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'J-' .-'' v " -'; .v.. . " .; ;.' " " ' J: ;-' '"' ?' ' "' ;r "."''.;: ; 'V Vv'. '. -T r..' :' ''- :"' ; '1' ' "' ' ', V;; :;'- :' . ! Mr Sunday and Monday. raodV - ' , II 1111)1 AWll nPlN! IMPiMlriCiS;' "flT ' I I 0) , orate west anu nortnw.st w.nd.,' JHj VX I - OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS. Mr. Dooley says It occasional ly smashes In the door take &i look over the Business Local : columns of today's paper." '..,. J ' .; H WILMESTGTON, N. C, SUNDAYr MORNIKG, FEB 1910. VOL. LXXXV NO. 124. WHOLE NUMBER 13,21 7. 4.. . 1 1 TSFT HITS H BRIBERY CASE SLAYER OF COIIETED TAFT TUG AND GREW ARE MISSENG ISSUED Ml OlkX UPHOLDING GANNON PRAISES : LIFE OF LINCOLN i - . . ,.- Addresses Pittsburg Chamber' of Commerce at Memo- rial Dinner. ) AGAINST SOW fide Reference to Allds-Conger Con- Diligent Search for Naval Tug Nina Overdue Between Norfolk and . "' Boston Cutters and Crui sers on the Alert. .oversy In New York ' Senate. -:h. -iq -oonTerence vyun .nepuD l . m ... . . lican State Leaders. U PARTY'S PLEDGES Prevents Road From With drawing Tariffs From Tennessee Central. LAH ftGTIflll III CHICAGO Injunction Against Illinois Central, Al 60 Parties to 'ie Litigation Claims Tariffs Would Disrupt Business. Richmond, Va., Feb. 12. Based or. complaint of the Tennessee Central Railroad, Judge Edmund Waddlll,' Jr., in the United States Circuit Court here today issued a restraining order against the Southern Railway by which the latter Is prevented from withdrawing tariff rates snd traffic agreements, which the, Tennessee Cen tral claims would virtually disrupt its inter State ' business: ' . In Chicago -yesterday Judge Kohl satt. of the United States Circuit Court, issued' a similar injunction in the Tennessee Central suit against the Illinois Cencral, the other party to the litigation.- . The, Tennessee . Central - Railroad Company ris connected in Tennessee with the Southern Railway and the Illinois Central f Railway Company. The three xpad.S" have long had joint tariffs and Inter-State business, the Southern : being the Tennessee Cen tral's eastern connection, and the Illi nois Central being the Tennessee Cen tral's western connection. A controversy, arose among the three roads, -Involving certain claim3 asserted . against, the . Tennessee Cen-, tral by ' the V3outh.ern Railway and the Illinois Central, and certain coun ter claimyre asserted by the Teu iiesaee Central against the other tw roads, -'ji ,' ' '. All of these ; claims are subjects oi litigation now" 'pending in western courts. ; : ,-" GIRL -SHOT BY A NEGRO. Citizens at Whistler, Ala Up in Arms r Wounds Not Fatal. Mobile, Ala., Feb. 12. After hiding from a mob . of -angry citizens at Whistler a small , town near Mobile for nearly "six hours. Sheriff Drago tonight succeeded in landing in jail Houston Moseley, the negro charge-i with the criminally assaulting and. beating Katie. Walters, a white girl, 12 years old. Shortly after Moseley waa placed in jail another negro was arrested at Whistler and it was stated that there is considerable" doubt as to the gull of Moseley." ' Excitement at "Whistler is intense, but it la believed the an thorities have the; situation well in hand. It was' at first reported in Mobile that the mob had taken Mose ley from the officers at Whistler and this cave rise -to wild reports of t lynching, but in the firing which' fol lowed the discovery, of the negro iu the hands of the ouicers, juoseie was shot through the thigh and when lie fell Sheriff Draeo succeeded ' ir eluding the mob and landed his prls oner in the Mobile county, jail here. Shortly after 2 o'clock the Walters , girl was walkiog along the- railroad track at Bestor, Ala,, two miles nortn or Wihistler. She noticed a negro standing on a trestle and saw that he had a gun, turned and ran, but the negro fired upon her and she fell to the ground. The girl was painfully wounded in the back, but her Injuries are not of a fatal nature. The negro came to the prostrate r form Of hi victim and seeing that she was alive evidently tried to kill her by striking her over the head -with the butt end of his gun. - . ; - . Emmett Myers, a resident of Whist ler. came upon the wounded girl, and carried her to Whistler where sne re ceived medical attention. The physi cian pronounced her wounds not of a tatal nature. ' 17 INCHES IN PITTSBURG. One of the Heaviest Snowfalls in His tory of Pennsylvania. Pittsburg. Pa., Feb. 12. Flounder ing throueh snow 17 inches deep, peo ple here this morning found trolley lines crippled, all traffic of the rail loads delaved and the cltv streets weft nigh impassable. From almost every community in western Pennsylvania, est Virginia and eastern Ohio came reports of suspended traffic and snow blocked highways. , . '"' " ' ; ' ' ' Forecaster Penny witt predicted that there was considerable more snow-to come, although the precipitation was already the greatest since December 17. 