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rust me o Co. ie w« hat* j dirf-i >oni !p- a b uid* CO &L. — '{1 C‘l ect aa men et [Co. L,o Insutan i^fliited, For Sale, For Rent, Ix)st and l^uii^ BoiW Bcjj^ orRoomers-Page Eight tht: VOL 2, NO. 42 20 Pages ONE SECTION. CHARLOTTE. N. G.. SUNDAY MORNING. NOViWBER 19. 1911 I. ' J! '■' = PRICE 5 CENTS \0iina Scheduled Jo Have New Form Of Government ntt Wnfir^ln Shi Kai announced today that ^ j the rebels attacked’ the imperial forc- I* With 1h0\^^ vicinity of Hankow yester- * »TW« ‘"^jday. There was fierce fighting but Elimmoied From the Constitution is Gaining ^rouna Daily- the rebel army was repulsed with con siderable loss . Plot to Kill Premier. Tokio, Nov. 18.—Private messages from Pekin today state that there is a strong conspiracy afoot to assas sinate Yuan Shi Kai. - - Doubt is expressed here that the new FavoJ the innova- ^ premier will be able to overcome, the Q . Tfci* obstacles confronting him and another (jiTlCTCll Review OJ l ne »ipheaval of the government isr gener ally predicted. lid tion Situation in Various Centers .^Amnicans Warned to Cliffy Ffom the Inter*or• > The News. .\r- . 18.—A country-wide P1 ter a strict republican . c, mipnt. ^vith the throne rhminaied from the con- he propaganda tnat is udaen favor among all ording to several au- the near future. Many Vessels Crippled in Storm Detroit. Mich., Nov. 18.—Special dis patches to a Detroit newspaper from AU)ena, Mich., report the bay there dotted with a doi;€n or more vessels crippled in yesterday's storm, the ' and't"he "drowning’’oT^mil I^rsln“ of |«>.m from th. gov.rnm.nt'. crim- Inal proaeouticn when they aro Sh; as Chicago. 50 years of age, a deck hand on the barge. The schooner Young present plan of gov- j broke away from the steamer Isabella Boyce about noon yesterday-wnen'the New Premier Criticised. | gale was blowing fifty miles. \ai. the new premier,] „ Minister At Due - t, i« openlv charged that he j Tniiei f- thumb of Prince ching, t /eiprem r His cabinet is prov- g >■ iurr before the completi9n orgar. ation. iJang Tung Ven, tidied »!> president of the board or fwf?n affair-. I* among those m- :,jt who have refused to The native newspapers de- c« the new premier’s policy in -er teras It Is said that he can r> iw beyond the Chi-U province. Fighting in Yangtse Section. ’■ fit'iation in the Yangtse sec- fxf remains unchanged and uncer- f. fighting continued at many . -I In the district today. The for which the governor tf Ho.Nan telegraphed yesterday so •n* bf might pay ^1® troops and jh- 'rticf the imperial forces, was |. r ■ oraing today and It la V It will be. In that event ''it '•'’ore in the province will West Passes Away Due West, S. C., Nov. IS.-Rev. P. H. McCauley, a well known minister of the A. R. P. Church, died at his home here yesterday of heart trouble. He was about 65 years of age,and is sur vived by a wife and one daughter. Miss Mina McCauley. He had not been en gaged in the active work of the min istry for several ycar», his last charge at New Leabenon, Va., having been demitted about four years ago. He once was pastor of the A. R. P. church at Prosperity, S. C. The funeral was held here today at 3:30 o’clock. THE CARLTONS CONVICTED. I 'Ilf rebell. from rebel sources stAt« tu’ the nefotiaUons between Yuan Ft. K= . 'id the republican leaders »r urfpmeni hsving been reached. >rf no c“^‘‘nt!on in the fighting •r- the rebels so far have been vic- ’orloui The> have crossed the river Hir which separates Hankow from Hin Vatif, nnd have retaken the wa« Mniidreds of loyalist* are |uM to d* =ertinK to the side of the ?*bel! gT?*! of the offlcers have iirtde. Rp'• .-.u j'orters here say they jU'f r»>ro f-onflrmatlon of the re fer nf -he capture of Admiral Sah U‘=;g ring. OKAGON FLAGS LOWERED. S3«c!al fable. ‘.wi;;, Nov. ig.