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VOLUME 91 a THE STATt ,UV Tfce Kti Hanover Granduiry . Active la Indictments The Prohibition Statute to He Eh . forced; Rigidly Pour White Men .t Alnmly hdfri4--Trbil St 1rm, IWiblr Trial of Meplu-n (barpe vt Murder. 00 , Wilmington, Aiirll 14. Not lu year ha a grand Jury in New Hanover county Kne out of the rut Of only considering hilt sent by the ol:-itor to Mrb an extent as the grand jury liow' la 'avwtou. -Quite a number of preutraent bav been, made, an J these, of course, will not be acted upon ii ii J II l lie next term of criminal court. . S Waking t'p t lBfrrenirnt of Law. It is believed lb st at least pari of the presentment relate to violation of the prohibition law. Indictment were returned Friday for alieRitl violation of the prohibition law, on man being Indicted in fle tun Tb tinnaual activity bt the grand Jury bat caused considerable anxiety to prevail ,J among certain law In the community. . n Flr-d-Degree Murder. Examination of witnesses in the ease of Job Stephen, cha'ged with the murder of Krnent Shields during tint suw-mer of ISo'J, a begun Thurs day morning. Thv tte rested Jut 'before the noon recess. While the state produced aomo - very damaging rtiuVnre in the way of tbrests made by Stephen thejilght before the mur der, it if generally regarded that the . atate made out 'but a, poor caae, aud unless it la materially strengthened Hupheu will probably be released, and -etta!iiIy found guilty of no v rrlma ttj.-tn tlmnflllllffhter. Mrphraa Tells hy He killed Mi bid. Stephen went on tb ttand In bia ol defense and aaid when be shot Sble(dt h bad bla bead under his ami riioklag him, and he waa inch a powerful 'man he bad no other re rou rue than to about. The atat did not have a alngie eyew lines to the tragedy. Stephen waa flrat tried last ram mer and convicted of murder la the flrat dgre, but got a new trial. Tho-w Indicted far alleged violation! of the prohibition V "! J- w Range. VV. a, Baldiwn. J. A. Rigg. I. C, Pickett and a white aomah who waa found at tba atore of Runge, IxiuUe KiafiB. Kunge ia aaia 10 nave gklpped. Ilck-tt waa arrested taut wight and released under H'KI bond. School Teachers Urged , To Become Suffragists Cincinnati, April 10 At the an nual banquet of the Cincinnati Wo Men Teaher aaaoclatinn, Hsturday night, M$t lief t la Wllaon. wealthy ex i.relt!ctit of tfce aaaoeUtlcn, tr- prlwd her wanr frleoda by aayinf that be will alt for Kuroi a few wrefca hence, to be anno tor at leaa a ear; that the. baa taught for ?s yeara. and ba turned In ber realrna- tli.n. trt taka eSert at the cloac of the achool year. Fhe owng a large tract of land tn Crante take, Fla. Sh annonnced that ahe aill eetabliah a winter home tbero for rM!re4 teachera, Mlna Wll- aon mad three; ee)lent auggcr llotia. She nrired the aaiclatlon to IteKlU'worlt for a erniunent cli-b-lio.ine by f.rt rentirg a room In the 'Women' Chriatian aaaociatlon, and to Lirninb It aa a library and real room for teacbera; aecondly. to ,8lft Mlea Wary t'onway In every ' mar hoiihl tn make a anrrra ol ike airla' enntlnuation a'hool; tbird Ir. Mi WlNm aald:. "I bn- that all i f yin wilt become aiiffraKlst. In order that the leglalaiur will give af goM a arhool to the glrla of hH -at IMitir g they have given tbe Iwy at Lanraater." t AtliJota Wanta llig t'onvenlUm. Atlanta. Oa., April 10 At a meeting held here today to complete 4h. ornlallon of a Georgia branch of tho National liemof ratlc league a movement to bring lha ncH demo rrattf nwllonal Convention to, Atlanta wan formally taninbed. lb I be- lk ve.1 that Atlanta application for the ft-tiVentlon tiet year would nave . the boarty aupport of the entire antB. I Itlarf I IV tn 'in 1 1 Again. Alfandrla. Va.. April , lo The cam.' of t. Jmiea I'lver, preal'ient ot the ftcfitmt Vlrgtnln Hafo lHpfmll and Trunl corporation, la to be tried at the terra of tbe corporation court hlfh bettan today. Mr. RI.ey la charged with mnelement and varl ma other tleid offeneea Mn con- ie(i(n alih the eoltapae of the Vir ginia Kafa Th-poalf and Truat cor potation lat auwiuer. mm E Tide And Wind Aided in Freeing Priozess Irene New Tork, April 