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- - V A, -It--""? . - ' " . 1 i - - . " I " ; - V VOLUME FOURTEEN V : WliaNGTON N. JC., THURSDA DECEMBER . 190 PPJCE-FiVE-CEITTH : . I?-' . v - - ry - ryy-. isSili . ii i r "Ti---."yM -! pnes : to jiau GOES DRY TONIGHT IflECCifiO. !f!9 -1 5 J ... . f S Today Another Earthquake Shook Down Crumbling Walls ( and, j-No Doubt, Added , to the Death'. List--Search for Missing Americans -United States Ship to Leave This. ;After- " . - ,..v . -f ...J ,, ,. , .1.:,. a - . r.oon With Supplies. Rome, Dec. 31. Details of the earth quake bear out; yesterday's dispatches of the dead list of two hundred thous and. Minister of Marine estimates the number of ead at one hundred and fifteen thousand:- This is regarded as lltra conservative. . Fresh horror was added tins morning, by another earth quake, strong, enough to shake down crumbling walls and. it. Is believed that thousands more , were? lulled.' LIpyd Griscom, the American Ambassador, J lias dispatched a . special agent to the South to investigate' how many -Americans were killed, report names and aid those suffering. The bodies of three hundred soldiers were washed ashore at Palmi today, which leads to e belief that an entire regiment per- ied in the- tidal wave. Uncle Sam Sends Hefp. ivew York, Dec. Sir President Roo sevelt today directed that the steamer which had loaded with supplies for, the battleship fleet be sent at once with the supplies to the Italian' sufferers. Hurry orders were issued and every available man in the vBrooklynV Navy yard was put to work to complete the loading. She will probably sail dur ing the afternoon. In aFew Hours .North Carolina Will 1 Be Prohibition Fifty .Odd Saloons .uClose in, Wilmington, and Their. Tax 4, Revenue Work, of Closing Out fTo- fiday State Supreme Court's Decision" ; .As to a United States License, : . v; As ' well known tor about every one in Wilmington capable of realization l the Old North' State passes from wet to dry, on thet stroke of. twelve tonight. . To the great majority of the towns of the .State .this will mean nothing new because they' have " been .under prohibition rule for years but with Salisbury.VWJristpn-Saiem; Rdckv Mount, -Vilmingtbnl and" a few. other towns 'it means si radical change. Es pecially -so withthis city, which has been wet far beyond the memory., of man of this '."time. There will prob ably .be put out of 'business in Wil mington almost-as many saloons, as- in all , Ihe other . North Carolina places combined, r As- noted in.Tbe Dispatch sey.eraljdays ago fifty,-ftve saloons, four brewery - agencies" arid one distillery will be closed i in -' Wilmington, and which gave a revenue ,ia taxes tathe city during the ljast six months of $17, 270. To this the county, will, add four saloons, '.'three, located at. .Wrights ville Beach and one at .Carolina Beach and, which came under, the law allow ing;bars at resorts. To the State and county the revenue from) these during the last six months was - $14,,166, or $7,050 for. county and $7,116 for the State." WBsmm . ' T-r . . ' tig l 7 Iiiwijitifiil , w JiJs o d ill ,0 rfl 6f . : ' ' , . - - Joseph Fitgerald, a White'rMan, Arrest :'ed .Here 'Today Upon .Complain. of h?iv Masons, at Rocky MountThi' ' f iranSef: Has Been Working, a Bold; vvaaiewun a JStoten. Receipt ofUhe OrderAttempted 'to Secure Loi! MasonjC; Aid. i jbeen'busv With1 the narnllnfl' "rifnh Representing himself to be a m&- ?e!d nd Ohio.Toad.and Its 'pfans and - i 3 -General Expression Obtained'' .From (Manager.Caplesa About the Work .pfj-.Th.lir oad Wil';MkeIy ;;En ter:Wilmington Ovir the;, Seaboard Tracks -No DeclsionH Yet -as to bef - Inite; Dates; . t , C ' - A Jne of the mostlmportant. things forj, Wilmington! of Tate is, the coming pfhe Carolina;; Clinchfield and Ohio railroad to Wilmington.- 'li'J; t ."Just hok the entrance is to'iemade and,-when h&s heen - thX subject-)! inuch 'speculatio-and some discussion of Iate'The rpharlbtte Chrpnic, which: has; ,keptjri;'clbseiuch ;witli the "situation hasf gotten" rword ''from the -General 'Manager lof- the road about it, and.