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V 1 ..-r 1 THE WEATHER. 14 Pages To-Day Two Sections i ocai thunder showers Sunday and Monday, cooler in interior; light vari- .nbte winds. .. , Mi! VOW ROUNDE VOL. LXXXVUI NO. 53.. WILMINGTON, NbiSf MAY 21, 1911. WHOLE NUMBER 13,614. 1 MflI HTA1R. "1 H 11 Fa TELLS THE REBELS OF FUTURE PLANS General Madero Bade Fare well to Troops Who Took' Juarez Victory. WILL "BUILD A NEW MEXICO" Re-Distributiorv of the "Insurrecto Ar my of the North" Troops Move to the Interioi of the Revolt. -End Juarez. Mexico, My 20. Stanaing on the pedestal of a monument near vhich arose the smoky ruins" of the recent battle. Francisco I. Madero, Jr., oday bade farewell to his soldiers and told them of his plans, when he s,oes to Mexico City to modernize the tovernment of the country and "build :l new Mexico." The occasion was the re-distribu- tion Ot l lie . insurrevriu uiiuy ui me North," comprising the forces largely' ti.listed from Chihuahua State, which legan the revolution and lived to en icy the fruits of victory. - Fifteen hundred . Insurrectos to morrow at daylight will leave for (asas Grandes, under command , of General Pascual Orozco and Colonel Mlla. More troops will leave for oth (i parts of the interior and with the departure of the provisional govern i flit m a few days only 500 men un der Colonel Jose Blanco will stand guard in Juarez. Gulseppi Garabaldl, a grand son of the Italian liberator, also will .leave soon after having been an active par ticipant in the campaign which led to the fall at Juarez. At Casas Grandes the main body of the Insurrecto will Mill remain under arms, possibly Tiiarching to Chihuahua City after President Diaz hag resigned. The movement of the Insurrectos southward also Is significant, because it will remove from the .United State l-order the main fighting .-strength- bW the revolutionists. ' v " . Indecision marked the status ,jf peace parleys between the Federal government and the revolunOBtsts to night, and though ueace practically is cn accomplished fact, there wert) ialeidascoplc changes today In the plans for carrying out the principal demands of the rebels. Late this afternoon Franojsco I. Madero. Jr., received a telegram l torn President Diaz suggesting that fome person in whom the former had confidence be sent to Mexico City to treat with Senor de L,aBarra concern ing the terms of peace. Senor Mad ero decided to appoint Alfredo Roo Vz Dominguez, who left here several ;ays ago and Is expected in the cap ital tomorrow. On Way to Mexico. San Antonio, Texas, May 20. 'Sen crs Braniff and . Obragon, Mexican reace go-betweens at juarez, arrived l.ere last night from El Paso and left today for Mexico City. "Had it not been for the dllitory tactics of the Mexican government peace would have been established in Mexico 23 days ago." said Senor Braniff. There is no doubt that peace is now assur ed by President Diaz retiring In two or three days, or as soon as the peace commission -reaches the capital. COL R. M. STALEY DEAD. Passed Away From Apoplexy at Char lotte Yesterday. Charlotte. N. C. May 20. Colonel M. Staley, sergeant-at-arms of the State Senate for many years, and one f the State's best known citizens. dropped dead of apoplexy on the street wie tonight, en route from a late trJin to hit. hotel. He was a resident ot u ukesboro and a man of some means, acquired in the furniture man- uiacturing business. Colonel Staley served the Confederacy in the Civil ar and won his title by courage on Ul,: cattioiield. He was a man of un usiiiii nhysical statin e and streneth. to. St:iley is spu-vet1 by a widow, t( uaiiRhters and a sou The daugh ",';', ..Visses Frankie and Mabel, re- iti Kiclimond. Va. He was 65 (Id and never required the ser- ot a plijs cian in his long and CONVICTS ESCAPE IN STORM Sx Got Away at Joliet Two Were , ,. Re-Captured. Joiet, 111. Mav r Sl-r nnnvlrts "nder sentence from one to 20 years reaped from the guard at the State H'nitentiary here during the darkness ' a MUftrl 1... . . . - f-i th ijj :i c nrian otnrm Inov Turn em were re-caDtured hidine in thp "UOCIS tWO hniira lofan Tha rtfh. now ' ,au wearInS tn convict garb ueing minted by posses. , "4i T n were among a gang of hif. i ln tne Prison quarry a llOni the nriROn Ae tha efnrm ('(Una 1 . . . ...J BVWU ""IC 111) HIPS nmvn F J V. l.m.i-.i. i . ttcic iuiiiicu iui luc kf ,ri fk t0 Prison yard, but '.the men could ' ark as nigbt. start it became men L V orm had ceased and the uk sembled in the yard ready to fcl.owA,i i? the warry the count ati,,.. .i missing. t, . .. Top of Paae 5. EXIIORMCOCIl ENTERS Four Now? v' Senatorshfy ce for United States yMter to