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iVant€^» For Sale, For Rent, Lost and Found. % or R:00mers--Fage Eigllit """"" — ■ ' ' ' ■ ■ ' ' -■ I , I ' , I p... , ; III' — — . - ' - I" ' ‘ I latest Edition TnTTT^ ^ PAGES. _f_ J_ I JTJ kJ Latest Edition TWELVE PAGES. NO. 8118 CHARLOTTE N. C., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22^ 191 1 P'pT^'Pltn Charlotte 2 Cents a Coi>y Dally—-6 C«ntM Sanflay. * I Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Dally and Sunday. -.t Gres Russian Minis \tr Assurance That it InUnds to Comply With all le'nands -Persian Legation ut London Confirms Report. jfiis Action Rcludes the Dis^ nissaloj W. Morgan Shus^ lif--- Eercajter Russia And Englar,d Must Approve Per- sfl's lordgn Advisers, itcd Pr«88. Tebe:-w Persia. Dec. 22.—The Per- ca given to the Ruslan S. Poklevski, verbal assur- V iniention to comply with nis of the Russian ultlma- Londor. Informed of Action. ' r . ■ uec. 22.—The Persian le- rn n . - announced at noon today .-X had acceded to the Rus- demands. :ii« British foreign ofUce »hortly i',r r. "> received ofBcial conflrma^ r m the British at Teheran that ;.-s yielded before the Rus- and had granted all the r.ds contained in the Russian ul- •to~ of November 29. • include the dismisBal of W. \ tsi b.iuater, the American who )eer acting as treasurer-general j; p=ir?; ' since June last. .. hpiieved in offlcial circles that s. aiand that the apopintment j: toreiin advisers to the Persian pverr.ner.t should hereafter be sub- •.r to i -^ian and British approval, r’. reer. toand with some slight mod- ijs’jons agreeable to both parties. Political Meetings Forbidden. Teheran, Dec. 22.—Early this morn- tl offlcial notices were posted on •» Tails of the city ordering tne to abstain from political meet- aii of any kind without having pre- obtained police sanction. It Is sii this order was issued by com- -iri of the cabinet as the question : rfi Russian ultimatum was being and was likely to be set- 'tiicably. Russia Expects Reply. ' -T^burg, Dec. 22.—The Rus- r;^n office expect® in the ■ ■ • t^day to receive a definite rr • ^MTTi the Persian government ' r. : ir.c v.ith the demands of its .'.‘'rrm, "/hme b-tween Russians and the '.vhi h was reported from Ta- f'tenia.. yesterday lasted in the r- > of rity throughout the iay. udel was bombarded. T ' ■ consul general has sent . liners a request for rein- ■ in view of the danger to - ' .ierts and Russian property * B -sian Cossacks at Resht •. Persians out of their po&i- ’fpr ronsidrrable fighting. It that the Persians were arm- rifles. icocrdin? to the dispatches received i*r» both ai Tabriz and Resht the thp tislsinp was opened by an .'>n fiip Russians from a Per ■^r. amiiuf-fafie. URIPF SGiULES Legislative Proposal Introdu- ' ced in The Duma, Providing Tariff on American Goods AJter Expiration oj Present Ireaty, w :;i^>CIXK3CA.'S103CAU BIQ OUN TEST Photograph showing the firing of the twelve Inch coast defense mortar batteries during the tests held at Fort Totten, New York, December19th, More than eighty pounds of Powder were used on each motar sending the projectile seven miles out over the Long Island. Contrary to general expectation, very little vibration was felt by the surrounding villages during the firing of the immense coast defense armament. A Bad Day For hams Bearing The Numbei “38” THE WEATHEh. O North Carolina: ♦ Rain tonight and probably Saturday; colder Saturday in ♦ west portion. While Running 40 Miles an Hour **38’* on Seaboard was Wrecked Near Gtoster, Ga, —Forty One Persons Injur ed Many Carolinians Were Injur- ed-Southern’s **38’’ Wreck- ed Near King’s Mountain But no One Hurt — Steel Cars Intact. ^>eal Slump In Immigration B’Ansn.'ia'od Press. Vork, Dec. 22.—One of the ?>itpst slumps in immigration ever •♦forderl at the port of New York 18 'vnttpn into the * records at Manrl dnring the closing days f no v^ar .\iready the records show •S' r.farl;. 30u,000 fewer Iramigranls Unded there up to the present corresponding p«- 'n K*l'' and Indications are, Com- ^‘ssioner Williams states, that there a reduction of 30 per cent inoro from 1910 figures for the -y. The inc»ming tide of humanity • lowpp thnn at any time since 1908. ‘th the tide at its ebb every ship _ I'lng for Kurope is crowded as vessel sailing a ot QfTf) 500 steerage on the wharf because . ' '•» find accommodations , t(.'