North Carolina Newspapers

I P THE, DISPATCH Delivered In the City by Carrier or sent anywhere by Mall at 35 Cents ; Per Month;: " . : . . .... - ( - ., -'r j V 1'- - vi, - . t e Wr, . K, , . yy ' v ' - -i r . . T TV , ,i rrrr- t s' : Fair continued cool .tonight with frost.; Saturday fair;: Moderate north -to northeast winds, . - t - VOLUME SEVENTEEN i; V - wilmingtonVn c.,v friday; ma.rch 24; wiiV.;;' V'Ki, PRICE, FIVE .CENTS 111: wants to ttnow. HDoqt six .Dead Killing oi AinenGons Ojlns - - ' . y United States Consuls at' Mexican Points Instructed to Investigate Re ported Execution of Citizens Of This Country Immediate Reports Called For. a; : Roof, of Five Story Structure Drops wmnsr nana or Drive riremen I MilwaukeesDead and Dying Dug wut or uarge Mass of Debris. Washington, March 24. Taking cog nizance of present reports . tha .four Americans were executed by ! Mexican soldiers in Chihuahua and . fouj. Other Americans at . Agua ' IMeta, " the . State Department ; has ain&tructeil ;,the Unit ed States Consular Officers flit thev Vi cinity of the tWq places to investigate j iue repurisr immeaiaieiy. . in con sul at Chihuahua was Instructed :. to inquire1 into the report that John Ham ilton Dignowitty ! and three other Araericahs. were shot tQ death in Chi huahua, under orders tot a Mexican court martial. The Consul at Nogales will investigate the reported execution of the four Americans, Adams, Young Howard, and Shanley, after ' eltfj captured ?by InsUrrectbs. ! f M 5 ; ALABAMA TOWN SUFFERS MUCH JY FIRE TODAY Birmingham, Ala.,- March .24. Th entire business section of Fayetteville, Ala., in the natural ' gas fields, was destroyed todays by fire. Twenty stores, the court house, jail, and bank are among the buildings gone. The loss is $200,0QO. ;; ' ' , . ! 1 TWENTY TO ONE. SHOT. Outsider Won the Grantf Steeple steeple chase handicap of three thou sand sovereigns for five year olds and upwards, was won. by Glenside,, an outsider, against whonf the betting was twenty .to one. Twenty-six horses started: Three die in wreck. Mail Steamer Bruce Meets With Dis- aster. " ' - ;- Loulsburg, March 24. -Three per sons perished in the wreck of the Newfoundland mail steamer ; Bruce, which struck the rocks off Scatter! during the night The steamer is a total los; The Bruce was on he way to this port when the disaster happened. , ' . "i" w ' RAILROAD BARGE SINKS. Four Are Photo of ,Eip Grande Sh6resNear El Paso and. ' y , Uriited;StateiiTi4yibw of ReberConference X Muwaukee, vvis. March, 24-Six fire fighters are 4ead four otheresaxe dying tn the Emergency Hospftai, and several others are8ufferlng from inju ries as the result of caving ln.of the roof of a building of . the Middleton Manufacturing v Company, :-; wholesale hattera, 54 Broadway. The 'dead are Captain John Hints, Dick Burke, Cap taln Frank Ca Venaugh; Edwlii, Hagil and twd unidentified "men, 5 and, the dying are Vincent Marches!, Paul Fen ske; Peter? Janssen , and N; Hammond. Between fifteen and V twenty men were f fighting flames ? from - a f fire story structure root When thV roof col lapsed, plunging them to the basement. A' number was burned . In', the . debris. Ambvances we're, hurried to the scene and as quickly as possible thjL dead and Injured were dug out of the ruins. Captain Hintz's body was among the first taken out The coats and badges of the victims were torn away Identi fication was slow. 'N'-,' COTTOH REPORT ISSUED DAY CENSUS BUREAU Washington, March 24. The, Cen sus Bureau's report on the supply and Qlsfribution' of cotton for .theIx months' period ending February 28th, JP il;, 'shows; the total; supply ;'-'was2r 764-173," running rbaies, made . upp gf Chas Handicap. t .1 nAnam- r4nninro Hi kss cM.ni .rpoolbTOe Piietltap The 4iirihatIon was: Eft)orts,b,338368; consumption, 2,400,778; stocks' at .close of period 4)24,927 :.r BASEBALL MAGNATE DEAD. Crew of Four Left Her But Where abouts Not Yet Known. Vineyard Haven, .Mass., March 24. The Erie Railroad barge, Stonington, formerly the steamer Stonington, sank in twelve fathoms of water, near Pol lock Rip, today. Previous, to the sink ing of the barge tthe crew of four men left her. Nothing is known ot their fate. - ; .. .? Owner