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THE WANTS ARE OF SERVICE* IN INNUMERABLE WAYS - SEE IF THEY CAN’T SERVE YOU. st Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS. Latest Edition 45. NO. 8021 CHARLOTTE N. C., THURSDAY tVENlNG, AUGUST 31, 191 I 2 Cents a Ciopy aDIly—6 Cents Sunday. Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. c jtinued Attack ; Veracity of Paul Beattie By Defense jAie as to Ihe Pur a Gun Jot Henry .A tie, Jr. Made by One Tt it- he Saw Paul With and 12.” .nesses arc Used Paul Wa« watchman. 'I >«.' ‘"'''hen you sold the gun to Paul Be- leStiTnOny \jiven attle did he pay he was a watchman I and wanted the gun to be used on Mayo’B bridge where be worked?” -He did.” Knew Paul. "Did you know Paul Beattie before that Saturday?” “Yes a little more than a week.” “How did you become acquainted with him?” Warlted a Pistol. “He worked for Mr. Stegler nearby na Dau After He\ and came in one day to buy a pistol. i I told him we didn’t have any.” [0 Have Delivered zi, Discrepancy. I Paul Beattie had previously testi- I f.ed that the only time he had entered •“'* 'the pawn shop before was to borrow a F.'es*. jdollar. The witness denied having ■' art House Va. Aug. i dollar and added to that Paul Beattie had been in the pawn shop four or five times. Cross Examination. On cross examination Mr. Wenden- burg asked if the witness could iden- j tify the gun in court as the one sold a photgun a dav after [to Paul Beattie. He said he could and a ve delivered the wea-! described the peculiar parts of the ■ gun by which he recognized it. -atlon bv the prose- ^ •Remembered Talking -••lied that he had onlv I>o you remember on the Saturday ^nt'nrmatinn to after the homicide coming to the hos- ■, pital where Paul Beattie was and tell- ^ -Krtnt.ing niyself and others that you sold an-.- one else about previous Sat- Tiurday morning?” fpw cays ago. when I “Yes ” •'aok? on the veraci- ■'!? as to his storj’ of si.otgun for his cous- Beattie. jr., brought from E. H. Neblitt that /i J G Sanders. ou tpll of it before?” r.denburg. ’♦ was of much im- Paul Beattie denied it kno^ from the papers e henry important?” -a^' The denial in the H -n yesterday,” - • ;-li Mr. Smith yes- i:..; did nor Mr. Smith ■ T.^.d of in the paper ■ u gave him?” ■ excused and sever- - ?es intended to tell jr.’s good repu ‘ Do you remember my saying to you that Paul Beattie was at work Satur day morning and that he didn’t come in until 4 or 5 o’clock.” ^ “I remember something like that.” “And you said you were mistaken?” Asked Others. “Yes. I thought so at the time but there were others at the s^ore at the time I sold it and I asked them.” •‘So you couldn’t keep this thing straight in your own memory, but had to depend on some one else?” “Yes.” Told Scherer. “Didn't you tell Detective Scherer That you waited on Paul and after showing him some guns you waited on ilty^'we introduc- other people and your brother to complete the sale?” ‘Yes.” Agreed on Price. “But you and Paul had agreed on the price of the gun?”.^ , “Yes.” - he heard a'; ‘‘ThPn you knew nothing more of w i in *cream the i ", toiiowed the ch^r-i wrapped it up?” r -he stand. • ,.j ->feiise asked him I Tried to Find Shells, r. E. I-utz and otn-1 some cartridges for the gun “Yes. I told my brother to, but don’t know -Ahether h*^ found any or not “1'idn‘t Pa»l Beattie tell you that he wanted to buy a pistol to use down on the bridge?” “Yes.’’ Attacks Boy’s Memory .A. tilt between the witness and Mr bnrs of the prisoner, ,e ?^nown him since th*%t his charac- i for peai e and or- ’ homicide that he ; murder. Talley de- put on the . I 24 o’clock, stand Tomorrow. ro ras there were »f.pii detectives^ • Mr Wendenburg i ; v irh reference to ^ Wendenburg as to the exact hour of P«iiil denied that [delivery of the gun, the prosecution at .'^Tstin on the bridge, the boy’s memory on different a- n-ork as usual on, as to the hour given during , .estion, Sunday, examination itself. Pawnbroker’s Brother. Mr Smith, counsel j Jacob Weinstein about 14 years old that the prisoner ^ brother of David, followed him on ' i tand until tomor-j^he stand. I Remembered Paul, jie Tomorrow. i “Do you remember Paul Beattie buy- he defense, declared jne the gun?” Clean Up, Disinfect, Diy Out And Repair The Go in Charleston CAUGHT WANTED NEGRO. Special to The News. Lenoir, Aug. 31.