1890, -when 22 inches was recorded. Throughout the night the. Pittsburg Railway Company, struggled to keep its lines open, but shortly after mid night many of the suburban routes were abandoned and all attention was piven to clearing the streets in the ity. Hundreds of men were pressed into work on the electric plows bu.t sufficient labor could not be obtained. Winnepeg, Man., Feb. , 12. Captain Kennedy, who commanded the celebra ted Canadian Nile voyage under Lord Kitchiner in the Tel-El-Kebi Egyptian campaign and who was a noted mili tary character of the West, died today. He was 70 years old. r $1.00 Satin Foulard Silks, 9c - at Rehder's White Sale. s. ., .. .'. ' New York, Feb. 12! President Taft came to New York today Sat for an hour and a half In conference with Re publican State leaders,' said little, but heard much concerning the latest scan' dal the Allds-Conger bribery case at Albany and, departing, confided to in timates that the "situation looks very bad. . . " ' President Taft thus passively .at east waded into the troublous whirl pool of New York State Republican politics, brought to an acute stage of late of charges by bribery by one State Senator, against the other. The conference was held at the resi dence of Lloyd C. Griscom, . former United States Ambassador to Italy, but recently elected president of the New York Republican County Committee. Besides the President and Mr. Gris com there, were present at the confer ence: . Tiniothy L. Woodruff chairman of the Republican State Committee; U. S.: Senator Chauncey M. Depew; Governor Charles E. Hughes; James W. Wadsworth, Speaker of the State Assembly, and Otto Bannard, recently defeated as the Republican nominee for New York. Discussion centered almost solely in the Allds-Conger case, involving the two leading proposals whether the par ty should investigate to uie limit or if possible smother it. The concensus of opinion appeared to be on adjournment to probe to the bottom regardless of results. " Apparently iterating this determina tion to investigate, although not refers ng specifically to the Allds-Conger controversy, President Taft speakiiig to the Republican club at the Waldorf tonight said: 'It should be well understood that with the Republican party in its pres ent condition with its various divis- ons subjected to the cross-fire of its own newspapers and its own factions. any halt or failure on the part of those in autnority to punish and condemn corruption or corrupt methods will be properly visited upon the party itself, however many good men it contains." All : the participants in the confer ence said afterwards that while the President was deeply interested in the situation he would not officially, inter fere or dictate a policy to be pursued. After arriving in the city early this afternoon President Taft went to the home of his brother, Henry W. Taft, in West 48th street and remained ther6 until he was taken to the Griscom home. . SOPHOMORES BANQUET Class of 1912 Enjoyed Festive Occa sion at Chapel Hill. (Special Star Telegram.) Chanel Hill, N. C, Feb. 12. Last night the sophomore class of the tJni- versity of North Carolina neld their first annual banquet in the dining hall of University Inn.'Marse Jesse" serv ed the banquet and fully upheld his long established fame as a caterer be ing at his best in the seventh course banquet that he prepared for the soph omores. Dr. Chas. H. Herty, Dr. Jas. F. Royster, Prof. Bernard and Prof. M. C. S. Noble of the faculty each made short talks characteristic of such occa sions and were responded to in behalf of the closs by Messrs. J. T. Larkln, H. Grimsley. W. F. Pittman and E. H Bellamy. President F. P. Barker acted! in the capacity of toastmaster and fill ed his position with much grace and dignity. About 150 loyal 1912 men were in attendance and upon leaving the festive board about 1 o"clock, broke the quietness of the night with rousing cheers for "Carolina" and "1912." TRAVIS DEFEATED AT GOLF Perrin.Won Over Former National Champion at Pinehurst. Pinehurst. N. C. Feb. 12 Walter J. Travis, former National Golf Cham pion. was caught off his long game to day. and defeated three up and two to play in the semi-finals of the at. vai entine Golf Tournament here, his vie tor being H. W. Perrin, of the Merion Cricket Club. Philadelphia. Perrin won the finals from Henry C. Fownes, or the Oakmont Club, Pittsburg, thus win ning the president's or first division The summary of today s piay in tne tournament follows:: President's cup division: " Semi-final, Perrin won from Travis 3 and 2; H. C. Fownes from J. tD. Foot Apawamis one up. Consolation semMinai: vv. u. jonn son, Canoe Brook, beat J. P. Gardner, Midlothian, one tip; W. Dean, Wood land; beat I. C. Robeson, Oakhill one up. Finals: -- r--- Johnson beat Dean, one . up v in a match which was stroke to troke from start to finish. . r'j:Jy AN "OUTLAW" LEAGUE.. . Formed I r Boston Yesterday Known - as United States League. '. Rnston. Feb. 12. An "Outlaw" base- ball league was formed in this city to day at a meeting or a numoer oi men from various Eastern cities. It is to be known as the" United States League, with Dr. G W. Lawson, or Peterson. . N. ' J... as " "president, and Louis A. Dougher. of Boston, as., sec retary. r The cities in which it Is said, clubs will be placed are Boston, Provi dence, Buooklyn, Newark; -Trenton, Patersbn, NJ J.r Philadelphia and Baltimore.?:-'' V,' -v; Av X-? The promoters stated that Sunday baseball would be a feature in all the cities except Boston, and that there would be .several negro players among the members of- each nine. - The schedule meeting is set for March 19, at) Providence.. Pacific Steamer Lima Found red on Island of Haumb lin Passage. 205 PASSEfJGERS ARE SAVED Forced to Leave Part of Passengers Aboard British Steamer Came to Rescue Bound to Pe- ' ruvian Ports. Santiago, , Chile, ; Feb. ,12. The Pa cific Navigation Company's steamer Lima is ashore on one of the islands of the Haumblin Passage of the Straits of Magellan and will probably be a total loss. The chief pilot and 50 passengers were drowned. The British steamer Hathumet res cued 205 of the persons aboard ' the steamer, but was forced to leave 88 persons aboard, whom it was impossi ble to rescue. " The stranded steamer Lima is t British vessel owned in Liverpool and plying- between that port and the ports of South America. She was last reported as sailing from Bahia Blanca, Argentina, on January 26th, and was on her way to Chilean and Peruvian ports. - The Lima is 401 feet long, registers 3,115 tons and ' was built in Glasgow n 1907. " " . : ; The place where the steamer , was wrecked is probably Haumblad Pas sage, located between. the south shore of San Pedro Island and Chile. It is a .narrow passage, full of dangers and very difficult of navigation. Haumblin rocks, two in number and 65 feet high, mark' the entrance, to this passage." Ancud, Chile,. Feb. 12. The British steamer Strathurst has arrived here with 18S men and women, and 17 of the crew of the steamer Lima, which Is on the rocks in West" Huamblin. Pas sage, straits of. Magellan. The steamer, wentl ashore, in 'a atojcmConl February Sth.'v The steamer officials report iiav-J lng .left 88 persons aboard the Lima. the rescue being impossible... They had nq drinking . water, the tanks having bdrst- The first' mate of the Lima and 50 passengers were drowned. , There seems to be some doubt, ac cording to the dispatches from Santia go and 'Ancud, respectively.' as to the steamer which rescued the 205 persons from the steamer Lima. The Hatumet is given In the shipping register while the Strathurst is not listed there. BRYAN FAVORS COUNTY OPTION. Time for Political Parties to be I nde- pendent of Liquor Interests. ".: Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 12. In a state ment given to the press tonight W. J. Bryan declares himself in favor of county option in Nebraska and at the same time says It Is time for political parties to declare themselves indepen dent of the liquor interests. Mr. Bry an says county option Is both fair and logical and insists that . the - govern ment has the undoubted right to regu late the liquor traffic in any manner it sees. fit. After extended argument in favor : of ' the principal of county option the statement concludes: S'The saloon-'-not every one, but as a rule is an alliance .with vice. It is constantly used to debauch politics and to prevent the intelligent conside ration of public questions. The liquor interests interfere in all matters that may even remotely affect their inter-ests.