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' 1 J. . 4, ; V ' 0 5- .r j5vE DOLLARS A YEAB. CHAKLOTTEN FIVE, CENTS A COPY. -uLii,sm-- .... r a REPUBLICANS OVERWHELMED p a One-Sided Af- fair.' ftVFER IS KKCEIIVED FOR 0ttr SWAMP Ti.WT ,v i ....ipt and Municipal Building "" Tlaa Tr8iriAnt. Tnft. to be trec'vw - Decided on Connor for Judgeship? Ural-borough to be Enlarged as Well as Remodeled Council, of gtate Recommends Pardon for Em bewler AV. H. Martin. CHRONICLE EUREAU, RALEIGH. May i. The official returns from the muni- . i election nem jwciua, -..xt, v.o.- vaseed to-day, showing a Democratic jorjty of 1.1 'o ior me regular-city ticket ana a, uiju"j -" " Eak. of the present city hall and mar ke'r building on Fayetteville street. As a result of the election the following a result of the election the follow government at once: Mayor, J. Stan hope Wynne; police justice, Alexander gtronach; city clerk, William W. Will- -iiatnr TnVin S .Tnnps tWl- son; tax uuno-v.", . .-- lice commissioner, James T. Brigss; aldermen, George Womble, U.- K.. Knight, J. C. Ellingtpn, E..D. Peebles, T. A.--'Per eolBc iltu ucui G. Brown, J. S. Upchurch. The suc cess of the election on the question of ' . : I VinTl K!li4tniw the sale 01 ine vuuuius .icfEns that this sale will be made at dice, the price to be not less than ! 60.000, and that an adequate ".and thoroughly modern market will be erected at some suitable location. In adoition to this there is a commission provided by the last Legislature to is- Fje bonds to the amount , of $125,000 inC erect an adequate municipal tuilding with auditorium attached.; This will he an entirely different prop osition from the sale of the old city tuilding and the erection o'f the new market house. An Offer for Swamp 'Xja-nds. !" . The Governor and State Board of Education to-day received proposi tion from a Northern syndicate head ed by John A. Stewart, of .New .York, president of the International League cf Highway Improvement, - for t the State to sell its immense -Angola Bay samp lands lying in Pender and Du plin counties. The offer came throush Major Edward L. Conn, of the Gov ernor's staff, he having been engaged by the Northern syndicate to engineer the deal. The price offered is not made public. There are 47,000 acres cf the swamp lands. To-day in the Supreme Court h argument of appeals from the four teenth district was called, the argu ments to be in the following order:. State vs. Daniels, Ridley vs Milling Company; Mauney vs. Leather Com pany; Newman vs. Asheivlle -.Brick & Tile Company; Thornton vs. Railroad Company; Garretson ,va Williams; Hardware Company vs. Graded School; Pool vs. Anderson;--Reid & 5Stan vs. Southern Railway Companv; Crawford vs. Railway; Mitchell vs. Wallace and Greenlee vs. Greenlee. An order just received in the office f the United States marshal's office for the eastern district of North Car ina here, puts all office deputies of the marshal's department under civil service regulations, this to include all field deputies, except those . charged with the service of processes. All these have heretofore teen appointed &$ the marshals. No Court at Wilmington. United States Marshal Dockery has taken up with Judge J. E. Boyd of the Western district the matter of holding the Wilmington district and circuit -urt due to convene May 11. There cannot be a successor to Judge Pur- ttis court, it is not thousfht that J"3ge Boyd can come to this district at that time to preside, so there will Probably be no court. . S ' . Juda-e Connor in fict Plum? x-Chief Justice James E. Shephard of the State Supreme Court, just back from Washington is quoted as saying that, he called on President Taft while there in tw tt.h r uic U1LCIC91 oi mi. J? UllCl l-Vx tlie eastern Carolina judgeship and that the President told him that it was eless to discuss Mr. Fuller, as he made up his mind to appoint J?e H. G. Connor of the State Su preme Court, and he hoped that rhe Publican organization in the State ould not antagonize the policy, he a decided upon as" to North Caio lina. Charters Granted. "' Three charters were issued to-dav. Tha r :t. vriosonville