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.Ml THE WEATHER. r 22 Pages To-Day Two Sections Clearing and somewhat cooler to day; Wednesday fair. ;founde61 -A:ijLa6r VOL.. XC-5STO. 33. lini ITS FINAL SIAGE Titanic Probers Will Recom mend Reforms in Wire less Telegraphy. I5MAY TO BE QUIZZED AGAIN Officers and Crew of the Sunken Ship Will be Released Today Mar coni Admits Ni stake of suppressing Messages. Washington, April 29. After a day of discussion intended to discover the needed reforms in the use of wireless telegraphy at sea, the Senate commit tee investigating the Titanic disaster toilay entered on the final stage of its inquiry. Tomorrow the officers and crew of the sunken ship will be released and will be free to return to their homes in England. At the same time J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the International Mercantile Marine, will be quizzed searchingly as to his ideas or regulations to make a repetition of i he disaster impossible. C.uglielmo Marconi, inventor of the wireless telegraph, F. M. Sammis, chief engineer of the Marconi Compa ny, the wireless operators, Bride and Cottanr, a passenger, Hugh Woolner, of England, and fourth officer, Box hall, the Titanic, were the day's witnesses. "Virtually all agreed that better regulation of wireless commun ication at sea is essential. It . was made clear early that the committee had made up its mind to advocate legislation preventing wire less operators on shipboard from hold ing back details of disasters. Mr. Mar coni and Mr. Sammis both remarked th-tt a mistake had been made in send ing messages , to Bride and Cottam on board the Carpathia, not to give out anything until they iad seen Marconi and Sammis ashore. Senator Smith held out no promise as to when the officers of the White Star Line would be released, but It was the genWaT.tC&tfetsmdhJg that' they would be freed as soon as Mr. Ismay is examined. This, it was ex pected, would not take long unless some additional facts brought to the surface made it necessary. Mr. Marconi endeavored today further to repudiate any intimations that he had sought in any way to sup press or delay news of the sinking of the Titanic. He had discovered after leaving Washington last week that he had sent a message to the operator of the steamship Carpathia, urging him to send news of the disaster to the wireless station at Siascohset, Mass., or ta vessels of the United 'States navy. He read copies of those mes sages and declared that when he was examined by the committee 'before he had forgotten about that message. He al-o produced copies of other messages which passed between the Marconi office and the Carpathia in an endeav or to get definite information of tiie wreck and the survivors.. F. M. Sammis, chief engineer of tho American Marconi Company, ex plained what had actuated him in sending messages to Operators- Bride and Cottam on the Carpathia to hold their stories 56r "four figures." He -aid he had an arrangement with a New York paper for them to sell their personal stories and had sent the messages to the "boys" informing them of that fact. Hugh Woolner, of London, asked to recite his observations on the trip with especial reference to the" speed of the Titanic and her equipment, said the speed increased daily. "One day the record was 314 miles," he said, and the next it had increased to 356 miles. It was the last record posted, 1 think." Mr. Woolner said he inspected the nfe boats and the life apparatus. He -aid he considered the work of the -iiilors was slow. From your own observation," ask- i Senator Smith, "do you believe all th women and children got away?" dot "I do, all except Mrs. Straus, fehe ised to leave Mr. Straus, although i inade two appeals to her. The second time I went upto Mr. t aus and said 'surely no one will ob o an old gentleman like you get 'i sis; in the life boat,' and he replied, i a u not go before the other men." coiner related the incident about Hashes of a pistoWwhlch aroused t attention when the first collapsi- boat was being filled. "I looked ' - and heard Mr. Murdock, the ; st officer, shouting to a group of n. T,et back out of here, get back '' i here.' They were lowering the ' collapsible boat. Men Italians ! ' i tik they were were crowding in 'he boat. We helped MurdoCk pull ' net ii out of the boat as they were " kins the w?y of a crowd of wo ' ' " As sooi: as we got the men out : -his boat, we lifted the Italian wo ' it i'o the boat and lowered away." Woolner said that as theallapsible ''ar was being lowered he and a n jumped for it I managed to catch hold of the y Hi wale. As I did I fell into the sea. ' ' n I was pulled into the boat" s-i.aor Smith asked the witness if ' ' -0;iw any absence of discipline on ' part of officers or crew after the ;; struck. " 1 -aw no lack of it," he said.'"' lave you any complaint about the (Continued on Page 5). si Cv. CONFESSES