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XEWS PONY CONTEST CLOSES ON THURSDAY NIGHT JULY 20-AT 10 O’CLOCK SHARP Mi t;;' * ‘•““"“THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.^""*" vol. 43. NO. 7083 CHARLOTTE N. C., TUESDAY tVENlNG ‘JULY 18, 1911 P'DT^'P j In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDlly—6 Cents Sunday. 1 Outside Charlotte B Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. Cl.:ton Prices Crumble jii New Oileans Exchange To-day or Maiket Brokers 0 Fill an Immense jtion oj Selling 0/- Liverpool Similarly H J a vy baid Rains in to Have 7 he SeUing Move- :v York Market PIEHT BETI«[[N ouemi mysT Hi ITS Rivms fl. IS.—Prices . ’-ng of ♦he cotion ■IN selling was in before tne '.ue of water stroke of The 1.. to till an im- . r >ellingr orders .1 'ver the cot ion .-■.I. -.'ere fairly well •’ ’ t AO account& ac- '>>!;• of the ring. !.t to 2*^ points ' '."se. Uiter Ancust '■ n and the new- down There was ' f' trading in the ’•r- who wanted their ,i!! the support the sank to 12i'l ■ ■'juarter of a cent un- -fvel below which the imed it would be im- •riarkof to go because i here was little .u evidence this morn- Py Associated Press. Vork. July IS.—Further details of the tight between the American Su ra r Refining Company and its rivals will be revealed at the government's investicaiion of the so-called surgar trust resumed here today after ad journment in Washington. Some of the pro.-:pective witnesses before the special congressional committee are John A. Arbufkle. Claus Spreckels, W . H. Thomas, president of the American Sugar Refining Company; .John E. Parsons, its attorney and Arthur Don- ner. for many years its treasurer. Mr. .\rbuckle who was unable to at tend the hearings in Washington on account of illness, was head of the Arbuckle interests which long v.aged war with their larger opponent. Mr. Spreckcls is president of the Federal Sugar Company, an independent con cern which has its plant at Yonkers, In addition to the manufacturers, the committee expects to hear employes of the custom service review charges of fraud practiced by the sugar inter ests upon this branch of the Federal ? Put for the anx-j service. Among these employes Is r their profits and j Richard Parr, deputy surveyor of cus- archases on their | toms who received a large reward for would have been j revealing the trick scales by which the alleged trust defrauded the gov- ernmpjiT of millions of dollars in duties on sugar imports. The hearing is held at the custom house. Representative Hardwick is chair man of the committee. The members here are Representative Raker, Gar- utt. .^Ialby Jackoway, Hinds, Sulzer and Marli.son. \\ ashingvon R. Thomas, chairman of the board of directors of the American Pri- j Sugar Refining Company, was the first said I witness. After detailing the various ■'cavy rains in Oklahoma started the selling from Liverpool v*",:ng orders were •'.> n- i’>-r!'.i, the rontinont. rh-- . ■ cotton world gener- caused report that . . c:huiU- w-ere selling : o' 'lie leading bull op- - t‘..T there was any :..i y • >1 m The slump that fol- *• >*^nine Def^mber was i.’ ;cr • .-terda\ .' close. This .^1: of a quarter of a cent - II 2" a bale. The buying rhe.-.ed The decline and .■,i> Tion of about ' pointJ*. •!'.idile of the morning quieT r Ulorning the market . up under fresh selling -ouiise of more rain in : and what were call-1 ,.e; ly weather reports. | ;■ int.-, or $2.15 a bale V...;' close and the new’ - \vere pul 35 to 36 ^.ew York Exchange. i,;!y IS..—The cotton mar- ,e active and exciting 1 than for months past a een.-ational break in r The opening private ca- leceived from Liver- the bull leaders were ’ ^ hen business started : r’ irket practically every ,; 'he ring was supplied - .id-' First prices were ■ ■! from 2- to 29 points rally of from 10 to 12 " ; from this level, liqui- T.z cotton continued. ^ n a big seller and be- * ^ '1 t contracts had sold bale below the n; •‘.'iterday, while new ■■ from 1.50 to 1.70 per . ' w'h December selling • i.:TS the recent high 'aln? in the southwest, ■.f.dence in the big esti- • I'ming crop together ’• trade advices, seem- .M sible for the general . rt in conneotion with ’ two years of al- • 'f'd success, the bull .