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VOL. LXXXVI1-NO. V
WILMINGTOK, C, FRIDAY MORKING, OCTOBER 14, 1910.
WHOLE "NUMBER 13,4251
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OFFICES
OF BIG JIIGERliS
Custom Frauds of New York
Art Establishment May
Reach a Million.
BOSTON COMPANY UNDER' BAfl
Duveen Brothers, Art Dealers Known
World Over. Two Arrests -Made.
Investment Company and Alleged
Fraud Scheme.
New York, Oct. 13. The Fifth
Avenue establishment of Duveen
Brothers, known the worm over as
dealers in artsr and antiquities, was
seized by Federal , officers late this
afternoon and. Benjamin J. Duveen,
tae only member of the firm now in
the city, "was arrested charged with
conspiracy o defraud the government
out of; custom duties.
Henry A. Wise, United States dis
trict attorney, in asKing for extraor
dinarily 1 heavy bail when the prisoner
was arraigned said that the frauds
wouid reach more than $l,000t000 and
and that all of the brothers were im
plicated. Bail was fixed at $50,000
which was promptly given and Du
veen released. -
Special agents of the Department
of Justice, armed with warrants, con
ducted the raid on the aristocratic
establishment. Alter placing Duveen
under arrest a search for undervalued
articles was begun and more than a
van load of "suspicious" goods was
found. It was tuen decided to place
the entire establishment . under seiz
ure and leave the customs inspectors
in , charge rot, it-, JprhejnighV Du.
veen surrendered the keys pt the' safe
and desks and was taken to tue' Fed
eral building. When the prisoner was
taken- before ."United States Commis
sioner Shields, District Attorney Wise
asking for heavy bail, explained that
the rase was the most important one
the government has thus far had to
deal with in connection witn the im
portation frauds. lie suggested that
$100,000 would be the proper amount
of bail, ne assured tae commissioner
that he was in possession of evidence
concerning a series of revenue frauds
aggregating more than $1,000,000
which had been carried on by five
brothers and another .man mentioned
in the complaint. The commissioner
decided, however, to set the bail at
$.O,000.
Mr. Wise tonignt said that informa
tion was recently placed in his hands
tending to show that the Duveens had
for years been defrauding the Govern
mont out of customs duties 'on works
of art and antique furniture imported
from abroad by means of .false consu
lar invoices. ae records at the cus
tom house were hurriedly overhauled
and the records seemed to substan
tiate the charges.
Collector Loeb detailed Edwin H.
Norwoou, acting ' deputy surveyor of
the port and two customs inspectors
to assist in the .avestigation whica
was conducted witn tae greatest se
crecy. '
Mr. Wise declined to give out the
name of, his informant tonight. He
said that while' the complaint was
based on the illegal entry of three
vases, tne Government is in . posses
sion of; a great many ..audulent im
portations. He added tnat the consu
lar invoice gave th value of the
three vases as $1,107, while their
value was $28,000.
j- ae firm of Duveen Brothers is
tomposeu of rienry J., Joel T., Louis
J , Uenjamin J., and Joseph J. Duvten.
'iney have establishments in New
iork, London and Paris.
Henry Duveen Taken on Liner.
Jlenry J, Duveen was arrested on
the. Cunard liner, Lusitania, wnen the
vessel reached quarantine late 'to
night. 'He was taken on on a reve
nue cutter and hurrieu to the federal
building for arraignment;
Scheme to Defraud . Charge.
Loston, Mass., GctoDer 13.--Feaeral
authorities visited the extensive of
hces of. the Redeemable Investment
ompany, at 85 Devonshire street
teriay and came away with Manager
diaries H. Brooks, the books nf th
' on.pany and several thousand, dollars ,
" i dbn, au taken under a warrant
charging the company with the use
Ml- mai3 In a scheme to defraud.
dinners tonighc were hunting for
'v. iVorman Plass, the president of
"i company, who has the alleged en
t?JvPmreilL a3 an in-vldual, of Secre
f,uth.e lnter'Or Kichard A. Hal
Jin ' ,he late Associate Justice Da
Sunri'n, Bre,wer- ot the Vted States
S prenu. court, Senator" Charles S.
uuib, of Kansas, and several local
A-ongiegatipnal ministers. Rev. Mr'
vfniWaSneven years -president of
Wasnburn College, at Topeka, Kan.
