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t Ranted, For Sale, For Rent, Lost and Found, Board or Boarders. Rooms M Roomers Rfhf VOL. 3 NO. 3 CAR LOT TE. N.C, SUNDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY 18, 1912 PRICE: J5 CENTS THECHARLOTTE NEWS0 : Interest In News' Contest Spreading Over Both Caiohna 0h Iht Passing oj Each Day it Spreads to More Distant pats of 1 he States Many Inquiries Keep The Cont es force Busy. fon Nominations Are Needed -Now is The Best Time of 0 to Enter Prizes Most Attractive Ever Offered in jhis Section. I CONTEST DEPARTMENT I OPEN EVENINGS. Tie Contest Department of THE NEWS -will be open froa ? a. m. until 9 p. m. Tfcc?e that are Interested in the contest are invited to call. Representatives of the Contest Department will be present to t rive full information to all ttcse that call. The Contest Department can also be reach- ed br Telephone, call No. 115 sni a k for the Contest De- parunent. At the writing of this article, nom-1 tr.icns are still coming in from all rides of the contest territory. The r.tpsr. Department has been almost i nipped with letters asking for full zionration pertaining to the great $6.- r ) contest Inaugurated by THE From all sections of the rite come reports of general interest :;e public has taken in this big cam- :n. Six thousand five hundred dlars has been expended by TH1 SETVS for prizes in this contest; $2,- .o for a First Grand Prize, a White reamer touring car; l.ouu xor a keend Grand Prize, an Everitt "30" tiog car; and $1,100 for a Buick xriag car to be given as a Third .-if! .Prize. Thirteen" hundred" dol for pianos as district prizes; $400 '. furniture as district second prizes; i:r0 in gold as district fourth prizes; 'ci $?0 in jewelry credits for dis ct fifth prizes, and these are all to je given away without one cent of rest to the energetic people of the Carc'iinas. It is not surprising that jte fancy of every one in the terri !trr is centered on THE NEWS priz V. tere Is not one among the twen-c-three that is not worth a little effort o vin. This is all that THE NEWS :;-5 in return for these valuable Fwrv -man or woman, rmv or eirl. eligible to enter the contest and tas the opportunity of becoming one ttc happy winners of an automo- Enter now, get in at the be-1 t i!nlne; select a hustling campaign ' rat-arpr as. snv nnlitlcal candidate ou!d do. and get your friends work-, -3 for you. Do this, hustle a little , :r vonrcplf anrt vmi will bo rewarded r- one of the twenty-three priz- The Field Is Open to All. The field is open to all alike under 'tnila circumstances, and no candi late will have any advantage over bother except the candidates who Htcr early and marshal his or her rces to support them. Now Is the 39 to enter and secure advantage er ether contestants who hesitate active voting begins. come people have said that ehort- before the end of the contest their , a fct'scrlptions might count more votes Ian during the early part, but this is l- so. There is one rule that THE XEWs wishes to impress forcibly, contestants who deposit their sub riptions now with the Contest , De- lament, will receive the same total timber of votes as the ones who de- it theirs later on in the contest at any time durine the life of the ctsL This campaign will be con :'iiej along fair lines and no advan ! ill be taken at any time. Votes May Be Secured Anywhere. member, a candidate may secure ps anywhere. One is not limited 2 the district in which they reside. j.a" raay secure subscriptions in their lrict or any other district, or, in anywhere in the United States. A Good Training.' . rtere are a great many pleasant ej,ures in a contest of this kind aside tlie winning of the prizes. The raining one gets is, in a way, en different from almost all other 'nes of endeavor, and this experience inestimable value to contestants, 5 often prepares one for some es-Jc-al line of which he or she had ver dreamed. It marks the begin ; c? of a most successful and unusual r In today's issue and in all J er Sunday issues . of The k F j B- unless otherwise speci Jed. win be found a special wupon good for twenty-five ex ira votes if turned in before wte of expiration printed there- $75,000 Necklau Disappears at Dance Washington, D. C, Feb. 17. More than a attle mystery surrounds the alleged disappearance of a diamond necklace valued at $75,000 from the neck of a New York guest at a dinner dance given in honor of Miss Helen Taft by Captain Sowerby, nav al attachee of the British embassy at Rauschers last