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New York; May .William Jen nings Bryan speaMng at a dinner glV en tonight in honor of the foreign members of tj International Confer ence that is arranging the celebration of 100 years of eace" among English speaking peoples,, declared that the new peace plan offered by President Wilson to all nations is .the :' latest and longest step toward peace." "It contemplates time for investi gation and deliberation," he said., "and this makes the possibility, of war re mote." Mr. Bryan a Z' subject - -was "Press Toward Peace." . He said that the part of the' United btates in the cause of necessity would be large because "more than any oth er nation It had a population which is attached by blood: to nearly all other nations. Peace for all time between the United States and GreaV Britain was the keynote, of other addresses of the evening delivered by Lord Weardale, chairman of "the English , delegation i Sir Edmund - Walker, of Canada; Sir George Houston Reid, of Australia, and t Judge George Grav, of Delaware. Tonight's function mark ed the last of many that have engag ed the delegates here during the last week, for-tomorrow they start for Boston. '"; . . - . , ; More than 500 men and women, most of them of - country-wide distinction were in- attendance and unstinted ap plause greeted ; all remarks that em phasized the cordial relations between the two hations and the cause of uni versal peace In general. - : .The enthusiastic singing of "Amer ica" and 'God Save the Kins" was one Flags of Great Britalnxthe United States, Canada. Australia -.. and - Bel gium, wherethe treaty of Ghent was signed in 1814, decorated the banquet halL , v- ;, . . Joseph" II. Choate, former ambassa dor to Great Britain, acted as toast master. At his left "sat the new-Brit ish ambassador, -Sir Arthur Ceciti Spring-Rice, and on his right M. Da Gama, the Brazilian ambassador dean of the diplomatic corps at Washing ton. Other members of the diplomatic corps, Ambassador Page, members of the foreign delegations. United States Senators, judges from several States and the Governors. of two States were interspersed at the speaker's table. Bryan Introduced Mr. Bryan .was introduced after the banquetters had drunk a toast to the King of England and the President of the United States. The Secretary of State said in part; "We have three great forces at work throughout the world, forces that work constantly and irresistibly, and every one of these, forces - makes for peace. I bring them before you a growing intelligence and increasing, under standing of the -doctrine of brother hood, and a growing power of the people to control their destinies through the control of their govern ment. This nation must be willing to extend its hand to all those who come from any direction in the inter est of peace. No nation shall outstrip us in its advocacy of peace. "No other nation is better situated or better preparedTfo set an example in the interest of peace than this and I am glad on this occasion to make reference to the act of our President that embodies this thought in lan guage. : - t : President's Proposition "Two weeks, ago yesterday at his direction, I - summoned the represen tatives of thirty-six nations represent ed at Washington that I might for him simultaneously present through them to their governments a proposition in which the President expresses not only his willingness, but -his desire to en ter into agreement "with every other nation, great or small, that so far as our nation and that contracting nation is concerned there will be no war, no declaration, no commencement of hositilities. until I the question in dis pute has been investigated by an In ternational tribunal , and its report made known. ' "Now, I believe that this proposi tion is a long step, in the direction of peace. It doesnot mean to take the nlace of arbitration treaties make all you can, submit to ' arbitration every Question which you, can agree to sub mit, but when you are through you will find, at least we have found thus far, that there are certain questions that are excepted. And they are so - important that they : themslevse be come the cause of,war. v . "It is the purpose of this plan to close the gap and to leave no ques tion to become a cause of war. It is the belief of the President that when the treaties have been made. between this nation and all other nations sev erally by which -there will be investi-s-ations before hostilities begins, that var will become practically impossi ble. The time that will be allowed fcives a chance for the separation or 'mestions of fact from questions of Jionor, and