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11 , f . . vrT I (S irA 1 v v o ( Ay 't AA kV- LjTT t Nr vrwNc b -sv v' - tra weather. y Delivered In the City by Carrier or : ( IN Lv j N) , : Vyin tflV I II Tn Pi A F 1 ft P 1 flH N I iQs Yl 1-YlT ' rfV' j) , " ' sent anywhera by Mall at 35 Cents ) 't-Jy J V CV I L ,CyJ I Kl I j V "hidJLjJ I (J YC h 1 TV 1"'' ' Fair and colder toiiVht with froak Per Month. ' , 'm VX S J . - VAa X V A VvWa V? r JS JsA Cykr A .k Y ) - , Friday fajr.' Moderate " northerly 1 4 f . -v-?7? jzrJA-- rV ssrss VJ JV winds, . .. - . J - - ' - . i ;, .... ' ' 1 1 .; I : i - ', "; -' " "' ' - " m in i - ! i i.dM.,,. .i i i i. - - .-..(...- , VOLUME . SEVENTEEN WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY, MAIICH 23, 1911 FHAQGUS - 4,- PRICE FIVE CENTS Mexican Coort partial Posiice liaar CoIiidi- bus. Ohio, IMM Passed Sentence Report of the Execution of Americans in Mexico, as Result of Drumhead Court Martial, Reaches Texas Town. Were Charged With Participating in the Insurrection. 1 San Antonio, Tex.i March 23. John Hamilton Dignowitty and three other Americans were shot to- death under order of a Mexican courTnartial, for participation in , the insurrection, ac cording to a dispatch received by mem bers of the j Dignowitty! family. .: : The news was brought by Fred Dignowitty, a cousin of the executed man. - He had no particulars aside from the allega tion that the execution 'yrps the order of a drumhead court' martial. Digno witty was 30 years 'bid and was en gaged in the cattl? and mining busi ness in Chihuahua.' ' L V ' , D1X SEEKS REPEAL OF INHERITANCE TAX UW Albany, N. Y., March 23. Governor Dix has sent a special message to the legislature recommending the repeal of the progressive inheritance tax law, which he says "has caused the re moval of capital from the State in, alarming amount.' . nsoi Battle Then Took' Place Between Cit izens and Robbers and Two .of Lat tei Wounded Desperadoes - Took 'Refuge in a Barn arid. Later Escaped. Columbus, Ohia, March 23. Follow ing the robbery of a safe in the po3t office at Gahonna, ten miles northeast of Columbus, last night a fight oc curred between, deputies and citizens, led by Mayor Dawson and five fleeing robbers: ; Two of the thieves , were wounded. The robbers loolT refuge in a barn. They were surrounded and 'subjected to a steady fire, which they returned. The robbers later escaped in the darkness. GREENE TO NEW YORK OPEN GAMING FOR WOMEN. Such Conditions Caused a Clamping of the Md in Hot . Springs Ark. ; Hot Springs; 'Ark., March 23.-Tfae gambling lid. has .been ' clamped berei .all .clabjonv is in view of -'the grand Jury" sitting amount loans nddlsebimtsT:? It i? 4 next, week. Startling - disclosures' are expected then, since It has been pre dicted that the wide scope given the clubs recently was merely for accumu lative evidence, which detectives from the prosecuting attorney's office have collected. Hundreds of indictments it is expected will result. So open has gambling been recent ly that the clubs have been, frequent ed by hundreds of ' women from the hotels on sight-seeing trips. Many of the women took a chance at the games. Opposed to Recall For Himself. Cleveland, March 23.-jKenesaw Mountain Landis, Judge of the Feder al Court in Chicago, said here today: "I might favdY the recall of judge generally, but I do not favor any law that will apply the recall to me." Aside from this, he said, he hasn't had time lately to formulate any .theo ries of government. "I've been on the shelf for six years and have withered up. Judge in Chicago don't have time to do much thinking about the uplift and things like that. I didn't come -here to make a speech, and I'm not going to make a speech." The Judge pushed back his mop ol white hair and described ; a flourish with his cigar. .. v , ., . ( "I'm just on the shelf," he conclud ed; "the shelf that's it." Free From Prison He Left Atlanta This Afternoon. Atlanta, Gal, March 23. Benjamin D. Greene, convicted in the Savannah harbor frauds case, is today spending his first free day in over lour years. This follows his taking of the pauper's bath, after the Government attorneys sought in vain to show that Greene possessed enough money to pay the 1575,000 fine imposed . upon him. Greene left Atlanta this afternoon for New York Later he joins his wife in Europe. V NATIONAL BANK