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PAPER I it. r AS 1 LSI b K U W i ORTH CAROLINA El MEW NIGHT EDITION JO.J 11 1 TM c THHAV 5 Greater Charlotte's Home Newspaper 79 t3 I vix-i. Daily, 188S Sunday 1910. CHARLOTTE, N. C. THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1914. 1. J A Pl f d 1 Rnl ncv a n n m w Price: Daily 2c: Sunday 5c w i ing u Conditions y w I wr Covered South The H;is Left a Thick Snow From the Almost to the Gulf , is Moving South- v -! - ! , ueum ui onuw f -uiy Districts :i;:;ps to Relieve Traffic Conditions ner Weather is in . - . Clearing con .: rurally throughout 1 -oiitn and southeast . whu'h yesterday left from the Caroli-i.-o il:-,int to the gul -'..i- moving south-.-''Uhern Georgia and ' to t-het and to- wactically was cut ..!..:!!iuiiratiou with the v-iuht sun. the snow : :i-;-:-ie had reached i ih for ears when it iau- yesterday, slowly lr,v. Railroad and 'iri ieii by sleet and t-n t . in many ot- .i " was experienced v-'prmer weather to i't:s!l trouble from this Chester. S. C. ' i-'-b Chester .' ( crin of the v.-orst tiiar U has experienced 1 ... 14 U fnll :,rr. r: nnn at -7i o'clnfk i it n-a I'ominsr down .pti was frozen and the HEAVIEST ss STQRM IN 1: .HRS 8-INCH SNOWFALL THE WEATHER EVERY EFFORT Forecast for North Carolina: Fair tonight and Friday, not i'f so cold Friday. Brisk to high & northeast winds, shifting to 3; -"; northwest. 1 mometer at 26 and falling, snow De gan to fall here at 8:30 last night. x iie local weather bureau officials an ticipate a record fall. Raleigh and vicinity experienced the coldest weather for two years yesterday morning, when at 8 o'clock the thermometer registered 15 de grees above zero. Snow at Spartanburg. Spartanburg, S. C, Feb. 26. Spar tanburg county was under a blanket of snow three inches deep early last night and it was still falling. Snow began to fall at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. There has been no inter ruption of traffic so far. At Greenville. Greenville, S. C, Feb. 26. Snow, which began falling here at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, had covered the ground to a depth of several inches last night and at 10 o'clock , there was no indication of cessation. Record Broken at Asheville. Ac-heville, Feb. 26. A heavy snow fall which begau yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock and continued last night, &ave Asheville and surrounding ter ritory a depth of two inches of snow by last night at 9 o'clock. A tempera ture of 20 degrees above zero pre vailed late last night. By 7:30 o'clock last night local snowfall records for 25 years had been broken. Eight Inches at Macon. Macon. Ga., Feb. 28. Eight inches of snow fell in Macon in a period of eighteen hours breaking all records for this section of the state. The Aveather bureau announces that the temperature dropped to 21 degrees laist night. Today the weather is clear and the snow is thawing out fast. SOUTHERN BELL RE-ELECTS OFFICERS POSSIBL nrmn r t DL Nb IDE FOR BOO! NEW WHITE STAH LINE b T!it- flakees were By Associated Press. New York, Feb. 26. All officers and directors of the Southern Bell Tele phone and Telegraph Company were re-elected at the annual stockholders meeting here today. hranch of thk Southern tv v. tvj"l bn rnntrol nv. '..Ii11!.-. ' i' miles of wires, Tumi, prepared for any niiglit arise in the way ! v.t out of commission. ''.u -villi the heavy snow might cause some " i ' ii i: r.v c lines. .'. ' .I.'ti'3:?. of the Associat r; !' of to. is city. I of Snow in Columbia. -'. . Feb. 26 The 1 in jiuuk'. dim vivjiuiij tt.ii .' 11.7 inches last e;ora ot the local weath 3nsinvss is practically today, the schools are a street car has moved flock lest night and Co- --uvirDan population 'trrort.jd from nearly every rtuK.'j, ine neaviest lau beiri? ronnrtprl r nmR At Tillman. S. C, three ropovtM, the first snow ,t, 14 years. Clear skies ii'j-'lic-r temperatures are Peigs in Charleston. S. C, Feb. 26. Charles ' .