it gives a chance also for the cperatlon of public opinion which is in sympathy with peace. ' It is the hope of those who believe the plan, that when it is adopted be tween this nation and other nations i will then be adopted by other na tions between themselves, until au nations of the earth. will be" knit to spther by these agreements and .peo Ple will know war no more." ; The Cardinal's Letter - Cardinal Gibbons, in a letter express- PEACE CD u roicnpuim 4 n CI 111 H liii Gqvemment lnye" Oeclare Ger i man PhysicianW6:Furnish Complete Information- Re- V : '! n garding Vaccine. ' - - '. Washington .May 9. The ftfstau thentie and political report of the Fed eral government's. iavestieation of the Friedniann tuberculosis vaccine made I puonc nere today, declares the results of the public health service observa tions so far "do not justify that corifi aence in the remedy which - has been inspired by widespread publicity." : . v rhe National Association for the oiuay ana Prevention of Tuberculosis before iwhich the report was present- eUi trnmediatelv and rnianlmnHlv i auuyiuu resolutions aeciarlng its be- uoi mat iio-Tspeciuc cure tor tuuercu losls has been discovered f that de serves, the confidence of the medical profession and the public," and declar ing it ta be the duty of tibe public to continue "all the present well tried agencies." . Althougl; couched in the diplomatic terms of a governmental scientific doc ument, the report on the : Friedmann "cure" expresses the disappointment of the public health service -at the conditions imposed by . Friedmann; and- says his declination to furnish, complete .Information concerning his vaccine-was not "satisfactory from a scientific standpoint" r The public- health service, however, the report says, accepted his condi tions because of the great importance to . thousands of sufferers; and the hope that a cure might be -found. une report iwas made by Dr. Johns Anderson, director of the hyglenlci flaboratory, and Dr. A. : M. " StimsQn, anotner -public health service oflicer, who were designated by Surgeon Gen eral Blue to make laboratory tests of the Friedmaniwyaccine and observe the 90 tuberculosis patients inoculat ed in New York. . - : " ' The investigators; pointed -out that while Dr. Friedmann In his prelimi nary " correspondence offered - to lay full and impartial information- before the government, he declined to do so after coming here. Observations by the Public- Health Service will be con tinued, however, and the investigators expressed the opinion that the patients already innoculated must look forward to a long period of treatment- . AEROPLANES FOR PANAMA Successful Flight 'Across Isthmus Em phasizes Possibilities of Machines . New Orleans. "May-9 7 As ;a result of the successful flight of Robert G. Fowler. the l.CJirornla:-aviator across the Ifethmus of Panama last, weekduiy made moving pictures of the canal wortes, Including foundations for forti ficationsTIt is probable Congress will be asked to authorize the construction of several ' dirigibles and hydroaero planes as part of the defensive work of . the canal. Mr. Fowler, who has arrived here from Colon, stated that Col. George W. Goethals, chairman of the Panama canal commission, ex pressed surprise at the completion of the flight across the isthmus and ex pressed, the intention of asking Con gress to" provide dirigibles and hydro aeroplanes as part of the fortification programme for the canal. Mr. Fowler was asked to eliminate from his pictures of the canal the films which show the foundations for the army fortifications at Ancon and Colon. Mr. Fowler -holds the distinction of haviner flown twice from tha Pacific to . the Atlantic in opposite directions. Last year he flew across the continent from Los Angeles to Jacksonville in an-easterly direction. In crossing the isthmus, although his flight was from the Pacific to the, Atlantic, he flew in a westerly, direction. HENRY M. FLAGLER ILL. Condition, of Southern'Magnate Con sidered Critical. West Palm Beach, Fla.r May 9. The condition of Henry M. Flagler, the Southern hotel and railroad magnate, who has been ill here for several months, is again "causing anxiety. Af ter a rally from the critical condition into which he lapsed as a result of in juries in a fall, Mr. Flagler, accord ing to. reports given out at his resi dence has grown weaker during the past few days. For nearly a week he has taken little nourishment, and im mediate friends and business associ ates were today summoned to his bed side. - His physicians would not admit to nighthowever.that their patient's con dition had hecome critical. FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL. Editor of the "Independent' Sentenc ed to Chain Gang. Elizabeth1 City, N. C, May 9. W. O. Saunders, editor of the Independent, a newspaper published here, was con victed of criminal 11 Dei tnis morning and sentenced to six months on the chain gang by Judge R. W. Turner. Tbe-defendant appealed. . It is alleged that an article appeared in the Daoer relative to a Mr. Aydlett. Aydlett alleged that the story was li belous and defamatory ana aemanaea retraction.