Sty Library VOL XXn Price 40 OnUaUottlk concord, n: a. Friday, may 31.1912. Singla Copy. Five Cents. NO. 278 4 ... TWO SITES OTTERED FOR ONE - JUST OUTSIDE THE CTTT. Tke Merchant' Association Eaa Ap - printed a Committee to Consider .the Matter.-Chief Engineer WU1 Be Hart ia ft rw Day. Lint ! . Should Be Extended to Clnco Park Kot only are the citisen of Bouth Union street anxious for the ear line , to extend in that, direction but the ' entire population of Concord hares in their wiah. Only a short distance ' ia required to make the line in. that direction; mean a grea deal not only . to the town but to the street ear com pany. A it ia now the track doe not extend quite far enough to serve the people of that section. . 1 Two site for parka have, been of fered if the company would extend its lines ia that direction. The lat est offer ia from Mr. G. Ed. Kestler, as guardian of the Blume heirs, wo offers a suitable site for a park on the 'left side of the road just below Mr. H.Ai Graeber's residence. In addition to the offers of sites for the park the baseball park recently built there should prove within itself enough inducement to. the company to make the extension. Concord is go ing to have a rattjing good ball team this year and considerable revenue would be derived from the games alone. ' The site offered by Mr. Kestler for the park is a most attractive one. The land is covered with trees of almost every description and has hills, dales, shady nooks, lovers' lanes, spooning places, where the moon beams dwell, and Jots of other attrac tions. There' are also a large spring and several streams there and a swimming pool could be built with ' very little expense. Mr. Kestler makes the point that a park situated in thia section the people going to and from it -would pass through the center of town and that this alone would be .very decided attraction toward having the park there,: ' ' Mr. Maness stated yesterday af ternoon that Mr. Clark, chief engi neer of the Public Service Company, would be in Concord. in a few days and take the matter up. The Merchants'-Association' has appointed a committee to -consider the matter. However there is already enough inducement in that section for the car line to make tbe extension at ieui to tbe ball park and in the mean time the park can be decided upon. - The indications are that, both will ba forthcoming in a short'time. ' f Intercollegiate Championships. Philadelphia, Pa., May 3L Star athletes representing more . than a - score of the leading American eol- legea and universities lined up on Franklin field this afternoon for the preliminaries in- the . 37th ... annual 1 championship track and field meet ing of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association. , ; Tomorrow the final event to determine the titles will be - held. 'Harvard, Cornell, Pennsylvania and Yale have strong, well rounded ' out teams, and all indications point ' to keen and close competitions, for Ahe championships. Numerous other colleges are represented by individ '' ual stars that are expected to shine . brilliantly in some of - the arious : , events. ' : v:;v'';-- To Discuss Industrial Diseases, Atlantic itv, pLaJ.V May 31.-Jn 'j. connection with the annual . conven tion' of the American Medical Asso- iaton a notable conference. is to be ' held her the eoming,week for the discussion of health problems in mod ern industry and the best methods ' fr atammnff out industrial diseases. ' - The American Association for Labor " Legislation will be in charge of the ' ' ...f.mi and the participating bod- " 1 ies -will include'the International Aa-4 aociation of Labor commissioners V and the International Association of Factory Inapectorao ."'' ,. " Pari En Pete for Wittalmina. '" Paris, May 3LQueen WUhalmina . tk. Motherlands, accompanied by the Prince Consort, will arrive in Par is tomorrow for a three days' official ' vi.Knnt nmnarations' s have been completed for the reception and , entertainment of the royal, visitor. The coming of the' Dutch queen has - .xtraftrdinarv interest among the Parisian, which is scarcely to be wdndered at in view of the fact that WUhelmina will be the first queen in - l --rrl,t tn reeeived ltt : Paris .! rt,,Un Victoria's last official vit here nearly half a century ago. n On Killed And Eight Hurt la Anto h-u. VnrV. MaV 31 John Eagan, "'aged 21, wa killed, William McNulty, - f 20. was fataUy Injured, and three girl and five other men were injured, when their auto overturned J.. v n miles an hour near t,i-Y. The police allege i i v ' H i.".Ken vy of gnotoirs