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THE WANTS ARE OF SERVICE IN INNUMERABLE WAYS — SEE IF THEY CAN’T SERVE YOU Edition THE LOTTE Latest Edition tO. NO. 8019 CHARLOTTE N. C.. TUESDAY fcVENING, AUGUST 29, 191 I pTDTpp t In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy aOlly—6 Cents Sunday. Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Bally and Sunday, C. Beatty Ji. 0 on The Stand His Own Defense you bought the gun on ; ou dM not believe Henrv committed . . Out by Coun'l T^o f rime because he always was de- ! voted to his wife. Did vou make this Says Paul 'statrment to him or any one else?” Xo.” "Von ?a S:i urdiiy?' Vos,” ■'I'id Honry say anvthing about koopine the matter of the gun secret tl.af diy"" Xn. m't until after The murder.” ■ Vow dii'n't tell a living foul about •’ ■ uu';, under no pledge of M-. r.-'v ti'uni Saturday till Thursday se 10 Save Eii> Shirt ', ^tand Jar Cross-\ ■ Jest by Leu- me Gave Re- '.nation end 'Will i Cci ri il UiC- lutive ^itness^s. Xo, I did not tell anv one until : ’' 'n you have made two confiict- sta'ements in your previous testi- '■ i-ai} as yoii said you told your wife ! W. dnesday night also Thursday.” •'I never told her till Thursday ht.” \ . I -en * you in a rieht bad fix when i ’ I ; ive McMahon found out that you I!uhi the j;un'.'” ! t^ure I was in a right bad fix.” "Vou knew from the newspapers on I Wednesday that the gun had been ‘ found." ! "I did not and I don’t remember nV'ch about that day. I was in bad happ especially when I learned that II had bought a gun for my own cou sin.” “You are better now, aren’t you?” “Yes with that storj’ off my mind.” Mr. Smith directed a fusilade of quesMons a,2:ainst Paul pointing to varyinc statements in his testimony at the f'oroner’s inquest but the witness maintained that he was in poor men tal condition when he testified. "How did you know when the Beat tie store closed that Saturday night tartnng Henry and gave him the ^gun? Did you have a watch?” Xo, I haven’t got enough money to ^ all. ; !iarr-.l on ;'-:ul Beattie ’• -tory yes- ho rel-'t- ni. 1 th-Tt ; of . u this collai.se at 1 .i6 was ex* , ,;.:hte friend) "v’-'^nied ^ watch.” . 'TiiiiiS home t- rder followed ^; d for the '-c:»d to con- How did you know the store was closed?” “Henry said bo.” “Another thing you omitted yester- - ^^‘t-dav was the fact that you worked in f. r ' to butcher shop near the pawnshop. fe ; Why did you do so?” ■ do so and ’ * on the sub- arame a witness Tr CO 3^1 j ♦r on di-1 >■ i ’i’ll f'on- ■ ’ir Jr.’t cha''-. . hiid known j "tf*d tV^t this; on’y be in = ,p- O' fhei "I thought I mentioned enough places that I worked” • But that was an important point to omit.” The witness made no comment. "Had you ever been in that pawn- p be/ore?” continued Mr. Smith. "Yes. once, to borrow a dollar.” '"ic\x say that Henry called you on the ’phone and asked you to buy the gun^” “^lad Henrv ever called you on the r gince you were married a ye^ .tended ''^jago? Had he ever since then visited ! vou socially?” , H--ry r. |- used to ’phone me be- r.'^'fore I was married.” ' ttpv\" i0 I «. 1. rn 11-! Can’t RememUer Much. mvrdf^" “When you were on the stand was it .1 := :’ :ips j soli«jitude for Henry or Paul that made V V. a. a ‘ vcu testify as you did?” ‘ “i don’t know what solicitude means. : never had much schooling, Mr. Smith. Whit does it mean?” “Do you know what solicitous means?’ “Well, we’ll leave it,” said Mr. Smith, “but did vou say anything at the ner s inqpesct about going to Me- Clark Forms Select VIEW OF AWFUL WRECK. View of the disastrous wreck at Manchester, New York, on Aug. 25, when two cars of a heavy passenger train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad plunged over a forty foot trec .e into a creek, killing thirty-five people and injuing hundreds. Many of the victims were members of the G. A. R,, who were returning from the Nation ■ Encampment at Rochester. II Humii DEMO IMIS E '..lio su; - ' p m. . Va., All?, ir sut’-to o vn detense. 1. an int'n- r .. Jr., 1..W' . r By Associated Presi?. Baltimore, Aug. 29.