CBIMfWIES r u fenestra Leader who Murdered wife Because She Insulted His Moth er, Commits Suicide Leaves A Note New York, April 29. Albert DeBira- hams, a restaurant orchestra leader, after killing his wife in jealous anger more than two days ago, and apparent ly making every preparation to dis memoer the bodv and ship it away in a trunk, committed, sujeide today in his apartments on West 35tb street cnair so I take my own life," he wrote in one of three farewell notes, cob fessing his crime. The body of his wife, a handsome woman of 30, was found in a bath tub in the apartments, packed in sawdust and -plaster of parish, a bullet hole through the temple and knife wounds In the throat aid other parts of the 'body. ' DeBraham's body was found, still warm, hanging in a closet with a cord around the neck and a bullet in the head. The double crime was discovered when a large trunk which the music ian ordered on Saturday and in which the police believe he intended to ship away his wife's body, was delivered at his door. In response to the team ster's knocks, two notes, written in French were shoved under the door. one addressed to the elevator boy and another to DeBrahams mother, in both of which the musician confessed that he had killed his wife and an nounced his intention to pay the pen alty by taking his own life. 'Before the notes could be translated DeBrahams went into the closet, slipped his neck through the rope hanging to a clothe it book and shot himself. The police found in the apartments a third noteof DeBrahams' explain ing his crime and addressed "To the law and whom it may concern." It 'read: "I was too miserable since I was married. My wife made me the most miserable man on earth. She came home last Friday after being out all day and had a terrible black eye. She had a fight somewhere, so I killed her then because she wanted to kill me. I strangled" her and will die in my turn. Take care of my angel moth er. She is the grandest mother on earth. My wife insulted her and this is the reason I killed her. "I don't want to die in the electric ba'fr7 1S0 "T"TAKe'riiy "owa: life. Good-'! ! bye to all my friends and a thousand 'kisses to my angel mother. Good-bye. "ALBERT DeBRAHAM'3." According to neighbors the music ian who was a Russian, was insanely jealous of his wife, a Belgian girl, whom he married abroad and they fre quently quarreled. WILSON RAPS REPUBLICANS. Says Country is Turning to Socialism. People Can't Get Desires. Baltimore, April 29. Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, in an address this afternoon at Towson, the county seat of Baltimore county, said that the country was turning slowly to Socialism because the vot ers have despaired of getting what they want from either Republicans or Democrats. He said he was net doubt ful that the Democratic party, with its present influences, is the party to give the Nation progress. He charged President Taft with being a radical "who is making use of the public inter ests to further his candidacy," and re ferred to "the painful spectacle of the President of the United States and a former President engaged in a contro versy, not over political issues, but as to which had been most closely identi fied with special interests." In reaffirming his opposition to the recall of judges, Governor Wilson said that it would be ineffectual in certain States because of the control of the courts by the corporations who would place other judges on the bench. He said the trouble with the country was not its institutions, but the control of them. Control must be . taken out of the hands of the interests and placed in the hands of the people. PERCY J. OLIVE ELECTED. Becomes Chairman of Wake Democrat ic Committee Factionalism. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C., April 29. The Wake rnuntv Democratic executive commit- ktee this afternoon' elected Percy J. Olive, county chairman tor succeed ine late Geo. E. Hunter, and pledged him their best efforts to stamp out fac tional fights and' attacks on the char acters of Democrats that have disgrac ed several previous campaigns in Wake. Olive gave notice that if fac tionalism and abusive campaigning de velops In party lines, he will quit the chairmanship. The committee called the county convention fcr June 4th, and legalized primaries were set for June 14th. . MEMORIAL TO CAPT. SMITH New Yorkers Plan Raising of Fund for Widpw and Daughter New . York, April 29. American friends of Capt Edward J . Smith, late commander of the Titanic, propose to arrange for some testimonial to his bravery and to raise a fund for his wife and daughter; who, live in South ampton, England. ; After a conference at the Union Lea gue Club late last night it was an nounced that a committee of arrange ments, including. J. P. Morgan, Jr.. Charles Lanier, and a number of other well-known men, had; been appointed. "Procrastination is the thief