10 All day. Sun day a small fleet of wrecking tuga strained hawfsera In an effort to free tbe stranded Prlnzesa Irene from the s.indu of Lone Hill bar, off Fire Is land, where' the liner baa been hc!) leaa since Thursday. , With tbe help of a favoring wind anil tide the big tlner was moved 100 feet, 'and tbe officers hope now tbat they will be able to steam to New York without aid today. The vessel having a H-knot headway at tbe time she went ashore, became Im bedded eight feet in the sand nearly her whole length, but so far as can be ettcertalned she baa not suffered the slightest damage. Captain I'eter on I the subject of mucb sympathy among the passengers of the ill starred boat. " Ilia atory of bow he got 15 miles out of bia course, and then In tbe fog ran on to tbe bar. Is credited aa re vealing one of tbe mysteries of the sas. According to olber navigators, some uncharted current bore tbe Irene from her path, and the fog prevented accurate reckoning. , Whether the captain will be dls uiiaaid or relegated to tbe command of a smaller boat the North German Lloyd officials decline to say. Traveling lodzstrial Ajent Latest D2velpenieit For Syslera Waablngton, Af r1 11. A a further aup In the tliretlon cf aid ing in the development ot tbe terri tory along the llnea of the Southern rsllaay system, Mr. M. V. Itirhards, land and Industrial agent, announces tbe appoliitment of Mr. W, C. Old, aa traveling industrial agent o ftbat ayt-m, with nVadqtiartera In Wash ington, D. C. Mr. Olds to a man of large experi ence in manufacturing in tbe t'nited State and foreign countries, and Is to work for the establishment of In dustrial plants along tbe line of tbe Foutbero railway av,n. He ie to give special attention to getting Into touch with manufacturer in other part of tbe country ho are seek ing new locations. He is to place be fore them Information aa to tbe na tural resources of the aouta, a to sources of supplies for their raw ma terials, facllitlra for obtaining coal or utilising nyoro-eiectric power. market opportuultiea, the character ol labor available, and all other facts relative to the advantagea of manu facturing sites along the line of the system. - t -....' JOE STEPHENS IS SET FREE VERDICT JIGiRDEII AH Ol'TIl.4. iiitii H nv jmh;f. .tDyuu.ic. Wilmington, Apr. 10 Aftnr beln out only about 4"i minutrs, tbe Jury Friday . afternoon, ahortiy beiore 6 o'cliKk, retitrnH a verdict of not tullty la the cik- wherein Joe Steph ens was rtatg'-d with the murder of Krnest Shields In July, 15. In tbe fitst trial tepbns waa convicted of murder In the firt d gre anil got a new trial. Wbll not a sifong ft case was made out ss In the first trial, the vrdict i rrgardi d aa one of the most nntrsfoua ever returned in this county. When the verdict w returned Jud 1'i Pbles said he had bif on the hi n. h nine vears. and during that time four ouiMgcrvis verdict had kTn returned In courts hi-ld by him, two of h!ih were In New latover county. He declared that Stephen, undur the evidence, was clearly guilty of murder In Hie first degree, and that if the iirt"B took the unsupported evl dence of the d femjant In such tascs aa tbla as against l or 11 wltnessf for the state, then the court had Just at well be abolished. Turnitia to the Jury he said: "Von can ro mid need not come back to morrow, tlct out!" After the Jury wa chosen the chances of conviction were reearflinl si very alight. The verdict w;ta gnerally condemned. Mlllll Ofllcers Con fir. Washington. April lo. Tbn eieen. live committee of the National Guard association and the adjutant generals of many of the states met at the war department today for an Important conference. The leading nbjt pl discussion. It was said, bad to do with plans to si-cure the enactment by eon great of tb aailou&l guard pay bill. TiJG GOATS MOU SOUTHERN TAKES FORWARD STEP TO GET HIS LIBTII Georgia's Prison' Comisission Recociniends Pardon DECISiON IS UNANIMOUS Generally':' llclicved That, Governor liruwo Will Make Him a Free Mun He Will Kdurn to D.tnvIlleXllid 'ii Earape a HosstOnce Chief of rollce In DanrlHe. : Atlanta, Oa., April 10 Upholding the "unwritten law," tbe prison com mission of Georgia