Col. Whit- field, of ton, Setting Out Hi's Position. ' Asheville, N. C, May 20. Making the fourth entry in the race for 'the senior Senatorship for North Carolina, ex-Governor. Charles B.. Aycoeft today announced his candidacy to succeed Senator Simmons. The ex-Governor's announcement is made in a letter to Col. Nathan Whitfield, of Kinston, this State. The other avowed candi dates for the Senatorial nomination which will probably be made in State wide primaries, are Senator Simmons, Governor Kitchln and Chief Justice Clark. The Aycock Letter. Raleigh, N. C.,. May 20. In enter ing the Senatorial race ex-Governor Aycock stipulates that he will not Aet Into anything like a campaign for the primary nomination. He says his finances will not admit of it and; that t'uere is imperative necessity for him tc pursue his profession as a lawyer vith unabating energy. He merely expects next year to get- into the cam paign for the whole Democratic tick et and then at the polls if the people wiU do so they can give him their t'Otninating vote for the - senatorship and with the ejection by the Legisla ture, ne wm give nis very oest enorts or the whole people in the Senate. A lengthy fetter setting' out his views and attitude in this matter is given to the. press. It is addressed to Col. Whitfield, of Kinston, who had writ ten him urging especially that he de clare his candidacy. Col. Whitfield is 80 years old and has been a close personal friend of Gev. Aycock for many years. i Gov. Aycock's letter,, which outlines his position as a candidate, follows: "Dear Sir: I have given much con sideration not only to your letter, but to the numerous letters which I have received along the same line. I have been greatly gratified to find that, without solicitation of expectation on my part, and in despite of my previous statement that I would not be a candi date for the Senate, great numbers of people from all callings in the State, have urged me by letter,-by message and -in; person to reconsider the ques- "on ana oecome a .canaiaate. unei wnflciwaneen,: jjuiuLnie ana ;axfc ndence . or people, can never tree himself from the obligation of giving due consideration to any call which the people make upon him.' The re quests from all parts of the State, and from people in all stations of life, have been so numerous and impressive as to lead me to the conclusion that it is my duty to say to the people, that if chosen by the Democratic party and elected by the Legislature. I shall be glad to serve North Carolina in the United States Senate. "It is unnecesary for me to enunci ate any personal platform, it being well known throughout the State that I have always stood on the National and the State Democratic platforms without question, believing as I do that the assembled wisdom of the De mocraey of the Nation and State is far greater than my own. I shall make no campaign looking to my selection for the Senatorship. My financial con dition is such that it is absolutely es sential that I pursue my profession as a lawyer with unabated energy until such time as the people shall lay oth er duties upon me. I have no money to spend perfecting an organization and if I had it I am convinced that the greatest evil' of this day politically is the use of money in securing nomina tions and elections and I, therefore, would not use It if I were able to com mand a fund requisite for such pur poses. In addition to this reason for refusing to attempt an organization in behalf of my candidacy I have a feeling that the Senatorship would be worthless to me If secured by any such methods. If I shall go to the Senate I must go free from special ob ligation to any set of men, and, there fore, under equal obligation to every man. uoing to tne senate in mis way would pu"t me in a position to give the people the highest service- or which I am capable. I shall, therefore, entrust my candidacy without reser vation to the people of the State, and shall not seek to shape their selection by - organization or by personal ap peals to them. I cannot under any circumstances enter into a canvass with a view to presenting' to North Carolinians my own deserts. If I have any, they are 'known to the people of this State, and they know best wheth er whatever talent I have is likely to be useful to them. When the time comes for the opening of the political campaign I shall next year, as in all election years heretofore, tender my services to the party, organization to do battle in behalf of Democratic DrinciDles. The speeches which shall then make will be made in the service of the Democratic party and without regard to their possible effect upon my personal interests- If