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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS
VOL. 45. NO. 8073
CHARLOTTE N. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER. I. 191 I,
Cents a Copy Dally—6 Cents Sunday.
I Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday.
ffew Ptemier Of
China Announced
With New Cabinet
jlie Jhrone Issues Another
Edict Proclaiming Yuan Shi
jiai Premier—‘Other Com
plete Changes in Official Ciu
cUs Framed.
£of)e Will Appease, The
Amoitions oj The RevolU’
And 7hat Peace May
For.ou.-Big Belgian Loan
Prcbaoie,
By Press.
Peking. N"- 1—SM Kal has
^-■en apr“- premier of China and
be " i:l Oft cabinet as aooa
- .*6 aM’:^es hlg post.
“ Prince Chlng, whom
Y ir. Kal succecds, will continue
dur‘e« M acting premier and will
as associate premiers Na Tung
- ’’%\i Shlh Chang, who, up to tha
pr«? -t have been vlce-presldenu of
ta« cabinet.
rrlnce Chlng hag been made presi-
71! of tne prhT council and Na Tung
^nd Hsu '=5hlh hang vice-pre&ldentB.
. n Kiuang Tao, formerly viceroy of
ic^aLj, Tuii:. province, becomes vice-
ro> of Hu Peh and Hu Nan provinces,
:o which office Yuan Shi Kal was ele*
.a.ed ""hen he was recently recalled
fr *m offlcla! banishment to restore the
'.!T!rprlal authority in the southern
provinces.
In *'ie n dlstributlon of olBces the pres
ent minister of war. General Yin
Tcbang, who was In supreme com-
Tnan.'* of *be imperial troops until he
- in tu i*»rceded by Yuan Shi Kal is
made f ■ f of the general staff.
TblB much of the program hastily
coMtructed by the throne in the hope
of appeasing the revolutionists was
made effective by an Imperial edict
promulgated today. Early in the day
dvlces. had been received from Yuan
S... lai *hlch he asked that he be
a^.polnted a ting premier and set forth
h - immeu.ate plans for restoring
;)Cf 'e.
!e prftposed, he paid to »op the ag-
T v.rn' ln:perial troops
ind »•' ■ ■ r. rczr'Tia inns x\ith the reb
el leader, '.Irneral l4 Yuen Heng, forth-
irh
Belgian Loan Probable.
Nov. i —Finaucial circles
■-re have been aprured on reliable
sut^or' i I intment of Y’u-
Kal a; iep of China is one
of ue yrinri lal djtions under which
»hA H.nii,;an -.'ndi'rt'*^ has agreed to
fl' .t a ' rf time loan of $18,000,000
ff>r f;ip Pf'k iu government.
Shipload of Soldiers.
Socialist Leads
In Pnmaiies
By Associated Press.
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 1.—With a
record total of more than 45,000 votes
cast, yesterday’s primary an elimina
tion contest for the final struggle over
the question of whether Los Angeles
shall have a socialist city administra
tion during the next two years.
The final election is set for Decem
ber 5, when Job Harriman, socialist
candidate for mayor, again will con
test with George Alexander, now in
office.
The great question that confronted
political workers today was what will
the women do? The newly enfranchis
ed citizens can muster a voting
strength nearly equal to the men. Ad
mittedly they hold the balance of
IKJwer.
With but five small precincts miss
ing, the total count in yesterday’s
municipal primary shows: Harriman
19,883; Alexander 16,218.
Mushel 8,009.
Mnnila, .\'V. 1.- Chinese veterans, territory. This means that some
■I ‘Hb .-.ar •
to send a «hi ii'ari of “oldiers from
Manila ! China. Nearly all the old
Ciilnese soldiers who were employed
Ir or near .Manila have been marshall
ed !■ caur-* and are having dally
Three companies of trained men
are rcidy to leave at a moment’s no
nce.
Big Crop of Opium.
Amoy. China, Nov. 1.—Planters here
ire takln? advantage of the confusion
;lf'n: ^rotn revolutionary activities
>• rai; .ng an unprecedented crop
f- 'Mm in defiance of the prohibitory
"I'pears that the authorities
"11 be i;c erless to mete out punlsh-
r~ snroo time to come and as a
' the price of opium on the local
^ fallen suddenly from |5,-
lo J4 it.iO per chest.