-rip of the ice king "Vr.tt-v iiipe! burst, tel- - .ifff-ml, trolley cars i'"; uataage was done - i and today sees oovfrt-d nith snow and '( cycles. A north- r! failed, to mate f -tther prevails. n Augusta. -! A total fall 'uches of snow -Uf-.na. Snow beean 'iofk yesterday morn- 'ta-l until mldniaht ying the snow 'i-'ing from 23 to lowest ternper-'-'i reached here was nearly four Hie next largest sonifcry 12th, and iiii.iips were re- is partly clear : ''; '"or continued Friday with j 1 f,f cars on the ies Augusta's "!l bee section, "ntii noon to n- commission jjeople are not :Jf '.s of business - "xpected that -I during the ''-ii no sr- Shippinq Pool Renewed, By Associated Press. Hamburg, Feb. 26. The continental shipping pool in vhich the Hamburg American and North German Lloyd lines are the principal parties con cerned was renewed today for five years. REPUBLICANS GET TOGETH DINNER TO Oft! r'i-'r v inr. i 'r:Lf:i- TV. '"!'r Wilson. I. :, ; county has ' : ;-,(rm started i?:it. Temperature 'tl 'Vind this morn ' ' are all ran ' st Greensboro. fanow, vvhich 'u o'clock '' '.fr'd th? ground to ! 10 o'clock and . ' ommi ther- . . " a minimum .! '.,;f aove zero uyn iie degrees ' the winter h; if;. . . By Associated Press. Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 26. Ohio re publicans gathered here today to at tend a dinner intended as a "get to gether" for republicans and former progressives. They heard D. Meade Massie, Cb.il licothe editor, and former Roosevelt republican, characterize Governor Jas. M. Cox as a common enemy against whose democratic machine all good citizens should unit'' and Senator Borah, of Idaho, argue for a national policy of absolute obliteration of mo nopoly. Senator Borah predicted that equal suffrage would become na tion-wide eventually through adoption by individual states. Whether the meeting today was ac tually a "get together1' between repub- lcans and progressives, was a question of dispute. Republican leaders asserted 20 per cent of those attending the dinner voted the third party ticket in 1912 Charles L Thurber, secretary of the progressive state executive committee, ave out a statement denying that many members ot the progressive party are returning to the republican fold Between 1.500 and 2,000 attended. Borah's Speech Open war on monopoly was advocat ed by United States Senator Borah, of Idaho, in his address The time, he said, had come for "remedies, not palliatives" in dealing with industrial monopolies, and he urged a vigorous policy on the part of the republican party in this regard At the same time he assailed the attitude on this issue of such leaders of the progressive par ty as former Senator Beveridge, of In diana, and George W Perkins, of New York, who he said maintained that monopolies "were the proper thing and all they need is a little regula tion" Pleading for all men who believe in the principles of the republican party to aid in its rejuvenation as a gen uiney progressive party, Senator Bo rah declared that "Even if the repub lican party was at an end, I could never join the third party so long as it stands, as it now stands, if I correct ly understand the leaders, on this question of monopoly" "Monopoly," said Senator Borah, "is ten thousand times worse than black slavery it is the father of class domination, the molder of chains both for the body and the soul, and can not exist in any form with safety to the people in a republic. Here, sir, is where i could never be a third party man. Upon this issue I would have to dis agree with that even if I agreed with Snow Came According to The Weather Man's Prediction Yesterday Afternoon About 5 O'clock and Continued Through the Night. City Wrapped in Mantle of White, late Pedestrians Last Night Getting Benefit of Beautiful Effect Heavies Snow Since 14-inch Fall of 1 902. The snow came. About 5 p. m. yesterday the first flakes made their appearance in ful fillment of the prediction of the weath er bureau, issued in the forenoon, which read: "Snow tonieht and prob ably Thursday." In character, the snow was what the scientists call a "dry" snow. The flakes were large ones, and they fell thick and fast, so fast that about sun rise today there was a layer on the ground which measured eight inches, according to the official statement of Mr. Atto, the local forecaster. The temperature at 8 p. m Wednes day, stood at 21 degrees, and dropped slightly soon thereafter. It remained practically stationary during the great er part or the night, but about 3 a. m. the mercury began expanding, and at 8 a. m. had reached 24 degrees. inis expansion kept up during the