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'-'JU- DeHveredltttywhere-ln Cltl S 25c per montlu : ' Sent anywhere In the Country, :: v v "1 Generally fair "tonight and Satur - day; light Variable 'winds. ?: v ' ' v.;; - Sis W-'V V VOLUME FIFT3 FRIDAY JANUARY ! 13,1911 PibE FfVE "CENTS .; ' ,K':t.'.j;,.i HI Utah Is -'V- .. ' to n 11:1 .rs' 5 --':.' fx. V r-r?j 0 izy' CI Ull 11 Says Both Legislators Frdwffew Hanover County Make Statements as .to the Commission Bill Measure Introduc ed Fop Train Between Wilmington and Goldsboro Other Business of the General Assembly Today. '(By Llewxam.) Raleigh, N. a, Jan. 13, 1911. if in the commission hill "th first commissioners will be appointed or elected and when, or about -when, win the first election Tbe held. Repre tentative Kellum said to your corrfr t liuiuleiit: "Until this timet have. '-expressed no opinion relative to thj&.'VVil wiagton municipal : commissionfJ-tftll, but am of the opinion that the Voters sho ii id pass on the bill at an n t ail 'd for that purpose, and' if the peo ple adopt the commission form of gov erruient, then thejr should. nominate and elect the Officers provided for in the bill. As to whether tho vole is cast by wards or Inlcityj aslijwfoieV my preferenco would be one conunis sioner lrom each ward to be nominated and elected by the vote Of the entire city. As to time for adbptlng thf; bijl, alter it passes the Legislature, I'think it should be at an 'election held not late than May 1st. Tlus officers. It the Jbill is adopted, should" then 'be nominated and elected not later than May thi f 1 have expressed no opinion before be cause, I realize I am "only: the "servant of the people and am anxious to Live luy otliciul acts as a legislator compart with the views and desires ot-a majbf lty of the people of Wilmington in this1 matter." " Will Fight Something.- ,V. . Senator BeUamy'was,' - lnterviewtjd by the Dispatch-'e 1 repientatiTeT-on the municiple' bill subject He replied in tbey agreed witbf Representative Kellum, a to having the commissioners 'nominate ed and elected by vote of city, as la -whole, but providing a commissioner for each ward. :J "What bill is to be introduced to ac complish these results? Is it or Is f it not the bill, the text of which was prin ted in the Dispatch a few days ago? (the proposed Kellum bill) I asked the Senator. . "Yes," said Be, "that's it, but I'll tell you now, I am going to fight it with all the force I can command." Today's Work. The week-end exodus began today and scores of legislators secured leave of absence. Among the new bills in the House today were: By Kerr, of Duplin, looking to run ning additional trains between Wil Kington and Goldsboro. I5y Carr, of Durham, enabling the, counties to create the office of County Auditor and providing a salary basis tor the county officers. Invitations were extended the Unit ed States directors of Public Roads to address the Legislature on the subject of roads January 26th. a new bill by Connor, of Wilson, . v.a-; introduced and referred, to amend the charter of the City of Wilson, and hill to enable the city of Wilson to is sue bonds for the purpose of funding a iart of its indebtedness l'y Ewart, to regulate charges for berths on sleeping cars, fixing rates at ?1.2.", and x.00. " The speaker announced several ad-dit-onal standing committees, among Illrt important being: Insurance, !toss, of Harnett, chairman: Reeula- tion of Uquor Traffic, Hoffman; Penal 'twtitutions, Cox, of Anson; Insane! Asylums, Kent, chairman; Corpora- 't'rnational Improvements, Withers''"-'!!, chairman; Printing, McNeill, HOT NIECE NOT Mil HI Lotton, Mass., Ja! 13. Angered 'ccause his 14-year-old niece, Fetimina wna, refused to marry him, Sandido 'ana. np-ni r. . EJously wounded the girl. .j jeans, Buoi ana aan- Then he -Pted to kill himself 111 l,.;.H-3 II. -,7 ( , w, Bouics lawn From the wreckageMany Injured Batavia, N. Y , Jan. train NoS 4?tithe New :York Central. Wmk was jstanamg , at . the statioh here this morning train No. 23 also westbound, ran into the rear of it, tet escoplngtljfe' rear crajjing Jn '. tlie end bf; Iks coach ahead of it. int..'' 