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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.
Latest Edition
VOL. 43. NO. 7078
CHARLOTTE N= C., WEDNESDAY tVENlNG‘JULY 12, 1911
PfiTpp « In Charlotte 2 Centa a Copy aDily—6 Cents Sunday.
Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday.
Staie Chairman Eller
Replies To Speech
OJ Sen. Simmons
Hedge on Lumber.
.ares That North Carolina Secretary Fisher
'.mccrats Have Never Re-^ jiV -n ^ ii ,
o«!». j ^“y^‘ (-“>^'1
•rns of National Plat formas By Associated Press.
' Washington. July 12.—Secretary of
the Interioi' Fisher was the most con
spicuous prospective witness present
when the house committee on expendi-
, tures in the interior department re-
> tht StatCTTlCTit HbJCTTCu to assembled today to inquire into the
Qimmnnc te ^ alleged attempts of the Guggenheims
/ benaZOT CiirnTnonS is a or other interests to '■monopolize Alas-
trO~g Argument Against miss M. F. Abbott, the newspaper
Tnriff nn Lumhfir l s she discovered the
,it i QTIJJ On l^Umoer* ^ “Dick-to-Dick’’ letter regarding Con-
j ti'oller Bay, may not be called to tes-
»"onal controversy be> | tify for several ;iays.
biiamons and Senators Secretary Fisher asked the commit-
. 1. Oil. over the former s al-’ hasten the inquiry into the al-
!• .uocraiic attltudo on the : “Dick-to-Dick" letter, which can-
’.’at; tioLiied ^ide in- found in the department
i.'fdr Simmons dcfnded^^®®-
' 'vonn.; a tarirr on lum- ' • P- Fennell, counsel foi' the com-
' mittee. replied ths.t the letter was not
of so much interest as the facts.
"It was within the power of the
president.” added . Mr. Fennell, "to
throw the'lands open to all, so that the
race would be to the swift, but it was
: tor There appeared in' done that way. That is what we
the nth inst.. a re-!i^i'estigate.”
;'i*r S*mmons’ speech in* "I am not concerned,” said Secretary
!- n>e of his attitude on • f’isher, 'about the publication of a let-
.'• J on what he terms' which Miss F. Abbott says she
r.’. 1 Pledge.” He is re- of the interior depart-
V * j ment and vhat is not there now. If
idoi 'ion of the Denver if there is any one in the department
peoj'le of North Car- ■ would be a party to the abstrac-
d ncainst that declara-'
TVji. lat'c pa;-ty to ^uch * to know it. I never saw such
- tn nvikp if munifpst to a document as described and never
, n.e (ien™??aUc ex° heard of it. until I read of it in the
ui iee of that state (Mr.; newspapers the other day.”
In danger of '
[hat his course was
.1 Matement issued
Ii .uan Eller. Mr. Elier
•■>.:o'vin- denial in today’s
( ■ ''' 1 vor;
\\ uis?on-Salem. July 11.
Kv
I
STfcfev
St Louis Baloons
Take Hanoi s in The
Cross Country Race
To Resume The
Lorimei Hearing
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 12.—An on-to-
Washington movement was inaugurat
ed today in many places for the re
sumption of the investigation tomor
row in the election of Senator Lorl-
mer. Senator Dillingham, chairman of
the investigation committee, spent the
recess since the committees adjourn
ment in Vermont.
Attorneys John M. Marble and J. J.
Healy have been on an evidence gath
ering trip to Chicago. Senator Lori-
mer and his counsel as well as counsel
for Edward Hines, were expected to
start for Washington today from -Chi
cago.
The hour of the committee meeting
was changed from 10 a. m. to 11 a. m.
to accommodate Senator Lorimer and
his attorneys. Illinois witnesses also
are expected to start for Washington
today.
Ihe Si. Louis IV And the Mil
lion Population Club Baloons
Win the Fir^t And Second
Prizes in The Great Race,
Hawley, of New York, in representingthing in trust monstes.
;• V were
ntrol of the state as the
•i' lt declaration” j
' nri-t time that Senator!