of St Louis Nationals Suc cumbs to Blood Poisoning. . Cleveland, March 24. Stanley Rob inson, owner of the St Lquis j Nation al League baseball club, died today of blood poisoning at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank - Robinson. T TAFT UKELl HAS" THE PINK-EYE .'5, &m A s A. A 2 -I : -6?S ft' " THE: RIO GRANDE 1'HOM AMERICAN StDe M E A R o E L.PASQx SHOW! NfVtJ.S OArtn-TPN T. 1 ' t f ' I; l l u vsL" 1;" I 'ir . .. - ,v ;,J r 7 ; " V?? vTv i! fl x MrJ 7yf t - -ii y M 1 , Be as to Her fork's Court of Appeals Declares Unconsti tutional the-f4 e w; York Law Giving Workmen: CoVutsory S Compensa tionhls?MiastrrfcH Would Cbnfjs catefeProprlyf Isolds the Tribunal. Albany: Nr., March 24.XThe workmen's compulsory compensation aw that passed -last 'year, was declar ed unconstitutional today by the Court of. Appeals. , The court; holds it. takes property1 rights without due process of law;: ; i 5; X-:' vr-r vh"' The compulsory , compensation law provided fpr ,. compensation to t work men injured in certain." specified dan gerous employment jegardless of the employers' 'egligence.',;i.Tb 5 court held the .act ;deprived,the employer of his property without due process of law, in' violalion of the constitu tion. . - '-v - Despite the imposing name of the Rio Grande it is a . small stream, especially near El Paso;here tlie accompany ing view was taken. The near shore is America, the farther .one Mexico. It is easily understood ,iioW "bullets could fly across the stream. T"he figure of the soldier is an American sentry taken at El Paso. The lower picture shows a group of insurgent chiefs and sol'dters taken in the Juarez mountains. With them is the ever present American reporter, at th rirht. . , . - :" r ; IS EXPECTED ' T r- A FREQUENT- OCCURRED E Washington, March 24-Mlbrand-ing of coff eej. geneva gin ah vanilla and lemon flavoring .extracts jonsti tutes the most common-violation ' of the pure food.iaw'r. acValiig.l'tii Departnjent of " Agf idulture Upon analysis it was found that? many va nilla and : lemon extract rare . imit tion products,, colored . with , coal tar. dyes. The government 'sleuths recent ly seized many conslgniaents -of, food products. . An 'analysis showed-they were either imitations, or contained ingredients Injurious to the . person using them. ,. . v;..;; :t y ' TRAIN 'GUARD S'HOT.gp. Anri Pnllv a Hundred ShOtS FlrCd'al " a Passenaer Train. Somersett,- Ky., March '24. Ai guarJ on the tender of a Cincinnati,. New Orleans and Texas ' Pacific Railroad freight train was shot and injured in the leg, near Elmwood, Tenn.,,las night. A northbound passenger train conductor has reported that between Danvill and" Erlanger, fully one . nun dred -shots were fired at his train. Some: Comedy, iTiavyJones.;J or f His i Wife's ;Hua hani W AnMnti Pmnnariv Grand Theatre today. . ; , r it; -fee, .ne,:cu. Washington, March , 24.-r-Callers to day at the White House found Presi dent Taft wearing smoked eye-glasses. His right eye was badly inflamed. The President thinks It is an attacK of pink-eyes, but he remained at his desk, disposing of a vast amount' of accumulated wofk. . Denies He Is Crazy. Chicazo., March 24. Evelyn Arthur See. "revealer of the absolute IfleJ and director of the destinies of. a number of young girls who were found with him in a north side flat, obtained his freedom on a reduced bail bond He appeared before Judge Tuthill on a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Tuthill questioned See ttpon his "absolute life" cult. The defend ant made a statement in, which he said he was a newspaper editor in Harvey, 111., when he was first inshlr ed. He Continued: ' i ; . "I a"o not recognize the law of mar- iaKe.- of business, or of anything ma terlal.- Absolute life is- a practical jruidance for all the . world. Judefi Tuthill turned to mm ana asked him: V -n'fDid it ever .occur to you that you "iflli- 4 'AvWlnn'Mlv tormp.d erazv?" Si t; nuai ia - VNo it did hot," See replied. iliiilVESOUT! SOME OPTIMISTIC TALK lvWashlngtonV, March. 