—Under a law passed by the state legislature last year, Maryland democrats are holding their iirst state-wide primary today. The republicans, having agreed on a complete ticket, will not enter the pri maries. Toaay s contest will deter mine the democratic nomTnation for governor, attorney general, comptroll er, for members of the Maryland sen ate and house of delegates and the state central committee. State .senator Arthur Pue Gorman, son of the late United States Senator Arthur Pue Gofman, and State Senator Blair Lee are the opposing candidates for the democratic gubernatorial nom ination. Phillips Lee Goldsborougb, collector of internal revenue at Balti more, is unopix)sed for the republican nomination for governor. ;ih hiS ov.n whif'h a tea • *» • ; lier S iiiqwcTD'-t o- w he court I and taking a drink. I want to I test your memory.” . t ry. ..r don't remember whether I saia r sa:d Mr.j.^ j ^-as in a bad, nerv’ous state," reiterated the witness. “How long had you known Beulah ho.n tPS-j gi^ford?” asked Harry M. Smith, jr. ■‘^^*">■'-1 -I (lidn t know her, except that I . ;.;id shoes and things to her froin “ 1 Henry Clay Beattie, jr., for lOur years. ’ =aU h^r Bemahf “pid her mother live with her? n it R^at ' “I know anything about her ^ ’ mother. I don't mix up with thoae said Paul, resentfully. . . '! ■ Did you know who Mrs. Msher was a.i. ”at ’ic! when Henry asked you to deliver mes- -Hilty.' , recognized her as Beulah whon I saw her.” • Then she didn't know you cxcept sc; a messenger?” fv,i never ran around with her? “Xo. 1 don't run around with such people.” ^ M’ontinued on Page Two.) u r ’r- ,'?idri ii;oner would at ': ;;i) o clock ...'i.ai Iv resum- • o: crfirr-exam- . a -iass o*' wa- ( rri the v.itnp.-^? • m ti.*e arm chair AR CooHy- • Tum and appear- .'viination. . 1 Mr. Smith. t-dn'e'-dr;y follow- a’;iout the mur- u't htar about Mr. Rotith on . (-1 a? a wa‘ h- Teriibk Storm Is Still Raging In The Port of Charleston darkness. Conservative estimates placed the damage at a figure close to a million dollars, the principal damage being to the street railw'ay system, the docks and the streets. Thousands of windows were broken by flying slate roof and shingles. From Savannah. Macon, Ga.. Au?. 29.—A special tel egram jr.st received here from Savan nah over the wires of iiie Central of Georgia says: All VccccIe Safe. “All vessels at sea are reported safe. The Clyde liner Apache was located this morning by the v/ireless office here and is off Charleston in tow of a tug, ready to ccnie into the harbor. The ofncers of the ship report the worst storm in their experience at sea and state that the vessel had a close call. All other vessels including the City of Savannah from Xew York to Savannah and the City of Montgomery from Savannah to New York are re ported safe. There was great uneasi ness about them for a time. Hot§! Unroofed. The new hotel Tybee was unroofed by the storm and all of the piazzas were swept away. Many houses on Tybee Island were lifted from their foundations by the terrific winds and moved many yards away. Property Damage Great. “In the city of Savannah the damage to property was great. The cotton crop for a radius of fifty miles has been badly damaged by the wind and rain. Lives Lost in Charleston. “Passengers arriving in Savannah from Charleston report untold damage in that city from the storm. Many lives are said to be lost. Cretan Safe. “The steamer Cretan of the Merch ants & Miners Line, Baltimore to Sa vannah, weathered the terriffic gale and came into Savannah late yester day afternoon. The officers told of waves mountain high and of the most terriffic wind ever experienced at sea. Storm Over. In a Signed Siatemei)t Ee Re plies to President lajVs Speech at Eamiiton And Ac cuses Eim of Not Stating Facts—Defends Democrats, Terrific Wind And Rain Does Million Dollar Damage- Authentic Number of Deaa Not Obtainable—People Suf- jerihg Terrible Torture, EXTEND TIME TO TOBACCO CO FOR REORGANIZATION By Associated Press New York, Aug. 29.—The time for depositing stock and bonds of the American tobacco company, prelimi nary to the reorganization ordered by the supreme court, has been extended to September 15 for the stock and to September 27 for the bonds. Yester day was the final day originally set for such deposits but a conference of the securities committees decided upon the postponement. About 50 per cent of the stock has been deposited. By Associated Press. Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 29.—Tour ists w^hile crossing the Loelschen Gla cier yesterday saw deep down in the clear ice the faces of two dead men. Guides accompanying the party chip ped out with, their ice axes the frozen bodies of the two men and brought them to the surface. The bodies have not yet been identi fied but they probably are those of two London tourists named Beme- becke and Cein, who disappeared four teen years ago. Dr. Gunn Consecrated Bishop. By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 29.