forenoon, reaching at noon the thawing puinc, aegrees, wnich, by the way, is the warmest point since the after noon of day before yesterday Tues day. This morning the sight was a beauti ful one, to those who were inclined to look on the beautiful side of thines. Cedars an devergreen trees were heap ed with bunches ot the fluffy white ness, and the snap-shot artists no doubt got some beautiful souvenirs of the snow-covered scene. To those in clined to be pessimistic, the snow was quite a hindrance to locomotion not I only to those compelled to walk, but to muse wiu were namg, as autonioDiie wheels, unless provided with chained wheels, skidded round in fruitless at tempts .at starting. Columbia's Mantle, Nor was Charlotte the only place snow-mantled. This morning when the people ot Columbia, sunny Columbia, looked out they viewed a wide expanse ol snow, 11.7 inches m depth, accord ing to the government figures! The snow was also general over the South east, from the northern border of Ten nessee and North Carolina, almost to the Gulf coast. The line of freezing temperature extended today to the eastern coast ot tne uuli. nassine through Jacksonville and New Or-, Associated Press leans. Weather reports showed, however. that the cold spell was fast becoming a thing of the past, as at nearly all places over the eastern part of the country, the temperatures were rising. Heaviest Snow in 12 Years. This is the heaviest fall of snow in Charlotte since the big snow of 1902, which measured 14.0 inches on the level. There have been but few falls heavier than that of last night. Here are the official figures: I BRITI1IC, S LAUNCHED! Much Speculation as to the Re sult if Effort to Secure Body t-aii one Report is Tha Body Was Cremated Pres sure Brought to Bear Upon uarranza. No Report From Consul Gen Villa Reiterates His State Pres. Wilson Denies 1 hat Effort Was Made Jo Send Ma lines mm '5 w Will Not Allow it Removed Latest Developments. By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 26. The Amer ican government today uas exerting every influence to obtain from Gen Villa the surrender of the body ot William S. Benton. British Mibiect. executed at Juarez. -0 renlv had been received to instructions bent ii,n tt"! display of flins:. ItUay to Consul Letcher yesterday to find I .,7' Jir.'i OeniOnS grave and -Tr1arv lirvan lnmh latn trtHv nr tnmnrrnn.- mnm- I c Hicnalpnot in?, wliori- lin hp enndnrd rwnH. ' luff fiti'il rllL.-liiUi.it ..f I . wnetnr ik.-ck?r uil !h tru-d again remains problematical. Kvn District Attorney Whitman. U is said. Is as J yet undecided, HU desire k to hate ja second trial on the murder charse i v...i i...r i i ii Jiouse of one published report that u. . ..... the opinion of thv court of ap peals. Exercise of clemency by Governor Glynn now is all that can prevent th death of the gunmen. was surprised by news quoting Villa zn nayine: Benton was buried in Chihuahua Cits. There have been persistent reports here. too, that the body was cremated. Official denial came from the white By Associated Press. Belfast, Ireland, Feb. 26. The launching today of the Britannic, the 50.000-ton White Star liner, marked an important development in construc tional safety, so far as engineering in genuity can ensure it. lhe Britannic, intended for the trans-Atlantic service had just been laid down when the Titanic disaster occurred. Immediately the plans of the new liner were almost completely re modelled. he is a triple screw steamer, 900 feet in length and there has been in t. educed into lier construction every device possible to prevent a recur rence of disaster which overtook the Titanic. A complete inner-skin ex tends to a considerable height above the load line, the most vulnerable por tion of the vessel, and the heitrht and number ot bulkheads has been in- "ear Admiral r letcher had recom creased. mended the landing of marines at It is claimed the Britannic will be 1 Vera Cruz. able to float with six compartments I Attention was cnieny centered on flooded. The inner skin consists of tne Benton investigation and high heavy plating, which extends for more officials conceded that future develop ment of the American uolicv toward Mexico hinged largely on the out come of the inquiry. Anotner leature wnich loomed as or commanding importance was