Friday, unani mously recommended the pardoning if Thomas Kdgar Stripling, convicted and sentenced' for life . in Harris county fia., who fourteen years ago made bis escape, afterwards becoming chief otpoilce lu Danville, Va; The application will now go to Gov: ernor Itrown for action. He has an nounced that owing to a pre.ta of work ae will hot be able to -reach the case before sjr.ie time next wpek. So strong baa been the sentiment for iiardon, hawever. petitions coining from a'.l parts of" the state and from Virginia as weil, tbat it la generally believed the governor will sign the papers and make Stripling a free man. ' Riiiira to Puntille. Stripling Intends to return to Dan- iille and resume bia life tbVe, ao re cently Interrupted by the hand of the law. At the hearing before the commis sion the plaintiff's' attorneys confined their efforts to contrasting tbe rhar icter of Stripling with that of William Cornell, the man he killed. Stripling waa painted aa a Christian, a man of the highest character, a lover of home and of wife; God-fearing and lovable, acting C rally only jave hi own life. Cornett waa shown In tbe blackeat of colors. Affidavit afu-r affidavit was introduced 4o pro that be had no respect for women; that he was a loose talker, and that he had not re frained from bowtlcg of his con quests. Affidavits from his neighbors, from farmer employees and from rel atives were to.tbe effect that he Was repeatedly warned tiat If he did not slop talking about the wives of other men he would head a funeral proces sion, and that his only reply was tbat he was too smart and too quick to be caught napping. Mra. T. H. Durham male affidavit that Cornett had asked her for a kiss and was advancing upon her when neighbor arrived, and that ahe told Stripling and her husband. Mrs. Stripling also made affidavit (hat onco she received a letter from Cornett.- Mrs. Stripling made no re ply, but keptthe let'er and gave it to her husband. - Does Set Csrape. Stripling did not escape roast or two from affidavits and from attorneya for the Coruetts lu the course of their attacks on him. One affidavit wa In 'reduced to prove that tripling and Cornett had been seen together on the afternoon of the kilting, and that both were In the friendliest of mood. A letter was read from the editor of Danville paper saying tbat tripling waa not wanted in Danville by the majority of ti citliens of that place. Another affidavit wa to the effect that of the two men killed by Strip ling, both were shot in tbe back. AWorney Cameron, In his i-ioecb agaiiist Stripling, said that he recog. nlzd tripling a tbe man who led a mob at Columbus, which lynched two ne tree. ' . ' . ' 4- Young Bride ol Month Tries To Take Her Life Norfolk Va, April 10. With a gaah in he throat Inflicted by ber own baud with a raor, Mra. W. fl. Sawyer, who wa married less than a month ago, is at Lam ford hospital. She will recover, physician say. Mr. Sawyer in only twenty year old. When her httsbsiiiL wakened Thursday night be round hi wife had cut her throat. She waa sent to tbe hospital, and the matter waa hushed unlit last night The woman's husband says hi wife suffered from kidney v troub1", and ahlle half-erased with pnln ahe at tempted to end her life. Many Clalmanta I IXste. Lisbon, 0., April The fight on the part of more than one hundred alleged heirs to prevent the stale from obtaining the estate of the late Gen. Jame W. Rellly, of Wellsvllle, who died without leaving a will or any near relatives, came np In the Cotiim blsna county circuit court today on appeal. The estate la estimated to be worth between ll.'