24. "The senti- ment fjorTeciprocity with Canada Is erowihig' steadily," said James ! J. Hill, wh.o "was -a; caller at the White House today'r "Tlle'hhiectl Is ; very Ulttle tin-rtV-fitnodrinthls' country. -but it will be in the hear 7 future'. Business':! good. . ' There.,:are -no: dark spots; and noffieiaca"'yfie as far as .1 can London Gets Wind of Fact That Rus sia Will Soon Declare War on China Rate of Lloyd's War Risks Shoots up. London, March 24. Cables receiv ed by London business houses from their representatives in the Far East are disquieting. They assert that it is expected Russia will soon declare war against China. The rate at Lloyds to cover risks on an outbreak of hostilities within four weeks jump ed this afternoon from, five to ten guineas per cent. Stocks Today, . New York, March 24. Trading wa? very, light at the opening of the mar ket. Movements were almost imper ceptible. ' A spell of weakness devel oped, as the res,ult of a stupid open ing. Low prices were general durin the morning. : Slight declines were attributed to Bear selling. The amounts sold were insufficient to gfvo a very pronounced tone to the mar ket. Covering of shorts resulted in partial recoveries. , Values, made mor decided progress downward. " Pres sure against metal stocks accelerated the movement. . GREAT TRIO OF DEMOCRATS TO BE OH SAME Burlington, , N. J., March. 24. Wil liam "Jennings Bryan, Champ ' Clark, and Governor Woodrow r Wilson, will speak from the same platform Wed nesday , evening, April 5th, following a .dinner of the .Burlington County Democratic Club. Every prominent Democrat in New Jersey and many adjacent States will attend the din ner. : .- -,'.l.v.. , GOT' HUCH LOOT Bandits Successfully Held-Up Train Early This Morning In Kansas Got About Twenty Thousand Dol lars and Escaped. Coffeyville, Kansas, March 24. For two hours last night, six masked men held the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, Southern Passenger train No. 104 at a standstill, six miles south 4 of here, while they blew open the safe in the (Mil HE'S Ml Counsel For the Defense Declare Such About the Camorrist 'Informer He . Is Under Fire of Questioning Today at the Trial. LOOK, WHATS HEBE It Is Now Majorl Archibald VVV Butt, United, States ArmyvvSt Archibald ; .rButt, President ; Taft's military , aide, who served in' like 'ca pacity with Roosevelt,7 'today' 'became a full fledged Major in- the army. Butt passed examination sometime1 ago," but his" commission was not-ready to be sighed by the President until today. y Viterbo, Italy, March 24. Today's session of the trial' of tbe Camorrists was devoted almost entirely to the in terrogation of Gennaro Abbatemag- gie, the Camorrist informer, about whose confession the State built up express car and escaped in two .auto-L the evidence upon which it is hoped WORK OF LONE BANDIT, y- yMyy$Mn Boarded Train in - tova and Robbed , Passengers. Denison, Iowa, March 24. A masked man climbed aboard train' No. 8 on the Northwestern last ."night, forced .' the flagman, at the point of a revolver, to go ahead Into the sleeper and then robbed several passengers of their val uables. ' mobiles, carrying money and valua bles amounting to $20,000. The train left Little Rock at 8:30 a. m. yester day for Kansas City. It was made-up of a combination baggage-express car, day. coach, chair car, sleeping car, din ing car and observation smoking car. Just after the train left Lenapah, Okla., about 10:30 p. m., Engineer Lynch heard the cry "Hands Up," from a masked man sitting on the tender, pointing a revolver, at him: 'Tm going to ride a little way, with you. Drive on," said the masked ,man. About four miles out of Lenapah the man made the engineer stop the train, near a clump of trees. Five more mask ed men came up. . Taking positions Ou either side of the train, they, began shooting in the air along the sides of the. train. Then while two men stood guard, preventing the passengers from coming out, the other four marched the engineer and fireman to the day coach and locked them in. One man took a . position to guard the rear of the train. Three went into the express" car, and forced the two express men to jump out and stand whe'je one of the side guards cbuld , keep him cover ed with a revolver. ' After nearly an hour's' work the" men succeeded in in serting a charge of nitro-glycerine