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v- r -, ' x " ' -v " . '" ' '' V ' V'"i.- a ' : , THE WEATHER. 1 MM Fair today, colder eneept extreme 1 4PdgesTqDoy, vest portion; Monday fair, slightly j warmer in weni poruvu. v , . rions V y0L. LXXXpL-O.J4U;v CAMP AIGISTj WAXES : WA RJyREA CHIjA Y Wilmington Y. M. C, A. Cantos Progressing at Satis factory Rate Nearl r $30,000 Now in Hand Two Large Gifts Yesterday The Noon- , -day Luncheon More Interestljeeded, rnder the potent inspiration of twin gifts ol $5,000 each from Mr. James pprunt and Mr. William H. Biprunt, ihich with the 3,1C$ reported by tte team captains ' brings the . ' total amount for the new. Y.-'M:--Cr building fund up to $29,455. the work ers in the ten-dajf campaigrf for 'this great Wilmington Institution . renew ed their enthusiasm at the noon lunch- ' ra-tprdav and Drenared to Plunge lT eun , - - i. t into tne nnai ww vi rUAfk . 1 in fir with Increased acres--1 JIJUl IU" c . " . siveness and a determination to reach the $75,000 goal by next Saturday night. , V ; ' As the first week of Ihe campaign comes to a close the long -hand on the hig campaign clock; at Front and Princess streets is whera it ought to be ahead of the short hand, though not by such a margin as to cause any undue feeling of elation just yet To day the short hand will move up again and to stay ahead of it the long hand must keep on ticking off the subscrip tions at the rate of $7,500 a day. And MR. J. T. KINO. Cfnfral ( hairman, Cltlsena' Y. ' M.' C. A. Campaivn Committee. from their experiences of the first week's work the team members doing the soliciting have come to know that ta turn in this amount each day, all must work and work hard.' ",Every- oody Something Every Hay" -is the only way in which it can be done. Though the attendance at the noon luncheon yesterday was smaller than on any previous dav. Drobablv due to the inclemency of the weathr, the en: thusiasm was even stronger than on ny other occasion and as the hand some donations of the Messrs. Sprunt ma tneir wives and sons were an nounced the hall echoed and re-echoed ith the cheering. After th? various teams had report- u for the dav nnrl thA.flmirea hi1 been entered upon the big score ward, Mr. J. T. King, general chair man of the citizens' committee, arose and stated that on the previous day 'ue workers had the pleasure of lis 'ening to Mr. R. A. Drani) who had Peered them with his enthusiastic optimistic address. He stated nat Urobalv thoro tYifwVit Ka anmo p-on - tleman present who would be ' kind ough to make some remarks, and "larea tnat if so the gathering would MJieasea to hear him. ' Mr. Iurence .Sprunt," son of Mr. lames Slirimt 9nH o mamVtai nf Tr J- y. Stanly's team in the 'business men's pommittee, arose and stated pat his father was deeply interested ie campaign for a new Y. M. C. , Pwlding, and that he was heartily accord with the movement and the ause for which it Is - made. Mr. -prunt said that his father was un . at)ie to he present in person, but that "e desired to make a contribution to Illnd an1 V vMJ , tnu wild U lit? iictu aUlUvllAvU I "in to state that his subscription "u'u oe $5,000. A s Mr., s prunt resumed his . seat .... e afte" wave of applause swept tiner , hal1 and the cheering con nued tor several minutes. As it 'died ay. i.Ir- William H. Sprunt, broth mat i James . Sprunt, arose and "ted that it gave him great pleasure ilht'R he generous manner in , which " -nephew's announcement had been eiyed, and that -he himself wouiu rh 10 say a faw words. Here the it had n uiresu, ana wueu i ... ' subsided Mr,' Sprunt humorous- "wilted that it might be better.' vaii. until v, vj j v ., " .uitu uuisubu, ttuu ee "CiniT his remarks wnnWha worth cn'erinL'. ttrwotr v i,iw,.nl v.- w m l i ci . nam. 1 1 1 1 in mi. u to I y the matter of contributing ttle Y. M. C. A. furM r,1.thftt v ii . kj. a. iuiwi ana inai noth had dftddH to Ho thar full "iy for such a wort,hv mum w ,Jl!'n to tell -of the many reasons he movement should receive the ui every citizen 01 . wiimmg - H ' , J ''1 i ' 1 - I. m f qt-J -I"IvI"I"Ir-l"I"I- yI-I"I"I"I-I-I--I"I- j PILLAR AND PAV(JQ BLOCK A boy in his big 'teens and little twenties is like a piece or granite, ready to be hewn, by circumstances into a pil- lar or a paving mock. There 4 &re young men thousands of 4 them whose elders are not I IV 1 . A. ' 4. 