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Joint International
Speaking Natic
State Will Partici
hoodom. Dtc. -pilblk
movements in England have enlisted
the approval and support of to largo
\ a number of prominent men aa the
plan for the Joint International eeiebration
of the one hundredth anniversary
of peace among English speaking
peoples The meeting held
at the Mansion house In London WedL
nsaday, over which Eearl Gray, former
governor of Canada, presided,
was the first public announcement of
the project on this side of the Atlan i
The list of vice-presidents embraces
100 names. Mr. Asqnlth. the prime
)< minister. Sir Edward Orey. secref.
j tary of state of foreign affaire, and
P I! other members of the cabinet
heads the list, followed by the principle
member* of the last conservative
ministry. Mr. Bomar Law, the
leader Of the unionist party, and J.
Ramsay MacDonald. leader of the
labor party.
The church 1* represented by the
archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal
i Bourne, of the Roman Catholic
k rhurch, the heads of the varfons
TWENTY-TWO LIVES LOST
W$s{. WBEN_STEAMER SINKS
S3 St JokM, M. Pv> DM. S4. ?Twenty-two
of the twenty-seven members
of the crew of the Fhrpess Liner
I Steamer Florence from Halifax, N.
&.. for St. Johns lost heir lirea In the
\y wreck of the vessel on the ledges
>i west of St. Bhotta durlnK a rale last
Friday.^ Vive survivors, who reached
land in a boat, brought the news to
Trepasecy last night. The steamer
carried no passengers.
m* Captain Barr. of the steamer, and
W ml] his man reached shore after the
vessel struck, but the inaccessible
K* cliffs of 8t Shott's prevented their
lH escape The big tide, backed up by
the northwest gale, made It impossible
to remain there and all heeds
\were obliged to pet back to the shlp^
Captain Barr felt confident that
the wind would go down but 8ecqnd
Mate J. Hedley volnntiered to take
four men in one of the ship's boats
sad aeek a more favorable landing
i'Q, place further along the coast. In
the heavy seas the captain was un*
filing to risk mors lives and gave
\ hie censert to the second mate's
expedition.
y WH* CTMit dUBonlt; Hedley pilot.
cd his boat along the coast until be
I \ saw a break In the rugged line of
I cliffs. Pointing the note directly Into
the surf be avoided the outlylnc
WjJ rocks and On the crest qt a great
Hi breaker nu? In without being upset
vV Tumbling oat hastily to avoid beinf
nckod back by tl^e undertow, the
mtf e-aad hta fnt men wragged theli
? boat up the beach and made their
?! way back done the dig to where
their steamr la^ $; ? '"
B The wind and sea In the mean{jm?
Wk had Increaeed. The eoabers broki
fj A < ontinnally over .the decks of the
II t ?which was grinding heavil>
l
cliff might be ecaeld or the crew o
V gfoy thn Florbnco helped. The coast In
B that vicinity was uninhabited Tin
few fishermen's huts w?re deserted
for thn Winter an i Hedlry had to
take refuge for th. right In one ol
\ E th??? ?>?nrtOT,Bd,
J At d?rbre?k Itatord-IT. Hi-!!' <y
foul d that the winds had beer
steadily Increasing Hurrying bach
to the point off which tha T^orenc*
Jiy he could ?*o nc Sign of thf
HL fctesmer.
i ('onslderablo of her or.", of inra
W vas floating albng r>-? -bore. but
no small 'oats wef* visible,
n Thn five survivors m?d-> ? long
111. rULilI kUIIIRM
ui u 11 sjiii mill a iiiii ]
Tiihilpp "V\7Jil rftni
Hundredth Anni.
j Between English
>ns., Church and
ipate.
nonconformist proteat&nt bodien and
bishops of tho church of England;
sciences an dart by the chancellors
of the universities, tho heads of
rOJML societies, and various other
important personalities In those dokjtti,
: .*
The Lord Mayors of the. principal
cities, the governors of many
colonies and former colonial administrators.
prominent among them
Lord Cromer, the Earla of Elkln,
?**> .?r" Lord Roberta, Lord i
Rothachild and Lord Bereafcrd complete
the liet.
One of the projects of the English
committee for this celebration Is the
purchase of Snlgrave Manor, tbo old
home of the Washington family,
which still stands In a good state of 1
preservation. It Is hoped also to
place a bast of George Washington '
in Westminister Abbey. Harry Brlttaln,
who Is secretary of the Rng- I
ltsh branch of the Pllgtrms clbb and 1
a member of the executive committee
for the peace centenary, will visit
the United Stats and Canada In January
to mak arrangements, with the '
over-seas organisations for the joint
oelebratlon wbleh will begin late In
X?14.
