North Carolina Newspapers

SIXTEEN PAGES FIRST PART." Pages 1 to 8. mnrrf WE. - SIXTEEN PAGES FIRST PART. ' Pages 1 to 8. 'I"I"I"I"i"I"I"I"I"I"I" :-; t THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRE&8 NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. VOL. XXXIII NO. 61 98 CHARLOTTE, N C, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1 905. PRICE: - 3 CENTS s . . . 't ' i t . ' Eh LARGE H iW'hU I iflES siE - TO-DH WS qHEO lotion From High Point Firm. ;er Firms Chartered. State of Agriculture Complete : i-Annual Session. Busi ;s Transacted, F f " ' Gil Eo dpi. 5 Board len Reports to State of Agriculture on Fair Premiums. Many Contestants. Premiums May be Open for all Fa rs of State, The- News. Doc. 9. Application was iiorning for the incorpora- IU!!1 01 Xorth Carolina Oil Com- : 1 1 i - li "point, at a $100,000 capi- I - . . V . Eiileston and others for sr crinle and refined petroleum 1; : ; II i ell, om'rating oil wells, etc. Ihe name is k no-.':- the same as the North Caro i;na Cot i on Oil Company, of Raleigh, i:v. tho incorporators will be asked it, (-hanf so possibly the North Caro-IVn-uiium Oil Company before the charter L issued. Another charter is to the Consoli- ( arc ! Nickel Cpmpany, oi uiiisDoro, .Tackfon county at a capita ot $2a,00U, Ec.lronl Adams being the principal in ccriioraior. Th i c is also if" domestication for the Cliorokoe Lumber Company of Fair K;ounr, West Va., at a capital of $100, ijmk The .North Carolina office is at Garlauil. X. C, Geo. W. Fleming being in charge. The State Board of Agriculture com puted their semi-annual session this moraine. They appropriated $200 for catherinir specimens for the State Museum, suitable for use in sending exhibits of North Carolina resources to circuit the New England Fairs if at the .Tune meeting board deems the iinaireir! condition such as to warrant the undertaking Governor Glenn is urging uncii them. A motion made by Mr. Dunn that the 875 given by the board for Agri cultural premiums at the State Fair at Raleigh be open to competition from ail county fairs in the State went over without any action up to the June meet iiiii. ' An ani-ropriation of $100 was made for the assistance of the North Caro lina Poultry Association in premiums lcr the annual show and other pur-1-oses. During the session of the State Board of Agriculture Captain C N. Allen, for the committee, reported on the premiums offered by the board in connection with the State Fair. He said 2 farmers contested for them and it would be come time yet before The awards could be made owing to the fart that certain of the crops involved were not yet ready to be judged. He recommended that the offer of ?T")H in this connection be renewed fcr next year. Mr. Scott, of Alamance county, offered as a substitute that .-c mat est be open for fairs any where in the State instead of to the State Fair at Raleigh exclusively. This wv ie sense of the board and was adopted. ....- leports of the judges of con tests at each fair are to be referred to tr.e Department of Agriculture for the award to he made. Much time was devoted to the con sideration (f the idea advanced by Governor Glenn that there be provis ion made for an exhibit to be sent to the New England fairs every Fall illustrative of Xcrth Carolina's varied resources. The committee, through Mr. McCallum, reported favorably, and :.Ir. Dunn offered a resolution that the appropriation be made so that it vill he available for State museum im provements so that they can be made along line that will get together the material for such an exhibit and that there should be furlher consideration of the whole question next June and if deemed advisable, the additional ex hibit in the circuit of New England fairs. Thirf was adopted. Stare Horticulurailist H. H. Hume 'as burdened with the additional du ties of hcriculturists to the Experi ment Station, the position made va cant by the resignation of Prof. W. F. Massey. The budget for the next six months Providing for the running expenses of all phases of the department work was adopted, but. the figures are not made Public. It is understood that there is some reduction over the appropriation 'ibi year. CHILD FATALLY BURNED. A Tcrrib!e Accident in Dilworth This Morning. uhile the grandmother went to the wed to draw a iJUoket 0f Water, the two year old daughter of Mr. and thV ho,U:as Hc'ims.- -'ho reside near Ch&r'uje. Cordage Company, just sulf. 0f Dilworth, was seriously, if J-tt latsiiy burned this morning, ine nttio cb?ld was left in a chair '- rent of a blazing fire playing with a sc- ip of paper while her grand moth er! lf'er kf!-the room- When she return wa iT we 1 v,'ith the water she Thf J fcnvfclcped in flames. ow , lm of the chair tal fallen Diet-! r i Nothing of the baby.com- Seta I' 0ff' Musicians were Possible Jo, sT'mone(1 and everything ferine ? 