Are j by Interior De~ L^'scinn Have Been \ For Years And i MiUions-~Caused n er-Pinchot Inves- 26 The famous •..•n coal land ' -rh it has been . rgan-Guggenheim • : ^0 extend thoir \1;. ^ka and to con- m. .'i valuable coal ^ \^ore today finally dei'artmeni of the ’nt prior Walter : roved the depart- * ''iir.d.'d down by ">i>:'ioner of the >t I i >r i ^ beHe^ ed ,1 fo th{‘ Cunnmg- "tornoys have Odice Mooie Drown ed At Blackshwg Special to The News. Blacksburg, S. C., June 26.—Odlce Moore, ticket agent for the Southern railway here, and a prominent young man, was drowned yesterday afternoon in Buffalo creek, a short distance from the town limit. He had gone out with R. S. Cooksey, local railroad agent for the Southern to go bathing in Buffalo Creek. He was considered a good swimmer and had been in ihe water for some time before he went down. He was at some distance from his companion, when the latter discov- ered that something w’as wrong and made an attempt to reach him, but too late. It is supposed he took cramp. The young man was 22 years of age and was one of the most popular young men in the city, w'here he had been in the employ of the Southern for some time. One Killed In Explosion By Associated Press. Port Arthur. Tex., June 26.—An ex plosion which occurred aboard the barge Gumble in the harbor here at . 6:30 this morning caused the death 1 to th» United i of one man and the destruction by flre but such anjof $150,000 worth of property. The ex- i on’' « n some I plosion was felt for several miles. TIIUST SCAWOaw ELttM UP AGAIN. Mr. Clarence S. Funk Appealed Today In The Lorimei Trial THE WEATHie ,i ;.nrt n.'t on the : roun-od by the rlniii ' have been Three barges, a tug and three ware houses filled with oil at the Texas Company’s terminals were destroyed. The captain of the Gumble was :..'\.n lv for more; blown into the air a distance of sixty t They brought j or a hundred feet and instantly killed. ‘ investiga-! Seamen standing a few feet away were dismissal' uninjured, i-'o of Chief f'or-j Following the explosion the barge . t. I.o-iis R. Gla-jwas enveloped in flames. Three ; division in the i barges moored alongside and a tug - vr;al minor offt-icaught and were soon burning fiercely. I The fire than spread to the wore- •^^hot and Glavis | houses of the Texas Company, and the '' insubordinatiou i cas^s of oil in .this building w^r6 soon on former w hom they ; ly disposed to- ■s Staterr.ent. •'.•■‘ci.^ion of the ''ar.v Fisher. ..ii • r in Marcn ; vk CO .! land laws t' at territory ■ r-'i'cfly. In a >• ha'd: n ot the Cun sending flames high into the air, thre_atening destruction to vast proper ty alone: the water front. At noon the fire was under control. Other shipping in the harbor w’as un injured. HUSBAND WAS LIKE A PIECE OF STONE New York, June 26.—The trial of the suit of 31rs. Edith Russell Gambier, a former Atlanta society girl, for a sepa- p - the depart- ration from Edwin Victor Gambier, a i- concernea. h*nker, was continued before Justice s will be [ Pendleton in tlie sujireme court to- . purpose of I day. Mrs. Gambier has testified that ca -e the I her h«sband treated her “like a piece '•re questions I of stone” and seldom embraced or T,; nresenti kissed her. "I'i ritr.ndins, At today’s session Mrs. Gambier was • T',0 ^ndiassI recalled to the stand. She was ques- .t;.urtment are •n of fhc depart- r • »o a final de- remainins • ;o c;r as this . deiv>ing those 1 . rd granting sranied as rap- ii t a. present >13 in Alas- .1 hie laws. . must be •y are the ’ hey af- he public Hi'jsrs of tioned about card playing and said she had played cards a few times with the geitleman whose name had been handed to her on a card bj; counsel. Mrs. (iambier. in reply to an interroga tion of counsel, said her huband play ed solitaire.” THREE FIREMEN PERISH IN FIRE, By Associated Press. Portland, Ore., June 26.-Three fire men are thought to have perished in a fire which broke out today in the plaut of the Union Oil Company. The damage is now estimated at $250,000 and the flames are still spreading. , -»ri priv:'e ’ y 'rust that ! xlifled ft the ' > 11 T” t ■ ^ S to • * 'V of the Alas- r ,!rovir'.ciis that , ■ - r' :ect and • inrere&ts. If, how- ' . now pending • exii^ting la'v, are I • no justiflca- ai *n upon them ti artment can •n I'ossession uf h .-itich actlou L.-^r-.'s is Great. ' . tt, in his de- ' ' ii/i • . ir cancel- !• '1 / fraud, de- ' !;, ■ r.:; atries v.-as 1 :1 of fatal ■ I !i oir face. • ..o government ; I I, •! the charges til" I'lairaants and ' ‘ ’ ;V;ii an a^ree- 11 in violation ol . f! .'iMiounted to i HCicS. The I. ' b en estimated ■ - The coal em- ' ^ i.'-, snid to be • tl.*’ vorld Work of Glavis. I"-iw t ’.o.’ikfcs fre th work of Gia '• ' rnjnent’8 ■’ . ni claim* .•t I'nJTth to the ■ ' 1) (■ ...ninham and the (Ju/;gen- *• .