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V5TESF0R PONY OUTFIT 0N~NEW OR RENEWAll SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE NEWS HELPS A FAVORITE Latest Edition THE X Latest Edition VOL. 43. NO. 7075 CHARLOTTE N. C., SATURDAY t.VENING ‘JULY 8, 1911 pii I In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDlly—6 Cents Sunday. Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday, Several Lives Lost In Wieck Of The Steamer Santa Rosa Report is to the Efitct \at 2 weniy Passengers Per- wd — Four Member oj p*s Crew Known to Be :ad. 1 Vessel Ran Ashore there :^e 775 Passenger Aboard r ue Boat Capsized With ^astrous Resuits— Cause of Wreck. : • d Press. ara. Cal.. July 8.—In ■ lion- from company offi- ■ P 'tlicers to the contrary -'f the wrecked steamer • h i arrived here today I'iini; battle with the ■ • -mashed the stranded . ’ha' more than four per- r lives. . ci and nineiy-lwo passen- fh^t have been accounted •IV the survivors. Thera ;en?ers on the steamer - r rescued declare todav ■ of the missing ones dt^at.i when the surf- an-i ^^lnt lo pieces. ' -Second Offlcer E. • c seamen of the steam- ■’ O’ ti-p Pacific Steam- hirh went ashore at yesterday, are known ! c vned when a life boat c he passengers of the •. tl were being taken ' ' . rew. unmn firmed reports number of passengers, ■ .ated at from three to ill.- nv\ing to the isola- •cene of the wreck accu- ation Is not obtainable at L st of Known Dead. second officer, inson. seaman. ;ffer. .-eaman. ■f-b.-'t' .ataman. ’: - -a %|,hore Just the mouth of'tlw Hondn. -»fd ha' a powerful search a la’u =’f railroad labov- ere '‘0''klng near the wreck 1 :-.e of ?he vesel leaving Its ■ iuxpr- rmaster mistaking it .■f the Point Argueilo ' o --a' - r struck the injury a, '■ to be serious and ■ n. > believing he would be '1 rloat ?he Santa Rosa. :* ! rn-'* to land the passen- ^’”d. rifing soon aftf^r ■••rned »•' rock the boat ? y preparations were t par-engers and crew * ' " ^ o’clock a heavy swell ' e*^sel amidships and at ,.iit in two. 2~~ per:^ns on board, rt. hijrl taken refuge in the tion. a.- the .'tern of the ived the brunt of the at- ■ »■ - waves. ::: cer C W. Brown carried = >re in a boat and when ted a landing after a des- " ith the waves, aid had ^V.ore A net was rigged up • line and the passengers, I . ;;ildren first, were taken r !und'?ring ship, three and = me. .1 'rr in which Second Officer .ijr.d *hree seamen lost their ■>rl ju?» before the vessel f * !> assault of the waves ■ in two. A large boat, car- ' . TT.rn had Just put out. Hea- ^- n* It crashing the hull of ■ ' • :-ar Patterson, a seaman, - 1i swimming to shore, but :mpanions perished. a;t containing 20 women IT fhe bow of the Santa Rosa, had fallen and the search- hofe lighted the scene im- 0 'h’l^ i' could not be de- • hether all the women were Ditcredits Report. ’nnri?ro, t'al., July 8.—F. S. Francisco agent of the Pa- I rdp Company, refused early (r dit the reports of the - of LO of the Santa Rosa’s U4 r>atch stated definitely,” he t a only the second officer - members of the crew’ were Had some difficulty in "ire !>ervice and at a late Tii^h I believe there were ndelivered dispatches out ' fhlnk we w’ould have been . * such a number of passen- '! hf>en drowned.” Relief Train to Scene. .ara, Tal., July 8.—The re- ■•■arine the rescued passen- ! wrecked steamship Santa rd in Santa Barara today n ! p 'i'^ftil freight of hys- and half-clad shivering 'uit*ring and privation were r 1; inlv on the faces of all and weeks and in some cases fort some of the victims re- All had been drenched to the coming ashore in the breeches *n the high surf and none had '■ ? *o (.it since the noon meal fii on board the ship except a 'in«"h and a cup of coffee provl- thc symi^athetic farmers who fi to the beach from their near- hOLifR when tho vessel began to up. Many were too weak to leave the cars unassisted and a half a dozen had to be carried from the train on stretch ers. Hardly one of the passengers was fully clothed. The greater part of them were wrapped in blankets. The rescued passengers were for the most part too wrought up to talk con nectedly of their nerve-racking experi ence. A few of the cooler spirits, how ever, were able to give a brief word picture of the wreck, the long suspense on the crumbling ship as it crunched to pieces beneath them on the rocks and the terrifying passage through the boiling surf to slafety on the bench. No one will be able to tell accurate ly for some time how many lives were lost, was the opinion expressed this morning by three survivors who insist they saw one woman swept from a life boat and drowned. They say that many more might have perished in the numerous up- t^ets that marked the journeys of the life rafis to the shore. E. K. Ross, with his wife and son. of San