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w anted, f or Sale, f or Kent, Lost ano Koisad. latest Edition nPTTXT’ twelve pages. B B B B \a , K ooms or rLopmers~rage itignt nrB 1VI7T\rQ Latest Edition -L>l JUd ? V lO' -’*-*• VOL. 45. NO. 8115 CHARLOTTE N. C„ TUESDAY EVENING,' DECEMBER 19, 191 1 . . t PRICEDIXiJly—« C*nt* Sunday. ^ » Outside Charlotte 5 Cants aXfopy Dally and Sunday. Qreat Powers United In Efiort To Bring About Peace in China f^igotiations Between Wu Ting .^ fang and Tang Shao Fij^ Open ^ ith Smoothness-'Fight Between Imperials And Republicans, biqelow JOHN , By Associated Press. Sur prising New York, Dec. 19.—John Bigelow, the venerable diplomat and author, died at his home here today. Sttther Side Considers Contin uation of Manchu Rule Like ly ^Revolutionary Delegates Believe they Will he Victoii- ous in 7 heir Demands. If jktBOclAted Presa. piiwithAi. China, Dec. 19.—^Promlae cf pfice In China became more defl- tndfl- ^'Ith the announcement *hit »' great powers— jiptfl. Britain, the United States, Russia, France and Germany ^r» 'initi^d In a co-operative effort to jic - Dr Wu Ting Fang and Tang jhiP Yi in their negotiations. Ttie pour parlers between Wu Ting r*f!c »nd Tang Shao Yi opened with -isins: smoothness. It is unmis- ;iki ’ ■ evident, however, that the ff-Mnuaiion of Manchu rule, even as j;pa-rus the imperial throne at Pe- j, 16 considered unlikely by either Hie. Er?n though the present dynasty lioi '-tcd. t It" premier evidently hopes . 'n‘:;n the imperial form of govern- !Efrt. po«5ibly with thep resent em* ;?ror designated as the flrst ruler *of I CP'' ■ inese dynasty and with V-,.-r ?h; Kal as regent. le perponality of Yuan Shi Kai .'"-jreg the convention. The great i. .niiiou^ the delegates will be as the form of government i ' e imperiaJ or republican. If in pmp: ^uan will be regent. If * Vui\n will be the flrst presl- ■i he revolutionary delegatee be- *T' rhaf ti hv will be victorious In -.e. for a republic. Even ’tp ^iaiinr;.. St of imperial delegates : t th: t Manchu rule Is doomed. : = meetin^^ has brought from the ■ '• a large body of bureaucratic •:2rs*> * lO a/ier 24 hours In Shang- ii PTprens unbounded astonishment ndinons south of the Yang Tse. , .p; nnfl foreigners coming from • north ahice admit that within the '* :\ty 3 an astounding political r.angr ha= iin«j over the south. Tang V ^ delegates evidently are deep- -ep-^'d with the widespread de- s for ; i-epublic but they still hope •r- rombined authority of Tang r i V; and ^’uan Shi Kai will pre- p action of the powers un- " ill have considerable - to a satisfactory ' neKOtiations of the pres- i rr)n Mient has been aroused by * ii: p of |>ersons of British = lii''-, ■ th official and others in >n wirh the conference and * oin Peking to the south ‘ t .'hao ' i. ^banghai and at Hankow - ” ’> f onstils, acting presumably 'hp: t'.; iiptinns from higher quar- ^ tiipi f> boat on which Tang r> Y travollng down the Yang Not irhptanding that Tang Shao ■i-' d ‘t tn#> Freach settlement, consul here took a leading • h ; r^irepttlon and persuaded ' ‘.f up his residence in his tP ' ?MSP " " of the revolutionary party much chagrin at Tang Shao a' n accept the hospitality li e>n provided for him on ■'a. Kromd. i?ton Dec. 19.—To the United i/c f»nes the credit of bringing ’ "I'l rr of action in China by j T~i (jowers of the world. The i Mr. Bigelow died on the 95th year of hia age in the old fashioned house in Grammercy Park that had long been his residence. Three days ago he suffered a return of an ailment inci dent to advanced age. For more than two dBiys he suffered intense pain but eight or ten hours before death there came a partial paralysis of the senses and for several hours he lay smiling at those about him but unable to speak. “He had been facing de&th for sev eral dajTS and he realized it,” said hia flon. Major John Bigelow, jr., today. At the bedside were two of his four children. Major Bigelow and Miss Grace Bigelow, and his granddaughter, Miss Charlotte Harding. One of the first to be informed of Mr. Bigelow’s death was Andrew Car negie whose birthday, Nov. 26 coin cides with that of the aged diplomat. The two were close friends and they spent part of their last Joint birthday tc^ether at Mr. Bigelow’s residence as had been their custom for several years. Officers Chatged mth Murder By Associated Press. ' Lancaster, S. C., Dec. 19.