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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition
;i. 45. NO. 8010
CHARLOTTE N. C., FRIDAY tVENlNG, AUGUST 18, 191 1
Noon
Strike
A Partial
English
Was Only
Success
e . dome of the St. Paul’s cath-
1 me borne Oj Ine t-dral. from which they kept the dlf^
^ TT/ the general
oads Were Operating -tarr at the war office.
jr —- TT71.'> Scarcely any of. the railway lines
a tew IrainSf Ir/Iz/C centering at London afforded a com-
u ^ TTT service and even the underground
hers Conditions Were and tube systems were affected to
. ! f°°^f extent. Commuters this morn-
in nian\ cases took the street rail-
: ^ or Inises to avoid the crush at the
! railway stations and in the tubes
• fjolds nf elevator men caused trou-
/,ble by joining the strikers after work
ing two hours.
London s elaborate underground
^stem, inclifding the Metropolitan
Disti let Railways, had difficulty in op
erating because of strike of the men
•it one station, Eastham, through
which no trains could pass. Thus at
times traffic was help up for a consid
erable period
The union leaders this afternoon ex-
press themselves satisfied with the
'’ompanies anfl the result of the strike orders. Thev
' -ye; i.s on in dead claimed that 200,000 men had quit
I work.
James Henry Thomas, labor member
of parliament for Derby and assistant
secretary of the Amalgamated Society
of Railway Servants, issued a state
ment in which he asserted that the
strikers had almost paralyzed the
whole railway system of the United
Kingdom.
The government proposal for a royal
commission was considered by joint
:d and at \nelpv the railway societies dur-
* ’ ing the forenoon, but the men did not
change their positions that the man-
not uiust deal directly with them.
>ns - Parliament De-
#
Not to Adjourn—Con-
More Serious m
Districts,
' d Press.
‘i:*? 1>.—The struggle be-
i-‘ve obeyed the strike
'■‘ouF.inds have con-
I companies are
; trains un-
ind the board of'
r iiin^ their efforts to*
■'u’ . ithout indications!
CCf. '
! ri'ting at Birming-
ment
expected today.
! pared
i la^i.in the mo*
should uut n ' •
Condition in Provinces.
prepared to adonr ' conditions in the provinces were
i somewhat more serious than in ai\tl
about London. Early in the day word
came Irom Birmingham that' West
England was completely cut off.
Passenger trains on' the Midland
Railway in other directions were run-
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PRICED « Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDlly-« Cents Sunday.
 Outside Charlotte 6 Cents a Copy Daily and Siiteday.
President
Vetoes
Free
Ta/i
Farmers’
List Bill
Family Drowned
in Crossing Creek
By Associated Press.
Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 18.—William
Hembry, his wife and daughter of
Princeton, Ala., and Sink Hill, ’ of
New Market, Ala., were drowned la&t
night while trying to ford Dry Creek,
near Maysville. The stream was swol
len from recent rains. The party was
returning home from a Confederate
reunion at Curley, Ala. Hill’s body was
recovered this morning. The others
were swept aw'ay.
— A- noon the
;a-ht ' y :he Amal-
01' Hail'vay Servants
:'‘;•Ma°^uccet?‘'som^ traffic on
- were operlun^?;;^’^^ ^^^“^hes had been stopped,
on oth.T roads; 7 discorder at Birming-
icfically normal. i a. ^ , .
)Ossessinn nf tho ■ Manchester business was at a
lin. s, but not lor teamsters ^vere still
t-= protecn men'Liverpool the chaos was complete
\vu-
uan. th, urouertv' exception of a few^ incoming
propeit% , jrains, all of which were late, the
'It'll*
■
f .service
.A* >n. I'resident of
had an early
1 -oui't Richard D.
- ft'-r war,
:.an.-:,rs. ,
uniiiH were in !
i onsidoring the '
>n for the ap-1
-1 commiboion
e and rev.irt
H.y. should l)e
•ion u"reenient I
owners and ;
. ' Cbancellur
n h'
of a royal
by Premier As-
ii a"r-«pted l;y
• I by the mtn
• ' mch an ar-
an a loii^ delay
fhrir -lievances.
k V
fr'reat weapon
I’ -lOlnf a rommis-
• »ui the railroad
-'i'il'crs and'
^ n. a I an well-,
’■a'’ I»s mem-j
■ i on Saturday
vcrn-i'ii* rontinu- ^**^!” f^ervice at Liverpool was practi-
■ f a ^' n- ial stun-‘ The three passen-
^ f the ^^' stations in that city were besieged
with passengers and the platforms
were piled high with baggage belong
ing rhiefl> to Americans who had gone
ther. with the hope of securing pas
sage ;o America on outgoing liners.
