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\^OTES FOR PON YOUTFIT ON NEW OR RENEVfAL SUBSCRIPTIONvS TO THE NEWS HELPS A FAVORIT Latest Edition jj^ HE • charlotte in 1 s Edition \ VOL. 43. NO. 7077 • CHARLOTTE N. C., TUESDAY tVENlNG‘JULY II, 1911 • P'P Tp'p' J In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDIly—6 Cents Sunday. Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. Last Lap Of The Boston To Capital Overland Flight ter the Delay oj Yesterday, Caused by Beat, Aviators Atwood And Hamilton \gain Get Forth Upon their Journey, Was tireless Responsible? By Asoclated Press. San Franelsoo, July 11.—Whether the wireless which has proven a safe- iruard to passengers on t-\e high seas j In hundreds of cases was a cause of '?/•/# /tr Ifnvnl Jpassengers of the Santa iLa OJ Kurat Admirers B.OSR, wrecked off point Arguello Frl- Cheer Lustily a, Bbd “slmr/'compiT o«: Gracefully Start-Hoped to TkV Ite determined by the investlgatloti yestprday by Federal steamship in spectors Bolles and Bulger. Wireless Operator E. M. Morgan of the Centralia testified that about four o’clock he sent a message from Cap tain Ericsson, after the tow line from Santa Rosa to the Centralia had part ed. which read: “Don’t you think we had better wait until five o’clock and then all pull a,2:ain at full speed.” To this message Captain Faria of the Santa Rosa replied; "Please wait un til 1 pet an answer from the city. We will all wait until high tide as you say. ’ mmimi Conpleie Journey Without Delay. ■ - ited Press, ri Tre Md., July 11.—Cheered by rural admirers. Charles K. n and Harr> X. Atwood, the -itor", gracefully ascended ill knoll on the west end of K ' ownsend'8 estate at Stem- *; '. Md., at o’clock this . nd made a magnificent start Park on their last lap of .1 . leaking overland flight from • he national capital, i.'a'her conditiims «*ould not •: ,er*er. The sun had just the ea-tern horizon and -’■* r«ouihwest winds iairly car- •'•om the ground at the first f m.itor Asiendine to an r if a.ioiit "rtn feet, the avia- r, .V]Pd gracefully over the little ' spectators and with a fare- ' ^ headed to the southwest and .X -♦.(■•nd? ditappeared from' ''he wooded hills. Both the Associated Press. 1 tMe machine were in excellent ! San Francisco, Juiy 11,—Departmen • iiditlon and there was not meetings at which the technical -.r'tvep’'HamihM'and problems were lee- A ..u* :’.:45 o'clock and alter tured upon and discussed by experts, ■ they went into the field and occupied delgates of the National Ed- i for the fiicht. .A rigid ex- cational Association today, ti was made of the motor and the biplane \%as towed to the( the hill, the tank filled wiih, ^''^d at the joint session of the kinder- le and the ^>fart made. | garten, elementary and special educa- Peune.'Ivtnia Railroad tracks tion departments, where “The School followpd to Bav View^ Jun^tOTr, Laggard” was the subject of diseus- n ' hanging the course a little more sion. •he 'westward, the aviators kew over . At the meeting of the department of • «ou(hern and eastern outskirts of physical education, 'Physical Educa- ci’y. l assing over Fort McHenry at tion of Adolescent Girls” was the sub- ■ a. m I ject discussed by John M. Tyler, of M -re »han 200 soldiers stationed at Amherst, while dances M. Green, M. ■ fort, who had received word be- D., of Cambridge, Mass., delivered an “ i’Tnd that .Atwood and Hamilton' address on "Sex Hygiene.” nded to ()as.s over the historic ram- - were read;* to greet them. They •• Med on the parade grounds and n a^froplane whizzzed over their -• ’^-i v fired a salute. Time did ^rnilt the aviators to circle the ii* in return to the soldier’s sa- • ..ey waved their handkerchiefs. ''a - infs' F'T^ .McHenry. Atwood, who •'♦ening. headed the machine to I’atapBco and followed the river. p>g over Halethorpe aviation field •^7 a. m. Again taking up the - hania Railroad tracks at this ! ' thr pace was quickened and the ’ av e of about 25 miles between the a lation fields was covered in 38. gy Associated Press. I 'Atlantic City, July 11.