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(r Mi ". : V '- v ", v. - ft ..' . .f. y ,,A - . V ; ,-,. : . . , " , : -"- ... -- - -:' '- .V.',;. ; '' ' . '.'.; .;' 4-. . i !.,- : rpEE A THE WEATHER. ' ; TO SUBSCRIBERS 1 1 Subscribers 'not " icelvlngilTho Star v promptly and at'aVeatohaWt'ho'ur are requested to telephone No. 51. Pair today and Sunday;' light to ' VOL. LXXXIX-ISTO. 67. BATTLE FOR Ill4sta nnrinrn nriinini UllbllWIaW I hllWIWII Bill for ."Dollara-Day" Pen sion or . Civil War Veterans. VERY FEW OPPOSE INCREASE Ho Pension Would be Allowed Veter ans Who Have Income Exceed ing $1,000 Contest Be tween Two Bills. Washington, Dec 8. Advocates of increased pensions for veterans of the Civil War battled on the floor of the House today in the final stages of the fight to pass the Sherwood "Dollar-a-day" pension bill. The debate will continue tomorrow and Tuesday, with the deciding vote on the measure late Tuesday afternoon. . - There were few opponents of the in creased pension. ' The contest lay be tween those who - favored the Sher wood bill which established a pension based on length of service, and the advocates of the Sulloway age pension bill, which was passed by the House last Spring, but failed in the Senate. The House presented a remarkable appearance as Isaac R. Sherwood, the oldest member of the House, a former general in the Union ranks, In an hour's speech, advocated the passage of his measure. Members crowded about the open space in front of the Speaker's desk, sat in the aisles, and .hung over desks to get, within range " of the voice of the Ohio member, who has advocated the pension of $1 a day since 1907. The Sherwood bill would grant $15 a month to those who served more than 90, days but less than six months; $20 a month for a sen-ice up to nine month; $25 a month for service up to one, year; $30 for a service more than one year.- No pen sion is to be allowed veterans,-who have incomes exceeding $1,000 a year. The Sulloway bill, which probably will be offered as a substitute or amend ment to the Sherwood bill before the vote is finally taken, provides a max imum pension of $36 per month at the age. of. 75.. ; Strenuous "objectloft , was made.; to the provision that an Income of $1,000 should make a veteran ineligible for pension. Those opposed to it declared it would "penalize thrift." Gen. Sher wood declared the pension was '.de signed not as an added honor to ex soldiers, but to relieve real distress. IN TRADE CIRCLES Review of the Developments of the Week Business Failures New York, Dec. 8. Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: Expansion in holiday trade, earlier than usual clearance sales by jobbers which have attracted numerous buy ers, a seasonably good trade In staple lines at retail, notwithstanding higher tf mperatures; firmer prices for fln- led neel and activity, in pig iron are the chief favorable developments of the week. 'Wholesale trade has be come somewhat quiet, largely on ac count of the season for Inventory ap proaching, while salesmen are being g-adually withdrawn from the road. Buying for Spring is still marked by more or less conservatism. Southern j oints being especially conspicuous in this respect. ' ' ' Leather is quiet but strong in price. In jewelry, inquiries seem to be for the cheaper grades. Pig iron is ac tive, but prices remain low, though quotations on finished eteel tend to hard, there being a conservative be lief that the corner has been' turned. However, it is recognized that some v.eek3 must elapse "before definite views as to sustained higher prices can be formed. ' Dusines3 failures in the ' United States for the week ending December 7th were 267, against 21C last week, 2iJ7 in the like week of 1910, 259 in 1'j09, 298 in 1908, and 84 in 1907.. . Business failures in Canada for the week number 35, contrasting-with 26 Inst week, and 32 in the corresponding vveek of last year. Wheat, including flour, exports from the United (States and Canada, for the v.eek ending December 7th aggregate ::.ni.582 bushels, against 4,855,316 last v eck, and 3,498,458 this week last 'far. For the twenty-three weeks endins December 7th exports are 74, 120,023 bushels, against 53,226,590 in the corresponding "Period - last year. Corn exports for the week are. 76,006 xl 'ishels. against 144.856 last week ana 1R 1.015 in 1910. For the twenty-ehree weeks ending December 7tb, corn ex- lcrt3 are 11,213,363 bushels, against