night. Not onl are strenuous endeavors be ing made to find the gems, but equally strenuous denials are being made that they were lost at all. Anion gthe guests at the dinner dance -were Mrs. Nichols Longworth, Mrs. Edward McLean, Mrs. Esmo nd Ovey, Miss Mabel Boardman. Miss Helen Taft, Mrs. Richard Townsend, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Mrs. E. R. Thomas, Mrs. Peter oGelet Gerry, Miss Margaret Draper, Miss Harriet Ander. son, niece of the president, Miss Cam eron and Mrs. Clarenoe Moore. It was not until 1:30 this morning and the dance was drawing to a close, that the necklace is said to have been missed. THE FINANCIAL MAFIA OF THIS COUNTRY. Washington, Feb. 17. Representa tive Henry, of Texas, chairman of the house committee, made a sensational speech in the house today in which oTr h! i T J inquiry into the "the blacg hand method of the financial Mania in this country. ' He counselled a thorough going in vestlgai ton.oNfibmpvfln -. vestigation before congress ' accept- ed the Aldrich plan of currency re- form. REFUGEES FROM MEXICO. Laredo, Texas, Feb. 17. Refugees from the interior of Mexico, including men. women and children, reached the ma,n here unU, quiet ,g restore(L A11 say that fear of possibilites rather than any actual happening has induc ed them to leave their homes in Mexico. The entire western " portion of tha republic is cat off from telegra phic communication. The News to Build A Home For Itself On Church And Fourth Before the advent of another year The News will be occupying a home Of Its own This good news was made public in the shop yesterday, and there was general rejoicing. .... Mr. Dowd recently bought, through the Durham-Murphy Land Company", the property owned by Mr. Fred Mc- Ginn - corner of Fourth and Church streets, on which is to be erected a nauusuine uumo ivr me iw. I ftii . 1 c- r rr i n j. pi.i., ine property is sxiuj x.-a leet. 101a Is divided into two lots. Mr. Dowd purchased the corner one 40 feet frontage on Church street and extend ing back the depth of the lot on Fourth street. The deed to the property was pass ed yesterday. In speaking of the purchase and the building contemplated, Mr. Dowd said: "I have been looking for several years for a suitable. available site for a home for The News, but could not find place that seemed to me to com- blne all I desire. "In the McGinn property, which I have been so fortunate as to secure,-1 feel that I have gotten just the place I have been looking for. It is in the centre of the city, a block Trade street one y a block : from Tryon, the other way, a stones throw from the postoffice; near the bOUinern fiauuu, wimiu a. uiuva vi the Interurban passenger station (that is to be) and convenient to all points. 'The building will be conveniently arranged, with plenty of room and light. The business office and edi torial department will be on the ground floor. The mechanical de rhanical department on the second floor, the press room in the basement r'i t harnv to have secured this valuable, convenient property for The News' home." : Plans have been drawn and work on will hfipin nernrp. UIO " um.-d 1 the year is very old Watch The News Grow. SPECIAL SUNDAY BALLOT, Twenty-five votes for M . t Subject to Rules of The Charlotte' News Contest. Must be Received at The News Office by March 1, 1912- - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON 1810 IB OB"! Washington. Feb. 17., Every pres idential candidate was a target to night, and the members of the Grid iron Club were the sharpshooters at the Gridiron banquet tonight at the New Willard hotel. How the bullets whistled. And every once in a while there came a heavy shell that plowed its way right through the ranks of the would-be nominees. It was a merry war. Nobody was seriously hurt, and in as much as there was much laughter and no tears, it was the kind of war that President Taft, ardent advocate of peace, heartily enjoyed. A few scat tering shots must have reached Oys ter Bay, for Roosevelt's name was quite frequently and irreverently mentioned. Even Henry "Watterson, in far-off Florida, probably heard the detonations to the burlesque court of honor and wondered who had pull ed a gun. And Harmon and Wilson and Champ Clark and all the rest of the presidential bunch were not for gotten. It was in the very nature of things, with much political excitement i the air. that the skits and comedies and soDgs and shafts of wit which enliv ened the evening should have all cen tered around the approaching cam paign. The president