! them. During the first ten , * I'Pt'ernber, 1910, 13.706 third passriigrors saidel for Europe, 2.',J4r> . Outbound vessels ^ more third ^ rHHSt.a:(r8 this year than last, fl' 'r'dsp> may mean one ot .^rai ^villiam WU- • u'’ of immigration, fnr- iTir;in that industrial condl- disturbed, it C(r^ ir,Prill that third cla.ss passen- :o P'osperous and are , i from more than usual, ' ' 'Me: looked for national fome. Personal- ‘ 'I' I; Kii(,w wi-u it means. *i*'Died From Wounds. t . tv.. d I're.-jg. ''"'''iih';',,'!"', M'*- Tinia Wat- 1 htr h wounds sustained h„i ryesterday. Police •'Xiic^r * r'^ (.'hristians, a hav»'*' ^ VVatson liome is said bis "*-h the woman '' liUrE!- slam ‘fom 1,;'”” accidental shot 'vhile he was at- K '0 rout tlie intruders. By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 2.~Forty-one per sons w'ere injured last' night in the wreck of train No. 38 of the Seaboard Air Line, near Gloster, Ga. Tlie wires to the scene were torn down and it was not until this morning that de tails of the derailment became known. None of the injured will die, according to railroad ofllcials. Gloster is 25 miles northeast of Atlanta. The train left Atlanta at 8:35 o’clock for Washington. It was going 40 miles un hour when near the Gloster station it struck a broken rail. The engine and several cars went over safely but a Pullman sleeper and one first-class passenger car left the roadbed apI went into a ditch. ' /C The injured were In these two c'Stb. Their hurts consists of cuts and bruis es. If there had been more serious con- secjuences the railroad would have had difficulty in caring for the victims, as the surrounding country is sparse ly settled and few, If any, doctors at hand. List of the Injured. A train with physicians and wreck ing apparatus was dispatched from Howell's station. The tracks w^re cleared by daylight. Most of the injur ed lived in Georgia and the Carolinas. They Include: P. M. Cain, Washington, D. C. G. "w. Brewer and Miss Brewer, Elber- ton, Ga, C. M. Parish, Raleigh, N. C. C. F. Leffler, Rutherwood, N. C. Mrs. Ella Moon, Comer, Ga. Miss Bert Watson. Comer, Ga. F. F. McNaughton, wife and five children, Burgaw, N. C. ^ Mrs. Floy Tally, Sanford, N. C. Mrs. J. F. Thornton, Abbeville, o C. „ „ j. W. Bolt, Laurens, S. C. Arch McCormick, Wilmington, C. G. P. Waddell, Wilmington, N. C. J B Allman, Mullln, S. C. C. A. Hagler, Abbeville, S. C. W. Bright, Mullins, S. C, W. P. Childress, Lauren, S. C. A. Champ, Winder, Ga. J W. Steele, Waxhaw, N. C, C. P. Holmes, North Carolina. 38 Wiecked Near Kings Mountain the train was running about 25 miles an hour and carlred the three cars inv mediately behind ^long with it. They fell upon a high embankment and when the train stopped-were-leaulng at an angle of 25 degrees. The engines and two cars directly behind it and the two rear cars remained on the track. A special train arrived from Charlotte at 11 o’clock and returned with some of the passengers. The track is badly damaged and trains are being de- toured by way of Columbia. It is said the wreck was caused by the track spreading. Official Report. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 22.—Official re ports to Southern Railway officials here say that six cars were derailed, without injury to anyone aboard, when train 38 from New Orleans to New York, ran over a terake beam dropped by a preceding freight train, one mile north of Kings Mountain station, N. C., at 7:30 o’clock last night. Mail car, club car, diner, parlor car and two sleepers left the rails. Trains 30 and 35 were detoured via Columbia last Passengei Trams on T. And P. Road In Head-on Collision Gov. Orders Stiipes Ftom Pnsoneis By Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 22.—After spending his first night in prison to ^observe the condition of the convicts besieging him for Christmas pardons. Governor B. W. Hooper announced that the stripes should come off all but the worst prisoners in the spring and that thereafter stripes should be used only as a means of punishment. As soon as the new chaplain took charge, he stat ed, schools would be started. Governor Hooper indicated his in tention to grant a number of condition al pardons as a result of his first hand study of Tennessee prison life. By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 22.