Newspapers / The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, … / Nov. 11, 1913, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
.7.1 TL-. - .. TH CAROL i "1 H i -1 PAGES TODAY GREATER CHARLOT TE ' S HO ME N E W S PAP ER" JL-i shed : Daily, 1888 Sunday 1910. Est: CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1913. Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5c." Governor Of Virginia XH f Aa i ts.r GRO WING NElSf l TVT I P II i. rs i. i.- n ta I . ' r- - -- - " " . -' fid 11 W W HI VI - Unknown Bottom u Another Unknown Vessel is Re- rted Lost, While Lightship SO With Crew of 6 Perished - Cleveland Paialyzed By Storm Heavy Snow in West Vuginia. Port Huron, Mich., Nov. 11. When riie tug- Sarnia City returned this oieiiooii after an all-night watch over -.'?. big stee! freighter which lies up--i'ie uown in Lake Huron, she brought no additional information as to the identity of the unfortunate vessel. The uame or the derelict remains far be leaiii th: water and the waves are still l:igh. Forty Lives Probably Lost. Captain Reid. of the tug, returned more firm than ever In his belief that all of the CO or 40 members of -the crew 01 the COO-foot freighter must have been drowned. The wreck not having been reported until late yes terday, i: waj difficult to ascertain when and where the disaster occurr ed. Searching Parties Organized. The overturned vessel probably drift ed several miles. Captain Plough in jharge of the local life-saving station, left this morning with his crew for the v reck. Searching parties were also or ganized to patrol the shore in search of wreckage. Reports indicate that a .shifting of cargo may have been re Eioiisib'ie for the accident. Another Vessel Probably Lost. Captain Reid also believes that another vessel is on the bottom of hake Huron, near where the overturn ed steamer was first discovered and ' that tin. two ships may have been ia collision. As if purposely projected to mark the grave of a score or more of sail ors the bow of the steamer sticks out of the water like a huge black shaft. It is pointed toward the north, and ast, which would indicate the helpless condition of the crew toward the last nnd that the vessel had swung around at the mercy of the mountain-high waves. Lightship Reported Lost. Buffalo, x. Y., Nov. 11. Lightship -vo. S2, carrying' a crew of six per ;ons. and stationed in Lake Erie, off Point Abina. 13 miles west of this uty. is reported lost by incoming ves sels, and is believed to have foundered j'uh:- the recent storm. j Wreckage Floats In. j VVr-iekasre of the lightship floated in iu Ruffalo harbor this morning and ' as Di. ked up on the beach at the foot jf Michigan street. The flotsam consist- ! of io-'ir.- a boat railing, two or three iM-arently off a boat, and sev v. ;,res, ,-,-ers marked "United h. V. S'2." The ship carried of ix men. iisiuship was gone when we ;i .'r anchorage this morning at clu.-k." said Captain F. A. Du- ci'p'.V i'-'i. m; of Hip ore carrier Cham- 'i. :ii'ier clocking his steamer this !,inu. "Tho fact that the lightship !- i!'t in port strengthened our fear '' t is morning that she was driven hfr anchorase in the gale and ''it to I !: b(jtton).' U'virfr:tH of IViint Abino, six miles ' ti'c: lightKlnp -station, reported '' 'r.i not in sight. Ro.scoe House, ifeii-is.i inspector, left aboard the ' tender Crocus for the light v" -; station as soon as its disap '': was renoi-ted to him. The ves- BIG SUIT FILED AGAINST ALLEGED "THEATRICAL TRUSY ' FOR THREE MILLION DOLLARS ' -s.u.-iated Press. Vork, Xov. 11. The United ! i4 Offices of America, promoters 'Hirical enterprises, are made de ; -n' s today in a Sherman law anti- -;uit for $3,000,000 damages filed " federal court by H. B. Marin- Ltd., of New York, London and i i Central Vaudeville Promotion jpiuiy, Benjamin T. Keith, 4. Paul ! I''. Vessel Lies Tp-Ciew Of eported Lost sel was a new steel craft, 150 feet long with a 30-foot beam. Revenue Cutter in Search. Washington, Nov. 11. The revenue cutter Morrill, at Detroit, has been or dered into Lake Erie to search for lightship No. 82, missing from her sta tion off Point Abino. Lighthouse head quarters here had no word from the ship early today- Cleverand Paralyzed. 