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C. TUESDAY tVENING, AUGUST 15, 191 I PRICE Charlotte 2 Cents a Copy ar)Ily-5 Cents Sunday. Outside Charlotte 5 Cents a Copy Daily and Sunday Board 54 RE biae ends Gives Audience To is Fii st The Men Veto Message A 7 w. It iti: rre nt mportant mmmt te Ems olcoMnr Pip Zkssrs. Peters and Hatton, of iiliiS CLUB In Special Message to Congiess He Disapproves The Joint Resolution Providing For Admission cj New Mexico And Arizona.

BURGLARS VISIT 10 STORES ON SAME NIGHT THE COLLECTION SPOILS THE SERMON. Aviatoi Atwood Resumes His Aerial Journey Early in Day Loss Fire Near Half Million A. Wyckoj Son Submit the Merits of Wood Sieve Pipe to The Board at Mating To-day. tcmph oj Pipe and Numerous Endorsements Submitted to he Board Most Durable And Most Economical, Say the Wycock Men. attention of the water board, moment, is diverted from niters ana storage to piping :r.e river line.

At a meeting this at which Messrs. Hutchison oi the beard. Mayor Bland, Vest, cf the water and Mr. Gilbert "White, engi-t" the river line, were present, Mr E. Peters, salesman, and Mr.

C. Katton. consulting the A. Wychoff Son Eirnira. X.

and Alexandria, manufacturers of wood stave vere heard oi the wood stave pipe by the Yv'yckcff exhibited, and the merits article clearly set forth by Mr. and Mr. Hatton. There are of piping which the board decide between: cast iron and Mr Hatton. who is a member of African Society of Civil consulting engineer of the Du Powder Company, of the water of Atlantic City and chief of the El Paso and South- "rrn system of railroads, stated the removal of the water rirr.

iron its present location to out of the city, toward river and by the use of the oci stav pipe, the city could be 3vei a cut 858.000 or $2,900 per an- r. rr ax payers. The advantages! red stave pipe, as stated by Messrs. on and Peters are prac-t th-e following points in a to the Wyckoff frcn 'he Home Water Valparaiso, "it is. Installed, easy to tap.

safer r'ron 'rest and' freezing, not, subject friction reduced to a mir.irn'ira and will last for genera-Tic1 5." In substantiation of this numerous letters were submitted from other places where the wood stave pipe hss teen, and is, in use. a few noted being: Cri'orle Creek, r.ere there is 17 miles cf the piping, pressure 100 pounds gravity system pipe laid in 1S93 and in perfect condition. Jacksonville, 2 miles, 6 inch, pressure pounds Elmiria. X. Y.

Wood pipe been in the ground for 52 years when taken up found to be in excellent state of preservation. Picture exhibited show-T-Z same. City in Michigan where 25 miles of 24-inch mpe laid 2 a years ago. Akron, 0., Winder, Pa Bethleham, and various other places. In Rome.

Italy, it was stated' wood rires. laid 400 years ago, have been found in good condition. Said Mr Hatton: "The greatest thing we have to contend with is pre-y-dice. I took held cf the matter, my-stlf. with somewhat of a doubt, but ivas scon convinced of the superiority rf the wood stave, over the cast iron When I say use wood pipe, the cL' comes back "wood Hydraulic engineers all over the country are recognizing the superior merits of i-is piping.

It is almost impossible to fracture this pipe. Your city can save least S62.000 in 12 or 15 years ty thr use of wood stave, instead of -sst iron pipe. The wood stave pipe not fail here as the conditi6ns test suit it." Mr. White: "Are conditions different in the west and north where you Continued on Page Two. Live? pool, Stojm A burglar who must have been the Beau Brummel of his class, judging from the wide assortment and costly array cf gents' furnishings which he took, visited two Charlotte stores last night.

The H. C. Long Co. and the Parker-Gardner Co. Tne latter company missed nothing but a bungling attempt was made on the safe and a drawer in one of the company's office desks.

I At H. C. Long Co. store tailor-made i suits, hats, shirts, hosiery, suspenders, shoes, neckwear of all descriptions, shoes, garters, were scattered in confusion all over the gents' furnishing department indicating that the in-j truder was looRing for the best the company had in wearing apparel for men. The trousers were missing from one 30-dollar suit, which the company hadj just had made for a customer; the coat was missing from another 30-dollar made-to-order suit.