—Further argu ment that packers of the present day are benefactors of the public and not violators of the Sherman anti-trust law was scheduled for today at the resumption of the trial of the big meat packers. M. W. Borders‘was the first speaker to address the jury in behalf of Ed ward Morris and Louis Heymann, the defendants known'as the Morris group. Mr. Borders was prepared to explain to the jury how the public had reaped benefits rather than hardships from the conduct of the business carried out by the packers. New points in the m^ner in which the packers have condu'cted their bus iness since the ■ establishment of the National Packing Company were ex pected to be brought out by Mr. Bor ders. After Attorney Borders’ address, John S. Mill€^ was expected>^tb follow for the Armours and then John ^Barton Payne, in behalf of Edward Tilden, president of the National ^ Packing Company. . . , , Death of Oldest Banket m U. S. By Associated Press. Lost Angeles, Cal., Dec. 22.—Wasn- ington Hadley, aged 94, who claimed to be the oldest bank president in ac tive service in the United States, is dead at his home in Whittier, near here. He was born in -Guilford county, North Carolina, in 1817, and at the time of his death was president of a savings ban’:. Still Another Wreck Reported To-day—7 his Time at KH- dare, Texas—Over Thirty Persons Injured, Some Fa- tally. By Associated Press. Kings Mountain, N. Dec. 2^ Train No. 38 on the Southern railv^ from Atlanta to New York was wreck ed three-quarters of a mile , here yesterday afternoon, but crowded with Passengers, no one tained even a TJ® ma from the locomotive tli6 tr®C* Prospects Of a Republic in China By Associated Press. Shanghai, China, Dec. 22.—Tang Shao Yi, who is representing Premier Yuan^hi Kai and the imperial gov ernment at the' peace conference be tween the imperial and revolutionary delegates now being held here, author izes the Associated Press to say that he still hopes that Premier Yuan Shi Kal will agree with his views and ac cept the republic as the only means of securing peace. Tang Shao Yl said that Premier Yuan Shi Kai up to 6 o’clock'had not communicated with him hie decision to repudiate the suggestion of a republic. Tang Shao Yi does not believe that Yuan Shi Kal will decide against the suggested republic after he has thor oughly digested Tang Shao Yi’s report giving his positive views of the sltua tion. ' EARTH SHOCKS RECORDED^ By Associated Press. Mexico City, Dec, 22.—An earth- auake of mederate Iritensity occurred here at 6:15 today. The shock lasted about one minute. No losd of life or damage to property Is reported. —Mr. liuke Stacy, of Chan*^! Hill, spent the day In the city, en route to Shelby, where the he will spend the ChrlBtmfts holidays. President Estrada Of Equador Dead By Associated Press. Guayaquil, Ecuador, Dec. 22.—Emilio Estrada, president of the republic of Ecuador, died here suddenly at mid night. spinners to Lock Out Employes By Associated Presis. Manchester, Eng ,' Dec. 22.—The committee of ^he Lancashire cotton spinners and manufacturers’ sosso- ciations at a meetirig this afternoon decided to lock out the whole of the workers in the mills belonging to members of the federation beginning on December 27. ' The lockout is ap rotest - against the attempts of-trades unionists- to force weavers not- belonging to the unions to join their ranks. About 160,000 operatives are 'involyed. Death of pr. Rhett Goode. ' Mobile, Ala., ■ Dec. 22.—Drl Rhett Goode, president of the .American Railway . Surgeons’ Association.^ aged 58 years, died here'today, of Brights diesease. He was dean of the medical department of 'the University of Ala bama. - - - ‘ , By Associaed Press. Paris, Dec. 22.