The Charlotte News [Charlotte, N.C.: January 8, 1911]

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Boys and Girls—Read on Page 7 Today About That Theatre Party You May Enjoy at the Academy, Wednesday, January 11th'
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CHAKLOT'b.N.C. .bUNDAY MOhNING, JANUARY 8, 191 1 PRICE 5 CENTS
Iiplete Story Of
failure Of Big
New Yoik Bank
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AT s!Mt
Tii- s'nte bank-1 is a certified copy of the guarantee
ion <>f tlic
an) Inla morning
. that Institution
iffalra shall be
., ■ li solvent is
a i statement bear-
,.f ibe niatii-r could
i 9. Cheney, super-i
■■ king depart-
,. ■ mi i rintend-oven
i" ■-' G news-
. i nj of his dep-
. indu< e i to utter
Intel ' lion.
•nmedlat) i > ise of
ipon i umoi.- in
toi two or three
in. u bo la now lu
,.,:• it v ri eking the
h avlly involved
. ri uat Theae rumors
er Dined run
«ithdrawala wen
. tint public notice,
■ - a ere leea than
The reserve pre-
,r.v ;:i the cases of all
ll nttera "cr cent of
>f trui I funds ai d
i rafjf deposit i. The
e , >. >pany. Issued
art i total dep* ilta
I amount the
li amount-
. i'hi u tal d« posits,
|< gal reserve
:_ 02.
■II »rs is the
'uili un account
, uaml erl tin < bar
T FACE
[
made by the comptroller before he
delivered 'he original to Hyde two
months ago.
It was asserted tonight by one of the
executors of the estate <>f C. C. Dick-inson,
founder of the company, that
negotiations wore well under way with
Andrew Carnegie to come to the re-lief
of the institution which bears his
name but In which he holds no finan-cial
Interest; that Mr. Carnegie vir-tually
had agreed to render the de-sired
aid. but insisted that he must
he allowed to Btudy the situation care-fully
until Monday morning. It was
lid further that this representation
had been made to bank superintend-ent
Cheney, but that ho refused to
withhold action longer than this morn-ing.
A drastic feature of the efforts made
by the bank's Officers to avert its im-pending
doom was the ■virtually all-night
idea made by W. J. Cummins,
the institution's heavies', individual
stockholder and iis real-head, to May-or
Qayuor to use his Influence with
powerful financial Interests to come
tn its relief. Early In the evening of
Friday Mr. Cummins, a personal friend
or' the mayor, went to the mayor's res-idence
with an exhibit of the bank's
condition, together with a -statement
of lu resource.- end Its desperate ef-forts,
that be said were neartng suc-cess,
to ^ot lu sufficient money to com-ply
with the reserve statute. He told
the mayor that if the Institution could
b<- tided over until Monday, or Tues-day
at the latest, all would be well:
that then the money would be in the
. to keep on [vaults and the depositors would be
• Comi trailer assu vd of safety. But the mayor refus-i,
l f. interfere.
losepb T. Howell. the president of
. i, protect theIthe concern, was brought to New York
. :i, thai time lor!; last October for the presidency
... he com) tjH- th< fourth national bank of Nash-
•:. a i gnar-lvllle, Tenn. H» succeeded J. B. Relch-of
the bank'maun. Nashville is the native town
a ■ i
red account,
to 11 mpel
' .. red on
. . repi ■ d de-i
r aln
possi salon of
■ • sion of Mr,
outs h--i w been
an a month,
to pr tect it
" !l| TRUST
MilS-MTOTU
D. C, .Ian. ;.—The de-e
baa secured the
|y In the United
•.. Wayman, the
sss for the gov-trust
proaeeu-
\•'; t .an who turned
n . gave the govern-
... « which It do-ulty
suit and
. dings against
ifactui - Company,
ui the bath tub
rent Wayman from
intry he was today I
of \v. J. Cummin*. He and Howell
had been associated there many years
in business. About two years ago Cum-mins
bought heavily Into the Carnegie
1 rust Company, owning now, it is said.
over a fourth of its fifteen thousand
shares. The late C. C. Dickinson,
whose tragic death attracted national
(Continued on Page Twenty.)