U73.0C7 last year. . DECLARE PRISONER' SANE. Wm. B. Pettus Will be Placed on Trial for Misuse of Mails.' . Xew York. Dec. 8. William B. Pet tus, the Virginian, who threatened by mail to take Postmaster Morgan's life unless he were given $200, was declar- 'd sane today by Bellevue hospital lhysicians and will-be placed on trial shortly on an Indictment charging him with attempted extortion and mis use of the mails. Pettus admits au 'horship of the letters and says ;the iolice declare, that 'he wrote them so as to get into jail at Atlanta wnere hfi will eet "free board and grub" and the pity ef the visitors. Pettus had been nlaced under obser vation because of his declaration that ne had been in an asylum at Rich niond. Ky., for three months after he aa slain a man and a woman there. UP FROM OUTSIDE rirmitte investigating wreck 0f Tsfon from Outside Result. d in Igniting Powder. IT Washington, Dec. 8.- The battle ship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor by an explosion from he out side. ' Thte is the gist of a short state ment Issued toy the' Navy Department today, based on findings maae by the joint Army and Navy Board which spent several months in Havana har bor Investigating the wreck ; The -statement was as follows: "The board finds that the injuries to the bottom of the Maine were caus ed by tlfe explosion of a charge of low form of explosives exterior to the ship between frames 28 and 31,- strake B, port side. This resulted in igniting and exploding the contents of the six inch Teserve magazine' A-f-14 M, said contents including a large quantity of black powder. The more or less com plete explosion of the contents of the remaining magazine followed. The magazine explosion resulted in the de struction of the vessel." Secretary Myer announced that there might be a further statement on the report of the board after it had been' considered by the President. One member of the board "was of the opin-, Ion-that the report never ' would, be published in full but would be kept in the confidential archives, ot fhe Navy Department The declaration that ."a low form of explosive" was used in the outside explosion Indicates a belief that a mine and not a dirig ible torpedo - was the instrument of destruction, ' This only deepens the mystery of the destruction of the Maine. A mine, charged with sufficient gun powder to blow in the bottom of the ship must have weighed several hundred, pounds. To plant such a mine and lay the elec tric connections necessary for Its dis cbarge , would have required the ser vices of a number of men. . t , . ILLINOIS POLITICS Frederick Lundin Relates Some In terestlng Workings in State . Washington, , Dec . 8 . Frederick Lundin, of Chicago, former represen tative fn Congres of sixth dictrict ot Illinois, furnished an Interesting half hour , today before the Senate Committee investigating the election of Senator . Lorimer, 1 when he related some. of the working of IUinoi poli tics." Lundin declared that' .Governor Deneen .-wanted1 the senatorial ; toa "tttftHUdn't quite1 darre-'take it' foecatnre his masters, '-the newspapers of Chi cago, wouldn't let nim. . "Lunden tes tified that in 1909 prior to the senato rial election he talked .witbTGovernor Deneen about the deadlock and its ef fect upon the party. " "Deneen said he had discussed with - Senator Lorimer whether he I ought to be elected with Democratic plans to unite the Republicans of Leg islature on somebody who could be elected.": - ,;. . . - I The witness then told the story of the fight on Senator Hopkins. "The object was to get several men voting for: Hopkins to vote for some body .else." he said. "That would have made the deadlock more serious if it took? votes away from a strong candidate, and that wast what Deneen wanted. Deneen at that time saw no hope for Hopkins. He wanted to make the deadlock secure because ue thought the Republicans in , general had not voted for Hopkins, w no naa tried to carry water pn both should ers. 'Meanwhile Deneen "wanted the Spnatorehln himself hut did hot quite dare it because hi masters would not let him.' .. ,. ' ; . "Who were . his . masters?" asked Senator Leo., . 