MURFREESBORO PLANS
BIG CELEBRATION.
B: Associated Press.
Xsihv*’ie. Tonn., Nov. 1.*—Murfrees-
of ■ho most historic towns
■ee and within a mile of the
^^'Oiisphiral center of the state, is
f ontenial celebration of its
; . ‘'■’’n ever he definitely estab-
T le state archivist has been ap-
' d tu ind musty country records
^ ' Mri .ift papers are being studied
■'’divid, i» Opinions differ between
I.'
In
1811, and June 12 and
NECRO KILLED
AFTER SHOOTING
Tl
'S occurred there.
By Associated Press.
New Orleanf^, Nov. 1.—Policeman
George A. Roussell and Joseph La-r
,coste were fatally shot and three citi-
The town has much to celebrate. It zens were beaten ovpr the head this
a once the state capital. Here James! morning at the Algiers Ferry landing,
A j announced for governor and;in this city, by an unknown negro,
ndu w .iark.-»on launched his cam- to the teeth, who ran amuck just as
- n .inst the “know nothing” ; the ferry reached the wharf. An arm-
I '. “ne of the greatest battles of ed battle was soon in progress with a
fivii war and numerous mii!or half dozen citizens joining with the
officers against the negro, who finally
was shot to death. ^ ,
Trna I AiaiM The negro was armed with two large
rn nyyn cauSre revolvers a^d wore a belt filled
I ULLUlill ^The*c?tizeM who were Injured are:
Joe Spencer, Washin^n Lawrence
and John McGeavy. ^
Just as the boat drew up to the
landing the negro, pulled one of his
five shots shots promiscuously, reload
ed and then drew the second revolver.
With one in each hand he started up
the ferry landing, firing right and left.
Officers Lacoste and Roussell were
both shot through the body, when oth-
er officers and citizens ran up and
opened fire on the negro. The “egro
had no time to reload Ws revolver and
began using them on the
whom came in reaching distance. A
minute later, however, he ^
body penetrated by a number of shots.
Wilcox, Art*., Nov.,
Rodgers left here at 9:30
forenoon bound for Tucson, a distance
iof 94 miles.
BEPORTSOP
TliRK'S SUCCESS
Asfioriated Press.
1, Egypt,
victories at TripoirVere
’^^Tu'rkish 1 —I^eports
: ‘ ,,, turned out in
found A^‘ah to con-
the Infidels.
*®lmen ^xchanged between Mos-
'■'aa t-uropeans. One native
K fourteen others were
tv, police had suiv-
werrlA^"* Scores of arrests
WRIGHT'S MOTORLE88 GLIDER
Two views of the wonderful ^'glider*'
of the Wright Brothers, .showing
Orville Wright engaged in his grest
work for the advancement of aero
nautic science. The upper picture
shows him making repairs to the
machine while the lower one is a
snapshot of the accident In which he
had an almost miraculous escape
from death. The glider was flying
at a height of 200 feet when It lurch
ed and began to plunge downward,
back foremost. Wright was throwjn
from his seat and hung head down
ward from a cross piece. By prodig
ious agility he scrambled back to
the seat and had resumed a normal
posture by the time the machine
struck the ground. The camera was
snapped at the moment, J^ist as
the machine landed on the earth.
In the photograph it Is seen that the
glider had not completely lost Its
stability. Wright in the few seconds
of the fall manipulated the planes
so that had the ground been a little
farther away, the machine wOuld
have righted Itself. As the result of
his momentary .experience iduring
this fall, Wright declares he has
solved the problem of providing au
tomatic stability for aeroplanes.
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 1.—Practi
cally complete returns of yesterday’s
primary from 230 precincts give Job
Harriman. socialist, 17,674; George
Alexander, present mayor, 15„493; Wil
liam C. Mushell, 7.351.
Socialism showed remarkable
strength In the municipal primary.
Job B. Harriman, candidate on the so
cialist ticket, will contest with George
Alexander, a republican backed by the
Good Government League for mayor
of Los Angeles.
