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Jt' IIJJUJIJ !| ill ""Wfv THE MAN OF MYSTERY I'ELLS IN HIS STORY TODAY WHO HE TALKED TO YESTERDAY. /1-* • Iki; u«s»»THE charlotte NEWS“““'"» •01.45. NO. 7096 CHARLOTTE N. C., WEDNESDAY tVENING, AUGUST 2. 191 1 PT>T(^P I In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDlly—6 Cents Sunday. Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy dally and Sunday, Tapping Bner Creek A ':ove Chatham Davy -Pipes A1 e Being Laid ': jnd Gives the News^ leiit at Noon—Biier Will be Tapped Above ■mnated Water Shed. | I Club Will Not Put\ Zijc mio 7he Creek— ^ From Below the Dairy Sot be Used Except in v.mergency. ' ' ■ ' ' (".'C'. eri thp f('l-j ' ■ I' ni .Mi'vov Inland • , .'i. ’ 'a,i iivia; ' ’ ' ■ r ■ . '1 'us u ' ' nun n- ' •'i :p ^iip jiii'o is ■ ‘ ' 'i ’ a tu'l fore-'' •t ' . ; rhr-rfull acieei'l m a .-afe anj : - ; -ed 1 4' I he creek I";., 'iri.ir i reok '••• ill be if -in- tr. r: in'io'v I ■. riiiip , 11. •. e:''ncy • ' n-H . ‘vy. ! Mul r'\ ■ • ^ nr- -I hr ■ I'.'nUl mui'if^s noMcr, Rat iS* (* from tifl;nv To Investigate 7 exas Election By Assnri.itcd Pres?. Austin. I'ex,, Aiig. 2.—Following the passai>p of a j«iint iGsolution bv the lppit=!:uuie ficinanttin?: rcculaiion of the .-ainuns and tho tailure of Cover- n-'v (1, H, t^'iouifi so far to indicate lii> intention ai; to sultmittins «uch Icuihiation in a message to the special .-cst;i('n c)t the lesislatiire now in ses- ^ain, !' became kn(n\n today that Hie loiidinc; in’ohibitioi'ists wh(^ are iiieni- I-' (if the 'egisiattiie iia.e decided :■» in^ titiito invest illations as to al- Ici-a'd irvi '^iihiritips in the state-wide wide pr hihition election July 22 un- :c.-.-' ;'le covet nor by a message sub- nii.'-' the liesired lecislation. I’ile no laws ina,\ be enacted at a .-jitri;;! .--esi-ion nniesi^ recomemnded ■ rv I bo "(ivernor. the legislature has the option to oi’dcr such investigatio:i iis it may see tit at any tine. Tan^ Bill Sent To Conference - • ' 1 ’ lU « ir-*- of I iiier- Maffitfc Stalerrcnt. ^ i f-' the . t the wa-1 ; • : 11 ■: • am above I ■M .111 .Muih'i, hrs; as- V ci- ;• \\..r’.-.s office, said . le '"a..' \i.-rp(i -he watt’V ■!.. •; I «a- 11(^1- ■ " .» I'i .-, .M’ for ta; ping ' .1 • 'ht aair> . Tho di:?- fr t abovv^ the dvain- - 0 tini;' . ' > ic !■ f^nce” In the wa- t '•'! 1 ! ■■:,! If qr.an- i . .! . '-le al' there was to u i ' board wf)iild have ilSp-, '•ut »he\' foresaw '■ I • ■ beinu lamilirtr 1 ■ . ■ k .-i’liafi>in. quality . ' i. . Uiit for tlie lat- f . 'V r ou'd n>'> ' ■ iU'. ' hi r • i - a da ivy— • 't(l ;n.cnulir'if'l> on * I:.; ’ri'tf. an o.>)ervisc 'i • - ‘ ' I'l* .qtiiaMon. i "t ; --.'ine: rhatham’s *;n' ii:^! i.>qnn of ^c^t•“ru■'y. - ■. :'ii : . ‘ V are. 'I'Ik idea tt’u> ■ an !) or ; reek tl'.at hiiiii^h ’h ;iaii-' be piped and ■'Ht.r ei.iii'id lieiow the dam. '■•v\ t; ■ ti'.e ‘'ran. h above the '-:’m . ! - and below the ■i.ii.v- v.o. Ut e.vtond for aj ■ . " ■>! "iH) \.ird, •*. kin " I met by ob-1 1 • 'i;,o V ho argued that 1 .. u.^cr nom (^intaminafion • Ilf iaip« wa-hing the dairy : ■ ■ 'h- .-»;eani thereby pollut- ! p "f Riiar creek water i I .. t»r even remotely i fiincerned. it is > ’o !,ip rhe cr*H k above the !i a di.'t;;nce that there * *• p-^^r whatever of there ' -nai,. "1 seapage from. I !h« wa»>>r that i.s to i ;t . main.s. ; A I., cir.-.-es I-riar creek.' dai:. is on one side of the '! the north- -and the Briar ■■.pin:' -taiion and dam on the ;• o; fhe creek • to the south. T’-day \'a> to carry the .'•i firains the dairy around '"a d ■ iHpf'in:: it below the f .’if n an'i dam. The pipe • tr ound ready to put the .. • ('ufion. -\’ a conference >» and water Iv'ard yester- i.in^ thr matter was gone . i.' .y in h11 its bearings, ■ . :;' iu a I'rominent lawyer i ;i|. .-try Club More Danger Than Dairy. law I . I'cforred I'l; “I con- rf. inti; :’lub nuMP »langerous inc (■! ; ofjtaniinatinur the wa- ; r- • Iv Mian ( hatham'. dai- ■ixisf'u that ( Very means as ■ iiij. l>e taken to prevent ■ >ni Briar «'reek being put . 