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Ranted, For Sale, For Rent, Lost and Founds Bbarfl orBoarders, Rooms For Roomer s-Page EigE iTEST EDITION ' TWELVE PAGES. CHAR TIP? LATEST EDIT H TWELVE 1 PAGES. VOL, 45 NO. 8169 CHARLOTTE N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1 91 2 ) outside CharlotU Cents a Copy Dally and Snnflav Rational Cash Regis- THE I roimMIOH TWHiS ompany Officials Free :M17ieiM: THE NEWS Three Automobiles A?e I Hifty 4t3ien Higher Up, as Well 0S LOWer DOWn, IndiC-By , ry - Kansas City. Feb. 22. "My hat has ted CTl LllOrgt OJ C7!7ir2ajbeen in tie ring a long time and my , . n (head has been In it," said Governor Violation Of Csnerman Ann- Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey. here ZYza law. 'Charge oj Monopoly, "Re straint" Etc Adams Ex cess LOffttoanU AlSO Indicted: tfi 11 COUntS Other IndlCt- icn-i3ted Press. Cincinnati, O- Feb. 22. Thirty offi- the foreign competition that would fol d's rnd employes of the National , Qw the proposed reduction, wages Ca;h Keeincr uo. 01 uayton, j., were dicrca on cnarges 01 criminal v'loia of the Sherman anti-trust law by 8 special federal, grand. Jury tier to- ttst of Men Indicted. Tie following officers and employes c' tte National Cash Register Co. are zizei in the indictments: " J. H. Patterson, president: 13. A. r?e: vice-president; G. C. Edgerter, m r c-tary: tnppus, treasurer; Srt Patterson, A. A. Thomas, Thos. j TVs r son, Joseph Rogers, Alexander Ksrrd. F. S. High, M. G. Keith, Wm. Czmi-ngs, J- C. Laird, Pliney Eves. A. Ymz, George E. Morgan, C. T. V'alnislev. W. C. Howe, C. A. Snyder, V-'airor Cool. E. H. Epperson, Myer N. jamj-.s. M. L. Lasley, Jonathan B. Harvard. Alexander W. Sinclair, J. J. 'Range. Edgar Park alias C- D. rw-. William H. Muzzey, William Pil'-in, Earl B. Wilson. Three Counts In Bill. There are three counts in the in d ecants asainst the officials and em- j riows of the register company. Tie first count charges that nearly ti competitors concerned have been lc"ht out or driven out of business. I: is charged that restraint has been is oreration for the last twenty years tltiongh the specific charge is confined " tie last tnree years, it is &aiu iu j ut-jcpaicg uavo ouuvum.ru iciciculc re been effected by bribingemployes , f or the Miseourian to secure a delega tf competitors and transportation, tel-Jtion to Baltimore pledged to vote for cr-a.nn ana leit' jiiuuo luuiuauiro, , ring tne creaii oi wuiyciuun m I're.ing their machines. Charge "Of'Monopoly: Tte second and third counts charge ; defendants with monopolizing the Wn register business by the same Adams Express Also. The Adams Express Co. was indict ei on 11 counts, charged with having -TPmr.Tfd to collect more than the t;ab!ished rates for shipments. Seven, 'Cincinnati manufacturing firms were;66 t 0 indicted charged with attempting . n eecure transportation. iuwci. r-.te3 thn those established by the htrsrate Commerce Commission. It charged that competitors were c-n out of business through inter- ference with their employes, by libell-j tseir macmnes, cuiuag va ""(Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio. 5 imitations ot competing tVr?? made to use as "knockers. It is charged .that the company's Ee'!;rsr plan included the threatening rf splits merely to harass manufac rirtrs and purchasers, and in organiz izz bos'is corporations pretending to enrnretitors as well as making cirii'"ations for patnents on the ma c:;ta? and improvements invented b competitors. A" I btu seven defendants were ?r.o"? those named December 4 m t':.e civil suit started by the govern ment to restrain them from attempt ir.z to monopolize the cash register .1 A. Oswald. S. W. Davles, George - Shaw. E. H. Bunstine and H. ( C3rr.av, members of the board of di- rTnr?: VHeTl tne C1VI1 iH.-Liuix jni made defendants to it, were ior. named in today's indictments. Tv. John S. Teague, superlntend nt of the gradedschool at . Fletcher, re3- Ashevillp is here on a visit to t's brother, Mr. Charles C. Teague, of tlzst Ninth street. THE SPECIAL SUNDAY BALLOT. Candidates in THE NEWS' A'omobile Contest are ad- vip?d that there "will appear in Sundays issue of THE NEWS a Special Ballot, good for 25 votes each if they comply "wdth the rules of the Contest Depart- rPt and are turned in on be- K-e .March 1st, 1912. ft- Colombian Minister To United States Is Sepaiated From His ' "'"Mated Press. (, ry '"ra. Colombia, Feb. 22. General ; "' y Ospina, Colombian minister ' -e I'nited States, was recalled by Colombian government this morn- 7U action of the Colombian govern or was taken because neither it nor t p ''olombian people upholds the