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IPP the wants are of service in innumerable ways — see if THEY CAN’T SERVE YOU -• ■ the charlotte NEWS. V OL. 45. NO. 803 CHARLOTTE N. C.. TUESDAY EVcNlNG, SEPTEMBER 12 191 I P'RT^pt.In Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy Dally—5 Cents Sunday. Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday. jVi) Solution Yet As To Mystery Of Death Of Myi tie Hawkins 0 police .^ble to Ojferno Solu tion cs to Who Committed Crimz in Henderson- Warrants Have as Yei B^en Issued. ; Found Near Scene .Vu, .4 fford Some Clue— i IS no Apparent Reason foi ihe Suicide or Murder— p.irc Make Statement. " he News. Af- '■ ^ Sept. 12.—Authorl- 't ^ solved the mystery of Mlsg Myrtle Hawkins, J- > t^ared from her home at . !le last Thursday and '^as found Sunday, float- la Lake, theory has been dlscard- ^ opinion of the authorities 1^- . -al public is that the pretty -1-- I . ,tr young woman was mur- - iH^n, chief of police, stated ■ he cannot give theories as : ierer. but is satisfied that .dered. r 1 and Craft, who performed are also reticent. The ..ri'iosed the fact that no wa- rhe lungs, although the - iiacolored, it was not bruis- ...:i evidently been exposed to >'! :>ably for 24 hours before ---,M into the water. "'ight she may have been smothered, and the chief rr-'.lnc: some articles in the .ri'v which may afford a ’ . lid no warrants were out to ->re. ' ‘here were few ene?ts at the was much passing near :i It is improbable that the . i have remained in the wa shout discovery, lef knew nothing of Hal Tohnson City, supposed to er of the youna: lady, and eforted to have visited her or indirectly. The wedding was ex pected to occur at an early date. Hendersonville Person Suspected. Asheville police ofiBcers are reticent about givina; out any information as to the developments in the case, further than that a Hendersonville person is suspected of having murdered the girl. The suicide theory is not given credence. 'er ■ *o.d JOK SUITES H iWIlL |[ CmOHE By Afisociated Press. Lancaster, S. C., Sept. 12.—The Lan caster News received today the fol lowing statement from Chief Justice Ira B. Jones, who on yesterday for warded his resignation, effective in January, to the go\"emor: “The Lancaster News: You are au thorized to state that if Providence permits, I will certainly be a candi date In the primary next August for nomination as governor. (Signed) “IRA B. JONES.” DIEGLE ON WAY TO COLUMBUS TU T rs that the home life of the •^5 happ;. according to a • J V’. Thomas, a brother- .ives here and who could for suicide or murder. Under Suspicion. -- -Aith the death of Miss y f Hendersonville, the ■ ; , iu€e :.£.v under suspicion two ,^r sician. They believe • t' ‘ur ’ *^'6 may be responsiblo. : f .■ z'T 'i> ath, who it is now 1*110' murdered. Su'ci"? Theory Exploded. Bv A -It i Pr.-.-s ir Sept. 12.—The theo- of if nn-A disregarded in the r.uu^rj. of -r® holy of Myrile Hawkins .L Oc^.d '.ake. near Hendersonville, Tae . T.eral belief now is that the tirl W&6 1 .i aUy murdered and sus- i? ceL - upon a man whose ’« bf-.nt; h-'.’lv followed. She left - -.P T:. .r-ddV morning and dis- ab‘::;utelv Indications point 0’'. - ' • murdered, but •r,’ r-:: fl t- ilted. The condition ;'i-t u -L --s That life A as extinct "her. in the water and that It coud ^ ■ Have been There many hours. ’.E ?irl ‘har onposition existed to ; ? a. • •'.aching marriage to a ir.an nf Johnson City, -j r ; ' = infe she may have eloped '•"= r;:v r,p)- parents, it is said, dis- • b:i instituted a search on , an :g no aid of officers. ■ r nf Hendersonville Is stirr- - hf-Ton account of Miss .'iL*' ;r.. and should any arrests ' ' ' \ -cessary precautions are to prevent a po&slble • 'T * - - K. ' ,r,dv v’as in a horrible ’ " ^ ■ V.' '■uipoau ion I here were no n ’he body, but there were 'f chloroform having been about hor ('rath. CDroner's Inquest. • '■ • . Sent. 12.—A coro- ' lit ,i over the dead body ' Hawkin.', of Hender- ■f i ill a verdict that the ■ an.e to her death as ' ’ ■ . ■-■icffii in being admin- -■ 'inkno^n parly or par- ' e ar' co-operating with '■ i*'naersonvil!e in working ' ■ rounding Miss ^'a. It IS .'tated by a rela- •' '■rr.an thai a man in the ‘ vii'inity is suepected of ^ - ‘‘ i'; v-rMi chloroform to the ■ ' ' '-'hilt in I he woodland ., ■ pola. in which she was * ‘ '• T'^ie t,l;e:)ry the relative ^ ’ ■ fhe eirl was killed by chio"ot'orai and was then ' ■* 1^ water immediately, , ' ' ' • '•'1 or 'iyin:? in the woods - into the vs'ater later Floating When Found. ■ i floi-inc; tipon the sur- . face downward at ( 'O' .r] geveial boys 1 lake. Physi- ■ "ho examined the ' lid-e declared that it ■'^'n Mibmerged in the ■ ^ assertt'd that phyri- . ■' -T Thf lungs contained fiisproving the theory ' WHS nt first sug to Hal Cooper. ^ the woman states that ; r ;; - aC(i TO Hal Cooper, a . . ■ 'uns bu;-ineftb man of John- i r!that he is in no j;. . ‘ of having been re- Ijr her death either directly By Associated Press. Columbus, O., Sept. 12.