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' 0N6 4ECTION.
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ONE SECTION.
VOL 2. NO. 47
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CHARLOTTE, N. C.. SUNDAY
^ould Exclude All
jimei lean Made Goods
from Manchuria
Siebis Said to B« Jhe
;ft ne Tariff For
Flans to Wage
]^ainst the United States.
^ant Between Russia And
Jo CoAtrol Trade
fguld Amoimi Virtually to
^Iniernatmal Boycott oj
I S. Goods.
^,iC ''le -0 The Newt,
i r ereburg. Dec. 23.—Intimation
’ commercltl treaty being ne-
' Mri e?n Russia and Japan is
'. to exclude all goods of Ameri-
DMuf^f'ure la Manchur^ waa
wm: i^ly b®*"® today.
Mir i 0 he part of th« tariff war
, ^ Ri ' Is preparing to wag«
>!ip "nlted Statea in r«talia>
”*th6 p.broRatlon of the Rosso-
-- -If ti€M.ty of 1832.
uDwr : d speed with which
! i«»^tlaiion8 are being carried on
-ind at Tokio in order to have the
r«rflon ratified within the next
if possible. Indicate that
acting from a more im-
* imretuB than ordinary mutual
f ’ention.
If 18 >-fen the deareat aim of Ja-
t-^ her acquisition of Korea to
- her *.rade in Manchuria. The
j :r "liich has been presented
' F- lO-American situation Is the
^rfnorable that has yet presented
ill? BUfh a covenant between
MH JaiHtU and Russia would
irtually to an international
'» 'he '^nited States would have
nd for complaint, it is pointed
,10 her own high tariffs.
Novcx* V'’’eniya, the ofDcial new»*
of «* Pe;€*rsburg, intimated to-
Kussia and Japan had enter-
> commercial league but it
ai;..‘irpt to reveal the clauses
new Russo-Japanese treaty.
«re h^ing kept secret.
1 and Japan control all «n-
fn Manchuria. In the north
controls the ports of ingress
> C’iilnese ^HUHrTallway
I lere'.y a continuation of the
■ .*rl&ii from* the Siberian fron-
' r Vlad.vdstok. In the south the
Rsteways of Port Arthur
p; a-" “wned by Japan.
L’’ij* once-frimous ‘‘open door” qucs-
Mraised it will affect on-
'■a u? 1'r‘ted States.
’’ feels that her slaj)s at the
. c.aies through tariff manipula-
^uniiin a double sting in view of
kr?'ar; Knox’s propaganda of “dol-
t c^uinacy ” and the extension of
ten"«n trade. *
Ik Jury Enjoys
Real Luxury
Ci'dso Dt 23.—In keeping with
teiji^/iUnce of their task of making
Srrisn history, the Jury which is
!;iv ten Chicago b^f packers
"''3 Chnstmas in luxury hitherto
to juries detained over the
Widd' |l;,l0d.
iii'-nr will f^nd in his stocking
HHi;iif Taulder will hang from
,,f ihei,- beds, there being no
i’? pill.?- in their quarters In the Mt>
)»i' i ' tp]: an armful of cigars and
arri orh«r gifts from the galwy
Jfuti f ^ ir) the case—of course with-
i to Indicate the Identity of
doni.
p.fiernoon the Jury will be
a lonK automobile ride through
park systems, also at the ex-
the lawyers and In the even-
" *i'l receive their families, by
of lawyers.
THl WEATHER.
Washington, D. C., Deo. 28.—
Forecast for Sunday and Mon
day:
North and South Oarcrfina:
Local rains and colder Sun
day; Monday probaMy fair.
ho Injured In
Tram Wfeck
^ 'iH 8. C., Dec. 23.—Engineer
G Price and Baggageman R.
both of Columbia, were
injured, but nobody else was
when a local passenger train of
Southern Kaflway, due here at
A,". ^ f^'om Spartanburg. S. C.,
^wrailpd 40 miles north of Colum-
iHft Shelton and Blair, at
. 0 clock this momln. The big*
^ burned over down a fill but
D remained on the
r 1 are being brought
ciJv .^1? a relief train. The
-nnaii.( harleston train known as
-s. Bpecial Is being detoured,
' '.rlotte and Columbia. The
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H
L
ElENCE miNST
ROSS NEEBOES
Shelby, N. €., Dec. 23.—After dili
gent effort this week Sheriff Wilkins
has secured considerable new evi
dence against the Ross negroes who
were arrested for the murder of Mr.
and Mrs. John Dixon last week, near
Fallston. Another negro, Clifton Hoyle,
has been arrested. It is believed that
there is sufBclent evidence to convict
him as an accomplice in the dastardly
crime. The authorities, however, de
cline to make this evidence public,
as yet.