hards a J 7H0T OXE TO KJTCHDf Makes Public Coimpondenc la Which Gov. Ayeock Said His Can didacy Was Hot Aataf onlitlc Washington, May' 30. Senator Simmons, speaking .of tbe Charlotte Observer 'a account of .' Governor Kitebin'a speech at Winston-Salem, said: "I have nothing to aay about Governor Kitebin'a manifest effort to undermine and discredit me in the esteem and confidence of the people of North Carolina by dim carping criticisms and petty insinuations and inuuedoe. If Governor Kitchin had been half aa diligent in tbe discharge of the duties of office as be is in seek ing office ho would have a record of accomplishment during the 16 years he has been in office to which be could appeal to .the people for support in hia candidacy, for the Senate instead of having to occupy the pitahle po sition of placing hia reliance solely' upon perversion and labored "criti cisms of my record. "But let that pass. I have but little coneern about them; they do not disturb me because I have an abiding confidence that tbe intelligence and fairness of the people of North Car olina will take care of them. "There is one thing, however, in Governor Kitchin 's -speech to which I wish to refer. That is his declara tion that -ex-Governor Ayeock would not have been a candidate for the Senate but for my, to him, unsatis factory record. "With respect to this statement of Governor Kitchin I desire to say that ex-Governor Aycock'during his life said over and over again, openly and above board, not only to one but to a number of people that had he been in the Senate he would have voted just as I voted on lumber, reciprocity and Lorimer." . . ."In this- connection, I want to give," said the Senator, "the con cluding paragraphs of the letter that passed between Governor Ayeock and myself at the time he announced to me bis purpose to become a candidate for the Senate. On May 18, 1811, 1 !?fl ter announcing . bis. determination to enter the senatorial race, concluding with this sentence: 'I hope you know this determination does not arise out of any antagonism to you or to your ambitions, and I sincerely trust that it will not have the slightest effect on our cordial relations or. a lifetime friendship.' Answering that letter on May 20, 1911, 1 said: 'Of course I re gret very much to have you for a competitor in this contest but I join heartily with you in the hope you ex press that nothing may develop in this contest which will in any way disturb or impair the friendly rela tions which have always obtained be tween us.' And I want to add that nothing did ocour to disturb in the slightest those relations." HAWKINS MYSTERY , DEEPENS. Two-Witnesses Testify They Saw Supposedly Dead Girl Recently.. : ! Hendersonville, May 30.--The court house was packed today in the expect ation that W. 'O. Shellnut, of $3,000 fame would be placed on the stand and tell about seeing Myrtle Hawkins three weeks after her dead body had supposedly been taken from Lake Osceola. He did not appear, Dot tne leaser lights, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rog ers, of Horshoe, N. C, took the stand and stated that! to the best of their belief they bad seen Myrtle Hawkins on Bay street, in Jacksonville, FU., last April. Neither would a wear positively that they, bad seen her, but both said that they believed they bad seen the missing- girl. Kogers reeeived a merciless gruelling at ,the hands of Solicitor Hall Johnson, but held hia nerve remarkably well. In terest, however, centers in the testi mony of Shellnut who' said he would produce Myrtle. Hawkins, in Hender sonville for $3,000. He will go on the stand tomorrow morning. , At the morning session, Frank Garren, who said he was one of tbe first to see the body of Myrtle Hawkins after it was dragged from the lake, said he did not know Whether it was Myrtle or not John "Bay, a son-in-law of Dan Mc- Call, one of the defendant, testified that he did not hear any unusual sound .around the McCaU home at tbe time of the tragedy. John Perry said that be saw buggy track near the lake, bnt say nothing suspicious or unusual around flie Motall home. Tlie defendant in the case are Ab- ner McCaU and wife, Beatrice Ma Call, George Bradley, - "Boney" Bradley, Dan . Mctall, Mrs. Nora Britt and Mrs. Lim Shaft, '- Dr. Mifienhelmer'i Condition. Charlotte Obsemr 81t. S Dr. Fred Misenheimer ' condition was reported last night to be Un changed, being neither perceptibly better nor ..worse than on the pre vious night. It was said that he seem- ed to continue to hold his own. He 1 at the Presbyterian hospital where