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1 News :tl The Weather For North Carolina: Gen erally fair Tuesday and Wed neariay. Iligheet temperature, tO; lowest, 81; precipitation, 0. HQ NORTH CAROLINA'S GREATEST DA I LX RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1913. PRICE 5 CENTS. I . ......i ' ? , - 'jj'jjinj TELLS Wl R . J EHQM E HE IS DISCHARGED Not Only So, But "Honorably" Discharged, and Wfn." Tra vel 'Bows His Thanks .SOME LUDICROUS .. ""PRELIMINARIES Just a "Little Game, of Draw" Which Caused the Rucus Ancient Witnesses-Who les tified in Case N, Y, Lawyer Winner in Poker Game. (Br Uw iadiM hml Coatlcook, Que., Sept. t. William Travers Jerome wes acquitted tonight on the charge of having gambled on Thursday last on the station property of the Grand Trunk Hallway here while waiting for the immigration au thorities to pau on the case of Harry K. Thaw. In discharging him the court apologised for the humiliation to which he had been subjected. A country lawyer, Joseph Beaulre, and an etehty-year-old Justice of the peace, James MpCee7o"WlIXed up the; iwariiuiaaihaijeaint j erome this afternoon that District Magistrate Henry- -ulvens,wh had eome -here om HUerDrooice oy automooue s. miles, for the purpceeTTeruwfrtOTrre-4 siae and adjournment -was taaen un til tonight- For -4V minutes counsel wrangled- and burled suggestions of rrooked work. . Jerome smiled, the crowd In the court room alternately stamped and hissed,, and Magistrate Mulvena - declared he had been brought here under false pretenses. Jerome had come to Coattcook from Montreal on an understanding that his case, set for hearing on Thursday Recitember 11. had been advanced to today and that the justice of the peace McKee, who signed tne original com plaint, had agreed that Magistrate Mulana should preside. ,. .- Accompanying Jerome waa Samuel Jacobs, one of the most emmlnent lawyers of the Dominion, who had been - retained by the State of New York in the Thaw case. When the crowd Jammed its way Into the littls court room about 4:34 o'clock, neither ilidw was able to produca any formal sl&ldneiil- from Justice McKee that he hud auhorltsed Magistrate Mul vena Ao sit. i The complainant,' Mil ford Aldrich, could not be found and John Andrews, th constable who ar retted Jerome, wis missing, , i . Complications arose as soon as MaRlstiate Mulvena asked whether Just tee McKee had formally author ised, ths magistrate to preside. "No, hot formally,'', said A, C. Han son, joint eroseoutorlait night he said he would; today he said would not." - :, '-" i ..- ? -.'sT: ' Here Beaulne arose. ; ' 'This case cannot proceed," he said emphatically. "I represent the com iilainant Aldrich, and he Is not her, 1 also represent justice and the crimi nal code." t. Attorney Jacob for " Jerome urged that the trial should proceed, and de manded that the missing constable and complainant be held in contempt of court. "That ,cannot be done replied Magistrate Mulvena, "for the court Is not sitting." r i As Beaulne and Hanson could not agree as to who was In charge for the prosecution the magistrate adjourned the hearing until 1 o'clock, urging the lawyers to settle' their differences ia the meantime.. - " The hearing before Magistrate Hen ry Mulvena, of Shrrbrooke, lasted less than an hour. It began at T;J o'clock and at 1 :2Mh court said: "Sir, yo uare honorably discharged." Jcrome in New York Today.. When acquitted Mr. Jerome thank ed the court, spoke flatteringly of his Deception in Canada and added that he did not attribute his arrest' and brief Imprisonment last week to the thinking people of the Dominion. " He took a late train from Coattcook to (COSTISUIO 0 r6t TWS4 . BRITISH MILITANT ' SUFFRAGETTE MIX ! v FIND DIFFICULTIES i '. (ay AsndiM "wm. f : x Washington, D. C, Sept. t. Before Mrs. Kmelln Pan k burst, leader 'of the V British militant suffragettee, sn be admitted to the United States tn Oc . tober, the time set In the laest an . tiouacemeata for her coming, the lm- migration authorities will decide whether any f the actsor