North Carolina Newspapers

ABLY. -TRIEmO;' VoLXVL J. B. SIirSRILL, Kterinnd Publisher. CONCORD, N. CI "Clip AY; MAY 29, 191L Member 71m Associated Pra No. 21? 1- 7 L, J : ; ' SIuDIAi I buloarian torcis march vs. TO MACEDONIA, - Italians Tight Desperately to Check ' the 'AuttrUns From ' Breaking 'TtautVAnd Marching on' to the! - Venetian Provinces. Vienna Re- porU the Captor et Important Tor- . . . Uflad Pointa. Oarmana Eanaw Their AetiTltiea on the Wast Bank . of the Hanaa. Great Activity .Ja t Expected Along ths Front at Salon- ttL Athena la Turmoil- . ; ; . (r Tkt lHttattl ma) Tha Austrian drive against the Ital- Una in the southern Tyrol continues i - to progress in the region of Aniero, s 'where the Italian fprces-are fighting v desperately; to prevent their foe from breaking through and gaining - the f route to the Venetian province; .', - Vienna reports the rapture of forti - fled field works at Cornowo and an important position Inbe fortified dis . trie t of Asiago. . , i",. vt t- The Germane have renewed their activities on the west hank of the ,-- Mense in the Verdun region. advane--ng to Corbeans woods and driving aeainst the French lines to the west ' of Cumeires village. -Paris declares the attacks were repulsed. - .. The Ml in infantry activity on the east trnnk of the river have been not- ably busy in the vicinity of ' Port Vanx, sontheast of Fort Douaumont. , near which the heaviest .fighting in. this sector of the Verdun front has occurred recently..'.' t'; - - The situation in the Balkans lndl- rates important developments in the .'near future, Athen advices report the breaking pnt of serious tronble in the Greek capital after ' it became ; known that Bulgarian forces bad en ' tared Macedonia.: S''-'r V. ' ' Tb entente forces "at Salonikl ire reported to have just been reV.nforced , hv tbe.Jirrival of some 60.000 to, 10ft,. x. 000 Serbians, the remainder of Kin,a Peter'a army, fr;:r'J -; iv-iV' -. f WotfAle activitr alon3l the entire ,Saloniki front" has heen reported "t- ,'eently,:, 'lX?rt ' , OiirnateW' tlmmo'.finndoii ' fWn ' from thj fleM f wr in Oerman East .'.!Arriea reoort the. alow bur sure fornr- j v f etfon-of a rordo around the German forces there. 3 ' J. ' ' ;''":.'.vf .' -: COTTOK MAEKET . V j 1 1 , ; AGAIN DECLINES Sne to Scatterbig ' liquidation , and , " ' ' " ' 8cn. Selling. . K Vw T AMiac Prow) ' New ;York, May 29.--The cotton market opened at a decline of five to eight points Itoday, , under- scattering luiuidation and ' local . buying, but steadied right after th eall on Liv erpool buying. . July rallied ,t 12.78, t October , to. 12:91 and December to 13.08 before the, end of the first honr with active months up to two points nigber.vvni-;i,. si-i ? " Coteon futures opened , steady : "July, 12.73: October 12.85: Decern. her, 13.01 J January, 13.05; March, 13.19. -.;' .n --fcv; m; ,,r ; J ' - , THE WHEAT MAEKET. Ealna in Oklahoma and Texas Bring ' ... ,3 About. Material Decline, f l " By Tlia Iwrirtrt Pnm 'v, . - Chicago,, May 29. Rains in Okla- homa and Kansas brougbt about ma terial declines today in the price of : wheat. Opening quotations, ' which ranged from 5-8 to 13-4 lower, .with July at 108 1-8 to 1-2 and September x at 108 1-2 to 109 1-2, were followed ' by an; additional setback and then . by a .moderate ralty. .vs-' . Samuel G. Blythe tells ns that ! 