-- They made themselves odious in the last session of the . Nebraska Legislature. The Democrats had a ma jority, in both branches for. the first time in - the State's history and the splendid -record of the Legislature has but one blot on it, and that blot was put there by the liquor interests.. They controlled v enough of the Senators to prevent the submission of the. initla. tive and referendum. . : "The Democratic party cannot .af ford .to act as the mouthpiece of the liquor interests. It can have nothing in common with the selfish mercenary and' conscienceless crusade that th? liquor, interests have organized against the, home' and the State against pri vate yirtue-and public morals" !' FORM TENNIS ASSOCIATION Organization of National Scope South ern Player Vice President. ; New ; York, Feb. .12.5 A new -lawn tennis organization of National scope to be known as the American Associa tion of Clay Court Players, has been formed ' to take control - over that branch of the sport The fact became known today upon an announcement issued by Dr. P. B. Hawk of the Univer sity of Illinois, Urbana, Tils., who Is the president of the new association. The vice presidency is to be filed . by a player. The executive committee will be composed of special representa tives in 11 of the States j and- territo ries. : i v v ;, ' . A ternpOraryorganization was affect ed in this city at the time of the annual meeting of . the National 'Association. Dr."? Hawk then led the forces that es- abliehed the clay court championship of the United States.' , . - . - Bluefleld, Feb. 12. The Norwegian ruit steamer Corinto,' Captain Olden, roin New- Orleans February 5th for Port Limon, is aground on the Blue- neld s bar; ,The steamer is in .a dan gerous position and a heavy sea ia run- Solomon Shepard Sentenced ; to 30 Years In Prison Defendant Claims -r.- He Killed Engineer by Acci dent Second Degree. I Durham N. C, Feb. 12. Solomon Shepard, charged with the killing of Engineer Holt. Of the Southern Rail way, 14 months agowas today convict ed by, a jury in Judge Biggs eourt of murder in the second degree" and sent enced to serve 30" years in the peniten tiary. :. " - - ':,' . The defendant testified in the' trial that the killing of the engineer was" an accident,' but-that he had fired a shot intended for. the brakeman of the train. In his charge to the jury Judze Biees declared that as the State produced no other evidence than Shepard's confes sion, a verdict of murder in the first degree was impossible. ; j . v , ROBESON POLITICS. Mr. D. W. Bullock to Enter Race for Clerk--Machinist Injured.. . (Special Star Correspondence.) Lumberton, N. i C. Feb. ' 12. Since writing earlier, of the political out look in the county, your correspondent learns that : Mr. D. w. , Bullock, of Rowland, will also enter the race for clerk of. the court. Mr, ' Bullock was elected register of deeds in J.904 and again in 1906, but on. account of de clining health resigned early in '1908. He has entirely, regained his health and will, again , offer .the people of Robeson his services. There is not a tt'.ore popular man in tne county than Mr. Bullock. ' V 'Mr.. Ed McNolia. machinist at 'the National Cotton - Mill while working on the : engine : -while in motion one day . this week! was struck in the roouth -by the. wrench he was using; as it was knocked out of his hand, by the - piston rod.- " He lost two upper frpnt teeth and the bone was so badly fractured that a, third , tooth had .to be removed ancL he may . Ipse. yet an other;'4. -- . ' - : BERLIN : AWAITS ROOSEV E LT. Empefor Has'lnvijted Him as Person al Guest Plns Not Made. Berlin. Feb, ; 12.-f-The foreign offict has endeavored ft some -week" to learn just . wten ' former U President Roosevelt expectstio. be In " German y. but It;Is.8tiUA ta 9-;yiarlujuCtth distinguished f American a ; plans! "lf has been widely puoiisned tnat . Mr. Roosevelt will be in Berlin on April 2Stb, but if; this iB so it -not "known ofSclally and the situation Is embar rassing in a way, as Emperor Willim's Spring' plans cannot be. definitely ar ranged in 'the meantinie. because his majesty proioses to bfc In the capital when his guest arrive -. Official messages have now been a i uressed to Mr. Roosevelt with, In structions that they be forwarded with the greatest despatch and if nec essary by native runners if he cai thus be reached sooner hetween tele graphic points. .A reply from hir.: making known hi? intentions is ex pected any day now. It is understood that the Emperor has invited Mr. Roosevelt to" be his personal guest. . ' ASHEVILLE RETAILERS. Many of Them Skip Out From Supe rior Court. . Asheville, N. C, Feb. 11. With ap proximately 50 cases- charging retail ing.