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CHARLOTTE N. C. MONDAY EVENrNC, OCTOBER. 36. 191 I
Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy Daily—B Cents Sunday.
* ■•^^'^■•-'lOutalde Charlotte 6 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday.
Discuss Wai,s And
Means of Increasing
Price Of Cotton
Governors af Several Southern
States Accompanied by Other
State Officials Mut in New
Orleans in Great Cotton Con*
Jerence,
Commu^sioner Graham Outlines
Needs oj The Planter—7ar
Heel Bankers Co-operating
With Farmers — Conference
May be Held Each Year.
Associated Press.
>. v\ Orleans, Oct. 30.—A plan of
K-iropeau bankers to finance Immedi-
t^^o million bales of the pres-
^ t ’on crop and thus insure the
t-rly re-establlBhment of a normal
rice for the staple will be considered
kie * alternoon at an executive
of the five governors in at-
t(nJ»ace on the cotton conference.
May Be Yearly Affair.
( '• will be made to make th^
* Lierti^ of governors a yearly af
lf».i
18 certain that some action will
-’*1 r»hcoming. having for its object
the (.'iiection of data and statistics by
he federal government concerning
• ''o coneumption of cotton, stocks in
ml bands of the spinners and accu
rate figures of foreign production.
"Cut Down Acreage.
• Cut down the cotton acreage, prac
tice diversification,” is the admoni
tion of Commissioner of Agriculture
£dward R. Kone, of Texas. “If the
•^merg of the country would raise
-uch things as their families are com-
relled to have and will yield them
=5h enough to keep out of debt and
; lake cotton a s«rictly ’clear money
; =-ofl»” 'hat they can hold, if need be,
indefinitely, when they receive the
price they think it is worth, it would
render speculative manipulation of
imitNS IBOUT
TRIPOLI PRESSED
BYT
Tripoli, Oct. 28.-Via Malta, Oct. 30.
—For three days the Italians have
been systematically slaughtering Arabs
in the residential Oasis outside the
city. Every Arab, met has been shot
down without trial. Many women have
been killed.
In the confusion attending the Ital
ian bombardment of Benghazi, on Octo
ber 19th, immense damage was done.
Thre hundred civilians, one half of
whom were children were killed.
Turk*' Desperate Bravery.
Liondon, Oct. 30.—A dispatch from
Constantinople says:
“According to news from Tripoli pub-
lished here, the Turks have captured
the last of th» Italian outer entrench
ments and occupied the suburb Zahre
and all approaches'to Tripoli from the
northwest.
Before the battle the tribesmen took
a solemn oath to sacrifice themselves
to the last man In defense of their
country. One hundred and fifty Arabs
who were holding a certain position
bound themselves together with
straps fastened to their ankles and
swore not to move from their tracks
until their ammunition was exhaust
ed.”
Chinese Thi one
Yields To Demand
Foi Constitution
> 8TEEU MAGNATES.
Fr6«i left to right are George W.
Perkina, John D. Rockefeller, jr., and
E. H. Cfary, three of the numerous ih-
divtduaf defendants named by the
United Stages government, in the suit
filed at Trenton, N. J., October 26th,
asking for the dissolution of the Steel
Trust under the Sherman act.
MRS. M'REE TO
mKE SIIIIIO [li
SELF DEFENSE
Humbly Apologizes For Past
Neglect but Prepares to Fol>
low up Victory Last Week
Over Rebels by Attaching
Wu Chang.
PRELATES WILL SAIL
FOR ROME WITHIN FORTNIGHT
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. €., Oct. 30.-Mgr. Die-
medio Falconio, the papal delegate,
who has been elevated to the cardinal-
ate along with Archbishops O’Connell,
of Boston, and Farley, of New York,
was today summoned to the consistory
5riotlon‘’c"orimVirwra;'rmai;|at Rome. November
■11 5.rmer. master of ,he .l.ua.ion" of the of the new cardl-
.naurrr. '“""0?'.^ tUSr 1 AH
ment’s cotton reporting service to be [not later than November 1 .
iiD.'^oved to the extent that when it
nals reached Monsignor Falconio today
nuncea what the cotton crop
" ' be. It ^'lli at the same titne an-
r e 'hat thp world's demand will
Y'p (or the and other facts neces-
r- protf t the producers’ inter-
■t.’
Mr. Graham Talks.