SUSPENDS One In New York Town Goes to The v ' ; , waii. " . ' Qneonta,' NV Y.; March -23. The First National Bank suspended businessd day. The bank has $800,009 resoitrce expected the bank will pay depositor In full. WISC0H1 LEGISLATOR WOULD MARRY . Madison, JVis., March 23. The bill to. tax $5 annually every unmarried woman over 25 years old, and to ere'' ate" a "Matrimonial .Commission," con sisting of the Governor, Superintend ent of Public Property and Chief Clerk of the Assembly, was introduce ed in the Assembly by Assemblyman Hansen of "Trouserette" fame today. The Matrimonial Commission Is charged with the duty of bringing, to gether kindred souls, when . applica tion Is made for an affinity by any love sick maiden. Photos From Fort: Biissi Tei:Showing Camp Life Of United States Cayalrymen Who Guard Border. -r . .i . - W i iiiywipiMi j i i m . , in r ,A 4 Tl PjMt.lfWWWWW'TWlNWMit.i - 1 1 l-KOl. - . H v - ' V j- - 1' , 4-' " - I,.,".'" Napoleon once said sometning about an army fighting on its stomach, and other generals have testified to the fact that the best fed soldiers are the ones, that win victories. Uncle Sam Is learning how to feed his soldiers. 'For -one thing he is cutting opt the embalmed beef that made the Spanish war famous. Herewith is shown the Fourth cavalry preparing meals and at '.'mess" at Fort Bliss, near EI Paso, Tex.; likewise attending to the important duty of shoeing the cavalry fcorses. The cut Is made from photos taken in the field, by specially commissioned photogra phers. The Fourth has been patrolling the Mexican border. Recently a squadron was detached from It to do police duty at Camp Snm Houston. San Antonio. . FREAK CAREER ENDS. A LEGISLATION WANTED TO GOVERN THE WIRELESS Washington, March 23. The expe rience of Admiral Schroeder's , battle ship fleet Tuesday, in trying to com municate to the Navy Department tha results of the firing --by the Ne.v Hampshire upon . the tSan.MaVcos as the test progressed Snay' have the effect to renew efforts of Army and Navy officers to secure legislation by Congress to regulate the wireless sys tem of teleKraohy. No message-could he gotten through to Washington by A dmiral Schroeder, although" the air line distance . from his fleet to ' the Navy Yard wireless receiving plant here is onlv about sixty, or seventy miles. This,- was due principally , to the "interference" of many private wireless outfits being operated by In dividuals in this, vicinity. The .incl dent demonstrate clearly, to 1 Nay al experts the necessity for absolute Government control - over all such plants in time of war. Tom Johnson Continues to Improve Cleveland, Ohio.,' 'March: 23.T-The condition of former Mayor Tom L. Johnson, who has been . critically 111 of cirrhosis of ; the liver,'ontInues'to j "Pushmobile" Finally Burned Up . Much to the . Relief of Many. Green wick, Conn., March 23. A bi automobile, owned by the fashionable! Ely; School, called the . "pnshmobilo.'' because it generally pushed everything out of its way, nded its eccentrio career when it suddenly burst into flames while occupied by seven young women students and the chauffeur. It was stopped just in -time to al!ov the young ladles to scramble ouc be fore the whole car was afire. The checkered career of the E17 car has long been one of the wonders of Greenwich. - It was purchased second hand a' little over a year ago. What peculiarities it may have shown prior to that time is not known, but almost weekly since it arrival in town it has eut up some prank. i v At one time it shied at a train while left alone' at the . Greenwich station and ran down the stoop of the Plaza sideways- and smashed the, iron drink' lng fountain erected by the Animal Protection Society. , " Only last Friday it hooked into the wheels of . a' carriage, ..causing tne breaking tip of tt a; luneraKprocessioti, by frightening a pair of horses attach ed to a hack, in which were some of the mourners. The horses were stop ped only by running them into a teie? erath Dole: 1 - l" t- -. .When only a few days out of the repair shops after the -accident at the station, the car turned twice around on the pavement i in front of St. Ma- rv's" church and leaned up against a trolley pole neavily enough, to break the pole off two feet from the ground, Once it removed a heavy ice wagon from the highway by getting behind it and pushing