of the United States headed the list of guests, and the British, Germa'h and Russian ambas sadors gave by their presence an in ternational dignity to the event. Speaker Clark was there, together with ex-Speaker Cannon, whose at tendance at a gridiron function is as certain as death and tg, cabihet officers, senators and representatives, army and navy officers, distinguish ed men from every part of the coun try. Ding-a-ling! Ding-a-ling! . The dinner bell sounded after the guests had spent a pleasant halt hour in the large reception room ot the New Willard, and then the gath ering, numbering over 200, filed into the banquet hall. There was a won derful floral display, focused in a bower of American beauty roses, that extended from the floor to the lotty XT: "& ""r VZ: T t'AXJ center of this bower was a huge electric gridiron, the brilliant radi-1 r : v. nnMM tl i I ui mtu cuLuiupasseu jrieoi- dn' G.a.rrhe- who handled; the -dinner KhadaS Se7f encral worth -and by;, the joyment of theg:uMts with 'his hap- py speech. THE WEATHER Washington, Feb. 17. Fore cast for Sunday and Monday: North Carolina and South Carolina Unsettled weather Sunday and Monday with prob ably showers. NEGRO SHOT BY 1 OFFICER A negro named Wade Sampson was! shot in the city last night by Officer Culbertson, while fleeing from the of- TTa waa .rin TOiti, ctn,Hnff r." , . IzSr tor was summoned to attend the man He is in the tombs. Want More Perfect SPrtPt S P 1 1) 7 P P . I Washington, Feb. 17, X i COlUCUL I Taft is considering the amalgama tion of the several secret investigat ing bureaus of the government with the division of the secret service of the treasury department, thus mak- lug a department of the secret ser- vice, mec mei ui wuiu. wuuiu u a. cabinet officer. Action on this scheme . . will be had during the present con cress. The plan contemplates the joining of every, investigating bureau connected with every omce or the government, and the result would be, it is ciaimeu, me jxiudu pencil, cc- cret service in the world. President I Taft- is favorable to such action. John E. Wilkie, chief of the division of the secret service of the treas- ury department, will probably be ele- vated to the position which the pro- posed amalgamation would create. Austin the Nominee. I Knoxville. Tenn.. Feb. 17. Con-1 eressman Richard W. Austin, of the I second Tennessee dlstrlctfi was today I fnrmallv declared- bv the republi-1 ran rpcutive committee as the nom-1 inee of the republicans for re-election I 'next November. . - ANOTHER WILSON MAN "If I could select the man I would name Hon. William Jen- nings Bryan the brainiest man in America. But, as he .seems not to be suitable. I would name Gov. Woodrow Wilson, the brainiest man (except Hon. w. J. Bryan) in America, and the best one before the public Marse Henry, Colonel Harvey, The New York Sun and Wall Street to the contrary, notwith- O standing." The above was received by The News yesterday from a prominent man of Gaston coun- ty. The News is pleased to have so many people send in the ballots. It does not expect all readers of the paper to express themselves only those who de- sire to do so but bo far the number has been twice greater than was thought when this "election" was "called." Men in all walks of life have voted and others are coming in daily. Those of the opposite faith to I The News- have taken advantage of the opportunity and voted strong. Taft and Roosevelt seem to be the only two men in the minds of the republicans and, as was stated the past week, if the "split" is in proportion to the balloting in The News' bal- lot box there is to be a pretty fight between the two factions of the party. The "polls will remain open a few days longer and the result published. If you desire to be one among many, clip the bal- lot in today's paper and mail or hand it in. CONGRESS ILL YSGIDAL Washington, Feb 17.