In contests for other officers the
socialists fell some what behind the
vote received by Harriman but still
their leaders claim they will elect at
least two members of the council and
three or four of the seven members
of the board of education.
About fifty per cent of the register
ed vote was polled, there being a to
tal of 44,789 votes cast as against a
registration of something over 82,000.
Rising from a voting strength of a
paltry two thousand a few months ago
to 15,000 or more today the socialists
showing in the primary was regarded
as amazing. In the last election mayor
Alexander polled an overwhelming
majority.
Campaign managers and newspaper
editors say the socialists showing was
a manifestation of Ideal political un
rest and impatience.
2 uikey Must Submit
Or Lose Heavily
By Associated Press.
Chiasso, Switzerland, Nov. 1.—If the
Turko-Itallan war is brought to a
quick halt, the Porte must either ac
cept peace imediately or lose more
fapan are preparing! Turkey’s valuable Island possessions
jjj Mediterranean will be seized
unless she submits to her fate.
This decision was reached at a se
ries of secret conferences on Monday
between Rear Admiral Aubrey and
members of the cabinet. Aubrey arriv
ed in Rome suddenly and secretly Mon
day morning. Lengthy interviews with
the premier and the ministers of war,
navy and foreign affairs followed. Defi
nite arrangements were made for send
ing the Italian fleet into action against
Turkey’s Mediterranean possessions.
It is understood that the new plans
will be set into action as soon as the
Marquis di San Giuiiano, minister of
foreign affairs, can reach the neces
sary understanding with the interested
powers.
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Rock Island Fast
Passenger Twin Held
Up By Bandits
^HE WEATHER.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 1.—Fore
cast:
North Carolina, fair tonight
and Thursday, colder, frost in
extreme west portion tonight.
South Carolina, fair and cold
er tonight and Thursday.
Cholera Ravagis
Spreading
Irus Wester Tram-Rohbing
Social'* PulledOfiata
Small Town Near Memphis
—Safe Blown But Little oj
Value Secured.
The Appearance cfa Switch
Engine on The Scene Scared
the Bandits Away — Posses
J^cw in Sot Pursuit.
By Associated Press.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 1.—Six mask
ed men held up westbound Rock Is
land passenger train No. 43, known as
the Arkansas-Oklahoma Express, mid.
SHORTLY eO W
-HER EME
By Associated Press.
land'in defense of her honor. '
“Did he not have many other oppor
tunities to commit the act?” he asked
“Would you believe that any man
with sense, after many opportunities
would choose a moment when a yard
boy was in call, when neighbors Were
in call, when a servant girl was in the
house, to make such a proposal? This
boy went to the house of this defend
ant in response to a message asking
for a spool of thread. '
“Armed with this spool of thread he
went to his death,” He said the inti-
Opelousas, La„ Nov. 1.—Unless the ^ v.- t. i j • i. j
argument of the lawyers interested in I mat_irclat^ons^ wh^^
the trial of Mrs. Zee Runge McRee, ac
cused of the murder of young Allan
Garland in her home six weeks ago, ,, .. j nr-'n i ^
consumes all of today’s see»‘on >^i “JaVeforewoman’s
court, It is confidently expected that. ‘
Mra 1,^.. i tue, tmt It a woman suoots a matt auQ
between Mrs. McRee and the deceased
disproved her story.
“Cod knows I have respect for wo-
oiade.
Mrs. McRee will know her fate before
nightfall.
Just how many of the 10 attorneys
interested will argue and how . much
time each has been allotted will not
be known until after court. convenes
this morning and an announcement is
made by the court. The lawyer’s for the
defense confidently expect a verdict
before adjournment todfiy provided
the case goes to the jury and they are
more confident of acquittal. This .be
lief is strengthened, they say, because
the prosecution faired,to prpduce any
evidence da imaging in any way to the
character of‘the. accused.
