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BR'l Wanted, For Sale, For Rent, Lost and Foimd, B fl-ir,V-T • o^Boai*ders, Rooms or Roomers-Page Eight latest ^ twelve pages. Edition THE l\TXPT4TO Latest Edition jL.^1 ■ ^ T T twelve pages. VOL. 45. NO. 8114 CHARLOTTE N. C., MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 18, 191 1 priceC«nt8 a Copy IVtHy—B Cents Sunday. ^ iOwtBlde Charlotte 6 Cent* a Copy l^Ily and Simday. and a (.14 K.irmf \*m^m \*wm ’on X t ^co i j,nc6 prebident Notifies Russia That Treaty Is Abi ogated as the UnoffieM An- noioKemnt Made Early lo- ^y~No Statement From Vhitt Bouse— Congress to je Asked to Confirm. lations committee last nlgtit said they expected to hear today that the pres ident had served notice of abroga tion upon the St Petersburg govern- ident. Letter From Taft. Although the White House declined to conflrm it, a letter from President Taft explaining hie views on the Rus sian situation is said to hav« gone to Chairman Cullom of the senate foreign relations committee. The president is believed to have dwelt upon the long friendship between Russia and the United States and to have indicated he would not countenance action by congress which would be regarded as offensive. The president is also believed to have detailed the view that he could act without waiting for congressional initlatlye. The president projects trea ties and Mr. Taft is understood to have declared that the executive also is clothed with power to initiate the abrogation of treaties, asking in each event the approval of the senate. Treaty “Not Yet” Abrogated. At the state department at 11 a. m. it was declared that the treaty with Russia had “not yet” been abro gated. This statement was Interpreted in some quarters as meaning that President Taft’s notification may have ben an informal one, to be followed la ter by a more explicit announcement of the abrogation. In any event the United States has until January 1 to , . .notify St. Petersburg of the termina- ;othougbf however, of adopting the.^^^^ treaty, effective January house document. ^ 1913. The treaty provides that no- of the committee, given on January 1 of ^te Was Expected to lakt frud Action lo-day—Gnat Interest Jaben in Matter— Sptcml Cabinet Meeting tait Higbt. Presf. ^n^iwrtoa. Dec. 18.—With the dell- ^ thoiu^b imofflclal statement that iSideni Taft formaJly had notified K. the treaty of 1832 with .Hit cou”*rv would be abrogated, the committee on foreign relations i it red what form the abro- fh luld take. There propositions: The first was that the President ■UMld officially proclaim the abroga- with ratlflcaUon by the senate. Tha sccond was that the abrogation be ordered in a Joint resolution trMur»^»«d by the house. There was THE DAY IN CONGRESS By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 18.— I SEN^ATE. t. In session at 2 p. m. ^reign relations committee con sidered abrogation of Russian treaty which afterward was taken up in the senate. President's notice to Russia re garding abrogation made known to individual senators. F; W. Kelsay of Orange, N. J., attributed business troubles to fabulous capitalization of cor porations in hearing before in terstate commerce committee. ^ HOUSE. Twelve Pei sons Killed In Double \ Rqilroad Wi eck 'ic- members •'■0U2! * the president should act with •hewnatc alone, without regard to the The committee discussed whether 't adrocRtion should be considered in as it was in the house, c' 'n executive session. A satisfactory to the ad- - ii^st:«:lon is said to have been fram- V Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts. ■ j’ ^ would briefly an(^ simply de- , : tt; treaty abrogated on the id '’'ar It bad become obsolete. ^ iv-ieiary of Stato Knox declared lay fh.;: 'hpre had been a gre^t deal , i irehenslon about the attitude •n. ia in the recent negotiations. ,rp'i anew that Russia had r ,(i to the United States . ihe r>hrogation of the treaty - language of the, Sulzer „:.on. The secretary said that ;#r formall> no informally had • a entered any sort of complaint. : intimated early this afternoon ’ :pr in the day clarifying cor- i r « might be made public. anv calendar year and that the treaty shall