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Impetialish Won
Sweeping Victory
According to Report
Wireless Dispatches From Han
kow Say Revolutionists were
Forced to Fall Bock Across
River Abandoning City After
Battle.
«
Reports Jhought to Save Been
Sent Out by 7he Desparate
Government to Bolster its
Faltering Cause—Situation
Despeiate.
By Aesociated Press.
Slaokan, China, Oct. 28.—(From a
correspondent with the imperial army
under G^nei-al Yin Tchang)—The na
tive ctty of Hankow was recaptured
from Chinese rebels yesterday after
a day of sanguinary fighting. The im
perialists captured a large amount of
rebel guns and ammunition.
There are many high Manchu offi
cials stationed here and a massacre is
feared if the city falls.
Manehus Flee In Diagulse.
Amoy. China, Oct. 28.—Revolution
ary sympathy has developed to such
an alarming extent here that Taotal
Ching, the only high Manchu official in
Amoy, today sent his family to Fu
Chow, the capital o fthe province, for
protection. As a precaution all the
members of the household on their voy^
northward wore the clothing of
age
the native Chinese,
Manchu robes.*
discarding their
WHEN “HUBBY” 18 THE MAID
Chicago. Ill Oct. 28.—A worried
husband has appealed to a newspapei
on the better way to button his wife s
dress—whether to begin at the top or
bottom. One expert handed him this
advice: ^ .
“I have buttoned my wife’s dress for
a few years and find that buttoning it
down the back is much better than but
toning it up the back. If you start at
the top and go down you gradually get
to the tightest part of a woman’s dress
i around the waist, while if you start at
Uo the waist line and button upward
Two engagements were fought. The I the hooks or buttons are liable to
first began at 6 o’clock in the morning, come off the dress before you get
south of Shekou at Saotao bridge to-' gtarted.”
wards Lui Cha Miao. Supported by war-} Another: “The best way is to begin
ships the imi)erial troops forced thejat the waist line and then you get one
rebels from their position at Liuchia or two buttons set, the rest is easy. If
temple, which was captured at 11'you begin at the top it gets harder ijil
o'clock (the way-down.
Fighting was renewed in the direc-j \ third says:
tion of the Tchih gate at Kankow. The
‘I make my wife bend
rebels were strongly entrenched west
of the race course.
The imperialists forced their way
across Sactao bridge and seized the
town of Liuchia. Driving the enemy
before them, the loyal troops entered
the native city of Hankow.
The imperialists lost about 40 killed
including a captain and two lieuten
ants while one hundred and fifty oth
ers v*ere wounded. The rebels lost
43^ men. ,
Yesterday’s fighting took place dur
ing a heavv rain. The troops fought
with great valor, the imperial gener
al Yin Tchang, declares in a dispatch
to the government.
C:inton is practically in a state or
inJ-‘^n !enc.. Thoc ity has declin
ed to . on ribute men or money
over backward and begin in the middle
of her back and work both ways.’
for
ATTEMPTS TO STEAL EXHIBITS
IN McNAMARA CASE REPORTED.
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 28.—It was re
ported that an attempt was made to
purloin some of the important exhibits
which the state expects to use in the
effort to convict James B. McNamara.
he report could not be verified, but
it is a fact that these exhibits are
guarded with unusual care, armed
watchmen being stationed day and
night at the apartment in the hall of
records, where they are stored.
The collection includes five small
storage batteries, used, it is charged,
small
m
Vf
Gi eat Cotton Con)ei -
ence Will Open In
New Orleans Monday
Ne disgovehld
IIT LITTLE-LOIIB'5
yESTERDH IFT.
Yesterday afternoon about 5 o’clock'
an alarm of fire was turned in from box
36, the Square, fire being discovered
in the engine room of the Little-I^ng
Company, one of the largest dry goods
establishments in the city, or state.
The department was at the scene in
a minute. The blaze, which had been
confined to the engine room, was ex
tinguished by means og chemicals.
The fire was caused by the negro
fireman piling kindling wood too close
to the furnace.