1 .1 t S Toie ' wniroi-eir -assuiiy because tney nave neitner tne means nor the mentality nor the experience for guidance. There are youths who have had to be fathers in duty while children .in years. Some -who have been , thrown into the swirl of : city : life by the countless streams that pour t ie boys of the farmlands and the villages' in to. the broad current of urban " uncertainty. What are we to do with this mass of immature manhood capable '. of everything likely to be anything? .- The Y. ,!M. C. A. can take these "men in the rough" and 4 -hew .. them into mental if r strength and physical strength ! 4 and moral strength. .It can I , teach them the big issues of 4 life- and conscience, snow ' them how to. find themselves rauicken .their brains .and. ; their hearts- and their souls ' and -awakens their, self-reli-r 'ance, TheY.iii.C. A. is the ' most vital force in America's go active and It worK has been so active and its work has been, so broad that it Jxaa outgrown 4 'itself. It needs a great deal , 4. A. of .'money because., there Is, 4 Itirtoniore-'good: C " f-vn . . .M-H-rin. t.'H':H"M-irw ton, and of the vast benefits that will accrue to the city from a new and modern building. Mr. Sprunt- stated that they did not wish .to be misun derstood. and that they were not seek ing notoriety, but that this was a cause for the Masters glory, -ana ror tne youne men of the community where they (referring to himself and his brother) had made what thay have, and that they desired to do their part. He declared that tney re garded tne Y. M. v;. a. as a great preventive institution, in tnat it neip ed to aoeep many a young man from going wrong, and that though all of its services to mankind may never be known here but would be up yonder. "My wife and I have sons," said Mr. Storunt. "and we reel tnat tney are worth at least $1,000 apiece, so our gift will be $5,000. Pondemonium prevailed and men all over the hail jumped to their feet, waving napkins and cheering franti cally. Some one proposed j three cheers for the Sprunts and they were given with a right good will, every person In "the hall joining. When auiet reigned once more Mr, Klne in a very nretty speech, thanked th Messrs. Sprunt and their wives and sons for, their generous contribu tions; pointing out that with such ex amples as this from sucn prominent citizens, the campaign can but Jbe suc cessful. . He stated that he wished to rail attention to the fact that severa miestions are sometimes brought up by persdns from whom subscriptions if "8 ,1 1 MR. W. R. DOSHEB. .leau " 1- . i , campaign. L 1 - - ft'nud. and that rorobably some of the members were not well enough informed on the subjects to be aWe to . tkwi ogM that n rtimnr I had been circulated that Mr. M. C jiubhi ukw, - i wiiHam. of Oberlin. Ohio. who. is dl . rectlng the campaign, is to receive 10 - per cent, of the subscriptions raised . uoaimutju uu,f5" WILMINGTON, . '-. . .V . J j , - .v . . n. & V(m I ' road in i v'iaiS- PANAMA CANAL LEGISLATION House Committee 'Fixes Tolls and Rules for Operation of Big Ditch Preference Given Amer ican Ships. . ' Washington, Mch. 9. Fixing the maximum Panama canal tolls at $1.25 a ton, with a miHlmum not below an amount sufficient to maintain and ope rate the canal, and with, preference to be given toAmerican ships, the House Committee (on Inter-State Commerce by a vote f 14 - to 4, today , agreed on a bill for the operation of the Pana ma": Canal." :' . .;'." - . dentktoopen.and operate-7.tihe Canal and to make rules for the government of the canal' 'and fix the tolls. The provision relating to rates is as follows: That the President is hereby au thorized to prescribe, and from time to time change toll charges for the' use of the Panama Canal by all ves sels except those belonging to the government of the United States (in cluding those of the. Panama Railroad Company), and the government of the Republic of Panama, which excepted vessels shall be charged no tolls. Charges may be -based upOn gross or net registered tonnage, displace ment tonnage or otherwise and may be used. on one form of tonnage