1 . , - .f the ci^y. At any ; could l)e the least . f (tins the -.ea]>age from ; 'i , rlab as well as the dairy. • :t' 1, water to 1)0 an>'thing ‘ ii K e to t he health of the city, ■ o from a poin* above the r'l . a, '.ell as the dairy.” Oftici=’ls Seen as to Se-werage Matter. •'1. tl:' '^luntry club sew- tfr-r. 1 fio maiif*r of tapping ‘ .iUJ above the dair> and the ' f^ltrailon, the board met in office at I" o'clock. The Huuhi'on. .loites, Vest , -on and f'arr were present. Ml! will requo‘'t the country ncp to close tlie toilets and (• ( lo^rts. Matte.- of Filtration. ii ilit> of using the old fll- ' '»ld Seventh street station nd .Mr. (’arr thinks the ! used. The water board ri'iPk :-o. The filter, it is ^l” f«*r ur-o; that it will not ’ • irp. sure required. Lincolnton Send Water. ■o i ‘lelti that has been com- ia tonia continues. ' »»d in vesterday’B News, i' ‘-toring this water from n tank «ars loaned by Mr. ' '^iDipson .Mr. Thompson has •atinu€d on Pag« Two.) B' A.-snriated Press. \'''a.'hin,':tt:;n. Aug. 2.—The wool tar iff I'ill ''ao lornKJl’.y .ier.t to confer- today when the following senate lonferees wcro r^.r.icd; ! .>1^ rs Penrcse and Cnllom. regu- 'a - roniiblic-^ns: LjFollette. insurgent 'lepublican; I’ailey and Simmons, dem- r^crats. ; Tell h«iuse conference committee was i appointed .v.e^-lerriMy. No Dividends for A. T. 0 By .\ssociated Press. •New ^ ork. Aug. 2.—An official statement issued by the .American Tobaov'o Company to its stockholders today gives the information that no dividends on the common stock will be declared at the present time, j v.h’ch would ordinarily be payable 'n j September. Another Mysterious Document. By .Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 2.—Another mys- | terious governme.it document canic i to lifht today v. hen an opinion of I : .-XssiPtant Attorney General James A. Fowler, v rittrn Mtirrh ;51. 1909, de- ' clarir^ illegal the appointment and Ipavment of the Kemsen pure food , board was produced before the hoase {committee on agricultural department j expenditures. .Attorney General Wick- lersham. it arpeared. later upheld the board. 1 s v)l!i IS m[ Toiy By Associated press. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 2.—Returns from yesterday’s democratic prima- i^ies in Mississippi up to noon today show that former Governor Varda nian is in the lead by not less than 15,000. At Vardaman headquarters a bulletin was issued, claiming that his majority will be 20,000 and it is not improbable that this estimate will be fully verilied. United States Senator Percy and Mr. Alexander have both conceded defeat. Late returns indicate the nomina tion of the following state officers: J. W. Powers, secretary of state. H. E. Blakeslee, commissioner of agriculture. Wirt Adams, state revenue agent. P. S. Stovall, state treasurer. Theodore G. Bilbo has undoiibtedly been nominated for lieutenant-gover nor. Jaclison, M1»6., Aug. 2.—Friends of former Governor J. K. Vardaman claim that he will be the next United States senator from 'lississippi. Re turns from yesterday's democratic primary election are coming in excep tionally slow on acount of the lengthy tickets in every county. The few addi tional figures received up to 10 o'clock this morning show that Vardaman has a slight lead over the combined vote of Senator Leroy Percy and C. M. Alexander. Tliese figures are from the counties in w'hich the larger towns are located. Supporters of Vardaman predict that their candidate will make even a better shov,’iug in the remote rural districts. In his contest with Senator Williams four years ago many of these country precincts gave Var daman large ’'ities. Managers for Percy and Alexander do not conc3de Vardaman’s election in the first primary. They claim that complete returns from Vicksburg, Jacks-on, Meridian and larger cities will materially add to the totals of their candidates. Earle Brewer, of Coahama county, had no opposition for governor. After Thrilling Experience Entombed Man Is Rescued “Vm Shot, Central Help" Tl'fls Message By Associated Press. Chicago, Aug. 2.