- Saunders, it is alleged, re fused to retract and challenged Ayd lett to have him arrested. , ing regret that he was unable to be present, said: "Let Brittania and Columbia join hands across , the Atlantic and -their nnetrotoTiort arms wtll.form a sacred arch of peace which will excite the . . . . . f J admiration ot tne nations ana win pro claim to the world the hope that with God's help the earth shall never more be deluged 1 witn wooosnea in irairi- cidal war." ' Professor Hugo : Munsteroerg. 01 Harvard, a German AJitizen, today told the " American committee - that mere were many non-English people wno. regarded themovement as a -forerunner of an alliance between England and the United States antagonistic to Germany. , While he regarded sucn a view as absurd, Proressor jjiunster berg added he warnedr, them . to pro ceed carefully.- -. 5 - 1 - , Mr.' Carnegie, presiaing, repneu Dr. Munsterberg: ' . - "We are so Innocent of the charge, he said, "that we cannot imagine that nnvihnrlv would suspect us. The Amer ican has no' preference, I might say, J WIL&ITN&TOIX, N. f5 Bryan Confer With Vis v Mtount Chinda at State ; 'Si Department; . ' ' LAND LEGISLATION UlE ISSUE California Anti-Alien ' Bill - Awaiting Governor's Signature Jsue-As- -y aumea International Signifi- "' , ,J. taoce Discrimination. : Washington ; May 9, Negotiations between America and Japan regarding the California land legislation formal-' ly were initiated today when Secreta ry Bryan had two meetings with "the Japanese ambassador at the State De-" partment " ' j : -While there had-been a number of exchanges - between the two officials since the inception of the California legislation, until today, they had been informal and based upon the desire of the Japanese government to avert att open issue. - " Today, 'however in v anticipation of tne consummation of tne legislation, the Japanese government handed in its formal protest, which was consid ered by- the government and the cabi net -and .found sufficiently weighty tc call tor deliberate treatment. So it was arranged that Viscount Chinda should again meet Secretary Bryan at the State Department at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning, by which time the secretary may be in a position to give an answer jto the communication. The nature of the Japanese objec tions can only surmised, as by mutual agreement the parties to the confer ence refrained from discussing it. That it is based .vupon the general charge that, the California law awaiting Gov ernor Johnson's signature would dis criminate against ' Japanese subjects is believed to be certain. It is hot known whether a violation of the trea ty is alleged or a broad charge made that the principles of international law have-been disregarded. However, the entire-correspondence so far had on this subject, soon will be given' to the public in the United States aa well as 19 Japan.,x -vl.,;-l-tj- jreer ms secona snort conierence with the . Japanese ambassador Secre tary Bryan departed for New York to deliver a speech at a banquet there tonight on the subject of "Peace," in tending to start on his return trip at midnight to keep his engagement with the - ambassador for tomorrow morn ing. COMMISSIONERS FINED Bladen Officials Required ' to Pay Small Fine for Contempt Fayetteville, N. C, May 9. As a re suit of a -refusal to hold a prisoner whom Judge Garland S. Ferguson had ordered held for $200 peace bond, the County Commissioners of Bladen coun ty, C. W. Lyon, A. A. Clark and A. L. Tatum, were ordered to appear be fore Judge Ferguson here yesterday and show cause why thev should not be held In contempt of court and re ceive the punishment prescribed by law. . This situation grew out of the ac tion of Judge Ferguson at the March term - of Bladen court in requiring that Jeff Davis, a white man convict ed of some crime, be not released at the expiration of his 30-day sentence until he had-given a justified peace bond of $200 on i account of (threats he had made against a deputy sheriff. A. A. Wright. At the expiration of Davis' sentence recently he was un a'ble to give bond, and the commis sioners refused to hold him longer. When Judge