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V. 4 .'I I THE WEATHEIt Showers . and cooler Sunday ' Monday generally fair, moderate southwest Ho northwest winds. - ft. J -1 A 1 - PAT TOtJK POLI.' TAXi i - . yon WMt to vote thla jrmrt . IUt yu paid yur 8tat ud eoua I ty pll tmxt If aat, To matt pay y April SOth, or ye will dlatraa .chtaa yonraelf. Leok after tbia u4 . aia yoar nclf hbor. " ' ' 'V. " -V .r' v .: .' "-. vj l u 7 Hii liil . , . v .- . ... - - -t- - - 3.V 1" 't VOL. IiXXXVIKO. 29. B LouiSr Twenty Blocks Burned at Lake Charlei With Loss ' of $3,000,000. . ; TWO THOUSAND ARE HOMELESS Flames Raged Wildly, Covering Two Miles of Space, and Destroying ; - Several ; Hundred Build 1' 4 ings Details. Lake Charles, La,, April 23. Fann ed by a high wind, a fire which broke out here shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon '.swept over 20 or more blocks of the city, destroying several hundred buildings and resulting in a property loss estimated at about $3, 000,000. Two thousand persons have been rendered homeless. - , ", It was almost' 8 o'clock V tonight when the fire, which followed a north easterly direction from the business section, finally, reached the outskirts of the city, burning Itself out. When it bedme apparent . to the local fire department that it could not cope with the blaze request for aid were wired to Beaumont and Orange, Texas, and to Jennings, La., all of which are within a radius of 50 miles, of Lake Charles. The Southern Paci fic Railroad offered special trains to bring the volunteers from neighboring cities. - , , Many houses in the path ot the flames were . dynamited, .but showers of sparks were, swept beyond the gaps thus made, igniting the buildings on the farther side. Within a short, time the wind had driven the fire over a space of two miles in length, leaving a mass of ruins in its wake. While m4ny of the buildings de stroyed were merely ; frame , cottages, scores of handsome structures also tell prey to.tbe flames. ? The city hall, the handsome Calcasiou Parish court house, the, Clair Hotel, churches, in haro hlanlr walfn -and BTmUllrieriTie heaps of ashes within two hours after the fire started." ,, i " " T ""'( Starting in the old opera, house in Rival street, near Pnjo, the fire spread tq adjoining buildings, burning out the northern portion of the city's bus iness section- and . then sweeping, into the residential district. - .- While it was reported that several lives had been lost during the dyna miting bf buildings, an investigation tonight indicates . that there , were Tno casualties. . --; - Hundreds nf cnttaees were burned aird several " thousand ' persons r are , iiuinciesa. lum yuuwu ui uio which escaped the ravages of the fire, threw open its doors to the needy and in some instances as many as five and six families are being cared : for" in one home. - ' v. The Catholic' convent was destroy ed, but the sisters and their charges were given shelter in the home of Catholic families. J . - ' ' An investigation is being made by the authorities with the view of deter, minins: the cause of the fire. : . V "While there ,,- was no disorder he mayor tonight deemed' It advisable to enlist the aid of the. local coinpany of Louisiana State troops and the mem bers of this organization were placed on guard in the burned district- Early estimates of the fire, which llaced the amount of damage at $3, 000,000 are believed tonight to be ex cessive and more conservative figures ranee from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. The northern; half of the business section was destroyed. The principal building destroyed was the new Cal casiou Parish court house, erected a few years ago at a tost of several hundred thousand dollars.) , " i Mayor Behrman, of New Orleans, offered any assistance that might be needed, but it is believed that the city will be able to handle the, situation "without outside assistance. SAVV MILL DESTROYED. Plant Near Lumberton Burned Town' ; Politic Raging. (Special iSttar Correspondence.) 'i T.umberton, N.. April 23. Yester day morning between 12 and 1 o'clock Iho saw mill plant belonging to Mr. T. R. Tolar. situated at Love, flva miles west of ; her on the Seaboard, as destroyed by fire. Mr. Tolar-es i mates his loss at something'over $2, 00, nartiallv covered by . Insurance The origin of the fire Is unknown;. Lumbertonv politics has assumed an interesting situation today and tonight that is the ail.bsorbing topic: There re now three candidates for Mayor. Mr. John A. Rowland has been mayoi for the past- two years and will be opposed. It is said, by Messrs; M WI Floyd and James D. 