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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS.
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45. NO. 8030
CHARLOTTE h. C,. MONDAY EVtNING, SEPTEMBER II 1911
PPT(^r'>In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy Daily—5 Cents Sunday.
* Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday.
: uch Alarm Felt Over
high Price oj Certain
Food Products
^hina is Starving And
IS Rioting Over High
: People OJ United
* Are Becoming More
Jed in Subject,
Reaches High Water
. Potatoes Are Out of
' And Coffee is Soaring
. Foods are Cheaper-
inr.
. * Press.
:^ept. 11.—TMille thouB-
Ing in China and Fi*ance
■- .ots In protest against
■oes, there is renewed at-
i,- I'nited States to the
. r r.ns reached its highest
that coffee prices
and that potatoes are
. -iS $110 a bushel in the
Cause for Alarm.
I.clders are asking; “Will
- a reoccurrence of con
> ■ ■/* when the cost of
; itg approximate and de
, -.an . ao-called boy-
' n :at and other hi:;h-
were declared
land."
Butter, creamery, state
best per pound 27
Cheese, choice east fac
tory per It) 135
Mackrel No. 1 bays, (Bos
ton) per barrel.. .. $26.00
Cod fish, large dried per
quintal 7.50
Coffee, rio No 7 per !b .13375
Sugar, granulated per lb .0625
Tea Formosa, Olong, su
perior per., lb 165
Molasses New' Orleans
prime per gallon 30
Salt fine domestic sacks
224 pounds 94
Rice domestic good per lb.4125
Potaties, eastern per 180
pounds 2.75
$24.00
7.00
.10125
.0525
Says he Will Not
Permit Bout
By Associated Press.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 11.—Upon
instructions from state officials the
sheriff of Malwaukee county declares
he w’lll not permit the staging of a
bout betw’een Packey McFarland and
li.^htweight champion Wolgast sched
uled for here next Friday night.
Promoters of the battle declare,
however, they do not intend to vio
late the law and that the bout will
be put on just as they have arrang
ed.
K'CKS OVER BURDENS
PLACED ON ROADS
■jficn economic experts
answer '.;o. Prices By Associated Press,.
, • 'e , in M)me in- New York, Sept. 11.—F. O. Melcher,
th.'Se
at f
■ ith
of las* '.vinier,
c man who pri)-
, .p; every-day
'an.-y 'irav.Js and near-
-wait a.iproach of cold
;• ii!;t1ue anxiety.
Pork Cheaper.
(•’It ♦hat. generally
• fX' f"'tlon of coffee,
a’.ii a fe\\ canned ve::-
vlce-president of the Chicago, Rock Isl
and and Pacific railroad in a letter
published here calls attention to the
serious nature of pending railw’ay leg
islation intended to safe|uard employ
ed and passengers. He points out for
example that one bill introduced in
congress requiring ail roads to discard
their wooden equipment after January
1st, 1912, would cost the railroads
'it 1- :. ran with condl-: more than $630,000,000. Other bills now
. >:a 'le the consumer,, would require the roads to en-
' ca.-e a year ago. On | their clearances at a cost of
M>;k wat- quoted at $1'* j 1^44,000,000 and to install the univer-
-ale a-’- a.;:iinpt $24 on j block signals at a cost of $287,000,-
. in th'^ wholesnlo; comply with these three law's
. d '.le than Iji^ould call for an expenditure by the
1 i.:- . ..I jiin ed w;ib ^^irailroads of $1,361,000,000 This is
t.tr • tall ..f last year; (j^garly 10 per cent of the net capitaii-
.3 eel.mg at a f^'^ctionl roads in the nited
.pnt- as aeam?t^moje|g^^^^g^ which amounted to $14,338,-
57 i,000 at the end of 1910.
PR’^SIDENT TAFT
The president and ,iap showing the
itinerary of h’^swing around the
ITINERARY OF
circuit” whi' • jegins on September
15, when leaves Boston, to be
on the
for 48 days.
