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Qtest Edition
43. NO. 7082
CHARLOTTE N. C„ MONDAY kVENINC‘JULY 17, 1911
pi>T^p'{ In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDily—6 Cents Sunday.
• Outside Cbarlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday.
ht To Bar Diead
lague Of Cholera
From New York
' :ses oj the Diuase
: at Swmburns Is-
:J Others are Under
1- -More Rigid Quar-
\)Be Enjorced,
xoert Will Co-oper-
h City Health De^
Already Six
re Reported at Is-
Frcss.
-.'y IT —The fight to
the port of New
' day with a federal
local health de-
.1' i orsous who ar-
ago on the
jr.d are still under
■.r.dergo bacteriolog-
ii.- and a more rigid
^'6 enforced at Swin-
Ajere fifteen cases of
e connned with four
.cion
'! > the five deaths
i 8i". -e the Moltke
■’ here from .Vaples.
Watson Does Not
Want Chairmanship
By As80''iated Pres.
Falrmout, W. Va., July 17.—Sena
tor Watson has no* Intention of seek
ing the chairmanship of the democrat
ic national committee which was sug
gested by United States Senators
Johnston, Overman, and Taylor at the
dinner given in their honor at Sen-
day night. Before leaving Johnston
aror Watson’s home on Saturday night.
Before leaving his home last night
for Washington he said:
“Under no circumstances could I
consider that I be selected for chair
man of the democratic national com
mittee. Of course I consider It a great
honor to have these Senators, all good
democrats, express their preference
for me for so responsible a position,
but the thing is out of the question.
My business affairs would not permit
of my giving the time and attention
to party affairs which the chairman
ship would necesitate and I cannot
permit myself to be considered for the
place. I appreciate the kind words of
those who suggested me for the
place."
“HE
RUINED MY HOME,”
SAID PRISONER.
By Associated Press.
Xew York. July 17.—“He ruined my
I home." paid Giuseppe Rcmanello to-
• the danger thei^ja^ when arraigned on the charge of
'he eviidemic now | lining Alesandron Zarra and mortal-
Q Kurope. |iy v.ounding Filipo Prospic. The
approaching'I shooting occurred in an Italian cafe
1
$100,000 “Jack Pot”
Figm es To - day In
Lorimei Hearing
6Y A «n.ATtrvL reopti to tml
VNITED JTATEI Mt/VtOT'LAEGL
'''roniu Dijcatsy svly^bii
irw int CQ3T or mm n/u incm
Has Forgotten .
His Identity
By Asociated Press.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 1?.—It is
now certain that a young man found
here who had forgotten his own iden
tity and all matters pei'taining to his
past is Jack King of Norfolk, Va., and
asistant paymaster of the Virginia
Railroad, H. H. Rogers’ line. Tele
grams have been received from rela
tives ia Norfolk and in Wyorning, a
suburb of Cincinnati, directing that
specialists be employed in an effort
to restore King to his right mind.
Being shown telegrams from r^atives
King failed to recognize the mame
and could remember nothing of any
one claiming to be related to him. The
yet
(I
William Burgess Called to
Stand to 7ell of His Testi
mony Before tke Helm In^
vestigating Committee in Illi
nois,
2 ells OJ Conversation on Train
When He Heard Stranger
Tell About the Corruption
Fund Raised to Elect Lari
mer to Senate,
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 17.—The $100,000
stricken man is being held in a local 1 legislative “jack pOt” about w^hich re
hospital with physicians in constant | volve charges affecting the election of
attendance. They can discover no in
jury and state that King is in perfect
physical condition. They are at a loss
to know what has caused the peculiar
condition of the man’s mind.
CAN WE DO WITHOUT THIS?