The companies were compelled to
discontinue selling tickets.
Throughout Wales, where the unions
are strong, there was almost a total
stoppage of traffic. Xo trains were
able to get through to Fishguard.
As the day progressed more serious
reports came in. Strikers took posses
sion of the railway line at Llanelly, a
hoube of. seaport of Wales, and succeeded in
repulsing the police, w’ho attempted
to drive them off. At several out of
the way places in Wales signal boxes
were burned.
Some 200 men employed on the Cal
edonian Railway went out and efforts
were made to bring about a general
strike in Scotland. The threat to call
ibpf the’*^ general strike of teamsters through-
‘ prin ier s country is thought not likely
h ;aid. to enforced, as the men appear sat-
r : n--t to lure, with the settlement recently
reached.
An interesting incident was noted at
Euston station, where the police were
escorting boxes containing strike pay
from the station to the offices of the
union. ^
New York Feels Effect.
Xew York, Aug. 18.—The effects of
:i > n Monday.! the strike in Liverpool are beginning
'd* he had noi to he felt by New York merchants.
= '.e employes ' Merchandise that is wantf^d badly has
an-, mrnt when ' not arrived and agents on the other
!’mghiy under-j hide cable that it is impossible to ship
! the goods. Many orders- are being can-
e ^ bar.' fllor had ; celled, as the late receipt of the goods
would be of no value to American
firms.
It is stated at the United States ap-
prai.sers stores, where imported mer-
nf their ;.criev- ;handise is examined, that scarcely
I 1' n*i im lartial any goods from England are being re
ceived. Imports from England have
fallen off nearly 80 per cent. Most of
ind t'ariy niorn-|t|-g merchandise now’ being examined
j'ani ■ :j at jKiints ' j,appraiesd comes from France and
t: .>f''e‘t the ,
• ... arrording to j Rioting Occurs.
' onthr. by a;
= \ nf railroad men : Birmingham. Eng., Aug. 18.—Sharp
pointMfi to adopt hand»to-hand fighting between police
'’fint^: these lines in and strikers occurred here this after-
invasiion. noon during attempts to restock the
,,,.yf last wholesale meat markets, which are
-'-iifi-'ners were practically empty. Wagons were un-
;ic various mili-, loadfd at the railway depot, but as
M: i>' ost. I soon as they appeared on the street,
• ! ome general, they were charged upon by the strik-
■ li' but little in ers and upset. The only w'agons that
'l‘. r.- are only got through w'ere those moved after
!■ yal engineers, the arrival of strong police reinforce-
'■ in protfft the'ments. Transportation service is in a
w ork ill- The or- chaotic state.
-.'ners in this: Refuse to Obey Strike Order.
Ti i-re is to be Belfast, Ireland, Aug. 18.—The rail-
' ris Of thi- mob in road men here refused to obey the
strike order to quit work and business
proceeded as usual today.
Parliament Not to. Adjourn.
Ninety-five Miles
In Air Line lYas
Atwood’s Program
By Associated Press,
mile wind beating off Lake all morn
ing, it looked as if Harry N. Atwood
would not be able to make his sched
uled 95-mile flight to Erie, Pa. Shortly
after after 12 o’clock, however, the j By Associated Press.
Preparing Foj
Eagles Meeting
• v n'.r.g a more
' M f U-aders call
pven of the union
quit «■) long as
wind began to die down and he an
nounced that if there w'as no change
in conditions, he would start about 2
p. ni.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 18.—Ninety-five
miles in an air line to Erie, Pa., was
Harry N. Atw'ood’s schedule for his
aeroplane flight today. Atwood, who
already has covered more than half
of the 1,265 miles of his proposed
flight from St. Louis to New York to
establish a new'^ world’s cross-coun
try aeroplane record, said he did
not expect to leave Cleveland until
some time after 12 o’clock.
If he lands at Erie for the night
it will be the shortest one day run
he has made since he left St. Louis
last Monday. However, he said if he
found the weather favorable he
might reascend at Erie and con
tinue on to Buffalo.
He probably will sail over Ashta
bula, O.. without stopping although
there fs a possibility he may
alight there for a brief rest.
“A leisurely sail today,” said At
wood as he w-ent out to test his bi
plane. “When I landed in Cleveland
I found I was just 10 1-2 miles more
than half way from St. Louis to New
York and I w'as only four days on the
way. At the same rate I can do the
whole trip in eight days. If thepfe are
no accidents and tolerablQ favorable
weather I ought to fly over New
York in five days at the most.”