posi : ,jn taken up by the Colombian min-;-cr at Vashington In notifying the -a'J department that the visit to n die i ed WILSON'S "HAT AND HEAD" JN THE RING. Associated Press. today when his attention was called to Colonel Roosevelt's statement made last night to W.. A, Eirich, at Cleve land. PROTESTS AGAINST HOUSE STEEL BILL. By Associated Press. i WnRhinirtnn. FVh 22. .Tosiah T. Rose, representing the Atlanta Steel Company, ol Atlanta, beiore tne sen ate finance committee today vigorous ly protested against the house steel tariff revision bill. He said to meet would have to be cut. placing Ameri can skilled labor practically on a par with European labor. WHICH SHALL IT BE -MLS OH OR CLARK? By Associated Press. Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 22. Whether Champ Clark, speaker of the house, or Wooarow Wilson, governor of New Jersey, shall have the support of the Oklahoma delegation to the aeraocratic nouonai convention ior me presidential nomination is to be settled by the state convention which meets here today. Uninstructed delegates hold the balance of power. The Clark supporters claim the con vention will be a mere formality, be cause tbey say sufficient uninstructed umi The Wilson men. however, cheered by the gains made in favor of the New Jersey executive ih the county conven tions held February 17th, assert that the claims made by friends of the speaker are greatly exaggerated. Many men experienced in politics declared that the Oklahoma delegation will be uninstructed. Speaker Clark's friends assert the reverse. Authentic reports of the county con- ventions show that out of 76 counties haVe 554 delegates in today's con- vntion, and 192 of them were instruct ed for Clark, 192 received no direct instructions and 170 were directed to vote favorable to the candidacy of Wilson. The remaining delegates at- iturJa -iv-ill -not rhanfo the rnntpflt Few deiegate8 were instructed for It has agree(i that Judge Thos. H. Doyle, of the criminal court of ap peals, a Clark-Harmon advocate, shall be made temporary chairman. Judge Doyle's selection by the ftate central committee was opposed. The committee voted 39 to 2f. The defeat- led candidate for temporary chairman was D. H. Linebaugh, of Atoka, a sup porter of Governor Wilson. After a conference between sup porters of Wilson and Clark early to day it was reported that the Wilson men had proposed a divided delegation be sent to Baltimore. No agreement was reached, although It Is understood 4Vinf nrnn.-icol la ctlll rri in cr nnrl m&y accepted ag a compromise in the eyent of a deadlock in the .T,Hn THE DAY IN CONGRESS Washington, Feb. 22. Senate: Met at n'oon. Washington's farewell address read Senator Kern. President in message transmitted postmaster general's annual report, suggesting government ownership of telegraphs, which the president said he did not favor and second-class mail matter commission's report, recom mending increase of second-class rate to 2 cents, which the president ap proved. Adjourned at 1:20 p. m. until 2 p . m. Monday. House: Met at noon. Bills on unanimous consent calen dar were considered. Post at Wash. Colombia of Secretary Knox would be inopportune, owing to the fact that Colombia's claims in connection with Panama had not yet been arbitrated. The notification given by the Col ombian government today, says that General Ospina is "separated" from his post at Washington and that the incident between Colombia and the United States is thus closed. Colombia, it continues, will maintain her international policy. Pr eident D oeb Not Hitchcock Plan In a Special Message to Con- aress President Discmranes yrcs JTTCSlUCTll UlSlUUTUge Postmaster General's Plan For Government Ownership X Ul ju,iu,tniip of Telearafrh Limls- Is Not Convinced That Such Policy Would Result in Cheaper Rates to The Public Commends Record Made in Department. By Associated Press. Washington, D, C, Feb. 22. Presi dent Taft today informed congress that he did not approve of Postmaster General Hitchcock's suggestion that the government buy and operata all telegraph lines as an adjunct of tne postal system. Mr. Taft said that if it could be shown that the public would benefit by receiving service at a less price than is now paid he might think differently of the plan, but that he was not convinoed such would be the effect. After referring to the practical wip ing out of the postal deficit and other features of Mr. Hitchcock's administra tion of affairs-, Mr. Taft, In transmit ting the postoffice department's re port to congress today, said: "There is only one recommendation in which I can not agree that is one which recommends that