continue in effect twelve months thereafter. All of the members of the senate foreign relations committee attended today’s sitting. Several of ^em an nounced that they would take the at titude that there should be some con ciliation toward Russia because of the acts of that government in favor of the union during the civil wir. While so disposed members did not favor anything that would In any way recognize discrimination against any class of American citizens. There was no doubt expressed by members that the committee would fa vor a resolution declaring simply “that for reasons satisfactory to this government” the United States con- cived Itself to have the right to abro gate the treaty. Mr. Sulzer announced he would not oppose a change In the phraseology of the house resolution declaring the (OontteHed on Page Nine.) - TVr. 18.—It Is unoffi-1 ann. .inceft that President Taft :e: served notice on Russia . he I • ’ y of 1S32 was abrogated. - ,d Tt the president’s mes- fiie enate today would ask .11 o! his action. ■; to Ret an offlcial state- h= White House were fruit- ’ ' executive offices it was ; n ;thin:4 was known of the ! r-m the first the White .1, .1 all information. As a conflicUng reports have of the senate foreign rela- "mmtrtee was authority for the m>nt today that the president ' ^allv sprved the notice of abro- PUCE mmm. flpm TO - Any IN SHANGHm - ■ ;d t O'Lid at f- ,-,a American Ambassador !t P«>tersburg. Senate to Act. -ession la ended the TRIANGLE F IRE TRIAL " \ Lock and part of charred door admitted in evidence against the firm of Harris and Blanck, on trial for man-slaughter in New York for the deaths of more than a hundred of their employes. tThe hand points to the shot bolt, which It Is claimed could not have been moved since the fire because of its warped condition, proving that the, door, that would have afforded escape to many of the girls penned in, was locked. The defense made a stub.^ born fight to keep Out this damaging bit of evidence, but the prosecution finally had it admitted and placed before the jury. NEW YORK WILL USE HALF-MILLION GIHIISTMIIS TREES By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 18.—New YorK: city will use nearly half a million Christmas trees this year and tne "ultimate” consumer will pay tor them $250,Ouv) or an average of litty cents a tree. West street, where the steamers from England dock, smells like a balsam toresi taese days, for the Christmas tree season is at its height and thousands of the small firs are "piled tip beside the boat land ings waiting for distribution to tne retail trade. “There appears to be no falling oa in the demand for trees,” said a deal er who handles thirty or forty thou sand of them here every winter. On the contrary their popularity iS Increasing so that already there is a shortage in the supply. It takes from ten to fifteen years to raise a tree big enough to use and those in tne more accessible forests are fast being cut out.” ENGLAND NOT THOUGHT TO HAVE GERMANY’ PLAN6. FLOBIOIiPfiESENTS SILHER SERVICE TO BUTT L E S HIP P*insacola, Fla., Dec. 18.—Preceded by‘"a parade of Americau- and Ger man bluejackets, regular army soldiers and militiamen, the silver service frpm the people of Florida was pre sented today to the battleship bearing the neiine of the peninsula state. Governor Albert W. Gilchrist pre sented the service to Rear . Admiral Lucien Young, representing the navy, and to Captain Hairy W. Knapp, com mander “crf the JJreftdcought., - A* silver tablet in memory of U. S. Senator W. J. Bryan who got the vessel named af ter his state, and a loving cup and two flags f:om the Daughters of the Confederacy also were turned over to the officers of the big fighting ship. Mayor Amos E. Lewis, of Marianna, Fla., presented the tablet. ' The silver service consists of 25 pieces and cost more than $10,000. ^ Met at noon. ♦ Bills considered under unani- ♦ ^ mous consent privileges. ♦ . ♦ ♦ Sulzer (N. Y.) author of Russian ♦ ♦ abrogation resolution, agreed ♦ ^ to change phraseology to ♦ ♦ make it less offensive to Rus- ♦ ^ sia. ♦ “Steel trust” inquiry resumed ^ ♦ Rules committee hear report»^ ♦ Humphrey (Vv^ashington, on ♦ ^ his resolution for investiga ♦ ^ tion of foreign shipping com- ♦ ♦ bines. War On The ‘‘Middleman Cummins Released Today on Bail By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 18.