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f .jyip L 11111,1 JiJl liiil Jl.fl ,' rHE WANTS ARE OF SERVICE IN INNUMERABLE WAYS - SEE IF THEY CAN’T SERVE YOU. Edition nrWR CHiVFtLOXTE NETV^S. Latest Edition n_. 45. NO. 8015 CHARLOTTE N. C., THURSDAY tVENING, AUGUST 24. 191 I pt> T/^Tj' i In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aDlly—5 Cents Sunday. ^ I Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. nying The World’s Record For Long Distance Flight Atwood Will Finish Today ted From Albany Early \ lis Morning And Hopes to Reach Goal Before To-night « «« t 11 heavy gusts of wind and unsteadj’ iqht Marked by Sensa- I'reezes caused by the Catskill moun- tnin and the hills along the Hudson Sfunts by Airman river, Harry X. Atwood, the Boston _ aviator, began at 7:36 this morning ^.eemS to Know A'O his fmal dash of 134 miles so as to romplete before nightfall his record- breaking biplane flight from St. Louis to New Vork city. When he reaches New York he will have flown 1,265 miles, or 101 miles more than the present world s distance record. The present record will be broken by •unaing r^asiiy Ana ^fteen miles as Atwood passes over Rhine Cliff. ■'New York or bust,” said Atwood Minimum OJ Trouble^^^pj^ departure. Atwcod, who began his flight at • nnfi Trih Wi'il ha Louis eleven days ago, plans to •i.eana irip wiu oe ,ve«t Point. ^he Elements-JhoU' itcf Him On, Jiy at Many Points yxess. rec- ig 24.—Harry N. Landing. iig. 24.—Harry N. make his first stop at West Point, nboui two hours after his leaving here. He expects to leave West Point insufficient time to cover the distance from there to New York by 4 o’clock, inal dash to* New intended course all the w-ay was above the Hudson river. Before day light his mechanics w’ereb usy put ting his biplane in order for the an aviator made Atwood himself remained in a ■ i!g on a farm two famihouse to be ready to ascend as •'T'- this mornin'^ after daylight as the wind •’ -.o' lap of his long seemed favorable. fl's;ht from St. Atwood is the second aviator to • -.fi \twood circled from Albany to New York over r West Point and the Hudson river. The other ^;as - land when he de- H. Curtiss, who on May 29,. pctpd pneinp trnnblp ' 1910. covered the distance between river and landS ^^^ere and Governor’s Island in just ia»pr hnwpvpr thnt! 152 mlnutes. maintaining an average 'ephon;d Wesf Point'^Peed of 54.06 miles an hour. He ! »o land on the pa- made two intermediate stops, one -'ause o‘ the crowd at Poughkeepsie, necessitated because M try to fly back of a low gasoline supply, and a sec- d mak4 the start for ond at the upper end of Manhattan. The latter landing was made to learn •heHtleton. N. Y.. at the -lay of the land’’ further down morning and when ■ the river. Cliff an hour an'l ! Nearing Goal. ' r he had »xceeded i Peekskill. N. Y„ Aug. 24.—Atwood rd for long distance passed here at 11.14 o’clock. Peek- ‘,*‘^4 mile.- by e\- jg 40 niiles from New York, u .c art made the At We.t Point. • rnn to frarnson, a: ^ x- a o4 'ies. in two hours' West Point, N. Aug. 24. Th :: = Rvora^e speed eadets and residents of the United ’ m’l‘^ i'ui hour States Military Academy had a good 1 »n resume his view of Atwood when he flew and cir- - West Point to cled over the academy this morning. , afornoon and . Atwood notified the aca^damy that /le H:>v race track, "ould arrive between :30 and 8.30 ■ executed a a m. #l-.ong before that hour the point • of hundreds at the Battle monument wAs crowd- r -v of Pough-,P'l ^th eager watchers. At 9:-6 the I '' lordly Hiid-' aviator 'vas spied rounding Storm ■ .e the rivers King mountain flying very low; he circled over historic Constitution I The T.cfty Island and thence across the cadet ' - > T'.ing hiV encampment making a large circle do’A-nward hack over Constitution Island and ft -.went under over the Dick Mansion at Garrison. Vs the citv Genera: Barry had made all ar- : vith cheering rangements for the landing of the r«>.se again birdmau and had soldiers stationed on the parade ground with signal ■ Kronnd was flags and sentries to keep the crowd • nd peoi.le bflik. .\twood greatly disappointed II. arliv, whoii I’ne radetf> and officers by selecting a ,. ,ling Storm place across the rivcv, where he came • ‘ of landing down at 9:45. .-ircle over; Accident to Machine, ji.n flow over Nyack, N. Y.. Aug. 24.