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r THE WEATHER. TOU ABiflNOT KNOWN . If yon don't Advertise; that's all. - Yov may sell roods to few people whose path lies by you door, bat the groat bulk of the pabllo doesn't know yea are allTe. They go to stores whose names are house hold words made so Aty adYertlslng. , i Generally fair Saturday and Sunday. VOL. XCII-NO. wiuvirNGToisr, jst. c, satuhday MonNnsr, august j, 1913. WHOIiB NTTMBEK 13,404. GLYNN CHECKMJ- - , ' :-- SULZER'S Lieutenant Governor 8- es Arbitrament by the Court REPLIES TO FORMAL PROPOSAL Declares it Beyond His Power to Submit to Plan of Adjustment Proposed by the Im peached -xecutive. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 15.-Martin H, d tonight" the move' ment of William Sulzer to invoke the7 arbitrament of the court's decision as to which of the two is the present law ful chief executive of the State of New Yor. . - , Ji Replying to a -formal proposal ..by the impeached executive to submit the issue to adjudication of an agreed statement of facts, Mr. Glynn tonight declared it was beyond his power to "barter away any of the functions at taching to the office I am placed in by vour impeachment." "4nv attempt on my part to do so,' he said, "or to stipulate a method by which it might be done, would properly place me in the position you know of that of being impeacnea ior maueas ance in office." Mr. Glynn declared further that he proposed to periorm every luncuon 01 thp office of Governor "except in so far as I am restrained by illegal action r hv nhvsical force." The announcement 'of the Lieuten ant finvernor's Dolicy came late to- nivht and followed negotiations be tween respective counsel for the two men late this afternoon, which it was then supposed had resulted. in a virtu al agreement to take the case to the Court of Appeals. Glvnn's Letter to Sulzer. Mr. Glynn's letter, addressed . . to Thft Honorable William Sulzer," and signed as "Acting Governor," follows "Dpar Sir: "I have your letter of this date re fusing to comply witn flemana 101s day served upon you nat you surren der to me, your so" ccessor, tn exercis w.tr the functions of the office of Gov ernor, the Governor's ..privy seal, the executive chamber, and the 'books and papers appertaining to such office of (iovernor. At tne ena 01 your.ietier thus referred to, you suggest steps be taken to secure a decision by some court, as to which one of us is entitled to exercise the duties of office. 'I know of no way by which 1 could make, and no condition that would jus tify me in making, any such stipula tion. The constitution was designed to. and I am advised and believe,. does specifically and completely cover the juncture now existing, and is supple mented by statutes passed by the Leg islature and now in force. "It is beyond my power to bater away any of the functions attaching to the office in which I am placed by your impeachment. Any- attempt, on my part to do so, or to stipulate a method by which.-4t : might be done, would properly place" me in the posi tion you now occupy that of being impeached for malfeasance in- office- 1 cannot and wilfsnot attempt to ao It. "The entire matter is In the highest court of the State, the Court of Im peachment. No order that any lower court could make, no judgment that it could render,, would have tne slight est binding force upon this court. No member of the Court of "Appeals cer tainly no member of the lower body, the Supreme Court can in any de gree nor under any circumstances, in terfere with the jurisdiction of the de cision of such Court of Impeachment save, and save only, as the members of the Court of Appeals shall cast their individual votes as such members of the court. "The decision of the Court of Im peachment once made is binding on every court and etfery person in the tate, and must be so respected and treated. Any attempt to interfere. lt le jurisdiction or proceedings of sucn Court of Impeachment by any member of any lower court would be as futile as would any attempt of a justice of the peace to enjoin the chief judge of the Court of Appeals from ex- i9smS his functions as such chief Judge. , . "The constitution has fixed this as Jr?nly way for tne settlement of the n atters now pending. I know of no tn f r, and 1 must' therefore, decline 10 enter into any stipulation whatever f !J on the subject, fnri myself in readiness to per tin'J1 sha11 Perform, every func il ?n f the office of Governor, except i ptoi r.