horses, '.wagon and load of ice to one side, throwing the driver of the wagon outs on his head. Twice before ' it r had . grappled with, moving objects and got the best of it.; PHONE Report of the American Telephone and Telegraph .Company for Last Year y Filed Collected Nearly Two Hun : tired MWIion Dollars in Tolls. &J8fi(ir York, March 23.The Amerir can Telephone and Telegraph Compa ny's report for 1910 shows that during the' year $15,600,000 gross revenue was collected by the Bell system from the public for service. The number of the Company's telephone stations; the re port states, aggregate 5,882,719 arid the total wire mileage was; nearly twelve million miles. , ADDRESSES STUDENTS." Theodore Roosevelt Today in Oakland, California. , : Oakland, Cal., March 23. Theodore Roosevelt arrived today to give the annual Charter Day address to ' Uni versity of California students. : Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president oN the University, bade Roosevelt wel come. A large crowd of citizens greeted him with cheers. BIG MEAT PACKING PLANT E "Baltimore, " March 23. The meat packing establishment of Christopher F. Kurrie, in North Baltimore, burned today, entailing a loss of fifty thous and dollars. Two thirds were insured. RACERS TO EUROPE. Belmont Will Send Most of His Horses -v? ;-: Across the Pond. ; o u New York, March 23. One of the first consequences of' the hockey Club's decision closing the racetracks of New 'York State the coming season i3 the announcement of August Belmont that: he-will ship to England his best two-year-olds. Most of his racing here after; will be in England and Canada. Belmont' will not withdraw- from - this county entirely. FAMINE IS NEAR One State in Mexico is Filled With Suffering and Famine Threatened Farmers Are Off to the War. Elnaloa, Mexico, March, 23. Suffer ing prevails in this State, the food supply beinb curtailed. In some instances the supply- was cut off. No farms are being planted and a famine is threatened. A majority of the farm ers are 'going into the war. Many Americans are leaving. ILLINOIS SENATE PASSED THE REFERENDUM TODAY Springfield, 111., March ; 23. The wo man suffragette bill, with the referen dum amendment, passed the Senate to day by a vote of 31 to 10. U CO IIP Record Breaking Flight for Airship With Passengers Made Today in France Eleven Passengers Carried Two Miles. ' Douai, France, March 23. Aviator Louis Breguet made a record perform-: ance today, carrying eleven passengers in his j monoplane, a distance of two, miles. . 1 The flight was . made at. a , height varying from fifty to .sev.enty-.five f eet. The total weight of the", twelve was 1,315 pounds. The combined . weight of machine and its;CKjcupants was 2,B02 pounds. The , best previous ; perform ance of this kind was made by M. Le Martin February 2nd taking up seven passengers on a five minute flight SHIPPING INTERESTS AGREE. Stocks Today.-' New York, March 23 Wall Street The trend of prices was upward' in the opening sales of the stock market. Gains were mostly confined to small fractions. The marke was dull. Small selling order's, were executed in fiill stocks and Amalgamated Cop per. They went Off a fraction. The general run of active stocks were vir- j vt-. 3 -N luaiiy uucuaii&?u. .. .. The market .v failed to hold initial improvement long.: An - attack on Missouri Pacific sent; it down-o fifty and a half, weakening the entire Hst. When . Missouri Pacific rebounded again to 51 5-8, other! stocks hardened a trifle, but the market became stag nant, at - a higher level.- Trading throughout the morning was perfunc tory, with little effort by either the long or short interests to sway the market. ) After . aV slight ? movement either way, stocks settled down! to a level, showing , little change from yes terday's close. . Comparative , prices showed only ' a trifling change either way from yesterday's close," - Conference In Berlin Reached Friendly Agreement. Berlin, March 23. It is "announced that the Trans-Atlantic shipping rep resentatives, who have been in con ference, at Cologne since "Tuesday, have reached a friendly .renewal of the Atlantic conference pool agree ment; - : ; . NORTHWEST GALE HITS FURIOUS MANNER Hot in to for Mi Tot Senatorship - Refutes the Story That He Is One of , the Six Candidates for Whom Thom as F. Ryan's: Influence Was Sought Ryan's Son Talks. ' New