THE WEATHER
9B ?
VCJL'
MORE OF STOBY
L_" ir ? <-K ?
An Effort to F^blish Form of
PW? Censorship.
NOv NEW EVIDENCE OUT
Mr*. Wlckemluua 8mU Herwrtf at ttie
PiWi Jpfcte and the Newe
WW Men 81m INfM TWy Will
"TGepQulet m Mm WmKi Co fce^r
AH, the KtMcbA.
Washington, Ms/ 5 ? AnjrtQprt Waa
nwte to establish' S new form of press
censorship when the Ballinger-Pln
chot Investigation committee resumed
lta bearing this, morning
After Secretary Bellinger bad taken
the ?tend, Mra. Wlckersham. wife of
the attorney general, walked up to
the press table aad took a seat, la
formlng the newspaper correspond
enta the hoped they would keep Quiet
aa she was very anxious to. hear the
testimony- Mrs. Wlckeraham wore a
handsome new striped flannel gown.
She was- Informed that If she would
occupy V?sat In a less conspicuous
position she would not- to annoyed.
Mr. Bellinger' was questioned at
length by meapbers of the committee I
In reference to the recommendations
which had been made for the various
irrigation projects In the different
/ States.
8enator Fllna, of California, sought
to show thst the projects hsd largely
been undertaken because of pressure
brought to bear by senators and mem
bers of the house from^jthe Ststes
where work was to be done rather
than the recommendatlona of the di
rector and chief engineer of tho re
clamation service.
Senator Flint slao brought out the
fact that" at the time the big projects
"were authorized Director Newell,
who'm Mr. BalUnger had y criticised,
waa not In charge of the rgdsinatobn
service, but that the projects were
approved by the.later&eeretary Hitch
cock. *
The aenator alsb wanted to know
what. recommendation had been made
whirl had led th^ Interior depart
ment to establish? Irrigation work*
where ?"only private land*would be af
fected. He thought there hsd been
too many projecta approved.
Secretary Ballinger said the eerre
tary.of the interior was finally re
sponsible .for the recl?ataiion service
but that he hsd to rely upon the ofll
" clais of the service.
MEETING
x
Tl?c Bask o# Washington Stockhold
en Hold JTheir Annual Meeting
Yesterda. y at Noon.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Bank of Washington
was held at their banking house In
this city yesterday at noon. The fol-j
lowing oiBcers were re-elected for the'
ensuing fiscal year: Seth Brldgman,
president; Jonathan Havena, vice
president; Thomas J. Latham, cash
ier :^J esse R. Ross, bookkeeper; Cbaa.
R. Fleming, collector.
The following directors were re
elected: B. W. Ayers, Judge Q. H.
Brown, Dr. W. A. Blount. Col. W. B.
Rodman. William Bragaw, Hon. John
H. Small. T. Harvey Myers, J. R.
DaVenport. Mr. W. 8. Chad wick, of
Beaufort, N. C., was elected % mem
ber of the board to fill the vacancy
caused by the recent death of >fr.
W. P. Baugham.
A dividend of 8 per cent has been
declared on the stock, payable to
stockholders on and after Monday,
May 16. This makes a total cash
dividend of $58,000 paid . by this
bank to stockholders on the capital
stock of $50,000.
Fifteen hundred dollars was car
ried to the surplus fund, making the
surplus $36,500 besides the undivid
ed profit account.
The condition of th^ bank was
V found to bo very satisfactory' in every
respect.
The bank has been undeV Its pres
ent management since the date of or
ganisation and is considered one of
thp most conservative banking insti
tutions in the State.
COL'RT NEXT MONDAY.
The special term of Beaufort coun
ty Superior court recently ordered by
the Governor in response to a request
made by the Board of County. CoriS
misslonors. will convene next' Mon
day and will be In session one week.
HUT Hpnor Judge Ferguson, of Way
nesvlller N. C., will preside. The
principal case on the dooket for trial
Is 8tate vs. Carl. Kelly.
Pattern Hats Reduced
Entire stock of Pattern Hats, including Gaj ;es' and
Knickerbockers, at sharp reductions. These "Hats are
very desirable and will move quickly at the prices we
have put on them. This is very early for such a re
duct on.
I PMEIfTS' DJff
The Schools Attended by Large
Number on Second D?y.