—“I’m shot, central, help.” These w'ords coming over the telephone were heard by an operator in the Monroe street excliange of tho Chicago Telephone Company about midnight last night. She then heard the sound of a fall ing body and several crashes indicat ing the banging of the receiver against the v/all as it fell from the hand of the wounded man. She at once notified the police station that some one had been f^hot at one of two addresses w'here there w'ere two telephones on the same party line. One of these ad dresses was that of Matthew Strons’ saloon, and there the police found John Dolseall. the bartender, lying unconscious on the flcor near the tele phone. After Long Imprisonment hi Dark Channel oj Mine, Deliv ered Man Hysterically Throws Himself Into Arms Oj His Rescuers. Thousands Cheer When Good News Is Told-Relates Ear- rowing Experiences Endured During His Imprisonment-' Never Gave Up Hope. By Associated Press. .Toplin, Mo., Aug. 2.—Joseph Clary, imprisoned by a cavein at the W^’hiia Oak mine near this city since last Sunday morning, v>as reached by res- cuers this morning. He was ' alive The cash register had been broken j and well. Vv hen the last spadeful of open and all the money taken. Do!-] earth was removed by workmen in seall probably will die. He had been the shaft and they dropped through shot by a robber. into the drift, Ciary threw himself into their arms and wept while the siiouts of thousands cheering at the mouth of the mme re-echoed down the shaft. Talks Through Telephone. Standing on a liigh section of ground not jet reached by the stead- By .Associated Press. ! h'L hrl'Jf f San Francisco, .iug. 2.-The South-1 "f,® j'"'®'’.fdeep m a Pin Pacific Railwiv is i-titMne into ef-' f ® Sunday mornmg, feet a i-ule^hat hereaL; nl women | are to be employed as clerks or grapners in tUe company s passen,ge. ; ^ department. ! phone reSSn?Srli^Ltlon';S'tenS?y o? I dart"nes= ijf l^cortn.. “01“ great “?er';!’ce“ anf fiWer dis^Pifohrtment, Physl^L^tncaracitf v.hTch ha interrupt- Southern Pacific Elimmaies Women OF GOIION IS GIVtN AT 89.1 By Associated Press. Washington. Aug. 2.—Thee ondi- tion of the growing cotton crop of the L'nited States on July 23. was 89.) per cent of a normal, com pared with 88.2 per cent on June 25, lt*ll, 75.."i per cent on July 25 last }ear. 71.9 per cent in 1909 and 79.4 per cent the average of the i;ast ten years on July 25, accord ing to ther eports of the United States department of agriculture's agents to the crop reporting board announced at noon today. Comparison of conditions by states lollow. Virginia North Carolina. South Carolina.. Georgia Florida .Alabama .Mississippi .. . l/ouisiana Texas Arkansas Tennessee .. . Missouri Oklahoma .. . California .. LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OF BEULAH BINFORD Richmond, Va, Aii^. 2.—Latest pi'dtograph of Seaula.h Binford, pOsed especially for this paper. The native beauty of the seveteen-year-old “other woman” in the sensational Seattle murder case at Richmond, Va., is strik ingly shown in this picture, which presents the young woman smiling as she was being interviewed by a special correspondent. Miss Binford laughed and joked with the newspaper men throughout the time they were in her room in the little jail where she is being held prisoner as a witness. She forgot for the time the seriousness of her position and jumped with all her soul into the pleasure of the picture taking. Capture Sherlock Holmes, Jr., Receive $25for Your Trouble WILL NOT PARTiCIPATE WITH THE PRESIDENT. By Associated Press. Ha'rtford, Cctfin., Aug. 2.—The Times this afternoon says that the Connecticut state grange has notified the Connecticut fair association it cannot participate in the reception to be tendered President Taft when he comes to the fair early in Sep tember as a guest of the Connecticut fair association. The Times also prints interview’s with executive ofiicers of the state grange, endorsmg the opposition of the grange, following the activity of the president in connection with the reciprocity bill. for advancement. Undeiwood Denounces Bryants Statement as False ed the conversation now- and then to receive supplies of food lowered through the five inch shaft, which, after three holes w'ere bored in vain, finally reached the drift where he was held a prisoner. Tells His Experience. j The suspense he suffered Is indi* cated in part of his story as told the telephone. He said; “I tried to count the strokes of eiLUiLs ui V..CXIXV cwv.