,i i ra' on the offlce8 of cdm
a, ytt n tje Devonshire street build-
ir, was of great interest to thousands
or investors . in, New England and
other sections.
' tviq Xien8ive OperatJons.
l he Redeemable Investment Com
(Continued on ifage Eight.)
RAID 0
me of Maine
ED BY TAFT
Plans Finally " Accepted by
President and Work Will
Commence Soon.
ARMY ENGINEERS ON THE JOB
Battleship Blown Up During Spanish
i American War' Lies in Havana
Harbor Bixby Brings
About Agreement.
Beverly, Mass., Oct. 13. President
Taft today finally , approved plans for
raising the wreck of ' the battleship
Maine from Havana harbor, which
calls for the completion of the work
on or before the 13th anniversary of"
the destruction of the war vessel, Feb
ruary 15th, next The work is to be
done according to plans made by army
engineers and is to be und,er the di
rection of an engineer qfficer.
President Taft this Evening said
that the paramount question in the.
raising of the Maine . is the , determin
ing for all time of the cause of the ex
plosion, and whether the source of
destruction was from the outside or
inside the vessel. For this reason he
desires that the work shall he retain
ed in the hands of the army engineers
and not let out by contract By direc
tion of the President, Spain has "been
invited to send a representative to Ha
vana to be present during the" work
of-exposing and removing the wreck.
The disposition of the old hulk re--
mains to be settled. ; The army engi-?
neers believe that it "will be possible
to float the , after ' two-thirds of th&
vessel. The. forward third, where the
explosion wrougnt tne greatest navoc
and killed the greatest number of . the
crew while they were asleep In their
quarters, is believed to be too far gone
ever to be taken out as a whole ana
the wreckage will be removed piece
meal.
If Congress approves the recommen
dation of . the engineers, the wreck
will be taken out to sea and given a
ceremonial burial in. deep water there
to remain until the end of time.
General William H. Bixby, chief of
engineers of the army, spent an hour
with the President! this afternoon, ana,
after exolaining the plans for the re
moval of the wreck in detail, secured
the President's formal approval in
writing. General Bixby later issued a
statement which outlines the work to
be undertaken He believes that the
task can Jte completed within three
months and it is his opinion that Ha
vana harbor will be clear of the wreck
by February 15th next.
If the wreckage of the forward part
of the vessel is in a condition to per
mit of definite conclusions, the cause
of the destructions of the ship on Feb
ruary 15th. 1898, will have been deter
mined probably by the middle of Jan
uary next. No portion of the wreck is
to be disturbed until a full opportulty
has been given to view and study it.
To this end the first work will be
the construction of a cotfer dam of In
terlocking steel pilings about the
hulk. The dam will be large enough
ft give a clearance of 50 feet on e"I
sides of the wreck. The forward tur
ret of the battleship was blown com
pletely off the vessel and the dam will
be constructed as to include the tur
ret just as it now lies in the harbor.
The pumping out of water when the
dam is completed will unquestionably
be n impressive event.
A large number of the bodies of sail
ors who lost their lives in the destruc
tion were never recovered. It is be
lited that nothine but skeletons will
now be found. These will be taken
to the Arlington National Cemetery at
Washington for burial.
After the wreck has been thorough
ly examined and studied bulkheads
will be built into such portions ofvthe
wreck as 't is thought can be floated;
and the damaged portions will be
hoisted from the bottom piecemeal;
Congress then will be asked to settle
the question of the disposition of the
last remnants of. the armorciaa, wnose
rtPRtmrtirn is cenerally ' believed t-
have precipitated the SpanisMifTerl-
can war. .
.Congress recently appronriatea
$300.00t for raising and removing the
wreck. The army" engineers visitea
Havana some , time ago and began an
examination both, of the wreck ana
the various plans suggested for its re
moval.
, The wreck is. now in 25 feet of wa- f
ter.. It has sunk but one foot in the
12 years and a.half since it went down.
.Underneath the wreck soft mud has
been found to a deth of five to eight
fpet. and beneath this there is a hard
,clay into which the steel piles will be
driven. The dam . to be constructed
ahoDt tbe wreck will be 415 feiet. Mn
fTeth and 275 in width at the widest
point. ', v" v . 1 " '
, Twenty or more plans were suDmu
ted for raising the wreck. None w.as
quJte so simple as that adopted by the
'army officers. When General Bixby
finally determined upon he replied.:
was asked today whose plans had beeti
AS
APPRO.