REV. MR. GIBBS PREACH
i" H. E. CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. J. T. Qlbbs, D. D? presiding
aider or the Washington District, will
preach at the * First Methodist
chareli next Bandar morning and
amnios, the oocaalon belns the drat
quarterly meeting for this station.
On next Thursday orenign In the'
Bnracn room of the church the drat
quarterly conference aril] be held j
and all the official member, of the
church are urged to.be present. I
IK HONOR IF mas RODMAN.
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot says:
"Colonel and Mrs. William Bloimt
Rodmat^have issued invitations to a
dance to be given at the Coupjry
Club Thursday evening, January 1
from ft:SO to IS in honor of their
daughter, Miss Camilla Rodmand."
SUIT. VAUCBAN HIDE
IEI8ER0F C0H1ITTEE
Mr. W* L. Vaughan, superintendent
of Bdanfort County Public
Schools, has ben appointed a member
of the Co-Operative Committee
1 from North Carolina of the Southern
Educational Association. Professor
L. C. Blrogden, supervisor of rural
' schools, is the chairman of the com*
> ralttee. < - ' '. FjVJS
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HU9HK FHUM I1MJUAL TVUK. I
! ? ?T-- .1 I
Mr. and Mm. M. A. Smith hare
| ratumad from thalr bridal tour
Thar ara at praaast board'ng at Ho
. tot Louies. Mra. Smith la gladly ?al
cam ad to the city. 1 ' " ffls
: :
Rnan>IPf<3? TUf HO LIP A YH.
, Mr. Raddln Roberts. connected
. with the narv yard *t Portsmouth.
Va^ arrlrad In the city laat night for
the purpose of apandlng the holiday!
' with h!a mother, Mra. nettle' Rob
:
be assisted. The?t? two wore loft at
; 8t. Shotta to (recuperate while the
others pushed on to Trepansey.
whenco they Bent word of the disaster
to this city They are not ok1
pc<~ted to arrive here beror the
middle of tho week
besides Hedley. th^ survivors nro
Seamen W Wlfbt. O. velqnist, K.
Taylor and T flmodinK The teaaraer
I F'orence was of 'one burden]
and eas built In Hund-rland. Knf
land. In 1889 wan ;9I fefet
<? ? beam, wltlt a depth of j
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Mj * p p n | || |^ n
TAKT MAKES MORE :APt*OIN?l|
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND MA?K
IN CLOSING) SESSION OK HIH
TERM. 1
WubloKtou. Dae. >4.?Senator.
Martin of Virginia, Stone o' MluBouri,
Clark of Arkansas, Smith of
Georgia, and Owen of Oklahoma,
forming the patronage aub-committee
of 'the Senate Democratic caucus,
met some days ago and tteSlgnated a
competent authority to prepare for
them a report on the nominations
made by Prealdent Cleveland during
the clOBlng Congressional session of
his first administration, with Bpeclal
particularity as to the nominations
of postmasters. The same authority
was requested to make af-coampliation
of President Taft'a nominations by
states, showing especially the number
of postmasters appointed from
December 2. 1212. to December 7,
1212.
The report was submitted TueeeiO
soj peln|td patapao sua pus tup
use of the Democratic caucus. *.
shows that President CleWand made
490 appointments during the last
Congressional session of his first administration,
of which 299 were for
postmastorshlpe; and the Republican
Senate refused to confirm 148 of
these nominations. President Taft,
according to the same report, sent to
the Senate from Decembers to De
comber ?, i?ii, a total of 370 noml- *
nations, 330 of which are or postmasters.
This struck the Democratic caucus
s a pretty good record for one week,
and the senators decided not to con-,
firm the Taft nominations for the
present. To pre rent an executive
session the Democratic senators several
times broke the quorum of the
Senate before the adjournment for
the holidays After th?- holiday recess
the caucus will decide what ultimate
course to adopt?that Is, what
nominations to pass on and what
nominations to hold up.
One nomination made by the Pres.
ident since the eeaelon opened has
been confirmed, and only one. It. is t
the nomination of Carml Thompson
to be treasurer of the United States.