he was. taken immediately after: re ceiving a' stab in the chest last Sat urday about noon. Every Confederate veteran, in the county ia asked to come to Concord next Monday, June 3, to partake of the dinner which the Daughters ot the Ci ' fsHieraey v ,1 serve to them , !' t 1 i 1 i on that d THE HEW TOSH WOULD 18 TOE GOT. WILB01L Saya He I the Only Maa That Can Carry U Dovbtfal Bute. - New York, May 3L The New York World yesterday morning eawie out emphatically for Wood row Wilson ia the strongest editorial of the year. It reviews the lack of strength of Messrs. Harmon, Clark and Under wood, and calls attention to the fact that Governor Wilson alone assures victory in section where victory is essential to Democratic success. It says Wilson is the only Democratic candidate who can carry the great debatable States like New York and New Jersey and Connecticut. The World says: ' ' Wood row Wilson, of New Jersey, should be the Democratic candidate for President. That is tbe opinion of The World. That is tlie eounsel of the New Jersey primaries. That is the logic of the situation. It is time for facts and not theories. Judson Harmon might prove a strong candr date in New York and Ohio, but his nomination has been rendered impos sible. Champ Clark would be a hope lessly beaten candidate in New York, LN Jersey and Connecticut. He could do no better than Mr. Bryan who has lost these States three times and would lose them again if nomi nated. Oscar W. Underwood is of Presidential size, but he has been un tested as a candidate in the North and is an unknown quantity to most of the voters. Woodrow Wjlson alone has a record of continuing victory in the section in which victory is essen tial to Democratic success. "It is not in behalf of Woodrow Wilson that The World urges his nomination. It is not merely, in be half of the Democratic party as a party. It is in behalf of tlie Ameri can people. It is in behalf of tbe Re public. It is in behalf of the nation that is now confronted with the grav est menace that it has faced since the obliteration of human slavery and the overthrow of secession." Griffin Halstead to Be Tried. YtTi.: ir.... 01 k 4- .. - i for nearly two years to escape trial, Griffin Halstead, son of the famous journalist, the late Murat Halstead, will be arraigned in the criminal court here next Monday to stand trial on a charge of embezzling funds of former customers of his brokerage house. JThe firm of Grif fin Halstead & Co., failed if. January, 1910. Several weeks - later a com plaint was made to the District At torney - by . Hubert Kleinpeterm chauffeur for Mrs. Mark Hanna, that 1 Halstead had wrongfully withheld 100 sharesof New York, Ontario and Western Railway stock. The stock represented Kleinpeter's savings of a lifetime. A warrant for the arrest of Halstead was issued and he was taken into court. He denied having wrongfully used the stock in question and friends tried in vain toffect a settlement of the case. lit October the Federal grand jury indicted the broker on charges of embezzlement, false pretenses, and larceny. Mr. Halstead filed a plea in abatement s6me months ago, claiming that his constitutional rights had been invad ed when the United States attorney presented to the grand jury the books of Halstead' brokerage business, which were in the- custody of a trus tee in bankruptcy. The lower court sustained the contention, but on ap peal the government obtained a re versal and the broker will now have to, stand trial. Bnaines Will Keep Overman ' And Simmon Away From Convention. Washington, May 30. On" account of pressing business in the Senate probably neither Senator Overman or Simmons will be able to attend the State convention at Raleigh next week.. It is understood that neither of the North: Carolina Senators will be candidates for delegates at large to tbe national convention at Balti more. Both Messrs. Overman and Simmons, it is understood, prefer that private citizens be accorded this honor. It ia the sincere desire of the Dem ocrats in the Senate that the' tariff bills should be pressed with the ut most vigor, One of these tariff meas ures will be before the senate. every day from now until adjournment and for this reason Senator Simmons may not attend the State convention. " General Booth Goes Blind. London, May 30. That Gen. Wil liam Booth, the head of the Salva tion Army, who recently underwent ran operation for the removal of cataract from hi left eye. will hence forth be totally .blind is the opinion ot -the doctors .'who '. performed - the operation. An official bulletin