'Ji' ..... - nree passengers "Wrelcllled and many injured. v The bodies of two of rt- . ... . X I tae aeau are under tne engine of train No. 23. - ,: ; . s oix Doaie3 were taken from the "wreckage, the injured" will numbev eighteen,.,;; , of the West ern Division' of tho New York Central has : made ; the -f ollowinS' statement : Preliminary investigation shows J SB. liydell, of 'Buffaib,' engineer of train 1$, rwasisewsible,for the accidenti In that hisregarded signals. Lydell nas been in the employ of the company for forty years and has been engineer ing since 1888, with a perfect record." E ; Washington, Jan. 13. The tkte Department 13 being flooded with let ters from farmers. all over the United States protesting against the action ot the German Government Jn:levying fk tax on potasn, which, is. largely con sumed as-fertilizer in America Newark, N. J., Jan. 13. Dr. Charles J. Klpp, one of the most celebrated eye and ear specialists in America, died at his home today of pneumon's at the age of seventy-two years. T Boston, Jan. 13. The cotton manu facturers of. the country are consider- a At '-i t !ui m n . ing ine aavisaumiy oi auopuug u jdrastic curtailment policy, which many maintain is necessary, because of the expensive raw material and in- ifferebt goods on the market.1 Dur ing the next ten days the. question will be settled at meetings of the manufacturers in Boston, Fall River and several Southern States. V" The-Fall River Cotton Manufactur :ers' Association had a curtailment problem under consideration this af ternoon and the situation will be di3 fcussed in Boston next week. The exe 'cutive committee of the South Caro lina Cotton Manufacturers' Assocla- Jibn has called a meeting In Spartan- burg Jan. 17th, to consider the ques- l 'tion of restricting the output. Carrie Nation Has Nervous Collapse. Eureka Springs, Ark., Jan. 13. Car rie Nation, 'the saloon smasher, has Buffered a nervous' cctiapse. Mrs, Na tion has expressed "the fear that her career as an actiVe enemy of intoxi- cants is ended. ' 1 LIFE WITH BULLET' Connellsvllle. Pa., Jan. 13. Arapaa Goozel, ' whose . foreigli b&nk suspended in Pittsburg. yestejoay, today sent a bullet through rus-. Dram ai we uumcj of his friend. Fred. A. Kail. His &ouy was 5 found in the bathroom iiGiiori FARMERSv EVERYWHER PROTESTIHG TO UHGLE SAM j-'At the bviou. fin the initial trading on the stock mar- 5 The i feature fifiini at the popular Bi- ket5today. Although the general ad jou Theatre today is called "The Test yance: halted when dullness. Interven- of. Friendship .' : This is a most ; in- I ieresting picture and it wll please the patrons of the theatre. mm id X Arawarm,j)f workmen are adding 8ea, and wilhm the next two weeks her speed trials will be under way. The torpedo destroyer Ammen will b completed about the same time. Both ships are being built at ttoe yards of the New York Shipbuilding company Camden, N. J. Before the Utah gets started on her trial trm the lannohhif nt th nftioshi Artaooo o um vrill keep the navy officials busy for a 10 HOIIOB PEARY House Committee Reports Favorably Bii for Congress to Give Explorer THanks, and Retire Him With Pay and a Big Rank. Washington, t. C, Jan. 13. Capt Robert E. Peary will receive the thanks of Congress for his Artie dis cover fe3 and be retired with rank and retired pay of Rear Admiral of United States Navy, according to a bill, which the Naval Affairs Committee today or dered- reported fajcrably Captain Peary's retirement will date from ApriL 6 1909, - when the naval officer claims he discovered the North Pole. Tho House bill differs from the Senate bill in fttat the Senate bill gave him the1 rank of Rear Admiral of line and carried no thanks of Congress. The vote in committee was unanimous, ex- cept j0T Representative Roberts, of Massachusetts, who will file a minori ty report. T - Washington, Jan. 13. President TaiVhas sent the Senate the following nominations : ( United States Judge of. pastern District of New York, Van Vechten Veeder, of New York; United Staes"Attorneyf same district, Wm. J. Youngs ; Collector of , Customs of I roruana, uregon,. jrmuip . maicoim; Surreyor of Customs of Atlanta, Ga., i iviarcemus u. marsuam, oi ueorgia v . Stocks Today. New York, Jan. 13. Wall Street There" were some fairly wide openings eu, t ine ;niarfei uiu noi reiapse more thana : triviai fraction and 'a few stocks continued to go up. PRESIBEN lllp the finishing touches to the'.battleshiT)' timi CHi ElffiE Head of Interstate Commerce Commis sion Chosen at a Special Conference j" Held Today. Washington, Jan. 13. Judson C. ! Clements, of Georgia, was elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce ; swamp on the Schnectady road Tues Ccmmission at' a special conference j day is believed to have been murdered of the commission today. Clements is the senior member of the commission and is a Democrat. While the com mission is composed of three Demo crats and four Republicans at present, it has been