Prom December 3 to December <
9 President faft nominated eight j
postmasters In Virginia, aad one collector
of customs and 37 postmasters
In North Carolina. The names of
theee nominees have recently been
published. # k v , *
It is noticeable from the Demo
cratic caucus compilation that the '
Republican Senate did the greater
proportion of lis holdup work on 1
Cleveland's nominations In Republi- 1
can statea or doubtful states letting i
a larger percentage of nominations 1
go through in undebatable Southern <
States. For example, of the 138 '
Jivuiiu?(..uu? wuau were UOUUUUIUI- '
ed by iho Senate In the last days of *
tbe first Cleveland administration
(these 188 being nearly 40 per cent <
of tfce whole number made during <
that time) over half applied to the <
eight States of New York. Ohio, Mas- 1
BHCbusetta. Pennsylvania. Michigan, i
Ktiisas, Wisconsin and Illinois. 1
]
Mr. W. A- West, of New Bern, N. <
C., Is a business visitor to the city, i
t t t t 1
Mr. R. O. Church, of Norfolk, Is a 1
gueet at Hotel Loolne. . |
t ft |
Mr. W. S, Underwood, of Hertford, I
N. C., la here on bu?lntad. v : r VtPj 1
11 11 : vS
Mr. D. 8. Jones, of Plymouth, It i
a welcome visitor todJRj v f *
ttM c
Captain John W. Korea, of Rat- i
elRh, was hero laat flight. He he i
one of the clever conductors on the I
Norfolk Southern. "' J
tttt . i
if re. Walter Qr?een,'of Portsmouth 1
Va.. le rial ting her parents, Mrs. H.
n. Carrow. 1
?r ' SwW
DR. A. K. TAYTiOK HERE.
Dr. A. K. Tar toe was a visitor to
the cltr todar. He was an root* to i
Columbia, N. C? srhare he araa called i
profeeslonally. He expects to return I
tomorrow and (pond several dare la .
the Cltr among his numerous rflenda.
I
CHRISTMAS EftTKRTAIKMKNTS. ,
All the pupils of the respective
to the On'pr'n'nments to be given
CAROLINA, TUEVaAT APTBRN
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*ln or Snow Toi
Santa Ciaus
: For L
I
Buffalo, N. T., Due. 24.?To
^oyle la a good sailor, but he had l
iuck in his Imitation gf Santa Clan
SPor a shipmate. Mike Feeney. 1
igraad to play tba p?rta?*'Vy ?n
rfng down tha chliqaey ot an ol
iurxnhonse on the BEgknburg turnpil
ift proposed to surprise Feeney's on
brother and effect a recondllatio
between t!\e boys, as they had be<
estranged for years.
It was a big old-fashioned chimn
ind the tsile Coylo dropped do*
HINDER OF LQCUE
UNSOLVED BYSTEH
Chicago, Dec. 24.?The murder
r. H. Logue, the diamond mercha
Bound sbot. stabbed, slashed ai
burned with add In his office he
rrlday, yesterday took its place as
mystery along with the murder
drs. Kraft here and the robbery
the New Wesminster Bank, fro
Chicago with a quarter of a mlllli
lollara in loot.
Cdptaln John J. Halpln of ?
Chicago detective bureau yesterdj
ordered the release of two of tj
inspects taken In connection wi|
the crime and admitted that he hi
10 evidence to connect the o'th
5ve with Logne's death.'
flalpin also has abandoned hope
sonnecttng the three men and ti
somen still held with the rece
llghway robberies by "auto bandit
tiere. They aro held for pbsslh
federal action because of the psc
Lgea of parcels post stamps 'ound
the flat where the arrests were mmi
rheae stamps have not been Issued
th public and may be the loot of
i>oBtotflce robbery, the police sa
rhe most .complete and plcturesq
)utflt of burglar tools, safe blowei
innaratua. urelcton ken. nltra *1
:erlne, dynamite, revolyers and dl
5ul?es ever captured In a poTOera
In this city was found In the arret
?t the flat where the anapecta we
??' <'; "':
?mi? ?
BOTH NATION 1 tvtTllotTT
AGREEMENT FOR TKA1
Washington. Dec. 14 The tern
nation of the Rtieelan treaty, abr
sated by Congress because of Rt
iia'? Attitude upon the para-po
quoatlona, which become* effectl
January 1, IfldYen the two natloi
tor the flrat ttpo In 80 yearn, wit
out an agreement to govern the
Except aa * con*f?qu?nee of wi
)AILY
OON, DECEMBER S4. \9M
nlgtit
v ^vt)
Mistaken
lurglar, Beaten
m with C'Okc. tut at the bottom It had
tO|le?u ?ap<red over m it was out of
ib. u?r. nc roppea mrougQ me paper
le I'-ke a urcur clown, bringing with
p. him a uhower of bricks and soot,
id He had lost his Santa Claus whin-'
fce kers, forgotten the speech he was to'
ly make and was naturally mistaken for
n a burglar. He was beaten badly by J
en Peeney's brother, but the latter allowed
him to escape with his life j
ay Coyle rejoined Peeney on th outside
rn and both fled.