-' yesterday; afternoon's . Chron icle Irks this" to say : - "V. -I t; .-r'-j? h suuijj ixuie' : pasx;- rumor Fancy '.Groceries-ZT$- A I ; r Anchovy. Paste :BaMe-duc f , . i -. , Sap-Sago, Grystalized Fruits. ; a1 Today finds a general - breaking-up ber of a Baltimore lodge of Masp is; temporarily financially - embarrass ed and j. in immediate need of assistan se, Josepb,.. Fitzgerald, a well dresskd stragfiryesterday. afternoon madeijj plicat,ion for - assistance ' tor "the lojal members of the ; Masonic , . Fraternity, but before.. aid was given him lottos and.' .telegramsjreceived from a Rocfrf Mount- lodge pronounced The strangfer a-:fraudulent imboster. and iinon c plaint from'fhe latter, place Fitzgen r was; placid-blinder? arrest this morni on the. charge ofv. obtaining mony under false ' pretence. The stranger was apprenenaed jn iront of the Mpj sonic Temple about 8 i 30 o'clock" thkj I toj-get at the straight lof i.the-mattert 1 the Chronicle made7 dtrectTapplicMion, vu ! jm, j v;apies tne general iman agef X&i Jofcjison City.- it ' asked him f cnj elightenment on, threi'p'eintihe character-whlcti" ife4n4icatVd";ljytHis .Yeplies.:'In a, letter under"'tfateTdStithe S8th 'to I the" editoroiThiChVotiicl'et Mrl Canles savs: -v .- WTv f C"y' d mny ( morning by Officer J. T. Smith, fci drays and wagons have been hurrvinsr. .i i .:.. : . . . f BROTHE R ON THE STAN D Major Halnc; Tells''of Capt. Hains' ri tate drMihd1 - . Fiushirig.TJfec,; 31. Before v court Wm$ , tpa Attprne. Shacgalca to Justice Crane .to continue the ad journment to aiondayjbutiChief Couh sol s M clnt yre informedrlhstr courts he felt well enough to proceed and the trial went on- -' iP n3trpther. or the defendant, ' was rexjalled. Tlie' witness told of the Captain's return "from the Phillippines and ;.his inter views with his wife regarding-the gos sip connecting her name with Annis. lie did not vary in my important par ticular from the versions of j the pre vious witnesses. The Captain was highly wrought-up when he I told his brother of his wife's unfaithfulness. The witness showed in graphic manner the way the story was told him. JIe4 said the Captain was in. tears when told him the story. . Mrs. Hains, the mother. -of the . de fendant, was the second witness .call ed. While waiting for her Justice f'rane excused the 'jury, and informe?? District Attorney Darrin that as 'the new District Attorney, Dewitt, was unfamiliar with - the ease that his (Darrin) services were indespensable and the courts refused to permit him to withdraw from the case. Mrs. Hains told of the Captain's appearance at her home last June, described his ac tions and said he was "crazy." Her testimony was as to what the Captain told her and was about the same as the others. - M ' :' ' y'-y : J:l" An important point in Mrs. Haiirs' testimony was that she fesked Thorn ton to look after his brother, as she didn't think it safe, for him , to go around alone. ; General Hains, father of the defendant, .was the next wit ness. He said in answer to .a question that his father died of insanity. .Court adjourned this aternoon until Mon day. . - . drays" ami wagons have been hurryin to. and - fro this ; morning. Several of the saloons c'losed-rup , yesterday one several days ago-but the big major ity will likely 'remain open until the midnight hour -tonight. . The Bear wine, factory will remain, using the native product and being allowed by law; ; , !Many of the saloon keepers are to utilize their old places for other busi nesses and they Jieartily express, the wish A that; the"; prohibition law be. en forced. ' Some, few storeswill be iqade vacant'and some few saloon keepers lowing the receipt of a telegram fron J. S. Davis, chief of police of vRock Rfount, and he will be held at thh police station to await officers freiv that place where he will be carrie1 From the details" of- the scheme- carried out by Fitzgerald , it appears as if he is a sharper of-accomplished 1 . 