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CHARLOTTE N. C.. TUESD/ ivfe^NG, SEPTEMBER 26 1911
Ckiks and Shopmen
At Memphis Out
On Stj ike To-day
0) Railroad Clerks
Confident They Will
Cam kecognition Jrom Fed-
iration oj Employes-lttinois
Ctntral Afiected.
goaif o; Railroad Scojf at
Idea Of a Genetal Strike and
Scy Traffic Conditions WtU
^Mormal To-motrow,
M
d«r lB8u«d last night by J. J. Carrl-
gran, president of the union.
\\*hile many union clerks in southern
cities struck last night, officers of the
railroad said they did not fear a gen
eral strike of employes although the
recent threatened strik of federated
shop employes might be revived by
way of sympathy.
Markham is Optimistic.
President aMrkham of the Illinois
Central said that the strike of clerks
thus far was of little consequence. “I
guess this is just an aftermath of the
federated shop employes controversy,
said Mr. aMrkham. *'A few clerks walk
ed without warning at New Orleans,
Memphis and Jackson and at Memphis
a few shopmen struck in sympathy.
That is the only place where shopmen
struck. None of the employes in Chica
go quit and those in the south issued
no warning.”
T. J. Foley, general manager of the
road said the clerks struck because
the road refused to recognize a clerks
union recently organized in New Or
leans. He said that the trouble had no
direct connection with the demands of
the federated shop employes.
Situation at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Sept. 26.—Striking
Illinois Central Railroad clerks and
railroad officials began taking stock
of the situation today. Although the
railroads are refusing freight, they
assert that they will be in a posi
tion tomorrow or next day to re
sume business and have issued a
statement to shippers asking forbear
ance because of the “temporary in
terruption.”
Railroad officials charge that the
clerks quit work witoout notice. This
is vehemently denied by the clerks’
spokesmen. '
The strikers assert that conditions
in the railroad yards will be such
within a short time that the road will
corns to terms wiiiiout delay. The of
ficials, however, say the strikers'
places will be filled by others.
The shopmen are still at work and
no order for a strike has yet been
received by them.
Accept Freight in Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn.. Sept. 26.—S. S.
Morris, superintendent of the Yazoo
and Mississippi V’^alley Railroad and
in charge of the Illinois Central ter
minals in this city said today that
his comi;any was accepting all freight
offered: that a good force, of clerks
were at work and the company was
not worried about the local strict-
According to Superintendent Morris
the shopmen at Memphis are the only
ones of that branch of the service
who have Qult work,
women Employed.
Jackson. Miss.. Sept. 26—The IHJ
nois Central* Yazoo & Mississippi Val
ley Railroads at this point are.employ
ing young women to take the places
of the striking clerks.
Pickets On Duty.
Sedalia, Mo., Sept. 26.—Pickets
were placed on duty by the striking
road today who likewise ’ carn^en today at all shop points on
'- jfd *.iH importance of the strike the Missouri, Kansas & Texas sys
“ iOdU- and indicated that traffic tem. .
e normal conditions by to- This action was taken to pr^ent t
resumption of work in the shops fol
lowing yesterday’s announcement by
company officials that men would be
hired to fill the places of the 1500
strikers who walked out Saturday.
At union headquarters here today it
was announced that strikers througiv
out the system are remaining
that a setlement was expected within
ten days. , ,
Railway officials would make no
statement. The car shops are idle.
Press.
ar- Sept. 26.—The first
tiug *rom the strike of
= e r inois Central and Ya-
‘ npl \'alley Railroads
.or-€d today when H. E.
n n-unloD clerk, was set
.-.T, ,j of men. among whom
-al rrikers. Heines sustain-
^nd a bloody nose. The
iace near the Illinois Cen-
N. 3, where pickets had
: ned.
=.v., importuned to quit
’ Ikers deny they struck
attempted to ‘reason
i i members of the clerks’
four remained at work to-
” 1. outside men were given
iU the general freight office,
' adly crippled for lack of
, crt ‘ - John W. Cousins,
• nv expressed confidence in
;.'!e Tc fill all vacancies.
"•ikers established headquar-
t or-- tiJe general offices.
Al' Out on Strike.
