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THE CHARLOTTE WS.
VOL. 45. NO. 8048
CHARLOTTE N. C.. MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER. 2. 191 1
PTJ TPF I Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy Dally—6 OMlts Sunday.
* I Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday.
:r-.'e«tment*.
• Insurance
lar Load of Coffins
Tells Sad Tale Oj
Austin Tragedy
‘ to Early Hour This Morn
ing 20 Victims Had Been
Placed in Morgue— Death
I jst May Not Go Over 200
lcttuI Wreckaae.
'^lOperty Loss at Least Eight
Million Dollais — Heavy
Rams Kup Away Crowds oj
The Curious — Problems
Faced Jo-day.
Gov.Blease Threatens
2 o Fire Col Bond
-r- ,faoclsted Press.
Austin, Pa.-. Oct. 2.—With the ar-
: _ of a carload of coffins here this
lorning the grimneBS of the tragedy
t-t practically obliterated this town
Impressed upon survivors and
I Tiers w-ho today began anew their
to mine deeply into the hard
UU& of debris.
Twenty Victim* In Morgue.
Twenty victims, including two at
;ostello, had been placed in a t«m*
lOian,’ morgue at Odd Fellows hall,
)H€ of iLe few buildings standing in
ie ruined district. The identified
lead a.^e 12.
Plaao for the funerals were being
Side today. The most essential mat
er .n hand here aside from the persis-
.ent vork of clearing away the more
icce»Pib!e ruins is the completion of
1 -ers iS of the living Austinians.
If ±€ death list aggregates anything
i.-vt 'he tnormous number some have
r;.i.iia'ed. the health officials realise
' cond’ ions demanding prompt at-
c-uon * ill aripe within a few days
.2 tuB rums
Probably 200 Dead.
T’-. cost careful and well informed
.i>c:..fi'.ors. however, are unprepar-
.-i ;eam that more than 200 have
;er.r.;ed There is indeed a possibil-
' hat 150 will be the total.
Tte policing conditions today are
„ra>.u. *;iv perfect. twelve hours
1 v „ iir of rain served to materially
•eU- the number of incoming sight-
and to thl&_ .aacxcat the police
reil'ved.
Til state constabulary, state sani-
ik: c-i^inecrs and chief officials of the
«r *e health department, are co-oper-
ring In the measures for protection
»iid I'elief.
Scenes of Desolation.
Ruined Austin. Costello and the val
ley bt ond today present pictures of
if-c.aMon. No reliable estimate of
tbe property loss can be made soon,
but it IF safe to say it will not be less
'ban $ S.O'10,000.
Tbe iiap^r and lumber industries are
utterl'' destroyed. The timber supply
indeed was rapidly nearing, exhaustion
and at the best it was thought five
yeaft from now the industry would
be practically at an end. In fact,
abou^ 200 families had moved from
AusMa this fall. Five hundred more
^•Quid have gone within the next year
or two unless some industrial devel-
0[,xent came in to hold them.
What Was Cause of Break?
Questioned as to the cause of the
sudden failure of the Bayliss Pulp &
Paper Co.’s dam, citizens shake their
heado ominously. They recall the
E^'are a year ago last January when a
considerable leak was discovered in
'be immense cement structure. Al
though two feet of the rim of the dam
"S'aE removed to relieve the pressure
and a 14-foot patch was placed where
needed, tbe alignment ,of the upper
edge of the dam gradually becaroe a
siight arc instead of a straight line.
Thi= bulge caused worry on the part
of the citizens and led to a somewhat
recent inspection. Certain protective
measures were determined upon bu
the de^av was fatal. u ♦ i
'1 never went to sleep in the hotel
on Main street here," said a visiting
railroad official today, “without a
mighty fervent prayer that the appar-
entlv mevitable might be delayed.
^-Uays felt that we might be swept
away during the night.”
Below the torn dam today the 'auej
for a mile or more is swept practic *
1 clean to the bed rock and
Run, the reservoir feeder, swollen J
last night’s rains is sweeping thraugn
new channels where the main busin
portion of the town once stood.
Situation at Costello.