-as 1 am restrained by your Thl iac10n or by Physical force." zer lttter was delivered to Mr. Sul- rr r 1 executive mansion tonight. re L y?n .nVotred to his country with h? t-omght after a consultation "Ka his counsel. han-w101" ?ulzed left tQe executive in an am(fmrl?Mand after 'a short sPin sion TJK0noblle' turned to the man- at tiio -r , 0 U1 lut; execuiive suite tonieht nu i wer, securely locKea low? bothhlle.uards P "P and j both Within arwi tV. ' 111c I l lilt n 1 . -m UUfS wui Vi-L VVfaia- t5nfieWfhPira i,h guaF,ds woull cn' n ovt 'i6udu inrouifi'nniit. tns "'but. The Ih Su,2er Unimproved. : er toSl lS condition of Mrs. Sul Dr. RohB A ecessitated the recall of o SSttr1 from New York- knight rLbu Letin was forthcoming eoncerni, Mrl executive mansion non bullpen -,.Stulzer' but an afrer hais. afler h' J1 by Dr" Abra" tienfs conHitfilad learaed of the pa rted that on ov?.r the telephone, of 102 and 2 ?!ith a temperature at times aPnJse U She delirious at'Jre and fl,, increasing temper larmed I thoS Tv6 P5Jlse tonight so, local phvsiriot, at her bedside that a AbrahSlchanra8 called in, and Dr. e' York. urrIedly summoned from ES T MOVE ALLEGED SPY TELLS HIS STORY Former Page In the House Makes Sen sational Charges of Graft and Corruption Against Repre senta'tive McDermott. Washington, Aug. 15. In a dramat ic statement, J. H. McMichaels, dis missed chief page f the House of Representatives, tonight presented 1 to the House Lobby Investigating com mittee a sweeping charge of corrup tion against Representative James E, McDermott, of. Illinois, for years his sponsor. ' With intense earnestness, McMichaels in picturesque language corraborate'd the allegations-, of M. M. Mulhall against McDermott, and made additional charges, at times shocking the .. committee, . and : spectators with outbursts of profanity and slang. The witness decalred that for years he had exerted . every effort to support McDermott; had loaned him money, had helped him in his campaigns, mow, he said, (McDermott had thrown him down" and he felt he must tell the truth. In addition to the charges already jinade, McMichaels swore that the Chi cago representative told him tnat ne received J7.50O out of a fund or siu, 000 raised by; the pawnbrokers of Washington to oppose a bill passed in the last Congress regulating inter est, rates in the District of ' Columbia; In this connection McMichaels told of a trip to New York when McDermott conferred with John McDermott, of ah association of brewers, and with George H, Horning, a local pawnbro ker. Concluding his testimony, McMich aels testified' . that Congressman Mc Dermott, since the Mulhall expose, had endeavored to" get him to conceal Mc Dermott s alleged part in the transac tion. "I met McDermott in the hall of this office -building," said McMichaels, his voice unsteady with emotion, "and ne sald:?.Mv God. I am- a ruined man. What am I going to do? Do you sup pose anybody- -will believe this old guy f I said to him, 'I've worked hard for "you for six years; harder than I ever "worked for any man. I tried to elevate you and help you to a big po sition. I- told him I had done all I could for. him. He said, 'You've got nothing to lose i you don't live with your .wife: I'm a Congressman, and !l. - mm -a 1 ft I ve,-got a;wne ana.cniiaren. ay you wrote those . letters unbeknownst to me. and that I did not know anything alrout it.. Even if they prove that 'you committed perjury and rorgery mey can only send you down the river to the Arkifor two years, and I'll pay you "TRaii to him. 'Yes. you're willing to pay me $100 a month - go to jail for you,; but you won't pay the wages vnn hnnestlv owe me. I've got eleven dollars in my pocket that's all I've got to show for six years worn; out j won't do this for you." Was . Associated With Muinaii. AnTiarentlv- struggling to control himself, McMichaels told the , commit tee of -furnishing $75 to take Mulhall to Chicago r to aid (McDermott in the 1912 campaign." ., -'Where . did you get that money ?" asked Representative Garrett . My moiuer llau JUl ujv oaiu atxvx- Michaels.. "and I was executor for my mother's will. - The money was in a bank here to the-credit of the estate, and 1 gave Mulhall a check for it. I had to hustle toput it back. I never got any of it from McDermott." . McMichaels told- at length of mak ing trips to various pawn brokers in Washington to "secure money either for McDermott or himself.. - , ' "McDermott toW me," he sald.thal the pawn brokers had raised $10,000 to flght the Loan Shark bill, and later he . told: me he got 7,500 oyt of it. tm,, t oVod him-whv he.didn t pay mei.what he owed