If i the o))lnion of W. A. Graham,
■ iramisJioner nf agriculture of North
: Lrolina. ‘U&’ what the planter needs
’ i- an extended market, devel-
i national government, di-
r -1’ hnfi been done, said he, in
• Interest of the cotton manufactur
er*
“Th‘ banks of our state are standing
' ^infi our planters,’’ said he, “and
T ;.ev »ive Ub evpry assurance that they
” continue to advance such sums as
^ !! enable the planter to carry his
n until prices justify salea. I believe
•*.e landlord should regulate the acre
age f^f his tenants, say what they shall
l’- 't and cultivate and even go so far
' to require his tenant to produce
t :?icient provisions to support himself
;:d his family."
Address of Welcome.
Ar the opening of the conference
>rr. or Behrman of New Orleans de-
■’‘vpred an address of welcome. He was
f lowed by Governor J. Y. Sanders, of
r.ouislana, who welcomed the visiting
I 'nvernors and delegates on behalf of
ihe state.
Visiting Governors.
The visiting governors present at
the opening of the conference were
(rovernor Colquitt, of Texas, Governor
>!ann, of Virginia; Governor O’Neal, of
(Continued on Page Nine,)
GF
Government Files
’ ■ r
Answer To Plans
Of Tobacco Trust
Ihe Dissolution end Reorgan
ization Scheme Promulgated
by Ihe American Jobacco
Company Dissected by At
torney General Wickersham.
Specifies Numerous Conditions
Which Should Bold in Case
of Any Reorgamzation Plan
Small Concerns Must Net
be Related in Stock Holdings
TOBIGCO GtSE
BEFORE FEDERAL
COURT TO-OM
By Associated Press.
Opelousas, La., Oct. 30.—That Mrs.
Zee Runge McRee would today take
the stand in her own behalf and re
late theincidents leading up to the
killing of Allan Garland in her room
in the McRee home several weeks
ago was the belief of the throngs
of curious who crowded into the court
room to attend the eighth day of her
trial on the charge of murder.
Sixty or more witnesses summon
ed by the defense arrived early and
if all are given a hearing it is likely
that the accused will not be called on
to testify until late in the day
There are many rumors as to the
true story” behind the killing of Gkir
land but only a little evidence of un
due intimacy between the two which
caused the lawyers of the defense to
bristle with objections when the mat
ter was broached by the prosecu
tion.
Mrs. McRee on Stand.
Mrs. Zee Runge McRee took the
stand in her own behalf this morning
the seventh day of her trial on the
charge of murdering young Allan Gar
land in her home several weeks ago.
Loyalists Hold Hankow—Re
bels Were Driven Back Ajter
a Game Fight—Government
Troop's Advance Marked by
Terrible Butcheryl
was the first
By Associated Press.
Peking, Oct. 30,—The throne has ac
ceded to the demand of the national
assembly for a complete constitution
al government.
In an imperial edict issued today
the throne humbly apologizes for its
past neglect and grants an immed
iate constitution, with a cabinet from
which nobles will be excluded and a
free pardon for the rebels and all po
litical offenders. )
Toklo, Oct. 30.—The reverses of the
Chinese rebels at Hankow are not
conudered here as serious. Strategic
ally the city is valueless and its pos
session would heavily handicap the
rebels. It is probable they will strong
ly fortify Wu Chang and make that
city their headquarters.
Burning Hankow.
Shanghai, Oct. 30.—A wireless mes-
By Associated Press.
HOMICIDE
J. Lucius Randall, ^Prominent
Business Man of Gaffney
justified for Shootvng Anc\
Killing Sam Whitworth a
Cleveland County Farmer.
Randoll Was Riding in Autom
obile With Young Ladies
Near Shelby and Shot Whit
worth in Sejt Dejense-Dead
Man was a Weathy Planter.
Special to The News.
Shelby, N. C., Oct. 30.—Late last
night a coroner’s jury decided that J.
Lucius Randall, a prominent business
man of Gaffney, South Carolina, was
justified In killing Sam Whitworth, a
well-to-do farmer of Cleveland county
The affair occurred late yestferday
afternoon, when Randall, who was au-
tomobiling near Shelby, 'w^lth three
young ladies, met Whitworth, who was
driving a mule. Whitworth advanced
toward the machine ordering Randall
to stopv and saying, “I’ll kill you.”
Randall exclaimed, “Don’t shoot; I
have some little girl here.” Whitworth
thereupon drew his revolver, but
dall was too quick for him and fired
twice. Whitworth was instantly killed.