»he situation is
in Harlem late last
night while
■'r . ttention pnd Dr. thousands' of Italians outside were
‘-1 er o; ' port, has j annaul festival of
to i.^.-ue a rea.■■.-^urin^ j our Lady of Mount Carmel. Zarro
r *ay s that thelj^j^^ Prosapio were at a table when
be re -elved in one ; entered. An argument with
’h*' ...Cu.h. ana Zarro was followed by a gun play
a tn---r in ordinary j drove everybody else out of the
. ons who have the^(.gte. Fifteen policement had all they
I could do to get Romanello to the
rles Dii.Ains, counsel police ptation through the crowd of
''-,.n’.= a* fl.- t^stlga-1 (-^jgjjrators.
s o‘l!i ial conduct nov ;
, ; ;-is . murderer DIES
-p; ^ t ,v in , hOS- ,
net on the! IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
inunieration sta^
’ l;:e dl
•a'
■ a_- 'ue i
L:t*»r .andint-.
-r r.ther »he under-
: i' increarrid by
';'e r»-oent medical
•f holer:; carriers.
■•.^on« r>r r»odv says, may
g.^rm ,i:'hough them-
n f:ee from their ill
. ,• ^reflf a menace to
1 Li-: L a inc from the dis-
a.-^cugers were ; By Apsnrlated Press.
I Ossining, N. July li.—Giuseppi
Serimarce, who killed two men dur
ing his twenty-seven years of life,
pnid the penalty for one of his deeds
today at Sine Sing prison. One min
utes contact of the electric current
leit him a corpse. It was the quick
est execution since the electric chair
was innoduced at the statep rison.
Serimarce murdered Antony Side at
Mammaroneck a year ago after quar-
c reling in a dance hall. Five rears ago
?mm cholera iccur-*at Peekskill he killed a man but es-
a:mrnc tiSud ho.=pital ca^ ed punishment on a plea of self
t n". ik nc the total six j leiense.
Frnn> r-s Faran-'!-!
aian'ine officers j^h_i_ed BY PROPRIETOR
OF NEAR BEER SALOON
TOUL IlSSES
S13,899,12ll W-
PORT OF IISSESSOES
At 3 o’clock the board of equiliza-
tion met in the city hall and received
from Mr, D. Baxter Henderson, gen
eral assessor, the following report
made by him and his assistant vist
tQ-kcrs *
Total number of acres. 322,291.
Average per acre—$10.81.
Total land valuation. $13,848,29b.
Personal property, $59,788.34.
Grand total, $19,829,127. Bank stock
not included.
Township Acreage.
Charlotte—15,452.
Crab Orchard—33,544.
Clear Creek—20,125.
Deweese—11,806.
Berryhill—21,881.
Hunter&ville—16,845.
Lemleys—19,495
Long Creek—23,453.
Paw Creek—22.522.
Steel Creek—29,624.
Sharon—22,725.
Pineville—10.074.
Providence—27,194.
Morning Star—17,572.
Mallard Creek—30,169.
SIPT By II
iim FI
sms THE
TO DICK
IS II
lETTEB
FftRGE
Special to The News.
By Associated Press.
Salem, Ore., July 17.—According to
John A. Carson, special counsel for the
Alaska syndicate and author of the
Jonesboro, July 17.—The most de-, letter to Capt. D. H. Jarvis regarding
structive fire in the history of Jones-. the Morrissey act which was included
bovo occurred Sunday morning, de-1 jn the charges made by Delegate Wick-
stroying nine store buildings, includ-j ersham against Attorney-General Wick-
ing the postoITice. The bank and other j sham, the alleged “Dirk-to-Dick” letter
store buildings were damaged more or which Miss Abbott asserted she discov-
Senator Terrell
Relinquishes his Seat
By Associated Press. ^
Washington, July 17.—Senator Ter
rell, of Georgia, ceased to be a mem
ber of the United States senate at
11:29 a. m. Acting upon his tele
graphic request to Vice-President
Sherman this morning the senate or
dered that Mr. Terrell’s name be
stricken from the roll of the senate,
leaving his seat vacant until Governor
Hoke Smith qualifies as his successor.
Senator Terrell’s telegram read:
“My successor as United States Sen
ator w'as elected by the legislature of
Georgia last Wednesday. It is my opin
ion that this election ended my term
of office, but to remove all doubt, I
sent my resignation last Friday to
Governor Smith and mailed you a
copy of same. This resignation is irre
vocable and I have so notified Gover
nor Smith. I will be glad for you to
instruct the secretary to strike my
name from the roll of senators.”
f ’Hiition' ■ Hoffman
(t i.'tor; The steam-
ron: rr.e Meriiterranean.
r n quarantine while
a’e under observ-
o ?ra in It.ily
-j:.;. July 17.—The
- of the number ot
Palermo, Italy,
re exasperated, accord-
: :reC''."ed here.