Telephone Company. ""Iford county, capital $5,000, by. C. Jordan and others; The - Stephens instruction Company, Wilmington, JjPJtal $50,000, by B. H. Stephens and J "erg and the Southern Foundry & achine Company, Rutherfordton, Ptal $30,000, W L- A, .Hoffman.nd thers. Tne Southern Timr com-. any of Fayetteville, changes its namo 0 the Southern Timber -nd Lumber .Pmpany. c. c. McAllister -is pr.esi ce" 1 the Place of business having te ntly been moved to Fayetteville Irm Asheboro. CoL !S learned tht in ' addition to : a . aplete remodellnf : of the Yarbor- CLARK IS FOR WATERWAYS The Missouri; Congressman . Speaks of Important . Movement. AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ' t AROUSED ON SUBJECT Transportation V. Woblem Can be Solved Only Through . Increased AVater Facilities "for the Moving of Bulky iYeight Awakening Due to National Rivers ; and Harbors Congress Up to Congress' to Pro vide Means. , . WASHINGTON, May ; 4. Ever since his election to the Fifty-third Congress and long before that, Hon. Champ Clark, J of Missouri, the dis tinguished leader of the minority in the House of Representatives, . has been an enthusiastic advocate of im proving the rivers of our country to meet the growing demands of trade and commerce. - v In season and out he has advocat ed a comprehensive and definite plan for the betterment of our rivers," har bors and canals, ! and his earnestness in behalf of increased, water facilities to move the bulkier freight, has com municated itself to a large proportion of the .House, who realize, with Mr. Clark, that the transportation prob lem, can only be solved through the. adequate" improvement of our rivers. ! Speaking generally on .the subject of waterways, .Mr. Clark said to-day: "When Charles Sumner, of Massa chusetts, took his , seat in the Sen ate of the United states, 'i Colonel Thomas Hart Benton, of Missouri, whose long and conspicuous career, was about to close, condoled with the younger 'man on the fact that he had come upon the stage too late to wres tle with any of the great problems, for they were all settled, or to come in contact with great Senators, for they were dead most of them. "Looking back over the - interven ing three-BCore years, it must be con--fessed.that while the great Missourian was a statesman of the first rank, he, atMeast, on" that " occasion, .miss ed mark sadly as a prophet, for many; great problems- and many great Sen ators have arisen since .then; and' some oft these problems.," important enougn- xo. nave engaged, tne mignty. energies Nof Benton - himself remain. for our .settlement. Among these one of the"most Important and far reaching . is the adequate imarove- ment of our rivers.- God gave us the most magnificent- system, of. inland waterways possessed by any nation in the T world, and we have done less to utilize them. : - This ; is the -most in explicable thing, in our . history, more explicable even than our western waste of our ; natural resources. If any other great nation on earth had owned "our . rivers, they , would have been long ago-so improved as to con-, stitute its most valuable assef.. -"At last the" American people have become aroused to the' importance, even the absolute necessity, of an adequate and .comprehensive system of river 'improvement, for it last they are. .awakening to a realization that water transportation is not only the cheapest. possible, but is also a regu lator of "railroad freight rates. This condition of mind -has been wrought largely through the National .Rivers and Harbors Congress. It, " more than any other agency, -has created that public . opinion which Congress must find ways and means to put in to force. That great and laudable association began to make substan tial headway when It started in to educate the public in 'favor of an ade quate and comprehensive system of the improvement of all our waterways rather than in favor of particular projects. . The public having been educated in that regard it would ap pear that the time for talk Is past and the time for action has arrived. "It only remains for Congress to determine how much money