* the drill and was able to gauge time r^visee the iron and steel tariff i a little by the pounding of the bit. By Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 2 —Denouncing as absolutely false the charge 01 Wil liam J. Bryan that he blocked the efforts of Speaker Clark and other to schedules, Democratic Leader Un derwood, amid uproarous democratic applause, spoke in the house today i ndefense of ills position and that of the democratic house. Birmingham Postmaster Dead. By Associated Press. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 2.—Judge J. H. Montgomery, postmaster at Birmingham, dropped dead suddenly this afternoon. He was at the coun ty court house at the time. Death was due to heart failure. T^ant Hoke Smith lo Hasten Hence 1911 1910 lO-year Average. 102 so 81 S7 71 79 86 70 79 95 70 80 95 70 82 94 71 79 86 71 84 69 78 86 82 79 94 73 79 92 76 82 96 72 83 88 87 81 99 98 — PASSADENA FACES A BABY FAMINE. By Associated Press. Pasadena, Cal., Aug. 2.-^This city, said to be the home of mop w’ealthy people than any of its size in the world, is facing a baby famine. Statistics for July, completed yester day, show’ that 48 babies were boin during the month. Local health ati- thorities say that 200 babies per month would be a minimum normal estimate for the city which has 40,000 inhabi tants. STREET CAR STRIKE IN DES MOINES THREATENED Bv Associated Press. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 2.—W’illiam D. Mahon, president of the Amalgamated Association of Street end Electric Rail way Employes of America, announced today that the international board of the association has approved a strike of street railway employes in Des Moines, Iowa. Fred Fay. of Ypsilanti, Mich., a member of the board charge of the situation at Des Moines and will order a strike when be deems it advisable. He is Walking The Streets oj Charlotte Defying Capture And Gets Bolder Each Day. Tells About Visiting The Otto- way Iheatre and Describes Some of The People He Saw There, The following postal duly noted; “Ha-ha! I’ve got my eyes on you, so look out for me. You'd better double quick and get your ticket or fork up $25 in cash." Oh, well, I will take your word for it, whoever you are. Well I have done so many things and there is so much to tell that I hard ly know’ where to begin. If I tried to tell it all it would take forty col umns. so I will take forty colunms, so I will have to drop in a little now and then as I go along, for I believe they say every little bit helps. Great jumpin’ crickets! Talk about 1 selling olives, you should see the way the Miller-Van Ness Co. stock up on olives in bulk and bottle. They carry in stock about one hundred jud fifty dozen bottles besides large quantities in bulk I mean by this they carry this amount regularly. Vis it any wholesale house in the city and you will not find anything like this amount in high class goods. They only buy the first grade and sell, I believe, more than all the combined stores of Charlotte. I will have to hand this firm the blue riu- bon, they win hands dow’n. I was in the American Trust Co. about 10 o’clock yesterday morning and talked with Mr. Davis for a few minutes. Now go down there and ho will tell you about it, but yon wi!L whistle a long plaintive tune before he gives me away. I have made good on going to the Ottoway Theatre and you will find me there every night this week. I will tell you about the show' and vQU a few descriptions of the peo ple I see there tonight. I overheard a conversation there last night be- i tween two ladies and one said: ne promised to meet us here but he never w'as on time in his life.” A physician who stands high in his profession always commands the respect and patronage of those peo ple who demand the best as a safe guard to their physical w'elfare. A banking institution that stands high in its community ahvays commands the respect and patronage of those who demand the best as a safeguard to their financial welfare. Such an institution is the American Trust Co., a physician pre-eminent in the world of finance. Their