THE WEATHER.
Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 11.
cast:
North Carolina, South Caro
lina and Georgia—Local show
ers tonight and Tuesday; light
variable winds.
Fore-
GHiP CLARK IS
AT HOAAEIQDAY
T
T
GONSlli M]
IT
Twenty Persons Were
Killed As Result oj
Chinese Rioting
nCDIlilllM DCDi V Gravity of The
ULnmnli Uli LI Situation th^ Chinese Cen-
TD rniiinrillin 'Government Decided to
I U I finllUL Wnu uprising.
Troops And Rioters Engage in
Fatal Clash—Jwenty~Seven
Counties in One Section' De
vastated by Floods.
■ ire 'Oth roni-'arnri'c-
a fr^. rents creai'cr
3't ? iitemher.
‘ and Bacon,
i qualit' is selling at
■'• s at S.T.fi.T a barrel,
’•.at prevailed at this
WHITECAPPERS AFTER
NEGRO COTTON PICKERS.
By Associated fress.
'Waxahachie. Texas, Sept. 11.—White
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Sept. 11,. 1011.
“We are gong to let the Illinois
Central Railroad shop employes know
before the day is over what the ma
chinists will do with relation to the
proposed strike,” declared P. J. Con-
lon. first vice president of the inter
national association of machinists
today.
“I expect a message from our inter
national executive board which w’ent
into session this morning at Daven
port. We are not going to fool with
this matter any longer. The board will
decide w'hether the machinists are to
sanction this strike or not sanction
it.
“As soon as definite action is taken
I will be notified and I will at once
By Associated Press.
Louisiana, Mo., Sept. 11.—Speaker
Champ Clark, of the house of represen
tatives, is being entertained today by
the home folks, all Pike county and
the greater part of the population of
the Ninth Missouri Congressional Dis-
By Associated Press.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 11.—Plans
, , . . . I for a nation wide fight against the so-
trict joining to maKe his home coming i “bread trust” will come up for
from Washington an epoch in Missouri meeting of the
history.
bakers and confectionery w'orkers
a- |-i ^ o/I a o r\oi*fia1 Gllf'- 1 i Will U« UULIAICU tlUU 1 W ili CLL
f -rc"n'“'a^'oSnd|cS attempt to drive negro cotton communicate with the members ol the
I . . ren,= a ^ut of the country between
-A 2."' cents a year ago., - j 1 ji.,
•amilv” gteak costs! Midlothian and Venus, including por-
, pound a? it did last! tions of both Ellis
r ^8 pa^ tbr’t with all
' '.r i-. unlikely
higher as the winter
Mje of Potatoes.
' r^'ultry will be largely
•T.’ri storage holdings.
• the shortage of po-
viot .>nly in this coun-
i> Hr(fa*n and Germany.
r year one could buy
In the field at 55 cents
• * range from
re than a dollar. Can-
- i tomatoes also will
.''e ’•emains cheap and
muiked advance in
; tha* the man of slen-
ide for his family
•rain,
and Coffee High.
• •• arp phenomenally
■le vho are studying the
r : ‘ fjerreased con-
h l ivariably follows a
\m11 soon restore
• a.-f table necessities
it; a'
itidaM Rio spot coffee
(Mnr? a pound whole-
’r ' Saturday as against
■ H - . and the standard
d sugar was quoted
cents jior pound, the
! -e July. 1S99. Fail-
.-an s’._ar beet crop
in ( libel are given
’ .0 a’irupt jump in the
Die of Prices.
• possible to strike an
■ j! the price to the
.r n h defending upon
' i le dtaier.s’ store. The
tan'iard commod-
. i> th- prevailing
lien the month of
' Li th'.v G figures have
^ -htl. since:'
Sept.
nil
’ • barrel
4.10
'oers
. i ■ I lbs
^ 00
... 3.85
'■') per
ties. Negroes were today reported
fleeing in large numbers, leaving farm
ers without help. Two or three negroes
were reported as badly beaten by
night riders.