issued by the sunreon savs: ' v wt. "It is now evident that there is little hope of the preservation of Ueneral Booth' ight." r,, v Mis Brown Entertain Bridge. Club Mis' Maude' Brown ' entertained the, Thursday Morning Bridge tlub this morning at her home on North Union atreet. Tables were arranged on the spacious porch and the' meet ing was one of the most enjoyable held by the club since its organiza tion. After "the game delightful re freshment were served. Ubc th Tcirj Column it pay. Ill II Ji MS 1 TO PUT DOWH S&ICK ON EACH SIDE OT LUTE ON MAIN STREET? Arrangement to Pat Down When Track 1 Laid tyst Made With City, - And the Street Car Com pany Is Beady to Do It. City En gineer Say Street May Be Raised in Three Year. . ' i The work of putting down the acphalt binder on Cuiou street from the St. Cloud Hotel to the Lutheran church comer has been postponed until July 10th. The city officials decided to do thisi'in order to give the Street ear company aad gasthava .pp-teH uvral hn.mea and would company amplelimeu lay tne tracks and gas mains in this section. When this id donavMie improvements can be made without having the street torn up again. The street will be paved with an asphalt binder, which will be quite an improvement. According to Ue plan made by tbe street car company and accepted by tbe city the street car company would lay the section ot street between the v.t and a cer tain distance on each side of the track with brick, the brick to he put down at the same time the pavement was put down. . City Engineer omith stated yester day that the city would not require the brick to be put down at the present time, aa it was very pibahle that in three vears 'this section of the street would be made level and other changes made.' Mr. T. D. Maness, a stockholder, and also attorney for the street car company, who drafted the agreement providing for laying the brick, stat ed to a representative of this paper this morning that the street car company was ready and willing to put down the brick as toon as the city made the improvemeuta on the street. - Tt is nnlv rpasonfllile t.n sunrwiKp. however, that the street car companV is not going to put down the brick unless the city deeireJUhem to. It would be quite an additional expense to lay the brick and of course the street car company is not going to pay exira cost unless the city wants thorn to. 1 he com.i.i.iv is willing thourrj !o 1'ullih the agreement. , jy waiting oi.e adva(.iagewj'iJ b-. ri:ned and that is the peopli, after b mj -l-g the bump, o-.ei the cj.- hot for three years would certainly ap preciate the brick more whyu they were put down. Knoi::.?.i rubber tires would be jerked off and buggy wheels sprung to make the whole populace rise up and shout for the 'brick in that length of 'time. As far ae rais ing the street is concerned that is only problematical at best. The matter has never been agitated enough to determine whether the cit izens and property owners want -it raised or not. Another fact in this connection .may be that those in charge of the Btreet three years from now might look at the matter in a different light and decide that all it needed waa to be kept clean and in good shape an(f that instead of rais ing it to spend that money on improv ing other streets. The merchants, at least a few, might abject to it on the ground that on rainy days the water trom the street would come gently rippling through their places of busi ness and this would be "very annoy ing indeed. Another reason for accepting the street ear company's proposition now is that in tliree years Concord will Ibe so busy expanding, building new in dustries, opening up new avenues of trade and hitting emdh a steady clip up the road 'of progress that ail 'her energies will be spent in making new improvements commensurate with her expansion that she will riot have time to stop and hesitate long enough to go back and complete a job tliat should have been completed' in a per manent way twee years ago. Tbe street ci-r company offers to put tho brick down next month, the trme the city will put down, the as phalt. If if is done then the people will have the advantage of the great improvement it will make. .If delay ed 1 three year the agreement will have expired and may be brick will be cut down and mav ba thev won't bo. 'it tack can't be put down now on account of something that might happen three years y from now u would be just about a reasonable to keep the street ear .track from being put down on the same grounds. If the nck, will have to be raised Mien the street car track will certainly nave to be raisei.;-,.. ,.. , A' Further Reduction at the Cannon r : -: Fetter Co.'