saving department offers splendid inducement to the small as well as the large account by paying 4 per cent interest on de posits. You can start an account nere w'ith one dollar deposit. Get the sav ing habit by opening an account here and have the satisfaction of know ing your dollar is at w’ork for you. I called for my mail at the gen eral delivery window- of the postof fice yesterday morning about 9.50. I was standing near a gentleman when he opened lock box 712. “Home, sweet home, there is no place like home.” The McClung Re alty Company have an addition called “Home Place,” and this property is well named as it is situated in a part of the city that will soon be one of the most fashionable resident •(Continued on Page Ten.) CHECKS SIGNED BY HAND , OF DEAD MAN. By Associateu Press. Atlanta, Aug. 2.—Inspired by yes terday’s defeat of the original farm ers’ free list bill through the lack of one vote, State Senator W. J. Harris today introduced into the legislature a resolution asking Gov ernor Hoke Smith, United States sen ator-elect. to go to Washington at once and assume his duties as a member of the upper house of con gress. Upon the objection of sev eral senators, the resolution w'as laid on the table for one day. Senator Harris explained that his action was simply in the interest ot the free list measure which, he said, could yet be put through in its orig inal form when it goes to confer ence if governor Smith is there to cast his vote for it. . , A similar resolution w’as introduc ed into the Georgia house several days ago, but it never reached a vote. Governor Smith has declared he would not relinquish the gover norship until after the present ses sion of the assembly. By Associated Press. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 2.—When checks signed in due and proper form by the hand of a “dead” man began to arrive at a local banr; an investigation W'as started that yesterday resulted in the arrival here of Joseph Grey, of Chelan, Wash., who, according to court records, died in a hospital here on Dec. 22,^ 1910, and whose estate was on the point of being closed up by an at torney appointed administrator. A bank book and some legal papers lost by Grey and found by an unidenti fied man who later gave Grey’s name at the hospital where he died were re sponsible for the error, no inkling of which occurred to any persons con cerned until Grey, having occasion to draw against a seldom used bank ac count here, sent in checks correspond ing in every way to those drawn by Uim when he was “alive.” HEAD OF I l\m IN T By Associated Press. Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug. 2.—The New York and St. Louis fast train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad w’as w’recked early today three miles w’est of Salem, W. Va. Engineer T. W. Dunningham, of Grafton, was instantly killed and Fire Hours passed until I heard the drill cutting into the hard ground, but I could not locale, the sound in the darkness. “Soon the drilling stopped. I knew they had missed the drift. As time passed and I could hear no sound, I could picture them making new cal culations. I was not surprised when I heard the drilling of the first hole. “All the time the water was rising a little higher, but I was not wor ried. I was hungry, but I tried to keep from thinking about anything to eat. It was hard to keep from think ing about it, however, and I drank a lot of water from the drift. “After a ivhile 1 felt a draft of fresh air, and I knew' the drill had cut into the drift. But in the dark ness I could not locate it. I called with all my might, but could not I make myself heard. It was madden ing. “Then when I heard the drilling again in a new location I was dis couraged for the first time. But not for a minute did I give up hope. “It was just the same thing over ^ ^ . r-T-offon and over again for the next few man James A Hu 36 , I hours. I grew ravenously hungry all so badly hurt that he died n S . . > time, but tried to forget it. I hospital here Passengers w’ere shaken up but not injured. No cause has been assigned for the wreck. By Associated Press. Port au Prince, Aug. 2.