DIAZ REACHES BADEN BADEN.
By Associated Press.
Baden Baden. Germany, Sept 11.—
General Porforio Diaz, former presi
dent of Mexico, arrived here today to
take the cure.
Strike Question Not Decided.
By Associated Press,
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 11.—“We
have not yet decided the question of
a strike of the shop employes. We are
still hoping for another conference
with Mr. Kruttschnitt, or with the
general managers of the Harriman
lines. However, we have not and will
not modify the demand for recognition
of the federation.”
This statement was made today by
J. W. Kline, president of the Black
smiths and Helpers Union of Chicago,
who arrived here today.
It was here that Mr. Clark landed international finion of America which
from a steamboat 36 years ago as a
young attorney from Kentucky. Re*
publicans as well as ^mocrats p£ the
district, were placed »5ii tllife various
committees for arrangements of the
day’s affair.
Schooner Lost;
Fourteen Drowned
Sept,
1910
4.55
8.30
4.70
-;o,i
1
• • r-nss-
V. .(1975
;Ch:
.09'0
t 'T d
.26
.04
I'arrei ST’-.SO
, i-cr
$19.00
. irVi -Pd
. lb .0925
0-ed, per lb .155
*ern steam, per
0955
i"-
9.55
.10
.1175
.1175
.26
.04
$19.00
$24.00
.1325
.18
Railroad President to Retire
New ?Iaven, Conn., Sept. 11.—Of
ficial announcement is made today
that President C. S. Mellen, of New
York, New Haven & Hartford Rail
road,’ is to retire from the presidency
of that company but the date has not
vet been fixed.
SSUE IN
international committee representing
the nine trades.”
Vice President Conlon would ex
press no conviction as to what the ac
tion of the machinists executive board
would be, but the persistent report is
that it will be unfavorable to the shop
employes who are eager to strike.
Chicago, Sept. 11.—Members of the
Illinois Central shop employes federa
tion w’ere in a quandary today over
their next move in their dispute with
the railroad company.
After the conference of executive
board members of the International
Association of Machinists in Chicago
yesterday where several of the interna
tional officers plainly declared they
did not favor a strike of the shop em
ployes, the board adjourned to meet in
Davenport, Iowa, today. The full ex
ecutive board will further consider the
shoymen’s position, and final announce
ment of the machinists position w'ill be
made soon.
Should the machinists decide not to
endorse the strike, there is small like
lihood that J. F. McCreary, president
of the Illinois Central shopmen, and
his colleagues on the federation com
mittee would order the men out be
cause there would be little funds to
depend on for strike benefits.
Members of the international con
ference of the nine trades involved in
the federation remained in Chicago
aw'aiting word from Davenport, which
they said, might not come for several
days.
His Wedding Fees
Amount to $50,000
Bv Associated Press.
'New Orleans. Sept. 11.—That the
ministry is a paying proposition from
a w'orldly standpoint is borne out by
the fact that from wedding fees
rector of
By Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 11.—Fourteen men
were drow'ned in the sinking of the
schooner Whisper, off the Nicaraguan
coast yesterday, according to cables
received here from Port Limon. The
schooner, commanded by Captain
W''inston Hall, of Philadelphia, car
ried a cargo of mahogany which
caught fire and an explosion of
gasoline sent it to the bottom w^ith
all ou board.
convenes in triennial session here to
day. The union which comprises a
menjberShip Of; aad will b©
represented by about 85 delegates
may go so far as to finance and open
independent bakeries in an effort to
force the master bakers to recognize
them even at the expense of a bit
ter fight.
There are four principal cities
whose members of the union are
barred, according to Otto E. Fisher,
of Chicago, international secretary
of the union, who arrived yesterday.
These are New York, Pittsburg,
Cleveland and Boston. The bakers
are almost ready to enter the field
in those cities and to carry through
the fight for the union label accord
ing to several delegates present.
By Associated Press.
