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A ant ADVERTISR the vacated room in the news and thewill be a new TENANTIN a F^W DAYS' Latest Edition THE CHARLOTTE NEWS ^ Latest Edition VOL. 45. NO. 8043 CHARLOTTE iv. C.. TUt SDAY EVENING; OCTOBER. 3. 1911 Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy Dally—5 Cents Sunday. Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. Jurks Admit Being Forced to Accede to Demands Of Italy ^atcment to Associated Press Says Fanaticii>m or Peo- f.{ Caused Show oj Resist ^ ice — Rumored Bombard- mint oj Jtipoli Eas Begun. .poll Deserted and Natives ir '.ce to Interior- Detailed but i^ :nflictmg Reports Received i Tom Both OJ 7he Contest ing Powers, • : mmunication with Tripoli interrupted today. Little . . f ' indicate the course of • ’he seat of the Turko-Italian r reports were based on :\>rmatiou, the bombardment the Italian fleet should .>o.c:un at noon today (ap- Va- 7 o'clock central Time.) ''h frrm Rome early todav nii-ardnient had begun, but been cut and the ofHcials are ignorant of what is going on there. All ofBcials and officers have been ordered to re turn to their posts. Egyptians Organize. An Egyptian notable has offered to organize a force of thirty thousand Egyptians to march against the Ital ians at Tripoli.. Report Untrue. Rome, via frontier, Oct. 3.—The commander of an Italian cruiseh w'hfch is cruising in the Aegean Sea w'ith in structions to waech fo rthe Turkish fleet, confirms the suspicion entertain ed here that,the announcement from Constantinople, that the Turkish war ships had entered the Dardanelles was untrue and was made with the inten tion of deceiving the Italians. Turks Scattered. According to the message received here from the Italian commander, the vessels of the Turkish fleet separated off Samos and the several shiips pro ceeding in as man ydlrections. the bet ter to escape the watchfulness of the! Italians. Reinfopcements. Rear Admiral Aubrey, in comnianji of the Italian fleet at Tripoli, has rein forced the ships watching for Turkish vessels between Greece and the Ari- can coast. Additional warsh ips have I been stationed between the mainland i .e messages received at the Greece and Cerigo, the southern most of the principal Ionian islands between Cerigo and Crete and between Crete and Tripoli. Turkish Crafts Seized. According to official reports a total of 57 Turkish steamers, yachts and craft of various sizes have been seized in Italian ports or captured by the ^ Italian fleet at sea while the Italian anncnmced at the German vessels taken by the Turks number - offle today that Germany - - • '■‘uld not proclaim her neu- V -pcau^e of the likelihood that Hostilities would be short and • .: • n-r steps toward mediation .’[•2-lie before the Tripolitan has been occupied by the Ital- .apital from the fleets made .. i'D of this, or, if they did, • > ti.vl not reach the public. . ' (ruiser reports that the ' «>t had not reached the . but that the ships have -I and are ^till in the archa- rvhere they are sought by the n a.-hips Moie Witnesses In Stephenson Trial Foi Alleged Bnbeiy M LIVES LOST By Associated Press. ♦ Antwerp, Oct. 3.—Two hun- ♦ ♦ dred a-ad forty lives are known ♦ ♦ to have been lost in coasting ♦ ♦ craft during the storm of Sun- ♦ ♦ da>. More than one hundred ♦ ♦ bodies have been washed ♦ ^ ashore. ^ ' ' Turkish ambassador at London ,■ .'fd another Turkish note to ».e ?-it:sb foreign offic*, setting forth • , ♦ : ily had begun hostilities pre- to the declaration of war and • :• irKey would be justified in . . "s: whatever measures it might - pe 'leyond those provided by the - ‘ war. ■ however, she has not done, • fresh appeal, to the powers ’r- 'nviction that the conflict -tayed ~.ie ■ rman consulate at Constanti- •^esieged by 6,0^>0 Italians .i passports permitting them to .»t f f..e country. "^urkish capital is cut off from .:nicatlon by cable with Tripoli. - i'aounced at Constaninople that :unent Egyptian has offered to Egyptians to march t:;e Italians at Tripoli. A " .rel=-== message to Rome says that ’ > RiiMves with 18,000 Mauser rifles r. • e fired to the interior with the e- t’lr.iope of waging a guerilla E’ ,ated Press. ronstantinople. Oct. 3.