—Harry N. a f'f'ld near Atwood, the American aviator, suffer- erl a slight accident to his aeroplane s n t^e little shortly before 11 o’clock this morn- Tinge the inc; when he was within 25 miles of ' in his the flni-sh of his record-breaking aero- . journey plane flight from St. lx)uis to New’ York city. He landed here to make ‘ -A of b'^re repairs and said it was doubtful if rip.i f.f; to hp oouhl continue to New York until tomorrow. nit lU. five jiie babbitt metal in the connecting a- n:HR. Hin j-od of Atwood’s aeroplane burnt out i ■ not ]>ro- vhile he was rounding Hook Mountain Aiwood north of here. , Repairs to Atwood’s machine w-ere Reached, commenced shortly after his landing. Aug 24.— The aviator was assisted by B. \\. IP a* *-^9-Church, a ship owner, r 'i his rourse j Hundreds of people from Nyack r !y. I tourneyed out to see Atwood and his . :■ spectacular ^ jjgpoi'lane. ;i cil Pough- jv (iward tlie . 1 under the • i ridK*' whence :ilong Ins I n> Scores of '.or >anks and t’oughkeepsie , :;;on river at I t. t above the SIX MEN mm] ne:; iiE By Associated Press. Ely, Ne\., Aug. 24.—Of 10 men who were working at th§ 1,400-foot level of the new fire compartment shaft of the Giroux Consolidated Mines when it caught fire last night, six are dead and four lie at the point of death after passing through the flames to reach the surface. The dead include: Daniel Drea, secretary of the local miners’ union, and T. J. Gilmore, a shift boss. The men on the 1,400-foot level heard a noise which they tlfought w'as caused by an explosion. They looked up and saw the shaft in flames. At once they boarded the cage and started for the surface, but encountered the flames at the 1,200-foot level and stopped. John Wilhelm, one of those who are dead, and four other men, left the cage and started to walk through the 1,200- foot level to the old Alpha shaft, 700 feet away, through which they hoped to climb out of the mine. The five men remaining in the cage gave the signal to hoist and were pulled through the blazing shaft. One was dead when the top was reached and the other four were taken to a hospital. The w'ork of rescuing the five men remain ing in the mine was then attempted through the Alpha shaft. At the 400- foot level Wilhelmy \vas found dead; Gilmore’s body was recovered at the 600-foot level. This is the same mine in which three and a half years ago two men w'ere killed and four others entombed for 4b days on the 1,000-foot level of the Alpha shaft. The new shaft is one of the largest and deepest in the district and cost over a quarter of a mU'ion dollars, f Every effort is being made to extin guish the flames which are still burn ing. With Jurors Chosen Beattie Tnal Now Staits In Earnest • ' ■\'t * .J Court Convened at 10:30--Pro secution Immediately Opened Case—Just Year Ago loday Beattie Married Woman he is Accused of Murdering, BEATTIE AND SCENE OF TRIAL Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., and the Interior of the Chesterfield County, Va., court house, where he is on trial for hi« life, charged with killing hi» wife. Young Man Charged With Brutal Murder Whole Family JUDGE TRIILE Father and Mother Found with Skuils^^^fushed With Ham mer, Brother Shot And all Locked in Burning House— Ihe Awful Story. ^ PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL ♦' ... By Associated Press. San Francisco, Aug. 24.—Advices from Tutuila, Samoa, state that as a result of an epidemic of measles in the islands of American Samoa, 219 deaths had been recorded up to July 23, the mortality from that disease and deaths directly following it being nearly 10 per cent of the population of the towns from which returns had been received. The epidemic, the flrst serious one in Samoa in 19 years, prevailed throughout most of the South Sea is lands, Ihe death rate being very large in places where medical aid was not available. COTTON MEN TO MEET. The Young Mon Charged With Parricide is Only 21 Years Old—Robbery is Thought to Have Been Ihe Motive- Country Aroused, By Associated Press. Boonville, Ind., Aug. 24.—William Lee, 21 years old, was arrested here today charged with the murder of his father , mother and brother, w-hose bodies were found in their partially burned home here early this morning. Richard Lee, Mrs. Lee and their 17- year-old son, Clarence, w’ere killed in their beds with a hammer and the house set on fire. The house w’as discovered on fire at 4:30 o’clock this morning and when the firemen reached the house it w^as blazing from all sides. Trying to make an entrance, they discovered that all the doors and windows were locked. Breaking them down, the firemen found the incinerated bodies of Lee, his wife and his boy. Examination of the body' resulted in the discovery that the skulls of the father and mother had been caved in with a hammer while they w^ere lying bed. The 17-year-old boy, it was GMENGL DOCTOR WILEY By Associated Press. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 24.—A long telegram expressing confidence in Dr. H. W. Wiley and promising sup port of his official acts, which was to have been sent to Washington last night, was held up for further sig natures, and it was announced this morning that it would be sent to President Taft today by the Wiley delegates to the fifteenth annual con vention of the Association of State and National Food and Dairy depart ments, now being held here. Both sides in the convention hav>> prepared a list of candidates for election today. The Wilson men claim that they have a large majority lined up for their ticket, while the Wiley men say that by virtue of an agreement made at the New Orleans convention, Lucius P. Brown, of Ten nessee, the Wiley slate leader at this convention, v;as promised a practically unanimous vote. Dr. W. P. Cutter, of Missouri, is | gy Associated Press. wiicr.n’c fnption’s uresidential By Associated Press. Montgomer>, Ala., Aug. 24.—The Southern State Commissioners of Ag riculture, members and officials of the P^armers’ Union, farmers generally, bankers and business men and repre-! sentatives of southern commercial or-1 found, had been shot. Apparently he ganizations will meet here Sept. 5 to | was awakened by the intruders and of- consider the gradual marketing of the 1 fered resistance. 1011 crop of cotton and to correct an j Robbery, it is believed, was the mo- alleged erroneous impression as to i tive. It is known that the Lees, con- volume of this crop. j sisting of the father and mother and I two children, had recently sold a small piece of property and divided the money. the End. 24.—Flying ,• at an .Tlti- «s’ to avoid By .Associated Press. ♦ Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 24.— ♦ The constiutional assembly to- ♦ day elected Senor Arraga ^ ident of the republic by 1-1 ♦ votes. ^ Tkovsand Eagles in an Francisco Today For Meeting of The Grand Aerie ' h1 \iig. 21.—.Five ■H . hod through San ’ ■ da.v in the big pa- .\« rie of the l^tater- i The majoritj of It garbl'd in fantas- ■ ip oflic'erg for the 'i liOt au3»- much in- ■: *he as( portance. The withdrawal yesterday of J. J. ('usack, the insurgent candidate for grand president, eliminated the j.rincipal interest in the election. The insurgents say that in forcing certain changes in the manner of conducting tne affairs of the Grand Aerie they accomplished their desires. .John S. Parry, of San Francisco, is opposed for the grand secretaryship by John F. Maloney, of Watertown, N. of two or Y. The result of the election probably t SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER WHO SUFFERED FOR THE CAUSE By Associated Press. Atchison, Kas., Aug. 24.—W’illiam P. Simms, who in civil war days, was j imprisoned because he refused to join ! the Federal army, died here yesterday i aged S3. Several times h was drivn I from Kaifsas because of his avowed southern sympathies. Once a rope was cut to hang him. He escaped, fled to St. Joseph, Mo.> and there was com- By Associated Press. mitted to prison for refusal to join Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 24.—The ; the Union army. Later he served two polls throughout this (Jefferson) j years in the Confederate army, return- county opened at 8 o’clock this morn- ] ing to Kansas after the war, penniless LOGAL OPTION ing and the people began voting on local option. There was a small crowd at the city boxes during the earlier hours of the morning, but by noon the line going into the polling place had increased. All indica tions point to a small vote being polled today notwithstanding the weather being almost perfect. Before noon the watchers and clerks in the boxes announced that the prospects pointed to a close race. Jones G. Moore, chairman of the local optionists, today claimed vic tory at above 2,000 maority. His side will flrst vote “dry” and then for dispenjsaries as against privately ow'ued saloons. and friendless. He owned 1,500 acres of land at the time of his death. THE WEATHER By Associated Press. Washington, A.ug. 24.