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: .i: i ;..v . ---. i. v" -'v :' ;'; I- -.' ' ' - -v " ' i . : f. .,v ;. , THE WEATHER. Fair and warmer ,. today ; Suniiay fair; light to moderate southwest winds. " . TO SUBSCRIBERS FTTSL I ioili Subscribers not receiving The SUr promptly and at a reasonable hour are requested to telephone No. 51. : I . VOL. LXXXIX-SrO. 61. PLEADED GUILTY One For Murder, the Other for Dynamiting Iron Works. SENTENCE WILL BE TUESDAY Tragedy of Destruction of Los An geles Times Building Disclosed ; One of Greatest Criminal Trials of Modern Times Los Angeles, Dec. 1. James B. McNamara pleaded guilty x "to murder in the first degree in Judge Waiter I ordwell's court today. His brother John J. McNamara, secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structual Iron Workers,-entered a plea of guilty ' to having dynamited the Llewllyn Iron Works in Los An geles on Christmas day, 1910. James B. McNamara's confession ilears ud absolutely the tracredy of the explosion and Are which at 1:07 o'clocki on the morning of October 1st, .1910, x wrecked the plant of the; Los Ahgele.s Times, at First and Broadway, and caused the death of twenty-one per sons. Fof 19 of these deaths the Mc Xamara brothers were indicted and J B. McXamara was on trial speclfical-. ly for the murder of Charles. J. Hag gerty, a machinist, whose body was found nearer than that of any other to the spot where the dynamite was sup posed to have 'been placed. Both men's sentences were set for December 5th, when it is expected District Attorney John D. Fredericks will ask for life imprisonment far" James B. McNamara, the confessed murderer, and probably fourteen years loi his brother;, The men's lives are considered saved. The great conten tion that the Los. Angeles. Times was not dynamited is dead beyond resur rection or agreement. ' Tonightlas the two brothers sat to gether in the county Jail refusing ,to see any one of make-any statement, an interest Sfcdond'n!y-tethe occur, rence Itself hung about, the. question with reference to James B. McNam ara "Why did he confess?" . . To this opposing counsel gave the answer: "He confessed because he was guilty and that's all there is to It. declared District Attorney Fredericks. "He was counselled to confess be cause that' was the best , thing, he could do, in the opinion of counsel." said Attorney Clarence S . Darrow, chief of counsel. "I will say now that there was no other person or motive in it I've studied this case for months It nresented a stone wall. Darrow's statement "was made as looking squarely in the faces of the cbarges that the recent'arrest of Burt H . Franklin, an investigator employed I. y the defense, and two others with him, might have precipitated a situa tion untenable save by confession of the prisoner. "Negotiations have been on for weeks," asserted Darrow, and this was corroborated by District Attorney Fredericks: "We expected at one time that Jim would confess last Mon day but he did not," said Darrow. Darrow also denied that external pressure was exerted from union la bor sources and Socialist sources as ''General Harrison Gray vAis charged tonight in a formal statement, or that ihe municipal. election to be held next Thursday in ' which . "Job Harriman, one. of the defense's counsel, is candi date tor mayor, carried any weight. It was learned that Harriman was not consulted at all in the deliberations. White, gaunt and hoarse, Harriman leaned against the wall of his office and confirmed this: : - "The trial has nothing to do with local issues," he said. .. . , A telegram from Darrow to Andrew Gallagher, a San Francisco labor lead er, confirmed this declaration. A brotherly affection bordering on worship, it became known . tonight, hrought about James B, McNamara's confession. A desire to save his hrother from the necessity of cohfess: ins anything at all held, back day af ter day the word that would end the trial. : " 'Joe' is not in this deal," the pale faced man reiterated with insistence liorne of one great idea. " I don't ' are what happens to me." . s A summary of the day's happenings included the following incidents:. . , James B. McNamara pleaded guilty 'O having placed a dynamite bomb un fier the Los Angeles Times building m October, 1910, and caused the death of 21 persons. ' ' y. ' '-, John J. McNamara, secretary-treas- of the