—The foreign con*, »'j!» today asuuraed control of the |,!ffiperli! customs and the poitottice. IV dragon lags were lowered. revolutionary forces have been Uufnenfed since yesterday by 8ev« i»rtl thousand recruits and a sizable *nny jg now afoot. I4irge detach- are being sent into the interior ’ rwtore order. The rival factions at Chang-Chow reax'hed an agreement and f?nt!ng there has ceased. PIOHTING AT NANKING. Sfwial Cable, 8hanrtai, .Vnv IS.—righting ii in r Nanking but ouly the Im- ■ouTiiosfs and the rebel ad- ^cc» guard are engaged. The gen- ^ assault by the rebels is expected ‘ 'f^-i®^orrements have begun near Chin Klang, the head* General Hsu Ko Chlng, J Imperialists are ready to fheir last, stand In what It !• 1 •levf.fi will he the decisive battle ®' 'he r-heUion. f^ebeia Have Advantage. , indication points to a vlc- for the rebels. They are «u- c»rM V and are better olll- Jacksonrille, Fla., Nov. 18.—Murder in the first degree was the verdict of the jury in the case of Bascom Carl ton, charged with shooting Deputy Sheriff Guy White at Espanola, near St. Auguatine, last March. The ver dict rendered early today’ at St. Au gustine recftmmejnfs mercy in the case of Bascom Carlton and finds his brothers, Dan and Marlon Carlton, guilty of murder in the second de gree. Bascom Charlton will probably be tried later for the murder of Abe Schneider, who was aiding White to arrest the Carlton boys on a charge of discharging fire arms on Sunday. UNDER INDICTMENT Faihe} Relates ^ory Of Modem Dt. Jekyl And Mr. Hyde DEr[ND!; ITHLY'S Defense Will Make Strenuous Ejfort to Prove Spencer is Insane—Either The Electric Chair or Ike Asulumn, Will Be His Fate. Springfield, Mass.. Nor. 18.—An “BEEF TRUST" HEADS Indictecf'heads of the so-called *‘Becf Trust" and the lawyers >A/ho will de- brought to trial Wedneaday (Nov. 22) before Judge A. Carpenter in the Unit ed States District Court of Chicago, At the top, from left to right are J. Ogden Armour, president of Armous A Co., Edward Norris, president of Norris & Co., and John S. Miller, coun sel to.the Standard Oil Conipany, v/ho hat been engaged to defend tho “Beof Barony." At the bottom are Louis A. Swift, president of Swift A Co., and Edward Tllden, president of the Na tional Packing Co., the corporation which th goveernment aiiegee to bo In control of the frfsh rneat prices throughout the United itatss. Meat Packers Secure Hunters Brought Before Justice Fred Williams and Cal Wheeler col ored, plead guilty before Magistrate S. C. Ross to hunting on the lands of Mr. J. K. Wolfe on the Park Road. A |5 fine was imposed upon Williams, but it was remitted on payment of the costs and the judgment was made a pennv and the costs in both cases. Mr. Wolfe had no desire to prosecute the defendants and merely wished to warn them. most romoianders having had for- miiifiirv * training. They are pquipped with guns, am- - ‘ ion provisions and horses oiti^ addition have fourteen gun- tliJir' ^’'■®*egists have planned forcft. in divided Into three Intention of simultaneous attack from Prevails. * '■p'^''-'iasm prevails in the troops are Im- ’^uinrw poorly ammunition. ("-1 l>ackbone of Chang's ind a I II a c f’- Rritiish and German Nankin have been closed 'within the citv is pending the battle. AMERICANS. ’’’r!.. 18—William J. todav'^'^ States minister to r* »o peremptory or- * "'‘e ^ th the Interior haste and ’^•ld«nces NEW MAYOR OF CLEVELAND ««pulsed. Newton O, Baker. Mayor-elect of at' Cleveland, Ohie, whb la the auccewr to the political lead«ralfip 9f the ws Tom L, Johnson, and who WM •lected Kov IB 7 .V ' ' 'o"' Johnson, anq wno ww •“-7:*6 p. m—Premier on a thrte-cent fart platform Chicago, Nov. 18.