One $2.50 Dil-worth hat was missing and almost the entire stock disarranged; one pair of $3 shoes and one pair of $2 shoes were missing; some fine special hosiery and Evjispenders, which Mr. Long had placed on exhibition yesterday near the front of the store, were taken and the stock disarranged. Goods of every kind in that department were scattered here, and there on the counter, on the floor and everywhere showingthat the burglar had taken his own good time and gone into a pretty thorough exapination of the stock. The company does not know exactly how much was taken, because it is impossible to tell till an inventory is taken. The goods disturbed were mostly of a special kind and the proprietors, therefore, easily remember how much is missing from that particular class, but it will take more investigation to tell how much was taken from the counters where the large assortment of suits, are kept.

However, it is thought that no great amount could have been carried away. Mr. H. C. Long made the discovery in his store this morning when he opened up the store at 7 o'clock.

Opening the front door he saw several neckties; suspenders, collars and other articles lying on the floor beside the counter and near the door. He realized at, once that the store had been entered, and then saw the disheveled condition of the store in the geflts' department. Going to the rear of the store he found that party or parties broken a panel in the outer lattice door just about large enough for a man to crawl through. Then the glass in the rear door of the store proper was broken and an iron rod was used to pry loose the staple in one side of the door, which held a stout wooden bar. This bar once pried loose, allowed the rear door to open without difficulty.

Tried, the Safe. In the Parker-Gardner store the safe seemed to be the object of the attention. The intruder, however, was evidently not an expert cracksman, for he neglected to tackle the combination at all and merely knock ed elf or pried off the still handles used to swing the doors open. There was also evidently an attempt to onve this spike into the safe, probably with the thought of putting in an explosive, but the attempt was evidently given up as too troublesome after a few blows had been struck with the thought of drilling into the thick iron doors. The axe that was used in the operation was left in the store near the safe and was one of the first evidences of a disturbance when employes entered this morning.

An office desk only a few feet from the safe also bore the marks of the axe. A lick had been struck just above the top draw evidently with the intention of splitting it open. But this also seemed to have been given up, probably because the impact of the axe on the hard wood and iron made too much noise. Nothing was missed from the store. The entrance was made through the rear door of the ware-room.

STARTED IfJ WILEY CASE By Associated Press. Washington, D. Aug. 15. "If Dr.

Kebler testified that officials of the bureau of chemistry are prohibited from giving information to members of congress, he declared Solici tor McCabe today to the house committee investigating the Wiley affairs. When members of committee obiect- ed to such language Mr. McCabe modified the statement to "falsehood" and he finally was induced to withdraw it altogether. "Dr. Kebler is Dr.

Wiley's assis-tant. Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, attorney for Dr. Wiley, was reprimanded bv the committee during the discussion for declaring that the remark was "illustrative of the character of the witness." All Quiet AJtei Night of Excitement By Associated Press. Durant, Aug.

15. All was quiet in Durant today following a night of wild excitement. Many members of an armed posse of 500 white men who met a midnight freight train which a negro mob was reported to have boarded at Atoka, remained on guard all night. More than half the negro population of Caddo, has fled from there and others are leaving every hour. Colbart, also reports a large exodus of negroes.

A special grand jury has been summoned to investigate tha recent lynching and race troubles. MRS. FLEMING PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS Special to The Xews. Raleigh. Aug.

15. Before Chief Justice Walter Clark this morning Mrs. Percy Fleming who was Miss Crouch, of Washington, D. sent out a writ of habeas corpus against her husband. Percy B.

Fleming for their two little children, respectively four and three years old. The petition sets out that the Flemings separated July 14, and the children were taken by Mr. Fleming from a nurse on that day, and have since then been in the custody of Dr. Fleming at Louisburg. Mrs.

Fleming charges excessive drink and dope and with being excessively jealous, and she fears insanity of her husband. A hearing was postponed to Wednes-dav. The Flemings were married in 1906. "POPE THE SAME. By Associated Press.

Rome, Aug. 15. The cool air of the morning helped to freshen the pope, who, when he was visited by his physicians today, appeared to be no worse than yesterday. Prof. Marchafava, the consulting doctor at the Vatican, explained that the pontiff's restlessness during the night was due perhaps to the fact that he had slept longer than usual j-esterday afternoon.