Mr. Bryan Overcarsh and Mr. Rufus
Jones were in the basement; also
Mrs. J. L. Pitkin, who was buying some
goods from Mr. Jones. They detected
smoke. Mr. Overcarsh went to the en
gine room instantly. As he opened the
door he found it in flames. Slamming
the door he rushed up stairs and
through the store, to the fire alarm
The clerks thought he vfr^as running to
see the flying machine, and those not
busy followed him. In a moment the big
building was full of smoke, and the
Indications Point to La^ge At-^
tendance 0/ State Officials,
Business Men, Joumalists
And Laymen—EjS^ort to Get
Legitimate Price jor Cotton,
Conference Will Be of Nation-
al Importance — Matters of
Vital Interest to Cotton
Growers to Be Considered
And Acted Upon,
in making infernal machines; a
'h** of^rhe g^^^^ the,'rifle with a Maxim muffler, two auto-
nrLpnf crisis. k-atic revolvers, two time clocks, one
wuRineea there is proceeding peace- small camera with ▼hich McMan!fp.l»K
Busmess tnere * asaerted, took pictures of struc-+-
tures blown up by him and McNamara,
two rols of linen bandages, three rolls
full
in
' !'e government has succeeded
obulrfng a large loan from a French
and Belgian syndicate. The amount is
not divulged. ...
The foreign board states that 3,000
loyal troops are marching on Chang
Sha now in possession of the rebels.
The recapture of ^i Hsien. a city
the
of fine copper wire, five pieces of wire
with fuses and caps attached, a roll
of insulation tape, a set of burglar’s
tools and a book giving the pt\)ulation
and prominent business houses and
plants of different ci-
WOMEN IN LINNELL POISON MYSTERY
Women in Linneli poiaon myatery. On the left readlng^rom top to bottom are Miss Alfreda Chase, the
Rev. Rioheson’s former sweetheart; in the center, Miss Alice F. Howe, a former sweetheart of RIcheaons ;
On th? bottom Miss Violet Edmanda, the present fiancee of the accua^d.paaton.pn right ia the Pho
tograph of Miss Avis Linnetl, the murdered sweethil^ of tl»
Barkhouse, an intimate friend of the miirdered gjrl will be
Barkhovise turned over to. the .Bbstonj^pplice authorities a letter written tOilwr By,iyila8 LjnneU which will have
an Important bearing In the.trItV of the aooused mlniator. i " ^ ^ .
, manufacturing .
Sre Chnen province by the govern- material, it is said, was tak-
forces. is officially ;en from the valises of McNamara and
The adherents of Yuan Shi Kai, ^'ho
has been placed in supreme command
of the land and naval
day ^ith prominent rad^aj members,
of the national assembly for an en
tlrelv new Chinese cabitnet, a con
Btitutional government
mediate summoning of a parliamen .
Shanghai. China. Oct.
dispatches from
sweeping victory for the
troops there yesterday caused »
ter in Shanghai today. The reports
were received even official circles
with incredulity. Rebel sympathizers
declared that the dispatches
dmibtedly sent from
source to bolster up a faltering cause
The wireless dispatches were caught
of the German naval opera-
B xix«y gave no details, but said
t there was fighting all day yester-
at Hankow and that the result
ae a ftweeping government victory,
compelling the revolutionists to ab^
on Hankow and fall back across the
van River into Nan Yang.
V.hatever the situation around H^
v >w. matters have grown more de®P® *
:e for the government cause in the
Iclni'v of Shanghai and along the
1^-pr'part of the Yang Tse river
here were persistent reports today
Kiang, 150 miles above
about to fall into the
rebels. Chlng Klang 1»
series of lower river
McManigal in Detroit.
”hy some
»ors. They
dsv
aB
NEW YORK CLEARING h6uSE.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 28.~The statement
of clearing house banks for the w^k
shows that the banks hold |17,239.750
reserve In excess of local requirements.
This is an increase of 12,035,800 In the
proportionate cash reserve as compar
ed with last week.
By Associated Press.
lindianapolis, I|jd., Oct. 28.—That
according to information in the pos
session of the United States district
attorney, an illegal conspiracy to
transport dynamite from ^at« to
state has existed with the headquart
ers in the offices of John J. McNama
ra here, is the statement 'Of a, peti
tion filed in the county criminal court
today praying for possession of evi
dence in the case to be used in a
federal grand jury investigation.