—At the eleventh hour this aftenioon Judge C. C. Kohl- saat in the United States circuit court saved the nine indicted beef packers from trial Monday in Judge Carpen ter’s district court and granted them another breathing spell until W'ednes- day morning. This was accomplished by granting a delay in the entering of the order quashing the writ of habeas corpus, issued this morning, until next Wed nesday instead of enforcing the or der and remanding the packers for trial. The whole country blazed today with the news that the multi-millionaires indicted on the charge of violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, would, have to go to trial Monday. The day originally set. ^veral days ago in a desperate ef fort to gain more time, the indicted men suddenly appeared, before the United States marshal with Miller and applied for and were granted a writ of habeas corpus for the release of the nine “prisoners.” Hearing of argument on this writ was set for last Thursday and _ this morning Judge Kohlsaat quashed this writ, thus remanding the packers to the district court for trial. Remarkable Scene. Then ensued one of the most re markable scenes ever witnessed in a United States court. Quivering with rage, and with his face nearly purple, from excess of emotion, L«v. Mayer, the first attorney fol* the packers, burst forth in a tirade. ' ' Striding back and forth in front of Judge Kohlsaat, shaking his fists and shouting at the top of his voice, he spoke his mind. That he was not declared in con tempt of court was a matter of won derment to the court room of specta tors, Judge Kohlsaat looked at him with a sort of pitying smile on his face and did not reply. I do not believe , the court has me^t what it has said In the decis ion just read, and if It did m‘«^ whiat it said, I believe the court will take H back” was one of the first sentences bellowed hy Mr. .Mayer, ‘'I believe the c^{irt does ncrt realise the full import ot decision,” he roared. ’’By this deolpiou this court must remand these ^ men to the* Uni ted States manihftir; and that nieaaR that they must bejmprlsdoed.”- By this 4ime every man In the court room was staring in astonishment at the mbld nsture of Mr, I^a^^ft.'s ut terances. Oontlnulmr, he s^id: ' *'I>oe8 not the pdurt reSillae the po sition In which.we lire-placedtT Does not the court entertain ^rongp. doubte as to the constitutionality of th^' 8^^* msA act? To deny "vs an enlargement of hall is to denjr us an appe^ aijd to compel these gentlemen .to/s^b^l|l to th© debasement ^ .being locked 1ft jail, ' ? ' “We ask the cotirt to give these to* fendants the same rtifbts as a counter; fetter.” "i/ ‘ TrWil Appeared Ifievltable. ^ Judce Kohlsaat made no r^ly and appajrestly th« government forcM had woo A notable victory. That which tM paekert have trial to dodge, on eye^ possible pretext—a trial—appeared In- Wipkersham at 'Washihtton the follow ing:" ^ “CoiJtt sustains our cohtfttitiofis. We win bn" every point.' v “(Signed) ' ' ’ “WILKERSON.’*- V-Another Delay Granted. Then came the most astonishing, fea-, ture *of: the cajse thus far. When court cbnveiled in the afternoon Altoif’ttey Mayer appeared and asked that- eiiter- ing of the order quashing the writ of ha.beas*corpus be delayed, “until.such time 'as would afford the defense an opportunity to prepare a plea lo be submiited to the supreme, court.” District Attorney^ Wilkerson and Special Counsel James M. Shean both protested .vigorously, btit Jiidge^Kohl saat nevertheless grated ;tfie i»ackers another delay," and there thfe: .case ^ands. ^ .m ' V * '——— HISTO OF CA5IJE,; - Chicago, ni.,^ Nov. • 18r--^TheI mt»^‘ex tensive ' criminal ’prtTBiBcutidn' of la|‘ge ^. .T, .-''V - (Continued-on 5 Page Twenty.) ■ Pbins Oveithiow\ OfPtesi^ntM^erd Almost Inhuman Relations Be- tween Father Ana Son Can- Jessed to by Wilbuf Spencer Father of Accused Slayi^r of STTBIPOL' Miss Blackstone. By GUGLIEMO FERRERO. The celebrated Italian historian, who is writing his impression of the war with Turkey for the New York Ameri can. Special Cabled Turin, Nov. 18.