the fact that the Benton incident prom ised to develop into a test of Car ranza's authority as chief of the con stitutionalist movement. Every sort of pressure, it Is understood, is being brought to bear on Carranza both by Americans and Mexicans, who have the confidence of Washington otti cials, with the purpose of impressing upon him the necessity of a clear and convincing explanation ot all the circumstances surrounding the death of Benton If Carranza cannot obtain that from Villa, the power of the so-called "first chief of the constitutionalists will fall in the estimation of th Washington government. Persons in a position to know the viewpoint of the president and the cabinet say the disposition of the ad ministration is to insist upon the facts of the Benton episode and pos session oi tne body for medical ex Santa Monica. Cal.. Feb. 26. With a animation, but that there is nothing course record of 78.72 miles an hour to indicate a critical stage. to beat. 16 bis cars piloted bv some Another published report which av of the best known drivers in the coun- traced attention was that the Amer- trv started at 10 o'clock todav in ican embassy in Mexico City had the first Vanderbilt cun race run on oeen equipped witn machine guns the Pacific coast. The best time here- The only arms there, it was said, are tofore made in a Vandebilt event was several rifles imported just before the 74.07 miles an hour. street fighting that ended in Made- The distance is 294.07 miles, or 35 ro's downfall. ... - .a. I V till -a . . mm. . I m aps ot the 8.401 mile course which i-ossimnty mat ureat iintain, uer ought to be covered by the winner in many, France and other powers may E I CULL -Th lat hour mpnt Thnt Uo Will Dopm;H"f Charles Bet WV stay in the D Jj u r 61 ""! death house at Sii.s Sin a jrlad . DOdV 10 DC Examined BUI idened today bv a visit from fcis wile. p 1 By Associated Tress. New York. Feb. ;..- Owing to th death of her mother. whose funeral was held yetterday. Mr?. Becker was rrciented from go ing to the prison on Tuesday when ns of the declhion granting her husband a new trial for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, wan anno:nc- led. Today's meeting btwen the couple who for months have con versed through ItHTh. was pathetic, althousli each attempted to ke-n back than half the length of the vessel, from the Avater tight bulkhead in front of the forward boiler room to the pfter end of the turbine engine room. It is connected to the outer shell by longi tudinal tubes and angles with espe cially strong connections at bulkhead and water tight divisions. In addition an extra water tight bulkhead has been introduced and the existing bulk heads have been carried up to the bridge deck. CII1S START VANDERBILT GUP RAG State Said to Come From Huerta That He Had Refus ed U. S. Permission to Send Marines to Guard Legation is Denied. Permission Had Not Even Been AsVcd Says President Huerta's Motive Was Prob ably in Interest of Stirrinq Confidence in Mcxian Capi ta!. Ry FMv-iate4 Pres. Wafhlngton. !b Word asm direct from Pnidvnt WSHon today that the I'nited States fc4 t?rer reqtiftted perin1?ion to seed marluet to Mexico City, and bi-d uot diM-ti ed. nor ta'Ken utt the uM-rl in urn with Mexicoti official Kor several day there has eT considerable discussion in of2cl' irref abont 11k -ndir.c of a !r- ion guard to Mico nt. tlmilar t lliu i-ent by Cttiit Britain ppd O' many, while it admitted that th Washington administration bad befn considering the advisability of yti it"-p. it w a osi'he1y fta'ed lh. ti decision in flu matter had tc--tt reached. It also ha been rcjorted her that thv Huertii Foernment was cot aeiv' to having foreign countries t-end legation euanle and that th dip'omatte reprve!it?i.c jn Me!