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^ i^TES FOR PONY OUTFIT ON NEW OR RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE NEWS HELPS A FAVORITE j jlcst Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition I. 43. NO. 7067 CHARLOTTE N. C., THURSDAY fcVENING ‘JUNE 29, 1911 P'DTpp J In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDUy—6 Cents Sunday. Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. I^:and Jmy^s Report i.-n Steel Trust Will Be Sensational One **al Grand Jury Re* ^tv€s Promise of being Far Reaching Anti- AcUon Yet Taken by r ^ment Trust Busters. H^velations Than Have indicated by Published , w are Indicated--Cnm- \dictments Against :;gh up Said to beReady , Press. Jane 29.—WTiat prom* >9t sensational and fai> action the federal ever undertaken Is ex* • from here today when ^ Jur> , which has been against certain offl- :ed States Steel Cor* '.diaries and many in- .1 companies, makes its ^he flndlnps of the -e to be a greater y of the published \;trd. Criniinal in- , ronsplracy to con- and steel pro Condition Of Weather Today By AtBociated Pretf« Washington, D. 0., June 29.—Good Bhowers have ocouri'ed In IMinnesota and the eastern portions of the Da- kotaa and a few acattered showers ov> er the eastern portion of the cotton section and Florida during the last 24 hours. It is somewhat cooler today over the upper Ohio valley and the Lake region, but much higher tempera tures prevail over the middle West ern states northward as far as Mlnne; Bota. Maximum temperatures of 90 to 98 degrees were registered yester day over the southern aad eastern Rocky mountain slope, the Arkansa» and lower Mississippi valleys along the Atlantic coast from Atlantic City, N. J., to Jacksonville* Fla. THE ILLINOIS E Rj' Associated Press. Springfield, 111., June 29.—Doadlock- ♦ Involvins; men ' either a recess or ed.lournment ‘ ‘ 41 faction of the waterway fight prevented from transacting any others breaking a quo rum the lower house of the Illinois ;ovrrnmenfs Inves pven further and legislature at 4 o’clock this morning ^ ItK agi’eed to “stand at ease” until called 0 o'-'ie'- »y the speaker. I The bone of contention Is the admin- iFtratlon’s measure providing for a « •'ionce presented waterway from Lake Michigan - i.i JO show that t..e Mississippi river. The bill as ' I n red State? has amended by the senate makes of It -r.'emrn* into about ^ purely conservation measure by pro- ' vldlng thet of the^20,000,000 bond is- ’.i, ^a^e bftpn form- already authorized, only $500,000 hetw€Pn the sucst- expended at present along the : 1 corporation and proposed route. i" „ In the hours from 11:30 o’clock last in their investigation 4 ^^18 morning the house THE 4AN| I BAR THEM OUY. MS STAND IN ■'’'•Finn of contracts. ' ‘n .t -s of niee-ln'^s THIS BURGLAR A REGULAR HUMANITARIAN. members were themselves out. About members were present when, by 3--'nn 1= directed a?^eement the remaining members •vu"^ within the. ^'>ted to be “at ease" for a lew hours. ■ »ho steel corpora- . t evidence laid iiry snifi to involve Bv Associated Press. P, or r.rp .rations at’ Alexandria. La June 29.-\ burgler , , i an inves- entered the rebidenct of Judge \V. W. . .>n.o‘'ration f'T Plaf'kman here a few nights ago and •Ms ,ro..osed crim- the story has just developed that when ’ - i)orkots ot the jurists clothes nnv con ^ere rirted only one penny was found, .lit -vnlrh the eov- " hereupon the man with the dark lant- ■ n.t the sSel '^'■n ''‘ft » "o*® 'h®' »e would ■ j petition the next legislature to have ' the salaries of Judges in this state 3t Not Land. raised. By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., June 29.—Edward Hines, millionaire lumberman, of Chi cago, w’hose name has been repeatedly connected with the alleged raising of $100,000 to elect William Lorimer to the senate, took the witness stand in his own defense today before the sen ate Lorimer committee. It was expect ed that he would be the last Important witness examined in Washington at this time. The committee probably will adjourn Saturday to meet in Chicago after July 4th. In beginning his testimony Mr. Hines said he was 47 years old. He told of his rise from office boy at $10 a month to the day he and others formed the Edward Hines Lumber Company, in 1892. None listened to his story more in tently than his wife, who has been a constant attendant at the hearings. Mr. Hines said he owned 61 or 62 per cent of the Edward Hines Compa ny, and named banks of which he was either president or director, or in which he was a stockholder. “Do you drink or smoke?” suddenly asked Attorney Hynes. “I have never smoked. I occasion ally take a glass of beer and a glass of wine, but I don’t drink any strong liquor. Grady Bill Killed. V. T.. luno 2^^.—In j3y Associated Press. Truc?i'‘QS from the I Albany, X. Y., June 29.