-The house wilV insert the probe into the Wood Ainsworth-Stimson controversy. All . efforts to end the threatened army 8canda, bv thft voiuntarv rftUrPpnt smothering methods of the war de- partment will fail. Members of the house insist in knowing what is at the bottom of all this fighting among the administrative officers of the army and they have made it plain that they will not let it drop for the present. At the war department today it was said that the faction represented by Secretary Stimson and General Leon ard Wood, chief of staff, would be prepared to vindicate its ' course in forcing General Ainsworth out of the office of adjutant general of the army. General Wood said that he was ready for investigation . that may ' be made. lie would go no further than that. ' In the house announcement was made that- both General Wood and General Ainsworth had been subpoe naed to appear before the 'committee on : expenditures in the war, depart ment on Monday. This committee which has full jurisdiction to make an Inquiry will determine then whether or not there is enough flame beneath all the smoke to justify an investiga tion. Almost at the same time Repre sentative Watkins, of Louisiana, of fered a resolution calling upon the war department to submit to the house all the correspondence which has passed between Secretary Stini-, son and General Ainsworth and all the facts bearing upon their contro versy. The Jbouisiana . congressman wants to know what it is all about and whether or not the administration in the army is following the proper course in forcing an old and disting uished officer out: of active service. APOPLEXY CAUSED DEATH OF BERRYHILL. Sapulpa, Okla-, Feb. 17. That apo- Plexy was the cause of the death of William Berrvhill. was the decision TPnrfprPd hv nhvsicians who thdav completed a post mortem examination i of Berrvhill's body at the direction of ! relatives who expressed fear of foul i play. ; Berryhill whose oil bearing property ! is said to be the richest in America, : TiTiie4av xti further examination of the body will be made. . I I TO Bloodshed Characterized Congressional In Tennessee Dis t r ic t Knoxville. Tenn.. Feb. 17. A snec- Jal tQ the Sentinel from Greenville, fays - Bloodshed characterized tne con- characterized gressiohal convention of the first. Ten- nessee district this afternoon soon nr rrha. after the mit al . procee dings. The J0 .?"SSZ 111CUUJ KJI. . VUUVvy -wwwj Riatri AHam S.' Bowman, of Wash- ington county, for temporary chalr- man. When Bowman attempted to take the platform and convene the convention, he was denied recogni- tion. In spite oE the precaution to limit the attendace . by the issuance of admission tickets, thee rowd forc- ed Its way into tne .nail, a general DICTAGRAPH TOOK OF LOBJFJDEBS Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17. The fact that for days the government has had a dictagraph in the office of the Inter national Association of Bridge " and Structural Iron Workers' here and has taken reports of conversations of Pres ident Frank M. Ryan and others in connection with the dynamite con spiracy 'became known today. Government agents this afternoon, after hearing that the iron workers' of ficials were aware of the dictagraph, entered Ryan's office and took out the instrument which had been attached to the end of a drawer in his desk. Ryan declared he was not aware that his conversations were being overheard. . Assistant District Attorney Clarence Nichols admitted that the instrument jhad been in Ryan's office for weeks and that it had been placed there by government agents at night The wires from the dictagraph were connected with a down-town office, away from the federal building and two stenographers recorded what was I said by Ryan and his associates, par ticularly since the arrests of the men for alleged complicity in the dynamite conspiracy. Today a stenographer re ported she had heard a woman's voice over the dictagraph saying, "Well, I guess they are; hearing now whatever we say. - This convinced Mr. Nichols that the iron workers were aware of the dictagraph and agents were sent to recover it. ' ...... It is said . the government has re ports of conversations Between Ryan, Second Vice-president Herbert S. Hockin and John L. Butler, first vice president, and their attorneys. District Attorney Miller said the dic tagraph had been in use since last Oc tober and that it had worked satisfac torily. "I must decline to describe the na ture, of the evidence we secured," said Mr. Miller. "We have complete reports of conferences held between the iron workers officials and their at torneys and others. For the last 10 days we have . suspected they were aware of what was going on.