1ne to relieve the suf ed the t hUle Sirl, but it is fear ne bl;rr-s are fatal. NEW BERN NEWS. Death in England of Prominent of This City Murder Committed Through Jealousy. Special to The News. - New Bern, N. C, December 9. News was received here vesterdav announcing the death at Knutsford, ..ifciciuu. oi.Mrs. N. O. Seymour, for Many years a resident of this city. She had gone to Knutsford to visit her children. Her remains will be brought to New Bern for interment beside those of her husband, Judge Seymour, form erly judge of the Federal Court for ine pastern District of North Una. Caro- She was a woman of unusual intelli gence, charming in manner and highly" uonorea ny her tnends and associates. A man by the name of Lynch was shot and killed by Bob Rice at Merri man; in Carteret county, a day or so ago. Rice accused Lynch of navine too much attention to airs. Rice. He claims that he left Beaufort to rid him self qf Lynch and that Lynch persist ed in paying attention to Mrs. Rice. coming to Merriman to see her. Rice is confiened.. in Charlotte county jail pending a trial. The sympathy of the tunate woman placed on a matress in community seems to be with him. a spring wagon and sent to the hos The body of the boy, William Rog-lpital in High Point for treatment with erson, who-, it will be remembered, was 1 directions that the bill be sent to. Van- drowned at James City two weeks ago, was found yesterday afternoon. It was in a very bad state of decomposi- UUfl Jwa was nuriea at once. The Coroner's' 'jury found that he came to r, ju.h, . j.t j s i uia efu u acuuuaiai urowmg Dy -falling off the. Tugboat Parkins. uisnop i nomas strange, oi tne ep iscopal TJhurch, will be given a recep tion at the Episcopal rectory by the members of Christ Church on the 19th inltant. " He comes here at the invita tion of Rev. L. H. G. Williams, rector of the church, to engage in some im portant church function. The first oysters of the season are now 'arriving - here. They are very large and excellently flavored. Fish have been -exceedingly scarce for the past, two weeks. " Scarcely any trout are, being caught. The fishermen say that high tides are resonsible for their failure to make large hauls. The shippers are totally unable to fill their orders. - ' MABEL ROGERS BURIED. Body of Mrs. Rogers, Hanged Yester day, .Was Laid to Rest. By Associated Press. Hoosick Falls N. Y., Dec. 9. The body -of Mrs. May Mabel Rogers was interred at 6 o'clock this morning in St. Mary's cemetery. North Carolina Postmasters. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 9. Postmasters appointed for North Carolina are: At Roberdo, Willis M. Burwell. Of Special Importance. Every member or the First Presby terian Sunday School is requested to be nresent tomorrftw afternoon as something Very interesting to each , (mo of tho-m will hp tnTkfirl nbnnt The fnthPrs and mother of tho conereea-i tion are also invited to be present and are especially requested to call this notice to the attention of their child ren. GIVER K LIBERTY Jury Acquitted Him of the Murder of Eph. Withers. Joe Alexand er Given 30 Years for Killing Calvin Simmons. Dave Alex ander Gets Five Years. The jury in the case of Robert Springs, charged with the murder of ; Ephriam Withers, returned a verdict of j not guilty yesterday evening after being out about an hour. The case oc cupied the attention of the Superior Court for the past two days and much interest was manifested because of the splendid fight that Stewart and McRae made for the negro's life. There seemed to be some' doubt in the minds of the jury as to Springs' guilt and the de-1 fendant was given the benefit of the ( doubt. As The News stated several days ago 1 there would be, there was a submis sion entered in the case of Joe and Dave Alexander, who . were charged with the killing of Calvin Simmons. Through their attorneys, McCall and Nixon, the Alexanders entered a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree. After hearing the evidence and the plea of the attorneys in behalf of their clients, Judge Webb sentenced Dave Alexander to five years in the peniten tiary and gave Joe Alexander 30 years in the penitentiary. Judge Webb stated that he was firmlv convinced that the killing was instigated by Joe Alexander and that :J he also believed that tne iata snoi was fired by him. Another reason for making the sen tence of Dave Alexander lighter than his brother's, was because. the negro is half-witted and the evidence showed that he was simply a tool in the hands of his brother. Both of these sentences are for hard labor. v Meetina of Aldermen. The board of aldermen will hold