. : ;. ') The Cannon ft Fetzer Co., who for ome time have been offering one fourth off on all good, in the store, will now give one-third off on all sum mer auit for men, and. boy. They want to turn their -stock into money quick. See big page ad. in Today' Tribune. ) . ' ,, . ; , ;' A very pathetic story, A'Her Heart' Refuge,' a Lubin drama will be presented at the Pastime today. ' BEAunrrxira the homes. A Splendid Example Sat By Mayor Wagoner to Other Property Owa era. Mayor C. B. Wagoner, one of the largest property . owners in the city, is making improvements on hia prop erty situated on several st recta, lie baa spent several hundred dollars improving' and beautifying the houses and lota he owns on West Depot street between Powder and Scott streets. A cement curb has been built, the yards graded and turfed, the houses painted and improved and from a row of ordinary bouses they have been converted into attractive and inviting homes. On hia proper ty on Cedar, West Depot and other streets in that section Mr. Wagoner has recently had a hedge planted around each house, making aomeThing like two miles of hedge in all. He has also planted a number of shade trees putting out 200 last year nd about 250 thia year. With the money spent on beautify ing the property Mr. Wagoner could no doubt have received a larger per cent on the investment in dollars and cents. But, by spending it on trees and shrubbery, he has made the homes more attractive, better fitted to live in and of more eredit to the town. It is to be hoped that other property owners will follow Mr. Wag oner's example, for when the people L"See Concord First" no one thing will make a more lasting impression than pretty homes. The Probable Line Up on Republican Presidential Nomination. The following table, based upon compilation made by The New York Herald, is approximately the way delegates are expected to vote at the national conventions in expressing their choice for President. This does not take into considera tion the contests that are pending before tbe national Republican com mittee at Chicago. Mr. Taft .488 Mr. Roosevelt 452 Mr. La Follette 36 Mr. Cummins . 10 Uninstructed, unclassified, uncer V tain 60 32 Yet to be chosen .... Total votes in convention. . .1,078 Status of Democratic. .Candidate to Date in Race for Presidency. New York World, 30th. Delegates in the Democratic Na tional Convention 1,094 Necessary to choice, two-thirds 730 Delegates pledged or uninstructed: For Clark 288 For Underwood 84 For Marshall 30 For Baldwin 14 For Wilson 204 For Harmon 50 For Burke 10 Uninstructed 232 Delegates to be elected 182 The number of delegates credited to Gov. Wilson includes the 24 votes from New Jersey, 40 from Texas and 24 from Minnesota, elected Tuesday. Notice W. O. W. 'Sunday eveing, June 2nd, Elm Camp will hold its annual memorial servicess and also unveil the monu ment erected by the order to the memory of our late Sovereign J. Mil ton Howard. Every member of Elm Camp or any Woodmen in the coun ty who desire to attend are requested to meet at the lodge room in the Pythian Building Sunday evening at 3:30 o clock. After the necessary arrangements the order will march in a body to Oakwood cemetery where the exercises will take place at 4:30 o'clock. Sovs. W. S. Charles, of Charlotte, and Rev. S. N. Watson, of the First Baptist church will de liver the addresse. Every one who can do so, is requested to bring flow ers. x C. H. PECK, C. C. . ""J. H. DORTON, Clerk. The Arch bald Inquiry. Washington, May 31.High offi cials of the Lackawanna Railroad ap peared today before the House Ju diciary Committee in the impeach ment investigation of Judge Robert H. Archbald, of the Commerce Court. President Truesdell and Vice Presi- dent Loomis were catechized. Both absolved Archbald from making any improper overtures" in connection with coal land owned by the railroad Loomis admitted," however that Arch bald had written and visited him re lative to leasing coal property. When the committee close its session to day, it will adjourn until Monday, hoping to conclude early next weak. Memorial for Wilbur Wright London,rMay 31. With Wilbur Wright dead, airmen are' leading the world in honoring him. Claude Gra ham White, foremost British aviator, announced today that he had engag ed the Aerdome for a monster avia tion meet to raise lunds to erect a suitable memorial here to Wright. Capt. Roatroa Guest at . Widow : Luncheon at Mr. Aator'a. New York, May 