—William J. Cum mins, the convicted banker, furnished $60,000 bail today through a surety company and was released pending appeal. He had been in the Tombs since November 20b n Cummins was served wtth a subpo ena to appear as a witness in the case of Charles H. Hyde, former city cham berlain, who will soon be placed on trial. HOW To AVOID LOSSES ON “TARE” CHARGES. By Associated Press. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 18. Mayor Shank’s personality conducted sale or potatoes ^nd turkeys at cut prices has inspired the formation of an associa tion to reinforce the mayor in his “war on the middle man.” The two thousand shares of stock in the Wage Earners Co.Operative As sociation were put on saTe .today at $5 a share. Its organizers plan to open a depot where‘the ultimate consumer of foodstuffs shall meet the producer, thereby eliminating the jobbers pi'oflts. The campaign for extended member ship will be* made largely through the central labor union. Mrs. VermOya Too 111 'Attend Father’^ Funeral By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 18.—Secretary of State Knox has addressed a letter to Representative Brantley, of Geoigia, suggesting that American producers can best protect themselves against losses resulting from excessive “taie” charges abroad by exercisingt greatpr care in preparing their product for transportation in the export trade. The letter was in answer, to coin munications to the president from the house and senate committees on agi i- culture, and Representative Brantley accompanied by a resolution adopted by the Georgia assembly asking that some means be devised lor eliminating the loss of about $12,000,000 sustained annually through “tare” cnarges. The^^cretary said if precautions were taken in bailing and packing cotton for export trade so as lo prevent waste, foreign dealers would not have an excuse for excessive charges. By Associated Press. Shanghai, Dec. 18.—The peace con ference between Wu Ting Fang, the foreign secretary in the revolution ary cabinet, and Tang Shao Yi, repre senting Premier Yuan Shi Kal and five delegates selected by each side opened in the town hall here at 2:30 this afternoon. The delegates arrived at the town ■ xpet ied to take such action. hall at 2 o’clock. They immedltealy r-'s 't In the abrogation of proceeded to business. All except the ty of ‘' “J between the United .delegates were excluded from the ^ «ni Rup ia. The greatest In- building which Is guarded by armed - marii -^ted at the capltol and i British police. The public is not even ,(p f’no doors to the senate i allowed on the same side of the street >ne! np, ripri crowds were waiting as the town hall. d'“ vn there by the expec-j One of the notable facts In connec- ■= ientfthy and spirited debate, jtion with the peace conference is that i s r.*' thp senatp committee. both of the principal personages are ff rolaMona appeared at their natives of Canton and old friends. On ho in readiness for the 'their first entrance into the room the I II. ' rii; of the committee set J greeting of the delegates was most I • ' • ’ It wnp generally be- friendly. ■ ^’r^sifknt Taft had writ- Tan Shao Yl this morning said that ii.il letter to Senator Cul- he does not represent the throne but ' ' ‘H of the committee, but is a personal representative of Pre !U"inlipr.s would admit the mler Yuan Shi Kal. This declaration -I --I niesKace on the subject' may be regarded as a significant '1 t > the senate also was ex- , Both Wu Ting Fang and Tan Sl^a lYi privately expressed the hope, be- Cabmet Meeting. fore the conference opened, that some '' ■ the situation was em-1 agreement might reached. ■ 1- ' ntuht by the holding of Amos P. Wilder, United States con* >Hl . b ..t meetine: lasting from . sul general here, formally called on to midni.eht, to discuss the 'Tang Shao Yi this morning and talked ' n plan of action. Presi-, with him on subjects of general in- “■ li'’ made his po.sitlon clear terest without, however, touching on ' " ^ - 8 of the foreign rela- the