—The Eb- ' ma hine was run into one of pgranto Society of Philadelphia, at- ■ HT.gerB at the field and at 6; 30 tended a special meeting of the Christ- »hf* aviators started for Wash- Endeavor Convention today in a " !i an automobile to get their kq^j. and endeavored to show how ■ -i fa.'t and a short rest. Atwood niuch the introduction of the “univer- Speaking of kings, Government experts declare that the year’s cotton crop will break all records Twelve Killed When Great Federal Express Jumps Off the Track WILL BE NEXT Possibly 60 Peoph Were Hurt When Fast Train Hit an Open Switch and Plunged Over Concrete Viaduct Near Bridgeport, Conn, Clinchfleld Station At Marion Wrecked By Robbeis-Several Hurt Latet Perhaps the largest attendance gath- By Associated Press. jthe robbers with bloodhounds, but Asheville, July 11.—The station of,they eluded the pursuers, coming in the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Rail-! the direction of A&fieville. road at Marion Junction, was dyna-' Last night when No. 75, a South- mited early yesterday morning and*^ ern freight train pulled into Old Fort practically wrecked, the iron having three men were seen to alight. The been demolished, the window’s blown sheriff, who had come to Old Port in out and the roof torn off. Only $41 pursuit attempted to talk with the was in the safe at the time and this men when one of them ran and com- was taken by the robbers, supposed jmenced firing. Sheriff Ma^shbum to consist of Three men: ' TETruck in the Allffle rad painfu» The wreckers placed dynamite on' jured. A posse of citizens of Old top of the safe, and blew a hole in Fort took up the pursuit and one it, filling the hole afterward with dy-: of the posse, a carrier boy, name namite, blew the safe open and inci- unknown, was shot in the arm. The dentally wrecked the station. i robbers escaped to the mountains fol- Sheriff Marshburn. of Marion, Me- lowed by almost the entire male popu- Dowell county, started in pursuit of lation of the little village. THE SIMMONS AMENDMENTS WERE DEFEATED AT iinred that he proljably would fly '>‘ a5hlngton later in the day. Reach College Park. ‘ i.'hington. Julv il.—Tired and , but otherwise srhowing no sal language” would aid the Christian izing of the world. The Rev. R. P. Anderson, of Boston, presided. While this meeting was in session, other workers were holding meetings at dif- , ferent points for the purpose of map- effect of their trip from Stem- plans for the ensuing year. Ser- .« Run. Md,, Harry X. Atwood and yjces of praise will be held on one of rl^s K. Hamilton alighted from _ piers later today, and tonight If aeroplane on the field of the fomier Vice-President Fairbanks will aviation school at College address the convention on “How For- •; Md., near this city at 5:451 ^jjggiQ^g promote Fellowship K rhlB morning. They had cov American Athletes Invade Englist Spoiting World And Take Track Honors English Score One hundred yard dash; Wo# by Duncan MacMillan, Trinity, Cam bridge. Time, 15:1-5 seconds. Americans. In the first event, the hammer throw. By Associated Press. Queen’s Club, West Kensington, England, July 11.—The sun came out this afternoon just as the American athletes appeared and this was taken fh'"* Mned TrL a setla; a“i CtochTnd the combined forces of Oxford an member of the 0:fford Cambridge Cambridge. i x It was a perfect afternoon, a hot ^ sun being tempered by a good breeze. I ^^e run: Won by B. M. Preble, Harvard; Anderson, Oxford, second; Jacques, Harvard, third. Time 1 min- Washington, July 11.