Controller Bay Matter Again By Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 15. The Alaska Controller Bay controversy came to the front again today when Chairman Graham of the house committee on expenditures in the interior department denounced in the house as untrue charges that his committee had abandoned investigation "after allowing publicity to baseless and scandalous charges against administration officials." Cente? is owing Calm However, the Cunard steamer, Caro-na, due to sail from Liverpool for New York today, with other liners, was still in the stream unable to get away. Little Change In London.

London, Aug. 15. There was little change in the strike situation at London today. A few more dock laborers returned to work and the carters employed by one of the big railway lines resumed their duties. The settlement made with these men was not permanent and a resumption of the strike, particularly on the docks, was- possible at any moment.

The grievances of the men are not serious compared with those upon which they received concessions from their employers, but the men felt that the moment was opportune to get everything they wanted. The number of railway strikers throughout the country increased today and in some places the passenger service was disorganized. Premier Asquith today held a conference at his office with other ministers and the labor leaders, when the whole question was discussed. Eis Disapproval is Directed ta Recall Provision oj Arizona's Const itution But New Mexico is Jointly Affected. By Associated Press.

Washington, Aug. 15. President Taft's first important veto message disapproving the joint resolution providing for the admission into the Union of Arizona and New Mexico, was sent to the house of representatives today. The president's disapproval is directed only at Arizona in whose constitution there is a clause providing for the recall of all elective officers, including judges, but New Mexico suffers also for both territories are coupled together In the resolution. The president already has approved the constitution of New Mexico but further legislation will be necessary to have either territory admitted at this session of congress, unless both the senate and house pass the present resolution over presidential veto.

That the veto may be over-ridden in the house is not unexpected but as to its fate in the senate there is much doubt. Discusses Recall of Judges. The president devotes his whole message to a discussion of recall of judges. Himself a judge for many years he speaks with evident feeling of aproposal which he regards with unconcealed disapprobation. "If I sign this joint resolution," ha says, "I do not see how I can escape responsibility for the judicial recall of the Arizona constitution.

This provision of the Arizona constitution, in its application to county and state judges, seems to me so pernicious in its effect, so destructive of independence in judiciary, so likely to subject the rights of the Individual to the possible tyranny of a popular majority, and, therefore, to be so --jajrious- to the, -cause of free government that I must disapprove a constitution containing it" Explaining the recall as written in the Arizona constitution the president declares that six months after election all judges, county and state may be forced to go before the people at a new election when a petition asking for his recall has been signed by electors equal to twenty-five per cent of the total number of votes cast for all candidates for the office at the previous election. Within five days after, the filing of the petition the official may resignv Whether he does or does not resign, 'an election in which his name figures, is to be held. The petitioners may print on the ballots two hundred words showing why they disapprove of the official and he may also defend himself within the same limits. If he receives the highest num-be of votes, he is retained in office. If not, he is removed and he who did receive the highest number, is put in his place.

The Constitution Dangerous. In making his veto, the president says that he is discharging his constitutional function in respect to the en actment of laws and declares that his discretion "is equal to that of the houses of congress." course," he continues, "a mere difference of opinion as to the wisdom of details in a state constitution, ought not to lead me to set up my opinion against that of the people of the territory. It is to be their government, and while the power of congress to withhold or grant statehoold is absolute, the people about to constitute a state should generally know better the kind of government and constitution suited to their needs than congress or the executive. But when such a constitution contains something so destructive cf free government as the judicial recall, it should be disapproved." Explaining the theory of popular government Mr. Taft shows that while government such as this is by a majority of all who enjoy suffrage it is Continued on Page Two.

house, where he is to be placed on trial for his life. Judge Walter A. Watson will preside at the trial and unless the defense can show some legal cause for further delay the task of selecting a jury will be begun about 10 o'clock Monday morning. From a venire of 32 farmers 16 will be selected and from these four will be eliminated until the 12 who will decide the fate "of Beattie remain. A ruling of the supreme court In this state holds that the reading of newspaper accounts of a crime does not necessarily disqualify a man as a juror.

Therefore, no great difficulty in obtaining a jury is anticipated. Henry Clay Beattie, the father of the prisoner, has had nothing to say since the indictment was started. Mother of Governor Kitchin Is Dead Special to The News. Raleigh, Aug. 15.

Governor Kitch-in's mother, Mrs. W. H. Kitchin, died at her home in Scotland Neck at 4 o'clock this morning. Mrs.