Atwood is still undecided as to the
proposed continuation of his flight to
Boston. V
This morning, following arrange
ments hastily completed last night,
Atwood was to give several exhibi
tions of flying. One of these was to
extend to the Country Club, where
the aviator was dined and toasted at
the hands of the millionaire colony
last night. J. H. Wade, Jr., Cleve
land’s noted balloon pilot, is an eag
er appicant for a ride in Atwood’s
Burgess-Wright biplane and the avi
ator may take him aboard as a pas
senger.
The attachment of Atw^ood’s bi
plane last night by a constable act
ing for the Standard Oil Company
will not delay his flight in any way.
Bond, which he furnished, more than
covers the amount of the claim.
It is expected that 50,000 persons
will be on hand at Euclid Beach to
day to bid the aviator good bye.
Indications are for a bright day
with a fair breeze.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 18.—Prep
aratory to the convention of the Fra
ternal Order q{ E^es here next w'eek,
the judiciary corumftfee and board of
trustees of the Grand Aerie are hold
ing meetings today to discuss import
ant questions that will come before
the organization.
The discussing of recognizing wom
ens auxiliary clubs', a movement start
Bartletville, Okla., is receiving consid
erable parliamentary attention.
Another movement on foot contem
plates parliamentary attention.
Another movement on foot contem
plates changing the minimum age lim
it of members from 21 to 18 years.
Cloudburst Did Damage.
Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. IS.—Damage es
timated at $200,000 was caused by a
cloudburst and “twister” that sw'ept
over W’inkelman and Hayden Wednes
day night, according to reports receiv-
ed here today. One woman was killed
and her son injured by falling tim
bers. The body of a Mexican child was
found in a wrecked house. At Winkel-
man nearly 200 buildings w'ere blown
down.
The Mexican quarter at Hayden was
destroyed and many are reported injur
ed there.
MUCH GRAIN
DESTROYED
BY HAILSTORM
Lethbrfdge, Alberta, Canada, Aug.
18—A hailstorm which traveled
through southern Alberta late yester
day destroyed probably a million
bushels of grain. The worst damage
southeast of Lethbridge where sev
eral farms were completely threshed
out.
"r ’he riot act
:irtridges, with
\ hirh each sol-
iiro ttj bo used.
■■'Mi chieflv in
Lieut. Yates Is
Now Retired
By Associated Press.
W’ashington, D. C., OAug. 18-
So critical does the government re , aa rm.
„ard the strike situation and so ur-1 . ^“hington, D. C OAug IS-The re
. ' ^ ' J dci>ots and gent may be the need of instant legis-1
■ of which ^ lation that the cabinet suddenly deci- Yates of Maine with the rank ot lieii-
u: ' ii n-rtr>(i by ' dod this afternoon that parliament i tenant commander was the first appli-
• fUirk d b> stone not adjourn today, as had been arrang-1 cation by the navy department of the
h' 'unnt ls. bridges ed. . I extendmg to the navy and
'! a' li point one or, Chancellor Lloyd-George. w'ho was n^arine corps a letirement privilege
>i wi.i'. dr.'iwn bayo- leading the government forces in the enjoyed by the army for many years
of the company house of commons in the absence of
•V i h M’r horses and l^remier Asquith, made the announqe-
^ luiiuli'ed men ment just before the lower chambers
I ■ : . .ifTK-r to pre- Boasion was suspended for luncheon.
li'! the mail carts
'!hi military } Mr. .1. A. Clinard leaves Tuesday
' for a trip North. He goes first to
f inif(irmed men ' Atlantic City and from there to New
•p?’ took u[) a sta-|York.
The act under which Lieut.-Com
mander Yates, retired, passed at the
last session of congress, provides that
if an officer fails in an examination
for promotion on account of physical
disability contracted in the line of du
ty he shall be retired with the rank to
which his seniority entitled him to be
promoted.
Store of J. T. Barber Burned.
Winston-Salem, Aug. 18.—The store
of J. T. Barber, in which the post-
office was located, at Barbers, Row’-
an county, was destroyed by
early' this morning. Nothing
saved.
. lx)ss is $5,000.
By Associated Press.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 18.—The Na
tional Negro Bankers’ Association to
day approved a bank guaranty plan for
54 banks in the South whereby it is
proposed to protect the depositors of
the banks to correct any evil which
may develop in the future.
The plan adopted is to raise a guar
anty fund of $25,000 at the start, that
sum to be deposited in the.Penijy Sav
ings Bank i^i Birmingham, Ala., for the
use of a governing board to be se
lected by ballot of the various banks.