—The Cana dian reciprocity bill emerged un scathed last night from the most se rious ordeal it has yet experienced in the senat«. The series of amend n^nts offered hy SeiuUx3tXuDaaaijasuo( Iowa and th, two offered by Senatof Simmons of North Carolinii, all seek ing to ihcrease the number of Cana dian manufactured articles that shall be admitted to the United States free of duty, were voted down by large ma jorities. Senator Simmons contended that even with the reduction upon Cana dian manufactured products given in the agreement the manufacturing in dustries of the United States would still be more adequately protected again' Canadian comptition than aga’ t the compeition of Great Brit ain. France and Belgium. He expressed the belief that the price of farm products would be re duced under the operation of th Can adian agreement; that the effect would not be to benefit consumers, but to benefit brewers, millers and manufac turers of cereal products, and that an arrangement equitable to the farmer should include a material reduction of duties on manufactured products used by the farmer. • 1 pbout forty miles at an average ' - of 600 feet. Some time was ' V following the tracks of the ^..inFyivania Railroad, which were r 'Tken for those of the Baltimore Ohio The flight was devoid of >hap and except for being thor- -hly fatigued, the aviators would fe e continued on to this city in the .■achlne. The officers and members of the ' irr.al corps attached to the aviation ■ "•rool were still asleep when the avi- *or». arrived and but for mecanicians ho were assembling for work there no one at the field to greet lEFDIil OF III l^otk on Canal Is Ptogressing Astociated Press. By Associated Press. San Juan, P. R-. July 11. South American advices received here today say that it is reported that former President Zelaya is endeavoring to start a revolution in Nicaragua, and has the support of a former ally, now jiresident of a South American repub- ^’ashington, July 11.—Although the j He. Also that a report of the lat e limcultles of the work Increase as and Castro recently in Eu- ' le diggers on the Panama canal go , arranged for an invasion of '1- eper, they are more than keeping [ onH Venezuela, r fheir record. Last month they took 1 both Nicaragua and \enezueia. ^ 2,^46,442 cubic yards of earth and ’k which exceeded by just 75,860 rds the total excavation in May. ■ • is may be explained by the fact the rainfall was twice a'? great ’I May a» in June. On the other hand the cement - ^rker8 who are building the great placed 104,949 cubic yards of oncrete, which was 21,875 yards les3 ‘ -.n their May record. Advance in Refined Sugar. ^ ABsoclated Press. Ne^ York, July 11.—All grades of refined sugar were advanced five ceni« cer hundred i>oundB today. Failed to Agree to Vote on Reciprocity By Associated Press. Washington, July 11-—An attempt to secure an agreement to vote on the Canadian reciprocity bill the free list bill July 20 and the wool tariff bill July 21. wm .mde in the senate today by Senator Wat son. of West Virginia. The motion was lost on objection by Senator CumminB. While this condition was most fa-' vorable to the visitors, it appeared to the disadvantage of the English ath letes, who are accustomed to cooler and damper weather. A red-coated band of Fussillers sta tioned in the center of the gi-eensward of Queen’s Club played lively airs as the stands surrounding the cinder track filled with spectators. It was distinctively a college crowd, including as many women as men. American college men were there in crowds and there were several hun dred American women carrying flags of blue and crimson and although the assembly was far quieter than an American college gathering, it was a merry party. The American te»2R came on the grounds at 3 o’clock. All appeared in fine condition except Herbert W. Kel ly, Harvard’s quarter miler, w^ho sprained his ankle recently and was somewhat lame. The spectators were entertained by the American hammer throwers, Clarence C. Childs, of Yale, and Theodore Cable, Harvard’s negro champion, who in blue and red sweat ers indulged in a little practice before the starting time. RESULTS. English,score First. Hammer throw won by G. E. Putnam Christ Church, Oxford, an American Rhodes scholar from Kansas. Putnam made 151 feet 5 inches; Childs (Yale), 140 feet 7 inches; Bow er (Cambridge), 130 feet 6 inches. Old Ell to the Front. One hundred and twenty yards high hurdles: Won by George A. Chisolm, of Yale. J. B. Cummings, of Harvard was second. Time, 15 2-5 seconds. P. R. O’Rourke-Phillips, of Pembroke College, Cambridge, was third and W. I. F. MacDonald, of New College, Ox ford, fourth. Yale