York, March - 23. Regarding the United States Senatorship, over which the New York legislature is deadlocked; Alton B. Parker, William F. ' Sheehan's law partner, denied to day the statement that . he is one of the ' six candidates for whom the in fluence of Thomas Jtortune Ryan was sought indirectly. "I deny," he said, "that any one, with my consent or knowledge, sought Ryan's influence, or. that of any other persons at any; time, to t secure for me the United States Senatorship. I made it as clear as I could both before the elec tion in public speeches and the day afterward, in interviews, that my ob ligations were such that I could not accept the Senatorial office. From that day to this there has been no ehange in my position. Allen A. Ry an,' through whom it is supposed his father's influence was sought, refus ed, to deny or confirm the interview accredited' to him. "My advice to Sheehan," he said, "and to the Demo cratic party, -if they hope for future success, is to stand by the choice of the caucus, which , is. Sheehan." ELEVEN BATTLESHIPS ARE BACK FROM. RECENT TEST i Norfolk, Va March ; 23. Eleven hips of fthd fromf Tangier. Sounds where i the oflic ers" observed the armor tan4 ; gunnery tests, to which the second class baV tleship San Marcos, or the old Texas, was .subjected Tuesday and yesterday, with the result, of:' the complete, de struction of .that vessel, which , now lies' W tae mild; 'a battered aAd twist ed hulk of steel,' with no hope or. rea son for 'her -ever -being raised. The ships of' the fleet will remain in these waters until April' 1st, whea the regular ' spring maneuvers and practices begin on the Southern drill grounds. ' . ' - Betting on a Woodchuck., Lee, Mass., March " 23. A wood chuck which went into its hole near Quigley's Corner in the heart of the town on August 26th, 1910, and has not reappeared, is responsible for the posting of several , times , the ; amount of Berkshire county money, jwagered on the Jeffries-Johnson fight. ' : ' Even money is "offered ' that ths wood chuck iircome out in djie time: money -hair teen' placed at 10 to 8 thtt it is not 1n -the hole, and there is a brisk, business in 10 to 6 bets that thd animal is 'dead. ' - - : "'! ' Vim Helpful Session of State rJissionaiT Union Great Enthusiasm Shown at This Morning's. Session and Splendid Work Accomplished Number of Able Papers Read Yesterday After noon's Session. 1 I NEVADA'S GOVERNOR "DEAD EASY" DIVORCE LAW Carson Nevada, March 23. Gover nor Oddle has signed the "Time Lock" divorce law, stipulating six months' continuous physical presence of the plaintiff in the United States as the sole requisite upon which .to base ju risdiction in divorce proceedings. For merly divergent views on residence, based upon intent, caused a confusion among the Judges of the various dis tricts. -' ' ' ' Four of the Latest. Pictures at the Grand Theatre today. New York,' March 23.' A: v roaring northwesterly gale, that blew; a way all touches .of Spring that havej lingered in the air,, and at times reached a ve licity of fifty , miles an hour, played many curious pranks here during last night and early this morning. Plate glass windows I were- torn, from ..their frames and shattered by the force of the gusty s blast, vessels in the harbor Strained at their anchors 'and river craft navigated with dlfflcuity.. "FritztanS." , ; ' lew t composition dedicated? to Mr. John F. (Fritzj Kneisel, by Alr Morton, Grand Theatre orchestra today.' "It A - Hurt By Odd Accident; . ' Mlddletcwn; WTi" March 20. Wll- hani Steadner o( Mlenvllle, an em" pToye- of a knife, factory in that villagej was working over 'a-Vhcet wheh'a fou? inch knife blade he held flew Out-of his hand and pierced his chest just' be low the heart, The blade punctured pile, of "hlsi lungs. - Surgeons quickly arrived, and there is hope of his re covery. y. ' : - f? Not Till Next Year; - . I Buenos Ayres, March -23: Vice Pres ident de la Plaza, who is now Acting Executive in the absence of President Saenz Pena, has postponed until 1912 his proposed visit to Washington at the head of a delegatiba bearing the Argentine. Government's' . thanks for the visit of th American Embassy at the centenary of Argentine's independ ence.;:' B,.: ;vrv;-:.:.; .;:.;.' : ; ,v;-. ; -; .-;;- "Take Me With You, Cutey." Sung by Mr. HenYy Grand Theatre todav . 1 r.. . 