'Proctor. Your cor respondent interviewed v Mr. Floyd, who said that he , had "been brought out by some of .his friends and Inti mated that he would -be governed by their wishes. ;Mr. Proctor, isnot in town and. of course. . could ' not be seen. Three aldermen are to be elect- d for two . yeairs.1 The ' mames of iMessrs. John D. v McMillan, G. 1 fi French, S. Mclntyre, E. E.'Lee and J- L. Stephens have been put ; pi Messrs: - McMillan. ' and :: French . are inembers f the present board and their friends wish them to remain on it. Interesting times are expected at tne primary Tuesday. ' - - ' '.'iAVi.'i(l. FIRE IIITO CAR Three Negroes ' Murdered Motorrrian . ; on . Atlanta Car, Then . Shot Con-jK v ductor Fatally After Rod v , . , blng' Hinvj-Es'caped. . AtlanU, Ga.,- April 23. At the end of; the Druid Hill street car line, a lonely spot' in the outlying section of one of Atlanta's residential suburbs, three negro highwaymen tonight shot and Instantly, killed : Motorman. S. T. Brown1 and after ' robbing t Conductor W H;Bryson,sof $35, fatally shot him in the back and made their escape in to the. nearby woods.. ; . - Twenty'minutes later the 'crime was discovered! and AtlanU's entire police r reserve was rushed to the scene. ' There were' no .passengers on t!he car. ' The car had Just- reached the nrt of the line and the motorman was re versing nts trolley . when the , attack came from the negroes who, conceal ed themselves behind a clump of bush. es. - i ' Motorman Brown was shnt'itnwn he started to re-enter, his car and with revolvers leveled at the conduc- wx o ubclu ub was oraerea . to , throw up his hands. - On . complying, one of the men relieved him of all -the cash ne naa ana then he was told to "hit the grit' He was shot in the back by one of them'en after he had run about 50 yards and fell In his tracks. Two shots penetrated his liver.. The injured, conductor was rushed to a hospital where it ' was 1 stated that there was no possible chance of hia recovery. , . The dead motorman and iniured conductor were found by Motorman Tinsley and Conductor Royster, who were in charge of the car which reach ed the end. of the line Just 3Q minutes later. Brown waB Jying face down be side his car. a bullet throu eh . hia heart , and along the track 15 yards distance was found Bryson. M ' ma. . ' . i ne county Diooa nounds were rush ed to the scene of the hold-up ' and Immediately took a trail which led in the direction of a, construction camp where a number ; of negroes are em ployed on grading work. The camp was placed under a hea vy "guard. - fifty police officers continued ; to scour . the woods late tonight - in the vicinity of the hold up and several ne groes, were - placed. . under arrest. though' .without, Any - conYincjng ev- j THrVVXtKINS CASE. State May Ask for- - Continuation . . Ashevi lie - Presbytery. ' (Special EJtar Telegram.) Asheville. N. C ADril 23. It Was learned tonight that when court con venes Monday the "State may ask for a continuation of the case against F. C.:;Watkins,the Black Mountain con stable, chareed with killine John Hill Bunting, last Summer on the ground that two important witnesses cannot come here - .until the August' term. It will be. recalled that . the case was continued from the February term oh account of defense's . witnesses . and the State will argue - this in , asking the continuance.? : . ' ' V. '"Vi-'' Asheville Presbytery has accepted the tender of1 600 acres of land near Franklin, Macon county, upon condi tion that -it establishes a home and industrial school for 6rphan . children. The land Is valued at $10,000 and th? Presbytery must raise money for the buildings before it gets possession of 4 the property,; $2,090 being required to start. No difficulty is expected in raising this sum, . r r' ; DEFUNCT- COTJON 0OMPANY. Cotton Firm and Transportation Peo pie to flold Conference. ; ' -. New Orleans, April 23. That the New Orleans representatives of cotton firms and steamship' lines, which, have been involved ,in the losses brought about by ; die failure of the cotton firm of KnightrYancey. & Co.,' will join the other, creditors of. the defunct . con cern in a: meeting to be held next Tuesday probably , at :l)ecatur, Ala., was' the announcement made here this afternoon. - . . Local agents representing the Har rison line. Leyland Line. Elder Dempr ster Steamship Company and Alexan-1 der Eccles& uo., isngusn concerns, returned today ;.from ' Decatur, t Ala.,; where Knight, .a Yancey .