—An influen- ’^ial member of the committee of un- l-n and progress stated to the Asso- '.cfed Press today that he realized Turkey had been forced by un- ;ow/-d circumstances to submit to the ■*al;an proposal to evacuate Tripoli i' thdt on account of the fanaticism ’he people, a show of resistance had '0 be made. “No Quorum.” A? present there are only 23 depu- *■', :. I‘onstantinople, a number insuf- for a quorum but as soon as - . iiisite no members arrive the ' : vr will be convened. Many Wish to Leave. The German consulate is stormed anxious Italians who are seeking l!' , H.-^sforts that will permit them to eave rhp country. Yesterday 600 left n# CUV and today the consulate still ’*ad B/'OO applicants with whom to deal. Those remaining are subject to taxes. Turkish Cable Cut. only 3. Tripoli Deserted. Wireless messages w’ere received here today fro mthe Italian fleet off Tripoli, they state that the city is now practicallly deserted outside the Turkish gar^s'on. The only Italians remaining are the apostolic delegate and a few Fianciscan Monks who re fused to depart. The natives have retired to the in terior, transporting with caravans of camels six thousand old mauser rifles received from the Turkish military au thorities and 12.000 Mausers w^hich were landed by the Turkish transport Derna. . , ^ The plan adopted evidently is to arm the Arab tribes of the interior for a guerilla warfare against the Italians London. Oct. 3.—A dispatch to a new's .agency here from Roni^ ^ays that the bombardment of Tripoli by the Italian fleet “has beguii.” The message is timed at the Italian capi tal at 11:30 o’clook this morning and the hour at which the bombardment ANCIENT GATEWAY^IN Tff|f»OL! One of the ancient gatew4( in Tripoli. In the fofegrouid Is a group of Arabs. Tripoli is the storm cen tre of Italy’s attack on Turkey and when the Turkish ^overrrnent refused to accede to the demands of Italy’s ultimatum a naval force was immediately sent to captiire th( stronghold of the Turks. ♦ MR. JEFFErtioN WILL X meet^i>Aize winners. ♦ began is left in doubt Not Confirmed. Up to early afternoon a w'ealthy banker, better known than been no conflrmation received here of: Collins. . . • ^ By Associated Press. New York, Oct. 3,—The jewel smuggling for which Nathan Allen, of Kenosha, Wis., and John R. Col lins, of Memphis, Tenn., paid heavy fines yesterday, was under further investigation today by the tfederal grand jury. The government is trying to find who was responsible for the alleged bribing of a customs' officer and corrupting of several government employes vo wink at ^ extensivp frauds. Thev are on the trail atso 6t this report, though last night’s advices indicated that the attack on the Trip' olitan forts might begin today. Embassy Makes Statement. Paris, Oct. 3.—The Italian embassy this evening authorized the following statement; "Mediation by the powers between Italy and Turkey is mentioned by Flench and foreign newspapers. No declaration in this regard has been made by the royal government, which la resting upon the logic of events. It account speak of demiation or negotia tions until after Turkey shall have recognized the occupation of Tripoli by Italy.” Warship* Enter Dardanelles. Paris, Oct. 3.—A dispatch to the Temps from Athens says that fourteen Turkish w’arships have re-entered the Dardanelles. Balloons to Tripoli. Brindisi, Italy, Oct. 3.—Two dirigi ble balloons, accompanied by ofB.cers and soldiers wereb rought here today and placed on board a vessel which sailed for Tripoli. The vessels were escorted by a flotilla of under the command of Vic Admiral The Turkish cable to Tripoli has the Duke of the Abruzzi Number of Dead From Austin Flood Diminishing Rapidly— Will Hardly Reach Hundred By AEsociated Press Auston, Pa., Oct. 3.—Relief work -om the night and early morning revealed no new horrors and Austin fcday believes that it knows the '^'oret of the calamity that over whelmed It Saturday afternoon when ’he w’aters of the broken Bayless tiam swept the valley. The list o* known dead stood this morning at 32 ' hile a hasty town census showed ^-fty-four still missing. Effective organized relief is ■nd#*r way and nelp Is being offered Jrom manv communities in the state Commissioner S. G. Dickinson, of 'he state health department, says mone>’ and food supplies. are in '4.