Rajidall immediately came to Shelby
and surrendered to the sheriff of the
county. A coroner’s jury was sum
moned at once. Witnesses testified
that the mule did not seem frightened
bv the automobile, and there was
no apparent couse for Whitworth’s ac
tion. Evidence was introduced to show
that Whitworth had been drinking
heavily, and an empty flask wm found
on his person. Earlier the after
noon he had attempted to kill a negro,
and some boys who were riding bicy
cles. An empty cartridge was found in
the dead man’s 38 calibre Smith &
Wesson revolver whicli lay
JACOB M. DICKINSON.
Jacob M. Dickinson, former Seers-
tiry of War, sngagsd as special coun-
sel In the United States governments
•uit against the Steel Trust for viola-
tion of the Sherman law.
near
After the verdict of justifiable homi
cide Randall returned to his home in
No reason is given for the ^*rmer s
unprovoked assault
quently expressed antipathy to auto-
™ Mr!^]^ndall made the trip into North
Carolina yesterday in his Overland car
to visit some of his relatives. Late
in the afternoon he started ^t 'o*" ®
ride with the Misses Patty, Elixa^th
and Emily Roberts, and they met ^it-
worth just across the ri'^er about two
miles from Shelby.
Whitworth was a bachelor and one
"of the best known and wealthiest
planters in the county.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct, 30.—Attorney-Gen
eral Wicker^am's answer to the plan
of dissolution and reorganization of the
American Tobacco Company was filed
here today in the federal circuit court.
The attorney general, after referring
to the directions of the supreme court
to restore competitive conditions,
says:
“Obviously the effect of any pla^ of
disintegration submitted to the con
sideration of the court must be more
or less a matter of conjecture, and it
is impossible for the court to determ
ine In advance -Whether a plan which
proposes to restore competitive condl
tions will actually accomplish the pur
pose intended. Any decree determin
ing upon a plan should therefore re
serve to the government right, at any
time, within five years’ from the date
of entry, to apply to the court for
other or further relief upon a showing
that as a matter of fact such plana
has not resulted a’ new - condition
which shall be honestly in harmony
with and not repugnance to the law.
'lo that end each of the new coriiora-
tions propolsed’to iJe drgaijiseff for the
purpose of carrying out the - plan
should be brought in as a party to
this suit in order to be subjected to the
jurisdiction of the court and bound by
its decriee.” ,
The attorney general asks that what
ever plan Jjre adopted it be subject to
the following conditions, briefly stat
ed: _ . .
The corporations among which the
properties and buslnessei? In the com
bination are to be distributed for a
period of five years sball not have any
officers or directors In common.
These companies shall not have any
stock interest in each other.
They shall not employ the same
agencies for the purchase of leaf to
bacco or other raw material, or for
the sale of tobacco.
They shall not i^taIn.'or employ the
same clerical or other organiiMition, or
occupy the same offices.
No one of tl\em shall - hold capital
in any other corporation, any part of
which stock Is also held by any
of the other corporations among which
the properties of the combination are
distributed.
“To this end that 29 individual de
fendants in this suit” the attorney gen
eral continues, “shall iwt Increase
their control over any of the corpora
tions among -whiclj: the properties and
businesses now in th^ coinblnatlon are
to be distributed, pursuant to the plan,
that such defeBdants be'severally en
joined from, sit l^y time wlthm five
years ftom the date of the decree, ac
quiring directly or indirectly, the leg
al -or equitabld ownership of any
amount of stock In any one of said cor
porations in add^tipn to the amounts
which they would respectively hold if
and whw the plan ^hall be carried out
as propos^.' >
t Tlrt» further sugscstHS&s of the gov-
jemiv^t includiBir ths-foUowiag;
^ That, in the' distrib«tion of the prop
erties and businesses now "heW in the
combination pursuant to the plan of
disintegration, the corporation shall
be allowed to acquire property^ tangi
ble or intangible, which would invest
it with as much as 40 per cent in vol
ume or in value of, i^y particular line
of the tobacco business.
