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W. a T.'Ui MAKESJWgCESSFlJL
APPEAL FOB STRINGENT 8CN
DAV CLOSING IAW.
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DLD:;;G DiSTRiGT
OFFICER GREETED
BY LARGE CROWD
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PRii.lARY IOiIIGHI
IN RALEIGH TODAY
PROGRESSIVES IS C
QONS IN ILUNOIS
SRL ONLY NECESSITIES
City Attorney Instructed "to'Draw Up
r Ordinance to Cover The Sitaatia .
'Other Business.
" "" New Bern is drifting too tar In the
direction of becoming a "wide-open"
'town on Sunday;' decided the Board
of Aldermen last night, ' v . .-
- '. .The. Board, upon the; request .of
Aitptney D. E. Henderson on behalf
of the W. C. T. V supplemented by
"a plea from Mrv J,". B. '. Blades, In
structed City Attorney R." At Nunn
to draw up an ordinance prohibiting
drug stores ; from y selling anything
but drugs on Sunday. It is also pro
posed to prohibit. cafea from selling
anything but food On that day. The
proposed new -. ordinance, or - ordl
nances will be" drawn with a view to
preventing bakeries from remaining
open on Sunday, also..-'
-. The motion -was made by Alder
man Satterthwalte and seconded by
Alderman Disosway. " v
Thr vote of the Board was unani
mous, but it was preceded by a gen
era! discussion in which some of the
members professed themselves skep
tical as to the benefit of placing any
more "blue law", statutes on the
booksmaking the point that'1 those
'nfronilv )n tnroa ward iiKnuf a Arab
tic as can be made,-' - ' ' , '
-, , It waa pointed out that the present
ordinance" was defective In that it
merely provides wiac , no . places -or
. business except drug stores and cafes
' cajx remain open on Sunday, and does
not' restrict what they, shall sell.-
' : "Ninety-nine -men . out a hundred
In New Bern," said one of the speak
ers, "are In favor of closing up the
- town on Sunday, but ninety-nine men
out of a hundred do "not object to
buying a cigar or newspaper on Sun
: dayw-and right there ia where . the
riiffinllltv Mam 'f ' ' ' : r
y . One gentleman askedr ; 'Jf a cafe
can sell food on Sunday, can't a drug
store call: itself also. ar cafe T la Ice
cream, a "food"? "Are tea and coffee
to be. placed on the ban as well as
Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola T Is it any
worse xo Duy a eigar on jsuuaay tnan
it is to buy a newspaper?'- How in
the -world can an ordinance be fram
ed, in order tos, properly ".discrimi
nate?" , - . '. - ' . i
The above delicate, problems In
legal phraseology, however, were left
with the city attorney for him to
solve when he draws up the ordi
nance or ordinances. - ' .
- , V-."'. -..-! V!
"I am convinced," declared a mem
ber of the Board who looked at .the
natter from another angle than the
one quoted above, "that it will be. a
very easy matter to stop these drug
Mores from selling drinks and cigars
on Sunday." 1
I.if. J. B. Blades in his remarks to
i -e Board declared that in respect
i the bakeries, children on their
iv id Sunday- school had ... been
:rm n to stop in a bakery and spend
(' their Sunday school . money
i ' mill -ai.. . ''.':.- ,' '"'.
u l,!ie (liHciission was thor
. n the vote was taken, as
1 ; " 1, there was not one dls
v " n iin;t the motion,
o w !.- lln." ,
I .'liil-'i Hiin, after making
.1 l.-iwlf of the.W. C. T, V.
i nl "oli."(irvance
i," made a few re
; sin Individual citi
' t :sn -f allTed
8rB-COMMITTKE MEETS HERE
TO ARRANGE PLANS FOR CON
OREStelONAI, FIGHT."
RULES TO EE 0111
Entire Executive Committee Meets In
v Coldsbora AprU 10th to Ratify
-f-s - Sub-Committee's Work.- -
Tonight the committee appointed
by the Democratic executive' commit
tee for the Third Congressional dis
trict will meet in New Bern for the
purpose of fixing a date for the Con
gressional primary' and for formulat
ing rules. u " " '
; The -executive ' committee at a
meeting In Ooldsboro April 2 decided
in order that the - successful candi
date might feel himself, the undoubt
ed choice of the people, to call a dis
trict primary.- ' - ' j
.. The decision of the committee met
with general approval..- The person.
nel 6f- the i sub-committee', which
meets here this - evening, Is as fol
lows:- HUof Duplin, chairman; J.