~'i(rA'n at the Hiil- ' ■‘‘iriK to have taken ' w.il h'.iitl?, which 'n ■ t.niM ■ rion with • • •idK!?'’f!htjim in- t»-ii . harped against ' I : ' Hs.rociates that ‘ ■ ,i wore '■ ' -• nn understand. 1 on Page Two.) EXPECT mi ON Diegle 2 ml Resumed Today By Associated Press. j Columbus, Ohio, June 26.—The trial > of Rodney J. Diegle, sergeant,at-arms of the Ohio senate, indicted on the | charge of acting as go-between for certain members of the legislature and Ftank S.. Harrison, a detective, in soliciting bribes, was resumed today with Roscoe R. Wolcott, court steno grapher, on the stand. He Is expected to testify to notes of converastions of legislators with Harrison tnat he took over the dictograph 4n. a -room- at the hotel. In this room legislators are alleged to have met Harrison and dis cussed bills and, according to Harri son, accepted bribes from him. | Was Defiant in Face of Advernty i By Associated Press. New Orleans, June 26.—Undaunted by having her husband fall ill and the source of income suddenly cut off, Mrs. H. A. Brothers, of this city, transformed her backyard into a min iature truck farm several months ago and has since made enough in grow ing vegetables to support the family. Her lot is 45 by 159 feet, part of which is taken up by t^e residence. One day last week truck worth $1.05 was sold from one patch 15 feet square, and 85 cents from another lit tle patch. She cultivates celery, snap beans, lettuce, onions, carrots, corn, lima beans, squash, cucumbers, spin ach, green peas, peppers, radishes and pumpkins, and wherever there is an inch of room not occupied by some vegetable, Mrs. Brothers has chry- santhemum& which will bloom and find a market next November. She pays a street sweeper 25 cents per load for “sweepings” which she uses as fertilizer. The husband can now do light work, and as Mrs. Brothers has made such a s-uccess from her farm both are centering all efforts to- ward getting enough money ahead to buy a larger place. RULE ISSUED XGISI THREE L Fattietes Asks For New Cabinet AT DAY’S SESSION By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., June 26. An ex pected vote on the Root amendment to the wood pulp and print paper sched ule of the Canadian reciprocity bill be fore the adjournment of the senate this afternoou, was the overshadowing feature of today’s program of con gress. A little political by-play was anticipated In the house over the urg ent deficiency bill because of its In clusion of $31,000 odd to pay the bill of the probing committees, including those investigating the affairs of the Steel and Sugar trusts and the ex penditures of the executive depart ment, but the urgent deficiency bill Is always railroaded through congress. The Root amendment was tacked on the reciprocity bill by the finance com mittee almost three weeks ago To the section of the agreement which pre scribes that wood paper board, etc., shall be admitted free of duty from Canada, the amend ment adds these words: •‘When the president of the United States shall have satisfactory evidence and shall make proclamation wood i)ulp, paper and board, being the product of the United States, mitted into Canada every pro thereof free of duty.” President Taft, Democratic Leader Underwood and others this amending provision, if adopted, as fatal to the agreement. FILIBUSTERING DAYS ARE OVER By Associated Press. New Orleans, June 26.—That the festive filibustering days are over for the time being, anyway, is the forced conclu&ion of certain Central Ameri cans in this city following the visit to New Orleans, Gulport, Mobile, Pensa cola and Tampa of lynx-eyed secret service agents of the United States government. It seems that the wo^ was passed along that Uncle Sam would deal severely with the next bunch of revolutionists operating out of joilf ports and'Hhat special care would be taken to balk any filibuster ing expedition. A hundred or more cases of arms were held up at this port last Sat urday by the consul of Nicaragua. The arms we/e consigned, presuma bly, to the government. It is now said that arrangements had ® have them fall into the hands of par ties hostile to the Nicaraguan ad ministration. An investigation IS be ing made and it is possible that the entire consignment may be seized. NAGEL BARS LOAN SHARKS. Washington, D. C., June 26.^“Loan sharks” come under the ban In an or der which Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel has issued, fot'blddmg any assignment or making over of salary by an employe of the department as security for a loan or* under any cir cumstances to loan brokerage con cerns. By Associated Press. Washington, June 26.