M«r;’;ls Tenn., Sept. 26.—With
•f” .'M - every clerk and shopman of
!’ - entral railroad out od
•• ■ -.r tiiis CUV as a result of the
If 'fv .init work issued late yester-
r Pr ;dent J. J, Carrigan, of
-i; lerks' union, the strik-
onfident that they will be
in their eadeavors to gain a
>n >f the federation of em-
ailrcad offlcia'e are eq^ially con-
_ f r’le will He able to resume
iu:e today or tomor-
’.triiMnj. rierkmythfit a two-
in the local yards would
■ :;e8tion that would be
• ..andle,
II ’nois Central and the
T- u li. ,iS8ippi Valley railroads
■ ef-rerdav refused freight for Ib-
: .n»
c vid Officials Confident.
. S r 26.—Possibility of the
• ■ Central railroad clerks’ strik«
to Thicago was scouted by
P'DT/^p'lTn. Charlotte 2.Cents n Copy Dally—5 Cents Sunday
, Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sund.Tv.
Supreme Couit Will
Decide Several
*
Notable Cases
T-c clerks In Chicago were under
- agreement with railroad, ”
statement given out. “None of
• nrg north of the Ohio river ex-
Mounds, 111., is affiliated with the
'y f'on of railway clerks and except
point there is no chance of the
^ extendinc: north."
Rceive Strike Order.
II: , Sept. 26.—Illinois Cen-
'•»; cl«r’ at .Mounds received an or-
” to strike this morning. The Cario
«xn^c* to obtain their charter
International Union within
i days and will then strike if the
i»> lefn-een the International
‘ ‘ft and rh« road is not settled.
General Strike Order,
members of the clerks’ union em-
the ll lnols Central Railroad
Rice Crop of South Carolina.
Charleston, S. C., Sept. 26. Accord
ing to a statement this afternoon by
Former Heyward, who is a large Plant^
of th6 c©r6al» th© ric6 crop in Tid6
water, S. C., amounts to only 25,000
pockets against about 90,000 a year
ago. The s^iortage is due to the re
ordered to strike today by an or-^ cent hurricane.
htifully Small Response to
Roll Call of Ill-Fated
French Battleship Liberte
„ “*'"0(;iR:p(l Press. *
. ,0'Jion, France. Sept. 26.—An offi-
"^'^'^roent giving the casualties in
'he Liberte places the
and the injured at 88
nian missing.
"y ^ ^ed Press.
li ^'■“nce. Sept. 26.—Only a
company was drawn up on
battleship Suffren this
answer to roll call of the
Li, ° ill-fated French battleship
, ^hich was destroyed by an
^'"n and fire 24 hours earlier.
sons on the farms to till the soli It
will produce enough to support the
demand of the consumers in the cities,
the high prices will continue. I don’t |
look for this condition to come soon.”
Case Of Andrew Plyler, o)
Waxhaw, Alleged to Eavi
Forged Name to Vouchef oi
Recommendation, WiU Be
Heard. '
By Associated Press.
Denver, Colo., Sept. 26.—How pub
licity growing out of the killing of
her husband, Charles A. Patterson may
affect the wedding plans of her sister
WELL KNOWN CONSERVATIONISTS
At the top, on the left, Is Henry Wallace, president of .thja l^aliwfLQojiserv^tlon Congress. On nis right Is
Gifford PInehot, former chief fo raster, who opposes PresidentrTaft’a xonserva^tion policies. At the bottom
from left to right are: Prof. Liberty Hyde Baily>, membeii* of.
servation Congress; James R. Garfiejd, also member; qf the; ejte^Mflye. commlttejh^^r^ HiQn. j. B. White,
chairma-n of thp exect,itlve ccm.mittSs*. ■■ :■
•ms
On Supply And Z)is-
tribution
ress.
GENERAL STRIKE' IN ‘
ITALY IS PROfeAfiLE.
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By Associated
Washington, t). C., Sept. 26.—There
was an increase of mort than 12 per „ PrAH«
cent in the supply of raw.cotton inj fee'.-Reports from
the United States during the cotton Rome says a general strike through-
year which ended August 31, 1911, ac-1 out-Italy ^will be declared within 24
cording to the census bureau’s prelim-, iio^rs- . ^ ;
, * „ ' The socialists have arranged for
inary report on the supply and distri- = a protest against
bution of cotton issued today. The; occupaWon of Tripoli. It is ex
supply amounted to 13,655,479 bales pected the strike .will be rij^dly en-
compared with 12,188,021 bales for the forced in ^11 the principal cities,
previous year there wa. a de-,
crease of twenty/per cent from t^at ^
available in 1909. ————
Notwithstanding the increase in the INSPECTING ARIZONA MINfeS. ,
total supply, the consumtion of cotton' . ^
. , ° X J .J .By . Associated Press.