—A wave of pro- AralDian sentimentalism has shaken Eprope and America. The repression of the rebellion, which broke out sud-j amazing story of almost Inhuman re- denly in Tripoli on October 23, has 1 lations between a father and his son been the obj^t at which the most i was told today by Wilbur L. Spencer, atrocious reproaches have been level-1 father of Bertrom . Spencer, the ed. The Italian army has been com-] modern Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde pared to a horde ot Huns, who went ’ who is on trial for his life charged their way leaving behind them a bare i with the slaying of Miss Martha Black- desert and shedding torrents of blood, stone. He had been accused of terr- It would be difficult to conceive a \ rifle cruelty to his son when the latter clearer proof of the carelessness with j w^as a boy and today he admitted ev- which the public opinion of our time— | ®^y accusation and added startling de- on the mere basis of mutilated, hasti-i tails in an unconcerned manner that' ly written reports of journalists, who made the blood of those in the court are compelled to exaggerate by profes-! room run cold. . , sional duty—judges men and events The elder Spencer s tirnng recl^l in the gravest circumstances without j distinction, without responsibility, without any thought of consequences. To none of her ready accusers has it occurred that in a war like that Italy is fighting in Tripoli Tania, it is a question of life or death for the army to be safe in the rear, nor have they taken into consideration what it means to fight against an enemy that does not acknowledge any rules of war and with whom none knows the fate of the wounded and the prisoners. It means a war in which, if the Italian army' should not be victor, it might run the risk of being annihilated, de stroyed. Finally there Is the religious fanaticism, which adds enormously- to the diflacultieff of a war which is being fought in a different tjlimate and among people of a ;dlfferent civilization. Without having given thought to any of these things, -part of Europe claims that we should recognize the right of the Arabians to quietly organ ize revolt without hindrance for the purpose of attacking our army in the rear ^t the same tlnnei' that It Is at tacked in front, so as to seize the first oppoirtunity to destfoji^ 4t.'-^I’tiat hothing else is the meaning of the ptdtests of piH>*Af»bittB finrope. Any one who understands what w means knows that the dangers of suc^ remits can be prevented only by meas ures such as’ were taken recently in Tripoli.'Everywhere—not only in the wars fought in barbarious or Semi- barbrous countries, like Tripolitania, but even In those fought in Europe be tween Europeans—there have been such dreadful episodes. Everyone regrets that wars are still outcries from the prisoner’s cage, whei;e Bertram sat ]i^th his head bur ied in his hands crying, sobbing and shrieking, "^his display of anguish seemed not to affect the father as he told his story. Bertram’s mother and sister sat near his cage trying to com fort him and often weeping themselv es. Spencer testified that he punisli4sd Bertram severely several times at the age'of 1 and 3 years and on one oc casion at the latter age the baby fell on his head. Again at the time Bertram tried to pray he hit the boy with a curtain rod. At the age of 9 years he took Bertram into Max Woods, two miles from home and tied him to A ti^ “for the wild ani mals to feed on,” left the boy there two hours and released him. At aiiother time, he said, he placed the boy’s head on a chopping block, saying, “If you ever do this again I will sever your hekd from your body.” “At othet times I licked hi® about the bead with a whip,” he continued. *‘I'pounced Jbiin on the back foi* put* ting nis %a^ bn the btfck'of a cajv rii^^veiU. and when Spencer ran away I ^volver and sljgt SriitjSi, T mii^d hik.