KfflWt IS r\ REVELATION
*' 1 ; ' ???-*- j" . %
Tl,e 6ec*md I>*y Vm Wei! Attended
? iDttmtlag Prapflv
Was Ctoriei Oat fey the Ptpfla of
the Q?ada^4nu Do
Mm* (M.S'! ? ?]
$ Tfee McoBd and last par . offPftr
enfs' Day" at tbe Washington Public
Schoels took pike* yes terday. and to
tbe large number or parents and ctt
iseris wfeo visited tfee school It Mi
Indeed a revelation? so mnch so that
today only tfee highest praise Is spok
en of the work feeing accomplished by
this well known Institution, in ev
ery department of the School progress
and advancement is seen on alt sldss
Judging by tbe high class of work
shown to the visitor. In every de
partment frOa* kladergarten op, noth
ing but merltoKous work and sktlf la
^sen. The preasnt year baa been one
of the most successful In the school's
history. While a targe number of
visitors han% attended this exhibition
it is to be Regretted more did not
avail themdfelves of tbe opportunity,
for If they had, doubtless they would
today be more enthusiastic over the
work being consummated.
it was the pleasure of a Dally News
representative, to see some of the
work accomplished and It^an be said
without contradiction no similar In
stitution in North Carolln* could sur
pass the class of work presented. Tbe
drawings In Latin, Greek, history,
mathematics, English. manual train
etc., la wonderful. All ovfr the
large building If to be seen speci
mens of the flrst-claas work done by
the students In the respective de
partments. A practical demonstra
tion of what hss been done is to be
seen and some of those who do not
bcdleve in public education would
have wonderment " written on their
faces* if they had seen the specimens.
The Dally News msn must confess
he was agreeably aurprlsed. All the
visitors atending this exhibition yes<
terday. as on the first .gay.- Were
served with light refreshments by the
domestic science department. Every
one was mads to feel perfectly at
homo anA every opportunity was giv
en all to see and hear. A moet in
teresting and entertaining program
was rendered by the pupils in the
different grades, a partial .program of
which appears below:
Song, "Tender Little Violets."
Three children. K.
Song, "Little Shoemaker." Six
children. K.
"Great Wide, Wonderful World. u
By Grade 3B.
Song. "I've Got % Farm In My Saw
dust." Three girls, 3A.
Recitation. "The Night Wind." By
fonr children.
. Welcome song. By 4 A.
Piano solo. "Golden Waves*" Roe
Hymns (a), "Holy, Holy Holy."
(b) "Creation."
Recitation, "Miss Edith Helpe
Things Along." Elsie Mae Foreman.
Recitation, "Family Flnsnclerlng."
Jack Meeklns.
Recitation. "Dorathy's Mistake."
Gladys' Whitley.
"8weet and Low." By 7A and sec
ond year high school.
"Wanted ? A Wife." By Chalcy
Lewis.
Response. Carlotta Nicholson.
Recitation, , "Excelsior." Robena
Carter. I
Instruments! duet. Misses L. Bon
ned and Mattle Bright.
"The Blue and the .Gray." Elea
nor Berry.
Reading, "Patrick Henry Before
tho .Houee of Burgesses March,
1775;" Thomas Sparrow. .
Resdlng, "Over the Dead Body o(
Caesar." John Lewis Payne, John
Carter, end James Bonner. [
Several other selections ^ere> ren
dered that were much enjoyed.
The entire occasion has been an In
spiration to the entire olty and the
Dally News believes that Washington
is more enthuted over the subject of
education than ever before. We wish
to congratulate the efficient superin
tendent and his ablo corps assis
tants on the way they have conducted
this last venture. It was a great
success and there ~i? not a citizen In
Washington who has not been helped
by the demonstration. Washington
should feel proud of Its public school
system. It accomplishing great
things for the boys and girls.
We like Mr. Taft better when he la
praising Theodore Thomas than when
he Is praising Cannon and Aldrlch.
.?
LOOKINMHIOUND
No Decision as to Postal Savings
Bank Bill.
ABOUT THE RAILROAD BILL
I**der? ate (Jetting Aulooa ?nrt
The* Nut FM 8?m Kind or >
I ' BlH IMim Adjonrnlng,? Anything
h WB-tw, So If? ? Railroad BlU in
Opinion of All Repabtlrans.