• found themselves '■•ie of the market. offices he had held with the company h? said in reply to Chairman Hard wick's questions That his father. Jo seph B. Thomas, had sold the Standard Sugar Refiner?’ in Boston to the Amer ican Company in 1887, the year in which other companies w’ere absorbed. As he could not recall what his father receiveti for the Standard, he was in structed to get the facts from his office in Boston Mr. Thomas said that in 1891 the American Company was capitalized at $50,000,000 which was increased to $75,000,000 when the American took in the Philadelphia refineries and to $M0,- 000.000 when it entered the beet sugar field. Without explanation Mr. Thomas in terrupted his testimony to defend the memory of the late H. O. Havemeyer. He wished it understood that noth ing he said or might say was to be in terpreted as an attack on Mr. Have meyer, “Mr. Havemeyer ran the company.” he said, “as a captain runs a ship. He did what he thought was best for the stockholders. Of course public opinion has changed since then. You know’ Mr. Havemeyer did not believe in letting the public know what he was doing.” Mr. Thomas admitted that the Amer ican Company, after baying the stock of the Baltimore Refining Company, closed the refinery there and shipped the machinery to New Orleans where labor w’as cheaper. Continued on Page Nine. OF mm 0 r h I I if Committee On Tariff And Legislation Meets At So. Mfgs. Club Says He Elected Loiimer to Senate ,1 Discussion as to What Policy the Cotton (xoods Manufac turers of The South Will Pursue in Reference to 7he Revision oj the Tariff. By Associated Press. "Washington, July IS.—How Edward Hines, the Chicago lumberman, is said to have boasted he “elected Lor- imer to the senate,” was related today before the senate Lorimer committee by Donald M. Franie, a cigar stand employe in the Union League Club in Chicago. It was near this stand that Herman N. Hettler claimed Hines re marked to him on the day Lorime." was elected, that “Lorimer has been elected; I elected him. I did it myself personally.” Today Franie swore that he could not recall the words exactly but that “Mr. Hines said something like ‘I have elected Lorimer our next senator’.” Frame said he had been asked by Hettler if he remembered the “pecu liar remark” Hines made on the day niatters relating to the tariff on cot- of Lorimer’s election, but entither had goods, also whaf policy the cotton Mr, R, M, Miller Presided at the Meeting— Explanatory Bulletins Read of Mr. S. W, Cramer—Meeting is Execw tive in Nature. The committee on Tariff and Legis lation of the American Cotton Manu facturers’ Association, met this morn ing in a called meeting at the South ern Manufacturers’ club to consider HIS FAVOftlTE TIMBER CLAIM Bryan has announced a list cf men whom he favors for Presidential nomination, included.—News Items. Harmon's name Is not New Oileans Newsies Out On Strike Because Two Oj Papers Raise Their Prices I TP"': 1 1' -Uncle Sam’s of- of revolutions” ;.'i to report a success- - TO Rico. He is Joseph :ai agent of the depart- • and he has just suc- ••i: General Carlos F. • ident of the Santo Do- nd TJeneral .Mauricio ■ e president, held for • ■ ! violating the enu- • ,ing to organize .li’arv' expedition : n'r they formerly rul- Eefore Court Hearing. . i VXK.- . on Me., July 18.—Six the time set for the ' probate court at Al- fhe r-^-ttlement of the ’ I'l contest, -Mrs. Olea s: -he contestant of the ■ li.nthor, Mrs. Olea Bull, 'oriay. By Associated Press. New York, July 18.—Fear of a chol era’invasion has been considerably al layed here by vigorous precautionary measures. The governments of the United States and Italy are cooperat ing with the New’ York health de partment. Italy already has detailed surgeons of her navy to examine all ships bound to America from plague Infected ports to prevent the spread of infec tion among passengers. Cut Port From Itinerary. Washington, July 18.—Becau&e of cholera In Italy, Secretary MacVeagh today telegraphed orders to the reve nue cutter practice ship Itasca at Marseilles to strike the port of Naples from its itinerary. The Itas ca has on board thirty cadets from the revenue cutter school at Fort Trumbull, Conn. The Itasca will pro ceed from Marseilles to Gibraltar and then home. Situation More Favorable. New Vork, July 18.