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ROOSEVELT AIDS
IN Ifj
Campaigned His Way Across
State Making Speeches For ,
Sen. Beveridge.
VICTORY IN AIR" HE ASSERTS
Greeted Crowds of Varying Degrees
All Day Long Issue of Decency
Against Crokedness Wild
Enthusiasm.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 13. When the
Roosevelt special train rolled in Indiana-
today from Illinois, Theodore
Roosevelt pulled off his coat, rolled up
his sleeves and pluged into the cam
paign to send Albert J. Beveridge baci
to the United States Senate. He
campaigned his way across the State,
and tonight he said that tly?re was
"victory in the air."
All day long the cplonel talked to
crowds of varying degrees of enthu
siasm. To all ot them he talked witn
all his might of honesty, good citizen
ship and the qualities of Mr. Bever
idge. The issue of Indiana, he sail,
was one of decency in public life as
against crookedness.
Everywhere the colonel went there
was in the air the excitement of a rea
hot campaign. There were, bands,
banners, badges, flags, candidates and
tumultous crowds Excited local com
mitteemen dashed about at every sto.j,
trying to pilot the colonel through tha
crowdr to. the place at which' he wa3
to speak and. then back to the train.
Students in college towns ' barked
smiling colonel, who said, it.. was
Colonel Roosevelt asserted that th9
whole Republican party wo'Jld be sol
idly in line for the tariff programme
before the next Presidential election
came around. 'Senator Beveridge vot
ed against the Payne tariff bill. Sen
ator Beveridge presented a bill for a
tariff, commission three years ago.
Colonel Roosevelt defended his action
in regard to the tariff and his wort's
were the nearest , thing to an expres
sion to an opinion In regard to the new
tariff which has yet been made.
The climax of the day came at In
dianapolis, where there was an open
air meeting, the like of which Colonel
Roosevelt said he never had seen in
all his 30 years of political experience.
A crowd of many thousands filled
Monument Place. The street which
leads "from the station to the circle
was lined on each 6ide with jostling
throngs which broke over the restrain
ing ropes.
The police were powerless to check
the rush,. ?and in consequence the
colonel niade slow progress through
the crowds. 1 . He ! was escorted by
marching clubs of several hundred
men, but during most of the parade
the clubs were . swallowed up by the
thousands of .others who marched
along with Roosevelt.
The colonel made his speech from
a stand in front of a hotel on monu
ment place..
The colonel hit hard at some of his
opponents in his Indianapolis speech.
In talking of the Alaska coal land
cases, he paid his compliments to thJ
men "from, New York and Colorado,"
who oppose his ideas on conservation
and who, he said, wanted to exploit
Alaska for themselves. lie said they
must not be allowed to rob the peo
ple. Senator .Beveridge, who accompan
ied the. Colonel on his trip across the
State, sat on the platform behind him,
Charles W. Fairbanks, formerly vicfc
president, who also traveled with
Roosevelt as far as Indianapolis, in
troduced the colonel and praised him.
Colonel. Roosevelt concluded his
speech with an appeal to good citizens
to support Senator Beveridge, regard
less of party. Then he went sto the
Marion Club and to Columbia CIud
and . made short speeches.
On the , trip from Indianapolis to
Richmond, he spoke at several towns.
Crowds came to the stations bringing
smoking I torches,, with them and the
colonel wound up the day with a few
more speeches.
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f BALLINGER HURT IN WRECK.
Secretary of Interior Slightly Injured
in Head-on collision.
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 13. Richard A.
Baljinger,, Secretary or tne interior,
was one of 11 passengers Injured to
night by a collision of two passenger
trains in the outskirts of Cincinnati
on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Railroad. Secretary Ballinger's inju
ries consisted of a severe shaking and
a slightly bruised arm
. The two trains met head-on at Sixth
street - and Mount Hope road. Both
trains were proceeding at moderate
Speed and to the fact is due the es
cape of passengers irom a more ser-
ioua injury or. death. Of the injured
bone ill die and severs were able
to go "home.