Bert Gardner, who was held in jail
as a witneee, has been released under
bond. Gardner says that at a, negro
comshucking a few weeks ago he
heard John and Hack Ross planning
the murder, that he overheard them
say “it won’t be long until we get that
d d white man out of the way.”
Thwre are, however, a number of neg
roes in that community who will swear
that €krdner was not even at this
comahuckinc^.
Sheriff Wilkins has at last found
the tan pocketbook which was taken
from Mr. John Dixon’s pocket at the
time he was murdered. He has also
discovered a pair of bioodw overalls
at Hack Roas’ house, which had prev
iously been overlooked by a search
ing party.
The theory now held by the authwi-
tiea is that robbery wa» the motive of
the murder. They think the story told
by John Rosa that Will Ross murdered
Mr. Dixon to secure possession of a
mortgage which Mr. Dixon had on his
mule too flimsy, as a new mortgage had
been executed only few days before
in the presence of Mr. Will Dixon, and
everything seemed perfectly satisfac
tory. And, furthermore, a day or two
previous, Mr. Dixon had drawn from
the Lawndale Cotton Mills $800 which
he had loaned them some months be
fore (or possibly it was for sale of
stack). It is thought that he was over
heard to remark to some one that he
had drawn $800 from the mill, and the
negroes thought he had it in cash, and
murdered him to secure it. The truth
of the matter is the money was in the
form of a check, and the tan pocket-
book, now in Sheriff Wilkins’ posses
sion, contained only $15 or $20 at the
time it was .stolen.
It is unfortunate that-the governor's
action action In ordering the negroes
-Will, John and Jack Ros»—taken to
Jail in Charlotte and Gastonia last
week, should have been misunderstood,
'ihe governor acted upon the request
of many citizens, who desired to take
every possible iM*ecaution, and further
more It was absolutely necessary to
keep the negrpee separated, which is
not easily done in the Jail here. There
was no ‘‘mob” here the day of the
coroner’s final hearing. Though there
were nearly two thousand men here
who, had they had reason to believe
that the law would not deal properly^
with the negroes, might have taken the
law Into their own hands, but they had
no reason to believe that the negroes
would escape Justice, hence there
was absolutely no trouble.
The Jury has been drawn and the
special term of court to try these neg
roes will convene January 8th. It Is
thought it will be very difficult to
convict WUl Ross. Sheriff Wilkins has
I>roven himself an excellent detective
in ferreting out this matter.
INC, DECEMBER 24, 1911
^ill cleared early this even-
Cir/
Edna Goodrich
Back to the Stage
New York, Dec. 25.—Edna Good
rich, fourth, and recenUy divorced wife
of Nat O. Ooodwtn, who recently re
ceived more than $600,000 from the
actor, is about to return to the stye.
The actress today in a letter to ber
attorney, Herman Roth, announced
that shd had signed a contract to open
in January in Chicago under the man
agement ■ of Daniel FVohman in His
Neighbor's Wife,” and other plays
0
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fSf up
com«a
marKs th
all abo
heart^ ssn$pn
h«4rt/i8
ws
hiid
plaln.| an^
heart is sinsing h
ds &
wandei^ovei It
cKonsXts with terript^^i hahcis fr
where the yioto^ ^eam As
es us where the/silent ^ows gl
to all who wander far benea
beneath tie dreaming start
ny I mds afari
ed with x^e delighti
through tne endless nighti
th^ sKy"^ broad dome.
is singing home.
singing home
~the, heart
air and free—
hon^—wherever It may bei
s to US; across the hill and f3»lalni
seepis to echo the refrain.
of the/past*^a picture
wavess it
within
world the restless feet may roam»
am—the heart is singing home.
down
home
wherever u
jThe heart is
umtn# songi
strong,
tireles^
upon
For, sweetec
is
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PRICE 6 CENT
Undetwood Outlines
\
Democratic Plan For
Ttnifi Revviion
♦ GOV.' BLEASE FREES THIRTY.
f
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 23.—
Governor Cole Blease cele
brated Christmaii today by free
ing from the State penitentiary
30 convicts. He pardoned eight
men and paroled 22. The of
fense of which the men were
convicted range from, laroency
to murder.
)
President Deals
Out Ptesents
i Washington, D. C., Dec. 23.—The dis
tribution of the president’s Christmas
presents to tb^ white house attaches
took place todays To each of the pol
ice offiCOTs ^ho guard the white house
the president gave a big fat turkey.