a special session this afternoon at 4 o'clock for the purpose of taking some action on the renort of the Building Inspectors as to the Andrews building on North Tryon street. Yestfirdav an inspection of this building showed that it is not at all: safe, and will therefore have to bej torn' down. The board, it is thought.il will be in session only long enough j to ratify the report of the inspectors. BOB SPH GREENSBORO NEWS ITEMS. A Lot of Breezy News Briefs From Gate City. Special to The News. Greensboro, Dec. 9. Yesterday at Jamestown, seven miles from here, while William H. Vanderbilt and Clarence MacKey were standing near their private car on a siding at Van derbilt's game preserve, they had vis ual experience of an accident on Mr. Vanderbilt's Southern Railway they will not soon forget. A fast through freight was approaching and in front of it walked a woman, Mrs. Susan Caverniss and three children. The chil dren hurried off the track just as the mother was picked up by the pilot and hurled twenty feet into a ditch. She fell in ten feet of the wealthy New Yorkers who rushed to her aid. The woman, who proved to be a deaf mute, was carefully lifted and found to be con scious. She was badly bruised, one arm broken, and a hand crushed. Medi cal aid was summoned and the unfor- derbilt and MacKey, and not spare ex pense. " . '- The scene of this accident was in a few miles of where George Gould last year while hunting, shot his valet in stead of a bird. The injured man was sent on a special train to New York, with both eyes apparently shot out, but one eye was saved, and a handsome annuity settled on the victim. Soon after coming back to High Point, he returned to New York and married his hospital nurse. At a meeting of the Board of Alder men yesterday afternoon, the North State Telephone Co., of High Point, made application - through their at tor ney, Mr. Thos. J. Gold, for a franchise to erect poles and booth for operating a long distance telephone system con necting Greensboro with over twelve hundred points in Randolph. Davidson Montgomery and Moore counties. Mr. John N. Wilson of counsel . for the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele graph Company asked for a "postpon ment of action. Further consideration of the matter was deferred to a special meeting next Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The city of High Point has employed E. J. Justice, Esq., of this city to as sist City Attorney W. P. Ragan in look ing out for its interests in the injunc tion proceedings brought by the South ern Railway to prevent the city from improving a street which the South ern claims is a part of its right of way. Mr. Justice has served notice that on the 18th of the month he will in the United States Court move to vacate the injunction. GERMANY TO CO-OPERATE. President Tucker Receives Warm Re ception in Germany Will Aid in Exposition. Bv dissociated Press. Berlin. Dec. 9. President Tucker, of the Jamestown Exposition Co., finds the German government ready to co operate in making the Exposition a success. There seems to be no doubt that the squadron of German warships will be sent to take part in the open- ing ceremonies. Tusker is arranging to ; invite the Imperial Yacht Club of Kiel and Hamburg and the Breman Yacht clubs to send yachts to Jamestown. To Again Go. Into Commission. By Associated Press. Seattle, Dec. 9. The old frigate Nip sic, the only American warship to escape the typhoon at Apia, Samoa in '89 is to go into commission at Puget Sound Navy Yard as a prison ship. In New Business U The following letter shows how surprisingly prompt and satisfactory are the results obtained from advertising in THE NEWS a high-class proposition calculated to appeal to prosperous intelligent people: CAPITAL $200,000.00 SOUTHERN LIFE AND TRUST COMPANY Charlotte' Branch at Southern Real Estate, Loan & Trust Co. . Dear. Sir: The Advertiser who wants to reach die best people living in the best part of North Carolina should use the State's Leading Afternoon Paper. The Charlotte News eseoes-- POSTMASTER LOOKS i TOO OFTEN ON THE Goes Rapid Pace. As a Postoffice Inspector Result, j Takes J n, nffi tharge Ot HIS UrtlCe ano. Turns u- n it Over tO nIS BondSmen. Shortages Discovered. Clerks had Already Retired and Left Him -to His Booze, Bonds men Protected Against Loss by His Bond in an Indemnity Com pany, May be Other Shortages. Special to The News. Goldsboro, Dec. 9. In an Interview with Postmaster J. F Dobson, of this city today, your correspondent was given the following story: It seems that the postmaster of Fre-, mont, N. C. Mr. Rufus L. Best, is in! a cauldron of trouble and his office has been taken in charge by Postoffice In spector, Mr. S. H.: Buck, and turned over