International Association of liridge and Structural Iron Workers, brother of James B., did not enter a P'ea at this time to the indictment similarly entered against him for the Times explosion, 'but when he is ar raigned next Tuesday it is virtually Certain proceedings against him for 'his charge will be dismissed, as the tate admits it has no evidence con- 'acting John J. McNamara directly vith this particular disaster. : lohn J. McNamara, however, plead ' guilty to the chares of havlne caus- "i the explosion of the Llewellyn Iron Vorks, in which no fatalities occurr- 'strict Attorney John p. Freder iks will recommend life imprison- , "lent for James B and ten years for 'uhn J., but Judge Walter Bordwell filrtrm am, t a a Ortie E. McManigal, - who confess (Contlnued on Pae Eight) , . DEMOil LEADERS CONFER Fail to Reac inclusion As to Fu ture Course;j commlttee In-, quiring lThe Steel Trust Washington, Dec: 1 .After a con ference lasting iiTany hours today, Democratic leadens in ; the House of Representatives were unable to reach a conclusion as to the future course of the special committee of inquiry into the affairs of the United States Steel Corporation.. Speaker Clark, Major ity Leader . Underwood nad other Democratic chieftains, sought all day to. patch up the differences existing between Representative Stanley, chairman of the committee, and Rep reisentative Littleton, of New Yor.. The latter holds that ..-e committee should not continue to inquire into phases of the Stee Corporation's acts, which now are challenged in the suit filed against It by the government for Violation of the anti-trust law. . Speaker Clark, Mr. Underwood, Chairman Stanley and Representatives Beall, McQuillady and Littleton, of the committee, discussed Mr.- Littleton's complaint against Henry B. Martin, secretary of the anti -trust league, whom he charges with inspiring at tacks upon his integrity ? and accuses of being in league with bear interests in Watl street on steel stocks. It was agreed that Mr. Littleton sbould be recognized next Monday on a question of personal privilege. Mr. Littleton will then attack Martin and charge that he is associated with David Lamar, a New York broker. The Democratic conferees were si lent when they emerged from their long conference as to the future course of the committee. Early in the day conferences had been, held with Rep resentative Clayton, cl&irman of the Judiciary Committee,1 ad Representa tive Henry, chairman of the . Rules Committee. They both favored con tinuing the steel investigation - along original lines - regardless of the gov ernment's suit. Speaker Clark and Re.pre8eneative Underirood are of the same . mind. , Representative Littleton urges that the committee continue to inquire only Tn the Steel Corporation's relations with -labor,. ' transportation Questions and the matter of remedial tegfelatiop. r" On this undetermined point another conference' will be 'held Sunday." ': . ' ' ' - --r. HUSBANDS NOT SAFE Mrs. Patterson .I Third Woman Ac- " -. quitted In Denver Denver, Col,. Dec. 1. The" Patter son case will pass into, history so far as Denver fca concerned when Mrs Gertrude Gibson Patterson leaves the city with her parents tomorrow morn ing.'. Happy over her acquittal of a charge of murdering her husband, tho woman announced today that she would first visit Sandoval, 111., with her parents and would then go to Oregon to visit a former schoolmate. When she reaches Sandoval Saturday she will attend a banquet in her hon or. : - Mrs. Patterson is the third woman who has been acquitted of. murder in Denver within three months. All three shot their husbands. JUROR RESUMESj SEAT IN BOX Trial of Dr Hyde for the Murder of ' Col. Swope is Proceeding Kansas City, Dec. 1. No delay will be caused in . the trial of Dr. B Clarke Hyde, charged with murderins Col. Thomas H. Swope, on account of the "illness of Harry Waldron, the Juror who was stricken yesterday. Ho was feeling much Improved today and was able to resume his seat in the jury ibox. Mrs. I. K. Baumann was called to the witness stand at the opening of court , today. She was formerly Miss Anne Houlihan, nurse- to Chrismaa Swope in his last illness. On Wed nesday she . gave what was regarded by, the State-as damaging testimony against Dr. Hyde. THOUSANDS ARE LOCKED OUT German Medal Workers Out of Places After Disagreement- Berlin, Dec . 