—Charged with the murder of “Doc.” Welborn, a young mountaineer, the night of Sep tember 28, 1910, H. V. Holcomb, chief of police of Townville; J. E. Wool- bright, an assistant and Baskin Seai^s and James Baldwin, were placed in the county jail here last night. Sears and Baldwin, it is said were called in' at the time to aid in arresting Welborn on a charge of being intoxicated. The charge will be niade, it is said, that Welborn was killed before being placed in the guardhouse and that the house was burned to hide the crime. The arrests today are the result of the work of detectives who have been on the case for several months. ■■■ m ROYALTY IN SHIPWRECK. From left to right are Princett Maud, Princess Louise Victoria, the Duchess of Fife and Princess Alexan- d^, who, with the Duke of Fife, the Princess Louise Victoria's husband, and father of the two princesses were shipwrecked when the steamship Delhi, on which they were voyaging toEgypt, struck the reefs off Cape Spar, tel, the northwest extremity of Africa. While being taken ashore by the long boat of a British armored cruiser that came to the rescue, they were thrown into the water by the capsizing of the boat, one of the daughters hav ing a narrow escape from drowning. The P'incess Louise Victoria is' a sister of King George of Great Britain. Sgnafe Disposed To Appiove Taft’s Action On Jieaty THE WEATHER. ^ North Carolina: :♦> Fair tonight; ’Wednesday, in- ♦ ♦ creasing cloudiness. Moderate ♦ ♦ northeast winds. ^ ♦ ♦ Majority or Members oj Com- mittee on Foreign Relations Were So Inclined — ^ome Think Tap: Encroached on Frerogatives oj Senate. Judicial Leniency For A Steady Suito) - One Judge who Showed Mercy By Associated Press. I Detroit, Mich., Dec, 19.—Because he ^ I was speeding his automobile in order ^ to keep a Sunday evening engagement, with his sweetheart, E. Cronen- wett escaped yesterday in Judge Con-’ nolly's court without a gne. j “I was very late, your honor,” he, said, “and I nad to keep an engage-! ment with my girL I hoj)^ you’ll take that into cori'sideratioh!’* | “We have to take care of . these young men who are calling steadily,” said the court, “so you can go this time but don’t come in J[iere again.” EREnHm ♦ , ♦ ^ THE DAY IN CONGRESS. ♦ How Pool Newsboy Made a Foitune By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 19.—George Bonnett, Chicago’s oldest “newsboy” died wealthy because the one romance of his life ended 35 years ago when he was poor. Bonnett’s death came a few years ago at the age of seventy years and after he had accumulated a fortune of more than $30,000 by selling news papers and relentlessly saving hts pennies. A love affair at Wooster, O., three and a half decades ago caused him to abahdon that town the day after his sweetheart’s father had told her that sl^ could riot marry a poor man like Bonnett. There and then, according to his half brother, C. M. Lovett, who ar rived in Chicago last night from Wooster, Bonnett declared that he would accumulate a fortune and he vowed at the same time that no oth er woman would ever help him enjoy it. Bonnett lived in a room for which ate m, he paid three a month and ..overnmcnt*TnltinV^ the j where he could get his meals cheap- ’hifh ha-s now taken defl-! est. SlianghHl. -s >.»;anled here as the most ■si «nd most satisfactory feature * - 112‘ion is the fact that, con- " experience the six pow- lacii. aily are united in their ’■;d resarding China. The has »>een the agent to - ■ le into a common agree- When he died none of his relatives could be found. He had signified to W. 0. Austin, a business man, his intention of leaving his money to tne newsboy’s home. He had also told him the story of his love affair. Bonnett left no will so far as known. 1* b;iB not yet become ne- for the representatives of six '•> directly intervene, the fact ready to use their good ■ r deHlrpd, has had it is effect. 1 ^lelieves that success will . 1 ■ tuetiting of the peace com- ’ Siianghal. and that the pres- an.isii^p replaced by a withoit a relapse w^r ‘merican plan which now gives found its inception Wrt' ' note addressed by the! iin ni to the various pow-' '■ri‘‘'l in China several weeks “» not actually Invited an ex- •pinion from the recipients ' moihod for the protec- f^«t3 in China dur- ' iiarv disturbances, .n « . ^ 'fiil'iicatlon that joint - w-iii h - ^‘*l llOV-.-! - advent- ' m si!h u ^ happv re- 'the dlplo- *' plii ^ of the pow- * ^ ^ ♦‘‘•inif tomorrow NEBRASKANS ARE WORKING FOR TAFT. By Associated Press. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 19. A movement looking to the organization of Nebras- ka for President Taft whereby he naay be assured of the delegation from this state to the national republican con vention. will be launched here at meetings to be held this afternoon and evening. Georgia Diamage Congress Meets Z !♦ By Associated Press. Waycross, Ga., Dec. 19.—Conserva tion of the lands of Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas with especial refer ence to the drainage of swamps was discussed at the annual meeting of the Georgia drainage congress- here today. Many experts from the states and national government departments were present. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, state geol ogist of North Carolina, was on th^ program for a paper on the reclamma- tion of the wet lands of that state. The public geologist of Georgia, Prof. S. W. McCallie, talked on the w^et lands of t^is state. Others on the program were J. V. Phillips, United States engineer; Congressman W. G. Brantley, E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture of South Carolina; Col. A. R. Lawton, of Savannah, vice-president of the Central of Georgia Railroad; .and Wade H. Leahy, of Atlanta. Officers will be elected this evening. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 19. I^^aate. , Urgent dotraericy bIH'‘car- i^ing more than $2,364,756 S-s it passed the house was con sidered ' and passed without general, discussion. Russian treaty abrogation taken up with expectation of ratification of the president’s notification to Russia. HOUSE. Major General Wood testi fied before military committee regarding his army concentra tion plans. Representative Sulzer (New York) announced that he would waive technicalities in order to join with senate in securing action on Russian ab rogation. Considered* legislation for ar rearages of pay for congres sional clerks. “Steel trust” investigating committee heard John G. Brown, of Chicago, regarding ore rates in Minnesota. 7 Juiy Selected to Try Packers By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 19.—The jury which will try the Chicago packers indicted, charged with violation of the Sher man anti-trust law./ was completed and sworn in at noon. The taking ot testimony will begin today. Longshoreman Srtke. By Associated Press. Mobile, Ala., Dec.-19.—Eighty ne groes were brought to Mobile over the Mobile & Ohio Railroad last night to unload vessels of the Mallory steam ship l^ae because''•of the walkout of IBO negro longshoremen on Sunday. The negroes caine frottx - points north of this city. ' It was reported early this morning that more th^n'half of theni shortly r after their arrival joined the strikers. \ ■mi relieve any indi- Taft to Revision Of By Associated Perss. St. Louis, Dec. 19.—Receivers will take charge of the Wabash Railroad as soon as they appear in the United States circuit court attd qualify by giv ing $300,000 bond each. These bonds must be given in ten days. itenry Miller, vice president and general manager of the road says the receivership in no way will affect the operation of the road, which has 16,- 000 employes. Frederick A. Delano, of Qhicago, president of the road; Edward B. Pry or, of St. Ix)uis, vice president, and W. K. Bixby, of St. Louis are the re ceivers appointed late yesterday on the appliciatiop of the Westinghouse Air Br^ke Company, of Pitsburg, which filed a claim of $18,000 and alleged the road was insolvent and unable to meet ! unpaid vouchers of $1,800,000 and had bonded obligations due January 1,1912, which will be defaulted. Mr. Bixby is president of the Lac lede Gas Light Company, of St. Louis and chairman of the board of directors of the American Car and Foundry Company besides being a director of the St. Louis and San Francisco Rail road. Mr. Pryor had experience in a receivership capacity when the road was involved in similar trouble iii 1885. Mr. Delano has been president of the system since 1905 when Joseph Ram sey, jr., was retired following a disa greement with the Goulds. The Wabash’s extensive general offi ces here occupy several floors of the Title Guaranty building, adjoining the Missouri I^cific building, where are the general offices of the Missouri Pa cific-Iron Mountain system, the center 1 of the Gould properties. A third Gould railroad, the St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt), radiates from St. Louis. These roads have attracted atten tion in the financial world recently. First the Missouri Pacific re-organiza- tion resulted in bringing Benjamin F. Bush here from the Western Maryland Railroad as president of the Missouri Pacific—a president who, as George Gould his predecessor said, would Condition of Chas. W. Morse Impioved By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 19,—President Ta^t and Attorney General Wicker- sham made 'it plain today that ior the present no further action would be taken by the government in the case of Charles W. Morse. Mr. Wick- eu'sham, following a meeting of the cabinet, said that Morse was not in a critical condition and would re main in the army hospital at Fort McPherson near Atlanta, where he was removed from the Atlanta peni tentiary several weeks ago. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 19.