me withy part of It, he - saidp'MyXUoa, man, , nau tu t on debts, ana i bui we -j,yv. , Tht-miirhmit v McMichaels recital, Representative McDermott with his counsel, sat immediately .opposite the witness, - chewing on a, big gar-and watching his - trstwhile confidential I!LC ?JL Uno r!zfi. He exoress- ed neither surprise nor indignation at ony noini in the compii'caiii . aPtiv?tired: in a.Summery outfit of blue and white set ge, McMichaels blew, clouds of cigareiie " faces of the "members of the commrt tee from the witness chair, - while he betweeijMulhall and; McDermott?" asked Chairman Garreti - LAS -I -never- saw any 'y - (Contiiiued on Page Eight.) .. . j HORRIBLE MURDER - ... - , . - HOTEL George S. Nance, ' of Macon, Ga., Kills Wife and Sets Body on Fire, WERE GUESTS OF I 01 (Mysterious Crime Stirs Hamlet Last . , Evening When Shocking Crime is Discovered in Seaboard Hotel. (Special Star Telegram.) Hamlet, N. C, Aug. 15. One of the most-mysterious murders in the his tory of this section occurred at "the Seaboard Hofel at this place about 6:30 'tonight when a man who was registered at the hotel under the name, of George S. Nance, of Macon G a., killed the woman who was regis tered as his wife. ' The couple arrived on Seaboard No 12 from. Atlanta this morning and af ter breakfast asked for a room, say ing they would spend the day here and go to Norfolk tonight. They spent some time this morning on the streets and went to their room, No 75, about 6:30 tonight. Mr. J. G Scott, a guest of the hotel, passed the room and met Nance, who was going from the closet. Uoon the op ening of. the door to room 75 Scott saw: smoke, and getting a fire extin guisher attempted to enter the room Woman's Skull Crushed. Nance tried to prevent him from entering, but Scott forced the door open sufficiently to use the extin guisher. Mr. N. :Monsaratt, another guest, came up at tms time and upon forcing the door, discovered the body or a , woman lyme near the door and the entire body on fire. The body was pulled in the hall and the fire extin guished they discovered that the wo man's skull was crushed and that she was dead- Nance had not attempted to leave and was placed under arrest.- From the condition of the room Nance bad killed, his -wife-and had then changed hhs ciotnes,-and tnen poured oil from a lamp m tne room over the bodv and aDout tne room, setting fire to the body. After beins: arrested Nance made a statement saying that they had some words and his wife attenuated to cut him with a razor and he killed her. but that he did not intend to kill her when he struck her. An open razor and an empty beer bottle were lying on tne noor Deside the lady. Another statement is that Nance said his wife declared she was going to put nim m an insane asylum, that ne naa oeen carzy a long time and that she had become as crazy as he was. Saying this, it is said Nance stated, sne seized mm by the throat, where upon' he struck her. .Woman Probably French The woman was small and Dretty. wearing glasses. She was evidently French and there, were found among ner enects several French transla tions. She was handsomely dressed and wore a large diamond ring. Many of the effects were burned, but among tnose saved was a receipted bill from S. H. George & Co., Greenville, S. C, addressed to Mrs. - Georee S. Nance. 321 ; Laurens street, Greenville, S. C. Her shoes have the name of a Knox- ville, Tenn., firm. Nance is appar ently 40 years old, medium size, clean shaven and slender. He was well dressed and had $563 in bills and coin on his person when arrested, a govern ment Dond ror ?i,ooo and a deposit slip from a Macon bank showing $1, 000 deposited in the institution. Coroners Jury Empanelled dressed and when arrested had $462.50 n money on his person. A coroner's jury was imoanneled and gave a verdict that the deceased came , to her death at the hands of her husband, George S. Nance, and committed him to jail without bond, ana unier or Felice Uraswell imme diately hurried him to Rockinerham in an auto. . In addition to the murder the charge of arson is made against him and it was -only on account of the timely ar rival of some of the guests that the handsome Seaboard Hotel was saved irom names. v. Effort is. being made bv the authori ties- to locate relatives of the deceas ed and the prisoner." but at midnight answers had not been received. The body of the deceased was delivered to J. C. Neimyer, undertaker, who will hold it pending instructions for ship ment. . , Another Killing Near Hamlet. At Hoffman, a town 14 miles north