Costello, three miles away, Is pro
portionately as shattered as •
Only the loss of the floods
and the timely warning
phone operators who
lives to do so, held the death
two
♦ TWENTY PERSONS DROWN-
♦ ED.
By Asosciated Press.
Charleston, S, C., Oct. 2. Because
‘ Governor Blease was not invited to
I the Gate City Guards Peace celebration
in Atlanta and because the corps of Cit
adel Cadets Belonging to the state’s
military college had accepted an in
vitation to attend, the governor bas
threatened to remove Col. O. J. Bond,
superintendent, unless the acceptance
is withdrawn. It happens that owing
to a question of flnanes, the board of
visitors had already decided not to
send the corps. Colonel Bond admit
ted receipt of a letter from Governor
Blease but declined to divulge its con
tents or to discuss the matter at all
No official statement is to be had
here. .
"When asked about the disposition of
the case against Dennis Weiskopf, who
is under indictment with L. W. Boykin
J. B. Towill and W. O. Tatum on the
charge of conspiracy to defraud the
state, Attorney General Lyon said he
he had nothing to say but called at
tention to the fact that during the trial
just concluded it had been brought out
in the testimony that the case would
be nol prossed against Weiskopf when
the present trial is concluded, upon
the condition that fie testify for the
state. As the trial resulted in a mis
trial and it must be gone over again,
there being no statement to the con
trary*, the indictment is still held
against Weiskopf.
Dennis Weiskopf is of the Nivisson-
Weiskopf Company of Cincinnati, from
whom the labels in the case were
purchased by the former dispensary
board.
As to when the case will be brought
up again in the courts, there is no
statement whatever. The defendants
are being held under their same bonds
for their appearance and there seems
to be no change in the status of affairs
in this particular indictment, although
some formal nol prosses were entered
by Attorney General Lyon Monday
morning in cases which have already
been tried In connection with the
dispensary “graft.”
1
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r.
Reports Conflict On
Turko-Itahan War
In Mediteiranean
Heyburn (republican) Idaho; George . *r - ^
Sutherland (republican) Utah. and|// IS Not Definite Whether
Atlee Pomerene (democrat) Ohio.
About five witnesses are to be ex
amined daily. Seventy-five witnesses
have been subpoenaed.
That a political faction is back of
the investigation ^ is one of the con
tentions made by Senator Stepheu-
son’s supporters. It is alleged that
when Senator Stephenson first was
elected' to the senate in 1907 to fill
out the unexpired term of John S.
Spooner, the LaFollette faction ex
acted a promise from him that he
would not seek re-election. His an
swer was' that he was not bound by
any promise and he was re-elected.
Senator Stephenson is a republican
years old, a banker, lumberman
82
and capitalist.
Dance Ended Fatally.
Alexandria, La., Oct. 2.—The sec
ond death resulting from the free tor
all fight at a negro dance hall at Oak
dale yesterday morning occurred at a
local sanitarium today when Den-
wood Woodward, white, succumbed to
his wounds.
John Whittington, white, and Mar
tha Washington, a negrees, are ex
pected to die.
DISAGREEMENT
rtULERS OF WARRING COUNTRIES
On th left is King Victor Emmanuel and the right the Sultan of Turkey, rulers of the two countries who are
now at war. The king through his ministers delivered an ultimatum to the Sultan of Turkey and demanded a
reply within twenty-fOur hours. The refusal of the Sultan to accede to the demands of the Italian government
precipitated the war, Italy" at once sending warships to capture Tripoli, a Turkish stronghold.
H HEELS
SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL
SEE "RIP VAN WINKLE"
AS GUESTS OF THE
NEWS.
LABELS CASE
k
^ B' .■\35oftated Press.
^ i'''ndon, Oct. 2.—-Twenty
I’^^rsons—the crew of t“6
♦ steamer Hatfield—were drown-
♦ ed today when the Hatfiela
♦ colliced with the British
♦ steamer Glasgow. The col-
♦ lision occurred not far ^jom
♦ Rotrerdam. The Hatfield
♦ was in-bound from Huelva,
♦ Spain. The Glosgow was e4-
♦ route from Rotterdam for
♦ Dundee. The Hatfield was
♦ sunk.
By Associated Press.