The white house steward passed out
the gobblers. ,
A little later the president himself
presented each of the secret semhce
men, whose duty ' It is to guard the
person of the executive, with gold
and jeweled scarf pins. Each of the
employee of the executive offices and
M the white house was given a $& gold
piece. ^
Of course the presents which Mr.
Taft will give to the members of his
family will be presented on Christmas
morning, just as they will in any other
well-regulated American family.
It was learned today that the tur
key that will adorn the presidential
board on Christmas day came from
a firend in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and not
from Rhode Island, the breeding
ground for all Thanksgiving turkeys
which go on the presid^t’s table.
Gov«mm«at clerks received a half
holiday today as a present from Un
cle Sam. Cabinet officent, too, closed
the. departments under their direction
promptly at, noon. But before many
of the clerks left their desks in the
jlepartmenta they gathered about
Christmae trees and disported them;-
,|jRlvea lik-^ ovei^P^wn children
lilMn ji, waa
Presents
estry service, the departm^^^-^ com
merce ahd labor and ia many «f the
minor of the ipinor offices of the gov
ernment. But the gifts on the trees
were not presente from the govern
ment. They, were purchase by the
clerks themselves.
The employes of the buraeu of print
ing and engraving were given a full
holiday.
PBOTEST mm
OF MEKICmiS
Mexico City, Dw. 23.—The newspa-,
per Gil Bias publishes today a call for
a peaceful ^demonstration tomorrow
before the il^erican embassy as a pro
test againstNhe Imprisonment and al
leged persecution of Mexican citizens
in the Unied States. The newspaper
BI Pais, which has always had an anti-
American tendency in an editorial ar
ticle on President Taft’s n^sage on
foreign relations presented to congress
on Dec. 7, saj^ that the terms of the
mobiliaation were a first step toward
violating Mexican sovereignty by in
vading the country without a declara
tion of war. If the mobilization was
meant to guarantee the Itves and
property of American citizens in Mex
ico as was stated in the message, it
was a ^‘gigantic fiasco” fOr neither
FVance, Germany, England, nor Spain
committed eudii an act of hostile airo-
ganoe. The article continues:
“It is in vain that President Taft in-
Bists that all waa in friendship to
wards Mexico/’ ' ,
POiEO OIL ON
STOKE - L
X MIlLt
New York, Dec. 23.—Pouring kero
sene oil on a lighted stoye to make
the fire burn faster was declared to
night to have been the cause of the
fire that early today swept an entire
block in the Williamsburg district,
causing the death of Mrs. Philc»net-
ta Cimetta, 57, and severely burning
half a dozen other persons. The loss
was estimated at nearly a million.
Did Jewish Bankers
Came AbrogcAibn oj Treaty?
DEATH IN A DRINK OF LYE.
■ I
Pottstown, Pa., Dec. 23.—Death
lurked in a discarded caustic soda
can into which Mrs. Andrew Schen-
ders, of this place, had poured sorae^
water to thoroughly cleanse it. While*
she was in anotk^r part of the house
for a few moments her little daugh
ter Aiinie got hold of the can and
drank some of its contents, which
had ;turned to lye. After several hours
of intense agony, death relieved the
child's sufferings.
ISH JtPIINESS
London, Dec. 23.—Considerable cur
iosity has been aroused in diplomatic
circles here with regard to the rea
sons for the proposal of Great Britain
and Japan''to undertake a ;iuai media-1 ville, Fla
tipn in China after the powers, in
cluding the United States, had decid
ed to present, an identical note to the
conference now meeting at Shanghai.
There was a tendency to believe that
the Japanese government had made
the propo^ and that Japan was anx
ious to intervene. It turns out now,
however, that the proposal really
came frcwa the British government
acting oh the belief that the British
consul at Hankow who had induced
Charged with Mu rder
. Of Mrs. Kauffman
Chicago, Dec. 23.—^^e grand jury
today returned indictments charging
Frederick G. Boneham and William
R. Channel with the murder of Mrs
Hattie Kauffman, who was killed by
four automobile bandits in front of
her home on the North Side Decem
ber 2 as she was returning from a
theatre with her husbandfT The jury
recommended that the police make
special effort to arrest George He-
banu and John Stacy, the other al
leged members of the band who at
one time were reported in Jackson-
iis Soon as Report of lariff
Board Can be Lhtched Ways
And Means cimmittte Will
Start Work on **Scheduk
The Ptobable *
Succ^essof of Harlan
Washington, Etec. 23.—It is stated
here tbday on very good authority
that thep resident has narrowed
down hit choice for a successor to
Propose to Revise Alt Th
Principal Schedules oJ The
Payne—Aldrtch Law, Wool
Cotton^ Steel Metal etc
to Receive Attention.