'The 'newspapers m Chicago, said Mr. Lundin. "They probably tnougnt Deneen could do them more good as Governor than lie could as a Senator. While he was making up his. mind he was anxious to have the deadlock continued o he could keep anybody els from getting it Deneen was for Lorimer until tnere was a cnance oi bis election and he was against him GIFFORD PINCHOJ SPEAKS. Ignores Attack Made on His Conser . vation Methods. Chicago. Dec. 8. In an address be fore the National. Irrigation Congress here today Gifford , Pinchot chose to ignore an attack made,, on His conser vation doctrines. . The attack was made by Albert E Bartlett. of Cheyenne, Wyo., who, an tlclpating the speech Mr. Pinchot, de clared, the latter's conception of Irri eatlnn nroblems was narrow. The eovrnmentj theory which Pinchot de fended, was assailed by Bartlett and declared to be wholly inadequate. ' Mr. Pinchot commented briefly on the trust-situation, tfdso on Alaska and the conservation problems tnere. .: . In that regard he praised the work of Secretary of the Interior Flshef and said the admlnistratibh was certain to defeat any. effort to monopolize the valuable coawnds. . . - , , . JUDGE WILL RETIRE Supreme Court of Appeals - Judge of Virginia to tompiew , i erm Richmond. Va.. Dec. 8: Judge John Alexander Buchanan, for seventeen years a member of the Supreme Court ot Appeals of Virginia, will retire on account of ill health ;at the conclusion of his present term January; 31st, 1914. He, i a ' Confederate veteran, was a member of the Stonewall bri- ffldA and was in urison two years dur in e the war: Heserved in the Fifty- first and 'Fifty -second Congresses', de clining Tft-nomination. - . . - Judge Buchanan is from the -south-west; -v whence bis successor will be chosen. It is expected the fight will be- vigorous WILMESTGrTOK, K. C, INTERESTS Young Peoples' Union, Lay- men's Movement and Wo man's Work Considered. Al TRE STATE' CONVENTION Report of Committee on Temperence Elicited Much Interest Sunday : Schools. and Missions ; Closing Scenes. (By Mamie Bays.) Winston-Salem, N. C, Dec. consideration of the Baptist 8. The Young People's Union was the last interest of the church that claimed the atten tion bf the Baptist State ' Convention here .today and Rev. W. C. Barrett, of Gastonia,. delivered the address on that subject this evening. His ad dress was a plea for trained young people as, Christian workers and the duty of the church to see that they re ceive this training. . During the morning session today the Laymen's Missionary Movement Ministerial Education, Women's Work and miscellaneous business were con sidered. The report on Laymen's Movement showed that in every asso ciation where the Laymen's Movement is organized and at work the contribu tions to all the benevolences of the church have been largely increased. F. B, Hobgood, F. B. Hobgood, Jr., and J. T. Henderson were the speak ers on this subject also Dr. Hender son, Sunday School secretary of the Laymen's Movement for the Southern Baptist Convention, A resolution was adopted urging emphasis and advance ment in the department of Ministerial Education, eliminate from it the sec ular idea of education and keep this before ministerial students, Paul's ideal of the minister of the ministry The report on Woman's Work showed that 100 new societies have been or ganized among the women the past year, making a total of more than 1,200, societies in .the' State and the COD-tributionsfrom the . women have fceerrmore than;. $32,000 iaaring- the year. V' v . rne report or tne committee on temperance elicited great enthusiasm in the convention. N. B. Broughton urged prohibitionists to keep alert lest they lose some of their ground in North Carolina. He insisted upon great' care in the election of legisla tors. He; said he is glad prohibition is so popular that no respectable man will oppose it publicly and that no man but one of. low character, can se cure whiskey in this State. Daily pa: pers not carrying whiskey ; advertise ments were commended and C. J. Woodson said he believed the prohibi tionists should not support papers car rying such advertisements. He stated that the Charlotte Observer carried six pages of such advertising in the issue of Thanksgiving day. S. F. Con rad offered an amendment which was included in the report protesting against clubs as opposing forces to prohibition when they are conducted as in most Instances. A . resolution was adopted recom mending an increase' of the school fund from the Legislature in North Carolina; The convention adopted a resolution assuring the colored Bap tists . of the State moral support in their -work. The '; Board of . Missions and Sunday Schools was appointed and several