1 .-The lockout of the metal workers which' .went into effect last night 'has already affected 50,000 to 60,000 men. Representatives of the men who had refused; to accept the agreement drawn up. hy a Joint com mittee of employers and trades union ists met again today with the dele ates of the employers; to endeavor to reach. a settlement wnicn is earnestly desired toy: both sides. ... ! " All the works have now plenty of orders on hand while the approach of Christmas and the expense of living affect the workmen very seriously, . v DENIES REPORT That France Is to Take ' Diplomatic Measures Aaainst . Spain ' Paris r 1 . The rebort that Trrflno. Hart ; decided to take strone diplomatic . measures against Spain in order to force ; tne settlement oi Spain's status Of Morocco, is denied by the foreign office. , Wrarra ia nnw p.neaced in nonr rar- lors on the subjeci; with EJngland. As thMA are com Dieted the French Ambassador at Madrid will be instructed to open negotiations. . rJncn at Nioht on Saturdaj s from. 9 A. M. to 12 M also from 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Today's donnnitR draw interest from Decern ber 1st.' The Wilmington Savings & Trust Co. - - , . ; : " .'x ;- - Big Wesk-End Bill Th Orand -Theatre will offer ah un usually, fine Wll for- , the Saturday ciowH tday.. - WILMINGTON,- K. C., FOUR ARE KILLED A SCORE III Illinois Central , Passenger Train Goes Into Ditch Near Paducah, Ky. SPREADING RAILS MUSE Relief Train Carrying Nurses and Physicians Dispatched to the Scene Runnning 40 Miles an Hour j v. 1 Paducah, Ky., Dec. 1. Four persons were killed and a ' score or more In jured this evening, according to re ports received here, when an Illinois Central passenger train No. 101 bound from Memphis to Louisville, went in to the ditch 28 miles east x)f here. The train is one of the fastestHm the sys tem. Spreading rails is said to be the cause. All the nine coaches went in to the ditch and then rolled over. The scen3 of . the wreck , is remote from wire facilities. The train, said to have been running 40 a:.iles an hour, had crossed the Cumberland river and proceeded about a mile and a half, when it loft the track. A relief train, carrying surgeons and nurses, was sent from here and the dead and injured will to brought here. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Great Gathering in . Charlotte on Thanksgiving Degrees Conferred Charlotte, N.C., Dec". 1. Closing with. a "banquet participated in by some 200 Knights of Columbus, Thanksgiving Day was an occasion that will long be recalled by Charlotte Knights who were hosts Thanksgiving to 'visiting Knighst from han a dozen or more towns and cities in the Caro linas and Virginia. The gathering of the Knights of Columbus- had been . announced sev eral - months beforehand, and the oc casion was therefore amply prepared for. . Charlotte Council -No. 770 Co lumbla. Council, and the btate "Coun cil? gave ' exemplification work in three- degrees, and about 30 candi dates i were conducted through the mysteries of the. order to higher de grees, i : , . Charlotte Council had charge of the exemplification work in the first degree., the work being carried out by a well selected team of members whose understanding of their, task was known to be most thorough. Columbia Council had charee of rthe' exemplification work in the. sec ond degree and the State - Council team presided over the programme in which the third degree was bestowed on candidates for the same. "The formal part of the programme was in the hands of Charlotte Coun cil, Columbia Council and the State Council, but there were Knignts and prospective Knights at Thursday's ceremonial sessions and banquets from 'all oVer the Carolinas, includ ing Greensboro, Rocky Mount, Ashe Mlle, Wilmington, Raleigh, Columbia, Charleston, and other points, and vis itors also from Washington, Balti more and Richmond." At the conclusion of, the ceremonial sessions the Knights following a short recess, assembled at O'Donoghue hall, where Charlotte Council had prepared a .sumptuous, and elegantly arranged banquet, which the 200 Knights from all parts of .the jurisdiction of the Carolinas, enjoyed from 7:30 until 9:30 o'clock. . The gathering was. one of the larg est and , most enjoyable that the Knights ' in the Carolinas have ever had outside the State gatherings of the members each