which she has been imprisoned in cngiana con stitute moral turpitude within the undesirable alien. ' ' ' She - will "be detained - at -whatever port she lands, but whether eventual- "lytslld TEniy" TS twrmttte tt -enter -een- I not be foretold. O.Hclals of the de. ' partment of labor now are seeking all obtainable Information concerning the British suffragist's militant activ ities that may have a legal bearing i upon her right to admission to the United States. , ' BSkaSSlSWSaVlSB HI STUtTK A M ATCH I ' OAKOLIVR FVPI.OOKD . (Pl-ll to The Kews aad Obserrer.) FraafcHaea, H. C Sept. tTbe Rrdre-silMiie Cemwnr's atanse , kiM, am the Hurting Wtts ' Mill, at this Bfeea. mfU tre a eboat M:M p. m. aeter.aad wee eieMrored. ' The iwHm m pmf ekewd retrasr se etesa the -ehiarr. . I ha nmiw west la the t stone rmi, psm4I tm gel fc gaMlimt, Hi lUhtl meek, Tke gaMUae explsded, mi the castm a Are ana he mtmv4 br Implif ta the reeerotr, 1 Ms uifarnnleei gtar4 rreat sartie wke were If graat 4nmre was. i tlie ta was ajprtM-vl itr. buaa. 1 alarm af are waa ' lint aad quit a erawe was Ma oa ! Ke RemiWicahi5 Last Cards In Effort To Defeat Tariff Bill FINAL FIGHT OVER 1 ADIiilHISIRftllJ BILL 111 SENATE After. Laborious Day's Work Upper Branch Settled Down To All-Night Session VOTING ON IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS BEGAN EARLY IN THE EVENING AGREED TO VOTE Washington, Sept 9., 2 :00 a. mTbe. party leaden agreed to leegr Jtbejsenate . in session untff nf as many of the amendments still cendinr as Possible and then W' adjourn unf il o'clock -Tues day, the vote on the bill befog set for 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Sugar Amerrdraent Agreed Washington, Sept 9.The sugar schedule without amend ment and Insertion of the provi sion for free sugar In 196, was finally agreed to m the Senate at l o'ejock this morning. Senator Bristow yielded In his former de mand for another roll call be cause Senator Ransdell's amend ment hod been- decisively defeat ed ecr-rr'rTir' - Art amendment by Chairman Simmons, ol the finance commit tee, toienrole farmers to manu facture denatured alcohol, was agreed to without opposition. The axnendmcnt removed troublesome restrictions now required by law. After agreeing- to numerous minor paragraphs the Senate ad journed t0f 9 o'clock this morn ing. . .; .; i-, .v ',' ; ' - Washington, Boot. I. With the hope of passing the Underwood -Simmons tariff bill before .another sun rise, the Senate settled down to a night session after working away oa the measure throughout today. Dem os ratio Readers had done their ut most to suppress general speeches sutd force progress, and before the enren Ing session was well under way vot ing on tha final important amend ments had began. -.. The flrst hint of the final fight over free raw wool came late this aft -ernoont when Senator LaFoIlette In troduced a general substitute for the wool tariff sections of the Underwood aimroifas bill. , An Inheritance ta amendment oftared by Senator Norris, ta nendlnc af the time and debate alternated between the subjects for sveral hours. ' ' I toilette's Wool Flaa fiarprisev The LaFoIlette wool plan came as a surprise to the Democratic aid, In stead of the. expected IS per cent duty on raw wool after January 1st, .CHIIIILVED " i . '. . Premier Expresses Opinion in 7 Connection With Sending-; of Troops to China. v i " v " : , Toklo, EepL (. Anarchistic expres sion In connection with the attation over the killing of the Japanese at Natimimr M to- tit supprssin today of the Nlponu Bhimbun, an Independ ent' newspaper. - The Journal .asesrte ed that the punishment of the spies, of Yuen 8hl il, the Chineee- preaU. dent, had Just commenced, that the murder of Director Abe, of the Japan ese foreign office, was a "heavenly Judgment." and that other assassina tions would follow. - -i . .. . . The members of the Janaoese cab inet are being constantly protected by detectives. , -"-'' The police arrested the ring leaders of the mobs, which were assembling to hold another mass meeting here to