F'rancisco. were among the rescued who reached here. That Mrs. Ross reached home alive is due to the heroism of some unkonwn passen ger who grasped her as she was sink ing for tlie third time after she had been swept from an overturned life raft and swam with her child through the breakers in safety. “I sank three times,” said Mrs. Ross. ‘‘It was the life preserver which brought me to the surface each lime but I was unable to battle w’ith the imemsne breakers that swept over niy head. Once I came to the top and saw my little boy just as he was going down. I .crabbed him by the hair and just then a big. strong man caught me and heljied me get ashore with my child." Mr. Ross says that the passengers from the first asked to be put ashore. They even called to a passenger train passing along the cliff he said. The train stopped, he said, but the captain would not allow the passen gers to go ashore. “It was quiet as a mill pond then." Mr. Ross went on. “and it would have been an easy task for the crew- to put us ashore. But Captain Faris said he had orders by wireless from his company to keep the people aboard. “The life saving crew of a station near the point appeared on the scene early in the day and offered assistance but after keepin.c: them by two hours the captain told them they would not he needed. When actual debarkation from the ship did commence, however, they returned and did heroice work.” •‘There were probably eight lost in all and it will be some time before the exact number is known,” said Q. G. Schooner, of San Luis Obispo. “Two boats capsized, one from the Santa Rosa in command of second mate Heuson and another from the schooner Helen P. Drew' which stood by us all day waiting for a chance to help us get a line ashore.” Among those too seriously hurt to leave the train was Miss Jertiie Wea ver of San Francisco. West Construction Co. Awaided The Contract Foi The City Paving I! OF m IN Til Award was Confirmed at a Special Meeting Held at Noon Today—Material will be Decided on Later—Other Awards Made Today. The one thing hold-up men agree upon—even if later they fight over the division of the spoils. PROLOGUE OF woman and" four children she was sent ashore in a net attached to the surf line. Waves washed over them con' tinually on their passage to the beach and all were completely exhausted when they reached the shore and had to be cut from the net. By Associated Press. New’ York, July 8.—For lack of the last witness wanted a further hearing of the Stokes shooting case was post poned today until Tuesday morning. On that day Magistrate Fi-eschi will decide whether the evidence warrants holding Lillian Graham and Eethel Gra ham for the grand jury on the charge of trying to murder W. E. D. Stokes, the wealthy hotel man. The missing witness is Wilfred Hart, the elevator operator, w’ho took Stoke up to the defendants’ apartment on the evening of June 6th, w'hen he was shot. Hart's testimony will be brief but attorneys for the defense explained that it is important because through him they expect to prove that instead of Hart's saying to Stokes, With another “Go right up; you are expected,” TO mUFSTlBllTE E LE SERVICE By Associated Press. Washington, July 8.—When the house committee on expenditures in the state department convened in ex ecutive session . today it was report ed that an investigation would be made in connection with vouchers for sums paid out of the department’s emergency fund. The committee, it is understood, desires to leam if these vouchers will show that “double sal aries’’ have been paid—that is, it those drawing regular salaries in the department—have been paid for vvork said to have been uone in connection with special commissions. Representative Hamlin, of Missouri, chairman of the committee, has de termined that he will if possible And out if the names of those appear ing on the vouchers also appear on the department's pay rolls. The Bloodhound Wins Recognition By Associated Press. Topeka. Kas., July 8.—The Kansa supreme court jesterday held the bloohound as an agent of justice. If the hound has been proven accurate in following the trail of human foot steps, that evidence was evidence enough, said the court, to convict. The decision came in the appeal of Glen Adams, convicted in November 1910 in Graham county of the murder ot Joseph Anderson, a farmer. Tracks about Anderson’s home gave the hounds a good trail and they fol lowed it to the Adams home six miles distant. Shoe tracks at the Adams house and around Anderson’s body corresponded with the shoes Adams wore. ^ The shoes and the hounds were all the evidence against Adams. Stokes said to the elevator boy: I “You needn't announce me, I am ex- pected,” which indicated that Stokes wished to arrive without warning. The Heat Wave Has Hit Pans By Associated Press. Paris, July 8.