SIR HIM
'MUTED H
DiSGQUHTEQUSLY
Wheeling, W. Va.. Jan. 7.—Mrs.
Laura Farnsworth Schenk, wife of
the millionaire pork packer. John O.
Schenk. must face trial on Monday for
the alleged poisoning of her husband.
Up,- to the present both defense and
prosecution Is equally confident of
proving Its case.
That the testimony will Involve
startling features is admitted on all
sides. The lives of both husband and
wife will be raked over by the law-yers
in an attempt to prove their
respective points. One of the remark-able
features of the trial will be the
elimination of Schenk; he will hardly
be bailed by the defense and the state
cannot use him. as the law does not
permit a man to testify against his
wife.
It is not alleged that Schenk was ad-dicted
to the use of arsenic twelve
years ago. and that he himself admin-istered
the drug. This statement is
scouted by the prosecution, which con-tends
that it has indisputable evi-dence
that wid involve Sirs. Schenk
In a network from which she cannot
escape.
Prosecutor Handlan has moved
alone in preparing his points; he has
taken no one into his confidence.
Meanwhile the accused woman de-clares
she loves her children and her
husband and the millionaire says
grimly, "Let the law take its course."
Bach side has already engaged
alienists and the insanity plea may
furnish as dramatic an incident as it
did at the Thaw trial.
The- trial promises to be a rapid fire
succession of surprises; it certainly
will involve several physicians whom
Mrs. Schenk is said to have visited for
various purposes, Including Informa-tion
as to how to administer poison.
It will also call into requisition the
stories of I.undy Wilson, the Schenk
chauffeur who swore thel Mrs.
Schenk offered him $1,000 to ran the
Schenk automobile over a bans' with
the owner in it; In addition. It will call
the nurses who made damaging rtate-ments
against Mrs. Schenk a> the time
of her arrest, and it will Involve cer-tain
young men in the town who are
said to have been the recipients of
Mrs. Schenk's bounty.
Reciprocity Between
The United States
And Canada
JOSEPH G. ROBIN.
Life sketch of Joseph G. Robin, the skyrocket financier of New York, whose
frenzied methods of finance have wrecked the Northern Bank of New
York, its nine branches and the Washington Savings Bank. He was re-cently
in'dicted for the specific theft of $90,000 of the funds of the sav-ings
bank.
LDR1MER RESIGN?
Washington. Jan. 7.--Senator Lort-mer,
the man of Illinois, appalled by
the storm which will break in the
senate Monday over his election, may
resign. Caucasses of the senate are
bringing out a surprising amount of
strength in opposition to the seating
of the senator.
Predictions today are freely made
that Lorhner will lie forced out of the
senate if he does not resign. Colleagues
are voicing lheir criticism that he
should appear on the door of the sen-ate
at a time when his fate is hanging
in the balance. Others are saying that
he ought to resign.
Many senators feel keenly that the
senate of the United States itself is
on trial in the eyes of the people, and
that if it calmly submits to the. seating
of Lorlmer in the face of what has
been disclosed as to bribery in the
Illinois legislature, then its standing
will be irreparably damaged.
One of the striking developments
in the situation Is the democratic
strength in opposition to Lorlmer. In-quiry
among the senate democrats to-day
discloses that probably not over
a third of them will stand by Mr.
Lorlmer. This Is in spite of the fact
that Senator Bailey of Texas, has
lined up for him. The two Virginia
senators, -Martin and Swanson, are
the latest to be disclosed as in the
opposition.
This news, coming on the heels of
the announcement that both. Senators
Rainer and Smith of Maryland, arc
against him, is certain to have weight.
If Lorinier does not resign before
Monday the light will open then and
will go to a finish this session.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 7.—Interest-ing
revelations concerning Henry
Lane Wilson, United S'ates represcnta
live In Mexico, are promised by Dr. J.
Edward Buckley, of Chicago, if the sen-ate
committee on foreign aTairs grants
him the hearing he came here today to
demand.
Pr. Buckley charges that he was
discourteously treated by Ambassador
Wilson, and was refused In-formation
concerning the reg-istration
of foreign physicians in Mex-ico.