HA
F6
IU1IU1I1U' IMUIILHUL
IN FREIGHT RATES
Presidents of Two Big Rail
roads Witnesses - Before
Commerce Commission.
THINK ROADS NEAR A CRISIS
T--
Daniel Willard, ofB. & 0.1 and W. C.
Brown, of New York Central
Statements' Imost the Same
Give Reasons.
Washington, . Oct. 13. Two presi
dents of great American railway sys
tems today contributed- their view of,
and reasons for, the proposed advance
in freight rates by the roads in Eas
tern Trunk Line territory at the in
vestigation ; into the proposed tariffs
being conducted by the Inter-State
Commerce Commission.
The witnesses were President Dan
iel Willard, of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company and President
W. C. Brown, of the. New York Cen
tral lines. Both of the officials pre;
sented, from their view point reasons
in- justification of the advances in
freight rates.
Marked similarity characterized the
statements of both President Willard
and President Brown. Neither placed
the responsibility for the proposed in
crease of rates wholly upon the ad
vances in wages piade by the rail
roads in recent moaths, although both
asserted that the very large increase
in the wage scaled had been an im
portant factor; in tha consideration of
of the rate advance. ' I " '
j - President BrodeplaredJ substan-
tfally that' tbe-vgreaimrrb,mnerit 'aid
betterment of railroad proprieties; in
order that the officials might furnish t,o
the people adequate facilities for tht.
transportation of their commerce-could,
te accompliehedonly through an In
crease of the freight income of the
various lines.
He pointed out that under present
conditions it had been shown to.be
impossible to obtain the large sums
of money necessary to make the pro
posed improvement and he appre
hended that that impossibility wouM
continue until such time as the rail
roads were able to secure what he and
other railroad officials regarded as
an adequate return on the investment
made in the lines.
The hearing, which the commission
had expected would be concluded to
day, -will be "continued tomorrow arrf
perhaps on Saturday. President
Brown had not been excused from the
witness stand when adjournment was
taken this evening, '
Mr. Willard presented a clarifying
statement of the disbursements per
dollar - earned by the Baltimore anl
Ohio during the fiscal years 1910 arid
1900. It follows in terms of cents
and fractions of cents:
, i 101Q
Pay rolls less construction ..
MnterialH-fuel 5.S'.i
Muteiials-ties 1.51
1900
S0.00
6.U4
1.01
.Material rails, frogs, and
scwitcnes ...
AH other expenses
2.33
17.47
2.05
12.61
1.64
Taxes 2.74
Interstate, rentals . and other
deductions from income ... 11.84
Dividends. 11.11
Total for interest, rents, divi
dends, etc ... ... 22.95
Surplus ... 4.22
Total to be accounted fo r... 100.00
10.12
11.54
30.66
5.19
100.00
In commenting upon this exhibit,
Mr. Willard asserted that he couKI
see no way to maintain the policy of
the (Baltimore and Ohio "to Furnish
prompt and adequate service without
an increase in freight rates.
"I -am forced to that conclusion,"
he declared. ' Our expenses have
been increased during the last few
years by legislation. The act regulat
ing the hours of labor and the em
ployer's liability act to neither one
of which I ' am opposed, have added
to the co3t of operating railroads.
They', enter into the cost of transpor
tation because the expenses have been
transferred by statutes from . the in
dividual to the stockholders of rail
roads. I
"The proposed increases in freight
rates should1 be granted partly, at
least, in - view of Our increased ex
penses. , If we possibly can recoup
ourselves we know that we shall have
to do so from freight income."
In response to inquiries Mr. Willard
said: ' . -
"I do not think the present rates are
high enough and I ' would not think
so even though there had been no re
cent increase in wages. Wages were
a factor, in the proposition to increase
the rates, but . they were not a con
trolling factor. I think the advance
should be allowed, for I know our
road is not now making enough money
properly, to maintain its property and
service.' . v. ' -
Mr. Willard - expressed the opinion I
that , the stockholders of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad were, entitled to
receive not less than 6 per cent, divi
dends oh their holdings. He suggest
,; .(Continued on Page- Elgnt.1 ,
WILMINGTON'S GROWTH IN TEN YEARS
1900 and 1910.
PREPARED BY THE WILMINGTON MORNING STAR.
Subjevt :
Population !