This board will have authority to se
lect an inspector w'ho will be empow
ered to make examinations of all
banks whenever it is deemed expe
dient.
The fund will be protected by an in
demnity bond, to protect banks enter
ing into the agreement.
The fund for the guaranty will be
raised through subscription of $500
by each bank approving the plan.
SPECTACULAR FEATURE OF
WAR MANOEUVRES.
By Asociated Press.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 18,—The
first spectacular feature of the war
manoeuvres, which were begun Mon
day at the Presidio, took place last
night when three government tugs,
iimulating the probable movements of
a hostile fleet, essayed to run the
gauntlet of the forts protecting San
Francisco.
Attached to the tug Barrette, which
brought'up the rear of the attacking
squadron, w^as a huge target and into
this the guns of Fort Winfield Scott
poured a heavy fire. Though actual fir-
ing of shells was limited*to Fort Win
field Scott the “defenders” at Forts
Barry, Wiley and Baker went through
all the motions attendant on the at
tempted repulse of a hostile fleet.
Press Humorists
By Associated Press.
Close Meet.
iLL NOT SETTLE
WILE! GISE
THIS SESSION
By Associated Press.
Washington. Aug. IS.—President
Taft does not expect to settle the
Wiley case before the adjournment of
the present session of congress. He
intends to read all the testimony offer
ed before the house committee which
I is investigating the department of ag
riculture and any. other information
bearing on the case.
That there may be some criticism of
some officials of the department otiier
than Dr. Wiley is the belief here to
day.
Dr. Wiley, who made the request
for the records, explained that they
were official printed registrations and
decisions which had later been with-
draw'n and changed after the inter
ested parties, the food manufactur
ers, had protested against them.
Asked what Solicitor McCabe had
to do with deciding what was whis
key, Dr. Wiley said;
“I would rather let him state.’’
Dr. Wiley, describing his famous
“poison squad experiments,” said:
“I took up the experiments with
borax first to get experience for what
I considered more important experi
ments. I did not think.
"I did not think it harmful when I
began.”
Dr. Wiley said two of his reports on
these invetigations had not been pub-
lihed. He said he told Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson all about the pro
posed employment of Dr. H. H. Rusby
of New^ York.
“I wanted him to know all the fea
tures of the case before acting on it,
said Dr. W'iley.
After the secretary had approved,
Dr. W’^iley told of figuring out that
$2,000 W'as too much for Dr. Rusby and
of having the secretary reduce it to
$1,600.
Again he denied that anything was
said about Dr. Rusby working only SO
days a year.
Third Important Veto Message
was Scheduled to Reach
Congress During the Ajter-
noon—The Message to Ee
Short,
Bill Reached White House Dur
ing Morning And President
Immediately Got to Work
Preparing His Message of
Disapproval.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 18.—President
Taft s third important veto message
of the special, session disapproving
the farmers’ free list bill will be
sent to the house this afternoon.
The bilJ reached the white house
shore shortly after 10 o’clock today
and thep resident immediately set to
w'ork on the message, material for
which he has been collecting for sev
eral weeks. The message, it is said,
will be short.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Aug. 18.—-When the
warring delegates to the International
Typographical Union convention set
tled dow'n to business at today’s ses
sion it was to renew the struggle upon
the result of which the retention in of
fice of President Lynch was said to
depend.
The administration forces won a de
cisive victory yesterday when they de
feated a proposed amendment that
provided the barring from oflice-hold-
ing of any member found guilty of vio
lating the law prohibiting participa
tion in secret organizations within the
union. The fight was reported today
when the arbitration agreement and
piece work subject were called up for
reconsideration.
The new' national officers of the
women’s auxiliary were installed today
They are; Mrs. C. E. McKee, of Indi
anapolis, president; Mrs. R. J. Low.
ther, of St. Louis, vice-president.
WOULD FORCE AVIATORS
TO FLY HIGHER.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Aug. 18.—Coroner Hoff
man today communicated with offi
cials of the. international aviation
meet, insisting that aviators be^ pro
hibited from flying too low over the
heads of spectators in the grand
stands.
There is a rule prohibiting this
practice, but it appears that efforts
of the officials of the meet to enforce
it have not been entirely successful.
Coroner Hoffman visited the meet
yesterday. He became indignant
when he saw' James Ward fly less
than 11 feet over the head of specta
tors in the stands.