The prosecution, on the.ot,her hand,
is expected to maike the .ndost ‘of the
fact that the accused failed to explain
the fact that although the three bul
lets fired at Garland, “while he was ad-,
vanclng on her,” all entered Allan’s
back, the first bullet penetrating the
baok of the neck atvthe ^base of the
brain. The: prosecutibn . will also em
phasize the testimony , of Tone witness
who said that .the pockets in Gar
land’s clothes held no hioney, .although
the accused declares that she gave him
a/ five-cent ' piece when he :handed
her the spool j of tjir^i^ for
which she had tejeti^qiied;^^^ .Gar
land. Argument wfli b^^ s^n ^ter
court convenes this -inoEl^iiig.' '
Opening of Argljj^nt.
No time was alloft^^byi the court
for ^,the arguments xtt cdiinsel. Dis
trict Attorney R. Lee Garland, an un
cle of the dec^sed, open^ 'for the
state, and was follow^ l>y . John W.
Lewis for the defense. F^ur of the
counsel (or. the proseciitiott will speak
and the jury will liear from five .¥t the-
lawyers tor dejfehto^
In his ad^i^ss Mr. (iiir.land told the
jhry they c^ld not, bi^teve' Mw. Mc-
comes b^ore a couH arid gives no ex
planation of it, whose life, oh men, is
safe.”
Mr. Lewis opened his argument with
a reference to the relationship of the
recused district attorney and the de
ceased. He then spoke of Mrs. 5xc-
Ree’s statement to Mrs. H^y L. Gar
land, grandniother of the deceased.
'‘When she told Mrs.'Garland that
she h^d shot Allan Garland, the minds
bf those two women s met—^joined to
gether in, that supreme. moment bjr
their . womanhood-^and Mrs. Garland,
despite h^r grief, 'said: ••
“Mirs.! McRee every? woman has the
light to d^end her honor.”
^“Mrs.. Garland, even' In that supreme
moment, witli ;her grandson lying dead,
did-not say to this woman, ‘You are an
immoral woman.’ Instes.d impelj/6d by
hpr womanhood,, she-said: ‘Every wo
man has the right to defend her hon
or'.’.■
■“Gentlemen, I believe this ,woman is
a pure woman, I l>6Meve she is still a
pure woman. I Relieve she^ is still a
true wife .and-as true mother.” ,
After saying that the state liad fail
ed In its eftort to show jealousy of
soHiething else to.be;the motive for
the crime r Mr. . LeWis addressed the
Jiirors regarding 'th»' inSalt Allan Gar
land is alleged ito i h^e olEeied Mrs.
Mckee. He said ^ that the insult had
caused more ahgep«and shame and hu-
fttliliation because her friendly hospi
tality-had been mistaken.
‘*Are you going “ to *send this woman
to ‘ the. peipitentiary in .prison ,hahili-
ment9, or Jtre you going to restore her
to the bQS««tf df h;€r family
“i ;do not believe you are goilig to
send her to th#-peBttpnUary. but if you
Mn. voice s rang, out
^ssiOMfetelyr ^Ypu.^feht well turn
R^’s story that she shot Ailai^ G^ar- her out J^lK a ^i^nd'bf flame upon her
brow, saying that -ol- aH the parishes
in Louisiana, there is one parish in
which a woman might not defend her
honor, and that the name of this parish
is St. Landry.”
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Nov. 1.—Edgar H. Far
rar, ' jr., son of the president of the
Araef|can Bar Association, was shot
and k^l^ed at ten o’clock today at the
corner of Penistoo and Magnolia
streets by t^o unidentified highway
men.’ The robbers escaped.
Mr. Farrar was on his way to his
office in the Hibernian bank building
when he was told by a neighbor that
two men standing on a corner oppo
site were probably a pair who had
broken into the Farrar home yesterday
Mr. Farrar started in pursuit of the
men, one of whom drew a revolver and
shot him He fell in the street dead.
The two men started to run / and
were pursued by a crowd of citizens.
Special deta^ of police and mounted
officers were rushed to the scene and
joined in the chase.
Less than two hours after the shoot
ing, Mr. Farrar’s assailants had been
captured and had made a confession io
the police. They are Leon Canton, alias
J. C. Helms, and Lucien Canton,^ broth
ers, who live in New Orleans, a^ed
23 and • 21 respectively.