Ferguson heard of it he issued the contempt order which was returHable , at 2:30 o'clock yester day afternoon. -- - The commissioners appeared before Judge Ferguson yesterday, and admit ted that in disregarding the judge's ruling as above, they had shown con tempt Of. court. They were represent ed toy J. Bayard Clark, Esq., of Eliza bethtown. Judge, Ferguson gave - the commis sioners ' a very severe lecture, fined them $10 each, and taxed them with all the costs In the case. .' DAVE WHITE TO GIANTS. Crack Georaetown Pitcher to Report to .. Mcuraw May Z5tn. Washington. D. C. May 9. Dave White crack pitcher and football star of Georgetown University, , nas an nounced that he will report to Manager McGraWi ; of the Giants, on - May 25th as by that time he will have finished all of liis examinations at the dental department of the university. It is questionable if tnere ever was a better contract handed out to a college ball player man tns- one wnicn wnite nas received. ' McGraw thinks so well of White -that he has agreed to keep him a whole year on tne bencn and- carry him South witn him next Spring. White will have a thorough opportunity tc make good, as he is a powerfully built man and possesses a good pitching arm. -'- - - r. FIRST IN EIGHTEEN 4: Newport News Breaks Its Streak of Wretched Luck Norfolk, Va,, May 9. After , losing 18 consecutive ' games, the record for the Virginia - League, the Newport News club -won its first game of the season here today, defeating -Norfolk 2 to X. Pitcher- Barton, secured from Washington, was in, the box for the visitors, and he twirled a splendid game. 'For the victory he will receive $100 in gold and Third Baseman Ker nan will receive $50. - - " Wilmington Clearing House Associa- Wilmington, N. th; May 5tn, i3ii.sjsi - May 10th, 1913, being Memorial Dayrta, a legal holiday, the banks of this city will-Jiot be open for business. THOS. E. ( COOPER, Secretary . s (Advertisement.)--' - - 2t C. , S ATTHJ PY. MOBOTG, MAY 10, 1913. STATE FEDERATION ADJOURNS Women's Clubs at fiewberni Elect Offi cers At Fayetteville Next Year. -' r ' - V Motto Adopted Pleased -u With Entertainment. (Special Stat-Telegram.) Newbern N, CMay 5.9.T-The 11th annual meeting pf- ttie-North Carolina Federation of Woinen's' Clubs, which has been in. sessibif in this city since Tuesday, came; toyi. close this aftei noon. --. At tne closg of . the business session .held this "morning the Federa tiontunanimbly?dcided'to hold the next annual vmeetiri id cFayetteville. ' The election,- of! Officers- took place this morning, and7 proved 'of great in terest to every metubep. The follow-ing-xWereleetedl ;-' " President Miss lAdeiaide ; Fries, of Winston-Salem. - ;" . ' Second Vice; Presto eat Mrs.. N, - A." Sinclair, of FayetteySlei ; '; - ' . " Corresponding Sgetary-MrsJ Ed wark C. Grahams ov4Chapel Hill. k ; AuditorMrsJ Clarence Johnson, of Raleigh. . -: v Treasurer-rMrs3a. U Stover, of Wilmington; "tI . General Federatiorr State Secretary Mrs. S. L.' Dill, o Newbern.' , Upon a resolution offered by Mrs. M. L. Stover, ot Wilmington, Mrs. Rob ert R. Gotten, retiring president, was unanimously elected! as an honorary president ' ' . '4. . The nomination ; cwnmittee making these recommendations was composed of "Miss Edith vRoyster, of Raleigh; Mrs. D. "5?. Cooperrot Henderson; Mrs. Charles R. Thomas; of Newbern; Miss M. L. Gibson, of , Wilmington; Mrs. A. L. Coble, of Statesville. "The union of Air for the good of all", was the motto which was select ed for the Federation. Several mot toes were presented, but the one chos en was . decided 4o be; the most appro priate. j i :5 This afternoon the visiting delegates to the convention and; the members of the local organizations boarded the revenue cutter Pamlico for a cruise down the Neuseriveri This trip was delightful in every respect. The wa ter was rather rough, but contrary to the prediction of several of the old time mariners, the ladies were not in the least affected by - the trip and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy it. The event of tonight was a dance at the Elks' Club, and which was at tended by many of thevisitors. A few of the delegates returned home this afternoon, but many iill remain, until Sunday. i: Each and every visiting dele gate praised the hospitality, of the Newbern Deoola afi.Mrs - : ai ifni-p. LOer;jabi ioday express- eu tue universal opinion of the visitors in the following lines: "Fair, favored city on the Neuse, We threw- bouquets, but what's the use? We came, we saw, you've won us all; To come again we await your call." AT THE CAPITOL Work of the . House and Senate Told ln--Brief Washington, May 