for warships and another for ships of com merce, but the tolls shall not exceed $1.25 per ton based upon net register ed tonnage of ships of commerce, tor less than the estimated proportionate cost of the actual operation of the ca nal." ' . The prohibition clauses, summariz ed, Include: . ; That it shall be unlawful for ships to pass through the canal which are "owned, leased, operated or controlled by any railroad company engaged in inter-State commerce or by any other corporation In which such railroad company has any interest whatsoever or by any other person, association or corporation with intend to restrain or prevent, or with the effect of re straining or preventing, competition through the Panama canal, 'either be tween ships, ship lines and ship com panies or between ships, ship lines or ship companies and railroads." That it shall be unlawful for any ship to pass through the oanal if the owner "shall be engaged in any agree ment, combination,, ship ring, or con ference with Intent to restrain, pre vent or with the effect of restraining or .preventing, competition through the Panama canal among ships, ship lines or ship companies, or between rail roads and such ships, snip , lines or ship companies." The bill would establish one United States district Judge with magistrates and bailiffs in the various towns throughout the zone j would provide jury trial on demand In all criminal cases and cases at law. The District Court would have appellate jurisdic tlon with the Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans. Extradition of crimi nals also ,will be provided. Dismissal of the Panama Commis sion when the canal approaches com pletion' is sanctioned, and the Presi dent is authorized to appoint a Gov ernor of the Panama canal and canal zone at $10,000 a year to serve terms of four years. Authority is given the President to name all other persons necessary to the maintenance and ope-. ration of the canal, and to provide for its sanitation, etc. . There "will be a minority report on the bill." Representatives Knowland, Broussard, Louisiana; Calder, -New York, and Deromus, Michigan, dissent from the toll charges. w : : TT f ; -T- . Lake Charles, La., Mch.- 9.-Repre- sentative A. P.. Pujo, or the seventn Louisiana Congressional District, .is sued a statement today . announcing that he would retire from - Congress at the expiration of his present term in March -1913. - Congressman Pujo Is serving his fifth term from this dis trict : He glved as his reason -for re tiring a desire to devote himself to Jhis professional business., , N. C. ;SlljSf D IJpENING; MARCH 1 0 , 193 2. l,n:vv-,-i;..; ; S n EC net Tn r- - ! -5i f "i '' f I-AM FOR"! TAfT j MILL WAGES: INCREASED The . American ' Woolen Company Ad vances Their Previous Offer and Many Neva England' Mltls - Follow SulW " !:" . . Lawrence, :v Mass., ' Mch. 9. The American Woolen CompanyV' offer ot an increase in.7 wages "was raised' today to a 7 1-2 per. cent, 'average, at a con ference of the company's Tepresenta tives and a committee of striking em ployes in Boston. As th strike "com mittee, expressed dissatisfaction Vwlth the manner : In ' which the money, Is to be applied, little ' progress rtowards a j settlement was uppareat.Uj'-trvj-v J t':i BepresentatlYegl;ownefs Buuiiuiuiu a BCMyuijie',., aowmg -now much of an increase would, be conced ed to the different .departments of the mills The strike committee, however, asked for a schedule of increases bas ed on the wages earned, instead of on the department, in dividing the classi fication Into groups of low, medium and high priced operatives. . -Tne mill representatives could not say definite ly whether the mill owners "would sub mit such a schedule, but left the im pression that the request probably would be complied with. Another ses sion of the conference will be held Monday. General Advance in Wages. Boston, Mass., Mch.' 9. A general advance in the wages of textile opera tives in -Northern New England was announced by .various ' mill interests which have their head offices in Bos ton. More than 125,000 persons, in cluding employes of cotton mills in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, and woolen mill operatives in six New England States are