'ex ': aggerated -ego1' is a ."national fail ing" in Mexico. So different in this Somehow,' we don't' seein to feel '. halt as warlike this morning as we did this time yesterday morning'. ARLIY ACTIVE EXT. LUTHX1 JdmW05. D.D.I, Death Oocnmd Teataroay at ' Eil Bona ia Clinton, K. C. " f A meaaage waa received hera yra tenlay from Mr. Howard MeKinnou announcing the death of hia father, Rev. Lather MeKinnon, D. whjcb oecnrred at bis home in Clinton yea terday morning. - Dr. MeKinnon had bea herpleaa for nearly thirty years aa a result of paralyaia. He bora hia anfferings all these yeara with atrpng J Christian ' fortitude. , cheerful' .and bright at,all times. ; " ' i . Dr. MeKinnon waa born October 31, 1S40, U Richmond county, N. C He waa prepared for college at the acad emies in that Beet ion; entered David son College in 1837 and graduated in 1861, sharing first honor. He atudied J m the l neoiog-icai bemuiary at iO-ias lunroia, h. ana "was licensed ; to preacn oy tne r ayettenue rreaoytary in i8B4. ;: : ; ; In 1864 and 1865 he was rhaplaih of the 36th North Carolina regiment lie waa ordained evangelist April, 1860, bjrthe Fayetteville Presbytery, ne was principal ai x lorai r emaie College from January. 1865 until June, Goldaboro Presbyterian Church and served as pastor for over four yeara I;-fha V itnraf inn.i D. rererrea w tne proposed anu-ioDae-He was pastor of the Presbyterian on 5h tS." " legislation in thf various , atates, -... .5 r a . T J I stakes on tne Indianapolis motor I . .: .mAtino Chnreh. in Concord from December, r.t- noflo t moo rZita0 of SRS ii. i a at ' . a. I Z:: IZrrr ail a m ioo- -rr ' , - . , i president of Davidson College Sep- t.n,U: iaat tM.i. .;tu- v. a 1 1 oof it v a t il lemoer. xootj. wdicd thibilioti ne nnia i nntU his health faiVed a year or so latr. . c; , - Dr. MeKinnon was a. men of mat - i ..xy, na naxever, ne unaenooa ne did thoroughly. As a pastor, he at- tended to and 1 closely supervised ever, , : 1 1 . , 1 . 1 . 1 p 1i nndnrtonfc l . -w i ...... t a 4 -i i v I over his congregation. ; As President of Davidson College, he displayed tha same disposition to attend to details, and succeeded in increasing the pa-1 tronage of that institution materially. He was pastor here 'for , twelve years, I and no minfster of any denomination I ban ever been; morr beloved by all i- Lil - j '" our peoples ;regardless,:of denonjina-1 tion-T-?1'.: V' " ' ;, : i , :i Vsit A- meeting of, the session of J the mi b "D-U..i. . Six.. i. - hU laat ui na an Vhm. W Lore and D. ft. Morrtaon aonointed t .tt J 1 n ir.r-: non as representatives of the church. They left last evening for -"Clinton, wbere the funeral services will be held this afternoon. GEAVE TEOTJBLE OCCURS AT ATHENS Following News of the Invasion of Macedonia by the Bulgarians. - (Br Th AMoelatoa Preaa) Paris; May 29.-A news dispatch from Athens says that grave trouble has broken out there following the news of the invasion of Macedonia by the Bulgarians. Bulgarian troops crossed the Greek r t. on ..j u- n-fc. tuir nkl whicb had garrisoned these forts .,uua . v t, ni garians, who claimed permission from ths Thamss crAVommAnt fn Hin ot The Bulgarians were said to be lead tlnmu nfflosra s-mlaina tn J v- sasssu vauww vwsx-w is vw the commanders of the Oreek forts that the central powers were merely being accorded the same privileges that had been given the AUies in per- mitting them to occupy Saloniki. Cross Eoads Items. Cross Roads and Rimer baseball teams will play at Cross Roads next Thursday, at 3:30 o'clock. .-.v .' ( Washington Camp No.?16 ;T. O. S.'of A. will holds its regular meet ing Wednesday night. May 31st, in stead of Friday night, on account of the county meeting in Concord, which will take place Friday evening., ?, s , ; ' ---v.i- s , . . .. . ... . ,.- Mrs. W. J. Montgomery was taken suddenly ill. just before noon , today. Her condition, which is serious, is im proved as we go to press. A .