to his bondsmen who are his lather, Mr. W. H. Best, J.. T. Dees, of Pikesville and Rufus Ham, of this city, j It seems that Postmaster Best has ' oeen going at such a pace of late that 1 even his clerks in the office retired from the service and left him to his bottle and its consequences. Jt is understood that his bondsmen are secured against loss by a bond from Best in an Indemnity Company. Fremont is a money order office and it is said that no report has been made to the Department for several weeks from this branch of the office alone, not to speak of other shortages. BICYCLISTS ARE The Contestants in the Six Day Contest are 400 Miles Behind Former Record. : Distance Made at Eight O'clock was 2,038 Miles, Four Laps. By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 9. More than 400 miles behind the record established by Miller and Waller six years ago nine teams of the bicyclists who have been whirling around the saucer shaped track in Madison Square Garden since last Sunday at midnight were plugging along on the last stage of their journey. Two thousand and thirty-eight miles and fotir laps was the record at eight o'clock. Two Teams Tied. At one o'clock the Bedell-Bedell and Root-Fogler teams were tied for first place, each having ridden 2,109 miles, one lap. Trinity Methodist Church. Preaching at 11 A. ML and at 7.30, by the pastor, Rev. Plato Durham. $15,000.00 the Direct Result of IN BIND RECORD THE NEWS R. H. BURNS, Mgr. Life Dept. CHARLOTTE, N. The Charlotte News As. the result of three small Advertisements in your paper, we have secured $15,000 in business. It is'an unusual thing for people to answer an Insurance Advertisement, as the purpose of insurance advertising is gen "erally treated as an introduction of the company and the firm representing the company. Through letter or phone enquiries which we have received from parties who became interested from our advertisement, we have secured the amount of business stated above. It pays to advertise. Yours very1 truly R. H. BURNS, Mgr. Life Dept. FARMERS EDUCATIONAL UNION. Elects Officers and Adopts Cnstitu-j tion. Per Capita Tax Placed At Five Mills. By Associated Press. Texarkana, Dec. 9. The Convention of the Farmers Educational Union of America adopted its constitution ves- ,terday and elected officers. A 3 eent per capita tax was placed at five mills. It was decided that lawyers and doctors in the country or unincorporated towns and newsnaiiRr men mip-ht hoomo members. O. P. Pyle, of Texas, was elected president by acclamation; W. A - Morris, of Alabama, was chosen vice president; K. H. McCulloch, of (Arkansas, secretary-treasurer; News 1 Gresham, of Texas national organizer; J-H. Roak, of Missouri, doorkeeper; E. ;R. Bell, of Georgia, sergeant-at-arms. The executive committee has the nam ing of the National Headquarters and will choose, between Dallas and Little Rock. ' WO. -IAN IS STABBED. Negro Woman Stabbed to. Death Wil liams Arrested By Associated Press. "New York, Dec. 9. Elsie Parker, a colored woman, 24 years old was stab bed to death in the corridor of the West Side police court, in West 54th street. The police arrested William Williams colored aged 19 years,, and charged him, with the murder. Will iams and the woman who had been living : together, had quarrelled. The woman had Parker arrested . on the charge of beating her and it is, thought because of a refusal to withdraw the charge Williams stabbed her. ADVICE FROM HARBIN. Evacuation of Harbin and Manchuria Proceeding Rapidly. y Associated Pi ess. Chefoo, Dec. 9. Advices from Har bin, nine days old, state that there has been a slight disturbance there and that the evacuation of Harbin and Manchuria is proceeding as fast as transportation facilities will allow. Stories Incorrect. A merchant from Harbin reports stories of the destruction of property by rioters there as incorrect, though some demonstrations were made by unintelligent people who failed to un derstand the significance of the Em pero r'srecent proclamations. A GREAT DEFICIT. Bank Statement Short $1,246,525 of Requirements. By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 9. Today's bank statement shows a deficit of $1,246,525 below the 25 per cent requirement of the reserve rule. t Ashore Off HatteraM. By Associated. Press. Norfolk, Dec. 9. The coasting- steam er Aragon went ashore 17 miles north of bodies Island off the dangerous Hat teras coast. The Aragon left Norfolk yesterday for Georgetown, S. C, having in tow the oceanic barge Thomas A. Goddard. A dispatch from Hatteras says the steamer had to drop the barge. It is not stated what became of the barge but she has not gone ashore as yet. Mr. Phelcs Resigns. The News learns this afternoon that Mr. A. C. Phelps, district ' manager ot the Southern Cotton Oil Company, has resigned and will shortly take charge of several of the prominent mills at Spray, North Carolina. Santa Clans Not lee. Santa Claus requests The News to announce to all of his little -friends that it takes a two-cent stamp to carry a letter through Uncle Sam's mail even to Santa. All leters to Santa Claus should be written at once giving full name and street address, as all of these letters have to be forwarded to him in order that he can make a complete list of his friends before Christmas. an Advertisement 59 C, Dec. 8, 1905. ssegeessgsceseacse oasogsosaiseaoooggSK&soo TIE UP CONTINUES. Leaders of Striking Telegraph -Opera-; tives ' Take -New Grip. By Associated Press. St. Petersburg, Dec. 9.-The leaders of the striking telegraph operators have taken a new grip of the situation and the tie-uo continues practically complete The cases . attacks on the strike breakers are reported at Smo lensk. The strikers fired into a' pass ing mail .car. The sailors of the 14th and 18th envisions in svnicn the chronic con dition of the mutiny prevailed for some were surrounded br. troons this morn ing and dispatched to Cronstadt. PAYS INTEREST ON BOND. Secretary of Treasury Pays Interest On U. S. Bond. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury announced that he has authorized the payment of the interest on United States government bond due January 1st, 1906, on December 15th 1905. MR. RICHARD HERE. SENATOR BURTON WIRES. Tells Colleague He Don't Want Any Committee Assignments. By Associated Press. ' Washington, Dec. 9. Senator Burton wired his colleague, Senator Long, that he did not desire any committee as signment pending the determination of his case in the courts. The condition of little John David Hunter, who was operated on for ap pendicitis yesterday, is said to be en tirely satisfactory. . II IIMNFEREIICE It is Said That the Warring Fac tions May Come to Charlotte Next Week During the Session of the District Cou-t. Some Rumors. The Republican office-holders and those who hope to have some pie thrust at them will be here next week to at tend the December term of the Federa court . which opens Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. Judge James E. Boyd, of Greensboro will preside and District Attorney A. E. Holton and Assistant District Attorney Augustus Price, will prosecute for the government. From present indications there will be some' old-time political log rolling here next week.. Chairman Rollins of, the State Republican executive com mittee will be here as will also Con gressman Spencer Blackburn. As has been intimated for some time, the breach between Chairman Rollins and Congressman Blackburn, has reached such a point that it would seem almost impossible to bring about a reconciliation of the warring fac tions. It is said that at Charlotte next week, the last attempt will be made to bring about a reckoning and if this attempt fails, the matter will be taken to Washington for final adjudication. It is reported in some quarters that Congressman Blackburn has on his war paint and that the ambition of his life is to see District Attorney Holton ousted from nis present po sition. For more than two years Mr. Blackburn and Mr. Holton have been at odds. It is said br those who know, that the first breech was caused from the fact that Mr. Holton refused ab solutely to withdraw a case in the Federal court in Charlotte in which Mr. Blackburn appeared as counsel for the defendent. Rumor has it that Mr. Holton told Mr. Blackburn on this oc casion that his docket was not for sale, to him or to any one else; that his duty was to prosecute all offend ers who came in his court and that he intended to do this regardless of the consequences. Later, more trouble of a similar nature occurred between these gentle men, and now well informed Republi cans say that it is a matter of impossi bility to bring peace out of the present conditions. Chairman Rollins has, to some ex tent, held aloof from the fight between Mr. 'Holton and Mr. Blackburn, but now since matters have progressed as far as they have, it will become his duty, as chairman of the State Com mittee and the official dispenser of patronage in North Carolina, to show his hand. In doing this he has to ally himself ith one faction or the other. An interesting rumor which -grows out of the differences ' between the two factions is to the effect that Presi dent Roosevelt may step in and take a hand in the controversy. It is inti mated that if the President sees there is no hope of bringing about a peace ful solution of the difficulty, he may do as he did in Alabama, appoint a Democrat to succeed "Mr. Holton as District Attorney for the Western district. If conditons warrant this action on the part of the President, well in- RFPIIRIHW M LI uuLiuniiu formed Republicans say tnat jvn.!By Associated Press. Roosevelt will name Hon. Cyrus B. Philadelphia, Dec. 9. The battleship Watson to succeed Mr. Holton. It is j Idaho, sister ship of the Mississippi, said by Mr. Holton'-s friends that in i was launched at the Cramps ship yard, case a Democrat is named for the She is 382 feet long, has 13..000 tons position, he, Holton, will use what- j displacement, contract speed of . 