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George W. Perkins
Called Bejore The
Probing Committee
CHARLOTTE N. C., TUSSSDAY tVENING, AUGUST 8, l91 1
PRIQF j Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy sDlly—i Centi SuBd&y.
« Outside Charlotte S Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday,
Chairman Stanley of Steel In
vestigating Committee Insis
ted that he Answer Questions
Relating to Bis Part in Cam
paign Contributions.
poration had been talking over and was
jioinp to submit that day to the board
of directors.
Mr. Perkins explained that when the
separate companies of the corporation
were brought together there were many
contracts that had recently been made
for extensions and improvements ag
gregating $40,000,000. The corporation
had reduced them something like $20,-
000,000, l>eing forced to carry the con-
i tracts along. In addition he told the
lells of Mcrf^an’s Influence in\
Steel Trust 4/»aHs—
■*' I Hc'ckcfeller notes maturing that year
Probe Enlivened by Interest
ng Testimony.
.ated rrei-s.
-r+on Aug —eGorge W. Per-
i ’ 'p House comniittee of in-
l ulteil State? Steel Cor-
- ■ r. dea.Uockrd inday over
. ; p tif Churinan Stanley.
amounting to $10,000,000, leaving in all
:ibout $:>0.000,000 that was not capi
talized and that "we have been some
what bothered to know just whal to
do with it.”
■’It was not fair to take it out of the
earnings of the several companies,
we thought.” Mr. Perkinsr was quoted
as having said to the executive com-
luittoe. "after they were brought to-
'toe. thHt the witnessJ i^'ether. and we have given the matter
• i ;c.-'ion? relating to his' a good deal of thought as to how and
in campaign contribu- j what to do with it and not hurt the se-
j ctirities. And it brought about this
r.-rVcin^. director of the; idea of an attempt to retire part of
rpnvation. for- the preferred stock of the company
for second mortgage bonds and have
enough in doing so, so we could get
out an extra amount of bonds to cover
these items.
"We think we can take up about 40
per cent of the preferred stock, or
5joo.n00.000 which now costs $14,00o,.
"(Ml in dividends at 7 per cent on $200,-
(•00,000 and in place of that issue
Continued on Page Two.
■ 1. ' • •- rtnMnce comiuitti'p,
: . !i » ! ' ".onii'or of the firm of
Mof_ 11 .\ ■appeared today
^ ‘’.-> . 0 cinimittre of in-
•t t! .'teel corporation. At
, • ’ ■ ti 1 l.indabiu y for the
. >;nd h' \vonld ^uh-
' • '>1. ■ nf -• I 'llM't.-i who held
.r , ; ' ir. d S'.rt - Sioel Corpora-
'!; ,1 t;'inoi>oh ot thf nvoilable
■' (»■';nii -i’’ani di.-irict.
•'I.' !i‘'i'n tPstimony here,
\ ' > >1 ()Oia'ion con'rollf'd |
' t .-pvnn'; five pn- cent nt ]
*= H ’ i ir-ham ort-'." saidj
Lu.d t 'Uv}. 'Wo lif»vp inf'irnia-
n from v;iri"ii^ M who inL-ist
.1* our ho.dir._-? are not more ihan
per ■#»»■'' and «r- >'i.^b tiie comnilt-
■ viMild I; . 'M'UP >f t'nrni."
■ ii.M-iivin S'ar
Continued Cool
Weathei and Rain
"el'
By Associated Press.
Washincton, Aug. S.—Continued
.-,:il tile conmnt-1 weather in the interior and bene-
i-olialile trsrinv>n\.
ficia! rains in districts where most
i needed were the crop growing weather
^ , i, w.. when 1 Thought the
;o' itfp h ti a i.v*n"P(il> of coking | according the the national weekly
' •!■!■ ^•'iittr;', cHid the ‘''‘^‘’*''Uxrath.-’r bulletin issued today.
'iri't-* of 'ii»' orcanizatioii i
• i v~te 1 Coi noration, i
no*
•f the .\lorgJin
I The Imlletin says good rains occur-
r>n-T!on of Ml-. in nrarlv all portions of the prin-
■ tn.n >>r;,nle.v erowing state?.
