W anted, t or Sal^, For Kent, Lost and Found, Bb^ ^ 20 PQQ^ one bECTlON. T^TTT^ JL I I ■, jd 20 Pages ONE eecTioN. VOL 2, NO. 43 CHARLOTTE. N. C.; SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 26. 19I1 PRICE 5 CENTS fanj^ Board Said to Have Discovered Nothi ng New\ Oil King's Almonet Bitteily Attacks Merritt Brotheis I fg Ptobably Subnat a Color- liss Report, Giving FigiiTt Which Have Already Been i„ Bands of Both Patties for Some Time. Guord of Wool J^ter- (Sis in Washington — Mtn geprestnting Other Protected i,tides Are Expected to Be on Hand. W3-«r.n^on, Nor. 26.—Coincident fr.A'i set forth in the New 'ark A!tit'".c&D today that tli# preei- f tanff hoard in It* report will tJike specific recommendation as leaving tariff revision in firs a' ti:** White House, and in oon- rLi a delegation from the National r- )ol G'-" prs' Association, arrived and filled tit)cn the preeident. '0 the colorless report of th* itf-Ard if iwfw certain that representa- . jf every other large interest that r-w protection will also come to to re-argue its ca«e. u“l^^.>iuted out here today that inirppbts are perfectly aware . cha jf'ter of the report. They r,.-s the board will give the - only figures showing the x;fT?rtn'e i' ?he cost of production anfi abroad and that the ways ■ri at tii aininilttee will be called on to (iiiieet, them as best it can. -i; wii; cause more delay to which intprP3ts hope to add by once more esdnis i‘* permitted to present -•Pir of the case, i .A onp argument in defense sub- - ; e ' f' pT .orffi of the tariff board ‘.’V ’oda' was the statement made -‘'f ! r ? this morning, that th« n bo5-ii could not legislate as to : - ^ repeated that the know- n!! 'h iie tariff board will pur- iiTe’ in degree, perhaps, but not in kind, from that which sri riv . vts h.i'l at the last tvession con^css and which the republican* >• htve had ever since they p-rf»k to frame a tariff bill. THE WEATHER. Ptestdenfs Seaetaty\V Makes Statement\t Waahins;ton, Nov. 25.—Secretary to the president, HUleB, authorized the announcement today that he tiad issued no statement as to the presi dent’s view of the proposed presi dential primary in Ohio, or any other state. Interviews were printed this morning purporting to have come from Secretary Hllles, saying the ad ministration would meet the chai-i ^ ^ , lenge of the insurf gents by If TOTy Washington, Nov. 25.—Fore cast for Sunday and Monday. North and South Carolina, fair weather and rising temper- ture Sunday; Monday fair. Famtp/' Severe St. Petersburg, 25^—Sufferings Remend Frederick Gates in Ca^efuUy Prepared> State ment Issued From Standard OH Headquarters Ft0i$es lestimany Bejore Steel Irust to a preferential primary. The administration, Mr. Hilles said, is not opposed to such primaries where they are safeguasrded by law, but does not favor primaries which in S'-aiiM ta 1891 a™ Polfticians close to the president ^ ^ ^ who called at the white house today being repeated|l* Ae province of Or- said Chicago undoubtedly would be enburg and t^ ,Turgai territory in selected by the republican national Asiatic Russia. The famine stricken committee which inhabitants of these regions are flock- on December 12, as the place tor me . . ^ neit republicM national conTenUon. mg to the towns as dviUagw. many ....... St. IjOuIs and Denver will be urged of the being prepared for death that*before the congressional steel trust In- Denies Every Word qj Ihe Statement Attributed to Em —Says Rodtejelkr bas Done None oj the Wrong Acts Charged. New'York, Nov. 25.—ThesRev. Fred erick Gates, John D. Rockefeller’s al- moner, made a bitter attack in a carefully prepared statement, issued tonight from Standard Oil headquar tera. No. 36 Broadway, on the bro^h' ers, Albert and Leonidas Merritt, who, FagettemlleGeis N. C. Conference Special to The News. Kinston, Nov. 25.