of time" and to delay will cost you $2.25 if you want a HOT-POINT IRON. Or der today 'phone 28 or o wrLMEsraTON, a, TAFT GOES AFTER BAY STATE VOTES The President Makes An other Strenuous Invasion of Massachusetts. GREETED BY LARGE CROWDS Mr. Taft Has One of His Hardest Days Since He Entered The White House Answers Some' of Roosevelt's Charges Boston, Mass., April 29. President Taft ended a 12-hours campaign through Eastern Massachusetts in Boston tonight. From the time he be gan his speech-making at Attleboro, with a talk on the tariff, until he made his last address at Melrose and asked for "a square deal," the Presi dent spurred his hufsky voice into strenuous action. It was one of the hardest campaign days Mr. Taft has spent since he entered the White House, but members of his party were confident tonight that hi3 sec- end invasion of the ' Bay State will bring votes for him tomorrow. Mr. Taft's last address was made at Lowell to an audience that packed the opera house. So eager was the crowd to gain admittance that several members of the President's own par ty could not get in until long after he started to speak. When he ame to talk about the bosses and Mr. Roosevelt's charges, some one in the galleries shouted, "He's a liar." "No, that isn't in my vocabulary," said the President. Later when he was referring to the Lorimer case, the same man evidently repeated his cry after a mention of Colonel Roosevelt's name. "He's a liar," he shouted. "My experience on the bench has taught me the value of words," said Mr. Taft. "One of the most unsafe things to do is to go further than to snow -the facts. I appreciate the sup port- of-my-distinguished and enthusi- adopt his vocabulary." He suggested an amendment to the constitution so that a President shouia serve six or eight years and be ineligi ble for re-election. "I think that would prevent this," he declared. "No man has the right to misrepresent another to get him self in office, no matter how humble that man is," he shouted in his Low ell address. "Condemn me if you will," he said in conclusion, 'but condemn me by other witnesses than Theodore Roosevelt" I was a man of straw, but I have been a man of straw long enough; every man who has blood in his body and who has been misrepre sented as I have been, is forced to fight. In the first half dozen speeches to day the President did not mention Colonel Theodore Roosevelt by name, although he followed closely over the path his predecessor made through the State Saturday and today. As he same nearer and nearer to the colonel's footsteps the President warmed up to his subject and assailed the colonel time after time. He was not as bitter as in his Springfield and Boston ad dresses last week, but continued to tell the crowds what he thought of some of his opponent's charges. With out going into much detail the Presi dent declared that he was for govern ment of, for and by the people, and explained what he thought of the charge that he alone used political bosses. Practically every town the President visited is a manufacturing .center and in many places the mills were closed, the schools had declared partial holidays and every preparation had been made to welcome the Na tion's chief. Interruptions were frequent, espe cially when Mr. Taft asked if he had been given a square deal. "No, no," yelled some one' in almost every audience. The President sounded a new note at Haver Hill in replying to Mr. Roosevelt's charge that he only came out against Senator Lorimer, of Illi nois, after he was defeated in the pri maries in that State. "Mr. Roosevelt says that I did not go back on Lorimer and Lorimer was not successful in carrying Illinois for me. ' Well, my letter about Lorimer was written ,a year before I knew that the colonel's hat was in the ring at all. (Voice: "Take it out of the ring.") "I say that Mr. Roosevelt had no right under any circumstances to mis represent .me in that regard." Results of Campaign. Boston, Mass., April 29. With the departure of President Taft and Theo dore Roosevelt from the State to-night the campaign leaders gave their atten tion to figuring up the net results of the speaking tours. Gen. Edgar R. Champlin, head of the Taft League, has repeatedly estimat ed that 34 of the 36 Massachusetts delegates at least will go to Chicago prepared to vote for the re-nomination cf President Taft. Oh the Democratic side there is much speculation as to the outcome of the Clark-Wilson "contest ; Those who are looking after the interests of the 'rivals are each confident of suc cess. " . President Issues Statement. ' Washington, April 27. President Taft, before leaving the White House - (Continued on Page Eight) Tuesday mobnestg, YUAN SHI KAI FOR PROGRESS President.of Chinese Republic Prom ises Better Times For His Nation in First Message to Advisory Council Pekin, China, April 29. In his first Presidential message delivered in the