In the cotton growing states the
. , „ , , ,, weather was most favorable. Good
■ I n, f TP 1111 o . • i rains occurred over North Carolina
.... p .. 'and p(utions of South Carolina, great-
.Mr. IP. irlieving one of the most severe
drouths ever known in portions of
Those state?.
Showers occurred over the remaind
er of the cotton belt east of the Mis-
sissi?sipin.
In the cotton growing states west of
the Mi^^is?ippi the weather was iv.ost
ly favorable in Louisiana. Arkansas
and Oklahoma and local showers oc
curred in Northern and Eastern Texas
I but over the central and southern por-
itions of that state there was practical-
i !v no rain and at the end of the week
’ • ‘ n riei^’.lv r
tl • a't^ r tha!
: . I.a -. I ‘’ini! b-Tving a con-
. nf e iTh (jranT H Schley in .Mr.
;ian - Hi'rary in Nov>mhpr. 1907?"
V, the qu 'tion of rendorinc as-
'.-.n-e to M', p firm had been
>v di-rM i -n ’ >r ?e\-eral d;('s. It
■ a ■p’’ Tha’ the onl> thins that
;'d "jv. M’ Srhle' from failure
»»-. - >!;n- inc •M'M-ida,''' wa- for sonui
' v. rd>’'him firuin* ial a.--:~i?tan('o.
ti/yf
5PEC1AL
PftJViLCQf
Reuben Combs Given
Thiity Yeais In Pen
Foi Mwder Of Wije
Admiral Togo
Doing Washington
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., Aug. S.—Admiral
Togo visited the Washington navy
yard today, inspected the machine
shops and ordnance departments and
watched a company of marines at drill.
Latos" he was scheduled to see the con
cessional library and the capitol and
it was expected that he would look in
on both houses of congress while in
session.
The program for the day included
a luncheon by Assistant Secretary of
State Huntington Wilson and a sight
seeing tour in the afternoon. Tonight
the last of the four state dinners giv
en in his honor will be tendered by
/icting Secretary of the Navy Beekman
Winthrop. Tomorrow he will continue
his journey, going first to Baltimore,
thence to Philadelphia, where he will
vis-it the ship yards.
Burning Vessel
Was Sighted
Mr, Common People—When he siic.
THE MIND CURE.
;vvn to think it over.
Mr. Common People—When he ha.sLhci'g! t it ovr'
SEC. IN I
By Associated Press.
London, Aug. S.—George von L.
Me.ver, American secretar.v of the
nav.v, arrived in London today.
One of the purposes of the secre
tary’s visit is to inspect some of the
European dockyards and confer with
naval administrative officers with a
view to learning anything that nia>'
be of value in the improvement of the
civil administration of navy yard?.
The admiralty already ha? given
Mr. Me.Ner the freedom of the British
dock vards.
Reorganization oj
Diplomatic Corps
By Associated Press.
^Vashington, Aug. S.—The long ex
pected reorganization of the American
diplomatic corps involved in appoint
ing successors to Dr. David Jayne Hill,
as ambassador to Germany and to
Charles Sherrill as minister to Ar
gentine. both f)f whom resigned, \vas
announced today when the nomina
tion of three amba.ssadors and
iRSE TO my
1
Jury Returned d Verdict for
Second Degree Murder at 7
0*clock Last Night And
Judge Daniels Gave Him the
Limit To-day.
It Will be Remembered Combs
Cohjessed to Poisoning Sis
Young Wije in May—Case
Aroused Intense Inteiest in
Statesville.
Special to The News.
Statesville, N. C., Aug. 8.—Reuben
Combs, was today sentenced by Judge
Daniels to serve 30 years in the state
prison for the murder of his wife, Mrs.
Bessie Combs, whom he poisoned on
the night of May 25.
The case which had been on trial
since Thursdaj', was given to the jury
last evening at 7 o'clock and a verdict
for second degree murder was render
ed at 11 o'clock.
The jury first stood four for first de
gree and eight for second degree mur
der.