shall be devoted to this vast and beneficent enterprise, how much of l it shall be expended annually and finally how to raise the money. Of course,, if the necessary annual expenditure can be made from the annual revenues without excessive taxation, it should be so done, but if that cannot be accomplished, the public opinion more and more tends toward a sys tem of bond issues for river improve ment. If all unnecessary appro- pirations "could : be cut off, even the present revenues would be adequate for the improvement of our rivers. Economy in the public expense and river improvement should go hand in hand. Then a bond issue would be entirely unnecessary." - 7 XI. ' Hi. "filiUii, - cugh Hotel here, there is to be an extensive enlargement - including . .an extension of the. building 100 feet to the corner of Davie and Fayetteville streets, now occupied by the old law building. There is also. to be an on- tirely new front for the entire hotel over the general lobby. This work is to be under way within the nert t wo weeks and while it is in progress Pro prietor Cobb will care for his guests in the Park Hotel, which Is now mere ly used as a room annex to the Yar brough. The Council of State has- voted unanimously to "recommend to Gov ernor Kitchin the pardon of Major W. H. Martin, who has served eight years of a ten year sentence in the penitentiary for embezzling $17,000 from the State Treasury while serv ing as institutional clerk under State Treasury Worth. The recommenda tion for pardon is on the strength cf representations by the management of the prison officials and the physicians to the convicts that Martin's health is tl'at broken that further- imprison ment will endanger his-lifeV ; The Gov ernor has not yet acted in 'the case, b-jt it is understood that the pardon Rill be forthcoming.' "I . t JF- rrX DEMOCRATS' Rather Slim ; Crowd Gath ered at Court House r ikst Night. MESSRS. BI'CAUj AND ; - 1 R. M'NINCH SPEAK On Eve of Municipal Election Demo. ; cratsrMoldFlnal Rally and Hear Two Addrw6ses---SIr. ' MoCall - An ' aw.jSomeitCnaTges of Republi- cans Vl& XSloCOBt and in .' Cfaar-'-. arriki;:'T:fii- Mr McNlneh Urges Democrats to Support Mr. I Ilawlnsi tA9 jemocratio Nominee. The final ' rally on the eve of the municipal-: election, was : held by: the Democrats, of .he city at the court house last 'night, c A spirit of . har mony prevailed and . the Democrats demonstrated the fact that they would not become grouchy when defeated hi' primary but .were willing to abide, by the decision fpf the , majority of vot ers and when;, the primary is finished, rally toother "support of the standard bearer :of the party. , Not a large number of people gath ered in the court house and appar ently the " party is confident of vic tory in to-day's election and feels that the decision of the Democratic pri mary is equivalent to election. The band entertained the few who gathered early in the evening for a while until the crowd was large enough to begin the- speech-making. The meeting was called. to order at 8:30 by Mr. L. A. DOdsworth, chair man, of the city executive committee, who made a short talk in introducing Mr. J. D, McCall. Mr. Dodsworth said in- opening the meeting: "Fellow Democrats: This, meeting Is called as a final rally. We had expected more people ' here than this to-night, but it Is evident that here Is a feeling existing in - Democratic- ranks that the actions of the Repub licans of this city are not . worthy of the notice of the Democrats. . I think- that the . Democrats of the city con sider the question of the next mayor and aldermen of the City of -Charlotte I. a question-settled in the primary." Mr. Dodsworth then introduced Mr. J. D. McCall, who said in part: - Mr. .J. D 3IcOall Talks. "Fellow Citizens: It is as Mr.. Dods worth has said, a question that the Democrats of- Charlotte have settled that Mr. Miller's candidacy is not worthy of the - nof ice of the Demo cratic voters of - Charlotte. I . didn't want to be mayor of Charlotte and a few days ago it was demonstrated that a majority of the Democratic voters of the city agreed with me. I notice that some