Boston, Aug. 18.—After a week of
pleasure and sightseeing about this
city, the funmakers of the country in
attendance at the annual convention
of the American Press Humorists As
sociation brought their visit to an
fire end today.
was Before adjourning the members se
lected Detroit as the next convention
city. /
Author of “Lavender And
Old Lace ' and Othei Novels
Found Dead To-day
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Aug. 18.—Chicago, Aig.
18'.—Mrs. Myrtle Reed McCullough,
author of “Lavender and Old .Lace, ’^
“Love Letters of a Musician,” “Love
Affairs of Literary Men,” and many
other books, w:as found dead at her
home last night and reports to the
police indicated that death was
caused by an overdose of slesping
powders taken w'ith suicidal intent.
Mrs. McCullogh’s body was found
by Miss Anna Larsen, her maid, to
whom she left a note and a check
for $1,000.
She W'as 37 years old and was
born in Chicago.
INQUEST INTO DEATH
OF NOTED AUTHORTSS.
Chicago, Aug. 18.—An inquest into
the death of Myrtle Reed McCullough,
the Chicago authoress, who died last
evening from an overdise of a drug be
lieved to have been taken with the sui
cidal intent was begun today.
Relatives of the dead authoress have
been summoned to appear at the in
quest as witnesses. 'The coroner and
police are attempting to reach James
Sidney McCullough, the husband, who
left home early yesterday and was
away w'hen the woman was found dead
in bed.
Annie Larsen. McCollugh maid, said
Mr. McCullough left home saying he
was going to take a steamer trip to
Michigan and expected to be gone sev
eral days. She said she had been in
the service o fthe family four years
and during that time she had never
heard Mrs. McCollugh quarrel with her
husband.
“They seemed to be very happy to
gether,” the maid said. “I never
heard a cross word spoken between
them.”
Mr. Blakney Again
Brings First Bale
Mr. James A. Blakney of Pio-
vidence Placed the First Bale
OJ The Season on the Local
Cotton Market Today,
Mr. J. A Blakeny of Providence
township brought the first bale of cot
ton of the season to the local market
today. The new bale weighed 440
pounds and was sold to Messrs. Wat
son & Allen, cotton mejchants on Col
lege street, for 13 cents per pound.
Mr. Blakeny has put the first bale on
the local market for 24 years, with
tlie .exception of two years during that
period when his neighbor, Mr. L. H.
Robinson beat him to the Charlotte
cotton platform by a few minutes. The
new' bale this morning was taken to
the local platform and weighed by Mr.
Withers, w'ho made due record that it
tipped the scales at 440 pounds. Mr.
Withers’ official records show that Mr.
Blakney’s first bale last year was
marketed on the thirtieth of August.
The earliest bale ever put on the
market by Mr. Blakeny was the 17th
of August several years ago. To
day’s bale is the earliest, with the ex
ception noted.
Mr. Blakeny not only raises cotton
beat the Dutch, but also raises other
farm products in abundance. His
farm is one of the best in the black
jack section of Providence.
TlUlfl WRECK
-MIIII nil
IIIJVREO
By Associated Press.
Columbus, Ohio., Aug 18.—The New
York and New England special, one of
the fastest eastbound train of the
Big Four railroad, was wrecked at
Miami Crossing, near here, this after
noon, five coaches leaving the the
track. Many persons have been re
ported injured and ambulances have
been sent from Columbus. The train
left Cincinnal it 8:30 this morning,
carrying many passengers from the
middle west and south.
It is now' reported that the list of
injured will be about twenty. Whether
any were killed, has not reported. A
relief train with doctors and nurses
has been sent to the wreck.
HEN MADE NEST ON
BACK OF VISITOR.
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Aug. 18.—A hen that
persists in laying eggs on the family
feed yesterday attempted to deposit
her daily offering on the back of a
summer resident, w'lio would not per
mit his name to be divulged but
w'hose veracity is not doubted, as he
lay asleep in his home at Waveland,
Miss., a suburb. The slumberer
awakened when he felt the scratch
ing on his back, “shooed” the hen out
the window and went back to sleep.
Shortly afterward he was awakened
again by loud cackling to find that
his hen had returned and laid her
egg where the first attempt was
made. *
Big Amount of Securities Found.
By Associated Press.
St. Paul, Aug. 18.—More than $3,-
000,000 worth of securities were
found yesterday when the safety de
posit vault of John A. Humbird, lum
berman, was opened by his son,
Thomas J. Humbird, of Spokane.
A representathv'e of the county
treasurer was on hand to list the
property for the inheritance tax.
Passes for Georgia Editors.
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 18.—The Georgia
house of representatives passed a bill
permitting newspaper editors to ex
change advertising for railroad mi*
leage. It was approved by the sen
ate some time ago.