C. Thomas, Jr." of Craven,. Webb of
Carteret, Gibba of Pamlico, and Bar
ham ol Wayne, . '
, Friday, April 10, the entire execu
tive bmmltteev ; will . meet again in
Goldsboro for the formal ratification
of the, work done by its sub-commit
yT decision of tha committee to
call a dlutrlct primary was accepted
without question by the various can
didates' and.' by the Democrats of the
district, and 4t is expected that the
date adopted and the. roles formulat
ed and approved by the same com
mittee should be. satisfactory to. all
loyal Democrats. ? r
CAUGHT MULLET WITH
: A-HOOK AND LINE
Special Correspondence. V . -"Rhems,
N. C, April 8,--Mr. Wal
ter Taylor of this place, while out
fishing Saturday afternoon with four
other fishermen, caught one two-inch
mullet with hook and line. ... The
wrfter thinks this a very rare thing
for a mullet to bite hook.
FIND CANOE, BUT BOY
- MS STILL MISSING
a Tarboro, N. C" April 8. Henry
Curry, the 12-year-old son of Jonas
Curry, who left home last Friday in
a canoe, has not . beep " found yet
The canoe was : located about six
miles down the river front here and
tile only article In the canoe was a
dime novel."- " 1 T
Searching 'parties spent Sunday
and Monday In an endeavor to. locate
the missing lad,.. V 4 ,V . '.
BRITISH AVIATOR ' 17 '
-r - FALLS TQ DEATH
. '''. (By United Press.)
-London, April 8. Sergeant Deane
of the British aviation corps, was in
stantly killed today while making a
flight at Brooklands. ' , : 1
;i'Ai:
::y;iooo
Members of All Parties Rejoice at
r ' : His Election To The .
'. Senate.
Washington, D. C, April 8. News
of the victory of Oscar W. Under
wood in the fight for the eenatorshlp
from Alabama was received "with
l!-ure among' the members of all
parties here. The personal popular-
?!' t: IToupo ma'rity J.-mlor Is'
i t ' i in v.;,.:" - 'iiri, ..(l his
: . . '. r v i he re-
OVATIO
Mils
WILIi MAKE REPORT OF HIS 1N-
" VE8T1GATION LATTER PART
... . . . .
''" OF THIS WEEK. .
NO.EXECUTON OK 17TH
Filing of Extraordinary Motioa WiB
.N Act Aatomatically as-a Stay of
, ' Sentence.
.Atlanta, ha., April 8.-William' J
Burns st yesterday that results Jf J
his invaSnfatlon into the murder. t
Mary Phagan probably, would not be
reported until late this week, ...
y- He previously had Indicated that
his report might be laid before coun.
sel for Leo M. Frank, under death
sentence for the murder, today.
The detective, who has been -at
work on the case for nearly a month
at the instance of friends. of Frank
said only a lew minor points remain
ed to be cleared up.
"I want to be absolutely sure'he
added, "thaf my report. win convince
all'ccTncerned that I have, beyond the;
shadow of a doubt, found the mur
derer of Mary Phagan." , " , " a 1 -
Mr. Burns would not indicate
whether or not - his . finding would
show Frank to be innocent. That
this would be the case was confident
ly predicted by the condemned man's
counsel, though-they professed IgW
ranee of the detective's discoveries; j
. Frank's execution, set for April 17,'
will be automatically stayed by ;the
presentation, on AprU 16 f an" ex
traordinary motion for a new trial. 4
Ti
AS U. S. SENATOR
In Statement He Says . Voting His
Convictions Has Brought Him Into
. Party Disfavor.
a Washington, D. C, April 8. Sen
ator. Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio,
issued. a. formal statement announc
ing that he would not be a candidate
for re-election "unless circumstances
arlae Which I do not anticipate will
occur. The senator said that after
more than twenty years in Congress
he was not anxious to return, and
that some one who had been less in
volved In factional dissensions of the
past two years might be more favor
ably regarded as. the candidate of the
Republican party.
Hla convictions, Mr. Burton de
clared, had compelled him to take
positions ,i, jan : legislative matters
which, at least' temporarily, have
been unpopular. In this connection
he -elted -the canal- tolla controversy,.
and announced that be Btood with
the President for repeal of. tolls ex
emption for American vessels, - ,
It Isn't every fancier who can tell
a dogwood tree by its bark. - '
"Christ Child on Knee of the irgln
jMary," by Van Dyke, yalued at r
930,000, Missing, - - ' ,'
Brussels, April - 8. The famous
painting of the Christ child, on the
knee of the Virgin Mary by Van Dyke
was stolen from the. automobile of
Mr. Bprnus, who was 'carrying. It
from this city to Antwerp, The can
vas is valued at $"jO,000.' ',''. '.-' -
' This was the fs t big art theft, tjl
Northern Eurojia . ice the; bVMona
Lisa" was sie! n i mi the Louve in
Paris, and the po:.- were urged to
ti,e every precaution to prevent the
i :.iu'.-i fnnii W,i.)is c'rried from the
BUR
01(10 RETIRE
PAiMTIiiG STOLEN
11 AUTOMOBILE
EACH OF THE EIGHT CANDI-
DATES FOR ALDERMAN AT
CHICAGO DEFEATED
"WET" BALLOTS BY SOME
Majority of Women at Springfield
. tVote in Favor of Retaining
J? " Dal
naiuuuB,
.- (By United Press.)
