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‘"'“""■THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.
OL. 45. NO. 7091
CHARLOTTE N. C., THURSDAY tVENlNG, JULY 27, 1911
pT>T^^I In Charlotte 2 Centa a Copy aDlly—B Cents Sunday.
I Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and 9unda;
Excursion Train Crashes Into Freight
At Hamlet Killing Eight Persons
S^hti/ of Thelnjmed
Rushed To Charlotte
Hospital On Special
C \'d Excursion Tram,
-n Durham to Charlotte,
u reeked at Hamlet--Fiieman
es Both Legs — Fearjul
Irenes of Panic.
: Going Special Ordered to
. :ny the Suffering to 7his
Complete List oj the
d-^A Full Story,
tf' The Newg, Long Distance
^ c'ephone.
et N. C.. July 27.—With a
and amid the screams
'','i;rcd and dying, an excur-
•• from Durham, N. C., run-
■- second No. 35. bound for
tr. crashed headon into No
'c ghx train in the yards at
':e. tnis morning at 10:40
^ instantly killing seven people
nunding somewhere between 501
i
Many of the injured, it Is:
t. \Aill die. I
L;ot of the Dead.
St o' t‘-c dead is a follows: j
-’■A CRAIC', ::'j’'ham. j
' A HALL. Di- fham. i
j:. CN H/, LL. Cjrham. i
■ -I- •-''•LL'R. Durham.
I'A "1 r. r t' LL;’'*3n’.
'' r - of • : freight train |
c'., -■ Td there are'
' -. I- . c cr • cu j'.y 'njured. {
.. ' *r- Hr- been arranged!
evn no*' is on Irie way to Char
ts '.vitc the wourded. Every doctor
th 9 sect'on of the country Is In
—ilet and work nn to allay the suf-
of the injured, while the rail
's doing everything possible to
*>*? ipjnrei' immediate relief,
rp'ci'i was composed of 11
\ao a r,»gro excursion
Hit the cars tele-
.1 the dead and more seri-
n.^red had to be taken out of
-'S.
Cause Not Known,
e '•JS beer no cause given out
r''.''oad peopie as to who is
' f ^or the wreck and there
:e for som.e time as they are
efforts to get the Injur-
c nosritals ^nd clearing away
er^^'it^ers of the two trains
..rred Taylor and Koontz.
f them were seriously injur-
: fjot off with only a few
= ird scratches.
■^on as the news got out that
Ais a wreck in the yards there
wnmediate rush for the scene.
'Iroad people had thrown lines
the wreck, however, and only
-;tors and workers were alfow-
' the yards. One man counted
' ufed people around the wreck
oy were brought, or crawled
ruins.
' scene was awful and the
. and shrieks of the injured
I to the t(*rrible scene. As rap-
IS possible the injured were
cut and placed in com-
' positions and the more seri-
injured ones attended to first,
♦ne dead were identified by
■■ng friends who were more
te and who escaped with mi-
.jries.
rhysicians and helpers work-
‘ • tically and it was not long
' the wreck was cleared of the
A special train was imme-
gotten together and the peo-
Hced aboard this under the
^ the doctors and the nurses
Hfted to Charlotte where the
/ til be placed in the hospit-
r/en Dead: 73 Injured.
II The Nows.
\ C,. July 27.—(3:3n P.
nt> people were injured In
' collision between an excur-
II trom nurham and Chapel
i'd ff)r Charlotte, and freight
'tn Wilmington to Hamlet in
•I >ard at iO:10thl8 morning,
iision was running as second
!s in charge of Capt. Will
' iidurtor. and Ben Koonce, on
I :H' shock occurred just oppo
site the new coal chute, and on a curve.
Bo.\ cars obstructed the vision of both
Captain Koonce and Engineer Archie
Taylor, who was pulling the freighi.
The freighi was running slowly in; >
the yards and was struck with surli
lorre that the whole engine was driv
en back down the track into the cars
behind.
There were 012 passengers on the ex-
curt^ion which had come by way of th.*
Durham and Southern to Apex. Tli'-
S. A. l^. crew took charge of it thcr
and was making a smooth trip un'. il
the head of the oncoming freight loom
ed in the track. There was no
In jump and no time to think. In fn
instant eight people were dead aii'l
7-> injured.