—France is suffering from a heat wave more intense than the country has experienced since 1000 Todav the temperature in the shade was slightly above 90 with a humid, breezeless almosphere. Some prostrations and one death result ed in this city. MAGAZINE OWNER DIVORCED. Reno, Nev.. July 8.—After relating manv details of her husband s neg lect and abuse, Mrs. Kate E. has been granted a Courtland Huuter Toung, publisher of Voung’s Magazine, New York. Mrs. Young said in court: "From the day of our marriage ^ P vided absolutely all the money for our support. I have no idea what he did with the money he made. I about $70,000 which he used and must have received an income fr°m. n i had continued to live with him all^e money I had left would have been *“he couple w«r in June, 1901. Tner« are no chUdren. New' York, July 8.—The prologue of the Stokes shooting case approached its end today with the third session in the Tombs court, w'hich will decide whether Miss Lillian Graham and •Miss Mabel Conrad shall be held fob the grand Jury on the charge of try ing to murder the wealthy hotel man. Unless the defense succeeds in finding some of the missing letters W. E. D. Stokes is said to have written Miss Graham it is expected to close its case with the testimony of the elevator boy at the apartment house where the tw'o girls admit they filled Mr. Stokes’ legs full of bullets when he called to recover these same letters. The sensation of the hearing yes terday was the discovery that Stokes’ private detective had found a package, of letters in the girls’ room after the shooting and turned them over to his employer. Only eight letters finally reached the district attorney and the defense declares that Stokes held out others, w'hich he did not wish to be come public. , As soon as Commissioner Waldo reached police headquarters this morning he took up the case of the three city detectives who permitted James Cummings, the Ansonia house detective, to remove the packet of Stokes’ letters found in the apart ment of Ethel Conrad and Lillian Graham three days after the shooting. Counsel for the two girls maintain there w'ere 18 or more letters in the package. Only 12 reached the dis trict attorney’s office after tney had passed through the hands of Stokes’ private counsel. Commissioner W’aldo instructed a deputv to get to the bottom of the part played by the police in the search for and transfer of the let- ters. “If anybody’s guilty here, ’ he said, “the iron ball will be set rolling.” As soon as Commissioner Waldo reached police headquarters this morn ing he took up the case ot the three city detectives who permitted James Cummings, the Ansonia house detec tive, to remove the packet of Stokes’ letters found in the apartment of Eth el Conrad and Lillian Graham three days after the shooting. Counsel for the two girls maintain there were 18 or more letters in the package. Only 12 reached the district attorney’s office after they had pass ed through the hands of Stokes prl- j vate counseL Castro Lands In Venezuela By Associated Press. Viterbo, Italy, July 8.—The court and jury w'ho are hearing the trial of the Camorists charged w'ith the mur der of Gennaro Cuoccolo and his wife were occupied today with an examina tion of papers and personal belonging seized by the authorities at the home of Ciro Vitozzi, the priest known as the “guardian angel of the Camorra, ’ and one of the defendantsr in the pres, ent case. When Enrico Alfano and his asso ciates were first arrested they were released upon the representations of Vitozzi, who said he had learned of their innocence and the guilt of oth ers in the confessional. This inter vention permitted Alfano to escape to the United States where he fell into the hands of the New York po lice. The exhjbit included a sword cane, revolvers, 140 bills of exchange, 1,000 letters from criminals asking his protection and a letter from Ma ria Bartolitti. This woman is be lieved by some to be a close friend of the priest while according to others Vitozzi acted as her agent in loaning money. Confronted by these exhibits, in tended to establish his evil charac- News* Bulletin laid the Public Yesterday Afternoon After the Executive Boaid Meeting Was Held to Decide The Matter. By Associated Press. Washington, July 8.