.n.noo and $2wi,imhi. and Judge f taste, of the common pica court, decided, after a long trial, lu whlrh fifty attorney participated, that It ah uld escheat to the state. There are about fifteen group ot claimant, and they live In England, Ireland, I Ohio. Missouri, Iowa. Delaware and Maryland. S IP DURHAM, N. C. .TUKSDAY, APRIL 11, 19.11 Gaze lYxs Cow Owing to Wet Cronnds - It was at least an , pntfluslasUc crowd of about, three hundred fans that braved the drizzling rain which fell throughout almost the whole day ro see the third game of the Trinity Wake Forests aies on Saturday af ternoon. The Trinity grounds, uanally In tine i c.oiiditfari, were muddy and only a alow exhibition of the national game could be shown. Coach Adkhn was "determined Co play unless there was a steady downpour of Vain, and the Trinity players were anxious to get back at the ltiptists for the de feat of the day befyru. Tba attend ance was the lowest of the peason, but had the' weather been good the game would prahl'ly. have brought out the largest ersd iif any this year. uig not) vtauu iM'i tne twining tor the homj team at pitched an excel lent game, fanning ont fifteen -men. He had gold suppiijLjf'W the visitors' two talliescama ak.3y in tho fourth and fifth n!ugs. Aii iar vis gjoa playing U'eorjceriiipl the Wake Forest men baa r on it the exception of tb Mi thodista, with lint inning;, when riiua wero made. all six of Trluity" L'nderwood for tb vjsitors kept the hits well scattered, ug::ln excejifinj the fateful first, j , . The game start it off !owly with the viewing team it the .bat, anil- it locked as if nothing? wasjo b riadc in tbe first -But wfc n the home team came to the bat tb' seemed ,19 have solved the bender f; fniterwoM, and after Foushee wasjsafe m an error by third hit by Ilindy, Cooper and Anderson, together f ith a few fumbles and a rack on the fjead for Hender oon, which , got hitil cu-first,, score! six runs for Trinity; The home team batted around in this inn'ng and then same. After the fln4 imV"iS the visi tors brightened up ;d put up a One exhibition of ball playing which, ef fectually prevented further ecorihg. In the fourth Inning aluglea by Turner, Stringfield and Brown scored one run for Wake Format. In the Ofth. a base on bail an- iwo-bnse hit by Ptiey i. '.led tuiotier run. Wet groiinds 'prevented any spectacular play. Score?- , R. H. B. Trinity ....... 000 00 8 Q Wake Forest ., ,.( 110 00 J 1 1 rob. Gantt and M.iddox; l uderwood and Turner." Summary. Struck out, by Gantt. IT,; l'nderwood, 6. Bases ou pahs. Gantt, 2; t'nderwoo l, 5. Hit by pitch er! Gantt,' I; l'nderwood, 3. Siolen bases. Trinity. 2; Wake Forest, 1. Two-bate hit. Ftli y. Slnglea. Bundy, Cooper MX, Anderson (21, Fou?bee. Gantf, Maddox. Mills, Turner 2, Strlnstflcld, Itrown. Faucette. Attend ance. SW. Time. 1 hou-s. Vmplres. Rowe and Caddell. . TWO BIB STILLS SEIZED RETEM K BI FKI RS MADE LARGE ii ui m:au msto. ' Klnston, April lu Revenue Raiders J. K. Cameron and W. 1. Merrltt have Just seised two o? tile biggest blockade dlatiltlng plants that oflicera have cap tured or beard of in this atate in many a day. Within two mil,- of Klnaton. and only a few hundred yards from he Norfolk and Southern railroad, they raptured a plant that included a 22i gallon at ill and ample equipment operating In a substantial building that bad ail enclosure In which ere 12' hogs fattening on the alops. Two negroes were at work tbi r and one of them was captured. Investigation Indicates that this tilt has been ope rating for two years. The same of. ce's raided the premise of a three-hundred-acre farm Just northeast of Fremont and found In a building that they claim was built In Imitation of a tobacco barn as a "blind" a still of 82; gallons capacity, of complete equipment, with the further arrange ment that brought steam and hot and cold water for the dlst.lltng purposes front a cotton gin bnile- in a buHdle route distance away through wilder ground pipe. The owner Of tbe place died some time ag.i and a brother liv ing lit Fremoat i executor. II" dis claims knowledge of the outfit, and everybody on the premises 'disclaim having connection with It. The plant h.ti not been used in several wcrk. possibly. These are the only two sclsure of consequence repo-l-d by rrveam r In quite a while, tub ac knowleilKnient of many nfticer bring that the blofkadcr have organld and arranged signal and co-operative wa'cbe for the presence of rr verniers In a neighborhood that make It well njgh Impossible to capture them ot their till. War ll'lll" llaWVll Lead. Wilmington. April ft Wiliiara Howell. 