—Fayetteville was selected over Wilmington'^and Hen derson during the session of the North Carolina conference / here to day. , There was considerable discussion over the recommendation ^ by the tem perance committee that four; mem bers of ’ the conference be appointed members of the executive committee of the anti-saloon 'league. An amend ment was adopted, striking out' the ireeommendation. Ex-GovernOr Jarvis then addressed the-conference In tne interest of the representative church contemplated at Washington, D. C. A recommendation was made tha4, the conference contribute five, thousand dollars to the church, with D. H. Tuttle as ^special agent. The confer ence endorsed the work of the anti- saloon league, adopting the resolu tion by a rising vote.- The confer ence will adjourn Monday morning. An afternoon session was ordered to day. - . by members of the commlttw htttl't^ey are begging for the administrat- the Chicago j tim of the last communion, be too strong and the Windy City will be picked. Cincinnati is out of the race and dleveland has made no se rious bid for the convention. 2 remedy Enacted in Memphis Hotd\ Menmphis, Tenn.^ Nov. 25.—J. F. Martin was ehot and poesibly fatally wounded and Mrs. E*. L. Nonema^efj BOGKEFELLER’S ATTOBNEY DENIES Washington, 38.—'Action by the barely escaped being ehot when the wo- Stanley steel committee followed fast man's htisband attempted to enter a on the announoement by Joseph B. room in an uptown hotel here today. Cotton, connsel for John D. Rockefel- Mrs. Nonemacher before naarriage re-jler, that Charles B. Martz, engineer of sided at Chattanooga. Martin is travel-1 the Dulnth, Mesaba and^Northem Bail- ‘ chaperoned' ^^I^Sitor ‘bo «as opposed to tke tariff i,\ the democrat*. The ar?> Prank Gooding, of Idaho, ''iijt.;" «f the ii^soclatlon. and A. J. ■-L of f hiraso, vice president. . I tho White House thcSe ' aiikly adtaitted that their ob- t y;;,, ro senators and members on the coming tariff re- Meir visit to the president i1k.h1 a.s a “call of courtesy.” ->1 I" predicted that the ■ ivi>- of raw w«x)l, of manu- , oT raw cotton, of manu- ■fl n^on. of chemicals and of r ’torn of the tariff bill, that ■ ^ ted will soon also be on - ing salesman of Reidsville, N. C. MORSE TO BE REMOVED TO ARMY HOSPITAL. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 25.—If' his con dition permits, Charles W. Moxae, road had lied when he testified that he was ordered to pad values of that railroad property so Ro*efeller might sell to the Steel corporation at enor mous profit. In executive mating the democratic- vestigating committee, testified that they had been squeezed out of mil lions through the connivance o| the Rev. Mr. Oates and Mr. Rockefeller in a Me^aJsa iron ore deal. Dr. Gkites explains that he was mak ing an inspection of the Western Mary* land Railroad with some fellow direo* tors while the Merritts we«e testify ing before the Stanley comndttee, and that he reived a full steiKigraphic report of their testimony only today. “I have to say,” he d^ares in the opening of. his statement, **that not one syllable of the words which Leoni das Merritt pot in my mouth was evr uttered by me. I have further to say that not one of*the wrong acts which LeonidaB Merritt says Mr. Rocl»feller committed n; that I committed in his behalf was ever done by,either Mr. .Rockefeller or me, and thaM)oth Mr Rockefeller and 1 on -oath 4^ny all the wrong acts.” Continuing, Dr. Gates says: *‘But-I wish onoe more, sj^ifically and with ail the ^phasis I can com* mand, to deny hot Mily in general bill in detail, the outrageous charges 6f Lieonldas >Meirrltt. DeoiiijHas Merritt ws« -uew. iavked • te« oone tp • New Yor^ by ${r. RockefeHiV «thiB *gfnta When'Mr, Merritt oame to ?iWw York he fras not sollcifeei |Ir. Roekefell^ or his agents to remain in New York "Neither Mr. Rockefeller nor, his agents ever solicited Leonidas Mer ritt or any one else to unite in consolidatibn of iron properties. The consolidation was conceived and el- T NAN IN the banker convict, who is ill at the | of the ^mmittee ti4s afttfv to IlcPherson ' Sunday meming, ..where to^ to testify l»-am»pijsii« he will be under the charge of Major If Mr. Cotton doea lot ace^t he xviU, Baker, ehlef