day,, and the meeting was not held, rtewiar T marmot r$etyd -the or ganlw-fr' f f "yesterday! meetlaga" lnd Informed them that there was no ne cessity of- sending armed forces to China at present According to another version the Premier declared that the sending of troops to China might bring about tbs partition of . that country b) th powers. ' y The city Is filled with Utsubstan tlatsd rumors that the occupation of Chinese territory Is Impending. Oen eral . Viscount Toshlmlchl Hiaegawa, rhiet ef the general staff, and Crenerai Vlseount Ksgeaki Kawamura, com mander of the Toklo garrison, confer red today with F.mperor Toehihlto at The Chinese government has apol PARTITIOII 0 asisad to Japan for the murder of ewei-nl jrHn-a st Nnmihlng and rtss c; it t- :S-"S . . ' IZFOLLETTE LOSES IN EFFORTSPRUNG AS A SUBSTITUTE His Raw Wool Measure Lost by 13 Majority Norris' Income '"Amendment Met Like Faje r DEMOCRATS CREDITED WITH GOOD FAITH EVEN BY SOME REPUBLICANS m AFTERNOON next, his substituts proposed a general cut of the -wool rates based on a 19 per cent raw wool doty, for 1114: a t per cent, quty-fnr , tlals4aaj is per cent, duty alter January l. "When Senator LaFollet concluded. Senator Stone, tn charge of die wool Kffrd suDjeot had been thoroughly covered Before; that Senator iAFolletto had rafralnad from offering his amend ment when the wool issue wag being discussed, and that tha tariff bill, a passage should not fee delayed by the re-opening af the wool fight. Jjoet Dy Majority ol When the vote came at the night session the substitute was defeatsd. 41 to II, ana immediately afterwards Senator LaFoIlette offered another amendment to fix av straight IS per cent- duty on wooL and. this was promptly Toted down. I to The Penrose wool substitute was defeated. TtV Toioe. " ' Norris Income Tax Amendment. The discussion of Senator Norris inheritance tax amendment durinsr the early Dort ot the day brought strong oonAamnalloa , from Aiejraiwl Aram fethes seastor ef (he alleged laxity with which the taxation and revenue lawe - deal with large fortune and large incomes, Senator Claps, of Min nesota, declared . the people should prevent the accumulation of enormous fortunes rather thaa devise means of cnrblng them later. -$600,00000 Too Mnoh For One Man. "I believe that Mr. Carnegie,- said the senator, "in doling out pittance for libraries to communities . in this country that come to htm almost on bended knees, supplicating such aid, has done much to stay Americas thought and American purpose In trying to find some Just way of pre venting a Carnegie from taking from the American people approximately $(SB,OOO,0oe of property, representing a taxing power against the American people based upon return and earn ing of that isoo.eeo.ood, - The Norris amendment was beaten, ST to IS. Republican Tariff Lejrtolarion FaDarea. Many speeches of a general char acter war made during th day. Sen ator Chilton, of West Virginia, Dem ocrat, attacked the Republicans for their alleged failure to satiafy the publlo demand for tariff revision and declared the ' Democrats - had been given the opportunity to frame the present measure beoauss Republican revision had been repudiated. ' Republican Credits) Democrats. With tiood Faith, ' Senator Brady, -of Idahor Republi can, credited Democrats with good faith In their efforts to prepare. fair tariff bill, but Insisted th present measure would be a failure. ' - (CONTINUM ON AB HVl g Sixteenth Event Jncludes Vet .erans "of Mexican, Civil War and Spanish-Americarf. ;7 Philadelphia, Pa- 8ept I. Veteran of the Mexicam war, th Civil war, and the Spanlsh-Amarican conflict, as well ae '&0Mw1ie the Island posse salons, attended, today tsOJ?enJna-et,Jaljjxteea encampment of the army and navy union. About S.000 veterans are ex pected during tomorrow, ,' ' . . 