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 2.—After near
ly 35 hours deliberation upon the tes
timony and the law. a jury of 12 citi
zens of Richland county declared it
self this morning unable to reach an
agreement as to whether L. W. Boykin,
J. B. Howill and W. O. Tatum, former
state dispensary officers, are guilty
or not guilty of the charge of conspir
acy to defraud the state in the pur
chase of 21 million labels for the old
state dispensary from Nivisson-Weis-
kopf Co. of Cincinnati, in the early
part of 1905.
The trial of these former officials
of the dispensary was commenced
last Tuesday morning, both the
state and the defense being repre
sented by a distinguished array of
The state closed its case Saturday
afternoon about 1 o clock and the
defense announcing that they would
put up no tectimony, the arguments
were immediately gone into and af
ter a charge by Judge Wilson the
indictment was given to the jury
and they retired to make up their
verdict at 11:15 Saturday night.
Court waited for their verdict with
out adjourning until 4 o’clock Sun
day afternoon, when Judge Wilson
left an envelope and requested that
if a verdict should be arrived at, it
should be sealed and left to be
opened when court convened Monday
morning at 10 o’cloc.
At 10 o’clock this morning the
jurv had not yet come out of their
room. When court was called to or
der Judge Wilson ordered the sher
iff to bring the Jury out. The roll was
called with due formality and the
question was asked: Gentlemen of
the jury have you reached a
^^‘ We have no,” responded Mr. N.
O Pyles, the foreman.
Judge Wilson ^Ijry
reeretting very much that the J i y
had^not been able to reach a verdict
but he stated that he would refra n
from offering any censure c”
cism of their course. After thanKing
♦Via mfor their patience in the case
hp ordered a mistrial and the panel
It is understood that the major ty
of the jury were for
??erf”wre .If,-
'‘‘’■'\'^Ie““''weraneged,l
Of not guilty!^^The° other two.
in mi
\
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct. 2.—High heeled shoes
and hobble skirts have received an*
other blow in Chicago. Following the
Pennsylvania Railroad’s discovery that
the modern dictates of fashion were
the cause of nearly a hundred acci
dents to women while boarding or
leaving trains or using station stair
ways during the last year, orders have
been given to bar women meeting
at the Chicago terminal from passing
the gates.
When a unior .station caller announ
ces the arrival of a train he adds:
“Ladies not allowed to pass the
gate.”
“These are orders,” explained a
gateman. “You see, in this station
trains and baggage trucks are passing
all the time and passengers have to be
careful. Women with these high heel
ed contraptions and bandages around
their ankles get in the way and there’s
always danger of running over them.
They get in the way of the passen
gers, too.”
bCHlEy DROFPED
DEAO JODAY
three agreed to a verdict
one of tne tnree^^t.
were not able to see thfcir
the defendants
ever.
way to acQuitting^^^--.^
and hence the mi
^f the week’s work
court.
the circuit
Bv Associated Press.
"^New York, Oct. 2.—Rear Admiral
W’infield Scott Schley dropped dead to
day near the corner of Forty-fourth
street and Fifth avenue, while on his
way down t^wn.
He had been out of town over Sun
day and on his return here had gone
to the New York Yacht Club on West
Forty-fourth street.
After a short stay at the club Ad
miral Schley started to walk along
Forty-fourth street toward Fifth ave
nue when he w’as taken suddenly ill*
A hurry call was sent for physicians,
but before aid could reach him, the
admiral was dead.
Kings Mountain's
131st Anniversaty
Elaborate preparations are under
wav for the celebration of the 131st
anniversary of the battle of King s
King’s Mountain, '\^ hich will be observ
ed at King’s Mountain Saturday, Oct.
7. Senator F. M. Simmons will make
the principal address of the day.
will be introduced by Congressman E3.
Y Webb, who will also make an ad
dress. Rev. J. D. Mauney, of Hickory,
will open the exercises with prayer.
The Shelby Cornet Band and the
Bessemer City Cornet Band, assisted
bv a carefully trained chorus will ren*
der an ’elaborate and appropriate mu
sical program. • _
In the afternoon the Shelby and Gas
tonia military companies will partici
pate in a sham battle.