of Hamlet; about noon today, Mr. Gas ton Tyner, whiter while attempting to arrest a negro by the name of Jim Arnold, shot and killed. Arnold. . Ar nold has been .wanted for some time on the charge dX rape; made near Key- ser, ix. u ana wnen ordered to hold up his bands byTyner. refused and began advancing on Tyner, in a threat ening manner and cursing. Tyner used a shot gun and killed Arnold in-stantly- n Coroner Smith secured a jury and exonerated Mr. Tyner, who is a lead- ng ciuzen oi .jnonman. FIVE THOUSAND KILLED Between - Chinese Government Forces and Rebels Near Canton Hong Kong,-August 15 s Five thous and persons are reported to have been killed in the fighting that is going on in -Canton, and its environs, between government, forces and rebels. , Loot ing . continues and there - has been wholesale destruction of property. Residents in the foreign quarter of Canton' had many narrow escapes from bursting - shells, . The ; rebels hope to embroil foreigners . in the trouble. , Prisoners are being led through the streets ' of ; Canton. - by - wire s running through holes drilled" in. their noses, j inis ana otner memoasoi torturing i prisoners are common, 55S Officials Are Now Optimistic at the Turn of Events CONFERENCE 111 MEXICO CITY Lind Will Present Formal Communica tion to Mexico iMonday -Mexicans Discuss Question of Holding Election. Washington Aug.;sl5. The Huerta government through- conferences in Mexico City between John Lind, Presi dent Wilson's personal representative, and Foreign Minister Gamboa, now knows the -view point of the United States and its desires ' for only a peaceful and friendly 'solution of Mex ico's trouble. The formal' communi cation Mr. Lind bears ' will not be handed to Mexico before Monday at least, when it aTso will be transmit ted to diplomatic representatives of foreign powers in Washington. What the result of publishing these views , will be, officials here do not venture to predict, .mey nave no as surances that the Huerta government will accept them, but. they believe the spirit thus far shown by the Huerta officials justifies a hopeful feeling for the success ot Mr. Land s mission - Observers of the situation generally look for a pronouncement - of some kind from Huerta immediately follow ing a presentation ot President Wil son's message through Mr. Lind. It is expected in diplomatic circles that .President Huerta win formally an nounce a call for an early election even setting the date. - Constitutionalists hitherto have claimed they would not engage in any election in which the Huerta govern ment exercised control over the elec tion machinery. The possibility -of an agreement, however, lor a non-par tisan committee of Mexicans to con duct the election is being -discussed and should the -situation actually pro gress to that point 'Wnay .be that in formal effors will be made by Mr. Lind to secure participation by the constitutionalist leaders in- such plan. Information,, however, of only the vaguest character has been forthcom ing from officials as to the eventual! ties that would follow a possible re jection of President Wison's ideas by the Huerta government. There is no intention at present of lifting the em cargo on. arms: m fact, the President is said to have taken a strong "position against it, at least until all peacetui means of settlement have been ex hausted. Officials Optimistic. There is a confident and conspicu ous feeling of optimism, however, am ong adminstration officials that a peaceful settlement is in sight, though they admit the delicacy of the situa tion forbids any detailed discussion at this time of the circumstances on which their hopes are based. Shirley C. Hulser son-m-law of Lieu tenant Governor Reynolds, of Pennsyl vania, who with his wife and child were believed by Senator Penrose to be in imminent danger from . revolu tionists, are now safe in the city or Chihuahua. This information reach ed the State Department today from an American, who had just reached tne border from vjninuab.ua. ' With the Hulse family were said to be 1 many other Americans waiting for tne opening up or tne .railroad to leave Chihuahua for the United States. Others concerning whom inquiries nave been made by the State Depart ment and who have been reported safe are S. LeRoy Layton. safe at Tampico; Dr. M. A. Alpine and family, L.awrence v.. Elder, Dr. H. V. Jackson ana tamiiy, an wen in Durango; a man named "Von Brandis, ill in Duran go, condition improving,- and Edgar K.. -smoot. well in. Mexico City. rne revolutionists have served no tice