the uniform policy of the,, commission, since its creation, to elect its senior member chairman, ir respective of political affiliations. The, chairman's election is highly impor-1 tant tp the transportation companies shippers and the public generally. He exerts a powerful influence upon the operations of the commission and ?s ex-officio one of the mediators under the' Erdman act, which provides an adjustment of the controversies aris ing betweeifthe common carriers and their employes. Judson Clements is a1 native of Georgia, both in 1846. As a member of the Georgia legislature he was instrumental in creating the Georgia railroad commission. From 1880 he served ten years as a member of the National House of Representa tives. He was appointed to the com mission by President Cleveland March, 1892. Paris, Jan. 13. A Madrid dispatch says that a traveler from BaIajoz, five miles from the Portugese frontier, de clares that the soldiers in the fortress at Elvas, Portugal, have mutinied, de manding increased pay. The Grand Theatre is the place to J meet your friends. It OTHER FORM -SOLDIERS MUTINY FOR MORE 'PAY G Utah.; Uncle feam's i.ntpst Vyihtff .-of th Body Found in Swamp and Evidence Points to Murder Was Liekly Forc ed to Drink Carbolic Acid. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 13. The body of i a five year old boy found dead In i by the forcible administration of car bolic acid. He was identified by rela tives as Gibrge Melber, of Schnectady. NEW ' HOTEL FOR WASHINGTON -t .V ' One of Finest In South to be ErectSd On Site of Old Arlington, v Washington, aJn. 13. The historic Arlington Hotel here, across Lafayette Square from the White House,swiil be purchased by a syndicate of Washing ton and NewYork capitalists; Six million dollars is involved in. the pro ject of demolishing the structure and building upon the site one of the finest hotels in the South. - . . N8wv YorkJan. 13. The Shipbuild: Ing Company, of Camden, N. J-, has confirmed the reports that it has re ceived a contractor building a cruiser for the Chinese Government. The.ves sel" will be of twenty six hundre'd tons and will cost one million dollars.' The guns will be supplied by the -Bethle hem Steel Company. . : ;r . Noted "Affidavit King" Dead. New York, Jan. 13. Robert Cald well,, the "Great American Affidavit Maker," who figured as the- principal witness in the famous DrUce will cases in England, is dead, after two 'years illness. . . s Good pictures, fine music and a sanitary, comfortable plaee, -you will find at ' the Gtan lt ' . v'- 3! iKRED Virginia JafeWi Fpior;.Epts';(o; Fleets Hi : PieliM lite : Hi Wants- j Vessels 4to Rendezvous In Hampton Roads in 1915 Regardless of Where the Panama Exposition is leJd-enatOrwanori, Introduces an Amndm,ent in Behalf of Such. . ! Washington,- D. C, , Jan. 13. The Virginian delegation in Congress plans haJving the naval fleets "Of world Rendezvous attHamptpn Roads, in 191,' !whethefrthe Manama Canal exposition is held in New Orleans, San Francisco or some other city. Senator Swanson hasJntroduCecVn amendment to any. canal, exposltlpi bill that may 'pe passed with a provision directing the President to- iayite the foreign governments to make, such rendezvous a part of their participation- in such celebration as may be had in ?coinec tion with the opening of th' Atlantic Pacific water : highway, iiepresenta tive Kahn, of: California,! introduced : a Somt resolution authorizing the Presi dent to hold the naval reviews in' both San Francisco Bay and Hampton Roads. Senator Swanson's amendment contemplates having the President Welcome the representative foreign fleets in Washington and thenreview the fleets in Hampton 'Roads, before they start on their voyage to the ex position city." -. ;t ElfeHJEEN PEOPLE KILLED IN RIOTS YESTERDAY Bombay, Jan. 13.Eighteen persons were killed and twenty four others in jured In-f yesterday's . rioting. Yhe -Muharran "festival brought about a ciasn between the Sunnlts '. audi order, fired into the mobs. VALUABLE DOCUMENTS BURNED. Disastrous Fire in Government Pension Office in Washington. . - Washington, Jan.-. 13. Thousands of valuable documents in pensions , cases were destroyed this morning In a fire in tee .United States pension office. The origin of the fire is unknown. The damage done was mostly by smoke and water. Loses Job Through Drunkenness. Washington, Jan. 13. President Taft has dismissed from the Naval Service, Boatswain B. Hosginer, who was tried by court-martial at Anna polis Naval Academy on the charge of drunkenness and -neglect- of duty. DENSE FOG; THE CAROLINA COAST A - Norfolk, Jan. 13. A dense fog en velopes the Virginia, .