the telegraph lines in the United States should be made a part of the postal system and operated in conjunction with the mail system. This presents a question of government ownership of public utili ties which are now being conducted by private enterprise under franchises from the government. "I believe that the true principle is that private enterprise should be permitted to carry on such public util ities under due regulation as to rates by proper authority rather than that the government should itself conduct them. This principle I favor because I do not think it in accordance with the best public policy thus greatly to increase the body of public servants. "Of course, if it could be shown tnat telegraph service could be furnished to the public at a less price than it la now furnished to the public by the telegraph companies, and with equal efficiency, the argument might be a strong one in favor of the adoption of the proposition. But I am not sat isfied from any evidence that if these properties were taken over by the government they could be managed any more economically or any more efficiently or that this would enable the government to furnish service at any smaller rate than the puonc are now required to pay by private compa nies." "More than this it seems to me that the consideration of the question ought to be postponed until after the postal savings banks have come into complete and smooth operation and after a par cels post has been established, not only upon the rural routes and the city deliveries, but also throughout the department. It "will take some time to periect these additions to the activities of the postoffice department and we may well await their complete and successful adoption before we take on an extra burden in this very extend ed department." The president found much, he said, to commend in Mr. Hitchcock's depart ment "I can not speak with too great ' " ' WHICH WILL WIN ? , Taft Appwve emphasis," he said, "of the improve ment in the postoffice department un- der the -present management," said the president. He showed that there was a surplus of $21 9,118.12 at the end of $17,478,770.47. two years before was not th be accounted for, the praWent roLnted. oUt. by reductions hf to; or .'p-.atoffices -or salaries. Mr. Taft apprdved the adoption of a parcels post, recommended by Mr. Hitchcoclik; said that the placing of assistant postmasters in the civil ser vice should be followed by placing, un der the classifed service of postmast ers and commended the postal savings system. Preparations are being made, he said, to establish this system at about 40,000 fourth-class postoffices. Five Deaths From Storm. By Associated Press. . Jackson, Alias., tea. zZ. ive ne groes were killed, a cotton ginning plant wrecked and a number of resi idences destroyed and damaged in Tuesday night's storm, according to advices received here today from Lex ington and Acona, Miss. The storm passed five miles north of Lexington. Many negro cabins were swept away. The cotton gin and desidence destroy ed were at Acona. There have, been no fatalities reported from Acona. Mr. W. P. Poe, of Spencer, is a business visitor to Charlotte today. MOORESVILLE STRONG FOR WOODROW WILSON. Judging from a batch of bal- lots received from Mooresville yesterday that town must be unanimous for Woodrow Wil- -O son for presidential nominee. Eighteen ballots in one batch were received from that town for the New Jersey governor. These, added to a large number already received gives that town a. healthy representation in the ballot box. Judson Harmon loomed up O- strong from Rutherfordton. He is also the choice of a former citizen who now resides in New York city. In the ranks of those of oppo- site faith the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt is gaining ground over William Howard Taft. The ballots will be printed on- ly three days longer. If you .want to vote clip the ballot today and send it in. The results will be announced early next week. Supreme Court May Hand Down Opinion School Matter Next Week Special to The News. Raleigh, Feb. 22. The failure ot the supreme court to hand down a decision in Charlotte's noted school bond appeal, in which so much inter est centers, means that there can be no settlement of the case until Wednesday evening of next week when the next delivery of opinions is due. Court has been urged to decide this case as speedily as possible and With apologies to Gold Dust Iwlna THER 18 GETS NTHS FOR LIOUOR SELLING Six months on the county roads was the sentence imposed by Record er Smith this morning on Will Davis, a young white man of the city, who whe was cahrged