Or. Buckley, according to his story,
undertook to attend a Mexican citizen
sufff Ing from appendicitis. When
I bond at Pitts-1the case was at Its crisis Dr. Buckley
court Is Detroit in was informed that if his patient should
die he probably would be arrested on
Amendments To
The Mann Bill
Washington, Jan. 7.—Aiming a blow
direct!., at railroad owned sieamships
engaged in American coastwise trade.
the senate committee on Inter-oceanic
finals today adopted material amend-ments
to the Mann bill to provide for
the government of the canal ?.one and
for the regulations of the Panama ca-nal.
The chief amendment was one
introduced by Senator Flint, and It
is designed to encourage the establish-ment
of lines of independently owned
vessels of commerce.
This amendment authorizes the
president to fix the freight and pas-senger
charges for using the canal.
but the freight charges are limited
to not less than fifty cents nor more
than $1.i per net ton. It Is provided
also that no charges shall lie paid for
vessels in ballast, nor for vessels own-ed
or operated for or oh account of
the United States government, or for
merchant vessels of the United States
engaged in the coastwise tiade. which
is owned in whole or in part, or which
is controlled directly or indirectly by
any railroad company.
Capt Robt. E. Peary
Submits His "Proof"
To the Committee
Congiessman Mann
Very Busy
Washington, D. C, Jan. 7.—Captain to be at the North Pole to make the ob-
Robert B. Peary, the Arctic explorer, Iservations submitted here?"
• as so heavily bond-l
to Special Agent
I nsrtment of Justice
.1 states attorney
of Mr. Wayman under
:: i-: this country is a
Ing (act, especially
a ".ieh are to bo
It, The department of
will be remembered, dls-lll
of the Indicted
Id oration and It Is
lines that time the
i< nartlr.ularly ad-i
• Mr Wayman at ail
of the court of trial.
ft
a charge of malpractice.
Fearing that if arrested under such
circumstances endless trouble would
follow. Or. Buckley charges that he
wired the American embassy at Mexi-co,
asking that President Diaz be in-fromed
of the circumstances and urged
not to permit his arrest. He alleges
that his telegram was never answered,
and that no action was taken.
The sick man recovered and Dr.
Buckley was not arrested, but as an
American familiar with criminal pro-cedure
in Mexico, he realised that he
had been takit.g dangerous chances,
ami was indignant that the embassy
should not pay any attention to his re-quest
for intercession. He says final-ly
the embassy said it did not interfere
in behalf of Americans until they
were actually locked up.
Dr. Buckley declares that Ambassa-dor
Wilson has sought to muzzle Con-sul
General Shanklin, at Mexico City,
Jan. 7.—Or. Jona- J(j ,ne disadvantage of American inter-kissing
doctor," who e„ts am, tnRt tnj8 re„d had intimate
lull to prevent reIa;!on t0 the troubles of Or. Buckley.
. Ivlng a bequest of Jn caRp of an investigation develop-ite
of Mrs. Rebec- ments are promised In this connection.
outside of the dozen .
-,es he remembers
bably • 1 t> d a thousand
<n ;:•• adi iltted 'hat some
i n he k'ssed had left him
a they died.
Kissed One
■hovsand Women
ffi ALLEGES
CRUELTY AS II
CAUSE OF SUIT
Muncle, Ind., Jan. 7.—Clay Darnell,
a wealthy citizen and former mana-ger
of a "nail mill here, has brought
suit for divorce, alleging cruel
treatment. Among other things he
alleges that his wife for 25 years re-fused
to darn his socks and he suf-fered
greatly by reason of having
to wear them with increasing holes
in them.
told the story of his trip to the frozen
north at a hearing today before a sub-committee
of the house committee on
naval affairs, the purpose being to
furnish proof of his attainment of the
North Pole on April 6th. 190!). in con-nection
with pending legislation for
antional recognition of his- achieve-ments.
He produced all of his original mem-oranda
and answered numerous ques-tions.
Cross-examination by Repre-sentative
Macon, of Arkansas, who
has announced his opposition to recog-nition
of the explorer, was deferred on
account of the time taking in reading
data. The committee adjourned until
next Tuesday.