- 1 - - nsber s are offering Vim lingerie . s - M s ' .sj ma waists for $1.95. i new, ad. . r.:,. ,: 1 : ."i.?W.'l E OTTER THIS EVE31S0. - T. K. 0.1 Caapalga'ta Start at ; , , Business Man's DIumt. . The Boaiocaa lira' Dinner Con ference this evening at 7 'dock at Central school promises to be one of f mo lfrf I!n ations. have been made for, scores of plates and the indications are that tha banqnet will be well attended. Mr. Wilaori. the hustling : inter state T.H.C.A. seeretary, has been aaaistinc; the local committee in mak- j ing the arrangoraenta, and ' reports I that Mr. M. B. Bptcr, a well known business man of Charlotte! and Prof. K. W, Daniel, proieaaor of English at Ckmaon College, have accepted invitations to speak. ' Th local com- nuttee seenred Mr. Wilson as a speaker for the occasion several days ago and he, snth Messrs. epier and Daniel, will be the honor guests at the dinner. A number of ladies of the city are busy this morning arranging a menu f or, the dinner, which promises to be anccessful from a culinary as well aa an oratorical standpoint. speed Knras eeadt. J :' - ' -.; ' Indianapolis the Objective of Eadng - Tui Thla Week. " y;, Br j,.,,.,., rmmmi .tl" thia conbn the speaker .J iTth T .ifVfinr. epeedway tomorrow is the attraction. . Twenty-one,, and possibly : more, I" " to "tart the 300 ircaj .t.J .... ai,- onni liuiw ouaiicow LLTJTC X. "v","",""s """ i n pim.. so .?alPh P6 Pftlma 9 "" .r - tniioa aifM iiah aasi maun tinin'naniw 17". v"'", , " gtarterg fagt the cnt ftom 600 to m mile8. it ia eon. Bibered baWe that hia speed wUl BtarAM acs toot ani rttA aa ti oo ivaam i be surpassed. Y. M-C. A. SPEAKERS Coma From Charlotte and Winston i Salem to Appeal for T. M. C. A. ;i Yesterday six pulpits in the city Rico, are participating in the session, were, filled by Y. M. C. A. speakers, whieh will continue' $hronsrh tomor who presented the cause of the Y. M. row. The ohief obieefc of the associa- 0. A. and appealed to the Concord t t;nnrenea to support tne movement to i establish such an institution here. in the morning Mr. Allen ijraiir. ot I Winston-Salem. SDoKe-nt tne vASSO-t v - : w' I 1 eiate Reformed PresbyteTwn Churehj Ulr (1 f Ilnntinirtnn. nf Ptiarlnttn. 1 at MeKinnon Presbyterian Mr. John H- Ros of Charlotte, at Trinity He- rormea cnurcn, ana Mr. a. u. wu- son, of Charlotte, at the First Pres byterian Church. A J. i.In the evening Mr. Wilson spoke at Central Methodist Church and Mr. Hunting spoke at Forest Hill Meth odist Church,' new York stocks. No Striking Changes ' from , Last Week's final Quotations. (Bjr Tk AssseUte Press) "New York. May 29,-Aside from! 8nen Bpecialties as the Automobile 1 croup, in wmcn gams or two 10 nve I points were recorded, no Striking chan8es ttom lftst week's final quota- itions were notea on tne resumprion of fadi? 1 War ,8uch I v-ruciuie oieoi. iuoucuu iwiwum an1 x8om of the metals were lower I by S point There W6I fairly large s ... M J TT J Oi A F's mu SteeV Reading jmd Kennecott Cop- "a"8ca "u VMM" "loc dealings were light and narrow. .1 , n NO ACTION YET TAKEN ON BLAKESLEE ATTACK On tha Senate Postofflce Committee, Vaila flatnrdav - : tn- ath . i-.-j Pnsat Washington, May 29. No v action roa i air am Kv iVtm Can si 4 A' 1 1 Vnaf nffiftA i nmmifW nn th ittk Postmaster Onneral Blakeriea . that the commit - tee in amendine the postal bills had surrendered to the railroads.