—John E. Gunn, D. D., pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart here was conse crated bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Natchez today in the pres ence of a great concourse of people, including some of the highest digni taries of the church. Archbishop Blenk, of New Orleans, was conse- crator. Six other bishops attended the service. —Mr. David Anderson has returned from Saluda, where he has been vis iting his family. The latter w'ill not return to Charlotte for several weeks. ♦ ♦ ♦ THE WEATHER ♦ ♦ By Associated Press. ♦ Washington, Aug. 29.—Fore- ■ ♦ cast: ♦ North Carolina—Showers to- ♦ ♦ night an(5 probably Wednesday ♦ ♦ cooler tonight, moderate to ♦ ♦ brisk shifting winds. ♦ ♦ South Carolina—Showers to- ♦ ^ night or Wednesday, moder- ♦ ♦ ate variable winds. ♦ ♦ ♦ Declares he Accepts Tajfs On^ slaught As a Badge oj Bonor —Says ihe Attack on Demo crats Was Uncalled For and Most Ungratejuh By Associated Press. Quincy, 111., Aug. 29.—Champ Clavk, speaker of the national house of rep resentatives, bc'fore leaving here ear ly todav, replied emphatically to President Taft's speech, delivered at Hamilton, Mass.. last Saturday. In a signed interview, the speaker accus ed the president of not stating facu'. Mr. Clark declared among other things that if the tariff board is to be used as a pretorct for delaying tar iff revision downward, tne democrats would cut off its supplies. Essayed Big Stunt. “The president essayed the rather large stunt of running amuck on both the democrats and the insurgent re publicans in congress, singling out Mr. Chairman Underwood and my self particularly as democratic tar gets,” said Mr. Clark. Accepts Onslaught. “I accept his onslaught as a badge of honor. Likes President, “The president and I are personal friends. He is an amiable gentleman, but at the time he seems to have been in a bad temper, because he sees defeat staring him in the face i I would say nothing unkind about “The storm is practically over at j him but I cannot and w'ill not permit Savannah today but rain is still fall- ] jiis personal strictures and his bald 1 ■ly on the ■ nd talk with • d counsel for l ile a.:,'ed man, *‘r. Soriobody and I read of 1 l'.iir!-';iiy or go to ar.’ ’’ here until that pn^ to ! ncle Henry’s.” .. I.. W. Booth, that I . I understand discuss- r v- irh you and you said presiding officer. STilE P CONVENTION ON IN imiEIEII Spe'-ial to The News. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 29.—Governor W. W. Kitchin welcomed the btate Farmers’ convention that convened here this morning for a three days session at North Carolina College ot Agrirulture and Mechanic Arts. P.oth are attended by farmeis repre senting every section of the state, over 300 being already here. Commissioner of Agriculture W. A. Graham, and President D. H. Hill, of thf‘ A. & M- college, also made briet addresses of welcome. There followed a practical address by Editor C. H. Poe. of the Progressive Farmer; B. W Kilgore, state chemist; E. C. Moss of' the United States department of agriculture; A. G. Smith, Unite States department of agriculture, ana D. E. E *rle, United States department of agriculture, this latter being on “The Standardization of Cottpn. Mr. Frank Shields, of Scotland Neck, is Excursion Tram Leaving Eere at 8:30 This Morning Dei ailed Near Grove?, N. C. The excursion train running as No. 39 which left here this morning at 8:30 o’clock for Joljnson City was de railed at 10 a. m. betw'een King’s MounAin and Groverf. The train was running over the Southern via Marion to Blacksburg, S. C. to the C., C. and O. Capt. Arrowtx)d was conductor and Mr. Cooksey, engineer. The baggage car an six coaches left the rails. No one was hurt. The train leaving Charlotte was composed of the engine, baggage car and five coaches. The sixth coach w^as added en route. This Avas the excursion adA'ertised as the Chadwick-Hoskins excursion There w'ere a number of Kings Mountain people on the train and they immediately returned to their homes on the assurance that no one was hurt. For a while there were the wildest rumors afloat about the wreck in that place but these were dispelled by peo ple who had been on the scene. The railroad people say they w’ill have the track cleared and the train running by 5 o’clock this afternoon. Charlotte M.en Visit Wreck. Messrs. Henry Hyman and L. A. W’’hitaker of Charlotte who w'ere tour ing home from Atlanta in an automo bile, stopped at the scene of the wreck. The train was derailed