North Carolina Newspapers

in4 the gun? will therefor* bp an In / '-ten?fUnn ono. The local lllRln. will In all probabfflly line-up as follows j The left fipld court wUTbe cover^ . -. . . ed hf JVWpSMrwt~vT3ii?r; nas thefiahlt of UWnj in everything that - o"b, WnW ^ rig;ht; wITT rapid development during the pmc? - ? ?ce tMa spring and-4n-tb* ^rate-tomorrow ha Is expected to take care of right field. Jim We-ston wiH ahlne at third base "Big Jim" often swats the bill for two or three baga and W f a sure hitter. At short atop, fteginaid Folford, a last year taemher of the team. wiU be seen In his old lorn* Brace Hodge** will play second 5?e. has shown ripid development during the past month* ih practice. Very feW balla will get by <' Mm at recond base. First base will bo filled by F. Moore (capt) lfoore played a good game last year and thpee who have seen bin ^lay, have no doubt but that be will take care of things *at > Jlrst sack. Boots Moore la a good.hlt-, teri and a sure base runner. The twirling will be done by J. Fovrle. J. "Powla'.warf substitute pitcher last year. Be la counted upon to do his best. ?He haa-tbe qtwlttr of keeping tV r the batter guessing. It la safe to any that he wtM Pure the bMt mprart thB ? team caa possibly give him. At Jibe receiving sad of \he line, will be S. Fowle. Fowle caught on laat- yesr'al tean^ and is now in fine trim for the game tdmsrrow. He haa a way dTua-j ing the willow ^ advantage, being one oft he sureet batters on the team. Substitutes are: John Cotton Tay' . ^ Joe, H. Hadneil. Sleepy Peabody. E Li ' Harris -V ' r-' I fl . It ta hoped that a good crowd will torn owl to eeo the local Highs play their drat came. Laet ycnr'n team woo erery game and thla year's are doing their beet to make this eeaeon equally enecosatul. Come oot to f Klcmlng's Park aail glre the hoys your support. The adalaalon la 16 and 16 cents. K SILVER eBAW0RSnMNEB BY BBS. W. I. JIIU ? Mrs. W. K. Jacobaon delightfully entertained the Silver Chain of tfct! * First Methodist Episcopal Chnrch yesterday afternoon at bey home on East Second street. M ?i The hours were from 4 to 6 o'clock W and nmy ladies availed themselves of the opportunity to spend ajBOcia bje afternoon.chatting* with one .another while doing fancy yc/rk. A I dainty HUle basket was passed around for lt?? usual silver offering. [iT Tfii refreshments provided by the charming hostess proved moat delicI iou?. The ladies who constitute the "Silver Cheln" ol the First Methodist church ero accustomed to take turns Inviting a number to their homes tor a sociable afternoon. At these meetInns every caller la snppoeed to bring a allver offering of ten centa. These ir.eetinge are proving a'very popular i - and effective rqeane of raising money 1^ for the church, despite the extremely yotofk. offering requested^ PAINFULLY BURNS HANI). sSSaSsHH bos, caught on Are. 1. gettm, along nicely. I OS to call It,will OS held at aJ rather than money-makmerate a Jew of 'be strikrasv6f this fuhctlon. Japandboh. food, and tcurio? will g ' t T'*' tanned to have mil thou*-" cites attired, is (mi- mm months klmonma ot the land or tea ana now era. As for the refreshments, genuine guests, and rice cooked In the prefer* manner of the little brown people Will be served them. "Hie "rlctJ will be cooked with the veritable oriental puts which the Japanese use to Rive It flavor?those oriental nuts hare been ordered especially for thio ocgfffCr It is planned to bare suns all the lyrlci, lilting song hits from the famous Gilbert-Sullivan opera, "The Mikado." , j Lantern slides illustrating various (phases of Japanese life may be ob tained from special dealers Id New York City, io make thins* more realistic by throwing, as It wore, the very* air and color of the poetic-littleIslands on the screen. Japanese curtoa of every description will be <9 evidence. A number of Washington families have notable people, and'they will bo requested to lend thorn for that evening. . All families In Washington which have anything whatever of a Japanese nature will earn the gratitude of the todies by-consents* to lend It. Miss Lens Windier hoe been persuaded to explain the various "stnriea" of the several different articles to the ladJea and gentlemen who will constitute the guests. -?1??? 