ExteBKion of area in 10 years
Real Estate Valuation . .'. ...
Personal Property Valuation
PoKtoffice Receipts
Exports
Imports ; . ...
Cutttom House Receipts
Public School Children ... ,t .
Public School Teachers
Miles Improved Streets ..." ...
Miles of Sewerage j. .
Gas Works Capacity, cuv ft. ...
Gas Holder Capacity
Miles of Car Tracks
Electric Lights in use
Telephones in nse
Banking; Capital and Surplus
Banking Deposits
Bank Resources J . 4
Mannfaeturipjr Enterprises
Capital in Mfg
Manufactured Products ... ..."
Jobbers' Sales ...
Figrures official in each instance
THE WILMINGTON BAPTISTS
Third Day's Sessions at' Willard Fea
tured Interesting Addresses and
Reports Net at Rich
lands. t
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Willard, N. C, Oct. 13. After hav
ing reached the, high water, mark both
in attendance nd interest on yester
day, the third day's sessions of the
Wilmington Baptist Association open
ed this morning with devotional exerH
cises led by Rev. G. A. Martin.
The first report was that on old
ministers' relief and it was by Rev. 3.
H. Dobson, who discussed it in a
strong address urging, better, support
for these aged,' servants of our Christ
who wore .themselves, . out preaching
j1ttrgospei at a - tim.;.n4 J a, a place-
where they were very poorly paid and
, , , , e. .1 '
ire now uuauie 10 provide ror mem
selves. Rev. G. A. Martin also spoke
with much force on this-subject.
Rev. G. A. Martin read the report
on' Sunday School work and the re
port was discussed by Rev. W. B.
Rivenbark, S. O. Wilson, of Teachey's,
and others. The report on" ministerial
education was read by Rev. P. A.
Liles, of Jacksonville,- and- was dis-'
cussed by the reader and Rev. R. E.1
Peele, of Burgaw. j
The last sitting of the convention
was called to order this afternoon by
Rev. W. H, Rivenbark, vice moderator,
and the report on digest of church
letters was read by A. ,L. yann and
adopted. Rev. G. A. Martin read the
report on religious literature, which
was prepared by Rev. J. D. Hocutt and
it was adopted.
The Laymen's Movement was dis
cussed by Rev. R. E. Peele, of Burgaw,
Rev. F. A. Liles and others.
The next meetine of the association
will be held at Richland s, Onslow
county. The tenth sessions, which
were among the best ever held and
which showed advancement in all de
partments of the work, closed this af
ternoon at 4 o clocK. The people or
Willard and vicinity entertained the
visitors -with ease and every one of
the many visitors will be pleased to
visit here again. A vote of thanks
was tendered the town for its gener
ous hospitality and splendid enter
tainment. yesterday the attendance was great,
twd or three times as many as could
be seated in the house of worship. At
the 11 o'clock hour the audience was
moved to tears and swayed into sym
pathy with the great work of caring
for and making the best of helpless
orphans by a really great speech de
livered by Rev. M. L. Kestler, of the
Thomasville Orphanage.
Amonsr those in attendance from
Wilmington during the week besides
those previously mentioned were Rev.
J. A. Smith. W. A. Walker, John
Thomas, Mrs. G. E. Leftwich. Mrs. C.
F. Whitlock. Misses Anna Peterson,
Flossie Marshbanks. May. Landen,
Lilian Walker and Mrs 'Bertha Scott.
The special order for Wednesday
evening's session was the missionary
sermon at 7:30 o clock and the report
on temperance at 8:30. The sermoi
was by Rev. J. A. Smith, of Wilming
ton on "The Cross of Christ as an In
centive to Missions-." He described
eloquently and graphically the scene
of the crucifixion and also the glori
fied and exalted Christ and showed
how. when by sharing the sacrifice
rbf Christ, should also share his reward
and glory. The speaker said, "if, we
could get the right conception of, the
cross, we would not increase our gifts
to missions 50 per cent.,' but 500 per
cent. We are marching under the
blood-stained banner of the cross and
should never be satisfied until the'
banner Is planted in . every nook and
corner of the earth."
' After this powerful sermon, Rev. R.