& Co.rv had their home' office; That thelr , losses brought ;. about 1 by the failures have not been, exaggerated was -the gist of tne Story wicn mese represemauyes had to tell when they returned.. Tpey believe the total 'loss wilipbe between $4,000,000 . atfd $5,000,000,4.' This belief was formed by the Investigation which they made 'at-Decatur. , . . ' . " . CAROLINA LOSES ,TO NAVY. " Score Was 1 to 0 at Annapolis Yester- A day Close Game. 'Annapolis, Md.t April 23v-rThe North Carolina, University played a rather ragged game of . baseball thi " after noon, and lost to .the Navy .by. 1 to 0. The game Avas a, pitcher's battle but Hedgepeth- . Ws ' given poor! support: ahd the single :run ,w5s made, off -fa combination of error In the fifth In-J Navy I." .,000.010 00 1 2 .1 University, NC. . 000 000 000) 3 6 Anderson and Callahan r Hedgepeth and Buie. ; :v, '.::''" - -''; ; , Lynchburg Va., - April 23. Tele grams to the members of the family of, Senator: Daniel, of Virginia, who has been critically ill at Daytona, Fia. for aome. months received here today indicate that; the Senator is standing the triD home from Florida splendid ly. ;He will be taken . to- a local sani tarium" urjon arrival here aU 5:28 to marrow morning. HIGH DESPERATE .v ..;:.:tv : ' Sol Shepard, Durham Mur derer, Slashed Fellow Con- vict in Barber Shop. IT IS NOW JUDGE D. L WARD Military Commission Named Federal Courts in . Session Charters Jssu-, ed-Other Raleigh. News Notes , . of Interest . ' ' -(Special; Star Telegram.) ..''.Raleigh', N. C, April 23.ol..i&hej ard, a desperate negro convict serv ing 3fr years,- for -the murder of Engi neer Holt,, of the Southern', Railway at Durham, made a murderous assault; on Lewis Harris, , a 'fellow convict, "fu the barber shop of the : penitentiary this afternoon, cutting Harris throat from ,'-ear tb ear, barely mlss'ng hU jugular vein. ..' .. . , ' . 'Only the fact that the guard leap ed from the top of a bearby cell anJ ff lied him with a stick! prevented mur deiv. - Shepard had -.a. grudge . against Harris and threw a brick at him . out in the bricks yard a few; days ago. -Ho was being shaved and Shepard snatch ed a razor from the barber, without a word having passed. . , . ? vCol.: W. G. Smith, Major Lawrense Young and - Major . .C. 1 Jordan, of Asheville have been appointed -by Ad Jutant General Armfield asr a , Board of BiamJners to examine applicants for commissions in the Guard that arise, in the Asheville section of the State.j. :Conforming with provisions 'of Section 4903 of the Revisal It; will Te the policy in -future to have such ex aminations whenever- occasion arises. Furthermore, 'there will be commis sions appointed later in Raleigh Greensboro; Charlotte. Wilmington and other places most easily accessible. , CoLD.' Iv Ward,; of. Newborn; suc ceeds fHon.: O. H. Guion as judge of the (Superior Court for; the Third dis trict .This, appointment- waa announced this morning- by Gov. -Kitchin after waiting a day or longer to give other candidates time to show up their full est possible strength In the . district He concluded that the ; endorsements for Col, IVard were considerably more than for. either of the other candidates for the appointment and so announced his decision; to commfssionCol.- Ward as judge, H.W- Wtoedbee, of Green ville. , W4s the next most largely en dorsed candidate for the appointment. The - district comprises Pitt Craven, Green Carteret, Jones ;tand Pamlico counties, uoi. ward is one 01 the most prominent lawyers of the district, has served several terms as a member .of they Legislature. He and .Unitjed States ' Senator . Simmons were for a number bf years " associated in the practice of law. - -. . United' States District Attorney... H. P. ,SeawellH just back from Washing ton ' district court will 'go Monday to Newbern . where ' Judge Connor will hold court for probably the. next two weeks. - The. principal case there is to be' that against J. R. B. Carraway, bank .cashier, -charged : with , -defalca tions to the amount-of $116,000 with two '-other Newbern A business. men charged ' with being accessory ,-to the crime through' manipulation ot their accounts. , At Washington the princi pal case-was against Hainan u. rora, Otteen years old, convicted of robbing the Bethel postofflce. He was sent to the "Washington, D. C, reformatory' for two .years. He. tampered 'with the postoftce door lock so that he could open it at will when no one was there without being detected.