105 year old, and wetl known In this slate as "WarIllH" Howell. for bia riir,i In both lh. Metlenli and Civil wars, died yesterday on hi farm near floldsi'oro, N. C. He Was very active np lo the time of hi death, pitching hi crop tni year. SOPHS TO HOLD live Subject Will Be Discussed By Trinity Students CBNTESTTOMORR0WNI9HT Frlze Will Be Handsome Set of . Bookti Offered by Mr. James II. Bout hsiile, Who Has Bone Much " '..''..- to Stimulate nnil Arotise F.iitlui- , iasm Among the Students Tomorrow evenlns at 8 o'clock In the Craven Memorial hall at Trinity eo'.lege the anfcr.al sophomore debate ill. be held.-'. '; '. ... ' The question which will be dis cussed la " Resolved, Tbat the south ern states should encourage iiriml granta to come iHto their territory." This is avery live end important question, and on,e interesting and instructive speeches have been pre pared cn the subject by these embryo statesmen. - Each spring for a number of years, it has been the custom of the member of tho sophomore class to contest for the handsome set of books offered by the Hon. James H Soutbgate to the best debater in the class. This is essentially a sopho more feature, no other class offering any, prize for. delating. By this means, Mr. 5-outIigatc ia stimulating an interest in one of the moat im portant anrV essential features of col lege acQr'Oes, and this is doing no little hmifcBt of good, aa the ability to apeak clearly and concisely Is one of .the finest,attrtbute a young man can gain. . A very lBtft-iting program has been arrange. - The speeches will be interspersed with selections by the quartet. After the regular program tbe class will remain to crown the vlcteriwe!' knh M Incidentally to partake of the ecurses of refresh ments prepared by the fair co-ed of the class. Songs, yells, and a gen eral overflowing of class spirit will prevail. The hall will be appropri ately decorated In olive and gold, tbe class color. ' . Dr. Frank C. Brown, of the de partment of English, who has had thia department in charge, haa taken great Interest in the work, and to him much of. the credit for the suc cess of the occasion will be due. Dr. Drown will preside over the debate and he and Mrs. Brown will rhap- erone the festivities to be held after the regular program. , Much Interest in this annual con test haa been shown by the students, and a place on the sophomore debate ia regarded aa one of the highest honor accorded to the member of this cls. In the preliminaries held last Monday, those chosen to appear In the final debate are: Messrs. Wil liam B. Duncan, It. M. Ratriiffe. J. A. Rand, W. A. Cado. D. R. Kirk- man, S. S. Alderman, Hal A. Hayes. Quinton Holton. C. A. Warlick, and X. I. White, pesldea these, Misse Estelle Flower and Nettie Tiliett have won honorary positions on the debate. ' . Tbi tlasa of '13 Is a hustler, and sheh Its members undertake any thing, a great success may be cx perted. Claim Fraud In Recent Election at Ashevllle Ashcvllle, April 10. The persis tent rumor of fraudulent voting In the fifth precinct of tbi city, which have been heard since the recent commission . government election here, took definite shape today when ten reputable citizens ot that pre cinct affixed their signature to a document in hkh charges of per jury and fraud are openly made. The matter I not to rest here. however, but will be carried before tbe grand Jury with evidence and affidavit which, these eltlien claim. will convKt nine men of perjury and will show that fourteen men voted' fraudulently In thu commission gov ernment election held March 21. The alleged llleiral vote were all ist against the commission form of noverii inert, which tost by only eleven vote. ' Vote to Increase ... The Saloon license Lynrhburg. April lit. The common council Friday nighl. after two hour good-tempered fittbt, adopted the recommendation of the finance committee to iir tease tbe retail liquor llcenvffom l.oo to l2,5on. The reeoiiii.tenilation to Increase pa: rd by a vote of Jt to 8. The effort to Inrfrnse the malt liquor license for holeaame plate trom Ro0 to ll.flon failed by a veto of lb to 4. The Increase roe to the board of aldermen on Tutdi,y night for con currence, and concurrence la prob able, " . ASK PROTECTIDN II Jewish Citizens Request Tall to Compel