Believe Lovett
Was Murdered
■at
Thing
anehui, wag
-•iH of the
- fi ht of the
J he McNamara Cosr
D1 ag s Along
Plenty of Pie Fot\
The Pi&tdeint
Ptesidmi
A Busy Day
Special to The News.
High Point, Oct. 28.—An arrest is
momentarily expected in connection
with the death of John Lovett here a
week ago, when he was run over by a
night train
EMdence Is claimed showing that he
was killed some distance from the
place where the dismembered portiots
of his body were picked up.
Lovett is reported to have had $100
on his person on the evening i^eforo
his death, and none of the money has
been found. A blood-stained shovel,
man’s hair, and several bloody sacks
fortft below It as far as | theory is that the body was placed on
-,T.. track to conceal the murder.
Stock Matket
Quieter 2o-day
forts abnve Shanghai and is ! have been found a half mile below the
l1'uV"aUs H !s conce'dedispot where the body was found. The
v;u Sung will quickly follow. Wu Su^ng
is 10 miles above Shanghai, and marke
the city's last line of defenses.
West of Shanghai the
^ Su Chow is threatened, while above
I >■'':;g Kiang three important cit e .
: anking, Yang Chow and Wu Hu are
hPlIeved to be in danger. All J®"’:
r^rse cities reported today that while
thp situation was still quiet.
pen sympathy for the rebel cause
nd probably little effective re»ist-
-nre ■will be offered to attack.
It is believed here that Sheng Huai,
e dismissed minister of
 jmmunicatlons is coming to Shang-
..al where he has a magnificent home.
More than 200 pieces of his baggage
,a%’e arrived here from Peking, aa-
ressed in the care of a foreigner.
The business &ituation is still pre-
■ »up. Thf* money market ii In ^
1 ming state on account of the vMt
iounts of specie withdrawn from the
ks here by Peking and other cen-
Great Alarm at Chlng Klang.
hing Klang. Province of Kiang su.
Mfl Oct. 28. 1 p.
.pending attack by the
used great alarm here today. There
4 no evidence of any UP***®*®*
•he city, however 3nd it was
• t trouble might be avoided if tne
■ ilutionlsts could be prevailed upo®
to await th« outcome of the par'«y« w
J'-.ing,
By Associated Press.
New York. Oct. 28.—The stock mar
ket was quiet during the early trading
today and there was no hint of the ex
citement produced yesterday by tho
wild trading ia United States Steel
Stocks The course of the market yes
terday afternoon has indicated that the
heavy selling of steel stocks whs uver
and the improvement was helped bj
fhA statement of Chairman Gary rela
tive to the government’s dissolution
*“lt waa apparent at the opening of
the stock market that there
siderable demand for steel stocks, rhe
Srst transaction in the common btock
was a block of 12,000
fA K2 1-4 The stock was quickly rais-
S 7-8 a gain of 3-4 from yester-
The preferred stock
1 l“ loth iMue.
within half an hour bout
steady without further losses.
.toc“m.rtet in ee»er»t-bowed a
much «rm«r tone, eome of the loweB
3 5«.tertay beta! recovered.
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 28.—When
the McNamara murder trial opened to
day it was evident that a little cloud of
dissatisfaction’ among counsel for the
defense, first visible only a few'days
ago, had reached sufficient proportions
to overshadow most other interests
among spetators.
Ruling by Judge Bordwell on tales
men A. C. Winter, challenged for
cause by the defense four days ago
and on talesman Walter N. !^ampton,
also under challenge by the defense,
were eagerly awaited by counsel rep
resenting James *B. McNamara, the
defendant but neither ruling, from the
nature of the cases, could throw fur
ther light on the insistent contention
of the defense that the court should
rule Immediately after such challenges
are made.
This Judge Bordwell declined to do
yesterday afternoon in the case of
Frampton and Clarence S. Darrow,
chief of counsel for the defense, tem
porarily refused to go on with the
case until District Attorney John
Fredericks had demanded that the
court proceed in the selection of the
jurors.