affected. While few cotton mills have made def inite announcements it is understood here that the advance generally will not be less than 5 per cent, and for certain classes of operative 7 per cent or more. The Lawrence cotton mills, except (Con tinned on Page 8). OUTXINES Several small engagements between Rebels and Federals took place in Mexico yesterday. A general advance in the wages of textile operatives in New ' England was announced yesterday. On yesterday, the ninth day of the coal strike, 100,000 persons were add ed to the ranks of the unemployed. Senator LeRoy Percy yesterday res ponded to the Mississippi Legislatu re's demand that he resign, by flatly refusing to do so. '. Theodore Roosevelt announced yes terday that he had changed his origi nal intentions ' and would make ... a speech-making campaign. : The House Committee on Inter-State Commerce 'yesterday agreed on tolls and rules for the operation of the Pan ama canal,f preference being given to American ships. - Tjhe ministers and 7 military " com manllers at Peking and Tien Tsin con tinue to take precautions against the rising of an anti-foreign feeling. " A motion for habeas corpus proceed ihgs for Abner McCall and his wife, charged with the murder of Myrtle Hawkins was i denied by Judge Fou shee yesterday. Eugene Grace, who was mysterious ly shot in his Atlanta home, ( repudi ated his wife yesterday, declared - he believed - she drugged him and then shot him, and made known' his inten tion of seeking a divorce. "' President Taft, in a speech before the Swedish-American Republican League at Chicago last night gave much of the credit for the progressive movement to Roosevelt and declared it had assumed the character of . a cru sade. " " .' y : ' ' f;;:: ; ' ; . v. New York markets:' Money on call pominal. Spot- cotton closed . quiet,. 10 points lower. Flour firm- , Wheat, snot firm. No. 2 red 1.05 elevator, ex port basis and' 1.07 f.o.b. afloat; - Corn, spot steady, No. 2, 79. 3-4 elevator, do mestic basis to arrive and export 74 1-2 tort).' afloat. v Rosin; steady.. -Turpentine firm. - ' ' ''"''s: &'4 GRACE REPUDIATES HIS WIFE Declares Daisy Drugged Him and Shot Him Will 8etk Divorce From ' Her New Developments In the Case. . .Atlanta, Ga., Mch. 9. -"I have been stung,. that's all there is' to it I in tend to get well and I shall Institute proceedings for absolute divorce," de clared . Eugene H. Grace today, in the first interview he has given since he was found mysteriously shot in his home in . the exclusive Peichtree sec tion of the city last Tuesday evening. Grace also expressed his rm convic- fion that JiiS was -drunied ud-ehot-bv Ms;-wtV.'Mry.vIsybi:.G meny tne widow of a wealthy -Philadelphia merchant. . ' . The news of her husband's repudi ation came as a serious blow to Mrs. Grace in her cell in the county jail, where she is held without bail pending developments of ner nusband s condi tion. She broke down completely when informed of Grace's statement and throwing herself across a cot in the woman's. ward, of which she is the sole. occupant, gave way unrestrained ly to her grief. Earlier in the day she had declared she "loved her husband dearer than life itself." When informed that he proposed to start ; divorce .proceedings, she declin ed to make any comment , According to the police they have collected an almost complete web of circumstantial evidence- which will be presented at. the preliminary trial of Mrs. Grace next Wednseday. On the other hand, the identity of a neighbor who heard a shot in the Grace home Tuesday afternoon. has been 'learned, it Is claimed, and he will be produced as a witness ' for . the defense. Mrs. Grace's attorneys, however, continued to refuse to discuss .their plans for her defense. ", -... v - One of the features of today's de velopments was the receipt of a letter by City Recorder Broyles. purport ing to have been written by a negro woman named Mattie Glbbs. in wnicn she accused her husband, of the shoot ing. Detectives are searching for. tne woman and her husband. .. u . Grace continued to show Improve ment tonight. He still is paralyzed from the waist down,. and this condi tion: has prevented a search for the bullet' The physicians plan to; use the X-ray as soon as