—Wilson Forney, the negro who shot and killed James Powell, another negro at Mprganton, Sunday, has been captured here at the home of his brother in the colored set tlement of Freedman, by Sheriff Icard, Deputy Sheriff Robert E. Tuttle, Po liceman J. W. Walsh and U. S. Officers L. A. Grant and Louis R. Abel. Tha house was surrounded and admittance demanded by Deputy Sheriff Tuttle and Deputy Marshal Grant, and after some minutes the house ’« as entered. Upon entering the house, the negro, Wilson Forney was found in bed, ap parently asleep, but when the officers entered his room the negro appeared to be searching for a weapon in his bed and was quickly overpowered, ha;idcuffed and escorted to jail. He was taken to Morganton by Sheriff Icard. Storm Ridden South Carolina City Making Stre nuous Ej^orts at Rehabilitation’— List Of Dead Now Reaches, Seventeen, BEATTIE AND LAWYER SMITH. Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., now standing trial in the Chesterfield County Court House, Virginia, for the mur- der of his wife, photographed in a serious mood. The picture shows him conversing with his lawyer, Hiram Smith, while behind him is his father. The unconcerned manner with which Beattie has appeared to assume during his trial is beginning to disappear, and day by day, while testimony is being heard, he is becommg more and more nervous. It would not be surprising if he broke down complte ly some day. Emphatic Protests Against Management of Wells-Brown Fight Last Night in N. Y. VTi PUT By Associated Press. New York, Aug. 31.—Emphatic pro tests against the mangement of the big Wells-Brown fight here last night poured in today on police, newspapers, reform organizations and the state offi cials charged with supervision of box ing clubs. The ten-round battle was Sion found staring them in the face “standing room $5” and the price of tickets continued to soar as the even ing advanced. It was charged also that the speculators had a corner on ihe best seats. Nearly 20,000 persons, finally gain ed admission the bi? amphitheatre, but ;here vvas still a mob of equal size , ISSO TO GET BBEIITER PBH1LE6ES the first big fight staged under the clamoiins and fighting in the streets new Tammany law legalizing boxing and it attracted a crowd of unprece dented size in New York fight history. Three' hundred police reserves from eleven precincts had to be called out in an effort to restrain the throng which mobbed the streets around Mad ison Square Garden. With drawn night sticks the blue coats repeatedly charg ed the mob in right formation and finally resorted to the expedient of closing lip several streets. The trouble began early in the even ing ith a series of protests against the manner in which the price of tick ets to the fis;ht was being raised. Hold ers of a $1 ticket calling for admis- .d be concluded to- ' S PROCEEDINGS. Broker Up. -»eln. son of the pawn . v; Paul Beattie pur- , ; '.vas the first witness i; when court convened •wealth knew you were ’Old the gun to Paul ; Harry M. Smith, jr., - defense not summoned by the Said He Did. 'estified that you took nto three pieces and n paper and put his W hat* do you say about Bit He Didn't. • ■ A--" it apart. It was a ■ •'"ued gun and I didnt produced at this point. T me of Sale. .• '1 day,” continued Mr. ou sell the gun to Paul “Yes.” Was at Store. “The Saturday before the murder were you at your father’s store?” “Yes.” “Were you there all day?” “From i o’clock on.” “When did he buy it?” “I can't say. After dinner I guess. “When do you have dinner?” “About 2 o’clock.” “When did he buy it?” “After 2 o’clock.” “What did he dor* Talked to Brother. • He was talking to my brother. 1 heard him say he wanted It for a watchman on the bridge. He wanted the gun laid aside.” ‘ Did you write his name on the pa per?” „ “Yes, I wrote it somewhere.^ “Was the gun taken apart?” “I don’t think so.” “Can you take it apart. “No.” Paul Wrong. “If Paul Beattie said you took it apart and put it in three pieces is he right?” "He’s wrong.” ^ _ took it apart. Try Pi[KH EME ISTIMIIT outside. Police Inspector McCloskey blamed the new boxing law, which provides that the police may not enter any por tion of the building where a fight is bein^? held, for most of the trouble. “The whole scene was disgraceful,” he said, "it was the old days and the old game over again. The hands of the police are tied.” The receipts of the fight were not made public by the promoters. Ex perts estimated the proceeds at any where from $30,000 to $50,000 and de clared that the profits would exceed those of any fight held since the Jeff- ries-Johnson battle at Reno. Ti HG a[ET M W 101 Philadelphia. Aug. 31.