at the end of the campaign, the people se lect and other candidate for the unit ed States Senate, I shall cheerfully acquiesce in the result. Public ser vice, . when honestly rendered is the most difficult and painful of all ser vice, and the satisfaction to be deriv ed therefrom becomes manifest to one only after the service has been ren dered in fidelity to the trusts of the people, and when in private life he can receive the just praise of nis lei low citizens for faithfulness to their interests. I have served the people of this State once .in high office and I have enjoyed since then the constant and increasing confidence of the peo ple of North Carolina in the integrity of my purpose when Governor and (Continued on Page Eight. INTEREST CENTERS IN LAYMEN'S WORK Interesting Talks Featured the Sessions of Presby terian Assembly. ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY HIGH1 Commemorates King James' Version of the Bible Committee on Sab bath Observance Makes Re port Features. Louisville, Ky., May 20. Tonight's session of the General Assembly, of the Presbyterian Church in the Unit ed States, Southern, was" given overj to talks in the Interest of the Lay men's Missionary Movement. The chief speaker was Rev. Charles H. Pratt, of Athens, Ga., secretary of the organization. No sessions will be held tomorrow. All the Presbyterian pul pits and many pulpits of. other denom inations Of Louisville and NeW Alba ny, and Jeffersonville, Ind., across the river, will be filled tomorrow morning and night by. commissioners 'of the General .Assembly. - Sunday night a popular meeting will be held to commemorate the 300th an niversary of the King James' version of the Bible. This is an addition to the programme. A novel feature of the meeting will be that there will be only one speech, which will be deliv ered by four of the most prominent members of the General Assembly, each being allotted ten minutes, and taking up the subject in succession where his predecessor left off. The question of the next place of meeting was .apparently narrowed down to Bristol, Tenn., and Richmond, Va. If the latter is chosen it will be doubly honored by the 51st Assembly, getting the 52nd General Assembly and the moderator, In the person of Dr.. Russell Cecil.. . Jmth inter Aftomonn th Rpv . lMotrkjiJIv 'of, Atlanta made a reiorfrof t'fie work of" the Western - ori section of the Pan-Presbyterian Alli ance, and Rev. J. R.Howerton, D. D., of Washington and Lee University, president of the council of reformed churches in the United States, made a report in which uniformity of work among negroes and co-operation of home missions were urged. He sug gested a new series of text books be compiled and printed. Disappointment was expressed that the Committee on Divorce and Mar riage did not make a report as wide interest was centered in this matter. The report will be made at the next General Assembly. The report of the permanent Com mittee on Sabbath Observance and Family Religion made today stated that the loss in Sabbath observance was given as Sunday papers, Sunday malls, Sunday theatres, excursions, in flux of continental ideas, advent of au tomobiles, worldly pleasure, incessant work through the week and commer ciallsm. BIG MORTGAGE FILED. Covers All Property of Southern Pow er Co., To Secure Bonds. (Special Star Telegram.) Durham, N. C. May 20. What was in all probability the largest mort gage ever recorded in the history of Durham county, was filed this after noon. It is a mortgage by the Amer ican Trust company, of New York, on the property of the Southern Power Company, to secure that amount of five per cent, twenty-year gold bonds that the Southern Power Company has issued. The mortgage is on all the roperty owned by this big corpora tion and the law requires that the mortgage be recorded in every coun ty, in which any of the property Is located. The Southern Power Com r&ny has recently completed a lnee of towers to this city and as soon as the wires are strung they will begin to distribute over the city. AFTER TWELVE YEARS. Durham County Man Arrested for Em .. bezzlement in Wake County. . (Special Star Telegram.) Durham, N. C, May 20. Henry Ross, a white man, of Durham coun ty, was brought here today and plac ed in Jail after twelve years of free dom, Ross is charged with embezzle1- melt " Twelve years ago he brought to town two bales of cotton for Dr. L. P. Sorrell, and sold tnem for $9G.98 He no sooner got the money into his rossession than he took the first train and skipped for the West. Noth ing had been heard of him until he Tvas brought here by an officer from Wake county after spending that time in wandering around over the coun try, and spending part of the time with, a circus. He will be given hearing here Monday. Cambridge, Mass., May 20. A new world's inter-scholastic record for the one-mile run was established today at the Harvard inter-scholastic track meet by J. D. MacKenzie of 4:2G 4-5 The former world's record was 4:28 2-5. ,'. ,i A0 Castle Heights More than a house a month built here since December 1910 gee Wright's , Agency Read Special Column. . ItlllALlYfBEEd Perjury .lnt nivsinst Political jashed-Came Af m. . 