Kitchin was 65 years old and had three sons, Governor W. W. Kitchin, Congressman Claude Kitchin and Paul Kitchin, a member of the state legislature. Treaties "Breeders of War; Not Peace' By Associated Press. Washington, Aug.

15. The arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France, recently sent to the senate by President Taft, are characterized by the senate committee of foreign af fairs as a "breeder of war and not of peace" in a written report presented to the senate today. The report was prepared by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. GOLD TEETH LED TO IDENTIFICATION. By Associated Press.

Redding, Aug. 15. Gold teeth of a skeleton found yesterday in the forest, twenty miles east of Shingle-town, led to its identification as that of E. M. Carpenter, a trapper who disappeared from his cabin near Shingle-town on Jan.

25, 1909. Carpenter was 54 years old. A brother, A. J. Carpenter, resides in Texarkana, Tex.

Duelists Arrested. By Associated Press. Havana, Aug. 15. Miguel Gomez, a son of President Gomez, and on-gressman Armando Andres, editor of El Dia, and anti-administration newspaper, principals in last night's pistol duel at the Cafe Cosmopolita, were arrested today.

Both men emptied their pistols, but neither principals nor spec-totars were wounded. The opponents of President Gomez declare" it is now perfectly plain that the president was fully committed to a policy of terrorism and assassination, which began with the shooting of Gen. Pino Guerra, when the then-comander of the Cuban army was leaving the presidential palace on the night of October 22. El Dia today, asserts many friends arrnmnanvins vouns Gomez fired on the editor, indicating that the president's son was the leader of a band of assassins. Color is given to this theory by the fact that the walls of the Cafe Cos-tTJonolito and the fronts of the ad- ioininer huildines show bullet marks greatly excedeing in number the shots that could have possibly been fired by the principals.

Togo Seeing New York. By Associated Press. New York. Aue. 15.

Admiral Togo asked for another view of New York from the top of the Metropolitan tower. The admiral's nrevious visit to the tower was disappointing, because a haze blotted out a large part of the landscape. The admiral again planned to visit the Rrnoklvn navy yard. Late this evening he will be a guest at the Press Takaki. Toeo's secretary, has re- rpit fvnm the attack of acute in digestion that forced him last night to leave the banquet given Dy joi.

sxou- ert M. Thompson. Campaign Against Reciprocity. By Associated Press. Toronto.

Ont. Aug. 15. R. L.

Bor den arrived here from Ottawa this morning en route to London, where he will begin his campaign against the reciprocity agreement to day. 1 sir Wilfrid Launer opened his fight at'Simcoe, this afternoon. The prime minister, it is understood, returns at once to Montreal and will devote most of the time to campaign-in in Quebec. By Associated Press. Chicago, 111., Aug.

15. Harry N. Atwood, the young aviator who made a sensational flight from St. Louis to Chicago yesterday, was up early today making ready to continue hia journey eastward this afternoon. Aiwood was not an entrant in the big aviation meet here, but was promptly adopted by the management when he arrived in Grant park Ijist night.

-An arangeaB4f as -made with him by which he will begin the second lap of air journey to New York and Boston as the first event of the afternoon programHe overhauled his Burgess-Wright machine but found no had developed. It is probable that he will follow the line of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and the New York Central New York. He expects to spend the night at Elkhart, about 100 miles east of here. Special to The News. Raleigh, Aug.

15. The coroner's jury has taken a recess for a couple of days in investigation of the killing of J. B. Bis sett Saturday night to await further discoveries by the official sluths who are unraveling the case They are proceeding now on the theory that L. J.

Norris did the killing. They have become so convinced that William R. Yerby, husband of the woman who was out in the hack with Bissett and Norris, had nothing to do with the affair that they have turned Yerby out of jail. Mrs. Yerby and the hackman.

Haywood Penny, agree In statements that when Norris left the hack at Swain street and Bissett told him if he found a friend to come riLt on out to the place where they gambled once (meaning the scene of the killing), that Norris replied, I will be there." It was Norris who reported the killing to the police and who was anxious, the police say, to turn over a revolver that he claimed to have found close by the place and this revolver proves to be a 38-calibre, whereas, the bullet taken from Bissett is a 32. The police believe now that Norris purposely turned over this revolver to the police to confuse evidence as well as in the hope of seeming so open and above board about it that as to divert suspicion from himself. The father of Bissett, Henderson Bissett, has raised the question of robbery as the motive of the killing. He claims that his son had $700 that night that he had collected and that he was killed for this. The police found $38 in his pockets and do not credit the story about the $700.