- many of them on appeal from the police courtr superior , court has, dis posed of several of thenu. In most, cas es where the jury returns a verdict of guilty. - Judge Justice .is affirming the sentence of the lower court. Many of those on bond have , skipped out. not caring to face the charge. Hix Souther oday submitted- to three charges Qf retailing and, wa? discharg ed upon payment of $500 fine an.1 costs. Judge Justice- has adopted the 'plan, "of reserving sentence in the retailing cases until the end of the weeVv ' ' . " TORNADO DID DAMAGE Houses Unroofed and Station Blown Oorn at Griffin, Fla. -Tampa. Fla., Feb. 12. A small tor nado which passed through a narrow strip "of country late . yesterday t with Griffin, a small town about forty-five miles northeast of here, as its center, did considerable damage to timber in the country. Several houses "were un roofed and the station at Griffin was blown open, and a' number of persons were hurt by flying timbers, but none seriously. OUTLINES Fifty persons were drowned in. the wreck of the Pacific steamer Lima on an island in the Hannibal Passage 205 of her' iassenger were taken off by a iEritish steamer -A restraining order -was issued against the South em Railroad on complaint of the Ten nessee Central, yesterday, in the Fed eral ; Court in . Richmond, to prevent Ihe Southern withdrawing tariff rates and agreements- President '-Tftft upheld the pledges of the Republican administration in" his . speech before the Republican Club in ;New York yesterdays Speaker Cannon ,. ad dressed thebamber. of Commerce; la Pittsburg yesterday.- at' the Lincoln Day. memorial dinner; he praised lAn coin as a leader and talked, of -'him as he knew him in . life Solomon Shepard,, negro,; was convicted at uxiord yesterday on the charge o killing Engineer Holt, of the South ern and sentenced, to prieon..for 30 yeare -president .Taft ; held a ' Ion conference yesterday with New York Republican, leaders in. regard to the bribery charges against two State President Speaks For The Ad ministration at " Lincoln Day Dinner. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS SLOGAN Answers Wall Street and Its Cry of Panic Declares for the "Payne Tariff Discussed Admin ' istration Attacks. New York, Feb. 12. "If the enforce ment of the law is not. consistent with the present method of carrying on business, then it does not speak well for the present methods of conducting business, and they must be changed to conform to the law." . This was President Taft's answer to Wall Street and its crj of ''panic". It was made to a cheering audience of hundreds of prominent Republicans gathered tonight at tile annual Lin coln Day dinner of the Republican Club .of this city, held at the Waldorf Astoria.,- Governor Hughes shared the honors of the evening with the President At the conclusion of a detailed argu ment as to how the Republican party is redeeming its jpledges, the Presi dent came to a discussion of the anti trust law and Wall Street, on which his " utterances had been awaited with the greatest interest. , ' The President declared that thewad ministration would .not foolishly run amuck in business and destroy . values and, confidence just for the pleasure of doing so. He declared that the administration "can be counted on to enforce the law in. the way best calculated to pre vent a destruction of public confidence in business, but that it must enforce the law, goes without saying.'' The President then : discussed at tacks . made - upon the ' administration, the danger, to the success of the party as a result of the insurgent movement and other-- d issentkmSi-: Republican who feared defeat at the polls in No vember, he declared, however, should take courage from - the demoralized condition of the Democrats. . Defending the Payne-Aldrich tariff billr the President declared that It sub stantially complied with the party pledge for . tariff revision and 'that through this bill the party had "set itself