Mr. Macon asked es-pecial light on
"the 30 hours Peary was at the Pole."
and Mr. Peary read from his log-book
detailing his four hours' sleep, his
journeying beyond and back to the
camp. Paery said he made no entries
in his book on his return march, April
Sth, and not until the afternoon of the
9th.
"Was It absolutely necessary for you
ion of aa expert."
asked
Chairman Butler.
"That is a question on which there
has been much discussion," replied,
Washington D. C, Jan. 7.—Con-gressman
.lames R. Mann, of Chicago,
Speaker Camion's most energetic
floor leader, has taken possession of
the house calendar on discharged com-mittees
by loading It down with 175
notices of purpose to recall as many
bills now resting hi various commit-tees.
He added to this number todav
15 new bills, taking a long list of food
products and other articles from the
tariff schedules and putting them on
the free lis-t.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 7.—The ne-gotiations
for reciprocity between Can-ada
and the United States were open-ed
this afternoon at the state depart-ment
by distinguished representa-tives
of both governments.
The United States officials in inter.
est are the secretary of state, Philan-der
C. Knox. and Messrs. Chandler, An.
derson. Popper and Osborne, of the
state department. The Canadian corn.
miseioners are the Hon. W. S. Fielding,
minister of finance, and tho Hon. Wil-liam
Paterson. minister of customs.
After tho conference tho following
statement was jointly Issued as a
warning to the press:
"It was decided that no statements
would be given to the press until the
results of the negotiations should be-come
definite. Thereupon an authorita-tive
statement will be issued jointly
by representatives of both govern-ments
and will be issued through the
department of state. Meanwhile any-thing
purporting to be Information as
to the progress of the negotiations- will
be mere speculation of Individual writ-ers
and the negotiators will not feel
called upon to confirm or deny any
such reports."
The Canadian commissioners were
received and welcomed at the whits
house today by the president, to whom
he expressed tho hope that the negotia.
tions would proceed speedily to an
amicable adjustment.
The present proceedings are due
largely to the personal interest which
the president look in the subject last
summer when he arranged for a re-opening
of negotiations which had
lagged Indefinitely.
The president met Mr. '.Folding In
Albany last March and It was to that
conference that, it can be traced the
present activity.
A great many members of the house
and senate are deeply In'erested in
this 'conference at the state depart-ment,
and it is- very probable that ob-stacles
Will be presented where local
interests are concerned, but they am
not so large as to be Insurmountable
in the opinion of the American offi-cials.
The president will give a state din-ner
to the Canadian officials on Wed-nesday
night. He invited Lord Grey
and Premier Laurier to attend the din-ner,
but it war, learned today these
officials would he obliged to attend
the opening of the Ca tadlan parlia-ment
on that day, and have expressed
their regrets for their Inability to ac-cept
the president's Invitation,
By Popular Vote
"Would there be any way to detect] fefleCl o£77Qf0?S
such efforts?" insisted Mr. Butler.
"That is a thing I could not answer,"
repiled Peary.
"There has been a difference of op-inion.
Some experts will say observa-tions
can be arranged and others say
not."
Representative Roberts, of Massa-chusetts,
suggested to the explorer
that Henry Gantt, president, of the Na-tional
Geographic. Society, and he
thought Superintendent C. H. Tittman,
of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, both
of whom were members of the Geogra-phic
Society committee which passed
on the Peary case, had testified before
the naval committee, that it was possi-ble
for a person with sufficient, knowl-edge
and with data at hand to make
any observations to place himself "at
any place on earth and the figures
themselves would not carry any proof
on their face."
"That," replied Peary, "is the opin-
[ndianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 7—Nomina-tions
and practically the election of
United States Senators by popular
vote is provided for In a bill in
the leeislature presented by Senator
Clark. Under the bill candidates for
the legislature must file notice that
they will or will not cast their
votes for the popular choice for sen-ator.
Thirty Foui
Italians Anested
What Congress
Did lo - day
Washington, Jan. 7.—In the house:
Humphrey, of Washington, Jntro-
O SERIOUS CHARGE
♦ AGAINST SOLDIER.