—^With its crew of more than 700 men standing at “attenti(^” the battleship -Utah,- X)ne of the most powerful warships afloat, ras placed in commission at the Phila delphia navy yard today. Orders from the secretary of the uavy placing the big battleship in commission were read and then Cap tain W. S. Benson read orders placing the Utah in his command. With the band playing “The Star Spangled Ban ner” the Stars and Stripes were thrown to the breeze from the mast nead. The battelship will sail for New York and later join the Atlantic fleet. The battleships Iowa, Massachusetts and Indiana arrived at the Philadelphia navy yard today for overhauling. They had* been on a cruise in European wa ters since May with the Annapolis ca dets. By Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 31.- -The Atlantic ' fleet, under Rear Admiral Osterhaus proceeded today from Hampton Roads for the Southern drill grounds, off the Virginia Capes, where the spectacular September war game occurs. Prelimi naries will start tomorrow and the mimic warfare and manoeuvres are By Associated Press. Tokio, Aug. 31.—Marquis Salonji, the j new premier of Japan, today authoriz ed the Associated Press to state that the change in administration does not portend a fundamental or material change of any policy. The government will, in all essentials, follow the tra ditional policy, devoting itself espec ially to the enhancement of the nation- al credit and to the development of i expected to contmue well mto the industrial resources. coming month. Experimental “ape at- In no less a degree, will the cause of | tacks-” are expected to begin about international peace receive the atlen-j Septem’uer 10th. Ape-shaped box kites tion of the premier who says that the,have been constructed, the idea being government will continue to cultivate • to have experiments with these by the closest amity with all the powers., uig^t as well as day, the kites at night to carry lanterns so that they may be distinguished in the distance for the aiming of guns for their destruction. By Associated Press. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 31.—The possi bility of the American Association breaking away from the national agree ment and instituting a baseball war re ceived what baseball magnates con sider a death blow here today when President Edward Barrow of the East ern League arrived and issued a state ment to the national commission that the Eastern League did not join in with the American Association in its demands. President Cavanaugh, of the South ern League, the only other class A league is on a train headed for Cin cinnati and while no official word has come from him j^et it is believed by those who are familiar with the situa tion that he will take a stand similar to that of the Eastern League. Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 31.—Before thw national baseball commission went into executive session today to con sider the demands for greater privi leges made by the American Associa tion, it was rumored that the commis sion w’ould not perjiit any radical changes, but might see its way clear to granting some of the claims on be half of the association. Members of the commission said that the session would be a short one and that by tonight they would give out their terms.It will then be up to the American Association to accept or re ject the terms offered it. Talk of a baseball war unless the National commision does not grant all that is asked for was again rife today but was not substantiated by any of the baseball magnates in at- All the members of the national com mission were on hand. The commis sion w'ill consider 35 cases, but the demands of the American Association will be the first to be taken up. Baseball magnates from all over the country will be present at the drafting of players tomorrow. Storm BatteredApache in Pori- Plants of Long Staple Cotton and Rice Wiped Out—Much Live Stock Killed':;z Story, By Associated Pr^ss. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 31.