1 a m. .a.a Leader A ter Ftflott Before Fifteen Judges Features. Cincinnati, May 20.George B. Cox, political boss and banker, indicted February 21, on the charge of perjury in connection with his testimony re garding the payment of county treas urer "gratuities," is, for the time be ing at least, a free man. After a fight in technicalities before 15 judges, in cluding those of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio also involving swearing off the bench several judges because o bias for or against Cox, Judge Dickson today , quashed the in dictments against Cox because "noth- ng said by the accused at that time before the grand jury can be the pred icate of any criminal charge against him by any indictment." The several indictments on which Cox was before the cburts charge that Cox, in testifying before si grand jury in 1906 declared that he had received none of the money paid by various banks to county treasurers as "gratui ties" for the deposit of county funds In the institutions, the existence of these gratuities having been brought out before the Drake Investigating Committee of the State Legislature. Cox's nemesis in the form of Prosecu tor Hunt declares he rwill appeal from the ruling of Judge Dickson: To Retire From Politics. In an official statement- which will be published tomorrow morning Geo. B. Cox announces his retirement from politics. The Enquirer tomorrow will say: "Affirming his unalterable faith in Republican principle and leaders, Geo. B. Cox yesterday laid down the reins of leadership of the Republican par ty iri Hamilton' county, a leadership that for more than a quarter of a century he has held with none to dis pute his authority, and - incidentally resigned a commanding alace in the councils of that party iorthe State of Ohio. "Mr. Cox spurred by the conviction that the supremacy of the Republican party in Hamilton county, and pos sibly in the State of Ohio, required Lis retirement has resolved to remove himself as an issue and a factor of contention, not alone in his own par- ,ty -but" betweof5 tbeHweC. great rival fartles." ARRAIGN NATION'S CAPITAL. .. Presbyterian Committee Says Wash- . ingten Has No Sunday Law. Atlantic City, N- J., May 20. The city of Washington received a severe arraignment at today's session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church. The report of the Sabbath Observance Committee said: "The capital of our country has no Sunday law and because of the city's promi nence in our National life, should re ceive our first attention. On Sunday retail stores are open in many parts of the city, building operations and street repairs go on according to the will of the contractor, newspapers are published both morning and afternoon, and are cried out through the streets as on other days. Theatres and five and ten cent shows and saloons are in full blast. "Social Sunday desecration has al so very much increased in Washing ton within the Dast eight years. Din ners, receptions, teas, musicals and golf, etc., abound, are elaborately an nounced In the papers and among the guests mentioned are constantly seen the names of people active and even prominent in church circles. "Sunday is a popular dinner and luncheon day in Washington society Some Washingtonians place the hlame for it on the diplomatic corps whose continental Sunday is gaining ground with the smart set of Washington. Nearly every Sunday sees half a doz en smart breakfasts at the Chevy Chase Club, and an equal number of big dinner parties also match golf games under the supervision of the club OUTLINES. An attack was made on President Taft on account of the . reciprocity agreement at the annual dinner of the Free "Trade League in Baston last night. Talks on the Laymen's Mis sionary Movement featured the prin cipal session of the Presbyterian Gen eral Assembly at Louisville yester day. A number of interesting reports were submitted. The many indict ments charging perjury against Geo. B. Cox, the Cincinnati political leader, were quashed; yesterday -Six con victs, under sentence from one to 20 years, escaped from the Illinois State prison yesterday. The men