9: Senate: In session 2 P. M. LaFollette bill for eight-hour day for women workers in District of Co lumbia ordered favorably reported. Territories Committee continued its hearing on Alaska problems. Tariff bill received from House and referred to Finance Committee for consideration. Senator O'Gorman introduced 'hill to return $S6,000 paid for ransom of Miss Ellen M. Stone in 1901. Adjourned at 5:55 P. M. until 2 P. M. Tuesday, House: Met at 11 A. M., and be gan five-hour debate on report and resolution in Glover-Sims controversy. Filibuster prevented adoption of rule for creation of additional judge for Eastern Pennsylvania. Adjourned at 8:05 P. M. until noon tomorrow. MOUNT VERNON. Historic Home of George Washington Being Preserved. Washington, May 9. The board of regents of the Mount Vernon ladies' association began its annual meeting today at Mount Vernon, with 27 mem bers present to take part in the ten day session. Miss Harriet Clayton Comegys, the regent, submitted her annual report at .the opening meeting, outlining the work of the ossaciation during the past year. A restoration of the home of Wash ington practically has been completed, Miss Comegys reported. By degrees the Mount -Vernon shelves are being filled with - books and papers that be longed to Washington. Reports show ing in details the condition of the en tire estate were presented by Super intendent Harrison H. Dodge, and hi3 assistant. ' Chief Justice' White, John Pierpont Morgan and Edwin Warfield have been added to the Mount Vernon advisory board. O UT LINES A lieutenant . of the United States Army Aviation Corns was killed in a Lbininnn accident which occurred in California .,"oo'day.- Secretary of State Bryan held a eon. ference yesterday with the Japanese Ambassador -regarding the California land legislation.- No .definite action was taken. - Speaker Clark publicly reprimanded Charles C. Glover, a Washington bank er, for attacking Representative Sims, on account of a reference made by tne latter in a speech 'before the House. The Federal government's! investi gators, of the Friedmann tuberculosis vaccine announced yesterday that the alleged cur does not merit the confi dence which it has inspired in many persons. The Underwood tariff bill reached the Senate yesterday, and the matter of how the various issues1 .represented in the schedule should xe considered by that body , was considered. This measure will be taken up when the Senate meets again on Tuesday. New York- markets : Money on call steady 2 3-4 to 3 per cent, ruling rate nd closing hid 2 3-4, orrerea at 3. Cot ton, steady,- middling 'uplands, 12.00, middling gulf 12.25; sales 6,046. Tmv pentine steady. Rosin, uiet. Flour quiet. Corn firm 63 1-2; Wheat firm. TARIFF REVISION REACHES SENATE Republicans Predict Ruin and Destruction if the Bill ' Is Passed THE SCHEDULES CONSIDERED Democrats Want Measure Considered Without Public Hearings Ad journment Taken Until Tues day Issues Pending Washington, May 9. Republicans of the Senate leaped eagerly Into their fight against the Underwood tariff Trill when it was -'brought over " from the House today and precipitated 'an issue by attempting to override the decision of the Democrats to consider the measure without pu'blic hearings. - Forerunning the assault that the Republicans propose to wage . against the schedules from agate to zinc, Senator Penrose sought to have the bill referred to the Finance Commit tee with instructions for oublic hear ings, after Senator Simmons, chair man of the committee, had moved for reference without instructions. Ac tion on this phase was pending when the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, several Republican leaders predicting that public hearings would be forced over the heads of the Finance Com mittee. Democratic leaders, however, disputed this prediction. . ' " Public Consideration Speaking on the Penrose amend ment, Senator Smith, of Michigan, in a vigorous appeal for consideration of the bill publicly instead of in "the darkness and gloom" of ; the commit tee room, assailed the tariff . bill. 