—The Marble head, O., life saving station reported to the life service here today that the station crew had rescued at midnight eight men from the tug “Lutz*’ w’hile that vessel was sinking in Lake Erie near Gull Island reef. The News’ bulletin board told the i public yesterday afternoon that the city executive board, in executive ses sion yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock decided to give the contract for me city paving to the West Construction Co. The board confirmed its decision at a noon-day meeting today, when the contract was formally awarded. The only reservation in the contract was in regard to material. The material to be used will be decided on later. Sewers. The board today awarded the con tract for sewers to W’’. S. Stancil, of Charlotte, he being the lowest bidder. Curbing. The contract for curbing was today ter, Vitozzi defended his possession awarded to Johnson, Porter and Bick of them. Regarding the communica tions from criminals, he said that he considered it the duty of his ministry to assist sinners including the crim inals who had applied to him for help. Among Vitozzi’s effects were also found 200 letters from various clerks and officials of the law courts com- and J. W. Haas, Charlotte firms. Some of the curbing will be stone, some cement. West Construction Company. Mr. West explained at the meeting Thursday night that his bid included tences for convicted criminals with' w’hom he was associated. It is declared that the revelations along this line will be scandalous. By Associated Press. Willemstadt, Curacao, July 8.-—'The Venezuelan government has positive news that Cipriano Castro, the exiled president of Venezuela, effected a land- ing on the western coast of Venezuela j posing a commission to consider the and today has a following of 1,000 men. | releasing of the W’^estern & Atlantic Atlanta, July 8.—A mass of bills and resolutions took up most of the time of the house and senate yester day, many of which were of general interest. Senator Harris, of Polk, introduced an anti-lobbying bill and another pro- ^ • J tv. three counts: asphalt, bitulithic and plaining that money promised themj had not been received. According toj^rick. He explained his bids on as- j the state the prie&t was jn the hah-, phalt—Trinidad or Bermudez and on it of giving bribes to the court ofli- j oil distillate. The bid on the asphalt ceis in order to obtain light sen-j^^.j^g distilates be ing $1.59. Mr. West strongly urged the use of asphalt—Trinidad or Burmudy. His bithulithic bid was for $1.45 a square yard, provided the city secured the patent rights from the Warren Bros. Co., of Boston. As stated on the News bulletin, It is understood that the executive board fa vors asphalt. This was the impression made on the laymen present at the meeting Thursday night, the questions Mr. Tenney, Willemstad, July 8.—Rumors reach ed here this afternoon that Gumersin- do Mednez, president of the state of Zulia, Venezuela, had "been killed by a bomb. E T OUT IIT SUNRISE MEET By Associated Press. Atlantic City, July 8.—Following yesterday’s strenuous activities which were brought to a close with two big meetings last night at which President Taft w’as the principal speaker, hundreds of Christian En deavors turned out early today for the sunrise services. The afternoon will be given over to a junior rally at w’hich methods for the training of boys and girls will be discussed. Tonight there will be a mammoth choral service on the mil- ion dollar pier. Earth Shocks Felt. Budapest, Hungary, July 8.—Two earthquake shocks were felt early this morning in the town of Keookke- met, 30 miles distant from this city. A panic followed, the inhabitants rushing ouft into the streets and as sembling in the squares. Hundreds of chimneys were overturned and the town ha’l and other buildings more or less damaged. DICKINSON lAKES Bv Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., July 8.—Judge J. M. Dickinson, former secretary of war, has been offered and accepted a pro fessorship in the Vanderbilt University law department. He will be assigned to federal jurisdiction and procedure. The executive committee of the Van derbilt board of trustees will probably confirm the appointment this after- roadi Representative Foster, of Floyd, in troduced a bill to provide that in surance commissioners and county sheriffs shall investigate the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire that occurs in their respective local ities. , Mr. Kimbrought, of Harris, and Mr. Johnson, of Bartow, introduced a resolution calling on the legislature to appeal to congress for a reform in the cotton trade by having the uniform “tare” reduction on cotton bales made smaller. Senator Harris introduced a bill to abolish the special fertilizer tag tax, also a bill to regulate the sala ries of oil inspectors. Senator Beauchamp introduced a bill providing for the election of county school superintendents to suc ceed county school commissioners. Senator 'Worley introduced a bill to put a special tax of $10 on each automobile, to be a state tax, in ad dition to that imposed with the regis tration fee. F1II5T KENTIIGHy EXECUTION BY Terrific Storm Hits Chester, S. C. Special to The News. Chester, S. C., July 8.