Chicago, April 8. Woman's first
use, of the ballot as a weapon in Illi
nois worked radical changes.
Nearly complete returns shows the
suffrage votes In yesterday's election
drove eleven hundred saloons out of
the State and added great strength
to the non-partisan movement in
Chicago politics. v
i In Springfield, however, a major
ity of the women voters cast "wet"
ballots, helping to swell the major
ity in favor of retaining saloons.
Each of the eight women candi
dates for alderman in Chicago was
defeated. -
PREMIER ASQUITH
WILL NOT BE OPPOSED
(By United Press.)
Cupar, East Fife, Scotland, April
8.- Premier Asquith was automat!
cally elected to the House of Com
mons when he was formally nomi
nated by Liberals today, and no can
didate placed In the field to oppose
blm. , - ,
as :
A FUNERAL CAR
Man Timid While Alive, Paid a Big
Sum for Aerial Journey to
Grave.
- St. Petersburg, April 8 Although
he had . often refused to ricTe in . a
motor car, Ivan Sopornowskl be
queathed $100,000 to the c aviator
who would carry his coffin to the
cemetery in an aeroplane.
Aviator Pasoff earned the bequest,
but was nearly killed in landing at
the cemetery.
WILSONS WILL SPEND
EASTER AT HOT SPRINGS
Washington, April 8. President
Wilson and his family will spend
Easter at Hot Springs, Va. The
President will leave here Thursday
night and return ; to Washington
Monday morning. The chief purpose
of. the trip. is to benefit the health of
Mrs. Wilson, who is recuperating
from the effects of a fall. She slip
ped on a White House rug some time
ago and was externally Injured. She
was able- to go out of doors yester
day for the first time.'
Former French Minister of Finance
May be Charged as Accessory in
'".' . '' Murder. , ,
' Paris, April 8. The question as to
whether ; Joseph Calllaui,' . former
minister of finance may be charged
as accessory of his wife in the as
sassination of Gaston Calmette, edi
tor of the .Figaro, is the subject "of
genereal discussion-': In newspaper
here; ' Tbe publication of the testi
mony of President Poincare, Indicat
ing that Cadlaux bad at least Influ
enced his. wife's action baa given
rise to the suggestion that he may be
brought Into the investigation as an
accomplice,-a Magistrate . : Boucard
yesterday called both Catllaux and
iM-r Pree.fnr -nrthou for exami-
AtKUrLANt
JOSEPH CAILLAUX
MAY BEJMPLICATEO
SUPREME REGENT FRANK B.
WICKERS HAM HONORED, GUEST
'OF XOCAL COUNCIL. " '
A FEAST AT THE
Banquet Followed Public Meeting at
Court House Last Night The
Speakers.
Last night a large audience in the
court bouse heard tbe public address
of Supreme Regent Frank B. Wlck
ersham of the Royal Arcanum.
The meeting at the court house
was most enthusiastic, and the Peo
pies Concert Band helped mate
rially to enliven the occasion by play
ing stirring airs.
The .speaker was introduced most
happily by Mr. S. M. Brinson. Su
preme Regent Wickersham charmed
his audience with a masterful ex
pounding of the lofty principles of
the order of the Royal Arcanum.
Meeting in Hall.
The meeting held afterwards in
the hall of the order on Broad street
was one of the greatest in the his
tory of the local lodge. 'Several can
didates had the honor of being init
iated by the Supreme Regent.
Banquet Was Perfect.'
Tbe Gaston Hotel is famous for
Its banquets, it being well-known
that Manager R. A. Cherry takes a
personal pride in just such carefully
prepared and well served collations
without regard to profit sometimes
at a loss.
The menu, the table appointments,
andthe service were up to the stand
ard of past feasts at the Gaston.
Music was rendered by the high
school orchestra.
Superintendent H. B. Craven was
toastmaster, he being Grand Vice-
Regent.
The speakers were as follows:
"Our Home Town," S. M. Brin
son; "To the Freshmen," Supreme
Regent F. B. Wickersham; "The
Greatest Council and the Capital
City," Grand Regent C. A. Johnson
Raleigh, N. C; "A Deaf and Dumb
Speech," Dr. John E. Ray, Raleigh
N. C; "On the Banks of the Pasquo
tank, Where the Frog Jumps from
Bank to Bank," Grande Guide, Noah
Barfoot, Elizabeth City, N. C; "What
the Secretary Would Like to Know,"
Grand Secretary, Henry E. Bonitz,
Wilmington, N. C.