year. 35 WILD DEER ARE CAUGHT Crop Destroyers to Become Park At- iiawiiviia in tuna Omaha, Neb., Dec. 11 At Ovoca, Iowa, about 35 miles northeast of this city, 35 wild deer which have been destroying crops and otherwise annoy ing the farmers, were captured in a drove on Thanksgiving Day and will be sold by the State game wardens to cities Of the State as park attrac tions. A few years ago a herd of 125 deer escaped from the park of tne late W. Cuppy and since then they have mul tiplied until there are about 400 in Pottawattamie county and they, are becoming a nuisance to the farmers The law, protects them from slaugh ter - UNWRITTEN LAW DEFENSE Saloonkeeper, Convicted of Man- slaughter,' to Sue for Pardon . Philadelphia, Dec. Frank M. McMahoh, who was convicted of man slaughter last week for the tkilling of George Leary, last May was sentenced to the penitentiary today for not less than five years nor; more than ten years. The "maximum penalty for the crime is twelve yeans. - - McMahon shot Leary after a quar rel on the street over Learys refusal tc ' marry McMahon's daughter. The so-called unwritten law figured in tne case and attracted considerable atten tion. It is said that McMahon's coun sel, waived an appeal for a new trial in order to immediately take the case to the State board of pardons. Interest Allowed. from' December 1st on your deposits made here : today or tonight. . Wll mlngton Savings & Trust Co. - - IS ATTJBDA tSrOBNING, TO AHOT GDVERIIfilEilT BILL '4- ?'', ' - Steel , Corporation vy ants, to Know If . it is violating enerman ;yLaw Will Answer 'Bill Early In. 1 " January New York. Dec. "1. -The : United States Steel Corpofation 1 Joins with Attorney General Wjckerjjiam in a de- sire to' know if it I violating or has violated the ShermMntl-truat .law and to that end will, aid-in expediting the government's dbssolution 'suit against it. Tite corporation's attorr neys are now preparing , the answer to the government's bill' tV.be filed early In January and will hot deiay the liti gation by . demurring. vA, -demurrer, taken to the Federal : Supreme ' Court, might block: the trial for two years or more. . . A leading official of the United States Steel : Corporation made this declaration this afternoon while dis cussing the next step in the case, the appearance of' the defendants in the United States Circuit Court at Tren ton, on Monday- This appearance, he said, would not involve the. physical ppearance ia court of any-oi the de fendants, but would ,be made in their behalf by Riebard V. Lindabury, the corporation's New Jersey "counsel. The "appearances-he explained, -is a tech nical step. The government, he thought would not 'be represented in court at the time. There may be an application next Monday; however, for an extension of the, time allowed the defendant to file its answer. Under court rules, this answer must be filed on January ist unless an extension is granted. This leaves kittle time for preparation' of an answer, .nd should an extension ba sought, the official said it would be solely, to obtain sui f.cient time for the defendant to com plete its answer, necessarily volumin ous. "This answer," he continued, "wnl not be -established, but .wfJl endeavor to meet the allegations . the govern: ment makes against us. Our lawyers are working on it now." , The certificate filed, by. Attorney General Wickersham with, the court, asking that the suit be expedited, ex presses the corporations wish also, the official said. The answer will be ready early in January. , , , , X TO I8SUE CIRCULAR i 9m . American. Tobacco Company Will Give Stockholders Information , . New York, 'Dec. 1. Within the next few days the American Tobacco Company will issue a circular to its common stockholders giving the pro portions of the stooki of the different companies- which they will receive, in accordance with the i - dissolution decree of the United States Circuit Court, as well aa the amounts of stock to which they will be permitted to subscribe. - Holders of the preferred stock wilT not receive such a circular, as they are not privileged to subscribe to other securities. Instead they re ceive one-third of the amount of their holdings in shares of the P. Lorillard and Liggett and Myers Companies. The transfer books of the American Tobacco Company closed today for both common and preferred shares, and on