- City from practically all the natiyn. bad recommended such action. Tb L'nited States haf teen dvied pre viouly of the intention of thoi countries to end gu.irds and ! ot ferej uo objection. Uereutl PrM dent Wilon told callers be tvw v -- r . i .i . . ... jer nat'ons in ecnJiLg rcarines U Mexico City. It a stated today ' that hii position wa unchanged . By Associated Pres. Officials hero ma!; it plain that London. Feb. 26. Sir Edward Grey, they regarded mch an amiounreme'il British foreign secretary, informed by "General Huerta as t-eing rjad the house of commons today of Secre-jfor is possible effect in Mexico Civ UNCLE SAM IS Oil ALL THAT IS E E less than four hours. Oldfield, de Pal- ma and Earl Cooper were favorites. tary Bryan's proposal to send an Am erican army surgeon and a responsible American with Consul Perceval to conduct the examination of the bod of William is. Benton. British ranch man killed by Villi at Juarez. The foreign secretary continued: "We are satisfied that the govern ment of the United States is tdiowing as much interest in this case and is doing as much to discover the facts aa if Benton had been an American cit izen. We cannot ourselves do more at the present moment than send a con sul to be present at whatever Inves tigations may be made. Sir Edward Grey added: I will maks a considered state ment to the house next week of tbe,ior precautions. view of the British Rovernment as to nessy, American Inches: February, 1902 .. .. 14.0 December, 1896 10.0 February, 1889 8.0 December. 1882 11.8 December, 1880 11.0 The official weather forecast today reads: "Fair tonight and Friday; slightly warmer Friday,'' so it is evi dent that the snow will remain on the ground but a very few days, becom ing but a pleasant memory to the small boy, and a record in the me terological history of Charlotte, as one of the few heavy snows the city has had in years. The effect last night was very beau tiful, especially under the electric lights. Many were out snowballing, and the children had fun with their, sleds to nearly midnight. The fall was a particularly pretty one, there being no sleet, just soft, beautiful snow that rested upon the earth like feathers. It was so dry that those who were out experienced no inconvenience of get ting wet. The snow of 1902 followed a period of snows and blizzards wrhich had pre vailed North for a month. It was dur ing the heavy 'snows of January, 1902, that Prince Henry landed in New York, and during that great snow period that the Seventh Regiment armory burned, also that fire in the Park Avenue hotel, opposite the armory, caught fire at the time the armory was burned, many perishing in the flames in the hotel. It is evident that by tomorrow one will be repeating the line that Sothern asks in "If I Were King:" "Where are the snows of yesterday?" TWO AMERICANS CAPTURED IN ALBANIA. HUGE METEORITE ESTROYS HOUSES By Associated Press. Warsaw, Russian Poland, Feb. 26. A number of houses were destroyed by a huge meteorite which descended today in Jendkovitzy in the Polish province of Kieloe. It emitted sul phurous fumes. follow the lead of the United States, in warning their subjects to leave cles as a likely effect of Benton's i ,. w,' Vi , in iwjTnnl. .h execution. ifL1"5 wh,c ex sla .Jn lb,.h"U8 it in me country in me tuier. uitu - . V. and to accentuate the provisional president's rf-eaieu assurance tha foreigners are In no danger. Huerta Statement. Mexico City. Feb. rG. ITovjjona' President Huerta today re!'icd per ml.seion to the United States govern ment to send 2.0r,0 American ma rines as a guard for the legation here. This Information came dtroct from General Huerta h!melf. General Huerta tays L- as asket by Washington to agree to the.dL. patch in addition to the American of more men made np of Ger mane . English and French. To all of this he returned a negative rep!. on the ground that there was no oe-d Nelson O-tShauga charge d'affaires. what can be done further, either to refuses cither to cod firm or deny tie get at the truth if it is then in doubt, ( Information. or to secure what justice may re-j Filter Mr. O'Shaugbnessy denied quire. 'any knowledge of the proposal. Ac- "It is scarcely necessary to empha-l cording to report the plan in ald t A Good Book Is Good Friend Vienna, Austria, Feb. 26 Confirma tion of the capture in Albania of two American citizens believed to be of Albanian extraction, has been receiv ed by the Austro- Hungarian foreign office. The affair is attributed to in trigues between the various factions In Albania. At the request of the American embassy here the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister has instructed the Austrian consul at Elbassan to in- 1 vegtigate the aJFir. Do you appreciate the possibilities of a Want Ad? It may seem strange that books can be bought and sold with Want Ads, but