—Justice Dan iel T. Wright, of the district su preme court, today Issued a rule against Samuel Compers, Frank Mor rison and John Mitchell, the labor leaders, requiring them to show cause on July 17 why they should not be judged guilty of contempt of court. This action followed the filing of the report of the special committee of at torneys appointed by Justice Wright to inquire Into the mater of con- empt proceedings in the Bucks stove and range boycott case. Mr. Gompers is president, Mr.-Mor rison secretary and Mr. Mitchell a vice-president of the American Feder ation of Labor. The contempt proceed ings against the labor leaders recent ly were passed upon by the United States supreme court, which set aside jail sentences heretofore imposed by Justice Wright. The supreme court held that the contempt on which Jus tice Wright formerly passed was of a civil nature and against the Bucks Stove and Range Company. In dismissing the former proceeding, however, the supreme court gave to the District court a right to reopen the case in the event that any con tempt of the court itself or its orders should be found. Inasmuch as the stove company and the American Federation of Labor have adjusted their differences, it was not supposed that the matter would be pursued further. But the day fol lowing the decision. Justice Wright im mediately ordered an investigation with a view looking to further con tempt action against the labor men. He appointed a committeo of three lawyers to Inquire Into all the cir cumstances of the case anu to deter- i mine whether or not there had been a contempt of the court itself. This committee consisted of J. J. Darling ton, Daniel Davenport and James M. Beck. Samuel Gompers, in a statement, at once questioned the fairness of an inquiry by the^se gentlemen, in as much as they all had been associated as counsel for the stove company against the federation. BIG DAMAGE SUIT RESUMED THIS AFTERNOON By Associated Press, Paris, June 26.—President Fal- lieres today asked Joseph Caillaux, the minister of finance in the MonIs ministry that retyped yesterday, to form a new cabinet. M. Caillaux said that he would give a definite response this afternoon. Mr. Caillaux had been suggested to the president by M. Monis, and it is understood that if he undertakes the task, the new cabinet will follow the path of the old concerning proposed ^ changes in the electoral law, involv ing proportiortal .-repp««ffta.tion in elections. Accordingly Caillaux will be required to make up a combination which will be assured of the support of the radical majority which is di vided on the question of electoral re form. - By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., June 26.—An area of low pressure, central over Iowa has caused scattered local showers in the upper Mississippi valley. Good rains have fallen since Satur day over tipKake region as far south as Tennessee and over several of the cotton growing states. Rains were very heavy in northern Ohio and portions of Tennessee, but dry weath er continued over western Missouri, Kansas, the greater portion of Okla homa and northwestern Texas. Very high temperatures, ranging from 96 degrees to 104 degrees, w’ere registered Saturday and Sunday over states west of the Mississippi river, extending as far as the Rocky moun tains and reaching from Minnesota to Southern Texas, while on Sunday 108 was registered at Dodge City, Kan. Brisk winds accompanied this in tense heat over a large paTt of the Southwest. The barometric disturbance which has been moving slowly eastward over the Rocky mountain slope, is this morn ing centered in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. The rains which have attended this disturbance west of the lake region, i -ve been followed by considerably cooler weath er, somewhat lower temperatures pre vailing this morning over the North western states. It continues abnormal ly warm, however, in Missouri, Kan sas, and states further south. Thunderstorms. Louisville, Ky., June 26.—Thunder storms accompanied by cloudbursts of unusual proportions were noted throughout a large part of the Ohio valley this afternoon. Small creeks were swollen to a point where com munication by country roads was in many'instances impossible and serious wire trouble was experienced by telephone and telegraph companies. Alan Whose Revelations About the Alleged Corruption Fund Caused Illinois Investigat es Jestifies Bejore Senhte Com mittee in Famous Trial The One Millionth Patent Issued By Associated Press. W'^ashington, June 26.