- tbair- man Rnnthosil Mill thn ffortimittnc would meet tomorrow. Attantion. Vatwaual t?v :ii i, T,-n . I . s. , as ir . taws rT a AiiruiAVaim wn ins vjir. - I eroiis . bi me tBnim yraueu pcuuui on -Saturday, tne 3rd day ol June. I All Veterans ara requested to meetl vk r.h. An. s.h Aomn u . hnAv . . . .. ,-. . ' r0mn vn oi9 it v. v. Sergeant Hollman, of the J United States Army; is here for a week. Ser- Miss Vermille Lide. who was ' I member of tha graded school faculty the past year, left Saturday night for I Hampton, - Va., where she will visit roriSeveral. weeks. ;r.i':'- ix n. . i -J, i 1 geant ilbllmair will instroct Company ana oepicis vim m, v- ? V Ni; ' L in maitary discipune and other tea- liee inspector m his chase of the pi- --iV-'v tures of military work during his visible 'FaatomasM. who defies cap- t.'HriVr.-i;; . .-.'tX -t .." ture and laugh at the law.. . This is ; Miss Annie E. Snyder, of Concord, I wall wna JnarA tlta Awamaal mwxA Ct legists Institute, of AshevUle, next, hng and seven or eight WfP I week. .... ' . Carransa is anxious to have rela tions with thla country confined d;p!omatio eorrf rpf ndenee. - - TOB'CCQ :': I PLEAD A. SOT DEAL AT OTZSTSd EHSSI0X OP THE coiryxJiTiojr tod at, ; wiizjijiiinpiH Jacob Wertheim, of Kew Tork, Pres ident of tha Tobacco Varchaats' Assodatiom! of tha United States, In Bis TJrst A&nnai Addrees at the Meetin t.Whlcli; Opewdf oday, Protested Against tha Anti-Tobac co Ledalation tn tha Tarions States Indnding Eestrictlons on Smoking and More Tax Jndnitry Already Taxed To tH UmH. .' : ; - :i Y car Tk imtit4 rR) Washington, May29. Demands or a "square deal'f at 'the hands of ior a "square the lerislatora for the tobacco indus try was voiced by Jacob Weriheim, president of the Tobacco Merchants lu.li. .1 th tTnifaJ in hia .first annual address at the open- includlng restnetions against smoking whieh h. i entAj. on J M. aillt 5 nMeBaari la of husines. to ' e industry. . i Mr. "Wertheim protested against the proposal to levy additional taxes on tobanno and contended the indus- trv "Jfe4y waa taed to the Umit. statistics were introduced to show ... . that additional , burdens w. taxes vir tnallv would amona to conflscation - v j of property. .i-v-M : The . program for the afternoon session called for the reading of tecb- i ' 1 l. nicai papers resaru,n lue uiuusiry, Tonight the association's annual ban quet will be held when prominent members of Congress will speak. Several hundred delegates, repre senting 30 states, Ciiba and iPorto tion is to bring $bw& a closer c-op-. erauon wun iuohb luiuiiieu wimi ie industry. , f l f "'v desteoteh byittxb; I Portraits of General J. S. Can and Capt. E. J. Parish Burned at Dnr- ham. ..." Bjr Th Associate ltes Durham, May 29. Gil paintings of General Julian S. Carr and Cap tain E. J. Parrish, valued at $2,500, were destroyed in a Are that Sunday night after 11 o clock broke through the O'Brien building, in the central part of Durham's business district. The fire originated in the Hightower and Goodwin photo studio and prac tically destroyed the Womble Jewel ry Store and the Singer Sewing Mn- chine company, in the same building. The total loss is estimated at l 1, uw. jcire uuiei uansnan auuereu t I deep gash in the head: when struck by a peioe of steel and Capt. A. IL Turner. 01 nose .o. o. &, suuerea cshed foot daring tha fee,- - Gibson Mill Wins rrom Cross Roads. p. '(Mill tJam vnn th. I ' 4- 1V U1UDVU us vvhhs w- game from the Cross Koads team n tctn-inning struggle on the Cross Roads diamond Saturday. . . ,-. ; The gtead pitchin!. and timeiy hat. tinir of Green for Gibson was a lea ture. and also Cauble's triple in the tenth inning, with first sack occupied, - It. H. K. I Gibson . - .......311 ICross Roads . 'i ... w J .2 6 I catteries: ureen ana. dkjwhiv. vivos and.wopwns. SaTS PabUahSTS Mm .EaiSO EatOf. 