he recovers suffi cient strength. Acting for the Pennsylvania Mutual Life 'Insurance Company, P. C. Mc- Duffle late today filed a bill of equity in the Federal Court, demanding the surrender and icancellation of two pol icies, aggregating $25,000, Issued to Eugene H. Grace. Fraud in the pro curement of the policies and felon ious, conduct of the beneficiary, Mrs. Grace, is alleged by the company. In the allegations the company states that fraudulently Grace repre sented himself to be worth between $30,000 and . $40,000 and that his in come for the twelve months preceding the issuance of the policies was $30, 000, ' . Papers in the case were served upon Grace in the hospital and also upon his wife, in her. cell In the county jail. ' .-' ' t i . ANDERSON EDITOR. ARRESTED. W. B. 'Cheshire Fired Two Shots at His Assailant.. ; ' Anderson, S.CM Mch. 9. Charging that an article published; in the .An derson Intelligencer reflected serious ly upon him, W. J- Muldrow, an attor ney, attacked the editor, Wv B. Che shire, in the latter office today. The fight was carried into the street where Cheshire whipped out a pistol and fir ed twice at his assailant. Both shots went wild. Later Muldrow and a rel ative named Tolly, who accompanied him, were arrested, charged with as sault, with' intent to kill. Both were released on $500 bonds. Room 6 Grand Theatre Building, has -a- Touring Car that cost. $2,800. Owner desirous- of selling, will-1 for quick sale, taka $1,000 cash. , ' ' i iuiilu uu imiiuii OF ES President Taft Speaks Before the Republican League at Chicago. DEFENDS HIS . IDHINISIBfllOH Gives Credit to Roosevelt for Begin nlng the Movement and Declares it Has Assumed Character of p Crusade. Chicago. Mch. 9. President Taft1 gpve a new definition of a "political progressive" In a speech at the ban quet given here tonight by the Swed ish-American Republican League, of Chicago, in honor of John Ericson, in ventor of the Monitor, today being the i0th anniversary of the battle between the Monitor "and the Merrimac. He eliminated from consideration as real progressives those who look to Social-! ism for relief from present day evils in government, declared that his "dis tinguished predecessor" deserved most of the credit for ; awakening the pub lic to the need for action and argued that "progressive Is that progressive does," pointing to some of the achieve ments of his administration as proof that it has qualified under that deflni' tion. "The term 'Progressives' includes all of. those," he said "who have been moved to efforts of reform by the ne cessity for legislative . and 1 govern- m ntal action, to deprive corporate capital and undue vested privilege of its political power, and to bring about proper popular and governmental con trol and regulation of the use of capi tal In legitimate avenues and for le gitimate purposes. ( - "An administration, which has been successfully progressive in deeds, is entitled to toe approval of the people, The present Republican, administra tion in what it has accomolished' in legislative and executive action is able -tou$oiQi4uaar-real stp?,1otlria tite7way;r-navw;TOW tuTbancea- ofv business, " as well as In ameliorating . the legal-status of cer tain classes of the people, and In in creasing the functions of the govern ment for the benefit of the whole people." . - . - , Turning from those he considered Progressives to those that he held too radical in their desires for govern mental chances, the President contin ued: - - The progressive movement has as sumed the character of a crusade, and many radical remedies were suggested, the carrying out of which would only be less destructive than the threaten ed fatal course of the disease. There were many, who had long attacked our present institutions, as the basis of all Injustice and inequality, and their voice became louder and more dis tinct, and was listened to with much greater favor than ever before in the history of the country "The growth of Socialism in this country is a noteworthy Incident In 8howing .the extreme to which many would go in the solution of the prob lem which. I am discussing. . "The futility of every Socialistic scheme which destroys the right Of property, is that it is impossible to