The court was reassembled to hear
By Associated Press.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 8.—A message
received here at 11:30 a. m. from the
life, saving station at Marblehead, said
a small wooden freighter was sighted
eight miles east of Kelley's island at
10 a. m. with her whole front portion
in flames. Two power boats put out
from the station for th^freighter. The the verdict and then adjourned until
boat's name is unkown.
Mother of Govanoi
Kit chin III
s ha‘
! on
YM' !"7ur'’amr.um'of|!^iR^i temperatures were again prevail
r (•,.■ I' n -tocii in thrir
irfV -t ' i;; tall and limo
.) vr.- II ’ niaturine."
;!id' did Schley give
ike ovr; ti!> Tennes.'^ee Coal
Henry C. Smith Dead.
Bv Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 8.—State Repre
sentative Henry C. Smith, of Deids-
ville. Tatnall county, died bore this
He was stricken with acui.e
indigestion yesterday while on the
H--' didn'T indu'^p thn Tnited States
f» . i-i t I (](■ anythin-. It niornini;
: p' t'or' i ^ a form with him. Hp ...
• an» rr.. n V-.l-: the ^»eel corpora- street^and never regained conscious-
/->n or the b?in' r.ime to his aid.”
Special to The News.
Raleigh, Aug. 8.—Governor Kitchin
was summoned today to Scotland
Neck on account of the critical ill
ness of his mother. This blocks the
state text book adoption for the
time as the state commission will
not vote on adoption in his absence.
Some months ago the governor was
detained by his mother’s bedside two
i weeks expecting every day to be her
last.
'■>t he bad Imi ■„ '■« r-rll?"
I beg 'Our p irdon He had loansi
11. 'van’pd any possible!
I-,;- p.atiirinr ol'liiations and'
.O’li'i >n that thp *-;teel|
--nora’ion >'a hi?? only available re-1
ness. The senate and house adjourned
for the dav out of respect.
> H'
' 'I'fl'
\]r
in
Mi
r -j'-ct ;i i
-r and
iirr’in n k* d if Mr. Morgan j
»i • >'hief artor in theeventsj
I'l' 1
'T*:- the CMief life-aver
li -iniHtion”
in'* > d the w-itne;-:- many
aMr. .Morsan, hi? pow-
1 \ariou or>*npaiion-^ in life
1 bn db if hf' had ever bpen a work-
ii-'m^n evr ' dny affairs.
Mr Morcran never wm .i day la-
; .’ p) in the . f-n I you su;;cicst. Hi?
rnn\\lfricp of the condition?
'• hich men wo;K, hi
':■ 111 hi- ipadiiie.=.;
ATHEAillNG
By Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 8.—Complaining
that the cotton interests had been
given no time for the presentation of
under ^ their case, Stewart Kramer, of Char-
synipathy wlth'intte. N. C.. representing the tariff
1 -land always, ,.f,niniittce of the American Cotton
FARMER SHOT WHILE
ATTENDING CHURCH.
■]',■ h' i-igilt.'
.ivn knoT» lrfI'2f‘ '■
'A a-hin?T'in. h. . Ansi
however, w> re cf'm
■Manufacturers' Association, told the
srnate finance committee today h-^j
Pur’ng I (.,„,|d only file an 'emphatic protest
By Associated Press.
Alexandria, La., Aug. S.—While at
tending services at Hopewell Church,
10 miles north of this city, last nighat,
Joe Stilley, a farmer, was shot dead.
His wife was dangerously wounded
and hi& mother slightly wounded. One
load of buckshot, fired through a win
dow of the church by an unknown
person, did the work. News w'as
brought here this morning.
Stilley had been tried in the district
court several times on charges of hog
and cattle stealing in the Hopew'eli
neighborhood and the shooting is be
lieved to be the direct result of this
trouble. No trace of the assassin has
been found.
ministers were sent to the senate.
John G. A. I.eisham, of Pittsburg,
Pa., now ambassador to Italy, is trans
ferred a? ambassador to Germany.
Thomas J. O’Brien, of Grand Rap
ids. Mich., at present ambassador to
.iapan. is transferred as - ambassador
to Italy.
Charles Page Bryan, of Chicago, now
minister to Belgium, is promoted to
ambassador to Japan.