17 ever influence he has to ' secure the knots and will carry 750 officers and position for Mr. Watson. men. ,- When the Federal office-holders meet .. Except for the windlass and steering here next week it would seem that gear, practically all the other auxil Federal court will be a secondary con- iary machinery will be run by electric sideration. The present indications ity and two military masts will be filled are that the discussion of politics will with "apparatus for wireless telegraphy, be the paramount feature . and all! The vessel was christened by the 13 will be loaded with suggestions and j year-old daughter of Governor Gooding counter-suggestions. j of Idaho. DAY OF THE BAPTIST The 75th Annual N. C. Baptist State Convention Closes. Ques tions Considered at To-day's Session. Intemperance. Vol unteer for Foreign Field. Baptist State Convention to Goto Greensboro Next Year. De cide to Raise Endowment to Wake Forest College of $150, 000. Special to The News. Raleigh, Dec. 9. This, the last , day of the 75th annual North Carolina Baptist Convention, was devoted to matters of temperan(;e, 'woman's worfe and ministerial education prin cipally. v The temperance ire solution, read by Archibald Jonshon. for the com mittee, -and adopted, was: The question of temperance is very vital and absorbing and we are glad to note the substantial, steady prog ress of the cause made in the past few years; to reaffirm our endorsement of the temperance legislation secured by the passage of the vVatts and Ward laws, and to pledge our moral support to the execution of the same as well as all local laws for the suppression and control of the liquor traffic. A resolution was adopted that the convention meet at Greensboro next year, Wednesday after the first Sun day of December, and the annual ser mon is to be by Dr. F. D. Hale, of Yilmington. The report on woman's work shows 625 societies, with 11,000 members, and $17,158 contributions. Although their membership is only l-16th of the church membership, they raised one fourth of the foreign and home mis sion funds. Two persons volunteed in the con vention this morning to support a mis sionary each, contributing $600 each, one being for Mr. Rock, of . Warsaw, who volunteered to go to Japan. - The Baptist State Convention de cided this afternoon to hold the next annual session at Greensboro. There were also . invitations from Asheville and Wilnfington, both receiving a large number of votes. The afternoon ses sion was devoted to the discussion of Wake Forest College and resulted in the adopting of a resolution that the convention proceed at once with the work of raising an additional endow ment fund of $150,000 this will mean the doubling of the present endow ment. The principal speakers on the subject were' President Edward Po teat, of Furman College, Ga., Presi dent W. L. Poteat, of Wake Forest, and Dr.' Huffham, the resolution being introduced by. Editor J. W. Bailey, of The Biblical Recorder. - The session last night was devoted to home missions, Dr. Gray, Corres ponding : Secretary of the Home Mis sion Board, Atlanta, being the princi pal speaker. A resolution was adopt ed increasing the annual appropriation fcr this cause from $20,000 to $25, 000. MITCHELL UNNOTICED. Senate Fail to Take Any Steps in Re gard to His Funeral. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 9. Vice president Fairbanks announced that it was his understanding that the friends of the late Senator Mitchell would request a committee of Senators to be appointed to attend the funeral services and therefore he would not name one. It has not been determined what course will be taken by the Senators on Monday, but it is assumed that the announcement of Senator Mit chell's death will be made by Senator Fulton and that he will not ask for an adoption of a resolution of respect. This will be the first instance in the Senate's history where the customary memorial ceremony has not been held. L TO- Launched at Cramp's Ship Yard. Dimensions of New Battleship. Military Masts to be Filled With Apparatus for Wireless Telegraphy. state mm BATTLESHiP IDAHO AUNCHED DAT 1,1 - i, I ? ,3 -i .,"4 I I h UK i-i .a.!'-". 5 si i- r V -Jt i. It . r t i r ' 4 V 1 - i , r r Is. 1 1.1 Y '4 tr )