smaller committees were appointed. Just before the close of the evening session announcement-was made and was greeted with applause, that the committee on increasing attendance at the convention reported that 459 delegates had -registered at this ses sion. Several suggestions were made in the report as to how to increase the attendance and were referred to special committee which is to' report to the next session, of the convention. , Many of the delegates left for their homes today, but the decrease In at tendance did not decrease the interest in the business of the convention . Resolutions ' of appreciation for en tertainment and lor liberal reports in the local and State papers of the con vention proceedings were adopted During the singing of the closing hymn many of the delegates joined in snaK Jng hands with each other after which the: convention adjourned t sine die. Rev. .Henry A. Brown, of this city pronounced .the, benediction. , - REAR ADMIRALS RETIRE Twd ''Spanish War Heroes Will Enter private Ufe Washington,-Dec. 8.-Rear Admira' Richard : Walnwright, aid for opera tions tn- the Navy Department, who was executive officer of the battleship Maine when-it was blown up in Ha vana- harbor and who later won fame in the Spanish-American war, will re tire from active service December. 17 on account of age. He will be suc ceeded by -Rear Admiral Charles E Freeland as aid for operations. Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rodgers Dresident of the Naval War College Newport; R. I., another Spanish war hero, will retire on account . of age December 20th and will be succeeded bj Captain. William L- Rodgers. ' Both - Admirals Walnwright and Rorie-ers ' are extra numbers in their trade, having been advanced for con soicuoua conduct in battle, and. their retirement will not . result in the ad vancement of officers of lower grades GHURGH 1 f 1.-K BEFORE BAPTISTS SATURDAY 3OB2iTN"G, LARGE AMOUnT GGTT0I1 EKJfJED Carolina . and- Georgia Have Ginned More Th ip Year to . Date Th an Has -Ever Before Been' , -. . Raised i '- . - ' f , : ; Washington, Dec. 8.' Georgia, North Carolina and "South; Carolina have ginned thn far this ' year more cotton than ever before was grown within their borders. ? v; Every colton-growingr -State, except Arkansas, Mississippi, .Oklahoma and Tennessee, already, have ginned more Cotton than was grown In,-: the states ast year or the year 'before, according to the Census Bureau's cotton report issued today showing thje ginning prior to December 1st. 1 To that date there had toeen ginned in tne united states a total or 12, 814,832 bales, exceeding the total sea son's ginning of . every year except 1904, 1906. and 1908, and coming within 637, bales, of the total ginning n 1904, the record year. During the -period between .Novem ber 14th and December 1st an average ot 107,250 bales of cotton was ginned ca every . working day " , . The total to December 1st Included 87,567 round bales, aid 87,457 bales of sea island. Ginning by States: ' Alabama, 1,436455; Arkansas, C82,- 049; Florida, 74,018; Georgia; 2,337 770; Louisiana, 313,614; Mississippi, 893,288; North Carolina, S29;IS0; Ok lanoma, 7S3.741; South Carolina, 1, 310,613; Tennessee, 319,763; Texas, 3,- 745,930; all other States, 88,741. Distribution of sea Island by States: Florida, 32,359; Georgia, 51,288 ; South Carolina, 3,810. DISCUSS RUSSIAN PASSPORTS. President Taft and Cabinet Fail to Solve the Probfe'm. Washington, Dec. 8. For two hours today President Taft and his cabinet wrestled with the Russian passport question and at the conclusion of the session it was acknowledged that so lution that would satisfy i American Jews and at the same time not em barrass either the United States or Russia still was undiscovered. -Prac tically no other topic ; of importance was discussed. ' . f While the negotiations of American Ambassador Guild at St. - Petersburg have not . been abandoned, it looked tonight as it tnere could De out one outcome, the abrogation of the treaty of 1832 with Russia: So far Ambassa dor Guild was saW tb;tVe-tetrith little satisfaction in the proposal -that the regulations imposed on visiting American Jews be modified.; The pressure to bring about modi fication or abrogation of the treaty has been great, but any action .taken will be only after the closest scrutiny for the United States has its own prob lem in prohibiting the admission of Chinese to prevent international em barrassment. It was thought tonight that President Taft's expected com munication to Coiigress on the pass port, question might be delayed for some time."