find a sufficiently strong-motive for la bor or for saving." Mr. Taft pointed out that the pro gressive movement practically began with: the present century. It was in this connection that he brought out a reference to Col. Roosevelt "During the administration of my distinguished predecessor and by his1 appeals to Congress and to the pub lic, the people and especially the busi ness communities, were roused to the necessity for action,", he said. "The great public benefit arising from this movement cannot, be over-estimated. tTATCH;Tr: PROGBESSJV WHOLE NUMBER 13,84j; PERCY DECLARES HE WON'T Senator From Mississippi Makes Spirited Reply to Legislature. WILL SERVE TILL MARCH 1913 He , Accuses the Legislature of Cow ardice, Falsehood and Malignant . Factional . Hatred His ; Letter. In Ful!. i' ' Washington, Mch. ; 91-f Se&at&fi Le roy Percy has responded to' tW'Mis sisslppi Legislature' 'demand tlai he resign by flatly declining td ! dd so. He has sent his answer in a spirited letter which rings-with accusations of ' cowardice, falsehood .. and malignant . -factional hatred. ' Senator Percy replies that " when : RESIGN just after , his election he offered to i " ii resign his unexpired term if a primary V. ! were held in 1910 to name his eucces- V f sor, he limited his proposition to that r V year and not l9ll,Uhe year in which - : it a primary finally was held. ','. ; , ; Senator Percy begins by stating V - - 5 .; ; tiiat the. Legislature has not question- ' ed his election nor. his acts in the Senate, but has negatively admUted their validity. He brands as. false the statement that he had promisejl to resign if not elected in the primaries " I which elected Vardaman; and as gro- . ; ' . t: tesquely absurd the contention that ' ' -U having been defeated in the primary, . wnicn elected nis successor, n$ snould resign... .r . :,. '.' ' The primary which he proposed , in , 1910; , never was. held. Senator Percy says.' He declared that he never dipl,;. state that he would resign If not, elect ed irf the 19X1 "primary, but on the contrary . ''declared t roijl : 50 stumps'- that: whatever ;the. outcome of th,at ' primary he .would serve. until, March . . Senator Percy's.. statement;-followsf j-v - , ., Jrwashington; -Marc:h :9l9t2 ' v-t- ' 1 ! To.4h.Saate- and House ot Repre v '- -r -r-W .WPPV. - ''n.'Ci-- ' V;-v:' ? -' v "I .am vtoday, In receipt . of your res,- olution of, March; 5th, C1912.,, Your fie-, ' mand is that I reBlgn' the seat In the ' United States Senate which I "did not refceive at your hands; but to which a ' former Legislature .elected, me. ' L' ' "YoUi do not. in: any way question the fairness of my election to the Sen-.'. ' ate, yon negatively admit. that 1. was -fairly and honorably elected; you do not aHege that , during my service In - ., the Senate I have by word spoke, -or vote cast, been untrue to the. people of Mississippi. You . negatively' say that I have been faithful to the trust com mitted to me. You assign as the rea- .;. sons for your resolution, . first, that during the primary campaign for the Senate . held to name my successor, I pledged myself to resign my unexpir ed term if not elected In that primary; second, that having been defeated In i that primary I do not represent the people and should not Berve out the term for which I was elected. A "The first statement is utterly false; ' , ' the secbnd, grotesquely absurd. . "After my election; In a Bpeech be; ( . . (Continued . on ' Page -ElghtY - . . . - , ' . . . It put the people on, guard in every , State and in every community." ' The anti-trust law . and the inter State commerce acts . to . control law- breaking corporations, both had been .; passed . some time before", said Mr. V j Taft "But he continued, ."the first step and the most Important, was' the stirring . of . the people to ' the nature , " of the crisis that they had to meet and the obstacles : they had, to overcome. j The President reviewed some of thef t acts of his administration, including ' the tariff, the enforcement of the an , tf-trust And' Inter-State -commerce VetsvV An. nrovine its uroeresslveness.'' C . HAND tWSi f rr! -1 i I r, L ''r i " vk At . y,. - i - v. V - - - i
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