1 " A Prediction that if. the publishers ! of weekly papers do. not increase tneir su'bscnption ana t , savenising raien, I manV Of them Will .'.'hit the Celling before the close of the year, was made ftv H. C. Fellows, editor ol the uen Irietta Standard in a paper read .' at 1 a recent tneeunsr or uie umbuouw 4Pa Aoarvlflfinn hfM lit Tlima. Mf. hr0iirt nra the eeneral adoption s a icob vrv-- . - -- " , . - ? AnotJief f , i anxomaa .': owry ; :a . 1 a at i Zw. ilia f IrctwitAmsia1' i l ftenpf or cnniuii? mysvury uu caiuic The New . York yyorw next punaay. It is called the. "Exploits of Juve a most exciting siory. 5 vroer, your a Sunday World in' advance irom your newsdealer. ' The elass that granduated at Dav idson Collegrf in 1876, will hava a re union at the college next week, ' The elass originally numbered 22 and oradiiated Twelve ol the , IT ed to attend the 'reunion next Wed nesday. , ' to Some fellows are always looking around to fr-a whether the other fol low fm kin? or not,- And that . 'THE .WALTEE lEUUIION. More Thaa.lM Paopls Gather t Honor Mr. Ahaar Walter. , Mor thsa one hundred and fifty people gathered at the reaidenee of Mr. Q. C Goodman on tha 27th to celebrate the 90th birthday of Mr. Abner Walter.-' .-. ' Mr. Walter is one of those ebeer ful souls who has grown old grace fully. Neither the bnrdena of the war nor the vicissitudea of life have been able to sour his disposition. Calmly, smoothly he glides down the decline of life, holding fast the warm love of his children and the kindly regsrd of his friends. There were present to greet him and to cheer him with their loving ministrations, five children, ten grandchildren, and twenty five great grandchildren, all vieing with each other' to, make it a happy day for him. -5 '' ) Mr. Walter seemed .especially to enjoy the old songs, sung by the Vetersns Choir, who were present to furnish music and to greet their aged comrade. Very noticable was the spirit of goodi fellowship, which pervaded the entire gathering. There was no segregation of small coteries, who stood aloof. All mingled freely and everyone contributed his best to the general good time. After partaking of a splendid re past, which reflected great credit upon the good ladies of the commun ity, several short speeches of con gratulations and good wishes were made and all seemed reluctant to leave the scene of such an enjoyable day. - B. CONFERENCE ADJOURNS. Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference Closed. (By The -associate Prcw) Saratoga Springs, May 29. The session of the 27th annual general conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, held here during the last four weeks, were concluded today at a meeting at which practically all the business transacted was of a routine character. Weekly Cotton Review. New York. JIay 26. The cotton market haa been weak and unsettled during the past week with prices showing declines of ; approximately $3 per bale from the recent high lev el. Favorable weather and crop ac counts combined With rather a less optimistic view Of prospects for im mediate peace negotiations seemed to' be responsible -for more or less fiiiejal-aidaia nr. ..'.. 