both icountries have displayed the|
greatest anxiety to know upon what
Y tooting they may continue their oparations
after December SI. But as
tar as the Washington government Is
concerned, it has not been tble to
of secure much enlightenment and has
nt been obliged to deny requests for
ld special Information from inquiries.
re| The result of many months of carea
ful consideration of the subject has
left the officials themgfllye^Jn tke
of dark, except as to the broad conclum
sion that the status quo, so far ss it
relates to trade, may remain unM
changed, provided neither country
doea anything that might be regard- (
. ed as- discriminatory against the
other,
ij
he It appears that the sole effect of
the termination of the treaty to the
United States, so far can be now
er iorecaai, win do to deprive Russian
to Consuls of the right to administer
0; estates of Russians dying in America
vo and to deal with disputes between
nt the captains and crews of Russian
j.. v o? so Is ln American porta. The great
jg volume of trade between the two
k_ countries, which, according to the
In figures ot the Bureau of Trade Re-'l
lo_ lations, aggregates this calendar
to year about 950,000,000, Is expected
a to remain unimpaired, though there
j are some Indications that the Russian
ue government contemplates some
changes in Its tariff laws that may
l7. unfavorably affect the Importation of
[a. agricultural Implements, machinery,
hardwares and perhatfc Cotton. TO
ltf long as the Interest of general interw
esta implications, however, and are
pvi ulBnORi HDocmcsny against
American products, they cannot be
{regarded as dtecrlminatory and at
w warranting retaliatory meaamea.
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l{, TO SPEItD CHRISTMAS.
? Mra. Cecil Fisher, of Norfolk, la
rt the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mra. H. B. Mayo, for the purpoae of
lB spending the holiday*. VI
CHIMNKV AFTBN.
It- Thia morning about 10 o'clock an
alarm of fire wae tamed in and the;
ir, fire department responded promptly,
re it proved to be a chimney afire on
lly North Harray street. No damage
er , ? ? ^ ^
iiiit UfiHCE
SIX FATALLY INJURED AND
SCORE HURT WHEN' SCHOOL
HOUSE COLLAPSES.
Oreensboro. N. C., Dec 24.?Six
person? were fatally Injured and a i
core seriously bnrt at Blkin Saturday
night when a section of a school
building in which the Christmas
entertainment was being given collapsed,
throwing 900 people a distance
of 20 feet. Fire added to the
I horror of the early scene tut the
flameti were extinguished bv those
in the section which held, though
not until two women an da girl had
received fatal burns. Three men,
the report brought here says, will
die from fractured skulls and other
wounds.
The scene of the tragedy is in a
remote mountain country and only
mesgro reports had been obtained up
to last night. It was staffed that
'physicians for miles around bad responded
to appeals for aid and that
after working all of yesterday the
| fall list of injured had been cared
for. Ten of the less seriously injured
sustained broken legs, eight
(broken ankles or wrists. Nearly
very one in the section which collapsed
carried some scar as a result.
GOV. WILSON ONCE MORE
PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON
Princeton, N. J., Dec. 24.?Presi- i
dent-elect Woodnrw Wilson became <
"President Wilson of Prince Univer- 1
slty" again for a, few mlnntes Ban- 1
day.
After a five-hour walk through
Princeton, during which he acted as
guide for half a dor eh correspondents,
the governor turned . Into 7 9
hall, a dormitory donated by the class
of 1979, of which he was a member.
"By virtue of the fact that the
governor of New Jersey is ex-ofllcio
president of the boafrd of trustees of
Princeton University, I suppose Its
still proper for me to go In here."
said Mr. Wilton, as he led his re- 1
ttnue up a flight of stairs. At the
entrance to the suite of rooms In the
dormitory which were especially fitted
op for the president of the uni^grsity,
he paused. "I still have the key." he
remarked, as he drew forth a bunch
of keys from his pocket and opened
the big oak door.
The big room from which Woodrow
Wilson once ruled Princeton university
was dark and vacan*. The
furniture had been moved out and
the ruga were gone. The handsome
carvings on the walls, the big fire
place and the decorations, however,
were intact. It was the first time the
former president. university
had seen his old once In two years.