Again Win. Running high jump: Won by W'oos- ter Canfield, of Yale, whose mark was 5 feet 11 3-8 inches. Albert D. Barker, of Harvard, was second, with 5 feet lo 3-8 inches. Later, Canfield made six feet 3-8 inches. Harvard Comes Up. Half mile run: W’on by Herbert Jaaues. Harvard. ute, 51 1-5 seconds. Two-Mile Event. Tw'o-mile track event: W’on by E. Gowa Taylor, Pembroke, Oxford; C. H. Porter, Brasenose, Oxford, second; Paul R. Withington, Harvard, third. William F. Ryan. Harvard, fourth. Time 9 minutes, 29 1-5 seconds. Quarter Mile Run. Quarter mile run: Won by F. G. Black, Pembroke, Cambridge; Duncan MacMillan; Trinity, Cambridge, t-ec- ond; John H. Stewart. Jr., X&le, third; Herbert W. Kelly, Harvard, fourth. Time 49 4-5 seconds. One-Mile Run. One-mile run; Won by Phillip John Baker, Kings, Cambridge. Running broaa jump, won by John R! Holden, of Yale. The marks were: Holden 22 feet 9 1-4 inches; J. R. Kilpatrick, Yale second, 21 feet, 9 1-2 inches; M. J. Su&kind, Pembroke, Cambridge, third 21 feet, 5 inches; D. J. J. Hartley, Meriton, Oxford, fourth, 21 feet, 1 1-4 inches Hot Weathei Still Ptevails By Associated Press. Atlanta, July 11.—GoTemor Hoke Smith will go to the United States senate to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator A. S. Clay. A total vote of 127 was cast for Governor Smith today In the two house of the generalaseembly,balloting separately for senator, A vote of 115 is necessary to elect on Joint ballot. Mr. SmitTi failed of election only by two votes in the senate, he receiving 21 of the 23 votes necessary to a choice. His friends declare that the vote will bep ractically unanimous at the joint session tomorrow. Senator J. M. Terrell, who was ap- pointel by Governor Brown to fill the vacancy caused hy the death of Senator Clay, during recess of the legislature, received 53 votes in the two houses. Pleasant A. Stovall, the Savannah editor, ran next with a to tal of 19 votes in the two houses Judge W. A. Covington polled ,14 votes in the two houses and Thomas E. Watson 5, all being cast in the house. When it became apparent that Gov- emor Smith would be elected for the senate by a good sized majority, friends and supporters flocked to the governor’s oflice at the capital and be gan showering congratulations upon him. Governor Smith received his vis. itors with face beaming. He declared, however, that he would have no state ment for the press today. The ote in the two houses, was as follows: Senate; Smith, 21; Stovall, 2; Covin^n, nothing. House: Smith, 106; Stovall,. 17; Covington, 5. . The Georgia House, voting separate ly-today - for United States senator, cast the following ballot; Go/*®^ Hoke smith 106; Senator J. M. THr- rell 36; Pleasant A. Stovall 17; Judge W. A. Covington 10; Thomas E.‘ Wat son 5. Terrell, 17 4; Watson Terrell, 36 10; Watson, Marble Works Suspend Special to The New's. Statesville, July 11.—The Cooper Marble Works has suspended business in Statesville and thejr local stock was shipped yesterday to the main yards of Cooper Bros, in Kaleigh, to be con solidated with the business there. The Coopers are now bidding for the big jobs only and are'discontinuing their branch houses. Mr. R. H. Warner, who was manager of the business here, will leave tomorrow with his family for Laifrinburg, to spend t\^o weeks with his parents, before going to Raleigh, where they will live. The remains of Mr. William Elam, who died in a Greensboro hospital, ar rived in Statesville Sunday night and were taken to the home of his parents at County Line. .The interment was at Society church’yesterday. . GATES CRITICALLY ILL. Bv Associated Press. ‘Paris, July 11.—The condition of John W. Gates, the American financier, was worse today and his physicians said that their patient w^as in a criti cal state. I loiE nip By Associated Press. Washington, July 11.