The Hamlet and Rockingham doc
tors rushed to the scene in autos., and
l)C"an the task of caring for the wound
ed. S( range to say both of the engi
neers OL>c;iped death though the in-
.lury ti' Capt. Taylor is grave. The sad
.sight was in the third car. A light
car iK'longing to the Durham and
Southern was telescoped half way
tlirough the car behind. The dead and
dying were piled four deep here. Wil
ling hands with i>ick and bar opened
a V.ay through the side of the car and
the wounded were taken out. Your
correspondent was on the scene early
as was the whole town. The crash
was plainly heard and the frantic call
of the round house whistle calling the
wreckers and sounding the death knell
of human beings. It was a gruesome
sight. A human head was lying out
l.oi'.i the train and was kicked about
the helpers stumbled over it rustl
ing ;u rad of the living. The headless
I'.ody of .luliau Millei' was tal;en Croin
the wreckage soon ;ind a moigue was
i’lipvovised in tlie Hamiet compres^s
r-'.n.s.
T':( c .v iii'slDnists were from a Dur-
OKU.. SinKlii' £c‘ho;>l of rhe colored
Ha'i'i'.'i cluircii.
.\ liohijital train i& being tfPBde up to
ciiiix the injured to Charlotte.
•No arrangnnents have been made
to bury the dead which number eight.
One bo%, name unknow-n, having
died on the operating table.
The Railroad’s Report.
Norfolk, Va., July 27.—At the gener
al olTices of the S. A. L. Railway at
Portsmouth this afternoon it was said
ihat seven persons on the excursion
I rain were killed at Hamlet and 40
injured
10 MEN SHOT
TO-
Claude Ratterree Shot Three
I'lmes and is Not Expected
to Live—Lewis Strait Shot
in The Hand.
Two St? ait Brothers and Rat
terree Engaged in Pistol
Duel at Ratterree^s Store
Neajr Ogden, Fouf Miles
From Rock HilL
By Ix)ng Distance Telephone to The
News.
Rock Hill, S. C., July 27.—In a trian
gular fight between Claude Ratterrell
and Lewis and Claude Strait, well
known men of this section, at Ogden,
four miles from here, Claude Ratterree
and Lewis Strait were shot. Ratterree
v.as shot three times—through the
lungs, bowels and arm. Each bullet
passed clear througii his body. He is
not expected to live.
Lewis Strait was shot in the hand.
It is not known which of the Strait
boys shot Ratterree.
The shooting took place at 10 o’clock
this morning. The Good Roads picnic
was being held near Ogden. The shoot
ing took place in Ratterree’s store—
not at the picnic grounds. An old
grudge is said to have caused the
row.
Drs. Fennell & Stephens, of this city,
were called to the scene. They will
bring Ratterree to this city if he can
be moved.
Ratterree is about 28 yaers of age,
a member of a well-known family and
considered the biggest cotton planter
in this county.
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Present-Water Trains
Underwood Cotton
Bill RepoHed
By Associated Press.»
Washington, July 27.—The Under
wood cotton revision bill was report
ed to the house today by Chairman
Underv.ood of the ways and means
committee but debate was postponed
’•.in-il tomorrow, to permit the repub
licans ic lile a minority from tlie
commit* ee.
£{fl l*J DtTaft^THAH THLT
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HAS PUT ATHLETICS ON ITS COURSE OF STUDY.
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 27,-The next big
investigation to be undertaken by the
house of representatives will be to de
termine whether there is a great bank
ing combination with power to control
credit exchanges and deposits, and^
cause business depression and panics
*H TS IF
SM liSi
By Associated Press.
New York, July 27.—George Vv\
Perkins, former partner of J. P. Mor
gan & Co., chairman of the finance
committee of the International Har
vester Company, and a member of the
board of directors of the United States
Steel Corporation, is to be summoned
before the steel trust committees of
the house of representatives, now' in
session here.
This was determined upon at an ex
ecutive meeting of the committee
which has transferred its field of ac
tivity from Washington. Just how
soon Mr. Perkins wull be called has not
been determined.
The committee expects to renew, its
pi'obing into the absorption of the
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company by
the United States Steel Corporation
during the financial panic of 1907. Mr.