December 26th a special meet ing of stockholders will be held to act upon a resolution giving preferred stockholders the right to vote, a pro vision named .in the plan'of dissolu tion. DIED FROM INJURY Youthful Football Player; Who Broke His .'Neck, Dies Newnort News. Va.. Dec. 1. Char les Ren son. . the 17-year-old left, half back of the local high schoolfootball team, who had Ins neck broken m tne cam a n.a-flin'st Freder icksbure College in Fredericksburg yesterday, died at the Mary Washington Hospital tonlgn: at 9 o'clock. The boy was paralyzed from the neck down and was operated upon this afternoon and the fractured cervical vortebrae removed In an at tempt to relieve the pressure, on the spinal column, but without success. Take stock today People's Build ing & Loan Association. . . OUTLINES. One of the greatest criminal trials of the present day came to an end yes terday when," at Los Angeles, Jai., James B. and John J. McNamara, two brothers, plead guilty of the crimes charged against them,- .the former for dynamiting' the Times building, caus ing the death of twenty-one persons and the latter for dynamiting a buildi ing at Indianapolis. Sentence will be imposed next Tuesday The Steel Corporation wants, to know- whether it Is violating the Sherman law, ana wilL file an answer to the Govern- inent's bill early in January- Activ ities are still on in China. The Rebels are bombarding Nanking, the only Im- . - t - J 3 M It. 1 penal strongnoia, ana ii mey , succeea m breaking the -wans, troops in large numbers ana ready to enter the city Demjocratic House leaders, have conferrekL' but failed to reach a conclu sion as to tho coarse of . the committee which is enquiring into the Steel Trust Attorneys ior tne steei Trust want to know whether the trust is violating the Sherman law, and will early. in January file an answer to the Government s bill New York markets: Money on call, firm, 5 to 6 per cent, ruling rate 5, closing bid A, offered at 5; spot cotton closed quiet, five points - lower; flour about steady - with moderate, local trade; wheat irregular; No. 2 red ele vator . export basis ana. 96, 1-2 iod afloat;- corn, spot firm, export new 70 fob afloat to arrive futures nominal ; rosin quiet; . turpentine; steady. ,- DECE&BER 2, 1911. MAKE PROTEST TO 0. S. CONGRESS By Turks Against "Unspeak able Acts" of the Italians. HQ LONGER RESPECT CLASSES Italian Army Revels in Acts Not Com patible With Laws of Civiliza tion Protest Before House Monday. Washington, Dec. 1. Protest to the American Congress will be made by Turks against what they term the unspeakable acts" of the Italian sol diers in Tripoli. Representative Rich ard Bartholdt, of Missouri, president of the American group of the Inter parliamentary Union, received the pro test today from Mr. Bustany, a mem ber of the Turkish Parliament, and president of the Ottoman group of the Union. It will be offered in the House probably Monday. The protest fol lows: "The Italian army in Tripoli is rev elling in acts incompatible with the laws of civilization and huminty; it holds as prisoners of war non-combatants and even school boys; it massa cres and executes by shooting, with out any pity whatever, the volunteer defenders of the country whom it re gards as rebels, counter to .the two conventions at The Hague, under whose provisions armed volunteers, as combatants, enjoy the same rights as regulars. The lives of women, old men and children are no longer res pected, and attacks are even made upon private persons at prayer in Mosques, thus tramplin under foot all religious sentiments." . , TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY NOTES. Primary Department " Electa Gift td Mr; Joyner Charters. .. (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleifih. N. CI. DdcT 'L The Divi sion-, of -Primary Teaeherr, of - the Teachers' Assembly,-, this -i i afternoon elected as officers for the next year Miss Edith Royster, Raleigh, as presi dent: Mrs. Joseph E. Roberson, Dur ham, vice president; Miss Irma Carra- way, Wilson, secretary, and Miss An nie Jarvis, of Washington, treasurer. The other divisions of the Assembly will elect officers Saturday. During the morning session of the County Superintendents of Schools, there was a pleasing special feature in the way of a presentation of a gold headed cane to Dr. J. Y. Joyner, State superintendent,, who is