escaped during a storm-i Thomas O'Connor, chief of the New Orleans fire depart ment, committed suicide yesterday Church unity . was discussed at. the session of the Southern Baptist Con vention yesterday.: New York mar kets: Money on call nominal, time loans strong, but very dull. Spot cot ton closed five points lower, middling uplands 16.10; middling gulf 16.35 Flour quiet and barely steady. Wheat spot easy, No. 2 red 98 asked elevator and 99 nominal f.o.b. afloat. Corn, spot easy, export new No- 2, 60 nomi nal f.o.b. afloat. Oats spot steady, standard white 30. Turpentine and rosin easy. Castle Heights More than a house a month built here since December, 1910 see Wright's Agency Read special Column. Sav Your Money I Read the advertisement of the Peo ple s Savings Bank, top of page 5 RELIEF PROMISED T l E I The Weather Bureau Predicts Rain Throughout South ern States Today. EXTREME HOI DISPELLED Death Resulted From Warm Weather at Norfolk Yesterday Rain Wel comed at Chicago Pros trations Details. Washington, May 20. Relief from the hot wave was promised by the Weather Bureau today throughout the country east of the .Mississippi. It will come tonight in the Lake Region and in the Ohio and Mississippi Val leys and on Sunday afternoon and night in the Middle Atlantic -States, the interior South Atlantic and East Gulf States. Eastern New England. however, was promised warmer wea ther. The extreme heat will be dispelled by unsettled weather with showers and local thunder storms, during the next 1 36 hours in the far eastern part of the country. This kind of weather was being experienced along the Great Lakes and the Mississippi and Missou ri valleys today and the depression causing it was moving eastward tow ard the Atlantic coast. Frosts were reported this morning in Wyoming and Western Colorado. One Death at Norfolk. Norfolk, Va., May 20. The first death from the heat that has held this section in its grasp for the past week occurred today. Adams Ross, 52 years old, a carpenter, was prostrated while at work at Granby and Queen streets, and died at a hospital several hours later. He leaves a family. Hugh Farrell, 16 years old, is in a critical condition following heat pros tration. There . were several other prostrations during the day. The ther mometer registered 92 degrees, the highest in 30 years for May. , m-r.. Relief 4tv-Chicago- -Chicago. 'May 2D. Lisrht showers during the afternoon and a heavy elec trical storm just before sundown brought to end today the week of burning hot weather that has mowed down citizens in numbers previously unheard of at this time of the year. In addition the electrical storm, sweeping down from the Northwest, wrought havoc in telephone and tele graph wires. First trouble to electrical wires was reported not many miles from Chica go, North and West, but later wires to the east began to give way, indicating that the eletctrical disturbance was moving across the North Central States toward the Atlantic seaboard. DR. HILL ARRIVES HOME. Resigned Ambassador to Germany- Gives No Reasons. Berlin, May 20. David Jayne Hill, the American ambassador, arrived here this evening. He was accom panied by his daughter and was met at tne station oy memoers or tne em bassy. Dr. Hill had nothing to . add to the reasons for his resignation given out in the United States. He expects to close his tenure of office with a visit to Kiel, while the American squadron is there after which his plans are in definite. , The ambassador stated that, con trary , to intimations f rom the Ger man foreign office, he was not the bearer of the name of his successor where he was ignorant. STUDEN FOUND DEAD. Young Cadet at A. & M. College Dies of Heart Failure. West Raleigh, N. C, May 20. Ad lai Holt Dixon, 18 years old, a mem ber of the Work Course in Agriculture at the college, was found dead in bed this morning by his room-mate. Sev eral days ago he was heard to com plain of a pain in his side in the reg ion of his heart and this is believed to have been the cause of his death. This was his first year at the college but he had made many friends who held him in high esteem. He was a son of Mr. H. A. Dixon, of Haw Riv er, Alamance County, N. C. His body will be sent home for burial this af ternoon, a military escort going as far as the train. WILSON Si'OKE AT SEATTLE. In Support of Commission Form of Ccve-Mniert. Seattle, Wash., Mav 20. Governor Wood row Wlson, c' New-sJersey, to night addressed a great meeting in Dreamland Rink, in support of the commission fcrm of government- May or George W. D'elling presided and introdiiccd Governor Wilson, while representatives of every shade of po litical opiai.on