—The condi tion of Charles W. Morse, the former New York banker, was slightly im proved this morning, acording to in formation given out by army officers at Fort McPherson, where he is undergo ing treatment. The fact that the mili tary surgeons report on his condition has been* forw arded to Washington and the hope that the J)re&ident will pa role him within the next few days are thought to have been partly responsi ble for his rally. No application for a commutation of sentence will be considered by the president of Mr. Wickersham unless the condition of Morse grows material ly worse. A parole has never been un der consideration. Officials here say that Morse’s friends cannot expect fur ther action at this time. / They point out that the department of justice has been most lenient in its handling of Morse since it ’ became known that he was seriously ill. Martin Pnvett Fined In Comt Lengthy Session of That Body to Consider Matter—Politics Plays Large Part in Deliber- ations-Leaders Vieing For Honors. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 19.~The senate w^as in session late today paving the way^ toward ratification of President Taft’s action in abrogating the Russian treaty of 1832. Many senators were prepared with speeches and it became evident after tw^o houis of the sitting that a„vote might not bereached until nightfall.' Senator Rayner, inaugurated 'the de bate with a speecti he had prepared yesterday and wliich sharply criticised Russia. He was interrupted many times. Senator Lodge followed in sup port of the resolution of ratification which he reported yesterday from the foreign relations committee. Mr. Raynor said he knew of no in stance in which an American Jew, whether Russian born or not, had b€$en given official permission to visit Rus sia. “I do not say, however,” he said, “that enough influence might not b« brought to bear to abtain admission to the Ruslan realm.” He said it was not a Rusian consurs business what a man’s religion was, and added amid laughter that he knew of “no reason yhy- any one whould want to visit Russia anyhow.” Senator Ladge urged avoidance ot any words that would inflame; action that would make the United States’ po sition impregnable and forever stop “the discrimination against any of our citizens.” Senator Smith, of Maryland, then spoke, urging immediate action. Special to The News. Monroe, Dec. 19.—Mi^rtin Privett, who assaulted Mr. J. W. Smith here a few days ago, cutting him severely in several places, was fo^nd guilty of assault and battery in the recorder’s court here yesterday. He was taxed with $35 and costs in ttie case this morning. Costs will aggre gate about. ^$60. EMILY FIRE IN ' GmCHeO HOTEL By Associated Perss. Qhlcago, Dec. 19.—Nearly 1,000 hotel guests were routed in panic early to day by a fire which totally destroyed the Open Board of Trade building, a five story landmark, at 323 South La Salle street. Within 15 nainutes after the first alarm was sounded at 2:30 o’clock the flames had the building at their mercy. The roof fell in a few minutes after the arrival of the first fire com panies. _ Three fumaoe stokers who were in the basement are missing and it is not known if they are safe. Alarm was immediately felt for the guests in the Kaiserhof, T>Jew Victoria and Stafford hotels, all of which were enough to be touched by the “sleep and eat on the job.” Then Frank the affairs of the Cotton Belt. With the Wabash the'Goulds have Bell boys, elevator men ^and city firemen did heroic work in the hotels. Elverv room was visited in the hostel- +V. Miesmiri Pnclfic mepts the Dpnvpr eries and. the guest awakened. The the Missouri I'acj^c meets tne i>etiver thr^w m«n and wo- & Rio Grande at ,Pueblo and the latter joins the Western Pacific at Salt Lake. (Continued. on Page Ten.) PLACE RESPONSIBILITY for COLLISION OF STEAMERS. By Associated Perss. London, Dec. "19.—The admiralty court today found that the White Star line steamship Olympic was responsi ble for,the collision with the British protected cruiser Hawke near Oshorne Bay on the ^ortE .wuo of‘ tb#* Isle of Wright' on September 20 -la&t. The cause of -the collision was that the liner Olympic caine too close to the cruiser Hawke. WOULD EXPEDITE sight of the flames threw men and wo men into panic and there was a hur ried scramble for clothing and valua bles. Scores of persons appeared half clad in the hotel lobbies and many dragged trunks or carried suit cases. Although the window sashes of the Kaiserhof were burning on the three upper floors at one time, a steady play of water on the building always kept it out of dan ger. No person was injured in any of the hotels. Directly across from the Open Board of Trade in LaSalle -street stands the Chicago'board of trade and with which the Open Board has no connection. Fire Chief Seyferlich estimated the total loss at $200;000. His only com- WashingtoE, D. C., Dec. 19.