*’ " .._“jlertr9.m had run away one#* and came and went to bed. I learn ed of it and went up to see him. He pulled a revolver, and just as the hi^merjcaiae'doWB I grabbed it, and QieTia’mmef fell on my hand, leaving a scar. We scuffled and he left the house, with me after him. I flred the revolver- off' into the air • several times.” At another time the witness said 'New Vork, Nov. 18—Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh, in an address to day to the customs appraisers assemb led here frdrii all'parts of the United States made the ataitling accusation that there was not an honest line of importations coming into this country. The effect of the statement coming from th6 head of the treasury depart ment created a sensation among the appraisers several of whom accepted tJie remarks of Mr. ^MacVeagh as &' direct charge of rittcompetehcy or dis honesty and -,are’'^ said 'tb v be. talking of res-ignit^.(. 'f - .. •> • “The t'reasury department has been seiarctfing' in vain to find a single line of merchandise that Is free frona the taint of »• fraud,’ ■ said thesecretair* “This cdndi'tlbn- must he remedied and the- responsibility ' rests" with yw men. ^ ' ' ■ . . . No matter who the, importer may - Mexico ' City, ^Nqy. 18.—'A/ revolu tion whereby the overthrow of Presi dent Madero .and facing - of himseir in the presi'dency, is^ outlihed iii'a let-"i,g. -^y^ry.invoice of goods coming in ter which the Impar^al. has received tjjjg .cou.pftry must.be examined with from Bimiliano Vasquez Goniez at-San | extraordinary scrutiny. There roust Antonto. V • * ^ ijtie-no exceptions.' Goinez ’ would ' declare thfe October | -‘‘The department" of customs has elections void;*disBfolve congress and!under inyestigation_ for' naany eBtia.}>Hsh Ideals upon which the lastj jjiariy Improvements have revolutton .WaS'^founded.; ' • !lbeen inaugurated,blit the frauds have He says that the. plan- is not one g^Qppe^ j repeat there i».not of vengeance, but'only for the salva-j^^ of merchandise being Imported tion of revolutionary pririciptes* which: that' is not fn some way- talnt^.’ their former exponent IS'on the,point' of disavowing. , frequent in tlie world, but no one can‘Bertram attacked him with a shovel suggest that the Italian army should and when the Implement was taken commit suicide rather than use the away from him he ran into the house defenses to which every army has had recourse in critical moments in all ages COX TAKES stand IN . ^ ■i *v.' HIS OWN D^EWSE.j themT The officials Of the custonm service at’large aife believed to have teen as- aemlfledTiere for the express purpose of receilring- tie waniing 'that Secretary and for two hours swore and smashed the furniture. Spencer said that he had not been B^t If Europe and America show a Christian up to a few years ago and themselves unjust in hastily accusing;pat he thought'he was doing right iia Rurone shows herself also indis- in punishing hi^ son. He said he had c?4te and^careless. This pro-Arabian,j been closely affiliated with the Con- S^Turkish sentimentalism is a seri- gregatlonai church in rec^t yeare, Sut imprudence and almost an uncon*; however and was trying to lead an «eious ..tacK on the mutual interests father ands his grandfather were In sane. • He said that his mother was silly and that a half-brother was crazy. Dr. Hosea B. Quinby, superintendent of the state hospital for theinsane, 'at Worchester, an insanity expert, call ed by the defense, took the stapd to describe the death at . that institution of Helen J. Tiffany, an insanity pa tient who was relat^ to the Spencer fanilly. Today’s session Tasted only two hours and a half, being devoted al most exclusively to the testimony of the eider Spencer. The climax in the dramatic legal and medical battle to save Spencer will come Monday, when testimony which the defense confidently expects to prove that the man is insane, will be offei'ed. That Spencer killed JUiss Blackstone Is admitted. The jury must only de cide whether he shall be electrocuted or sent to an asylum, and from pres ent indications the prisoner will know his fate before the end of next week. • Should 'Force The . Goyerhment. Wasj^ington^, Nov. - 18.