Radicals in the city have "circulated a paper, the author of which is evidently a good writer, setting forth certain -questions to "be answered by me. : ' "I will say in the first place that, it is none Of the Radicals' business what I have said. heretofore. ; I have learn ed one thing, though and that is that a Radical is a very peculiar annual with a spinel running through the middle, with a . head on oner end and he sits on "the other. His chief aim in : life is - hanging around .; the' " : pie counter and filling Federal offices. ''Twice in-the history of this' grand, old State of ours they have, attempt ed to run the government, both times to make but a miserable failureVThey have never attempted to run , a nice place like Charlotte, ". The only In stitution they; ever built in North Car- olina was the penitentiary and they have clearly 7 shown that they could not run that, their, own institution. 7 "Thtre are some good men in the Republican" party and. some smart men, but! they never ; put them, to the front. . They, never get any of the pie. Men like niy friend. Walter Henry never gets in a, hundred yards of the pie counter. If they did they would, eat it up, counter - and all. Those good- men, though; are not Radicals, they are mad Democrats. Some of them were foolish enough to think the other day that I was going to be one of them, but I am. not. As I said the other night, what on earth would they , dp with me if they had me in the ranks of . the Republican party? I know too well the past rec ord of the party.,: You. might rake hell with a"harrow and sweep, it with 4oaUnuaA on saxe two.y 1- RALLY PROPERTY OWNERS kick o n sm asse:ssments Citizens of South Trgon Street Appear Before Board of Aldermen and Regis- . ter Protests The Last Meeting of the Old Board. u The- bdard of aldermor at-tfeeir,la&t formal, meeting last night,- rah into a. rather unexpected ; old-time warm meeting when property owners from South Tryon street came in with a large delegation and complained that their bills for paving were 'all loo high. Each man, It appears, had meas ured the ground for himself and had found his bill from 515 or $20 to $30 too high. ' The discussion lasted an Sicur and during " the debate Mr. S. WittkOwsky served final notice-that he was going , to fight this assessment , if he had to go to the highest courts of the land. . ' - The board also revoked a drug store license for. selling liduor, and disposed of several other matters which It was indisposed to shove over onto the shoulders of . its successors, wishing to leave a clean slate. - The report of the various juries named to determine if all property owners -wjho had been assessed for bli ulithic paving had been benefited to the amount of the assessment were heard. The Juries all reported In the affirmative. South Tryon Street to the Front. The property owners on South Try on street came into the meeting of the beard of aldermen last" night, about ten of them, with- a 'T'm-from-Mis-souri" look on their faces and wanted to know why their bills for . bitulitnic street paving were $15 to $20 higher than these .gentlemen had figured them out. - - . - ; . - ; As one of - the delegates expressed It, "We petitioned for this paving ind we want. to pay for It, but we don't want the city to speculate on us." Prof , Baird Leads Off. The South Tryon street matter -was begun when Prof. J. G. Baird, a prop erty .owner on. the street, arose and addressing himeelf to Mayor T. . S. Franklin, said 'that he wanted to -ask some questions. ; "I was Tinder the impression," said he. ''that the property owners were to pa one-fourth of : the . cost of the whele street" in frontof .our nouses, and in my, case; if you'll subtract the part the street car company pays, you will find that the city is , paying only one-sixth of - the total. ;; Prof Baird then proceeded to give . the exact fig ures Including thei frontage of his lot, tq- an inch; the; width of the street., etc., and"findihg the total number of sqi-are feet, divided by nine, and mul tiplying ; by J 2 .15," said Prof . Baird, "you'll get the result as it should 4e, it seems to me." ..' I see no 'other way to caluculate it. 4 ', ' .r "My bill, according to this calcula tion which I have Just made, should have been-$10 of $12 less than it real ly is," continued Prof. .Baird. - -; City Engineer Called. ' ' " "I see the city engineer, Mr, Joseph Firth in the room; : , suppose we ask him about this matter. You know, Professor .Baird, that this board has nothing to do with the making of the bills, and has Only the - charter by which to go.". .':". --.': '.