—The Grady • . pen: T8;€n, all steam-j bill prohibiting the photographing and nf r 'i hfi’nas have been ,'neaaurlng of suspected criminals was ^ • t ■ g=ivornment forbids' vetoed last night by Governor Dix The witness added that he drank ’ o is apd ? f General on the ground that it would hamper wine at dinner on his physicians ad- • d- ;>oaofi prosidont the police in secu’ing the most usual vice. • r. the c -ent of'his ar-|and simple means of Identification of Mr. Hynes testified that he once liv- ! suspected crimlna s and add a dlfflcul- ©d in Senator Lorlmer’s congressional , ty to securing ev.dence of crime and district and had knov^n him for years. - »of Persecution. I clues to its detertlon. j As an owner of thirty odd boats on the I I Great Lakes, Mr. Hynes said his com- ■ SB. i Steamers Colilds. ' pany was very much interested in the 1.- June '’9.—Charges of . ■ j -r. - 1 success of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf deep • ^ been made by about By_ Associated P ess.^ ^ waterway project, which Senator Lor- In this section ili's ari9. The Italian consul , ' Nlcolino I ' « ~ \ waLtJrway Sandy Hook, N. J., June 29. 1 imer advocated. United States torpedo boat destroyer, . . Ammen, from Philadelphia, reports i being in a colllfion with a schooner off 'ir.e the charges. Th® i hook at 2:4> o’clock this morning, •f b ien made public, damage wes slight, that that, they have .0 * vemor Oscar B. Col-' u Aviatois Aye Progiessing i Press. 0: June 29.—Army avia* "o Bhow progress in the a Toplanra at College .t rf;. Kvery favorable day *.fie and some of tho ofli- a* ifltlon are dlstlngulsii-; KINg Ai QU[[li P.E FINE TfilP T By Associat 'd Press, London, June 29. -King George Ve.Vrdav i accompanied by the \e^teiday Lieut. Ar-1 princess Mary, T : n altlmde of 1500 feet m.;;tM.h a i today mad. sUlI another trip through « hr'ght of Kveral hun-1‘he pr„ce.sion lacked the .1 Jan.es Allen, ehicf of the ' ceremonial and °! ■ i amone a number of i ^^‘ose of list week, popular interest . „ .8 among . number 01, undiirinlshed, and from Bucking ham Palace to the city and back through lorthea&t London crowds lined the route and chee.N'd their mR. J0B tl09 The ob ect of today’s program was to attend the coronation thanksgiving service et St. Pauls and afterwards to lunch with the lord mayor and the corroration at Guild hall. The route wpi lined by troops, each reg iment afcompanled by its band. The P9rvlce at the Cathedral was a short but impressive and was at tended ijy a congregation represent ing every Interest and every branch of the i^mplre. Aft on all royal visits to the city, tho lord mayor and the KheriffK met tho king at Temple Bar and pf')ceeded with him to 8t. Pauls, He discussed the International Har vester’s Co, interest In opposing the deepening of the Chicago river, Inclu ded In this project. The witness said he was well aware of the conflict between the harvester company and Senator Lorimer and others on the river project. Mr. Hines said his communication with Mr. Lorimer regarding the een- atorshlp was a telegram he sent Mr. Lorimer, then a representative in con gress on February 1, 1909, recommend ing A. C. Bartlett, a Chicago hard ware man, for United States senator. Lorimer sent no reply. The witness said he had not been in Springfield for five years before he testified before the Helm investigating committee Following the Bartlett telegram, Mr. Hines said he paid no more attention to the senatorship until about the mid dle of April, 1909, when Senator Pen “Senator Penrose took me up to Sen ator Aldrich’s room,” s^ld Mr. Hines, “and told him who I was. Senator Aldrich said that the administration was very anxious to have a republican elected from Illinois as soon as possi ble. He asked me to see Congressman Lorimer and impress that on his mind.” “Did Senator Aldrich explain why he didn’t call upon Mr. Lorimer him self?” asked Senator Kern. “No, sir.” Mr. Hines said that about May 20, 1909, Senator Aldrich sent for him again and said that the conditions in Illinois still Indicated that the legisla ture would adjourn without electing a benator. “He had heard in some way that Mr. Lorimer couli be elected. He said he wanted me to see Mr. Ijorvukr and urge him to become a candldat or urge him to see that some one was chosen. “A day or two later I received a tel ephone call to go up to Senator Ald rich's house. I went but he had left world that he had been calleu to the senate office building and for me to come down there. He told me he would lise to have me go with him to the White House to discuss the Illi nois situation with the president. He called up the White House. I don’t know what reply he received, but after he telephoned he said the president could se us. “I urgd upon Senator Aldrich that it might be embarrassing to him for me to go up there. He urged me to go to his house to wait for him. “When he returned he said he had a long talk with the president on the Illinois situation. The president told him about a visit from Representative Boutell regarding the situation. Sen ator Aldrich said the administration was very anxious to have a senator elected and that they felt that Con gressman Lorimer could, be elected They wished me to urge him to be come a candidate.” “Who’s ‘They’?” Interrupted Sena tor Kern. “President Taft and Senator Aid- rich.” “What can I do? I asked Senator Aldrich,” continued the witness. “ ‘Go to the long distance telephone and communicate this to him in Spring field.’ “ ‘Suppose they want it confirmed? I asked. “ ‘You are authorized to say that the governor or any. one else who ques tions it ma‘y telegraph me or Senator Penrose,, or, if necessary, the presi dent,’ said Mr. Aldrich.” ^ Mr. Hines said he telephoned this to Congressman Lorimer, and produc ed a bill from the local telephone com pany, showing a charge of $8.75 on a telephone call to Lorimer at Spring field on May 23. He also produced typewritten cop ies of confirmatory telegrams he sent to Mr. Lorimer the next day. Two Bold Bad Bandits Hold Up Trains On Southern Pacific Nojth Bound Twin Held Up Near West Fork and Mail Car-RifledSqfe Blown and Registered Mail Taken and Yeggs Leave. Special to The News. Albemarle, N. C., June 29.—At a meeting in the court house Tuesday night, June 27th, the organization of the Home Builders’ Association was completed. Directors as follows were ele^d: J. M. Morrow, E. E. Snutrgs, jrc. Hall, S. H. Hearne, T. C. Rivers, P. O. Skidmore, J. E. Ewing, A. P. Harris and W. L. Mann. These direc tors will meet within the next two or three days and elect their officers. The association will open for business on next Saturday, July 1st. This new association begins busi ness under exceedingly favorable cir cumstances, there having been already between 500 and 1,000 shares subscrib ed and it is expected to have not less than'1,000 shares when the associaliion opens for business on July 1st. Among the stockholders of the association are a large number of the very best busi ness men and citizens of the town. A i number of people who are engaged by the different Industrial plants in the town are becoming stockholders and a great step in the further building up of the town is now being taken. The men elected as directors at the meet ing Tuesday night, are among the best and most infiuential business men of the town which fact bespeaks a splen did success for the new association from the very start. Albemarle has already a very suc cessful building and loan association which has done and is doing a splen did service for its stockholders and the town. The town is large enough to support two associations, and in fact needs two associations, already the in terest aroused among the stockholders of the new association has caused a number of people to make plans to build homes. By Associated Press. Washington, June 29.—“I used to think Theodore Roosevelt was the greatest man in the universe and the people in Kansas still do,” declared George H. Earle, Jr., of Philadelphia, when he resumed his testimony today before the house sugar trust investiga ting committee. Mr. Earle told how Mr. Roosevelt once talked to him in Latin and in a more serious vein, dis cussed the sugar trust and the tariff. Mr. Earle, who was the most active pursuer of the American Sugar Re fining Company after the wrecking of the Real Estate Trust Company and the closing of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company, told the committee yesterday that former President Roose velt “had lost his preference for big game,” In not prosecuting the sugar trust officials in the case. “Have you ever had any trouble with Mr. Roosevelt?” asked Chairman Hardwick today. “None at all. I voted for him twice and stumped for him and when 1 wrote him about this case, I was sure something would be done.” “Never had any commi/nication with him since?” “No; I have met Mr. Roosevelt but once since I left Harvard, and was at the White House. He asked me if my career at Harvard had done me any good. “I told him that I ‘didn’t known.’ Then in that peculiar enunciation which he possesses, he quoted me something in Latin, which I couldn’t by any chance understand. Being ex amined in Latin by the president of the United States made me feel silly, so I smiled and the president slapped me on the back and said: ‘I see you understand’ which, of course, I didn’t, but by smiling it made him think so. That’s th» only conversation I romemr her having had with Mr. Roosevelt In many years. “Has your activity in the sugar case caused you any persecution by the sugar trust people?” “None at all. Some of the sugar trust people are my personal friends. Mr. Thomas was my classmate at Har vard and George Prazier is my per- snoal friend. In all .this transaction I never found anything that reflected on them.” Express Messenger Refused to Allow Them to Enter His Car^Train was Thought to Have Been Carrying Large Amount 0/ Gold Dust. President Ware Again on Stand Special to The News Raleigh, June 29.