Then Darrow, under direction of
the court continued his examination.
Demand for immediate ruling hy
the court formed the second step by
the defense in.seeking to alter condi
tions governing, examination of tales
men which obtained at the be|;inning
of the trial and are usual in Los An
geles county, although not in all caaeft
specified by statute.
Except for Judge Bordwell’s rul-,.
ings, the examination of talesman
T. J. Lee by the state, was the first
thing M the program after court;
opened. liee was accepted as to cause
by the defense late yesterday. He was
doubtful, he said if the 'Times ex
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct. 28.—President Taft
will get all the pie he wants. during
his stay in Chicago.
During the president’s long tour of
the west he has been denied pastry
generally an& pie in particular. From
this evening until Monday afternoon
he will be given all the pie he wants
and as many k^nds as he may choose.
“Whatever President Taft wants^
while in Chicago let him have it,” was
the command issued by the general
committee at its meeting.
The manager of the hotel ‘ where
three of several lunches will be given
th president has ordered fhat pumpkin
pie be served on each menu. The man
ager of the hotel where the association
of commerce banquet will be given
has also agreed to the pastry schedule.
By y.osoclated Press.
New Orleans, Oct. 28.—With a
dozen or more governors of Southern
States and as many commissioners
of agriculture, together with promi
nent members of the farmers’ union
and eastern and foreign newspaper
men in attendance, the conference
next Monday inorning to discuss the
problem of marketing and getting
a better price, for cotton is expected
to develop into an affair of more than
national import.
A telegram was received yesterday
from Governor O. B. Colquitt, of
Texas, to the effect that he had not
arranged any special program but
that the specific object of the meet
ing would be to better conditions
Seaboards Btg Suit
Against Atlanta
Special to The News.
'Atlanta, Oct. 28.—The Seaboard
Air'Line has announced its intention
of bringing suit a^inst the city of
Atlanta for $400,000 on the. ground
that the widening of. Dei^lb avenue
for a distance of three miles infring
ed upon their right-of-way.
By Associated Presfc.
Chicago, Oct. 28.—Facing a day’s
work that calls for his constant attend
ance from the middle of the afternoon
until late at night, President Taft rose
early today in the haze of an Indian
summer atmosphere. The plan for the
president’s second day in Chicago call
ed for a.variety of functions.
The' first thing arranger for the pres
ident was initiation ifito the bricklay
ers’ union so that he would be a o: em
ber in good standing before undertak
ing the laying of the camerstone of
the Hamilton Club’s new building on
Monday.
Directly following the issuance to
the president of a union card, Mr.
Taft’s program demanded an address
b«f«re the American Mining Congress
on “Conservation as related to min
ing.” His plans for government opera
tion of-Alaskan mines as an example
to lessees were placed before the min
ing congress .last night by Secretary
of- the Interior Fisher.
From mining the president was call
ed to discuss the recall of the judiciary
at a luncheon given by the Chicago
Bar Association.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR
CHCAGO MURDERER.
clerical force and customers needed | surrounding the South’s greatest and
not to be told that there was fire.
A rush was made for the street. Mr,
J. L. Staten was on the first fioor. Mr.
Walter Cuthbertson, also of the firm,
was in his office. The women clerks
on the third floor hastened down on the
elevator. Those on the second fioor fol
lowed with the exception of Mrs.
Jesse McDonald and Mrs. Monroe, who
were the 'last to leave. The building
was BO full of smoke that they had to
leave by way of the window next to
Ed. Mellon & Co.’s, passing acrose on
the window ledge. Messrs. Zeb Shel
ton and John Craig, helping them
across.
Mrs. Monroe had left her purse and
some valuable papers in the drawer In
the d«8k. She made the return trip
an the ’s^ndo^^edge, aocoffipanied ty
Mr. Shelton. '
There was a great deit of inmbke,
much fright and excitement, but for
tunately for Charlotte, but little fire.
Had the kindling piled up close to
the engine Ignited at night Charlotte
would have witnessed one of the great
est conflagrations in Its history, for
the burning of Little-Long’s would
have meant the burning of the block on
Triwie and Tryon of which the Realty
building stands at the head of the
corner. .