Waahlngt^n. D. C.. Mar 5. ? Pre.:
dent Taft's statement thit U is ex
pected of the House and Senate to
pass the legislation recommended by
him in hto message*. has caused tbe
(Mouse 'eaderB to look around and seo
just iow matters stand. It waa ad
mitted today by leading House regu
lars and Insurgents that the eyes of
tb^ public are on them, that they -wltl
| bp held responsible for the failure of
I the railroad bill should that measure
b* tied up in conference and fall to
reach tbe White House before ad
journment.
Representative Mann, of Illtnot-4,
who has charge of the bill In the
House, said today he fait - confidant
the bill would paaa the -house and be
perfected In a way to meet the recom
mendation* of the President Just
how long it will take to do this Rep
resentative Mann would aot attempt
to say, but the bouse, he added,
would not be idle while the railroad
bill is being whipped Into shape by
the conferees. When the railroad bill
Is out of the way the leaders will put
through the bill admitting Arizona
and New Mexico Into tbe sisterhood
of states. \
i What will be done with the postal
savings bank bill which ,has already
passed the Senate, will be determined
shortly. The Insurgents call atten
tion to the fact that they have not
consumed one-fifth of the time in de
bate on the railroad bill and Insist
that the regulars are themselves re
sponsible for the delay. .
In the Senate it is the decision of
the leaders that some sort of railroad
bill must be paaaed and signed by the
President before tbe present session
of Congress adj6ume-. They have
reached the point where they are not
very particular what kind of a meas
ure It Is. just so it may be labelled a
railroad bill' which will enable the
party to go before the country and
say that it has In part at*. least ful
filled the pledge of Its national plat
form. Tbe plan of the Senate leadera
now is tg) eliminate the capitalisation
and stocks and bonds feature of the
pending measure, the same as the
.traffic agreement and the merger sec
tions have been dropped, and include
them in a new and separate bill which
will be preeented at the short session.
Even If there is nothing left of the
original Elklns bill except the court
of commerce the leaders are deter
mined to enact that in order that it
may not be said that Congress failed
to enact any of the President's legis
lative program.
Forty-three Republicans have bound
themselves together to carry out this
agreement, and they are looking to
the Preaident to wield the club over
four more, or enough to give tbem a
majority to put through this pro*
gram. If he Is not able to bring thera
over It will be necessary to rely upon
Democratic votes.
With the understanding that there
shall be no further votee-*on any of
the pending amendments until after
the President returns. Senator Ald
rlch has gone to Rhode Island and
will not be back until the first of next
week.
C3UEKT OF MRS, HON NICK. f
-*
Mrs. 0. H. Brown, wife of Judge
Q. H. Brown, of the North Carolina
Supreme court, was the guest of Mra.
Herbert Ron*ior on the steamer Hat
teras Wednesday and Thursday. A
trip was taken on the Hatteras from
this city to Helhaveu and return.
ILL-IATKI) MAINK TO BK
KAISKD AFTER 12 YKARS.
Washington. May 4. ? After twelve
years the ill-fated battleship Maine is
to be removed from the Havana tar-,
bor and - the bod lea which went down
with the vessel will be interred In the
Nntlonal Cemetery at Arlington. A
bill providing for such removal and
burial" which has passed the House
today was passed by the Senate.
A RHKIKSTH)^
About noon, quite a large number
if the smaller children on thyir way I
home, have Mo cross the A. C. "L.
railroad, while the trans are shift
ing. The railroad management al
ways ha? a flagman at the crossing,
but he can only lie on one side of the i
train, while' a large number of chil- |
Iran are congregated on tho other
side; close to the train while it is
moving; *nd t haVe seen lome or
them catching hold of it, an if to
[limp on. Cannot the railroad man
agementr the school board, and the
town authorities agree on some Plan
for keoping the children at tome dis
tance from the track while the train
I s standing or approaching? This is
offered not in the spirit of criticism
of any one, but that a precautionary
measure may b^mdopted before a lit
tle mangled body may force one. "An
ounce of prevention Is. worth a ton of
r'ur.." A CITKSN.
GEN'L CONFERENCE
Gavels Are ^ Presented to thi
THE SECOND DATS' SESSION
? I.