it's true ! Scores of people in this city are glad to learn through our little Want Ads. of ex pensive books which have been used and can, therefore, be secured at low prices. If you have in mind a costly set of books which you would like to secure, turn to our Want Ads and you may find the advertisement of dealers who can supply you at low prices. Learn to Use "The VantAd Way" The Washington government. was understood, would render any as sistance possible to foreigners desir ing to leave Mexico. Those in official circles here who believe foreign countries generally ought to ask their subjects to leave, think such a move would. be an added precaution in case the Mexican question devel oped more senoue aspects in relation to the American policy. Villa Reiterates Statement. Chihuahua, Feb. 26. General Villa today reiterated he would permit the examination but not the removal ot the body of William S. Benton, which he asserts is buried here. He said that representatives of the Amer ican and British government and ot the widow alone would be permitted to view the body. his majesty's government fully shares and n-hich I hope It Is fully recognized is no less deep because the egres sion of It has been so very restrained." Death of G. Lacy Crawford. By Associated Press. Springfield, Mo., Feb. 26. G. Lacy Crawford, nart owner of the fct. Louis Nationals, died at his home. By Acfociated Prs. here today from a throat affection He was 43 years old. Lave reached President H-kMa through other channels. 12 MEN KILLED By EXPLOSION BRITISH CONSUL DEATH OF NOTED TEMPERANCE WORKER. By Associated Press. Los Angeles, Feb. 26. Miss Aman da M. May, 86 years old, noted tem perance worker and collaborator with Neal Dow in the campaign which made Maine a "dry" state, died at her home at Whittier yesterday. IL. PEARSOLL ENTERS THE RACE Special to The News. Raleigh, Feb. 26. Raleigh friends of Col. P. M. Pearsall of New Bern, have letters from him saying he will be a candidate for the chairmanship of the state democratic executive com mittee at special meeting of the com mittee called for March 10. Mr. A. W. McLain Is also being mentioned but has not yet made any announce ment. Editor Brittain, of the News and Ob server, has also been mentioned in connection with the motter. WILL NOT CO TO MEXICO YET By Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 26. At a confer ence today between Secretary Bryan and Ambassador Spring-Rice it was decided that British Consul Perceval will not proceed into Mexico for the examination of William S. Benton's body until "better arrangements can be made." Conflicting reports of the location of Benton's body convinced officials here that the British consul would not proceed until the situation was made more definite ana Berlin. Fen. zs. At least ir men were killed and eight others fatally Injured today In an explosion which destroyed an aniline dye factory la Rummelnburg, a suburb. There were 400 emplcyes In the building at the time of the" explosion, which wa heard all over Berlin. The firemen were unable to enter the buildings owing to the poisonous fumes and It was cot possible to ascer tain the full extent ot the disaster. NO AMERICAN PRISONERS , AT JUAREZ the American government will press for such information as It needs for investigation. It was said that the British govern ment was not looking to the United States for the recovery of the body as a matter ot legal right at this point, but was depending upon the good offices of the Washington gov ernment to bring about a final deter mination of how the Englishman was killed and the possible return of the body to the family. t By Associated Press. El Pafo, Tex., Feb. 26. "I am con vinced there are no American politi cal prisoners at Juarez. declared Ccn meanwhile i suit Edwards today in connection with m " .1. . . . . i j . i i. . v . irl.L. the story told last night by A. Mlch- aells. who declared be had Juet the Juarez jail where he bad been a prisoner and that Gustav Bauch and 13 other Americans were there at tb time of his release. Famous British Cartoonist Dead. By Associated PreFS. London. Feb. 26. Hir John TennieL for many decades the leading Brit! cartoonist, died today at tne aee oi 9t. Ihein unnn all others
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