Larz Anderson, of the District of Co-
lumlMa, who has previously been in
the . diplomatic service, is appointed
minister to Belgium.
John Ridgeley Carter, of Baltimore,
minister to the Balkan states, is trans
ferred as minister to Argentine re
public.
John M. Jackson, of Newark, N. J..
now minister to Cuba, succeeds Mr.
Carter as minister to the Balkan
States.
Arthur M. Beaupre, of Aurora, 111.,
now minister to the Netherlands, be
comes minister to Cuba.
Lloyd Bryce, of New York, the only
one of the nominees who is not now
nor has not been previously in the
diplocatic service, is appointed min
ister to the Netherlands.
By Associated Press.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 8.—Big crowds
went to North Randall track again to
day to see Uhlan. C. K. G. Billings’
champion gelding, make his attempt—
five postponed from yesterday, to break the
world's trotting record to w'agon.
■‘Doc” Tanner, the trotter’s trainer,
announced that with all condtions fa
vorable his charge stood a S))lendid
chance of low^ering the mark of 2
minutes flat and established by Lou
Dillon at Memphis, Oct. 2S, 1903.
TWO GUBERNATORIAL BEES
TO BUZZ IN SAME TOWN.
^ Atlanta, Aug. 8.—Pope Brown and
.:V. p>.anuiia( i'ln t( da'- bv Chainmn | again.^t the l)ill" and said that in the 'ic
.- lanlp,'. of the b^use ?tcel corpora-- short time given for hearings he j
f ’ ->n inve.=itigating conimit‘ee, c.eorge j x\-nuld be unable to present the calinis ; JjP.
TerkinP "a rr.nfronted with a copy inf his interests in full.
f 'nindtp.- ti’c- I'nitpd States Steel
• • pora"'''n'r r vpnithp committor ! Representative Smith Recovers,
' ng. .Marrh 4. 1'"'2. in whit h he j Atlanta, (ia.. Aug. 8.—Representa-
roi'Of^ed a plan to raise $.=l0.oou,0o') tive Smith, of Tattnell 'fell uncon-
' ’Irjut costint- fb'’ rorporaticn ajhcious from an attack of acute indiges-
t The r«( ord of that meeting, read
Mr Perkins, "as ?hat of a plan
h the finance ron'’nitiee of the cor-
non last night near the capital, but
later recovered, and his condition is
not bplieved to be dangerous.
Wondeiful Agnculiural
Possibilities of Western
North Carolina Pictwed
indication up-to-date, however,
that the gentlemen intend mixing in
a joint debate, as’ neither has issued
a challenge, nor have the people of
I^urens county expressed any wish
that the speech-making take that
form.
Mr. Brown w'as at the capitol yes
terday and listened with interest to
the speeches on the proposed change
in Atlanta’s government. He leaves
tonight for Waycross to address the
state agricultural society.
Mr. Brown has ordered about 10,-
000 campaign buttons, which will
presently make th/’f appearance and
keep the casual puolic as well as the
ardent newspaper reader informed
of the fact that a gubernatorial race
!is on.
^ ■ '. iten Frp?.-.
• -0 ,\ug 8.—F’rof. Henry J.
'••ither torraster here, return-
' Mil a surve’ of the .Vorth Car-
fiiilt bell. H" brought word of
' >'hpnip promulgated by the
':;(*! bureau to hel]) settle the
■' Carolina mountain slopes. The
nriudes Tplling prospective set-
hou- they thii make a living
Mill nuppl'ing thpni with a sys-
'if oaTher forera?t
' nialn purpose of the survey
■ t ' Prof Cox, who w-as assist-
alist, was to designate sites for the
location of weather forcasting sta
tions to warn fruit grow’ers of the
mountainous section of the periodic
frosts which occur in those re
gions.
"There are wonderful agricultural
possibilities in North Carolina,” said
Prof. Cox. “In many sections in
which conditions are almost ideal for
fruit raising, there has been little or
no development.”
..Prof. Cox said the lazy type of the
Carolina mountaineers are being re-
.M. Hutt, state horticultur- placed by energetic fruit growers.