—President F. D. rose asked him if he could find out if Ware-Kramer Company, n T\’a'.ched the fligths. 'Tier Unable to Berth. ' 1 Press. June 29.- In the absence “ ■ ng, who are on strike, r Zeeland of the Red Star • V York, was unable to ’nrilini; fiiaje today •ngers were landed n'lor Tlie men due to re- Zeeland’a rrew at Merzy r^f'ised to go on duty. ^al arozcowill RUN FOR GOVERNOR ' ted Press. Mexico, June 29.—Dls- '*lv« d here last night from i-- - ^ * te tha* General Parfcualj thence to Guild Hall, and .1 become a candidate for *>f that ptate against Provls- ernor Abram Gonzales. lunchcon. the Illinois legislature was likely to adjourne • without electing a senator. “He asked me If I knew anything about the situation,” declared Mr. Hines, “I told him that I did not, but would find out. I talked to Repre^ii- tatives Boutell and Madden, and they said that maybe Congressman Lorimer might know.” “Wliy didn’t y6u go to Lorimer in the first instance, as he was your friend?” asked Senator Jones. “Because I just happened to meet Boutell and Madden.” “Did Senator Penrose send for you. asked Senator Kenyon. “Yea, bir.” „ Mr Hines .iaid that Senator Penrose told ‘him that Senator Aldrich was very anxious to have a republican s^- wa& again on the stand today under cross-examination In the suit against the American Tobacco Company. Attorney Junius Parker, for the American Tobacco Company, resisted effort to getting frSI^ witness the admission that the Ware-Kramer Company never was profitable and that business losses from the start and not the American Tobacco com petition, brought on receivership. The letter books of the Ware-Kra mer Company in the hands of the de fendant, were again used. There was an effort to prove that the Ware- Kramer Company had a $57,000 loss In tobacco stock in 1908 discovered by government expert. Also that In 1907 books of company showed $10,- 000 leakage in. business never ac- REESE TO By Associated Press. Glendale, Ore., June 29.—Apparent ly mistaking the first section of north bound passenger train No. 16 on the Southern Pacific railroad for a south bound train said to be carrying a ship ment of $400,000 in gold dust from Se attle to San Francisco, two robbers held up the northbound train last night near West Fork, an Isolated station in Cow Creek sanyon. The robbers rifled the mail car, blow'ing up the safe, and made away with the registered mail. They tried to secure entrance to the express car but were foiled by Messenger Robb, who refused to open the door despite threats that they would use dynamite if he. resisted. The robbers after fruit lessly prying with a crow bar at the side door of the car, finally desisted and decamped with the loot secured fror-i the mail car. The amount taken by the robbers can.not be ascertained at this time. This train carries in its registered mail the cash from Southern Oregoh post offices to Eugene, Ore., which is their depository, and this was probably included in the mail stolen. The robbers boarded the train at West Fork while the engine was taking water. Soon after it had got under way they crawled over the tender into the cab and directed the engineer to stop the train. This done, one of the men kept tha engineer and firemen^ under cover with his revoiver while the otl^er one went’ back and Tincoupled the mail and bag gage car. Then the engineer was or dered to pull these cars some distance up the track, where he vras again or« dered to stop. The robbers went back to the mail car and lining the mail clerks up, took the registered mail' pouches and dynamited the mail au* safe. The noise of the explosion warned Messenger Robb of what was taking, place and when the demand came for' him to open his door he made no re' sponse. The conductor of the train, as sooon as he discovered v,-hat had taken placo went back to West Fork where he no tified Glendale and surrounding points. Posses have been organized to pursue the robbers. A Southern Pacific train was held up and robbed two weeks ago not far trom the scene of last night’s robbery. fltor elected from Illinois “because the TOte on cirtaln schedules In the Payne counted for. bill looked very close. ] Canada party which Mr. John Mr. Hines said that ^^5°*Janaf’or IS Blake “is engineering leaves on the eon UeVe to the city boundary. Up- casion Senator ® Mr lith of August. Mr. Blalfe has secured wards Tf 700 guests sat down to theyAldrlch was very anxious to see Mr.jlUh^^t OPPONENTS OF RECIPROCITY HOLD FORTH By Associated Press. Washington, June 29.