'A -feature of the encampment will be a parade oa Wednesday In which 18.009 uniformed men, Including the veterans, sailors, and marines from the Philadelphia-. IS'avy yard. . and a brigade of th Nktional guard of Pennsylvania, win tike part. ., Among. those who mads addresses wa--Vntted .tte VfleiMUor"'Twpse,.. who.'' s'peakihr:''ehralljf 6f l"th'- ?pr pared neas of the United State, said this country was always ready for war. "It may be that we are not pre pared for war in the sense that the military nations of Europe are pre pared," said Senator Penrose. ."Our geographical situation and the pur poses of our republie do not require or Justify such preparedhees. . Our re sources are immeasurably greater than those of any other nation or et several nations and at the call to arms a million men would tomorrow respond ready to go to thef ront in the defense of the republic." J Jnstalletlnw of George Russell IJonni as nwuorni mmiraun jai the presentation of reports of officer snd committer, took up most of th lime of, today tension, v . AfJfJUAL ARMY ArJD uiEiiciPifji MEXteANEBELEXPLODEJPLQOT - - - AND INJURED AND BUSINESS SECTION OF 2L..Jt J. ., . . , ' , ; . , - - V - V f - A .e"-vM ,ff r' --Vi r,' B-', 'c 'Vl', V . , " J-'V - ; , 7 fv "1 w .. ' ? it r--, -. - ;s :-' t - . . t , ; JPyC, v . After the expkaiom at Taoabara, . A federal oar loaded with powder, passing through Tacabeya, Mexico, waa Bred by the rebels, and th explo slen which resulted practically destroyed the business section of the pldce. Many natives were killed or Injured. After the explosion the havoc wrought resembled the ruins left la the wake of an earthquake. For miles around the natives who heard the roar andreport of the explosion and felt 0 shock of It, believed they were passing through an upheaval of the earth. r- THERE WERE AMPLE GROUNDS FOR ateHas Neck-Deep and Ijst Drove of Wild Horses in WtiMi' . " Vivid Description of Thrilling Scenes ' With 100-Mile G ale in Action. ' (Bal it Rtt XM IB Kinston. BepL I. A newtaper man who arrived here today from Oeracoke, tell of th narrow escape of the Inhabitants there from drown ing by the tide ta th last week's storm. A soethwsst Wind la that tteost feared at C eok. whll th gal of Wednesday eve straight to th .smitbeaaU ' 1 heras the pde from Pamlico spa t d is mors apt to cause damage to the mile-wide saadksy of the, lonllest ssoUon of the Carolina coast than that from the ocean, the Eopulatlon of Ocrcoke village, num sring more than ! souls, watobad th 100-mll hurricane pass ever with Sjot so much fear as was felt on th mainland for thsir safety. JOO-Miies An Hour Ual In Action. Howsver, the watsr was ; drivsn from the sea olear over the island, doing oonsiderabl damage to small craft: anchored asar-i-the, sound shore, to roofs, fences, and livestock. The largest drove of wUd horses In the world la on Ooracoke. and most of the pretty little banker ponies are be lieved to have been saved by taking refuge on the tops of a cluster of hummocks locally known a Th Hammocka" Houses, wer wsahed away and. In many spot the water wss neck-deep, Disaster Experienced By Crafts. A number of member of a sum mer colony wers on the Island, and thee witnessed a raf cene ern,B a large tramp steamer, from Liver pool to Savannah for cotton, went ashore directly In front of tbs tillage. The ship, wltH twsnty-seven men in crsw, was only a few mile off shore and, with the very ordinary steaming power of that slow type of craft, could not progress In the storm. She was driven steadily ashore and fi nally was hurled by th enormous breakers high and dry on the beach. She now rests,' oft an even kselr n tlrely out of the water. Two and a half miles up the beach, a six-master schooner broke In two and her orew were taken off by the men from the life-saving station at tha village. In Pamlico river a doteif large crafts and innumerable smaU boats were . lost In ths gale, fortunately without the loss of a slngls life.. Most of these foundered at the docks at Washington, or were driven high on shore. - The vessels had not a chance In the face of the fleroe wind. .. When the crew of the steamer Blade, at By slde, Isft hsr as the boat broke from her mooring and drifted out Into the stream, six mllea wide there. Engi neer John Pilley would not leave her. and ble two negro firemen refused to desert htm. Finally, when the Blade was. driven several hundred feet in and was about to go Into a cornneld. Engineer PUley drew th seacocks and sunk the vessel. 