in the United States showed a de-, Minn., Sept. 26.—Copper
crease of slightly more than two per Ujjagnates of England and America are
cent over last vear and was the small- making ah inspection tour of the Ari-
est consumtloD’ during the past three zona stated on e«^
IX - authority that a merger is in progress
years, it being 4,696,316 bales. j: of the various coppei companies of
le was said semi-officially that the ^he country. Edmond’Louis Delestp^,
high price of raw cotton during the; vice president of the American Mia-
year was prlnc.pally the cause ot the j > J®
decreased consumption. This con^ump-. it is true. A great merger
tion. This consumption during the year I Qf all the important copper interests
was larger in the cotton growing on the American continent I believe'is
larger _ ,
states than the previous year | about to
in all other states it was smaller. ■ '
They Discussed; at Io-day*s
: Session, The Improvement or
' Rural Conditions — Plan to
Ofgatiize Community Clubs
7 hroUghoiit, Country.
* ’ (V #
Would Check Movement From
Farm Homes to City'—Hope
, to Improve Educational and
Religious Conditions oj Coun-
try.
By Associated Press.
Kansas City, Mb., Sept. 26.—Women
had an important part in" the program
Of the third. National Conservation
Congress, here today. They discussed
the improvement of conditions of rural
life. Plans for the organization-of com
munity clubs and to improve the ed
ucational and religious facilities in the
country, districts .were put forward by
leaders in the movement to check the
Several Big Land Casts, in
Which Government Charges
Efforts Were Made to De*
fraud, will be Decided^-Much
Land Involved.
By Associated Press. —^ .
Washington, D. C., Sept. 26.—^The
federal government will mark the op
ening of the coming ttfm of the ecu
preme court of the United States by
who is to marry a wealthy St. Louis 1 appealing for punishment of several
man Thanksgiving Day appeared to be 1 instances of alleged attempts to de-
the greatest worry of Mrs. Gertrude KavA
Gibson Patterson today as she walked ^ ® United States. These ha
jauntily into the matron’s room at thej^®®^ advanced for early hearing,
jail. Case From This State.
^ A unique case in which the govem-
was Mrs. Pattersons expressed wish. ^ ^ j
When informed that an account of I claims an attempt was maoe to
the shooting was printed in this morn- defraud the United States is tliat
lug’s St. Louis papers, Mrs. Patter-Lgain:t Andrew Plyler. It is chargel
son became excited. Then she regained pj j ambitious to be rural
her composure and remarked simply: ^
“It is awful,” °^ail carrier on route No. 3, Wazlia;»w
This discovery led Mrs. Patterson to Union county, North CarQlina, and'
refuse to talk further about the case, in connection with his appUcation
Mrs. Patterson told the police that a
while walking with her husband yes- ^ forged a name to a
terday the latter handed her a revol- voucher of recommendation apd anotn.
ver with the words: “There, go Wow er name to a medical certificate. The
your head off.” She said what follow- United States district court for west*
ed Is a blank to her. * j ern North Carolina held that such was
not a fraud against the government
and dismissed the indictment, but the
government insists upon the validityj
of the indictment.
Stracey Coal Land Case. -
That likely to be the hardest fought
is the so-called “Stracey coal land
case.” The United States has appe^
ed to the court to reverse the action,
of the United States circuit court for
western Washington in quashing an
indictnaent agaiiist Charles F, Munday.
and Archie W. Shields, charged with
others with a conspiracy to defraud
A.ithe united States of apt)re«mat^y
By Associated Press. , I g acres of coal land in Alaska by
Columbia, B. €., Sept. 26. In false and ficititlous locatlo^n
bia to^ay in general ses^on’s court entries^.ostensibly for the benefit
there began -the trial of ^e of the of the persons respectively in whose
celebrated 'state dlspnsary graft cases n«m«s the entries ^
^ - , .. j , . but in fact for the benefit of two cor-
which have been on th docket for h
eral years. The indictmnt is against i^ws of the United States
h. W. Boykin, of Kershaw county, and l Alaska did not prohibit
John Bell Towill, of Lexington county, acquisition of coal lands by the
both members of the former sta^ dis- charged in the indictment,
pensary board of control; W. G. Tatum Another Noted Case,
of Orangeburg county, formerly com- advanced also the ap-
missioner of the state M. Frederick A. Hyde and J. H.