—The tornb ^ of-.the celebrated Parisian actress, Lucie Lan- telme, in the cemetery of Pere Lach- aise, was broken into last night and valqable jewels were taken from her body, and carried off. The gems included a pearl'necklace which alone was valued at $80,000 - One of the robbers apparently was woimded while forcing the metal cas- Jvet, for a trail of bipod was left in the vlclnity .of the tomb and along the pathways leading to the gates of the cemetery, - . Madame Lucie Lantelnae, who was of poor parentage, achieved greiat suc cess^ as a commedienne and ; became known as, the “Most Beauiful Woman in Paris.” She was married to Alfred Charles Edwards, first proprietor and. editor of tlie Martin. While she was yachting with him.on the.RhincKnear'the Dutch frontier last July 24, she fell overboard and was drowned. Fast Train Dashed Info lding Where Another Waited- Fatalities Confined to Tram- men—Details Are Meagre- Due to Flagman’s Blunder, By Associated Press, Texarkana, Dec. 22.—Thirty to I’or- ty persons were injured, some fatal ly, in a wreck on the Texas & Pacit ic Railroad at Kildare, south of here before daylignt today. Passenger trains Nos. 3 and 104 were in a headon collision. The wreck occurred, according to reports reaching here when No. 3, southbound, took a siding to wait for No, 104 to pass. A negro flagman in his haste to set the switch so that No, 3 could proceed, is, said to have thrown it before the other train pa^ed with the result that the other train plunged into the siding upon No. 3. It is reported that the fatal in juries are confined to ‘trainmen. X No. 104 was what is ,known here as the.Mexican mail, carrying through mail from El Paso to St. Louis via the International & Great Northern and the Iron Mountain.. Southern To Build Belt Line of Railway at High Point Connecting Asheboro Branch Special to The News. ' High Point, N- C.; Dec. 22.—^The Southern Railway Company will^at once invite bids for the construction of a belt line railway at High Point connecting the main line with the AsheborO'branch. . The rapid, growth of High Point as an industrial center has made -thia improvement necessary, both in order' to facilitate the movement of freight to and from existing industrial plants and to provide sites for the location of new industries with rail connections. The project has been under consider ation for several years and negotia tions for, the right-of-way; which have been in progress for some time, have just been. concluded. The new line, which will be about two miles long, will leave-the main line of Southern Railway at a point opposite the Pickett cotton mills and will run in a generally easterly direction to the Asheboro branch. Richeson Takes Turn For Worse By Asosciated Press. Boston, Mass., Dec. 22.—The condi tion of Rev. Clarence V, T. Richeson, who is suffering from self-inflicted wounds at the Suffolk county jail, took a turn for the worse last night. Counsel’for'Richeson said the ac cused man was too weak to talk and that it would be a miracle if-he was physically able to endure the ordeal of his trial, scheduled for January 15th, next. - -- - Dr. Lothrop, attending Richeson, issued a statement at noon' that the minister was not In a dangerous state from his wound. HETTY GREEN RENTS VALUABLE PROPERTY By Associated Press, i Chicago, Dec. 22.—Mrs, Hetty Green’s most valuable piece of Chicago property has just been leased for nine ty-nine years to J. T. Lenfesty, accord ing to ‘an authoritative report among real estate men here. The property is valued at $1,625,000 and it is said that the annual rental will be $65,000. It is known as the Howland block, at the southwest cor ner of Dearborn and MOnroe streets, and was held at $35,000 a front foot, the highest price ever paid in Chicago, The building is an old five story structure built soon after the Chicago fire. It is said a sixteen story, build ing will go up on the property.^ Mrs Green secured the corner by forecols- ure. Existing Russian Duties Would h( Rai^ ea O .e^hundred Pet Cini Under New Law— Conditions A so Apply to Other Countries, ay Assouiated Press. St. Petersburg, Dec. 22.