-^Irani. r.hudeir-hia sent word that $5,000 been raised and w’as on the way- : 'iboifl. Pa., had 130 volunteers and -'^lO laborers that would arrive this r.orning, while Wellsboio, Pa., had Hiseti >2,200 in a few hours and had *e>f,atched the cash in an automo- ' ile. The cash is needed largely In ransporting the afflicted to friends and relatives In other parts of the ' f' intr>. More laborers on the state pay* ‘Oils have been ordered in this morn- T't. Thev will brluK their supplies them,. Allen and Collins are under Bub- poena to appear as wilft'esses before the grand jury today. Their attorney denies, however, that they have any agreement with the goveriinient to make valuable revelations. Allen, the attorney declares,, is the victim of a plot and there are intimations that the government still is far from the bottom of the plot in wWch the smug gling of the, jew’els afterward possee- ed by Mrs. Helen Dwelle Jenkins w'as only an incident. _ ^ ♦ The News in ifl receipt of * ♦ the following teifegram from * ^ Mr. Thomas Jeffefson, the no- « ♦ ted actor, ,who .will appear ♦ here Monday ir “Rip Van ♦ Winkle.” ^ ♦ ♦ Norfolk, i Va., Oct. 2. • ♦ Charlotte News . Charlotte, N. ♦ G.: ♦ ♦ ,,yes, r win be more than de- ♦ ♦ lighted “to meet tke -^vinners of ♦ ♦ your prtse contest at t&e mati- ♦ ♦ nee; also woutd. like; to reail ♦ ♦ the winners’ compositions and ♦ ♦ i|,. possible may I have their ♦ ♦ copy for my scrap book, whioh ♦ ♦ lvalue most highly? My father, ♦ ♦ Joseph Jefferson, always kept ♦ ♦ a scrap book and I have fol- ♦ ♦ lowed him. ♦ ♦ THOMAS JEFFERSON. ♦ ♦ ' ■■ ♦ ♦♦♦-♦♦ ♦•- ♦ ♦-»•♦ ♦ ♦ ms MEET III ITLIII Tl Bankers Working foi Monetary Rejotm By Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 3.—When the American Bankers’ Association meets in New Orleans in November, it is the purpose of the officers to give all the impetus possible to the plan for mone tary reform. Former Senator Aldrich, author of t’ plan, will be the guest of honor o' the association and the plan in all its phases will be discussed by fifteen of the leading bankers of the country. This program is outlined in notices now being sent out to southern bank ers by F. O. Watts, of Nashville, pres ident of the association. The disposi tion of the bankers, he says, is to lay aside notions of minor importance and present a solid front in advocacy of the plan as revised by the associa tion’s currency commission. Bankers are urged to attend the New Orleans aonvention, to use their influ ence in making the plan the issue in public and private discussion, to urge its consideration as a non-partisan measure, to prite to senators and rep resentatives urgins their support of the plan. Senatorial Committee Investi gating Election of Senator Stephens to Have His Cam paign Managers Up For Hearing at loday*s Meeting. DSTBIIEIS [lElUIIIF Atlanta, Oct. 2.—High ranking Scot tigh . Rite Masons trom practically every section of the United States will gather in Atlanta next, month in a mbllpe reunion that will surpass all other events, of the kind that have been- held in this city. It is believed it will establish a new record for con ventions^in the South. Several oflicers of the Mason’s An nuity, w|^0 are members of the execu tive, committee for the reunion, "are working'hard for the success of the gathering. John R. Dickey, thirty- third degree, who is,master of Kadosh of Atlanta V consistory, is president of the Mason's -Annuity. Judge John R. Wilkinson 33rd degree, special dep uty of the southern jurisdiction, who is vice president of the Masons’ an nuity, will be the representative of the supreme council. Grand Master George M. Napier and Past Grand Master Thomas H. Jeffries are counsellor and Georgia representative, respectively of the Masons’ Annuity. Secretary George E. Argard has an nounced that the asset of the Masons’ Annuity are now $420,601.22. The in crease. foe the last quarter was $31,- i96;74 or at the rate of ’over $120,000 per annum. The total receipts were _ . . * j r, . 