Fair Treatment New York, April 10. Formal de mand wps made on President Taft Thursday to have Russia atop its dis crimination against American citi zens of Jewish faith. He was noti fied that if he and the state depart ment do not act at once to compel Russia to recognize passport issued to American citizens without regard to their religious belief that the fed' eral courts will be appealed to. The demand was made by Attor ney Nicholas Klein, of Cincinnati. In order to make a test case that would be effective he ha cited the refusal of the Russian consul in this city to else tbe passport issued to Rabbi Joseph Jasin, of Niagara Falls. , Tbe latter, who Is former secretary of the Federation of .American Zion ists and at present vice-president of that body, member of the executive committee of the Sons of Zlon, and i governor of the American Civic alii aace. Is to be backed In his proceed ings by every Jewish organization in ifco T'nited State. In the formal letter sent to the president it la stated that Rabbi Jasin' passport. Issued March 8, 1911, was presented to the Russian consul in New York yesterday and he refused to recognize it for travel through Russia because it had been issued to a Jew. , T f Both Die As Result ol Fatal Shooting, Sonday Los Angeles. April If. Sesllsatino L. Daula, who abot and killed bia six-year-old daughter, Ledalia. on April 2, after a pistol duel with Ceorge Koerner, In which he wa severely wounded, because he could not die and leave his child to live, as he said, was shot aud fatally injured at the county hospital early Sunday morning by Eva Bovce, bis twenty-four-year-old step daughter. ' After shooting ber father three timea. the girl turned the revolver upon herself. Both are dead. , The shooting occurred in the Insane ward of tbe hospital. Dan la has been confined there since be was shot by Kocrmr. The girl visited her father early in the evening and at tbat time appeared affectionate, it was after tbe attendants had left the couple tbat tbe shooting occurred. It waa believed that, the girl bad left her father's cell and the hospital. It is believed by the police that the shoot ing was the result of a pact and that the girl fired at her father with his consent BIG IEIGUESJPEN SOON SAT10VU AXD AMERICAS PLAV FIRST GAME WEDNESDAY. Wednesday wilt be the opening day for tbe NaMona! and American le.-igue. In the National league the Brooklyn cUh wl'I play the Boston team ou the latter' grounds; the champion White Sox will entertain St. Louis; Fhiladelphia wilt play the Giants at the Folo grounds, and Pitts burg will play at Cincinnati. The Chicago- White Sox will play the Detroit c'ub at Detroit; Cleveland will play at St. Louis. Boston at Washington and New York at Phila delphia, The opening day In the big league will also see the start of the pennant race In the American association. For the Initial contest tit thia organiza tion Milwaukee la scheduled to play at Indianapolis, Kansas City at Loula- Hie, St. Paul at CoHimbu and Minne apolis at Toledo. The Southern league will get under way Saturday, with Mobite playing at New Orleana. Montgomery at Birm ingham, Chattanooga .at Atlanta and Nashville at Memphis. Dmil.l.K MAS tl.FCTIIOCl TED. A. L. Goal-ten Tenrhed Chain pending Electric Light. Danville, va., April 10 Durli g a severe electrical storm here Friday night A. L. Contdcn wa Instantly killed about 9 o'clock by touching a chain that 4 suspended an electric light In the middle of th street Goulilen I a watchman for the River side Cotton mill. He is a young mar rled man but has no children. Sev eral men were standing near-by and saw him when he dropped to the pavement 1 NUMBER 63 ADMIRAL TOGO'S EXPECTED IISIT Elaborate Plans Being Considered (or Bis Reception In this Country iilSTHiCID ... . (".... , . i The Admiral Cumr From an Ancient and Honored '; Samnrai Family, Which Gave .Many DIMingnlshed Fighters to Japan He la Highly JHnuored In His atlie Land. . Washington, April 10. Elaborate plans arer being considered for the re ception and entertainment of Admiral Togo Haibachiro,' the 'Nelson of Ja pan," who will visit tfce Fulted Statea and Canada some time after tbe coro