form cf a speech at the opening today of the session of the advisory council, which is practically a provisional Sen ate, Yuan Shi Kai, President of the Chinese Republic, proclaimed that the principles of the Chinese government must be the maintenance of order in theTnterior, the achievement of prog ress and the retention of external friends, which are necessary to the existence of China. . The attitude of foreign powers in recent years, he said, had been such as to permit the gratitude of China. The people, he said, should rejoice over the establishment of a republic after thousands of years of depotism. The most important matter at present fwas finance. Foreign capital was es sential to China and the government' was drafting the principles of a finan cial reform. .-M Yuan" Shi Kai recommended plans for lightening the rairden of the peo ple, for proper survfy of lands for a new scale of taxatam, for a . unified system of currencynd for standard weights and measures. Yuan Shi Kai pointed out that with the establishment oa republic, indus trial development hid become of first importance. Ministfries of forestries, industry and commerce would be es tablished, he said, ;to encourage and subsidize industries and to educate students. The mining laws, too, must be reformed and commercial laws adopted and enforced. The troops in China, said Yuan Shi Kai, are unnecessarily numerous, and the ministry of war had been instruct ed to reduce their number. Religious liberty would be guaran teed. He deplored the lack of public spirit, of moral training among the soldiers and of communications. In conclusion, the President prom ised an implicit observance of all treaties and that all engagements would be speedily met. The message has made an excellent impression among the representatives of the foreign governments and bank ers. The jtoverntnen rmarently real tStes the dangers dfc iing to inoderu- lze the country too rapidly. Only two members of the council wore queues, and the picturesque Man chu and Chinese dress which marked the defunct national assembly was al most entirely replaced by Western clothes. Seventy-six representatives were present out of a, membership of 120. Manchu and Chinese troops and po lice guarded President Yuan Shi Kai to the assembly and on his return to the Wai Wu Pu, where he resides. BIG FIRE AT WINSTON. Large Amount of Leaf Tobacco De stroyed Cause of Fire Unknown. Winston-Salem, N. C, April 29. Three and a half million pounds of leaf tobacco owned by the R. J. Rey nolds Company was destroyed by fire here tonight when the storage ware house belonging to J. P. Taylor, of the Taylor Brothers Tobacco Compa ny, was burned. The fire was of un known origin. The total loss is esti mated at $425,000. O U T LIN ES President Yuan Shi Kai delivered his first message in the form of a speech to the Chinese advisory council yesterday. An orchestra leader committed sui cide yesterday in New York and left a note saying that he had murdered his wife because she insulted his mother. The campaign for Democratic nomi nations which closed in Florida yes terday was waged with great vigor, and the elections to be held today will be close. Roosevelt spent the day yesterday campaigning in Massachusetts and in his principal speech at Pittsfieid de clared that the bosses and special in terests were behind Taft. Serious rioting broke out at Zion City, 111., late yesterday evening when employes of independent manufactur ing concerns attacked a group of 200 Zion men and women at a prayer meeting. The trial of the members of the Al len clan indicted for the court mur ders at Hillsville, begins today at Wytheville. Va. The cases will be for mally severed and Floyd Allen will be tried "first. President Taft made a second inva sion of Massachusetts yesterday and spent one of the most strenuous days campaigning since he entered the White House. He replied to many of the charges made against him by Roosevelt. The Senate inquiry into the Titanic disaster has reached its final stage and testimony designed to form rec ommendations for needed reforms in wireless telegraphy on the sea was elicited at the investigation yesterday. New York markets: Money on call steady, 2 3-4 to 3 per cent. Spot cot ton iclosed quiet, 15 points lower. Flour steady. Wheat, spot irregular; No. Winter wheat, but reported increas 1.24 1-2 f.o.b. afloat. Corn, spot firm; export ,86 3-4 nominal f.o.b. afloat. Rosin steady. Turpentine firm. Read advertisement of the Polvogt Co. in this issue announcing their May Sale Wednesday.' april, so, 1912. SAYS BOSSES ARE SUPPORTING TAFT Roosevelt Declares The In terests Are Back of The President. STILL IN A FIGHTING MOOD Teddy Spends Another Day Campaign ing In , Massachusetts Contra dicts faffs Statement About Harvester Trust . Pittsfieid, Mass., April 29. "If you vote for Mr. Taft you vote for these men," said Colonel Roosevelt here to night after referring to Senators Lori mer, Penrose, Gallinger and Guggen heim. He declared that ...v v..