surgeon of the post. | be eubjpoenaed. Lawyers have been It was intended to move Morse this exempt heretofore from writs but Mr. afternoon, but about 3 o’clock be Cotton, it is stated, has made his ap^ took a turn fbr the worse and his pearance imperative. It is declared condition is said to be critical. A j that documents are at hand •; Merritt and his friends consultation between Dr. Calvin the allegation of Mr. Martz. Without solicitation from Mi’. Rock- Weaver and Dr. A. L. Fowler, form er prison physician, will be held, it is said, before Mr. Morse is removed to the hospital at Port McPherson. It is understood Mr. Morse is suf fering from incipient Brights dis ease and complications but the physi cians do not agree about his condi tion. Four trained nurses are on their way from Washinton, and will be in. attendance on the sick man at tne fort, where, all preparations have been ^made to receive him. T New York, Nov. 25.—T^ith the cham pionship trials, the horse show at Madison Square Garden cam^ to a close tonight. The ultra fashionables who . have filled the . hoxee ^all. week were not on hand at»the f closing and only these men and* tWMnen who love the “horse for * his‘ honest 'Willingnesa of purpose renuuned. The horse will 'be on show >another day but the historlc^garden will soon be tom down. The exhibition Just> closed was a record one and. during the seven days f40,000 'was offered in prizes^ for .154 classes,$7,000 more than' last year. Nearly i.JOO horses'were entered; the money was split up among many, but B. T. 'Stotesburyrof .Philadelphia,” and Judge William H. > Moore, of , JIw York, carried off the biggest winnings. Mr. 'Stoteshury... uhade: a cle^ sw^p in thfe clajsses devoted* to road hors- ijnerioaB horses won Z6 flnit prlaes. jCaaadlan won 12 ^sts; the ^Dutch olftcers thfesi flrsi; prfeee; tbe Brittsh two and Belgium eu6 blue rttohdlli MRS. MORSE CONFINED TO HER ROOMS New York, Nc^v. 25.—Charles W. Morse is still confined to her rooms at the Milan apartments. West Fllty- eighth street. She had planned to be at Atlanta at this time, but was forced to abandon the trip, owing to illness. Mrs. Morse will probably start for Atlanta Monday. Mrs. Morse has been working tor a pardon ever since her husband was sent to prison. She is overjoyed at the prospects of his near freedom, but it is known that she fears it will be too late to save his life. ALDERMAN BAULER DIED TODAY Chicago, Nov. 25.—Alderman Her- man J. Bauler, whose name had been miolerahle and neither brought into the investigation .into , ' - .\-v. :;ri.—continued flghV ? Hankow Jind Iq the vicinity ot ■ ag is taken by many Chinese to •" ID f' t. \uan Shi Kai while re- n. foreigners with a view to a loan, and placating tbe « pretended pacihc - ■ nr. ,H Intent upon crushing the ■Diilaop wTth lorce. His position is _ “1! or Chinese trust him. f .'tack on Hankow which led iri.'-Bix hours the imperial- rp repulsed Thursday and '■ n aorogs the Han river. ^ T=ier Hill Fort Captured. ’ iiik r.i xov. 26.—Rebels today - !"'i ' i^rr Hill fort, outside this lie fort commands the cl^y number of imperialists « . ..i ,i,e revolutionary forces, of woineu are on the flrinr T the .ebcls. ^ ^ BOST GOES^fo news AND OBSERVER , -tv *na ■ rh t:|t iorn. •l)f ■ItOl 'Vh:.. '• Tiio .\'ewg. '■ .. .Nov. 25.—Announce* '"'‘1*; in the afternoon Sun K.liu>r W. T. Host, of the > -'Id. has tendered his res- oQd will go .lanuary first to iff man on the News and ’ h'* is the conclusion of his the city man cm the , ' ‘omc here from ' 'lurinK the absence ol *; •' one time editor of the " ' dtiring the absence of I M. .Julian. police graft, died suddenly early to day under circumstances that caused the coroner to investigate. Mathew Bauler, father of the alderman, de clared his son was the victim Of poi son. Bauler died in bed only a tew hours after returning from a political conference. fire ,n buttermilk Nov. Canno‘Fuii o» ^«lKht express, a combination fro® passenger train running extla- ' of throwing tbe oon- *2. buttermUk on tint train ^ ~ disoov«»d » »llk statloiti blase was ext|ngui^»^ iiysT nimiiiiH cmLG as Washington, Nov. 25.