Mr .Maxwell or any other |
suggested such danger,
! It the first time that;
■ i!t:ht ever entered my |
th.it this article re-1
'\hich appeared in a sup-
Governor Smith
Elected Senator
By AssociateQ Press.
Atlanta, Ga., July 12.—Governor
Hoke Smith today was elected United
!i Octo.v-'r 2f>, 1908. was In-‘ States senator to fill out the unexpired
vae to qualiry the declara- term of the late Senator A. S. Clay,
iep any in its national plat-, but he made it clear in an extempera-
I neous siieech delivered in the recep-
iocument has been referred to tion room of his office to friends who
latrr Simmons once or twice; cro'VNded in to offer their congratula-
'. 1 :t I had deemed it unneces-; tions that he did not intend to relin-
To r ;er to this subject in North Quish the governorship during the life
■ na as I have had no reason of the present session of the legisla-
•iievf thlf—the chairman of, *^ure. ^ ^ .
Mate democratic executive The governor declared that he had
urtce is ttiou!;'af to be untrue' strong hopes that an anti-lobbying bill
larform of his party. or,"ould be passed by the present ses-
i with the republican doctrine; ^^d that he ^Nould hate for anj
..-rrion. Since, however, a par-' one else to have to approve such a
. x raot of this article has been ; measure after he had fought for it so
. : into national politics because strongly during his first term as gov-
’ nromir.ece of our di.^tinguished i intention
r and the wide reach of the; tiot to leave Georgia until next De-
i. trom which he speaks, it, ‘ .
I.roper that the (acta should 1 'There were a great many men
'. '■r understood. “k. “
the cami.aign of 1908 I! elected tehy thought I ought to
in the campaign by Mr.|reo“"> in the governors chai^^-, he
as manager of the J “P®'''S*'
etc He was a news-' ^ed now, he added, dramatically.
™ of experience but was at I, Governor Smith said that he had
J  v,iia , looKed up the rules governing the pro-
:--nsased ^ ^ icedure of the United States senate and
' "!h Wi?h ' that the body did not take notice
- 3vmpathy ' lot the election ot a new senator until
■ ,-.or.a! democratic platform. ! „„.ially notified by the governor ot
the state. “They dn’t believe what
they see In the newspapers," he added,
with a smile, indicating that he did
,not intend, as governor, to notify the
n.;>- f art;ument8 ^^amst p -1 gi^^tion while the legis-
; imber lature remained in session. He said
that if Senator Terrell found it impos
sible to be present in the senate dur
ing the remainder of the special ses
sion of congress he could at least
, rir!.; headquarters. Togeth-
^ .n gentlemen discussed in my
r e the lumber question, stating
;i(>( ratir position, but at no
' at sucgested that the party
r nanger or that the national
.-atir platform should be de-
'rom I did not have the tim^ j p^.^, some republican thereby giv-
I deem it necessary to read , democrats the benefit of any
hp many excellent articles writ
er Maxwell. I directed him to
: h in this supplement the let-
Mr Charles Ross, a manufac-
Baloon Reached Atitude
Oj 22,000 Feet On Record
Breaking J oui ney
By Associated Press. anything but pleasant.
Chicago, July 12.—Details were ob-1 “Soon after leaving Kansas City,
tained today of the trip of the balloon | Monday, afternoon we encountered a
St. Louis IV, in charge of Lieut. Frank i series of thunderstorms, which made
P. Lahm and Lieut. J. P. Hart, which
left Kansas City at 4:59 p. m. Monday
and landed at Lapaz, Ind., 16 miles
from South Bend, at 4:15 p. m. Tues
day.
The balloon St. Louis IV represented
the Aeronautic corps of the national
guard of Missouri.
Lieut. Hard said:
“We made the trip in record-break
ing speed and were between 16,000
and 22,000 feet from the earth during'in a farm house. The highest altitude
the entire journey. Our voyage was we reached was 22,000 feet.”
General Review Of
Crop Conditions
For Month of June
Ckaned Bodies
Found In Home
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
KILLS TEN MEN.