Washington, Dec. 23.—Representa^
tlve Underwood today outlined the
democratic program for the revision
of the tariff which will be takm up
ilnnaediately after the holidays. At
the same time the republicans wiH be
gin work on a bill of their own. al
though they cannot hope to pass" it.
“The democrats of the ways and
means committee,, will start on sched- '
means committee, will start work on
schedule" K. as soon as we can cheek
the report of the tariff bqard,” said
Mr. Underwood. i
We propose to frame a tariff based
on the difference in cost of production
at home and abroad and we are will
ing to take the tariff board’s fl^rures,
so. far as they may be correct. In
our tariff making. Ours will be a
tariff tor revenue, based on this
principle. Republican protection
means a tariff with profits thrown
in, which ihakes the rates in many
cases prohibitory^ as admitted in the
tive tariff, and a much lo^^er *t‘arifl
board report.
“I cegard the tariff Issue as para*
mount in this country today and we
shall undertake In the hext few
months a revision of all the principal
schedules of the high f*ayne-Aldrich
law.” If the democratic bill does not
carry sufficient protection, from the
republican viewpoint, the president
probably will veto it, and the cam
paign of 1912 will be fought out on the
claims of a reasonably high protec«
tlve tariff, and a much lower ’’tariff
for revenue only.”
The bpenin^ battle probably will
cen^
as- tl|e W 9N!it«^n.
Th# dembc^tk; h^se proposes to
f^vise the wool, cott^it, chemical, iron
and steel and metal s;B^ule». Thft
^riff board has furnished a mass of
data on the wck>l sc^iedule, and will
follow about January 15 with a report ^
on cotton. These reports will be in- ‘
teresting sidelights on the general tar
iff controversy.
Republican members of the ways
and means committee contend that the
tariff board report justifies a protec
tive tariff, ev^n though it recom
mends material reductions in the ,
Payne law rates.
The Insurgents of the house will re-'
fuse to stand byUheir republican col
leagues, unless they propose a bill that
really makes substantial reductions,
especially in schedule K.
The insurgents have no representa
tion on the way^ and meahs commit
tee, so they will remain quiet until
both bills are presented to the house.
If the Payne substitute approximates
the rates in the present law—-In other
words, if the repubMcan leaders in
sist on but a slight lowering of the
rates—the insurgents will turn in ahd
vole with the democrats as they did
last session. If the Payne substitute
proposes real reductions the insur
gents will |stand with the party so as
to present a united front to the coun
try in the campaign of 1912.
There is no insurgency of the dem
ocratic side of the houite. The demo
cratlc rank and file will stand solidly
behind any bill presented by the ma
jority of the ways and means commit
tee, despite the fact that a few of the
democrats personally favors free raw
wool.
the Justice Harlan to Mr. Nagel, see
the combatants to agree to an armls-1 retary of commerce and labor, and
tice might again Succeed as a media-1 Judge William C. Hook, of Leaven*
1 tor in the larger question. worth, Ka«; Judge Hook is on the
It is understood that the state de- eighth judicial circuit, and Mr. Nagel
partment at Washington, is making is from the same territory.
I Md Great! It
Piobably Sujfered
Fate Intended Fat An-
othei - Bku:k Crime
dmi’ 23.—After
r filrhf ^ o’clock
of ^ the
. ® murder of Bridget
Police 18-yearold Irish
■^ded thif Grant
I suffered the
*^rd » another. Mlsi
naaid employed in the
household of W. B. V«w, w
in the back by an unknown It^laa
while cpoaalng a bridg« over the New
Havan railroad.
H^ aunt, Mr*. ThomM
upon whose front w
declaeed that jfta M -
lUHaa girt who rWtTV
_ an
tka'aa^h-
Wa8M>on,,Dec.v23.—No atatemeat
relative to the report from St.^Pe^a-
burg Jewish bankers in this coun
try brought about the abrogation of
the Russian treaty of 1832, issued
from the Whiite House today. vThe re-j
port- contain*" a specific charge>:to the
effect that the banking house of Kuhn,]
Loeb ft Co., barsi^ed ^th .Pre8iiellt^
Taft for the abrogation of^the tr^ty
in return for the swinging of .the He
brew vote for the pre*14snt’s'renomi-
naticn and elaction in 1912. *
iPriends of the' president deny - the
story, but Mr. Taft hims^f has nmdSi
no comitMmt.
FIFTY KILLED DURING
STREET FIGHTING.