'■ Building Burned.
Ml .Inn. 7—The Attalia K
Mine burned at Attalia this duced a hill prohibiting «'"PS
books were saved. The trans-Atlantic shipping combine Ttom
not been damaged. entering or clearing from Un.
will h» about 165.000, cov- State ports under penalty or
lU :rnnce.
• Y MINERS BURIED.
Iva, Spain, Jan. 7.—The
"f a tunnel In a copper
at Rio Tlnto fell to-burying
many of the
srs. Soon afterwards five
were recovered and
' :rt-d men were taken
♦
S200
each passenger and the '°,r:
felture of merchandise brought to
such ports. ...
Mann of Illinois, Introduced bills
removing tariff on large number of
articles of food. Bills referred to
ways and means committee.
The senate not In session today.
senator Holtslaw Resigns.
Springfield, 111.. Jan. 7.-Governor
Charles S. Deneen, this morning, re-ceived
a formal letter of resignation
from Senator D. W. Holtslaw, of
luka. whose case Is now being in-vestigation
by the Illinois legislature.
Banks Not Affected
By Fail ui e
Washington, D. C, Jan. 7.—Beyond
a slight flurry, national banks will not
be affected by the closing of the Car-negie
Trust Company, according to
Deputy Comptroller of the Currency-
Kane, who stated today that the brunt
of the blow would probably fall on
New York state banks.
"Being a state instiutlon, most of
the business of the Carnegie Trust
Company was probably doneh wit
state banks," declared Kane.
"One or two national banks may be
affected but their loss should, in the
nature of things, be slight. More or
less misgivings are to be expected on
the part of New York bank depositors,
but those whose funds are in na-tional
banks should feel safe." ,
A Terrible Traoedy.
Omaha, Neb.. Jan. 7.—Walter Os-good
a clery, today shot and killed
his wife, Grace Osgood. fatally shot
Ray Johnson, who attempted to pro-tect
Mrs. Osgood and then killed him-self
The deed, which was committed
in the middle of the street on Park
avenue, resulted from an estrange-ment
between Osgood and his wife.
Special to The News.
Wilmington. N. C, Jan. 7.— ♦
J. Flynn. a white soldier at the ♦
army post of Rort Caswell, was ♦
arrested today at South port on ♦
two warrants against him: first ♦
for assault with intent to rape, ♦
the second warrant for an at- ♦
tempt to commit rape. ♦
Prosecuting witness is Mrs. ♦
M. Kinsey, the wife of a well- ♦
known Southport citisen. ♦
Alleged attempt was made ♦
on Thursday of this week. ♦
Flynn Is in jail at Southport, ♦
in default of a $1,000 bond. ♦
Trial is set for next Tuesday. ♦
.> W. J. Bellamy, esq., of Wllming- ♦
ton Is the prosecuting attorney. ♦
Sranmer and Davis, of South- ♦
port,, may represent the defend- ♦
■ ant. *
FIRST ill
: JURY IS GALLED
Pres. Corey Quits
U. S. Steel Co.
PIttsbury, Jan. 7.—President W. E.
Corey, of the United States* Steel Cor-poration,
bid farewell to his former co-workers
of the Carnegie Steel Com-pany
at a dinner at the Duquese club
tonight. Mr. Corey's remarks were
not made public. Eighty-six officials
of the Carnegie Steel Company were
present. Owing to critisism on elab-orate
decorations of former years the
dinner was verv simple.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 7.—Six of the
most prominent sufragetts in the city,
representing alike in social and socio-logical
circles, with, it is understood, a
wide diversity of personal opinions on
certain trings and mutual animosities
of marked degree, will have the oppor-tunity
of rising above all of these to
a hight of consicientions moral and
public duty when thoy sit as the first
woman jury In Washington in Justice
Brown's court next Friday in judge-ment
of Mrs. Ida Anderson, who is
accused of interfering with a public
utility device namely, detaching a gas
meter to avoid payment for the ser-vice.