The remains of Bissett were carried today to the old home place of the Bis-setts in Nash county, near Bailey's, where the funeral was held this morn ing. RADICAL RE-ADJUSTMENT OF PAY FOR RAILROAD MAIL. By Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 15.

Radical readjustment of the methods of computing the pay of railways for transporting the mails, which wil'. nual saving of approximately was recommended to congress to day by Postmaster General Hitchcock, CORONERS JURY BUSY WITH THE BISSEIT GASE By Associatea Press. Cincinnati, Aug. 15. After an all night fight firemen early this morn ing succeeded in getting under con trol the fire which yesterday consum eda portion of -Chester, park, an amusement resort, and- swept over five acres of the Farrin-Korn Compa ny's lumber plant adjoinink it.

The loss will approximate $400,000, of which $300,000 will be borne by the lumber company. There were no fatalities but a score of firemen and employes of the park were slightly burned and over come by heat. Cotton Bills Of Lading Considered By Associated Press. New Orleans-, Aug. 15.

The committee of Southern bankers and cotton men having in hand the matter of cotton bills of lading valida tion met yesterday to consider the conference of last Saturday with Chas H. Haight, representing the English spinners, at which Mr. Haight propos ed that a central bureau be created and all bills of lading be submitted to that body. A report which, it is said, recommends that the New Orleans cotton exchange refuse to indorse the sug gested plan was drawn up and will probably be submitted to the exchang board of directors today. It is understood the attitude of the committee will offer no sugegstions to a compromise, from the firm stand taken by the exchange opposing the central clearing house plan.

FITZGERALD GETS A SECOND RESPITE, By Associated Press. Nashville, Aug. 15. William Fitzgerald, under sentence of death from the Shelby county criminal court for alleged wife-murder, and who was to have been hanged, today, has been given a second respite by Governor Hooper. The new respite pvnirps Aueust 31.

The governor was not able to conclude his study of the record and wanted further time De-fore passing judgment. WIFE AND BOARDER GONE. Vow Castle. Aug. 15.

When Louis Bauer reached home last night he found it desertea ana on looKing ior his wife and child found they had tak en all their clothing. He also found a note saying Good-bye. Bauer then set out in search of his wife, a neat-looking young woman of sn and learned that she was en route to Delaware City when last seen. There he learned that the woman, child and fipnree Harris, aeed about 22. a former boarder at the Bauer home, had board ed a boat for Baltimore.

The husband then telesraDhed to the Baltimore police to hold up the party on arrival oi tne Doat. Two Men Blown To Fragments By Associated Press. 1 Pottsville, Aug. 15. Two men were blown to pieces in a powder mill explosion at Cressona, a few miles from here.

vi ouIkc. uiiuer jruis nu r- Although He is Charged With Wife Mmder Hemy Seattle Spent Restful Night in Jail r'- mm V-'M'it' Situation Associated Press. -i" erpool, Aug. 15. Liverpool, the center of the strike, which, is r.ac ig the trade of Great Britain, nder arms today.

In addition to 'n police and reinforcements the. surrounding cities-, 3,000 of infantry and cavalry under si McKinnon Wood were quar-in the city. These twoops, as was during the riots of the early were prepared to back up the Ii force of arms in maintain-not in Great Homer street, not directly connected with the has had a good effect in its HP. ns the mxvrtv olamant Tf-as -ofiay conditions were somewhat y''u'r- The response to the midnight si' by strike oemmittee for a nyra' strike of all transport workers, -iti -iTinz the railway men, was not and trucks continued to ''e in the streets under guard, while partial forces were at work on some -l rhe docks. By Associated Press.

Richmond, Aug. 15. Although now formally indicted, charged with wife murder, Henry Clay Beattie, spent a restful night in the Henrico county jail at Richmond, and rose this morning to read with interest the news reports of yesterday's proceedings at Chesterfield courthouse, where the indictment was returned and the trial set for Monday, next. Beattie appeared not at all surprised when told of his indictment. He seemed more concerned over the excessive heat.

He slept as soundly last night as he has at any time during his imprisonment. Early on Monday morning, next, Beattie will be taken from the jail here and transferred to the little red brick prison at Chesterfield court.