—Fore- ♦ cast: ' ♦ North Carolina and South ♦ Carolina—Fair in east, local ♦ showers west portion tonight ♦ or Friday; light to moderate ^ variable winds. ♦ G. A. e. CHIEF By Associated Press. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 24.—Before the first business session of the 45th annual National Grand Army Encamp ment convened this morning It w^as freely predicted that Judge Harvey M. Trimble, of Illinois, would be elected commander-in-chief. In fact, there was a report that the supporters of Gen. Johk McEIroy, editor of the National Tribune, had given up the fight. It was said that President Taffs state ment in his address at last night’s camp fire to the effect that he was glad the Grand Army was non-parti san body, and no suggestions of out side influence w’ere permitted to have weight in the selection of its leaders, was regarded as a declaration that he was not in any way interested in tne candidacy of General McElroy. The election of Past State Com mander Nichols Day as senior vice commander is conceded; the selection of Los Angeles as the next meeting place of the encampment seems almost assured. Today’s program includes the annual address of Commander-in-Chief Gilman and the presentation of annual reports. It is possible that the election of offi cers and th^ selection of the next meet ing place may be reached. KILLED BL LIGHTNING. the W’’ilson’s candidate. T T By Associated Press. Ontarto, Cal., Aug. 24.—Douglas Clark, aged 17, and Everett Daven port, aged 9, were burned to death early this morning when the Clark residence was destroyed by fire. Mrs. James Clark, mother of Doug las and grandmother of Everett, jump ed from a second story window with her clothing on fire and was fatally injured. INVESTIGATE ELECTION HELD IN VIRGINIA. By Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 24.—A suh-com- mittee from the Virginia Democratic Central committee began here today a joint investigation of the demo cratic primary election in Norfolk county on July 28th when “fusion candidates for county oflSces won over “straight out” candidates and “fusionism” generally as it is al leged to exist between democratic and republicans in Norfolk county, the democrattic “fusionists” for pre vention of the claiming county be ing carried continuously by the re publicans and the “straight outs claiming for a division of offices be- tw'een democrats and republicans. PRESIDENT TO BEVERLY. By Associated Press. Boston, Aug. 24.—President Taft arrived in this City, at 9:15 a. m. to day. He entered an automobile at once and started for Beverly and planned to spend a good part of the day playing golf on the .Myopia links. Albuquerque, N. M., Aug. 24.—Dur ing a severe electric storm last night at Vaughan, N. M., W. C. McAdams, 17 years old. of Dalhart, Texas, was struck l)v lightning and instantly kill ed, and Joseph Beattie was rendered unconscious and may die. RESIGNATION RUMOR. By Associated Press. New Orleans, La., Aug. 24.—An un- conflrmed report reached here today from Bluefields that President Adolfo Diaz had relinquished the presidency of Nicaragua to his minister of war, Gen. Louis Mena. Diaz is said to have left Managua, the capital, for Blue fields, where he expected to meet form er President Juan Estrada. J. 0. U. A. M. ADJOURNS. Special to The New's. Asheville, Aug. 24.—The 21st annual meeting of the State Council J. O. U. A. M. adjourned today shortly after 1 o’clock after installation of officers. Raleigh was selected as the next meeting place. PASSENGERS RESCUED. By Associated Press. ^erim, Arabia, Aug. 24.—The Brit ish steamer W'arwicksliire, passing here today, signalled that all of the 30 passengers and crew were missing from the steamer Fifeshire after she was wrecked at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden two weeks ago, had been rescued. FRANCE TO SUBMIT TERMS. By Associated Press. Paris, Aug. 24.—The maximum terms which France will offer to Germany for the settlement of the Moroccan dis pute will be submitted to the full cab inet for approval tomorrow. Mean while they are held in complete so- crecy. Bloodstained Auto Rolled into Prison Yard And is Calmly Inspected by Prisoner-Early Hours Devoted to Routine Work. By Associated Press. Chesterfield Court House, Va., Aug. 24.