1..,' - . . . v aDinty and the Masons are . congratu lating themselves that theyf have suc ceeded .in Estopping his - fraudulehi ork. !7-''-;-; y v? Some days aco Fitzgerald made -an i appeal for assistanii&j 'io- Corinthian v.; 0 -4 -';V - :-"?H -y; A.yAsk theGas .Company ;r ' v n l?ZJ,??y?T?: v?!nU 1 J. f-' V., lVEUS;JRSAy!?GS ACC90NTON;ANUARrf: ' , J - " l?'?n? L-4- Pep.ent COMPOUN'D INTEREST P aYd iF Le FT : ' . 5 ' $T yt(hXiR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.'-C v Ti; J - S", J - ' - .ABSOLUTELY SAFE. " r T -. - .ff-r t. 5 will go to Virginiaand-Florida to en-: :No. AindM atfT6. ago. -Ar that time gagti in the' whiskey business. . . V r t? nw .m mm W -ifattn 'thf wi W board Air Line at that point. ; ,"jltls- expected that passenger ser vice Will be in operation to'Bostic not later .than' Febrnaxy, 1, l&O&'It has notyet been detexmW.d Vwhpther or n'otl, c; and'O.1 trains wili go beyond Bos'tlc or - will merely . connect ?at tthat pojnt rwith . the Seaboard Air ' Line. " ? -" fo decisiOn-basbeenmade-fas yet as"toMullman; ' serviced" btft v Pullman serviced will nndo'ubtedl vbe 'installed shortlyaf ter- t.he" opening Jbt f the road . u v . imvu gu ousiuess,. -uui .uenniie aates ume.noi Deen aeciaea npon in'tnisj connection.! ;; - VV '-i ' fhmakes'Jt''allVleaVeoughT.Th passenger? service: or; tnec. u. and, o: t 'Some of, tbe Wilmington clubs .'"will ar tno-iw:, u- .uiuu xue jizatibn Were adTanced a sum of money luaiimg unue mw, uut ouiers win noi tolerate evett Cthat. . ; c - Tiie present weelchas witnessed the selling of a great quantity of whiskey Rocky Mount-, stating that he wished to go to FlbreheSC.V''and-the:6r1gv to defray his expenses ' for the trip. While in ' Rocky . i-Jnunt '," Fitzgerald presented a. signed .receipt, from a Bal- timqre, lodge "eff Ttti'jRtaRo'ns yhiih ap andvvines.teAVilmington, while ,mu has been shipped , away. It .is ndt a raember in "good " standing and which secret: 'tMt; many -people have pur- !ttl.ifi,i'StA tiA Xjr U,V"iw.. chased a. large supply Jnd, of course, got "good -likker'' cheap. - That the .city and county authorities are going to; make fstrenudus efforts for the enforcement of the prohibition law is already manifest5 and the Law Enforcement League,- a timely and splendid, organization, will give them strong moral and financial backing. At several of the watch-night ser vices tonight; reference . will be iriade in impressive . manner to the passing out of the saloon,' hut especially will this apply to the First Baptist church. At five minutes to the midnight hour tonight the 'JPirstBaptlst; church bell naid vance his. dues for' one year.' It was upon this receipt .that the Masons of Rocky Mount based their faith in tle man when they assisted him. Follow ing his departure from that town, the Masons grew a little suspicious, how ever, and communicated with the Bal tim6re lodge by which the receipt was alleged to have been , issued! This in- fquiry was followed with -the, rather startling information that Fitzgerald was neither a member of the lodge nor. of that jurisdiction, that he was unknown in Baltimore, and the re quest was made that every effort be made to recover the receipt, which , he, V - - S " . . Centrally Located onrFrbiit-Street'' - - ' ' .next;toOrton Hoty. v , A will begin to toll the knell of the JyiBsJijnaiiiy- jhdiV'stolenndfilled in begins the people - at the tqhl, SOC)n a55 ithis information was' re Meeting" will be on their knes .iU, byfthe Rooky Mount Lodge the prayer;, and, as, tle clockjat the.- 395Ulagg.-He:na-gjeue-;to write other House strike tjvojye Praise God frpjnfoGaea ;-ih this territory- about the im- IpbslerJ -anda letter containing full m- PARIS IN FROZEN GRIP. Coldest in Whom All Blessings Flow", wl be sung.r The meeting will be of-a Jfcial nature from 8 till 10 o'clock, at hieh hour the regular literary and musical program w will: . begin. Interspersed throughout .the program will be short addresses from four of the ; Baptist ministers of the city, Revs., Martin,' Whitlock Smith and Hale. - - 4 ..The Supreme Court of the State has already held 'that Jhe, holding oft a Gov ernmerit liquor license is evidence that