All of tk? Blihlpa an Prmnl
? I>r- D*Bo* SbkN Addraaa o?
the Life o* fetal
l*]?gatM H?r Arrived ? 81 >
Aahevl?|e. M?]
session ?
conference c
Church, JkniC]
with Bishop
conference roi
"Com* Thou
S ? The second day'i
liaaaial general
Methodist Episcopal
' " ,j|t 9 o'clock
presiding. The
a body and sang:
t*jr King.'' Thk
a short Scripture
"All Hall tbe Pow
" waa sung.
ldd In prayer
tpson. of th<
secretary ol
hoard, arrived
waa seated upon
g with the blsh
were present,
-took the chair and
a Simon, D.D.
ex- president o(llM Wesleyan Method
ists' of England who In a few wordi
thanked the cc fere nee for Its rlslni
greeting.
Dr. H. B. I those, of the
nlppl eonfereno general secretary ol
the Bpworth league, made an ad
dress on the llf 'of Joshua Soule. one
of ttAa leaders >f Methodism in th<
Soutt^. who sp< t a large "lJfcrt of hli
life near Naahv le. He presented tb<
bishop a cedar* gavel? made from I
tree which gre* In the yard of the
old Soule homestead. The gavel wai
donated to the Conference by Mrs. B
B. Bell. Wite o^ Chief Justice Bell, ol
Tennessee. j.
Bishop Hen^rix received it on be
h^lf of the coaierence.
Captain W. ,T. Weaver presentee!
the bishops a gavel, taken througt
the kindness ofdaptaln J. S. T. Balrd
from an otV stairway In the KiUUui
honfe In Buncombe, where the flrs!
Sunday school class was oragniied
122cyears ago.
TJhe committee on arrangement!
donated this gavel. Bishop Hendrii
taking these two gavels and the
other, put ths letter aside, with tb<
ren\ar^: "T*j> company; three's t
Crowd."* cenferenc*
will be present associations of two ol
the early leaders of Methodism
Bishops Awbnry and Soule. f
RETURNS FROM NORFOLK.
Sheriff George Ricks returned from
Norfolk yesterday afternoon on the
Norfolk and Southern, bringing the
prisoner, William Skipper, who^ es
caped from the county Jail about ten
days ago. Skipper was arrested in
Norfolk by the police of that city and
the authorities here notified.
RIFLE safe AND SECURE ?,000,
THEN ESCAPE..
Newell, W. Va., May 5. ? Four
masked men early today held up the
whole population of this town while
they rifled a safe. Then they escaped.
Bloodhounds were Immediately put
on their trail and the authorities of
five near-by to^rns notified.
It was reported that they secured
$5/600.
A violent shock and a detonation
drew a half-Clad crowd at 2:30 a. m.
to the North American Manufactur
ing Company's building.
Two masked men stood them off
while two others went through the
safe.
"The first man to move is as good
as dead." cried the leader.
Then, calmly, but without lowering
their gunB, the quartet escaped, while
the towns-pegple were nearching for
fire-arms.
THE CJKM.
, "The many patrons of the (J?jn
again packed the house last night to
Wltiieas the performance of Camillc
and none, were disappointed, as the
picture wassail the management
Maimed for it, and oven more. I: is
a powerful drama, complete in every
detail. Tonight another flrw* pro
gram is offered. The Call, is a Blo
graph story of life under the white
topB. There Is possibly no profession
as alluring as that of a circus per
former and the fascination is strong
ly represented li^ ;his picture. The
film 13 a brilliant study In the influ
ences of an occupation upon charac
ter and^the effect it may hare, upon
the individual. Jhe Adventuress is
a dramatic picture of much Interest
with a strong plot running through
out the entire picture. Much can
ning is iWsplaj cd in the acting of this
film. How Hubby Made* Good will
bring forth many a good laugh., A
wise man will profit by this picture
and learn some new ways of fooling
wlfey. Remember at 8:30 o'clock a
beautiful piece of cut glass at the lat
est design will be given away. It is
one of the newest ones Just out and
very beautiful Illustrated sdng' to
night.
HBAYY FROST.
The heaviest froet of' the Season
visited this Motion this morning, but
It is not thought that the crop* of.
fruit have been damaged.
UTTER DESflUTION
Albania a Scene of Devastation
by Fire and Sword.