80?i>W JUDGE GUION .. undergoes operation. ?Mr. Haywood Guion of New Bern Is getting along very nicely after a dangerous operation tor a mastoid aboess performed by Dr. H. W. Carter of this dty? Yonng Mr. Gulon, who fs.but J7 years' of age, la the son of Judge Onion of New Bern, and a nephew of -Miss-[.Ida Rodman of tbleeUy. today's sporting CALENDAR. Chicago National League plays Louisville team, at Louisville, Ky. International wrestling bout at Brown's Gymnasium. New York, between John Kiloms, the Greek champion, and Berobor, the Norwegian light heavyweight ehapapion. ^ Henry Kolehlmalnhn. the Planish distance runner, gives an exhibition race, at Madison Square Garden, .New York. . MARCH 37 B HJ8TORV. _______ tfFfT 163 2?Canada ceded in Francs. 1gI9?Journey from New York to Boston was made by stake in twenty-one hours. 1854?England declared hostilities against Russia, opening the ^'Crimean war, ;i' V. 1$?4?Scarcity of white sailors caused Secretary of the Navy > Welles to advertise for Negroes to Act as sedmeiw ' \ 1$98?Maine court of inquiry reP0rt "D?4troyea by mBfe'" , 190S-?Twenty thousand operatives In Lowell. Mass.; thrown out 1811 - King Vlelor "Emanuel formally inaugurated the calebra\ tlon of Italian unity, at Rome. 1912- ^Secretary of State Knox left, United States on to the Central American Re' HUbliCB , JL- jLm Tg ' <J yv a 1*i f'l't illunT nil i 1111 ll'i c? I I il I S III I . nrcftiitp uuuutmlb Dayton. Otaid, M?rd? 17.? Pluses that destroyed eight building iu * Dayton's submerged business section 1 east* re J. weliQ gluw user the fluuu * J stricken ?> that addt to the fears of the Uganda of refugees and^maroou- s {?r*rr?on, .ttJTTea to apprehension * ti.at^*there may have been many of J thee water'* prisoners In (be burnetl ibuillfags Sdon afterward uotlpe t was posted i? headquarters of the i fwtfgency CtltemUUe" ahW^liCIr.g 1 tfcat the ilty was under "martini law" and geverat* companies of sold- 1 I lers arrived from neighboring Ohio ? ic'tlos. Thd sbldiera were employed ? f tp patrol edges of the submerged din- t trier and prevent further lootlng'ot I homes freed from tho flood's grasp, s I Dj-to a '?*?* hflbf lftgf Inght there liaa C bceii no material disorder. * , Cofflns Ordered Wholeaale. 4 Hfrtou. Ohio.- March .27, ? How * great a death toil the dolugo of Day-, tctehad taken seemed last night aln^Dst as much a matter ojt conjecture J as yesterday, but acting on stories brought by Burviyors from the strlcketr districts, the em urgency commit- 1 too ordered a large number of cAfflns t for in i':< diat?t tfeliTrry. \ - ^Fhc great Miaint riser, swollen-j a."width heretofore unknown, and l runn.r? with a terrific current, bar- red the way to specific Information of i the number of dead. Whllo thou- ; shnds of persona still were marooned < In houses and (m opportune roofs In ; tho central portion of the town,' yet i oply. a few corpses had been recover- i od and ft wga believed that In the j northern section or tne suomergoa < city to which rescuing parties had been unable to penetrate would be found the greatest life loss. GRAND OFERft Q1MET PLEASES AUDIENCE Ti e Fellows t.'raud Opcra'Quartet pleased &. ralr-aiied audience In the public school auditorium last evening if applause la any, Indication of tbe sentiment of an ^udienee. As many encores were called for as tb^ singers -would permit, and at the conclusion of a few selections like ' the vantetie From Luqla,' the e^- . ihu8iaain reached a high pitch. The voices were without exception strong and full, and one or two obly Just missed being highly suitable for tbe real thing in metropolitan grand opera. Whilet he program was classical, it was not too much so. The w6rds sung were all In English, and a bappx a?mrtp?nf nf Rurh light fnn)ny Schmoker.