ex-omcio pres ident and presiding officer of the State Association of Superintendents. The presentation was with the love and esteem of the 100 county superinten dents and the acceptance was with deep feeling of appreciation on the part of Dr. Joyner. The Hornet Keaty uo., oi unanoue, was chartered today with $10,000 capi tal by P. M. Cave, E. F. Creswell, D. H. Simpson, and others. There was also a charter for the Dr. Paul Medi? cine Co., of Wilmington, capital iuu, 000 authorized and $40,000 subscribed by E. G. Bulluck, E. L. Moore, im. a. Tipton, Paul Fitzgerald ana oinero. Also there was a cnarter ior urn nw-'ley-Harriss Cd., Wilson.' capital $50, 000, by J. C. Hadley. W? S. Harriss and others for mercantile business. Tho Mwrhftnts' Tradinff Co.. of North Wilkesboro, amends its charter so the name is changed to the T. a. jensmb Co., Jenkins being . the president of the corporation. There is also an amendment to the charter of the Mrs. .Tn Person Remedies Co., Kittrell, N. C so as to provide for the issuance of' $30,000 additional preferred stock to receive 8 per cent, interest FATHER AND DAUGHTER Negro Accused of Slaying Four and Woman Accused of Slaying Six t APavette. La Dec. 1 .Clementine hot the neerress chafged with the murder of a family of six negroes last Sunday night, has been transfer red tn the Parish jail. Her father. Raymond Bernabet, a-oraitinr a new trial after being con victed of killing four negroes last Feb- nrv was carried to crowiey, ua. . for safe keeping. Bernabet secured a 'new trial on the novel plea of be ing too drunk to take the stand in ms own behalf. , . No new evidence, has been dlscov ered in the case of the negress. Memnhis. Tenn.. Dec. 1. --.Tommy McNamara. a Boston professional, led at the end of today's play for the open golf championship of the South with q rinr of 151 for the 36 holes played. Fred McLeod, of St, Louis, is third, one point behind McNamara. The match- began this morning, oyer the links of the Memphis Country Club and will be concluded tomorrow. ( Detroit, Mich., Dec. 1. Injured in the head while making a difficult football -tackle yesterday at Rochester. Lester Smith, 18 years old, a Roches-, ter high school athlete, is today com pletely paralyzed and it is feared he may die: - . .-. Interest Allowed. from December 1st on your deposits made here today' or tonight. Wll mington Savings & Trust Co. ; , New series. today People's. Build in &:Loan Association) :..! MEYER'S PLEA FOR NAVY World Must Understand' That United States is Prepared for War, Says Secretary Estimates for the Current Year. Washington; Dec. 1, With a plea that there shall be "no decrease in the effective strength of the United States navy, George von L. Meyer, Secreta ry of the Navy, in his annual- report to Congress, declares that while seeking peace and playing a- leading part in the movement for general arbitration treaties, the world must understand that America "is prepared for war." The short life of a warship for first or second line of defense approxi mately 20 years has caused the sec retary to ask more ships thia year, not to increase the navy, but to maintain it at its existing strength. This strength, he saysvs being diminished by the elimination from active ser vice of the battleships first construct ed for the "new. navyi" "The recommendation' he says, "for a continuing naval policy which will give us the fleet desired is made with due regard for the almost world wide movement; for the settlement of International disputes by . arbitration, in which movement oiar country has taken a foremost part. History of all kinds, including the present, shows the futility and danger of trusting to the good will and fair dealing, or even to the most solemnly binding treaties between natlens for. the protection of a nation's sovereign rights and inter ests, and without doubt, the time Is remote when a comparatively unarm ed, and helpless nation may be reason ably safe from attack by ambitious, well armed powers, " especially in a commercial age such as the present. The economical , system of a great commercial nation is so delicately bal anced that even-a -threat of war is very disturbing . and harmful, while a war with any other great power would cause incalculable damage, and it is more necessary now than ever before that we should be fully prepared and that every other power should under stand that, while seeking peacet we are preparaed for wr." The United States, Secretary Meyer says, is far in: the rear of the leading naval powers. Jn projected naval con struction, jeven on the basis of two new battleships a year.