160,622.99 while the aggregate disburse- By Associated Press. tho»ar ments >frere only $29,426.25 including Denver.^ct. 3. A delay in $15,831.55 or-about one fourth the re rival of President Taft s special aS Z.\.. It was definitely learned today that Costello does not need aid. The citizens are able to care for any in distress, having several of needful supplies and all the mon ey needed. Some clothing for women and children will be requited. Great inroads have been made into the mass of tangled debris, a steam log roller at work day yesterday along the tracks of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad, whose tracks lav through the middle of the wreck age, cleared great spaces. BeneaOi one building three bodies were found. They were those of a woman, an in fant and a child about five years old. All were terribly mutilated. With daylight further inroads on the wreckage were started and mdi- rations today are that by the end of the week the railroad will be open^ ed through to Costello, enabling the cartine away of useless wreckage. N-o reports of any illness preva lent because of privations suffeied have been made to the relief hea ‘^'^Thr^tate constabulary ^s effective- IV noliclng the section and through he v gTance of this organizaUon dght arrests for petty thieving have hAn made the accused being com- XdTo the eou»ty Jail at Couder.- port for trial* By Associated Press. ' \ Cincinnati, O., Oct. 3.—As a result of secret investigations whicn have been conducted bj: the United Stetes internal revenue department in the various “dry’’ counties of Ohio, it Is believed that when the federal gi-and* jury convenes here tomorrow it wifi be called upon to return more than 100 indictments against “boot ' leg' gers” and keepers of “speak easles.” A small army of revenue ofl[icers is in the -city today conferring .with United State District attorney Mc Pherson. PENSION SYSTEM WIWL DETER STRIKERS. By Associated Press. Chicago, Oct. 3.—The pension sys tem Which was inaugurated several years ago is 'expected by officials of the Harriman lines to deter a large number of shopmen from joining the ■ * Nearly all of the men who have been in the employ of the companies for a number of years and who soon will be entitled to retfre on a, pension have remained at work, the railroad officials say. ’ A clash between strikei‘s and strike breakers on the Southern Pacific oc curred today at Houston, Tex., in, which one of the strike. breakers was killed and two injured. ' TO BULD NEW PARK. the result of the floods and washouts necessitd,ted s«if'eral changes in the pitogram as arrahiged for his enter;- tairiment. The train had been schied- uled to arrive in Denver at 7 o’clock but this Bcliedule was • changed to o’clock. * - ' •' The# Yale Club, wliich was to ent«?r- tain the president at breakfast at the D^ver ,Country Club, was compelled to alter thep lans so the president 6ot!ld be with the Yale men for '20 minutes inste^-'d' of an hour'. The program today includes' a trip to Denver .UniveTsity and an ad- dpess to the students; a return to the city and conference with republi can- state ieadets and reception of a delegate! from >Colorado' Springs; an^ elaborate luncheon at the home of Ci-aWford "^Hill; a trip to Broadway Park and the presentation of . an auto mobile to Manager Jack Henricks, of tne Denvesr baseball team; a visit to the- Denver Press Club and final ly* a banquet tendered by the cham-^ her- of commerce. Immediately after this banquet this evening the presi dent will leave'for'his train. • By Associated Press. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 3.—President Navin. of the Detroit American Lea^e baseball club, has awarded tne contract for the construction of a new ball park to a construction com pany of Cleveland. The contract calls for a completion of the ne'w park .py April 1. Thep lant will be one of tne' finwt in the country. JURY OUT IN MORRIS CASE. Special to The News. ; . \ Raleigh, Oct. 3.—The jury is still out in the L. J. Morris case for murder of J. B. Bissett. The case went to the jiiiy at 5 o’clock last afteinoon.There is no prospect of’an agreement. The defendant is a member of the Press man’s Uunon, and has woi'ked in-Ral- eign; Richmond and Norfolk. ceipts paid' to beneficiaries. . Masons throughout Georgia and ad- jpiniiig states will be interested in the figures given out by Secretary Argard. THE Weather ♦ By Associated Press. ' ♦ ♦ Washington, Oct. S.