•n'lot l>e known with
■ . tu- dead at Paler-
•uatlon both at Pal-
; f 18 no^ .-iald to be
I'Hiermo the average
r.v- ■;,- twenty and at
\t !.eghorn there have
• • 1 r*een deaths since
vhile at Spez-
•have numbered sev-
ree find at Pisa one.
B 3 Fight On.
juj ’.7.—The entire
‘ Inner of the govern-
. it in motion to fight
H nva-lon from Europe.
• a.:h offices at Naples
r i- ed to cable a re-
• ilayB as to the de-
t /p epidemic that is rag-
• expert, hurried to
, 1.' expected to work
.. I'h the health author-
d vi^orouf- handling of
1 brought in, and to
further cholera in-
By Associated Press.
Chattanooga. Tenn., July 17.—
George Harper, contractor of Benton,
Polk county, w-as shot and almost in-
stanly killed at 4 o;dock Sunday af
ternoon on the public square at Ben
ton by John Harbison, proprietor ot
a pool room and near beer saloon.
The men began playing with each
orher and finally became enraged and
Arthur struck Harbison with a beer
bottle and the latter drew hi& P|stO‘
and fired two shots, both of which
took effect in Arthur’s bodj*. Arthur
leaves a wife and six children and
belonged to a prominent family.
tenement CONDITIONS
ARE AMAZING.
Bv Associated Press.
Hoboken. N. J.. July Chas_
Pranard. deputy chief of the Bureau of
Social Providence of France, who is
here to look over this city’s
methods, finds conditions in York
“amazing.” He started off with an ex
amination of East Side tenants, hop
ing to get some hints for improving
housing condition's ^“^hrnk’that this
first glimpse led to think that this
city had better send to Pans tor
“"“'Sected several tenements In
lower Manhattan,” he said on
Eight Passengers
Killed In Wieck
°ymore
NOELS ENGAGEMENTS
^ fios-.
‘ al., July 17.—Ethel
has cancelled
• f'-r the remainder of
. northwest and de-
’ t-T New lork.
of John W. Gates.
If -
ii/i.n W. Gates, the
> f 'Kuo Is ill in this
:brui’;iMe night. He
:;o-.'ly
i* 'irliy Dr. GroB
nnnu'^d improv-
‘ .. 'f probably would
. •oi’A the phy.siclans
• . ;1.- out of dancer,
■f Vi.f? patient justified
'■f re>'Over>’.
me. Postponed.
P t
' 17.—Philadelphia-
» -r d. Two .crimes to-
' 27.—BrookLn-St.
his
"erur‘n."‘anrio«d the tenants pay^^
$6 a month rent per room. Many 01
these rooms are so dark that tney
should be vacated at once as unfit for
human beings to live In.^ They are
also veritable death traps.
SEVERE EARTH SHOCKS
WERE RECORDED.
By Associated Press. i7_Se-
Budapest, Hungary, \\,emet
vere earth shocta^m the^Kecsf“„,
district.* fifty iAi** ^aaa fiv©
hPre were agian recorded from nve
until seven o’clock this
1 KiiiiHincK were wrecked and
eral buildings buildings were
walls of a number of buiiame
cracked.
Dr. Aked Denies Report.
By Associated Press.
New York, July
n-iarlps F. Aked has sent to the a
soclated Press the tollowing telegr
dated San Francisco July ^
“The statement iii^^oaays p
sa,d to be telegraphed__Jrom New
York
servatlons
Mullheim, Baden, Germany, July
17.—An express train on the road run
ning from Basel, Switzerland, to
Fiankfort-on-the-Main was derailed
wliile entering the station here to
day. Eight passengers were killed.
Fourteen others were severly and
twenty slightly injured.
A first class, a second clas« and
two third class cars were telescoped.
Pitable confusion followed the acci
dent. It was impossible to learn wheth
er anl Americans were among the vic-
The accident happened as the train
moving southward entered the station.