- . .The . CocoJola . Bottling Co... Rocky Mount ; received a charter .today for a 'bottling v business at Rocky ' Mount, capital, $5,000 - by C D. Hutaff, prin cipal incorporator: -. .. ; - Anothet' cftarter is for The Donald son 'Military 'School i( Inc.), Payette- yillev capital $30,000 by S. M. Reed. J.-M; McFall-and others. ; ' : , A number of towns in the State, including Fayetteville,' - Wilmington, Ralelgh, Durham, Greensboro, Wlns-fton-ISlalem and Asheyille, are striving through 'various, interests to secure the home office of the North Carolina FiremenFire Insurance Co. in pro cessi of- establishmen t through the v ef . forts r of President , J. D.: McNeill. . of the i North Carolina Bremen's Asso ciation,"- and assdeiates. all . of whom are . bfltcers in the firemen's associa tion. : It will be 30 days or longer be fore -thitf : question ' is settled: In ,the meantime Raleigh is temporaryvhead quarters.lv Memebers of the Firemen's' Association of. the , State are .required to hoid the Controlling- stock -in ' the company which has just elected Capt. J. j D. McNeill, Fayetteville. president ; Ai H.' Boyden, Salisbury, FK B. McKen, nie, Louisburg, vice presidents; : S. G. Bernard, Asheville, yattorney ; x E. ;" I Clark.: ' Greensooro, secretary: I. M; Allen, Lpuisburg, treasurer,' Others on the directorate ; are Jos. F. Tayloe. Washington; Jas. A. - Turner, - Louis- burg; T. y.-- Moseley; Kinston,; , M. M. MilleriJ Concord; C. A. Moser, Hick ory; R: C Taylor, WmstonSalem; , New "Orleans, - Anril 23. The 10- Tound -bout between' Jem Kendrick. bantam-f-weight champion' of England and ; Patsy -Brannigan, of. Pittsburg', before Uie New Orleans Athletic Club tonight; was; declared , a draw, : r. v: r Boys' $4.00 'and ; $4.50 blue seree I knickerbocker suits this week $3.48. 11"'""" . "Mj4 , . C., SUKPAY MOKiyG, ROOSEVELT 3EEIIT A STRENUOUS DAY American Ex-President Hon- : ored Guest of Ihtellec ;'. ' ual Paris. VI 7 LECTURED AT: THE SABBOHIIE Partic'pated in Sexton ;of v French i 'Academy, Guest of . Faculty for -Dinner and Attended Grand .. . ' ' Reception in jHitf Horror." ! Paris, April 25. to use Col. Roose velt's own words toj say, marked the crowning- of his career, av a man of letter. From? noon; itntil midnight 'he was ' the ; giies:; .of ' ntelle'ctuaIParisi, participating "ais a . membert'as a Se-. sion of the French Academy deliver ing a lecture at rhe Sobonne and ye malning as the gnejst ' of ' the faculty for ' dinner and the grand 'reception given by the University in his honor, Col. Roosevelt's"; teceptica "at the French institution and that at the icrbonne were equally impresiive..i" After listening to ;'the words of ' M. Boutroux,-the president of the Acad emy of : Moral and Political Sciences, who spoke eloquently of .; Anieficart ideals and character cf which, he said, Theodore Roocevert- was, the best ex ponent, Mr. Roosevelt-' replied in French, his -utterances' arousing hl.i venerable . colleagues to ' unwonted ap plause. ' .'". . -' ; ; ' .' . 'At the ; Sorbonne, no attempt was made to restrain the demonstrations. The. facade, bristled t with -..'.American and French flags, and fully, 25,000 per sona packed' the stieets and' acclaim ed 3ot Roosevelt on bis arrival. With in , the - building enthusiasm ; was un bounded, the rast crowd in the aniphi? theatre interrupting again and, again with- storms of applausfl as the speaker-defined: tha dutfesrfi ftrdividuahcit. irenship-ia a-Vrepii4ornlngth sluggards, "cynics .idle rich and preaching the- gospel of work, charac ter, and the., strenuous life; 1 - ' . - Several times ;he interjected ' obser vations in French, and after he had defined : his attitude on the . subject of human rights and property rights, he. repeated this in 1 French, - saying that it constituted the crux of what he had to say, and he desired every one to, -understand :nim. .?nis woras in this connection were: ' ' "My position as regards the monled interests can be put in a few words. In every, civilized society, property rightB must be carefully safeguarded. Ordinarily, and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights lare fundamentally and in. tne long run identical. But when it clear ly appears that there is a real con flict between them, human rights must have the upper hand, for property be longs to man and not man to prop erty. - ,; ' . He made his auditors clearly realize that he considered Republican institu tions still . on . trial, both in America and Prance. -.. : The distinguished personages occu pying seats on -the es trade? -who In cluded besides the deans-of the va rious faculties of the University; Pre-inier-' Briand and his entires cabinet, and , other' notables, were? evidently5 quite jas much impressed aa the stu dents and other and itors joining heart ily., in the : applause, especially when Mr. Roosevelt spoVe agalnstrace suK cide andTthe necessity of a nation to perpetuate itself, asv one of Its prin cipal duties.