E. Peele led in prayer and the second
topic for the evening' was taken up
and Rev. G. A. Martin read the report
op temperance, which , was prepared
by J. T. Bland, Esq., of Burgaw. The
reader -of the report led the discus
sion .with a. strong speech in which he
spoke of the situation in .Wilmington
with reference to the . enforcement of
the prohibition law and declared the
city government was .turned, over - to
1900 1910 P. C. Inc.
20.97G 25.748 82.7
. OO
$5,404,139 $7,894,771 4
1,647,313 4,114.154 150
42,735 105,495 247
$10,975,511 $20,922,398 08
109,614 2,55,253 2.049
8.84 3J.(i84 270
2,079 , . 3.C85 50
45 J 74 64
5 21 320
6 32 43
80,000 300,000 275
50,000 150,000 200
16 25 66
5,000 25,000 400
573 1,952 240
$626,000 $2,347,000 275
$3,192,000 $7,683,000 140
$4,083,000 $12,087,000 200
33 50 50
$2,101,000 $2,165,000 3
$0,517,000 $7,880,000 5
$45,000,000 $65,000,000 45
where official figures were available.
DAUGHTERS ELECT OFFICERS
Mrs. F, M. Williams Again Chosen
President of U. D. C, in Session
at Rocky Mount Much Bus
iness Transacted.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Rocky Mount, N. C, Oct. 13, BusI
ness and social events following ai
rapid succession demanding the atten
tion of delegates and officers, have
kept those in attendance at the 14th
annual convention of the North Caro
lina division of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy, on the go since
the opening yesterday k morning at
10:30 o'clock. All of the time not oe
capied.' by., the morning and evening
sessions of " the convention is being'
jtaken care of., with social events by
different organizations of the 5lty,
and there. is being no- stone left un
turned for the royal entertainment of
these" Daughters of a noble cause.
After the close of the session on
Wednesday there was tendered a
luncheon at the Cambridge Hotel,
given with the compliments of the
Board of Aldermen of the city, and
over 250 delegates and their friends
were served. The luncheon was in
several courses and was a repast fit
for the Gods. The young lady mem
bers of the Bethel Heroes Chapter,
the hostess chapter, neatly dressed in
white shirtwaist and skirt and weak-
lng red neckties, with rosettes of red
and white ribbon, served the guests,
while their attire carried out exactly
the tasty decoration of the dining
hall.
At 2:30 o'clock the convention was
called to order in the convention head
quarters in the Ross building on Main
street. From 2:30 until 5 o'clock a
business session demanded the attenT
tion of the delegates. This was the
session for the report of the State of
ficers and the same were received
None of these reports were of public
interest, save the report of Mrs. Eu
gne Little, "pf Wadesboro, the State
treasurer, r who announced that prac
ically all of the WJyatt Monument
fund had peen subscribed, and that of
the ?2.500 promised by the North Car
olina Daughters, all but $150 had been
subscribed. It is thought that the bal
ance will be subscribed before the end
ofXhe day.
In their banquet hall in the Masonic
Temple building last night from 8:30
until 11 the local lodge of the Knights
of Pythias gave a reception in honor
of the visiting daughters and their
hostesses. There were over 300 pres
ent and an attractive programme of
music added to the pleasures of the
evening. The guests were presented
to a receiving line, made up on one
side of the officers of the local lodge,
while on the other was the State offi
cers of the convention. The hall was
decorated in Pythian flags and the con
ventional red and white. Refresh
ments were served during the evening
while even in this the color scheme
was carried out for each of the blocks
of ices bore a souvenir Confederate
flag. The evening was pleasantly
spent by all in"attendance.
At 10:30 vthis morning the conven
tion opened' for a business session of
three hours. The session was opened
by a prayer by the State chaplain.
Miss Hettie James. A singing of the
sons:. "United," followed.
The composer of this song, Mrs. W.
JOontinued on Page Eight.)
the class who, favored violation of the
law and that men were selling liquor
n Wilmington who were so con
scienceless that, they would put their
hands on the Holy Bible and solemnly
swear that they would tell the truth
nd nothing but the truth and then
tell anything but the truth and that
we had on the bench a man who-1 was
as conscienceless as the perjuror be
fore him. ,
Prof. J. E. 1 Dowd, of the Wallace
High School, made an eloquent tern
perance speech in which he scathing-
;ly. denounced both; whiskey drinking
and . cigarette smoking, and declared
that one of the : greatest factory r
correcting the evil was: the mother.