Portland, Me., Sept. 11.—Main’s
claim to prohibition fame hangs in the
balance today, for in village and city
throughout the commonwealth voters
at dawn sought the polls to register
their opinions on the question of main
taining restriction on the liquor traffic
in the state constitution.
City voters were early at the polls.
In the large centers of population
there seemed to be a disposition to do
away with the prohibitory amend
ment; it .is in the rural districts
where the anti-saloon workers hoped
to roll up a vote that would retain it.
In churches throughout the state pro
hibition w'orkers began prayer meet
ings with the opening of the polls.
There are three other questions to
be voted upon, each relating to local
.1220 government.
PLOT TO ROB THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTE
Proceedings of Canonliation.
Bv Associated Press.
San Francisco, Sept. 11.—Proceed
ings for the canonization of Father
Magin Catala, w^ho came to California
in 1794 and was stationed at Santa
Clara, have passed their first and
perhaps most important stage, ac
cording to advices received here yes
terday from Rome. . , , .
A commission appointed by tne
pope to examine Father Catala s
ings has reported that there is noth
ing objectionable in them.
Investigations now will be made
into the testimony of 62 witnesses
concerning his saintly
miracles which he is declared to have
performed.
Ihe Small Hat Has
Impioved The Sex
By Associated Press.
Boston, Sept. 11.—Fashion s ten
dency during the past few days to
wards smaller hats for women has re
sulted in a distinct improvement in
the condition of the sex according to
Dr. George W. Galvin, head of tne
emergency hospital here.
“Many women wonder how it is
that they find themselves able to do
work which a few years ago they
would not have dreained of at
tempting,” says Dr. Galvin.
Should they desire
By Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 11.—The police
here today are investigating an al
leged plot to rob the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington of some of
the museum’s most valuable Ameri
can relics which the government
could not duplicate at any price. It is
the intention of the man who has
planned the theft, according to the
story brought to the police through
an informer, to hold the relics for a
large ransom.
The informer told the police that
the plot was being engineered by a
man formerly employed by a lock
company who had in his possession
duplicates of the master keys held
by the officials of the Smithsonian.
SOUTHERN COTTON
exchange
MEETS.
to know the
alone in his 27 years as rector oi but think of the
Trinity Episcopal church of this city, J the size and weight of
Rev. A. Gordon Bakew^ll, has t^ey have the answer
in $50,000, Rev. Bakewell is careful their
cliffe girls are every year gaining in
their class room averages and are
gradually surpassing young men in
their studies. It is a significant fact
that most college girls wear no hats
at all.”
to keep his statistics correct
they show that during his pastorate
here he has performed 10,036 wed
ding ceremonies for w’hich he receiv
ed an average fee of $5; has baptiz
ed 1,099 babies and has officiated at
2,001 funerals.
Died in Ej^ort to
Save His Fiance
By Associated Press.
Detroit, Sept. 11.—In a vain effort
to breast the strong current of the
Detroit river yesterday, Clarence V.
Huetter, 26 years of age, w'as drown
ed attempting to save his fiance. Miss
Anna Baetz. His body was recovered.
Miss Baetz was saved by a rescuer
in a canoe.
Big Mergei of
Many Rice Mills
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Sept. 11.—Twenty-
eight of the forty-six rice mills in
Louisiana have been merged into
the Louisiana state rice millings com
pany with an authorized capitalization
of $9,500,000 according to a charter
just published. This combine is the
result of a much smaller organiza
tion started last March with 18
mills.
By Associated Press.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 11.—A gen
eral meeting of the Southern cotton
exchange met in this city today. A
large number of delegates are pres
ent. The sessions will continue
through Tuesday.
The gathering is called to take up
a number of matters of interest to the
cotton trade, including the question
of rules governing the sale of spot
cotton; supervision of weights at
American spinning centers, amount of
tare to be allowed and to decide upon
some mode and /proper places to hold
arbitration meetings.