Perkins will be asked w^hat he knows
about events leading up to that trans
action and there are many bankers,
brokers and steel corporation men in
New York who were interested in the
threatening events of that time who
are to be summoned.
Former President Roosevelt, to
whom Elbert. H. Gary, chairman of the
board of the United States Steel Cor
poration. and Henry C. Frick appealed
w'hen the deal to take over the Ten
nessee company and its vast ore re
sources w'as planned, may be a w'it-
ness.
IIT
Special to The News.
Morganton, July 27.—No further
developments. Ensign Youn in Broad
Oaks Sanatarium, this city.
News that Ensign Young had been
found and had been taken by his
father to Broad Oaks Sanatarium at
Morganton, was an interesting piece
of news which reached Charlotte last
night.
Ensign Young was accompanied
by his father. Dr. R. S. Y"oung, of
Concord. After taking his wife home
from Atlanta, Dr. Young went direct
to New York, where, it is now said,
Ensign Young was, at a hotel. It is
said that the young man is suffering
from a nervous breakdow-n. The fam
ily have given out no statement. His
strange disappearance was account
able for by many on ^theg rund that
his mind had become affected owing
to the extreme heat of the boat. The
host of friends of the family and
its connections, which are of the
most prominent in the s-tate, rejoice
that Ensign Young has been located,
and hope he will soon be restored
to health.
nE Fon
Steamer Struck Rock.
By Associated Press.
Tokio, July 27.—The British steam
er Empress of China today struck a
sunken rock off the Province of Boshu.
Her passengers were landed safely.
It is expected that the vessel will be
refloated.
RECEIS LETTER
OF ISTERy”
Sherlock Holmes, jr. Will Not Say
Exactly When He Will Arrive in
Charlotte, But all Will Know
It When He Comes
Bing!
Look out!
He’s on his way.
The Man of Mystery is coming!
Before long Shedlock Holmes, jr.,
will be doing stunts and fun, frolic
and amusement will came in bunches
good and plenty.
A letter was received from him to
day. and this is w'hat it says:
“Please see that the exact time of
my arrival is not announced in print,
or anywhere else, for that matter. Do
not let it be known where I am coming
from or upon what train I will arrive
but do not forget that my photograph
will be placed under seal somewhere
(preferably in a bank), and that after
I am caught that it will be on display
in some urominent place for everyone
to see. I do this for my own protec
tion as well as for the protection of the
public. By comparison—the photo
graph and myself—it can be seen that
I am the same man who has operated
throughout.
“I am feeling as fine as a fiddle,
thank you, expect to have a lively
time. Good luck and lots of it.
“HOLMES.”
The question has been asked if ,The
Man of Mystery will wear disguises
and that is just exactly what we can
not tell you.
It would hardly be fair to expect
The News to have Sherlock Holmes,
jr., visit here, offer a prize for his
capture and then give information that
(Continued on Page Ten.)
By Associated Press.
Mineola, L. I., July 27.—St. Croix
Johnstone, the Chicago aviator, in a
Moisant monoplane, broke the Amer
ican endurance record for monoplanes
and biplanes today when he remained
in the air for four hours, 1 minute 53
3-4 seconds, circling the aviation
course of about five miles 39 times.
He w'as compelled to alight before his
50 gallons of gasoline w^ere consumed
because of engine trouble.
The previous endurance record, made
at San Francisco on Jan. 20 last by
Parmalee, was 3 hours 39 minutes 49
1-2 seconds.
The flight was made at a rate close
to 60 miles an hour in a gentle breeze.
Mineola, L. I., Ju?y 2't.—An attempt
to break the endurance record for
aeroplanes was made here this morn
ing when St. Croix Johnstone in a
Moissant monoplane started a flight
over a four-and-a-half mile course. The
flight was made in large circles
around the town and was witnessed
by several hundred persons.
Johnstone made his start at 5:15
o’clock and two hours later found him
making forty miles an hour with his
engine working in satisfactory shape.
The endurance record now belongs to
M. Ix)riden, w'ho remaiped aloft 11
hous and 45 minutes and covered a
distance of 469 miles.
Johnstone said he would stay aloft
until his gasoline was exhausted. The
aeroplane has a total fuel capacity of
50 gallons. Johnstone is a Chicago
aviator.