'He declared it would result in a repetition of "dark days" that followed the Wil son Mil, that the sugar, industry wouid be ruined, that other industries would suffer, and that already business' was falling off rapidly throughout . . the, country. The Sugar Question - V Charging that free- sugar in three yeare wquld. give the Americaajuga Refining Company and tne Federal su gar Refining Company an option which they would foreclose on the property of 'the beet sugar interests, their only domestic rivals, Senator Smith declared the beet sugar indus try would 1e wiped out. "If the American Sugar Refining Company and the Federal Sugar Re fining Company," said Senator Smith, "have made an alliance with the Democratic party, it is an unholy alli ance. Men who have not "shirked in committing crimes to increase the vol ume of their business and who are now responding to the will of the law, make very poor allies for any politi cal party." . WEST VIRGINIA STRIKE.. Proposed Federal Investigation Dis cussed in Senate Yesterday. Washington, May 9. Senator Kern's resolution for a Federal investigation of conditions accompanying the strike of the West Virginia coal miners , was debated in the Senate for more than an hour today, but was not acted upon. A vote probably .will be reached at the next session on Tuesday. Some Sena tors tonight were inclined to doubt the ability of the majority leader to put the resolution through. Under the resolution as amended and laid before the Senate today, the Committee on Education and LAbor would be empowered to determined whether neonaere exists in the West "Virginia fields; whether access can be had to postomces in tne striKe region; whether the commissioner- of labor could settle the strike, and whether any persons have been convicted in violation of the laws of the United States. ' : Senator Kern made a short speech in whinh he attacked Governor Hat- Lfield, of West' Virginia in a sarcastic added, "of the Governor o- a great State proclaiming his purpose to pro ceed in his lawless course, defying all the limitations in his power provided by the eonstitution." Senator Chilton said the Senate should not offer an insult to a State by attempting to investigate its con duct of its own affairs. . - Senotor Goff claimed that the Sen ate had no evidence before it on which to base a resolution of inquiry. " . VKE PRESIDENT HITS BACK.. Replies to George Harvey's Character ization of Recent Speeches. .; Washington, May 9. Vice President Marshall today replied to CoL Geo. H. Harvey's statement that his recent nublic speeches were meant to incite the "predatory poor." "If anyooay will proauce a yuuuu utterance of mine advocating the cur tailment or distribution of honest wealth, except by a fair inheritance tax, I will go to Wall Street and per sonally apologize," said Mr. Marshall. "In the course of a long professional career, ! have learned that the witness who had knowledge of fraud Invaria bly got mad when e was interrogat ed as to the fraud." . , - CENSUS BILL. Providing for Count of Japanese Popu lation in California. . Sacramento, Cat, "May 9. A --- new hm nrnvidine for a census of the Jap anese population of Calif ornia and for the gathering or lntormauon ana sta tistics concerning the class and acre age of lands held by them, was-Intro- duced in the Senate today by Senator Maminitti, under suspension of , the rules. . - "'-' The investigation is to be made by the State labor commissioner: accord ing to the bill, which carries 10,000 to defray expenses.. The final. report of "the commissioner is to be published and distributed. -V ' " . - . v REPRIMANDED IN CONGRESS Washington Banker Who Attacked ; Representative Sims irought to : Bar of House By Sergeant-at-Arms Rebuked Washington, May 9 .-r-Charles C . Glover,- the Washington banker who recently attacked Representative Sims, of Tennessee, on account of a speech delivered in the House; was brought before the bar of the House late today and reprimanded by Speak er Clark for violating the privileges of the-House. ' ' ; A resolution authorizing the bank er's, arrest had been adopted a few minutes before with only four dissent ing" votes; When brought in by the Qargeant-avArms, Glover read an apology, saying that his act .was com mitted under great stress of feeling and that he did not know he was af fronting the. House. i This was the first time in nearly 40 years that an outsider , had been ar raigner before the House for contempt. The assault occurred in Farrigut Square on April 18th, when Repre sentative Sims and Mr. , Glover met for the first time afr the former had made a speech in the House, severely criticising Mr. Glover in connection with the proposed sale of certain Dis trict of Columbia real estate to the government. " During the debate on the report of the -committee which investigated the incident Mr. Glover waited . in the of fice of the Sergeant-at-Arms. He was brought in as soon as the resolution was adopted and arraigned before the Speaker's rostrum. When asked whether he desired to make a defense unci be reDresented by counsel, the banker admitted the facts as recited in the resolution, but earnestly dis claimed any intention of violating the privilege of the