—The blood-stained automobile in. which Louise Owen Beattie met death was driven into the yard of Chester field court house this morning, just be fore the trial ot Henry Clay Beattie, jr., indicted for wife murder, was re sumed. The prisoner v. as on the la\vn al the time and he calmly inspected the machine as his father raised the front seat cushion, revealing a mass or coagulated blood on the wood-work underneath. Court convened at 10:30 a. m. and as the prisoner took his seat specta tors recalled that tod:iy was the first anniversary of his wedding. Just a year ago he was married to the woman he is accused of having murdered. Trial Starts. With the jury selected and witnesses for both sides subpoenaed, the trial of Henry Clay Beattie, jr., of Rich mond, indicted for wife murder, began in earnest here today with the open ing of the prosecution’s case. For the first time since his arrest more than a month ago, Beattie slept away from Richmond last night. Held for weeks in the Henrico county jail he was brought here yesterday and placed In the little red brick lock-up 50 yards from the old court hours. For est fires raged near the jail during the night but farmers of the country side fought the blaze until dawn and, though Beattie could &ee the red glass from his cell, the jail was no dan ger. The flrst witness called for the com monwealth today is Thomas S. Owen, uncle of the murdered young wife, sum moned to testify how Beattie brought the body to the Owen home with hia story of a man in the roadway flrfng into his automobile and killing Mrs, Beattie. Dr. W. F. Mercer, a physician who examined the body on the lawn ol the Owen home, will be called to furth er establish the death of the victim. The prosecution had ready Its list o£ more than 70 other witnesses, moHt of whom will be used in sketching Beat tie’s past life and in an effort to build up a motive for the crime. Beulah Binford. the 17-year-old £lrl, said to have come between the prisonei and his wife, remains in jail at Rich mond as a material witness. Her testi mony will not be introduced until to morrow or next day. Henry C. Beattie, sr., came to the court house today in a public carriage and visited his son in jail before court convened. No relatives of the murdered woman except the uncle, called as a witness, appeared. It was not announced when Paul Beattie, the prisoners cousn, who sv.’ears that he bought the gun with w^hich the crime w^as committed, will be called, but it is expected that he would take the stand before the Binford girl. Counsel for the defense have disclc3ed but a meagre sugges tion of their plans, but they will rely mainly on an endeavor to break down Paul Beattie’s testimony, with empha sis on the fact that no one saw the crime committed. More than 60 witnesses, subpoe naed by the commonw'ealth, v/ere call ed from the lawn, sworn in and In structed to remain outside near the court room but not near enough tc hear testimony through the oper windows. With a few exceptions both sides agreed to exclude all witncssee from the room while not testifying. Thomas 6wen, uncle of Mrs. Beat tie, to whose home the prisoner took the body of his wife after the trage dy, was the first witness. He took the stand at 11:20 a. m. While the prisoner gazed fixedly at him, Mr. Owen told how Beattie drove up to his house on the night of the murder, took his young wife into the automobile and an hour later returned with the dead body of Mrs. Beattie be side him. He described Beattie’s cry of “My God! My God’.” which the pris oner uttered as he drove up and how he (Beattie) had shouted tragically; ■ “They have killed Louise.” Briefly and simply Mr. Owen told how the body was lifted from the car. He said he did not examine it at the time. When it was prepared for burial, how’ever, he saw the wound in the left cheek which he described as being as “big as a half dollar.” As the witness said this Beattie mumbled “half dollar” loud enough for those near him to hear. Beattie’s blook-soaked clothes were unrolled before the jury and t’ne wit ness identified them. The' single-i)ar- reled shotgun with which the common wealth' says the shot was fired, was then exhibited. The witness identified the gun a?, the one shown at the coroner’s inquest atf which time Paul Beattie swore that he had purchased it for his cousin. Then Mr. Owen described the scene of the crime as he found on tt.e night of the murder. Beattie watched his , uncle-in-law like a hawk as the testl- Continued on Page Two.
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