1 I CI" . ' - f Prices at the close tonight showed rallies' of several points from the lowest. ) Notwithstanding the unfavorable character of the weekly report Cf the Weather Bureau, the disposition nas evidently been to discount an official ty agreement by which foreign coun cohdition figure well up to tha ten- tries especially Russia will release year average, while there'has also been a verv eeneral inclination to ex- pect larger acreage, figures from pri- vate authorities during the next few days than those published toward the end of AoriL One of these nri-1 vate reDorts. issued during the week, I made the increase in area 12.7 per cent compared with an earlier season estimste oe 9.2 per cent, and placed the condition ol the crop at 80.0 per from onr viewpoint is to receive sug eent compsrpd with the official 10- gestions that may show us a way year average of 78 S per cent. Scat- prices can be kept from getting into tenfisr reports from the Boutn navel complained of delayed-- germination and late season ewinsr to wet weather! or low temperatures earlier in the month, but weather conditions re - entlv have been more favorable and the crop is supposed to have made good progress during the past few davs. Some scattered Southern sell ing from New Orleans, Memphis and eastern belt sources is supposed to nave Deen oasea ppon mm iu.iwc- ment ltt crop prospects, wnue tne ae- eline has also reflected Wall Street 1KJU1UU11UU OU fC icdo ift!uBw of the political news. AdviceB from tne oryjjooas w.ae, .iowcvr. uc inuicBieu uu . - and the buying eneoun erea on a seme down is supposeo to nave oeen in- snired by a reeling mat tne strengtn - ened technical position would render tne marnei, very wu.m.., .v currence or raiavoraoie weatner . or t' o anything in the shape of more defi nite peace rumors. Dale-Brown. There was a surprise marriage at Luther Chapel, near China Grove, vesterdav morning. - Just after the sermon ReVi C. A. Brown, the pas tor of the church, asked the -congregation to be seated, as he had anoth er service to periorm. : io tne great surprise of those present S' bridal party enterea.- ; jar, nenry v. jlbio, of Bolton, entered with his brother, Mr. J. W. Dale, and the bride, miss Lala Brown, daughter of Rev. C prown, came in witu ner sister, iunwi made in the iiouse next : Saturday Edna Brown. While the. party wasKy Representative Asbniryj' of Louis- entering. Miss Hum trown piayeo Traumerei on the organ, After the cPTflmnnv -was completed and V the happy pair had received the congrat uiationa 01 many nuuiuiug uicuag, thev left in Mr. Dale's car for their home at Bolton. ; ' s c 'f J i 17 are : Boat Mill Itenut. . . . ' Mr. W. B. Krimminger, of Host Mill, is able to be out on the farm1 crain. after bein sr. confined to .his -o ' " hnmn for some time. ' Miss Aniha Li! ' "r fpent tlie wci.k end in -Concord, v. 'i.rz rouvca. Ubrf DEATH OR rl ' THE RAILROAD BUI MESSENGER OF CARRANIA ARRIVES TN WASHINGTON Denies That He Brought Note, at Hal Been Expected. Cr T jsjimni rrsss) Washington,. May 29. Manuel Mendes, an attache of General Car- ransa foreign emee. arrived here today and conferred with the Mexi can ambassador, but denied that be brought a note as hsd been expected from his chief. He declared that be waa merely in the United States an a vacation. The ambassador and other officials expressed to be puzsled. It has been reported from Mexico and the border that a special messenger waa bring ing a new communication from Gen eral Carranza, No indication of its contents haa been given, but it gen erally has been assumed by Ameri can officials that the expected note probably renewed the demand . for the withdrawal of American forces, or made a protest against the . new puntitive expedition led by Colonel Sibley and Major Langhorne, whieh haa, however, returned to American territory. At the Mexican embassy it wsa said that if a note was coming it probably would be brought by some other mes senger. Special Agent nodgera at Mexico City telegraphed that the note should have j-eached Washington yesterday. He has been assured that it will not be made public