- ' '; ..', , : Followipg the lecture Vice -Rector iiiard, In behalf, of the. University, pre sented Mr.- Roosevelt with 'a bust of Jefferson and, it was made at "Seve'res. But a curious .mistake had been made in the bust - A bust of Lincoln had been ordered ,rom the government fac toryaf Severes, but. in some unac countable way one of Jefferson was manufactured. ,.' . v ; " t-';" v : Every Half Hour, Today , cars to the beach every half hour in the afternoon. , OUTLINES. Twenty blocks. Including a portiou of the ; business - section, ."of ' Lake Charles, La., was swe'pt by flre-yester. day, entailing a loss estimated at $3,: 000,000. ' : Two thousand "people s were rendered homeless 'President 'Roose velt spent a strenuous day in' Paris yesterday, delivering a lecture at the Sorbonic, attending "the session of the French Academy, and a grand recep tion in his honor The officers nam ed by the paughters of the American Revolution were confirmed 4 yesterday. The Congress concluded with . an : ani mated discussion on "States' Rights" -i -Three negro highwaymen murder ed a, motorman on an-Atlanta. car.-: last night, and then . rpbbed the conductor The funeral of Mark Twain ; was held In New York yesterday, conduct ed by Rev. Henry VanDyke, of Prince ton University-r 'New York markets : Money : on ' call nominal ; spot cotton closed quiet middling uplands 15.15, middline . eulf 15.40r flour "Brill with prices steady ; Vheat firm No. 2 ,redJ i.ii '3-4, Jo? 1 iioruiern : r. o-. - n opening navigation ; , corn spot steady, steamer 63 1-2, No. , 60, both nomi nal : elevator export :asis; -oats spot quiet, mixed nominal; ., rosin and tur- Ipeatine ateady. w - , t- APRIL 24,1910; L 0! PAID 10 r.l. TWAIN Body ; Began Yesterday Last Journey to Spot Where Ut Wjll ResuV" ; BrMrliiliiUTE-lSfil -1 . -. t- M ember of Household '-Speak -Tender-f "ly andf Tnie' of His- Last Days. ' ,3imple bill Beautiful Ce , rqnjbny h New York! . '. T ' -' - -; " - - - , -; ; ' t" .- . . - ' - - -. .. - - New., York, April 23. The body of 'Rlark Twain- began r today its last journey froni - the sunny chamber where it ha. lain in Stormfleld to the spot In God's) Acre where it. shall rest at last, beside those whom- he Gloved long since and. lost a while."j i .. iFuneral ." services were "held in " the old brif k Presbyterian . church -t at Fifth avenue and 37th street this Jty, by : D& Henry, A. VanDyke, of. Prince ton; University, at 3 o'clock this after-' noon.'' At 2:20, tomorrow morning the, bddy jwlll go to Elmlra. , ' In . accordance with ; the . wishes of the. family,: the services' today were brief and simple.. The only music was ah organ prelude" "The Death of Age' by GVleg.4 There, was most beauti ful display of flowers about the coffin. Those - who - wished wero permitted to view the features. " The church was well filled by the general public. - Dr. VanDyke said in part: t "The touch of grief is upon us. We think ot Mark. Twain; not as the celeb rity, but the man whom we knew and loved..: IThose who. knew his work as a whole, knew that under the lambent and Mrrenressible humor which was his giftf there Was a foundation of ser-J lous thongnt and noble affections ana desires. The mark of his higher hu mor is that 'it does not laugh at the weak, the helpless, the true, the inno cent only at the false; the pretentions, a . 1 -. 1 ..in. 1 ,- . -, . Mark Twain laughed many of the World's false ' Claimants out fit court and 1 entangled, many of the world's false witnesses in the net of ridicule. He touched the absurdities of life with not unkindly mockery and made , us feel somehow the Infinite pathos . of life's realities. Nq one can Bay that he ever failed to reverence the purity, the "frank joyful, genuine, nature of little children, of whom Christ' has said, 'Of such is the kingdom of hea ven'." - '. . : - - Those in the funeral pary were Al bert Bigelow Paine, the cherished friend and biographer, . with Jervls Langdon, the favorite nephew, and the only living daughter, Clara, and hef husband, Ossip "GabYilowitsch ; Claude, the faithful butler, and old