-r-Fore- ♦ ♦ cast; ♦ ♦ North Carolina—Local i rains ♦ ♦ tonight;: Wednesda:y ’general* ♦ ^ ly fair, warmer in central por- ♦ ♦ tion; ’ * moderate ' riortheast ♦ ♦ winds. ♦ '♦♦♦♦ Shortly -before 3 o’clock this af ternoon a fire alarm w^as turned in from George A. How'ell & Son’s Co^ ton Mills on East Fifth street and when the departments arrived on the sc«ne the whole third floor of the building, was ablaze. Five lines ot hose were immediatly put in com mission and soon the fire was under control. The damage - to the mill will beg reat from the water and fire, though at this time there can be no accurate estimate made. The fire originated iu a peculiar majiner. The force of men were sort ing cotton on the top floor and it was lying loose everywhere. One of the men was trucking the bales from the front of the house to the elevator when the wheels of the truck ran OTisr a • jpiatch and in an instant the whole'floor was ablaze. The uae.i suc ceeded in getting out of the building with no more serious hurts than a bad'scare. ^ ^ The fire is now' under control anc will be put' out' in a very little while. SIXTEEN INJURED IN WRECK. By Associated Press. Hagerstown, Md., Oct. 3.—Through the derailing of the Gettysburg ex press on the Western Maryland Rail road, near the Maryland and Pennsyl vania line, today sixteen persons were badly injured; By Associated Press. Chicago, Oct. 3.—Peace and quiet reigned in the vicinity of the Burnside shops of the/llinois Central Railroad Company early today. The eight hun dred men who aref still employed at the plant • wj^ere not annoyed as they passed through the big-gates to the shops. Groups of strikers stood out- sidfe but they made no attempt to in- terferre with the men .who remained at work. A force of 200 policemen were on duty patrolling the plant and prevent ing the gathering of crowds. No striker was allowed to go within 100 feet of the fence surrounding the works. Illinois Central officials declared that the company could fill the vacancies caused by the walkout in an hour but that there was no need of maintaining such a large force at present. They insist that the company’s service has not been interferred with in any way. Representatives of the labor unions deny the tuth of the company’s claims. Julius Kruttschnitt, vice-president of the Harriman lines, will not place a time limit within which the striking shopmen may reurn to work. Matters of that kind all have been left in the hands of the presidents of the roads comprising the Harriman system, he said. Mr. Kruttschnitt indicated, how ever, that the strike was not proving as serious as had been expected. “Honestly, I was surprised at the number of men who stayed at work, he said. “With the men who are at work now the roads can get along and do the work that is actually necessary to keep the equipment in the right shape. We already have had numer ous applications from former employes to return to work.” Dennison, Texas, Oct. 3.—A party of fifty-five strike breakers enroute from the north over the Frisco lines to Houston were attacked here last night by a mob with clubs and beer bottles. One man’s leg was ’broken while several were painfully bruised. The strike breakers were chased out of thee ity. Today thirty-seven of them reap peared and -started south* presum ably for Houston. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 3.—Train service was resumed today on the Georgia & Florida Railroad, which had been tied up by a strike of firemen. No inter ference was reported this morning. A Long Struggle. New* Orleans, Oct. 8.—Both sides of the railway strike situation appear to iiaVe acLticu co iw will be a Irng struggle. The railroad officials in this city will not discuss the strike except to predict from day to day that they will begin accepting freight for shipment. Thestrikers have been orderly since tw^o or three strikers were sent to jail for disobeying the court’s iiijunction. When the railroad will put its strike breakers to w'ork in the shops, docks and freight sheds is not known. The strikers appear to be satisfied with the present state of affairs. President Reaches Denver. By Associated Press. Denver, Col., Oct. 3.