Mrs. Pitkin, the lady who was in the
basement, was overcome by the smoke.
She fainted. She was cared for in
AMERICAN CONSUL A SUICIDE.
Parker-Gardner’s until able to go home. J flj-eg under the aldermanic pot
never die out. Today the “curb brok
ers” are talking about the distribu
tion of “city pie” in regard to the city
By Associated Press. I bonds as among the banks. . Some ot
Cieba, Honduras, Oct. 28.—Allen aldermen have recalled and
Gard, who was relieved this week as ^.^e following motion
an American consul here, committeil yg^orded at an August meeting of the
suicide yesterday by shooting “*™®®“lboard which reads thus:
WOODROW
WILSON
ARRIVES
IN t)ALLAS.
By Asisociated Pres.
Dallas, Texas, Oct. 28.—Gpvernor
Woodrow Wilson, of New Jeraey, arriv
ed in Dallas today and iei sch^dtiled to
deliver two addresses rduring^'the day»
the principal one at 3 o^clpck at the
state fair grouiida t^^bthfflr at
the ter-c€ntenary ^ehratjon at the
Baptist churcht -
STORM warning:
By Associated Press. v*
Chicago.' 11., Oct. 28.-~Maurice Bright,
labor union organizer, was today found
guilty of the murder of Vincent Alt
man, and his punishment flxed at life
Imprtsonment.'-; Enright shot Altman,
also a labor organizer, in the bar room
of a down-town hotel. ,
In a long confession made shortly
after his arrest, Enright admitted that
he' killed William Gentleman, a labor
union delegate, but denied that he had
any part of the killing of Altman.
COLLISION OF
FAST
express
TRAINS.
still in. the
_ Mexico. Small craft are advisd to
plosion had l^een caused by dynamite .
and he had seen a good many dy- .
namite explosions. the iame which passed nea^'Havana,
Bv Associated i Press. . „
London. Oct. 28.—The American
boat .express train for^
iu/colllslon today .with a local train
a#Coiwich. It is 'known that some
By Associated Pres. . pereons ^®J®
New Orleans. La., Oct. At''9> »°t^^ng i^ndon and North-
o’clock today the local weather bureau ! t^at they have
isued the folowing warning: fthat no passenger was in-
“Disturbance still in. the o^’Ju^S j^ the wreck at Colwich, which
descrtbed as.not serious. They dis-
With this basis. Assistant D^trict
Attorney Horton undertook Lee*«
examination to see'if his belief was
based on anything except newspaper
reports, rumor and common gossip.
If it was not, Lee could not he
challenged on that ground becauM
these sources of belief are exempted
by statutes. If, however, other sour^
could be shown, he was liable to cluii-
ienge. Under Horton’B feximination
Lee said he had visited the scene of
the Times explosion half a doisen
times but never-got'very* neai‘;*‘the
building. He went, he said, to (pooflm
his belief that the building waa .'not
wrecked through dynamiter He a»id
he was doubtful as fx> what did cause
the expolislon.
Cuba, Thursday night, but in itis prog-
^s westward in the gulf the intensity
apparenUy is diminishing.
THE WEATHER.
Sedira Veport from Stafford^ that a
score, of T)ersolis have been^ .
' No passengerjB on the boat tram
were injiifed. Three persras on the
Iqcal. were, injured, two seriously.
CONVENTION OF COLLEGEGS.
By: Asso5iated Press.
most valuable staple, particularly in
regard to the interest of the produc
er.
“I deem it a matter of the highest
importance that every governor of a
cotton producing state be present,"
said the telegram, “and it is my in
tention to sacrifice other matters
to attend this meeting rather than
send a representative.”
Governor Mann, of Virvinla, and I
his commissioner, will arrive Monday!
morning.
Comi^ssioner Graham, of North
Carolina, will arrive Sunday. Gover
nor Noel, of Mississippi, probably will
arrive Sunday night.
The newspaers of the North and'
East as well as British papers have
evinced a lively interest in. the con*
fereucfe arid muy representatives are
expected to be In attendance.