REBELS KILL AND PILLAGF,
Although the Rebels Have M*m?
creed Men, Women and Children
the Government Forces Hrfve Per
petrated the Worst Horrorn ? situ
ation Worn in Ma ?y Years. ^
Salonika, May 5 ? From the Monte
negrin border or latlb, more than 200
miles, Albania today la a scene of de
vastation. Men. women and children
hnve been massacreed by the rebels
and the Turks, villages He in ruins,
and cref* are laid waste. The situa
tion "If one of utter desolation. Re
fugees are arrlvlng^hourly to hide
with their relatives. Bands of rebels
have descended from the mountains
on the villages of Koslovo. Glugevlk
and Salas, which had been occupied
by the Turks and fierce fightiug fol
lowed. Information at hand Indicates
that some of the lesser villages have
been burned by the rebels in retallia
tlon for sympathy shown the Turks,
and others by the government troops
to cut off the Albanian's supplies. At
tacks are reported on Banyanl, Hal
kaldcln and Salesh.
Fierce fighting in the mountains
was reported in dispatches received
here today. The Albanians have re
sorted to guerilla warfare, overcome
the Turks' advantages of superior
numbers and guns.
Marauding bands of rebels have at
tacked many villages which have not
supported the reVolt. The worst hor
rors. however, have betrn perpetrated
by the government toops.
Spclflc Instances, reported by the
refugees, show almost*' unbelievable
cruelty. Whole families have been
massacreed in their beds and in many
Instances women have been dragged
from their homes to the Turkish
camps, to be held In slavery. The
bodies of little children, impaled on
bayonets, have beeh used to lead the
fanatical troops on to further atroci
ties. The situation is one of the
worst in the Near East in many years.
Efforts are being made to confirm
a report that the rebels captured sev
eral newspaper corerspondents. and
arc holding them captives.
NEW DEPOT. 1
Messrs. Br J. Hpghes. superinten
dent of this ^Hion; Jaitm.
engineer of roadway;' K. C. Barron,
route agent Southern Express Co..
and Mr. Griggs, insurance adjuster,
went to Aurora yesterday afternoon
for th^purpoBe of ascertaining the
lose To the freight and passenger
depot In that town. The work of re
building the station will commence at
once. The new building will be much
larger than the old one, costing about
13,000.
BASEBALL TOMORROW.
The Washington and Rocky Mount
High School teams will cross bats at
the Fle^f?g Park tomorrow after
noon. The admission will be 10c.
and 25c. It Is to be hoped that a
large number will witness the con
test. The game promises .to be ei
cltlng and close. Go out and help
the home boys.
PAVING
?"iffy-nix Hay Ttmt City Should I'arr
Slifflu; Two Say No. !
As was announced through the col
umn* of the Daily News a mans
meeting was held In the city hall last
evening for the purpose of consider
ing the question whether or not the
citizens residing along the route In
the city to be paVed shall pay for
part of the street or, whether the city
shall furnJsh the curbing and pave
the streets. At a meeting <>f 'b^ cit
izens sometime back this question
was thoroughly discussed and the
consensus of opinion on last evening
was that the city Should furnish the
rurh!ng and pave the fareeta as 'was
expressed at the first meeting*. There
were 36 citizens present Inst night
who indorsed this proposition and 2
a gainst.
Captain Cleorge J. Studdert was
the chairman of the meeting and a
fair representation of the citizenship!
were present.'
At the last meeting of the Hoard
r?f Aldermen the question was raised
as tb this point, viz.. whether or not
tho citizen:' residing along the pro
posed foutp to be pnved should help
ijsy for fame or the city do so. After
some discussion between- several fic
tile citizen* present the hoard orVl
cl?rmen decided to leave it to tmj
taxpayers amL^ters. In consequence |
of this decision the mass meeting was
railed for last evening with the re- j
suit as first stated.
Now that .the matter Is settled It
is to be hoped tho work of paving
will begin at once and continue until
all the streets of the city arc paved
as planned by the Improvement com-i
mtttee. . ,
WANTKIJ-YOrNcVN, KXMCRI
enced salesman, fo/ Eastern North
Carolina; good salary with ex
penses paid. OWe references
? stating experience: reply confiden
tial. Address, Wholesale Grocer,
229. cart? of Virginian-Pilot. Nor
folk, V*. 10
TO THE PWUTHHS
Proper Credit Given to Press
for Work.
INTEREST HAS INC-*^)!