1 It ,s! y. 1 The second day of the great wo- f ; man's convention opened this morn ing under somewhat unfavorable aus- "v pices as to weather, but in snite- of this the enthusiasm of the host of the good women, of North Carolina who are : here, as is . plainly manifest iu , . ' i every meeting, not for, pleasure. and ' -.v pastime, but on ' the "King's Business," ';,. was -great.: . '. .The house was fairly well filled at the early hour of 9:30 and the meeting started off ;. with, a ;Yery ! cbmmendlbla - , earnestness and devotion with a splr- V itually uplifting prayer service con- ' .- ducted by Miss Heck; the presiding of -fleer, who Is admirably fitted for the ' , "V, position which she occupies by cul- . ' ture, thoughtfulness and consecration. ' j ;r. The opening prayer was led by Mrs. Trueblood. Women may . not debate as well as men, but when it come3 , , to the matter of prayer there is a tenderness and pleadfulness that makes one feel that they are in right i t relationship to Him who answers prayer, and this opening prayer was ' an earnest plea for the power 1 and guidance of the Holy Spirit in the -: work of the- day. After singing . "Sweet Hour of Prayer," Miss Heck ; ' spoke In very "high terms of ; the wo men and men at Wilmington and the beautiful and hospitable way in which they .; were entertaining ' the cpnven Jion andjtated that one thing which, . all. good' women could do to repay their i-.kindnesa "Was Ux invoke God's - blesstafrnpoW rsReddlshTov ' " 1 the. hbm'es that, .were', so delightfully - .. entertalnini ; us:; She prayed - beauti- - ' fully, earnestly " and tenderly that ' v every act . of the gitors while here ' might be ! " so guarded and directed as ' , ' to make 'better and' happier the homes , 1 in which they were entertained. At the close of this sweetly and tenderly , devotional; meeting, the regular work , of the morning was taken up and the - -? ' following recommendations of the cen- , ' tral committee were adopted by a -unanimous vote: Recommendations of the Central Com- mittee. y ; . - . Believing that much greater mission t service lies before the Baptist women of North Carolina, the Central Com- mittee of , the Missionary Union of , i North Carolina recommend for the "! year 1911-1912: 1 1 That our watchword be, Looking Unto. Him. .2. That the annual session be the fourth week In illarch, the quarters J p . 1 of our financial year closing May 31st, ' August 31st November 30th, February 28th. ... 3. That the money alms for the y.ear be - divided between": the associations at the . anpual ( ? session, the Assocla tlonal Vice - President dividing these ' ; aims among the societies of their re- - spectlye associations as soon after as -possible, using for this purpose appro priation cards , prepared by the Cen tral committee. - .4. That the present plan of setting ' an aim for each quarter be continued. 5. That missionary institutes be ' 4 , held in four of the divisions of . the State. . , ',.;. " ; 6. " That the Vice presidents and of- S ficers of Woman's Missionary Socle- , , 1 ties. Young Woman's Auxiliaries, Sun beams, and Royal Embassadors con- f tinue to preps the duty and privilege of tithing, using the Tithing cards and . ' f forming Tithing Bands in their so- . . , cieties. . V , - , 7. That the TSvery Member. Cam- palgnibe .continued with the aim of. a ' twenty-flve per cent increase in mem- , bership. f . 8. That each society" study the re- k , j iiglons and physical conditions of Its . ' neighborhood and conduct some form - of v personal,, service for the uplift of . . - 1 . their owfi communities. : . " . ;i '9. -That; the Christmas Offering for ' Foreign Missions, the Week of Prayer L " i for: World-wide ; Missions in January, the. Week of. Prayer and Gifts to ; ' Home Missions the first week in April, , ; ; , .' and State Mission Day in September ' . . be. yet more widely observed. xlo.irhat: Mission Study classes , be continued and increased. ; That we "give attention to read- ' - ; . . lng," making use . of Our Mission , ,V. Fields, the Foreign Mission Journal, -the Home Field, and the Biblical ; Re- ' ' corder for mission information. That we urge the societies to subscribe tof Our Mission' Fields, published quarter- ly by the . Woman's Missionary Union, '. r v (Continued on Sixth Page.) v ; , - v f r ..T.
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