into .the "through'', safe in the express car. They blew the safe to pieces and scat tered the contents over, the floor of the car. ' They made no hsite. They had chosen a strategic position in which' to : stop the. train. They were three miles ' from any human habita- tion.J; V.vr'-:' -I'. . After three -men spent" nearly an hour over the packages taken .from the safe,' the lights of two automobiles drew ; near. (from : the Oklahoma line. Within two hundred yards the au tomobiles, stopped the lights were put , out, - ana. me men aim au; tomobiles disappeared. When the train reached f; her a the, 4, sheriff was notified and with two - deputies started on horseback southward in per suit of the six bandits. to rid the country of -the criminal or ganization that for years has exacted tribute from the rich and the poor, robbing and murdering with practical immunity. The defense,1 so far as Abhatemaggio is concerned, is ' that the man is insane. The theory is strengthened by his desperate "bold ness JUAREZ STILL EXPECTS AM ATTACK AT AN! MINUTE El Paso, March 24. The Mexican troops' activity . at . Jaurez continues Sentries ' were doubled -lastnight in expectation of a possible attack by Insurrectos. C. H. Converse, of Glen dora, Cal., has filed, additional evi dence that his son, Lawrence, and Edwin Blatt, of Pittsburg, nokvr in jai here, were captured on American soil He has forwarded to the State De partment, the county . and Federal ol" ficiajs' statements, that what is call ed Ancoh Deguadalupe, where the men if is said were captured, is in the .United States and that the Unit ed States has exercised de facto" juris diction over that territory for two years. , SLEW STATE BANK; SAFE , AND ESCAPED IN AUTOS - Hudson, Kansas, March 24.--Five men blew up the Hudson State bank safe. After, seriously' woundjng Max Rice, the watchman, who attempted to grapple with ' one of the robbers they., escaped in an automobile with $4,600. - - IUED MEXICAN REBELS KILLED EIGHT Torreon, - Mexico, MarcM-.i-biio hundred regular J cavalrymen, .under command of Colonel Castillas, over took a band of rebels,, camped on the Refugio Hacienda, and at the first vol- ey killed eight. , :- ,' yy - "Dear Old Moonlight" ) New ballad by' Mr. Henry Grand today. . , . C"' It. s . There's something ot, interest, to you in Regal Shoes. Little Cash Shoe Store, 121 Market Street It A MARRIAGE OF NOTE. Her Her Great Grandchildren Saw Married. . Omaha, March 24. In the presence of her daughter,' granddaughter and three, great- grandchildren, two of whom are twins, Mrs. Millie Sayles, sixty-two years old, was married to day to I. Newton Deuel, himself grandfather. ; ;- The bridegropm's .first , wife died in 1901 and. the bride had been a Widow since , 1902. Their acquaintance began before this and the courtship a few years later.; Both were active mem bers of the People's church, and this brought them often ! together.' Only recently had any of the numerous de scendants discovered that a romanca was' developing.- j V Mrs. Deuel is the mother . of. Mrs Nellie Young, wife of a Mqntg,n ranchman, whose daughter. Is the mother of a boy or seven and twin girls of three. Mr. Deuel has three sons living, two of whom are married and have children. There is hardly a gray hair on, the heads of either Mr. or Mrs, Deuel. The latter -has frequently been mistaken for her daughter's sister. They both say that the courtship was carried on with all of the ardor of youth. Misses and Children's School Shoes and Oxfords just receivedLIttle' Cash Shoe Store, 121 Market.- street .It ; yy -A ... i lllfilDflll diss Fannie Heck Re elected Prcsldent Officers fqr .their'.-; j Wf By Woman's Missionary Union In Ses jslon Here Concluding Meetings t Will Be Held This Afternoon, and This Evening Address Tonight By i Rev. Charles E. Madd ry 0 ut i ng at -ine oeacn i ms Afternoon. Tfte 21st annual meeting of the Wo man's Missionaryx Union of North Car olina, which organization has been In session here during the past ; three days, Is now rapidly oh the wane". The convention ". will reach its conclusion with the : meetings this afternoon and tonight The morning session today. was one of the most interesting and' beneficial which have yet been held. - There were a number. of matters ;jof Interest considered ensuing year were also elected. The morning session today was attended '; by practically . all the delegates. . The ladies of the Baptist denomi nation throughout North Carolina will . he much interested in the announce ment that Miss Fannie Ej S. 