- v X dent had practically nothing in his campaign back of him, outside of two or three States, except the support ho received from those men and their like and from the great sinister special interests which stand behind these bosses. At intervals the colonel received re ports of the President's speeches and in the latter part of the dav he enter ed upon a long distance debate by re torting to Mr. Taft's statements. Colonel Roosevelt said the Presi dent had asserted that the colonel was stirring up class hatred. This Colonel Roosevelt denied. "The talk that I am stirring up class hatred is arrant nonsense," he declar ed. In this same connection he said: "If Mr. Taft's policy of flabby indeci sion and of helpless acquiescence in the wrong doing of the crooked boss and the crooked financier is permitted to continue, there will really grow up class hatred in this country. There will grow up a very uncomfortable and very ugly feeline of discontent with political, social and industrial conditions." Colonel Roosevelt made it clear that fie did not believe the result of his campaign hinged upon the outcome of tomorrows primaries. . - witn nis address in Pittsfieid to night Colonel Roosevelt wound up his campaign in Massachusetts. Between speeches he found time to prepare a rejoinder to President Taft's statement of last night in regard to the International Harvester Trust cases. He contradicted the President by aserting that the case was discuss ed by his cabinet, with Mr. Taft pres ent. In speaking here tonight Colonel Roosevelt said: "Mr. Taft in his speech today an nounced that I am trying to stir up class hatred and excite discontent. have, it is true, preached abhorrence of Mr. Lorimer and all that for which Lorimer stands and of the kind of crooked politics and crooked finance which in combination are responsible for the reproduction of Mr. Lorimer But as regards most of the bosses whom I oppose, I have not preached hatred of them; I do not hate them, I merely wish them to retire to private life and quit misgoverning us. "Does Mr. Taft regard me as stirring up class hatred because I ask for a law in New York to prevent women from being worked excessive hours in factories? Does he regard me as stir ring up class hatred because I stand for a workmen's compensation act? Does he regard me as stirring up class hatred because I demand that the State and the Nation co-operate to make the conditions of life and labor better for wage workers? "On the contrary, I am advocating action which will be the most effect ive kind of antidote of class hatred; whereas, if Mr. Taft's policy of flabby indecision and helpless acquiescence in the wrong-doing of the crooked boss and the crocked financier is permitted to .continue there will really grow up class hatred, in this country. "If it is any comfort to Mr. Taft to call Messrs. Lorimer, Cox, Penrose, Guggenheim, Calhoun, Gallinger and the rest patriotic leaders instead of bosses, let him do so, but I earnestly hope that the plain people will vote against that particular type or patri otic leader; and mind you, if these particular patriotic leaders were not behind Mr. Taft, Mr. Taft would have no chance of carrying one State in 20 throughout this Union. "He has practically nothing in his campaign back of him outside of two or three States, except the support ne gets from Lorimer, Penrose, Cox, Gug genheim, Gallinger and their like, and from the great sinister special inter ests which stand behind these bosses. "Apparently what the President has most minded is my assault on Mr. Lor imer. Friends, a year and a quarter ago Mr. Taft meant to be against Lori- mer. ine trouoie wnu mi. xtm. m this, as in so many other matters, Is that though he meant well, ne only meant well feebly, and he was easily swerved from his purpose by those who had control over him and who are neither well meaning nor feeble. ' So far from opposing Mr. Lorimer, he ended by being absolutely quiet about him, and almost everTaft man in tne Senate became a supporter or mr. Lorimer. Chicago, April 29. Two women and i: 1 1 . J J 4A OA,.