A. Goodman, a whiskey salesman a ^ Schneider from the conviction in the
Dennis of Columbia courts on chargei
mess man of that city. It is alleged^ conspiracy to defraud the United
Stenting the fandf alon^g °thi^S?ci?c^ s\op? ^Hyde
S'labels for the d^speksary’for which Uer to Imprisonment for one year and
the charge made was $35,000,_of which two months^and a^toe
Another land case in which the gov.
ernment, however, does not set forth
any attempt to defraud it,, conceme
the attempted transfer by members
of the five civilized tribes of Indiana
of their allotted lands in Oklahoma to
investors.
The government will urge Its al
leged right to bring suit for the can
cellation of these reputed deeds. In all
25,000 transfers are at stake and the.
title to about 5,000,000 acres of land is
involved.
The government claims that as
guardian of the Indian it has a right
to bring suit to prevent transfer ol
his land in violation of restrictions it
has placed on such transfer. The lower
court upheld the exercise of such a
right.
Teim OF ONE
T
vessel which remained exposed when
the hull sank. These men had been
pinned in the ruins from 16 to 24
hours. Most of them were insensible
from pain and theii rescuers lacked
the assistance that their cries other
wise would have given in locating
their exact position.
Lieutenant Aubert, son of Vice Ad
miral Aubert, commander of the fleet,
described the admirable discipline on
board the Liberte.
The lieutenant, who is serving on
another ship, was sent with a party
of the disaster, with the to help extinguish the fire
-Ion .,f those In the hospital are Liberte. He found Senior L^utenant
•hS, ■' fl’iarfered on the sister Gamier in command of
. the name of an absent battleship in the absence of paptaj^
some one of hIs*com> Jaures and the second officer in com-
‘Dead,” “Hospital” or mand, who were ashore.
During the cotton year the exports of
were 22 per cent greater than due; ^ government twoard so-
in 1910, the amount being ^ 7, 81,414: ‘truks’ as evidenced by the
bales compared with 6,339,028 bales investigation of the Steel Cbr-
^ year ago. ^ . j poration,4t was deemed wiser to have
This year was the fourth largest m companv formed. in London with
the history of the export trade. iRr«thphii,i ai the.head.”
tendency of ix)untry boys and girls to
CoreV act as t*he head of the consill-‘leave their farm homes for large ci-
nne
_ A petty ofllcer approached Ueuten^
"fae offirial estimate this afternoon ant Gamier and
W«c« t;,e number of the dead, wound- is near the magazine. Isnt there
f’ -iriK at between 35C and ger of an explosion.
lilt to determine the ac-j “Attend to your orders
he missing as many | replied.
the officer
■f
5*;" ■ er mutilated or b*urae(f. ^ | “The petty officer saluted J'
-vuip ot the mibslng probably were,out further question returned to
rh ,;f ,ije wrecked battleship l*?Li’eutenant Gamier perished in the
u ' throughout the night. Oc-,destruction of his ship.
-lonahv g Captain Jaures, who was In command
u'Jl spot In the harbor, dis- of the Liberte, visited the wreck tni
in the fiarkness to re-appear morning and then spent tiw _
•o . . ' ’h® ^Ith its load of the day at the bedsides of the wouna-
the hospitals and dead ed sailors. A number of
- ■ iiortuary. Itlnued unconscious from a cerrewai
.. uritu- ,he night fifty bodies were ’ disturbfince due possibly to the fumes
eight wounded men of burning powder which they i •
rescued from that part of the Thej may never recover their mmas.
The net imports increased more
than 52 per cent, the totol amount, 231,-
191 bales, being greater than any year
in the history of the industry.
Supply and Distribution.
Washington, Sept. 26.—The supply
and distribution of cotton in the Unit
ed States in running bales, including
linters, for the cotton year which end
ed August 31, 1911, with comparisons
for previous years, were announced
today by the Director of the Census,
E. Dana Durand as follows:
Supply: 1911
Total 13,655,479 ....... ..
Ginnings 12,384,248
Stocks at beginning of year
1,040,040 ..
Net Imports 23(5,191
Distribution.
Exports ....7,781,414 .. ..
Consumption 4,696,316 ....
Destroyed by fire 0 .. • —• • •
Stocks at end of year 1,177,749^
In detail the consumption and stocks
held at the end of the year were as
follows:
Consumption. .
In the United States. 4.696,316 bales,
(Continue4 on Page Two.)
1910
12.138,021
10,350,978
1,685,648
1^1,395
’ 6.339,028
4,798,953
. 10,000
GOMESTOEND
By Associated Press.;
Spartanburg, S. C., Sept. 26.—Ac
cepting the proposition made by the
street, railway, company, the, locke^, out
caraen’ today are submitting ap^ica:.
lions for their former positions, whlcl^
win be stored to tljem . The con^^pany
agreed to'reemp}py the men as indi
viduals and consented to their be
longing to as many “societies” as they
pleased.