8h-wtll be dredged out Tugs which bsat ths gal te arrival! onlv In tlm to let th crew escape before they were dashed against th docks ana sun jn meir shtna .' . ' " ' .:. - " : -m w-, v - - - x,Mufirta ta T at at Waahinitton wai T WHSeST"-' of- sped jodsrboat JPrt th South these were losTTnThe'T'Mhing waters, driven far up Into the woods border- Inc Pamlico and Tar river, or up intn tha atreets. One of the fast lit tie vessels came two block up Into town, was "headed off and securely moored to a telephone pole. Several tugs enk near the county bridge, a . . ... . 1. W AlMa4 nanasome uui wn aMearelita and electric lights, ad used by the people as a promenade at night which was swept entirely . A little knot of ' pei)l( "oh hit Wltnsseea a spisnoio oil 01 sea manahln when a tiny schooner, with a solitary man aboard, weathered th storm beyond 'Jthls bridge, - while craft ten time her sljs were going down all around. The Ions sailor got a slnrle sail onto the little ship after It had been driven, mile up stream under, bare poles. He was lust in time to successfully steer through the' open' drew of the crumbling bridge, and once beyond this he so skillfully maneuvereq mat, inouga Nninnins like too at times and careening dangerously at others, hs was. still afloat When an hcur later tbs wind had spent U forcer Then tbose who had ridiculed, ehnered th dare devil tar, A thousand yard farther on was another bridge toppling - to deetructlon, while . wreckage - eddied all eroand him. Thousand Spent Sanday ' Ttew ing Wreckage. Yesterday- a thouaand people went lnt stricken Washington to view th damage. Th at one time impassabls street were then nearly cleared of debris. Night and day many street cleaners and thirty-convict bad totted te retilaca the fmt . d rerfjtOiSaiL-iml. j roaa bridges. But 11 wiu D two week t least before trains will pass ever tne two longest of tnea. Meeting of Home : People De cided to Look After Their Own. In a mass, meeting the cltttens de clared themselves unwilling to ac cept outside aid. raised a fund to protect against suffering among the poorer -element ana neera a patrlo- tlo speech by Frank Kuerler, the may or,, who, hlmsel) nearly ruined, has aevoisa ms sour tune te tne muni . . ... .(Mtnimt M r ai TstM.j B0YC0IXECTS$117 ON PILE OF TOBACCO OWNED BY ANOTHER (Special to The New and Observer) Kinston. Sept I. Peter Carter, 19 years old. Is la th4 Lsflotr county Jail charged with thf nervy theft of $ 117.1s. T,hat was the amount paid for a pile of tobacco oa the floor at the Central warehouse, at Heritage and North streets, - and Irt the rush attendant upon one of the heaviest sale of the season there Garter, Idling about the floor - with the throngs watching the auctions, secured the bill for the pile from an unsuspect ing boy, went to the check clerk and drew an order for the amount called for by the bill. Twenty minute! fatter flfc - Mr Bu banks, of Trenton, N. C, who had put the tobacco on sale, called at the of fice for payment - Explanations wore in order, and fortunately the chock clerk remembered the man who had already' drawn the check, a remarka ble thing la ths confusion of paying hundreds of turns, ' , . . Hs telephoned to the First National bank. Carter had Just been there te have the order cashed. . A clerk was sent out with hi description and lo cated him lass than half a block away, lbs youth waa taken Into custody and wheo sesfchod all of th money, the Dill ana several ooiiars in aoamoa wars found on his person. Taken before a magistrate, sufficient evi dence of his guilt was found to bold him for Superior court and b could not gtre-the ftef-beoMl required. - He denied, ths charge, even when the bill 'was produced. - Carter ta a resident of Duplin county -near Pink Hill, and It is said bear an unsavory reputation.' ', - . Same Prices Charged Over Same Line of Railroad : for 52 Miles In-SUte as for 105 MUes Out-State 1 v ; ;5 As An Example of Freight Bate Discriminatioh " v Here's how the railroads see that North Carolina corn gets to their own rrist mills. 