- 'Mr. Meyer . submits estimates for two battleships and -two-. colliers only. This is in lini with the policy oi seyer- la years standlfllf- of fluildlfcg two'tat- tleships. a year. In addition to this, the Secretary indicates that the navy would welcome one of the ne'w ; type of battleship 'cruisers; such as Great Britain, Germany and Japan are build ing. He further points out that there is a great-deficiency in the number of cruisers, scouts, destroyers, subma rines and auxiliaries for the mainten ance and protection of thebattle fleet. He suggests that all of these auxili arfes need not. be ordered at once, but that the appropriation " could be stretched over a number of years. Dis turbances in Asia and Central Ameri ca,' necessitating the protection of in terests of this country, also have shown the need" for more light draft gunboats for river use. The Secretary declares that ships 20 years old are obsolete and worth less even for the second line or re serve. His list shows the famous oldr Oregon and her sister battleships Indi ana and Massachusetts as having reached the fatal period and should be replaced immediately, as well as the Iowa. In fact, Secretary Meyer names 12 battleships that can no longer be regarded as available for the. first line of battle and which should be re placed by 1920. Aside from those al ready' indicated they are the Kear sarge, Kentucky, Alabama, Illinois, Wisconsin, Maine, Ohio and Missouri. The youngest of those has turned 11 years. "A total of 40 battleships with a proportional number of other fighting and auxiliary vessels, is the least that will place our country on a safe ba sis in relation with other world . pow ora," says the Secretary. " The Secretary regards the. creation of the reserve fleet as a most Impor tant development of the year since it will insure the readiness for war of practically every vessel of military value. ) -. The ireport touches sparingly on the subject of the eight hour law, reciting the experience of th department dur ing the past year in placing contraots for ships; and winding up with the statement: ""What the effect will be on the bidding for the battleships pro vided for by th3 last act is problemat ical." . . -. As to personnel, the report declares that the aim of all naval education and training" is to. produce Uhe sea. officer who is to command . ships and fleets and that all the combatant elements aboard ships should belong to the line. Line officers' hereatter - should, -perform the duties of paymaster and while . tne present construction corps made up of Naval Academy graduates may continue to do special work, the younger .' officers xmay hereafter - per fprm both line and construction duty. The abandonment of the turbine' en gine in favor .of the old reciprocating' type is declared to have followed an exhaustive comparison of . the . vtwo kinds- of machinery.; It was jtound thatthe reciprocating-engine is about 30 per cent more ecoomical: at cruis ing "Speeds than the turbine . and , of about the : same economy at high speeds. As one result of the use of oil burners instead of coal furnaces the new battleships' Oklahoma and Nevada will each have but one smoke pipe, thus clearing . the upper . deck and Improving the arc of train of the turrets. At the close of .last year 29 . ships. f from battleships to colliers were, tied M tin n navv vofrftf mw tA OT.ft f T ' Afl tk. (Continued on Page ,2.) WHOLE KUMBER 13,781. REVOLUTIONISTS Rebels Ready to Enter City if the Walls are 1 Breached. A DELEGATION CAME OUTSIDE It Is Thought That Surrender Will Be Soon, As It Is Almost Inevitable The Walla Ninety1 Feet High and of Stone Nanking, China, Dec. 2. Nanking has fallen. The entire city is occupied by the Insurgents. Shanghai, Dec. 2. While Nanking, early this morning, still remafns in the possession of the Impel ial forces under command of Lieutenant Gener al Feng Kwo-Chang, the Revolution ists are bombarding the city and knocking at its four gates demanding admission. It is believed much dam age to the icity has resulted. . Large forces of Rebel infantry are ready t rush into the city if the guns make