- :-. ; "I understand it is . just a clerical error, - of course," said ' Prof. Baird. : " The city engineer, then proceeded to make p stiatemeat- ot the work. He f sa; therulej. w t9tal I fength of the ' streets on both '.sides, anchdivide by two ; then taking -the to tal 'expense of the improvement and dividing by the number of feet, the rate per foot Is secured." ' "We except Intersections," at street crossings of course," . explained . the city engineer. -' "This - alone would : be 15 per cent of the total, whereas the curbing cost 10 per cent Of the. im provement, but both were subtracted from -the total cost of .the street." . Mr. F. D. Alexander's Bill. Mr. F. D. ' Alexander, who was among the South Tryon street delega tion, arose at this point -and said:; "I am glad to pay my part for-this work. We asked the city for it - and I - am glad that . we were able . to have ; this paving done, but I have been able lo figure out tny bill at only $156 When it is $190 or $195. I don't want the city to be SDeculatlhsr on me. Mr. AIm- of his lot and showed how he had -arrived at "the calculation which - he thought was the correct one, but it was about $25 to $30 less than the city's bill rendered. , Dr. Costner, who lives near Mr. Al exander, also had a word to say in the matter. - He" declared that his bill was about $200 when it should .have been only about $170. ' Discussion Grows More General. Messrs. James Oates, . Frank Alex anderr Dr. T. F. Costner, Prof. J. G. Baird, H. G. Link, M. C. Mayer, H. M. Wilder, 'Pat - Phelan, Brevard Nixon and others were present and as the delegation; was a representative one and it was insisted that the mat ter be settled last-night, when some body suggested that it be left over for' the next administration - or re ferred to " a committee. The mayor was - ready to serve the delegation to the utmost of his ability, however, and allowed the discussion to be con tinued with a view to getting a set tlement, if possible. Some .of the- delegation, when told that the charter said: thus and . thus, replied that, they had nothing to do with the. charter; that . they had merely petitioned, for paving in front of their residences, .and that they ( Continued on Page Five ) CITY PLANNING" AND MUNIC IPAL ART ASSOCIATION. .. NEW YORK, May 4. This is '.'La dies' Day" for the exhibition given by the . City Planning' and Municipal Art Association. The programme for to-day, is as follows: - - - -Wednesday, May 5. Of ficial day. . . Thursday May 6. Doctor's day.- . Friday, May 7. Real 'j estate and civic, organizations' day. ; Saturday, May 8. Church day. Monday, ' May 10. New Jersey day. Tuesday, May' 11. Commercial day. Wednesday, May 12. Teachers' day. " Thursday, May 13. Engineers' and ar chitects' day. p . Frlday,May 14. Rent-paryers' day. - Saturday afternoon, May. 15. City plan ning :dsiv ;. . '' , Saturady, evening, May 16. State night. PROVIDENCE TRUST COMPANY PAYING UP. . PROVIDENCE, R. I.," May 4. The reorganized Providence , Trust Com pany to-day paid two 10 per cent.. in stallments of money due creditors when the bank failed in 1907, One would not be due till April 1910, and the other.' in November, 1910. These f.