four miles be yond Kings Mountain. The track, ac cording to the statement, gave way going round the curve. The track A few minutes after the news of the was torn up and the rails bent up like wreck reached Charlotte, Grover and scrap iron. All of the cars left the Kings Mountain were communicated rails except the engine and refresh- with by phone. ment car. Four cars turned turtle. A long distance message from Strange to say no one was hurt. Mr. King’s Mountain to The News was to H. H. Bos'd, of Hoskins, was thrown the effect that all of the cars w'ere off cut of a window and received some the track except the engine and ten- scratches. A special train is bringing der, the excursionists back to Charlotte. Weather Reports From Storm Center Are Still Meagre— Navy Yards Severely Injured —lorpedo Boats Swept Ashore, By Associated Press. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 29—The Her ald’s special stafi: correspondent reach ed here this morning from Charleston. He was the first out-cf-town newspaper man to reach there. The engineer on the train last night on w'hich he went into the stricken city had to feel his way cautiously into the depot as cross-ties, trash, planks and other tilings were piled on the track in the railroad yards and the water only a few"^ hours before had receded. The town w'as in darkness and a hard rain was falling about midnight. A story of terrible torture suffered on the Isle of Palms by 75 people w^as told by one of the refugees who reached Charles ton yesterday evening on a tug. No lives w'ere lost, though much property was destroyed on the island. Mrs. Jules Heymann and family, of Augusta, and Mr. Abe Guggeuheimer and family, of Savannah, were the first to return from the Isle of Palms. They reahed the city in a tug which was chartered in Charleston by Mr. Guggenheimer, who, during the storm was over in the city. Mr. Heymann, who was on the island and at the hotel, says that 75 people stayed in the hotel, terrified throughout the night. The on- rushing waters came up over the floor of a pavilion, a few feet away, and late in the night when a negro was sent out to try and watch the progress of the storm, he failed to come back. Whether he w^as drowned or not is unknown. The house in which a dozen negro hotel servants were in w'as blown down and all of them with the exception of two climbed trees and re mained in them all night. The other two felt their way through the pitch black darkness to the hotel. There was only one portion of the hotel in which the people could con- congregate without the wand and rain blowing on them and that was in the lobby and when the wind, blowing at the rate of 90 miles an hour, blew op en the door it required the energies of 10 men to close it again. Women wept and prayed and Mr. Heymann says that one man took a pisctol from his pocket and held it in his own hand ready to kill himself rather than be drowned. Dawn gave some relief to the terror-stricken. No one came to the succor of the helpless people on the island'' with the exception of two young men whom Mr. Heymann did not know and partly walked and partly swam from Mount Pleasant to the Isle of Palms. They gave them the news of the killing of Motorman Cutter and Mr. Smith, of Columbia. It is be lieved tha the other people stranded on the island will be rescued today. No violence was reported in Charles ton last night up until midnight, al though the city was in almost total ing. Hits Macon. Macon, Ga., Aug. 29.—The tall end of the hurricane struck Macon last night. The wind blew about twenty five miles an hour, and this was fol lowed hy a steady downpour of rain. Great damage has been done to the cot ton crop in this section as a result of the open cotton being blow from the bolls and scattered over the wet ground. There are four washouts on the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway between Valdosta and Jacksonville, and It will take some time to repair them. Apache Reports. Macon, Ga., Aug. 29.—The Clyde liner Apache reported at Port Royal this morning by the wireless oflice at Savannah and is off Charleston in tow of a tug. POLITICAL RIGHTS CLUB. By Associated Press. Boston, Ang. 29.—The national In dependent political rights league held public services today in the room at the old court house where Anthony Burns was kopt the night his res cue was attempted in 1854. An ad dress was delivered by E. H. Clem ent. An address by Bishop Alexander Walters was on the public meeting program, “MONA LISA” NOT FOUND. By Associated Press. New York, Aug. 29.