—The health ofRcer of the port. Dr. Alvah H. Doty, looks on the cholera situation here as increasingly favorable. He issued the following bulletin this morning, “At Hofman Island conditions are satisfactory. There have been no further cases of cholera among tne passengers or crew of the steamy Moltke detained there. Reports Swinburne island hospital states there have been no further deaths. The condition of the passenpr® and crew of the steamer Perugia is also satisfactory th^s morning. “On the whole the general condi tion of the cholera situation looks vory favorftble.” By Associated Press. New Orleans, July 18.—In less than five minutes aher the tw'o afternoon dailies, The Item and The States, an nounced an increase of a quarter of a cent in the price of papers sold to newsboys, all New Orleans knew’ that a newsrboy strike was on and on with a vengeance. The police reserves were hurrdied to the business district, but they were outnumbered and at a dis advantage. Immediately after the first editions had been sent around the new^sstands along Canal street, the stands w’ere raided by a mob of yelling urchins who seized the papers and tore them up. Canal and other streets were literally covered with mangled news papers. There were many instances where the boys yanked papers from astonished readers on the street cor ners. Most of the stands are run by cripple or deformed news dealers and those who did not joint in the strike were nrotected by bluecoats who stood by to keep off the raiders. Bund les of papers put aboard street cars for carriers in the outlying districts were thrown off and torn up by boys detailed for this purpose. Only a few carriers in the suburbs received their papers. The police could do lit tle as the boys were protected by pickets and could outrun the officers in a foot race. A parade was formed by the boys last night as a demonstration ot their strength and determination. Yelling, shrieking and whistling they bore banners through the dow’ntown streets until nearly midnight. The wording on the banners were di rected against both dealers piotected by the police and the papers. One \vhich attracted the most at tention bore the words; ‘ A gentleman w'ould not patronize a “scab.” Don’t buy The Item or States.’ Neither side show's any indication of giving in. Mmicipol Committee In 'Washington Special to The News. Washington, D. C.. July 18.—Mayor C A. Bland and Aldermen E. S. Wil liams and J. R. Alexander are here to day They w’ent to the treasury de partment w'ith Senator Overman and Representative W'ebb to discuss the Vance Park situation. Mayor Bland thought up to yester day afternoon at 4 o’clock that the committee w’ould not have to go to W'ashington, but later it was decided that it was best to do so, so the may or, Aldermen W’illiams and Dr. J. R. Alexander left last night. As stated in The News they will not urge too strongly the allowing of the floral gar dens to remain at the present loca tion for that might interfere with the extension of the postofflce, but it will be asked that the florist be allowed to remain in the park, at some ot’ier spot. Dooned Man Collapsed in Cell By Associated Press Beaver, Pa., July 18.—Charles Hickman, who was to have been hanged here today for the murder of his wife Mollie Hickman, in Febru- arj 1910, collapsed in his cell m thee ounty jail during the night and died this morning at 8 o’clock. Hick man escaped from jail twice after nis conviction and Saturday night last attempted to take his life by inhaling Fund Jot Aspiring Young Ministeis By Associated Press. Sewanee, Tenn., July 18.—Announce ment was made here today that Mrs. Richard Peters of Atlanta, who died six w’eeks ago, bad provided in her estate be giv en to the University of the South as a fund for the benefit of poor young men who desired to study for the Episcopal ministry. The extract of her will containing the provision was read to a gathering of Sewanee people by the Rev. W. W. Memminger, rector of . All Sainst church of Atlanta. The fund w'ill be known as the Richard Ueters’ scholarship so named after Mrs. Peters' husband. YOUNG PEOPLE F July 18.— Atlanta, Ga., JJuly 18.