*" gave the .program variety. The "old favorhee," like tho "Sextette From Lucja." were by no means excluded, ana received heartfelt applause. The second part of the performance, consisting of a sort of comic operetta by the name of "Penelope," provoked* peal after peal of laughter, as the Various characters acted and sang the perplexities et the cook, PenelOpe, who was kept pretty busy trying to extricate herseir from a dilemma, in whtch her mmreeS, h^r.pd1 iceman lover, her soldier l^ver, antf' the gallant-mUk-mpn the finally married. had all ^cgot^ar f laced her. eluding the lady necompauiet. are as follows; Miss MarlOjT Howard. Mlsa Mabel prirer, Miss Kathrine Scott. Mr. Wlll'am Klnkade. and Mr. T. E. Vanderfcuryi Mr. Fellows, who glvele his name to the troupe, waa not with them. All of these artists, srhb make their home In BnfTalo, N. T., expressed themselves as delighted with their reception in Washington. 49m last nsmber of the Lyceum Course was well up .to the high standard of prevtpus numbers. ? 3c Wuhtagt'on. U areh 2 7 M Jtf J?. sie Wilson, daughter of the President and Mm. Wilson, went to Baltimore today, where she will deliver an ad dress on Goucher college, the proceeds to go toward raising a 1100,000 endowment fund tor"the college. NHIGlT morrow After 1 ' ' 1 -7.,_ . ?*.*' -- , * ' "r " 1-' '-* tain mh For about an hour today Washi ton was without olectric power, e Shortly t*for? two. rl?* . i.l.- 1 Kcaph pole on East Main street was <3 blown down Id the high wind thou fa sweeping over the city, breaking the li i Wires, and compelling the municipal f electric plant to s^ut off power till e nearly three. . ^ v The pole, which was oW and rotten, stood inJipnt_ofjhe.residence of Dr. r ; Edward M. ftrown on East Main d street. When it went down, it fell vj diagonally across Into the yard of Mr. fa ' J. G. Uragaw, Sr.. considerably darn- t aging the shrubbery Had it been l| only a little longer,"tt" would1 have' ij crashed Into the bay window on one oj ! aide-of the house. Wires were brok- | ifhe damage was repaired as quickly tJ Iks possible, "wfth the result that the bj Sower was.off only for about ?r. hour. ? IIFUFKIXIM KOU MOXT<;OMI:H\. t ^ Pittsburg, Pa.. March 27.?\yil- P Uhm Montgomery, former cashier of J t|o Allegheaj^ National Bank of oLttsburg will be a free man tomor- g! or as soon aa he can leave prison tj IT \fjflll HI ounuub IKU1I. LUu L.u nui'n innite >?nt "Th. AffltcUd Family." In Ihc whool auditorium at 1:10 in th? IvenlB,: Xa5i??[o"n Si 16 reuU for h'WroB and ?S ?nts for adulU.1 Tha play la (fvtn (or the banqflt >t the 1-eeturo-l.ibrarr fund. t>r ivhtch Mr. Frank C. Kugtar la'tteto^ "f The twd grades which are produce Of this ploy are taught by Miss Coofl? If ?nd Mlsa Oibbs. who"are glad t<? ender what assistance they can to he histrionic efforts of their charges. The cast of characters, which has 11 ready, boon published In paper^ jHHflMpflgaSW u?d active young people la tpwn. vtaose friends 'will derive much imuscmpnt JTrpni yr*f (tying them a^t. MOOHK T<) TAKE STOCK. Albany. N. Y.. March 27.