to the public not to travel on the railroad between Monterey and Lare do, although trains are reported to have been running there as late as three days ago. Reply. Expected Soon Mexico City. August 15; President Wilson's message to President Huerta now in the possession of the gov ernment which may be expected to re- ect it or to return some answer short ly. Foreign Minister Gamboa-in the conferences he has had with John Lind, came to the conclusion, with the consent of President Huerta, that the simplest way to an end was to (Contir"oa nn Page Eight) , O U TLIN ES House Lobby' Investigating commit tee continues" probe of charges prefer- rea by tne ex-lobbyist, m. m. Mulhall. United States may. indemnify Ja panese subjects affected by Califor nia's anti-nlipTi land law. Views of the United States made known to Huerta through conference at Mexico City. Work on tariff bill in the Senate de layed. ' ; :-- One hundred more witnesses will be introduced by the defense in -the Frank trial before the case is con cluded. National Council of Women Voters concludes conference, at Washington. Lieutenant ftovemorKilvnTi nf Npw rYork, refuses to submit to the proposal oi impeacned, uovernor sulzer , to in voke the arbitrament of a court's de- cision as to" which of the two is at present lawful chief executives of the State of New York, v New York markets: " Money on call steadyg to 2 1-2, ruling jate 2 i-4, clos- mg ma 2 l-s to 2 l-i. x iour quiet but steady. Wheat quiet, corn arm. Rosin quiet. , Turpentine barely steady.' Spot cotton, quiet; middling uplands 11.90: middling gulf 12.15; sales 134 bales. " T-jl The Impeached Executive of New York, I (if " ) ' ' - - ' -' , 'S WILLIAM JAP SUBJECTS MAY GET AN INDEMNITY Uncle Sam to Compensate Them Because of Alien Land Law. JM STILL DISSATISFIED Japan's Right to Adopt Measure Simi lar to California Bill Recognized ' Feeling of Humiliation - Still . Remains Toldo, August 15. It was announc ed here today that the United States has intimated readiness to favor in principle the payment of an indemnity to Japanese subjects who have .been affected by the California alien land ownership., legislation. The United States has also recognized the right of Japan to adopt a measure similar to the California bill. From intimations given in official circles it appears unlikely that Japan will adopt either idea. What Japan desires is permanent friendly relations with the United States and therefore, she seeks a fundamental solution of the difficulty. If the United States has no solution to offer, it is stated -Japan will probably allow the matter to -re main as a grievance The publics feeling of humiliation in this connection continuea to oe fanned by inflammatory comments, in the newspapers. The Hocm smmpun, which is often sensational, urges an object lesson to the United States the expulsion of American missionaries in Korea on the grouna tnat tney are un desirable aliens. 1 Washington Reticent Washington. August 15. 'While the officials here consistently adnere to their refusal to make any public state ment concerning the negotiations be tween Japan and the United States regarding the California alien land law, it is understood that in its efforts to deal fairly with tne Japanese gov ernment the State Department had in dicated a purpose to facilitate any judi cial proceedings that may be prougnt to test the legislation. . The proposal, it is saad,. does not go as far as that made by President Roosevelt in the , Japanese school cases, where the United States dis trict attorney was charged to attack the legality of tne action ortne san Francisco school board, but does -com mit the United States to the extension of all reasonable aid in the. prosecution of test cases. : A suggestion that Japanese l resi dents in California, who , may suffer from the application of the alien land act xbe indemnified, has been made on account 'of the precedent established in the case of .the Chinese who were killed at Rock Springs, Wyoming, years ago, and the Italians who were lynched in New urieans aunng . me Mafia riots. It is pointed out, however. that the United States probably would guarantee Japanese land . - owners against loss only in the event that they were not properly compensated for property they were obliged to dispose of under the Webb-BloOdgood; act. s Tabo Jap Fruit Peddlers Grass Valley. Cal., August 15. A resolution providing for 'the - appoint ment of a special committee to co-op erate with business men ot tne city in keeping out Japanese fruit peddlers was adopted last night by- the Chanr her of Commerce. ;A11 citizens will be asked not to patronize, Asiatics: The committee will formulate plans to. keep the Japanese fruit men out of the city. Cleveland. Ga.. Aug. 15. -Triplets, all bovs. were born to Mr., and Mrs. Wade Reed, who live near this place, Tuesday night. 