By Associated Press. ♦
Frankfort On the Main, Ger- ♦
♦ many, July 12.—Ten persons >
♦ were killed and 20 others seri-
♦ ously injured by a,n explosion ♦
♦ in a dynamite factory outside ♦
♦ the city today. ♦
it necessary for us to rise above the
clouds to get away from the rain. The
storm seemed to follow us all through |
Missouri and Illinois. We crossed the  nyjr
Missouri river early Tuesday morning. UCH CLIDCLT^ JVLCTl
Our balloon behaved handsomely under^
the circumstances although we were |
kept busy all the time. We never saw j JJUOy J^U,y
any of the other balloons after leaving ,
Kansas City. We landed without mis
hap in a large field and slept last night
By Associated Press.
Princeton, N, C., July 12.—The char
red bodies of Arthur Percival, a
prominent farmer and his wife, were
found in the ruins of their burned
farm house near here yesterday. The
discovery was made by neighbors. An
investigation is in progress to de
termine under wliat circumstances
the couple met death.
vote needed on pending legislation
The governor said that he had en
tered the last gubernatorial race with
great reluctance and only because his
of lumber, and the l^guage re- successor in the governor’s chair had
• ; to >>y Senator Simmons Is'indicated that he intended to work for
"1 in Mr Maxwell’s introductory repeal of many of the laws enacted
. 1 .-.r to this letter. I do not re-1 legislature of 1907-08.
■oding more than the headlines; announcement by the chair of
ere full and comprehensive, election of Governor Smith as
:'.o .1:5 follows; United States senator by the joint ses-
. men will vote for Bryan: general assembi'- was
>-rr- of Southern pine are not I storm of applause •s'hich
-rd by the small tariff on | ^he floor and gallaries. oo n ,, , . • c-n.
i “I move that the galleries be clear-1 sorghum 8S.0, blackbeineo S.9. hemp
on r.ipte and effective refuta- l m roared Representative Hall, of 186.2; cabbage 85.0; tobacco 84.4; pcta-
■f V.- argument of the republi-] ^.Qunty, an
♦ North Carolina’s foremost gj.Qe^^^ vi jth hisses
the South’s two l°on^^ Immediately tlTere wer calls for j hay all kinds 74. ; kafflr corn 4.6; clo-
Smith but before a request that the ■ ver hay millet b9.1.
be heard had I The above figures relate only to
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 12.—Cotton show
ed the highest average growing condi
tion of any crop on July 1 with lemons
and oranges ranging second and third.
In its general review of the crop condi
tions for June the Dureau of statistics
of the department for growing crops in
most parts of the United States. The
aggregate condition of all crops on
July 1 was 10.7 per cent below the
average condition, where as on June
1 conditions were only 2.8 per cent un
der average.
Comparison of the condition of va
rious crops on July 1 with their av
erage growing condition on July 1 of
recent years (past ten years for most
crops), is shown as follows:
(100 representing average conditions
as normal):
Cotton 110.2: lemons 102.2; oranges
100.5: rice 99.0; beans (dry) 98.1; ap
ples 97.6: pears 96.3; grapes 96.1; pea
nuts 96.0; raspberries 94.9; corn 94.6;
conteloupes 94.4; winter wheat 94.3;
sugar cane 94.1; rye 93.6; lima beans
92.3; flax 92.1; watermelons 91.6; to
matoes 90.9; alfalfa 90.8; all wheat
89.6; onions 88.9; sweet potatoes 8§.3;
Cripperis Lawyei
Was Found Guilty
Special to The News.
Asheville, N. C., July 12.—Delegates
to the Hardware Convention ot the
Carolinas convened on the second day
at 10 o’clock, after which a group pho
tograph was made, the roll call of offi
cers and members showing 65 new
members and 15 associate members.
I; President W. H. Smith delivered the
I annual address after which the report
i of Secretary Lewis, of Huntington, Pa.,
j made an address on “Mutual Hardware
I Fire Insurance.”
Reports of committees were read
and adopted and announcements made.
R. W. Hatcher, secretary of the
Georgia association, made a short ad
dress.
Several presents to the association
were ordered sold for the benefit of the
association.