House. "I express deep regret and offer my apology," he concluded. .Then Representative Crisp, of Georgia, offered a resolution authorizing the reprimand. He urged that reprimands always had fceenthe penalty in such cases, except in one aggravated case many years ago. Speaker Clark delivered the repri mand solemnly and deliberately. "The freedom of speech and immunity from question- on words spoken in the Sen ate and the House,", he said, . "lie at the root of our institutions. Assault ing a member of Congress- for words spoken in 'debate. -might'- compel a good man; who does notwant to kill anybody to perf oruv that very act, - 1 nfvrinr Achate . meceding tne f repTinW$7K a very serious mooa, tteprebejiutuivtr Thomas, of Kentucky, created a laugn by declaring Mr. Glover was an ath lete while Representative Sims was blessed with "an ; abnormal abdomen protuberance," and that Mr. Glover would have been justified just as much in assaulting a Muskova duck with both wings , clipped. FEAR SUFFRAGETTES! Apprehension i of Authorities Over Threats of Militants in London. ' London, May 9 Apprehension of the authorities over the threat by the militant suffragettes to eclipse their destructive acts of the past week was manifested by the precautions which were taken this morning when Pre mier Asquith and Winsten Spencer ChurchilL, first Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by their wives, left Wa terloo station on the Southwestern Railway to proceed to the coast to join-the admiralty yacht Enchantress, on which they are to make a long cruise in the Mediterranean. A large number of naval aides, gov ernment departmental secretaries and railway officials surrounded the party, formed by the cabinet ministers and those who had come to bid them good bye. ' Rpvnnfl these there was an outer cir cle of detectives to protect the minis- ters irom any-unaue aueuuuu mili tant suffragettes or their male support ers. So great was the protecting force in the railway station that any demon stration by the suffragettes would have been impossible. Mr. Asquith and Mr. Churchill intend to inspect the British garrisons and naval stations in the Mediterranean. - - ' " A militant suffragette "arson squad this morning set fire to a large unten anted mansion near Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. It was destroyed. A quantity of suffragette literature was scattered on the lawns surrounding the house. The Express asserts that among the documents which the police seized in the suffragette raids was a bundle of love letters. The letters were address ed by a Socialist member of Parlia ment to a prominent militant. "General" Mrs. Flora Drummond, the militant suffragette leader, who collapsed' twice in Bow street police court during yesteraay s proceeamgs against the principal officers of the Woman's Social and Political. Union for conspiracy, is very in today irom the effect of her privations during her "hunger strike" while under remand. Her physicians have advised her to undergo an operation. BRISTOL GOES "WET." Majority of 52 for High License in Election .resxeraay. Bristol, Va., May 9. Bristol today voted to continue to license the sale of liquor under high license by a ma jority of 52, after a hot campaign. The city cast the-' largest vote in propor tion to the number qualified . in its history. The presence of a dispensary at Abingdon, Va,, 14 miles distant, is ascribed as a factor in inbuencing sen timentr SCUTARIIN FLAMES. Great Fire Reported to Have Started , ' by Montenegrins. Vienna,, May 9. Fire broke out in a bazaar of the former Turkish fortress of Ccutari this morning and fanned by a high wind, ! rapidly assumed ,huge proportions. It was reported here that the Montenegrins started the blaze when leaving the city in revenge for being compelled to evacuate it. . - : Norfolk. Va..- May 9. H. W. Stan ley, assistant general manager of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, was today appointed general manager of the sys tem, - - . - ' " WHOIiE KUMBER 13,320. INSPECTORS TO GO TO PiTEtlTli it" . Four FormetJ'olice Official in New York Sentenced Yesterday AFTER "f.1Aii HIGHER UP" Belief That Somebody Will "SqueaH is Yet Being Cherished by Inves tigator Fines Also Im posed. . New York, May 9. Dennis Sweeney, John J. Murthar James E. Hussey and James E. Thompson, former police in spectors, convicted of conspiring to obstruct justice to check graft revela tions involving them, were sentenced, today to serve one year in the peniten tiary and pay a fine of $500 each. Thi is the maximum sentence. Up to the moment the sentence wag pronounced, the belief prevailed that one of the four