- In the meantime there will be more cabinet conferences continuance of negotiations in St. Pe tersburg and probably agitation in Congress. ... Talk of a new treaty with Russia to replace- that of 1832 is not taken seriously among cabinet members in Washington. It was said on good au thority tonight that negotiations look ing to another treaty had not proceed ed far enough to warrant any nope that a solution could be reached in this way. ' BIG STILL IN ONSLOW Revenue Officials Made Big Near Jacksonville, N C (Special Star Telegram.) Raid Newbern, N. C. Dec. 8. Deputy Collector J". E , Cameron and . Deputy Marshall Sam Lilly early this morn ing located and destroyed near Jack sonville. Onslow county, one of the largest illicit distilleries ever found in eastern North Carolina. The plant was cut up and more than -,000 gal Ions of beer poured on the ground. The still had a capacity of 200 gallons and was in full operation but the op erators had got" wind, of .the officers' visit and had made their es'cape. The still was located near a church at that place and the revenue officers think that it has been in operation for a number of years. The remains of the plant were -brought -to this city arid placed in custody of the Federal au thorities. OUTLINES. Based on findings by the joint Army and Navy Board which spent several months in Havana harbor investigating,- the Navy Department yesterday issued a short statement saying the battleship' Maine was. blown up from the. outside The Governors of 15 States, South . and -West, gathered .in Baltimore yesterday. The Governors from each (section held important con ferences,; the question, of immigration being, discussed by the Southerners. With them " some of the prominent railroad men of - the. South met report on the cotton ginned to date shows that In the two ,Carolinas and Georgia the amount is larger than has ever 'been grown in the States 1 A bill is pending before. the House for the increase of the pension of ' Cm war veterans to a dollar av day The State iBoard of Agriculture has adopted aresolution to put all State convicts to work on the public roads. New York markets: Money on call, firm, 4 to 5 per cent, ruling rate 3-4 ; closing hfd .4 ; offered at 4 . 1-4 Flour quiet and easier, wn eat spot easy. No.- 2 red 94 1-4, elevator export basis and 94 3-4 fob afloat, ' Corn spot, easy ; . export new,. 68 f oh afloat ; f u tures nominal. Rosin steady. Tur pentine firm. : - Spot cotton quiet. DECEMBER 9, 1911. Hill Receipts and Disbursements Up to Oct 25 Made V Public' $184,850.93 HAS BEEN SPENT No Report of the Fund Since October 25th Was Made Darrow and ' Assistants Got One Hundred . and Ten Thousand -. ft-' Indianapolis, Dec. 8. Hoping to dispel doubt and curb criticism of methods used in obtaining and distrib uting the McNamara defense fund, a report bf all money collected and dis bursed up to October 25th was made public here tonight with the consent of Frank A. Morrison, secretary - of the America Federation of Labor, who is custodian of the fund. The. total .amount received up to that date was $194,612.53 and the to tal expenditures were $184,850.93. No eccounting is made .of the sums re ceived and spent since that time. Clarence Darrow, chief of counsel of the defense of the McNamaras,- had been paid the sum of $170,000. It is stated that Darrow was to pay his assistants from this amount . In this connection local International union officials stated that .it is understood that Darrow- will not continue his of fice in Chicago. Local attorneys who have been looking after the Indianapolis end .of the case have been paid $11,000, Leo. Rapport has received, according to the report, $8,500, and Henry Sey fried, $2,500. Frank L. Mullholland, an attorney of Toledo, Ohio, was paid 520.15 for legal services given in the city. Other items of expenses are listed as follows: . McNamara buttons, which were sold ij . parts of the country ' $1,120 ; Mc Namara stamps, $108.98; representa tives' - expenses -for "addressing , meet ings, $591; printing and mailing Am- erlc&lL. ' J? federation '-ox- Labor- , weekly news getter i,na.is p. postage issu, and incidentals - in connection with McNamara moving picture films, $250, Grand Jury Investigating. Los Angeles, Dec. 8. The scope of the investigation