Katie Leary, the housekeeper. There was no procession of mourning neigh bors, nb demonstration along the way. The shining rosewood coffin stood up on a baggage truck in the glaring sun light On the cover was a silver plate Inscribed: "Samuel Langhorhe ,Clem ens, Mark Twain, '1910." -: Above the plate law, a wreath of mountain laurel, emblem of immortal ity, picked from the Tamarack hills by. Dan Beard, his old friend add neigh bor. .Old Katie, the housekeeper, sat in a corner and wept silently. , V ( - "I made him comfortable,'- said she, "just befope' he sank to rest The nurses ; couldn't please him, but . he rested when I eased him and 'thank you s Katie, you- did everything v Just right', he said. ' : x !'l ' "The day before he had Miss Clara come Into his room to sing 'Flow Gent- ly, Sweet Afton, and he asked for and she sang -the old Scotch ballad for him. - He took real pride in hia daughter's voice," v ; V . The funeral party arriving, the nearse' crept slowly through the crowded street to the church. There was a crowd at the church doors' but no crush and no disorder. .. " . . f 1 EFFORT TO SHOW; CONSPIRACY. Pinchot's Intention to Overthrow Bail . t ' ; linger It is Asserted. - - -. ' Washington, April 23. An .'effort was made by the "defense" in .' the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation today to ehow .that Gilford Pinchot and his associates have conspired to over throw Secretary Ballinger because hTe, opposed "Pinchot's. way ' of conserv ing." .' . .,.v"':--:- . "While the Balllnger side , of the controversy occupied the .center of the stage, the other side, appeared .prom lnently in J the .wings Attorney ' Bran dels promising some further revela tions regarding . Attorney General Wickersham's sununary of the -Glavis charges. . which he ; intimated . yester day had been written two months Af ter the date which it bore. - Mr; Wick ersham would neither affirm nor; deny this when seen today. "I have' some thing to do. : he said. - ''Therels anousrh Irrelevant matter going out now without my contributing to it" ' V.;v r " Blacksburg, Va.. April. 24; A ioft track and rain at intervals tbroughoat the day ending with a down pour; m which r five field -' events, were pulled off,' marred the first track- meet ever held . between ' Carolina and V. P; . L here today.r The Techs," with 18 men "entered, made 165 1-2 vpoints to tha Tar Heels'. 51 1-2, with -17 contestants V. P- L got 'six first places, eight sec ond and 11 third places, ; Caroilna got seven first, five second and one, third. FU 10RS T Animated : Discussion . Over "States' Rights" Marked te Final Session. Officers'- Were Announced i and Affirmed. - ; Washington, April 23. With, an ani mated discussion of "States . Right's" as Us finale, the Session of., the Na tional. Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution passed into his tory today. As the curtain was rung down on the closing session, the dele gates refused, aa they did on Thursday, and at various preceeding conventions to amend 'their constitution; - as to au thorize the) election of State regents' and State, vice regents to be held in their respective States or territories. The Congress confirmed the election of regents and vice regents by the State delegations for the ensuing year." Among tne state regents and vice regents elected were: f Alabama Mrs. Aurora P. McCIellan (regent) . Mrs. Mabel Hutton Goode. I vice regent.) Arkansas Mrs. Katherlne Graddock Barrow, Mrs. Julia. McAlmont Noel. Florida Mrs. . Lida MT . L. Mahoney. Mrs. Carrie Packard Schuller. Georgia Mrs. X Augusta Strong Graham, Mrs. vjorner. Hoyt Brown. Kentucky Mrs. Annie K. , Johnson, , Mrs." Jean Davis Warren. : Louisiana Miss - Virginia Fairfax, Mrs.' Nellie Long. Foster. Mis sissippiMrs. Hary Robinson William son,. Mrs.. Netta Scott Fox. North Carolina Mrs. Mary Oates Stra'tt van Landingham, Mrs. Kate Bitting Reyn olds. Oklahoma Mrs. Daisy Beattv Pettee, Mrs. Alice Hihbard Benedict South Carolina Mrs. F. Louise Mayer, i Mrs. Lurlme Mellichamp Ligon. , Ten nesseeMrs., Mary 'Robertson Day. Mrs. Lucy. H. Hortoin. Texas Mrs. Lulie Hughey Lane, Mrs. Bettle T. Stevens. Virginia Mrs. Alice Peyton Jamison, Mrs: Jennie McCue Marshall. West Virginia Mrs H. A. Harrletta F. Cod wise Edmondson, Mrs. Mary W.' M. DeBolt . . . , , The recording secretary, general was instructed to writer, a letter , to the House Committee on Military Affairs, requesting an early and favorable re port on the bill providing for the con struction of a road from Yorktown to