Theopolius Rodgers, a tall, black ne
gro, proved himself a hero in the Cap
ture of the Canton brothers. He gave
chase immediately following the
shooting. His legs made it impossi
ble for the fleeing men to outdistance
him and soon he had Lucien- Canton,
the younger, in his clutches and held
him until the police arrived. Rodgers
gave directions to the officers to the
direction taken^y Lee Canton, the one
who did the shooting and he too was
soon captured.
The prisoners were at once taken to
the office of District Attorney Adanis
and the police say both confessed to
-their participation in the crime and
then admitted, under the examination,
that they had robbed the Farrar home
the day before. Officers visited the
home of the Canton brothers and
broi^ght to the police station all of the
articles which had been stolen from
the Farrar home.
Edgar H. Farrar, Jr., was 33 years
old and was married about five months
ago. He was a member of the law firm
of which his father is the senior mem
ber . and was one of the brightest
young members of the Louisiana bar.
College Graduate.
Young Farrar was a graduate of the
University of Virginia, He was admit
ted to the New Orleans bar a decade
or more ago and had practiced his
profession in this city contlnuDUsly
ever since, with the exception of a year
or. t’WO spent in- Oklahoma. He was
popular in social affairs and had an
extensive acquaintance throughout
Tennessee^ Alabama and other sections
of the South.
By Asociated Press.
Rome, Nov. 1.—Italy’s two chief
colonies for prisoners of .war, Tremiti ^
islands and Ustica islands, have be-'way between Memphis and Hurlburt,
come centers of infection requiring the I Ark., eariy this morning, ransacked
enforcement of rigorous hygienic j mail pouches, fired seven nitroglycer-
measures. {ine caps into the “way” safe of the ex-
Arab prisoners brought to these* press car, which not only tore away
points have been ill, and on the voy-, the safe doors but wrecked the car and
age from Tripoli several died after j in the midst of their work were fright-
exhibiting symptoms of cholera. ened away when a switch engine,
•Reports from Tripoli describe dlffi-; searching for the overdue train, ap-
culties attending the use of atero-1 proached from Hurlburt. It is declar-
planes for observation purposes. Fly- j ed that but little of value was secured,
ing above the firing the enemy is hid- The men were last seen making their
den from view, while if the aviator, way toward the Mississippi river,
seeks a lower level he finds himself an | Hurlburt is 11 miles from Memphis,
excellent target. 1 The train was boarded when it slow-
Reports that the Italians had merci- ed down near Hurlburt. Intimidating
lessly massacred unarmed Arabs, wom- the engine crew by a display of weap
on and children, wer > officially denied, ons, the men forced the engineer to
today. ;back the train several miles, stop to
' permit the express and mall cars to be
EDWARD HINES
BEFORE COMMITTEE.
By Associated Press.
cut from the coaches and then to draw
the forward section of the train a short
distance where the robbery took place.
In the mean time other members of
the train crew as well as express mes-
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 1.—^Edward , » i i
Hines, the lumberman, today again and mall clerks were brought
denied before the senatorial investiga-1 to detached care were
1 brought to a standstill each of the men
to do wrongfully with the election of j a^out a task. One began gathering
Senator ^aac Stephenson. jre^stered mall and another to set the
A story has been told before this explosives whije others stood
committee that you attempted to ob- over the train crew and the pas-
struct the election of Mr. Stephenson j ggnger coaches. The robber having
with a view of obtaining money from j charge of the express car selected tha
him; that you went to Washington • of two safes for his attack. This
and suggested he put up half of ?110,- 7o^^ happened, contained only the
000 to put the election over. Is that
tnre?” Mi". was asked.
“Its absolutely untrue,” replied. Mr.
Hines.
It was admitted by all the witnesses
that the information involving Hines
was based on hearsay.
Conmct J011 ije
Escapes Chain Gang
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 1.—F. M.
White, convicted in Chatham coun
ty several months ago of a crime
against a young boy and sent to the
penitentiary for life, escaped from the
toombs county chain gang near VI-
dalia last night, where he was serv
ing his sentence. White had made
several efforts to escape and the au
thorities had been warned to watch
him carefully. Last night he freed his
shackles and stealing a mule from the
camp got away. The mule came back
to camp this morning. The Savannah
authorities have been notified by
telephone of White’s escape and ask
ed to look out for him.