until delivered to Sec retary Lansing. The ambassador, however, reiterated that he had no official advices that the note was on its way. LEATHER SO SCARCE - WE MAY GO UNSHOD Take Magnates of Shoemaking to Problem Up With Government. Philadelphia, May 29. If. yon like to go around barefooted, or if you have always secretly envied, the Dutchman his wooden shoes, you may enjoy the latest development in the council of - war or the heads of the country's shoe industry,; repre senting one billion dollars of Capital, now on at the Chamber of Commerce here.':-, : ,- 1 ' ii::-j-i - After it had been admitted at to days' session that short skirts, by in- helped to boost priees. and , it had ' f, V been suggested that relief might be found by using shark instead of calf- skins, or cloth instead , of . leather tops, it was decided that the only hope of keeping the cost of footwear from soaring is to effect a reeiproci- cow and calfskins now held back by war embargo, A special committee was appointed to go to Washington and try to ar- range with the btate Department and the representatives of foreign gov- ernments for the importation of hides, A. C. McGowin of this ity. who presided at the session, said: "The object of this conference a position tnat win maKe u almost I impossible for some people to wear shoes,' which condition of affairs seems likely from present condi Itions." BOOMS FOB REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES Gov. Whitman Will Place Hughes' Name in Nomination. (By Tfce jj prcaa) . Chi;a;(, MaT 29. Two additional of candidatea for the RepubU- mam nor fn IHsaaiHant. VAFA brought to Chi.a!?0 today. They were th f Ch 1(Jh E Hughes, of New york and t'oleman Uu font, or Uela- .are Frank H Hiteocfc j, fc. HuirIleg campaign. 1 n,.m, mitm.i. nf Korr Vnrlr wiu pIace Mr;Hnfiie8 m nomination accor(i,n!, to present plans. When the i of stateg ig cal,ed for nominatiQn it has been arranged to have Alabama waive in favor of New York, so that Hughes' name may be the first pre sented, Headquarters for Hughes will not be , opened at Chicago, according to Mr.. Hitchcock. WILL MAKE ADDRESSES ON JEFFERSON DAVIS. Next Saturday in' the Senate, fr Speeches by Asbury and Klncheloe. Mr Tke AasMtatrf Pmm Washinsrton.' May'; 29. Addresses A.jin eulogy of Jefferson Davis will' be 1 ,Bna, and Kmcheloe, or Kennicsy, on j the occasion of the birthday anniver- 1 nrv nf thn President of tha Con fed- - lerflCy. Consent to make addresses vu ootainea toaay. I v..; . ... . if President May Go to Itoanoto, - ya. Br Tfe aaMMiatec nisi) i . ; Washington, May 29. President 1 Wilson today told tfoprewntativeXar. ter Glass that l " w:' 1 1 f Vii'.-.'nia iDctioci. 'a c Cuiniiike . t IVi.' ii could pive 11 i invi: :iin fit ' r a i.l OCCURRED AT HIS - SOME AT ST. PAUL THIS K0R5ET3. : , . - . Deather Oocurred at 9:40 O'clock- Ha Was 71 Years of Aga Eii Pa dllc ITaet Now Carries $50,000,000 . :Worti of "Tonnagaa tha Orient -Every Yearonvertad Northwest Troa WlUerneea to One af Rich- . st Taiming Sections in th Union. --Ho Biased a Trail for Transpor tation Which Reached froa Buffalo To Asia. ; ; -C By TW innnm Tnm) ' St Paul, Minn f May 29. J. J. Hill, railroad builder and capitalist, and most widely known eitinen of ; .". northwest, died this morning at hia : home here at 9:20 o'clock. - James J. ..Hill discovered . 