During the coming week Governor
tt iiauu wti* uo tor uio moil pui ui
the state house in Trenton, where he
has conferences scheduled with
Speaker Clark, Representative Un-J
derwood, Senator Hoke Smith and a
number of other Democratic leaders
In Congress. He heard with regret
of the Illness of Mr. Underwood, he
saidT and expressed the hooe that
the indisposition would he only temporary.
postqffice hours
mm bay
The city postoffice on Chiistma*
Day (tomorrow) will observe the following
hours:
Tho general delivery and carrier'
windows will be open from 1* to
12:30. At night the delivery window
HI be open from 7:30 to 8 p. m
The city delivery carriers will make
Ike lima MiIlttoHnH > ?~.l..
days, bat no delivery of mmll will by I
made tomorrow. Patrons of the of- I
too will (orem tbemselres accord
loyly.
wiiioon visitor.
Mr. R. J. Edwards, at Washington
D. C.. la In the etty today en ronte
to hie old home In Bdwards, N. C.
whan ha expects to aiend Ohrlst
Lieutenant Thomas Mailmen,
united States Nary, stationed at
Washington City. Is In the city syeedln?
Christmas with his mother Mrs
W. C. Malllson, on Pest Second I
street. Rla many friends are (lad to,
eaehlm.
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Mo. H
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WIFE AT BEDSIDB-MA.VY MXPRBB9IONS
OP SYMPATHY KK- '
CEIVSD FROM FR1KNDH.
Washington. Doc. 14.?Sosator
Overman. was resting well last night. '
He la weak and hla temperature la
about 09 but hla physicians consider
bis condition very favorable. Mrs.
Dverman baa been with him. ' yi
"I want yon to say for me," de- ,".$H
larcd Mrs. Overman to newspaper H
nen, "that I am very grateful for the
Kindreds of telegrams and oral exireaslona
of sympathy from friends
>1 Mr. Overman. The entire State
teems to be exercised over the illness V
of the Senator.
"Washington people have called In
large numbers at the hospital and )
luantitles of flowers have been sent
n."
Senator Overman is not only pop- il
ilar at home bnt throughout the ;i
ountry where he is knpwn The .41
lews of his sickness traveled swiftly
'esterday and by nlgbt many' promllent
public men were wiring to find
>ut his condition.
Among those who met Mrs. Overnan
of the train this morning were
lenators Bailey of Texas, and Sipith
>f Georgia, and Dr. Sterling Ruttn of
Washington.
Everything possible to make Mr.
tuuiiuriBoie sua noip mm
ihrough the seriouB ordeal la being
lone.
Mrs. Overman wanted to take theSenator
to Salisbury and have th?? J
iperatlon performed there but the
Llsease developed so qolcklj and dangerously
that the Washington decors
thought it advisable to operate
it once. The condition of the appendix,
which was growing* worse ?
svery second. Justified the alerm of
he physicians. Orangrene had set in
ind would have resulted seriously in
t short while.
"I am uneasy about Mr. Overnan,"
said Mrs. Overman, "hut think
that be is doing aa well as could he
sxpeeted under the circumstances. It
will require several dayB for him to
pass out of danger."
John D. Brown, stenographer to
the Senator, came with Mrs. Overman.
She did not know that an operation
had been performed until her
arrival here at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. W ^ $8|
" ^? Vi
riVE ECLIPSES OP
SUN AND MOON 1P1S
A
Five eclipses of the sun ana moon,
will take place during the year 1912,
but three of these will not be visible
in the United States. The
first eclipse of the year will bcr
the total obscuration of tho moo.n
March 22. This will be.. pafcially
visible in this country. .A partial .
eclipse of the sun, visible only on
the Pacific coast north of latitude 26
degrees, will take place April 6. Par
uai eclipses of the sun. Invisible in
the United States, are scheduled for
August 31 and September 30. Flfteen
days earlier than the latter date
there will be another total ecMpee of
the moon, visible only in the western
part of thla country, the moon setting
as the eclipse begins.
SERVICES TOMORROW.
Remember that there will bo services
at the Episcopal church tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock at which
time the rector. Rev. Nathaniel
Harding, will conduct morning pray- i
er with sermon. All invited to he- ' j
present. There will me special
music. . . rKiS
It's not the fall air that in can^
ing the pneumonia death rate to
rise?It's the fallen windows. j
The many friends oi Mr. John *
Robbios are glad to see him in the
aT
1)4 KCR BAYS.
The picture business with ue to
fine. Lots of people who havent
hod their picture taken In So any
years. Hare some* op the corn***
once more and had their likeness taken
for their loved ones. This srfll be
ear last advertisement this year. We
Wont to thank the public generally ?* V- .flH|
tor their, kind patronage. We hope !
oar efforts hove not been In vain.
That our work will bear out oorlratbnnk
TOD Aid hop* to ibiro m j
rood portion of TOUT trido la th?