E W. Porter and E. C. Lahache,
botli of Memphis, were selected as
chairman and secretary respectively
of the meeting.
New York, Sept. 11.—The Chinese
cruiser Hal Chi reached New fork to
day. An official salute marked her ar
rival. The Hai Chi is the first Chinese
warship to visit this port.
Cotton Mills
Resume Operations
By Associated Press.
Paris, ^pt. ll.-^Germany’s reply to
proposals submitted by France with
the idea of reaching an agreement in
the Moroccan porblem has affected
French government circles unpleasant
ly.
Germany’s counter proposals were
received in Paris Saturday night, and
after lengthy examination by Premier
Caillaux and Foreign Minister De
Selves, it was decided to refer them
to specialists on Moroccan questions.
When these have formed an opinion,
the premier will call a meeting of the
cabinet and lay before it the whole
matter for decision.
Germany asks, it appears, that every
claim of German subjects to conces
sions in Morocco shall be recognized
by France and that no new enterprise
shall be started under the French pro
tectorate without being internationaliz
ed equally.
The claims of German subjects, par
ticularly those of Mannes Brothers and
speculative companies organized by
them are enormous.
The German terms also ask for a free
hand in Morocco with conditions that
would, acording to the French view,
deprive France of all her advantages
and would give Germany privileges in
Morocco beyond those of any power,
even France.
There seems no likelihood of the
French government acepting the Ger
man counter proposals.
A temporary way out of the difficulty
may be that some other signatory of
the Algeciras act will ask for another
international conference.
A semi-official note issued today says
Minister De Selves has examined the
observations presented by the German
government in reply to the French
proposals, and that he probably will
take a favorable view of the sugges-
tions contained therein for establish
ing the economic equality of the pow
ers in Morocco, but that in opposition
to this international economic equality
are privileges desired by Germany
alone.
Other points, the note says, are rais
ed by the German response w'hich
are equally serious.
Negotiations between France and
Germany, the note says, in conclusion,,
probably will be prolonged for some
time.
■' e German Side.
Berlin, Sept. 11.—Resolutions pro
testing against the withdrawal of Ger
many from her political position in
Morocco and against her acceptance
of territorial indemnity in the French
Congo have been adopted by the Pan-
German League.
The German Imperial chancellor was
asked to break off negotiations with
France relative to Morocco rather than
gettle the dispute on that basis.
' Another resolution adopted demand
ed the speedier building of w^ar ships.
The league declares the German
people are strong for the acquisition of
western Morocco.
Although the tone of the Paris
Bourse was heavy today, the solid
structure of French finance was little
affected by financial embarrassments
in Germany, for the reason tliat the
l-'rench buy securities for permanent
investment and do not sell them be
cause of fluctuations in quotations.
The worst effect in Moroccan uncer
tainty is that French houses have can
celled many buying orders in Ger
many and the French banks refuse to
renew' the German loans.
Credit likewise is cut off from Ber
lin in London.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 11.—More than
a score of persons have been killed and
many wounded during rioting in turbu
lent Sze-Chuen province in China, ac
cording to information reaching hero
today. Citizens and soldiers were vic
tims of the righting.
The rioters w'ere led by persons
who incited them against the govern
ment and population because of the
administration’s attitude in permit
ting foreign participation in railroad
financing.
It is believed American and many
foreigners had left Cheng-Tu, the pro
vincial capital, before the beginning
of fighting.
The situation is serious. The central
government is moving to check the
rioting.
The gravity of conditions and the
fearful possibilities of the mammoth
uprising has determined the Chinese
central government to suppress tho
trouble. On Thursday the ring lead
ers of the agitation were arrested.
This inflamed their supporters. Fight
ing followed. Soldiers fired into the
rioters, killing some twenty of them.
The mob returned and in a subsequent
assault upon the viceroy’s residence
slew a number of the troops.