—While both branches of congress were In session today, interest continued *o center In the senate, where the opponents of the agreement with Canada now have fairly began their attack on the re ciprocity bill. A speech by Senator Gamble, of South Dakota, against the measure and a continuance of the remarks of Senator Cummins, of Iowa, who has denounced the bill as obviously un just and proposed amendments aug menting the number of Canadian pro ducts admitted free under the bill, were pre-arranged. Chairman Pen rose, of the finance commitJ;ee, in charge of the bill, adhered to his program of persistently offering his request for unanimous conse nt to fix a date for a vote on reciprocity, wool and the free list bills, and may renew that request at any time. The house had no Important busi ness mapped out, the idea of the democratic leaders being to meet and adjourn from time to time while awaiting the action of the senate on the bills sent over to it. This pro gram will be continued until after July 4. Diaz Reaches Germany. Frankfort on the Main, Germany, June 29.—General Porfirio Diaz, for mer president of Mexico, arrived here today. He is on his way to Wiesbaden, where he will take the cure. A. B. Reese and Oscar Alex ander Resign From Blake*s to Enter Business on Theii Own Book-Elaborate Plans. Rent Carson Building on Cor ner oj Fourth and South Tryon— Will Conduct Up-to- date Drug Business. The most interesting business trans action which the day has evolved is the announcement of a new drug firm for Charlotte. Mr. A. B. Reese and Mr. Oscar T. Alexander, who have been at the Blake Drug Store, one for seven years, the other for five years, today tendered their resignations to the firm, announc ing their Intention of opening a drug store for themselves in the Carson building, on the southeast corner of Tryon and Fourth streets. The store room they will occupy commands one of the best comers in the city. Standing at the head of “Wall Street” (East Fourth to Col lege) it will command the trade of that street, as well as sharing the trade of Ti*yon. Mr. Reese has been in the drug bu siness for 25 years, 23 years of which have been spent in Charlotte. He is known as one of,the best and most accurate druggists 1 nthe city. Mr. Alexander is a graduate phar macist, having passed the state board with high mark. The combination is a particularly good one. The new firm will obtain possession of their building by the loth of July. By the first of August they will be ready to open the store to the trade. The name under which the new store wil Ibc operated has not been decided upon. The store will be up- to-date In every detail. The soda foun tain, which will be one of the features of the store, will be one of the largest in Charlotte. Love, Politics And Hobbleskirts By Associated Press. Chicago, IL, June 29.—Love, politics and hobble skirts are hoi>elesEly en tangled In the latest edicts of WUllarn! Glenn Vollva, overseer at Zion City, the north shore commtmity founded by the late John Alexander Dowie, Voliva discovered that some o! the young women of his faction are actual ly making love to young men in Zioa who are opposing him. The overseer officially took the LOftt- ter In hand and through “leaves of healing,” official organ of the church, issues an order forbidding young wom en of the church to associate \ritli his enemies. If you want to wear bobble or harem skirts go live in a pond with toads and frogs where you belong, you fools,” writes the overseer. “ The word of God calls for moderate dresses and there is no reason w^hy Christian wom en should follow the dictates of fool ish old women over in Paris. People of today will wear anything or practically nothing, just as dame tates." fashion Plan To 3 reat Vic tims of 2 he Fourth By Associated Press. Albany, N. Y., June 29.—While the glorious Fourth is expect>’ to be cel ebrated In a safe and sane manner In this state, the state department of health has notified health officers throughtout the state that it has a supply of tetanus anti-toxin ready to distribute for emergency use. “Victims of explosions and other powder bums should be treated im mediately with the anti-toxin,*’ says the state health commissioner, “So far as 1» known, no case of lockjaw has developed In this country among those who have been inoculated w^ith a dose of this serum.” Evans Makes Record, By Associated Press, Sandwich, Eng., June 29.—Charles W. Evans, Jr., of Chicago, the western open golf champion, again went around the links in 78 In the third Ulnei. —Mr. Roy Steele, of New York, who has been at home on a visit for a week returns to New York Sunday night. Mr Steele has a host of friends in)round of the open golf champloashlp Charlotte. todaj\ His total score waa 834, I
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