-f or fur niture had been moved about in an effort to find the instrument," Instead of going voluntarily to Indianapolis for trial, it was evidenced at a commissioner's hearing today that Frank C. Webb and Patrick Farrell, ac cused in the dynamite conspiracy, will fight extradition. They pleaded not guilty - and , obtained adjournment of " Michael J. Young" and' Frank J. Hig- gins, indicted in the dynamite cases today, expressed , their, willingness to go at once to Indanapolis ,to -plead u Wets" And uDrys" Battled at Capital Washington", Feb. 17. "Wets" and the "drys" battled at the capitol to day over the question1 of prohibiting the shipment of liquor into states where its sale is barred. ; Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, of Maine, president of the national . W- C. T. U., appear ed with officers of that organization, while a. delegation of German-Amer ican men and women led by Repre sentative Bartholdt, of Missouri, op posed the legislation. The ; hearing was before the senate committee on the judiciary. Chairman Nelson of the sub-corn' mittee - conducting the hearing, ob served that while he was in London he saw women in front of the bars there drinking whiskey and gin along with the men. Dropped Dead in Union Station Charleston, S. C, Feb. 17. Having just . left an infirmary to take a train for Columbia, , George T. ; Coleman, aged about, 60, of Danville, Va., trav eling salesman for a Cincinnati candy concern, dropped dead of -heart fail ure in the union station here this morning. He was walking from the ticket office to the cars ' When stack en. Y WOMAN' ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE. Gatesville, Texas., Feb. 17. Mrs Mmnie Le streignt, or , ftxeuregor. Tex-, charged witn the murder of ner husoanu, i. streignt, a newspaper publisher, after having been previous- lv tried Hvp.ti a Hffl sentence, was 'today acquitted Dy a jury in me ais tnct court here. Convention fight ensued, in which Bowman was struck over the head. Chairs - were hurled and pistols were drawn. In spite of this, and with blood issuing from wounds in '- his - head, Bowman persistently . and vigorously, pounded the gavel, demand order. Fights mul tiplied in the audience and chaos reigned. r R. E. Donnelly, of Mountain City, a supporter of Congressman . S. R. Sells, was nominated in the mob for temporary chairman. Donnelly took the platform and a split ensued. Con gressman Sells himself finally ap peared and through Donnelly's assist ance gained - the ear of the conven tion. By ' this means temporary quiet was restored. 1 EBSAT ON Near One Milium Are DaVldSOn Orators tO Meet C. S Team Special to The News. Rock Hill, S. C; Feb. 17 It is now decided that the annual debate be tween a team from Davidson College and the University of South Carolina will be pulled off in Rock Hill. The only thing that now remains is the fixing of the time and this- will proba bly be- decided within the next few days. The debaters for the State Universi ty are A. H. Williams, W. C. McLain and F. W. M. Woodrow. C. K, Culp is alternate. Wtckersham Laughs At congress St. Louis, Feb. 17. After Attorney General Wickersham had read the re port of the Hardwick committee he laughed heartily and said: "So con gress has waked up, has it? Congress is slow as usual. ' "I have found out to my own satisfaction.- seven months ago that there was a sugar trust controlling more than 62 per cent of the industry in this country and filed the government suit. I am glad to know that con fess, seven months after I took that action, has really discovered there is a sugar trust." that MORE CHILDREN SENT OUT OF LAWRENCE. Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 17. More than 100 children, the second party sent by striking textile workers, com mittee out of the sftate in an. endeavor to create sympathy for the strikers' cause, left here today , for New York city, where the boys and girls will re side with different families until dif ficulty here have passed. ,;. SOUTH WILL SHARE OF GETTSBUR9 ; Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 17. It is prac tically certain that all the states of the South will ' will . cend commissions to attend the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle' of Getty s: burg next year and will provide trans portation 'for their Confederate 'veter ans. This was announced at a meeting of the executive ; committee of the Pennsylvania commission in. this city by-Colonel Louis T. Beitler, the field secretary of the commission. Colonel Bietler, with General Irvine C. Walker, of -South Carolina, cammender of the United Confederate Veterans, traveled through South Carolina, Georgia, Mis sissippi, Kentucky, Virginia and Mary land and: appeared before the legisla ture was not sitting. They explained the nature and purpose of the celebra tion. In his report to the commission Col onel Bietler said he found the people in the South more than ready to meet him half way and usually the project of "which the