The exercises of the forenoon ■mil
be held in the Academy at Kings
Mountain. -
A special reduced rate for the occa^
ion has been made on all railroads
within 50 miles of King’s Mountaii^;
the rate being 1 1*2 cents per mile.
♦ The Charlotte News has ♦
^ made arrangements with the
♦ managet^ent of the Academy ♦
♦ of Mu§ic whereby sixteen box ♦
♦ seats to the matinee perform- ♦
♦ ance of ‘‘Rip Van WinkJe,” ♦
^ Joseph J^fE^son and hbt ca^* ♦
Jsie compfeiiy p^^.yei>*- ne|t
♦ Monday afternoOir'''^1S'be' giv'- ♦
♦ en to pupils, under sixteen ♦
♦ years of age, in the white ♦
♦ schools of the city, who sub- ♦
♦ mit the best composition on ♦
^ “Rip Van Winkle.” ^
♦ All compositions must be sub- ♦
♦ mitted by next Friday evening ♦
♦ at 6.30 o’clock, and they will ♦
♦ be looked over by competent ♦
♦ judges, who will determine the ♦
♦ winners. . ^
^ C0mi)0siti0ns must be limit- ♦
ed to 100 words each and any ♦
over that length will not be ♦
considered. ^
Neatness and general appear- ♦
ance of composition, spelling ♦
grammatical correctness will ♦
be considered as well as the ♦
facts in the story. . ♦
Mr. Jefferson’s reputation is ♦
too well known in this commu- ♦
nity to need any com meats. ♦
and large numbers of pupils ♦
in the city schools will doubt- ♦
less try'for the prizes. ♦
The pupils submitting the ^
compositions judged to be the ♦
best will be given one entire ♦
-box, consisting of four seats; ♦
the second best, two box ♦
seats; the third best two box ♦
seats; and the eight next best, ♦
one box seat each.
Special boxes have been en- ^
gaged for the occasion. ♦
Get busy, boys and girls, ♦
and see who can ♦
write the best story about J
“Rip.” ^
Address all communications ♦
to “Rip Van Winkle,” care of ♦
The'Charlotte News. ♦
CBOCIAL TEST
or SliOPIiEII'
STRIKE TD-
By Associated Press.
Fot Thud Time Since His
Ekction io U. S. Senate In
1909, Senator Stephenson is
Called Upon to Defend His
Position.
Tripoli Has Been Invaded by
Italians-No Sure News Since
Sunday at Midnight—No
Firing Heard.
Messages From Other Foreign
Cities 2 hrow Some Light on
Condition--Foreign Powers
Keeping Out of the Embtog-
lio.
By Associated Press.
London, Oct. 2.—A maw of contra
dictory reports continued to shroud
whatever history has been enacted in.
the first two days of the Turko-Ital-
ian war in the East Mediterranean-
Whether the city of Tripoli has oeen
invested by Italian troops cannot be
definitely determined.
There is just one thing certain. Th©
I Italians had not attacked the North
Chicago, Oct. 2.—Violence broke' African city up to midnight Sunday,
out today among striking employes there had been an attack and sub-
of the Illinois Central Railroad shops | sequent occupation, reports of the
at Burnside j Ijombardment would have been heard
John Chomas, a carpenter who^ de-1 the steamer Castle Garth, which
dined to walk out with the other men,; i®^t Tripoli late Saturday night and
was assaulted by four union pickets arrived at Malta this morning,
as he was going to work today. He 1 Italian censorship of the wires out
was struck on the head with a brick I of Tripoli is held responsible for lack
and immediately was surrounded by a definite news. Reports from out-
crowd of nearly a hundred strikers, lying sources are hopelessly conflict-
Chomas was rescued by the police.'
No arrests were made. j Refugees Brought, In.