21 Inches of Snow at Cleveland. Cleveland, O., Nov. 11. Via private wire to Pittsburg. Cleveland is bur ied under twenty one inches of snow, its streets are filled with a tangled mass of broken and twisted wires and thousands upon ' thousands of its in habitants are in imminent danger of suffering for lack of food. Three persons have been killed, ten are missing and are believed to have been frozen to death and a great steamship is stranded on the beach, its captain and twenty-two sailors waiting for the death that may come at any moment because of the moun tainous seas rolling in from Lake Erie. It is still snowing and unless the storm which has continued since last .Sunday soon abates no one can tell what the ultimate toll in dollars and lives may be. The loss is already estimated at $2, 000,000, half of which will fall upon the telephone and telegraph companies. Normal conditions cannot be restored within a week and if a thaw should come, followed by the inevitable flood, the whole lake country will suffer se verely. Conditions have been growing worse since Monday night when, half of the city was plunged into darkness, the lighting plant being blown down by the gale. This morning at least one half of the street car service was out of commission,-, no less than 3,000 trolley, telegraph and telephone poles within the city limits had been blown dowrn. So complete was the paralysis of transportation facilities it was deem ed best to let the dead lie in the places where they had died and no funerals will be held until the storm has abated. There has been no delivery of gro ceries, bread, milk or coal cince Sat urday and the suffering in conse quence cannot be definitely learned but it is widespread. There is a suffi cient supply of gas and it is being us ed unsparingly in places fitted for it, that as many persons as possible may be benefited. The food shortage, felt Monday after noon, became more pronounced and threatening this morning. There is no milk to be had at any price, except it be obtained in the name of suffering babies and other foodstuffs are rapidly going to a premium where it is possi ble to find them. .... Many families were caught with lit tle morr than the food supply requir ed to carry them over Sunday and as there have been no shipments received since Saturday the supply is rapidly being exhausted. (Continued on Page Nine.) Keith. Frederick F. Proctor, Edward F. Albee, John J. Murdock, Morns Meyerfield, Jr., and Martin Beck are also named as defendants. The Man nelli concern, which is engaged in hir ing vaudeville performers, alleges that its business Las been destroyed by the -defendant's, who are. charged! with controlling the vaudeville buslr ; ness in this country and with black-, listing performers and theaters in, the Keith and Orpheum circuits. I PRICE F EGGS STIRS HOUSEWIVES New York Women Band To gether in Battle for Cheaper Eggs Quotations up to 75 Cents Per Dozen Women Get Results. DR. MELVIN"piNES FOR AN EGG CONTAINER ! Chicago Has a "Cost of Living Commission" and Boston Goes into The Ice and Coa! Business Great War on Living Costs. By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 11. The National Housewives' Leagle already claims encouraging results In the campaign begun yesterday against the high price of eggs. Mrs. Julian Heath, tne president of the league, and eleven other women spent all day yesterday canvassing the city to learn what ef fect the league's "ultimatum" had had and they asserted today that all of the stores had cut off at least a few cents from the prevailing high prices. In some places the bet storage eggs were selling as low as 33 cents a dozen against 37 cents, the low figure for Saturday. In some of the higher priced stores however, fancy eegs were priced as high as 75 cents a dozen. Oh! For an ..Egg Container! . Washington, Nov. 11.- If you would make glad the heart of Dr. A. D. Melvin, chief of the bureau of animal industry, send him an egg container J that will make possible the shipment of eggs by mail safely and economi cally. Dr. Melvin is in . search of such a container as will permit the ship ment of eggs direct from the farm to the consumer through parcel post and thus aid in reducing the cost ot living. j Officials of theJ department of agri culture are laboring to bring the pro ducer fcnd consumer closer together along a number of lines. The unpre cedented high price of eggs, however, has diverted their energies at present to the discovery of some means of shipping the fruit of the American hens industry through the mails with out scrambling it. Cost of Living Commission. Chicago, Nov. 11. Chicago has a "cost of living" commission. It was organized -last night when Mayor Harrison sent to city council his list of appointments to the new municipal markets commission, which will make a study of municipal markets wltn a view to cutting down housekeeping bills. The commission will endeavor to determine to what extent consum ers would profit by the establishment of municipal markets. Boston Goes Into Coal Business. Boston, Nov. 11. The city of Bos ton will go into the coal and ice bus iness on a large scale if the wishes of the city council are carried out- The council last night adopted res olutions addressed to the legislature calling for a constitutional amend ment that will allow the city to buy and sell coal and to manufacture and sell ice. The resolutions must be ap proved by the next two legislatures and adopted by the voters of Bos ton before the project becomes pos sible. LOUISIANA FACES BIG FINANCIAL PROBLEM. By Associated Press. Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 11. The Louisiana constitutional convention today began the actual business ofi considering ways and means of meet-1 ing the $11,000,000 bonded indebted ness due January 1. Four bills propos ed for handling the debt are up for de bate. They differ only in details. Negroes Held As Suspects. By Associated Press. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 11. Ben Lloyd and John Sherman, negroes, have been arrested as suspects in the hunt for the negroes who last nig'it robbed and shot Awb Saeid, a Syriaa grocer and choked his wife, and who later robbed and shot Herman Pollock, a Hebrew grocer. Both Saeid and Pollock wrill die. The negroes will not talk. A pistol was taken off one of them. ' - r v" t r r -- "V r - r i r r i' r ' -i?',? THE WEATHER. X!' Forecast for North Carolina. -X- Fair, continued cold tonight; w Wednesday, fair, somewhat warm- w er. m 'f t r, .O - f. 'S O O ' O o o O ' ' SOAR 5 i .7.' i - -&. . J-W-yv JbJbeMS.SIritKj ,mmi iium mr J nm 7 nm GOVERNOR MANN. i Governor William Hodges Mann, of Virginia, who speaks at the United Missionary Campaign Conference at the First Presbyterian Church tonight. Governor Mann is orator as well as statesman. He is deeply interested in the cause of missions, and all movements for the advance of Christianity and uplift of the world. . - SCOTTISH HIT IRE IIJEGplB DAY If THE A 32 Dgree Mason The Scottish Rit e From Scotland In America in BIG ATTENDANCE AT ALL OF THE MEETINGS Headquarters of Southern Jurisdiction in Washington Higest Official in North Carolina Present at Fall Reunion Held Here. - tffsssts (By a ,32nd Degree Mason.) The presence in this city of a large number of high degree Masons who are attending the regular fall reunion of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is attracting more than the usual attention to , the higher degrees of the fraternity which is recognized the world over as the basic organization for the inculcating of brotherly love and benevolence. The Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is known throughout the world as the universal rite because of the fact that it is practiced in all the civilized countries of the globe. It does not prescribe any creed or belief for its members except that they shall believe in the one ever living and true God. They do not require the signing of any confession of faith or membership in any church, but they must be men who have an abiding faith in the God who created and keeps them and whose glory is their chief end. ' The name Scottish comes from the fact that it came to this country from Scotland where it was extensively prac ticed in the early days. It was first practiced in America in Charleston, S. C, and there is now located the Grand Orient, but the headquarters of the Southern jurisdiction is located in Washington, where all the executive officers of the "Rite are located and where the Supreme Council holds its meetings. The 1913 session has just completed its labors and Mr. James Wakefield Portland, . the Sovereign Grand Inspector General in North Caro Una, who reside s at Aslieville and is the representative of the Scottish Rite ililli E MSSO US GREAT CEREMONIAL Gives Origin of Nam l Gomes First Practised Charleston. Masons of North Carolina, in the high est, council, is now in Charlotte and is attending the sessions of the reunion of Carolina Consistory and co-ordinate bodies. It is the custom of the Scottish Rite Masons to meet twice a year at which time there are . classes, of candi dates upon whom are conferred the dif ferent degrees of the. Rite. There are several reasons for" this. The. degrees are so masterful and complete .that they can not be conferred effectively in detail. The modern class reunion in which they are now conferred on large numbers came into vogue as the in evitable evolution. For many years there