—Rodney J. Diegle, former sergeant-at-arms of the Ohio senate convicted of abetting bribery, who is expected to make a confession that may result in furth er stay of execution of his sentence to three years in the penitentiary, has been located in French Lick Springs, Ind. 4a accompanied by a special oflBcer. He is returning to Columbus to appear in court Mon day when his stay of sentence ex pires unless he submits information which will be valuable to the court In prosecuting lobbyists and legisla tors whose operations already have been considered by the Franklin county grand jury. niiofi m By Associated Press. Chen Kiang, Western China, Sept. 12.—A serious rebellion has occurred In the district of Cheng Tu. The sol diers refuse to obey instructions and are try ing to bring force against the government control of the railway. Business has been suspended and un less the uprising is stopped it may lead to general rebellion. Conditions are precarious. The missionaries are concentrating here. Four foreign gunboats provide all protection. Cheng Tu is quiet. The uprising is not at present directed against foreigners. BRODME T BE TBIEU IN LUS ANGELES By Associated Press. Lob Angeles, Cal., Sept. 12.—Jiidge Bordwell before whom John J. and James J. McNamara will be tried Oct. 11 on indictments charging them with dj'namiting and murder in connection with the blowing up of the Los Anee- les Times plant, ruled yesterday that John J. McNamara must be tried in Los Angeles and not at Indianapolis, from which city it was claimed he bad been kidnapped, which the defenso requested. The bill of exceptions filed by counsel for McNamara ques tioned the jurisdiction of the superior court but the court held it had juris diction. Cyrus McNutt, one ' the at torneys for the defense, J there would be no appeal fronc ^ decision. ‘ OW33CC? ^ 60 yCXLfSS Q,Z SWIMMING THE CHANNEL William Burgess, conqueror of the En glish Channel, shown in the water, and a map of his remarkable swim frOm Dover to the coast of France. It was the first time the feat had been accomplished since Captain Matthew Webb did it thirty-six years ago. It took Burgess 22 hour* and 35 minutes to reach the French shore. The photographs shows the swimmer taking nourishment while in the channel, and explain how the feat is at all possible. - — ^ - - - P} ohibition Election * • In Maine Is Ex- Cl 0 s e Majority Favoring Repeal or State Constitution, First Givin as 763, is Greatly Re- duced by Later Returns. THE “DRYS’ CARRIED." By Associated Press. Decatur, Ala., Sept. 12.—Unofficial returns complete with the exception of three precincts show today that the “drys” carried Morgan county yes terday by a maojofiity of 359, tiie vote standing “wet” 1223 and “dry” 1582. DIED AT AGE OF 117. By Associated Press. Hopkinsville, Ky., Sept. 12.—The old-, est person in Christian county, in Ken tucky, Mrs. Abbie PrJh^r, is dead. She was at least 110 and relatives claim she was 117. UIEH poim Special to The News. Lexington. N. C., Sept. 12.—Mr. and Mrs. Brodle L. Duke, of Durham, while in their touring car going from this city to Thomasville yesterday after noon ran into a team of horses be longing to Mr. June Leonard, a David son county farmer. One of the animals sustained, it is claimed, serious m juries. The car was being run by Mr Duke’s chauffeur, a man narned Lucas. The party continued their trip to High Point, where they spent the night. Mr. Leonardo had a warrant issued for Mi. Duke and sent on to High Point, the arrest was made last night. The Durham man put up a cash bond of $50.00 for his appearance for trial a. Lexington this morning. Mr. Duke re turned here this morning on the tram and a compromise was affected, after which the warrant was withdrawn. STEAMSHIP WRECKED. By Associated Press. Seattle. Wash., Sept. 12.—The Pa cific coast steamship company’s steam er,, Ramona, has been wrecked on De cision Island, near Juneau, Alaska. The Ramona took the place of the Spokane, which was wrecked in Sey mour Narrows, B. C., in June, ETfl ATTIICK HIGB GOST OF LIVING By Associated Press. Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 12.—A consumers and producers conference to attack the high cost of living open ed here today with representatives present from labor and farmers union men, commercial organizations, boards of trade, citizens at large and the Texas cattle raisers association. Plans for the attack have narrow ed down to two steps. One is a cen tral selling agency and the other an independent packing house to be established at some point in Texas. An indirect step will be the endorse ment of municipal slaughter houses similar to the Paris abbatoir and the stimulation of the representatives to secure such slaughter houses for their cities. President Ed C. Laslter, of the Tex as cattle raisers association, pre sided. He said that while the cost of production to cattle raisers had been the same for the last season, the packers took the beef off the mark ets at from $1.50 to $2 a hundred less than thep receding year with mutton selling at a proportionate disc6unt. This he declared had resulted in a loss to the cattlemen of from $12 to $15 a head and a total loss to the in dustry of $100,000,000. GHIErjUSTiCE E COLEMAN BLEASE By Asociated Press. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 12.—A dis patch from Lancaster, S. C., states that Chief Justice Ira B. Jones, has for warded his resignation to Govercior Blease to take effect in January 1912. While Justice Jones made no state ment as to the cause of this step it is generally understood that it is for the purpose of making the race against Cole L. Blease for governor next summer. It is known that Justice Jones has been strongly urged by the conservatives in the state, those op posed to the Blease administration to make the race for governor. Back Home Movement Was Enthusiastically Launched To - day Prominent Men Who Haife Stayed at Home And Help ed Made North Carolina the Great State it is Met at the Selwyn. Plan oj Organization was A- dopted After Speeches, Em phasizing the Benefit And Need of a Back Home Asso ciation, Judging from the spirit of enthusi asm which permeated the meeting held this morning at the Selwyn for the purpose of organizing a back home as sociation, the movement has already taken hold of the state, assuring the success of a permanent organization with this greatly-to-be desired result. This is Back-Home meeting day in Charlotte. It is the day on which the state peo ple in the state are met ‘to band to gether for the purpose of bringing back home the state people who are out of the state. The idea of forming an association originated with 'the Greater'Charlotte Club, but it is local in incipiehcy only. The interest, • the result, Is to be state wide. Coming together in the assembly hall of the Selwyn today, were 'such men as Senator Overman, Fred Olds, H. B .Varner, F. ,W. La Baume, J. H. Caive, Z. P. Smith and scores of oth ers. The Meeting. . Death of Major Lyon. By Associated Press. Stockton, Cal., Sept. 12.—Major H. G. Lyon, 17th infantry, U. S. A., who was retired last May owing to impair ed health, died here yesterday. Major Lyon participated i;^ Sioux Indian campaigns and served in Cuba and the Philippines. He was wounded at San Jtian Hill. President Keuster, of the Greater Charlotte Club, presided. ' To his right sat Mr. W. * C. Dowd, ' of The Charlotte News, and to "his left, Mr. H. B. Varner, of the Lexington Dis patch, and Good Roads .Magazine. After prayer ' by Rev. Dr. ’ Law, editor of the Presbj-terian Standard, Mr. Dowd was presented and most cordially and happily welcomed the visiting back-home enthusiasts. Mr. Dowd said: “It is a pleasure to wel come this distinguished* body of workers tor the upbuilding of North Carolina. I am surprised that so many considered this meeting of such im portance as to leave business and home in order to come and help launch this movement.” Mr. Dow^d emphasized three things he consider ed of special import in the matter: 1st. A back-home organization is the best means of advertising the advantages of our own state; a means of educating those who have left the state as to the advantages which the state holds out to them. 2d. The benefit of calling the at tention of other people of other states to the state of North Carolina. 