Two hundred strike breakers were I
smuggled into the big carshops at i Malta, Oct. 2. A scene of confus-
Burnside under cover of darkness, ac- io^ occurred at the quarantine station
cording to the report of Illinois Cen- Iiere early today when the British
tral officials. They also declare that steamer Castle Garth entered the har-
100 strikers have quietly returned to bor in the height of a severe gale,
* j crowded with 1300 Maltese refugees
The statement was made that 800 of from Tripoli. The passengers were
the 3,000 ehopment employed at Burn-! huddled on the deck clamoring to get
side are at work today and that this to land after three days’ voyage with
number is being augmented hourly. | ao insufficient supply of food and
This statement was made by an agent water. Although there had be?n
of the railroad. | casualties, practically all a -.c reru-
Chicago, Oct. 2.—The crucial test of gees were faint from "iiitflger and
the strike of shopmen which was inau-, thirst,
gurated on the Harriman lines Satur- Relief,
day is expected to come today. .j
Saturday was a half holiday in thej The port authorities promptly order-
shops at nearly all poines on the sys-, ed emergency measures directing tha
tem and in some cities the men were vessel to dock immediately. Once
only employed^ during the first fbur, ashore the passengers soon found re
days of the week, consequently it was lief.
R0DG£RS’
MACHINE
WAS
BROKEN.
By Associated Pr«ss.
Htintington, Ind., Oct. 2.—Caught
a sudden gust of wind, C. P.
Rodgers’ aeroplane dived to earti
just after had started from this
city toward Chicago today. The ma
chine was wrecked and Rodgers pain
fully bruised. ,
. A SWEPING INJUNCTION.
By Associated Press.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 2.—A temporary
injunction, sweeping in its provisions
and applicable to the entire state of
Mississippi, was issued here today by
Federal Judge Niles against .all the
members of all the unions on strike
On the Illinois Central Railroad system.
THE WEATHER
'Washington, Oct. 2.—^Fore
cast:
North Carolina, local rams
tonight; moderate variable
winds.
Senate Committee of Wiscon
sin Legislature Preferred the
Charges Which are Being
Investigated at Meeting Be
gun Today.
By Associated Press.
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 2.—United
States Senator Isaac Stephenson, of
Wisconsin, tok the witness stand ear
ly today to answer cnarges that bri
bery and other corrupt use of money
contributed to his election on March 4,
1909. He appeared as a witness at the
opening of the investigation begun by
a sub-committee of the committee on
privileges and elections of the United
States senate.
not possible to determine to what ex
tent the strike order was obeyed.
Julius Kruttschnitt, vice-president
Provisions, Exhausted.
The members of the Maltese colony
in Tripoli went aboard the Castle
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 2.—With
chages before it that United States
Senator Isaac Stephenson, of Wiscon
sin, secured his election on March 4,
1909, by means of bribery and other
corrupt use of money, the sub-com
mittee of the committee on privileges
and elections of the United States sen
ate formally began its sessions here
today.
Senator Stephenson was summoned
as the first witness.
It was the third time since the cam
paign which resulted in his election
to the United States senate on March
4, 1909, that Senator Stephenson was
called upon to defend himself against
charges of bribery.
Under a resolution adopted last Aug.
15, when the investigation of Senator
William Lorimer, of Illinois, was still
under way in Washington, the sub
committee was authorized to inquire
into these charges preferred by a
senate committee of the Wisconsin
legislature.
That Senator Stephenson kept se
cret many of his disbursements in the
primary campaign for nomination in
1908; that whereas he a4-"atted hav
ing expended $111,385 his campaign
managers accounted for only $107,793
and that a large part of his fund was
improperly used.
That fraud connected with his pri
mary campaign contributed directly to
his election. x x
That he distributed money to state
officials to further his campaign.
That he spent money in legislative
districts to strengthen his support in
the legislature. . , „
That he was elected only after a
two months’ deadlock and then only af
ter three democratic assemblymen
Thomas F. Ramsey, now dead, John
now dead. John T. Farrell and Si
las A. Towne—absented themselves
and so insured his election.
Two legislative inquiries preceded
the present investigation.