The afternoon was given over to the
study of exhibits as yesterday.
There will be several addresses to
night.
tr’ith is,
roducts, cotton and lumber,
^..roXr a'sunilurof hoiS: S«n Vace^beforrme Mf'formaify, | relative growing conditions, not tak-
oniy foreign lumber that can | ^ Terrell adherent had offered a reso- ^ ’^g into f acreage
with us in this territory; ijj^lon that the Jcint session be dis-' Taking into account botn acieage
Canada has no lumber The resolution was c?o^^^
in competition with our no to 96. There was an exodus at wheat crop will be 1.4 ?ent .arg^-r
once to the governor’s office.
iT.i,
j.ror^^cted tnistB add immense-j Governor Smith received a larger
-  ost of producing lumber. i vote in joint session tlian he did in
t - ., r .' w ill relieve them of  teh two ho)ises balloting separately
'■uen -A hiie the tariff on lum-j yesterday. The vote was as follo-ws.
l.p taken off bv either party smith 155; Terrell 51; Watson ,
n •• * Covington 6; John Holden (speaker of
here a’so one of the sub-, the house) 1. Necessary to elect llo.
written by The vote was a% follows:
Governor Smith. 155; Senator Ter-
Southern rell, 51: Thomas E. Watson, 7; Judge
W. A. Covington, 6.
Governor Smith received 45 votes
f r 7 of 12 per thousand I more than the necessary ,
! i - an v real ..rotection , those members—214. pf the ^ to a
n.:,,r.f;.cturers of idne lumber j membership of ^ot
.- ■thv This writer after sen- either refused to vote oi ^^ere
tl-nifion of the question.' present. . ^ a vntPR de-
' ( prt-inlv it has been In- judge Covington received 6 votes de
' to a-e ,'heir business from! spite the fact that
ll>;.tr.,us f:ill In prices dur-,the race last night. ,„aer
months. The low ■ son. the erstwhile
imber. as every manulactur-: gained two votes
’ to com-!arate ballotings. he having receive
iiMnu' themselves, and not | but five th^n, all in the house.
non with foreign lumber.
• i paragraphs
n'» b«‘nefit to
♦o the original point. Is
By Associated Press.
London July 12.—Arthur Newton,
who was found guilty of professional
misconduct in his defense of the wife
murderer. Dr. Hawley H. Crippen, by
a committee of the law society, was
today suspended from practice for one
year and ordered by the divisional
court to pay the costs of the inquiry.
Newton was alleged to have aided
and abetted Horation W. Bottomly,
editor of a weekly publication and a
member of parliament for the south
division of Hackney to publish false
statements regarding the case and
also to have aided the Daily Chronicle
to give publicity to similar un
truths.
Bieak In Heat
Wave in Gotham
Found Man Under Wreckage.
Bj' Associated Press.
Bridgeport, Conn., July 12.—It was
reported today that a man, unscious
but still breathing, v/as discovered un
der the wreck of the Federal express
Bj' Associated Press.
New York, July 12.—The break in
the heat wave promised by the wea
ther man made itself felt today, al
though the change was gradual and
little real comfort was in prospect un
til tomorrow. A shower early in the
day kept the temperature from soar
ing as it has done for several days
as soon as the sun rose. At 9 o’clock
the official thermometer registered 80
degrees, with 68 per cent oi humidi
ty.
Following yesterday’s maximum of
Four States Tom
Of Motor Cars
By Associated Press.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 12.—Thirty-
five motor cars started today on the
“four states tour” of Indiana automo
bile manufacturers. The route is 1,-
432 miles in length and the tour will
occupy 12 days. The motori.sts will
sepnd tonight at Paris, 111., and will
proceed tomorrow to St. Louis, to to
Dubuque, Iowa, thense to Chicago
ana Indianapolis. Twenty-tw-o manu
facturers have entered cars.
WH IKS
LOST IS HESULI
eic HUE
Bj^ Associated Press.
Detroit, Mich., July 12.—The de
struction yesterday of the twin villages
of Au Sable and Oscoda, and the $500,-
000 fire at Alpena, probably caused
exaggerated reports of loss of life from
forest fires in the northern counties
of the southern peninsula of Michigan.