FIomIc A. Hyrd, Pr*?ldeut of Hft*
I*hu?eh?i VniM, WrilM Mom In
terestingly of the MOT?MM-Cllb
Attention to Hit Campaign .Igalnn I
IMaenae. "We Do Tlilnga" She Hmy?. !
Greensboro.' N, C.. May 6. ? For
some lime I have noted with satisfac
tion and pleasure the increasing in
terest of our people In regard to those
problems, which. If properly solved,
will not only lengthen our lives, but
will make them happier, better and
more useful. As a nation we are in
debted to the press, to our lawmak
Brs and our ministers for what they
have done to arouse a study and to
promote an understanding of the
duty we owe ourselves and to those
with whom we live, by making a
more careful observation of the laws
of sanitation ana -of health. The
Progressive Farmer, under the cap
tion, "You will die eight yearB before
you should," says:
"The writer^ recently had the good
fortune to hear Senator Owen, of
Oklahoma, in vigorous advocacy of
this proposition for a national de
partment of health. He points out
that while the total number of deaths
from Spanish bullets In the Spanish
American war was only 1,020, every
day there are In , the United Stares
1,700 needless graves for victims of
preventable diseases. The annual
death rate In New Zealand Is 9 to
the 1,000 people; In the United States
16. f to the 1,000 people. With
proper sanitation and hygiene and
the -prevention of unnecessary dis
ease. lowering our death rate to what
It should be. the average human life
would be lengthened eight years. Or
to bring the truth home to you. Mr.
Reader, let us put It this way: Under
oilr- present policy of carelessness
with regard to hygiene and sanita
tion, your life and the life of every
average Americp-u is cut short eight
years. " You will die eight years be
fore you ought to."
It Is plalit that our young people,
who are not too old to prevent and
check the, ftvagea of disease should
be, more than all others, eager to
learn and to carry out those methods
of prevention how being so unlver
sallyyjifocuBsed ahd urged by every
instMltlon that stands for the high
est development of mankind
It is natural that that disease which
is most widespread, most communi
cable (and yet least so under proper
conditions) and most deadly ? tuber
culosis ? should be the enemy now
being so vigorously fought by that
God-given association ? the National
Association for^he Study and Pre
vention of Tuberculosis.* I wish to
call the attention of our Philatheas
throughout the State to this great
campaign against disease, and par
ticularly to urge that every Philathea
class in the city of Raleigh and near
by either attend the American Tu
berculosis Exhibition In a body some
time between April 28 and May 10
or send representatives to make an
Intelligent study of this exhibition.
As Philatheas. "We Do Things" and
for "Other Young Women." It there
fore behooves us to take a strong
and permanent stqnd In this matter.
This exhibition Is intensely interest
ing aud helpful in every particular.
FLOSSIE A. BYRD.
President State Philathea Union.
IT THK (1AIKTY.
The innge of program by Signor
Lluzzi ami Madame Renaldi was a*i
groat as was expected. These two
great artists have shown their ability
of being masters of the musical art.
Madame- ftenaldi sang for her first i
number the beautiful old balad "An
nie Laurie" with such fine expression
thai it seemed her heart and soul was
in that beautiful composition. Rvery
note and word was as clear as a hell
and she well deserved the apply m-e
she* received. Her second number.
?The Glow Worm." was equally per
fect and well received.
Signor Muzz I has shown 10 Wash
ington mnsic lovers that he i.> mas
ter of the" violin and the harp. The J
Aral number "Valse Brilliant " l?v
Margls, was exrented in artistic .?tyle
riJc technique sW'v.-r that he under
stands the instrument to perfection,
every not" ringing like chimes. "The
Misereri." from II Trovatore. was
played with such feeling it would
i^arli the fceirt of one thai does not
pven appreriaje music. 411* violin
work Is. fully e<] u 1 to th^harp. Men
delssohn's "Spring Song" was fo
beautifully render<*l that the audi
mice 9i\ silent until the last note was
idayed, and a storm of applause fol
lowed. The second number. "Tht
fiypsy Dance," by Ernst, showed that
Signor Llussi's finger and bow execu
tion is at a par with the harp. These
two masters of )4ie art arc far abow
the lecture house standard, itit are
making their way towards Keith &
Proctor. Much praise is due Mr3.
Bell for her valuable assitance In ac
companying the Signor in his violin
boIos, and her work shows that she
also ia a musician of note. Program
changes again tonight.