He . Tfras followed . by an interesting
speech by Rer. F. A. Liles, of Jackson
ville, n. c. v ' .,
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ULI1UUU I IUUIILU
are aiouhced: sil
City of Wilmington Given
Increase of Only 22.7
Per Cent.
TOTAL POPULATION 25,748
This with No Increase of Area and'
Without Suburbs While In
habitants May Not Have
Been Doubled, Gains.
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CENSUS AT A GLANCE. J
Wilmington in 1910..
Wilmington in 1900..
Increase
.25,748 J-
.20.976 4.
. 4.772 A
Percentage Increase.
. 22.7 4.
J Population 1890
Population 1880
,.20,008
.17,350
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct 13. Population
statistics were made public by the '
Census Bureau today of the following
cities: ;'. V
Wilmington, N. C, 25,748, an ln-
crease of 4,772, or 22.7 per cent, over
20,976 in 1900. ' ' v
Hamilton, Ohio, 35,279; an Increase
of 11,365, or 47.5 per cent, over 23,914
in 1900. - . , ,
Lorain, O., 28,883, an increase of 12, f
855, or 88.2 per cent, over 16,028 in
1900vr " - . : '
.Madison, Wis., 25,531 all increase
of 6,367, or 33-2 per cent, over 19,
164: In 1900.;, ,, . s . '
Montgomery, Ala., 38,136, an In
crease of 7,790, or 25.7 per cent, over .
30,346 in 1900. . . .
Austin, Texas, 29,860, an increase of
7,602, or 34.2 per cent, over 22,258 in
1900. ' '
Bloomington, 111., 25,680, an Increase
of 2,482, or 10.7 per cent, over 23,286.
in 1900.
There need be no effort towards an,
attempted concealment of the face!
that the census figures as to the pop- '
ulation of this city came as a bitter
disappointment to the people of Wil
mington, who had expected much and
have received only a fair average
treatment at the hands of Census Di
rector Durand.
The disappointment is even more
keen, the announcement following, as
it does, so closely upon the heels of
the 88 per cent, increase given Char
lotte, the inhabitants of which munici
pality are not without an appreciation
of the value of territorial expansion '
when it comes to counting noses, the
figures of the Queen City including ,
some four miles square, while conser
vative old Wilmington has been con
tent with her original corporate 11m-
its of one by two and a half miles and
has sought to embrace none of its '
thriving suburbs such as Carolina
Place, Carolina Heights, East Wil- '
mington, nor the factory village of
Delgado and centres of population
around the four or five fertilizer facto
ries up the river, where many laborers '
reside and have their being. And this;
too, without disparagement of Charj
lotte's claims, for there is, has and al-.,
ways will be the kindliest feeling be
tween these two cities, the old and j
the new. ,
It is unnecessary here to repeat
what has been recognized all along; '
that the census was very poorly tak- ,;
en that has been discounted a thous- .
and times from the last year's alma
nac to the jokes in the current flies'
of the newspapers all over the coun
try. Twenty-five thousand seven nun-,
dred and forty-eight it is and must
be until Uncle Sam gets ready for an
other count and by that time per
haps some more vigorous steps may
be taken for a "fuller"", if not a "falr
er" count. '
But figures of population are not all
in casting up the growth and potentl
alities of a city. During the ten years
covering the decennial . census, WII-'
mington has had a wonderful growth .
ahd.it Is still growing. In tabulated
form elsewhere In today's papeY, the
Star gives some concrete examples of
Wilmineron's growth along many
lines. With no added area our real ;
estate valuation on the tax books
and that is the most conservative ba
sis ever Invented shows an Increase
of 46 per cent.; personal property
holdings have Increased 150 per cent; '
postofflce receipts, the surest barome- ;
ter of business conditions, show 247
per cent.; our export, business has In
creased 98 per cent;' our Importations r
something over 2,000 per cent; num- v
ber of public school children 50 per
cent; telephones in daily use 240 per
cent; electric light consumption in ;;
greater proportion,: while the showing '
made by Wilmington banks In 10
vears 'is nothing short of marvellous.
Fcr JDFtacce, there has been an In-'
crease from no small beginning of 275 v
per cent, in banking capital and sup f
plus. ; 140 per cent ; In deposits ; 200 "
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