1 ; From Cresw-elV N- G. shipments to Norfolk, Va., go Nov, listen to this from A. C. WalicerrfeBer.ttett;jse of CresveU. . - , ' . . ; . i he. to offer the followlnr for publication showmjj how freight rates are affecting North Carolina. IL. " ; ; ?'Prefght on corn from Creswell, N. C to Elizabeth City, N. C, a distance of 52 miles, is.10c rer hjundred pounds. 4 "Freight on Cora from CraiwelV N. G, to Norfolk, Va a distance of 105 miles, is !0cpef hundred pounds. ' ?: "I have shipped com to Ellzibeth Oty and. have also re. ceived shipments of corn from NorfolVVa.; and I know the Ubovit to be true." ' ' -'- .. . -Freight rate tflsciimlaitfoa 8r?.."f,h Carolina, that's all. f 0W!OST)cm0TED Si 1 ahitncitase&JheWoteRr. Congressman Over that Cast at Last Election. r- - IBs Um SHaitsl P s.) Portland. Maine, Sept. I.- Returns from congressman from 10 out of 1M cities, town and plantations, includ ing seven out of eight cities," gtvs Peter (Republican). 1.121 1 Fatten gall (Democrat), Ml; Lawrence (Prorr sslve). 1.11 J. The corre sponding vote In November was: Taft l 1 All 1X7 1 1 urn tfrWrnA- orat), t.ltt j Boosevett (Prorresetve), tj)t. , Peteew Klectioa Certain. Portland. Maine, Sept I. The elec tion of John A. Peter (Republican) of Ellsworth, as congressman - from the Third Maine District to succeed ths late Forest Ooodwln (Republican) was Indicated by unofficial returns from today special election received late tonight from all but seven of th 114 voting places in th district. Mr. Peters' plurality ever Mayor William ItVPartangail (Democrat), of Watsrvllls. at that hour was between tot and 4&0. His vote exoeded that of Edward M. -Lawrence (Progressive) of Lubsc county, about I.eOO. The third district laat November gavs President Wilson a plurality of T.I(.i over president Tan ana. i,io over CoL Roosevelt Mr. Pattangall carried his own county os? Kenasbeo by about 1.004 plurality, but he ran behind in Man- cook, Somsrsst and Waldo counties and as uaren tly in Washington county. The Progresslvs vote showed a fall ing off of about fifty per cent from that given CoL Roosoevelt last No vember. Oo the ether hand, the Peters' vote was 101 per cent greater then the Taft vote, while the pattan gall and Wilson vote st"-d very lit tle variation. r . Rex-blloaa Pulrallty Over 500. Portland, Maine, Sept I. Speaker John A. Peters, Republican, ol Ells worth, waa effbssa to Ml ths Congres sional vacancy in ths third Mslne dis trict tod sy by a plurality or bdi over Mayor William A. Pattangall, demo crat of WatervUle with Kdward M. Lawrrmoe, of Lubec, Progressive, uwr thlnl In tha raoa. Tha. returns in the toeclal eleotKn from all but a sman Island plantation gave: Peter, le,ls; raiangau, i, Ut; Lawrence, I.48T. - .The vote for President in Novem bar was Wilson. 14,192; Roosevelt, I,4Mi Taft 7,15. ' Wasbingtoa Interested. Washington. Bept I. Raturns from all the Maine Congressional election were awaited here with extraordinary Interest by ths leaders of ell pertiea The Democrats who had sent Secre tary Bryan, Speaker Clark and other notable campaigners Into Maine to aid Pat tans ail, were keenly disappointed aw a rnna that their man prob ably was defeated. President Wilson (CONTisute en r..t two.i iiAiimir riA tiuwui:-uu " "JHE BATTLESH1P !" NORTH CAROL! " Preparations Actively , Under' Way for Largest Vessel Iru Any of World's Navies AT PRESENT EMBRYO SHIP IS KNOWN AS NO. 33' Will Be Manned By Comple ment of 1,002 Officers and Men Some Interesting Particularsof Special Inter est To' Our Peopfe"r New. Tork, Septal. Preparations for the building et what U officially! designated as "Battleship Nc Ik," ari actively .under way In the Navy pe-j partment at Washington and at the, Nsw Tork Navy yard, where th vee-f sal (the largest laid down (or any ef ths great navies ef the world) will tbm constructed. . , Battleship