undertaken by 'the Federal grand jury here and the one id Indianapolis, Ind., so far as could be learned tonight, has not .been sharp ly defined. Government officials, it is thought, will be able to determine only after, the testimony of -witnesses has proceeded further, whether to re turn indictments here or in Indiana against those persons alleged to have been implicated in a conspiracy un lawfully to transport explosives from one State to another. Both James B. and John J. McNa mara remained in their cells today, re iterating that they would tell nothing even if called before tne grand jury. It was suggested that perhaps after the McNamaras had a taste of prison life and were visited by labor' leaders who are. anxious to cleanse organized labor of alleged charges' ef lawless ness, . and wno mignt persuaae tnem to aid the ends of justice they might be prevailed upon to give the desired information. Ortie E. McManigal,. confessed dy namiter. continued to tell the grand jury his experiences and he was fol lowed by William Kaiser, or Muncie, IncL, .a nitro-glycerine . manufacture who says he sold explosives to J B. and J. J. McNamara, as well as to Ortie McManigal. The Federal penal code states that whoever : shall violate or cause to be violated sections relating -to the un lawful transportation of mtro-glyce-rine-or other high explosives on any interstate carrier is liable to a fine not more than $2,000 or imprisonment for 18 months, or both. Conspiracy to vielate Federal laws is punishable by a fine of not less than $10,000, or im prisonment of not more rthan two years, or both. These two charges are considered to-be possible ones for In dictment both here and in Indianapp- The State practically has turned over to the Federal authorities all the information in its possession, inciua ing all it knows of J. B. McNamara's connection with explosives in Oak land, Cal., arid Seattle. By tracing the signature of J. B. Bryce, admitted the alias of J. B. McNamara on hotel reiHstfirs. are other points simultan eously, with the occurrence of other dynamite explosions- it isv believed that an attempt will be made to show that labor leadersott the coast, with whom j: B. McNamara - associatea involved in the- conspiracy ;' to transport explosives unlawfully. .Demons in Human Form. ' Richmond, Va., Oec. 8. "Demons in hnmnn form" was the characterization given the McNamara brothers tonight hv th Central Trades and - Labor Council of Richmond in its first meet ing since the confession or tne ayna miters.i The resolution said thatthe brothers are traitors to the multitudes of men who believed in them, " and that they , should have been given the full nenaitv of the law relating to murderers. Rome. Dec- 8. Cardinal O'Conne! took solemn possession today of his titular, church of 9n Clemente, which la owned by the Irish Dominicans, ana was assigned to the new cardinal by the Pope on his election to tne wacrea College. , . i. . M FOS.UEI! FOBS Rapid Progress Made Yesterday Prof bably Government's Witness WIIJ Go on Stand Wednesday. Six Jurors Selected. Chicago, Dec. 8. Selection of a jury to try the indicted Chicago meat packep-s on charges of violating the criminal provisions of tile Sherman ahti-tfust act, proceeded so rapigly to day that predictions were f made by both feides that the government's first witness would take the stand about Wednesday of next week, instead of several weeks "hence as had been x pected. . ' , When court closed today six Jurors had Been accepted by both sides and our others had been found satisfac. tory to the defense. Former Judge John Barton Payne examined the -veniremen for tie meat wholesalers and did not "find need of any bf his thirty peremptory chal- enges. The government has used ten. An educational test eliminated two prospective jurors. . Farmers were not objected to by the dlefense, but the right to challenge pereihptorily any of the jurors accept ed was reserved. A short session Of court) will be held tomorrow, at which Unitid States Senator W. SrKenyoni speclial Counsel for. the government, is expected to make his first appearance n. tne trial. The days will be taken up in opening statements, it is said. ; HITCH .IN SALE OF BONDS t V ' " -- . Purchasers of $300,000 Issue of Win- ston Raise Technicality Winston -Salem, N . C. Deo. 8. A technicality, perhaps, has been rais: ea concerning the validity of foonds to the amount of . $300,000 which Winston voted a few months ago for public Improvements, the purchasers inquiring whether , the bonds would stand' the test of legality by .reason of the fact that various items spec if.ed in the Issue were voted . on in cmnibus fashion. -instead of separated iy.. (it is not expected that the point is of Importance and the purchasers of the bonds merely, made the inquiry through their attorneys, asking wheth er it might not ;De best to nave a friendly suit Instituted to decide the question. The. purchasers ... are ex pilot, in their, desire to retain the bonds. Messrs.