'Twa of the babies weigh seven pounds each, and the third weighs six pounds. The mother and children are doing nicely.' - s SULZER. MAYORS MEETING GOMES TO CLOSE Municipal Association Elects Officers and Names Char lotte as Meeting Place. LAWYER AND DOCTOR SPEAK Final Session Featured by Addresses of Or. W. S. Rankin and Chase Brenizer, Esq. Health and Constitution. Crowding all business of a two days' programme into a single meet ing, the Carolina Municipal Associa tion closed its .fifth annual convention yesterday at noon with the election of officers and the selection of Char lotte as the next meeting place, after having been in session since Thursday morning at the Oceani? Hotel, WWghtsville Beach. Mayor crfas. A. Bland, of Charlotte, was re-elected president,' and Mayor O. P. Shell, of Dunn, re-elected secretary and treas urer. Features of the convention yes terdav were addresses by Dr. W. S Ranking . of Raleigh, secretary of the State Board of Health, and Chase Brenizer, Esq.,: , city attorney of Char lotte. Other officers elected besides the president and secretary were as fol lows: First vice president, Mayor u P. Dickinson, Wilson; second, Mayor P. Q. Moore, Wilmington; third, O. B Eaton, Winston-Salem; fourth, Mayor T. J. Murphy, Greensboro; fifth, May or J. A. wellons, smitnneid; sixtn, Mayor Hartsell. Concord. The first matter taken up yesterday wasKthe readng of Secretary Shell s report which 'showed that there were 46 towns and cities represented in the convention. His financial report showed that its finances were in ex cellent shape. On motion the convention endorsed Mayor John Underwood, of - Fayette ville, for the position of Consul at Ot tawa, Canada. Mayor Underwood pro tested against it, fearing that it might appear that the convention was inject ing politics into its. proceedings. The other Mayors, however, were not of the same opinion, and the vote was made unanimous.- Dr. Rankin's Address. In beginning his address Dr. Ran kin stated that this was the second time that he had had the pleasure and privilege of talking to the mayors. The first time he had spoken on meth ods of diagnosis of health conditions in towns and cities. He took as his subject yesterday the method of treat ing sickness - in municipalities. The first thing to do, he stated, is to have some definite idea as to what we wish to accomplish. Decide " on three or four things, and see that 'they are carried out rather than spread out .on a great number, none of which is more than half done. - The first and most important matter is for each city' and town to provide some means of knowing its health status. - Consult the average citizen, and he will tell ' you that his is the healthiest town on the map, and yet if . you question this closely it stands ten to .one that lie cannot give you any facts and figures to justify such a belief. Dr. Rankin, gave several ex amples to prove this statement - He said that not long ago he visited ascertain town, and asked one of. its most prominent citizens as to health conditions, and was told promptly that they were very good.- Yet upon Investigation he found that there had been 194 deaths the preceding year, or 29 1-2 for each thousand when the average - death rate for towns is 15 for-jeach thousand of popfUglion. , The deaths from consumption in . this city were three. times the average." In an other town" where the health1 condi tions were supposed to be ideal he found that i the deaths from typhoid were seven times what they should -., (Continued on Pafe 4.) TOURNAMENT ENDS WITH SUPERB RACES Most Successful Meeting North ' Carolina Firemen Have. Ever Held. NEWBERN WINS FOUR PRIZES Goldsboro Again. One of Winners In Wagon Races Spencer Takes First Honors in the Reel Contests Bringing to a close one of the most largely attended and successful of tiie 26 similar-gatherings that have been held, .the inter-State . contests of the North Carolina State Firemen's Asso ciation held the interest of thousands of Wilmingtonians and visitors yester day on the race course on Fifth street, between Chesnut and Walnut,, the grab reel and the hand reel races being run In the morning and the horse hose wa gon races occupying- the afternoon. The tie between the Spencer Shops and