—The Louls- Tille & Nashville and the Southern Railway were ordered today by the commerce court to show cau^ De cember 5 why they should noi trans fer »al for and furnish sufficient cars to the Stony Fork Coal Com* pany otheni in the Middleshoro, Kentttcky-Tennesse coal region. In their petition the coal compa nies fbr a mandamus and de clare that the imUroads have refused to ftmliih cars for the trani^rta- tloQ. of ooal on tbroogh routes from tlie Mlddleaboro peglon to «®"tlna- tfcm In southeast -fwdi^it classMkja- tioiiT territory* Comparison During the month of October,' 1910, The News lead all papers in the Carolinas by publishing 23,031 Inches of Paid Advertising During the month of October of this vear The News printed 24,915 Inches of Paid Advertising A GAIN OF 1884 INCHES over tne correeponaing month of last year and A Volume of Advertising Greater Than Was Carried by Any Othef Newspaper Between Richmond and Atlanta During That Period. THE REASON why The News has such an enormous advertising patronage lies in the fact that instead of relying on street sales for its circulation it is dehvered by carriers to more h^es than are reached by any other Char lotte paper where its advertise ments are read by those who do the buying for the family. Leading merchants h&re learn ed by experience that th^ adver tising colnmn* of The News are the nK)St effective means at their disposal for securing the trate of Home Owners. his purchaaet of stcKdc. efeller or his officers. “Mr. Rockefeller never made a de mand or call loan of any kind to Leonidas Merrittee or any of the Merritt brothers. All the loans made by Mr. Rockefeller to the Merritts were time loans, with specific dates of maturity named in the notes, and netiher on the dates of maturity or any other time did Mr. Rockefeller ever demand payment for* these loans. They were permitted to run on indefinitely. At no time was Leoni das Merritt told that he* must pay these loans either in twenty-four t hours or any other date. No Pressure on Merritt. Not the slightest pressure was I ever put upon Merritt or any of his ’ brothers at any time to pay their loans. Mr. Rockef€|ller was perfectly willing to carry them. They knew well what the pressure upon them came from other creditors of long standing—not Mr. Rockefeller.” Mr. Gates states that in February, 1894, thte Merrits offered to sell Rockefeller 90,000 shares of stock tor $900,000, or more than twice* what ithey owed Rockefeller. This otter was accepted, the Merritts being giv en'an option at six per cent for one year to buy back more than half the stock.- Mr. Rockefeller had previous ly purchased several thousand shares of the stock at $10 a share. I'he Merritts offered his 12,000 shares at I the same price two weeks later which he purchased. He also bought stocK from others than the Merritts at the sjme or lower, prices. Thf^Merritt option, Mr. Gates says, ^as not extended because they had not asked that this be done, al though other members of the Merritt family had been granted extensions year after year by Mr. Rockefeller. The .value of the stock, according to Mr. Gtates, increased only slight ly . in 1896. From then on it ad> vanced until it reached par in 1901. 'The reason for the low price in 1894, Mr. Gates »ys, waa that it was gen erally believed that the ore was ot an extremely low grade. “DuiHig the early years it was open to all the furosce compames ot the United ■ States," he says, “the Carnegles includedt to buy this con> solldated stock at thrae .low, prices, and apparently nobody wanted to. These were the reasons why the stock was so very low in thie years 1894. 