Jamestown by way of Williamsburg, Va., in order that. those two; historic places might be connected. v , - A' committee .was appointed ta wait upon ..tne House Committee on Appro priations to advocate the favorable re port or a bill making, an appropriation for the construction of a road from Washington to Mount Vernon as a me morial to George .Washington. ' The Catherine Livingstone chapter of Jacksonville, Fla., presented a chair to the society to be known as the "hon orary president' general's chair." Mrs. Donald McLean, an honorary president general, was requested to sit in it as its first occupant -- J FIRE IN CINCINNATI Two Lives Lost in Hotel Conflagration ; . Last Night. . Cincinnati, April 23. Two bodies have been recovered and it is believed that at least four more are in the ruins of the Hotel ThOma, which was de stroyed by fire tonight. . , Two .more men were recovered in thV cellar, fully dressed - ahd it is believed had been suffocated. They have not been identified.-'-- . .. . , The firemen are working to extricate What is believed to be the bodies t women guests of the hotel and the bodies of two missing employes are supposed ta be In the cellar, not yet ex plored. 1 . ... Flames . started In .the cellar and shootinenp through the elevator shaft of the Hotel Thoma a six tory build ing, destroyed that building shortly be fore midnight tonight. The guests are said '.to have oeen accounted for hut two employes are - missing and it is feared -they .were trapped in the cellar and burned to death. . ..v The fire Spread from cellar to roof with' great rapidity and pedestrians who were early oh the scene assisted scores of guests in escaping by win dows. ' : - - v The fire loss Is estimated at about $35,000. ; , ; . SOUTHERN TELEGRAPHERS Difficulties Still - Unsettled Will Ap point Another Arbitrator, ,. Washington, April 23. J. S. D. Thompson and J. J. Dermody, the ar- bitrotars. respectively, for tne boutn- ern Railway and the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, today notified Chairman Knapp and Dr. Neill, mediators under the Erdman Act, that they were unable to agree' upon the third arbitrator of the contrtiverv. It is likely that the raediator8,at the expiration next Tiies-I (lav nf thf TipfpRsarv five davs of ar ti THE D. I R.--G0H6RESS EIIDS tration -will designate 'the -third memiisaid justice of the peace lntendant or bers of the arbitration board. Camden.' N. J, AprilS.-Immedlate- ly after .. today's session of the New Jersey conference of the Atrican Metn-1 ... . - - ' n oaist episcopal cnurcn uegau, iue-v. J; H. .Morean; of BoAlentown, arose and announced that he had -withdrawn his- charge -of embezzlement against Bishop Wesley J. Gaines,; or Atlanta, and added that he was exceedingly sor ry for .what he had done and asked the J bishop to forgive him.' The oisnop declared his willingness to forgive and I the incident was closed 'after a general handshake all around." Y .. ' , ! New Orleans. April 2 Following a lengthy hearing before the United States Commissioner at New Orleans, Caotain John J. Hyland, master of the steamer Venus, who was charged with violating the neutrality, laws, was to night held for a further hearing, his bond being fixed at $5,000. . - , '' v. ' ' To the -Beach. ':'-,'"" - ' : .Today cars to the beach every half hour in tho afternooiu - . LB NUMBER 13,277. E '7- - Backed By Citizens, Mayor is Proceeding Under General Statute. - - v.- t . f , . ... - SUBPOENAS BEUIG ISSUED . Rigid Inquiry peing Made Into Large Consignments of Liquor Receiv ed in .Wilmington Condi- v tions Being Exposed. - , i. BEGU IN EARNEST By far the most promising and , most formidable movement toward the - ; ' suppression of 1the blind tiger traffic In Wilmington, a movement, that will ' , " receive the hearty endorsement of ev ery citizen in favor of the enforce , ment of the law, regardless of his - view of the prohibition question, was Inaugurated yesterday by Mayor Mac-; Rae, backed by a number , of citizens , : pledged to a remedy of conditions in the city, which ' have been anything .but savory for several months. 