- a man were Kineu auu lwu men od iously injured today on the Illions Cen tral Railroad tracks at North River side, a suburb, wnen an auiomomie was struck by. the engine or a passen ger train. , ALIENS' TRIAL BEGIN TODAY Caravan of Mountaineers Arrive to Give Evidence Cases Will be Severed and Floyd Allen Will be Tried First. Wytheville, Va., April 29. A cara van of mountaineers traveling oyer rain soaked roads from Hillsville and the surrounding country, arrived to night to participate in the trials be ginning tomorrow of the six members of the Allen clan indicted for five mur ders in the Carroll county Court House on March 14th, when the judge, pros ecuting attorney, the sheriff, a juror and by-stander were assassinated. More than 100 witnesses have reached here. Some came part of the way by rail, others by horseback, while many drove all day in country wagons and camped outside of town. When court convenes tomorrow the cases of the six defendants will be formally severed and Floyd Allen will be the first on trial for his life. It has not been determined what will be the order of trial for the other five de fendants Claude, Victor and Frlel Al len, and Sidna Edwards and Byrd Marion. Mrs. Floyd Allen, wife of the man who was being tried in the Hillsville court when the shooting began, rode 20 miles from the mountains at day break in a canvas covered wagon to the nearest railroad station. She is a thin, frail woman, wrinkled with age, upon whom rests heavily the burden cf seeing her husband and two sons, Claude and Victor, tried for murder. Mrs. Victor Allen, three small children and Jaspar Allen, a brother of Floyd, accompanied her. Extraordinary efforts are being made to guard the prisoners. The same terror that prevailed in Carroll county at the mention of the Allen name, has struck this place and sever al deputies employed to guard the jail declined to serve. Two of the detec tives of the agency detailed by Gov ernor Mann to watch the prisoners, are in the cells night and day. Dash After Fugitives. Hillsville, Va., April 29. Thinking an apparent relaxation of the search might cause Sidna Allen and his neph ew, Wesley Edwards, to venture from their hiding places, the small detach ment of detectives feinted a with drawal from the 'mountains in the last few days, but dashed into the -Blue Ridge again today. The homes of sev eral 'Allen kinsmen were searched, but no clue was obtained to the wherea bouts of the two outlaws. The search will not be abandoned. It is the intention of Governor Mann to keep detectives in the mountains a year, if necessary, not only to hunt the outlaws, but to protect many ter ror stricken residents who fear a mur derous outbreak by the Allen clan as scon as the detectives are withdrawn. Memorial to Victims Lynchburg, Va., April 29. George E. Caskie, of Lynchburg; Lucian H. Cocke, of Roano'ke; W. A. Moncure, of Richmond, and L. D. Groner, of Norfolk, were today appointed a com mittee representing the Virginia Bar Association to provide for the erection of suitable memorials to the memory of Judge Thornton L. Massie, and Commonwealth Attorney Foster, who lo3t their lives in the shooting up of the Carroll county court at Hillsville in March. The appointments were made by J. F. Bullit, president of the State Bar Association, who has re quested the committee to meet In Charlottesville on May lGth for or ganization. STUBBORN FIGHT FOR GEORGIA. Underwood and Wilson Leading Can didates in Wednesday's Primaries. Atlanta, Ga., April 29. After one of the most stubbornly contested cam paigns in the history of Georgia, the Democratic voters will register their choice for President at a State Presi dential preference primary Wednes day, May 1. Supporters of Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, and Representative Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama, the two leading candi dates, have presented the claims of their favorites with great vigor in ev ery county In the State, and the vote is expected to toe heavy. While the fight is conceded to be between the Wilson and Underwood forces, Speak er Champ Clark and Governor Judson A. Harmon of Ohio, whose names also will appear on the official ballot, will poll a considerable, vote, according to a statement made today by R. R. Ar nold, of this city, a member of the Democratic State executive commit tee. The candidate, receiving the largest vote in the primary will have the en tire State delegation to the Democra tic National Convention instructed for him, according to the plan adopted by the State executive committee. Georgia will be entitled to 28 dele gates to the National convention. Webster, Mass., April 29. The de mands of the striking operatives at the North Village cotton mill, of Slat er & Son, Inc., were granted today when the management announced an increase of 5 per cent, in wages at all the Slater mills. This makes a total increase of 10 per cent, granted with in the past month. Nearly 2,000 per sons are affected. The increase be comes effective next Monday. Willimantic, Conn., April 29. The strike of 1,500 employes of the manu facturing department of the American Thread Company was declared off to night and the employes will return to work tomorrow morning. Their de mands for a 10 per cent. Increase in wages were granted by the 'corpora tion.. The strike lasted four days. . WHOLE NUMBER 13,888. HANDSOME CHURCH DEDICATED TO GOD Beautiful and Impressive Ceremony at St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral. SERMON BY CARDINAL GIBBOUS Notable Gathering of Distinguished Catholic Perlates and Ciergy Here for the