question of the revolution. The ^ U ■> and while he is said ’ strictest precautions have been taken •T :.r Hhro«ating tlie treaty jby city authorities for the purpose of ■■ ■ hf'f auso of that country’s protection of Tang Shao Yl, as in- ■" • the properly ac-itlmation has reached ' ■ s . irts nf certain American some among the more hotheaded stu- 1; in ist'nt that it be ac- dents have been advocating his as- ipfl P iihout affront, it is gen-i sassiniation on • the ground that he is •'* r ■ fj under no circum-j supporting the Manchus. -i f ’,1 resolution, pans-, There Is reason to ^lieve that t ‘ hmiep, be accepted by the i idea Is absolutely wlthoiit foundatioii. I Tang Shao Yi is an advocate of a , onr> pt spppch was scheduled i constitutional monarchy b^ w ' ! of Senator Rayner, of support the retention of the Manchu the adoption of some dynasty. His sympathies are with the ^ inn K,,...,;. injj international: Cantonese reformers but he does not u.i Ftecause of the great I believe in a republic. 'r\ in thp subject, it is ex-! British and JapancM Action. ' ' tinny otiiers will de-1 London, Dec. 18. The action which ' n ’t the session may !lt has been decided shall be Initiated ■ v, ninp. bv the British and Japanese govern- , Cha r, .,1 Sulzer Talks. Iments In China Is more a matter of =i ''Sulzer, of tlie house com-j mediation than of intervention. In any f"piKn affairs, atithor of >case the governments await the resuRs rn , ' t’esolution to abrogate the'of the peace cc^ference, or at least “ ' ol today that he would Isome Indication of what the modification of thejof the discussions Is likely to be be* that the Senate fore proceeding further. ... R\ Thus far the conversations that have 'S objected strongly to j taken place on the subject of med^ •i n in the Sulzer res- tion have been solely between t charged that! Biitlsh and Japanese governments. ' Dlpri. ^^ving violated her trea-ifor% any definite decision is taken oy y ' *"- . thoM govermnenU all the powers will of the senate foreign re- be notified as to their propowd action By Associated Press. London, Dec. 18.—The story that the British Admiralty has secured plans of the locks and water supply and the secret signal codes of VVil- helmshaven with the idea in event of war of blowing up the harbor en trances and thus bottling up tne German fleet is regarded here as a mere romance. The story is supposed to have been betrayed by German Mexican Indians Are Starmng By Associated Press. Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 18.—Conditions of the Tamahuara Indians located In the mountains of this state, west of the city of Chihuahua are said to be de plorable. These Indians, who were active in ‘ the revolutionary cause, planted no crops and it is reported are now on the verge of actual starvation. officers to the Rhenish Westphalian:A delegation of two hundred of the Zeitung, which is strongly anti-Brit ish and the organ of the war mate rial trade. tribe I's in Chihuahua making the sec ond appeal to the government for im mediate aid. AGED MAN ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE Ten Victims of Rear End CoU lision on Chicago, Milwaukee And St. Paul Road^Many Seriously Injured—Failed to Set Signals. By Associated Press. •Alburque, N. H., Dec. 18.—White haired and bent, Dondccio Espalin, 80 years old, Avas today on the instruc tions of the court, adjudged innoce of a murder which it was alleged he committed 36 years ago. Espalin was on trial in the district court of Don Ana county at I..as Cruces. Two witne&ses of the alleged killing, meu vNfho then were boys, were among those who testified. Espalin after killing went to Old Mexico, v/here he remained until a few months-ftgcrwhen he went to Ys- leta, T^xas, where he was arrested. The evidence, the court declard, was at this lat date loo incomplete and vague to incriminate Espalin. MISS taft;s admirer banished Washington, Dec. 18.--The fact that Miss-Helen Taft’s name wa» linked with that of Captain Grahame Johnson, U. S. A., military aid dent In that an engagement was to be announced, has resulted, It Is said, in Ml.. Taft*, millury admirer being “banl.hed" to the Philippine.. Cap- tain Johnson had been with the president two years. Despite denials that an engagement existed, the young people were seen together and were ap. patently engrossed In each other's society. By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 18.