commission has charge was received enthusiastically. As it is the desire of the commis sion to make observance of the anni versary of the battle of Gettysburg nation-wide, this news was pleasing. The result of Colonel Bietler s efforts assures the attention of an army of Southern as well as Northern veterans. While Colonel Bietler and General Walker were not able to reach every Southern state during their tour ar rangements have been made to have the question taken up by the legisla tures " of states not reported. Colonel Beitler will visit during the next few days 'the governors and leg islatures of Rhode Island, Massachu setts, New York, and New Jersey to nlace before them a report or tne worfc thus far accomplished by the Pennsyl vania ' commission and obtain their cooperation. My Choice For President If I Could Select the Man I Would Name Name. Address Cut this Out and mail or hand in to The Charlotte News, Charlotte, N. C. Results will be published from day to day and in no case will the name of the voter be given out unless so requested. Planning Strike i Vp to Last Night Eight Hun- I dred Thusand Coal Miners Had Ha nde d in Quit Notices, Effective February 29th. Royal Commission to Be Ap pointed to Inquire into Wage Question- Strike Now Seems Inevitable Short Supply of Coal London, Feb. 17. The situation in, the British coal trade entered the acute stage today when a rush for in surance by 'the colliery owners sent the rate at Lloyds against a national strike up to 94 1-2 pe rcent. The owners are insuring their resi dences as well as their mining prop erties. . Up to tonight more than 800,000 min ers had handed in their notices to quit work on February 29 and the re mainder, which number about 250,000 will take similar action on Monday. The government intimated today that' it would take the crisis in hand earlyj next week but what action the au thorities contemplate taking is large ly a matter of conjecture. The well informed Pall Mall Gazette expressed the opinion that the government's . ef , forts will be directed along lines sim ilar to those pursued in the recent railroad strike and that a royal com mision. of ten will beappointed to in quire into the minimum wage question on the condition tha the. men remain at work pending the finding of such) a - commission. " . Sir George Askwith, head of ths government board of trade, who has been successful in the past in mediat ing labor disturbances, took a pessi mistic view of the situation. today. i It it i is estimated that a supply ot coal sufficient to last only two weeka is now in stock. Attempts will be mada to land imported coal but this will be accomplished- only - with the greatestl difiiculty. The federation of national transport workers has pledged itselfi not to handle "black leg" coal and similar ; action - will- likaly bAtake -by all other unions whose memberfl are engaged in, the handling Of import ed fuel. . : . Statisticians ; figure that the strike will cost the nation upward of $2,500, 000 raily and grow costlier as it pro gresses: This stupendous sum included the loss in kages to one. million men and losses in profits to railroads, coal companies and industrial . enterprises which will be compelled to suspend on account of lack of fuel. PRESIDENT TO NAME .1 HARLAN'S SUCCESSOR. Washington, Feb. 17. It .-was stat exA tralav at the white house Presi dent Taft will name the successor to, Justice Harlan on the united estates annrPTTifl court on Monday. The iden-. tity of the new justice . was not di--vulged. U. S. RIFLE TEAM TO FRANCE, Washington, Feb. 17. The United States will send a rifle team to France for the international continental-rifle matches to be held at Bay-onne-Barritz, the latter part of July. The national rifle association of America has approved the project and also will have teams in the matche3 in South America and Sweden. PENNSYLVANIA HONORS ' JUDGE LURTON. WflRbitiirfnn. Feb. 17. The Universi ty of Pennsylvania has voted through its hoard of trustees to confer the de gree of doctor of laws upon Justice Lurton .of the united: mates supreme court. Jack. Lester Qnocked Out. RvWv. Australia. Feb.- 17. "Cy clone" Johnny Thompson, the Ameri can middleweight pugilist, today knocked out Jack Lester, 'of Cle Elum, Washington, the former heavy weight champion of Australia, in the twentieth round of a match at the Stadium. Lester was leading on points when he received the knockout blow. ? i' It 1 1 .v I i. 1 (Contiued on Page Ten.)
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