Charles E. Littlefield, of Maine,
who with W. E. Black of Milwau
kee, w'ill act as counsel for the “de
fense” announced Senator Stephen
son was ready to testify. Members
of the committee here are Senators
and director of maintenance a^nd oper- Q^rth Fi'iday morning at the suggest
ation of the Union and Southern i3ritish consul, who feared
Pacific lines, expressed the opinion jqj. safety in the threatened bom-
that less than 25 per cent of the Their provisions were soon
men had gone out. exhausted and the severe weather add-
W. L. Park, vice-prssident and gcn-l^^j ^ehir discomfort,
eral manager of the Illinois Central/ Triooii Indifferent,
claimed today that less than one-half j ^ « tm * u t -n •
of the seven thousand men on his line , Rome, Oct. -.—Dispatches from Tn-
had obeyed the order. \Po\i picturesquely describe the appear
J. A. Franklin, international presi- ance of the African city on the eve of
dent of the boilermakers’ union, as- Italian occupation.’
serted that 20,000 men quit work on The native population, it appears, is
Saturday and that their numbers | taking the course of events with stolid
would be increased during the day. j indifference although the foreign pop-
In some instances the unions have ulation hp larply fied.
ffiven special permission to the older ] Most of the business sectlOTl of tn€
■ men long in the employ of the sys-1 city is closed in view of the danger oi
tem and who would find difficulty in a serious damage from bombardment
obtaining employment elsewhere, to! The dispatch says:
remain at work. | Landscape Serene.
A strong police guard is held in “The landscape is serene. One eeeS
readiness in this city to quell any trou- party of big Turks lolling on the
ble that may develop at Burnside ramparts, half hidden by the shade oi
where the main shops of the Illinois palms. They have hoisted a fiag
Central are located. j of red. which fiaunts with a haH* heart
The only trouble so far reported oc- deiiance .over the red fortifl
curred yesterday at McComb. Miss., (.g^^ons
where a train of. strike breakers was ‘
stoned.
ENTERED HOTEL
SHOT HIMSELF
INTHECREAST
Special to The News.
Winston Salem. Oct. 2.—Just be
fore midnight last night Clarence
Prevette, of this city, walked into
the Central Hotel in North Wilkes-
boro, placed a revolver to his left
breast and fired.
The ball went clear through the
man’s body, and while he Is alive
this afternoon, there is no hope of
his recovery. Prevette was 24 years
old, unmarried and was a clothing
salesman. Despondency is given as
the cause of the young man making
the attempt to end his life.
The clerk of the hotel immediately
summoned medical assistance for the
unfortunate salesman and everything
possible was done for him but from
present indications the efforts of the
physicians will not save his life.
►.MANY
LIVES LOST
STORM.
IN
By Associated Press.
Aniwerp, Belgium, Oct. 2.—
Twenty-four coasting vessels
went ashore and forty small
craft were sung in a storm
that swept the North sea to
day. Many li'^es were lost.
Soldiers Not Nervous.
“Close by the' flag is a sentry, while
behind the parapets one sees a group
of soldiers watching from the summif
of the castle. They are not worried
or nervous. Their air is one of prO'
found indifference. For them this daj
is no different from any other day.
Officers Idle.
“Over in the barracks offloerg and
gendarmes Idle in the doorways, ob
serving with characteristic Oriental
carelessness the passing of huddled
groups of fright.ened foreign traders,
their arms filled with parcels.
“Women carrying infants are at th€
heels of the men. Patrols of soldiers
pass gravely along the nearly deserted
streets.
Shops Closed.
“The shops are closed and the win
dows barred. Hundreds of houset
have been vacated. . ^
“Terror has seized the Inhabitants.
All the terraces are empty except thal
at the Italian consulate which is occu.
pied by correspondents.
Holst German Flag.
“Above the hospital conducted d5
Italian's Nuns waves a Red Cross flag/
A bold Monk distinguished by his long
flowing beard has climbed to the ^ ol
the bell tower on the Italian Catholic
monastery and hoisted the G^nnac
flag. . .
Italians Await Fight.
“The few remaining Italians awall
impatiently the first firing. The loeai
batteries are deserted. At sea a toes
of freighting sailing boats is scurrying
out of the harbor.
Coffee Houses Opened.
“This evening the coffee houses in
the Arab quarter re-opened and priestl
appearing on the balconies of the mi
narets invited the people to
Crowds of Arabs gathered at the dif
ferent points and read the posted no
tice in Turkish which says*.
Turkey’s Stand.
“ ‘The Italian government made an
unjust demand on Turkey, asking hei
(Continued on Pag» Nine.)
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