-?The Progressives of New York began awo-day donference here today, at rhtch Colonel 'Roosevelt will speak. Detroit where he delivers an address iext Saturday. Today the incorporators of .the party in New York Stato ind the executive committee of the Irate committee are getting together >nd talking over way* and means of ncreaslng the effectiveness of the ^ew York party organisation. Wiliam H. Hotchkiss is chairman of the txecutlve committee. Tomorrow the conference will be reinforced by all members of the Hate committee and the country chairman. The latter will report in IctaU on conditions in their counties. k jgeport of Itu work and the condllon of the Progressive measures In. rodu< rd in the legislatures will be received' fromt he legislatures will be nirt?t Mr. Hotchkles believes It us? have, a good effect upon the legu inters of other parties to see the rarneatness and strength of the Progressives as shown by their conference. That is the reason Albany was rhosen for the meeting. rr " Something About ^ the Progress of the Press "You cannot see the forest for the trees." said a historian, "nor history in the making for being so close to the event.", Ho wrote before the present KrntnMii nf thn novlno. pers was attained. Nowaday* the history of the minute is yours when you pick up your, dally newspaper. Not only those things which happen' in the city and throughout the oountry, hut throughout the world. There are romance# . baoy of.this achieTement, tales cf Hutfering, of loyalty to the paper, or long nours, 01 strenuous oadeavor and daring; Consider carefully this composite wonder, the newspaper which you buy dally for an Insignificant price. Usually It contains, several square yards of paper, and, in the metro poll-? tan dallies. Its lines of type, set end to end would extend for miles. And all this type must be set in a few short hours. The wonder ia that .70or paper does not cost you many timee its present price. . The advertisements, as well aratypiwaf ?To^T~g*?at im-~ : portanco because they bring you the store hews of Washington's leading merchants and tell you of opportunities to purchase at a big saving in price. J" ' ? fcr 4 I '* \ SCHOO .?SC" Vj ' *tl- Ifv. noon--3:3() I l#St ai ts of President Taft was to | b cpmmute Montgomery's sentcu'ce o upon recommendation .of the physt- c< cJdna In Leavenworth prison, Kansas, where he is confined. It is under- h stood Mr. Taft further believed'that a XijCttgomery's sentence of 15 years c for complicity in the wrecking of the 11 bank was excessive. It was pointed i< oat to the executive that Montgom- li cry lost heavily in the failure and ii that Ire suffered financial losses larg- fi -cr than many of the directors and- h oibcf officials of the institution. n , JBytgatnec*1 ys* ?M?unr^ J vembfir 28, 1908, by Judge J times 8. n Vounk .September 26, 1U09, he was c trans&rred from the Western Pcnl- u tentiary In Pittsburg to Leavenworth, n He waa arrested in May, 1908, on charges of embezzlement and mis- s appropriation of funds. Move than tl $1,000,000 was tost by the bank. t! v WOMAN ACCUSED OP &i DUPING RICH MEN. t n .tJolBBbjlirOWO, March 17.?An- e otljcr case resembling . that of tbe late Mrs. Cassie Chadwick comes be- b fore the United States .Commission- l1 er's office here today when a hearing d is given to Mrs. Emma Bothwell, who c has several aliases. She is charged i< with having mulcted wealthy men In t a h^lf dozen cities out of thousands t OT dolTars wllEfn the last feVmdntfia. 1 through intimations of possible exposure. 7 The post office inspectors snd city detectives declare that Mrs. Bothweil's alleged operations extended io inuiKuapoiiH, inu., voiro'i, Mien., t Cleveland, Ohio, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.. e and several other citlea. They assert that Mrs. Bothwell c wrote her alleged victims claiming to a be in delicate health and demanding 1 money for an operation. Under an- ? other name she is alleged to have p written claiming to be a sister of s Mrs. Bothwell and representing that p tho latter had died from the effects ( of an operation. Prom $20D to $600 j was asked to pay