with the selling of two pints of cocktail whiskey yester day to C. L. Austin, of Asheville, at the Reader's Club, on South Church street. Mr. Cliff Newell, attorney for Davis, gave.notice of. appearand; the bond was fixed at $l,0u6. "liTmust" be a justified bond, too," added the re corder. Chief. Christenbury got information from Plain-Clothes Officer Jim John son, that he was suspicious that .there was a whiskey sale pulled off at the Reader's Club yesterday afternoon. With this information the chief got busy and followed the clue given him. This led him to the Southern pas senger station where he came upon C. L. Austin, who was waiting the 6:25 train for his home at Asheville, after spending several days in the city visiting relatives. He was told by thee hief that a young man was suspected of having sold him (Aus tin) some whiskey at one of the clubs of thee ity and that he would have to remain to testify if he knew anything about the matter. Austin then went back to the police station with the chief and described the man who had sold him two bottles of whiskey. He was also required by Desk Sergeant John M. Scullion, who is also a mag istrate, to give a $100 bond to insure his presence at recorder's court this miming. Upon the description furnished by Austin of the . man who sold the whiskey and the description of the locality where he got 'it, Officer Jim Johnson was dispatched to the Read er's. Club on South Church street, where he found Will Davis and placed him under arrest, since he tallied exactly with Austin's descrip tion of the whiskey salesman. At the hearing this morning Austin identified Davis as the man who sold him the two pints of cocktail whis key for $1.25. He didn't know the name of the salesman, nor even the name of the street where the sale oc curred in a building, he being a stranger in the city. "Well, can't you tell the general di rection in which you went from the Square?" asked Solicitor Parker. "No, I don't believe I can," said the witness. "I know we went by the Selwyn hotel though, I and another fellow, who was a stranger to me; and when we got to the Selwyn hotel we turned toward the left and went about half a block. Then we went up a stairway into a big room. There wasn't much in the room." "Well, go on and tell how you got your whiskey," said the recerder. "Well," the witness resumed, "that fellow over there (indicating Davis), said we couldn't get the whiskey on Chailotie a decision was really expected very certainly last evening. Now that a delivery day has pass ed without this case being included in the list of opinions delivered It is pointed out that the tieup in court may be of several weeks duration. However, the most general Impres sion is that the delay in opinion is due to the time required in grouping authorities and writing the opinion on which the court is to base its ruling, rather than any failure of the court to reach a decision on the issues. Voting there, but that he could get it for me. I didn't notice where he went, but he brought me two while and I gave him $1.25." was there anyone else in the room?" asked the recorder. "Yes. there the one who wept down there with me, out I can't recall his name, though I have seen him before." Davis, when put on the stand, de nied that he .was at the club yester day at noon, or near that hour, the time at which Austin alleged he bought the whiskey. He stated that he was there about & o'clock and stayed about half an hour, but was at home at dinner at th noon hour. He went back in the afternoon about 3 o clock to meet a man by appoint ment and on business, he said, but the man still had not come when Officer Johnson went around tor the club about 7 o'clock and arrested him for the sale of the liquor. Davis was unable to give the $1,000 justified bond at a late hour today and was sent to the county jail. TERN CITIES GRIP OF THE FIERCE Heavy Snowjall in Chicago Gives Employment to Thou sands of Unemployed Men Kept at Work Day And Night Traffic Body Tied Up in De troit, While at Cleveland, Ohio, Wires Are Down and Much Suffering is Reported Here and Elsewhere. By Associated Press. Chicago, Feb. 22. Heavy snowfall In Chicago was a great boon to thous ands of unemployed here. More than a thousand men were given work by the city and thousands more were set to work by the traction companies and private concerns. The men worked all day yesterday and , all of last night. It was estimat- jed that snow shoveling would give them employment for at least a week. Employment agencies reported that many idle men could not attempt the work because of a .lack of warm cloth ing. Traffic in Detroit Tied Up. Detroit, Mich., Fel. 