Many town sthat were last night re'
ported burning, are today reported
safe. These include Lewiston, Turner
and Alger.
Reports of loss of life at Au Sable
and Oscoda where the devastation
was caused by forest fires, were per
sistent today, but it was impossible
to confirm them. Most of them orig
inated from the stories of panic strick
en refugees. Some of the reports esti
mated the dead as high as fifty.
The state milita has made hurried
preparations at Lansing to forward a
supply of tents to Oscoda.
Detroit, Mich., July 12.—Early re
ports today from the 'fires-wept dis
trict of northern Michigan say that
several settlers families and lumber
camp crews near Wolverine and sev
eral families near Gaylord are miss
ing. Of the two towns of Osceda and
Au Sable only a school and two
94 degrees death stalked through the dwelling in tae south end of Au
crowded tenements last night a^ it Sable are left standing. Reports con-
never had done before since the hit j tinue to be received of probable loss
spell began. Thirteen deaths were of life at O&coda and Au Sable.
The Pilots oj The Winning Bal
loons Will Join Allan R.
Hawley as Repiesenting U.
S. tn International Flight
For Bennet Cup,
By Associated Press.
Kansas City, July 12.—With the bal
loons St. Louis IV and Million Popula
tion Club,- both of St. Louis, rest the
honors of wining first and second
places in the national elimination bal
loon race, and to two St. Louis pilots
falls the righ. of joining Allan R.
the United States in the international
the Uinted tSates in the internation-il
balloon races for the Janies Gordon
Bennett cup, which will start from
here on October 5th.
While official returns of 4he race
will not be available for several days
tl^ere is no doubt, according to offi
cials of the Kansas City Aero Club that
first, place will go lo the Sc. Louis
IV which landed near Lapaz Jiinction,
Ind., at 4:15 yesterday afternoon and
second to the Million Population Club
which came dow’n at La Crosse, Ind.,
at 2: 45 yesterday afternoon.
As soon as each balloon landed
the pilot forwarded all instructions
and records of the flight to the head
quarters of the National Aeio Associa
tion, in New York.
The of&cial winners will be announc
ed when the records have been check
ed up.
The balloons, their landing places
and unofficial distances as compiled
are:
St, Louis IV, Pilot Frank P. Lahm;
aide, iLeut. John P. Hart; landed
near Lapez Jupuction, Ind.; 525 miles.
Million Population Club, pilot, Capt.
John Berry; aide, Paul McCulloch;
Landed at LaCrosse, Ind, 485 miles.
Miss Sofia; pilot, William F. Ass-
mann; aide John M. Bsiily; landed
near Franklin Park, suburb of Chica
go;. 445 miles.
Buckeye, pilot J. H. Wade, Jr.;
aide R. H. Hitchcock, landed four
miles east of New Holland, md., 315
miles.
Topeka 11, pilot Frank M. Jacobs,
aide, Raffe Emerson; landed near
Laharpe, 111.' 190 miles.
New York, pilot Clifford B. Harmon;
aide, Augustus Post, landed at Fre-
mant, Iowa, 158 miles.
reported during the night after 12
t eighteen months
ni illltiiciv-vvA* v--'- -
i;o A has been due to com- arate ballotings
" ut five then, all in the hous>,.
.uiuuc I Senator Terrell °-
Senator Simmons' vote on ' two. he having received »3 In the pr®
Continued on Page Two.-
llrainarieB.
than the average production of the
past five years; corn 4.96 per cent
larger; oats 12.3 per cent less; bar
ley 11.6 per cent less; potatoes 10 8
per cent less; tobacco 22.7 per cent
less; flax 10.0 per cent more; rice
5.8 per cent more than the average
production of the past five years.
The average weight of wool per
fleece this year is 6.8 pounds com
pared with 6.7 last year and 6.5 the
average of the past ten j ears.
Condition of John W. Gates.
Bv Associated Press.
'Paris, Julv 12.—John W. Gates was
clear-headed today after a sleepless
nis:ht. , ^ , .