Chapel' Hill in the hand reel race in the State contests Wednesday was run off yesterday at noon, being won by the former in 23 2-5 seconds. The Spencer Shops, r East Spencer and Salisbury teams carried off half of the prizes in the grab reel and hand reel races in the morning, and in the afternoon the Newbern teams captur ed four of the five prizes, in the horse hose wagon races. The firemen began leaving last night for their homes, in different parts of the State. A great many will leave this morning. Nearly , all who do not remain over for a stay of a few days at the beach will arrive home in time to' spend Sunday with their families. It has been a most successful tourna ment -and. convention, and, - of . course, the , fire laddies ' return . to their - homes singing the praises of Wilmington, which always does its utmost in the entertainment- cTtfeflremem-,when they gather in ! the city, '' v -tr The -splendid order that' has "bre vail ed. in the city throughout the week has been a subject of much' -comment. Not withstanding the large number of visi tors, there being several hundred out-of-town people here each dav In addl tion td the firemen, there has been no disorder to speak of and the police were not called upon to make a single arrest attributable in-any way to the firemen's tournament and the resultant large crowds. - - Hand Reel Race - Several thousand neonlA nrminlprl the grandstand and lined the streets when the hand reel contest began at 9:30 o'clock yesterday-morning. The Spencer Shops team, which holds the world's: record on grab reel contests. won first prize in the hand reel con testmaking the 'run in 24 . seconds flat. Sumter, S. C. the first team up. ost its chance, at the prizes by' an un fortunate accident. John Haynsworth. member of the team, was tripped by the drag rope, thrown. to the ground and the reel cart was thrown over him. He was not seriously hurt, how ever, and' was reported , as getting along nicely in the afternoon. He suf fered a sprained ankle. . - The teams ' and their time and the order in which they raced, follows: " - Seconds. Spencer Shops - -....24 Salisbury, South .. .25 East Spencer . . . . . i .'. . .26 1-5 Salem .. .. ..26 1-5 Morganton 27 Concord .. ....29 Chapel Hill, nozzle blew out..., Sumter, S. C, accident . . .... East Spencer- and Salem tied for third place, so one , took third money and the other fourth money. Grab Reel Race In the grab reel contest the Spencer Shops equalled the world's record es-. tablished by this team in Charlotte two years ago, winning first money in 16 4-5 seconds. Sumter,. S. C, which at first declared itself . unable to enter the race on account of a broken reel, patched its vehicle and ' entered the. contest; but as the nozzleman broke his coupling before passing the plug. the team lost fifth prize which 'other wise it would have been entitled to. The tieams and- their time in the or der in which they raced, follow: ' Seconds. Spencer Shops .. ; . . . .16 4-5 Chapel Hill .. ...... ....... ....17 3-5 Salem .... vt ....... 17 4-5 East Spencer -. . . . . : . . 18 Sumter, s. C. ... ... .v. ...18 2-5 Concord .. .. .. . ... . . ..20 2-5 Morganton, blew out Salisbury, Southside, blew out. . "Ruled out. - . '. , ' The timekeepers were Messrs. .J.- B. Huntington, Wilmington; B. A. Thees, Sumter, S. C; Mr. R. C. Tay-, lor, Winston-Salem. - The judges were Messrs. W. J . Hartley, East Spencer; C . ..C. Frazier, Spencer Shops ; M . A. Shank, Salisbury. Capt. Jas. D. Mc Neill, of Fayetteville, president of the association, was in charge of-, the events. ; , ' . : Young Roscoe Hutchlns, of Chapel Hill, who was Injured Wednesday at the hydrant, was able to join his com- . pany yesterday. .. --v Horse Hose .Wagon Races Yesterday was again Newbern Day n the inter-State horse hose wagon. races, the boys from that town taking first, - second, third and fifth -prizes. Newbern jno. i ran away with first- money, in 30 seconds flat, making a beautiful run and perfect hydrant and nozzle connections. The Atlantic com pany was second in 30 2-5 seconds; Riverside, third, in 30 3-5 seconds, and Fourth Ward, fifth, in 31 2-5 seconds. Goldsboro got fourth prize in 31 1-5 seconds. Newbern and Goldsboro car ried off all . the honors In 1 the State . contests . Wednesday also, each win ning the same number of -prizes and '- (Continued on Page 51x1) 'f -" i Y 1 ? H i - . 1 4 ' .1 '.vji i ii a.- 4 '- .1 " i - .. . ..... . ...... ii MA 61 r
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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