Mr. W. 8. Burbage, of Bath, wis
in the city yeaUrday orbuslnasa.
. ? I ? irAv ^ <1 -V. -? .
MARK TWAIN'S WILL
> ? .
His E?>- b Valued at Less ,
.,1 Ifcan $200,000.
GOES TO HIS DAUGHTER
ThU |?o?* Sot lochia* Right* ta Hi*
^ BookM Xor ropnblUbed >Un?
lfrIPt*~~Hpln Have Privilege of
IHspodng of Their Sliare by Will
If Necessary.
Redd in*. Conn . May 5 ? By the
will of Samuel L- Clemens 1 Mark
Twain), tiled for probate her? today,
the entire estate Is left to Clara Lang
don Clemens, wife or Osslp Gabrllo
wltsch. The home, Stormfleld, Is val
ued at $2Q.OOO, and there Is thought
to be about $150,000 on deposit In
banks.
No estimate has been made of the
literary assets, but they will be gohe
over by the trustees of the will later
In the week. The will Is dated August
17, 1909. It was drawn In Redding
and was witnessed by Mr. Clemen's
secretary, Albert Bigelow Paine: Har
ry Lounsbury, superintendent of Mr.
Clemen's estate, and by Charles G.
Sark. of New York. The will appoints
Jarvis Langdon, of Elmlra, N. Y.; Zo
hfet S. Freeman and Edward E. Loo
mis, of New York. aB trustees and ex
ecutors. .
When the will was drawn a second
daughter, Jean Clemens, was alive,
and by Its terms each daughter Is to
receive G percent, of all money on de
posit in the bank at once, the residue
of the estate to be divided equally and
Invested by the trustees and the in
come paid Quarterly to the heirs. In
case of the death of either heir with
out leaving Issue or will, the whole
estate Is to. go to the next of kin. Iti m
case there fs Issue and no wilj. the es
tate is to go to that issue.
The heirs have the privilege of dis
posing of their shares by will as they
see tit. In case both heirs to the es
tate die without Issue or will, the es
tate is to go to the next of kin.
The will says his (laughter Clara
and his biographer. Mr. Paine, know
his desires as to his tt'.erary assets,
and directs that the tru^^es bt* guid
ed by them. No bonds are required
of the trustees.
ENTHUSIASTIC
I'areiltfl' Day al Hip City ScliooU
I'wImhI by Ctllzm.
Editor Daily New*; -?
My aversion 10 appearing in public
print over my signature is overcome
by my enthusiasm for the splendid
display at our public school building
during "Parents' Day." 1 have al
ways pointed with pride to our mag
nificent building, but an Insight into
the work being done there as shown
during the last two days convinces
me that for the greater cause for con
gratulation lies not In the external
magnificence, but in the thorough -
development of our youth.
It is hard to say where there should
be the most praise, to our faithful
superintendent. N. C. New bold, who
planned the work, or to his efficient
corps of teachers who executed the
plans, or the students who did the
work. I should say that all who have
had any part In bringing the school
to its present state of excellence
merit the most unbounding praise.
As one' who loves our city,. and en
courages all that pertains to its wel
fare, I desire to urge a heartier and
more enthusiastic co-operation on the
part of the parents with the school
authorities, in bringing to a yet high
er state of perfection the system for
training our boys and girls.
Very truly yours,
J. A. fU'U.lVAN*.
KKIt MKN KKTl ltN.
Messrs. W. H. McJJevelt, O. M.
Wlntteld. and H. W Taylor returned
this morning from Concord, where
they attended the Great Council of
the Improved Order of Hod Men.
Mr. Taylor was appointed a dele
K?te in the national great council,
ni.d Mr. MclJevett was elected h com
mitteeman of state of condiljAn of
the order.
ciiA.MuiMt or roMMKitri:.
There wHl he a regular meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce at their
rooms this ovening at S:30 o'clock.
\ full attendance of the members is
lesired. as business of importance Is
:o be transacted.
? NEW AnVKItTlSKMKNTS.
? Gem Theater.
? Gaiety Theater.
? Goose Grease JJnament.
? J. L. O'Qulnn. Florist ? Bulbs.
? Chesapeake Steamship *Jo.
? Parisian Sage.
VIOLIN LESSONS
For rates and other de
tails address me, inclosin
a two-cent stamp.
L. G. SCHAFFER, -?
Washington, N. C.