—The most terrific electric storm Chester has ex perienced at the hands of nature in , . many years sw’ept over it last Monday j leadin'i in that direction night about 10 o’clock* The lightning it will be remembered said that the sought the transformer edifice of tlie 1 -^^est Company couldn’t lay bithulithic Chester Power Company for its tem porary mecca; traveling into it in massive sheets over the scores of lines of the Southern Power Com- i paving under the name of bithulithic, that his company “would not stand for that.” One thing is certain the executive board is going to be very cautious and pany’s, coming in from the Great Falls pregnated with 10,000 volts, and radicating out to many other cities. All these wires, coming in and going decide only on the material which has out of the structure, conveyed great bolts of lightning into it. Mn W; E. Sledge, manager o fthe transformer house, remarked that it was a never- to-be-forgotten spectacle. He could not leave for fear of one of the wires con taining 100,00 volts, would be snapped asunder, while he was escaping under them, and kill him. Not only did the lightning form a pillar of fire at the foregoing place, but it struck many residences, and crippled the telephone lines of this municipality. been found to be cities using the most paving. The material will more than likely be asphalt. 3 welve Killed By Explosion By Associated Press. Sulina, Roumania,, July 8.—As an attempt was being made to refloat the stranded river steamer Queenborough today the boiler exploded, killing twelve persons and wounding four others. By Associated Press. Eddyville, Ky., July 8.—W'hen the first execution under the new law providing for electrocution in place of hanging took place in the state penitentiary here today it came near ending in the death of two persons instead of one. Prison Physician R. H. Moss stepped forw'ard to feel the pulse of the negro w'ho formed the first subject, before the current had been turned off and barely missed having several thousand volts pass through his body. A warning yell from the penitentiary electrician did not deter the doctor, who misunder standing the caution still advanced, when a second warning had to be given before he understod. The negro, James Bucker, paid the penalty for the murder of a police man at Lebanon, Ky., several weeks ago. The report on the first electrocution declares it to have been a success NAVAL COLLIER HECTOR 'HAS NARROW ESCAPE. Kentucky Republican. , By Associated Press. Louisville, Ky., July 8.—Delegates to the republican state convention which will be held in Louisville next Tuesday are being selected today throughout Kentucky and given in structions as to the candidates to be supported in convention. Interest cen ters chiefly in the race for the nomi nation for governor, there being three candidates. Judge E. C. O’Rear, of the state court of appeals, Lieutenant- Governor W. H. Cox, and E. T. Frank. Wont Add Meat To Fiee List By Associated Press. Washington, July 8.—The naval collier Hector ran aground off Cape Henry, Va., early today but floated before assistance reached her, ac cording to an official report to the naval department. Admiral Marshall, commandant of the' Norfolk navy yard, sent two tugs to her relief. Their services were not necessary and the collier is now on her way to Cape Cod bay. By Associated Press. W'ashington, July 8.—The senate to day defeated 14 to 32, the Cummins amendment to the Canadian reciproci ty bill to add meats to the free list. Chamberlain’s Birthday. By Associated Press. Birmingham, Eng., July 8. Joseph Chamberlain celebrated his 75th birth- dav today at his home, Highbury. The veteran statesman was the recip ient of world-wide congratulations. His health is fairly good, the improve ment noted upon his return from the Rivera being maintained. JOHN D’s BIRTHDAY, noon. His duties will consist of lec- turing and wil allow him ample time except for the shght burning of tn„ for outside law practice. negro’s head. By Associated Press. Cleveland, Ohio, July 8.—John D. Rockefeller’s 72nd birthday arrived to day but he did not celebrate it in any special way. He sat on the porch of his house on the Forest Hill estate a- while, played some golf and ate his birthday dinner with his family. He is in excellant health. OF GEOROIA Atlanta, July 8.—The executive committee of the Georgia Conserva tion Association will present to both branches of the legislature today the bill drawn by Judge John C. Hart., to i create a conservation commis sion as a part of the state govern ment. The bill proposes to give the com mission control of the forests, streams, fish game and soil of the state. The commission shall consist of the governor, commissioner of agriculture, state entomologist, state geologist and a commissioner to aoDoicted by them. De
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