strongly in the right direction toward lower tariffs." The President quoted statistics to demonstrate that during ' the .first six months of the new tariff law, there has been shown a 12 per cent reduc tion in the percentage ad valorem du ties, have paid on imports and 12 per cent in the percentage of imports ad mitted free. Time and a wider knowl edge, he thought, Would serve to justi fy the bill. , Reviewing the party platform the President spoke, of postal savings banks, amendments to the Interstate commerce law, the anti-injunction plank. Statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, and the conservation of the natural resources, bills to carry all of which' promises into effect. were pend ing in Congress and he believed would be passed. V -' The President, after referring to the occasion as an opportune time to re new the pledge of the Republican par ty to keep its part .in the country's history as high and useful as it was during the administration of Abraham Lincoln, alluded to the present trials of the party as compared to the trials of Lincoln's timek as small Indeed. He then launched immediately, into the defense of the tariff bill, quoting first the Republican platform of the Chica go convention in 1908 . in which revi sion was promised;, , ' - We did revise. the tariff," said tne President "Nothing was expressly said in the platform that this was ;to be a downward revision. It , was not downward with reference, to silks or liquors or high priced cottons In the nature of luxuries. It was downward in respect to nearly air other articles except woolens, which ' were not af fected at all. The only substantial defect in com pliance with the promise of the plat form was-the failure to reduce wool ens. Does that defect so color, the action of the Republican party as to make it a breach of faith leading to its condemnation?- I do not .think so Parties are like men, .Revisions, like the work of men, are not perfect. .The change which this tariff affected was a marked, change downward, a recog nition , by the party , that duties .'must be decreased, that the proper measure of. protection was the difference in the cost in production or articles here ana abroad and including a fair profit for the manufacturer." . v ' - Concerning the criticism 6f the tar iff,-the President referred to the re duction on print .paper and said:. -: . "The failure , to make a large reduc tion showed itself clearly in .the. edi torial columns of a great "number of newspapers, whatever their party pre deliction. The amount of misrepre sentation; to: which the tariff Jt ill in its effect as'a downward revision was subjected has never been, exceeded in this -country, and it will doubtless take the actual operation of the tariff bill for. several years to show to the coun try exactly what the legislation and its effect are." , . : . . i President Taft then quoted statis tics from- the government bureau ', on the -results of the first six months In T (Continued on Eighth Page Washington, Feb. 12. Somewhere off the Atlantic' coast between Norfolk and Boston, a little naval tug with 32 men" on board is wallowing in the great ocean billows with broken ma chinery, awaiting the arrival -of . any one of eight government vessels that are speeding towards the place where she is supposed to : be. ; At t least, bad as is that prospect, such is the best hope of officials of the Navy Department.' The alterna tive is that the little hull is lying at the bottom of the sea with just a bare chance that her crew has been taken Off by some passing merchant vessel.! .Nearly a week ago, last Sunday morning at 6:30 o'clock,' the naval tug Nina steamed out of Hampton Roads bound for Boston. She ha just safe ly towed from Boston to Norfolk two submarines and was on her way home ward. Before the day was far advanc ed a stiff northwest wind sprang up making what sailor men call a "nasty sea." , But no alarm was felt at the time for the safety of the Nina for the gallant little tug, built in the closing days of the Civil War, had weathered many a worse blow. Under i ordinary conditions the tug should have arrived at the Boston navy yard last. Tuesday, but it was only yesterday that the naval officers her began to feel ser ious apprehension for her safety and When the word of her arrival failed to reach the- Department today, it- was decided that immediate search should be made for the vessel' and that the public should be