Cummims' Life
Recounted at Trial
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 1.—“At ten years of
age, William J. Cummins was selling
papers on tJie streets,” said Attorney
Max Steur today in opening the de-
less valuable packages. When the
charge was fired the ends and sides
of the car were splintered and the en
tire fi^nt of the safe blown away. Just
at this rhoment the switch engine came
into sifeht and the robbers took to their
heels with only what they could hastily
grab as a reward for their work.
The train proceeded after two hours
delay required to transfer the express
matter to another car.
Posses began a search for the men
soon after daybreak.
Robbers Got .Little.
Chicago, Nov. 1.—F. O. Melcher,
vice-president of the Rocft Island road,
said today that so far as he could learn
the robbers got nothing but the regis
tered mail, that the safe blown open
was practically empty.
“All the'•valuables were in the small
safe in the combination car which was
not attacked.
“The passengers were not molested
except the ones who ventured too close
to where the robbers were at work.
These were warned away by rifle shots.
HUNTER KILLS
TWO MEN
RY MISTAKE
By Associated Press,
Mays Landing, N. J., Nov. 1.—Mis-
_ ^ ^ taken for deer In the gloom of the
fense of the former head of the Car- j early dawn today. Constant Steelman
negie Trust Company, on trial tor,and John Yost, business men of
grand larceny Pleasantville, were killed, and Wil-
He was telling the story of his Ham Jarvis, of the same place, was
Nashville client’s life, explaining the injured when a hunter fired at them
successive steps by which he rose to at Weymouth, six miles from here.
wealth and power, to refute the dis
trict attorney’s assertion that Cum
mins had no visible means of support.
Cummins’ side of the case began to
day, after the court had denied a for
mal motion to dismiss the indict
ment.
“I want to say,** said the attorney,
“that his defense is not that J. P. Mor
gan formed a conspiracy against him
or that Jordan Rollins proved a traitor.
The man alleged to have made the
fatal mistake is said to be Charles
Norcross, a stranger in the neighbor
hood.
Steelman, who was in the oil busi
ness, Yost, a furniture dealer, and
Jarvis left Pleasantville at midnight
with two friends to hunt deer. Un
der the New Jersey law the deer sea
son opened today and each hunter is
allowed to kill but one a year. Hunt-
or that Clark Williams, as superinten- lug is permitted only on Wednesdays
dent of banks, misbehaved. None of
these would excuse the theft.”
Cummins, according to his attorney,
was one of the first men of the modern
school of promoters. The Cummins-
Bennett Company, organized by him,
said Mr. Steur, was one of the first
“paper corporations.”
During the twenty-five years this
firm was in existence, the attorney
said, it never paid Cummins less than
$10,000 a year and often $50,000 a year.
Later Cummins went into the pack-
in November, consequently the woods
were filled with sportsmen.
The party spent the night in the
woods near Weymouth and about day
break the hunters were walking down
a road to take their stands. Without
warning a shot was fired from the
heavy underbrush on the roadside
and Steelman, Yost and Jarvis fell.
A moment later the man who fired
the buckshot stepped into the road
and was horrified when he discover
ed his fatal mistake. The other two
ing ttusiness and the cause of his com- men in the hunting party who es-
ing to New York was the sale of his caped the shot, secured a vehicle
company to a New York concerh. On ■ from a nearby farm house and the
this deal Mr. Steur said Cummins wounded men were started for Pleas-
made $160,000 profit.
“I want to tell you,'
attorney, “that when
continued the
the Carnegie
who had lost money were Cummins’
life-long friends and himself.”
Heads W. C. T. U.
antville. Before reaching there Steel
man and Yost had died. Both had
. been shot in the back and Jarvis had
' received some of the shot in the
leg.
The authorities of Atlantic county
are making a thorough investigation
of the case but had made no arrest
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 1.—Mrs. early in the day. The hunter who
Lillian M. N. Stevens, of Portland, Me., fired the fatal shot is under surveil-
was today re-elected to the presidency ^ance and can be taken into custody
of the National Woman’s Christian at a moment’s notice in case the po-
Temnerance Union. '(Uce want him.