—The ssn- ate today apparently was disposed to accept gracefully the action of Presi* dent Taft in forestalling it in abro gating th«L.Russian treaty of 1832. At least that was the attitude of a majori ty of the members of the committee on foreign relations. Others, however, advanced the argument that the presi dent in taking the matter out of the hands of congress, encroached upon the prerogatives of the senate. As a resiilc of this it was expected that today’s session of the upper house of congress not only would be a lengthy one but that there would be much bitter ex change in debate. Senator Rayner to Speak. Senator Rayner, of Maryland, is ex pected to deliver before the day is over a speech sharply arraigning Russia aojd charging that cduntry with having violated its treaty obligations. Sena tor Heyburn, of Idaho, also is expected to indulge in some sharp criticism, but his effort is to l^e directed to con demnation of the senate for its tenden cy, as th6 Idaho member puts it, to ward "undue haste” in acting on ,the Russian situation. A number oi other speeches also are expected. It is not doubted that before adjourn, ment the Lodge resolution endorsing the president will be adopted. It avoids the charged fault of the house resolution in th£^t the phraseology is carefully couched and calculated to give no offense to Russia. The Sulzer resolution as it passed the house was regarded as a deliberate affront to Russia on the ground that it charged Russia with violation of its tjps^ty ligations. « Politics Plays Large Part, Politics is playing a large part in tho senate deliberations. Leaders of both parties are striving to reap from the situation as much political advantage as they can, and the rivalry is keen. The democrats are charging that the republicans are seeking to “steal dem ocratic thunder" while the republicans are maintaining that a republican president and senate pulled the demo cratic house .out of an international muddle that might have caused ser ious complications. . Both parties, however, are awake to the probable effect the abrogation of the treaty may have on American com merce, While t^ey are battling for po- litical advantage they are together on the campaign to devise some means of protecting the important trade rela tions existing between Russia and the United States. Agreement Expected Before Night. . Agreement between the two houses is expected before adjournment tonight Representative Sulzer, author of the house resolution, has expressed his willingness to acept the senate, resolu tion and with this spirit of conces sion the matter will be definitely set tled after certain senators have had opportunity to air their views. ■ Senate Chamber Crowded. OF JUSTICE nient as to the cause was that theret The senate chamber both on the By Associated Press. f A REPRESENTATIVE SULZER. Washington, Dec. 19. meeting of the cabinet which President Taft's message -After today Representatiye William Sulzer, of New York, whlcise bill to end the pass- Dort pact between the United States nin.,working ion purpose to terminate , «„oi. ^ conflict Opon terms that: schedule K, wool and woolens, llnai- '“>■« the rlKhU of all con-'ly was revised, it was reported that the president had decided to recom mend a revision downward. It was said that thep resident would not re- _ _ commend any specific rates of duty j #nd Russia was passed by the house | naended to the next legislature. The Atlanta, Deo, 19.—The superior court judges of Georgia met in the state capitol this morning to discuss changes in the' procedure in criiAInal cases in order to e:spedite the wheels of jus tice. Important changes in the crimi nal code are eipectJed to be reoom- but would indicate that the present rates should be materially lowered. The message probably will go to congress tomorrow. u.. ^ . meeting is the result of an invitation I «f repr.,entativM by . vote ot 300 to} legislature. The judges j 1. Quick, favorable action on the rieso- ^^e gueits of the Atlanta Bar associa- lutlon Is expected in the senate. ’^tion. ' ■ would be a rigid investigation, hinting that the fire may have been of incen diary origin. Within the building many labor un ions had their headquarters. The books and records of many of these are said to have Wen lestroyed. The fire was one of the most spec tacular seen in downtown Chicago in months. Flames leaped more th^n 200 feet into the air and fire brands were carried for Ijlocks by the wind. An hour after it started the fire was under flontroL on fioor and in the galleries was crowded when that body convened at noon to day to act on the Russian treaty. The house will approve the senate resolution as soon as it is received, according to present plans insteaid of sending it to conference. Senator Lodge moved for immedi ate consideration of his resolution in troduced yesterday ratifjrlng President Taft’s notification to Russia that thia government de»ir^s'Hhe treaty to end January 1, 1913. Mr. Lodge the yield ed to ^nator Raynor, of Maryland. ’■s.