1895 and 1896.” The incite, he sayfi, was due to thef urhace men adapting their furnaces tq the ore because of its cheapness.' “But the main thing that ihcreas^d the value #f the stoek,” he continued, "was that Mr. Rockefeller gave the whole enterprise his financial back ing- He poured into the railroad. Into the mines and into the steamships to ry the ore million. after million, -e find that his advance to the . en terprise. UP to 1901, '#hen he sold out hiB sto^, amounted all tpl4 to. nearly $19,OM’,000.'This was altogether ap&t .J Fjom Army Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Nov. 25.—Before a wildly enthusiastic gath ering of football rooters, limited only by the capacity of the great athletic fl^d of the University of Pennsyl vania, the gridiron warriors of the United States Military Academy and United States Navy Academy fought this afternoon as if for the champion ship of the United States. Dalton’S field goal early in the play won the game for the middles by 3 to 0. It was the “rubber’' game of the, 'long standing series between the rival service colleges. Before today the, teams had met fifteen times and had broken even for that time. Each academy had seven victories to its credit. There was a tie game in 1906. The navy won las't year and the army in 1908; no game being play ed in 1909. • Promptly at 1:30 o'clock the host of gaily bedecked cadets who had come to cheer for an army victory, muster ed at the west entrance. Behind the post band of West Point they form ed in long columns, and paraded around the field to * their southern station. Eaoh soldier was equipped with army colored megaphones sus pended by orange ribbon shoulder straps. In direct contrast to the striking gray of the cadets was the impres sive black of the midshipmen. The combre effect was somewhat broken by the orange, ribbons and megaphones of sailor colors. The marine band in fiaming ried capes stood out prominent ly against the khaki buff surticuts of the contemporary musicians. The fact that the army-navy game here was held in opposition to the Yale-Harvard Cambridge in Boston in no wise detracted from the number or standard of the attendance. Vice President Sherman occupied the president’s box. There was also present. Mr. Meyer, secretary of the navy, and Dr. Stimson, secretary of war. Neither Mrs. Taft nor Miss Hel en Taft were present. In another box was Miss Marion I Cleveland, daughter of ex-President Cleveland. 'The postmaster general and other cabinet olBLcei^, with sev eral of the; justices. of the supreme court were of the ifresidential dele gation. Boxes and stands held sena- tort, congrMsmen and governors of staft^ by the score. rche sertioei of'course, had the larg est'representation. There wore gen erals,. admirals and lesser officers by the,hundreds. With all tbe dignitaries were tih^r womankind. Society from Washington and New York was out in force, adding their beauty of face and costumes to the home del^ation and the many, visitors from cities of the four comers of the countiy. The crowd high and low, numbered approximately 30,000. The army clearly outplayed the heavier middy aggregation in the first quarter; though a fumble of a pass by Hyatt robbed the cadets of their best chance to s»re. The sol diers sprung a great surprise on the young admirals in a fake kick forma tion whicfi was worked time and time questions about conditions in Jhe again for long gains. This pl^ ™ church in the diocese of the cardinal- sprung in ^y number of ymtles, designate and also displayed famillarl- sometimes ^th quick line shifts that ty with the growth of the church in completely baffled ^e naiddl^. the western states. , I pnd The great ceremony of the. festival I without exception he skirted the ^d of the Red Hats will take ‘place to^ ^vn^Hne tJi« nlav. De- GENERAL REYES AND PRESIDENT MADERO. General Bernardo Reyes (top) and President Francisco 1. Madero of Mexico (below). General Reyes was recently» arrested by • United States Government officials at San Antonlof Tex., charged with hatching a plot to overthrow. Madero as president It Is believed that the follewera of General Reyes'are ■gathering In Mex ico, and waiting for the opportunity to start the rebellion'. ’ ;* Rome, Nov. 25.