-Manly, Hendren and Womble, city : attorneys,: taye .no ap, preheniond as to the-validity of . the bpnd, election; saying that, the . electioh traB.tiArajafl."the-i bonosv.'Spia: rrt; corqance wim tne cnarter ox. tne city .. Ther Question has robably never beeii raised in this State before and there hav been, of. course, numerous bond issujes wherein, various items were voted upon In omnibus fashion. It is hoped that "satisfactorily to all con cerned without the delay which sub mission of the , matter to the Su preme Court might entail. v. GRAVE AND A PRISON. Sad Sequel to Theft of Automobile by . Massachusetts Boys. Hartford, Conn., Dec.1 8. A term of from three to five years In State's prision for Robert R. Taft, a sentence of ten months in jail for Raymond Marison. and a grave in a lonely coun try cemetery, seven miles from Bu chanan, Va., for Richard Clark, is the termination of an escapade of three Springfield, Mass., youths which '. beL gani September 20th, with the theft of a $4,000 automobile belonging to Geo. L. Bidwell, of this city. The .boys drove thA machine tn Vire-lnia. and wh.4n near Buchanan met with an ac cident in which the car' was overturn ed and Clark killed.' He was burled in (a small cemetery near the scene of "the accident. The two others were subsequently arrested ana tnea in tnis city, and yesterday ' the sentences weie imposed. Taft is 19 years old and Manson 17. HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENT. Warld's Visible Supply Cotton for the J' Week is 4,877,743 Bales. New Orleans,- Dec' 8. Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visi ble! supply of cotton Issued today shows the total visible-to be 4,877,743 bales against 4,673,578 last week and 4,646,263 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 4,230,713 against 4,032,578 last week and 3,756,263 last year, and ail other kinds, including Egypt, .Brazil, India, etc 647,000 bales against 641,000 last week and 890,000 last year. Of the world's visible sup ply of cotton there is' now afloat and held' in Great Britain and Continental Europe 2,216,000 against 2,343,000 last year;. in Egypt lus.uuo against zts,uuu last year; in. India .222,000 against 241,000 last year, and in the United States 2,247,000 against 1,799,000 lust yean . . . 1 CHILDREN DJE ON STEAMER. British Vessel Fined $7,960 for Neg- lector Steerage. Washington, ; Dec. 8. Acting Secre- tatfy of 'Commerce and Labor Cable tonight imposed penalties aggregating $7,960 upon he British steamer Orte rfc, charged with' the worst case ' of neglect of steerage passengers ever called to the department's attention. Sixty-seven children died . in eight weeks aboard the 'steamer.'- ! - "i Inspectors found the ship ty be in a filthy condition, and accused own ers and officers of criminal careless- nefta in not nrotectine tHe Dassengers, .jThe case has been pending since th akrival of the Orteric at Honoiuit,on Anrtl 13th. last. The ship was carrying . Portuguese ajnd Spanish immigrants from Lisbon to the Hawaiian iBlands. , ... 4 Little Red Riding Hood" Special compliment to school chil dren at The Grand Theatre; today. ? WHOLE SnmyiBER 13,787. GOVER 113 ER ATBAtTIHE Executives of Fifteen States Representing South and : HOLD IMPORlf GOjlFEREHGS Southerners Meet " and : Discuss the Question of Immigration Speech es Made by a Number of . " Leaders. Baltimore, Dec. 8. The West and South met in Baltimore today-when the. governors, of .15 States gathered here as the. guests of -the city. , The Sougierners held a conference on the question of immigration to-the South, and the" Westerners, who are touring the country, came to exhibit the agri cultural and mineral resources of their states. . . Besides the Southern States execu tives, the heads of several transpor tation companies in the South attend ed the-, governors' conference. An elaborate programme of enter tainment for the ;visitors was provid ed,; culminating in a dinner tonight at the Belvedereat, where addresses were made . by the leaders in the State arid Nation and by , men foremost In the business life of the country. . Governor Judson Harmon; of Ohio, was also here as one of the specially invited guests, but he was obliged to leave in the afternoon to keep an en gagement in Washington. v The concrete result of the South ern governors .r conference was the adoption of -a resolution calling for the appointment :of;a committee to study the immigration problem in the Soiith and report at. a future Confer- ence.