4'the . breadbasket of the world" , in the ; Great Northwest; he led in its devel- r, opment ram a wilderness inte "what now comprises six wealthy States dot- ted with 400,000 farms; and he bias- , ed a trail for transportation whieh reached eventually from Buffalo to -Asia, with a total mileage of rail and , steamship facilities that krould near-. .. ly girdle the i earth, a; ; , That but roughly spans the story . of his achievement. ? '-i ,- ,:1 Near Guelph, in Ontario, where James J. (erome) Hill was born in 1838, the Bon of an Irish-Canadian farmer who died when the boy was j, 15. there stands a tree stump lab-5 ; . ' . . ... a - a .V -r. eled: "The isst tree enoppea oj James J. HilL" ; . ? ; ' n It marked the lad s resolution to go to the United States. - He ; had been prompted by an odd incident. ". According to the story that is told, . a strange traveler had stopped at the Hill farm to take, dinner, and left his horse at the gate. Young Hill saw the animal was tired and, he car- " ried H a pail of water. :; ! The strang er i was pleased . with . the lad's thonghtfulness and Us ha drove : off , be tossed him a newspaper from the United States, and called out grave- , ?fGo1ero yoong m'an.a? edunV , try needs youngsters ot your spirit, r While Mr. Hill built up for him self and his associates an immense : fortune, he also helped to create for , the settlers along tis lines a wealth of over five billion dollars in real property, which is represented by the value of the 400,000 farms, and tneir 0 AAA AAA . iw.nAtfa4 1oWt4 v 65.000.000 acres of improved land. Upon bis retirement at oy, tne streak of rust" he had bought 30 years before, had eirpaned to i more than 6,000 miles and it was earning . gross profits of more than $66,000,000 a year, carrying 15,000,000 tons or freight annually. He atill'tetained a hand in the Great Northern's policy as chairman of the board of directors, while his son Lonis, who had worked up from the humblest position of his . . . ... r.tners rauroau neeame presiaeni. . The secret of the HS11 success was . no secret at all, according to-Mr. Hill, . and he had no new-recipes 10 oner. "The man with the big opportunity . -today,' he said, "iajhe man in tha , ranks," : But the secret or failure- r he frequently declared to be extra v- agance. ne regaraea tuia ns u tional tendency, : against fi which he strongly set himself, particularly as concerned the natural resources.. Durins his' active- aupervision of , : the Great Northern system, Mr. Bill oversaw almost every detail.s to the s wonder of all employees with whom he came in contact. A figutive in f stance of his recognition in his own . country is the story of a tourist who declares that there ,are afloat an the Swedish section of the Northwest up wards of 10,000 different .stories in Swedish dialed with Yon Hell" as ; the centerpiece,' ' Patrons of his hues . have liked and disliked him in rapid alternation, for if), was his point to have his way, not only where ms roaa 8honld run, but where his patrons should settle. Tbis was part of his economic policy. He earned out r a singular regularity in the location of branch lines, giving a minimum of short lines on which light trains were unavoidable. The principal text of his railway "gospel Was . low grades, heavy power, large capacity cars, and big train loads .on bis; main lines, and he began to preach this at a time when these things were held as vis ionary by most railway men. - In contact with the late E. 1L llnr iriman, who outdid him in extent of railway ownership Mr.' Hill was not only the financial head, but the prac tical head, or his great rauway sys tem. He was the Chief proinotor ana president of the Northern Securities Company, organized with a purj' " to bring the Northern Paci.lc r - ! Great. Northern under one own to which such opposition !. that a shit was brought in C b 1 Eitit.-s Circuit Court, wlii.h 1' Y i r"-"-r 1 ' 1