—Dry out, clean up, disinfect and repair is the watchword in storm-stricken Charles ton. Mayor Rhett, having hurried from New York, on hearing of the hur ricane of Sunday night, has taken the helm and is directing the work of re habilitation. This morning the death list was sev enteen and the property damage was conservatively estimated at a million dollars. Every effort is being exerted to make sanitary the low lying sec tions w'here there is danger of sick ness. The passengers brought here from the liner Lexington which is re- fi/orted still aground off the mouth of the Edisto river are still in Charleston but may leave for Philadelphia this af ternoon. The storm battered Clyde liner Apache is in port as are several other more or less . crippled steam and sailing vessels. Efforts will be made to float the stranded schooners. Reports are getting in from the ex posed sea islands where only two lives were lost, on James Island, but the property damage is very heavj^. It is said by planters that long staple cotton and rice have been all but wiped out. Houses have been wreck ed and cattle and live stock killed. Roadways are impassable as bridges have gone and trees have been felled. First reports of damage at the Isle of Palms, a resort directly on the occan nine miles from here, were ex aggerated. Buildings were not as bad ly damaged as believed. In Charleston things are appro?.cLing the normal with splendid progi’ess. The railroads, though their yards are crippled, are giving much better train service for passengers and freight. The trolley cars are running on all the city lines and the cars on the sea shore division will be In operation regularly by Saturdaj', if not tomorrow. The telephone company reports that most of its system is again in work ing order. Electric lights and power service is being rapidly extended over the city. Much of the storm debris has been removed and all the streets are clear. The board of health is im ploring householders to get their premises sanitary without delaj', citing the danger of sickness from contin uance of present conditions. The damage about Beaufort and Port Royal is placed at a million dollars. There was no loss of human life in that sec tion. ;rdsv morning between 10 in SPtH IT :;i—The announce- • Pif.-ident Taft would say a ’ The ^losin? gesslon of the . Fiar aa?oriation today was Tf, rrowd Huntington Hall 'r of the brightest legal lights ' ir.'ry. f president was not expected 'arly noon considerable routine was transacted during the • c hour*. “He says you Couldn’t Take Gun Down. The boy tried but said he couldn t do it. Cross-Examination. On cross-examination he ’ ed his brother as to the hour of the gun. saying it must have bee around 4 or 5 o’clock. Neblitt Up ^ , E. H. Neblitt, superintendent in paper-making plant, next testifie . Knew Paul. ^ , . “Do you know Paul Beattie, asked '‘■•Ye“‘'saw him on the bridge once ever eee Paul Beattie with a shotgun anywhere?” Saw Him With Gun. “Yes, I saw him on Sunday, July lo- I had to go down to the plant on un dav morning after breaktast and drove across the bridge. I saw Beattie standing In the door of a c^ ment house with a slngle-bairel gun It was broke. He talked with ^°‘^Where was he standing?” “About a foot inside the door. Continued on Page Two,^ Cutter Ordered To Follow Storm By Associated Press. Washington, D. C., Aug. 31.—The At lantic revenue cutter fleet was today ordered to remain at sea., to follow the path of the second storm, which is pre dicted to break over the South Atlan tic coast and move toward Cuba. The derelict destroyer Seneca. has been ordered from her home station at New York to cruise off Charleston, S. C., and aid vessels in distress. The Onondaga has been ordered from Nor folk to search for the scnooner Sarah D. Fell, of New York, which was last reported abandoned by her captain and crew of six, a hundred miles off St. Augustine, Fla. LIBERALS RAID RANCH. MAN HAS CATTLE DISEASE. By Associated Press. New York, Aug. 31.—Ten seamen snatched from death in the great storm that battered the South Atlan tic coast were brought here today by the Clyde liner Mohawk. Last Tifesday morning the Mohawk res cued them from the crumbling hulk of the schooner Malcolm B. Seavey, while t’ne sea was Bounding their snip to pieces on a reef off Georgetown, S. C- News of the rescue came yester day in a wireless despatch. Originally there were eleven of the schooner’s crew from Bath, Me. The man who lost his life during the 48 hour struggle aboard the wave-swept schooner was a Portuguese sailor known to his mates only as Tony. He was swept overboard when the ship first struck the sandbar last Saturday night. Captain Henry M. Dodge was al- DISAPPEARANCE OF PAINTING CAUSES DIRECTOR’S DISMISSAL By Associated Press. Paris, Aug. 31.—Theophile Homolle, director of the national museurns, was suspended by the French cabinet to day in consequence of the disappear ance. of Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting “Mona Lisa” from the Luvrer It was the opinion of the members of the ministry that M. Homolle took insuffi cient precautions to guard the treas ures in the museums. T By Associated Press. Etherwood, - La., Aug. 31.