—The United States government will issue its one millionth patent for an invention on August 1 next and the honor will got to an inventor who has been designated by President Taft. Commissioner of Patents Ed'^^ard Bruce Moore has been looking for some time to a celebration of the issuance of a patent number one million. It was hoped that this distinguished number should go to some epoch making In vention. Several weeks ago President Taft re ceived a letter from an American in ventor saying he had perfected a de vice which he intended to patent and that he would like to have the honor of receiving number one million. The president asked the commissioner to comply with the request If it was not incompatible with the regulations of the office. The commissioner reported to the president that the device was good and v/ould constitute a valuable addition to the list of American Inven tions and that patent number one mil lion would be granted ithe inventor. The number was placed in reserve and will be officially recorded on the first issue day of August. Special to The News. Raleigh, June 26.—At one o’clock this afternon Federal Court recon vened In the trial of the million two hundred thousand dollar damage suit of the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Company vs. American Tobacco Company, but at the request of plaintiffs’ counsel court took recess to 2:30 when the plaintiff, P. D. Ware, is to take the stand. The Trunstein evidence was tem porarily withdrawn by plaintiff’s coun sel. He had $36,000 stock in the Ware- Kramer Company and in this deposi tion developed the relations of the company co-defendant W. M. Z. Car- : ter, to plaintiff and defendant cor- > porations that is a vital issue in the suit. FOR 0.S. SENATE By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of the Savann h Press, is here today conferring with early arriving legislators who are coming for the opening of the assembly ses sions Wednesday. Mr. Stovall, through his friends, announced his candidacy for the. United States senatorship to succeed Joseph M. Terrell, who is serving the unexpired term of the late A. B. Clay, by appointment of Governor Brown. Mr. Stovall is a mem ber of the state executive committee and has all along stood for a primary election for senator. Leiglslators are coming a on every train today and the lobby of the hotel which for years has been headquarters for the members, and the capitol it self, has taken on a lively apepar- ance. The usual large number of political forecasts and gossip Is rampant. Ruth Solomon 'Won The Watch Rail Mill Resumes. Bv Associated Press. Youngstown, O., June 26.—The rail mill of the Ohio plant of the Carnegie Steel Company resumed operations last night after being idle fod a year and a half. Suit Against Magazine hust ✓ By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., June 26.—A civil anti-trust ^uit against the periodical i>ublishers association, commonly call ed the “Magazine Trust,” will be filed in the United tSatcs court at New York some time tomorrow unless the present plans of the department of Justice are changed. STRIKE STARTED By Associated Press. London, June 26.—Another shipping strike was launched today, xhe union workers on the dock at Liverpool gen erally obeyed the order to strike against the 46 firms in the shipping federation. The shipping interests at Hull, Goole Grangemouth and Clyde found them selves in a similar plight, the union men refusing to handle goods from federation chips. Negotiations between employers and employes have ceased. The trouble began at Liverpool where the strike leaders, encouraged by the success of the seamen in ob- taiiiing concessions, issued a manifesto ordering all the union workers employ ed by the shipping federation to stop work. 2,000 Men Strike. Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 26.— Two thousand dock hands struck to day in sympathy with the striking sea men. Work ceased at all of the ships of the eight largest firms. Woman Took Poison. By Associated Press. Wheeling, W. Va., June 26.—Placed under arrest at her home, Mrs. Min nie* McBride swallowed carbolic acid, hurled the bottle at the policeman’s head and died within a few minutes. Neighbors had complained that Mrs. McBride was acting in a disorderly manner ,^nd annoying them. Miss Ruth Solomon is the winner of the watch, as having turned in the most money on subscriptions during the week ending: last Saturday night. The watch will be presented to Miss Solomon tomorrow. As was previou^lj' announced, the amount or business turned in by any of the contestants will not be made public until the close of the contest. The records in this office show every subscription turned in, b^ whom and the date turned in and can be seen by any contestant after the contest closes. A sworn statement of the amounts turned in during the past week has been made by the contest manager and sealed. This will be made pjiblic after the contest closes and can be proven by the original contest cash records. We are very sorry that a typograph ical error omitted the name and standing of Miss Eloise King, in the standings published in The News yes terday. Miss King has nearly 20,000 votes to her credit and is one ot the most hard working of the contest ants. We are sorry that the error was made, but it of course in no way infiuences her standing as the recorcs kept show what has been done. This is the second time that an error has been made and we trust that it wiil not hapiven again. The next list of standings will be published in The News on Tuesday and will include all votes deposited in this office up to 7 o’clock tonight. There is only a little over three weeks of the contest left and every moment counts. Tells of How He Managed to Meet Senator Lorimtr But Nothing of Vital Interest Either Way is Learned by Cross Examination, By Associated Press Washington, June 26.