burial and hospital t expenses. , ., Later, under still another alias, it ^ is alleged, she sent in bills representing herself as a "nurse," claiming to "know all," and threatening trouble unless money was shut to pay for her services "In caring for the late Mrs. p Bothwell." - j, j t TAFT SMILES GOOD- D ! ^ jjTO TO AyGITgTA. t Augusta, Qa.. March 27.?Former President Taft, accompanied by Mrs. <; lor New Haven, where Mr. Taft wilt 4 take up his duties in connection with t the Yale Law School. He has beefr r golfing here since he retired from, t the White House and the former K ^President declares that' he to greatly e rested from the strain and overwork t of winding up administration affairs. \ L VS. tLLll \ M.?25c. F AafiBHm 't K \N *. * "4. ' '* ', . "'w ? * '.v iiaS&S ?V .. pg(lf||Q|| M?rth JT?The CublM* nil KttturUl* are laflnenclac faahana to .? aseat eatent.?The lutrtiIucUoq of their ideas comes at a tappy moment for the spring modes love been declared just long enough or women of foahlon to have decidd upot. what they' want and wonder rhat frill Come next A * Any moment nowadays that does oes nut cuant for much. Even the rat has produced now colors?BaTan blue, Servian red, Rumanian rown, etc. . Unhappy Greece has ong since played her part in the givng of artistic draperies and graceful uttlnee. As far &? the Cubist ideas are conerneri, the average tfornar will have a "vibrato" up to them. And- in "vlruting" ahe,wllj have h?r own ideas bout the "^advanced" sisters who elk gligly about the excellence erf he new Ideas In art and pity the igorance of women who cannot "apreclate" them. The pretttaat and most conipteenslblo thing about Cubist fashions i their colors. Certainly the blues, re ens, purples, lavenders, and even ho rods are delightful to behold and uggest all manner of splendid coralnations for women who are seeking dd effects for spring and summer DBtumec. The r.-w modes show the sllouette of the modish woman, and re expressed in (hie short cutaway oateea, ia?hes that h<jl> to make the Inea longer md somet! - es, a suspic)q of a trra. !u fac many of the sading contour", ?s of *.rla are tryig their has', to brine ? train Into ashion u?2.1.a. . Tu?S iliug robe mpwtr irtrkw-the^ o: taller and lore d:avn out, and . ho FrcnchrnTTiar r.int hUi-nm i i m.ikt. she lust > gF\ to all ?? -rdble to Mfurr. * lavish pon her?a condition, i> me way ot peculiar to Frenchwoi:-' n. American women, ho-- ver. are ure to protest against the Hurn of tie trailing street robe, ^though here is no doubt in the end hat they rill accept it if it is adopt- ] by the ashlon leaders of Paris; for alhough we art advancing, we have lot entirely outgrown our dependnce upon Parisian modes. The new Cubist yellow is going to e very popular for spring, because i combined so ,well with the rich, ark shades of brown. Its nearest ompetitors among the c^ors already mown to foshlcn is chartreuse. The one is live and transparent which aakes it easier to weSr-than some of he heavy velloWa qT uncertain nhade iULKN'S HOPE FOR FURTHER DECAY. Richmond. Va.. March 27.?Alhough they have already been grantid three delays, Floyd Allen, leader if the outlaw band in Carroll county, tnd his son, Claude Swanaon Allen, log# again to escape execution at the Itate penitentiary tomorrow for their art in the murder, Hlllaville court, larch H, mi. Governor Mann has lersistently refused to commute heir sentences to life imprisonment, liss Nellie Wister, a mountain girl o who Claude wee engaged, has been rorking night and day in behalf of er lover. I? PACIFIED. Washington, March 24.?That 76 ' er cent of the revolutionary element n Mexico 1s now Da^ttied and that he pacification of Sonora is only a natter of tlfue is the statement of as reported' o the State Department yesterday ty the American Embassy in Mexico Hty> . . The >njv!kloaal ^yoreriirticnt has lecided upon a new punitive measure o terminate the activities of the aen who have been financing revoluions. In the future, it will hold perons who advance money to the rebel muse personally liable and'aftach hetr proparty to the amount ad^ ' V-H ^ 'I :abete leming Park. / >1QIIIIIn n (IB ,"r vJ UilIUIiiiU I? . Richmond. V*.. March 27?Claude* Alien, scheduled to die in the fjectric _ cnaip (omoSow /or hit purr in the,M tlillsville court tragedy. fa prepared to moot death with a clear conscience. .'