—Bruce Broussard, a farmer, is suffering with charbon, a disease fatal to cattle, the disease having been contracted by Broussard while removing the hide from the carcass of a cow killed by the disease. Cattle in this section are dying by the score, despite the efforts of the authorities to prevent its spreading. Broussard’s condition is serious. Violent Scene on . Cotton Market By Associated Press. New York, Aug. 31.—Violent fluctu ations marked the final trading in con tracts for the crop of 1910-11 in the cotton market today. August, the on lv remaining old crop month, advanc ed from 11.70 to 12.70 in the last few minutes of business. 100 bales chang ing b'.nds at the high price which rep resented an advance of about loO ^ ^ ^ . points from the closing low level yes- most helpless from the battermg he j There was no excitement, received while clinging to a spar ! however, and as soon as August was the other nine men had almost re- j crop positions covered. from their thrilling expert-, ^^^d ruled from 15 to 16 pomts ence They will leave today for Bath. ^lighev early, broke sharply under OF MR. D'BRiEN By Associated Press. Tokio, Aug. 31.—Thomas J. O’Brien, for four years American ambassador to Japan, sailed from Yokohama today on board the steamer Shinyo Maru, to take up his new duties as American minister to Italy. The departing ambassador was giv en an unprecedented send off at To kio. A large assembly, representing all classes, packed the vicinity of tho railroad station, the gathering includ ing representatives of the imperial household, as well as members of both the new Sainoji and the retiring Katsura ministries. Mr. O’Brien was transferred Rome to succeed John G. A. Leish- mann, appointed ambassador at Berlin in succession to Dr. David J. Hill,, re signed. AGED MAN A SUICIDE. By Associated Press. Brewton, Ala., Aug. 31. David Moore, aged 84 years, committed sui cide early today by hanging himself from a hook in the ceiling of his room. my By Associated Press. Juarez, Mexico, Aug. 31.—A ranch located a few miles south of this city was raided by a small band of armed liberals Tuesday night,' all the mules on the place being taken. It is be lieved here that the liberals are pro viding themselves with horses and mules in preparation for resuming hos tilities. . I THE WEATHER. By Associated Press. 31.— W’ashington, D. C., Aug. Forecast: North Carolina: Showers to night and probably Friday. Mod erate south to southwest winds. South Carolina; Unsettled showers tonight or Friday. Light to moderate south winds. The Seavey which sailed from Tam pa, Fla., August 16 ran into the storm Saturday night and dropped an chor off Cape Remain. Sunday even ing the sea was sweeping over the schooner, opening her seams and washing clean her decks. She drag ged her anchors and began to pound on the sandy bottom. The crew took refuge in the rig- gins and by Monday morning the ves sel began breaking up. Tuesday morning after three ships had passed in the distance without observing her signals of distress the Mohawk ap- The rescue was as thrilling as the nlieht of the schooner’s crew. A boat could not get nearer than and one by one the exhausted men lashed to what was left of the schoon er s rigging, untied the ropes and threw themselves into the sea. They were hauled aboard the small boat by lines thrown to them as they stnxsgling ii> Uif tremeadqus .waves. heavy liquidation. LADY DIED ON WAY TO VISIT HUSBAND IN HOSPITAL. By Associated Press. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 31. Mrs. Lula Vocell, while en route to St. Josephs hospital on Friday of last week to see her husband Augustus Vocell, who was ill there, suffered a stroke of paraly sis as she left a street car and was carried into the Savannah hospital, where she died today. Her husband is still ill, although he was able to ride to the hospital where his wife was. RAIN PUTS OFF GAIVIES. By Associated Press. Newport, R. I., Aug. 21.—Rain made impossible playing today of the final match in the national lawn tennis tournament and it was postponed for another day. By Associated Press. ^ Rer-ibouillet, France. Aug. oL— Premier Cailiaux and his colleagues in the French cabinet met at the Cha teau of President Fallieres here to- ^a} and listened to the narrative of Justin de Selves, the foreign minister concerning the latest developments of the negotiations with Germany on the Moroccan question. The cabinet ap proved in thei» final form the instruc tions to be given to Jules Cambon, the i)'reiich ambassador at Berliiv,
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