the iiola.er iff "engaged, in the liquor business 'and it; will -he an easy mat ter to "obtain the ifames of . thpse who" fdrmatibriu concerning ! Fitzgerald was received Jyesterday by Mr: A. S. Hol- a en, m secretary oi - oi. juuu s uugei This letter; 'arrived- on the same tfaih yesterday morning, as did .Fitzgerald." The stranger made appeals for as sistance as soon as he reached this city and he was. referred to the Gen eral Relief Committee of the Masons, Fitzgerald, had a conversation late yes terdav "afternoon with Mr. R. C. De- Rosset, a. member of the Relief Com mittee, during which he stated he wished to get to Norfolk, concluding hold such . licenses. They are always with-; a strong : appeal for immediate At the Bijou. The feature film at the popular Bijou theatre today reveals a pretty J loVe story of Behemian life in' which the central figure; is a beautiful Gypsy girh The film develops a pretty ; ro mance and it will entertain everyone 4 who sees it. - . ar4- Ov-train-s may" Connect 'with1 tbe- Seaboard, for may "through Chtfrfette-Wd- W4f but that will "be done later on when .t the through Pullman car service to Cincinnati will, bep'ut on, which will ij'earlV.iftTth'e,' spring." The Clinch fiela' coat fluids .wirt fee opened .up to Chaf Iotte Arx6 all 'points on the Sea- 'bokrd .riext month '. This official in-i formation will be received with much satisfaction .by the people interested and they inhabit a large portion of North Carolina!" .0neCt " MIMMKMIIMHIjll MMIH t I IMHUIIM) :T ay;,be run f ;-.V r r5 fv V-'T "XCX - ' v-rJ ; . Savings Ml ti sits nt;rnr 'Hi Jiolfll t )'! it MADE WITH US; ON OR BEFORE J 2nd will4 bear INTEREST FROM THAT DATE. AD D ib M ETH I N Gf 0 Vo U R i" I :.;- ' . ';. ;'"' -" : ACCOUNT, F ALREADY A DEPOSITOR; IF NOT,T)PEN AN' j ACCOUNT NOW. zyt The wilfli ington Savings and Trust (Opposite Orton Hotel) y WORK OF SNEAK THIEVES. They;.rAre PartiiJularJi.ijPurloirig Flowers From the Front- Piazza.11: ; v" Snfeak thieves ' Have been, getting ih theirVork; of late and share; paid espe cial attention , to ; purloining. ;.floVe f f-nrrri Via firm TArtv"K; ;" A rtiaiAtf tWdXtiiOxi ' Nun street, between , Fhnrf HttanVl.-rFffS'fi ' reports a depredation of. thiS!iiiihd.lt;iA' handsome ferrt was stolen "if mm piazza !of the home and, ho ; doiibt, sold. 1' '--r " -f '.i-h i - lltHWMtmiMHIMIHIHUI . ...A.. ....... .p. ........ .flf ..A..................... HIII w; as Carriages and - rigs for all occasions. Orrell - Livery Co. 'Phone "49v - 3t :, madepublic In, .Raleigh and. .-Thp Dis"' nsslstance. He claimed he reoresent patch' "wiU publishvthe. list. always .as J ed a paper manufacturing concern of souu-as jjiijiijauic. , uu iuw -.v : (jincmnau and inai; nis miii uau uccji following decision in full of jthe North 1 fn -nr1,l t n , Norfolk leaving: him Carolina Supreme. Court in Ahe u cas pt j temporarily without funds. He affirm State Vs. J)owdyrcanbe jead, with both d nig intention to return any money interest ana prom ,tauu. ib . ; ijcij, l" advanced as soon as he reacned JNO obierVe: folk.; Mr." DeRosset stated to the man '1. v intoxicating Liquors, :-. Criminal tnat! the Masoas always, rendered 'as ProsecUtIon,v Indictment, ; Sufficiency sistance tp' worthy ' brothers; of jthe AninHirtment.' ehareing an unlawful ja- sn iotrMc'nnd tni1 him the Gen: sale of spiritoua liquortoa persoq t or ;rai Relief Committee would be called .paper T out of hHs pocket and drop, It morning so that to the grqund. This, gentleman , recoy- Half Century and Many Deaths. Paris. Dec. 31. Paris is blocked with frozen snow, and the weather is the interest and " profit and is timely, to coldest -m halt a century. .Nineteen deaths are reported. The Countess T)e Santa Luciaifell whilerenteriite:.her home, and ' expired soon, , afterwards. Most of the dead dropped in the streets Automobiles are the only vehicles that the snow hasn't put out of commission. NEWYEAR AT BEACH. New Year Resolutions of a Thrifty Man. :. 1. Resolved, To save more and spend less. " . 