Charles G. Gates believes that his
father will survive the present at
tack. He says that he has seen him
as ill before. .
It is said that the abscesses in the
American financier’s throat were oper
ated upon successfully but that com
plications resulted when the poison of
the abscesses reached the kidneys and
caused congestion.
and that three bodies also were there. > o’clock. The deaths from the heat up
to midnight numbered 2o. This brings
the total deaths during the 10 days
since the extreme heat first visited
New York vp to 270 and beats all rec
ords.
Nev.- York. July 12.—Five deaths
reported later in Brooklyn and two
in Manhattan brought the number
since midnight up to 20.
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WITHOUT THE NEWS.”
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♦ Charlotte, N. C. ♦
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♦ money order for which please ♦
♦ credit my acount for '-he Daily -9>
♦ News. ♦
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Yours 'truly, ♦
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Kansas City, pilot, Captain H. E.
Honeywell, aide John Watts; landed
near Linby, lov.-a, 150 miles.
IS
DISIIPPEIIRS
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 12.—Ensign R. S.,
Young, Jr., of Concord, N. C., disap
peared from the destroyer Perkins at
New York navy yard last night, leav
ing a note stating that he intended to
drown himself. The young officer had
slightly overstayed his shore leave and
had been called upon for an explana
tion.
Many Persons Flee.
Port Huron, Mich., Julj' 12.—Two
hundred and eighty fire refugees from
Oscoda, principally women and chil
dren, arrived in Port Huron today
on the steam barge Niko, Captain
Ralph D. Meyers, of Tonnawanda, N.
Y. They left Oscoda last night, some
just managing to get on board the
vessel when it cut loose, both bow
ana'Stern being on fire.
Town Wiped Out.
Alpena, Mich., July 12.—The towns
of Tower and Onav.ay were reported
today to have been partly destroyed by
forest fires. Heavy losses v/ere re
ported at Millersburg, Metz, Posen and
La Roque.
Frenchtown, a thickly settled por
tion of Onaway is said to have been
wiped out. The fire reported last night
at Alger was trivial.
Boy Killed By
Kick From Mule
Special to The News.
Robbinsville, N. C., July 12.—Gwynn,
the 6-year-old son of Mr. A. F. Ghor-
mely, a prominent merchant and hotel
man of this place, was kicced in the
head by a horse here yesterday nfier-
noon and almost instantly killed.
OH wm.
OF GOLLfi P S [
By Associated Press.
Los Angeles, Cal., July 12.—Mrs.
Ortie McManigal and her uncle,
George Behm, of Portage, Wis., both
of whom are aligned with the defense,
shared the interest with the McNam
ara brothers today, when the dynamite
conspiracy case was called and Judge
Walter Bordwell prepared to render
a decisions on the motion to quash the
indictm.ents against the accused labor
leader and his brother. Mrs. McMani
gal and her uncle came to the court di
rectly h-orn the jail, where they made
another effort, it fs asserted, to induce
Ortie McManigal. the alleged confes-
sor-conspirator to repudiate his con
fession.
Tern between conflicting desires to
do as his wife wished and also keep
his alleged pledge to become state wit
ness, McManigal is said to be on tha
verge of collapse and unless teh trial
of the McNamaras was held soon,
McManigal would be in no condition
to assume the role of principal wit
ness against them. McManigal Is said
to have waivered but to have refused
finally to desert the prosecution.
“I cannot do it,” he is quoted as
saying. “They would hang me if I
did.”
The general opinion is that the de
cision would ’oe against the defense.
In that event, the accused men will
be forced to enter their pleas to nine
teen cliarges of murder tomorrow un
less an unforeseen move is made.
JUDGE E. C. O’REAR
NAMED FOR GOVERNOR
Louisville. Ky., July 12.—Judge E.
C. O’Rear was nominated for goveincr
by acclamation in the state republican
convention here today. He had little
real opposition at any time as country
primaries last Saturday instructed a
large majority of the delegates for
him. The convention still is in pro
gress nominating other candidates.
—Mr. B. D. Springs went to Switz
erland this morning to joint his wife
and family.