—With the gov ernment’s forecasters clinging to their oft-repeated prediction “cooler tomor row,” hot weather continues to prevail throughout a large section of the coun try east of the Mississippi river. Bear ing a marked contrast to the hundreds of reports of sizzling temperatures in the east was a report to the bureau announcing frost in Wyoming last night. According to the bureau’s bulletin covering the weather for the last week, weather conditions in the cotton-grow'- ing states were as a rule more favor able, the temperatures were moderate and good rains occurred in many por tions. It continues dry, however, over most of North Carolina and portions of Texas are still dry and more rain is needed in pklahoma and Tennessee. Elks in Session In Atlantic City By Associated Press. Atlantic City. N. J., July 11.—Two sessions of the Grand Lodge of the Be nevolent Protective Order of Elks were held today, the principal business being the election of ofllcers. There is a good-natured contest on for the three principal offices, grand exalted ruler, grand treasurer, and grand secretary. The candidates for the first ofllce are Col. John P. Sullivan of New Orleans; Charles A. Rasbury, of Dallas, Texas; and Arthur B. More land, editor of Elks Antler, and who is known as the “blind Elk. ” Many be lieve that because of the closeness of the contest, Mr. Moreland may be made a crompromise candidate and elected. George B. Locke, of Rogers, Ark., is a candidate for grand treasurer against By Associated Press. Kansas City, July 11.—The first news this morning from any of th^ seven balloons that started last evening in the elimination contest to choose two air bags to represent the United States in the James Gordon Bennet cup race next October, reached here at 8:45 this morning. It was a message dropped from the St. Louis IV at 5 a. m. about 18 miles northwest of Muscatine, Iowa. At that hour the balloon was going straight east. Sighted at Davenport. Davenport, Iowa, July 11.—One of the balloons in the national balloon race from Kansas City was sighted at Davenport at 6:30 a. m. passing rapid ly northeast. Another was seen at 8 o’clock over Rock Island, going .north east. It was soon lost to sight in the low lying clouds. The balloon sighted over Mascatine, Iowa, which is 230 miles from Kansas City, had made about 20 miles an hour since the start at 5:47 last night. The message cropped by Lieut. Frank P. Lahm, pilot of the St. Louis IV, read “Five a. m. northwest of Muscatine, lov'a, about 18 miles, an other ,going straight ahead east.” The name of the second balloon was not given. Two balloons were visible five miles north of Mercer, Mo., 145 mjies northeast of Kansas City, at 6:30 o’clock this morning headed east and traveling rapidly. . Daniel P. McLain, a Rock Island Railroad conductor, talked to* thd pilot of the Million Population balloon at 5 o’clock this morning at Sylvis, 111., as the air crJift passed less than a hun dred feet above him. As the car was passing over an ice house at Sylyis a voice from the bal loon was heard to say: “I wish we .had a chunk of that ice.’ John M. Berry dropped a card from Edward Leach, of New York, the in- . cumbent, while David McAron is op- the .Million Population balloon at El- posing Fred C. Robinson, of Dubuque, i dridge, Iowa, at 6 o’clock this morn- lowa, for grand secretary, ^lr. Robin son has held the office many years. It is probable that the result of the balloting wijl not be announced until late this afternoon or tonight. It is expected that fifty thousand Elks will be in line in the parade Thursday. Portland, Ore., was selected as the place for the next meeting of the grafid lodge. ins- Harmon and Post Land. Kansas City, July 11.—Harmon and Post, in the New York balloon, landed at Fremont, Iowa, today. The balloon Kansas City, Captain H. E. Honeywell, pilot, John Watts, aide, was forced to land early this morning at Lindy, Iowa. The Kansas City, like the New York, eiLcoimtered a severe electrical storm. Fire Broke Out in Wreckage' And Made Scene More Hor rible and Rescue Dangerous-- Aiffpd Scenes of Dead and Dying in Wreck, By Associated Press. Bridgeport, Conn., July II.