22. Although the terrific snow and wind storm that swept the lower half of the state yes terday and last night had abated somewhat today, traffic in all direc tions is practically at a, standstill. Roads out of Detroit had snow plows in operation by dawn and it was ex pected trains would be running nearly on schedule time by tonight. Cleveland in Grip of Storm. Cleveland, O., Feb. 22. A howling blizzard grips Cleveland and North ern Ohio -today. Traffic is badly dis arranged, telephone and telegraph wires are down and there, is much suf fering. Morgan Shuster Reaches New York. New York, Feb. 22. W. Morgan Shuster, erstwhile treasurer-general of Persia, arrived here today. H. H. Topakyan, consul general of Persia in New York, greeted Mr. Shuster and the responsibility of Per sia for his safety ceased., Mr. Shuster asserted that . Persia hnfi hppn uniustlv treated by Russia and England, and reiterated his views that the crushing of Persia was a last ing shame. Earth Shocks Felt. San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, Feb. 22. Reports from San Jose, Costa Rica, state that the earthquake re nortP.d last nieht has been felt gen-. erally over the whole of the high pla teau, but no serious damage has been done so ' far. The shocks, however, continue at frequent Intervals. 1 IN STORM 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. out est lhe News' Magnifictnt Ofier is To the People of North and South Carolina Few Hours Spate Time Only Needed to Win. You Are Invited to Enter Big gest And Fairest Circulation Campaign Launched in The Carolinas Other Valuable Prizes Offered. d- CONTEST DEPARTMENT OPEN EVENINGS. ' ' ' The Contest Department of THE NEWS will ' be open from 9 a. m. until 9 n. m. Those that are interested in the contest ar invited to rail. ' Representatives of - the Contest ! 0 Department will be present to give full information to all those that call. The Contest department can also be reach- ed. by Telephone, call No. 115 aid ask for , the ; Contest De- partment, . 4 THREE AUTOMOBILES AND TWENTY OTHER PRIZES, aggregat. ing in value $6,500, are offered free and without obligation by THE NEWS to the energetic people or the Caro linas. To fully realize the true liberal ity and magnificance of this offer, with the attendant opportunity to those who care to avail themselves of It, it must be well considered. It is not often In one' slifetime that the chance comes, to win a splendid touring car for a few weeks of pleasant work among friends, but such is the chance : now., offered. . . . . - - ; Under the plan adopted for the pres ent contest. -any'-persoiV: with a - few; hours of &pare time, can safely count on a prize : that will pay handsomely, for the time expended. At least three parties throughout the Carolina3 will win automobiles and these three will be those who enter early and cover their fields' thoroughly. These three grand prizes are to be awarded regardless of district lines. The other twenty district prizes will be awarded five in each district into " which the states have been divided. Into each of the four districts must go a piano, a $100 furniture outfit, a S50.00 bank account, a $25.00 gold watch and a $12.50 jewelry credit. The small prizes can be won with comparatively small effort to those who have not the time nor inclination that will be necessary to finish in the automobile class. The contest is now Just a week old. Nominations will be received for some . time yet. but there is a certain ad vantage in an early start which should be seized by those who are determin ed to become winners. No.res should be sent in at once so that receipt books and full particulars may be sent in return. Votes and votes only will decide the winners, and these are secured in two ways: By clipping and sending in the ballots that appear daily in the paper and by "securing prepaid sub-, scriptions, either old or new, to the paper. Votes will be allowed on re newals and payments made by old subscribers, according to the scale printed below. Those who enter with spirit and de termination will be given personal as sistance by the Contest Department, which has been expressly organized for this purpose. The prizes are well worth many times the effort that will be required to win them and the work will be a pleasure to those who take it up. Receipt books and full particulars will be sent upon request. Send for them today. No matter in what part of either state you may live, the di vision of districts equalizes competi tion and gives every person exactly the same chance. (Continued on Page Three.- C r
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