—A legisla tive proposal to provide for tariff war schedules applicable to the United States at the expira't.ion of the Russo- American treaty of commerce and uavigatiou ot 1822 has been Introduc ed into the Duma by ex-President. Guchkoff and other signers represent ing the Oceaberist and Nationalist par lies which control the majority of the Duma. The bill proposes to raise existing Russian duties by 100 per cent and also to impose a duty of 100 per cent on Articles which are admitted free un der the present Russian tariff. Besides these impositions the oill proposes al so to levy double the gross weight tax established by the law of June 21, 1901, on merchandise arriving by sea and to levy a double tonnage tax. Should the present American ton nage tax be raised to the disfavor of Russian vessels then Ihe Russian ton nage tax will be correspondingly increased. It is said that the schedules are to be applicable to all countries which do not grant to Russia the most fav ored nation treatment in commerce arid navigation. The proposal will be submitted to a financial commission. The necessity for the proposed leg islation is explained in an accompany ing declaration in which it is stated that the regular American tariff sched ules which will be applicable to Rus sian goods at the expiration of the treaty of commence and navigation of 1832 will be so high as to have a pro hibitive character and that they great- ly exceed the Russian normal tariff and navigation taxes which would be naturally applicable to American goods in the absence of the treaty. The province of foreign affairs iles outside the competence of the Duma and treaties are not subject to its ap proval nor is the minister for foreign affairs answerable to the Duma on the state of foreign relations. Neverthe less the Duma exercises through the budget an influence on foreign affairs aiid relations. In the long declaration accompany ing the bill'the signers deal fully with the Russo-American situation and re count the formal steps taken by the president of the United States. “The abrogation of the treaty be tween Russia and America has a direct connection with the annual Russian agitation which has been energetically conducted in America for the re-admls- slon of American citizens of Jewish faith. Article one of the treaty estab lishes the mutual rights of entry but contains a stipulation for the observ ance of international laws. Deemingi in spite of this stipulation, that the enforcement of the general Russian laws in regard to foreigners of the Jewish religion, in the case of Ameri can Jewish citizens, constitutes an in fringement of the tr^ty, the hotis^ oi representatives voted a resolution foi its abrogation.- “There can. not be any doubt that this view is unfounded. The Russian government and its representatives abroad can not fulfill the requirements of the Russian law contained in para graphs 213 to 235 of the passport sta tute of paragraph 819 ^nd the follow ing ones of the law orj^ social rights as long as these remain in force. “On the other, hand the question of the admission or non-admission into Russia of catagorles of foreigners be long to the province of internal legisla tion upon the general principles of In ternational law as well as on the strength of article 1 of the treaty ol 1832 “Thus the United States has enacted very strict regulations seriously limit ing the rights of entry of foreigners and there is no doubt that the federal government would ward of| any at tempt to dispute the locality', of these reflations from an internaUonal point of view.” x * i The declaration then quotes textual- ly article II of the federal immigra tion law of February 20th, 1907, and continues; “If we take Into consideration also thta the American law imposes a head tax on the whole line of the foreigners seeking American shores, it becomes clear how stem are the restrictions tc which Russians arriving in America are subjected. We do not question the right of the federal gov*^mment to ap ply any Immigration lawu which are dictated by reasons of state but we must note for that very reason that the motive for the abrogation of the treaty of 1832 adduced in the resolu tion of the house of representatives is unfountted.” Death of Mrs. Elroy Avery. Bv Associated Press. Cleveland, O., Dec. 22.—Mrs. Klroy M. Avery, aged 67, editor of the otu- cial paper of the Daughters of th American Revolution, died here todaj of heart failure. >