—Mrs. Rich ard Peters, the donor of a scholarship at Sewanee for the benefit of poor ministerial students w^as the widow of the first president of the Western* & Atlantic Railroad and made Atlanta her home for many years. She was the mother of Ralph Peters of Gar den City, L. I., president of the Long Island Railroad, and of Richard Pet ers, jr., of Philadelphia, secretary and treasurer of the Pennsylvania Steel Company. STOKES SHOOTING CAUSES TWO INJICTMENTS, By Associated Press. New York, July 18.—Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad were indicted today on three counts growing out of the shooting of W. E. D. Stokes at their apartment on June 6. The grand jury held them for attempted murder in the first degree, assault in the first degree, and assault in the second de gree. Gates’ Condition. Paris, July 18.—The attack of ne phretic which made John W. Gates seriously ill continued moderate to day. The secondary difficulty, that of irregularity and wea."iness of the heart gives the physicians concern and ne cessitates the use of iitimulants. These stimulants, however, act well. Kl LEO By Associated Press. Anderson, S. C., July 18.—Samuel Hyde, a cotton mill engineer, forced his way into the residence of his fa ther-in-law', W. B. Beasley, at Orr mill early this morntng, went to the room occupied by his wife and fired three times at her. The bullets missed their mark and entered the body of Mrs Hyde’s little sister, who was sleeping with her. The little girl was not killed. Hyde then went to leave the house and encountered Mr. Beasley who grappled with him. Hyde then shot him dead. The assailant then went to a corn field nearby and had a friend tele phone to the sheriff, to whom he sur rendered. He (declared he was sorry he “had to shoot Beasley” and did not mea^ to injure his sister-in-law. Hyde and his w’ife have been sepa- By Associated Press. Grand Junction, Col., Gladys Thompson, aged 17; Lillian Os-borne, aged 14; Lee Baker, aged 15, and Virgil Wilson, aged 17, by a verdict of the coroner’s jury reached last evening are held for the al leged felonious drowning of Clark L Wolfkil, a ricli bachelor ranchman who was found in the creek near Clifton last Wednesday. According to the evidence brought out at the in quest the girls and boys have been living in a tent near W'olfkil’s ranch On the morning of his death Wolf kil received $2,500 on a^ horse deal and at the same time ttie tw’o girls visited him at his ranch. The money disappeared. About noon the girls repeated the remark to the other. The witness said he' and Hettler had fre quently “joked about Hines’ remark.” Isaac Baker, a lumber buyer for the Edward Hines Lumber Company, was the next witness. He gave an account of the meeting of Hines and Clarence S. Funk, general manager of the Inter national Harvester Company, just as Hines had done, even describing how Funk took hold of Hines’ left arm near the elbow and walked away arm in arm. The part of the conversation which Hines said took place near Baker was repeated by the witness as Hines told it to the committee. “Don’t you regard it as remarkable for you to make precisely the same goods manufacturers are to follow^ with reference to the tariff revision which is now pending before congress. Members Present. The members of the committee pras- ent this morning consisted of Mr. R. M. Miller, Jr., of Charlotte, chair man of the committee, who presided over the meeting; Mr A. H. Bahnson of Fries, Va., Mr. Stuart W. Cramer of Charlotte, Mr. James D. Hammett, and Mr. J. H. Morgan of South Carolina, Mr. T. I, Hickman of Georgia, Mr. J. C. Saunders of Texas. Mr. Cramer Reads Bulletins. Mr. Stuart W. Cramer, secretary of the committee, read bulletins No. 1 and 2 w’hich had been prepared for submission to Hon. O. W. Underwood, report of these conversations that i chairman of the ways and means com Hines did?” Inquired Senator Kem. “No, sir, I do not,” was. the reply. A gruelling cross-examination was given Baker. The witness declared that it was not unusual for hi mto repeat precisely Hines’ w^ords and insisted that he had never read Hines testimony nor heard Hines account of the conversations which took place more than tw’o years i ago. mittee at Washington. The bulletins W’ere prepared jointly by the tarlffc committee of the Arkwright Club, the Tariff Committee of the American Cot ton Manufacturers’ Association and the Tariff Committee of the National As sociation of Cotton Manufacturers. After reading the report of these joint committees, Mr. Cramer read part of Bulletin No. 2 which reflected j the opinion of Southern cotton manu- The Carnot rist _ _ . receive presents while he is a prisoner left the ranch and came to town and j gjjjj accordingly the director of the in the afternoon came back with the prjgon sequestered these intendd for two boys. Soon after Wolfkil’s body - was discovered on the river bank. Aycock Says He Needb the Money Special to The New's. Raleigh, N. C., July 18.—The con tract has just been aw^arded to J. B. Carr & Co., for the erection of the fine new $80,000 bank b\iilding by The Raleigh Banking & Trust Co., Chas. E. Johnson president. The building will be in two sections, one section to be completed for the bank to oc cupy before the main part of the present old historic round-step bank building is torn down, the bank to occupy the new’ section while the cor ner section of the new building on Fayetteville and Hargett streets is be ing built. The building will be three stories and w’ill have a series of mas sive marble pollars, each three stories high at intervals along both the Fay etteville and the Hargett street fronts. “Yes, but you are a candidate for the United States senate and are sup jfacturies as distinguished from man- iufacturers In other sections of the na tion. The sense of the committees’ re commendation W’as that there be no tal cotton schedule at this Meeting Open. Following the reading of the bulle tins the meeting w^as thrown open for discussion and plans were considered as to what steps should be taken to present the cotton manufacturers* views on the tariff question to the na tional legislators. It w'as a matter of regret that neither Congressman Webb nor Con gressman Claude Kitchin could be present at the meeting this morning. Both had been invited to be present. Mr. W^ebb w'as heard from and stated that a previous engagement made it impossible for him to be absent from Washington today. The reply of Mr. By Associated Press. Viterbo, Italy, July 18.—Gennaro Abbatemaggio. who is hugely enjoying his role of informer against the Ca- ‘ morrists, charged with the murders of Genarro Cuoccolo and his wife has been further flattered w’ith gifts from abroad. He has received froth parties in New York a check of $160 and three shares of a mining stock. The laws of Italy do not, however, permit a man to the prosecution’s witness. Interogation of Captain Fabroni, who | ^'itcMrto “the Invitati^ harnorbeen was detailed by the ministry of 3^- ^t noon, tice to run down the murderers of the Cuoccolos after the failed w’as continued today. The ques tioning aimed chiefly at establishing the complicity of Giovanni Rapi, the alleged treasurer of the Camorra in the crimes with >iead of the Camarra and the other accused men. WILET FRmS HISDEFEIIS[ By Associated Press. Wachington, July 18.—Dr. Harvey W’. Wiley’s answer to the charges posed to serve the people freely” was 1 made against him by the personnel the way that Judge Peebles put it up | committee of the department of agri- ™riv.r.c5 T3 Avr'cir'n- Insv i pay the costs in the case and escape | luth tomorrow night, will not insisted that ex-Governor Aycock, as j in Washington before Friday s counsel for Smith, had said it would 1 Mr. Taft expects to spend the v be impossible for Smith to raise any | at Beverly, it is unlikely that the money and the court had as well | President vill go over the case be- He repeatedly told the guards rated for some time. Orr mill is be would never live to be hanged. village near here. make the straight road sentence. Mr. Aycock reiolied that he had said the money could not be raised, in con ference because he judged from the very small fee his friends had bee:i able to pay him. This brought the jibe from Judge Peebles on the sena torial candidacy and free service as counsel. It developed in the argument of counsel that W. C. Douglass was retained to aid in the prosecution of Smith by the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers because Smith shot and killed Engineer Stultz two years ago when the latter had been peepin.;? in at a window of the Smith home. They failed to convict Smith for .he shooting of the engineer and raised a fund to help prosecute him in this case. fore next Tuesday. It is well known in Washington that Secretary WMlson and Dr. Wiley have not been on friendly terms for some time. It is acknowledged by the secretary’s friends that he takes the position that the chief of the chemistry bureau has assumed more authority in the depart^ient than he is entitled to. In spite of this fact, it was pre dicted today that Mr. Wilson w’ill re commend leniency. He is aw^are of the popular sentiment in favor of Dr. Wiley and for that reason, if for no other, some of his friends declare that he will not concur with Mr. W’’ickersham in suggesting that Dr. Wiley’s resignation would be ac ceptable. ... . I The gist of the tariff situation as 1 viewed by southern cotton manufac- turers, the bulletins being based large ly upon southern conditions, are con cisely stated under a list of general remarks contained in Bulletin No. 2. These read in part as follows: "We can assume that any reduction will be planned upon some basis of protection. As to the degree of pro tection to be accorded, the indications are that, in the minds of those charged with the decision, it lies somewhere between equality with the foreigner and a substantial advantage over him. “The advantage to which w*e are en titled should be indicated by the de mands of American citizenship, and especially as shown by our record of accomplishment for the w^elfare not only of those directly engaged in the industry but of the general public. The obligation of the foreigner is noth ing and he gives nothing. The obliga tion and individual stockholder, is great ad he gives freely, not only of his money, but of his time, his effort and his, thought. “While apparently then there is but little, room for argument and a con scientious and fair-minded committee can be depended upon to consider arid bud MARS IMPROVING. V-. 'i- •/ -V •‘'A. , -iH 'V ".I '■ \ ■ *' 4 rn ex-Governor Chas. B. Aycock last, j ... t-, -j * afternLinWake superior court.-1 j culture was presented to ret:der a satis- am a candidate for the senate, it is i Taft today. Secretary of Agriculture , decisio, it is that the commit- true, but that makes all the more nec- j Wilson who received the papers, had I shall have before it all the facts essary for me to have the highest, them before the cab- j that we are so deeply concerned. possible counsel fees. Campaigns cost j cpccioT, beean and declared that “Those facts relate to: monty,” w’as the quick reply that came i session began and declared tnat ] ^ development of the industry fro mthe ex-governor. | he would not be able to make a j present state. The question before the court w^as a i recommendation today. The outline of j 2. Its exceptionally far-reaching in sentence for Turner Smith, convicted | Dr. Wiley’s defense was not disclosed. | direct benefit to farmers, merchants, of assault on Lillian Whitman. The j Although Attorney General Wicker- j bankers, and so many others, judge had declared his purpose to sen- sham is out of the city the case w’as j 3. Labor, its wages, skill, supply, tence him to two years on the roads 1 discussed informally by the cabinet. ; condition, hours of w’ork, and future, with the alternative that Smith might j Owing to the fact that Attorney Gen- j 4., Cost of raw materials and oper- raise $750, to be paid to the girl and j eral Wickersham, who speaks in Du- • ating supplies. ■■■ be back 5. Cost of plants and equipment, insisted that ex-Governor AycocK, as j jji Washington before Friday and that j 6. Cost and methods of sale and dis- counsel for Smith, had said it would 1 Mr. Taft expects to spend the w’esk-end tribution. ‘ - 7. Miscellaneous items, such as rates of interest, taxes, cost of living and luxuries for both owners and opera tors, other and better opportunities for investment, etc. 8. American costs of production. 9. Foreign costs of production. 10. Present schedule of duties. 11. Importations and customs reve nue collected. (12) Exportations.” By Associated Press. Erie, Pa., July 28.—J, C. (“Bud”) Mars who was injured here last Friday when his aeroplane fell, continues to improve and today received a nurolx?r of friends to whom he related detaiU of his latest experiences. H« will probably leave the hospitel tomorrow. it-'fi'.'-' .Vi J- -■•' I : ->i , .r * ,* ’■ ■ ' ' . M vl.. ; ‘.J I i " ■! ■| 'f vsi'- .n ;■»: • ■*' • ji ''I r‘ 'v ■ - r .