3rd. The least important—said Mr. Dowd—is the back home sentiment it self. Sentiment is not going to bring many people back to locate, but educa tion as to the advantages of the state, calling the attention o fother states to the advantages of North Carolina wiy. “We want to put into the hearts of the people the desire to return—make them home sick for North Carolina. Let us increase our own productiv eness, develop our resources—make the state so attractive, so rich in its offerings that those who have gone hence will not only want to return, but w'ill return. This movement is not local. It is state-wide.” Mr. Varner, who was happily Intro duced by President, Keuster, made a brief response to the address of wel come in which he said that it was well that the movement should have start ed in Mecklenburg, where not only the first Declaration of Independence was signed, but where the first declar ation against mud was made. Meck lenburg is the most famous county in the south—as to good roads. It is better knowm than. Charlotte. “But I’ll talk good roads all day, so, assuring j’ou of our pleasure to be here, I’ll stop.” Ten-Minute Talks. Short addresses were made by five good speakers. The first was Mr. F. W. La Baume, manager of the N. & W. R. R. The fact he dwelt most upon, punctuating his remarks with the cleverest of illustrations, was the need of people in the south. The west and northwest are full of people. We w^ant to put on the land the people who produce the crops.' Mr, La Baume advocates the small farm, ..dividing—and sub-dividing— the land in farms of 10 to 30 acres. Bring a good foreign element, divide the land so the man with small means can have a small farm. More people and small farms for the people were th e burden of advice given by the (speaker. I Mr.' J.' H. Caine, editor of the Ashe- I ville Citizen spoke for a few minutes, \but spoke interestingly and well. “Let us gring back our sons and daughters from the West and North West. To do this we must make all our claims good. We must have cheap land, pro ductive land, -a warm, welcome.” Mr. De Priest, of Shelby, spoke in place of Mr.’C. C. McLean, of Greens boro, who was not presert. He himself is a back homer, having spent three (Continued on Page Two.) . AEBt JOURNEY By Associated Press. A'uburn, Cai., Sept. 12.—Robert G. Fowler rose from the ground at 9:33 o’clock this morning to begin the sec ond day of his trans-continental aero plane flight. Today’s trip, if success ful, will take him across the Sierras. Alta, Calif., Sept. 12.—While fifiying over this place at a considerable eleva tion, Aviator Fowler fell with his ma chine which was demolished. Fowler escaped with a few minor bruises. He said the accident was caused by the rudder failing to work and declared that the motor *might be repaired as it did not appear badly damaged. Explains Accident. Explaining the accident, Aviator Fowler said: “The vertical rudder quit working for some reason and. all I could do was to go around in a circle. My ma chine swung to the left in the spires, then dropped and hit a couple of trees, damaging the frame badly. The engine though is all right. “My back is wrenched but not a bit of skin is off anywhere. It will tak» three or four days to rebuild.” Auburn, Cal., Sept. 12.—Aviator Robert G. Fowlen, who arrived here last night at the end of his first day’s air journey from San Francisco en route to New York, slept as soundly as if no attempt at making history confronted him. He was up early to day and went at once to the hangar where his biplane had been guarded through the night. There was little other than precau tionary protection necessary as the en gine made the 124.7 miles from San Francisco to this placj without a hitch. Long before 8 o’clock, the hour de signated by Fowler as that of his start on today’s journey, the machine was surrounded by a cheering crowd. Fow ler ate a hearty breakfast and said that he felt confident of a successful flight to Reno, Nev. The aviator faces the most difllcult flight of the entire journey today. He must cross the Sierras. He expects to reach an altitude of more than 8,000 feet. He said probably he would fly about two thousand feet above the summit, which would give him an alti tude of between 8,500 and 9,000 feet. Expecting to encounter severe cold during the three and a half or four hours In crossing the mountains Fow ler dressed warmly this morning. He will carry beef tea and a thermal heater on the biplane. He will depend on chocolate wafers to satisfy his hun ger while in the air. BS^oit to Remove Restrictions From Liquor 1 raffle May Fail Completely— Prohibit t'^nists Are Greatly En courstged. by Latest News. By Associated Press. Portland, Maine, Sept. 12.