1 ' .The movement takes the form of as I . - Inquiry Into large consignipjents ' of v liquor alleged to have been "received by various and sundry ' persons In " Wilmington, altogether in too large quantities for "family use",' and the -proceeding or inquiry is under author ity of Section 3721 of the Code Revi- sal of 1905, granting to Justices of the ' ' , , peace, magistrates, Intendants,'. may- " , . ors and other officers clothed with ju dicial power, authority to summons vr pergons to testify .to - any knowledge ' that they , may have of the existence of 'any place or places' wherei intoxl- 1 -eating liquors are sold or gambling Is- " ' ' permitted. The Investigation is into ' the alleged widespread sale of Jlquor , in Wllmifigt6n and 'the information -gained will be put to such uses as may be deemed mete, and proper the J suppression of the" Illegal 'trafflci In Wilmington.' J The Investigation-began ' .. yesterday, morning before the Mayor" ' anst-' reprejnUag-th tizen-aiore- ( ment, appeared -j. O. Carr, EJsq.,' at-' 1 . torney, who has beretalhed'to ptos- v"-1 ecute the Investigation to' a conclu sion. Evidence was presented from a 1 - ' number of 'negro draymen to" whom .' liquors have been consigned in - large quantities and delivered, it is alleged, ; . to others, while many ' of the ship- - , ments are -alleged to 'have been ad dressed to the consignee' in person and delivered'by these draymen..; Ev- - V idence is also being Introduced as to large numbers of empty bottles that ' have been returned to 'the consignor!, by the several . transportation compa-1 ' nles. A number of witnesses were ex- ' .. , amlned yesterday urlng the morning " -and afternoon until a continuance waa -had for subpoenas to be issued for the -freight agents of both the Seaboard ' Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Line railway companies, who are required under the law to answer any and all w questions that may be asked them touching the alleged Illegal sale ' of 1 ljquor In Wilmington and to produce their books in court .to assist the court of inquiry in arriving at the identity of any place or places where , ' ' other than near, beer is sold. The sta v .', ,: tute under , which the. investigation Is .- - - s proceeding is as follows: ;.X - " ' , "3721. Gambling; Justices and other 1 officers to summon" witnesses. s All r 1 justices of the 'peace, intendanti and magistrates- of police, -i mayors of , . , towns and judges of . the Supreme or - Superior court, who . shall have good ' reason to believe that 1 ; any person within. their' jurlBdlctloh has knowl- i edge of the i existence and establish- x ment of anyv faro bank or faro table, r ,' . v or Karoing ; tables ."prohibited bf this , .(r '.3 chapter, or place "jth ere ; intoxicating v liquors are 80165 contrary to law, In . --r, any town or . county within their sev . , er8l jtfrifidictions, and such person not v r' being minded to make voluntary In- ' , ' ' formation thereof on oath, then It-' , 's shy be lawful for-such justice of the.1 peace," lntendant and magistrate of police, mayor of town, or judge of Su ' ' preme jr Superior court, to issue to J the sheriff of the counjty, or any con- s stable' of . the town or township, . ia ' - which said faro bank or faro table, or , s " gaming table or tables, or place where n Intoxicating liquors are sold contrary ip law, are supposed to be, a subpoe- . t na, capias ad testificandum, or sum- . hmons in writing, commanding such . person to appear Immediately. before ' magistrate of police, mayor or Judge, and give evidence on oath as to what he may know touching the existence, establishment and . whereabouts of said gaming table or. tabled, faro bank or faro table, or. places where Intoxi cating liquors are. sold , contrary . to law, and . the names and personal de scription of the keepers thereof;1' and such evidence when obtained, shall be held and considered in law as an infor mation on oath, and aald justice, ln tendant magistrate, mayor' or; judge, may thereupon proceed., to seize and arrest said keepers and destroy said tables, or Issue process therefor, in like manner as they do by authority of the preceding section.' " . The statute has been upheld more than once not only, by the -State Su preme Court but by the Federal Court and follows the lines "of, the. New, York statute under, whlchMayor Gay nor Is now proceeding so effectively against Organized vice In New York .City. It is intended to give to mayors and oth er officers named , authority to make such investigations where the grand ; (Continued on" Page Elgbt.) '. , 1 JV ' "I1 -- -! 1 .. v 5: if . ! v f V '. 1 I 1. I . M ,V 1. ' I. I f .flit j, y 1 71? it 1 1 "i , v: r j . 1 M in 1 .-1 1 : ' it. It i .1 j Mi.. f 'it - 1 it- .i 1 I . ' ! , r-.'i f it" ' 1 . t. i. ;.l f.' - . T' s. , f f iV'Y . 1 ( .-V - ) t -1
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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