--TI16 fed eral express, on© of the New York, New Haven ajid Hartford railroad’s trains, carrying passengers without change from WaBhlngton to Boston, plunged down a 20-foot embankment here today, while running 60 miles an hour. Of 100 passengers wtio went down with the first six cars, scarcely , one escaped death or Injury, Twelve bodies had been taken out of the twisted wreckage by noon„ in cluding the engineer and flromao, who were so mutilated that it Is e'^dent, they must have met instant deatb. This' probably completes the death list. Forty-four injured are in the hospital| and nearly a scoire more received in juries not severe enongh to prevent, them from continuing their journey, j The dead: ' ENGINEER A. M. CURTTS. FIREMAN W. A. RYAN. GWENDOLLYN F. ROGERS, wife of electrician, sergeant coast artillery,, U. S. A. BABY, aged 7 weeks, daughter of* Mrs. Rogers. C. W. CHRISTIE, Philadelphia. GEORGE E. SAUNDERS, Norwich, Conn. i HELENA B. WALCOTT, residence unkonwn. , Two unidentified men, two unidenti fied women, one unidentified boy. The more severely injured are: Unidentified woman, eye gouged out, face terribly bruised, lef fractur ed*. Hlchaet Pury, conductor of train. New Rochelle, N. Y. fracture of skull, internal injuries, will die. David Kissner, New York, brake- man, fracture of the left leg, other injuries, will probably die. Mrs. James B. Joyce, of Maury, a suburb of Washington, fracture of’ the left wrist, back injured, shocked, condition serious. Sarah Czalobro, 931 South Pennsyl- vania street, Philadelphia, head bad-! ly cut, body bruised, shock, condi*. tion serious. Christie and Antony Czalbobro, her. two children, five and eight years, | Christie bruised about head and body,; internal injuries; Antony, fractured] arm, scalp wounds, internal, may | die. John F. von Pfeiffer, McDonald street, Readville, Mass., fracture of skull; condition critical. Z' Frank von Pfeiffer, cousin of John, 227 North street, Philadelphia, frac ture of ribs, dislocation of shoulders; condition serious. Miss Lucy Note, 222 Washington avenue, Washington, internal injuries, condition critical. George Rogers, Washington, D. C. HIb young son was killed and an other son, Frank, badly hurt. Mrs. Rogers is thought to be one of the women who was killed. Charles Frazier, Navertree Green, Md. Mrs. Emily Wil&on, Philadelphia. Miss Bertha Monroe, Cliftondale, * Miss Mary McCann, Philadelphia. A new' “cross-over” installed on the Burr road viaduct and embankment on the western outskirts of the city was indirectly responsible for the wreck. The train was late and the engineer was driving fast to make up lost time. When the heavy vestibuled train of nine cars struck the switch at full speed, the locomotive leaped, rocked and swayed over the ties for nearly 150 yards, and finally fell to the street betow, dragging six cars down with it. The coupling broke between the sixth and seventh cars, leaving three sleepers upright on the embank ment, two of them still on the rails. Many a victim of the wreck, pinned beneath the debris, owes his life to the promptness of the St. Louis Nation al Baseball League club. The ball players were riding in the last t^o cars which remained on the track. When the crash came they piled out In their pajamas and several of them were bleeding from cuts about the feet, caused by racing over the sharp wreck- age. “I was in the next to the last car, said Roger Bresnahan, the team’s man ager. “I was smoking when the spill Qame, and I grabbed hold of some thing’ and held on. I got out all right. Not one of our men was hurt, but ot course, our baggage is gone.” The ball players left for Boston where they play today, on a special train at 6:30 o’clock. One of the ramarkable incidents "waa when the fireman cut a hole in the roof of the coach which was lying on its side and a man crawled out, dragging his suit case after him. He said he had not even had a scratch. He dropped the suit case and immediate" ly assisted those less fortunate. Just behind the locomotive three cars were piled one above the other. At the bottom of the heap was the day coach and a majority of the dead w’ere taken from this car. The Wiass (Continued on Page Nine.)
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