The locomotive was derailed. A fipt
class, a second class and two third
class’ coaches telescoped each other.
Simultaneously the remaining cars
were piled up against a south bound
train. Not a passenger in the first
three coaches of the wrecked train
escaped injury.
Strange Malady
In Mitchell County
By Associated Press.
Asheville, July 17.—A fatal epidemic
prevails in Mitchell county, which has
heretofore been unkonwn to medical
science and is baffling skilled physi
cians, who have made every effort to
check the malady which manifests
itself by small bloodshot stains on
the tips of the fingers, passing
through the arm into the body and
resulting in death within a few days
after the first sign appears. The
plague has claimed a number of vic
tims in Mitchell county, one of whom
was Dr. F. P. Slagle.
Dr. Charles Buchanan, a prominent
physician, became affected a few days
ago and was sent to Johnson City,
Tenn., hospital, where his condition is
said to be critical.
WOULD INCREASE SALARY
OF THE GOVERNOR.
less by fire and •"'.^R.'.er.
The fire stei'rced in the furniture
store of Dr E. P. Snipes at about
2:30 in the morning and was of
incendiary origin. The w'ater system
had been completed -Saturday but
the to'^\n authorities had failed to
procure the necess-ary hose, conse
quently the people were helpless to
flsht the fire except by bucket bri
gades.
The Sanford fire company w’as
'phoned for and responded promptly
with several lines of hose and soon
had the fire under control. It was due
to their gallant work the bank and
other buildings were saved.
The following is the estimated loss:
Watson Bros., warehous-e and con
tents, $2,500, insurance $1,100.
Watson Bros., main building, dam
age by fire and water , $1,000, cover
ed by insurance.
Murchison’s cafe, $200, no insur
ance.
The building occupied by Murchi
son was owned by the Harris heirs.
Loss on building $1,000, no insurance.
J. D. Register, undertaker, loss
$400, no insurance.
Mrs. S. H. Buchanan, postoffice and
store buildings, loss $4,000, no in
surance.
Dr. E. P. Snipes, loss on building
and stock, $3,500, insurance $500.
L. H. Fitchett, harness and shoe
shop, $200, no insurance.
W. S. Murchison, office fixtures,
etc., $200, no insurance.
The fire spread to the south side
of Trade street to the Foushee build
ing used as a restaurant, loss $1,200,
insurance $500.
Jonesboro Building and Improve
ment store house, loss $600, insurance
$300.
Bank building, damage by fire and
water, $200, covered by insurance.
- The large building on East Main
street occupied by the L. M. Foushee
Co, wholesale groceries, damage by
fire and water $150, covered by in
surance.
The people of Jonesboro are under
manv obligations to the fire compa
ny of Sanford for their prompt help
in subduing the fiameS. The citizens
of the town are much w'rought up
over the origin of the fire and every
effort will be put forth to ferret out
the guilty party or parties.
ered in the interior-^epartnreTit-'Te-
cords, “is rankest nonsense.”
“The letter is a farce,” said Mr.
Carson last night, “because the Mor-
gan-Guggenheim syndicate .has no rea
son to wish to secure a harbor at Con
troller Bay. There is no suitable har
bor there. Controller Bay or Katalla
is a roadstead rather than a harbor.”
attributing to me offensive o^
as to coldness of New
as to coldness of
ii
jcl
gratitude to New
I- (T-ranh.’
Bv Associated Press.
Atlanta. July 27.-A bill mcjeasmg
theh governor’s salary from $o,000 to
$7,500 a year was introduced into the
house this morning by ^ill Hall,
of Bibb county. It provides that future
governors shall pay their household
expenses, now paid by the state,
passed the increase would not ^J^ome
effective until after the term of the
present executive.-
James Wiggins
Killed by Dynamite
By Associated Press.
Nashville, Tenn., July 17.—While en
deavoring to dynamite fish in the Chat-
talouchee near Newport, Tenn., yes
terday, James Wiggins, thirty, foreman
of a lumber camp, was almost in
stantly killed when a stick of dyna
mite exploded in his hands. His neck
was broken and a gash torn in his
breast through which hisheart could
be seen. Both hands were blown off
His body will be taken to Ely, N. C.