-- '- j -; The visiting governors reached here from Washington during the forenoon and while the Westerners were being shown about the- city, , their ; Southern brethren. went into session on the Im migration..; :- . ! ; -: Aftet'.'a; discussion of mpwards of two hours, in which 'all the gbvernors and-a number of railroad men partici pated,'. It was' decided , to : forrn "a. per i3iani?ht p'rganteatlOir -to study-:, the lm migration .problem In the. South. The plan,. proposed -by -President- JohnBon; of the Norfolk & Western Railway was - for representatives of Southern railroads to organize with representa tives of Southern States and to meet, again in Baltimore when they have a report ready to be acted, upon.' The following , "States were suggested for representation: -'.-. Alabama Arkansas; . Florida, Geor gia, Kentucky, Louisiana, -Maryland, Mississippi, - Missouri, North Carolina, Sduth Carolina, Oklahoma Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. The - concensus of - opinion develop ed at 'the conference was that immi gration was. needed for the South, but that-only the desirable class is want ed, not, as' Governor Blease of South Carolina put it, "the exiles of foreign countries.", .-. . .. "I won my campaign for election as governor on a platform urging the abolition of the bureau of . immigra tion," said Governor Blease. "It spent much money , and only brought two boat loads of-immigrants. I am glad to say these Immigrants are all gone. We do not want, the: exiles from for eign countries. If we can get good im migrants we.- want them." t. . The need of . attracting Americans to the South -was . emphasized by all and Governor ' Mann, . of -Virginia, pleaded for the return, to, his State of Americans who had left it President Flnley, of ' the Southern Railway;, Johnson of the Norfolk & Western, and White, pf the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac , Railroad,, spoke far the transportation in this and pledged their, hearty support of all movements to -help the South. Mr. G. Grosvenor. Dawe, managing director of the Southern Commercial Congress, the last speaker; took issue mildly, with Governor Blease on the immigration question. He said It was unfortunate that two boat loads of un desirables came to. South Carolina. This . incident, he said, showed the need for care in bringing In immi grants. He. opposed: any wholesale exclusion of Immigrants, and said that the.problem is too great to be hastily disposed of. . BOY A MURDERER. Victim Long;-Bullied" Hlnv Declares 14-Year-Old. Convict.. Danville, Va.; Dec;. 8. -In the Corpo ration Court -here tdday, .Samuel Pru ett. a 14-year-old lad ln'knee trousers: was convicted, of the irlurder of Frank Mahan, a fellow operative in the. Dan River. Cotton Mills, . of . hia own age. At a former trial the Jury disagreed. Today the Jury's verdict Imposed a sentence of eight yeairs Imprisonment Efforts will probably be made to se cure his , commitment to ' the . reforma tory instead of the -penitentiary. . Pruett' 'procured . his father's .gun wherf he started to work the morning of the murder was committed, and as soon as Mahan alighted from a car op ened fire upon him, killing him almost immediately. ' . The boy claimed that Mahan had been bullying him for some time.' ' Raleigh, N. C., DeC". There ' Bas Just been filed for record with the reg ister of deeds of Wake county a deed of trust by .the Southern Railway Com pany for $1,500,000 for the purchase Of rolling stock. f Of the Southern eer. yice.'V- ... ,;4;:;v'':-. V: '.-. ' A '-'1 ; 'J i 'I f ' 1 '-A ... .. ... i V '."I -rV .-. i' ,j 1: ''1 '"4 v ' " ' ' , j f,'-,';.'..i-'. -N 'Z '- .- - ' ' ..r.?iJ-V;.'j-:.xci.-rf-.j
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Dec. 9, 1911, edition 1
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