3LCaptain Ar thur Rostron, of the Titanic rescue ship, the Carpathia, found himself the hero of the social set today when he was invited to attend a ''Wid ows' luncheon' 'at the home of Mrs. John Jacob Astor. ' . . IS THE REBELLION FOR POLITICAL EFFECT? Gome WD1 rat Down Revolution Aad Be Proclaimed a the Saviour of His Country. Havana, May 31. Delay in at tacking rebeliotis negroes n Orient Province today revived the theory of government that the rebellion ia real ly fostered by tbe Gomel administra tion for political effect. Politicians who ere familiar with the situa tion expect a spectacular surrender of negroes followed by great outburst of joy and universal demand for re election of President Gomez, as tbe saviour of tbe country from negroes and intervention. Little actual loot ing is reported, and it has been the work of isolated bands of theives who prefer stealing to working and who rob, revolution or no revolution. The big property owners are not wor ried for they know well that tbe United States can be depended upon to "pull the chestnuts out of the fire" if the revolution should gain real strength. Confirmation Association Formed at . St James Church. Rev. and Mrs. C. P. MacLaughlin entertained a number of young peo ple at bt. James Lutheran parsonage last night. About thirty young peo ple, constituting the classes confirmed by Mr. MacLaughlin last year and this, were present. Delightful re freshments were served and the event was a most enjoyable one. After the social feature the Con firmation Association of St. James Lutheran church was formed. All tbe members of the confirmation classes are members and all those who will be confirmed In the future are en titled to membership.. The associa tion will meet from time to time each year and an annual meeting will also be held. The officers of the associa tion are: Robert E. Ridenhour, Jr., presi dent; Miss Ruth Dry, vice president; Miles H. Wolff, secretary, and Miss Ora E. Honeycutt, treasurer. Minister Hegrrick Presents Creden tials In Mother Tongue. Paris, May 31. Myron T. Herrick, new ambassador to r ranee, is not as familiar , with French as he wants to be, and when he presented his cre dentials to President Fallieres, Her rick Democratically spoke English. (Now for- the first time iii'tlvenry-nl years diplomatic business of the United States in France is being conducted in mother tongue. Official documents are now written in Eng lish and accompanied by French translations. Everybody Buying t- -f Bostonian Shoes FOR I71EN - . JHEY ARE POSITIVELY UNSURPASSED; FOR; QUALITY. STYLE AND VALUE. ALL THE LEAD. ING LEATHERS; TWELVE DIFFERENT STYLES AND TOESPRICES: $3, $3.50, meBeamMMSHmBSMmmjmammmiMB AGENTS FRENCH-SHRINER & Ur.!,. $3.00 AND $3.00 SHOES FOR HEIJ. : -. E "r 1 'A '. DROVE PEOPLE FROM STORES AT POINT OF PISTOL, Robbed Every Store, Aad Escaped On Their Horses. A Pone is Searching for Them. Two ef the Highwaymen Are Reported Injured in Trying to Escape. , Dribberly, Iowa, My 31. Three masked highwaymen rode into this town today and drove tbe people from their stores at the point ot re volvers. They robbed every store in town and escaped on their horses. A big posse is searching for them. Two of the highwaymen are reported in jured in trying to escape. ROOSEVELT WILL BOLT, SAYS W. J. BRTAlf. Taft Will Control Chicago Convention And Roosevelt Will Be a Candidate All Hi Own. , ' Lincoln, Neb., May 31. That while Taft apparently has a majority . in the convention, Roosevelt intend to be a candidate before the people, and if necessary will organize a bolt con vention, is the gist of an editorial forecast by William Jennings Bryan in his Commoner today. Will Roosevelt Go Before Committee? New York, May 31. Roosevelt to day denied that he intends to go to Chicago to conduct the fight before the national committee. However, Roosevelt said be might change hia present plans and the impression pre vails that he is liable to make the trip. In Honor of Mis Philpot Mrs. P. M. Lafferty was hostess to a delightful bridge party at her home on North Union street yesterday af ternoon in honor of her guest, Miss Rosalie Philpot, of Pine Bluff,. Ark. There were seven tables of auction bridge. Miss Marguerite Brown won the prize for the highest .score,: a . bunch of white sweet peas, , and . the guest of honor prise, a bunch of pink Philpot. After the game a delightful . salad course was served. . i t The best spring tonic spring air and pure spring water. Take it ev ery day $4 and -$4.50 I I iv n HIIJI 61

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