GieLilflK
Atlanta, July 27.—With the pres
ence in Atlanta of N. F. McMillan,
an attoiney from Kings Mountain,
N. C., to prosecute for immorality
the Rev. B. L. Padgett, who came
here with pretty 15-year-old Carrie
Stockton, claiming to be her “spir
itual adviser.” the case has begun
to take on an a&pect somew’hat simi
lar to the recent See affair in Chi
cago, in which the Apostle of Abso
lute Life, as See styled himself, was
tried for running a “love jungle” in
stead of a temple of light.
One of the similar features is that
the young girl, who is to be sent
back to her parents, refuses abso
lutely to say anything that might
compromise the preacher, and de
clares that hew as guilty of no
wrong toward her.
Well-known Broker Found Murdered
New York, July 27.—Murdered—ap
parently by burglars, William Henry
Jackson, a well-known W'all Street
broker, 70 years old, was found dead
on the floor of his bedroom at the
Hotel Iroquois. His body w^as cover
ed with bruises. There was a deep
wound over the right eye and finger
marks on throat and arms.
Baiky Resigns
Fion Committee
By Associated Press.
Washington. July 27.—Because' he
does not believe in the senate's metli-
od of taking tostiuioay in investiga
tions. Senator Bailey today resigned
ii’oni the committee on ijrivileges aiid
elections. He made no explanation to
the senate and llie resignation was ac
cepted without comment.
Serious Auto Accident.
By Associated Press.
Hari'ison, N. J., July 27.—Three men
were seriously injured and tv/o auto
mobiles merged into a single pile of
smoking junk in a collision near here
early today. One o-f the machines,
owned by R. M. Dandiver, a Bir
mingham. Ala., I)anlver, was making an
automobile tour of the v/orld. Mr.
V'an Drime waa one of the injured, the
others being occupants of the second
car owned by a Jersey City butcher.
Fsmous Ball-Player Dead.
By Associated Press.
Ocean City, N . J„ July 27.—John
Radcliffe. famous as a baseball player
in the sixties and early seventies, died
Vandiver was one of the injured, the
here yesterday, agea OH years. Rad
cliffe w’as a member of the celebrated
Athletics of Philadelphia, playing as
a catcher and shortstop. He was re
garded as one of the great bare-hand
catchers of his time. Radcliffe lived
in Camden, X. J., and after retiring
from baseball became a prosperous
poultryman.
[BILL
Substitute Offered by LaFol-
lette, Being a Modification
OJ Both His Own And House
Bill, Adopted by Coalition oj
Democrats and Insurgents,
2 he Raw Wool Duty Reduced
35 Per Cent in New Bill—
Underwood Bill was Dejeat-
ed by a Vote oj 44 to 37.
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 2.—A compromise
wool bill offered by Senator LaF'ollette,
of Wisconsin, a modification of both
his own and the house bill, was passed
by the senate, 45^ to 32 through the
union of democrats and republican in
surgents. Upon this middle ground,
the democrats having secured a record
vote on the original Underwood bill,
joined with the republican insurgent
foi'ces.
The measure adopted reduces the
raw wool duty to 35 per cent ad valo
rem, and correspondingly reduces the
dufies on woolen articles.
Senator LaFollette startled the sen
ate today when he declared he had
heard there was to “be a little per
formance today to defeat all real tariff
legislation,” that a number of high pro
tection rejjublicans had agreed to vote
for the democratic house bill, sure
that its excessively low duties would
justify a veto by the president.
The Underwood house wool tariff bill
was defeated in the senate today 44 to
36.
Except for Senator Brown, (republi
can) Nebraska, who voted for the bill,
the vote was along strict party lines.
Senator LaFollette’s amendment to
the Underw^ood house wool bill was
defeated 14 to 66. Fourteen republi
cans insurgents voted for it.
The senate passed LaFollette com
promise wool tariff bill revision,, 48
to 32.
Senator LaFollette, by 49 to 31, se
cured reconsideration of the vote on
the house wool bill, the democrats and
insurgents joining in support of his
motion.
Senator LaFollette then offered a
modification substitute of his amend
ment as a compromise between ' the
house bill and the original LaFollette
bill, upon which democrats and insur
gents had agreed.