advised of the situa tion to enlist the aid of merchant ships plying between coast ports. Sj telegraphic orders were flashed to several navy yards to (start relief expeditions. From Norfolk went the swift scout cruiser Salem and the battleship Lou- siana; these vessels were instructed to cruise as far as Cape May alon the coast. From the New York navy yard the collier : Culgoa started '.on a cruise and she will be followed shortly by the tugs Apache - and; Pontiac These three : vessels will r make' the search . between Cape May, and -Nantucket The destroyer LamsonAwlll cTuiseVoff rthe' Delaware capS.w ''"' The - gunboat Castlne and .the. col lier Caesar steamed out of the Boston navy yard to search, the 'waters be tween Massachusetts Bay and Nan tucket Then the revenue cutter ser vice went to the assistance of the navy and orders were flashed to the cutters Acushnet and Gresham at 'Bos ton and New London to join the searching party. It is. the theory of the naval officers here that the Nina broke a shaft or dropped a propeller on her cruise and was blown off shore by the northwest gale. It Is possible that the little vessel foundered. The Nina had an able commander in the person of Chief Boatswain John S. Croghan, who had been in command of the Nina since 1908 and was re garded as a thoroughly competent navigator. He was born in New York. The Nina is an iron tug -of schooner rig, 357 tons displacement, 137 feet long, 26 feet broad and eight, feet" six inches, deep. - She was built in Ches ter, Pa., in 1865 by Reaney, Son & Archbold. . ' . . The Navy " Department this, after noon issued a statement showing the names of the officers and crew of the Nina. - Among them are Chief. Boat swain, John S. Croghan, Il S. N., com manding. His wife, Allle M. Croghan lives in this city. Frank Blain Crockett, fireman, first class, of Hillsville. Va.; Percy Pitts, fireman, .first class, of Norfolk, va,; Charles A. Higginbotham. mess at tendant?" first class, of Rome. Ga.; Fletcher L. Hallyburton, fireman, first class, of Greensboro, N. C. and Geo. Snipe, ship s cook, second class, of Port Royal, S. C. His wife, Christina Snipe, lives at Paris Island, S. ,C. BELMONT TO WED OPERA STAR. Engagement to Miss Eleanor Robson ,,.", Formally Announced. New " York, Feb. 12. Formal an nouncement of the engagement of Miss Eleanor Robson to August Bel mont was made tonight to a wide circle of friends. Miss Robson closed her "Season tonight in Brooklyn, pass ing with the fall of the curtain from professional to private life.: She will return to her home in this city, where she will remain until, the marriage. Miss Eleanor Robson, although of English parentage, was brought to this country as a child and has always lived in New York State. Her suc cessful careen as a star, began at the Garden Theatre, New York, as , "Mary Ann" in "Merely Mary Ann" about five years ago. ' - ; . VAugust .Belmont is a widower,. ST fyears ;old. His wife died in Paris In September, 1896. He has three sons. -''The wedding will take place some time in March at Miss Robson's house. DAVIS R. FRANCIS ELECTED.. First Vice-President of theiSouthern Commercial Cong'ress. v; " Washington, Feb. 12. Former- Gov ernor" David R. Francis, of Missouri, was elected today first vice president of the Southern Commercial Congress, at a meeting of .the executive commit tee of the organization. The plans of G. Grosvenor Dawe, managing director of the Congress, for a sustained publi city campaign throughout the entire country, were approved and ; authority was given to him to broaden the work already begun by the Congress. ' - Spring suits and Voile' skirts . this weet at A a Broaa'a, ' "' WAS FOREMOST REPUBLICAN Speaker Recites Features of Career of First Leader of His Party" Asso ciated With Lincoln in Life. ' J ' His Speed"-. Pittsburg, Feb. 12. "On to Cairo" read a button that was pinned to thot coat lapel of Speaker J. G. Cannon ,1 when he rose to address the chamber of commerce at its annual Lincoln Day ' banquet here tonight , It was explain ed to the speaker that It was the slo gan of the Ohio River Improvement Society, which looks to the river ami ; harbor bill to provide a nine foot stage in the river from Pittsburg. "I'm fo that," said the Speaker amid great applause. . ' ' t Representative Samuel . W. , McCalL. j of Massachusetts, Gov. Edwin S. Stu art, of ' Pennsylvania,' and Bishop C '' W. Smith, of the Methodist church in Alaska also paid tribute to Abra- v ham Lincoln. . Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. . 12. Abraham Lincoln as iSpeaker Joseph G. Cannon knew him as the young lawyer trav eling a horseback through the frontier ; of Illinois, then the commanding fig-,. ure. in the memorable debates with "--Douglass; the presidential nominee of the new born Republican party, and finally, leader of the nation through four years of Civil War and the. start- ( ing of reconstruction was pictured ': , on the screen of memory tonight be fore, the Pittsburg Chamber of Com- merce, at Its Lincoln ' memorial din-. ner. . ; -: . , -:: : ; , . i , .....' .. Speaker, 't Cannon's 'address was merely a few leaves from his memoirn ' of the. martyred - president" a few , glapces and ., side lights '' upon an" asso- ' -&ttoa-WnIehrbi"g young , lawyers practicing before, the same bar. . , ...' .J"-' . ' . ,,"!:'' - ' . ' ' Once the reference' to politics en tere'd the Speaker's 'words and thiit -was . when he declared the Republican party of today was the party of Abra ham Lincoln, and that Lincoln was one of the founders .pf the party and us nrst great leader. "The most fitting monument to Lin coln is the party he helped to or ganize and the achievements of the , party he helped develop for the last ing benefit of the whole country, Eas ' and West,- North , and South, white 1 and black, bond and free," declared the Speaker. . , The principles embodied In the first , platform are still the principles of the party. Lincoln will always be known as the first and foremost Republican, . He was a party man, battling for prin ciples which his party represented and . ' which, he believed to be of vital in terest to the American people. ' Ho led In the contest when, for the first time, a majority of the electors en- , dorsed the principles' and policies IjJ'I1 down in , the Republican platform. The young men who read the Repuh- lican platform of 1908 will find-In it the. platform of Lincoln in 1860. The majority of the people have' failed on ly twice, in 50 years , to sustain tbl platform. And after each of these fex- , periments they have, come back liko the Prodigal Son, chastened by their experience and . glad to see the old ,' home again. "When Lincoln returned from tho Black. Hawk war and became a canjf- date for the Illinois legislature, though the State .was overwhelmingly Demo- '. cratic, he published his platform: ; . "T am for a National Bank; I am for a high protective tariff and, th system of , internal improvements. These are my sentiments and my po, litical principles.' " , . . . "Those became the cardinal doc trine of the Republican party, and i Lincoln probably more than any other j pne man, by his consistent battle in the West, developed public sentiment and quickened the public conscience ; tfiat created the Republican party 2 1 years later." Turning back the leaves of his memory to 1858, the speaker recalled the time when he moved from Indiana to Illinois and practiced law. A youns lawyer without , business.' seeking ac quaintance of members of the bar, he met Abraham Lincoln and found in him. the first lawyer on the circuit, ' a kindly man ready to mae a help- .. ful suggestion to any one of the younfT lawyers, of which the speaker was ope. " -".'. -; ". ;' . ' .-: "' '' ,' . Again . when the speaker was a del egate to the Republican State conven tion of 1860at Illinois 'at which Lin coin was made the, presidential candJ- . date of the State, the men met. Mr Cannon drove 'across the prairie from ', where he lived, to the convention In a" wagon railroads were new - an ! then only building. . . . 'The convention was held In a wig wam," said the Speaker, "erected be tween two buildings, but it was out ' of doors," covered with green boughs ; cut from a nearby forest and the ends", of the ' wigwam were open to perml: the crowd outside to hear, - .' '' "I met Lincoln only once after his '. election to the presidency. He was on hi way to Cbarlestown. III., to' bid-', his stepmother goodbye before going to Washington. t He was traveling en . a day; train, riding in a day coach and . SmrjWadei by otiier. passengers soma ' - ... -,..-. . v 1 ,n .... i, , U'.i, j 1. i i-... w.',t. ;' : '? . i! i' ... - .. . j j ... .. ,'V M in M' V A it 1,.-V A,' ' ,11. - , - 1 If. v i, 4 . :v 'v"'- ' ; " . t 'i x
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 13, 1910, edition 1
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