2. Resolved, -To place my savings in a good Strong Savings Bank. ' 3. Resolved, To increase my . princi- pal by the-addition of 4 percent., Com pound Interest. . , ' , , . '4. Jte'solved; That after due consider ation I have selected THE PEOPLES SAVING S BANK as my depository, "and I invite 'my . friends to do likewise, it ". " ' (Signed) t THE THRIFTY MAN. the station house with the officer. A Mr. . Walker noticed the officer with his prisoner" and saw Fitzgerald slip a .J.I.................... .............rr..i i;.it lit ,fi !' if i AND NEW YEAR TO ALL 1 C persons to the tfurors unknown, 1vot i together early this subject, to the objection that it asmone co-ld,be giv subject riot give the name of the person or per sons to whom ' the' sale was made. (Ed: note, for case1 in point, see Cent. Dig, Vol. 29, Intoxicating Liquors, 239.) 2 Criminal Law, , Appeal, -.jzrwuuiv money "could 'be gi ten ihim' In time; for1 ered the paper;, handed , it to ,the police- the departure of the northbound train." Last evening the Information' con cerning Fitzgeral d's.; movements at Rocky Mount was ascertained by . the mpmhflrR of the : committee, : and this Half Hour Schedule Will be Operated Th0 ublirban L'nC Q' 1,111 tlons. General Verdict, Good and Bad- a s -supplemented by a-telegram from s.Th!3dewater Power Company, will j , where two counts fn "an in, nhlef .07Police Davis at "Rocky Mount New tSw dttSKST ar 'Sod'aird there'ls -evi- re-eg that Fitzgerald be arrested New Year s at delightfu Wrlghtsvi lie s gugtain tnem ,on aL-.JL,- and he'ld Jor the authori- Beach The suburban -line Will operce r1 TBE MURCHISON NATIONAL BAM; ! Thanks its" friends for their patronage in the past and wishes all a Happy and Prosperous New Yean. : V:. ate a half-hour schedule -.tomorrow af--' ternoon, commencihg at 2 'o'clock. The regular schedule will apply: in :the morning. ; 'y " t . inc, new tmk r' ft rollector of internal revenue: Is the beginning of a regular tatereBtv?.f Mfll tnT -avers in tion should" be. upheld,-though a third 'count may pe defective. ' 3. . Intoxicating Liquors, i Criminal Prn5erntions. Evidence, Admissibility: A writing under tlie hand and seal of Poriod at ThePeonles Savings Bank, deposit now and you will get your In terest in Three Months.' ' --'-Vr 21 rent, list of special taxpayers in.Counr -L. p.-retail malt. liquors aeai- ty Naturally the Baltimore ; lodge - has been very anxioustorecover the spur ious receipt which Fitzgerald has been submitting: to ".Masons as genuine and requests had been made; to locate the receipts' if possible. - 7 - - -;, This morning when Fitzgerald was placed -under arrest by Officer Smith man, and an examination revealed that it , was the spurious . receipt from the Baltimore lodge. - The receipt is now, in v the hands of t the authorities and will be. used as evidence against Fitz-fj gerald, when he Is -tried on the charge pi obtaining money - under, false pre tence" from Corinthian Lodge.at Rocky Mount. . - y v Fitzgerald has . been particularly bold in his attempts to, fleece the' order and ; it; has.; hcil yet been ascertained whether he" is really a Mason or not. Yhen ; arrested he had, in Jiis pockets a manual published ' under the aus pices yot they 'Masons, but he could easily, have r secured this from the Bal- timqre lodge at the. time ,ne. obtained he submitted willingly, and. walked ;taj posseson.of the -receipt bjank. n 1 01 Diyiderid THE CAROLINA INSURANCE COMPANY-has declared a dlvi , V... .-.. , . .. .... .... . . t . , . -. ., ... .. . , ., .... ., - - .dend ofS per cent, payable on .January ' 2nd, 1909. v This : dividend X makes 101 per cent that the stockholders have received since the or ; ganization of the Company. ; Ask your, fire, insurance agent to writ , your policy in this strong home company.' ' '-..' - ; ' REPRESENTED BY "; . - , ' CLAYTON GILES & SON, ' WALKER TAYLOR -J. VanB. JVIETTS,; J. H. BO AT WRIGHT SON, .H" F. WILDER, ' . ;, ' . JAMES OWENrREILLY, . - ; ; " . q; l. Dickinson, ' ; 4 . J SMITH &:LORD, ' : ''rr . : A. W.1 PATEX COMPANY; - L. REALTY' AND INS. CO.; 4.,, 1 -
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