London, Dec. 23.—Fifty Persian*
were killed during street fighting be
tween Russian troop* and the Persian*
in the city, of Tabri«, twccflfding to of
ficial telegrams from Tiheran reaeh-
Ing Lon^. • V
lilie Ruaaians occ^tled-ail.the gov;
enijneQ.t offioes as "Well as.^^i^-'tel^
:\
inquiries both in Japan
Britain in regard to the proposed |
British-Japanese mediation.
'The reiterated report that the Brit-
ish-Japan^ mediation contempla^
Insistence on the maintenance of thei
monarchical government is officially |
JO QUR ADVEIITI8ERS.
has from time to time been
stated that Mr. Nagel has been far
ahead of all i^obabilieis, bu the infor
mation today is th^t Judge Hook^
still in the running.
The only difficulty affecting ,the
nomination of Mr. Nagel it is said.
' At : this .glad season, wlwn we
temporarily lay aside the affaln*
' ofliuslnefih te»observe> aeeordinfl
to our Individttal taetea andxlo-
clinatlorift, our moat *aored and
joyous holidays It i* material
and beflttjiig that our theuffhti
should revert to the fHend* an4
experiences that have helped ^
brighten the busy days that Mav#
|iase«d.
.... Among the meat iNeaaing
memories of the yaar that la
dmnvkig' to. a alMa^. the writat*
recali* hie coronal nrfatien# wltH
the adisi^s^ KHmg fe*nat^i6a
• patronffte has aw^itKllid aflMi
to ttie growth an^ awaaaa of
THE^ NEWS, and ettaa^r-
agementf klndneia, patronage
and friendahlp haiva iMKfe hi»
, labor* light and plei^aftt.
It I* a alncera pleaaur* ta.
knowledge this and
wish for each a joyaua
and prosperoue -aM
New Year.
denied. It was stated at the foi«ign is the necesrtty for the appointment
office this afternoon that the efforts!of a n^w cabinet officer, but such dif-,
of the British government in conjunc-1 ficulties have been tided oVer by
I tlon witi the other powers were di-| presidents.
! rected to assisting China to secure
I for herself an eflldent form of gov-{
ernment based on pH?ular approval.
ROOSEVELT WOULp
BE ELECTED—“IF”
New Yerk, Dec. 23—'i'heodore Roose
velt, according to the opinion express-
ed today by former Sejiator William
A. Clark, of Montana, would be elected
president if he should be nominated
by the republicans next year—“un
less the d^ocratic candidate is an
unusually strong man.”
He added that he considered^ Roose
velt “a dangerous man, a demagogue
and irresponsible because of his in
tense radicalism.” ^
Senator Clark thought Judson Har
mon the only man able to win over
Roosevelt.
«
Miss Edmands Remains
True to Accused Minister- ,
Sends Bm Christmas Gift
Boston, Dec. 23.—Rumor* to the ef- \ Moses Edmands, fai^r of Richeson’s
feet, ^at the ESdinazMl* family had)fiancee, called at the office of Attorney
I, tTmrir«nn n IintsToat In the Rev.jWHUam A. MOrse, of counsel for the
Cbriatma* pack^^, Eaoarsra C. Cna®-j Riclw«on, who has be*(defense, and odiiferred with Mr. Morse
Shot by Chnstmas
Gift Shot Gitri
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 23.—While
returning from the home &f hi* ua^ I
where he had d^vered a number ofj
pell, 11 yeitta’t^ :«aa ot Mr*, to recover in his cell at tte
C. Chappell, ani giwidBon of Gecove I Charles atreet JiUl'from: the aeriou*
Chi^ a promiaiBt merchant, waa Itainted up^ Wmaelf
*ii*-|fore dawn last Wednesday, urere dis-
aocidantolly . shot in tba hip tl^ I ^ ^ ^ iwaeta
^niiiig with a doubla4>frT^ iAotgiin,:|juid dabitlea we delirered to Mr.
CbrMmaa gift of graii«fat]ii|ar,lltic]ia*Qii at
injnriei litdcb. eabsad Us^ '••• ordtowi-by i.lihw Violet Bd-^
death la tliia oitir sOfiortiy after aoMiT
today. ' ■ ■
juiaiida, to the,aec»{aed Bil4ater
waa to halie Mao manted on cMoltar
11 if baft/iiot haaa amiptad; ea
Advertlalng Managar
9im
d" -Irr
aftOT the lawyer had yisited the pa
tient at the jail, brini^ng tidings of
Improvement.
Miss Edniands has^renudned away
from the jail by ad^pe of oounsfsl.
WMle there is ^ no posidhility of a
marriage ti^wew) llrV Richespn and
l|ise Xklmands she and her family are
aa.loyal to him as ever aad^their srreat
entirely
la at the di*p^ of the aiocus.
^ter^td^ap^
A-i
a