would "squeal" to the district attorney on "the man higher; up." ' If any ofthem entertained such in tention, he marked it under a solid front of calmness as he faced the bar. -Reports that one of the four was bar-, gaining with Mr.: Whitman for the sus pension of sentence and that the long sought guiding genius of the system would be brought to justice through a confession, were still prevalent about the criminal courts building after sen tence had been pronounced. It is not yet too late, for one of the inspectors to save himself by an 11th hour state-' ment. No move of any sort looking to an: appeal was taken, by any -of the four prisoners today. - An effectual club against appeal is iield by. the district attorney in the form of 19 indictments for bribery a felony -recently return ed against the quartette. The crime for, which the four inspect, tors, highest uniformed officials in the ' department, were convicted, . wasi brought to light by the district -attor-i ney in jhis crusade against? gfcaft in -.' the' police department, begun after the murder of Herman Rosenthal George A. Sipp, a resort keeper, ioldLMr, Whit man that he paid regular protection money to collectors acting for -Sweeney. -When -it: came .time for Sipp to testify before the grand jury he had fled. He was found, at Atlantic City, . was brought back to New York- and testified that Sweeney and his three confidants had raised a fund and hired rhim to remain out of the State. LIEUT. PARK KILLED. Is Hurled to Tragic Death in Military1 Biplane. Los Angeles, Cat, -May 9. A big military biplane today plunged its nose into a gulley rimming the base of a hill at Olive, 39 miles southeast of here, turned somersault against a tree and its radiator wrenched from the slings above the motor, crushed out the life of its pilot, Lieut. Joseph D. Park, U. S. A. The accident occurred at 7:46 o' clock, according to the testimony of a little aeroplane clock which was stop ped by the shock of the wreck, but otherwise undamaged. This was two nours and 41 minutes after the army officer had started from San Diego on a 145-mile flight to Los Angeles. Lieut. Park, who had been detailed recently from the 14th Cavalry, to the army aviation corps, wag trying an ex perimental long distance aerial scout ing trip and had traveled approximate ly 108 miles when killed. : His machine brought to earth be cause he had lost his way in the morn ing mists, merely made a series of short leaps down the clouded slope of the hill when he tried to start again and in the crash that followed swiftly, the heavy radiator crushed his skull. Little girls, on their way to school were among the horrified spectators of the tragedy. The lieutenant had but a moment' before warned them away from the machine and had laugh ingly added: "You might do some thing to it that would cause me to be' killed." Among them was Hazel Greehleaf. aged 13, to whom Park had given half a dollar with instructions to telephone to aviation headquarters - in Los An geles that he had lost his way. 1 Instead of this message the girl tel ephoned to Coroner Winblgler, at San ta Anna that Park had lost his life. LOWER FLOOD STAGES: Mississippi Appears to be Carrying Off ureat volume ot water feasiiy. New Orleans, May 9. Ths- weather bureau today lowered further the fore cast of maximum flood - stages in the Mississippi river south: of the Red ri ver, as a result of. the slow return of the crevasse water through that tribu tary. Present indications, according to today a bulletin, are that an addi tional rise of approximately .one foot will be recorded at Baton Rouge. Don aldson ville and New Orleans. , The crest is expected to reach New Orleans between May 15 and 20, with a maxi mum stage of 21 feet, depending upon rains and the assumption that remain ing levees stand. j : ; . Keports concerning tne isvees con tinue optimistic, except at -"60-Mile Point, below New Orleans, where a break could not" do a great 4 deal of damage. y: .-- - ' , N ". GARMENT. WORKERS STRIKE. Chicago Unions Consider, Calling Out Ten Thousand Members. ' Chicago, May 9. The district coun cil, of the United Garment Workers of America has voted to call outr 10,000 workers if members of the Wholesale Clothiers' Association continue oppos ing the unionizing of .their shops. The action was brought about by trouble at a factory where 400 men walked out on Wednesday. ' ' , - . , 'The strike, if called, will' not affect 14,000 workers in closed shops. 1 ; i-' ft 1 i - 1 i At mm ' ' - 1 i yy"y:l I f,V 'fi' ' M, M "If,:- . . 'i ' ' i
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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