bleaches in the walls. Late yester day a delegation came outside the city and firing ceased. It is reported they' carried a proposition to surrender, the necessity for which is now believed to be inevitable. For the last two weeks Genera Feng has defied all efforts of the Rev olutionaries to take" the city. The circumference of the walled city is 22 miles. The wall at various places is ninety feet high, built of. solid ma sonry and thirty feet thick. The four main gates are at the principal points of the compass. The north gate, and the east gate, are commanded by Purple Hill, which is fortified and overlooks the entiro city. Tiger Fort lies outside the wall, while Lion Fort,' inside the wall, com mands the river, and is well, fortified. Tiger 'Fort likewise, is well fortiflei and equipped. ... .? '. A few days ago the Revolutionists captured Tiger Fort and since then Tiger Hill has . fitfully bombarded Lion Fort wlthojtjt ' causing , especia l damage", "jawr sufficiently, t4" prevent Lion1 Fort from seriously. Impeding .the up-river "advance s of - Admiral, Sabs' fleet ot 15. warship, which recently i-went over to the Revolutionaries. , French Missionaries Protected . Paris, Dec. l.-rln reply to a letter fiom Deputy Count - Albert . De Mun calling his attention to. the precarious position of French missionaries! at Kien-Chang, China, Foreign . Minister DeSelves assured the deputy that ev erything, has been consistent with the exigencies- of the situation to protect the missionaries, especially in the province of Yuan. Nan. Future Form of Government Peking, Dec. 1 Chinas future form, of government if not her futuru history, seems to some extent depen dent on Baron Cottu. Should hi promised Franco-Belgian oin of $30, 000,000 be forthcoming, Premier Yuan Shi Kai probably could mill to the government's remaining 100.00'J troops so advantegously that the country would agree to a strong constitutional monarchy. The lean' arranged by. Baron Cottu. ; is the only -large one. possiblo Yuan . Shi Kal's agents : having vainly solic- . ited money everywhere , else, but tho Premier has been warned that - de spite the fact that he has agreed to... eery demand of Cottu's backers Ihe . money is not likely to be forthcoming until the -provinces are reunited. .The, inevitable result, .it Is believed, will, be the necessity of a compromise with the Rebels owing to the inability of the government to pay tho troops , or purchase ammunition. Reliable information Says Yuan Shi Kai intends to offer the provinces the right to elect their, own officials, in cluding governors. This has been one of the Revolutionists' principal de mands. ... Foreigners now recognize that it was necessary.' for Yuan . i Kai to obtain a victory over the Revolution-. ists, the effect of the fall of Han Yang havine demonstrated this. His sub sequent actions and the tone of his edicts indicate that he. realizes ne- must compromise -.fully and immed iately with the Revolutionists. An edict issued today states that a contsitution has" been . proclaimed and that, the throne intends firmly to ad here to the principles, of administra-.. tive reform. . tl is believed the armistice with the Revolutionists will . not e broken as long as there are any signs of a com promise: -. ... Yoan Shi' Kat'hts many elements to harmonize, but past and prospective calamities-are having a covering ef fect and a (conciliatory spirit is giving place to the reckless and arrogant de mands of the past forty days. It is re- ported' that a truce covering a rort night was signed at Hankow today. ' Desperate fighting is said to have occurred at Nanking. The Revolu tionists are reported to have captur ed several hills commanding the city apd to have blown up , the Imperial ist magazine situated ouside the walL Several of the Manchu princes have left Peking. . . - Open at Night on Saturdays from 9 A M. to 12 M., also from 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Today's . deposits draw interest from Decem ber 1st The Wilmington Savings & Trust Co. ' . . Take stock, todayPeople's, ing & Loan Association., Build- -' r. BOMBARD 111(11 m .. , ' . - ' V tit. , i ''.-'-, it ', ' l' 4 : H ' 'r ' I) i-.v :'. i-l i. , , i.' -j y ' . ' . r ' T." ' -V-' I ' ? '2
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Dec. 2, 1911, edition 1
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