-8i he asserted yesterday In a letter to the editor of a Richmond newspaper, >f9 thanking this paper for Its efforts to ] >save his life. The epistle concludes thus: "Aw v? I can lay at IW bar of God. so I can ~3 say to you. that I knew of do con- y^R piracy, and I did not fire the first shot in'the codrt room at Hlllsvillo March 14. 1912." , ~ SHIPP1NGNEWS 7 The C. C. Donoho of Hyde county, Capt. Thompson, lsl o port dlsch&rgint a cargo of-country produi** pre- " rrr^S^B paratory to taking on one of general ? merchandise. V . ' Oa The Cecil of Loechrille, Capt. Rice. is in port taking on a cargo of mcr- .3 chandlse^ The Barge Myrtle, owned by Mr. ^ ; ? J. D. Armstrong. Is lying In port. The Lena of Witt, Capt. A. T. Salter: Is Tying in port. The Otis D. Terrell of Swan Quarter. Capt. H. W. Mason, is still in ~ J in' j-:i in a and Bessie of Phlladel- | phia. Capt. Aelchner, is discharging I a cargo of fertllirer preparatory to . taking on one of lumber. The Shlloh of Tarboro, owned by the Tar River Oil Co.. Capt. W. A. Parvln, in leaving today laden with fertiliser. The Joseph W. Janey of Philadelphia, Capt. William P. Joseph, is discharging a cargo of fertiliser frqgr Baltimore. The Mll?n.nf Falkinnrl i'mi linn pree (colored) Is lying In port. The Daniel Cressie.of Swan Quar- - ? ter, Capt. Tom Credle, is still ip port. The Ida V. of Swan Quarter, Capt. Cleveland Sermons, is still in pert. Capt. Ca rowan is still here with his oyster boat Casey Jones from Swan Quarter. The Lucy May, an oyster boat from* Lowland, Capt. Clark, Is In port. The fish boat A. L*. White, ownetf by the Swindell-Fulford Fish Co., Capt. Luther, Is in port. 71 The flsh boat Knox, owned by the Swindell-Fulford Fish Co., Capt. | Green, la in port I The flsh boat Sterling, owned by the flsh house of that name. Tk in. port. * | 1 sr | ADMIRAL AXDHEWS RESIGNS". Washington. D. TTTHIarrb* 2 7? The secretary of the navy yesterday j announced the resignation of Rear- j Admiral Philip Andrews as A-hlef of r the bureau of navigation and the ap- 1 pointment of Commander Victor Blue to that office. Commander Blue was born In ' North Carolina December 6, 1665. ! and was appointed to the Naval Academy from South'Carolina'September 6, 1883. His appointment by Secretury DanielB Is approved by civilians j and army and navy people here. Com- ; mander Blue has long been known to the country at large as a naval officer of the highest merit. REVIVE INTUUXNU ~r'"* I.F.GIATK iX)\TRSK Columbia, Mo., March 27>?To r j vlve Interest in intercollegiate orato-. 1 rlcal contest here tomorrow instead! of during commencement week. Some of the most "famous orators of Missouri have been s. developed in this contest. The best Ave of a number j of written orations Submitted to the ; | faculty will be delivered. ' ''/$( ' ? r m ! MIKM HITCHCOCK WGDH. Aiken, S. <\. March 27.?One of 'J the important of the early spring weddhMgs -arawthKt rrf Mbrt^rfriagftna" Eustis Hitchcock of New York, to i Julian L. Peabody. also of New York -j* today at the vTila home of and Mrs. Hitchcock here. The eereWmy was performed by Bishop Henry F. Northrop of South Carolina. The fatberjpjf the. groom ifl jmominantty ' .mentioned for a diplomatic post un- .' $ dee prudent Wilson. ^ ^ -" "*i r CITY~] J