Senvice Sunday. Largely Attended. Lent an added dignity and impor tance by the presence of James Cardi nal Gibbons, of Baltimore; Bihop Leo Haid, of North Carolina; Bishop Nor throp, of South Carolina, and Bishop O'Connel. of Virginia, and a score of other celebrities and dignitaries of the Church of Rome from all overthe eastern portion of the United States, the formal dedication of St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, the magnificent new Catholic church in this city, Sunday . morning at 10:30 o'clock, will go down in history as the most memorable re ligious event of the kind in the annals of the local Catholic Church. Bishop Haid, of Belmont, head of the Catholic Church in North Caroli na, officiated' at the dedication and Cardinal Gibbons preached the sermon at the Solemn Pontificial Mass imme diately following, liishop ' Northrop was the celebrant of the Mass and the ceremonial was in charge of Rev. Fath er Felix, of Belmont Abbey, as master of ceremonies. At the vesper service Sunday night at 8 o clock Bishop Haid presided and the sermon was preached by Bishop O'Connel. Attended with all the grandeur and solemnity of the Romanic rite the ded ication ceremonial and the Mass fol- ; lowing it were impressively beautiful, and altogether beyond any other ser vice ever held, in Wilmington. .Every available seat was occupied at the mprning; v service and it was Alonedue to theiuler;of r admission .by ., card that the capacity of the building was not overtaxed. At the vesper ser-. vice the card admission rule did not prevail and the congregation then was even larger than in the morning. The service Sunday morning began promptly at 10:30 o'clock, when the; procession of clergy .and sanctuary boys left the rectory on Fourth and Ann streets and marched slowly to the front of the cathedral. Here they halt ed while Bishop Haid offered the pray er of dedication as prescribed in the ritual of the Church. Hundreds of people had assembled in the streets and looked on with keen interest while the dedication service was in progress. When the prayer had been completed the procession filed slowly around the building, the priests reciting songs as they went. On reaching the front of the building, the procession entered and marched around the interior, the clergy chanting litanys the while. As the Church ritual prescribes that the building shall be empty during the dedication except f6r those participat ing in the service, the doors of the church were not opened Until it had been completed. The great crowd waiting on the outside was then ad mitted and seated as fast as possible. Mass was then celebratyd, Bishop , Northrop officiating. Upon completion of this Cardinal Gibbons began his sermon. His Eminence chose for his subject the progress of the Christian faith from the days of the Apostles down to the present time, and around , this theme he wove a graphic, forceful . and vitally interesting discourse that held; the attention of the congregation from beginning to end. The Cardinal presented the historical aspects of his subject in detail, dwelling nipcn the founding of the Christian, religion, the difficulties it had to meet, tne preju dices against it, the sufferings of the martyrs who died for it, the birth of man's hope on immortality in the era- . cifixion of Christ, the spread of the religion following the resurrection, and on down through the ages to the present time, when It is recognized in every country on the globe. Upon completing his sermon Cardinal Gib bons stated that, he could not close without giving some personal reminis cences, and he spoke feelingly of the time, over 40 years ago. when he re sided in Wilmington as the first Bish op Apostolic of the Old North State. That time was soon after the close of the War Between the States, in the trouble-haunted days of the Recon struction, and His Eminence pointed out the contrast between the dark out look of that period and the bright pros pects of the present day. He referred to the wonderful change in the city since he left, but stated that he could still recognize many dear old land marks that had ,not been obliterated by the hand of time. He also contract ed the growth of the Catholic Church in Wilmington and-the 'State at large since the days when he came here. At that time there were only about 800 Catholics and three priests in the vicarate. His Eminence spoke very affectionately of Bishop Leo Haid, and the great work that he has done and is doingi for the upbuilding of his Church and State. He congratulated Bishop Haid upon the expansion of the Church in North Carolina in re cent years, and the people of Wilming ton and the members of the Church here he congratulated upon the com . (Continued on Page Six.) ... -1 - yi :! M - ,4 -- J! r : t "Ti-.K ''. i- ' mi '-.' " i 'a 3: - r . ':. - t.- - V ;.;.'; V -
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