—Again has a revolution overthrown the adminis tration in the negro republic of Hay- ti and another president, Antoine Simon, has been adder to the list ot those who have been deposed as head of the government. Simon this afternoon, after confer ring with the ministers of foreign countries, began his preparation 101 His wife and children were placed aboard the steamer “17 December this afternoon and will trans-ship later to the Atlas line steamer Al- lemana. . , The revolutionists are now in abso lute control, but the foreign ters, backed up by several warships ( Upton Sinclau Breaking Rocks By Associated Press. W’ilmington, Del., Aug. 2.—Besides refusing to eat during his brief term of imprisonment, Upton Sinclair, so cialist and author, is breaking stone in the Newcastle workhouse today. His nine associates of the Arden col ony of socialists are likewise employ ed. If the Ardenites expected a holiday when they declared in favor of spend ing 18 hours at the workhouse instead of paying the fine of $4 imposed on each of them la&t night for breaking the Sunday “ble laws” in playing base ball and tennis, they were disappoint ed. This morning they were put to work on the stone pile. Their imprison ment will terminate at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The action against Sinclair and his associates were brought by George Brown, the “Philosophical Anarchist,’’ who last week served five days for in sisting upon s-peaking at a laeetirg oC lue Arden Club, in the colony. Sinclair threatens to proceed against members of the Wilmington Country Club, who indulge in amusements on Sunday, in order, he says, to demon strate the absurdity of such “blue laws’ in these times. Diegle to Be Sentenced. By Associated Press. Columbus, O., Aug. 2.—Overruling a motion for a new trial and a motion to defer sentence until the case is heard in the circuit court, Judge E. B. Kik- ead in the criminal court today up held his former decision in the case of Rodney J. Diegle, former sergeant- at-arms of the Ohio state senate, re busied myself as much as possible unitl the fourth drill hole penetrated the roof of the drift. It took me a long time to locate the hole.” Three workmen were digging in the narrow shaft. The botton sud denly gave way and they dropped into the drift at 8.25 o’clock this morning. A glare of light flashed in on the entombed Clary and he looked upon fellow beings after a period in dark ness which, though reckoned by him to be something over four days, was really exactly three days and 45 minutes. Clary’s improsonment had severely weakened him but shouts from tho mouth of the shaft, sounds from th« outer world and gushes of fresh air gave heart and strength to him. At first he had little to say save to breathe his thanks. A phypician was lowered. He ad ministered stimulants. Clary was hoisted to the surface and set foot on top of earth ten minutes after he was found. Spectators w'ere kept from him. His father, brothers and the physician hurried him away to the Clary home nearby in which his moth er, w’eakened by the strain of her long vigil, lay ill. The physicain urged Clary not to talk until he had gained strength. Clary is 23 years old, the son of a pioneer mine operator who has di rected rescue work without rist since his son’s imprisonment. Relays of workers began digging the s’naft Sunday and have worked night and day since. The first three attempts to drill a small hole to admit air and nour ishment failed to locate young Clar> but the fourth w'as successful. It was found Clary was in imminent danger of drowning from w’ater rising drift. Diggers in the shaft redouoled their efforts and the drift was reach ed hours earlier than expeoted. Death of Dr. Robert Gregory. London, Aug. 2.—The very Rev. Robert Gregory. D. D., died here to- cently convicted on a charge of aiding , ^ and abetting in the alleged bribery: day. He was born at Nottingh tr>r=? hacked uo by severa* wai> of State Senator L. R. A.nurews. Judge Feb. 9, 1819, and since 1S91 de are ’ taking steps' to prevent rioting Kinkead will sentence Diegle within of St. Paul’s, resigning that o*iice 00 j the next few days. May 1, last. ■»'> A * :■ and looting.