Today, because of cut wires, the cap
ital of the rebellious province is cut
off from the rest of the world. Devel
opments since the fighting are un
known. The United States consul at
Hankow has left for the rioting scenO;
to investigate conditions. One thous
and federal soldiers left Hankow f.^r
the disturbed province on Saturday.
Other forces are collecting on the Sze-
Chuen border. Twenty-seven coun
tries in northern Anhwei and Kiang
Zeu provinces . have -been devastat e-1
by the floods of the uncontrolled Yang
Tse, according to official reports to
the American legation at Peking. Con
ditions in the Yang-Tse valley are r^-
ported as even jnore appalling. Tho
central government has appropriated
$420,000 for relief purposes, but this
is inadequate.
ADVANCE GUARD OF
COTTON CONFERENCE.
By Associated Press.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 11.—The ad
vance guard of the Southern cotton
growers conference, which convenes
in Montgomery at noon tomorrow, ar
rived here today. Among thearrivals
are President C. B. Barrett, of the
Farmers’ Union, and commissioner of
agriculture, T. C. Hudson, of Georgia.
The conference was called for the
purpose of establishing this year’s cot
ton yield, in rebuttal of bearish re
ports, and also to urge the slow mar
keting of the staple.
ADVANCE IN FREIGHT RATES.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 11.—Advances in
freight rates on single packages and
small lots, filed with the interstate
commerce commission by railways gen
erally today, were suspended until
April 28, 1912.
The case in which this suspension
order was issued is one of the most
important now before the commission,
as it affects large and small shippers
in every part of the country.
-
PARENTS OF MURDERED
CHILD ARRESTED.
Portland, Me., Sept. 11.—President
Mellen, of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad denied today be
would resign his position.
KD TO STOP
Bv Associated Press.
Madison, Wis., Sept. 11.—Parents cf
murdered Annie Lemberger were tak
en into custody immediately following
the child’s funeral this afternoon. It
appears, the police believe, the Lem-
bergers know more about the-kidnap
ping and murder of their daughter
than they have told. There is no inti
mation of police suspicion, that the
parents were connected in any way
with the murder, however.
G m\m
By Associated Press.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 11.—William
Fisher, a farmer, lies dead at Adair-
ville, ky., in an undertaker’s estab
lishment as a result of an effort yes
terday to prevent the marriage of his
niece to Ben Manlo, a young farmer
« Pre.B! of the Schohoh, Ky., vicinity. Manlo,
^ 11 Nearlv 25 000 ner- ^ad the consent of the girl’s father,
sons engaslf in ^ ^ “>
textile industry resumed work today
after various periods of idleness.
Within eight days 85,000 textile oper
atives in New England have been
called to their machines.
Curtailment will continue at some
cotton and woolen centers. Fall River
reports continued curtailment. Last
week 325,000 pieces of print cloth
were kept out of the market. This is
over half the normal production of
Uiat city.
field, Tenn., to secure the license
and with the young w^oman was wait
ing near the state line for a min
ister.
The uncle came up and opened fire
on the wedding party. Before he
could -fire again he fell dead, his
body pierced by four bullets, it is
supposed fired by Manlo. The young
people drove to a squire’s home and
were married. It is thought there will
be no prosecutlDS.
GOVERNORS WILL ADJOURN
TOMORROW AT NOON.
By Associated Press.
Spring Lake, N. J., Sept. 11.
Governors of thirty or more states
are expected for their third annual
conference here tomorrow at noon.
At 10 o’cuock tomorrow morning
Governor Wilson will welcome the
governors on behalf of New Jersey.
Governor Carey, of Wyoming, will re
spond, then the meeting will begin
its scheduled work. In the evening
Governor and Mrs. Wilson will re
ceive the visitors at the state cot
tage at Sea Girt.
Will Attempt
A Long Flight
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Sept. 11.—Robert
Fowler, the aviator, who will attempt
to fly from San Francisco to New
York, expected to start at 11 o’clock
today from Golden Gate park. The
aviator plans to make the distance
in twenty flying days and in a total
of 26 days, arriving in New York
October 7.