—Official returns received up to 2:15 p. m. con tinued to decrease tiie small anti-prohi bition majority shown this morning and at that hour it looked as k the official margin one way or the other would be slight. The prohibltioni&ts were very hopeful that further fig ures would turn the result in their fa vor. Portland, Maine, Sept. 12.—Officials returns from 225' cities, towns and plantations, used in revising the unoffi cial figures of last night, have reduced the repeal majority by which prohibi tion would be stricken from the coo- Btitution to 168 votes. Portland, Maine, Sept. 12.—That ^he voters of Maine have . determined to remove restrictions on the liquor traf fic from their state constitution s^ems confirmed to a satisfying degree cf certainty by returns received un to 8 o’clock this morning. At that hour with fourteen towns still to be hea'd from the vote on the proposition to re move the prohibitory clause from the state constitution stood: . For appeal, 60,721. Against repeal, 59,958, Repeal majority, 763. Former Mayor Adam P. LelgMon, of , Portland, president of the No License League, announced this morning steps would be taken for a recount of the^ vote unless official returns should ma terially increase the majority for the repeal of the amendment. Official re turns had been received this morning from 56 cities and towns. Next interest to the prohibition, question was that of'the' adoptton of rejection of a state wide primary act. Returns thus far received Indicate.ita adoption by a good margin. The of ficii vote from seventy cities and towns at hand this morning show 23,- 780 favorable and 6,362 opposed .votea, a majority in favor of 17,418. Majority May be Wiped Out. At 1:45 p.""m. the official returns In dicated that the apparent majority In favor of repealing the protibitory law. may be wiped out. • i By Associated Press. Somerset, Ky., Sept. 12.—Special bailiffs left here today to summon a venire of 100 men in Lincoln county from which to select a jury to'^ try Fount Helton and James Ellis, charg ed with the murder of Magistrate A. J. Beally and Constable W. F. Heath at Burnside, Ky., in July. At yesterday’s session the regular Pulaski county panels were exhausted without securing even one juror. Ellis and Helton are heavily guarded in the jail here, having been brought from Danville where they were held for safe keeping. Mob violence is feared. The feature of the trial will be tes timony of a deaf and dumb boy who is alleged to have seen the killing of the tv/o men. It will be the first time in Kentucky that evidence has ever been given by signs. ♦ ♦ ^ THE WEATHER. ♦ Press. Sept. 12.—Fore- ► By Associated ► Washington,^ ► cast: * ► North Carolina: Probably fair ►tonight and Wednesday, cooler ► Wednesday; probably north and ► west winds. ► Couth Carolina and Georgia: ► Generally fair tonight and ► Wednesday; light west winds be- ► coming variable. By Associated Press. Madison, Wis., Sept. 12.—^John A., Johnson, a neighbor of Martin T. Lem* berger, is held by the police to tellj what he knows of the death of Annia Lemberger, the 7-year-old girl w^hosai corpse was found in Lake'Monona Sat urday morning. Lemberger, testified at the inqueat yesterday that he had had trouble with Johnson and that Johnson had invited him to fight it out. This is important evidence in the minds of the police. Johnson’s criminal record includes two terms in the state prison and nu merous jail ‘sentences for drunken ness' and non-support. He also has been twice committed to insane asY- lums. Johnson himself denies knowl edge of the circumstances of Annie Lemberger’s death. ■HT ETM. oimiiiieE By Associated Press/ Catania, Sicily, Sept. 12.—Volcanic Mount ^Etna’s spouting is increasing. Sixteen new fissures; have opened. From ftie two nearest the base of the volcano a great stream of lava issues.- It is Roving 1,250 feet an hour and today it had^ covered several miles In the direction' of Linguaglossa, north east of Etna. ' Linguaglossa and Randazzo, to the northwest, are on elevations and are net threatened by the flow of lava through storms of ashes beat upon them. The residents, however, are panic stricken, and some have desert ed the towns. Earth shocks continue. The river of lava hafe invaded the centuries-old forests of the larch and pine and appears about to destroy the beautiful vineyards and nut woods. It is expected to soon reach the railway line encircling Mount Etna at a point between Linguaglossa and Randazzo,