This proposition was sumbltted'^t a
late hour last night and at the meet
ing of the union .this morning the men
decided to go bads to wOrk under such
condHjOTis. ,
. There has been no disorder today
and cariB are in operation as usual.
ties.
Mrs. Phillip Moore,' of St. Louis,
president of the. general federation of
women’s ciui)s :spoke pn the "subject
“The Community Clim” and “The
Farmer’s^ Wife” was discussed by
Mrs, Harriet Wallace, of Des Moines,
Iowa.
Mrs.'J;'Mv Lewis, of Kinsley, Kan.,
discussed plans for making country
life more at^active. • '
Dr. Uarvey W.-Wiley is .scheduled to
deliver one of the. important speeches
of the. congress tpnight. 'His subject
wili be'‘^he Health of the People*”
J. B’ White, of Kansas City„ seems
to be the pleading candidate for presi
dent Qf the congress- this year. Many
I delegates have declared their inten
tion of voting'fort him and it is possi
ble he* will be chosen without opposi
tion. president Henry Wallacp, pf Des
Moines has aimounced - he wouidr not
be a candidate for re-election.
Discussing the high - cost of living
in thisr country Dr.-^Wallace s^d today
that food, prices would never go lower.
He said there might be periodic reduc
tions due to reasons controlled by in
dividuals and organizations, but tha,t
the l#west permanent level in the
price of food ha4'been reach«d.
“The application of science to pr.o-
duption has caused all the present in
dustrial evils in the United States” Mr.
Wallace said. “Science has separated
the consumers too far from the pro
ducers. Until'"there are enough per-
amount it is alleged that $22,000 was
“graft” that was returned to the rep
resentatives of the state for their per-
sonnl use. The technical charge is
conspiracy to defraud the state. The
larg supply of labels, it was alleged,
was sufficient to last the state dis
pensary for ten years, but the staxe
dispensary system was abolished by
the legislature in 1907. The pro^i^-
tion of the case is being conducted by
Attorney General J. Frazier Lyon, vho
was instrumental in unearthing the
case. The defendants are represented
by a distinguished array of . attorneys.
Bank of Egypt
Sus^nds Payment
By Associated Press.
London, Sept. 26.—The bank of
Egypt, limited, suspended payment to
day. In a notice to depositors the dl
rectors say that advices from Egypt
make it apparent that the bank can
not provide cash to meet current ob
ligations and the company will file a
liquidation petition. It is expected that
the institution will be able to meet
its liabilities. ^
The Bank of Egypt Company was In
corporated In 1856 and registered as
limited In 1887. The authorized capital
is 1,500,000 pounds sterling. R. L. Bar
clay is chairman of the board of di
rectors which includes Lord Grenfell
and Lord Rathmore. From 1899 to 1909
inclusive the bank paid annual divi
dends of from» 12 to 18 per cent.
In July 1910, four per cent was paid
on the account of that year.
Tenth Infantry
Off to Panama
By Associated Press.
San Antonio, Texas., Sept. 26.—
tenth infantry Itfft Fort Sam Houstpn
early today for Galveston, where the
regiment will take ship for the Isth
mus of Panama, to be stationed in
the Panama canal zone. The 900 offi
cers and men boarded two special
trains on the Galveston, Harrisburg
and San Antonio Railroad and will
arrive la Galveston at 3 o’clock this
afternoon, expecting to sail on the
transport Kilpatrick two hours later.
AMERICAN TEAM CHOSEN.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Sept. 26.—Maurice
E. McLaughlin and Beals Wright who,
of Willlar Lamed, the national cham
pion, fails to go will compose the
American team in the international
tennis matches for the Davie cup in
Australia; will sail from Vancouver
November 1.
A message from Larned stated he
would try to make the trip but that
he was . doubtful whether he could.
INVITED TO ENTER
NEW CANADIAN CABINET
Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 26.—Hon.
Robert Rollers, manager of public
works in Manitoba has been invited
to enter the new Canadian cabinet
and left today to meet R. L. Borden,
at O+tawa, to decide on whicn pori-
folio he wUl accept. It will likely be
that of minister of the interior as
that usually goes to a westerner.
TABLET TO STONEWALL
JACKSON.
Clarksburg, W. Va., Sept, 26.
A bronze tablet marking the
birthplace of General Stonewall
Jackson was unveiled here to
day. Dr. James Power Smith,
only surviving officer of Gener
al Jackson’s staff, made the
dedicatory address.