No, 11, which was.au-., thorixed by Congress at the last see-1 si on, h ss remained without a samci (or 0 lender pertoT"ihan"Tcua wttbfjirbsssha the naval monster will be christened ths "North Carolina,' after the State; of which Mr. Daniels, the Secretary. -. Of the Navy, ( a cltlsen. ..' :. .. In the meantime "Battteihlr) NC, " ' tl la referred to by naval offloers in ths fpartment as ths North Carotin quits as often as by the numerical, designation. tn the event ah receives ths hams of North Carolina It wit be necessary to change the naius of ths present North Carolina, to that of some towi ' tn thst State, possibly Raleigh. , Dimension of Kaval Monster. ; 'Battleship No. It 1 similar In ea sentlal particMlars to th Pennsyl vania. The dimensions are about th sain for both vessels Lsngth over all 104 feet; beam, ill feet, half Inch; draught at feet 14 Inches; displace ment, 11.409 tons; speed, il knot". Ttiwbattery wi toniar rf twelve 14 Inch gun, four submerged tor peri. tubes and twenty-two i-lach rspld Br guna '-' . - This type of warship M known ss ths "All big gnn" battleship. The complement will be 1,001 o!U ere and men. Th machinery on boiH will consist of high powered turbines "with smaller cruising turbines gean d ti ths propellers. Th Pennsylvania will have tur bines of the Curtis type, while. Nn. U will have the Parmtn's type. . A. eontrsct amounting to 11,07,46. for structural steel for battleship No. S baa been awarded to the Carnegta Bteel Company, the. J. B. .Kendall Company and th Carbon Steel Com pany.., . , - DEFICIENCY BILL FAILED FOR LACK OF HOUSE QU0RU5I ' (By na tmHuM Wan , Washington, D. C, Sept 'I. Lack of a Quorum tonight prevented van sag ef the urgent deficiency bill by , th House, Consideration of the me. , sure, however, reacted a point w hero a Anal vote ia in order and It will h taken tomorrow. During the day, the! House, after considerable debtc wrr. -i wrote Into the bill a provision abolic House, after oorwdderabi. debaiv. amendment repealing ''legiulatinn which aathorlisd appointment of the last Ave circuit court Judge placed, on th bench. : " - PORTER CHARLTOX ISOIiA-TT. Xot Even Counsel Allowed to See Hint at Present -.-v. '.: ' (Br UM jams still Fm. . Como, IUly, Sept l.-Porter Charl-f ten, the American who soon is to stand, trial for the murder of his wife, hs not yet uoceeded In, securing the . service of counsel to conduct his eaae Deputy Camera, when In the Imltedi States recently, was urged by Charl-j ton' friend to undertake his defense. Camera has not yet accepted th task.! but In the meantime, not willing to leave Charlton without assistance, he; asked the Judgs at Como to allow, him to confer with the prisoner. This the Judge replied would be ltnpo. eibl entll th preliminary invesuga tlons had been concluded. ' ' Pugilist Held For Murde (Br US AmxtUt Trm a.) - Los Angeles, CI 1 Sept t. J Wlllard, ae principal. Thomas L. He Carrey aa promoter, and ten other interested m the-fatsX, Will rd-T o u n fight at ths-Vemoni Arena on Au-" stJjaa.were heja late toiav ia the Superior court bharg4Wttri "mm-, der in the seooad .degree. FIOHT OVBS enoriATIOW .Of TUB KAlfc ON usswt UEVOKJC L C t'OUMissluK. (Snsrial to The Mews sh4 Obsesver.) A.Kertlle, See. r tae sar- - pamm ef SfMI the ree n ala tUne ef tn. Kaatban i Sail ty Cea . aaay reeardlas tke aalniaant af ,..jMkW Hi. Ha BllUo-Lo-tran.l eia ' m'Ha),--aaW'-14artlr. 1 eaia,a.-is; r-iar b "U aMibera .1 th. Vf e 0 a. . Uaa Unix aad Ttanber Kaciiaaca. ' smaaatMiaiaS by their attaraay, Kt SMt alsht fr WaaMaatoa. Th-r will partisipate la laa kearina whirs .. la ta be ea4n4a4 at tae aatton's capital this by the IntrM(e - Uaam C.iamla.taa riiiv. Km the pr.pa.e4 la tbe re(a- ' laKna. a.4 th. Tha atAcara ah. era aw .he ef th. parlr era frwlrtent, W. O. ru.i dleki tee terr. W. B. M . ,itnrnr, T. L" MartliMi 1 Joha.an, ehtma at th. eimm. ai.ioo r-Mir wm apiwinie- ta aaUaet ewe.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 9, 1913, edition 1
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