—President Taft arrived here at 9 o’clock and was taken immediately to the Coun try Club, where he was the guest of the Yale alumni at breakfast. The Aged Senator May he Re- ~ called to Stand to Fmther Explain How the $107,793 Was Expended—Defense is Optimistic. By Associated Press. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3.—That the $107,793 expended by United States senator Isaac Stephenson in his cam paign for nomination at the prima ries, w^as used legitimately for cam paign advertising and w-as not em ployed corruptly, was the gist of tes timony given today before the sen atorial investigating committee. Thee ommittee w'hich is investigat ing charges that Stephenson secured his seat in the senate by bribery and other corrupt use of money, examin ed E. A. Edmonds, manager of the Stephenson campaign in 1908. Mr. Ed monds described in detail the m«lli- od of organizing in the state. He said the thoroughness of the campaign explains the large amount of money spent, but all of it, he declared, was used for the nomination and none of it for the election by the. legislature. By Associated Press. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3.—Eight wit nesses were summoned today to ap pear before the senatorial committee which is investigating charges that bri bery contributed to the election of United States Senator Isaac Stephen son. The witnesses include the men who acted as Stephenson’s campaign, managers in the primaries in 1908 when the senator received the nomi nation which led to his election by the legislature in 1909. It is likely that Senator Stephenson will be recalled to explain further his assertion that he expended $107,793 without knowing in detail just where the money went. Charles E. Littlefield, counsel for thie -senator, who maintains that “there is nothing to investigate” and that the senatorial inquiry will result in a speed termination, announced that the “defense” would court the widesl scrutiny into the charges. “The more we investigate the less there will be of the charges,” he said. Among those called as witnesses foi today were J. H. Puelicher, of Mil waukee, who is charged with having received and distributed the bulk ol Mr. Stephenson’s campaign funds; Rodney Sackett, of Berlin, Wis., and J. A. Van Cleave, of Marinette, cam paign managers. Declare Against Federal Contiol By Associated Press. Denver, Col., Oct. 3.—Federal coTk trol of natural resources, in accord ance with present methods, has beei declared against by the public landJ convention. Resolutions were adopted setting forth that public domain ii held by the federal government il trust primarily for the benefit ol those citizens of the United Statei who will locate, settle upon, develoi and improve the same. The convention practically closed with the report of the committee oi permanent organization today. OFFPS ARE KILLED WHEN By Associated Press. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 3.—A pos3 headed by the sheriff of Bell countyi Kentucky, was fired upon in Le( county, Virginia, this morning ant John and William Collins, posse men were killed. Sheriff Tucker, of Le( county, was seriously injured. The posse had gone to the home o George Smith to take in custody i Miss Denney, a young woman want ed at Pinevilie, Ky., as a states -’n ness against her brother, Charlc! Denney, who is on trial on the charg of murdering George Barnett, nea: Middlesboro about 18 months ago. Miss Denney is said to have beeJ a witness but her father and othel relatives protested against her aij pearing in the case and consequentlj made a desperate' resistance to th officers efforts to forcibly take hel from the Smith home, w'here si ll ved. Who did the shooting is not kjaown Anather posse is being organiae£ to go to the Smith home and reco\^ the bodies and also to secure th( young woman if possible. More trouble is feared. The Keil tucky sheriff had a requisition fron the Governor of Virginia for the d« tentlon ot MIsb Denney,