Gould Wedding
> On February <
London, Jan. 7.—It is learned today
that the marriage of Miss Vivien
Gould, daughter of George Gould and
Lord Decies, will take place on Feb-ruary
7, in New York. The date had
been kept a secret from the public,
but became known today accidentally.
The Hon. S. R. Beresford, brother of
the bridegroom, has arranged to sail
for New York on January 27. He Is to
be best man at the wedding. Wheth-er
the ceremony Is to be performed
at the Gould mansion or at the
church could not be ascertained.
New York, 7.—One of the biggest
raids made by the New York police in
a long time was- made this afternoon
under the personal direction of second
deputy commissioner, Flynn, when,
with the best detective in the Italian
bureau at his command, he descended
upon No. s Prince street and arrested
34 Italians in the hope of landing the
men who kidnapped Guiseppe D'Stef-lano,
Michael Rizzzo and Guisscpe
Longo, the Brooklyn boys recently re-turned
to their parents.
Rebels Fire on Rurales. ,
Parral. Mexico. Jan. 7.—(Via El
Paso)—Between the villagers of Pein-ado
and San Isldro Las Guevas. near
here, Friday, a band of rebeis In a
strongly fortified position in the moun-tains,
fired on a band of Federal rur-ales,
wounding one. About 25 men
were in the insurrecto party and they
soon put the rurales to flight.
Troops were sent out from Peinado
but failed to find the rebels, they
reported.
Senator Johnston In Mobile.
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 7.—Senator Jo-seph
F. Johnston, accompanied by
members of his family, passed
through Mobile today, en route from
Coyden, Ala., where he has been
recuperating ' to Montgomery, Ala.,
and from that place will proceed
to Washington to resume his seat
in the senate.
THUS GEI
MUCH BOOOLE
IN SERTTLE
Seattle. Washn., Jan. 7.—Fxpress
thieves between Seattle and Alaska
have gotten away with $75,000 worth
of negotiable stock certificates of
the Owl Mining Company, a pack,
age of valuable gold ore specimens,
a bundle of currency and several
oilier parcels of considerable value,
shipped to Seattle by tho Alaska
court "I have i! here, and I'll put It
though the officials of the company
are reticent In regard to tho mat-tor
they are, keeping the wires hot
between Seattle and Cordova and
other places along the coast In an
effort to locate the missing plund-er.
The valuable parcel of stock cer-tificates
which are negotiable any.
where and particularly In some of
the coast towns of Alaska, wheio
the mining stocks are accepted as
currency, was shipped from Cordova
on the steamer Victoria on Decem-ber
2?, last to Herbert Johnston, of
Chicago, a guest at the Seattle ho-tel.
Johnston had 3old $50,000 worth of
stock to a small party of Seattle
capitalists and Alaska mining men,
it being agreed that the money
should be used for the purpose of
Installing a quartz mill and develop-ing
the property. The non-arrival
of the stocks on the steamship to-day
led to the discovery that the
express trunk had been trifled with
at some point enroute.
Negro Charged With Murder.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 7.—Andrew
Griffin, the negro who shot and kill-ed
Lonle Moses, a white man, at
Garnersvllle, Crenshaw county, M
months ago, was granted $8,000 bail
today by Judge Pearson, of the cir-cuit
court.
The. negro is under Indictment for
first degree murder. Pending an ap-peal
by the state, the negro is in
custody.
Bombs Discovered.
London, Jan. 7.—Five supposed
bombs were discovered today in the
debris of the house in Sidney street,
where two outlaws were shot or burned
to death during the police attempt to
capture them Tuesday
The find is accepted ' y the police
as strengthening th'.ir theory that the
men were anarchists.
♦ WEATHER FORECAST. ♦■
♦ ♦
♦ ♦
♦ ♦
40 Washington, D. C, Jan. 7.— ♦
♦ Forecast for Sunday and Mon- ♦
♦ da>: ♦
♦ North Carolina and South ♦
•*» Carolina: Increasing cloudl- ♦
♦ ness, probably rein Sunday;
Important documents which, it is ♦ Monday unsettled; moderate to
hoped will ettar the mystery of the
identity of ti.e anarchists, also were
unearthed.
southerly winds.
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