Gen. Diaz Off For Paris.
Bad Nauheim. Germany, July 17.—
General Porfirio Diaz, the former
president of Mexico, is preparing to
leave for Paris, being advised by a
consulting physician here not to take
the w^aters on account of his age
His health, however, appears excel
lent. From Paris Diaz will go to
Switzerland where he will remain
throughout the summer.
Imprint oj Thumb
Was The Clue
By Associated Press.
Newark, N. J., July 17.—The imprint
of a man’s thumb on a whitewashed
board is the clue by which the police
of Belliville, N. J., expect to trace the
assailant of James Buckalew, an aged
hermit w^ho some time during the past
48 hours was beaten into unconscious
ness and left for dead in the kitchen
of his tiny cottage.
Whether Buckalew' was robbed can
not be learned unless he recovers con
sciousness at the hospital here where
he lies at the point of death. He was
found lying across a table with his
hand and feet tied and his head
stuffed In an ash barrel.
State Wide Prohibition
Campaign Closing
NEW TREATY OF COMMERCE
AND NAVIGATION.
By Associated Press.
New York, July 17.—The new treaty
of commerce and navigation between
the United States and Japan went into
operation today, replacing the old
treaty negotiated during Secretary
Gresham’s administration. The Impor
tant point of difference between the
two conventions lies In the omission
from the new convention of the para
graph In the old relating to immigra
tion restrictions which was objection
able to the Japanese, the United States
relying upon the honor of Japan to
carry out the spirit of existing under
takings which prevent the departure
of Japanese coolies to America.
ROYALTY WILL WITNESS
GERMAN NAVAL REVIEW.
By Associated Press.
Houston, Tex., July 17.—A campaign
on state-wide prohibition distinguished
for its almost scholarly soberness and
free from brass-band methods, entered
on its final w^eek in Texas today. De
bates and orations on'both sides are
scheduled for nearly every day this
week at almost every polling booth
throughout the state. On Saturday
the voters will say whether the amend
ment prohibiting the sale and manu
facture of liquor shall be written into
the state constitution.
Senator Lorimer, figured in the testi
mony at the opening of today’s hear
ing before the Senate Lorimer com
mittee.
William Burgess, manufacturer and
treasurer of an electrical company at
Duluth, Minn., discussed on the stand
today his testimony before the Helm
investigating committee of the Illinois
Senate in which hes aid that on a
train running out of Duluth, about
March 1911, C. F. Wiche, w'ho is as
sociated in business with Edw'ard
Hines, declared to him that “there
was a jack pot raised to elect Mr.
Lorimer; I know what I am talking
about because I subscribed $10,000 to
it myself.”
Mr. Burgess said that he and Wiehe
had not met before that day. They be
gan conversing in the smoking car.
Burgess said he made a remark about
the Lorimer election, w’hich finlly led
the stranger, whom he said was Wiehe,
to remark that Burgess “did not know
very damn much about it.”
Shortly afterward, according to the
witness today, Wiehe said:
“There was a jack-pot for Lorimer’a
election. I know what I am talking
about, because I subscribed $10,000 to
it myself.”
“Didn’t you think it strange that a
perfect stranger should make a con
fession of wholesale corruption to
you?” asked Senator Kern.
“I always did. That was the reason
I asked who the man was when we
got off the train.”
On cross-examination Burgess testi
fied that he was acquainted with W.
H. Cook, of Duluth, whose version of
conversations with Edward Hines have
been disputed by Hines. Burgess said
he talked with Cook about coming to
Washington to testify and Cook had
merely remarked:
“You’ll have a hot time.”
“Didn’t he say: Give ’em hell?’”
inquired Attorney Hines. “He did
not.”
BARON ROSEN WILL
NOT RETURN JO POST.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, July 17.—The for
eign office today confirmed the report
that Baron Ros-en would not return to
his post as Russian ambassador at
Washington. George Bakhmetleff is
the nominee now In view for the
American mission, but his appoint
ment, like other diplomatic changes,
will await the return in the fall of
foreign Minister Sazanoff, who Is now
In the Vosget region In search of
health.