-ill make 6Q per, cent. Of vwhat. was n.. rre,',, 'The- payment will release $3,200,000. - -v HAWKINSrTHE NEXT- Indications at 2 O'Clock Are That Democratic Ticket Will be Elected bg Majority of 1,200 A Quiet Election. For Mayors Mr. T. W Hawkins. . .For aldermen : Ward 1 -W. I. Henderson, J. A. Fore, W. H. HaU and J. B. McLaugh lin. ,;. . . : -. '. Ward 2 Plummer Stewart, T. C. Toomey,, W. A. Watson. ' Ward 3 Thomas Garibaldi, Z. T. Smith, A. MGillet. ' x . - Ward 4 E. S. WilUamsi Col W. W. Phifer, J. G. Hunter. Ward 5 Lewis Anderson. Ward 6--D. A. Johnson. Ward 7. E. L. Mason. Ward 8 E. R, Smith, Paul C. Whit-lock- .. - - - ' 'Ward 9. Dr. J. C. Montgomery. Ward 10 -Dave Kistler. Ward 11 L. W. Wingate. For school commissioners: Ward 1 W. H. Belk, W. A. Neal, J. .H. Ross. , Ward 2 T. T. Smith, W. Ii. Nich olson. ' , ' . Ward 3 E. F. Creswell, J. Hir shiiiger. . . - Ward 4 W. F. Harding, S." F. Tom linson. - ' ' Ward 5 B. F. Cato. - - " Ward 6 J. A. Smith. Ward 7 F. R. Cates. Ward 8 -Rev. XV M. Osborne, J. L. Sexton. Ward 9 J. L. Phillips. . Ward 1 OR. O. Robinson. "Ward II W. J. Gray. , The indications at 2 o'clock this af ternoon -.are that the above Demo cratic ticket will be elected to-day by a majority of not less than 1,200 to 1,500 votes, in a majority of the wards the Democrats have been lead ing' by not less.-than from; 5 to-3 to 1 nda in a few the difference has been much larger. Contrary to the claims made by the Republicans it ' seems very unlikely that they will be able A KIDNAPPING ' SYNDICATE THIS? List of-Xames. of 40 Girls . Found oa Person- of Karl Klein. Arrested for ' Kidnapping Lilly Uchltel. NE3W .YORK, May 4. By finding a list of 40 "names of young girls on the person , of Karl Klein, - of Brooklyn, charged with ';' abduction, the police believe they are ina fair way to un earth a kidnaping syndicate. . Klein is . charged: with - abducting 14-year-bld 1 Liliy Uchltel and - also with forgery. It was through the find ing of Klein's name on a bogus, check for $ 100. . that ' he was - caught. Klein claims he used some of the money to send a girl to Texas. MANY TO ATTEND , ELKIN MEETING- Large DelegatIonfrom Statesville Go to . Allegheny, to Conference on Statesville. Air Line and Other 'Railways. . -"'"; Special to The Chronicle. STATESVILLE, May . 4. Statesville people are much interested in the propositions regarding1 the .building of the Statesville ' Air Line railroad and other, lines, to be discussed at the railroad meeting to be held in Elkin to-morrOw and the following gentlemen expect to leave to-day for Elkin to attend the meeting: Messrs. Wm. Wallace, N. B. Mills, D. M. UasIey,W. ;D. Turner, P., C. Carlton, J. A. Hartness, s: B. Miller, Herman Wallace. C.v S. Tomlin, W. R. Mills, John M. Sharpe and probably others. The first five named are directors of the Statesville Air Line Railroad. Mr. W. D. Leeper, of New York, president of the Virginia Southbound Air Line, was in Statesville Saturday and he and Mr. J. H. McElwee left yesterday by private conveyance for Elkin.' They will drive over the proposed route for the Statesville Air Line as surveyed from Statesville to Mount Airy, to enable Mr. Leeper to see the fine section of country now. without railroad facilities which will be penetrated by the Air Line rOad. ' , . ; . . A NORTH CAROLINA " WOMAN HONORED. -. - o -.- '., :". SlissMary Hilliard Hinton of This State to Be Toastmistress at D. A. R. Banquet. " .. . -BOSTON. . MASS., May 4.- Miss Mary Hilliard Hinton, of North .Caro lina, was yesterday-chosen for the sig nal honor of toast-mistress at the banquet-Of the convention of the Daugh ters, of " the ' American Revolution which" opens next week at .the Hotel Somerest. -. . ! One ' of , the principal - speakers wjll be Col. William peh Washington, vthe nearest living relative ot George Washington and will be introduced by Miss Hinton. The banquet " will be held on the 12th Instant," and there will be present the leading women of the country. s TO-DAY ANNIVERSARY OF HAYMARKET RIOT. CHICAGO, May 4. The Haymar ket riot occurred in this cjty May 4, 1886, and citizens recall its. anniver sary with dread. As a result of the terrible event six policemen were kill ed and sixty-one wounded. ; The en tire death list of the crowd was never known. . --" r - '; ; - -;- - The riot followed a long period ojL unrest,, because of lacf; of work and the circulation of incendiary,- anar chistic propaganda. , As ;,a result, of the" riot there, was a campaign made against the anarchists of Chicago and p-'f cf their meeting ' places were wiped out. 4 , - . - n. to