'Heck, ; Of Raleigh, was re-elected president! of the. Union by an unanimous vote at ' the meeting this morning. Miss . Heck is one of the most prominent workers in , the Southern Baptist chnrch. . She has been president of the North Carolina Union for a num ber of years past. The convention to day, showed that her able and talent ed efforts as the executive head of the organization have been appreciat- ; ed through the complimentary and unanimous tender of the president's office to .her for the ensuing year. Miss Heck accepted the presidency, of the organization Kin; a: well worded . speech. . . This .reflected her sincere thanks T for the honor . as conferred. In -her remarks she also urged the meinbers bt7,the Union to , put forth yH'?yi yyy rmy ym: :ym .y$ ! y 1 ; 5 ,1? "ii-V- i a&4 greater ijsJm ,snes6ftiij;: ( Mrs. J. Y. Miss Eliza Moore, Ralr MILLS WILL CONTINU RUNNING my ON FULL TIME . .-. t f . , " : : Manchester. Eng:,! -March ' 24.--Th6 mills represented in the cotton spin ners' federation will continue on full Ime. The American section,' -which proposed that operations4 bev suspend ed Saturdays for three months, found eighty per. cent of " its ' membership favoring the proposition;' but the con tent of ninety per cent of the - mem bers, is required to make a reduction of the output compulsory. -. " y , --y "Vaqity and its Cure." ' ' Another Lubin comedy drama Grand Theatre today, . It. to enfist as far as , possible, the serv" ice of all ladies of the Baptist church. ' The -full list of officers as recom- menaea toaay Dy tne nuiuiuauug uuiu- mittee this morning; and unanimously chosen' is as follows:" President, Miss Fannie E. S. Heck,, of Raleigh ' ' "1st, Vive President, Mrs. E. C. Ma son,, Raleigh. 2nd Vice President Mrs. R. C. Jo sey, Scotland Neck. 3rd Vice President, Mrs. J. H. Tucker, Asheville. , 4th Vice President, Miss Sue Kelly, Scotland Neck. I 5th Vice President, Mrs. S. H. Burt, Wilmington. ' Corresponding Secretary, Miss Blanche. Barrus, Pollocksville. Treasurer, Mrs. W. N. Jones, Ral eigh. v Recording Secretary, Mrs. J. G. Boomhour; Raleigh- Secretary -'Y.-'-M. C. A., Killiam, Newton. ' Band Superintendent, beth N. Briggs, Raleigh. - Editor Mrs, Hlght C- eigh. ; .:: ;::,-' - Central Committee, Mrs. J. R. Bark ley, Mrs. J.: A. Briggs, Mrs. F, H, Briggs, Mrs. N. B. Broughton, Mrs. J. S. Farmer, Mrs. A, J. Moncrieff, Mis3 " MaudeWrMrs,W. F. Marshall, Mrs. b'Keily; Mrs.'H..C. Moore, Mrs. ;J.'H. Weathers. -fToday.'si Session was opened .with the Mission Study Class, conducted by Dr, T. B. Ray. , This class was in ses sion from 8:45 until 9:30 a. m. and was attended by quite a number of ladies. -:' - At 9 : 30" o'clock the opening exer cises : ofc the convention were held. These exercises 1 were followed with a beneficial conference on 1 Personal Service. Short talks were made by , Miss Mary Livermore, of Red Springs, Miss Lula Olise of Wade, and Miss . Mary E. Trueblood, of Elizabeth City. ; The talks were followed " With inter esting and helpful discussions. Va f rious reports . followed. ; . ; The election of officers Was then entered upon, The officers as named i abovi& were chosen for ' the ensuing year. The ; suggestions " fbr officers were ; presented :: by the - nominating committee consisting of the following ladies: ;Mrs. S. J. Everitt, Mrs.'.W.'H V Reddishf Mrs W. M.' Pettway, Mrs. George Vernon Mrs. C. J. Cashwell, Mrs. John Webb, Mrs.. O. J. Harlee, Mrs. S. H. Burt, and Mrs. S. E. Young. The remainder 'of the 4 session was .. devoted vtd. a discussion of-the topic,' Missions in Sunday Schools," led by Rev.' B. ' v W,' Spillman . He made . a short talk prior, to the discussion. The morning meeting; was concluded with , the uconsideratlon"rOf unfinished - busi-; ness and devotional . exercises.. ' ' . " This afternoon there will be mass (Continued on Second Page), !!: