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.n THE NEW'S SPORTING PAGE FOR LATEST DOPE ON BASEBALL RESULTS OF GAMES IN ALL LEAGUES 'st Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. L. 43. NO. 7088 CHARLOTTE N. C., MONDAY tVENlNG‘JULY 24. 1911 nsaiion Caused at Lorwier Hearing By Edward Hinei> / Bejore Lorimer it tee He Startled Mem" -'y Declaring That Pre- t Jajt Approved Lori- Candidacy. t President Said as to Representative Bou- Illinois Adding That * as Anxious to See Him .d. .'ed Press. n. July 24.—Edward ^ ‘ ago. caused a sensa- te; tlfylng before the committee that Rep- U nrv S. Boutell. of 11- Amcrti an minister to ■ 'old him that President ' lx>rlmer as an ac- n.'.'iial candidate and e him elected and .. elad to assist in his -ion of the committee AT'orn^‘v Hanecy, coun- • -r i.orimer, question- • ir.-'ance of his ’ H n> ; roduccd a sheet -ou* letter head and i'- ni’-p e-r date, but which 1 ’-'as in Mr. Boutell’s ' ’ 'tie she-‘t contain- t“ In'p the sena- ‘ a- !hp onl'- man in V .4 ‘ent to the rrcsi- • ' nnd being ott : 'rl,Tr d thTt the scna- »' V n natcr Lonmer c i#‘f'rinn to »he senate -v' -f The note. The ’ r.C'J that he was sure na'}->n jpcause a little 9 got the note from ; ^ 1. ;'l a conversation hi' f'learcd uj) the Hineg declared that m ‘'0.1 Mr. lioutell said "o PreBident Taft ' *rnt Ix)rimer seem- on '• man ui'in whom ou’d unite Mr. Hines ir -I- ..*1; Mr. t o ,i T’f, Costro Looking for A Fmndly Port By Associated PreBS. Washington. July 24.—Cipriano Castro, in the opinion of a diplomat ic officer who has given some study to the problem of locating the Vene zuelan, is now a sort or a "flying Dutchman” making a desperate effort to reach a friendly port in his native countr>'. Apparently just as he nears hi& goal, he is turned back, not by storms, but by watchful guardians of the Venezuelan coast or warships of other nations which seek to pre vent a renewal of his activity in his own country. According to this official, the basis for stories that Castro had landed in western Venezuela was the appear ance of the little Dutch island of Aruba of the yacht Coronet flying the American flag. She sent a boat ashore under the pretense of buying supplies, but so limited were the pur chases that it was evident the ship stood in no great need of food. The inhabitants reported the facts to the Dutch governor, but the vessel disap peared. The Coronet next appeared well up the Gulf of Maracaibo at a port well suited for landing a party. The gov ernor of the province started an in vestigation but again the ves&el dis- pppeared. However, it was reported that ample opportunity had been had for Castro, if abroad, to have com municated with some of his lieuten ants ashore, or if ashore himself, to have gotten word to the ship. Now a careful search has been made of the entire Goajiri peninsula, the Venezuelans have satisfied them selves that Castro is not there and the belief prevails that he is still afloat somewhere. 2 his Man Never V^ore Clothes giiT *XDmEo»rt CAN mvtm a MEAL QCWN LfTTMt BLOW- CHICASO'J’ W6HT IN tnVLfi D. TO ctahp W (fii e KIL»! SfHKr>;tu FOOT VOUfi. HOTHEfU PtAR.*’ cSME Pinw IT DOWN cJO MUCrt CONTESTING ]\ aid tha* -ifter he told -a» of Loriiner's »apa- of a->ility of the fac- f* on him, he ;the presi- very anxious t^na’or elected from 11- •i Mr. Lorimer was t ;e ! * hi'!i and that he i* could to assist in :! oM find this supposed • ‘ ='.enator Kern, of In- ■' e-*erday in going r -i -rs,” . e it when you testified .^o?" . p\ ilamed that the sheet 1 . leen enclosed to him • fter from Mr. Boutell. nroupht from Chicago O' papers, Mr Hines r r !et*«^r with which this -.■ •V the date?” si.net was regarding ffi.r. . I' separated ■'»r n which it came.” V ri'teu. ’ asked af'er Mr. Ixsrimer's v'll notice a water » i :r"r>r, which it ' Uoutell on the way to , r> .-aid Hines. wa-; going to the ♦.o tell the president that if Lorimer was the only • hom the factions could k the president to n ;',i» previous testimo- l.at former Senator Aid- • ; the president was anx- • e Ixjrimer elected. Mr. ■ week testified that he I president merely said not "objectionable, ’ as ’ A a ;-'?d about his ef- ; *er to induce senators i.f of Lorinier’s retain- ■ r :' Prt.led attention to a Hin-. from Lynn H. •■^nker o New Orleans, iiar. U, 1011. It read: ant Mississippi’s support •■ r or the Illinoif^ matter.’ riM that he had talk- '-i»h Mr. Dinkins, r* ; a confused the Lor- denied that he had nflupuce the vote of the .( nators on the l/orimer MacRae Aarrives • i Pr. ,-f-- Farquhar J- li. :;(i;ountant of the ; > ■ f' .'ional committee has •- 'r>m Washington and ... tif work of examining •111- under-lying conipa- ghtship in Distress. . p.-,.,s. Of, July 24.- -Heaad Band o >1, whose station Is 35 i of Galvfi-ton. is reported . to be in distress. The rev- ' ' Windom ha:^ been ordered i!*tance. Atlanta, July 24.-—Word comes to Atlanta, via the North Georgia moun- t ilns of a strange man named John rastollow, who has grown to be 61 years old. hale, hearty and happy with out ever wearing a stitch of clothing and without ever using a single word but the monosyllable, ”Gee.” Says a traveler from Young Harris, describing the marvellous person; ‘‘He lives four miles east of Wind sor. in Bertie county, N. C., and his health Is perfect, not having missed a meal in fifty years. When 1 visited him he was entirely nude. He is the strongest man 1 ever saw. His body is normal and well shaped, but his strength is prodigious. He can break a double plow-line as easily as if it were a cotton cord. He is gentle and has never been known to hurt a living soul intentionally. He cannot speak a word except the one monosyllable, “Gee,” which has uses. In varied in tonations to express all his desires and emotions.” No New Cases Of Cholera Bv Associated Press. ‘New York, July 24.—With the dis covery of no new cases of cholera here since Saturday, New York health officials believe the stringent measures th«y employed to stay the epidemic has resulted effectively. Reports from Hoffman Island this morning stated there were no furth er suspicious cases of sickness among the detained passengers of the steamship Moltke and that these pas sengers would be released soon from quarantine. mW STILL LLID i«n*s By Associated Press. Dallas, Texas, July 24.—Texas de feated state-wide prohibition in Satur- day s election, acording to the ad mission today of the “dry” campaign the returns early today. After 36 hours of ballot counting the ‘wets” maintain a slender lead of barely more than 5,000 in unofficial returns. Unless the vote yet to come Is different in tenor from that up to the present time, the remaining few tnousands of ballots can not swing tne election to the ‘ drys. This morning's returns, while mea gre, showed a slight continued advan tage for the liquor supporters. The boxes yet to be heard from f’"© mostly in sparsely settled sections, re mote from wire, rail or even automo- ])lle communication. They are in both prohibition and anti-prohibition terri tory. . . , The hope of the prohibitionists that these missing returns would wipe out the anti-prchlbltlon lead was almost cone by 11 o’clock today, and only a bigger surprise In their favor has yet occurred in the long count can revive tleir predictions of sucecis. Atlanta, July 24.—The gubernator ial campaign is on in Georgia—be tween two men. Pope Brown has spoken, at Waycross, and Judge Rich ard Russell is announced to speak, at Dublin, this Wednesday. Strictly speaking that's all there is to the gu bernatorial campaign now, for these two men are the only avowed candi dates, though other names are mention ed as practically certain to be in it. The hesitancy of others in announc ing Is prlcipally due to the uncertainty as to when the vacancy will occur and when the primary will take place. It all depends, of course on when Hoke Smith resigns, and nobody knows whether it will be soon after the legis lature adjourns or not until December, though the latter view is inclined to. When Governor Smith does resign, President J. M. Slaton, of the senate, automatically succeeds to the gover nor’s chair as acting governor. Then, according to the law. Governor Slaton must call a primary election, not soon er than thirty days and not more than sixty days after he is elevated to the office. It is a general state election that he calls. When he announces that date then the state democratic execu tive committee, of which W. C. Wright is chairman, calls a primary and sets the date prior to that of the general election. At this primary, of course, the real fight occurs. Negio Lynched In Louisiana By Associated Press. New Orleans, July 24.—Reports which remain unconfirmed today, reached herel ast night if the lynch ing in Claiborne parish, near the Arkansas state line, of Niles Taylor, a negro, who on Saturday shot five white men at a saw mill in that parish. Taylor had trobule with whites in the community and is said to have become enraged at a remark made to him Saturday by one of a group of white farmers and imme diately opened fire on them with two revolvers. John Thompson was probably la- tailly shot and Joe Harrell, Robert L. Thurman and Will Johnson receiv ed less serious wounds. The farmers were taken by surprise and when the nGSi*® hnd Grnpticd his r©volv6rs ri6 fled. A posse located him in his fath er’s cabin but he emptied a sixteen shot rifle at them and made a geta way. WOMAN’S FOOT IS GETTING BIGGER. Copy of steel Atgeement Oj^eied By Associated Press. Washington, July 24.—When the house steel trust committee resum ed its session today Chairman Stan ley put in the record a copy of the ironclad agreement by which the steel plate association of the United! States' was entered into November 9, 1900. Eleven great steel compa nies entered into the agreement and apportioned among themselves all shipments of steel plates. TI’9 steel company that, dared vio late the agreement laid Itself liable to heavy penalties and it is said fines of $1,000 frequently • were im posed on members of the combina tion when complaints were filed with the executive committee. Each firm w-as required to make monthly sworn statements relating to shipments, rolling production, etc., and any member who shipped more than his apportioned amount was re quired to paA' a penalty on each pound of such excess, the money thus collected being apportioned among the members who did not ship up to their alloted shares. The agreement showed the fol lowing apportionment of shipments allowable by the various companies party to the agreement: Carnegie Steel Company, 46. 25 per cent. Jones and Laughlin, Limited, 4.75. Illinois Steel Company 11.00. Crucible Steel Company of Ameri- ca, 4.50. Otis Steel Company, 2.50. Tidewater Steel Company, 3.00. Lukens Iron and Steel Company, 7.50. Worth Bros. Company, 7.00. Central Iron and Steel Company, 8.00. American Steel and Wire Compa ny, 5.50. Glasi?ow Iron Company to the ex tent of sales and up to 40,000 tons, should they be able to accomplish them prior to December 31, 1901. The agreement included exemp tion tonnage provisrions and at the end of each year the commissioner of the association balanced the pool among the members but any mem ber unable to produce his full al lotment at the end of the year for feited such unproduced tonnage which was divided pro rata among other members of the pool. Near-Riot Cost Fan Fifty Bucks By Associated Press. Charleston, S. C., July. 24. Thomas A Burchfield, an elderly baseball fan was fined fifty dollars in the po lice' court today as a result of the near riot at the baseball park on Saturdny afternoon. Burchfield struck Umpire Kelly viciously and also interferred with the police were protecting the arbiter. Some time ago Burchfield struck Manager Clark of Columbia, simply because the latter’s good pitching ^as too much for the Charleston team. Two other fans were fined and'the case of a third continued. Wickeisham Brands Statement *‘Fahe' By Associated Press. Washington, July 24.—Attorney General Wickersham today branded as falsehoods delegate W’^icker sham’s charges that the attorney general had ‘shielded Alaskan criminals” and had allowed the statute of limitations to run in an alleged coal contract fraud case. These and other emphatic disclaim ers were made before the house com mittee on the judiciary as an answer to the delegates allegations. The attorney general said that the “proof” which the delegate had given him in the coal case, consisted of an affidavit by H. J. Douglass, formerly an auditor o fthe Alaskan syndicate. This purported to show' that a conspir acy had been entered into by the Northwestern Commercial Company and the John J. Sesner Company to get contracts for supplying coal to govern ment forts in Alaska. The attorney general said that Spe cial Assistatnt Attorney General Mc Namara, who was sent to Alaska to in vestigate, found no affidavits referred to in the Douglass affidavits as made by Captain Jarvis, head of the Alaska syndicate company, who recent com mitted suicide in Seattle, and by John H. Bullock, who was president of the Sesner Company. The attorney general said the stat ute of limitations in the coal contracts would not run until March, 1912. By Associated Press. Edinburgh, Scotland, July 24.—J. Vedrines, the French aviator, in a Morans-Borel monoplane, maintains the lead in the circuit of Great Britain aviation race for the Daily Mail’s prize. He covered the distance of 343 miles from Hendon to Edinburgh this morning in less than six hours flying time. Beaumom followed Vedrines closely. W’eyman, still experiencing bad luck, was held up at Hendon awaiting the arrival of a new propeller. It was noon before W^eyman had equipped his machine with a new pro peller. Then he started on a trial flight in a fickle wind. His biplane bucked like a broncho but he made a safe landing. Later word was received here that the American had again started for this city, going with the speed of a pigeon. A great crow'd assembled at the aerodome at Hendon at 4 o’clock this morning to witness the getaway on the second stage from Hendon to Edin burgh, with intermediate stops at Harrogate and Newcastle. Through a mistake of the timekeeper, Beaumont, who should have started second, got away first. Vedrines, after a few ex cited gestures, sailed away a few sec onds later. Thousands witnessed a splendid spectacle as the two air men sped across the aerodome at such a pace that they were soon lost to sight. Beaumont, who was flying higher, was quickly overtaken, and when Harrogate, 182 miles from Hen don, was reached, Vedrines had gained another few minutes. This was repeat ed on the stages from Harrogate to Newcastle, 68 miles, and from Newcas tle to Edinburgh, 93 miles. Valentine, the Englishman w'ho is making a bid for the prize against the Frenchman, was third to arrive at Harrogate. He won the prize of silver plate offered for the first Englishman to complete this stage. He was delayed for an hour at Harrogate and made a slow trip to Newcastle, having by mistake landed outside the town in- Etead of at Gosfoth Park, the official landing place. Captain Cody also reached Harro gate. Of the 13 others who completed the first stage from Brooklands to Hendon on Saturday, C. C. Patterson, in a “baby” Grahame-White W-lpane, and Lieutenant Reynolds, retired; E. Audemars, withdrew after making three false starts at Hendon and the rest either failed to get away or de scended before making Harrogate. C. P. Plxton came down three miles north of‘Harrogate and smashed his ma chine, which probably has put him out of the race. The others met with minor acidents but will continue. The official time between Hendon and Harrogate w^ere: Vedrines, 3 hours, 3 minutes and 4 seconds. Beaumont, 3 hours, 7 minutes and 54 seconds. Valentine, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 28 seconds. BODY FOUND IMBEDDED IN THE ICE. By Associated Press. Geneva, Switzerland, July 24.—The body of Homer Diman, the 18-year-old youth of Arlington, Mass., who was lost on the Dent du Midi in the Alps on July 5th, was found today embedded in the ice in a crevice of a glacier on the side of Dent du Midi. It was brought to Silvan, where the young man had been living with his mother. i In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDlly—6 Cents Sunday. Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday. The Fianco-German Situation Rapidly Becoming Serious IN THE HOUSE OF By Associated Press. London, Julj’’ 24.—Scenes of wild disorder marked the session of the house of commons today. Half a doz en times Premier A&quith rose to move consideration of the Lord’s amendments to the parliamentary bill and each time he was howled down by a din so terrific that the speaker had difficulty in making him self heard as he appealed to both sides to observe parliamentary de corum. Asquith Under Threat. After trying vainly for three-quart ers of an hour to get a hearing. Pre mier Asquith cut short his projected speech and amid a hubbub, declared that if the Lords would not consent to restore the veto bill even with re- sonable amendments, to substantially its original form, the government would be compelled to invoke the ex ercise of the royal preogative for the creation of new peers. No parliamentary event of modern times has so quickened the public pulse as the present political crisis arising from the veto bill. Anxiety to know the exact terms of Premier Asquith’s ultimatum to the peers Is crowding the house and its galleries in a way not seen for many years. The members of the lower chamber gave vent to their felings by rising and cheering frantically and waving hand- ker'cihefs as their respective leaders entered. There were som groans from th unionist benches intermingied with an ocasional shout of “traitor” when Asquith made his appearance. The opening scenese of the historic session were among the stormiest ever witnessed in the house. As he rose to S4)6ak, t-he premier was encouraged by a roar ^f applause from the radicals, Irish and labor benches, but an ans- w'ering volley of chcers came from the opposition, while a small group of standpatters chanted “traitor, traitor, traitor,” until Speaker Lowther warn ed them to control themselves. Premier Asquith stood at the table waiting a lull in the storm. His word, however, was a signal for another cj'clone, and for 20 minutes the pre mier stood, unable to get in a word. Cries of “Hurrah for Redmond, the real leader,” suddenly broke out from the conservative benches. “We will listen to Redmond.” they added. “The British aristocracy,” was the scornful reply of the radicals, “look at ’em.” A strong appeal by the speaker fin ally caused a mementary cessation of the verbal tornado and Asquith got out a couple of sentences, assert ing that the principle of his parliamen tary bill w'as affirmed as far back as 1907, and afterward was confirmed at the general election. Interruptions followed, the unionists shouting “Cannot we he dhtraeotratic shouting, “can not we hear the dicta tor?'* Asquith went on; “The house of commons carried a resolution in favor of the bill in 1910, by a large majority, and but for the death of King Edward ” “Keep the king out of politics, “Who killed him—you did,” resounded in the opposition benches The premier added: “A situation has been created (cries of ‘by Redmond’), from which there is only one constitutional escaiie. That is unless the lords consent to restore this bill with, if you like, reasonable amendments, consistent with its prin cipal and purpose, we shall be com pelled to invoke the prerogative of the crown.” Opinion in France is That lime has Come For Germany to Say What She Wants— International Relations In volved. 'T i" t ’t J Three “Jiggers” of Whiskey. Alton, III., July 24.—The farmers across the Mississippi river from Al ton, known as Missouri Point, abolish ed the rule this year that every har vest hand and every thresher is en titled to three “jiggers” of whiskey each day besides his wages. GLEHRlllTHEfi IS WANTEO FOR OENEFIT CAME By Associated Press. Cleveland, O., July 24.—Only clear w'eather is necessary this evening to make the Joss memorial and benefit ball game ah ig financial success. The proceeds of the game go to the widow and children of the late “Ad dle” Joss, pitcher of the Cleveland club. Many of the players and club own ers and officials of the American League and not a few of the Nation al have contributed sums ranging from $25 to ^;100. The game this afternoon will be between the Cleveland Club and the All Stars of the American League, managed by Manager James McAleer, of the Washington Club. Nothing Official Given Out hut All Signs Point to **Triple Entente^* Which Will Be a Powerful Force Against the Germans. By Associated Press. Paris, July 34.—Opinion in France is that the time has arrived for Germany to say what she really wants, since the present situation of uncertainty ia now entering upon a stage which may disturb international relations. Officially the foreign office had noth ing to say today concerning the pessi mistic talk except that conversations continue between Baron von Kiderlin- Waechter, the German secretary of state for foreign affairs and Jules Cambon, the French ambassador at Berlin, upon possible solutions. Un officially hints appear in the press that the time is arriving when the futility of the conversations are obvious. Meantime the speech of British Chan cellor David Lloyd-Gteorge before thdj London bankers last week is interpre ted as a direct warning to Germany and is considered as having enormous ly stregthened the attitude of France,' which will not accept any German pro posal for a wholesale turning over ot French colonial territory. The press is unanimous in its opin ion that Lloyd-George’s words signify that the British-French entente is real ly an alliance with which Germany must reckon. Russia naturally is ex pected to throw her influence with the other two members of the “tripple en-, tente.” Although the press remains calm,‘ there is a distinct tendency to re-em phasize as “brutal” Germany's manner of forcing negotiations and the Temps which is In ckwe relations* with the government, declares succinctly that Germany has lost the confidefice of the other EJuropean powers. Hr \ - More Seciets oj Sugar TiustExpected By Associated Press. New York, July 24.—More secret bis tory of the war between the American Sugar Refining Company and its rivals was expected to be revealed today when a sub-committee of the congri sional committee investigating th leged sugar trust, went to N. Y., to take the testimo Arbuckle, for many years rival of the Havemeyers. Mr. Arbuckle is an old man. His physicians said he stand a trip to New York to mony. The committee is a discovor from Mr. Arbuckle whether both sides by tacit consent decided to let each other alone. Meanwhile other members of the congressional committee will continue the investigation of the sugar matters in this city, with Claus Spreckles, president of the Federal Sugar Refin ing Company, of Yonkers, ready to continue his testimony, which he began last week. When Mr. Spreckels took the stand today he told of shipping from 35,00^)i to 40,000 barrels of sugar to the Pacific coast when the price in San Francisco was 60 to 70 points higher than in, New York. A firm of wholesale gro cers wanted to buy the entire ship-1 ment but Spreckels refused. Other : wholesalers, he said, declined to buy ' the sugar even 15 points under the', market because they were afraid “the interests” on the coast would not let them have goods in the future. The sugar was finally sold to the retailers, he said, and the market broke from $5.60 to $5.70 per hundred pounds, the retailers benefittlng dur ing the three months the sale contin ued. Bloodhounds Aid Dectectives in Search By Associated Press. New York, July 24.—Bloodhounds are aiding detectives searching today for the highwaymen who attempted to wreck a Long Island railroad train near Valley Stream, L. I., last night. A 15-car passenger train crowded with pleasure-seekers was speeding toward the city when Engineer Whitford saw an obstruction on the track. He threv.- on his brakes and brought the train to a stop within 15 feet of the obstruc tion. A tie had been planted In a hole dug out between the rails, the end tilted toward the approaching locomo tive. It had been firmly spiked down between two ties and then securely tied by ropes. EIGHT HURT IN EXPLOSION. By Associated Press. *Cary, Ind., July 24.—Eight persons were injured in an explosion which wrecked a three story building here today. Police say leaking gas caused the explosion but others believe It was a bomb. il i
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