was a formal ity about the degrees whicn left tnem well nigh lifeless and' they failed to accomplish the proper result. The soul of , Albert; Pike inspired the dead let ter of the imperfect rituals with the living, power of a' militant philosophy. The great work which he created in perfecting the ritual acted like, an inspiring permeating force. The genius of Albert Pike has now come into its own. His cosmic grasp of the problems of the universe, his sympathy with human suffering and aspirations, his reverent appreciation of the ineffable grandeur and holiness of God's mystery, enabled him, in the reforming of the degrees of the Anc- give mankind in general and to Ma- j sonry e specially, a standard of mor-. als, philosophy and religious endeav ors, the details of which relate to every want, propound every duty and embrace every hope of man on earth dnd in Heaven. . Freemasonry stands at the end of its' first century a monument to ser vice and devotion of the past. It wears worthily the crown of glory and the laurel of success. The rights of man the philosophy of brotherhood, I the dignity, of culture, the hope of j faith and the chairty of universal1 love ', have borne their fruits in thousands ' of human , hearts and brought them -closer to each, other in a common pray er and reverence to the one Father of. all. ; The master of the Royal Secret, kneeling reverently upon the threshold of the temple of the unsolved mystery ( God's universe contemplates his du-. ties and his destiny in the mission of j To Open Campaign Conference Convenes At Fust Presbyterian Church This Evening-Govemoi Mann And Other Notables to Speak-Men Only ' To Hear Mann. the consecration to which he has vol untarily yielded himself. A worship per of tie Everlasting God, he must be the brother of man, and the brother hood imposes its task and lays out the field of service. To be true, to be charitable, to be faithful, to be free, to be tolerant, these are mighty suggestions under lying the ultimate aim of the Masonie creed, to bind mankind in one frater nal union. It is not hope and faith and charity they are the means only they are the shining constellations, the illuminating stars that guide us on the weary journey, onward and upward to the nobler ideals, to the pur er life, to the consummation of their promise. It is educated, not book learning, or school education, but culture self cul ture, the evolution of the inner con sciousness, planted in the seeds- of reverence and humanity which bloom in every heart, but which must be nursed out of the weeds of evil ten dency and at last transported into the paradise of the perfect character. These things to do the Scottish Rite enjoins upon her disciples, and the comprehensive, ultimate hope is that the beneficent influence tends to the betterment of all the world; that it foreshadows the coming of the era of universal peace among men and na tions. Yesterday the degrees from the 4th to the 14th, inclusive, were conferred in the Lodge of Perfection, Willard G. Rogers. 32nd degree, venerable master, and today the degrees from the loth to the -18th, inclusive, with W. H. Lam beth, K. C. C. H. as Wise Master, are being conferred in Mecklenburg chap ter Rose Croix, No. 1. Tomorrow the degrees from the 19th to the 30th, in clusive will be conferred in the Coun cil Kad'csh, Dr. B. J. Witherspoon, com mandei and on Thursday the official degrees the 31st and 32nd, will be conferred in Carolina Consistory, Dr. F M Winchester, Master Kadosh. At '6: 30 on Thursday night the tra ditional banquet will be held at Ma sonic Temple, between the conferring of the 31st and the 32nd degree. (Continued on Page Six.) RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION MEETS. By Associated Press. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 11. Practical ly all the leading railroads of the United States, Canada and Mexico were represented at the annual meet ing of the railway development as sociation, which began here today. The officials in attendance are the heads of the industrial, agricultural, immigration and other departments connected with the development of the sections of North America reached by their lines. The session will continue for three days. - THE DAY IN CONGRESS. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 11. Senate. Not in session; meets Thursday. Senator Kern, chairman of the democratic caucus called a currency conference for Wednesday. Banking committee suspended work until Thursday. House. Met at noon. Transacted no business and ad journed at 12:33 p. m. to noon Wednesday. POSTMASTERS MUST LICK OUR STAMPS FOR US- . JUST By Ascsocited Press. Washington, Nov. 11. Christmas gift givere this year will not be forced to lick their own stamps when they affix the proper postage to. their parcels for mailing unless they wish to, for the postoffice department an nounced today . that its postmasters and their assistants would attend to that duty if requested. The . innovation is put in force in the ii.terests of better mail service during; the holiday rush and - is ex-: pecte? to facilitate-the movement ot J the vast crush of matter that will taxj issionary Conl erence Hon. William Hodges Mann, gover nor of Virginia, who will make th opening address of the United Mis sionary Campaign Conference (Inter denominational) at the First Presby terian church tonight at 7:45, ie rightly regarded as one of the fore most citizens of the United States. A native cf the Old Dominion, he has had a long and useful public career in that state. He served as a judge for several years and is known as a jurist of -the ,first rank. He rep resented his native county of Notto way, in the state senate a number of years and was elected governor ol the etate in 1909. In the office ot chief executive of Virginia, he has served his state with great ability and with satisfaction to all parties. Governor Mann is the author and patron of the Mann anti-liquor oil; which became a law of that state by which bar rooms and drinking places ot every description were banished from all the country districts and tue -sale of intoxicating liquor greatly re stricted throughout the ' state. His voice has always been heard with clearness and his influence felt with force, on the side of civic righteous ness and moral intellectual progress in his native state and beyond its bounds. His record as a public ser vant, jurist, legislator and governor of tire great staler is'that Ol"a man of uncompromising integrity and fail' fulness to every trust committed his hands. Governor Mann is a Pres byterian elder in the little country church of that denomination at Not toway, the county seat of his. county and has for many years been a con sistent and useful Christian. He is a clear and convincing speaker and it will be ag reat privilege to hear his message at the convention this even ing. Other Speakers. Prof. R. E. Gaines, Litt. D., of Rich mond College, the leader of the team of speakers, who are to take part in the conference in Charlotte, is a man of unusual ability aa a speak er and his leadership in the discus sion of missionary questions has won the admiration of church leaders and the general public wherever he has gone, Mr. J. Campbell White heart him in address before the great Bap tist Laymen's convention, in Chat tanooga last year, and realizing nis ability and his perfect fitness for special missionary service, immedt ately set about to secure him as leader in the present missionary cam paign. Rev. A. L. Phillips D. D., supenn tendent of the Sunday school depart ment of the Presbyterian Mission board, is known throughout the South in connection with his present posi tion and also his former connectlor with the missionary education move ment. His addresses have been 8 great inspiration in the three oi lour - conferences which have just been held by the team. The devotion al feature of the work to be conduct ed by him, is of great value to the conference. Rev. R. W. Patton, D. D., has aa aressed large gatherings of both men and women throughout the country with great ability. He was one of the speakers the great Laymen's con gress, in Chicago, in 1910, when four thousand two hundred men from all parts of this land were in attend ence. And also in Greensboro when more ihan fifteen hundred men came together. President Poteat, of Fur man Um versiay, is well known to the people of Charlotte as a man whose mes (Continued on Page Nine.) GIVE YOUR ORDERS the resources of the department army of employes. , Orders were issued today to post masters to affix postage, when rc quested, on mail matter of the sec ond, third and fourth class, the latter being parcel post matter. The stamp.' will be pre-cancelled and the plan is expected to prevent the great, waste of time experienced by postoffice. pa trons while waiting in line to buy posttage and mail their packages. The postmaster , general believes the pian will result in a .great saving of time in the department as well as to the people." I' t f . t :
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 11, 1913, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75