THE PRESENT LABOR LAW IN
GEORGIA MAY REMAIN IN.
Atlanta, Aug. 8.—Unless the house
and senate are able to agree in some
sort of conference, the likelihood is
that the present legislation limiting
the working hours in Georgia mills to
66 hours per w^eek will remain in force
without change. The house has pass
ed a 10-hour a day bill, and the sen
ate has passed a sixty-hour a week bill
and it is considered possible that the
two measures, sounding so much alike,
vet vastly different in their working,
will have the effect of “killing” the
other.
miTILES WITH
A RirpDn a
By Associated Press.
Chicago. Aug. 8.—Attacked by a mob
of 100 negroes after he had arrested
Charles Young, a black, for the mur
der of another negro, during a card
game. Patrolman Griffin fought a
thrilling battle on the South Side to
day to keep his prisoner. Only by use
of his gun and stick was Griffin able
to hold off the mob until the arrival of
a patrol wagon filled with policemen.
FARMERS INTERESTED.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8.—Farmers are in
terested in the disposition by the legis
lature of the Hopkins hog cholrea
measure calling for a special appropria
tion of $10,000, for the manufacturers
by the state of a s-erum for innoculat-
iiig the hogs of the infected region.
Judge H. W. Hopkins, representative
from Thomas county, is the author of
the bill.
ONE
HUNDRED PERSONS
DROWNED.
By Associated Press.
Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. 8.—
A boat overloaded w'ith natives
who were on their w’ay to at
tend a fair at Dessuk found
ered in the Nile. Nearly 100
persons were drowned. Thirty-
six bodies had been recover
ed today.
Concord Man
Chaiged with Mmdei
By Associated Press.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 8.—A special
from St. Louis, Mo., to the Raleigh
News and Observer states that Albert
G. Butler of Concord, N. C., yesterday
shot and killed a young man named
Walsh, one of three brothers of But
ler's sweetheart, Miss Nellie Walsh,
whom he was courting.
Differences growing out of the relig
ious affiliations of the two families,
Butler says, caused the trouble.
CONDITION OF JOHN W.
GATES IS CRITICAL.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Aug. 8.—A recurrence of con
gestion of the kidneys was experienced
by John W. Gates at noon today. It
was necessary to administer stimu
lants occasionally.
Last night his physicians s-tated that
the action of the kidneys continued to
improve and that the inflammation in
the lungs has lessened. This gave
some encouragement. At daylight, how
ever, the patient showed unfavorable
symptoms and Dr. Gros w^as hastily
summoned.
He found the financier suffering
from conge&tion of the kidneys and
though he was able to afford some
relief, the congestion returned toward
Qie middle of the day.
this morning when sentence was pass
ed, the limit of the law' being given.
Not until the judge delivered his
charge to the jury was it known that
a verdict tor second degree could ba
rendered.
DEPOSED SHAH WON
HIS FIRST FIGHT
im OVER BiK
By Associated Press.
Houston. Tex., Aug. 8.—The Harris
County Bank and Trust Company, cap
italized at $50,000. was placed last
night into the hands of the state com
missioner of insurance and banking by
State Bank Examiner J. K. Woods,
who is temporarily in charge. This
action was taken because of alleged
large loans, which in the opion of the
department could not be readily real
ized upon, thus impairing the capital
stock. The institution was opened
for business Oct. 1, 1907, and operated
under the state guaranty fund.
ALDRICH ON HOW
TO PREVENT PANICS.
By Associated Press.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 8.—Nelson
W. Aldrich, ex-United States senator,
has accepted an invitation to address
the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con
gress, w'hich meets in this city next
November on “currency legislation io
prevent panics ’ according to an an
nouncement made by officers of the
congress today.
Lieut.-Gov. Goethals-, son of George
L. Goethals, chairman of the Isthmian
canal commission, will read an address
prepared by his father on the prog
ress of the building of the canal. Geo.
M. Reynolds, president of the Conti
nental and Commercial National Bank
of Chicago, will deliver an address
on a subject similar to that chosen
by Mr. Aldrich.