nation of King George in June, which he will attend as the official repre sentative of the Japanese government. In recognition of the high official ank of .Admiral Togo and of bis fame aa ane of the greatest sea fighters of modern history the greatest honors will be shown to him and the program will con, prise a reception by the presi dent, a state banquet and numerous other official functions of a more or teas elaborate character. It is cot yet definitely settled when Admiral. Togo shall arrive and how long he shall remain. According to present plans, however, the admiral's visit will be rather brief, as he In tends to visit Canada before be sails back to Japan on the steamer Sado Maru, leaving Victoria, B. C, about July 1. Admiral Togo, who is now about sixty years old, cornea from an ancient and honored Samurai family, which gave many distinguished fighters to Japan and reflected credit upon the Satsnma clan, to which it belonged. There was a time when practically the whole Japaneae navy waa offcered by member of the Satauma clan. Just as theJapanese army drew nearly all it ofljv-ers from rha -equally powerful . and warlike Choshu'clan. Nowadays neither the nary nor the army of Japan ia entirely given to theae, the two most powerful clans of feudal Japan; but many men from all parta of tbe empire are to be found in both services. When Togo entered the navy, however, practically ita whole personnel was Satsuma. , - Togo received a great part of bia education and naval training at the Naval college, Greenwich. England. where he went through the regular courses of instruction current some thirty or forty year ago. Returning to Japan, he waa employed in various capacitiea. In 1894. when the war broke out between CDlna ana japan. he was in command of the Naniwa, a cruiser of 3,Sj0 ton, one of the ves sels composing what was then known as the first flying squadron of tbe Japanese fleet He was a mere cap tain at that time. During the war be greatly distinguished himself and be came the idol of the people in Japan. It wa during tbe early part of tbe war, lu fact before real hostilities bad bi g'.in, that Togo' (hip overhauled the transport vessel Kowshing. flying the British flag, with a British captain and crew and carrying ome eleven hundred Chinese soldier for Asan. Togo signaled the vee! to top by firing two blank shells, and the British captain obeyed the order. Then Togo sent a lieutenant on board and in formed tbe captain that the ahip would not be permitted to proceed but would have to return with the Naniwa to the reiidetvous of the Japaneae fleet Capt Galsworthy, of the Kowshing, was per fectly willing to obey tbi order, but nut so the Chinese officer In com mand of the t-oops on board. They refused to obey tbe order and would not al'ow the captain and hla men to leave the ship. Captain Togo atood by for some time, in the hope that the British cap tain and crew would be able to escape from the Kowabing. but finding, after four hour, that ilure waa ao hone for this, he hol.ttod the ted signal, indi cating that he waa about to open Are, and a few minute later the flrat and only shell fired from the Naniwa tore through the hull .of the Kowshing. wrecking the englnej and causing thu Kowshing rapidly to All and sink. Then Togo sent out boa's and saved a many ot the drowning men a be could With this feat Toge- practically opened the war. After the war be wa raised to the rank of rear ad miral, and when the war with Russia became a certainty tpno a mad- commandcr-ln-chlef ot the Japanese navy. Hi conduct ot tbe naval operation during the Russian-Japanese war proved beyond doubt that no mistake had been made In placing him at tho bead of tbe Japanese navy. He proved himself a sea tighter ot wonderful ability and resourcefulness, a past master ot naval tactlcu, coot, resolute, determined aud courageous; quick and alert of perception but calm and un precipitate In actton. He Is the idol of bis men, and no man, barring the emperor, la loved and honored mora , to Japan than la Togo. r
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 11, 1911, edition 1
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