n Seattle occupied seat on the p. at fcrm. After the Dresm-and meeting Gov ernor Wilson and his party were giv en a reception at the Seattle Press Club. Tod of Page 5. Read the advertisement of the Ped- pie s savings uanK. Removal Sale of the French Milli nery Parlors. AH goods at cost be FROM HEA MflV ginning Monday, May 15th. . tf. THE EAST CAROLINA DIOCESE Twenty-Eighth Annual Council in Session at Fayettevllle Organi zation Last Night The Ser vices Today. (By Lond-Distance Telephone.) Fayetteville, N. C, May 20. The 28th annual council of the Diocese of Esat Carolina is meeting at St. John's church, Fayetteville, the Rev. Char les Noyes Tyndall, rector. Delegates Legan coming on Friday and they continued to arrive in large numbers today. Over 200 are expected to be in attendance early in the week. Several committee meetings were held during today in preparation for the business sessions on Monday. The Council organized tonight at 9 o'clock; Rt. Rev. Robert Strange, D. D., bish cp of the Diocese, presiding. Quite a few clergy and a large number of delegates, with a large general con gregation, were in atendance. Rev. Nathaniel Hardine. of St. Peter's church, Washington, N. C, was elect ed president Rev. F. N. Skinner, of St Paul's church, Beaufort, was elect ee' secretary: the Rev. J. H. Griffith. St. Mary's church, Kinston, assistant ocretary. Resolutions of regret upon the ab :ence of Rev. Luther Eborn. who for many years has been a constant and honored member of the Council and p. ho is now sick in a hospital in Nor- folk, Va., were adopted by the Coun cil and these with a message of love and esteem were telegraphed to him tonight. Services tomorrow will be: Holy Communion at 7:30 A. M. Mornlns Prayer and Holy Communion at 11 . M. with sermon by the Rev. Wm. . Milton, D. D.. of Wilmineton. Quiet Hour Service 5 : 45 P. M., con ducted, by Bishop Strange. Evening Prayer with annual address of the Bishop 8:30 P. M. The first business session will be held Monday at 9:30 o'clock. A con spicuous figure in the Council is the Rev. W. S. Claiborne, financial agent of the University of the South at Se- wahee, Tenn. After a few announce ments tonight, a recess was taken for divine services tomorrow. TO END POTASH DISPUTE. Contracts -Between- Americans .and -f GemanAgied Upoftr. Hamburg, May 20. The first stage in the settlement 'of the potash ques tion has been concluded and the con tracts between the American firms rnd the German syndicate, agreed up on at the conference here May 18th, v;ere signed tonight The second and for the Americans, the more difficult stage, will begin on Monday, when negotiations will be opened at Berlin with the independent Cerman mines whose contracts with Americans are responsible for the present German potash law. The su per-contingent tax problem was not in the Hamburg negotiations be cause this tax affects only contracts concluded outside of the syndicate. It pplies to these independent contracts which have several years to run. The German contractors insist that the American firms are responsible for the tax and efforts will probably be made by the government and Ger man syndicates to bring about a can cellation or modification of these con tracts. If it is found impossible there will likely be a legal battle to test the val idity of the law. An official statement given to the press say the contracts will run to the end of 1916. The price of con centrated salts will correspond with that provided by the potash law, but higher prices will be demanded on lower grades. The contracts recognize the right of the syndicate to advance prices by a maximum of three per cent, in Jan uary, 1914, and another three per cent.,' in January, 1916. The Ameri can companies bind themselves to buy exclusively from the syndicate, the latter to use its good offices to secure a settlement between the Americans aim! the Ascnersleben and' Solltedt mines regarding the payment of the super-contingent tax. ATTACK ON PRESIDENT. NTade by President of Free Trade Lea gue at Annual Dinner. Boston, Mass., May 20. In address ing the members of the Free Trade League at their annual meeting and" dinner tonight, Louis R. Erichs, Of New York, president of the league, declared that a turning point had been reached in the annals of the Ameri- hcan people when a President elect ed by the party which has stubbornly defended a policy of "Commercial blockade," had negotiated a liberal trade agreement with Canada and "had the boldness to proclaim the fact that he had proposed to Canadian commissioners absolute freedom of trade." Now Orleans. , May 20. Grover Hayes, of Chicago, was given the de cision over Freddie