That all coveiiants in any way re
stricting the ri^ht of any company or
individual in the cbmbinatlbn to buy,
manufacture of sell tobacco or its
products, should be rescinded by the
affirmative action of the respective par
ties thereto who are parties-to this
suit. •
Respecting capitalization of th«
new companies, the attorney general
says:
‘The questions of "the capitalization
of the various corporations among
which it is proposed' to distribute the
properties and business now in the
combinati.on; as to the .distribution of
asTOts, as between preferred stoc^old-
ers and common stockholders; and as
to the amounts off^ed to be paid or dis
tributed to the holders of bonds of
either class or preferred stockholders
are submitted to the court as matters
concerning the stockholders of the cor
porations and the bondholders, the
governments being concerned merely
with the disintegration of an illegal
combination and the reorganization of
competitive conditions Under such clr-
cumstanoes and with such safeguards
as will insure the continuation of such
competitive conditions and prevent re
currence , of the unlawful conditions
found by the court to exist in this
case.” , .
Finally the attorney general asks for
a geheral injtinction prohibiting the
recreation of the combination or any
similar combination.
Juty Considmng
Lmn^l Case
Mrs. McRee
called
The accused was asked but few
New York. Oct. 30.—Before a no-iquestions by the defeMe ^
X X- • Ing District Attorney Dubuisson took
table gathering of distinguished coun-1 ^ cross-examination to develop
sel nl the United States circuit court story of the killing of Garland,
hearings began today to davise some which caused a sensation in Louisiana
plan of dissolution and re-organiza- because of the prominence of both
I f ATTliliflS
tion of the tobacco trust ordered by kcRee said she first met the
the federal supreme court. Unan she killed one night when he
Attorney General Wickersham filed came to the McRee home with Mrs.
the government’s answer to the re- j Garland and his brother Albert for
organization plan proposed by 'the!milk. She said they soon became
American Tobacco Company and co- friendly and she was a frequent visitor
defendants in the government’s anti- to the Garland homs-
trust stilt. At th# outset ‘^ Jud^te La- ^‘How often did you go over there?
combe announced .that ;thfr, Aiaerl'i asked Mr* Dubi^son.
Tobfcccb Company' ais p.roponehtS 1 “Well, I c'ftfft tell you, Mr. Dubuls
of the dissolution Jllaif would first be son. A woman has work to do and
heard, Lewis Cass Ledyard, as coun- she can’t go gadding around all the
sel for the defendant companies; mak- time/’ she answered,
ing the - opening statement. j Mrs. McRee said that Allan was ed
Following the opening, represents- ucated and seemed to be a gentleman
tivea of the groups of bondholders “Did not you go often to the pota-
and outside interests will be heard, ta vines with Allan?”
Then the government will be heard. “Yes sir; with my children.
Mr Ledyard in addressing the “Did not you go with Allan to the
court argued against a risp for the corn patch In the r^r of Mrs. Gar-
tnhaprn trust land’s home on Sundays?
• “Never yet in this country,” said “No. Mrs. Garland ^s^ly had her
Mr. Ledyard, “has confiscation of reunions on Spday. I did not like to
oropertv been permitted and I hope intrude.”
it never will be. It was not unrea- She said she got the revolver -with
sonable that the supreme court re- which she killed Allan from ben^th a
commend that a plan of re-organiza- -mattress on an iron bed upon which
tion of these companies be devised the coverlet was not tucked in.
wWch Willie in harmony with the “You say Allan was advancing on
law and not result in disaster to bus- you when you fired?
^ , J. I r.iii Ua aalfl •
iness interests.
THE WEATHER.
By Associated Press.
Washington. Oqt 30.—Pore- -
cast: /
North CJai-olina^ South Caroll-.^
na—Generally fair tonlg.ht rad ^
Tuesday.- v
Yes sir. He said: ‘You can’t scare
me’ and then he came toward me and
I fired,” was the answer.
How do you account for the fact
TO SERVE SUBPOENAS
ON TRUST OFFICIALS, wounds were in the back?
„ » • * J Tell the jury how that was
By Associated Press._ United U^tibisson.
30. unite I McRee turned toward the jury
Trenton, N. J., Oct,
States District Attorney Vreeland to
day received instructions from the
department-of justice at Washington
to have served the subpoenas recent
ly issued in the suit of the govern
ment agaiinst the United States Steel
Corporation. ‘
PuHtzer Funeral.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct, 30.—The funeral of
Joseph Pulitzer, owner and editor of
the World, who died yesterday of
heart failure on board his yacht Jn
Charleston harbor, will be held at St.
Thomas church here on Wednesday
afternoon. .