—Clarence S. Funk, general manager of the Inter national Harvester Company, whose accoiunt of an alleged request to him by Edward Hines of Chicago, for a $10,000 contribution toward a $100,- 000 Lorimer election fund, caused an investigation by the Illinois senate committee, appeared today before the senate Lorimer investigation commit tee. Edgar Farrar of New Orleans, had been added to the counsel for Lorimer and Hines, and joined with his asso ciates, Elbridge Hanecy and W. A. J. Hynes, of Chicago, in cross-examining the v/itness. John H. Marble, of counsel for the committee, began the direct examina tion, Mr. Funk testified that as general manager of the harvester concern, it was one of his duties to keep in touch with political affairs. He declared, how ever, that never to his knowledge had the company used money to get votes in legislatures or congress. He said, as far as he could, h§ had always avoided discussing Lorimer personally. “Have you regarede Mr. Lorimer as a factor opposed to the International Harvester Company?” asked Mr. Mar ble. “No sir.” Just how he was introduced to Sen- was described by Mr. Fuhk. Ke said the meeting occurred in Washington about 18 months ago. “Mr. Hines came up to Mr. McCor mick and myself in a hotel here,” ex plained Mr. Fimk. “We talked for a few moments when Mr. Hines said that Senator Lorimer was in his room and he, Hines, wished we would meet him.” “What did you do?” asked Mr. Mar- ble. “I looked at Mr. McCormick and Mr. Me Carmick looked at me, and we both looked out of the window. I wait ed for Mr. McCormick to say some thing. Finally we went up stairs^ and were introduced to the senator.” He told of another.meeting with Mr. Lorimer and added: “The senator was verj*^ kind on both occasions.” The witness said the had never heard Senator Lorimer’s name men tioned in connection with a tax fight on the McCormicks, who are largely inter ested in the harvester company. “Do you recall a certain conversa tion with Mr. Edward Hines?” asked Attorney Marble. •Y^s Mr. Funk then reapated his troy of the conversation with Mr. Hines in which the request for the $10,000 con tribution is said to have been made. “Just as casual as the sale of a car of lumber,” was the way Mr. Funk referred to the proposition. The witness said he met Mr. Hines at the Union League Club soon after T.«Lorimer’s election. Hello,” said Hines, according to Mr. Funk, 'you are just the man I want to The witness explained that he was not repeating the exact words neces sarily, the only giving his recollections of the conversation. Hines said; “Well, we put Lorimer over down at Springfield, but it cost $100,00 to do it.” The witness added that Hines ex plained that they had to act quickly. “What else?” inquired Ma,rble. “He said: ‘Now we are seeing some of our friends to get the matter fixed up.’ ” Mr. Funk said he inquired, how much he was getting. “Well, we can only go to a few big people,” Mr. Funk said Hines replied, “and if we can get 10 tO contribute $10,000 we can wipe it out.” Balloon Burned. Hannoversch-Muenden, Prussia, June 26.—The dirigible balloon Parseval V. while undergoing repairs today, caugnt fire and was destroyed. No one was injured. Pardon for Arthur Cooper. By i^ssociated Press. Hopkinsville, Ky., June 26.—Gover nor Willson sent to Hopkinsville today a pardon for Aruthur Cooper, recently indicted for disturbing the peace. Ac- companjang the pardon was a state ment from the governor in which he charged that the indictment was the outgrowth of Cooper’s testifying against alleged night riders. Cooper, according to the governor, has been a marked man since he gave his testi mony and has been made the subject of persecution. Swindell Sold to Cleveland. Special to The News. Winston-Salem, June 26.—Announce ment W’as made today that Pitclier Swindell hal been sold to the Cleve land American League at a price de- ^clared to be the highest ever received for a Carolina league player, Swin dell .will report at Cleveland at the end of the present season.
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