Other speakers: A. D. Ward, F,
W. Hancock, S. Mendelsohn, T. A.
Green.
This morning Mr. and Mrs. Wick
ersham, whose home is Harrisburg,
Pa., left for Goldsboro, where the
Royal Arcanum is today dedicating
a master clock to tbe Odd Fellows
home.
Grand Chaplain S. Mendelsohn of
Wilmington, Grand Regent C. A
Johnson of Raleigh, Grand Guide
Noah Barfoot of Elizabeth City, and
Member of the Grand Finance Com
mittee John E. Ray of Raleigh left
this morning, accofnpanying the Su
preme Grand Regent to Goldsboro.
PLANT ON THE
Blckett Attempt to Show Southern's
Petition Baaed on False
Figure.
, ' (By United Press.)
Raleigh, N. C-. April 8. Cross ex
amination of ' Comptroller Plant jof
the Southern, Railway by Attorney
General Blckett before the Special
Intrastate -Freight Rate Commission
consumed today and Plant was still
on the stand when recess was taken
this afternoon. , , '
Blckett sought j. to 'show "that -ap
plication of the Southern's own fig
ures , to -interstate 'movement of
freight in North Carolina oa local
trains would be showing overcharges
against interstate freight for April,
1913, of $11,000;-: also that the
i ' statement filed by the South-
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STAND
INABILITY OF BRYAN - TO ATV
TEND CAUSED FALLING, OFK "
V' OF ATTENDANCE ' . J
E CHAI
Governor Spoke This Afternoon
Daniel and Pnmerene Will
Speak Tonight.
(By United Press.)
Raleigh, N. C, April 8. With ap
proximately seven hundred present.,
half from outside of Raleigh an
Wake county, the mass meeting of
Progressive Democrats called by
Clarence Poe and others, convened
in the city auditorium at 12:20 this,
afternoon.
The call for the convention was
read by Editor E. E. Britton of the
News and Observer, about the only
applause greeting this reading com
ing when the"section advocating the
working of convicts on the roads and
denouncing the practice of giving
away their services for worthless,
railroad stock.
Following the reading Governor
Craig was elected permanent chair
man. He accepted, although he said
he was surprised at the unexpected '
honor. He then launched forth in
his set speech on "Our Party and the
Task Ahead of Us."
On the platform besides the above
were the reception committees,. witnt
Secretary of Navy Daniels and Sena
tor Pomerene, who came in Bryan'
place. John Bellamy of Wilmington,
was also a notable figure on the
stage.
Senator Pomerene and Secretary
Daniels will speak tonight. ;
A resolution was adepted instruct
ing the permanent chairman to -appoint
a committee of twenty-one to
consider all resolutions, which must
be presented in writing. These will
be considered this afternoon.
Governor Craig endorsed all the?
proposed measures in the call for the?
convention except the segregation
measure, which has been withdrawn,
and especially emphasized the ne
cessity for a legalized primary law..
He reviewed the history of the Dem
ocratic party and showed the neces
sity for the advancement in progres
sive legislation in North Carolina.
Governor Craig brought up the olo
fight which attracted widespread in
terest during the past session of the
legislature, when he urged the crea
tion of a public service commission,
leaving taxation as the principal
thing for the present Corporation;
Commission to' handle, the public
service commission to handle rail
road matters principally.
A resolution by Francis D. Win
ston commending the National Dem
oeratfe Administration was adopted.
O'BRYNE DEFEATED.
Trenton, N. J., April 8. Incom
plete return show Dnikker, Repub
lican, won over O Bryne, Democrat,. ,
for Congress. a,
PART OF TAMP CO
'TAKEN BY REBELS!
ATTACK FOLLOWED CAPTURE.'
OF TWO IMPORTANT OUTr '
POSTS. - -"w
Juarez, April 8. According to ot4-:
flcial advices rafwlvAri mt tha CskmtnA. '
sa headquarters, the Constitutional
ist forces commanded ' by ' General a
Caballero captured a portion of Tam :'
pica Tuesday- morning, and serious
street lighting is in progress now."
. . The attack on Tampico .followed
twelve-hour -battle "Which remitted tt
fte capture- by Constitutionalists
Dona Cecilia and Esouela De) Ifonto-".r
two Important butposts.- : .- ' a A-
erq showing unjust operation of the
proposed" rates IS based on fah e per
Heritage as between th State end In
tT";itm business on local tr- .,