—Pope Plus X today received Cardinal Designa;te Earley in private audience and for more - than an hour engaged the New York pre late In discussion of the affairs of the church in America. The pontiff expressed pleasure when Archbishop Parley told of the demon stration accorded him and Mgr, Falconic when they sail from New York. 'The holy father asked many Jhe morrow and this will mark the begin ning of a week of ceremonies at'the Vatican. According to Archbishop Farley the Pope is in fine health and will be able to go through'the strenuous du ties without fati^e. The city of * Rome'is decorated and astir in lionor’ of the ceremonies inci dent to the’ consistory an.d thousands of visitors are-here to witness the be stowal of the red hats. The govern ment-as assisting in honoring the visiting prelates and the strained re lations between the Quirinal .and the Vatican We overshadowed and forgot ten. , MAJ.41AY TO Cftld’AGO." ■¥ ». _____ W^ashington, Nov.'25.—rMajor. Besch- er B. Ray, of the army pay corps, has been transferred*from Atlanta^to'Chi cago. RecenUy Major Ray was ordered to New" York' but, this* order' was^ re scinded. . , i. A congressional candidate last ses sion investigated charges tjiat. Major Ra:y had b^h ‘ granted" leave ’ of ■ ab sence and other privileg^^ to ename him to organize ^the labor, vote in the interest-of the re^blican i^rty, RUSSIAN ROYALTY ENTER-' TAINEO BY* BRITISH HOSTESS London, Nov. 25.—Lady Paget gave a dinner tonight at her house in Bel- grave. Square for the grand duchess Vladimir of Russia, Prince and Prin cess of Greece, the Grand Duke An drea of Russia and members, of their suites. JOHN WANAMAKER. % hn Wanamaker, the merchant Prince and the loving cup preeented to him by merohan^^ the United States to comnnemorate^hls golden Jubilee as one of the leading, merchants of the country. Tt» lovlnfl cup, of a^id sil ver, wm preeented to Mr. Wanama ker at« iuno^eon, hild In New York on November 16th, which was attend ed by more than one 'hundred and fifty bankers, builders,. professional ni^ig^jm«fGh«pj|s. hat was not expecting the play. De spite the fact that Dalton, the navy’s hooter, had the wind in his favor, he failed to uphold his end with either Keyes or McDonald who alternated at booting for the army. The army which tacTced oft immedi ately, held her advxjrsary for downs and Dalton was forced to punt. Then Keyes unhooked his first run from a fake kick formation for a pretty twen ty yard gain. He came right back with another for the same distance. Army threw her plunging backs into losing line and the Annapolis machine was crumpled up and rolled back into the very shadow of the goal line. Here army had an excellent chance for a field goal but^refused tjie opor- > tunity and lost the ball on downs. Dal ton immediately booted out of |anger. There was then many exchanges ol punts and each lost ground for the victors of a year ago. Finally tl|« army caught its second wind and wa* again crowding navy, when the period ended. When the team changed sides navy was on the defensive near her 20 y^rd line. Navy held for downs and Dalton punted out of bounds at navy*s 50 yard line. Then for the third time the army furnished such a thrilling attack that her colors marched down the field almost with the despatch and precision of a triumphal tour. Time'W* ter time Fullback Keyes pulled his sensational runs from the fake kick for gains, or Hyatt. Browne or Mc Donald would be hurtled through the line or around the ends. In five plays the army carried the ball 35 yards to navy’s 20-yard line. Here Hyatt failed (Continued on Page Ten.) Lone Bandit Who Hdd Up Tram Near Columbia, S. C, Not Yet Located r Nov 25.—No Clue. Mail Clerk Meredith and his ne^o Columbia, S. C., .. helper, demanded and seqired the registered mail in the postal car, en- hng yet been foiind to the identity of the masked white man who board ed Atlantic . Coast Line train No. 55 from Wtimington to Columbia and. forcing his demand with a revolver. H9W much money the robber got cannot estlmatcfd until the several acoordine to tlw story of RaUway sending Wtoffices are l^rd from