THE CITY BOHDS
IIIID CITY BANKS
-A TOWN TOPIC
through the head. He had been despon
dent for several weeks.
OF MRS. m:r(E
ON THE STtNB
Motion.
Mr. W. W. Phifer moved that the
proceeds from the sale of the water
bonds, as above, be received by me
city clerk and treasurer and be deposit
ed by him in equitable amounts in the
different local banks to the credit of
tue city of Charlotte, to be paid out on
ly upon voucher checks countersigned
by the chairman of the finance com
mittee of the board of water commis
sioners, and approved by the mayor
and signed by the clerk and treasurer,
the mayor and city clerk and treasurer
being ex-officio chairman and ex-officio
n , A Pr#.ss I clerk and treasurer, respectively, of the
r* nrV 28—The final board of water commissioners, under
Z a«t w«k i the provision of the city charter. Se^
mVer ®^ne“Uay with Mrs. onded by W._ F. Stevens and carried
Henry L. Garland, Sr., the aged grP.nd- unanimously. ^
mother of the slain Allan Garland on “On moUon of W. Phifer the
the witness stand. When court ad-1 meeting adjourned,
iourned yesterday her testimony was Bank Apportionment*,
interrupted by an objection from coun- Commercial National Bank .
sel for the defense to a question eon-Unrst National Bank ...... 50,000.00
cerning the prisoner’s attendance upon Charlotte National Bank .. 50,000.00
night meetings of a lodge and as to unlon National Bank 27,000.00
where she left her children on these Merchants & Farmers’
nights. , National Bank
The simplicity with which the aged U Trust Company .275.000.00
grandmother of Mrs. McRee s victim I
related the Incidents of the day of the Total $465,000.00
tragedy made a marked iapression on weam, the city clerk and treas-
the spectators. With deep affertion jg city and could not
she constantly referred to Allan Gar- make a statement,
land as “my poor boy” ani ^tlUDgj ^he finance committee consists of
could have been more dramatic than « p giff^rd, B. W. Thompson,
her statement of how Mrs. McRee „ witliams W. W. Phifer, J. L. Sex-
calmly told her: ‘1 assure you he j p c^rr, W. F Stevens
dead, Mrs. Garland, I shot him three supposed that the American
times.” Trust Company was given the lion’s
Having established Uie death otj ^^gon of ^e fact that It had
.Jlan Garland and Introduced «’^*dence ^a e y^ difference
as to the position of the oody and -he | nther anportionments no doubt
bullet wounds which the pros.-cut:on 1 m the other apportionmen n _
asserts prove that he was ahot from
behind the testimony of today was ex
pected to deal with the motive which
the state contends was not protection
of the prisoner’s honor, as she claims.
KILLING IN FLORIDA.
ffasl^ville, Tenn., Oct 28*—Thlrty-
t nine institutions of learning, including
-16 ’universities, have definitely an
nounced-that they will be .represented
'at the coming convention of cwleges
'land preparatory..i schools of the Souw-
, ferh states, according to letters now
vSorth and iWth jftaroHna^ out^l^ Dn
Cool, rain tonl^fit aniS Sunday, Mv^^erbm; secr^^
cold tonight in west portions . ♦ will be heW at the University of
♦ at Tuscaloosa,
i'and 3rd. .
Mr. *Weam or the finance committee
can explain.
Taft Orders Another Silk Hat.
Chicago, Oct. 28.—President Taft
has pla^d an order for another silk
hat. This will make the third one
he has purchased during the present
trip.
By Associated Press.
Wafihlngton,^0’ct. ;^8.—Fori^
ca3t.
NoYember 2nd
He raises his hat to the crowds bo
Hardwood Warehouse to Open.
I
I
'1%
By Associated Press.
hS;
by a negro workman near Blkton He wears a
thts mor^g. THe negro was Iw^y
bed, IWl got a tjugg has' aboui
for a nearby
^ Hall’s body was found 1 hardwood warehouse that will cany
beslX ^all kinds of hardwood Teneers.
he was driving ran away and overturn- (completed arrangementa to a_^
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