—Mrs. Lrtflce Ver- milya, alleged poisoner of Arthur 'Bis- onnette, a policeman, remained in jail yesterday while her father, John Wolf who died on Wednesday, was being buried. Although she had been given permision to attend, Mrs. Vermilya said she feR too ill to venture out of the jail hospital. LOADED PISTOL AND FALSE HAIR WAS DEADLY COMBINATION. By Associated Press. Kansas City, Dec. 18.—Keeping a loaded pistol in a dureau drawer with her false hair proved to be a fatal mis take last night for Mrs. Celim Mas- lan of this city. The weapon became entangled with her switch and while trying to disengage the revolver it was discharged. She was shot in the head .and almost instantly killed. PUGILIST SMITH HAS GOOD CHANCES FOR RECOVERY. Bv Associated Press. Portland, Ore., Dec. 18.—Mysterious Billy” Smith, formerly a well known DUgilist who was shot last night by Captain A. B. Loomis, l^usband of Smith’s divirced wife, was thought to have a fair chance of recovery. Loomis surrendered himself to the police sev eral hours after the shooting and claim ed that he had fired in self defense.” Smith and Mrs. Loomis were talk- Ine on a street when Loomis approach ed and shots were exchanged by the men Four bullets lodged in Smiths body but Loomis was not shot. Coffin Secunty For Boaid Bill I By Associated Press. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 18. ^he hotel Ptilaska of this city probably has the most gruesome security for a board bill that has been left on the hands i of a landlord in some time. It is a cof fin which was left there by a drummer for undertakers supplies two weeks ago. The proprietors of the hotel have tried to get the negro waiters to take chanoes on the exhibit Jn a rafle but they will not do it. Neither will they touch it to move it out of the store room where it now is. The proprietors are puzzled to know what to do with it. . ■ '-J good CHANCE TO PROVE MERITS OF ARBITRATION. By Associated Press. Kansas City, Dec. 18.—“This Is a good opportunity for the United States and Russia to prove the merits of arbi tration,” said^Bishop Thomas F. Lillis, in speaking of the passport question here last night “In place of th© threat of the Rus sian ambassador to demand his pa pers,” continued the bishop, “there should be an attempt by both parties to decide the case accordingly to jus* tice.” WAITRESS SAVED ONE THOUSAND Two Killed in Head on CoL lision Between Trolley Cars on Line in Kansas-Fcg Said to Have Caused The Accid ent, By Associated Press. Odessa, ‘Minn., Dec. 18.—Ten per sons were killed in a wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail* road here today and ten or more were seriously injured when the sec ond section of train No. 18, tae Co lumbia, from Seattle, crashed into the first section which had been stop ped ou signal. ri’he wreck occurred a short dis tance from tl:e signal tower at Odessa. The first section of the train had been stopped by the tower man because of a freight train in the block ahead of it. Railw’ay officials attribute the acci dent to the failure of tne operator to set the signals against the second section. They also believe that the brakeman of the first section failed to run back to flag the second sec tion. The rear car of the first section was telescoped and the car next.to it was badly shattered. \ The nine dead were occupants oI the last car as were most of the in jured. The wreck tore down the tele graph wires and there was some de lay in getting word of Lite disaster to the road's headquarters. The seriously injured were taken to a hospital at Ortonville. Minn. Heroic work was done by jthose on board the train in assisting the wounded and in aiding others to es cape from the wrecked 'cars. Kansas City Wreck. Kansas City, i»lo., Dec. 18.—In a collision between two trolley cars on ike Kansas City-Leavenworth electric line, which met headon In a dense fog near Wolcott, Kas., today two persons were killed and nine seriously injured. A misunderstanding of orders is believed to ' ave caused the collision. DIMES. By Associated Press. Denver, Colo., Dec. 18.