Bakhmetleff was formerly ambas^-
dor to Japan and still earlier min
ister at the Hague and Russian dip
lomatic agent in Bulgaria.
Baron Rosen probably will be given
a seat in the council of the empire.
Went For License
From Court Room
By Associated Press.
Berlin July 17.—According to to
day’s papers Queen Mary of England,
the Prince of Wales and Princess
Mary will witness the great German
naval review at Swinemunde on Au
gust 30 at which the Austrian and
Turkish heirs and the prince of Mon
aco also will be gue&ts.
The British party will first visit
their elderly relative, the dowager
grand duchess of Mechenburgh-Stre-
litz and following the naval review
will proceed to Potsdam to be pres
ent at the review of the auturn pa
rade of the guard on September Id.
MONTGOMERY VOTES
ON
SALOONS.
Mrs. Lula Grant was Granted
A Divorce in Civil Court this
Morning at 10:30 0*clock
and Went at Once With J. J,
Owen to Get Marriage License
Granted a divorce this morning at
10:30 o’clock in ?^ecklenburg civil
court from her husband, James Stock
ton, Mrs. Lula Grant, alias James
Yates, walked down stairs with J. J.
Owen, where they obtained a marriage
license from Register of Deeds W. M.
Moore and announced their intention
of going to Rev. Dr. H. H. Hulten, of
the First Baptist church, to be married
at once.
Mrs. Grant was married a few
months ago to a man who gave his
t name as James Yates. The ceremotiy
was performed b y ’Squire S. H. Hil
ton at his office at the court house. It
developed in a fev.^ days that Yates’
real name was Stockton and that he
already had a wife in King’s Mountain.
He left for parts unknown a few days
after the marriaee before 'Squire Hil-
Denver, coi., Juiy j ton and has not been heard of since
two missing and probabb dead, and ^ granted the divorce this
two nitro-glycerine buildings j j^^orning in a few minutes after heav
ed. resulted today from the explosion | corning ^ ^
of 3,000 pounds of nitro-glycenne at i ^^o^ie of Mrs. Grant on
the DuPont Powder Company s plant, j _ Brevard for some time. He was
15 miles south .of Denver. The^caus-e morn-
is unknown. They were not i when the verdict was rendered by
or burned and it is evident that | -phe couple walked at once
died as the result of after-damp. The . gtairs to the register of deeds
state inspectors believe the mmers, So.n «a.rs^^^^^
drilled into a pocket of gas, causing
the explosion.-
Labor Leaders to Answer
Contempt Orders
One Man Killed
By Explosion
Denver, Col., July 17.—One killed.
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 17.—Attacking the
jurisdiction of the court and the le-
Another Week of
Debate in Senate
By Associated Press.
Washington, Julv 1'
-The senate
galitv of the proceedings. President! today entered upon another week ot
Samuel Gompers. Vice President John ' debate on the Canadian re-
Mitchell, and Secretary Frank Morri- | ciprocity bill, with a vote on
son of the American Federation of 1 the measure fixed for next Saturday.
By Associated Press.
Montgomery, Ala., July 17.—Mont
gomery city and county is voting to
day to determine whether the saloon
shall again be legalized. The opinion
prevails that local option w ill carrj
and the question appears to be now
only the majority. Estimates run from
one thounsand to 2;500 majority. Mo
bile went wet a short time ago.
Labor, appeared i^ the equity branch
of the supreme court of the District
of Columbia today to resist the latest
contempt order issued against them by
Justice Wright. The first moves were
of a technical nature and were over
ruled by Justice Wright.
A motion to dismiss on the ground
that the service of the order was in
complete was sustained, but when'Jus
tice Wright directed the marshall to
serve new papers • forwith, the point
was wa'^'ed.
The bill was all that was on today’s
calendar, and no time had been re
served for any speech. The hou^
marking time, will not be in session
until Wednesday.
VICTIMS BROUGHT TO
SURFACE OF MINE.
Bv Associated Press.
'Dubois, Pa.. July 17.—The bodies
of the twenty-one victims of the ex
plosion in the shaft of tne Cascade
The hearing was adjourned until j Coal & Coke Company &.t Skjeovill.,,
next Monday without action. rought to the surface tada}.