ITiy, of Philadel phia, tonight in their ten round bout before the New Orleans Athletic Club. The referee stopped the fight at the beginning of the tenia round, giving the fight tc the Chicago man, who had the belter' cf the ar&urr.ent from the start- t'l Top of Page 5. Read the advertisement of the Peo ple's Savings Bank. - Removal' Sale of the French Mill! rery Parlors. All goods at cost be ginning Monday, May 15th. ML BETTER RELATIONS Committees From Northern and Southern Branches of Church to Confer. DR. R.T. VAMN MAKES ADDRESS Report of Committee on Denomina tional Education Number of lm- . portant Committees Appoint ed Features. Jacksonville, Fla., May 20. A step toward the establishment of better relations between the Northern and Southern btauchss o" the Baptist Church was taken up at the afternoon session of the Southern Baptist Con vention today, when a committee ot six, . headed by Joshua Levering, ot Maryland, was named to confer with a similar committee from the North ern church. The other members of the committee are E. Y. Mulling, Ken tucky; Carter Helm Jones, Oklahoma; Lansing Burrows, Georgia; George B. Taylor and W. H. Smith, Virginia. Another committee also was ap pointed to confer with (the World's Baptist Alliance to secure the co-ope ration of different Baptist mission bod ies in a combined effort for the Chris tianization of the world. The mem bers are E. Y. Mullins,- chairman, and J. N. Prestridge, Kentucky; F. C. Mc Connell, Texas; G. W. McDanlel, Vir gina, and C. W. Daniel, Georgia. A committee was appointed to con fer with other denominations to see if some agreement could not be reach ed on doctrinal differences. It is as follows: E. C. Dargan, Georgia; Josh ua Levering, Maryland; George W. Truett Texas; John R. Gampey, Ken tucky; J. P. Greene, Missouri; E. E. Folk, Tennessee, and C E. Burts, of Soutlv Carolina.' The report of th-commlttte on de-iMOTiBatiooaitfucation- va read by Er. Fo;of Tentressefe. ' ' - , Dr. D. M. Ramsey, of Greenville Fe male College, South Carolina, and R. T, Vann, of Meredith College, North Carolina, addressed the convention on the report. The report of the committee on the Baptist World Alliance as presented by Dr. Prestige was adopted. It re ported that $4,000 was subscribed at Baltimore to bring European preach ers to the meeting of the alliance in Philadelphia. Dr. A. J. Vining, of Canada, address ed the convention on the need of a great Baptist University on the conti nent of Europe. The report of the committee on vice presidents of the home and foreign mission boards showing what they had done was read by Rev. W. D. Powell, or Kentucky. FIRE CHIEF KILLS SELF. Was Head of New Orleans Fire De partment for Forty Years. New I rieans, May 20, Following an illness which had seized him sev eral months ago, Thomas O'Connor, for the i st forty years chief of the New Oilcans fire department, fired a bullet iir.o his brain at his home late today, ding a few minutes later. He was 72 years old. There were no ivi messes to the shooting. A'.thout'p he had been under the onstant care of a physician since an affliction of the heart overcame him a month ago, Chief O'Connor had sufficiently recovered td resume his luties at the head of the department after a snort confinement to his home. The dead chief was the qldest fire chief in the United. States, both In point of service and of age. He be came head of the. New Orleans fire department in the Spring of 1869 and Lad served In that capacity ever s'nee. LEAPED' FROM STEAMER. Norfolk Man Committed Suicide While on Voyage. Norfolk, Va., May 20. George B. Todd, aged 42 years, president of the Todd Implement Company, of Nor folk, is supposed to have committed suicide by leaping from his state room window on the steamer Florida, while en route last night from Norfolk to Baltimore. He had just recovered from an eight-week'sl llness and was going to Jamestown, N. Y., for a brief rest. He is survived by a wife and three children. Upon the arrival of the steamer Florida at Baltimore today, the chambermaid on starting to clean the loom, which had been occupied by Mr. Todd, found It looked from the In side. When it was forced open the top clothing and a number of valu ables belonging to Mr. Todd were found but the occupant was missing. The window was open. Cambridge, Mass., May 20. At a conference here today between Man agers Soule and Fioyd, of the Yale and. Harvard track tfomo if was de cided to accept the challenge of Ox ford and Cambridge' t'ulversitles for a joint trar.k meet in lor dan In July. "Holding His Own.". Big comedy picture Grand Thea tre tomorrow. "I 1 '.i ..II . ' - ' t . : :f-' '"' ' i . t . -J f ',i