—Gongress Miami, Fla., Jloy. IS.—P.-C. .Cox, on trial for th> murder-of Het^e Parcel, a 16“ year oU ,giH. wa* Placed:On the , , witnesstodiiiy where"he made,a should force the goyernmeot:to appeal kenerfU denial of oOaipUcity in j thevfrom the decree in the Ameri^n To- muriler.* , . u > tbacco Company case,” said Samuel loiters fp&m a n«a?ro wonaipm'to the-iJU New York, today before dtefendasit. making an enga&^ment,.to’, t^ senatorial conamlt^ on In^rstate miBet 1^^ on tj^e.si|rht of the alleged oomtnercje. “Tbe .courtr*ljould oe forc- inurder sclao were intl?^«ced to p.rove|' ed to say whether the d^solutton plan that.fte was xxear the Parcel home to .agreed upon is. what k meant by an m^t fierr'' " ’ ^ . ordei!'of dlsint^ration,” added. of civilization. * Don’t believe for ■ a moment that these protests have no effect. They have an effect and a very pernicious effect for us and for all. They weaken Italy, not so much against Turkey as against Arabian revolt. Makeis of ^‘Chtck- lets" in The Toils New- Orleans, Nov. 18.—The Ameri can Chicle Company, manufacturers of chewing gum, was indicted by pe Federal grand jury here today on ten^ counts charging a violation of the^ w- terstate commerce laws respecting railroad shipments. ^ u The indictment chaises that through a false valuation placed upon ship ments of gum from New Oriels to Texas points the American Chicle Company obtained lower freight rates- than It was entitled to tinder the tar iffs filed with the Interstate commerce commission. Is Seaboard Co. To Dissolve? Fwkd ^ . NfW-’York, Nov# J8.-T-WilHam nimlB' Baninr, Wore sailing todAy^ for a vacation In the eWst Indte^^. was: fii^ed - whether ' he thought the .laal ^OQsevett article'In The Outlook liidi- cated that the «x-presldent intended to take an active\piart in the cwoipaign *^Sltod States DIstfk Attorney W- l»ia^7 kwaon at woe cotimal. Booseveit speak fo»] tij blmulf but that the' edl^rial might be ^sd - eonstra^, but not nedessarily Mr,- Bryan s^ Colonel fiOosevelt's deferise 'of hli ’part in the T. o; A I, and Steel trust dteal would not^stsi^. and caUed sstikentlon to the fact .ttiueA XJblonel Itoosevelt was pres- tdeui for seven y^rs and did not reg- ilate t^-irtfSis, ■■ i.i" ■ New York, Noy. I8.-The recent ac tivity and strength in the securities ■of the Seaboard Air Une Railway Company in the Baltimore market has given rise to rumors of the early disolution of the Seaboard Company, which controls the railway. At the local-offices of the line no confirmation was obtainable, but credence is attach ed to the rumors in banking cir cles. - Informal conferences of the Sea* board Interests were held here today, but it is stated that no action looking to the dissolution of the holding com pany was taken. BOY«’ FATAL COASTING CRASH. Soraaton, Pa., Nov. 18.—Robert Iiove- land, four year* , of age, was almost ^atJintly killed and bla flye*sr«iaroW broker, (^dfrey, fatally, hurt In a; tra^Q Qpaitlnv acldent. The boya were glldliiK down the hill on Irylng avenue and 'onudied Into a .wagon-load of mailed ftea*. ^ JURY COMPLETED IN Tilt IND FElTipGIISE Lincoln Center, Kas., Nor. 18—A jury was completed today to try al leged members of the Kansas mob that tarred and feathered Miss Mary Chamberlain, the Shady Bend school teacher, a tew weeks ago.' The trial win begin Monday. Attorneys for the defease have stated the school teach er will be forced to undergo severe cross>ezamination> LACKED HIS TRICK BIBLE. New York, Nov. ll.—How he fooled a jury and won' hia freedom with the ata ot a Wble wag told by George Mo- AUtster, 18 yeaiv old, in general ses> sjitHis, wh^, he vriui wnr»lgn«d before Judfe Roealsliy for the seoond time In thfee months on the charge of bttf* flary.
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