The bddy 'of Mr. Pulitzer will be
brought here. on a special train leav
ing Charleston at 4:30 o’clock this
afternoon. '
with her arms out-stretched.*
“All I can say, gentlemen Is that he
was facing me when I fired the gum. I
suppose he turned just after I was fix
ed to fire.”
“How do you explain the fact that
the first shot was in the back of the
head?” was. the next question.
“I can’t explain It because I was so
excited.”
CHARLOTTE REAL ESTATE
COMPANY CHANGES NAME
Special to The News. , ,
Raleigh, Oct. 31.—The Misenheim
er Land and Investment Company,
of Charlotte, files today a charter
amendment changing its name to
Southern Land and Investment Com
pany, C. A. Misenheimer, president.
witness sage from tlje British warships at
Hankow says that the imperialists are
burning the native city of Hankow and
that the entire advance of the govern
ment forces Is marked by hideous bru
tality. .
Loyalists Hold Hankow.
Hankow, China, Oct. 29.—Via Wu
Hu, Oct. 30.—The imperial forces are
preparing to follow up their victory
over the rebels last week by an attack
on Wu Chang, which the revolutionists
have protected by elaborate emergen
cy fortifications Md Hang Yang, which
is regarded as of the utmost import
ance on account of the arsenal there.
The loyalists are now in undisputed
pMMtessioa of the entire city of Han
kow. Their position here Is advantag
eous for a sudden attack against the
arsenal at Han Yang.
A. H. Kepter, the American mission
ary who was wounded In Friday’s fight
ing, is in a serious condition. He was
watching the fighting from the top of
a building when he was hit by a stray
bullet.
Rebels Made Game Fight.
Friday’s battle at Kilometer Ten
was a splendid exhibition of gameness
and pluck on the part of the rebel
forces. Although they were outnumber
ed, two to one, by the Imperialists in
front of them and were subjected from
the flank to>a raking cros fire from
Admiral Sah’s warship, they held their
ground until nearly 500 been killed
and 1,500 wounded.
there were about 5,000 of the rebel
troops. These were behind well plann
ed fortifications and had little to fear
from the attack of the troops. It was
the guns of Admiral Sah’s fleet which
finally routed them.
Sah’s eight vessels approached the
rebel positions soon after the advance
of the Imperial troops began, but did
not fire any shots. After a little while
the eight ships silently retired as if
they had decided not to participate
in the engagement. Later they return
ed. this time ready for business. The
range was short and the gunners mer
cilessly poured in their shells upon the
rear of the rebels position. The slaugh
ter was appalling. The rebel batteries
replied ineffectually and were final
ly silenced.
The loyalists, whose losses had been
slight, advanced on abandoned trench
es In splendid order under cover of the
battleships captured 15 field guns and
taUng 50 reptibllcan prisoners.
The rebels returned to the fray in
the afternoon, bringing reinforcement*,
Continued on Page Two.
By Associated Press.
Boston, Oct. 30i-*The special session
of the Suffolk county grand jury re
sumed its inv^s^ation of charges
against Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson
that he poisoned “Avis linnell, the Bos
ton music student. Jt is thought proba
ble a jury report will be forthcoming
either tonight or tomorrow.
Among the witnesses who appeared
in the* aiiteroom of tiie grand jury this
forenoon were William' H. Greenwood,
a clOTC friend of Mr. and Mrs. F. H.
Carter, with whom Richeson boarded;
Everett Pajge. a^lT^year pld^boy T^ho
is reported to haye seen the accused
clergyman on a, street in Cwabtidge
on the momlnjgr of Fridiajf .0^^er,13,
the day pre^du^ Miss £dm£^Vs death;
Dr. Harry M. Qardiiar -whbciived oppo
site the Carter hoipje imil who visited
Riclveson at the hdipe of Moses Grant
Edmands in Brookline, where Mr. Rich
eson kept la* seclusion f^m the Simd#y
night after Miss LinneH’s death until
his arrest the"tisllowid*:'Friday; Dr.
H. T. Baldwin, , of £rooklkie, the Ed
mands famHy'physiciajB, %ho has be^
CHINESE IMPERIAL TROOPS.
Chlnesi troops on the march.toward* the aeatpt the revoluUon mow spread!^ throughout Chinew
fertplS. ^ CwiieM.rebel. have aalned a trin,.ndou* and are .uccMfully coping asainit the Im-
peflal trobps sent to crush thej^bellloh.