-Carolina and Maryland coasts, with the observation of vessels entering the Chesapeake Capes almost completely cut off since last midnight. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Process to Make - Beer Non Intoxicat ing Has Been Drscoyeired. New "York, Jan. 13. Dealcoholized beer is the latest production of inven tive genius. An English chemist Is responsible for the latest discovery, which prevents beer being intoxicat ing. The . process is applicable to beers.. It will y henceforth .tferppssSbie' for teetotalers to drink beet and ale without breaking the temperance pledge. ,4... , GARDNER ALIEN BILL Was Today Ordered Favorably Report- ; ed to the House.;, Washington, D. C, Jan. . .13. :The Gardner bill, which prohibits the ad mission into the United States of any Illiterate alien over 16 years old, was ordered favorably-: reported ; to- the House by -the committee, oh Imhigra tion today. . v 'i To see pictures in a new and up-o- f date theatre, come to tbg Graa4't It HISS OVER . .7 Evidence -Today, in the Schenk, trial ; ,""Showiig. That .'"Only,". Mrs. Schenk jvvuiu nivo numinisierea ine foison to Her Hiisband State Yet Has Big yard to, PJay. Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 13 The Schehk cae jtoday. was. largely a. continuation- of 1 yesterday's presentations. Prosecutor Handlan seemingly to off-' seti the. defense's expectations assert ed that within the next few days a witness would be called by the StateV 'to show that Mrs. vSchenk purchased5 ; quantities of arsenic and sugar ofV lead shortly-'after her : husband's; rei3 turn from . Europe. trial Dr. f sor of thXIiiiyeiSity of esVirgihia, was me nexr wixness ftie; ptatea aet J nls. tests,i of water i'-used-i biT Schenk contained elght-f ehths grains fpf white arsenic to tne pmt or eighty grains . of Fowlers solution. ' Crdssexamina tion developed ' nothing.' Florence Coleman, the maid, who formerly worked in the Schenk family, testified that the Friday preceding Mrs. Schenk's. arrest she was told by Mrs. Schenk to clean John's room, ready for his occupancy. She denied ever; -putting anything or? seeing anything put in the water. Edward McAllister, the 'druggist from whom the water and medicine, came, said no lead was used In the qulhine compound. STOCKDALE TO MANAGE Lynchburg JDnTe League Team Gets a Southern' League: Pitcher . ; ' Lynchburg, Va, v, Jan. - lS.--Otls. Stockdale, for many years a pitcher , IH'jthe Southern Assdclationv haslsign- Bd '& contract to manage tne local Vir- as released to . his - team ' without' rice. WILL HOT RESULT IN L Washington, Jan. 13. The Increase of the House membership to 433 will hot result in the domination of that body by parlimentary or political ring.?. in : the opinion of the House Census Committee. ' Chairman Crumpacker made the report favoring reappoint ment today,. The report directs atten tion to the fact'that the plan pi nam ing the committees by the House will be tried ; and the House Itself 'holds the power to break up rings, Or ma chines by changing-the rules. The existing basis of the representation is the 'one Congressman to 194,000 peo ple. "Under the Crumpacker bill it will be one to every 211,877 people. Well Known PubUsher Dead. New York, Jan. 13. Henry t Burr Barnes, the well known publisher, died today, aged sixty six" years. He was a director of toe American Boo Company.- N " . ; TWO YEARS GIVEN . I Saco, Maine, '-Jan. 13. Riehmond II. Ingersoll,' former treasurer-'of the Sav ings Bank of Biddeford, which closed August -12th, Was sentencedbyJudge reaooay toaay to serve two, years m vthe county jail. The closing of the bank!, followed s the disovey that In gersoil, during ; his iorty years con nection with the institution, was guilty of numerous irregularities. ' : WANTS LARGER NAVY Jjfps Clamoring For Bigger Expendi ture Than Forty Millions. Victoria, B. ,C, Jan. .13. Arrange- Lments for expending only iortjunillion dollars ; for Naval Increases In Japan ' during the next six years has created Vigorous opposition to ' Count ' Tama-... moto, according to advices received . by the steamer Panama . , . , It-is expected .thd - wiU;t4tcmc4idetids ;tel J x 'JiiW.: miletti; Emeritus :3Pr6fea- ' Ri CONTROL MAINE BAN K SW fN DLER 11 .Ml". (H :4 IV: n 1 I. ' -4- v 'Mi i if. m : - V -IT? -V.' A- ii v i. n t. -"I it-A pi. 'it '' 'j V 1 ''T!.' i: i-.-r. 9 , I: f: '' V -. i; - u . ;-,-'; ' If M 1 C . 1 tv -7- f i
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