Piesident Signed
Reappojtionment Bill
By Associated Press.
Washington. Aug. 8.—President Taft
today signed the reapportionment bill
under w’hich the house of representa
tives is increased from 391 to 433 mem
bers w4th two more if Arizona and
New Mexico are admitted to the Un
ion.
Miss Thompson iCed From Burns.
By Associated Piess.
Anderson, S. C., Aug. S.—Mis& Mabel
C. Thompson, superintendent of the
county hospital, died last night from
burns received while tes-ting a kero
sene lamp yesterday afternoon. Miss
Josie Moffett, a nurse, and Charles
Barnes, a negro orderly, also were ser
iously burned when the.v w-ent to the
a&sitance of Miss Thompson.
The lamp which exploded was used
in the sterilizing machine at the hos
pital and when it failed to work, Miss
'I'hompson attempted to pump air into
it. The explosion threw the burning
keror-ene over (he young woman from
head to foot, some of the gas and blaze
being sw'allowed.
Miss Thompson has been superin
tendent of the hospital since last Nov
ember. Her body probably will be sent
to her old home at Damascus, Ohio, for
burial.
By Associated Press.
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 8.—“Condi
tions here are beyond control and I
w’ould ask that you return and take
charge of the situation,” reads a cipher
cablegram said to have been sent by
Provisional President Francisco de La
Barra, of Mexico, to Jose Yves Liman-
tour, now in Paris, a copy of w'hich H.
D. Bradfield. a mining man from Mex
ico, who is in this city, claims to have
received.
Mr. Bradfield says the situation in
Mexico is becoming intolerable. There
are a i>umber of .mining men of Mex
ico in San Antonio at present and Mr.
Bradfield says they w'ill hold a meet
ing in the near future to take action
toward protecting the lives and prop
erty of Americans in the southern re
public. ,
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg. Aug, ?.—Accordin?
to a dispatch from Astrabad, Persia,
today, Mohammed Ali Mirza, the de
posed Shah, has won his first fight
against the government forces w'^hich
he defeated at Damghan at the north
ern foot of the El Bruz mountains, 50
miles south of Astrabad a day or two
ago.
The battle is said to have been
hard fought. The ex-Shah’s men final
ly took the town by storm capturing
guns and ammuntion, their supply of
which had been short. The victory,
has greatly enheartened the adher
ents of the excited monarch.
Advices from Teheren state that
Moham.med Ali is with another force
of 2.000 men some 200 miles northeast
of the capital.
Pi edicts Early
Ending of World
By Associated Press.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug 8.—“Tha
world will come to an end w-ithin a
very few' years,’ declared Edgar O.
Montgomery, president of the Indiana
conference of the Seventh Day Ad
ventists during the services of tha
camp meeting now progressing here.
"I can not set the year. It may be next,
year, it may be five years. But I do
know that it will come before tha
death of the last man w’ho saw the fall
ing of the stars on November 13th.
1833. There are few' people living now
who saw' that phenomenon and I know
that the end will come before all of
them are gone.’
Elder Montgomery said that science
had been unable to solve the falling
of the stars In 1833 and that he has
scriptural proof that the millenium
would occur within the generation fol
lowing that event.’
Deadlock on Wool
Revision Bill
By Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 8.—Impatient re
garding the deadlock on the wool tar
iff revision bill, Representative Under
wood, of the conference sub-commit
tee, said today that unless an agree
ment with Senator La Follette could
be brought about soon he w’ould ask
to have the full conference committee
called together with the view of re
porting a disagreement.
Warfield Found Guilty of
Reprehensible Conduct In
School Book Mattel
By Associated Press.
Raleigh, Aug. 8.—W. C. Warfield,
of the World Publishing Company,
was last night after an investigation
by the state text book commissioner,
found guilty of reprehensible conduct
in attempting to form a pool to use
$1,500 to secure some “friend” whom
ment of education of the state to se
cure the adoption of certain books.
Chief Clerk Barwick, who had been
referred to, was found not griilty.
Warfield had approached other book
men and used Barwick’s name. The
commissioner is to adopt books for
use for five years in the public
he declined to name in the depart- schools of the state.