—The missing “Mona Lisa,” the famous painting by Leonardo Da Vlncl, which mysteri ously disappeared from the Louvre in Paris and later was reported to have been taken secretly on board the Kaiser Wilhelm II, when she touched at Cherbourg, was not to be found on board that ship when she docked here today. Rainfall In Kentucky. By Associated Press. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 29.—Rain has been falling throughout Kentucky for ten hours effectually breaking the worst drought in thirty years in this state. Crops will be greatly benefit- ted. Bie FHT By Associated Press. Paris, Aug. 29.—Processions of wo men, some of them numbering 2,000, marched this evening in the cities and towns of Northern. France, protesting against the high prices of provision .s. At many places a species of anarchy prevails because the police are unable to protect the food dealers from the destructive impulses of the mobs. The processions in some of the northern departments are marching from village to village and running over farms and damaging dairies and vegetable gardens to indicate their sense of grievance against the higo cost of food. As each village is descended upon ranks of the manifestants are steadily augmented and occasional incidents are reported of conflicts betw’een the maruders and farmers armed with pitch forks. misstatement of historical facts to go unchallenged. Ungrateful Performance. “The president’s criticism of Mr Underwood and myself, which is es sentially a criticism of all democrats in the house and senate, because al! democrats stood together, is abso lutely uncalled for an is as ungratefu; a performance as I can remember for, if it had not been for the action ot the democrats in the house in both the sixty-first and sixty-second con gresses in lining up almost unani mously in favor of reciprocity with Canada, he would have been the most thoroughly discredited and humiliat ed president since the days of An drew Johnson. Couldn’t Muster Majority. “With all the influence and pa tronage of his great office, he could not muster a majority of house re publicans for reciprocity in either thg sixty-first or the sixty-second con gresses. Kept Faith With People. “The president says that he did not play politics about reciprocity, but that we did play politics about the tariff. The only politics we play ed was to keep faith with the people If any politics was played on reel procity, the president himself play ed it—personal at that. Not a Bunch of Boys. “He seems to think that we ough( to have adjourned as soon as reci procity was disposed of—that is, h€ seems to think that congress is com posed of a lot of school boys to b ordered about by him as head teacli« er, but he was forew^arned, by both Mr. Underwood and myseuf, that il he called the extraordinary session, we would pass tariff bills and sucn other bills as the democrats deemed advisable. He will not deny that statement. Made Good Record. “If we had done less than we lld we would not have been worthy of sg great a portion of public confidence as we ,now enjoy. We made the best record of constructive statesmanshii: made by any congress in the saxD6 length of time In a generation and that fact, is precisely what caused the president to assault the democrats In congress. Reduced Woof. "He had said the rates of the wool schedule in the Payn e-Aldrich tariff bill were too high and ought to be reduced. We reduced them. He Vetoed It. In the teeth of his other dwfen ations that said rates were too high, he vetoed our wool bill, thereby go ing over boots and breeches to the standpatters. j Creates Wrong Impreslon. “The president endeavors to con vey the impression that Mr. Under wood and I advocated his tariff com mission. We did no such thing. “We w'er& never in favor of a tar iff board or commission under th« control of the president alone, re sponsive to him onlj'. The Congres sional Record will fully and clearly frovo ’Tiy 'ontention herein stated. “Several memoers oi the house both republicans and democrats in cluding Mr. Underwood and myself have spent half a life time studying and debating the tariff. Commission Not Expert, “The service of some house and senate members even goes back to the McKinley bill, the Springer bills the Mills bill and the Morrison bills Then why should we v/ait for the ver dict of the president’s board of tar iff non-experts? “It will be noted that whil® the Co:itinu8d on Page 8.
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