Continued on Page Nine.
Brier Creek to Be Investigated
And Used as Emergency
Supply Later if Needed—
Ordinance Asked by Water
Board is Passed.
Committee From Board oj
AIdermen Atpoin ted by
Mayor at Last Night^s Meet
ing to Co-opeiate with Water
Board,
The most largely attended prayer
meeting in Caarlotte last night "r.as
that in the council room in the cily
hall.
Alderr.ien, water coinmiiioioaGrs
and citi'jon'B were there, not to C'j
as Mr. [1. O Alexandc’r would 'ii-
^'c-ct—pray for laiti—bii; to (’.c\i.se
ways and means ol' ^retting wa1':i i':r
thcc' ity without i;ra:> ins-
'I he Uir'ctinp; v.'ab out.* of ex( eotira-
ai iiitei'ost, as 011?. ci :iee]i ■ •
the water situation bein;: the*
serious problem wit’a which the c't ’
13 confr jntcd. The result of a t'A >
hours- session -vas this:
1—That water ior the immediate
))resent will be obtained from the
Catawba river, by means oi tank
cars, same to be iiauled over the
Seaboard Air Mne Railroad, t-;everal
wute)- trains being hauled a da\.
-—That Briar creek will be investi
gated with a view of being made
and held as a su])p!emental supply
until the line to the river is coni-
])leted.
3—The appointment by the mayor
of a committee from the hoard of
aldermen consistn^' of Messrs. E. W.
Thompson, J. P. Carr and W. F.
Stevens to act with the water board
in securing water for the city, imme
diately from the river by means of
w'ater trains; ’.ater, if needed, frori
Briar creek.
4—The adoption of the following:
An Ordinance Regulating the Use
of Water in the City of Charlotte
The Boar(;l of Aldermen of the City
of Cnarlotte to Ordain:
Sec. 1. That the board of water
commissioners of the city of Char
lotte shall adopt such rules and reg
ulations as may he just and proper
regulating the use of water by house
holders, persons, firms and corpora
tions, and, in order to conserve the
water supply of the city in case of
drought, may require reasonable cur
tailment in the use of water by
the adoption of reasonable rules and
regulations.
Sec. 2—All persons, firms and cor
porations in the city of Charlotte are
required to observe the rules and
regulations adoi)ted b.y the board of
water commissioners in conformity
with the preceding section; and any
person, firm or corporation w'ho shall
fail or refuse to obs^erve such rules
and regulations of the board of wa
ter commissioners, as required by
this ordinance, after notice thereof,
shall be subject to a penalty of
$25, and in case of a second of
fense the offending party's w’ater
may be cut off by the board of water
commissionersr.
The Meeting.
Mayor Bland called the meeting
to order at 8:30.
“We are here,” he said, “to dis
cuss the water situation. It is very
serious as you know. 1 think the
public should know the situation, the
aldermen should know it.”
Stokes: “We would like to hear
from the water board.”
Hunter: “One of the water board
said that the aldermen didn't have
(Continued on Page Five.)
Boat Dnjting-
Man May he Dead
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, July 27.—Joseph H
Jordan, an attorney of San Francis
co, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., is believ
ed to have drowned in the bay near
California City yesterday. His sail
ing boat the Sea Fox, in which he
left his home in Belvidere in the
morning, was found drifting unmann
ed in the afternoon.
Jordan was 30 years old and eame
to San Francisco from Atlanta, Ga.
He was one of the founders of the
Southern Club of tiirs c*ry.
-Offers $20,000 for Saloot License.
By Associated Press.
Grand Junction, Colo., July 27.—
Twenty thousand dollars nearly half
enough to pay the entire yearl.y ex
penses of the municipality is offered
for the privilege of conducting the
only saloon in Grand Junction. A
man who gives the name of “J. .
Wilson” has inserted advertisements
in the local papers offering that
amount yearly.
f—
Healthy T^-iplets These.
Bv Associated Press.
Farmington, Mo., July 27.—-Mr8. Wm
Knight, of Farmington, gave birth to
triplets, all girls, yesterday. The
weights of the babies were 7, 7 and 5
pounds. Mrs. Knight is only 19 years
of age and is the mother of five child
ren.