elect even an alderman, although, their . full vote at ' the. time named above had not been cast. It is thought that the Republicans iwlll vote their entire strength, while the Democrats will probablx not cast much mora than one-half of their city vote. The election has ' been . unusually quiet, the voters have appeared at the ... polls scatterlngly and practically , lit tle interest has been shown in the outcome.. It is expected that the Re publican vote will be materially in- creased before sunset,, when the polls close. " ' . ; , - An approximate, estimate of the vote at 2 o'clock this afternoon is as follows: - - .. .Ward 1. 768 ' votes cast, with a majority for the Democrats of .5 to 1. Ward 2.- Democrats,. 69; Republi cans, 7. ' ; Ward 3.--115 votes cast; 12 to I Democratic. ..; "Ward ' 4. Democratic 116; Repub lican io. ; ";. ""'.' Ward 5. Vote about equally divid ed. (This is the strongest .Republi can box in the city). Ward 6- Democratid 52; Republi can 30. . Ward : 7. Democratic 18; Repub lican 0. s ' Ward 8. Democratic 35; RepuB- lican 4. . : ' Ward 9. Democratic 48; Republi can 12. . Ward 10. Democratic 48; Repub lican 6. ; ' m - Ward -11. Democratic 16; Repub lican 16. ' ' . ' ROCK HILL ACTION .TO BE Presbytery of aTxL P. Church Will - I ' Prohabjjr Dissohrepastorai-.. Rela tions of Rev. William Duncan and i Brhig Charge's' So That He May be COnicted or " Acquitted. Special to -The Chronicle. GASTONIA, May 4. The First Presbytery is practically giving all 'of to-day ta the consideration of the re--port of the specialeommlttee In the case of ' Rev. " William Duncan. The committee, , consisting of Rev. Dr Oliver Johnson P. S. Moffatt, and Mr. H. W.' Faulkner, recommended that the Presbytery affirm the action of the tock Hill meeting, when the pastoral relations between Mr. Dun- -can and the - First A. R. P. church were dissolved and also recommend ed that his appeal to Synod be ruled , out of order. T ' ' " The indications are that the-Pres- '.. bytery will this afternoon accept the committee's report and also bring di rect charges against the . minister to the end that,-he may rather be ac quitted or convicted. JULIAN S. MILLER. ' DID GERMANY ENCOURAGE ABDUL? Young Turk Leaders Say They Have Found Correspondence : Between Deposed Sultan and Emperor Wil liam That Will Cause International Scandal Five ; Priests Hang. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 4.- j Young leaders to-day are the source of. a report that correspondence be-. tween the. deposed Sultan Abdul and the Emperor of Germany has been found in Yildiz Kiosk which they de clare openly encouraged the mutiny of reactionaries against the youn r Turks. They say the publications will cause an internationalscandal. Five priests -involved in the mu tiny were hanged. in public to-day. - ' MRS. HAINS READY TO GO ON STAND Dr. H. A. Roden First Witness Called To-Day Mrs. Hains Will Re hearse Testimony Given at Trial of Thornton. FLUSHING, MAI 4. Mrs. Peter C. Hains, Sr., mother of Capt. Hains, appeared at the trial of 'her: son to day ready, to give testimony in an ef fort to save him from the electrio chair for killing William . E. Annis. She will rehearse her testimony given at the trial of Thornton Hains to the effect thaf Captain Hains was a weak, sickly boy. and that prior to his birth she was : Suffering a nervous attack. Dr. H. A.- Roden was the first -witness called this morning. He testi fied to acts of Capt. Hains which a considered irrational. , Thomas - West, a colored -Stewart on the. ship Pharos In 1880, "describ ed a fall Hains took down the hatch way. ;. . -.- ' --, -: IRON, TIN AND STEEL WORKERS MEET DETROIT, ' May 4. The 34th an nual convention of the Iron, Tin and Steel workers - met here- to-day. It is expected to besone of the most im portant meetings in the organization's history.,' The business ' of chief im portance will be the new wage Bcale and working agreement. The present- scale expires June ,30. The wage scale committee has been 'deliberat ing since Friday,. nJght. i i d n - 11. 1 I pit n it 1 I! n ? t
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