—Deludged with letters and with Christmas gifts. Miss Ivy Cole, a waitress in a local cafe who saved up 1,000 dimes receiv ed in tips within one year to buy a fur coat is amazed at the attention her frugc.-ity has attracted. She has received letters and postal cards from many parts of Ijhe country and proposals of marriage from East, West, North and South. Miss Cole began saving all the dime tips she received a year ago last Thanksgiving Day. One day before Thanksgiving of the present year she has saved exactly $100, of 1,000 dimes. FRANK CHANCE TO BE PLAYING MANAGER AGAIN. By Associated Press Berlin, Dec. 18,—The alleged dis covery of a British plot to blow up the naval harbor at Wilhelmshaven published in the Rhenish Westphalian Gazette is regarded in official cor- cles in thel Ight of newspaper non sense. While the story is not denied, it Is considered as the product ot the prevailing espionage mania In Germany and England. Espionage cer tainly existed but in less fianatical forms than that related in the Ga zette. By Associated Press. dhicago, Dec. 18.—Frank Chance, veteran first baseman of the C^iicago National baseball club, is to be a play ing manager n^xt season. This was announced last night by President Murphy who said he had re ceived a letter from the club leader to that effect. leheran Situation More HopeSul By Associated Press. London, Dec. 18.—The information from Teheran which has reached the British minister at th« Persian capi tal is, it is understood, making pro gress towards devising a method ot settlement which will prove satisfac tory both to Russia and Persia. ASSAULTER OF LLOYD GEORGE SENTENCED TO HARD LABOR By Associated Press. London, Dec. 18.—Allan Ross Mc- Dougall, who hurled a missile at Chan cellor David Lloyd George as he was leaving a woman’s liberal meeting on Saturday evening, was sentenced to day to two months at hard labor. Lloyd George received the missile in the face. Bowler Nelson Defeated Smith. By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 18.—Ned Ndlson, the one-armed bowler who recently won teh city championship, defeated Jim my Smith, of Buffalo, last night in an eleven game match, 2,279 to Smith earlier in the day defeated Tony Karlick, in eight games 1,690 tb 1,589. BRITISH FLEET TO BLOW UP HARBOR CONSIDERED NONSENSE HENRY WATTERSON i REACHES KANSAS CITY. By Associated Press. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 18.—Henry Wattersou, editor of the Louisville Ccurier-Journal, arrived here today. He is scheduled to deliver an address on “The General Arbitration Treaties with Great Britain and France” to night under the auspices of the Kan sas City Commercial Club. REV. T. W. SANFORD GETS TEN YEARS IN PRISON. By Associated Press. Portland, Ms., Dec. 18.—Ten yean in the federal prison at Atlanta was the sentence imposed today upon the Rev. Frank W. Sanford, leader of the Holy Ghost and Us Society of Shiloh, for causing the deaths ot six persons on the yacht Coronet. jpHN P. GRACE INSTALLED AS MAYOR. By Associated Press. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 18.—Jo9m P. Grace was today installed a« mayor of Charlest(m, city counicilnxen takUig the outh at the same time. Half of* the aldermen are incumbwitft. The «4ty hall was thronged with spectators. *016 new mayor delivered hla inaugural, outlining his polides. SIXTY-FIVE’ ROOMS RESERVED.., N. Y. REPUBLICAN DELEGATION. By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 18.—Lafayette Glea son, member of the New York state republican committee, arrived in Chi cago last night and reserved sixty-live rooms at a Michigan avenue hotel tor delegates from his state to the re publican national convention which will open June 28. Aged Manufacturers of Cannon Dead. By Associated Press. . New Orleans, Dec. 18.—Francis Mart.in, aged 72, one of the best known business men of this city, died herey esterday. During the civil war he manufactured cannon and other munitions of war for the Confeder- >cj. THE WEAT^IER. t North Carolina: 1 ' Fair tonight and Tuesday. Moderate northeasterly winds.